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2026 Reading List: Mostly BG Romance 2026书单-BG为主

Books: 31
Follows: 11
Grade: Level B
Updated: 9mo ago

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What I've been reading from 2024 to 2026. I'll keep adding to the list. I avoid anything too outrageous, and I don't read tragic endings.

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1 Back to When My Parents Divorced 重回爸妈离婚时 Hua Rifei花日绯Romance421k WordsCompleted In 1995, Hu Lili is eighteen. She discovers that her wealthy parents, held up as the perfect couple who never stop saying they love her, are both cheating and have other families and children on the side. In her previous life, Hu Lili was manipulated into exposing them herself in front of the media, thinking she was doing the right thing. Both companies suffered financial losses and public humiliation, and she fell from the heights of privilege to a miserable end. Given another chance, Hu Lili l 46kFavorites83.9kClicks/ch41.6kGifts
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A radical woman from her past life is reborn back to the time when she was a boy who changed her destiny. She discovers the benefactor who truly helped her in her past life and begins a new life.
2 After I Transmigrated, My Mother-in-Law Was Reborn [The Sixties] 穿越后，我婆婆重生了[六零] Jin Xiaoyue金小月Romance241k WordsOngoing In her previous life, Fang Huifen spent her whole life shackled by a so-called debt of gratitude. She doted on her stepchildren and neglected her own son, driving him further and further away until they were estranged. When she finally became unable to work, her stepchildren threw her out, leaving her homeless. Only after she died did she discover that her husband had always treasured his first wife above all else. He couldn't bear to make his beloved moonlight raise children, so he reluctantly 820Favorites1.2kClicks/ch189Gifts
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A modern-day bickering couple transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a newlywed couple, while their biological mother, whose family was wiped out by exploitation, is reborn. Currently, they are caught in a battle between their hypocritical biological father, stepbrother, and biological mother/young couple. [Starry-eyed] The author has been on hiatus for half a month without notice. Waiting for more updates.
3 The Great Family and the Humble Household 高门小户 Eastern Wind's Decree东风令Romance268k WordsOngoing After falling ill, Song Jiajia, who had been born into this world, realized she had become the cousin of Song Jiasi, the great villain of the novel The Empress. But things went completely off the rails from the start. First, her grandfather, Duke of Zhao, unexpectedly divided the family estate. The illegitimate third branch, which included Song Jiajia, received a meager share, and fell from a high-ranking ducal family to a small household. Next, her grandfather died saving the emperor, and he 2.8kFavorites4.3kClicks/ch598Gifts
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The female protagonist, reborn into a book, discovers she's been transported there. The villainous empress (vicious, foolish, and emotionally unstable), who is also the protagonist's older cousin, is reborn before her marriage and causes her to be killed off prematurely. [Please!] Currently, everyone is in a state of panic. [Shut up!]
4 He Really Didn't Mean to Transmigrate in the 1950s! 五零之他真没想穿越啊！ Wind of Ling Shan泠善之风Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Shen Heng was struck on the head by a family heirloom incense burner and transmigrated. He’d barely arrived before he was fighting for his life. This wasn’t just an ordinary brawl: it was a fight to the death! The original owner had been beaten so badly that he’d lost his soul. That showed how brutal it had been. Luckily, Shen Heng had never been one to take things lying down, even in modern times. When it came to fighting for his life, he’d never lost! Maybe Great-Grandma couldn’t see t 3.3kFavorites5.5kClicks/ch13.8kGifts
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He transmigrated into the body of a young boy in Shanghai before liberation. His parents, who were underground party members, abandoned them and their two siblings during the revolution. The boy, with his cheat-like spatial ability, supported his younger siblings and, incidentally, robbed the rich to help the poor. Currently, the map of the pre-liberation era has been moved from Shanghai to Beijing.
5 1979: A Guide to Becoming a Literary Giant 1979之问鼎文豪指南 Mihua Bai米花白Romance1.3M WordsCompleted When she woke up, Lin Luo, a human word-processing machine, had transmigrated to 1978. That very day, she got herself a handsome husband who was a sent-down youth, and Lin Luo made the same mistake every woman makes. After just half a year of happy married life, her handsome husband was taken away by his relatives, and Lin Luo tearfully became the "abandoned wife" everyone in the village talked about. The "abandoned wife" herself clutched her "enormous" royalty check from Story Club, her mouth 4.4kFavorites7.8kClicks/ch4.4kGifts
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The female protagonist transmigrates to 1979 and becomes an only child in a rural area. She marries a male educated youth from Beijing and they take the college entrance exam together. Currently, they are both studying at Peking University. (Version 26.1.30)
6 My Mother Is Reborn 我娘是重生的 Li Shuyi yi李曙祎yiRomance478k WordsCompleted After Lin Shu dies, she transmigrates into a book, becoming the daughter of a beautiful embroiderer in a secluded household in ancient times. Lin Shu thinks she will have to grow up squeezed into the cracks of the household's back courtyard, keeping her head down as an insignificant passerby. Once she is grown, she can find work in the kitchen and lie flat for the rest of her life. If everything goes smoothly, perhaps she can save enough money to buy her freedom before she is assigned to a you 4.2kFavorites6.4kClicks/ch2kGifts
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When her daughter was four or five years old, her mother, a seamstress whose previous life was tragically taken away by her master, was reborn. She now witnesses her family's efforts to redeem themselves and return to their hometown.
7 Reborn in the Sixties: The Beauty Saves the Hero 重生六零之美人救英雄 Half-Moon Rose月半蔷薇Romance579k WordsCompleted The new novel, A Writer in the Republican Era, is now underway~! When Gu Fang was sixteen, in the most wretched period of her life, she met the benefactor who would change everything: the elderly Madam Chu Xiangxue. Alone in the world, the old woman cherished her like her own granddaughter. From the time she was sixteen until she was twenty-eight, Gu Fang received not only the care that raised her, but also her patient guidance. Just as Gu Fang thought she was finally capable of repaying ev 81.5kFavorites118.7kClicks/ch115.5kGifts
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The story of being reborn as her benefactor's classmate and changing her family's tragic fate during a certain era. Currently, the story has moved entirely to a snowy, northern region where she lives and works. If only time travel were truly possible!
8 The Apocalypse Big Shot Travels to the Seventies 末世大佬穿七零 Half A Liang Of Green Ink半两青墨Romance746k WordsCompleted [Synopsis] This is Shen Banyue’s eighth year in the apocalypse. She has awakened several abilities and struggles to survive in a world overrun by zombies. One day, while searching for clean water, Shen Banyue encounters zombies. One moment she’s fighting them, and the next, everything goes black. She wakes up in the world of a period novel. The good news: Although this era is poor, it’s far better than the apocalypse. At least clean water is everywhere, and she still has the abilities she awake 76.4kFavorites123.1kClicks/ch156.2kGifts
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A modern female college student transmigrates to a post-apocalyptic world ten years later, then back to a historical period where a nine-year-old girl, a former cannon fodder character, is abducted. She beats up the kidnappers and helps the female protagonist escape. The story has just reached the point where she's living with the three-year-old female protagonist and other abducted boys in foster care in the mountains. [Lemon][Dove] One by one, the boys have been found and brought home by their parents!
9 The Fairy-Tale Princess Who Can Work Magic 童话小公主她会魔法 Sugar Balls糖丸丸Romance195k WordsOngoing Guan Feng is a criminal investigator who can draw. On a whim, he sketches a little princess from a fairy tale. Then he's busy catching criminals and doesn't get home for several days. When he walks in, he sees a broom sweeping the floor by itself, a rag wiping down the table, and the pots and pans he left in the kitchen washing themselves. Guan Feng: ? He must be hallucinating from exhaustion. "Daddy." The little princess in the picture on the wall squeezes half her body out. "I'm stuck. Please 6.3kFavorites8.6kClicks/ch5.1kGifts
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A sweet little story [Purple Sugar]: A criminal investigation captain draws a little princess and becomes a doting father [Fireworks][Rose], and then... Nothing more [Heartbroken]
10 A Blind Date with an Antique Tycoon 相亲相到古董大佬 Chive Pancake韭菜饼子Romance504k WordsCompleted Blurb: Things go wrong from the start: right after graduating, her boyfriend cheats on her. A man who cheats isn't worth a thing. Yan Ruyi promptly dumps the scumbag and gets a golden finger: all she has to do is look at an old object to know how many years ago it was made. With this skill, she makes a name for herself in the 6.1kFavorites9.2kClicks/ch4.6kGifts
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Treasure appraisal + military marriage, during the reform and opening-up period
11 The Little Lord 小领主 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Once hailed as a genius destined to become the Empire’s chief knight, he was gravely injured and abandoned by his family and the princess he loved. Reduced to a stray with nowhere to go, he was taken in by an obscure little lord… The little lord, Jiang Zhuozhuo, has a tiny domain, no ambition, and just wants to lounge in the sun in comfort every day. Her only concern is that if no one succeeds her, the Empire will take back her land! Now her chance has arrived! The man in front of her is incredi 110.2kFavorites151.1kClicks/ch975.2kGifts
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My favorite little melon [purple sugar] has successfully concluded [fireworks]
12 I Pose as a God with My General Store 我用杂货铺伪装神明 Li Xingge李行歌No CP711k WordsOngoing [Business management + interdimensional trade + divine secret identity] [The Void Sea series, Part Two: The Primordial Tree] A few days after inheriting her grandmother’s general store, Zhen Qiong has an accident. As she lies dying, her consciousness grows hazy, and she hears someone muttering in a strange accent, disturbing her sleep. [On the Gui Mao day, we ask the gods: The king has had a headache for ten days. If we boil thirty human sacrifices today, will he recover?] Zhen Qiong: What is w 55.2kFavorites58.5kClicks/ch82.9kGifts
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Otherworldly projection manifests through objects.
13 Dr. Chen, the Child Is Awake [The 1970s] 陈大夫，孩子醒了[七零] Er Ting二汀Romance742k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Chen Yun was a leading expert who had published several research papers on newborns. One day, she transmigrated and became a doctor at the Red Sun Steel Plant Workers' Clinic. The factory was tucked away in a mountain valley and had more than twenty thousand employees and family members. The only person at the hospital responsible for the health of all those people who had actually graduated from a proper medical school... was her, and she was only half-qualified. Some staf 50.5kFavorites88kClicks/ch31.2kGifts
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It's a story about two working parents. It started off well, but then it became a bit too idealistic, so I couldn't continue reading.
14 A Shanghai Family [Period] 沪上人家[年代] Li Yan骊偃Romance889k WordsCompleted Qiu Qiu was born into 1956, but has never been able to fully control her body. She moves and speaks slowly. After her father dies and her mother remarries, she lives with her grandparents. In 1972, her grandfather dies saving a sent-down youth named Chu Chen. Her grandmother falls ill and never recovers. To repay the family's kindness, Chu Chen agrees to marry Qiu Qiu at her grandmother's bedside. By the time the college entrance exams roll around, the couple's daughter is three, and Qiu Qiu i 50.1kFavorites79.9kClicks/ch75.5kGifts
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I've only watched half of it [Purple Sugar]
15 [Dream of the Red Chamber] Daiyu's Eldest Sister-in-Law 红楼之黛玉长嫂 Mei Youyang梅悠扬Romance971k WordsOngoing Ming Yaohua transmigrated eighteen years ago, and she’s been living a comfortable, happy life. Her family has a house and a shop in Yangzhou City. Her husband is young and handsome, preparing for the imperial examinations and confident of success. Her younger brother is studying and has been praised for his talent. Then one day, a middle-aged man claiming to be the head steward of the Yangzhou Salt Commissioner's residence comes to their door, falls to his knees, and cries, “Young Master! Youn 44.8kFavorites58.5kClicks/ch67.7kGifts
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The female lead and male lead have a sweet and loving relationship; the female lead is intelligent, and the male lead is discovered to be Lin Ruhai's eldest son by a concubine after passing the imperial examination.
16 I’m Just a Convenience Store Owner [Infinite Flow] 我只是个开便利店的[无限] Cheese Rice Ball芝士油饭团Romance955k WordsCompleted [The main story is complete. Please add the upcoming novel A Survival Guide to the Eerie Aristocratic Academy [Infinite] to your reading list.] Tan Xiaoxiao runs a convenience store. Her daily worries are difficulty restocking, delivery drivers who always bring the wrong things, rude customers, and her own minor mental health issues. Until one day, she meets a strange group of people who call themselves players. They’re a little odd and rather clingy, but they’ve spent quite a bit in her store, 32kFavorites47.9kClicks/ch21kGifts
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NPC perspective
17 Maid to a Reborn Young Lady 给重生的小姐当丫鬟 Southern Morning Tea南方早茶Romance545k WordsCompleted Nan Zhi transmigrated into the body of an eight-year-old household servant. Just then, the mistress was choosing maids for the young masters and ladies of the household, and Nan Zhi was among the candidates. While the other household servants were doing their utmost to get into the young masters' courtyards as ink-grinding maids, Nan Zhi set her sights on the Seventh Young Lady. The Seventh Young Lady was an unfavored legitimate daughter, someone the other servants went 15.1kFavorites22.6kClicks/ch11.7kGifts
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The young lady is reborn and is very self-aware, managing to survive until old age. The female lead mainly assists the young lady; there's no romance, she's just a tool, and her husband has no children.
18 Transmigrated into a Book as the Wicked Old Woman's Youngest Son (Imperial Exams) 穿书成恶毒老太的小儿子（科举） Please Have a Bowl of Strawberries请吃一碗草莓Romance529k WordsCompleted After Song Mo died, he awakened memories of his past life and realized that he had been one of the important characters in a farming novel. In this farming novel, the protagonist transmigrates into the body of the honest, timid second son of the Song family. The second branch of the family works like oxen, doing all the hardest labor, yet they still can’t win the affection of the harsh and vicious Old Madam Song. Their son and daughter are so hungry they’re skin and bones. The eldest branch is 13.8kFavorites22.8kClicks/ch13.9kGifts
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As a beneficiary of the doting love of his overbearing parents, the male protagonist awakens memories of two lifetimes (currently in his third) and leads his transmigrated second brother to work together.
19 I Opened an Inn in Another World [System] 我在异界开旅店[系统] lesliyaRomance324k WordsCompleted [Going VIP on September 25, with three updates that day. Thanks for subscribing!] Xia Xiaoru entered a lucky draw by scanning a QR code, only to get bound to a System that wanted to enter a competition. She had no choice but to head to another world and open an inn. Rest there and your stamina is completely restored. The food comes with buffs. Pay your respects to the sacred beasts and you can even cure poison and heal wounds... In a world where people make their living by fighting monsters, thi 12.7kFavorites50.8kClicks/ch7.8kGifts
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I like boss stories that don't require adventure.
20 Opening a Snack Shop at the Imperial College 在国子监开小卖部 Pine Snow Pastry松雪酥Romance494k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now on sale and available on all platforms. Thank you for your support!] Yao Qizhao, Libationer of the Imperial College, was a man of impeccable character, upright and honest throughout his life, never making a single mistake. Then one day, he suddenly broke off his granddaughter's engagement in the street and beat up a court official. His reputation was ruined, and his health rapidly declined. He lived frugally all his life. His family assets amounted to just over twenty 155kFavorites187.4kClicks/ch167.4kGifts
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It's a good read, although seeing the grandfather awake is a little heartbreaking; I don't dare to think too much about whether he discovered that his only relative had been lost to time travel.
21 The Number One Scholar's Remarkable Second Sister-in-Law 探花郎的极品二嫂 Red Bean Soup绿豆红汤Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Meng Qing is an ordinary transmigrator, born into the Tang dynasty as the eldest daughter of a paper horse shop in Suzhou, Jiangnan. She has lived a comfortable life for eighteen years and chosen a promising marriage for herself. In an era that favored agriculture and suppressed commerce, Meng Qing is a merchant's daughter. To improve her family's social standing and give her children a chance to study and enter officialdom, she invests in the right prospects and marries Du Li, the second son o 141.2kFavorites159.4kClicks/ch431.6kGifts
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I'm halfway through reading this story and haven't finished yet.
22 A Guide to Surviving as the Principal Wife 主母生存指南 Cola Ginger Soup可乐姜汤Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Bad news: Zhu Mingli transmigrates into a book and becomes the matriarch of a feudal household. Her husband is cold and indifferent, and on their wedding night he receives orders to leave the capital. System: Host, please raise the male lead’s affection for you. You can exchange accumulated experience points for beauty pills and body-shaping pills to win his heart Zhu Mingli: Wait! Look at it from a different angle! This is clearly good news: the matriarch has power, her mother-in-law stays out 134.4kFavorites150.9kClicks/ch299.5kGifts
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The male lead currently has a weak presence, resembling a background character, while the female lead focuses on farming and business.
23 The Third Year of the Apocalypse of Natural Disasters [Farming] 天灾末世第三年[种田] Dao Bing刀丙Romance965k WordsCompleted [Natural disasters + gathering + settlement-building + food + a nontraditional post-apocalyptic setting + everyday life + cozy vibes + stockpiling food] After the great cataclysm, Jiang Zhi and her family struggled to survive in the wasteland for three years. They thought this was how the rest of their lives would go [Ding! Your golden finger is now online.] [Beep. A level-six mutated creature has been detected one kilometer ahead. Stay alert.] [Beep. Spatial ore detected. Available for gatheri 58.8kFavorites73.4kClicks/ch157.2kGifts
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Farming-themed post-apocalyptic world
24 Gossip and Glamour in Hong Kong Entertainment 我在港娱吃瓜看戏 Fragrant Crisp Chestnut香酥栗Romance2.3M WordsCompleted On her eighteenth birthday, Jiang Jiahui awakened memories of her past life. The confident, sunny girl was instantly thrown into turmoil. This was the Hong Kong entertainment industry of the 1990s, and she had just stepped right into it. Jiang Jiahui clutched her Miss Hong Kong application acceptance notice and stared at the huge words “connected candidate” in the newspaper. Her head was spinning. Well, before she’d even started, she’d already earned the label of “connected candidate” thanks to 49.7kFavorites72.9kClicks/ch295kGifts
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The author's use of colloquial and repetitive sentences in her writing about Hong Kong entertainment in the 1980s, along with some filler words, may be a writing style characteristic of hers.
25 A Little Cook's Daily Life of Supporting Her Family (Food) 小厨娘养家日常（美食） Bellflower Cat桔梗猫Romance565k WordsCompleted Su Li transmigrated into the body of the youngest daughter of a low-ranking military household in ancient times. Her father and brothers spent their days guarding the frontier and farming, with no time to look after the family. The court was corrupt, and their military pay arrived sporadically, if at all. The family survived on just one mu of paddy field. They had finally saved enough silver for her second brother to marry, but her illness wiped out all their savings. Overnight, they became pen 49.5kFavorites69.6kClicks/ch28.6kGifts
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Halfway through the pursuit, the female lead changes the home environment by cooking.
26 The Second Consort 继福晋 A Millet Seed in the Vastness邈邈一黍Romance846k WordsCompleted After working herself to death in a 996 job, Shu Xian transmigrates and decides to lie flat. Instead, she is granted in marriage as the Direct Prince's second wife. Being a second wife isn't the problem. The problem is that, according to history, the Direct Prince will be placed under house arrest in just ten years! Shu Xian: "..." Tell her convenient new husband what happens in the succession struggle? Not a chance! She might get killed before they even lock him up. Shu Xian focuses on prep 36.7kFavorites62.1kClicks/ch64.8kGifts
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The author's updates are inconsistent, and he and the eldest prince are childless.
27 I Became a Word Spirit Through Classical Poetry 我靠古诗词成为言灵者 Jue Yu觉玉Romance357k WordsCompleted Novel blurb: Tang Liu was an utterly ordinary Chinese teacher. After a car accident, she transmigrated to a world filled with alien species. In this world, bloodthirsty aliens posed a grave threat to human life and survival. The only way to fight them was to rely on Wordcasters. Those with the power of Wordcraft were honored as "Do 23.8kFavorites35.9kClicks/ch14.8kGifts
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I haven't finished watching it yet.
28 Apocalypse Lord's Sweet Potato Farming Log [Infrastructure Building] 末日领主种番薯日志[基建] Feeding Pigs with Sweet Cakes甜饼喂猪Romance504k WordsCompleted No inspiration for the extras yet. I'll write them when inspiration strikes. ○ Post-apocalyptic wasteland | Infrastructure building and farming | Territory management "Don't eat my thesis!" Su Wanluo screamed as she jolted awake from a nightmare, drenched in cold sweat. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself in a thatched hut with nothing in it. The good news: her thesis wouldn't get eaten anymore. The bad news: the world had ended. Su Wanluo entered the apocalypse game with every 19.4kFavorites23.3kClicks/ch33.4kGifts
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The Doomsday Lord system has very little romance; there is none so far.
29 It All Starts with Writing Novels 从写小说开始 San Chuan Mo三川墨Romance427k WordsCompleted [Notice: This novel will become a VIP title on Thursday, July 31. I'll update 10,000 words that day, so I hope you'll show it lots of support!] Xu Ying woke up to find that she had transmigrated into a parallel world. The course of history in this world was completely different from that of Blue Star. Naturally, all the famous historical figures everyone knew from Blue Star were gone... But that wasn't what Xu Ying cared about most right now. She urgently needed to get her graduation certificate 5.5kFavorites7.7kClicks/ch11.8kGifts
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She transmigrates to another world to move books, and at the same time participates in the film and television adaptation as a screenwriter; the male lead seems to be her neighbor's younger brother.
30 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Clan Chief's Wife Enjoys Her Retirement [红楼]族长夫人养老日常 Witnessing the Bright River悉见明河Romance616k WordsCompleted The next book is "Beloved Eighth Princess in the Qing Dynasty". Please add it to your reading list! [Middle-aged couple, a grandson from the start. Daiyu and Baoyu stay together.] Liu Yan spent over twenty years as an ordinary girl in the modern world before waking up in her previous life. As the legitimate daughter of a Duke’s household, she married Jia Jing in her teens. He had passed the imperial examinations at a young age and was the sole heir to the Ningguo household, a family of comparabl 3.8kFavorites6.1kClicks/ch4.2kGifts
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Jia Jing's first wife is reborn; Jia Jing stays in the mansion while Jia Zhen becomes a monk. Jia Zhen is too amazing; even the emperor in the original novel was replaced. [Laughing and crying] Writing about the Ningguo Mansion is a novel idea, as it involves fewer characters.
31 I Pick Up Trash to Feed My People 朕捡垃圾养子民 One-Seven Verse一七令Romance270k WordsCompleted Song Ling became the new emperor of Yan at the age of sixteen. His ancestors had governed with diligence and dedication, yet Yan only grew poorer under their rule. By now, the kingdom was on the brink of collapse. Perhaps Heaven couldn't bear to watch any longer and granted Song Ling a golden finger, allowing him to transmigrate to another world and run a scrap recycling station. Every day, the young emperor burned incense and prayed, thanking Heaven as he diligently scavenged through junk. He r 1.1kFavorites1.3kClicks/ch1.1kGifts
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The emperor is transported to a garbage dump in the modern world by a system, where he scavenges for trash and battles against neighboring countries. The emperor and empress are childhood sweethearts and quite adorable.

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