Historical Romance, Strong Female Lead, Self-Reliant and Resilient 古言 大女主 自强不息

1. 1 女 Matriarchy: Resigning from the Golden Palace 女尊：辞金阙 Xie Yang谢央Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted He asked, “Does the Imperial Princess only make use of me? Is there not a trace of genuine feeling in her heart?” He said, “Your Highness, rest easy. Even if it costs me my life, I will bring Youzhou City back for you!” He said, “My wife, don’t frown. It’s only money. The He family will pay for it and help you unify the Nine Provinces.” He said, “Jiang Li, I already lost you once. This time, even if I die, I won’t let go of your hand.” They all asked her the same question: “Does Your Highness ha 14.3kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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   ①The first one I read recently. The whole background is dominated by women. Women hold office in the government, while men are just vassals, yellow-flowered boudoirs who cannot go out. Recommend! ②Recommended for a refreshing revenge novel with a strong female protagonist and no male protagonist. ③ Comes with an old saying that recommends easy 1vN, they are all the fish of the eldest princess~

2. 2 嫡 The Imperial Princess Divorces Her Husband from the Start, and Every Man at Her Feet Is a Beauty 嫡公主开局休夫，裙下之臣皆绝色 What Can Be Done, Watching What Can Be Done from the Bridge of Helplessness奈何桥上看奈何Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Transmigrate + satisfying revenge + strong female lead + women’s empowerment + no male lead + everyone’s favorite + pocket dimension) Xiao Lanyue is dead! She was blown to pieces at sea while trying to reclaim China’s imperial jade seal... When she opens her eyes again, she has become the most beloved Eldest Princess of the Xiao Kingdom! A scheming green tea keeps throwing her weight around, while her scumbag husband, Gu Yongxu, repeatedly takes his concubine’s side and hurls cruel words at he 434Reads8.6Score101Shelves
3. 3 可 Damn! Why Is the Crown Princess Surrounded by Suitors Everywhere? 可恶！怎么到处都是长公主的鱼！ What Did I Do Today今天我干嘛了Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Short drama of the same name] [The Princess's World of Flowers] Now streaming [Content warning: The female lead is not exclusive, but all the men are, so read with caution] [Schrodinger's playgirl × a whole lot of men] [Lighthearted, not a serious historical drama] [Original title]: Too Many Men Are Such a Hassle. Who Should I Spoil? Wen Yu transmigrates into the Great Sheng Dynasty as its beautiful, useless, brainless eldest princess. After learning that the original owner drowned by accident 50.4kReads9.5Score6.6kShelves
4. 4 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Raise the Scumbag Husband’s Illegitimate Child? 都重生了，谁还替渣夫外室养孩子 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Film and television rights sold] In her previous life, Yun Chu supported her husband, raised his son by a concubine, and helped the Xie family rise to greatness. In the end, she caused all one hundred members of the Yun family to be beheaded, then was forced to drink poison by the child she had raised with her own hands! As the poison burned through her entrails, she opened her eyes and found herself back at twenty. A line of Xie family children stood before her, each calling her “Mother” with 31.4kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves

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   They are all good-looking ancient ceilings.

5. 5 立 Establishing a Women's Household: Taking a Son-in-Law and Having Three Boys and a Girl 立女户：招个赘婿生三儿一女 Sweet Potato with Plum Powder甘梅地瓜Ancient Romance377k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance, no golden finger + revenge on scumbags + mutual devotion after marriage] After her cousin stole her betrothed, Jingshu fought back with all her might and established an independent household. She divided the family property, bought a house and farmland, then took in a handsome young husband with clear, bright eyes. After marriage, all three sons and their daughter took her surname. No worries about a mother-in-law, and her own mother lived right by her side. Her 6.2kReads9.1Score748Shelves
6. 6 桃 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 17.5kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves
7. 7 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 278.7kReads9.7Score34.2kShelves
8. 8 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 20.3kReads9.6Score4.7kShelves
9. 9 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 113.9kReads9.6Score15.8kShelves

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   She hid the boy in her heart and remained a widow for six years, but waited until Jiang Xingjian returned to Beijing with her beloved. The young love behaves strangely. She makes ice and firearms in the summer to support the rise of the Hou Mansion. Song Wan watched him embrace the girl in his arms, giving the girl countless favors. She also watched him take the power of running the family away from her with his own hands, just for the beauty to smile. With no family and a divorced wife, Song Wan abandoned everything and left the Hou Mansion, but was entangled by a deviant and unscrupulous man. Who would have thought that Jiang Xingjian suddenly woke up again. Jiang Xingjian: Song is my person in life and my ghost in death. Shen Qianyu: You are looking for your dead ghost, I want my Ah Wan...

10. 10 公 The Princess Is Fierce and Beautiful, and Her Shadow Guard Keeps Crossing the Line 公主暴戾绝色，影卫日日以下犯上 Nanhuang南凰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + Feel-good power fantasy + Yandere + Devoted loyalist] Fate played a cruel trick: the most powerful imperial princess on the Jiuzhou Continent was reborn in the body of a lovesick little princess from Western Qi. The moment she awoke, the world was shaken. A scumbag points at her and curses? She orders coldly, “Drag him out and give him fifty more lashes!” The overlord of the business world is her subordinate, the most revered emperor in Jiuzhou is her older brother, the mighty 14.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    I have nothing to say about this book, it's very beautiful and the writing is also very good.

11. 11 虎 The Tiger Wife 虎妻 Lotus Flower藕花Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The Great Qi Dynasty’s foremost God of War, the ruthless, hideous common-born general Yuchi Gui, was granted a marriage by the emperor to the capital’s greatest beauty, Princess Xu Xiyan. Then his high-born fiancée looked down on him, and the wedding was called off. Three years later, after suppressing a rebellion, the handsome and dashing general returned to the capital, becoming the hero every noblewoman in Great Qi wanted to marry. Then his former fiancée clung to him and forced him into marr 11kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    Good looking, compact plot

12. 12 完 Oh No! The Pretty Boy I Kept Is the Young Master of Beijing's Elite 完蛋！我养的小白脸是京圈太子爷 Little Crayon Nian蜡笔小年Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Tomato Short Drama: My Toyboy Is the Powerful Young Master of the Capital On her wedding night, her husband eloped abroad with his mistress. Did Jiang Ciyou cry? No! She turned around and kept an impossibly handsome toyboy. Why not? They could all have a good time together! The toyboy had broad shoulders, a slim waist, and was clingy. He could be both wolfish and sweet, and loved to act cute. After three carefree years, Jiang Ciyou handed him an enormous check. “Darling, my husband is back. Let’ 34.1kReads9.0Score5kShelves

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    What kind of sparks will be created between the heroine with multiple vests and the male protagonist with an upright attitude?!!!!! [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

13. 13 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.2kReads9.6Score11.2kShelves
14. 14 邪 The Evil King's Obsession: The Ghost Doctor's Wild Consort 邪王嗜宠：鬼医狂妃 Nalan Fengjin纳兰凤瑾Ancient Romance10.3M WordsCompleted She’s a ruthless, scheming ghost doctor of the dark night. After transmigrating, she becomes a useless girl everyone despises and spurns. She contracts an ancient divine beast, cultivates a heaven-defying divine art, and dazzles everyone. With poison pills and potions at her disposal, anyone who dares bully her is asking for death! What’s a ninth-grade pill to her? Her adorable pets eat those like candy. She can make medicine, and she does whatever she wants! He’s the enchanting, peerlessly hand 19.2kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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    Relying on my own efforts to cultivate, I saved one person after another who was kind to me.

15. 15 嫡 The Legitimate Daughter’s Scheme: Reborn as the Poisonous Beauty 嫡女为谋：重生之倾世毒妃 Gentle Breeze风轻Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted She was reborn for one reason only: revenge! A single imperial decree turned her from the legitimate eldest daughter of the Chancellor's household into a lowly concubine-born daughter! The haughty mistress of the Chancellor's household and Her Highness the Princess forced her to marry him! She devoted herself to him for five years, helping him ascend the throne, only for him to call her a venomous woman, disfigure her, and force her to swallow poison. After ten years imprisoned, the only thing s 1kReads8.5Score139Shelves
16. 16 前 I Died Tragically in My Past Life, Then Was Jilted Again After Being Reborn 前世惨死，重生后又被退婚 Ye Chenhuo叶尘火Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Complete] 1. This story focuses mainly on palace and household intrigue, with very little romance and not much screen time for the male lead. The leads support each other and join forces against their enemies, with no misunderstandings or love rivals. One man and one woman, both pure; a strong heroine and an even stronger hero. The male lead spoils the heroine. 2. This is a fictional setting with no connection to real history. Synopsis: Everyone in the capital knows that the eldest daughter of 12.3kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
17. 17 玉 Farewell at the Jade Palace 玉阙辞 Yun Jia云葭Ancient Romance273k WordsCompleted [Xianxia supernatural tales, episodic stories with an overarching plot.] [One-on-one romance, powerful male and female leads, powerhouse vs. powerhouse, told from the heroine’s perspective.] Lingsu had lived in the human realm for several thousand years. She loved a lively atmosphere, so she had her maid, Tao Niangzi, open a restaurant by the river called Penglai. Whenever she had nothing to do, she could go there to eat and listen to gossip. Tao Niangzi was a consummate people person and ran th 1.9kReads9.3Score268Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists are both strong, a rare and good-looking Xianxia

18. 18 幺 The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her! 20.5kReads9.5Score3.2kShelves

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    The first few chapters of The Beauty of Mountains and Rivers were a bit unsatisfactory, but it gradually got better and better. It took me a long time to finish it. Changle is better because of its relaxed atmosphere. Try if you like them.

19. 19 山 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋 Moonset月落Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be 21.9kReads9.5Score3kShelves

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