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Harem Intrigue, with the Male Lead Suffering a Little 宫斗,虐一下男主

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  1. 51 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 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 108.4kReads9.5Score15.5kShelves
  2. 52 Your Highness, You Dug Out the Male Lead’s Pride with Your Own Hands 公主殿下,男主被你亲手挖去傲骨 Ancient Romance246k WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society + heroine mistreats hero + both are pure + low-status hero] Three years ago, Ninth Princess Xiao Yue snatched Jiang Cheng, the young master of the Jiang family, from the general's residence. Three years later, he loves her with all his heart. Now she plans to take the zither player from Zuifeng House as her secondary consort. Her every thought is on her new favorite, and she grows colder toward him by the day. The zither player, innocent and kind in public, smiles maliciousl 3.2kReads7.3Score126Shelves
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  3. 53 Joy with You 与君欢 Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 27.5kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves
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  4. 54 Three Souls as the Betrothal Gift, Seven Spirits as the Wedding Present 三魂为聘,七魄为礼 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone has three hun and seven po souls. Yin Wenjiu has only one hun and one po: an unidentified resentful soul and an unidentified life soul. Both exist to keep her body alive. But she only cares about enjoying the moment. She tells fortunes with perfect accuracy and charges the highest price! She won’t go out of her way to stay alive, nor will she actively seek death. She waited at Yunmeng Marsh for five years. If someone came to save her, she would go with them; if no one did, she would dig 32.5kReads9.3Score5kShelves
  5. 55 After Her Sickly Husband Died, the Crown Prince Took Her into the Eastern Palace 病弱夫君去世后,太子夺我入东宫 Ancient Romance581k WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name, Marry into the Eastern Palace, is now available] Three years ago, at the Eastern Palace’s consort selection banquet, the Crown Prince scolded her: “The Shen girl is coquettish and ingratiating, and her conduct is outrageous.” His words made Shen Lizhu the laughingstock of the capital’s noblewomen, forcing her to retreat to her maternal grandparents’ home in Jiangnan. Three years later, the Crown Prince is ordered to leave the capital and tour Jiangnan. Shen Liz 19.2kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
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  6. 56 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 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 8.3kReads9.0Score901Shelves
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  7. 57 Tease and Tempt Him! The Iceberg Imperial Uncle Loses Control 缠他诱他!冰山皇叔被撩到失控 Ancient Romance369k WordsCompleted Ye Qingyue was the only daughter of the Duke of Dingguo’s household, born into immense privilege. Her parents and elder brothers doted on her, and she grew up pampered, surrounded by fine clothes and lavish food, never having heard a harsh word. Unfortunately, she married the wrong man and gave her heart to someone unworthy. Imprisoned in the Eastern Palace, she endured nothing but neglect, until she was murdered in a plot. Only as her soul departed did she learn that someone had secretly loved 620Reads8.8Score100Shelves
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  8. 58 The Madam Takes Charge: No More Lounging, Get Up and Get to Work! 夫人当家:都别躺,给我起来卷! Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to an alternate world + wish fulfillment + sweet romance + one-on-one + two strong leads] Xia Shuyan is a noblewoman of the capital, blessed with beauty, intelligence, and an illustrious family. To protect her family from the impending struggle for the throne, she arranges to marry General Xiao Yunchi, a man rumored to bring death to his wives. Xiao Yunchi is the second legitimate son of the Grand Princess and the old Marquis of Zhenbei, as well as the emperor’s nephew. He has sp 16.6kReads9.2Score2kShelves
  9. 59 A General's Orphan as a Concubine? The Young Lord Weds Her in a Grand Red Bridal Sedan 将门孤女做妾?小公爷红妆谋娶她 Ancient Romance371k WordsCompleted [Torture the scum and face-slap them + fiercely doting romance + nation and family] When Su Qingluo was ten, her father, a general, and two of her elder brothers died on the battlefield. Her third brother went missing. An orphan, she became childhood sweethearts with a young lord through an engagement arranged by their elders. She thought he would be her husband. She cherished this love for six whole years. But after the young lord placed first in the imperial examinations, he married someon 998Reads8.9Score148Shelves
  10. 60 Possessive Seduction: The Mad Prince Bows to the Disowned Girl 偏执撩惹,疯批王爷甘为弃女折腰 Ancient Romance432k WordsCompleted [Completed, both pure, scheming heroine, madman hero, equally matched, secret identities, political intrigue] After transmigrating, Chu Qieran, still an infant in her swaddling clothes, witnessed her birth mother's brutal death and her maternal family’s destruction. Cast aside as a pawn, she was confined at the border by her scummy father for seventeen years. Everyone regarded her as lowly, filthy, and despicable. But no one knew that during those seventeen years, she had lain low, hidden hersel 231Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  11. 61 My Empress Weighs Ninety Jin, and Eighty-Five Jin of That Is Rebellion 朕的皇后九十斤,有八十五斤反骨 Ancient Romance552k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other + contrasting personalities + self-serving heroine + satisfying and sweet + mutual pampering] Lin Xiaoxiao, an overworked corporate drone, transmigrates into the body of a wicked empress. The emperor has ignored her for four years, despises her, and sees her as the greatest shame of his life! The crown prince hates her as his mother and plans to whip her corpse once he grows up and turns evil! The empress dowager is deeply calculating, treating her like a lo 898Reads8.9Score140Shelves
  12. 62 After Faking My Death to Escape, the Scumbag Emperor Cries in Secret Every Day 假死脱身后,渣皇帝每日偷偷的哭 Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Harem Schemes + Clear-Eyed Realism + The Emperor's Regret + No Forgiveness + Second Male Lead Wins] Shen Ning and Emperor Jing had been childhood sweethearts, bound by deep affection from a young age. He had once promised her that she would be the only woman he loved in this life, and his one and only empress. But even the deepest love of youth could not withstand the novelty of someone new. You always think the food you've never tried tastes better. In the third year of the Jingde er 1.7kReads7.5Score111Shelves
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  13. 63 I Don't Regret Our Parting, Only That It Came Too Soon 不恨离别,只恨匆匆 Ancient Romance30k WordsCompleted The Imperial City is ancient and mysterious. Behind its red walls and yellow-tiled roofs lie countless secrets and sorrows unknown to the world. “Flowers bloom and fade behind the silent courtyard gate; two beauties stand side by side beneath the jade pavilion. They long to speak of affairs within the palace, but dare not say a word in front of the parrot.” This is a simple story told by three women of the inner palace, each with a very different fate, as they recount their own loves and heartbr 176Reads—Score101Shelves
  14. 64 The Empress Holds the Phoenix Seal and Rules the Six Palaces 娘娘掌凤印,宠六宫 Ancient Romance426k WordsCompleted [Alternate historical setting + traditional historical romance + palace intrigue + cherished heroine + exclusive devotion in the later story] Note: The male lead has other women besides the heroine in the early story. Born with the destiny of a phoenix, she must become empress. Huo Junning has always known that she was brought into the palace because the emperor and his ministers feared that her father and brothers had become too powerful, so they summoned her to the palace as a consort. In real 291Reads6.0Score—Shelves
  15. 65 Palace Beauty 宫姝 Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined. 11kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
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  16. 66 Flower Demon 花妖 Ancient Romance337k WordsCompleted [Past and Present Lives + One True Love + Palace Intrigue and Power Struggles] A thousand years of longing will not go unanswered; a lifetime of devotion will never bring regret! A brilliant, resilient surgeon versus a suspicious, ruthless God of War general! Meeting him was the bond of fate from her past life, and the tribulation of this one. A tearjerking tale of a white plum blossom in the immortal realm of Qilian, a true dragon, and a snowflake reincarnated to endure a trial. The white plum 6.2kReads9.5Score978Shelves
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  17. 67 Pray for Dawn 祈明 Ancient Romance199k WordsCompleted After one crushing defeat, Qi Min, undefeated in a hundred thousand-strong army, was captured alive by Chu Yu. Only then did Chu Yu discover that General Qi Min, who had always been his equal and faced him in open rivalry, was actually a young woman. “Three thousand miles of campaigns, a single sword holding back a million foes.” The world knew General Qi for reclaiming the borderlands and winning renown across the realm, but not for the turbulent life she had endured behind that glory. Qi Min t 1.2kReads9.1Score128Shelves
  18. 68 The Romance I Found in Horror Games Is Full of Surprises 在恐怖游戏里谈的恋爱千奇百怪 Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yao became a vicious supporting character in numerous horror worlds, possessing nothing but beauty and a love of money. After the System tossed her the words "win them over," it lost contact because of a bad signal. She had read so many novels and knew the tropes well. Wasn't she supposed to win over men who had suffered tragic fates? The first time she saw someone, she could sense a dark red glow around him. She guessed that he must be her target, so... At a haunted boarding school, she fou 80.1kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves
  19. 69 My Wife’s Crimes Are Heinous, and She Shows No Remorse 妻主罪恶滔天,死不悔改 Ancient Romance597k WordsCompleted [Female-dominant world / strong heroine / a rotten woman reborn and remorseful / heroine stays wicked from beginning to end / devoted to her husband / not a brainless power fantasy / System / one-on-one romance / after the heroine is reborn, she has no other men; decide for yourselves whether the leads are virgins, I’m done labeling it / the male and female leads’ bodies are not swapped] Jiang Tang admits she has never been a good person. She’ll do anything to get what she wants, and beneath her 10.8kReads9.0Score924Shelves
  20. 70 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Became the Bloodthirsty Mad Emperor's Beloved 退亲后,我成了嗜血疯帝的白月光 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + remorseful pursuit of the wife + devoted couple + court intrigue + historical romance] In her previous life, Xiao Yan was demoted from crown prince to commoner. Lin Zhaoyue helped him return to the Eastern Palace and ascend the throne. He once promised she would be empress and that they would spend their lives together. But later, she could only watch helplessly as he married another woman. He not only let that woman torment Lin Zhaoyue's maid and cause her eight-month-old baby to die 7.5kReads7.7Score495Shelves
  21. 71 The Princess Is Charming and Alluring, and the Powerful Minister Falls for Her Step by Step 长公主又娇又媚,权臣他步步沦陷 Ancient Romance366k WordsCompleted [A beautiful, scheming black-lotus princess and a sinister, obsessive powerful minister who is a prince of a different surname] [Ambitious rise to power and a haughty figure brought to heel] [She thinks she's at the helm, but she's a captive bird in his hand, with no hope of escape] [Long-planned schemes + dark, unhinged obsession + love by force] The story starts slowly, with a focus on household intrigue. One-on-one romance, and both leads are devoted to each other in body and heart. Li Hexi h 112Reads6.1Score—Shelves
  22. 72 The Crown Prince Is Infertile? Reborn to Marry His Brother and Usurp His Throne 太子不孕?重生嫁他哥,覆他皇权 Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted [A short drama of the same name is now available] Shen Mi, the most beautiful woman in Yanjing, is set up and loses her chastity. The Crown Prince of Great Yan comes to claim the child in her womb. She enters the Eastern Palace, only to fall into an abyss. The Crown Prince is a master schemer who uses her as a stepping stone to the throne. Once he gains power, he kills his wife and child and massacres her entire family. Her fake heiress of a younger sister has their father’s affection all to her 3.7kReads9.0Score488Shelves
  23. 73 Delicate and Frail, She Is Imprisoned and Doted on by the Ascetic Emperor 娇娇柔弱,被禁欲帝王强制囚宠 Ancient Romance323k WordsCompleted [Both leads are sexually inexperienced + powerful hero and weak heroine + transmigration] After transmigrating into the body of a palace maid, Mu Qingci acted with the utmost caution, taking calculated steps and employing every trick in the book. After helping the Empress Dowager seize power, she finally became the illustrious Head Palace Matron. She had not only risen to the top of her career as a palace maid, but was also beautiful, with flawless skin and a graceful, alluring figure. Everyone 3.8kReads8.5Score295Shelves
  24. 74 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊,娘娘写了一百条宫规 Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 67.3kReads9.6Score10kShelves
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  25. 75 Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢 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 300.7kReads9.6Score36.5kShelves
  26. 76 The Laid-Back Concubine Won’t Tempt Him? The Crown Prince Has Turned Dark! 咸鱼侍妾不勾他?太子黑化了! Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted [Scheming heroine + both leads are each other’s first and only + the hero chases his wife to the crematorium] To teach the Crown Prince about relations between men and women, the Empress sent Luo Jing to him while he was under the influence of a love poison. But after years of hard work, she finally secured wealth and status. Then she opened her eyes again and found herself back in the Eastern Palace, still a palace maid trying to seduce the Crown Prince. Faced with the Crown Prince’s handsome, 1.3kReads8.6Score130Shelves
  27. 77 Qing Transmigration: Stay Calm, Princess Consort! The Fourth Prince Will Win You the Empress's Throne 清穿:福晋稳住!四爷给你挣后位 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [An alternate Qing dynasty, unlike the historical one.] After transmigrating, Yun Qu swallowed nervously as she faced her complicated new circumstances. She had become the Fourth Prince's primary consort. What was she supposed to do? Could she ever go back? Once she learned that returning was impossible, Yun Qu accepted her fate. She decided to raise her son well and treat the Fourth Prince like her boss, serving him diligently. If he pointed east, she wouldn't go west. If he wanted to take a co 12.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
  28. 78 Her Whole Family Is Love-Struck, but the Villainous Little Sister Goes on a Rampage 全家恋爱脑,反派小妹杀疯了 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Chu Wanning woke up one morning and found she had become the ultimate villain in a cultivation novel with a female protagonist. In the novel, nearly every step the heroine took toward becoming stronger was built on Chu Wanning’s downfall. Everyone loved the heroine, who enjoyed endless glory, while Chu Wanning was hated by everyone and treated like a rat in the street. Should she fight back or give up? No. She chose to find a different heroine. Luckily, she came from a good family. She had eight 3.9kReads9.1Score530Shelves
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  29. 79 Yu Zhao Reborn: Cutting Ties and Settling Scores 虞昭重生断恩仇 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original novel of the short drama "After Switching to the Heartless Path, My Senior Brothers Wept and Begged for Forgiveness" In her previous life, Yu Zhao spent her whole life fighting Ye Congxin to win back the affection of her master and five senior brothers. In the end, she became a traitor despised by everyone and was killed by the very master she loved. Reborn, she gave up trying to mend her relationship with her master and senior brothers, and took the initiative to cultivate the Heartles 14.5kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
  30. 80 Reborn Princess: Forgive My Sins 重生之公主恕罪 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She was the beloved Princess Wuyang, but during an autumn hunt at Mount Li, she gave her heart to the wrong man. He held a spear to her as she stood pregnant. With her dying breath, she told him, “Mu Chuan, you'll regret this one day.” He watched her die with his own eyes, then lived alone for more than twenty years. But when he woke again, she was still smiling as brightly as ever. He thought Heaven had given him another chance to make amends. Little did he know that the woman before him was no 148Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  31. 81 The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇:贵妃娘娘她又美又乖 Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a 24.9kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
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  32. 82 The Empress’s Peerless Beauty: The Cold Emperor’s Beloved Wife 娘娘绝色:冷情帝王的娇娇皇后 Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + palace and household intrigue + alternate history + exclusive devotion + childhood sweethearts + long-planned love + secret admiration] As the legitimate daughter of a duke’s mansion and the future crown princess, Li Yunshu has been doted on by everyone since birth. Everyone in the capital knows that no one can match Li Yunshu’s radiant beauty, and that her spoiled temperament is just as singular. Then, one day, the Crown Prince dies. The duke’s mansion, whi 13.2kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
  33. 83 After Breaking Off the Engagement! The Sickly Emperor Abducted Me into His Harem 退亲后!病娇皇帝掳我入后宫 Ancient Romance334k WordsCompleted Meng Shu, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Ying’s household, is a great beauty renowned throughout the capital, with countless admirers. Unfortunately, she is already spoken for: since childhood, she has been engaged to Wei Qingyun, heir to the Duke of Cheng’s household, a match between equals, and they are only waiting for the wedding. Meng Shu has always believed Wei Qingyun is deeply in love with her. But on their wedding day, he betrays her. She takes a group of people to catch him in the 8.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
  34. 84 On the Day of My Funeral, I Smashed the Coffin and Married the Regent 出殡日!砸棺椁!转身嫁摄政王 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + powerful heroine] In her previous life, she trusted the wrong people. A conspiracy turned her from the pampered eldest daughter of the Bai family, envied by all, into someone everyone despised as disloyal and unfilial. Her six brothers, who loved her dearly, lost their heads because of her. Her maternal grandfather, who cherished her like a precious jewel, was framed because of her, and his lifelong reputation was ruined! She seethed with hatred! Reborn on the day of her g 3.3kReads9.2Score512Shelves
  35. 85 The Peerless Adorable Baby: Her Genius Mother Is Stunning 绝世萌宝:天才娘亲帅炸了 Ancient Romance7.1M WordsOngoing Ye Chuyue, the notorious foolish and ugly woman of the Shenwu Empire, had an illicit affair and gave birth to an illegitimate child. On the day her fiancé was to marry, she leapt from the city wall in her wedding robes and died for love. When her beautiful eyes opened again, the ancient martial arts sect leader from the 21st century was ready to unleash a storm of blood and wash away her disgrace! A good-for-nothing? She can shake an empire with her bare hands and trample the world beneath her f 46.3kReads9.5Score7.1kShelves
  36. 86 The Empress Ran 冉后 Ancient Romance376k WordsCompleted Ran Hu was made a Jieyu concubine as soon as she entered the palace. On her very first day, she was summoned to the emperor’s bedchamber and granted the title of Chen, cherished like a rare treasure. Her peerless beauty and her younger brother’s illustrious military achievements as Marquis of Chang’an gave her the confidence to act as she pleased in the harem. The two souls who had come from a later age ultimately left a lasting mark on this strange world. 6.9kReads9.0Score806Shelves
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  37. 87 Imprison Her in My Embrace 囚她入朕怀 Ancient Romance341k WordsCompleted [Two-faced emperor vs. proud, pampered consort] [Substitute romance + forced love + happy ending + devoted couple] After her beloved betrays her, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Xie family, Xie Yuanjiao, receives an imperial decree and becomes the honored Jade Consort. But why does the emperor look so much like the man who broke her heart? So she treats her husband in name only as a remedy for her heartache, showering him with concern, bringing him soup and medicine, and tending to him wit 629Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  38. 88 Your Highness, I Only Want My Contract Back 王爷,我只想拿回契约 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. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 89 Transmigrate Across a Thousand Years to Marry the Richest Man 穿越千年嫁首富 Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted A modern woman transmigrates to ancient times because of a curse and marries into the wealthiest family in the land. With the little modern knowledge she has, she makes concealed weapons and weapons by hand, produces alcohol, launches hot-air balloons, and more. She saves the emperor and repels an invasion by the Hu people. After surviving a great disaster, she is granted a noble title and becomes the Protector of the Nation, a female Zhuge Liang of her age. Suitors abound: her ex-husband won 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 90 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零:冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 53.5kReads9.4Score6.5kShelves
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  41. 91 Breaking Off a Spring Branch 折春枝 Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted I am the person He Lianshan, a hostage prince from the Southern Kingdom, hates most in this life. When he was ten, a group of palace maids and eunuchs bullied him and denied him food. The one steamed bun he managed to snatch was crushed beneath my foot. When he was fourteen, the palace held a banquet. In front of every prince and princess, I shoved He Lianshan into a pond, heedless of everything, just after he had finally managed to clean himself up. But fate played a cruel trick: when he came o 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 92 The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼 Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted [The hero regrets everything to the point of madness + the leads torment each other + a friend steals the heroine away + the second male lead gets the girl + no reconciliation after a breakup + pure historical angst + the heroine ends up with the second male lead] Shen Yanzhi, heir to the Marquis of Jinghai in the Great Chu Kingdom, had just come third in the palace examination when he was unexpectedly captured by the Eastern Qiang Kingdom and married off to Qin Guiwan, a woman of Eastern Qiang 11.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
  43. 93 Oh No! I Transmigrated into the Sister of the Heroine in an Angsty Romance 坏了!我穿成虐文女主的姐姐 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Zhi had only wanted to find a brainless sweet romance to relax with, but she never expected to be duped by an angst-ridden story disguised as a sweet romance! In this novel, the male lead drives the female lead's family into bankruptcy, gets her whole family killed, and then locks her up, subjecting her to every kind of physical and emotional abuse. Yet after a series of melodramatic events, the male lead apologizes and gives in, and the female lead has already forgotten the deep blood feud b 5.4kReads9.3Score556Shelves
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  44. 94 Reborn and Married Off: I Become the Mistress of the Prince's Manor 重生换亲:我在王府当主母 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Shen Wantang's reborn elder sister stole her engagement and pushed the Prince of Ning's heir, who had become a monk, on her. “The prince's residence is grand and splendid. Little sister, go enjoy your good fortune!” Shen Wantang laughed. “Then thank you, Sister.” Was she not reborn too? In her previous life, her elder sister married the Prince of Ning's heir and drove the woman he loved to her death. He would rather die for love than live as her husband. After he died, her sister was imprisoned. 25.2kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
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  45. 95 The Madam Only Wants to Lie Flat 大娘子只想躺平 Ancient Romance721k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + everyday life + transmigrating into a book + the steady, gradual progress of a woman in her thirties living in ancient times] After transmigrating into a book as a marquis’s daughter-in-law, she finds herself middle-aged, with elders to care for and children to raise. Her mother-in-law dislikes her, her cold husband is alive but as good as dead, and she never sees him. His concubine keeps making a fuss to get attention, while her three biological children are cl 4.3kReads9.0Score985Shelves
  46. 96 They Wanted Me to Be a Sacrificial Stepmother, but I Chose to Make My Own Way 让我当炮灰主母,我偏另谋高枝 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance / Household Intrigue / Sweet Romance / The Male Lead Is Head Over Heels] In Ruyi's Beloved Concubine, the heir apparent Xie Yunzhix is a brave and formidable warrior, always dashing across the battlefield in fine clothes, with no one able to stand against him. Sadly, he is only a supporting character. The story opens with him in a vegetative state, leaving behind three adopted sons. Xu Qingyi discovers that she has become the foil to the beloved heroine of a sweet romance. On 106kReads9.4Score13.7kShelves
  47. 97 On the Day I Fled My Wedding, the Cold-Faced Marquis Came to Warm My Feet 逃婚当日,冷面侯爷杀上门给我暖脚 Ancient Romance345k WordsCompleted [Revenge and putting scoundrels in their place + hilarious feel-good story + one-on-one romance, with mutual flirting and doting] After transmigrating, Sheng Luo'an is schemed against by her wicked older sister and stepmother, and forced to marry a sickly marquis on the brink of death. Rumor has it that the marquis has no interest in women, is violent and cruel, and has a twisted temperament. He can take someone's life over the slightest disagreement. No matter. She's tough enough to live anothe 200Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  48. 98 The Seductive Beauty Sways Hearts, and the Abstinent Heir Breaks His Vows 娇娇销魂勾人心,禁欲世子破戒了 Ancient Romance498k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion, sweet romance, relentless flirting, a groveling pursuit, happy ending] Su Tang transmigrates into the body of a maid who has just been sold into the Marquis’s estate. After examining her, the senior matron sees her flawless skin and captivating beauty and sends her straight to the room of the heir to the marquisate... Lu Zhaohan, the heir to the marquisate, comes from a powerful family and is both valiant and handsome. The only problem is that he has no interest in women. Su Ta 422Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  49. 99 Favoring Your Concubine and Casting Aside Your Wife? I’ll Tear Down Your Wretched Marquis’s Estate 宠妾灭妻?看我掀了你这破侯府 Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted Rebirth and revenge + divorce + strong heroine and hero + devoted husband. In her previous life, on their wedding day, Zhou Hongxiu received military orders and left for the front. Yu Jingshu spent six years alone. During those six years, she served his parents, looked after his younger sister, managed the household, and acted as the mistress of the estate. Six years later, Zhou Hongxiu returned, and the couple treated each other with mutual respect and affection. Even Xia Wan'er and her daughte 372Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  50. 100 The Substitute Bride Doctor Is an All-Powerful Expert 替嫁医妃是满级大佬 Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine, feel-good revenge, secret identities, substitute marriage, physician consort, real and fake heiresses, max-level expert] The real heiress of the Prime Minister’s household was raised in the countryside after being switched at birth. The moment she returns, she takes the coveted position of Prince Duan’s consort. Everyone says Prince Duan’s consort is an idiot who doesn’t deserve him. She brings the dying back to life with an embroidery needle. “If you have a problem, I’ll stick 25Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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