Novels like My Stepmother Is Gorgeous and Knows How to Play the Game
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- 151 A Substitute Slave! Her Way Through the Palace to Become Empress 替身为奴！一路宫斗做皇后 Yongan, the daughter of a disgraced official, was sentenced to palace service. She endured a life of hunger and cold in a cutthroat harem, struggling through hardship after hardship until she finally became a senior palace maid. He said he would cherish her for the rest of her life, but she had grown tired of the intrigue and ruthless rivalries. Once she stepped beyond the palace gates, she was no longer the senior palace maid everyone envied. The world was wide open, and she was free to soar! W 1.9kReads9.3Score38314d adds
- 152 From the Start, I Became a Stepmom and Watched My Daughter Grow Up 开局成后妈，陪女儿长大 [Content warning: The daughter is the male lead’s biological child! More focus on family than romance.] A gentle, sweet story about ordinary life. Don’t miss it as you pass by. A jobless, laid-back stepmother who dotes on a child x a hardworking father who earns money to support his family, And a three-year-old adorable kid who seems soft and sweet but is actually an extrovert through and through. Lin Yu always felt like she was still a kid, even at work, where she only pretended to be an adult. 529Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 153 Wanfeng Palace 菀凤宫 [Doesn’t love the emperor + aims to become Empress Dowager + wants her own child to be crown prince + later receives exclusive devotion + palace intrigue, eliminates every consort in the harem] Note: They are not mutually faithful at first. The heroine gradually wins the emperor over with her schemes and tactics. Jiang Zhiwan was a general’s daughter who studied the art of poisoning, then accidentally poisoned herself to death. She transmigrated into a different fictional era, only to 299Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 154 Swapping Marriages to Become the Heir's Second Wife, the Wicked Matriarch Takes the Household by Force 换嫁兼祧世子，恶毒主母暴力掌家 The short drama is now available, with live-action voice acting. Come watch! [Historical Romance + Household Intrigue + Unhinged Protagonist + Marriage Swap + Taking on Two Family Branches + Revenge and Face-Slapping + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Comedy + No Romance Pairing + Foil Characters] Before Su Qingliu's wedding, her elder sister threw a fit and demanded a marriage swap. Just like that, Su Qingliu went from being the wife of a provincial graduate to the heir's wife in a duke's househo 10.5kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 155 What?! My Grandma Has a Pocket Dimension 惊！我姥有空间 The little old lady stared at the memorial tablets of her ancestors and flew into a rage! We burn incense, make offerings, and worship you every day, and this is how you protect the younger generation of our family? You’ve protected them right into a vegetative state! I don’t care! If you don’t save my daughter and son-in-law, I’ll dig up the ancestral graves. No one gets to have an easy time! The Miao ancestors: Wait, let’s talk this out! Miao Miao was at a loss. Her mom had transmigrated 2.3kReads9.3Score39014d adds
- 156 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Wicked Stepmother of Five Little Villains 穿书后，成了五个反派崽崽的恶毒后娘 When Ning Xia opens her eyes, she discovers that she has transmigrated into a book despite being brain-dead, becoming the stepmother of five villains. Her husband died in battle not long after their wedding... The five villains who will later turn dark and go off the rails are currently just pitiful little babies who can't get enough to eat or wear, and have nowhere to call home. After binding to a System that forces villains to reform, her task is to farm and raise the children, bring them up i 430Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 157 The Marquis's Delicate Jade Beauty 侯爷的碧玉小娇妻 After a scheme goes awry, Li An'an, a maid, unexpectedly becomes pregnant with the child of the Marquis of Wuxuan. Their vastly different stations bring them together, and thanks to the child, as well as her kind and lovable nature, she gradually wins the heart of the lofty man. Note: This story is set in an alternate world. Please don't take the historical places and names too seriously; they're all made up by the author. 837Reads8.7Score10514d adds
- 158 Zhu Yixiu Is Reborn in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace and Slaughters Her Way Through the Harem 朱宜修重生如懿传，一手杀穿后宫 Zhu Yixiu is reborn into Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace. She abandons her slender brows, cares for her jade-like fingers, and transforms her appearance. She gains the eldest son as well as the legitimate son, and takes complete control of the harem, without a rival in sight. (1. My longtime readers know I like the character Yixiu, and that most of my spin-off stories feature original plots instead of following the source material. 2. I only watched the original Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace o 1.1kReads8.6Score12514d adds
- 159 Qing Transmigration: The Poisonous Beauty's Path to the Top 清穿：毒美人的晋级路 In her previous life, Su Jianjian was a lowly Han Chinese maid in the Qing palace. Her entire family was killed for no reason. In this life, Su Jianjian has returned as a Golden Core Grandmaster... And of course, she intends to repay every grudge and avenge every wrong! She'll also use Kangxi to forge her heartless Dao foundation, comprehend the Dao, and ascend to immortality. At first, the consorts thought: “She's just a Han woman. She's no threat.” Not long after: “...That lowborn Han wom 1.2kReads8.2Score10014d adds
- 160 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, the Villain Boss Doted on Me Alone 穿书后，反派大佬独宠我 After one bad step, Ye Manman unexpectedly found herself inside a book her friend had read. She wasn’t the heroine or even a supporting female character, just a cannon-fodder extra. And this extra was connected to the story’s big villain: she had become his wife! Having read the original story, Ye Manman knew one thing for sure: she had to divorce him! The villain was ruthless and terrifying, and eventually fell for the heroine. Ye Manman would try to frame the heroine, only to be found out by t 206Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 161 Plum Blossoms Fade, Yet Their Secret Fragrance Returns 梅烬又有暗香来 [Old-school flavor + slow-burn, richly layered romance] I said, “This is for the best. This way, you’ll remember how good I was to you forever...” He said, “This is not for the best. Just when you loved me most, I chose to let you go...” The bright moon over Shengjing shines upon my borderland armor... In the storybooks, she is the woman general who has renounced love and shed blood on the frontier; In the powerful chancellor’s eyes, she is a red plum that does not vie with peach or plum blossom 178Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 162 I'm Already a Concubine, So How Could I Not Go Mad? 都做妾了，哪有不疯的？ #She miscarries from the start. What's wrong with going a little crazy?# #The heroine isn't a good person, the hero isn't a good person, and nobody's a good person# Yuan Xiangxue transmigrates. Other heroines either become mothers without the pain or get an overpowered golden finger. She's the unlucky one who miscarries from the start... Then she takes a look at her new identity: she's become the concubine of Liang Yujing, the ninth prince of the Great Liang Dynasty. She was a perfectly good per 5.2kReads8.6Score50014d adds
- 163 Now This Is Palace Intrigue! Thirty Heroines Topple the Harem 就这个宫斗爽！30个大女主掀翻后宫 [Palace and Household Intrigue + Anthology Stories + Strong Female Leads + Feel-Good Revenge + Face-Slapping] She waited three years for the general to return from war, only for her husband to come home with a pregnant woman and announce he was taking her as a second wife?! Dream on! I’m the daughter of the richest man in the land. From now on, I’m getting a divorce and building my own career! She was the exalted crown princess, yet on the very day she gave birth, the crown prince and her mother 318Reads8.5Score3314d adds
- 164 1970s Space: An Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside with Four Kids 七零空间：下乡知青四个崽 [Stockpiling + Portable Space + Period Setting + Spirit Spring + Food + Raising Kids + Reunion] = [Complete!!] Thinking the apocalypse was coming, Chu Xiao Yan stocked up on supplies in her portable space, only to transmigrate to the impoverished 1970s and become the wicked mother of three children, with another little baby on the way? Chu Xiao Yan couldn't bring herself to be cruel to the children. She ate well and occasionally shared a few bites with them, and when the mood struck, she even ma 4.5kReads8.8Score32314d adds
- 165 Transmigrated as the Early-Deceased Original Wife? I Just Want to Lie Flat and Be a Rich Woman 穿成早逝原配？我只想躺平当富婆 [Self-serving, haughty landlady + refined but wicked old-school cadre] In the prime of her youth, Jiang Yunchu had been struggling to make her way in the world. One day, she woke up to find she had somehow transmigrated into a book, into the body of a middle-aged woman from the late 1980s who shared her name. Not only did the woman have a son and a daughter, she was also expected to become a grandmother within six months! Faced with a household full of chaos, Jiang Yunchu only wanted to ride the 2.1kReads7.6Score11914d adds
- 166 Transmigrated into the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿成极品恶婆婆 A top-tier female artist transmigrates into the body of a fierce farm wife in ancient times, and not just any farm wife, but a terrible mother-in-law who favors sons over daughters and is about to drown her newborn granddaughter. Under the fearful stares of the whole family, Zhang Lanlan beckons her over: Come here, come on, don't be scared. Come with me, and I'll give you meat~ 1.1kReads9.1Score11614d adds
- 167 I Became a Wicked Mom, and My Aloof Husband Dotes on Me 穿成恶毒亲妈，被高冷老公宠上天 (Transmigrate into a book + adorable kids + wealthy-family wish fulfillment + showbiz + sweet romance) Ye Bei transmigrates into a book and becomes the mother of a wicked little villain. The original owner abused her son, eloped with someone, was swindled out of all her money, and eventually brought about her own death. As soon as Ye Bei arrives, she has to take her two sons on a variety show. Before she can enjoy life among the rich, her husband, who is only useful as a prop, wants a divorce. Y 1.5kReads8.7Score12714d adds
- 168 Qing Transmigration: The Crown Prince’s Palace Opens a Kindergarten 清穿：储秀宫幼稚园开业了 [Qing Dynasty setting + raising children + special ability] Fan Ying has the ability to enter people's dreams. She transmigrates to the Kangxi court and becomes Ping Consort, the maternal aunt of Crown Prince Yinzreng. Having lived another life, all she wishes is for her loved ones to remain healthy year after year, while spring grass grows anew with every passing season. The focus is on family bonds and raising children. Old Kangxi is just part of the act, with very little romance~ Readers ca 1.3kReads8.7Score11014d adds
- 169 Raising Adorable Little Ones in the Years of the Past 我在年代养萌崽 Su He considers herself a first-rate businesswoman. Ever since taking over the family business, she has never made a losing deal, until the System brought her to the 1950s and tearfully begged her to stay and raise a child. At first, she was reluctant and full of complaints. But later, who could resist a clever, well-behaved, sweet little one? Much later, she became a faint candle flame before the dawn… Changing an entire era and paving the way for a brilliant, dazzling future for countless peop 492Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 170 I Transmigrated With a System and Set Off to Escape the Famine 穿越，带着系统去逃荒 The heroine is cold-hearted and mildly awkward around people. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. Gu Jin was a hard-working office drone who suddenly dropped dead, only to transmigrate into the body of a woman whose husband had just run off. She also gets a nursing baby as a bonus. Before she can even figure out how an unmarried young woman is supposed to raise a child, the famine migration begins... Luckily, she gets a System that lets her receive items through a daily sign-in, and she also u 5kReads9.0Score43714d adds
- 171 Spring in the Imperial Palace 宫闱春 [Female Lead in Palace Intrigue + Male Lead in Political Schemes + High-IQ Cast + Beautiful, Unhinged Characters + Ensemble Cast] An alternate-world story. The female lead is highly intelligent, clear-headed, and no lovesick fool. From the moment she enters the palace, Jiang Wanqing knows she will spend her whole life within these walls. She never forgets one thing: she wants to become empress. She also knows that the current emperor, Zhou Qijing, cares only about royal power and dominion. So sh 636Reads8.7Score11214d adds
- 172 I'm Already a Concubine, So What's Wrong with a Little Cunning? 都做妾了，有点小心机怎么了？ [Scheming in the household early on, palace intrigue later + System + Gorgeous heroine + A little childbirth + Sweet romance] [Stunning heroine who is sweet yet ruthless and a brilliant actress × Cold-faced prince who dotes on his wife and lets his imagination run wild] The male lead in this palace-intrigue novel is not sexually inexperienced. He favors the heroine early on and devotes himself solely to her later. Readers who mind should proceed with caution. In her previous life, Su Yujiao was 2.3kReads7.3Score15114d adds
- 173 After Entering the Qing Court, I Became a Villainess and Find New Ways to Climb the Ranks Every Day 清穿后成恶女，每天变着法子上位 (All fictional! All fictional! All fictional!) [(The heroine will not fall in love with Emperor Kangxi! She's not a saint, and she's a bit wicked!) The heroine pretends to be an innocent white lotus, but she's no naive sweetheart! Palace intrigue included.] Wu Yaya transmigrates after keeping fish, and overnight becomes a pitiful palace maid who has climbed into someone's bed. The emperor, Kangxi, wants to use her to make the Imperial Noble Consort uncomfortable, while the Imperial Noble Consort 1.5kReads9.0Score10514d adds
- 174 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 2kReads7.9Score10214d adds
- 175 After My Husband’s Death, I Lead My Little Villains to a Comfortable Life 丧夫后，带小反派们过起滋润日子 A devoted, exclusive romance, with childhood sweethearts Lu Nanzhi transmigrates into a book and becomes a wicked sister-in-law in ancient times. Her new husband is swept away by a flood, leaving no body behind, and she is left to care for his four younger siblings. Their home is bare, and there are four more mouths to feed. In the original story, the wicked sister-in-law abuses them, turning them into villains who oppose the heroine. The sister-in-law who mistreats them meets a horrible end as 396Reads9.0Score10214d adds
- 176 What Do I Do? I Was Forced to Become the Stepmother of a Mouthy Brat 怎么办？被迫成了杠精崽子的后娘 Tags: Everyday child-rearing, married first then falling in love, fictional dynasty, no need to research the details Modern office worker Luo Chaoyan has always had terrible luck. One day, a typhoon sweeps her into an unfamiliar ancient era. Her father is a minor fifth-rank official, and her mother is the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Jizhou. She thinks she’ll have an easy life this time around, but at a banquet, five-year-old Huo Rui tricks her. She’s forced to marry his father and become 15kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 177 I Became the Mother of a Villainous School Bully 穿成反派校霸的女配妈 When Huo Sisi woke up, she discovered that she had become the biological mother of a minor villain in a novel. The villain was still a boy. In her original world, she had been an all-around internet celebrity with stunning looks, beloved in both influencer circles and the entertainment industry. Faced with her current situation, how will she turn things around? P.S. Expect melodrama. The heroine is no saint and can be selfish. The characters’ values don’t represent the author’s. Please go easy o 2kReads8.5Score14814d adds
- 178 After His Wife Sought a Divorce, the Young General Turned Gray Overnight 夫人和离后，少年将军一夜白头 [Complete + not reborn + no transmigration + a heroine who grows] Shen Yihuan has been married into the Song family for seven years. She manages the household, cares for her parents-in-law, and looks after her sister-in-law. Everyone calls her a virtuous wife. To maintain her reputation as a virtuous wife, Shen Yihuan never dares take a single wrong step. She has pushed the version of herself with blood on her hands into a forgotten corner. Everyone says the mistress of the Song family is as kin 436Reads8.9Score12614d adds
- 179 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, Five Little Villains Doted on Me 穿书后，我被五个小反派娇宠了 The short drama adapted from this book, The Princess Is Born Stubborn, Raising Children and Wielding Imperial Power, Is No Problem, is now streaming <(*￣▽￣*)/ [Everyday life raising children in ancient times + a wealthy, powerful princess who can do as she pleases + a wickedly handsome male lead with overwhelming martial prowess + devoted 1v1 romance] Qin Yaoguang transmigrates into a book as the wicked stepmother of five little villains. Ten years later, they will carve her into a human swine 4.2kReads9.2Score69314d adds
- 180 After I Transmigrated, I Won Back My Reputation by Spoiling Four Villainous Children! 穿越后，我靠娇养四个反派崽崽洗白了！ After transmigrating, Jiang Xia was handed a script featuring a handsome, wealthy husband, four clever and adorable sons, and a face beautiful enough to rival a goddess! But none of it was hers. She listened to slander and abandoned her husband, abused her four precious sons, and made her already miserable life even worse. Then an all-around capable modern woman opened her eyes in this world. She made the most of the land around her, dealt with scoundrels, bought farmland, made a fortune, and bu 133Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 181 Empress of the Song Family: The Legend of Yuyao 宋家皇后——钰瑶传 The leads are not each other’s first partners!!! The heroine is neither a naive innocent nor a particularly kind person!!! The emperor hero is a jerk!! Set in an alternate history!! This is not a feel-good story!!! She transmigrates straight into the role of empress. If she rises in rank, she becomes the empress dowager; if she fails, she is deposed and banished to the cold palace. That is the reality of the inner palace: failure leaves almost no chance to recover. A twenty-first-century fashion 585Reads9.0Score10314d adds
- 182 The Duke Has Gone Missing. Has His Wife Earned a Place in the Imperial Ancestral Temple? 国公失踪，夫人配享太庙了吗 [Devoted couple + transmigration + strong heroine + satisfying read + palace and household intrigue + lighthearted, no angst] After transmigrating to ancient times, Shangguan Jin, who has always worked in investment banking, feels like a good-for-nothing. She can't farm, and she can't make any of the modern inventions, either. The only thing she has going for her is her identity: the Duchess of the Duke's Estate, whose husband, the master of the house, has gone missing! Luckily, there are no dif 6.6kReads9.2Score65014d adds
- 183 The Emperor Regrets It? The Original Owner Is Dead, and I’m Finally Awake 皇上后悔了？原主已死，本宫清醒 [Raising children + palace intrigue + transmigration + everyday life + clear-eyed heroine + a transmigrated woman takes on a woman who transmigrated into a book, a reborn woman, a woman who was reincarnated before birth, and a native woman] Lin Anran, a government employee, transmigrates. She ends up in the body of a despised, wicked empress with a powerful family behind her. The empress was notorious for causing miscarriages, leaving the imperial harem short of heirs. The empress dowager dislik 2kReads8.4Score20714d adds
- 184 So What If I Became the Villainess? 穿成恶毒女配那又咋了 Wen Zhiyi grew up without parents, struggling through life on her own. One day, she transmigrates into a book as the same-named villainess. Wen Zhiyi: Since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it. In the novel, Wen Zhiyi marries the villain, and they have a little villain of their own. The three of them have one purpose in the story: she causes trouble for the heroine, her husband causes trouble for the hero, and their kid causes trouble for the hero and heroine's child. In short, the vil 1.8kReads6.9Score10314d adds
- 185 Reborn as Dream of the Red Chamber's Worst of the Worst, Aunt Xue Only Wants to Build a Career 穿成红楼极品，薛姨妈只想搞事业 Also known as: Dream of the Red Chamber: Saving the Beauties and Reviving Huaxia Wang Zining, a psychological counselor and devoted fan of Lin Daiyu, transmigrates into Dream of the Red Chamber, only to become Xue Baochai's mother. Youth and romance are already behind her, so Wang Zining decides to help the young men and women in the original story find a better life! She urges Baochai to give up on the golden-and-jade match, puts Silly Xue through some brutal training, helps Keqing see clearly 539Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 186 Reborn: I Became Crown Princess by Stepping on His Moonlight 重生后，踩着白月光成了太子妃 In her previous life, the empress harmed the entire Xie family for her own selfish desires, sentencing them all to execution. Only Xie Shuhua managed to escape by sheer luck. To get revenge, Xie Shuhua entered the palace as a maid. She spent fifteen years navigating its treacherous waters before finally killing the empress herself and avenging her family. She, too, was pierced by a thousand arrows. When she opened her eyes again, Xie Shuhua discovered that she had returned to the age of sixteen, 2.8kReads8.6Score27914d adds
- 187 I Became the Wicked Stepmother of Three Sweet Kids 穿成三个乖乖崽的恶毒后娘 [Space + Adorable Kids + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good] Hua Qianmian was a space-wielding esper in a modern special abilities department. She died in an accident on a mission and transmigrated into another world, inhabiting the body of a stepmother with the same name. Her former self was lazy, greedy, and shameless, with a worldview that beggared belief. Looking at three sweet children who were so well-behaved they broke her heart, and a mother-in-law who genuinely stood up for her, she decided to 4.9kReads9.3Score79814d adds
- 188 The Lowly Concubine-Born Daughter Turns a Losing Hand into a Winning Finale 卑微庶女一手烂牌打出王炸结局 [Traditional historical romance + growing heroine + marriage before love + palace and household intrigue + both leads grow powerful later + transmigrate into a book] Zhao Fangyu transmigrates into a book and lands in a deadly situation from the start: in a wealthy household, she has a fever of 104 degrees, but her mother refuses to let her see a doctor! She thought she’d landed in a living hell where neither parent cared for her, but the great household turns out to be full of hidden talent: T 6.3kReads8.7Score66214d adds
- 189 My Obsessive Husband Won't Divorce Me, but I Don't Mind Being Widowed! 病娇老公不离婚，我不介意丧偶！ Jiang Yunqing transmigrates into a book as the biological mother of three villainous triplets, making her a textbook cannon-fodder character. Her husband is a yandere male supporting character obsessed with the heroine. In the original story, the heroine is kindhearted, a fake white lotus in the eyes of women and a confidante to men. In the end, she becomes the envy of all women, while Jiang Yunqing, unable to win her husband's love, abuses the children and ultimately dies disgraced and utterly 2.5kReads9.0Score25414d adds
- 190 The Reborn Mother-in-Law Takes on Her Transmigrated Daughter-in-Law 重生婆婆斗穿越儿媳 A vicious transmigrated concubine-born daughter killed her legitimate elder sister, who was then reborn in another person's body. How should she get revenge? Of course, by marrying into the same family as her half-sister and becoming her mother-in-law. That way, she can put her in her place and make her suffer, all perfectly legally, with no way for her to complain! 4.3kReads9.2Score43214d adds
- 191 They Forced Me into a Marriage That Would Kill Me, but I'll Claim the First Wife's Seat 换亲让我死，我偏稳坐主母位 Adapted into a short drama: The Matriarch Just Wants to Slacken Off, but Goes on a Rampage in the Marquis’s Household After Being Reborn Jiang Shuwan and her legitimate younger sister, Jiang Yao, are both reborn. In their previous lives, both she and Jiang Yao were transmigrators. A workaholic who earned more money than she could spend, Shuwan worked herself to death. In this life, she’s determined to slack off. Jiang Yao is ambitious. She makes a name for herself by plagiarizing poems while sec 970Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 192 Favoring a Concubine and Seizing the Dowry? I’ll Ruin Your Entire Household and Marry into the Royal Family 宠妾灭妻夺嫁妆？废你满府嫁皇家 In her previous life, Xie Jinyun managed the household and carefully raised her stepchildren, preserving the marquisate’s wealth and prestige. In the end, all she got was a cup of poisoned wine and a reputation as a wicked stepmother that would stink for a thousand years. After her death, her husband, who had never shown interest in women, welcomed a new bride in grand style. On their wedding day, he gazed at his bride with deep affection and said: “Jiao’er, I’ve finally brought the children 3.7kReads8.8Score39914d adds
- 193 From Old Woman to Young Girl Again, I Swear I'll Never Marry into the Marquis's Household 从老妇重回少女，她誓死不嫁侯府 [Reborn and Swapping Marriages + Revenge on Scumbags + Household Rivalry Between Legitimate and Concubine-Born Daughters + Satisfying Political Intrigue] The moment Tang Wanru opens her eyes, she is reborn on the day the heir of the marquis’s household proposes to her! In her previous life, the marquis’s household was convicted and exiled. Tang Wanru stood by the heir, Zhou Ziyue, through thick and thin in the desert for eight years, never leaving his side. But as she lay gravely ill and dying, 2.1kReads8.7Score32014d adds
- 194 After He Took Her by Force, He Fell for Her 被她强取豪夺后，他真香了 [Clearheaded, rational heroine vs. arrogant, scheming hero] [Possessive romance + marriage before love + both leads are sexually inexperienced] In her previous life, Xie Youran refused to be married off to bring good fortune to a sick man. In the end, her father sent her into the Shen family in a humble sedan chair. She had no status and was treated with contempt. Everyone bet she would never amount to anything. Reborn before the marriage, she agreed, but demanded the Shen family follow all the 57.7kReads8.7Score5.7k14d adds
- 195 The 1990s: After the Old Lady Gives Up, Her Luck Soars! 九零：老太婆摆烂后却气运爆棚！ Liu Chunhua's life was a miserable one. She lost her husband in middle age and her son in her later years. All her life, she worked like an ox for her lazy, gluttonous younger son's family. Her son and daughter-in-law were lazy and greedy. No matter, she would scavenge through garbage to feed them. Her grandson was a delinquent, idle and addicted to gambling. No matter, she would sell everything she owned to pay off his debts. For the sake of this family, she spent all the compensation money her 340Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 196 I Became the Emperor’s Farmgirl Wife, and Now I’m the Favorite of the Six Palaces! 穿成皇帝农家发妻，我宠冠六宫！ She transmigrates into a peasant woman and discovers she is Wang Baozan. After five years of waiting in a humble cave, she becomes empress overnight! The underage consorts are far too competitive, while her newly successful emperor husband says one thing and does another. The ministers bow in reverence, the four seas sing her praises, and a peasant-woman craze sweeps through the capital… 769Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 197 Empress Xiaoxi 孝熙皇后 Wanxian only wanted to escape her stepmother's abuse. She never imagined she'd become Emperor Kangxi's fourth empress, and eventually rise to become the second Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility. 1.6kReads8.9Score11114d adds
- 198 I Became the Stepmother of a Rebellious Heiress 穿成豪门叛逆女主的后妈 [Transmigrate into a book + livestreaming + sweet romance + devoted couples] Xu Shu never thought she'd transmigrate into a book one day. Unfortunately, she hadn't gotten very lucky: she wasn't the heroine, beautiful and from a good family, or the second female lead competing with the heroine for the male lead. Instead, she had become the heroine of this school-life novel's wicked stepmother. - After transmigrating into the book, Xu Shu had to keep completing livestreaming tasks assigned from ab 427Reads9.1Score10214d adds
- 199 A Minor Official's Daughter's Guide to Wealth 小官之女的富贵手札 [Born into the Story as a Baby + Daughter of a Minor Official + Retired Court Lady + Mistress of the Household][No System, No Golden Finger, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story (If you like a fast pace and nonstop thrills, read with caution)] [A daughter of a minor official’s coming-of-age story. The heroine isn’t perfect, and she gradually changes. Early on, the focus is on her family and life as a court lady; later, she leaves the palace.] (If you’re looking for a heroine who enters the story already 2.2kReads8.6Score18614d adds
- 200 The Rose Scheme 玫心计 [Household and palace intrigue + two powerful schemers + strong female lead + unconventional happy ending] In her previous life, she drifted through life in a daze. Her entire family was wiped out, and she met a miserable end herself. When she opened her eyes again, Murong Shuanglian surveyed the room full of schemes and smiled. Since Heaven had given her another chance at life, this time she would love wealth, power, other people, and herself most of all! In this life, she plans every step and 2Reads7.0Score—14d adds
