Historical Romance Set in Ancient Times 爱情历史古代

1. 1 娘 My Wife Is Actually a Female Demon Lord 娘子竟是女魔头 Toast Toast土司吐司Historical2.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Wang You found himself married on the spot. Not only did he become a county magistrate, he also got to marry a beautiful bride... But on their wedding night, he was poisoned and carried away. His wife's family are a band of local tyrants, every one of them a peerless martial artist. In a tiny county yamen, there are more than ten people scheming against one another. The maid who is always smiling can take down more than a dozen burly men. His wife practices martial arts eve 40.7kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves

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   "The County Magistrate of a Poor Family": The children of a poor family counterattack the officialdom, outwit the powerful and solve the puzzle! In the game of county power × human nature, little people stir up the cobweb of power and reveal the undercurrent of the officialdom. Tomato novel sets a new benchmark for Machiavellian strategy, subverting the traditional counterattack routine! --- ### Analysis of tweet highlights: 1. **Core Conflict**: Focus on the counterattack of the humble county magistrate, use resourcefulness to solve the puzzle of county power, and show the life-and-death game between the grassroots and the powerful; 2. **Regional Characteristics**: Using the county as the stage, it deeply describes the "cobweb-like" relationship network of the officialdom ecology, reflecting the power and constraints of acquaintance society; 3. **Human Tension**: The characters struggle in the whirlpool of power. They have both the ambition to rise from a humble family and the persistence of the original intention. The confrontation between good and evil has a real impact; 4. **Cultural Thickness**: The integration of traditional officialdom culture and modern survival laws, such as the "balancing technique"-like Machiavellian wisdom hidden in Eastern philosophical speculation.

2. 2 布 A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州 Cai Bibi菜比比Historical2.3M WordsCompleted Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye 31kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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   Zhao Ce traveled through time and became a poor scholar in the Ming Dynasty. He squandered his betrothal gift to marry a cripple with different pupils, and made his wife rich.

3. 3 宋 Song Shinian 宋拾年 Lord Rough Stone原石君Historical943k WordsCompleted At the end of a dynasty, the surface gleams with prosperity, but rot has long spread through it from top to bottom! The royal family is spineless, the court is full of officials who draw salaries without doing their jobs, corruption runs rampant, and bandits rule the mountains and waterways. The world is plunged into darkness, while foreign tribes circle like hungry tigers, plotting to destroy the nation and exterminate its people! Together with the woman he loves, he will turn the tide, restore 264Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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   A rare masterpiece of tomatoes! Quite a wonderful historical time travel article! The plot is exciting and tortuous, the writing style is also very concise, and the degree of restoration of the apocalyptic dynasty is quite high. The protagonist has a calm yet passionate personality, is very decisive in dealing with things, and is ruthless to his enemies. Coupled with the many charming beauties, she really has a tiger in her heart and is sniffing the roses. It's so addictive to watch! However, this book is not a mindless read, so novices should read it with caution!!!!

4. 4 满 My Entire Family Was Wiped Out, So I Led a Fleet Back to the Ming Dynasty 满门尽灭，我带舰队杀回大明 Wanderer's Wild Tales放浪者乱谭Historical213k WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines | No System | Alternate History | Revenge and Comeback] He helps her reclaim her family, and she joins him in fighting his way back to the Ming dynasty. A young man captured by horse bandits outside Jiayuguan turns out to be Zhang Yichen, a genius Ming craftsman whose entire family was massacred five years ago. The foreign girl among the bandits, meanwhile, is the orphaned daughter of a noble family who ended up in the East. Together, they repair matchlock guns, defeat horse b 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The writing is beautiful. After reading it for so long, I have a deep feeling. It feels like a thousand years at a glance. It is beautiful.

5. 5 沙 The Dune Edict: Fusu Refuses to Die 沙丘遗诏：扶苏不赴死 Yu Sheng渔昇Historical421k WordsCompleted An imperial edict orders me to take my own life. The whole world says Fusu is weak and deserves to die. But they forget: even a rabbit will bite through a hunter’s throat when cornered! Zhao Gao forged the edict, Hu Hai became his puppet, and three thousand agents of the Black Ice Terrace came for my life with poisoned feathers. I drew my sword, not to cut my own throat, but to sever the chains binding this chaotic age! With three hundred thousand troops from the Great Wall marching to quell the 2Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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   Yes, I was moved when I read it. The author is very good at telling stories, and I fell in love with it.

6. 6 中 The Scandalous Lives of the Four Great Beauties of Ancient China 中国古代四大美女艳史 Chen Guanren陈冠任Historical343k WordsCompleted The four great beauties of ancient China, renowned for their incomparable beauty and dazzling charm, captivated emperors and ministers alike, setting warlords against one another and stirring up strife. They let every man experience both lofty ambition and the upheavals wrought by a beautiful woman. After turning history upside down, they quietly changed its course... Xi Shi: The most beautiful woman under heaven. Her boundless charm and peerless beauty left men dazed and infatuated. Amid confus 231Reads9.4Score—Shelves
7. 7 富 You’re Rich Enough to Rival a Nation, Yet You Call My Sister a Brother-Enabler? 富可敌国，你叫我姐扶弟魔？ I Love Guava我爱番石榴Historical1.3M WordsOngoing [Historical farming] + [scumbag reborn] + [one heroine] + [family life] + [business and prosperity] + [imperial examinations] Yuansheng, the most successful entrepreneur of the 21st century and a top-tier eligible bachelor, had no wife, children, or girlfriend. Before he died, he donated all his wealth to charity. The whole world was stunned! No one could understand what he had been living for. It was because he carried memories of his past life and knew he didn't deserve to enjoy anything! In h 547Reads9.0Score102Shelves

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   This book "Wealth is as bad as the country, you call my sister to help my brother to be a devil?" ", Good-looking, ancient love history, ancient imagination is very big [love] [laughing] In Shanhou Village, Qingshan Town, a wedding is being held in a low stone courtyard. The bride is slender, wearing a red wedding dress and a red hijab, and she is doing husband-and-wife obeisance to the little child holding a big rooster. The breeze blew the tassels on the hijab, revealing half of the bride's face, stunning everyone with her beauty. Others commented that Yuan Sheng was lucky to have such a fairy-like wife before his death. . . . .

8. 8 在 Life as a Kept Man in Ancient Times 在古代吃软饭的日子 Uncle Chen Who Loves Honeycomb Egg Yolk Pastries爱吃蜂巢蛋黄角的陈伯Ancient Romance529k WordsCompleted Someone asked Lu Chao how he became the youngest Minister of Works in the empire. What was the secret to his success? Lu Chao glanced at the person beside him and smiled. “First, you need to have a general for a wife.” The story of Lu Chao, a modern-day corporate drone who accidentally transmigrates to ancient times. He originally plans to lie flat, but ultimately becomes a wise minister of his generation. 8kReads8.8Score611Shelves
9. 9 帝 The Empire's First Prince Consort 帝国第一驸马 Heavenly Fragrant Eyes天香瞳Historical4.4M WordsCompleted [New book release: The Rebellious Son Is Invincible, the final installment of the Empire Trilogy] Guan Ning transmigrates, hoping to live a carefree life of wine, women, and luxury as a young prince. Instead, he becomes a prince consort whose engagement has been broken off. Rumor has it that no dynasty can last more than 300 years. The Great Kang Dynasty is at that very threshold: a golden age is in turmoil, loyal ministers are being persecuted, and an age of chaos is about to begin. He will top 126.8kReads9.1Score12.2kShelves
10. 10 金 The Golden Son-in-Law 金牌帝婿 Misty Rain’烟雨’Historical3.0M WordsCompleted [Farming] [Lighthearted] [Alternate world] [No System] Qin Yu transmigrates, and from the start he’s the second son of the Prince of Qin’s household. His father is a non-imperial prince of Great Wei and the Minister of Revenue. His mother is a wealthy daughter of a prominent Jiangnan family. His older brother is a peerless general who guards the frontier. With such powerful connections and an exalted position, Qin Yu gives up on ambition, indulging in wine, women, and song, and reclining in the 57.4kReads9.0Score6.1kShelves
11. 11 五 Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空，夫君带女逼我和离 Cang Yuesheng仓月生Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband 4.5kReads9.3Score412Shelves

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    Sweet pet writing in ancient style, beautiful ancient sayings [shy][smile]

12. 12 风 The Debauched Prodigal Son 风流败家子 Heavenly Fragrant Eyes天香瞳Historical3.8M WordsCompleted [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Vote Contest] Wang Kang, a university student from the twenty-first century, finds his soul in ancient times and becomes the wastrel young master of an earl’s household. He was too poor in his previous life, so in this one he wants nothing more than a beautiful wife, a life of wine and dreams, and the easy existence of a wastrel who can coast through life. But he never expected his family to be surrounded by crises and troubles to keep piling up from outside... 22.6kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
13. 13 琉 The Glazed Beauty’s Fate 琉璃美人命 Cat Xiaomao猫小猫Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted “You'll remember me only if the thirty-third heaven collapses, the Bridge of Helplessness breaks, and the River of Forgetfulness runs dry!” “Fine!” She agreed without a second thought... He was the ruler of the demon realm, neither wholly good nor evil. She was merely a lazy little white cat, neither demon, immortal, nor devil. He broke the demon realm's rules and made her his empress, alternately giving her a hard time and taking her side. She hid her identity and met every challenge as it came 84Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    There is always something you like

14. 14 洪 Honghuang: Ancestral Witches Become Saints Before the Dao Lecture Ends! (Complete) 洪荒：还没讲完道，祖巫都成圣了 beavisEastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Li Hao transmigrated into the Primordial World and became a member of the Wu Clan. He was both happy and troubled. As a modern man, he knew all too well how tragic the Wu Clan's future would be. The Dragon-Han Calamity had ended not long ago. Hongjun was still off in some remote corner, comprehending the Jade Disc of Creation. After learning about the state of the Primordial World, Li Hao smiled. Things were looking up, weren't they? There was still time, and now he had the confidence to change 10.4kReads7.7Score513Shelves
15. 15 让 I Asked You to Write a Diary, Not Spoil the Entire Primordial World 让你写日记，你剧透全洪荒 The Sixth White第六白Eastern Fantasy630k WordsCompleted Mo Yu transmigrated to the primordial world and became a low-ranking soldier in the Witch Tribe. After awakening the Great Dao Diary System, he discovered that the more diary entries he wrote, the stronger he became. Little did he know that his diary entries were unknowingly changing the balance of power in the primordial world. [Instead of spending time listening to the Dao, why not head to Mount Buzhou and snatch the innate gourd vine...] [The Kunpeng Demon Master is a teacher to the demon rac 12kReads8.8Score801Shelves
16. 16 大 Great Qin: The Scheming First Emperor Is Watching the Melon-Eating Online! 大秦：腹黑始皇，在线吃瓜！ Great Lord Mao毛神大大Historical2.2M WordsOngoing “The Hu will bring down Qin”? Or “Qin will be destroyed by Hu,” just a bunch of nonsense? Scheming First Emperor, snacking on gossip online! Ying Zheng picks up a slice of watermelon. “Tell me about the Qin Empire, sir.” “The Qin Empire? It’s already fallen!” 11.2kReads7.9Score890Shelves
17. 17 大 Great Qin: Fusu Is Demoted from the Start, So I Talk Him into Rebellion 大秦：开局扶苏被贬，忽悠他造反 Yu Lan Jin瑜兰瑾Historical3.2M WordsOngoing “Fusu, you already have an army of 300,000 at your command. Why haven’t you rebelled yet?” “Once Qin Shi Huang dies, Zhao Gao will forge the imperial decree and Hu Hai will take the throne. Don’t wait!” “March into Xianyang and force Qin Shi Huang to abdicate in your favor!” “Fusu, it’s cold. Put on a dragon robe to keep warm!” “What? The First Emperor is dead? Hu Hai has taken the throne? And he’s issued a decree ordering you to kill yourself? This is your chance! Come on, I’ll write you a proc 139.3kReads9.0Score10.7kShelves
18. 18 洪 Honghuang: A Great Dao Space from the Start 洪荒：开局一个大道空间 Big Meat Bun大肉包子Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Comedy + No Female Lead + Master of Dirty Tricks] Zhang Hao transmigrated into the primordial world, becoming an ordinary human before the Three Pure Ones had attained sainthood. After meeting Laozi, who was traveling among humanity, he awakened the golden finger called the Great Dao Space, which let him synchronize with others and copy their spiritual treasures. From then on, Zhang Hao went further and further down the path of being a master of dirty tricks. During the Investiture of the Gods 27.8kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
19. 19 屯 A Million Soldiers at My Command, and the Empress Comes Knocking with Her Child 屯兵百万，女帝带娃找上门 Wann an Niu Er皖南牛二Historical2.1M WordsCompleted Lu Yuan transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty as a minor county magistrate. After five years of work, he turned a remote backwater into a modern city. He had planned to live like an independent, carefree little emperor. Then the empress showed up at his door with an adorable child, looking for a relative. Empress: “Lu Yuan, what should you do if someone bullies your daughter?” “Wipe them out!” The empress asked again, “Lu Yuan, what should you do if someone bullies your wife?” “Kill their en 751Reads7.7Score192Shelves
20. 20 弃 The Abandoned Son Becomes Emperor 弃子成皇 Jiannan Village剑南村Historical4.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + political intrigue + feel-good story + farming + no System] He wakes up to find he has transmigrated to ancient times and become a royal outcast banished to the Cold Palace. Arrogant, overbearing servants, scheming and vicious consorts, an indifferent, heartless emperor... Chu Ying takes an unconventional path. Just as he finally escapes the shackles of the Cold Palace, he's dispatched to a bitterly cold frontier. What? His fief is so poor it's on the verge of collapse? What? T 232Reads8.0Score121Shelves
21. 21 和 Transmigrating to the Eastern Jin Dynasty with My Girlfriend 和女友穿越到东晋 Ten Ten Ten Inches of Rain十十十寸雨Historical1.0M WordsOngoing The Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties: absurd yet beautiful? What a joke. There was nothing beautiful about it! Yang Xingqiu, an engineering graduate and history buff, meets medical student Ye Yanghe at a history enthusiasts' club. After they become a couple, they transmigrate with their girlfriend to Mount Bagong during the Battle of Fei River, while visiting the set of a popular web drama. Will they struggle to survive amid the flames of war, become victims of aristocratic politics 1.1kReads6.7Score—Shelves

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22. 22 寒 The Poor Scholar's Rise 寒门贵子 Beyond the Mountain山的那边Historical2.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the body of a penniless scholar, Jiang Feng thought about how his computer science degree from his previous life was utterly useless here… Then it occurred to him: “Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest. I’ll just have to grit my teeth and take the imperial exams!” He kept going, and when he suddenly looked back, he had risen to the highest offices, expanded the empire’s borders, and built an unprecedented legacy! P.S. The new book, A Poor Scholar of the First Rank, 42.2kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves

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    There are novels and historical allusions, take your pick.

23. 23 皇 The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Historical2.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave 305.6kReads9.5Score44.8kShelves
24. 24 让 You Wanted Me to Be a Live-In Son-in-Law, but I Became Emperor with My Succubus Constitution 让你做赘婿，你靠魅魔体质做皇帝 Dust Chronicler尘述者Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + alternate history + no System + male incubus + breathtaking looks + satisfying live-in son-in-law comeback] Modern young man Xu Ze'an transmigrates into the Great Xia Dynasty as a live-in son-in-law, only to have his engagement broken off. Without hesitation, he decides to find a better opportunity elsewhere. As luck would have it, a ladder to the heavens is right in front of him. After making a bold declaration, Xu Ze'an turns around and becomes the live-in son-in-law of four 14kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
25. 25 古 Clothing, Food, Housing, and Transportation in Ancient Times 古代人的衣食住行 Wang Lei王磊Historical129k WordsCompleted How did people in ancient times spend summer, use the toilet, and fall in love? This book satisfies all your curiosity about their everyday lives! With no air conditioning or refrigerators, how did people in ancient times beat the summer heat? They used hand-powered fans to cool themselves. To make them more effective, they would place the fans behind a pool of water or blocks of ice, so they could blow out a cool breeze. Some even put fresh flowers in front of the fans, making the breeze fragra 2.4kReads9.4Score658Shelves
26. 26 中 1,000 Questions on Ancient Chinese Culture 中国古代常识1000问 Ya Se雅瑟Historical368k WordsCompleted Drawing from the vast ocean of Chinese culture, 1,000 Questions About Ancient Chinese Customs carefully selects a thousand fascinating gems to explain basic knowledge of ancient China in a question-and-answer format. Its wealth of information and beautiful illustrations will make learning a delight as readers enter a world of knowledge. 1.2kReads9.0Score502Shelves
27. 27 带 I Brought My Pocket Dimension When I Married the Village Bully, and My In-Laws Dote on Me 带空间嫁村霸相公，被婆家团宠了 Jiujiu Candy啾啾糖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Communicates with animals + comedy + building wealth + pocket dimension, food, and medicine] Yu Suihuan transmigrates alongside a treasure-hunting crow, and she can understand all kinds of animals. Before long, she has gathered a whole family of honorary relatives: her honorary father is the Golden-Beaked King, a giant eagle; her second uncle is the Golden-Eyed King, a tiger; and her aunt is a giant python. From the start, her wicked adoptive mother takes her dowry and kicks her out, claiming 4.3kReads9.2Score614Shelves
28. 28 小 A Little Love 小爱情 Fragrant Ink on Paper笺墨生香Urban448k WordsCompleted Cheng Yingjian seems like the perfect husband. His career has soared, and he has won time and again, yet he must also face the temptations of a world consumed by material desires. His wife, Fan Wei, is just as conflicted within the confines of marriage. Faced with an antidote offered by another man, she teeters on the brink of giving in. The novel begins with a marriage that has not earned the parents’ blessing and ends in a joyful reconciliation. What allows them to overcome their emotional cri —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Love love love

29. 29 一 One-Minute Love 一分钟爱情 Er Dong0527尔东0527Urban258k WordsCompleted Is one minute enough to find love? Huang Qiang, a handsome delivery rider, is a reformed rogue who once roamed the jianghu, as well as a single father. Every day, when he takes his son to and from school, he spends about a minute talking with Fang Cuicui, a beautiful, gentle teacher. By chance, Huang Qiang helps Fang Cuicui escape the clutches of a villain. They become friends, and as they help each other, affection gradually grows between them. But their past relationships and heavy family burd 7Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted 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 55.9kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves

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    These novels are very sweet, very fine, emotional, very logical, and they all have high ratings.

31. 31 衔 Jade Between the Lips 衔玉 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白Ancient Romance179k WordsCompleted [Delicate, Sickly Aristocratic Lady Lin Yu VS Cold, Tsundere Embroidered Uniform Guard Li Heming] [Historical Romance + One-on-One Romance + Household Intrigue + Secret Crush + Sweet Romance + Marriage Before Love + Devoted Hero + Happy Ending] The year Lin Yu broke off her engagement to Li Heming, rumors spread that she had done so because Li Heming had risen to become the Northern Commandant of the Embroidered Uniform Guard by stepping over the corpses of court officials. Lin Yu was frail, and 32.5kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves
32. 32 换 After the Marriage Swap, the Young General Can't Resist Flirting 换亲后，少年将军不禁撩 I'm Not the Fairest of Them All 2021非我倾城2021Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [The animated comic is now available. If you're interested, go check it out!] [Married first, fall in love later ✘ aloof, youthful male lead ✘ gentle, clear-eyed female lead ✘ mutually exclusive partners (explained later)] Wen Ning was reborn. In her previous life, she dutifully cared for her parents-in-law and treated her husband with consideration. After finally enduring long enough to see Song Yan pass the highest imperial examination, everyone said she was lucky. But Song Yan never loved her 3.9kReads8.9Score501Shelves
33. 33 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 21kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
34. 34 三 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！！！】 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白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

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