Historical Romance Where They Marry at the Start and Fall in Love Afterward 开头就结婚先婚后爱古言
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After Becoming His Second Wife, I Brought the Duke Back to Life 成为续弦后，我把国公爷盘活了
Lin Xiaoman transmigrated into a book, becoming the male lead's second wife, a foolish woman destined to die young in a romance novel. The original owner was intellectually impaired, and on their wedding night, she drugged the male lead. She also listened to his stepmother and plotted to harm his son. In the end, the male lead tossed her straight into a den of beggars. Thinking of the original owner's tragic fate, Lin Xiaoman trembled with fear. But what could she do? By the time she woke up, th
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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
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
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Wild Sands of the North: The Tyrant’s Cherished Bride from a Peace Marriage 漠北狂沙，暴君嗜宠和亲妻
[The Scheming King of the Desert Tribes x The Clever Little Fox Princess from the Central Plains] [Fantasy setting! Fantasy setting! Fantasy setting! This story is born from the author's imagination~ It borrows a little from the framework of the northern desert, but everything is fictional and has nothing to do with real history or real ethnic groups. Please don't try to match it to real people or places. History buffs, proceed with caution~ (´▽`)] [Pure-love fans rejoice! A scheming 24-year-old
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The Princess Consort Forgets Me Every Day, But So What? 王妃日日忘了我，但那又怎样
[No System, no transmigration + devoted couple + alternate world + winning her back] Ling Yiyi loses her memory every day, leaving her without family or friends. Qi Siy i is caught in the treacherous imperial court, an unpopular prince left on the fringes. Two people estranged from the world are bound together by an imperial marriage decree steeped in manipulation and humiliation. On their wedding night, he is consumed by resentment and revulsion at a marriage forced upon him, while she can thin
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The Scheming Regent Reads My Mind and Forces Me to Win Him Over 腹黑摄政王读我心，强行攻略我
[Marriage Before Love] [On-screen comments + inner monologue] [Both leads strong and devoted to one another] Political intrigue, business, sweet romance, adorable baby, satisfying wish fulfillment, harmless on the outside but calculating underneath Meng Chenyin, a screenwriter for short dramas, somehow transmigrated into an NPC from her own story, a supporting daughter of the Ministry of Revenue’s vice minister whose only line was a single sentence. To make matters worse, her stepmother was abou
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The Brocade-Clad Killer 锦衣杀
He is the sharpest blade in the emperor’s hand, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. By imperial order, he marries the only daughter of the Marquis Who Guards the Nation, who has been left behind in the capital. A marriage contract is both a reward and a shackle... She is a hostage used by the emperor to control the generals stationed at the border. He is the jailer ordered to keep watch over her. He struggles between loyalty and the growing desire he cannot suppress, while she naviga
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Love Surges with Marriage 婚涌情生
Older man + marriage before love + slow-burn romance + sweet and doting + three-year age gap A spoiled heir to a business empire × a cool, reserved doctor When Shi Qi was twenty-five, her adoptive mother fell seriously ill. To fulfill her adoptive mother’s dying wish, she married Meng Yan, the heir to the Meng family, whom she had never met. Meng Yan was the heir to the most powerful family in Beicheng. Rumor had it that he was arrogant, flamboyant, and impulsive, never doing things by the book.
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Ink-Stained Red Bridal Makeup 墨染红妆
Ink-Stained Red Makeup
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Transmigrate Into a Kung Fu Princess 穿越之功夫王妃
Mi Le never expected to transmigrate to a fictional ancient era just to keep up with the times, let alone be betrothed to the Regent Prince. But why does this man look so much like the person she had a crush on in her previous life? Oh, well. Since fate brought them together, she might as well claim him, no matter what it takes. (This story is purely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.)
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I’m Coveting My Short-Lived Husband’s Inheritance, but What If He Won’t Die? 垂涎短命夫君遗产，可他不死咋办
[Sweet romance + mutually devoted one-on-one couple] The first time Jiang Yunshao laid eyes on the handsome, sickly man who looked destined to die young, her eyes lit up. A short life? Perfect! Flirt with him! Marry him! Then inherit his estate when he dies and spend it however she likes! Later, her supposedly short-lived husband dotes on her as if she were the most precious thing in the world. When morning sickness strikes, she drops her act as a delicate little rabbit and declares with fierce
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I’m a Princess. What’s Wrong with Having Three Royal Consorts? 我是公主，有三个驸马怎么了？
[Sweet romance + court intrigue + ensemble cast + possessive younger brother + restrained, stoic older brother + no love-triangle angst + everyday life + comedy] (A sweet romance with a gradual build-up. Although the heroine is reborn, revenge is not the focus. Please don't flame if that's not your thing.) Zhongli Yueluo, the beloved heir to the Demon Lord's throne in West Demon Mountain on the Tianyuan Continent, is unfortunately a naive romantic who blindly trusts her older sister and is deepl
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- 162 Being Left to Die With Nothing? I Picked Up a Husband Who's the Chief Minister 被吃绝户？捡个相公是首辅 Chaoyan was a top agent trained by the nation. She could fight on the battlefield, cook in the kitchen, take on mistresses, and catch hooligans. After transmigrating, Chaoyan became Bai Chaoyan, an orphan whose relatives were already scheming to seize her inheritance the moment she woke up. Her grandmother was cruel, her aunt stingy, her grandfather cowardly, and her uncles greedy… Her little sister was skin and bones, and was about to be sold as a child bride… Damn it! Just because the tig 1.8kReads8.3Score208Shelves
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Wait, Prince, You Have an Eight-Pack? 不是，王爷原来你有八块腹肌呀
Wait, Your Highness, you've got an eight-pack?
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Being a Concubine Is Hard, So I’m Taking the Money and Running 妾室难为，所以我打算卷钱跑路
[The rating has only just appeared and will rise later, so please ignore it.] The eldest daughter of the Marquis Zhongxin's household has been married into the Duke Dingguo's household for five years without bearing a child, so the Old Madam turns her attention to the legitimate daughter of her illegitimate son. The illegitimate son is a spineless weakling who has never achieved much in his life. What could his daughter possibly amount to? Zhou Wenxin wants to follow in her maternal grandfather'
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She's a Murderess, So How Did She Marry the Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review? 她杀人魔，怎么嫁了大理寺少卿？
[Female Lead: Has a Slight Grasp of Human Nature] X [Male Lead: A Good Man] [A Not-Quite-Right, Delicate Beauty X The Pure and Noble Xie Xiao Wu] . Sang Mi was a man-eating flower that killed without batting an eye, a murderous fiend who couldn’t be bothered to lift a finger and couldn’t tell one grain from another. She transmigrated. But why was she the daughter of the Minister of Justice? And why had she married Xie Zeyi, a junior official at the Court of Judicial Review? . Xie Zeyi had long b
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The Sweetly Seductive Princess Has the Chaste Prince Falling for Her 甜诱王妃撩爆，禁欲王爷也要沦陷
[Reborn + very sweet romance + pampering + flirting + lighthearted] In her previous life, Xu Qingcheng was manipulated into mistaking her enemy for her benefactor, and ultimately died far from home. Reborn on her wedding night, Xu Qingcheng knows she won’t mistake the wrong person this time. The lifesaving benefactor she has been searching for all along is actually her husband! Looking at the cold, distant man, she decides to go all in. She sways her waist, gives him a flirtatious glance, and pe
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This Assassin Is a Hopeless Romantic 这个杀手，恋爱脑
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.
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You Force Me to Marry the Regent? I'm Pregnant, and the Crown Prince Has Gone Mad 逼我嫁摄政王？我有孕太子疯了
Marriage first, love later (sweet romance) + long-planned pursuit + domineering CEO + he pursues her + second male lead pursues his wife + elder brother steals younger brother’s wife + intense push and pull + wins her heart and her body + both virgins + happy ending + legitimate daughter + prince and princess consort + crown prince + struggle for the throne When the plum blossoms were in bloom, Crown Prince Xiao Jingyuan promised Shen Jinghong that once her father and brothers returned victorio
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Rain at Dawn and Dusk, Wind Suddenly Rising 朝暮之雨疏风骤
Warlord romance + devoted one-on-one love + intense, simmering tension + a groveling chase to win her back + a marriage in someone else’s place (set in a fictionalized Republican-era China) He is the young marshal, a warlord with control of the troops across six northern provinces. On the ocean liner returning to China, he rescues her after someone drugs her with an aphrodisiac. From that moment on, their fates become intertwined... She is a student returning from overseas, yearning for freedom
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The Lazy Crown Princess Wins by Eating Her Fill 咸鱼太子妃靠干饭躺赢
A quirky foodie girl × a crown prince who says one thing and means another: transmigration + devoted romance between two virgins + lighthearted humor + one-on-one romance + a powerful team-up + evenly matched partners + a slow-burn love Su Manman is a modern food blogger who has chosen to lie flat. Her life motto: Nothing matters more than eating! “There’s no problem a meal can’t solve. If one meal won’t do it, then have two.” One day, she wakes up to find she’s transmigrated into the body of a
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After Marrying the Cold-Faced Duke, I Cut My Way Through the Inner Court 和冷面国公联姻后，我杀穿内宅
Xiao Qianqian falls to her death. Reborn, she marries Xie Yue, a ruthless general who shows no mercy. In public, they are a courteous husband and wife, respectful to one another. In private, beneath swaying red candles, he holds her captive in his arms, his eyes burning with an obsession he can no longer hide. It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience that turned into love, but who could have guessed the cold-faced general would fall for her? He cherishes her, helps her take revenge, and j
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Reborn: The Easygoing Princess Only Wants to Become a Taoist Nun 重生之佛系王妃只想做道姑
[Reborn + princess consort + soul transmigration + substitute marriage + doted on by one man] The disgraced daughter of the Lin family becomes the Prince of Li’s consort through a substitute marriage. She plans to take life easy, laze around, and become a Daoist nun. Who could have imagined that after ten years of being ignored and unknown, her first public appearance would be celebrated across the land? Xiao Linfeng was once a god of death on the battlefield. Now, afflicted with a vicious il
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The King of Chu and His Wife's Sweet Daily Life 楚王夫妇互宠日常
A cool, aloof yet pure-hearted young man x a sweet and clever girl [Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple + Both Pure, 1v1] Su Yujing, a young lady of a marquis's household forced to live under someone else's roof, dreams of her future self, taken as a concubine by the dissolute and tyrannical Prince Wei and left to die in misery at a side residence! After getting a full preview of her future, Su Yu trembles with fear and turns her attention to Prince Wei's younger brother, who is even you
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- 174 Where Does the Light Boat Go? 轻舟何岸 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 16Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Reborn Vengeful Ghost Turns the Chaotic World Upside Down. Why Would You Mess With Her? 疯批厉鬼重生乱世，你惹她干嘛？
[Star-crossed love + both reborn + disgraced wife + both untouched + contrasting couples] The winter Miss Shen, A Ci, died, the snow in the capital grew thicker with each passing day. The following spring, her childhood sweetheart and fiancé placed third in the imperial examinations. By the end of the next spring, the emperor issued an edict sending Miss Shen far away to the borderlands to marry. Her new husband tried several times to take her life, while her childhood sweetheart married another
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After Our Fake Marriage, My Childhood Rival Won’t Leave Me Alone at Night 假成婚后，死对头竹马夜夜缠
The Proud, Resilient Chancellor's Daughter × The Cunning, Unrestrained Duke's Legitimate Son [Marriage First, Love Later + Long-Planned Scheme + Bickering Couple + Glorious High Tang + Court Intrigue and Household Rivalry + One-on-One, Both Untouched] After someone plots against her, Shen Ruojin, the youngest daughter of the chancellor, is drugged with a potent aphrodisiac and nearly loses her virtue. The man who barges into her room is none other than her sworn enemy, Rong Che, Second Young Mas
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A Bewitching Blade Is Born! The Lord's Heart Is Captured! The Lone Girl with Wasted Meridians Trains a True Dragon 媚刃生！君心倾！废脉孤女训真龙
[A Disgraced Minister's Daughter with a Ruined Meridian x A Cold and Ruthless True Dragon Heir] [Marriage Before Love | Fiercely Protective Devotion | Sugary Sweet Happy Ending | Mutual Firsts | Satisfying Revenge | Xuanhuan Political Intrigue | Household Showdowns | The Ultimate Dragon Husband] "My lord, please have mercy on A Li!" On her wedding night, Su Wanli's skin tore and her muscles were battered. Her pleas for mercy dissolved in the dew of dragon's saliva... "Now that you're part of the
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Shared Marriage: I Became a County Magistrate in Ancient Times 共享婚姻之我在古代当局长
[Mutual first love++ fiercely protective+love grows over time+sweet romance+the heroine and her best friend build careers in ancient times] Ning Lengleng woke up to find that her whole world had turned upside down. In this world, marriage had to be shared? Children had to be shared too? Even property had to be shared? Her best friend, who had been sleeping beside her just a moment ago, was gone. And when Ning Lengleng woke up, she discovered that someone had taken advantage of her completely. W
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Reborn and Married Off in a Swap, I Take My Spoiled Husband on a Rampage! 重生换亲，我带纨绔夫君杀疯了！
Su Yuyi is reborn on the day her half sister switches marriage prospects with her. In her previous life, she was dignified and virtuous, yet ended up poisoned to death by her husband and half sister, while her own child was switched. This time, she coldly watches as her half sister takes the place of the heir’s principal wife, while she resolutely marries Xie Yunting, the disreputable second son of a secondary branch. The world laughs at her for ruining her own future, but she sees clearly: bene
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