Marriage First, Love Later!!! Historical Romance, No Rebirth or Transmigration!!! 先婚后爱！！！古言 不要重生，穿越！！！
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My Husband Gives Me Two Hundred Thousand Taels a Month 夫君每月给我二十万两
[Sweet Romance + Transmigrate Into a Book + Goofy Comedy + Redemption + Marriage Before Love] Gan Qiongying transmigrated into the body of a princess! Before she could even celebrate, she realized this world was the setting of a book she had read. And she was the wicked supporting character who committed countless evils and met a tragic end... The plot had reached the point where a princess of her stature was being forced to marry a merchant. Merchants ranked below scholars, farmers, and arti
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A Heart's Longing Within Palace Walls 宫墙挽心
Male Lead: Xiao Sha. Female Lead: Zhao Qingwan Completed (sweet, gentle bunny heroine vs. calculating, wolf-like emperor; married first, love later; he has been plotting for years; devoted affection; sweet and angsty; nuanced romance) The Empress’s White Moonlight: A Devoted Emperor’s Lifelong Favor, also known as Winning Her Heart Behind Palace Walls. Three years into his reign, the emperor had yet to fill his harem. Under intense pressure from his ministers and after years of careful planning
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We’ve Transmigrated, So Who’d Still Fight You Over a Man? 都穿越了，谁还和你争男人
[Transmigrate into a book, villainess, derail the heroine’s storyline, do nothing, shine on her own, sweet romance] Ye Huiran transmigrates into the book as a villainess who dies of jealousy. Her husband is a prince who is courteous to everyone, so she decides to take concubines for him, the more the better, to show how generous she is and make sure she survives to the end. But the prince, who has spent his life among countless beauties, gradually backs her into a corner of the bed. “I hear you’
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The Tale of Si He 思合传
She was born to an ordinary family amid the bustle of Jiangnan, spending her carefree childhood in the rhythms of everyday life. The older brother and sister who watched over her as she grew up were, in fact, lost royal descendants living incognito among the common folk. Once their origins were revealed, the family's fate was changed forever. She, too, was swept into the deep waters of the imperial palace. In the golden hall, candlelight flickered as she smiled sweetly. Every glance she cast lef
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The Treacherous Minister Wants to Kill Me Every Day 奸臣每天都想弄死我
Su Huai is a powerful court official, and everyone fears him. He only likes playing power games and scheming against others. He has no interest in women. Then one day, a young woman shows up at his door, claiming to be his fiancée. Su Huai: Want to date me? Lu Yao: What kind of date? Su Huai: The kind that could cost you your life. Lu Yao: ... Later, Lu Yao bitterly regrets her impulsive decision to show up and claim him as her fiancé. When she tries to call it quits, everyone urges her to recon
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You Force Me to Marry the Regent? I'm Pregnant, and the Crown Prince Has Gone Mad 逼我嫁摄政王？我有孕太子疯了
Marriage first, love later (sweet romance) + long-planned pursuit + domineering CEO + he pursues her + second male lead pursues his wife + elder brother steals younger brother’s wife + intense push and pull + wins her heart and her body + both virgins + happy ending + legitimate daughter + prince and princess consort + crown prince + struggle for the throne When the plum blossoms were in bloom, Crown Prince Xiao Jingyuan promised Shen Jinghong that once her father and brothers returned victorio
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Becoming Empress of the Realm by Pretending to Be the Chancellor's Widowed Sister-in-Law 母仪天下，从冒充丞相寡嫂开始
[Revenge + Face-Slapping the Scum + Lighthearted + Sweet Romance] When you’re out in the world, you can choose your own identity. To infiltrate high society and avenge the massacre of her sister’s family, Feng Qingsui decides to pose as the distant cousin of a prestigious household. But just as she’s about to seek their help, the household she picked is raided by the Imperial Guards. She tries another family. Raided. Then another. Raided again. At her wit’s end, she knocks on the door of the “Pr
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The Mirror of Splendor 风华鉴
[The original novel behind the short drama of the same name] In her previous life, Wen Wan was too muddleheaded to understand much. Xiao Chen stood by her for half his life, yet all she knew was that the man was called Xiao Chen. This time around, she wanted to live with her eyes open, but Xiao Chen was the one who had become muddleheaded. Wen Wan: “It’s all right, Xiao Chen. I’m here.” Xiao Chen: “Please step aside, miss.” The person Xiao Chen least wants to see in this life is Wen Wan. He coul
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After the Confiscation, the Most Beautiful Woman Is Seized by a Powerful Minister 抄家后，第一美人被权臣强取豪夺
[Political Intrigue + Romance + Coercive Love + Powerful Male Lead and Vulnerable Female Lead + Obsessively Possessive Hero] A resilient, beautiful heroine versus a calculating, ruthless hero An imperial edict sends Chancellor Qing Heng to prison, where he dies by suicide, supposedly out of guilt. His entire family is executed, and his only daughter, Qing Yan, is forced into servitude and sent to the Entertainment Bureau. Those of servile status are made to serve and entertain others, as prostit
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Sweet Everyday Life in the Prince’s Mansion 王府甜宠日常
[Past and Present Lives 1v1 + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] Wen Sisi was crown princess for five years. The crown prince appeared to be a loving husband, but in truth he loathed her. From their wedding night onward, he sought out his concubines, and in the end he personally caused her death before elevating the concubine he loved to the position of his principal wife. Reborn, Wen Sisi ignored the crown prince's flirtatious hints and chose to marry Liu Xuan, Prince of Jingjiang, a man o
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Sweet and Soft, Yet Full of Tricks: The Unhinged Heir Can’t Resist Her 软糯娇娇手段高，疯批世子不经撩
Also known as The Mad Young Heir Claims the Lead Role in a Rom-Com [Adorable, outspoken little princess x gentle, loyal big black dragon] [Not a strong female lead + sweet, doting romance, both leads have only ever loved each other + mutual healing + loving and caring for each other] One day, Rong Yu catches Gu Yun'uan bandaging a pigeon’s injured leg and remarks sarcastically, “How kind of the Heir’s Consort.” Gu Yun'uan gives him a puzzled look, then picks up the other six pigeons tied togethe
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My Lord, Your Wife Has Torn Down the Wall Again! 侯爷，夫人又拆墙了！
Sweet historical romance, a twin's stand-in marriage, bickering couple, a mix of sweetness and angst, and a husband chasing his wife to win her back in a battlefield of romantic rivals [Wall-smashing powerhouse wife × wall-repairing, wife-spoiling marquis] “The walls my wife tears down, I’ll repair myself!” Jiang Zhao punched through the walls of the marquis's manor, only for Lu Jing to pin her between the crumbling ruins. “Ten collapsed walls can't compare to one beat of my wife's heart.” The
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The Empress Is Shameless 宠后之本宫无耻
Yun Jiu is the ninth legitimate daughter of the Duke of Yun, a princess of the Yun Kingdom, and holds the title of Changle. She is stunningly beautiful, born to wealth and privilege, exceptionally clever, and nobility itself. Rumor has it that one word from her carries more weight than an imperial decree from the Yun Emperor. The princess is breathtakingly beautiful, highborn, and the apple of the emperor’s eye. But her temperament… Yun Jiu: What’s wrong with my temperament? Her cousin Yun Luo:
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A Thousand Miles of Longing Beneath the Moon of Home 千里相思故里月
Pure historical romance + marriage first, love later + cozy country life + some political maneuvering later on 1v1, both devoted to each other and each other’s first and only love; a slow burn, sweet at first and angsty later (only a little angst, emotional rather than physical) Jiang Xiaoyu was only fifteen when she married Lu Yin. He was dirt poor, with nothing but the clothes on his back. On their wedding night, he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. “How long do I have to wait?” she asked,
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Love After Marriage: Ruling from Behind the Scenes 先婚后爱之袖手天下
Prince Yunran of Jingxiang was married, taking Si Xi, the only daughter of the great border-general’s household, and Chunyu, the prime minister’s legitimate daughter, into his manor at the same time. On their wedding day, Prince Jingxiang humiliated his principal wife and doted only on his secondary consort. But when he saw her smiling sweetly before Ling Yumo, why did his heart hurt so much?
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Huayuan Marries a Princess to the Young Lord of Xuanhu 花垣对玄虎少君嫁公主
A fanfiction of The Romance of Tiger and Rose with an original plot, retelling familiar scenes from a different perspective. Gu Qian (plays the pig to eat the tiger, clever and domineering, but also a little scatterbrained) + Gu Shuo (a mix of wolf and milk). Han Shuo comes to marry into the Chen family to obtain the Dragon Bone and cure his heart ailment. Qian’s mother asks Qianqian to marry Han Shuo because he can balance her fate. No transmigration. The story will explain the conflict between
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A Little Sweetheart Arrives at the Prince’s Mansion 王府来了个小甜心
After quelling the rebellion, the emperor issued a decree marrying Hua Bingyu, a female general past the usual age for marriage, to the only “single dog” in the imperial family: Seventh Prince Qi Ruizhan. On their wedding night, the much-adored Qi Ruizhan was immobilized with pressure-point techniques by the famously beautiful Hua Bingyu. The reason: he wouldn't cooperate. Qi Ruizhan glared furiously. “Father! What kind of princess consort have you married me?” Afterward, the idle Seventh Prince
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Taking a Secondary Wife on Her Wedding Night? The Highborn Matriarch Slaughters Her Enemies 新婚夜纳平妻？高门主母杀疯虐渣
All-original cast + powerful family matriarch + groveling redemption arc + inner-courtyard scheming + a male love rival fighting for her * Jiang Yunzhi, the legitimate daughter of a military family, is ordered by the Empress Dowager to marry Pei Shizi, heir to the Duke of Anguo, who already loves someone else. On their wedding night, she is humiliated. If there is no love, then she’ll fight for power. Jiang Yunzhi takes charge of the household and brings the inner courtyard firmly to heel. When
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After Marrying the Sickly Crown Prince Who Practices Buddhism in Her Sister's Place, She Makes Him Break His Vows 替嫁给病弱佛修太子后，他破戒了
[Traditional Historical Romance + Household and Palace Intrigue + Rebirth Revenge Fantasy + Substitute Marriage + Powerful Hero and Heroine + Black Lotus] After jumping from the city tower, Jiang Nanzhi and her legitimate elder sister, Jiang Tanxin, are both reborn. In her previous life, Jiang Tanxin gave up her childhood sweetheart, the young lord Shen Che, to become the Crown Princess, and schemed to make Jiang Nanzhi marry Shen Che as her substitute. But who could have guessed that the Crown
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Court Intrigue? The Delicate Crown Princess Can Knock Down Three with One Punch 宫斗？娇弱太子妃一拳打翻三个
Yun Xiang is famous in Bianjing as a sickly beauty. When Qin Ji married her and brought her to the Eastern Palace, he thought, “I’ll treat her like a bodhisattva and keep her on a pedestal!” Qin Ji is Bianjing’s notorious wastrel Crown Prince. When Yun Xiang married into the Eastern Palace, she thought, “I’ll treat him like an ancestral tablet and keep him on the altar!” Then one day, the Crown Prince saw his delicate, frail Crown Princess knock three armed guards flat with a single punch... Sud
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The Girl Who Was My Moonlight Is Done with This! 白月光她不干了！
“You are the beautiful, high-born second female lead, the childhood sweetheart who returns from abroad as everyone’s unattainable ideal. You marry the CEO of a multinational corporation for a business alliance. But you can’t help falling for the male lead, your childhood friend, and you constantly scheme against the innocent, sweet female lead. In the end, the leads live happily ever after, while your husband and family abandon you, and you die a horrible death.” After transmigrating into the an
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Moonlight Falls on Blossoms in the Spring Courtyard 春庭月照落花
The safe and smooth life of a noble young lady. Seen through Luo Yunchu's eyes, the colorful lives of those around her unfold. Everyone has their disappointments, and beneath every seemingly foolish decision lies the best choice they could make at the time.
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On the Upbringing of Noble Daughters 论贵女的养成
[No rebirth or transmigration, a light ensemble cast] [The first part focuses on the everyday family life at the heroine’s maternal home, the Marquisate of Wuyang. The second volume focuses on everyday family life at her husband’s home, the Prince of Xinning’s residence.] Shen Lening is very happy with her life. She never has to worry about anything. Her only daily concerns are what to wear, what to eat, and what to accessorize with. (I’ve written several stories where the heroine’s mother is a
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A Bright Rebellion: She and the Prince Break the Deadlock 逆谋昭昭，她与王爷破局时
The story of King Xiao Yuhe of Ningchuan and Second Miss Lin, an overlooked concubine-born daughter of the Rong’an Earl’s household. A heroine who grows, and a hero who is willing to meet her where she is! All right, just read it. There are two couples in this story. After finishing it, I feel like I messed it up! But it doesn’t matter. I’ll make it right in my next book.
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The Leisurely Life of a Noblewoman in Ancient Times 古代闺秀的悠闲生活
Savor the unhurried passing of time and enjoy a carefree life. I envy your graceful beauty, reflected in the blue heavens and the jade moon. Su Huayue learned everything from her mother from a young age, treating being a daughter of the Su family as a job. As the legitimate daughter of her father's second wife, all she had to do was live freely under the protection of her mother and elder brother. Her only pleasure was watching her two elder half-sisters compete for their father's and grandmothe
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The Captive Legitimate Daughter: The Mad King and His Powerful Minister Won't Let Her Go 囚宠嫡女：疯王权臣太会缠
Shen Qingning is the capital’s most distinguished young lady, poised, virtuous, gentle, and proper. She is the childhood sweetheart and betrothed of Lin Xiuwen, the Grand Tutor’s legitimate son. No one knows that she keeps someone in her heart, someone she fears most and longs to escape more than anyone in the world: her fiancé’s adopted younger brother, Xiao Ran, a ruthless and sinister man with power over the entire court. On the eve of her wedding, Xiao Ran returns in triumph and is appoint
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Exiled, the Little Divine Doctor Saves the Entire Duke's Household 流放，神医小娇妻救了国公府满门
[Space + Female Doctor + Strong Heroine + Satisfying Read + Taking Down Scumbags + Building Wealth + The Whole Family Exiled and Fleeing Famine, Capable Heroine with Space as Support] A military doctor transmigrates to ancient times and, on the very day she arrives, marries Mo Jiuyue, a great hero from the history books. According to historical records, the Mo family was renowned for its loyalty, yet their achievements aroused the emperor’s suspicion. On the second day of the newlyweds’ marriage
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About to Be Tied 将绾
The Hundred Victories General of Beichen was a woman named Xie Wan. In her life, besides protecting the people of Beichen, she also sought to uncover the truth about her father’s death in a sea of flames, purge corrupt ministers, and restore the rightful order at court. Prince Xuan, Jing Ce, was someone Xie Wan had truly loved. But that night, after she drank the tea he had brewed for her, she was wracked with excruciating pain, then lost all feeling. From that moment on, the seed of revenge was
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Married by Imperial Decree: Where Can the Heir Escape? 奉旨成婚：世子哪里逃
The daughter of a general who has topped the list of Yan’s most unmarriageable women for four years running, and a carefree heir who has no desire to become a prince. A glorious military victory and an imperial decree of marriage bring them a lifetime of love.
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The Princess Consort’s Snack Shop 王妃的零食铺子
[Transmigration + Food + Princess Consort + Marriage First, Love Later + No Pocket Dimension + Heartwarming] Su Lele owns a snack shop. One day, she transmigrates to ancient times into the family of an official. With a harmonious family and a comfortable life, she decides to return to her old trade and start making snacks, beginning with retail sales. Her goal is to open snack shops all across the Great Yun Kingdom. Hawthorn rolls, potato chips, fish balls, grilled shrimp, little dried fish, pin
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Princess Consort, Stop Acting. The Prince Can Hear Your Thoughts 王妃别演了，王爷能听见你的心声
[The male lead can hear the female lead's thoughts + the female lead can understand animal speech] [Goofy and lighthearted + absurd comedy + feel-good romance, sickeningly sweet] After transmigrating into a book as a disposable side character, she manages to annoy the villainous Big Boss into fainting from the start. She plans to take advantage of his weakness and finish him off, but the villain hears every one of her thoughts. Later, the villain finally loses patience and demands, “I hear you c
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My Childhood Sweetheart Is Heartless, So I'll Marry a Sincere Older Gentleman! 竹马薄情，我另嫁纯情老郎君！
My childhood sweetheart is a cold-hearted man, so I'll marry a devoted older gentleman instead!
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My Wife, Afu 吾妻阿福
[Reborn × Marriage First, Love Later] [Clingy, affectionate beauty vs. refined and elegant noble minister] Yuan Shujin (Yuan Afu) was lovely and charming, adored by her father and brothers from childhood, and born into a distinguished family. But one mistaken choice of lover cost her father and brothers their lives. Her sincere affection had been nothing but a tool for someone else, and in the end, she took her own life on a lonely night. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the y
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Your Majesty, the Empress Has Gone to the Border to Fight the Enemy Again 皇上，皇后娘娘又去边关杀敌了
Harem intrigue + historical female lead + empress + bizarre, fantastical ancient setting + the strongest fighter in the story Li Hongying is the only daughter of the Great General Who Guards the Nation. She grew up on the frontier, learning martial arts at five and spear fighting at eight. At thirteen, she drove the sharp tip of her red-tasseled spear into the enemy general's heart, avenging her grandfather. She thought she would spend her life defending the frontier and killing the enemy, but
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Qiao Qiao Arrives in the Northern Frontier 乔乔初到北疆
Qiao Qiao's First Days in the Northern Frontier
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Help! I Married My Brother's Archenemy 救命！和哥哥的死对头成亲了
[Traditional historical romance, no rebirth or transmigration; adorable and clever / charming without knowing it / a little brave, but not much / young lady experiencing love for the first time VS gentle, cunning and dark / flirtatious without knowing it / 188 cm with a perfect nine-head-tall figure / second young master with troubles he cannot speak of] Age gap: The male lead is eight years older than the female lead. The Empress Dowager has decreed that Mu Yaoxi, the daughter of the Earl of Pi
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Transmigrated into a Book: The Princess Consort’s Plan to Raise Her Foolish Prince 穿书，王妃的傻王爷养成计划
Qin Sisi was an accomplished journalist living in the modern world, but she unexpectedly transmigrated into a book and became the doomed supporting character in the original story: Ruan Qiuyao, the princess of the Yong Kingdom, sent to marry into the Wu Kingdom to strengthen diplomatic ties. As she gradually recovered from her initial shock and disorientation, the first thought that came to mind was her imminent fate: she was going to marry the seventh prince of the Wu Kingdom. He was said to be
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The Legitimate Daughter Marries Again: My Husband Is the Grand Secretary 嫡女另嫁：我的夫君是首辅
The eldest legitimate daughter of the Anding Marquis’s household is not only clever and graceful, gentle as jade, but also exceptionally talented. Yet her fiancé, to whom she was betrothed in childhood, publicly breaks off their engagement and turns to dote on her cousin instead. The Duke of Zhongyong’s family has produced generations of military men, but one of them became a top-ranking scholar. He is learned in the classics, widely read, quick-witted, and handsome. Perhaps his only weakness is
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Love at First Sight: The Farmer's Daughter and the Landowner 爱了爱了，农女的员外郎
[Slice of life, no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, a slow and steady story about imperial exams and getting rich. Here, “yuanwailang” is simply a colloquial term for a rich man.] The Su family of Zao Shu Village had nothing to their name. Su the eldest and Su the second were both old enough to marry, but because their family was poor, no one would consider them. One day, the matchmaker brought good news: Song, a wealthy man from town, was willing to offer ten taels of betrothal mon
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Springtime in the Brocade Tent: Hidden Away by a Chaste and Powerful Official 锦帐春：被禁欲权臣金屋藏娇
[Sweet romance, no angst, happy ending + mutual devotion + a protective male lead + a gentle, beautiful heroine who isn’t a naive pushover] The first thing Xiao Ce did after becoming a regent was ask the woman he had long cherished to marry him. But she didn’t understand her feelings for her childhood sweetheart, so he had no choice but to resort to a few tricks. When Shen Zhizhi saw Xiao Ce suddenly appear, she was afraid. But he told her: “Zhizhi, marry me. The Shen family will be safe.” “Zhi
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