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  1. 101 Forced into Marriage by a Scheme, the Seventh Prince Spoils Her Rotten 被算计强娶,七王爷他超宠的 Ancient Romance349k WordsCompleted [Historical revenge] [Flirtatious, bewitching prince + ruthless, clever beauty + no rebirth + play the pig to eat the tiger + multiple secret identities] Song Yunshu was the eldest daughter of the valiant General’s household. Clever from childhood, she had a photographic memory. But when she was seven, a power struggle at court saw her entire family accused of treason and executed. During her escape, she was unexpectedly rescued by a merchant family from Jiangnan who had come north seeking medic 4.6kReads8.8Score467Shelves
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  2. 102 From Palace Maid to Imperial Consort: Her Majesty Is on a Killing Spree 从宫女到贵妃,娘娘她杀疯了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted It’s bad enough that she’s transmigrated into a palace laundry maid. Who knew a eunuch would take a fancy to her, too? Jiang Zhiyi decides that lying low in the palace is out of the question. She’ll just have to climb the ladder to success. When a eunuch lusts after her, she sends him to his grave. When the concubines vie for favor, she’ll stop at nothing. Jiang Zhiyi knows the imperial harem is a cutthroat workplace where only the capable survive. The palace is full of deceit and intrigue, 10.7kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
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  3. 103 Since I've Transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty, Why Not Boldly Choose Kangxi? 都清穿了,不妨大胆点选康熙啊! Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On the first day Shi Nanxi transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty, she learns that her elder legitimate sister, Shi Rongyue, is also a transmigrator. Shi Rongyue wants to escape her future as the Crown Princess, so she approaches Nanxi and offers to let her marry the Crown Prince while she marries the Fourth Prince. Anyone who transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty knows the history. The Crown Prince’s later years are miserable. Though the Fourth Prince eventually wins, he is only thirteen now and wil 16.7kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
  4. 104 After They Switch Bodies, the Crown Prince Gets More Children, More Blessings 互换身体后,太子他多子多福 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The male and female leads swap souls + Alternate Qing Dynasty] Reader’s guide: If you like a mature heroine, start from the chapters charting her growth! A heroine who grows over time! She’s not a strong heroine at the start, but she’ll grow! Please be patient with her! Shi Jingxian transmigrates to the Qing dynasty. She isn’t Fourth Brother’s beloved from a romance novel, nor Kangxi’s cherished darling, nor a spoiled, pampered wife of an idle prince. She is the Crown Princess of the Crown Prin 15.5kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
  5. 105 The Empress Is Alluring and Bewitching, and the Emperor Gives In to Pleasure 娘娘撩人魅惑,帝王纵情堕落 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The Tomato short drama Kun Yi is now streaming~ [Transmigrate into a book, male lead is not a virgin but female lead is, palace intrigue, psychological games, happy ending] The Crown Prince, Jun Zechen, has seen his fair share of calculating women, and loves only those who are pure and kind. While campaigning beyond the frontier, he meets Ling Yue and is captivated by her free-spirited kindness. He promises to spend his life with her alone. But two years pass, and the Crown Princess has yet to c 260.1kReads9.5Score28.8kShelves
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  6. 106 The Eastern Palace's Beauty: This Favorite Consort Is Mine! 东宫姝色:这宠妃我当定了! Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted [The heroine is doted on from the very beginning. The story focuses on sweet romance, not scheming palace intrigue. The hero adores the heroine and is even a little lovesick. If that's not your thing, please move along, and don't leave a bad review over it. The heroine rises from a junior consort to a favored consort, Crown Princess, and Empress. The hero is a crown prince at first and becomes emperor later.] Su Niannian has landed in a male-lead-centric novel! Her new identity is Su Ling, the 45.1kReads9.4Score4.7kShelves
  7. 107 The Crown Princess Is Beautiful and Bad, Yet Still Pretends to Be Sweet 太子妃又美又坏,偏偏还要装乖 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 23.5kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
  8. 108 Transmigrate Into a Book: I Only Want to Be a Cousin, Not a Concubine 穿书之我只想当表妹,不想做妾 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + palace and household intrigue + romance + satisfying revenge + everyday life] Zhou Qiongyue was praying for a chance to lie flat, only to transmigrate into a household-intrigue novel she'd read. The catch was that she wasn't the heroine. The heroine was Xie Zixin, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping. The male lead was Zhou Qiongyue's childhood friend, her second imperial cousin. Zhou Qiongyue, meanwhile, was a lovesick supporting female character who wa 26.5kReads8.9Score2kShelves
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  9. 109 Blessed with Endless Luck, the Beloved Little Imperial Aunt 福运绵绵,团宠小皇姑 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The little toddler, Mianmian, was rejected by her own parents and sent back to Great Qin. Though she was tiny, her rank in the family was extraordinarily high: the princes had to call her Great-Aunt, and even the emperor respectfully addressed her as Little Imperial Aunt. She was the Taishang Emperor’s sister. Who in the whole capital would dare offend this formidable aunt? They must be tired of living. The three-and-a-half-year-old was small but gifted, skilled at catching ghosts, fortune-tell 15.2kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
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  10. 110 Apocalypse: The Worse You Are, the More You Get Bullied 末世:人坏被人欺 Two Male Leads940k WordsCompleted !! Major supporting characters die, and good and evil shift back and forth! Xiao Jianxin has his own rules for survival. He’s extremely selfish, and to put it simply, he’s a bad person. He followed a powerful man around, helping him bully the weak. But he knew that if he kept risking his life for the man, the day would inevitably come when the man would sell him out. So… he saved Qin Fengxian, an immensely powerful control-type psychic who was supposed to be beaten to death. Xiao Jianxin kept th 6.5kReads9.3Score720Shelves
  11. 111 Oh No! The Vicious Beauty Tried to Train a Dog, but It Backfired and She Was Forced Into Submission 完喽!恶毒美人训狗玩脱反被强制 Two Male Leads626k WordsCompleted [Truly wicked, seductive beauty + dark, deranged male lead + dog-training fiction + confinement + forced love] Evil gets what it deserves. After accidentally becoming bound to the Villainous Supporting Male Character System, Yu Qiu is forced to travel to various worlds as a villainous male side character. His job is to keep each little world developing in balance and ensure the male and female leads rise to the top, stepping over his corpse and ashes. Yu Qiu, a vicious troublemaker who loved cou 327Reads8.8Score101Shelves
  12. 112 The Frail Beauty Is All Sweetness and Scheming, and the Madman Bends for Love 病美人又茶又娇,疯批为爱折腰 Two Male Leads361k WordsCompleted Complete [beloved, universally adored protagonist + a deliciously dramatic love-triangle showdown] A coy, delicate, sickly beauty of a bottom x a fake-it-till-you-make-it, cocky mad-dog top Xie Zhenyun was ignored by his parents in the countryside for eighteen years before learning he was the true young master whose life had been stolen. At long last, he was brought back to the manor, only for his birth parents to warn him not to compete with the fake young master. Who could have guessed that al 21kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
  13. 113 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Take Over the World Through Manipulation 穿书后,我靠PUA执掌天下 Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted New book: "Oh No! What Do I Do If Their Affection Goes Too Far?!" It's signed and updates regularly, so dig in! [Search "The Crown Prince's Child-Rearing Diary" for the motion comic] Two male leads, 1v1, transmigration meets rebirth, a huge love-triangle showdown, raising a child while falling in love, warm and healing sweet romance, Xie Chang'an x Ye Jingchen, main POV character is the bottom Modern office drone Ye Jingchen pulls an all-nighter reading a novel and dies, only to transmigrate int 22.8kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
  14. 114 Master Calligrapher? Poet Immortal? Chief Minister? That's Right, I'm All of Them 书圣?诗仙?首辅?没错,都是我 Historical834k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Cui Xian was a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature from a top-tier university. In this life, he transmigrates to ancient times into a poor family with humble origins. There’s a destitute household, a pregnant mother, older siblings still young, a father who has failed the imperial exams six times, and a grandmother whose obsession with her son placing high in the imperial examinations has driven her to delusion. And then there’s Cui Xian, who is only eight years old. Cui 35.4kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
  15. 115 What Kind of Concubine Bears Four Sons and a Daughter, Then Becomes a Noble Consort? 谁家通房生四儿一女,还当贵妃啊 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted only to each other + One-on-one romance + Many children + Sweet romance + Inner- and imperial-palace intrigue] In the fortieth year of the Xihe era, Lüqing became a concubine-in-waiting to Prince Jin. She knew full well that she had to earn Prince Jin's favor and give birth to a child as soon as possible if she wanted to secure her place in the prince's household. For eight years, she contended with the other women in the inner court, using every means at her disposal to 29.4kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
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  16. 116 Lost in Love Across Two Lifetimes: The Aloof General Spoils and Teases Her 两世沦陷,清冷将军又宠又撩 Ancient Romance559k WordsCompleted Yu Wenjiao, the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household, was betrayed in her past life and mistakenly believed that the young general she had grown up with had fallen for someone else. She never imagined that the angry words she spoke at their parting would come true: “You claim to care, yet you’re the most heartless of all. Huo Wenjing, just as you wish, I’ll consider my young love dead, fallen beneath a blade in the desert, at the very moment I loved him most.” Only on her deathbed did sh 1.1kReads8.7Score102Shelves
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  17. 117 The Phoenix Strategy 凤策 Historical595k WordsOngoing The Kunlun divine veins hold the Six Kingdoms in check, while the rules of the Divine Palace conceal deadly traps. A researcher of ancient civilizations transmigrates as Zhao Yan, a dissolute prince. With the phoenix as his wings and strategy as his blade, he rises against all odds to the throne and rules the world. 86Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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  18. 118 A Spring Dream Takes Me to Ancient Times: I Become a Workaholic in Dayin 春梦穿古我在大胤当卷王 Historical147k WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Just because he begged his goddess for a hug in a romantic dream, Lu Xiaochuan was kicked straight into a river in the Great Yin dynasty, launching his mortifying Transmigration adventure! The moment he climbs ashore, he's branded a suspect in the Witchcraft Cult case. He lets slip what he said in his sleep, then reveals the secret that he once saw a celes 44Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 119 The Mad Princess Marries a Powerful Eunuch 疯批公主她嫁了个高权宦官 Ancient Romance499k WordsCompleted {Devoted couple, two strong leads, historical setting, political intrigue, revenge, switched marriages, marriage before love} One is a spoiled and willful princess; the other, a ruthless and bloodthirsty minister. An unexpected marriage swap brings Feng Yuan and Jiang Yu together. Just as everyone waits to laugh at them after the wedding, they realize things are taking a strange turn. Feng Yuan knows full well that she must wear the false mask the world expects of her to hide herself even deeper 8.8kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
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  20. 120 Flirting with the Crown Prince: His Long-Overdue Passion Is Irresistibly Sweet 撩诱太子:迟来的深情嘎嘎甜 Ancient Romance455k WordsCompleted [The short drama Jasmine in Your Embrace is now streaming on Hongguo. Thanks for your support!] [A resilient, scheming beauty VS a gentle crown prince who turns into a brooding new emperor] [Traditional historical romance + Sweet pampering + No transmigration or rebirth + Both leads are each other’s only love + One-on-one romance] To save her mother, she must become the crown princess and bear a legitimate son, securing the chancellor’s household against future troubles. She calculates, tempts, 11.3kReads9.2Score1kShelves
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  21. 121 Reborn, I Become My Arch-Enemy's Living Widow Sister-in-Law 重生后,我成了死敌的活寡嫂子 Ancient Romance517k WordsCompleted [Both leads are reborn + sister-in-law and brother-in-law + an aloof beauty brought down from her pedestal + emotional push and pull + winning her heart and her body + devoted couple] The Eastern Palace has no crown prince, and the princes are locked in a fierce struggle for the throne. Ning Miao and Yan Mobai are the top strategists of their generation, each serving a different master. They cross paths over a map of iron mines and kill each other. Only after her death does Ning Miao learn tha 35.2kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves
  22. 122 Lost in a Golden Cage 误入金丝笼 Ancient Romance399k WordsCompleted [Age gap + both are inexperienced + pregnant and on the run + an icy, powerful official brought low + she flees, he pursues] In the eighth year of Chengping, amid bitter cold and heavy snow, the entire Xie household was seized. Xie Jinhuai, the governor of Yangzhou, was sentenced to a brutal execution, and the rest of his family suffered as well. In the blink of an eye, Xie Zhi went from a governor’s daughter to a convicted slave. Just as she was about to be sold to a brothel, she summoned her c 13.7kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
  23. 123 Spring Robes in Disarray: Only to Unravel the Chancellor's Desires 春衫乱:只为奸臣解风情 Ancient Romance463k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + reborn to change fate + devoted husband + political intrigue and revenge. The heroine is gentle yet resilient, kind and perceptive. The hero is a noble, powerful minister, beautiful and tragic. Many foreshadowed clues and twists.] Lin Shu was a noble young lady from the capital, raised without ever having to lift a finger. When disaster struck the Lin family, Lin Shu became a government slave. She was put to washing and dyeing cloth in the Imperial Household Dep 18.1kReads9.4Score2kShelves
  24. 124 On Our Wedding Night, the Reborn Prince Knocked Over Her Contraceptive Soup 新婚夜,重生王爷打翻她的避子汤 Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + Devoted Couple] Ye Chen is reborn on his wedding night with his Qiu'er. In his previous life, he couldn't even keep his Qiu'er's remains safe. This time, he will stay by her side every moment. Her greatest regret in her previous life was never having children of her own. This time, he will have lots of children with her. She was trapped in the capital all her life before. This time, he will travel across the land of the Nine Provinces with 14.7kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
  25. 125 The Princess Goes on a Killing Spree Every Day! 公主她每天都在嘎嘎乱杀! Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Female-led power fantasy + ruthless, unhinged heroine + an extreme “I’d rather betray others than let them betray me” mentality] Xuan Mingyao was reborn at the age of seven, back before anything had happened. Though she was the empress’s legitimate daughter, a princess treated like royalty, her younger brother, the crown prince, was about to die of illness. Her mother would soon be consumed by worry, grow estranged from the emperor, and eventually be deposed in the witchcraft scandal. Overnight 45.7kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves
  26. 126 My Consort Took a Concubine, So I Cast Him Off; He Rebelled, So I Became Emperor 驸马纳妾我休弃,驸马造反我称帝 Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [A noblewoman and a transmigrated woman join forces to contend for the throne. Strong female lead, ensemble cast, political intrigue, no romance] Yuan Xuan was born to be a pawn. For the sake of the realm, she lived as a man and served as crown prince for over a decade. When her younger brother was born, Yuan Xuan returned to living as a woman and became a discarded pawn. Abandoned by everyone, she had no one left who didn’t want her dead. Less than a year into her marri 16.6kReads9.5Score3kShelves
  27. 127 Empress Yu Jia 元嘉女帝 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female lead and male lead are both devoted to each other; no love rivals; both leads speak their minds and clear up misunderstandings without letting them drag on. The heroine is beautiful, strong, and never made to suffer. Their relationship develops naturally, and they could practically be childhood sweethearts. At first, they appear to be on opposing sides, but they come together because they share the same values and want the same things.] Rumor has it that the current emperor is cold and 165Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 128 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 17.3kReads5.8Score2.7kShelves
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  29. 129 Drunk on the Begonia Blossoms of Beijing 醉京棠 Ancient Romance351k WordsCompleted "A carefree black-lotus beauty and the jealous, unhinged Prince Ning" "Both devoted only to each other + married first, fell in love later + play the pig to eat the tiger + a little pursuit-after-the-breakup drama" Yun Jingtang, the legitimate daughter of a Duke's household, has skin as fair as snow and beauty beyond compare. She is famous for being gentle and delicate, but in truth, she runs the Gold-Gathering Pavilion single-handedly, is shrewd in her dealings, and knows everything happening a 8kReads9.0Score1kShelves
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  30. 130 The Eastern Palace’s Favorite: The Crown Prince’s Beloved Concubine 东宫娇宠:太子的小良娣 Ancient Romance177k WordsCompleted Tang Jinxi, a young woman who has depended on relatives since childhood, is preparing to discuss marriage with her cousin when rumors spread that her fate brings death to her husband. The match falls through. Onlookers gossip: Tsk! Miss Tang may be as beautiful as a flower, but who would dare marry a woman with a fate like that? Wei Yanqing: Who said that? I will marry her. A fate that supposedly brings death to her husband is perfect. No one else will try to steal her from him. The girl he rais 4.9kReads8.9Score402Shelves
  31. 131 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 30kReads9.1Score3kShelves
  32. 132 Wasn’t This an Arranged Marriage? Why Is Lord Pei So in Love with Me? 不是联姻吗?裴大人怎么这么爱 Ancient Romance275k WordsCompleted Jiang Shiyuan spent ten years pursuing Shen Lüchu, only to receive four words on her eighteenth birthday: “You make me sick.” So Jiang Shiyuan, the girl who made Shen Lüchu sick, turned around and agreed to her family’s arranged marriage, preparing to marry into the Pei family. The Pei family was the most powerful clan in the capital, with influence that reached the heavens, far beyond what Jiang Shiyuan could aspire to. Fortunately, the family was full of talented men, but one grandson, Pei 71.2kReads9.1Score10.2kShelves
  33. 133 After the Puppy-Like Heir Learned to Dote on His Wife 当奶狗世子学会宠妻后 Ancient Romance456k WordsCompleted The clingy young heir × the cold-faced but soft-hearted eldest princess The eldest princess has come of age to choose a husband. Everyone in the Kingdom of Qing debates who could possibly win the heart of this unattainable beauty. No one expects their own princess to be whisked away by a spoiled young heir just returned from Yanbei. The ministers shake their heads, convinced the princess and the young heir are a poor match: he is young, mischievous, and doesn’t know how to cherish anyone. They f 9.4kReads9.3Score864Shelves
  34. 134 The Empress Is Beautiful, the Prince Is a Lover. 娘娘美艳,太子他是恋爱脑 Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [Time Travel + Female Protagonist Awake + Male Protagonist's Love Brain] [Beauty is picturesque, cruel and ruthless] Sang Yu, the orphan daughter of the Duke of Zhen, originally had a good marriage. But the fiancé believed the slander and left on the wedding day. From then on, Sang Yu became a joke in the entire capital. Three years later, my fiancé returned, but there was already a beautiful woman by his side. Sang Yu quickly cut through the knot and ended the marriage. "What do Miss Sang thi 343Reads7.3Score106Shelves
  35. 135 Your Majesty, Stop Falling for Me. I’m Getting Annoyed 皇上别爱了,本宫有点烦 Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Sweet Romance + Double-Standard, Love-Brained Male Lead + Female Lead Who Suffers Before Finding Happiness + One-on-One Romance + Both Leads’ First Love] The emperor falls for her at first sight at Chunshan. By imperial decree, Gu Yunxi enters the palace as a consort. She expects the days ahead to be filled with anxiety, like walking on thin ice. But Xiao Wanchen gives her a love like no other. Everyone in court and the harem urges her to be magnanimous and share the emperor’s 1kReads7.2Score104Shelves
  36. 136 A Marriage Born of Schemes! The Powerful Minister Dotes on His Wife as She Bears Him Three Treasures! 算计成婚!权臣娇宠主母生三宝! Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted [Household Intrigue + Contrast Character + Devoted Husband + Face-Slapping + Sweet, Sunny Heroine vs. Scheming, Aloof Hero] On her wedding night, she regains the memories of her past life and realizes she is the contrast character to transmigrator Chu Yue. Chu Yue has two children in three years, while she can’t conceive. After three years without children, she is mocked. Chu Yue is talented and high-minded, while she is vain and greedy. Chu Yue and her husband are a perfect couple, while she an 946Reads8.7Score103Shelves
  37. 137 Getting Married Alongside My Sister 和姐姐一起嫁人 Ancient Romance207k WordsCompleted [A reborn secondary female character + a concubine brought along as part of a dowry + harem rivalry + an ancient emperor as the male lead] After Qi Wanying died, she opened her eyes in her own funeral hall. There, she saw her husband fall in love at first sight with her widowed younger sister. Forced to watch her husband and sister spend their lives in love, Qi Wanying finally reached the end of her days. Then she became a young lady again. Given another chance, she would make up for her regrets 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 138 The Tyrannical Empress and the Chaste Heir Whose Beauty Bewitches All 女帝暴虐,禁欲世子他美色撩人 Ancient Romance396k WordsCompleted [Completed ❤️] Transmigration + 1v1 + strong female lead and weaker male lead + coercion + woman disguised as a man + decisive and ruthless heroine vs. restrained, reserved, beautiful but tragic hero [Warning: strong female lead and weaker male lead!!!] Feng Jin, an executive at a publicly listed corporation, suddenly died and transmigrated into the body of a tyrannical, cruel, mentally unstable crown prince who was a woman disguised as a man. From the start, a beautiful man offered himself to h 9.1kReads9.3Score823Shelves
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  39. 139 The Lowly Concubine-Born Daughter Turns a Losing Hand into a Winning Finale 卑微庶女一手烂牌打出王炸结局 Ancient Romance815k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + growing heroine + marriage before love + palace and household intrigue + both leads grow powerful later + transmigrate into a book] Zhao Fangyu transmigrates into a book and lands in a deadly situation from the start: in a wealthy household, she has a fever of 104 degrees, but her mother refuses to let her see a doctor! She thought she’d landed in a living hell where neither parent cared for her, but the great household turns out to be full of hidden talent: T 7.7kReads8.7Score709Shelves
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  40. 140 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 17.3kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
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  41. 141 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, 37.1kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
  42. 142 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 75.2kReads9.5Score8.9kShelves
  43. 143 The Spoiled Consort's Road to Glory 娇气包娘娘的荣华路 Ancient Romance385k WordsCompleted Sweet romance! Undivided love! She’s doted on to the max! [The heroine is cunning, a little black lotus hidden beneath a rabbit’s skin] [The hero has a harem and isn’t chaste, but once he meets the heroine, he devotes himself to her alone in a one-on-one romance] The third young lady of the Sheng’an Marquis’s household, born to his secondary wife, was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Sweet and clever, she knew how to win favor. Her grandmother and father favored her, and even her legitimate 19.9kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
  44. 144 On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Rose in Rebellion With My Corpse in His Arms 新婚夜,夫君抱着我的尸体造反了 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Not a strong-female-lead revenge story. The heroine is soft and beautiful, and after being reborn, she is doted on from beginning to end. Read with caution if that’s not your thing. [Rebirth + sweet romance + household intrigue + heartwarming] Her scumbag father placed first in the palace examination and married a princess. Her ill-fated mother traveled a thousand miles to find him, only to die in the capital. The legitimate daughter became a concubine’s daughter, then was sent by her stepmother 5.8kReads9.3Score658Shelves
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  45. 145 Sweet Country Romance: The Peach-Sweet Bride 农门甜宠:蜜桃小娇媳 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Overnight, she transmigrates and remarries with her widowed mother, becoming the awkwardly placed “stepdaughter” of the household. Her grandmother dislikes her, and her sisters look down on her, but she isn't afraid of any of it! Watch as she opens an embroidery shop, sells cosmetics, and builds a thriving life for herself. With silver in hand, she'll carefully choose a good husband and live happily ever after. Her plans are sound, but who could have guessed that her love life would be so full o 4.2kReads8.9Score667Shelves
  46. 146 Left to Be Bled Dry? The Legitimate Daughter Reads Bones and Takes the Nation by Storm 被吃绝户?嫡女摸尸画骨火爆全国 Mystery637k WordsCompleted Transmigration + Forensic Sketch Artist + Solving Cases + Sweet Romance + Love Growing Over Time, Mutual Devotion + Comedy A corpse in an ancient town, a bizarre suicide, bones in a barren mountain… With a single brush, she can paint skin and bones, immortals and ghosts, revealing the true culprits behind one strange case after another and restoring the faces of countless tragic victims. A brilliant forensic sketch artist dies young, only to transmigrate into the body of an orphaned Su family d 1.5kReads9.0Score217Shelves
  47. 147 The Cast-Off Princess's Comeback 下堂王妃逆袭记 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted “Rong Li, marrying you is already the limit of what I can tolerate. If you dare climb into my bed again, next time you’ll get a divorce decree.” “No need to wait until next time. Write it now.” She was the Chancellor’s daughter, and she’d done every foolish thing imaginable for the man she loved, becoming a laughingstock across the land. She was also a modern special forces instructor, and now she’d arrived in this world in all her glory. How could she let anyone bully her? The prince despised h 6.4kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
  48. 148 The Mighty Empress: The World Bows to Her 超强女帝,天下臣服 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Xiao Chan, who possesses qi cultivation skills, transmigrates into the body of a baby girl. Because her father, the emperor, favors her, he raises her from childhood as his successor. One after another, her half-brothers appear in the harem, all vying for the one throne, but each is crushed by her, the legitimate eldest princess. Her talent and reputation become the greatest in the land. As schemes gather around her, men even volunteer to become her secret lovers. Commanding power and rising to 46.3kReads8.8Score6.2kShelves
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  49. 149 At Last, the Commandery Princess Finds Peace 郡主终得长宁 Ancient Romance47k WordsCompleted The Commandery Princess Finally Finds Peace —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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  50. 150 The Cousin Is Going on a Matchmaking Date, and the Heir Is Panicking 表姑娘要去相看,世子他慌了 Ancient Romance492k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] [Both Leads Are Each Other’s First] [Happy Ending] [Both Leads Are Natives of the Era] [Gentle, Refined Heir Apparent × Cool, Elegant Cousin] Orphaned and without anyone to rely on, with wolves circling all around her, young Shi Jianli had no choice but to travel to the capital and seek refuge with her aunt. She became the second branch’s cousin, staying as a guest at the Duke of Anguo’s residence. When she came of age, her aunt found her a match. But the second branch’s concubin 51.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves