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- 1 The Stirring of Spring 惊春意 Song Huai, the cool and restrained commander of the Left Directorate, × Xie Shuyue, a gentle yet resilient daughter of a distinguished family. In the chaotic Great Liang, war rages across the land, a tyrant rules from the throne, and loyal officials suffer false accusations. The head of the Xie family is imprisoned and takes his own life, leaving the orphaned Xie Shuyue trapped deep within the imperial palace, reduced to a pawn in a power struggle. On one side is Prince Qi, Xiao Zaihan, who mani 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Crown Princess Who Stepped Down Three Times 三退太子妃 The Crown Princess Who Abdicated Three Times 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 After My Stubborn Childhood Friend Went to War, I Married Two People at Once. He Regretted It Like Crazy 拧巴竹马出征后，我一次娶俩他悔疯了 After My Stubborn Childhood Friend Went to War, I Married Two People at Once, and He Regretted It Like Crazy 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 After Freezing to Death at My Son’s Door, I Donated My Huge Inheritance to a Primary School 被冻死在儿子家门口后，我将巨额遗产捐给小学 After Freezing to Death Outside My Son’s Home, I Donated My Huge Inheritance to an Elementary School 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Your Majesty the Empress, Stop Tormenting Him. The Prince Has Fallen in Battle 皇后娘娘别虐了，王爷已经战死了 [Historical Romance + Mild Angst + One-on-One Romance + Both Pure] “First love does not always blossom.” Guan Shuyue once had a dream, and its ending was truly tragic. In the dream, the Duke of Ning's family grew so powerful that they eventually aroused the emperor's suspicion. In a single day, the entire family was sentenced to death. To uncover the truth and protect her family's honor, she gave up the man she loved and entered the imperial palace as empress. When he returned safe and sound, hi 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 He Went Mad After I Died 我死后他疯了 The Shen family's daughter was left brain-damaged after a fall at the age of three. Her kindhearted father took in three little beggars to be her future husbands, then left her two plots of magical soil so she could mold a pair of wedding dolls and give one to whichever boy she chose. He smashed the doll and married her off. Three years later, she died, and he went mad. Reborn, she became his maid and clung to him. Everyone says Young Master Shen has never married because he has someone in his h 14Reads—Score414d adds
- 7 The Caged Luan in His Palm 掌中囚鸾 [Gentle, aloof Eldest Princess vs. sinister, lovesick hostage prince from an enemy state] [Both pure + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Taking by Force + Forced Love] Everyone said that Zhao Heyang, the Eldest Princess of Great Yan, was gentle and virtuous, upright in character, and pure of heart. But only Zhou Xi knew that beneath that captivating, gentle exterior lay nothing but contempt and disdain for the lowly and wretched. When he was driven out of Great Yan as a hostage from the Nort 5.4kReads8.4Score43814d adds
- 8 You Saved My Life, So I'll Repay You with a Lifetime of Love 你救我一命，我还你一世情 Body snatching, soul redemption. By a twist of fate, a modern-day wandering ghost takes over the body of Lou Ruoxing, the Princess Consort of Prince Jing. Little does she know that Prince Jing is the destined man of her future, protected by a powerful dragon aura. Her soul is unstable, and she cannot get close to him. At the victory banquet celebrating Prince Jing’s triumphant return and appointment as crown prince, she asks for a divorce. To appease the emperor and save her own life, she claims 2.5kReads8.7Score25014d adds
- 9 A Chill in the Steep Spring 峭春寒 Young Emperor and Empress + Childhood Sweethearts + Rekindled Romance + Marriage Before Love Aloof, proud, sickly beauty × Deeply devoted, scheming playboy - She is the youngest daughter of the Xie clan of Chen Commandery, and the empress's niece. He is a noble, favored prince, the youngest son of the emperor and empress. - An imperial decree binds them together. A fine match that strengthens family ties, a sham marriage in name only. She lives in a separate room, abandons her husband and child. 5.4kReads—Score41414d adds
- 10 I Failed to Protect My Husband's Beauty, So He Wants Me Put to Death 只因没护住夫君美妾，夫君要将我处死 My Husband Wants Me Executed Just Because I Failed to Protect His Beloved Concubine 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Returned to the Cold, Powerful Minister's Youth, and He Kissed Me Until I Cried! 重回清冷权臣年少时，被亲哭！ (Completed. Enjoy without worry!) Bright and charming heiress x a paranoid, scheming power minister Only after dying did Wen Yunwan learn that she had been living in a story, as the male lead's deceased wife, the moonlight in his heart. After her death, the male lead lived alone until one woman after another appeared, each resembling her. They all shared one name: transmigrators on a mission to win his heart. He would be moved by one of them, and after playing out a scene where he chased and she 125.1kReads9.1Score22.3k14d adds
- 12 She Never Meant to Be Reborn 她没想重生啊 Shen Qingyao died by her husband Xiao Lin's sword, a single thrust through the heart. She felt neither resentment nor hatred. She had been caught in bed with another man, albeit by accident, and accepted her fate. This ill-fated relationship should have ended there. But she never expected several obsessive, deranged men to drag her bodily back from the underworld. When she opened her eyes, she was reborn at the beginning of the tragedy, back at the starting point of this ill-fated marriage. 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Will the General Return or Not? 将军归不归 [Powerful female chancellor × sunny, devoted young general] [She has no romantic experience, but he does + childhood friends] Romance: Yu Luoqing couldn't understand how the male courtesan she'd slept with had turned out to be her childhood friend. She'd thought their friendship of more than a decade was about to fall apart. Who could have guessed that the young General Huan would tug pitifully at her sleeve? “I don't ask Yingying to give me a title. I only ask that you don't hate me. If you li 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Crossing Paths with Xiao Chi 渡萧迟 Xiao Yanyan, a noblewoman of the Liao, and Han Derang, the son of a Han official, fell in love as children and pledged to grow old together. But an imperial edict selecting consorts tore them apart. She was sent to the palace and became Empress to Emperor Jingzong of Liao. Five years later, the emperor died, leaving her with their young crown prince. The imperial clansmen coveted power, and powerful ministers watched like hawks. The widowed empress and her son were in mortal danger. At the most 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 So I Fell in Love with My Mortal Enemy 所以和宿敌相亲相爱了 So I Ended Up Falling for My Archrival 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 My Lover Abandoned Me in the Mountains, So What If I Become His Uncle's Wife? 情郎丢我入深山，我当他舅妈怎么了 My Lover Abandoned Me in the Mountains. So What If I Become His Aunt? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 May You Be the Star, and I the Moon 愿君如星我如月 May You Be the Star, and I the Moon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Joined the Army in My Husband's Place, Then He Asked Me to Hand Over My Merits 替夫从军后，夫君让我将军功拱手相让 After I Took My Husband's Place in the Army, He Asked Me to Hand Over My Military Merit 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Reed Chronicles 蒹葭纪 [Childhood Friends + Love and Hate + Rekindled Romance + Sweet Romance + Happy Ending] Gu Jiaqi is decisive, while Pei Lang is ruthless. Despite their very different natures, the two once shared a sweet romance. But to save her family, Gu Jiaqi resolutely entered the palace and became an imperial consort. Pei Lang hated her for betraying him and using him as a stepping stone to power. He used his influence to make Gu Jiaqi Empress Dowager, then controlled her and the young emperor as regent. The 466Reads9.2Score11314d adds
- 20 The Fallen Princess: A Sea of Love and Hatred 亡国公主：情天恨海 A kingdom falls, a family is destroyed, and a treasured pearl is cast into the dust. Years in the imperial palace, a lifetime tangled in love and hate. A fleeting moment of tenderness and the bonds of their child cannot erase a blood feud. She is a princess of a fallen kingdom, biding her time as she struggles between revenge, the people, and the fate of her former dynasty. He is an emperor who rules the land, with the realm always taking precedence over love. Imprisoned in the palace and subjec 2.5kReads8.4Score14414d adds
- 21 You Call That Tea Boy Your Brother, So What's Wrong with Me Marrying Your Brother? 你跟汉子茶称兄道弟，我嫁你哥怎么了 You Treat That Pick-Me Girl Like a Brother, So What's Wrong With Me Marrying Your Brother? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Don't Mess with the Little Snake Demon! A Horde of Crazy Gods Stands Behind Her 别惹小蛇妖！她身后一群疯批神 [Where the stars burn out lies the divine tomb | Only when love and desire are burned away can one attain the Dao] “The Great Dao is heartless, but those who love deeply make kindling of themselves, burn through karma, and light the way home.” She harbors baleful energy within her. She is a taboo of the Heavenly Dao! Through a twist of fate, she ends up in a snake’s body. With fifty thousand years of cultivation, she still gets bullied by a dog! Ruoni bears a Heavenly Tribulation “wanted post 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 23 When the Mad and Clingy Childhood Friend Cries, the Spoiled Young Lord Panics 疯娇青梅一哭，纨绔世子爷慌了 [Childhood Friends + Mutual First Love + Regretful Pursuit + Romantic Tension] Lin Mianmian had a secret: she was in love with the general who had raised her. Her rival and childhood friend Jiang Yizhou had a secret of his own: he had fallen for his cousin, who was eight years older than him. They shared their secrets and conspired together, like two rats crawling through a gutter, guarding their feelings where they would never see the light of day. When her adoptive father and his cousin became 387Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 24 My Husband Faked an Illness and Vanished, Then Took Another Woman to Antarctica 老公装病失联，转头带妹游南极 Her husband fakes an illness and goes missing, then takes another woman on a trip to Antarctica —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Our Daughter's Fever Won't Break, but My Husband Only Cares About Mahjong 女儿高烧不退，老公只顾着打麻将 Their daughter has a stubborn high fever, but her husband only cares about playing mahjong 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Letter of Love, Undelivered 锦书不渡 The Letter Never Reached You: Heir, I Couldn't Care Less About Your Atonement A carefully orchestrated scandal, a disastrous bond born of cruelty and darkness. Lu Zhan, heir to the Duke Who Guards the Nation, was as radiant as the moon, gifted in both letters and arms, and the ideal match every noblewoman in the capital dreamed of. He and Song Yiren, the prime minister's legitimate daughter, were a perfect couple, with only their wedding date left to set. But one birthday banquet and a cup of so 55Reads—Score10214d adds
- 27 Phoenix Perched on the Jade Terrace, Memories of a Dream 凤栖瑶台忆梦痕 [Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted to Each Other + Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming] A second-year graduate student is halfway through a novel when she transmigrates into a book as a spineless Grand Princess. Three years ago, blinded by love, the original owner asked the Emperor to arrange her marriage to the Regent. Now he has taken his beloved first love as a co-wife. She plans to divorce him and focus on her own ambitions, but memories of the original owner keep pulling at her, and s 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 After Faking Her Death, the Spoiled Consort Is Locked in the Tyrant's Dreaded Dungeon 娇纵宠妃死遁后被暴君关小黑屋了 [Exclusive devotion, one-on-one romance + sweet, delicate heroine who loves to act cute + scheming, sharp-tongued male lead with a dark side + the male lead is gentle only toward the heroine] Yun Jianjian is the emperor’s cherished favorite, adored despite her low birth. She is so brazen that she even dares to sit on the dragon throne. Until one day, she has a dream. In the future, the emperor will disband his harem for a woman who transmigrates. And she, once his peerlessly favored consort, wil 10.8kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 29 The Fox Demon Wiped Out My Family, Yet My Husband Asked Me to Spare Her 狐妖灭我满门，夫君却让我饶了她 The Fox Demon Slaughtered My Entire Family, Yet My Husband Asked Me to Spare Her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Sun Shines Just Right 此时骄阳正正好 The Sun Is Just Right at This Moment 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Love and Hate Drift Away, Deep Feelings Fade 爱恨随风，深情已逝 Love and hate drift away with the wind. Deep love is gone. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 For Whom Do the Apricot Blossoms Bloom in Solitude? 杏花寂寂为谁开 For Whom Do the Apricot Blossoms Bloom in Solitude? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Jujubes Fall Softly Onto My Clothes 簌簌枣花落衣襟 Jujube Blossoms Rustle Down onto My Clothes 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Phoenix-Phoenix Lock 锁凤鸾 What would life be like if you could turn back time? As for the person who betrayed you, reverse time, tear off his disguise, crush his affected airs, make him fall in love with you, then dump him and send him straight to the eighteenth level of hell. What should you do about someone who has a secret crush on you and would gladly sacrifice himself for your sake? Turn back, cherish him, keep him close to your heart, teach him well, and raise him into a husband who dotes on you in every way. “If I 306Reads8.9Score2514d adds
- 35 I Picked Up a Crown Prince Who Wants to Kill Me, Yet I Became His Beloved 捡个太子想杀我，我却成了白月光 [The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] [A Love Born of Hatred] [Love by Force] [No Reconciliation After the Breakup] Crown Prince Shen Qiyan drifted among the common folk. When he lost his memory, he was saved by Jiang Zaohua, a herb gatherer from Niujia Village. As time passed, they fell in love and married. When he finally awoke to who he was, he worried that he had no support from his mother's family to begin with. If the court officials learned that he had married a woman from the common fol 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 A Worthy Minister Is Hard to Find 良臣难为 [Historical Romance + Ensemble Cast + Tragic Love + Fateful Misunderstandings + Imperial Court and Nobility + Love of Country and Family + Tearjerker + Bad Ending] I am the empress of a nation. Everyone who sees me bows respectfully and greets me with, “May the Empress be well.” Because my surname is Shen. My father, Shen Nian, died on the battlefield, his body never found. My mother died by suicide after him. My eldest brother held Yumen Pass for forty-five days against a hundredfold enemy forc 376Reads9.4Score10014d adds
- 37 Who Promised Her a Long and Lasting Chang'an? 谁许她长安长见 Who Promised Her an Endless Chang’an? 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Reborn: Big Brother, Be Gentle with Me 重生之皇兄轻点撩 Gu Yuehua is the sixth princess of the Xia Kingdom, but her identity is fake. In her previous life, her origins were exposed and she was sent off to marry for peace, only to die a miserable death. Reborn, she carefully conceals her true identity and keeps her distance from the people who harmed her in her previous life. To stay alive, she finds herself a powerful backer: Gu Junchen, who won the throne in her previous life. But the longer she clings to this powerful patron, the more things start 1.1kReads9.0Score13314d adds
- 39 The Emperor's Cherished Favorite 帝王的掌上娇宠 [Love at first sight + Possessive pursuit + Both sweet and angsty (enter with caution if that's not your thing)] [Not a strong female lead] [Age gap + Not both virgins] Although Shen Jin was a concubine-born daughter, her whole family had doted on her since she was little. She thought she would spend her life with her childhood sweetheart, but one banquet completely changed her life. Everyone envied the emperor's boundless favor toward Consort Chen. But only Shen Jin knew that this favor was lik 3.8kReads6.6Score33414d adds
- 40 If We Could Share a Snowfall in This Life, We Should Grow Old Together in the Next 此生若能同淋雪，来世应当共白头 If we could share a snowfall in this life, surely we’ll grow old together in the next. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 After the Pampered Concubine Fakes Her Death and Disappears, the Obsessive Emperor Loses Control 娇娇外室死遁后，偏执帝王失控了 [Forceful possession + forced love + groveling pursuit after losing her + sweet romance] Before leaving Huaiyang, Jiang Ying thought she would marry a good man and live a happy, fulfilling life. She never expected that she had long since become Prince Pei Yan's possession. Her fiancé is trapped in a prison cell and has only a few days left to live. Desperate with worry, Jiang Ying can only hope someone will clear his name. In her daze, Crown Prince Pei Yan appears before her. The usually dignifi 286Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 42 The Stunning and Clear-Headed Concubine, and the Crown Prince Slowly Falls for Her 妾室绝美又清醒，太子逐步沦陷 [Main story complete] (The rating just came out, so it’s a little low. New readers, don’t let that scare you off. Feel free to check out the reviews or give the book a try. Thanks!) Transmigrate into a book + reborn in another world + palace intrigue first, harem intrigue later + stunning, clear-headed heroine + not a pure couple This is Shen Yan’s second time transmigrating into a book. The first time, she became a palace maid who was destined to end up as a disposable character according to th 629Reads7.5Score10514d adds
- 43 After Forcing Her to Be His, the Mad Emperor Became a Substitute 强取豪夺后，疯批帝王成了替身 [Yandere] + [Steals His Wife] + [Substitute] + [Coercion] + [Love Gu] + [Memory Alteration] + [Abuse of Power] A paranoid, self-effacing substitute emperor × a pure-hearted, resilient, clear-eyed noblewoman × her gentle, patient, deeply devoted adoptive brother, a physician Male lead has no sexual experience | Female lead does not In her first life, Shen Shu loved him deeply. He treated her as a pawn, and she died taking an arrow meant for him. In the end, he followed her in death. Reborn, Xia 79Reads—Score214d adds
- 44 A Slow Spring in the Han Palace 汉宫春慢 [Reborn + Palace Intrigue + Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law + Winning His Wife Back at Any Cost] In her previous life, Shen Rong left a remote mountain town and was betrothed to the crown prince at the emperor's behest, becoming the exalted crown princess. She thought her fortunes would rise from then on and that a sweet, happy marriage lay ahead. Instead, it was the beginning of a tragic life. Her husband loved someone else; her mother-in-law despised her for being ignorant; the palace servan 1.7kReads9.0Score24014d adds
- 45 Has the Marquis's Secret Mistress Run Away Today? 今天侯府外室跑路了吗 Pei Ji rose to fame as a youth. He was the guardian deity of Great Qi, the renowned Marquis of Zhenbei, and the ideal husband in the dreams of countless young women. But to Jiang Si, Pei Ji was a cage that held her freedom captive. No matter what she tried, she could never escape. 1.9kReads8.7Score11314d adds
- 46 The Emperor Is Reborn, and His Consort Is a Little Sweet 皇帝重生，娘娘有点娇 [Reborn Emperor × devoted-to-each-other romance × alternate setting × not a strong female lead] [Sweet at first, angsty in the middle, sweet again at the end] [Both happy and tragic endings] Before she was reborn, the Noble Consort chased after the Emperor day in and day out... After she was reborn, the Noble Consort who used to follow him everywhere began keeping her distance. Why had the Emperor gone from cold to hot all of a sudden!? Nalan Zhengjun, daughter of the prime minister, was the mo 1.6kReads8.4Score10114d adds
- 47 The Ascetic Emperor Could Never Warm to Her, So After Being Reborn, She Walked Away 禁欲皇帝捂不热，重生后她不要了 [One-on-one romance + both leads are pure + first love for both + happy ending + court intrigue + business and farming + husband pursues his wife after losing her] Everyone knows that Crown Prince Zhao Che is aloof and abstinent, patient and calculating, ruthless in his decisions, and utterly devoted to one woman. He seized the throne while still young and became emperor. In her previous life, Zhou Yan fell deeply in love with Zhao Che. He left her neglected in the imperial palace for years, an 2.1kReads7.1Score15014d adds
- 48 A Mistake in the Rainbow Garment 霓裳错 Before Fengyi Palace, Consort Yun walks with a lotus-like grace, dressed in a nine-tailed phoenix robe. That dazzling touch of rouge-red is her silent rebellion against palace rules. Her answer is the emperor’s icy gaze and thirty strokes of the rod, leaving her flesh bloody and mangled. Everyone thinks this harsh punishment is because she covets the empress’s throne. Only Xiao Lingye knows the truth: what made him lose control was glimpsing the secret she had struggled to hide beneath that phoe 2.2kReads5.4Score12014d adds
- 49 The Book Between Two Worlds: The Emperor’s Caged Phoenix Breaks Its Neck at Last 两界书：帝王囚凰终折颈 [Both virgins + groveling redemption + palace and household intrigue + tragic romance] On my first day as a princess sent off for a political marriage, he made me drink poisoned wine. What he didn’t know was that I was a modern-day expert in pharmacology and toxicology, a veritable King of Hell. He suspected me, despised me, and abandoned me. At every turn between life and death, he chose someone else. He thought he loved his unattainable first love, so he protected her and trusted her. He had 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 After She Ran Away, the Mad Crown Prince Forced Her to Submit 逃跑后，疯批太子迫她臣服 [Devoted couple + possessive love + melodrama + bittersweet romance] The Jiang clan, the Dukes of Zhenguo, were falsely accused of treason. On the day the entire family was imprisoned, the legitimate daughter, Jiang Yanhe, vanished without a trace. Overnight, the most beautiful woman in the capital became a wanted criminal with a bounty on her head. The authorities searched for days, but no one caught sight of the Jiang daughter. Some said the pampered Jiang girl had died while fleeing. Only the 1.1kReads6.1Score10514d adds
