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Personal Recommendations: Must-Read Historical Romance 个人推荐古言必读

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  1. 1 Chasing Jade 逐玉 Romance869k WordsCompleted [Originally titled The Marquis's Wife and the Pig-Killing Knife] After her parents pass away, her childhood sweetheart breaks off their engagement, and her relatives plot to devour her inheritance. For the sake of her five-year-old sister, Fan Changyu decides to take in a live-in husband. She sets her sights on the man she rescued. He is covered in wounds and owns nothing, but at least he has a handsome face. The two quickly strike a deal: she will take him in while he recuperates, and he will 599.1kFavorites570.9kClicks/ch406.8kGifts
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  2. 2 Reborn as a Noblewoman 重生之贵妇 Romance757k WordsCompleted [The print edition, The Luan and the Phoenix in Harmony, is available in three volumes.] Everyone said Yin Hui was destined for a life as a noblewoman, and she did indeed marry into the Prince of Yan’s household, becoming the wife of a royal grandson. But her husband came and went at all hours and rarely said anything affectionate to her. Yin Hui tried every way she could to warm his heart, only for him to bring home a widowed cousin he wanted to look after. Yin Hui: No way! Her husband: Go to s 382.1kFavorites791.9kClicks/ch563.5kGifts
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  3. 3 Killing in Brocade 锦衣杀 Romance750k WordsCompleted [Jinjiang author: Jiuyue Liuhuo] [Print edition now available] Wang Yanqing's father died in battle, and she was adopted by the Marquis of Zhenyuan's household as an orphan. She loved Fu Tingzhou for ten years and risked her life for him. Though a young woman, she was left covered in scars. In the end, Fu Tingzhou decided to marry someone else. Ten years of devotion had become a joke. Fu Tingzhou went out of the city to burn incense with his fiancée, completely forgetting that it was Wang Yanqin 221.6kFavorites301.6kClicks/ch150.8kGifts
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  4. 4 The Banished Immortal 谪仙 Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [@Jinjiang: September Flowing Fire] In her previous life, Li Chaoge killed many people. The noble clans looked down on her, so she wiped them out. The man she loved preferred her imperial younger sister, so she killed her sister. Her mother wanted to pass the throne to her younger brother, so she killed her mother. She got her wish and became empress, but she was also utterly alone. She had wronged many people, but she had always indulged Pei Ji'an in whatever he wanted. In the end, however, Pe 203.4kFavorites308.7kClicks/ch210kGifts
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  5. 5 Peach and Apricot Blossoms Still Know How to Marry the East Wind 桃杏犹解嫁东风 Romance518k WordsCompleted Pei An, heir to the Duke of Guo's household, was refined and scholarly, with the bearing of a fine tree in the wind. When the people of Lin'an thought about the beauty who would become his future wife, they could only think of Wang Yunniang, the third daughter of the Wang family, whose looks were just as exceptional. One day, the two unexpectedly met at a teahouse. Yunniang accidentally stumbled, and Pei An caught her. Rumors sprang up at once. "Young Master Pei and Miss Wang met secretly at t 153.5kFavorites267.8kClicks/ch71.4kGifts
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  6. 6 The Splendor Behind the Heavy Gates 重门殊色 Romance560k WordsCompleted On the day of the Xie family's eldest grandson's wedding, the Old Madam had her own agenda. She deliberately favored Third Master Xie Shao, worried that his laziness would one day ruin the family fortune. Having heard that the eldest daughter of the Wen family was an excellent household manager, she secretly switched the bridegroom. Unexpectedly, the Wen family had plans of its own. The Old Madam Wen's own legitimate granddaughter, Wen Shuse, was exceptionally beautiful, but she had been spoil 145.8kFavorites240.4kClicks/ch75.2kGifts
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  7. 7 Saving the Corrupted Immortal Venerable 拯救黑化仙尊 Romance745k WordsCompleted [@Jinjiang: September Flowing Fire] Mu Yungui is the early-dead, kindhearted and righteous first love in a male protagonist's cultivation novel, though she doesn't know it. One day, a noble young lady becomes her junior sister, and Mu Yungui's life takes a turn for the worse. Her once-kind master starts finding fault with everything she does. Her companions grow distant from her and close to her junior sister, and even her childhood sweetheart, who had always been by her side, takes an interest 135.1kFavorites210.4kClicks/ch102.9kGifts
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  8. 8 She Who Dared to Break Her 妄折她 Romance450k WordsCompleted [Author's page: Princess's Blade. Please add it to your wishlist!] [Brutish, rough-hewn man from a foreign tribe x stubborn beauty raised in a prominent family | Height difference warning] Princess Shang Ningxiu of Zhaohua was renowned as the most beautiful woman in Bianjing. One late autumn, the princess traveled south to visit her elderly grandmother. On the way, a rebel uprising broke out, and every one of the several hundred people accompanying her was slaughtered. The rebel leader had nev 121.5kFavorites168.6kClicks/ch26.9kGifts
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  9. 9 Our Sixth Year of Treating Each Other Like Guests 相敬如宾第六年 Romance486k WordsCompleted [Coming soon: "The Emperor's Beloved Beauty Mark, But She's Middle-Aged". Please add it to your collection!] After six years of marriage, Yanying and her husband treated each other with polite respect. That August would mark the beginning of their seventh year of marriage. Though Yanying felt that life had grown increasingly mundane, she thought it was still decent enough. But that very August, as their seventh year approached, a close friend from Yanying's maiden days told her that her husband 25.5kFavorites58.4kClicks/ch5kGifts
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  10. 10 Reborn Before the Broken Engagement 重生回到退婚前 Romance353k WordsCompleted Shen Yunshang had given her all to her husband's family, only to end up gravely ill and utterly miserable. As she lay dying, she couldn't help remembering that she once had a fiance. He had a foul mouth and could leave you choking with a single remark, but he was handsome and generous. If only she'd swallowed her pride back then... Pei Xingzhao had worked himself to the bone for his wife's family, only to lose his life in the end. As he lay dying, he couldn't help remembering that he once had a 19.6kFavorites38.1kClicks/ch7kGifts
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