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  1. 1 The Madam Takes Charge: No More Lounging, Get Up and Get to Work! 夫人当家:都别躺,给我起来卷! Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to an alternate world + wish fulfillment + sweet romance + one-on-one + two strong leads] Xia Shuyan is a noblewoman of the capital, blessed with beauty, intelligence, and an illustrious family. To protect her family from the impending struggle for the throne, she arranges to marry General Xiao Yunchi, a man rumored to bring death to his wives. Xiao Yunchi is the second legitimate son of the Grand Princess and the old Marquis of Zhenbei, as well as the emperor’s nephew. He has sp 23.1kReads9.2Score3kShelves
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  2. 2 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [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 119.1kReads9.6Score16.2kShelves
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  3. 3 Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢 Ancient Romance669k WordsCompleted [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 319.1kReads9.6Score40.4kShelves
  4. 4 After Learning the Marquis Was a Woman, His Majesty Climbed the Wall to Visit Her Every Night 得知侯爷是女儿身陛下夜夜来翻墙 Ancient Romance613k WordsCompleted [Mutual Firsts + They Choose Each Other + Satisfying Payback + Sweet Romance + 1v1 + Strong Heroine and Hero + Her Only Love] In the spring of the third year of Jingyang, Shen Zhao receives a secret report that her father and elder brother have died in battle. She assumes her brother's identity, takes command of the Shen family army, and shoulders the burden of the marquis's household. She marries her brother's childhood sweetheart into the family in his place. On their wedding night, the empero 2.8kReads8.4Score453Shelves
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  5. 5 Bringing the Phoenix Home 引凤归 Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 109kReads9.5Score15.5kShelves
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  6. 6 Yet You Betrayed the Spring's Grace 却负春恩 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available. Search for Ascending to the Clouds on any platform to buy] [Original titles: Ascending to the Clouds / Loathing the Vermilion Walls] [High-IQ Palace Intrigue + Pure-Hatred Heroine + No Disposable Characters] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger] [The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please go read the story] How do you become an emperor’s favorite concubine? A prestigious family? A good education? A gentle, respectful, modest, and accommodating nature? Unfor 26.1kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
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  7. 7 The Pampered Life of a Spoiled Commandery Princess 纨绔郡主得宠日常 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Signed for publication. The print edition is expected to be available by the end of the year. No! This! Is! Not! A! Romance! No CP! No rebirth, no transmigration, a thoroughly evil heroine, a power-struggle story A truly wicked heroine, vying for power over the realm, genuinely unhinged, ruthless, and rotten to the core Questions that come up while reading can only be answered by reading on. The willful, overbearing young princess of the Prince of Zhenbei’s household takes a fancy to Pei Jinnian 61.5kReads9.4Score8kShelves
  8. 8 At the End of the Cold Night Lies Your Heart 寒夜尽处是卿心 Ancient Romance654k WordsCompleted [Originally titled My Love, the Sun and Moon. Everyday life in an ancient setting + mutual salvation + seemingly delicate but inwardly strong heroine who grows over time + hero who still holds on to kindness and honor after falling from his position as a favored son of heaven] Wen Shining, the legitimate daughter of the Wen family, was confined to her home for sixteen years because of a curse claiming she would bring death to her parents and disaster upon her family. Fu Wenzhou, the second son o 28.5kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
  9. 9 The Scent of Childhood Sweethearts: The Heir Has Been Plotting This for Ages 青梅嗅:世子他蓄谋已久 Ancient Romance372k WordsCompleted [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 23.2kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
  10. 10 Mermaid Comes Ashore: Conquering the Tyrant with Bubbles 人鱼上岸:靠吐泡泡征服暴君 Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Merman King vs. Beautiful, Powerful, and Tragic Emperor + Sweet Romance + Healing] Gu Jinyu is a mermaid. After dying, she arrives in another world and is told that the only way to stay alive is to win over the emperor. The emperor has a terrible temper, and the comments in the livestream say no one has ever succeeded. Desperate to survive, Gu Jinyu bravely approaches him: “I like you. Could you like me too, and not kill me?” She survives. “If I give you a kiss, could you stop 452Reads9.1Score105Shelves
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  11. 11 The Empress Is Peerlessly Beautiful 皇后绝世倾城 Ancient Romance563k WordsCompleted [Empress + sweet romance + redemption + healing smiles + devoted, fatherly hero + skip if you mind these tropes] She is the Duke's legitimate daughter, breathtakingly beautiful and yearning for freedom. All she wants is to find one person to share her whole life with. He is the emperor of Dongsheng, renowned since his youth and ruthless in his methods. Wherever he goes, bones are left strewn across the land. To him, women are nothing but pieces on a chessboard. He ascended the throne at 6.9kReads8.9Score533Shelves
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  12. 12 Quick Transmigration: I Became the Villainess, and the Comments Begged Me to Stop Torturing Them 快穿成恶毒女配,弹幕哭求别虐我 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi 46.4kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves
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  13. 13 I Set My Trap with Fortune-Telling, and He Offered Me His Empire 我以相术做局,他以江山为聘 Ancient Romance676k WordsCompleted [Reborn + clear-eyed heroine + love and hate + wielding him as a weapon] Nan Zhi is the emperor's legitimate daughter, a princess adored by all. She can stir up trouble right under the emperor's nose and pull hair right off the crown prince's head. A year after their wedding, she uses her status as a princess to help her husband rise to the top. But when the kingdom falls apart, he pushes her off the city wall just to appease his sworn enemy, whose troops are at the gates. When she opens her eye 6kReads9.0Score651Shelves
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  14. 14 Spring Ripples 折春漪 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 253.1kReads9.4Score43.2kShelves
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  15. 15 The General’s Entire Family Fell in Battle, and the Whole Capital Is Waiting for Me to Break Off the Engagement 将军满门战死,全京城都等我退婚 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Chu Ruoyan, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Chu’s household, is engaged to a man whose entire family has fallen in battle. Her fiancé survived, but was left disabled. Everyone assumes the engagement is doomed, but the Chu family’s daughter marries as planned, saying only two words: “I’ll marry him.” * No one knows that Chu Ruoyan had a nightmare. In the dream, she breaks off her engagement to Yan Zheng. Three years later, she meets the heir of the Marquis of Pingjing, only for rebels to l 31.1kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves
  16. 16 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 157.8kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves
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  17. 17 Successor Empress 继后 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Noble Consort was favored, the Worthy Consort bore a son, the Bright Etiquette was the emperor’s white moonlight, and the Beautiful Consort was his cinnabar mole. Every other concubine had her own talents and charms. It was a whole garden in full bloom. So who was our protagonist? The unfavored empress, with no children and no powerful family backing. Great. Why did this plot feel so familiar? Never mind. On the first day Zhao Wumian transmigrated here, she decided to lie flat. Compete for t 93.8kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
  18. 18 The Daily Life of a Laid-Back Concubine After Transmigrating 穿越之闲鱼妾室的日常 Ancient Romance480k WordsCompleted [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 105.4kReads9.4Score11.9kShelves
  19. 19 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 192.7kReads9.6Score31.8kShelves
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  20. 20 Get a Grip, and I’ll Make You Reach for the Stars! 收收心,爷让你高攀! Ancient Romance663k WordsCompleted Not a strong-female-lead story, and not a power fantasy! [Romance-focused + transmigration in infancy + possessive pursuit + intense push and pull + angst and sweetness + sex before love + a husband chasing his wife to the crematorium + taming a dog] Deliberate seduction X clear-eyed surrender. A disastrous start from the moment she transmigrates, when she is nearly drowned in a chamber pot, combined with traditional son preference, a feudal society where the law does not reach the countryside, 29.1kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
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  21. 21 Oh No, the Woman I Brought Home Is the Chaste Crown Prince 糟糕,我绑回来的外室是禁欲太子 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Forced romance + palace and household intrigue + sweet romance] [Adapted into short dramas: My Qingqing Is the Crown Prince. Uh-oh, the aloof husband I kidnapped is the crown prince. Is a sweet obedient man still sweet when you force him? I Kidnapped a Pretty Husband, Only to Find He's the Crown Prince] Before the wedding, her fiancé's affair with his mistress became the talk of the whole city, yet he refused to break off their engagement. She became the city's laughingstock. Her former friends 3.6kReads8.8Score438Shelves
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  22. 22 Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我 Ancient Romance216k WordsCompleted 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 76.3kReads9.7Score9.7kShelves
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  23. 23 Reborn as the Villainess, I Keep the Male Lead for Myself from the Start 穿成恶毒女配,开局我先圈养男主 Ancient Romance170k WordsCompleted Does a girl transmigrated into the role of a villainess have to cling to the male lead to survive? Faced with the male lead, covered in wounds and brutally humiliated, Yu Tai smiled faintly and showed everyone how to sleep with the male lead from the start. Worried about getting caught in a romantic rivalry with the original heroine? She glanced at the demon beast she'd raised like a daughter. Yu Tai sighed. How about meeting the heroine who insists on taking a male form? After her identity as a 14.1kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
  24. 24 After Being Kidnapped, I Kidnap the Western Regions' Young Lord and Bring Him Back to the Central Plains 被拐后,我反拐西域少主回中原 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Young lord of the Western Regions × Princess of Sheng'an] Ye Zhaoyu was born into the imperial family. She figured she'd surely been dealt the pampered darling's script in life, so she wisely decided to coast. But she never expected to take a wrong turn and be kidnapped to the Western Regions. By a stroke of bad luck, she was sent to the bed of a deranged young lord known as a demon's lair and a living Shura. She immediately switched into survival-and-escape mode, determined to flee back to the 10.8kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
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  25. 25 Well, the Tyrant Flower of the Duke of Zhenguo’s Manor Has Been Reborn! 嚯,镇国公府那朵霸王花重生了! Ancient Romance738k WordsCompleted [Both leads reborn + sweet romance + cozy vibes + fictional dynasty + devoted to each other + ensemble cast] [Scheming, icy-faced hero with an uncaring father vs. beautiful, bold heroine adored by everyone] Among the noblewomen of the capital, who was luckiest to be born into a good family? Jiang Yuemian, without a doubt. Her grandmother was the emperor's eldest princess, her grandfather the Duke Who Guards the Nation, her maternal grandfather a great general, and her father a high-ranking offic 2.3kReads7.9Score402Shelves
  26. 26 After Breaking with My Sect, I Joined My Archrival’s Instead 和师门决裂后,我转身入宿敌宗门 Ancient Romance793k WordsOngoing In her previous life, Wen Ling was the God of War of Jiuzhou. She fought the demons to the death, only to be falsely accused by her sect of colluding with them. After they both perished, she awoke again in the first year she had spent at Lingxiao Sect. Her junior sister framed her for destroying her spiritual root? Accused her of stealing spirit herbs? Wen Ling decisively made the charges stick, crippled her junior sister's spiritual root, then turned around and joined another sect. * Tai Xi Sec 21.7kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
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  27. 27 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted 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 92.5kReads9.4Score16.5kShelves
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  28. 28 A Beauty Hidden Deep in the Palace 深宫藏娇 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 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 103.4kReads9.5Score12.6kShelves
  29. 29 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 59.6kReads9.7Score8.8kShelves
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  30. 30 I Remarried with Mom and Went from Tough Girl to Cutie 跟着娘亲改嫁,我从猛女变萌女 Ancient Romance621k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + blended family + everyday family life + growth + cherished heroine + heartwarming + historical romance] No golden finger! This isn’t a power fantasy, just the growing-up story of a clever young girl who transmigrates and follows her mother into a new marriage, learning to build a peaceful life in a blended family in ancient times. In her previous life, Song Lingjun grew up in a modern border-town orphanage, where she was a bit of a handful. Every day, she focused on keeping her 21.3kReads9.4Score3kShelves
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  31. 31 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 161.7kReads9.7Score54.3kShelves
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  32. 32 Plucking the Eunuch’s Branch 折宦枝 Ancient Romance205k WordsCompleted (Princess x real eunuch, both virgins, happy ending) _ In the twenty-eighth year of Tianrui under the Wan Jin dynasty, corrupt eunuchs hold power. With a marriage decree, the puppet ruler marries his most beloved daughter, Sheng Xitang, to Xiao Qingye, the Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial. On their wedding day, the princess kicks over the chair in front of Director Xiao. “Xiao Qingye, you should know your family’s ancestors must be rolling in their graves with joy that I agreed to marry 30.5kReads9.0Score4.5kShelves
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  33. 33 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Big Shot’s Lazy Pillow 穿书后成了大佬的咸鱼抱枕 Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted Outside, a raging storm howled and battle cries filled the air. Inside, Ning Xihua suddenly jolted awake on the bed. Propping herself up halfway, she looked confused. “What’s going on?” The man held a book in one hand and pulled her into his arms with the other. “Nothing. Go back to sleep.” “Oh.” Ning Xihua lay back down and promptly fell asleep. If the big shot was this calm, then even if knives were raining down outside, it had nothing to do with her. After transmigrating into a book, Ning Xi 39.6kReads9.3Score3.6kShelves
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  34. 34 Storing Charm 储媚色 Ancient Romance512k WordsCompleted Li You transmigrated into a book, becoming the delicate, flowerlike heroine of a historical romance about political intrigue and tragic love, a heroine the male lead would torment in body, heart, and soul from beginning to end. But the moment she arrived, Li You discovered that her cousin, the story's wicked second female lead, had been reborn. So she was about to be demoted to a mere cannon-fodder character? Li You: "..." Fine, let me lie down for a while. On her wedding day, her cousin didn't 12.2kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
  35. 35 Reborn on My Wedding Night, the Sickly Prince Regent Warms My Feet 重生新婚夜,病娇摄政王给我暖脚 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn + sweet romance + obsessive love + mutual devotion + secret identities, one couple] Nan Xi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was a fool in her past life. She fell for a treacherous scumbag who was handsome on the outside but full of sinister schemes within, and ended up abandoned by everyone, dying miserably at the hands of him and his mistress. Given a second life, she gets her brains back! Looking at the powerful, handsome regent by her side, she cannot help questioning h 14.2kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves
  36. 36 I Thought the Imperial Palace Was a Prison, but the Emperor Held Me by the Waist and Spoiled Me 原以深宫似海,却被帝王锁腰娇宠 Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + Empress + Devoted couple and sweet romance + Male lead has planned this for a long time + Not a serious palace-intrigue story] Lu Zhiyuan is the cherished youngest daughter of the Duke of Dingguo’s household. She is exquisitely beautiful, with an accomplished elder brother who supports the family’s prestige and a second elder sister skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting who brings the family honor. She has no need to contribute anything to the family, and 14.5kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
  37. 37 I Told You to Kill the Villain, Not Spoil Him 让你杀了反派,不是让你宠他 Ancient Romance329k WordsCompleted A fragile, volatile hostage prince vs. a sunny, outspoken princess Redemption, opposites attract, fate, happy ending Before falling in love: I'm sick? I should save her? After falling in love: I'm sick, and I love her. 1. Zhou Buli transmigrated into a book and landed in a deadly predicament: she was already pinning the villain to the bed and having her way with him. System: Go on, Host. Kill the villain, that unhinged, lovesick lunatic. Zhou Buli: But I'm useless! System: Either you kill him, o 39.5kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
  38. 38 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score185.1kShelves
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  39. 39 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 148.6kReads9.6Score20.7kShelves
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  40. 40 Reborn: I Flirted the Gloomy Regent into a Daze 重生后,阴鸷摄政王被我撩晕了 Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted "Print edition available for preorder October 24 at 7 p.m.!" "Black Lotus Beauty of a Princess & the Grim, Ruthless Regent" [Two Powerful Leads + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Zhixian was the sharpest blade at the side of the Third Prince of Nanzhao, eliminating every obstacle in his bid for the throne. But on the day he was named crown prince, she met her end. "Zhixian, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself for knowing too much." Xuan Yuan Heng wiped t 32.4kReads9.3Score4kShelves
  41. 41 Born of Cold 栩生寒 Ancient Romance563k WordsCompleted [An incredibly capable heroine!] Everyone in the General’s residence assumes that the legitimate young lady, who spent more than a decade lost away from home, must be a poor little thing who never had enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. That is, until war breaks out at the border and supplies run short, plunging the General’s residence into crisis. They watch in astonishment as she has dozens of chests of gold carried in from outside. Then an urgent dispatch arrives, reporting that thanks to 17.2kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
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  42. 42 The Great Yu's Master Strategist 大渝筹算师 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + revenge on scumbags + lighthearted + pure romance + playing the fool to catch the tiger + happy ending] Good news: Her betrothed came first in the provincial exams and earned the title of Jieyuan. Bad news: Her betrothed, now a Jieyuan, wanted to break off the engagement without losing face, so he schemed against his fiancée, who came from a merchant family. Fine. If you want to break things off with dignity by scheming against someone, then neither of us is going to have a 26.3kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
  43. 43 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Ancient Romance832k WordsCompleted Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 129.6kReads9.6Score13.9kShelves
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  44. 44 The Empress Never Misses a Beat: She Gives Birth to Twins and Becomes the Dowager Empress 皇后稳定发挥,生龙凤双胎当太后 Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S 14.1kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
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  45. 45 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河,贵妃不想负责 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied 43.4kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
  46. 46 Little Sister, You Can’t Handle This Crazy Man. Let Me Take Over 妹妹,这疯批你驾驭不了,换我来 Ancient Romance648k WordsCompleted Now published under the title Through the Years Like Jade, available on all platforms. The moment she opened her eyes, Jiang Fei had transmigrated into the book as a scheming but hopelessly incompetent minor villainess. In the original story, the entire Jiang family was brutally killed. Even the old watchdog at the gate was spared nothing. And it was all thanks to Pei Jing, the power-mad, unhinged prince who held sway over the court. The System's task for her was simple: follow the original 55.3kReads9.1Score7.8kShelves
  47. 47 The New Matriarch Enters the Household, and the Cold, Powerful Minister Falls Harder Every Day 主母新婚入府,清冷权臣日日沦陷 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance / Household Intrigue / Sweet Romance / The Male Lead Is Head Over Heels] In Ruyi's Beloved Concubine, the heir apparent Xie Yunzhix is a brave and formidable warrior, always dashing across the battlefield in fine clothes, with no one able to stand against him. Sadly, he is only a supporting character. The story opens with him in a vegetative state, leaving behind three adopted sons. Xu Qingyi discovers that she has become the foil to the beloved heroine of a sweet romance. On 122.3kReads9.4Score16.7kShelves
  48. 48 Palace Beauty 宫姝 Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined. 11.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
  49. 49 My Brother-in-Law Forced His Widowed Sister-in-Law to Remain Chaste, Then Persuaded Her to Marry Him 小叔子逼寡嫂守节,又哄她改嫁他 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama “Reborn as a Flirtatious Widow, I Tormented My Younger Brother-in-Law Until He Ascended the Throne” is now streaming. Prince Ding, Xiao Nanshen, was the Great Xuan's God of War. But people close to him set him up, leaving him gravely wounded and disabled, then pursued him. When poison reached his brain, his subordinate disguised him as a long-lost younger brother and brought him home to hide him. The subordinate died of his injuries, and Xiao Nanshen found himself face-to-face wi 89.7kReads9.3Score9.7kShelves
  50. 50 The Frail Beauty Stays Alive by Kissing the Regent 病弱美人靠着与摄政王亲嘴续命 Ancient Romance522k WordsCompleted [Completed, both leads are inexperienced, sweet flirtation and romance, devoted husband, sickly and delicate heroine, hero seems cool and noble but is secretly an obsessed romantic] Mu Shengsheng has a beautiful, captivating face, but she is a sickly girl with little time left to live. She is expected to die by the age of sixteen at the latest. Then, one day, her life hangs by a thread. Her stepmother sends her off for a ghost marriage, and while trying to escape, she accidentally falls into a m 3.8kReads9.0Score445Shelves
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