Any Good Short Historical Novels About Reversing One’s Fortunes? 有没有好看的短篇古装逆袭
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The Princess Holds Sway Over the Court, and Her Harem Is Full 公主权倾朝野，鱼塘挤不下了
Original title: The Princess Holds Sway Over the Court, and Her Fish Pond Is Full [Historical Romance + Scheming + Everyone’s Darling + Reincarnation Before Birth + Favorite Concubine + Harem Intrigue + Wish Fulfillment + Alluring Heroine + System + Rise to Power] One day, after transmigrating, Liang Yue became the apple of her favorite concubine mother’s eye. The three thousand imperial consorts could not match her mother’s radiance, and the entire Great Xia treasury could not rival her uncle’s
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- 2 The Pampered Madam 娇宠夫人 Su Yuan was born into the Great Sheng Dynasty, where people prized slender figures. But when she grew up, she was a voluptuous beauty, which made it difficult for her to find a husband. Then, after being selected as a concubine, she was assigned to Prince Qin, Pei Jingheng. Since she was here, she decided to make the best of it. Su Yuan planned to shut the door and live a quiet life of her own. She hadn't expected Pei Jingheng to be handsome and perceptive, with no prejudice against her, even th 27.7kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
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The Mad Tyrant Wants to Steal Her: You’re the One Who Tempted Me First! 疯批权臣夺她，是你先勾我的！
[Possessive pursuit + Untouchable beauty brought down from her pedestal + Scheming heroine + Both leads are pure] The eldest son of the Xie family was as refined as a gentle breeze beneath a clear sky, as elegant as an orchid or jade tree, and, more unusually, possessed the heart of a bodhisattva. A year ago, he had taken charge of sheltering a destitute cousin who had come to seek refuge. The rescued Wanruo was deeply grateful, and looked up to and adored her cousin. Their story of a loving bro
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- 4 Help! What Happened to My Gentle Husband? 救命，我那么一个温柔夫君呢？ Li Xiaoyu transmigrated into the body of a little rascal who'd stolen a bride, then used her dowry to throw herself at another man and marry him. After the rascal was beaten with a shoulder pole by her own father, she was sent back to the Gu family, whose house was bare of everything but its walls. Everyone was waiting for a laugh. They wanted to see how she'd bully the unlucky groom, who was not only blind but also missing one hand and one leg. Day after day went by. They never saw the unl 9.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 5 My Cold Husband Became a Rogue After Regaining His Memories 高冷夫君恢复记忆后竟变成流氓 Lighthearted + ridiculous + silly, super-sweet romance + a little farming Among the fourteen households, there was one unmarried older woman, notorious for her awful reputation and disliked by everyone, even the dogs. The childhood sweetheart who had grown up in the same village became the top scholar. Girls around her age already had children old enough to run errands. She waited until she was practically wasting away, growing thinner as her tea went cold. At last, one day, she bought a fair-s 870Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 6 The Villain Bound to a Conquest System Keeps Trying to Kill Me 绑定攻略系统的反派总想杀了我 Ye Mo has the ability to read minds. After entering a cultivation novel, she keeps her head down and focuses on staying alive. Until one day, she runs into the novel’s most prominent unhinged villain, and a lively mechanical voice rings out. [See that female supporting character over there?! Get close to her! Win her over!] [Ding! Strategy Mission One triggered: Meet your target.] The next second, the villain’s cool, beautiful eyes turn toward her. His thoughts: [Win her over? What a hassle. I’d 4.7kReads9.0Score718Shelves
- 7 After the Divorce, the Mute Guilty Wife Finds Her Voice 离婚后，哑巴罪妻开口说话了 In public, she was the untouchable heiress of the Shen family, a wealthy young wife envied by everyone. In private, she was a helpless mute, abandoned by her family and tormented in body and spirit by her husband. Their three-year contract wasn’t up, but he wanted to end it early because his first love was about to wake up. With her seven-month baby bump, she asked, “Fu Yanshen, is there really no way to work this out? What will happen to our two children?” His expression was cold. “I always use 6.1kReads8.9Score762Shelves
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The Scent of Childhood Sweethearts: The Heir Has Been Plotting This for Ages 青梅嗅：世子他蓄谋已久
[Childhood sweethearts + young married couple + long-planned pursuit + mutual devotion and favoritism] [Brash, straightforward commandery princess × scheming, jealous heir to a noble title] The Princess Royal’s residence and the Prince of Zhenbei’s estate are separated by just one wall. From the moment Jiang Changning was born, Xie Yan gained a nemesis in this world. Whenever the two met, they could argue so loudly they’d bring down the rafters. Then one day, Jiang Changning was betrothed b
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With Jin Chang’an (Based on the Screen Adaptation Starring Song Yi and Cheng Lei) 与晋长安（宋轶、丞磊主演影视原著）
The hit drama starring Song Yi and Cheng Lei is now airing! A beloved historical romance by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang! Female general vs. puppy-like boy. The child she casually picked up turns out to have two sides? A cold little gentleman by day, a loyal black knight by night. Is he a puppy turning into a wolf, and which side is the real him? A tale of love and hate between a female general and the heir of an enemy state! Li Shuang, the adopted daughter of a great general, guards the borders of the Grea
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- 10 Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我 Lin Fang has been disguised as a boy since childhood, and she can't help feeling helpless about it. Her household registration says she's male, so what can she do? But the secret she has sworn to protect is discovered by a young boy she accidentally rescues! Lin Fang thought she'd picked up a deadweight, but once the boy, Yun Weiming, regains his identity, she feels as if she's sitting on a mountain of gold. “Who would've thought! I've picked up all kinds of things before, but you're the most va 70.3kReads9.7Score9.3kShelves
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How Does a Strong Concubine Maintain Her Self-Respect? 论大力小妾何如保持自我修养
The heroine, Wen Xuerou, nicknamed Zhuangya, is the second daughter born to a concubine in the Wen family. She is plump and charming, so the Empress Dowager thinks she looks strong and will have an easy time bearing children, and assigns her to Prince Cheng as a concubine. On her first day in the manor, Wen Xuerou says, “I’m so nervous. What should I do?” She pulls out a few bricks and squeezes them. “Ah, much better.” On her second day, she hears Side Consort Li making snide remarks about her o
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- 12 The Daily Life of a Laid-Back Concubine After Transmigrating 穿越之闲鱼妾室的日常 [Transmigration + household and palace intrigue + no golden finger + devoted love later on] Zhang Xinian transmigrated into the body of a concubine in Prince Jing’s household. Above her was the princess consort, backed by powerful connections and ruthless in her methods. Beside her was a brainless side consort with overwhelming fighting prowess. Below her, a reborn woman and a transmigrated woman were locked in fierce competition. Zhang Xinian trembled with fear. She had no golden finger and did 105.4kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves
- 13 Reborn General's Daughter: Nestled in Her Sickly Husband's Arms 将女重生：病娇夫君怀里躺 In her previous life, Mu Ningwan was manipulated by the scumbag Crown Prince and met a tragic end. Given another chance at life, she decided to kick the scumbag Crown Prince aside, tear apart the white lotus, and keep her family safe. At first, she only wanted to marry the sickly Third Prince to repay him for his kindness in her previous life. But the sickly prince wanted a divorce every single day, and it took all her effort to put that idea out of his mind. Who could have guessed that once the 21Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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The Wicked Junior Sister Won't Reform, So She Wreaks Havoc on Everyone in the Sect 恶毒师妹不洗白在宗门创死所有人
[Publication deal signed] Jiang Que transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the vicious female supporting character, doomed to a tragic fate and destined to be nothing but a foil for the heroine. The heroine is aloof and otherworldly, while Jiang Que is just a woman; the heroine is blessed with extraordinary talent, while Jiang Que has only her life to lose; the heroine has suitors everywhere, while Jiang Que has never even held a man's hand. Even worse, the day she transmigrates into the bo
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The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了
[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
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- 16 A Whirlwind Marriage: My Husband Is More Than Up to the Task 闪婚厚爱：老公大人很给力 “Hey, handsome, want to get married? I'll pay the nine yuan!” Su Xixi used nine yuan to make herself a married woman. The result was... The handsome guy she'd randomly picked up on the street was broke, and she had to take care of all his food, drink, daily needs, and sleep. What could she do? She'd found herself a husband, so she had to support him, even if she cried about it. But, but... Why did he have the exact same name and face as the CEO of some conglomerate? What? A transfer of assets? S 122Reads7.7Score—Shelves
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This Princess Consort Is a Force to Be Reckoned With, and She Deserves to Be Spoiled! 这个王妃路子野，得宠！
The Prince Regent says, “My princess consort is of royal blood, a delicate flower who can't lift a finger.” Meanwhile, the Prince Regent's consort, a whip in her left hand and a blade in her right, beats a gang of rebels until they flee in terror. The Prince Regent says again, “My consort only knows how to sew. How would she know anything about the occult?” A century-old ghost, sewn up like a kite by the Prince Regent's consort, weeps as it flies through the sky. The Prince Regent sighs again. “
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The Emperor Has No Heir, Yet Stumbles Upon a Miniature Version of Himself 帝王绝嗣，却意外撞见缩小版自己
On the day of the Xiang household’s full-month celebration, the master of the Jiuli Temple declared that the twin flowers were a calamity for the family. One of the two girls was destined to be an empress, destined to rule the realm as its mother; the other was born under an ill-starred fate and would bring disaster upon her family. Qingli was born with the Heavenly Eye, allowing her to see all things in the world. For that reason, people believed she was ill-starred. When she was just a month o
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- 19 My Lord, Your Concubine Ran Off with the Top Scholar 侯爷，你家妾室跟着状元郎跑了 [Dual Rebirth + Domestic Scheming and Face-Slapping + A Husband’s Long Road to Redemption + Jealous Hero + Aloof Aristocrat Becomes the Other Woman for Love + Mutual Devotion + No Heroine Change] In her previous life, Shen Shu was a concubine-born daughter who schemed and struggled tirelessly to marry into a marquis’s household. In the end, all she got was a place as an unfavored concubine in the marquis’s household. As she lay dying, she heard that her husband, Xie Chengyu, was going to marry t 3.9kReads7.4Score301Shelves
- 20 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Flirted With a Disciple Who Cultivates the Ruthless Dao 穿书后，我撩了修无情道的弟子 [Female master, male disciple] [Putting scumbags in their place] [One-on-one, both leads are inexperienced] [Happy ending] (The new book’s low rating isn’t representative.) Lin Chuyi transmigrates into a book as the villainous master who kills the heroine out of jealousy, only to be run through the heart by the male lead. She decides to stay away from him and survive until the end, but he’s reborn and comes seeking revenge... Lin Chuyi is also surprised to discover that she, too, has been reborn 209Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 21 After Feeding the Little People, I Became the Mountain Goddess 投喂小人后，我成了山神娘娘 [Female-oriented novel] [No romance] Chu Feng binds herself to a System that lets her see tiny kingdoms inhabited by little people no bigger than her thumb. [You are now bound to a world: The World of Tiny People] [Map unlocked: Ancient Tiny Kingdom] Five kingdoms vie for supremacy as heroes compete for control. The people are starving and destitute, certain they are doomed to die. Then they encounter a kindhearted deity. The deity gives them food and drink: steamed buns as big as five houses, f 826Reads8.5Score107Shelves
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Don’t Run, Princess. I Haven’t Gone Crazy Enough Yet 别跑呀，本公主还没疯够呢
"My royal brother and Meng Ke accused me of using my power to bully the people who had saved their lives. So, to get back at me, on my wedding night, Meng Ke claimed my virtue had been compromised, and my royal brother ordered me to be drowned in a pig cage. I went mad and dragged them both down with me! But who could have guessed that I would live again? Bai Sang was holding a hairpin to her cheek, smiling as she said, ‘What do you think they’ll do to you when they see the cut on my face?’ I sn
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The Marriage Swap Scandal: The Crown Prince Regrets It Like Crazy 换嫁风波:太子他悔疯了
At the palace banquet, the Crown Prince announced that whoever could complete a line of poetry would become his future Crown Princess. In my previous life, I was the first to complete the verse, so the Crown Prince believed I was the one who had shared his feelings in the Plum Garden. Only on our wedding night did my maid reveal that she was the one who had exchanged verses with the Crown Prince in the Plum Garden. Then she took poison and killed herself. After the Crown Prince ascended the thro
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- 24 Reborn as a Noblewoman of the Marquis's Estate 重生之侯府良女 Gu Yuqi was born into a prestigious family as the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household. She was beautiful, accomplished in both letters and arms, and ambitious beyond the heavens. She fell in love with him at first sight and insisted on marrying him. Even as his secondary wife, she was perfectly content. She planned for him throughout her life, devoted herself to his success, and helped him rise step by step until he became the most powerful man under heaven. But what did she get in t 221Reads7.8Score173Shelves
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I Took a Love-Forgetting Gu, and Only Then Did My Husband Realize He Was a Substitute 我吃忘情蛊后，夫君才知他是替身
Only After I Took the Forgetting Love Gu Did My Husband Realize He Was a Substitute
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