Novels like A Slow and Steady Pursuit
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Slow and Steady Pursuit, best match first.
- 1 Reborn, the Sickly Prince and I Take Down the Scumbags Together 重生后，病娇王爷和我一起虐渣 [Historical rebirth + doted on by everyone + secret identities + satisfying revenge + revenge] In her previous life, she was deceived by a scoundrel and a wicked woman, who destroyed her family and left her with crippled legs. For the sake of power, the scoundrel gave her away as a gift to a powerful noble. Unwilling to suffer such humiliation, she took her own life. Reborn before her marriage, Ning Yueshu vowed not to spare a single one of them! This time, she would protect her family! The scou 42Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 2 A Concubine's Road to Becoming a Consort 庶女升妃路 She was a concubine-born daughter who had willingly sought nothing more than an ordinary life. But under the oppression of the powerful, she chose to fight back. From the moment she first resisted, an ordinary life was no longer an option. Forced onward at every turn, she carved her way through thorns and brambles, ultimately rising to the highest seat of power. And then she said, “To have met you in this life, I would regret nothing, even if it cost me my life!” 123Reads7.3Score114Shelves
- 3 Reborn as the Chief Minister's Wife 重生后我成了首辅夫人 In her previous life, Yun Zhuo was a concubine-born daughter who married the refined and brilliant Prince Duan. All the noble young ladies in the capital envied her good fortune. But just three years later, everyone was pitying her instead. Prince Duan was of exalted status, and he himself was gentle and refined, with a household full of beautiful women. Before long, the Yun family was embroiled in a treason case and wiped out overnight. In such circumstances, even the capital's once-famous numb 37Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 4 The True Story of Yu 瑜真传 Yuzhen, an unsuccessful palace candidate, is granted by the Qianlong Emperor as a bride to his brother-in-law, the ninth young master of the Fucha clan, Fuheng. But Fuheng already has someone in his heart, resulting in the awkward situation of his wife and concubine entering the household on the same day. Yuzhen is the granddaughter of the great literary master Nalan Rongruo and is hailed as the most beautiful woman in the Qing dynasty. Yet fate plays a cruel joke on her, separating her from th 24Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 5 Peach Blossoms Bloom Without End in Troubled Times 乱世桃花无尽开 Before transmigrating, Hua Wujin was a special agent. Afterward, she became an unmarried mother. She might not like this maddeningly chaotic era, but she hated the scoundrel blocking her path even more. And that goes for the father of her child, too. What should she do? 676Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 6 The Phoenix's Seduction: The Abandoned Empress Stands Alone Beneath the Heavens 凤勾情，弃后独步天下 She transmigrated into the body of an empress cast aside by her own country. The emperor treated her like dirt, then made a big show of marrying his white-lotus sweetheart and flaunting their love day and night. Good grief, what an eyesore! 190Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 7 Princess, Your Subject Wants to Live Off You 公主，臣想吃软饭 The breathtakingly beautiful Princess Ningjia, who had enjoyed a lifetime of favor and glory, was dead! She died three days before her wedding, and the very people who drove her to her death were her third brother and her fiancé. When she woke again, none of it had happened yet. Reborn into a new life, Ningjia swore that not one of the people who had once harmed her would get away! A scumbag appeared. “I would like to invite the princess to admire some jade with me.” She coolly refused. Go die w 132Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 8 A Bumper Harvest and a Happy Marriage: My Dark-Haired Husband Is as Handsome as a Flower 良田喜事：腹黑夫君美如花 Meng Wu transmigrates and discovers that her uncle has seized good farmland, her cousins are all in cahoots, and her grandmother plans to sell her to a lecher. Meng Wu declares that if she can’t ruin them, she’ll stop being a Meng! Then she picks up a handsome husband, fulfilling every one of her face-loving fantasies! He pretends to be innocent, pure, and harmless, but Meng Wu eventually realizes that although he looks like a soft, fluffy white rice ball, inside he’s a black sesame filling slic 469Reads8.9Score105Shelves
- 9 The Round Table Consultant’s Final Fantasy 圆桌顾问的最终幻想 A genius girl from the 21st century, Jian Sheng, wakes up one day inside the legend of King Arthur. No System, no support, just a crazy old man who calls himself Merlin. He says, “The Round Table needs an advisor. You’re the one.” Jian Sheng: “All right, then I’ll give Camelot a complete makeover, and have a little fun and romance along the way. What could be better?” King Arthur watches as the palace suddenly becomes more efficient, the treasury grows, and the knights are left speechless by the 818Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Born Noble, the Empress Climbs Her Way to the Top 娘娘天生尊贵，一路宫斗上位 [The Warm-Faced, Cold-Hearted Emperor * His Obsessive, Sweet-Natured Consort] [Not a Pure Romance + Romance-Focused] Yun Xiaoxue was born into privilege, with wealth, connections, and power at her fingertips. She had hoped to travel the world as a carefree princess, but an imperial edict summoned her to the palace. She entered the palace as a Jieyu, already a high-ranking consort. But the Empress Dowager's niece came before her, and the emperor's cousin followed. Lady Xu had long enjoyed the emp 1kReads8.0Score110Shelves
- 11 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
- 12 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!" 1.8kReads9.0Score267Shelves
- 13 Husband, Spare Me Your Blade 相公，刀下留我 Ye Qingcheng transmigrated, and couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. Later, she realized that someone had been setting her up all along. Qin Shao was reborn, with every detail of his past life still vivid in his mind. If he let a woman set him up again in this life, he might as well give up on life. “My lord, what will it take for you to let me go?” the alluring woman asked with a charming smile. “If you die, I'll be done for.” “Come on, you've loved me so much you want to kill me. 10Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 14 The Fragrant Scents Stir Chaos 摇香乱 This is not a strong-female-lead story! This is not a strong-female-lead story! This is not a strong-female-lead story! This book is filled with conspiracies and political machinations, court intrigues, the fierce passions of the martial world, the darkness of human nature, devotion to family and country, and the burning passions of young men and women. If that's what you love, read on... From the start, Ou Qingyao becomes the emperor's woman. Ten months pregnant, she is hunted down. Who will sa 60Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 15 The Villainess Refuses to Accept Her Fate: Transmigrating into a Book to Win Over the Villainous Regent 女配不认命，穿书攻略反派摄政王 [Faithful love, sweet and doting with no angst, redeeming the villain, a stunning little princess vs. a cold and domineering regent] Jiang Wan transmigrated into a book, and even worse, she became a cannon-fodder princess who wouldn't survive past three chapters. Worst of all, the all-powerful regent was always looking for a chance to topple the Jiang imperial clan, and planned to send her to the grasslands to marry for peace. To save her own life and her brother's, she started finding ways to k 56Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 16 Reborn, I Throw My Weight Around in the Prince Regent's Mansion 重生后我在摄政王府作威作福 A general’s daughter and a gifted tactician, Gu Nanyou spent her life navigating court and fighting on the battlefield. She never imagined she would die at the hands of the person she loved. Branded a threat for having too much power, she watched her father executed, her eldest brother burned alive, her family slaughtered, and the soldiers under her command buried alive. After enduring humiliation and despair, she died. Reborn, she swore a bitter oath: however thorny the road, she would never tu 274Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 17 Reborn, I Became the Enemy Emperor's Beloved 重生后我成了敌国皇帝的白月光 [Sweet romance + female lead is the male lead's beloved first love + darkening male lead with obsessive possessiveness] Zhao Yihuan was born into the imperial family, pampered and doted on from a young age. Her life should have gone smoothly, but in the end, the new emperor of a neighboring kingdom led troops into the palace and slashed her throat with a single stroke of his sword. Reborn, she finds that the vicious, violent man is still a pitiful boy whom everyone bullies, held hostage in her c 142Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 18 Book Transmigration: I'm Thriving in the Harem by Doing Nothing 穿书：我在后宫躺赢了 Shen Bairong is an overworked modern office drone who transmigrates into a novel she's read, only to become its villainess! Fight back and turn her life around? No thanks, she's not cut out for that. But why isn't the male lead following the script?! Gong Yuxuan pins her beneath him and whispers in her ear, “My beloved consort seems to be enjoying the show~” Shen Bairong: Trapped in the corner of the bed, trembling! Wait, what's going on? Did the male lead pick up the wrong script? Shen Bairong 197Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 19 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
- 20 Back to the Marquis’s Estate to Marry a Playboy 重回侯府嫁纨绔 Xie Nanjia, the heir's wife, was murdered in the delivery room. Reborn in the marquis's residence as a maid, she vows to find the culprit and exact her revenge. To survive amid the open and hidden threats in the marquis's household, she needs to find herself a powerful ally. The second young master of the Dingyuan Marquis's residence, a wastrel, has recently become infatuated with a little maid. She's charming and sweet, but full of schemes. She wants to join forces with him against their enemie 6.3kReads9.2Score681Shelves
- 21 Reborn as Imperial Noble Consort Chunque 重生之纯悫皇贵妃 An old saying goes: At home, obey your father; when married, obey your husband; when your husband dies, obey your son. But how did Geng Mowei's life turn out? At home, her birth mother died young, and could she really rely on her father? After marriage, she was a concubine, neither a great beauty who could charm any man nor a sweet, understanding woman. How could she ever win favor? Fortunately, her life wasn't entirely without blessings. Her son was her greatest comfort! Given another chance at 197Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 22 Consort Hua Reincarnates as Gua Liu 华妃娘娘她魂穿瓜六了 Consort Hua, Nian Shilan, was a woman loved by Emperor Yongzheng. The daughter of a powerful official, she lost her child while still young because the emperor feared her family's influence. For decades, the man she loved most had her drink the incense-scented medicine known as Joyful Harmony, damaging her health and leaving her barren for life. Even so, in the end, she was condemned as having grown too powerful, and in a single night, every member of the Nian family was killed. Her soul is rebo 61Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 23 The Lin Family’s Illegitimate Daughter Rose to Power 林家的外室女她出将拜相了 A major exam-fraud scandal shatters more than twenty years of peace in the court of the Great Li dynasty. Lin Xingzhou, once a chief examiner with a promising future, becomes a prisoner overnight, and the life of Lin Ying'an, the daughter of a concubine, is changed in an instant. To protect her family, she has no choice but to step into the Great Li court as it teeters on the brink of turmoil. The court is its own martial world. Where there is righteousness, there is evil. Watch as she, born the 742Reads9.1Score117Shelves
- 24 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
- 25 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… 779Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 26 Fourth Master, Her Majesty Just Wants to Eat and Do Nothing 四爷，娘娘只想混吃等死 Xun'er transmigrated and became a concubine in Fourth Master’s household! As a lowly concubine with a humble background, and with the principal wife being so ruthless, she figured she’d better keep her head down, stay unnoticed, and live off the household until the end of her days. Who knew that even while doing nothing but eating, she’d end up eating her way into Fourth Master’s heart? As he started showing up for meals more and more often, certain people grew jealous and came at her with a ten 739Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 27 The Palace Consort Returns 宦妃还朝 Wave after wave of bizarre plots, step after step of poisonous schemes. She was a ruthless queen who stood alone, swearing to change the ruler and put a new name on the throne. He was an utterly bewitching, calculating eunuch, carrying a world-shaking secret as he helped her turn the world upside down. She asked, “Yu Xuanji, would you dare give me the world I want?” He replied, “Su Feise, if you dare covet it, then I dare make it yours.” Two powerful allies joining forces, accomplices in crime. 1kReads8.8Score560Shelves
- 28 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
- 29 My Lady, the General Has Come Back to Life Again 夫人，将军又活了 The female physician Yi Qing transmigrates into the body of an exiled concubine-born daughter. Saddled with a child of unknown paternity and then forced into marriage by her legal mother, how much worse could things get? Then she hears that General Xiao Jinghan, the dreaded “King of Hell,” died for his country, and Yi Qing seizes on her lifeline: “I’m Xiao Jinghan’s widow, and my son is his.” She raises her little dumpling, flirts with handsome men, and throws her weight around, taking the world 193Reads8.8Score108Shelves
- 30 This Imperial Consort Is a Little Too Cold 这个福晋不太冷 She only went on a blind date. It’s not as if she committed some unforgivable crime. Was transmigration really necessary to test her character? Well, her new family is pretty nice, and they treat her well. It’s just that her identity is a bit of a problem: she gets to enjoy a life of luxury, then has to contribute her marriage in return. Heaven really doesn’t let anyone get away with anything. But why on earth is she marrying Fourth Master? Isn’t she a Guaerjia? How come she doesn’t remember a c 2.7kReads8.9Score180Shelves
- 31 The Favored Consort Only Wants to Cling to the Powerful 宠妃她只想抱大腿 The first thing Song Qingyi did after transmigrating into a book was cling to the villainous male lead. The second was figure out how to escape the tragic fate written for her, and the third was do everything she could to stay alive until the ending. In reality, though, after seeing that the plot was impossible to change, the gloomy, sharp-tongued scaredy-cat decided to give up and coast through life, only to be hauled to her feet by the breathtakingly handsome, chuunibyou emperor. “Get up. Keep 80Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 32 The Lazy Noble Consort Is Forced into Palace Intrigue 咸鱼贵妃被迫宫斗 Lu Jiu does everything to become a lazy, carefree fish: she volunteers for the Cold Palace, gives up on herself, and makes it on her own! Yet somehow, she still earns the title of the harem's number-one scheming green tea! The Empress Dowager says, “This girl is alluring. You can tell at a glance she won't stay chaste!” The consorts say, “Little sister, your methods are impressive. We admit defeat!” Her father says, “Well done! Keep it up! Great success is just around the corner!” The Emperor sa 149Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 33 Miss Zensheng 怎生姑娘 Yu Zengsheng casually saved Nie Mo, who turned around and bought her into his household as a concubine. Zengsheng thought he was repaying kindness with treachery, but Nie Mo believed he was composing a thrilling love song with his own prime years, bright future, and dazzling life, all to win her heart. But that was only the beginning. Zengsheng's mysterious origins and Nie Mo's many twists and turns in planning the wedding he wanted were not easy to sort out. For Yu Zengsheng, playing leaf cards 427Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 34 Joy on the Return to the Capital 归朝欢 Even as Princess Qiuyang lay dying, the person she couldn’t forget was still the one with rosy lips and bright teeth, whose smile made her willing to give up her life. But that person was hounded to death by the whole world. So she decided to seize the entire realm and make it his grave offering. Unfortunately, she fell just short of success. Before she died, she thought that when they first met, she should have ignored everything and snatched that great monk away, locked him up, and never let a 469Reads8.7Score107Shelves
- 35 The Secret of High Heels 高跟鞋的秘密 I love you, and as it happens, you love me too. At just the right age, Xia Yun'en gave up a promotion and switched careers. All she wanted was to pursue her dream. 794Reads9.1Score145Shelves
- 36 After I Transmigrate into a Book, the Heroine and Her Male Sidekick Won’t Leave Me Alone 穿书后我被女主男配缠上了 Bai Xinyue transmigrates into a book as the villainess. She's the legitimate eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's household, and her mother is the legitimate daughter of a Duke's family. With her figure and looks, isn't she set up to win at life? So why would she fixate on the male lead? Seeing how miserable the original owner's ending was after she turned evil, Bai Xinyue decides to follow her own path and stay out of everyone's way. But does that mean no one will bother her? Why has the h 1.1kReads8.9Score102Shelves
- 37 Heaven-Defying Doctor Consort: The Crown Prince Is Blind, Don't Marry Him! 逆天医妃：太子他瞎，别嫁！ Overnight, after transmigrating into a book, female doctor Yun Linglong became a princess who shared her name, a cannon-fodder villainess. In the original story, she abused the male lead, who later hung her from the city wall and left her to dry into jerky. So she decided to defy fate and change her destiny, starting by saving him. Not only did she spare the peerlessly beautiful male lead from being defiled by the obese, debauched emperor, she also cured his blindness. But somewhere along the wa 271Reads9.1Score103Shelves
- 38 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
- 39 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
- 40 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
- 41 Reborn to Scheme for a Flourishing Era 重生之盛世妃谋 To preserve her family's honor, she is sent into the palace to help her aunt, the favored consort, win the emperor's favor and seize power, and to put her own cousin on the throne. Who could have guessed that he would turn around and marry her cousin as his empress? After exhausting every scheme, she ends up losing her closest kin to a tragic death. Then, amid a great fire, she returns to the days before she entered the palace. Lou Huayu gazes at the enemies from her past life, lowers her head, 333Reads8.3Score109Shelves
- 42 The First Lady of the Cabinet 内阁第一夫人 In her previous life, she married into the imperial family in a high-status match, only to meet a tragic end. Her family was destroyed, and she lost everyone. In this life, all she wants is revenge, yet she becomes the wife of a Grand Secretary, the spouse of a powerful chancellor... 1.3kReads8.7Score129Shelves
- 43 A Promise in Blue Robes 青裳一诺 In their previous life, Qingshang (Heguan) and Duruo (Houpu) died together in a car accident, bound by death as they had been in life. In this life, Qingshang carries her memories of their past and journeys across mountains and rivers to reunite with him... But he no longer recognizes her, and love and resentment pull them in opposite directions... She practices medicine to save lives, solves one strange case after another, and uses her wisdom to stop a war between two nations and protect the pe 44Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 44 Fragrant Thoughts Beneath the Silk Quilt 念香衾 5.6kReads8.9Score514Shelves
- 45 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
- 46 Drunk on Jade, Fragrant in Bloom 醉玉翻香 Yan Yiru was betrothed to the Crown Prince as a child. She lived a pampered life, with the power to make anything happen. Then her family fell from grace, her life came crashing down, and all the riches and glory she had enjoyed became someone else’s wedding finery. Given another life, she does everything the opposite way, keeping away from court and preventing her politically inept father from dragging the whole family into the abyss again. But by chance, she saves the heir of the Prince of Cha 729Reads9.1Score154Shelves
- 47 Listen More, Speak Less 多听少说 Listen More, Speak Less —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Wicked and Wanton Crown Princess 邪肆太子妃 My name is Mo Xiaodou. I came from the apocalypse, and I have a pocket dimension at my disposal. I’m a walking supermarket, a mobile warehouse. But in this new world without zombies, I’m nothing more than a bodyguard slave with no rights. So my dream changed from killing zombies and saving all of humanity to taking my family in this world and escaping to freedom. Then I’ll find myself a man and have a few babies~ My name is Rong Tang. I’m the crown prince of the empire, and I have a bodyguard w 24.8kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves
- 49 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Doted on Five Villainous Big Shots 穿书后我娇养了五个反派大佬 [Woman disguised as a man + adored by everyone + satisfying read] Pei Yi transmigrates into a book! She decides to change her doomed supporting-character fate and make it to the top. So Pei Yi kicks her trashy ex to the curb, saves the tyrant with her left hand, rescues the rebel king with her right, and even saves an enemy nation's khan in her spare time. As she keeps saving them, she realizes that the book's five major villains... all seem to be looking at her strangely. Then one day, all five 69Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 50 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
