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Pure Historical Romance! No Transmigration, No Rebirth 纯古言!!!非穿越,非重生

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  1. 351 Leaning on the Perilous Pavilion 倚危庭 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Just how hard is it to raise an outstanding young woman? That depends on who’s raising her. If an entire clan, or even a whole country, throws its support behind her, that’s another matter entirely. Ye Qingjiu is a woman with all sorts of jumbled memories and a knack for baffling people with her behavior. She thinks she’s clever, until she somehow gets married and finally realizes Li Tingye has been playing her all along... 5.8kReads9.4Score652Shelves
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  2. 352 The Hibiscus Canopy: The Crown Prince’s Childhood Sweetheart Wins Big 芙蓉帐:东宫青梅赢麻了 Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted [Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Sweet Romance + Palace Intrigue + He Eventually Dotes on Her Alone] Xiao Wanyu had spent more than a decade living with carefree arrogance. Then she refused a marriage proposal and injured the young lord of the Duke of Wei’s household, who had coveted her family’s wealth. She was thrown into prison. To protect her maternal family’s immense fortune and save her own life, she agreed to become a concubine in the Eastern Palace, seeking the Crown Prince’s protection 3.7kReads7.6Score354Shelves
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  3. 353 A Promise for the Rest of Our Lives 余生诺 Ancient Romance136k WordsCompleted [Powerful Minister × Tutor, novella, younger man, historical setting, doting romance] Lu Beiyang: My life began to fall apart when I was twelve, but that was also the year everything changed. Whatever I have achieved since then, I would say it was for you, for my sovereign, for this world... but that isn't the whole truth. Mo Wenchang: I don't know when these feelings began, or what first gave rise to them. The past was painful, but I hope we can cherish every moment of the years ahead. I always —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  4. 354 The Peerless Little Princess Consort 绝世小俏妃 Ancient Romance575k WordsCompleted [A funny, charming princess consort + a scheming prince who fiercely protects his own + a manipulative woman + a wickedly seductive and mysterious Holy Lord, and more...] [Sweet romance + comedy + from scum to love + perfect ending] What does it feel like to fall in love with your enemy? The day he led his troops to invade her country, the sun shone brightly. The seventh prince of Beijiang, Mu Beiming, cut an imposing figure in his black armor. Even with a fearsome mask hiding his face, his shar 6.2kReads9.5Score870Shelves
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  5. 355 When the Flowers Bloom, They Will One Day Fall 花开时自有花落时 Ancient Romance136k WordsCompleted I was once a dashing warrior, riding out to battle and living as I pleased. You promised to love and protect me, and never betray me. You said you would make me the most honored woman in the land, yet you slaughtered my loyal family to the last. You saved me on the battlefield, then abandoned me in the imperial palace. Heaven sees all. I am willing to trade my life’s blood for my army’s vindication. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
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  6. 356 The Sunflower Princess’s Book of Delights 葵花郡主欢乐宝典 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Xiao Kuihua has a name as common as they come for a noble young lady, but her parents are both highborn and utterly unreliable. They raised her into a “green melon,” someone who speaks without thinking and invites gossip, and whose hopeless conduct makes marriage difficult. Yet, by a twist of fate, she wins herself a young husband, and so begins her delightful life of stirring up the capital and teasing young dandies before marriage, then making mischief with her in-laws and battling her mother- 2kReads9.5Score387Shelves
  7. 357 Famed Throughout the Capital 名满京华 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Revenge + Taking Down the Trash] Chu Muqing, the eldest daughter of the Yongning Marquis Household, was raised from childhood by her second uncle’s family in Hezhou. After returning to the capital, she believed her stepmother was kind, her younger half-sister was good-hearted, and all her relatives in the marquis household loved her. Who would have thought that one day she’d wake up and realize the loving mother and daughter, the harmonious family, were all an illusion? Meanwhile, tho 6.9kReads8.9Score765Shelves
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  8. 358 Commandery Princess Xuanping 宣平郡主 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Princess Xuanping and the Crown Prince grew up together. Everyone thought she would become the future Crown Princess. But the Crown Prince fell for the princess's delicate, innocent-looking cousin instead. He forgot his promise that they would spend their lives together, and even risked angering the Emperor so he could marry her cousin. When danger struck, he abandoned the princess without hesitation. After Prince An rescues her, the princess comes to her senses. Some people simply aren't meant 6.9kReads8.8Score638Shelves
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  9. 359 Lord Chancellor, the General’s Wife Is Expecting 丞相大人,将军夫人有喜了 Ancient Romance237k WordsCompleted You are the foremost civil official in the land, the prime minister of a nation. You offer wise counsel time and again and best your rivals in debate. I am the descendant of a military family, a commander who rides at the head of the troops and guards the northern frontier. You protect the nation, and I defend its borders. Together, we bring the people a peaceful and prosperous age. When princes from neighboring states come to visit, they provoke us repeatedly at the Hundred Flowers Banquet. Gu 120Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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  10. 360 The Crown Prince Is a Treasure Trove, but She Flirts and Runs 太子浑身是宝,但她撩完就跑 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Clever revenge + ensemble court drama + male lead fakes his death and reveals his identity, then goes mad + heroine is his one true love] [Power couple comedy | Strategic mind games | All the right ingredients | Fictional setting] Axiang, a huntress, bought herself a live-in husband. He was handsome, with a fine figure and a noble, radiant air, like an immortal crane descended from the heavens, or a jade-faced gentleman from a storybook. But he had no idea how to show affection. When she offer 1.4kReads9.2Score167Shelves
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  11. 361 My Adoptive Brother Only Wants to Be My Husband 义兄他只想做我夫君 Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted My new novel, The General's Estate Has a Thief, is complete. [Both leads are each other's first and only + sweet romance + pure historical setting + happy ending + not a power fantasy] No punishing scumbags, no face-slapping, no amnesia, no jumping off cliffs, no harem, no women fighting over men. A marriage decree falls from the sky, and the life of Yilan, a noble young lady of the Marquis's household, takes a sudden turn: She's inexplicably hunted and unwillingly swept up in a palace coup. Sh 27Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 362 Joy Before the Palace 殿前欢 Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted At a single glance, she saw in his eyes how deeply he loved her. Somehow, she let him take her hand and refuse to let go; somehow, he kept her hidden away in his golden house. Qi Yaoyao thought that Lord Pei, the austere and untouchable powerbroker in public, was nothing more than a phony prude and a libertine in private! Lord Pei’s scandalous past: He never married, yet had an affair with Princess Tan Xuan. Shameless beyond belief, they hooked up everywhere from city walls and hot springs to me 33Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 363 Longing for Each Other: Wind Scattering Blossoms a Thousand Miles Away 长相思:千里落花风 Ancient Romance162k WordsOngoing Proud princess sent to seal an alliance through marriage × devoted general with an unexpected side [Female-led story + winning her back + sweet romance + forced marriage + size difference] Dugu Xuan was a princess of the Loulan Kingdom, but because she was unloved, she was sent to the barbaric Liaodong tribes as a hostage in place of the legitimate princess. On her first night in Liaodong, Tie Mushen, a great general of Liaodong, fell in love with her at first sight and forced himself on her. Ab 102Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 364 I, the Prince, Fear My Wife 本王,惧内 Ancient Romance263k WordsCompleted [No Transmigration + No Rebirth + No Golden Finger + Victory Through Strength Alone + Fictional History That Cannot Be Verified] He is the Prince of Yan of the Great Liang, returning from campaigns in the northwest, weather-beaten and battle-hardened. She is the Chief Minister's daughter, delicate as a willow, arriving from the misty rains of Jiangnan. The Prince of Yan and the Chief Minister are bitter enemies, constantly at each other's throats. At first, he sneers, “What good could come from 12.8kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
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  15. 365 The Eastern Palace's Beauty: This Favorite Consort Is Mine! 东宫姝色:这宠妃我当定了! Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted [The heroine is doted on from the very beginning. The story focuses on sweet romance, not scheming palace intrigue. The hero adores the heroine and is even a little lovesick. If that's not your thing, please move along, and don't leave a bad review over it. The heroine rises from a junior consort to a favored consort, Crown Princess, and Empress. The hero is a crown prince at first and becomes emperor later.] Su Niannian has landed in a male-lead-centric novel! Her new identity is Su Ling, the 30.2kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
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  16. 366 Take It Easy, Tough General, Your Soft White Bride Can't Take It 糙汉将军轻点亲,白软娘子受不了 Ancient Romance311k WordsOngoing “My lord, do you want me tonight?” No one in the Northern Territories knows why General Geng has avoided women all these years. Even fewer know that a serious injury from a great battle more than a decade ago left him with lasting damage. The army doctor said he was lucky to be alive, but warned that he might never be able to have children. Then Yang Qingxi accidentally fell into his arms. His hand clamped around her waist, the veins standing out, and he realized he wasn't incapable after all. 4.8kReads—Score224Shelves
  17. 367 The Jade Palace Calamity 青宫劫 Ancient Romance144k WordsOngoing [Historical Romance + Nobility + Court Politics + Schemes + Ensemble Cast + Healing + Devoted Love] Schemes for the throne, blood on vermilion walls. Shattered shadows on jade steps, the moon like a bow; the unfinished game of chess, the funeral bells toll. The realm at stake, the Eastern Palace in peril. The candle-dragon bears its grudge, illuminating the deep shadows; night after night, ghostly lanterns glow in the inner palace. Does anyone with even the slightest connection to the Eastern Pa 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  18. 368 Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空,夫君带女逼我和离 Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband 4.8kReads9.3Score434Shelves
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  19. 369 A Scheme of Desire 欲成谋 Ancient Romance458k WordsCompleted They say the chief of Qingzong Stockade is a scoundrel who does whatever he pleases and has a twisted temperament. Tan Yin deliberately fell into his hands. It was a dangerous gamble from the start. Inside the hall, the bonfire blazed as he drank and joked with the others. Outside, the autumn wind howled, and her life hung by a thread. She lay prostrate on the ground, enduring the pain, then reached up and wrapped her arms around his ankle. “Please, have mercy on me.” In the bitter depths of win 247Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  20. 370 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [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 150kReads9.6Score20.5kShelves
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  21. 371 Betrothed by Six Ceremonies, She Marries the Bloodthirsty Prince While Pregnant 三书六聘!她揣着孕肚嫁嗜血王爷 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A dangerously unhinged beauty and a moonlit beauty. The one who kisses your scars is more worthy of your love.] Hua Yunwan, an orphan from the Duke's mansion who had been living away from home, was named Prince Qi's consort because she was pregnant. Her husband, Prince Qi, was violent, cruel, and guilty of every wicked deed imaginable. When the decree arrived, she prepared herself to die. But one day, this vicious wolf changed completely. - Before they married, he was ruthless and domineering: 754Reads9.2Score106Shelves
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  22. 372 Everyone Says the Beauty Is a Menace to the Nation 都说美人她祸国殃民 Ancient Romance442k WordsCompleted [Forced marriage and ruthless pursuit + groveling to win her back] Beauty vs. power The male lead isn’t a perfect person at first. He’ll dote on her, but he’ll also force her. The female lead disguises herself as a man. It’s not pure angst, and the later chapters get more comedic. She holds a grudge and will get back at him for everything. Su Muning, a captive from a fallen kingdom, spent six careful years in the enemy country’s cold palace, thinking that simply staying alive was good enough. Bu 2.4kReads8.4Score162Shelves
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  23. 373 The Bullied, Fallen Prince Returns with Command of the Army 被欺负的落魄皇子带着兵权回来了 Ancient Romance149k WordsCompleted He Youxi's father was the chancellor, and her mother was the legitimate daughter of the Zheng family, the foremost of the four great families in the Great Rui Dynasty. She had been raised by the empress since childhood and was adored by both the emperor and empress. In the palace, she could do whatever she pleased without restraint. Yet this spoiled, willful darling of the heavens had a little secret. She loved Mu Nanyue, the reclusive, cold, neglected Sixth Prince. But every prince in the palac 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 374 The Bride-to-Be 将嫁 Ancient Romance287k WordsCompleted Three years ago, to pacify the western frontier, he married the daughter of the Governor-General of Yongzhou as his empress. But during his lifetime, he met Huo Shiying, the one and only woman of her kind, and the sole female general in the Great Yan dynasty. She doesn't know, and no one else does either, that he has followed her life for twenty whole years. When he was six, he first heard his mother and eldest sister mention her name, and wondered how a two-year-old girl could have been taken t 18.9kReads9.6Score2.5kShelves
  25. 375 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 152.2kReads9.7Score60.8kShelves
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  26. 376 Chengning 承宁 Ancient Romance445k WordsCompleted [Historical romance / Love at first sight / Mutual devotion / Healing each other / A touch of court intrigue] Ning Chuchu: They all say I look like my elder sister, the Empress, but I have no desire to enter the palace. Above the clouds, untouched by the mundane world, with spirit in his eyes and beyond anyone’s reach: that is the kind of young man I like. One glance was all it took for me to fall. I’m rebellious to the core. I only pretend to be a delicate young lady so I can get close to him w 94Reads—Score—Shelves
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  27. 377 Green Shoots on the Branch 绿上枝头 Ancient Romance221k WordsCompleted [Signed for print] [Brave, steadfast transmigrated heroine VS cool, clearheaded young noble] [Transmigration + rebirth + prominent family + household intrigue + feel-good + career building + strong heroine + light comedy] Jiang Lübao, daughter of a censor, was unexpectedly kidnapped and had her reputation ruined. The marriage that had already been arranged for her was called off, too. For a young woman from a prominent family, this was a devastating blow. But she burst out laughing. No one knew 90.2kReads9.6Score10.7kShelves
  28. 378 Hand Him the Reins 授他以柄 Ancient Romance96k WordsCompleted With the city about to fall and the kingdom on the brink of ruin, Pei Qing wrote a letter asking that man for help. For seven whole days, there was no reply. But just when all hope seemed lost, he arrived. His peerlessly handsome face was full of disdain and contempt. Xiao Yuan walked into the imperial bedchamber with blood dripping from his blade and lazily called out, “Elder Brother.” Having earned merit by rushing to the emperor’s defense, he naturally expected a reward. “I have plenty of gol 26.4kReads9.5Score3.1kShelves
  29. 379 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 113.9kReads9.6Score15.8kShelves
  30. 380 Late in the Day 行止晚 Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 26.1kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
  31. 381 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 201kReads9.6Score32.1kShelves
  32. 382 The Female General Asked for an Imperial Marriage and Married a Gentle Prince 女将军请旨赐婚,嫁了个温柔王爷 Ancient Romance426k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance with no angst + both leads are each other's first and only + strong heroine and hero + putting scumbags in their place] “Miss Su, why did you choose me?” Jiang Yubai looked at Su Wancheng. “Because you're handsome.” “What else?” “Because you always look so stern. You're less likely to attract admirers.” “But I'm not in good health.” “That doesn't matter. I know a little medicine and can take care of you.” “My life may be dangerous.” “I'm pretty good at martial arts. I can protect 1.4kReads8.9Score140Shelves
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  33. 383 The First-Class Substitute Bride 一品替嫁夫人 Ancient Romance236k WordsCompleted One is a lord of immense power, feared by all. The other is an obscure legitimate daughter, inferior to her elder sister in every way. Both are pawns abandoned by their families in the struggle for power. Two abandoned souls cross paths and spend their lives supporting one another through their unhappy lot, trusting and cherishing each other. “No one but me is allowed to bully her.” “I’ll stay by his side. Whether he’s the heir or not makes no difference to me.” In this vast capital, I thought t 74Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  34. 384 Record of a Thousand Lanterns 千灯录 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mystery solving + palace intrigue and household scheming + face-slapping and revenge + powerful families + court and kingdom] Fifteen prospective husbands are locked in a fight to the death in my family’s back courtyard, while all I want is to become a nun. Schemes and deceit, suspicion at every turn, bloodshed and tragedy piling up, a deadly battle in the back courtyard with no survivors allowed. [The high-born judge of the Court of Judicial Review, who loves wiping out entire households] x [T 22.7kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
  35. 385 Who Will Share This Lovely Night? 良宵谁与共 Ancient Romance496k WordsCompleted 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. 4.9kReads9.0Score442Shelves
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  36. 386 Jun Li Has a Ruthless Husband 君梨有个狠夫君 Ancient Romance743k WordsOngoing [The heroine rises from an underdog to a phoenix + a steady, responsible hero + marriage first, love later + a mutual devotion] Jun Li lost both her parents at the age of eight. She followed her father's comrade to the capital, where she was promised that she would marry his son once she came of age. One day she entered their household, and ten years of misery began. The refined young man, so gifted and handsome, secretly raised a butcher's knife against her. Her disreputable, good-for-nothing u 5Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  37. 387 The Claiming the Throne Series: Historical Romance Collection 《夺嫡》系列古言套装 Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted [Sweet Historical Romance + Mutual Devotion + Palace Intrigue] Popular author Yueluo's trilogy of sweet romances: lighthearted and hilarious, with sweetness turned up to the max! "The Fight for the Throne": A feisty young lady who always gets even × the scheming, lovesick Ninth Prince. A laugh-out-loud, sugar-sweet battle for the throne! "Joy with You": A venomous, calculating king × a clever and decisive queen. A perfect match who will conquer the world together! "A Fine Day Bestowed upon You": 60.1kReads9.6Score7.6kShelves
  38. 388 The Young Princess in My Household 家有王妃初长成 Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted Prince Chu is feeling rather aggrieved. Other men marry beautiful young brides, but he’s been saddled with a little girl. Worse still, he has won countless battles and made his fearsome name known throughout the Nine Provinces. The people call him the God of Slaughter, and even the emperor gives him a wide berth. Yet his own princess consort dares to slap the table and yell at him: “If you don’t behave, I’ll beat you!” 2.8kReads8.9Score326Shelves
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  39. 389 Princess Xuanhe 宣和公主 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing An orphaned daughter of a prince with a different surname fell from the heights into the abyss, only to climb back to the top. This is the author's second book. The heroine is the mother of the heroine in the author's first book, Princess Xuanping. Xuanhe never backed down on the road ahead, but she had to weigh the pros and cons and couldn't always do as she pleased. She had moments of weakness, moments when she cried, and moments when she fell in love. She isn't invulnerable or hard-hearted, n 206Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 390 The Candlelight Pavilion 烛幽台 Ancient Romance366k WordsCompleted [Historical fantasy + parallel worlds + soul swapping + endless loops + Mobius strip. After "A Thousand Peach Blossoms Bloom in One Lifetime", acclaimed author Sui Yu Er An returns with another fantasy hit! Jiang Hui × Qi Huan: three lifetimes of entanglement across parallel worlds, as they seek the essence of love in intersecting timelines.] At nineteen, Jiang Hui set out to avenge her father’s murder. On her wedding night, she and Qi Huan died together. But though she was gravely wounded, she 4.5kReads9.5Score663Shelves
  41. 391 The Regent's Secret Wife 摄政王的秘密夫人 Ancient Romance262k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + both leads are virgins + doting romance] A cool and aloof heir to the marquis’s title, whose origins are shrouded in mystery and who is also a regent, + the lovely and charming eldest legitimate daughter of the Vice Minister’s household Both leads grow throughout the story. This is a slow-burn romance. Rumor had it in the capital that the aloof heir to the Marquis of Changning, who kept his distance from women, had been seen kissing a young lady who had not yet 21Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 392 Clear as a Bell, Deep in My Heart 清清入我心 Ancient Romance250k WordsOngoing [Pure historical romance, no transmigration or rebirth, marriage before love, both leads are each other’s only love, amnesia trope] She was the legitimate daughter of a duke’s household, born to a prestigious family. Her parents doted on her, her brothers spoiled her, and she lived a carefree life with the man she loved. She thought she would spend her life in peaceful contentment. But an imperial decree changed everything: she became the crown princess and was forced to part from her childhood 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 393 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统:全二册(王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著) Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 38.9kReads9.7Score6.1kShelves
  44. 394 I Would Gladly Kneel at My Lady's Feet 愿为夫人裙下臣 Ancient Romance164k WordsOngoing [The Emperor vs. His Minister’s Wife] [Sweet Romance, Monogamous Couple] Her husband had been away at war for three years. On the day he returned, he rode the same horse as another woman, and that alone turned her into the laughingstock of the entire city. In just one night, the moon in the sky became mud beneath her feet. The general’s wife, once envied by all, became an abandoned woman whom anyone could bully. People had plenty to say about it. The irony was that the very people who had once 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 395 Forced to Become His Bedchamber Maid, She Is Spoiled Beyond Reason by the General 被逼成通房后,她被将军逆天独宠 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A true maid-companion, no transmigration and no later identity makeover] Su Qingwan was treated as a pawn in the household's inner-familial schemes and assigned as a bedchamber maid to an illegitimate son. She refused, she ran away, and then she was forced back. On one side was the matriarch, who could kill without spilling a drop of blood. On the other was a violent illegitimate son who would casually order twenty strokes for a maid. She struggled to survive between them. Thinking she had chos 2.7kReads9.1Score692Shelves
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  46. 396 The Spirit Medium Who Eases Worries 解忧通灵师 Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics · reborn · sweet romance · mutual salvation] When people die, they leave behind thoughts and resentment. If fate grants them the chance, they can become ghosts and monsters. Ghosts and monsters cannot enter the underworld or be reincarnated. Gu Yousheng inherited a bloodline legacy and was born a spirit medium. Before she turned six, she cried and tried every way she could to get rid of her gift. After she turned six, she worked diligently to resolve grievances and troubles, becomin 30.9kReads9.5Score10.7kShelves
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  47. 397 A Lifetime of Tender Love 一世娇宠 Ancient Romance535k WordsCompleted Gu Qingzhi has never suffered the slightest injustice in her life. Born to a concubine, she should have been sent away from the household with a marriage contract. But she was extraordinarily lucky: her father had her, his only precious daughter, in middle age. Gu Yuan is clever and calculating, and spent the first half of his life chasing fame and success. In the second half, his only concern is this innocent, naive daughter. He dotes on her, holding her in the palm of his hand and granting her 13.6kReads8.8Score964Shelves
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  48. 398 The Princess Returns: Taking Turns Spoiling Me! 郡主归来:宠我是场接力赛! Ancient Romance181k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Both Leads Are Devoted to Each Other + Strong Female Lead + Wife-Doting Devotee + Mutual Love] After Shen Man gets hit on the head with a rock, she finally remembers that she's a commandery princess even the Crown Prince wouldn't dare provoke. Watch the princess make her glorious return, take charge of the household, kick the green tea schemers to the curb, set the court straight, and even snag herself a general along the way. Author: Your name? Song Ling: Song Ling. Author: Int 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 399 The Noble Consort Rejects Romance: While Others Fight for Favor, I Seize Power 贵妃不入爱河,别人争宠我夺权 Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Female-Lead Wish Fulfillment + Unfeeling Persona + Ruthless Revenge and Face-Slapping] Years later, the history books would describe Ming Tang as a master strategist with an iron fist, the ultimate winner of the harem struggles and the vast empire. Only Ming Tang knew she had never wanted to be that winner in the first place. From a young girl to the ruler of the realm, all she had wanted at first was to avenge her elder sister. The harem was full of danger. On one side was Consort Jin, who had 8.6kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
  50. 400 Sin Cannot Stay in This World 罪是人间留不住 Ancient Romance126k WordsOngoing (Crown prince succession struggle + ensemble cast and political intrigue + vendettas + classical setting + coercive love + country and family + strong female lead + powerful heroine) (No rebirth, no transmigration) From a loyal, clear-eyed female assassin VS a calculating prince hungry for power to an empress who wants to rule the world VS an emperor who loves her but holds himself back (not both sexually inexperienced) I plan to write a slow-burning story, laying the groundwork in the first hal —Reads—Score—Shelves
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