Palace Intrigue, Household Drama, Republican-Era Farming, Heartbreak, Completed: All the Good Ones Are Here 【宫斗宅斗+民国种田+虐心+完结+全部好看的都在这

1 穿 Transmigrating to the Republic of China: A Tale of Splendor 穿越民国之锦绣缘 Little Flower Ruyi花花小如意Modern Romance230k WordsOngoing [Fictional Republican Era + Building a Career + Happy Ending] This is a story about more than romance: it is also about duty to the nation. Follow Gu Zhiqiu, a woman who transmigrates into an age of war, as she protects her family and its business, and finds a perfect love along the way. A few things to know before reading: 1. This is neither a mindless wish-fulfillment story nor a pure romance, and it moves at a leisurely pace. 2. The story stays true to the broader historical setting, and neit 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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The third Republican-era novel I'm currently reading is really good. The female protagonist is strong-willed and has her own ideas, and she's not too overpowered. I personally think it's quite good.

5 伥 My Viperous Sister Wants to Swap Marriages? The Lucky Wife of the 1970s Just Smiles in Silence 伥鬼妹妹换亲？七零福妻笑而不语 Spring Has Come春天来咯Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Period setting + switched marriages + sweet romance + face-slapping + satisfying wish fulfillment + no golden finger] Shen Tang and her stepsister Shen Mei are both reborn. In their previous lives, Shen Tang married an uneducated hoodlum, while her younger sister married into a wealthy family. Everyone said her sister had made the better match, then waited to see Shen Tang make a fool of herself. But who could have guessed that the hoodlum would use his sharp mind to go into business and become 3.8kReads8.9Score34314d adds

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[Rebirth + Swap Marriage + Historical Fiction + Satisfying Read + Happy Ending + Completed] The older sister married a scoundrel and became the wife of a billionaire, while the younger sister was beaten up by a rich second-generation heir. Reborn, the younger sister insisted on marrying the scoundrel, dreaming of becoming the wife of a billionaire, but ended up with nothing. Meanwhile, the older sister's life got better and better.

6 我 I Don’t Love You That Much 我没那么爱你 Shiluo Niang什洛娘Modern Romance157k WordsCompleted [Female Cop X Underworld Boss] [Angst] Zhu Wangchuan is a cold-blooded killer, a man whose very name strikes terror into people's hearts. Everyone says he has no heart. But Ye Nan's mission is to make this heartless man fall in love with her. -- [Darling, I want to make you shed even more tears. Only pain can make you remember me forever.] 2.8kReads8.9Score22014d adds

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Villainous forced love, ❌ no love-struck mind & Qing Dynasty time travel

10 让 They Wanted Me to Be a Sacrificial Stepmother, but I Chose to Make My Own Way 让我当炮灰主母，我偏另谋高枝 Ji Yun霁妘Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance / Household Intrigue / Sweet Romance / The Male Lead Is Head Over Heels] In Ruyi's Beloved Concubine, the heir apparent Xie Yunzhix is a brave and formidable warrior, always dashing across the battlefield in fine clothes, with no one able to stand against him. Sadly, he is only a supporting character. The story opens with him in a vegetative state, leaving behind three adopted sons. Xu Qingyi discovers that she has become the foil to the beloved heroine of a sweet romance. On 143.6kReads9.4Score20.6k14d adds

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12 少 The Young Marshal Rules His Wife: Even If the Forced-Melon's Not Sweet, It Has to Be 少帅霸妻，强扭的瓜不甜也得甜 Chu Diandian初点点Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Traditional household intrigue + revenge on scoundrels + fictional Republic-era setting + coercive pursuit + reborn heroine] Young Marshal Jing Yuanzhao is captivated by Yan Xin’s striking beauty and wants to keep her in a private residence, even though she is already married. “Stay with me for three months, and I’ll give you all the luxury and wealth you want. Your husband’s career will take off, too.” Yan Xin slapped him across the face. After he went to every length to get her, he asked with 27.3kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds

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"Why are you daydreaming? Are you too happy to marry your childhood sweetheart?" The man's voice was deep. His breathing was heavy, his anger surging. If she answered incorrectly, he would bite her throat off. Yan Xin had no choice but to speak: "You... Who are you?" The man was stunned for a moment, then his hand climbed onto her neck. His palm was burning hot, and she shivered violently, instantly waking up. She returned from a beautiful dream to reality. These past few days had been sweltering, and Yan Xin was covered in sweat, sitting there in a daze for a long time. This was the second time she had this strange dream since her rebirth. The last time, it seemed to be this same man, also asking her jealously why she wanted to get married.

14 纨 The Spoiled Couple’s Mutual Admiration 纨绔夫妻互捧日常 Aconite on the Snow雪上一枝蒿Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Su Yu'an is forced to marry Jiang Qiyun, the eldest son of the Marquis of Rongyang and the leader of Kyoto's four notorious young lords. Everyone in Kyoto waits for the two of them to make fools of themselves, but instead, they see a couple constantly praising each other. Jiang Qiyun: My wife is clever and brilliant. She brings good fortune to her husband and keeps our home safe! Su Yu'an: My husband is as handsome as a jade tree, shielding me from wind and rain! Kyoto's nobles: Are you talking 17.8kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds

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The pinnacle of palace intrigue, Qin Shi, cunningly manipulated her stepchildren to their doom. (Thinks of "The Story of Minglan," haha.) Whether a young master is a playboy or not, only his wife decides…

15 帝 The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇：贵妃娘娘她又美又乖 Mu Niannian慕年年Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a 20.2kReads9.4Score2k14d adds

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Palace intrigue yyds

18 公 The Princess Sneaks Out on the Eve of Her Wedding, and the Crown Prince Comes to Catch Her Himself 公主婚前趁夜出逃，储君亲自抓人 Wuxi巫溪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Forceful Possession + Wife-Chasing Crematorium + Devoted Couple + Male Lead with a Black Heart Beneath His Gentle Exterior] Prince Xie Linheng was famous for having no interest in women. For years, he had never been close to a single woman. In the second year of Jian’an, the emperor fell gravely ill, and the crown prince took power. Desperate to see her mother, Yu Tingwan had no choice but to seek Xie Linheng’s help. Everyone said the crown prince was as noble and graceful as a pine tree, peerl 28.1kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds

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These are all great reads. Judging from my bio, I've only actually finished less than 100 out of over 400 books. These are all ones I've read and am currently following. 😆😆 They include palace intrigue, family drama, and even some with forced romance. You can choose whichever you like! 💕💕

25 娘 The Empress Has Had Enough and Flips the Table: Why Are You Crying, Tyrant? 娘娘掀桌不干了，暴君你哭什么 Mo Ning漠宁Ancient Romance583k WordsCompleted [Both leads are pure + Later forced possession and obsessive pursuit + Love and hate + Transmigration + The powerful one bows down] Resilient beauty vs. brooding crown prince The Crown Prince, Dongling Jing, is of noble birth and the highest-ranking commander of the Su Bei Army. But fate is cruel: after he is left with a leg injury in the war against Nan Yue, his position as crown prince hangs by a thread. An imperial decree arranges a marriage, and Su Jin, who has transmigrated here, is chosen 4.4kReads8.7Score42814d adds

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① The superior bows down; initially disliking each other, they later become madly in love. 😳😳😳 ② The female lead and her best friend both transmigrate into the book; it's truly wonderful! 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

27 三 Three Feet of Spring 三尺春【王嘉懋、李十七主演 短剧同名原著小说热播中！！！】 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白Ancient Romance371k WordsCompleted The captivating beauty Li Shuwan, whose background is shrouded in mystery × the aloof, proud General Li Fengyuan, hard-mouthed but soft-hearted Ancient romance + premium novel + one-on-one romance + both leads' first love + sweet romance + mutual devotion + palace intrigue + simmering tension + secret crush + age gap + reunion after years apart When she was seven, Li Shuwan was brought back from the countryside to the General's Mansion, becoming Li Fengyuan's relative in name only. Knowing her 21.4kReads9.4Score2.5k14d adds

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At the age of seven, Li Shuyuan was brought from the countryside to the General's Mansion, becoming Li Fengyuan's younger sister. The siblings were each other's only support. Later, trouble broke out in the Northwest, and the seventeen-year-old Li Fengyuan, armored and armed, abandoned Li Shuyuan and went to the battlefield without looking back. All he left her was an empty General's Mansion. Five years later, the Northwest was stabilized, and Li Fengyuan, now a marquis and general, returned to the capital. At the celebratory banquet, the siblings, separated for many years, met again, but Li Shuyuan seemed not to recognize him. Their eyes met, and she frowned, whispering in the Crown Prince's ear, "Brother Crown Prince, that person glared at me." That night, Li Fengyuan entered her chambers, standing coldly beside the bed, and asked her in a low voice, "The Crown Prince is my brother, then what am I?"

28 深 A Deeply Devoted Temptation 深情诱引 Bird Pine Rice鸟松米Modern Romance676k WordsCompleted A novel in the Niaosongmi Universe: Deep Affection and Allure. The short drama The Height of Summer, a special story about the eldest brother and sister-in-law, is now online. [Love after an arranged marriage, a regretful husband’s pursuit of his wife, one-on-one romance, both devoted only to each other] [Gentle, cool-headed ophthalmologist vs. devoted, wayward young master] Lin Yuxi used to think Zhou Yanjing was a carefree playboy with a fickle heart. Only after they married did she learn just 90.9kReads9.2Score7.8k14d adds

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[Arranged marriage, love blossoms, a whirlwind romance, 1v1, both are virgins] [Gentle and aloof ophthalmologist vs. A deeply affectionate but roguish rich young man] Lin Yuxi used to think Zhou Yanjing was just a womanizer and heartless, but after marriage, she realized how ruthless he could be. She thought Zhou Yanjing loved her, only to discover in the end that it was all a self-deceptive joke; he had truly loved someone else from beginning to end. When the three-year agreement expired, she left her wedding ring, moved out of the marital home, signed the divorce papers, and made no further entanglements.

30 爱 Love's Captive, a Tragic Romance 爱囚雅殇 Yi Yi苡議Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted Part 1 Tang Fei had longed for family affection since childhood. When she grew up and learned about all the conflicts, that affection became something forever beyond her reach. At fifteen, she met Feng Yuchen and gave him all her sincerity. In the end, he trampled on it. Still, she continued to long for love. At last, when she was twenty, she decided to give up on Feng Yuchen. But he clung to her and used his power to tell her she would never escape him. Part 2 An Qingjia was the least noticeabl 9.8kReads8.4Score61714d adds

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Tang Fei longed for family affection from a young age, but as she grew older and learned about the conflicts surrounding them, family became something unattainable. At fifteen, she met Feng Yuchen, offering him her whole heart, only to be trampled upon in return. Yet, she still yearned for love. Finally, at twenty, she decided to give up on Feng Yuchen, but he held her tightly, using his power to tell her that she could never escape. PS: The male lead is genuinely violent and manic, and will also hit the female lead. If you mind this, please do not read. The female lead seeks love her whole life, but is never loved. Under the male lead's violent control, she gradually loses hope. Important: It's a tragic ending! It's a tragic ending! It's a tragic ending! If you mind this, please do not read because the author believes that abusive men do not deserve love.

31 林 Lin Shu’s Fifteenth Century 林殊的十五世纪 Just Writing Whatever随便写点什么Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted [Woman disguises herself as a man + multiple male leads + semi-fictional medieval setting + Western romance + all leads are faithful + no System + saints with selfish motives + scoundrels with true hearts + soulmates + powerful characters make everything by hand] I write with all my brain in the gutter and none of it up in my head. If you’re okay with all of the above, come on in. A female-led romance with a strong everyone-loves-the-heroine vibe. Whatever else happens, I want everyone to love 62Reads—Score—14d adds

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I really enjoyed this novel; every chapter was well-written and the writing flowed smoothly.

33 三 Three Bowls of Heart’s Blood for One Divorce Agreement 三碗心头血，换一纸和离书 All of You, Get Out of My Sight都给朕退下Ancient Romance227k WordsCompleted After the new emperor ascended the throne, the Prince Regent went away to guard the frontier. Two years later, he finally returned to the capital. Along with his impressive military achievements, he brought back a woman as delicate and frail as a sickly beauty. She had the face of a hibiscus blossom and was irresistibly charming, yet every gesture carried a fragile, sickly air. Simply standing there was enough to stir people’s tenderness and make them want to cradle her in their hands and cheris 4.5kReads8.8Score47914d adds

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Ah Yin was the one who saved the Regent, but someone impersonated her. To save the imposter, Ah Yin was required to drink three bowls of her heart's blood, and she was forbidden from using anesthetic. It turns out that all of this was orchestrated by her former senior brother, with whom she had once depended on each other, just to prove his obsessive love.

34 穿 Transmigrated into the Young Marshal's Wife 穿成少帅夫人 Twelve One One One十二幺幺幺Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted Mu Wanni transmigrates to the Republican era, sometimes playing the pig to eat the tiger and sometimes showing off her sharp tongue. She falls in love with the young marshal Meng Yichuan, and together they venture across the land. Cold on the outside but warm within, Meng Yichuan had only one impression of the real Mu Wanni before the transmigration: she was timid and meek, and he could barely be bothered to look at her. But the Mu Wanni who transmigrated into her body makes him feel that she is 936Reads8.9Score11414d adds

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A story set in the Republican era, featuring a beauty blogger who travels through time. It's concise, well-structured, and not a naive or simplistic tale.

35 宫 A Palace Maid's Guide to Staying Alive 宫女保命准则 Wu Naihe吴奈何Ancient Romance77k WordsCompleted Yu Hexue was a wine maker in the Imperial Food Bureau. Before serving wine to her masters, one of her duties was to test it for poison. It sounded dangerous, but she had never heard of anyone being poisoned to death while testing food. Yet this very thing happened to her. In the seventh year of Zhengping, during the New Year's Eve palace banquet, she was poisoned to death in Shuanghua Hall. She died in the arms of the Third Prince, Yuan Yu, becoming his scapegoat. When she woke, she had returned 165Reads8.9Score1314d adds

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The king of palace intrigue novels is here~~~ Guaranteed to be good! [Top][Top] 🔥Even palace maids have to fight in the palace, you know?😢 Reborn, the female lead must find the murderer who killed her!🔥One hundred palace rules are the upper limit of a novel, not the upper limit of the female lead!! Under these rules, whether you're human or ghost, you can't escape them! 🔥Yan Wan transmigrates into the Legend of Zhen Huan, not for love, only for wealth and status!

39 娇 The Delicate Beauty Is Spoiled Rotten by a Rugged, Fierce Man 娇滴滴小美人被凶猛糙汉宠野了 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [Complete❗] Xie Hezhang, a local troublemaker from Helian Village with a bad class background, found himself pursued by a city girl sent to the countryside. The young woman couldn't carry a shoulder pole or lift a hand, and complained that her hands hurt whenever she did farm work. Her only hobby was trailing after him wherever he went. One afternoon, fed up with her, Xie Hezhang cornered her in the cotton field and threatened, “Keep following me and I'll beat you up.” The sweet little Shu Qingy 6.4kReads9.2Score67114d adds

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Rebirth + farming, the female lead is intelligent, the plot doesn't drag, it's super good! Sisters, you all need to watch it!!!

41 皇 The Empress Is a Max-Level Palace Intriguer, Crushing Everyone 皇后满级宫斗，嘎嘎乱杀 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S 13.8kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds

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The Little Emperor's Control

42 重 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 Wu Jiayunbei武家云北Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [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 106.2kReads9.1Score6.2k14d adds

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[Double Cleanliness + Sweet Romance + Pampered Daily Life of a Wealthy Daughter-in-Law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was tricked by her twin sister into marrying a man from a humble background who had achieved success, while her sister married a wealthy playboy in her place. After the marriage, the man from the humble background was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a high-ranking officer, while Jiang Xianli became the envy of all women as an official's wife. However, her sister was beaten so badly by the playboy and his mistress that she suffered a miscarriage and was eventually sent to a mental hospital. In this life, Jiang Xianli never expected that both she and her sister would be reborn. Her sister chose the man from the humble background before her, leaving her with no choice but to pretend to be wronged and marry the playboy.

43 玫 Roses and Guns [Criminal Investigation] 玫瑰与烈枪【刑侦】 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Their flesh and blood will forge my glory, becoming the honor I pursue for the rest of my life.] One June, two major events took place at the Qin City Public Security Bureau. First, a female captain named Gu Ji joined the anti-narcotics squad, and her darts flew in dazzling patterns. Second, a police badge number that had been dormant for ten years was reactivated, and this female captain was its successor. That same June, two major things happened to Song Yanci, leader of the major crimes 13.5kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds

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They do dangerous things