Seeking Palace-Intrigue Novels, Not Both Leads Pure 求宫斗文 不双洁

1. 151 快 Quick Transmigration: The Darling Is Unrivaled in Beauty 快穿：娇娇她美貌无敌 Bai Bai Bai Ran白白白染Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [Super-Fast Quick Transmigration + No Logic + Lighthearted Read + Love at First Sight + Delicate, Spoiled Heroine] The peerless beauty Liu Jiaojiao travels with System 246 to different worlds. But why has the male lead gone out of character? P.S. Readers who insist on chaste relationships, proceed with caution! World One: The real and fake heiresses. World Two: The tyrant's cure. World Three: The domineering CEO falls head over heels... 17.3kReads9.2Score965Shelves
2. 152 快 Quick Transmigration: The Blessed Empress Who Bears Children for the Heirless Emperor 快穿好孕娘娘：绝嗣帝王替我生娃 Sweet 8糖糖8甜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Pregnancy Story + Blessed with Fertility + System + Swapped Identities + Palace Intrigue + No Fixed Couple + Clearheaded Heroine Who Isn't Love-Brained] Bei Lingyao was born into the world of cultivation and became a lightning-type Foundation Establishment genius, only to have her spiritual root stolen and her dantian crippled. To reclaim her spiritual root and restore her dantian, she binds herself to a Childbearing System and transmigrates to different worlds to bear ch 6.4kReads9.1Score697Shelves
3. 153 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Goes on a Rampage with the Supporting Female Character's Script 快穿：宿主拿着女配剧本杀疯了 Murong Ruier慕容锐儿Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted When the System found Chu Qingci, her entire family had been condemned to death, and she was gripping her sword, her eyes bloodshot from killing. “Once you earn one hundred thousand points, you can turn back time and return to before you lost your family. Are you willing to accept the mission?” “I am.” And so Chu Qingci took on one supporting female character’s role after another, becoming the brightest presence in every era she visited. [There is a CP, there is a CP, there is a CP] We’re sayin 16.8kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
4. 154 宿 Susu, I’m Spoiled and Blessed with Pregnancy Thanks to the Baby-Making System 宿宿我啊，靠生子系统好孕独宠捏 Joy Year After Year乐及年年Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Short drama: Bound to a Good Luck System, the Tyrant Dotes on Me Alone [Quick transmigration + stunning heroine + no fixed couple + exclusive, super-sweet romance + living out a full lifetime in each small world + heroine's first world is not chaste, both leads are chaste in all the others] Only after Tea Jiu castrated her target did she realize she'd been bound to a childbearing System. System: "I'm heartbroken. Real heartbreak isn't about making a scene..." Tea Jiu: "My mistake, System. Let me 61.5kReads9.3Score6.4kShelves
5. 155 快 Quick Transmigration: The Flower Demoness Has Babies and Becomes Famous Across Every Plane 快穿花妖：生子爆红全位面 Fried Crisps炸酥子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + childbearing + unparalleled beauty + endless good luck + multiple births + sweet romance] Ruan Ruan was a lotus that bore a hundred seeds and had gained sentience. The years passed unnoticed in the mountains as she devoted herself to ascending to immortality. After cultivating for a thousand years, she was blasted to pieces by the final thunder tribulation. As she was reduced to ashes, she became bound to a childbearing System. From then on, she transmigrated through vari 6.2kReads8.5Score521Shelves
6. 156 快 Quick Transmigration: I Was Reborn as a Villain and Somehow Bound to a Childbearing System 快穿：穿成反派后竟绑定生子系统 Cat's Eye Stone猫睛石Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + breathtaking beauty + no fixed CP + multiple worlds + childbirth System + semi-immersive master of deception + wish fulfillment] After being bedridden for eight years, Zhu Baishao still died one autumn. But the instant she died, she transmigrated. Not only did she become a villainous cannon-fodder character, she also got bound to a childbirth System. By completing missions in each world, she can earn points and use the System’s shop to buy anything she can imagine, whethe 30.7kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
7. 157 谁 Who Says an Emperor and Empress Can’t Truly Love Each Other? 谁说帝后不能有真情 Jingzhou Chronicles景州记Ancient Romance749k WordsCompleted Pei Shu seems to have been born under a lucky star. Born into a prominent family, she grew up cherished by loving parents and surrounded by every luxury. Her only setback was when her fiancé fell for someone else and broke off their engagement. Before the people of the capital could even laugh at her, an imperial decree arrived at the Pei residence, and Pei Shu became the empress. From then on, everything went smoothly: her son was named crown prince, later became emperor, and Pei Shu naturally 13.7kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
8. 158 娇 The Pretty Palace Maid's Step-by-Step Rise to Empress 娇娇宫女，步步为后 Three Days in the Capital三日京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 13.6kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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9. 159 九 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Evening Breeze Under the Moon月下晚风Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 36kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves
10. 160 挺 She Enters the Palace Pregnant, and the Minister's Wife Cries in the Emperor's Arms 挺孕肚进宫，臣妻钻陛下怀里哭 Picking Green for the Consort取青妃白Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Alluring and Seductive Minister's Wife VS Lovesick, Possessive Emperor Who Falls for Her Step by Step (The Emperor Steals His Minister's Wife, Palace Intrigue, Not Devoted to Each Other, He Dotes on Her from Start to Finish)] The emperor thinks Jiang Yirou is hopelessly in love with him. Little does he know, she is only playing him with her clever schemes. - In her previous life, she was forced to drink an abortifacient. Her husband's principal wife sneered, “A lowly concubine carrying twins d 7kReads8.7Score747Shelves
11. 161 穿 I Ran Away Pregnant After Becoming His Bedchamber Maid 穿成通房后我带球跑 Yun Wanshang云挽裳Ancient Romance692k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + green tea schemer + white lotus + stand-in for his beloved + palace intrigue + power struggles + satisfying wish fulfillment] A novelist who had never been in a relationship transmigrated into the Great Zhou Dynasty, becoming Chu Wuhen, Prince Qi's bedchamber maid. Every day, she struggled to stay alive. The original owner was the illegitimate daughter of a mistress. After her family fell into ruin, she was sold to Prince Qi's manor to warm his bed. Su Wanqing was jea 183Reads—Score—Shelves

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12. 162 皇 The Emperor's One and Only Favorite Consort 皇上他独宠贵妃娘娘 Pomelo Sugar柚糖子Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted 1v1, devoted to one another, non-strong female lead: the sweet everyday life of a scheming little consort and her childhood sweetheart, the emperor. She transmigrated, and she was a favored consort from the start? Yun Jingqi was totally fine with that. So what does it take to be the emperor's favorite? Of course, eat well, dress well, drink well, and make sure the emperor treats her well every single day! Yun Jingqi: “Your Majesty, I'm thirsty.” A cup of tea was placed before her. Yun Jingqi: “ 4kReads8.4Score327Shelves
13. 163 帝 The Emperor's Love, the Princess's Fate 帝王宠，娇女命 Zhong Zhizhong钟之中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 5.3kReads8.9Score626Shelves
14. 164 娇 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 Mu Niannian慕年年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 37.1kReads9.2Score4kShelves
15. 165 帝 The Emperor's Favorite: Reborn, I Fight My Way Through the Palace to Become Empress 帝心宠，重生娘娘一路宫斗夺后位 Must-Read必看Ancient Romance891k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue only + Not mutually chaste + Clear-headed heroine who pretends to be weak + Devoted hero] In her previous life, after her flesh had been carved away and her eyes gouged out, one man came for her through a river of blood and overthrew the dynasty to avenge her. Reborn, she did everything she could to get by his side. By then, he had become the supreme emperor, while she was just a low-ranking consort. She pretended to be a little white rabbit to avoid the palace’s bloody intrigue 247Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 166 雾 Mist-Shrouded Indulgence 雾色靡靡 Chen Ruozhou陈若舟Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted Aloof doctor × graceful beauty Rekindled love + a long road to winning her back + a powerful man lowering his head / both leads are each other’s only partners Ni Wu takes her daughter to the hospital, where the attending physician turns out to be her boyfriend from years ago. They’ve been apart for seven years. She changed her name long ago and has slimmed down from being very overweight. He doesn’t recognize her, and has no idea she secretly had his daughter. Her daughter holds her hand. “Mommy 26.3kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves
17. 167 裴 Mr. Pei, Don't Be Afraid. I Only Want Your Money, Not You 裴总别害怕，我只图财不图你的人 Autumn-Knowing Bird知秋鸟Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [A money-loving, alluring schemer x a ruthless, arrogant corporate heir] (The heroine deliberately seduces him at first; later, the hero humbly begs for her love) [Marriage first, love later + both devoted to each other + mutual redemption + everyday parenting + a touch of sweetness] Zhou Fuxuan’s ambitions were sky-high, but her life was as fragile as paper. Still, she refused to believe in fate. So what if she had no parents and came from a lowly background? One day, she would trample underfoo 9.8kReads8.5Score4.8kShelves
18. 168 卿 My Beloved, You Bewitch My Heart 卿卿惑君心 Bei Xingyi北行易Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A bewitching fox-like beauty schemes to make the hero fall deeper at every turn + palace intrigue + transmigrated heroine VS reborn heroine] A Wall Street queen of finance dies in a plane crash and becomes Mu Qingli, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister of Dongli, who died unjustly. She inherits all of the original owner’s memories and bloody grievances: the humiliation of spending her wedding night alone, the despair of being framed for adultery, and the tragic leap from the Star-Gaz 901Reads8.9Score117Shelves
19. 169 穿 Reborn as a Wealthy Family's Wicked Stepmother, I Get Spoiled Rotten 穿成豪门恶毒后妈被宠上天 Little Peach.小小桃.Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Wish-Fulfillment] [A Chaste, Staid Powerhouse × A Stunning Heiress] Jing Yun is fair-skinned, beautiful, and breathtaking. Yet when she wakes up, she finds she’s become the eldest daughter-in-law of a wealthy family, and the stepmother of a seventeen-year-old boy? In the original story, her scumbag father and stepmother join forces to bleed her dry. She despises her husband for his disability, his rigid and gloomy nature, and his cold indifference. She constantly refuses to share a 12kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
20. 170 被 After Four Years of Cold Shoulder, He Begged Me to Take Him Back with Red Eyes 被冷暴力四年，他却红眼求复合 Love Songs Never Lose情歌不败Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted [Forced Love + Two Rebirths at School + Rekindled Romance + The Chase] To marry Long Dao, Lin Xiyu gave up everything and devoted herself to domestic life. But on her birthday, she saw his first love showing off her diamond ring. Only then did she realize he had never forgotten the woman he cherished in his heart. After being murdered, Lin Xiyu was reborn at eighteen. She buried her feelings and avoided him at every turn, waiting only to move out of his home after graduation and never see him ag 241Reads5.5Score—Shelves
21. 171 佛 The Abstinent Buddha's Hard to Win Over, Yet He Calls Me Baby with Red Eyes 佛子禁欲难攀？可他红眼喊我宝宝 Luo Tingxu洛汀序Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted (Mutual seduction | Top-tier push and pull | Wild and sultry | Age gap | Possessive male lead | Explosive sexual tension | Second male lead begs her back and completely loses it) [Pure, alluring, flirtatious little white flower × Abstinent, unhinged Buddha] The night the capital's young master humiliated her in public, she got drunk and forcefully kissed the powerful family head he feared most. Everyone thought Yan Tingnan, the Buddha of the capital's elite circle, was an aloof, untouchable flow 59.1kReads9.3Score9.3kShelves
22. 172 重 Reborn, My Lovesick Ex-Husband Kisses Me Until My Knees Go Weak and My Heart Trembles 重生后，被病娇前夫吻到腰软心颤 Genius Little Jiuri天才小九日Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [1v1 + Both Reborn + Lovesick, Obsessive Male Lead x Sunny, Slightly Insecure Female Lead ‖ Ensemble Slice of Life · Everyone Is Adorable ❤] “Baby, let’s hold hands and cross the bridge together. How about we secretly pour out Granny Meng’s soup?” Lin Yunqing: I was reborn, so why can’t I escape the fate of falling in love with you again?! Gu Lingsong: Whether in my past life or this one, I only want you. She thought they would live happily ever after, but then the rebirth System suddenly iss 134Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 173 炮 I'm Just Cannon Fodder, So Why Are the Leads Fighting Over Me? 炮灰，但主角都为我打起来了？ Nightfall Lanterns华灯初上头Modern Romance592k WordsCompleted [No romance + ensemble cast + Mary Sue] What do you do when you end up in an elementary-school version of a Mary Sue school story?! Lin Xi was a modern-day teacher. After stepping in to help someone, she transmigrated into a Mary Sue school novel. Lin Xi: “All right… what role do I have?” The System replied shyly, “Dear Host, you’re the evil female supporting character.” And not just any evil supporting character: she disappears right after her first appearance. The male lead kicks her overseas, 3kReads9.0Score284Shelves
24. 174 拒 After Refusing to Marry the Village Bully, I Was Forced to Have His Baby 拒嫁八零村霸后，被强迫怀崽了 Little Undersea Whale海底小鲸鱼Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + raising kids + devoted to each other + 1980s] Li Susu was engaged to Jiang Chumin from a young age, but her younger sister, Li Chuchu, was determined to take her place. So Li Chuchu borrowed five hundred yuan from Jiang Huai, the village bully with the worst reputation, and offered Li Susu as collateral. Lying weak and helpless in bed, Li Susu tearfully explains her situation to Jiang Huai. His gaze roams over the beautiful, flawless curve of her bare shoulder a 3.3kReads7.2Score204Shelves
25. 175 娇 The Delicate Mermaid Is a Master Baiter, and the Deranged Men Line Up for Her Embrace 娇软人鱼太会钓，疯批排队要她抱 I Just Want Spicy Food就要吃辣Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [New book next door. If you love cute girls and cool guys, come hang out with me 😍😍] [Four male leads, but the ending is 1v1] [Male rivalry] [Adorable, lovable mermaid who charms everyone] [Alternate world] [The female lead is sweet, but not stupid] [Our girl is the cutest in the whole world, and nobody is allowed to defy her] Yue Ling transmigrates into a harem novel full of male rivalry, as a cannon-fodder supporting female character who is cruelly abused, both body and heart, by the original 3.3kReads8.5Score481Shelves
26. 176 娇 The Alluring Rose Turns Up the Heat, and the Capital’s Heir Abandons Every Boundary 娇玫瑰过分撩，京圈太子底线全抛 Shu Xigui舒溪圭Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted She died a horrible death in her previous life, only to discover that her “elopement” had been a murder plot. When she opened her eyes reborn, Deng Enya vowed to make them pay for their crimes in blood and live life to the fullest. If she had to marry, she would marry the most handsome and richest man. Everyone said the Lu family's heir had married a useless woman with nothing but a pretty face. He had only agreed to please his elders. There was no love involved. Until the workaholic Lu Xici st 309Reads8.1Score—Shelves
27. 177 穿 Transmigrated into a Cool, Pregnant Wife: Here Comes Your Beautiful Soldier King 穿成清冷孕妻，貌美兵王我来啦 Silent Clouds漫云不语Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted (Original title: The Cool, Aloof Pregnant Wife Joins Her Husband in the Army, Causing a Sensation Across the Entire Military Compound) [Military Marriage + Transmigrate Into a Book + Punish Scoundrels + Marriage First, Love Later + Soldier Hero with a Love-Struck Heart] Chu Yan, an AI engineering postdoctoral researcher, is just about to serve her country when she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s. In the original novel, her parents die overnight, and she goes to the countryside while preg 3.4kReads8.5Score434Shelves
28. 178 恶 After the Wicked Woman Was Reborn, the Aloof Buddhist Monk Broke His Vows for Me 恶女重生后，清冷佛子为我破戒 Chacha Takes It Seriously茶茶要认真Modern Romance705k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shen Qingtang was the model "perfect rich wife": She stayed by her comatose husband for three years, cared for her in-laws, and managed the company, only to end up as the "first wife who dies young." Only as she lay dying did she learn the truth: she was merely the villainess in a sugary romance, there to make the true heroine, the "white moonlight," look kind and steadfast. Reborn on the day of the car accident, Shen Qingtang tears up the script: This time, she has only th 9Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 179 失 After Losing My Memory, I Cling to My Abstinent Ex and Beg for Affection 失忆后，在禁欲前任怀里猛撒娇 Hardworking Roasted Sweet Potato努力的烤地瓜Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted The rating has just been posted, and it’ll go up later ^o^ [Reunited after years apart | Old flames rekindled | Reunited at the start | Both leads are faithful] A cool, reserved doctor x A frank and radiant ballet dancer As a doctor, Gao Yuqing knows that his profession allows no margin for error. Rationality, objectivity, and composure have built a high wall around his world. Until a girl appeared, and he found himself becoming irrational, subjective, and anything but composed. Also, whenever h 15.5kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
30. 180 清 In the Qing Court, Kangxi Wants Only Me 清穿之康熙只要我一个 Pour Me a Cup of Tea来盏茶Ancient Romance510k WordsCompleted What’s it like when someone who firmly believes in historical materialism suddenly transmigrates? Jing Su: ...I’d really like to think about it, but my freshly beaten backside won’t let me. To stay alive, Jing Su quickly sets herself some life goals. Goal one: Keep her head down until she can leave the palace at twenty-five! Why it fell through: Staying alive is too hard. She has to climb higher. Goal two: Su Malagu is so impressive. I want to be like her! Why it fell through: I’ve fallen for th 4.9kReads9.2Score383Shelves

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    I really like watching Fourth Master recently, most of them are from the Qing Dynasty (the author has a personal setting)

31. 181 清 The Frail and Sickly Fourth Princess Consort of the Qing Dynasty 清穿四福晋她体弱多病 Happy Raccoon乐狸呀Ancient Romance255k WordsOngoing After working herself to the bone for nothing, Guan Xingyao was diagnosed with terminal cancer at twenty-five and decided to finally give herself a break. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Usiha, a frail, premature baby girl of the Gūwalgiya clan, whose name means Starshine. Her one goal in this new life: survive! After finally making it through a sickly childhood and receiving an exemption from the imperial selection, Usiha planned to live a quiet life. But a royal hunt complete 800Reads8.5Score—Shelves
32. 182 急 Help! The Poor Guy I Bullied and Toyed With Became the Crown Prince 急！我欺凌玩弄过的穷鬼变太子了 Taishi Ying太史婴Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Su Niao was beautiful and spoiled, and her antics finally got her force-fed poisoned wine. Only then did she realize she was a disposable supporting character. Reborn, she opened her eyes and immediately kicked her two-timing fiancé to the curb, then set off to take revenge on the dog emperor who had given her poisoned wine in her previous life! Xie Chenyuan had yet to become emperor. He had lost his memory and ended up living with a poor family: a frail younger brother, little sister, and blind 22.1kReads9.0Score3kShelves
33. 183 福 The Sweet and Beautiful Imperial Concubine: The Abstinent Fourth Prince Dotes on Her 福晋娇又美：禁欲四爷宠上瘾 Wan Bao妧宝Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [One devoted couple + sweet romance] Tong Jia Ning Chuge, the legitimate daughter of Longkodo, was getting married. But on her wedding day, a princess snatched her groom right off the street. The poor girl fell out of her bridal sedan and died on the spot! The woman protested, “I just got here, and a bunch of people are already laughing at me for being a discarded wife. I can’t stand for this!” Just as she was racking her brains for a way to put them in their place, an imperial edict from Empero 23.4kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
34. 184 阿 After My Father Defeated Kangxi, I Married Prince Yong 阿玛打赢康熙后，我嫁给了雍亲王 Meng Yutang孟毓唐Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The main story is complete, so read without worry] [Adorably ditzy beauty Ma Qi's legitimate daughter Fucha Yixin + composed, dignified, secretly calculating Prince Yong Yinzhen] (Clingy, sunny, instinctively drawn to each other) [Both leads are each other's first + devoted love + older man + guiding lover] (Heads-up: This isn't historically accurate. I'm just serving up the sort of story I like. The author is sensitive, so please let me know if you're dropping the book.) [Heads-up: There are t 44.6kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
35. 185 帝 The Emperor Has No Heart, Yet His Cool and Elegant Noble Consort Has Her Ways 帝本无心，怎奈清冷贵妃手段高 My Cat Is Called Huabei我的猫叫花呗Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cool, seductive fox beauty vs. a carefree, womanizing emperor] [The heroine is the true daughter, driven by revenge and ambition: a scheming beauty, sweet on the outside but ruthless within, and far from virtuous. This is an unconventional palace-intrigue story focused on winning hearts. The hero is not chaste. Later, he desperately tries to win her back. The overall tone is sweet, and the romance becomes one-on-one in the latter half.] Until the age of five, Changyu Jiao was the legitimate da 11kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

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36. 186 夫 After His Wife Divorces Him, the Warlord Goes Gray Overnight 夫人离婚后，军阀大佬一夜白头 Chu Diandian初点点Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, “Qi Mi,” is available by searching on Tomato. Ning Zhen is forced to marry the warlord Sheng Changyu. Sheng Changyu has a beloved first love, as well as two concubines, and the Sheng household is rife with danger. Ning Zhen is a young heiress who has returned from studying abroad. She can’t adapt to the infighting in the household, and everyone is waiting to see her make a fool of herself. Less than three years later, just as everyone predicted, Ning Zhen wants 85.6kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves
37. 187 白 White Feathers Stained with Rouge 白羽染胭脂 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Ancient Romance236k WordsCompleted The tangled love between Chen Jun, the young son of a great general, and his young book attendant, Bai Yu. In a time of chaos, heroes vie for supremacy. The victor becomes king, and the players come and go in turn. A yellow hound at his side, a falcon on his arm, a thousand horsemen sweeping across the hills. At last he claims the throne. Looking back, he speaks of the desolation left behind, still remembering that year in the little courtyard: lazily waving a white-feather fan, bare-chested amo 319Reads8.8Score106Shelves
38. 188 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂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 153.3kReads9.7Score61.3kShelves
39. 189 花 When the Flowers Fall, the Leaves Follow the Heart 花落离心叶相随 Xiaoxiao Fishing Song潇潇渔歌Ancient Romance359k WordsCompleted This story is very angsty and frustrating. The male lead is trash, the female lead is weak, and the plot is realistic, gloomy, and bland. Be aware that the male lead is the male lead only because he has more scenes and is more entangled with the female lead. It doesn’t mean the author likes him or that the female lead loves him all that much. The setting is fictional, drawing mostly on the Ming dynasty, with traces of the Song and Qing dynasties mixed in. It’s a hodgepodge. This is an ancient-er 3.4kReads9.2Score289Shelves
40. 190 燕 When the Swallows Return 燕子迴时 Meng Ri Wan梦日万Ancient Romance798k WordsCompleted The eldest Yan daughter left home at the age of two to live under her grandparents’ care. Fourteen years later, she returned to the capital. People in the capital imagined Miss Yan as country-bumpkinish, vulgar, and small-minded, someone who couldn’t hold her own in polite society. In truth, Miss Yan spoke softly but acted decisively. She would set the Yan household, where all the rules had been turned upside down, back in order. She would spare neither the old nor the young, not even the dead. 29.3kReads8.9Score4.3kShelves
41. 191 殿 Why Are You Like This, Your Highness? This Official Is in a Difficult Position 殿下为何这样，下官很为难 Tower King塔里天王Ancient Romance322k WordsCompleted [Woman disguised as a man + power plays + pure historical romance + devoted to each other + no transmigration] [Male lead forces a marriage and takes what he wants + clear-headed, rebellious female lead] A prank in their youth, and one glance over her shoulder, fixed her in his memory. Eight years passed in a flash. The ambitious commander-in-chief of the Qingrong Bureau keeps watch over the officials of the capital and decides life and death with ease. Though decorated for his military achievem 697Reads8.4Score100Shelves
42. 192 替 After Becoming the Substitute Bride of a Comatose Prince, the Imperial Physician Wife Slays Left and Right 替嫁植物人王爷后，医妃嘎嘎乱杀 Pillow Star Fish枕星鱼Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [One devoted couple + special space + satisfying read + strong heroine + sweet romance + crushing the scumbags] Ji Yuntang, a military doctor and PhD from the 24th century, transmigrates as the true daughter of a marquis’s household. From the start, her whole family forces her to marry in place of the fake heiress. Even worse, the man she’s to marry is a comatose prince, completely paralyzed except for the ability to move his head. No problem! With silver needles and a surgical knife in her left 22.6kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves

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    Good-looking, good-looking, good-looking

43. 193 穿 I Reincarnated as a Farm Girl and Somehow Became the Prime Minister's Wife 穿成农女后，我竟成了丞相夫人 I Am Jinjin我是金金Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Farming + Food + Devoted Husband + Adorable Kids] Chen Yiyao transmigrates, with both parents dead, a few thatched huts, and two younger siblings to care for. Luckily, she has her cooking skills, and with those, she can have anything she wants. Soon, life is flourishing. Only... Why does she also have a fiancé she was betrothed to as a child? Her fiancé is not only breathtakingly beautiful but also talented and well-read. He is the man every young woman in the surrounding villa 2.3kReads8.9Score245Shelves
44. 194 织 Weaving Whales 织鲸 Mimi Douman米米兜满Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Print edition signed [Reborn on campus * the second male lead gets the girl * wants to win his wife back but can't find the crematorium] [Clear-eyed, aloof heroine * sweet-on-the-inside hero pretending to be cool] The most rebellious and courageous thing Jiang Mingzhi ever did was marry Pei Jinyang, the son of Uncle Pei. In her pursuit of true love, she was shunned by everyone and despised. After marrying Pei Jinyang, she thought she was the heroine of a sweet romance. She never expected that af 24.2kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
45. 195 如 After the Imperial Noble Consort’s Fortune Returned in Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace 如懿传之皇贵妃气运回归后 Xiaoyao Mo逍遥漠Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Wei Yingwan and Ling Yunche shipper analysis] [Both reborn] [Face-slapping and punishing scumbags] After being reborn, Wei Yanwan felt as if all the nonsense in her head had finally been cleared out. She was going to climb the ranks all over again. Consort, Noble Consort, Imperial Noble Consort, Empress! Empress Dowager! She was terrifyingly powerful now! But after spending ten years locked in a dark room, drinking mushroom soup, who wouldn’t go crazy? Wanwan had just gotten good at hiding it. 4.8kReads8.9Score562Shelves
46. 196 快 Quick Transmigration, Little Si! No, I’m Here to Send Scum to Hell 快穿小四！不，我来送渣上西天 Matcha Eating Daifuku吃大福的抹茶Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone is a villain + don't read too much into all the details] [Protagonist's halo + a touch of universal admiration + both leads have past relationships + the male lead is on the older side] In this world, there is always a group of women who use the pretense of "true love above all" to brazenly destroy other people's relationships and families, forcing their way into their homes and taking their places. They may find their own happiness, but the resentment of the rightful partners has alre 5.1kReads8.9Score254Shelves
47. 197 嬿 Yanwan and Jinzong Reborn: The Female Emperor Takes the Throne 嬿婉进忠双重生之女帝临朝 Buddha Altar Snow佛台雪Female-Channel Fanfiction730k WordsCompleted [Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace fan fiction + face-slapping revenge + sweet romance between Ying and Zhong + happy ending + equally matched leads] The imperial harem is only so big. What difference does it make who wins in the end? Wanwan will just get ready and become empress herself! As for Jinzong, you've been unwaveringly loyal to me all these years and rendered great service. I'll make you the Ninth Thousand-Year Lord~ Being redeemed is a villain's greatest d 1.2kReads9.1Score202Shelves
48. 198 宫 A Rhapsody of Palace Flowers 宫花赋 Six-Eared Yuanyuan六耳圆圆Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted [A no-nonsense, trope-defying palace-intrigue drama + no love for the emperor + ensemble of women] Everyone has their own ambitions. I have no interest in fighting other women over a man. She was little Qing Luo, a girl who valued her life above all else. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she had wandered through hardship until she entered the Forbidden City, where she met the beautiful, gracious Yue Ren and the clever, perceptive Lü Zhu. At last, her wandering heart found a home. The three s 31.6kReads9.6Score4.1kShelves

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    The Gongdou novel is here [Sending Hearts]

49. 199 后 The Harem: Empresses in the Palace 后宫·甄嬛传 Liu Lianzi流潋紫Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Exclusive Consort Hua bonus chapter now available!] The original novel of the TV series Empresses in the Palace She enters the palace and wins the emperor’s favor, but every step is fraught with danger. The palace is deep as an ocean, and though Zhen Huan has no wish to enter and become the emperor’s consort, fate pushes her into the cruelest of harems. The women in the palace are as radiant as flowers, with lovely brows and eyes, yet every one of them conceals her own schemes and plots agains 14kReads8.8Score2kShelves
50. 200 谢 Empress of the Xie Family 谢家皇后 Song of the Yue People越人歌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted In her first year in the palace, she is a Talented Lady. In her fifth, she is a Jieyu. In her tenth, she wants to become empress. As empress, she can hold on to everything she treasures and keep it from being taken away. She can protect herself and her child, and she can... stay by his side. This is a road with only one direction: take a single step back, and all will be lost. The bright yellow ceremonial parasol moves forward, and the emperor's procession slowly enters the city gate. A yellow p 10.8kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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