Looking for Plot-Driven Historical Romance Novels, Not Mindless Fluff 求推不是无脑甜宠，有剧情的古言小说
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A Woman in a Man’s Body: Clinging to My General Brother’s Coattails 女穿男身，抱紧将军哥哥大腿
[Kind, forbearing general’s older brother VS puppy-like deputy general younger brother] Mutual devotion, equally matched leads [Two male leads. The female-to-male transformation early in the story is necessary to the plot, as it relates to reincarnation across past and present lives.] The young general hid his love, hoping to leave an heir for the loyal family wrongly accused and wiped out. Shiqi had lost his memories. Perhaps it was for the best that he forgot all that hatred. But he didn’t kno
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Don’t Run! My Tsundere Crown Princess 别逃！我的傲娇太子妃
Her mother’s family lost much of its power before she was even born. When she arrived in the world as a girl, her father showed her no affection. Her mother raised her with painstaking care, grooming her into a proper young lady, and just when her endless days seemed destined to continue, an imperial decree changed everything… By a twist of fate, she married the so-called useless crown prince, setting off a wondrous tale of devoted love that began with marriage.
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Lingering Smoke Drifts into Your Heart 袅袅残烟入君心
There was great joy in the imperial palace, and great mourning at the prince's manor. The joy was because, three years after the new emperor ascended the throne, he was finally holding a selection of consorts. Every household in the capital was abuzz with anticipation, hoping their daughter could win the emperor's favor and rise to the top overnight. The mourning was because the Third Prince's Consort had died in a fire on her wedding night. Carriages carrying eligible young women passed the des
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Reborn: The Poor Scholar's Doctor Wife Is Forced to Start a Rat Race in the Capital 重生后寒门医妃被迫在京城搞内卷
She was the legitimate daughter of a marquis’s household and should have grown up cherished. But at birth, a servant switched her with another baby, and she was left to grow up in the countryside. Her adoptive parents treated her like a beast of burden, then abused her to death once they had drained her of every last bit of value. Reborn with a pocket dimension, she dumps the scumbag, trounces the fake white lotus, and cuts ties with her adoptive parents. Those who abused her will pay for it for
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Even Chang'an Grows Old 纵使长安老
The Prime Minister’s Legitimate Daughter × His Highness Prince Yu, Sixth Prince of the Xian Dynasty Yuwen Luo, the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter, is graceful and refined, cool and noble, as dazzling as a red plum blossom against the snow. The Sixth Prince, Teng Yu, is composed and dignified, with arched brows and phoenix eyes, as noble as an immortal descended from heaven. At the horse-racing grounds, Yuwen Luo smiles boldly in her red robes. The crowd is amazed, and even Prince Yu is mes
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- 6 Cherished and Adored: The Emperor's Sweet, Adorable Little Wife 千娇百宠：皇上的娇软小萌妻 1v1, sweet romance, growing-up romance (Comic adaptation signed) Everyone knows that Little Commandery Princess Shen Ruyue is the beloved treasure of the Yuan palace, pampered beyond measure. Her father is the Prince Regent, feared throughout the land. But most importantly, Emperor Yuan, Pei Jingxuan, has kept the soft-spoken little girl in his heart for years. Since childhood, the little princess has climbed onto the dragon throne and slept in the dragon bed. Every time she calls him "Imperial 5.5kReads9.2Score65514d adds
- 7 Lost You Forever: I’ve Won Your Heart 长相思：绾君心 [Historical fantasy, both are each other's first, mutual flirting and devotion, daily life of Prime Minister Chu doting on the Sixth Princess] Hands-on Prime Minister Chu × adorable little princess This is a love that was planned long ago. He was her childhood sweetheart, her young hero, and the one who made her heart flutter in this life. Yun Wanqing herself couldn't understand why she had fallen for someone with whom she'd shared so little. At first, she thought she simply lacked resolve and h 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 His Beloved Frowns, and the Heir Apparent Rushes to Comfort Her 心尖宠她一皱眉，世子夫君追着哄 [One-on-One Romance, Both Pure, Sweet Romance, Childhood Sweethearts] Print edition of Jin Shi Jin Yu signed, and the comic adaptation is now online. Yuan Rongjin was the daughter of a general, but when she was young, her stepmother framed her and sent her away from the capital! Everyone thought she would suffer terribly out in the world and live a miserable life. But no one expected that during the ten years she spent away from the capital, Yuan Rongjin never looked the least bit down and out. 29.4kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds
- 9 Too Awkward to Watch: The Divine Emperor Is Coddling His Little Darling Again 不忍直视，帝君他又在哄小娇娇了 [Immortal Realm vs. Demon Realm] Fake ascetic vs. genuinely adorable airhead As the last surviving kitten fox of the cat-fox clan, Nan Qi was lucky enough to survive thanks to a wisp of the Immortal Lord's soul that remained inside her. As the lofty Immortal Lord of the Immortal Realm, Ye Qing prided himself on having renounced love and desire. Little did he know, the moment he saw the little kitten fox, he had already fallen for her for a thousand years. At first, the proud and noble Immortal L 1.5kReads9.2Score16814d adds
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I Transmigrated 999 Times and Drove the Mad Tyrant Insane 我穿越999次，逼疯了疯批暴君
With only six months left to live, Tang Wan masters a skill called “Transmigration,” allowing her to travel back and forth between the modern and ancient worlds. On her first transmigration, people mistake her for a ghost… On her ninety-ninth, she nearly dies at the hands of the dog emperor. On her 108th, she “defiles” the emperor’s innocence. After transmigrating time and again, she discovers to her delight that a little dragon energy can extend her life. Tang Wan: “Mooch, mooch, keep mooching
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- 11 Spirit Spring Space: My Cunning Snake Husband Knows How to Charm and Pamper Me 灵泉空间:腹黑蛇夫会哄又会宠 (Super doting! Super sweet! Super flirtatious!) [Completed + One-on-one, both leads devoted only to each other + System + Pocket dimension with a spirit spring + Farming + Infrastructure building + Husband who dotes on his wife like his life depends on it] .Note: The leads keep no secrets from each other and are completely honest. If that bothers you, don’t read! A sweet and delicate-looking heroine with a resilient heart vs. a tough, cunning, rough-and-rowdy hero who dotes on his wife . Bai You 19.6kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 12 Quick Transmigration: Clingy and Sweet! The Top Host Is a Flirt 快穿：缠宠！顶级宿主他撩欲甜 [Two male leads + sweet romance + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place + fast-paced wish fulfillment] Gorgeous, seductive Host X obsessive, devoted Lord God A charm-virus runs rampant, invading countless minor worlds. Fang Zhuyi, an antivirus agent, descends into these worlds, kicks the charm-virus's irresistibly popular targets to the curb, and tears through everything in his path. But in every world, there seems to be someone who deliberately, or perhaps unwittingly, lures him in 11.5kReads9.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 13 Reborn on My Wedding Night, the Sickly Prince Regent Warms My Feet 重生新婚夜，病娇摄政王给我暖脚 [Reborn + sweet romance + obsessive love + mutual devotion + secret identities, one couple] Nan Xi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was a fool in her past life. She fell for a treacherous scumbag who was handsome on the outside but full of sinister schemes within, and ended up abandoned by everyone, dying miserably at the hands of him and his mistress. Given a second life, she gets her brains back! Looking at the powerful, handsome regent by her side, she cannot help questioning h 10.7kReads9.1Score3.7k14d adds
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My Princess Is an Assassin 我的王妃是个杀手
[Both leads are faithful to each other + The protagonist isn’t a saint + Sweet romance] Schemed against by her stepmother at birth, she was abandoned in the wilderness and grew up in misery. Sixteen years later, when she returned: By day, she was the talented and beautiful second young lady of the Shangshu residence. By night, she was a ruthless female demon feared by all. Her father didn’t care for her, her stepmother wanted her dead, and her elder sister wanted her to perish. So what? Ning nev
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The Laid-Back Master Just Wants to Stay Alive. Disciples, Don’t Start Anything 咸鱼师尊只想苟命，徒弟你别乱来
[Transmigrate into a book + cultivation + doted on by everyone + cannon-fodder villainess + teacher-student romance + strong female lead + satisfying read] Feng Qingcheng had the rotten luck to transmigrate into a book, becoming the vicious cannon-fodder villainess whom everyone loathed. To change her fate in the story, she went against everyone’s wishes and took the male lead, who was still a novice, as her disciple. Little did she know that her disciple wouldn’t follow the path she had planned
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- 16 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Villainess Became Everyone’s Darling 穿书后她恶毒女配成了团宠 After reading a rare, utterly miserable women’s novel, I left a bad review to stick up for the vicious villainess who shared my name. I went to sleep and woke up transmigrated into the book as the villainess herself. Mo Qinghuan was under a lot of pressure. To avoid being turned into a human pig by the male lead, she had to take advantage of the fact that he wasn’t strong yet, build a relationship with him from childhood, and win his favor. Staying alive was what mattered. Mo Qinghuan: “I’ll pro 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 I Can't Believe I'm a Heart 我居然是一颗心 A practice piece and my first novel. It has many flaws, so read with caution. Barely a month after becoming the village girl Bai Shui, she had her heart cut out and died. She thought that with her heart gone, she would surely be sent to the underworld. But when she opened her eyes, she saw the very person who had cut out her heart. This time, though, he was no longer a fiend with a murderous look. His eyes were bloodshot, exhaustion showed between his brows, and yet he gazed at her with the utmo —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Wealth Across the Realm: The Queen Is Winning at Life 财通天下，王后娘娘赢麻了
Ding Xiangrui, a small business owner, transmigrates into the body of a female spy and becomes the favored concubine of Dugu Lie, younger brother of the Marquis of Dingyuan of Jindong. But for someone from the twenty-first century, being a spy would be a waste, so Ding Xiangrui turns to economics and helps Dugu Lie rise from a member of one of Jindong's great clans to become the King of Jindong.
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The Prince’s Darling: His Substitute Bride Is No Easy Target 王爷娇宠：替嫁丑妃不好惹
Born into a general’s household, she was raised by a female slave. Orphaned young and terribly ugly, she barely managed to survive in the vast general’s residence. Amid the palace’s treacherous intrigues, she had no choice but to take her legitimate elder sister’s place and marry the equally neglected Seventh Prince. One was ugly, the other cold and indifferent. It suited their plans and pleased them both. She had thought she would spend her whole life in obscurity, but the wheel of fate took an
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- 20 The Phoenix of Destiny Defies Fate in Huadu 天命之凤逆华都 He was a wild boy from the Marquis’s household, a nuisance to everyone, doing as he pleased from heaven to earth. Everyone said the esteemed Marquis of Boling had raised a rebellious son! But at a literary gathering, a faint silhouette behind a folding screen captured the boy’s heart. From then on, he laid his whole heart before her, hoping to win even the smallest favor. He didn’t care if it meant offending the Crown Prince. Just as he began to believe she felt the same way, she cruelly humilia 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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To Extend Li Heyan's Life, I Help the Tyrant Unify the World 为李贺延寿我帮暴君一统天下
She crossed into another world for the sake of her idol. That’s crazy! An exhilarating journey. A cool-headed, clever princess vs. a scheming bodyguard with a secret crush A marriage-averse university lecturer vs. a computer genius who dotes on his wife A university lecturer from the 21st century crosses into another world. If she helps a tyrant unify the realm, she can extend her idol Li He’s life. Su Xiao tries every way she can think of to find the tyrant Ji Yuanzhan, only to discover that he
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- 22 My Eight Years in Guangdong 我在广东的八年 How did Wei Guangming, a down-and-out homeless man, teach himself through hard work and make a comeback as a painter famous throughout the country? How did A Jun, a vagrant who searched garbage bins for leftovers other people had thrown away, rise from the ashes and become a hotel general manager? What struggles did Tang Shanshan, a divorced woman down on her luck, go through to become a formidable cotton mill director? How did Yaomei, a kind kindergarten teacher, escape after being abducted by —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Sun Wukong: A Chinese Odyssey 孙悟空之大话西游 Do you need a reason to love someone? Do you? Don't you? Do you? Can monsters, immortals, and humans fall in love? Why not? As long as they have feelings. Who does Sun Wukong love most, Bai Jingjing or the Fairy Zixia? Nezha, the Third Prince, accidentally killed Bai Jingjing. How should he atone for what he did? The Dream Demon, the monster who corrupted the Bull Demon King. Who can truly defeat him? Why does Tang Sanzang never stop rambling? Could his love for the Queen of the Women's Kingdom 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Guangming Original: A True Story of Laughing and Carrying On 位光明原创纪实文学笑着活下去 Story outline for Smiling Through Life: Xiaocui, a country girl pressured by her parents to marry, and her classmate Wang Jianjun go to Shenzhen, Guangdong, to find work. A misunderstanding leads them to fall for different people. Xiaocui falls in love with Yuan Zhigang, and after they marry, they have a son. Wang Jianjun falls for Yanzi, but later, because of work, he becomes too close to Wang Qiushui. Yanzi grows jealous and loses her sanity. Human traffickers sell her to Fujian, and by the ti 7Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Scheming Adopted Son Is Raising a Puppy Again Today 心机义子今天也在养小狗
[Complete] [Younger top, two male leads, one-on-one romance, ancient military setting, alternate history, happy ending] [Nameless orphan × (supposed) bandit's adopted son] [The young master is always right] × [I've worked hard for years and don't want to do this anymore. I need to find a sucker to take over my job.] Sincere, passionate gong × gentle, scheming shou Their tangled love and hatred twists and turns, until it all comes to nothing, like flowers reflected in a mirror and the moon in wat
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Solomon's Perjury (Complete in Three Volumes) 所罗门的伪证（全三册）
A timeless classic of Japanese mystery fiction! The wounds hidden by lies will never heal. Only the truth can bring healing. A group of ordinary teenagers face a bizarre death at their school during the summer they turn fourteen. Fearlessly, they challenge the rules of the adult world. In that summer, malice twists human nature, but the truth the teenagers unearth together will ultimately heal their hearts. Part One: The Incident A boy's death is a mirror, reflecting good and evil, falsehood and
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Officialdom: I Can Spot the Tiniest Details 官场之我能明察秋毫
This book has a postmodern style, combining political intrigue, high martial arts, demon beasts, crime, business, and economic development. After spiritual energy descended upon Earth, ancient martial arts flourished, demon beasts evolved, and the struggle for power intensified. Watch how he takes control of supreme authority, and how she builds a business empire of her own. This is a story about the growth and protection of two protagonists, a man and a woman. It follows them as they grow toget
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- 28 Dreaming of Southern Tang 如梦南唐 In the vast universe, there is a star system called Kui. Like Earth, it is inhabited by humans. The continent on Kui is known as the Hunyuan Continent, and on it lies the Kingdom of Beiyun. Strangely enough, the history depicted in its stories is much like that of the Northern Song Dynasty on Earth, with only minor differences. Who rules this universe, and who keeps it running, remains unknown! —Reads—Score—14d adds
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