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She Swapped Bodies with the Tyrant and Went on a Rampage! 她，与暴君互换后，杀疯啦！
[Soul swap + transmigrate into a book + sweet, funny romance + going off the rails + tyrant + wish fulfillment + both leads are each other's first and only] Yun Yaoyao transmigrated into a book, becoming a foolish, timid cannon-fodder character who doesn't even survive the first chapter. No problem. If my family plots against me, I'll assassinate the emperor and wipe out my own clan! But after killing the emperor, Yun Yaoyao was horrified to discover that she and the tyrant had swapped bodies! T
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Before I Knew It, His Majesty Was Helping Me Fight My Household Battles 一不小心，陛下他下场帮我宅斗了
An accident causes Cui Lingyao and the reigning emperor, Pei Jie, to swap souls. On the fifteenth of every month, each must spend a day in the other's body. One side is the chaotic Earl's residence, with a reborn younger cousin, an aunt harboring dark intentions, an uncle shrouded in secrets, and a grandmother who loves to smooth things over. The other is the imperial court, where the empress dowager holds power, Prince Xin is ambitious, the emperor's personal attendant has already defected, an
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The Marquis's Estate Forgot Its Gratitude? The Regent Backs Me, and I Won't Forgive Them 侯府忘恩义？摄政王撑腰，不原谅
Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve
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There Was Once a Young Man in Chang'an ("A Thousand Miles of High Towers, Untouched by Wind or Snow") 长安曾有少年郎（“高台千里，勿沾风雪”）
[Revenge and court intrigue + childhood sweethearts + tragic palace romance + maximum angst] [Loyal young general VS coldhearted heiress bent on revenge VS gentle, devoted emperor. A tangled love between three people, with heartbreak that cuts to the bone] Qing Ru'an's life was buried beneath the fire that raged through the snowstorm that year. Her entire family was slaughtered, both her parents were gone, and the Qing family, the richest in Zizhou, was reduced to ruins overnight. The once-proud
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A Rhapsody of Palace Flowers 宫花赋
[A no-nonsense, trope-defying palace-intrigue drama + no love for the emperor + ensemble of women] Everyone has their own ambitions. I have no interest in fighting other women over a man. She was little Qing Luo, a girl who valued her life above all else. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she had wandered through hardship until she entered the Forbidden City, where she met the beautiful, gracious Yue Ren and the clever, perceptive Lü Zhu. At last, her wandering heart found a home. The three s
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Tangli Kisses the Snow 棠梨吻雪
Dual female leads The modern version is out: A Story Written in Her Features What do you do when you steal your childhood sweetheart’s beloved? [A sickly, cross-dressing heir who coughs every few steps & the gentle, virtuous eldest daughter of the Chancellor] Synopsis: One snowfall and one chance encounter brought four people together in love and hate. “I heard that Young General Huo returned from the frontier a few days ago.” “Then the marriage between the Huo family and the Jiang household
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Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责
Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied
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A Phoenix Seeks Its Mate 《凤求凰》
A Phoenix Seeks Its Mate
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What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著）
What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his
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After Transmigrating, She Chose to Cultivate Immortality 穿越后她选择修仙
A fire caused Mu Jin to transmigrate unexpectedly. She never expected to end up in a cultivation world, so she chose the path of cultivation. She thought she had four spiritual roots, but it turned out she had a single-element Heavenly Spiritual Root and two special constitutions. She thought the bead she carried was ordinary, but it turned out to be a spatial immortal artifact, containing a wealth of cultivation techniques and divine arts that would drive the cultivation world wild. She thought
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The Supreme God Emperor 无上神帝
Mu Yun, an immortal king of his generation, is reborn ten thousand years later as a useless instructor bullied by everyone? Troublemaking students? Kneel before this immortal king. A beauty offers herself to him? Sorry, you're not worthy. Back to the top, starting as an instructor
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I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Wreak Havoc in the Cultivation World! 让你修仙，没让你祸害修仙界啊！
[Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca
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After Becoming a Cultivation Novel's Female Side Character, I Don't Want to Be Cannon Fodder 穿成修仙女配后不想当炮灰
[Female-Led Cultivation, No Romance] [Mutated Wind Spirit Root + Hidden Weapons] Reincarnated as the villainess in a cultivation novel, she gets the best setup possible: the Northern Border’s greatest beauty and a genius disciple with a mutated Wind Spirit Root. But since she isn’t destined to be the heroine, Duan Jiaojiao decides to stay away from her and turn down the powerful Canglan Sect, joining the “pickpocket sect” Kongkong Sect instead. Who could have guessed that this much-hated “pickpo
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The Student Council President Has Been Plotting to Win Me Over for Ages 会长姐姐对我蓄谋已久
(The final chapter’s bonus story takes a different turn. If you haven’t read it, feel free to take a look ✌︎' ֊') [Two female leads + devoted to each other + college campus + reunion years later + everyday life] [Being a woman gave me every advantage in getting close to you, yet it also gave me the greatest disadvantage: I couldn’t kiss you.] (Everyone’s playing matchmaker! Every couple gets together!) Jiang Ji’s story: Jiang Ji once thought she’d have a conventional arranged marriage, until she
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Huh? Why Aren't You Kissing Me Anymore? 嗯？你怎么不亲我了？
[Two Female Leads + Slice of Life + Showbiz + Lighthearted + Sweet Romance + Not a Power Fantasy!!] "Older woman • gentle • far too dense • realizes too late and frantically pursues her wife • actress x younger woman • plays innocent • full of schemes • her big sister's dog, but tsundere • young idol" Because of a promise made when they were children, Su Qiyu used every trick in the book to win Jiang Xunzhu's heart as an adult. But while Su Qiyu thought of Jiang Xunzhu as her wife, Jiang Xunzhu
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Meng Liujing, Peace Through All Four Seasons 孟流景，四时平安
[Two Female Leads] [Book Transmigration] [School Life and Growth] [A Gentle Girl and a prickly Girl Secretly in Love with Each Other] [Slow-Burn 1v1] Meng Liujing died in a dark underground cage. When she opened her eyes again, she had been given a chance at a new life. The price was helping the female lead of this world avoid the original plot. Every gain came with a loss, and Meng Liujing accepted readily. When she first met Wei Qingzhou, she spoke up to help her out, but Wei Qingzhou replied
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From Ancient Times to the Modern Day: The Young Lady Wants the Immortal Lord to Coax Her 古穿今：大小姐需要仙君低声哄
[Two female leads + devoted wife-protecting + ancient-to-modern transmigration + both leads’ first relationship + sweet romance, 1v1 + a touch of ensemble cast, multiple couples] A prickly, spoiled, chronically ill heiress vs. a straightforward, direct immortal who transmigrates from ancient times to the modern world after failing her tribulation Everyone in the capital knows that the eldest daughter of the Shi family, Shi Yumo, is haughty and despises anyone who curries favor with the powerfu
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Xuanhuan: My Childhood Friend Is Actually the Female Lead of a Romance Novel 玄幻：我的青梅竟是女频主角
[One heroine, with a strong possessive streak who raises her into a yandere + mostly slice of life + no System + everyone’s favorite + light novel] A guide to saving himself after inexplicably transmigrating into a book. He’d planned to live a quiet life with his master. Instead, from the start, he discovers that the girl he picked up is the heroine of a female-oriented novel! Fan Yunmo gives up and says, “Whatever. She probably won’t fall for me anyway.” But after he brings her back to the sect
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Dreaming of All Under Heaven 梦想天下
A fiery rebirth, slaying foes as I ascend to the Third Heaven. I will create the world of my dreams, so that wherever the sun and moon shine is Chinese land, and wherever people live, they learn Chinese characters and speak Chinese...
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City of Heartbreak 情伤都市
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The Brocade Canopy 锦帐
[Dual Rebirth for the Hero and Heroine + No Getting Back Together After Breaking Up + The Scumbag Husband Regrets It + A Warm, Obsessive Male Supporting Character Takes the Lead] In her previous life, Xiao Yunhuan was the Crown Princess. She went to the battlefield in her husband's place and fought for him, becoming a role model for women everywhere. But after the late emperor died and the crown prince ascended the throne, what awaited her was the new emperor's merciless attempt to wipe her out,
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The Tale of Wen Tan 文檀传
A perceptive, worldly beauty × a jade-faced marquis Wen Tan thought this was all life had to offer: scheming against the other girls in the training house, waiting for some rich man to buy her, and rotting away in the mud. Then Marquis Jiarui offered her a chance to work together. “I need a fiancée, and you need somewhere to belong. Why not make a deal?” And so she transformed from a Yangzhou beauty bred for sale into an official's daughter in the capital, nervously navigating a world of power a
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The Fake Heiress Is Sweet and Charming, and Her Five Brothers Dote on Her 假千金又软又撩，五个哥哥宠上天
After Su Wan transmigrated into a book, she took one look at her character's setup and ending and fell into deep thought. She could have coasted to victory, but instead she had to court death. Was this really the standard ending for a vicious supporting female character? To change her fate, she decided to return to the countryside and cling to her five older brothers. After all, they would all become big shots one day. Her eldest brother would become a third-rank official at court. Her second br
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Before Daybreak 不终朝
[Two Generals + Love of Country and Home + Long-Suffering Romance + Mystery and Investigation + Mutual Pining + Commander Couple] [A decisive, resilient, loyal and strategic female general vs. the steady, patient and far-sighted commander of the Yinchi Army] Shen Xun and Xie Jin are sworn enemies, bitter rivals whose relationship is common knowledge. They rose to fame in their youth and spent ten years at war, yet in the end, they could not escape becoming pawns. A single imperial decree marryin
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Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨
A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi
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Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡
"The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten
152.2kReads9.7Score60.8kShelves
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Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝
(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
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[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
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