Looking for Historical Romance With a Normal, Down-to-Earth Male Lead, Not an Icy or Yandere Type 求男主比较正常人的的古言，不要高岭之花或病娇
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On My Wedding Day, a Spoiled Playboy Stole Me as His Bride 大婚当日，我被纨绔抢娶
[Historical fiction, alternate setting + devoted one-on-one romance + long-planned scheme + abductive marriage] On her wedding day, Meng Nanxi is forcibly taken home as a bride by Xie Yunqi, Qingzhou City’s number-one playboy. She knew Xie Yunqi was always arrogant and unruly, but she never imagined he could be so outrageously brazen. Xie Yunqi: “You were the one who broke your promise and forgot your benefactor first. I had no choice but to snatch you away.” Meng Nanxi: “Since you forced me int
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The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎
When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their
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- 3 She's Beautiful, but She's a Force to Be Reckoned With 姑娘她美貌却暴力 [Transmigration + space + strong female lead + happy ending + both leads are each other’s one and only] Jiang Ning thought that someone like her, with blood on both hands, was destined for hell when she died. But when death came, her soul crossed into another world, where a kind-hearted, handsome scholar took her home. The scholar is good at everything: writing, painting, braiding hair, and sewing clothes. And after she kills someone, he even tells her, “Jiang Ning, you shouldn’t be this kind of 26.9kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 4 A Little Sweetheart Arrives at the Prince’s Mansion 王府来了个小甜心 After quelling the rebellion, the emperor issued a decree marrying Hua Bingyu, a female general past the usual age for marriage, to the only “single dog” in the imperial family: Seventh Prince Qi Ruizhan. On their wedding night, the much-adored Qi Ruizhan was immobilized with pressure-point techniques by the famously beautiful Hua Bingyu. The reason: he wouldn't cooperate. Qi Ruizhan glared furiously. “Father! What kind of princess consort have you married me?” Afterward, the idle Seventh Prince 1.6kReads9.4Score19814d adds
- 5 Spirit Spring Space: Reincarnated as the Disabled Chief Secretary's Vicious Wife 灵泉空间，穿成残疾首辅恶毒原配 (Publication deal signed) [Flight from famine + pocket dimension + medicine + farming + imperial exams + one-on-one, both leads devoted only to each other] Song Jin transmigrated into a book, becoming the selfish, unbelievably stupid and malicious female supporting character. From the start, she was plunged into a mini ice age and forced to flee with her whole family. In the book, the original Song Jin not only abandoned her disabled husband and ran off on her own when disaster struck, she also 15kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 6 Why Won't the Princess Consort Fall in Love? 王妃何故不倾心 [Historical romance + sweet and indulgent, no angst + play the pig to eat the tiger + two equally powerful leads + devoted to each other alone] Feng Qingyuan is the “jinx” rumored to have brought death to her parents. Just after returning to the imperial city, she is betrothed to Prince Li, the “cursed lone star” said to have killed his wives. Some people say they're a perfect match. Prince Li declares, “I'm only a good match for the dead.” So, on the very day the imperial decree announcing thei 390Reads8.4Score10214d adds
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Hilarious! The System Is So Easy to Bully, Yet It's a Tyrant! 笑疯！贼好欺负的系统是暴君！
[A fiercely ambitious, pure-hearted tyrant vs. a well-read, laid-back consort. Cozy everyday life + playing mind games with each other + developing the nation with modern knowledge + effortless palace intrigue. Sweet romance, comedy, absurd fun, System, and a devoted couple.] Shen Shuxin transmigrates. She gets bound to a sign-in and health-raising System. There are no penalties, so why not slack off? As long as she has enough points, that’s all she needs! This leaves Jing Aoran, a tyrant who en
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After Faking My Death, I Became the Sickly Man’s Spirit Pet 死遁后我成了那个病秧子的灵宠
[Cultivation fantasy + leveling up and growth + companionship + adorable pets + mutual pampering + sweet 1v1 romance] Everyone knew that Wen Jian, young master of the Wen family, was a once-in-a-generation genius. But a tall tree catches the wind, and he was ambushed. Only the heart’s blood of a heavenly-grade spirit beast could save him, and Xiao Qi was the unlucky beast who got captured. Fortunately, Xiao Qi was eager to “die,” so the human and the beast each got what they wanted. Unfortunatel
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- 9 Reborn and Married to My Ex-Husband’s Older Brother, I’ll Send Him to the Crematorium 重生嫁给前夫他兄长，让他火葬场 [Ex-Husband Begs for Her Back and Gets Crushed + Substitute Bride + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Feel-Good + Strong Heroine] The moment Shen Qingtan opens her eyes, she is reborn on her wedding day. In her previous life, her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, Zhao Jue, burned her alive so she would give up her place as his wife for her half-sister. She swore that if she ever got another life, she would make them pay in blood! This time, when her bridal sedan arrives, she takes the 24.5kReads9.3Score5.5k14d adds
- 10 The Little Highness Has a Screw Loose 小殿下他脑子有坑 [Sweet, bold, and outspoken young princess X gentle, seemingly innocent but secretly calculating young prince] Shi Sui transmigrated into the heroine of a classic tragic romance. In the original, the male and female leads' melodramatic love story tortured them from the first chapter to the penultimate one, and still ended in a tragic finale. Shi Sui: Bye-bye, then. I'll pick the devoted second male lead. Basically, it's a story about a laid-back girl using her wonderfully quirky imagination to s 12.9kReads9.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 11 After Entering a Matriarchal World, I Took the Man of My Dreams by Force 穿进女尊世界后我强娶了白月光 [Early work] After getting drunk one night, Ling Zhao transmigrates into a world where women hold power. She becomes a spoiled, useless imperial princess who is doted on by everyone, and opens her eyes in the middle of a husband-selection ceremony. The person who transmigrated alongside her is Xu Yi, the man she has secretly loved for ten years. Ling Zhao has a selfish motive. She points at him, and Xu Yi is chosen to be the future primary husband of the Seventh Princess. After they reunite, she 6.4kReads9.3Score79414d adds
- 12 My Little Junior Sister Has Delusions 我家小师妹有妄想症 [Straightforward, Devoted Puppy-Like Boy × Playful, Adorable Girl] [One-on-One Romance | Sweet, Healing, Lovey-Dovey, Imaginative, Devoted Couple] After transmigrating into a book she’d never read, Shi Yu finds the original owner’s diary. Its first line reads: “I am a cold-blooded assassin.” The cold-blooded assassin Shi Yu is full of questions. “?” The second line reads: “My mission is to assassinate Mu Xingye.” Shi Yu: “Wow, I have a whole identity and everything.” But when she meets Mu Xingy 2.1kReads9.4Score35514d adds
- 13 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 18.2kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds
- 14 The Graceful Crown Princess 风华太子妃 He is the Crown Prince of Chu, brilliant and extraordinary, a gentleman of noble thought. She is the Princess of Jiang, breathtakingly beautiful and quietly graceful. In a political marriage entangled with schemes and noble causes, she marries him. On their wedding night, just as the poisoned hairpin in her hand is about to pierce his neck, he asks, “Would you like me to help?” The fires of war flare across the land, yet he sends her home in triumph. Beneath her peerless beauty lies a shocking s 358Reads9.0Score—14d adds
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Snow Falls on Youyan 雪落幽燕
Li Mei, courtesy name Shuyuan, is the legitimate daughter of Prince Yongping’s household. At seven, she was granted the title of County Lady Jing’an. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she nevertheless had an unreliable mother. Her mother was a fiery-tempered daughter of a military family, fiercely jealous by nature. In a fit of rage, she killed Su Su, Prince Yongping’s favorite concubine, and was stripped of her title, expelled from the household, and sent to live in seclusion on Mount Nan,
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Kung Fu Heiress, Domineering Wife 功夫千金，霸道夫人
[A beautiful, hot-tempered heiress who doesn't know how beautiful she is and is skilled in kung fu x a refined, handsome, scheming young master] “Grandfather!” “Send this little beast to the Shaolin Temple!” “Miss Zhao, how do you know I have a choice and wouldn't choose you?” “Please understand, Young Master Wang. There is absolutely no possibility of the two of us marrying!” “With the ancestors of the Wang family as my witness, I, Zhao Qi, vow to be the first life Wang Aozhi can
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After She Died, the Coldhearted Powerful Official's Hair Turned White Overnight 她死后，冷冰冰的权臣一夜白头
[Not an angst novel + heartwarming + no logic + read it to see if it suits your taste] After transmigrating into a book, Hua Zhao had her memories erased and became a tool whose job was to give the heroine a golden finger. To top it off, she was also the infamous, short-lived first wife of the villainous minister. Luckily, she regained her memories and cut her losses in time. The heroine’s golden finger? Sorry, that’s a family heirloom that came with me when I transmigrated into the book! Her in
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- 18 Heroic Wife Reborn 重生之悍妻 On her first day as the eldest princess, Yu Xiaoxiao, a military instructor from the apocalypse, marries Gu Xinglang, a young general who has been wrongfully imprisoned and tortured, and has hit the lowest point in his life. From then on, a tough woman from the apocalypse who only knows how to eat, sleep, and kill zombies finds herself bound by fate to a brave general who is loyal to his sovereign and country, stern and taciturn. The country is weak, powerful enemies loom, and the court is full 7kReads9.2Score92414d adds
- 19 Reborn as a Poisonous Consort 重生之毒妃 An Jinxiu, the Taishi’s illegitimate daughter, gave her heart to the wrong man and schemed her way through life. In the end, her lover became emperor, but he abandoned her in the wilderness. Reviled by all as a wicked, poisonous woman, she died in humiliation. Given another chance at life, An Jinxiu casts off her old ways. At first, all she wants is to spend the rest of her life with the man she wronged in her previous life, but she soon discovers that this life is still full of obstacles. After 5.2kReads8.9Score62414d adds
- 20 Reborn as a Mad Princess: The Moon Shines Over the Western Tower 重生狂妃之明月罩西楼 In her previous life, Jiang Mingyue, daughter of a great general, took blows and shed blood for the Great Yin dynasty. She lived a passionate life and died a passionate death. So when she got another chance at life, she decided to stop making waves. She chose the rich, titled Zhao Xilou, a veteran slacker, as her husband, intending to while away her days with Lord Zhao, eating and waiting to die. But after becoming a Zhao, Jiang Mingyue discovered that her slacker husband might have no ambition 11.5kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
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Saving the Foolish General, I Accidentally Became His Beloved Empress 拯救傻子将军，不小心逆袭成宠后
[Super sweet, both devoted to each other + mutual pampering + mutual salvation + smart leads] [Devoted, steadfast, two-faced general × gentle, courageous goddess] Modern illustrator Ye Li transmigrates into the body of a mute girl with nothing but her looks. What? Even those looks are just her own claim? In this world, people prefer chubby girls to beauties? As if that weren’t enough, she transmigrates right into an arranged marriage with a disabled general. Fine! She knows all the romance-novel
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The Second-Rate Son-in-Law's Road to Success 二流女婿扶摇路
Ever since I was a kid, my teachers said I was a mediocre student. Put plainly, I was smart enough, but unwilling to work hard. My grades were average, and I was content with that, with no desire to improve. I thought my teachers were right, but I just couldn't change. Even after getting married, I was still the same. I even branded it as enlightenment, as having seen through the ways of the world. In truth, I could live so carefree because someone else was carrying the burden for me. Then one d
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