Great Plot, No CP and Romance 剧情好，无cp+言情

1. 1 望 Looking Toward Spring 望春天 Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山Romance238k WordsOngoing (Don't get invested. I'm rewriting it, and I've hit a wall. The revisions are going very slowly.) Xu Tang can remember the names of her ancestors going back seven generations because she has to recite them every year when burning offerings. She never understood what those names meant. Until one day, she went back to 1950. # My ancestors are all shining stars. Recommended completed works by the author: In This Land, about rural women in the early years of the People's Republic of China Spring 3kFavorites2kClicks/ch4.5kGifts

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   Recommended. Set in 1950s during a period of construction, it features a strong female characterization and is tagged with romance. I suspect this is because it's an ensemble piece, with one couple among the five main characters being lovers.

2. 2 小 The Little Palace Maid Survived Another Day 小宫女又活过了一天 Asking the Peach Blossoms问桃花No CP271k WordsCompleted Original title: Cherishing Flowers Blurb: The former champion of palace intrigue, the Empress Dowager, faces a united opposition from the younger generation this time around. Among them are the emperor, the princess, and the imperial consorts... The palace maid Xihua never wanted to oppose the Empress Dowager, but unfortunately, she served several of the younger generation in succession and was caught up in their conflict. As a result, she often wakes up each morning to another day when her s 1.3kFavorites2.8kClicks/ch1.3kGifts

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   I've only read a few chapters; it's a harem version of Battle Royale, with no romance. I wish we had more palace intrigue like this!

3. 3 祝 Did Miss Zhu Fall into a Trap Today? 祝姑娘今天掉坑了没 I Want to Eat Meat我想吃肉No CP4.0M WordsCompleted Zhu Ying is someone who does whatever she wants, with no regard for law or heaven. If you look closely, in her youth she was just a little charlatan who wanted to live a quiet, comfortable life. Born into a dirt-poor family of charlatans, Zhu Ying was dealt hard mode from the start. To keep her biological daughter from being drowned, her mother, Zhang Xiangu, had to claim she’d given birth to a boy. As outsiders in the village, the Zhu family struggled to get by. Then her charlatan father got c 295.4kFavorites297.1kClicks/ch1.6MGifts

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   The story of a powerful and unruly woman's life is told from the perspective of a woman in her forties who has resigned from her official post and whose true identity will be revealed. Compared to other female protagonist novels, its advantage is its realism, with a very substantial career arc for the female lead. Many reviews suggest it has a semi-established political feel. The disadvantage is that there are more male characters, and it lacks the all-female setting found in other novels.

4. 4 她 She Conquered the World [Infrastructure] 她一统天下[基建] Shan Yue Zhi山月栀No CP792k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] Congratulations, you've transmigrated. Gender: Female Random character: A refugee from Qingxi County, gaunt and emaciated, thirteen years old, killed by rebel soldiers. Background: The dynasty is nearing its end. Warlords are carving up the realm, and the land is in chaos. Choose your main storyline: Slow-paced farming Tyrant and beauty, tragic romance Corrupt official and maid, sweet romance General and concubine fake their deaths Favored consort rises to power Unify t 18.8kFavorites27.2kClicks/ch20.8kGifts

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   The high percentage of female characters and the almost all-female political environment make this novel better than the author's previous one.

5. 5 天 Destined to Rule 天命为皇 Yan Ke燕柯Romance1.1M WordsCompleted I am the Son of Heaven. I am Heaven's will. In the ninth year of Tianqi under the Jin dynasty, the young emperor was still a child. His maternal relatives held power, powerful ministers rose on every side, and people across the land took up arms in revolt. Foreign enemies ravaged the borders, while the imperial clan remained lost in wine and pleasure. The Jin dynasty teetered on the brink... In the Jin Mountains, a woman general of the Yao clan raised a rebellion. She quelled civil strife, repe 12.9kFavorites44.8kClicks/ch22.5kGifts

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   Romance novels are rare, almost nonexistent.

6. 6 九 A Thorny Bloom in the Nineties 九零之荆棘生花 Night Brocade Robe夜锦衣No CP2.3M WordsCompleted Coming soon: the romance novel Flowers in Full Bloom and the no-romance horror novel Do You Want to Take Me Home? Their blurbs are at the bottom or in my author's column. Blurb: Taking another path through life, with thorns everywhere. This is the story of an ordinary person who is unexpectedly reborn. See how a young girl takes on the world with nothing but her bare hands. Nearly forty-year-old Yang Xiaolian is unexpectedly reborn into her elementary school 1.9kFavorites5.1kClicks/ch7.2kGifts

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   The writing is smooth, the pace is slow, and the story unfolds gently. It tells the story of a reborn girl who gradually changes herself and the people around her in an ordinary town. Many of the supporting characters are also very good, truly beating many novels on the list.

7. 7 房 A Camper Van Food Diary 房车美食日记 Yan Lili晏里里No CP408k WordsCompleted → New novel coming soon: Plum Heart → Shuang Yu died. No one cared about her death, not even her daughter. Not until her daughter encountered a familiar heart. → Plum Heart is a plot-driven adventure about girls and women → RV Food and Travel Diary [Road trip + RV travel + food + travel + adventure + ensemble cast of women] I'm Tao Yu. I escaped. On New Year's Eve, amid the roaring fireworks, I fled the so-called "model family" without taking a single piece of luggage. I ran through the s 1.4kFavorites1.9kClicks/ch1.5kGifts

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   I just started watching, no romantic pairing yet.

8. 8 我 My Grandfather's Youth 我爷爷的青年时代 Xiao Yueye萧月野No CP290k WordsCompleted [Complete | Bonus extra at the end] As a child, Xia Le heard her grandfather recount countless old stories. Those ancient tales were nothing like the world she knew. She listened for fun, sometimes getting bored, and never paid them much attention. Until her grandfather died unexpectedly. The light in Xia Le's life was gone. After his death, everyone had something to say, and everyone blamed her. Her grandfather's death became the deepest wound in her life, one that never healed with time. A 1.3kFavorites2kClicks/ch966Gifts

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   I haven't finished watching it yet, I'll leave it for now.

9. 9 强 The Age of Strong Women 强女时代 Sweet Lychee Wine甜荔酒No CP205k WordsCompleted Lu Li transmigrates into a xianxia world as an ordinary person with no spiritual root and no talent for cultivation. The mortal world is a patriarchal society, and as a woman, she is disliked by her elders and bullied by the servants. She couldn't be more miserable. Lu Li isn't bothered. She may have no spiritual root, but she has science! She can wield the energies of immortals and demons, make the gods and demon lords bow and confess their guilt, and prove that even mortals can cultivate to i 769Favorites1.7kClicks/ch133Gifts

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   I'd guess the author drew some inspiration from Ye Bingshang; one of her lines was particularly thought-provoking. I didn't finish the later parts because there was a rather preachy section in the middle.

10. 10 大 [Tang Dynasty] Chang'an of the Great Tang [唐]大唐长安 Gold and Jade Fill the Courtyard金玉满庭Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When Li Chang’an opened her eyes again, she was in the Tang Dynasty. The good news: It was the Kaiyuan era, the golden age of the Tang, and she was a daughter of Emperor Xuanzong. The bad news: The An Lushan Rebellion was just around the corner, and her father disliked her so much he wouldn’t even give her a princess’s title and made her become a Taoist nun. Princess Shou’an was born to Cao Yena Ji. She was born in the ninth month of pregnancy. The emperor hated her and ordered her to be dress 175.8kFavorites238.2kClicks/ch656.8kGifts

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    The premise is novel; I can't find anything like it. I really want to read a female empress novel with multiple timelines, from the Wei, Jin, Tang, and Song dynasties onwards. Due to length limitations, there are more male poets, but the female protagonist is consciously recruiting female characters to work for her.

11. 11 在 Working as a Companion Maid in Northern Song 在北宋当陪房 Golden Goose金鹅Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Updates are irregular, but this will definitely be completed. Quality comes first.] Liang Jin suddenly transmigrates into the household of an official in the Northern Song. She isn’t one of the masters, though. She’s the younger daughter of Nanny Diao, the second branch’s wife’s personal maid: a little girl called Second Miss, with her hair in a maid’s bun and wearing only a bellyband. Before dawn, Second Miss Liang, dressed in a pair of brown split-crotch trousers, squats outside the door an 157.4kFavorites247.6kClicks/ch406.3kGifts

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    It's considered one of the best ancient Chinese romance novels.

12. 12 简 One Simple Fortune-Telling, and They Confessed and Faced Justice [Hong Kong, 1990s] 简单一卦，认罪又伏法[香江九零] Aged Milk Foam陈年奶泡Romance821k WordsCompleted [Completed] Chu Yuening is a top-tier mystic who transmigrates to 1990s Hong Kong by chance. She has no more than ten dollars to her name, a rent payment she can't afford, and a young sister to care for. Looking at the mess around her dessert stall, she immediately borrows some cardboard from the neighboring vendor and writes two big words to hang up beside it. Fortune-telling. Feng shui. "Miss, your husband has taken a woman and two girls to a hotel room. They're at the Peninsula Hotel." Thirt 66kFavorites155.4kClicks/ch87.4kGifts

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    I love reading fortune-telling and gossip articles.

13. 13 原 So I'm a Super-Rich Second-Generation Heir 原来我是超级富二代 Heart of the Sea Boat海船果心Romance877k WordsCompleted Xue Mi grew up with an uncaring father and mother. She had an unremarkable job and a boyfriend, only to find out the scumbag had been keeping her as a backup while he pursued a rich, beautiful woman. Then he dumped her. A corporate drone doesn't have the luxury of falling apart over a love affair with a man she was foolish enough to trust. She wiped away her tears and got ready to go back to grinding away at work. Then she learned that her biological mother, whom she hadn't seen in twenty years 46.7kFavorites87.6kClicks/ch45.4kGifts

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    I watched it with a wide smile from the very beginning; it's my ideal life, but the romance felt too contrived. I just wanted to see the female lead shopping and investing in projects.

14. 14 直 Fortune-Telling Livestream: The Whole Internet Gets the Scoop! 直播算命，全网爆瓜！ Qingzhou Porridge青舟粥Romance541k WordsOngoing Lin Youyou had followed an old Taoist priest and learned fortune-telling since she was little, spending more than a decade in the mountains. These days, finding a job was no easy task. She returned to her old trade, taking up fortune-telling again and becoming an ordinary little livestream influencer. Her newly opened livestream had hardly any viewers. Until someone joined her on a call A fan of a veteran actor with a devoted-husband image asked sincerely, "Streamer, will this show be a hit?" 7.4kFavorites16.9kClicks/ch2.2kGifts

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    Aside from the plot involving the real and fake heiresses, everything else was acceptable and quite entertaining, except for the poor quality.

15. 15 不 After I Accidentally Shattered the Family Heirloom Jade 不幸摔碎家传宝玉之后 Zhang Buyi张不一Romance874k WordsCompleted The story is complete. Next up: [It Was You, My Wife] * On his way to skip school, Zhao Xiaoming accidentally breaks his family's ancestral jade pendant. In an instant, flying sand and rolling stones blot out the sky. Once everything settles down, an exceptionally beautiful woman dressed in white appears in front of him. Zhao Xiaoming tries to flirt with her, but the beauty grabs him hard by the ear and starts cursing: "You little brat, I'm your real maternal grandma!" But for Zhao Xiaoming, t 6.6kFavorites20.6kClicks/ch5.3kGifts

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    The premise is novel; the romance is a combination of a villainous woman and a righteous god. The female lead's character is consistent and the story is watchable.

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