Male Lead: The Status of the Official Wife, the Grace of a Mistress, and the Manner of a Courtesan 男主: 正宫的身份，小三的气度，勾栏的做派

1. 251 阴 The Brooding Top Is Always Crying in the Seductive Tycoon's Arms! 阴湿攻，他总在钓系大佬怀里哭！ Baijiu250白酒250Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Completed] Xu Sui wakes up to a world-shattering shock. His wife, with whom he'd shared a love-hate relationship and a forced romance, has killed herself. She's completely dead, leaving him behind, frail, helpless, and crying out for care. Xu Sui silently looks at the engagement ring he'd secretly prepared, along with the betrothal gifts he'd spent years putting together. His composure slowly crumbles, and he grows increasingly unhinged. “If you're a ghost, haunt me like a demon for the rest of 7.8kReads8.4Score578Shelves

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   The male protagonist in this book almost killed his wife.

2. 252 和 After Contracting a Marriage with the Villain, He Can’t Escape 和反派协议结婚后，他逃不掉了 Clouds and Mist Flowers云端雾花Two Male Leads312k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Entertainment Industry + Sweet Romance + Equally Powerful Leads] Only after Lin Xingmian died did he learn that he was living inside a novel. Reborn by accident, Lin Xingmian returned to the gala where his reputation had been ruined. He fled the venue and rushed into a dressing room. Inside was a tall, slender male Alpha, casually straightening his cuffs. Lin Xingmian reached out to him, panting. "Give me an... Alpha suppressant." The man glanced up at him. "I don't use that st 20.2kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves

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   I read more than seventy chapters in one go. It's really good [I also strongly recommend][I also strongly recommend][I also strongly recommend]

3. 253 C Cookie Poisoning Report Cookie中毒报告 Clear Broth Fish Balls and Buckwheat Noodles清汤鱼丸荞麦面Two Male Leads203k WordsCompleted [Gentle, ordinary office worker top x twisted, obsessive, gloomy internet celebrity bottom] [Bottom-focused, abnormal romance + the protagonist is a complete pervert] Ji Xiangnan hides his fangs, obsessively spying from the shadows. Perhaps Cheng Yu should ask himself: Why does the oden at this convenience store... always happen to have your favorite flavors ready? Why has your social circle suddenly become such a mess? Why does that mysterious blogger you follow always post exactly the content 357Reads8.2Score—Shelves
4. 254 反 My Villainous Husband Mustn't Turn Evil 反派夫郎不可以黑化 Under the Roland Bridge罗兰桥下Ancient Romance242k WordsCompleted Female-dominant society, one-on-one romance, with the woman doting on the man. Wei Shao was a postdoctoral supervisor in Chinese Language and Literature at Dongqing University. One day, she found a novel called The Tyrant Empress’s Sweet Little Husband on her office desk, apparently left behind by a close friend. Looking at the sort of novel her roommate had once enthusiastically recommended to her, she fell into deep thought. Curious, she casually opened it and read a little. In the story, a vi 14.4kReads8.6Score858Shelves

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   The heroine is the husband of a well-known family, but the hero has always been a mistress, a teasing person, and is always on the lookout for other men to seduce the heroine.

5. 255 难 Hard to Coax: The Unruly Young Master Is About to Cry 难哄，野痞太子爷要哭了 Donghua's Seven Disciples, Who Love Stewed Meat爱吃炖肉的东华七子Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted [Wealthy families x forced possession x groveling pursuit x happy ending] [Sweet girl x wild, unruly heir x one-on-one romance] The first time Xu Zhiqiao saw Zhou Cong was in the courtyard of her new home. The man lounged in a rattan chair with his legs crossed and drawled, “Such a cute little sweetheart. How about calling me big brother?” The bone cuff on his ear glinted coldly. Xu Zhiqiao kept her distance, terrified of this devil who could turn the world upside down and control everything. On 58.6kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves

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   He has a status as noble as a royal palace. He was born in a family of Zhong Ming and Ding Shi. He has been surrounded by everyone since he was a child and enjoys supreme honor. The aura and wealth of his family endowed him with innate dignity. But he behaves with a hook-and-loop style. He is free and uninhibited by nature and is not bound by secular ethics at all. When it comes to feelings, he is like the romantic guest in the hook bar, free and easy, and has a superb ability to stir up people's hearts. A pair of peach blossom eyes, the inadvertent movement of the eyes can make people's hearts flutter. The smirk on his lips and the coquettish manner in his gestures make people fall in love with him. Under the intertwining of his noble status and unique style, he has become a unique existence in the world, which is both fascinating and elusive.

6. 256 撩 Flirting with Straight Men, Messing with Exes: The Scummy Bottom Is Always in a Shura Field 撩直男，耍前任，渣受总在修罗场 Pink Automatic Typing Machine粉色自动码字机Two Male Leads834k WordsOngoing Jiang Chi is a famous and influential figure at A University, renowned for his beauty. He is beautiful and gentle, always knows what he wants, and falling in love with him is easier than breathing. Anyone who has met Jiang Chi can never forget him. They draw close, touch him, become infatuated with him, and fly into the flames like moths, only to meet their doom. A seductive beauty trains his dogs, a battle royale for his affection, an overwhelming number of exes, and an alternate-world setting 810Reads9.2Score101Shelves

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   All the male protagonists in this article are former royal palaces, with the belly of a mistress, and the style of hooking up [face covering] The protagonist has no one he likes, everyone is the target of the task he has to deal with with a sullen face. It is a bit too pure and refreshing for Su Shuang (the whole family is a natural scumbag, which may be the highlight) The classic succubus character design, but some people will always be bewitched, I won't say who it is [Thinking] ⚠️There is a teacher-student element

7. 257 最 The Perfect One True Love 最佳白月光 A Little White Poplar一颗小白杨Modern Romance389k WordsCompleted Song Qingruan was the dream girl of every wealthy young man in Haicheng. Everyone in the city knew that Shang Jingyu, heir to the Shang family, was madly in love with her. The aloof, untouchable golden boy showed her all his tenderness and affection. On the eve of their wedding, Shang Jingyu was drugged by the powerful eldest daughter of the Su family, who had been secretly in love with him for years. Song Qingruan was forced to terminate her pregnancy and leave the country. - Four years later, 22.9kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
8. 258 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 585.1kReads9.5Score99kShelves
9. 259 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 158.9kReads9.0Score19kShelves

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   When she woke up, Jiang Yuman was transformed into the male protagonist's vicious ex-wife who was six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreamed of becoming an official wife and tried her best to marry into the Fu family. However, after the Fu family was unjustly dismissed from office and was about to go to the countryside, she disregarded the family's pleas and guarantees, had an abortion and divorced her in one go! Looking at her husband, who is more handsome than the celebrities of later generations, touching her six-month pregnant belly, Jiang Yuman sighed: Damn girl, you are not satisfied with eating so well! According to the plot of the original book, the male protagonist and his father will return to their original positions in two years and become popular people in the compound again, living a harmonious and beautiful life with the reborn female protagonist. Jiang Yuman, who is behind the scenes, no longer wants to make room for the heroine! As a woman of the new era, Jiang Yuman has the spirit of lying down. With the lessons learned from the book, of course she would not leave her best husband alone and make things more difficult for herself. As long as the Fu family is rehabilitated in two years, there will be nothing to worry about◇

10. 260 快 Quick Transmigration: I Know This One, Pick All In 快穿：这题我会，选Allin Seda Star瑟大星Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Heartbreaker heroine + men competing in chaotic rivalries + all male leads are devoted + irresistible to men + gorgeous, spoiled troublemaker] Qiao Chu travels through novel worlds, rewriting the fates of villainous supporting characters. Sometimes she’s the male lead’s unlucky fiancée, destined to be a disposable character; sometimes she’s the obstacle on the heroine’s path to greatness… In short, she’s doomed to die without a whole body. But once Qiao Chu enters the novel worlds and starts sl 2.4kReads8.9Score314Shelves
11. 261 不 After She Stops Teasing Her Unhinged Brother-in-Law, He Kisses Her Like a Madman and Keeps Her Captive 不撩疯批夫兄后！她被疯吻囚宠 Freedom Soda自由汽水Ancient Romance691k WordsCompleted [Flirting and pampering + both leads are each other's first + reborn + the husband pursues his wife to the crematorium + pregnancy and running away] The aloof beauty bends for love / Her former husband's elder brother takes both family branches / A battlefield for her hand / A gilded cage At first, a cold, sharp-tongued hero who knows nothing of love; later, a puppy-like hero VS a foolish, wicked beauty In her previous life, when Qin Daidai learned that her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, Pei X 4kReads8.0Score400Shelves

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    # ** Rebirth and refreshing essay # Jianxi literature # husband-brother literature # chasing wife crematorium # xiongjing ceiling **

12. 262 炮 The Cannon Fodder Villainess Is Pregnant with the Evil Antagonist's Baby 炮灰女配她怀了恶毒反派的崽 Little Taro Boba芋泥小啵啵Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + everyday life + transmigrate into a book + domineering CEO] Lu Zhiyuan transmigrates. The good news is that she's the domineering CEO male lead's younger sister, and as long as she doesn't bring trouble on herself, her brother won't lose all sense of morality and kill her. The bad news is that, by accident, she forcefully slept with the major villain, Chen Xingjian, then told him he was no good. Before she can run, Lu Zhiyuan is caught red-handed. “You slept with me and still th 2kReads7.1Score138Shelves
13. 263 前 My Ex Is Determined Never to Let Me Go 前男友誓死不放手 Xiang Xinning向馨宁Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Abduction and possession / reconciliation after a breakup / both are sexually inexperienced / love at first sight / the male lead is mentally unstable and insane) After Gu Jiayi broke up with Lu Siyan on her own, she fled alone to a small town in F Country and hid there for a year. She thought the storm had passed, but never expected that the moment she got off the plane, he would catch her. He pursued her and begged her, but she remained unmoved. This is the story of a powerful underworld boss 10.9kReads8.8Score798Shelves
14. 264 那 So What? It's Not Like I Did Anything Worse Than Dump the Crown Prince 那咋了，不就是渣了太子爷吗 Xu Tu许涂Modern Romance392k WordsCompleted [Sharp, clear-eyed beauty with a sly, flirtatious streak × Tsundere young master who talks big but is pure-hearted] Lin Yu is the unrequited-love female supporting character in a CEO romance novel. After her confession is rejected, she awakens to her own free will without warning. Realizing how foolish she’s been all these years, she immediately decides to stay away from the male lead. She has no intention of getting involved in the main couple’s affairs, but accidentally overhears Young Master 2.7kReads8.6Score190Shelves
15. 265 别 They Throw Mud at Me, So I Lie Down and Sue Them for 38,000 别人朝我扔泥巴，躺下讹他三万八 Yan Xiaonuo颜小糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + livestreaming + going crazy anywhere, anytime] Qiao Xi takes on a mission from the Space-Time Administration, transmigrating into a tragic romance novel to fix its plot. She becomes a nobody with barely any fame and is bound to a Truth-Telling System. From then on, the tragic romance takes a bizarre turn... During a variety show livestream, she is asked why she works so hard. Guest 1: “I thought of the hardworking farmers.” Guest 2: “My grandma was a farmer. I miss her so much.” 42.5kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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    Isn't this the way the palace's mistress behaves?

16. 266 快 Quick Transmigration: The Graceful Lady 快穿之窈窕淑女 Zhong Wen仲文Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Immersive quick transmigration + carefree Mary Sue + gorgeous heroine + over-the-top melodrama + author follows her whims + logic lovers beware + everyone gets hooked] Lin Yao: Breathe~ Target of the mission: What a skilled operator! No one knows where Lin Yao comes from or how old she is, but there’s a flower on her wrist that no one else can see. It holds a pocket dimension, flower dew, and a spirit spring. No matter what world she transmigrates to, she has everything she needs: beauty, a lo 13.9kReads8.7Score810Shelves

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    🌈①The status of the main palace, the magnanimity of the little umbrella. [The roommate who seduces her boyfriend] The puppy Yu Xingye is good and coquettish. When he found out that Yaoyao was seduced by his roommate, he tried hard to coax himself to be generous as the head palace, and even chose a husband for the heroine with a critical eye, which made him laugh [smirk]. 🌈③The delicate young lady cp all kinds of love brains.

17. 267 你 You Seduced My Husband, I’ll Seduce Your Son. Fair’s Fair 你吊我夫君，我诱你儿子，不能亏 Thirty Thousand Gold三万金Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Xuwan had the husband everyone envied: he was chaste and had never even taken a concubine. But his handsome facade was ripped away in bloody fashion after one drunken night... Zhou Minghai was hardly chaste. He simply had a first love in his heart and wanted to remain faithful to her. Now he had even hidden his first love at a hot-spring villa, sneaking off to meet her every few days. Enough was enough! Whoever wanted that old geezer in his thirties could have him. She had no interest i 17.9kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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    This male protagonist: The identity of the mistress and the style of the main palace are all fought over and over [sneaky laugh]

18. 268 惹 After I Tamed Those Yanderes, They All Became My Dogs 惹了病娇后，全训成狗 Baa Baa Sheep Bear绵羊咕咕熊Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [Male rivals competing for her + love-triangle showdowns + satisfying wish fulfillment + female gaze + irresistible heroine + all the men try to win me over + forced love with a yandere] One day, you suddenly transmigrate into an otome game. Your role in the game is a wealthy heiress, and your mission is to survive. You find it confusing. How could a realistic game put your life in danger? Then one day, you see the impeccably dressed CEO from daytime clutching your clothes at night, his expre 9.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
19. 269 气 After Driving His Wife Away, the Crown Prince Begs for a Slap, Eyes Red 气跑老婆后，太子爷红着眼求扇 Jie Chong解虫Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it was just released, but it’ll go up later. [One-on-one, both leads have only ever loved each other, a long road to winning her back, happy ending, alternate history] [The male lead is a lovesick pushover who’ll get on his knees in a heartbeat. The first dozen chapters are melodramatic, but things settle down later. The male lead is very insecure from then on!] [Talented director who leaves her lovesick ways behind × powerful man who is cold to outsiders but clingy and 9kReads7.0Score301Shelves

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    In the first book, the male protagonist has the identity of the main palace, the demeanor of the mistress, and the style of the palace ~ The second book, it is reversed, the male protagonist has the identity of the mistress, and has the style of the main palace [face covering] "Abusing your wife is a pleasure for a while, chasing your wife in the crematorium, but when you have a good brother who covets your wife, then he can step on your corpse and get to the top, and by the way, your bones and ashes will be blown away~

20. 270 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, This Princess Stops Pretending 退婚后，本公主不装了 Gardenia Milk Foam栀栀奶芙Ancient Romance486k WordsCompleted [Household intrigue + secret identity + everyone’s darling + true and false heirs + mutual devotion + scumbag chases his wife to the crematorium, but never wins her back] A wealthy merchant’s only daughter arrives in Rongcheng. She’s young, beautiful, and rich. Madam Xi of the Xi family has her eye on the girl’s dowry. But the eldest Xi son looks down on her, even as he plans to take her for everything she’s worth. The second Xi son looks down on her too. To avoid the marriage, he drugs her and 6.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    The heroine was predicted not to live to be 16 years old, but she had a good relationship with the Xi family. The heroine pretended to be the daughter of a wealthy businessman and moved into the Xi family, and found her true love.

21. 271 快 Quick Transmigration: I Became a Scumbag, Yet Everyone Fell for Me 快穿：穿成渣男的我却成了万人迷 An Manman安漫漫Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads! Quick transmigration! Bottom protagonist! Everyone's favorite! Split personalities!] Original title: Quick Transmigration: I Became Everyone's Favorite After Turning into a Scumbag On his first day at the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Cen Yu is assigned to play all kinds of scumbags! The kind so awful that the protagonist bottom leaves him for a whole crowd of handsome men. The protagonist bottom is supposed to go through a long, remorseful pursuit, but never take the scumbag ba 32.9kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves

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    Hahaha, I thought of this when I saw this title. The original protagonist in it is like this. He is obviously the boyfriend of the palace, but he talks like a mistress all day long and puts eye drops on the host. He is also very possessive. He likes to wash the host's underwear. He also secretly smells the host's clothes like a pervert to see if there is other people's perfume.

22. 272 快 Quick Transmigration: The Wicked Female Supporting Character Tears the Script to Shreds 快穿：恶毒女配撕碎剧本 Cloudlike Tea Leaves茶叶云片Modern Romance772k WordsOngoing [Sweet and angsty, with no tired tropes + immersive quick transmigration + one-on-one romance + love at first sight + the heroine is the original host] The goddess Yan Ning drunkenly tumbles into a book and becomes a series of ill-fated supporting heroines. Her spirit pet, Zhu Zhu the Pig, quickly reads through all the plots and finds her. But why isn't anything going the way the script says? [World One] The amnesiac CEO's fiancée A certain CEO: “After I lost my memory, I got jealous of myself 28.3kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    In the first world, the male protagonist loses his memory and falls in love with the female protagonist at first sight... He is jealous of himself every day, stands in for himself, and swears that he will treat his children as his own [laughing]

23. 273 泄 After My Thoughts Were Exposed, the Possessive CEO Forced Me to Love Him 泄露心声后被偏执总裁强制爱了 Yi Lu翼鹿Two Male Leads357k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads | Eavesdropping on Inner Thoughts | Silly, Sweet Romance] Xiang Xi, who spent his whole life plagued by bad luck before dying of cancer, transmigrated into a popular novel as the CEO's vain male spouse. The original Xiang Xi was vain, shallow, and vicious. He considered his comatose husband a burden and secretly mistreated him! But when Xiang Xi bound himself to a lucky System that let him rack up points by cuddling important people, he realized... The man in bed wasn't a burden 2.6kReads9.2Score475Shelves

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    Dear friends, please read this book. Our Chu Jiaojiao is the leader of the self-guided strategy [Admiration]. After reading this book, I really feel that the feelings in this article are very delicate. It is not a sudden liking, nor is it a lust. The transition of feelings from beginning to end is very coherent, and the love accumulated bit by bit in daily interactions is so touching. Especially baby Xiaoxi, who is delicate and sensitive, needs Mr. Chu to break through his perception step by step and let him know that some likes do not require equal transactions. Xiao hope is a very good boy in her own right, with so many shining points, how could our Mr. Chu not be tempted by her? 🤗🤗🤗🤗

24. 274 柔 A Delicate Little White Flower? Wrong! You’ve Messed With the Living King of Hell 柔弱小白花？错！你惹到活阎王了 Yu of the Three-Tiered Tower三重楼喻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted One-on-one, devoted couple | Lighthearted comedy | Secret identities | Face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place Sharp-tongued, ruthless, freakishly brilliant, physically formidable genius mercenary girl VS a swaggering, confident, dazzlingly handsome but tragic playboy heir who shows up out of nowhere Everyone said the fake heiress adopted by the Chu family was mentally ill. She looked gloomy and cadaverously thin, and people thought she brought bad luck. Sure enough, once the real heir 29.7kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves

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    Doesn't this mean we are Page? I highly recommend the fourth new work in the Gray Iron Delta series by Sanchonglou Yu.

25. 275 陆 The Little Darling in Lord Lu's Arms Is Cool, Cute, Clingy, and Unhinged 陆爷怀里的小娇宝冷萌黏人还病娇 Li Zi Is a Little Salty李子有点咸Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [Sweet, flirtatious romance + two yanderes + cold but adorable, soft female lead and abstinent, obsessive male lead] [Not a post-apocalyptic story] Jin Zhao was a zombie queen. She kept a human snack around, but before she could take a bite, he wiped out her zombie army. In the end, she starved to death too. Then she exploded out of her grave from the start, crawled up from underground, found her human snack, carried him home without hesitation, and locked him up. The System Daddy: “Kid, I told 4kReads9.3Score422Shelves

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    I have to talk about this book. The male protagonist often uses his beauty to seduce the female protagonist and returns tea🍵

26. 276 纨 The Spoiled Couple’s Mutual Admiration 纨绔夫妻互捧日常 Aconite on the Snow雪上一枝蒿Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Su Yu'an is forced to marry Jiang Qiyun, the eldest son of the Marquis of Rongyang and the leader of Kyoto's four notorious young lords. Everyone in Kyoto waits for the two of them to make fools of themselves, but instead, they see a couple constantly praising each other. Jiang Qiyun: My wife is clever and brilliant. She brings good fortune to her husband and keeps our home safe! Su Yu'an: My husband is as handsome as a jade tree, shielding me from wind and rain! Kyoto's nobles: Are you talking 20.7kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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    I strongly recommend the third book. I won't introduce it in detail. You can read it for yourself [laughing]

27. 277 抢 Stealing Another Man's Wife Is Wrong, But It Sure Feels Right 抢别人媳妇不礼貌，但是，真香 The Phone's Owner是机主本人Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted Ju Yue was so beautiful that her fiancé worried people would say he was marrying her for her looks. So, on their wedding day, he deliberately left her waiting outside the marquis’s residence to show that he didn’t care about beauty. Even worse, he led his virtuous and demure cousin inside first to perform the wedding rites. Could Ju Yue put up with that? Absolutely not! She made a scene on the spot and demanded to break off the engagement. The young tyrant Lou Buqi happened to be passing by. He 8.6kReads8.5Score748Shelves
28. 278 嫁 After Marrying the Mad Crown Prince to Bring Him Good Fortune 嫁给疯批太子冲喜后 You Shi尤时Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The unfavored legitimate daughter of the Mu family is ordered by imperial decree to marry the crown prince, Zhou Jing, who is at death's door, to bring him good luck. Plenty of people wait to laugh at her, saying she might just end up bringing him luck by killing him in bed. When Zhou Jing opens his eyes, he finds himself with a fiancée. The young woman is clearly terrified of him, but still can't help swearing her loyalty. “Your Highness, I'll treat you very well.” “Your Highness, after you pas 31.9kReads9.4Score4kShelves

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