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  1. 1001 The Villainess Awakens and Slaughters Her Way Through the World, Defying Heaven 恶人女主觉醒杀疯天下毁天道 Ancient Romance296k WordsCompleted Content warning: The heroine is a madwoman who holds grudges and is ruthless. (The story is entirely fictional. Don’t take it seriously, and it doesn’t represent the author’s values.) Only after being reborn for the third time did Ye Sangning learn that she was merely an NPC in a game, doomed to die the same miserable death in every life. Her loving parents, devoted older brother, and infatuated fiancé were all targeted by the woman chosen by the System. After that woman appeared, everyone who h 13.7kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
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  2. 1002 Step by Step to Glory 步步荣宠 Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted Mingyue was sold as a child and became a maid in a marquis’s household. After the young master took an interest in her, she was sent to the palace and became a low-ranking palace maid. Step by step, she rose from palace maid to empress. 10kReads9.0Score884Shelves
  3. 1003 The Powerful Prince’s Spoiled Princess: Proud, Wild, and Unruly 权王溺宠:狂傲王妃野又撩 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Court intrigue + feel-good power fantasy + ruthless decisiveness + an incredibly badass heroine + face-slapping + a heroine with her wits about her] Bai Xuan, commander-in-chief of the Huaxia Special Forces Training Camp, transmigrates to the Great Zhou. She is a peerless beauty with exceptional martial skills. As a woman, she carves her own path through force of arms, establishes herself at court, and wields enormous influence. With a deft hand, she turns the tide of both schemes and open stra 16.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
  4. 1004 The Lucky Little Princess 福气小王妃 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Muxue: “It's strange. How did I get noticed by the Prince Yu's household after just one trip to a temple?” Before they met, Li Jingheng: “This is ridiculous. I've somehow been engaged without even knowing how it happened.” After they met, Li Jingheng: “This engagement isn't so bad after all.” After they married, Li Jingheng: “Imperial Uncle, I don't want to take any concubines.” Jiang Muxue's ideal life was to have a little money and grow trees and flowers. But she unexpectedly became eng 12.5kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
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  5. 1005 When the Spring Breeze Turns Warm 及此春风暄 Ancient Romance408k WordsCompleted [The Quiet, Reticent Little Princess × The Roaming Rogue with a Rascally Streak] [One-on-one romance + mutual healing + slow-to-warm heroine + hero who falls for her all on his own] On New Year's Eve in the twenty-third year of Zhengzhi, during the imperial family banquet, Fourth Prince Jiang Jingxian used a longsword to slaughter all his brothers. He ascended the throne with a forged imperial edict and changed the era name to Tian'an. In the first year of Tian'an, Emperor Tian'an sent the princ 5.2kReads9.2Score624Shelves
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  6. 1006 My Blind Husband Is a Hopeless Romantic. I Can Lie to Him and Deceive Him, but He Won’t Leave 瞎子夫君恋爱脑,欺他骗他都不跑 Ancient Romance357k WordsCompleted Shen Zhixi only wanted to have a child with Song Lianzhou, not take responsibility for him. Men were all worthless and could never be relied on. Their only use was helping women get pregnant. Her own father taught her the first lesson in hating men. She had never met her biological father. He got her mother pregnant out of wedlock, then abandoned them, leaving mother and daughter to endure everyone’s scorn. Later, her childhood sweetheart betrayed and set her up, making her give up on men for g 7.4kReads9.1Score882Shelves
  7. 1007 Beauty in the Bedchamber: The Tyrannical Eunuch Is Crazed and Dotes on Me 帐中娇:暴戾九千岁又疯又宠 Ancient Romance531k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is now available! (Also known as The Mad, Brutal Eunuch Turned Around and Gently Coaxed Me) [Abusing scumbags + reborn + happy ending + both leads untouched + a vicious, cold-blooded Chief Eunuch who is ruthless to everyone else but a broken, devoted puppy to her vs. a clear-eyed heroine who has been reborn and learned from her mistakes. This novel is entirely fictional.] Pei Min, Chief Eunuch of the Eastern Depot, wielded absolute power and was bloodthirsty and brutal. The 93.9kReads9.3Score7.4kShelves
  8. 1008 All Mine, Jiaojiao 独占姣姣 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Anran is reborn and knows that the brother before her isn’t really her brother, her sisters aren’t really her sisters, and the so-called family members are all scheming against her. She thought she was the only one with a deep secret. Then one day, Prince Rui’s mask slipped, revealing the familiar face of her Third Uncle. Remembering how Prince Rui succeeded in his rebellion in her past life and even helped her get revenge, Xu Anran grits her teeth. So he’s her Third Uncle. Well, she can work 2kReads9.0Score239Shelves
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  9. 1009 Has the Grand Tutor Forced Anyone to Love Him Today? 太傅大人今天强制爱了吗 Ancient Romance224k WordsCompleted [Yandere obsession + coercive possession + extreme possessiveness + brooding male lead + mutual firsts + tragic ending] [Clear-headed beauty vs. aloof madman] Chu Yanchen was born cold and indifferent, yet a dazzling, proud princess was the one person who could cloud his mind. He plotted every step carefully, becoming her tutor and putting on an air of cool propriety, gentle and courteous. He had meant to win her over slowly, but this hopelessly obtuse girl followed those hidebound rules of etiq 1.9kReads—Score102Shelves
  10. 1010 Carving Jade 琢玉 Ancient Romance555k WordsCompleted [Gentle, resilient, delicate flower × rebellious, pampered young master] [Pure historical romance + everyone’s crush + childhood sweethearts + reunited after a breakup + happy ending] The young heir of Prince Rong’s mansion, Nan Rongxuan, was a spoiled playboy, rebellious and unwilling to listen to anyone. Yet he was completely under the thumb of the delicate flower from his sworn enemy’s household, Li Shuyu, the prime minister’s legitimate daughter. The girl he treasured above all else could 706Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  11. 1011 A Thousand Layers of Clouds and Water 云水千重 Ancient Romance101k WordsCompleted Everyone says you’re ruthless and cruel. Good, because I’m no pushover either. A femme fatale? Fine, I’ll give you a peaceful world for the rest of your life! Abandoned by her family at birth, she disguised herself as a man, swept through a thousand armies with cavalry and spear, and became the most ruthless prime minister in the eyes of the world. This is Lou Yu, the powerful chancellor of the Southern Zhan Kingdom. She once held a young girl’s dreams in her heart, wanting only to grow old hand 142Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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  12. 1012 The One by the Tower Is Like Jade 楼边人似玉 Ancient Romance488k WordsCompleted The proprietress of the Zhangdeng Inn is truly insufferable: sharp-tongued, money-grubbing, flirtatious, and shameless. He cultivates the Way of Shangqing and slays the myriad demons of the mortal world. He absolutely must not let her bewitch him! (Demon-hunting, scheming magistrate Song Liyan x money-loving, self-obsessed innkeeper Lou Siyu. The story involves only the human and demon realms. They fall in love in a different setting, with no cultivation. Happy ending, with both sweet and angsty 1.2kReads9.3Score177Shelves
  13. 1013 The Spoiled Princess Is Bewitching and Alluring, Armed with the Plot and Ready to Stir Up Trouble 娇蛮公主妩又媚,手握剧情当祸水 Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted [A flirtatious, delicate princess + a steady, powerful chancellor + sweet romance, devoted couple, face-slapping satisfaction, one-on-one romance + everyone’s darling, irresistible to all] Shen Wanshu is the most pampered princess in the capital, raised deep within the palace and so delicate and lovable that she inspires pity. One day, she awakens and realizes she is the wicked princess in a storybook. Before long, her imperial brother will throw the kingdom into chaos as he becomes hopelessly i —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 1014 The Emperor Has a Certain Affliction 寡人有疾 Ancient Romance219k WordsCompleted They say I’m a lecherous ruler. I ascended the throne at thirteen. That year, I held special imperial examinations to recruit scholars. At the Qionglin Banquet, the third-place graduate leaped into Taiqing Pool in grief and anger just because I had looked at him twice, declaring that he would rather die than suffer such humiliation. By the next day, rumors of my debauchery had spread throughout the court. By the time I was eighteen, no ambitious young talent in the realm dared share a room with 2.2kReads9.3Score314Shelves
  15. 1015 Half the City in Splendor: Complete 3-Volume Edition 半城繁华(全3册) Ancient Romance673k WordsCompleted "Their wedding was fast approaching when the groom died unexpectedly. Out of compassion, her mother secretly sent her to Chang'an to take refuge. There, she never expected to stumble into a tangled, sorrowful romance. One man was like a deep, still river, stirring love and resentment until she was left helpless. The other was passionate and sincere, gentle and considerate. Would she defy the bounds of propriety and choose the man she loved deeply? Or would she settle for a life of wealth and ent 89Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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  16. 1016 Little Menace! She Makes the Cold and Aloof Young Heir Climb Her Wall Every Day 小祖宗好疯!惹清冷世子日日爬墙 Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted (Completed. Transmigrate into a book + win over the husband + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + sweet romance + doted on by everyone + an austere, upright heir to the throne and a righteous-yet-evil, unhinged young lady) Everyone knew that Fu Wenyan, daughter of the Grand General’s household, was hopelessly in love with the Second Prince and would do anything for him without complaint. But after she fell off a cliff, someone else took over Miss Fu’s body. To the Second Prince, whom she h 14kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
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  17. 1017 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 12kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
  18. 1018 I Dumped My Poor, Good-for-Nothing Boyfriend for a Powerful Brocade Guard 踹掉穷渣男,我选权势滔天锦衣卫 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Hilarious] + [Lighthearted] + [Good values]: How do you turn an aloof, celibate man into a clingy puppy? Rong Shu raises her hand: I know this one! She transmigrated into an orphan whose parents had died, struggling to survive while caring for her younger brother. To protect herself, she spread the word everywhere that she was involved with Wei Yan, the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Before long, the men who had been targeting her ran off with their tails between their legs. Rong S 25.7kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves
  19. 1019 I Won’t Be a Powerful Official’s Concubine, I Just Want to Farm 不做权臣外室,我只想种田 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted As the head of the Court of Judicial Review, Huo Yanzheng is known among the people of the capital as an upright official who solves cases with uncanny skill. But to Su Lingwan, he is cold and heartless, standing by with folded arms. He hardly seems like a good person. So whenever Huo Yanzheng comes to eat at her noodle shop, she secretly gives him two extra side dishes or adds another braised egg to his order. She is timid by nature and has no one to rely on. She can only hope that, in return f 7.1kReads8.9Score640Shelves
  20. 1020 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 4.1kReads9.3Score572Shelves
  21. 1021 The Princess's Consort Pays Her Two Hundred Thousand Taels a Month in Pregnancy Allowance 驸马每月给公主二十万两安胎费 Ancient Romance369k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it was just posted. It’ll go up later. [Pure historical romance + one-on-one, devoted couple + happy ending + lighthearted style + no transmigration or rebirth] [A beauty-loving, tearful, wild princess VS a cold, scheming powerful minister] Huo Yu is a sickly princess who could die at any moment. Before she does, she wants to take her brother’s nemesis down with her. But she accidentally discovers that whenever she gets near this man, all her aches and pains disappear. 3.3kReads9.0Score366Shelves
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  22. 1022 He Dotes on His Concubine? I'll Enter the Eastern Palace and Marry the Ailing Crown Prince Instead 独宠外室?我入东宫转嫁病弱太子 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Published as "Love Takes You into His Heart", available on Taobao, Douyin, and Pinduoduo] [Palace and household intrigue + reborn revenge + devoted husband] In her previous life, Shen Ruoxi devoted herself to marrying Prince Qi, Murong Yu. At home, she exhausted herself managing his household; outside, she knelt and begged her father and brothers to help him ascend the throne. She even gave up her place as his princess consort to please him, willingly becoming a concubine. She gave him everythi 20.8kReads9.3Score4.4kShelves
  23. 1023 The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作 Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Comic adaptation of The Beautiful Coroner now available) (Print edition of The Beautiful Coroner now on sale) After the mysterious death of her father, a coroner, Ye Caitang was saddled with a huge debt of fifty taels of silver. She had no choice but to sell herself to the Six Doors and work like a beast of burden for her creditor, Xia Yue, a renowned detective. Fortunately, Ye Caitang possessed the soul of an experienced modern forensic pathologist. Using modern forensic science, she deciphere 21.9kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
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  24. 1024 The Eastern Palace's Beauty: This Favorite Consort Is Mine! 东宫姝色:这宠妃我当定了! Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted [The heroine is doted on from the very beginning. The story focuses on sweet romance, not scheming palace intrigue. The hero adores the heroine and is even a little lovesick. If that's not your thing, please move along, and don't leave a bad review over it. The heroine rises from a junior consort to a favored consort, Crown Princess, and Empress. The hero is a crown prince at first and becomes emperor later.] Su Niannian has landed in a male-lead-centric novel! Her new identity is Su Ling, the 30.1kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
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  25. 1025 The King of Hell's Junior Sister: One Verbal Takedown at a Time 阎王的师妹,怼死一个是一个 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted “Holy crap, Senior Brother, you actually mean it? All I did was lose your lousy old brush. Did you really have to dump me in the human realm?” “Senior Brother... Sob, I was wrong. Just let me come back.” “I promise I'll listen to you from now on, really~” “I'm your own junior sister, after all~” Your own junior sister? No, no, no. You're my own ancestor! The ghost official stood to the side, trembling as he asked, “My lord, is it really all right to just dump Xun'er in the human realm?” Ya 47.8kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
  26. 1026 Shock! Reborn on the Eve of My Family's Execution, I Say Let's Rebel 惊!重生回满门抄斩前夜,造反吧 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + feel-good story with a powerful heroine + family and country + political intrigue] A cool-headed, cunning heroine who plans several moves ahead + a brilliant, devoted yet restrained male lead who serves as a high-ranking official at the Court of Judicial Review In her previous life, the entire Ning family, loyal to the throne for generations, was slaughtered. To avenge them, Ning Zhiwei led an army of a hundred thousand to marry Su Mingjin, helping him with all her might as he rebelle 27.5kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
  27. 1027 The Sweet and Beautiful Imperial Concubine: The Abstinent Fourth Prince Dotes on Her 福晋娇又美:禁欲四爷宠上瘾 Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [One devoted couple + sweet romance] Tong Jia Ning Chuge, the legitimate daughter of Longkodo, was getting married. But on her wedding day, a princess snatched her groom right off the street. The poor girl fell out of her bridal sedan and died on the spot! The woman protested, “I just got here, and a bunch of people are already laughing at me for being a discarded wife. I can’t stand for this!” Just as she was racking her brains for a way to put them in their place, an imperial edict from Empero 24.2kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
  28. 1028 Spring Warmth in the Jade Hall 玉堂春暖 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Li Chunfeng has two childhood friends. One is a graceful young gentleman, as handsome as jade, who topped the imperial examinations and became the youngest top scholar of the new dynasty, his fame filling the capital. The other is a peerlessly handsome, world-renowned God of War, a general whose many victories earned him a marquisate while still young. Li Chunfeng only wants to make money and build her career, but her childhood friends are just too popular. Ever since she arrived in the capital, 2kReads9.1Score231Shelves
  29. 1029 The Imperial Noble Consort’s Laid-Back Life in the Qing Dynasty 清穿皇贵妃的咸鱼日常 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Su Yin unexpectedly arrives in the Qing Dynasty and, by a twist of fate, ends up in the Fourth Prince’s residence. Knowing roughly how history is supposed to unfold, she chooses to keep a low profile to save her own skin. Who would have thought that one day, the Fourth Prince would overhear her secretly badmouthing him? The prince declares, “Very well. You’ve got my attention!” Su Yin denies it three times over: “It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it, don’t make things up.” 2.9kReads9.0Score258Shelves
  30. 1030 The Frail Villainess Is a Master of Self-Destruction 病弱女配是作死小能手 Ancient Romance350k WordsCompleted When I woke up, I found I’d become a frail supporting heroine. That’s right, not a lovesick heroine, but a sickly one, the kind who was on the verge of death. As someone weak and frequently ill, I tried to end my life several times, but nothing worked. Either someone happened to catch me, or the method failed: the rope snapped, the dagger broke, and the poison was fake. 909Reads7.9Score—Shelves
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  31. 1031 The Marquis's Legitimate Daughter and Her Rough Lover 侯府嫡女和她的糙汉姘头 Ancient Romance350k WordsCompleted [Completed] (Original title: The Marquis’s Legitimate Daughter and Her Rough-He Expect) [Ancient-Era One-Night Stand + Both Pure + Mutual Flirting + Heart-Racing Romance] [Soft-Hearted but Ruthless Beauty, Legitimate Daughter of a Marquis’s Household X Powerful, Love-Struck Rough Stablehand (A Secret Identity)] Blurb Ning Shuyun was reborn. In the great fire of her previous life, the flames burning through her spine, her own family nailed shut her sandalwood window with their own hands In this l 3.2kReads8.8Score287Shelves
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  32. 1032 Transmigrating into a Book Is One Thing, but How Did I Pick Up a Villain? 穿书就穿书怎么捡了个反派 Ancient Romance287k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a Book + One-on-One Romance + Happy Ending + Sweet Romance, Mutual Devotion + Bickering Couple + Not a Traditional Fantasy] [Sharp-Tongued Ray of Sunshine x Sarcastic Villainous Big Bad] Content warnings: The heroine has no forced conquest mission. She grows without becoming a burden, and there is no contrived loss of intelligence. The romance develops gradually, like water slowly coming to a boil. If you prefer heroines who jump straight into slaughtering everyone, this may 10.9kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
  33. 1033 A Madwoman Transmigrates Into a Powerful Figure, and the Empire Goes Off the Rails 疯批穿成大佬后,江山开始癫了 Ancient Romance510k WordsCompleted Su Tang transmigrated into a book, becoming a minor female character who dies in chapter three of a rebirth novel. But she soon discovered that the original owner had powerful connections and was a remarkably skilled fighter. This start actually seemed pretty good. Her awful relatives like making trouble? No problem. A few beatings will teach them to behave. The female lead wants to foist her gay fiancé on her? Sounds good. She has to get married anyway, and at least the guy’s good-looking. The 3.9kReads9.0Score375Shelves
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  34. 1034 My Setting Is That I Love Her 朕的设定是爱她 Ancient Romance71k WordsCompleted [System transmigration into a book + mutual healing + winning over a lovesick obsessive] A new historical romance from Zhier, author of one of Zhihu’s three great tragic novels, Late Departure. The main story is lighthearted and funny, but the extras will break your heart. She is his nightmare, and also his cure! He is written to love her, so no matter what she does, he will never blame her. “Yan Yu, I truly and sincerely love you. Don’t forget me, I beg you.” “Don’t be afraid. Your elder sister 398Reads8.6Score113Shelves
  35. 1035 Moon in the Deep Palace 深宫月 Ancient Romance93k WordsCompleted Many years later, I stood in the imperial city of Northern Zhou, gazing at the bright moon beyond the palace walls, and suddenly regretted that fleeting first encounter with Yang Yu in the year I came of age. But Yang Yu told me that even without that glance, he would still have married me. I was destined to be his, and there was no way I could hide from him or escape him. 94Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  36. 1036 Climbing the Social Ladder? I Married into a Marquis’s Household and Took My Wayward Husband in Hand 攀高枝?转头嫁侯府调教纨绔夫君 Ancient Romance430k WordsCompleted [A powerful older sister x a jealous, clingy younger brother] [Marriage before love + reforming a spoiled playboy + sweet romance + the hero forgets his roots] After supporting her fiancé for seven years, Chu Zhirou watches him pass the spring imperial examination and prepare to break off their engagement to climb higher. She turns around and kicks him and his mother out of her home. She plans to raise her young brother and restore the General's residence to its former glory, but finds hersel 616Reads7.4Score103Shelves
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  37. 1037 The Marquis's Bright and Tender Wife, Doted on Without Bounds 夫人明媚娇软,清冷侯爷宠妻无边 Ancient Romance605k WordsCompleted After more than three years of marriage, Qiao Man finally realizes that she and her ice-cold husband are never going to be a loving couple. Since that’s the case, she won’t make herself miserable over it. Life is short, and she has her own parents and siblings to care for. There’s no need to disregard everything for a man. But to her surprise, the moment she stops paying attention to him, he comes scurrying after her all on his own. * Ning Qi is very pleased with the wife he married without ever 24kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves
  38. 1038 Reborn! A Son Makes the Father Noble, and Fourth Master Lifts Her to the Empress's Seat 重生!父凭子贵,四爷巴巴捧后位 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Two Powerful Leads + Sweet Romance + Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Cunning Little One] (Not a chaste romance. The heroine is the sole favorite from the middle onward. Read with care if this bothers you.) Heaven took pity on her. Reborn, Yijun returned to the day she gave birth to Honghui and swore she would protect the child who had died young. But who could have guessed that the icy Fourth Prince from her previous life would become captivated by the tenderness and liveliness in Yiju 6.4kReads9.4Score475Shelves
  39. 1039 Fold a Pear Blossom with the Moon 和月折梨花 Ancient Romance153k WordsCompleted Zhier's Complete Works: Includes The Homecoming Feast: Su Anyan said he would marry me. He said it himself. Under the moon, in a little boat, beneath a sky full of stars, on a shimmering lake, with a gentle breeze, the scent of flowers, and cicadas singing. I told him that tomorrow would be a fine, sunny day. He didn't answer. Instead, he said, "Wan Shijin, I like you. I've come to ask you to marry me." He said he would marry only me. Others might not be able to keep that promise, but he could. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 1040 A Long Farewell 长辞 Ancient Romance102k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + tragic romance + both leads reborn] Another heartbreaking historical romance from Zhihu’s popular author Zhier, following An Ending at Dusk! Through a haze of consciousness, she relived her entire life, finally pausing on that sunny afternoon. He stood beneath a tree, his eyes covered with white cloth, smiling as he asked what she wanted. A young gentleman, handsome and refined as jade. One glance was enough to stay in her memory for years. If only she had known that meeting h 1.7kReads8.4Score213Shelves
  41. 1041 The Empress Keeps Wanting to Take More Consorts 女帝她又又又想纳妃 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal World + Harem + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Wish Fulfillment] As the most honored imperial princess in the Great Liang Empire, Xing Lan has had only one ambition since childhood: to marry the man of her dreams, live in loving harmony, and grow old together. She never expected to be ordered to inherit the throne. Well, ruling an empire that stretches for thousands of miles isn't so bad. But why are all the handsome men keeping their distance? Xing Lan: “What do you thi 2.2kReads9.1Score266Shelves
  42. 1042 Nothing More Than That 不过尔尔 Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted Er’er is a weak little immortal. She can’t fight monsters, and she can’t meditate either. With barely eight hundred years of cultivation, she loses it all the moment she ascends to the Ninth Heaven. But she has the gift of foresight. She knows that one day, the man before her will destroy heaven and earth and slaughter every living thing. Before he turns demonic, she must bind her little life tightly to his. Li Ye is a powerful High God. He ranks first at fighting monsters, first at meditati 7kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
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  43. 1043 This Time, the Princess Sent for a Political Marriage Is a Dud 这届和亲的公主不行 Ancient Romance130k WordsCompleted This is a modern story dressed in ancient garb, with each princess sent away for a political marriage representing a modern woman. Princess Chengjun, who switched careers to become a city-defense general, is a career-driven heroine. Princess Baihua, a homebody who avidly follows serialized stories, represents those of us who have read countless novels and cheered wildly for fictional characters. Princess Muyun, who loves money more than life, is a strong stepmother with a sharp tongue and a soft 357Reads9.6Score149Shelves
  44. 1044 No Match for the Imperial Uncle’s Beauty 不及皇叔貌美 Ancient Romance491k WordsCompleted The man she had loved for ten years was going to burn her alive so he could marry someone else! Just before she died, someone appeared from the sky and rescued her from the flames. “I’ll help you with anything you want,” Shen Guyuan said. “As long as you find true love in the end.” “I want revenge!” Chi Yu gritted her teeth. “I’ll make that pair of cheating bastards pay in blood!” But revenge was one thing. A woman this fierce still had no prospects for marriage. Shen Guyuan was worried, so he t 441Reads8.7Score102Shelves
  45. 1045 Madam Crooks Her Finger to Train Her Dog, and Her Man Obediently Follows 夫人勾手训狗,爷乖乖就走 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A proud, sharp-tongued hero whose actions belie his words × a clever, beautiful heroine who knows how to tame men) By her parents’ arrangement and the matchmaker’s word, Qiao Qiao marries Xie Heng, the third son of the Xie family, whose family has been close to hers for generations. The Xie family is complicated, with many sisters-in-law to contend with. On top of that, Third Master Xie is aloof by nature and comes from a military examination background. Everyone says Qiao Qiao will be worn out 13.9kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
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