The Male Lead Is a Powerful Court Official, but the Heroine Is Always Punishing Him 男主是权臣，总被女主罚

1. 101 帐 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 Grilled Fish Tonight今晚吃烤鱼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 115.3kReads9.3Score12.4kShelves
2. 102 睁 Open Your Eyes! Back When the Powerful Minister Was Still an Abused Servant 睁眼！回到权臣还是受虐家奴之时 Grinning Cutie呲牙咧嘴萌Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn + sweet romance + devoted couple + satisfying revenge] Before she was reborn, she listened to her cousin’s lies and chose a poor scholar who had topped the imperial exams as her husband. After their marriage, her husband’s family treated her like a gift, handing her over to a former servant of the Marquis’s household to use as a plaything. In the end, her entire family was executed, and their bodies were hung from the city walls. After being reborn, the first thing she does is torment t 120Reads8.8Score—Shelves
3. 103 献 Offering to the Abyss 献京渊 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [Print edition releasing October 25] “He taught me to kill, seize power, and look after myself. I taught him what it means to have a weakness.” [Serious drama + political intrigue + the fate of the nation and its people + I’m terrible at writing blurbs] Jiang Qingyu was born into wealth, and her family’s love had made her naive and pampered. It wasn’t until the day the entire Jiang family was executed that she realized how foolish she had been! When she opened her eyes again, she was determined 24kReads9.5Score4kShelves

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   ☀️① Machiavellian strategy + redemption + two-way growth! After Jiang Qingyu's family changed, he knelt down and thanked Shen Yuan for taking advantage of the situation. He transformed from a delicate girl into a ruthless chess player.

4. 104 佞 The Treacherous Minister 佞臣 Read a Little, Xu Bai读点叙白Mystery549k WordsCompleted [Amnesiac, Highly Skilled Detective X Cold-on-the-Outside, Warm-Hearted Eunuch in Power] [Historical fantasy + Mystery-solving + Two Beautiful, Powerful, Tragic Leads + Taking Another's Place + Marriage Before Love + Amnesia] After Zhao Yuqing is gravely wounded and loses her memory, she wanders to Jianzhou, where she is rescued by the kindhearted young lady of the Jia family. To repay her, Zhao Yuqing, gifted with both martial prowess and intelligence, solves the Jia family's murder case, only 874Reads9.0Score121Shelves
5. 105 流 The Rogue Son-in-Law: The Empress's Courtier 流氓赘婿：女帝裙下臣 Handsome Young Man俊俏少年Historical3.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a fictional world, I became a lowly live-in son-in-law. I’d planned to drink tea, fish, flirt with women, listen to opera, and enjoy a laid-back life, but... “Husband, help me!” “Dear son-in-law, help me!” “Young master, help me!” “Beloved minister, help me!” Fine, I guess I won’t be able to relax. It’s up to me to protect this realm. So Zhou Yuan investigates major cases, reforms the bureaucracy, suppresses rebellions, opens sea routes, and expands the frontier... He t 10kReads9.2Score915Shelves
6. 106 嫁 After Marrying the Sickly, Powerful Minister, the Sweetheart Cries Every Day 嫁给病娇权臣后，娇娇每天哭唧唧 Eight-Treasure Cake八宝糕Ancient Romance543k WordsCompleted [Black-hearted Miao beauty vs. ruthless, lovesick power minister] On her first night after transmigrating into a book, Wen Ranyan was sent to the great villain’s couch. Rumor had it that Feng Qiw Wu, the great villain, was ruthless and bloodthirsty. Anyone who crossed him either died or wished they had. He was a certifiable lunatic. But Wen Ranyan wasn’t afraid. Instead, she set her sights on the villain’s good looks. In public, she was the villain’s only wife: gentle, graceful, and delicate. In 3.1kReads9.2Score384Shelves
7. 107 救 Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Puns 救命！反派偷听我用谐音梗改剧情 Sanyingli三樱里Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted Also known as: Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Homophones [Wealthy-family comedy + everyone’s darling and gossip + variety-show face-slapping] Qin Yiyang awakens to the truth. In the book, she grew up in a pigsty, then was brought home by her wealthy family and spoiled rotten. Great! She’s got the everyone’s-darling heroine’s script! But it turns out the fake heiress is the real heroine. Unhappy that her family dotes on Qin Yiyang, the fake heiress transforms into the daug 53.6kReads9.4Score7.8kShelves
8. 108 嫁 After Marrying a Treacherous Minister, I Was Spoiled Like an Ancestor 嫁个奸臣后，我被宠成了祖宗 Teasing the Moonlight撩拨月色Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After being reborn, Meng Wu has no interest in romance. All she wants is to bring her enemies down. A husband? He just needs to be powerful, wealthy, and handsome! Pei Yan doesn't buy it. He thinks this girl is quite the character, and he's intrigued. You don't care about romance? That's fine. I do! Cornered against a wall and proposed to, Meng Wu stares at him in disbelief. Pei Yan smiles faintly. “Your standards for a husband are that he's rich, powerful, and handsome. Don't I meet every one o 8kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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   🍃How can we not forget the original intention of you and me🌿 🍁①Time travel, 1V1, sweet pet🍉🍉The villain's destiny cannon fodder female partner VS the paranoid villain's right ❌A dedicated career contributes to the love between the male and female protagonists, and a startling step by step quietly takes down the unsuspecting 🐰 🍁②All e-personnel, 1V1, the villain heroine's self-rescue plan🍉The powerful forces join forces, they all in the world🈶In order to survive, she joins forces with the villains in the book, but the hopeless paranoid boy who lost everything is saved because of her

9. 109 驯 Taming the Scumbag Prince, Then Making Him Kneel Every Night After Marriage 驯服渣男王爷，婚后叫他夜夜罚跪 White Wagtail After the Rain雨后白鹡鸰Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Set in a fictional era: the art of managing a husband in the Sugar Dynasty! Wei Wei transmigrates into the only daughter of the Sugar Dynasty's richest man and discovers that her fiancé, Li Mao, is the reincarnation of a modern-day scumbag. With the motto “ridding the people of harm,” she drags the prince, who looks just like her enemy from her previous life, into her home right in the middle of the street. On their wedding night, Wei Wei props up her feet and munches on melon seeds. “My lord, w 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The wife traveled from modern times to ancient times, and the prince she married was exactly the same as her scumbag boyfriend in modern times. [Sending Hearts]

10. 110 狐 Foxing Around: Taming the Ancient-Era CEO 狐作非为：拿捏古代霸总 A Mad Rabbit一只疯兔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Flirty Little Minx] [Heartbreaker] [Choose Your Stock] [Male Rivalry] [Love Rival Showdowns] [Satisfying, Sweet, and Irresistible] A seductive fox of a heroine who uses her beauty to get what she wants vs. an obsessive, ruthless leader of an assassin sect vs. a regent with power over the court vs. a battle-hardened god of war vs. an ascetic, aloof high priest [Every male lead falls for the heroine at first sight, loves her forever, remains devoted until death, longs for what he cannot have, a 29Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Completely consistent, no need to say more

11. 111 公 The Princess Refuses to Be Reborn 公主偏就不重生 A Long Day Is Best Spent Over a Game of Chess长日惟消一局棋Ancient Romance271k WordsOngoing [A nontraditional rebirth story / strong heroine + equally matched leads + political intrigue + marriage before love + devotion to country and family] [Grand scale, no System, no brainless characters, no women fighting each other for a man] A paralyzed father, a young brother, an attendant who stole the imperial seal, courtiers who've all fled, enemies waiting outside the city to loot it, and a pack of ambitious imperial uncles. Without the princess, this country will fall apart! Yet they tell —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is the face that the female protagonist occasionally mentions and uses, but he is always bullied by the female protagonist. But actually both of them are very smart.

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