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After the Mad Emperor Took a Liking to Me, I Couldn’t Escape 被疯批帝王看上后，我逃不掉了
Age gap + forced love + exclusive devotion + unhinged + happy ending As the Crown Prince's study companion, Su Jingyu thinks only of serving him, hoping to secure a good post for himself once the Crown Prince ascends the throne. But before that happens, he inexplicably catches the emperor's eye. Su Jingyu doesn't want to become the emperor's plaything, but how can a lowly study companion resist the Son of Heaven? One ordinary night, Su Jingyu wakes to find himself lying helpless on the imperial
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The Handsome Hostage Prince 蓝颜质子
The Blue-Eyed Young Hostage
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After Faking My Death, the Mad Prince Slaughtered All of Nanling to Claim My Life 《假死之后，疯王爷屠了整个南陵来追我的命》
After Faking My Death, the Mad Prince Slaughtered All of Nanling to Track Me Down
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After His Substitute Endured Endless Torment, the Regent Went Mad 替身受尽折磨后，摄政王疯了
After the Substitute Suffered Endless Torment, the Regent Prince Went Mad
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The Lazy Fish Becomes a Caged Bird 咸鱼成囚鸟
Xiao Linyu was an ordinary office worker who wanted nothing more than to lie flat and live like a lazy fish. He died unexpectedly on his way home, and his soul transmigrated to ancient times, where he became the young master of the Prime Minister’s household. No overtime, no work, no dealing with bosses: he thought he could start living a lazy, carefree life. But his peaceful days didn’t last long. Someone targeted him, kidnapped him, and imprisoned him in a residence…
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This Is a Forced-Love Story 这是一篇强制爱文
[The rating just came out, so it'll gradually rise] The appeal of forced-love stories lies in seeing those who hold high status in society bow down to those beneath them. Even the most powerful person becomes lowly when they fall in love. The cold, composed Emperor Zhu Zaiji never imagined that one day he would bow down and submit to a little eunuch.
16.8kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
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The Little Noble Lord 小贵君
Song Zhao was an illegitimate son, unfit for respectable society. His father was Song Qingya, the powerful chancellor of the court, while his birth mother was a courtesan from the pleasure quarter. After the Song family acknowledged him, Song Zhao’s breathtaking beauty prompted Song Qingya to send him to the palace to attend the emperor. At his first audience with the emperor, Song Zhao was terrified and uneasy. But the emperor’s majesty was tempered with gentleness, and by Xuan Qi’s side, Song
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Captive Bliss: Forced to Become Empress 囚欢：强制为后
[Two male leads + one-on-one + equally matched power couple + both pure + forced love] After the powerful minister was brought down, Zhou Zeti went from a refined young nobleman to a prisoner overnight, then was sent into the palace as a substitute bride. Burdened by a deep blood feud, he fought desperately to escape, but the new emperor pursued him relentlessly, consumed by obsession. One wanted to break free of his chains; the other wanted to possess him by force. An unusual affection quietly
1.1kReads—Score101Shelves
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The Young Master Has Caught the Mad Emperor's Eye 小少爷被疯批帝王盯上了
Both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending, possessive love + imprisonment + escape (The rating just came out, so it's a little low. It'll rise later.) Note: All the main and supporting characters above are adults. A carefree young master from a general's household x a deranged emperor The top is an absolute madman who loves cuddling up to his beloved. He spends the first half of his life searching for him, and the second half doing everything he can to get his attention. (Warning:
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Run Again, and I'll Break Your Legs 再跑，朕打断你的腿
[Two Male Leads!!! Exotic, Frail Beauty x Dominant, Possessive Emperor] Li Yan is a treasure Chu Dijin discovered on the grasslands. But before he can make a move, someone has already sent Li Yan to him, so he naturally takes him back to the imperial palace. But he never expected this little thing would dare to run away. And not only that, he dares to seduce the brother Chu Dijin grew up with. A disobedient little thing like this deserves to be punished!
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The Hard Life of a Male Empress: After His Majesty Forced Me to Become Empress 男后难为：被陛下强制做皇后后
The main story is complete! Two male leads / powerful x powerful / forced relationship A devoted emperor: Even if thousands stand in my way, even if I defy heaven, even if I am torn to pieces, I will spend this life with you. Cool-headed, loyal, exceptionally skilled, and capable of anything. Chu Chen, the most beautiful shadow guard in the capital, x Helian Xi, a powerful, devoted, scheming, possessive, all-capable, handsome emperor, gong Chu Chen had been Crown Prince Helian Xi's personal shad
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The Emperor’s Forced Love: His Shadow Guard Can’t Escape 帝王强制爱，暗卫无法逃
[Unhinged, possessive emperor gong × innocent, straight male guard shou. Dual male leads, forced love, imprisonment, faked death, and intense chemistry. The emperor's burning possessiveness clashes with the guard's struggle between duty and desire.] Four years into his reign, Xiao Zhi still thought of the young secret guard who had taken an arrow for him three years ago. During a mission on a rainy night, Secret Guard Seventeen (Shen Mu) was ambushed and poisoned. His mask accidentally fell away
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The Cool, Straight-Laced Man Is Forced into Love by a Mad Emperor 清冷直男，被疯批皇帝强制爱了
[Two male leads + coercive romance + fake-death fiction] Spring, Year Thirteen of the Jinghe Era Dusk settled in. The trees and grass stood bleak, and the wind howled like a mournful cry. On an otherwise peaceful, even uneventful afternoon, the emperor had only just awoken when he received news that Chen Yuzhen had fallen into the great river. The Yishui flowed broad and fast. He had died so suddenly, so quickly, and so lightly. He had left not even a whole corpse behind. The emperor was still s
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After the Foolish Emperor Turned Evil, the Prince Was Forced into Love 痴傻皇帝黑化后，王爷被强制爱了
[Two male leads # equally matched powerhouses # physical and emotional angst # love and hate # imprisonment # groveling redemption # mutually unhinged] A gloomy, unhinged emperor top × a cunning, patient prince bottom He was once a regent who held power over the entire court, feared and respected for his iron fist. Later, he became the new emperor’s hidden captive, kept on his bed and out of sight. His legs were broken and he was shackled. The regent who once looked down upon the world became
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Locking Tang in as Empress 锁棠为后
On the third day after Yan fell, Princess Lu Tang knelt before her father's spirit tablet in mourning clothes, weeping until she could barely stand. Footsteps sounded behind her. It was the boy who had once been held hostage in Yan for three years, now the Emperor of Qin, Shen Mo. He crouched down and brushed her cheek with his fingertips. “Five years ago, when you were fourteen, I watched you dance. I've never forgotten it.” He took her by the wrist and pulled her away from the spirit tablet
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After Three Years Away, the Wolf Cubs Went Dark and All Started Defying Their Betters 离开三年，狼崽黑化个个以下犯上
[Transmigrating through small worlds + System + two male leads, mutually devoted + younger partner, partially raised by the older one + reunion after a long separation + intense push and pull + fictional setting + strong lead early on, sweet romance later + a little angst] Shen Nian thought that once he’d raised a few little brats, he could make his escape. But after taking a three-year break, the System came calling with a death sentence: All the kids he’d raised had turned evil, and the small
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Shocking! My Best Friend's Uncle Is Obsessed With Me 震惊！好友小叔对我疯狂觊觎
[Two male leads + unrequited love becomes requited + older love interest, both chaste + long-planned romance + marriage before love + sweet domestic life] Shen Qingchuan was handed over to Boss Li by a heartless family of three. Just as something terrible was about to happen to him, Gu Xingye arrived in time. After one night, Shen + Little White Rabbit + Qingchuan agreed to marry Gu + Big Bad Wolf + Xingye and even went home with him. Gu Xingye never expected that one day he’d get to hold She
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Aren't You the Enemy Emperor? How Did You Become My Dog? 不是敌国陛下？怎么成了朕的狗？
[Two male leads + love at first sight + forced love + both each other's first and only + happy ending] Also known as: After Being Used and Abused, I Ran Away with the Enemy Emperor's Baby // After being injured in an accident and falling unconscious, Chu Junci, emperor of the Yong Kingdom, was found by the emperor of an enemy state. The good news: The enemy emperor didn't know his true identity and fell in love with him at first sight. The bad news: He had lost his sight and his memory. With bot
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The Eunuch Keeps Getting Bullied by the Emperor 奸宦又被皇上欺负了
[A loyal guard who’s sensitive to pain and takes the receiving role] [“I don’t love you, but you have to love me” cold-blooded emperor who takes the giving role] Mention Chief Eunuch Ruan, and every minister in the Great Chu imperial capital falls silent, afraid that one wrong word might reach the treacherous eunuch’s ears and earn them a fate of being flayed and having their bones scraped clean. Yet the arrogant, doomed eunuch everyone despises outside the palace takes on a different air once
955Reads6.9Score102Shelves
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Torrid Days 潮热纪事
[Two male leads, transmigration, forced love, both chaste, turning a straight man gay] Modern-day slacker Zhou Heng transmigrates into the body of an unregistered civilian in a war-torn era and is sent to the frontier as a conscript. He also unlocks a mission: help Xiao Jue become emperor, or be erased. At first, Xiao Jue sees Zhou Heng as a pawn with a little cleverness, useful only until he has served his purpose. Until one night, he comes upon someone cornering Zhou Heng in a dark place, his
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The Royal Husband Sent as a Hostage: Imprisoned, He Keeps Getting Cornered on the Emperor's Bed 和亲男后：囚禁后总被皇帝堵床上
[Two Male Leads: Dominant Emperor Top and Consort Prince Bottom. Older, Fatherly Top, Ten-Year Age Gap. Love at First Sight, Unscrupulous Tactics, Taking by Force, Intense Push and Pull, Imprisonment, Forced Love in a Dark Room.] Chu Zhao was Great He's most beautiful man and its greatest general. He had gone to battle ten times and crushed the grassland enemies each time. But on his eleventh campaign, Chu Zhao was defeated by the grassland king, Huyan Lie, and driven to the city gates. Below th
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After She Married, the Mad Emperor Seized Her by Force 嫁人后，被疯批皇帝强取豪夺了
[Coercive Possession + Later Revenge on the Scoundrels + Obsessive, Unhinged Hero + Groveling Chase + No Reconciliation + Second Male Lead Wins] Chu Huaiyu personally offered Lu Zhaoxue to the Crown Prince, using her as bait to frame Chu Siheng. After ascending the throne, Chu Huaiyu imprisoned Lu Zhaoxue deep in the palace, using his favor as a pair of shackles. Night after night, they were entangled in the palace. Biting her earlobe, Chu Huaiyu whispered, “Zhaoxue, do you hate me? Hate me if y
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The Emperor’s Punishment 天子御刑
[Two male leads] [No female lead] [Crazed top] [Long-suffering bottom] [Coercive love] [Couple: Emperor x Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] [Original title: The Emperor’s Punishment] When his name was announced among the successful candidates, he thought the darkness of his past was finally behind him. But at the end of his long journey through the imperial examinations, someone had already laid a trap for him. At Ganquan Palace, he saw again the man who had humiliated him at Qinglu Acad
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Oh No! The Emperor Has Claimed the Top Scholar for Himself 糟了！状元郎被皇上强取豪夺了
[Two Male Leads] [Both Powerful] [Mutual Firsts] [Forced Love] [Some Angst Early On, Sweet Romance Later] [Regretful Chase] [Court Politics] [Bottom-Turns-Top] [Switch] [Multiple Couples] [Happy Ending] [Dual POV] An Jinxian was the newly appointed top scholar of the Great Yan Dynasty. When the emperor summoned him to the Palace of Heavenly Purity for a private audience, he thought the emperor wanted to give him an important position. He never expected the emperor simply lusted after his body. H
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Oh No, the Emperor Has Gone Mad Again After I Transmigrated! 不好，身穿后皇帝他又犯疯病啦！
What should you do when your wife won't get out of bed? [Both virgins, first loves, happy ending, romance and plot both get equal attention (the plot focuses on palace harem rivalries), destined to be together and mutually devoted, transmigration] [Smiling, unhinged emperor who is a cunning fox × principled recipient who doesn't want to work] Modern office worker Chi Ningxue fell asleep at his desk. When he woke up, he discovered he'd been mistaken for the Yuanjun (Empress) of the fictional Yan
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Starting with a Jade Thumb Ring: I Make Her a Princess, and She Becomes a Demon Empress 玉扳指开局：我封郡主她成妖后
Two leading actresses from an acting school refused a director’s advances, so he set a fire to kill them. As they lay near death in the blaze, a rare alignment of seven stars streaked across the night sky, and the ancient jade thumb ring borrowed by the film crew suddenly burst into a dazzling white light! When they opened their eyes again, the two best friends had been transported to the past. One landed on an ancient battlefield dressed in men’s clothes for a martial arts role. She saved the y
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You Can't Bring Back a Runaway Bride 落跑娘子追不回
I make my own fate, not heaven. She is no innocent little flower, no frail girl everyone can bully and trample on. If someone takes a swing at her or sets her up, she'll pay them back twice over. Su Wan, a merchant's daughter full of schemes, defies fate, plots her escape, and seeks refuge with one of the capital's most powerful families. Using their influence, she secures a good marriage prospect and gives her whole heart to her fiancé's family. But things don't go as planned. A spiteful woman
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Reborn From the Ashes, I’ve Returned to Settle Every Score 涅槃重生归来有仇报仇有怨报怨
“Reborn after returning from Nirvana, she settles every score and repays every grievance. A bond from a past life becomes a fate in this one.” Eight hundred years ago, she and he vowed to be husband and wife in their next life, promising to love each other for all eternity. Centuries passed, the world changed, and the past faded like smoke. Eight hundred years later, she was reborn, but fate had other plans. It was as if she'd been born into the wrong family. Her father showed her no affection,
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The Little Emperor Imprisoned by the Left and Right Chancellors 被左相右相囚禁的小皇帝
After the Beijing Rebellion, the imperial family of the Yu Dynasty was handed over to the Northern Barbarians, who subjected them to every kind of humiliation. The only survivor was a ten-year-old prince. The capital was moved to Nanjing, and the boy ascended the throne at ten, with the two chief ministers doing their utmost to support him. But the young emperor was unable to have children. Little by little, he fell into another abyss. He said he loved him deeply, yet their struggle was a fight
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The Assassin Huajin and the Deranged Crown Prince 杀手花烬和疯批太子殿下
[Two male leads + twins + coercive love + madmen] The flames burned through the long night; snow fell to bury the great river. The crown prince disguised himself as Xiao Xuehe and forced himself on Hua Jin. If Hua Jin still couldn't tell the two of them apart, had he ever wondered whether the boy he'd met in the snow as a child might have been him? Had he gotten used to giving his younger brother's name whenever he went out? After all, who would be foolish enough to give his real name? Could it
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After Forcing Her to Be His, the Mad Emperor Became a Substitute 强取豪夺后，疯批帝王成了替身
[Yandere] + [Steals His Wife] + [Substitute] + [Coercion] + [Love Gu] + [Memory Alteration] + [Abuse of Power] A paranoid, self-effacing substitute emperor × a pure-hearted, resilient, clear-eyed noblewoman × her gentle, patient, deeply devoted adoptive brother, a physician Male lead has no sexual experience | Female lead does not In her first life, Shen Shu loved him deeply. He treated her as a pawn, and she died taking an arrow meant for him. In the end, he followed her in death. Reborn, Xia
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