Novels like When the Flowers Bloom, a Promise Remains
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- 1 Jade Waters of Wenxi 温溪玉漾 A brilliant young doctor and a deranged, scheming Brocade Guard The eldest daughter of the Lu family had dug her out of a pile of corpses. She had thought she’d finally found a home, but when she excitedly returned from the Valley of Medicine Immortals, she found it reduced to charred ruins. Her whole world came crashing down… He once had a happy, loving family, but a single fire turned that home into his nightmare. From then on, he became a vengeful demon from hell, swearing to avenge all 137 m 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 A Slow and Steady Pursuit 徐徐图之 Su Fu proceeded cautiously, planning each step with care... But how did all that maneuvering and scheming end up bringing her a good man? 492Reads8.6Score105Shelves
- 3 The Wicked Prince's Beloved Princess 邪王溺宠俏王妃 After transmigrating, she became the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yang's household: a domineering, arrogant woman infamous for her wicked reputation! And things got even worse: she had lost her virginity! Her half-sister was a hypocrite, and her fiancé was a womanizer! She took a deep breath. No matter, she could tear them apart and kick them to the curb! But could someone explain why this man had come looking for her, claiming she had forced herself on him? She had only used him in an 108Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 4 Her Luck Runs High on the Road to Escape Famine: The Little Miracle Doctor Drops the Act 逃荒路上气运全开小神医她不装了 [Space + stockpiling supplies + feel-good story + flight from famine + no romance] Shen Qinqing, a rising star in traditional Chinese medicine, was hunted down and killed after accidentally learning a secret about a powerful family. After death, she transmigrated into the body of a five-year-old girl in a rural village in ancient times. The little girl’s parents were both dead, and her family had nothing. Just as Shen Qinqing was feeling helpless about her situation, she discovered that her thre 977Reads9.0Score150Shelves
- 5 The Di Daughter’s Wild Reign: Crown Prince, Don’t Mess with Me 嫡女狂妃：太子别惹我 As the captain of a modern special forces unit, she is caught in an accident during a mission and transmigrates into Mu Qianli, the legitimate daughter of the Mu family, who was set up by the man she loved. She’s barely arrived when she finds herself framed by the empress! Is she supposed to sit around and wait to die? In the great hall, she argues fearlessly with the crown prince, undeterred by his rank and authority, to prove her innocence and decisively expose and eliminate the real culprit. 718Reads8.1Score106Shelves
- 6 The Phoenix Has Yet to Return 凤未归 She had her whole life destroyed by a tyrant and ultimately died in battle at the city gates. She reminded herself not to drink Meng Po's soup: if she ever got another chance, she would make them pay in blood. To her surprise, she was reborn ten years in the past. This was going to be fun. She could still remember every one of her enemies, but when it came to her family... she drew a complete blank. 539Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 7 The Physician with Healing Hands 素手医妃 The land is in turmoil, the realm is on the brink of collapse, and the princes vie for the throne. A beauty named Ruyi throws herself into the fray and turns the game on its head. In public, she is a physician who saves lives, a bodhisattva of mercy. In private, she is an unconventional coroner, a living King of Hell who cuts open corpses. A dagger, a journey, a love song born of two souls entwined; a blue robe, a black cloak, and a legend of clearing the names of the wrongfully accused. 522Reads8.9Score106Shelves
- 8 The Untouchable Princess’s Feast 绝妃膳类 No zuo no die: The Gu family's Fourth Miss finally got herself killed after making trouble at every turn, but in doing so, she drastically changed Gu Huaqing's tragic fate! As the daughter of a wealthy official, she absolutely couldn't let Heaven down. Her motto was to live freely and happily, and her top rule was to stay out of conflict! So why were there always so many admirers around her? Heaven above, earth below, please make these rotten peach blossoms go away!!! 641Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 9 A Commoner's Warmth Beneath the Heavens 布衣暖天下 [In the war-torn years at the end of the Song and the beginning of the Yuan, discover how a former child bride used nimble hands as blades and cotton as her cutting edge to weave an immortal legend as the “Cotton Goddess,” who “clothed the world”!] At twelve, her family sold her for half a sack of millet. Her husband's family treated her like livestock, and when they tried to sell her again, she escaped. She hid in a Taoist temple and nearly got caught, then drifted to Yazhou, where she narrowly 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Fragrant Herb Beauty 药香美人 A wisp of a wandering soul, carrying the finest medical knowledge refined through generations of modern practice. She makes her fortune through medicine, changing the miserable poverty of her current life. After learning her lesson the hard way, Fang Xiuyun decided that money was the most reliable thing of all! She was going to make money, lots and lots of money, spend half of it, and throw the other half away! Oh? This body's identity actually has quite a story behind it? Go back? Sure, but do 788Reads9.2Score134Shelves
- 11 My Ex-Husbands and I Were All Reborn 我和我的前夫们都重生了 In her past life, she was sold out completely and died an unjust death. After being reborn, Su Yue immediately latched onto Xie Jue without a second thought! But only after enduring countless hardships and finally getting her revenge did Su Yue realize that the reason she had been reborn was to meet Xie Jue. 367Reads9.1Score101Shelves
- 12 Return of the Swallow 锦堂归燕 As the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, she was switched at birth and forced to struggle for survival among the common folk. At long last, she was reunited with her family, only to be caught up in endless domestic power struggles. She wanted to get along with her sisters, honor her elders, and live a peaceful life of her own, but every one of those awful people was determined to thwart her! So she faced reality: if she wanted a good life, she would have to scheme and fight within the h 2.3kReads8.4Score306Shelves
- 13 Madam Jinning 瑾宁夫人 Meng Jinning wasn't exactly the laid-back type, but she understood the principle of not bothering others unless they bothered her first. She also knew that being a stepmother was no easy task. She figured the children's maternal relatives and their own father could take care of them, and the most she could do was turn a blind eye. She never expected that, even though she had no intention of meddling, someone else would insist on dragging her into their business. 301Reads7.7Score105Shelves
- 14 The Legitimate Daughter's Allure 嫡女媚 Her birth mother was murdered, and her younger brother died a tragic death. She had swallowed her pride and become another’s plaything, only to be tortured and abused to death in the end. Her heart had screamed in anguish, but she’d been powerless to fight back. Now reborn, Wu Yue swore she would carve out a bright future for herself. Those who had bullied and humiliated her would pay back every last debt, with interest. There was a beauty whose face I’ll never forget; a single day apart, and I 1.6kReads9.0Score208Shelves
- 15 The Entire Capital Is Hoping My Husband Will Divorce Me 全京城都盼着夫君休了我 The little princess Wen Yu of the Southern Liang Kingdom was born into privilege. She was breathtakingly beautiful and possessed a remarkably auspicious destiny. Yet this little princess had set her heart on the Fifth Prince of the capital, a man rumored to be cursed and to have caused his birth mother’s death. Everyone thought Wen Yu was crazy. The noble ladies of the capital waited to watch the spectacle, wondering how the little princess would fall from her lofty perch and become a mere pheas 51Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 16 The Heirloom Physician 世家医女 She is the legitimate daughter of a prestigious clan, and the clan physician whom everyone looks up to. 1.5kReads8.9Score246Shelves
- 17 Schemes in the Ming Palace: A World Without Beauty 明宫谋：无颜天下 In the unforgiving world of imperial power, Wang Rongyu has no choice but to enter the palace. She keeps her head down, hoping only to leave, not to rise through the ranks. But she has two mothers-in-law to contend with, the emperor’s favored concubine ahead of her, and a palace full of women selected and enfeoffed six months ago, yet still no children have been born. Knowing that emperors are heartless, Wang Rongyu has already made up her mind to simply do her job as empress. She won’t compete 2.9kReads9.0Score314Shelves
- 18 The Imperial Physician and the Powerful Consort 权妃之帝医风华 [A Perfect Ending!] Born into a distinguished family, she lost the use of her left leg while saving a prince, only to be publicly humiliated on her wedding day. The heir refused to marry her, her wedding dress fell to the ground, and her coldhearted father and vicious stepmother looked on with indifference... She was an orphan abandoned by her family; he was a young prince of the imperial clan burdened by a blood feud. At a Qixi Festival banquet, her unparalleled elegance dazzled the entire aris 734Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 19 Riches and Splendor 富贵芳华 When it came to Ning Fang’s idol, there was only one: Xia Zhenzhen, the Xia family’s legendary great-aunt, whose glory peaked more than a century ago! Renowned for her “exceptional intelligence,” she was chosen at just fifteen by a family of scholars and married into a prestigious household as the legitimate wife, despite being a merchant’s daughter. After the wedding, she and her husband were “deeply devoted to each other,” and even her mother-in-law praised her: “She is as good as my own daugh 4.8kReads9.3Score545Shelves
- 20 Plane-Space Storage: I Carry a Light Sniper Rifle as I Transmigrate 位面空间：我扛着轻狙穿越了 Junzilan died. Three years after her best friend Meng Qingluo made the ultimate sacrifice, she too gave her life for her country! When she opened her eyes again, she had become Jiang Maimai, a peasant girl in another world. Staring at the tattered thatched hut, so shabby that even a mouse would cry before leaving and a thief would be tempted to leave behind two sacks of rice, Junzilan was stunned. Was this really her... home in another world?! 5.3kReads9.3Score677Shelves
- 21 Transmigrated: Open the Coffin and Find a Happy Surprise 穿越之开棺见喜 By day, she was an experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctor. By night, she was a tomb raider. With one hand, Yun Qixi cured the living; with the other, she dug up treasure from the dead. Her life was certainly colorful. But she never expected to transmigrate after putting on the jade thumb ring of a tomb's owner. In an unfamiliar ancient world, she returned to her old profession. Tomb raiding required little investment, paid off quickly, and, best of all, would never become obsolete. Who 650Reads8.8Score171Shelves
- 22 Springtime in the Brocade Tent: Hidden Away by a Chaste and Powerful Official 锦帐春：被禁欲权臣金屋藏娇 [Sweet romance, no angst, happy ending + mutual devotion + a protective male lead + a gentle, beautiful heroine who isn’t a naive pushover] The first thing Xiao Ce did after becoming a regent was ask the woman he had long cherished to marry him. But she didn’t understand her feelings for her childhood sweetheart, so he had no choice but to resort to a few tricks. When Shen Zhizhi saw Xiao Ce suddenly appear, she was afraid. But he told her: “Zhizhi, marry me. The Shen family will be safe.” “Zhi 1.2kReads8.8Score176Shelves
- 23 The Mirror of Splendor 风华鉴 [The original novel behind the short drama of the same name] In her previous life, Wen Wan was too muddleheaded to understand much. Xiao Chen stood by her for half his life, yet all she knew was that the man was called Xiao Chen. This time around, she wanted to live with her eyes open, but Xiao Chen was the one who had become muddleheaded. Wen Wan: “It’s all right, Xiao Chen. I’m here.” Xiao Chen: “Please step aside, miss.” The person Xiao Chen least wants to see in this life is Wen Wan. He coul 2kReads8.8Score251Shelves
- 24 The Phoenix of Wu 芜凰 "If this girl is born in the north, the Phoenix will dance across the heavens, and her status will be beyond measure. If she is born in the south, the Phoenix will break a wing, bringing ruin upon her clan from below and chaos to the imperial court from above." Grandmaster Tian Yi's words came true. The "Song of Great Song," the most exalted young lady in Jiankang, never did manage to "spread her golden wings and bring peace to the world..." A Che said, "You may not be fit to be empress, but you 7.2kReads9.1Score712Shelves
- 25 The City's Pair of Wild Ducks 城市里的那对野鸳鸯 Shan Gen is an honest migrant worker who barely makes any money all year. His wife, meanwhile, has been living with another man. The two of them put their son through college, and just as his wife is about to spend one last year living with someone else, Shan Gen’s coworker spots them, and their son runs into them while away from home and tells Shan Gen. His marriage is finally on the verge of falling apart. Will they end up divorced? 1.4kReads—Score111Shelves
- 26 The Mistress of a Poor Household 寒门主母 On the first day of her marriage, her husband's family sent her to live in the countryside. Six months later, the man she'd met only once, her husband, finally brought his true love home as his bride. 4.2kReads8.5Score463Shelves
- 27 A Flourishing Era of Healing 盛世娇医 She is the foolish Sixth Miss of the Gu family. She is the renowned Divine Physician Jin. Two lives, two faces, all for the most cruel kind of tenderness. Huh? Why has another unexpected troublemaker suddenly appeared? What on earth is this now? 3kReads9.2Score404Shelves
- 28 Transmigrating to Become the First Wife 穿越之我为正室 Xu Mingwei was the legitimate daughter of a prominent family. Raised according to her family's traditions, she married a man of equal standing and became his principal wife. To Xu Mingwei, who had been raised to be a proper wife, this was all perfectly ordinary. Looking back, she and Fu Heng had been married for five years and had a pair of adorable children. She had never expected to find love from the start. She never imagined that her husband would suddenly ask her for it. How could she give 2.1kReads7.9Score104Shelves
- 29 A Love Story From the Restaurant Kitchen 后厨的爱情童话 A recent graduate applies for a job at a star-rated hotel. Just because he knows the owner, he gets the same position as the head chef, earning the jealousy of everyone and the chef’s resentment. Then, by a stroke of misfortune and luck, he meets the daughter of the richest man in the country, who’s at the hotel to experience life for herself. Thus begins a hilarious romantic comedy. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Madam Is the Queen of the Capital 夫人是京城一霸 Qi Jiang only wants to live a good life. Anyone who insists on making trouble for her will get ten times as much in return. 989Reads8.8Score143Shelves
- 31 The Consort Wants to Take on the Heavens 妃要上天 After transmigrating, a ruthless, cold-blooded double agent from the modern CIA finds herself the despised bastard child of the Marquis of Wanning's household, with no one to rely on and everyone free to bully and torment her. And now she's supposed to become a scumbag's concubine? No way! By the time Mo Weinong wakes again, she's already become someone else, a cold murderous glint in her eyes. Now that she's been given another life, revenge is the least of her concerns! But what's with the prin 1.7kReads9.2Score244Shelves
- 32 Tiger Crossing the River 过江虎 A man who fled abroad illegally after getting into trouble runs into an old classmate from twenty years ago, who was also his sworn enemy. But after a series of events, he discovers that he never actually killed anyone: he was framed. Follow a Chinese man’s struggle for life and death in a foreign country, and see if he can escape danger and make it safely back home. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Assault Squad: The Foolish Wolf Operation 士兵突击之憨狼行动 Xu Sanduo’s older brother, Xu Erhe, went to Japan for work, only to be kidnapped by Japanese criminals who demanded a five-million ransom and threatened to kill him if it wasn’t paid. Xu Sanduo, who is stationed with A Team, volunteered to resign and leave the unit. But Yuan Lang gave him a mission at that very moment: go to Japan and eliminate a traitor in the military. The operation’s codename was Operation Foolish Wolf. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 May We Grow Old Together, Zhaozhao 愿与昭昭共白头 Zhaozhao got married. For five hundred copper coins, she was bought to bring good fortune to a sickly man. Who could have guessed he would still die, leaving her a young widow? Zhaozhao married again, this time to a strong, strapping man. Hopefully, this time they can grow old together and stay by each other's side forever. The ten-thousand-year-old iron tree has finally bloomed. The eminent general has fallen in love, but the woman he has set his heart on is a young widow. His advisors: “Gener 1.3kReads9.1Score175Shelves
- 35 In Search of Demons and Their Tracks 寻魔觅踪 Feifei’s father is a police officer who’s hardly ever home. Something inside Feifei has changed, and she wants her father to find her a mother. Two women in the police force are both deeply fond of him, but Feifei’s father has fallen for a stranger, who turns out to be a dangerous person. Is she the one he arrested, or is she his other half? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 After Being Reborn, I Raise My Husband and Nephew 重生后，我养丈夫养侄子 Su Zhuqing was reborn at a time when the Chu Yang Marquis household was on the brink of collapse. Given another chance at life, she devoted herself to protecting the household's elderly, young, sick, and disabled as best she could. Her husband was crippled, her grandmother was old, and her nephew was still a child. She only hoped that when the Chu Yang Marquis household rose again, she might have a little corner of it to call home. But things gradually went beyond her expectations. Her husband g 5.6kReads9.2Score664Shelves
- 37 The Eldest Daughter’s Dazzling Rise 长女惊华 [Satisfying revenge + political intrigue + mutual salvation + miracle doctor + two powerful leads] The Ji family was a century-old military clan, revered by everyone in the imperial capital of Yulin. And yet the eldest Ji daughter was known throughout Yulin as a useless coward. Then, in a single night, the Ji family fell, and every man in the family died on the battlefield. It was the supposedly useless eldest daughter who held the entire family together. She divorced a prince! She made an enemy 3.1kReads8.8Score507Shelves
- 38 My Second Brother: Two Young Men Venture into the Northeast 我的二哥之二小闯东北 My second older brother ran away from home when he was twelve, heading northeast with a child from the neighbors’ family. The two of them endured countless hardships to make it there, only to find themselves in the wolf’s den and the tiger’s lair. And so began a story no one could ever forget. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Heaven Above 上邪 Fu Jiuqing is hiding a huge secret: he secretly picked up his own wife... Everyone knows that the Fu family of Hengzhou is richer than the emperor, yet its heirs are a sorry lot. The eldest legitimate son died young, the second is a wastrel, the third is obsessed with food and women, and the fourth is an idiot. The youngest, Fu Jiuqing, is a concubine's son and a sickly child by nature. Everyone says the Fu family must have done something wicked in a past life to deserve this. Jin Yue didn't wan 3.1kReads9.0Score397Shelves
- 40 The Phoenix's Departure 离凰 She stayed by his side without a name or status, becoming the shameless woman everyone talked about. In return, a fire burned all the love and hatred they had once shared to ashes. When they first met, he was a prince high above the world, hiding his true intentions to survive the struggle for the throne. That night's fire would strip away his weakness, flesh and bone alike. Buddhists say that life turns full circle every seven years. When they met again seven years later, his eyes were red. Th 5.4kReads9.0Score705Shelves
- 41 Through the Ages, I Am the Phoenix 千秋我为凰 Shen Xian transmigrates into the body of a fool, gets driven out of her home, has her face disfigured, and is even carrying a baby! On the day her husband marries his new love, she shows up to offer her congratulations, then repeatedly face-slaps the new concubine and leaves the guests stunned. But the new concubine keeps trying to out-act her. “You weakling, you think you’re good enough to steal the spotlight?” 2.9kReads9.0Score467Shelves
- 42 A Splendid Mistake 繁华错 If I had another life, I would never put my hand in yours again. Never. · Hengzhou’s richest man, the Yun Sect’s Iron Cavalry, Qiongzhou’s pleasure quarter, the Four Great Houses of the capital: what earth-shattering secrets lie hidden among these people and places, so seemingly unrelated? What turmoil does a peerlessly beautiful woman, moving through the world of courtesans, stir up with her delicate hands? Everything should have been in the palm of her hand, effortless and under control. But t 579Reads8.4Score103Shelves
- 43 Shu Huai Beneath the Setting Sun 抒淮落斜阳 A cute, lively, beautiful-voiced, sweet-talking, haughty young princess VS a handsome, rugged general who seems cold but is warm inside, and says one thing but does another (female-lead-focused, read with caution) Li Shuyang is the only daughter of the Prince of Jin and his wife. She is her brothers’ precious darling and the Empress Dowager’s beloved little sweetheart. Raised in luxury from birth, she is a true, heaven-blessed young lady born with a silver spoon in her mouth. An accident in her 623Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 44 The Charming Princess Is Coming Home as His Bride! The Great General Spoils Her Rotten 娇媚长公主娶进府！大将军他超宠 Everyone knows that Princess Changji of the Great Yuan dynasty and the Grand General of the Cavalry get along terribly. The princess is always calling the general names behind his back, like “you scoundrel” and “you big bastard.” The onlookers waiting for the princess and general to finally fall out cheer them on: “Come on, fight already!” But they waited and waited, never seeing the two part ways. Instead, they saw General Shen escort the breathtakingly beautiful princess into his residence in 368Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 45 The Beloved Legitimate Daughter: The Miracle Doctor Consort Is Not to Be Trifled With 盛宠嫡女：医妃不好惹 On her wedding day, just when she thinks she’s finally found happiness, her husband slaughters her entire family. After a brutal death, she opens her eyes once more. In this life, she will kill her enemies with her own hands and keep her family safe! The reborn legitimate daughter reveals her full brilliance. Watch her bring the dead back to life, heal the gravely wounded, and plan every move until she becomes the most beautiful woman under heaven! But then she accidentally sees a certain someon 1kReads8.7Score185Shelves
- 46 The Saltless Empress 无盐为后 She was the only empress personally appointed by the Wanli Emperor. History describes her as gentle, virtuous, and dignified, with the bearing of an empress. She passed away in attendance in the forty-eighth year of Wanli. Five days later, the emperor fell ill and died in July of the same year. At last, the couple were reunited. According to rumor, the household of Wang, a thousand-household commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, had a daughter as beautiful as a celestial maiden, with deli 486Reads8.8Score130Shelves
- 47 An Order in Late Spring 暮春之令 After the princess sent away for a political marriage passes away, Wang Huiyan, a palace historian, returns to her hometown after eight years away. Once a well-born young lady, she now faces a family fallen on hard times, creditors at the door, and the prospect of remaining unmarried well into adulthood. Determined to make something of herself and escape her predicament, Huiyan ventures into business. Her heart stirs at the sight of the excellent bachelor who was once her childhood friend, and 3.5kReads9.1Score464Shelves
- 48 Forced Into Marriage, I Won the Heart of the Handsome Prince 被迫赐婚后，绝色王爷赖上我 Nan Lu was a medical genius from the twenty-first century. Her skills could bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones, or kill someone without leaving a trace. One day, she transmigrated to ancient times, arriving on the day the daughter of the Prime Minister’s household was tortured to death. After enduring the brutal torture and dying alongside the original owner, she was reborn in her place. But she woke on the day of the wedding, surrounded by a ten-mile bridal procession, 6.2kReads9.3Score875Shelves
- 49 120 Reasons to Marry Apo 嫁给阿波的120个理由 From sitting in front of each other in high school to a long-distance romance across borders, it took her eleven years to marry the boy who “wasn’t very good with words.” Do you believe someone can love only one person? In his first year of high school, he ran up and down three flights of stairs just to steal a glance at the girl by the window who loved to smile. Later, they became desk mates. She drew little turtles on his back, and he couldn’t bring himself to turn around. He wanted to add her 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Discarded Daughter 嫡女弃后 In her previous life, she poured everything her family had into helping her husband seize the throne. Once one of the two most celebrated beauties in the capital, she thought she had defeated her rival. But just as her husband reached the height of power and success, he joined forces with that woman to destroy her family. He even had her bound atop the city wall so she would have to watch her brother arrive to save her, only to be pierced by a rain of arrows. What hurt most was that the man will 471Reads8.6Score100Shelves
