Novels like My Consort Rules the World
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- 1 How Is the Spring Light? 春光如何 Siyuan Liu: Yuan Shu, the beloved, spirited little princess, and Yan Yuan, a cool and handsome young man, are swept up in the turmoil of the dynasty, powerless to choose their own paths. After everything changes, what good is it if you stay by my side? Sighing at Spring: Yuan Jiu, a brilliant and formidable eldest princess destined to become the future ruler, and Lin Yuan, a great general charged with guarding the frontier. Since childhood, the two loved riding horses, shooting arrows, sparring, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I Won't Betray My Love or You 不负相思不负卿 For the childhood sweetheart he loved, he stripped her of her martial arts, threw her into a vat of poison, forced her to drink poison, wiped out her entire family, and sent her away to marry a foreign prince. He accused her of colluding with the enemy and betraying her country, sleeping with the enemy, framing loyal subjects, and sowing chaos in the imperial harem… He knew only that she was guilty of countless crimes. He did not know that from then on, his side would never again have his little 11Reads—Score114d adds
- 3 After Refusing to Become a Concubine, I Became the Crown Prince's Secondary Consort 拒绝做妾后我成了太子侧妃 A lowly servant, she could only look up to her master from afar. Qingwu's greatest wish in life was to stay by her master's side, but she never expected that her master would personally send her away... 563Reads5.5Score11414d adds
- 4 Half a Life Adrift, a Beauty Intoxicated 半生飘摇红颜醉 He once promised her a vast realm of mountains and rivers, and vowed to give her a wedding procession stretching for ten miles. But in the blink of an eye, he subjected her to every humiliation and torment. Nalan Ya: “I love you, and I hate you. May we become strangers from this day on, never to meet again in this life or any other.” Now he sat alone with his vast realm of mountains and rivers, and the ten-mile wedding finery remained behind as well. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Love Across the Celestial River: The Calamity Begins in the Ninth Heaven 天河情缘之劫起九天 Angsty romance [Fast-paced + short story + no dragging things out] In their past life, they were a handsome young man and a lovely woman, dazzling their era and bringing tenderness to the years. But in this life, how could a once-beloved person’s heart change so easily, leaving her with no hope of his return? They had shared nearly a thousand years of love. Yet in the final moments before Heaven’s punishment arrived, the goddess’s heart turned to ash, all because her beloved had fallen for someo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Young Master Gu Orders: Win Back Your Ex-Wife and Have a Baby 顾少有令：追回前妻生宝宝 A scheming woman stole the spotlight, and An Yutian was cruelly divorced just after her wedding. Feeling her belly grow bigger by the day, she swore, “Love can go to hell. I’m going to make money!” She transformed into the dazzling heiress of the He family and began her comeback, only to find herself relentlessly pursued by a certain someone. “Wife, isn’t it thrilling to flirt with me and then run away?” “Wife? Who’s your wife?” “Don’t play dumb. You’re carrying my baby!” An Yutian stared at him 14Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 7 Fate Deals Me a Love Trap 风月赐我相思局 Before their wedding, he told her that he would take her as his consort and give her the rank of princess consort, but nothing more. But he had no idea that she would offer him her life with her own hands, so he could save the woman he loved, risking everything just to spend what little time she had left by his side. At the end of her life, she looked at his seemingly panicked face with sorrowful eyes and smiled. “Mo Yuan, in the next life, I only wish we’d never met!” 54Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 8 All My Longing Turned to Ash 相思尽成灰 He destroyed her kingdom and castrated her husband. Her heart turned to ash... 32Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 9 The Blossoms Have Yet to Fall, but the Songs Have Ended 繁花未落笙歌尽 “Did you ever truly love me?” she asked. “Never...” he replied. She smiled. So the love she had longed for had all been a beautiful dream, and all it brought her was utter ruin... 26Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 10 Palace in Chaos 宫乱 I went to great lengths to make him a man of greatness, yet it still wasn’t enough to compete with the one he loved, who only had to stamp her foot... Later, I died. Then I came back to life. And later still, nestled in the arms of the bewitchingly handsome Eunuch Qian Sui, I asked him, “I’ve always been generous. Pick a way to die.” 18Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 11 Red Walls and Green Tiles 红墙碧瓦 He forced her into his harem! But their relationship ended abruptly after just three months! They loved, resented, and hated each other, and promised to meet again in another life! He swore before the imperial throne: “As long as I am emperor, even for a single day, you will be my empress.” He lived a wild, carefree life, yet carried a quiet fragrance in his sleeves. Their love, however, was a dead end, destined to come to nothing. Everyone knows Liu Liangnü, but no one calls her Empress Xia 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Longing Makes You Grow Old 相思令人老 She was his wife, the Regent Princess Consort. She had once helped him win the realm. He forced her to kneel before his lover. He forced her to give up her child. He said he would sell her into a brothel. Her heart turned to ashes, and she set herself ablaze. Only then did he realize that all along, he was the one who couldn’t let go. 41Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 13 Shang Li (Original Story of Love in the City) 殇璃（倾城绝恋原作） (Original story of the television drama "Love in the Fallen City") She and he kept missing each other, time and again: When she stubbornly told him, with all the earnestness of a young girl, “Brother Jingxuan, I like you,” he replied coldly, “But I don’t like you!” When he gazed deeply at her and murmured, “I’m already your husband. I’ll treat you well,” she sighed and said, “If you want to treat me well, then be kind to our child.” "Shang Li" has been published and is available at Dangdang 335Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 14 The Tsundere Big Shot Is a Handful 傲娇大佬很难缠 Pei Yu’s peaceful life was shattered by Si Qingxuan, all because of the upheaval four years ago that brought two people with nothing in common together. In his eyes, she is the daughter of his enemy, and he treats her with cool indifference. But to her, all the wonderful things people would praise in the years to come could never compare to their first meeting. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Bandit’s Darling 匪宠 Third Master’s wine, Third Master’s gun, Third Master’s fists and feet conquering the world, and his most beloved little sweetheart. In all his life, Third Master cried for only one person. After she was gone, time passed so slowly. At last, Li Mucheng came to understand: fingers are too short, mountains too high, and the waters too far. The people you miss in this life are gone from your reach forever. 9Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 16 The Eighth Prince's Beloved Concubine 八贤王的爱妾 Though she was the heroine, she was terribly unlucky. She was injured and lost her memory during the Lantern Festival, then abducted and sold. She gloomily thought, I was supposed to be a daughter of a powerful family and a candidate for empress. How did I end up as a lowly concubine in the residence of the Eighth Prince? He was the most handsome man in the empire, the center of every conversation in the capital. He was also the embodiment of justice and a powerful figure at court! But jus 8Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 17 Your Majesty, You Tortured the Wrong Woman: The Empress Is Your One True Love 陛下虐错了，娘娘才是你的白月光 She transmigrated into the body of an unloved princess consort. As a legendary healer, what was there for her to fear? If her husband didn’t love her, she’d divorce him! There were so many handsome young men in the ancient world. Wasn’t being single wonderful? The prince sneered. “If I don’t give the word, who would dare agree to your divorce?” Little did he know that her medical skills would heal the world, and powerful figures would all rally behind her. The emperor himself: “My daughter-in-la 201Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 18 He Came Along, and It Was Like Being Intoxicated by the World 他来恰似人间中毒 Shiyi loved with humility, fearlessness, and despair. In the end, she lost her body and her life. In this heart-wrenching love affair, blades flashed without end, and no one could win. The ending was tragic because she realized the truth too late, while Lou Qianhua had understood it all too clearly from the very beginning. 116Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn, I Became My Ex-Husband’s Unforgettable Love 重生后我成了前夫的朱砂痣 In her previous life, transmigrator Yin Zhiyi stood by Wei Nanfeng through every storm with all her heart, only to receive an edict deposing her as empress and die a miserable death in the harem. On the very day she died, Wei Nanfeng married a general’s widow and made her empress. After being reborn, Yin Zhiyi resolved to sever their ties and never get caught up in romance again. She would devote herself to protecting her country and pursuing great ambitions. Yet no matter how hard she tried to 22Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 20 The Road Ahead Is One of Heartbreak 此去离殇 “You never deserved to be my wife.” Once, she had loved him with all her heart, only to be met with his cold rejection. Time passed, and she died before his eyes. All the love she had never gotten to confess became a sharp sword plunging into his heart… 238Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 21 Happiness Is Just Out of Reach 幸福触手不可及 Three years of marriage couldn’t compete with one month after his first love came back... It wasn’t until Qiao Ran was forcibly dragged onto the operating table that she realized she didn’t even measure up to one of his first love’s fingers in his heart... When a man doesn’t love you, even your breathing is wrong, let alone clinging to him. She knew she had made a terrible mistake... But only when she raised the knife in her hand and plunged it into her own chest did he realize who he truly love 63Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 22 The Clouds Could Never Match Your Love 云端不及你情深 Yun Duan always believed the man she loved was a peerless hero, and that one day he would come to marry her, clad in golden armor and riding on auspicious clouds of every color. But it wasn't until he personally sent her to prison for another woman that she realized how foolish she'd been! He said she had set a fire that killed the woman he loved. He refused to listen to a single word of explanation... She endured every humiliation and fought to stay strong, all to prove her innocence! Only when 19Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 23 My Heart Remains as It Was 妾心如故 He hated her. In a single night, he slaughtered her entire family. He hated her, and wanted nothing more than to torture her to death, drawing blood from her heart every day for the woman he cherished. But when he used the same hands stained with her family’s blood to kill her child, she laughed bitterly, and her black hair turned white overnight. This time, she was the one who hated him, but he was the one who regretted it. “Ling Yumo, this hatred has seeped into my blood and carved itself into 59Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 24 Your Grace Endures, Like Snow in All Its Splendor 风华如雪，君如故 Risking her life to give birth, he resolutely snatched the baby from her arms, saying she was unworthy. Imprisoned and unable to earn his forgiveness no matter how she pleaded, she heard him say she was guilty. Unworthy because she loved him humbly, guilty because she loved him obsessively. She said, “Chu Nanyi, this time, shall I sentence myself to death?” The game is over. Will you come back or not? 45Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 25 Snow Buries Yong'an, and the Rest of My Life Is Filled with Regret 雪覆永安，余生皆悔 Snow Buries Yong’an, and the Rest of My Life Is Filled with Regret 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 He Thought I'd Left 他以为我走了 He Thought I Was Gone 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 My Lord, Grant Me a Lovesick Gu 请君赐我相思蛊 When they were young, Jun Wuye and Yun Ji both believed in love. She once vowed to live and die with him, but love could never overcome schemes and deceit. One misunderstanding, and they were parted for life. Her family was destroyed, her brother was brutally killed, her child miscarried, and both her legs were crippled. “Jun Wuye, did you ever love me at all?” On the city wall, dressed in a wedding gown red as blood, she spoke in a voice full of grief. He slashed her wedding gown with his sword 87Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 28 Farewell, My Love. I Shall Yearn for You No More 与君别过，再不相思 It takes ten years to love someone, but only an instant to hate them... Song Lianxing watched helplessly as Murong Ze forced her to drink an abortion potion, killing their own child. He took the fetal remains to save the woman he loved... Song Lianxing said, “I hope you... don't regret this!” Murong Ze thought he would never regret it. But only when he watched Song Lianxing draw her last breath with his own eyes did he learn how to write the word “regret.” 241Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 29 I Swear by My Love, Though It Brings Me Sorrow 敬我相思不成悲 She was a peerlessly beautiful young woman, famous throughout the land, yet fate had placed her in a brothel. Meng Zhijun believed Murong Yan was the man meant for her. She endured humiliation and kept her head bowed, all so she could stay by his side. She thought they would grow old together. But the man she loved most broke her fingers and ruined her face. In the end, he carved the bones from her body, one by one, and made them into a shocking bone flute. “A Zhi, look. Your bones are perfect f 56Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 30 If I Had Never Loved You 若我不曾爱过你 The new book, Love's Lies, is now available. Please show it your support. Thank you so much. Qin Ke once loved Ye Ling as much as life itself, but Ye Ling grew tired of their eight years together and found someone new. Heartbroken, she walked away with nothing, leaving cleanly and decisively. Ye Ling came to regret it and always thought Qin Ke would come back, but he never imagined he would spend the rest of his life waiting in vain for the two of them to be together. Once some hearts have died, 33Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 31 Love Broken at Quicksand River 情断流沙河 Love Ends at Quicksand River 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Three Years Later, the CEO Goes Along with the Mistake 三年后，总裁将错就错 Three days and three nights of torment weren’t enough. On their wedding night, he walks into the bridal chamber and destroys everything she once held dear. Mo Liancheng loathes Luo Shenshen to the core, all because of a woman who died. Three years after their separation, Master Mo returns. In the name of hatred, he weaves a carefully crafted web of love, only to get hopelessly trapped in it himself! Little does he know that he fell in love with Luo Shenshen three years ago... 2.2kReads8.4Score16214d adds
- 33 The Emperor Is Heartless, So What Can the Heart Do? 帝王无情，心又奈何 After ten years of devoted love, what he gave her was not an empress’s coronation, but the execution of her entire family. The whole residence was drenched in blood. Standing in a pool of blood, she held a sword to his chest and demanded, “Did you ever love me, even a little?” He drove the sword into her heart inch by inch, his expression cold and ruthless. “What do you think?!” He didn’t know that for him, she would have smiled as she drank poison and willingly shattered herself to pieces. Than 132Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 34 Unfinished Bridal Finery on the Three Lives Stone 三生石上，未圆的红妆 An Unfinished Bridal Dress on the Three-Life Stone 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Bloodstained Roses on Our Wedding Anniversary 结婚纪念日的带血玫瑰花 The day I decided to divorce my husband, Gu Yuran, I caused a scene at the Gu family’s old mansion. Right in front of my husband, Gu Yuran, and my mother-in-law, I stuffed a mouthful of raw pig brains into the mouth of Xu Lu, Gu Yuran’s first love, his unattainable dream girl, and his CEO’s assistant. Then I flipped the dining table and, before Gu Yuran could even finish shouting at me, tossed down a divorce agreement. “I’ll leave with nothing. I agree!” 12Reads—Score214d adds
- 36 Mr. Fu, We’ll Never Meet Again in This Life or the Next 傅先生 死生不复相见 A carefully plotted scheme destroyed Fu Lixuan’s love life and career, all at Zheng Weiwei’s hands. For three years, Zheng Weiwei took every blow and every insult without complaint, making herself a doormat to atone for her sins. When the truth comes out, Fu Lixuan regrets everything, but Zheng Weiwei has already been tormented beyond recognition... Zheng Weiwei says, “Fu Lixuan, may we never meet again, in this life or the next.” When they meet again, Fu Lixuan says, “Zheng Weiwei, I’ll die s 177Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 37 Cinnabar Etched into My Bones 《朱砂烙骨》 Cinnabar Branded on the Bone 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Mr. Mo, Your Wife Says You're Crazy 墨总，夫人说你是疯子 After three years in prison, Lin Xiaohan finally sees daylight again. On her wedding night, she is humiliated in every way and vows to become the CEO's wife. Mo Zhan despises the Lin family, yet loves Lin Xiaohan desperately. “If loving you can't make you stay, then I'll make you hate me. Hate is better than leaving!” “You're insane!” “That's right. Loving you drove me completely mad.” They torment each other even as they fall in love, locked in a bitter romance for years. Will this ill-fated re 280Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 39 What More Do You Want from Me? 你还要我怎样 She loved him, and he tortured her. She had secretly loved him for over ten years, but their love gradually faded away in a marriage that lasted less than two years... 115Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 40 Searching for Him Through Thirteen Lifetimes, Only to Find Nothing 十三世寻他，终究一场空 Thirteen Lifetimes Searching for Him, Only to End in Vain 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Heartbeat from a Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn't Have Lied to Me 前世的心跳，阿昉你不该骗我 The Heartbeats of Our Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn’t Have Lied to Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Longing for Yun's Return 念云归 [Angsty! Angsty! Angsty! Short tragic historical romance, princess sent abroad for a political marriage] Huan Yun’s childhood name was Yun’er. From the time she was little, her mother held her close and softly sang, “Yun’er, come home. Yun’er, come home.” Yun’er never went anywhere. Mother, why do you sigh like that? In the sixteenth year of Jianzhao, Huan Yun passed away quietly in the Wuyou Palace. Mother, you don’t know. Yun’er can never return home again... 294Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 43 The Bright Moon Keeps You Company 明月伴君 One day, high school student Si Yue suddenly finds herself in a cultivation world, where she becomes a good-for-nothing who can't cultivate. She has a crush on the chosen genius Xie Jing, but their difference in status makes her too shy to confess. She thinks that if she stays by his side, her young hero will eventually accept her. But things don't go as she hoped: Xie Jing's childhood dream girl, Jing Huan, appears. The dream girl is a heaven-blessed beauty, exceptionally talented and stunningl 261Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 44 Lovers’ Grudge: What Am I to You? 鸳鸯恨：与卿何欢 On their wedding night, he drove his sword through her chest. She gave a bitter smile. “Are you satisfied with this strike, Your Highness?” Within the confines of the deep palace compound, she schemes desperately to escape him, but he clips her wings and imprisons her body and soul. He forces a bowl of abortifacient down her throat, and her heart finally turns to ashes. At the Cliff of Despair, her white robes flutter as she leaps into the abyss. The wind carries away his heart-wrenching cries. 3.3kReads8.6Score32614d adds
- 45 A Street Tough Falls for a Shy Summer Temp 街头小混混追爱青涩暑假工 A street punk falls for a shy summer job worker. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Deep Love, Fated to Part: I Turned Around to Find Everything Changed 情深缘浅，转身已是物是人非 [An intensely angsty tearjerker + the aesthetics of a tragic ending + love and hate intertwined + the second male lead wins + a devoted male lead who doesn’t understand love] “Mo, why are you taking her as your concubine?” “Rou’er is the one I love most. You’re nothing but a plaything to amuse me!” So it had all been a lie! But he didn’t know she was already carrying his child. In her previous life, she was Lin Jingxi, the noble princess of the peerless Wushuang Kingdom. When a treacherous minis 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 A Tenant of the Underworld 在地府做钉子户 To sever a doomed bond, Xie Lingzhi hid in the Underworld for a hundred years, even declaring that she wouldn’t leave until she’d stayed for five hundred. The King of Hell couldn’t meet his KPI, so he came over in a huff, then left again. He found her even more troublesome than the Great Sage Sun, who had destroyed the Book of Life and Death. In a fit of anger, he cut off her provisions. With no other choice, Xie Lingzhi set up a stall on Ghost Street, but wound up bringing Liang Chuanhui back w 69Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 48 He Is the Calamity I Can’t Escape 他是我躲不过的劫 He Is the Fate I Can’t Escape 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 A Song to Summon Souls 引魂辞 The Yin-Yang Messenger travels between two worlds, guiding souls or collecting debts. Beneath a peaceful and prosperous age lie secrets of the capital, one after another. Whose love will be severed, whose heart betrayed? Amid the splendor of a fleeting dream, let us remember that prosperous times are hard-won. The soul-guiding songs fade away, and all that came before is scattered. One ghost, one past life: let me tell you the tale in detail… This is a story about chatting with ghosts, keeping t 167Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 50 I Only Hope We Won't Know Each Other in the Next Life 惟愿来生不相识 On the seventh day after her father's death, she learned she had terminal stomach cancer. Seven months pregnant, she begged him not to make her donate blood to his first love, but he cruelly shoved her to the ground anyway. She would never forget the icy look in his eyes... He thought the document she sent him would be divorce papers. He never imagined it would be her last letter... 82Reads5.8Score—14d adds
