After Reading So Many Palace Intrigues Full of Scheming, This Is My First Time Reading One Where the Female Lead Just Wants to Escape 看多了斗来斗去的宫斗,第一次看女主只想逃的
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When the Clouds Part and the Rain Clears 云散雨经晴
The night before my wedding, I passed the reception hall and overheard my father and stepmother whispering. “Send all the dowry to Jingyu. She’s marrying into the Eastern Palace. We can’t let her look poor.” My stepmother sighed feignedly. “But that was all left behind by Jingyun’s mother...” I stood behind the curtain, my hands and feet turning cold. So they weren’t even going to leave me the last thing I had to remember her by. The next day, I tore up the marriage contract, was disowned by my
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Ascending to the Dragon's Heights 攀龍
A flirtatious widow with a child ✖️ a reserved warlord who becomes the founding emperor [Complete] Lou Mizhi was born a woman who never learned to accept her lot in life. If she wanted something, she took it by her own merit, even if she had to snatch it away. Her first husband was short-lived and ill-fated, and his family wanted to burn her and her child to ashes? Bah! As if I’d let you! She hid her savings and took her child away from her late husband’s family. With no one to protect them in t
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The Noble Consort Has a Spirit Spring Space. How Can Anyone Compete with That? 贵妃她有灵泉空间,这谁斗得过?
(Transmigration + palace intrigue + one heroine with multiple love interests + spiritual spring space + strong heroine + becoming Empress Dowager) After killing more than twenty people, Ruan Yuxue took her own life right in front of the cops. But when she opened her eyes, she was in the Great Jing Dynasty. She'd transmigrated into the body of an orphan who was about to be sold into a brothel. No way was she putting up with that! She grabbed all the money in the house and ran. Who knew she'd stum
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If I’m Not Going to Fight for the Emperor’s Favor, Why Enter the Palace? 不宫斗,进宫干嘛?
[Black Lotus Heroine | Not Love-Brained | Palace Intrigue | Heroine Rises to Power | Male Lead Is Not Chaste (The Emperor Is Not Chaste) | Harem | No Good People] Without power or influence, she presents herself as a delicate flower that clings to others. On the surface, she is weak and harmless, devoted to the emperor. Beneath that, she is meticulous and deeply calculating. She does not covet the emperor's love. Instead, she uses her “devotion” as bait to lure him into her trap. Lady Shu is so
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Transmigrated as a Bedclimbing Palace Maid in a Palace-Intrigue Novel 穿成宫斗文里的爬床宫女
No prestigious family background, no peerless beauty. After transmigrating, film queen Li Songyue finds herself cast as the most expendable bed-climbing maid in a palace intrigue novel. The transmigrated heroine is ahead of her, the reborn supporting female lead is behind her, and there’s also a demanding emperor to contend with. From bed-climbing maid to empress dowager of the realm. She won’t know how cold it is at the top until she climbs there.
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The Wicked Woman Enters the Palace as a Consort: A Little Arrogance Is Only Fair 恶女入宫为妃,跋扈一点很合理吧
The short drama is out now. Search for it on Fanqie to watch. [Palace Intrigue Power Fantasy + Not a Clean Romance + Being the Emperor’s Mother Is Better Than Being His Consort] Every woman in the harem hopes to win Emperor Jingrong’s favor, but Yuan Yuntang sees the emperor only as a tool for having children. Women in ancient times had to marry sooner or later anyway, so she might as well marry the most powerful man of all. After all, Emperor Jingrong has a great figure, a handsome face, and a
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A Low-Ranking Palace Lady from the Start, with Maxed-Out Harem Warfare Skills 开局小秀女,娘娘宫斗技能满点
[No CP, devoted to palace intrigue for a hundred years!] Ning Yuzhen was sixteen the year she entered the palace, and twenty-eight the year she became Empress Dowager. Framing, miscarriage, poisoning, betrayal... After twelve years of ups and downs in the inner palace, the principles she once hoped to uphold had long since vanished. The people who had once stood by her had long since turned to dust. Ning Yuzhen walked the paths she'd taken in the past, leaving behind only a sigh. When she turned
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Palace Intrigue Begins with a Sacrificial Burial 宫斗从殉葬开始
Ji Heng had only stayed up late to work overtime for a while. When she woke up, she discovered that she had transmigrated. She couldn't help but sigh. People really shouldn't do things that go against their conscience. Well, look at that, she'd gotten her comeuppance right away. But Ji Heng, an orphan since childhood, insists she's an indestructible dandelion, able to take root wherever the wind carries her. So, Your Majesty, would you mind dying first?
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Your Wife Is Wonderful. She Belongs to Me Now 你的娘子很好,现在归我了
In her third year in the ancient world, the person who had sheltered Zhu Qingyu became embroiled in a legal case. Gu Zhao, heir to the Duke of Dingguo, offered his help. “Just this once,” he said. A fleeting night of passion was an ending for her, but only the beginning for him. Gu Zhao lived by the principles of self-restraint and keeping his heart in check. He was upright and proper in all things, except that he couldn’t suppress his endless greed, anger, and desire for a married woman. He
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Palace Intrigue Gone Wild 宫斗也疯狂
[Sunshine Empress with a Sly Streak vs. Proud, Innocent Emperor] [Historical Setting + Light Comedy + Palace Intrigue + Subverting Expectations + Laugh-Out-Loud + Sweet Romance] “In broad daylight, beneath a clear sky, out in the open wilderness, the young lady of Chancellor Wen's family has knocked His Majesty flat!!!” Wen Zhishan is the daughter of the current chancellor. But she inherited none of her father's refinement or good manners. Instead, she's rough and impulsive, a notorious street t
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The Enchanting Consort Has the Emperor Losing Control 贵妃妖娆妩媚:皇上忍不住了
[Emperor + prince + imperial consort + court intrigue + harem drama] After her boyfriend and best friend conspire against her, she accidentally transmigrates into the emperor’s favorite consort! With no golden finger and no pocket dimension, she treads carefully through the harem. She must deal with the emperor’s false affection, outwit his other women, and endure pressure from her own family. Liu Xiaoxuan: Surviving is so hard! Forget the schemes and plots for now. The emperor is so handsome th
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The Concubine's Escape Plan 逃妃谋略
After enjoying the emperor's favor for three years, Crown Princess Ji Wuye was sent to the imperial prison by her husband, Crown Prince Wen Qingze, who publicly did his duty and punished her when her father was accused of treason. She asked him, “What do you think you'll gain by doing this?” After three years of marriage, all affection between them was gone. She escaped from prison with a mysterious man to clear her father's name. She had thought that, with the family in decline and everyone aba
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Three Escapes by a Beauty 美人三逃
(Possessive love + unhinged male lead + transmigrated female lead) Mad dog male lead × female lead he gradually drives mad Jiang Yuan ran away three times. The first time was when she learned that Pei Jing only intended to take her as a concubine. The second was after she pretended to be docile and obedient, successfully earning Pei Jing’s trust. The third was on the eve of their wedding. Unfortunately, fate played cruel tricks on her. She failed all three times, and Pei Jing grew more and more
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Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河,贵妃不想负责
Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied
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His Majesty Says He Dislikes Seductive Women 陛下说他不喜媚色
[Both leads are each other's one and only + deliberate seduction] [Beautiful, clear-headed heroine + proud, abstinent emperor] The new emperor liked refined, elegant ladies and despised anything bewitching and shallow. Unfortunately, the Jiang family's Fifth Young Lady was alluringly beautiful. The Empress Dowager actually wanted a woman like her to seduce the emperor and secure advantages for the Jiang family. The new emperor despised the Jiang family most of all and had no wish to let a Jiang
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If I’m Going to Be a Concubine, I Might as Well Choose the Future Emperor 都是当妾,当然选未来皇帝了
Jiang Wanyue was reborn. As the daughter of a convicted official, Jiang Wanyue entered Prince Jing's residence and became one of the many women by his side. There was the cold, inscrutable princess consort, the kind and flawless moonlight of his heart, and the secondary consort who had once saved his life... Among these women, Jiang Wanyue fought her way to the top, climbing from Prince Jing's favored concubine to his beloved consort, and ultimately to Empress Dowager. Everyone said she was ungr
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The Emperor Steals His Minister’s Wife: The Cold Beauty Falls Night After Night 君夺臣妻!清冷美人夜夜沦陷
[Audiobook narration now available] [Young, unhinged emperor × aloof, beautiful statesman] [Mutual Devotion] [Coercive Love + Regret and Redemption] [Political Schemes] [Multiple Male Supporting Characters] It all began with a spiteful case of love at first sight. Young Emperor Xiao Che reunited with Shen Wanyi at a palace banquet. She had once nearly married his older brother and become Crown Princess. Now, after her family was destroyed, she had been forced to marry beneath her station. On
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The Empress Doesn't Love the Emperor, and Now He Regrets It Too Late 皇后娘娘不爱陛下,陛下追悔莫及
[Transmigration, emperor and empress couple, not a mutually devoted romance] The young emperor Xiao Chenyuan had just ascended the throne when he met Luo Qingning, the daughter of a military family, at a palace banquet. He fell in love at first sight and, despite her existing engagement, appointed her empress on the spot. Luo Qingning was a clear-headed university student born in the 2000s. After unexpectedly transmigrating to an unfamiliar world, she remained a committed opponent of marriage an
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The Bodhisattva Held Captive in the Imperial Palace 帝台囚观音
[The rating was just posted and will rise later] [Scheming, unhinged emperor × meek, honest heroine, whose personality changes later] [Forced marriage and possession + powerful man humbled by love + younger brother steals his elder brother’s wife + melodramatic, tragic romance] Lu Guanyin, a doctor from Qingshui Town, accidentally saved the badly wounded Emperor Qi Heng, only for him to forcibly take her into the imperial palace and imprison her as his favorite consort. Haunted by his obsession,
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The Story of Li Mulan, a Concubine-Born Young Lady 庶出小姐李慕兰之
I was born into an ordinary position: I was the third concubine-born daughter of the Prime Minister’s household. When I was born, magpies filled the sky with joyful cries, while spirit birds circled overhead and lingered for a long time. It was certainly the beginning of a story about someone chosen by fate. But disaster struck: I was born of a concubine. Was I supposed to let a concubine-born daughter take the place of a legitimate one? Wouldn’t that upend the strict hierarchy and proper social
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Winter Winds Brush My Face, Plum Blossoms Bloom 冬风拂面梅花开
In the Kingdom of Nanye, Zhou Wanruo, daughter of the prime minister, is hunted by her second aunt in the prime minister's residence. She escapes and collides with the poor scholar Zhang Yunze. She brushes past Li Jin, the richest man in the land, Lin Hai, son of a Hanlin Academy scholar, and Wang Zhihao, son of the Minister of Revenue. Later, they meet again and wreak havoc at the examination hall. She returns home, takes her aunt and younger sister with her, steals horses belonging to a foreig
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Reborn as a Maidservant: Spring Buds Bloom at Qiheng Gate 穿成通房,春芽初绽栖衡门
[Transmigration + Farming + Imperial Examinations + No Golden Finger + Slow-Burn, Steady-Paced Story + CP] Li Wanchun, a biology teacher, opened her eyes to find herself as Chunya, a young maid who had drowned in the Lin residence in Yangzhou. To survive in the sprawling mansion, and especially to escape the clutches of the spoiled young master, Chunya took a desperate gamble. She carefully staged an “accident” and successfully faked an injury in front of the reserved eldest young master, Lin Ji
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A Gentle Breeze Through the Willows 轻轻杨柳风
In the Kingdom of Nanshang, Shen Qingqing, daughter of the prime minister, goes to the Great State Temple to pray and is attacked by bandits. She is rescued by Yang Wenzhuo, a great general of the Marquis’s household. The prime minister suspects the Marquis’s household staged the attack and kidnapped his daughter, so he asks his younger sister, Consort Shen, for advice and orders her to investigate the household thoroughly. The emperor sends the crown prince, Liu Kaiyuan, to investigate before t
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Thirty and Radiant 三十而骊
[Women’s Fiction + Personal Growth + Comeback + Healing + Inspirational + Strong Female Lead + Married Life] At thirty, she’s done with her sham marriage. Time to become a bold, dazzling queen of the single life! When a freak accident tore the wrapping off her seemingly perfect marriage overnight, Mi Xiaobai, who had always seemed blessed by fortune, hit the first major setback of her life behind the walls of marriage: A mother-in-law with a knife behind her smile, a two-faced husband, a critica
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Reborn, I Left My Childhood Friend Behind and Found My Own Happiness 重生后,远离竹马,收获自己的幸福
Reborn, I Keep My Distance from My Childhood Friend and Find Happiness of My Own
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What in This World Could Rival the Cinnabar Between Your Brows? 天下,怎敌你眉间朱砂
“If I’m granted another life, I’ll be born a man! If I’m granted another life, I’ll never again have anything to do with the heartless men of the imperial family, not in this life or any other! If I’m granted another life...” Lu Ya suddenly turned around and smiled bitterly. That smile dazzled the hundred thousand cavalry behind her, the God of War Changtian with twin blades at his waist, and the entire world. “Gu Changtian, you’ll have to work like an ox and a horse for me to make up for how ba
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Transmigrated into My Fair Princess and Ran Off with Ertai 清穿到还珠格格,把尔泰拐走了
Wen Yan, an obscure online writer from the 21st century, transmigrates to the Qing Dynasty. She should have been born into a perfect family where her parents, a prince and a wandering swordswoman, were devoted to each other for life. So why did she transmigrate into the tragic role of an orphan? There's no time to hesitate. Mount Wutai? Qing'er? Only then does Wen Yan realize she's transmigrated into My Fair Princess III. She watched the series twice as a student, but aside from knowing that the
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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
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Your Majesty, Behave. You Can't Escape My Grasp 皇后,乖,你逃不出朕的五指山
One is an emperor who climbed to the throne over mountains of corpses, the other the legitimate daughter of a powerful military governor. After their wedding, they treat each other with courtesy and join forces to command the court and the harem. Xiao Cen thought he'd married an empress as lovely as a flower and shrewd beneath her beauty. Then he discovered that, while she was gentle and obedient in public, behind closed doors she dared to use forbidden drugs. He let his guard down for just a mo
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The Empress Only Wants to Be Sent to the Cold Palace, but the Tyrant Coaxes Her Onto the Throne 娘娘一心入冷宫,暴君轻哄着上位
[Unhinged, sharp-tongued tyrant + gorgeous, goofy, laid-back favorite consort + devoted, exclusive romance] Su Yaorao transmigrates into a Mary Sue novel as its chief female villain, a bewitching consort who brings ruin to the country. The heroine is a pure-hearted, universally adored savior of the people who will become a virtuous empress. The two enter the palace together to serve the tyrant. The heroine isn’t favored? The original character’s fault. The heroine is poisoned? The original chara
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The Palace Maid's Dream: The Emperor's Beloved 宫女入梦:帝王心尖宠
[Not a pure-love couple / not a strong heroine / weak heroine / little palace intrigue / slight angst early on, exclusive devotion later] Shu Li began having frequent dreams after she was transferred from the Hall of Sacred Books to serve the emperor. In them, a tall man stood not far from her. The first time their eyes met, she woke with a start. The second time she saw his face, he grabbed her by the throat and frightened her. The day after waking from the dream, she suddenly realized that
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He Disliked Me for Being Childless, so I Kidnapped His Secret Family and Gave Birth to a Bunch of Children. 嫌弃我无子,我拐走他的暗卫生一堆孩子
He disliked me for being childless, so I kidnapped his secret family and gave birth to a bunch of children.
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The Year I Remarried a Hunter, He Knelt in Court for Three Days 我改嫁猎户那年,他在朝堂跪了三天
The year I remarried a hunter, he knelt in the royal court for three days.
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After Being Divorced for Failing to Bear a Son, I Had Triplets with a Butcher 无子被休后,我给屠户生了三胞胎
After Being Cast Out for Having No Children, I Bore Triplets for a Butcher
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After Taking My Sister's Place as a Widow, I Married Her Stablehand 替嫡姐守寡后,我嫁给了她的马奴
After I Was Widowed in My Elder Sister's Place, I Married Her Horse Slave
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You Stole My Life, I Want to Pay It Back a Hundredfold 你偷走我的人生,我要百倍奉还
You stole my life, I want to pay it back a hundredfold
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After Being Reborn, I Tore Up the White Moonlight's Script 重生后我手撕了白月光剧本
In the Great Liang Dynasty, at the Marquis of Ningyuan’s residence, the legitimate eldest daughter Shen Yuanhua had been a pushover in her previous life. After marrying her childhood sweetheart, the general Gu Yan, she endured his taking concubines and his favored cousin, Liu Xiyin, who was the woman he had always cherished. She even knelt and begged her family for two hundred thousand taels of silver to save his life. In return, he gave her a letter of divorce and said, “That’s what a wife is s
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Life as a Tenant of the Underworld, and I’m Having a Blast 我在地府当钉子户的日子,太爽了
My Days as a Holdout in the Underworld Are Absolutely Glorious
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After I Died, I Became a Ghost Officer Thanks to the Comments. This Is Awesome 死后我靠弹幕成了鬼差,太爽了
After I Died, I Became a Ghost Official Thanks to On-Screen Comments. It's Awesome!
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Career Tree Hole, Collecting Money to Do Things Without Talking About Love 职业树洞,收钱办事不谈情
There was only 486 yuan left in the bank card, and his sister stopped taking painkillers to save on surgery fees. Qian Zejun was desperate and opened a "career tree hole" - clearly marked prices, only listening to secrets and not talking about love, overtime increases, and out-of-bounds charges! He wanted to save his sister with money, but four goddesses went crazy to grab her: CEO Bingshan offered 20,000 yuan for a monthly subscription, a top star offered 30,000 yuan for a year to protect her,
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Reborn as a Concubine's Daughter, I Became the Blind Princess's Beloved 重生庶女成盲眼郡主掌心娇
In her previous life, Xue Lanshan was framed by her birth mother and murdered by her birth brother while trying to protect her adoptive mother. Reborn, Xue Lanshan showed no mercy and slaughtered her way through the entire Marquis’s household. She married the blind princess consort only to gain support. All she wanted was revenge, then to leave with her adoptive mother and live carefree. But the blind princess consort refused to let her go. “Your Highness, if you use me and then cast me aside, I
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Deep Love Lasts Forever, You Forget, I Forget Too 情深不寿,你忘了,我也忘了
Deep love lasts forever, you forget, I forget too
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After the Bridal Sedan Mix-Up, the Cold-Faced General Went Mad 错换花轿后,冷面将军他疯魔了
After the Wrong Bride Was Carried to His Door, the Cold-Faced General Went Mad
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You Carved the Rose You Gave Me with a Scalpel 你用手术刀刻出送我的玫瑰
You Carved the Rose You Gave Me with a Scalpel
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I Dumped the Groom Who Was Trying on Wedding Dresses With His White Moonlight, Then Fled With My Child 甩掉陪白月光试婚纱的新郎,我带娃远走高飞
I dumped the groom who was helping his true love try on wedding dresses, then left with my child to start a new life.
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The Night I Miscarried, His One True Love Was Faking Illness 流产夜,他的白月光在装病
On the Night I Miscarried, His White Moonlight Was Faking Illness
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On the Operating Table, He Wanted My Life to Save His One True Love 手术台上,他要我的命救白月光
On the Operating Table, He Wanted My Life to Save His White Moonlight
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He Buried Me in a Concrete Pillar with His Own Hands, and I Was Reborn 他亲手将我埋进水泥柱,我重生了
He Buried Me in a Concrete Pillar with His Own Hands. I Was Reborn
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Catching Up on Lessons at a Homestay with the Cold, Brilliant Top Student 高冷学神和我在民宿补课
The Cool Top Student and I Cram at a B&B
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I Transmigrated and Became the Chancellor's Daughter 我穿越了,成了相国府的千金
Wow! The premise of “I Transmigrated and Became the Chancellor’s Daughter” is so compelling! You’re guaranteed to get your fill of a rich young lady’s comeback! First up, this book, “I Transmigrated and Became the Chancellor’s Daughter,” is practically tailor-made for you! In her previous life, she was killed by her enemies. After she transmigrates, she gets a cheat and becomes the eldest daughter of the chancellor’s household. She enters the palace to take revenge, and the satisfaction is off t
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