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Any Great Historical Romance Novels With Subtle Emotions and Beautiful Writing? 有没有很好看的古言,感情细腻 文笔好的

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  1. 1 Pillowed in Spring's Embrace 枕春色 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication; print edition on sale July 31] [Hero fights to win her back + Second male lead faces a long road to reconciliation + Powerful man bends for love] Clear-headed, resilient tofu-seller heroine vs. devoted prince with a secret sorrow When Chun Zhi was nine, Lu Jingyun took her in after she was left homeless, and she became his child bride. Lu Jingyun promised, “If I pass the imperial exams one day, I'll make you my wife.” For ten years, she supported him with all her strengt 60.5kReads8.8Score4.4kShelves
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  2. 2 He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻,重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷 Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 105.5kReads9.5Score15.1kShelves
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  3. 3 The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her! 21.2kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
  4. 4 I Lie Flat on My Good Looks 我靠美貌躺平了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both are devoted only to each other + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + mutual devotion] That day in the peach grove, it wasn’t the wind that stirred, but the heart… Song Zhaoyue was born into the body of an unfavored concubine-born daughter of a marquis’s household. Her stepmother forced her to marry a playboy who drank, gambled, and visited brothels, so she turned around and entered the palace selection instead! Who could have guessed she would be granted in marriage to Prince Yan, 34.1kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves
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  5. 5 Three and a Half Years as a Simp, Then the System Told Me I Had the Wrong Target 舔狗三年半,系统说我攻略错对象 Ancient Romance386k WordsCompleted [The physical edition of Abandon the Dark and Join Him, Volume One, is now available for purchase online] [The Second Male Lead's Redemption Arc] 1. Qiao Yin spent three years and eleven months fawning over Lu Jinzhi. Everyone in the capital knew she would marry no one but him, yet the System told her: She had pursued the wrong target. Qiao Yin: ... 2 Qiao Yin suddenly vanished from Lu Jinzhi's side. On the first day of her disappearance, Lu Jinzhi sneered: Just a little game of playing hard to 49.8kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
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  6. 6 The Emperor's Marriage: I Would Conquer the World for You 帝王嫁:为君倾天下 Two Male Leads943k WordsCompleted [No female lead + Two male leads + Two emperors] Domineering, devoted emperor VS aloof, proud hostage prince “You and I are twins. I'll take your place and go to the Northern Kingdom. But you must help me protect the Southern Kingdom. Remember, protect it.” The realm's supreme authority is divided between the Southern and Northern Kingdoms. The Southern Kingdom favors peace, while the Northern Kingdom favors war. To foster friendly relations, the Southern Kingdom sends a prince to the Northern K 5.1kReads9.3Score592Shelves
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  7. 7 This King's Sleeve Is Thoroughly Severed 本王这袖,断的彻底 Two Male Leads562k WordsCompleted [Preorders for The World Cannot Keep What It Loves Most open at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15. For the first 15 minutes, signed copies are available with no quantity limit; from 16 to 30 minutes, copies personally signed by the author are available with no quantity limit!] [Two male leads + The prince has a bit of a sense of humor] Everyone knew Prince Pu was gay. Even the man on the imperial throne turned a blind eye. Prince Pu had loved many people in his life. A horseman from the frontier 38.6kReads9.6Score5.7kShelves
  8. 8 Longing for the Remaining Snow 望余雪 Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted [The audio drama is now available~ Come give it a listen!] Cui Jinzhi was a member of the Time Administration, and she had one final mission. She had to uncover why a small world had fallen into chaos and why its plot had collapsed. After observing it for a long time, she discovered only that the people were suffering because of their ruler's incompetence. So she disguised herself as a man and worked her way up to become the world's prime minister. Using her own efforts, she stabilized the chaot 1.3kReads9.3Score151Shelves
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  9. 9 Three Feet of Spring 三尺春【王嘉懋、李十七主演 短剧同名原著小说热播中!!!】 Ancient Romance371k WordsCompleted The captivating beauty Li Shuwan, whose background is shrouded in mystery × the aloof, proud General Li Fengyuan, hard-mouthed but soft-hearted Ancient romance + premium novel + one-on-one romance + both leads' first love + sweet romance + mutual devotion + palace intrigue + simmering tension + secret crush + age gap + reunion after years apart When she was seven, Li Shuwan was brought back from the countryside to the General's Mansion, becoming Li Fengyuan's relative in name only. Knowing her 22.3kReads9.4Score3kShelves
  10. 10 The Darling in the Palm 掌上娇娇 Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co 137.3kReads9.5Score17.9kShelves
  11. 11 After I Died, My Ex-Husband's Younger Brother Went White-Haired Overnight for Me 我死后,前夫他弟为我一夜白头 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available under the title Why Not Ride the Wind Together] Xu Yunjia and Pei Youqing grew up together. After they married, she managed the household and cared for his parents, doing everything a wife could be expected to do. She never imagined that one day a woman would arrive at her door with Pei Youqing’s child. Only then did Yunjia realize that she had been living a joke all these years. She returned to the time before she married Pei Youqing. Xu Yunjia no longer want 15.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
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  12. 12 The Crown Prince Is Infertile? Reborn to Marry His Brother and Usurp His Throne 太子不孕?重生嫁他哥,覆他皇权 Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted [A short drama of the same name is now available] Shen Mi, the most beautiful woman in Yanjing, is set up and loses her chastity. The Crown Prince of Great Yan comes to claim the child in her womb. She enters the Eastern Palace, only to fall into an abyss. The Crown Prince is a master schemer who uses her as a stepping stone to the throne. Once he gains power, he kills his wife and child and massacres her entire family. Her fake heiress of a younger sister has their father’s affection all to her 3.3kReads9.0Score472Shelves
  13. 13 Widowed for Five Years, the Widow is Pregnant with the Emperor’s Child 丈夫去世五年,守寡怀了皇帝的崽 Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted [Stunning widow vs. domineering emperor] [Not both virgins + forbidden tension + raising a child + old flames reignited] Everyone in the capital knows that the legitimate daughter of the Yun family and Third Young Master Lu are a loving couple, devoted to each other. But fate was cruel. Third Young Master Lu was cursed with a short life and died of a serious illness before reaching twenty, leaving behind a beautiful young widow and an unborn child. - Yun Wan has a secret she’s kept buried fo 21.2kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
  14. 14 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 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 154.3kReads9.2Score19kShelves
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  15. 15 The Hunter and His Sweet Wife 猎户与小娇妻 Ancient Romance213k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You're welcome to read it 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! 112Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 16 A Sweet, Obedient Woman Gets the Best of Life, and the Crown Prince Can't Get Enough 乖巧的女人最好命,太子欲罢不能 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (P.S. Strong male lead, weaker female lead, pure historical romance, no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, sweet romance.) Wen Li'er is gentle and mild-mannered, the cherished darling of her parents. She thought she'd marry a man she loved and spend her life raising children and managing the household. But an imperial decree from the Empress made her the lowest-ranking consort in the Eastern Palace. Unable to bear the blow, Wen Li'er fell seriously ill and spent half a year bedridden. 46.3kReads8.8Score8kShelves
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  17. 17 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 59.7kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
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  18. 18 The Night I Left the Palace, the Mad Emperor Took Me by Force 出宫当晚,被疯批帝王强取豪夺 Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, delicate palace maid vs. cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is chaste + powerful male lead, weak female lead, and he’s completely unhinged + possessive love + a long road to winning her back] Yue Ling was a vain little palace maid. Hoping to enjoy a life of luxury and wealth, she seduced the emperor and worked tirelessly to win his favor, but still met a tragic end. After being reborn, Yue Ling saw things clearly. Rather than tread on thin ice in the de 27kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
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  19. 19 The Lazy Concubine Just Wants to Cling to a Powerful Patron, but the Aloof Prince Is Hooked 咸鱼侍妾只想抱大腿,高冷王爷却被钓疯了 Ancient Romance589k WordsOngoing (Transmigration / palace and household intrigue / raising a child / doted on exclusively in the later stages / love grows over time / everyday life) Ye Qing, a notorious actress, transmigrates one day into the body of a concubine of Prince Jing, the fourth son of the Great Yue emperor. As a concubine, without the prince's favor, her status is even lower than a maid's. To live comfortably, she decides to cling tightly to the biggest pillar in the prince's manor: the aloof Prince Jing. Ye Qing pre 398Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  20. 20 The Palace Maid Is Soft and Sweet, and the Emperor Cherishes Her 小宫女又软又娇,皇上宠她入骨 Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted [HE; a cold, powerful emperor VS a carefree little palace maid, not both virgins] A Zhi grew up in the palace and knew all its twists and turns. Her goal was clear: eat well and wait to die! Who could have guessed that one day, while delivering a meal, she would catch the emperor’s eye? Terrified, A Zhi packed her little bundle that very night, determined to make a run for it at dawn! But before she could get away, she and her pitifully small bundle were sent straight to Taihe Palace. Only after 21.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
  21. 21 My Rebellious Second Wife: The Cold Heir Falls Headlong into Passion 继妻一身反骨,清冷世子纵情沦陷 Ancient Romance296k WordsCompleted [1v1, clear-headed heroine, the hero's road to redemption (mild)] Heir Song Lianzhi was refined and elegant, and a brilliant investigator, but he had a deceased wife he cherished as his ideal woman and loved deeply. Xu Jinzhao had the misfortune of transmigrating into the tragic second wife he married afterward. Looking at Song Lianzhi's handsome face, she thought, "What a pity he's just a devoted second male lead, destined to die so the male and female leads can be together." Song Lianzhi looke 2.2kReads8.7Score152Shelves
  22. 22 A Marriage Reborn: The Marquis’s Second Son and His Everyday Devotion to His Wife 再世姻缘,侯府次子宠妻日常 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Heroine reborn + devoted to one another + fictional dynasty] Qu Wenshu had always loved one man: Pei Yan, heir to the Marquis of Dingbei. Their families had arranged a marriage between them, but the bride was supposed to be Qu Mingzhu, the legitimate daughter of the first branch of the family. When a bride swap was arranged, Qu Wenshu was overjoyed. But after marrying into the marquis’s household, her husband did not love her and her mother-in-law disliked her. She devoted her life to the house 1.3kReads7.6Score127Shelves
  23. 23 After Becoming the Crown Princess, I Do Nothing but Slack Off 穿成太子妃后,我每天都在摆烂 Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Not a Devoted Couple, Palace and Household Intrigue, Marriage Before Love] With a single imperial decree, Cui Ying and the crown prince inexplicably become husband and wife. Neither of them knows the other. Cui Ying never expected that, as a modern woman transported to ancient times, she would become a crown princess. What a headache. But rumor has it the crown prince has a much-favored concubine by his side. Not only is she stunningly beautiful, she's also gentle and sweet, a true beauty. Cui 24.9kReads6.4Score1kShelves
  24. 24 A Farewell to the Dew 承露辞 Ancient Romance226k WordsCompleted [Complete, so enjoy without worry! 😘] She was Crown Prince Xiao Che's first woman, yet only the lowliest concubine in his Eastern Palace. On the wedding night, as the red candles burned bright and he lifted his principal wife's veil, she became the “Lady Shen” who would spend her life forgotten in a remote courtyard. Later, he took in noblewomen one after another to balance the power of his ministers. Then, on the day she breathed her last, he smashed the treasures filling the palace and roared, 8.5kReads6.2Score562Shelves
  25. 25 The Little Palace Maid's Thoughts Were Read 小宫女被读心了 Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the 17.4kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
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  26. 26 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 Ancient Romance435k WordsCompleted [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 21.6kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
  27. 27 On the Day We Divorced, a Mad Beauty Snatched Me Away 和离当天,我被疯批美人抢走了 Ancient Romance311k WordsCompleted Mutual devotion + a rival who gets his comeuppance + happy ending Synopsis One: Jiang Xueci transmigrated into a book, becoming the brainless heroine who still loved the male lead even after he slaughtered her entire family. Jiang Xueci: “Ha...” How is that any different from falling in love with the prime minister of Japan in the real world? Suffer for the male lead and then get back together with him? No way. I'll cling to the antagonist's leg instead. With the story in my hands, either I live 1.7kReads9.2Score215Shelves
  28. 28 After Losing Her Memory, the Childhood Sweetheart Became the Young General's Cherished Love 青梅失忆后成了少年将军掌中娇 Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted [Clever, Cunning Foxlike Heroine VS Steady, Stern, Humble Hero] [One-on-One Romance, Sweet Pampering, Adorable Child, Childhood Sweethearts] [The Hero Suffers] The night before, Shen Zuihuan was still preparing for her engagement ceremony. The next morning, she woke up in shock to discover she had been married for five years already! Her fiancé was nowhere to be found, and her current husband was the childhood friend she had hated most of all. He was even holding a child who looked exactly like 37.4kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
  29. 29 Don't Pester Me, Mad Crown Prince! The Delicate Princess Fears Marriage 疯批太子莫纠缠,娇娇郡主她恐婚 Ancient Romance343k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + sweet love story + childhood sweethearts beat the newcomer + male lead has no morals but is a model boyfriend, hopelessly lovestruck + heroine is soft-bodied but strong-willed] [Taro sticky-rice ball × black sesame tangyuan] After Ji Liwan, eldest daughter of the Ji family, came of age, she began having strange dreams she could hardly bring herself to talk about. The dreams featured a wedding chamber and red wedding candles, but they always ended in a bloody scene. Fro 6.6kReads8.5Score660Shelves
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  30. 30 A Sweet Romance, but with Two Male Leads 甜文,但有两个男主 Ancient Romance214k WordsCompleted [Male lead appears in snippets, sweet romance + melodrama + satisfying revenge + redemption + both leads' first love + mind-reading] [Rivalry between men, brainless Mary Sue romance] [Delicate, soft-spoken beauty vs. ruthless, powerful crown prince (mad dog) vs. sly, tea-sipping playboy (loyal puppy)] A young woman of marriageable age has been plagued by nightmares for days, leaving her deeply embarrassed and troubled. Then one day, a strikingly handsome young man in strange clothes appears befo 3.6kReads9.3Score464Shelves
  31. 31 A Guide to Rising from Male Favorite to Power 面首上位指南 Ancient Romance648k WordsOngoing [Dual perspectives. The male lead is unwittingly seductive at first, then becomes a scheming, dark-hearted charmer. The heroine transmigrates into a book and loves herself, money, and beautiful men. Male rivalry] In the second year that Master Wenyu lived at the Princess’s residence, Her Highness brought home a new male consort. They said the newcomer was refined and inexperienced, much like Wenyu when he had first arrived at the residence. A drop of ink ruined the landscape he was painting. Wen 864Reads9.0Score111Shelves
  32. 32 Flirting with the Crown Prince: His Long-Overdue Passion Is Irresistibly Sweet 撩诱太子:迟来的深情嘎嘎甜 Ancient Romance455k WordsCompleted [The short drama Jasmine in Your Embrace is now streaming on Hongguo. Thanks for your support!] [A resilient, scheming beauty VS a gentle crown prince who turns into a brooding new emperor] [Traditional historical romance + Sweet pampering + No transmigration or rebirth + Both leads are each other’s only love + One-on-one romance] To save her mother, she must become the crown princess and bear a legitimate son, securing the chancellor’s household against future troubles. She calculates, tempts, 9.3kReads9.2Score842Shelves
  33. 33 The Claiming the Throne Series: Historical Romance Collection 《夺嫡》系列古言套装 Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted [Sweet Historical Romance + Mutual Devotion + Palace Intrigue] Popular author Yueluo's trilogy of sweet romances: lighthearted and hilarious, with sweetness turned up to the max! "The Fight for the Throne": A feisty young lady who always gets even × the scheming, lovesick Ninth Prince. A laugh-out-loud, sugar-sweet battle for the throne! "Joy with You": A venomous, calculating king × a clever and decisive queen. A perfect match who will conquer the world together! "A Fine Day Bestowed upon You": 60.6kReads9.6Score8kShelves
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  34. 34 I'm Being Pestered by the Crazy Man I Used to Date 被缠上了,穿成疯批的作精前女友 Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [Publication rights acquired; comic adaptation now available] [Transmigrating into a book + socially anxious heroine + unhinged hero + only ever devoted to each other] [Super, super sweet!!] Wen Chu seems like a well-behaved girl to everyone around her, but in reality she has severe social anxiety. That is, until she transmigrates into a college romance novel and becomes the male lead’s troublesome ex-girlfriend. According to the plot, she is supposed to ruin their romance by being unreasonable 72.5kReads9.3Score6.5kShelves
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  35. 35 Transmigrated into the Hero's Ambitious Ex-Girlfriend, I Choose to Take It Easy 穿成男主的卷王前女友,咸鱼摆烂 Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted (Print edition signed) [Devoted couple, sweet romance, hilarious cohabitation; a laid-back, theatrical slacker x a restrained, proper perfectionist] [Transmigration with her body, no secondary couple] Wen Zhili bought a lottery ticket to celebrate graduating. She scratched off a six-figure prize, then transmigrated into a book moments later. Oh well. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. A slacker can lounge anywhere, right? The System earnestly advised her: "Please maintain your character setting, 108.5kReads9.4Score16.7kShelves
  36. 36 Don't Mess with That Miaojiang Boy, He's Twisted and Sadistic 别惹那个苗疆少年,他病娇又变态 Ancient Romance580k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed, awaiting release] [Exclusive 1v1 Romance + Healing + Sweet Romance + Happy Ending] [Straightforward Sweetheart x Sharp-Tongued, Brooding Tsundere] Original title: Don’t Mess with That Miaojiang Boy, He’s Obsessive and Twisted When Chai Xiaomi reads how the righteous female side character tries to stop the villain from planting a love gu in the heroine, only to be eaten by venomous insects until not a bone remains, she shudders in silence. She is stung to death by a poisono 76.7kReads9.4Score12.7kShelves
  37. 37 A Marriage That Lasts Forever 地久婚长 Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Marriage first, love later / slow-burn, sweet romance Fu Qingshao's only condition for agreeing to an arranged marriage is that he wants no emotional entanglements with his future wife. In short, he hopes she won't love him, and that they can treat each other with mutual respect. Meng Yu, the youngest daughter of the Meng family, fits his ideal perfectly. She has just broken up with her ex-boyfriend, and there's still a tear stain at the corner of her eye when she's forced to go on a blind date. 154.5kReads9.3Score19.9kShelves
  38. 38 The Villainess Who Became the Fake Girlfriend of an Amnesiac Big Shot 穿成假冒失忆大佬女友的恶毒女配 Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Everyday life / A slow-burn romance / Cohabitation before love / Both leads have no other romantic partners / Sweet romance] After transmigrating, Song Yunfei becomes the villainess who pretends to be the girlfriend of an amnesiac CEO. In the original novel, the villainess accidentally hit the CEO of Yanjin Group with her car. Afraid of going to jail, she pretended to be his girlfriend while he had amnesia. She even lied that he was a poor nobody, then took him to a remot 67.8kReads9.2Score7.9kShelves
  39. 39 Marrying the Imperial Tutor 嫁帝师 Ancient Romance560k WordsCompleted [When a Scheming Black-Bellied Type Meets a Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside Type + Love and Hate + Soul Swap + Revenge, Traditional Historical Romance in an Imaginary Setting] Jiang Wanzhi first met Song Qingshi when she was fourteen. At sixteen, she became Mrs. Song. Everyone said she was lucky: a merchant’s daughter had married a top-scoring scholar. That is, until she died under mysterious circumstances on the very night Song Qingshi asked her for a divorce. When she awoke again, she 29.9kReads9.3Score4.5kShelves
  40. 40 Favoring a Concubine and Neglecting the Wife? I Won't Be the Marquess's Principal Wife! 宠妾灭妻?这侯门主母我不当了! 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 86.5kReads9.3Score11.3kShelves
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  41. 41 The Tale of Si He 思合传 Ancient Romance800k WordsCompleted She was born to an ordinary family amid the bustle of Jiangnan, spending her carefree childhood in the rhythms of everyday life. The older brother and sister who watched over her as she grew up were, in fact, lost royal descendants living incognito among the common folk. Once their origins were revealed, the family's fate was changed forever. She, too, was swept into the deep waters of the imperial palace. In the golden hall, candlelight flickered as she smiled sweetly. Every glance she cast lef 2.1kReads8.1Score196Shelves
  42. 42 Moonlight on Kunlun, Yucai Shines 月华光昆山有钰 Ancient Romance568k WordsCompleted Grandmother says that after I marry Prince Qi, I must conduct myself like a proper wife. I must be virtuous and generous, and absolutely mustn’t get jealous or compete with his concubines. It would be very unbecoming. I don’t want to marry Prince Qi, who has so many concubines. What I want is to spend my life with one person and one person alone. But I’ve always listened to Grandmother. Besides, refusing Prince Qi’s marriage proposal would be an insult to him, and insulting him would bring disas 978Reads5.6Score105Shelves
  43. 43 Ziqing 子卿 Ancient Romance471k WordsCompleted A princess of a fallen kingdom and a prince from a foreign land meet on the journey to a political marriage and fall in love. But fate has other plans: one must put her country first, the other his people and elder brother. Their love never goes beyond what propriety allows; neither of them ever crosses the line. To be happy with the one I love for a whole lifetime, only to be told it was all a dream: how cruel. “Princess, you and Prince Chen are not destined to be husband and wife. This dream i 34Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 44 A Love Letter from the Twenty-Fifth Time Zone 第二十五时区的情书 Modern Romance605k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] The love they felt as teenagers was buried in the sound of the wind on the day their hearts first stirred. By the time it crossed mountain after mountain to reach their hearts, the wind had died, leaving only unresolved longing. - Zhou Jingni's unrequited love wasn't like that of other girls left to act out a one-sided romance. She and Shen Yi were childhood friends, born into the same Beijing compound. They grew up and went to school together, and as teenagers they 21.5kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
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  45. 45 Snow Still Falls Over the Capital 京雪未央 Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted Everyone told Lin Shu that Shen Yanqing, a powerful man from the highest echelons of Beijing society, had loved too many people to ever stay for anyone. But clear-eyed even as she sank deeper, she still boarded this colossal ship, and he gradually drew her into Beijing's upper circles. He said, "It's nice to stay in Beijing. That way, you'll be close to me." But in the end, he personally sent her to America. 8kReads9.0Score1kShelves
  46. 46 The Beloved Little Childhood Friend, The Bandit Bosses Can't Hide Anymore 团宠小青梅,山匪大佬们藏不住了 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reclusive experts + an ensemble cast's comeback] Everyone on Black Bandit Mountain has a special skill, but they've retired from the martial world to raise children. Who knew life after retirement would be anything but peaceful! Zhizhi goes fishing, and the fish leap right into her net? Zhizhi goes down the mountain and catches a notorious bandit? Zhizhi goes to the academy and makes a name for herself in a fight! Zhizhi goes to the capital, and, well... The realm falls into chaos, and the dyna 42.5kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves
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  47. 47 Eastern Han: My Life of Rising in Rank, Making a Fortune, and Killing My Father 东汉:我升官发财死亲爹的一生 Ancient Romance353k WordsCompleted [The female lead is not a good person. Not a good person. Not a good person! That’s important, so I’m saying it three times!] [Mostly focused on the female lead’s growth, with a somewhat slow pace.] This story has a little crossover with Love Like the Galaxy, and there’s also a character similar to Shaoshang. I really love Shaoshang, but the fanfiction elements are minimal. Here’s the actual synopsis: March of the twenty-fourth year AD. Amid the rumble of thunder and a woman’s cries from inside 27Reads—Score—Shelves
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  48. 48 After the Estate Was Confiscated 抄家以后 Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted [A clever, levelheaded noblewoman vs. an honest, straightforward, fiercely loyal guard] [Historical Romance + Revenge + Healing + Political Intrigue + Love That Grows Over Time + Devoted Guard] Cheng Ming'an was the daughter of a general. On the eve of her wedding, the Cheng family was arrested and their assets confiscated for treason. Her father and brothers were executed, her eldest sister took her own life, and her married sisters were put through one hardship after another. Her fiancé change 15.1kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
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  49. 49 A Romance in the Capital 上京缘 Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [Not a transmigration or rebirth story. An old-fashioned setting, a stunning, delicate newly titled noblewoman VS the Seventh Prince, a cold and abstinent man who seems like a spoiled playboy. Scheming within the marriage, intense push-and-pull, devoted one-on-one romance, sweet and indulgent.] When Jiang Jiuchu was little, bandits took her hostage to threaten her father, who was leading a campaign to suppress them. A young man appeared and rescued her, but she missed her chance to repay him. Ye 6.1kReads8.8Score733Shelves
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  50. 50 Little Cardamom 小豆蔻 Ancient Romance672k WordsCompleted I'm the illegitimate daughter of the Prime Minister. My father doesn't care for me, my mother has taken the tonsure, and I long for one person, hoping we can be together. But the Khan of the grasslands took a liking to me, and the Empress arranged for me to marry him as part of a political alliance, because our country is weak and fears war. And so I became an outsider on the vast grasslands. 669Reads—Score101Shelves

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