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  1. 101 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊,娘娘写了一百条宫规 Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 41.2kReads9.6Score5.9k14d adds
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  2. 102 Love After Marriage: The Crown Princess Keeps Pretending to Be Good Again and Again 先婚后爱,太子妃又又又又在装乖 Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] Song Yao, who was born into this world, got married to Nangong Yi, the notoriously violent crown prince. After their wedding, they acted like a proper couple, treating each other with courtesy and respect. Gradually, Song Yao discovered that the crown prince was nothing like the violent man of the rumors. He was gentle, considerate, and easy to get along with. So she let her true nature out and started doing as she pleased. - At first, when facing the crown prince: Song Yao: gent 21.7kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
  3. 103 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 24.6kReads9.1Score2.5k14d adds
  4. 104 Three Years Married and Still Untouched, One Flirt from the Prince and She's Pregnant with Multiples 出嫁三年仍完璧,皇叔一撩就多胎 Ancient Romance645k WordsCompleted [Reborn, sweet romance and a happy ending, one-on-one and mutually devoted, face-slapping and punishing scumbags, marriage before love, a long-planned romance] Shen Chuli never imagined in a million years that Huo Yuan, her impossibly aloof younger uncle, had secretly loved her for ten years. After she married his nephew, Huo Yuan gave her the very best of everything, even though she loathed and avoided him. But in her previous life, she not only ruined her own life, she also dragged him into —Reads—Score—14d adds
  5. 105 Good Pregnancy System! The Noble Consort Is Sweet and Soft 好孕系统!贵妃她又娇又软 Ancient Romance368k WordsCompleted [A soft, sweet, calculating little bunny heroine X a domineering, cold-blooded emperor with a love obsession] Shen Cihuan is the youngest daughter of Chancellor Shen. Innocent, lively, sweet, and adorable, she enters the palace to compete for the emperor’s favor in her older sister’s place. What if she doesn’t know how to compete for his favor? No problem. She has a palace intrigue and fertility System. An intoxicating natural scent Love at first sight from the emperor Fertility pills, dragon-an 22.1kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
  6. 106 The Empress Is Alluring and Delicate, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Falls for Her at First Sight 娘娘娇娇媚,冷戾帝王一见倾心 Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue and revenge, a slow-burn, slow-payoff story + stunning heroine + exceptionally clearheaded heroine with an unwavering goal] [The hero always favors the heroine + dotes on her exclusively in the middle + disbands his harem later] After Shen Qingtang’s aunt is schemed against and killed by Madam Shen, her goal becomes perfectly clear: she will enter the palace, become the most honored woman in the land, and make everyone who plotted against her aunt pay. She is also perfectly clea 5kReads9.1Score56414d adds
  7. 107 I Thought the Imperial Palace Was a Prison, but the Emperor Held Me by the Waist and Spoiled Me 原以深宫似海,却被帝王锁腰娇宠 Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + Empress + Devoted couple and sweet romance + Male lead has planned this for a long time + Not a serious palace-intrigue story] Lu Zhiyuan is the cherished youngest daughter of the Duke of Dingguo’s household. She is exquisitely beautiful, with an accomplished elder brother who supports the family’s prestige and a second elder sister skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting who brings the family honor. She has no need to contribute anything to the family, and 12.6kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
  8. 108 The Alluring Imperial Consort Climbs to the Top by Winning the Emperor’s Favor 贵妃娘娘妩媚诱人,一路争宠上位 Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted [A drama-loving, cunning heroine who puts on a beautiful act × a hero who falls for all her tricks] The heroine is spoiled by his affection, and the hero keeps lowering his standards for her Shen Yue knew from childhood that she had to fight for whatever she wanted. Having watched her concubine mother bow and scrape around the household, she wanted to win a respectable place in the world for them both. As a concubine-born daughter, no high-ranking family would take her as a principal wife. If sh 2.8kReads8.8Score24514d adds
  9. 109 The Sweet, Beloved Consort Who Bewitches Hearts 娇娇宠妃惑人心 Ancient Romance425k WordsCompleted [Not a pure couple; he dotes on her exclusively later on; a little palace intrigue; the heroine is a master flirt; story complete] She transmigrated from the modern world. Quirky and clever, she was also a brilliant actress. Emperor Shengwu could govern with effortless command, bring peace and stability to the realm, and win battles from a thousand miles away, striking fear across the four seas. He was an emperor who held all power in his hands and ruled over all beneath the heavens. Yun Mengq 56.6kReads9.3Score6.9k14d adds
  10. 110 After the Noble Consort Checked Out, the Coldhearted Emperor Begged Her to Come Back 贵妃娘娘摆烂后,冷厉君王低头哄 Ancient Romance272k WordsCompleted [Both leads are virgins + sweet, doting romance] Jing Zhao transmigrated into a book as the villainous cannon-fodder supporting character, Consort Zhao. In the book, Consort Zhao was arrogant, overbearing, and jealous, yet supposedly adored by the emperor. [Not really.] She knew she was nothing more than a shield. Once the emperor's beloved, the heroine, entered the palace, he would kick Jing Zhao aside. In the end, she'd die horribly after being driven by jealousy to frame the heroine! To save 4.1kReads8.8Score32614d adds
  11. 111 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 32.5kReads9.3Score3.3k14d adds
  12. 112 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 87.1kReads9.5Score9.7k14d adds
  13. 113 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 35.1kReads9.3Score5.9k14d adds
  14. 114 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 37.3kReads9.4Score4.3k14d adds
  15. 115 The Little Palace Maid's Thoughts Were Read 小宫女被读心了 Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the 14.7kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
  16. 116 Joy with You 与君欢 Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 26.3kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
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  17. 117 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Won Over a Powerful Official by Doing Nothing 穿书后我靠摆烂攻略权臣 Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted My first book was a writing exercise I started for myself. It makes no sense, and the writing is bad, so you might as well skip it!! I really don’t recommend reading it!! Don’t waste your time 🤪 —Reads—Score—14d adds
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  18. 118 Reborn, I Chose a Playboy to Be My Father! Somehow, I Raised an Emperor 重生选纨绔当爹!结果养成皇帝了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Satisfying revenge + a touch of ensemble cast + regret and redemption + turning a wastrel dad into a lovestruck fool] Song Shihuan was reborn. In her previous life, she was the Crown Prince’s legitimate daughter, but spent ten years living away from home. After being brought back, she tried to please everyone, groveling for the tiniest scraps of family affection. But what did she get in return? The Crown Prince and Crown Princess were ashamed of her, her three legitimate brothers treated her wi 21.8kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds
  19. 119 What?! Whose Princess Consort Just Kissed Her Mad Uncle After Being Reborn? 惊!谁家王妃刚重生亲懵疯批皇叔 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Devoted couple, 1v1 + palace and household intrigue + rebirth and revenge] [In her past life, a tragic romance with her mad, possessive imperial uncle ended in a forced marriage and a bad ending. Reborn, the outspoken heroine takes charge of her devoted-husband story, with sweet revenge against the scum.] An Yunxi has been reborn. Before she was reborn, the man who loved her most died in her arms to protect her and help her survive... In her previous life, she was the general's legitimate daugh 16.4kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
  20. 120 The Peerless Divine Physician: The Astonishing Fifth Miss 绝色神医:惊世五小姐 Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn, 1v1, two strong leads, sweet romance, and mutual devotion.] Su Muwan is reborn at fourteen. She has yet to break off her engagement to Xie Jingnian, her parents are still alive, her brother has yet to fall off a cliff, and there is still time to set everything right. In this life, she will make Su Wanqiu and Xie Hengyi pay for what they did. She'll reclaim every last thing they owed her in her previous life. This time, she won't let Xie Jingnian die young, and her brother won't meet a t 5.2kReads8.5Score64514d adds
  21. 121 Empresses in the Palace: Everyone Can Hear My Inner Thoughts 甄嬛传:所有人都能听见我的心声 Female-Channel Fanfiction590k WordsCompleted Just for laughs, so don't overthink it ✪ω✪ After an accident, overworked office drone Sun Miaoqing becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character in the TV drama Empresses in the Palace. She's bullied in the second episode, dragging her family into trouble with her. Luckily, she's not afraid of cats, so she figures she can just enjoy a day trip to the imperial palace, watch the drama unfold, and have some fun. But why is everyone looking at her so strangely? [The Empress has it so rough. The peopl 644Reads8.8Score10214d adds
  22. 122 Empresses in the Palace: The Ladies Ride the Wind and Break the Waves 甄嬛传之乘风破浪的娘娘们 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Everyday food, besties being affectionate, a plan to raise a future empress dowager] What should a clear-eyed, clueless college student do after landing in the world of Empresses in the Palace as the timid, insecure An Lingrong? The An Lingrong from her previous life says, “You have to help me live with dignity!” But the Empress is sweet-tongued and treacherous, Consort Hua is arrogant and overbearing, and the Emperor is cold and heartless. How can she live with dignity? If she can't keep up wi 2.3kReads9.0Score19714d adds
  23. 123 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 6.1kReads8.4Score35014d adds
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  24. 124 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 1.7kReads9.1Score37114d adds
  25. 125 The Noble Consort Gains Mind-Reading Powers and Uncovers a Shocking Secret 贵妃有了读心术后吃出惊天大瓜 Ancient Romance638k WordsCompleted [Historical romance. Mind-reading. Face-slapping. The heroine awakens. She shines on her own. The hero is barely involved. Later, the consort will leave the palace and take her child to make her way in the world. Please don’t complain if it’s not your thing.] After taking a tumble in the imperial gardens, the arrogant and overbearing Noble Consort Yu, who reigns supreme over the harem, wakes up to discover that she can hear other people’s thoughts. It turns out the emperor’s affection is an illu 5.3kReads9.2Score72214d adds
  26. 126 Reborn: The Poisonous Woman's Ruinous Charm 重生之毒女祸妃 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted I married nine men in my life, and every one of them died because of me... Until he appeared. On the road to eternal damnation, he reached out his hand to me... 61Reads8.8Score—14d adds
  27. 127 Transmigrated as the Coldhearted Princess, Come Here Already 穿越之冷漠王妃快过来 Ancient Romance693k WordsCompleted Ever since she was old enough to understand the world, she had felt she didn't belong in it, like a wisp of smoke that would vanish with the gentlest breeze. She was the daughter of the chancellor of Xiyue, yet she was known as a nun, and people said she was cold and heartless. He was an idle prince of Dongyang. Born into wealth, he spent his days confined to a wheelchair. People said he was peerlessly handsome and gentle as jade. What kind of fateful encounter could bring together two people fr 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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  28. 128 The Emperor and Empress Reign Supreme for All Time 帝后世无双 Ancient Romance4.0M WordsCompleted Legend says the founding emperor was a bloodthirsty tyrant, and the Great Jin Dynasty was built upon mountains of bones. A curse turned the dragon energy of the imperial mausoleum into baleful energy, dooming every emperor to die before the age of forty-five. The Heavenly Master says that offering up a prince born under the Lone Star fate to feed the baleful dragon in the imperial mausoleum can break the curse. He is that unlucky prince, born under the Lone Star. Enfeoffed as a prince at six, he 6.1kReads9.2Score74014d adds
  29. 129 I Lie Flat on My Good Looks 我靠美貌躺平了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both are devoted only to each other + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + mutual devotion] That day in the peach grove, it wasn’t the wind that stirred, but the heart… Song Zhaoyue was born into the body of an unfavored concubine-born daughter of a marquis’s household. Her stepmother forced her to marry a playboy who drank, gambled, and visited brothels, so she turned around and entered the palace selection instead! Who could have guessed she would be granted in marriage to Prince Yan, 35kReads9.1Score4.4k14d adds
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  30. 130 Thrown Out of the Manor? A Year Later, I Return as a Consort 赶我出府?一年后封妃归来 Ancient Romance352k WordsCompleted [Scheming seduction, a golden finger, sweet and satisfying romance, palace maid rises to power] (The rating has only just opened. Check the reviews for details; it’ll go up, q-q.) - On the day of her grandmother’s funeral, Shen Lingyang was framed for having an affair with another man. The marquis’s household couldn’t wait to drive her out. But how could a beautiful, frail young woman survive in the rough and tumble streets? After much thought, she realized there was perhaps only one person unde 4.2kReads8.3Score66414d adds
  31. 131 The Empress Is So Sweet and Charming, Who Still Cares About a Lost Love? 娘娘又娇又媚,谁还稀罕白月光 Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted [Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Top-Grade White Lotus + Winning Hearts and Minds + Not Both Leads' First Love] [The heroine looks like a pure, sweet little bunny, but she's actually a scheming temptress who knows how to play her cards.] When Xu Zhuohua is named crown princess, Crown Prince Qi Hecang and his secondary consort Lu Wanning are at the height of their love. As the hero of a male-oriented novel, Qi Hecang only cares about building his career, and his heart belongs solely to Lu 12.7kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
  32. 132 A Romance in the Capital 上京缘 Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [Not a transmigration or rebirth story. An old-fashioned setting, a stunning, delicate newly titled noblewoman VS the Seventh Prince, a cold and abstinent man who seems like a spoiled playboy. Scheming within the marriage, intense push-and-pull, devoted one-on-one romance, sweet and indulgent.] When Jiang Jiuchu was little, bandits took her hostage to threaten her father, who was leading a campaign to suppress them. A young man appeared and rescued her, but she missed her chance to repay him. Ye 4.3kReads8.8Score51314d adds
  33. 133 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 12.8kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
  34. 134 Indulging 逞娇 Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Rugged Hero and Sweetheart, A Princess's Devoted Suitor] [Marriage First, Love Later, One True Pairing, Sweet Romance] As the most honored princess of the Great Yi Dynasty, Pei Heyu was raised from birth in a world of wealth and luxury. When she grew up, she associated only with princes, nobles, and members of eminent families. Those young ladies and gentlemen all came from households of immense wealth, dressed in bejeweled finery. They drank Mingqian Longjing tea worth a fortune, ate tribute p 11.7kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
  35. 135 Seduce the Eastern Palace: Make Him Kneel Beneath My Skirt 诱东宫:凌他裙下 Ancient Romance735k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted only to each other] [Political intrigue] [Love and hate] [Rivals fighting for her] [Black-lotus heroine, unhinged hero with a sweet facade and a dark heart] On the eve of her wedding, Mu Qingruo, daughter of the prime minister, is falsely accused of losing her virginity and cruelly jilted. Overnight, she goes from being the most beautiful woman in Tianchu to its biggest laughingstock. Who would have thought that the Third Prince, Chu Yunheng, rumored to prefer men, would 1.5kReads8.3Score14314d adds
  36. 136 Snap Off a Crabapple Branch! 折棠枝! Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sisters switch marriages+the chase-back-to-win-her-heart trope+romantic rivalry+putting scumbags in their place; clear-eyed, scheming beauty X mad tyrant X aloof, powerful minister...] Short drama now available Jiang Wantang is the second legitimate daughter least favored by the current prime minister. With incomparable beauty and bewitching charm, she was abandoned in the wilderness and remained unknown to the world. Her elder legitimate sister was the moon in the sky; she was the mud beneath 9kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
  37. 137 The Emperor's White Moonlight Goes on a Killing Spree in the Palace 白月光进宫后杀疯了 Ancient Romance205k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + bewitching, scheming beauty heroine + male lead gradually falls for her + revenge] In her previous life, Xie Shuning was the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue, yet her cousin’s family manipulated and brainwashed her into marrying far from the capital. After the wedding, her husband’s family abused and humiliated her, while her cousin became a favored consort of the emperor, living in splendor. She even joined forces with Prince Yu to frame the Xie family, sending 2.6kReads8.8Score29914d adds
  38. 138 Life Simulator: I'm a Pro at Rising Through Palace Schemes 人生模拟器:宫斗升职我专业 Ancient Romance429k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Palace Intrigue + System + Golden Finger + A Story That's 30% Indulgence and 70% Playing It Safe] (Important, important, important!!! Content warning: The heroine is an ordinary person who grows over time. At first, she has some girlish romantic notions; she isn't highly intelligent from the start. Not a mutually exclusive first-love story, and the male lead doesn't dote on her alone. Don't read if these bother you.) From the start, she's in the hardest difficulty mode. After s 7.1kReads9.1Score69314d adds
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  39. 139 The Concubine with Maxed-Out Skills Is Turning Herself into an Empress? 技能拉满的侍妾,卷成皇后了? Ancient Romance620k WordsCompleted Empress Wenzhao was a famously bewitching consort and the most talented empress. The way she has been judged and defined throughout her life has changed many times, but that has never diminished her status or the value of studying her. [System + Raising Kids + Relentless Competition] Thanks to being well fed at home, Qi Jiao was plump and rosy-cheeked. After a flood, she was sold into the palace as a maid, and when she got a little older, she was assigned to the empress’s palace. A few years lat 12.5kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
  40. 140 The Outer Wife 外室之妻 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Gu Zheng was at her wit’s end with the way her stepmother kept causing trouble. Even though the man looked down on her, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and marry him. She thought she was destined to be a supporting female character in this world, so she lived by the rules and knew her place. Then, in the blink of an eye, her husband turned out to be the Duke’s illegitimate son! He was about to be acknowledged by the family and become the young duke, but the ducal household looked down on 1.1kReads9.0Score32814d adds
  41. 141 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 124.8kReads9.6Score17k14d adds
  42. 142 Reborn as a Poisonous Consort 重生之毒妃 Ancient Romance3.9M WordsCompleted An Jinxiu, the Taishi’s illegitimate daughter, gave her heart to the wrong man and schemed her way through life. In the end, her lover became emperor, but he abandoned her in the wilderness. Reviled by all as a wicked, poisonous woman, she died in humiliation. Given another chance at life, An Jinxiu casts off her old ways. At first, all she wants is to spend the rest of her life with the man she wronged in her previous life, but she soon discovers that this life is still full of obstacles. After 5.2kReads8.9Score62414d adds
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  43. 143 Murder in the Inner Quarters 闺中煞 Ancient Romance843k WordsCompleted The Jiang family's third branch had a daughter, radiant and resplendent. With a single essay on the strategies of statecraft, she stunned the entire land of Qibei. In her early years, she was forced to marry a widower, and her mother wept herself to an early grave. Later, she fell into the hands of a eunuch. Her father went to the capital again and again for her, only to meet a horrific end, torn apart by five horses. What does it mean for a family to be ruined? What does it mean for everyone t 395Reads8.7Score10314d adds
  44. 144 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女,她本色出演 Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.4kReads9.6Score11.3k14d adds
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  45. 145 As You Wish, My Love 承卿意 Ancient Romance249k WordsCompleted Bai Yu: A young general who guarded the border of the Mu Kingdom for years. It is said that his mother died in childbirth after giving birth to him. From then on, General Bai took his newborn son to the frontier, where they spent more than a decade. Now that the border wars have ended, a marriage contract summons Bai Yu back to the capital, where he returns with his father to report for duty. Yu Xuejing: The youngest daughter of Grand Tutor Yu. Her elder brother serves in the Hanlin Academy. All 793Reads8.8Score10214d adds
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  46. 146 Who Says an Emperor and Empress Can’t Truly Love Each Other? 谁说帝后不能有真情 Ancient Romance749k WordsCompleted Pei Shu seems to have been born under a lucky star. Born into a prominent family, she grew up cherished by loving parents and surrounded by every luxury. Her only setback was when her fiancé fell for someone else and broke off their engagement. Before the people of the capital could even laugh at her, an imperial decree arrived at the Pei residence, and Pei Shu became the empress. From then on, everything went smoothly: her son was named crown prince, later became emperor, and Pei Shu naturally 11.8kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
  47. 147 I Entered the Palace to Help My Sister Keep the Emperor’s Favor, but Became His Cherished Favorite 入宫替嫡姐固宠,却成皇上掌心宠 Ancient Romance504k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she entered the palace and devoted herself to helping her legitimate elder sister keep the emperor’s favor. In the end, she died without a body to bury, abandoned by her family. Returning to the year of the imperial selection, Luo Shuran calculates her every move. Her breathtaking beauty is her only weapon. She sheds her youthful timidity and blossoms into a woman of captivating charm. One fleeting glimpse, like a fairy fallen from the heavens, catches the emperor’s eye. 6.1kReads9.3Score87814d adds
  48. 148 The Beloved Concubine's Daughter: Stay Close, Auntie Will Help You Soar 娇娇庶女:姨娘稳住带你飞 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Also known as: Auntie, Hang in There! Your Daughter Will Earn You a Noble Title [Heroine pretends to be weak while hiding her strength / actually a useless little thing + supernatural elements + second male lead’s road to redemption + slow-to-realize male lead] When people in the capital spoke of the third young lady of the Marquis of Huai’an’s household, many couldn’t help remarking on her good fortune. Though born a concubine’s daughter, she had won the Empress’s favor, been given the title of 3.3kReads9.1Score38814d adds
  49. 149 A General's Daughter's Comeback: No More Coddling, It's Time to Rise 将门逆袭:不要娇宠要上位 Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted When her aunt was on her deathbed, she entrusted her child to Wanqing. Out of gratitude, Wanqing became the concubine of the general’s eldest son. The rules for concubines in the general’s household: be dutiful and proper, and have no children. The household had no need for children born to concubines. Yet Wanqing bore four sons and a daughter, then took her place as the eldest son’s principal wife. The Empress Dowager personally bestowed on her the title of First-Rank Lady of Virtue. Someone sc 40.8kReads9.5Score5.4k14d adds
  50. 150 The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼 Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted [The hero regrets everything to the point of madness + the leads torment each other + a friend steals the heroine away + the second male lead gets the girl + no reconciliation after a breakup + pure historical angst + the heroine ends up with the second male lead] Shen Yanzhi, heir to the Marquis of Jinghai in the Great Chu Kingdom, had just come third in the palace examination when he was unexpectedly captured by the Eastern Qiang Kingdom and married off to Qin Guiwan, a woman of Eastern Qiang 8.2kReads9.3Score87514d adds
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