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  1. 151 Urgent! The Regent Needs a Good-Luck Wedding! 急急急!要给摄政王冲喜啦! Ancient Romance327k WordsCompleted [Animated comic adaptation now available] [Sweet romance + devoted husband + no angst + faithful couple + honest communication, no misunderstandings] Sweet and gentle princess consort vs. a regent who falls for her on his own Yan Mu was married off to the unconscious Regent in a marriage meant to bring him good luck. From then on, she gained a powerful weapon at her side. For the legitimate older sister who envied her: she flaunted her success and slapped her down at every turn! For the stepmoth 12kReads9.2Score869Shelves
  2. 152 Married to a Disabled Man, Exiled, Her Divine Doctor Wife Saves the Loyal 嫁残废,被流放,神医娇妻救忠良 Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted [Miracle doctor + sweet romance + space + strong female lead + satisfying power fantasy + exile] She transmigrates, and from the start, it's her wedding night. Faced with a handsome husband who's disabled and barely clinging to life, Shen Zhaozhao says: “Handsome men can wait. Staying alive comes first!” They're coming to confiscate the family’s property? She clears out all the gold, silver, and jewels first, leaving the emperor with nothing to confiscate. They want to kill her on the way into e 730Reads8.6Score105Shelves
  3. 153 You Forced Me to Marry the Regent, So Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Pregnant? 逼我嫁摄政王,我有孕你哭什么 Ancient Romance384k WordsCompleted The short drama “Where the Mountain Has Trees, the Trees Have Branches” is now available. [Publication deal signed + male lead fights to claim her + second male lead begs for her back + marriage before love] Jiang Chuyue has been in love with Xiao Ji for ten years. As his nominal “younger sister,” all she can do is watch him take one concubine after another. At a palace banquet, Xiao Ji protects his beloved concubine by forcing Jiang Chuyue to marry the regent. Xiao Ji tells her, “The regent is 25.3kReads8.7Score2kShelves
  4. 154 Reborn: I Flirted the Gloomy Regent into a Daze 重生后,阴鸷摄政王被我撩晕了 Ancient Romance556k WordsCompleted "Print edition available for preorder October 24 at 7 p.m.!" "Black Lotus Beauty of a Princess & the Grim, Ruthless Regent" [Two Powerful Leads + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Zhixian was the sharpest blade at the side of the Third Prince of Nanzhao, eliminating every obstacle in his bid for the throne. But on the day he was named crown prince, she met her end. "Zhixian, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself for knowing too much." Xuan Yuan Heng wiped t 32.9kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
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  5. 155 The Beloved and Fearless Wife 权宠悍妻 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted The AI live-action comic drama The General’s Brother, Whom I Married After Being Reborn, is now streaming on the Hongguo App. The short drama based on the novel of the same name, Beloved Fierce Wife, is also streaming on Hongguo! The legitimate daughter of a duke’s mansion marries a general and helps him become a celebrated commander, only to be despised by her husband and mother-in-law. While she is pregnant, he dotes on his concubine, claims she is a bringer of bad luck, cuts open her belly to 7kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
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  6. 156 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 Ancient Romance876k WordsCompleted A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
  7. 157 Drunkenness in the South of Meinan 酩酊眉南边 Mystery152k WordsCompleted [Historical fiction + mystery + investigation + love that grows over time + wild ideas] Daughter of the richest man in the realm versus a junior official of the Court of Judicial Review. Did a wife and her younger sister join forces to murder her husband? What lies behind it? A strict father and a son driven to illness by that strictness: can too much discipline do more harm than good? They were childhood sweethearts, but fate had other plans... Was the death of her parents an accident, or a con 23Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  8. 158 The Alluring Powerful Minister 权臣妖娆 Ancient Romance960k WordsCompleted Also known as The Female Top Scorer and The Female Imperial Tutor. He was a celebrated, charmingly elegant top scorer, showered with every favor under the heavens. Only after the Du family was destroyed and he hanged himself in prison did the world learn that “he” was a woman! After her father's death, the family's good name was ruined. Dozens of loyal servants starved to death. The beautiful women of the household were either made into servants or reduced to playthings for officials. Reborn, Du 3.3kReads9.1Score435Shelves
  9. 159 The Noble Consort Is Cool and Aloof, and the Emperor Yearns for Her Night After Night 贵妃清冷,圣上夜夜相思 Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted Shen Qinghe was in the bloom of youth when she entered the palace, where she weathered its intrigues for more than a decade. She had hoped to leave with a reward one day, or perhaps spend her whole life peacefully as a palace official. But then an order came down, and one day she unexpectedly became an imperial consort. She watched these women fight day after day, never expecting to become entangled in their schemes herself. Shen Qinghe could only sigh. He was the emperor, and she was a palac 13.1kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
  10. 160 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Available in print. Search "Zhaohua Rebellion" on any platform to purchase.] [Strong female lead, satisfying revenge, high-IQ palace intrigue, the heroine schemes against the entire harem, a dangerously unhinged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen the world more clearly than anyone else. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was crystal clear: "I en 87.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
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  11. 161 Have You Gone Mad? I Just Transmigrated, and Now You Want Me to Marry with a Baby Bump 疯了吧,刚穿越就让我挺孕肚嫁人 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + transmigration + laugh-out-loud comedy + strong hero and heroine + doctor princess + all-capable, beautiful princess who plays the pig to eat the tiger VS cold, domineering, scheming prince] When she opened her eyes, Xiao Shuyue, a special forces instructor from an elite unit, had become a pitiful, frail princess. She was shoved into a bridal sedan and married off to the powerful minister Jun Beihan, a man she'd never even met. Rumor had it he was violent and unpredictable, kill 2.2kReads9.3Score414Shelves
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  12. 162 The Silly Beauty Is Timid Yet Spoiled, and the Love-Crazed Emperor Dotes on Her Every Day 笨蛋美人怂且娇,病娇皇上日日宠 Ancient Romance388k WordsCompleted [Animated series now streaming] [Obsessive love + exclusive devotion + both leads inexperienced + nurturing romance + mutual salvation] [Wildly imaginative, not a purely historical romance] Yan Ruoruo’s brain was damaged by a high fever when she was little. Sometimes clever and sometimes dim-witted, she was always coming out with cutting one-liners that could kill a person on the spot. By a twist of fate, she saved an obsessive, tyrannical emperor. From then on, he doted on her endlessly. The on 8.1kReads9.0Score710Shelves
  13. 163 You Want to Make Me a Concubine? I'll Marry the Comatose Prince and Raise the Kids 逼我做妾?转嫁植物人王爷养崽崽 Ancient Romance667k WordsOngoing [Real and fake heiresses + adorable child + comatose male lead + sweet, satisfying historical romance] Lu Shengsheng is the real daughter who was lost by the Marquis's household. She returns to the household at five, only to find that a fake heiress has already become the apple of everyone's eye. For years, her parents and brothers dote more on the fake heiress. Only her childhood friend, Zhao Shuyan, treats her with care. On the day they become engaged, her childhood friend is ordered to the ba 78.3kReads8.8Score4kShelves
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  14. 164 Cast Out for Having No Heir, She Remarries the Emperor Who Could Have No Children and Bears Two in Three Years 无子被休,改嫁绝嗣皇帝三年抱俩 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Childbirth + remarrying + face-slapping her ex-husband + an old flame rekindled + devoted husband Zhuang Yanhua became the laughingstock of the entire capital. In the five years since she married into the Duke of Weiguo's household, she had never conceived. But just two months after Wei Tingyu's cousin moved into the residence, she became pregnant with his child. Her sole condition for giving birth was to be made his equal wife. Otherwise, the Wei family would have no heirs. When Zhuang Yanhua r 19.8kReads8.2Score3kShelves
  15. 165 The Eastern Palace Bedchamber Maid 东宫通房 Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted Yu Niang had once been sold as a courtesan and was left with a strange illness. By chance, she became the Crown Prince’s personal medicine woman, then his bedchamber attendant. But because of her low birth, she was never given a title. The Crown Prince was handsome and noble, but cold and unfeeling. He often warned his lowly bedchamber attendant not to covet what she could never have. Yu Niang could only meekly agree. One day, a fire broke out in the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince’s leg was pi 35.3kReads9.2Score4.6kShelves
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  16. 166 So What If You’re Reborn? 纵你重生又如何 Ancient Romance169k WordsCompleted [The main story is complete] [Two powerful leads + no point in being reborn as a concubine’s daughter + face-slapping and punishing scoundrels + the male lead has a secret crush] [A cool, composed beauty with overwhelming combat prowess vs. a mysterious, bewitching prince] [One-on-one romance + happy ending + single and chaste] Her mother was the most favored legitimate princess, her uncle was the reigning emperor, her maternal grandmother was empress dowager of the realm, and her older brother 2.4kReads8.9Score309Shelves
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  17. 167 Turmoil in the Six Palaces: The Mad Demon Consort's Daily Meltdowns 祸乱六宫:疯批妖妃发癫日常 Ancient Romance677k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + male lead has had other women, heroine is chaste + doted on exclusively later + heroine is sweet on the outside but dark within, wicked and a good actress, occasionally goes off the rails, happy ending] With skin as pure as ice and bones as fine as jade, her beauty could topple a city, stunning all who saw her… That year, she entered the palace by imperial decree to keep her pregnant elder sister company. She never expected to be trapped there for good, reduced to a fish on he 8.4kReads9.0Score894Shelves
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  18. 168 After the Emperor Is Reborn, the Empress Becomes the Apple of His Eye 陛下重生后,娘娘成了掌中娇 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted “Your Majesty, if there is another life, I hope never to have known you, and never to meet you again in any lifetime.” Yujing Chen detested her. Yet the last thing she did before dying was take the fatal sword strike for him. She said, “Your Majesty, could my life leave a vivid mark in your heart?” Perhaps Heaven believed his task was unfinished and granted him a new life. After being reborn... he discovered that she had once been bright and beautiful, too... [No System + No transmigration + Mal 6.4kReads8.4Score384Shelves
  19. 169 A Surrogate Pregnancy? The Emperor Dotes on Me, and I Keep Having Lucky Pregnancies 借腹生子?被帝王娇宠到福孕连连 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Feel-good revenge + palace intrigue + fertility + System + multiple births + sole favorite later on + not a story where the leads have only ever been with each other + an emperor who talks himself into loving her at first, then begs humbly for her affection × a clear-eyed, beautiful consort] Yan Qingshu has a nightmare. In it, she takes her infertile elder sister’s place in the emperor’s bed and becomes pregnant with his child. But the moment the baby is born, her sister snatches it away. Yan Q 5.5kReads8.7Score723Shelves
  20. 170 The White Moonlight Noble Consort’s Daily Life in the Harem 白月光贵妃的后宫日常 Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted (Cover used with permission) With an illustrious family background, breathtaking beauty, and the distinction of being the emperor’s moonlight, Jiang Hui should have found life as a Noble Consort effortlessly easy. Unfortunately, the sisters in all but name in the Eastern Palace, wave after wave of beautiful candidates from the provinces, and the supposed substitutes who resemble her in looks and bearing all tell her the same thing: no one can walk unscathed through the imperial harem. [Alternate 24.6kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
  21. 171 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 14.1kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
  22. 172 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 100.7kReads9.2Score11.2kShelves
  23. 173 My Older Brother Was Reborn and Quit Pretending 皇兄重生后不装了 Ancient Romance471k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Xiao Luochuan held immense power, with the whole world in his grasp. His beloved younger sister, Princess Qionghua, was the undisputed darling of heaven. Xiao Luochuan believed the truest form of love was letting go, so he allowed Xiao Luochu to marry. But he never expected her to die in childbirth. After his grief, Xiao Luochuan raised his sister’s posthumous child by his side and, making an exception, named the child Crown Prince. He named the boy Huaichu, to commemorate 3kReads8.4Score389Shelves
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  24. 174 The Golden Scabbard 金丝鞘 Ancient Romance126k WordsCompleted [Stone-faced guard x alluring, delicate princess, one-on-one, sweet romance] Qin Yi was an assassin, cold-faced and colder-hearted. Killing was more ordinary to him than eating. One day, Qin Yi received an assignment. It wasn’t to kill someone. He was ordered to protect Fuguang, the beloved princess of the empress, Ji Ning. Qin Yi found it troublesome, since all he knew how to do was kill. The first time he saw Ji Ning, Qin Yi killed someone right in front of her. His long sword rang as it left 9.3kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
  25. 175 Reborn as a Marquis's Daughter, Still Beating Up the Fake Heiress 穿成侯府千金,今天也暴打假千金 Ancient Romance579k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Two Powerful Leads + Feel-Good] After transmigrating, Wei Anning, a martial arts heiress, made a contract with a System after dying in an accident. To help the System gather energy, she transmigrated into a book and became the real daughter of the Marquis's household, a disposable character who had been maliciously switched at birth. In the story, the fake daughter who had taken her place was gentle, refined, beautiful, and noble. Meanwhile, her real d 14.2kReads8.6Score829Shelves
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  26. 176 Help! The Poor Guy I Bullied and Toyed With Became the Crown Prince 急!我欺凌玩弄过的穷鬼变太子了 Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Su Niao was beautiful and spoiled, and her antics finally got her force-fed poisoned wine. Only then did she realize she was a disposable supporting character. Reborn, she opened her eyes and immediately kicked her two-timing fiancé to the curb, then set off to take revenge on the dog emperor who had given her poisoned wine in her previous life! Xie Chenyuan had yet to become emperor. He had lost his memory and ended up living with a poor family: a frail younger brother, little sister, and blind 23.8kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
  27. 177 I Won’t Be a Noble Consort! I’m Set on Finding a Husband, and Now the Emperor Is Jealous 不做贵妃!一心招婿后皇帝红了眼 Ancient Romance418k WordsCompleted [Devoted 1v1 romance + his pursuit of her + childhood sweethearts + pampered by all + noblewoman vs. transmigrator] (Awakening, not reborn, no palace harem, no previous life) Lin Zhuyun was born into a distinguished family of meritorious officials. Raised in comfort, she is radiant and refined, frail yet carefree and composed. She was granted the title of commandery princess at a young age, cherished by the Empress Dowager, and grew up with the emperor like a childhood sweetheart. Later, the emp 17.4kReads7.4Score1kShelves
  28. 178 Transmigrate into a Book as a Highborn Cannon-Fodder Supporting Heroine 穿书之身份高贵的炮灰女配 Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a book. The original owner was a villainous supporting character of noble birth. The heroine who transmigrates into the book throws out the original plot and even gives the original male and female leads a few kicks along the way!] If you’re looking for a power fantasy where the heroine crushes everyone, this isn’t for you. The heroine can’t escape the constraints of a feudal dynasty. Since those who aren’t of our kind must have different hearts, she can only seek small victo 5.3kReads8.4Score389Shelves
  29. 179 After Winning Over the Male Lead and His Rivals, My Best Friend and I Faked Our Deaths 攻略完男主男配我和闺蜜死遁了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted ( Li Sisi and Li Nian transmigrate into a book together and both get bound to a cuddling-to-extend-your-life System. They start with only three days to live! Best friends should live together and run away together! One of them goes after the male lead, the other the second male lead. What? The female lead is back? Perfect, we’ve saved up enough time to live. Let’s grab the money and run~ Elder brother Xiao Yunyu: “My wife is dead?” Younger brother Xiao Yunchen: “My wife died for love?” Later, af 470Reads8.5Score100Shelves
  30. 180 Your Highness, Please Don't Punish Me So Harshly! The Lowly Prince Begs for Mercy Again 王妃轻点罚,卑微王爷又求饶了! Ancient Romance475k WordsCompleted [Transmigrating into a book to win back his wife + humble male lead + sweet romance + devoted couple] The moment Shen Cong'an opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of a beautiful princess consort. After the prince died in battle, she was supposed to spend her lonely life with a fortune and dozens of male companions! Before she could even marvel at it, she thought, I’ll show this author what loneliness really means! This is clearly bliss! The next second, the prince who was suppose 1.8kReads8.8Score138Shelves
  31. 181 Taking a Wife and Concubines at Once? I Remarried the Chaste Prince, and Now My Back Hurts 妻妾同娶?改嫁禁欲王爷后我腰疼 Ancient Romance396k WordsCompleted [Both leads reborn, revenge, sweet romance, the heroine falls in love after marriage, the hero has been plotting for a long time] Bu Jiusheng spent three years as the Crown Prince’s neglected wife, a widow in all but name. After he ascended the throne, he seized the Bu family’s military power, slaughtered her entire clan, and forced her to watch them all beheaded. The whole thing was laughable, all because of a doctor who had died in childbirth. Reborn on the day of her wedding, the doctor kn 3kReads8.6Score227Shelves
  32. 182 The Princess Is Fierce and Beautiful, and Her Shadow Guard Keeps Crossing the Line 公主暴戾绝色,影卫日日以下犯上 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + Feel-good power fantasy + Yandere + Devoted loyalist] Fate played a cruel trick: the most powerful imperial princess on the Jiuzhou Continent was reborn in the body of a lovesick little princess from Western Qi. The moment she awoke, the world was shaken. A scumbag points at her and curses? She orders coldly, “Drag him out and give him fifty more lashes!” The overlord of the business world is her subordinate, the most revered emperor in Jiuzhou is her older brother, the mighty 17.2kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
  33. 183 The Emperor Is Reborn, and His Consort Is a Little Sweet 皇帝重生,娘娘有点娇 Ancient Romance327k WordsCompleted [Reborn Emperor × devoted-to-each-other romance × alternate setting × not a strong female lead] [Sweet at first, angsty in the middle, sweet again at the end] [Both happy and tragic endings] Before she was reborn, the Noble Consort chased after the Emperor day in and day out... After she was reborn, the Noble Consort who used to follow him everywhere began keeping her distance. Why had the Emperor gone from cold to hot all of a sudden!? Nalan Zhengjun, daughter of the prime minister, was the mo 1.7kReads8.4Score101Shelves
  34. 184 Your Majesty, the Tyrant Can Read Minds 报告娘娘,暴君他有读心术 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After she touched the tyrant’s skull, which had been polished into a wine bowl, she unexpectedly transmigrated into the empress who died the most gruesome death in history. Every day, she plotted to kill the tyrant and become empress in her own right, unaware that he could read minds. When the tyrant fell gravely ill, she wept and begged Heaven to let her trade her own years of life for his safety. The tyrant was deeply moved, until he suddenly heard her thoughts: [If he’s so sick, hurry up and 6kReads9.3Score996Shelves
  35. 185 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 49.1kReads9.4Score6kShelves
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  36. 186 Keep All That Male Beauty Away! I Only Want the Throne! 男色通通闪开,本宫只想要登基! Ancient Romance436k WordsCompleted [Reborn + strong female lead + true and false princesses + woman ascends the throne + political intrigue] Would being the founding emperor’s only daughter, surrounded by handsome men, be amazing? Lan Zhaoyu says it’s not amazing at all! All she wants is to be a sovereign with no spouse, in the literal sense: an unmarried empress! Her father handpicked legitimate sons from distinguished noble families, all accomplished in both civil and military arts, and adopted them as his sons. They all fawned 2.3kReads9.1Score365Shelves
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  37. 187 The Mad Princess Marries a Powerful Eunuch 疯批公主她嫁了个高权宦官 Ancient Romance499k WordsCompleted {Devoted couple, two strong leads, historical setting, political intrigue, revenge, switched marriages, marriage before love} One is a spoiled and willful princess; the other, a ruthless and bloodthirsty minister. An unexpected marriage swap brings Feng Yuan and Jiang Yu together. Just as everyone waits to laugh at them after the wedding, they realize things are taking a strange turn. Feng Yuan knows full well that she must wear the false mask the world expects of her to hide herself even deeper 7.1kReads9.3Score974Shelves
  38. 188 Qing Transmigration: The Fourth Prince’s Cherished Young Concubine Rises Through the Ranks 清穿:四爷宠着的小格格一路高升 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Alternate Qing Dynasty + mutual devotion + heroine has a halo + lavish, exclusive pampering] The heroine’s story: After the college entrance exams, Song Xirou, who loved reading time-travel stories set in the Qing dynasty, went to sleep and transmigrated. She became a concubine of Kangxi’s fourth son, the historical Consort Mao, whose two daughters died young and who was never favored. At first, Song Xirou figured that as Aisin-Gioro Yinzhen’s first woman, she might not be loved, but 4.6kReads8.9Score342Shelves
  39. 189 The Empress Dowager's Retirement Life 太后的退休生活 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + female lead is the mastermind behind the scenes + no romance + plot-driven + ensemble cast] After transmigrating to the Great Jing dynasty, Su Minqing entered the palace as the empress. She worked tirelessly at palace intrigue for over a decade and finally fought her way to becoming the Empress Dowager. The only catch was that there was another Empress Dowager in the palace besides her. As the emperor’s adoptive mother, she was named the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces. The 6.1kReads8.4Score357Shelves
  40. 190 Flirt with the Crown Prince, Become His Favorite Consort? A Piece of Cake 勾太子,宠妃?顺手的事儿 Ancient Romance418k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, sweet romance, sweet romance! We’ll say it three times because it’s important] She transmigrated? And became a favored concubine to the Crown Prince of the Jun Kingdom? After waking up one day, Mu Wantang finds herself inside a wish-fulfillment novel she had read recently, as the Crown Prince’s beloved concubine. Jun Chengyan, the Crown Prince of the Jun Kingdom and The Outcast, is breathtakingly handsome, elegant, and incomparably noble. The original owner was beautiful, but not 24.6kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
  41. 191 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 188.6kReads9.5Score25.6kShelves
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  42. 192 I Couldn't Beat the Transmigrator, So I Turned Around and Complained to His Majesty 斗不过穿越女,转身找陛下告状 Ancient Romance579k WordsCompleted A sweet yet heartbreaking palace power struggle featuring a seemingly gentle, truly disastrous consort and a ruthless, two-faced emperor. She is Su Fusong, the “Calamity Consort” everyone in the land wants dead, haunted night after night by nightmares of a woman with her face. That woman looks exactly like her, but bears a butterfly mark that she does not. Terrified, she hides in the emperor’s arms and coaxes him in a soft, sweet voice: “Your Majesty, someone’s trying to steal you from me.” When 2.4kReads5.8Score301Shelves
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  43. 193 The Legitimate Daughter Becomes Empress, and I Rule the Harem 嫡女为后,后宫我说了算 Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [Young married couple, perfect teamwork, both incredibly capable] (Not an exclusive pairing, includes a harem, so proceed with caution if that bothers you. Alternate-history setting.) One is the niece of the emperor’s favorite consort; the other is the legitimate son of the empress, who has fallen out of favor. An imperial decree of marriage binds Lin Tingwan, the legitimate daughter of the Grand Tutor’s household, to the Crown Prince, Li Yanlian. From then on, they share one fate, for better 5.9kReads8.8Score734Shelves
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  45. 195 Across Film and Television: Mo Bu Ling Yi 综影视之莫不令仪 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted Also known as The Emperor’s Strategy Notebook The heroine, Lingyi, is a newcomer in the Wish Fulfillment Department of the Time-Travel Bureau. Character: She’ll do whatever it takes to get what she wants. She’s not a good person. The story focuses on winning hearts. Fighting women never ends, while fighting men settles things once and for all. Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong (Complete) Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace: Suochuolun A’ruo (Complete) Story of Yanxi Palace: Hitara Erqing (Complet 21.8kReads8.3Score907Shelves
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  46. 196 One Shot Decides the World: A Strategy for a Glorious Beauty 一狙定乾坤,盛世红颜策 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted “When a Barrett faces a carved-feather arrow, the world deserves a new mistress!” An ace sniper transmigrated into the daughter of a noble family, dumped in a trafficker's den. The moment she opened her eyes, she heard leering laughter: “Such tender skin. Let's have a look at the merchandise first...” Click. Ji Jiang felt the cold barrel of a gun in her storage space and smiled. Three minutes later, five corpses with their heads blown apart lay neatly arranged outside the Mountain God Temple. Fi 14kReads8.6Score2.4kShelves
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  47. 197 Reborn After My Own Son, the Cruel Empress Dowager, Stabbed Me to Death 恶毒太后被亲儿子捅死之后重生了 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted The vicious Empress Dowager Jiang Mingzhu was reborn. In her previous life, to put her son on the throne, she poisoned and tried to assassinate the emperor, colluded with court officials, drugged a pregnant consort to make her miscarry, and plotted against the young crown prince. Every time she schemed, she put her own life on the line to grind her stepson's face into the dirt. But when the plot to put the son she'd worked so hard to support on the throne was exposed, he stabbed her in the back 19.6kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
  48. 198 The Emperor's Beloved Reborn: He Seizes Her and Brings Her to the Palace to Dote on Her 陛下白月光重生,强夺入宫诱宠她 Ancient Romance145k WordsOngoing [Palace intrigue, not mutually exclusive first love + hero forcibly takes her / childhood sweetheart’s miserable downfall + exclusive devotion after the opening] [Completely unhinged emperor VS delicate, beloved consort, his idealized first love] Meng Qingyi was forcibly taken into the palace by the ruthless emperor. Not only were his methods despicable, he cruelly tore her apart from her childhood sweetheart. She hated him with all her heart. She refused to sleep with him or compete for his fav 429Reads7.0Score—Shelves
  49. 199 The Empress Is Determined to Rise to the Top 娘娘她立志登高位 Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted Scheming beauty x stern, cold emperor (soul transmigration + palace intrigue + not mutually devoted + eventually his one and only) In the third year of Zhaowu, Wen Zhuohua abandoned the path laid out for her and entered the palace as a palace-selection candidate. She loves wealth, splendor, power, and status. All under heaven belongs to the sovereign, and nothing in this world is more exalted than imperial authority. Once in the palace, she treads carefully in the harem and puts on an act for th 15.2kReads9.0Score2kShelves
  50. 200 After Becoming the Duke's Dowager, I Kicked Out Every Ungrateful Child and Grandchild 穿成国公老夫人后我把不孝儿孙全踢了 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Qin Yun transmigrates into a book, and from the start, her whole family is being stripped of their possessions and exiled? Looking at this roomful of unfilial descendants, Qin Yun thinks the whole family has brought this on themselves. The eldest son's family is corrupt and lawless, and their servants commit acts of violence, bringing disaster upon the household. The second son's family is weak and hidebound, yet they pride themselves on being upright scholars. They presume to criticize the crow 1.7kReads9.1Score361Shelves

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