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

1. 351 江 Jiang Yan’s Dream: Flowers Bloom from His Brush 江淹一梦笔生花 Gurgling Spring泉之淙淙Historical505k WordsCompleted In the winter of the seventh year of the Daming era (463 AD), Jiang Yan was gathering firewood in the biting wind by the Qingxi River. Suddenly, he spotted a young woman stumbling along the main road, clutching her wounded left arm, with three constables from the Court of Justice in hot pursuit. Jiang Yan pulled her into a reed bed, helping her evade the officials’ deadly grasp. It turned out she was Xie Wei’s daughter. Xie Wei had been implicated in the Fan Ye case because of his poetry and pro 126Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Noble ladies from prominent families, ancient romance, palace intrigue

2. 352 鬼 The Arrogant Princess Consort of the Ghost-Faced Prince 鬼面王爷嚣张妃 Parting Sorrow离殇Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Yun Linglong came from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and had spent several years training in the military. Just as she was preparing to make her mark, she transmigrated, in the most ridiculous way, to a foreign land. There, she became a lovestruck princess who was all looks and no substance. By a twist of fate, she met the God of War of Nanling, Prince An, Ye Qingcheng. That first meeting set sparks flying, and two people who had nothing to do with each other went on to 258Reads9.0Score141Shelves
3. 353 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance753k WordsCompleted Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again 70.1kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
4. 354 农 The Country Girl's Unusual Charm 农女殊色 Chasing the Moon Through the Nebula星云逐月Ancient Romance2.9M WordsCompleted The Tao family wanted a son, but had seven daughters in a row. Daughters were nothing but money pits! Tao Liuping could only sigh at his bad luck for not having a son, but Wang Shi didn’t see it that way. Her daughters were her precious darlings, and she was determined to raise them to be stronger than other families’ sons, no matter what it took. With a mother as tough as her, the Tao girls grew up more spirited than one another… 2.6kReads8.3Score365Shelves
5. 355 我 My Princess Consort Is a Goofball 我家王妃是逗比 Bei Jiu Zhu北九竹Ancient Romance4.5M WordsCompleted Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of a minister’s daughter. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and now they’re forcing her to get married! She hears she’s to marry the emperor’s most favored prince? She likes princes: they’re loaded! She hears the prince she’s to marry is crippled? She likes crippled men: they’re easy to boss around! With her remarkable medical skills, she cures the prince’s legs. She originally planned to keep him around as her backer, but wh 917Reads8.9Score345Shelves
6. 356 女 The Female CEO’s God-Tier Mercenary 女总裁的神级佣兵 I Go My Own Way in My Realm我域我行Urban5.9M WordsCompleted His origins are a mystery, yet he has fallen from grace. She is stunning and brilliant, yet cursed with misfortune. A legendary “God of Slaughter” who once struck fear into the Western underworld returns to the city and becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful genius CEO. Is it fate, or someone’s design? Chen Qi stirs up the city with a wave of his hand, effortlessly conquering every corner and standing undefeated. 39Reads7.5Score—Shelves
7. 357 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 171.3kReads9.6Score22.1kShelves

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   A novel that skillfully blends reality and fantasy. Set against the backdrop of a seemingly ordinary yet mysteriously powerful organization, it tells the story of the protagonists' adventures managing legendary creatures and events. The author's rich imagination constructs a world that is both fantastical and realistic, immersing the reader in a modern metropolis filled with magic and legend. The plot is tightly woven, the characters are vivid, and each legend carries profound meaning, prompting deep reflection. For readers who enjoy fantasy and urban legends, this book is undoubtedly a feast for the eyes and the soul.

8. 358 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
9. 359 穿 Transmigrated: A Concubine's Daughter's Quest for a Good Match 穿越之庶女谋良缘 Tian Nanxing Nan天南星南Ancient Romance249k WordsCompleted Song Ping'an died of heart disease on the operating table. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated to ancient times and become Song Yuning, the daughter of a concubine. A fortune-teller had predicted, "The Song family will have five lovely daughters, and they'll all marry into good families." Seeing an opportunity, Old Madam Song brought Song Yuning back into the family. At the Song residence, she studied, practiced calligraphy, and received instruction alongside her sisters, all s 4kReads8.8Score443Shelves

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   Those who are easily swayed by love and lose their sense of reason might want to read this book about men. It explores how they weigh pros and cons, and how they might scheme against each other. Most of the characters are incredibly realistic; men are very rational beings, and there's much to learn from them.

10. 360 绾 I'm Wanwan, Not Wanwan: We're All Reborn, So Why Should I Keep Indulging You? 绾绾不是晚晚：都重生了谁还惯你 Zi Wei He子薇河Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Soul Swap] [Face-Slapping] [Spatial Spirit Spring] [Ensemble Cast] [Fantasy] On her wedding day, Shen Wanwan is brutally murdered, pierced through the heart by a blade. Her soul follows her body downstream along the river. Meanwhile, Pei Wanning, trying to escape a ghost marriage to the Prince of Qin, jumps into the river to fake her death, only to actually drown. A thousand miles away, their souls meet on a riverbank. Shen Wanwan is horrified. “...Are you human or a ghost?” Pei Wanning can't h 32.1kReads8.9Score3.1kShelves

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    Pei Wanning frowned, "You don't even know who the murderer is? How stupid!" At least she knew that she was stupid because of her own arrogance.

11. 361 神 The Abandoned Miracle Doctor Returns Reborn 神医弃女重生归来 Zi Wei He子薇河Ancient Romance522k WordsCompleted [Devoted to each other + reborn + pocket dimension + revenge + sweet romance] (A full-cast audiobook adaptation is available. Give it a listen!) In her previous life, she caught a chill after falling into the water and slept for six days, missing her coming-of-age ceremony. When she woke, she was told she would marry the Marquis's heir in a month. To please her family, she agreed. But the heir's heart never belonged to her. At the marquis's residence, she was constantly targeted and mistreated, 16kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
12. 362 夭 Good Grief! I Woke Up as the Traitorous Official's Wife, Destined to Die Young 夭寿啦！一睁眼穿成奸臣早死原配 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted Shen Heng transmigrates into an alternate history as the secret first wife of Xie Jian, the most notorious corrupt chancellor of all time, and finds herself on the way to elope with someone. She doesn't even know where to begin complaining. This is what the Record of True Chancellors says about Xie Jian: Xie Jian, courtesy name Zixuan, was the last chancellor of the Great Cong Dynasty. Through his own efforts, he brought down the dynasty, which had stood for over six hundred years. His life: He 17.2kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    These are all Tomato's novels about palace intrigue and domestic power struggles. The stories are exciting and fast-paced, with detailed plots, vivid and well-developed characters, and the male and female leads are all intelligent! Everyone is welcome to read them; they are absolutely worth watching!

13. 363 首 The Lucky Wife of the Grand Secretary 首辅家的锦鲤妻 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Only after Su Jiuyue married into the Wu family did she discover that her husband was a fool. She thought she'd been swindled. But as soon as she entered the family, it was as if Heaven itself had blessed the Wus. One happy occasion followed another, and their lives kept getting better. She went up the mountain to gather wild greens and found a lingzhi mushroom; she went down to the river to fish and found a rare, ancient fungus. Even her foolish husband turned out not to be a fool, and he came 17.3kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
14. 364 寡 The Widow's Sister-in-Law Has Nowhere to Run, and the Mad Chancellor Vomits Blood Again 寡嫂无处逃，疯批丞相又吐血了 Folded in the Mist折雾里Ancient Romance634k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, decisive young widow vs. refined, deranged villainous minister] [System + fleeing while pregnant + transmigrate into a book + male lead reborn] Song Yao transmigrated into a book as the villainous minister’s widowed sister-in-law. She was caught red-handed while eloping with another man. The villainous minister, who would one day hold power over the entire court, was currently nothing but a sickly young man. Remembering the tragic fate of the original owner, Song Yao immediately deci 9.5kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
15. 365 她 After She Ascends the Throne, She Takes a New Husband, Leaving Her Ex to Weep 她登基后换了夫，新夫不见旧夫哭 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Power! It's a woman's second face! She loves it!) (1V2 + advancing the nation through technology + two men competing for her, only to end up regretting it) Lu Jichen: He is an ill-omened man. On the day his elder brother got married, they smeared dog blood all over his face and locked him in a cellar. Later, she brought him out, washed his hands, let him sit at the table, fed him, and paid for his education. Wei Chiyuan: He is the young lord of an aristocratic clan; she is a young widow. One sc 17.2kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
16. 366 谢 Empress of the Xie Family 谢家皇后 Song of the Yue People越人歌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted In her first year in the palace, she is a Talented Lady. In her fifth, she is a Jieyu. In her tenth, she wants to become empress. As empress, she can hold on to everything she treasures and keep it from being taken away. She can protect herself and her child, and she can... stay by his side. This is a road with only one direction: take a single step back, and all will be lost. The bright yellow ceremonial parasol moves forward, and the emperor's procession slowly enters the city gate. A yellow p 9.1kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
17. 367 重 Reborn as the Fourth Imperial Princess: Ready to Play Dirty 重生之四福晋准备玩阴的 User10377626用户10377626Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted (Not a wish-fulfillment novel + household intrigue + palace intrigue + adorable children + political schemes + succession struggle + wiping out Japanese pirates + wiping out Koreans) Also: This book takes history as its foundation and revolves around the Nine Princes’ Succession Struggle. It deals with the empire and its people, and with wiping out Japanese pirates and Koreans. It has absolutely nothing to do with Empresses in the Palace or any of those other novels. Empress Xiaojingxian, Ulan 1.7kReads9.0Score119Shelves
18. 368 她 She Broke Off the Engagement Without Hesitation! Her Reborn Ex-Husband Chases Her to His Doom 她毅然退亲！重生前夫追妻火葬场 Win the Lottery天中大奖Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted (Both leads are reborn + rekindled love + no misunderstandings + the husband’s long road to winning her back + sweet romance) [In their previous life, she loved him; in this life, he loves her] Scene One: One day, the Marquis of Dingnan was choosing a husband for his daughter. Pointing at a portrait, he said: “This one’s nostrils are too big. What if An’an’s children inherit them?” “This one’s eyes are too small.” He had reason to suspect they were just for show. “This one’s too short.” He was s 4.1kReads8.9Score307Shelves
19. 369 病 The Sickly Princess Is Reborn, and the Tyrannical Regent Dotes on Her 病娇摄政王盛宠，娇娇公主重生了 Clouds Flying Through the Sky云天飞雾Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [Adapted into the short drama Golden Bell's Mistake: Love's Bonds] [Mutual firsts + doting romance + both reborn + palace and household intrigue] [Stunning, sweet-natured fifth princess × sinister, obsessive regent] In her previous life, her country fell and her family was destroyed. Then the sinister, obsessive regent kept her by his side for two whole years. Reborn ten years in the past, she is once again the fifth princess, born to wealth and honor, while he is merely a lowly hostage, beneath 11.1kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
20. 370 侯 My Lord, Your Concubine Ran Off with the Top Scholar 侯爷，你家妾室跟着状元郎跑了 Gu Yiyan顾意胭Ancient Romance414k WordsCompleted [Dual Rebirth + Domestic Scheming and Face-Slapping + A Husband’s Long Road to Redemption + Jealous Hero + Aloof Aristocrat Becomes the Other Woman for Love + Mutual Devotion + No Heroine Change] In her previous life, Shen Shu was a concubine-born daughter who schemed and struggled tirelessly to marry into a marquis’s household. In the end, all she got was a place as an unfavored concubine in the marquis’s household. As she lay dying, she heard that her husband, Xie Chengyu, was going to marry t 3.6kReads7.4Score260Shelves
21. 371 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 39.6kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves
22. 372 清 Raising Children in the Qing Palace: The Side Consort Wins by Taking It Easy 清宫养崽，侧福晋她躺赢了 Mango Sago, Yeah芒果西米露吖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Ran spent more than a decade diligently serving as a palace maid in the Qing court. At long last, she caught the eye of Consort De of Yonghe Palace. She had hoped that, once she turned twenty-five, she could ask Consort De to let her leave the palace. Instead, she was assigned to serve as the Fourth Prince, Yinzhen’s, first woman. Wait, wasn’t that Song’s job in history? There was no defying an imperial decree, so An Ran arrived at the imperial princes’ residence in a small sedan chair. Since 16.5kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
23. 373 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 108.1kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
24. 374 宫 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 A Cluster of Flowers一丛花令Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she endured a life of hardship and instability. From the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an to a government courtesan available to any man, she finally escaped a life of being passed from one man to another, only to jump from the tiger’s jaws into the wolf’s den. She walked on eggshells at every step until she finally became the real power behind the prefect’s household. But the misery of her first half of life had already left her body broken beyond repair. Only o 7.5kReads9.0Score742Shelves
25. 375 当 The Mistress of the Household Throws in the Towel 当家主母撂挑子了 Kite Ah风筝啊Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted My son insisted on taking a prostitute as his concubine. I did everything I could to stop him, so he came to resent me. My daughter fell secretly in love with a poor scholar. I locked her in her room and arranged a marriage for her with a family of equal standing. She didn't come home to see me for years. Later, when I fell gravely ill, my son and daughter joined forces with my husband, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They cast me out to the country estate and refused to send f 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is the matriarch of the family.

26. 376 当 I'm Done Being the Matriarch! I Leave My Husband and Children Behind to Shine on My Own! 当家主母不干了，抛夫弃子我独美！ Shi Feng师冯Ancient Romance220k WordsCompleted The renowned Lady God of Wealth married down to Zhou Yexun, a struggling merchant. She gave up half her fortune to buy him shops and farmland, then shut herself away in the inner quarters to manage the household. In time, the Zhou family achieved its ambition of replacing the Meng family as the richest in Ying County. But for the sake of becoming an imperial merchant, Zhou Yexun took a noblewoman as his bride and forced his wife to petition for divorce, demoting her from wife to concubine! “You 8Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 377 重 Reborn: I Won't Be the Mistress of the Household Anymore 重生后这当家主母我不当了 Yun'er蕴儿Ancient RomanceCompleted My husband fell in love with the top courtesan of a pleasure house and swore he would spend his life with her, devoted to her alone. I did everything I could to object: "Bring a pleasure-house girl home, and your wife will hang herself." I was the legitimate daughter of a distinguished scholarly family known for its integrity. I threatened to die, putting an end to the courtesan's chance of entering our household. Unable to bear the humiliation, the courtesan hanged herself. Twenty years later, —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 378 别 Don't Be Weak, Don't Provoke Her: An Angry Palace Maid Can Restore a Fallen Kingdom 别太弱，别招惹，宫女发怒能复国 Ethereal Fairy霓裳妖妖Ancient Romance748k WordsCompleted [Unusual premise + assassin’s rise + strong heroine + political intrigue + cold and heartless + mildly yandere + cool-headed lunatic + male lead rises from the nth place] * Su Mian was just a palace maid serving a princess. On the day the Southern Yan Kingdom fell, she watched everyone die before her without a flicker of emotion. The princess gave her an even more perilous mission. Until it was done, she had to stay alive. But in a world thrown into chaos, she was sold as a slave and forced to e 25.6kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves

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    They're all palace intrigue and domestic power struggle stories, and they're all completed, so you can read them without worry!

29. 379 九 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Evening Breeze Under the Moon月下晚风Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 31.7kReads9.3Score5.7kShelves
30. 380 玲 Exquisite Pagoda 玲珑塔 Hua Ying华楹Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted The Tang dynasty is at its height, and Empress Wu holds power. He is the Empress's dashing young son, named Chaoyang, radiant as the morning sun. Yet among hundreds of palace maids, he singles her out at a glance: sly and suspicious, willing to do anything to get her way. That is exactly what he wants. He personally trains her and sends her into the heart of the power struggle, then spends his life protecting her rise to power and bringing her back to his side. 787Reads9.1Score106Shelves
31. 381 长 A Long Farewell 长辞 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance102k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + tragic romance + both leads reborn] Another heartbreaking historical romance from Zhihu’s popular author Zhier, following An Ending at Dusk! Through a haze of consciousness, she relived her entire life, finally pausing on that sunny afternoon. He stood beneath a tree, his eyes covered with white cloth, smiling as he asked what she wanted. A young gentleman, handsome and refined as jade. One glance was enough to stay in her memory for years. If only she had known that meeting h 1.7kReads8.4Score213Shelves
32. 382 卿 You and the Sun and Moon 卿与日月 Mo Huan陌缓Ancient Romance654k WordsCompleted [Originally titled My Love, the Sun and Moon. Everyday life in an ancient setting + mutual salvation + seemingly delicate but inwardly strong heroine who grows over time + hero who still holds on to kindness and honor after falling from his position as a favored son of heaven] Wen Shining, the legitimate daughter of the Wen family, was confined to her home for sixteen years because of a curse claiming she would bring death to her parents and disaster upon her family. Fu Wenzhou, the second son o 54.3kReads9.2Score6.5kShelves
33. 383 四 The Fourth Miss Is a Brilliant Doctor, Yet an Illegitimate Daughter 四小姐医术精湛却是私生女 M Xiaoliang JiangM小良酱Ancient Romance775k WordsCompleted In the eleventh year of the Chenghua reign, on the day the crown prince was formally appointed, the Liu and Sheng families of imperial physicians were massacred. Sheng Miao, the Sheng family's only daughter, survived because her father hid her in a secret room. After witnessing her parents die before her eyes, she lost not only her memory but also her voice. That day, he followed his father's dying wish and went to Jianzhou to bring home the Mei family's illegitimate daughter who had been living 105Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    The fourth young lady of the Prime Minister's mansion was trampled underfoot, but she climbed to the top using her medical skills. She saved pregnant women in difficult labor with surgery and cured a mad noblewoman with psychological counseling. When she cured the emperor's chronic headaches, the entire court was abuzz with speculation: Could this illegitimate daughter be a savior sent by heaven?

34. 384 王 Your Highness, I Only Want My Contract Back 王爷，我只想拿回契约 Sister Lan from Guangxi广西兰姐Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted Bai Yue, a 23rd-century agent, dies young while carrying out a mission. Perhaps out of pity, Heaven gives her another life and lets her transmigrate. But... why is she still stuck in the same kind of life? After transmigrating, she becomes a bodyguard in the Regent Prince’s service. Bai Yue won’t accept that. She intends to reclaim her indenture contract and leave the prince’s residence. In this life, she will live freely and for herself. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 385 意 I Transmigrated by Accident and Met the Prince of Zhanbei 意外穿越遇到战北王 Sister Lan from Guangxi广西兰姐Ancient Romance213k WordsCompleted Main characters: An Xinyue and Mo Xuanyue Story synopsis: After an accident while mountain climbing, the heroine An Xinyue and her friend An Jiaqi transmigrate to the Great Sheng Kingdom, a country that has never existed in history. An Xinyue arrives in her own body, while her friend transmigrates into another person’s body. After arriving in Great Sheng, they are separated. In Great Sheng, An Xinyue meets Mo Xuanyue, the Prince of War. As she searches for her friend An Jiaqi, sparks of love fly 74Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 386 渣 My Scumbag Fiancé Ran Away from Our Wedding, So I Married Someone Else on the Spot 渣男逃婚，我当场改嫁了 Mu Yun Cheng慕妘娍Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted On her wedding day, Meng Jinyao’s intended groom, Gu Xiuming, eloped with another woman, turning her into a laughingstock. She hardened her heart and changed grooms on the spot, marrying Gu Xiuming’s adoptive father, Gu Jingxi. After the wedding, Gu Xiuming sneered at her. “Meng Jinyao, have you no shame? You couldn’t become my bride, so now you want to become my mother?” Meng Jinyao looked at the man standing in the doorway and complained, “Husband, your son is being disrespectful and insulting 4.2kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    [Already recommended] The female lead is the unloved eldest daughter of a marquis's family. On her wedding day, she remarries the scumbag's father (who is adopted), becoming the scumbag's 'kind mother' [a masterpiece by Que Shi] and slapping the scumbag in the face as the mistress of the marquis's family. [Already recommended] The male lead is handsome and, at a young age, is one of the nine powerful ministers.

37. 387 娇 The Spoiled Princess Is Bewitching and Alluring, Armed with the Plot and Ready to Stir Up Trouble 娇蛮公主妩又媚，手握剧情当祸水 Pineapple Prince菠萝王子Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted [A flirtatious, delicate princess + a steady, powerful chancellor + sweet romance, devoted couple, face-slapping satisfaction, one-on-one romance + everyone’s darling, irresistible to all] Shen Wanshu is the most pampered princess in the capital, raised deep within the palace and so delicate and lovable that she inspires pity. One day, she awakens and realizes she is the wicked princess in a storybook. Before long, her imperial brother will throw the kingdom into chaos as he becomes hopelessly i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is incredibly capable and charming, but the one who treats her best is still the Prime Minister; everyone else has their own ulterior motives. In this patriarchal world, the female lead lives her own life to the fullest.

38. 388 重 Reborn as the Most Beloved Person in the Capital 重生后，我成了京城第一团宠 Madam Zuiyue of Giant Island巨人岛的醉月夫人Ancient Romance175k WordsOngoing Shen Yunwan is reborn, returning to the moment she was born. In her previous life, she was the most esteemed legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household, but her stepmother spoiled her, her half-sister schemed against her, and she ultimately died a miserable death in the Cold Palace. Her brother died in battle, her father was exiled, and her entire family was ruined. In this life, she is still sweet and lovable, but she is no longer a naive girl who lets others lead her around. From t 10Reads—Score120Shelves
39. 389 权 The Power of the Imperial Favorite 权宠天下 June六月Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted Live-action short-form drama: The Power and Privilege 4: Ruling the World is now streaming on Hongguo. A brilliant medical PhD transmigrates into the body of the Chu Prince’s discarded consort. As soon as she arrives, she encounters a critically injured patient. Guided by her medical ethics, she treats him, only to nearly be thrown into prison on false charges. When the Retired Emperor falls gravely ill, she finds a way to treat him, but that hateful Poison King misunderstands and berates her. I 10.3kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves
40. 390 穿 Transmigrated into an Abusive Novel as the Matriarch, I Turned the Marquis's Household into a Top-Tier Star Factory 穿成虐文主母，我让侯府卷成顶流 A Smile Erases Old Grudges 11展颜消宿怨11Ancient Romance314k WordsCompleted Modern business tycoon Shen Qingci is in a car accident and wakes up inside a household-intrigue novel she once casually skimmed, as the namesake matriarch of the Marquis of Jing'an's household. The original Shen Qingci was weak, her concubines brazen, her children unruly, and the marquis cold. The household had long been rotten to the core. Holding a terrible hand, Shen Qingci smiles. “Love is an illusion. Power is real. Since I'm here, it's time to change the rules.” The household is in disar 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It wasn't a delicate flower that transmigrated, but a chess player. Shen Qingci, wielding her wisdom as a blade, cleaved through the corrupt rules, rewriting the logic of survival with modern thinking—rectifying her own backyard was just the beginning; defining the era was the final chapter. True equality means having your loved ones stand shoulder to shoulder with you at the pinnacle of a new order. [Requesting more updates!]

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