Qing Dynasty Palace Intrigue: She Doesn't Love the Emperor, and Isn't Overly Dramatic 清穿宫斗+不爱皇帝+别那么矫情
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The Imperial Noble Consort’s Laid-Back Life in the Qing Dynasty 清穿皇贵妃的咸鱼日常
Su Yin unexpectedly arrives in the Qing Dynasty and, by a twist of fate, ends up in the Fourth Prince’s residence. Knowing roughly how history is supposed to unfold, she chooses to keep a low profile to save her own skin. Who would have thought that one day, the Fourth Prince would overhear her secretly badmouthing him? The prince declares, “Very well. You’ve got my attention!” Su Yin denies it three times over: “It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it, don’t make things up.”
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After Breaking Off My Engagement, Kangxi Made Me His Favorite Consort 退婚后，我被康熙独宠后宫
[A flirtatious beauty who loves to play games versus a seemingly proper, devoted emperor who falls into her trap] He YinYin, a star who rose from humble beginnings, died and transmigrated into the body of Hesheli, the Qing Dynasty wife of Longkodo, who was turned into a human pincushion. Fortunately, she had only just gotten engaged. To escape her tragic fate, she calmly thought things through and laid out the following plan. Step one: take Longkodo’s credit for saving the emperor... Step two: g
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
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Sunlight Through the Cracks 裂缝里的阳光
From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While
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On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Rose in Rebellion With My Corpse in His Arms 新婚夜，夫君抱着我的尸体造反了
Not a strong-female-lead revenge story. The heroine is soft and beautiful, and after being reborn, she is doted on from beginning to end. Read with caution if that’s not your thing. [Rebirth + sweet romance + household intrigue + heartwarming] Her scumbag father placed first in the palace examination and married a princess. Her ill-fated mother traveled a thousand miles to find him, only to die in the capital. The legitimate daughter became a concubine’s daughter, then was sent by her stepmother
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My Little Martial Uncle Really Doesn't Push Herself. She Just Wants to Kill the Female Lead 小师叔真不卷，她只想杀女主而已
[Ensemble cast] [People say the blurb did this book a disservice. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story.] Reincarnated as a doomed female supporting character destined for a gruesome death? No problem. Kill the heroine from the start, wreck the plot, and reset everything. This time, I'm the heroine. The original heroine was a pitiful girl born to a concubine. She had a lowly start but a powerful protagonist's aura. No matter what danger she faced, she always escaped disaster, ros
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The Powerful Prince’s Spoiled Princess: Proud, Wild, and Unruly 权王溺宠：狂傲王妃野又撩
[Court intrigue + feel-good power fantasy + ruthless decisiveness + an incredibly badass heroine + face-slapping + a heroine with her wits about her] Bai Xuan, commander-in-chief of the Huaxia Special Forces Training Camp, transmigrates to the Great Zhou. She is a peerless beauty with exceptional martial skills. As a woman, she carves her own path through force of arms, establishes herself at court, and wields enormous influence. With a deft hand, she turns the tide of both schemes and open stra
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After Refusing to Redeem My Reputation, the Cultivation World Became Obsessed with Me 拒绝洗白后，修真界对我搞崇拜
[A satisfying takedown of trash men + no misunderstandings or substitute-lover tropes + an incredibly cool heroine later on + a classic coming-of-age story + no System!] In her previous life, she was betrayed by a scumbag, treated unfairly by her master, and hated by her fellow disciples, who called her a fake, a hypocrite. In the end, she was thrown into the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons and barely survived! Reborn into a new life, Su Lengyan decides to cut ties with everyone. She trains hard
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After Traveling to the Qing Dynasty, I Finally Get a Front-Row Seat to the Gossip! 清穿后，我终于站在吃瓜第一线！
[No romance, laid-back gossip, watching palace intrigue, retirement-life story, loves no one, an immersive Qing palace intrigue experience] In her previous life, Bai Ming was an ordinary office worker. Then she won a hundred million in the lottery and lived a happy, wealthy life. In her early years, she tried all sorts of ventures and blew through money; in middle age, she was devoted to raising children to support her in old age, donating to all kinds of orphanages and even adopting a clever, w
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The Empress Is So Charming, His Majesty Is Reborn to Bend Over Backward for Her 娘娘多娇，陛下重生为其弯眉折腰
He abused her, hurt her, and kept her imprisoned. When she had lost all hope, she resolved to take revenge on him... Didn’t he want her heart? Then she would give it to him! That day, she stood amid a sea of flames, beautiful and tragic, utterly resolute... “Your Majesty, these are all things you taught me. When facing someone vastly stronger than you, the best way to lie low is to disguise yourself and act obedient. To defeat someone, first attack their heart. The greatest revenge on an enemy i
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The Day I Failed the Exams, I Brought Home a Princess for a Wife 落榜当天，娶了个郡主娇妻回家
The print edition of A Match Made in Heaven is now available. Search for the author's name, Cai Bibi, on major platforms to buy a copy. Su Yu transmigrates to ancient times. On the day he fails the imperial exam for the fifth time, he marries the Princess of Changle, who has disguised herself as an ordinary girl. Before Su Yu can roll up his sleeves and earn a living to support his lovely wife, news of an imperial exam result that had been overlooked suddenly arrives. From then on, the good news
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The Legitimate Daughter Claims the Pearl 嫡女夺珠
Lu Yangyang dreams that she is the real daughter of a duke's family, her face disfigured and her life stolen by someone else. In the future, her jealousy of the fake heiress will earn her the family's rejection. She will be married off in haste, then abused to death by her husband. The carriage sent to bring her back to the capital is already waiting at the gate. Lu Yangyang was born with superhuman strength. She refuses to believe in that fate, rolls up her sleeves, and heads back to the capita
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Forced to Marry a Lovesick Girl, the Disabled Heir Strikes It Rich 被赐婚花痴女，残疾世子赚翻了
[Historical transmigration + palace and household intrigue + healer and poisoner + doted-on heroine] Who had it worse than her? She was mistakenly arrested by the underworld twice, had no way to file a complaint, and was sent by the King of Hell to be reborn. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister, lying on the cold ground. The Empress snapped, “She actually molested the heir?” The Prime Minister cried, “The heir seriously injured my daughter
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Born in the Cold Palace! Master of Ten Thousand Beasts! She Unifies the World 冷宫出生！驾驭万兽！她一统天下
Chu Qingli was a beautiful young woman from the twenty-first century. After getting drunk one night, she transmigrated into the body of a tiny baby, the little princess the Spirit Beast Kingdom’s royal family had not seen in a hundred years. She was struggling for her life in the belly of a deposed empress confined to the cold palace. “Waaah!” Her heavenly cry set all the beasts in the cold palace abuzz. A little mouse ran out of its hole and became her guardian. A huge stray dog that had appear
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Spare Me, Your Majesty: Let Your Humble Official Dress You 女皇饶命：待微臣宽衣献宝
Zhao Hao is a successful businessman who had already settled into a carefree, easygoing life of lying flat. Then, after simply inviting a few female classmates over for a game of landlord, he fell asleep and transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty. He became the useless only son of Zhao Wenxiang, the current Grand Secretary, and was thrown into the imperial prison for flirting with a princess. He has only three days left before his execution...
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The Bodhisattva County Magistrate 菩萨县令
“Your Majesty! The last six magistrates appointed to Nantang County have all been murdered. Now no one dares accept the post. Please decide what to do!” “How were they killed?” “It's said to be connected to a poisoning case at a tavern.” “Who owns the tavern?” “A young scholar.” “If no one else will take the post, then make the scholar the magistrate!” “But...” And so the young man, a doctoral student from Huaxia who had transmigrated here, found himself a county magistrate... A year later, Nant
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Infamous in My Past Life, I’ll Divorce and Become Everyone’s Beloved in This One 前世臭名昭著，今生和离当白月光
Su Mingzhuang had skin as fair as snow, a face as beautiful as a flower, and a soft, delicate charm that made her stunningly alluring. She had the looks every man coveted, but her parents had spoiled her rotten, turning her into a spoiled, willful, lawless hellion whom everyone avoided. By chance, the young and handsome Duke of Anguo rescued her, and she became dead set on marrying him. She even fabricated a story about being molested, ruining the reputation of the virtuous Duke of Anguo. After
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From the Start, I Stood in for the Emperor at His Wedding, Then Made the Act Real 开局替皇帝大婚，我假戏真做
[Beautiful heroine + decisive killer + playing dumb to fool the enemy + cunning] I had barely transmigrated when I was dragged into the imperial palace. It turned out that the emperor, who had indulged in music and pleasure since he was young, had suddenly become impotent! The emperor had no heirs, so on his wedding night, he actually made an unknown nobody like me stand in as his substitute? Whether I stick my head out or keep it tucked in, I’m getting chopped either way! After transmigrating a
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The Whole Family Dotes on Their Little Lucky Star 农门团宠：家有萌宝小锦鲤
The Old Tan family had struggled for most of their lives, until they adopted a little girl abandoned by the county magistrate’s family. Everything changed. Their old hen, which had never laid an egg, suddenly filled the courtyard with them. The barren fields began producing crops no matter what they planted, and the harvests multiplied. Their eldest son began to make something of himself, and their second son was no longer foolish. Their third son recovered from his illness, while their fourth a
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My Husband Dumped Me Among Beggars! The Beggar Was the Regent 我被夫君扔乞丐！乞丐竟是摄政王
[The short drama is now streaming on Hongguo. First version: He and I Are Divorced, Yet I Rule the Eastern Palace, starring Zhang Chi × Yao Yuchen. Second version: She Schemed Her Way to a Lifetime of Honor, starring Yang Luoqian × Feng Yiyang] Her husband is impotent and unable to consummate their marriage, yet he and her vicious mother-in-law scheme to throw her to a beggar! She suffers unspeakable humiliation, but after her husband passes the top imperial examination and is cured, he turns ar
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