In Her Previous Life, the Female Lead Was Widowed and Held Up the Marquis's Household. Only as She Was Dying Did She Learn Her Husband Had Faked His Death 女主前世守寡撑起候府，临死才知道夫君假死
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Disheveled Locks: Tangled with a Treacherous Minister, I Can't Escape 云鬓乱：惹上奸臣逃不掉
Original novel of the short drama The Jade Hairpin Askew, Her Cloud-Like Hair in Disarray In her previous life, Liu Yunxiang was widowed at a young age and spent most of her life working herself to the bone to keep the crumbling Jing’an Marquis household afloat. Only when her hair had turned completely white did she discover that her husband had never died. He had been living in a secluded paradise, blissfully in love with another woman. Her mother-in-law, uncle, and aunt knew the truth, but the
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- 2 Reborn to Marry a Traitor and Take Your Life 宠妾灭妻？重生嫁奸臣夺你狗命！ (Dual rebirth + satisfying revenge + domineering villain hero who dotes on her + devoted to each other) In her previous life, Su Youyue spent ten years as a virtual widow while her husband guarded the frontier, and used up her entire dowry just to keep the tottering Lu family afloat. But when her husband finally returned victorious, he brought a woman back from the battlefield. Before Su Youyue could even speak, the son she had raised with such hardship for ten years rushed over and called that 582Reads9.0Score116Shelves
- 3 My Husband Dotes on His Mistress? I Leave the Manor and Marry the Villain 夫君独宠外室？我转身出府嫁反派 [Short Drama: The Mistake of Yun Ge] In her previous life, Xie Jinyun married into the Yongning Marquis household holding a memorial tablet, becoming a bride to a dead man. She honored her mother-in-law, managed the household, respected her elders, cared for the young, and kept the crumbling estate afloat. Then, at her mother-in-law’s behest, she adopted an heir, poured the Xie family’s power and wealth into him, and helped him rise to become a powerful court official. Little did she know it was 4.3kReads9.1Score904Shelves
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Reborn, I Divorce First! Reclaiming My Dowry and Leaving the Marquis's Estate 重生先和离！收回嫁妆毅然出侯府
In her previous life, she married into a marquis’s household at sixteen. Her husband died suddenly on their wedding night, and she was branded a bringer of bad luck and given to him as his plaything. She spent her life managing the household for the marquis’s family, bearing humiliation and hardship until her reputation was ruined. Only as she lay dying did she learn the truth: her husband had never died. He had been living in comfort elsewhere with his mistress. Reborn, she writes down the majo
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- 5 Forced to Marry a Treacherous Official, She Decides to Let It All Go 被逼嫁奸臣，她破罐破摔了 In her previous life, Han Yuran marries into the Anping Marquis’s household. Before they can consummate the marriage, her husband is convicted of a crime and flees. To keep the crumbling household afloat, she works herself to the bone until she falls ill. When she is gravely sick, the son she raised refuses to let her attend his wedding. That is when she discovers her husband was never dead. He has been hiding away with his childhood sweetheart, his cousin, and the son she spent twenty years rai 10Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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The Matriarch Worked Herself to Death, Then Was Reborn to Raise the Kids and Take It Easy 主母操劳而死，重生后养崽摆烂了
[Both reborn + swapped lives + household matriarch + stepmother raising children + physician consort + powerful heroine and satisfying revenge + inner-family strife + adorable children] Shen Qinglan discovered that she and Shen Qingli had both been reborn! In her previous life, Shen Qinglan married into the Li family of Longxi and helped the second branch's eldest son rise to success, until he became a high-ranking official and she lived in splendor! Shen Qingli had only recently married into th
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The Matriarch Is Reborn and Spends Every Day Digging Graves for Her Scumbag Husband's Family 主母重生，每天忙给渣夫全家挖坟
(Sweet-talking, ruthless, unhinged matriarch x spoiled prince x her ex-husband's whole family gets what they deserve) Wei Zhiyun was born into a prestigious family. On the eve of her wedding, her fiancé was swept away by a flood, leaving no body behind, so she married into the Meng family clutching his memorial tablet. For ten years, she lived as a widow, caring for her paralyzed mother-in-law and supporting the more than twenty members of the Meng household. She worked herself to the bone and r
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My Husband Wants to Favor His Concubine and Cast Me Aside? I'll Wipe Out His Entire Clan 夫君想宠妾灭妻？我覆灭他全族
[Reborn + household power struggles + punishing scumbags and humiliating them + satisfying revenge + the emperor’s uncle pursues his wife] In her previous life, Yang Zhao upheld the crumbling household under the name of being a daughter-in-law of the Shen family. She protected the women through the dark years of exile and devoted herself to raising her adopted son into a success. But when he finally donned his official robes, the first blade he turned was pointed at the entire Yang family. On th
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The Legitimate Daughter Turned Cannon Fodder? Reborn, She Takes Down the System and Steals Her Destiny 嫡女变炮灰？重生干翻系统夺命格
[Reborn and crushing the villains, household and palace intrigue, sweet and satisfying romance, fighting the System, inner thoughts] A beautiful, ruthless noblewoman and a cool, restrained, scheming gentleman. Cheng Jiuyuan had enjoyed an easy life from birth. With a maternal grandfather rich enough to rival a kingdom, a father wielding real power, and a fiancé who was heir to the throne, she had everything she needed to run wild in the capital for the rest of her life. Until her engagement was
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- 10 Being the Mistress of the House Is Hard: Reborn, I Bring Ruin to the Marquis’s Entire Family 主母难当，重生让侯府全家遭殃 Traditional historical romance + scheming household intrigue + reborn revenge against scum + powerful heroine and hero + secret identities In her previous life, Mu Ziyue was blind and loved the wrong man. Her in-laws deliberately plotted against her: Her husband pretended every day to suffer from an ailment that made him incapable of sharing her bed, yet secretly had two sons with the Marquis’s adopted daughter. Her mother-in-law always spoke kindly, but secretly ordered the servants to strip th 1.3kReads9.1Score183Shelves
- 11 Back to the Day I Got into the Wrong Bridal Sedan, I Remarried on the Spot 重回上错花轿当天，我当场改嫁了 After being sent to the wrong bridal sedan, Su Jianjia went from being the matriarch of a marquis’s household to the wife of its adopted son. Everyone thought she had carefully planned the bride-swapping scheme. They hated and despised her, tormenting her in every way as she struggled to survive in the marquis’s household. Then, by chance, she discovered that her husband was having an affair with her adoptive mother. In public, they played the loving mother and son; in private, they were partner 37.7kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves
- 12 A Blessed Wife with a Baby on the Way: Lord Commander, Be Good 好孕福妻：指挥使大人乖乖宠我 Marriage first, love later + devoted husband pursues his wife + dual purity + happy ending In her previous life, Luo Ran was killed by her husband and her cousin, who conspired against her. After years of dutifully keeping the household, all she got in the end was her father's title being manipulated away, and a tragic death for both father and daughter. Reborn six years 22.5kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
- 13 He Refused to Share My Bed, So I Found a Better Match and Became Empress 成亲不圆房，我另攀高枝做皇后 [1v1 + palace and household intrigue + reborn + revenge on scoundrels + happy ending] In her past life, on their wedding night, her husband had said apologetically, “I can't perform, my dear. Wait three years for me. I'll be better by then, and we'll consummate our marriage.” Jiang Chu Wei believed him. She was the treasured daughter of a general's household. Looking at her husband's remorseful expression, she said with resolve, “I'll wait for you.” From then on, she gladly cooked for her husb 430Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 14 Nailed into a Coffin and Drowned in a Pond, I’m Reborn to Make the Scumbag Lose His Heirs 被钉棺沉塘，重生让渣男断子绝孙 (Short drama now available) [One-on-one romance, devoted to each other, powerful and doting] In everyone's eyes, Princess Su Chenyu of Fengyi has nothing but beauty. In truth, she's spoiled, rude, and incredibly stupid, known as a good-for-nothing. Her fate is to have her fingers nailed into a coffin before being drowned in a pond. Who could have expected the useless princess to be reborn and reveal her brilliance? They called her foolish, useless, and rude. In her previous life, her heart was c 5.1kReads9.3Score634Shelves
- 15 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 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 1kReads9.2Score184Shelves
- 16 Burned to Death by My Family, Reborn to Strip My Family Home Bare and Marry the Crown Prince 被家人烧死，重生搬空娘家嫁太子 In her previous life, Su Lilu gave everything for King Chu's ambition. She took her cousin's place and married the disabled Crown Prince, sacrificing her reputation and using her beauty to win over powerful ministers for him. But just as his ambitions were about to be realized, her cousin framed her, and he turned against her. With her cousin in his arms, he cursed Su Lilu as a venomous, scheming woman. Her birth parents and brothers joined in, one after another, calling her a disgrace and a sta 5.7kReads9.0Score894Shelves
- 17 What?! Whose Princess Consort Just Kissed Her Mad Uncle After Being Reborn? 惊！谁家王妃刚重生亲懵疯批皇叔 [Devoted couple, 1v1 + palace and household intrigue + rebirth and revenge] [In her past life, a tragic romance with her mad, possessive imperial uncle ended in a forced marriage and a bad ending. Reborn, the outspoken heroine takes charge of her devoted-husband story, with sweet revenge against the scum.] An Yunxi has been reborn. Before she was reborn, the man who loved her most died in her arms to protect her and help her survive... In her previous life, she was the general's legitimate daugh 16.2kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
- 18 The Eldest Princess Is Fierce and Stunning, While Her Scheming Hostage Prince Grows Arrogant on Her Favor 长公主暴戾绝色，绿茶质子恃宠而骄 In her previous life, Yan Shu was blinded by love and wasted a winning hand! Not only did her kingdom fall, she was also poisoned to death by a scumbag full of schemes! Reborn, she swept her hand through the air! She had the scumbag beaten with a rod, wiped out his entire household, brought down the Noble Consort... She would slay any god or Buddha who stood in her way! The richest man in the world was her disciple, the strongest shadow guard was her senior brother, the fearsome Iron Cavalry gen 1.6kReads9.1Score228Shelves
- 19 Dump the Scumbag Husband! Crush the Favorite Concubine! The Legitimate Daughter Marries the Prince with Her Child 踹渣夫！虐宠妾！嫡女带崽嫁王爷 Liu Yueru didn't learn the truth until she was on her deathbed: the man who shared her bed had killed the twins she gave birth to. One was thrown into a mass grave while still an infant. The other was poisoned by the Marquis's household at the age of six. The ordeal ruined her health, leaving her unable to conceive again. Her husband brought home his illegitimate son for her to raise, lying that the boy's birth mother was dead. She raised her stepson into a successful young man. But once h 3kReads8.8Score336Shelves
- 20 Cast-Off Daughter of a Military Family? I'm the Moon in His Heart 将门弃妇？她是本王的心上月 [Dual Rebirth] [The Ex-Wife Wants Him Back] The short drama adaptation is now online: The General’s Abandoned Consort Qu Jinshu married the great general He Xiujun at eighteen. To protect him, she became a prisoner of an enemy nation, her face disfigured and her martial arts skills destroyed. On the day the city fell, what awaited her was his arrow through her heart. He said “I married you only to take revenge.” “If you hadn’t refused to marry the foolish Prince Jing, your elder sister wouldn’t 11.6kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
- 21 After a Mistaken Marriage to the Heir, She Spends Every Day Showering Him with Sweets 错嫁世子后，她每天都在撒糖 [Reborn + mutually devoted sweet romance + revenge and household intrigue] Jiang Rong was deceived her entire life, and only learned the truth when she was on the verge of death. Returned to ten years earlier, she found herself fleeing an arranged marriage to elope. Jiang Rong gave the scoundrel a thorough beating, then turned around and went back to the prince’s manor to marry. The husband she had run from was Xie Lingxi, heir to the Northern Prince. In her previous life, he had protected he 34.9kReads9.5Score4.5kShelves
- 22 Reborn to Marry a Mad Prince, I Send My Scumbag Ex to the Crematorium 重生嫁疯批太子爷，让渣男火葬场 [Face-slapping the scumbags + real and fake heiresses + unmatched in medicine and poison + scumbag gets his comeuppance + clingy, unhinged crown prince] Rumor had it that the legitimate young lady, whom the Great General's household had gone to great lengths to find, was ugly, illiterate, and shameless! Before she had even been home for half a month, she had slept with several servants and coachmen in the household! On her younger sister's birthday, she even climbed into her brother-in-law's bed 3.6kReads9.1Score662Shelves
- 23 Reborn as a Stepmother, I Fight to Save My Pregnancy in the Marquis's Manor 穿成继母，我在侯府拼命保胎 [Soul transmigration, a powerful heroine’s growth story, the ex-husband’s road to redemption, and a terrible ex-husband appears early on] Lin Yi transmigrates into the body of Yan Muyun’s second wife, only to hear the news that the Marquis of Zhengyang has died. It should have been the perfect start: a wealthy widow with plenty of leisure time. But then the doctor tells her she’s pregnant! The unborn child of the Marquis of Zhengyang is a precious treasure, the darling of all the capital even be 1.2kReads8.8Score354Shelves
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Three Years as a Widow, Then I Died Tragically and Was Reborn as a Supporting Character in the Marquis's Household 守活寡三年，惨死后重生侯府女配
[Household intrigue + revenge + mutual chastity + face-slapping + reborn + ex-husband’s redemption arc + body swap] Jiang Tan’s previous life lasted only eighteen short years, all of them lived for Shen Yanqing. Because of an engagement arranged when they were children, she traveled thousands of miles from Yangzhou to marry into the Anyuan Marquis’s residence in the capital. She thought it was a match made in heaven, but on their wedding night, her husband left her alone in an empty bridal chamb
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- 25 Reborn as a Doctor, She Ruined Her Husband’s Family 医女重生，她把夫家玩废了 In her previous life, Xia Lanzhi spent eight years as a widow in the Weiyuan General’s manor, using her dowry to keep the sprawling household afloat. She honored her mother-in-law and cared for her sister-in-law. While searching for her husband, she adopted a young boy as her legitimate son, devoted all of the Xia family’s resources to raising him, and taught him with care, hoping he would restore the General’s family’s former glory. Little did she know it was all wishful thinking. The general r 287Reads8.8Score101Shelves
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Reborn, I Kicked My Scumbag Ex and Saved a Powerful Man to Be My Husband 重生脚踹渣男，救了个大佬当夫君
Her husband left to serve at the frontier, while Rong Linlang worked tirelessly for five years in her in-laws’ home. In the end, her husband faked his death and became the favored son-in-law of a powerful family. Her in-laws and sister-in-law supposedly suffered one accident after another, but in truth they had been taken to the capital to enjoy a life of comfort. She was left to bear the blame as an ill-omened jinx, struggling to raise her son and even hunted down. Only when she died did she le
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Switched at Birth and Reborn! The Top Tycoon Family’s Beloved Daughter 抱错重生！她是顶级财阀全家宠儿
[Fake heiress and real heiress + reborn supporting character + entertainment industry in the middle and later arcs] [There is a male lead, but romance gets 1 point and career gets 9] In her previous life, Bai Zi tried to protect the so-called affection of her family. She battled the reborn real heiress, desperately trying to hold on to everything, but ended up with nothing and died full of resentment. Reborn, she decided to let go. Love whoever you want. I’m done putting up with this! She quickl
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- 28 They Throw Mud at Me, So I Lie Down and Sue Them for 38,000 别人朝我扔泥巴，躺下讹他三万八 [Absurd comedy + livestreaming + going crazy anywhere, anytime] Qiao Xi takes on a mission from the Space-Time Administration, transmigrating into a tragic romance novel to fix its plot. She becomes a nobody with barely any fame and is bound to a Truth-Telling System. From then on, the tragic romance takes a bizarre turn... During a variety show livestream, she is asked why she works so hard. Guest 1: “I thought of the hardworking farmers.” Guest 2: “My grandma was a farmer. I miss her so much.” 42.8kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves
- 29 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 105.9kReads9.7Score12.3kShelves
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Seeking a Better Match: I Won’t Be the Madam of This Marquis’s Manor! 另谋高嫁：这侯府夫人我不做了！
Original title: Finding a Better Match: I’m Done Being the Marquess’s Wife! Regarding plagiarism, don’t make baseless accusations. The publication dates are there for all to see. [Traditional historical romance and household intrigue + strong heroine and hero + mutual devotion + a prince who cherishes his wife] A merchant’s daughter marries into a marquess’s household, becoming the laughingstock of the capital. For six years, Jiang Shu lives alone and supports the entire household without compla
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- 31 Reborn as the Villainess, I Run Away Pregnant, and the Cold, Powerful Official Pursues Me to the Ends of the Earth 重生女配带球跑，清冷权臣追断腿 [The Wife-Chasing Crematorium, the Second Male Lead Takes the Crown] On the day Fu Ci married, Jiang Wan went into a difficult labor. As she lay at death’s door, she thought back on her brief life and could only feel that it had all been absurd and laughable. Her father was a treacherous minister. After his crimes were exposed, his entire clan was sentenced to execution. Fu Ci was a brilliant prodigy, the youngest prime minister in the realm. For her sake, he set aside his pride and knelt in the 10.3kReads8.9Score595Shelves
- 32 The One Who Enters the Bedchamber 入幕之臣 In her previous life, Lin Qiuwan devoted herself to the Earl of Ning'an's household for twenty-one years. Only on her deathbed did she discover that her husband had long kept a mistress, her mother-in-law was all smiles on the outside and venomous within, and even the son she raised wasn't her own! Reborn into a new life, Lin Qiuwan will make everyone who deceived and mistreated her pay! Later, nine out of ten households in the Earl of Ning'an's family will be empty. Everyone says that Lin Qiuwa 2kReads9.1Score253Shelves
- 33 The Marquis's Widow 侯府寡妇 [1v1 Power Fantasy + Strong Male and Female Leads + Reborn + Adoration + Revenge on Scumbags] In her previous life, Jiang Nianwei had loved Shen Chenyi with all her heart. She had spent eighteen years as a widow for him, only for him to return to the capital with the woman he loved, enjoying a happy life with his beloved wife and children. Jiang Nianwei watched helplessly as he shared tender embraces and whispers with another woman. What she had thought was a childhood friendship between two inn 457Reads8.9Score104Shelves
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The Rebirth Game Boss Returns to the Mortal World 重生局大佬重返人间
First life: Reborn in The Story of Minglan, complete! Second life: Reborn, married, and taking down the scumbag, complete! Third life: Reborn as Daiyu’s twin sister in a tale of revenge, complete! Fourth life: Reborn in Journey to the West, complete! Fifth life: Reborn in South and North, where Sister Ling refuses to be a supporting character, complete! Sixth life: Reborn as the scheming Shangguan Zhi in In Blossom, seeking revenge, complete! Seventh life: Reborn as Li Bing in The Great Shaoqi
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