A Period Novel Where She Married Her Older Brother in a Past Life, Then Her Younger Brother Is Reborn, Falls for Her, and Marries Her. Please! 年代文前世嫁哥哥，弟弟重生喜欢女主娶女主求求了

1. 1 纨 The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命，重生主母杀疯了 Folded in the Mist折雾里Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they 57.6kReads9.2Score7.6k14d adds

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   It's not a historical fiction, but the female lead married her older brother in her previous life and her younger brother in this life, while the male lead is a time traveler.

2. 2 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.1kReads9.3Score3k14d adds

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   It's a historical fiction story, but the female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a shrewish old lady who deals with a whole family of awful characters. She has five sons, three daughters, several grandchildren and grandsons, and even great-grandchildren. This shrewish old lady is very good at managing her family.

3. 3 八 After a Marriage Swap in the 1980s, I Married Up and Won This Commander 八零换亲后高嫁，这个首长拿下了 Su Nuonuo苏糯糯Modern Romance417k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Military Marriage + Both Leads Are Chaste + Sweet Romance + Rich Wife’s Daily Life Raising Children + Swapped Marriages] Also known as [The Daily Life of Marrying Up] In her previous life, Su Wanwan and her cousin Su Miaomiao had vastly different marriages. Su Miaomiao had high standards. With the help of her biased grandmother, she married up to an army officer, earning everyone’s envy. After a blind date, Su Wanwan married a senior from her school. After the wedding, Su Miaomiao e 1.1kReads8.7Score11714d adds

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   The first book, about sisters exchanging brides, was one I read a long time ago. It's actually quite the same old formula 😳 Now I prefer adaptations of short dramas; I got hooked on the short dramas for the last few books before reading the novels. A little selfish of me, but these are good for killing time 😏

4. 4 七 The Seventies: Reborn, I’m Doted on in Every Way by the Strongest Officer 七零，重生后我被最强军官花样宠 Chu Ningqi楚凝七Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted husband + Space System] Her cousin schemed to land a handsome, wealthy officer with an incredibly powerful family background, hoping to sleep with him and use her body to keep him under her thumb. Gu Xiaoxi was reborn once more. She decisively stopped the handsome, drugged man who had barged into her bathroom... She seized the chance to marry the army’s most promising officer, “General Lu the Devil,” and packed her bags to join 64.1kReads9.2Score8.7k14d adds
5. 5 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 136.6kReads9.1Score16.2k14d adds
6. 6 质 Eighteen Years as a Hostage Prince, Hated by Everyone Upon Returning Home 质子十八年，归国万人嫌 Five Is Not Wu五不是吾Eastern Fantasy559k WordsOngoing Li Changqing transmigrates. He transmigrates into a fantasy world as the eldest son of the Great Qian Emperor. At the time, the Great Qian Dynasty is beset by troubles at home and abroad: ambitious vassal kings threaten it from within, while the demon race watches hungrily from without! With the dynasty on the brink of collapse, he steps forward as the emperor's eldest son. He offers himself as a hostage and spends eighteen years among the demon race in the northern frontier, buying the Great Qi 26.6kReads7.6Score1.6k14d adds
7. 7 九 The Gray Heiress of the Nineties 九零灰千金 Chubby Childhood Sweetheart胖青梅Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted [The ailing Mu heir + the Lu family’s illegitimate daughter] [Both reborn + a kind stepmother and stepsister + everyone is a good person] Lu Buhui was reborn, and from the start, a father appeared and took her to the capital. Knowing she was an illegitimate daughter, she had never coveted anything from the Lu family. But... Lu An’an: She’s so pitiful. I’ll let her have a little of Dad’s attention. Qin Hui: She may be my husband’s illegitimate daughter, but she’s so sweet. Lu Shao: She’s too plai 2.2kReads9.0Score22414d adds
8. 8 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, Five Little Villains Doted on Me 穿书后，我被五个小反派娇宠了 Awakening in Another Dimension异次元觉醒Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama adapted from this book, The Princess Is Born Stubborn, Raising Children and Wielding Imperial Power, Is No Problem, is now streaming <(*￣▽￣*)/ [Everyday life raising children in ancient times + a wealthy, powerful princess who can do as she pleases + a wickedly handsome male lead with overwhelming martial prowess + devoted 1v1 romance] Qin Yaoguang transmigrates into a book as the wicked stepmother of five little villains. Ten years later, they will carve her into a human swine 4.2kReads9.2Score69314d adds
9. 9 我 I Strive for My Country’s Prosperity! [System] 我，为祖国富强而奋斗！【系统】 Little Red-Crisp Hands红酥小手Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn + System + top student + patriotism + positive energy + feel-good story + no awful relatives] Su Xing was always on her own, the aloof goddess in everyone else's eyes. It seemed everyone took it for granted that beautiful women should keep their distance and remain unapproachable. Only Su Xing knew she was pretending to be aloof. In truth, she had severe social anxiety! She hated dealing with people and being noticed. All she wanted was to hide in the shell she thought was safe and coast 42.7kReads9.6Score4k14d adds
10. 10 侯 The Marquis's Estate Honors Class 侯府重点班 Passion Fruit百香果果Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Marquis’s Elite Class is now available [adorable children + parenting + doting in-laws + lighthearted + healing] Xu Wan becomes a widow the moment she marries into the family. All she wants is to keep her head down and enjoy the freedom of being a marquis’s wife. But on the very day she arrives, her stepson, a notorious little menace throughout the capital, gives her two nasty surprises in a row. Xu Wan grabs a knife and charges out, making a name for herself across the 58.7kReads9.6Score8.3k14d adds
11. 11 一 Part Ways in Peace, General, Let Me Be Beautiful on My Own 一别两宽，将军自重，妾身想独美 Lu Li路鲤Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted 67.6kReads8.9Score15.6k14d adds
12. 12 醉 A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr 59.5kReads9.5Score7.3k14d adds
13. 13 小 The Tiny Boss Is Everyone's Favorite, and She Coddles Her Scumbag Dad Like He's Her Placenta 小小老子当团宠，把渣爹当胎盘哄 Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition of A Boat in a Single Thought is now available on all platforms. [Comedy + raising kids + everyone’s favorite + 1v1 romance + devoted couple + the adult heroine’s love interest is Lu Jinghuai] [A funny, sunny heroine who actually has eight hundred tricks up her sleeve x a saintly beauty who is really a sinister, venomous schemer] Ji Nian transmigrates into a novel where the heroine is adored by everyone, becoming the universally disliked biological daughter of the heroine’s pow 89.8kReads9.6Score11.6k14d adds

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14. 14 青 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 Kelisiting克莉斯汀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 26.1kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds
15. 15 被 After the Female Lead Was Stolen, I Set Out to Save the Obsessive Villain 被抢女主后，拯救偏执反派大佬 Xu Lian序连Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [One-on-one sweet romance, marriage first and love later, the leads dote on each other, everyday romance, gentle and delicate beauty vs. a ruthless, possessive villainous tycoon] The Duke of Zhenguo’s entire household was fiercely loyal to the crown. With them gone, only Yan Yu, their sole daughter, remained. Raised by her maternal grandmother, she was betrothed to the Fifth Prince. After Yan Yu came of age, she was about to travel to the capital for her wedding. At that point, the eldest dau 18.9kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
16. 16 村 A Village Girl Swaps Grooms with Herbal Medicine, and the Chaste Retired Officer Breaks His Vows 村姑中药换嫁，禁欲退役军官破戒 Wild Bull Niu野牛牛Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Ye is a poor little thing whose parents don’t love her. She gets tricked by her younger sister and fiancé into marrying her fiancé’s older brother, He Yesheng, a fearsome and ruthless bachelor. At twenty-eight, he’s the oldest bachelor in the whole village. But wasn’t he supposed to be impotent? Why is he keeping her up working overtime every night? Other women’s husbands take supplements to make them feel good. Hers takes supplements that could kill her... Other women’s mothers-in-law squee 2kReads8.4Score37014d adds
17. 17 天 A Genius Shines Wherever They Go 天才在哪都发光 A Bottle Cap一个瓶盖儿Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A strong female lead with a sharp mind and grand ambitions transmigrates bodily from the primordial world to Earth. At first, she absorbs knowledge on Earth; midway through, she transforms the primordial world; and later, she follows the male lead to the Beast World continent, where she makes her mark! 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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18. 18 穿 Transmigrated to 1974: The Stunning Bride Rises to Become an Academician 穿越七四娇媳逆袭成院士 Wind and the World风和天下Modern Romance229k WordsCompleted Period | Soul Transmigration | Pocket Dimension | One Female Lead | Academician Lin Xiaoyu transmigrates to the 1970s after saving a little girl from drowning. Having struggled on the brink of death, she unexpectedly acquires a silver ring and unlocks a pocket dimension. Watch as she lives well through the years of famine, making a difference for a nation in need of rebuilding even as she makes a good life for herself! Step by step, she rises to become an academician and helps her country prospe 2Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 19 重 Reborn and Married to My Late Husband’s Younger Brother 重生嫁给前世相公的弟弟 Beibei Ke'er呗呗可儿Ancient Romance231k WordsCompleted [Beloved by all + 1v1 + reborn legitimate daughter] The legitimate daughter, adored by everyone, had everything stolen from her by her younger half-sister. Reborn, she returns with vengeance on her mind, only for a prince to stir her heart. “I’ll give you everything you want and help you protect everything you cherish.” A purely sweet story, with no angst. 1.1kReads8.8Score10314d adds
20. 20 七 The 1970s: The Plump Wife Marries Her Ex-Husband’s Younger Brother 七零肥妻：嫁给前夫他弟 Cute Little Gift萌小礼Modern Romance646k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Su Ping was thrown out by her scumbag husband because she couldn’t have children. Reborn on the very day she married him, she finds him demanding a divorce because she’s gained dozens of pounds since they first met. Su Ping: “Then let’s get divorced! The sooner, the better! Don’t keep me from finding my next love!” Scumbag: “You? Finding another love? You mean the kind you get in a dream?” Su Ping is a woman of action, so she turns around and starts flirting with his younge 31Reads8.4Score—14d adds
21. 21 对 You Should Cherish Your Little Sister, So Make Her Love You and Ache for You! 对妹妹要疼爱，你让她又疼又爱！ Peel the Potato and Add Chili土豆去皮加辣Modern Romance267k WordsOngoing [Nurturing romance + reunion after years apart + wealthy families + one-on-one romance + devoted couples] [Obsessive power player from the capital ✖️ icy rose] The day after her stepmother drove Ming Zhi out of the Ming family, Xiao Jingmo hurried to the train station and asked, “A Zhi, do you want to come home with me?” Ming Zhi nodded. “I do.” Over the following years, Xiao Jingmo took wonderful care of Ming Zhi, raising her like a gorgeous rose. Then one day, a message arrived: Ming Zhi's 11Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 团 The Beloved Army Wife Joins Her Husband at the Front, and Her Officer Husband Spoils Her Shamelessly 团宠军嫂去随军，军官老公霸气宠 Potato Bread土豆面包Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted Rebirth + Refusing to Be a Substitute Bride + Beloved by Everyone + Golden Finger After being reborn, Qiao Yanshu returns to the moment her toxic best friend suggests she take her place as the bride. She decisively refuses, packs her bags that very night, and sends herself off by train. This time around, she's claiming the army officer husband for herself. “Gu Chenzhou is a soldier, and he's a full eight years older than you. He's not only old, he doesn't even know how to care for someone. Your 608Reads8.2Score10214d adds
23. 23 重 Reborn with a Child, I Marry Up to a Senior Officer and Get Spoiled Rotten 重生，带娃高嫁首长后被宠哭了 Happy Fox喜狸Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted The book's rating is low right after launch, but it'll gradually rise. (Gentle, lovely beauty x rugged soldier; reborn + military marriage + sweet romance; the husband pursues her after losing her, but she never looks back; the second male lead wins her heart.) In her previous life, her husband was so busy indulging his first love's son that he carelessly lost their own child. Mu Ya was devastated, and died without ever finding her child. When she woke again, Mu Ya had returned to the very day h 271Reads8.3Score—14d adds
24. 24 吃 The Jealous Emperor Is Going Crazy, Seeing Everyone as a Homewrecker 吃醋帝忙疯，看谁都像撬墙角 Space Sandcastle太空沙堡Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted [Period + Book Transmigration + 1v1] (The male lead is scheming and suspicious. Watch him constantly get face-slapped and turn into a love-struck fool who gets jealous everywhere he goes.) A delicate, soft, beautiful, adorable heroine vs. a cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside, scheming hero who loves to cook. Just after graduating from high school, Shen Jiaojiao was chosen by the System and sent into a period novel as a supporting female character. She became the male lead's vicious fiancée 690Reads7.6Score10214d adds

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