Historical Romance, Second Male Lead Takes the Lead 古言，男二上位

1. 1 繁 When the Flowers Fade, Serenity Remains 繁花落尽是清欢 Yang Xiaoqi's Peanuts杨小柒的地豆Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted [The second male lead wins her heart + happy ending + punishing the scumbags + the male lead loves her but cannot have her, and dies alone] When she was five, she met the clear-eyed young Ye Lanqing. Plum blossoms covered the branches, and he came through the flying snow. With just one glance, he transformed Leng Yihuan's world. From then on, she had her beloved Qing-gege to think about. When he was twelve, his parents died in battle. He grew up overnight, turning cold and single-mindedly bent o 29.8kReads8.5Score2.7kShelves

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   [The second male lead + the ending of he + the scumbag abuse + the male protagonist cannot love him and ends up alone] When she was 5 years old, she met Ye Lanqing, a young man with a clear mind. At that time, the branches were full of wintersweet, and Lang stepped on the flying snow. With just one glance, Leng Yihuan's world was astonished. From then on, she had a brother Qing whom she longed for.

2. 2 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 132.6kReads9.6Score17.2kShelves

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   This is the old saying that there is no rebirth and there is no golden finger. The male and female protagonists can pull the male lead to the top. Each supporting role has its own emotional line. The characters are three-dimensional, full and beautiful (Zhai Dou Wen)

3. 3 快 Quick Transmigration: A High-Stakes Push and Pull with a Madman 快穿：与疯批大佬的顶级拉扯 Words for Gazing at a Banquet望宴词Modern Romance365k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Flirtatious Beauty] [Redemption] [Male Lead Has No Romantic Past] [One-on-One Romance] [Fragments] [Sweet and Angsty] [The male leads are beautiful, strong, and tragic. The best dowry a man can bring is a hopelessly lovesick heart.] * When Li Zhi was bound to System Eleven, she woke up with all her memories gone. Her identity was a mystery, and she could only travel through different worlds, fixing bugs in worlds gone awry and lowering the male leads' corruption levels. * 405Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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   These books are really great to read, the second male lead is on top, they are very sweet, and they are completely non-stop from beginning to end.

4. 4 重 Reborn as My Ex-Husband’s Beloved, He Regrets It! 重生成前夫的白月光后，他后悔了！ Bells Beyond the Eaves檐外铃Modern Romance590k WordsOngoing Because her father saved the old master of the Yan family, the Jiang family was blessed with an enormously advantageous arranged marriage. To marry into the Yan family, Jiang Qi tried to win over the Yan family’s younger daughter and catered to Yan’s parents. She was endlessly obedient to Yan Chengwang and loved him with all her heart. She even missed her mother’s final moments just to celebrate Yan Chengwang’s birthday. Yet everyone despised and hated her, while they showered her stepsister wit 11Reads6.5Score—Shelves
5. 5 猝 After Dying Suddenly, She Woke Up in a Madman's Bed 猝死后，她醒在疯批的床上 A Fu Fu fu阿福福fuModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious + thrilling + younger, possessive love interest + sweet romance + world-hopping] A survival-minded, overworked programmer versus the program she created: it looks frail and harmless, but is actually a deranged menace with no bottom line. Because of a bug, Xia Yan accidentally ends up inside the dating-sim game she made. To stay alive, she has no choice but to travel through one instance after another, fooling and sweet-talking the villains into becoming good people. But as Xia Yan joi 4.5kReads9.2Score393Shelves
6. 6 阴 I Kissed the Gloomy Villain Boy Speechless 阴沉沉反派少年被我亲懵了 Little Little Little Grain of Rice小小小米粒Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted Redemption story! Originally titled The Gloomy Villain Boy I Kissed Into a Daze Tang Susu unexpectedly transmigrates into a school romance novel as a cannon-fodder supporting character. Having read only half the novel, Tang Susu looks down at the breathtakingly beautiful boy standing in the rain. He became disabled when he was young and suffered one injustice after another, yet he never complained. Before returning to her original world, she decides to stay by his side and watch him grow. T 25.4kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
7. 7 小 The Little Highness Has a Screw Loose 小殿下他脑子有坑 I Eat Pomelos Without Spitting Out the Pith吃柚子不吐皮吖Ancient Romance295k WordsCompleted [Sweet, bold, and outspoken young princess X gentle, seemingly innocent but secretly calculating young prince] Shi Sui transmigrated into the heroine of a classic tragic romance. In the original, the male and female leads' melodramatic love story tortured them from the first chapter to the penultimate one, and still ended in a tragic finale. Shi Sui: Bye-bye, then. I'll pick the devoted second male lead. Basically, it's a story about a laid-back girl using her wonderfully quirky imagination to s 18kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves

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   Gentle cookie, it is really healing and healing. Both of them are very good, very gentle people, but they both have sad things that cannot be erased from their hearts. The two of them firmly choose each other to heal each other and rely on each other. The tone of this book is not sad and painful, but warm and a little funny. There are only a few chapters of sadness. It is super healing to be with you year after year.

8. 8 高 A Glorious Marriage into a Prestigious Family 高门荣婚 Peach Blossom Lamb桃花小羊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The husband’s groveling redemption + reborn + punishing scumbags + face-slapping + second male lead takes the crown + both leads are each other’s first and only love + ensemble cast + everyone’s favorite] Everyone envied Cui Yaoning’s life at first. She was the legitimate daughter of the Qinghe Cui clan, spoiled and willful from childhood. Then she married Pei Yu, the top scholar from another prestigious family, and he doted on her to no end. Pei Yu had grown up with her, and they were deepl 36.6kReads8.3Score4.7kShelves
9. 9 和 Kidnapped on the Road to a Political Marriage, She Spends Her Wedding Night with Her Fiancé's Mortal Enemy 和亲路上被抢，与未婚夫死敌洞房 Xuanxuan Like Water萱萱若水Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Both Leads Are Chaste + Sweet Romance + Lighthearted] Yue Jiang was born into the Yue Kingdom as a beautiful woman raised to be sent off in a political marriage, with glossy hair and a face radiant as the dawn. As a princess sent to marry into the An Kingdom, she traveled far from home, only to fall into the hands of Crown Prince Jing Yan of the Jing Kingdom, a longtime enemy of the An Kingdom. To stay alive, Yue Jiang thought, A marriage is a marriage, no matter whom I marry. So she pretended 1.7kReads8.7Score196Shelves
10. 10 白 After My White Moonlight Married, I Married My Archenemy 白月光成亲后，我嫁了我的死对头 A Spoonful of Cherry Blossoms一勺樱花Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted [The Ex-Wife’s Revenge] Yun Xingran, the daughter of Prince Li’s household, spent ten years humbly chasing after Jiang Xun. At last, an imperial edict arranged their marriage, but even the best-laid plans could not account for fate. A month before the wedding, Jiang Xun made a grand spectacle of bringing Qiao Qingqian, who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, into his home along the city’s ten-mile main street. He gave Yun Xingran a resounding slap in the face. With the wedding date approaching 683Reads8.7Score102Shelves

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    The female protagonist has liked the male protagonist since she was a child and she and the male lead are sworn enemies. Although the male and female protagonists were promised a marriage, the male protagonist suddenly married someone else, and the male protagonist saved the day at the critical moment.

11. 11 攻 After Her Strategy Fails, the Consort Seduces the Emperor to Claim Her Place 攻略失败后，娘娘她勾君上位 Yi Yanyun易烟云Ancient Romance319k WordsOngoing [Satisfying Palace Intrigue + Winning the Emperor’s Heart + The Emperor Steals His Minister’s Wife + Transmigration + Best Friends Transmigrate Together] Meng Yunran and her best friend transmigrate to ancient times and receive System missions to win over their targets. She sets out to win the heart of Fu Qingyue, the marquis’s illegitimate son, and helps him become the renowned Marquis of Cheng’an. But all she gets in return is his humiliation and abuse, as he dotes on his concubine and neglect 8Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    With no family and a divorced wife, Song Wan abandoned everything and left the Marquis 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...

12. 12 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 363.3kReads9.5Score51.4kShelves
13. 13 折 The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼 Jing Mo旌墨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 15.4kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    [Flying Kisses][Flowing Kisses] Highly recommended: ① "Bound Spring Love": written by Ren Huanyou, has been completed, with 596,000 words. The Jiang and Song Dynasties have been friends for generations. Song Wan and Jiang Xingjian were childhood sweethearts. After Jiang Xingjian died in battle, she entered the mansion with his spiritual throne and stayed there for six years. However, Jiang Xingjian returned with the time-travelling girl. After Song Wan reconciled, the prince fell in love with her, and they stayed together every step of the way. He died on the same day in the same year and month. ② "Second Marriage of a Dandy": author Jing Mo, 558,000 words have been completed. Qin Guiwan, a daughter of the Eastern Qiang, married Shen Yanzhi, the prince of Jinghaihou of the Chu Kingdom, in the Eastern Qiang. Qin Guiwan worked for him for four years and fell ill due to an old illness. After Shen Yanzhi returned to the Chu, she married her cousin. Qin Guiwan was heartbroken. Gu Zhuoying appeared, held Qin Guiwan's hand and told Shen Yanzhi to get away, and finally Qin Guiwan and Gu Zhuoying were together.

14. 14 重 Reborn as the Poisonous Consort of a Military Family 重生将门毒后 Little Mei 5小梅5Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Rebirth of the General’s Poisonous Daughter 225Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The novel with the same name as this book is quite interesting.

15. 15 王 The Prince Regretted It After His Princess Tried to Hang Herself 王妃上吊后，王爷后悔了 Mo Han Yuanbao墨涵元宝Ancient Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [Satisfying revenge on scumbags + powerful male and female leads + doting family + adorable child + portable space] Wen Jin, a medical genius, accidentally transmigrated into the body of an ugly woman obsessed with handsome men. She woke up on her wedding night. “Your Highness, let me explain. I’m not…” It hurts! I want to cry! The original owner was both a pretty-face addict and a desperate simp. She’d provoked a short-tempered prince and gotten herself killed. Luckily, Wen Jin had her medical 11.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
16. 16 知 Winter Winds and Snow in the Capital 知京冬风雪 Mingquan明圈Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Currently being adapted for publication; a short drama of the same name has already been released A refined, self-controlled Beijing power player x a gentle, sweet-natured translator A touch of redemption + age gap + devoted, principled male lead + powerful Beijing family Xu Zhiyi first meets Li Tingfeng on New Year's Eve. She tentatively borrows the man's lighter, kindling the New Year fireworks that are hers alone in that lonely night. “Happy New Year, sir.” She meets Li Tingfeng again ami 11.7kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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    Who knows these books? The rating is not exaggerated at all. 1️⃣This book "Spring Comes Again on the Sick Branch" is simply the "counterattack against the ceiling" in Tomato novels! The heroine cheats all the way from the lowest point in life, abuses and slaps people in the face, and achieves both career and love. It is a perfect combination of cool writing + sweet pet! The plot is sadistic and sweet at the same time. It makes people feel sorry for the heroine while crazily slapping CP at the same time, and they can't stop at all! Suitable for those who like modern romance, sadistic slaps in the face, counterattack novels, sweet pet CP, hurry up and join the trap! 2️⃣The story begins with a heavy snowfall. The snow and wind in the capital is not only the background, but also a symbol throughout the whole story - the cold appearance hides hot emotions and undercurrents of power. The female protagonist comes from a noble family but has a troubled life, while the male protagonist is a cold-faced prince who holds all the power. From taking advantage of each other to truly falling in love, every step of the way between the two is full of calculations and true love. The plot has both the excitement of the intrigues in the court and the delicate and touching love between children. It's so addictive to read!

17. 17 媚 Her Alluring Charm Has the Unhinged Regent Wrapped Around Her Finger 媚骨娇娇嘤嘤，疯批摄政王宠宠宠 Tong Yu铜余Ancient Romance291k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, Devoted Couple, One-on-One, Funny and Lighthearted, Secret Identity Later] Yun Luoyu, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue, was beautiful, wealthy, and alluring by nature. She'd planned to spend half her life taking it easy, but on her wedding day, the deranged Prince Regent abducted her by force. From then on, she became the apple of his eye and the delight of his bedchamber. She acted sweet, played cute, pouted, and cracked jokes. She studied alongside the emperor 6.5kReads9.3Score717Shelves

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