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Pure Historical Romance: A Female Lead Navigates Household and Palace Intrigue Without a Golden Finger 纯古言 女主宅斗宫斗 没有金手指

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  1. 151 The Tyrant’s White Moonlight Is a Black-Hearted Lotus 暴君的白月光是朵黑心莲 Ancient Romance636k WordsOngoing The ratings have only just come in, and they’ll go up! The original title was Snow Seeping into the Bones of a Beauty. Updates are very slow. [A young emperor who is cruel, suspicious, and full of schemes × a bewitching, calculating villainess who ensnares his heart and plots to seize the throne | He has other women; she is faithful] “I am a demon who devours flesh and bone; you are a prisoner who drinks poison to quench your thirst.” The daughter of a powerful minister wears a beauty’s face as 17Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  2. 152 Qian Jinhuan 千锦欢 Ancient Romance229k WordsCompleted Completed · [A highly intelligent amnesiac fake princess x a cold, scheming prince] [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Both devoted to each other + classic historical romance + no transmigration, rebirth, or System + political intrigue + doting romance + reunion after a long separation + devotion to country and family + exclusive devotion + the one who got away + happy ending] For twenty years, the second prince of Nantang, Chu Jinyuan, has kept his guard up and trusted no one, until Hua Qianmei ar 397Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  3. 153 After He Slept His Way to the Top, He Became the Cruelest Cheater-Hunter 他偷情上位后,抓小三最狠了 Ancient Romance207k WordsCompleted [Stealing Someone's Wife + The Emperor Steals His Subject's Wife + Forbidden Love + Male Rivals + Dark and Unhinged + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Gu Lanze: Sister-in-law, the one who isn't loved is the other woman. Tao Su: Keep your voice down. Is this something to be proud of? Gu Lanze: ...Call me your husband. Tao Su: You are my husband, but not my only one. After her husband's older brother set his sights on her, she wept every day, consumed by guilt. But her husband had long since grown ti 144Reads—Score—Shelves
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  4. 154 Wait, What Do You Mean the Homeroom Teacher Transmigrated into the Empress? 等等,什么叫班主任穿成了女帝? Ancient Romance242k WordsCompleted [A no-nonsense girl-emperor with a tough teacher streak x a shrewd, smooth-talking imperial uncle + no System] [Two powerful leads + forbidden tension + constant twists + a stellar ensemble cast + court intrigue] Empress from the start? Her elder brother dies of illness, her father passes away, and she’s practically handed the throne! Not a single official at court truly accepts her? No problem. In her previous life, she was head teacher of an honors class! She puts her classroom management skil 126Reads—Score108Shelves
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  5. 155 The Frail Legitimate Daughter Returns from Cultivation 病弱嫡女她修仙归来 Ancient Romance685k WordsCompleted (The rating just opened, so it will rise later.) (A household-intrigue story with faux cultivation.) A Nascent Soul powerhouse from the cultivation world was stuck at a bottleneck in her state of mind, unable to advance to Spirit Transformation. She returned to the mortal world and became Lin Shuyin, the frail eldest daughter who had just returned home to the Minister of Rites’ residence. She may look delicate and weak, but she is really an elder of the Shangqing Sect who has lived for 271 years 2.3kReads8.1Score226Shelves
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  6. 156 The Palace Is Deep as the Sea, but the Noble Consort Shows No Mercy 宫门深似海,贵妃毫不手软 Ancient Romance407k WordsCompleted Two noble daughters in one family, and everyone says the Marquis of Cheng'en's household is blessed with good fortune. But Liang Nianfu knows that beneath this fortune lie captivity and confinement, and a road from which there is no return. Red walls and green tiles, a pampered and precious life: once those who deserve to be hated and the things that need doing have all been dealt with, how can a cage hold a flying bird? A cage cannot hold a flying bird, but a person can! One moment of poor ju 131Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 157 The Phoenix’s Scheme: The Cold-Blooded Minister’s Beloved Spy 凤谋:冷血权臣的卧底宠妃 Ancient Romance700k WordsCompleted A princess is reborn, infiltrates the enemy camp, wins over a cold-blooded powerbroker, and turns the world upside down! [Tragic death in her previous life, reborn to rise from the ashes] Yang Xueji, a princess raised among commoners, is reunited with her family only to suffer a rebellion by the Yuwen clan. Reborn, she swears to defy fate and change her destiny! [Infiltrating enemy territory, every step a peril] She sneaks into the Yuwen residence as a cook, all to get close to the cold-blooded 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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  8. 158 Song in the Mirror: The Female Regent’s Beloved Slave Husband 镜中歌:女摄政王的奴隶宠夫 Ancient Romance432k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + mutual devotion + powerful heroine + stunning twists + happy ending] In the Tianling Kingdom, women ruled, and one woman could have several husbands. She, Bai Jinghe, was the true power behind the Tianling Kingdom. Accomplished in both letters and arms, beautiful and talented, she held the court in her grasp. He, A Mo, was a slave offered as tribute to Tianling by Jingyan. He was dressed in rags, sickly and broken, with a shattered arm. Angry after a quarrel with her secondary 56Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 159 Lin Shu’s Fifteenth Century 林殊的十五世纪 Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted [Woman disguises herself as a man + multiple male leads + semi-fictional medieval setting + Western romance + all leads are faithful + no System + saints with selfish motives + scoundrels with true hearts + soulmates + powerful characters make everything by hand] I write with all my brain in the gutter and none of it up in my head. If you’re okay with all of the above, come on in. A female-led romance with a strong everyone-loves-the-heroine vibe. Whatever else happens, I want everyone to love 61Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 160 The Fire Phoenix Returns to Court, Stunning the World with Her First Cry 火凤还朝,一鸣惊天 Ancient Romance148k WordsOngoing For thirty years, the Left and Right Chancellor's households stood against each other, their influence deeply rooted throughout the court. The emperor and the two chancellor's households formed a three-way balance of power. A carefully laid scheme, an imperial edict granting a marriage, and a top-secret report about the “Fire Phoenix's Return to Court” repeatedly pushed the Left Chancellor's household into a dead end. Yet with protagonist Helan Yu's schemes and the perfect cooperation of her fat —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 161 Reborn as a Concubine: I Want to Leave the Palace 重生之宠妃要出宫 Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted The heroine's family depends on an ambitious prince who plots to usurp the throne, yet she falls in love with the emperor. In her previous life, her family was destroyed, and she died in despair in the Cold Palace. After being reborn, she decides to steer clear of trouble and live peacefully with her family. But as an ordinary person, she is merely a pawn in the hands of those in power. When she chooses love once more, how will she fight against fate? 16Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 162 After Breaking Off the Engagement, the Foolish Princess Marries the Ninth Lord with Her Four Maids 退婚后,傻妃携四大丫鬟嫁九千岁 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue + Historical Romance + Princess Consort + Legitimate Daughter + Medical Skills + Two Powerful Leads + Cunning + Playing the Fool + Reborn + Fiercely Protective + Political Scheming] 99% of the comments are positive! Read with confidence! Su Qian, once the leader of a special forces unit in the apocalypse, died unexpectedly while carrying out a mission. With her portable medical space, she transmigrated to ancient times and into the residence of a great gener 27.1kReads8.1Score5kShelves
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  13. 163 The Easygoing Wife 小闲妻 Ancient Romance584k WordsOngoing [Historical court intrigue, richly traditional atmosphere, no transmigration or rebirth, household-intrigue ensemble, clever and capable heroine, devoted and protective hero] Cen Ruxi spent two years caring for Jiang Huai, the blind and deaf heir of the Duke’s household, in place of her legitimate younger sister. After the heir regained his sight, her sister Cen Ruyi took credit for her work and married him. Cen Ruxi, meanwhile, was ordered by her family to marry the Third Prince, Zhao Yao, a no 680Reads8.1Score103Shelves
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  14. 164 The Stone-Faced General Dotes on Her Relentlessly, While the Mystic Expert Does as She Pleases 冷面将军拼命宠,玄学大佬横着走 Ancient Romance368k WordsOngoing [Borrowed body + family intrigue + political scheming + satisfying revenge + ghost hunting + equally matched couple] After borrowing a body, she became a good-for-nothing legitimate daughter everyone could bully! She laughed. “If I don't stand up for myself, you'll all forget who's the legitimate eldest daughter of this household!” Her sweet-faced stepmother trembled. “Could she have learned the truth?” Her wicked younger sister questioned her. “She dared to fight back? Is she crazy, or possesse 61Reads—Score104Shelves
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  15. 165 This Assassin Is a Hopeless Romantic 这个杀手,恋爱脑 Ancient Romance271k WordsCompleted Secret identity + Marriage first, love later + Second chance at love + The husband’s arduous pursuit + Fleeing while pregnant No palace intrigue + Mystery and deduction Money-loving, looks-obsessed assassin vs. aloof, scheming, jealous king Tao Shiyi would do anything for money. She married a useless prince for two bags of gold leaves. Seduced by his good looks, she boarded the wrong ship and nearly lost her life several times. She had no idea he saw her as nothing more than a disposable pawn. 19Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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  16. 166 Reborn: Seducing the Crown Prince and Drawing Him Into Power 重生:诱东宫,勾他上位 Ancient Romance219k WordsOngoing [Clear-eyed heroine, 1v1, both leads devoted only to each other, emotional manipulation, palace intrigue, fake substitute, sisters both reborn] [Cold and restrained, seemingly sinister but truly devoted Crown Prince × alluring and bewitching side consort with brains and a talent for acting] (She pursues him at first; later he forces her to love him and dotes on her like crazy) Main characters: Shen Zhiyao (Shen Zhiyin), one and the same person; Xie Jingming (Anything unclear will be explained la 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 167 Weaving Dust in the Phoenix Palace: Lady Pan of Eastern Wu 织尘凤阙:东吴潘后 Female-Channel Fanfiction46k WordsCompleted Weaving Dust into the Phoenix Palace: Pan, Empress of Eastern Wu 24Reads—Score—Shelves
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  18. 168 The Scumbag's Whole Family Is a Menace, So I Became Empress and Reduced Them to Ashes 渣男全家是祸害,我封女帝扬其灰 Ancient Romance450k WordsCompleted [No brainless plot, no transmigration, no System, no rebirth] With the Duke’s estate on the brink of collapse, Lu Fengzhou enters the palace as a male favorite to serve the empress, willingly becoming a caged songbird for others’ amusement. He does it to preserve his family’s power and glory and keep his younger sister Qingyu safe. Qingyu had only wanted to honor their mother’s dying wish: support each other as siblings, become a wife and mother, and be content with that life. But people are dri 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  19. 169 Forced to Marry a Lovesick Girl, the Disabled Heir Strikes It Rich 被赐婚花痴女,残疾世子赚翻了 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Historical transmigration + palace and household intrigue + healer and poisoner + doted-on heroine] Who had it worse than her? She was mistakenly arrested by the underworld twice, had no way to file a complaint, and was sent by the King of Hell to be reborn. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister, lying on the cold ground. The Empress snapped, “She actually molested the heir?” The Prime Minister cried, “The heir seriously injured my daughter 35.8kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
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  20. 170 I Refused to Be a Marquis's Concubine and Married a Prince Instead. The Heir Apparent Regrets It 拒做侯府妾,转身嫁皇子世子悔晕 Ancient Romance263k WordsCompleted She is the legitimate daughter of the chancellor, famed throughout the capital and betrothed to her childhood sweetheart, the heir to a marquis’s household. She believes they will be together for life, just the two of them. He is the fourth prince, brilliant and gifted, but so reserved by nature that he keeps his love buried deep in his heart, silently protecting her for years. Then the political winds shift. He is framed and demoted, and her family is dragged down with him, falling into ruin. A 344Reads—Score—Shelves
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  21. 171 I Was Reborn, and This Time I'm Going on a Rampage 我重生了,这一世我嘎嘎乱杀 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In my past life, I was schemed against and killed by Bai Lianhua and Liu Ruyan! This time, I'll send every one of the people who hurt me straight to hell! Seeing them hate me to the bone yet be powerless to do anything about it is so satisfying! This time, let me weave the path that sends you all to hell! I'm the head of the Wen family business. Watch me put men aside and focus on my career. I'm the leading lady of my own story! I just love building my business! When I try to put men aside, they 1.7kReads9.4Score167Shelves
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  22. 172 The Moon Shines Bright Between the Clouds 月是云间明 Ancient Romance351k WordsCompleted A historical romance with elements of wuxia and palace intrigue. It tells the tragedy of two people, and the redemption of one. The heroine, Han Yanran, is the daughter of a military family, blessed with extraordinary talent and peerless beauty. The hero, Zhou Ziyan, is heir to the throne of a kingdom, learned in history and as gentle as jade. A man and woman from two different lands, with entirely different temperaments, meet by chance and embark on an epic romance. Sadly, falling in love is ea 53Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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  23. 173 I Transmigrated and Became the Beloved Bride of a Crippled Marquis 一朝穿越,替嫁残侯成团宠 Ancient Romance230k WordsCompleted [Historical transmigration + medical skills + marriage before love + two strong leads who dote on each other + suspense and court intrigue] Shen Qingci, a top surgeon, transmigrates into the body of a bride forced into a marriage swap. She becomes the new bride meant to bring good fortune to Xiao Yan, the blind and crippled Marquis of Dingbei. On their wedding night, she takes his pulse and immediately sees through it: “My lord, you’ve been poisoned. Someone wants to keep you in darkness forever 133Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 174 Coexisting with a Big Shot, I Became Unstoppable 与大佬共生,我强到飞起 Modern Romance284k WordsCompleted One day, I woke up with a man in my head. It wasn't a hallucination or a split personality. He was the real deal, a top-tier boss: Lu Yunzhou. The ruthless business tycoon who ruled the corporate world was now nothing more than a ghost trapped in my mind. And so, things started looking like this: When someone gives me a hard time, he scoffs in my head: [Third file from the bottom left. Throw it in his face.] When someone frames me, he directs me remotely: [The recorder's in the right-hand drawe 86Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 175 Quick Transmigration: The Second Personality 快穿第二人格 Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted Female lead + dual personality + no saintly martyrdom + takes down scumbags regardless of gender or age + lighthearted and funny Synopsis: Jiang Yan, a female cultivator, was bored when she happened upon a System. She transmigrates through three thousand worlds, disguising herself as the original host's second personality to help them change their personalities and escape their tragic fates. She takes down scumbags, delivers face-slapping comeuppances, completes missions, and explores the myster 26Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. 176 You Must Not Be Mistaken 君不容错 Ancient Romance579k WordsCompleted New book! The low rating will go up! Qi Huan is the decisive, ruthless emperor of Great Jin. He has seen more than enough faces eager to curry favor, yet he has fallen for the cool and aloof wife of the Heir of Anping Marquis. It isn't a passing impulse, nor shallow desire for her beauty. The way he treats her is with respect held close to his heart, tenderness hidden in his eyes, and a devotion that runs deep in his bones. If he takes one step closer, he fears he will offend her and scare away 9Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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  27. 177 Farewell to the Phoenix Coffin: One Palace, Two Kingdoms 凤棺辞:一宫风月,两方山河 Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted The phoenix crown is a splendid ornament for a coffin, and the empress's throne is a foreordained death trap. The position of empress, shunned by every consort in the palace, falls to Wen Xiwan, a low-born concubine. One day she's tending a little vegetable garden in the palace laundry, and the next she's seated upon the phoenix throne. Everyone is certain she's only waiting to be buried in the imperial mausoleum. Pei Yuan, the chief minister who put her on the throne, did so only to find an exp 153Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 178 You Stole My Trash Ex? Taste the Massacre First 抢我渣前夫?6,灭门惨剧你先尝 Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, revenge, family intrigue, sweet romance, satisfying read, one-on-one romance] Also known as "My Reborn Half-Sister Wanted to Switch Marriages, So I Let Her. Now She’s the One Crying" Lu Jintang and Lu Zhaoyue were both reborn. As soon as she returned, Lu Zhaoyue eagerly declared, “I’ll give you the Xie family match. I’ll marry into the Xiao family in your place!” Lu Jintang happily agreed and married without hesitation into the seemingly doomed Xie family. Lu Zhaoyue was overjoyed. At 2kReads—Score187Shelves
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  29. 179 Who Says I Want to Be Empress? Get Lost! The Throne Is Mine 谁说我要当皇后?滚!帝位是我的 Ancient Romance129k WordsOngoing [Feel-Good Romance + Putting Trash in Their Place + Revenge + Sweet Romance] The heroine ends up thriving on her own! Feng Dianwei is driven out of the marquis's estate with no money to her name. With her younger siblings and her parents' bodies in tow, she has nowhere to go, so she turns to her childhood friend Murong Heng, only to be heartlessly turned away! Later, she is taken in by Prince Su, Murong Che, who is rumored to be a madman. But she refuses to be hidden away like a canary in a gild —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 180 The Little Tailor on the Frontier 边疆小裁缝 Marriage & Romance36k WordsCompleted The Little Tailor on the Frontier 161Reads—Score—Shelves
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  31. 181 Looking Back, I See the Azure Clouds 回首见青云 Ancient Romance46k WordsCompleted Looking Back, I See Blue Skies 28Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. 182 A Few Things About Xiayang 夏阳二三事 Ancient Romance219k WordsCompleted [Short Story Collection] Every protagonist in this book is named Xia Yang. Each Xia Yang is a different character with a different life. Come read a few stories about Xia Yang. This is a collection of short stories set in ancient times. If you like it, welcome aboard; if not, no worries. Kisses~ [All stories are purely fictional] 28Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 183 The Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal 仵作娘子采茶记 Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted A Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal 43Reads—Score—Shelves
  34. 184 The Concubine-Born Daughter’s Mismatched Marriage 庶女的错位姻缘 Ancient Romance15k WordsCompleted The Concubine-Born Daughter’s Ill-Fated Match 107Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 185 An Anthology of Ancient Tales 古篇集录 Ancient Romance82k WordsCompleted [Collected Ancient Tales] This book brings together two short stories in an ancient style. Life is vast, and every meeting is a bond of fate. Dear readers, come along with me. 57Reads—Score—Shelves
  36. 186 Where Does the Light Boat Go? 轻舟何岸 Ancient Romance271k WordsCompleted Are the four princes of Rui Kingdom really going to marry four common women from Chan Kingdom? Could it be because every woman in Chan Kingdom is beautiful and fertile? She has the talent to be a chancellor in a matriarchal kingdom, yet marries the “intellectually disabled” prince of a patriarchal kingdom, entering the marriage as a spy under the pretense of a political union. He is a prince with exceptional intelligence who hides his true self. But even after he regains his true self, is that r 10Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 187 My Divine Bones Were Stolen? I Emptied the Imperial Treasury for My Dowry 神骨被夺?我搬空国库当嫁妆 Ancient Romance875k WordsCompleted [Legitimate Daughter + Household and Palace Intrigue + Two Strong Leads + Devoted Love + Political Scheming + Divine Physician + Taking Down Villains + Satisfying Revenge] To save the Crown Prince, the genius physician Shen Jingwan is sacrificed by her family, who cut out her once-in-a-century “Exquisite Bone.” Her family is ennobled in return, while she is abandoned in the countryside to fend for herself. Three years later, she returns with unparalleled medical skills, only to discover that her 450Reads7.4Score—Shelves
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  38. 188 Her Seven Brothers Died in Battle, and the Legitimate Daughter Returned Darkened 七个哥哥战死沙场,嫡女黑化归来 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Historical romance, court intrigue, palace and household scheming, reborn, joining forces, legitimate daughter, revenge, two formidable leads, transmigrate into a book, seven older brothers, no saintly heroine, miracle doctor, adored by all, comeback, punishing scoundrels, imperial uncle, devoted husband, devoted couple] The comment section is 99% positive! Read with confidence! “Shen Nanqiao, being chosen to marry into the Eastern Palace is a blessing for your Duke of Zhenguo household!” Rebor 4.8kReads7.2Score1.1kShelves
  39. 189 Reborn: Will the Four Maids Help Their Mistress Divorce and Remarry? 重生,四大丫鬟带主母和离改嫁? Ancient Romance467k WordsCompleted [Maid-assistance story + a heroine who wins by lying flat + a low-status marriage turned into a counterattack] Shen Yue, the prime minister’s legitimate daughter, was easygoing and plump, and had no love for using her brain. Back then, she had married down into the declining Marquis Gu household, bringing a lavish dowry. She had only wanted to take it easy and live out her days in peace. But after her husband, Gu Yanzhou, attached himself to the daughter of a powerful family, Su Wanrou, the two 395Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  40. 190 On the Day the Empress Was Deposed, Eighty Thousand Secret Guards Knelt and Begged Her to Return 废后当天,八万暗卫跪请归位 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + household scheming + deposed empress + satisfying revenge + corruption + madman + power plays + intense push and pull] In her previous life, Li Qingcheng gave up everything for love. She disbanded the world's greatest intelligence network, the Tianji Pavilion, which she had built herself and which was powerful enough to topple the imperial throne. Then, as the Chancellor's legitimate daughter, she married Xiao Yexuan, an overlooked prince. For ten years, she schemed on his beh 1.1kReads6.6Score237Shelves
  41. 191 Help! The Horror NPCs Are Lining Up for Me to Do Their Makeup 救命!惊悚NPC都排队找我化妆 Mystery519k WordsCompleted [Horror game + NPCs + horror survival + no System] Su Qing, a workaholic makeup artist, was just working overtime. When she opened her eyes again, she had been sucked into a horror game with a 99% death rate! As she watched her teammates panic and wet themselves, the bottom-performing Slit-Mouthed Woman approached her with a pair of scissors. Su Qing despaired. But wait... This woman’s makeup is way too crude! Her professional instincts kicked in, and she blurted out, “Your makeup isn’t working. 882Reads—Score187Shelves
  42. 192 Jiang Yan’s Dream: Flowers Bloom from His Brush 江淹一梦笔生花 Historical505k WordsCompleted In the winter of the seventh year of the Daming era (463 AD), Jiang Yan was gathering firewood in the biting wind by the Qingxi River. Suddenly, he spotted a young woman stumbling along the main road, clutching her wounded left arm, with three constables from the Court of Justice in hot pursuit. Jiang Yan pulled her into a reed bed, helping her evade the officials’ deadly grasp. It turned out she was Xie Wei’s daughter. Xie Wei had been implicated in the Fan Ye case because of his poetry and pro 78Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 193 The Cousin Miss Only Wants to Survive 表小姐只想活下去 Mystery407k WordsCompleted [Childhood Friends, Past and Present Lives, Mutual Secret Crushes, Imaginative Fantasy, Both Chaste, Happy Ending] Yan Xuan, a young lady who grew up in the Duke of Song's household, was afflicted by an evil spirit. Frail and sickly, she had little time left to live. Her eldest cousin, whom she hadn't seen in years, returned from the battlefield with glorious military achievements. His return brought honor to the family, and his powerful masculine aura made evil spirits flee wherever he went. To 9.4kReads9.1Score913Shelves
  44. 194 I Played the Emperor My Whole Life, and After Being Reborn, He Still Wants the Crown Prince 演了皇上一辈子,重生他还要太子 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original title: Only After His Death Did He Learn That the Empress Did Not Want to Be Buried With Him [The heroine transmigrates, the hero is reborn] As he lay dying, Emperor Tianhe looked back on his eventful life. He had risen from humble beginnings to become the founding emperor, and the world praised his achievements. In his fading consciousness, he saw his virtuous empress, his beautiful consorts, and his weeping children. He felt that his life had been complete. But after he died, his soul 35.7kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
  45. 195 After Marrying a Disabled Man, I Became the Chief Minister's Wife 嫁给残废后我成了首辅夫人 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Chu Ruoyan, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Chu’s household, is engaged to a man whose entire family has fallen in battle. Her fiancé survived, but was left disabled. Everyone assumes the engagement is doomed, but the Chu family’s daughter marries as planned, saying only two words: “I’ll marry him.” * No one knows that Chu Ruoyan had a nightmare. In the dream, she breaks off her engagement to Yan Zheng. Three years later, she meets the heir of the Marquis of Pingjing, only for rebels to l 28.8kReads9.1Score4kShelves
  46. 196 The Night I Left the Palace, the Mad Emperor Took Me by Force 出宫当晚,被疯批帝王强取豪夺 Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, delicate palace maid vs. cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is chaste + powerful male lead, weak female lead, and he’s completely unhinged + possessive love + a long road to winning her back] Yue Ling was a vain little palace maid. Hoping to enjoy a life of luxury and wealth, she seduced the emperor and worked tirelessly to win his favor, but still met a tragic end. After being reborn, Yue Ling saw things clearly. Rather than tread on thin ice in the de 26.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
  47. 197 Your Majesty, I Think Your Palace Maid Is Cursing You Again 皇上,你家宫女好像又在骂你 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The irresistible appeal of what you once rejected + powerful men bowing their heads + a double-standard male lead + raising her before a story of power and statecraft + romantic push and pull + he truly doesn’t love her at first, but gives his all once he does] Su Nanchu is unruly. Shen Jingzhi has always known that. But life in the palace is dull, and he doesn’t mind having a little plaything who can kick and scream. She becomes his daily amusement: reading memorials, practicing calligraphy, a 9.6kReads9.2Score973Shelves
  48. 198 Offering to the Abyss 献京渊 Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [Print edition releasing October 25] “He taught me to kill, seize power, and look after myself. I taught him what it means to have a weakness.” [Serious drama + political intrigue + the fate of the nation and its people + I’m terrible at writing blurbs] Jiang Qingyu was born into wealth, and her family’s love had made her naive and pampered. It wasn’t until the day the entire Jiang family was executed that she realized how foolish she had been! When she opened her eyes again, she was determined 23.4kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves
  49. 199 The Professional Ethics of a Concubine 为妾的职业操守 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete] Ye Qingzhi, an overworked office drone, transmigrates into the body of a concubine in the Jiangyang Marquis’s household. Since she’s here, she might as well go crazy. Being a concubine is just changing workplaces. She doesn’t need to get emotionally involved. She can simply treat herself like a tool. Ye Qingzhi’s career goal: convince both the marquis and the principal wife to take responsibility for her and protect her. Ye Qingzhi’s workplace motto: Life is short. We’re al 36.7kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves
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