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  1. 151 Being Reborn as a Widow Was Bad Enough, but Why Am I in a Dung Pit? 穿成寡妇也就算了,咋还穿粪坑了 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Pocket dimension + adorable baby + farming + strong heroine + getting rich + no romance) Shen Qing, a top assassin at twenty-four, is betrayed by her companion. She strikes back in one move and transmigrates straight into Shen Ping, a forty-two-year-old, wicked widow in the fictional Great Governance Kingdom. Not only does she become a widow, she arrives just as the widow is dying of a sudden bowel movement. It probably couldn't be any more miserable. Worse still, she falls into a cesspit, and 380Reads8.4Score10014d adds
  2. 152 After Starving to Death in the Garage, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1980s to Beat Her Son 老太太饿死车库后,重生八零打儿 Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1980s + no golden finger + family life + building wealth + realistic wish fulfillment + beating sons and scolding daughters] Granny Su starved to death in a garage on March 16, 2025. She had worked herself to the bone her entire life, honored her parents-in-law, raised two sons and a daughter, and helped bring up her grandchildren. Yet after she became paralyzed, her own children abandoned her, leaving her to starve to death. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn in the 19 471Reads7.0Score—14d adds
  3. 153 The Coal Tycoon’s First Wife Is Reborn 煤老板的原配重生了 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted No romance. This is the daily life of a sharp-tongued grandma who loves helping the weak and standing up for what's right. The main rule is: she won't put up with even the slightest injustice! Cao Lihua celebrates her ninetieth birthday, then leaves her old home with deep regret and bitter dissatisfaction over the way she lived in her previous life. To her surprise, she opens her eyes and finds herself back at sixty. Hey, why couldn't I have gone back a little further? She quickly gets divorced, 2.2kReads8.3Score22014d adds
  4. 154 After Her Children Abandon Her Surgery, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1980s 被儿女放弃手术后老太太重生八零 Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted Era setting + rebirth + realistic slice of life + everyday life (a feel-good power fantasy where the heroine is either beating someone up or on her way to do so; a story about an ordinary person growing and changing) In her previous life, Feng Yun favored boys over girls. When she grew old and became useless, she could only watch as the unfilial son she had painstakingly raised abandoned her to die. She died full of regret. When she opened her eyes again, she was in her prime, and things had not 195Reads8.0Score—14d adds
  5. 155 After Becoming the Worst Old Lady, I'm Living the Good Life! 穿成极品老太后,我吃香啦! Ancient Romance200k WordsCompleted [Farming + Famine + Lighthearted + No Romance] “Niu Jinhua, female, aged eighty-eight, died peacefully of old age...” “No, no, sir. I’m only sixty-eight. I just turned sixty-eight yesterday.” Niu Jinhua, who had low blood sugar and was taken to the hospital by a kind stranger for an IV drip, dies. Hei Wuchang gets drunk and mistakenly spirits away her soul. To make it up to her, he turns Niu Jinhua from sixty-eight into forty-eight and sends her to ancient times, where she becomes the matriarch 342Reads9.0Score10314d adds
  6. 156 Transmigrated as a Short-Lived Old Woman, I Lie Flat to Avoid Being Mistreated 穿成短命老妇咸鱼躺平才不受气 Ancient Romance521k WordsCompleted No romance. The heroine is past menopause and enjoying her retirement; her greatest pleasure is teasing her grandsons and saving up dowries for her granddaughters. The original owner was a farmer's widow. Her eldest son in the capital sends her a pension, while her younger son and his family live nearby, obedient and devoted. At just 48, she's already living the retirement life office workers can only dream of. She even has three lively, adorable grandsons. This life is so wonderful it feels lik 438Reads8.8Score—14d adds
  7. 157 Reborn as a 70-Year-Old Woman, Forced to Get Her Life Together 穿成70老太,被迫摆正心态 Modern Romance487k WordsCompleted [1970s + golden finger + no romance + family and daily life + light ensemble cast + never putting up with mistreatment] She transmigrated, she really transmigrated. Even Lu Xiang gets to experience something this trendy. But when she takes a closer look at the broken-down house, the family fighting like chickens and dogs, and her own dark, wrinkled face… It feels like the sky is falling. She’d be better off reincarnating all over again. Recently, Hu Yu has noticed something strange happening at 1.6kReads7.5Score12114d adds
  8. 158 The Villainous Mother Takes Charge: Her Seven Rebellious Children Beg to Reform 恶妇当家:七个逆子哭求改邪归正 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + farming + gourmet food + adorable kids + strong heroine] Old Mrs. Su had done every wicked thing imaginable. Then, when she fell gravely ill, her ungrateful children snatched away everything she owned! Enraged, she died. When she opened her eyes again, she was Su Qin, a body cultivator from another world. Relying on her established persona and formidable body, Su Qin lets loose without restraint. Whoever shows up, she gives them a piece of her mind! Whoever crosses the line, sh 116Reads8.4Score—14d adds
  9. 159 Reborn as a Mother-in-Law, I Flee Famine with My Children 穿成了婆婆,带着儿女去逃荒 Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted A wonderful young woman from the 21st century transmigrates to an unknown dynasty where people barely have enough to eat or wear. As if that weren't enough, wars and natural disasters have ravaged the land for years, leaving the fields barren. People can thrive in a new place, even if trees can't move, so if there's no way to survive here, then let's find somewhere else. Time to flee famine. When her daughter is abused by her in-laws, she picks up a broadsword, calls her son and gathers the vill 347Reads8.6Score—14d adds
  10. 160 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Woman Gets Rich After Splitting Up the Family and Cutting Ties 老太重生八零,分家断亲一路暴富 Modern Romance800k WordsOngoing [The Eighties Granny: Cutting Ties, Making a Fortune, and Becoming a Business Legend] [No-Nonsense Granny] [Breaking Up the Family] [Family Squabbles] [Building a Fortune] [Racing Through the Business World] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [A Touch of Pocket Dimension] In her previous life, Mu Yunzhi slaved away for eighty years, only to discover that every one of her dutiful children had died horribly, all because two ungrateful wolves had been scheming behind her back! Reborn in 1983, the old lad 24.8kReads8.5Score2.1k14d adds
  11. 161 Reborn After Her Top-Scholar Son Burned Her Alive 被状元儿子烧死后,老太太重生了 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn / feel-good power fantasy / farming / building wealth / doting on his granddaughter In her previous life, Old Madam Huang had let greed cloud her judgment. She forced her eldest son to risk his life working in an illegal coal mine, then sold his daughter for silver. Her eldest daughter-in-law fell to her knees and beat her head bloody, but it still wasn’t enough to get the child back. That very night, she hanged herself, taking both her own life and the baby’s. Her eldest son dragged hims 1.5kReads8.1Score18314d adds
  12. 162 In the 1980s, My Wife Was the Empress Dowager 八十年代之我媳妇是太后 Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted She had lived out her natural lifespan in her previous life. When she opened her eyes, Zhou Ya found herself in an unfamiliar world. Fortunately, the original owner's memories were still there, as was the pocket dimension from her previous life. Watch how the Empress Dowager makes pastries, sells embroidery, grows an orchard, and creates a clothing brand in the 1980s, building a home of her own step by step and starting a farming life that brings prosperity and happiness. 578Reads8.7Score10014d adds
  13. 163 How Can We Flee Before We’ve Even Started Living? 怎么还没生活呢?就逃荒 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No romance + no golden finger + farming + fleeing famine + business + slow development (A slow-burn story that takes its time and lets things unfold naturally.) One day, Li Shulan wakes up to find she has become a farm wife. Her original self was quite a handful, and she has no golden finger or influential connections, so she has to rely on herself for everything. After working hard for over half a year, she’s finally on the verge of a better life, only for a snow disaster and war to hit. To sur 355Reads7.6Score—14d adds
  14. 164 After Becoming the Mean Mother-in-Law, I Led My Whole Family to Prosperity 穿成极品恶婆婆后,我带全家致富 Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted [Farming, feel-good fiction, transmigration, food, adorable children, famine, no romance] After waking from a deep sleep, Su Mu found herself in the body of a 36-year-old farmwife from Daliushu Village, notorious throughout the surrounding countryside as a vicious, awful mother-in-law. Her seven sons knelt by her bed, calling her Mother, while all four of her daughters-in-law were pregnant. She had been single her entire life, and now she had woken up as someone else's mother-in-law. Faced with 76Reads7.0Score—14d adds
  15. 165 I Had a Dream, So How Did I End Up Pregnant? 做做做了个梦,怎么就怀上了? Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [Not a matriarchal-world story] [Lighthearted] [Probably little palace intrigue] [Pregnancy in a dream] [The late emperor is reborn as a scholar] Once you've raised your son, he always belongs to someone else's family. That's true in the modern world, and it's true in ancient times. For Zhang Wenjing, her son belongs to the state, damn it. He has nothing to do with her. Thinking back on the miserable life she had in her previous life, she worked harder than a d 230Reads8.4Score—14d adds
  16. 166 Think I'm a Fool? Reborn in the Seventies, the Old Lady Throws Her Weight Around 当我冤种?重生七零老太作威作福 Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted [Seventies era + ensemble cast + everyday family life + a fool finally wakes up + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place + satisfying read] A husband who gives everything, a biased wife, and a daughter blinded by love ruined this family! At seventy, with late-stage lung cancer and ungrateful children before her, Wang Shuzhen finally understood the truth of life. Rather than drag out a miserable existence, she might as well leave cleanly and decisively, so no one would have to hold anyon 603Reads7.5Score10714d adds
  17. 167 Splendid Ceremony: The Su Family Heiress Rises Step by Step in the Imperial Palace 仪华万千:苏氏千金深宫步步高升 Ancient Romance268k WordsCompleted [Dual happy and bad endings] [Palace intrigue] [Not a pure romance] [Clear-headed heroine] Also known as: Beneath the Inner Palace: A Favored Consort's Step-by-Step Plot to Win the Emperor's Heart According to popular gossip, the Su family's daughter had bright eyes and pearly teeth, a face like a peach blossom, and was known as the most talented woman in the capital. She entered the palace in the first year of the selection. From the moment she arrived, Mingyi understood that she would spend th 140Reads7.1Score—14d adds
  18. 168 Two Explosive Sisters Serve the Emperor: The Younger Farms, the Older Fights for His Favor 炸裂姐妹花共侍皇上妹种田姐争宠 Ancient Romance237k WordsCompleted In modern times, the older of twin sisters, Lin Duoliu, was jealous of her younger sister, Lin Duoyan, and killed her. But when they woke up, both sisters had been reborn in ancient times. What kind of palace intrigue and rivalry will unfold when they meet Emperor Huang Wanxi? A story of the younger sister farming while the older one vies for favor! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
  19. 169 Reborn as an Old Woman: The Wildest Granny in History 穿成老妇,史上最狂老太太 Ancient Romance458k WordsCompleted No romance + comedy + feel-good + farming + spatial storage + light mysticism Ye Youli, a dark summoner, and her guardian beast Xiao Ba, a dramatic myna bird, travel to a small world to eliminate a malicious System. To their surprise, they end up transmigrating into the body of a terrible mother-in-law. The whole family is so poor they can barely scrape by, and they're all counting on her to save them. Skeleton soldiers: Lady Ye is mighty. Spiritfolk: Lady Ye is gorgeous. Ghost general: Her husb 1kReads9.2Score10414d adds
  20. 170 After Transmigrating as an Old Woman, I Win Big with a Supermarket 穿成老太太后,我带着超市躺赢了 Ancient Romance659k WordsCompleted Su Mingyu was a middle-aged woman in the 21st century. Her children were devoted, she had a little money of her own, and life was pleasant. Then she woke up as a village woman. Her new home was bare, and she had a whole crowd of children and grandchildren. Su Mingyu’s heart sank, but luckily, her supermarket had come with her too. If she wanted a prosperous life, she had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and work hard to make money. Let’s see how a middle-aged woman makes a fortune in ancient 395Reads8.7Score—14d adds
  21. 171 The Grandmother Doted on by Her Children and Grandchildren Is Absolutely Ruthless 儿孙们宠着的老太太穷凶极恶 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigration + Everyone’s Darling + Sweet Romance + Strong Female Lead Qiao An transmigrates into the body of an elderly woman in ancient times. Her husband killed the son of a powerful noble and fled. Her two grown sons were exiled, and her daughters-in-law got divorce papers and returned to their parents’ homes. Now she has to raise her two underage children and support four grandchildren all by herself. To top it all off, she’s a transmigrator without a golden finger! Everyone says they’re 70Reads8.3Score—14d adds
  22. 172 Three Terrible Sons Kneel Before Me and Call Me Mom 三个极品儿子跪在我面前叫妈 Ancient Romance701k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + farming + old woman + power fantasy] Lin Tao transmigrates into the body of an old woman worked like an ox and forced to drink muddy water! She has four elders above her, three little ones below, and nine grandchildren, every last one of them! Being an old widow with yellowing eyes and wrinkled skin would be bad enough, but she’s also stuck with a family full of troublemakers! The eldest son abuses his wife and sells his daughter. He even kills his own mother for her coffin mon 125Reads8.8Score—14d adds
  23. 173 Quick Transmigration: Becoming a Mother-in-Law in Every World 快穿,去每个世界做婆婆 Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted [No Male Lead + Family Life + Mother-in-Law Quick Transmigration] Miao Cuilan is about to celebrate her fiftieth birthday when she dies suddenly of a heart attack. A Good Mother-in-Law System binds itself to her and sends her to different worlds to be a mother-in-law or enjoy a leisurely retirement. Her original self took her long-suffering daughter-in-law for granted, even though the poor woman had worked like an ox for the family for decades. After Miao Cuilan transmigrates, she changes her wa 575Reads7.2Score—14d adds
  24. 174 Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang 孝庄太后 Historical115k WordsCompleted Set against the historical events from the founding of the Qing dynasty through its rise to the prosperous Kangxi and Qianlong eras, this book tells the story of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. With her boundless maternal love and selfless devotion, she supported two young rulers, her six-year-old son Shunzhi and her eight-year-old grandson Kangxi, and served as the model for all under heaven, guiding the Qing dynasty toward prosperity. 1.1kReads9.6Score10814d adds
  25. 175 Transmigrated as the Wicked Female Lead: My Husband Just Died, and My Son Is Already Rebelling 穿成恶毒女配:夫君刚死儿子已反 Ancient Romance510k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + transmigration into a book + slice of life + a touch of an ensemble cast + pocket dimension + no romance + clever heroine with principles] This is mainly a story about the struggle between a wealthy empress dowager with land and grain, and her ruthless eldest son, who cares only about profit and wants nothing but the throne. Sixty-year-old Jiang Wanwen transmigrates into a novel called My Husband and I Conquer the Realm. She isn’t the heroine, but the villainess’s mother-in-law 3.1kReads8.8Score28714d adds
  26. 176 After Being Reborn as a Heartless Old Woman, My Wicked Children Regretted It! 重生老太狠心后,孽子们后悔了! Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Face-Slapping] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [Family Life] [The rating was just posted, so it may rise.] Xu Guiying spent her life working hard for her five children and raising her granddaughter, who had cerebral palsy. After retiring, she set up a dumpling stall to help make ends meet. Then someone beat her so badly she was gravely injured, and she was diagnosed with cancer. Her children and grandchildren had leached off her their entire lives, yet they all made excuses and refu 1.1kReads7.7Score10114d adds
  27. 177 The King of Hell's Agent Takes It Easy in the Cold Palace 阎王特工在冷宫摆烂 Ancient Romance273k WordsOngoing Palace intrigue + transmigration + lighthearted + strong heroine + secret identity + satisfying read + sweet romance Shen Yuan transmigrated into the body of a disgraced consort banished to the Cold Palace and thought: Could there be any better luck? A top agent in her previous life and an abandoned consort in the Cold Palace in this one, Shen Yuan thought this was the most comfortable assignment she'd had in either life. A private room with meals and lodging included, zero socializing, zero dut 818Reads—Score10614d adds
  28. 178 Is the Marquis's Household Really That Pathetic? The Crazy Old Madam Sends the Whole Family into a Frenzy 侯府窝囊?疯批老夫人带全家发癫 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, The Splendor of the Marquis's Household: The Mighty Old Madam, is now streaming. The heroine has no parents, no love interest, and is utterly heartless and past menopause. On the third day after checking herself into a psychiatric hospital, Xiao Jinse finally saw the light: anyone who doesn't like her can't be any good, and anyone she doesn't like can't be any good either. She's the Greek goddess of morality in the story of her own life! One day, she transmigrates and 13kReads8.3Score1.8k14d adds
  29. 179 An Elderly Woman Reborn in the Eighties: She Leaves Her Husband and Children Behind to Pursue a Better Life 老太太重生八零,抛夫弃子奔小康 Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Period drama + 1980s + reborn + everyday family life + feel-good revenge] In her previous life, Old Mrs. Zhang divided up the family property early, letting her three sons live comfortably. In return, they treated her as a burden and refused to support her in her old age. The eighty-year-old woman froze to death beneath an overpass on New Year's Eve. Now she's reborn at a time when her children still depend on all her hard work. The old Mrs. Zhang, once blind to the truth and foolishly trusting 807Reads7.2Score10514d adds
  30. 180 The Cold Emperor’s Laid-Back Favorite Consort 高冷帝的摆烂宠妃 Ancient Romance214k WordsCompleted Song Zhilan transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder character doomed to an early death. After saving her own life, she wants to stay out of trouble and be a laid-back little palace consort. The more Song Zhilan slacks off, the more the aloof Baili Jing dotes on her. The other consorts grow jealous and frame her, getting her sent to the Cold Palace, but Baili Jing doesn’t intervene. Just two or three months later, Song Zhilan becomes pregnant and makes a triumphant return. Song Zhilan: Prepa 55Reads8.3Score—14d adds
  31. 181 The Rebellious Emperor Falls for His Struggling Transmigrated Consort 叛逆皇上爱上苦哈哈穿越的王妃 Ancient Romance235k WordsCompleted [Historical + Farming + Palace Intrigue + Two Men Fighting Over One Woman] The story starts slowly. At first, the heroine is reborn and wakes to find herself in ancient times. She has read novels, but has no idea how this particular novel’s plot will unfold. She can only play things by ear and take it one step at a time. As for transmigrating, all she cares about is figuring out how to get back to the modern world, the most practical thing to do. She becomes the princess consort of a duke and ca 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  32. 182 Transmigrated as a Miserable Old Woman, I Get Forced to Bind Myself to a Nation-Building System 穿成极品老妇后,被迫绑定强国系统 Ancient Romance625k WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine, farming, strengthening the nation, System, old woman, wish-fulfillment] Qiao Lan, a successful woman in her prime, opens her eyes to find herself an evil old woman nearing fifty who sells her children and grandchildren. She also has a 1980s nation-strengthening System bound to her. This is clearly a desperate flight through a time of chaos, and you’re talking to me about strengthening the nation?! With no other choice, Qiao Lan sets out to strengthen the nation: She sets her chi 47Reads8.9Score1014d adds
  33. 183 Reborn in the 1970s: Granny Li Pummels Her Terrible Family 重生七零:李老太爆锤全家极品 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Li Jingui is reborn. A slice-of-life family story with a lightly ensemble cast and satisfying face-slapping. Fifty-year-old Li Jingui is reborn. Thinking about the foolish things she did in her past life for the sake of her three sons makes her want to slap herself. Fortunately, she’s been reborn, and there’s still time to change everything. In this life, she’ll set her family straight and crush every last troublemaker! 9.1kReads7.9Score86714d adds
  34. 184 I Became a Weak Mother-in-Law and Led My Terrible Family to Turn Their Lives Around 穿成软弱婆婆,带领极品家人逆袭 Ancient Romance516k WordsCompleted [A cozy farming story, no awful family members, doted on by everyone, no romance] A thirty-three-year-old unmarried village official transmigrates into the body of a same-aged ancient village woman whose husband has died. Overnight, she gains three sons and inherits a thatched courtyard. The eldest is dull-witted and naive? In truth, he has a plan for everything. The second is hated by people and dogs alike? In truth, he is incredibly shrewd. The third has studied himself into a bookish fool? In 990Reads9.0Score10114d adds
  35. 185 The Mad Old Lady Yang 疯狂的杨老太 Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma Yang Has Had Enough] Grandma Yang died with her eyes wide open. She couldn't understand it. She had devoted her whole life to her family, swallowing her pride to serve her mother-in-law, care for her husband, and raise six children, both her own and those who weren't. She had even helped raise a whole brood of grandchildren and grandkids on her daughter's side, never taking a single day off. Yet when she became bedridden and unable to care for herself, her children 18kReads8.5Score92714d adds
  36. 186 I Became the Worst Old Woman in a Farming Family 穿成了农家的极品老太婆 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Choked to death? That's right. That's how Guo Yuzhen, a modern-day foodie, ended up in the world of The Blessed Farm Girl. The heroine? Wrong. She's the heroine's terrible grandmother. Guo Yuzhen was speechless. I was a respectable single woman, and now? I skipped straight past marriage and having children and became the old lady of the family. Huh? Did I get a handsome middle-aged man thrown in, too? Nope, nope. I'm out. That stuff is all beside the point. There's a famine on, and people are ea 270Reads8.1Score—14d adds
  37. 187 Transmigrated into a Farming Novel as the Wicked Mother-in-Law 穿成种田文里的恶毒婆婆 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Deng Yu and her hapless ex-boyfriend are fighting over their breakup when they both fall from a balcony and transmigrate into a book. She becomes a nasty, malicious mother-in-law, while he becomes the village's only old bachelor. He thinks she's lazy, so she buys his family's land and makes him toil away in the fields while she sleeps at home. He laughs at her for being an old widow, but her three wonderful daughters-in-law are all incredibly fertile. She has children and grandchildren all aroun 103Reads8.5Score—14d adds
  38. 188 Dumping Her Ungrateful Children, the Old Lady Finds Her Own Happiness 踹掉不孝子女,老太太独自美丽 Modern Romance572k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Zhou Meifen worked herself to the bone raising five children, indulging them and caring for them in every way. She would have torn the flesh from her own bones to feed them, yet she raised a pack of ungrateful brats. After she got cancer, they kicked her around like a ball until she died full of bitterness. When she woke up, she was back twenty years in the past. This time, let’s see how she deals with those little brats. Before she was reborn, her eldest daughter had her l 983Reads7.4Score10414d adds
  39. 189 Reborn as Empress Dowager, I Have Powerful Ministers Lining Up to Kiss Me 重生当太后,权臣纷纷吻了上来 Ancient Romance409k WordsCompleted [Revenge after being reborn + court intrigue + empress + a 1vN battle for her affections] Yun Qionghua, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, gave up her chance to enter the palace as empress in her previous life. Instead, she took her half-sister's place and married Shi Huaijin, the chancellor. After pursuing him for two years and being married to him for three, she was repaid with a cup of poisoned wine from Shi Huaijin and the execution of her entire family. Reborn into a new lif 143Reads8.5Score—14d adds
  40. 190 After My Clan Was Wiped Out, I Became the Empress Dowager 被灭门后我成了太后 Ancient Romance299k WordsCompleted Shuxue was the legitimate daughter of a great general. After her family was wiped out, she was sent to the imperial palace to serve as a maid. In tears, she once begged Chancellor Pei, “Would you take me?” But he did not return her feelings, and not long afterward, Shuxue died tragically. With her dying breath, she cursed the powerful chancellor through her tears. Reborn, Shuxue discovered that whenever she cried, Chancellor Pei was overcome with pain. She temporarily settled in the chancellor's 10Reads8.1Score114d adds
  41. 191 The Academic Mother-in-Law’s Road to Power 学霸婆婆的权臣之路 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Irreverent blurb: Other people transmigrate into younger bodies, build their fortunes from scratch, take on the world and the scheming rivals, and end up happily married with a house full of children. She, on the other hand, transmigrates straight into the body of a mother-in-law. She doesn't need to think up ways to make money, because her assets are staggering and her wealth is obscene. There are no rivals for her to compete with, either, since her husband is dead and she is a legitimate widow 377Reads9.0Score—14d adds
  42. 192 After Reincarnating as an Old Woman, I Became Famous Across the Land 穿成老妇人后,我名扬天下了 Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted [A personal space, martial arts, the ability to control ghosts, a snow disaster and famine in the early part, war and flight in the middle, an official career later on, romance not guaranteed] Xu Yin, the last heir to a family of mediums, transmigrates after an elevator accident into the body of a woman in the State of Wu who is over forty and has four children. She is then forced to take over the mess the woman left behind. The very next day, she quickly splits the household, planning to live q 1.4kReads9.0Score14014d adds
  43. 193 Mother of the Nation? No, I Want to Rule the World! 母仪天下?不,我要权倾天下! Ancient Romance986k WordsOngoing [Alternate-World Palace Intrigue + No Romance + Raising Children + Never Falls for the Emperor] Content warning: The male lead is not chaste. Palace intrigue runs throughout, and the emperor never favors just one consort. After a car accident, Chu Ningzhi was pulled into the alternate world of Great Zhou. She had to become Empress Dowager to survive. To stay alive, she entered the palace through the selection and gave birth to a child. She planned every move carefully and defeated all her enemie 179Reads8.8Score—14d adds
  44. 194 Transmigrated as the Future Landlord's Ancestor 穿成未来地主家的老祖宗 Ancient Romance777k WordsCompleted Born into a remote, backward mountain village in the Great Zhou dynasty, Lin Shu has a golden finger and is full of confidence about the future. She can head into the mountains to gather mushrooms, catch pheasants and rabbits, and pick wild fruit. There's so much to go around. The whole mountain is practically made of gold. Becoming a landlord isn't a pipe dream! So what if she started out as a farmer? With enough hard work, she can go from a bicycle to a motorcycle and become the matriarch of a 2.6kReads8.8Score24514d adds
  45. 195 Betrayed by Cruel Relatives in the 1980s, I Make a Point of Cutting Them All Off 八零遭恶亲算计,我主打六亲不认 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 1980s + reborn + ensemble cast + family life + building wealth + no golden finger Xiang Shanyou spent her whole life being emotionally manipulated by her parents. She cared for her frail, irresponsible older brother, raised his three children, put her third brother through school and helped him find work and get married, constantly cleaned up after her troublemaking fourth brother, and paved the way for her overlooked younger sister to study abroad. She sacrificed her whole life for her family, 11.9kReads8.3Score1.4k14d adds
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