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The Night Emperor 夜天子
He inherits his position generation after generation, but is no prince. He comes from an illustrious family, but not one of the great clans. As a jailer in the Six Doors, all he wants is to pass down the iron rice bowl his ancestors left him, one generation to the next. But then a charlatan talks him into leaving his little corner of the world, and from that day on, a scourge is born. Yang Ling is known as Yang the Headsman, while Yang Fan is called the Plague Doctor. But he has many more nickna
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Late Ming 晚明
In the final years of the Ming dynasty, the northern frontier is shrouded in the smoke of war, with mountains of corpses, while the south of the Yangtze enjoys tranquil streams, stone bridges, song, and dance. Amid the internal strife and external threats of a dynasty on the brink of collapse, a calculating office director rises to power and sounds the last call for China. A true hero can change fate. Brutal, bloody ancient wars and authentic scenes of everyday life in the Ming, where ordinary p
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Strange Tales of Northern Qi 北齐怪谈
In the tenth year of Tianbao, Gao Yang, the heroic emperor, began playing a pipa made from a human thigh bone. He sang along to his own accompaniment, and the tune was grotesque, absurd, terrifying, despairing, and agonizing. That year, Liu Taozi, who lived by the Zhang River, caught a few fish, and the story began.
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I'm Not Foolish, I'm Just Purehearted 我非痴愚实乃纯良
“My name is Wang Xiao. The Xiao is not a joke.” With the realm on the brink of collapse, thirty thousand cavalry rode into Liaodong. The land was shattered, and the realm divided into five. Could anyone stand by and watch the Central Plains sink into ruin?
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Expand and Advance 廓晋
To clear the way means, first, to open it up, and second, to sweep it clean. Having arrived in the Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms era, one should strike out into the current, set one’s heart on the Northern Expeditions, drive the Five Hu tribes from the Central Plains, and then sweep away the aristocratic clans from the imperial court. Such is the way to clear the realm, build a new enterprise, and carry on Chinese civilization. That is the theory. But in the autumn of Yonghe 5, AD 349, when a
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Lotus Blossoms at Every Step 步步生莲
Yang Decheng, a community worker, unexpectedly returns to ancient times after doing his job conscientiously, becoming Ding Hao, the least favored illegitimate son of the Ding family. Without power or money, Ding Hao works as a carriage driver for his half-brother. His dream is to become a carefree young master in this wretched society and live out his days in peace. Though the dream seems distant, Ding Hao doesn't take it to heart. Drawing on the social experience he gained from community work,
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Brocade-Clad by Night 锦衣夜行
I was everywhere during the Jingnan Campaign, the reduction of the vassal princes, the capital’s relocation, the compilation of the great encyclopedia, the campaigns against the Mongols, and the expeditions to the South Seas, yet no one knew I was there. The whole world fit in my sleeve. I walked unseen in brocade, keeping a low profile. A low profile was the way to go. A convoluted line of inheritance and a fate passed down through generations, one over which he had no control, set the stage fo
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The Wisdom of the Great Song 大宋的智慧
Yun Zheng opened a door and could never turn back. That's how life is: once the bow is drawn, there's no taking back the arrow. By the time you want to turn around, a hundred years have passed. This is a novel about the way of being a teacher. It speaks of the wisdom needed to survive, the warmth of human kindness, and the bonds between brothers. It celebrates humility, gentleness, and goodness. Here you'll find the most beautiful love and the deepest brotherly bonds... Perhaps I simply want to
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The Evil Son of the Tang Dynasty 大唐孽子
[My new book, The Wicked Son of the Great Ming, is out] Li Shimin: Wicked son! You shock me every single day! After staying up all night, Li Kuan returned to the Tang dynasty and became Li Shimin's second son, Prince Chu Li Kuan. He was once the worst of Chang'an's Four Calamities, a wicked son in Li Shimin's eyes. He was a thorn in the aristocratic clans' side and the nobles' best business partner. He was the God of Wealth to merchants and a savior to craftsmen. He drove agricultural developmen
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The Nightless Marquis of Lin'an 临安不夜侯
“Yang Yuan requests that Chancellor Qin die!” “What evidence do you have to accuse me of a crime?” “None whatsoever!” Yang Yuan of Youqiu Media accidentally wanders into Lin’an during the Southern Song dynasty. He intends to return to his old line of work and become the first crisis PR expert in ancient times. Instead, he ends up expanding the empire, uniting Xia and Jin, and making waves across the realm. I shall be the Son of Heaven!
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The Great Man of Northern Song 北宋大丈夫
New book: The Sweeper Star of the Tang Dynasty is now available. … Later generations all said that the Great Song had no men of courage, and that was why it was a weak dynasty. Unable to defend itself, the weak Song clung to a corner of the realm, allowing the heartland of China to fall. This is a story about a great man striding across his age. This is a story about giving the Great Song a backbone. … Jue Shi's completed novel, Bringing a Warehouse to the Ming Dynasty, runs over five million
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A First-Rank Official 官居一品
Count the heroes, weigh their triumphs and defeats: a century passes like a dream, yet their hearts burn with purpose. They strive to govern wisely and save a crumbling realm, even if a flood of infamy follows them beyond the grave. They scorn death and cherish the rise and fall of nations, traveling alone through storms and tempests. Who wouldn't wish the Great Wall to stand forever? Yet none can know if the River of Sorrow will flow eastward, back into the sea.
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The Carefree Young Scholar 逍遥小书生
A 21st-century engineering graduate transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a poor scholar. A whole library is somehow stored in his brain, packed with every kind of knowledge! He isn't expecting to become a noble or a minister, but surely he can at least land a high-ranking post and have some fun, right? Facing the rising sun, Li Yi makes a grand vow and bravely takes his first step in this world. “Stop!” On a tall horse sits a stunning woman in riding clothes. After giving him a careful onc
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The Illegitimate Son of a Noble House 高门庶子
[Alternate history + over 10,000 first-month subscriptions] I transmigrated to a dynasty called Dayu and became a well-known young nobleman from a powerful family in the capital, Sheng'an. My father is the magistrate of Sheng'an, a third-rank official. My stepmother is from the Cui clan, one of the Five Great Families of the capital, an illustrious noble house. Their son is a dashing young genius, handsome and talented. Before he was even fifteen, he passed the provincial examinations as a juren
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Disciplining the Song Dynasty 调教大宋
In the sixth year of Qingli, the Zhao Song dynasty was awash in song and dance. Then a madman arrived… He saw with his own eyes the Great Song's splendor, grace, and warmth. At first, Tang Yi just wanted to enjoy this era. The Jingkang Incident, the Mongol cavalry, none of it had anything to do with him. History would follow its own course, no matter how much he meddled. A thousand years later, China would still be China! It couldn't fall! But when an old man, worried for his country and its
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Chronicles of the Great Han Empire 大汉帝国风云录
Guided by the principle of “delving into history while stepping beyond it,” this novel depicts the intricate historical developments and grand wars of conquest that took place more than 1,800 years ago. The story follows Li Hong, nicknamed Leopard, who rescues a Xianbei commander while still a slave and escapes back to the Han. Starting as an ordinary soldier, he repeatedly distinguishes himself in battle and rises to become a general, ultimately influencing the course of history at the end of t
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Building a Thousand-Year Clan, Starting with King Wu's Campaign Against Zhou 从武王伐纣开始建立千年世家
(New book: Chongzhen's Dawn, 1627, is now available!) Ji Zhao transmigrates to the Zhou dynasty, three thousand years in the past, only to discover that his elder brother, King Wu, Ji Fa, has just overthrown the Shang dynasty and is gravely ill, on the brink of death. Ji Zhao is enfeoffed as a marquis and tasked with assisting the young ruler. Looking at the eight-year-old Son of Heaven and the eight hundred lords of the Ji and Jiang clans, Ji Zhao is filled with ambition. Through hardship, he w
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Can I Make It to the Other Shore? 朕能走到对岸吗
There have never been any shortage of swindlers in this world. Some pretend to be wealthy merchants, some pose as talented scholars, and some pass themselves off as beggars. Yet few have ever dared to impersonate the Son of Heaven. In Xuchang, Cao Cao had brought back Emperor Xian of Han. In Jizhou, there was another Liu Xie who looked exactly like him. Yuan Shao proclaimed to all under heaven that the emperor in Jizhou was the real one, while the emperor in Xuchang was an impostor hired by Cao
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The Heir Emperor 嗣皇帝
Reborn into a parallel world embroiled in a succession struggle among nine princes, Shen Ye had been ready to make a big impact. Then he discovered that he had become the Crown Prince, with everyone ganging up to attack him. He knew the Crown Prince’s greatest enemy wasn’t his brothers, but the increasingly suspicious emperor. After realizing he couldn’t recreate the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Shen Ye decided to lie flat! He’d never become emperor no matter how hard he tried, so he might as well do w
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I Studied Abroad in the Modern Era 我在现代留过学
The Son of Heaven is born of Heaven and Earth, and is Heaven’s own son! Some say the Son of Heaven is the father and mother of the people, and rules the world as its king! And I was once the Son of Heaven! I inherited the legacy of six generations and carried forward the late emperor’s ambitions. I punished the western rebels and put the old faction in its place. Whatever I set out to do, I accomplished; whoever I attacked, I defeated. I swept away a century of accumulated ills in the Great Song
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The Villain 恶汉
I transmigrated and was reborn… Only to become Dong Zhuo's son. But I remember that Dong Zhuo didn't have a son in the Three Kingdoms. What kind of situation is this? My impression of Dong Zhuo is that he fought with a mighty general over a woman. Though he got the little Diao, he lost his head. Then his entire family was beheaded by that mighty general, and even his white-haired grandmother was beheaded by Huangfu Song. What am I supposed to do? I can't make paper, I don't know how to make gunp
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I’m Not a Savage 我不是野人
This time, I'm not asking about the results. I only want to follow my heart. This time, I just want to write a book properly. This time, I'm writing about hope, about the deepest dream in my heart. I truly want to transmigrate for real, just once, and live vividly in a dream. I'm ordinary and unremarkable, but my dreams are anything but. Every night before I fall asleep, I enter the world of my dreams. There, I live it out bit by bit and travel through it inch by inch, starting out naked and bui
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The Embroidered Uniform Guards Rule the Realm 锦衣当国
Wang Tong, a modern office worker, dies of illness and arrives in the early years of the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty. This is the Ming's finest age, and also the last of its glory. As the son of a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, what can Wang Tong do? What can he change? The moment he appears, the river of time changes course…
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The Ming Dynasty's First Brother-in-Law 大明第一国舅
In the spring of the second year of Hongwu, a young man arrived in Xinfengli, leading a donkey and carrying a coffin. Zhu Yuanzhang became my brother-in-law? Then I’m the Ming Dynasty’s foremost royal uncle!
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I’m Really Not Doing My Job as Emperor 朕真的不务正业
On the nineteenth day of the first month of the first year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli, Zhu Yijun, sized up the Iron Triangle before him. His first ally looked rather kind. She was the Empress Dowager of the Ming. His second ally was just a eunuch whose job was to kowtow. His third ally was a powerful minister who practically radiated authority. At last, everyone turned their eyes to Us and asked what role We were playing. We looked at Our identity and said: We are The Great Emperor Who Neglects His
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Rise of the Poor Scholar 寒门崛起
This is the story of a graduate student in Classical Chinese who, after being battered again and again while searching for work, returns to the middle of the Ming dynasty and enters the body of a young child in a mountain village. His father is stiff and taciturn, his mother is fiery, and his relatives are all a troublesome lot. There's no shortage of squabbles in the little farmyard. Luckily, I have several thousand years of accumulated history behind me, and the Four Books, Five Classics, and
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The Reclusive Life in the Three Kingdoms 三国之宅行天下
“If I had known I was going to transmigrate, I would definitely have looked up how to make things like gunpowder and glass...” Jiang Zhe gazed at the large tree in front of the door and sighed. “Glass, hmm, that should be made by firing sand, right? But what about gunpowder? Saltpeter, charcoal, and what else was it? Sulfuric acid or sulfur?” “Husband...” Xiu Er walked over to Jiang Zhe and asked curiously, “Aren’t you going to work yet?” “I’m going, I’m going...” Jiang Zhe shook his head and
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Great Ming: Zhu Yuanzhang Breaks Down After a Glimpse of the Future 大明：剧透未来，朱元璋崩溃了
In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Han Cheng transmigrates onto the bed of Princess Ningguo, where he even spends the night. She is Zhu Yuanzhang’s eldest legitimate daughter and his most beloved daughter! When Zhu Yuanzhang learns what happened, he instantly flies into a rage! Confronted by the furious Old Zhu, who wants to flay him alive, Han Cheng has no choice but to reveal that he is a transmigrator in order to save himself. Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang does not believe him. But the vario
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The Brocade Guards 锦衣
What we keep looking back at is the mountains. What we can never forget is the sea. If someone were to return to the sixth year of the Tianqi reign... The empire was on the brink of collapse. Eunuch factions ran rampant, officials fought among themselves, and the people lived in misery. The factional strife continued unabated. Amid the misty Jiangnan scenery, talented scholars still amused themselves, while beautiful women sang and danced. The refugees were barely clothed, and their hunger had r
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The Great Shun 顺明
A discharged soldier arrives in the Ming dynasty. While he was in the military, he was merely a noncommissioned officer. After leaving the service, he became an employee of a financial courier company. What can he do? Will he drift with the currents of history, or defy heaven, change his fate, and alter the destiny of this age...
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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 Convict 刑徒
The Chu-Han Contention. Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to rule?
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The Tang Dynasty's First Family 大唐第一世家
A technical specialist from a township hospital transmigrates to the eighth year of the Zhenguan era, becoming the third son of Cheng Yaojin, the notorious tyrant of the early Tang. The sky was still blue. Li Yuan was still living out his lonely days of illness in Daan Palace, Empress Zhangsun was still in good health, and Qin Qiong was still struggling to stay alive for the sake of his children. Li Chengqian’s leg was still sound, and Wu Meiniang had yet to become Lady Wu. Li Mingda was still a
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The Great Physician 大国医
No deep-seated vendettas, no struggle to rule the world, no plots and schemes, no machinations: this is the romantic story of a Jiangnan youth who, quite by accident, grows into a renowned physician whose work bridges the past and the future.
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Lü Bu's Life Simulator 吕布的人生模拟器
Do you believe it? A person’s life is already set from the moment their personality takes shape. Life may offer many opportunities and choices, but when you face them, your personality and understanding have already determined what you will choose. As someone destined to fail, are you willing to reshape your life starting now? The Life Simulator: change the future, change your life. You deserve to have one. Outside Luoyang, Lü Bu sat astride the Red Hare, riding with the procession along a broad
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Spring in the Red Chamber 红楼春
In the fifth year of Long'an, Jia Qiang, reborn for a second time, fled for his life from the den of wolves that was the Ningguo Mansion to protect his chastity. At last, a perennial single engineer had found spring in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber... Group numbers: Helmsman Group One: 379, 303, 076 (full) Helmsman Group Two: 729, 821, 605 (full) Helmsman Group Three: 106, 188, 0780 (full) Helmsman Group Four: 1135, 575, 302 General Group: 7930, 70, 606 (Before joining, reply with the la
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The Great Idle Man of the Zhenguan Era 贞观大闲人
In the Zhenguan era of the Tang, the realm was at peace and the land was magnificent, all under the Li clan’s special favor. Li Jing struck north against the Turks, while Emperor Taizong campaigned east against Goguryeo. Their armies were so mighty that they commanded the respect of the four seas. Now, let us set out anew and restore the old realm. Before the portraits of the meritorious officials, Li Yuan plucked his pipa and sighed alone. In the towers of Lingyan Pavilion, Li Shimin, drunk, da
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The Ming Dynasty, 1627 大明王朝1627
In 1627, in the Ming Dynasty, pig iron cost 9 wen per jin, wheat cost 0.7 taels per shi, and millet cost 0.5 taels per shi. In 1627, the Ming central government collected roughly 10 million taels of silver and 4 million shi of grain tax. Local revenues from corvee levies, militia levies, community levies, and relay-station levies amounted to around 10,000 to 20,000 taels of silver per county. In 1627, the population was around 150 to 200 million, still far short of the 400 million it would reach
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Back to the Ming Dynasty as a Tyrant 回到明朝当暴君
I am the Son of Heaven, appointed by Heaven itself. I command the universe, carry forward the founding emperor’s legacy, and wield the Son of Heaven’s sword to crush all who refuse to submit. Let this be proclaimed to all under heaven: beneath the sky, all is the emperor’s land; within the borders, all are his subjects. Barbarians and foreign nations alike shall be servants of the Han. P.S. The audiobook version is now available on Ximalaya. Give it a listen and subscribe! General group number:
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The Iron-Blooded Qin Dynasty 铁血大秦
Cheng Feng, a hero, was accidentally sent back to the end of the Qin Dynasty and became Prince Fusu. In an age teeming with heroes, discover how Fusu wades through blood-soaked mud to seize supreme power, and how he contends with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang for the splendid realm.
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The Merit of Qin 秦功
A young man’s soul transmigrates to the late Warring States period, where he finds himself in Qi, born into a life of suspicion and mockery. Fortunately, he has lived two lives, and can therefore see the spirits of the dead. Yet the “achievements” of the seven Warring States amounted to little more than hereditary privileges, the preserve of the nobility. He had thought that, for all his life, he would struggle to shake off the contempt others felt for him, let alone become a high-ranking offici
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The Boy Emperor 孺子帝
Three emperors died one after another, and a prince whom no one had ever paid any attention to inexplicably ascended the throne, finding himself surrounded by danger. The Empress Dowager disliked him and was always looking for a younger, more obedient boy to install as the new emperor. His half-brothers disliked him, believing he had stolen the throne that belonged to them. The eunuchs and palace maids disliked him too, thinking he didn’t seem like a real emperor… The Young Emperor could only sa
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The System Tricked Me into a Cultivation World in the Qin Dynasty 大秦之系统骗我在仙侠世界
After an accident, Bai Ji transmigrated. The System told him he had arrived in a world of immortals and martial heroes! There was a female Immortal King whose true name, when chanted, could reveal eternal life within the cycle of reincarnation! There was a generation’s Heavenly Emperor, suppressing every enemy beneath the heavens! To stay alive, Bai Ji chose to seclude himself and cultivate. Six years later, Bai Ji stared at a sea of black flags bearing the Xuan Bird insignia. [You lousy Sys
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A Thousand Men Beheaded 千夫斩
Qingliao’s new book, Conquering the Early Han, is now officially online. Just look at the title and you’ll know what it’s about and what kind of story it is. No need to say more, you get it…
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An Age of Great Strife 大争之世
Reborn as a young lord, Zhongni is still full of ambition, while Yanzi has grown old. Sun Wu has yet to finish his treatise on war, and the powerful Jin is on the verge of collapse amid the rivalries of its ministers... As a son, peerless in courage, he takes his revenge in a single stroke, shaking the world. What more could a great man ask for? Living in this age, gazing upon the vast reeds: where is the maiden by the autumn waters? In the mulberry grove by the city walls, the lovely girl waits
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Why Has Your Highness Rebelled? 皇兄何故造反？
In the eighth year of the Jingtai era, at the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Zhu Qiyu stood atop the imperial steps. Behind him was a ten-year-old child. Below the steps stood the civil and military officials, all wearing impassive expressions. He sighed, then looked up at his panic-stricken elder brother. At last, he asked the question he had kept buried in his heart. “Your Majesty, why have you rebelled?” P.S. Warning: the protagonist is a schemer and won’t be pursuing technological advancement
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I Refuse to Be a King in the Spring and Autumn Period 我在春秋不当王
In the thirty-first year of Duke Xiang of Lu, the Zhou royal house was plunged into turmoil. Li Ran, whose soul had traveled across time, lost his secure library job! His closest friend died! His promising career was gone! And he was forced into exile. What a miserable life! Miserable! Miserable! That year, Duke Xiang of Lu had just passed away, Zichan was reforming Zheng, the six great ministers of Jin were locked in a bitter power struggle, Duke Jing of Qi was poised to make his move, and King
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A Nobody Becomes King 草芥称王
The groom is brutally killed on his way to the wedding. To save the marriage alliance between two powerful families, the bride wants me, her family’s advisor and the groom’s lookalike, to take his place?
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The Song Dynasty Physician 宋医
A medical student transmigrates to a small county in the Northern Song dynasty and takes a position as a practicing physician at a pharmacy on the verge of going out of business. Thus begins his shameless career as a doctor in ancient times. Readers’ QQ groups: 72505368 45350704 You’re warmly invited to join!
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I Am the Emperor Who Lost His Kingdom 朕就是亡国之君
In the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong era, Zhu Qiyu awoke from a long dream on the imperial throne and opened his eyes. The Tumu Fortress disaster had already taken place, and the three elite generations of the capital garrison had been wiped out. His elder brother, the worthless Emperor Zhu Qizhen, was knocking at the gates of Datong Prefecture. Zhu Qiyu realized that he had to defend not only the capital and the Ming dynasty, but also his wife, children, and family! Does personally overseein
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