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Any Good Historical Romance with Native-Born Characters? No Transmigrating into a Book or Being Reborn 有没有古代的言情文,不要穿书重生啥的,就要土著

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  1. 1 I Hear the Mad Prince Has Been Secretly in Love with Me for Ages 听说,疯批王爷暗恋我很久了 Ancient Romance408k WordsCompleted [Devoted to one another + sweet romance + secret love turns mutual + loyal puppy of a male lead + hopeless romantic + wife-doting fanatic + frequently gets jealous in secret] Lin Yunzhou transmigrates to the Great Qi Dynasty. To return to the modern world, she must help the Second Prince, Lu Jinheng, ascend the throne. After countless hardships, she finally becomes Great Qi’s first female general and manages to join Lu Jinheng’s faction, just as she had hoped. At present, Lu Jinheng’s strongest 1.6kReads7.5Score165Shelves
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  2. 2 Reborn! The Minister of Justice Is Being a Contrarian Again Today 重生!寺卿大人今天又口是心非了 Ancient Romance610k WordsCompleted [Sharp-Tongued Villainess vs. Delicate Scholar] [Male Lead Reborn] [Says One Thing, Means Another Male Lead vs. Hot-Tempered Female Lead] [A Story of Chasing His Wife, No, No, No, of Being Completely Lost] Li Wu is the notorious bad girl of Lu Family Village, yet she was born with a face like a peach blossom and a graceful figure. The village may be small, but it has its legends, and she is the legendary fox spirit. Unfortunately, the fox spirit's cherry lips are dipped in poison. No one can h 7.7kReads8.1Score790Shelves
  3. 3 The Bell-Bearing Soul Returns 衔铃魂归来 Mystery591k WordsCompleted [Purehearted, gentle crime-solving official × powerful, innocent female ghost] [1v1] [Contrasting personalities] [He pursues her: a guiding lover × a naive innocent] [Supernatural mysteries] “One ring of the bell, and spirits appear. The dying offer up their souls to fulfill their lingering wishes. When all three hun and seven po are gathered and the spell bell rings out, the departed return.” A horrific case of “vengeful spirits returning to slaughter an entire household” shocks the county. N 306Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  4. 4 Tear Off the Mask! The Crown Princess Uses Her Beauty to Get Her Way 撕碎伪装!太子妃她持美行凶 Ancient Romance413k WordsCompleted [Mad Beauty + Romantic Tension + A Wicked Couple + Both Pure] PS: A scheming, sinister femme fatale versus a pretentious, noble, and composed Crown Prince Rong Jinsi is the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter. Beautiful as peach blossoms and with skin like polished jade, she is known to outsiders as a refined and elegant young lady, intelligent and virtuous, the perfect bride in the eyes of countless noblewomen in the capital. But what no one knows is that beneath her moonlit, immaculate facade 6.7kReads8.3Score969Shelves
  5. 5 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女,她本色出演 Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86kReads9.6Score11.3kShelves
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  6. 6 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 113.1kReads9.6Score15.7kShelves
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  7. 7 The Worthy Consort Is Still Taking It Easy Today 贤妃今天也在咸鱼 Ancient Romance625k WordsCompleted In the harem of Emperor Chenyuan of the Great Jin, there is a dignified and gentle empress, a charming and lovely Noble Consort, a peerlessly beautiful Consort Li, and a clever, kindhearted Consort Hui. Talented women abound, and the competition is fierce. Han Shuyi looks left and right, but can't find a niche for herself as Worthy Consort. Oh, well. Competing for favor now and then while choosing to lie flat the rest of the time: that's the real truth of life in the harem. * As emperor, Meng Ti 19.7kReads8.2Score2kShelves
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  8. 8 I Became a Mediator in the Marquis's Manor and the Whole Family Dotes on Me 我在侯府当调解员,被全家宠了 Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted Brutal, ruthless Imperial Guard X sweet, gentle ray of sunshine Just as her name suggests, Jiang Mi has a sweet little mouth and knows exactly how to charm people, leaving them dazed and warm-hearted. But an imperial decree sends this honey-sweet girl to the most difficult household to serve: the Ning'an Marquis's residence. The Old Madam is stern and old-fashioned: “You wretches! The whole lot of you are hopeless!” The Ning'an Marquis is aloof and icy: “You unfilial son, do you know what you've 18.4kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
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  9. 9 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊,娘娘写了一百条宫规 Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 67.3kReads9.6Score10kShelves
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  10. 10 The White Moonlight Noble Consort’s Daily Life in the Harem 白月光贵妃的后宫日常 Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted (Cover used with permission) With an illustrious family background, breathtaking beauty, and the distinction of being the emperor’s moonlight, Jiang Hui should have found life as a Noble Consort effortlessly easy. Unfortunately, the sisters in all but name in the Eastern Palace, wave after wave of beautiful candidates from the provinces, and the supposed substitutes who resemble her in looks and bearing all tell her the same thing: no one can walk unscathed through the imperial harem. [Alternate 30.9kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
  11. 11 I Won’t Be a Noble Consort! I’m Set on Finding a Husband, and Now the Emperor Is Jealous 不做贵妃!一心招婿后皇帝红了眼 Ancient Romance418k WordsCompleted [Devoted 1v1 romance + his pursuit of her + childhood sweethearts + pampered by all + noblewoman vs. transmigrator] (Awakening, not reborn, no palace harem, no previous life) Lin Zhuyun was born into a distinguished family of meritorious officials. Raised in comfort, she is radiant and refined, frail yet carefree and composed. She was granted the title of commandery princess at a young age, cherished by the Empress Dowager, and grew up with the emperor like a childhood sweetheart. Later, the emp 17.5kReads7.4Score930Shelves
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  12. 12 The Wicked Supporting Actress Is Reborn and Wins at Life 恶毒女配重生后躺赢了 Ancient Romance622k WordsCompleted The emperor has never touched anyone but the heroine! One beloved consort in the harem + 1v1 romance + fictional setting. Meng Yan only learns on the brink of death that she's a supporting character in a sweet palace-intrigue novel. In the story, she loves the emperor, Lu Haozhi, devotedly until the very end. She diligently competes for his favor and tirelessly fights the innocent white-lotus heroine, only to land herself in the cold palace and die miserably in the snow. After being reborn, she 17.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
  13. 13 The Noble Consort Is at an Age When She Loves to Have Fun 贵妃娘娘正是爱玩的年纪 Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted [The heroine is a virgin, the hero is not. Mild angst early on, then he dotes on her exclusively.] Sheng Mingshu, daughter of the Grand Tutor, was born to a life of privilege. She was as lovely as a little jade doll, lively and pampered, with one well-known hobby: she loved dragging people into playing house. At five, she played house with her brother and the neighborhood children. At ten, she played house with her childhood friends. At fifteen, during her own coming-of-age banquet, she played h 1.2kReads5.8Score105Shelves
  14. 14 You Forced Me to Marry the Regent, So Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Pregnant? 逼我嫁摄政王,我有孕你哭什么 Ancient Romance384k WordsCompleted The short drama “Where the Mountain Has Trees, the Trees Have Branches” is now available. [Publication deal signed + male lead fights to claim her + second male lead begs for her back + marriage before love] Jiang Chuyue has been in love with Xiao Ji for ten years. As his nominal “younger sister,” all she can do is watch him take one concubine after another. At a palace banquet, Xiao Ji protects his beloved concubine by forcing Jiang Chuyue to marry the regent. Xiao Ji tells her, “The regent is 31.9kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves
  15. 15 The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces the Cold Emperor, and He Falls for Her 娇娇蓄意勾引,清冷帝王沦陷了 Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + push and pull + seduction and rising to power + falling deeper at every step + devotion to one woman in the later story Loving her and knowing it + a man in power bowing his head for love * The short drama is out now. Search for “The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces Him, and the Cold Emperor Falls” on Fanqie or Hongguo to watch the full series. * Pei Tingyue transmigrated into a book. She became a disposable consort in The Palace in Power. In the original story, she was simple-m 37.9kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves
  16. 16 Fragrant Bedchamber: The Eastern Palace Concubine's Lie-Flat Life 暖帐香:东宫侍妾的躺平日常 Ancient Romance390k WordsCompleted [Raising a child + palace intrigue + ordinary transmigrator + not both leads’ first love, but doting romance] Xu Qinglu was transmigrated into the Xu family as their legitimate daughter. In the tenth year of Chengde, she was sent to the Eastern Palace as a concubine. After a year of cautiously serving the Crown Prince, walking on eggshells, she finally became pregnant. Having a daughter was all she needed. She would have been happy to live out her days peacefully in the palace. But when her daug 4.4kReads9.0Score342Shelves
  17. 17 The Favored Consort Is Barren? I Was Born into My Mother’s Womb as Her Precious Daughter 宠妃绝嗣?我胎穿做娘的宝贝女儿 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical romance + everyone’s favorite + born in the womb + beloved consort + palace intrigue + feel-good + adorable baby] After transmigrating, Gu Xuan becomes the unborn eldest princess of Great Yan. Her mother is Consort Xie Ziyue, the emperor’s favorite, who had believed she would never have children. Her father is the current ruler, Emperor Han Xianzong. Emperor Han Xianzong and Consort Xie share a deep and devoted love. But after the imperial physicians diagnosed her as unlikely to con 14kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves
  18. 18 I Became a Concubine, Then Came to My Senses 做妾后,我幡然醒悟 Ancient Romance390k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + both leads sexually inexperienced + slow burn + fleeing while pregnant + husband chases his wife] If you dislike this kind of plot, proceed with caution. When Yue Rou was young, her parents sold her to a brothel because of her beauty, turning her life upside down forever. One day, she heard that a high-ranking official had arrived from the capital. At first, she thought nothing of him. But after meeting him... she realized this was a golden opportunity she had to seize 724Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  19. 19 Widowed for Five Years, the Widow is Pregnant with the Emperor’s Child 丈夫去世五年,守寡怀了皇帝的崽 Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted [Stunning widow vs. domineering emperor] [Not both virgins + forbidden tension + raising a child + old flames reignited] Everyone in the capital knows that the legitimate daughter of the Yun family and Third Young Master Lu are a loving couple, devoted to each other. But fate was cruel. Third Young Master Lu was cursed with a short life and died of a serious illness before reaching twenty, leaving behind a beautiful young widow and an unborn child. - Yun Wan has a secret she’s kept buried fo 23.3kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
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  20. 20 After Breaking Off My Engagement to a Scumbag, I Married the Marquis's Heir 与渣男退婚后,我嫁侯府世子 Ancient Romance312k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, clever heroine who won't reunite with her ex + scheming, devoted hero who's been planning this for a long time] Before their wedding, Shen Qingyun tells Lin Yao that his cousin is carrying his child. He urges Lin Yao to be magnanimous. “I was drunk when it happened. My cousin is gentle and obedient, and only asks to be taken as a concubine. The child can be registered under your name. She won't compete with you for anything.” Shen Qingyun assumes Lin Yao will make a scene and get 3.2kReads8.9Score310Shelves
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  21. 21 Shu Huai Beneath the Setting Sun 抒淮落斜阳 Ancient Romance790k WordsCompleted A cute, lively, beautiful-voiced, sweet-talking, haughty young princess VS a handsome, rugged general who seems cold but is warm inside, and says one thing but does another (female-lead-focused, read with caution) Li Shuyang is the only daughter of the Prince of Jin and his wife. She is her brothers’ precious darling and the Empress Dowager’s beloved little sweetheart. Raised in luxury from birth, she is a true, heaven-blessed young lady born with a silver spoon in her mouth. An accident in her 943Reads8.6Score117Shelves
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  22. 22 A Beauty in the Emperor's Tent, Capturing His Heart 误入天子帐,美人惑君心 Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted [Not a virginal couple / weak heroine / seemingly gentle as jade but actually ruthless emperor × delicate, soft beauty like a parasitic vine] At first, Ning Zhaorou only wanted to escape the predicament of being married off to a distant place by her stepmother. With no other choice, she accompanied the imperial party to the royal hunting grounds, hoping to secure a future for herself. Young General Chu was handsome and capable, and a trusted man at the emperor's side. Naturally, she thought he 6.8kReads8.9Score818Shelves
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  23. 23 The Pretty Palace Maid's Step-by-Step Rise to Empress 娇娇宫女,步步为后 Ancient Romance574k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue / not both partners’ first time / devoted love in the later story / not a strong heroine; the female lead cries easily and isn’t particularly clever, so don’t expect too much!] After three years in the palace, Yue Li has worked carefully and waited for a chance at promotion. Just before she is promoted, a palace maid sharing her room is sentenced to death for offending a consort. Thunder crashes and rain pours that night as blood spatters everywhere. Terrified, Yue Li cannot sle 13.8kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
  24. 24 Sweet Spoiling: The Empress Is Adorable and Soft 甜宠:皇后娘娘又娇又软 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Historical romance + household intrigue + sweet romance The emperor of the Great Liang has only one woman in his harem: the empress. This leaves the court officials deeply dissatisfied. What displeases them even more is that His Majesty the Emperor actually carries the empress into court! 5kReads7.6Score287Shelves
  25. 25 The Eastern Palace’s Hidden Darling 东宫藏娇 Ancient Romance222k WordsCompleted [Sweet, imaginative historical romance + Pursuing his wife through live comments + A forced romance that turns mutual + A beautiful airhead + A sinister crown prince + The real and fake heiress] To earn money for her seriously ill mother and her injured brother, desperate Pei Jiaojiao sold herself into slavery at the Eastern Palace. Her pretty face and timid, trouble-avoiding nature earned her a place serving in the Crown Prince's study, assigned by the steward. Her daily chores were simple: gri 6kReads9.1Score517Shelves
  26. 26 The Emperor's Love, the Princess's Fate 帝王宠,娇女命 Ancient Romance412k WordsCompleted [Both Pure + Obsessive, Devoted Emperor + Palace and Household Intrigue + Consorts in the Harem, None Later On, Skip If You Mind] In her previous life, Wei Yanran had barely transmigrated when her grandmother married her off to an old man. She asked countless people for help, but only Xiao Heng was willing to help her. What she never realized was that he had already set his sights on her. He was obsessive. He hated her looking at other people, smiling at other people, or stepping outside the cag 5.3kReads8.9Score645Shelves
  27. 27 After Transmigrating Into a Book, the Frail Empress Became the Emperor's Cherished One 穿书后,娇弱皇后成了皇帝心尖宠 Ancient Romance299k WordsCompleted Tags: domineering, devoted simp emperor × sweet, gentle empress [Double purity + fictional setting + forced marriage + not a strong heroine + pure sweetness] Ling Jiayi was an obedient college student in the modern world, with a loving, caring family. She'd never weathered any great storms. Gentle and soft-spoken, with a sweet face, she liked reading novels and daydreaming in her spare time. One day, while lying in bed and engrossed in a novel called The Emperor Is a Simp, a flash of light from 1.3kReads8.4Score111Shelves
  28. 28 Day After Day, Endless and Long 朝朝漫漫 Ancient Romance335k WordsCompleted Moonlight spilled across the ground, cool and pale. Lotus flowers stood tall in a tranquil pond. A gauzy veil concealed her face as she danced with graceful poise, every smile and frown captivating. People said Gu Yanchu, the powerful grand secretary, was the emperor’s illegitimate son, abandoned among the common people. Otherwise, how could he have joined the Grand Secretariat at such a young age? It was a pity that such an elegant, handsome gentleman had married a fierce and domineering young 11.3kReads9.1Score894Shelves
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  29. 29 The Blacksmith and the Tofu Maker 大铁匠与豆腐娘 Ancient Romance397k WordsCompleted [Farming story + everyday life + food + raising a child + cozy + no pocket dimension or System for the protagonist + seemingly fierce but actually endlessly worrying, devoted dad-like man x free-spirited pampered sweetheart + face-slapping satisfaction] (The leads are both natives. They'll keep living their own quiet lives and won't suddenly become marquises, prime ministers, or emperors.) Of the three hardest livelihoods, there's boat hauling, ironworking, and selling tofu. Mian, a tofu seller 15.6kReads9.3Score2kShelves
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  30. 30 Surrogate Motherhood? The Second-Time Bride and Beloved Consort Insists on Rising to the Top 借腹生子?二嫁宠妃偏要步步高升 Ancient Romance626k WordsCompleted [A gentle, kind widow and an arrogant, biased emperor. Sweet, doting everyday romance, with little palace intrigue (the emphasis is on little).] The Yu family had three daughters, all beautiful. The eldest became a countess, the youngest became a consort in the palace, and only the second daughter returned home a widow less than five years after her marriage, with a little girl in tow. One day, the palace consort suffered a miscarriage and was told she would have difficulty bearing children in t 25.9kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves
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  31. 31 The Cousin Is Going on a Matchmaking Date, and the Heir Is Panicking 表姑娘要去相看,世子他慌了 Ancient Romance492k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] [Both Leads Are Each Other’s First] [Happy Ending] [Both Leads Are Natives of the Era] [Gentle, Refined Heir Apparent × Cool, Elegant Cousin] Orphaned and without anyone to rely on, with wolves circling all around her, young Shi Jianli had no choice but to travel to the capital and seek refuge with her aunt. She became the second branch’s cousin, staying as a guest at the Duke of Anguo’s residence. When she came of age, her aunt found her a match. But the second branch’s concubin 40kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
  32. 32 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 60.2kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
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  33. 33 The Silly Beauty Is Timid Yet Spoiled, and the Love-Crazed Emperor Dotes on Her Every Day 笨蛋美人怂且娇,病娇皇上日日宠 Ancient Romance388k WordsCompleted [Animated series now streaming] [Obsessive love + exclusive devotion + both leads inexperienced + nurturing romance + mutual salvation] [Wildly imaginative, not a purely historical romance] Yan Ruoruo’s brain was damaged by a high fever when she was little. Sometimes clever and sometimes dim-witted, she was always coming out with cutting one-liners that could kill a person on the spot. By a twist of fate, she saved an obsessive, tyrannical emperor. From then on, he doted on her endlessly. The on 9.6kReads9.0Score864Shelves
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  34. 34 A Sweet Romance, but with Two Male Leads 甜文,但有两个男主 Ancient Romance214k WordsCompleted [Male lead appears in snippets, sweet romance + melodrama + satisfying revenge + redemption + both leads' first love + mind-reading] [Rivalry between men, brainless Mary Sue romance] [Delicate, soft-spoken beauty vs. ruthless, powerful crown prince (mad dog) vs. sly, tea-sipping playboy (loyal puppy)] A young woman of marriageable age has been plagued by nightmares for days, leaving her deeply embarrassed and troubled. Then one day, a strikingly handsome young man in strange clothes appears befo 3.7kReads9.3Score479Shelves
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  35. 35 Matriarchy: The Mad Young Lord Keeps Smoothing Things Over with His Wife 女尊:疯批世子爷又在哄妻主 Ancient Romance325k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, sweet and doting, unconventional matriarchy] [An innocent, sunny, carefree girl with a carefree attitude VS a crazy, wolfish, beautiful man who seems gentle but is secretly ruthless, with overwhelming possessiveness] [Things to know before reading: 1. Men can bear children. 2. The heroine is not strong or a larger-than-life female lead. She is an adorable, somewhat naive ordinary girl. 3. The heroine's flaws: she can't practice martial arts and is very weak in a fight. She's 7.4kReads9.2Score542Shelves
  36. 36 The Fortunate Concubine 庶女有福 Ancient Romance474k WordsCompleted The third daughter of the Chu family, Chu Lingran, is breathtakingly beautiful, with peerless looks. In truth, she is merely a concubine-born daughter of the Chengbo Marquis household, always cautious and modest, playing the pig to eat the tiger. Her stepmother took a fortune-teller’s words, “This girl will have many descendants,” and sent her to the Crown Prince’s residence to serve as a childbearing tool. But the full prediction was: “This girl will have many descendants, for she is destined t 1.7kReads9.0Score168Shelves
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  37. 37 Female Official of the Wu Zhou Dynasty: Lord Xie's Path to Office 武周女官:谢大人的女官之路 Ancient Romance222k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead] [Political Intrigue] [No Romance] [Ensemble Cast of Women] In the turbulent world of Wu Zhou, women rule as emperor and serve as officials! Xie Yaohuan, an orphan from a humble family, refuses to believe in fate! With a brush in one hand and a blade in the other, she fights her way out of the mire and straight into the treacherous court of Empress Wu Zhao! This is a battlefield for women. Wu Zhao's thoughts run deep on the Dragon Throne, while Princess Taiping, Li Yue, and 22Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 38 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! Ancient Romance429k WordsCompleted [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 147.6kReads9.2Score19kShelves
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  39. 39 The Native Matriarch Makes a Bold Entrance and Takes on Everyone 土著主母霸气侧漏,单挑全场 Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted [A strong heroine at heart + mature adults building their careers] He Fangting was the quintessential noblewoman, with no flaw beyond being despised by her imperial uncle, the emperor. After marrying, she became a capable lady of the house, using her generous dowry to support her husband's family and finally give them a solid foundation. One day, her husband returned from disaster relief with a female physician who had received the emperor's commendation. He Fangting admired the woman and prepar 21.4kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
  40. 40 The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命,重生主母杀疯了 Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they 48.7kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves
  41. 41 Favoring a Concubine and Neglecting the Wife? I Won't Be the Marquess's Principal Wife! 宠妾灭妻?这侯门主母我不当了! Ancient Romance598k WordsCompleted [Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking] Voting has begun! Search for “Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking” to vote for this book, A Return to the Boudoir. Thank you! [Traditional historical romance + inner-courtyard drama + reborn revenge and face-slapping + a prince pursues his wife] Lin Yunwan was the legitimate daughter of the prestigious Lin clan. When her Marquis household was on the verge of losing its title, she married Lu Zhengliu, the heir to the marquisate. On their wedding day, her husband coldly 82.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
  42. 42 From Maid to Magistrate’s Wife: A Native Woman’s Journey 从丫鬟到官夫人,土著女子奋斗史 Ancient Romance769k WordsCompleted [Native-born leads, no space, no System, no golden finger] Strong, beautiful maid Ren Qingmiao x unlucky, sickly, handsome scholar Lin Yanchu Ren Qingmiao's hometown was struck by disaster when she was young, and she was sold into slavery. Her intelligence and strength won her master's favor. By chance, she saved the unlucky scholar Lin Yanchu, and the two became entangled from then on. She learns a trade and trains her body, becoming self-reliant and strong. After leaving the manor, Ren Qingmia 6.9kReads8.9Score826Shelves
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