A Highborn Female Lead Who Excels at Palace Intrigue and Is Smart! 女主身份尊贵，善于宫斗，智商在线的！！
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Beloved Across the Realm 宠倾江山
Chu Ran was a triple-threat star in film, television, and music in the twenty-first century. While filming on a city street, she was hit by a car after saving a little girl. When she woke, she had fallen into a dynasty she’d never even heard of in her history books. Well, when in Rome. Fortunately, she had transmigrated into the imperial family as a beloved young princess. Her royal grandfather treated her like a treasure, but her father cared only for romance and poetry, so having a father was
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A Banquet of Renewed Joy 重欢宴
My new novel is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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The Beautiful Lady of Tea Fragrance 茗香美人
She should have married into a prince's household, but instead became a merchant's concubine. She should have had a loving husband and children, but met a tragic end. Given a second life, Shen Jingyue would turn her world upside down and take control of her fate. The three obediences and four virtues. Obey the rules and stay in your place. As the legitimate daughter of the main branch, she was expected to be kind and put the greater good first. Shen Jingyue had been manipulated to death by t
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My Sweet, Scheming Husband Keeps Losing His Mind 我那又娇又茶的夫君稳定发疯
The unfavored legitimate daughter of the Mu family is ordered by imperial decree to marry the crown prince, Zhou Jing, who is at death's door, to bring him good luck. Plenty of people wait to laugh at her, saying she might just end up bringing him luck by killing him in bed. When Zhou Jing opens his eyes, he finds himself with a fiancée. The young woman is clearly terrified of him, but still can't help swearing her loyalty. “Your Highness, I'll treat you very well.” “Your Highness, after you pas
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The Realm as My Betrothal Gift, a Golden Age as Our Matchmaker 江山为聘，盛世为媒
[No transmigration or rebirth + pure historical romance, slow pace, gently unfolding] [The heroine is forced to become a concubine early on, so proceed with caution if that bothers you! After marrying, she is the sole favorite, and eventually ascends the throne to rule from behind the curtain!] She is the princess of a fallen kingdom in Nanjiang, born with a pair of gray-blue glassy eyes. She is both righteous and wicked, seeming at once like an immortal and a demon! While still an infant, she w
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The Reborn Emperor's Beloved Consort 宠妃之重生帝王加倍宠
Her stepmother and younger sister want to enter the palace without a rival, so they drug her in an attempt to ruin her. When she wakes the next morning, she thinks in despair, “It looks like I’ll be spending the rest of my life praying beside the green lamp and ancient Buddha.” The man beside her wakes up. “Don’t worry. I’ll take responsibility for you.” Chen Qingyao says, “Forget it. How could you take responsibility for me? The selection is coming up, and my father won’t allow you to be with m
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The Night My Legitimate Son Was Burned, the Regent Slaughtered My Entire Household for Me 火焚嫡子那夜摄政王为我屠满门
[Scheming heroine + power struggles + palace and household intrigue + strong female lead + prince + revenge and cathartic payback + mutual healing] In her previous life, Xie Deyin was sent by her husband, the Marquis of Pingyang, to the bed of a powerful regent to curry favor with him. She bore a son, only for her husband and his favored concubine to murder the child. Reborn, Xie Deyin vows to rise to the pinnacle of power, crush the scumbag and expose the fake saintess. She deliberately approac
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Being the Principal Wife Is Hard: I Quit 主母难当，老娘不干了
Du Ruoheng was lucky enough to be reborn, but she returned to the very day she married into the Mu family. With her scumbag husband and his sweet-faced mistress standing before her, she thinks, This time, you won’t get away with it! (The new book, “Plotting to Kill the Legitimate Wife? Have You Asked About the Poisonous Gu in My Hands?” is now available. Please keep supporting the author.)
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Reborn: The Commoner-Born Daughter's Stunning Rise 重生之庶女惊华
In her previous life, she was the valiant daughter of a military family. Sadly, misfortune struck her household, and her childhood sweetheart betrayed her. Carrying her father's severed head, she fled for her life. She launched seven swords at once, but still failed to kill the villain, and fell from a cliff with hatred in her heart. Reborn, she became the illegitimate daughter of the Left Commander-in-Chief, while the enemy she had once hated became her brother-in-law. Good. Very good. Everythi
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The Difficult Substitute Wants a Divorce, and the Mad Tyrant Is Livid 替身作精要和离，疯批暴王气炸了
[Strong female lead + unhinged hero + groveling to win her back + stand-in] A goofy, sweet young woman who was afraid of marriage was forcibly brought home as the bride of a mad tyrant. Li Jingluo imperiously ordered Qin Yan, “Get down on your knees and tell me: are you divorcing me or not?” Qin Yan dropped to his knees with a thud and pleaded like a wronged puppy. “Wifey, I don’t want a divorce.” Furious, Li Jingluo charged over and gave Qin Yan a sound beating. Just as she was really getting i
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Reborn as the Wild Phoenix: Arrogant Lord, Please Behave 狂凤重生：傲娇邪王请自重
She was the top mercenary of the twenty-first century, but met an untimely death. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a pitiful girl who had nearly been violated. Orphaned and born useless, she had only her elderly grandfather to rely on. At home, her vicious uncle and aunt watched her like hawks, while her few white-lotus sisters schemed to ruin her virtue and smear her name. Outside, a treacherous emperor used cruel methods to try to kill her and her grandfather. She gave a cold lau
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Joy with You 与君欢
[Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving
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Farming in the Cold Palace 我在冷宫忙种田
After transmigrating, she becomes an unwanted empress discarded in the Cold Palace. What? The palace has stopped providing her with food and clothing? No problem, she has a pocket dimension and plenty of grain. What? The emperor is a greasy, overweight middle-aged man? No problem, she’ll sell steamy little books, save up enough silver, and leave the palace. What? The impossibly handsome man before her is actually the emperor? His handsome face draws closer and closer. “My beloved consort, where
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Beloved by All: Your Majesty, the Empress, Please Behave 团宠：皇后娘娘请安分
Ever since the empress woke up, everything changed. She stopped fighting for the emperor's favor and instead resolutely moved into the cold palace to enjoy a leisurely life. The emperor, however, was the one who suffered. The empress's eldest brother: “I expect a satisfactory answer, Your Majesty.” Her second brother: “You can go guard the border yourself.” Her third brother: “As the richest man in the realm, I plan to expand my business in another country.” Even her father, the Grand Tutor, sai
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Favorite Couple Finally Got Their Happy Ending 穿书后，我嗑的CP终于HE了
[Happy ending] [The couple is faithful to each other] [An unconventional transmigration-into-a-book story] [The protagonists are the emperor and empress. The noble consort only wants to ship them.] Consort Bai of the Vermilion Bird Palace has been acting strangely lately. She’s stopped scheming, competing for favor, and getting jealous. She doesn’t even want to see the emperor anymore. Instead, she spends all day at Phoenix Ritual Palace, constantly talking about the empress and caring more abou
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After Being Cruelly Cut Open for Her Child in Her Past Life, She’s Reborn and Goes on a Rampage 前世惨被剖腹取子，她重生杀疯了
The short drama “The Moon Comes Chasing” is complete. Search for it on Tomato to watch, and please show your support! In her past life, she helped him ascend the throne, but after becoming emperor, he married her half-sister and made her Imperial Noble Consort. When her half-sister’s child needed a newborn’s heart blood as a medicinal ingredient, he ordered someone to cut the baby from her womb and take the blood from her newborn child! Only as she lay dying did she learn that the child’s father
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The Phoenix Brocade of the Legitimate Daughter 嫡女凰锦
Strong female lead + reborn + household intrigue + mystery + satisfying read In her previous life, Qin Jinxuan was forced to marry Shen Muchen, heir to the Marquis of Yongding, to protect her mother. Over the seven years of their marriage, she devoted herself heart and soul to the marquis's household, only to end up disgraced, cast aside, and murdered. She never imagined that it had all been part of a scheme by him and the woman he loved. Reborn, Qin Jinxuan returns to seven years earlier, befor
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Spring Banquet 春日宴
She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis
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Has the Noble Consort Left Qirong Palace Today? 皇贵妃今天出栖容宫了吗？
[☆No transmigration, no rebirth, and no pristine couples] [☆The romance develops gradually] Everyone in the palace knew that the person they must never offend was neither the pampered and fiery Noble Consort Hui nor the peerlessly beautiful Consort Cen, but Noble Consort Zhe of Qirong Palace, Lady Fucha. A consort's guide to survival: If you want to get ahead, never provoke the lady of Qirong Palace. She was the emperor's first woman, his companion and confidante since their youth; the mother
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The Beauty's Game 美人棋
A scheming marquis versus a captivating pawn Caught up in a conspiracy, A Zhao sought protection from Xiao Zhengqing, the most notorious playboy in the capital. But he wasn't as simple as she had imagined. He seemed like a debauched womanizer, but that was only to fool the emperor. In truth, he was ruthless and unhinged, secretly calculating against everyone. He treated her as a pawn, pushing her into the arms of all kinds of men to do his bidding. She had tried pleading with him, but his heart
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Tempting the Emperor to Build a Golden House 欲诱帝王筑金屋
[A Delicate Darling Reborn from the Ashes x A Vengeful, Obsessive Emperor] [Age Gap] [Pseudo-Forbidden Romance] [Abduction and Possessive Love] [One-on-One] [Both Leads Untouched] [Sweet Romance] (The author was young and terrible at naming things. Don't judge Ah Jiu by his name, he's really a good person!!!) After being kept under lock and key for twelve years, the sheltered, uneducated illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an is bold enough to seek out the Idle Prince, who is infatuated
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After Breaking Off the Engagement, the Foolish Princess Marries the Ninth Lord with Her Four Maids 退婚后，傻妃携四大丫鬟嫁九千岁
[Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue + Historical Romance + Princess Consort + Legitimate Daughter + Medical Skills + Two Powerful Leads + Cunning + Playing the Fool + Reborn + Fiercely Protective + Political Scheming] 99% of the comments are positive! Read with confidence! Su Qian, once the leader of a special forces unit in the apocalypse, died unexpectedly while carrying out a mission. With her portable medical space, she transmigrated to ancient times and into the residence of a great gener
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Dream of the Red Chamber: A Maid’s Schemes 红楼之丫鬟谋略
Lin Su wakes up to find she has transmigrated into the maid Xueyan, who serves Daiyu. With no other choice, she steps into the Grand View Garden and gets swept up in the romance and intrigue of Dream of the Red Chamber. She changes the fates of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, takes the capital’s aristocracy by storm, and proves that even a humble maid can rise to the top!
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The Noble Consort Can Read Minds, So She’s Done with Palace Scheming 贵妃有了读心术她不宫斗了
[Historical romance. Mind-reading. Face-slapping. The heroine awakens. She shines on her own. The hero is barely involved. Later, the consort will leave the palace and take her child to make her way in the world. Please don’t complain if it’s not your thing.] After taking a tumble in the imperial gardens, the arrogant and overbearing Noble Consort Yu, who reigns supreme over the harem, wakes up to discover that she can hear other people’s thoughts. It turns out the emperor’s affection is an illu
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Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty: Consort Xiao's Daily Guide to Staying Alive 穿越大唐之萧淑妃保命日常
[Transmigration + Palace Intrigue + Medicine + A Soft-Spoken but No Push-over Heroine + A Sickly, Scheming Hero] Oh no! It's Xiao Shufei, the concubine Wu Zetian had turned into a human swine! Newly transmigrated Xiao Xiao is frozen on the spot: As a transmigrator with no System, no pocket dimension, and no golden finger, she not only has to overturn her gruesome fate, but also take on an empress who ruled an era!? When she learns the truth, tears stream down her face: Is it too late to kill mys
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Days in a Palace Drama with a System 带着系统在宫斗剧里的日子
With a reincarnation System from the underworld, Shu Ning has no choice but to fight to survive through each mission. P.S. Everyone has their own writing style. This story is based on TV dramas, and the author’s writing may not suit everyone’s tastes. I hope every reader finds a story they love! This is the everyday life of a wage worker in a palace-intrigue novel. Primarily set in Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace and Empresses in the Palace... (It’s a slow transmigration story.)
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The Transmigrator Was Killed by This Princess 穿越者被本宫反杀了
The breathtaking Princess Sheng'an married a little-known adviser, and everyone in the realm laughed that such a pearl had been hidden in the dust, accusing her of having no taste. Only when Qinglu's iron cavalry had crossed every inch of the land and brought the whole realm under its rule did people realize that Princess Sheng'an was a fox and her adviser a tiger. He had the talent to shape the world, yet willingly bowed his head and let the young lady run wild over him. After a lifetime of bei
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The Poisonous Empress: The Legitimate Daughter Fights Her Way to the Top 倾城毒后：嫡女要翻身
Everyone says the current empress must have saved the world in her previous life to be so lucky, rising all the way from favored concubine to empress. But she didn’t. In her previous life, she used herself as a pawn purely to take revenge on a scumbag, offering herself to the mastermind, who discarded her once she was no longer useful. Reborn, she chooses to join forces with the God of War prince to avenge her family, while making sure she has a way out. She brings all her intelligence and brill
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Yixiu Reborn: Disbanding the Abortion Squad 宜修重生，解散打胎小队
Honghui’s death... Yinzhen’s cold heart... My own cruelty... Now that I’ve been given another life, maybe everything will turn out better. (I personally think Yixiu suffered so much. I want to give her a happy ending.)
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Reborn, I Wooed and Won the Tyrant 重生后，我把暴君巧取豪夺了
[Noble, cold, and deranged tyrant X spoiled, reckless, sweet-on-the-outside-but-dark-within legitimate heiress] [Reborn for revenge + strong heroine + obsessive love + two alpha leads + satisfying story + all-consuming possessiveness + coercive love] In her previous life, Chu Lingyu was a beautiful young woman with a noble status but little else. As war engulfed Zhongzhou, her stunning looks made her a prized plaything. She was sent from one warlord's tent to another, serving as a slave, a maid,
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Forced to Become a Concubine, She Is Spoiled by the General Every Day 被逼做妾后，她被将军日日娇宠
When her aunt was on her deathbed, she entrusted her child to Wanqing. Out of gratitude, Wanqing became the concubine of the general’s eldest son. The rules for concubines in the general’s household: be dutiful and proper, and have no children. The household had no need for children born to concubines. Yet Wanqing bore four sons and a daughter, then took her place as the eldest son’s principal wife. The Empress Dowager personally bestowed on her the title of First-Rank Lady of Virtue. Someone sc
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A Long Farewell 长辞
[Palace intrigue + tragic romance + both leads reborn] Another heartbreaking historical romance from Zhihu’s popular author Zhier, following An Ending at Dusk! Through a haze of consciousness, she relived her entire life, finally pausing on that sunny afternoon. He stood beneath a tree, his eyes covered with white cloth, smiling as he asked what she wanted. A young gentleman, handsome and refined as jade. One glance was enough to stay in her memory for years. If only she had known that meeting h
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Before Daybreak 不终朝
[Two Generals + Love of Country and Home + Long-Suffering Romance + Mystery and Investigation + Mutual Pining + Commander Couple] [A decisive, resilient, loyal and strategic female general vs. the steady, patient and far-sighted commander of the Yinchi Army] Shen Xun and Xie Jin are sworn enemies, bitter rivals whose relationship is common knowledge. They rose to fame in their youth and spent ten years at war, yet in the end, they could not escape becoming pawns. A single imperial decree marryin
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A Slow Spring in the Han Palace 汉宫春慢
[Reborn + Palace Intrigue + Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law + Winning His Wife Back at Any Cost] In her previous life, Shen Rong left a remote mountain town and was betrothed to the crown prince at the emperor's behest, becoming the exalted crown princess. She thought her fortunes would rise from then on and that a sweet, happy marriage lay ahead. Instead, it was the beginning of a tragic life. Her husband loved someone else; her mother-in-law despised her for being ignorant; the palace servan
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Life Is a Play, and the Empress Is All About Her Acting Skills 人生如戏，娘娘她纯拼演技
[Palace intrigue + witty banter + sweet, delicate beauty + calculated mind games] The leads are not each other’s only partners. If that bothers you, don’t read. Be prepared for suspicion in the early chapters, followed by affection later. The pacing is slow, so proceed with caution if you prefer fast-paced wish-fulfillment stories. As a double award-winning actress and a seasoned star of palace intrigue dramas, how could Shi Yan possibly lose her nerve after transmigrating into the imperial hare
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Palace Beauty 宫姝
She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined.
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The King of Hell's Junior Sister: One Verbal Takedown at a Time 阎王的师妹，怼死一个是一个
“Holy crap, Senior Brother, you actually mean it? All I did was lose your lousy old brush. Did you really have to dump me in the human realm?” “Senior Brother... Sob, I was wrong. Just let me come back.” “I promise I'll listen to you from now on, really~” “I'm your own junior sister, after all~” Your own junior sister? No, no, no. You're my own ancestor! The ghost official stood to the side, trembling as he asked, “My lord, is it really all right to just dump Xun'er in the human realm?” Ya
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Humiliation? The Face-Slapping Began with the Imperial Betrothal! 羞辱？从赐婚开始便是打脸！
(Feel-good, two powerful leads, devoted couple, space, medicine, martial arts prowess, face-slapping) A top mercenary in the twenty-first century suddenly transmigrates to an alternate ancient world while on a mission, becoming an unloved illegitimate daughter of a general's household. A marriage contract and a deal transform the heroine into the wife of the “crippled prince”... With the two “princes” joining forces, the world is theirs! The Crown Prince stands in their way? Bring him down! Prin
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The Merchant's Daughter Secretly Marries a Powerful Court Official: So Sweet! 商女隐婚权臣，好甜！
[Ancient matchmaking and whirlwind marriage] + [everyday husband-doting] + [unexpected secondary couple] + [fresh plot] "First, everyone is equal, and so is marriage." "Second, I won't stay shut away at home after marriage." "Third, if you want to take a concubine, we must divorce first." Zhou Dianyu, a white-collar worker who was born into the twenty-first century and raised from infancy in another era, is already past the age for marriage. But the men of the Dayuan dynasty are all scared off b
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Her Majesty's Slender Waist and Snow-White Skin Have the Emperor Obsessed Every Day 娘娘细腰雪肤，皇上日日痴缠
Before Shen Nian could enter the palace after being named Noble Consort, her younger sister had her killed. To stop her father from rebelling, she refused reincarnation and returned in the body of the empress to exact her revenge. She won the emperor's favor and secured her place at the head of the harem. At first, she planned to humor the emperor, but then she noticed the scheming ruler's gaze growing stranger and stranger. He even clung to her, pursuing her day and night. Li Xu had accounted f
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The Tale of Floating and Sinking 浮沉传
[Household and palace intrigue + play the pig to eat the tiger + revenge and a comeback] A heroine in the vein of The Story of Minglan, this acclaimed historical domestic-intrigue novel has racked up over ten million plays as an audio drama. For a story that understands reason and human nature, read The Tale of Fushen! Her father shows her no affection, her mother dies a tragic death, her stepmother spoils her rotten, and her half-sister schemes against her. In this treacherous household, watch
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So Sweet It Drives Me Crazy: The Villainous Crown Prince Spoils Me Relentlessly 甜疯了，反派太子强势宠
[Both romantically inexperienced + happy ending + love grows over time + mutual devotion + sweet and cozy romance] She transmigrates into a book and is forced into marriage. Her husband is the villainous former crown prince, returned in a violent rage. Is her family’s fate in the hands of the great villain? No need to panic! She knows the villain’s ultimate secret, doesn’t she? Understanding each other without a word, they join forces to put on a show, acting out married bliss to perfection. “Th
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After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Became the Fourteenth Imperial Prince’s Consort Everyone Envy 退亲后，她成了人人羡慕的四福晋
[One devoted couple + sweet romance] Tong Jia Ning Chuge, the legitimate daughter of Longkodo, was getting married. But on her wedding day, a princess snatched her groom right off the street. The poor girl fell out of her bridal sedan and died on the spot! The woman protested, “I just got here, and a bunch of people are already laughing at me for being a discarded wife. I can’t stand for this!” Just as she was racking her brains for a way to put them in their place, an imperial edict from Empero
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