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The Scholar of the Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼读书郎
An imperial-examination novel set in the Dream of the Red Chamber, with a peasant-born protagonist and a slice-of-life focus. The story centers on the protagonist's self-made rise, while he indirectly saves Lin Daiyu. P.S.: Not a single-female-lead novel, and not a harem novel. P.S. The protagonist is not a distant relative of the Jia family and has no connection to the Jia, Shi, Wang, or Xue families. Although this is called the Dream of the Red Chamber, it merely borrows characters from the or
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Dream of the Red Chamber: I Found a Lin Daiyu 红楼:捡到一只林黛玉
Reborn into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, I thought I’d have nothing to do with the Jia family. Instead, I ended up with a Lin Daiyu in my care right from the start. Yue Ling: “I’ll raise your daughter. Don’t worry about her.” Lin Ruhai: “She’s already reached adulthood. Isn’t it time you sent her back?” Lin Daiyu: “Father, I...” Lin Daiyu never entered the Jia household or got entangled with the Jia family. How did she live happily by Yue Ling’s side? Find out in Dream of the Red Chamb
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So Many Proud Beauties in Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼如此多骄
My old book, Red Chamber Detective, is now complete. Having transmigrated into the Rong family mansion as a servant, how could Lai Shun set his sights too high? He decides to start with a modest goal, like gaining his freedom. Then he can think about choosing Chai or Dai, whether to start with just four in business or go straight to summoning the Divine Dragon…
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A Dream of the Red Chamber at Dawn 红楼晓梦
A wisp of a remnant soul is reborn in this world. To make ends meet, he becomes a thief, then gets swept up by a band of thieves and dragged into the Rongguo Mansion. “Steal a hook and you’re executed; steal a kingdom and you’re made a lord.” He steals an identity and becomes a distant relative of the Rongguo Mansion; he steals poems and songs, and the whole city sings his “borrowed verses”; he steals secrets and quietly amasses a fortune; he steals a marriage, and the sisters of the Twelve Beau
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Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting in Liaodong 红楼从辽东开始
After transmigrating into A Dream of Red Mansions, Tang Qing'an becomes an orphan adopted by the Xue family. He travels by boat from Yangzhou to the capital with Daiyu, and, thanks to his uncle Wu Jinxiao, gains entry into the Jia household. He could have lived a life of comfort and abundance, simply enjoying himself. But he still chose another path. Starting as a minor military officer, he guards one region and keeps it peaceful! Five million people in Liaodong finally welcome the peace they ha
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A Roll Call of Great Men 数风流人物
A late-Ming, half-alternate-history, Dream of the Red Chamber-inspired officialdom cultivation novel by Ruigen, absolutely packed with flavor! The second year of the Yonglong era of the Great Zhou. Prosperity conceals danger. The Four Kings and Eight Dukes bask in glory, while civil officials and military generals thrive in luxury. Within the court, the Northern and Southern civil and military factions feud without end. Beyond the borders, enemies eye the nine frontier regions and the coastal te
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The First Grand Secretary of the Red Chamber 红楼首辅
“Have I seen this young lady before?” “No, you haven't!” What should I do with my life? Pass the imperial exams, become an official, and provide for Daiyu. Cultivate myself, put my family in order, govern the state, and bring peace to all under heaven. It's that simple!
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The Jia Family of the Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼贾府
After transmigrating into the world of the Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Qi faces the downfall of the Jia family and the eventual sight of a vast, empty white land... Unwilling to accept this fate, Jia Qi takes up the knife in his hand. His destiny must be held in his own hands. This is the story of a transmigrator defying heaven and changing his fate!
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Drunk and Enchanted by the Dream of the Red Chamber 醉迷红楼
One drunken night in the Red Chamber, even a concubine-born son can become a dragon. A dream of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, a soaring empire in the making. Reader group: 379, 303, 076
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The Charismatic Concubine’s Son of the Red Chamber 红楼之庶子风流
After working himself to death, surgeon Jia Cong awakens in the Rong household. He composes a haunting dream of the Red Chamber and lives out a life of carefree elegance as a concubine-born son.
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The Splendor of the Red Chamber 红楼华彩
The clouds have passed over the mountains; how can I bear to write of them now? Tears of rouge and a tender heart, still drenched in sorrow. What’s the first thing an interesting soul would think of after arriving in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber? Naturally, cultivating immortality! But when cultivation proved impossible, they took a tumble through the mortal world, came away stained with red and green, and parted the mists of history to add a brilliant stroke to this world.
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A Proper Man in the Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼正经人
What do you mean, “When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken”?! Bah! Take down Jia Zhen first, then we can talk.
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The Son of Heaven of the Red Chamber 红楼天子
By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: “Qing Bai, the third son of Prince Zhongwu, is a heaven-blessed prodigy. Among all the imperial grandsons, the late Sacred Ancestor, His Imperial Majesty, cherished him most, raising him in the palace and favoring him far beyond the norm. He is dedicated to good governance and excels in both civil and military affairs, and will surely prove worthy of inheriting the great throne. He shall succeed me and ascend the imperial throne. In accordance with
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Prince Xiang of the Red Chamber 红楼襄王
After transmigrating into a Ming Dynasty version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", he becomes the emperor’s youngest legitimate son. Above him stands a formidable father, beneath whose fearsome authority he must live. His brothers’ rivalries weigh on him, while ministers watch him with hungry eyes... A gentleman keeps his talents hidden until the right moment to act! The empire and its beauties w
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Dream of the Red Chamber: The Green Jade Case 红楼之青玉案
Lin Yin was once an undercover investigator in the black ops division of an international organization. After transmigrating, he gains a piece of green jade with intelligence-gathering powers. After becoming involved in a major case at the Rongguo Mansion, Lin Yin is gradually swept into the whirlpool of court politics and has no choice but to engage in a power struggle with his political rivals. Starting as a junior clerk at the Imperial Academy, he passes through the Ministry of Justice, Minis
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Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting with Lü Bu's Talent 红楼:开局吕布天赋
After transmigrating into the Dream of the Red Chamber world, Jia Yan became Jia Zheng's illegitimate son. At the age of eight, he awakened the memories of his previous life and obtained a golden finger. From the start, he gained Lü Bu's talent... Jia Yan declared that he would stop eating beef.
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Dream of the Red Chamber: A Dream of Mountains and Rivers 红楼之山河一梦
Life is a great dream, and the years pass through us like autumn chills. When splendor fades and desolation remains, all that’s left is to sigh and long for home. Jia Yu dreams his way into Dream of the Red Chamber, becoming Jia Jing’s illegitimate son in the Ningguo House. All he wants is to use a dream-entering mirror to rewrite the seemingly destined, tragic fate. He dreams a great dream in which the women all find their own happiness, and a thousand beauties no longer meet their end in a pit
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Dream of the Red Chamber: Power Over All, Joining Daiyu to Save the Empire 红楼:权倾天下,我和黛玉挽天倾
Nuwa's stone-forging was already absurd, and now this tale of the wilderness is even more so. These are the affairs of life before and after death. Who will record them as a wondrous tale? After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, he is a collateral member of a noble house, notorious, and penniless. The new dynasty came to power by illegitimate means. The court is rife with factional strife, the end times are at hand, and the great edifice is about to fall. The beauties of
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Dream of the Red Chamber: Half a Move Ahead of Heaven 红楼之胜天半子
[A must-read Dream of the Red Chamber story] Yingchun gains a younger brother blessed with the physique of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Chu. The strongest carbon-based life-form descends upon Dream of the Red Chamber. Tonight, a dream in red mansions; tomorrow, a song in the watery realm. White bones pile up like mountains, their names long forgotten…
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The Imperial Cat of the Red Chamber 红楼御猫
“See the imperial cat embroidered on my official robe? The late emperor personally bestowed it upon me to catch treacherous parasites like you. Do you have anything to say for yourself?” “My lord, isn’t the creature embroidered on your robe a qilin?” “Since when is a qilin not a cat? If I, Jia Cong, say it’s a cat, then it’s a cat!” This novel is also known as My Father Is Destined for Greatness in the Red Chamber, I’m Riding Coattails in the Red Chamber, My Years as a Duke in the Red Chamber, a
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Dream of the Red Chamber: From Foot Soldier to Ruler of All 红楼:从小卒到万人之上
He closed his eyes and opened them again. The good news: he had arrived in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber. The bad news: a palace coup was underway. Worse still, he belonged to the emperor's faction, the side being overthrown... Faced with this disastrous start, Li Hu could only raise the knife in his hand...
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Striving in Dream of the Red Chamber 奋斗在红楼
In the winter of the seventh year of the Yongzhi reign of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the beautiful, haughty little girl Lin Daiyu has just entered the Jia household. A modern science graduate transmigrates into the body of Jia Huan, a bastard son in the Jia household from Dream of the Red Chamber. If he doesn’t want to be dragged down by his useless Jia relatives and have his family confiscated and his head chopped off, he needs to prepare early. This is the story of a bastard son making a comeback
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Dream of the Red Chamber: Daiyu and I Swapped Bodies 红楼:我和黛玉互穿了
[Male-Oriented Novel] [Multiple Heroines] [A Dream of the Red Chamber] After Li Chen, the second young master of the Marquis's household, awakened memories of his past life, he somehow switched bodies with Lin Daiyu. From then on, Li Chen played Lin Daiyu, stirring up trouble and enjoying life in the Rongguo Mansion, while Lin Daiyu had no choice but to play him, throwing herself into her studies and pursuing an official career. After years of entanglement and switching bodies, Li Chen rose stea
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The Glory of the Red Mansion, Ruling the Realm 红楼芳华,权倾天下
[Set against the true history of the late Northern Song. Over 10,000 subscriptions, one Glory Star, 10,000 words a day, quality guaranteed.] [The Dream of the Red Chamber is featured as a harem drama, so you can enjoy this even if you haven’t read it. A fusion of The Dream of the Red Chamber and Water Margin.] After transmigrating as Ximen Qing, the stunning beauty he encounters is not Pan Jinlian, but Qin Keqing from The Dream of the Red Chamber. The Jingkang Disaster is coming for the Song dyn
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Dream of the Red Chamber: The Snowy Road to the Azure Clouds 红楼:风雪青云路
After years of studying by the cold window, Jia Jing, a distant branch member of the Jia family, watched the countless scholars heading for the examination halls and felt a pang of emotion. As the saying goes: At the entrance, they comb and search you as if you were a thief; back in your booth, you curl up in your cramped quarters like a sick goose. When the questions are handed out, you rack your brains as if in meditation; by the time you finish, your spirit is spent as if spun from silk. Whil
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Second Lord Lian of Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼琏二爷
After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber as a super-handsome man, Jia Lian faces his tyrannical, lecherous father, his domineering and ruthless beauty of a wife, and the second branch of the family: relatives who look like pigs but are sharp as can be. Jia Lian decides it’s time to whip them all into shape. This is a story about restoring the soul of the Jia family.
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Red Chamber: Defying Heaven's Fall 红楼之挽天倾
A thousand beauties weep, ten thousand fair women mourn. White bones pile like mountains, their names long forgotten; all were once young lords and lovely ladies. A young man from a later age transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, taking the place of a distant relative of the Ningguo House. To avoid being dragged down by the Jia family, he must tread carefully at every turn. Yet when he looks around, he sees a nation on the brink of chaos. To keep the Central Plains from falli
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Rising Above the Rivers and Mountains 扶摇河山
[Ten Thousand Subscriptions] [Dream of the Red Chamber] [Alternate History] Reborn as an illegitimate son of a noble family, he rises from humble beginnings through hardship and makes his way to the top. Time and space fall into chaos, and history branches into an obscure new path; Countless heroes and great figures who once made their mark on history are buried in the dust of time; A new realm rises from the ashes, its road stretching skyward as the old order is swept away; What of fated love a
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After the Rebellion Succeeded, I Learned This Was the Story of the Red Chamber 造反成功后,方知此地是红楼
After transmigrating, Chu Yan dutifully devoted himself to rebellion in the Great Shun Dynasty. It was only when he led his army north and surrounded the capital with two hundred thousand troops that he suddenly realized this world was actually the world of Dream of the Red Chamber! Jia Yuanchun had just been made an imperial consort, Lin Daiyu was still unmarried, and Xue Baochai, the Three Spring sisters, and the others had only recently moved into the Grand View Garden. Li Wan was a widow, Mi
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