Novels like The Mistress of a Poor Household
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- 151 Reborn to Sever Ties 重生之斩缘 Bai Wanruo hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to give birth to the child on the day he got married. His bride was at the door, ready for their wedding night. She was struggling through childbirth, with death close at hand. Compared to the life he ruined, wasn't making him suffer once before she died the least she could do? May they never meet again in their next lives. 967Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 152 Her Fate Was Stolen, So the Marquis’s Household Matriarch Slaps Faces and Makes a Fortune 命格被换，侯门主母打脸搞钱赢麻了 In her previous life, after their family fell on hard times, Gu Suining and her stepsister Gu Nian'an were taken in by two of their father's old friends. Her stepsister chose the wealthy Jiang family, expecting to live in luxury and want for nothing. But the Jiang family went bankrupt overnight, and their fortunes quickly took a turn for the worse. Her stepsister grew bitter and resentful, then eloped with someone, only to end up sold into a brothel. By contrast, Gu Suining, raised by the Han fa 2.2kReads8.3Score30514d adds
- 153 Longing to Be a Widow 盼寡 [Hilarious + adorable babies + ridiculous comedy] Princess Consort Mu, who's waiting to get promoted, get rich, and outlive her husband, asks the heavens in exasperation every day: When will the prince finally kick the bucket so I can rise to the top? Six years ago, at a palace banquet, Xie Jieyi was tricked into Mu Heng's bed and forced into marriage, only to be sent away on their wedding night. Six years later, Mu Heng is critically ill, and Xie Jieyi returns in triumph with their adorable twi 6.9kReads9.2Score99114d adds
- 154 Reborn: The Serene Life of a Concubine's Daughter 重生之庶女悠然 In the fifteenth year of the Yan Feng era, Qiu Yiming, prefect of Lingnan, died in office. After the funeral, Lady Qiu, née Su, set out for the capital with her three daughters, one born to his principal wife and two to concubines, to seek refuge with her maternal family, the Earl of Zhongyi. As their carriage passed the Peony Tower, Qiu Fu leaned against the window, resting her chin in her hand, and smiled sweetly. Zheng Xiu, Duke of Rong, caught a fleeting glimpse of her in the crowd and nearl 2.6kReads9.0Score28114d adds
- 155 After a Marriage Swap, I Became Empress Dowager at Eighteen 换亲后，我十八就当上了太后 [The Empress Who Comes After Tears Apart a Transmigrator and Takes Her Time Setting the Harem Straight] Shen Shuhua and her younger sister were reborn together. In her previous life, she married a penniless top scholar, while her younger sister entered the palace and became empress, living in splendor. But life is unpredictable. The top scholar, once penniless, rose to the pinnacle of power and became prime minister, securing a first-rank noble title for his wife, Shen Shuhua. Her younger sister 1.4kReads9.1Score23014d adds
- 156 Peerless Physician Consort: The Scheming Prince Falls for Me 绝世医妃：腹黑王爷爱上我 The Empress has sent a female physician? Our prince has never been interested in women. Send her away at once! With the love potion coursing through his veins, the man held his little physician in his arms. “Don’t cure me, all right? You’re the only antidote I need.” Yue’er, Prince Jing and I look exactly alike. Whatever he can give you, I can give you too! I want to know: is the one by my side Prince Jing or Prince Heng? 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Country Girl's Unusual Charm 农女殊色 The Tao family wanted a son, but had seven daughters in a row. Daughters were nothing but money pits! Tao Liuping could only sigh at his bad luck for not having a son, but Wang Shi didn’t see it that way. Her daughters were her precious darlings, and she was determined to raise them to be stronger than other families’ sons, no matter what it took. With a mother as tough as her, the Tao girls grew up more spirited than one another… 2.7kReads8.3Score37314d adds
- 158 The Sweet-Smiling Doctor's Daughter Charms the Brooding Tycoon 医女娇滴滴一笑，病娇大佬苏宠撩 Synopsis: [Pocket dimension + medical skills + political intrigue + devoted 1v1 couple + doting husband] She transmigrates into the discarded daughter of the Mo family and becomes a substitute bride, sent to bring good fortune to her sickly groom. On their wedding day, Gu Yan says, “I don’t have much time left. I’m sorry to put you through this.” Mo Xiaotang replies, “You’re as handsome as a jade tree, Young Master. I’m the one who’s marrying above her station.” Gu Yan asks, “What would you say 4.5kReads9.3Score66114d adds
- 159 Keep the Daughter-in-Law, Send the Son Away: The Matriarch Leads the Whole Family in a Divorce 去子留媳，老封君怒领全家和离 [Traditional historical romance, inner-family intrigue, carefully laid plans, face-slapping and punishing scumbags, a strong female lead] At sixty, Song Jinyang, Princess Consort of Runan, discovered that the Prince of Runan had secretly kept a mistress for years. After the mistress died, he had even made her his secondary wife, entered her into the clan genealogy, and given her the honors and offerings of the princely household. Furious, Song Jinyang demanded a divorce, but never expected her s 2kReads8.7Score30614d adds
- 160 A Minor Official's Daughter's Guide to Wealth 小官之女的富贵手札 [Born into the Story as a Baby + Daughter of a Minor Official + Retired Court Lady + Mistress of the Household][No System, No Golden Finger, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story (If you like a fast pace and nonstop thrills, read with caution)] [A daughter of a minor official’s coming-of-age story. The heroine isn’t perfect, and she gradually changes. Early on, the focus is on her family and life as a court lady; later, she leaves the palace.] (If you’re looking for a heroine who enters the story already 2.2kReads8.6Score18614d adds
- 161 Crossing the Chang'an River 长安渡 Since heaven has given me a chance to start over, why should I put up with being wronged? Eat when I’m hungry, drink when I’m thirsty, and speak up when I’m angry. No need to hold back! If my father won’t love me, someone else will! If my senior brother doesn’t love me, the one who does is right there! My new book, “You Say I Set Fires and Murdered People? Then I’ll Set Fires and Murder People!” is now out. Hope you’ll enjoy it. 837Reads—Score10614d adds
- 162 The Heartless Empress 皇后薄情 [Ruthless Empress VS Cold-Blooded Prince] [Palace intrigue + power plays] She is the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, skilled at riding and archery, well versed in strategy, and every bit as bold and valiant as any man. Then, in a single night, everything changes. The Duke of Zhenguo’s household falls into decline, and she becomes empress. In public, she is a virtuous empress, renowned for her grace and dignity; in private, she plots every detail of her revenge, rut 911Reads9.1Score7314d adds
- 163 The Happy Everyday Life of a Concubine's Wife in the Duke's Mansion 国公府庶媳的幸福日常 [Now available in print] Ning Annuo was happily preparing to marry her fiance, the top scholar, when a bolt from the blue struck: he had been sleeping with someone else. She promptly broke off the engagement and married into the Duke’s residence instead. She outsmarted her mother-in-law, wisely guided her younger sister-in-law, won her husband’s devotion, and had a son and a daughter. Then she repaid everyone who had hurt her. She and her husband truly became a couple devoted to each other for l 5.4kReads8.9Score54014d adds
- 164 The Female Taizu 女太祖 [Both leads are each other's only partners + Character growth + Political scheming + Not conventional household infighting] A short excerpt: Zhao Qingnuo ran out of patience. She raised a hand and dislocated the other person’s arm. Then, annoyed by the racket, she grabbed their chin and yanked it down. Their jaw popped out of place, and the whole main room fell silent at once. Zhao Qingnuo had a mother who was so delicate she couldn’t take care of herself. After going out on an escort job, Zhao 2.3kReads8.9Score31114d adds
- 165 The Adorable Baby Is Here: Spicy Mama Brings Her Kids to Blow Up the Gong Group 萌宝来袭：辣妈带崽炸了宫氏集团 The instructor who had taught Mu Qing for ten years actually wanted to sleep with her! Mu Qing fought to escape, but in the slums she ended up forcing herself on a handsome man who was on the verge of death... Five years later, she returned for revenge. The handsome man she had thought was a vagrant had transformed into a powerful figure at the very top of society, and the first thing he did was carry her off right in the street. “I have to make up for what happened five years ago!” The man decl 4.1kReads9.3Score84214d adds
- 166 Reborn as a Stepmother, I Fight to Save My Pregnancy in the Marquis's Manor 穿成继母，我在侯府拼命保胎 [Soul transmigration, a powerful heroine’s growth story, the ex-husband’s road to redemption, and a terrible ex-husband appears early on] Lin Yi transmigrates into the body of Yan Muyun’s second wife, only to hear the news that the Marquis of Zhengyang has died. It should have been the perfect start: a wealthy widow with plenty of leisure time. But then the doctor tells her she’s pregnant! The unborn child of the Marquis of Zhengyang is a precious treasure, the darling of all the capital even be 1.2kReads8.8Score33214d adds
- 167 Alone 甚独 She has no golden finger, no powerful backer, and not even any special skills worth mentioning. With a moderate case of laziness and a terminal case of gluttony, she transmigrates more than 1,700 years into the past, to a time when cucumbers have only just become widespread, and cries out to the heavens: “Either switch me with someone else or strike me dead!” “It’s fine!” her mother says. “You have royal blood. If you round things off, you’re a runaway princess!” “Don’t worry!” her father says. 2.1kReads9.3Score21414d adds
- 168 The Moon Shines Toward the Evening 明月向晚 Zhu Mingyue, the capital's most talented woman, has once again incurred everyone's wrath. This time, it's because she's engaged to the Fourth Prince, said to be the most elegant man under heaven. But when she wakes from a nap, Zhu Mingyue discovers she's become Xiang Wan, a simple-minded girl from a small town in Qingzhou. Jiang Heng: “She's a catch. Hurry up and bring her back to my estate!” Xiang Wan: “Get lost! When I was making waves in the capital, you were still wearing split-crotch pants! 2.3kReads9.1Score24014d adds
- 169 The Legitimate Daughter's Cunning, and Her Way with Husbands 嫡女善谋，御夫有道 [Calculating Earl’s Legitimate Daughter vs. Cold and Ruthless Heir to the Duke] [Power Couple, Sweet Romance] Shen Yunshu, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Earl of Xiting, is the only legitimate heir of her generation. But her father, Lord Shen, favors a beautiful young concubine who has both a son and a daughter, while her domineering grandmother can’t stand her either. Always calm and unruffled, Shen Yunshu only wants to live a quiet life with her mother. Yet people keep trying to disrupt 9.5kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 170 Never Grow Old Like a Pair of Lovebirds 不学鸳鸯老 Yin Huayue was a dog the Zhuang family had sent to watch over him and keep him under their thumb. She was cold-blooded and hypocritical, always wearing a smile so false it hurt to look at. She dressed him, combed his hair, stood guard at his door, and lit his lamps. For ten out of every twelve hours, Li Jingyun thought about how to make her leave. But later... She really did leave. And he panicked. Morning and evening, I long to be with you; the wind has no pity for the hardy grass. I would rat 809Reads8.9Score15714d adds
- 171 The Bratty Young Lady’s Spoiled Child Bridegroom 暴躁小娘子的纨绔童养夫 Lin Lexin had two dreams from a young age: Her first was to open a branch of her family’s pastry shop in the capital. Her second was for the young husband her mother had bought her for two taels of silver to study hard and make progress every day, ideally passing the imperial exam to become a successful candidate. If he couldn’t pass, he could return to the shop and work as the bookkeeper. But when she was eighteen, her young husband’s biological father showed up and took her second dream away. 1.2kReads8.9Score10114d adds
- 172 A Concubine’s Guide to Winning the Crown Prince’s Favor 太子宠妾上位攻略 How will His Highness the Crown Prince deal with the side consort who fainted during her investiture? Pei Jingyan: “She embarrassed me. The Cold Palace is where she belongs!” How will the precious pearl in his palm take revenge on the Crown Prince who made her a concubine? Yao Baozhu: “A woman’s revenge lasts all day long!” Their meeting was far from beautiful, and their relationship began with schemes. Yet over the long years, they found love and tenderness, and learned to give each other their 1.8kReads8.7Score20514d adds
- 173 The Empress Dowager Starts Taking Them Out 继后开始刀人 The empress consort wants no part in the fight for favor. She just wants to kill people. Wei Xiangwan entered the palace with three things to do. First, uncover the truth behind her father's mysterious disappearance. Second, avenge her best friend, who died unjustly. Third, give birth to the crown prince. As for the emperor's affection, it was the least important thing of all. In the resplendent harem, where false affection bloomed everywhere, some people still yearned for true love. Qi Zhao fel 6.3kReads8.8Score65914d adds
- 174 The Eldest Young Master’s Personal Maid 大公子的贴身丫鬟 As someone who transmigrated, why haven’t I seen any so-called protagonist aura? Why does my life keep getting worse? I went from an unlucky third-class maid to a first-class personal maid, only to get labeled a “bedchamber maid.” Rong Jin is torn. Damn Heaven, fine, you can pair people up at random, but can’t you find me someone normal? I can’t handle a sicko! The eldest young master glances sideways at her. “A sicko? Heh...” He gives a cold laugh. 1.5kReads8.6Score11014d adds
- 175 Three Lives of Spring 春暖三生 No space, no System, just an unfaithful ex-husband, a cold-hearted mother-in-law, and a rebellious son. She had planned to quit for good and lie flat, but then she transmigrated into a miserable life as an orphan, shunned for having a child out of wedlock. An Chunfeng knew when to bend and when to stand firm. She decisively left the wolf's den and set out to make money. With a son and silver in hand, she could live comfortably as a wealthy woman. But that cold-faced man just wouldn't leave her a 26.5kReads9.3Score3.4k14d adds
- 176 Empress Daqi: The Complete Collection 大奇皇后（全集） The story follows a concubine-born daughter of the Chancellor, given to the Emperor as a gift. In a single night, she becomes Empress and wins the Emperor’s heart, leading him to empty the harem for her. 3.1kReads9.2Score45714d adds
- 177 Reborn as a Concubine: I Want to Leave the Palace 重生之宠妃要出宫 The heroine's family depends on an ambitious prince who plots to usurp the throne, yet she falls in love with the emperor. In her previous life, her family was destroyed, and she died in despair in the Cold Palace. After being reborn, she decides to steer clear of trouble and live peacefully with her family. But as an ordinary person, she is merely a pawn in the hands of those in power. When she chooses love once more, how will she fight against fate? 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Random Notes from the Western Capital 西京杂记 The Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital is an ancient collection of anecdotes about Chang'an, the capital of the Western Han dynasty. It was traditionally attributed to Liu Xin of the Western Han, though later accounts generally credited Ge Hong of the Jin dynasty with compiling it. In six volumes, it gathers court lore, stories about famous figures, local customs and traditions, ingenious crafts, and folk legends from the Han dynasty. Its contents are wide-ranging, and its prose is sim 42Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 179 She Gives Birth to Triplets as the Lady of the House, and Her Childhood Friend, the Young Marquis, Loses His Memory 当主母生三胎，竹马小侯爷失忆了 [A devoted couple + palace and household intrigue + everyday child-rearing + a wife who knows how to keep her husband in line + clear-headed heroine with superb medical skills + husband’s pursuit of his wife + unconventional amnesia] Su Lingyu, the legitimate daughter of a general’s family, has been married to the heir of the Marquis of Yongning for three and a half years. She and Xie Zhaoyan are loving and devoted, and have three children. Their marriage is the talk of the capital. Betrothed as 2.1kReads7.3Score11114d adds
- 180 When the Flowers Bloom, a Promise Remains 一诺花开 After their parents were unjustly killed, Tao Su and her younger brother were cast out of their clan. With Chu engulfed in war, Tao Su took her brother and fled for their lives, picking up a few younger followers along the way. Years later, those youngsters had all become formidable talents. Tao Su could only say, "Big Sis is under a lot of pressure!" 1.8kReads9.0Score26814d adds
- 181 My Stepmother Is Gorgeous and Knows How to Play the Game 继母她人美路子野 [Light Fantasy and Alternate Setting + Strong Heroine + Ambition + No Romance + Raising Kids + ...More to Come] A hardworking, down-to-earth office worker suddenly dies on the very night she’s supposed to get a promotion and raise. When she wakes up, she’s become the wicked stepmother of a villainess in a book: a low-level cannon fodder character who hasn’t even appeared in person and whose role she only figured out through nepotism. She’s only there to give the general’s household an heir! I 1.8kReads9.1Score21114d adds
- 182 The Marquis's Wife Is Reborn, Divorces, and Marries a Prince! 侯府主母重生后，和离嫁王爷！ Song Mingli worked herself to the bone after marrying into the marquis's household, only to be burned to ashes by her husband's concubine. Reborn on the very day her husband brought the concubine's child into the marquis's household, she gets another chance to set things right. This time, she'll reclaim her dowry, take her son, and divorce the scoundrel! She'll also repay Prince Jing, who helped her family in her previous life. She only meant to warn him that there would be an ambush on the road 3.9kReads9.1Score46414d adds
- 183 Disheveled Locks: Tangled with a Treacherous Minister, I Can't Escape 云鬓乱：惹上奸臣逃不掉 Original novel of the short drama The Jade Hairpin Askew, Her Cloud-Like Hair in Disarray In her previous life, Liu Yunxiang was widowed at a young age and spent most of her life working herself to the bone to keep the crumbling Jing’an Marquis household afloat. Only when her hair had turned completely white did she discover that her husband had never died. He had been living in a secluded paradise, blissfully in love with another woman. Her mother-in-law, uncle, and aunt knew the truth, but the 2.7kReads8.4Score86614d adds
- 184 They Said She Was Only Fit to Be a Concubine? She Married Into a Powerful Family and Became Its Mistress 说她只配当妾？转身嫁高门做主母 [Neither the male nor female lead is transmigrated or reborn, and there are no golden fingers. They are natives of the ancient world.] They say the Third Miss Yang Liu of the capital has a willow-thin waist and skin like ice, a rare beauty. But when the family split, she filed a legal complaint against her own uncle, earning him a notorious reputation and leaving everyone shaking their heads. Who would marry such a fierce troublemaker? Even her fiancé called off the engagement... Chu Yan, the el 13.6kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 185 As You Wish, My Love 承卿意 Bai Yu: A young general who guarded the border of the Mu Kingdom for years. It is said that his mother died in childbirth after giving birth to him. From then on, General Bai took his newborn son to the frontier, where they spent more than a decade. Now that the border wars have ended, a marriage contract summons Bai Yu back to the capital, where he returns with his father to report for duty. Yu Xuejing: The youngest daughter of Grand Tutor Yu. Her elder brother serves in the Hanlin Academy. All 793Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 186 The Farmer's Embroiderer 农家绣娘 Lin Zhiyun is famous across the surrounding villages as a lazy, greedy, dim-witted girl. Yet she has a promising match: she and the current scholar Xu were betrothed as children. Her eldest cousin Lin Xiuyue, meanwhile, is renowned as a clever, capable young woman, but she has a bad match: she was betrothed as a child to Shen Junchuan, a limping village thug. People often say the sisters should switch matches, and on the day they marry, the Lin family elders actually sneakily swap the brides. B 1.1kReads8.3Score10114d adds
- 187 Reborn as the Beloved of a Cunning Prince 嫡女重生：成为腹黑王爷的心尖宠 [Reborn + physician consort + putting scumbags in their place + satisfying revenge + sweet romance] In her previous life, she was manipulated by a scumbag man. She used her maternal family’s military power to help him take the throne, only to lose her unborn child and see her family destroyed. Reborn, she makes plans at every turn. She takes on the concubines, punishes her half-sister, and executes the scumbag. Everyone who ever bullied her will pay for their crimes in blood! She had already pre 782Reads8.9Score11314d adds
- 188 Wealthy Enough to Rule the Capital 有钱冠盖满京华 [Reborn + marriage first, love later + doted on by the whole family + satisfying revenge] In her previous life, Bai Jinzhou was framed and pushed into the water, ruining her reputation. She would rather marry her father's sworn enemy than the merchant who had rescued her. Later, she spent five years serving as a shield for her husband. Her father lost the emperor's trust and was dismissed from office, her elder sister was murdered, and her mother went gray overnight... Living her life over ag 593Reads8.9Score11014d adds
- 189 My Youthful Years Are for You 韶华为君嫁 Princess Yongning Qi Zhuo was born into privilege and was Emperor Jianning's most beloved daughter. In her eyes, a consort's only purpose was to give her a child. She had originally planned to choose a powerless top-ranked scholar, but in the end, she chose the heir to the Duke of Weiguo, who came from a powerful clan. Qi Zhuo thought they would be like any ordinary aristocratic couple, treating each other with polite respect. She never expected him to use every means at his disposal to grow cl 2.9kReads8.5Score23314d adds
- 190 No One Knows the Xie Family Has a Talented Daughter 谢家有个才女都不知 Mutual exclusivity, equally matched leads, playing the pig to eat the tiger, a scheming heroine, pure historical romance. The cold, calculating Third Master VS the scheming, talented beauty The Xie family had many sons but few daughters, so they were willing to take in and adopt children from distant relatives. Feng Zhuohua was one of them, raised in a courtyard alongside several other adopted daughters. The Xie family of Qinghe was a prosperous clan with a history spanning centuries. For genera 7.1kReads9.0Score92514d adds
- 191 The Lowly Concubine-Born Daughter Turns a Losing Hand into a Winning Finale 卑微庶女一手烂牌打出王炸结局 [Traditional historical romance + growing heroine + marriage before love + palace and household intrigue + both leads grow powerful later + transmigrate into a book] Zhao Fangyu transmigrates into a book and lands in a deadly situation from the start: in a wealthy household, she has a fever of 104 degrees, but her mother refuses to let her see a doctor! She thought she’d landed in a living hell where neither parent cared for her, but the great household turns out to be full of hidden talent: T 6.3kReads8.7Score66214d adds
- 192 The Blind Physician in the Capital: Schemes of the Imperial Court 盲医踏京：帝阙权谋录 She is a blind physician with clear-sighted purpose, lying low for thirty years, waiting to stir up the treacherous imperial court. He is the supreme ruler, commanding all beneath heaven and mastering every scheme, yet somehow failing to account for his own heart. One fateful red thread binds her bloody vendetta at one end and his vast empire at the other. When her celestial eye sees through his game, it also reveals her own fate. A tragic romance that begins in manipulation and ends in deep 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Stunning Outcast Tames Her Men, Captures Their Hearts, and Sparks a Rivalry 绝色万人嫌训狗，勾君心，引雄竞 [Everyone's Least Favorite + Male Rivals Competing for Her + Taming Dogs + Forced Love + Calculated Moves] Song Qin has barely transmigrated into a book when she finds herself staring at a very large bed. Three powerful men, their faces flushed, beg her for an antidote. Only then does she realize she's become a flirtatious woman hated by everyone, and the original character is responsible for the three men being drugged. In the book, the original character is exiled for harassing high-rankin 96Reads—Score24214d adds
- 194 When the Flowers Bloom on the Roadside, Will You Come Home? 陌上花开，可归矣 Jiang Zhaoyu was born into a marquis’s household, but her mother disliked her from the moment she was born and sent her to live with her maternal grandmother. Fortunately, Her Highness the Grand Princess raised her as her own daughter, and she grew up to become the most exalted young lady in the capital. The older brother who grew up alongside her was the one she loved, but he married someone else. Later, Jiang Zhaoyu became engaged to Chu Jinyi, the empress dowager’s grandnephew and the empress 3.8kReads8.9Score39814d adds
- 195 Reborn as the Phoenix-Toppling Physician 重生之倾凰医妃 In her previous life, she spurned Prince Chen’s deep love. For three years, she schemed tirelessly, using all her maternal family’s power to help him seize the throne. But once he became emperor, he joined forces with the older sister she had loved like family to frame her. He ordered her entire maternal family executed. Her relatives were murdered, and the wicked woman cut her child from her womb alive. The man she had always tried to avoid, it turned out, had secretly loved her deeply. He died 4.8kReads9.0Score46114d adds
- 196 From Old Woman to Young Girl Again, I Swear I'll Never Marry into the Marquis's Household 从老妇重回少女，她誓死不嫁侯府 [Reborn and Swapping Marriages + Revenge on Scumbags + Household Rivalry Between Legitimate and Concubine-Born Daughters + Satisfying Political Intrigue] The moment Tang Wanru opens her eyes, she is reborn on the day the heir of the marquis’s household proposes to her! In her previous life, the marquis’s household was convicted and exiled. Tang Wanru stood by the heir, Zhou Ziyue, through thick and thin in the desert for eight years, never leaving his side. But as she lay gravely ill and dying, 2.1kReads8.7Score32014d adds
- 197 After He Took Her by Force, He Fell for Her 被她强取豪夺后，他真香了 [Clearheaded, rational heroine vs. arrogant, scheming hero] [Possessive romance + marriage before love + both leads are sexually inexperienced] In her previous life, Xie Youran refused to be married off to bring good fortune to a sick man. In the end, her father sent her into the Shen family in a humble sedan chair. She had no status and was treated with contempt. Everyone bet she would never amount to anything. Reborn before the marriage, she agreed, but demanded the Shen family follow all the 57.7kReads8.7Score5.7k14d adds
- 198 A Farmhouse Deep in the Bamboo Forest 竹林深处有农家 After her engagement was broken off, Li Guo'er married Jia Qingshan, a down-on-his-luck man from the village. His entire estate consisted of three thatched huts. Just as everyone was waiting to laugh at them, they realized that at some point those three huts had been replaced by a house with brick walls and tiled roofs, and their life had begun to prosper. 2.4kReads8.7Score22414d adds
- 199 I Became the Emperor’s Farmgirl Wife, and Now I’m the Favorite of the Six Palaces! 穿成皇帝农家发妻，我宠冠六宫！ She transmigrates into a peasant woman and discovers she is Wang Baozan. After five years of waiting in a humble cave, she becomes empress overnight! The underage consorts are far too competitive, while her newly successful emperor husband says one thing and does another. The ministers bow in reverence, the four seas sing her praises, and a peasant-woman craze sweeps through the capital… 769Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 200 A Humble Household 小门小户 The story begins when the three-room branch of the Cheng family, born outside the main line, is forced to split from the family and driven out of the main residence. They end up in a border town, where they buy a house and land and establish themselves. Their daughter finds a happy marriage, while their son excels in the imperial examinations and enters government service. Cheng Weiniang, the Cheng family's daughter, is stunningly beautiful. The moment she appears in the border town, Wu Moya 5.6kReads8.4Score69214d adds
