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  1. The Villainess Only Wants to Stay Alive 恶役女配她只想活命 Irritable123暴躁123Fantastical Romance242k WordsOngoing [Love at first sight + slice of life + fragile heroine + not a power fantasy + not a strong female lead + multiple POVs + relies on the male lead + heroine fans beware + both virgins + half-human, half-dragon] Money-loving, stingy dragon-born hero vs. fragile, lustful ordinary girl When Yu Chenxue woke up, she discovered she was living in a dragon-born hero novel, and she was the vicious supporting character who wouldn’t survive ten chapters. The male lead in the book, Chen Yanfan, came from a c 409.1kReads9.1Score91.4kShelves
  2. My Senior Brothers Are Handsome, No Doubt, but They're Also Dirt Poor 我的师兄们，帅是真帅，穷是真穷 My Imagination Has Gone Wild脑洞炸了锅Fantastical Romance814k WordsOngoing This is a sad story about poverty. My father was so poor that he lost even his trousers and sent me to the cultivation world to find my mother. The sects dismissed me as a good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots. Only the Heavenly Sword Sect was willing to take me in, because they were even poorer and had no choice. My senior brothers thought they had picked up a cute little girl. Instead, they raised the greatest bug in the cultivation world. The genius of Qingyun Sect was beaten to tears by 336.5kReads9.0Score29kShelves
  3. Spring Ripples 折春漪 Chu Diandian初点点Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 244.8kReads9.4Score36.5kShelves
  4. Lying Flat: It All Started When I Married a Rich Playboy 躺平咸鱼，从嫁纨绔开始 Gathering Mountains and Wind拾山与风Ancient Romance560k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Everyday Life + A Little Court Intrigue + One Devoted Couple + Silly Comedy] Cui Qingyi worked herself to death in her previous life. This time, her life motto is: Hello, I'm a slacker. She gave up the promising position of Minister's wife and chose the notorious playboy Prince Liang instead, getting an early start on retirement. Outsiders: Prince Liang is useless, and he can't have children. What's the point of marrying into the imperial family? Poor Cui girl. Cui Qingyi: Thanks for a 241.6kReads8.8Score48.7kShelves
  5. After Getting Together with a Eunuch, the Real Princess Was Reborn 和阉贼在一起后，真公主重生了 You Lu由鹿Ancient Romance571k WordsCompleted When Rong Yao was six, she was poisoned and her mind was damaged, leaving her an idiot. Everyone said she had the wits of a six-year-old. To survive, Rong Yao sneaked into the palace and became Princess Shengping's personal maid. She washed the princess's feet and rubbed her back every day, doing light chores. Grateful to Princess Shengping for not despising her as an idiot, Rong Yao secretly climbed into the bed of the powerful eunuch Qi Shen when the princess asked her to become his companio 237.1kReads9.2Score44.4kShelves
  6. Flirting with the Grand Tutor: Strangers in Public, Like Spouses in Private 勾太傅，人前不熟人后如做了夫妻 I Am No Good Person吾非良人Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing (Winning entry in the finals of the Fifth Online Literature Contest) While her husband, the top scorer in the imperial exams, slept soundly, Song Lian clung to the cool and composed Grand Tutor of the court and wept. “Please, save me...” What had she done wrong? She just didn't want to die. With merciless family rules, a princess who tolerated no rivals, and a husband set on becoming the princess's consort, Song Lian had only one path left: hanging herself. So she summoned her courage and seduce 234.6kReads9.2Score37.2kShelves
  7. Bewitching the Golden Branch 惹金枝 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 230.7kReads9.7Score29.6kShelves
  8. Palm Bait: A Record of Taming the Pampered One 掌心饵，驯娇记 Seventeen Sounds of Life十七声生Ancient Romance998k WordsCompleted [Gloomy eunuch ✖️ a palace maid who grows over time] Behind the deep palace walls, two broken souls become entangled and find a way to keep living amid the gray shadows of imperial power struggles. "Though the moss flower is tiny as a grain of rice, it still blooms like a peony." We may live humbly, hidden from the light, but we still live. A somewhat realistic story, not a wish-fulfillment novel. If you enjoy its subtle, tense atmosphere, step inside. 221.4kReads9.4Score39.4kShelves
  9. What Immortal Path? What Heavenly Dao? Hah! I Cultivate the Path of Slaughter 什么仙道天道？呵！我修的是杀道 Jiang Xiaoyan姜小言Ancient Romance3.2M WordsOngoing [Print edition out September 12 + refuses to look back + satisfying growth story + ensemble cast] In her past life, Wanwan died at the hands of her master and six senior brothers, pierced through the heart by seven swords and left without a whole body. Her master only loved her little junior sister, and her senior brothers only doted on her. When the little junior sister lost her Golden Core, they dug out Wanwan's to replace it. When the little junior sister was wronged, Ye Wanwan was made to su 201kReads9.4Score19.7kShelves
  10. Climbing the Social Ladder 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 188.2kReads9.6Score34.3kShelves
  11. Nonsense! She’s No Jinx! 胡说，她才不是扫把星 Vinegar-Flavored Egg Yolk Pastry醋味蛋黄酥Ancient Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [On-screen comments + adorable child + supernatural powers + contrasting sisters] The magistrate of Xianyang has twin daughters. When one was born, flowers bloomed and birds sang. When the other was born, her maternal grandmother died and her paternal grandmother fell ill. Her lucky-star older sister was showered with affection from childhood and lived in luxury. The unlucky girl didn't even have a name. Her father casually called her “Extra,” and Duoduo became her name. The Prince of Pingyang, 187.9kReads8.5Score10.9kShelves
  12. 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 185.9kReads9.3Score26.3kShelves
  13. The Princess Consort Arrives, and the Comatose Prince Takes Cold Baths Every Day 王妃进门，昏迷王爷天天洗冷水澡 One Zi一个子Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Reborn, mother-daughter rivalry, marriage first and love later] In her previous life, Bai Xiyue refused to switch marriages and get in the way of her elder sister, making herself her mother’s enemy. To punish her, her elder sister seduced her husband and slept in her marital bed, leaving him to neglect her until she became a laughingstock at the Third Prince’s residence. Her mother resented her for being ungrateful and refused to prepare a dowry. In the end, to silence her for good, she tricked 180.3kReads8.5Score5.1kShelves
  14. Shocking! The Bastard in Her Belly Is the Regent's 惊！她肚子里的野种是摄政王的 Xian Wei闲娓Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance + Household Intrigue + Sweet Romance + Devoted Male Lead + Feel-Good Revenge] In her previous life, Shen Xi was drugged and lost her virginity. Prince Qi, Xiao Sheng, covered it up and married her with an extravagant procession. In gratitude for his devotion, she did everything in her power to help him ascend the throne. In return, he made her cousin empress and gave Shen Xi a cup of poison. Only on the verge of death did Shen Xi learn the truth about her father and brothers 176.9kReads8.8Score26kShelves
  15. A Quiet Country Home: Life in the Countryside 清水人家，乡土生活 Mu from Envious, Ze from Munze羡慕的慕恩泽的泽Ancient Romance5.5M WordsOngoing (Also known as: A Clearwater Home, A Rural Tale) [Ancient-era farming / fictional map blending north and south / ensemble cast of locals, each the protagonist of their own life / no transmigration / no rebirth / no pocket dimension / no golden finger / country living / a slow, steady pace] The full-cast audiobook is now available. Come give it a listen! Four different comic-drama adaptations are now available. Come watch! A lovely book to pass the time when you have nothing better to do. Thi 160.4kReads9.2Score13.5kShelves
  16. You Stole My Child? I'll Remarry the Heirless Duke and Become His Lady 抢我孩子？改嫁绝嗣国公爷当主母 He Bu Shi何不识Ancient Romance406k WordsCompleted Zhi Ying was reborn. She was born into the Duke’s household, and her mother’s greatest wish was for the heir to take her as a concubine. That was exactly what had happened in her previous life. But she hadn’t expected that, on the day she gave birth, the heir and his wife would conspire against her. She died in childbirth, and the two of them even took the child she had risked her life to deliver. It turned out the heir’s wife was unable to bear children, which was why she had made Zhi Ying a be 149.9kReads7.4Score24.3kShelves
  17. The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 149.2kReads9.6Score20.9kShelves
  18. 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 Ye Buhong叶不鸿Ancient Romance558k WordsCompleted [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 144.2kReads9.3Score25.5kShelves
  19. The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 142.2kReads9.7Score28.5kShelves
  20. The Curvy Cousin Is Wed, and the Ascetic Chief Minister Regrets It 丰腴表小姐出嫁，禁欲首辅后悔了 Dream Seller卖梦呓人Ancient Romance866k WordsOngoing Her maternal aunt had been married into the marquis’s household for years without bearing a child. She chose the ten-year-old girl, who had neither father nor mother, from among the clan, intending to adopt her as a daughter. But her aunt was only a concubine, with little standing in the household, so the matter was delayed for six years. By then, the girl had grown into a stunning young woman with curves in all the right places. Her voluptuous figure was too much for even a padded coat to conce 129.7kReads9.0Score21.2kShelves
  21. The Beloved Little Sugar Baby of a Farmer's Family 团宠农家小糖宝 Leaves in the Wind风中的叶子Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted The Su family finally had a daughter. And with her, their life of crushing poverty took a turn for the better! “Dad, I dug up a basket of big white radishes on the mountain.” The little girl, speaking in a childish voice, held out her basket to Old Su. Old Su: “...” His head started buzzing. How much silver could all these wild ginseng roots fetch? “Dad, I also picked a basket of mushrooms.” Old Su: “...” He swayed on his feet. How many grand mansions could all these lingzhi mushrooms buy? “Dad, 127.4kReads9.2Score8.8kShelves
  22. On New Year’s Eve, a Door Opened in the Sky 大年夜，天上开了一扇门 Northeast Wang Xiaowu东北王小五Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On New Year’s Eve, a girl named Xia Xiaonuan suddenly saw an enormous door open in the sky. Astonished, she watched a gigantic ladder extend from the doorway. It slowly descended until it reached her feet, then stopped. Almost without thinking, she stood up and climbed the ladder through the door. The moment she stepped inside, she discovered mountains of gold, silver, and jewels, each shining with a dazzling array of colors… By the time she came back out, she seemed to be a different person fro 127.1kReads8.5Score9.3kShelves
  23. Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [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 126.7kReads9.6Score16.7kShelves
  24. The Marquis's Accused Wife Can See the Future: No Secret of the Capital's Elite Can Stay Hidden 侯府罪妇开天眼，满京权贵藏不住 Ying Youxian楹有闲Ancient Romance609k WordsOngoing A scandal rocked the Marquis Shunyang's estate. The second young lady of the household claimed the military achievements of the eldest young lady as her own. When the truth came out, she was reviled by thousands. Out of regard for family ties, the marquis's household merely sent her away to a country estate a thousand miles from the capital to recuperate. Eight years later, the household decided to bring the reviled Second Qin Madam back to the capital. The capital's nobility sneered. “Does she 117.1kReads8.8Score14.3kShelves
  25. Did My Husband Fall for Someone Else While I Was Bringing Him Back to Life? 夫君复活我的路上有了心上人？ Running Peach奔跑的桃子Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted Mu Ran had a nightmare. She was a supporting female character in a male-oriented novel, and the male lead’s beloved wife, the moonlight in his heart. In the second year of their marriage, she would die saving him. To bring her back to life, he searched everywhere from the celestial realms above to the underworld below, gathering countless rare treasures. Five hundred years later, he finally tore through the void, reached the pinnacle of cultivation, and successfully resurrected her. It seemed li 116.6kReads9.2Score11.8kShelves
  26. The Transformation of Huating 华庭变 Is Wasabi Spicy?芥末辣不辣Ancient Romance479k WordsOngoing A traditional tale of palace and household intrigue, with no transmigration or rebirth. Linglong, the legitimate daughter, grew up in the Shen household, a place like an animal fighting arena. Her father had no sons, so he sent her to study in the Imperial Academy for six years. Clever and clearheaded, Linglong still could not escape the strictures of convention, and remained trapped in the inner chambers. After marrying into the Marquis of Changping's household, she carefully planned each step 110.2kReads8.6Score7.4kShelves
  27. I Reincarnated as the Sickly Child of the Chief Councillor 穿成首辅大人的病娇崽崽 Dingdong Jiuj iu叮咚酒酒Ancient Romance628k WordsOngoing (Historical fantasy + reborn + high-ranking official raises a child + no female lead) Lu Youning had always been the sort to repay every slight. Even while gravely ill and nearing death, he used his last remaining strength to ruin his cheap father’s company. He watched the venomous looks from his faithless father and his illegitimate younger brother, Thinking he could finally die content after getting his revenge, he opened his eyes and found himself a bawling, hungry baby in swaddling clothes. 108.3kReads8.8Score10.9kShelves
  28. The Virtuous Empress Takes Palace Intrigue Seriously 贤德皇后，认真宫斗 Head of Zaolin Street枣林街长Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The virtuous empress An Linzhao was reborn. She cast off her disguise of gentle virtue and made her moves step by step, sending every one of her enemies to hell. In her previous life, An Linzhao had strictly followed the rules for women, remained virtuous and gentle, and helped her husband ascend the throne. In the end, she became empress. She urged the emperor to govern diligently and kept the harem in check, only to earn his growing resentment. In the end, an edict deposing her sent her to the 107.5kReads8.5Score19kShelves
  29. Two Beauties Reborn: The Twin Stars of the Capital Are Here to Play! 双姝重生，玩的就是京城双子星！ Chef God Usachi厨神乌萨奇Ancient Romance775k WordsCompleted [Devoted to One Another + Ensemble Cast] The two daughters of the Shi family were the daughters of a loyal official in their previous lives. They kept a low profile and endured in silence, yet because their father refused to take sides, a prince framed them, bringing the entire family to ruin! Reborn in a blaze of vengeance, the sisters return with boundless hatred. They put away their kindness and become alluring, venomous schemers! The elder sister, Shi Yun, has a bewitching soul beneath her c 105.5kReads8.9Score27.4kShelves
  30. After I Was Reborn, My Late Husband and Ex-Husband Started Fighting 重生后，亡夫与前夫打起来了 Xi Ruo Wu Zhi兮若无止Ancient Romance609k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, a scheming male lead, ruthless pursuit, a love triangle, and rekindled love after a breakup] [A foolish beauty in her past life and not much smarter in this one VS a reserved, self-disciplined beauty on a lofty pedestal VS a hedonistic young lord who takes what he wants] In her past life, Gan Caier managed to squander a winning hand through her own sheer incompetence. In the end, she died alone in the snow on New Year’s Eve. She couldn’t blame anyone else, but she still died with regre 103kReads9.1Score15.7kShelves
  31. His Majesty Says He Dislikes Seductive Women 陛下说他不喜媚色 Purple-Robed Evil Emperor紫裳邪皇Ancient Romance611k WordsCompleted [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 101.4kReads8.6Score697kShelves
  32. Danger! I Just Ascended, and I Already Killed the Heavenly Emperor? 危！刚飞升我就杀了天帝？ Bian Lu边鹿Fantastical Romance446k WordsOngoing Ding Jiu had just ascended to immortality when she represented the new ascendants in raising a toast to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor took a drink… and dropped dead. Ding Jiu: “?” She tossed aside the wine cup and spun around in fury. “Who harmed my beloved Jade Emperor? Guards! Seal off the Southern Heavenly Gate, find the culprit, and avenge His Majesty!” Long afterward, the people of the Immortal Realm still couldn’t figure out how Ding Jiu, a brand-new ascendant, had turned the tables a 98.7kReads9.2Score18.4kShelves
  33. The Villainess Asks Every Day: Is the Dog Emperor Dead Yet? 恶女每日一问：狗皇帝今天死了没 Green Mountain Has Its Say青山有辞Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted For eight years in the palace, Xiangjun fought to get ahead and tried to please everyone, yet the palace’s noble masters still ground her down, used her, humiliated her, and cast her aside... Those nobles basked in all the wealth of the realm atop heaps of corpses and bones, yet mocked her for trying her hardest and not knowing her place. In the end, the child Xiangjun risked her life to bear called her enemy “Mother,” while Xiangjun was cut open alive so the baby could be taken from her. She di 98kReads9.6Score15kShelves
  34. My Brother Hidden in the Heart of Spring 兄藏深春里 Yuan Yi苑益Ancient Romance513k WordsCompleted [The aloof, ethereal chief cabinet minister * the sweet, charming little cat who loves to flirt] [Unrelated adoptive siblings * deliberate seduction * a game of push and pull] Hua Qingchi, the legitimate son of the Hua family, rose to become chief cabinet minister. He kept women at a distance, cool and aloof, as distant and untouchable as an immortal beneath the moon. In her previous life, Shen Jiaoyue, wife of Hua Yan's older brother Hua Qingchi, feared that Hua Yan's stunning beauty might capt 97.1kReads8.5Score16.3kShelves
  35. 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！ Bright, Gentle Laughter笑语晏晏Ancient Romance429k WordsCompleted [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 96.6kReads9.2Score10.3kShelves
  36. The Lantern-Bearing Chronicles 逢灯纪 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance982k WordsCompleted (Signed for publication, with screen adaptation rights sold) You're the daughter of a marquis. You want to take your mother's dowry and remains with you? Done. I'll take the dowry and remains, and bring you your mother's divorce papers as well as your own severance papers cutting ties with your family. You were declared dead and became an invisible person behind your brothers. You want to live like a normal person again? Done. I'll restore your name and identity, and make sure you receive the en 93.1kReads9.3Score13.8kShelves
  37. Forget Whether I’m Bad, Just See If Men Love Me 别管我坏不坏，就看男人爱不爱 Sugar-Free Pineapple Milk Pudding菠萝奶冻不加糖Ancient Romance754k WordsOngoing Multiple male leads + a battlefield of competing suitors + a master manipulator + a sweet exterior with a ruthless heart + deliberate seduction + revenge against the scum Shen Yingning was once the pampered daughter of a wealthy merchant. Then, in a single night, her family fell apart: her parents were beheaded, and her elder half-sister was brutally killed in an alley behind the marquis's residence. She swore to make her enemies pay in blood. Taking the name Bai Yingzhu, she entered the Wanhua 93.1kReads8.9Score10.7kShelves
  38. Driven to Death by Her Cultivator Mistress? I Take Up My Sword and Storm the Ninth Heaven 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 91.6kReads9.6Score12kShelves
  39. A Highborn Matriarch’s Guide to Taming Her Husband 高门主母的驯夫手册 Chu Diandian初点点Ancient Romance547k WordsCompleted Cheng Zhao was granted in marriage to Zhou Yuanshen, the youngest duke in the realm. Zhou Yuanshen had a favored concubine with a powerful family backing her, and he was also entangled in an ambiguous relationship with his widowed sister-in-law. He despised the stiff, dull manner of noble-born ladies. And Cheng Zhao had received the most orthodox upbringing of all. Faced with the endless infighting in the Duke’s household, the concubine’s provocations, and her sister-in-law’s covert meddling, Ch 87.8kReads8.9Score11.4kShelves
  40. The Legitimate Princess Consort Died Tragically, Then Returned Reborn and Turned to the Dark Side 嫡妃惨死，重生归来黑化了 Jiang Damo姜大沫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She was the daughter of a century-old military family, noble in status, yet she was cruelly betrayed by her fiancé and half-sister. Her face was flayed, her identity stolen, and she died miserably, only to be reborn and awaken as the princess consort of her former fiancé's sworn enemy: Qin Wan, a legitimate daughter who had been raised in a mountain village since childhood, timid, weak, and afraid of trouble? Ha! The noble daughter of a military family, reborn with peerless medical skills and ma 86.7kReads8.6Score7.5kShelves
  41. Spring Tide Night Crossing, the Cousin Miss Is Clearly a Scoundrel 春潮夜渡，表姑娘渣得明明白白 Listening to Bamboo Whispers in the Mist听岚竹语Ancient Romance440k WordsCompleted Forbidden love #Intense Push and Pull #Beautiful and Broken #Mutual Redemption It wasn't love at first sight, nor was it planned from the start. It was love that grew over time, and love that grew over time! - Wen Yizhen, the jewel of a Jiangnan tea merchant family, is sold as a coveted courtesan in Yangzhou after her family is destroyed. After escaping, she takes her unmentionable skills and intoxicating, bone-deep fragrance to seek refuge with her aunt at the marquis's estate, only to become 86.4kReads9.2Score11.7kShelves
  42. A Childless Woman Raises Four Children, and Her Life Flourishes 绝户女养四娃，日子过得风生水起 Qian Mu芊木Ancient Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Fictional historical setting + strong female lead + taking on the terrible in-laws and family + raising children + no transmigration + no rebirth + marriage first, love later] Yinxing injured herself when she was five, losing the ability to become a mother. Even though she's beautiful and good at earning money, no family is willing to marry her, because marrying her would mean their family line would end. Only Lai Da, the old widower in the village, is willing to marry her, and he even offers d 82.6kReads8.3Score3.8kShelves
  43. The Bedchamber Maid Becomes the Wife 通房为妻 Huihui Tangxin会会棠心Ancient Romance419k WordsOngoing [Possessive pursuit, then a desperate attempt to win her back] A pretty, honest maid VS a powerful and influential Duke Cheng Yanli, Duke of Cheng, wielded immense power before he was even thirty, and no one dared challenge him. There was a maid in the duke's residence named Yunxiang. She had entered the household at the age of eight. At first, Cheng Yanli thought the girl was breathtakingly beautiful, but too timid and young, so he paid her no mind. It wasn't until after a drunken night th 81.8kReads8.8Score9.5kShelves
  44. Childhood Sweethearts Can’t Compare to an Adoptive Brother! She Knocks on His Door in the Middle of the Night and Falls into His Arms 竹马哪有养兄香！半夜敲门扑入怀 Little Fish Learns to Swim小鱼学游泳Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Sweet and Gentle Girl VS Steady, Restrained Powerful Official] [Mutually devoted, childhood sweethearts, years of secret love finally returned] Shen Mingshu grew up cherished by Jiang Xun, but his stern, cold nature made her fear him more than anything. After someone drugged her, her childhood friend, a young general, took her away. When they were discovered, she had no choice but to marry him. But the young general loved someone else and took a concubine on their wedding day. He doted on his c 78.2kReads8.8Score11.6kShelves
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  46. The Prince of the Manor Took a Billionaire Heiress Home as His Stepmother 王府世子捡了个首富千金当后娘 Orange Peel橙色橘子皮Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted A wedding procession stretching for miles moved grandly along Vermilion Bird Avenue. The gilded wedding sedan, carried by sixteen bearers, shimmered in the sunlight. The golden phoenix embroidered on its curtains trembled with each step, as if it might take flight at any moment. Behind it trailed a seemingly endless line of dowry carts. Red silk tied around the vermilion-lacquered, gold-trimmed chests whipped in the spring breeze. “Which family's young lady is getting married? What a spectacle!” 75.2kReads6.4Score6.5kShelves
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  48. A Misriage That Shook the Court 错嫁惊凰 Nan Qiao Susu南乔苏苏Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted After being sent to the wrong bridal sedan, Su Jianjia went from being the matriarch of a marquis’s household to the wife of its adopted son. Everyone thought she had carefully planned the bride-swapping scheme. They hated and despised her, tormenting her in every way as she struggled to survive in the marquis’s household. Then, by chance, she discovered that her husband was having an affair with her adoptive mother. In public, they played the loving mother and son; in private, they were partner 74.4kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves
  49. You Want Me as a Concubine? Eight Thousand Imperial Guards Are Here to Escort Me Back to the Palace 让我做妾？八千禁卫迎我回宫 Lu Minghuang鹿明凰Ancient Romance255k WordsCompleted By imperial decree, Xie Zhaoyan arrives in the capital with a fortune in tow to fulfill her engagement to the Marquis of Zhenbei. But on her wedding day, the marquis’s household bars her from entering. The household puts on a show to intimidate her. “A mere merchant’s daughter like you has no right to be the lady of the marquis’s household. If you know what’s good for you and are willing to lower yourself to concubinage, the Old Madam may let you become a favored concubine, given how generous y 73.8kReads8.8Score12kShelves
  50. No Master of Love and Longing 风月无主 Moonlight on the First Day月照初Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Yun Lang was six, she followed her mother to seek refuge with the Song family in the capital. She and the family's third young master, Song Qingli, had been betrothed since childhood. Once she came of age, they would naturally marry. The Song family was wealthy, the matriarch was kind, and the sisters treated one another warmly. Though she was no true noblewoman, Yun Lang was level-headed and even-tempered. She lived peacefully in the household, her days quiet and content. Until that sn 73.2kReads8.8Score10.7kShelves