A True Aristocratic Lady as the Household Matriarch: Historical Romance and Family Intrigue 真正的世家小姐，当家主母，古代言情，宅斗
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- 51 Raising Children, Spoiling Them, Becoming a Princess Consort and Then an Empress 养崽，娇宠，当了福晋当皇后 [Adorable child + devoted husband + clear-headed heroine + hero falls first] ˇ After an accident, a soul from the future opens her eyes again, only to find she has become the Fourth Consort... A historical empress who was clearly the first wife, yet is less famous than the imperial concubines... In the inner court, she has a distant mother-in-law, Consort De, a host of concubines with their own agendas, and a husband whose mind is set on his career and who pays little attention to the househol 2.2kReads8.6Score217Shelves
- 52 She Exudes Tea, and He Spoils His Wife Without Limits 茶香四溢，爷他宠妻无度 [Qing Dynasty transmigration + Fourth Prince faction + Household and Palace Intrigue + Empress + Yinzhen + Sole Favorite + Multiple Births + Childbirth] Ultimate goal: Work to ensure English classes are never introduced in future generations. Lin Mingyan: “Wow, my lord, you’re amazing. I could never hit something that hard~~~” Inwardly: Amazing, my ass! This is the only decent outfit I own, and now you’ve splattered it with something unmentionable! Lin Mingyan: “As long as you visit me from tim 15.4kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
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The Marquis Dotes on His Concubine and Casts Aside His Wife? I'll Divorce Him and Marry into the Imperial Family 侯爷宠妾灭妻？我转身和离嫁皇家
[Reborn for household battles + face-slapping revenge + devoted couples + the second male lead wins] In her previous life, Shen Xiyao married into the Duke of Jin’s household to bring good fortune to a sick groom, becoming the talk of Yun Dynasty over afternoon tea. For five years, she lived alone, serving her parents-in-law without complaint and managing the household. She even dipped into her dowry to support the marquis’s household, raising her adopted son and educating him into adulthood. Sh
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- 54 Doting on a Concubine and Neglecting Your Wife? I’m Done Being This General’s Wife! 宠妾灭妻？这将军夫人我不当了！ Su Youqing spent fifteen years living as a wife in name only. The day she died, her husband was taking a new bride, supposedly to bring Su Youqing good luck. The adopted daughter she had raised with her own hands sent her to her death. “You wicked woman! Don't you dare hurt my birth mother!” Twenty years of painstaking effort went to someone else, and she had even raised another woman's child. Su Youqing died with her eyes wide open. Then she was reborn, back in the fifth year after marrying int 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 The Empress Is Alluring and Bewitching, and the Emperor Gives In to Pleasure 娘娘撩人魅惑，帝王纵情堕落 The Tomato short drama Kun Yi is now streaming~ [Transmigrate into a book, male lead is not a virgin but female lead is, palace intrigue, psychological games, happy ending] The Crown Prince, Jun Zechen, has seen his fair share of calculating women, and loves only those who are pure and kind. While campaigning beyond the frontier, he meets Ling Yue and is captivated by her free-spirited kindness. He promises to spend his life with her alone. But two years pass, and the Crown Princess has yet to c 116.7kReads9.5Score11.1kShelves
- 56 I've Suffered Enough in My Last Life. I'd Rather Die Than Marry Him Again 上辈子苦够了，打死她都不嫁了 Shen An'an came from a distinguished family and was both talented and beautiful. As soon as she came of age, she was betrothed to the fourth prince, Xiao Yuan, a man of heavenly beauty and noble character, and the dream lover of every young lady in the capital. Heaven had dealt her a winning hand. Even she once believed she was blessed beyond measure, until her girlish heart was shattered into pieces. She suffered every kind of pain at the hands of that graceful, refined man, and paid a devastat 16.9kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves
- 57 Dump the Scumbag Husband! Crush the Favorite Concubine! The Legitimate Daughter Marries the Prince with Her Child 踹渣夫！虐宠妾！嫡女带崽嫁王爷 Liu Yueru didn't learn the truth until she was on her deathbed: the man who shared her bed had killed the twins she gave birth to. One was thrown into a mass grave while still an infant. The other was poisoned by the Marquis's household at the age of six. The ordeal ruined her health, leaving her unable to conceive again. Her husband brought home his illegitimate son for her to raise, lying that the boy's birth mother was dead. She raised her stepson into a successful young man. But once h 3.1kReads8.8Score336Shelves
- 58 Dreams of the Past Turn to Dust 前梦归尘 Rebirth story + multiple rebirths + historical romance + palace and household intrigue + heroine's growth + the hero's long road to winning her back. After Qi Shuwan poisoned herself and died, she woke to find herself back at sixteen, on the eve of her wedding. What kind of fate was this? She'd had enough of that wretched life, which was why she'd killed herself! And now she had to get married all over again! Couldn't she have come back two days earlier? At least she could've slept in! Or two da 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Successor Empress 继后 The Noble Consort was favored, the Worthy Consort bore a son, the Bright Etiquette was the emperor’s white moonlight, and the Beautiful Consort was his cinnabar mole. Every other concubine had her own talents and charms. It was a whole garden in full bloom. So who was our protagonist? The unfavored empress, with no children and no powerful family backing. Great. Why did this plot feel so familiar? Never mind. On the first day Zhao Wumian transmigrated here, she decided to lie flat. Compete for t 82.7kReads9.5Score9.2kShelves
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The Marquis's Estate Forgot Its Gratitude? The Regent Backs Me, and I Won't Forgive Them 侯府忘恩义？摄政王撑腰，不原谅
Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve
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- 61 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 [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 59.5kReads9.2Score8kShelves
- 62 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 [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 23.8kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
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Eight Years as a Ghost: The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Levels Her Enemies’ Ancestral Graves 做鬼八年：嫡女重生，仇家祖坟铲平了
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The Reborn, Beloved Empress 团宠皇后重生了
The short drama The Beloved Empress Is Everyone’s Darling is available to reserve on Hongguo~ (Double rebirth + pampered by the whole family) The luckiest empress of Great Zhou worked herself to death. In her new life, she is still the apple of her family’s eye, with eight older brothers, four younger brothers, and a Crown Prince husband who dotes on her endlessly. Her life should be perfectly happy, but there are always people trying to steal her good fortune and love. This time, she personally
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Qing Transmigration: The Noble Consort Wins by Doing Nothing with Her Golden Touch 清穿：贵妃靠点金手躺赢了
[Qing dynasty transmigration, golden finger, palace intrigue, heroine stands alone] One morning, wealthy woman Song Ruche woke up transmigrated to the Qing dynasty as the only legitimate daughter of the Fucha family. She was born with a golden finger that could upgrade anything she touched, transforming it completely. Unfortunately, she could only use it once every three years. To use it more often, she had to raise her own status. So she decided to take a shortcut: In a feudal society, what fas
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- 66 Marrying Up 攀高枝 [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 165.6kReads9.6Score23.2kShelves
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The Empress Dowager's Retirement Life 太后的退休生活
[Palace intrigue + female lead is the mastermind behind the scenes + no romance + plot-driven + ensemble cast] After transmigrating to the Great Jing dynasty, Su Minqing entered the palace as the empress. She worked tirelessly at palace intrigue for over a decade and finally fought her way to becoming the Empress Dowager. The only catch was that there was another Empress Dowager in the palace besides her. As the emperor’s adoptive mother, she was named the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces. The
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The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水
Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable
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- 69 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Big Shot’s Lazy Pillow 穿书后成了大佬的咸鱼抱枕 Outside, a raging storm howled and battle cries filled the air. Inside, Ning Xihua suddenly jolted awake on the bed. Propping herself up halfway, she looked confused. “What’s going on?” The man held a book in one hand and pulled her into his arms with the other. “Nothing. Go back to sleep.” “Oh.” Ning Xihua lay back down and promptly fell asleep. If the big shot was this calm, then even if knives were raining down outside, it had nothing to do with her. After transmigrating into a book, Ning Xi 47.7kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
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My Entire Family Was Wiped Out. What Now? I Was Reborn to Fight Back! 满门被灭怎么办？重生回来跟他干！
[Both leads are reborn + revenge and putting scumbags in their place + two strong leads + political intrigue + family and country] Xia Wantang is the legitimate eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household. She should have had a happy life, but wicked schemers exploited her sincere heart, causing her father and brothers to be betrayed on the battlefield and her loyal family to be falsely accused of treason. Reborn, she wants no true love, only power. She plans every move carefully, all to
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- 71 The Legitimate Daughter Turned Cannon Fodder? Reborn, She Takes Down the System and Steals Her Destiny 嫡女变炮灰？重生干翻系统夺命格 [Reborn and crushing the villains, household and palace intrigue, sweet and satisfying romance, fighting the System, inner thoughts] A beautiful, ruthless noblewoman and a cool, restrained, scheming gentleman. Cheng Jiuyuan had enjoyed an easy life from birth. With a maternal grandfather rich enough to rival a kingdom, a father wielding real power, and a fiancé who was heir to the throne, she had everything she needed to run wild in the capital for the rest of her life. Until her engagement was 4.2kReads9.0Score504Shelves
- 72 Reborn to Raise Children: The Princess Consort of Prince Heng Grows Stronger 重生养娃，衡王妃她变强了 [Raising a child + father and son constantly bickering + reborn with plenty to say + winning back his wife at any cost] In her previous life, Meng Yunshang loved someone else, but was forced into marriage with Lu Chenxiao and brought to the Prince Heng's estate. She resented him for five years. Five years later, when she learned that the man she loved had died in battle, she set herself on fire. Amid the raging flames just before her death, she saw the son she had always neglected. He had brok 6.3kReads8.7Score682Shelves
- 73 The Beautiful Stepmother Easily Tames the Prodigal Father and Son 漂亮继母，轻松拿捏纨绔父子 [One-on-one romance, both leads are inexperienced, sweet pampering, love after marriage] In the novel The Marquis's Principal Wife, the heroine is a concubine-born daughter of the prime minister. She and her legitimate sister are reborn together. Before their rebirth, the heroine married a poor provincial graduate, while her sister married into the powerful Marquis of Yongyi's household as his second wife. But the Marquis of Yongyi's family falls under the emperor's suspicion, and the entire hou 4.5kReads9.0Score485Shelves
- 74 You Want a Secondary Wife? I’ll Marry Your Third Uncle in a Ten-Mile Bridal Procession! 求娶平妻？十里红妆嫁你三叔！ Everyone in the capital knew that Shen Zhao, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel, was deeply in love with the eldest son of the Cui family. But no one knew that the emperor had personally arranged the marriage between the Shen and Cui families. Cui Shaoqing had been engaged to Shen Zhao for ten years, yet had never cared about her. Only later did Shen Zhao understand that Cui Shaoqing favored women with pride and backbone. She had wasted all her affection and put up with every i 22.4kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
- 75 Forced Into Rebellion, the Young Lady Goes on a Killing Spree 被逼造反后，大小姐她杀疯了 [Transmigration + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Political Intrigue + Pure Romance + Strong Female Lead + Reborn Female Supporting Character + One-on-One Romance] [Cool-Headed, Scheming Heroine vs. Noble, Cold-Hearted and Ruthless Heir] A powerful figure from the apocalypse transmigrates and becomes Shen Chaorong, the legitimate daughter of a treacherous chancellor in the Great Zhao court. She is hopelessly infatuated with the young master of the fallen Li family. When her fiancé, the young master 1.1kReads8.1Score144Shelves
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Winding the Wind into Splendor 绾风华
Cui Wanwan died, killed by a woman from another world. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back at twelve years old, three years before the transmigrated woman arrived. Cui Wanwan, the second young lady of the Cui family, had been born a favorite of heaven, the apple of her family’s eye. With her family’s favor and prestige, she was destined to become a prince’s consort and enjoy a life of wealth and glory. She had thought her life would be carefree, but an odd woman who claimed to
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- 77 When the Flowers Fade, Serenity Remains 繁花落尽是清欢 [The second male lead wins her heart + happy ending + punishing the scumbags + the male lead loves her but cannot have her, and dies alone] When she was five, she met the clear-eyed young Ye Lanqing. Plum blossoms covered the branches, and he came through the flying snow. With just one glance, he transformed Leng Yihuan's world. From then on, she had her beloved Qing-gege to think about. When he was twelve, his parents died in battle. He grew up overnight, turning cold and single-mindedly bent o 16.3kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
- 78 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 [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 6.8kReads9.1Score718Shelves
- 79 The Princess Consort Wants a Divorce Every Day 王妃日日想和离 In her previous life, Ye Feiwan was sent to a secluded courtyard by Feng Qing and died in despair. She never expected to be reborn after their marriage had already been arranged. Ye Feiwan refuses to fall in love again. She causes trouble, “flirts around,” finds concubines for Feng Qing, and keeps her distance from him, all for the sake of getting a divorce. She never expected that Feng Qing would finally be angered into agreeing to the divorce, only to mysteriously change his mind the next day 4.4kReads8.5Score411Shelves
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The Duke’s Estate’s True Daughter Pampers the Chief Assistant Until He Acts Without Restraint 公府真千金，宠得首辅肆无忌惮
[Fake and Real Heiress] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Supernatural Abilities] [Pocket Dimension] [Female Dotes on Male] [Strongest Female Lead, Never Takes a Loss] [Powerhouse Beauty & Frail, Sickly Darling Husband] Xie Shanshan, a greedy and lustful queen of the apocalypse, transmigrates into the true heiress of the Duke of Ning’s household, switched at birth by her biological mother. She had planned to roam the world carefree, but ended up having to go to the capital to claim her identity for the
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Reborn as a Switched Child: The Marquis's Main Wife Only Wants to Hold Power 重生换子：侯府主母她只想掌权
[No CP] [Reborn] [Marquis's Manor] [Switched Children] [The Mistress Takes Charge] In her previous life, Cheng Buzheng, the second young madam of the marquis's manor, raised an adopted son who was so outstanding that he inherited the family title. Her younger siblings, who had adopted a useless brat, were so enraged that they dropped dead on the spot. Who could have guessed that when they opened their eyes again, both of them had been reborn? In this life, relying on their mother-in-law's favor,
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- 82 The Marquis's Estate Honors Class 侯府重点班 The print edition of The Marquis’s Elite Class is now available [adorable children + parenting + doting in-laws + lighthearted + healing] Xu Wan becomes a widow the moment she marries into the family. All she wants is to keep her head down and enjoy the freedom of being a marquis’s wife. But on the very day she arrives, her stepson, a notorious little menace throughout the capital, gives her two nasty surprises in a row. Xu Wan grabs a knife and charges out, making a name for herself across the 61.1kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
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Two Lives of Joy: The Duke's Legitimate Daughter Is Truly Unrestrained 两世欢：公府嫡女她是真的狂
(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
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The Legitimate Daughter's Cunning, and Her Way with Husbands 嫡女善谋，御夫有道
[Calculating Earl’s Legitimate Daughter vs. Cold and Ruthless Heir to the Duke] [Power Couple, Sweet Romance] Shen Yunshu, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Earl of Xiting, is the only legitimate heir of her generation. But her father, Lord Shen, favors a beautiful young concubine who has both a son and a daughter, while her domineering grandmother can’t stand her either. Always calm and unruffled, Shen Yunshu only wants to live a quiet life with her mother. Yet people keep trying to disrupt
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- 85 On the Day of Her Divorce, the Tragic Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant 和离当天，虐文女主转身嫁暴君 The short drama is now online: [A laid-back, lie-flat, black-hearted legitimate daughter X a crazed, gloomy, pure-hearted tyrant] [The other man wins her over] [Original title: The Day We Divorced, the Tragic Novel's Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant] At the royal autumn hunt, Song Yaozhi argues with the woman her husband brought back from the borderlands. Song Yaozhi scolds her, saying she's nothing but a concubine. Just then, her husband, Xiao Ziqian, kicks the door open and points 41.4kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves
- 86 The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼 [One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we 22kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
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The Concubine's Plan for the Legitimate Daughter 庶女嫡谋
The Grand Empress Dowager, who had ruled the court for more than a decade, passed away. Reborn as the unloved, impoverished daughter of a marquis’s concubine, she had no desire to strive in this life. All she wanted was to marry a husband with a short life expectancy and enjoy widowhood after he died. Yang Yue died in battle. After death, his soul lingered on, witnessing the shifts of power in the Great Qing dynasty and watching the Grand Empress Dowager be poisoned by her own grandson. When he
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- 88 The Shen Family’s Fifth Young Lady 沈家五姑娘 Reborn as the Shen family's Fifth Miss, she no longer envies the wealthy and powerful, yearns for a harmonious household with a husband and concubines, or hopes to win her in-laws' approval. All she wants is to meet a good man and live in peace and happiness. Of course, she'll repay those who harmed her in her past life with vengeance, and those who helped her with gratitude. But what's going on? What is going on with that man? So it was him, after all. 23.6kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
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Madam Crooks Her Finger to Train Her Dog, and Her Man Obediently Follows 夫人勾手训狗，爷乖乖就走
(A proud, sharp-tongued hero whose actions belie his words × a clever, beautiful heroine who knows how to tame men) By her parents’ arrangement and the matchmaker’s word, Qiao Qiao marries Xie Heng, the third son of the Xie family, whose family has been close to hers for generations. The Xie family is complicated, with many sisters-in-law to contend with. On top of that, Third Master Xie is aloof by nature and comes from a military examination background. Everyone says Qiao Qiao will be worn out
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The Buddhist Monk Next Door Is Here to Woo His Wife! 隔壁那佛子，是来钓妻的！
[Just started getting ratings, and the score is rising. Go ahead and give it a try.] ✓ Long-planned pursuit ✓ Buddhist monk × young nun Feng Xuanchen became a monk! Even two years later, the noble young ladies still couldn’t believe it. Their dream man, the God of War Prince of the Chaofeng Kingdom, had renounced the world! Yet there was never a shortage of fearless women throwing themselves at him, hoping to drag the peerless Buddhist monk back into worldly life. It was all in vain. - The empe
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With the Crown Prince’s Backing, the Duke’s Reborn Legitimate Daughter Goes on a Rampage 太子撑腰，重生后公府嫡女杀疯了
(A satisfying household-intrigue story + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + no forgiveness + no suffering in silence) Lu Xi brought a million taels in dowry when she married Prince An, and helped him become Prince An of Qin. She went to his fief to recuperate for two years. When she returned to the capital, her adopted younger sister had taken her place. Lu Xi's husband and mother-in-law relied on her adopted sister. Even Lu Xi's grandmother and father favored her. They locked Lu Xi aw
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- 92 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
- 93 Snow in Qingzhou 青州雪 Historical Romance | Alternate History [Family and country first | No golden fingers, no transmigration, no rebirth | One-on-one romance | Happy ending] This story involves ghosts and spirits. The heroine grows over the course of the story, so please keep that in mind before reading. A lone spirit wanders the mortal world, its clothes stained by golden-lamp dew, its feet treading on the fragrance of time. Yet it cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation or journey to the next life. The Lord of the 9.6kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
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The Grand Secretary Regrets It, but I've Already Won the Favor of the Entire Harem 首辅大人后悔了，我已宠冠六宫
The short drama of the same name, Resigning as Chief Councillor, is now streaming on Hongguo and Fanqie! In this life, both leads are faithful to each other. In her previous life, the heroine, Liu Mianmian, was married. In his previous life, the hero, Xie Lingyuan, died young. There’s no rivalry between women, so if that’s what you’re looking for, this story isn’t for you. In her previous life, no one lived happily. In this life, Liu Mianmian just wants to live comfortably. All she wants this t
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After Marrying a Disabled Man, I Became the Chief Minister's Wife 嫁给残废后我成了首辅夫人
Chu Ruoyan, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Chu’s household, is engaged to a man whose entire family has fallen in battle. Her fiancé survived, but was left disabled. Everyone assumes the engagement is doomed, but the Chu family’s daughter marries as planned, saying only two words: “I’ll marry him.” * No one knows that Chu Ruoyan had a nightmare. In the dream, she breaks off her engagement to Yan Zheng. Three years later, she meets the heir of the Marquis of Pingjing, only for rebels to l
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- 96 The Eunuch of a Thousand Years Is Bewitchingly Beautiful 九千岁他百媚千娇 (A deranged villain who is a real eunuch × a cat-demon empress, both inexperienced, happy ending) (A redemption story focused mainly on the romance. The male lead is a villain through and through, with no redemption. The female lead is carefree and oblivious. No pointless side characters. The storybook world isn't the real mortal realm. Some scenes are quite bloody, so read with care.) He had once been a demon living in hell, a maggot in filthy mud, a loathsome walking corpse, a killing machine 10.6kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
- 97 Bringing Fortune to Her Husband and Glory to His Clan! The General's Wife Is a True Lucky Star! 旺夫！兴族！将军夫人真锦鲤！ [A dangerously unhinged, handsome and tragic general × a delicate beauty who cries at the drop of a hat; marriage first, love later + sweet romance + age gap] Cheng Yang is the Liang dynasty’s greatest general: stern, ruthless, and utterly brutal in his methods. People in court call him the “Fourth Chancellor.” Despite his outstanding military service, he is cursed with the fate of a lone star. His father and brothers are all dead, his birth mother is gravely ill, and his sister-in-law has gone 12.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
- 98 Fierce Wife of a Farmer’s Household: A Frail Husband Who Spoils His Wife Endlessly 农门悍妇，病弱相公宠妻无度 Li Miaomiao transmigrates into the body of a woman who was abandoned by her groom, went mad and married Xiao Xian, who had come to attend the wedding feast, then demanded the next day to go back and become the groom’s concubine. She fell into a river and died. The guests all laugh at the useless cripple, who has nothing but a handsome face and lives in abject poverty, unable even to keep the jilted bride. Everyone expects her to wake up and torment Xiao Xian. Instead, she picks up a toolbox and 17.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
- 99 I Took My Sister's Place and Married the Eunuch Lord 替姐姐嫁给九千岁 [Both leads are each other’s first and only + exclusive devotion + sisters swap marriages + ruthless Chief Eunuch vs. easygoing beauty] Jiang Yunshu transmigrates into the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Xiping’s household. She has food and shelter and can laze around to her heart’s content. All she wants is to remain an invisible nobody in the marquis’s household forever. Her legitimate older sister, Jiang Zhaohua, is famous throughout the capital. A decree from the palace summons her 28.4kReads9.2Score3kShelves
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When He Learned I’d Secretly Taken Contraceptive Soup, the Powerful Minister Turned Dark 得知我偷喝避子汤后，权臣黑化了
[Household intrigue + sweet romance + rise to power + age and height gap + a touch of healing] Tan Yin is the third daughter among the Song family's concubine-born daughters. When she was twelve, she accidentally ate crab roe and broke out in a rash all over her body. A plague was sweeping through Jiangnan at the time, and everyone feared it might be smallpox. So they sent Tan Yin to Puhua Mountain outside the capital, leaving her to fend for herself. Five years passed, and no one came to see he
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