Historical Romance 古言

1. 1 首 The Chief Secretary’s Record of Doting on His Wife (Reborn) 首辅宠妻录（重生） Wu Fan妩梵Romance589k WordsCompleted [CP: Delicate Classical Beauty VS Ruthless, Iron-Fisted Statesman] Shen Yuan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's household, was as beautiful as ice and jade, with features like a painting. She was the most beautiful woman in Yangzhou Prefecture. After becoming engaged to Lu Chen, Earl of Kangping, she had a dream. In it, her husband neglected her because he had married her for her resemblance to her half-sister. Once the missing girl returned, Shen Yuan soon met a tragic end. Lu Zhiyun, L 193.6kFavorites382.4kClicks/ch63.6kGifts

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   The female protagonist had a precognitive dream and knew that the male protagonist in her previous life had a crush on her. In order to protect herself, she began to carefully seduce the male protagonist. Frail beauty × daddy boyfriend

2. 2 我 What Use Is This Beauty to Me? 我要这美貌有何用 Cheng Shiqi程十七Romance375k WordsCompleted Shen Xianxian has flawless skin, an exquisite figure, and unmatched beauty. By a twist of fate, she uses her looks to impersonate Prince Jin's "true love." Prince Jin is cold and distant on the surface, but a master of pretense. In public, he acts as though he is deeply in love with her; in private, he speaks without mercy: It's all an act. Don't get any ideas about things you shouldn't want. Shen Xianxian: Understood. Don't worry. I'll make sure you're satisfied. As a shield to help Prince Jin 36kFavorites58.9kClicks/ch12.5kGifts

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   The male protagonist made an agreement to fall in love with the female protagonist in order to escape from being forced to marry. Because of an accident, he forgot the agreement. The female protagonist explained to him that he didn't believe it. Then because he was so good after losing his memory, the female protagonist gradually fell in love with him. As a result, he regained his memory at this time. Although he had also fallen in love with the female protagonist at this time, It was because he felt a little embarrassed that the heroine always bossed him around during the amnesia period, so he thought of bossing the heroine around too. But he went too far, and the heroine became very sad. She felt that she liked the hero when she had amnesia, but that person was no longer around, so the heroine became frustrated and ran away, and then the hero chased his wife.

3. 3 迷 Bewitching Formation 迷魂阵 Mauve Mallow锦葵紫Romance266k WordsCompleted Shen Xiyin’s husband was gravely injured while killing an evil spirit, leaving him unable to father an heir. As the head of a sect, he did not want to leave his position without a successor, nor did he want anyone to learn of this secret that would damage his reputation. He wanted Shen Xiyin to put the greater good first and secretly conceive a child with another man, giving birth to his “heir.” To that end, he schemed to push Shen Xiyin into the Bewitching Array. There was another man inside 201kFavorites164.6kClicks/ch162.7kGifts

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   Slightly fantasy, the male and female protagonists are trapped in the ecstasy circle by mistake, and they have no choice but to make soy sauce, an honest wife × a feudal patriarch

4. 4 明 The Bright Moon Reflects the Lotus 明月映芙蕖 Bright by Day, Clear by Night昼白夜明Romance368k WordsCompleted Wanwan is the most beautiful woman in Shengjing, born with a delicate, lotus-like appearance and skin as smooth as ice, bones as lovely as jade. Unfortunately, her birth is far too lowly. Orphaned at eleven, she is taken in by the Jing'an Marquis's household. Countless sons of powerful families in the city dream of bringing her home, as a concubine. Lu Jue, heir to the Jing'an Marquis, is as beautiful inside as out, like an immortal descended from the heavens. With an aunt who is empress and a 53.8kFavorites103.5kClicks/ch5.6kGifts

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   The male protagonist saved the female protagonist when she was a child, but the female protagonist forgot to regard the male protagonist as her cousin because of some things. Later, because the male protagonist was always silently good to the female protagonist, the female protagonist fell in love with the male protagonist. In fact, the male protagonist has always treated the female protagonist very differently.

5. 5 霸 The Tyrant and the Delicate Flower 霸王与娇花 Gu Lezhi顾了之Romance300k WordsCompleted · Shen Lingzhen’s Story If Shen Lingzhen hadn’t met Huo Liuxing ten years in the future, she never would have guessed that the man beside her in bed, who acted like a living demon and frightened her at every turn, would one day cherish her like a treasure and love her enough to risk his life for her. · Huo Liuxing’s Story General Huo married a “delicate flower.” Keep her in your mouth and she’ll melt; hold her in your hands and she might fall. From then on, the decisive God of War of Hexi had 135.4kFavorites260.3kClicks/ch35.4kGifts

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   The future male protagonist saves the current female protagonist before getting married. The main theme is sweet love.

6. 6 嫁 Marrying My Ex's Older Brother 嫁给前任他哥 Su Mu Mu苏幕幕Romance415k WordsCompleted Song Yan and the fifth son of the Wei family were in love and well matched. At their elders' urging, they became engaged. That bright young man was the love of her dreams. But shortly before the wedding, a sudden change of fortune occurred. Song Yan still married into the Wei family, but not to her fifth son. Instead, she married the head of the Wei family, Wei Qi, the fifth son's legitimate elder brother. He held a high position and was stern and steady. He was a full twelve years older than he 86.8kFavorites142.2kClicks/ch43.1kGifts

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   Marriage first, love later

7. 7 娇 The Pampered Young Empress Dowager 娇宠小太后 Little Boat Afar小舟遥遥Romance678k WordsCompleted In the nineteenth year of Daxing, Yun Wan was appointed empress just after coming of age. The princes and princesses, nearly her own age, came to pay their respects and called her Mother Empress. Yun Wan forced herself to stay calm. Amid the curious stares, her gaze met a pair of scorching black eyes filled with ambition. Looking again, she saw the third prince, Sima Zhuo, standing there with a smile, gentle as jade. That glance must have been her imagination. That night, Yun Wan dreamed of a 62.6kFavorites111.3kClicks/ch29.3kGifts

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   Xiao Ma literature is about rape and robbery. The heroine was the queen of the old emperor at the beginning, and the heroine's family even killed the hero's mother, so the hero has a love-hate relationship with the heroine. Good-looking and good-looking.

8. 8 替 The Beloved Substitute Bride 替嫁宠妃 Leisurely Wanderer Returning Home归去闲人Romance628k WordsCompleted ◆ Married first, love later: the dog's face-slapping road to eating his words ◆ A Yan was beautiful as a jade immortal, gentle and quiet. When her cousin fled from her wedding at the last minute, A Yan was forced to take her place and marry the ruthless Xie Ting. This man was the only prince with a different surname in the empire. He inherited his title as a boy, wielded power with consummate skill, and was renowned throughout the court and beyond. Unfortunately, he was cold and arrogant, had s 83.8kFavorites184.8kClicks/ch23.1kGifts

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   Substitute marriage: Marriage first, love later.

9. 9 恰 Just Like the Moon in the Sky 恰如天上月 Night Snow, Lakes and Mountains夜雪湖山Romance659k WordsCompleted Coming next: "The Official Road of the Tang Dynasty", a feel-good tale of a woman disguised as a man climbing the ranks in government, featuring an age gap and a mentor-student dynamic. See the pinned comment for the blurb. If you’re interested, please add it to your reading list. "Bows!" [Marriage Before Love] A cherished daughter of an aristocratic clan VS a rough-hewn hero from a humble family The fam 32.5kFavorites33.4kClicks/ch13.8kGifts

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   Marriage first, love later, super beautiful.

10. 10 兰 The Orchid May Wither, but Jade Will Not Break 兰摧不折玉 Pine Courtyard松庭Romance498k WordsOngoing [A sickly beauty who coughs blood into the wind x a fake wastrel, real-born hero] [Not a female-emperor story | Not a hard-core political intrigue story] When Xiao Jue first met Xie Lanshi, he thought this peerless beauty among the noblewomen of Danyang was someone any capable man would want to claim. After the two married, Xiao Jue realized that all the heroes under heaven thought the same way. - Born into the prestigious Xie clan of Danyang, a family of ministers for four generations, Xie 68.8kFavorites54.9kClicks/ch82.4kGifts

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    The heroine is very smart, she marries first and then falls in love. Watchable, 4.5 Points

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