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I Haven’t Read a Historical Romance in Ages. Any Recommendations? 最近好久没有看古言了，有莫有推荐啊

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  1. 51 After Her Thoughts Were Revealed, the Little Princess Became the Palace's Beloved 被读心声后，小公主成皇宫团宠啦 Little Fish Learns to Swim小鱼学游泳Ancient Romance463k WordsCompleted [Family mind-reading + transmigrate into a book + gossip + beloved by the whole family + sweet romance] Shangguan Sui transmigrates into a book, becoming a little princess who is on the verge of dying from illness. The imperial physician says there's no cure. Shangguan Sui knows the plot, and panics! [Mother! This Imperial Physician Zhang is working for Consort Li! He deliberately misdiagnosed me and wants me dead!] Consort Chen: ?! She immediately replaces the physician and helps her daughter t 15kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
  2. 52 The Treacherous Minister Can't Resist Her Allure 奸臣不经撩 Fruit Jelly水果冻冻Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Later, when Shen Gongchen pressed her too hard, Liu Suisui covered her face and wept. She was terribly aggrieved. “My father died, my mother remarried, and I have no one to rely on. I came all the way to the capital just to marry a rich husband. What’s wrong with that?” Shen Gongchen pressed her at every turn. “He has to be rich? Why not rich and powerful?” Liu Suisui raised her eyes ever so slightly and gave him a shy, coquettish glance. After a long pause, she asked softly, “Uncle… do you like 15.9kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
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  3. 53 A Poor Scholar and His Convenient Little Bride 寒门书生，开局捡个便宜小娇妻 Cai Bibi菜比比Historical2.3M WordsCompleted Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye 39.7kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
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  4. 54 Climbing the Social Ladder 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 188.7kReads9.6Score32.9kShelves
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  5. 55 My Husband Doesn’t Like Me? Does That Stop Me from Becoming the Mistress of the House? 夫君不喜我？耽误我做主母吗 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 55.5kReads9.0Score7.4kShelves
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  6. 56 Blessings to the Lady [Fu] 夫人万福【芙】 A Tumbler That Won't Fall一颗不倒翁Ancient Romance524k WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + System + Transmigrate into a Book + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple] Jiang Fu transmigrated. The bad news: she became a cannon-fodder supporting female character. The good news: the female lead's father saved her. The bad news: the original cannon-fodder asked Jiang Fu to give her a different life. No more being cannon fodder: she wanted a lifetime of happiness and to marry well. The good news: Jiang Fu was rescued from the water by the female lead's father, making hi 25.8kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
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  7. 57 The Marquis's Widow Raised a Household of Geniuses 侯夫人守寡，却养出满门天骄 Yu Fu余弗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 93.8kReads9.4Score13.8kShelves
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  8. 58 Entangled in Splendor 惹风华 Laughing Wildly笑轻狂Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, Bewitching Splendor, has premiered on Hongguo, starring Hou Chengyue and Li Ruoxun. She and Lu Fengjin had been childhood sweethearts, the perfect couple in everyone's eyes. To support him, she planned every move and left no stone unturned, clearing every obstacle from his path until he became Dongling's one and only God of War. She thought that lovers would eventually be together, but one day, an unremarkable-looking young woman entered his life. At first, he s 1.2kReads8.8Score325Shelves
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  9. 59 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 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 22.6kReads9.5Score6.5kShelves
  10. 60 The Tyrant’s Favorite 暴君的心尖宠 Drunken Flowing Crisp醉流酥Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted After more than a decade of fighting through a hail of bullets, Lou Qi decided to hang up her weapons and leave the underworld for good. But one day, on a whim, she took a plane out to cross the mysterious Black Triangle. She was swept into a deep-sea whirlpool and then… landed in a man's arms. She was sick of all the bloodshed. Now she wanted to play the frail little flower, but he tore away her disguise piece by piece, forcing her to show her tough, tomboyish nature. Lou Qi said, “Your Majesty 11.6kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
  11. 61 A Report for the Physician Consort: The Sickly Prince Is So Needy and Fierce 报告医妃，病娇王爷又奶又凶 Jiang Jinmian江锦棉Ancient Romance365k WordsCompleted (Completed) After being reborn, Jin Mu no longer wants to chase after Yu Jinzhao. She just wants to focus on her career and reveal her secret identities with a flourish. So on their wedding night, she throws down a divorce agreement. To her surprise, the war god prince, who despises her to the point of death, grabs her in his arms. “Divorce? Not a chance!” The prince’s elder brother, who has been swayed by her cousin, watches as his own pampered pig goes after a plain cabbage and is a hundred ti 592Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  12. 62 The Family Favorite: The Tyrant Emperor Father Rules the Realm by Reading My Mind 团宠：暴君父皇靠读我心声治天下 Yu Su煜素Ancient Romance887k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, Tyrant, Adorable Baby, Mind Reading, Everyone's Favorite] Ling Yue transmigrated into the body of a newborn princess. A huge hand pressed down. Someone was about to kill her. The tyrant arrived. With tears in her eyes, Ling Yue cried out inwardly, “Dad, that old hag is trying to smother me!” The next moment, the tyrant waved his hand, and the midwife dropped dead. At the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Ling Yue stretched, thinking about how the Great Liang dynasty would fall in two 640Reads9.1Score135Shelves
  13. 63 The Regent's Princess Consort Is a Master of Both Medicine and Poison 摄政王妃她医毒双绝 I'm Your Qian Qian我是你的浅浅Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Everyone, the web drama based on this novel is now complete. You can watch it on Tomato Short Dramas. Search for The Princess Consort of the Regent, Unmatched in Medicine and Poison, and enjoy! Love you all, mwah~~ Mu Fengyan, born into a family of ancient martial artists, had her soul blasted by her enemies' modern firearms into a parallel world, in an era never recorded in history. A master of both medicine and poison, she never expected that after she'd sent every last one of her enemies to 103.8kReads9.4Score9.3kShelves
  14. 64 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Pretending to Be a Sweet White Lotus Again 【快穿】宿主又装白莲了 Sweet Pear Wine甜梨酒Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted To get his hands on the gorgeous Main God, Lin Munian sneaked into a world between planes and did everything he could to charm the beauty. “Keep flirting like that, and you might end up regretting it in your old age,” the System kindly warned. Lin Munian licked his lips, looking eager. “That’s an option?” * [Restrained, secretly flirtatious, refined scoundrel with a seductive allure × seemingly innocent but secretly dark, lovesick beauty] Lin Munian thought he was the hunter, but in truth, he wa 3.3kReads7.6Score439Shelves
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  15. 65 An Aura That’s Six Feet Tall, but Only a Minor Celebrity in the Industry 大佬气场一米八，圈内咖位三十八 Mountain Mist Courtyard山有茫庭Two Male Leads579k WordsCompleted Highlight: The secondary couple's story is concentrated in the extras. If they appear in the main story, it is only to serve the plot, and they occupy very little space. Readers who dislike this should proceed with caution. [Double male leads + entertainment industry + face-slapping + a vicious, ruthless, indulgent top with a hidden perverted side versus an all-around, dazzlingly talented bottom who openly flirts] Shen Lian was a top-tier star, but when he opened his eyes, he had become a nobody 148.3kReads9.7Score18.6kShelves
  16. 66 Three Years Apart 差三岁 Luo Says Again罗再说Two Male Leads181k WordsCompleted [The original novel of the radio drama of the same name, starring Hu Liangwei and Jiang Qiu!] [Flashy, unstoppable, wolfish underachiever Xing Cheng VS cool, aloof, secretly passionate top student Ning Xi, who knows how to put every troublemaker in their place] [Modern setting + two male leads + premium novel + equally matched leads + youth + healing + campus + coming of age + dreams] This is a coming-of-age school story about the old and new captains of Shizhong High’s basketball team workin 1.8kReads9.5Score430Shelves
  17. 67 Aren't You Supposed to Be a Cold and Distant Crown Prince? How Are You So Good at Acting Cute? 不是高冷太子吗？怎么那么会撒娇 Year After Year, Clouds and Mountains岁岁云山Two Male Leads417k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally powerful + reborn + both pure + sweet romance + happy ending] Ruthless Western Depot chief gong x gentle on the outside, tough and scheming Crown Prince uke Yan Chengyu was named Crown Prince at birth and had a smooth, easy life. He never faced any of the hardships that Crown Princes throughout history had to endure. But in the end, his beloved younger brother framed him for treason. He was imprisoned and died in his cell, only then realizing that he’d celebrated too so 4.7kReads9.1Score778Shelves
  18. 68 Vodka and Mantenin 伏特加与曼特宁 Yu Daoqiao于刀鞘Two Male Leads100k WordsCompleted [Zheng Xi and Ma Yang star in the leading roles. The radio drama adaptation of the novel of the same name, Vodka and Coffee, is now airing] [A new exclusive bonus chapter~~~] [Reserved, icy café owner Bai Qinglin VS flirtatious bar owner Zhu Jingru] [Premium fiction + two male leads + modern city life + happy ending + healing + redemption + older love interest + simmering tension + sweet romance + love at first sight] Zhu Jingru didn't know what love at first sight felt like until he was thirty- 30.1kReads9.7Score6.5kShelves
  19. 69 What? The Pretty Doomed Side Character Has Caught the Madman's Eye 什么？漂亮炮灰他被疯批觊觎了 Lone Boat Borrows the Moon孤舟赊月Two Male Leads328k WordsCompleted [Two male leads | Entertainment industry | Extreme push and pull | Mind-reading | Sweet romance] A naturally flirtatious, spoiled little cannon-fodder x a seemingly proper, actually unhinged and scheming big shot Nan Qing transmigrates into a book as a vicious cannon-fodder fake young master. He can only survive by completing his mission. To stay alive, he spends years humiliating the down-and-out villainous big shot throwing his underwear in the man’s face, stepping on his shoulder after a bath 9.3kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
  20. 70 After the Breakup, the Boss Turns Dark and Obsessed: Wild Seduction and Spoiling 分手后大佬黑化变疯批，野撩诱宠 Lu Yin鹿吟Two Male Leads282k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Reuniting After a Breakup + Powerful CEO + Both Untouched + Possessive Takeover + Tension and Flirting + Reunion After Years Apart + Seductive Pursuit] [After He Wronged His Ex, the Big Shot Went Dark] Everyone knew the big shot was cool and dispassionate, but no one knew about the obsession hidden deep in his heart. After a carefully engineered reunion, he took the other man by force and made him move in. The darkened big shot's image crumbled: he turned wild and seductive, in 983Reads9.5Score1.4kShelves
  21. 71 Happy Sunset 落日快乐 No Moonlight at All Today今天全没月光Two Male Leads108k WordsCompleted [Scheming, handsome high schooler Qiao Yue x gentle playwright Song Mingding, who has no idea how alluring he is] [Top-quality novel + Youth fiction + Coming of age + Bittersweet + Literary + Two male leads] Playwright Song Mingding has made a habit of observing the lives of strangers. On the subway, he notices that he keeps running into Qiao Yue, a boy who stands out from the crowd. He is open and composed, with a pure, untainted air about him. By chance, the two meet and exchange contact infor 181Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  22. 72 After the Cannon-Fodder Bride Takes Her Place, the Villain Holds Her Close and Spoils Her 小炮灰替嫁后，被反派抱在怀里宠 Qing Tao清桃Two Male Leads373k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple, 1v1 + sweet romance + healing + transmigrate into a book + everyday life + real and fake young masters + bride substitution + happy ending] [Outwardly sunny and optimistic, inwardly sensitive and starved for affection, a gentle and composed beauty on the receiving end vs. a ruthless, slightly yandere big shot with overwhelming possessiveness who spoils his husband] Xue Jintang transmigrates into a book, landing in a brainless, everyone-loves-the-protagonist novel. The protagonis 5.9kReads8.9Score699Shelves
  23. 73 With Top-Tier Tea Skills, I Stole the Protagonist’s Love Interest 我靠顶级茶艺，挖了主角墙角 Grapefruit葡萄柚Two Male Leads420k WordsCompleted [A roguish, wild, two-faced tea-loving lunatic x a ruthless, complex, wealthy heir] [Two male leads + two powerful leads + mutually devoted + mind-reading] Jiang Qiao transmigrated into a bizarre harem novel, becoming a nameless male side character. He was the bodyguard of the protagonist's officially matched boyfriend, yet secretly worked against him and acted like the protagonist's devoted lapdog. The protagonist gets the meat, I get the scraps. The protagonist's broke, I pay. The protagonist 18.1kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
  24. 74 The Out-of-Control Little Omega Drives His Cold Bodyguard Wild 小O太失控，高冷保镖被诱疯 September Meow Meow九月喵喵Two Male Leads271k WordsCompleted The rating just opened, so it’ll go up as more people read~ [Two male leads + ABO + Alpha pretending to be a Beta + straightforward love interest + devoted, exclusive couple + one-on-one romance + happy ending] [Outwardly proper, inwardly flirtatious bodyguard pursuer (an Alpha pretending to be a Beta) x a young master who flirts nonstop and says exactly what he thinks] After Zhou Yunqiu’s fiancé cheated on him over and over, he decided to cheat on the jerk right back. The quiet bodyguard, Jiang 637Reads9.1Score131Shelves
  25. 75 The Young Master Has a New Favorite, and He's Going Wild, Taking Everyone Down 小少爷换人疼，发癫创飞所有人 Tang Muge唐沐歌Two Male Leads362k WordsCompleted [Full-cast audio adaptation available] [Unhinged young master x indulgent, supportive CEO~ sweet romance, devoted couple + supporting character awakens + reborn for revenge and face-slapping + not pure wish fulfillment] After being reborn, Li Yi discovers that he's merely a minor supporting character in a wealthy-family harem novel. The protagonist shou is a fake young master who took his place and lived in the Lu family for more than a decade. The protagonist gong wants to help the protagonist 7.7kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
  26. 76 After Becoming Bodyguard to a Disabled Tycoon 给残疾巨佬当保镖后 Exquisite Knot玲珑扣Two Male Leads553k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + Equally Matched Leads + Ancient-to-Modern Transmigration + Comedy] If I never meet you, life holds no joy. Jiang Xi goes to interview for a bodyguard job, only to run into his lover from a previous life. With shamelessness and a flair for the dramatic, he thrives, acting like a devoted puppy at home while tearing into fake white lotuses, green tea schemers, and scumbags outside. Jiang Xi’s inner strength is beyond question, and he’s a born drama queen. This story is just here t 1.3kReads9.3Score166Shelves
  27. 77 My Boyfriend Cheated on Me, So I Got Together With His Brother 男友渣我，我转头跟他兄弟在一起 Ming Yuan zsq茗鸢zsqTwo Male Leads246k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + romantic tension + switching partners + healing and redemption + secret crush comes true + scumbag fails to win his wife back] Also known as: My Roommate Doesn't Spoil His Pretty Boyfriend? Fine, I'll Do It Bai Shijin fell in love with his roommate's boyfriend. He cared about every smile and frown of Mu Nian's, unable to bear seeing those beautiful brows furrow. After living with his roommate for two years, he finally learned that the Mu Nian he couldn't stop thinking about was 926Reads8.9Score100Shelves
  28. 78 Sickly One, Keep Your Dog in Check 病秧子，请管好你的狗 Curly-haired Ah Ya卷毛啊吖Two Male Leads356k WordsCompleted [Blunt, stone-faced, devoted top × frail, long-haired, flirtatious bottom] [Mutual devotion + equally matched leads + simmering tension + pampering and flirting + saving each other] Yu Jinyao spent his whole life being forced to fight for first place. At last, at the age of twenty-eight, he died from overwork. He thought he’d finally be free, but when he opened his eyes, he found himself reborn three years in the past. Yu Jinyao had an epiphany. If the heavens had given him another chance, he 1.5kReads9.2Score212Shelves
  29. 79 Pretty Darling, You’re Too Good at Flirting! Are You Trying to Get Yourself Killed? 漂亮宝贝这么会钓，不要命啦！ Cai Cai Wants to Get Rich菜菜要发财Two Male Leads546k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + satisfying face-slapping + intense push and pull + both devoted only to each other] [An alluring, hot-tempered flirt of a bottom X a celibate powerhouse top with an overwhelming possessive streak] In his past life, Lin Que was framed maliciously and eventually died a miserable death from severe bipolar disorder. Only after his death did he learn that he was the true young master of a wealthy family, his identity maliciously switched at birth. The one who framed him was the fake 39.9kReads9.5Score6kShelves
  30. 80 Tycoon with Skin Hunger, Show Some Restraint! 皮肤饥渴症大佬矜持一点！ Whiling Away Time with Corn消磨玉米Two Male Leads304k WordsCompleted [No female lead + healing + two madmen + intense push and pull + equally powerful leads, both devoted] An obsessive man with touch-starved syndrome × a beautiful, down-and-out little madman who can tell when people are lying A devoted older brother? A flirtatious dog trainer? Guaranteed to end in marriage. While other people spent ten years studying hard, Duan Ye spent ten years working hard. From pyramid schemes to hauling bricks, he did it all, driven by his determination to put his younger si 3.9kReads9.3Score589Shelves
  31. 81 Sweet Romance: The Top Student Desk Mate’s Many-Layered Scheme 甜宠，学神同桌的千层套路 The Moonlit Night Has Entered My Dreams月夜已入梦Two Male Leads210k WordsCompleted The rating just came out, so it’s low for now [Two male leads + 1v1 + enemies-to-lovers + childhood friends + later university campus + urban social life] [Cool, aloof genius bottom & sharp-tongued, soft-hearted school bully top] Everyone knows that Suicheng No. 1 High School has two male heartthrobs. One has the reputation of a school bully but none of the substance, and spends every day doing things a school bully would never do. The other is cold and indifferent, with excellent grades. As soo 535Reads8.9Score111Shelves
  32. 82 You Came in First? Retaking the Exam? And Still Pretending to Be a Slacker? 你省一？搞复读？还装学渣？ Chong Hong崇虹Two Male Leads278k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads9.3Score467Shelves
  33. 83 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [This novel has been contracted for publication] [Strong female lead + high-IQ palace intrigue + heroine schemes against the entire harem + psychotic villain personality] Song Zhao has always been a woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and she is also more clear-headed than anyone. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was perfectly clear: “I’m entering the palace to become Empress. Otherwise, what would I go there fo 129.8kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
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  34. 84 Bringing the Phoenix Home 引凤归 Zhi Zhi之知Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 147.3kReads9.5Score20.5kShelves
  35. 85 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Lu Shiqi鹿时七Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 40.8kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves
  36. 86 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 134.6kReads9.6Score17.3kShelves
  37. 87 So What If You’re Reborn? 纵你重生又如何 Yao Yaoya妖幺芽Ancient Romance169k WordsCompleted [The main story is complete] [Two powerful leads + no point in being reborn as a concubine’s daughter + face-slapping and punishing scoundrels + the male lead has a secret crush] [A cool, composed beauty with overwhelming combat prowess vs. a mysterious, bewitching prince] [One-on-one romance + happy ending + single and chaste] Her mother was the most favored legitimate princess, her uncle was the reigning emperor, her maternal grandmother was empress dowager of the realm, and her older brother 3.8kReads8.9Score494Shelves
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  38. 88 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted 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 60.3kReads9.7Score9kShelves
  39. 89 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 36.7kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves
  40. 90 Fallen Orchid 堕汀兰 The Radiance of the New and Full Moon朔望之辉Ancient Romance276k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, both leads devoted only to each other + transmigrated as herself + each other’s long-held love + lovestruck male lead + direct communication, no misunderstandings + fictional setting + happy ending] A gentle, moon-bright Crown Prince ✖️ a cheerful, sweet-on-the-outside, cunning-within young woman Xia Zhiting transmigrates as herself to the Great Yi Dynasty a thousand years in the past. Someone takes her in and trains her to be a spy, then sends her to the Eastern Palace as t 4.1kReads9.4Score691Shelves
  41. 91 Chancellor Shen, Your Wife Took the Kids Out to Find Their Dad Again! 沈相，你媳妇又带崽出去找爹了！ Passion Fruit百香果果Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Adorable child + foresight + doted on by everyone + silly antics + laugh-out-loud comedy] “Mother, why don’t you recognize me?” Ji Wanwan has only just transmigrated when she suddenly finds herself with a five-year-old son, and he’s her own flesh and blood! Her adorable, daddy-like son is clever and well-behaved, and can even see the future. Every now and then, he blurts out things like: “Mother, that auntie who’s so close to you is a bad person!” “Second Uncle, if you take this road this year, 27.5kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
  42. 92 The Whole Family Can Hear My Thoughts: I’ll Just Watch You Perform 全家偷听心声，演，我就看你们演 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Physical edition of "Claiming the Pearl 2" goes on presale October 17 at 7:30 p.m.] [Mind reading + System + adored by the whole family + transmigrate into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger] Qiao Jiaojiao had accumulated so much virtue in her past life that the Old King of Hell granted her a rebirth with all her memories intact, plus a golden finger: a Virtue Points Shop. Qiao Jiaojiao was thrilled to start her new life, only to discover she hadn't been reborn at all. She'd transmigrated i 151.7kReads9.7Score18.5kShelves
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  43. 93 Sick Obsession: The Brooding Tyrant Is Reborn After Killing Himself for Her 病态占有：阴郁暴君为她自杀重生 Little Green Plum小青梅啦Ancient Romance580k WordsCompleted [A possessive, deranged, bloodthirsty crown prince X a sweet, tearful, utterly principled young cousin] Yu Youning, the second young lady of the Duke of Guo's household, was blessed with lustrous hair, a graceful figure, and breathtaking beauty. Sadly, she'd been frail and sickly since childhood, and the Imperial Preceptor bluntly predicted she wouldn't live past sixteen. Her family accepted her fate, and she had nearly given up herself. But one person refused to accept it. Gripping her waist, e 5.4kReads9.1Score504Shelves
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  44. 94 After Disguising Myself as a Man, I Saved the Mad Crown Prince 女扮男装后，我救赎了疯批太子 Yu Qian语浅Ancient Romance543k WordsCompleted Original title: After Disguising Myself as a Man, I Saved the Tormented Crown Prince A seemingly sweet but secretly calculating crown prince vs. the forceful second son of a general’s household, a woman disguised as a man who protects her husband Shang Zhengyu is the general’s daughter. She has been raised as a boy since childhood, and one day she’s suddenly told that she has transmigrated into a book and been bound to a System that requires her to save the obsessive villain. By then, she has ju 21.8kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
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  45. 95 After Getting a Cat, the Tyrant Started Acting Strange 养猫后，暴君开始不对劲 Flower Dumpling花饺Ancient Romance793k WordsCompleted Bai Jiaojiao transmigrated into a cat, and when the System ordered her to win over the tyrant, she immediately wrapped herself around Dong Xuanqing’s leg and became his cat. Before he got a cat, the tyrant said, “Catch it! Chop it up and feed it to the dogs!” After he got a cat, the tyrant said, “Anyone who dares submit another memorial claiming my Xiaobai is a wicked creature bringing ruin to the country will be dragged out and beaten to death!” Bai Jiaojiao worked tirelessly for the tyrant, wh 318Reads8.4Score105Shelves
  46. 96 His Little Sweetheart Is Soft and Adorable 他的小可爱又软又甜 Wind Gardenia风栀Modern Romance612k WordsCompleted [Childhood Sweethearts + Reunion After Years Apart + Sweet Story About Two Top Students] Word is that the new transfer student has just returned from abroad. He is outrageously handsome, and no one in the entire school can compare to him. He instantly becomes the school's center of attention. By a stroke of bad luck, Gu Nanzhi ends up sitting beside him. Gu Nanzhi's eyes widen. “...” What the hell? Isn't this her lifelong nemesis, the neighbor from the auntie next door's house? A boy's deep, mag 3.5kReads9.3Score505Shelves
  47. 97 The Little Princess Saves Her Imperial Father with Her Inner Voice 小公主心声拯救父皇 Research Arbitration研究仲裁Ancient Romance874k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Mind-Reading + Beloved by All + Alternate History + System + Sweet Romance + Adorable Baby + Underdog's Rise + Transmigrate into a Book] (Mind-reading only works when affection for the heroine reaches the required level. The threshold rises as she grows older, and eventually requires maximum affection.) Bei Jingchu transmigrates into a book and gets bound to a governance System. Before she can even start celebrating, she discovers she's been reborn as the princess switched at birth. 12.9kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
  48. 98 The Empress Is Fierce, While the Emperor Is Both Mean and Adorable 皇后很飒，皇上是又凶又萌 One-Pound Chubby一斤小胖墩Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [One true pairing + comedy + transmigration + mind-reading + pampered by everyone + regret and redemption + feel-good power fantasy + fictional setting] A ruthless, volatile, merciless, decisive tyrant who dotes on his wife vs. a hilarious, money-loving, sharp-tongued empress who takes no prisoners. Wen Musheng transmigrates into a book... She becomes the doomed empress in the story, and from the start she wakes up in a coffin. At first, she thinks she has transmigrated onto a film set. When she 260Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  49. 99 The Beauty in the Painting Smiles, and the Emperor Holds Her Dear 画中美人一笑，陛下心尖宠 Reluctant to Let Go念念不舍Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted (This is a story for female readers, female readers, female readers. Male readers, keep out!!) The wise and mighty Emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty was a dashing man of twenty-five, yet his harem was completely empty. The entire court was frantic about their wise emperor’s lifelong happiness, coming up with new ways every day to get him to choose a consort. With no other choice, the emperor made a portrait of a beauty his empress, leaving everyone stunned. Su Qingli was a university student from 6.5kReads8.2Score633Shelves
  50. 100 The Villainess Awakens and Slaughters Her Way Through the World, Defying Heaven 恶人女主觉醒杀疯天下毁天道 It's Yangyang是羊羊呦Ancient Romance296k WordsCompleted Content warning: The heroine is a madwoman who holds grudges and is ruthless. (The story is entirely fictional. Don’t take it seriously, and it doesn’t represent the author’s values.) Only after being reborn for the third time did Ye Sangning learn that she was merely an NPC in a game, doomed to die the same miserable death in every life. Her loving parents, devoted older brother, and infatuated fiancé were all targeted by the woman chosen by the System. After that woman appeared, everyone who h 15.8kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves