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  1. 901 Small-Town Life After Retiring from Maid Service 当丫鬟退休后的小县城生活 Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Food-stall heroine + storybook-writing hero + fictional setting + no golden finger + gentle, everyday life] Fifteen years after leaving the He household in the capital, Jiang Yu, a retired maid, returns to Daliu Town with her daughter. She buys a small courtyard and sets up a food stall at the mouth of an alley. In Sweetwater Alley lives a successful candidate who writes storybooks instead of doing anything respectable. Cheng keeps odd hours, sleeping by day and staying up at night. 3.6kReads8.9Score360Shelves
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  2. 902 Weren’t We Supposed to Be Estranged? How Did I End Up Pregnant? 说好的貌合神离呢?我怎么揣崽了 Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted Shen Qingfu transmigrates into a novel she's read, becoming the foolish, vicious villainess who covets her brother-in-law, plots to murder her husband, and causes endless trouble, only to die without a proper burial. Shen Qingfu: ... Her husband is sickly and will soon die on his own. And her brother-in-law? He's young and inexperienced. No thanks! Can't she live as a wealthy society wife, wait for her husband to die naturally, and then enjoy life as a young, beautiful, rich widow? * She waits a 18.7kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
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  3. 903 EN The Villainous First Wife's Daily Redemption 恶毒主母洗白日常 Ancient Romance625k WordsCompleted [Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy + Fake and Real Heiresses + Rejecting Women’s Rivalry] Gu Wanning transmigrates into the role of a vicious matriarch. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees four concubines of every shape and size, trembling with fear. The First Concubine is skilled at needlework, the Second at bookkeeping, the Third at medicine, and the Fourth is a formidable martial artist. Gu Wanning: Why should that good-for-nothing man get to enjoy the blessings of a household full of wives? Let me h 2.7kReads8.6Score275Shelves
  4. 904 Empress of Hongwu: From Orphan Girl to Empress of the Ming Dynasty 洪武皇后之从孤女到大明皇后 Ancient Romance248k WordsCompleted The Empress of Hongwu | No System, No transmigration, Based on Official History When she died, he held her hand as it changed from warm to lukewarm, then cold. The historian wrote: The emperor wept bitterly and never appointed another empress. Thirty years earlier, he was a poor young man with missing teeth on the streets of Haozhou. When he lifted her bridal veil, he fumbled and spilled wine all over her. “One day, I’ll make you a pair of soft-soled shoes. I could tell you were in pain when y 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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  5. 905 Be Good! Sweetheart, Don't Run! The Mad Tyrant Coaxes You in a Hoarse Whisper 乖!娇娇别逃!疯批暴君低哑缠哄 Ancient Romance272k WordsCompleted [Also known as The Phoenix Returns to the Luan] [Both Reborn + Both Transmigrate + Yandere + Power Couple + Everyone’s Favorite + Sweet Romance and Power Fantasy] After dying tragically in her previous life and transmigrating to the modern world, Yun Li unexpectedly transmigrates back. When she opens her eyes, it’s her wedding night! “A Li... why can’t you try to love me?” The yandere regent grips her waist, his eyes red-rimmed, and swears he’ll pamper his little darling with his life in this li 10.6kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
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  6. 906 Glad to Share a Branch with You 甘与子同枝 Ancient Romance276k WordsOngoing [Both leads are devoted to each other + power-play romance + love rivals + melodramatic angst + intense romance + old-school flavor] *The male lead is blind at first *The female lead has another first love Headstrong wildflower × affection-starved, untouchable nobleman Cover title: I Really Didn't Mean to Get the Blind Crown Prince's Attention Feng Langrong is the daughter of a high-ranking official. Her life has gone smoothly since childhood, except that the 13Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. 907 Zhaoning Ruyi 昭宁如意 Mystery540k WordsCompleted [Light Household Intrigue x Ensemble Cast x Mysticism x Suspense x Case Solving] “Cold-faced King of Hell, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review vs. seemingly sweet but secretly ruthless young lady of the mystic sect” Abandoned at a Taoist temple for fifteen years without a word, she is suddenly summoned home by her stepmother. The plan is to make her take her stepsister’s place in a ghost marriage. Others go home to reunite with family. She goes home to risk her life. Shen Zhao smiles as sh 258Reads—Score—Shelves
  8. 908 I Was Reborn as a Concubine's Daughter and Just Want to Slack Off 穿成庶女只想摆烂 Ancient Romance229k WordsOngoing [A Devoted Marquis Makes a Forceful Entrance] [Transmigrated woman vs. reborn woman + heroine who only wants to run away and treats everyone kindly vs. gentle, restrained hero bent on revenge + feelings quietly take root + no inner-court scheming + sisters working together] After transmigrating as a concubine-born daughter, Yun Jinshu has no desire to strive. She just wants to laze around. But every day, she finds herself asking: Why does Second Sister look at me like that? Why am I being hunted 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 909 After the Estate Was Confiscated 抄家以后 Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted [A clever, levelheaded noblewoman vs. an honest, straightforward, fiercely loyal guard] [Historical Romance + Revenge + Healing + Political Intrigue + Love That Grows Over Time + Devoted Guard] Cheng Ming'an was the daughter of a general. On the eve of her wedding, the Cheng family was arrested and their assets confiscated for treason. Her father and brothers were executed, her eldest sister took her own life, and her married sisters were put through one hardship after another. Her fiancé change 11.5kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
  10. 910 The Spring Renewal Pharmacy 回春药铺 Ancient Romance432k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + no rebirth or transmigration + revenge + political intrigue] Every thrilling tale begins in a little apothecary. After a chance encounter, a master and apprentice who have both suffered the slaughter of their families and endured countless hardships find themselves facing powerful enemies. They have no choice but to assume secret identities and disappear into the bustling streets of the capital, plotting carefully and advancing step by step as they seek revenge, stirri 21kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
  11. 911 The Easygoing Second Wife 佛系继室 Ancient Romance111k WordsCompleted From the moment Cui Jiangwan learns she’s to marry Marquis Wu’an Ji Huai, she knows the marquis still carries an irreplaceable first love in his heart. That woman was his late wife and his childhood sweetheart. So Cui Jiangwan plans to be a laid-back second wife and live with Ji Huai in mutual respect. 3kReads6.8Score210Shelves
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  12. 912 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 8kReads9.2Score736Shelves
  13. 913 My Noble Title Was Stripped? The Reborn Duke's Legitimate Daughter Goes on a Rampage! 爵位被夺?重生公府嫡女杀疯了! Ancient Romance495k WordsCompleted [Not good people] [Ambitious schemers] [Male lead as an accessory] Dou Xueci is the only surviving child of the Grand Duke Who Protects the State of Great Jing. After her father dies, the emperor decrees that the legitimate daughter of the Dou family, Xueci, must never marry out of the family! By birth, she is the mistress of the Grand Duke's estate. In her previous life, Dou Xueci escorted her father's coffin back to their hometown. When she returned to the capital after three years of mourning 4.7kReads8.2Score551Shelves
  14. 914 Dangerous Entanglement 危情缠绕 Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [One-on-One, Both Pure + Light Mystery + Revenge + The Wife-Chasing Crematorium] [I fell into the abyss for you, but you completely forgot me!] Gui Xin thought that leaving the past behind and spending the rest of her life under a new identity in a small town in southern Italy would be the best ending she could hope for. But fate wouldn't let her go. It made her run into Xie Jin'an, who had "died on the operating table" three years ago. He was still alive? Then hadn't her whole life become a jok 1.5kReads9.2Score166Shelves
  15. 915 Her Phoenix Fate Stolen? She Helps the Powerful Prince Seize the Throne and Goes on a Killing Spree 凤命被夺?转身扶权王登基杀疯了 Ancient Romance242k WordsOngoing [Resilient, sweet-faced-on-the-outside, dark-hearted Black Lotus beauty vs. cold, ruthless, possessive, scheming mad prince] [Taking by force + revenge-driven Black Lotus + winning her heart and her body + chasing his wife to the crematorium + political intrigue] In her previous life, her legitimate elder sister set her up. Her innocence was ruined, her reputation destroyed, and the Crown Prince broke off their engagement. Before she could catch her breath, she was forced to marry into a wastrel —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 916 After the Marquis’s Old Ancestress Started Slacking Off, Her Descendants Panicked 侯府老祖宗摆烂后,儿孙全慌了 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted The Dowager Lady of the Xuanping Marquis Estate, Min Qiao, was reborn! In her previous life, her son doted on his concubine and neglected his wife, her grandson wanted to marry a courtesan, her granddaughter wanted to break off her engagement, and her daughter-in-law planned to elope. She stopped them, kept them in line, and exhausted herself cleaning up one mess after another. For the Marquis Estate's reputation and her descendants' futures, she bore the blame, devoted all her energy to them, a 5.7kReads7.9Score740Shelves
  17. 917 Reborn: My Sister Can Marry in Peace, I'll Handle the Wicked Mother-in-Law 重生之阿姐安心嫁,恶婆婆交给我 Ancient Romance279k WordsCompleted It just got its rating, and it's a little low. It'll go up, so don't miss it if you're passing by. This book is worth a read. [Rebirth + wicked mother-in-law + face-slapping + deep sisterly bonds + farming + devoted husband] Lin Qingxia is reborn. In her previous life, her elder sister was tormented to death by a cruel mother-in-law. Lin Qingxia was forced by her parents to marry, so she fled to the prefectural city and learned embroidery. Somehow, she ran into bandits, was stabbed through the 556Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  18. 918 Brocade Boudoir Stratagem 锦闺谋 Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted The rating is low because the novel just started, so don't worry. It'll go up. [Careful plotting + age gap + powerful man gradually falling for her] Shen Qingluo grew up with parents who favored her siblings, a brother who didn't care for her, and a younger sister who schemed against her. She managed the marquis's household, earned a fortune for the once-declining family, and secured promising futures for her two older brothers. She won her mother an honorary title. She found her younger sister 21kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves
  19. 919 Prince Jin Has Trouble Fathering Heirs? His Delicate Beauty Bears Two Babies in One Night 锦王子嗣艰难?娇柔美人一夜两崽 Ancient Romance772k WordsCompleted [Household and palace intrigue + devoted love later on + the most beautiful heroine + a scheming flirt] Sheng Wendi is a delicate beauty with a face like a celestial maiden. Though she has transmigrated, she can’t remember a single poem or song. Her legitimate elder sister, who transmigrated into a book and knows the plot inside out, steals everything from her. The sister marries the son of a civil official, while Sheng Wendi is sent to marry Prince Jin as a concubine. The prince’s manor is full 6.3kReads8.5Score567Shelves
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  20. 920 After the Wicked Woman Betrayed Her Foolishly Kind Husband 恶毒女背叛傻子老好人夫君后 Ancient Romance491k WordsOngoing In her previous life, Lou Jiyue was rescued from a trafficker by the simple-minded Jin Duqiu. Who knew the fool would stubbornly insist she become his wife and bear his children? Lou Jiyue not only failed to appreciate his kindness, she was also mercenary and status-conscious. Taking advantage of his love for her, she threw her weight around at home every day, making him work from dawn till dusk to earn money while she lived a pampered life, never lifting a finger. By day, the fool obeyed her in 19.8kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
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  21. 921 You and I Were Never Meant to Be, But the Prince Is Willing to Spend 你我本无缘,全靠王爷肯花钱 Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + irresistible, teasing beauty × a man whose mouth says no but whose actions say yes + sweet wife × tough guy + size difference] Shen Qingqing was having a bit of bad luck. She’d transmigrated into the body of a courtesan who was about to leave the brothel. She’d heard the madam planned to sell her as a concubine to a lecher in his fifties. So Shen Qingqing had to find another way out and get herself “married” within a month... She paid a hefty sum to a matchmaker for a list of el 2.7kReads9.3Score454Shelves
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  22. 922 Honey, Open the Door. It's Your Husband 老婆开门,我是老公呀 Modern Romance740k WordsOngoing [GB stories + one-on-one happy ending + both leads’ first and only love + collection] Hey, everyone, come gather round and dig in!!!! 1. A gentle older girlfriend who’s a total puppy for her girl 2. A cool, frail Buddhist monk and a woman general 3. Hugs for an insecure deskmate 4. A domineering sweetheart and her long-haired beauty of a wife 5. Transported into an ABO world, I marry a delicious, sweet Omega as my wife 6. A horror writer meets her thousand-year-old wandering ghost husband 7. Th 1.4kReads—Score121Shelves
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  23. 923 The Beauty Is Hard to Tame: I Won't Cling to the Heir's Favor 美人难驯:世子的高枝不想攀 Ancient Romance346k WordsCompleted A scheming woman who clings to the powerful * A deep, cunning heir Coercive love + intense tension + an irresistible push and pull Her perspective: She seduced all the young masters in the capital, but never once thought to seduce him. She would marry anyone, just not him. He looked down on her and repeatedly thwarted her chances of marriage. His perspective: She seduced his brothers and friends, but acted as if he didn’t exist. He disliked her shameless flirting, hated her scheming and vanity, 22.7kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
  24. 924 The Villainess Wants to Reform, but the Male Lead Won't Let Her 恶毒女配要从良,男主就是不让 Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted [A Repressed Prince Who Loses Control × A Warmhearted, Delicate Supporting Heroine] One-on-one, both untouched. The hero deliberately seduces her, they fall in love over time, he takes her by force, and he tempts her in the dead of night. The original novel’s hero, a proper gentleman: “We’re not married yet. It wouldn’t be proper!” This novel’s hero, leaning close to whisper in her ear: “If you don’t tell, and I don’t tell, no one will ever know!” Mu Jinglan transmigrates into a book as the vi 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 925 The Heartthrob Beauty's Dog-Training Manual [Quick Transmigration] 万人迷美人训狗手册【快穿】 Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Immersive story + satisfying romance + irresistible to all men + all male leads are virgins] Sang Ling is a bad woman, with an angelic face and a pitch-black heart. The “Black Lotus” System binds itself to her, tasking her with maxing out the male leads’ affection scores. 1. A money-loving online scammer and streamer: When Sang Ling arrives, the original host has already used photo filters to start an online romance with the male lead and is about to be exposed. But Sang Ling, who has alrea 43.4kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves
  26. 926 Reborn: I’ll Tear Through the World to Win My Husband Back 重生归来:我为追夫大杀四方 Ancient Romance869k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she smashed to pieces the phoenix crown the tyrant had made for her, right in front of the man who had forcibly kept her by his side for ten years. As the rebels closed in and corpses piled high, he snatched the sword from her hand with a smile and plunged it into his own heart. “Xixi, whatever you want to do, I’ll make it happen. But you mustn’t get my blood on your hands.” Before his body, the scumbag man and vile woman suddenly showed their true colors. Only then did she 28Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 927 The Great Yong's Merchant Queen: Making Money, Seizing Power, and Winning a Good Husband 大雍女商,搞钱掌权揽良人 Ancient Romance120k WordsOngoing [One woman, multiple male leads + business + character growth] A farm girl transmigrates and shakes up the class system, reshaping the dynasty through her business empire. Using modern knowledge, she rises from the bottom of the social ladder and transforms the word “merchant” into a badge of honor. Men of the highest caliber from all walks of life, from princes and young masters to chief ministers and scholars, are won over by her talent and vision, and willingly become her allies and partners. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 928 A Devoted Emperor Chases Love from Ancient Times to the Modern Day 痴情帝王,从古代追爱到现代 Ancient Romance210k WordsCompleted "The ancient-era portion of this book is not a clean romance and takes a realistic approach, with an emphasis on plausibility. Readers who insist on both leads being untouched should read with caution. Once they reach the modern era, both leads are untouched. The story is a slow burn, but the later chapters are exciting, so be sure to read to the end." The heroine, Lin Wan, is a woman of unparalleled beauty and a celebrated history professor at a modern university. Not only is she exceptionally 2Reads9.1Score—Shelves
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  29. 929 After Becoming the Crown Princess, I Became Someone's Target 穿成太子妃后,我被人盯上了 11k WordsCompleted After Becoming the Crown Princess, I Became Someone's Target —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 930 Who Says the Emperor's Uncle Can't Have Children? She's Already on Her Second! 谁说皇叔不能生?她都二胎了! Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Short drama: A Fragrant Remedy to Win My Lord) [Farming + sweet romance + bickering couple + devoted to each other + HE] Regent Xiao Xingyan led his troops against the enemy for three years and won a great victory, but was ambushed by the enemy and suffered damage to his ability to have heirs. The imperial physician diagnosed him with a serious difficulty in fathering children in the future. The Grand Empress Dowager worried herself sick over it, and everyone in the court was deeply concerned, 16.7kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
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  31. 931 A Mistake Made Day After Day 朝朝误 Ancient Romance324k WordsCompleted [No transmigration, no rebirth, no System. A pure historical romance + love between a man and woman + family and nation] On a stormy Mid-Autumn night, overlapping shadows cast by candles in a private residence shattered the lie of “one heart, one lifetime, one partner.” She ran mad through the rain with a sword in hand, while he cuddled his new lover on the bed. And the cousin who always said she only wanted enough to eat had already set her sights on becoming the Xie family matriarch. But who w 498Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 932 The Debtor I Found in the Mountains Turned Out to Be a Young Lord 我从深山捡来的欠债鬼竟是世子 Ancient Romance155k WordsOngoing A money-loving huntress VS a noble young lord. A sweet, lighthearted, slow-burn romance with both leads untouched by past relationships. Pure historical romance, no transmigration. The worst deal Jiang Shisui ever made was rescuing a man in the mountains. He was covered in wounds, had not a penny to his name, and was picky about everything. The flatbread was too hard, the porridge too thin, and he even complained that she was too rough when changing his bandages. She put up with it. Every expe —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 933 Reborn: I Dumped the Scumbag and Won Over the Cold, Cunning Prince 重生后踹渣男,撩翻冷面腹黑王爷 Ancient Romance967k WordsOngoing The animated series adaptation of this novel is now streaming, and it's currently a hit on Hongguo and Tomato! Reborn to pursue her husband + revenge on villains + an ascetic, powerful official + two clever, formidable leads + a devoted husband who dotes on his wife In her previous life, Su Jin was blind to the truth and gave her heart to the wrong man. A hypocritical scoundrel and her scheming cousin, who pretended to be pure and innocent, joined forces to deceive her and marry her into a den 5.6kReads8.9Score600Shelves
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  34. 934 Sang Sang and Xing 桑桑与行 Ancient Romance555k WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Prosperity] + [Everyday Life and Business] + [Heartwarming and Joyful] + [Slow-Burn, Relaxing] Qin Mianmian, a 32-year-old modern office worker with a calm disposition, inexplicably transmigrates into the body of Qin Nansang, a 12-year-old girl in an alternate historical era. A peaceful and prosperous age, a harmonious family. Starting with a journey to the capital to find her father, she grows step by step and lives each day as it comes. Stay true to herself, avoid w 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  35. 935 After I Was Adopted by the First Wife, My Serene Younger Sister Went Mad with Jealousy 被过继给主母后,人淡如菊的妹妹嫉妒疯了 Ancient Romance795k WordsCompleted [The score is low because it was only just rated] Jiang Sihe is a concubine-born daughter of the Jiang family, raised in a separate estate. She and her younger sister followed their unassuming birth mother and suffered terribly in the estate. She went out in public to earn money for food and drink for her sister and mother, but her sister grew up just like their mother, aloof and indifferent. Even when they were so poor they couldn’t afford a meal, she looked down on Sihe for losing the dignity 1.3kReads6.7Score314Shelves
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  36. 936 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 1.7kReads9.4Score178Shelves
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  37. 937 Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空,夫君带女逼我和离 Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband 5.9kReads9.3Score457Shelves
  38. 938 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Helped the Chief Minister Topple the Court 退婚后,我帮首辅掀翻了朝堂 Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted [Proud, strategic general's daughter Xie Zhaoning × cool, cunning chief minister Fu Huaijin] [Historical political intrigue + mutual devotion + palace and household scheming + romantic tension + a powerful team + reunion after parting + the emperor's game of chess] On the day her engagement was broken off, the Duke of Zhenguo's household was brought down overnight. Her father was framed for embezzling military funds, and Xie Zhaoning had to uphold her family's military legacy as a woman. At her —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 939 Phoenix Roars Across the Nine Heavens: The Regent's Beloved 凤哗九霄:摄政王爷掌心娇 Ancient Romance144k WordsOngoing Su Chenya, the legitimate daughter of a military family, spent seven years pouring her heart and soul into helping Zhao Yan, a man from a collateral branch, ascend the throne. She cleared away his political enemies and secured his rule, then became empress, the mother of the realm. She thought their devotion to one another would be rewarded with a loving marriage. Instead, to consolidate his power and indulge his favorite concubine, he turned around and framed the entire Su family for treason! H 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 940 The One Who Acts Doesn't Know 入戏者不知 Ancient Romance217k WordsCompleted [Historical tragic romance + plot-driven power struggles + ensemble cast and matters of state + rise to power + tragedy for everyone] * Qin Wumo was the legitimate-born young princess of the northern grasslands. Doted on from childhood, she wore bright red and carried herself with bold brilliance. She once prayed with all her heart that everything she wished for would come true, never imagining that everything she gained would become something she lost. When they first met, she wore vivid red an 10Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 941 The Red-Gate Pact: From Kitchen Maid to Mistress of the House 朱门契:从烧火婢到当家主母 Ancient Romance832k WordsCompleted [No Rebirth | No Transmigration | Contract to Bear a Child | Lost and Found] Yan Xi entered the Lu household as a maid to save up money for her dowry. As soon as she arrived, she was sent to the kitchen to tend the stove as punishment for fighting. When it rains, it pours. Just then, she discovered that her mother, the only person she had to rely on, had disappeared. With no one to depend on, she carefully did her work and quietly tried to improve herself, all so she could save more money and se 8.7kReads8.8Score961Shelves
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  42. 942 The Firstborn Daughter: Bringing My Boss Back to Ancient Times 嫡女风华:带着老板回古代 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Legitimate Daughter] [Transmigration] [Career] [Power Couple] [Smart Leads] [Sharp-Tongued Leads] [Sweet Romance] [Ensemble Cast] Cui Siyu, the Marquis's legitimate daughter, is pushed into the water by her vicious stepsister right from the start. When she wakes again, her soul has been replaced: Si Yu, a modern wage worker, has transmigrated to another world and will live out Cui Siyu's brilliance as a noble daughter. The Crown Prince of the Great Yan Dynasty, Lan Jingxiao, is cruelly poisone 145Reads8.6Score101Shelves
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  43. 943 Reborn as Cannon Fodder, I’m Spoiled by the Psycho Crown Prince 穿成炮灰后,被疯批太子宠上天 Ancient Romance178k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book as a cannon-fodder character + ride the Crown Prince from the start + double identity + fake death and flee while pregnant + male lead goes mad with love] On my first day after transmigrating into a book, I was straddling the abs of the unhinged Crown Prince. I gave him the antidote, then ran. Back at my residence, I found a badly wounded man in a mask and took him in as a well-behaved bodyguard. Then an imperial decree ordering our marriage arrived. He tore off his 347Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 944 A Mistake, A Meeting 错,相逢 Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted That year, I first came into the world, and the balance of power across the realm was suddenly overturned in silence. The new emperor of Xilu ascended the throne, determined to bring about reforms. In Xidan, the young Emperor Yuan Xi also inherited the throne that same year. They all said I smiled at everyone from the time I was little. Yet at the grandest of enthronement banquets, I looked up and saw a handsome young man in imperial robes, with clear, bright features, and burst into tears. He p 35Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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  45. 945 Scheming for a Beauty 谋红颜 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A flood swept away Ru Yu's mother. Everyone said it was a natural disaster, but she alone knew for certain that someone had lowered the iron floodgate with a sneer as the waters surged in. To uncover the mystery behind it, she resolutely descended from Mount Kuocang. Making herself a pawn, she stepped into the treacherous game of power unfolding across the land. 41Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  46. 946 Life Is a Blade 浮生如刃 Ancient Romance297k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead + revenge + court intrigue + two equally matched leads + devoted couple + growth + ideals] [An avenging woman general who lay low for seven years ✖️ a gentle crown prince who cares for all the people] More than a hundred members of the Marquis of Zhenbei’s household were reduced to charred bones overnight, accused of colluding with the enemy and betraying their country. No one knew that Wen Muqing, the marquis’s youngest daughter, had escaped the sea of corpses and flames. Fr 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 947 The Proud Imperial Uncle's Everyday Quest to Win His Bride 傲娇国舅的夺妻日常 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The whole family’s redemption arc + taking down scumbags + devoted husband, well-behaved and timid fake heiress vs. reborn young uncle who steals her away, a heroine who grows over time + a hero who guides her] The day she was to be married off to a lame, dissolute man, Jiang Ying curled up in the bridal sedan and smiled bitterly. The Yong’an Marquis Household had raised her for ten years only so she could die in place of their real daughter. In that moment, her heart nearly died. Then a sword 11.2kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves
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  48. 948 The Heir Is Hard to Tame, and the Commandery Princess Is Hard to Placate 世子难驯,郡主难哄 Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Money-loving, pleasure-seeking commandery princess VS patient, scheming heir] [Mutual salvation] Synopsis One: The most pampered noblewoman in the capital is none other than Zhao Qihuang, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an. The most distinguished young man in the capital is none other than Wei Lanzhou, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo. Their personalities are worlds apart, and they can't stand each other. She thinks he's a hypocritical, deep-in-thought, smiling tiger. He mo 3.3kReads8.6Score371Shelves
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  49. 949 A Shadow Without a Trace 妩影妩踪 Ancient Romance168k WordsOngoing [Transmigration, soul transmigration, substitute romance, two first loves, a general who takes what he wants, obsessive male lead, two men vying for one woman, tragic historical romance, court intrigue, household power struggles, a heroine who saves herself, legitimate daughter, playing the fool to fool the tiger, careful planning at every turn] One night as husband and wife, half a lifetime of old dreams. Deep in Shen Lingwu's heart was Xie Zhilan, the gentle and refined young man she once lov 29Reads—Score—Shelves
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  50. 950 A New Moon Journey Together 新月共赴 220k WordsCompleted A New Moon, Journeying Together follows Lin Yueci, a modern-day office worker who unexpectedly dies from overwork and finds herself in another body: the daughter of the Fuyuan Escort Agency and the youngest apprentice of the Xuanjian Sect. She begins a new life on Qingyun Mountain, forging deep bonds with her senior brothers and sisters and quietly falling for her sixth senior brother, Xie Wuwang. But when Xie Wuwang suddenly disappears, Lin Yueci sets out for the capital to find him. She is une —Reads—Score—Shelves
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