Ancient Setting, Sweet Romance, Political Scheming, Absurd Humor 古代，甜宠，权谋，抽象

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 49.3kReads9.2Score7kShelves

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   Teacher, teacher, do you still remember me? When we were children, we went to steal tributes together. Suddenly someone came in and we quickly pretended to be the gods in the temple. But in the end, only I was caught, because you are the real god.

2. 2 开 From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 802.5kReads9.7Score95.7kShelves

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   I haven't read much ancient books recently. I spent a long time digging through the bookshelves. These are the only ones that have something to do with ancient times.

3. 3 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 137.7kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
4. 4 快 Quick Transmigration: Extras, Don’t Be Afraid, I’ll Help You Soar 快穿之炮灰别怕姐带你飞 Organic Poisonous Mushroom有机毒蘑菇Modern Romance279k WordsOngoing The rookie System 9527 accidentally binds itself to the hot-tempered powerhouse Qi Nian'an. Sister Qi: You're sure that's all the client wants? Those scumbags don't deserve a hundred beatings? 9527 trembles: Host, the client just wants to live her own life in peace and stay away from those people. Her wish is simple, ordinary, and harmonious... Sister Qi: Tsk, the clients these days are so useless. Disdain.jpg. 9527: Great ancestor, please rein in your powers... Are all the Hosts these days this —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 权 The Power of the Imperial Favorite 权宠天下 June六月Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted Live-action short-form drama: The Power and Privilege 4: Ruling the World is now streaming on Hongguo. A brilliant medical PhD transmigrates into the body of the Chu Prince’s discarded consort. As soon as she arrives, she encounters a critically injured patient. Guided by her medical ethics, she treats him, only to nearly be thrown into prison on false charges. When the Retired Emperor falls gravely ill, she finds a way to treat him, but that hateful Poison King misunderstands and berates her. I 12.2kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves

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   The plot is very loving, and some bad guys are really hard to hate. The author always uses roundabout ways of writing to give those who have done wrong a chance to repent, yes! No one will make mistakes in life, but there are many kinds of mistakes, some can be forgiven, and some must be cut off quickly! Life is short, why bother with the pain here, there may be a better world if you leave.

6. 6 被 After Giving Him CPR, the Prince Insists on Marrying Me 被人工呼吸后，王爷非要以身相许 Unmatched Beauty倾城不二Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance, Sweet and Satisfying + Strong Heroine + Adorable Child] She was a genius thief in the 21st century. After transmigrating, she became the unmarried pregnant daughter of the chancellor and was thrown into a snake pit to fend for herself. To save her poisoned son, she disguised herself as an ugly woman and infiltrated the prince's manor, keeping close to him and constantly dancing on the edge of disaster. She was scared out of her wits every day. Then one day, the prince, wh 1.8kReads9.3Score339Shelves
7. 7 卜 Practical Language for Fortune-Telling: From Beginner to Expert 卜卦实用语言：从入门到精通 Snow Falls on a Sunny Day晴时有雪Ancient Romance96k WordsCompleted She was born as a remnant of the “demoness” line, and a single old case file could grind her into dust. He carried the old case against the Pei family, his blade kept sheathed, his life one long exercise in restraint. Shen Qingci joined the Court of Judicial Review as a female records officer only to clear her mother’s name and claim a name that would let her live. Pei Xingzhou was ordered to investigate the forged seal case, but amid her repeated acts of courage, “writing cases in blood,” he pl 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Travel through time and become the tenth concubine? Shen Qing refused to fight at home and won his career in Beishan Guamen! The only obstacle is that cold-faced young senior brother. I wanted to be perfunctory, but I found that he silently paved the way for me, from concubine to general, just to protect me. This is a counterattack written with learning and tenderness! #Entirenoabuse#continue to have sugar

8. 8 丞 The Second Young Lady of the Chancellor's Mansion and Her Chicken Encounter 丞相府二小姐的鸡遇 Bai Daqing白大庆Ancient Romance21k WordsCompleted Xie Nanzhi, the second young lady of the Chancellor's residence, is fiery and forthright, earning her the nickname "The Xie Family Firecracker." Prince Yan, Xiao Yunyi, is carefree and debauched, known as "the Capital's Greatest Playboy." When the emperor forcibly matches these two lively characters, a royal marriage full of hilarious mishaps begins. Marriage first, love later. All sweetness, no angst. With court intrigue, too. The story is humorous and quirky throughout. It's set in an alternat —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Ancient + Sweet Pet + Machiavellian + Abstract + Sweet This is awesome, especially funny, and is promoted intensively. Just look at it and you will know, hahahahahahahahahahaha

9. 9 双 Double Trouble: The Chubby Princess Consort Strikes Back 双宝助攻：肥宅王妃要翻身 Dust of the World, Love Alone微尘唯爱Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigration! She could handle that! Having a baby! She could handle that! Having twins! She could handle that too! But why had she transmigrated into an incredibly, incredibly fat woman? At least the heavens weren’t completely blind. Along with turning her into a dairy cow, they had granted her a superpower: precognition! Gold shines wherever it goes. Relying on her yoga skills, business acumen, and ability to see the future, she and her two adorable children thrived in another world. The poo 454Reads9.1Score121Shelves
10. 10 另 Seeking a Better Match: I Won’t Be the Madam of This Marquis’s Manor! 另谋高嫁：这侯府夫人我不做了！ Egret Under Clear Skies晴天白鹭Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Original title: Finding a Better Match: I’m Done Being the Marquess’s Wife! Regarding plagiarism, don’t make baseless accusations. The publication dates are there for all to see. [Traditional historical romance and household intrigue + strong heroine and hero + mutual devotion + a prince who cherishes his wife] A merchant’s daughter marries into a marquess’s household, becoming the laughingstock of the capital. For six years, Jiang Shu lives alone and supports the entire household without compla 31.6kReads9.2Score5.4kShelves
11. 11 一 The Poisonous Consort 一品毒妃 Mo Qianchang墨千裳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 6kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
12. 12 被 Forced Into a Substitute Marriage, She Amazes the Entire Capital With Her Four Treasures 被迫替嫁后，她携四宝惊艳了全京城 Yan Qiqi燕七七Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Feng Jing, a genius military doctor from the 21st century, is ambushed and transmigrates into the Great Yan dynasty. She becomes the obese, lovesick legitimate eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhennan’s household, a pregnant bride-to-be who has already given birth to four sons. Then she is tricked into marrying the powerful Prince Jin, who commands a vast army and holds sway over the empire, in her younger sister’s place. Feng Jing feels like dying, but when she looks at the four little ones be 9.9kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
13. 13 穿 I Became a Wicked Woman, but Raising Kids and Farming Is a Blast 穿成毒妇，带崽种田爽翻天 Jie Yan婕焱Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted For years, Li Cuihua has focused on just one thing: cursing her husband when he's home, and abusing the children when he's away. Everyone says she's a genuine shrew and a lunatic. Fuyun, who barges into the situation, says that's complete nonsense and pure fabrication! Still, she rather likes this secret identity as a lunatic. During an argument, one line, “Keep talking and I'll go shit in your kitchen,” leaves her opponent speechless. During a fight, one line, “When I go crazy, I even beat myse 14.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
14. 14 穿 After Becoming an Abandoned Consort, She Makes a Fortune with Her Medical Skills 穿成弃妃后，她靠医术暴富了 Shu Yang书杨Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted She was a genius from a family of renowned Chinese doctors, but in a single moment she transmigrated into the life of an unwanted concubine in Prince Ning's household! “Su Qiao, I will never love you. Just seeing your face fills me with hatred and disgust. Take the divorce papers, and don't ever let me see you again!” the cold-faced prince said viciously. She sneered. “Likewise. Seeing you makes me lose my appetite. From now on, you go your way and I'll go mine! You're not divorcing me. I'm divo 17.8kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
15. 15 权 The Beloved Imperial Physician: The Scheming Heir Won’t Leave Me Alone 权宠医妃：腹黑世子赖上门 Brocade Plain Robe锦素衣Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “First, bow to Heaven and Earth...” “Second, bow to your parents...” “The ceremony is complete. Take the bride to the bridal chamber...” At the officiant's loud announcement, the bridesmaid led Shen Yunxi into the bridal chamber. Today was the wedding day of the heir to the Prince of Ying's estate in Mobei. He was marrying the eldest legitimate daughter of Grand Preceptor Shen, in a match personally decreed by the emperor. - A genius of the medical world was reborn in a later age as the most mis 2.9kReads9.2Score692Shelves
16. 16 哎 Oh My! Her Majesty the Empress Has Come to Work 哎呀！皇后娘娘来打工 Pine Nut松子Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted She was the empress of a nation, steeped in the intrigues of the imperial harem for thirty years, yet died quietly in the Cold Palace. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a wealthy modern wife who seemed to have it all. Looking utterly bewildered, Rong Dai stared at her rival’s question and asked her brother-in-law, “I’m the legal wife. As long as I’m here, even if she marries into the family, she’ll only be a concubine. Does she really think she can cause trouble over my head? Does s 2.3kReads8.7Score502Shelves
17. 17 医 The Adorable Baby of the Miracle Doctor Consort: Turning the Tables and Becoming a Phoenix 医妃萌宝，逆袭成凰 Mo Han Yuanbao墨涵元宝Ancient Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [Satisfying revenge on scumbags + powerful male and female leads + doting family + adorable child + portable space] Wen Jin, a medical genius, accidentally transmigrated into the body of an ugly woman obsessed with handsome men. She woke up on her wedding night. “Your Highness, let me explain. I’m not…” It hurts! I want to cry! The original owner was both a pretty-face addict and a desperate simp. She’d provoked a short-tempered prince and gotten herself killed. Luckily, Wen Jin had her medical 9.8kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
18. 18 带 Becoming a Princess with a Smartphone 带着手机做王妃 Demons Roam the World妖行天下Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Overnight, she transmigrated and became the wife of the cold-faced Prince of War. Rumor had it that the Prince of War was cruel by nature and never went near women. But as it happened, the harder a man was to handle, the more interested she became. “Your Highness, something terrible has happened! The princess went to the gambling house and lost a fortune.” “Let her play as she likes. I have a mountain of gold for her to lose!” “Your Highness, something terrible has happened! The princess went to 444Reads8.9Score122Shelves
19. 19 盛 Glorious Reign of the Mad Consort: The Foolish Girl Stuns the World 盛世狂妃：傻女惊华 An Lan安懒Ancient Romance5.2M WordsCompleted At ten years old, Han Moqing had to pretend to be crazy and foolish to stay alive. In public, she was the foolish legitimate daughter of the Han Chancellor’s household. In private, she was a highly skilled martial artist and the master of Yulin Court. In public, she babbled like a fool. In private, she was ruthless and decisive, taking revenge on anyone who wronged her. Four years later, her loving grandfather was poisoned and bedridden. Han Moqing unexpectedly came down with a “high fever” and 881Reads8.9Score188Shelves
20. 20 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Helped My Best Friend Win the Emperor’s Heart 穿越后我帮闺蜜攻略皇上 Leaning on My Sword, Listening to Wind and Rain倚剑听风雨Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Xu, the no-nonsense doctor; Fang, the kindhearted, guileless chef; and Lin, the fair-skinned beauty with a string of admirers. An accident sends the three best friends transmigrating to ancient times together. From the start, it's a living hell: they open their eyes in the Cold Palace, where the emperor has ordered them executed. They're bullied by vicious servants and beaten by a favored consort. The miserable trio hatch a plan: if they want to survive, they have to cozy up to that emperor! Uni 3.7kReads9.3Score770Shelves
21. 21 摆 After Escaping Her Maidservant Status, She Became Obsessed with Making Money 摆脱通房丫鬟身份后，她沉迷搞钱 Behave Yourself好好当当Ancient Romance695k WordsCompleted [Complete + no transmigration or rebirth + winning back his wife + slow-burn romance + political intrigue and business rivalry + pure-love devotees] She was a farmer’s daughter. After her father died, she was sold and became a kitchen maid in a marquis’s household. By a twist of fate, she was forced to follow the marquis’s family into exile for a heinous crime. She endured countless hardships and suffered many injuries to keep the whole family fed, all because the young marquis had made a solemn 52.2kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves
22. 22 锦 The Plump Koi Wife Is Not to Be Trifled With: With a Pocket Dimension, She’s Fierce 锦鲤肥妻不好惹，空间在手超凶哒 Qian Feifei钱菲菲Ancient Romance888k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + medical skills + lucky charm + adorable baby + transmigrate into a book] By accident, she transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder wife who spends all day wanting to sell her child. The villainous male lead, whom the original owner had desperately wanted to divorce, is about to be reinstated and complete his descent into darkness. And to make matters worse, the hypocritical white-lotus heroine is aggressive and dripping with fake sweetness. From every angle, Shen Shanzh 18Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 从 The Regent's Consort, Pulled from a Tomb 从坟墓里扒出来的摄政王妃 I'm Your Qian Qian我是你的浅浅Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Everyone, the web drama based on this novel is now complete. You can watch it on Tomato Short Dramas. Search for The Princess Consort of the Regent, Unmatched in Medicine and Poison, and enjoy! Love you all, mwah~~ Mu Fengyan, born into a family of ancient martial artists, had her soul blasted by her enemies' modern firearms into a parallel world, in an era never recorded in history. A master of both medicine and poison, she never expected that after she'd sent every last one of her enemies to 80kReads9.4Score7.4kShelves
24. 24 公 The Princess Arrives: The Scheming General Is Delighted to Be a Father 公主嫁到：腹黑将军喜当爹 If I Can't Write, I'll Just Make It Up不会写就乱写Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted They say the Princess of Lieyang is beautiful and useless, a spoiled tyrant who bullies men and women alike. She shamelessly broke up a loving couple and abused her power to force the Chancellor’s eldest son to marry her. After waking up reborn, Mu Yunchu resolves to turn over a new leaf and become a princess of lasting renown, accomplished in both letters and arms. They say the Chancellor’s eldest son wants to get back together with her, but the Gu family’s cold-faced, undefeated young general 3.2kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
25. 25 穿 A Chaotic Life Back in Ancient Times 穿回古代的鸡飞狗跳生活 Gathering Vetch, Gathering Vetch采薇采薇Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Kids + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy]: Transmigrating into a lovesick woman, Tang Zhuyun wakes up in the middle of a scene where she’s climbing into a man’s bed. She turns around and runs. Forget this bed, she’s not getting in! Who needs a man when her father is the top scholar, her brother is the top scholar, and even her son will be the top scholar? They’ll protect her, so she can do whatever she wants! As a master physician, she’ll focus on her career, save lives, and k 48.6kReads9.3Score6.4kShelves
26. 26 权 Power and Favor Across the Nine Heavens 权宠九天 June六月Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama from the same series, The Beloved Physician, is now streaming on Hongguo. Long Qingruo, a genius of the Red Dragon Clan, was renowned in the twenty-second century as a brilliant doctor and a master surgeon. Yet as soon as she arrived, she was shot full of holes by a hail of arrows, while a whole host of women were lining up to covet her position as princess consort. Ridiculous. She acted decisively, asserting her authority as a wife, taking in underlings, bringing villains to hee 6kReads9.4Score805Shelves
27. 27 恶 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 Ink墨色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 17.1kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves

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    All high scores of 9 or above!! As the old saying goes ➕Sweet pet➕Torturous scumbag! The plot is also pretty good to watch! There is a woman's awakening! The female protagonists are very smart, with online IQs, neither stupid nor charming!

28. 28 恶 The Villainess Becomes the Legitimate Daughter: I'm Just Pretending, Don't Get Too Attached 恶女成嫡：我装的，你们别太爱了 Peach Blossoms Reflected in Wine桃花映酒Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted (Print edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on September 19 / Several short animated adaptations are now streaming) [Wicked Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Total Control + “Training Dogs” Romance + Male Rivals in a Shura Field + Exes Begging for Her Back + Face-Slapping and Scumbag Punishment] [The heroine is a true villainess: a stunning, calculating temptress who never hesitates to manipulate others] Jiang Chuji, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was an ill-fated girl sent to a t 57.5kReads9.4Score7.7kShelves
29. 29 她 After She Ascends the Throne, She Takes a New Husband, Leaving Her Ex to Weep 她登基后换了夫，新夫不见旧夫哭 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Power! It's a woman's second face! She loves it!) (1V2 + advancing the nation through technology + two men competing for her, only to end up regretting it) Lu Jichen: He is an ill-omened man. On the day his elder brother got married, they smeared dog blood all over his face and locked him in a cellar. Later, she brought him out, washed his hands, let him sit at the table, fed him, and paid for his education. Wei Chiyuan: He is the young lord of an aristocratic clan; she is a young widow. One sc 18.7kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
30. 30 科 The Imperial Exams: From a Duke’s Bastard Son to a Powerful Official 科举！从公府庶子到权臣的青云路 Zhou Shusen周树森Historical4.1M WordsOngoing [Not a BL novel! Not a male-male romance! One male lead, little to no romance, and a plot-focused story.] [Transmigration + Illegitimate Son of a Duke’s Estate + No System + Imperial Exams + Political Intrigue] He transmigrates, and the good news is that he’s now an illegitimate son of the Duke of Wei’s household, with food and clothes taken care of and no need to worry about making a living. The bad news is that he’s not only unloved, but also mocked and looked down upon. Heh. Never look down o 51.6kReads8.9Score4.4kShelves
31. 31 人 After His Human Antidote Ran Away, the Cold Prince Turned Dark 人形解药出走后，高冷王爷黑化了 Zhou Guihua周桂花Ancient Romance302k WordsOngoing [Big Bad Wolf + Little White Rabbit + groveling romance] Wan Hong is afflicted with a poison bug, and the only way to keep himself alive is to spend every night with a naive, simple-minded village girl. She's pitifully foolish, yet loves him to the point of obsession, her every “Brother Hong” making his heart flutter. But he is a prince, high above everyone else, while she is nothing but a lowly country girl... When they meet again, she's become the charming owner of a pastry shop, but she has —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ancient proverbs + scheming + amnesia + wolf and rabbit literature~

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