Looking for an Ancient-Era Romance with a Frail but Gentle Hero Who Is Healed by the Heroine 要没有男主病弱但温柔，女主治愈男主的古言文求推

1. 1 替 After the Substitute Marriage, the Chaste Regent Turns into a Whimpering Puppy 替嫁后禁欲摄政王秒变嘤嘤怪小狗 Cheng Yuan程遇安Ancient Romance291k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's first and only love + Transmigration + Female Lead Spoils Male Lead + Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Happy Ending] Quick-witted, clever, and nobody's pushover female lead x Sickly, scheming, and big-hearted male lead The author already has two completed novels on their profile. Please enjoy them! Seasoned office worker Sheng Ziling transmigrated by accident. She woke up in the body of the Duke's true daughter, who had been living away from home f 914Reads6.9Score103Shelves

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   Both stories feature sickly male protagonists, written by the same author. They share frail bodies but gentle hearts, and the female protagonists are incredibly doting on them.

2. 2 重 After I Was Reborn, I Eloped with the Ailing Eunuch Governor 重生后我拐跑了病弱督公 Cheng Yuan程遇安Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete. Visit my homepage for more novels with the same delicious angst for the male lead!] [Rebirth + angst for the male lead + doting husband + healing + true eunuch] In her previous life, the female general Wen Bai, who had fought across countless battlefields, died unexpectedly on the frontier. It was the sickly illegitimate son of the marquis’s household who risked being struck from the family register and insisted on going to the borderlands to bring her home. Reborn once more, she 3.8kReads8.9Score266Shelves
3. 3 欺 Picking on My Senior Brother? This Junior Sister Will Topple the Sect! 欺负我大师兄？小师妹掀翻宗门！ Mountain Bears Snow山负雪Fantastical Romance585k WordsOngoing [A junior sister with her head full of her eldest senior brother × a frail, gentle, motherly eldest senior brother] [Male lead angst + doting on her husband + plenty of scenes featuring illness and frailty] Until she was twenty-one, Shen Nianzhao always thought she was Heaven's favorite. Born into a cultivation family, she was chosen as an infant by Changming Immortal Venerable, the greatest swordsman alive, and taken as his personal disciple. Her four senior brothers were all different in tempe 4.4kReads8.8Score328Shelves

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   The male lead is unloved by his parents, and outsiders try to steal his fortune, but the female lead always stands by his side. The male lead is in very poor health, frequently coughing up blood and fainting, but he is very gentle, especially towards the female lead. The female lead is a genius with exceptional cultivation talent, a standout among the younger generation. She may seem reckless, but she actually plans everything meticulously.

4. 4 穿 Transmigration: I Raised the Crown Prince in Chains into the Founding Emperor 穿越：囚室太子被我养成开国帝王 Shui Yu Pei水玉佩Ancient Romance160k WordsOngoing [Beautiful, strong, tragic, ailing crown prince x resilient, optimistic heroine | 1V1 | angst first, payoff later | A beautiful redemption in a prison cell at the start, then joining forces to build an empire and dote on each other] After transmigrating as a lone girl from a fallen kingdom, she is thrown into a prison cell from the start to care for a dying crown prince of the fallen kingdom. At first, all she wants is to survive, but she becomes the salvation of this man whose heart has turned 1.6kReads—Score245Shelves

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   This book features a sickly but gentle male lead, a refined and elegant gentleman. The female lead is a time traveler who meets him during his darkest hour and becomes his salvation. It's an extreme 1v1 story with no female rivalry; all supporting characters act as wingmen to the main couple. Highly recommended!

5. 5 欺 You Dare Bully My Prince? The Demon King’s Consort Turns the Imperial City Upside Down 欺负我家王爷？妖王王妃掀翻皇城 Dust Warmed by Rice Wine清酒温尘Fantastical Romance525k WordsOngoing [BG romance, one-on-one and mutually faithful, a mix of sweetness, angst, and satisfying payback. The story and flashbacks include scenes where the male lead suffers, so proceed with caution if that’s not your thing.] [Flirtatious, fierce demon queen who dotes on her husband × sickly, patient, scheming prince] The ruler of all demons transmigrates into the body of a useless princess while undergoing a trial, and from the start, she’s set up and sent to the cold, aloof hostage’s bed. The beautifu 1.2kReads—Score109Shelves

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   The male lead is a cold, cunning, and sickly beauty who is gentle to the female lead. Both of his fathers treat him badly, and everyone wants to obtain his special physique to improve their cultivation. The female lead is a demon queen who always protects and dotes on him.

6. 6 山 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋 Moonset月落Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be 18.3kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves

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   Highly recommended! Those 500+ books weren't read for nothing; I guarantee they're great.

7. 7 卿 You and the Sun and Moon 卿与日月 Mo Huan陌缓Ancient Romance654k WordsCompleted [Originally titled My Love, the Sun and Moon. Everyday life in an ancient setting + mutual salvation + seemingly delicate but inwardly strong heroine who grows over time + hero who still holds on to kindness and honor after falling from his position as a favored son of heaven] Wen Shining, the legitimate daughter of the Wen family, was confined to her home for sixteen years because of a curse claiming she would bring death to her parents and disaster upon her family. Fu Wenzhou, the second son o 56.2kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves
8. 8 G After I Humiliated the Enemy General, He Became My Dog GB折辱敌国将军后他成为我的狗 Mu Xi Aaaaaa木曦AaaaaaAncient Romance179k WordsCompleted [A novel about tormenting men! Tormenting men! Tormenting men!] (The rating is low because it just opened.) [Female-led romance + Male lead abuse + The substitute takes her place + Physical and emotional torment + Love and hatred] [The male lead is tormented in every chapter, imprisoned and abused by the female lead] [Mad, obsessive princess versus a bewitchingly beautiful enemy general] The realm is currently divided among four states: Qi, Chen, Yan, and Zhao. Four years ago, Jiang Sangning was 2.8kReads8.0Score164Shelves

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   Male protagonist: vomits blood, goes blind, is tortured, faints, is a cold-sensitive, gentle, and humble slave.

9. 9 小 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 Moonlight on Clear Bliss月照清欢Ancient Romance220k WordsCompleted [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?” 1.2kReads8.1Score101Shelves

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   The male lead is a sickly prince, and the female lead is a palace maid who pays to be transferred to the male lead's palace to slack off. It's a 1v1 story. The female lead is very obedient and gentle, while the male lead has the tenderness of an older man and the guidance of a superior. There are no melodramatic misunderstandings or filler content.

10. 10 公 The Princess Is Precious, and Her Consort Spoils Her Rotten 公主娇贵，驸马爷他宠妻无度 Shi Yiyuan十一源Ancient Romance245k WordsCompleted [1v1, sweet romance, both leads’ first love, devoted husband] She was the little princess adored by everyone. He was the heir to a noble title, abandoned by his father. As a child, he was quiet and withdrawn, living in endless darkness. The little princess was the one who slowly pulled him out of that abyss! As the days went by, he became a refined and elegant young gentleman, the heir to the Prince of Zhenbei, admired by every noble girl but out of reach. But no one knew that he had changed onl 2.5kReads9.1Score257Shelves
11. 11 盲 The Blind Prince Keeps Fighting, Snatching, and Playing the Victim 盲眼王爷他又争又抢又茶 April Friend四月友人Ancient Romance334k WordsCompleted (Slow-Burn Romance / Love Grows Over Time / Mutual Healing / Young Love / HE) Fleeing famine northward, Su Ying was so weak with hunger that she nearly died in the blizzard. The blind young master Pei Xiu of the Minister's residence saved her and took her in. Two years later, power changed hands, and the Pei family fell overnight. The night the family was arrested and their home confiscated, Su Ying rescued the little blind boy amid the chaos. · That year, Su Ying was sixteen, hiding from place 72kReads9.3Score14.4kShelves

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    I highly recommend this, it's incredibly beautiful!

12. 12 帝 The Emperor and Empress’s Carefree Chronicles 帝后逍遥录 Luo Ziyan洛紫湮Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted The struggle for the realm, a shifting tide of fortune. “I was born not only for the greater good of the realm, but for you, too.” A marriage contract binds two strangers who have never met. She is the daughter of a renowned general with command over a mighty army; he is a powerful nobleman in the imperial capital. The realm, political intrigue, and ominous clouds all come rolling in. “Do you know how many people will die because of one wrong decision?” “The celestial signs have decreed it. Xue 672Reads8.8Score100Shelves

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    Highly recommended! This is the first book I've read. The male and female leads were almost engaged in a marriage, but the male lead, who was unwell, disguised himself to test the female lead. Unexpectedly, the female lead fell in love with him. Later, they cleared up the misunderstanding, and their relationship became even sweeter.

13. 13 冤 The Doomed Heir Wants My Life? A Few Slaps Set Him Straight 冤种世子要我命？几巴掌就服了 Pu Pu Zhiyi蒲蒲知忆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing #Transmigrate Into a Book #Reborn #Mutual Misunderstandings #Everyday Bickering #She Really Hits Him, and He Really Takes It #Says One Thing, Means Another #The Hapless Heir Takes a Beating Online #One-on-one Romance #Slow and Steady #Adult Romance #Happy Ending #Both Devoted to Each Other Rong Shu transmigrated into a book, becoming a poor huntress who didn’t have two coins to rub together. The family had been out of food for three days, and her little brother was so hungry he was chewing on th 44.9kReads9.0Score6kShelves

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    I've settled in 😘

14. 14 人 Hey, You! Let Me Take a Bite 人，泥嚎！给我咬一口 A Yang Zai阿秧仔Ancient Romance263k WordsOngoing (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 583Reads8.2Score107Shelves
15. 15 劝 You Tell Me to Lay Down My Weapon, Madam, So Why Are You Picking It Up Again? 劝我放下屠刀，夫人你又拿它作甚 Three Two Five三二五Ancient Romance335k WordsCompleted [Xianxia Romance + A Jinxed Little Fairy from the Celestial Realm vs. a Demon Lord with a Strong Moral Compass] On the day of her wedding, Yun Sang-sang was killed by her husband as a stepping stone to his ascension. He ascended to godhood, while her resentment lingered. Just as she was about to awaken, she became the jinx everyone in the Three Realms wanted to punish. The immortals of the Celestial Realm adored her husband and bullied her at every turn. Heartbroken, she went to the mortal realm 495Reads9.3Score101Shelves

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    They're all very beautiful!

16. 16 誓 I Swear I Won't Become an Immortal 誓不成仙 Ji Xin稷馨Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted In an age when everyone aspired to attain immortality, Chang Ying had never shared that ambition. With all eight of her tails severed, her memories gone, and barely a breath left in her, she looked up and saw Xie Yu'an, just as close to death. That was the first time Chang Ying met Xie Yu'an. His bones had been smashed one by one, the tendons in his hands severed, and he had been locked away in a dark, damp underground chamber where the sun never shone. His serpent tail curled in a freezing p 595Reads8.4Score103Shelves
17. 17 王 The Prince Is in a Vegetative State? How Convenient, I Can Read Minds 王爷是植物人？真巧，我有读心术 Lu Li路鲤Ancient Romance739k WordsCompleted [A brilliant male lead, a mortal incarnation of the Star of Literature, vs. a clever, straightforward, but lazy female lead] Also known as: Every Day I Pretend to Be Devoted by the Bed of a Comatose Man, and Today I Got Caught After transmigrating, Su Yueyuan is forced into a proxy marriage with a genius prince who is destined to become a vegetable, and ends up a widow in all but name. Other women wail and gnash their teeth at being widowed in all but name. Su Yueyuan wakes up smiling every day: 17.4kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
18. 18 楚 The King of Chu and His Wife's Sweet Daily Life 楚王夫妇互宠日常 Mu Mingfei木明非Ancient Romance672k WordsOngoing A cool, aloof yet pure-hearted young man x a sweet and clever girl [Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple + Both Pure, 1v1] Su Yujing, a young lady of a marquis's household forced to live under someone else's roof, dreams of her future self, taken as a concubine by the dissolute and tyrannical Prince Wei and left to die in misery at a side residence! After getting a full preview of her future, Su Yu trembles with fear and turns her attention to Prince Wei's younger brother, who is even you 330Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A gentle ancient romance novel where the male and female leads heal each other.

19. 19 破 Breaking Through the Frost and Wind 破风霜 Plain Melody素曲Ancient Romance310k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Hua Jin was framed for regicide, and her entire family was executed. Reborn, she thought she could avoid disaster and change her family’s fate simply by keeping out of sight. Who could have guessed that not only would she fail to avoid that tyrant of an emperor, but she couldn’t get rid of him either? He even started clinging to her. Ugh! Shameless! 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is so sickly he's on his deathbed, yet he's only gentle towards the female lead. Of course, he's not the only one who's gentle towards her. Faced with a court and a love triangle rife with wolves, he's helpless except for feigning weakness to gain sympathy. After all, she's more responsive to gentleness than force.

20. 20 嫁 Married to a Gentle, Disabled Scholar from a Farming Family 嫁给温柔残疾农家举子 Lan Ge兰歌Ancient Romance751k WordsCompleted Both leads are each other’s first and only + Sweet romance with no angst + Marriage first, love later + Everyday pampering + Farming and healing [An incredibly gentle disabled hero × A warmhearted heroine who transmigrated] Jiang Yuxin had never planned to get married, but then she transmigrated into Song Yaozhi, a woman whose attempted elopement had failed. Faced with an impoverished home and a young man with a bad leg and lifeless eyes, Song Yaozhi rolled up her sleeves and got to work so they 507Reads7.1Score100Shelves

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    The male lead is disabled and abandoned by his family, and his fiancée breaks off their engagement. The female lead travels through time and saves him. The male lead is incredibly gentle, and the story is very sweet.

21. 21 捡 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 Longing for Osmanthus Wine欲饮桂花酿Ancient Romance766k WordsCompleted 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 23.3kReads8.9Score4.3kShelves

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    Highly recommended! The female lead is incredibly healing, and the male lead is gradually healed by her. It's not melodramatic or pretentious; it's about two lonely souls saving and growing together.

22. 22 且 Let the Years Grow Quiet, and the Autumn Breeze Pass 且安岁晚任秋萧 Slightly Sweet Ding微甜丁Ancient Romance431k WordsCompleted 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 4.2kReads8.8Score207Shelves

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    The male lead is paralyzed and blind, and the female lead saves him twice. Both of them are very gentle and go their separate ways.

23. 23 萸 Passion in the Burning Mugwort: The Herbalist and Her Lovesick Gentleman 萸草灼情：草泽医女与病娇郎君 It's Little Grass, Nephew Version是小草啊甥子版99k WordsCompleted Passion in the Mugwort Fields: The Herbalist and Her Possessive Husband 88Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Physical care and spiritual redemption! A newly released, completed novel!!! It's amazing!!!

24. 24 重 A Comfortable Life for Shu Xin in the 1960s 重生六零的舒心日子 Qing Wu卿妩Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Super Strength + Soldier] [A powerful, domineering, and wealthy heroine + a beautiful, delicate, scheming male lead] Shu Xin is a powerful woman born in the apocalypse. Armed with an overpowered cheat, she is reborn in the 1960s of a parallel world. Here, she finds a loving family, and achieves success in both her career and her love life. The male lead, Luo Yue, is a delicate young gentleman who transmigrated from an ancient matriarchal so 11.4kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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    😃The live stream is digging into the embarrassing history of our ancestors, one juicy revelation after another! We'll also give them a crash course on the world map and the food supply for China's 1.4 billion people. 🎈 We'll show our ancestors the poems and verses they left behind—they're going crazy trying to understand them! Even their casual remarks have been meticulously recorded by later generations. 😜

25. 25 重 Reborn in the 1970s as a Strong, Spirited Educated Youth 重生七零大力女知青 Three Pentads of the Summer Solstice夏至三候Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Lu Qiqi was plotted against, endured a hard life, and died with her eyes wide open. Reborn, she takes down the scumbag with a single punch, shatters his dream of rising to success, and leaves him with nothing. When a vicious woman tries to scheme her into marrying a fool, Lu Qiqi turns the tables and gets the fool a wife for free. In her previous life, only after Lu Qiqi died did she learn that the father she thought had been dead for over thirty years was actually alive. H 645Reads8.8Score—Shelves
26. 26 男 My Boyfriend Is a Big White Wolf Who Thinks About It Every Night 男友是匹大白狼每天晚上都会想 Xiao Qi Loves Rainy Nights小七爱雨夜Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing This is actually a collection of romance stories. Each little story is 80,000 words, with a proper beginning and end. Feel free to click in and browse. There’s bound to be one that touches your heart. Also known as The Frail Beauty’s Beloved Shatters to Pieces, So I Travel Through Worlds to Bring Him Home [Quick transmigration without a System; the male lead is frail, the heroine pursues the hero, and he dotes on her like crazy. It’s sweet, angsty, and romantic, with a touch of mystery and a ha 321Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist, who's sickly in every dimension, is here. Each dimension has a different illness; he can vomit blood, faint, or even recover completely. If he's not sick at all, he'll get injured or have a fever... He's practically becoming more beautiful the sicker he is!

27. 27 白 The White Moonlight Falls, and Junior Sister Is Still Mending Things Today 白月光坠落，小师妹今天也在修补 Pickled Mustard Greens and Tofu雪菜豆腐Ancient Romance227k WordsCompleted 1v1, happy ending, gender-bender, both leads are virgins [The male lead suffers physically and emotionally: flogging, humiliation, ice picks, restraints and suffocation, silver needles, stomach problems…] [An outwardly aloof but decisive and determined junior sister who cultivates the sword vs. a gentle, long-suffering and restrained senior brother, the unattainable first love] I am Ji Lan, the youngest cultivator to reach the Divine Transformation stage in Meishan Sword Sect, born with a sword 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is misunderstood and abused to the point of physical weakness, yet he remains gentle and forbearing.

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