Historical Romance or Short Stories 古言呀 短篇呀

1. 101 调 The Switched-at-Birth Daughter Drops the Act: I Become an Admiral and Astound the World 调包弃女不装了，我平海患做提督惊天下 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Switched-Out Daughter Drops the Act: As the Governor of Pinghai, I Shock the World 58Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 夫 My Husband Wants to Support Two Wives, So I'll Take a Live-in Son-in-Law 夫君要兼祧两房，那我就招赘婿 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted If my husband wants to support two households, then I’ll take in a son-in-law 20Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 儿 Before He Died, My Son Stripped Me of My Empress Dowager's Honor. Reborn, I Made Sure He Had Nothing 儿子驾崩前夺我太后尊荣，重生后我让他一无所有 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted My Son Usurped My Empress Dowager’s Honors Before He Died. Reborn, I Leave Him with Nothing 733Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 104 姐 The Sisters Switched Brides, and Each Married the Right Groom in the Wrong Sedan 姐妹换嫁，上错花轿嫁对郎 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted The sisters swap grooms, and the wrong bride rides to the right husband 11Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 夫 My Husband Took His Childhood Sweetheart as His Equal Wife, So I Took My Childhood Friend as My Equal Husband 夫君纳青梅为平妻，我纳竹马为平夫 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted My Husband Takes His Childhood Sweetheart as an Equal Wife, So I Take My Childhood Friend as an Equal Husband 27Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 将 The General Brought His New Love and Demanded a Divorce. I Took the Money and Left, and He Regretted It Too Late 将军带新欢逼我和离，我拿钱走人后他悔不当初 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted The General Brought His New Love and Forced Me to Divorce Him. I Took the Money and Left, and He Regretted It Bitterly 279Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 107 夫 My Husband Swore He'd Have No Heirs, So I Turned Around and Took the Top Scholar as a Consort 夫君扬言要绝嗣，我转头纳了状元郎 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted My Husband Threatened to Leave His Line Without an Heir, So I Turned Around and Took the Top Scholar as a Concubine 379Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 108 重 Reborn, I Refuse to Raise the Wolf Cub from My Past Life 重生后，我拒养前世的狼崽 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Refuse to Raise the Wolf Cub from My Past Life 42Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 109 夫 My Husband Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects Me, So My Mother-in-Law Found Me a Better Man 夫君宠妾灭妻，婆母给我找了更好的良人 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted My Husband Doted on His Concubine and Cast Me Aside, So My Mother-in-Law Found Me a Better Match 83Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 110 晚 At Dusk, I Met the Wild Geese Returning Home, and Found Peace Year After Year 晚渡逢归雁，岁岁得心安 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted At Dusk, I Meet the Returning Wild Geese; Year After Year, My Heart Finds Peace 6Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 111 重 Reborn as the Regent's Treasured Darling 重生后，成了摄政王的掌中宝 Wang Shier王拾二Ancient Romance152k WordsCompleted [Alternate world + both leads reborn + sweet romance + mutual salvation + regent prince + household and palace intrigue] She is the cherished legitimate daughter of the Xuan family, raised with every luxury. With skin like ice and jade, breathtaking beauty, and a bright, clever mind, she seems to have it all. A marriage becomes a conspiracy, bringing about the destruction of her entire family! Her closest friend and her cruel husband ultimately take her life. On the third day after her death, th 1kReads8.8Score120Shelves
12. 112 系 The System Forced Me to Be a Simp, So I Simped the School Bully into Becoming My Real Boyfriend 系统逼我当舔狗，我把校霸舔成了真男友 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The System Forced Me to Be a Simp, So I Turned the School Bully into My Real Boyfriend 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is compact, the laughs are dense, and it is addictive.

13. 113 前 My Ex Dumped Me, So I Became His Stepmom 前男友甩了我，我反手成了他后妈 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted My Ex Dumped Me, So I Became His Stepmom —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 两 My Two Childhood Friends Broke Up, but I’m the One Who Got the Short End of the Stick 两个发小闹分手，倒霉的却是我 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted My Two Childhood Friends Broke Up, but I Was the One Who Suffered 120Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 我 My Little Junior Sister Has Delusions 我家小师妹有妄想症 I Eat Pomelos Without Spitting Out the Pith吃柚子不吐皮吖Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted [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 2.7kReads9.4Score480Shelves

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    Fantasy short story with tears in laughter "Elder brother." Mu Xing also raised his eyes to look at her. "Actually, I am a cold-blooded killer." Mu Xingye: "..." "The ultimate mission of our sect is to kill you." Mu Xingye: "…" "That's it for now, take care." Mu Xingye: "…" Then he saw the young man in front of him and smiled softly. He gently placed the back of his hand on her forehead and said with a smile, "Hasn't your fever gone?"

16. 116 夫 After My Husband Died, I Conceived the Mad Crown Prince’s Child 夫君死后，我怀上了疯批太子的崽 Spring Comes to Lianjiang at Night连江夜入春Ancient Romance309k WordsCompleted [Strong, gentle blind woman X crazed, brutal crown prince] Everyone knew that Wei Jingshen, the crown prince, was learned and cultured, but also cruel, brooding, and cold as ice. No one dared approach him. During an assassination attempt, he ended up in a mountain village, where a country doctor saved him. By chance, his eyes met those of his benefactor's wife. Her pupils were pitch-black, her gaze unfocused and empty. Wei Jingshen lowered his eyes, his expression indifferent. What a pity, she w 3.5kReads8.2Score274Shelves

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    Pure ancient Chinese language, short article. Xue Yu lived in Xiaohe Village. After losing her memory and becoming blind, she married a doctor, but the doctor made a deal with Wei Jingchen, whom he rescued, and borrowed seeds. From then on, Wei Jingchen entangled him forcefully.

17. 117 表 My Cousin Is a Beauty, and the Dark-Hearted Heir Has Gone Mad for Her 表妹倾城，腹黑世子疯魔了 Red and Purple红与紫Ancient Romance341k WordsCompleted [Possessive pursuit + Secret romance + Physical first, emotional later (both virgins) + A groveling pursuit] [Cunning, clear-headed beauty + Scheming, domineering heir] Everyone said that Pei, heir to the Duke of Weiguo's residence in the capital, was handsome and accomplished for his age. Su Xiangwan had thought so too. That is, until she met him for the first time. His eyes were full of mockery, and she guessed he must despise her. After her family fell into decline, she had no choice but to 6.9kReads8.5Score630Shelves

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    Pure ancient language, short and sweet article. Su Xiangwan's family was in decline and he came to Kyoto to seek refuge with his aunt. On the way, he met Pei Xingzhi. She just wanted to find a marriage for herself, but she was always ruined by others.

18. 118 九 Nine-Branch Lantern 九枝灯 Chen Shi陈柿Ancient Romance118k WordsCompleted [Short stories in episodic format] In a palace among the clouds, the red candles atop a nine-branched lamp burn low. The keeper of the lamps accidentally knocks over a lamp and is sent throughout the Nine Provinces to recover its countless wicks. [Mulan Hua Man] [Female Fate Deity vs. Top Scholar] She is an immortal from the celestial realm with a limited lifespan. One day, she descends to the mortal world to undergo a trial, only to lose her family. The top scholar of the dynasty protects her w 2.3kReads8.8Score427Shelves

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    The type of unit drama, except for the first part is he, the next three parts are all be, so be careful before entering. [Shy]

19. 119 远 There Are Trees in the Distant Mountains 远山有木兮 Dawnlight宸光微曦Ancient Romance139k WordsCompleted [Pure Historical Romance + White Moonlight + Devoted Love + Brothers Turn into Rivals in Love + Utterly Doting Husband] What kind of story will unfold when the mysterious, breathtakingly beautiful Luo Xiyan, who lives in seclusion deep in the mountains, meets Wei Jie, a refined and gentle nobleman who refuses to let his family dictate his life? What painful, unforgettable pasts do they carry, and how do they gradually make their way into each other’s hearts, until they become the most irreplacea 15Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    An ancient short story!

20. 120 我 A Friend of Mine Who Was a Noble Consort 我的一个贵妃朋友 Dudu the Little Penguin小企鹅嘟嘟Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted Lu Yunchu, a noblewoman from one of the capital’s most distinguished families, fell in love with Crown Prince Li Jing... Lu Yunchu was the finest woman in the world. When snow blanketed the capital, he lost their first child. Flowers bloomed and withered in the palace, and he sighed over life’s impermanence... But all I want is to rekindle our love. “White-haired palace maids sit idly, talking of the former dynasty.” From then on, the chief eunuch Gu Yannian often told the younger generation, “I 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very short but very touching

21. 121 不 I Won't Be Your Mortal Concubine; I'll Be a Celestial Goddess 不做你凡间妃，要做我九天仙 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted I Won't Be Your Mortal Concubine; I'll Be a Celestial Maiden in the Ninth Heaven 244Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short stories

22. 122 被 After Being Cast Out of the Sect, the Demon King Asked Me to Be His Wife 被逐出宗门后，妖王喊我做娘子 Eighty-Eight八拾捌11k WordsCompleted After Being Cast Out of the Sect, the Demon King Asked Me to Be His Wife 462Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 瞎 The Blind Young Master Wants to Marry Me 瞎子少爷要娶我 Eighty-Eight八拾捌14k WordsCompleted The Blind Young Master Wants to Marry Me 394Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 124 他 After He Took the Throne, He Gave Me to Someone Else as a Concubine 他登基后把我赐给别人做妾 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Ancient Romance14k WordsCompleted After he ascended the throne, he bestowed me upon someone else as a concubine 2.4kReads—Score—Shelves
25. 125 王 The Prince Regretted It After He Pushed Me Down the Mountain 王爷推我下山后，他后悔疯了 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted After the Prince Pushed Me Off the Mountain, He Went Mad with Regret 560Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 将 The General's Wife Is Climbing the Wall Again 将军夫人她又翻墙了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭11k WordsCompleted The General’s Wife Has Climbed Over the Wall Again —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended ancient short stories

27. 127 我 I’m a Five-Year-Old Matchmaking Judge, and I’ve Spent Thirty Years Judging Toxic Relationships 我，五岁姻缘判官，专判孽缘三十年 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted I am a five-year-old marriage judge, and for thirty years I've judged nothing but toxic relationships. —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 128 长 Longing for You Beneath the Night Sky 长夜相思入星河 Strawberry Xi草莓汐Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted [Reborn + mutually devoted sweet romance + revenge and household intrigue] Jiang Rong was deceived her entire life, and only learned the truth when she was on the verge of death. Returned to ten years earlier, she found herself fleeing an arranged marriage to elope. Jiang Rong gave the scoundrel a thorough beating, then turned around and went back to the prince’s manor to marry. The husband she had run from was Xie Lingxi, heir to the Northern Prince. In her previous life, he had protected he 41.2kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves

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    🍏🍏The heroine was deceived once in her previous life, and she didn't know the truth until her death. Reborn ten years ago, the heroine is on the way to run away from marriage and elope. She beat up the scumbag and returned to the palace to get married. The male protagonist protected her in his previous life and died to save her in exchange for his life. It is said that it was because he fell in love with her that the heroine of the new life would have revenge, complaints, and kindness to benefactors.

29. 129 养 My Adoptive Mother Sold Me to Become an Actor, So I Sent Her to the Afterlife 养母卖我去做戏子，我送她上黄泉 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted My adoptive mother sold me off to become an opera performer, so I sent her to her grave. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A complete and beautiful ancient short story~

30. 130 嫁 I Married the Top Scholar, So If He Can Support an Opera Performer, So Can I 嫁给探花郎，他捧戏子我也捧 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭11k WordsCompleted I Married a Top Scholar, So He Can Support His Opera Star and I Can Support Mine 2Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 131 拨 Seeking Daylight Through the Snow 拨雪寻昼 A Cat on the Moon月亮一只喵Ancient Romance291k WordsCompleted “You and I have loved each other since childhood, childhood sweethearts with nothing to hide from one another.”, Ouyang Yuqian, "The Peacock Flies Southeast" [Childhood sweetheart loses to the newcomer + love grows over time] [This story is entirely fictional. Please do not read too much into it. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] Because their mothers had been close friends since their girlhood, and the Xie and Shen families were neighbors, Xie Chenxue and Shen Fu 959Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The superior text descended from heaven, the ancient saying goes that the house fights

32. 132 邓 The Deng Family's Daughter and Her Hunter Husband 邓家姑娘和她的猎户夫君 One Incredibly Delicious Lychee一颗超好吃的荔枝Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + mutual first love + size difference] Deng Rou’s parents have both died, leaving her with only her younger siblings. Just as the family is going through hard times, her faithless childhood sweetheart breaks off their engagement. While she is heartbroken, the village hunter offers a surprisingly generous bride price and asks to marry her? 108Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Rough guys have different body shapes. Don't miss it if you pass by.

33. 133 我 I Really Want a Divorce, So Why Won't You Agree? 我真要和离，你又不乐意了 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted I Really Am Going to Divorce You, So Why Won't You Agree Now? 2.6kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommend some high-scoring and high-quality short ancient sayings

34. 134 什 What?! The Entire Court Is My Harem? 什么!满朝文武都是我的鱼? Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣9k WordsCompleted What?! The Entire Court Is My Fish? 49Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 135 我 I Insist on Breaking Your Lofty Branch 我偏要折了你这高枝 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted I Insist on Breaking Off Your Lofty Branch 277Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 136 本 I'm the Princess, and I Can Do Whatever I Want. What Are You Going to Do About It? 本公主就是嚣张跋扈，你能奈我何？ Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted This Princess Is Just Arrogant and Overbearing. What Can You Do About It? 963Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 137 我 I'm Just a Cannon Fodder! Why Is the Emperor Spoiling Only Me? 我是炮灰!为何皇上偏独宠我一人？ Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted I'm Just a Cannon Fodder! Why Does the Emperor Favor Only Me? 763Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 138 别 Don't Mess with Her, Her Cultivation Is the Way of Slaughter 别惹她，小师妹修的可是杀道 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted Don't Mess with Her, Little Junior Sister Cultivates the Path of Slaughter 505Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 139 一 I Accidentally Slept with My Heartless Dao Master, But I Really Didn't 一不小心睡了无情道师尊，我真不是 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted I Accidentally Slept with My Ruthless Daoist Master, but I Really Didn't... 174Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 140 清 How Can the Cold, Aloof Wolf King Be Like This? 清冷狼王怎么能这样？ Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣9k WordsCompleted How Can the Cool Wolf King Be Like This? 34Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 141 错 After Flirting with the Male Lead by Mistake, the Junior Disciple Runs Away 错撩男主后，女配小师妹逃跑了 Jiu Min Ah九敏啊Ancient Romance335k WordsCompleted After Su Nuannuan transmigrates to a world of cultivation, she often has a strange dream. In it, she and a handsome stranger share an intimate moment. She goes to great lengths to find the man and win him over, only to discover that he is the male lead of the cultivation novel she transmigrated into, and she is nothing but a wicked supporting character. In the original story, she is infatuated with the male lead, repeatedly frames the heroine, and eventually dies, body and soul. Horrified, she p 734Reads8.8Score106Shelves

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    It looks great!

42. 142 重 Reborn, I Dumped the Crown Prince and Married a Frail but Powerful Minister 重生后我踹了太子，嫁病弱权臣 Two or Three Sounds Beneath the Moon月下两三声10k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn, I Dumped the Crown Prince and Married a Sickly Powerful Official —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended!! These are all very solid, and the writing is very good. They are listed in no particular order. 2 Is the extra story about flowers blooming.

43. 143 花 Flowers Bloom in Splendor: My Wife Is Not to Be Trifled With 花开锦绣：我家夫人她不好惹 Two or Three Sounds Beneath the Moon月下两三声Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted Blossoms and Brocade: My Wife Is Not to Be Trifled With 362Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 144 被 After My Cold and Aloof Husband Read My Mind 被清冷夫君读心后 Ye Zichi叶子迟Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted After My Aloof Husband Could Read My Mind 3.1kReads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 誓 I Swore I’d Never Be a Concubine, but I Wasn’t the One Who Died 誓死不为妾，但死的不是我 Watermelon of Passing Years流年西瓜Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted While gathering herbs in the mountains, I came across a badly wounded man. He promised that if I helped him escape, he would take me as his concubine. Was being a concubine supposed to be some kind of blessing? My neighbor, Second Sister Ya, became Prefect’s Lord’s concubine. Less than two months later, his legal wife beat her to death and tossed her into a mass grave. Her family didn’t even dare go and collect her body. I shook my head. “I won’t be a concubine. If you want to repay me, give me 3.1kReads—Score127Shelves
46. 146 我 I Could Hear the Transmigrated Heroine's Thoughts, So I Successfully Avoided the Male Lead 我靠听见穿书女的心声，成功错过男主 Nanguli南古立Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted I Heard the Thoughts of a Woman Who Transmigrated Into a Book and Successfully Avoided the Male Lead 11.1kReads—Score125Shelves
47. 147 笑 I Can’t Stop Laughing: The Fifth Princess’s Lover Has Escaped Again 笑不活了，五公主的面首又逃了 Zhi Man栀蛮Ancient Romance433k WordsCompleted Wan Qiaonan, the fifth princess of Nanxu, had always had a scandalous reputation. She refused to marry and instead kept male lovers. Keeping male lovers was one thing, but she couldn’t stop them from running away all the time. After it happened often enough, the common people stopped batting an eye. Wan Qiaonan had never cared about the gossip. After all, she had no intention of marrying. She never expected to meet Si Moyang. Still less did she expect that one glance would bind her to Si Moyang 6Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 148 阿 Silk Girl 阿绫 Zhi Man栀蛮10k WordsCompleted A Ling —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 149 未 My Fiancé Wants a Concubine, So I'll Marry the Top Scholar Instead 未婚夫想纳妾，我改嫁探花郎 Yi Qianjin易千锦Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted My Fiancé Wanted to Take a Concubine, So I Married the Top Scholar Instead 600Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short story, as the old saying goes, the second male lead is the best, and the bad guy ends badly.

50. 150 我 The Second Year After I Died, My Husband Was Cut to Pieces 我死后第2年，夫君被千刀万剐 Yi Qianjin易千锦Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The Second Year After I Died, My Husband Was Sliced to Pieces 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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