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  1. 101 Snow Flecked with Gold 捻金雪 Ancient Romance628k WordsCompleted [Sly scheming minister + clever beauty + unhinged characters + devoted couple + happy ending + sweet romance] Tea comes in red and green; people come in decent and fake. Be sly but not cruel, ruthless enough to hold your ground. Dote on your wife without limits, and know how to love your partner. Sweet, but never cloying. Want to learn? Pay your tuition and come on over... [laughs][laughs][laughs] 237Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  2. 102 The Minister Beneath Her Skirts: She Makes the Prince Regent Bow to Her 裙下权臣:她引摄政王折腰 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Scheming heroine + power struggles + palace and household intrigue + strong female lead + prince + revenge and cathartic payback + mutual healing] In her previous life, Xie Deyin was sent by her husband, the Marquis of Pingyang, to the bed of a powerful regent to curry favor with him. She bore a son, only for her husband and his favored concubine to murder the child. Reborn, Xie Deyin vows to rise to the pinnacle of power, crush the scumbag and expose the fake saintess. She deliberately approac 11.3kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
  3. 103 I Can't Tame Him, So the Tyrannical Official Raises Someone Else's Little Sister Until He Goes Mad 教不乖,佞臣替人养妹被逼疯 Ancient Romance489k WordsCompleted [Completed. Traditional historical romance + a disgraced, murderous eunuch wielding immense imperial power + a pitiful girl dependent on others + two people with more schemes than you can count] The young general was a wolf fighting on the battlefield, with a soft, fair little rabbit sister tucked away at home, tempting everyone who saw her. When the general died in battle, the frivolous, lecherous nobles raided the rabbit's burrow. Before they could even get a taste, Xie Kan, the chief eunuch o 4.7kReads8.9Score628Shelves
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  4. 104 Good Grief! I Woke Up as the Traitorous Official's Wife, Destined to Die Young 夭寿啦!一睁眼穿成奸臣早死原配 Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted Shen Heng transmigrates into an alternate history as the secret first wife of Xie Jian, the most notorious corrupt chancellor of all time, and finds herself on the way to elope with someone. She doesn't even know where to begin complaining. This is what the Record of True Chancellors says about Xie Jian: Xie Jian, courtesy name Zixuan, was the last chancellor of the Great Cong Dynasty. Through his own efforts, he brought down the dynasty, which had stood for over six hundred years. His life: He 16.9kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
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  5. 105 Reborn as the Powerful Minister's Most Cherished One 重生后成了权臣的心尖宠 Ancient Romance696k WordsCompleted On her wedding day, the red silk turns to a white noose. Wen Liuli helps her husband, Chu Jingfu, ascend the throne, only for her entire family to be executed. What she does not know is that the regent, Xie Jingyuan, sacrifices his chance at reincarnation to defy fate and change hers! Living again, Wen Liuli tears away her half-sister’s mask of benevolence, cuts off Chu Jingfu’s path to the throne, and reclaims a thousandfold what she suffered in her previous life! But Xie Jingyuan, whose power 334Reads8.7Score103Shelves
  6. 106 The Chief Minister's Farmhouse Bride 首辅家的农门小娇妻 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Gu Yuan woke up transmigrated as the cannon-fodder female lead in a novel, and from the start she was already at odds with the male and female leads. Knowing the miserable fate awaiting her, Gu Yuan only wanted to live to see the ending. At lightning speed, she broke off her engagement with the original male lead and picked a cripple to marry. But this cripple... was stunningly handsome. As a certified pretty-boy enthusiast, Gu Yuan was delighted. After forcing Gu Yuan to marry a “crippled husba 6.5kReads8.8Score693Shelves
  7. 107 I Transmigrated into the Younger Sister of a Powerful Official and Stole the Villain Away 穿成权臣妹妹,我拐跑了反派大佬 Ancient Romance624k WordsCompleted Lu Xiangan transmigrated into a book, becoming an insignificant little side character the author killed off with a single line. She has a county magistrate for a father who is carefree but dotes on his wife and daughter, a shrewd and worldly mother who knows how to handle everyone, and a cool, domineering elder brother who is a young prodigy. Five-year-old Xiangan puts her hands on her nonexistent hips. “My dream is to be a happy freeloader! The heroine can do whatever she wants!” But then... Wa 4.6kReads9.0Score598Shelves
  8. 108 The Chancellor Is Hard to Flirt With: Cold in Public, Wild with Desire in Private 宰辅不经撩,人前清冷人后欲又野 Ancient Romance589k WordsCompleted [For all the aunties out there, come on in] [Once the older, powerful minister discovers the pleasures of the bedroom, he spoils his wife without restraint] Ling Wanqiu was the laughingstock of the capital’s elite. Everyone said she was a complete idiot. At a flower-viewing banquet, her half-sister and fiancé led the crowd in humiliating her, and she was literally laughed to death. When she opened her eyes again, someone else had taken over her body: a modern socialite academy owner and queen of 66.3kReads7.3Score7.8kShelves
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  9. 109 The Chief Minister Says He Dares Not Divorce Me 首辅大人说他不敢和离 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [1V1, adored by everyone, hidden identity revealed, System] [Genius medical PhD carrying a medical System × cold-hearted young marquis bent on seizing the throne] Headline: Genius medical PhD dies a tragic death in the lab! Mu Rubao thinks life is one big melodrama. Dying was bad enough, but then she transmigrated into the body of a madwoman. Now that's a disaster! She gets a husband for free, and he's on the verge of kicking the bucket? No way. She has to save him! Remarriage is hard in ancient 1kReads8.2Score131Shelves
  10. 110 Has Lord Xu Broken His Vow of Abstinence Today? 禁欲的徐大人今天破戒了吗 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted A new restaurant has opened in Huayang City. Its proprietor is a pretty young widow, with a slender willow waist you could barely encircle with one hand and a gaze that seems to hook you in... People have taken to calling her the “Beguiling Blossom Proprietress.” The stern prefect, who has always kept his desires in check, darkened at the sight and scolded her coldly: “Shameless and depraved!” Later, the aloof Lord Xu, who never paid attention to women, met the beguiling and enchanting proprie 4.1kReads9.3Score570Shelves
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  11. 111 Your Majesty, the Frail Beauty Deserves to Be Cherished 陛下,病弱美人得娇养 Two Male Leads763k WordsCompleted [Yandere + Mutual Devotion + Redemption] The young official of the Court of Judicial Review, a sickly beauty who pants with every step, is actually a treacherous minister despised by everyone. Mo Yanyu: “Everyone in this world wants to be a gentleman. Since that’s the case, I’ll be the villain.” He is ruthless and merciless, and everyone steers clear of him. One day, Mo Yanyu says, “I think we could work together.” A haughty prince raises an eyebrow. “That depends on how sincere you are.” Mo Yan 2.6kReads9.5Score454Shelves
  12. 112 My Beloved, Through Every Dawn and Dusk 卿是朝朝暮暮 Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted Shen Yunshu studied archaeology and had been working for just two years. She loved history, and her favorite dynasty was the Rong Dynasty. A few days ago, she had read an unofficial history of the Rong Dynasty's royal family. Little did she expect that after falling asleep, she would wake up in the Rong Dynasty, sent there by the heavens, as Shen Yunshu, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family of Prince Zhenbei's residence. She had transmigrated to her favorite dynasty and become a descendant 24.4kReads9.4Score3kShelves
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  13. 113 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Married the Villain and Was Spoiled Into a Couch Potato 穿书后,嫁给反派被宠成咸鱼 Ancient Romance411k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + marriage first, love later + lighthearted and a little goofy + sweet romance, both leads are each other’s first and only] After more than twenty years of struggling to grow up, Qin Fei transmigrated into a book and wanted nothing more than to lie low. But her original character was destined to be cannon fodder, so to save herself and change her fate, she gritted her teeth and married the ruthless, vicious villain of the story. The book said that Cen Hejue was a notori 2kReads9.0Score256Shelves
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  14. 114 After Flirting with the Wrong Powerful Official, I Was Spoiled Rotten 错撩权臣后,我被娇养了 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The thing Bai Qingqing regretted most in her previous life was meeting Fu Yi at a flower-viewing banquet. After years of marriage, she knew he was cold-hearted, but never imagined that when the Bai family fell into trouble, he would poison his wife and marry his cousin! Her only comfort before she died was hearing that an upright and kindhearted Lord Ning had stood up for the Bai family and pleaded their case. Reborn, she went to find Lord Ning with a sachet, only to discover that he was anythin 1.5kReads8.9Score287Shelves
  15. 115 Help! The Soft and Adorable Little Mermaid Has Caught the Regent's Eye 救命!软萌小人鱼被摄政王盯上了 Ancient Romance371k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Both Devoted to Each Other + One-on-One] Delicate, Soft-Hearted, Tearful Beauty VS Wicked, Abstinent, Cunning Prince Regent In the South Sea lives a little mermaid with peach-blossom skin and a face as lovely as a lotus. One day, a prophecy reveals that the cruel and tyrannical Prince Regent has his way with her in a dream. The frightened little mermaid wants nothing more than to put as much distance between them as possible. Gazing at the delicate, fragile girl before him, Si M 1.4kReads8.9Score180Shelves
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  16. 116 Trapped in a Book as the Demon Queen: The Sickly Regent Is No Gentleman at Night 书穿妖后:病娇摄政王每晚不当人 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the Great Zhou’s most notorious empress, Su Ruo barely has time to enjoy herself before her life is in danger. A patriotic System comes knocking, asking her to support the young emperor and change the fate of the Great Zhou’s fall. ??? She’s the wicked empress everyone wants dead! Never mind that the young emperor is hopelessly incompetent. Picking a fight with the regent, who holds all the power at court, is just asking to die young, isn’t it? Patriotic System: The reg 2.2kReads9.4Score301Shelves
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  17. 117 Reborn, I Forced the Cold, Powerful Official to Marry Me 重生后我强娶了高冷权臣 Ancient Romance514k WordsCompleted In her previous life, the Princess of Donghuang of the Prince Wu’s Manor was betrayed. She watched her elder brother die before her eyes, while the man she had always hated died shielding her from an arrow. Reborn at fifteen, she protects her loved ones, kills her enemies, punishes scoundrels, and executes traitors. One day, the young Princess of Donghuang shows up at the residence of the illustrious Chancellor Rong, leaving everyone stunned. “Rong Jin, will you marry me?” But who knew he would 120Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  18. 118 The Tough Farm Wife: The Playboy Heir Is Sweet and Flirtatious 农门悍妻:纨绔世子甜又撩 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The short drama The Tough Farmhouse Wife: The Heir Apparent Is Sweet and Flirtatious is now streaming on Hongguo and Tomato!] [Secret identity + taking down villains + sweet romance + comedy] Su Tong transmigrates into a book as a military prostitute who has been sold for ten years and has a tarnished reputation. A fake heir apparent personally proposes to her, figuring that her bad reputation means no one will stand up for her if she dies. Su Tong also thinks that an idle, useless male support 5.6kReads9.3Score722Shelves
  19. 119 A Joyful Scheme for You 谋卿欢 Ancient Romance216k WordsOngoing Ah! Being haughty is fun for a while, but chasing your wife means licking her boots till the end. In the quiet room, they could hear each other breathing. Wei Qingsalt murmured, “Shimi, can’t you like me just a little? If you could like me just a little, then I could make you like me a little more.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  20. 120 The Little Palace Maid's Thoughts Were Read 小宫女被读心了 Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the 15kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
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  21. 121 The Caged Prize: The Alluring Concubine 笼中之物之尤物小外室 Ancient Romance438k WordsCompleted 1.5kReads8.1Score—Shelves
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  22. 122 Forced Into a Marriage to Bring Good Fortune, She Became a Powerful Minister’s Treasure 被迫冲喜后,她成了权臣掌中宝 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The heir of the Duke of Jingguo is on the brink of death, carried back from the battlefield covered in blood. Rumors spread through the capital that the duke’s household is seeking a girl with a compatible birth chart to marry him and bring him good fortune. Suddenly, every unmarried woman in the city is on edge. Ye Jialan is an orphan, sold off by her own grandmother and uncle to bring good fortune to the groom. She thinks she’ll simply be moving somewhere new to keep being ignored, but who wo 13Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. 123 The Treacherous Minister Can't Resist Her Allure 奸臣不经撩 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Later, when Shen Gongchen pressed her too hard, Liu Suisui covered her face and wept. She was terribly aggrieved. “My father died, my mother remarried, and I have no one to rely on. I came all the way to the capital just to marry a rich husband. What’s wrong with that?” Shen Gongchen pressed her at every turn. “He has to be rich? Why not rich and powerful?” Liu Suisui raised her eyes ever so slightly and gave him a shy, coquettish glance. After a long pause, she asked softly, “Uncle… do you like 11.6kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
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  24. 124 Ink-Washed Orchid Pavilion 墨染兰亭 Ancient Romance415k WordsCompleted Her mother had only ever told Rong Yan that when she grew up, she must never choose a military man as her husband. If she married one, she would spend her whole life on tenterhooks. But her mother had never told her that civil officials might not be any better than military men. They delighted in manipulating the shifting tides of power, scheming and plotting, and putting themselves in the thick of it. Wasn't that just as dangerous as walking on a knife's edge? They might even draw you into thei 15kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
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  25. 125 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 31.1kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
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  26. 126 A Seductive Concubine, Cherished in the Powerful Minister’s Palm 庶色撩人,权臣掌心娇 Ancient Romance112k WordsOngoing [Scheming, flirtatious heroine + calculating, ascetic hero] As a concubine-born daughter, Fu Qingyi seemed to know from childhood how to hide her talents and use her obedient exterior to lull people into a false sense of security. By the time she turned fourteen, the girl who had once gone unnoticed suddenly shone like a pearl emerging from the dust... In a complicated world, a young woman plots her future. One unexpected intrusion sends her tumbling straight into the arms of Xiao Shiyan, the 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 127 A Handbook of the Lady's Sweet Indulgence 夫人娇宠手册 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn, Qin Wanyan wants nothing more than to stay away from Wen Yanchen, that aloof and untouchable man, and she tries every possible way to break off their engagement. But he always has a counter for every move she makes, refusing to let her get her way. In the end, Wen Yanchen corners her against a wall. “You have two choices. First, you become my wife. Second, I become your husband.” 929Reads8.6Score117Shelves
  28. 128 After the Aloof Prime Minister Reads Her Mind, the Cannon-Fodder Concubine Turns the Tables 高冷首辅读心后,炮灰姨娘开挂了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate-into-a-book maid + mind-reading chief councilor + rise to power in the inner household + raising gifted kids] Luo Yun, a modern-day overworked office worker, transmigrates into a book as the daughter of Su Jinci's wet nurse. Su Jinci is a celibate chief councilor. After just three days as a maid in the Duke's mansion, her “fertile constitution” gets her assigned as the chief councilor's bedchamber maid. She becomes a lowly maid whom anyone can bully. The Duke's mansion is a workpl 10.4kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves
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  29. 129 Only After Being Reborn Did I Learn I Was the Cool and Aloof Minister's White Moonlight 重生才知,我竟是清冷权臣白月光 Ancient Romance661k WordsCompleted [Revenge on scumbags + sweet romance + switched marriages + reborn heroine vs. transmigrated heroine + a seemingly aloof, secretly twisted beauty] In her previous life, Chu Mingyuan learned only as she lay dying that the younger sister who had secretly been sleeping with her husband was not born to her late mother. She was actually a concubine-born daughter who had been switched at birth by a concubine. Chu Mingyuan died with regrets. Thankfully, Heaven took pity on her, and after her death she 8.7kReads8.9Score901Shelves
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  30. 130 Reborn as the Villainess, I Run Away Pregnant, and the Cold, Powerful Official Pursues Me to the Ends of the Earth 重生女配带球跑,清冷权臣追断腿 Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [The Wife-Chasing Crematorium, the Second Male Lead Takes the Crown] On the day Fu Ci married, Jiang Wan went into a difficult labor. As she lay at death’s door, she thought back on her brief life and could only feel that it had all been absurd and laughable. Her father was a treacherous minister. After his crimes were exposed, his entire clan was sentenced to execution. Fu Ci was a brilliant prodigy, the youngest prime minister in the realm. For her sake, he set aside his pride and knelt in the 10.3kReads8.9Score595Shelves
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  31. 131 The Physiognomist's Wife: Transmigrated as a Sickly Young Master's Little Ancestor 相师娘子:穿成病娇的小祖宗 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Fourth Prince Xiao Yu is plagued by a strange illness. When it flares up, he feels unbearably ashamed and sinks into utter self-loathing. Even when the light of his beloved shines on him, he shrinks away, afraid to accept it. Only after that light grows weary and leaves to shine on someone else does Xiao Yu feel as if the sky has fallen. At last, he understands just how much he has lost. From that day on, the world loses a frail, insecure prince and gains a sickly, obsessive, darkened powerhouse 430Reads9.1Score—Shelves
  32. 132 The Regent’s Caged Sparrow Has Flown Away 摄政王的笼中雀飞走了 Ancient Romance512k WordsCompleted (Both leads are devoted to each other, traditional historical romance, marriage first and love later, a long road to winning back his wife, not a wish-fulfillment story) “Not bad-looking.” He stroked her beautiful face, his smile wicked. “A virtuous woman makes a wife; beauty belongs in the bedchamber. You are unworthy of being my wife!” On their wedding night, Mo Xuanyuan demoted Lou Mingyue from wife to concubine. Later, he demoted her again, making her a bedchamber maid. She endured every har 329Reads7.3Score111Shelves
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  33. 133 Reborn to Marry the Villain, Backed by the Regent, I Went on a Killing Spree 重生嫁反派,摄政王撑腰,杀疯了 Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Medicine] Jiang Shining and Nangong Yu were betrothed as children. They grew up together, a perfect match in looks and talent. At her birthday banquet, she was overjoyed, thinking it would be the formal betrothal ceremony for the two of them. Instead, she learned that her father and brother had died in battle, and Nangong Yu stormed in with troops, accusing the Jiang family of treason. Tortured until she wished she were dead, Jiang Shining watc 380Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 134 Reborn as a Noblewoman of the Marquis's Estate 重生之侯府良女 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Gu Yuqi was born into a prestigious family as the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household. She was beautiful, accomplished in both letters and arms, and ambitious beyond the heavens. She fell in love with him at first sight and insisted on marrying him. Even as his secondary wife, she was perfectly content. She planned for him throughout her life, devoted herself to his success, and helped him rise step by step until he became the most powerful man under heaven. But what did she get in t 221Reads7.8Score173Shelves
  35. 135 On the Night of My Burial, I Brought the God of War Prince Back from the Dead 陪葬夜,我让战神王爷起死回生 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Short drama adaptation: "A Doctor’s Graceful Colors" Animated adaptation: "A Doctor’s Graceful Colors: The Prince’s Beloved" [Hilarious + Transmigration + Sweet romance + Obsessive love + Devoted pairing + Imperial physician heroine + Palace and household intrigue + Inspirational] I was a military doctor with a PhD when I transmigrated, only to find myself about to be buried alive as a sacrifice for the dead God of War, the Prince? I grabbed the burial offerings and ran, planning to live in luxu 20.9kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
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  36. 136 After Being Reborn, My Five Brothers Beg Me in Tears to Return Home 重生后,五个哥哥哭着求我回府 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Currently being published] [She chases him after the breakup + sweet romance + satisfying read] In her previous life, Jiang You'an was a cannon-fodder side character in a novel where the whole family doted on the heroine. Her entire family favored her younger sister, and she was beaten to death with clubs. After being reborn, she refuses to repeat her past mistakes, only to discover that her family regrets everything and begs for her forgiveness. Everyone wants to make amends? Hah, I’m not int 7.7kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
  37. 137 Dreaming with the Cold, Powerful Official: The Sweetheart Blushes and Her Heart Races 与清冷权臣共梦,娇娇脸红心跳 Ancient Romance240k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted couple] Fourth Miss Jiang lost both her parents when she was young. She has spent years hidden away in the inner quarters of the Jiang household, never meeting anyone. After coming of age, rumors spread that she is ugly and timid as a mouse, prompting her fiancé to break off their engagement. But on the day the engagement is called off, the man who arrives isn’t her fiancé. It’s his uncle, the man who visits her dreams every night. Jiang Fu has a secret. Ever since she c 12.7kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
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  38. 138 You Made Me Take the Fall, So I'll Give You a Knuckle Sandwich 你让我背锅,我给你一个大鼻窦 Ancient Romance149k WordsCompleted [The rise of an empress] After her boss stabbed her in the back and made her the scapegoat, the company fired her. Then Ji Xiangwan was reborn, into a dynasty she had never heard of, as the daughter of a grand tutor. To her shock, the people around her looked just like the coworkers who had betrayed and framed her at her old company. She awakened to her new life: taking down lechers, outsmarting scheming women, and tearing corrupt officials to pieces. In this life, she would live freely and be a —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 139 The Treacherous Minister 佞臣 Mystery549k WordsCompleted [Amnesiac, Highly Skilled Detective X Cold-on-the-Outside, Warm-Hearted Eunuch in Power] [Historical fantasy + Mystery-solving + Two Beautiful, Powerful, Tragic Leads + Taking Another's Place + Marriage Before Love + Amnesia] After Zhao Yuqing is gravely wounded and loses her memory, she wanders to Jianzhou, where she is rescued by the kindhearted young lady of the Jia family. To repay her, Zhao Yuqing, gifted with both martial prowess and intelligence, solves the Jia family's murder case, only 808Reads9.1Score125Shelves
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  40. 140 After the Mad Imperial Preceptor Took Me by Force 被疯批国师强取豪夺后 Ancient Romance783k WordsCompleted Based on the original novel of Youku’s web drama Eternal Night’s Long Dawn [Mad Male Lead VS Stubborn Female Lead] [Both Pure and Faithful + Traditional Historical Romance + Love by Force + Sweet and Angsty + Happy Ending] Xie Wanyin, the legitimate daughter of the Xie family, lost her mother at eight. Her father remarried, and she was sent to grow up in her maternal grandmother’s home. Years later, she returned to the Xie household, wanting nothing more than to avoid conflict and focus on g 3.1kReads9.4Score394Shelves
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  41. 141 Cherished by the Powerful: The Lord Chancellor’s Darling 盛宠:权臣大人的掌心娇 Ancient Romance150k WordsCompleted (Rebirth + pampered romance + political intrigue + household drama + 1v1 + devoted couple) Reborn on the day of her wedding, Chu Jiaojiao decides not to run away! Remembering the miserable fate she suffered after fleeing her wedding in her previous life, Chu Jiaojiao vows to cling tightly to the powerful minister’s leg! On their wedding night “Husband~” A sweet, bone-melting voice comes from beneath the veil. Gu Chen raises an eyebrow, stroking his thumb ring with his right hand before giving a 1.6kReads9.1Score200Shelves
  42. 142 When the Sparrow Takes Flight 惊雀起 Ancient Romance841k WordsCompleted [Clear-Eyed, Scheming Physician × Distinguished, Cunning Powerbroker] The Relentless Pursuit of a Wife + Romantic Tension + Political Intrigue Without Mindless Wish Fulfillment On a rainy night, she kneels outside the Lu residence. “Please... save my younger sister.” “Song Yuanzhi, you're the daughter of a disgraced official. You have nothing. Why should I help you?” Lu Shiyan asks coldly. She looks up, determination flashing in her eyes. “If you save my sister... I'll give you my virtue, Brothe 1.5kReads8.2Score163Shelves
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  43. 143 I Won't Pursue This Lingering Regret 不赴长恨 Ancient Romance230k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate + both pure + defying fate + love grows over time + a mix of sweetness and angst] The goofy yet down-to-earth “Yang Yuhuan” vs. the reserved but calculating “Prince Shou” “Though heaven and earth may one day end, this sorrow will last without end.” From Song of Everlasting Sorrow In the 21st century, Yang Xiaoyu braved a downpour to watch a performance. She couldn't see anything romantic about this love story of an older man and a younger woman, built on coercion and taking by for 45Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 144 The Trouble-Making Disciple 惹祸的徒弟 Ancient Romance555k WordsCompleted Because of natural disasters, the people of Liangcheng in Tianguo suffer from severe hunger. With no choice but to leave their hometown to survive, they head for the prosperous capital. A mother and son cling to each other as they make the arduous journey of a thousand li. By the time they reach the outskirts of the capital, the unfortunate mother is on the verge of death from hunger. Looking at her young son, she hopes some kindhearted person will take him in so he won’t starve to death. After 1.7kReads6.9Score103Shelves
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  45. 145 Reborn, I Turned Around and Married the Emperor's Uncle, Then Tore the Scumbag to Pieces 重生后转身嫁皇叔手撕渣男 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Handsome, Tragic, Scheming Prince + Bright, Resilient, Delicate Heroine + Married First, Love Later + One-on-One, Both Leads Are Each Other’s One and Only] A sweet romance, not a strong-female-lead story. The leads had no connection in their previous lives; after the heroine is reborn, they marry first and fall in love later. Su Lingyue grew up without a mother, unloved by her father and disliked by her stepmother. After marrying, she was tricked by the Crown Prince and her own younger sister, 57Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 146 Reborn: The Legend of the Female Emperor 重生之女帝传奇 Ancient Romance334k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was a princess who loved armor more than finery and made a name for herself in battle. For her lover, she left the battlefield and donned fine clothes, only to be confined to the inner quarters and conspired against and killed by her lover and her younger brother, who had become emperor. He was a brave and battle-hardened young general, unmatched in courage. After returning victorious, he should have been rewarded with promotion, but a treacherous minister falsely accus 23Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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  47. 147 My Archrival Treats Me Like His One True Love 死对头拿我当心头肉 Ancient Romance267k WordsCompleted [A formidable female spy VS a refined, depraved grand minister] [Ancient romance + pseudo-taboo + espionage + spies + political intrigue and martial world, the heroine plays the pig to eat the tiger] Shen Ji is a powerful minister at court. Though he seems as pure as moonlight and a gentle breeze, he is ruthless, willing to trample even his own kin's lives to climb higher. Ning Xun is a spy who will stop at nothing to obtain intelligence, and her actions make Shen Ji pursue her relentlessly. Dur 116Reads—Score—Shelves
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  48. 148 The Powerful Minister I Married in Her Place: The Divine Healer's Daily Revenge 替嫁权臣,神医锦鲤的虐渣日常 Ancient Romance477k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [Palace and Household Intrigue] [Subverting Expectations] [Medical Arts and Space] [Lighthearted and Witty] A genius doctor transmigrates and wakes up as a pitiful bride sent to marry in someone else's place? And she's supposed to bring good fortune to a man who's on his deathbed? Gu Jin smiles. What a coincidence, this is exactly her specialty! With a pocket dimension and miraculous healing skills, the talentless, virtue-free legitimate daughter of the Marquis's household becom 2.1kReads8.7Score212Shelves
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  49. 149 Eight Years After They Cast Me Out, the General’s Entire Household Kneels and Calls Me Ancestor 被弃八年后,将军府上下跪喊祖宗 Ancient Romance104k WordsCompleted A timid country bumpkin × a scheming, unhinged rich playboy Abandoned for eight years, she has finally returned. Her father is dead, her mother has gone mad, and everyone in the Yan household has either fled or started grabbing whatever they can. The only one left behind, her five-year-old little brother, is being forced by creditors to hang himself to pay off their debts. The simple-minded girl is terrified and at a loss. Then, guided by her transmigrated younger sister, 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 150 The Princess Consort Is Poor and Miserable, and Loves to Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger 王妃她又穷又苦,还喜欢扮猪吃虎 Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted Wen Yu, the chancellor's son famous throughout the capital, was a good-for-nothing who spent all day shirking his studies and loafing around. The night before, her father had just dragged her out of a brothel. The next day, she passed the imperial examinations and came first. Not a single person in the capital believed she could place first. They all marveled that she had such a good father! Even Wen Yu herself found it hard to believe. She couldn't help asking her father, “Did you bribe the exa 4.7kReads9.2Score482Shelves

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