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  1. 51 The Royal Chef 皇家美厨娘 Romance402k WordsCompleted The current Second Prince, Prince Su Xiao Jingyao, is valiant and extraordinary, with peerless good looks. Just as he reached marriageable age, the emperor and empress unexpectedly betrothed him to Pei Xiuzhu, the least noticeable of the Chancellor's daughters, a lazy, food-loving girl who'd rather just laze about. At first, he thought it was nothing more than a political marriage. He could never fall for that round-faced Second Miss Pei. After they married What? She never liked me? She fainted 13.6kFavorites33.4kClicks/ch7.4kGifts
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  2. 52 The Crown Prince's Daily Face-Slapping 太子打脸日常 Romance507k WordsCompleted The print edition has been retitled Spring Returns Late and will go on preorder at 7:30 p.m. on March 18, 2023. The first ten minutes come with a signed edition. For details, follow the Weibo account Jinjiang Qiyue. (A lot of readers have said the heroine's name is awkward to pronounce, so it can be changed to Jiang Zhao. The name in the text will remain unchanged for now.) Jiang Zhao had loved Crown Prince Chen Wen since childhood. For his sake, she turned herself into a scheming green tea, unt 211.4kFavorites529.7kClicks/ch54.3kGifts
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  3. 53 The Little Chef at the Frontier 边关小厨娘 Romance782k WordsCompleted My ongoing novel, The Crown Princess of a Fallen Kingdom, is ready to read~ Click into my author page to find it~ When Jiang Yanyi, heir to an old hotpot restaurant, opened her eyes, she discovered she had transmigrated into an old-fashioned romance novel as the vicious supporting female character. Worse, after framing the heroine, she was exiled to a military camp on the frontier and made into a plaything for the soldiers' amusement. She touched the scar on her forehead, left by the original 146.1kFavorites382.6kClicks/ch119.6kGifts
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  4. 54 The Wicked Older Sister Is Reborn 恶毒姐姐重生了 Romance880k WordsCompleted In other people's eyes, Ruan Yu is a vicious older sister with nothing but beauty, squatting in someone else's nest and full of wicked schemes. But the truth is... The frail, real heiress is a hypocrite. To Ruan Yu's face, she calls her "big sister" this and "big sister" that, but behind her back, she does every kind of bad thing and pins the blame on her. In her previous life, when Ruan Yu was on the verge of death, no one came to visit. Only her uptight ex-husband saw her off in her final mome 89.4kFavorites254.2kClicks/ch51.8kGifts
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  5. 55 The Traitor's Wife 罪臣之妻 Romance700k WordsCompleted [My new story, My Elder Sister Is the Villainess's Older Sister, is now open. Blurb at the bottom] The noblewoman Jiang Tao transmigrated into the body of a beautiful farm girl who had trouble finding a husband. With the years passing, Jiang Tao took matters into her own hands and chose a strong man who was doing labor service nearby. The man was from the capital. He had been exiled here years ago for some trouble he had gotten into. Jiang Tao prepared herself for a hard life by his side, but sh 66.9kFavorites264.8kClicks/ch49kGifts
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  6. 56 From the Start, My Whole Family Was Exiled 开局全家被流放 Romance416k WordsCompleted Gu Miao transmigrates into an old-school tragic romance as Xu Youwei's sister-in-law. On the day she marries General Xu Yanzhou, the wedding celebration nearly turns into a funeral. Xu Yanzhou is gravely wounded after a military blunder and has only one breath left. The entire general's household is exiled to the northwest. According to the original plot, the emperor will send men to abduct Xu Youwei into the palace during their journey into exile. Not long afterward, the entire Xu family will 40.4kFavorites159.7kClicks/ch14.9kGifts
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  7. 57 21+ A Record of Bianjing Cuisine 汴京美食录 Romance488k WordsCompleted 36.2kFavorites91.9kClicks/ch12.3kGifts
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  8. 58 The General's Laid-Back, Beloved Wife 将军的佛系娇妻 Romance553k WordsCompleted When she wakes up, Luo Jianjia discovers that she's entered a book called The Coldhearted General Falls in Love with Me. The male lead is her husband, Chu Weileng. The heroine... isn't her. As the male lead's original wife, she'll cheat on him while he's away at war. Later, the male lead saves the next emperor on the battlefield and rises rapidly through the ranks, going from a lowly soldier to a celebrated general of the Great Li Dynasty. As the male lead's original wife, who despises poverty 31.6kFavorites80.4kClicks/ch12.4kGifts
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  9. 59 Traveling Through Ancient Times to Be a Teacher 穿越古代做夫子 Danmei (BL)1.7M WordsCompleted Chu Ci is a high school teacher. While cornering a student at an internet cafe, he accidentally stepped into thin air and transmigrated through no fault of his own. His new home is dirt poor, and his original body belongs to a frail young scholar who can't even truss a chicken. If he wants to support his family, he'll have to fall back on his old profession. Later, whenever people mention Chu Ci, the new generation of officials in the Great Wei Dynasty tremble from head to toe. That's because Te 78.4kFavorites284.9kClicks/ch126.7kGifts
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  10. 60 I'm the Sister Who Stole the Heroine's Credit 我是冒领女主功劳的姐姐 Romance651k WordsCompleted Zhou Zhenzhen opens her eyes and discovers that she has returned from the future to the home she lived in during her first life. It was only in the future that Zhou Zhenzhen learned she was nothing more than a minor character: the older sister who took credit for the heroine's achievements, and the obstacle standing between the hero and heroine. Everyone is waiting for her answer. She remembers this moment, the turning point in her fate, even in her dreams. The man before her is exceptionally ha 56.3kFavorites341.7kClicks/ch59kGifts
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  11. 61 The Concubine Becomes a Wife 外室成妻 Romance379k WordsCompleted [This novel is complete. Little angels who have been saving it up can dive in now!] In the thirtieth year of the Shunyu era, a severe drought struck the Wuzhou region, leaving the people in dire straits. The Marquis of Jianyi was dispatched by imperial decree to provide disaster relief. The Wuzhou prefect's daughter-in-law had bewitching eyes and a voice that sang Jiangnan tunes, her soft Wu diale 35kFavorites132.3kClicks/ch11.4kGifts
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  12. 62 The Empress Wants to Get Married 皇后她想嫁人 Romance527k WordsCompleted Ruan Mi married Gu Yunxuan, the second son of the Nanyang Marquis household. But this second son was not only a good-for-nothing, Ruan Mi also discovered that he planned to demote her to concubine once he rose to prominence. Furious, Ruan Mi defied everyone's objections and insisted on divorcing him. But just three years after their divorce, Gu Yunxuan suddenly usurped the throne and became emperor! Ruan Mi's vision went dark. Would anyone dare mar 34.2kFavorites225.5kClicks/ch9.6kGifts
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  13. 63 The Beauty of the Prince's Manor 王府美人 Romance456k WordsCompleted A beauty arrived at the Prince of Ning's residence, with willow-leaf brows, almond-shaped eyes, and a graceful figure. Everyone whispered: “What a seductive face. She must be a loose woman.” “She looks like the County Princess of Danning, but their statuses are worlds apart. What makes her think she can catch the prince's eye?” “His Highness will grow tired of her sooner or later.” Jiang Nanyun paid them no mind. With money and power, who cared about true love? Besides, the Prince of Ning was h 34.6kFavorites118.2kClicks/ch15kGifts
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  14. 64 The Brocade-Dressed Beauty’s Boudoir 锦衣香闺 Romance409k WordsCompleted His sworn brother asked him on his deathbed to look after his beautiful wife. Officer Xiao agreed, and later married her. . The three men in Su Jin's life: The first dumped her for being poor, then went on to become the chief minister; The second died on the battlefield, leaving her a widow; The third kept saying he didn't want her, but his body was more honest than anyone else's! . A pretty widow who sells buns + a cold-faced general who keeps getting his comeuppance: the hilarious story of a d 86.2kFavorites291.9kClicks/ch73.3kGifts
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  15. 65 The Golden Abacus 金算盘 Romance421k WordsCompleted Please check out my ongoing novel, The Landlady’s Love Story, and my completed novel, The Concubine’s Guide to Staying Alive. Your support means a lot. Thank you! *bows repeatedly* Jin Wuniang, nicknamed Manpen, grabbed an abacus at her first-birthday ceremony. From then on, her reputation as “Golden Abacus” spread far and wide, leaving her unmarried and unwanted as she approached sixteen. Jing Yuanzhao, Prince Zhao, was the youngest son born to the empress dowager when she was nearly forty. He 24.1kFavorites82.6kClicks/ch22.4kGifts
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  16. 66 The Prince’s Beloved Concubine 王府宠妾 Romance924k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yaoniang was a favored concubine of Prince Jin, but she had barely enjoyed a few days of his affection before she died. Given another life, she decided to stay alive, do her job well, and stop dreaming of marrying into wealth and power. But to her surprise, the cold-faced Prince Jin, who had taken her to bed without ever saying a word of affection, came to her of his own accord. Everyone knew that Emperor Jin'an had a favored concubine. She had enjoyed his affection from 174kFavorites611kClicks/ch323kGifts
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  17. 67 The Family-Raised Young Grand Secretary 家养小首辅 Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [The print edition of My Homegrown Little Chancellor is now on sale, under the title The Making of a Chancellor] The great corrupt official Xue Tingrang returns to his youth. The Xue family is still so poor that their house is bare, and the family is fighting tooth and nail over a place to study. Zhao’er is still his child bride. This time, he decides to live differently. His first priority is to treat her well, treat her well, and treat her well in every way, then have a few children with her. 126.3kFavorites381.5kClicks/ch394.2kGifts
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  18. 68 The General's Beloved Young Lady 将军家的小娇娘 Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After ten years on campaign, amid city walls weathered by wind and sand and endless stretches of yellow dunes, Xiao Zhengfeng would sometimes think of the girl standing beneath a peach tree in full bloom, her graceful figure holding a peach blossom in her hand. By then, he had come to wield power over the entire court. He had crossed through blood and blades, and now, astride a tall horse, with the prosperous streets of Yanjing behind him, he looked down at the disheveled woman kneeling on the g 51.4kFavorites336.4kClicks/ch36.7kGifts
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  19. 69 The Du Family Has a Clever Daughter 杜氏有巧女 Romance1.1M WordsCompleted My next historical romance, "The Great County Magistrate and the Little Coroner," is now available to read. Go check it out! Ping'an County is anything but peaceful. Bandits run rampant, then a county magistrate eight feet tall arrives and wipes them out in no time! One day, the magistrate gains a young, beautiful wife, who is well-read and a wonderful cook, with eyes sharp enough to clear the dead of wrongdoing, and who loves tugging on the magistrate's ear whenever she gets the chance... The 31.9kFavorites131.4kClicks/ch35.8kGifts
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  20. 70 A Commoner's Household 市井人家 Romance726k WordsCompleted The everyday life of a humble household, the many faces of the marketplace, and the stories of a group of ordinary people. After the simple-minded Cai Xiaoman falls into the water, she comes to her senses! She's a fantastic cook and incredibly strong, too. Her parents are loving, her siblings help one another, and she has a group of friends who look up to her as their leader. Life is so sweet that she can't think of a single thing to worry about. 1. This is an alternate-history wish-fulfillment 17.7kFavorites88.3kClicks/ch222.3kGifts
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