Your Top Picks for Scheming Ancient-Era Romance

1 引 Bringing the Phoenix Home Zhi ZhiAncient Romance640k WordsCompleted 143.7kReads9.5Score19.8kShelves

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Machiavellian TOP1 heroine (⊙o⊙)!

2 【 [The Door Is Full of Blood] the Twin Sisters Return from the Bloodshed Xiao XiaoranziAncient Romance501k WordsOngoing 4.5kReads5.8Score550Shelves

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What the loyal family members received in exchange was not an iron coupon for the elixir book, but a glass of poisonous wine from the emperor. When reading "The House of Blood", I clenched my fists throughout the whole process. This suffocating feeling of "swallowing broken teeth into my stomach" was not completely released until the twin sisters joined forces to fight back to the capital. The story begins on Hell Difficulty: the father was wronged and the whole family was exiled. One of the sisters was sent to marry and suffered humiliation, while the other was married into the East Palace in a substitutionary identity. I thought it was a cliché "stand-in literature", but the author turned the table over - the so-called "affectionate prince" was actually an accomplice in the massacre of the whole family. But the most amazing thing is not the revenge itself, but the sobriety of the sisters. They are not dependent on any man. One is strategizing in the court, and the other is taking care of everything in the harem. There is no stupidity, only the fierceness of "Since everyone in the world has betrayed me, I will overthrow the world." Especially the part where the two sisters recognized each other on a rainy night gave me goosebumps. If you also like to read cool stories where the heroine tears up the script and is full of intrigues, this is the book to read with your eyes closed! 🔪🩸

3 她 She Is Not a Concubine Small God's BanquetAncient Romance942k WordsOngoing 138.7kReads7.9Score12.7kShelves

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💡A ten-year bookworm certified "The House of Blood"! An excellent combination of ancient world sentiment + Machiavellian revenge. The twin sisters return from the bloodshed, and the atmosphere is directly like a god. I was nervous throughout the whole process while reading it. Every game of the heroine hides murderous intent and perfectly closes the net. The refreshing feeling of unrivaled intelligence directly hits the soul. The plot of substitute marriage has constant twists and turns, and I can no longer watch this mindless and enjoyable novel. A must-read to save the book shortage, come here if you know what you are doing!

4 灯 The Lights Are Gone RuixuanAncient Romance822k WordsOngoing 1.8kReads9.3Score251Shelves

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As the old saying goes, Machiavellianism, dual strength, thoughtfulness, and strategy

5 王 Your Majesty, I Finished This Bowl of Meng Po Soup. Lin Shenshi Meets JinAncient Romance174k WordsOngoing 1.9kReads—Score979Shelves

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As Mrs. Meng, Meng Qining had seen countless love and hate separations. She never thought that when she came to the world, she would get married to King Jing'an. The palace is constantly in turmoil, and monsters are secretly preparing to take action. She desperately completes the task in exchange for her husband's reconciliation.

6 烟 Fireworks Tree ZhaoheyueAncient Romance553k WordsCompleted 804Reads—Score100Shelves

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This thief is so good-looking, all I can say is that I love the heroine, and the inner struggle is completely immersed in her! ! ! !

7 与 Huan with Jun MoonsetAncient Romance657k WordsCompleted 28.2kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves

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Highly recommended. If it doesn't look good, I won't be able to do a solo.

8 穿 Dressed as the Traitor's Legitimate Daughter, She Acted in Her True Colors Garlic Bamboo ShootsAncient Romance565k WordsCompleted 123.1kReads9.6Score15.2kShelves

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I have finished reading all these books, and I have even read them three times and four times. The heroine Gu Yan is so powerful that she has a ceiling.

10 重 After Rebirth, I Became the Widowed Sister-In-Law of My Mortal Enemy Two or Four Are SuccessfulAncient Romance517k WordsCompleted 31.7kReads9.4Score4kShelves

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It's very good to watch. It has brains and strategies. The pace is not slow. It's great to watch.

14 与 Share the Frost and Snow with You Long-Cherished IntentionAncient Romance937k WordsCompleted 1.2kReads8.1Score131Shelves

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The plotting part is very real, using many real cases from history, and the characters' thinking is also very in-depth.

15 南 Nazhi Xiangwan, the Regent Has Been Planning for a Long Time Doudou from Zhongyue ProvinceAncient Romance724k WordsCompleted 25.1kReads8.8Score3.6kShelves

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Ending, rebirth of revenge + double skills of medicine and poison + mutual love between two strong men + all members' scheming + palace fighting. Highlighted reminder: Refuse to outwit the villain, all members have 800 scheming, peak wits! In the previous life, Shen Nanzhi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, went blind and worked hard to save the scumbag by using forbidden magic. What happened instead was that the scumbag and Bai Lian's cousin secretly set up Chen Cang, causing all the loyal members of her Shen family to die tragically! After Nirvana and rebirth, she held the silver needle in her hand and returned to the day when she introduced poison to the scumbag to extend her life. Faced with the scumbag's expectations and his cousin's fake cry, Shen Nanzhi sneered and withdrew the needle: "I don't understand the poison. Since my cousin is so affectionate, why not let you bleed and cut the flesh?" In this life, she has torn away the disguise, mastered both medicine and poisoning, and raised dead people from their flesh and bones! Xiao Duo, the regent of Dayuan, was the living king of hell with all the power in the government and the public, but he was tortured by strange poisons. Shen Nanzhi threw down the antidote and said coldly and arrogantly, "I will save the life of the prince. How about lending me your knife to kill all the demons and monsters?" Everyone in the world thought that the daughter of the Duke was just a delicate canary in the palm of the living hell. It wasn't until the powerful officials from all walks of life appeared on stage, and the decisive moves emerged one after another, that everyone was horrified to discover that the seemingly weak Shen Nanzhi was actually the full-level female Zhuge who was in charge of the world of chess and had all the plans! She and he faced life and death back to back, met gods and killed gods, and manipulated the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty at the palm of their hands! When the bloody road is cut through, the world will be at peace. The iron-blooded regent who had made Jiuzhou frightened after hearing the news lost all his venom and locked her tightly in his arms. His voice was low and crazy: "Zhizhi, the country has been decided. With these beautiful mountains and rivers thousands of miles away, when will you be willing to give me a place?!" _ - The decisive killing queen of medical poison x the crazy regents who bowed for her, joined forces to slaughter all the monsters!

16 蓄 Long-Planned: the Daily Life of Mr. Chief Assistant's Doting Wife The Flower Blooms, the Original Flower of WealthAncient Romance566k WordsCompleted 25.6kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves

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Two of my favorite male protagonists who dote on their wives and are crazy about their wives.

18 双 Two Lifetimes of Love, Growing Old Together with You The Road to DreamingAncient Romance727k WordsCompleted 4.1kReads8.1Score505Shelves

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Sapiosexual, childhood sweethearts in previous lives, loving couple for 55 years + dual twins + UI designer male protagonist, strict political line (New Deal implementation, court games) delicate emotional line (daily interaction, detail pampering) modern skills implementation (double-entry accounting, design application) Multi-dimensional balance, relatively comprehensive sweet pet + Machiavellian rule + past life bond + high love time travel + deep emotional and court bonding

19 授 Give Him a Handle Zhou FuyaoAncient Romance96k WordsCompleted 30.4kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves

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They're all super pretty and stunning.

32 大 Ming Black Lotus Xian YukeAncient Romance594k WordsCompleted 7.7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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HE [🐰Bei Luosha female liar x🦊Black Lotus hypocrite] "After Contract Marriage with Black Lotus" is a masterpiece of ancient Machiavellian romance that is comparable to "Why Not Boat Crossing" After reading "Why Don't Went to Boat Crossing" by the same author, I thought it would be difficult to find another ancient saying that could hit me. After reading "After Contract Marriage with Black Lotus", I was surprised to find that the author is still able to maintain his pen power, and even makes the two-way pull and the game of light and darkness more poignant. It can be regarded as a comparable masterpiece! The story takes root in the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory during the Jiajing period, and the eastern Zhejiang coast was oppressed by the maritime ban, and the pattern opened up instantly. The heroine Xu Miaoxue is actually one of the rare bright and vivid heroines in ancient novels - she was born in the countryside, and she saw through the fate of a woman trapped in a backyard marriage, and was unwilling to be manipulated by others, so she simply became a money-grubbing and cunning female liar who traveled around the market. She is slick, smart, and articulate. She seems to be full of tackiness, but she hides soft kindness and obsession with overturning the case in her heart. The male protagonist Pei Shuye is praised by everyone as a gentle and gentle man who is as gentle as jade. He has a plan hidden in his bones. The world only thinks that he is elegant and harmless, but in fact he is a sinister lotus who plots every step and wants to stir up changes in the court. The setting of hypocrite × female liar collides with extreme tension. The first encounter between the two is a carefully disguised scam game. The heroine pretends to be a noble lady and sneaks into a banquet of powerful people. She talks arrogantly and dares to go toe-to-toe with the noble lady. When she turns around and bumps into the real protagonist, the beauty hunter, she feels guilty and trembles with a sense of contrast. The hero sees through her disguise and instead of blowing it off, he takes advantage of this fake show to draw her into a contractual couple. This is the beginning of an entanglement of mutual calculations and mutual testing. The plot of the whole book has ups and downs and progresses layer by layer. The undercurrents of the sea, the turmoil in the court, and the old cases are intertwined. The rhythm is relaxed and moderate. Every foreshadowing is echoed by the subsequent chapters. It is impossible to stop reading, and it is completely fascinating. The most rare thing is the emotional line between the male and female protagonists, the tension is amazing. At the beginning, the two had their own thoughts. One wanted to use his identity to overturn an old case, and the other used his marriage contract to seek power. They pretended to flatter each other, tested each other, and secretly played games at every turn. As they got along, they glimpsed each other's sincerity hidden under the disguise as they went through dangerous situations together. They were both full of schemes, but they were only willing to make concessions for the other. The phrase "You want to overturn the case and I want to overturn the world, why not add fuel to each other's bond" expresses the bond between the two. They are two black lotus flowers side by side. You kill people and I pass the knife. The sense of fate of the strong alliance rushes towards you. The ambiguous pull and extreme push and pull are written in a delicate and top-notch way. The ending of the book is a happy HE. After going through the turmoil in the court and the test of life and death, the two finally stay together. The ending of the book is gentle and weighty. As a reader who prefers emotional lines, I am really addicted to the atmospheric game between the male and female protagonists! The plot of Machiavellian plot is certainly exciting, but the restrained yet turbulent affection between the two and the undercurrent of rivalry are completely inadequate. I sincerely hope that the author can add more emotional interactions between the two in the future and delve deeper into the sweet pull between them in private. If you prefer ancient romances in which the strong and the powerful go in both directions, and where intrigues and love are intertwined, and you have read "Why Not Boat Crossing" and are still interested in it, this book is definitely not to be missed! The layout, characters, plot, and emotional drama are all online. It is the most amazing book I have read in a long time, and I never get tired of thinking about it again and again. I highly recommend it with five stars!

33 死 Three Years After His Death, I Was Pampered by the Regent and Raised as an Ancestor. Ye BuhongAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 21.3kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves

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This is one of the best novels I have read, and I still have more to say! At first, I thought that the heroine's rebirth was just for revenge. As the story unfolded step by step, everyone remembered what General Qianqiu had done and the city he had helped.

34 步 Jinghua Step by Step Spring Step by Step Twenty-Four Flower DynastiesAncient Romance624k WordsOngoing 14.6kReads8.2Score1.6kShelves

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Ancient style of Machiavellian plot, the female protagonist is smart, the male protagonist dominates the opposition, the two powers combine, and the writing is particularly good

35 重 The Reborn Daughter-In-Law Will Help You Raise Your Ashes Guobaorou BroAncient Romance249k WordsOngoing 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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This book is very good! The two-tiered house fight and plotting with all the players' brains is not as exciting as one-on-one, it's the sober revenge with brains. The male and female protagonists are both black lotuses, and they flirt with each other~ The pace is a bit slow at the beginning, but it gets faster and faster later on, and it gets better and better! Amway! ! !

36 替 I'm Really Not a Broken Sleeve When I Take My Brother's Place in the Court! Just Want to Eat TomatoesAncient Romance533k WordsCompleted 395Reads5.8Score107Shelves

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Machiavellian tactics, battles of wits, mainly court struggles, the male and female protagonists have online IQs

37 渡 Cross Xiaochi Shuyin YueyueAncient Romance114k WordsOngoing 4Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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Be, in this book, the characters are real historical figures, and the plot is also very historical. This book is pure abuse. The male and female protagonists cannot be together because of their identities. The female protagonist is forced to marry the emperor. The emperor gave her half of the country. The person who got her never got her heart in his life. The female protagonist The emperor gave birth to a son for the emperor, but the emperor was sick and could not live long. Before he died, he asked the heroine to find the hero and let her son recognize the hero as his godfather. It was not because he was generous. If he didn't do this, after he died, a woman and a child would be eaten to the bone. The male protagonist and the female protagonist have become a family, guarding the country and raising children together, but the price is that they can never be truly together for the rest of their lives. They cannot hold hands, kiss and hug like lovers. As long as one day she is the queen mother and he is the minister, they will never be together. Because there is a wall called etiquette and imperial power, the heroine can't be with her son's godfather. There is nothing she can do about it, who let her be born in the emperor's family. . . .

38 太 Rebirth of the Queen Mother: Feng Seeks the World Gu YuAncient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 2.1kReads9.0Score263Shelves

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It has to be this one! The heroine, the Queen Mother, is reborn, sober, rational and powerful. She guides the country behind the scenes, strategizes, and has an online IQ throughout the whole process! No loss in investing!

39 冷 Cold as Ice: My Heart Is as Cold as Ice, My Heart Is as Cold as Iron Xia BingtAncient Romance216k WordsCompleted 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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It's not brainless and cool, it's not Shuangjie. The male protagonist is the revenge knife of the female protagonist, and the female protagonist is the introduction for the male protagonist to stir up an old case. The two people use each other, support each other, and never give up.

40 黑 Princess Black Lotus, I Have the Final Say Who Is the Male Lead Yuenan MountainAncient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 366Reads9.4Score100Shelves

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The further back you look, the better it gets. There is a little more foreshadowing in the front and the pace is slow, but the rest is unexpected and the ending is still unfinished!

41 全 The Whole Family Can Hear My Thoughts: I’ll Just Watch You Perform I Really Love Little CrabsAncient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 161.3kReads9.7Score21.9kShelves

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The game between the protagonist and the villain is really exciting, every step is linked to each other without any pitfalls!

42 绝 The Young Marquis Has a Child DepressedAncient Romance274k WordsOngoing 31Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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This is a very good book, pure ancient language, the male and female protagonists have online IQs, are light on tactics, and the writing style is humorous and funny. It is a good novel that is delayed by the title. Everyone should read it! ! !

43 寒 Jackdaws in Your Heart Wind SunsetAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 19.4kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves

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The first book about sadomasochism, the male protagonist is powerful, possessive and jealous, the female protagonist is not a love-minded person and has her own character, I cried while reading a bag of paper, I highly recommend [Send Heart] The second day is an ancient plot of power~Fights in the palace and house fights, interlocking~Childhood sweethearts are possessive and loyal vs. Loyal dog guards guarding them with their lives, the female protagonist is not a love-minded~Clear and rational daughter-in-law, highly recommended [Adoration]

45 错 I Was Bound by Mistake for Nine Thousand Years, and He Helped Me Ascend to the Throne. Two or Three Sounds Under the MoonAncient Romance156k WordsOngoing 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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Machiavellian strategy + sweet pet, both strong, both of them have brains, the male protagonist is like a little coquettish wife in front of the female protagonist

46 岁 There Is a Little Full Every Year Pick up Rat Pig PigAncient Romance113k WordsOngoing 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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The plot is compact and not procrastinating, I recommend it to everyone

48 长 The Eldest Princess's Son-In-Law Love 525Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing 17Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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It's an ancient plot that was completely delayed by the name~ The plot is online, the timeline spans a long time, and there are many reversals~ It only takes zero seconds for the male and female protagonists to meet again after a long separation, and they fall in love at first sight. The two strong and highly intelligent CPs complement each other, and the Flower of the High Mountain humblely pursues love. It seems weak but actually it is easy to control~ There are many characters with distinctive personalities, and everyone has their own highlights~ The family line is also very touching~ After all, who doesn't want a grandpa who holds himself in the palm of his hand~ If it hadn't been for that matter, the male and female protagonists would be as close as a baby~

49 青 Qingshang Yinuo The King Is Thirteen Years OldAncient Romance398k WordsOngoing 37Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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⏳Obsession spans life and death, and she is determined to make up for the regrets of her previous life. "Deep Obsession" + "Rebirth to Make Up" + "Walking Narrative" unexpectedly ended the fate of her previous life, and the heroine was reborn across mountains and rivers to find someone, not afraid of the other person's indifference and slowly getting used to it # Regret Rebirth # Ancient Style Romance

50 重 After Being Reborn Three Times, I Had a HE Fight with the Enemy's Protons. Yu DuoyouAncient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted 3.8kReads9.5Score960Shelves

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The first one is my favorite, the second one is also very good