A Song of Youth

Household-Intrigue Stories with Proper Manners and Etiquette, Like Real Life in Ancient Times

Looking for books similar to Her Husband Died in Battle, So She Raised Two Sons and a Daughter and Became the Pride of the Capital. After finishing Her Husband Died in Battle, So She Raised Two Sons and a Daughter and Became the Pride of the Capital, I’m seriously out of books to read 💔 Does anyone know stories like this, with aristocratic families that observe proper etiquette and characters who act logically?

Any Grand-scale Historical Political Intrigue Novels?

The male and female leads should be smart, not foolish and naive.

Looking for Ancient-Style Political Intrigue with a Smart Protagonist Who Plots on a Grand Scale

The protagonist should have their own faction. No System!!!

Any Good Books Where Every Character Is Smart, the Logic Is Sound, and the Story Flows Well?

Truly Stunning Historical Romance

Please avoid overly cliché tropes.

Noble Daughters of Great Clans, Born to High Status

Fewer scheming green tea types and white lotuses. It’s fine if side characters are reborn or transmigrate, but I’d prefer the female lead to be a native of that world.

Historical Romance with Two Strong Leads: Both Are Cunning and High-Born, with Palace and Household Intrigue, and No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroines

The male and female leads are clever strategists with high status. Palace and household intrigue, no saintly characters, a tightly paced plot, and a happy ending.

Reborn Legitimate Daughters Taking Revenge and Clashing with Their Half-Sisters

Rebirth stories.

A Powerful Minister's Daughter: Brilliant, Ruthless, and Cunning

The heroine's father or family should be a powerful minister, feared by the emperor. I don't care whether he's a loyal minister or a treacherous one. I don't want petty household squabbles over wives, concubines, and children. I want a ruthless ambition to seize power for the family. And a powerful minister's daughter should act like one: skilled at plotting for power and wielding it.

Pure Historical Romance: A Cultured, Well-Bred Female Lead

No transmigration, no being reborn, and no overly carefree protagonists.

Looking for Household-Intrigue Novels, No Palace Drama

Looking for Clear-Headed Female-Targeted Novels: The Female Lead Repays Kindness and Gets Revenge, With Plenty of Wish Fulfillment

Stories where, when it comes to men, if you do something that hurts me, I will never forgive you, like the ones on Zhihu.