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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After the Imperial Betrothal, the Grand Secretary Finally Got a Clue 赐婚后，首辅大人开窍了
Everyone in the capital knew that the legitimate daughter of Imperial Censor Qiao was frail and could be knocked over by a breeze. Yet the emperor betrothed her to Mu Shijing, the Chief Grand Secretary, who stood second only to the emperor and above everyone else. Mu Shijing was the man who had shattered the dreams of countless young ladies in the capital, and on top of that, he had paid a fine for staying unmarried for two years in a row, making him the capital's most eligible bachelor. When th
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Dreaming with the Cold, Powerful Official: The Sweetheart Blushes and Her Heart Races 与清冷权臣共梦，娇娇脸红心跳
[Sweet romance + devoted couple] Fourth Miss Jiang lost both her parents when she was young. She has spent years hidden away in the inner quarters of the Jiang household, never meeting anyone. After coming of age, rumors spread that she is ugly and timid as a mouse, prompting her fiancé to break off their engagement. But on the day the engagement is called off, the man who arrives isn’t her fiancé. It’s his uncle, the man who visits her dreams every night. Jiang Fu has a secret. Ever since she c
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The Princess Arrives 公主嫁到
[The scheming, sickly Duke of Wei VS the human lucky charm, the Grand Princess] Wei Lin, the legitimate son of the Duke of Wei, had been struck by a deadly poison. Rumors in the capital said he would not live much longer. A master at Xiangguo Temple read a birth chart and declared that Grand Princess Nankang was Wei Lin’s fated match, destined to help him turn danger into safety. Wei Lin’s mother then begged the emperor to marry the Grand Princess to her son. Grand Princess Nankang had been luck
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After the Divorce, My Lord's Long Road to Winning Back His Wife 和离之大人追妻路漫漫
[Devoted Love + Winning Her Back + Sweet Romance + Alternate Setting] By imperial decree, Song Wanjiang was forced to marry Wei Tinghe, the Song family's political enemy. But no one knew that the bride beneath the red veil that day had been filled with joy. Later, she endured nothing but cold treatment. With her mother gravely ill and her younger brother mentally disabled, Song Wanjiang finally gave up hope and refused to keep enduring it. Yet just when she finally won her freedom, Wei Tinghe cl
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After Being Struck by Lightning, the Chancellor Gained Mind-Reading Powers 被雷劈后，丞相他有了读心术
Xie Siyan discovers she has transmigrated into a book, becoming the divorced wife of a prime minister who doesn’t survive past the first episode. Rubbing her hands together, she prepares to make a big impression and put her acting skills to good use. Concubine Zhao fakes a fall into the water and a miscarriage to frame her. Xie Siyan takes out a handkerchief and is just about to start sobbing, but the prime minister, Xiao Jifeng, sends Concubine Zhao to a family temple instead. Concubine Bai pla
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- 56 After Reading His Mind, the Mad Tyrant Decides to Turn Over a New Leaf 读心后，疯批暴君决定洗白 [Transmigration into a book + woman disguised as a man + mind reading + wish fulfillment + two powerful leads + both leads are devoted to each other] Song Yunchu transmigrates into the tragic villainous chancellor from a melodramatic novel, who dies horribly. According to the original story, she will first be dismissed from office and imprisoned by the villainous emperor, then shot through the heart with a rain of arrows by the male lead, Prince Yi, whom she loves. After weighing her options, So 29.6kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 57 Before I Knew It, His Majesty Was Helping Me Fight My Household Battles 一不小心，陛下他下场帮我宅斗了 An accident causes Cui Lingyao and the reigning emperor, Pei Jie, to swap souls. On the fifteenth of every month, each must spend a day in the other's body. One side is the chaotic Earl's residence, with a reborn younger cousin, an aunt harboring dark intentions, an uncle shrouded in secrets, and a grandmother who loves to smooth things over. The other is the imperial court, where the empress dowager holds power, Prince Xin is ambitious, the emperor's personal attendant has already defected, an 10.5kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 58 Crown Princess, You’ve Been Faking Your Love for Two Lifetimes! 太子妃，她骗宠了两辈子！ [A villainess takes the legal wife's place + faithful to each other + stopping at nothing to achieve her goals + ensemble cast of powerful women + both reborn] Merchants prize profit and are skilled at scheming. As for me, Qian Yueshu, I'm among the very best at it all. In my previous life, I was a concubine, yet I schemed to make the Crown Prince lose his virginity to me. I entered his household five years before the Crown Princess. After that, I fought and clawed my way forward, bearing his 4.7kReads7.2Score23914d adds
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The Marquis's Second Legitimate Daughter Turns Her Back on Everyone 侯府嫡二小姐翻脸不认人
One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, sweet romance, aloof male lead, Minister of Justice Wei Heng, Minister of Justice, is a cold-faced King of Hell, ruthless and iron-fisted. No official in the court dares approach him. One day, while investigating a case outside the capital, he found a disheveled woman by a stream. When she woke, she looked around in confusion and said her family had fallen on hard times and she had come from elsewhere to find her fiancé. She had no memory of anything
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The Evil Emperor's Devoted Love: His Lovesick, Poisonous Consort Slaughters Her Way Through the World 邪帝绝宠：病娇毒妃杀疯了
[Strong Male Lead and Strong Female Lead] [Secret Identity] [Everyone’s Favorite] [Sweet Romance] In her previous life, Su Jingning was the only legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, and a peerless beauty. But she was blind to people’s true natures and trusted the wrong man. For the sake of a hypocrite with the heart of a beast, she defied her parents and spent five years scheming for the man she loved, helping him rise to power. She never expected that all her painstaking plan
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The Crown Prince’s White Moonlight Can’t Compare: The Soft, Sweet Girl Is His True Love 太子白月光不香，软娇娇才是真爱
Sweet romance! Palace and household intrigue + reborn heroine + transmigrated rival + face-slapping the beloved white moonlight The Crown Prince has a beloved woman. She's beautiful and talented, forthright by nature, and the orphaned daughter of a loyal martyr. She and the Crown Prince grew up together, yet she claims to see him as an older brother and refuses to enter the Eastern Palace and share a husband with the other women. The Crown Prince is utterly devoted to her and has turned down th
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- 62 The Beautiful, Arrogant Princess and Her Sly, Flirtatious Consort 公主美又骄，钓系驸马茶艺高 [Flirting with each other + Sweet romance, both are virgins + Taking down scumbags] [Arrogant princess + Scheming, sickly, beautiful prince consort] Yun Chaorong’s transmigration into a book went wrong, and she became the heroine of a tragic romance. She learned she was destined to be disfigured and humiliated, lose her entire family, then be imprisoned and tortured to death by the male lead, Xie Nanzhu. What the hell! Yun Chaorong wasn’t having it. She kicked the original male lead and the supp 12.1kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
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This Is Crazy! I Opened My Eyes and Was Already Marrying the Future Chief Minister! 疯了，睁眼就在跟未来首辅拜堂！
The celebrated forensic pathologist Ning An opened her eyes and found herself as Zhao Ning’an, the useless eldest legitimate daughter of the General Who Guards the Nation’s household. Apart from her good birth, she had nothing going for her. Bratty. A troublemaker. A man-chaser. Every eligible man in the capital gave her a wide berth, except... the Grand Secretary. Shen Changting: “I hear the four thousand household rules the princess wrote were specifically for me. I’m honored by your favo
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Paulownia in the Palm 掌中疏桐
The main story is complete. Originally titled A Paulownia in the Palm, the first chapters are free, but the price will go up later! [Mutual Devotion] [Fictional Setting] [Forced Possession] [Beautiful Wife] [Powerful Minister] [Adorable Baby] [Pregnant and on the Run] [Ancient-Era Court Intrigue] [Secret Marriage] Luo Shutong, the most proper young noblewoman in the capital, woke one morning to find Ye Chuan, the all-powerful chief minister, lying beside her. Trembling, she pulled out all the mo
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Offering to the Abyss 献京渊
[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
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- 66 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 31.1kReads9.4Score4.3k14d adds
- 67 I Transmigrated and Picked Up a Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Husband 穿越捡来的相公五岁半 Everyone in the capital knows that the influential Grand Secretary married the older sister who raised him from childhood to repay her kindness, becoming a thoroughly henpecked husband. They say Qin Zhao’s wife is jealous, never lets him take a concubine, and won’t let him go out drinking with courtesans. They say Qin Zhao has a miserable life at home, worse than death. Cao Xi spat out a melon seed shell. They don’t know what they’re talking about. That clingy little pest is practically attached 11.3kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 68 The Farmer Girl Is Reborn as the Prime Minister's Wife 农女重生之丞相夫人 In her previous life, she married into the Han family. Her in-laws looked down on her for coming from a family of hunters and excluded her at every turn, until she even lost her life. Reborn, Xiao Zhen was determined to cut all ties with her former in-laws. But just two days after arriving, she and her former husband, the chancellor, were trapped alone together in a mountain cave?! Feverish, she even reached her clutches toward the sixteen-year-old Han Ziran... Once she came to her senses, Xiao 4.3kReads8.2Score45814d adds
- 69 Imperial Exam Triumph: The Strongest Female Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：最强女首辅 After finally becoming the first female heir in her family, she opens her eyes and finds herself back before the revolution. Her father is dead from the start, leaving her with a frail mother and three beautiful older sisters. She is the only son who can carry on the Cheng family line... Cheng Qing looks down at her slightly developed chest, wondering what on earth went wrong. Surrounded by scheming wolves, Cheng Qing, now with a new soul in her body, sets herself two small goals: First, keep pr 8.2kReads9.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 70 Marrying the Imperial Tutor 嫁帝师 [When a Scheming Black-Bellied Type Meets a Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside Type + Love and Hate + Soul Swap + Revenge, Traditional Historical Romance in an Imaginary Setting] Jiang Wanzhi first met Song Qingshi when she was fourteen. At sixteen, she became Mrs. Song. Everyone said she was lucky: a merchant’s daughter had married a top-scoring scholar. That is, until she died under mysterious circumstances on the very night Song Qingshi asked her for a divorce. When she awoke again, she 28kReads9.3Score4.4k14d adds
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Scheming in the Boudoir 闺中夺谋
[A powerful official who seems cool but burns with passion inside + an empress dowager who seems charming but is cool inside + age gap] In her previous life, Jiang Muning was empress dowager for five years and held power over the court. Then she was framed for poisoning the late emperor and sentenced to death. After being reborn, she becomes the fourth young lady of the Nie family, and the powerful official who drove her to her death is now her seventh uncle. In the sprawling Nie family, everyon
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My Wife, Afu 吾妻阿福
[Reborn × Marriage First, Love Later] [Clingy, affectionate beauty vs. refined and elegant noble minister] Yuan Shujin (Yuan Afu) was lovely and charming, adored by her father and brothers from childhood, and born into a distinguished family. But one mistaken choice of lover cost her father and brothers their lives. Her sincere affection had been nothing but a tool for someone else, and in the end, she took her own life on a lonely night. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the y
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A Small-Town Family Dares to Marry Up? Her Father Deserves a Place in the Imperial Ancestral Temple! 小门小户高攀？她父亲配享太庙！
[Sweet Romance + Transmigration + Devoted Couple + Everyday Life + Protective Husband + Powerful Male Lead] Jiang Mingyue got married. Her husband was talented, exceptionally handsome, able to farm and cook, and possessed every virtue imaginable. He also attracted women wherever he went. At the palace banquet, noblewomen glared at her coldly from one side, while a princess on the other side hoped she would die soon. Jiang Mingyue could barely sit still. “I don’t think I can handle this.” Xie Yu
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- 74 Claim Her! The Prime Minister's Childhood Sweetheart 夺她！丞相大人的小青梅 [A gradual growing-up romance + long-laid plans + includes possessive pursuit (but the male lead is gentle and has sound values) + mostly sweet with a little angst + devoted to each other, happy ending + fatherly male lead] [A seemingly pure but secretly calculating young prime minister x a sweet, innocent little princess] The first time they meet, the little princess is captivated by the young man before her. “What a beautiful little uncle!” Chu Zhaozhao follows Shen Yun around like a little sh 144Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 75 I Became a Mediator in the Marquis's Manor and the Whole Family Dotes on Me 我在侯府当调解员，被全家宠了 Brutal, ruthless Imperial Guard X sweet, gentle ray of sunshine Just as her name suggests, Jiang Mi has a sweet little mouth and knows exactly how to charm people, leaving them dazed and warm-hearted. But an imperial decree sends this honey-sweet girl to the most difficult household to serve: the Ning'an Marquis's residence. The Old Madam is stern and old-fashioned: “You wretches! The whole lot of you are hopeless!” The Ning'an Marquis is aloof and icy: “You unfilial son, do you know what you've 20.4kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
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The Grand Secretary Shen’s Beloved Darling 沈首辅的掌上娇
Jiang Jincan, the third young lady of the Yong'an Marquis's household, is said to bring death to her husbands. If she takes a liking to you, tell me, would you panic? Shen Yanqing said, “What’s there to panic about? Heaven may not have dropped a fortune into my lap, but it did drop me a wife. That’s a sure win.” Who in the capital didn’t know that Shen Yanqing, heir to the Duke of Dingguo, would do anything Jiang Jincan asked, since their families had been close for generations? He practically w
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Unbelievable! My Pampered Foolish Husband Is Actually a Ruthless Grand Secretary 离谱！娇养的傻夫君竟是疯批首辅
[Female lead transmigrates into a book + male lead is reborn + devoted couple + farming + household and palace intrigue + sweet romance] Jiang Fenghe, an easygoing office worker from the 21st century, transmigrates into an unfinished novel. The moment she opens her eyes, her “father,” Jiang the Fourth, has sold her to Cui the Hunter in the neighboring village. She becomes the country wife of the Cui family's simple-minded son. But a month later, she and Cui Afu are hunted down. When she wakes ag
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- 78 The Darling of the Farmstead: Raising the Young Lord Chief Secretary 农门团宠：娇养首辅小夫君 She transmigrates into a book! She’s become a brainless, vicious female cannon fodder in an imperial-examination novel. The original owner was spoiled and doted on from childhood, and even had a frail child husband. She bullied and humiliated him, and even planned to sell him off... But who could have guessed that this frail little husband was actually a brilliant, devious, and villainous mastermind? He endured humiliation, came first in all three imperial examinations, rose to the highest ranks 7kReads8.9Score74514d adds
- 79 Book Transmigration: The Chief Minister’s Wicked Wife Is a Miracle Doctor 穿书：首辅家的恶毒原配是神医 Ye Qianqian, a renowned master of both Chinese and Western medicine, transmigrated into a book overnight. She became the wicked wife of Su Moyang, the future Grand Secretary, the kind of woman who caused trouble at every turn. From the start, she treated a child with a terminal illness. Then she healed her brother-in-law's injured leg and cured her mother-in-law's stomach problems. A village doctor in her fifties became her apprentice, and even helped the whole family grow medicinal herbs and ma 2.3kReads8.9Score25014d adds
- 80 The Original Wife Returns to Become the Mad Chancellor’s Beloved 原配复活后成为疯批丞相的心尖宠 Hey, everyone! The score is low because the book was just released, not because of its quality! [Transmigrate into a book + Reborn + Lighthearted + Political Intrigue + Devoted Husband + Male lead appears refined and proper, but is actually an obsessive, ruthless man who always repays his enemies] Li Yueyao transmigrates into a book on the very day the villainess kills the male lead’s mother and runs away with another man. When she remembers the male lead’s identity and the villainess’s eventual 131Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 81 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
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The Young Lady Has Too Many Admirers, and Her Imperial Tutor Turns Dark 小姑娘桃花太多，帝师大人黑化了
[Master and disciple + princess x half-raising x doting, fatherly boyfriend x scheming x age gap x mutually devoted] [One-line synopsis: The aloof beauty atop the peak is brought down from her pedestal by a clever, beautiful princess] One day, after learning the secret of the White Crane Gu, Ling Xiao worked up the courage to ask Li Changfeng, “What if none of my three royal consorts are willing to divorce me?” Li Changfeng lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, though his gaze was filled with a c
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The Chief Minister's Little Fairy Is Soft and Sweet 首辅的小仙女她又软又娇
Shen Yutang has been reborn! In her previous life, Shen Yurou and her mother framed her, ruining her reputation and reducing her from a noble young lady of the marquis’s household to a woman of ill repute. In this life, she’ll settle every score and answer every grievance. She’ll tear apart the hypocritical white lotus and deal with scumbags swiftly and ruthlessly! As for her adopted older brother, whom she’s always bullied, he’ll grow up to become a powerful official who rules over the court. O
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Spring Over the City: A Collection of Historical Romances by Yiyimaiqian 满城春（一枚铜钱古言精选）
A collection of classic historical romances by popular Jinjiang author Yi Mei Tong Qian. These three works are all timeless favorites, perfect for staying up all night to read: Spring Over the City, Poisoned Wine, and Strange Tales of the Eighth Day of the Twelfth Month. The Liu family of the capital is an eminent clan so powerful that even the imperial family treats them with respect. Liu Yan, the legitimate youngest daughter of the second branch, is brilliant and blessed with both wisdom and g
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- 85 A Magpie Lands on a Branch 鹊踏枝 Shen Qiyuan, son of the Grand Princess, earned the emperor’s favor at a young age and wielded great power. In Great Qian, he could have anything he wanted. But Liu Ruyi was neither wind nor rain. She was an untamed warhorse beneath the blazing sun, a spark that would not go out in a torrential storm. She was the dream he hated, yet longed to touch every night. Shen Qiyuan x Liu Ruyi Features demons and gods; mystery-solving is secondary, romance is the focus. A fictional setting, so don’t get t 2.8kReads8.9Score44814d adds
- 86 The Long Wind Blows for Tens of Thousands of Miles 长风几万里 Kunyi fell for someone. Monsters ran amok at the palace banquet. The man arrived with the constables of the Shangqing Bureau, standing right beneath her favorite bronze lamp shaped like a flying crane. Radiance fell across his broad shoulders, and when the wind stirred the hem of his dark robe, it fluttered like an eagle circling a cliffside. Sometimes love at first sight really is that simple. She hadn't even seen his face clearly, yet she had already thought of names for their children. A ser 2.6kReads9.2Score40214d adds
- 87 Scandalous Chronicles of the Dali Temple 大理寺绯闻日志 [Thai publication rights signed] [Black-on-the-outside, white-on-the-inside, arrogant and fierce commandery princess x white-on-the-outside, black-on-the-inside, scheming minister of the Court of Judicial Review] [Royal shield destined to bear the crown prince's fate vs meticulous avenger] A heaven-blessed daughter, fighting fate itself. She refuses to yield. Ten years of planning, ruined in an instant. He accepts defeat. With a father who is vice president of the Secretariat and imperial tutor, 2.3kReads9.1Score28614d adds
- 88 The First Grand Secretary's Lucky Little Wife 首辅家的锦鲤小娇妻 [Transmigrate into a book + lucky charm + sweet romance] Sang Zhi transmigrates into a book! That’s right! Sang Zhi had stayed up all night in her dorm, feverish, reading a farming novel. When she woke up, she discovered she had become the slovenly, selfish, universally disliked minor villainess in the story! Her father has just died, white mourning cloth hangs everywhere, the family is dirt-poor, and rain leaks in from every side! The newly awakened, disheveled Sang Zhi is dumbfounded! She has 1.1kReads9.0Score10814d adds
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Longing to Be a Widow 盼寡
[A top-tier lovesick prince who wins himself over vs. a talented noblewoman who longs to be widowed] [Marriage first, love later + sweet ancient romance + transmigrate] Prince Xie Huaijin of Jing is renowned throughout the capital for his looks, and equally renowned for his frail health. With his legs crippled as well, he has reached twenty-three without a wife. After all, no one wants to become a widow in the flower of their youth, especially when they might end up an actual widow at any moment
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- 90 The Treacherous Official's Wife: A Book-Transmigrated Heroine's Farming Life 奸臣之妻：书穿女配好种田 [Farming + sweet romance + family bonds + political intrigue + healing + comedy] Cui Wantang had lived with her old charlatan of a master, dependent on each other. After he died, she was left all alone. Then one day, she transmigrated into a book she hadn't finished reading, becoming the wife of the villainous minister. [The book said Song Yu was a smiling tiger, ruthless and cruel, a lackey and a weapon for the antagonist.] But at this point, Song Yu was only a poor young man who hadn't turned 25.6kReads9.4Score3.7k14d adds
- 91 The Lucky Little Wife Who Brings Prosperity to Her Husband 家有旺夫小福妻 On the day Cheng Wulang of the Cheng family in Jiqing Village, Bali Town, married a bride to bring him good luck, the bride was switched for a little girl who hadn’t even grown up yet. The entire village waited to laugh at them. But after the little girl joined the family, the Chengs’ lives changed beyond recognition. The sickly husband she married later became the chief minister. The close friends she picked up along the way turned out to be princesses and commandery princesses. Even the nephew 9.9kReads9.4Score1.5k14d adds
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After I Swindled the Crown Prince Out of Five Thousand Taels, He Refused to Take It Lying Down! 讹了太子五千两后，他不干了！
Crown Prince Xiao Chen was furious the moment he met Shen Yunxiu: How dare she step on his face? How dare she swindle him out of five thousand taels of silver? She thought that fatso was cuter than him! She loved gold ingots most of all! She was blind! And then, he went blind too! All he could see was Shen Yunxiu!
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After the Grand Princess Is Reborn, the Chief Grand Secretary Can No Longer Sit Still 长公主重生后，首辅大人坐不住了
[Rebirth + Political Intrigue + Powerful Hero and Heroine + Plenty of Foreshadowing + Serious Ensemble Cast] [Charming, Alluring, Sweet-Natured Yet Cunning Eldest Princess + Autocratic, Possessive Chief Grand Secretary] [Important: This is NOT a wish-fulfillment novel!!!] As a princess, Zhao Huiluan lived in luxury and honor, yet died in the prime of her life. Reborn, she finally realized that all the countless honors and favors she had once been proud of were nothing but illusions. Power is saf
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- 94 The Lucky Wife of the Grand Secretary 首辅家的锦鲤妻 Only after Su Jiuyue married into the Wu family did she discover that her husband was a fool. She thought she'd been swindled. But as soon as she entered the family, it was as if Heaven itself had blessed the Wus. One happy occasion followed another, and their lives kept getting better. She went up the mountain to gather wild greens and found a lingzhi mushroom; she went down to the river to fish and found a rare, ancient fungus. Even her foolish husband turned out not to be a fool, and he came 17kReads9.3Score2.7k14d adds
- 95 The Mad Princess Has Been Rejected by the Chancellor Again 疯批长公主她又被丞相拒婚了 [Dark heroine; please don’t complain if that’s not your thing = .= Both leads are faithful to each other, happy ending] The first time Hu Xun saw He Jiu’er, he knew she was trouble, and the worst kind of trouble at that. Sure enough, he let her cling to him out of a moment of weakness. In the end, he lost his heart, gave up his virtue, saw his family stripped of everything, watched his clan wiped out, and even saw the country brought to ruin. He Jiu’er has been reincarnated countless times and 364Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 96 The Princess Arrives: The Aloof Chancellor Dotes on Her 公主嫁到：清冷丞相抱着宠 In her previous life, Xie Ditang trusted her own family and met a grisly end, pierced through the heart by a thousand arrows. After living a second life in another world for three years, she thought she had found happiness and could spend the rest of her days in peace. But fate, that damned thing, sent her back to the Kingdom of Fenglin once more. Faced with the same terrible hand she'd been dealt in her previous life, Xie Ditang decided to lose her mind right there and then, defying the empress 72Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 97 The General Has Gone to Assassinate the Chancellor Again 将军又去刺杀丞相了 (The main story is complete. The rating is low since it just came out (✘_✘)↯ Come in and take a look!) [Two male leads + both sexually inexperienced + sweet romance + contrasting personalities + rekindled love] Hot-tempered young general, bottom, vs. sickly prime minister, top Breaking news! The general snuck out at midnight to assassinate the prime minister, only to be caught by him!! Question: What happened? Was he reported to the authorities? Was he punished? Answer: No report, no punishment. 787Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 98 The Prime Minister's Pampered Lady: He Begs Her to Divorce Him 一品娇宠，丞相大人求休妻 Gu Qingzhi is only eighteen, beautiful, born into a powerful family, and free to spend as much money as she likes. So how did she end up marrying a man who’d already been married once, and who even has a six-year-old child? Is there something wrong with her eyes? Now that she’s come to her senses, she knows being a stepmother is no easy task. Husband, please grant her a divorce and let her return to her family home in peace! “Prime Minister, this is bad! Madam has gone to the Old Madam again, s 1.1kReads8.8Score47414d adds
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I Just Want to Lie Flat, but the Emperor Pushes Me into the Harem Battles 想躺平，皇上却push我宫斗
[An unconventional palace-intrigue story + 1v1 later on + a love-triangle free-for-all] The emperor falls first, then turns dark later [A beautiful, easygoing sloth consort who just wants to lie flat x a hard-working emperor who is secretly scheming and potentially unhinged] “Me, Just Looking for a Basic Salary and Slacking Off, Got Promoted Thanks to the Emperor’s Help” / “The Emperor Fights Palace Battles for Me Behind My Back” / “Consort Yao Doesn’t Want His Favor or Love, She Just Wants to R
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- 100 You Brat, Just You Wait! 逆子，你给我等着！ [Transmigration + palace intrigue and household drama + romance + comedy + devoted couples] After marrying into the family to bring good luck, Chi Yue accidentally offends a whole crowd of powerful nobles and breaks up one couple after another. The Chancellor: Chi Yue is a heartless little schemer! She dared to talk my wife into divorcing me. I’m going to tear her apart! The Grand Marshal: Chi Yue actually taught my wife to trick me out of my money. She’s planning to swindle me out of every last 6kReads9.0Score74314d adds
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