Any Purely Historical Novels With an Old-Fashioned, Classical Feel? 有没古色古香的纯古代小说啊
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Lucky to Have Met Your Peach-Blossom Face 幸得识卿桃花面
Wei Qing transmigrated. Her principle was simple: if you can settle it with your fists, don't waste your breath.
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Husband, Spare Me Your Blade 相公，刀下留我
Ye Qingcheng transmigrated, and couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. Later, she realized that someone had been setting her up all along. Qin Shao was reborn, with every detail of his past life still vivid in his mind. If he let a woman set him up again in this life, he might as well give up on life. “My lord, what will it take for you to let me go?” the alluring woman asked with a charming smile. “If you die, I'll be done for.” “Come on, you've loved me so much you want to kill me.
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The First Councillor’s Beloved Little Wife 首辅家的小娇娘
Jiang Xiaoqiu worked diligently for over a decade, only to be repaid with endless lies and exploitation. She died without a shred of dignity. Now she’s back, and everyone who wronged her will never get another thing from her! She breaks free of her awful family and makes a fortune with her skilled hands, only to find herself captivated by a little cripple. So what if he’s crippled? Jiang Xiaoqiu wants to protect her little crippled husband and live a peaceful life with him. But who could have gu
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The Second Wife of the Noble House 朱门继室
After transmigrating, she becomes the legitimate daughter of an official. She had hoped for a quiet, peaceful life, but instead she is married off as the second wife to the next head of the Zhu family, a man said to have an exceptionally strong birth chart! In a prestigious family, trouble lurks everywhere, and every smile and frown hides a scheme. As the new mistress of the household, she must manage her transmigrated son, educate her clever daughter, deal with a vicious concubine, tame her col
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I Was Reborn, and This Time I'm Going on a Rampage 我重生了，这一世我嘎嘎乱杀
In my past life, I was schemed against and killed by Bai Lianhua and Liu Ruyan! This time, I'll send every one of the people who hurt me straight to hell! Seeing them hate me to the bone yet be powerless to do anything about it is so satisfying! This time, let me weave the path that sends you all to hell! I'm the head of the Wen family business. Watch me put men aside and focus on my career. I'm the leading lady of my own story! I just love building my business! When I try to put men aside, they
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A Promise to You on the Three Lives Stone 三生石上与君诺
Under a merciless sky, in the Valley of Forgetfulness, peach blossoms bloom where souls are lost. The star chart is broken, old friends are far away, and the wind sweeps the heroes' banners across the vast sky. The turmoil across the Nine Heavens intensifies amid the thousand-year feud between the Water and Fire Clans. Two princesses, set to marry into each other's clans to bring peace to the Three Realms, vanish on the eve of their wedding. Even more bizarrely, Hong Yi, a maid to one of the pri
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I Took On the Imperial Throne 我和皇权杠上了
The “notorious” assassin Meng Hu was blown to ashes by a depleted uranium bomb. Meanwhile, Meng Hu of the Yong’an Empire simply woke from a dream as a different person. From his very first day as a ninth-rank Fengluan official at the Jiaofang Bureau, he found himself at odds with the imperial court. What sparks will fly between a trigger-happy assassin and the authoritarian power of an ancient empire?
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The Moon Shines Bright Between the Clouds 月是云间明
A historical romance with elements of wuxia and palace intrigue. It tells the tragedy of two people, and the redemption of one. The heroine, Han Yanran, is the daughter of a military family, blessed with extraordinary talent and peerless beauty. The hero, Zhou Ziyan, is heir to the throne of a kingdom, learned in history and as gentle as jade. A man and woman from two different lands, with entirely different temperaments, meet by chance and embark on an epic romance. Sadly, falling in love is ea
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What Should I Do? My Imperial Uncle Loves Me Too Much. Maybe I Should Kill Him 皇叔太爱我了怎么办？那就杀了吧
[Reborn + revenge + mutual chastity + brutal killings + whatever the mood calls for...] Sun Wanjiao, a pampered, willful little princess, is ordered by imperial decree to marry Zhao Yumo, the legitimate heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's household. She can hardly call her marriage happy, but tormenting Zhao Yumo is the only thing she finds amusing in the duke's residence. That is, until a New Year's Eve palace banquet two years into her marriage. Her beloved imperial uncle, the current emperor, uses
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The Impostor Heiress Seeks Revenge and Finds True Love 冒名千金寻仇遇真爱
1v1, both devoted to each other Xiao Cheng returned after taking care of some business and heard that the Marquis's household had recently been arranging marriage prospects for Jiang Ning. Frowning, he rushed straight to the Marquis of Xuanping's residence without even having time to change his clothes. Once there, he didn't bother with formalities. He climbed over the wall and headed straight to Baoning Courtyard, where Jiang Ning lived. He spotted her and walked toward her one step at a time.
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A Scholar's Life on the Farm: The Chief Minister Begs Me to Let Him Go 农门书香：首辅大人求放过
After being reborn, she discovered that her childhood sweetheart, Ji Shaoyu, had become the powerful Chief Minister Ji, whose authority reached across the court. She had to cling to this powerful ally! Ji Shaoyu: “The little girl I couldn’t stop thinking about in my past life has come to me on her own? Since she wants to hold on to me so badly, how could I refuse? I’d better stretch my legs out a little farther to make it easier for her.” While she was ten months pregnant, people tried to arrang
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Miss Zensheng 怎生姑娘
Yu Zengsheng casually saved Nie Mo, who turned around and bought her into his household as a concubine. Zengsheng thought he was repaying kindness with treachery, but Nie Mo believed he was composing a thrilling love song with his own prime years, bright future, and dazzling life, all to win her heart. But that was only the beginning. Zengsheng's mysterious origins and Nie Mo's many twists and turns in planning the wedding he wanted were not easy to sort out. For Yu Zengsheng, playing leaf cards
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The Lucky Little Star: Her Prince Father Is Strong, Handsome, and Tragic 锦鲤小福星，王爷爹爹美强惨
[Everyone’s favorite] [Blessed child] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Comeback] No one knew just how far the Prince of Yue’s household had fallen! Nothing went right wherever they went, they failed at everything they tried, and their bad luck clung to them like a curse. Then they picked up a three-year-old beggar, and it was as if they’d suddenly unlocked cheat mode. The economy boomed, and one stroke of good luck followed another. “Your Highness! His Majesty says your governance has been excellent a
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After Becoming a Beautiful, Sickly Madwoman, I Want to Slay Gods Every Day 穿成疯批病美人后，每天都想弑神
[Female-led story + wish fulfillment + light ensemble cast + redemption + pseudo-transmigration + slaying everything in sight + defying fate, only to discover I am fate itself] Also known as: After Being Poisoned, I Slaughtered My Way Through the World. Mo Guzhi dies of ALS and transmigrates into the body of a disabled person who was subjected to human experimentation and has little time left to live. Somehow, she is taken in by the number-one sect, somehow becomes the personal disciple of the n
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The Princess and Crown Prince Make a Bet: Whoever Loses Gets Locked Up to Suffer 公主太子打赌，谁输谁要囚下苦
Strong female lead. The heroine is arrogant and domineering, not self-sacrificing. She takes revenge for every grievance, and if she doesn't like someone, she'll hit them. A deep father-daughter bond, family-focused doting, and a clear-headed heroine with a brain. Yun Qingyue's mother died giving birth to her. Since his daughter had lost her mother so young, Yun Tinghan raised her by his side and devoted himself to bringing her up. He never expected her to become so arrogant and domineering. Th
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My Husband Is a Brilliant Actor 我家夫君演技一流
My Husband Is a Master Actor
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The Beauty Is Hard to Tame: I Won't Cling to the Heir's Favor 美人难驯：世子的高枝不想攀
A scheming woman who clings to the powerful * A deep, cunning heir Coercive love + intense tension + an irresistible push and pull Her perspective: She seduced all the young masters in the capital, but never once thought to seduce him. She would marry anyone, just not him. He looked down on her and repeatedly thwarted her chances of marriage. His perspective: She seduced his brothers and friends, but acted as if he didn’t exist. He disliked her shameless flirting, hated her scheming and vanity,
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On the Day of Her Divorce, the Tragic Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant 和离当天，虐文女主转身嫁暴君
The short drama is now online: [A laid-back, lie-flat, black-hearted legitimate daughter X a crazed, gloomy, pure-hearted tyrant] [The other man wins her over] [Original title: The Day We Divorced, the Tragic Novel's Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant] At the royal autumn hunt, Song Yaozhi argues with the woman her husband brought back from the borderlands. Song Yaozhi scolds her, saying she's nothing but a concubine. Just then, her husband, Xiao Ziqian, kicks the door open and points
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Giving My All 倾己
With the medical skills her mother taught her before she died, she can fend for herself: she won’t starve, and can save a little from the hard times. She’s alert and kindhearted, but not excessively so. She asks for little: food to eat and drink to drink. A wandering heroine, the sort who only needs to feed herself and has no family to worry about. Time flows at a constant pace, unchanged since time immemorial. Yet within a particular stretch of time, and in one person’s perception, it can feel
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Chang'an Like a Dream 长安如梦
[Cold, stunning female assassin VS wicked, aloof regent] Red walls and white snow, splendid towers and pavilions: she once thought they would bring her a lifetime of joy, never imagining they would instead lead to a life of drifting and displacement. Born in a time of chaos, one is as fleeting as a mayfly. Ten years together earned her nothing but a white pawn on a chessboard, casually thrown into a tangled game. Her life became like a duckweed on the water, tossed about in the palm of another's
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The Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal 仵作娘子采茶记
A Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal
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The Concubine-Born Daughter’s Mismatched Marriage 庶女的错位姻缘
The Concubine-Born Daughter’s Ill-Fated Match
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A Few Things About Xiayang 夏阳二三事
[Short Story Collection] Every protagonist in this book is named Xia Yang. Each Xia Yang is a different character with a different life. Come read a few stories about Xia Yang. This is a collection of short stories set in ancient times. If you like it, welcome aboard; if not, no worries. Kisses~ [All stories are purely fictional]
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An Anthology of Ancient Tales 古篇集录
[Collected Ancient Tales] This book brings together two short stories in an ancient style. Life is vast, and every meeting is a bond of fate. Dear readers, come along with me.
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Youran’s Transmigrated Life 悠然的穿越生活
After transmigrating, she ended up in the body of a maid. The pay was good and the benefits were great, but what could she do about having no freedom? Fortunately, after carefully keeping her head down in the marquis's household for several years, the original owner's mother and younger brother came to buy out her contract. She returned home and spent two years living a peaceful country life before marrying a man from a family of equal standing. She thought life would remain calm and cozy like t
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After Returning to the Capital, the Young General Who Guards the Nation Fell for Me at First Sight 回京后，镇国少将军对我一见钟情
[Historical romance, one-on-one, sweet and doting with no angst, both leads are natives of this world] General Chu was handsome and stern, from a good family, and excelled in both letters and martial arts. He was nearly twenty and still unmarried. After returning to the capital victorious, his marriage was promptly put on the agenda. Just then, a young woman appeared by his side. Once he realized how he felt, the decisive General Chu immediately made up his mind: It had to be her. The third youn
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Radiant Spring 春光艳
In her previous life, Ye Baozhu had the worst luck imaginable. She married a scumbag who was a beast in human skin, and when she died, she made sure to take him down with her. At last, she had her revenge! So what was this business about being reborn? Perhaps Heaven had brought her back this time to repay her debts and return the kindness she had received?
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My Beloved Ugly Girl, Please Take Care of Me 朕心爱的丑姑娘，请多指教
Her fiancé went from being a pampered crown prince to a paralyzed man on the brink of death. The proud noblewoman slit her own throat, leaving behind a luckless maid with a disfigured face, who was forced into the bridal sedan chair. “You’re paralyzed, and I’m ugly. We’re even, so neither of us gets to complain about the other.” At their first meeting, she put on a brave face and acted haughty. ... “Please guide me for the rest of my life.” Years later, the man who had once been half-dead walked
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A Beauty Adorned with Brocade 锦上娇
The mighty General Dingbei commanded three armies at just twenty and made a name for himself on the battlefield. His enemies were so terrified of him that they kept their distance. Now that he’s married, he often leaves the house with scratch marks on his face and a rueful look. Everyone is stunned, but the general isn’t ashamed. He’s proud of it, declaring, “My wife is adorable no matter what she does. What do you know? You’re nothing...”
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The General’s Maid 将军家的丫头
Chu Suian transmigrates and sells herself to survive, only to discover that her master wants to make her his concubine. That simply won't do, so Chu Suian takes advantage of the chaos and runs away... Her master is having none of it and begins searching for her everywhere. This little maid from a general's household stirs up a huge storm without even realizing it, leaving the general to lament his hard luck at getting saddled with such a girl.
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Who Will Share This Lovely Night? 良宵谁与共
Her widowed mother remarries into the Xiao family. After enduring all kinds of ups and downs, she finally raises Xu Lingyun to adulthood. When Xu Lingyun reaches the age to choose a husband, she discovers that the eldest son of the Xiao family has had his eye on her for a long time... They fall in love and live happily ever after.
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Mad Monkey 狂猴
A certain ordinary mountain-dwelling demon monkey got hit by a nuclear bomb, and it was furious. The Great Sage isn’t the only demon monkey out there. In fact, demon monkeys are hidden in the world we live in, commuting to work, buying groceries and cooking, eating dumplings over the New Year, and going on vacation… A demon monkey’s life is all about going down the mountain and coming back up. Life is much the same. This story is not entirely fictional. If anything sounds familiar, then it reall
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The Peerless Princesses: Past and Present 绝代双妃之前世今生
[Two transmigrated souls + two strong heroines + satisfying revenge + ensemble cast + face-slapping + sweet romance] After transmigrating into another body, Situ Yue becomes the ugly, foolish legitimate daughter of a general's household. There she meets Murong Xin, another transmigrator, and the two become sworn sisters. The sickly Second Prince, the rakish and carefree Third Prince, and the Supreme Martial Emperor Yan... All kinds of characters make their entrances, while the threads of fate qu
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The Fourth Miss Is a Brilliant Doctor, Yet an Illegitimate Daughter 四小姐医术精湛却是私生女
In the eleventh year of the Chenghua reign, on the day the crown prince was formally appointed, the Liu and Sheng families of imperial physicians were massacred. Sheng Miao, the Sheng family's only daughter, survived because her father hid her in a secret room. After witnessing her parents die before her eyes, she lost not only her memory but also her voice. That day, he followed his father's dying wish and went to Jianzhou to bring home the Mei family's illegitimate daughter who had been living
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On the Ridge of Jingling 静岭上
Jingning has a dream in which she sees another life she once lived. To escape the predicament in her dream, she writes a book warning of natural disasters, saving an entire county. She also hints at the fate of a famed general, never realizing that he had long since put life and death out of his mind. But this makes the emperor wary. An imperial edict decreeing their marriage binds her to the crown prince from then on...
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The Prince’s Bedchamber Maid 通房娇婢
Yunhua, a maid, didn’t want to be assigned to the household’s notoriously foul-tempered, lame servant. But through a twist of fate, she ended up in the room of the Marquis’s second son, whose reputation as a cold-hearted demon was well known. Nanny Zhang told her that Second Master Chen Chuhuai belonged to Princess Junyang, someone she couldn’t afford to offend. So Yunhua kept to her place and didn’t dare entertain the slightest improper thought. But this aloof and unyielding Second Master just
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The Mountain Hunter Spoils His Wife 山野猎户，宠妻无度
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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