A Legitimate Daughter Raised by a Prestigious Local Clan: Household Intrigue, With a Smart Female Lead 女主本土世家培养出来的嫡女，宅斗，女主不傻白甜

1. 351 桃 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves

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   This was the first book by Tomato that got me hooked, and it was incredibly enjoyable.

2. 352 华 Consort Hua Is Reborn: Her Archrival Suddenly Looks Refined and Handsome 华妃重生：死对头忽然眉清目秀 Xiaoyao Mo逍遥漠Two Female Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Two heroines + mutual affection + love growing over time + Hua Fei and Zhen Huan pairing] [Face-slapping and putting scoundrels in their place] Lady Hua Fei was reborn after striking a pillar. At the Bubble Well, she caught Zhen Huan as she stumbled backward in fright. After being reborn, Lady Hua Fei needed a strategist. But there was clearly no one reliable in Yikun Palace. They were all brave but brainless, and had no idea how to handle the disputes and intrigues at c 8.6kReads9.3Score1kShelves
3. 353 九 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Evening Breeze Under the Moon月下晚风Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 33.5kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves
4. 354 和 After the Divorce, She Became the Imperial Uncle’s One True Love 和离后，她成了皇叔的白月光 Jia Xiaohua贾小花Ancient Romance228k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance and household intrigue + clear-eyed revenge on scoundrels + mutual devotion + a prince who spoils his wife] Chu Zhuoran once swore a solemn oath to marry Shen Yiyi, but turned around and married the princess of the Northern Kingdom for the sake of glory. All the effort Shen Yiyi had put into him might as well have been thrown to the dogs. She cut off her support for the Chu household and resolutely divorced him. When the Chu family coveted her dowry, she set an en 21Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   The eldest daughter of a marquis, clear-headed and resourceful, attracts many suitors, and is doted on by the prince.

5. 355 侯 The Marquis's Estate Honors Class 侯府重点班 Passion Fruit百香果果Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Marquis’s Elite Class is now available [adorable children + parenting + doting in-laws + lighthearted + healing] Xu Wan becomes a widow the moment she marries into the family. All she wants is to keep her head down and enjoy the freedom of being a marquis’s wife. But on the very day she arrives, her stepson, a notorious little menace throughout the capital, gives her two nasty surprises in a row. Xu Wan grabs a knife and charges out, making a name for herself across the 60.3kReads9.6Score8.5kShelves
6. 356 与 Joy with You 与君欢 Moonset月落Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 27kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves
7. 357 穿 Transmigrating to Become the First Wife 穿越之我为正室 mockangleAncient Romance883k WordsCompleted Xu Mingwei was the legitimate daughter of a prominent family. Raised according to her family's traditions, she married a man of equal standing and became his principal wife. To Xu Mingwei, who had been raised to be a proper wife, this was all perfectly ordinary. Looking back, she and Fu Heng had been married for five years and had a pair of adorable children. She had never expected to find love from the start. She never imagined that her husband would suddenly ask her for it. How could she give 2.1kReads7.9Score104Shelves

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   This book is truly amazing! [Salute] The characters are compelling: a clear-headed legitimate daughter × a complex marriage and power struggles; a battle of wits from the inner chambers to the inner court. The plot is unconventional: no cheat codes, only meticulous planning and strategy.

8. 358 摆 The Commoner's Path to the Heavens 摆烂庶女的通天路 Weiwei Seagull薇薇海鸥Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted New book, just rated... [Anti-cliché transmigration + growing protagonist + serious tone] How deep within the ladies’ quarters! Watch how a laid-back concubine’s daughter carves out a path to the top! After six years being left to her own devices on a country estate, she thought she was destined for a peaceful life in the countryside. Then an order arrives, and she is brought back to the family’s sprawling mansion, becoming an unexpected pawn on the family chessboard. Beauty is her only weapon, 61Reads7.1Score145Shelves

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   A concubine's daughter raised by a powerful family, without any special advantages, yet possessing a clear-headed and realistic view of the world. Her legal mother is the boss, and her husband is her meal ticket.

9. 359 锦 The Rebellious Consort of the Brocade Palace 锦阙叛妃 Soaring Over the Southern Mountain跃南山Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance, Court Politics + Amnesia + Faked Death + Tortured Romance + Palace and Household Intrigue + Powerful Cast + Ensemble Story + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + First Love + Wife-Chasing Crematorium] [Heroine: Legitimate Daughter of the Minister of Rites - Princess Consort - Empress - Queen of a Vassal State - Protector of the Nation] ◆Reading Guide◆ ◇ Sickly, brilliant strategist heroine + domineering prince of a vassal state as Male Lead One + mysterious, devoted Male Lead T 562Reads9.4Score100Shelves

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   In March of the fifteenth year of Yongchang, a rain had just fallen in the capital. The pomegranate tree in the courtyard had sprouted new buds, and the air was filled with the fresh scent of damp earth after the rain. The beautiful scenery outside the window reminded Jiang Qingyue of the poem: "The spring light in March is as rich as wine." Turning her gaze away from the window, Jiang Qingyue continued embroidering her bright red wedding dress. Only the embroidery at the waist was left unfinished; she estimated it would be completed in three days. Two months later would be her coming-of-age ceremony, after which she could marry Helian Xuanhui this Mid-Autumn Festival! Helian Xuanhui was the second prince of the current emperor. At the beginning of the year, he had been sent to Jiangnan for training. Although the training had only lasted a little over three months, to Jiang Qingyue, it felt like just yesterday. The imperial decree of marriage had not yet been issued, and their marriage had been tacitly approved by the royal family. However, since Helian Xuanhui went to Jiangnan, the two had maintained a correspondence, with Helian Xuanhui finding and sending all sorts of novelties from Jiangnan to the Jiang residence. Jiang Qingyue is also in love with Helian Xuanhui!

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