Novels like After the Prince Was Forced to Marry
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- 1 The Substitute Bride of the Emperor 代嫁皇妃 She is the adopted daughter of the wealthiest merchant in Great Zhou. At fourteen, she enters the palace in place of her legitimate elder sister. He is a reborn emperor who once despised her breathtaking beauty. He approaches her for her looks, but as he gradually comes to understand her, he unexpectedly falls deeply in love and cherishes her as dearly as his own heart! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 After Marrying Into the Enemy Kingdom, I Became Their Favorite 和亲后我成了敌国团宠 [Everyone’s darling + tyrant + food + staying alive and making a getaway + silly, lighthearted comedy + love after marriage] To save her family, Su Wan is forced to marry into a neighboring enemy kingdom. Her groom is the legendary living Hades, a brutal tyrant who kills without blinking! Su Wan has a clear plan for her life: pretend to be deaf and mute, stay alive, wait to be sent to the cold palace, then pack up and run! But the longer she keeps her head down, the more this enemy kingdom’s pal 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 After Our Marriage by Imperial Decree, the Prince Keeps a Cold Face Yet Always Wants to Cuddle 奉旨成婚后，王爷总冷着脸要贴贴 Read with caution!!! This book was written rather hastily! Really hastily! [Married first, fall in love later: a cold, awkward prince × his gentle, sweet bunny of a princess] Su Jin is in Jiangnan when an imperial edict announcing her marriage suddenly arrives! Why is she being married off? Whom is she marrying? What does he look like? Su Jin knows nothing at all, and gets carried off in the bridal sedan chair in a daze. When she lifts her veil, she discovers she's married to a cold-faced prince 108Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 4 The Mysterious Prince’s Beloved Concubine (Published) 神秘王爷的爱妃（已出版） She is the stunning Princess Pingting, the most beautiful woman under heaven. One glance is enough to topple cities and captivate all who see her. According to popular rumor, her beauty even ensnared her own father, driving her mother to her death. Her father then disappeared without a trace. The emperor personally selects her to marry into a neighboring kingdom, and the princes openly vie for her hand. She takes it all in stride. On the eve of the wedding, a fire that appears to be an accident 122Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 5 The Substitute Crown Princess 替嫁太子妃 “Concubine Jin, remember this: I’ll come back for you. I promise...” Those were her last words as she leapt off the cliff. He was the most exalted crown prince of the Yuehua Dynasty. For the sake of political interests, he had no choice but to marry the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister’s residence. In a flower-decked sedan chair, with ten miles of wedding finery, she became his wife. He thought theirs would be a marriage in name only, but her quiet grace and quick wit gradually drew him in. 819Reads8.8Score104Shelves
- 6 After He Forces Me to Marry Him, I Become the Demon General’s Darling 强娶后，成为恶魔将军掌上珠 [Marriage Before Love, Sweet Romance, Mutual Devotion] One “Uncle” is all it takes for a thousand-year-old tree to blossom. On the day of his triumphant return, in front of the entire court, the demon general Yuan Boyou asks the emperor to grant him a marriage, offering his military achievements in exchange for the hand of the woman he loves, Shen Qing. Shen Qing is the forgotten youngest daughter of the Shen family. She was “exiled” to a country estate for five years, where nobody gave her a se 30Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 7 Joy Before the Palace 殿前欢 At a single glance, she saw in his eyes how deeply he loved her. Somehow, she let him take her hand and refuse to let go; somehow, he kept her hidden away in his golden house. Qi Yaoyao thought that Lord Pei, the austere and untouchable powerbroker in public, was nothing more than a phony prude and a libertine in private! Lord Pei’s scandalous past: He never married, yet had an affair with Princess Tan Xuan. Shameless beyond belief, they hooked up everywhere from city walls and hot springs to me 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 You Want to Be His Equal Wife? No, I Want You on Your Knees Calling Me Your Elder Sister-in-Law 做平妻？不，我要你跪下叫长嫂 Marriage first, love later for the male lead / The second male lead’s regret and redemption / Extra sweet / Both leads are each other’s first and only / Everyday-life romance Shen Zhiyi and Lu Yanci were betrothed as children. But on the day he passed the imperial examinations, he came home with a delicate young woman whose hair was in disarray and whose belly was beginning to show. His eyes held a tenderness Shen Zhiyi had never seen before. Worse, he wanted her to share equal standing with tha 508Reads6.6Score100Shelves
- 9 Playfully Spoiled: Winning Over the Cold-Faced Prince 戏宠，攻略冷面王 [Stunning transmigrated princess consort + System quests + Winning over the cold-faced prince + Satisfying revenge + Villainess] Shen Yunhua was an acting prodigy, celebrated across the entertainment industry for her beauty and talent. In a single moment, she transmigrated into the role of a vicious supporting character who had torn apart a childhood romance that had lasted fifteen years. The System told her: Your mission is to win the male lead’s heart and grow old together with him. Only then 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Concubine's Daughter Rises to Power: The Blackhearted, Crippled Prince's Beloved 庶女上位，腹黑残王的心尖宠 [A devoted couple with no other partners + two powerful leads building their careers + feel-good wish fulfillment with no holier-than-thou heroine + court intrigue] She is the unloved illegitimate daughter of the prime minister. When an imperial decree arrives, her father orders her to take the place of his legitimate daughter and marry Prince Jing, who is frail and near death. Orphaned as a child, he is gifted but has had to pretend to be ill to survive. Born into the imperial family, he long a 98Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 11 Ye Xingchen 夜星辰 Pure historical romance / sweet and angsty / seemingly foolish but actually brilliant, pitiful legitimate daughter of the prime minister versus a calculating, tender-hearted, unhinged war god prince (married first, love later + palace intrigue and political schemes + chivalrous adventures in the martial world + sweet married life) Ye Xingchen was raised in the inner quarters as a pawn in the marriage alliance her prime minister father had arranged with a noble family. When an accident befell her 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Moon Over the Spring Courtyard 漫漫春庭月 (After their engagement, her fiancé's entire family was exiled) When Lord Yan, who oversaw the Three Departments, sought a bride for his second son, families across the capital with marriageable daughters were all eager to put themselves forward. The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping, Jiang Shu, was renowned for her virtues. The Yan family had personally asked for her hand, but she accidentally learned that her uncle planned to pull a switch and marry her cousin into the Yan family inst 120Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 13 Spring Comes to Liumoon 柳月春临 Qin Meiyue is an heiress from a prominent family who is out of favor and constantly bullied by her stepmother. After scheming to marry off in her younger sister's place, she thinks she is finally starting a new life. But then she learns that her mother's death was no accident, and swears to take revenge. Before she has the strength to stand on her own, she has no choice but to lower herself and please her husband, using his power to get revenge. As they go through it all, the two come to underst 2Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 14 The Ultimate Wife-Doting Husband: Ninth Prince’s Consort, Behave 宠妻狂魔：九王妃，乖一点 Su Wei was supposed to become the crown prince’s consort, but the shameless Ninth Prince, just to spite the crown prince, threw a tantrum and schemed in front of the emperor himself, snatching her away right in the great hall. By imperial decree, she marries into the Ninth Prince’s household, and everyone in the capital thinks a beautiful flower has been stuck in a pile of manure. On their wedding night, after bullying her, the rogue prince says nonchalantly, “What’s so great about that crown pr 167Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 15 Wrongfully Married to a Deranged Powerbroker 错嫁疯批权臣 On the eve of her wedding night, Lu Yuan learns that the man she's supposed to marry isn't her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, but Pei Yinian, a ruthless, all-powerful court official who has made countless enemies. Her birth parents: “Pei Yinian won't live much longer anyway. If you marry him and bear his posthumous child, all the Pei family's immense wealth will belong to you.” Her fiancé: “I can't give you a title, but I can give you a child, so you can secure your position as the Pei famil 7.7kReads8.4Score930Shelves
- 16 The Immortal Wife of a Spoiled Young Prince 纨绔小王爷的神仙妻 [Sweet and Angsty] [Strong Female Lead] The young prince is a spoiled playboy, idling away his days with no one able to rein him in. Then a female tutor arrives and keeps him firmly under control. Go to the gambling den? She'll break his legs... Disobey? She'll draw her sword... “You're just a tutor. What gives you the right to interfere in my private life?” “Then I'll become someone who does have that right.” “Y-you, what are you doing?” “What you were just about to do.” “H-help me...” 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The God of Gambling's Wife at the Duke's Mansion Wants a Divorce Again 国公府的赌神娘子又又又要和离了 No rebirth, no transmigration. A powerful hero and heroine, and a tale of revenge. Devoted couple + palace and household intrigue + scheming hero + cunning heroine + love and hate + marriage pact Sang Wan was tricked onto a pleasure boat. She was only trying to escape an arranged marriage, but ended up on Pei Jinzhi's pirate ship and, by a twist of fate, became the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo's heir. Every morning when she wakes, she cries out three times: “I want a divorce! I want a divorce —Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 18 Falling in Love After Marriage: The Prince's Sweet, Spoiling Pursuit 婚后心动：王爷追妻甜又宠 [Marriage First, Love Later, 1v1 Sweet Romance, Pregnancy and Mind Reading Later] Prince Jing of the capital is choosing a bride, but everyone knows he prefers men. What family would be willing to marry off their daughter to him? And yet Ye Xingluo, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, is betrayed by her own father, who submits her name for consideration. During the palace selection, the Noble Consort takes one look at her and picks her on the spot to be Prince Jing's consort! After 88Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 19 The Cherished Concubine’s Daughter: Darling, Don’t Get Any Ideas! 娇宠庶女：夫君，别乱来！ After the meritorious General of the North returns to the capital, the emperor issues an edict granting him a marriage. His bride, however, is the daughter of a low-ranking fifth-rank official, a match far beneath his station. Rumors spread throughout the capital that the general suffers from a hidden ailment and is incapable of consummating a marriage. Naturally, this great honor falls to Wei Shu, a concubine-born daughter. Everyone waits to laugh at her misfortune, unaware that Wei Shu can win 509Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 20 Come Steal the Snow of Yunzhou 来窃云州雪 As the Wens' adopted daughter, Fu Jinci took charge of the household and secretly fell for her older brother, Wen Shaotang. Her father arranged for her to marry him, but Wen Shaotang, who was born to love freedom, was unwilling. After the wedding, they treated each other with polite respect, but in time, Wen Shaotang was moved by Fu Jinci's kindness and gentleness. After going through many trials together, they finally opened their hearts to each other and spent the rest of their lives side by s 317Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 21 Together with You, I Remember Our Meeting 与君同，忆相逢 [Complete] [Historical romance + both leads inexperienced in love + mistaken bride + marriage before love + devoted favoritism + sweet and angsty + mutual devotion + slow burn + HE] [The straightforward prince who owns up to his mistakes × the lively, proud young princess consort] Cen Jingchen thought his princess consort was cold to the extreme, but he never expected her to slap him the very first time they met. He may be angry, but he still wants to keep her by his side. “You can touch me, 49Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 22 The Unfavored Princess Marries into an Enemy Kingdom, and the Regent Dotes on Her 不受宠公主嫁敌国，摄政王狠狠宠 [Both chaste + marriage before love + palace and household intrigue + regent prince] She was the least favored of the nine princesses of Chu, regarded as a harbinger of disaster. In a political marriage, she was sent to wed the regent prince of an enemy state, a man with immense power and a ruthless reputation. On their wedding night, he glanced at her and said, “You're too thin.” She thought theirs was nothing more than a cold political arrangement, never realizing that he had already treasured 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 A Painting for the General 丹青之意赠将军 Lin Yimo, daughter of a court painter, had loved General Fu since she was young. Fortune smiled upon her when the emperor arranged her marriage to the man of her dreams. She thought she would secure her place through a son and enjoy a life of wealth and honor, but instead, a rift grew between her and the general. Her father was demoted, the general ignored her, and she was left without support. In her hour of need, she took up her brush and sold paintings, hoping to save her father through her o 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Farming: The Prince and I Have Planted an Empire 种田：我和王爷把江山都种好了 [Love after an arranged marriage + sweet everyday romance + equally strong leads + devoted couple + extra sweet] As soon as Shen Mumu transmigrated, she learned that the handsome prince planned to take her to his remote, barbaric fief. Having been poor for long enough, she decided to go all in and steal. First she robbed the Prime Minister's residence, then the imperial palace. By a stroke of fate, she ended up saving the entire Prime Minister's family. Later, she discovered that kissing the h 8Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 25 The Princess Consort Forgets Me Every Day, But So What? 王妃日日忘了我，但那又怎样 [No System, no transmigration + devoted couple + alternate world + winning her back] Ling Yiyi loses her memory every day, leaving her without family or friends. Qi Siy i is caught in the treacherous imperial court, an unpopular prince left on the fringes. Two people estranged from the world are bound together by an imperial marriage decree steeped in manipulation and humiliation. On their wedding night, he is consumed by resentment and revulsion at a marriage forced upon him, while she can thin 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Cold Prince's Consort Dies Every Day 寒王妃每天都在作死 After transmigrating into a book, Mu Lingshuang assumes she's been handed the script of a tragic heroine and spends every moment trying to escape. So how did it turn into a sweet romance instead? A certain prince: Even if I spend my whole life without touching a woman, get hacked to death by assassins, or become a monk, I, Helian Han, will never fall for a shameless woman like you! Later: He just can't get enough! A certain second male lead: Shuangshuang, I had my reasons. A certain scheming thi 1.7kReads9.2Score117Shelves
- 27 Hatred Locks the Azure Sparrow 恨锁青雀 Ji Yun was forced to marry Huo Yan, the eldest son of the Huo family, the only family in Qingzhou entrusted with supplying goods to the imperial court. The two treated each other with courtesy and respect. Huo Yan before marriage: I don't like Ji Yun, that's that. I won't marry her. Stop trying to force me! Huo Yan after marriage: How can my A Yun be so kind and wonderful? Ji Yun couldn't bear to watch him make such a spectacular face-slapping spectacle of himself. Madam Huo, who had successfull 127Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 28 The General Tong Guang 将军同光 He walked toward me slowly, step by step, until I could clearly see his eyes and the reflection of myself in them. “Xiangwan?” I suddenly remembered the night the matchmaker came to propose on someone's behalf. Bai Qi had climbed onto the corner of my courtyard wall and overheard me say he might be attracted to men. He had been furious. 5Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 29 Unblemished Radiance 昭质未亏 A sweet historical romance full of court intrigue, one-on-one~ ( ˘ω˘ ) Resilient young lady from a refined family × brilliant, free-spirited boy A story of a precocious, proud young princess who seems cold but is warm-hearted, and a handsome young man who can think of nothing but his beloved, as they dote on each other and stand by one another~ Until the age of twelve, Ye Zhao was a noble young lady of the marquis’s household, treasured like gold and jade. Then calamities came one after another, 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Together Through Dawn and Dusk, Our Hearts Never in Doubt 朝云暮月长相守，君悦卿心两不疑 Original title: Winning Her Favor [Political intrigue + jianghu + historical setting + devoted couple, one-on-one + sweet romance + groveling pursuit] Reader’s guide: 1. Set in an imaginary dynasty with no historical basis, so there’s no need to scrutinize the background. 2. This is not a story about a powerful heroine, not fast-paced, and not a wish-fulfillment novel. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing! 3. The story uses a lot of deliberate omissions. Please don’t read if that’s not you 190Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 31 The God of War Prince's Sweet Young Wife 战神王爷的小娇妻 [Pure historical romance, no rebirth or transmigration] [One couple, both devoted only to each other + marriage before love + mutual trust + doting husband + children later on] A royal decree turns the mute Zhou Qinxue from the future crown princess into the Princess Consort of Prince Ning. On their wedding night, Prince Ning leads his troops into battle, and Dowager Consort Qin sends her straight to a remote corner of the estate. When Prince Ning returns from war, the first thing he does is 350Reads7.5Score101Shelves
- 32 Quiet Days Flow By, Shared with You 细水流年与君同 She is An Yue, the daughter of a minor fifth-rank official. He is Xu Ze, the celebrated General Who Guards the Nation. Their marriage is one of convenience: one seeks to secure her family’s future, while the other hopes to keep a low profile and conceal his true intentions. Before long, neither knows who was the first to entrust the other with their heart and fall in love. A sweet romance between the official’s daughter An Yue and the great general Xu Ze. 59Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 33 After Our Fake Marriage, My Childhood Rival Won’t Leave Me Alone at Night 假成婚后，死对头竹马夜夜缠 The Proud, Resilient Chancellor's Daughter × The Cunning, Unrestrained Duke's Legitimate Son [Marriage First, Love Later + Long-Planned Scheme + Bickering Couple + Glorious High Tang + Court Intrigue and Household Rivalry + One-on-One, Both Untouched] After someone plots against her, Shen Ruojin, the youngest daughter of the chancellor, is drugged with a potent aphrodisiac and nearly loses her virtue. The man who barges into her room is none other than her sworn enemy, Rong Che, Second Young Mas 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 After I Transmigrated, the Prince's Bride Turned Heads 穿越后冲喜王妃飒翻了 Su Yanxi, a modern medical doctor and descendant of an ancient martial arts family, transmigrates by accident. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself being carried into the bridal chamber, in the middle of consummating a marriage! What? She's a lovesick fool who likes handsome men? Wrong! The only handsome man she likes is her husband, the prince. She's an ignorant good-for-nothing? Wrong! With a needle in her left hand, she drives out the parasite and saves the sickly prince's life. W 598Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 35 A Lofty Marriage to a Prince 高嫁王公 People always said the third daughter of the Wei family was blessed: born into wealth and blessed with exceptional beauty, she was sure to marry the man of her dreams and be cherished beyond measure. Who could have guessed that Wei Shuwan would meet the wrong man? Her fiancé held his unattainable first love high in his heart and saw Wei Shuwan as nothing but an obstacle. In a fit of rage, he shoved her into the water. When the young Prince of Qiaochuan rescued her, he wasn't thinking of some her 2Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 36 My Lady, Your Secret Identity Is Showing, and Your Husband Is Your Secret Identity 娘子你马甲掉了，夫君是你的马甲 The rating has just been posted and is bound to rise [A luckless princess of the prince's household hiding beneath the guise of a village girl VS the richest man's son, a prince living among the people, hiding beneath the guise of a penniless scholar] [Secret identities + male lead falling for her on his own + female lead plagued by misfortune + mutual salvation + traditional historical romance + happy ending + both leads' first love] When they first met, Jiang Jinjin was a country girl, and Wen 774Reads6.4Score107Shelves
- 37 A Princess Consort’s Daily Life After a Substitute Marriage 替嫁世子妃日常 A scheming, patient male lead + a female lead who plays the fool to catch her enemies (A story about a homebody, full of lovey-dovey moments, with a sweet and gentle heroine) She takes her elder sister’s place and marries a fearsome young lord. On their wedding night, she gazes at him with tender affection. Her husband is truly handsome, not frightening at all. But she keeps finding ways to anger him, or at least she does until she runs away from home. Her husband’s expression darkens, and at la 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 A Farmer's Daughter Forces a Marriage, and the Crown Prince Becomes a Live-In Son-in-Law 农女逼婚，太子被迫成了上门女婿 Her father had barely died when her cousin set his sights on the family fortune, and on Taoxi. To protect both her home and herself, she decided to take in a husband. When her cousin heard and came to make a scene, Taoxi had just brought home an injured man. Seeing his savior bullied, the man kicked her cousin clear out the front gate. Taoxi’s thoughts turned. Wasn’t he the perfect candidate? Taoxi: “Do you remember what you promised me?” Man: “I do. You saved my life, miss. Just name what 45Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 39 My Little Bride, the Overbearing King Has Come to Take You Home 小娘子，霸王逮你回家了 The spoiled young master Zhao Yulang, who had teased Xu Qing four years ago, was back in the capital. Everyone felt a chill for Xu Qing. Back then, why couldn't she have just let him hold her hand? Why did she have to take the matter all the way to the emperor? Well, now look. The spoiled young master had won great honors on the battlefield and become the valiant, battle-hardened King of Chu. Xu Qing thought, That troublemaker is back. I'd better run, or I might not be able to keep my hands to m 1.1kReads8.8Score143Shelves
- 40 Historical Romance 古言 The world is cruel, and people are cold. Rain falls at dusk, and flowers easily fall. The morning breeze dries the tears on my cheeks. I long to write down my thoughts, alone against the slanted railing. How hard! How hard! How hard! We are apart now, and nothing is as it was. My ailing soul swings like a tether. The horn sounds in the cold, and night draws on. Afraid someone will ask, I swallow my tears and force a smile. Hide it! Hide it! Hide it! 189Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 41 The Crown Princess Is Delicate and Frail, So She Must Be Cherished! 太子妃她身娇体软，得宠着！ [Complete + Reborn + Revenge + Spycraft + Marriage Before Love + 1v1 + Alternate World] [Radiant, Flirtatious Drama Queen Princess × Cool, Wary Beauty of a Crown Prince] Also known as: Winter Camellias and Crimson Snow After being reborn, Nian Zhirou takes her elder sister’s place and marries far away to become the Crown Princess. Other Crown Princesses enjoy status and splendor, living in the lap of luxury. But all Nian Zhirou does as Crown Princess is fuss over her husband day after day~ “Are 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Medical Consort Rises: The Scum King and His Adorable Child Turn the World Upside Down 医妃崛起，虐渣王爷萌娃闹翻天 [Strong Female Lead + Taking Down Scumbags + Physician Consort + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Child] Lin Wanqing is a modern attending surgeon who transmigrates to ancient times. On her wedding day, she is assaulted, abandoned, and sent to the Cold Palace, where she gives birth to an adorable child. Who poisoned her and destroyed her looks? Who wants to assassinate her? A long scar across her face burns hatred deep into her heart, along with the unbearable pain of the past that she can never forg 14Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 43 The Divine Doctor Captivates the City, and the Cool, Domineering Marquis Dotes on Her to No End 医妃倾城，清冷霸道侯爷宠上瘾 [Sweet romance + devoted to each other + transmigration + marriage before love] The gentle, resilient Fourth Miss Meng X the noble and all-powerful Marquis Meng Ning, the Fourth Miss of the Meng family, was breathtakingly beautiful, delicate, and gentle. Unfortunately, she was mute. Her voice was restored after the heroine transmigrated into her body. * After the emperor's death, the lords of the Great Liang Empire carved up the realm and fought among themselves. The Right Chancellor conspired w 1.1kReads8.8Score106Shelves
- 44 Reborn, I Turned Around and Married the Emperor's Uncle, Then Tore the Scumbag to Pieces 重生后转身嫁皇叔手撕渣男 [Handsome, Tragic, Scheming Prince + Bright, Resilient, Delicate Heroine + Married First, Love Later + One-on-One, Both Leads Are Each Other’s One and Only] A sweet romance, not a strong-female-lead story. The leads had no connection in their previous lives; after the heroine is reborn, they marry first and fall in love later. Su Lingyue grew up without a mother, unloved by her father and disliked by her stepmother. After marrying, she was tricked by the Crown Prince and her own younger sister, 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Two Hearts in Tune, Our Longing Written in a Silk Letter 两心知，相思写锦书 Childhood sweethearts, an ancient-style romance about lifelong devotion to one person, set in a fictional Great Qi. Fourth Prince Heba Yiwei is the son of the Northern Qi emperor and a Han Chinese consort. As a boy, he lived temporarily in Tanzhou with his mother, where he saved Ye Beiying, the daughter of Tanzhou's garrison commander, from a bolting horse. Beiying was lovely, sweet-natured, and well-behaved, and Yiwei's mother adored her. Yiwei was aloof from a young age, but treated Beiying di 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Phoenix Beauty 凤娇 Su Feng, the eldest daughter of the second branch of the Su family, is betrothed by the Empress Dowager to Yuan Chenghao, the third young master of Prince Rui’s household. She has no choice but to bid farewell to her beloved grandmother and marry into the prince’s household with her family’s blessings. Yuan Chenghao is a notorious playboy in the capital. Though handsome and charming, he spends his nights carousing among women. Unhappy with the arranged marriage, he argues with Su Feng on their w 4.8kReads8.5Score434Shelves
- 47 A Thousand Miles of Longing Beneath the Moon of Home 千里相思故里月 Pure historical romance + marriage first, love later + cozy country life + some political maneuvering later on 1v1, both devoted to each other and each other’s first and only love; a slow burn, sweet at first and angsty later (only a little angst, emotional rather than physical) Jiang Xiaoyu was only fifteen when she married Lu Yin. He was dirt poor, with nothing but the clothes on his back. On their wedding night, he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. “How long do I have to wait?” she asked, 97Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 48 Reborn as a Doctor, I Win the Tyrannical Prince of Zhenbei's Heart 重生医妃：暴戾镇北王宠上天 [Reborn + legitimate daughter + physician princess + darling of the whole family + punishing scumbags + sweet romance + satisfying read + two strong leads + both devoted and chaste] In her previous life, Zhao Qingyue had been blinded by love. She handed military authority and intelligence to a scumbag, won people over for him, and even married her sworn enemy for his sake. After he rose to power, the people closest to her were murdered, and her own hands and feet were severed. She died a horrifi 118Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 49 The Heir's Temper Burns Like Fire, and His Sweet Wife Can't Hide 世子性烈如火，娇娇夫人难以藏躲 [Pure historical romance, not reborn + fictional dynasty + marriage before love + both leads are virgins + gentle, graceful, perceptive beauty vs. cold-faced, devoted, hot-tempered lord] After her kingdom was defeated in war, she was sent to Beichen to marry, becoming a sacrifice for peace between the two nations. After the wedding, she and Yan Han, the heir of Beichen, were united in name only. As time passed, she realized he saw her only as a gift from Nandu, someone insignificant and dispensa 1.6kReads8.8Score147Shelves
- 50 The Evil Prince Pursues His Wife: The Physician Consort Rules the World 邪王追妻：医妃权宠天下 With a single imperial decree, she is made a princess. Sent a thousand miles away for a political marriage, she loses favor as soon as she becomes a princess consort. Everyone thinks she is a meek young lady who can be pushed around. Only he knows she's a wolf in sheep's clothing! She drinks, gambles, visits brothels, and gets into fights! What part of that says “meek young lady”? So why is she so damn irresistible? Ling Junyao thinks he must be ill, but he doesn't want treatment. What is he sup 223Reads8.7Score—Shelves
