Historical Romance 古言

1. 401 永 Yongning Pass 永宁关 Qin Lanmo钦澜茉Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted Jiang Shuwan fell from a stone lion when she was six and became an old soul. At twelve, her legitimate elder sister smiled as she pushed her into the Dingyuan Marquis Household, where she became the wife of a legitimate second son who couldn’t even protect himself. On their wedding night, she folded her arms across her chest. “Let’s set three rules: don’t fall in love with me.” Later, it was this husband who took a blade for her, while the young general of the Jing’an Marquis Household investiga 2Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   [Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss]

2. 402 替 The Substitute Maid Fights Back 替身丫鬟反了 Li Muzhou李沐舟Ancient Romance157k WordsOngoing [Two powerful leads + System + historical romance] On her first day as a maid framed to take the blame in the Chancellor’s household, Shen Yuan was forced to kneel on shards of broken porcelain. The legitimate daughter, Liu Yinshuang, held out a cup of tea. “Confess, and I’ll give you a clean death.” Shen Yuan looked up, blood at the corner of her mouth, and smiled. She pulled out the Crown Prince’s jade pendant. “His Highness gave this to me.” The whole household erupted. Even more shocking, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The counterattack drama in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the heroine is so sassy! Shen Luan was transformed into a maid, and was forced to commit crime by her legitimate daughter at the beginning. She was neither humble nor overbearing, and manipulated the prince with her backhand, and made the Liu family suffer the consequences. With the support of the system, she went from being a humble maid to being feared by the prime minister's palace. She was very capable and flawless throughout the whole process!

3. 403 穿 I Transmigrated to a Chaotic Era and Became a Vicious Stepmother to a Brat 穿越乱世，我成了白眼狼恶毒后娘 Aged Wine陈年老酒Ancient Romance213k WordsOngoing Jiang Wan’s family runs a martial arts school and is quite well-known in the Chaoshan region. As the only girl in the Jiang family to be entered into the family genealogy, her standing is beyond question. After graduating from the police academy, Jiang Wan fulfilled her dream of joining the police force, but tragically died during a mission. When she regained consciousness, Jiang Wan discovered she had transmigrated to ancient times and become a vicious, ungrateful woman. The land was in turm 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I found a very realistic article about farming in troubled times! Modern girls accidentally travel to a turbulent era, and are burdened with a bad reputation as soon as they open their eyes. The man in the family was injured and returned from the army, his body was broken, and he had young children, and the family was completely destitute. The heroine does not have a golden finger. She just relies on her own knowledge and resilience to survive with her injured husband and children. Her life is written very realistically, and the pain of troubled times is very good. If you like the slow-paced survival flow, you can rush it.

4. 404 寡 The Man Adopted by a Widow 寡妇收养的男人 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban767k WordsCompleted [Urban Imagination] [Surreal] [Multiple Female Leads] [Beijing-Circle Heiresses] [Beautiful Women Around the World] [Entertainment Industry Stars] [Web-Novel Heroines] [Most Beautiful Heroines on Screen] 5.8kReads6.9Score445Shelves
5. 405 东 The Eastern Palace’s Caged Sparrow: Changning’s Mistake 东宫囚雀：长宁误 Rika Under the Moon月下绘里香Ancient Romance395k WordsOngoing [Love and hate entwined | Discipline | Revenge | Political scheming] I am the fallen dynasty's princess, the most docile canary in the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince killed my father, destroyed my homeland, and used rules to cage me into the most obedient plaything in his palm. He told me to learn political strategy, so I did. He told me to smile, so I smiled. After lying low for five years, I finally got the chance I'd been waiting for: the day he was trapped in a desperate situation. I broug 158Reads—Score—Shelves

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   As the old saying goes, don't mess around with your antique style.

6. 406 妩 A Shadow Without a Trace 妩影妩踪 Mumu Writes at Leisure木木等闲写Ancient Romance168k WordsOngoing [Transmigration, soul transmigration, substitute romance, two first loves, a general who takes what he wants, obsessive male lead, two men vying for one woman, tragic historical romance, court intrigue, household power struggles, a heroine who saves herself, legitimate daughter, playing the fool to fool the tiger, careful planning at every turn] One night as husband and wife, half a lifetime of old dreams. Deep in Shen Lingwu's heart was Xie Zhilan, the gentle and refined young man she once lov 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Forced love + time-travel heroine setting, the girl Ben and the childhood scholar promised to get married, but because her eyes resembled the general's deceased Bai Yueguang, she was forced into the house by any means. She lost control of the drug late at night and was imprisoned arbitrarily. She begged for refuge every day, and only thought about her sweetheart outside the palace.

7. 407 重 Reborn as My Archrival's Personal Maid 重生后，我成了死对头的贴身奴婢 Dreaming Back to the Book Scroll梦回书卷Ancient Romance310k WordsOngoing “I would be the blade in your hand, even if it meant the final thrust pierced my own heart.” In the waning years of the Great Sheng Dynasty, Wei Jie, the all-powerful Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years, could turn the court upside down with a flick of his wrist. Yet he had a secret no one knew: every night, he was haunted by the same nightmare. In a prison ablaze, a young woman broke free of her shackles and gave him a sorrowful smile. “Wei Jie, in my next life, I’ll repay every cut with a cut of my 2Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 408 四 Peaceful Days in the Siheyuan 四合院岁月静好 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Male-Channel Fanfiction137k WordsCompleted In a courtyard in 1965, there are no petty squabbles, no shrews screaming in the street, no scheming, and no affairs. Everyone is simply doing their best to get by. Here, life is peaceful and the years are serene! 69Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 409 笨 The Foolish Beauty's Kept Man, a Remnant of the Former Dynasty, Starts a Rebellion 笨蛋美人包养的前朝余孽，造反啦 Good People Get Good Packages好人有好包Ancient Romance122k WordsOngoing [A morally upright man in the early stages, later insecure and possessive; gloomy, damp, and brooding; with a split personality, a melodramatic past, household intrigue, revenge on scumbags, mutual firsts, slow burn, happy ending, one-on-one] Shi Suining, the second daughter of the Shi family’s second branch, is gloomy and timid. Once again, her older sister frames her, and she’s sent to a country estate in the western suburbs. At last, fate smiles on her. She finds her future brother-in-law, Ji 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Pure ancient saying, no rebirth or time travel

10. 410 穿 After I Became Consort Yu, I Adopted Yongqi 穿成愉妃后，我把永琪过继了 I'm a Top-Tier Star洒家是顶流Female-Channel Fanfiction397k WordsOngoing Lin Shu, a 45-year-old workplace queen, suddenly finds herself as Consort Yu from My Fair Princess, the long-suffering mother who worries herself sick over her son. From the start, she catches her lovesick son Yongqi talking back to the emperor for Xiaoyanzi. She calmly assesses the situation: this boy is a major liability with a negative return. He has to be cut loose immediately! From then on, she throws the devoted mother-and-son script out the window. Up above, she uses KPIs and financial st 3Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 411 我 My Sixteen-Year-Old White Moonlight 我的16岁白月光 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban198k WordsCompleted Modern city romance, pure love, slice of life, feel-good male-oriented fiction, campus romance, campus belle, first love, mother-in-law, fiancée, heiresses from Beijing's elite families. Contemporary romance, the husband-chasing crematorium trope. 709Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 412 惹 Why Mess with Her? She's the Little Marquis's Dearest Darling 惹她干嘛？她是小侯爷的心尖尖 I Don't Feel Like Eating Strawberries Today今天不想吃草莓啦Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭*: The rating just opened! It'll keep going up! [The Radiant County Princess vs. the Dashing Young Marquis] [Mutual firsts, sweet romance, love at first sight, marriage before love, a hopeless romantic in the making] Ծ‸Ծ: This isn't a fast-paced power fantasy. There's character growth. I'll do my best to satisfy everyone, but reading is subjective. If you can't enjoy it, please be kind. Thank you so much! Pei Xiao isn't hiding his true nature. He really is a wastrel with a moral compass. 7.1kReads8.1Score899Shelves
13. 413 竹 My Childhood Friend Is Ruthless and Savage to Everyone Else, but a Sweet Puppy to Me 竹马对外杀伐狠戾，对我软萌奶狗 Only Loves Coffee芷爱咖啡Ancient Romance304k WordsOngoing [Pure Historical Romance] [Slow-Burn Romance] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Long-Standing Scheme] [Two-Faced Male Lead] [Sweet Romance with a Hint of Bittersweetness, No Angst] [Light Family Intrigue] [Dear readers: This is a sweet, slow-burn romance. The leads dote on each other from childhood to adulthood. At first, they're all children, so the pace is slower, with nothing but innocent sweetness and no flirting. Once they grow up, multiple couples' stories unfold in parallel. Please choose for your 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Pure old saying, no golden finger, no rebirth. Pampered alone. The male protagonist is scheming and silently destroys his opponents, fighting and robbing them. The heroine is a naive and straight-up darling.

14. 414 我 [Dream-Stealing Space] My Dreams Can Charm Girls 【偷梦空间】我的梦境能撩妹 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban678k WordsCompleted A feel-good urban story about the entertainment industry, with multiple heroines, celebrities, campus belles, and a touch of the surreal. The male lead obtains a Dream System that lets him enter other people’s dreams and plant whatever scenes and stories he wants. 6.2kReads7.4Score406Shelves
15. 415 替 I Married the Disabled Prince as a Substitute and Won by Reading Minds 替嫁残王，我靠读心术躺赢了 Yu An Sui Sui予安穗岁Ancient Romance186k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + devoted to each other + no misunderstandings + no first love] When an overworked office worker transmigrates into a book as a concubine-born daughter sent to take another bride’s place, she has to marry a supposedly cruel and sinister disabled prince from the start. Su Qinghe figures she might as well make the best of it. She’ll keep a low profile, lie flat, and slack off. But on the day of the wedding, she suddenly awakens the ability to read minds! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 416 麒 The Young Master Qilin and the Amorous Woman 麒麟公子，多情女 Great Sage Duo Duo大圣铎铎Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted On the day he got married, I went to return his bracelet. Ten years ago, in a ruined temple, he took my hand and said, "Wait for me." I waited ten years. All I got was a wedding invitation. I returned the bracelet and turned to leave. The guests all laughed at me. Everyone in the capital knew: the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Anyang had waited ten years for a man, until she became a laughingstock throughout the city. He didn't know. The person I had been waiting for was never him. It wa 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Stay up late to catch up on updates] "On his wedding day, I returned the love bracelet. He didn't know that the person I was waiting for was never him." The defense was broken!!! "The Qilin Master, the Passionate Girl" - a "substitute literature" that made me cry until three in the morning! 📖 The story begins with a bloody wedding: the general's mansion is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and Shen Changze marries his Bai Yueguang. Jiang Wan stood outside the door dressed in plain clothes, took out the silver bracelet that had been polished for ten years, and returned it to him in public: "You asked me to wait for you, and I have been waiting for you for ten years. Today I have waited, and I will return it to you." The whole hall was in an uproar. He thought she was an old lover who came to marry him. He didn't know that it was never him she was waiting for - it was his dead brother. The man who took her out of the fire ten years ago and kept saying "Don't be afraid" even though he was covered in fire. The groom, Shen Changze, just has the same eyes as his eldest brother. 🔥 Why did this book make me want to read more? ❶ The first "substitute + wife chasing" double knife! It's not the cliche "he treats her as a stand-in", but "she treats him as a stand-in"! The male protagonist thought that the female protagonist loved him, but later he discovered that he was just his brother's shadow. This kind of misplaced sadomasochism, one stab after another, never stops! ❷ The opening chapter is high-energy and the chapters have hooks! In the first chapter, the bracelet is returned and slapped in the face, in the second chapter, the truth is discovered, in the third chapter, the portrait of the elder brother appears... The end of each chapter is stuck at the place where the heart skipped a beat, and I couldn't bear to cross it out. ❸ The host and hostess are amazing! The male protagonist is a cold-blooded general who later went crazy in pursuit of his wife - kneeling down in the rain, confessing his love in public, and contradicting the powerful for her. The heroine looks romantic on the outside, but is actually very affectionate - she walks through thousands of flowers just to find one person. Dual heroes + villain + boss, sparks fly in every rivalry scene! ❹ It's not that you're stupid and sweet, you just laughed and cried. Do you think it's just torture by a substitute? Wrong! Big brother is still alive! When two brothers stood in front of her at the same time, one was Bai Yueguang who had been waiting for ten years, and the other was the pillow person who accompanied her in searching for someone - who would she choose? You guess. 📚 If you are tired of seeing industrial saccharine and the same bossy sweet pets, read this book! The plot is based on the ancient saying of Machiavellianism, the stand-in performs sadomasochism and ends with the pursuit of his wife in the crematorium, and the emotional inheritance between two generations. The textual research party can rest assured (the etiquette of Hou Men and the war in the north have their origins), and the emotional party can rest assured (each chapter has tear points/candy points/knife points). 👉 The bookshelf has been added, no nonsense, just rush! See how Jiang Wan emerges from the shadow of being a substitute for ten years and makes Mr. Qilin crazy about her for the rest of her life!!!

17. 417 天 Living the High Life as a Young Master 天上人间当少爷 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban543k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.8kReads8.3Score116Shelves
18. 418 我 I Become a Scoundrel in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我在天龙当曹贼 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Male-Channel Fanfiction264k WordsCompleted The male lead, Yin Qiancheng, worked himself to death in Shenzhen, then transmigrated into the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He obtained a brain-development and dream-insertion System AI. To return to the future, he brought all the female leads of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, those beautiful older sisters, back to modern Shenzhen. 2.9kReads6.9Score117Shelves
19. 419 真 The Live-Action Anime World 真人日漫界 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Sports252k WordsCompleted In the future, global attitudes toward marriage and relationships have become warped, and nobody gets married or has children. As a result, the population has plummeted, leaving only 120 million people worldwide. Eastland has 38 million survivors, its cities lie in decline, and human civilization stands on the brink of extinction. 421Reads—Score—Shelves

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