Seeking Historical Novels Like Cleansing the Lead and The Eastern Palace's Palace Walls and Willow Trees 求那种像洗铅华，东宫宫墙柳的古文

1. 51 嫡 The Poisonous Heiress: The Regent’s Beloved 嫡女毒妃：摄政王的心尖宠 Mu Nian慕年Ancient Romance3.8M WordsCompleted She’s the real heiress of the marquis’s household, yet the fake heiress deceives and manipulates her until everyone turns against her and she meets a tragic end. Reborn, she returns to the marquis’s estate to take on her wicked older sister and punish the scumbag, while also cozying up to the future regent. But the longer she clings to him... Wait, Your Highness, why are you standing so close? The regent forcefully pulls her into his arms and sneers, “You flirt with me and then run away? Too lat 1.1kReads8.8Score32514d adds

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   So touching.

2. 52 青 The Childhood Sweetheart Consort Rises to Power, Her Goal Is to Become Empress Dowager! 青梅侧妃上位，目标是太后位！ Xiao Yan Wants to Get Rich小闫要暴富Ancient Romance593k WordsCompleted [Domestic scheming in the early stages, palace intrigue later; the leads are not both faithful~] [The heroine loves the hero but keeps her feelings in check, staying clear-headed and never obsessed. The hero cares for her, but as emperor he has to balance the court, and there will be no shortage of women around him. The heroine is special to him!] An unexpected imperial decree changed Jiang Qingyue from the Princess Consort of Prince Qing to his secondary consort overnight. The emperor’s favor a 4.5kReads8.3Score37414d adds
3. 53 踹 After Dumping the Jerk, the Whole Capital Lines Up to Marry Me 踹翻渣男后，全京城排队求娶 Moonlight Falling on Branches明月落枝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Audio edition available. Search for it to listen] In her previous life, for Jiang Yin's sake, Gu Ying cast aside the dignity of being the legitimate daughter of the Earl of Dongping's household, pursuing him relentlessly until she finally became his wife. Later, Jiang Yin rose to the highest ranks of the court. First he plotted against the country, then he killed her father and wiped out her family. Her scoundrel of a husband and her treacherous sister plotted together to break both her legs an 2.5kReads8.9Score69714d adds
4. 54 侯 The Marquis Wants a Divorce? Fine, Have You Picked Out Your Grave? 侯爷要休妻？无妨，墓地选好了吗 Song Jiujiu宋玖玖Ancient Romance546k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was the real daughter of an Imperial Censor’s family. But her birth parents abandoned her, her legitimate elder brother hated her, and her husband schemed against her. They drugged her and made her conceive another man’s child, then cut open her pregnant belly and took her life, all to make their fake daughter happy. Reborn, she drove a wedge between her birth parents, exposed the fake daughter, sent her legitimate elder brother to the imperial prison, then burned the s 1.1kReads9.2Score18914d adds
5. 55 重 Back to the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Army Wife Pursues Science to Strengthen the Nation 重回七零：炮灰军嫂励志科研强国 Traditional Chinese Text繁体文Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Stationed on a remote island + marriage first, love later + scientific research for the nation + husband’s groveling pursuit after marriage] Content warning: The hero is a real jerk at first. The heroine focuses on settling in before turning to research. There are plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people!!! Professor Su, a pillar of the nation, transmigrates into a period novel as the female lead’s cannon-fodder foil. In the original story, the female lead is confi 8.1kReads9.2Score66914d adds
6. 56 快 Quick Transmigration: A Handbook for Raising Good Men 快穿之好男人养成手册 Zhuang Wenqiao Zhi妆文俏之Ancient Romance422k WordsOngoing Only after dying did Song Yi, a superpowered survivor of the apocalypse, learn that he was about to be condemned to the animal realm because of a lifetime of bad behavior and the countless karmic debts he had accrued. But in view of the considerable merit he earned by developing a cure for the zombie virus before his death, the Heavenly Dao gave him a chance to atone for his sins. And so, one man and one System set off on a journey through three thousand small worlds, striving to redeem his repu 4.5kReads9.3Score32514d adds
7. 57 倾 A Fateful Meeting That Made Time Stand Still 倾心相遇，惊艳了时光 Jin Liyulin锦李煜麟Ancient Romance203k WordsCompleted Xiang Nuan is vacationing by the sea when a wave sweeps her into the water. She transmigrates into the body of someone who has just been laid to rest. Other transmigrators become princesses or princess consorts, but she's the first to crawl out of a tomb and coffin. Zongzheng Yu, the sixth prince of the Great Zong Dynasty and the empress's second son, went to guard the northern border at the age of twelve. He was granted the titles of Prince Yubei and Prince Aoye, making him the only prince in t 1.5kReads9.0Score10814d adds
8. 58 荣 Don’t Cling to Glory and Splendor; It’s Time to Go Home 荣华休恋，归去来兮 Mr. Fanyang范阳先生Ancient Romance416k WordsCompleted She was a modern high school history teacher who transmigrated by accident into the body of the eldest granddaughter of the Grand Princess Rongxian of the Great Liang dynasty. Her grandfather was a first-rank Grand Tutor, and her father was the Minister of Revenue. At sixteen, the emperor betrothed her to Prince Chen as his principal consort. He was the emperor’s fourth son, a celebrated God of War who had made his name in battle at sixteen. He could not forget his first wife, while she had neve 284Reads8.4Score10314d adds

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