What's Your Number-One Pick? It Has to Be an Ancient Romance 求你们心中的top1（要古言）

1. 1 大EN The Tang Dynasty's Pearl-Dispelling Record (Original Novel of the TV Adaptation Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong) 大唐辟珠记（田曦薇、宋威龙主演同名影视原著） Meal Card饭卡Martial Arts810k WordsCompleted [All-New Bonus Edition] [A Screen Adaptation with the Same Title Has Been Officially Announced, Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong] [Beloved Princess Reborn: Looks Like a Delicate Crybaby, Actually a Well-Rounded Warrior] ✖ [Defiant, Doomed, Devoted, Pure-Hearted Top Jianghu Big Shot] [Their Romance Is So Sweet It Makes You Cry] Princess Wanshou, blessed with the Tang emperor's favor and love, died of an illness at just seventeen. A thief secretly opened the eerie underground palace, only to d 203.8kReads9.7Score25.2kShelves

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   These three books are my absolute best; I've practically worn them out from reading them so many times.

2. 2 缚 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 92kReads9.6Score12.3kShelves
3. 3 穿 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance832k WordsCompleted Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 137.8kReads9.6Score16.6kShelves
4. 4 海 The Begonias Bloom for You Again 海棠今又为君开 Yi Shuang宜霜Ancient Romance556k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance + Sweet Romance + National and Family Feuds] In her previous life, Xiuyi trusted a scumbag and agreed to marry him, only to be pushed into a pond by a scheming white lotus and drown! Reborn, she opened a clinic, saved her father and brothers, kicked the scumbag to the curb, and schemed to have the white lotus die a gruesome death in prison. The cold-faced marquis, whose power held sway over the realm, drew her into his arms: “Don't worry! With me here, everything will be your 41.3kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves

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   A sweet and heartwarming story about family feuds, where the protagonist sees through the superficiality of worldly affairs, doesn't seek wealth and status, but only wishes to grow old hand in hand with her beloved.

5. 5 重 Reborn, I Married the Crown Prince Again, Still Unaware He Had a Crush on Me 重生再嫁太子，竟还不知他暗恋我 Xiaoqing Who Leaves Nothing Out一字不漏的小清Ancient Romance193k WordsOngoing [Reborn for Revenge + Male Lead Has a Secret Crush + The Heroine Falls in Love After Marriage] She has been reborn. She'll be the Crown Princess again, and revenge is her mission! Her enemies? Killing them with one stroke would be too easy! She'll take her time. Strip them of their titles, ruin their reputations, uncover the conspiracy behind it all piece by piece, string every last enemy together, and send them to a mass grave to feed the wolves! The Crown Prince is about to die! What? A ma 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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   New book, no clichés, no melodrama, no idiocy—I like it. A rare, normal story!

6. 6 蓄 Long-Planned: The Chief Councilor’s Daily Devotion to His Wife 蓄谋已久：首辅大人的宠妻日常 I Am the Blooming Prosperity花开富贵本花Ancient Romance566k WordsCompleted “The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later.” Sweet, delicate beauty × scheming powerful official. A marriage that turns into tooth-achingly sweet love! “The aloof beauty comes down from her pedestal of her own accord.” A spring palace painting leads to “bedroom lessons,” and the heart-fluttering moments just won’t stop! Reading guide: Both leads are virgins, happy ending, sweet romance with no angst, sugar from beginning to end! Qin Nuan married Shen Yanqing, the Chief Minister who was the 30.9kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves

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   The first book is my absolute favorite ❤️ The second is my recent favorite 🌹 The moment the red veil was lifted, Wen Ruan met a pair of scarlet eyes burning with a frenzied possessiveness. Shen Ye held her tightly in his arms, his voice deep and hot: "Ruan Ruan, you're finally mine." Wen Ruan was startled by the sudden light and instinctively squinted. Before she could react, she was pulled into a tight embrace. She wrapped her arms around Shen Ye's waist, her tone light and lively: "Ah Ye, you're mine too."

7. 7 姐 My Sister and I Are to Marry the Same Man? I Won't Marry the Crown Prince, I Want the Regent 姐妹同嫁？我不嫁太子我要摄政王 I Am the Blooming Prosperity花开富贵本花Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted The possessive, jealous regent x the sweet, silly Princess Mingyue The heroine is the kind of person who doesn’t have to lift a finger for someone to fall in love with her! "Historical romance + reborn + in their previous life, the hero secretly loved her and died with her + in this life, he competes for her and refuses to let her go + both are devoted to each other + happy ending + sweet romance + no angst for the heroine" In both their past and present lives, Wen Ruan is Shen Ye’s wife. In t 36.1kReads8.7Score6.3kShelves
8. 8 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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   They're all ancient romance novels, so I won't say anything more, just one word: watch! Look at how long I've watched them; these are all carefully selected. I'm the kind of person who tends to give up halfway through a book, but these are the ones I've been able to finish from beginning to end and still enjoy.

9. 9 纨 After the Dandy Heir Married Me 纨绔世子娶我为妻后 Fu Yao扶妖Ancient Romance561k WordsCompleted On the second day after transmigrating, Feng Wanyue is betrothed by imperial decree to a spoiled young heir. The heir is handsome and dashing, a brilliant young man. But he puts all his talents to use eating, drinking, and having fun, and chasing cats and teasing dogs. When they meet, neither of them is happy about the marriage. On their wedding night, Feng Wanyue holds out her hand. “The divorce papers. Hand them over.” Xiao Jue says dismissively, “I'm writing them.” After the wedding, Feng Wan 1.4kReads9.0Score215Shelves
10. 10 纨 The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命，重生主母杀疯了 Folded in the Mist折雾里Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they 58.8kReads9.2Score7.8kShelves
11. 11 两 Two Lives of Joy: The Duke's Legitimate Daughter Is Truly Unrestrained 两世欢：公府嫡女她是真的狂 Dancing Sunflower跳舞的向日葵Ancient Romance667k WordsCompleted (Rebirth power fantasy + married across two lifetimes + palace and household intrigue + political machinations) Ye Liujin once thought she was the happiest young lady in Shengjing. Her aunt was just one step away from becoming empress. Her elder brother was the illustrious Duke of Shanguo, commanding an army of two hundred thousand, while her elder sister was a brave and battle-hardened warrior admired by all, both in court and beyond. She herself had been betrothed in infancy to the Third Princ 18kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
12. 12 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 142kReads9.7Score108kShelves

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    Those two are absolutely awesome, just watch!

13. 13 嫁 Marrying the Imperial Tutor 嫁帝师 Changshanli长山里Ancient Romance560k WordsCompleted [When a Scheming Black-Bellied Type Meets a Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside Type + Love and Hate + Soul Swap + Revenge, Traditional Historical Romance in an Imaginary Setting] Jiang Wanzhi first met Song Qingshi when she was fourteen. At sixteen, she became Mrs. Song. Everyone said she was lucky: a merchant’s daughter had married a top-scoring scholar. That is, until she died under mysterious circumstances on the very night Song Qingshi asked her for a divorce. When she awoke again, she 27.8kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
14. 14 宠EN Favoring a Concubine and Disgracing Your Wife? I Quit as the Marquisate's Matriarch! 宠妾灭妻？这侯门主母我不当了！ Li Wu礼午Ancient Romance598k WordsCompleted [Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking] Voting has begun! Search for “Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking” to vote for this book, A Return to the Boudoir. Thank you! [Traditional historical romance + inner-courtyard drama + reborn revenge and face-slapping + a prince pursues his wife] Lin Yunwan was the legitimate daughter of the prestigious Lin clan. When her Marquis household was on the verge of losing its title, she married Lu Zhengliu, the heir to the marquisate. On their wedding day, her husband coldly 54.8kReads9.3Score7.5kShelves
15. 15 卿 My Beloved, Through Every Dawn and Dusk 卿是朝朝暮暮 Sugar-Roasted Little Deer糖炒小鹿Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted Shen Yunshu studied archaeology and had been working for just two years. She loved history, and her favorite dynasty was the Rong Dynasty. A few days ago, she had read an unofficial history of the Rong Dynasty's royal family. Little did she expect that after falling asleep, she would wake up in the Rong Dynasty, sent there by the heavens, as Shen Yunshu, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family of Prince Zhenbei's residence. She had transmigrated to her favorite dynasty and become a descendant 24.4kReads9.4Score3kShelves
16. 16 黑 The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and She Slaughters Her Way Through with the Ailing Young Lord 黑莲花重生，和病弱小公爷杀疯了 A Drunken Glance at the Glazed Moon一醉琉月Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Shen Wan is the model of an aristocratic young lady: equally skilled in the literary and martial arts, and a peerless physician. Her parents and five older brothers adore her and treat her like the apple of their eye. Before these very relatives hunt her down and kill her, she too believes she is the beloved young lady everyone dotes on, and the Crown Prince’s sweetheart. Only as she lies dying does she learn the truth: she is not the legitimate daughter of the Shen family at all. The true daugh 28.7kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
17. 17 宠 He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻，重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷 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 88.8kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves

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    Who understands? I really enjoy watching stories where characters initially dislike or even enmity each other, using each other, but later compromise for love, with their wives being everything to them—a story of righteous indignation and unapproachability where the wife is the only one for me.

18. 18 腿 My Legs Turned to Jelly When My Sickly Horse Slave Became a Mad Regent 腿软，病娇马奴成了疯批摄政王 Wei Liao苿燎Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Soft, Clear-Headed, Alluring Beauty x Sickly, Ruthless, Obsessive Regent] One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending, forceful possession + salvation and healing "My life is yours. Are you sure you want to marry someone else?" On the day of Shen Nannan's wedding, the mad Regent pressed a sharp sword to his own throat and let beads of blood trickle down, then asked with a smile, "Then why not use my life to add a little excitement to your wedding feast?" Several months 60.4kReads9.0Score8.1kShelves

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    I love watching it! 😋😋😋

19. 19 误 I Wandered Into His Bedchamber and Was Seized by a Mad Villain 误入寝帐，被疯批反派强取豪夺了 Zhao Xiaoyao赵小爻Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Unhinged, Obsessive Villain × Sweet, Timid Little Softie] [Transmigrate into a book + 1v1 sweet romance + Powerful man becomes her devoted dog for love + Intense sexual tension and possessiveness] [Su Ruan (Jiang Luyi) × Yan Chen] Jiang Luyi transmigrated into the vicious supporting character Su Ruan, who was doomed to die by the third episode. It was hell mode from the very beginning. Not only had she ended up in the wrong bed, she'd also cracked open the head of the deranged villain. Su Ruan 496.2kReads9.3Score68.5kShelves

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    This has to be it! It's incredibly beautiful! I'm completely captivated.

20. 20 弹 Stop Scolding Me in the Comments! The Wicked Consort and the Villain Get Their Happy Ending 弹幕别骂，恶毒贵妃和反派HE了 Jiang Yuyi江予一Ancient Romance587k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance, Sweet Romance, Emperor's Favor, Mutual First Love, Satisfying Chat Comments, Face-Slapping the Scum] Qi Yitang, the Tai Fu's daughter, was breathtakingly beautiful and had always enjoyed a smooth, charmed life. But the year she was to be betrothed, she was forcibly taken and made a concubine of the villainous emperor. Her childhood sweetheart was deeply devoted: "Tang'er, just be patient a little longer. Once I ascend the throne, I'll make you my empress." Deceived by him, s 65.4kReads8.8Score12.7kShelves
21. 21 惹 Why Mess With Her? She's His Majesty's Beloved and His First Wife 惹她干嘛，她是陛下白月光兼发妻 Amidst Misty Rain on the Terrace楼台烟雨中Ancient Romance452k WordsCompleted [A calculating, possessive emperor × a sweet, gentle beauty | devoted to one another | mutual healing | growing-up romance | two hopeless romantics falling for each other~] Jiang Yingli has spent four years as Prince Su’s concubine. Xiao Chenglan, Prince Su, has little interest in women, and she is the only concubine in his household, so her life is peaceful and carefree. She thinks things will stay that way, but then Prince Su ascends the throne. Overnight, she rises from a lowly concubine of P 56.1kReads8.9Score6.5kShelves
22. 22 重 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌，宠妃抱着陛下哭 Staggering Along蹒跚行Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 100.7kReads9.2Score11.2kShelves
23. 23 多 Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我 Jiu Xiaoqi酒小七Ancient Romance216k WordsCompleted Lin Fang has been disguised as a boy since childhood, and she can't help feeling helpless about it. Her household registration says she's male, so what can she do? But the secret she has sworn to protect is discovered by a young boy she accidentally rescues! Lin Fang thought she'd picked up a deadweight, but once the boy, Yun Weiming, regains his identity, she feels as if she's sitting on a mountain of gold. “Who would've thought! I've picked up all kinds of things before, but you're the most va 70.3kReads9.7Score9.3kShelves

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    Look at these books, everyone!

24. 24 惹 Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 257.8kReads9.7Score30.2kShelves
25. 25 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves
26. 26 攀 Marrying Up 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 163.8kReads9.6Score22.8kShelves
27. 27 小 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance876k WordsCompleted A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.1kReads9.6Score5.7kShelves
28. 28 当 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind (A Companion to A Spring Rain on a Night in a Small Tower, a Historical Pride and Prejudice) 当年不肯嫁东风（《小楼一夜听春雨》姊妹篇，古代版傲慢与偏见) Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance556k WordsCompleted [Sisters united + rekindled romance + historical ensemble cast] The Ye sisters’ battle to protect their romantic prospects: a long-planned, romantic counterattack. With sisters sticking together, nothing is too difficult! After their mother died, the three Ye sisters broke with their father, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They lived in a separate residence and took in A Cuo, the adopted daughter of their late maternal aunt, relying on one another to get by. Four years ago, the 17.2kReads9.6Score2.8kShelves
29. 29 重 Reborn, I Become My Arch-Enemy's Living Widow Sister-in-Law 重生后，我成了死敌的活寡嫂子 Two Times Four Means Prosperity二四得发Ancient Romance517k WordsCompleted [Both leads are reborn + sister-in-law and brother-in-law + an aloof beauty brought down from her pedestal + emotional push and pull + winning her heart and her body + devoted couple] The Eastern Palace has no crown prince, and the princes are locked in a fierce struggle for the throne. Ning Miao and Yan Mobai are the top strategists of their generation, each serving a different master. They cross paths over a map of iron mines and kill each other. Only after her death does Ning Miao learn tha 39.2kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves
30. 30 被 After Being Banished to the Cold Palace, I Cling to the Imperial Preceptor 被打入冷宫后我赖上了国师 Gentle Scholar温柔文人Ancient Romance490k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + Subverting tropes + Light political intrigue + Devoted to each other + Not a wish-fulfillment story] Jiang Dai was just a busy modern office worker. She clicked on a political intrigue novel to investigate a case, but before she could finish reading it, she opened her eyes one day and found herself as an abandoned consort in the Cold Palace who wouldn't survive three chapters... No, not even one. Where was the essential System for someone who'd transmigrated into a bo 130.4kReads9.5Score20.2kShelves
31. 31 太 Lord Tutor, Stop Pretending. Everyone Knows You’re Head Over Heels 太傅大人别装了，都知道你爱惨了 Wuyou Li乌有理Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted [Reborn] [One-on-one romance, devoted couple, happy ending] Original title: The Zither and Flute Went Astray [Devoted, restrained aloof beauty of a powerful minister ✖️ resilient, brave heiress known as the Phoenix] The Zhu family has lost all its sons, but still has more money than it could ever spend. Their prominence makes them a target, and with no allies to turn to, the entire family was executed by the crown prince in her previous life. Reborn, Zhu Zheng agrees to her grandmother's 6.7kReads9.1Score700Shelves
32. 32 妹 Little Sister, You Can’t Handle This Crazy Man. Let Me Take Over 妹妹，这疯批你驾驭不了，换我来 Zhi Zhi之知Ancient Romance648k WordsCompleted Now published under the title Through the Years Like Jade, available on all platforms. The moment she opened her eyes, Jiang Fei had transmigrated into the book as a scheming but hopelessly incompetent minor villainess. In the original story, the entire Jiang family was brutally killed. Even the old watchdog at the gate was spared nothing. And it was all thanks to Pei Jing, the power-mad, unhinged prince who held sway over the court. The System's task for her was simple: follow the original 50.8kReads9.1Score7kShelves
33. 33 惊 Shocking! How Did My Late Husband Become a Mad and Ruthless Powerful Official? 惊！亡夫怎么变疯批权臣了 Oats莜麦Ancient Romance345k WordsCompleted “The aloof beauty goes mad with love + a jealous male lead who even gets jealous of himself + pseudo-widow romance + taking by force + a regretful chase + a powerful man bowing his head” With her husband missing, Su Lingjiang nearly gets sold off as an old man's concubine. Clutching a keepsake her husband once gave her, she flees to the capital. When the couple reunite, the man who once loved her wholeheartedly has no memory of her at all. He is now an untouchable, high-and-mighty figure in 2.2kReads7.5Score302Shelves
34. 34 哀 I Don’t Want to Hear It 哀家不想听 Beautiful Lady美人娘Ancient Romance197k WordsCompleted Young Empress Dowager x Powerful Eunuch A burned-out office worker transmigrates as the Empress Dowager, and Yu Qixiang wants to retire early. Anyone who tries to persuade her to rule from behind the curtain gets a tearful breakdown they'll never forget. But the chief eunuch, who looks adorable despite his cold expression, takes a dislike to her and insists on hauling her to her post to work like a pack mule. Fine. I worked myself to death in my last life. You think I can't work you to death to 23.1kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves

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    I've read all of these; the writing is delicate, the logic is serious and rigorous, they're all enjoyable, and I'm very happy to recommend them to anyone who enjoys reading in-depth books.

35. 35 逢 The Lantern-Bearing Chronicles 逢灯纪 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance982k WordsCompleted (Signed for publication, with screen adaptation rights sold) You're the daughter of a marquis. You want to take your mother's dowry and remains with you? Done. I'll take the dowry and remains, and bring you your mother's divorce papers as well as your own severance papers cutting ties with your family. You were declared dead and became an invisible person behind your brothers. You want to live like a normal person again? Done. I'll restore your name and identity, and make sure you receive the en 87kReads9.3Score12.7kShelves
36. 36 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 188.6kReads9.5Score25.6kShelves
37. 37 本 As If I Were a Guest 本如寄 Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted One day, someone read Meng Rujie's fortune and told her she was destined for a life of drudgery. Ridiculous. What kind of fate was that? She refused to accept it and hit them until they read it again. She was the demon queen who, according to everyone, understood every plant and living thing, could command the winds and clouds, and reshape heaven and earth. How could she be destined for drudgery? But she never expected that after sealing herself away for eight hundred years, when she broke throu 2.8kReads8.1Score473Shelves
38. 38 闻 The Sound of Spring 闻春声 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted [Taciturn, stammering country hunk VS vivacious, fiery widow. Farming romance, one-on-one, both leads’ first relationship] [She makes the first move, and the unyielding tree finally blossoms. A period farming romance] At the matchmaker's urging, young Yao Chunniang took her dowry and married into the Zhang family in Lishui Village. Who could have guessed that on their wedding night, her sickly husband would close his eyes and die? Before Yao Chunniang could even process what had happened, she ha 29.5kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves
39. 39 青 Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉 Agate Squire玛瑙员外Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br 136.6kReads9.5Score15.8kShelves
40. 40 暗 The Eleventh Spring of My Secret Love 暗恋他的第十一年春 Don't Call Me Beautiful别叫我美丽Modern Romance327k WordsCompleted 54.1kReads9.6Score8kShelves
41. 41 岁 Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance669k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On 266.6kReads9.6Score31.2kShelves

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    This is... Rebirth plus revenge.

42. 42 拐 Stealing the Male Lead's White Moonlight 拐跑男主白月光 Listening to the Clear Skies at Night晚听天晴Ancient Romance124k WordsCompleted [Disguised as a man + devoted, sweet one-on-one romance with a happy ending + healing + loyal puppy-like hero + no System] [Goofy little tank angel × combat powerhouse and god of slaughter] Sang Yuanrong transmigrated into the heroine’s body in a tragic cultivation novel, where she was merely a stand-in. Looking at the frail Bai Yueguang in bed, Sang Yuanrong had no desire to compete with another woman or get caught up in a tortured romance. She just wanted to cuddle up to pretty girls while s 514Reads8.9Score119Shelves

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    These are all super good books, including both historical romance and fantasy romance, and all of them have clean endings and happy conclusions!

43. 43 我 I'm No Guest Beneath the Eaves 我非檐上客 Yu Twenty-Three羽廿三Ancient Romance695k WordsCompleted [Bold, free-spirited noblewoman from a military family with a can-do attitude × gloomy prince who is aloof, taciturn, and feels unworthy of love] [Not a power fantasy + 1v1 + First-person POV + Healing + Sweet and angsty] - At the Lantern Festival palace banquet when I was fifteen, the most exalted person in the land said I was lively and clever, and a good match for the Ninth Prince, Zhao Lin. It took nearly all the courage I had to say those words in front of everyone. "This humble subject's d 6.4kReads8.7Score942Shelves

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    A bright and cheerful female lead meets a gloomy and melancholic male lead. It's a story of arranged marriage that blossoms into love from the female lead's perspective, and pure redemption from the male lead's. That's exactly my kind of story.

44. 44 白 The White Moonlight Returns from the Dead, and the Mad Emperor Fights to Be Her Dog 白月光死而复生，疯批帝争着当狗 Red Rabbit红兔Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (The rating is new and will rise) [Dotingly Cherished by Everyone + Devoted Couple + Male Lead as Her Dog + Unhinged + Pursuing His Wife + Wish Fulfillment + Happy Ending] Pei Yangyang has come back to life. She crawls out of her grave only to discover that, in his quest to find her killer, her father became chancellor, her eldest brother became a deputy minister, and her second brother rose to the rank of general. Her childhood sweetheart has also turned into a... complete lunatic! He sleeps be 34.1kReads8.3Score4kShelves
45. 45 我 I Healed the Demon Lord's Eyes, and He Said He Was Too Ashamed to Live 我治好魔尊的眼睛，他说没脸活了 You Jiu犹酒Ancient Romance411k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] [Comedy] [No Angst in the Main Story] Now streaming as a manhua drama on Tomato Ruan Shengsheng was struck by a bolt of lightning and transported into a novel. By an incredible coincidence, she was mistaken for a spy and brought before the Demon Lord. Legend had it that someone had gouged out both of Demon Lord Jing Si's eyes, leaving him hot-tempered and unpredictable. Ruan Shengsheng: "Hi~" Jing Si smiled bloodthirstily. "Tell me the truth. Who sent you?" Ruan Shengsheng gave h 7.1kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
46. 46 授 Hand Him the Reins 授他以柄 Zhou Fuyao周扶妖Ancient Romance96k WordsCompleted With the city about to fall and the kingdom on the brink of ruin, Pei Qing wrote a letter asking that man for help. For seven whole days, there was no reply. But just when all hope seemed lost, he arrived. His peerlessly handsome face was full of disdain and contempt. Xiao Yuan walked into the imperial bedchamber with blood dripping from his blade and lazily called out, “Elder Brother.” Having earned merit by rushing to the emperor’s defense, he naturally expected a reward. “I have plenty of gol 24.9kReads9.5Score2.8kShelves

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    Ancient romance novels rated 9.5 Or higher, trust me, they're really good 👀, go check them all out 👀

47. 47 青 The Scent of Childhood Sweethearts: The Heir Has Been Plotting This for Ages 青梅嗅：世子他蓄谋已久 Jie Ximo杰西莫Ancient Romance372k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts + young married couple + long-planned pursuit + mutual devotion and favoritism] [Brash, straightforward commandery princess × scheming, jealous heir to a noble title] The Princess Royal’s residence and the Prince of Zhenbei’s estate are separated by just one wall. From the moment Jiang Changning was born, Xie Yan gained a nemesis in this world. Whenever the two met, they could argue so loudly they’d bring down the rafters. Then one day, Jiang Changning was betrothed b 20.8kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
48. 48 太 After the Crown Prince Ascends the Throne, He Seizes His Cannon-Fodder Cousin 太子登基后，炮灰表妹被强夺了 Mountain Cat山也猫Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted Signed for publication [Forced marriage + cold, aloof crown prince with a dark heart and ruthless methods + clear-headed, laid-back, beautiful cousin + a touch of reverse-harem appeal + tangled love triangle + doting romance] Gu Sui'an, an agricultural research scientist, was reborn in the womb and turned into the male lead's cannon-fodder cousin in the political intrigue novel Marrying the Emperor. In this dangerous ancient world where she had no rights, all she wanted was to coast through li 68.4kReads8.5Score5.3kShelves
49. 49 不 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 78.3kReads9.4Score12.8kShelves
50. 50 心 The Moon's Longing 心月迢迢 Yun Ziyou云子柚Ancient Romance279k WordsCompleted (1v1) Both are devoted only to each other. Jiang Xinyue’s childhood sweetheart and husband went off to war one day and was never heard from again. She held the family together alone, cared for the elders, raised their young child, and opened an embroidery shop. Then one day, she suddenly learned that her husband was not only still alive, but had become a celebrated general and was about to marry a beautiful woman and join the imperial family. He had completely forgotten her and their child. Jian 1.3kReads8.4Score122Shelves

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