Period Novels With a Strong Sense of the Era and Scenes of Hard Work 年代文，要有年代感，有劳动场面的

1. 1 七 The Pretty Little Bride of the 1970s: The Village Tough Guy Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 七零小俏媳：我家村霸超凶的 Freshly Squeezed Little Lamb鲜榨小羊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + sweet young woman and rugged man + doting romance + business and farming] Bai Jiaojiao, the fake heiress who had been sent to the countryside, was reborn. When she saw Shen Heng again, she boldly threw her arms around him, determined not to repeat the tragedy of loving him without ever winning his heart. Shen Heng, the local bully of Shili Village, was the very picture of a menacing brute. On their first day of marriage: “I’m the head of this household. My wife has to 14kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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   This is okay, it feels like revenge, the heroine is very smart

2. 2 穿 The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 135.6kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves

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   Both of these books are very interesting. The first one has labor scenes. The heroine in the second one is relatively young, so there are no scenes of working in the fields, but they are both very interesting.

3. 3 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 123.7kReads9.1Score21.2kShelves
4. 4 村 The Village Beauty Is Incredibly Strong, and the Educated Youth Is as Pretty as a Flower 村花她力大无穷，知青他貌美如花 Chilled Aloe冰镇芦荟Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + marriage before love + both leads are natives + supporting characters transmigrate or are reborn + Northeast family life + sweet romantic comedy + adorable child] Xu Yibai only went to the countryside, and the very next day he was labeled as “madly in love with the village beauty”! “The new educated youth, Xu, fell in love with Lin Duojiao at first sight!” Xu Yibai: ? Lin Duojiao: “I hear you’re really into me? You’ve got pretty good taste!” Xu Yibai: ?? Thinking of how tough hi 8.1kReads8.8Score733Shelves

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   Beautiful and fun!

5. 5 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 134.2kReads9.5Score10.2kShelves

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   This time has a strong sense of the times. The protagonist does not go to the countryside, but the supporting characters describe the construction of the Northwest, and everyone is very clever.

6. 6 资 The Capitalist Heiress Earns Military Merit, and Her Husband Dotes on Her 资本家大小姐挣军功，老公宠翻天 Yuan Xiaotian元小天Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing [Alternate universe + military marriage + art-based powers + pocket dimension + wise, powerful, pure-hearted military officer VS aloof, levelheaded heiress] Ding Yiyi, a chip research engineer, transmigrates into the body of a wealthy heiress in the 1960s, bringing her art-based powers and pocket dimension with her. Hoping to enjoy a carefree life as soon as possible, she decides to cling to her military husband's coattails. Life as a military spouse is a little tough? She puts her art-based po 20.2kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves

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   It's so exciting. The heroine's strong aura and eloquent ability make my patriotism surge with passion.

7. 7 穿 Transmigrated as the Worst Kind of Woman, I Changed My Fate with Mind Reading 穿成极品后我靠读心术改命了 White Pomelo White白柚白Modern Romance295k WordsCompleted Modern office worker Lin Wan transmigrates into a short-lived village bully and supporting villain named Lin Zhaodi, a character with the same name in a military-wife novel set in the 1960s. She gains a mind-reading golden finger. After hearing her family's terrified inner thoughts and the animals' complaints, she decides to turn over a new leaf. Using her modern knowledge and mind-reading, she starts by hunting to improve the family's meals, then gradually changes everyone's opinion of her, ope —Reads—Score—Shelves

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8. 8 换 They Hadn't Seen Each Other in Four Years Since Their Arranged Marriage, Then the Man Who Died in Battle Came Back 换亲四年未见，战死的男人回来了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [1970s setting, military marriage, face-slapping, ex-husband's groveling redemption, second male lead wins, self-interest above all] Shen Man is a stunning, glamorous dancer with national-level status. The moment she transmigrates, she opens her eyes to a nightmare: she's about to be caught cheating, publicly humiliated, and die of shame. And now, after four years away, the man who was supposed to have died in battle has returned alive. Lu Zhengguo hates the original owner for drugging him and c 25.5kReads8.9Score2kShelves
9. 9 穿 Transmigrated into a Book as the Cannon Fodder Ex-Wife, I Became the Villain's Beloved Substitute Bride 穿书炮灰前妻，我替嫁反派成团宠 Good Fortune欧气Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + portable supermarket + scum male lead reborn + sent to the countryside + bright and beautiful heiress vs. handsome, strong, tragic fallen officer] The moment she opened her eyes, Jiang Zhiwei found herself transmigrated into a book as one part of the novel's romantic drama: the vicious cannon-fodder ex-wife. In her previous life, the male lead married the original heroine under family pressure. He watched helplessly as his first love went to the count 4.3kReads7.2Score387Shelves

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   Super nice period novel

10. 10 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book and Married the Man Everyone Hated, Leaving My Brothers Blinded with Tears 穿书嫁万人嫌，哥哥们哭瞎眼 Qian Bao'er谦宝儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama Ballad of Qinghe is now streaming on Hongguo] [Everyone’s darling vs. everyone’s punching bag] [Everyone’s regret + foil character] Lin Suisui, a doctoral graduate in traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrates into a period novel where everyone ends up regretting their actions. She is a doomed cannon-fodder character who dies young, leaving her brothers consumed with regret and remembering her year after year. Lin Suisui: ??? She’s already dead, so what good is their regret to 69.8kReads8.0Score3.5kShelves
11. 11 开 From the Start, I Reported My Stepfather, Then the Frail Villainess Was Doted on in the Countryside 开局举报继父，病弱女配下乡被宠 Feng Ling lI风灵lIModern Romance759k WordsCompleted [Space + System + Sweet Romance + Frail Heroine + Rugged Hero] Qiao Qingdai was an utterly ordinary office worker. She was 25 and had been single for years. One day, after work, she decided to treat herself. Instead, a woman fell from the sky and crushed her to death. She drifted around with a soul-reaper from the underworld for a while before realizing that they had taken the wrong soul... After a furious argument, Qiao Qingdai happily took the loot she’d scored: a treasure chest System and a p 16.9kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
12. 12 肉 A Little Chubby Kid Brings a Shopping Mall into a Period Novel 肉团子带着商场穿进年代文 Soft Words软語Two Male Leads682k WordsCompleted This is a danmei novel set in a bygone era, so make sure you’re reading the right one, cuties! When he wakes up, Lu Tang has become the adopted son who dies young in a period novel! From beginning to end, he only appears in a few chapters before being written out. But his death causes his adoptive parents’ family to turn evil. All four of his brothers become villains too, just to avenge him. The eldest brother breaks his leg, the second is kicked out of the army, and the third is abducted by hum 15.2kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    There are descriptions of the protagonist's family's labor, the era, golden fingers, and two male protagonists.

13. 13 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 67.9kReads9.4Score8.3kShelves

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    I think these two books are pretty good!!!!

14. 14 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 11.2kReads8.7Score651Shelves
15. 15 八 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 13.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    Witnessing the entrepreneurial journey of her parents in the 1980s from the perspective of the female protagonist. In the early stage, the story focused on the shortcomings of the parents, and in the later stage, the male protagonist appeared. This is an imaginary article with a focus on group portraits (it is assumed that you do not need a temporary residence permit to go to the South), which vividly shows the various life styles and family emotions of people in that era. For example, plots such as setting up stalls and selling rice reflect the scenes of people struggling for life at that time, and also depict the details of getting along with neighbors. The ups and downs of life are mixed with the plainness and warmth.

16. 16 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Female Farm Manager Sets the Whole Regiment Ablaze 穿书七零：女场长她火爆全兵团 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Military farm] [Building an era] [Humorous farming] After making an offhand complaint, overworked Tan Xiaoxu transmigrates into a melodramatic romance novel as the male lead’s doomed original wife. The good news: the plot has gone off the rails, and her cousin has taken over the doomed wife’s fate! Tan Xiaoxu, deeply grateful: “What a wonderful person!” If you want to be the doomed wife, go ahead and take my place! Romance-addled fools have no future. Better to reclaim wasteland and build a car 5.7kReads9.2Score826Shelves

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    The heroine goes from pioneering captain to chief field manager. She focuses on career. The love story is not long, but it is the icing on the cake. It is like a watermelon in summer, refreshing and sweet, just beautiful.

17. 17 八 In the 1980s, She Enjoys Retirement and Gossips. What's Wrong with Being a Little Gloomy? 八零养老磕八卦，她丧点怎么了？ Snow, But Not Quite Pear Blossom是雪不似梨Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted (Down-in-the-dumps, gossip-loving heroine VS gentle, highly intelligent, cunning, fatherly hero) (Face-slapping feel-good story x gossip x mutual salvation) After perfectly completing the transmigrate-into-a-book missions as a vicious supporting character for ninety-nine lifetimes, Ming Lan had a spatial inventory packed with billions' worth of supplies. She had given up on love and only wanted to enjoy the gossip and retire. But she had transmigrated into a frail body like Lin Daiyu's. What was 5.4kReads8.5Score672Shelves
18. 18 娇 The Sweet Military Wife Is on Top, and Her Officer Husband Can't Take It 娇娇军嫂在上，军官老公顶不住 First Frost霜初Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Sweet Years, is now streaming~ The second short drama adaptation, Let Me Dwell in Your Heart, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + food + supermarket space + devoted couple + everyday life + love after marriage] Ye Muqi had just become a seven-star chef when a car accident transported her to the 1980s. From the start, she was married, and her husband was a soldier with a slim waist and long legs. For Ye Muqi, who had been single for 29 years, that was a huge plus! T 11.3kReads9.1Score995Shelves

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    The storyline is very good,

19. 19 解 Returning to Farm Life to Dote on My Childhood Sweetheart 解甲归田独宠竹马小夫郎 Dreaming of Ease梦安闲Two Male Leads560k WordsCompleted [Farming story + two male leads + sweet childhood friends romance + gentle and gradual + slow-paced story about natives] Three meals a day, four seasons of peace and joy. Song Jia looked up at Lu Ning, working nearby. The bamboo shed kept the sun out. Inside, Lu Ning was shaving a piece of wood, sending shavings fluttering onto his hands and legs. A breeze brought a hint of coolness. The sky screen was deep blue, with a few white clouds drifting past now and then. A puppy slept nearby, snoring, 3.1kReads9.1Score373Shelves

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    This book is quite good-looking, with labor scenes and is very heartwarming.

20. 20 娇 A Beautiful Young Mother Searches for Her Husband at the Military Base, Shocking the Entire Garrison 娇美人带娃部队寻夫，震惊全军区 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted [Radiant, Beautiful Capitalist Heiress x Tough Military Officer with Incredible Stamina] (Military Marriage + Sweet and Satisfying Romance + Twins, a Boy and a Girl + Mutual Flirting + Cozy Everyday Life) Jiang Tang transmigrates into the daughter of a capitalist family sent down to the countryside in a period novel. She's fair-skinned, beautiful, and dazzling, but supposedly pretty and stupid. She looks down on her rough, taciturn military officer husband, abandons the twins at home, and elopes 8kReads8.2Score774Shelves
21. 21 小 My Sister-in-Law Plots to Leave Me a Widow? I'll Head to a Deserted Island to Rescue the Commander 小姑子算计我守寡？上荒岛救首长 Happy Coconut幸福椰椰Modern Romance670k WordsCompleted Original novel for the short drama Where the Moon Returns Is Home [Stoic Officer × Beautiful Doctor] (Fictional 1980s military marriage + Stand-In Bride + Marriage Before Love + Island Life + Stepmother + Regretful Pursuit of Wife and Daughter + Taking Down Scum and Vile Relatives) Switched brides on the wedding night? Married off to a doomed officer and left a widow? Jiang Hua transmigrated into a book as the cannon-fodder sister-in-law of the reborn heroine. According to the original plot, the 1.1kReads8.5Score136Shelves
22. 22 军 A Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Lazy Wife Uses Science to Make Her Country Strong 军婚年代：懒媳妇儿她凭科研强国 Sunshine in the Deep Sea深海阳光Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [Period setting + interstellar travel + scientific genius + military marriage + one-to-one romance, both untouched + slow-burn love + patriotism] The rating is low because there aren't many reviews. Leave more reviews, everyone. [Patriotic, rugged soldier boy x slow-to-warm-up scientific genius who knows how to act] Xia Qingqing, an interstellar healer, transmigrates to Jiuzhou in the 1980s and is instantly won over by the food and flowers here. There are three things that matter most in Xia Qin 1.2kReads8.8Score100Shelves
23. 23 七 Military Marriage and Scientific Research in The 1970s: The Genius Foolish Wife Is Fierce 七零军婚科研：天才傻妻太凶猛 Peaches and Apples桃子和苹果Modern Romance880k WordsCompleted [1v1, highly intelligent but socially clueless heroine + interstellar transmigration + supernatural powers + golden finger + period setting + technology] Si Yue, an interstellar research PhD with no idea how to handle people, transmigrates into the body of a dim-witted girl in the 1970s. Her father is dead, her older sister is frail, her mother is timid, and her step-grandmother's family has taken over their home. None of that is a problem. If they won't listen, one good beating will do the tric 12.4kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
24. 24 娇 The Flirtatious Young Lady Joins the Military Compound, and the Rogue Soldier Cuddles and Coaxes Her 娇媚大小姐随军大院，军痞抱着哄 Laughing for Ages笑半天Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate-into-a-book period romance + whirlwind marriage + captivating beauty vs. roguish commander + joining the army on an island + everyday life + taking down scoundrels + lust first, love later + grown-up romantic push and pull] Su Manrou opens her eyes and discovers she has transmigrated into a book, becoming the male lead’s doomed fiancée. In the story, she is a spoiled, willful heiress with a voluptuous figure and no brains. She looks down on her fiancé for being a commoner who ca 1.2kReads7.2Score133Shelves
25. 25 我 I Transmigrated in My Sleep 我睡梦中穿越了 Feitian Jie, Who Loves Hot Pot喜欢火锅的飞天杰Urban1.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary man transmigrates after neglecting his sleep and scrolling through Douyin before bed. He finds himself in a world of hopeless romantics, then in the Republic of China era, a martial arts world, and eventually a world of immortal cultivation. Watch as he gradually transforms into a chuunibyou middle-aged man. Of course, his greatest wish is to transmigrate back home, where he can enjoy a warm bed with his wife and children, earn good money without working too hard, and live a lie-flat 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please check it, thank you everyone~

26. 26 张 Zhang Wei’s Adventures Through Time and Space: A Blind Date 张伟的时空奇遇—相亲记 Feitian Jie, Who Loves Hot Pot喜欢火锅的飞天杰Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted Zhang Wei’s Adventures Through Time and Space: The Blind Date 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 我 I'm Off to Cultivate Immortality 我去修仙咯 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Spiritual energy and mysterious forces are resurging across the globe, and humanity is groping its way along the path of evolution. Raise your sword to cleave heaven and earth, Bend down to protect the lowly. What does it truly mean to be strong? A mortal body, standing shoulder to shoulder with the gods! Where have all those familiar gods gone? How did the Winged Clan defeat the chief gods atop Mount Olympus? Why could they not enter the Eastern world? Shi Lai only wanted to live a carefree lif 63.7kReads9.1Score7.1kShelves
28. 28 渣 My Scumbag Ex Became a Copycat Husband: Back to Before My Wife's Difficult Labor 渣男变模仿丈夫：重回媳妇难产前 Gods, Protect My Account诸神保号Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Female-focused + period setting + small family + child-rearing + everyday life) Zheng Wendong, filled with regret over how he had treated his wife, was reborn in 1999, back when he and his wife had just gotten married. In his previous life, he had failed to see people for who they were, abandoned his pregnant wife, and gone to stand up for the woman he had always loved. As a result, he suffered a grievous injury that left him impotent. His wife worked herself to the bone for him, but he still l 7.1kReads8.9Score462Shelves
29. 29 飞 After Failing to Ascend, I Livestream Fortune-Telling and Leave My Clients Depressed 飞升失败后，直播算命客户抑郁了 Little Witch小巫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No male lead] + [Mysticism] + [Absurd comedy] + [Cultivation] She was one step away from ascending when she was struck dead by heavenly lightning. Was it the mercilessness of the Heavenly Dao, or was she just a terrible person? After taking stock of what happened, Xia Qingzhu decides to accumulate merit properly. Day one of fortune-telling: She gets a streamer who steals electric scooters sentenced to death. Day two: A seller of rock candy gets sentenced to eleven months. Day three: Someone ste 28.3kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves
30. 30 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 53.5kReads9.5Score6.2kShelves

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    Xia Xiaolan was reborn in the body of Xia Xiaolan, who had the same name and surname as her, and she abused scum and made money along the way.

31. 31 作 Finicky Rich Girl Brings Her Farm to the 1970s and Takes It Easy 作精白富美携农场在七零摆烂 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Pocket Dimension + Goofy Comedy + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Feel-Good Story + Putting Scumbags in Their Place) The heroine doesn’t dabble in the black market or do farm work, and she has only the tiniest bit of conscience. The hero and heroine both speak their minds. There are no misunderstandings or love rivals. This is a fictional world, so please don’t compare it to real history! Su Qingci, a rich beauty who runs a farm in the modern era, gets sent to the 24.6kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    Novels with a sense of the times, these are quite suitable [laughs][laughs] It is a very beautiful book, the writing is good, the plot is good, the characters are vividly drawn, the dialogues are also wonderful, the subject matter is novel, and it is very interesting. I can't stop reading it. I highly recommend it.

32. 32 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 147.8kReads9.0Score17.9kShelves

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