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1. 401 女 The Tyrannical Empress and the Chaste Heir Whose Beauty Bewitches All 女帝暴虐，禁欲世子他美色撩人 Yu of the Three-Tiered Tower三重楼喻Ancient Romance396k WordsCompleted [Completed ❤️] Transmigration + 1v1 + strong female lead and weaker male lead + coercion + woman disguised as a man + decisive and ruthless heroine vs. restrained, reserved, beautiful but tragic hero [Warning: strong female lead and weaker male lead!!!] Feng Jin, an executive at a publicly listed corporation, suddenly died and transmigrated into the body of a tyrannical, cruel, mentally unstable crown prince who was a woman disguised as a man. From the start, a beautiful man offered himself to h 6.8kReads9.3Score784Shelves
2. 402 权 Wielding Power in the Harem: The Regent Behind the Curtain 权倾后宫：垂帘摄政录 Shu Wu舒吾Ancient Romance74k WordsOngoing Xu Qinghuan, a modern homebody who graduated just a few years ago, thought she would spend her days in quiet routine in front of her phone screen. But after an accident left her so furious she suffered a sudden shock, her soul crossed into a rigidly hierarchical feudal dynasty. She has no golden finger, no System buffs, and certainly no male lead dropping from the sky to protect her. Relying only on her clear-headed modern perspective and meticulous reasoning, she carefully navigates the treache —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is okay, almost the same type

3. 403 重 Reborn as a Discarded Consort: The Phoenix Rules the World 重生之废妃逆袭：凰权天下 The Crab from the Conrad Family康拉德家的螃蟹Ancient Romance137k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was a discarded concubine in the cold palace. One cup of poisoned wine ended her life, and her body was wrapped in a straw mat and thrown into a mass grave. In this life, she is reborn three years earlier, back on the cold-palace morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. This time, she swears to repay blood with blood, dragging into hell one by one those who climbed to power over her corpse! —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 404 替 After Becoming a Stand-In Bride, I Took the Villain's Reins 替嫁后，我成了反派的操盘手 Fortune-Licking Girl Qian Duoduo舔财少女钱多多Ancient Romance33k WordsOngoing [Top-Tier PR Expert VS Mad Prince Stripped of His Power] In her previous life, Xu Suining was an award-winning agent in the entertainment industry. She excelled at two things: turning a terrible hand into a royal flush and helping her clients pull off a miraculous comeback. After waking from a car accident, she found herself in the novel All Under Heaven, as the cannon-fodder concubine-born daughter who dies in place of her younger sister. From the start, she’s trapped in a deadly situation: re —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Not the Holy Mother, the heroine is bent on conspiracy. The pace is fast, the killing is ruthless, and the IQ of all players is online. It's refreshing and dense, suitable for reading in one sitting.

5. 405 魂 I Took Over Princess Shanyin's Body: Outwit the Plot and Stay Alive 魂穿山阴公主，破局保命 Frost-Mirror Wanderer霜鉴客Ancient Romance362k WordsCompleted Betrayed and ambushed by her business partner, she died in an explosion, her soul extinguished. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated to the most chaotic period in Chinese history, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and become Liu Chuyu, the Princess Shanyin infamous in history and destined for a tragic death. As a modern woman with no survival skills suited to ancient times, all she wanted was to keep her head down, stay alive, and seize a chance to escape. But on the road to 99Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is super good. I kept up with it all night long. I really want to see how a modern woman who travels through time and becomes Liu Chuyu can fight for a chance of survival in the era of chaos and cannibalism.

6. 406 嫡 The Legitimate Daughter's Gambit: Clouds and Smoke Shroud the Old Court 嫡女谋：云烟覆旧朝 Yun Yaoyi Yu云窈一语Ancient Romance293k WordsCompleted Forced by her family’s schemes to marry into the Yongning Marquis’s household, Jiang Qingyuan endured contempt and was cast aside as a divorced woman. When a bowl of poison was brought before her, she returned from hell, vowing to make her enemies pay in blood. For three years, she lay low and studied a lost medical art. When she finally revealed her skills, she stunned the capital. Everyone who had once bullied and humiliated her was trampled beneath her, one by one, through her medical experti —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 407 贵 A Noble Lady’s Survival Guide: Taking Down Every Suitor Who Tries to Win Me Over 贵女生存法则：反杀所有攻略男 I Eat Little Bean Buns我吃小豆包Modern Romance688k WordsOngoing [Danmaku Teamwork] [Two Worlds Running in Parallel] [Multiple Characters] [Romance: One-Sided Love from the Male Lead] [An Engaging Read] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Blended Genres: Light Infinite-Flow, Transmigration and Face-Slapping, Mystery and Sci-Fi, Deduction and Puzzle-Solving, Ancient Court Intrigue] Unofficial historical records of the Great Zhou say: A remarkable man from a humble family married two noble daughters from prestigious clans, one of them the daughter of the top aris 1kReads9.2Score100Shelves

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   IQ is quite online

8. 408 满 A Family of Loyal Martyrs Forced into a Second Marriage, and the Comment Section Goes Wild 满门忠烈被逼当填房，弹幕杀疯了 Peach Blossoms Flourish桃之泱泱Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Past and present connected + two storylines running in parallel + women supporting women] It begins when Shen Shuangyu is branded a homewrecker for supposedly seducing her brother-in-law before her sister's death, then marries into a marquis's household as his second wife. She pours her heart and soul into managing the household, supporting her husband, and raising her stepson and stepdaughter, never uttering a single complaint. In the end, all she gets in return is: “She's doing this to atone. 120.9kReads9.1Score18.5kShelves
9. 409 凤 Phoenix Roars Across the Nine Heavens: The Regent's Beloved 凤哗九霄：摄政王爷掌心娇 Crescent Moon Bends the Sheng, Original Version弦月折笙原创版Ancient Romance144k WordsOngoing Su Chenya, the legitimate daughter of a military family, spent seven years pouring her heart and soul into helping Zhao Yan, a man from a collateral branch, ascend the throne. She cleared away his political enemies and secured his rule, then became empress, the mother of the realm. She thought their devotion to one another would be rewarded with a loving marriage. Instead, to consolidate his power and indulge his favorite concubine, he turned around and framed the entire Su family for treason! H 5Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 410 破 The Music of the Broken Formation: The Empress Who Lost an Arm 破阵乐：断腕女帝 Subduing Dragons and Binding Tigers擒龙缚虎Historical147k WordsOngoing Female emperor, strong heroine, no romance, political intrigue, war, ruthless decisiveness, conquest of the realm. A hard-edged career woman in a historically grounded setting. No transmigration, no System, no rebirth. Fake political intrigue: planning every step and plotting everything out. Real political intrigue: invite people over, hold a meeting, flip the table. Iconic scenes: “Your Majesty, why are you rebelling?” “Eight hundred men means eight hundred men.” “I came here for a meeting. Wha —Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    She is definitely a ruthless and hard-core heroine without cp. Although it is an imaginary history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the details are rigorously verified and true. It can be called the heroine's version of "Fake the Surname Langya".

11. 411 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 815Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine climbed up from the bottom with Taoism

12. 412 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 529Reads7.0Score—Shelves
13. 413 渡 I Became a God After Surviving the Trial of Love 渡情劫后成功封神 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yan, the legitimate daughter of a family of military commanders, came down from the mountains after mastering her art so she could return to her home in the capital and overcome her romantic tribulation. At the city gate, the emperor stopped her and ordered her burned as a sacrifice to Heaven and Earth. She also learned that her birth parents had abandoned her because of rumors calling her an ill-fated poison maiden. To clear her name, Bai Yan took responsibility for treating the plague and 89Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 414 我 I Brought My Twins and Divorced My Husband at His Wedding 我带着双胞胎，在丈夫婚礼上离婚 Light Clouds and Gentle Rain云轻雨细Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + historical setting + pocket dimension + love grows over time] Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don’t nitpick the historical details. This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story. It’s about everyday family life, told at a gentle pace. Shen Ruyi wakes from a nap to find herself transmigrated into a period novel, as the former wife in an arranged marriage to the male lead, a character who gets only a few lines before dying young in the countryside. 51.7kReads8.3Score7.5kShelves
15. 415 老 The Old Woman Is Reborn Before the Demolition, and Beats Her Evil Son and Vicious Grandson with a Stick 老太重生拆迁前，棒打恶子毒孙 Ling Yun灵韫Modern Romance3.3M WordsOngoing Old Madam Zhou spent her whole life worrying herself sick over her four sons. She even divided the property and cash she received from the demolition compensation among them. She thought she had treated them all equally and taken each son into consideration. But in each son’s eyes, she was biased, and they all resented her and refused to support her. Old Madam Zhou should have been enjoying her retirement, but instead, at her advanced age, she survived by collecting trash and eventually died of 49.4kReads8.6Score2.8kShelves
16. 416 穿 Trapped as an Exiled Criminal’s Wife, I Drive an Emperor and Empress to Ruin 穿成流放罪妇，我逼疯一代帝后 Yan Yunqi晏云栖Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Political intrigue + exile + spatial storage + natural disasters + infrastructure building Lu Baiyu, who had grown weary of life in the apocalypse, blew herself up and died. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated to the day before her family was to be raided, becoming the vicious younger sister-in-law of the biggest villain. Things went disastrously wrong from the start. With her husband's family, she faced exile at best and execution at worst. Her birth family was full of wolves: a scu 36.1kReads8.8Score5.1kShelves

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17. 417 公 The Princess Returns: I Grant You the World 公主归来：许你天下 Jade Mat and Dawn Breeze玉簟晓风Ancient Romance734k WordsCompleted [Political intrigue, revenge, rebellion + both leads are each other's only partners and equally powerful] [The heroine is a formidable martial artist, peerless in both medicine and poison. The hero bears humiliation and bides his time, but is ruthless and decisive.] After ten years of studying martial arts on the mountain, Su Yuli, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Ningyuan's household, suddenly received a letter from home. Her brother had killed a princess sent to marry for peace, and to protec 265Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    See if you like this one

18. 418 问 Ask Me How I Can 问君何能 Astonishing888叹为观止888Historical550k WordsCompleted [Golden finger + intense mind games + court intrigue + sweet romance and satisfying payback + plenty of twists] A young man is beaten by a thug and unexpectedly gains the ability to read minds through heavenly ears. A beggar turns his fortunes around and rises to become a prince of the court. Power struggles and battles for the throne unfold one after another. Everyone is a pawn, yet everyone is caught up in the game. Who has the greater foresight and cunning? The princess by his side, the prime 24Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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