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  1. 1 The Heir's Wife Is a Level-One Clerk 世子夫人是一级科员 Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted [Dreaming together every night | Forbidden entanglement | Tension and flirtation | He fell for her long ago] Content warning: The male lead has a former fiancée. Don't read if that bothers you. What's it like to transmigrate into the body of a noble heir's wife in ancient times? Modern civil servant Lin Weiwei: Thanks for asking. I'm in Chang'an, just pulled out of a lake, and about to enjoy “department-level treatment”... Wait, did I get cast as a sacrificial pawn in someone else's love story?! 5.9kReads8.9Score75714d adds
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  2. 2 My Family Was Stolen, and I Died a Horrible Death? Reborn, I'll Make the Marquis's Estate Pay! 被夺家惨死?重生后让侯府陪葬! Ancient Romance465k WordsCompleted [Satisfying revenge + Sweet romance + Face-slapping + Devoted couple + No misunderstandings + Punishing scumbags + Punishing ungrateful schemers + Happy ending] Regular updates, three chapters daily, no hiatus. Main story complete, extras now updating. Only on the brink of death did Ji Dai learn that the life she had poured her heart and soul into was nothing but a joke! Everyone in the capital knew the marquis’s beautiful and gracious second wife was devoted to the heir, and that her son was fi 11Reads6.6Score—14d adds
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  3. 3 Consort De in the Qing Dynasty: One Small Goal, Become Empress Dowager 清穿德妃:定个小目标,先当太后 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Not a devoted-couple story, not exclusive pampering, not a childbearing plot, no golden finger, not a wish-fulfillment story. Don’t read if you dislike that. There are no golden fingers whatsoever. The heroine transmigrates, she is not reborn! The story breaks up historical Emperor Yongzheng’s official pairing, but Empress Xiaojingxian will get a happy ending. The author is still growing, so if you don’t like the early chapters, you can skip ahead. Readers say the later writing is better.] (The 2.2kReads9.2Score20714d adds
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  4. 4 The Stunning Outcast Tames Her Men, Captures Their Hearts, and Sparks a Rivalry 绝色万人嫌训狗,勾君心,引雄竞 Ancient Romance283k WordsOngoing [Everyone's Least Favorite + Male Rivals Competing for Her + Taming Dogs + Forced Love + Calculated Moves] Song Qin has barely transmigrated into a book when she finds herself staring at a very large bed. Three powerful men, their faces flushed, beg her for an antidote. Only then does she realize she's become a flirtatious woman hated by everyone, and the original character is responsible for the three men being drugged. In the book, the original character is exiled for harassing high-rankin 96Reads—Score24214d adds
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  5. 5 The Alluring Consort Climbs to the Phoenix Throne and Captures the Emperor's Heart at First Sight 尤物娘娘爬凤位,让皇上一见钟情 Ancient Romance228k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + the emperor falls at first sight + palace intrigue and rising to power through favoritism + heroine’s acting skills + strong, clever heroine] Wen Shuyao loved only herself. Only losers loved men. Now that she had been granted the title of Attendant and ordered into the palace, she would make use of the emperor’s love at first sight. The emperor was merely a stepping stone for Wen Shuyao. It wouldn’t be hard to act like someone deeply in love with him. Wen Shuyao was the legitimat 5.1kReads9.0Score58714d adds
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  6. 6 The Empress Is So Delicate, the Emperor Falls for Her Every Day 娘娘一身娇骨,惹的皇上日日沦陷 Ancient Romance236k WordsCompleted [Scheming concubine-born beauty + sinister crown prince + multiple pregnancies and palace intrigue + no one with a soft spot for wicked women or murderous heroines] Liu Yunyan had the face of a seductress, but the lowly status of a concubine-born daughter. Yet even in the palace, a girl of low birth could still rise to become empress. So what if she was a concubine? Raised by her legitimate mother to be delicate and alluring, she turned her charms into a weapon to control the Crown Prince. Reven 292Reads8.4Score—14d adds
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  7. 7 The Crown Prince Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife: The Empress's Daily Life After Bearing Twins 太子宠妾灭妻,娘娘双胎上位日常 Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted [There are a few typos, so please skip this if that bothers you.] A deranged, ruthless heroine and an obsessive Crown Prince, with exclusive devotion later on, clear-headed palace intrigue, and multiple births. Jiang Shiruo is stunningly beautiful, but only a concubine’s daughter. Still, even a concubine’s daughter deserves to live. Jiang Shiruo has no interest in the other princes. She only wants to enter the Eastern Palace, because that’s the only way she can reach the highest position. After 7.7kReads8.9Score66314d adds
  8. 8 After the Crown Princess Conceives Twins, the Crown Prince Favors His Beloved Concubine and Makes Her Empress 灭太子妃怀双胎,太子宠娇妾封后 Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance. Not a virginal couple! + Clear-headed heroine gradually grows stronger in palace intrigue + Twins + Winning the Crown Prince’s heart, aiming for the empress’s throne] An Ruyan clutched her book of Thirty-Six Stratagems and set out to win over the tyrannical Crown Prince!!! An Ruyan was rescued by Prince Yan when she was robbed while visiting a temple. She had long been in love with him, but an unexpected incident made her see what a scumbag he was. Determined to 2.3kReads8.9Score23514d adds
  9. 9 The Eastern Palace's Pampered Concubine: The Crown Prince Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife, and She Sets Her Sights on the Empress's Throne 东宫娇妾:太子宠妾灭妻目标后位 Ancient Romance229k WordsCompleted Not a pure pairing, not a pure pairing [The prince’s concubine is not a pure pairing at first + she enters the palace soon after, and becomes his sole favorite after the palace struggles] [The heroine is clear-headed and career-minded, working her way up to the empress’s position] Since I’ve been granted the title of Worthy Lady, my goal should be the empress’s throne. The Crown Prince has been married for two years, but the Crown Princess has yet to bear him a child. The Empress personally choo 2.2kReads8.9Score18314d adds
  10. 10 The Noble Consort Rejects Love, Yet the Emperor Dotes on Her and Decrees Her Empress 贵妃不入爱河,皇上盛宠下旨封后 Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [The leads aren't both chaste at first + he pampers her devotedly later + the emperor secretly helps her navigate palace intrigue + the heroine has no interest in loving the emperor and focuses on climbing the ranks.] Alternate-era setting [The emperor personally raises his future empress, then claims her in the night] The Yun family has a legitimate daughter, a peerless beauty hidden away in the general's manor. The prime minister's son came to propose, but didn't even get to see her. “I don't 1.5kReads9.1Score20914d adds
  11. 11 A Heart Caged Behind Palace Walls: Consort Yuan Is Promoted Again 宫墙锁心宠,元妃娘娘又晋位了 Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted No one is completely devoted to one person in the early part of the story, so don’t read if that’s a dealbreaker. The emperor is a scoundrel at first, but utterly doting later. More sweet than angsty. [Palace intrigue and rising to power + many children + absolute favor + climbing to the top one step at a time] Su Zhitang, the daughter of a general, enters the palace as a beauty after the selection. Her father is already a second-rank official, so she only wants to heed her mother’s advice, keep 610Reads9.0Score10114d adds
  12. 12 The Emperor Fell for Her at First Sight: The Bewitching Consort Becomes Empress After Bearing Many Heirs 皇上一见钟情,尤物娘娘多胎封后 Ancient Romance251k WordsCompleted [The emperor falls in love at first sight + the emperor begs the heroine to manage the harem + heroine with stellar acting skills + strong, intelligent heroine + lots of children] Whoever harms me, I’ll make them pay! Hua Yunchu loves only herself. The right way to deal with a man is to use up every last bit of his value. But the emperor wants to make Hua Yunchu a Noble Lady, while the empress’s throne sits empty. And he wants me to manage the harem, too? What is going on? I’d planned to coast o 2.7kReads9.1Score30314d adds
  13. 13 The Emperor Has No Heart, Yet His Cool and Elegant Noble Consort Has Her Ways 帝本无心,怎奈清冷贵妃手段高 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cool, seductive fox beauty vs. a carefree, womanizing emperor] [The heroine is the true daughter, driven by revenge and ambition: a scheming beauty, sweet on the outside but ruthless within, and far from virtuous. This is an unconventional palace-intrigue story focused on winning hearts. The hero is not chaste. Later, he desperately tries to win her back. The overall tone is sweet, and the romance becomes one-on-one in the latter half.] Until the age of five, Changyu Jiao was the legitimate da 8.8kReads9.4Score1k14d adds
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  14. 14 After My Husband's Death: I Set My Sights on the Marquis's Youngest Brother 克死丈夫后:对侯府小叔子下手了 Ancient Romance119k WordsOngoing On the night the Jing'an Marquis's household held a wedding to bring good fortune, the heir coughed up blood and died. The new bride, Shu Yixiao, was thrown into the woodshed by the Marchioness, who gave her seven days before she was to be buried alive with her dead husband. Dragging her injured body, she escaped her cage. At the last possible moment, she ran into Wen Jin, the household's second young master, a notorious playboy in the capital, a despised illegitimate son and good-for-nothing. B 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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  15. 15 The Prince’s Darling: His Substitute Bride Is No Easy Target 王爷娇宠:替嫁丑妃不好惹 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Born into a general’s household, she was raised by a female slave. Orphaned young and terribly ugly, she barely managed to survive in the vast general’s residence. Amid the palace’s treacherous intrigues, she had no choice but to take her legitimate elder sister’s place and marry the equally neglected Seventh Prince. One was ugly, the other cold and indifferent. It suited their plans and pleased them both. She had thought she would spend her whole life in obscurity, but the wheel of fate took an 9Reads8.7Score—14d adds
  16. 16 The Phoenix of Destiny Defies Fate in Huadu 天命之凤逆华都 Ancient Romance606k WordsCompleted He was a wild boy from the Marquis’s household, a nuisance to everyone, doing as he pleased from heaven to earth. Everyone said the esteemed Marquis of Boling had raised a rebellious son! But at a literary gathering, a faint silhouette behind a folding screen captured the boy’s heart. From then on, he laid his whole heart before her, hoping to win even the smallest favor. He didn’t care if it meant offending the Crown Prince. Just as he began to believe she felt the same way, she cruelly humilia 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  17. 17 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 35.1kReads9.3Score5.9k14d adds
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  18. 18 Part Ways in Peace, General, Let Me Be Beautiful on My Own 一别两宽,将军自重,妾身想独美 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted 67.6kReads8.9Score15.6k14d adds
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  19. 19 Your Majesty, the Princess You Sent to Marry Abroad Has Ascended the Throne 陛下,您派去和亲的公主登基了 Ancient Romance223k WordsOngoing Office drone Chen Shuozhen is struck by lightning and opens her eyes to find herself a Turkic grand princess? Poisoning, from the start! The original owner has just breathed her last, and she's forced to take over?! She follows the clues to uncover the culprit, only to find that her so-called best friend was the one who poisoned her? Just as she breathes a sigh of relief, an even greater crisis strikes: She intercepts a secret letter detailing the Sixth Prince's plot. Now that she knows the secr —Reads—Score—14d adds
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  20. 20 A Palace Maid’s Daily Struggles 宫女奋斗日常 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ling Huan has skin as smooth as ice and looks like a goddess, yet she has no interest in power and thinks only of leaving the palace. In the end, neither she nor her child meets a good end. Given another chance, her goal is to raise her child well and become Empress Dowager herself. A palace-intrigue story with a strong female lead. The heroine is ruthless and clever. A thoroughly satisfying read. 5.9kReads9.2Score84614d adds
  21. 21 My Sister and I Are to Marry the Same Man? I Won't Marry the Crown Prince, I Want the Regent 姐妹同嫁?我不嫁太子我要摄政王 Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted The possessive, jealous regent x the sweet, silly Princess Mingyue The heroine is the kind of person who doesn’t have to lift a finger for someone to fall in love with her! "Historical romance + reborn + in their previous life, the hero secretly loved her and died with her + in this life, he competes for her and refuses to let her go + both are devoted to each other + happy ending + sweet romance + no angst for the heroine" In both their past and present lives, Wen Ruan is Shen Ye’s wife. In t 35.4kReads8.8Score6.1k14d adds
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  22. 22 An Unconventional Palace Intrigue 非传统宫斗 Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted Imperial selection from the start / Pure palace intrigue with a touch of household intrigue / Ensemble cast / Realistic style [Pure palace intrigue begins after chapter 20] Not the emperor’s sole favorite / Not a virgin couple / No romance pairing [The emperor is a scumbag with the power of life and death. The first few chapters establish his character and contain potentially uncomfortable scenes. If that bothers you, skip to chapter 20.] Everyone is caught up in palace intrigue. The consorts an 2kReads8.3Score22314d adds
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  23. 23 The Mystic Princess's Divinations Are Spot-On, and the Ascetic Disabled Prince Spoils Her 玄学王妃算卦灵,禁欲残王宠上瘾 Ancient Romance2.9M WordsCompleted The mystical arts prodigy Nan Li opened her eyes in the apocalypse and found herself the long-lost Sixth Young Lady of the Anyang Marquis household. She expected a life of abuse, but all five of her brothers doted on her! Nan Li shouted, “Stop spoiling me!” The truth was, their little sister could handle anything: she exorcised ghosts, read fortunes and faces, practiced feng shui, healed the sick, and saved lives. She even led her family to wealth and success! The Ninth Prince, whom she had save 8.5kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
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  24. 24 The Wicked Supporting Actress Is Reborn and Wins at Life 恶毒女配重生后躺赢了 Ancient Romance622k WordsCompleted The emperor has never touched anyone but the heroine! One beloved consort in the harem + 1v1 romance + fictional setting. Meng Yan only learns on the brink of death that she's a supporting character in a sweet palace-intrigue novel. In the story, she loves the emperor, Lu Haozhi, devotedly until the very end. She diligently competes for his favor and tirelessly fights the innocent white-lotus heroine, only to land herself in the cold palace and die miserably in the snow. After being reborn, she 21kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
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  25. 25 Qing Transmigration: From Lazy Consort to Noble Consort 清穿:咸鱼贵妃升职记 Ancient Romance902k WordsCompleted [Qing Dynasty transmigration + gourmet food + bickering lovers + sweet romance and putting scoundrels in their place + cozy] After transmigrating, Gao Xiangwan becomes a concubine in Hongli's household. She had been an overlooked nobody, but one meal gets her on Hongli's radar. He retaliates by dragging her into the palace intrigues. She wants no part in palace intrigue and refuses to take sides? By the next day, rumors are spreading around the household that she is spoiled by his favor and want 133Reads7.1Score—14d adds
  26. 26 The Idle Life of Consort Yun in the Qing Dynasty 清穿之云妃娘娘的咸鱼生活 Ancient Romance258k WordsCompleted Shen Yunya is a single woman in her thirties, struggling to get by in the 21st century. Her motto is: “Go to work, earn money, save money.” One night, after work, the streetlights were out. She didn't want to pay for a taxi, and some heartless bastard had stolen a manhole cover, sending her to her death. To her surprise, she transmigrates to the Qing dynasty, right into the Fourth Master's residence, which has already been transmigrated into countless times. Well then, Shen Yunya will carve out 92Reads7.2Score—14d adds
  27. 27 The General's Legitimate Daughter: The Hot-Tempered Consort Is Not to Be Trifled With 将门嫡女:暴脾气贵妃不好惹 Ancient Romance936k WordsCompleted [Devoted Love in the Later Story + Adorable Baby + Powerful Hero and Heroine + Beloved Legitimate Daughter] [Hopelessly Devoted Foolish Emperor + Clear-Headed, Self-Controlled, Clever Noble Consort] Once you enter the palace, it’s as deep as the sea. Yu Jinghe is the most clear-eyed woman in the world. Noble Consort Yue, the most stylish woman in the harem, wins the emperor’s favor all to herself with her fiery temper. Sharp-tongued and quick to throw a punch, she’s practically the harem’s gangs 3.4kReads9.2Score32014d adds
  28. 28 Reborn from the Cold Palace, the Mad Emperor Dotes on Me Day and Night 冷宫重生后,疯批皇帝日夜娇宠 Ancient Romance234k WordsOngoing Su Yanning, the deposed empress, is sentenced to death by poisoned wine in the cold palace! In her previous life, she endured the Liu family, avoided conflict, and did whatever she could to stay alive. In return, her first child was killed with an abortion-inducing drug, her second died tragically in the womb, and she was ultimately poisoned to death in the cold palace by her younger sister. When she opens her eyes again, she's back on the day she lost her child. This time, Su Yanning won't hide 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  29. 29 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 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [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 11.9kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
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  30. 30 In the Imperial Harem, My Goal Is to Become the Empress Dowager 人在后宫,目标太后 Ancient Romance358k WordsCompleted # Palace intrigue is out of the question. I'll eat snacks, watch the drama, and have children, that's the plan # Cui Xuejian transmigrated into the past and became a low-ranking palace consort. Powerful figures towered over her, while a few insignificant nobodies clawed at her feet. With things like this, why bother with palace intrigue? Better to just give up and coast! Cui Xuejian believed that as long as she kept out of trouble, no monsters, demons, or other ghoulish creatures would come afte 1.7kReads9.2Score13814d adds
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  31. 31 Qing-Dynasty Time Travel: The Drama Queen Consort’s Epic Blunder 清穿雍正:戏精娘娘翻车实录 Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Qing Dynasty Setting + System + Childbearing + Mind-Reading] Cui Xueman, a top finance student in the 21st century, transmigrates one day and opens her eyes to a huge character for “funeral offerings” in the mourning hall. Fainting from shock… That's perfectly normal, isn't it? When she wakes up again, she receives the good-or-bad news: she's transmigrated, and to the Kangxi era, no less. But the long-awaited standard issue for transmigrators, a golden finger or System, is nowhere to be seen! F 1.5kReads9.1Score11714d adds
  32. 32 Demote the Wife to a Concubine? The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Wipes Out His Entire Family 贬妻为妾?重生嫡女嘎了他全家 Ancient Romance308k WordsCompleted [Strong female and male leads + both leads' first and only love + satisfying reborn story + nation and family] She was a renowned female war god, formidable in battle and unmatched in strategy. After being reborn in the body of the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household in the Great Yong, whose honor had been besmirched, her supposedly gentle and refined fiancé came to break off their engagement and demote her to a concubine. Every one of her relatives regarded her as a disgrace 27.8kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
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  33. 33 The Princess's Rebirth: Her Road to Cherishing Her Husband and Crushing Her Enemies 郡主重生悔悟,开启宠夫虐渣之路 Ancient Romance456k WordsCompleted [1v1, both leads devoted to each other.] She is the legitimate daughter of Prince Kang's household and a county princess of the Dongyuan Kingdom. He is the ninth son of the late emperor and the regent of the Dongyuan Kingdom. In her previous life, she was deceived by a villain. Because of all the misunderstandings, she hated him to the core and used the entire household's resources to help the villain ascend the throne, causing him untold suffering. In his previous life, he loved her deeply but 3kReads9.3Score35114d adds
  34. 34 Spring Robes in Disarray: Only to Unravel the Chancellor's Desires 春衫乱:只为奸臣解风情 Ancient Romance463k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + reborn to change fate + devoted husband + political intrigue and revenge. The heroine is gentle yet resilient, kind and perceptive. The hero is a noble, powerful minister, beautiful and tragic. Many foreshadowed clues and twists.] Lin Shu was a noble young lady from the capital, raised without ever having to lift a finger. When disaster struck the Lin family, Lin Shu became a government slave. She was put to washing and dyeing cloth in the Imperial Household Dep 12kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
  35. 35 After a Mistaken Marriage to the Heir, She Spends Every Day Showering Him with Sweets 错嫁世子后,她每天都在撒糖 Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted [Reborn + mutually devoted sweet romance + revenge and household intrigue] Jiang Rong was deceived her entire life, and only learned the truth when she was on the verge of death. Returned to ten years earlier, she found herself fleeing an arranged marriage to elope. Jiang Rong gave the scoundrel a thorough beating, then turned around and went back to the prince’s manor to marry. The husband she had run from was Xie Lingxi, heir to the Northern Prince. In her previous life, he had protected he 34.7kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds
  36. 36 Marriage for Good Fortune: One Fit of Anger from the Heir’s Wife, and He’s on His Knees in an Instant 冲喜:世子妃一生气,世子秒下跪 Ancient Romance388k WordsCompleted Fate decrees a destined match, and one dream draws us together across worlds. You often appear in my dreams, and one glance was all it took for me to fall for you. Scene: Woman: “I just transmigrated, and now you're making me marry you to bring you good luck? Why should I?” Man: “I'm in this state already. I shouldn't drag an innocent girl into this.” A few days later Woman: “Wait... I'll take this man.” Man: “Now that you're here, don't even think about running away.” As the heir to a family of 7.1kReads9.3Score93014d adds
  37. 37 The Beautiful, Arrogant Princess and Her Sly, Flirtatious Consort 公主美又骄,钓系驸马茶艺高 Ancient Romance353k WordsCompleted [Flirting with each other + Sweet romance, both are virgins + Taking down scumbags] [Arrogant princess + Scheming, sickly, beautiful prince consort] Yun Chaorong’s transmigration into a book went wrong, and she became the heroine of a tragic romance. She learned she was destined to be disfigured and humiliated, lose her entire family, then be imprisoned and tortured to death by the male lead, Xie Nanzhu. What the hell! Yun Chaorong wasn’t having it. She kicked the original male lead and the supp 12.1kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
  38. 38 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 124.8kReads9.6Score17k14d adds
  39. 39 Reborn as a Mad Princess: The Moon Shines Over the Western Tower 重生狂妃之明月罩西楼 Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jiang Mingyue, daughter of a great general, took blows and shed blood for the Great Yin dynasty. She lived a passionate life and died a passionate death. So when she got another chance at life, she decided to stop making waves. She chose the rich, titled Zhao Xilou, a veteran slacker, as her husband, intending to while away her days with Lord Zhao, eating and waiting to die. But after becoming a Zhao, Jiang Mingyue discovered that her slacker husband might have no ambition 11.5kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
  40. 40 The Sickly Princess Is Reborn, and the Tyrannical Regent Dotes on Her 病娇摄政王盛宠,娇娇公主重生了 Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [Adapted into the short drama Golden Bell's Mistake: Love's Bonds] [Mutual firsts + doting romance + both reborn + palace and household intrigue] [Stunning, sweet-natured fifth princess × sinister, obsessive regent] In her previous life, her country fell and her family was destroyed. Then the sinister, obsessive regent kept her by his side for two whole years. Reborn ten years in the past, she is once again the fifth princess, born to wealth and honor, while he is merely a lowly hostage, beneath 11kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
  41. 41 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 Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted 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 87.6kReads9.5Score12k14d adds
  42. 42 On Our Wedding Night, the Reborn Prince Knocked Over Her Contraceptive Soup 新婚夜,重生王爷打翻她的避子汤 Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + Devoted Couple] Ye Chen is reborn on his wedding night with his Qiu'er. In his previous life, he couldn't even keep his Qiu'er's remains safe. This time, he will stay by her side every moment. Her greatest regret in her previous life was never having children of her own. This time, he will have lots of children with her. She was trapped in the capital all her life before. This time, he will travel across the land of the Nine Provinces with 21kReads9.0Score2k14d adds
  43. 43 Reborn, I Promise You a Lifetime of Joy 重生,许你一世倾欢 Ancient Romance616k WordsCompleted (Both leads reborn + scheming prince + palace and household intrigue + punishing scumbags + physician heroine) In her previous life, Ye Ruan was hopelessly devoted to Prince Xuan, Jun Li. But at the Mid-Autumn banquet, the drunken Prince Jing, Jun Zhan, took her innocence. To avenge herself, she pretended to marry into Prince Jing’s household. While he was away on campaign, she forged the late emperor’s edict and elevated the scumbag to the highest position. But once everything had settled, the 10.8kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
  44. 44 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Available in print. Search "Zhaohua Rebellion" on any platform to purchase.] [Strong female lead, satisfying revenge, high-IQ palace intrigue, the heroine schemes against the entire harem, a dangerously unhinged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen the world more clearly than anyone else. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was crystal clear: "I en 87.1kReads9.5Score9.7k14d adds
  45. 45 After Marrying the Mad Crown Prince to Bring Him Good Fortune 嫁给疯批太子冲喜后 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The unfavored legitimate daughter of the Mu family is ordered by imperial decree to marry the crown prince, Zhou Jing, who is at death's door, to bring him good luck. Plenty of people wait to laugh at her, saying she might just end up bringing him luck by killing him in bed. When Zhou Jing opens his eyes, he finds himself with a fiancée. The young woman is clearly terrified of him, but still can't help swearing her loyalty. “Your Highness, I'll treat you very well.” “Your Highness, after you pas 33.2kReads9.4Score4.6k14d adds
  46. 46 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be 18.3kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds
  47. 47 The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇:贵妃娘娘她又美又乖 Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a 20.2kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
  48. 48 Joy with You 与君欢 Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 26.3kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
  49. 49 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 90.9kReads9.6Score12.1k14d adds
  50. 50 The Daily Life of a Laid-Back Concubine After Transmigrating 穿越之闲鱼妾室的日常 Ancient Romance480k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + household and palace intrigue + no golden finger + devoted love later on] Zhang Xinian transmigrated into the body of a concubine in Prince Jing’s household. Above her was the princess consort, backed by powerful connections and ruthless in her methods. Beside her was a brainless side consort with overwhelming fighting prowess. Below her, a reborn woman and a transmigrated woman were locked in fierce competition. Zhang Xinian trembled with fear. She had no golden finger and did 104.7kReads9.4Score12.2k14d adds

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