Any Historical Novels with a Strong Female Lead and a Secret Identity Who Outclasses the Male Lead? 有没有古代女主马甲文，比男主强
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The Calamity-Bringing Ancestress Has Been Unmasked Again 祸水老祖她又掉马了
[Secret identities + beloved by all + founding ancestor + thriving on her own] Everyone thought she was the Meng family’s illegitimate daughter. Little did they know that every member of the Meng family called her their founding ancestor. And that was just the beginning... Why did renowned powers from across the land treat her with such reverence? Why were her longtime rivals, who had fought against each other for centuries, all scrambling to support her in her old age? When people heard she had
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I Was an Ace Assassin, Now I’m the Pathetic Girl at an Elite School 我，王牌杀手成了贵族学校小可怜
She was the world's number-one ace assassin, elusive and able to kill without a trace. After an accident, she was reborn as an ordinary schoolgirl. Looked down on by teachers and classmates because of her terrible grades? Humiliated in front of the entire school when the campus heartthrob she'd secretly admired made her love letter public? Her father ruined and bankrupt, while a classmate borrowed money and refused to pay it back? Luo Ying sneered: “You're all dead. Not one of you is getting awa
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
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The All-Rounder Is a Goddess of War 全能夫人是女战神
[A powerful couple, 1v1, thrillingly satisfying and tooth-rottingly sweet] She is the empire’s strongest queen, wild, dominant, and unstoppable. You dare bully her little brother? She’ll break both your legs! You dare seize her mother’s inheritance? She’ll make you pay back twice as much! There’s no groveling comeback or playing the pig to eat the tiger here! She’s the strongest, standing at the very peak! But... why is there always a seemingly gentle, wickedly handsome man following her around,
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The Strongest Mrs. Gu: The Beloved Max-Level Expert 最强夫人：团宠她是满级大佬
[Strong heroine + adored by everyone + secret identities + sweet romance + weaker male lead; don’t read if that’s not your thing] Yun Jiuxi, the most powerful and mysterious ruler in the history of the Yun Kingdom, arrives in the Lan Kingdom on a mission that will determine the fate of her nation. On her first day in a place where she knows no one, she humiliates Xiao Zhanting, the business tycoon feared by everyone. On her second day, she humiliates Feng Mingguan, the fearsome demon of the army
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The Ink Lord’s Wife Is the Real Powerhouse 墨爷娇妻才是真大佬
A top-tier big shot with countless secret identities is reborn in the body of an eighteen-year-old girl who is pitiful, helpless, and timid. When everyone mocks her as an ugly, tacky idiot... A mysterious organization objects: “Who dares mock our big shot?” A physics genius speaks up: “Lord Jin, please come by and give us some pointers when you have time.” That’s not all. A young music star chases her for lyrics and compositions, while the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies show up with co
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The Emperor's Mysterious Wife 帝国总裁神秘妻
He was an all-powerful emperor, rich beyond measure, cold and aloof, ruthless and impossible to read. Yet the moment he saw her, he lost his heart. She saw him as a devil and tried to escape time and time again... “Ai Ai, do you remember what I told you?” His icy breath brushed across the girl's deathly pale face. “Please, just let me go.” Her voice trembled. Her face had turned ashen, and she shrank back into the corner. The next second, his kisses landed on her lips, swallowing every protest.
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Wrong Room! Five Years Later, She Returns with a Child to Seduce Young Master Bo 走错房！五年后她带崽回来撩薄少
[Secret identity + devoted couple + genius adorable babies + satisfying read + sweet romance + powerful partners] Luo Yan, the treasured daughter of the Luo family, gave birth before marriage and became a laughingstock among the wealthy elite. Then she turned around and became a world-renowned miracle doctor. “Dr. Luo saved my life. I’m willing to devote myself to you!” Bo Siji, the powerful man who rules the capital, made his bold confession. The little tyrant: “Mommy, you can only choose one o
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My Lord, Stop Flirting with Me! 夫君，少来撩拨！
As the youngest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Xiangnan, Jiang Yanning had understood one thing since childhood: the Jiang family’s daughters were destined to marry into the imperial family. At the New Year’s banquet when she was six, she met two people. One was the young Prince Yong, who would be her childhood sweetheart for many years to come. The other was Lu Siyun, the young lord of the Duke of Yu’s household, twelve years her senior and infamous for bringing misfortune to his wives.
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After the Princess Returned to the Capital, the Whole City Showered Her with Love 公主回京后被全皇城追着宠
[1v1 historical romance, adored by everyone, no rebirth or transmigration for the protagonist + childhood sweethearts + sweet romance and fun + no annoying side characters] Princess Changning’s father commands the army and has rendered such great service that his power eclipses the throne. Rumor has it that she is just as arrogant and overbearing, and as ruthless as they come. Summoned back to the capital, she is instead doted on by all the capital’s most powerful figures. But the Censorate keep
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Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝
[Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor
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I Became the Second Female Lead in an Angsty Novel, So I'm Lying Flat 穿成虐文女二我躺平了
(Both leads are pure; the heroine is beautiful, sweet, and clever.) Cheng Qingqing is a modern young woman who transmigrates into a book as the doomed second female lead, a relative staying at the Duke’s residence. The second female lead is breathtakingly beautiful but brainless, spending all her time scheming to seduce the heir and the Third Prince. Cheng Qingqing is speechless at this plot. She isn’t boy-crazy, but she has no choice but to follow the story. While playing her part, she quietly
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The First Phoenix Consort: Your Majesty, Know Your Place 第一凰妃：帝尊请自重
She is a peerless genius whom Heaven itself cannot abide. He is a powerful, cold, and mysterious prince. After an unexpected incident, a prodigious young woman’s soul transmigrates to another world. She cultivates powerful arts, commands divine beasts, and can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. Radiant and unmatched, she casts off her reputation as a good-for-nothing. But then she catches the eye of a certain scheming prince. Though he is a cold-hearted, sinister, and d
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Against All Odds: The Young Lady Is Unbelievably Double-Standard 逆天废材：大小姐她超双标
[Fantasy + Strong Female Lead + Useless Outcast + Comeback and Face-Slapping] She was a top assassin, a renowned doctor, and a genius skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. But after an accident, she transmigrated to another world and became the most despised good-for-nothing in the Ziyao Kingdom! In a world where might makes right, being unable to cultivate is the greatest evil. Everyone can walk all over her! Yin Ranyue simply smiled at that. She is the one the world calls a divin
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My Husband Is Too Frail to Take Care of Himself 我那夫君柔弱不能自理
A Yan died. She had just turned fourteen that year. But five years after her death, she came back to life. Picking at her toes, she thought for a moment and remembered there was one thing she still hadn’t done. So she hurried through the night to Tianyuan, the foremost of the four great sects in the cultivation world, to find a sickly young man named Wen Qingci. Wen Qingci looked at A Yan, who had broken into Tianyuan Sect in the dead of night, beaten a whole group of disciples, and was now spr
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Defying Heaven, the Venerable Lord Has Come After Me 逆天狂后，尊上大人追来了
A thousand years ago, the Divine Realm, Demon Realm, and Underworld fought a great war. The Primordial Continent was sealed away and vanished from the eyes of the world. All that remains are incomplete records of that battle. She is Nan Qingyue, an assassin and poison doctor from the 21st century who transmigrated here. Is heaven playing a joke on her? It has sent her to such a fantastical world and even given her a powerful pocket dimension. But giving up has never been her style. Since she's h
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The Possessive Prince's Beloved Physician Consort 偏执王爷的团宠医妃
The scoundrel broke off their engagement and joined forces with her ungrateful cousin to bully her. Her straightforward eldest brother said, “Shu'er, don't cry. I'll throw them out!” Her scheming second brother said, “I'll spread their filthy deeds across all four kingdoms. The ministers and commoners will drown them in spit...” Her shrewd third brother said, “We'll make them pay back everything they've swallowed over the years, with interest!” Her fabulously wealthy father said, “My darling dau
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My Sweet, Obedient Wife Can Knock Out Everyone in the City with One Palm 我家娘子乖巧，一掌呼飞全城老少
[A sweet campus romance set at the Imperial College + family and country + youthful spirit + secret identity + mutual healing] [Reader’s note: This is not a traditional ancient romance with strict gender divisions. The male lead has a sharp tongue and a cheeky mouth. If that bothers you, this may not be for you.] On the war-torn Western Regions frontier, young Marquis Feng returned from the front covered in blood and battered with wounds. The petite, delicate-looking girl said nothing. She simpl
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Mess With Her? You Must Be Crazy! The Madam Is Putting the Capital’s Elite in Their Place Again 惹她？疯了！夫人又在整顿京圈了
The short drama She Is Loved by the Whole World (Come to Me) is now available. [Sweet Romance + Empowering Revenge] The notorious daughter of the Si family has returned from the countryside. When people hear the news, they all sneer at her! A useless rich girl, a coarse country bumpkin, a vicious demon... Until one day The renowned savior and master healer? That's her. The mysterious ace forensic pathologist? That's her. The world-famous hacker everyone's searching for? That's her too. As t
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Reborn and Doted On by Seven Powerful Figures 重生团宠：我是七个大佬的心尖宠
In her previous life, she was the real heiress who was switched at birth and later brought home, only to be tortured to death. After being reborn, seven powerful older brothers appear out of nowhere, but they look at her with disdain. “A country bumpkin from the sticks is bound to be ugly and stupid. Whoever wants her can have her!” Later, she tears into the trash one by one, revealing secret identity after secret identity, while her seven brothers spoil her rotten. Her seven brothers say, “Litt
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Reborn as the Beloved Darling: I Freely Indulge in My Possessive Husband's Arms 重生团宠：在偏执老公怀里肆意撒野
[Devoted couple + sweet romance + two powerful leads slapping faces + exposing each other’s secret identities + adored by her brothers] Before she was reborn, her husband spoiled her rotten day and night, but all she wanted was to run away. After she was reborn, Xu Wanwan put on a sweet, coquettish act. “Darling, where are we going tonight?” Li Shenxing gave her a wicked smile. “What do you think?” Her brothers hefted blades hundreds of meters long, ready to defend their little sister to the dea
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Sickly Obsessive Big Shot, the Flirt's Secret Identity Is Too Wild 病娇大佬，小撩精的马甲太野了
Original title: Fourth Master, My Wife’s Secret Identities Are Dashing and Wild (Everyone’s Favorite + Adorable Kids + Rebirth) In her previous life, she was deceived and died unjustly. This time, she’ll take the white lotus’s own path and leave her with nowhere to go. Ruthless and shrewd, she turns everything upside down until one by one, they kneel and beg for mercy. When the news reaches Fourth Master, an obsessive wife-spoiler: “My little Tao Tao is kind, timid, and cries easily. Don’t scare
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Young Master Shi's Little Treasure Is Sweet and Wild 时爷的小祖宗又甜又野
Yun Qi, the eldest daughter of the Yun family in C City, was raised in the countryside, feeding pigs and working the fields, before being brought back to the family. Every day, she ate, played, and chased after the heartthrob at school. Then one day, out of nowhere She stopped chasing the heartthrob and started keeping another man instead. Her father: “I don't have a daughter like you! You'd do anything to avoid going back to work in the fields, even seduce men!” Her stepmother: “You should lear
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After Becoming the Family Favorite, My Six Brothers Exposed My Secret Identity 团宠后，我被六个哥哥扒了小马甲
After being reborn, Gu Nian has no desire to become a big shot. She just wants to quietly protect her six older brothers and be their pampered little princess. That is, until she becomes a global trending topic: #GuNianIsAFakeHeiress, #UgliestGirlEver, #PoorGirlNobodyLoves. Her six brothers are furious. They publicly stand up for her and reveal her secret identities along the way. Eldest brother, Asia's richest man: "She's my sister, and she's also the world's greatest chef." Second brother, a t
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Young Master Bo, Your Wife's Secret Identity Has Been Exposed 薄少，夫人马甲被爆了
[The short drama is now streaming on Hongguo. Search for “Young Master Bo, Your Wife’s Secret Identities Are Exposed”] [Sweet romance + countless secret identities + immensely satisfying + no angst + beloved by all] In her past life, Gu Jiu was blind. She trusted a trash man and his shameless lover, causing the man who cherished and loved her to die tragically in a car accident! Given another chance at life, she opened her eyes, began her comeback, and flirted with her husband nonstop. The soc
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The Divine Doctor's Daughter 神医嫡女
Feng Yuheng, a renowned physician skilled in both Chinese and Western medicine in the 21st century and a senior military doctor in the ground forces, transmigrates with a bang into the body of the Feng family's legitimate daughter in the Great Shun Dynasty. Unfortunately, her father doesn't care for her, her grandmother doesn't love her, her mother is timid, her younger brother is still a child, and her sisters are each more vicious than the last. Reborn in a new life, she absolutely refuses to
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Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养
[Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a
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The First Mad Concubine 第一狂妃
Ye Qingge, the notorious good-for-nothing of the Beiyue Kingdom and the ugliest woman in the imperial capital, died a tragic death, disgraced and ruined. When her phoenix eyes opened, the soul of a champion mercenary took control of her body, and the world was thrown into turmoil. A useless nobody? She could refine supreme-grade pills and tame the king of beasts. Who could rival her? The universe was at her fingertips. An ugly woman? Who could have guessed that beneath her wretched appearance la
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