Highly Rated Historical Romance: The Male Lead Is a Grand Secretary or Chancellor, and the Female Lead Has No Golden Finger 古言高分，男主是首辅或丞相，女主无金手指
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Wasn’t This an Arranged Marriage? Why Is Lord Pei So in Love with Me? 不是联姻吗？裴大人怎么这么爱
Jiang Shiyuan spent ten years pursuing Shen Lüchu, only to receive four words on her eighteenth birthday: “You make me sick.” So Jiang Shiyuan, the girl who made Shen Lüchu sick, turned around and agreed to her family’s arranged marriage, preparing to marry into the Pei family. The Pei family was the most powerful clan in the capital, with influence that reached the heavens, far beyond what Jiang Shiyuan could aspire to. Fortunately, the family was full of talented men, but one grandson, Pei
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Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢
[The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On
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- 3 She Broke Off the Engagement Without Hesitation! Her Reborn Ex-Husband Chases Her to His Doom 她毅然退亲！重生前夫追妻火葬场 (Both leads are reborn + rekindled love + no misunderstandings + the husband’s long road to winning her back + sweet romance) [In their previous life, she loved him; in this life, he loves her] Scene One: One day, the Marquis of Dingnan was choosing a husband for his daughter. Pointing at a portrait, he said: “This one’s nostrils are too big. What if An’an’s children inherit them?” “This one’s eyes are too small.” He had reason to suspect they were just for show. “This one’s too short.” He was s 3.9kReads8.9Score31014d adds
- 4 Reborn, the Chief Minister’s Beautiful Ex-Wife Can’t Escape 重生后，首辅的貌美前妻逃不掉了 [Dual Rebirth + Feel-Good Story + One-on-One Sweet Romance] [Silly, Sweet, and Sheltered Beauty vs. Sharp-Tongued, Scheming, Devoted Guardian] Everyone says Yu Niaoniao is a gold digger who abandoned the lame scholar Xie Xin back in the day, a vicious villainess who makes trouble wherever she goes. But when Xie Xin, now a powerful chancellor, kneels on one knee to put embroidered shoes on her, everyone starts to envy her. Noble ladies: “Lord Chancellor, Yu Niaoniao has been involved with countle 3.6kReads9.0Score39314d adds
- 5 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Original Wife of a Mad Power-Hungry Minister 穿成疯批权臣的炮灰原配 [Farming + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance] Witty, scheming girl vs. lovesick, obsessive powerbroker Xin Yueying transmigrates into a book, landing in an old-fashioned, preachy novel as the wicked wife of the deranged, obsessive second male lead. Shen Qingqi is the novel’s deranged, villainous male character. Born into a family of famed generals, he was imprisoned alongside the Shen family after his father offended powerful nobles. He suffered terribly in prison and was left with crippl 29.7kReads9.3Score10.3k14d adds
- 6 After Getting Tangled Up with My Arch-Enemy, I Found Out He's an Unhinged Villain 缠上死对头后，发现他是疯批反派 [System + fluffy, brainless romance + mutual salvation + both physically and emotionally pure + heroine pursues hero at first + he loves her to bits + male lead's true form is a fluffy creature] [Heroine: shameless, cowardly, dramatic, sweet on the surface but dark inside ✖️ Male lead: aloof, obsessive, hopelessly lovestruck] Yue Yao was a wicked supporting actress who diligently completed her missions. After being struck dead by lightning, she was reborn, only to find herself reborn in... her n 1.5kReads9.1Score24314d adds
- 7 Mind Reading: Help! Your Father-in-Law Is Impossible to Woo, Crown Princess 读心术：救命！太子妃你爹太难撩 [Mind Reading + System + Transmigrate into a Book + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple] Jiang Fu transmigrated. The bad news: she became a cannon-fodder supporting female character. The good news: the female lead's father saved her. The bad news: the original cannon-fodder asked Jiang Fu to give her a different life. No more being cannon fodder: she wanted a lifetime of happiness and to marry well. The good news: Jiang Fu was rescued from the water by the female lead's father, making hi 27.5kReads9.2Score3.5k14d adds
- 8 After Losing Her Memory, the Childhood Sweetheart Became the Young General's Cherished Love 青梅失忆后成了少年将军掌中娇 [Clever, Cunning Foxlike Heroine VS Steady, Stern, Humble Hero] [One-on-One Romance, Sweet Pampering, Adorable Child, Childhood Sweethearts] [The Hero Suffers] The night before, Shen Zuihuan was still preparing for her engagement ceremony. The next morning, she woke up in shock to discover she had been married for five years already! Her fiancé was nowhere to be found, and her current husband was the childhood friend she had hated most of all. He was even holding a child who looked exactly like 26.1kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds
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Lord Tutor, Stop Pretending. Everyone Knows You’re Head Over Heels 太傅大人别装了，都知道你爱惨了
[Reborn] [One-on-one romance, devoted couple, happy ending] Original title: The Zither and Flute Went Astray [Devoted, restrained aloof beauty of a powerful minister ✖️ resilient, brave heiress known as the Phoenix] The Zhu family has lost all its sons, but still has more money than it could ever spend. Their prominence makes them a target, and with no allies to turn to, the entire family was executed by the crown prince in her previous life. Reborn, Zhu Zheng agrees to her grandmother's
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Reborn as the Chief Minister's White Moonlight 重生首辅大人白月光
[Complete] Happy ending, sweet overall, with a little angst [A reserved, dignified scholar-statesman and chief minister vs. a resilient, untamed little flirt] (#Both reborn, “daddy” type boyfriend) On a snowy day in Shengjing, the celebrated chief minister Shen Qian was beheaded at Wumen Gate, his blood spraying three feet. Before he died, he gripped a red cord tightly. “Qingqing, your big brother is coming to join you.” Ji Yaoqing’s family died in a political struggle. At six, she was taken in
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With the Adorable Beauty at His Side, Even the Cold-Blooded Powerful Official Is Stirred by Mortal Desires 娇娇在侧，冷戾权臣也被撩动凡心
[Mutual devotion, sweet romance] Su Jiaojiao transmigrates with no grand ambitions. She only wants to make money, enjoy life, and be free. But her stunning looks catch the eye of Song Chi, the Prince of Jiangnan. He falls for her at first sight, and has only one thought when he sees her: I want her! “You're a merchant's daughter. It's your honor to be my concubine.” “I want to be your girlfriend.” “Your girlfriend? What's that?” “We can kiss, cuddle, and sleep together. No titles, no strings att
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Long-Planned: The Chief Councilor’s Daily Devotion to His Wife 蓄谋已久：首辅大人的宠妻日常
“The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later.” Sweet, delicate beauty × scheming powerful official. A marriage that turns into tooth-achingly sweet love! “The aloof beauty comes down from her pedestal of her own accord.” A spring palace painting leads to “bedroom lessons,” and the heart-fluttering moments just won’t stop! Reading guide: Both leads are virgins, happy ending, sweet romance with no angst, sugar from beginning to end! Qin Nuan married Shen Yanqing, the Chief Minister who was the
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After We Wed, the Aloof Chancellor Fell for Me 成亲后，高冷丞相沦陷了
[Transmigrates into a book + sweet and satisfying + marriage before love + everyday life + devoted to one another] Du Nan transmigrated into a book, becoming Yun Shuyue, the sickly, pampered legitimate daughter of a wealthy merchant family in the capital. Three days later, she was to marry Jiang Chengyuan, the prime minister, a first-rank official at court. A perfect sacrificial supporting character! She had read more than half the story. Yun Shuyue wasn’t Jiang Chengyuan’s one true love. He mar
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- 14 Lord Grand Secretary, Your Wife Ran Away! 首辅大人，你老婆跑啦！ Gu Mingzhou was ruthless. Even in life, he had risen to the highest ranks of the court and was unbeatable. After being reborn, he found it hard to face his old enemies. He was stubbornly proud to the very end, never willing to say a kind word to the one he loved, right up until he died. Reborn, he put every enemy and political rival aside. This chief minister only wants to spoil his beloved. A mutually doting romance, with a little angst. 751Reads9.1Score10414d adds
- 15 The Gentle, Lovable Wife in the Comparison Group Awakens 对照组的娇软正妻觉醒啦 [One man and one woman + devoted couple and sweet romance + delicate beauty + regent] Sheng Rui, an unfavored concubine-born daughter, manages through her own efforts to marry the youngest grand secretary in the court. After their wedding, she feels life is pretty comfortable: she has money to spend and power at her disposal. Her husband may be a little too insatiable in certain matters, but with time, she's learned to enjoy it too. Just as she thinks she can spend the rest of her life in peace 8.4kReads8.4Score54514d adds
- 16 Film and TV Crossover: The Beloved of All Thrives in a Battlefield of Love 综影视：万人迷在修罗场杀疯了 [Everyone’s Favorite × Romance Showdown × Mary Sue × 1v1 × Devoted Love × Sweet Romance × No Fixed Male Lead] Shi Wan was remembered by later generations as Xi Shi. She helped the Yue Kingdom rise again, only to be betrayed. Given a second chance, she sets out to accumulate merit and make up for her regrets. Who could have guessed that every situation would turn into a romance showdown? She’s ready to fight them all. 1. Scarlet Heart: Fourth Imperial Consort × Kangxi [Kangxi’s old flame catches 39kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
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My Alluring Cousin Turns the Mad Young Lord into a Puppy! 表妹娇媚，把疯批世子调成修勾！
[Possessive love + lofty beauty brought down from her pedestal + both virgins + forced love] Mad, powerful minister × pure, innocent sweetheart A great fire took Qifu’s happy family from her. With her dying breath, her mother told her to seek refuge with her aunt, who had married into the Duke’s household. After Qifu arrives at the Duke’s estate, she is drawn into the world of this aristocratic family. Her aunt’s death and her desire for bloody revenge leave her no choice but to approach Xie Jin
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The Wicked Supporting Lady Is Doomed to Live as a Widow? Brother-in-Law, I’m Scared 恶毒女配守活寡？夫兄，人家好怕
[Elder Brother Steals Younger Brother’s Wife + Deliberate Seduction] (Black-hearted scheming villainess ✖️ abstinent, cold-hearted junior tutor) In her previous life, Pei Jingxu remained a widow for three years for her husband, Rong Xuanzhou, who had died in battle. But then he returned to the capital with Bai Shutong, the widow of his comrade-in-arms, and her two children. The Rong family elders said nothing, only urging Pei to be virtuous and magnanimous. The widow was peerlessly beautiful. No
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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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The Yandere Chief Minister Fights, Snatches, Coaxes, and Flirts 病娇首辅又争又抢又哄又撩
Lin Yan transmigrated into a book as the vicious sister-in-law who abused and beat her younger brother-in-law. In the book, the original character crippled her brother-in-law's leg. He endured humiliation as he grew up, eventually becoming the powerful chief minister who controlled the court. Once he had absolute power, the first thing he did was have the original character mutilated into a human swine, torturing her until she died a wretched death. After being reborn, Lin Yan hurried to cling t
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- 21 Good Grief! The Madam Is Helping the Grand Secretary Take Another Concubine Again 夭寿！夫人又帮首辅大人纳妾了 Now adapted into a comic drama. Hongguo Drama title: The Cannon Fodder Wife of the Chief Minister [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Chief Minister] [Cannon Fodder] [Love After Marriage] Yun Wei accidentally transmigrates into the male-oriented harem power fantasy she has been reading lately, becoming the "wife" in the male lead's rise to power, fortune, and his wife's death. This "wife" is arrogant and domineering. She looks down on the male lead and humiliates him at every turn, thoroughly offending 47.3kReads9.0Score8.9k14d adds
- 22 After I Transmigrate into a Book, the Aloof Chief Minister's Original Wife Keeps Wanting a Divorce 穿书后，清冷首辅的原配总想和离 [Audio edition now available] [Wild imagination + alternate setting + lighthearted + food + redemption + doting romance + adorable child] [Also known as: After the Reborn Reserved Chief Minister Wakes, He Only Wants to Cuddle His Wife] Mo Sang Sang knew how her story would end as soon as she transmigrated. To survive until the finale, every morning she opened her eyes thinking about how she could get a divorce. But looking at the little bundle of cuteness, she just couldn't bring herself to do i 3.7kReads8.8Score37714d adds
- 23 The Chief Minister's Farmhouse Bride 首辅家的农门小娇妻 Gu Yuan woke up transmigrated as the cannon-fodder female lead in a novel, and from the start she was already at odds with the male and female leads. Knowing the miserable fate awaiting her, Gu Yuan only wanted to live to see the ending. At lightning speed, she broke off her engagement with the original male lead and picked a cripple to marry. But this cripple... was stunningly handsome. As a certified pretty-boy enthusiast, Gu Yuan was delighted. After forcing Gu Yuan to marry a “crippled husba 6.5kReads8.8Score68414d adds
- 24 Prime Minister, I’m Out of Here. Bye! 相爷，跑了，拜拜！ [Shen Mingshi lied. She claimed to be the white moonlight Pei Jian had long yearned for.] [A pretty woman with a little cunning x a sinister, love-struck treacherous chancellor] (slow burn / slice of life) Everyone knew Pei Jian had a white moonlight in his heart. After waking up reborn, Shen Mingshi smiled. Why couldn’t it be her? She lied, schemed, and used her beauty to get what she wanted. Shen Mingshi tried every means to attach herself to Pei Jian, using his power to investigate her origin 858Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 25 Unbelievable! The Scheming Grand Secretary Is Comatose, Yet He Still Got Me Pregnant 绝了，腹黑首辅昏迷了还让我生崽 (Rebirth + transmigration + spirit spring space + slow burn + sweet romance) Craftsman Wen Ruan unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of an ugly peasant girl in ancient times who shared her name. She was saddled with debt and a one-year agreement. Seeing her younger siblings sincerely stand up for her, Wen Ruan decided to roll up her sleeves and get to work! She took the bamboo weaving from her space and sold cricket cages and handicrafts, repaired the house, bought land, and sent her younger 15.4kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 26 Reborn to Divorce Her Husband: A Farmhouse Wife Makes Money While Raising Her Kids 重生休夫：农门夫人带崽跑赚银两 When Rong Qingyin was nine, her father brought home a boy, saying that when they grew up, he would marry into the Rong family and become her husband. The day he passed the provincial examinations, everyone in the village said Rong Qingyin would become the wife of an official, ride in a bridal sedan chair, have maids and servants at her beck and call, and live a comfortable life. Only later did they learn... That Rong Qingyin, whom everyone thought was blessed, had died of depression. Pei Lingjun 1.6kReads7.8Score12414d adds
- 27 I Stocked My Fridge and Transmigrated into a Book, Then Married the Fiercest Chief Minister 囤满冰箱穿书，我嫁了最猛首辅 [Marriage Before Love] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One, and the Heroine Is the Original Owner of Her Body, While the Hero Has Not Been Reborn] Wen Nuannuan recently discovered that her refrigerator was malfunctioning: any food she ate would automatically replenish itself! Thinking she was about to strike it rich, Wen Nuannuan did everything she could to stuff the refrigerator full. But the very next day, she transmigrated into a book in spectacularly disastrous fa 61.1kReads9.0Score6.5k14d adds
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Good Grief! I Woke Up as the Traitorous Official's Wife, Destined to Die Young 夭寿啦！一睁眼穿成奸臣早死原配
Shen Heng transmigrates into an alternate history as the secret first wife of Xie Jian, the most notorious corrupt chancellor of all time, and finds herself on the way to elope with someone. She doesn't even know where to begin complaining. This is what the Record of True Chancellors says about Xie Jian: Xie Jian, courtesy name Zixuan, was the last chancellor of the Great Cong Dynasty. Through his own efforts, he brought down the dynasty, which had stood for over six hundred years. His life: He
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Sharing Dreams with the Cold and Aloof Heir, the Adorable Cousin Gets Kissed to Tears Night After Night 和清冷世子共梦，娇娇表妹夜夜被亲哭
[Both Untouched + Only One He Loves + Mild Household Rivalry + Traditional Historical Romance] Shen Qingluo has an unspeakable dream every night, and she plans to keep it a secret for the rest of her life... After her family falls on hard times, she has no choice but to seek refuge at the Jing'an Marquis's residence in the capital. When she first arrives, she behaves modestly and follows the rules, focused on marrying her second cousin, to whom she was promised as a child, once her period of mou
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The Widow's Sister-in-Law Has Nowhere to Run, and the Mad Chancellor Vomits Blood Again 寡嫂无处逃，疯批丞相又吐血了
[Beautiful, decisive young widow vs. refined, deranged villainous minister] [System + fleeing while pregnant + transmigrate into a book + male lead reborn] Song Yao transmigrated into a book as the villainous minister’s widowed sister-in-law. She was caught red-handed while eloping with another man. The villainous minister, who would one day hold power over the entire court, was currently nothing but a sickly young man. Remembering the tragic fate of the original owner, Song Yao immediately deci
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After Marrying the Cold and Distant Powerful Minister 嫁给清冷权臣之后
One mountain, two dynasties. The Xiao clan ruled the land. In a chaotic age of war, the Great Liang and Great Sui stood opposed. By a twist of fate, ten-year-old Xu Zhiyi saved a badly wounded boy, unaware that he came from a powerful family. A month spent together in their youth was enough for Xu Zhiyi to catch Xiao Jingyao’s eye. But back then, her heart and mind belonged entirely to Shen Mingchen, the childhood friend who had grown up with her. When they met again, Xiao Jingyao lost his compo
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Becoming Empress of the Realm by Pretending to Be the Chancellor's Widowed Sister-in-Law 母仪天下，从冒充丞相寡嫂开始
[Revenge + Face-Slapping the Scum + Lighthearted + Sweet Romance] When you’re out in the world, you can choose your own identity. To infiltrate high society and avenge the massacre of her sister’s family, Feng Qingsui decides to pose as the distant cousin of a prestigious household. But just as she’s about to seek their help, the household she picked is raided by the Imperial Guards. She tries another family. Raided. Then another. Raided again. At her wit’s end, she knocks on the door of the “Pr
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- 33 The Mad Tyrant Wants to Steal Her: You’re the One Who Tempted Me First! 疯批权臣夺她，是你先勾我的！ [Possessive pursuit + Untouchable beauty brought down from her pedestal + Scheming heroine + Both leads are pure] The eldest son of the Xie family was as refined as a gentle breeze beneath a clear sky, as elegant as an orchid or jade tree, and, more unusually, possessed the heart of a bodhisattva. A year ago, he had taken charge of sheltering a destitute cousin who had come to seek refuge. The rescued Wanruo was deeply grateful, and looked up to and adored her cousin. Their story of a loving bro 238.5kReads9.2Score31.1k14d adds
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The Wicked Beauty Is So Alluring! She Makes the Cold, Powerful Minister Love Her to the Bone 恶女娇又撩！勾清冷权臣爱她入骨
[Both Inexperienced + Yandere + Rebirth + Faking Her Death, Going Crazy, and Running Away Pregnant + Flirting and Pampering + Winning Back His Wife at Any Cost] [A Scheming, Beautiful, Soft-Hearted Villainess vs. A Sinister, Unhinged Power Broker] Shen Qingtang died horribly in her previous life. Only before her death did she discover that her seemingly devoted husband had been keeping a mistress behind her back, and that the adopted son in her name was the mistress's child. On the day her adopt
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- 35 The Beauty Is Hard to Tame: I Won't Cling to the Heir's Favor 美人难驯：世子的高枝不想攀 A scheming woman who clings to the powerful * A deep, cunning heir Coercive love + intense tension + an irresistible push and pull Her perspective: She seduced all the young masters in the capital, but never once thought to seduce him. She would marry anyone, just not him. He looked down on her and repeatedly thwarted her chances of marriage. His perspective: She seduced his brothers and friends, but acted as if he didn’t exist. He disliked her shameless flirting, hated her scheming and vanity, 23.1kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
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Only After Being Reborn Did I Learn I Was the Cool and Aloof Minister's White Moonlight 重生才知，我竟是清冷权臣白月光
[Revenge on scumbags + sweet romance + switched marriages + reborn heroine vs. transmigrated heroine + a seemingly aloof, secretly twisted beauty] In her previous life, Chu Mingyuan learned only as she lay dying that the younger sister who had secretly been sleeping with her husband was not born to her late mother. She was actually a concubine-born daughter who had been switched at birth by a concubine. Chu Mingyuan died with regrets. Thankfully, Heaven took pity on her, and after her death she
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The Female Side Character Doesn't Want to Follow the Plot 女配她不想走剧情
(Sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + imaginary setting with no logic + the male lead is secretly passionate and falls first) Liu Yi transmigrated into a book, landing in a rebirth novel as a doomed villainess… To avoid dying miserably and being tossed into a mass grave, she had one plan: stay away from the male and female leads, and from the heroine’s younger brother, who was destined to become the future chief minister’s right-hand man. As long as she stayed alive, that was enough. But
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Gathering Broken Jade: May You Be Well, Elder Brother 拾碎玉：长兄万安
[Cool, dignified Senior Judicial Commissioner, noble young master of the famed Huai family of Jiangzhou] × [Sweet, sensible young orphan, beautiful restaurant owner] [Both leads are each other’s first and only] [Love grows over time + winning her back + relationship-focused + sweet romance + secret crush] A word of warning: This is not a strong-female-lead power fantasy. If you’re especially fond of stories about formidable heroines, please look elsewhere! There’s a little domestic intrigue, but
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- 39 We Agreed to Treat Each Other with Respect, So Why Is the Chief Minister Here Again at Night? 说好相敬如宾，首辅夜里又来了？ [Traditional Historical Romance + Both Leads Devoted to Each Other + Entire In-Law Family Dotes on Her + No Love Rivals or Misunderstandings + Household Intrigue + Political Schemes + Cunning] The moment Jiang Shuangshuang transmigrated, she opened her eyes to find she'd landed a real bargain. The day before her wedding, her third sister, famed throughout the capital for her beauty, fled with her luggage. Her fourth sister, a young woman of some literary talent, was so frightened that she got en 8.1kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 40 Minister Gu, Are You Any Good or Not? 顾相，你到底行不行？ Luo Wanyue discovers a marriage contract among her maternal grandfather’s belongings. Her fiancé turns out to be Gu Xunzhi, the prime minister, a man second only to The Outcast in power. So Luo Wanyue plays along, latching onto her “convenient husband” and throwing his weight around to reclaim the keepsakes her maternal grandfather and mother left her, and uncover the truth behind her parents’ deaths. She thought she was “making a deal with a tiger,” but instead, she finds herself doted on by al 3.5kReads8.9Score49214d adds
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Marry a Powerful Official and Become a Widow? The Transmigrate-Into-a-Book Side Character Won’t Stand for It! 嫁权臣守活寡？穿书女配不干了！
[Transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite + devoted couple + putting scumbags in their place + no mistresses or misunderstandings + everyone speaks their mind] Jiang Yuzhu transmigrated into a book, becoming the ill-fated first wife of Xie Zhao, the male lead of A Great Chancellor. From the start, she was handed a disaster: the original Jiang Yuzhu was on her way to have an affair, set up by her own eldest brother. According to the original story, after sleeping with a scumbag, Jiang Yuzhu
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- 42 Chancellor Shen, Your Wife Took the Kids Out to Find Their Dad Again! 沈相，你媳妇又带崽出去找爹了！ [Adorable child + foresight + doted on by everyone + silly antics + laugh-out-loud comedy] “Mother, why don’t you recognize me?” Ji Wanwan has only just transmigrated when she suddenly finds herself with a five-year-old son, and he’s her own flesh and blood! Her adorable, daddy-like son is clever and well-behaved, and can even see the future. Every now and then, he blurts out things like: “Mother, that auntie who’s so close to you is a bad person!” “Second Uncle, if you take this road this year, 14.9kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 43 The Wicked Supporting Lady Only Wants to Get Rich 恶毒女配她只想暴富 Yun Yao transmigrates into a book, becoming the villainess who was cheated on, then cried, threw tantrums, threatened to kill herself, and constantly made trouble. She also has to raise the cold regent’s favorability. That’s because this regent, who was supposed to be the tragic second male lead, isn’t tragic at all. Instead, he’s bent on killing the male and female leads, bringing the world to the brink of collapse. Looking at that favorability score of -99, Yun Yao: “...” Men will only slo 256Reads9.1Score10314d adds
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After Being Reborn in the Bed of a Ruthless Power Minister 重生在疯批权臣榻上后
[Forced Pursuit] [Mutual Firsts] [The Relentless Pursuit of His Wife] Jiang Yili’s previous life ended in a rather shabby fashion. After dying, she spent four years as a ghost. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn in Xie Jinchen’s bed. He was destined to rebel. The daughter of a treacherous minister, she tried every scheme she could to stay alive, only to end up in Xie Jinchen’s hands. By day, he was aloof as an immortal, the most unattainable prize in the capital. By night, desir
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After Faking Her Death in Disguise as a Man, She Starts Playing the Frail, Scheming Green Tea 女扮男装死后，她开始演柔弱绿茶
The print edition of [Playing Coy] is available on all platforms. [The heroine is everyone’s beloved, with maximum “moonlight in the heart” appeal + doted on by all + universally adored + strong female lead] Qin Buwen disguised herself as a man and played the part of a treacherous official for sixteen years. At the height of her infamy, everyone in Chang’an, even the dogs, would go out of their way to avoid her. Then she was betrayed and abandoned by everyone. She leapt from a tall building, onl
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Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨
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
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- 47 After Faking His Death, He Went Mad 诈死后，他疯了 The heroine was transmigrated into a book before birth + the hero is a native of the world + young love and marriage + rekindled romance + two hopeless romantics + always choosing each other To put her gravely ill father at ease, Jiang Wan married the man he had taken in. After her father passed away, the man said he would take her home. She never imagined he would take her straight to Prince Duan's residence in the capital. Only then did she learn he was Zhao Zhixing, the emperor's fifth son a 142.8kReads8.6Score12.8k14d adds
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They Wanted Me to Be a Sacrificial Stepmother, but I Chose to Make My Own Way 让我当炮灰主母，我偏另谋高枝
[Historical Romance / Household Intrigue / Sweet Romance / The Male Lead Is Head Over Heels] In Ruyi's Beloved Concubine, the heir apparent Xie Yunzhix is a brave and formidable warrior, always dashing across the battlefield in fine clothes, with no one able to stand against him. Sadly, he is only a supporting character. The story opens with him in a vegetative state, leaving behind three adopted sons. Xu Qingyi discovers that she has become the foil to the beloved heroine of a sweet romance. On
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Locked in the Spring Night 锁春宵
[Traditional historical romance + reborn + revenge on scum + sweet romance + mutually faithful] In her previous life, Su Qingyu had been married for three years without ever consummating the marriage. Then her cousin suddenly appeared before her with a child, and Su Qingyu finally learned that the man wasn't impotent. He just couldn't perform with her. Her cousin stripped off Su Qingyu's face, took her place as the legitimate daughter of the marquis's household, and became the matriarch of the S
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The Tough Farmer's Wife: The Chief Minister Is Wooed Again 农门悍妻：首辅大人苏又撩
Song Zhaoxi transmigrates into a book and becomes the male lead’s foolish ex-wife, married off to bring him good fortune. Despicable relatives, a bare-walled home, and a miserable life. Song Zhaoxi wipes away a bitter tear, rolls up her sleeves, and gets rich. The despicable ones line up to kneel and sing her praises! The only person she fears is the male lead, known as the Living King of Hell. Luckily, she got the supporting female character’s script, so she can run away whenever she wants! - E
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