Pure Historical Romance: A Gentle, Composed, and Cunning Female Lead, and a Male Lead Who Isn’t Cold or Expressionless 纯古风，女主温柔淡定有谋略，男主不高冷不面瘫
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Reborn, the Emperor and Empress Both Quit Their Jobs 帝后重生后都撂挑子不干了
(A cool, dignified male lead who'd rather slack off than be emperor, and a beautiful, sensible heroine who sometimes gets a little mischievous.) In her previous life, she lived in splendor but felt stifled as empress for over a decade. As she lay dying, her emperor husband was still away on campaign and had yet to return. Reborn, Chu Yue reflects on the past and decides that while the empress's phoenix crown was beautiful, it was also heavy and exhausting. She really doesn't want to wear it agai
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The Story of the Western Wing: The Young Lady's Secret Identity Will Never Be Exposed 西厢记：小姐的马甲永不掉
The heroine is a master of secret identities, and the hero falls madly in love with every one of them. He can't control himself: First he's drawn to Miss Cui Yingying, then he falls into a whirlpool of love with the young man Shiyilang, and then he's bewitched by the young widow Yu Xiuxiu. But they're all the same woman: the heroine. The hero is going crazy, wondering if he's a womanizer, a scumbag, or a pervert. But the heroine isn't interested in men... Because she believes that the wise
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The Heir's Everyday Life of Spoiling His Wife 世子爷养妻日常
(Marriage first, love later, sweet romance, feel-good power fantasy, both leads have been faithful) Song Qianlan is the eldest legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s household. Ordered by imperial decree to marry the heir of the Duke of Dingguo, all she wants is a respectful marriage and a peaceful life. Xie Yan is the heir of the Duke of Dingguo. Married by imperial decree, he has just one request of his wife: behave herself and keep out of trouble. With their mutual understanding that the
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- 4 After a Frail Beauty Marries to Bring Good Fortune, She Becomes the Regent's Princess Consort 娇软美人冲喜后，成了摄政王妃 [Historical Romance + No Rebirth or Transmigration + Marriage Before Love + Sweet, Devoted Romance + Putting Scoundrels in Their Place + Having a Baby + Growing Heroine] Jiang Yuanyi is peerlessly beautiful, soft and charming, but unfortunately, she is a lowborn concubine-born daughter. Her father dislikes her, her stepmother despises her, and her legitimate older siblings bully her. Despite her betrothal, they force her to bring good fortune to the dying heir of the Duke of Jingguo by marrying 11.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
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I Became the Abused Heroine’s Sister, So I Taught Her to Tear Her Scumbag Ex Apart 穿成虐文女主姐姐，教她手撕渣男
[Transmigrate into a book + System + sweet romance + breathtaking beauty + devoted love + half-demon + punishing scumbags + overpowered] Mu Liruo transmigrated into a book one day. The good news was that she became the female lead’s sister, and the two were extremely close. The bad news was that the female lead was in an angsty romance. Her mission was to help the female lead stay away from the male lead and turn the angsty romance into a sweet one. After taking in the plot, Mu Liruo had just on
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Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋
[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
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A Gentle Breeze Disperses the Thick Clouds 暄风散浓云
[Historical romance + devoted couple + sweet at first, then heartbreak + household intrigue + political machinations + infidelity + twists + reconciliation] [An adaptable, sweet-and-salty heroine + a pitiful, unfaithful man] Twist warning: read it a second time and you'll realize it's a different story. She is a pampered princess who cares for the people; he is a battle-hardened general, tough on the outside but earnest at heart. Time may pass them by, but fate will bring them together. She sear
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He's a Fool, She's Loaded. What's It to You? 他人傻，她钱多，关你什么事
(A sickly but absurdly powerful heroine x a clingy, loyal, green-tea schemer of a hero who goes insane for her; two strong leads, both devoted only to each other, and plenty of sweet romance) Content warning: The story starts slow, then features a lot of political intrigue later on, so proceed with caution! The hero is genuinely an idiot at first, but he gets better. If that's not your thing, don't read. - She gets caught in a last-minute marriage swap, and the concubine still has her eye on the
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- 9 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves
- 10 Locked in the Spring Night 锁春宵 [Traditional historical romance + reborn + revenge on scum + sweet romance + mutually faithful] In her previous life, Su Qingyu had been married for three years without ever consummating the marriage. Then her cousin suddenly appeared before her with a child, and Su Qingyu finally learned that the man wasn't impotent. He just couldn't perform with her. Her cousin stripped off Su Qingyu's face, took her place as the legitimate daughter of the marquis's household, and became the matriarch of the S 33.3kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
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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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- 12 The Possessive Power Minister’s Guide to Spoiling His Wife 病娇权臣宠妻手册 [Transmigrated into a book + super-sweet one-on-one romance + secret identity revealed + supernatural ability + forced to become the villain’s beloved] A straightforward beauty who never stops flirting vs. a charming, laid-back fox of a man Shen Zhixia transmigrated into the body of a doomed cannon-fodder character with a high chance of dying. But she could see whether the threads around people’s wrists were red or black: red meant affection, black meant dislike. And she even had a handsome man 1.7kReads9.2Score191Shelves
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Clear Pear Blossoms Reflected in the Evening Snow 暮雪映清梨
[Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One + Young Married Couple + Slow-Burning Romance + Nation and Family + No Female Rivalry + Political Intrigue as a Side Plot] A gentle, restrained God of War × a clearheaded, independent heiress? Turns out, we've been ruining each other's carefully crafted personas all along. Mu Chenyan was afflicted with a deadly cold poison, and rumors said that any woman who came near him would die. Yet an illuminating presence lit up his lonely, composed heart and gave hi
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The Spring Breeze Blows Through Yumen Pass! 春风吹度玉门关！
[They marry at the start + married life + sweet romance + native-born leads + mutually devoted] Gentle, tolerant, and magnanimous heroine & jealous, rough-around-the-edges puppy-dog hero The sixth year of the Zhending reign, spring. The old Duchess of Dingguo knelt before the Empress Dowager, asking for a marriage match for her grandson Yun Zheng, who was guarding the northwest. The emperor honored the Yun family’s generations of loyal service. Having also heard that the Cui family’s daughters
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- 15 My Childhood Sweetheart Is Hard to Win Over 青梅难哄 The Third Prince and Pei, the young lady of the Zhen’an Marquis’s household, had been childhood friends since they were little, always open and honest with each other. That is, until one day... The Third Prince, who used to take injuries and hardships in stride, insisted on being carried into the Zhen’an Marquis’s household, where he called out to Second Miss Pei, looking half-dead: “Wanw an, I feel awful...” Bodyguard: Who are you? Where’s our cold, distant, icy Third Prince? The Empress wanted 15.4kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 16 Cherished by the Powerful: The Lord Chancellor’s Darling 盛宠：权臣大人的掌心娇 (Rebirth + pampered romance + political intrigue + household drama + 1v1 + devoted couple) Reborn on the day of her wedding, Chu Jiaojiao decides not to run away! Remembering the miserable fate she suffered after fleeing her wedding in her previous life, Chu Jiaojiao vows to cling tightly to the powerful minister’s leg! On their wedding night “Husband~” A sweet, bone-melting voice comes from beneath the veil. Gu Chen raises an eyebrow, stroking his thumb ring with his right hand before giving a 1.6kReads9.1Score200Shelves
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After a Mistaken Marriage to the Heir, She Spends Every Day Showering Him with Sweets 错嫁世子后，她每天都在撒糖
[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
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Film and TV Crossover: When the Femme Fatale Becomes a Cannon Fodder 综影视：当祸水穿成炮灰后
A Noble Consort Who Raises Her Children with Sense in a New World What changes when the beauty who brought disaster to the realm, from Feng Huo Xi Zhu Hou's stories, transmigrates into a cannon-fodder character? World 1: Beauty Without Tears, Huang Taiji x Xiao Yu'er (Complete) World 2: Empresses in the Palace, Kangxi x Yixiu (Complete) World 3: Story of Yanxi Palace, Consort Shun (Complete) World 4: The Story of Minglan, Molan (Complete) World 5: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, Yihuan (Complet
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Your Highness, the Crown Prince, You’re Under Arrest 太子殿下你被逮捕了
Everyone praises Fourth Miss Wen Wanning of the Ning'an Marquis’s Estate as gentle, graceful, clever, proper, and well-read, calling her the finest young lady in the capital. Only the Crown Prince knows what she’s really like. All he can say is, “That girl gets jealous, gets jealous, gets jealous,” before spoiling her rotten.
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- 20 Film and TV Crossover: The Exiled Immortal 综影视：谪仙 Currently updating: Word of Honor: The Buddhist Son of Shaolin The male lead is a beautiful, alluring heartthrob whom everyone adores. One-line summary: How could one fail to rejoice at meeting such a gentleman? His beauty is unmatched in all the world. 1. Ashes of Love: Chief of the Bird Tribe (Complete) 2. Joy of Life: Duke Who Guards the Nation (Complete) 3. The Story of Minglan: The Third Young Master of the Sheng Family (On hiatus) 4. Word of Honor: The Buddhist Son of Shaolin (Ongoing) 6.3kReads7.0Score262Shelves
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Song of a Spring Outing 春游曲
A gifted heiress from a wealthy family marries a man thirty years her senior. You can’t have the best of both worlds: she enjoys a life of luxury, yet must endure loneliness and solitude. Though the couple love each other, they cannot grow old together. Carrying a child, she is destined to give birth to the future Empress of the Tang Dynasty. What is it about this woman that made the Tang emperor love her all his life, and yearn for her even after her death? A guide to understanding life, lookin
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- 22 Tomb Raiding: The Wonderful Adventures of a Hufflepuff 盗墓：赫奇帕奇的奇妙历险记 [No romance + tomb raiding + Harry Potter + magic + doesn’t strictly follow the plot + wild imagination + two worlds collide] Shen Ming transmigrates to the world of Harry Potter and spends seven years studying diligently at Hogwarts, becoming one of the best. After fainting once: What?? I transmigrated back!? Gradually, Shen Ming realizes something is wrong. Oh no, I think I’ve transmigrated into another novel. Can someone tell me why the Death Eaters and Voldemort are here too?! Do I have to d 446Reads7.3Score101Shelves
- 23 Western Crossover: I Live as Spider-Woman in the Real World 综英美：我在现实生活做蜘蛛女侠 [Marvel and DC Crossover / No Romance / OOC / Slice of Life / Action] Wen Ge Cai thinks her world is completely absurd. She's just an ordinary high school student, and one day she gets bitten by a spider. The bite doesn't even swell or turn red, so who could have guessed she'd gain the same superpowers as Spider-Man?! What is this, a dream come true? Just when she finally learns to control her powers, she inexplicably transmigrates right before the college entrance exams? What the heck! Luckily, 542Reads8.5Score103Shelves
- 24 Film and TV Crossover: A Declaration of Judgment 综影视：审判宣言 There are many worlds from Joy of Life, especially later on. I’m particularly fond of Li Chengze, so feel free to skip those parts or just pick a few to read if that bothers you. As for the protagonists, each world has a different one. They aren’t the same person: some are men, some are women, and there may be two in a world, but never so many that things get confusing. That should make the story easier to follow. The main purpose is to make peace with my own regrets and speak up for certain c 1.3kReads7.2Score100Shelves
- 25 Zoffy's Little Unicorn 佐菲的小独角兽 I suddenly got obsessed with Zoffy, so I’m writing a story about him. Rui Mu is a homebody witch who graduated from Beauxbatons. Her greatest wish is to inherit her grandfather’s wand shop, but a bald egghead shatters her peaceful life. Perhaps Merlin couldn’t bear to see it, so he tossed her into another world and even gave her a husband while he was at it~ P.S. I feel like this blurb is getting more and more halfhearted. 617Reads6.8Score100Shelves
- 26 Western Crossover: Every Door Opens to a Different World 综英美：每次开门都会换世界 [Main story complete, with bonus chapters released from time to time. Jump in without worry!] [A sweet bedtime treat. The heroine grows later on, but there won't be any major twists. Not a strong female lead] [Heroine + superheroes + quick transmigration early on + worlds merging later + supplies and logistics + food + neighborhood life + no romance] One day, Yun Xiaozheng discovers that her little home seems to have come alive! Everything was perfectly normal, then all at once the world outside 3.2kReads9.0Score284Shelves
- 27 After Slacking Off as Yinreng, I Brought My Brothers Together 穿成胤礽摆烂后，兄弟齐心了 [Transmigration + rebirth + mind-reading + princes united + rebellion + ascending the throne + developing the nation] Yinreng has lived three lifetimes. In this life, he only wants to build infrastructure for the people's benefit, get along with his brothers, and then, once one of them takes the throne, become a carefree prince with no worries about food or drink, enjoying the beautiful landscapes of the world... But wait... Everyone, hold on! You're rebelling to put me on the throne?! Kangxi: “ 6kReads9.0Score727Shelves
- 28 Film and TV Crossover: When the Villain Gets an Elder 综影视之当反派有了长辈 First world: Wei Qingtai, the father of Wei Yanwan in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace Second world: Xuan Nu's grandfather in Eternal Love Third world: Jin Sanbao, the father of Jin Yuyan in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 302Reads—Score—Shelves
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A General's Daughter's Comeback: No More Coddling, It's Time to Rise 将门逆袭：不要娇宠要上位
When her aunt was on her deathbed, she entrusted her child to Wanqing. Out of gratitude, Wanqing became the concubine of the general’s eldest son. The rules for concubines in the general’s household: be dutiful and proper, and have no children. The household had no need for children born to concubines. Yet Wanqing bore four sons and a daughter, then took her place as the eldest son’s principal wife. The Empress Dowager personally bestowed on her the title of First-Rank Lady of Virtue. Someone sc
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- 30 National Fate: Playing Zhang Qilin, I'm the Female Version of the Guy 国运：扮演张麒麟，我是女版小哥 [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [No Changes to the Original Text] Mo Qilin transmigrates into herself in another world. In that world, she is the real daughter of a wealthy family, switched at birth by the nanny. Her father shows her no affection, her mother does not love her, and her brothers go out of their way to mock and mistreat her, while treating the fake heiress like a princess! The fake heiress is also a scheming black-hearted lotus. She knows how to act and manipulate people, making 50.8kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
- 31 Western Crossover: The Comedic Comic-Book Heroine in Gotham 【综英美】搞笑漫画女主角在哥谭 [Pairing undecided, possibly no romance] [The heroine is something like a conceptual god] [There may be some horror elements mixed in] (The DC setting is so colorful and diverse that I'll be blending some of it in.) I'm the heroine of a school comedy manga, a superpowered beauty. A certain very rich relative invited me to visit America, and said I could bring my friends along. In theory, this should be the sort of overseas trip arc the author planned for the main cast. Unfortunately, I seem to h 749Reads8.4Score104Shelves
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Forced to Divorce, Her Five Brothers Go on a Rampage 被迫休夫后，五个哥哥杀疯了
Shen Ning gave up her beloved spear to cook for the man she loved. She broke with her father, a veteran general of Great Yan, and didn’t speak to him for three years. Her husband, the victorious General Who Guards the Nation, returned in triumph with a woman who was a master of the spear. After three years of hard work, all she got was: “A Ning, I want to marry her.” Shen Ning, who had become the laughingstock of the capital after her husband favored his concubine and cast aside his wife, picked
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- 33 Tomb Raiding: Zhang Qiling, Granted Heavenly Revelation from the Start 盗墓：张起灵，开局天授 I think they and I have all been poisoned by something called Zhang Qiling. Following the main storyline of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, this story recounts a different journey through the tombs, this time from Xiao Ge’s perspective. You can think of it as a rather irreverent take on The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. It’s not very serious, just for fun. 535Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Life Adrift in the Clouds! 浮生萦云！
Ancient-style xianxia x past lives and present life x scheming, obsessive love interest x tragic romance Floating Life Entwined with Clouds (also known as Floating Life Entwined with Clouds!) <Happiness waits quietly, while turmoil lies in wait. When a fragile mortal must enter a world of gods and demons, the dangers she faces are far more daunting than saving a lovesick devil. He and she sway between illusion and obsession, traversing cycle after cycle of memories. It is all like a mellow, into
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- 35 The Alluring Powerful Minister 权臣妖娆 Also known as The Female Top Scorer and The Female Imperial Tutor. He was a celebrated, charmingly elegant top scorer, showered with every favor under the heavens. Only after the Du family was destroyed and he hanged himself in prison did the world learn that “he” was a woman! After her father's death, the family's good name was ruined. Dozens of loyal servants starved to death. The beautiful women of the household were either made into servants or reduced to playthings for officials. Reborn, Du 3.3kReads9.1Score435Shelves
- 36 You Call Me a Delicate Woman? I Use Qilin Blood to Suppress Evil from the Start 说我弱女子？我开局麒麟血镇邪祟 [Strong Female Lead, No Romance, Tomb Raiding, Exploration, System, Livestream] Zhang Shuyue, a so-called pretty face in showbiz, joins an exploration program called In Search of the Kingdom of Nanzhao under false pretenses, hoping to save her younger brother’s life. She’s searching for the Soul-Reclaiming Herb, said to have the power to bring the dead back to life in the legendary Kingdom of Nanzhao more than two thousand years ago... Before setting out, Zhang Shuyue accidentally activates an e 3.9kReads8.7Score389Shelves
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Heir, Your Wife Says It’s Time to Come Home 世子，夫人喊你回家了
[Marriage First, Love Later; Devoted Couple; Sweet Romance] [Proud, Sharp-Tongued Heir vs. Beautiful, Cunning Young Madam] For generations, the Duke of Dingguo’s family has loyally guarded the frontier, keeping the realm at peace for decades. If you asked the women of the capital whom they most wanted to marry, the answer would be Ning Ye, the Duke of Dingguo’s heir. Noble by birth, handsome, and skilled in both letters and arms, he makes the hearts of young ladies from every family flutter. But
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A General Is No Boy 将军非少年
If “I love you” is good fortune, then for her, “You’re free” is salvation. “Si Youjin, you can protect these splendid rivers and mountains, you can protect these beautiful years, but can you protect yourself?” She sat atop the city wall and gave no answer…
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- 39 After Breaking Off the Engagement! The Sickly Emperor Abducted Me into His Harem 退亲后！病娇皇帝掳我入后宫 Meng Shu, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Ying’s household, is a great beauty renowned throughout the capital, with countless admirers. Unfortunately, she is already spoken for: since childhood, she has been engaged to Wei Qingyun, heir to the Duke of Cheng’s household, a match between equals, and they are only waiting for the wedding. Meng Shu has always believed Wei Qingyun is deeply in love with her. But on their wedding day, he betrays her. She takes a group of people to catch him in the 7.8kReads9.1Score996Shelves
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After Our Betrothal, My Husband's Family Dotes on Me 赐婚后，我被夫家团宠了
[Pure historical romance, no rebirth, focused on sweet married life, with light political intrigue] [A general and a noble lady, Marriage Before Love × both leads are virgins] Wei Rao is the most doted-on commandery princess in Daxin. Raised by the Empress Dowager from childhood, she has a beauty and status that all the women of Daxin envy. Zhou Yuqing is the renowned general who reclaimed the borderlands. Not only is he a formidable fighter, he is also handsome as a jade carving. Before long, h
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Jade Halls and Golden Boudoirs 玉堂金闺
Li Tian has a clear goal in life: money, leisure, and no worries. She wants to find a kind-hearted husband with no skills and no temper, grow flowers and plants, raise cats and dogs, enjoy a little wine, compose a few sentimental poems, and live in blissful seclusion among the hills... Money isn't a problem, and leisure isn't a problem. But why is that kind-hearted husband with no skills and no temper always so far away among those hills?
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The Villainess Has Too Many Secret Identities, and the Cold-Faced Regent Has Fallen for Her 恶女她马甲太多，冷面摄政王栽了
[Female-led power fantasy + high-IQ political scheming + multiple secret identities + everyone is a schemer + powerful leads flirting with each other + a battle of wits at the highest level] Everyone lamented that Ruan Zhaowei, the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household, was a sickly young woman who had to catch her breath after every three steps. Her fiance thought her life was too fragile and she was useless, so he teamed up with her transmigrated half-sister to call off the engagem
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The Mad Tyrant Wants to Steal Her: You’re the One Who Tempted Me First! 疯批权臣夺她，是你先勾我的！
[Possessive pursuit + Untouchable beauty brought down from her pedestal + Scheming heroine + Both leads are pure] The eldest son of the Xie family was as refined as a gentle breeze beneath a clear sky, as elegant as an orchid or jade tree, and, more unusually, possessed the heart of a bodhisattva. A year ago, he had taken charge of sheltering a destitute cousin who had come to seek refuge. The rescued Wanruo was deeply grateful, and looked up to and adored her cousin. Their story of a loving bro
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So What If You’re Reborn? 纵你重生又如何
[The main story is complete] [Two powerful leads + no point in being reborn as a concubine’s daughter + face-slapping and punishing scoundrels + the male lead has a secret crush] [A cool, composed beauty with overwhelming combat prowess vs. a mysterious, bewitching prince] [One-on-one romance + happy ending + single and chaste] Her mother was the most favored legitimate princess, her uncle was the reigning emperor, her maternal grandmother was empress dowager of the realm, and her older brother
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The Marquis's Estate Forgot Its Gratitude? The Regent Backs Me, and I Won't Forgive Them 侯府忘恩义？摄政王撑腰，不原谅
Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve
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Ning Jinge 宁烬歌
[Female commander × top-tier spy and assassin | Two equally matched leads | Court intrigue and the martial world | Standing together in troubled times | Devoted 1v1 romance] The sweeping scale of a male-oriented story, with the emotional depth of a female-oriented one. Fast-paced and tightly plotted, with no filler or dragging. The political intrigue is logical, and long-laid clues are brought back into play. A serious world with lighthearted, hilarious everyday moments, and an incredibly sweet
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Bloodstained Silver Hairpin 血染银簪
[Twelve Years Slaughtering Chickens, Now I Take My Blade to Chunxiang House] [Slow-Burn Historical Mystery | No Golden Finger | Not Reborn | Does Not Transmigrate] [Happy Ending] [Ensemble Cast] Shen Wan was six when she lost her family. Her father was murdered, her mother vanished, and all they left her was a silver hairpin and three words: Chunxiang House. For twelve years, she slaughtered livestock and sharpened her blade. She carried the hairpin to the capital to investigate a bloody case
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My Lady, Stop Pretending to Be Delicate. I Saw You Hit Someone 夫人别装柔弱，为夫看见你打人了
[Historical Romance in a Fictional Setting | Reborn Heroine | Mutual First Love] [A scheming young lady who holds grudges and knows how to put on an act VS a hot-tempered, easily rattled young lord with a hopeless romantic streak] In her previous life, a forged piece of evidence led to the entire household of the General Who Guards the North being wiped out, and Zhong Lingyue met a gruesome end. After being reborn, Zhong Lingyue decided to steal the forged evidence before anything else. But just
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Born for the Phoenix Throne: She Marries a Poor Scholar, and He Rises on Her Fortune 凤命贵女：嫁寒门夫凭妻贵
A noblewoman born to a marquis’s family, destined by heaven to be empress. Xie Zhaowan was betrothed to the Second Prince as a child, but before their wedding, her half-sister, whose temperament changed after nearly drowning, stole the match from her. To avoid gossip, the Marquis of Xuanping made a snap decision and married her off to the poor scholar Rong Qin, the man chosen for her half-sister. A transmigrated half-sister, a reborn cousin, Rong Qin’s childhood sweetheart of a cousin… Xie Zhaow
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- 50 You Want a Secondary Wife? I’ll Marry Your Third Uncle in a Ten-Mile Bridal Procession! 求娶平妻？十里红妆嫁你三叔！ Everyone in the capital knew that Shen Zhao, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel, was deeply in love with the eldest son of the Cui family. But no one knew that the emperor had personally arranged the marriage between the Shen and Cui families. Cui Shaoqing had been engaged to Shen Zhao for ten years, yet had never cared about her. Only later did Shen Zhao understand that Cui Shaoqing favored women with pride and backbone. She had wasted all her affection and put up with every i 22.6kReads9.2Score3kShelves
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