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  1. 51 The Lonely Spring in an Empty Courtyard Comes Late 寂寞空庭春欲晚 Ancient Romance172k WordsCompleted A duet of flute and reed instruments brings about a tangled romance in a golden age. In the spring of the eighteenth year of the Kangxi reign, the emperor traveled to Baoding for a hunting expedition. That night, Nalan Rongruo, a palace guard who had accompanied the emperor, heard him play “Moonrise” on an iron reed. From a spot far from the camp, someone played along on a flute. Nalan recognized the flutist as Linlang, his cousin, who had been taken into the palace. He could not help showing hi 1.3kReads9.2Score221Shelves
  2. 52 Year After Year, We Never Shared a Moment of Joy 岁岁无相欢 Ancient Romance80k WordsCompleted [Young Emperor ✖️ Princess Sent to Marry for Peace] [Tragic Ending] After Nanlin is defeated, Jiang Yueqian, the legitimate princess, shoulders the mission of securing peace and embarks on a marriage alliance, becoming Consort Shu to Emperor Xie Yunshen of the Great Liang. Within Qiwugong Palace, behind the seemingly noble image of a phoenix perched in a parasol tree, lie an emperor's unfathomable heart and a deadly struggle in the inner palace. Before her stand a dignified, calculating empress 63Reads—Score—Shelves
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  3. 53 A Moonlit Wish 月明愿 Ancient Romance108k WordsCompleted [Tragic historical romance with a bad ending, slow start and strong payoff] [Those who love each other may not end up together, and those who do may not truly love each other] [In this world, perhaps the hardest things to obtain are not money and power] [The hardest thing to find is a heart that never changes] Preface: A thousand years ago, the realm was divided in two. The Celestial Dynasty and the Southern Wu Dynasty each claimed half the territory. Fearing the military might of Southern Wu, 141Reads—Score—Shelves
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  4. 54 Your Majesty, Your Moonlight Has Returned 陛下您的白月光回来了 Ancient Romance382k WordsCompleted [Resurrected first love VS ruthless emperor left a widower to raise a child alone | Devoted romance + Possessive love + Chasing his wife to the crematorium] Lan Shu was an orphan, living under someone else's roof. Just because Prince Yong looked at her twice, her uncle sent her to his bed, and she became a bird in his cage. After five years together, she heard him say, “She's only a kept woman. She's not worth the trouble.” Lan Shu's heart turned completely cold. When Prince Yong ascended the th 18kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
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  5. 55 The Emperor's Bone-Deep Love 蚀骨帝王爱 Ancient Romance641k WordsCompleted [An unparalleled beauty of a heroine + tragic romance (BE) + not mutually devoted + scum male lead + second male lead takes over later] In the first half of her life, Su Li is tortured until she’s covered in scars. After having flesh cut from her, being drained of blood, and having her face disfigured, she’s thrown into a river in a pig cage. In the second half, she is reborn from the flames and returns to Ye Yihan’s side. She swears to become a clearheaded, independent woman. In his vast harem, 184Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 56 Remembering Awu 念阿妩 Ancient Romance15k WordsCompleted Remembering Awu 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 57 Locking Tang in as Empress 锁棠为后 Ancient Romance518k WordsCompleted On the third day after Yan fell, Princess Lu Tang knelt before her father's spirit tablet in mourning clothes, weeping until she could barely stand. Footsteps sounded behind her. It was the boy who had once been held hostage in Yan for three years, now the Emperor of Qin, Shen Mo. He crouched down and brushed her cheek with his fingertips. “Five years ago, when you were fourteen, I watched you dance. I've never forgotten it.” He took her by the wrist and pulled her away from the spirit tablet 1.5kReads8.6Score101Shelves
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  8. 58 The Favorite Consort System: Host, Get Up and Fight for the Throne 宠妃系统:宿主起来宫斗啦 Ancient Romance361k WordsCompleted Leng Xiqing transmigrates and binds herself to a System. Hoping to return to her real life, she strives to become a favored consort, then the empress! Everyone tells her, “Don’t fall in love with him. Don’t fall in love with him.” But she never imagined that in the end, she would lose both her freedom and her heart. Even after returning to the modern world, she cannot tell whether it all really happened or was only a dream. The magnificent palace was like a prison, trapping her loved ones and ki 141Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  9. 59 The Empress's Palace 中宫 Ancient Romance904k WordsCompleted At eighteen, Yu Lanqing was shrewd, clever, and breathtakingly beautiful, yet stubborn enough to keep going until she hit a wall. Wei Li went to every length to marry Su Yaoyao, and Yu Lanqing used every means at her disposal to become Wei Li's empress. A daughter of the Yu family couldn't stand the sight of anything dirty. She acted decisively and turned his harem upside down. Wei Li did not love Yu Lanqing. That was why everything she did and said annoyed him so much. Wei Li said Yu Lanqing wa 967Reads8.6Score102Shelves
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  10. 60 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 9.4kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
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  11. 61 The Realm as My Betrothal Gift, a Golden Age as Our Matchmaker 江山为聘,盛世为媒 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No transmigration or rebirth + pure historical romance, slow pace, gently unfolding] [The heroine is forced to become a concubine early on, so proceed with caution if that bothers you! After marrying, she is the sole favorite, and eventually ascends the throne to rule from behind the curtain!] She is the princess of a fallen kingdom in Nanjiang, born with a pair of gray-blue glassy eyes. She is both righteous and wicked, seeming at once like an immortal and a demon! While still an infant, she w 12.1kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
  12. 62 Beloved Across the Realm 宠倾江山 Ancient Romance667k WordsCompleted Chu Ran was a triple-threat star in film, television, and music in the twenty-first century. While filming on a city street, she was hit by a car after saving a little girl. When she woke, she had fallen into a dynasty she’d never even heard of in her history books. Well, when in Rome. Fortunately, she had transmigrated into the imperial family as a beloved young princess. Her royal grandfather treated her like a treasure, but her father cared only for romance and poetry, so having a father was 1.8kReads9.0Score141Shelves
  13. 63 Schemes in the Palace 宫宸谋 Ancient Romance516k WordsCompleted [Not a virginal romance, not a wish-fulfillment story. Read with caution! A story that could loosely be called an ancient Cinderella tale] [Traditional Historical Palace Intrigue]+ [Rich Plot]+ [A Mix of Sweetness and Heartbreak]+ [Slow-Burning Happy Ending] Autumn, Year Seventeen of the Nanyan era. The late emperor passed away, and his eleventh son, Xiao Yuning, ascended the throne, ushering in the Minghe era. In the third year of Minghe, the court decreed that officials of the fourth rank and 1.6kReads8.9Score148Shelves
  14. 64 The Tyrannical Empress and the Chaste Heir Whose Beauty Bewitches All 女帝暴虐,禁欲世子他美色撩人 Ancient Romance396k WordsCompleted [Completed ❤️] Transmigration + 1v1 + strong female lead and weaker male lead + coercion + woman disguised as a man + decisive and ruthless heroine vs. restrained, reserved, beautiful but tragic hero [Warning: strong female lead and weaker male lead!!!] Feng Jin, an executive at a publicly listed corporation, suddenly died and transmigrated into the body of a tyrannical, cruel, mentally unstable crown prince who was a woman disguised as a man. From the start, a beautiful man offered himself to h 8.3kReads9.3Score787Shelves
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  15. 65 The White Moonlight Falls, and Junior Sister Is Still Mending Things Today 白月光坠落,小师妹今天也在修补 Ancient Romance227k WordsCompleted 1v1, happy ending, gender-bender, both leads are virgins [The male lead suffers physically and emotionally: flogging, humiliation, ice picks, restraints and suffocation, silver needles, stomach problems…] [An outwardly aloof but decisive and determined junior sister who cultivates the sword vs. a gentle, long-suffering and restrained senior brother, the unattainable first love] I am Ji Lan, the youngest cultivator to reach the Divine Transformation stage in Meishan Sword Sect, born with a sword 39Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 66 Don’t Be Afraid, Tutu! Grandpa Niu Is the Dragon King God of War 胡图图别怕,牛爷爷我是龙王战神 Anime Fanfiction364k WordsOngoing He was a peerless genius the likes of whom appeared only once every 13.5 billion years. He once single-handedly held off a million alien invaders. He was once the strongest fighter in the entire universe. During a ten-year campaign, the woman he loved most left him, and his best friend betrayed him in secret. Heartbroken, he went into seclusion at Fandou Garden Estate. He had planned to stay out of worldly affairs, live quietly on tea and simple meals, and let his life run its course. But then h 4.2kReads9.1Score443Shelves
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  17. 67 The Phoenix Empress Returns 凰后归来 Ancient Romance838k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Xiao Xiwei died at the hands of her husband and younger stepsister. Only just before her death did she learn that her life had been a falsehood, painstakingly fabricated by someone else. Reborn through fire, she proceeds cautiously at every turn, learns to read people’s hearts, and sees through their schemes. Together with the Seventh Prince, who has pursued her from her past life, she builds a splendid life. 15Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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  18. 68 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 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 16.1kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
  19. 69 Madam Jinning 瑾宁夫人 Ancient Romance2.9M WordsCompleted Meng Jinning wasn't exactly the laid-back type, but she understood the principle of not bothering others unless they bothered her first. She also knew that being a stepmother was no easy task. She figured the children's maternal relatives and their own father could take care of them, and the most she could do was turn a blind eye. She never expected that, even though she had no intention of meddling, someone else would insist on dragging her into their business. 348Reads7.7Score105Shelves
  20. 70 On Her Wedding Night, the Noble Consort Is Forced to Claim the Tyrant as Her Brother 新婚夜,贵妃被迫向暴君认亲哥 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yun Jiaojiao, a genius alchemist with an overprotective older brother, was cherished and spoiled from childhood. But after failing to survive her tribulation, she transmigrated into a despised imperial consort, entrusted to the emperor by her dying brother after he saved the emperor’s life. The emperor gave her a cold look. “I can only be your brother. Don’t even think of me as anything else!” Yun Jiaojiao blinked, looking pitiful on the outside but secretly thrilled. She cautiously tested him 11.7kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
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  21. 71 Beauty’s Bones 美人骨 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A hero's tender embrace, a beauty's burial place. Even if she has to crawl, she'll survive in this merciless place and make him her devoted admirer! 665Reads8.0Score100Shelves
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  22. 72 Love and Calamity in the Deep Palace 深宫情鸾劫 Ancient Romance814k WordsCompleted She's a cute, food-loving girl who transmigrates, and he's a cold-blooded emperor. The secret of a thousand-year-old tomb sends her transmigrating overnight into an unfamiliar dynasty. Her inexplicable studies at an academy uncover the mystery of her strange origins, and the once-invisible newcomer becomes Princess Yongyuan. By imperial decree, the young emperor even plans to choose her husband himself. “I don't want to get married yet,” she pouts. “Keeping you around wastes too much food,” he s 25Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  23. 73 Empress Weiyang 未央皇后 Ancient Romance162k WordsCompleted “Today, I’ll give the empress’s throne to the woman you love. Will you let me and my family go, then?” Driven into a corner, she gave a bitter smile and admitted defeat. “I don’t want anything anymore. I wish you both happiness!” Yin Wushang: “You’re unfaithful, cold, and calculating. Yan Weiyang, what makes you worthy of being my empress?” Yu Tianhuan: “You’d better kill me with one sword. Otherwise, as long as I’m alive, I’ll never let go. Yanyan, we’ll drag each other through hell on earth to 1.2kReads8.6Score—Shelves
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  24. 74 A Rhapsody of Palace Flowers 宫花赋 Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted [A no-nonsense, trope-defying palace-intrigue drama + no love for the emperor + ensemble of women] Everyone has their own ambitions. I have no interest in fighting other women over a man. She was little Qing Luo, a girl who valued her life above all else. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she had wandered through hardship until she entered the Forbidden City, where she met the beautiful, gracious Yue Ren and the clever, perceptive Lü Zhu. At last, her wandering heart found a home. The three s 36kReads9.6Score4.7kShelves
  25. 75 What?! The Frail Man I Bought Is Actually the Enemy Nation’s Tyrant 惊!买来的病弱男人竟是敌国暴君 Ancient Romance445k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + satisfying revenge] After transmigrating as the villainess, Su Rong works every day to get herself killed, helping her pampered half-sister take the throne as empress as soon as possible. The domineering crown prince doesn’t love her, so she cries and begs for his affection while thinking, [You lousy man, get lost!] Her gentle eldest brother despises her, so she acts hurt and begs for his attention while thinking, [Who the hell do you think you are?] Then there’s the richest man 40Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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  26. 76 Three Years After My Death, the Regent Prince Dotes on Me Like His Ancestor 死后三年,我被摄政王娇养成祖宗 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] In her previous life, Murujin devoted herself to the crown prince, only to have her position as empress taken away, her military seal confiscated, and a cup of poisoned wine sent to kill her in the Cold Palace. Three years later, Murujin is reborn. She swears to overthrow the emperor and plunge the kingdom into chaos! Word has it that the usually aloof Prince Regent Qi Junxian now has a willful little girl by his side, one who sweetly calls him "Uncle Emperor." "Your Highness! The you 22.7kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
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  27. 77 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 3.3kReads9.0Score340Shelves
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  28. 78 Report to the Eunuch-in-Chief: The Reborn Princess Is Here to Spoil You 报告九千岁,小公主重生来宠你啦 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The print comic is now available: The Princess Has Nothing to Fear] [100% sweetness + two lovesick leads + fake eunuch + strong heroine] [Unhinged princess vs. stone-faced, straight-laced eunuch] Before she was reborn, she chose the most dazzling top scholar in the Northern Kingdom as her consort. Her whole family was slaughtered, her country fell, and she was forced to marry a eunuch! After being reborn, the first thing she did was deal with that two-faced scumbag. She refused to take even the 12.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
  29. 79 Reborn as the Obsessive Supervisor’s Beloved 重生后我成了病娇督主的心尖宠 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + punishing villains + fake eunuch + one-on-one romance + sweet affection] One is a noble daughter of a military family, a flower on a high peak. The other is the notorious Chief Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs. To help a fallen prince claim the throne, she spent her whole life locked in a bitter rivalry with him! For the kindness she showed him as a child by giving him a meal, he broke into the palace to seize her body and massacred the palace before dying for love! Rebo 8.5kReads9.0Score818Shelves
  30. 80 A Little Cuddle in the Tyrannical Crown Prince's Arms 在暴戾太子怀里撒个娇 Ancient Romance938k WordsCompleted [Ancient romance + unusual premise + villain + transmigrating into a book + indulgent wish fulfillment] Chu Huanyan transmigrates into a book and becomes the eight-year-old daughter of a treacherous minister. She knows that one day in the future, the villain will cruelly slaughter the entire minister's family. As the least-loved seventh daughter, she has no desire to follow them to their doom. To save her own life, Huanyan decides to latch onto a powerful patron. So she sets her sights on the bo 842Reads8.9Score122Shelves
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  31. 81 Reborn as a Phoenix: Your Majesty, I Want a Divorce 重生为凤:皇上,我要休了你 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing She was the beloved granddaughter of the Grand Chancellor. As she wished, she married Li Xuanyan and became the most honored empress in all of Great Zhou. She loved and respected him, only to be cruelly abandoned. Reborn, Gu Qingluo struck first, flinging a contract at someone's face with a flourish. "Your Majesty, I want to divorce you!" Li Xuanyan raised an eyebrow, his eyes as deep as the night. "Divorce me? Fine. But first, you must give me a crown prince!" —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 82 The Empress's Rise: The Emperor and I Are Mortal Enemies 皇后成长记:我与皇上是死对头 Ancient Romance29k WordsCompleted She was the noble daughter of the Grand Secretariat’s chief minister; he was the emperor, high above all others. A conspiracy forced her to go undercover at his side, and the two were brought together, supporting one another along the way. “Ye Qing, you can’t escape.” “Shen Junbai, I’ve set my sights on you.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 83 A Stunning Figure Appears in the Inkstone 惊鸿入砚来 Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted *The comic adaptation of the same name, “Jinghong Enters the Inkstone,” is now available [The beloved little terror of the General’s Manor vs. the cool, gentle Seventh Prince] (Childhood sweethearts, older man, sweet at first then angsty, one-on-one romance, multiple perspectives) When they were childhood sweethearts, he promised her they would be together for life, each the other’s one and only. She believed him. With joy in her heart, she donned her wedding robes and married him. But on the da 2.5kReads8.1Score169Shelves
  34. 84 I Transmigrated 999 Times and Drove the Mad Tyrant Insane 我穿越999次,逼疯了疯批暴君 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted With only six months left to live, Tang Wan masters a skill called “Transmigration,” allowing her to travel back and forth between the modern and ancient worlds. On her first transmigration, people mistake her for a ghost… On her ninety-ninth, she nearly dies at the hands of the dog emperor. On her 108th, she “defiles” the emperor’s innocence. After transmigrating time and again, she discovers to her delight that a little dragon energy can extend her life. Tang Wan: “Mooch, mooch, keep mooching 24kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
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  35. 85 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘:被婆母卖入风尘,前夫寻了我整整十年 55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 220Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 86 After I Was Kidnapped for Ten Years, My Three Brothers Went Crazy Looking for Me 被拐十年间,三个哥哥找我找疯了 Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Everyone's Favorite + Showbiz + CEO of a Wealthy Family] What should you do when your three older brothers spoil you into a couch potato? Shocking! The usually cold and ruthless Mr. Gu, who never gets involved with women, brought a young girl with him today. Shocking! A girl's voice could be heard in the background of the aloof Best Actor's livestream. Shocking! The arrogant campus heartthrob from Class Seven spends all day hanging around that transfer student. The day after her 4.2kReads8.9Score387Shelves
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  37. 87 After the Apocalypse, the Supporting Female Character Becomes a Hidden Powerhouse 末世后女配她成了隐藏大佬 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse356k WordsCompleted Jiang Yingying transmigrates into a post-apocalyptic novel she has just finished reading, only to stumble upon a bloody scene involving the original male lead. She faints right into his arms. When she wakes up, she discovers she has gained a useless skill that lets her understand zombie speech. Meanwhile, the male lead watches her like a hawk, ready to toss her into a zombie nest at any moment. To stay alive, she gives in. Jiang Yingying lets her gaze drift, moves closer, and wraps her arms arou 2.4kReads8.9Score269Shelves
  38. 88 After Trying to Get Myself Killed Again and Again, I Was Spoiled Rotten by the Possessive Second Master 不断作死后,我被偏执二爷宠坏了 Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted [Pure Love] [Sweet Romance] [Marriage Before Love] Everyone knows that Second Master Gu is cool, aloof, and refined, and never goes near women. He is an untouchable flower perched high on a mountain. One day, the Gu family held an important meeting, and the biggest names in business took their seats. Second Master Gu, who was never late, was nowhere to be seen. Only after his secretary went to look for him did they see him arrive late, carrying a sobbing girl with red-rimmed eyes. He spoke gentl 14.8kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
  39. 89 The Tyrant Rages in Court, but the Grand Tutor Suddenly Gets Morning Sickness 暴君当朝暴怒,太傅却突然孕吐了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female lead disguised as a man, one-on-one romance, both leads have no past relationships, sweet romance, a vicious and unhinged Regent x a gentle, clever beauty] In the eyes of the capital's people, the Regent was brutal and merciless. With him in charge, foreign enemies wouldn't dare cross the border lightly. In the eyes of the court officials, the Regent was domineering and arbitrary. He asked them for their opinions, but those who truly voiced any would fail to show up for court the next da 10.4kReads8.5Score594Shelves
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  40. 90 The Princess Consort Freaks Out on Her Wedding Night! Is the Prince Infertile? 新婚夜王妃裂了!王爷不孕不育? Ancient Romance308k WordsCompleted [Goofy Humor & Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy & Secret Identities & Everyone’s Darling] “Ow!” she cries softly. “Be good. Take your painkiller. It’ll stop hurting soon!” The prince declares, “My princess consort is delicate and frail. Whoever dares hurt her will die by my hand!” Everyone who has been thoroughly beaten by the princess consort says, “She’s obviously pretending to be weak, okay? She’s the only big shot who can use the immobilization spell to freeze all of time and space.” The famed poison d 364Reads9.1Score—Shelves
  41. 91 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Spoiled the Villainous Regent 穿书后,我娇养了反派摄政王 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Rugged Hero + Villain + Adorable Kids + Stepmother + Lucky Charm + Everyone’s Favorite] Tang Li transmigrated into a book and became a cannon-fodder female side character, sold to a wild, burly man in the mountains as his wife and made stepmother to three burdensome children! But as it turned out, the rugged man was actually the ruthless main villain from the book! And those three burdensome children were future villains in their own right. In the end, they would be executed by a thousand cuts 9.6kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
  42. 92 The King's Woman 王的女人 Ancient Romance646k WordsCompleted A consort who doesn't want to monopolize the emperor's favor is no good consort at all! My goal is to charge down the path to winning all his affection and ruling the Six Palaces! At least three chapters a day. A jade pendant donation earns one extra chapter; a crown earns ten! 270Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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  43. 93 Late in the Day 行止晚 Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 36.7kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves
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  44. 94 Do You Know How Deep This Longing Runs? 入骨相思知不知 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Five classic, sweet romances by the renowned historical-romance author Hai Qing Na Tian E, each telling a love story from a different era. "White Peony": In ancient times, the Heavenly Court’s most notorious playboy of a god faces off against the cutest heavenly dog in history. "The Chronicle of the Shang’s Dark Bird": A vivid recreation of the ancient, distinctive world of the Yin-Shang dynasty, telling a passionate yet simple love story straight out of the Book of Songs. "Twin Watchtowers": Du 10Reads7.8Score—Shelves
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  45. 95 Suddenly, a Dream of Thin Palace Robes 忽如一梦宫衫薄 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Pei Yingxue never expected to fall asleep and wake up six years later. During those six years, a woman who had transmigrated took over her body and ran wild. By the time Yingxue returned, everything had changed beyond recognition: She had gone from being the youngest daughter of the Pei family’s senior branch to becoming the empress, but the emperor despised her for her countless misdeeds and vicious heart. Her parents ignored her, her siblings hated her, and even her childhood friend and cousin 751Reads7.9Score—Shelves
  46. 96 After She Transmigrates into a Book, the Noble Consort Is Forced to Raise the Villainous Tyrant 穿书后,贵妃被迫娇养反派暴君 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] Su Yijin, a veteran supporting actress, has transmigrated into a book once again. When she opens her eyes, she is breathtakingly beautiful and on the pampered darling route, backed by powerful connections. Her father is a general who guards the nation, her mother is the Junyang Commandery Princess, and her maternal grandfather is a prince of a different surname... With the heroine's script in hand, Su Yijin takes down the green tea and kicks the fake innocent aside, then throws herse 2.4kReads8.9Score338Shelves
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  47. 97 The Princess Is Fierce and Beautiful, and Her Shadow Guard Keeps Crossing the Line 公主暴戾绝色,影卫日日以下犯上 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + Feel-good power fantasy + Yandere + Devoted loyalist] Fate played a cruel trick: the most powerful imperial princess on the Jiuzhou Continent was reborn in the body of a lovesick little princess from Western Qi. The moment she awoke, the world was shaken. A scumbag points at her and curses? She orders coldly, “Drag him out and give him fifty more lashes!” The overlord of the business world is her subordinate, the most revered emperor in Jiuzhou is her older brother, the mighty 20.9kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
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