I'm in a Reading Slump. I Want Historical Fiction That's Both Sweet and Angsty 最近书荒，想看古文又甜又虐的
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Breaking Her Bewitching Bones 折她艳骨
Completed [Pure Historical Romance + Possessive Love + Amoral Hero with a Virtuous-Husband Side + Groveling Reunion + Dark, Angsty Romance with Sweet Moments] (Controlling! Goes mad with jealousy! Both are romantically inexperienced! A seemingly gentle but secretly dark, lovesick power minister vs. a resilient heroine who plans every step) Jiang Yu married the gentle and refined Chief Councillor. He cooked for her and combed her hair before the mirror. Because she was frail, he never went anywhe
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Reborn, the Noble Consort Only Wants to Be the Villain 重生后贵妃她只想当反派
[Mutual devotion + sweet romance + no angst] After being reborn, Ye Jiujiu takes her brash, don’t-mess-with-me attitude to the extreme: She kicks the meticulously dressed Consort Li into the water; She slips laxatives into the tea of the coquettish Consort Yun; She wreaks havoc at the flower-viewing banquet the Empress painstakingly prepared; The consorts all rush to the emperor to complain: The cool, dignified emperor says, “I established this harem solely to give the Noble Consort something to
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The Young Princess in My Household 家有王妃初长成
Prince Chu is feeling rather aggrieved. Other men marry beautiful young brides, but he’s been saddled with a little girl. Worse still, he has won countless battles and made his fearsome name known throughout the Nine Provinces. The people call him the God of Slaughter, and even the emperor gives him a wide berth. Yet his own princess consort dares to slap the table and yell at him: “If you don’t behave, I’ll beat you!”
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After the Emperor Is Reborn, the Empress Becomes the Apple of His Eye 陛下重生后，娘娘成了掌中娇
“Your Majesty, if there is another life, I hope never to have known you, and never to meet you again in any lifetime.” Yujing Chen detested her. Yet the last thing she did before dying was take the fatal sword strike for him. She said, “Your Majesty, could my life leave a vivid mark in your heart?” Perhaps Heaven believed his task was unfinished and granted him a new life. After being reborn... he discovered that she had once been bright and beautiful, too... [No System + No transmigration + Mal
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I Became a Deity in the Beast World 我在兽世当天神
A tough modern-day female special forces soldier is unexpectedly dragged into another space by a “water ghost”! Is it fate, or just her bad luck? One hunky, handsome man after another: the brooding type, the wild type, the perfect heartthrob, the tender type. It's enough to make her head spin! And once again, she gets swept off her feet! Who would have thought she'd become an emperor in another world and marry six gorgeous men?
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Forced to Become a Concubine, She Is Spoiled by the General Every Day 被逼做妾后，她被将军日日娇宠
When her aunt was on her deathbed, she entrusted her child to Wanqing. Out of gratitude, Wanqing became the concubine of the general’s eldest son. The rules for concubines in the general’s household: be dutiful and proper, and have no children. The household had no need for children born to concubines. Yet Wanqing bore four sons and a daughter, then took her place as the eldest son’s principal wife. The Empress Dowager personally bestowed on her the title of First-Rank Lady of Virtue. Someone sc
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The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位
Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only
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Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责
Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied
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I'm the Hero of a Wish-Fulfillment Novel. How Could I Put Up With This Miserable Romance? 我，爽文大男主，能受虐文的气？
[A mix of gut-wrenching angst, satisfying triumphs with no humiliating setbacks, domineering Dragon King CEOs, ignoring the rules, memes, and variety] After transmigrating to another world for eighteen years, the angst-novel System finally showed up. Su Chen said he had no use for it, absolutely none. The System would only slow down his unstoppable progress. The worlds of angst novels are crawling with protagonists? Just watch me speedrun one in a month! If killing an entire family solves the pr
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Your Majesty, the Heir Apparent Is Trying to Get Himself Killed Again 报告陛下，世子殿下又在作死了
This book is also known as The Great Qian Dynasty's Number One Spendthrift and Rising to Lordship and High Office. Xu An transmigrates to the Great Qian Dynasty and becomes its number one spendthrift. He only wants to lie flat, make a little money, and flirt with pretty girls in his spare time. But people keep taking offense at him and trying to kill him. Fine. If you won't let me live in peace, don't blame me for what comes next! So he ties up a princess, swindles the officials, rebukes foreign
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The Emperor’s Favorite Minister? No, I’m Rebellious to the Bone! 皇帝宠臣？不，我一身反骨！
[Power Struggles] + [Political Scheming] + [High-Stakes Play] + [Not Mindless] The great clans grew powerful and took control of the imperial court. The emperor wanted to use me as a weapon to reclaim imperial authority, but he devised countless ways for me to die. Once he realized how useful I was, he even wanted to castrate me and turn me into a eunuch, so I could continue serving as his blade. The Left Chancellor, head of the great clans and a man of unfathomable depths, pointed to the fish
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My Target Has Turned Evil? Then I'll Die One More Time 攻略对象黑化了？那就再死一次
[Quick transmigration, top protagonist + sickly and delicate + utterly unhinged + coercion + nothing but acting skills = an unconventional 1v1] For normal people, a dramatic reunion means panic and confusion, heartfelt explanations, and a happy ending. But Qin Yili has never been normal! Facing the enemy emperor who has returned for revenge, he breaks his own bones one by one and smiles as he always did. “Are you satisfied with how I ended up?” The young master, who has bipolar disorder and was
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Wicked Minister’s Obsession! Let Me Bow to You and Secretly Dote on You 佞臣妄念！许我折腰暗宠
[A sickly, beautiful heir + a crazed, powerful minister. The male lead is ruthless and merciless; the second male lead is merciless and ruthless. If that bothers you, don’t read.] In his previous life, Duan Jiaxu gave everything for Longxi, only to be driven off a cliff by his sworn enemy and die a miserable death. Reborn, Duan Jiaxu wanted nothing more than to lie low. But then his sworn enemy showed up looking for trouble and latched onto him, refusing to let go. His father and brothers invite
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My Lord, Stop Flirting with Me! 夫君，少来撩拨！
As the youngest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Xiangnan, Jiang Yanning had understood one thing since childhood: the Jiang family’s daughters were destined to marry into the imperial family. At the New Year’s banquet when she was six, she met two people. One was the young Prince Yong, who would be her childhood sweetheart for many years to come. The other was Lu Siyun, the young lord of the Duke of Yu’s household, twelve years her senior and infamous for bringing misfortune to his wives.
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Favoring a Concubine and Neglecting the Wife? I Won't Be the Marquess's Principal Wife! 宠妾灭妻？这侯门主母我不当了！
[Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking] Voting has begun! Search for “Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking” to vote for this book, A Return to the Boudoir. Thank you! [Traditional historical romance + inner-courtyard drama + reborn revenge and face-slapping + a prince pursues his wife] Lin Yunwan was the legitimate daughter of the prestigious Lin clan. When her Marquis household was on the verge of losing its title, she married Lu Zhengliu, the heir to the marquisate. On their wedding day, her husband coldly
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The Empress Dowager Reborn: A Phoenix’s Plot for the Empire 太后重生：凤谋天下
[Strong heroine + ensemble cast + political intrigue] Reborn, she turns the world into a board and all living beings into pieces. She is the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. Slender, pale hands, an icy gaze She moves her pieces, a faint smile on her lips Why should beauty worry? Reborn, risen from the ashes A phoenix’s schemes hide in her lotus-bloom bones Her name will live on in the annals of history Willow branches in her hometown, the moon a hook She watches generals and princes
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She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反
[Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and
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Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷
[The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he
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Transmigrated into an Ancient Apocalypse, I Use My Family Fortune to Build Infrastructure 穿进古代末世，靠着家底搞基建
[Strong Heroine + Natural Disasters + Zombies + Infrastructure Building + No Superpowers + No CP] Wei Xiyin transmigrates, born into a noble family as its legitimate daughter. She thought she'd been handed the script for a family power struggle, but who could have expected a zombie outbreak on the way back to her hometown? Then plants and animals begin to mutate, and extreme weather sets in. Her entire worldview collapses in an instant. There are no cars, no canned food, no high-tech weapons, an
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The Marquis’s Legitimate Eldest Daughter 侯府嫡长女
Ji Mingxin transmigrated into the body of the legitimate eldest daughter of a marquis’s household, abandoned at her maternal grandparents’ home for more than a decade and forgotten by everyone. She simply shrugged it off. She learned medicine, trained in martial arts, and built a thriving business. The Ji family’s legitimate daughter was granted a marriage, and her match was a dissolute young lord known throughout the capital for drinking, gambling, and womanizing. When her younger stepsister th
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The Fortune-Telling Master Never Misses: Divination on the Overpass 铁口直断，玄学大佬天桥算卦
[Mysticism + fortune-telling + ghost-hunting + feel-good revenge story] There’s a romantic pairing, but romance isn’t a big part of the story. Jiang Yao, a mystical arts master who died for the cause, is reborn in another world. Unfortunately, her new body belongs to a poor student with empty pockets. No worries! She sets up a little stall on the overpass and gets to work reading fortunes and telling fortunes. -“When will my daughter and son-in-law have a child?” “Your son-in-law is a gay man wh
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What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗
[Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n
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The 1970s: I Spend Every Day Smoothing Things Over with a Madman for a Better Life 七零之为了好生活每天都在哄疯批
Short drama adaptation: My Eldest Sister Has a Script from the Seventies, and I Have a System That Can Hear It (1v1 + Period Drama + Pampered Romance + Female Lead Pursues Male Lead + Timid Heroine with a Few Tricks and a Sweet Tongue + Male Lead with an Unusual Case of Love-Brain) In both her lives, Lou Qingqing had only one wish: to marry into a family with good prospects. She thought the Rong family was well-off, and that marrying in would mean she’d never lack food or clothes and wouldn’t ha
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I Transmigrate to the 1960s, Where a Woman from the Stars Sells Men to Build Her Fortune 穿越六零，星际女卖男人发家致富
(Transmigration + pocket dimension + no romance + strong heroine) Wei Wei, an interstellar mecha engineer, was testing a new mecha on a desolate planet when she was ambushed. To grasp a chance at survival, she piloted the untested mecha and tried to escape. Little did she know that her leap would take her across not only space, but time as well. When she opened her eyes, she seemed to have arrived in 1963 in China, in the body of a five-year-old girl. She immediately found herself facing a deadl
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I Land a Government Job by Gossiping in a Period Novel 我靠吃瓜在年代文里拿编制
This novel has undergone a major revision [transmigration; gossip; System; getting rich; male lead; transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s] Jiang Panyu's greatest passion in life was gossip. She was like a melon-eating mouse in a field, always showing up wherever there was juicy gossip, right at the heart of the action. One day, she got so caught up in watching two old ladies brawl that she completely lost herself in the excitement. A brick in one of the old ladies' hands sent her straight to
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Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业
While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat
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Reborn, I Soared to Success with My Little Sidekick 重生后，被小跟班带飞
[A reserved heroine who seems quiet by comparison ✖️ a confident, lively hero who's a master of arguing] A hilarious, sweet cultivation romance about a love that spans past and present lives! In her previous life, Ye Moli misjudged people and did all the work so others could reap the rewards. Her own foolishness got her killed. In this life, Ye Moli only wants to cultivate and save her pitiful little sidekick! Why has her little sidekick become such a genius? If he stays up all night reading boo
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What a Display of Filial Piety! The Crazy Little Girl Is Addicted to Face-Slapping 哄堂大孝！疯批小姑娘她打脸上瘾
[Completed] [Feel-good story + devoted couple + lighthearted comedy + contrasting personalities + secret identities + showbiz + no rebirth] A brazen, outrageous, sociable, sharp-tongued little mercenary girl VS an obedient, well-mannered, aloof princely heir, as untouchable as a flower on a high peak (Content warning: The male lead is breathtakingly beautiful and utterly useless at first, but there’s a twist later.) On the first day after returning to China, Jiang Wanxing runs into a man as beau
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Everyday Life in a 1960s Compound 六零年代大院生活日常
(Taking down awful relatives + traditional Chinese medicine + System + sign-in + daily life) After graduating from Jiangnan Medical College, Chen Wanru is assigned to work at the hospital affiliated with the Red Star Steel Mill and is also given housing. The housing is in a large residential compound with a dozen or so households. Let’s see how she makes life better and better for her family through these difficult times.
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I Transmigrated Just Before the Real Heiress Jumped, Then Took Over the Entertainment Industry 穿到真千金跳楼前，我制霸娱乐圈
[Also known as: I Became a Showbiz Mogul with a Writing System] [Transmigrate into a book + System + cannon-fodder comeback + showbiz + sweet romance] Wen Yeying transmigrated into a novel about an adopted daughter’s rise to success, where she became the cannon-fodder biological daughter. In the book, after the real daughter returned to her wealthy family, the adopted daughter treated her with endless kindness, yet she remained jealous, sensitive, and selfish, constantly stirring up trouble and
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Back to the Horrific Apocalypse: From the Start, I Stockpiled a Graveyard 重回恐怖末世：开局先囤一块墓地
(Horror Apocalypse + paranormal revival + stockpiling supplies + an unconventional safe haven) Reborn seven days before the Horror Apocalypse, Shen Qi immediately bought herself a grave, carved her own name onto the tombstone, and added a couplet. First line: A home, a field, and a well Second line: Good food, good drink, and sound sleep Center: Shen Qi's Tomb In the Horror Apocalypse, no house is safe. Only spaces born from graves can serve as safe havens. Those with ancestors can rely on them
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Irresistibly Tempting! Master Shao’s White Moonlight Is Wild and Unhinged 极限撩惹！邵爷的白月光又疯又野
[Two Male Leads, 1v1, Mutual Devotion, Both Strong] [Cold, world-weary, sharp-tongued beauty and mercenary powerhouse vs. the domineering, spoiled young heir of Beijing's elite] Shen Qingyan, the illegitimate son of Beijing's wealthy Shen family, looked delicate and soft, but was astonishingly skilled in a fight. After years abroad, his return sent Beijing's elite circles into a frenzy: “The Shao family's young heir's unattainable first love is back?!” Shen Qingyan opened a browser and silently
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Reborn in the Apocalypse, the Unhinged Big Shot Has a Bottomless Appetite 末世重生，疯批大佬是个嘴馋的
Apocalypse + Reborn + Food + Pocket Dimension + No Romance (There is a male lead, but NO romance!!!) A meteorite crash triggers global mutations. Plants mutate, animals mutate, insects mutate... Cities turn into jungles, and the food chain is rewritten. When Yao Tao is reborn, she discovers that her pocket dimension has gained a new ability: it can purify mutations. The terrifying mutated sheep become delicious roasted lamb, lamb pilaf, and lamb stew in her hands. The mutated fish that can swall
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Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己
In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her.
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The Regent's Uncle's Little One Is Begging for Affection Again 摄政王皇叔家的崽崽又撒娇了
[Complete] In her previous life, Murujin devoted herself to the crown prince, only to have her position as empress taken away, her military seal confiscated, and a cup of poisoned wine sent to kill her in the Cold Palace. Three years later, Murujin is reborn. She swears to overthrow the emperor and plunge the kingdom into chaos! Word has it that the usually aloof Prince Regent Qi Junxian now has a willful little girl by his side, one who sweetly calls him "Uncle Emperor." "Your Highness! The you
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A Gentle Seduction 软诱
The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us
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Book Transmigration: I’m Really Not Here to Save the Villain 穿书：我真不是来救赎反派的啊
[Under Contract for Publication + Sweet Transmigration into a Book + Mutual Redemption + Both Pure, Happy Ending] [Goofy, Lovable Beauty x Gloomy Mute Boy] Shen Xi transmigrated into the body of a vicious supporting actress. System: “Make sure Lu Jingming, the future villain, turns evil, and you can go home.” Shen Xi, sprawled out like a lazy fish: “Sorry, this broke girl doesn’t want to go back. I’m perfectly happy being a rich young lady.” System: “I’ll kill you in three days.” Shen Xi, spring
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Waiting for the Moon to Fall 等月亮坠落
(The physical book of the same title is now available.) [Sweet healing romance + reunion after a long separation + secret crush comes true + devoted couple with mutual fidelity] A gentle novelist with social anxiety VS a cocky, charming criminal police officer What's it like to see again the person you fell for when you were young? - Back in school, Su Sui had a huge crush on a boy. He was the shining star everyone adored, so she hid her little feelings deep in her heart. She secretly wrote him
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I Became a Maid, and the Playful Second Young Master Saved Himself for Me 穿成丫鬟，纨绔二少为我守身如玉
[Bickering couple + light comedy + farming + devoted love] Free-spirited, sincere young master ✖️ clever little maid who plays the pig to eat the tiger Xia Zhi, a lifelong single doctor and voice actor, transmigrates to the Wen Dynasty after an accident. The moment she opens her eyes, her master is about to sell her to a brothel. Let's see how this little maid levels up and turns her life around. She performs at funerals, trains birds, treats the sick and saves lives, earning her first round of
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