Reborn Ancient-Era Romance with Cunning Leads 古言重生腹黑的

1. 1 替 The Sweet Substitute Bride: Your Highness, the Crown Prince, Go Easy on Me 替嫁小甜妃：太子殿下轻点撩 Chestnut Orange栗栗橙Ancient Romance319k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Transmigration + Food + System + Sweet Romance] [Short-tempered, violent lion prince ✖️ Stubborn, money-loving little Taurus streamer] A food streamer transmigrates one day and runs into the sworn enemy who had sentenced her original host to death in her previous life. What is she waiting for? Time to make a run for it! Tang Xin: Huh? What kind of lousy System is this? You bound us as a couple? Are you kidding me? Am I going to be sentenced to death by the same person twice? Your High 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It has double buffs of rebirth and time travel, the male protagonist has a special pet, and the most important thing is a pet kitten. The writing is smooth, except for the slow update. [Shocked][shocked][shocked]

2. 2 作 After the Dramatic Lady Awakens, Her Husband and Children Make a Cozy Home 作精夫人觉醒后，夫君孩子热炕头 Miemie咩咩Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Wan opened her eyes and found herself eight years in the future. She had a husband and children, and was the wife of a powerful minister. This was the very definition of winning at life... Yeah, right. What a load of crap. Her former fiancé, the man who had once loved her, turned out to be a despicable fraud. To marry a high-born princess, he schemed to make her lose her virginity to another man. And yet she never learned her lesson. He sweet-talked her into becoming lovesick and irrationa 632Reads7.9Score102Shelves

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   . . Excellent, amazing writing, compact content

3. 3 永 The Eternal Night Galaxy: Sorry, We Really Do Hate Each Other 永夜星河之抱歉我们可是纯恨啊 A Great Dream in the Cold Isles大梦寒洲Female-Channel Fanfiction336k WordsCompleted Reborn + System + No Breaking Up the CP + A Couple Who Truly Hate Each Other + Redemption Through a Yandere-Style Torturous Romance + Happy Ending Also known as "Eternal Night Galaxy: Sorry, But We Really Do Hate Each Other" Good news: Lin Yu was reborn. Bad news: She now shares a body with Ling Miaomiao. After being forced to bind with a System, she was told that whether she liked it or not, she would have to relive the story's original events. So welcome! As the villain, please set out on y 1.1kReads8.9Score103Shelves
4. 4 恋 A Lovelorn Woman Reborn as a Villainess 恋爱脑重生成恶毒女配 Cold And Indifferent Xueran Juri冰冷漠然的雪染菊理Ancient Romance532k WordsOngoing [Just treat this like a sleep-inducing novel and listen as you drift off. Please, please start reading from Chapter 50.] After a scumbag boyfriend cheats me out of all my money, I set out to confront him, only to be hit by a car he arranged. When I open my eyes again, I'm a female supporting character in a novel I've read before. My appearance changes the original plot, and I develop feelings for the characters. I don't want to return to the real world because of the bonds I've formed, but if I —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 藏 She Hid Her Pregnancy and Left the Child Behind; Reborn, I Won't Chase Him Again 藏起孕肚去父留子，重生我不追了 Wu Li Chouchou乌里丑丑Ancient Romance456k WordsCompleted (Publication deal signed) Reborn, one-on-one, both pure, aloof beauty goes mad for love, husband-chasing crematorium (A heartbroken heroine x a hero who wants to be her dog) A Shang stole the position of Xie Hengyu's wife. Everyone knows Xie Hengyu is a sword cultivator prodigy with a brilliant future in the cultivation world, while A Shang is merely a lowly half-demon who became his wife through underhanded means. In the end, she was falsely accused of colluding with the demon clan and died a t 37.2kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves

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   The female protagonist is a half-demon. In her previous life, she was mistaken for having raped the male protagonist as her husband. She was accused of colluding with the demons and died tragically. After resurrecting her life, she knew that the hero's heart was not warm. During the Fairy Sword Tournament, she took advantage of the overlord's serious injury and forced herself to use the bow, and then ran away. The male protagonist is a yandere

6. 6 王 Your Highness, the Princess Consort Is Pretending to Be a Fool Again 王爷，王妃又在装傻充楞 Little Red Fruit红果果Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn, Murong Qiuyu knows how to play the fool and outsmart her enemies. She’s a master of household intrigue. She can pretend to be stupid with the best of them. She can feign madness while plotting her schemes. Every day, she swings her blade, digs a pit, and buries her victims. No one can stop her. Fierce! Then she meets the most powerful official of the age, a handsome, capable, and tragic man, and they join forces. The Regent, feared by all who hear his name, is a total sweetheart to her a 202Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   In the previous life, the heroine worked conscientiously, sacrificing everything for love, just to help the one she loved ascend to the throne. However, she was betrayed by the enemy and the one she loved. The tenth month of her pregnancy was the day when she and her child perished. When I opened my eyes again, I went back to the beginning of everything, just for revenge, and conspired with others, and finally started a series. Gong Dou gradually fell in love with the male protagonist while scheming against each other. [Adoration] Worth watching

7. 7 东 The Eastern Palace's Beauty: This Favorite Consort Is Mine! 东宫姝色：这宠妃我当定了！ Sheng Qian笙浅Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted [The heroine is doted on from the very beginning. The story focuses on sweet romance, not scheming palace intrigue. The hero adores the heroine and is even a little lovesick. If that's not your thing, please move along, and don't leave a bad review over it. The heroine rises from a junior consort to a favored consort, Crown Princess, and Empress. The hero is a crown prince at first and becomes emperor later.] Su Niannian has landed in a male-lead-centric novel! Her new identity is Su Ling, the 30.7kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
8. 8 拯 After I Saved the Sick, Obsessive Demon Lord, He Became Utterly Devoted to Me 拯救了病娇妖尊后，他嗜我如命 Like Walking Through the Night如行于夜Ancient Romance626k WordsCompleted The animated series is now streaming [Sweetness overload warning! Devoted couple + sweet romance + little temptress + possessive + crazy + lovesick] A healing little fairy with incredible fighting prowess x a cold, celibate, lovesick rabbit spirit Wanwan transmigrates into a book to undergo a trial. The Heavenly Dao tells her to reform a pitiful villain on the verge of turning evil, teach him to be good, and inspire him to cultivate virtue. Wanwan says, “No problem. I just have to shower the vil 7.9kReads9.3Score1kShelves
9. 9 救 Help! The Cold, Ascetic Heir Has Fallen for Me 救命！禁欲的清冷世子对我动了情 Ke Ke Dou炣炣豆Ancient Romance158k WordsCompleted From the start, all they have is a rickety, run-down restaurant. Their short, stout father is the proprietor, and their burly mother is the chef. Their four grown-up daughters are too fierce, lazy, greedy, or foolish to find husbands. Then there's Bai Jiao. She's amazing: gluttonous, lazy, greedy, foolish, and fierce. She's got every vice in the book. The family's youngest son has been driven to villainy by them all. Bai Jiao, who transmigrated from the apocalypse, says this is nothing. Business 2Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 公 After the Princess Returned to the Capital, the Whole City Showered Her with Love 公主回京后被全皇城追着宠 Evening Ripples晚漾Ancient Romance363k WordsCompleted [1v1 historical romance, adored by everyone, no rebirth or transmigration for the protagonist + childhood sweethearts + sweet romance and fun + no annoying side characters] Princess Changning’s father commands the army and has rendered such great service that his power eclipses the throne. Rumor has it that she is just as arrogant and overbearing, and as ruthless as they come. Summoned back to the capital, she is instead doted on by all the capital’s most powerful figures. But the Censorate keep 7.1kReads9.1Score885Shelves
11. 11 主 The Matriarch Worked Herself to Death, Then Was Reborn to Raise the Kids and Take It Easy 主母操劳而死，重生后养崽摆烂了 Watermelon Juice西瓜汁汁Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Both reborn + swapped lives + household matriarch + stepmother raising children + physician consort + powerful heroine and satisfying revenge + inner-family strife + adorable children] Shen Qinglan discovered that she and Shen Qingli had both been reborn! In her previous life, Shen Qinglan married into the Li family of Longxi and helped the second branch's eldest son rise to success, until he became a high-ranking official and she lived in splendor! Shen Qingli had only recently married into th 5.9kReads8.9Score989Shelves

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    Specially recommend the sixth book [Sending Hearts]

12. 12 名 Famed Throughout the Capital 名满京华 Mu Mu Mu Zhi木木木枳Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Revenge + Taking Down the Trash] Chu Muqing, the eldest daughter of the Yongning Marquis Household, was raised from childhood by her second uncle’s family in Hezhou. After returning to the capital, she believed her stepmother was kind, her younger half-sister was good-hearted, and all her relatives in the marquis household loved her. Who would have thought that one day she’d wake up and realize the loving mother and daughter, the harmonious family, were all an illusion? Meanwhile, tho 7.1kReads8.9Score794Shelves
13. 13 吾 My Phoenix Returns 吾凰归来 Li Er'er李尔尔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A classic rebirth story, political intrigue and revenge, with a heroine focused on building her own career] The empress of the Kingdom of Nanyue, a legitimate daughter of a military family. She was the Prince of Yu's consort for two years and a benevolent empress for four, yet when she went into labor one day, the man she loved cut open her belly and killed their child. His reason was that she was a demon empress who would bring ruin to the nation, and that the child she bore would surely kill 2.4kReads9.1Score292Shelves
14. 14 宠 He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻，重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷 Zhi Zhi之知Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 106.4kReads9.5Score15.2kShelves
15. 15 太 The Empress Dowager Reborn: A Phoenix’s Plot for the Empire 太后重生：凤谋天下 Gu Yu孤妤Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + ensemble cast + political intrigue] Reborn, she turns the world into a board and all living beings into pieces. She is the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. Slender, pale hands, an icy gaze She moves her pieces, a faint smile on her lips Why should beauty worry? Reborn, risen from the ashes A phoenix’s schemes hide in her lotus-bloom bones Her name will live on in the annals of history Willow branches in her hometown, the moon a hook She watches generals and princes 1.3kReads9.0Score182Shelves
16. 16 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 87.3kReads9.6Score11.2kShelves
17. 17 锁 Locked in the Spring Night 锁春宵 Banana Pizza香蕉披萨Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + reborn + revenge on scum + sweet romance + mutually faithful] In her previous life, Su Qingyu had been married for three years without ever consummating the marriage. Then her cousin suddenly appeared before her with a child, and Su Qingyu finally learned that the man wasn't impotent. He just couldn't perform with her. Her cousin stripped off Su Qingyu's face, took her place as the legitimate daughter of the marquis's household, and became the matriarch of the S 55.1kReads9.3Score11.1kShelves

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    The plot of being reborn and being slapped in the face + getting married first and then falling in love is quite exciting~ The male protagonist is a villain, and the female protagonist kills everyone after being reborn, and she takes revenge and abuses the scum ^_^

18. 18 主 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 40.3kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves

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    These three books are all very good ancient Chinese novels with different styles. However, the heroines all have brains. They are not brainless novels. They grow up step by step. I highly recommend them.

19. 19 穿 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: Three Women, Countless Dramas 穿越古代：三个女人N台戏 A Lamp in the Twilight一灯阑珊Ancient Romance6.0M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + group transmigration + farming and commerce + military service and medicine + self-reliance and perseverance, an uplifting and satisfying story, slow burn, everyday slice of life] A car accident sends three women transmigrating to the unfamiliar Great Wu Dynasty, where they land in a bandit’s den from the start. Zhu Mingyue: “Watch me make a fortune with two deadweights in tow.” Duan Xiaotang: “Watch me bring stability to every corner of the realm with two teammates.” Lin Wanwan 31.7kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
20. 20 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 155kReads9.5Score20.4kShelves

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