I'm Out of Books. Any Male Leads Who Are Truly Gentle, Refined Gentlemen? 书荒，有没有男主真温润如玉翩翩公子的那种
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Reborn, I Married a Convict, and the Crown Prince Went Mad with Jealousy 重生嫁罪臣，太子急眼成疯批
[Not a feel-good story, no household infighting, second male lead takes the lead, heroine is not chaste. Don’t click if you dislike that.] In her previous life, Shen He was chosen as the crown prince’s bedchamber maid because of her beauty, becoming the first woman of Crown Prince Xiao Chen. After three years at his side, Shen He fell for his tender affection. The day he chose his crown princess, Shen He was suddenly betrothed to the son of a convicted official. She begged to stay. Instead,
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Lord Tutor, Stop Pretending. Everyone Knows You’re Head Over Heels 太傅大人别装了，都知道你爱惨了
[Reborn] [One-on-one romance, devoted couple, happy ending] Original title: The Zither and Flute Went Astray [Devoted, restrained aloof beauty of a powerful minister ✖️ resilient, brave heiress known as the Phoenix] The Zhu family has lost all its sons, but still has more money than it could ever spend. Their prominence makes them a target, and with no allies to turn to, the entire family was executed by the crown prince in her previous life. Reborn, Zhu Zheng agrees to her grandmother's
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Come Here and Give Me a Kiss 过来亲一下
[Print edition now available] [Published as Summer's Lucky Charm] ☆Cool, gentle boy × world-weary, listless girl☆ [One-on-one sweet romance | School life, comedy, doting romance, redemption, healing] Wen Jibai always sincerely believed her new deskmate was a handsome, aloof heartthrob who took advantage of his looks and treated everyone coldly. Until one day, she saw this search in his Baidu history: [This is so annoying. What should I do if I've fallen for my deskmate?]
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- 4 After I Transmigrated, the Gentle Emperor Doted on Me 穿越后，被温柔皇帝娇宠了 [Transmigration + mind reading + ultra-powerful support System + exclusive devotion + both leads are each other's only one] Jiang Zhiyu was a freshman, but on the first day of school, someone knocked her into a landscaped flower bed. The worst part was that someone had taken a massive dump in the flower bed. Jiang Zhiyu fell face-first into it, then died of disgust. After her death, she was bound to a beginner System and transmigrated to the fictional Shengqi Kingdom, where she became its em 5.5kReads9.1Score64114d adds
- 5 The Little Highness Has a Screw Loose 小殿下他脑子有坑 [Sweet, bold, and outspoken young princess X gentle, seemingly innocent but secretly calculating young prince] Shi Sui transmigrated into the heroine of a classic tragic romance. In the original, the male and female leads' melodramatic love story tortured them from the first chapter to the penultimate one, and still ended in a tragic finale. Shi Sui: Bye-bye, then. I'll pick the devoted second male lead. Basically, it's a story about a laid-back girl using her wonderfully quirky imagination to s 12.9kReads9.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 6 My Little Junior Sister Has Delusions 我家小师妹有妄想症 [Straightforward, Devoted Puppy-Like Boy × Playful, Adorable Girl] [One-on-One Romance | Sweet, Healing, Lovey-Dovey, Imaginative, Devoted Couple] After transmigrating into a book she’d never read, Shi Yu finds the original owner’s diary. Its first line reads: “I am a cold-blooded assassin.” The cold-blooded assassin Shi Yu is full of questions. “?” The second line reads: “My mission is to assassinate Mu Xingye.” Shi Yu: “Wow, I have a whole identity and everything.” But when she meets Mu Xingy 2.1kReads9.4Score35514d adds
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I Only Raised a Dao Fruit, So How Did You Become Everyone’s Favorite? 不就养个道果你怎么成万人迷的？
As Ning Heng lay dying, a mysterious orb bargained with him, asking him to cultivate a Dao Fruit. He thought he’d landed in a “relaxed farming-and-cultivation story where I become a saint” script. But then The Dao Fruit’s seed crumbled to dust, and somehow it had taken root in so many chosen ones. What the heck? To cultivate a complete Dao Fruit, Ning Heng has no choice but to enter the game and take part in the orb’s struggle against the Heavenly Dao: He helps a scheming young man who’s been du
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After Being Abandoned, I Got My Happy Ending with the Perfect Man 被抛弃后我跟天花板HE了
A scheming, doting seme who spoils his beloved (Qin Zhao) vs. a gentle, insecure, sensible, kind uke (Shen Heqing) A sweet romance. The seme is only sharp-tongued in the opening scene; he's a devoted wife-slave, and this story is so sweet. Come on! Open wide and enjoy some sugar! Synopsis: 1. Shen Heqing has had a rough life since childhood, always being the one left behind. His friend said, “You're so capable. Missing one opportunity won't hurt you. Just let him have it.” His biological parents
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Sequence: Sacrifice 序列：祭品
The rating is being suppressed during the new-book period, so feel free to dive in! [Sequence-based growth + He An's new novel + the usual promise: no frustrating setbacks] Sold by his parents to be a human sacrifice, he returns with the Five Ghosts in place of his organs and the Six Demons transformed into his viscera! Mom, Dad, why aren't you smiling anymore? Those people and gods who took my organs, are you ready? I've come to collect what you owe me!
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- 10 EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score590.8k14d adds
- 11 EN You Mistook Me for a Villain? Then I'll Take the Job 怎么误会我是反派？那我真上岗了 [Coming-of-age] [Warning: triple-identity spy ⚠️] [The three identities come after four instances] [Lone Wolf, no male-gaze content] [The protagonist is pursued early on, extreme protagonist stans, back off!] [Fictional setting with a realistic feel] The “Carnival Paradise” arrives and gradually devours the real world in the form of a game. Zhu Yan unexpectedly awakens the talent “Impersonation” and becomes one of the first closed-beta players. He thought he could safely build up his strength, 97.7kReads9.4Score12.8k14d adds
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This Start Is Pretty Miserable! 这个开局有点惨啊！
He transmigrates straight into an assassin training camp! After barely escaping with his life, he unexpectedly takes the place of an official’s son! He originally planned to pursue the imperial examinations, but the dynasty is in its final days and chaos engulfs the land! Watch the protagonist carve out his own place in the world! The author is no good at writing introductions, so please head straight to the story...
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- 13 I Transmigrated into a Book and Stole the Love Interest in a Wife-Chasing-to-the-Crematorium Story 穿书，我在追妻火葬场文里撬墙角 [Two male leads + redemption + cultivation] Wen Qingli works himself to death from overtime and arrives in another world. The System tells him to steal the protagonist’s wife. Wen Qingli: “Easy!” Then he meets the protagonist’s “wife,” and Wen Qingli completely loses it. “System, you damn thing never said I had to steal a man!” After a brief meltdown, he confesses his feelings directly and kisses the forehead of Yu Jingsheng, who has been drugged. And so begins his long journey to steal himself 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
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Fallen Orchid 堕汀兰
[One-on-one romance, both leads devoted only to each other + transmigrated as herself + each other’s long-held love + lovestruck male lead + direct communication, no misunderstandings + fictional setting + happy ending] A gentle, moon-bright Crown Prince ✖️ a cheerful, sweet-on-the-outside, cunning-within young woman Xia Zhiting transmigrates as herself to the Great Yi Dynasty a thousand years in the past. Someone takes her in and trains her to be a spy, then sends her to the Eastern Palace as t
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My Wife, Afu 吾妻阿福
[Reborn × Marriage First, Love Later] [Clingy, affectionate beauty vs. refined and elegant noble minister] Yuan Shujin (Yuan Afu) was lovely and charming, adored by her father and brothers from childhood, and born into a distinguished family. But one mistaken choice of lover cost her father and brothers their lives. Her sincere affection had been nothing but a tool for someone else, and in the end, she took her own life on a lonely night. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the y
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Marrying Up 攀高枝
[Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping
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Little Menace! She Makes the Cold and Aloof Young Heir Climb Her Wall Every Day 小祖宗好疯！惹清冷世子日日爬墙
(Completed. Transmigrate into a book + win over the husband + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + sweet romance + doted on by everyone + an austere, upright heir to the throne and a righteous-yet-evil, unhinged young lady) Everyone knew that Fu Wenyan, daughter of the Grand General’s household, was hopelessly in love with the Second Prince and would do anything for him without complaint. But after she fell off a cliff, someone else took over Miss Fu’s body. To the Second Prince, whom she h
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After Breaking Up with My Jerk Boyfriend, I Found an Ancient-Style Male God 和渣男分手后捡到了古风男神
[Ancient-to-modern transmigration x mutual healing x slow-burn comfort x cultural collision] After the rain at the Orchid Pavilion, Zhao Linlin's music drew over a "strange man" dressed in a dark green robe. He pulled out ancient copper coins to pay for his room, turned deathly pale at the sight of an elevator, and marveled at the tap water, saying, "A clear spring comes at a mere beckoning." Yet his calligraphy was so peerless that the experts were left astounded. An utterly absurd thought popp
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Reborn in Love: She Stirs the Chaste General's Heart into Chaos 重生逆爱：她把禁欲将军撩乱了心
[Reborn + sweet romance + playful pursuit of her husband + his one true love + happy ending] In her previous life, Lin Xiaoyue failed to understand the depth of Gu Jingzhi’s love. Deceived by his claim that she was “just a substitute,” she married someone else, never realizing that the plot had left her and Gu Jingzhi separated by life and death. Only after being reborn does Lin Xiaoyue understand Gu Jingzhi’s inner conflict and anguish. She has always been the one he loves, not anyone else. He
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The Metaphysics Taoist Nun Has Sealed Off Her Heart, Leaving Her Brothers in Tears 玄学道姑水泥封心，哥哥们哭惨了
[Metaphysics + sweet romance + exes groveling for her] The animated adaptation, “The Little Taoist Sister Comes Down the Mountain: The Real and Fake Heiresses,” is available on the Hongguo app. The little Taoist Lingya had lived deep in a temple for eighteen years. One day, after rescuing someone, she went viral online. The whole internet mistakenly became convinced she lived in a doghouse, which even brought her a billionaire father! Her billionaire father was heartbroken: “The Su family has we
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The Female Bandit Goes to the Capital to Become an Official and Wins Over the Aloof Emperor 女土匪进京为官，诱拐了清冷陛下
[Sweet historical romance + two powerful leads + devoted to each other + sweet and satisfying + fun and lively + no annoying supporting characters + sensible leads] A super-ferocious, super-rich bandit queen VS a cool, otherworldly beauty of an emperor Jin Sanglu owns thirty mountains of gold and is every inch a bandit queen. After earning military merit, she arrogantly calls out to the court: “If you won’t give me an official post, then make me empress.” The ministers are furious, but they fear
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After the Imperial Betrothal, the Grand Secretary Finally Got a Clue 赐婚后，首辅大人开窍了
Everyone in the capital knew that the legitimate daughter of Imperial Censor Qiao was frail and could be knocked over by a breeze. Yet the emperor betrothed her to Mu Shijing, the Chief Grand Secretary, who stood second only to the emperor and above everyone else. Mu Shijing was the man who had shattered the dreams of countless young ladies in the capital, and on top of that, he had paid a fine for staying unmarried for two years in a row, making him the capital's most eligible bachelor. When th
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The Gray Lotus 灰莲花
[A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa
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The Eleventh Spring of My Secret Love 暗恋他的第十一年春
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The Little Palace Maid's Art of Slacking: My Prince Is Simply the Best 小宫女摸鱼有道：我家王爷千千岁
[A palace maid who loves to slack off vs. the frail Ninth Prince] Palace maid Su Ye spends ten months’ savings greasing a few palms and finally gets transferred to Prince Chu Yi’s Qining Palace. She isn’t looking for a promotion or a raise. She just wants to lie flat and slack off! When they first meet, Chu Yi says, “Qining Palace is a bleak place. Spending money to come work for me sounds like a bad deal.” Three months later, Su Ye asks, “Your Highness, how many times have you rewarded me now?”
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Hey, You! Let Me Take a Bite 人，泥嚎！给我咬一口
(Just started getting ratings) Jiang Xingning is a little zombie. She transmigrated to ancient times with her own grave and found a sickly young man. Young man: “Immortal, immortal, could you save my life?” Jiang Xingning: “Human, don’t be scared. Your zombie’s here!” But something went wrong along the way, and she turned herself into a half-zombie, half-human. No big deal. She could still hunt, cook delicious food, open a tavern, and find kindred spirits and patrons all over the place. At a few
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The Crown Prince Gave Away His Country 太子他把国家送人了
[Complete]“No CP + no love interest + focused solely on building a career and saving the world + no female lead + reborn + tragic ending” A twist of fate turned Zhu Fanyi from the protagonist into a supporting character. Reborn, he turned his fate around. The System sobbed, “Heaven won’t let me go home. I want to atone and give everything back to you!” At first, Zhu Fanyi couldn’t have cared less. He thought, Don’t flatter yourself and dump that mess on me. Going along with fate is actually pre
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A Distant Dream, Half-Asleep 半梦遥遥
The fated entanglement between a refined, jade-like general and a charming, radiant young policewoman. The knot of fate was tied a thousand years ago. Even after crossing the vast river of time, only one person could untie it. Wu Nianzhi thought that, just as Gu Yao had said, the two of them would never meet again. But then she discovered that their story had not ended there. As the fragments of those dreams gradually came together and she delved into the depths of Gu Yao’s memories, she was
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- 29 A Single Thought of Perfect Enlightenment 一念圆明 [Fated reunion across past and present lives · Modern/Ancient] Impoverished painter × young general Graduate student in history × mysterious collector Time passed, and the years gathered dust. When he met her again, he no longer knew how many springs and autumns he had wandered through alone. He said, “I’ve liked you for a long time.” “A long time?” Shen Que murmured in disbelief. Surely she was the one who had liked him for so long. “How could you have liked me for a long time?” By her reck 139Reads—Score—14d adds
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Growing Up in My Uncle’s Arms 在小叔怀里长大
The year Yu Ci was born, the late-blooming cherry blossoms at Yuyuan were at their finest, clusters of flowers in full bloom, their delicate pink petals seeming ready to fall. Fu Zeyi, who lived at Yuyuan, gave her the childhood name Songyue. The moon hung before the pines, shining on the crimson cherry blossoms. When Yu Ci was fourteen, her parents died one after the other. Candlelight flickered in the ancestral hall, and not a sound was heard. Fu Zeyi sat in the seat of honor in the main hall.
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I Was Reborn as a Concubine's Daughter and Just Want to Slack Off 穿成庶女只想摆烂
[A Devoted Marquis Makes a Forceful Entrance] [Transmigrated woman vs. reborn woman + heroine who only wants to run away and treats everyone kindly vs. gentle, restrained hero bent on revenge + feelings quietly take root + no inner-court scheming + sisters working together] After transmigrating as a concubine-born daughter, Yun Jinshu has no desire to strive. She just wants to laze around. But every day, she finds herself asking: Why does Second Sister look at me like that? Why am I being hunted
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A Spirit Medium Arrives in the Harem 后宫来了个降灵师
[Transmigration from ancient times + strong heroine + supernatural + devoted couple + sweet romance] Gu Changsi is a spirit medium who diligently banishes evil spirits and guides the dead to the afterlife. One day, she dies, and when she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the Great Jing Dynasty. Seeing the palace brimming with ghostly energy, Gu Changsi’s occupational instincts kick in. She rolls up her sleeves and heads into the imperial harem. She plans to lie low and catch ghosts in s
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Master, You Don't Want Me Anymore? Then I'm Off! 师尊不要我了？那我走咯！
This is my first work, and it's written in first person, so I don't recommend reading it. If you don't mind, try chapters 92–97. They're about the past life, and I'm still proud of them to this day. The plot roughly goes like this: The heroine leaves her sect → meets the hero → they're separated before they can fall in love and marry → the hero is imprisoned, while the heroine wanders into danger and is taken back by her master → the Three Sects Competition → the heroine and hero are stranded
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The Cunning Female Doctor Wants to Rise to the Top 心机医女想上位
[A shrewd, resilient physician vs. an aloof young lord, two strong leads, a pure historical romance] So what if she was born to a lowly family? If fate was unfair, why shouldn't she fight back? She was determined to carve out a path for herself through the mud. Jiang He came from humble origins. When she was very young, her parents sold her to another family. Her adoptive parents never showed her the slightest kindness, subjecting her instead to endless servitude and beatings at the drop of a ha
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The Concubine's Substitute Marriage: Her Eunuch Husband's Darling 庶女替嫁：太监夫君掌心宠
[Historical romance + mutually faithful leads + palace and household intrigue + a touch of political scheming + mutual salvation + unconventional gender-bender romance] Yu Jiaotang took her elder sister's place and married a eunuch infamous for his cruelty. On their wedding night, a tall, aloof, breathtakingly beautiful man lifted her veil. One glance was all it took for Yu Jiaotang's cheeks to turn red. As they spent more time together, she realized that Wen Tingyu was perfect in every way: nob
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Falling for the Second Male Lead Is My Fate 爱上男二是我的宿命
(Historical romance + redemption + transmigration + male supporting character + a refined, moonlit gentleman + a dashing young man) Every trope is piled on! (Not a power fantasy! Nobody is here to save the world! Don't click if that's not your thing.) Xu Lizhi is a college student who loves staying up late to read novels. One day, after pulling an all-nighter to finish a book before her early-morning class, she transmigrates into the novel she'd just read, The Great Song Empire, as Xu Lizhi, the
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Let the Years Grow Quiet, and the Autumn Breeze Pass 且安岁晚任秋萧
Adapted into a motion comic: With You, Through the Years [Historical romance + a touch of political intrigue + sweet romance + devoted couple] “The author can’t write a blurb, just read the story.” The second young master of the Mu family is fabulously wealthy but disabled, and everyone mocks him as a useless cripple. Four years ago, when his life hung by a thread, she appeared out of nowhere. From then on, he spent day and night tracing the features of her face. Four years later, he was gravely
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Reborn as the Chief Minister's White Moonlight 重生首辅大人白月光
[Complete] Happy ending, sweet overall, with a little angst [A reserved, dignified scholar-statesman and chief minister vs. a resilient, untamed little flirt] (#Both reborn, “daddy” type boyfriend) On a snowy day in Shengjing, the celebrated chief minister Shen Qian was beheaded at Wumen Gate, his blood spraying three feet. Before he died, he gripped a red cord tightly. “Qingqing, your big brother is coming to join you.” Ji Yaoqing’s family died in a political struggle. At six, she was taken in
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After the Princess Returned to the Capital, the Whole City Showered Her with Love 公主回京后被全皇城追着宠
[1v1 historical romance, adored by everyone, no rebirth or transmigration for the protagonist + childhood sweethearts + sweet romance and fun + no annoying side characters] Princess Changning’s father commands the army and has rendered such great service that his power eclipses the throne. Rumor has it that she is just as arrogant and overbearing, and as ruthless as they come. Summoned back to the capital, she is instead doted on by all the capital’s most powerful figures. But the Censorate keep
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Homegrown Flowers Can't Match Wild Ones: The Irresistible Duke Keeps Flirting 家花哪有野花香，尤物国舅撩不停
Two years into her marriage, Liu Fuying was still a virgin. Her husband had even suggested that she go keep a handsome young lover, with only one condition: she couldn't make their affair public. He had someone else in his heart, so why should Liu Fuying keep herself chaste for him? One day, after a rainstorm, Liu Fuying fell off a cliff and met Pei Zhou Wu, a handsome nobleman who had been imprisoned on Mount Xiang for treason. He was so good-looking! The moment Liu Fuying saw him, she underst
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The Noble Lady Became Empress, and the Career-Driven Emperor Went on a Rampage 贵女为后，事业批帝王杀疯了
[Household and palace intrigue + both leads are each other's only love + ancient-era heroine + marriage before love + husband pursues his wife + emotional push and pull + everyone is clever, with some political scheming] The hunt begins in the middle-to-late stages; the earlier, slower-paced chapters focus mainly on the heroine's growth. Scheming, ruthless emperor × poised, pampered young lady from a noble family Cui Shaoyi was born into a noble family. Her aunt was the Empress Dowager, and the
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I Am a Refined and Gentle Gentleman 本公子是温文尔雅的谦谦君子
The most handsome young man in Gu Liu Village, Elder Shen's personally taught disciple, a refined and courteous gentleman: both a scholar and a warrior, with a handsome and graceful bearing? His life plan was simple: marry Lin Tianyin, have two children, name the girl Yang Leyin and the boy Yang Leyin, then live happily ever after. Unfortunately, life plans exist to be face-slapped. Only after leaving the mountain village did he discover that the so-called “golden age” was nothing but an old gar
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The Jianghu’s Ultimate Nepotism Hire: I Rule with My Senior Brothers at My Side 江湖最强关系户，我靠师兄横着走
(Ladies, this one ends abruptly! Don’t read it, don’t read it, don’t read it! Please!) [Childhood Sweethearts + Growing Up Together + Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within + Ensemble Cast] Corrupt officials hold sway, and both the jianghu and the imperial court are caught in a crisis. A band of young warriors, each driven by their own convictions, come together for the greater good of their country and people. Some seek the Way through the sword, cutting down every villain; some use their wits to se
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A Promise Across a Thousand Miles 千里相许
[Wei Shu, the cool and aloof, otherworldly divine official of the Bureau of Astronomy, x Qian Aku, a quirky and spirited young girl] [Historical romance + polished novel + sweet romance + master and disciple + one-on-one + sc + happy ending + older man + fictional setting + older man + palace intrigue + coming of age + lighthearted] Lord Wei Shu of the Bureau of Astronomy has three talents: playing a fine game of chess, telling a person’s fortune, and peeling a pear to perfection. Many years aft
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Qian Jinhuan 千锦欢
Completed · [A highly intelligent amnesiac fake princess x a cold, scheming prince] [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Both devoted to each other + classic historical romance + no transmigration, rebirth, or System + political intrigue + doting romance + reunion after a long separation + devotion to country and family + exclusive devotion + the one who got away + happy ending] For twenty years, the second prince of Nantang, Chu Jinyuan, has kept his guard up and trusted no one, until Hua Qianmei ar
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The Broken Flute 折笛
[Love That Grows Over Time + Both Pure + Jade-Faced General vs. Blind Assassin] The previous dynasty fell, the realm fractured, and warlords vied for supremacy. Qi Yunqiu, the Great General of Yao and Prince Pingshan, had known the emperor since they were nobodies. He was the emperor's sworn brother, a valiant warrior and brilliant strategist who expanded Yao's borders until it quietly stood above the other kingdoms. Yu Yun was an assassin of the Zhuji Pavilion. A life spent with blood on her ha
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Zhao Hushu'an 昭护书安
Clearheaded, talented woman × young general [Power struggles in a chaotic age | Growing heroine and hero | Deeply devoted but reserved | Vivid cast | Epic ensemble | A tragic romance between love and country] The moment her childhood sweetheart abandoned her and ran off alone, Mu Zhenshu understood: relying on yourself is better than begging others. She escaped her cage, only to unexpectedly catch the eye of the young general Yun Zhao. He cared nothing for family rank and never treated women as
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Splendor at Every Turn, Spring at Every Step 步步惊华步步春
[Pure Historical Romance] [Plot-Driven] [Court Intrigue] [Two Strong Leads] [One-on-One Romance] [Everyone Is Clever] [Powerful Prince Who Holds the Court in His Hand vs. Brilliant Commoner Daughter] Ruan Zhenzhen, the illegitimate daughter of the Pingyang Marquis's household, was born of a courtesan's bloodline and raised in a humble home in the countryside. Then, one day, she was forced to enter the treacherous world of the capital's noble houses. Her relatives put on a false show of welcome,
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A Gentle Breeze Meets the White Dew 清风遇白露
In their previous lives, three people laid the groundwork for an entanglement that would continue into the next... One defied the will of Heaven and feared no karmic retribution, forcibly changing her fate for her; One was destined to be bound to her, their names written side by side on the Three Lives Stone; And one, after her death, set up a memorial tablet for her and built a shrine in her honor, keeping her soul from dispersing and giving it a place to return to. In this life, all three are
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[Dream Butterfly] You Owe Me a Favor 【梦蝶】你欠我一个人情
Their engagement was called off, but they still didn’t miss each other. They kept running into one another. He secretly liked her, silently watching over her… [She was ambushed and outnumbered yet again, but luckily, she stepped in just in time. He pretended to be weak because of his injury, hoping she would help him up. Who knew she’d let go and turn away, intent only on pouring herself some water? “I’m not thirsty,” he said, bewildered. “I am,” she replied, drinking her water and leaving
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