Looking for an Elegant Historical Chinese Romance Without Outlandish, Over-the-Top, or Brain-Dead Tropes 求古色古香的古言小说，不要各种天雷狗血脑残梗的
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Wasn't I Supposed to Come Here to Enjoy Life? Second Miss, I'm Busy 不是穿来享福吗？二小姐我很忙
A chapter-based historical romance modeled on Dream of the Red Chamber. It has a certain learning curve and is set in an alternate Song dynasty. Every detail can withstand scholarly scrutiny. Li Yi transmigrated here to enjoy a life of comfort. By a twist of fate, she won the favor of the Dowager Consort of Prince Heng's residence, and with her father, the prefect of Qingzhou, protecting her, she lived freely and boldly. (No romantic scenes in the first 200 chapters. If that's not your thing, yo
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- 452 Marrying into a Wealthy Family 嫁大户 [Traditional historical romance + merchant couple + married life + sweet everyday romance + family and village life] The heroine is gentle, clear-headed, and never lets anyone push her around. The hero is considerate, witty, and resourceful. The younger daughter of the Shen family in Baihe Town marries the second son of the Xie family, who runs a medicinal herb shop in Ping County. She hears he spends most of his time away from home and that his family has fallen on hard times. She never expec 28.5kReads9.3Score3.9k14d adds
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Marrying a Hunter: The Bride He Bought Is Spoiled Rotten 嫁给猎户：买来的媳妇使劲宠
(This is an everyday-life story, not a power fantasy. The protagonists and the people around them will all grow gradually.) Su Nuannuan was hit and killed by a car that ran a red light after she finished her night shift. In an instant, she transmigrated to ancient times, into the body of a maid being sold… The first time Liu Baifeng passed the slave market, he saw Su Nuannuan priced at eight taels of silver and curled his lip. She’s so ugly, and they’re asking that much? Who’d buy her… The secon
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Playing Chess with You: The Phoenix's Power 与君奕：凰权
(The rating has only just opened and will rise later) “Political intrigue + evenly matched leads + marriage before love + traditional war for supremacy in a chaotic age + ensemble cast + powerful female lead + nation and family” In these chaotic times, even a monarch can hardly hope for a lifetime of peace. Crowned heir to the throne at six, named crown prince at eight, and enthroned at twelve, Yan Xi was the “future savior of the Yan Kingdom” foretold by an astrologer, blessed with the Purple
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- 455 Master, Your Romance Luck Has Blossomed 大师，你桃花开了 [Silly Comedy + Sweet Romance + Fallen Princess + Fake Monk + Devoted Couple + Sharp Tongues] Before meeting Wuchen, Qin Yueliang only wanted to stand on her own two feet and take down anyone who coveted her beauty. After meeting Wuchen, all Qin Yueliang wants is to cling to him and let him take down anyone who covets her beauty. They first meet outside Jing'an Temple. “Master, I’m just a helpless young woman. If you don’t help me, I’ll die!” “Benefactor, take another look at the corpses at your 5.3kReads9.1Score71814d adds
- 456 The Troubles of a Favored Concubine: The Marquis Is Not So Cold 宠妾难为：侯爷不太冷 Also known as: “The Concubine Keeps Trying to Run Away, but the War God Marquis Has Fallen for Her” By a twist of fate, Wei Yao becomes the concubine of the Great Zhou's war god, Marquis Nanning. Though he is handsome and graceful, a master of both letters and arms, she swears she will never be a concubine! First, she'll play along while secretly plotting, then seize the chance to run. But how does she escape? Where does she go? It takes skill! Never mind anything else, she needs to save at leas 7.9kReads9.2Score92714d adds
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The Foodie Heir Apparent Finally Gets a Full Meal 舌尖世子终于吃饱饭了
This is a story about a matchmaking mix-up that brings together two people who are made for each other. One is Qin Wanshu, the legitimate daughter of the Cheng'en Earl's household. She appears elegant and virtuous, but secretly she's the sharpest-tongued cook in the capital. The other is the aloof heir of the Chengxin Earl's household. He's accomplished in both letters and arms, and secretly a glutton, but his discerning palate always picks up on what's wrong with the food. He hasn't eaten a sat
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The Spoiling and Killing Game: A Delicate Beauty's Hidden Edge 宠杀局：娇骨沉锋
[Power Struggles] [Strong Female Lead] [Two Powerful Leads] [Madness] [Wuxia World] [Revenge] [Mad Beauty, Jianghu Strategist, Charming Beloved Concubine] [Mad Powerful Minister, Personally Slays Rebels] Kill her father and defeat her enemies. Change the dynasty! #Revenge #TwoPowerfulLeads #SecretIdentity #MadBeauty Liu Xieyun, a strategist of the jianghu, hides a rebellious spirit beneath the frail facade of a beloved concubine. The cold and stern Inspector Jiang Chenyan pretends to be her love
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- 459 The General’s Cherished Wife: A Beautiful and Sweet Country Girl 将军娇宠：农家夫人美又娇 Xia Liuliu transmigrated and became the second daughter-in-law of the Meng family. Her husband was in a vegetative state, and you might think that was all life had in store for her. But from then on, the Meng family's fortunes kept improving, and they grew richer and richer. Xia Liuliu put her lucky-charm nature to good use: she gathered matsutake mushrooms, found a rare lingzhi, stumbled upon gold ingots, and started a business. Even their useless son woke up one day. When foreign enemies invad 160Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 460 A Match Made by Proper Betrothal 明媒善娶 Shi Fake is a kind young woman determined to become a matchmaker. She has been arranging marriages for others since she was fifteen and has barely ever tasted failure. That is, until one day, Lu Chi, a newly arrived scholar in town, came to her to ask for her help finding a match... Never could she have imagined that this scholar would become the greatest disgrace of her career, one she would never live down. To wash away that disgrace, Miss Shi ended up putting herself on the line. 525Reads9.0Score10114d adds
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Crossing Paths with Xiao Chi 渡萧迟
Xiao Yanyan, a noblewoman of the Liao, and Han Derang, the son of a Han official, fell in love as children and pledged to grow old together. But an imperial edict selecting consorts tore them apart. She was sent to the palace and became Empress to Emperor Jingzong of Liao. Five years later, the emperor died, leaving her with their young crown prince. The imperial clansmen coveted power, and powerful ministers watched like hawks. The widowed empress and her son were in mortal danger. At the most
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- 462 The Farmer's Wife 农妇当家 Chen Qingzhu had never had a match arranged for her, so she married the poorest man in the village. But little by little, everyone realized she had made the best marriage in the village, and she eventually became a role model for its women. 450Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 463 Demons Lurk in Qingcheng 青城有妖 On Mount Qingcheng lived a snake demon named Qing Shanjun, known as the Great Immortal Qing. The Great Immortal Qing often lounged in front of a waterfall on Mount Qingcheng, admiring his own beauty and bragging, “I’m such a gorgeous male snake, and I’ve been single for over nine hundred years. I really have kept myself pure!” On his first day down the mountain, the Great Immortal Qing latched onto Su Hexiang, the young woman who had caused him to fail his tribulation. He couldn’t kill her or ea 9Reads7.0Score—14d adds
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Cold Steel, Red Robes: Turning the World Upside Down 冷刃红妆逆乾坤
Court intrigue and the martial world + true and fake heiresses + love and hate + mutual salvation + punishing scoundrels + two powerful leads + exclusive pairing, both untouched She was the strongest assassin, ordered to kill a demoted prince, yet she failed three times. Outwardly, he seemed gentle and spoiled, but beneath the surface he was deeply calculating, and he saw through the mystery of her identity at a glance. Amid the snow of a Southern Frontier night and the flash of blades, the two
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- 465 When the Flowers Bloom on the Roadside, Will You Come Home? 陌上花开，可归矣 Jiang Zhaoyu was born into a marquis’s household, but her mother disliked her from the moment she was born and sent her to live with her maternal grandmother. Fortunately, Her Highness the Grand Princess raised her as her own daughter, and she grew up to become the most exalted young lady in the capital. The older brother who grew up alongside her was the one she loved, but he married someone else. Later, Jiang Zhaoyu became engaged to Chu Jinyi, the empress dowager’s grandnephew and the empress 3.8kReads8.9Score39814d adds
- 466 A Farewell to Quiet Joy 清欢辞 Xiao Qinghuan, daughter of the Marquis of Wuyang, was praised by everyone in Bianjing as a fine young lady from a distinguished scholarly family. She was beautiful, gentle, and charming. Before she had even come of age, countless young men from prominent families had come to ask for her hand, but she had not taken a liking to a single one. The man she loved was a peerless hero. “The young ladies in the capital are all pretty much the same, dull as dishwater. Especially the ones from scholarly fa 20.2kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
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I, Empress Hexi, Reborn and Done Saving the Ungrateful 朕，和熹女君，重生不扶白眼狼
At fifteen, Deng Sui entered the palace. At twenty-two, she was made empress, and at twenty-five, she ruled as regent. For sixteen years, Deng Sui safeguarded the Han empire, only to be sent to her death by the young emperor she had personally supported. Her entire family was purged, and her loyal confidants died tragic deaths, full of resentment. Reborn, she returned to the year of the selection. In this life, Deng Sui seeks only to defy fate and change her destiny: Protect the emperor, who is
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- 468 Indulging 逞娇 [Rugged Hero and Sweetheart, A Princess's Devoted Suitor] [Marriage First, Love Later, One True Pairing, Sweet Romance] As the most honored princess of the Great Yi Dynasty, Pei Heyu was raised from birth in a world of wealth and luxury. When she grew up, she associated only with princes, nobles, and members of eminent families. Those young ladies and gentlemen all came from households of immense wealth, dressed in bejeweled finery. They drank Mingqian Longjing tea worth a fortune, ate tribute p 11.7kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 469 Skilled at Singing 善吟 [Purely historical setting, no rebirth or transmigration] Everyone said that the eldest son of the Zhou family was a gentleman who cared nothing for money or power. But Shen Shan knew he was a bastard, and one who could wreak havoc on a woman’s heart… 2.5kReads8.9Score23214d adds
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Yifang Ci 宜芳辞
[Serious Drama] [No Mindless, Clichéd Angst] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] [Carefully Crafted] [Slow Burn] She is the widowed daughter-in-law of the prestigious Pingchang Marquis household. Brought into the family with a marriage contract, she suffers neglect and scorn. Though skilled at arranging flowers and as lovely as a pearl or jade, she becomes a stepping stone for the Marquis household's second young lady to win a reputation for herself. He is nearly thirty and holds the highest minister
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- 471 Spring Poems from the Capital 上京春赋 [Signed for print publication under the title Spring Rhapsody in the Capital] [Pure historical romance, not reborn + a long-planned scheme + a touch of coercive seduction + devoted pampering and flirting + emotional push and pull] [Completed; the original title was Spring Rhapsody in the Capital] [Sweet romance, both mutually inexperienced: brave and gentle young princess x sinister, fanatical powerful minister] A conspiracy landed Mo Yuan’s father and brother in prison, their lives at the mercy 71.6kReads9.3Score5.7k14d adds
- 472 After Having a Child for Him, the Celibate General Fell for Me 借腹生子后，禁欲将军他沦陷了 [Pure historical romance + surrogate pregnancy + slice-of-life feel + devoted couple, one-on-one + pregnancy before love + wholehearted devotion + happy ending] [Talented and beautiful heroine fallen on hard times vs. an ascetic general from a neighboring kingdom] A story about a pair who have no choice but to fall in love after a pregnancy (scratch that, a pair of beauty enthusiasts). Yan Xiao was the beloved daughter of the chancellor of the Li Kingdom, born to him in his later years. She was 6.8kReads9.0Score55714d adds
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The Masked Killer: A True Account 面具杀手实录
[Both leads are each other’s first + Size difference + Morally upright top scholar + Masked assassin who walks the night + Winning back his wife] The top scholar is crazy! He could have been a perfectly respectable son-in-law to the prime minister, but instead he’s chasing a masked female assassin all over the world! Other male leads are aloof and chaste. This one is willing to throw away his pride just to win his wife back! Heroine: “I’m just an assassin with no feelings.” Hero: “That’s fine. I
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- 474 Bearing a Child in Prison, I Am Doted on by My Convict Husband 狱中留子，被流犯夫君宠上天 The animated series and the live-action audiobook on Tomato Listen have launched. Come watch and listen [Double purity + devoted love + no angst + heartwarming. A story of mutual companionship and healing, as a pair rise from exiles to the very top.] After the man she loved was assassinated, Mu Xijin, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s household, had planned to spend the rest of her life alone. But one misstep left her at the mercy of her elder sister, who forced her to conceive 16.5kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
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The Princess's Consort Pays Her Two Hundred Thousand Taels a Month in Pregnancy Allowance 驸马每月给公主二十万两安胎费
The rating is low because it was just posted. It’ll go up later. [Pure historical romance + one-on-one, devoted couple + happy ending + lighthearted style + no transmigration or rebirth] [A beauty-loving, tearful, wild princess VS a cold, scheming powerful minister] Huo Yu is a sickly princess who could die at any moment. Before she does, she wants to take her brother’s nemesis down with her. But she accidentally discovers that whenever she gets near this man, all her aches and pains disappear.
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A Replacement Bride for the Crippled Crown Prince, Pregnant with Twins 替嫁残太子，我一胎双宝
Su Yanci, an illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yongning’s household, has her marriage stolen by her legitimate elder sister and is treated as a disposable pawn by the marquis’s family. She is married off in her sister’s place to the crown prince, who is rumored to be crippled and doomed to an early death. Everyone in the Eastern Palace knows that Crown Prince Xiao Jingyuan fell from his horse and suffered a lasting injury. Frail and always cold, he is the weakest heir to the throne in the
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- 477 Phoenix Beauty 凤娇 Su Feng, the eldest daughter of the second branch of the Su family, is betrothed by the Empress Dowager to Yuan Chenghao, the third young master of Prince Rui’s household. She has no choice but to bid farewell to her beloved grandmother and marry into the prince’s household with her family’s blessings. Yuan Chenghao is a notorious playboy in the capital. Though handsome and charming, he spends his nights carousing among women. Unhappy with the arranged marriage, he argues with Su Feng on their w 4.6kReads8.5Score41814d adds
- 478 An Ancient Road Trip: Meeting All Kinds of Transmigrators 古代公路文：遇见各种穿越者 [Romance + wild imagination + xuanhuan] A great many people transmigrated into the ancient world, terrifying the imperial court, which launched operations to lure them out, track them down, and hunt them down. Yu Yang had been here for twelve years. By all rights, she should have been dead by now. But after fainting one day, she suddenly gained the ability to see transmigrators through the Taiyin Black Ledger, and people blessed with fortune through signs of good and bad luck. She even learned h 3kReads9.4Score50314d adds
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Where Mountains and Rivers End 山河尽处
[One Heroine | Master of Medicine and Poison | Peerless Martial Arts | Jianghu and Court Intrigue | Devoted to Each Other] Lu Yunqing (Lu Shen) was nearly killed as an infant, but was rescued by her two masters and raised in seclusion deep in the mountains for seventeen years. She mastered extraordinary martial arts and medicine, but after years away from the world, she knew little of social customs and the rules of aristocratic families. After passing her masters' trial, she bid them farewell
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The Bedchamber Maid 通房丫鬟
As a bedchamber maid, Hua Rong has always remembered her place. She mustn't fall in love with her master, let him become addicted to women, or compete with his future young madam for his affections. After finally enduring until age and fading looks let her buy back her freedom, Hua Rong sets her sights on an honest, decent widower and plans to share a simple life with him. But her highborn master pins her to the wall, eyes red, and asks, “You'd rather have that old man than me?” Hua Rong: “...”
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- 481 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Righteous Heroine, but Maybe I Should Be the Villain 穿书正派女配，我还是做反派吧 [Alternate ancient setting + transmigrate into a book + love that grows over time + powerful leads + master and disciple] Lin Xuan transmigrated into a book, becoming Lin Zixuan, a supporting female character in an old-fashioned transmigration romance novel. The good news: she isn’t a vicious supporting character, but a righteous one on the protagonists’ side. The bad news: her ending is hardly any better than the villainess’s. In the original story, Lin Zixuan was the apple of her parents’ eyes 161Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 482 A Home Deep in the Peach Blossom Spring 桃源深处人家 (Pure historical romance + farming + no rebirth + no transmigration + no golden finger + everyday family life + slow and steady romance + both leads are each other's first) One is Qiaoyun, a young woman with nowhere to go. She has to support her widowed mother and little brother, and her wicked aunt and her family have driven them to the brink. The other is Li Cheng, a hunter whose family has fallen into decline. He has a sick younger sister to care for and is so poor that all he has left is a 97Reads6.3Score—14d adds
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After Losing My Memory, My Imperial Secret Guard Is Acting Strange 失忆后，朕的暗卫不对劲
He was the prince discarded as a stillborn, Number Nineteen. He was the quietest young assassin in the Blood Falcon Shadow Camp, Number Shadow Seven. The day Prince Ninth took Nineteen away, Shadow Seven clutched his hand so tightly his fingers broke, blood dripping in a line. He said only, “Don’t forget me.” Nineteen never did. He was simply made to drink Forget-Worry Powder. Four years later, they caught a fleeting glimpse of each other on a busy street, and Shadow Seven recognized him at once
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The Noble Lady and the Convict Slave 贵女与罪奴
[Wild, calculating male lead VS sunshine heroine] [Reborn + mutual salvation + devoted to each other + sweet romance + unhinged villain + not a strong-female-lead story] Ye Fu never imagined she would die in such a pathetic way: by starving herself to death. Only as she drew her final breath did she learn that the little convict slave from years ago had brought his army to the city gates to save her. When she awoke, she had returned to six years earlier. Ye Fu was twelve, lovely and delicate. He
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I Became a Mediator in the Marquis's Manor and the Whole Family Dotes on Me 我在侯府当调解员，被全家宠了
Brutal, ruthless Imperial Guard X sweet, gentle ray of sunshine Just as her name suggests, Jiang Mi has a sweet little mouth and knows exactly how to charm people, leaving them dazed and warm-hearted. But an imperial decree sends this honey-sweet girl to the most difficult household to serve: the Ning'an Marquis's residence. The Old Madam is stern and old-fashioned: “You wretches! The whole lot of you are hopeless!” The Ning'an Marquis is aloof and icy: “You unfilial son, do you know what you've
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Your Highness the Regent, Is Your Assassin Missing a Few Marbles? 摄政王殿下，你家杀手缺根筋！
After Jiu Yue died, the System told her that once she completed her mission, she could return to the real world with a reward of ten billion. Jiu Yue, who had been grumbling about her identity as an assassin, smiled sweetly. “Who says transmigrating is a bad thing? This is amazing!” However, a time-space delay kept the System from transmigrating with her, and it hadn't had time to explain the mission in full. But Jiu Yue didn't think that mattered. She was an assassin, after all. How hard could
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Divorce Denied? Team Up with the Deposed Prince and Become Empress 和离失败？联手废皇子做皇后
[A supremely talented heroine + stand-in + men competing for her + groveling after losing her + second male lead takes the crown + both leads are each other’s first] Three years after marrying into the Marquis’s household, Xie Qingci has never known the warmth of a husband’s embrace. After one night together, she thinks her husband has finally understood her feelings, but little does she know... In order to produce an heir, her mother-in-law gets her drunk and sends a disabled hostage prince wit
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Madam Crooks Her Finger to Train Her Dog, and Her Man Obediently Follows 夫人勾手训狗，爷乖乖就走
(A proud, sharp-tongued hero whose actions belie his words × a clever, beautiful heroine who knows how to tame men) By her parents’ arrangement and the matchmaker’s word, Qiao Qiao marries Xie Heng, the third son of the Xie family, whose family has been close to hers for generations. The Xie family is complicated, with many sisters-in-law to contend with. On top of that, Third Master Xie is aloof by nature and comes from a military examination background. Everyone says Qiao Qiao will be worn out
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Her Beauty Is Hard to Resist! The Dali Temple Chief Is as Fierce as a Wolf 姝色难逃！大理寺卿他如狼似虎
[Beautiful, Resilient Fallen Noblewoman × Stern, Devoted Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] [Historical Romance + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Long-Laid Plans + Mutual Pining] [Male Lead’s Perspective: Long-Laid Plans; Female Lead’s Perspective: Each Gets What They Need] Meng Yunzhi, daughter of the Vice Minister of Rites, was famous in Luojing for her graceful beauty, with glossy dark hair and a slender, delicate figure. She was engaged to a young master of the Qi family. Once he
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The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼
[One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we
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Cloud Brocade, Heavenly Craft 云锦天工
[Revenge + business + yandere and scheming] Shen Yunzhi, affectionately called Zhizhi, was born into a wealthy merchant family. Her mother was a young lady of the Rongguo Mansion, while her father made his fortune with curtains before moving into carpentry, lamp shops, and jewelry and silk businesses. Their trading houses were everywhere! But her mother had been frail since childhood. She survived a difficult labor when Zhizhi was born, but it left her with a chronic illness, and she died just a
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Healing Hearts and Love 医心将情
Qin Zhan is the youngest battle-hardened general stationed on the northwestern frontier. Ruthless and decisive, he makes the barbarian tribes tremble at his name. Wen Tingyu is the gentlest imperial physician in the Imperial Medical Academy, peerless in his skill and driven by a compassionate desire to heal the world. An imperial edict entwines their fates. Wen Tingyu is ordered to travel to the frontier and assist the military doctors. When he first meets Qin Zhan in the wounded soldiers' cam
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The Crown Prince Is Alluring, the Powerful Minister Is Wild! The Ruthless Regent Keeps Stealing Him Away 权臣浪太子香！疯批摄政王又爱抢
[Mansion intrigue + rival suitors to groveling repentance + heroine loves no one + scheming, theatrically innocent heroine] Reborn, Qiao Shiyuan has only one goal: use men as stepping stones to get revenge and take control of the marquis's manor. In her previous life, her half-sister slashed her face and beat her to death, while her mother and younger sister met tragic ends. This time, she refuses to bow and scrape. She'll win over her powerful brother-in-law's wandering heart and wield him like
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- 494 Longing for the Remaining Snow 望余雪 Cui Jinzhi was a member of the Time Administration, and she had one final mission. She had to uncover why a small world had fallen into chaos and why its plot had collapsed. After observing it for a long time, she discovered only that the people were suffering because of their ruler's incompetence. So she disguised herself as a man and worked her way up to become the world's prime minister. Using her own efforts, she stabilized the chaot 1.2kReads9.3Score12514d adds
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I Picked Up a Ghost and Brought It Home; My Aloof, Powerful Minister Spoils Her Rotten 捡只阿飘回家，清冷权臣他宠疯了
A motion comic is now available: She Brought a Ghost Home, and the Cold, Powerful Official Warmed Up [Streetwise wandering ghost X aloof young general and powerful official] [Ancient-style political intrigue + Light supernatural comedy + Stories of ordinary life in ancient times + Mystery and investigation + Love goes both ways] [There is a male lead, both leads are virgins, happy ending, a slow-burn romance that unfolds gradually. They don't kiss until chapter 100, but it's very sweet, so dive
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- 496 Childhood Sweethearts, Part 1 竹马弄青梅1 In the depths of spring that year, eight-year-old Liu Qingzhi was chasing a golden phoenix butterfly in the garden of the Assistant Minister of Works' residence when she accidentally ran into a young man. She did not know that with that collision, she had entered the heart of the future emperor, who would love her devotedly for a lifetime. He is Gu Jingyu, the most honored prince of the Great Qi Kingdom, steady in temperament and devoted to all under heaven. She is Liu Qingzhi, daughter of the A 18Reads6.8Score—14d adds
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A Book of Spring Gifts 赠春书
[High sweetness, noble young lady x unhinged crown prince] Song Wanyu refused to believe people when they said her father, Song Manfu, had sided with the deposed crown prince. She thought her father didn’t have the nerve to do such a thing. Besides, was the deposed crown prince even normal? He was a lunatic. A few days later, her father cheerfully told her, “My precious daughter, you’re going to the palace to become an imperial consort. Are you happy?” Thinking of the emperor, who was sixty and
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- 498 A Businesswoman in the General’s Household 将门有娇商 He is the adopted son of a military family, honest and true as a blade; He is a merchant's son, with a love as deep as the sea. At eighteen, Wen Yan brings his adoptive father's blade and his dreams to the capital, determined to earn the title of top military graduate. There, he falls in love with Zhou Jin, the young master of a family steeped in money. Zhou Jin laughs at his innocence, yet secretly shields him from every open and hidden attack. “Why owe anyone a favor when money can solve the p 74Reads8.0Score—14d adds
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A Mistake Behind Crimson Walls 无奈朱墙错
After the entire Su family is wiped out, Su Qing becomes a pawn in the imperial palace. The Empress Dowager orders her to approach the powerful Regent while posing as his beloved’s double. But as Su Qing draws closer, she discovers that the Su family’s tragedy has played out again and again through countless cycles, and that its destruction is a fated loop brought about by everyone working together. This time, can she break the cycle and lift the curse?
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- 500 The Phoenix’s Lost Record 阙凰录 In the third year of the Long'an reign of Great Chu, plague ravaged Jianghuai. The healer Ruan Qingdai traveled the land treating the sick. On a road littered with corpses, she met Xiao Jingyan, the young emperor, traveling incognito. His dark robes were stained with blood, his eyes cold as stars. She held silver needles in her delicate hands, the hem of her clothes carrying the scent of herbs. Their life-or-death treatment made the sovereign remember the woman who dared to pry open his wound a 73Reads—Score—14d adds
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