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  1. 1 A Farewell to Quiet Joy 清欢辞 Ancient Romance96k WordsCompleted Xiao Qinghuan, daughter of the Marquis of Wuyang, was praised by everyone in Bianjing as a fine young lady from a distinguished scholarly family. She was beautiful, gentle, and charming. Before she had even come of age, countless young men from prominent families had come to ask for her hand, but she had not taken a liking to a single one. The man she loved was a peerless hero. “The young ladies in the capital are all pretty much the same, dull as dishwater. Especially the ones from scholarly fa 25.3kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
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  2. 2 Oh No! I Stabbed the Heir, and Now He Won’t Leave Me Alone 糟糕!捅了世子后,他竟纠缠不休 Ancient Romance599k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance in a Fictional Setting | Reborn Heroine | Mutual First Love] [A scheming young lady who holds grudges and knows how to put on an act VS a hot-tempered, easily rattled young lord with a hopeless romantic streak] In her previous life, a forged piece of evidence led to the entire household of the General Who Guards the North being wiped out, and Zhong Lingyue met a gruesome end. After being reborn, Zhong Lingyue decided to steal the forged evidence before anything else. But just 9.6kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
  3. 3 The Tang Dynasty’s Pearl-Repelling Record 大唐辟珠记 Martial Arts810k WordsCompleted All-New Bonus Story Edition [A pampered princess, reborn with a seemingly delicate, teary-eyed exterior but the abilities of a six-sided warrior]✖ [A defiant, pure-hearted, devoted top underworld boss with little time left to live] [Their CP is so sweet it makes you cry] The Ten Thousand Longevity Princess, who had been blessed and adored by the Tang court, died of illness at just seventeen. A petty thief secretly opens a gloomy underground tomb, only to discover that the princess was buried ali 189.7kReads9.7Score30.5kShelves
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  4. 4 The Delicate Consort Chen, the Emperor's Sole Favorite 娇软宸妃,后宫独宠 Ancient Romance220k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + Possessive pursuit + Both sweet and angsty (enter with caution if that's not your thing)] [Not a strong female lead] [Age gap + Not both virgins] Although Shen Jin was a concubine-born daughter, her whole family had doted on her since she was little. She thought she would spend her life with her childhood sweetheart, but one banquet completely changed her life. Everyone envied the emperor's boundless favor toward Consort Chen. But only Shen Jin knew that this favor was lik 4kReads6.6Score309Shelves
  5. 5 After the Maid's Heartbreak Escape, the Crown Prince Cries Night After Night, Clutching a Dog 通房心碎逃跑后,太子抱狗夜夜哭 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 31.3kReads9.2Score4.6kShelves
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  6. 6 The Powerbroker Lures Me Into His Trap 权臣诱我入局 Ancient Romance157k WordsCompleted #TwoStrongLeads #HistoricalIntrigue #PushAndPull #FakePregnancy #PlayingWeakToOutsmartOthers #SheThinksHeIsTheHunterButSheIsTheOneInControl In the back courtyard of the Qingyi Tower, the masked Jiang Li pretends to be pregnant to protect herself, treading carefully at every turn. A disfigurement case, forbidden drugs, secrets of the Hundred Herbs Hall... One conspiracy after another closes in around her. Lu Yan, Vice Minister of Revenue, heads south under imperial orders. He claims he is visitin 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 7 The Crown Princess's Favorite Concubine Seduces Him on Purpose, and He Spoils Her Until She's Pregnant 良娣蓄意勾引,太子宠到怀孕 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 25.4kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
  8. 8 My Consort, Don't Be Afraid. The Harem Has Fallen Apart 爱妃别怕,后宫已瓦解 Ancient Romance290k WordsCompleted [Not Each Other's First + Favoritism + Exclusive Devotion + Lighthearted + Funny] After transmigrating, Su Xuanxuan becomes an abandoned consort banished to the cold palace. When she gets out, she has no grand ambitions. Her only goal is to remain an abandoned consort, outlive the emperor, and save enough silver to bribe her way out of the palace one day. But fate has other plans, and she only drifts further and further from becoming an abandoned consort... 182Reads6.1Score—Shelves
  9. 9 The Spoiled Consort Holds the Emperor’s Heart All to Herself 作精娘娘她独揽圣心 Ancient Romance167k WordsCompleted (Don't click in if you want to avoid this: the heroine is a silly, naive sweetheart, she's stupid, and this is a practice piece. It's not good.) Nalan Cairen, spurned by the emperor for two years, has won his favor again! The news sent porcelain crashing in the harem for an entire day! (Any similarities are purely coincidental.) Nalan Huiyin accepts her transmigration without a fuss. The original owner was abused, left hungry and poorly clothed. But now that she's transmigrated here, she's liv 383Reads9.2Score—Shelves
  10. 10 The Consort Is Alluring, and His Majesty Is Utterly Besotted 贵妃多娇,陛下独宠上瘾 Ancient Romance233k WordsCompleted [Satisfying revenge, sweet romance, and a heroine who is cherished above all later on] [The heroine isn't lovesick] Emperor Xiao Yanting is devoted to governing and unmoved by female beauty. Luo Yunchu, the neglected legitimate daughter of the Duke's household, is sick of her concubine stepmother and sister's ugly behavior. She enters the palace hoping to live quietly and keep a low profile. She never expects the emperor to dote on her so much that she somehow ends up as a Noble Consort! The emp 543Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  11. 11 The Mad Emperor Steals Her: You Were the One Who Seduced Me First! 疯批帝王夺她,是你先勾朕的! 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 29.1kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
  12. 12 The Empress Takes the Throne, and the Treasury Is Already Empty 娘娘入主中宫,国库已被搬空 Ancient Romance665k WordsCompleted [Both pure + sweet pampering + he convinces himself she loves him + tooth-achingly sweet!!!!] After transmigrating, Bai Leqing wanted a life where food and clothes were brought right to her, so she immediately latched onto the tyrant of an emperor and fawned, “Your Majesty, I love you so much I can't help myself, I'm absolutely head over heels for you~” The emperor gave her a disdainful sidelong glance. “Get lost. You're making yourself look cheap and bringing shame on me.” Later... The emperor 820Reads8.8Score109Shelves
  13. 13 After I Transmigrated, the Empress Wanted to Escape 穿越后皇后想要逃 Ancient Romance212k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + woman disguises herself as a man + devoted to each other + happy ending + exclusive devotion] In the modern world, Chu Xixi was an orphan who spent every day working to earn enough to buy a home of her own in this first-tier city. It made her a jack of all trades. Just as she was about to save enough to buy a place, disaster struck: she got into a car accident while delivering food and transmigrated into the body of a six-year-old girl. Along the way, she also saved an older bo 102Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. 14 Help! My Bedmate Gets Jealous Too Easily, What Should I Do? 急!床搭子太爱吃醋了怎么办? Ancient Romance285k WordsCompleted [Both devoted to each other + doting husband + fatherly favoritism + sweet and bittersweet] A fiercely possessive, doting emperor and a clever empress who knows when to give in The most exhausting thing for a young, promising emperor is having to keep a young general from stealing his empress. “I hear bandits have been running rampant in Xincheng lately. After careful consideration... General Xu, go put an end to them.” “Your Majesty, do you mean the dozen or so refugees who stole food?” The 2kReads8.4Score140Shelves
  15. 15 The Mad Tyrant Wants True Love, but His Consort Tells Him to Get Lost 疯批暴君搞纯爱,娘娘让他滚 Ancient Romance239k WordsCompleted (No angst in this book, just a simple, sweet romance. A stubborn, soft-hearted tyrant versus a carefree heroine. She pursues him at first, then he pursues her later. He falls for her early on, but she doesn’t return his feelings. At first, she’s only putting on an act. Both leads are each other’s one and only.) Song Yuan transmigrates into a book. After a car accident in real life, she unexpectedly finds herself inside a novel she had just read, in the body of a minor character who dies before t 16Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  16. 16 The Tyrant Is Sick! He Loves Hearing Her Cry 有病!暴君就爱听她哭 Ancient Romance203k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it was just posted! [Transmigrate into a book + devoted couple + System + sweet romance + forced love] [A teary-eyed crybaby VS a tyrant who won't hesitate to have you beaten to death] Even if you cracked Shen Jiajia's head open, she'd never have guessed that staying up late to binge a show would get her killed. She wished she could swallow a whole basket of regret pills, but no such things existed. She'd made her own bed, so she had to lie in it. The surroundings were 167Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  17. 17 Carved in My Heart 琢琢照我心 Ancient Romance241k WordsCompleted A sweet romance, 1v1, both leads are each other’s first and only. The heroine is a bright, lively beauty; the hero is domineering and forceful, but willing to compromise. They both fall for each other. The heroine isn’t difficult, and the hero absolutely dotes on her. Domestic intrigue and a touch of political scheming weave through the story, with plenty of foreshadowing. By chance, Crown Prince Lin Zhuo fell in love at first sight with Xu Zhao, the general’s legitimate daughter. From then on, 85Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  18. 18 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 25.6kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
  19. 19 The Marquis's Bright and Tender Wife, Doted on Without Bounds 夫人明媚娇软,清冷侯爷宠妻无边 Ancient Romance605k WordsCompleted After more than three years of marriage, Qiao Man finally realizes that she and her ice-cold husband are never going to be a loving couple. Since that’s the case, she won’t make herself miserable over it. Life is short, and she has her own parents and siblings to care for. There’s no need to disregard everything for a man. But to her surprise, the moment she stops paying attention to him, he comes scurrying after her all on his own. * Ning Qi is very pleased with the wife he married without ever 21.6kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
  20. 20 The Empress Takes It Easy, and the Emperor’s Love Never Wavers 娘娘一路摆烂,圣上宠爱不断 Ancient Romance383k WordsCompleted The General Who Guards the Nation commanded an army of two hundred thousand and had spent his life on the battlefield. Fearing that the emperor might grow suspicious of him, he had left his legitimate daughter in the capital. But then, by imperial decree, the emperor took her into the harem. The first time he saw her, the young woman was playing the qin in the courtyard. Its gentle, lingering melody tugged at the heartstrings, carrying a note of sorrow that invited reflection. The next time they 207Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  21. 21 The Regent’s Thousand-Faced Fugitive Consort 摄政王的千面逃妃 Ancient Romance259k WordsCompleted Guan Liyan was a famous makeup artist in Z City in the twenty-second century. One day, she stepped on a manhole cover and transmigrated to another era. With her extraordinary makeup skills, she deceived the world and founded the House of a Thousand Faces, all so she could make a place for herself in this world. But she couldn’t escape the notice of one man. In this life, she had stumbled straight into his arms. Li Beiyuan, regent of the Li Dynasty and the sinister king of the night. Yet during a 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 22 The Sweet Palace Maid Won’t Play Palace Politics, She’ll Lie Flat and Become a Favored Consort 娇娇宫女不会宫斗,躺平为宠妃 Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [Not a chaste couple + devoted romance later on + pain-sensation swap + fictional setting + happy ending] After failing the palace selection, Ruan Jinxin became a palace maid and was repeatedly bullied. Luckily, their pain-sensation swap forced the emperor to protect her. But as he continued protecting her, the ruler of an entire nation found himself falling for her. Step by step, he made plans for her and helped her rise to the position of empress. But the little palace maid carried old gru 31Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. 23 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚,一路宫斗上位 Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 64.5kReads9.5Score7.6kShelves
  24. 24 The Royal Family’s Cherished Daughter-in-Law: The Emperor and Empress Are Shipping Themselves 皇家宠媳:帝后嗑CP啦 Ancient Romance296k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + palace and household intrigue + no transmigration or rebirth + alternate history + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + childhood sweethearts] [Gentle, resilient beauty VS cool, composed Crown Prince] Just three months after Mu Shuangyin's birth mother passed away, Chancellor Mu took a second wife. The new madam brought a son and a daughter into the household. They were said to be the Chancellor's children, and even more remarkably, the twins had been born ab 18.5kReads9.2Score2kShelves
  25. 25 How Can Anyone Resist the Noble Consort's Alluring Charm? 怎敌贵妃百媚千娇 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + sweet romance + heroine transmigrates] In the fifth year of Yongyan, the emperor ordered a selection of consorts. Wen Wanyu was the most beautiful among the candidates. With her charming looks and soft, lilting voice, she was as delicate as a flower and soon won the emperor’s favor. She had once been the apple of her father’s eye, but when he was framed and her elder brother humiliated, she defied her whole family and asked to enter the palace to protect them. From the darling 2.9kReads8.9Score292Shelves
  26. 26 My Childhood Sweetheart Is Hard to Coax, but My Boyfriend Spoils Me Every Day 青梅难哄,竹马折腰日日宠 Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + slow and steady love + early Tang setting] As soon as Yu Nianqiu finishes her mourning period, the Ji family comes to break off the engagement. Yu Nianqiu turns away and bursts out laughing. That means I don't have to get married! Unfortunately, the emperor issues an edict requiring her to marry, so she has no choice but to recruit an honest, easy-to-manage live-in husband. As soon as the news gets out, talented young men come flocking. The scholar: “I am gentle 1.8kReads9.0Score273Shelves
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  27. 27 I Want This Princess 这个公主我要了 11k WordsCompleted I Want This Princess 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 28 The Pampered Life of a Spoiled Commandery Princess 纨绔郡主得宠日常 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Signed for publication. The print edition is expected to be available by the end of the year. No! This! Is! Not! A! Romance! No CP! No rebirth, no transmigration, a thoroughly evil heroine, a power-struggle story A truly wicked heroine, vying for power over the realm, genuinely unhinged, ruthless, and rotten to the core Questions that come up while reading can only be answered by reading on. The willful, overbearing young princess of the Prince of Zhenbei’s household takes a fancy to Pei Jinnian 65.4kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves
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  29. 29 A Soul in Another World: The Heroes of the Apocalypse 异世魂穿:天启英雄传 Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Do you know where mahjong tiles came from? On the distant Tianqi Continent, Old General Ma and three generations of his family loyally guarded Yangping Pass. But they fell victim to the suspicions of King Bai Lu of Youzhou and the machinations of treacherous ministers. The King of Youzhou sent twelve golden decrees ordering Old General Ma to return to the capital at once. In the end, the old general was tortured to death in prison on trumped-up charges. All forty-seven members of the general's f 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 30 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind (A Companion to A Spring Rain on a Night in a Small Tower, a Historical Pride and Prejudice) 当年不肯嫁东风(《小楼一夜听春雨》姊妹篇,古代版傲慢与偏见) Ancient Romance556k WordsCompleted [Sisters united + rekindled romance + historical ensemble cast] The Ye sisters’ battle to protect their romantic prospects: a long-planned, romantic counterattack. With sisters sticking together, nothing is too difficult! After their mother died, the three Ye sisters broke with their father, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They lived in a separate residence and took in A Cuo, the adopted daughter of their late maternal aunt, relying on one another to get by. Four years ago, the 18.7kReads9.6Score3.1kShelves
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  31. 31 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 20.3kReads9.5Score6kShelves
  32. 32 My Family Can Hear My Thoughts and Goes on a Killing Spree, While I Just Focus on Feeding 全家偷听我心声杀疯了,我负责吃奶 Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama adaptation of My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts: Fu Bao Chaochao is now open for reservations! Please show it lots of support and give it a follow! [Whole-family mind reading + cannon fodder + beloved by the whole family + powerful figure transmigrates into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story] Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character who was drowned at birth, while the heroine stole her identity. The heroine turned 17.5kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves
  33. 33 The Crown Princess Speaks, and Every Ghost in the Capital Runs Away 太子妃一张嘴,京师的鬼都跑光了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xiao Yunsheng of the Marquis of Zhenguo's household was orphaned young and raised by her grandfather on the frontier. She studied under the Daoist master Ziyang Zhenjun and mastered profound occult arts. One night, while observing the stars, she saw that the Ziwei Star was in peril and an ominous star was rising. The Xiao family faced the threat of annihilation, so sixteen-year-old Yunsheng decisively returned to the capital to protect her family and avert disaster. Once she arrived, she learned 4.8kReads8.9Score637Shelves
  34. 34 Delicate and Enchanting 袅袅妖娆 Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [Satisfying power fantasy + seductive troublemaker heroine + face-slapping and tormenting scoundrels + love at first sight based on looks + love grows over time + ten-year age gap] A beautiful, sweet-voiced heroine who plays the fool: a cunning, foxlike, black-lotus beauty. A hero who says one thing and means another: a strict, upright royal uncle who works as a school disciplinarian. Everyone knows Prince Ying, Huo Yin, is handsome and refined, with a face like an immortal's. But he never smile 8kReads9.1Score924Shelves
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  35. 35 Delicate Bones 娇骨 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 144.9kReads9.5Score18.3kShelves
  36. 36 Green Shoots on the Branch 绿上枝头 Ancient Romance221k WordsCompleted [Signed for print] [Brave, steadfast transmigrated heroine VS cool, clearheaded young noble] [Transmigration + rebirth + prominent family + household intrigue + feel-good + career building + strong heroine + light comedy] Jiang Lübao, daughter of a censor, was unexpectedly kidnapped and had her reputation ruined. The marriage that had already been arranged for her was called off, too. For a young woman from a prominent family, this was a devastating blow. But she burst out laughing. No one knew 83.1kReads9.6Score9.8kShelves
  37. 37 Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢 Ancient Romance669k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On 320.4kReads9.6Score40.8kShelves
  38. 38 This Princess Consort Is a Force to Be Reckoned With, and She Deserves to Be Spoiled! 这个王妃路子野,得宠! Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The Prince Regent says, “My princess consort is of royal blood, a delicate flower who can't lift a finger.” Meanwhile, the Prince Regent's consort, a whip in her left hand and a blade in her right, beats a gang of rebels until they flee in terror. The Prince Regent says again, “My consort only knows how to sew. How would she know anything about the occult?” A century-old ghost, sewn up like a kite by the Prince Regent's consort, weeps as it flies through the sky. The Prince Regent sighs again. “ 11.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
  39. 39 Bringing the Phoenix Home 引凤归 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 117kReads9.5Score16.3kShelves
  40. 40 The Little Taoist Nun Has a Rebellious Streak 小道姑一身反骨 Ancient Romance747k WordsCompleted “As a hired assassin, killing is my specialty. I make sure my clients go peacefully.” “Be good. You don't need to cover your head. I'd never ruin that pretty face of yours. That would make it harder to carry your head to the Judicial Office and collect the reward.” The moon slanted over the river as night settled in. Mist hung thick in the air, dreamlike and hazy. Only the dim oil lamp hanging from a covered boat on the Qiantang River cast a faint, wavering glow. A small gray-robed Taoist, impos 27.4kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves
  41. 41 The Maid Who Spells Ruin 通房祸水 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads + Feel-Good Story + Farming] His perspective: Everyone says the Young Lord Jun’s maid is deeply devoted to him and never leaves his side, even following him into exile. Only Jun Cheng knows that in public, she’s always fussing over him, calling him “Young Master” and acting sweet and caring. In private, she steals his food, pinches him, and hits him, while he has to swallow his anger and play along. That’s because he’s been reborn, and he’s genuinely curious abo 7.8kReads9.2Score897Shelves
  42. 42 The Poisonous Consort 一品毒妃 Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Su Ziyu is a poison-medicine doctoral expert from the twenty-second century, undefeated in the art of poison and unmatched among poison doctors. But fate had other plans. In an instant, she transmigrated thousands of years into the past, to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, becoming Su Ziyu, the cowardly, weak-willed, foolish concubine-born daughter of the prime minister’s household. Imprisoned, with her birth mother dead, her stepmother persecuting her, and her sisters poisoning her, she faces a brutal 6.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
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  43. 43 Exposed! The Prince of Chu Has a Three-Inch Adorable Wife Hidden in His Sleeve 曝光!楚王袖里藏了个三寸小萌妻 Ancient Romance410k WordsCompleted (A fierce, soft-spoken, adorable heroine vs. a possessive, scheming, fallen hero; sweet romance + the occult + a touch of fantasy) Jiang Xiaoxiao, a master of the mystic arts, was born with an incomplete soul. On every full-moon night, she also turns into a tiny person just three inches tall. Her grandmaster said that when she turned sixteen, she would meet a benefactor whose purple-gold dragon aura could break her curse. The aura of Prince Chu, Xie Xun, was stolen when he was three. Plagued by 7.9kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
  44. 44 After Failing to Win Back His Wife, CEO Fu Wants to Use Their Child to Win Her Over 追妻失败后,傅总他想父凭子贵 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Sheng Yi'an married Yun City’s notorious playboy. He married her because she was obedient, meek, and didn’t cause trouble. He paid for her material comforts, and she helped him deal with his family and elders. She loved him, so she was willing to put up with everything in silence. But even disappointment eventually reaches its limit. Sheng Yi'an finally understood that Fu Chengye was like a pair of ill-fitting shoes. She couldn’t let them keep rubbing her feet raw. Sheng Yi'an: “Fu Chengye, let’ 11.6kReads8.3Score871Shelves
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  45. 45 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be 24.2kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
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  46. 46 Jade Between the Lips 衔玉 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 34.5kReads9.4Score5kShelves
  47. 47 Searching for a Branch 寻枝 Ancient Romance242k WordsCompleted [Coolheaded, brilliant, tragic heroine X scheming prince pretending to be a spoiled playboy] [Marriage before love + bickering couple + political intrigue + redemption + revenge + secret identities] Liu Xunyi is the Empress Dowager’s most trusted enforcer, beautiful and cold, with a knack for killing corrupt officials. During a mission, she accidentally crossed the notorious spoiled prince, Ye Simang. As it happened, the Empress Dowager granted them a marriage, bringing them together. This newly 3kReads9.2Score372Shelves
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  50. 50 I Stir Up Trouble in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界搞内卷 Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 155.5kReads9.5Score24.2kShelves
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