Looking for an Ancient-Era Romance with a Female Lead Who Seems Like a Proper Lady but Is Secretly Formidable 求女主表面大家闺秀，实则深藏不露，古言最好
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- 101 The Chancellor’s Refined Daughter 相府闺秀 After catching the Second Prince in an affair with one of his consorts, the original owner was forced to drown... Then she transmigrated into a new life: a beauty with a face like a flower, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister’s household, born to wealth and splendor. But... her father doesn’t care for her, her mother died young, her stepmother is cruel, and her stepsister is domineering. What is going on? Lin Zhaoge, I transmigrated here to enjoy life, didn’t I? Gu Huilang: Come, stay 6Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 102 Oh No! The Day Before I Flee, I Get Pregnant by the Heir 糟！跑路前一天，我怀了世子的崽 Mu Chunqing is a passionate woman of the jianghu who believes in repaying kindness and vengeance. But at twenty, she’s considered an old maid. Her mother worries that she’ll die without anyone to burn paper offerings at her grave, so she wants Mu Chunqing to find a man and have a child. After a long search, Mu Chunqing chooses a handsome, powerfully built, unruly subordinate to father her child. But she never expected him not only to cooperate without a fight, but also to become impossible to sh 4.7kReads9.3Score508Shelves
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The Spoiled Couple’s Mutual Admiration 纨绔夫妻互捧日常
Su Yu'an is forced to marry Jiang Qiyun, the eldest son of the Marquis of Rongyang and the leader of Kyoto's four notorious young lords. Everyone in Kyoto waits for the two of them to make fools of themselves, but instead, they see a couple constantly praising each other. Jiang Qiyun: My wife is clever and brilliant. She brings good fortune to her husband and keeps our home safe! Su Yu'an: My husband is as handsome as a jade tree, shielding me from wind and rain! Kyoto's nobles: Are you talking
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The Favored Consort Is Barren? I Was Born into My Mother’s Womb as Her Precious Daughter 宠妃绝嗣？我胎穿做娘的宝贝女儿
[Historical romance + everyone’s favorite + born in the womb + beloved consort + palace intrigue + feel-good + adorable baby] After transmigrating, Gu Xuan becomes the unborn eldest princess of Great Yan. Her mother is Consort Xie Ziyue, the emperor’s favorite, who had believed she would never have children. Her father is the current ruler, Emperor Han Xianzong. Emperor Han Xianzong and Consort Xie share a deep and devoted love. But after the imperial physicians diagnosed her as unlikely to con
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- 105 Dad Wants to Inherit Everything? Too Bad We're All Villains 爹爹要吃绝户？可我家全员恶人呀 [Mind Reading + Palace and Household Intrigue + Face-Slapping Satisfaction + Many Female Characters + Ensemble Cast] Manman was forced to descend to the mortal realm to undergo a trial. As soon as her heavenly eye opened, she saw that her mother and sisters would all die tragically, and that her father was planning to bleed her mother's family dry! Su Wushuang was the only daughter of the Duke of Xinguo, with a noble status and a lavish dowry. After marrying into the Ye family, she gave birth to 1.6kReads8.4Score224Shelves
- 106 Homegrown Flowers Can't Match Wild Ones: The Irresistible Duke Keeps Flirting 家花哪有野花香，尤物国舅撩不停 Two years into her marriage, Liu Fuying was still a virgin. Her husband had even suggested that she go keep a handsome young lover, with only one condition: she couldn't make their affair public. He had someone else in his heart, so why should Liu Fuying keep herself chaste for him? One day, after a rainstorm, Liu Fuying fell off a cliff and met Pei Zhou Wu, a handsome nobleman who had been imprisoned on Mount Xiang for treason. He was so good-looking! The moment Liu Fuying saw him, she underst 13.2kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
- 107 Brocade Butcher 锦屠 Bianjing is full of powerful nobles. As the eldest legitimate daughter-in-law of the Marquis of Yongyi, a distinguished family of hereditary nobles, Xie Rongying embodies every virtue and is a model for women. A month after their wedding, her husband marched off to war. Half a year later, he died on the battlefield, his body brought home on his horse. From then on, a life of Buddhist prayers and the constraints of a chastity arch confined her for the rest of her days. As she lay dying, she seeme 16.1kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
- 108 The Concubine with Maxed-Out Skills Is Turning Herself into an Empress? 技能拉满的侍妾，卷成皇后了？ Empress Wenzhao was a famously bewitching consort and the most talented empress. The way she has been judged and defined throughout her life has changed many times, but that has never diminished her status or the value of studying her. [System + Raising Kids + Relentless Competition] Thanks to being well fed at home, Qi Jiao was plump and rosy-cheeked. After a flood, she was sold into the palace as a maid, and when she got a little older, she was assigned to the empress’s palace. A few years lat 12.4kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
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The Sickly Young Master Mo Blushed in the Top-Tier Queen’s Arms 顶流女王怀里的病娇莫少脸又红了
[Ancient-to-modern transmigration + marriage first, love later + doting on the husband + both leads are inexperienced in love + entertainment industry + not a female-dominant relationship] [Powerful, hilarious, and forthright superstar VS aloof, scheming, flirtatious young master] She was a king who lived as a man. Her soul transmigrates into the body of a wealthy modern family’s young madam. A stand-in bride brought in to bring good fortune? Married to a husband with disabled legs? Or a washed-
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- 110 May My Dear Brother Be with You Year After Year 惟愿兄长岁岁与卿 [Quirky, delicate younger stepsister × powerful, imposing older stepbrother] [One-on-one romance + no misunderstandings + simmering tension + age gap + height difference] Liu Jintang followed her mother into a second marriage and entered the Shen family, one of the most illustrious families in Shengjing. She hadn’t even enjoyed two days of the good life before she drowned in the lake behind the Shen residence. When she opened her eyes after being reborn, it was the very day her mother married i 5kReads8.8Score780Shelves
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Your Highness Is Addictive: Your Highness, Hurry Up and Marry Her 娘娘好上头：王爷快把人娶走吧
The strongest mercenary transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing legitimate daughter? She transforms into a slick little troublemaker, takes on her vicious stepmother, and tears into her scummy brother and sister! Dare to scheme against her? She’ll send the lot of them to a male escort club! Who could have imagined that the once-useless legitimate daughter would now secretly be on the imperial payroll, serving as a mighty commander? She strikes with her blade and lays waste to her foes,
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- 112 The Maid Who Spells Ruin 通房祸水 [Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads + Feel-Good Story + Farming] His perspective: Everyone says the Young Lord Jun’s maid is deeply devoted to him and never leaves his side, even following him into exile. Only Jun Cheng knows that in public, she’s always fussing over him, calling him “Young Master” and acting sweet and caring. In private, she steals his food, pinches him, and hits him, while he has to swallow his anger and play along. That’s because he’s been reborn, and he’s genuinely curious abo 5.5kReads9.2Score593Shelves
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A Love Written on Paper 一纸情缘呐
[Historical romance + powerful leads + revenge + love that grows over time + happy ending] After being sold by human traffickers to a remote, impoverished village and enduring two years of hardship, Liu Wushuang finally made it home, only to find there was no place for her in the household anymore. The parents she had once been proud of now avoided her like the plague. The elder brother who had once doted on her now looked at her coldly. The foster sister who had once followed her every lead no
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- 114 After Faking Her Death in Disguise as a Man, She Starts Playing the Frail, Scheming Green Tea 女扮男装死后，她开始演柔弱绿茶 The print edition of [Playing Coy] is available on all platforms. [The heroine is everyone’s beloved, with maximum “moonlight in the heart” appeal + doted on by all + universally adored + strong female lead] Qin Buwen disguised herself as a man and played the part of a treacherous official for sixteen years. At the height of her infamy, everyone in Chang’an, even the dogs, would go out of their way to avoid her. Then she was betrayed and abandoned by everyone. She leapt from a tall building, onl 37kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves
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The Abandoned Divine Doctor Consort 神医弃妃
She rose from the dead! After fifteen years in the grave, she crawled out of Hell! Gu Qinghan’s medical skills are unmatched, and powerful ministers and wealthy nobles flock to her. She commands spirits and ghosts with her occult arts, making even the fiercest wraiths do her bidding! Trying to scheme against her? She’ll summon the vengeful ghost of a woman who died horribly to strike back! Call her useless? She knows military strategy, statecraft, poetry, books, rites, and music. The one thing s
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- 116 Spring Banquet 春日宴 She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
- 117 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 31.7kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves
- 118 Surrogate Motherhood? The Second-Time Bride and Beloved Consort Insists on Rising to the Top 借腹生子？二嫁宠妃偏要步步高升 [A gentle, kind widow and an arrogant, biased emperor. Sweet, doting everyday romance, with little palace intrigue (the emphasis is on little).] The Yu family had three daughters, all beautiful. The eldest became a countess, the youngest became a consort in the palace, and only the second daughter returned home a widow less than five years after her marriage, with a little girl in tow. One day, the palace consort suffered a miscarriage and was told she would have difficulty bearing children in t 22.8kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves
- 119 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
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The Great Yu's Master Strategist 大渝筹算师
[Strong female lead + revenge on scumbags + lighthearted + pure romance + playing the fool to catch the tiger + happy ending] Good news: Her betrothed came first in the provincial exams and earned the title of Jieyuan. Bad news: Her betrothed, now a Jieyuan, wanted to break off the engagement without losing face, so he schemed against his fiancée, who came from a merchant family. Fine. If you want to break things off with dignity by scheming against someone, then neither of us is going to have a
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- 121 Heaven and Earth Say I'm the Woman Destined for Great Fortune? 天地说，我是气运女主？ Yang Jin was woken by someone calling itself the Book of Heaven and Earth Merit. It told her she'd been asleep for five thousand years... It told her that she possessed immense fortune... It also told her it was time to save the world. Yang Jin: ?? For an Imperial Princess, the most important things in life are the safety of her beloved and peace in the world. So when someone threatens both at once, well, sorry... Her slender fingers move, the sunrise fades, the seas churn, and heaven and earth 104Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 122 The Earl’s Household Turns Its Fortune Around 伯府翻身记事 Lin Yunzhu lands in a novel written for male readers as the second-born illegitimate daughter of the villainous Yongning Earl’s household. Her legitimate elder sister is a snobbish woman who broke off her engagement when the male lead was down on his luck. The original character is a scheming woman who seduces the female lead’s fiancé. Her younger half-sister is a little white lotus. Her eldest brother is bad at business, and the family is so poor they’re about to run out of food. Her second bro 31.8kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
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Ink Traces and a Dazzling Case: The Dali Temple Minister’s Secret Courtship Files 墨痕惊鸿录：大理寺卿追妻密档
Su Huijin, an art student who graduated from the police academy, dreamed of becoming a police sketch artist and was ready to begin an exciting new life. Then, in a single moment, she transmigrated to the Great Xi Dynasty, a kingdom never mentioned in the history books. Here, she became an orphan with both parents dead, and the course of her life changed forever... One day, she happened upon an injured man and carefully nursed him back to health. But while he was recovering, a thorny case erupted
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- 124 Oh No! My Former Lover Is the Crown Prince 糟糕！我始乱终弃的恩客是太子 Original Title: Oh No! The Patron I Used and Abandoned Is the Crown Prince [Sweet Romance] [Mutual First Love] [Devoted Husband] [Love Grows Over Time] [Many Foreshadowing Twists] [Comedy] A quirky, down-on-her-luck heroine who grows into herself + a gentle hero Shen Yuan grew up in a small town in the south. Only when her mother died did she learn that her biological father was the powerful Marquis Shen of the capital. With no one to rely on, the orphaned girl set out on a thousand-mile journe 8.6kReads9.0Score1kShelves
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A Tender Entanglement: This Arranged Marriage Is Different 温情绻缱：这个联姻它不一样
[Two Strong Leads + Mutual Devotion + One-on-One Romance] The refined and aloof head of a prestigious family, and the dazzling jewel of Yanjing. After spending three years acting, the famously low-key award-winning actor Wen Yuhe suddenly decided to leave the entertainment industry and return to inherit his family business. He would also fulfill the century-old marriage pact between the Wen and Xie families. His closest friends were baffled. “Wasn’t the whole point of you joining showbiz to get
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[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
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- 127 Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我 Lin Fang has been disguised as a boy since childhood, and she can't help feeling helpless about it. Her household registration says she's male, so what can she do? But the secret she has sworn to protect is discovered by a young boy she accidentally rescues! Lin Fang thought she'd picked up a deadweight, but once the boy, Yun Weiming, regains his identity, she feels as if she's sitting on a mountain of gold. “Who would've thought! I've picked up all kinds of things before, but you're the most va 70.3kReads9.7Score9.3kShelves
- 128 Cutting Spring 斩春 ༆ Original title: "Slaying Spring", courtesy title: "Three Thousand Miles of Floating Light", also known as "A Little Bookshop in Chang'an" . "The audiobook is now available. Give it a listen!" . [Historical fantasy, farming, ancient romance, healing, opening a bookshop, romance, with a strong focus on the love story.] · [Heroine: Xu Jiang ★ Hero: Lou Yunchun] · [Other characters: Hu Xu ★ Song Li, Zeng Zhui ★ Lin Hongchu, Lin Qinnian ★ Madam Lin, Lou Jing ★ Madam Lou. Du Hui, Yuan Zuzu, Wu Zhi, 20kReads9.5Score3kShelves
- 129 Day After Day, Endless and Long 朝朝漫漫 Moonlight spilled across the ground, cool and pale. Lotus flowers stood tall in a tranquil pond. A gauzy veil concealed her face as she danced with graceful poise, every smile and frown captivating. People said Gu Yanchu, the powerful grand secretary, was the emperor’s illegitimate son, abandoned among the common people. Otherwise, how could he have joined the Grand Secretariat at such a young age? It was a pity that such an elegant, handsome gentleman had married a fierce and domineering young 5.2kReads9.1Score440Shelves
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Qian Jinhuan 千锦欢
Completed · [A highly intelligent amnesiac fake princess x a cold, scheming prince] [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Both devoted to each other + classic historical romance + no transmigration, rebirth, or System + political intrigue + doting romance + reunion after a long separation + devotion to country and family + exclusive devotion + the one who got away + happy ending] For twenty years, the second prince of Nantang, Chu Jinyuan, has kept his guard up and trusted no one, until Hua Qianmei ar
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She Read My Mind on Our Wedding Day, and the Young Lord’s Face Turned Green 成亲当天读我心，世子夫君脸绿了
Xu Qingzhi transmigrates into a book. She becomes the cannon-fodder older sister in a novel about a heroine’s rise to power. She wants no part in opposing the leads, so she meekly accepts being switched into a marriage. But when her cannon-fodder in-laws dote on her, she can’t help sighing again and again over their tragic fates. Who could have guessed they’d hear her thoughts! Seeing her doting cannon-fodder husband, she thinks: [Poor thing, my impossibly handsome husband will be poisoned by hi
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The Female Bandit Goes to the Capital to Become an Official and Wins Over the Aloof Emperor 女土匪进京为官，诱拐了清冷陛下
[Sweet historical romance + two powerful leads + devoted to each other + sweet and satisfying + fun and lively + no annoying supporting characters + sensible leads] A super-ferocious, super-rich bandit queen VS a cool, otherworldly beauty of an emperor Jin Sanglu owns thirty mountains of gold and is every inch a bandit queen. After earning military merit, she arrogantly calls out to the court: “If you won’t give me an official post, then make me empress.” The ministers are furious, but they fear
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A Marriage Decree for the Short-Lived Prince? The Reborn Empress Shows No Mercy Night After Night 赐婚短命皇子？重生娘娘夜夜无情
[Strong female lead + decisive and ruthless + secret identities + medical skills + reborn + punishing scoundrels + the fate of the nation] The emperor decrees a marriage: He Yunxi, eldest daughter of the mighty Marquis Wu, is to marry the sickly, short-lived prince Xuanyuan Jin. On their wedding day, a vicious old matron, acting on the empress’s orders, deliberately tries to put her in her place by forcing her to walk across red-hot iron plates. He Yunxi makes the wicked matron demonstrate how t
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This Frail Young Lady Has 108 Tricks Up Her Sleeve 这病秧子表小姐，有108个心眼子
[Both leads are devoted to each other + comedy + transmigrate into a book + sickly beauty + satisfying romance] Everyone in the capital said the Ye family’s cousin, Miss Jiang, must be blind to have fallen for that wicked man who had angered his mother and killed his younger brother. She was already frail and sickly, and now she’d lost the Ye family’s protection. Her life was as good as ruined. But Jiang Lili, the Ye family’s cousin and the subject of all those rumors, scoffed. What do you know?
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- 135 The Personal Maid to a Timid Young Lady 穿成窝囊小姐的贴身丫鬟 After waking up from a deep sleep, Wen Zimo discovers she's transmigrated into the maidservant of a young lady! What? A book appears from the start, telling her she'll be dead in three days?! Can she put up with that? Not a chance. She gives up and does nothing! Maybe she can transmigrate back! Who knew that after lazing around for a while, she wouldn't die after all? Even more surprising, she gets a reward! Wen Zimo is very pleased! But... Why has that book appeared again...? 160Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 The Tyrant's Little Temptress Is Wild and Irresistible 暴君的小妖精又撩又野 [Search the leads' names to find the short drama] [Both leads are chaste + equally powerful, one-to-one romance. Enjoy] The slave she had once humiliated and tormented has ascended the throne. He pins her against a chaise longue, gently tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. The delicate chain around her ankle jingles softly, its chill seeping into the dark of night. “Your Highness, do you know that from the very first moment I saw you, I… No, this slave wanted to see you in such a helpless, w 7.4kReads9.2Score894Shelves
- 137 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Cousin Miss 红楼梦之表小姐 The Great Dao is fifty, Heaven's evolution forty-nine, and one escapes the net. The burden of a family's rise and fall rests on the shoulders of a five-year-old baby. Is that any way to treat a child? Luo Xiaoluan takes on the task of saving her family and charges into the Lin residence at full speed… “I plan to place first in the imperial exams one day. Only the top scholar is qualified to be my tutor.” “Father, Brother, you're taking far too long to pass the exams and rise through the rank 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Lost in the Exquisite Bedchamber 误入玲珑帐
The print edition is available on major platforms. [Pure historical romance + devoted couple + strong female lead + marriage before love + political intrigue + household rivalry] [Long-suffering princess of a fallen kingdom] X [scheming, rough-hewn prince] [Original title: The Enigma of Linglong] “A historical-romance version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: outwardly united, secretly plotting against each other.” To seize power, Linglong spent sixteen years disguised as a young master named Ling, studyin
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- 139 He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻，重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷 The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 90.8kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
- 140 Pillow of Beauty 枕姝色 Now published under the title The Young Man in Fine Clothes and on Fine Horses [Stoic general x fallen noblewoman, mutual healing, traditional historical romance, with no rebirth, transmigration, or golden finger] She was a noblewoman from a powerful family, beautiful and radiant, but when her family fell into decline, she became an orphan everyone could bully. Gu Lin protected and pampered her, but refused to marry her. Later, when the young man went away and matchmakers crowded her doorstep, s 10.6kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 141 Bones of Bewitching Beauty 媚青骨 [Baili Xiao x Yan Anning] A roguish, wild, wolfish hero vs. a calm, clever heroine Historical romance, happy ending, devoted love, mutual pampering, ensemble cast, court intrigue, and the fate of the nation. Simple Synopsis: In a chaotic dynasty, the emperor is incompetent, and Yan Anning, daughter of a military family, is forced into the palace. Yan Anning: “Who says you can’t leave the palace once you’ve entered it?” As she plots her escape, Baili Xiao, commander of the southwestern army, char 1.2kReads8.6Score193Shelves
- 142 The Long Wind Sways the Drunken Bamboo 长风醉竹 Botany master's graduate Yu Zhu accidentally falls off a cliff while collecting specimens and transmigrates into the frail third young lady of the Xie family, Xie Yuzhu, in the kingdom of Rao. Hundreds of family rules have kept her from even stepping beyond the front gate more than a few times in three years. How is she supposed to complete her Treatise on Poisonous Herbs? Then an imperial decree of marriage arrives. Word is that the Third Prince, Prince Feng, Hua Qinfeng, is tall and burly, wit 35Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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After a Tree Spirit Possesses Her, the Frail Young Lady Wants to Eat People 树妖附身后，柔弱表小姐要吃人了
“Household intrigue,” “palace intrigue,” “turning the tables,” “flipping the table,” “face-slapping and punishing scumbags,” “villainess,” “ensemble of female characters” Chen Wanqing, a delicate young lady of the Earl of Wuding’s household, is harmed by her aunt-by-marriage and left on the brink of death. There she meets Qianmei, a tree spirit. To stay alive, Wanqing willingly lets the spirit possess her, beginning a thoroughly entertaining life of fighting heaven, earth, and troublesome relati
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- 144 The Lantern-Bearing Chronicles 逢灯纪 (Signed for publication, with screen adaptation rights sold) You're the daughter of a marquis. You want to take your mother's dowry and remains with you? Done. I'll take the dowry and remains, and bring you your mother's divorce papers as well as your own severance papers cutting ties with your family. You were declared dead and became an invisible person behind your brothers. You want to live like a normal person again? Done. I'll restore your name and identity, and make sure you receive the en 87.8kReads9.3Score12.8kShelves
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The Beloved Cousin 盛宠表姑娘
When Jiang Yunting first arrived in Bianjing, all she wanted was to be a well-behaved young cousin at the Duke of Dingguo's residence, enhance her standing, then marry her childhood sweetheart and live a smooth, happy life. But later, her fiancé turned his back on her for wealth and status, while the refined, aloof second cousin in the household began looking at her strangely, as if he wanted to devour her. When Shen Yu first met Jiang Yunting, he had one erotic dream after another. In his d
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The Noble Lady Became Empress, and the Career-Driven Emperor Went on a Rampage 贵女为后，事业批帝王杀疯了
[Household and palace intrigue + both leads are each other's only love + ancient-era heroine + marriage before love + husband pursues his wife + emotional push and pull + everyone is clever, with some political scheming] The hunt begins in the middle-to-late stages; the earlier, slower-paced chapters focus mainly on the heroine's growth. Scheming, ruthless emperor × poised, pampered young lady from a noble family Cui Shaoyi was born into a noble family. Her aunt was the Empress Dowager, and the
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- 147 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 78.9kReads9.5Score8kShelves
- 148 After the Villainess Got Pregnant and Married, the Male Lead Turned Dark Overnight 女配怀崽嫁人后，男主一夜黑化了 Completed, with extra chapters! [Not a transmigration or rebirth story; multiple characters awaken to the truth] [The male lead is scheming and dark; the heroine is a spoiled, timid beauty; one-on-one romance; both leads are inexperienced] When Xiao Yining had a fever, she dreamed that she was the wicked supporting lady in a story. Her fiancé was the second male lead, secretly in love with the heroine. He would rebel for her, only to be killed by the male lead in the end, while the Xiao family w 6.5kReads9.0Score824Shelves
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Reborn with a Bewitching Allure, I Claim the Seat of Power 重生后娇骨魅心，坐高位
In her previous life, she gave him everything she had. She even had her father use his influence to help him secure a position of honor. In the end, he repaid her by having her entire family arrested and their home confiscated, leaving her to die a tragic death. Reborn, she would never again let herself become a laughingstock. She swore to make her enemies pay for their crimes in blood. She trained hard, studied military strategy, and mastered the art of scheming and manipulating people. She wou
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- 150 Hairpins and Beauty 鬓花颜 [Main story complete] [Maid + sisters in the inner palace + ensemble-focused story] [The heroine is a native of this world, with no transmigration, rebirth, or hidden identity] After her mother dies of illness, Meng Shu’s father takes a new wife almost at once. She endures years under her stepmother’s hand, but in the end, she cannot escape being sold. A trafficker’s rope drags her away from her homeland and casts her into the fabulously wealthy Tang household. Her exceptiona 35.4kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
