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Historical Romance With Inner-Court and Household Drama 古言宅斗文

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  1. 101 Sexy Widow, Having a Live Meltdown 性感寡妇,在线发癫 Ancient Romance662k WordsCompleted [Female player who dates around + lighthearted comedy + unconventional palace intrigue] Song Wanyi went from a sexy bombshell to a widow who had supposedly killed her husband right after their wedding. Being a widow was great. No husband, and a huge dowry to boot. As long as she found a way to outlive her in-laws, life would be a dream. But she never imagined that the aloof master she had seduced on a whim was actually the emperor. It was over. How was she supposed to keep her string of male com 2.5kReads9.2Score247Shelves
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  2. 102 The Side Consort Is Sweet and Gentle, and the Coldhearted Crown Prince Can't Get Enough 侧妃娇软,薄情太子轻点宠 Ancient Romance559k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Palace Intrigue + Plot Buff + HE + Both Leads Are Sexually Inexperienced + Male Lead Is Coldhearted and Applies Double Standards] [Content warnings: The heroine is no saint + she forces the male lead to remain sexually inexperienced + the male lead is utterly lovestruck] The second after Yu Li received the Best Newcomer Award, she transmigrated into a palace-intrigue novel. She became Shen Lichu, a disposable supporting female character with nothing but beauty and fam 408Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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  3. 103 Reborn as a Sweet and Charming Princess, I Kiss the Cold, Chaste King Senseless 重生王妃软媚娇甜,禁欲冷王吻停 Ancient Romance259k WordsCompleted Original title: The Spoiled Princess Is Sweet and Spirited, and the Cold-Faced Prince Can’t Resist Her [Reborn + both leads devoted to each other + extra sweet + everyday romance + cherished across two lifetimes + revenge takes a back seat] [A sweet girl who can be feisty or gentle VS a puppy-like man whose love runs deep and humble] Ye Jiuli was born into the prime minister’s family, surrounded by wealth and adored by all. But after falling prey to a villain’s schemes, she trusted a scoundrel a 1.4kReads7.3Score157Shelves
  4. 104 My Little Sister Grew Up and Is Marrying Someone Else, No! 妹宝长大但和别人拜堂,不要啊 Ancient Romance260k WordsCompleted [Raising a child at first; a romance develops when she grows up. All the male leads are chaste; not a one-on-one romance.] When An Lan was six, Wen Renqiu took her in, but she still wasn’t satisfied. “Why don’t you all raise me together?” With that breezy little question, she roped in Wen Renqiu’s two friends to raise her for the rest of their lives. The three of them had very different lives: one manipulated court politics, one lived by the blade in the martial world, and one traveled far and w 3.5kReads9.1Score550Shelves
  5. 105 The Spoiled Young Lord’s Poisonous Little Miaojiang Princess 纨绔世子的苗疆小毒妃 Ancient Romance946k WordsOngoing [Scheming + two strong leads + both leads are each other's first and only + growing together] P.S. I've already made it clear up front that the leads are each other's first and only. Could you please read that before commenting? Stop seeing everything through a romantic lens. Just because the male and female leads interact with supporting characters of the opposite sex doesn't mean they're involved! Li Mubai is a notorious playboy nobleman in the capital, spending his nights with courtesans and 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 106 The Fragrance of Hibiscus Turns 芙蓉翻香 Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Xie Yun was a pampered young lady of a prominent family. Her beauty and talent had made her famous in Yanjing from childhood, yet she had lived in a daze. When her true background was exposed, people accused her of coveting wealth and stealing another girl’s place. A marriage contract bound her to share a husband with the younger sister she had painstakingly introduced to Yanjing’s elite circle. Xie Yuming sneered. “You’re nothing but a schoolteacher’s daughter. I’m the tru 1.3kReads8.4Score130Shelves
  7. 107 Forced to Become a Concubine, She Is Spoiled by the General Every Day 被逼做妾后,她被将军日日娇宠 Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted When her aunt was on her deathbed, she entrusted her child to Wanqing. Out of gratitude, Wanqing became the concubine of the general’s eldest son. The rules for concubines in the general’s household: be dutiful and proper, and have no children. The household had no need for children born to concubines. Yet Wanqing bore four sons and a daughter, then took her place as the eldest son’s principal wife. The Empress Dowager personally bestowed on her the title of First-Rank Lady of Virtue. Someone sc 51.7kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
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  8. 108 The Cousin's Daily Struggle to Survive in the Marquis's Estate 侯府表姑娘生存日常 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Psychologist Su Jinyi transmigrates to the ancient Liang Dynasty, only to become an orphan who has lost both parents and is left to care for her little brother. At least her family is fabulously wealthy... but someone is actually trying to steal it? As if! To make a good life for herself in ancient times, Su Jinyi reluctantly embarks on a battle of wits within the household! 9.4kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
  9. 109 The Last Ember of the Green Lamp 青灯烬 Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted In the bitter winter of the third year of Yuanling, heavy snow blanketed the land. Urgent news arrived from the border: the northwest had suffered a defeat. Shen Zizheng of the Wu Xing Shen family, Marquis of Jing'an, and his eldest son had been killed in battle. His second son was gravely wounded and still unconscious. They requested the Emperor send reinforcements to the northwest. Several days later, a hurried group of people from the general's residence in Shangjing arrived. They had come 3.2kReads8.5Score415Shelves
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  10. 110 Why Not Cross the River Together? 何不同舟渡 Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "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 181kReads9.7Score49.8kShelves
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  11. 111 After His Beautiful Second Wife Gives Up, the Ascetic Powerful Official Panics 貌美继室摆烂后,禁欲权臣他慌了 Ancient Romance579k WordsCompleted [Unconventional Rebirth + Everyday Household Scheming + Winning His Wife Back After Marriage + Raising a Child] At fifteen, Nan Zhiyuan married her brother-in-law as his second wife. For years, she was docile and gentle, serving her husband and stepson and giving birth to a daughter. Her husband, the cool and noble Xie Qingjue, treated her with distant indifference, but kept no concubines. She believed that deep down, he cared for her. But one day, Nan Zhiyuan woke to discover that the world was 4.5kReads7.9Score388Shelves
  12. 112 Sold as a Concubine to the Prince's Estate, I Secretly Take It Easy in the Inner Courtyard 卖到王府做小妾后在后院偷偷咸鱼 Ancient Romance803k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to ancient times, An Zhenzhen found herself a low-status merchant’s daughter. Her father had just died, her mother had passed away years ago, and her only younger brother was an orphan her kindhearted predecessor had taken in. Her second uncle’s family had joined forces with the clan to seize all her family’s property, and now they even wanted her to become a concubine to her second aunt’s dimwitted nephew. What could she do? At the crucial moment, a trusted retainer of her 1.7kReads9.0Score155Shelves
  13. 113 The Lucky Concubine of the Dream of the Red Chamber: A Fertility Blessing Wins Her the Title of Madam Lin 红楼贵妾超好孕,扶正做了林夫人 Female-Channel Fanfiction308k WordsCompleted [Dream of the Red Chamber + concubine promoted to wife + household intrigue + childbirth and raising children + underdog turns her fate around + anthology] [All the heroines are ambitious schemers, not traditional good people] Also known as Concubines’ Guide to Becoming the Main Wife and All I Want Is to Live Out My Natural Lifespan 1. The Dream of the Red Chamber concubine is blessed with children and becomes Madam Lin Since ancient times, cousins have had a rough lot: either they are true love 1.8kReads7.7Score118Shelves
  14. 114 You Want to Force Me to Be Your Concubine? I’ll Take Your Place as Mistress of the Household 逼我当通房?我夺了你的主母之位 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Extra chapters being updated] Haitang, a maid who shares her master's bed, follows these rules for surviving household rivalries: First, be flexible. Second, don't let love cloud your judgment. Third, if a woman isn't ruthless, she won't keep her place. Haitang is breathtakingly beautiful, but she comes from humble beginnings. In her previous life, she was proud and refused to become a bedchamber maid, so her mistress tortured her to death. Reborn, she decides to live differently. Everyone thin 18.3kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
  15. 115 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼,王府宠妾的内卷日常 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 63.2kReads9.4Score9kShelves
  16. 116 The Easygoing Life of a Wind-Type Esper in Ancient Times 风系异能者在古代的咸鱼生活 Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted After dying in battle at the end of the world, she was reborn as a concubine-born daughter in an ancient official's household. The household intrigues and fights for favor were someone else's concern. Li Xia spent her days getting her monthly allowance from her stepmother, eating and drinking, and catching a show. Life was carefree. After unexpectedly saving someone at the Lantern Festival, Li Xia's carefree days came to an end. By day, she was a sheltered young lady who never left the inner qua 5.7kReads9.0Score453Shelves
  17. 117 A Beauty Hidden Deep in the Palace 深宫藏娇 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 110.7kReads9.5Score14.2kShelves
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  18. 118 After Entering the Palace, the Obsessive Emperor Wouldn’t Let Me Leave 入宫后,偏执帝王不许我出宫 Ancient Romance509k WordsCompleted [Not both virgins, not a strong heroine, a little angst early on, devoted love later] In the fourth year of the new emperor’s reign, Consort Duan died suddenly of an illness in the palace. At the time, Shen Jiafu was not yet fifteen. The Empress Dowager was from the Shen family. Half a year later, she summoned a Shen daughter to the palace to attend to her, claiming to be ill. Shen Jiafu traveled from Quzhou to the imperial capital. In public, she was gentle and well-behaved, like a charming flo 16.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
  19. 119 Married Life Between a Beauty and a Brocade-Clad Guard 美娇娘和锦衣卫的婚后二三事 Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted Brutal, ruthless Imperial Guard X sweet, gentle ray of sunshine Just as her name suggests, Jiang Mi has a sweet little mouth and knows exactly how to charm people, leaving them dazed and warm-hearted. But an imperial decree sends this honey-sweet girl to the most difficult household to serve: the Ning'an Marquis's residence. The Old Madam is stern and old-fashioned: “You wretches! The whole lot of you are hopeless!” The Ning'an Marquis is aloof and icy: “You unfilial son, do you know what you've 31.2kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
  20. 120 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺,非逼她造反 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 176.6kReads9.5Score22.6kShelves
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  21. 121 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 16.1kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
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  22. 122 A Replacement Bride to Bring Good Fortune? The General Who Died in Battle Is Back 替嫁冲喜?战死的将军回来了 Ancient Romance696k WordsCompleted [Reborn + substitute bride + marriage first, love later + household intrigue + traditional historical romance] [Clever, calm, and capable heroine + general hero] The rating is low because the book has only just received one. It'll gradually go up~ Ji Shaojiu & Zhong Jingyi Rumor has it that her cousin's fiancé, Young General Zhong, died on the battlefield? Ji Shaojiu: It's no rumor. He really died in my previous life. Her cousin throws a fit, makes a scene, and threatens to hang herself rather t 2.9kReads8.9Score306Shelves
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  23. 123 The Native Matriarch Makes a Bold Entrance and Takes on Everyone 土著主母霸气侧漏,单挑全场 Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted [A strong heroine at heart + mature adults building their careers] He Fangting was the quintessential noblewoman, with no flaw beyond being despised by her imperial uncle, the emperor. After marrying, she became a capable lady of the house, using her generous dowry to support her husband's family and finally give them a solid foundation. One day, her husband returned from disaster relief with a female physician who had received the emperor's commendation. He Fangting admired the woman and prepar 20.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
  24. 124 Mom, Open the Door! I Studied for Three Years and Passed the Exam to Become Emperor 娘亲开门!我读三年,考上皇帝了 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Marquis’s Elite Class is now available [adorable children + parenting + doting in-laws + lighthearted + healing] Xu Wan becomes a widow the moment she marries into the family. All she wants is to keep her head down and enjoy the freedom of being a marquis’s wife. But on the very day she arrives, her stepson, a notorious little menace throughout the capital, gives her two nasty surprises in a row. Xu Wan grabs a knife and charges out, making a name for herself across the 69.7kReads9.6Score10.9kShelves
  25. 125 The Duke's Household's Second Wife 公府继妻 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + space + marriage first, love later] Who is the most outstanding man in the Great Qing Dynasty? Obviously Lu Rui, heir to the Duke’s mansion. They say the heir’s wife has died of illness, and he’s about to bring her younger sister into the mansion as his second wife. The Marquis of Zhongyong’s family is just a fallen noble house. To marry into the Duke’s mansion is a stroke of incredible luck. But what’s the name of the woman marrying the heir? Xie Wenwan? Isn’t she supposed to 8kReads8.8Score935Shelves
  26. 126 The Marquis's Widow Raised a Household of Geniuses 侯夫人守寡,却养出满门天骄 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Shuyi transmigrated into the Great Qian dynasty, becoming the wife of the Marquis of Yongning. She was rich, powerful, and high-status, with no parents-in-law and a dead husband: she had it better than almost anyone else who had transmigrated. Just as she was about to enjoy a comfortable life as a wealthy noblewoman, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book, and was its biggest villain. She wasn’t just rich, powerful, and high-status. She also had three unruly children. The eld 89.9kReads9.4Score13.1kShelves
  27. 127 The Madam Only Wants to Lie Flat 大娘子只想躺平 Ancient Romance721k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + everyday life + transmigrating into a book + the steady, gradual progress of a woman in her thirties living in ancient times] After transmigrating into a book as a marquis’s daughter-in-law, she finds herself middle-aged, with elders to care for and children to raise. Her mother-in-law dislikes her, her cold husband is alive but as good as dead, and she never sees him. His concubine keeps making a fuss to get attention, while her three biological children are cl 4.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
  28. 128 The Beloved Cousin 盛宠表姑娘 Ancient Romance582k WordsCompleted When Jiang Yunting first arrived in Bianjing, all she wanted was to be a well-behaved young cousin at the Duke of Dingguo's residence, enhance her standing, then marry her childhood sweetheart and live a smooth, happy life. But later, her fiancé turned his back on her for wealth and status, while the refined, aloof second cousin in the household began looking at her strangely, as if he wanted to devour her. When Shen Yu first met Jiang Yunting, he had one erotic dream after another. In his d 15.4kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
  29. 129 The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼 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 14kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
  30. 130 The Merchant’s Daughter Returns: Marrying a Poor Scholar 商女归来:嫁个穷秀才 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ning Jinxuan, the legitimate eldest daughter of a wealthy merchant family, turned down a marriage proposal from a young nobleman and insisted on marrying a poor scholar. Everyone waited to see her make a fool of herself. But who could have guessed that Ning Jinxuan would inherit the family business, make a fortune through trade, and become one of the richest merchants in the empire, with both beauty and wealth? The poor scholar married into the Ning family, studied for the civil service exams, a 119Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  31. 131 The Substitute Bride: A Marquis's Widow Is No Easy Match 替嫁:侯门寡妇不好当 Ancient Romance600k WordsCompleted [Household intrigue + personal growth + face-slapping + adorable child] 1v1, both leads are virgins Charming stand-in bride, a humble concubine’s daughter × a prince-to-be who returns from the dead. Yuzhu, a concubine’s daughter, is forced to take her elder sister’s place and become a widow in the marquis’s household after her sister is widowed before her wedding. All she wants is to live quietly as a widow, but the marquis’s household is full of danger, and someone is constantly trying to kill 719Reads9.0Score100Shelves
  32. 132 Reborn as Yun Zhao, the Legitimate Daughter 重生之嫡女云昭 Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted She was the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Works, yet her stepmother sent her to grow up on a country estate. Reborn, she would never again let others bully her as they had in her previous life. She was the power behind thirteen of Great Wei’s trading houses. The notorious bandit chief of her past life had also become one of her most capable subordinates. Concealing her sharp edge, she returned to the capital to contend with the entire Minister of Works’ household. You dared to pocket my 163Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  33. 133 The Marquess's Wife Worked Herself to Death, Then Was Reborn and Chose to Do Nothing 侯门主母操劳而死,重生后摆烂了 Ancient Romance598k WordsCompleted [Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking] Voting has begun! Search for “Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking” to vote for this book, A Return to the Boudoir. Thank you! [Traditional historical romance + inner-courtyard drama + reborn revenge and face-slapping + a prince pursues his wife] Lin Yunwan was the legitimate daughter of the prestigious Lin clan. When her Marquis household was on the verge of losing its title, she married Lu Zhengliu, the heir to the marquisate. On their wedding day, her husband coldly 98kReads9.3Score11.7kShelves
  34. 134 The Clan Heiress 世族嫡媳 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Fourth Master Lu of the Duke of Yu's household is an extraordinary man, yet he married an unknown country girl. Everyone in the capital says the match is terribly unsuitable, and they're waiting to laugh at the girl! Faced with all the gossip, Jiang Lingyuan remains cool as a cucumber. She has a fleet, a trading caravan, mines, countless acres of land, and confidence to spare. Lu Yun thought that marrying a country girl meant he could forget all about having a harmonious marriage, but he never e 21.8kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
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  35. 135 The Duke's Estate Maid 国公府小丫鬟 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Su Liyue was a low-ranking maid in the Duke's mansion, not even qualified for the ranks of household maids. She had no interest in climbing the social ladder. She just wanted to leave the mansion and live a quiet life. After hearing that only first-class maids could buy their freedom, she rushed into the main kitchen and embarked on a difficult journey up the ranks. She made sweet soups, prepared pastries, cooked elaborate dishes, bought farmland, rented a butcher shop, and tended the ancestral 21.2kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
  36. 136 The Duke's Bastard Daughter 国公府的庶女 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A concubine-born daughter of a powerful family, she lived cautiously under the thumb of her ruthless stepmother, concealing both her talents and her stunning beauty. After her birth mother was murdered and her younger sister turned against her, she resolved to take revenge and make her stepmother experience the pain of losing a loved one. The aging general's low-born son, born to a concubine, was framed by his stepmother and plunged into an abyss of misery. He forged himself into a man of steel, 947Reads8.2Score102Shelves
  37. 137 The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable 73kReads9.3Score9.2kShelves
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  38. 138 Three Years Married and Still Untouched, One Flirt from the Prince and She's Pregnant with Multiples 出嫁三年仍完璧,皇叔一撩就多胎 Ancient Romance645k WordsCompleted [Reborn, sweet romance and a happy ending, one-on-one and mutually devoted, face-slapping and punishing scumbags, marriage before love, a long-planned romance] Shen Chuli never imagined in a million years that Huo Yuan, her impossibly aloof younger uncle, had secretly loved her for ten years. After she married his nephew, Huo Yuan gave her the very best of everything, even though she loathed and avoided him. But in her previous life, she not only ruined her own life, she also dragged him into —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 139 The Night Before My Ungrateful Sister Entered the Palace, the Favored Consort Was Reborn 白眼狼妹妹进宫前夜,宠妃重生了 Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [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 193.3kReads9.2Score25.3kShelves
  40. 140 Scheming for the Heir 谋嫡 Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted From being a pawn sent by her elder half-sister to the Third Prince's residence to climbing over a mountain of blood and claiming the empress's throne, Lin Wanying did just one thing: she kept Zhao Xuan firmly by her side. 2kReads9.1Score252Shelves
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  41. 141 Lost in the Exquisite Bedchamber 误入玲珑帐 Ancient Romance678k WordsCompleted The print edition is available on major platforms. [Pure historical romance + devoted couple + strong female lead + marriage before love + political intrigue + household rivalry] [Long-suffering princess of a fallen kingdom] X [scheming, rough-hewn prince] [Original title: The Enigma of Linglong] “A historical-romance version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: outwardly united, secretly plotting against each other.” To seize power, Linglong spent sixteen years disguised as a young master named Ling, studyin 9.2kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
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  42. 142 A Noble Consort in the Deep Palace 深宫有贵妃 Ancient Romance568k WordsCompleted When they were young and love stirred in his heart, he took her in. Once he held power, he had no choice but to hide her away. In the lonely inner palace, she waited quietly, day after day and year after year. For power and status, he feared nothing. He overcame every obstacle and held her close. Behind layer upon layer of palace gates and red walls, a dream within a dream awakened the lovers from their reverie. 12.1kReads9.0Score764Shelves
  43. 143 Jiang Yugu 姜域顾 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + devoted and sweet love + a gentle, proactive little princess + doting affection + mutual devotion] Jiang Sui, the seventh imperial princess of the Great Qi Dynasty, was born into a life of luxury and privilege. Bright and lively, she was simple and guileless, never hiding what was on her mind. When she was twelve, she fell in love at first sight with a young man and secretly gave him her heart. From then on, someone lived in her heart, and she kept a little secret all 6.3kReads9.1Score686Shelves
  44. 144 A Record of Life Behind Closed Doors 闺中录 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Qin Ningzhi was arrogant, overbearing, and willful. Her parents died, her reputation was ruined, and everyone turned against her. In the end, she died in a refugee camp. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had returned to the age of twelve. Her parents were still alive, and she had yet to become the laughingstock of the capital. Everything could still be changed... 403Reads6.9Score103Shelves
  45. 145 Famed Throughout the Capital 名满京华 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [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 11.2kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
  46. 146 Spring in Bianjing 汴京春 Ancient Romance314k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later; unruly girl × husband-like man; age gap of eight years] Everyone in Bianjing knew that it was better to offend the princess than to cross the young county princess. Zhao Weijun's reputation for mischief had spread throughout Bianjing, and when it came time to find her a match, everyone steered clear. The old prince sighed and shook his head as he sifted through a pile of match proposals, until he came across a portrait. Wait, how had he not thought of him? Yan Liang! 93Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 147 How Can Anyone Resist Her Soft, Sweet Charm? 怎敌她娇软可人 Ancient Romance953k WordsCompleted Everyone in the capital knew that the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei was as beautiful as a celestial maiden, the most stunning woman in the city. But she made the wrong choice and married the heir of the Ning family, only to see her family destroyed. Even her corpse wasn't retrieved until much later, by which time it had already begun to rot. Her soul drifted with nowhere to rest. Reborn, Tang Ru began tormenting the scheming white lotus and punishing the scoundrel, making quite a 942Reads8.9Score118Shelves
  48. 148 Transmigrate Into a Kung Fu Princess 穿越之功夫王妃 Ancient Romance90k WordsCompleted Mi Le never expected to transmigrate to a fictional ancient era just to keep up with the times, let alone be betrothed to the Regent Prince. But why does this man look so much like the person she had a crush on in her previous life? Oh, well. Since fate brought them together, she might as well claim him, no matter what it takes. (This story is purely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.) 27Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 149 The Physician Princess with Supernatural Powers 异能医妃 Ancient Romance151k WordsCompleted Ouyang Yun is a gifted physician skilled in both Chinese and Western medicine. She died of exhaustion while fighting zombies in the apocalypse. When she awoke, she had transmigrated into the body of the legitimate daughter of a minister. Her health had been frail ever since her mother died when she was two, and her family wanted nothing to do with her. They sent her to a mountain temple and left her to fend for herself. Fourteen years later, now highly capable, Ouyang Yun descends the mountain t 154Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  50. 150 Bluffing My Way Through Ancient Times with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间到古代忽悠 Ancient Romance115k WordsCompleted Qiao Keyi is a strong, independent woman who owns several supermarket and hotel chains. Just as she starts thinking about enjoying life after making her fortune, her plane gets into an accident. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the unknown ancient kingdom of Xialin, landing in the home of a dirt-poor family in a small mountain village. No problem. In her last life, she was a business tycoon, and she won't go hungry in this one either. She rolls up her sleeves, leads her family to pros 1.1kReads8.4Score103Shelves

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