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After She Ascends the Throne, She Takes a New Husband, Leaving Her Ex to Weep 她登基后换了夫，新夫不见旧夫哭
(Power! It's a woman's second face! She loves it!) (1V2 + advancing the nation through technology + two men competing for her, only to end up regretting it) Lu Jichen: He is an ill-omened man. On the day his elder brother got married, they smeared dog blood all over his face and locked him in a cellar. Later, she brought him out, washed his hands, let him sit at the table, fed him, and paid for his education. Wei Chiyuan: He is the young lord of an aristocratic clan; she is a young widow. One sc
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- 2 Palace Beauty 宫姝 She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined. 8.3kReads9.2Score95314d adds
- 3 The Empress Is Otherworldly and Alluring: The Emperor's Exclusive Favorite 娘娘又仙又撩：陛下椒房独宠 [Not a first-love-only pairing; the heroine is no saint; the emperor favors her exclusively in the middle and later stages; fluffy, brainless sweet romance; silly and lighthearted, read with caution] Everyone says that a highborn legitimate daughter who enters the palace is doomed to a bad end, but Pei Jinyan refuses to believe it. Besides, she was once the emperor’s favorite consort in her previous life. She simply ruined a winning hand through her own arrogance and capriciousness. She gave bir 7.5kReads9.2Score86714d adds
- 4 A Consort's Scheme for the Emperor's Heart 妃谋帝心 With her father turning a blind eye and her stepmother throwing her weight around, Mu Li is ordered to marry an old prince as a concubine. They tell her this is her fate. Mu Li refuses to believe it. She has never believed in fate… Just then, the imperial household holds its selection of consorts. Daughters of officials of rank eight or above who are of suitable age may participate. Mu Li thinks: Since I’m to be a concubine, why not become the concubine of the most powerful person in the realm? 9.1kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 5 The Emperor Won't Share His Favor Equally. What Do I Care? 皇帝就是不雨露均沾，关我屁事！ [Pure palace intrigue + transmigration + not mutually exclusive firsts + devoted love in the later story] Gu Shijin had been quietly overlooked for three years in the palace. She never expected that once she caught the emperor's favor, one trial after another would come her way. With conflicts in the harem constantly arising, Gu Shijin had no choice but to face them head-on. At the same time, she constantly reminded herself that the imperial family was the most heartless of all. It took Gu S 1.5kReads7.5Score13714d adds
- 6 After the Empress Consort Closed Her Heart to Love, the Emperor Became Addicted to Begging for Her Affection 娘娘断心绝爱后，陛下跪舔上瘾了 [Both leads are reborn] [Alternate history] [He pursues his wife after losing her; the hero is humble and devoted] [In her previous life, she was a love-struck fool; reborn, she is a clear-eyed and captivating consort × In his previous life, he loved her without realizing it; reborn, the powerful emperor eagerly becomes her devoted admirer] In her previous life, Su Yunning was infatuated with her cousin, the emperor, for over twenty years. She had no children of her own, willingly became his con 23.5kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
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Quick Transmigration: A Carefree Life 快穿之逍遥人生
Pei Yu was an ordinary, unremarkable girl. Then one day, a quick transmigration opportunity dropped right into her lap. She didn't want it, but the System had already bound her to it. Since she couldn't refuse, she decided to lie flat. As for completing missions? Absolutely not. So Pei Yu turned the protagonists into passersby and the passersby into protagonists, made characters who once lorded it over everyone fade into obscurity, and turned the obscure ones into carefree, dashing figures... Sh
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Your Majesty, Don't Love Me So Much! I Win the Harem's Favor Through Good Fortune in Childbearing 陛下别太爱！我靠好孕独宠后宫
[The short drama adapted from this novel, Your Majesty, Don't Love Me Too Much! I'll Win the Harem's Favor with My Fertility, is now available.] [The animated drama adapted from this novel, Darling, Enter My Heart, is now available.] [The leads are not faithful to each other. He becomes devoted to her later + The heroine is stunningly beautiful and clear-eyed, and aims to become an empress + Fertility and childbirth + Multiple babies in one pregnancy + Intelligent palace intrigue + Political man
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When Ruoxi Was Granted a Marriage in the Main Hall, Reborn to Rewrite Her Fate 若曦大殿赐婚重生改写命运时
Lan Lan, the legitimate daughter of a noble family from another dynasty, transmigrates amid the chaos of war into the era of Maertai Ruoxi. Carrying Ruoxi's memories and knowing how history will unfold, she is shocked, but quickly changes Ruoxi's fate of defying the emperor's order and rejecting an arranged marriage. Instead, she accepts the marriage bestowed by Emperor Kangxi, turning her fate around. In her previous life, Ruoxi defied Kangxi's decree and incurred his wrath. After falling out o
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Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢
[The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On
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- 11 Famed Throughout the Capital 名满京华 [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 5.3kReads8.9Score59914d adds
- 12 The Real Heiress’s White Lotus Act Is Too Much for Her to Bear 真千金白莲味太重，她嫌脏！ The Zhao family of the capital was a scholarly household, and their daughter Zhao Fu was well known. On her coming-of-age day, she discovered she wasn’t really a Zhao, and the true daughter came knocking. Her parents told her the Zhao family would now have two young ladies, and that nothing would change. Zhao Fu believed them. That is, until her mother asked her to give up her courtyard out of deference to her elder sister. Her father asked her to give up her engagement for the sake of their blo 165Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 13 The Female Supporting Character Throws Herself Into the Game, and the Mad Heir Slowly Falls 女配以身入局，疯批世子步步沉沦 [One-on-One Sweet Romance] [Happy Ending] [“Wicked” Supporting Heroine vs. “Amnesiac” Heir] After transmigrating, Jiang Yao became a doomed cannon-fodder character in an angst novel. Near tears, she resolved to cling to the main characters for protection. But the heroine mistakenly thought she had someone she loved. After guessing back and forth, she decided it must be Xie Yunian, the future heir of the Chengbo Marquis's residence. Xie Yunian!? Who was he? The Xie family young master who lost hi 2.6kReads8.8Score35314d adds
- 14 May Weiwei's Third Book 五月微微的第3本书 My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 15 An Lingrong's Rebirth: Seizing Zhen Huan's Seat as Empress Dowager 安陵容涅槃录：夺走甄嬛太后之位 I'm begging you on my knees for a review After dying with the bitter taste of apricot kernels still in her mouth, An Lingrong comes back reborn, full of resentment and hatred. In this life, she uses the experience from her previous one to befriend Shen Meizhuang and the others, form a mutually beneficial alliance with Consort Hua, Nian Shilan, defeat Yixiu, and send Zhen Huan packing! Pure wish fulfillment! She still starts with absolutely nothing, in a disastrous situation, but An Lingrong i 141Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 16 An Lingrong Reborn: The Supporting Actress Changes Her Fate 安陵容重生之女配改命记 An Ling Rong’s confession: In my previous life, I was always cautious in the palace, yet I still did plenty of evil. Zhen Huan, Shen Mei Zhuang, Noble Lady Fu Cha, Li Pin, Hua Fei... Which one of them did I not meddle with? But I had no choice. I came from a lowly family. My father favored his concubines and neglected my mother, who suffered terribly. I grew up with an inferiority complex, but I was no coward. Beneath my delicate heart lurked boundless madness. I stood in the darkness, longing f 2.5kReads8.4Score24714d adds
- 17 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌，宠妃抱着陛下哭 [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 101.2kReads9.2Score11.2k14d adds
- 18 You Begged for the Imperial Betrothal Edict. Why Are You Fighting Me Now That I’m Marrying Him? 赐婚圣旨你求的，我嫁他你抢什么 Arranged marriage to love + clear-headed heroine + hero falls for her at first sight + reborn second male lead + transmigrated second female lead Mu Yao, the eldest daughter of the Mu family, is breathtakingly beautiful and born into wealth. When she appears at a palace banquet for the first time, several noblewomen come to ask for her hand on behalf of their sons. Mu Yao turns them all down, not for any other reason than that she believes men everywhere are fickle and refuses to share a husband 292Reads6.7Score—14d adds
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
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Scarlet Heart: Fourth Master Is Reborn 步步惊心之四爷重生
"Reborn Prince + Transmigrated Woman + Scheming Hero + Devoted Husband + Wife-Doting Slave" Zhang Xiao has transmigrated here, and she has to wonder: why is Fourth Prince so passionate? Wasn't he supposed to be a cold-faced prince? He's terrifying! Why does he keep clinging to her, as if they've known each other for ages? Why isn't the ending going the way it was supposed to? I'm sure I know my history. Oh well, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Given another chance, I will never let you leave
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The Spoiled Concubine's Daily Death Wish 宠妾作死日常
You have to die once to realize what you’ve missed, especially in a back courtyard full of endless intrigue! Before the selection, Wanyan Wanxi was the apple of her family’s eye. After she was chosen and entered the imperial household, she remembered her mother’s teachings: respect the principal consort and tread carefully in everything. She never sought the limelight. But who could have guessed that this very respect and sense of propriety would lead to her downfall? Returning to the beginnin
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I Disguised Myself as a Man and Bent the Prince 我女扮男装，把王爷掰弯
The night her identity as a woman was exposed, Qin Shi’an pinned her hard against the wall. The usually haughty prince had a frighteningly bloodshot look in his eyes... “Do you know how crazy you’ve been driving me all this time?” Lu Huaixi blinked her almond-shaped eyes, her mind consumed by panic over her identity being revealed. She stammered, “Then, Your Highness... what are you going to do with me?” “What am I going to do with you?” Qin Shi’an suddenly thought of something. The hostili
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The Holy Spirit Emerges! The Eight Petals Appear! She Unleashes Ferocious Beasts Upon the Divine Realm 圣灵出！八叶现！她携凶兽掀神界
[Complete. Read with confidence] [Comic adaptation now available] Also known as: Evil Emperor’s Favorite: The Useless Young Lady Reigns Supreme Across the Nine Heavens [Feel-good female-led story + strong heroine and hero + putting scumbags in their place + divine beasts + ferocious beasts + leveling up and fighting monsters] A little warning before you dive in: [This is not traditional cultivation. The heroine is cold and unsentimental, not a self-sacrificing saint, and ruthless when it comes t
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The Adorable Beast's Poisonous Princess Is Fierce 逆天萌兽：毒妃飒爆了
[Gorgeous Ghost Empress & Ascetic Demon Emperor, Sweet Romance, Two Powerful Leads] 1v1, male lead Zhan Jiuyin, the most beautiful woman in the Beast World, was the illegitimate daughter of her mother and an unknown man. Cursed as a child, she was destined to die at eighteen. Her cousin Ji Xuelian, who had a crush on the Crown Prince, disfigured her, took her phoenix blood and stole her fated divine beast, then replaced her as the saintess. Zhan Jiuyin, a war goddess with supernatural abiliti
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The Harem: Empresses in the Palace 后宫·甄嬛传
[Exclusive Consort Hua bonus chapter now available!] The original novel of the TV series Empresses in the Palace She enters the palace and wins the emperor’s favor, but every step is fraught with danger. The palace is deep as an ocean, and though Zhen Huan has no wish to enter and become the emperor’s consort, fate pushes her into the cruelest of harems. The women in the palace are as radiant as flowers, with lovely brows and eyes, yet every one of them conceals her own schemes and plots agains
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On the Day of Her Divorce, the Tragic Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant 和离当天，虐文女主转身嫁暴君
The short drama is now online: [A laid-back, lie-flat, black-hearted legitimate daughter X a crazed, gloomy, pure-hearted tyrant] [The other man wins her over] [Original title: The Day We Divorced, the Tragic Novel's Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant] At the royal autumn hunt, Song Yaozhi argues with the woman her husband brought back from the borderlands. Song Yaozhi scolds her, saying she's nothing but a concubine. Just then, her husband, Xiao Ziqian, kicks the door open and points
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- 27 After the Foolish Girl Defied Heaven, the Mad Expert Forced Her to Get Close 傻女逆天后被疯魔大佬强行贴贴 [Mutual Devotion] [Sweet Romance] [Domineering, Powerful Male Lead] [The Female Lead Starts Out Useless, Then Becomes an All-Round Cultivator] This is traditional fantasy cultivation, so don't read if that's not your thing. It's bad enough to transmigrate into the body of a broad-built fool, and she can even accept being roasted over a fire. But what is this business with lightning chasing her down to strike her? The foolish girl returns, reborn. She cultivates heavenly scriptures, refines defyi 1.7kReads9.2Score24814d adds
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