Historical Romance + Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue 古言+宫斗+宅斗

1. 351 明 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 82.6kReads9.3Score10.5k14d adds
2. 352 王 The Princess Consort Digs the Pits, the Prince Buries the Dirt: A Cure for Scumbags and Fools 王妃挖坑爷埋土，专治渣渣二百五 Above the Clouds扶摇之上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lu Fuyao burst into tears. She had transmigrated! Other people transmigrated into stunning beauties and got a golden finger. What about her? She was the useless legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's household, poisoned by her stepmother, abandoned by the prince on her wedding night and left alone in the bridal chamber, and turned into a laughingstock throughout the Sheng Dynasty. The most infuriating part? A pregnant woman with a huge belly was forcing her to become a mother overnight! Dam 5.3kReads9.2Score79914d adds
3. 353 寿 Three Months Left to Live, Hurry and Take the Kids to Find Their Father 寿命还剩三月，火速带娃去找亲爹 Ye Yiyi叶亿亿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + feel-good revenge + adorable kids] The real daughter, mistakenly switched at birth with the Duke's Estate's child, has returned with twins, a boy and a girl. The powerful Prince Han declares that he'll acknowledge the children, but wants nothing to do with their mother. The scheming green-tea women and fake innocent white lotuses laugh themselves silly, but soon they have nothing to laugh about. Jiang Yunxi heals the sick and saves lives, and can read fortunes wi 13kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
4. 354 侯 The Marquess's Wife Wants to Die of Old Age in Peace 侯府主母要寿终正寝 Winter Melon Eats Pears冬瓜吃梨Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted A history major pulls an all-nighter and dies suddenly, only to become Chen Yuhu, the matriarch of an ancient household, with no golden finger whatsoever. But you have to learn to be content. As a modern, clear-eyed college student, Chen Yuhu wants to tell the original matriarch: don't be such a lovesick fool. Treasure your life of immense wealth and status. She certainly does. She sends her biased mother-in-law away to cultivate in seclusion, keeps the obedient and pretty concubine around to pl 34.8kReads9.2Score3.3k14d adds
5. 355 伯 The Earl’s Household Turns Its Fortune Around 伯府翻身记事 Cai Yun采云Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted Lin Yunzhu lands in a novel written for male readers as the second-born illegitimate daughter of the villainous Yongning Earl’s household. Her legitimate elder sister is a snobbish woman who broke off her engagement when the male lead was down on his luck. The original character is a scheming woman who seduces the female lead’s fiancé. Her younger half-sister is a little white lotus. Her eldest brother is bad at business, and the family is so poor they’re about to run out of food. Her second bro 30.7kReads9.2Score4k14d adds

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   I think it's alright.

6. 356 妹 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 Zhi Zhi之知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 51.1kReads9.1Score7k14d adds
7. 357 外 The Outer Wife 外室之妻 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Gu Zheng was at her wit’s end with the way her stepmother kept causing trouble. Even though the man looked down on her, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and marry him. She thought she was destined to be a supporting female character in this world, so she lived by the rules and knew her place. Then, in the blink of an eye, her husband turned out to be the Duke’s illegitimate son! He was about to be acknowledged by the family and become the young duke, but the ducal household looked down on 1.1kReads9.0Score36114d adds
8. 358 皇 Has the Noble Consort Left Qirong Palace Today? 皇贵妃今天出栖容宫了吗？ Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [☆No transmigration, no rebirth, and no pristine couples] [☆The romance develops gradually] Everyone in the palace knew that the person they must never offend was neither the pampered and fiery Noble Consort Hui nor the peerlessly beautiful Consort Cen, but Noble Consort Zhe of Qirong Palace, Lady Fucha. A consort's guide to survival: If you want to get ahead, never provoke the lady of Qirong Palace. She was the emperor's first woman, his companion and confidante since their youth; the mother 15.3kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds

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   These are some of the books I found quite enjoyable.

9. 359 为 The Professional Ethics of a Concubine 为妾的职业操守 Lin Wanzi林丸子Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete] Ye Qingzhi, an overworked office drone, transmigrates into the body of a concubine in the Jiangyang Marquis’s household. Since she’s here, she might as well go crazy. Being a concubine is just changing workplaces. She doesn’t need to get emotionally involved. She can simply treat herself like a tool. Ye Qingzhi’s career goal: convince both the marquis and the principal wife to take responsibility for her and protect her. Ye Qingzhi’s workplace motto: Life is short. We’re al 31.5kReads9.4Score3.7k14d adds
10. 360 互 Let's Make Each Other Jealous! You Fawn Over Your Dream Girl, I'll Flirt With the Disabled Prince Next Door 互绿！你舔白月光，我撩隔壁残王 Zhong Xiaosen钟小森Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [The second male lead's redemption through pursuing his wife + devoted husband male lead finds salvation + strong female lead + transmigration + mistaken bride + medical princess + space + outspoken characters + no misunderstandings + no mistresses + lighthearted comedy] Murong Zhuque, a doctor in a special-ops team, dies on a mission and transmigrates to an alternate ancient world as a sacrificial bride. On her wedding day, she's supposed to bow to a rooster. And after the wedding, h 12.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    These two books have a lot of laughs.

11. 361 重 With My Reborn Son's High-Stakes Schemes, Becoming Empress Dowager Is No Dream 重生儿子手段高，晋升太后不是梦 Chiyo千代Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional Imperial Harem Drama + No Romance + Giving Birth and Raising Kids + My Son Must Be Crown Prince + Ambitious + Clear-Eyed] Content warning: The romance isn’t mutually exclusive, she doesn’t love the male lead, and there are painful, heartbreaking parts. The male lead is a scumbag emperor. Song Yuyan was hooked on a palace-harem management game. She never expected to open her eyes and find she had transmigrated to ancient times. After keeping a low profile for three years, she entered t 3.6kReads9.3Score41814d adds
12. 362 暗 I've Had a Secret Crush for Two Lifetimes, but Now I'm Running Away 暗恋两世，我跑路了 Hei Fei Fei黑非非Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted Inside the room was a woman who had been drugged. I clutched his sleeve tightly. “Please, don’t go in. Will you?” Regent Shen Jibai paused with his hand on the door and lowered his gaze to look at me. The wooden door creaked, then slowly closed again. I smiled silently as tears streamed down my face. Three years had passed. I’d been reborn, so why was my life still such a joke? 743Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This one is alright.

13. 363 穿 Transmigrating to a Chaotic Era: The Princess Disguises Herself as a Man to Enlist and Earn Her Keep 穿乱世：公主女扮男装当兵赚口粮 When Our Values Clash, Silence Is Best三观不合少言为贵Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration from the apocalypse + dual lightning and space abilities + stockpiling supplies + living to eat + god-tier combat skills + chaotic times] Jiang Li struggled to survive for five years in the apocalypse. During the final zombie siege, she was torn apart by zombies while protecting her comrades. She transmigrates and is reborn in the body of a princess sent away for a political marriage. Before she can celebrate being in a world without zombies, she finds herself facing a time of ch 6.7kReads9.0Score90214d adds
14. 364 侯 The Marquis’s Mother Is Fiercer Than a Tiger, and She Leads Her Three Daughters-in-Law to Success 侯门婆母猛如虎，带飞三个儿媳 Hua Xiaobao花小宝Ancient Romance313k WordsCompleted Jiang Wanning transmigrates into a book. She becomes the scumbag male lead’s mother, a wicked marquise’s wife who helps a scheming white lotus bully the heroine. Remembering how frustrating it was to read the story and be unable to slap some sense into its characters, Jiang Wanning rolls up her sleeves and gives her eldest son, who wants to marry the white lotus as his second wife, a slap. “Smack!” Her eldest son stares at her in shock. “Mother, you hit me?” Jiang Wanning: “You favor your concub 5.2kReads8.6Score69014d adds
15. 365 家 Homegrown Flowers Can't Match Wild Ones: The Irresistible Duke Keeps Flirting 家花哪有野花香，尤物国舅撩不停 Deer in the Deep Forest深林的鹿Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted Two years into her marriage, Liu Fuying was still a virgin. Her husband had even suggested that she go keep a handsome young lover, with only one condition: she couldn't make their affair public. He had someone else in his heart, so why should Liu Fuying keep herself chaste for him? One day, after a rainstorm, Liu Fuying fell off a cliff and met Pei Zhou Wu, a handsome nobleman who had been imprisoned on Mount Xiang for treason. He was so good-looking! The moment Liu Fuying saw him, she underst 12.4kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    It's not traditional, it's quite novel.

16. 366 太 After the Crown Prince Ascends the Throne, He Seizes His Cannon-Fodder Cousin 太子登基后，炮灰表妹被强夺了 Mountain Cat山也猫Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted Signed for publication [Forced marriage + cold, aloof crown prince with a dark heart and ruthless methods + clear-headed, laid-back, beautiful cousin + a touch of reverse-harem appeal + tangled love triangle + doting romance] Gu Sui'an, an agricultural research scientist, was reborn in the womb and turned into the male lead's cannon-fodder cousin in the political intrigue novel Marrying the Emperor. In this dangerous ancient world where she had no rights, all she wanted was to coast through li 68.2kReads8.5Score5.3k14d adds
17. 367 借 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 Silver Terrace and Golden Palace银台金阙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 21.5kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
18. 368 娇 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Sweet Beauty Becomes the Male Lead's Cherished Love 娇软美人穿书后，成了男主心尖宠 Fragrant Little Tree花香小树Ancient Romance345k WordsCompleted [Not a Strong Female Lead! Devoted Couple + Light, Sweet Romance] [Delicate, sickly beauty x fatherly general] After transmigrating into a book, Song Zhaotang finds herself as the cannon-fodder ex-wife in a male-lead-centered novel. She is destined to die miserably not long after divorcing him, and she panics. Especially since her original self was born without a wealthy fate but had all the ailments of the rich: she fell ill easily, and every bout left her miserable. To stay alive and enjoy a g 3.9kReads7.6Score32714d adds
19. 369 穿 Book Transmigration: The Wife of the Eunuch Impostor Pair 穿书：真假宦官对照组的妻 Silent Cat不语猫Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted Liu Qingyi transmigrates into a book and faces the prospect of marrying a notorious eunuch. She says: “Handsome and talented.” “Powerful and influential.” “A man like that is one in a million, truly hard to find.” Who would want to marry him? Would you? I, Liu Qingyi, would gladly do it! On a stormy, restless night, an old dream. A single sentence, and only that sentence, came through the sound of the rain, clear as day, into the carriage carrying Liu Qingyi and the others. “Hahaha... Our master 1.2kReads8.4Score10914d adds
20. 370 群 Our Whole Class Transmigrated, and Every Day Is a Battlefield of Love 群穿后，我们班天天修罗场 TheraAncient Romance410k WordsOngoing The students in Class Two, Accounting, transmigrate together. On the way home from a class outing, their bus rolls over, transporting the entire class into the hottest political-strategy period novel of the moment. The System tells them that time and space are in disarray. They must follow the plot and complete their missions if they want to go home. General's daughter: So what can we even do with our major? Enemy crown prince: Take him down! The strongest secret guard: How about a rebellion? Ne 3.1kReads9.4Score33914d adds
21. 371 侯 The Orphaned Daughter's Path to Glory 侯府孤女的荣华路 Yang Chenxue扬尘雪Ancient Romance596k WordsCompleted [Age-gap warning: the heroine is sexually inexperienced, the hero is not; after meeting her, he is devoted to her alone] Gu Jin is the orphaned daughter of the late Marquis Yongding. She lost both parents at a young age and, unloved by her grandmother, grew up struggling to get by in the marquis's household. She had hoped for a peaceful life and a safe marriage, but someone schemed against her, and she ended up in the hands of the emperor, a man who stood above all others... Fortunately, the emp 4.8kReads8.9Score50314d adds
22. 372 侯 The Marquis's Estate Honors Class 侯府重点班 Passion Fruit百香果果Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Marquis’s Elite Class is now available [adorable children + parenting + doting in-laws + lighthearted + healing] Xu Wan becomes a widow the moment she marries into the family. All she wants is to keep her head down and enjoy the freedom of being a marquis’s wife. But on the very day she arrives, her stepson, a notorious little menace throughout the capital, gives her two nasty surprises in a row. Xu Wan grabs a knife and charges out, making a name for herself across the 58.7kReads9.6Score8.3k14d adds
23. 373 一 The Poisonous Consort 一品毒妃 Mo Qianchang墨千裳Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Su Ziyu is a poison-medicine doctoral expert from the twenty-second century, undefeated in the art of poison and unmatched among poison doctors. But fate had other plans. In an instant, she transmigrated thousands of years into the past, to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, becoming Su Ziyu, the cowardly, weak-willed, foolish concubine-born daughter of the prime minister’s household. Imprisoned, with her birth mother dead, her stepmother persecuting her, and her sisters poisoning her, she faces a brutal 4.8kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    It features both palace intrigue and domestic power struggles; you can buy it without thinking. [Sparrow's Masterpiece]

24. 374 你 You Seduced My Husband, I’ll Seduce Your Son. Fair’s Fair 你吊我夫君，我诱你儿子，不能亏 Thirty Thousand Gold三万金Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Xuwan had the husband everyone envied: he was chaste and had never even taken a concubine. But his handsome facade was ripped away in bloody fashion after one drunken night... Zhou Minghai was hardly chaste. He simply had a first love in his heart and wanted to remain faithful to her. Now he had even hidden his first love at a hot-spring villa, sneaking off to meet her every few days. Enough was enough! Whoever wanted that old geezer in his thirties could have him. She had no interest i 13.9kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
25. 375 丈 Five Years After My Husband Died, I’m Pregnant with the Emperor’s Child 丈夫去世五年，守寡怀了皇帝的崽 Salty Fish Boss咸鱼头子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 28.1kReads9.1Score3.4k14d adds
26. 376 皇 The Empress Sets Out to Seduce Him, and the Regent Falls for Her Step by Step 皇后蓄意勾引，摄政皇叔步步沦陷 Mr. Chu Sheng楚生先生Ancient Romance407k WordsCompleted [Black Lotus Empress ✕ Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside Prince Regent] [Palace Intrigue, Both Leads Are Faithful] + [Love and Hate] + [Obsessive Imperial Uncle] + [Dramatic Empress] She is the dignified, gracious empress in the eyes of the world, and a poison-laced black lotus trapped in the imperial palace. He is the gentle, jade-like Prince Regent who commands all under heaven, and a ferocious tiger hiding his true nature in the dark. Gu Lingyin, a noblewoman from an aristocratic famil 187Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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    These are all novels I've been reading lately, and I think they're all pretty good. You should definitely check them out; you won't regret it! 😜😜

27. 377 嘲 Mocking the Spring Breeze 嘲春风 Have an Orange恰个橘子Ancient Romance574k WordsCompleted [A spoiled princess and a mad tyrant, the second male lead chases his wife in vain, marriage first, love later] Yun Chuchu and Xie Lan'an loved each other for ten years. His devotion was renowned throughout the land. He would even give up his life just to make her smile. Then Yun Chuchu left the capital for half a year. Sick with longing, he found himself a substitute for her. When Yun Chuchu returned, he still kept the substitute by his side, carefully looking after her in every way. When both 3.7kReads5.1Score30714d adds
28. 378 宫 The Palace Maid’s Seduction: The Tyrant Falls Deeper with Every Step 宫女蓄意勾引，撩得暴君步步沉沦 Mu Yunyi慕韫意Ancient Romance380k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, scheming little palace maid VS cold, ruthless, unhinged emperor] [Palace intrigue, not both each other’s first + powerful man, weaker woman + domineering possession + calculating, willful heroine + obsessive emperor + exclusive devotion] Yan Shu was beautiful, but she was only a lowly palace maid. Her one ambition was to become the emperor’s woman. At a palace banquet, she saw the favored consort drug the emperor. She chose to keep quiet and go along with it. When the drug took effec 1.3kReads6.9Score10814d adds
29. 379 外 The Beloved Concubine 外室娇宠 Tan Yi檀意Ancient Romance494k WordsCompleted [Both leads are inexperienced in love + sweet romance + devoted affection + household and palace intrigue + the hero talks himself into falling in love] Everyone knew Cheng Yinyu was a peony fallen into a den of filth, dazzlingly beautiful and graceful, with nobles and aristocrats all vying for her attention. Who would have thought that on the day she came of age, Prince Qin, Gu Xingzhou, would beat everyone to her and make her his kept woman? To stay alive, she tread carefully, putting on a sho 3.5kReads8.9Score32114d adds
30. 380 帐 Passion in the Bedchamber: The Ascetic Minister’s Kisses Leave Her Eyes Red 帐中欢，被禁欲权臣亲的眼尾发红 I Don't Use an Umbrella in the Rain雨天不打伞呀Ancient Romance318k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's only partners + sweet romance + marriage before love + mostly domestic life; not for readers who dislike that] Yu Yousheng was the legitimate eldest daughter of the Yu family. She had grown up in comfort and luxury, and had been betrothed at a young age to Shen Linxi, the eldest son of the Marquis of Yong'an's household. Everyone said she had landed in a nest of good fortune: her future mother-in-law was kind, and her fiancé was a rising star who had passed the hig 2.6kReads7.8Score26014d adds
31. 381 为 After Securing an Heir for a Death-Row Prisoner, the Prince Regent Dotes on Me 为死囚留种后，我被摄政王娇宠了 Yu Jinming余金鸣Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Su He had everything stolen by her cousin. Then her fiance and closest family members conspired to send her off for a political marriage, where she was abused to death! Reborn, she is laughed at by everyone for debasing herself, turning down the chance to be a prince's consort in favor of becoming a stay-behind wife. But only Su He knows that the condemned criminal everyone avoids will soon become the regent who holds power over the land. So in this life, she will turn the 9.3kReads8.2Score99514d adds
32. 382 仇 Revenge Complete? The Regent King Carries Me Home to Have His Baby! 仇报完了？摄政王扛我回府生崽！ Miao Fufu喵芙芙Ancient Romance752k WordsCompleted [A stunning villainess who can cry and act VS a powerful regent who starts out forcing love and later becomes utterly devoted to his wife] In her previous life, Su Tangyu was poisoned by her scumbag father and stepmother, while her younger sister stole her identity and fiancé. She died in misery and despair! Reborn, she wants nothing to do with her shortsighted former fiancé! Instead, Su Tangyu turns to seduce Xiao Jin, the cold and brutal regent who holds power over the entire court. She cries 26.3kReads8.8Score4.2k14d adds
33. 383 陛 Your Majesty, the Empress Is Pregnant Again 陛下，娘娘她又有身孕了 Banana Greenery蕉蕉绿绿Ancient Romance236k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + childbirth + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy + stunning beauty + clear-headed heroine] A modern entertainment superstar VS a young emperor with no heirs “Your Majesty, the emperor has had a new bed brought in for you...” Looking at the soft, spacious bed, Ye Li blushed and said, “Ji Yuchu, you have no shame...” After dying, Ye Li transmigrates into the body of an obscure, neglected concubine in the imperial palace. How could a dazzling superstar like her possibly put up 28Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 384 得 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 The Clownfish Who Loves Chocolate爱吃巧克力的小丑鱼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 3.7kReads8.5Score53114d adds
35. 385 白 After the Moonlight Entered the Palace, the Cold-Faced Emperor Longed for Her Day and Night 白月光入宫后，冷面帝王朝思暮想 Falling Ashes坠落的灰Ancient Romance704k WordsCompleted [A clear-headed beauty who knows how to play weak + a calculating, cold-faced emperor] Harem intrigue, not a pure romance + doted on from the start + a powerful man who knows he is in love + not a strong female lead In the second year of Chongning, an imperial decree ordered Yun Wantang, the second legitimate daughter of the Great General of the West, to enter the palace as a consort alongside a princess from Xizhao. * Everyone knows His Majesty favors Consort Yun. After all, she is as lovely 7.4kReads8.8Score82014d adds
36. 386 陛 His Majesty Has His Eye on the Crown Princess 陛下他觊觎太子妃 Cheng Nuo橙诺Ancient Romance266k WordsCompleted Shen Qinglian, daughter of Vice Minister Shen of the Ministry of Revenue, comes from a family of scholars and could have married into a prestigious household. But with her naturally alluring appearance, the great clans all say she is “unfit to be a sect wife.” Fortunately, a high monk predicts that she is born with the fate of a phoenix, and she is named Crown Princess in a single day. Xiao Jin, the brilliant and gifted Emperor Jianwu, suffered greatly under his late father's favoritism toward a 4kReads7.1Score44514d adds
37. 387 清 The Cool Prince and His Laid-Back Princess 清冷王爷和他的佛系王妃 Twenty-Two Strokes二拾二画Ancient Romance665k WordsOngoing [A sweet romance where the leads dote on each other + married life + traditional historical romance + happy ending] [The famously cold and ruthless Prince of Yan × the easygoing, clever second daughter of the Song family] Song Huiyin, the legitimate second daughter of the Song family, loves to eat and sleep. All she wants in life is to lie flat and enjoy her carefree little days. When she married Shen Yan'an, she thought they would spend their lives treating each other with polite respect. Only 607Reads6.5Score10914d adds
38. 388 折 Snap Off a Crabapple Branch! 折棠枝！ Consort Xi熙贵妃Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sisters switch marriages+the chase-back-to-win-her-heart trope+romantic rivalry+putting scumbags in their place; clear-eyed, scheming beauty X mad tyrant X aloof, powerful minister...] Short drama now available Jiang Wantang is the second legitimate daughter least favored by the current prime minister. With incomparable beauty and bewitching charm, she was abandoned in the wilderness and remained unknown to the world. Her elder legitimate sister was the moon in the sky; she was the mud beneath 9kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds

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    This, this, this is beautiful!!!

39. 389 贵 The Noble Consort Has Arrived 贵妃来了 Drunk on Your Heart醉卿心Ancient Romance948k WordsCompleted Wen Wanqing transmigrates into the body of a vicious imperial consort. What is she supposed to do? The imperial harem is a place that devours people, especially since “she” had already taken so many lives... The emperor can have her, all I want is to stay alive! But fate has other plans and insists on forcing her into the harem’s power struggles! 24Reads—Score—14d adds

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    These three books are great! 👍

40. 390 大 The Twin Jewels of the Han: The Missing Wife 大汉双璧之消失的妻子 A Sorrow I Cannot Play弹奏不出的悲伤Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Were they women of the inner quarters unworthy of a mention in the history books, or secrets deliberately erased by the imperial family? Everyone knows that Wei Qing married Princess Pingyang, but no one asks: where did the wife who bore him three sons go? Everyone laments Huo Qubing’s words, “Until the Xiongnu are defeated, how can I think of starting a family?” But no one knows: who was the mother of Huo Shan, the young son he left behind after his death? It is as if they never existed... Coul 172Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The first book is one I'm currently reading; it's about a female doctor and the famous generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing. The second book is a sweet romance novel with a system element, which I absolutely love. The third book is a transmigration novel, how are you?

41. 391 舔 Three and a Half Years as a Simp, Then the System Told Me I Had the Wrong Target 舔狗三年半，系统说我攻略错对象 Beauty Zhang Sanfeng美女张三疯Ancient Romance386k WordsCompleted [The physical edition of Abandon the Dark and Join Him, Volume One, is now available for purchase online] [The Second Male Lead's Redemption Arc] 1. Qiao Yin spent three years and eleven months fawning over Lu Jinzhi. Everyone in the capital knew she would marry no one but him, yet the System told her: She had pursued the wrong target. Qiao Yin: ... 2 Qiao Yin suddenly vanished from Lu Jinzhi's side. On the first day of her disappearance, Lu Jinzhi sneered: Just a little game of playing hard to 48.4kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds
42. 392 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3k14d adds
43. 393 江 The Realm as My Betrothal Gift, a Golden Age as Our Matchmaker 江山为聘，盛世为媒 Long Jiu龙玖Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No transmigration or rebirth + pure historical romance, slow pace, gently unfolding] [The heroine is forced to become a concubine early on, so proceed with caution if that bothers you! After marrying, she is the sole favorite, and eventually ascends the throne to rule from behind the curtain!] She is the princess of a fallen kingdom in Nanjiang, born with a pair of gray-blue glassy eyes. She is both righteous and wicked, seeming at once like an immortal and a demon! While still an infant, she w 7.3kReads9.3Score86014d adds

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    These are all pretty good novels.

44. 394 可 Damn! Why Is the Crown Princess Surrounded by Suitors Everywhere? 可恶！怎么到处都是长公主的鱼！ What Did I Do Today今天我干嘛了Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Short drama of the same name] [The Princess's World of Flowers] Now streaming [Content warning: The female lead is not exclusive, but all the men are, so read with caution] [Schrodinger's playgirl × a whole lot of men] [Lighthearted, not a serious historical drama] [Original title]: Too Many Men Are Such a Hassle. Who Should I Spoil? Wen Yu transmigrates into the Great Sheng Dynasty as its beautiful, useless, brainless eldest princess. After learning that the original owner drowned by accident 47.6kReads9.5Score6.4k14d adds

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    Come and see, my darlings!

45. 395 大 How Could the Delicate, Beautiful Young Lady Be a Wicked Supporting Character? 大小姐柔弱貌美，怎会是恶毒女配 Lu Chuqi陆初七Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted [One woman, multiple men + scheming beauty heroine + morally gray characters + clever leads + rivalry for her affection + intense romantic entanglements] Everyone in Shangjing knows that Wen Wanyi, the Prime Minister's legitimate daughter, is gentle and gracious, clever and virtuous, a model among the capital's noblewomen. Even the Empress Dowager, who rarely leaves the palace, once praised her as a woman of both beauty and brains, the very embodiment of a refined young lady. But only Pei Lin 4.8kReads8.3Score56814d adds
46. 396 修 Love Triangle from Hell: The Male Leads Tear Each Other Apart for Her 修罗场：男主们为她疯狂扯头花 Wan Xiang绾湘Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Rivalry for the heroine, a battleground of suitors, all male leads are sexually inexperienced, taming men, morally gray heroine, 1v4 with multiple male leads] Si Jin was killed in her previous life by the vicious original heroine. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn, and a so-called System had appeared with her. “You're a disposable supporting character. What you need to do now is, ” “Take the original heroine's place.” “And choose the one most likely to become the new emperor from am 942Reads8.7Score14014d adds
47. 397 恶 Am I the Villainess? But They All Love Me 恶女吗？可是他们都爱我呢 Little Fish Jerky o小鱼冻干oAncient Romance401k WordsCompleted [A Truly Wicked Villainess + Male Rivalry + Green Tea Seduction + A Viciously Beautiful Heroine!] Shen Ruozhu struck a deal with the System and transmigrated into the story as a highborn young lady who died early. In the original story, she was the legitimate daughter of the esteemed Chancellor. But after the heroine, the daughter of a minor fifth-rank official, arrived in the capital, she caught the eye of many men. Who would have thought that the heroine would later set her sights on Shen Ruoz 1.7kReads8.7Score23114d adds
48. 398 误 He Mistook His Aunt for His Cousin, Then Cried Himself Unconscious 误把姨母当表姐，探花他哭到晕厥 Good Doggie小狗棒棒Ancient Romance629k WordsCompleted [Gentle, mature big sister vs. tsundere, love-struck puppy + fictional historical romance, sweet indulgence, chaste male lead, widow heroine, older woman-younger man romance, comedy] ※The male lead is chaste. The heroine is a widow. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, but a light comedy. Everyone is a native of this world, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger elements. To escape danger, Yao Dairou heads to the capital to seek help from her former stepsister. Her stepsister seems t 9.4kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
49. 399 替 A Match Made in Heaven: The Court's Shifting Tides 替嫁良缘之朝堂覆雨翻云录 Gentleman Xiao Yu君子小俞Ancient Romance214k WordsCompleted Historical political intrigue + martial heroes + two couples, all strong and devoted + no rebirth, transmigration, System, or golden fingers + marriage before love + exclusive devotion + satisfying wish fulfillment In the fictional ancient kingdom of Cheng, Duanmu Zimo, the General's daughter, disguises herself as a man and marries the Prime Minister's daughter in her elder brother's place, hoping to keep their family from being implicated after he flees an arranged marriage. Meanwhile, Murong 17Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Palace intrigue + martial arts world

50. 400 上 Spring Affairs in the Capital 上京春事 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted Ning Chaoyang rises to become a fourth-rank female official, yet still can’t escape the fate of being traded into a political marriage. She decides to take in a lover to fight back. He must be lowborn, handsome, and preferably too frail to look after himself. She glances to the side and spots a charming young doctor in white. 5.5kReads9.3Score85514d adds

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    These ancient romance novels cover palace intrigue and power struggles, as well as family feuds and revenge, each with its own highlights. Whether it's a female official seeking love but getting caught up in court intrigue, a reborn legitimate daughter tearing apart her enemies, a concubine's daughter rising to become the Empress Dowager, or a time traveler and a reincarnated person joining forces to investigate a case, the plots are full of twists and turns, the characters are vivid, and they offer both the scheming of family feuds and the grand scale of national power struggles, satisfying all your expectations for a satisfying ancient romance novel.

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