Palace and Household Intrigue Novels, Preferably Rated 9.5 or Higher, With a Tight, Fast-Paced Plot 求宫斗宅斗文，最好是9.5分以上剧情紧凑不拖沓的
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The Emperor's Sinner in His Palm 陛下的掌心罪女
He took in the daughter of a convicted minister. The young lady had a sharp tongue, but when she acted sweet, she was far too tempting... But Zhong Heng had already outlived two empresses. Even if he liked this one... all he could do was hold her close and cherish her for a little while... breathe in her fragrance... maybe steal a kiss by force at most Hmph, he sounded like a eunuch... Leng Yuechai sat up, her hair mussed and bits of dried grass clinging to it. “Who are you?” “Are you hungry
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- 102 Dragon Cub in the Heavenly Prison: I’m Emperor Wu of Han’s Great-Grandson 天牢龙崽：我是汉武帝的皇曾孙 Little Dragon in the Celestial Prison: I’m Emperor Wu of Han’s great-grandson 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 In her previous life, she endured a life of hardship and instability. From the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an to a government courtesan available to any man, she finally escaped a life of being passed from one man to another, only to jump from the tiger’s jaws into the wolf’s den. She walked on eggshells at every step until she finally became the real power behind the prefect’s household. But the misery of her first half of life had already left her body broken beyond repair. Only o 7.8kReads9.0Score78414d adds
- 104 Stealing a Concubine 夺妾 [An intensely possessive, forceful romance. The heroine is not a virgin; the hero is.] A delicate, beautiful innocent flower x a stern, old-fashioned Grand Commander Lu Sui, Grand Commander of Youzhou, commands an army of a hundred thousand, rules over two provinces, and strikes fear across the land. They say he is ruthless and decisive, and that before turning thirty, he had already carved out a glorious path to power through mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. When he first saw A Yao 13.1kReads8.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 105 The Old Sword of Duling: The Chronicle of Emperor Xuan of Han 杜陵故剑：汉宣本纪 The Sword of Duling: A Chronicle of Emperor Xuan of Han 26Reads—Score—14d adds
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After I Rebelled, the Emperor Fainted on His Dragon Throne 我造反后，皇帝哭晕在龙椅
After I Rebelled, the Emperor Cried Himself Unconscious on the Dragon Throne
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- 107 Your Highness, Stop Holding Back. You've Crushed Your Prayer Beads 殿下别忍了，您的佛珠都捏碎了 [A true master of men and scheming beauty × an obsessive, unhinged, celibate Crown Prince; one-on-one romance, he falls hard and first, intensely sweet and flirtatious] “I cultivate Buddhism. I have no interest in women.” “Then what was pressed against me last night, Your Highness...?” After transmigrating into the body of a Marquis’s legitimate daughter who was emotionally abused to death, Su Yaoyao looked at her voluptuous, bewitching figure in the mirror and smiled. The original owner had tru 42.9kReads8.9Score5.5k14d adds
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The White Moonlight Noble Consort’s Daily Life in the Harem 白月光贵妃的后宫日常
(Cover used with permission) With an illustrious family background, breathtaking beauty, and the distinction of being the emperor’s moonlight, Jiang Hui should have found life as a Noble Consort effortlessly easy. Unfortunately, the sisters in all but name in the Eastern Palace, wave after wave of beautiful candidates from the provinces, and the supposed substitutes who resemble her in looks and bearing all tell her the same thing: no one can walk unscathed through the imperial harem. [Alternate
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- 109 The Pig Who Couldn’t Escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie Works Like a Beast at Gao Laozhuang 逃不出高老庄的猪，八戒在高老庄当牛马 The pig who can't escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie works like a beast of burden at Gao Laozhuang 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Marquis's Widow Raised a Household of Geniuses 侯夫人守寡，却养出满门天骄
Tang Shuyi transmigrated into the Great Qian dynasty, becoming the wife of the Marquis of Yongning. She was rich, powerful, and high-status, with no parents-in-law and a dead husband: she had it better than almost anyone else who had transmigrated. Just as she was about to enjoy a comfortable life as a wealthy noblewoman, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book, and was its biggest villain. She wasn’t just rich, powerful, and high-status. She also had three unruly children. The eld
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- 111 Willows in the Wind 风中柳 [Ruthless heroine➕female-lead power fantasy➕light ensemble-style palace intrigue➕face-slapping and scum-bashing➕primarily focused on building her career] (Female lead is a virgin; male lead is not) Jiang Fu, the Jiang family’s fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter, was lovely and graceful. Unfortunately, her stepmother was cruel and her father was heartless. As an illegitimate daughter, she had no say even in the marriage that mattered most to a woman. Her family could manipulate her as they p 2.1kReads8.8Score29214d adds
- 112 Don't Lie Flat on the Path to Buddhahood! Zhu Bajie Helps the Great Sage Open a Huaguoshan Tourism Company 成佛别躺平！猪八戒帮大圣开个花果山旅游公司 Don't Lie Flat on the Road to Buddhahood! Zhu Bajie Helps the Great Sage Start a Huaguo Mountain Tourism Company 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Tyrant Tormented Me? I'll Turn Around, Seduce the Powerful Eunuch, and Seize His Empire 暴君虐我？转身勾搭权宦夺他江山
For eight years in the palace, Xiangjun fought to get ahead and tried to please everyone, yet the palace’s noble masters still ground her down, used her, humiliated her, and cast her aside... Those nobles basked in all the wealth of the realm atop heaps of corpses and bones, yet mocked her for trying her hardest and not knowing her place. In the end, the child Xiangjun risked her life to bear called her enemy “Mother,” while Xiangjun was cut open alive so the baby could be taken from her. She di
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- 114 Zhu Bajie Takes on Journey to the West: I’ve Attained Enlightenment, Now I’m Going Back to Gao Village to Slack Off 八戒闯西游：修成正果，俺回高老庄摆烂 Bajie Charges Into the Journey to the West: After attaining enlightenment, I’m heading back to Gao Village to slack off —Reads—Score—14d adds
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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
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- 116 Zhu Bajie Takes on Journey to the West: I Tear the Scumbag Bull Demon King Apart 八戒闯西游：手撕渣男牛魔王 Bajie Charges Into the Journey to the West: I Tear the Scumbag Bull Demon King to Pieces 12Reads—Score—14d adds
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Joy with You 与君欢
[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
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- 118 The Second Wife Refuses to Live Idly: She Fights and Scrambles Her Way to Becoming the Family’s Darling 继室拒绝咸鱼躺，又争又抢成团宠 [A dazzling, pampered beauty who’s the spirited second wife vs. a stern, taciturn minister who’s no stickler for convention] [Devoted to each other + ancient-era marriage before love + an old flame reignited + age and personality gap] Jiang Yao, the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family of Jinling, was eighteen when she married the head of the Pei family in the capital as his second wife. She came from a humble family and was marrying into a powerful one, on top of being a second wife. No one 75.2kReads9.1Score10.3k14d adds
- 119 Three and a Half Years as a Simp, Then the System Told Me I Had the Wrong Target 舔狗三年半，系统说我攻略错对象 [The physical edition of Abandon the Dark and Join Him, Volume One, is now available for purchase online] [The Second Male Lead's Redemption Arc] 1. Qiao Yin spent three years and eleven months fawning over Lu Jinzhi. Everyone in the capital knew she would marry no one but him, yet the System told her: She had pursued the wrong target. Qiao Yin: ... 2 Qiao Yin suddenly vanished from Lu Jinzhi's side. On the first day of her disappearance, Lu Jinzhi sneered: Just a little game of playing hard to 48.4kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds
- 120 While Others Build Careers, She Chases Handsome Men: Princess Taiping Turns All of Tang China Into Her Playground 别人搞事业她搞帅哥，太平公主渣翻全大唐 Everyone else builds careers, but she goes after handsome men: Princess Taiping wreaks havoc across the Tang Empire 19Reads—Score—14d adds
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Imperial Exam Triumph: The Strongest Female Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：最强女首辅
After finally becoming the first female heir in her family, she opens her eyes and finds herself back before the revolution. Her father is dead from the start, leaving her with a frail mother and three beautiful older sisters. She is the only son who can carry on the Cheng family line... Cheng Qing looks down at her slightly developed chest, wondering what on earth went wrong. Surrounded by scheming wolves, Cheng Qing, now with a new soul in her body, sets herself two small goals: First, keep pr
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- 122 A Hundred Ways to Win the Emperor's Heart in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧 Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen 12.3kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 123 Honor of Kings: While Others Become Heroes, I Become a Minion and Slack Off 王者：别人穿英雄，我穿峡谷小兵摆烂 Honor of Kings: Everyone else becomes a hero, but I become a minion in the Rift and slack off 13Reads—Score—14d adds
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Marrying Up 攀高枝
[Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping
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Reborn as the Emperor’s Favorite Concubine 重生之宠妃当道
[Childhood sweethearts + Chen Jiao reborn + Wei Zifu transmigrates + political intrigue] [Yes, the Chen Jiao you've been waiting for: the Han dynasty's ultimate rich beauty. Faithful to historical sources, no frustrating misunderstandings, satisfying and sweet.] In the first year of Houyuan, amid the shifting political currents at court, Chen Jiao is reborn with the help of a mysterious old Taoist! Her peerless beauty is unchanged in the bronze mirror, and her past life flashes through her mind
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Film and TV Crossover: Empresses in the Palace: The Gentle Poisonous Woman 综影视甄嬛传：温柔毒妇
Transmigration + System golden finger + palace and household intrigue + childbirth A fanfiction based on the TV drama Empresses in the Palace. 1. Zhen’s Mother (transmigrates to before she was married) (Completed) 2. An Lingrong (A Poisonous Woman Never Walks Alone) (Completed) 3. Nian Shilan (Kangxi’s Beloved Empress of a Hundred Years) (Completed) 4. Shen Meizhuang (No One Makes It Out Alive) 5. Ying Noble Lady (A Game That Could Get Your Entire Clan Executed) 6. Huanbi (Endless Green Lotus Le
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- 127 The Red-Browed Rebellion’s Greatest Heroine 赤眉第一女枭雄 The Red-Browed Rebellion’s First Female Warlord 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Locked in the Deep of Spring 锁春深 He Wucheng was renowned as a true gentleman. She chose him as her consort, cutting off his path to a brilliant future. She compared him to a mere entertainer and mocked him, making him crawl beneath her skirts. She relished the pleasure of dragging him down from his pedestal. She asked scornfully, “How does it feel to get by on your looks?” She wanted to see humiliation and resentment on his face, along with the look of someone forced to endure it. But he smiled, amusement in his eyes, and repli 69Reads6.7Score—14d adds
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The Return of the Legitimate Daughter: A Stunning Rebirth 嫡女归：惊风华
[Household intrigue + revenge + two equally formidable leads + no mindless wish fulfillment] At the age of eight, Su Wanxi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was framed and sent to the countryside, where she was forgotten by everyone. Ten years later, to secure a legitimate return to the prime minister’s residence, she had someone break the leg of her younger half-sister’s fiancé, Xie Yunqi. With careful planning and martial skills, she methodically brings down everyone who framed h
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- 130 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 70.3kReads9.7Score9.3k14d adds
- 131 Journey to the West: Everyone Lands in the Kingdom of Women, the Streets Are Full of Beauties, but Zhu Bajie Just Wants to Cry 西游：全员掉进女儿国，满街美人猪八戒却只想哭 The Whole Journey to the West Cast Falls Into the Kingdom of Women, and the Streets Are Full of Beauties, but Zhu Bajie Can Only Cry 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Is the Villainous Stepmother Having a Headache Again Today? 反派继母今天又头疼了吗！ [Transmigrate into a Book, Adorable Kids, Lighthearted, Feel-Good] At a critical moment in a corporate acquisition, Ruan Tao, who had been working through the night for several days, suddenly died. When she opens her eyes, she finds she’s transmigrated into a book and become the vicious stepmother villain. In the end, she’ll turn into a stumbling block in the romance between the male and female leads, and successfully get herself killed! Ruan Tao lazily crosses her legs and leisurely flips throu 3.1kReads9.2Score30514d adds
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I Died Pregnant, and After Being Reborn, My Ex-Husband's Whole Family Gets Sent to the Crematorium 挺孕肚惨死，重生前夫全家火葬场
[Fake and real heiresses + medical skills + groveling ex + extremely satisfying face-slapping + the crown prince returns from the dead and spoils her rotten!] After the crown prince died in battle, the emperor personally betrothed Xie Yunyan, his childhood fiancée, to Song Huaizhi, the top scholar of that year's imperial exams. But after they married, she learned that he had a mistress he loved more than life itself. The mistress refused to be a concubine and died in a fire. Song Huaizhi came to
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- 134 Transmigrated to the Viking Age: I Conquer the North Sea by Playing It Safe 穿越维京：我靠苟道称霸北海 Transmigrated to the Viking Age: I Rule the North Sea by Keeping My Head Down 95Reads—Score214d adds
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After Seeing the Comments, the Supporting Actress Ruins Her Scumbag Husband's Family 看见弹幕后，女配让渣夫家破人亡
[Historical romance + palace intrigue and household drama + on-screen comments + awakened supporting villainess + sinister, possessive regent] For five years after marrying into the Lu family, Shen Qingwan worked herself to the bone, toiling day and night. Her family's distillery alone kept the Lus afloat after they were exiled to the northwestern frontier. When the new emperor ascended the throne, the Lu family received an amnesty and was allowed to return to the capital. To help her husband re
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- 136 The Third Year After His Wife Left 夫人走的第三年 Widower romance / bitter-sweet second chances / a touch of angst / bickering couple The heir to the Duke of Liang's household has been a widower for three years. Everyone in the capital says he has mourned his wife for three years, proof of how deeply he loved her. Only he knows the truth: he got promoted, got rich, and his wife died. What a wonderful life! From then on, he could indulge in cockfighting and dog racing, with no one to hold him back. But... the nights were cold, and strange things 13.5kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
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The Peerless Little Princess Consort 绝世小俏妃
[A funny, charming princess consort + a scheming prince who fiercely protects his own + a manipulative woman + a wickedly seductive and mysterious Holy Lord, and more...] [Sweet romance + comedy + from scum to love + perfect ending] What does it feel like to fall in love with your enemy? The day he led his troops to invade her country, the sun shone brightly. The seventh prince of Beijiang, Mu Beiming, cut an imposing figure in his black armor. Even with a fearsome mask hiding his face, his shar
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- 138 Don’t Call Bajie a Lecher, I Just Want a Home 别骂八戒好色，我只是想有个家 Don’t Call Bajie a Lecher, I Just Want a Home 104Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Sweet Little Nanny, Kissed Until She Begs for Mercy by a Mad Tycoon 娇软小奶娘，疯批权贵吻到求饶
A gentle, sweet little bunny vs. a domineering, unhinged man. Forced possession + a battlefield of rival suitors + both leads are sexually inexperienced. He Niang never dreamed of climbing the social ladder. She only wanted to be a proper wet nurse, but her body was strange: she could nurse children despite being unmarried and unable to conceive! Then, one rainy night, he cornered her in a dark room, his burning fingertips gripping her chin as he asked in a hoarse voice, “Just how many secrets i
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- 140 One Man, One Minister 一人臣 In everyone’s eyes, Ji Ya was a brutal, debauched empress. To the great general Mo Lengzun, she was also a scheming, selfish, and sinister villain! But none of them knew she was terminally ill and had little time left... Everything she did was for the people of Donghao. Even as she died, everyone still hated her... 245Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 141 Three Battles with the White Bone Demon? I, Old Zhu, Can’t Bear to Do It 三打白骨精？俺老猪舍不得 Three Fights Against the White Bone Demon? I, Old Zhu, Can’t Bear to Do It 80Reads—Score—14d adds
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Jiaojiao's Joyful Years 姣姣岁欢
Jiang Suihuan marries Qin Huaijing, a royal relative whose family has fallen on hard times, bringing a generous dowry with her. On their wedding night, before they can consummate the marriage, he leaves her to fend for herself in the manor. Two years later, Qin Huaijing is selected by the court to become the Crown Prince of Great Jin. Jiang Suihuan thinks that her husband’s rise will make her Crown Princess. Instead, her husband returns victorious from the battlefield and tells her that a lowbor
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After Fleeing the Chaotic Era, I Became the Founding Empress 乱世逃亡后，我成了开国女帝
[Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The
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- 144 Resentment Runs Deep in Spring 怨春深 [Faithful to each other | Both reborn | He pursues her and begs forgiveness | Happy ending | Torment before rebirth, devotion after] Xu Rongrong, daughter of a sixth-rank court official in the Ministry of Works of the Great Zhou dynasty, was reborn after her death. Before she was reborn, her own father showed her no affection and her stepmother abused her. She nearly gave her life just to marry the man she loved, Mu Rong, the Marquis of Weiyuan, only to suffer endless humiliation in his househol 980Reads7.3Score10714d adds
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Betrothed to the Mad King, the Legitimate Princess Turns the Tables 赐婚疯王，嫡妃掀了棋局
The whole capital was betting on how many days the legitimate daughter of the Shen family would survive after marrying into Prince Jing's household. An imperial decree announced that I was to marry Xie Shaochen, the Seventh Prince, a madman plagued by coughing fits and notorious for slaughtering without mercy. People pitied me, saying I'd walked straight into the Prince Jing household, a den of death. They didn't know this wasn't a den of death at all. It was a trap, laid by the man on the th
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The Empress Ran 冉后
Ran Hu was made a Jieyu concubine as soon as she entered the palace. On her very first day, she was summoned to the emperor’s bedchamber and granted the title of Chen, cherished like a rare treasure. Her peerless beauty and her younger brother’s illustrious military achievements as Marquis of Chang’an gave her the confidence to act as she pleased in the harem. The two souls who had come from a later age ultimately left a lasting mark on this strange world.
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- 147 The Concubine's Easygoing Days in the Prince's Manor 王府待妾的躺赢日常 After transmigrating into the lowest-ranking concubine in the prince’s manor, Lin Sui’an decides to lie flat and keep her head down: no fighting for favor, no business ventures, no palace schemes. She just wants to get to bed early. When she first arrives at the manor, the prince is aloof, the princess consort is kind, and everything seems peaceful. She thinks she can settle in and take it easy. But after one night in the prince’s favor, she becomes pregnant, and murderous schemes erupt through 81Reads—Score10014d adds
- 148 Bewitching Yulang: The Cold, Powerful Official's Quest for Love 惹玉郎：清冷权臣追妻记 The rating just came out, so it might be pretty low ⑉꒦ິ^꒦ິ⑉꧞ [Both leads are reborn. They gradually come to understand each other and fall in love; a slice-of-life romance where the aloof, untouchable beauty falls from her pedestal and goes mad for love. Set in an imaginary world.] A gentle, beautiful, well-bred young lady × a cool, taciturn powerbroker In her previous life, Xie Wanmian married the man she loved, Meng Heqing. After the wedding, she devoted herself to serving her husband and his 580Reads7.3Score10114d adds
- 149 I Became the Indestructible Cockroach of the Three Kingdoms, and No One Can Kill Me 活成三国不死小强，谁都杀不掉我 I’ve Become the Undying Cockroach of the Three Kingdoms, and No One Can Kill Me 74Reads—Score214d adds
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The Reckless Abandoned Daughter: The Poisonous Consort Strikes Hard 弃女轻狂：毒妃狠嚣张
A 21st-century all-around agent transmigrates and nearly falls victim to her own mother’s murderous hand. They call her a good-for-nothing who can’t cultivate, worse than a beggar? Bai Huang gives a cold laugh. With a rare treasure in hand, all five of her elemental talents are unleashed. Even the War God has to step aside if he wants to take her as a disciple. She adopts adorable spirit pets, and all beasts bow to her as a crowd of underlings eagerly awaits her favor. A master of both medicine
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