Any Novels with a Driven Female Lead Who Competes for Favor? 有没得不咸鱼，搞内卷争宠的女主啊？
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You and I Were Never Meant to Be, But the Prince Is Willing to Spend 你我本无缘，全靠王爷肯花钱
[Sweet romance + irresistible, teasing beauty × a man whose mouth says no but whose actions say yes + sweet wife × tough guy + size difference] Shen Qingqing was having a bit of bad luck. She’d transmigrated into the body of a courtesan who was about to leave the brothel. She’d heard the madam planned to sell her as a concubine to a lecher in his fifties. So Shen Qingqing had to find another way out and get herself “married” within a month... She paid a hefty sum to a matchmaker for a list of el
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The 1980s: I’m Sending My Ex-Husband’s Family a Cremation Package 八零：我送前夫一家火葬场套餐
[1980s military marriage + devoted couple + everyone gets their comeuppance + medical space + making money + sweet romance + adorable pets + both leads reborn] The heroine plays the pig to eat the tiger: she’s ruthless, vicious, and petty as can be. In her previous life, Xia Qingqing was abused by her scumbag husband’s whole family. She killed him and spent fifteen years in prison, where she learned all sorts of skills. The only person she cared about was her younger brother, who was tortured to
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Lost in a Golden Cage 误入金丝笼
[Age gap + both are inexperienced + pregnant and on the run + an icy, powerful official brought low + she flees, he pursues] In the eighth year of Chengping, amid bitter cold and heavy snow, the entire Xie household was seized. Xie Jinhuai, the governor of Yangzhou, was sentenced to a brutal execution, and the rest of his family suffered as well. In the blink of an eye, Xie Zhi went from a governor’s daughter to a convicted slave. Just as she was about to be sold to a brothel, she summoned her c
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The Spy Came from Blue Star and Has Already Killed His Way into the Top Three 卧底来自蓝星，已经杀进前三了
[Interstellar ABO + two powerful leads + military academy + saving civilization] Chu Ci receives a plea for help from the future: “Fusang has fallen, the Golden Crow has perished, and the planet is destroyed. Please save us.” At first, she thinks it’s a prank and is about to delete it. Later, she is abducted to the future and forced to sign a contract. “Life countdown activated. Save Blue Star and prevent its destruction.” Blue Star was destroyed long ago. Its records are permanently seal
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The Funny Girl Transmigrates: A Hilarious Princess Consort 搞笑女穿越之爆笑王妃
[Everyday laughs]+ [Funny heroine]+ [Karma]+ [Sweet romance] Damn it! I was lying in bed playing Honor of Kings when, for no apparent reason, I ended up in some unknown dynasty... The worst part was that the man supposedly married to me announced in front of everyone that he was going to peel off my skin and make himself a new outfit from it. ...Thinking he wasn't interested in women, she hired a bunch of handsome, mouthwatering men to work at his manor. But when he found out, he roared, “All of
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Farming: After I Transmigrated Into a Widow, I Beat Up My In-Laws 种田之我穿成寡妇后暴打公婆
Transmigration, System, golden finger, business, farming, no romance Good news!! A System has bound itself to Yan Xia, and she's about to reach the pinnacle of life!! Bad news...it's a childbirth System, damn it!!! Yan Xia was prepared to go along with it, but unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a middle-aged woman. Having a baby now was out of the question, so she would just farm honestly, boo-hoo-hoo The unreliable System had originally planned to drop Yan Xia into a domineering CEO wo
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I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒
(No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled
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Hands Off! This Child Bride Is No One to Mess With 别动，这个童养媳不好惹
[Farming + feel-good power fantasy + making a fortune + personal growth + a slow, steady story] From the start, Su Mulan was a mistreated child bride. Having transmigrated, she wasn't about to put up with their nonsense. With a rolling pin in hand, she could take on anyone foolish enough to challenge her. Her big sister was the best, leading her younger siblings to make a fortune. What, her little brother was being bullied? She'd dress as a man if she had to, and make sure he got justice. She de
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My Husband Wants a Divorce While I'm Pregnant? Fine, Whatever You Want! 孕期夫君要和离？随你都随你！
Shu Yuwan is the youngest legitimate daughter in her family. Her parents and elder brothers have cherished her since childhood, and her mother carefully chose a distinguished young gentleman from the capital to be her husband. After their wedding, the couple may not have been inseparable, but they treated each other with mutual respect. But while she was pregnant, her husband claimed he had met an extraordinary woman who had left him awestruck. He wanted a divorce so he could marry her. Shu Yuwa
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Ninefold Brocade 九重锦
Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest
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Delicate Bones 娇骨
[Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co
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The Marquis's Widow Raised a Household of Geniuses 侯夫人守寡，却养出满门天骄
Tang Shuyi transmigrated into the Great Qian dynasty, becoming the wife of the Marquis of Yongning. She was rich, powerful, and high-status, with no parents-in-law and a dead husband: she had it better than almost anyone else who had transmigrated. Just as she was about to enjoy a comfortable life as a wealthy noblewoman, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book, and was its biggest villain. She wasn’t just rich, powerful, and high-status. She also had three unruly children. The eld
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The Young Master’s Chambermaid Has Prepared a Crematorium for Him 小通房给世子准备了火葬场
Rumor has it that the Dingxiang Marquis’s estate is a man-eating hellhole. Whether servant girls or noble young ladies, everyone who enters is treated as expendable. Yun Fu only wants to save enough money to buy her freedom and reclaim her contract, so she works diligently from dawn to dusk. The marquis’s estate truly is a hellhole. Her older sister, who was about to leave, dies there. Freedom may be within reach, but justice must be served too! The heir wants her to warm his bed, so she lies be
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My Lord, Are You a Woman? 主公，你是女子？
[Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The
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The Alluring Powerful Minister 权臣妖娆
Also known as The Female Top Scorer and The Female Imperial Tutor. He was a celebrated, charmingly elegant top scorer, showered with every favor under the heavens. Only after the Du family was destroyed and he hanged himself in prison did the world learn that “he” was a woman! After her father's death, the family's good name was ruined. Dozens of loyal servants starved to death. The beautiful women of the household were either made into servants or reduced to playthings for officials. Reborn, Du
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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
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What! The Academic Ace Has Crashed the Entertainment Industry 惊！学霸她乱入娱乐圈
My new novel, Building a Desolate Planet: Watch Me Make a Name for Myself Across the Stars, is now underway. Come explore the stars with me! (This is a story about a top student working part-time in the entertainment industry. There will be livestreams, but the heroine won’t pursue a career in show business in the end.) To save up for college, Ning Fanxin joined the entertainment industry with the pretty older girl next door to work odd jobs as soon as the college entrance exams were over. When
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The Cultivation World’s Sickly Number One 修真界第一病秧子
The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou
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Are All My Senior Brothers Mad? That's Fine, So Am I 师兄们都是疯批？没关系，我也是
[No romance + growth-oriented heroine + completely unhinged] What do you do when all your senior brothers are lunatics? Become an even bigger lunatic than they are! Yun Zhen thought she was the craziest person in Changqing Sect. She pretended to be kind and obedient, while secretly plotting to dig out her senior brothers' spiritual roots. But later, she realized that all four of her senior brothers seemed to be crazier than the last. The carefree and unrestrained Lord Qingyao had been feeling r
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Transmigrate into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than I Do 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张
[Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste
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My Junior Sister Smiles Wickedly, and the Villain’s Fate Is Sealed 师妹邪魅一笑，反派生死难料
Tao Yaoyao transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character, opposite a transmigrated, scheming green-tea heroine with a System. Her master and senior brothers favor the heroine, their junior sister, while using Tao Yaoyao’s spirit stones and resources and looking down on her? Then they even dig out Tao Yaoyao’s golden core for the heroine? Tao Yaoyao tears up the script and demands repayment from her master and senior brothers from the start. Her master wants to expel her from
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The Supporting Actress Cultivates Immortality, While the Protagonist Is Sacrificed to Heaven 女配修仙，主角祭天
On the night before becoming the disciple of Immortal Venerable Yanchen, Sang Ying discovered that she was the villainess in a cultivation novel about a master and his disciple! She was the foil to the pure and kind heroine, a delicate white lotus. Not only did she force the male lead to take her as his disciple, she also tried to steal what belonged to the heroine. In the end, she died at the hands of one of the heroine's admirers, and her pure ice spirit root became the catalyst for repairing
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Princess Heqin Ji Wuhuan 和亲公主姬无患
[The princess's consort's fate is unknown. The king wipes out the consort's entire clan and forces the eldest legitimate princess to marry into the state of Hua] [The scheming crown prince is deeply calculating. After ascending the throne, he refuses to make the princess his empress, and rumors spread throughout the harem] The eldest legitimate princess of the Rong Kingdom is strong-willed and resilient. With every blow, she rebuilds herself. Her ultimate goal: survive to the end, outlive the ki
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I Told You to Take the Throne, Not Conquer the Whole Galaxy 叫你继位，没让你创翻星际
[Urban Imagination + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + Interstellar] It all began when five burly men showed up at her house. “Miss Zhixin, we have been waiting for you!” Zhixin (not a text message!): What?! Overnight, she became the heir to East Xia’s foremost family, and discovered that this world didn’t seem quite right. Zhixin slapped her thigh. “We can talk about being the young mistress later. Looks like things are about to get interesting.” The principal set her up when she enrolled, so Zhixin
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Schemes in a Golden Age 盛世谋
The short drama adaptation of this novel, Schemes of a Flourishing Age, starring Tan Yanyan and Lan Bo, will premiere on the Red Fruit app at 12:05:00 a.m. on March 1! Chu Qianli, a retired powerhouse from the Space-Time Administration, transmigrates into the notorious, useless legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household. Her fiancé and younger sister conspire to frame her, ruining her looks, accusing her of sleeping with another man, and destroying her reputation. Chu Qianli gives a cold
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The Troubles of a Favored Concubine: The Marquis Is Not So Cold 宠妾难为：侯爷不太冷
Also known as: “The Concubine Keeps Trying to Run Away, but the War God Marquis Has Fallen for Her” By a twist of fate, Wei Yao becomes the concubine of the Great Zhou's war god, Marquis Nanning. Though he is handsome and graceful, a master of both letters and arms, she swears she will never be a concubine! First, she'll play along while secretly plotting, then seize the chance to run. But how does she escape? Where does she go? It takes skill! Never mind anything else, she needs to save at leas
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Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零：不嫁军官，嫁纨绔
[Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist
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Don't Be Fooled by Her Sweet Looks, the Young Lord Marries Into Her Family 莫道娇娇不销魂，世子扶腰倒插门
Chu Yan is alluring and irresistible. A mere glimpse of her charm is enough to haunt countless men’s dreams at night. Only Li Yin, the second son of Prince Ning, looks down on her. “Chu Yan is so beautiful, and you see her every day. Aren’t you tempted?” Li Yin snorts. “A venomous beauty, shameless and full of schemes. Anyone who falls for her is a dog!” That night, Li Yin corners her by the bed. “First you flirted with my older brother, then you lured a prince, and you even used your charms on
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So Daring, She’s the Villainess Whose Loved Ones Are All Gods 飒上天！女配她，至亲至爱全是神
From the start, Meng Jiaojiao is being abused, so the moment she transmigrates into a book, she reveals who she is: “Dad, help! I'm your daughter!” The First Sect's leader immediately panics and protects his daughter, while her five villainous senior brothers rush to defend their little sister! The Xuanjian Sect, which punishes criminals, is dumbfounded. How did this orphaned criminal suddenly become the First Sect's beloved treasure? They're in deep trouble now! After claiming her father on
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You Won't Give Me Your WeChat? I'll Ask Again Later 不给加微信？那我等会再问问
Adapted into the short drama I Was Rejected 99 Times by Doctor Xie for a Friend Request [Sweet and goofy former ballet dancer] VS [Aloof, secretly passionate dermatologist] [She pursues him + Extra sweet + Both pure] When Song Zhiyi went to the hospital for an allergy, she fell in love with Xie Tingyan at first sight. She worked up the courage to ask for his WeChat three times, and he rejected her without mercy every time. Undeterred, Song Zhiyi came up with a plan to flirt with Xie Tingyan. To
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She’s Destined to Lack Ghosts, the Ghost King’s Ghosts 她命中缺鬼，鬼王的鬼
[Metaphysics · reborn · sweet romance · mutual salvation] When people die, they leave behind thoughts and resentment. If fate grants them the chance, they can become ghosts and monsters. Ghosts and monsters cannot enter the underworld or be reincarnated. Gu Yousheng inherited a bloodline legacy and was born a spirit medium. Before she turned six, she cried and tried every way she could to get rid of her gift. After she turned six, she worked diligently to resolve grievances and troubles, becomin
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The System Told Me to Win Over the Male Lead, but It Got Jealous Instead 系统让我攻略男主，结果它醋炸了
[Quick Transmigration #1v1 #System vs. Host #The Third Installment in the Five Great Systems Series] After a massive forest fire, the vine demon Yin Zhizhi thought she was about to be reduced to ashes. Instead, she unexpectedly got bound to a “Male Lead Conquest System.” The System had a quirky temper, a lovely voice, and treated her very well. At first: The System told her to win over the male lead. Go for it! Later: The System told her to get more hands-on while winning him over: hold his hand
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I Transmigrated and the Government Gave Me a Wife. Refusing Is Illegal! 穿越遇官府发老婆，不领违法！
Just after the down-and-out corporate drone Tang Tian'ao transmigrates to the Great Xia Empire, he finds the authorities handing out wives. Anyone who dares to go home without one will be dealt with according to the law! In this impoverished country, where women outnumber men by dozens to one, Tang Tian'ao uses his twenty-first-century savvy to make a spectacular success of himself in the Great Xia Empire...
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A Gentle Southern Breeze 南风轻起
These bickering rivals were destined to fall for each other. “Gu Nanfeng, what’s gotten into you now?” “Mu Qingqi, you’re such a tomboy!”… … “Gu Nanfeng, will you ever leave me?”
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Breaking the Golden House 破金屋
[Strong female lead + palace intrigue + political machinations + historical romance + mutual devotion + princess + angst] The Emperor of Wang had only two daughters. She was the lowborn daughter of a concubine. She fought the Empress Dowager! The Empress! The legitimate princess! Yet, with no other choice, she took charge of the five commanderies of Hexi on her father’s behalf. Why shouldn’t a woman be able to make a name for herself? Why should the old order of hereditary nobles never change? W
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The Princess’s Tactics Are Impeccable, but Her Little Slave Can’t Handle Her Flirting 长公主手段高，小奴隶他不经撩
[Master-servant romance + slight yandere elements + reborn revenge against scumbags + sweet romance + heroine spoils hero. A story about a princess who builds her power and takes revenge while doting on her little slave, then goes on to become emperor.] [Unhinged, dark princess vs. sweet, loyal puppy-like little slave] In her previous life, Gu Xun trusted the wrong people and watched her country fall and her family perish. Reborn, Gu Xun vows to protect her homeland and make the so-called destin
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Military Marriage Bliss: I Flirt with a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚娇宠：我在七零与兵王互撩
[Period Setting + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Mu Jing'an married Song Qingning because his mother told him, “Song Qingning, the girl across the bridge, is your betrothed. You have to take responsibility for her.” Song Qingning married Mu Jing'an because the wife of the company commander who had rescued her told her, “My son is tall, a little dim, earns a good salary, and is an officer. If you don't mind, take him off my hands.” Both thought a marriage without love would
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Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演
[Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the
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The Ninth Prince's Consort Is Bold and Dashing 九王妃她又飒又狂
In the 21st century, a shadow assassin was betrayed by her partner and stabbed in the chest. She transmigrated into Gu An, the foolish legitimate daughter of a marquis’s household. Her vicious cousin and ruthless aunt plotted against her, forcing her to take her cousin’s place and marry the Ninth Prince, who could die at any moment. A fool and an invalid were a perfect match. The people of Junjing munched on seeds and watched the show. When the legitimate daughter of the Gu family was born, the
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Reborn, She and the Ascetic Crown Prince Are Taking the World by Storm! 重生后，她和禁欲皇太孙杀疯了！
In her previous life, Lin Yueming was born into a prominent family and married Meng Mingci, her childhood sweetheart and the new top scholar. She poured money and resources into helping him. Once he had achieved success and fame, Meng Mingci claimed that everything he had was thanks to his own efforts. He even resented her for taking the place of his true love, his “white moonlight,” as his principal wife! After dying with regrets, Lin Yueming unexpectedly came back to life. The first thing sh
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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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The Bedchamber Maid 通房丫鬟
As a bedchamber maid, Hua Rong has always remembered her place. She mustn't fall in love with her master, let him become addicted to women, or compete with his future young madam for his affections. After finally enduring until age and fading looks let her buy back her freedom, Hua Rong sets her sights on an honest, decent widower and plans to share a simple life with him. But her highborn master pins her to the wall, eyes red, and asks, “You'd rather have that old man than me?” Hua Rong: “...”
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Yixiu Reborn: Cutting Off Love and Becoming a Virtuous Wife! 宜修重生之断情绝爱成贤妻了！
Empresses in the Palace: Ula-Nara Yixiu After Yixiu died, her spirit drifted for many years. The moment Qingying cut off her hair, Yixiu let go of her obsession amid resentment and bitterness, and had a sudden realization: she was reborn! Stroking the child in her belly, the reborn Yixiu laughed coldly and put love behind her for good. She plotted and schemed her way to power, turning others’ strength to her advantage. First, she cut off her birth mother’s last hope of survival. Then she made Ro
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