Pure Historical Romance, No Rebirth or Transmigration, Preferably About a Forced Marriage, No Sweet Romance 想要纯古言 无重生无穿越 最好是强取豪夺 不要甜
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[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
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- 2 He Seized His Minister's Wife and Imprisoned Her in the Eastern Palace, but the Crown Prince Brother Drew His Sword to Steal Her Away 夺臣妻囚东宫，太子哥哥提剑抢婚 [Both virgins + faux siblings + coercive possession + no blood relation] [Innocent, stunning imperial princess vs. sweet-looking but secretly calculating, possessive imperial brother] Pei Zhiwan was the only princess of the Great Sheng dynasty. Her beauty was unrivaled, and she was betrothed to the person she loved. Then, after an accident, her imperial brother, who was not related to her by blood and was also the Crown Prince, spent a night with her and took her innocence. Her imperial brother 12.4kReads8.7Score1.7k14d adds
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Sundered Spring Tides 揉碎春潮
[Forced love x campus romance x obsessive love x younger man] Xie Jinghe was born into the elite Xie family. Handsome in every way, with silver hair and a wild, untamable nature. Shen Shuangli had the face of a cool, ethereal beauty and a quiet, reserved personality. No one knew that two people who seemed to have nothing in common had once been lovers in secret. That relationship ended in failure, with Xie Jinghe as the one who got dumped. When they meet again, Xie Jinghe rescues Shen Shuangli a
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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！
[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
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- 5 The Wicked Supporting Lady Is Doomed to Live as a Widow? Brother-in-Law, I’m Scared 恶毒女配守活寡？夫兄，人家好怕 [Elder Brother Steals Younger Brother’s Wife + Deliberate Seduction] (Black-hearted scheming villainess ✖️ abstinent, cold-hearted junior tutor) In her previous life, Pei Jingxu remained a widow for three years for her husband, Rong Xuanzhou, who had died in battle. But then he returned to the capital with Bai Shutong, the widow of his comrade-in-arms, and her two children. The Rong family elders said nothing, only urging Pei to be virtuous and magnanimous. The widow was peerlessly beautiful. No 109.1kReads9.3Score18.7k14d adds
- 6 After Entering the Palace, the Obsessive Emperor Wouldn’t Let Me Leave 入宫后，偏执帝王不许我出宫 [Not both virgins, not a strong heroine, a little angst early on, devoted love later] In the fourth year of the new emperor’s reign, Consort Duan died suddenly of an illness in the palace. At the time, Shen Jiafu was not yet fifteen. The Empress Dowager was from the Shen family. Half a year later, she summoned a Shen daughter to the palace to attend to her, claiming to be ill. Shen Jiafu traveled from Quzhou to the imperial capital. In public, she was gentle and well-behaved, like a charming flo 14.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 7 The Runaway Stand-In Was Caught, and the Mad Emperor Coaxes Her Every Night 替身逃跑被抓回，疯批帝王夜夜哄 [The score is low because ratings have just opened. It will rise later.] [Both leads are faithful + clear-headed transmigrated heroine + sharp-tongued, scheming, lovesick hero + the hero grovels for love + a man in power bows his head for love] [Heroine's point of view]: When do I finally believe in an emperor's love? When I stabbed him, ran away twice, and was caught in the act the last time, just as I was preparing to marry someone else. When I thought I was done for, but he forgave me after s 4.2kReads9.2Score41014d adds
- 8 The Night I Left the Palace, the Mad Emperor Took Me by Force 出宫当晚，被疯批帝王强取豪夺 [Beautiful, delicate palace maid vs. cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is chaste + powerful male lead, weak female lead, and he’s completely unhinged + possessive love + a long road to winning her back] Yue Ling was a vain little palace maid. Hoping to enjoy a life of luxury and wealth, she seduced the emperor and worked tirelessly to win his favor, but still met a tragic end. After being reborn, Yue Ling saw things clearly. Rather than tread on thin ice in the de 25.5kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 9 He Sent Her to the Crown Prince, Then Regretted It and Took Her Back by Force 亲手将她送太子，王爷后悔强夺回 Main story complete! Extras complete! The second male lead takes the crown in the main story! The extras offer a happy ending for some readers! [Angst + physical and emotional torment + possessive abduction + forced love + not mutually chaste] Sold to a brothel by her sister-in-law, Chu Niaoniao became the chosen plaything of Ji Xunzhi. He hired renowned masters to teach her music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and literature, and forced her to master dance and seduction. Yet he took eve 1.9kReads8.2Score12314d adds
- 10 Steal Her Heart, Become the Mad Crown Prince's Captive 夺她诱心，沦为疯批太子掌中囚 Completed! Mad, obsessive prince of an enemy kingdom + stunning, radiant daughter of a duke [Devoted to each other + taking by force + forced love + instant attraction + angst before sweetness + fleeing while pregnant + imprisonment + powerful male lead and weak female lead] Yun Chuning, the cherished pearl of the Duke of Xiyou, was already engaged to Fu Anche, the legitimate son of the prime minister. With her wedding fast approaching, Yun Chuning accidentally caught the eye of Yin Peiming, the 2.1kReads7.0Score11614d adds
- 11 After Mom Remarried, My Older Brother Had Been Plotting for Ages 随母改嫁后，兄长他蓄谋已久 After Yu Wan fell into the water, she had a dream. In it, her mother was drowned in a pond by her scumbag father, and because of her beautiful, snowy skin and flowerlike appearance, her father gave her away twice. The first time, the man she was to be sent to died in a rebellion before she even reached him. Before she could catch her breath, she was sent to the bed of another powerful nobleman. To survive, she willingly became his mistress, but her good fortune didn't last. A bowl of medicine br 5.4kReads8.6Score64114d adds
- 12 Caught After Leaving the Palace, Imprisoned and Taken by a Mad Tyrant 出宫被抓，疯批暴君囚禁强夺 [Ruthless, sinister emperor × Clever country girl with a knack for putting on an act] [Palace intrigue, not a pure romance + Clearheaded, intelligent heroine + Unhinged hero + Coercive possession + Groveling pursuit + The powerful one bows his head] Mu Ling once saved the emperor when he was in trouble. After her family abandoned her, she risked everything to enter the palace and even found a way to seduce the handsome, cold-hearted man. She fought and schemed her way through the harem, only to 1.7kReads7.0Score10314d adds
- 13 The Cannon-Fodder Bride Only Wants to Be a Widow, but Her Brother-in-Law Ascends the Throne and Begs to Marry Her Every Night 炮灰一心守寡，小叔登基夜夜求娶 [Clear-headed heroine + aloof male lead brought down from his pedestal + romance between a sister-in-law and her husband's younger brother + both leads are each other's first] In Step by Step, Lu Jinnan was the emperor's illegitimate son. Somehow, he ended up living as a beggar, until the male lead's older brother took him in. He later became renowned for both his talent and looks, and wielded immense power at court. Unfortunately, his identity as the emperor's illegitimate son was discovered e 4kReads8.8Score53014d adds
- 14 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 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
- 15 The Treacherous Minister Can't Resist Her Allure 奸臣不经撩 Later, when Shen Gongchen pressed her too hard, Liu Suisui covered her face and wept. She was terribly aggrieved. “My father died, my mother remarried, and I have no one to rely on. I came all the way to the capital just to marry a rich husband. What’s wrong with that?” Shen Gongchen pressed her at every turn. “He has to be rich? Why not rich and powerful?” Liu Suisui raised her eyes ever so slightly and gave him a shy, coquettish glance. After a long pause, she asked softly, “Uncle… do you like 10.9kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 16 On the Day She Tried to Flee, the Mad Prince Imprisoned Her in the Eastern Palace 逃跑当日，疯批太子囚她入东宫 [Step-by-step scheming + possessive pursuit + both leads are chaste + calculating heroine + she runs, he chases.] The low rating is only because the book has just started getting rated! Xuan Shu disguises herself as an ugly woman and designs gardens for a living. When she goes to deliver a set of designs to the Duke’s manor, she unexpectedly encounters the Crown Prince. Xuan Shu has heard that Crown Prince Pei Heng spent eight years as a hostage in his youth, yet remains gentle, modest, courteo 1.6kReads8.8Score14814d adds
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The Emperor and Empress Fight Every Day to See Who Dies First 帝后每天互殴，看谁先死
Feng Xing is the daughter of Chu Xi’s Grand Marshal, who commands an army of four hundred thousand. Shen Feng has been emperor for just two years. Shen Feng is utterly depraved, ruthless, and cruel. To secure his throne, he decides to marry Feng Xing and make her empress. First, he will fake her death to lure her father to the capital for the funeral. Then he will wipe out her entire family and take control of the Chu Xi army. Feng Xing is a fierce, accomplished warrior who takes whatever she wa
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- 18 I Ran Away from My Wedding from the Start, and the Unhinged Crown Prince Pursued Me Relentlessly 开局逃婚，疯批太子穷追不舍 "Transmigration, lighthearted with no angst, an innocent poison expert, clever characters, and love going both ways" Shen Yiyi, young master of the Divine Healer Sect in the Tianling Kingdom, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Great Shang Kingdom and finds herself in the body of another Shen Yiyi, the unloved eldest legitimate daughter of the Left Chancellor’s residence. She had planned to find the Nine-Leaf Hollow Lotus and then return to her own Tianling Kingdom. But before she can find any new 2.6kReads8.7Score33914d adds
- 19 The Good-for-Nothing Crown Princess Wins Everyone Over by Gossiping 草包太子妃，靠吃瓜团宠了 [Transmigrated into a Book + Mind Reading + Hilarious Gossip + Everyone's Favorite + One-on-One, Both Pure] Transmigrated into the body of a pretty airhead who’s the laughingstock of the entire capital, Jiang Wan just wants to lie flat, but the emperor bundles her off to court. Who knew a gossip System would drop from the sky, its beginner’s gift pack exploding right away! [Dad, I found the three hundred taels of gold and the naughty books you hid under the floor tiles in your study!] Her Left C 6.2kReads7.7Score62114d adds
- 20 Your Highness, the Princess Consort Is Pretending to Be Good Again 王爷，王妃又在装乖了 Su Qingli is the most beautiful woman in the capital and the daughter of the chancellor. She is as lovely as a celestial maiden, with a delicate figure and a gentle, yielding temperament. She speaks softly and has to catch her breath after every few steps, like a fragile glass doll that might shatter at a touch. Her hobbies are tending flowers, embroidering, and basking in the sun with her little snow-white snake, Xue Tuan'er, curled in her arms. Beneath her sweet exterior, she is calculating. A 2.5kReads8.2Score24114d adds
- 21 The Regent Protests Too Much, and His Beloved Wife Is Hard to Pacify 摄政王嘴硬，娇妻难哄 [Slow Burn + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Protective + Says One Thing, Means Another + Sweet Romance] Everyone in the capital knows Shen Zhiyi, the Prime Minister's legitimate daughter, as a delicate young lady who gasps for breath after just a few steps. She is betrothed to Xiao Jue, the Regent who wields power over the court and is fearsome enough to silence crying children. Everyone expects her to meet a tragic end. But after she marries into his household, everything changes. When she f 187Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Are Fighting Again! 陛下，太子和太子妃又打起来了！ An imperial edict of marriage binds Gu Xixi, daughter of Gu Kedi, the Northern Border General, to Xiao Mingyue, the crown prince. Backed by an army of three hundred thousand, Gu Xixi intends to refuse, but then she unexpectedly sees the prince's portrait. A hopeless admirer of handsome faces, she immediately agrees to the marriage. The prince plans to kill Gu Xixi and frame the rebellious Prince of Zhennan, but Gu Xixi gets ahead of him and poisons the assassin to death. Her interest in this sin 2.4kReads6.5Score34814d adds
- 23 My Childhood Sweetheart Is Hard to Woo: The Stiff General Weeps and Begs to Get Back Together 青梅难哄，木头将军哭唧唧求复合 [Lighthearted + one-on-one romance + both devoted only to each other + doting husband + a mix of sweetness and angst] [Charming, clever heroine and a restrained, reserved hero] Reader's note: This is a fictional historical setting! A second-chance romance after a breakup. The misunderstandings are resolved one step at a time. If this isn't your kind of story, please steer clear! [The top three successful candidates in the imperial examinations have just been announced. The day before, Jiang Furu 66Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 24 The Regent's Captive Foolish Concubine: His Wife Is Causing Trouble Again 摄政王的囚宠傻妃：夫人又惹祸了 Everyone in the capital knew that Regent Prince Dugu Ce had married a foolish consort. On their wedding day, the bride tugged at his robe and called him “Handsome big brother,” then tried to pick the gems off his crown to play marbles. Dugu Ce coldly grabbed her wrist. “Behave yourself!” In his mind, he thought, What a troublesome little fool. But later, he discovered that this “little trouble” seemed to have some kind of mysterious power. When his head ached from dealing with government affairs 381Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 25 Urgent! The Regent Needs a Good-Luck Wedding! 急急急！要给摄政王冲喜啦！ [Animated comic adaptation now available] [Sweet romance + devoted husband + no angst + faithful couple + honest communication, no misunderstandings] Sweet and gentle princess consort vs. a regent who falls for her on his own Yan Mu was married off to the unconscious Regent in a marriage meant to bring him good luck. From then on, she gained a powerful weapon at her side. For the legitimate older sister who envied her: she flaunted her success and slapped her down at every turn! For the stepmoth 12.1kReads9.2Score88814d adds
- 26 Possessive Love: The Obsessive CEO’s Little Wife 占有欲强：偏执总裁的私有小娇妻 [1v1, devoted to each other, sweet romance, scheming and obsessive male lead, aloof beauty x heavenly beauty] A fleeting encounter at a bar was all it took for Lu Beiyan to fall deeply in love with Shi Ran. When they met again, she already had a boyfriend, but Lu Beiyan used every means at his disposal to keep her by his side. His love for her was possessive and obsessive, an all-consuming devotion. To her, he was a nightmare, an abyss, a cage she could never escape. “Ranran, you can’t get away 8.7kReads9.1Score51514d adds
- 27 Is Running Away Fun? The Mad Thug Hunts His Sweetheart on a Rainy Night 逃跑好玩吗？疯批暴徒雨夜抓娇娇 “Good girl, was it fun running away?” “Hm?” * All it took was one lingering glance, and she was sent to live with a cruel, violent man. The boldest thing Jiang Rannan had ever done was run away on her wedding night. On a stormy night, the unruly man stood beneath an umbrella with his arms open, ready to welcome his little bride after her first failed escape. His deep-set eyes lifted as he spoke with chilling cruelty. “My little sweetheart, how should I punish you?” “Hm?” “Why are you crying? Wer 1.6kReads8.4Score18314d adds
- 28 His Mistress Fled While Pregnant, and the Powerful Minister Regretted It Too Late 外室揣崽跑路，权臣他追悔莫及 Zhou Chuling was a disgraced woman from the capital. Her family was confiscated, and she was taken into the palace as a slave. Her childhood sweetheart, a young general, used his military achievements to buy her freedom. From then on, he kept her outside his household as his mistress. Everyone said the Meng family's mistress lived in greater comfort than even the principal wife. That was until Meng Duo sent word that he was betrothed. Her friends urged her to be content. Things were different no 533Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 29 My Childhood Friend Became Emperor, Then Forced Me to Break Off Our Engagement and Share His Bed 竹马登基为帝，她被逼退婚锁龙床 [Old-school melodrama + reunion after years apart + possessive love + groveling to win her back + powerful man humbles himself + faithful to each other] Two years ago, Jiang Tang and Mo Hansheng went their separate ways. Back then, Mo Hansheng stood behind her and threatened the young woman: “If you walk out that door today, I will never want you again.” Jiang Tang did not stop. She left without looking back. Two years later, the late emperor passed away, and the Ninth Prince ascended the throne 523Reads5.4Score10114d adds
- 30 The Mad Emperor Only Loves Her 疯批帝王只爱她 [A real chase-to-the-crematorium romance + coercive love + forced possession + both leads are virgins + redemption + adorable baby] He promised her the position of Imperial Noble Consort, then locked her in a gilded cage. She hated him to the core, yet had no choice but to bear him a prince and share his bed night after night. Everyone said that the unhinged Emperor Xiao Fuyuan was madly in love with Ji Yueyi, the daughter of a disgraced official. But his love meant tearing apart everything she 614Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Golden House’s Captive Beauty: Seizing the Beauty of the Central Plains 金屋囚娇：强夺中原美人 [Size difference + taking by force + running away while pregnant + rekindled love + heroine has no past partners, hero does + tragic or happy ending] [A stunning Jiangnan heroine, skilled at embroidery, VS a forceful, domineering Xianbei hero with immense power VS a childhood friend, a gentle, jade-like merchant to the imperial household] Xue Heng, a gentle woman raised amid Jiangnan’s mist and rain, travels north with her young son to find her husband, setting out alone on a perilous journey to 911Reads8.2Score11014d adds
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After I Transmigrated, the Yandere Tyrant Imprisoned Me in His Palm and Doted on Me 穿越后，我被病娇暴君囚在掌心宠
[Before you read: Strong male lead, weak female lead; a domineering tyrant and a delicate flower; a completely unhinged man and a little rabbit. The heroine is soft and gentle, not a strong female lead. The story features mind games, political machinations, foreshadowing, and twists. The heroine has no career arc: the male lead carefully traps her heart, cages her in his grasp, and pampers her. Don't read if that's not your thing!] [Both leads are inexperienced; sweet romance and cathartic drama
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Has the Grand Tutor Forced Anyone to Love Him Today? 太傅大人今天强制爱了吗
[Yandere obsession + coercive possession + extreme possessiveness + brooding male lead + mutual firsts + tragic ending] [Clear-headed beauty vs. aloof madman] Chu Yanchen was born cold and indifferent, yet a dazzling, proud princess was the one person who could cloud his mind. He plotted every step carefully, becoming her tutor and putting on an air of cool propriety, gentle and courteous. He had meant to win her over slowly, but this hopelessly obtuse girl followed those hidebound rules of etiq
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The Empress Is Sweet and Soft, and the Tyrant's Most Beloved 皇后娇甜软糯，暴君大大心尖宠
[Both leads are devoted to each other + he dotes only on her + age gap + sweet and flirtatious heroine + happy ending] (The rating is still new, so it's a little low!) Seven-year age gap! Obsessive, brutal emperor × delicate little crybaby Shen Yunzhi entered the palace hoping only to eat well and lie flat. Instead, she tumbled into the tyrant's arms, tears pooling in her eyes as she whimpered, “It hurts...” Yuan Shuo looked down at the timid young girl in his arms, his stern brows knitting sli
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The Easygoing Wife 小闲妻
[Historical court intrigue, richly traditional atmosphere, no transmigration or rebirth, household-intrigue ensemble, clever and capable heroine, devoted and protective hero] Cen Ruxi spent two years caring for Jiang Huai, the blind and deaf heir of the Duke’s household, in place of her legitimate younger sister. After the heir regained his sight, her sister Cen Ruyi took credit for her work and married him. Cen Ruxi, meanwhile, was ordered by her family to marry the Third Prince, Zhao Yao, a no
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Enlightened Heart, Radiant Feast 明心昭宴
Meng Xi, a modern-day genius, died of illness at sixteen and transmigrated as an infant in the Great Zhou Kingdom. At six, she was poisoned and blinded while saving her father. At twelve, she lost her mother and was left to depend on her physician father. Her fate took a turn when she was sixteen. Her father rescued the severely wounded Prince Duan, Sima Yan, in the mountains. The ninth prince, renowned for his defiant nature, fell in love at first sight with the pure-hearted Meng Xi when he awo
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