Historical Romance Novels That Keep You Hooked from Start to Finish 能让人眼前一亮，从头看到尾，不弃文的古言
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef
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Delicate Bones 娇骨
[Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Won Over the Treacherous Chief Minister 穿书后，我攻略了奸臣首辅
[Farming + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance] Witty, scheming girl vs. lovesick, obsessive powerbroker Xin Yueying transmigrates into a book, landing in an old-fashioned, preachy novel as the wicked wife of the deranged, obsessive second male lead. Shen Qingqi is the novel’s deranged, villainous male character. Born into a family of famed generals, he was imprisoned alongside the Shen family after his father offended powerful nobles. He suffered terribly in prison and was left with crippl
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Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢
[The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On
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Spirit Spring Space: The Beloved Lucky Girl of the Farming Village 灵泉空间：穿成被团宠的农门福女
Transmigration, farming, a magical spring space, and sweet romance Xia Muqing woke up one morning to find she had transmigrated. She thought she'd be surrounded by servants with all her needs taken care of, but instead, the family had nothing to its name! Luckily, her grandparents were fiercely protective, and her parents doted on her. She had no choice but to roll up her sleeves, work hard, and lead the whole family to prosperity.
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Transmigrated to a Chaotic Era: Fleeing Famine, Farming, and Becoming a Grain Tycoon 穿越乱世之逃荒种田大粮商
[Alternate world, no pocket dimension or System, fleeing famine, farming, no romance for now.] “Have you heard? That fool from the Zhou family is cured!” “Really? She's been a fool for eight years, and now she's better? Looks like that old monk was right when he said she was blessed. Maybe that was true after all!” Zhou Guo was born into a farming family in another world and spent eight muddled years there. As soon as she comes to her senses, half the sky falls in on her family. The family's onl
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I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒
(No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled
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Blessed with Endless Luck, the Beloved Little Imperial Aunt 福运绵绵，团宠小皇姑
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
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Senior Brother, Mind Your Manners 师兄，休得无礼
[Arrogant, overbearing young master] x [Clever, beautiful fallen young lady] Xu Heng, the daughter of a disgraced prefect, traveled a thousand miles to the capital and took up residence with the prestigious Murong family. Everyone in the household saw her as a thorn in their side, all because she was the daughter of Master Murong's former lover. The eldest young master, Murong Li, was especially bent on driving her out. Later, Murong Li came to deeply regret it: his face really hurt!
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After the Fake Heiress Faked Her Death and Married the Scumbag's Powerful Older Brother 假千金死遁，嫁渣男的权臣大哥后
[Just released, rating will rise] [Delicate, sweet-natured female lead x ruthless male lead + second male lead’s regret burns to ashes + everyday household intrigue] The Jiang family’s eldest son schemed to switch the babies, turning Jiang Lingyao from a girl of good birth into the Jiang family’s fake heiress. When her origins were exposed, she was driven out of the Jiang family. Fortunately, the Qin family’s young master, Qin Zheng, secretly looked after her. Less than two years later, Jiang Li
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A Book by Chu Mo Hua He 楮墨画鹤的一本书
[Both leads are inexperienced + sweet romance + household intrigue + historical setting + mutual secret crush + rekindled love + groveling to win her back] When Shen Yunwan first arrives in the capital, all she wants is to live quietly as a cousin in the Marquis of Zhenbei’s household. Through a twist of fate, she spends a passionate night with her older male cousin, Wei Hanzhou, even though they’ve barely exchanged a few words. If this scandal gets out, her reputation will be ruined and she’ll
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I’m a Spoiled Rich Kid. Do I Have to Father a Child to Keep My Wife? 我一个纨绔，要靠生崽留住媳妇？
(Clear-eyed, money-loving merchant heroine + wayward scion who turns over a new leaf + taming her husband and redemption + family and country + political intrigue with a powerful female lead) Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else, secure your livelihood before seeking love. When a parasol tree grows tall, phoenixes will come; when flowers bloom with fragrance, butterflies will follow. Among scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, merchants rank last. The Yao family has been in busi
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Misty Waves of Astonishment 渺渺惊澜
Shi Miao is the most cherished daughter of the Shi family, but she has a secret: she is not their biological child. To repay their kindness, she chooses the quickest path: attaching herself to the powerful. She sets her sights on Prince Su, Zhao Jingyuan, a celebrated military hero who deeply despises women throwing themselves at him. Everyone in the capital knows that Prince Su is stern and iron-fisted, and the emperor's most valued son. Everyone waits to see Shi Miao make a fool of herself, m
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A Thousand-Gold Gamble: I’m Making the Crown Prince My Live-In Son-in-Law! 一掷千金：太子被我招赘啦了！
[No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A historical romance with business intrigue and mystery-solving] Su Rongyue, the daughter of Yangzhou's richest family, puts out a notice seeking a husband. And the man who shows up is the Crown Prince? Did they get the wrong person?! But that doesn't matter. After all, she fell in love at first sight, was struck by his breathtaking beauty, and was already thinking up names for their children the very next second! Miss this chance, and it may nev
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Bone Reading and Skin Painting 摸骨画皮
Qin Zhao is one of the finest forensic experts in the field. She made her name through sheer professional ability and is known as an oddball with sky-high IQ and rock-bottom EQ. Thanks to her remarkable skill at reading bones and reconstructing faces, she can restore the appearance of the living from even the most severely decomposed corpses. But during a field assignment, she was hit by a stray bullet and died on the spot! For no apparent reason, her soul ended up in the body of Zhaor, a countr
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A Beauty Hidden Deep in the Palace 深宫藏娇
Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b
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My Journey to You: The Wrong Bride, the Right Groom 云之羽：错上花轿嫁对郎
Three families in Yangzhou marry off their daughters on the same day, with matching sedan chairs and wedding dresses, but different veils. Red silk and wedding wine, gongs and drums ringing out: the celebrations are in full swing. Yangwei Martial Arts School: Li Yuhu is marrying Yuan Buqu in Jingzhou. The richest family in the north of the city: Du Bingyan is marrying into the Gong family. The wealthy Lin family in the south of the city: Lin Xiaodie is marrying into the Qi family of Linzhou. A h
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My Husband Investigates Cases by Day, and I Kill by Night 我的夫君白天审案，我在夜里杀人
[Female Lead: Has a Slight Grasp of Human Nature] X [Male Lead: A Good Man] [A Not-Quite-Right, Delicate Beauty X The Pure and Noble Xie Xiao Wu] . Sang Mi was a man-eating flower that killed without batting an eye, a murderous fiend who couldn’t be bothered to lift a finger and couldn’t tell one grain from another. She transmigrated. But why was she the daughter of the Minister of Justice? And why had she married Xie Zeyi, a junior official at the Court of Judicial Review? . Xie Zeyi had long b
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Dream of the Red Chamber: Shock! Kangxi Is Actually My Brother-in-Law 红楼之惊！康熙竟是我姐夫
Lin Shu, a distant relative, has a daughter named Daiyu. Lin Mi is sent by her mother to comfort this little Lin sister, who lost her mother at a young age. When Lin Mi first sees her, she marvels that Daiyu really is like a celestial being, and wonders who will marry her someday. Who could have known that before Lin Mi could watch her grow up, she would meet a domineering, forceful man. And lose herself to him. But after becoming the exalted Consort Xi, whether it is Jia Yuanchun, another imper
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The Real Heiress's Mind Is Read, and the Whole Capital Starts Gossiping 真千金被读心后，全京城都在吃瓜
Lu Xinran woke up to find she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the vicious cannon-fodder biological daughter who constantly competed with the fake heiress. The fake heiress had been pampered and raised to be graceful and refined, while Lu Xinran was crude and ill-mannered, a disgrace the Minister of Personnel's household would rather not mention. Everyone else was eager to see the household make a fool of itself. Lu Xinran, who had transmigrated into the book, was only interested in gossi
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I Transmigrated into an Old-School Tragic Romance, and I'm Giving Everyone a Happy Ending 穿进古早虐文，本红娘要全员HE
[Both leads are devoted to each other + comedy + transmigrate into a book + female supporting character + sweet romance + System] (A silly transmigrated heroine × a crafty, clever hero) (This story doesn't vilify the original leads, break up the original couple, or steal the original protagonists' opportunities. Everyone gets along.) After spending eighteen years bedridden, she suddenly dies. When she wakes up, she has become Hua Qingsu, the third daughter of the Minister of Revenue's household
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Good Grief! The Madam Is Helping the Grand Secretary Take Another Concubine Again 夭寿！夫人又帮首辅大人纳妾了
[Transmigrated into a book + Chief Councilor + Cannon fodder + Love after marriage] Yun Wei accidentally transmigrated into a male-oriented harem power fantasy she'd recently been reading, becoming the “wife” in the male lead's “rise to power, get rich, and lose his wife” story. This “wife” was domineering and arrogant, looked down on the male lead, and humiliated him at every turn, thoroughly offending him in every way. When Yun Wei learned that she had just three months left to live, she decid
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The Princess Sneaks Out on the Eve of Her Wedding, and the Crown Prince Comes to Catch Her Himself 公主婚前趁夜出逃，储君亲自抓人
[Forceful Possession + Wife-Chasing Crematorium + Devoted Couple + Male Lead with a Black Heart Beneath His Gentle Exterior] Prince Xie Linheng was famous for having no interest in women. For years, he had never been close to a single woman. In the second year of Jian’an, the emperor fell gravely ill, and the crown prince took power. Desperate to see her mother, Yu Tingwan had no choice but to seek Xie Linheng’s help. Everyone said the crown prince was as noble and graceful as a pine tree, peerl
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The Concubine 外室
A sweet romance, devoted couple, one-on-one, no family or palace intrigue, simple and straightforward, no golden finger!!! Chun Xiao had all the food and comforts she could want in the modern world. She never expected to end up as a kept woman in ancient times, and her life was hellish from the start. Feeling the empty pockets that were cleaner than her face, she could only sigh and keep her head down for now! Once she saved enough money... then...
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Farming After Transmigrating as the Top Scholar's Younger Sister 种田：穿成了探花郎的妹妹
Shen Yiyi transmigrated to an ancient farming household. Her parents were loving, her sister was gentle, and her older brother was a top student. Shen Yiyi was thrilled! She could eat and sleep, run and jump, then sit back and wait to cling to her brother’s coattails! Cozy daily life + opening a shop and making money + waiting for one person to make it big so everyone can benefit The chubby little Yiyi sweetly begged her family to carry her. Mother: “Why don’t you walk by yourself?” Father: “Can
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Su Family's Tao 苏家阿桃
[Marriage first, love later + no transmigration or rebirth + farming and imperial examinations] At the age of fifteen, Su Tao became engaged to Li Sanlang, whose family owned a cloth shop in town. Barely six months later, Li Sanlang found a more advantageous match and decided to get engaged to the county magistrate’s illegitimate daughter. He made up a baseless excuse and broke off his engagement to Su Tao. Rumors spread, and people said Su Tao would have no choice but to become a butcher’s conc
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Who Starts Farming by Sending Three Piglets as a Gift? 种田谁家男主开局送礼送三只猪崽
Completed. Dive in without worry! (Farming + No golden finger + Family life + Romance + Building a fortune + Cozy + No awful characters) No System! No pocket dimension!! No golden finger!!! No awful characters!!!! (We’ve said it three times because it’s important. The male lead appears late. The story focuses on building a career, with romance as a side plot x3.) Baihua Cave is a village deep in the mountains, home to nearly a hundred households. Everyone says it’s a poor and remote backwater. S
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A Peaceful and Prosperous Age 盛世安稳
In her previous life, Xie Yixin had been blind. Ignoring everyone’s warnings, she married Zhu Congyu, the heir to a marquis’s household. She thought he was a cold-faced man with a warm heart, but for the sake of the woman he loved, he disregarded the lives of their children. Only when news arrived that her family had been condemned and wiped out did she finally understand how foolishly she had lived. Her family was destroyed, her children were gone… She had so much hatred and resentment… If she
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Let Them Fight! The Matriarch Just Wants to Lie Flat and Slack Off 你们争吧！主母负责躺平摆烂
Six years ago, Shen Yu'an married into the impoverished Ping'an Marquis household. She used her dowry to pay off her in-laws' debts and exhausted herself keeping the entire family afloat. She honored her parents-in-law, cherished her husband, and bore children for the marquis household. But just after she gave birth to a daughter, while she was still in confinement, her mother-in-law claimed that the birth had ruined her health and she could no longer conceive, then hurried to take three concub
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Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空，夫君带女逼我和离
[Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband
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The Masked Killer: A True Account 面具杀手实录
[Both leads are each other’s first + Size difference + Morally upright top scholar + Masked assassin who walks the night + Winning back his wife] The top scholar is crazy! He could have been a perfectly respectable son-in-law to the prime minister, but instead he’s chasing a masked female assassin all over the world! Other male leads are aloof and chaste. This one is willing to throw away his pride just to win his wife back! Heroine: “I’m just an assassin with no feelings.” Hero: “That’s fine. I
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You Want to Force Me to Be Your Concubine? I’ll Take Your Place as Mistress of the Household 逼我当通房？我夺了你的主母之位
[Extra chapters being updated] Haitang, a maid who shares her master's bed, follows these rules for surviving household rivalries: First, be flexible. Second, don't let love cloud your judgment. Third, if a woman isn't ruthless, she won't keep her place. Haitang is breathtakingly beautiful, but she comes from humble beginnings. In her previous life, she was proud and refused to become a bedchamber maid, so her mistress tortured her to death. Reborn, she decides to live differently. Everyone thin
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Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨
The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back
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Reborn as the Villain's Sister, the Divine Doctor Princess Tears Up the Script 穿成反派亲妹，神医王妃手撕剧本
Three years ago, Ye Yunmian awakened to the plot and discovered that her entire family were destined to be cannon fodder in a book. Her eldest brother is fierce and violent, picking fights with everyone until he gradually becomes twisted and ends up dying without a whole corpse. Her second brother was kidnapped as a child, poisoned, and turned into the male lead's obedient lackey! Her little brother is a coward who clings to life. He sides with whoever seems strongest and could be dragged out as
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The Emperor and Empress Fight Every Day to See Who Dies First 帝后每天互殴，看谁先死
Feng Xing is the daughter of Chu Xi’s Grand Marshal, who commands an army of four hundred thousand. Shen Feng has been emperor for just two years. Shen Feng is utterly depraved, ruthless, and cruel. To secure his throne, he decides to marry Feng Xing and make her empress. First, he will fake her death to lure her father to the capital for the funeral. Then he will wipe out her entire family and take control of the Chu Xi army. Feng Xing is a fierce, accomplished warrior who takes whatever she wa
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No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话
An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the
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The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水
Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable
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Go Ask Around: What Kind of Assassin Goes to Marry into Another Kingdom? 出去打听打听，谁家杀手去和亲？
After Jiu Yue died, the System told her that once she completed her mission, she could return to the real world with a reward of ten billion. Jiu Yue, who had been grumbling about her identity as an assassin, smiled sweetly. “Who says transmigrating is a bad thing? This is amazing!” However, a time-space delay kept the System from transmigrating with her, and it hadn't had time to explain the mission in full. But Jiu Yue didn't think that mattered. She was an assassin, after all. How hard could
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The Night Before My Ungrateful Sister Entered the Palace, the Favored Consort Was Reborn 白眼狼妹妹进宫前夜，宠妃重生了
[A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest
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