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- 1 After Our Marriage by Imperial Decree, the Prince Keeps a Cold Face Yet Always Wants to Cuddle 奉旨成婚后，王爷总冷着脸要贴贴 Read with caution!!! This book was written rather hastily! Really hastily! [Married first, fall in love later: a cold, awkward prince × his gentle, sweet bunny of a princess] Su Jin is in Jiangnan when an imperial edict announcing her marriage suddenly arrives! Why is she being married off? Whom is she marrying? What does he look like? Su Jin knows nothing at all, and gets carried off in the bridal sedan chair in a daze. When she lifts her veil, she discovers she's married to a cold-faced prince 106Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 2 The Cold Prince’s Special Favor 清冷王爷的偏宠 [Both leads are pure; the hero falls in love at first sight, while the heroine’s feelings grow over time.] Nan Xichen’s birth was part of his mother’s schemes to win favor and power. After giving birth to him, she ignored him completely and even loathed him… Song Yining, the daughter of a great general, was left in the capital with only her grandmother for company while her father and brothers spent years stationed in Tongcheng. The people of the capital mocked her as a helpless orphan with no o 342Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 3 Falling in Love After Marriage: The Prince's Sweet, Spoiling Pursuit 婚后心动：王爷追妻甜又宠 [Marriage First, Love Later, 1v1 Sweet Romance, Pregnancy and Mind Reading Later] Prince Jing of the capital is choosing a bride, but everyone knows he prefers men. What family would be willing to marry off their daughter to him? And yet Ye Xingluo, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, is betrayed by her own father, who submits her name for consideration. During the palace selection, the Noble Consort takes one look at her and picks her on the spot to be Prince Jing's consort! After 93Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 4 Wrongfully Married to a Deranged Powerbroker 错嫁疯批权臣 On the eve of her wedding night, Lu Yuan learns that the man she's supposed to marry isn't her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, but Pei Yinian, a ruthless, all-powerful court official who has made countless enemies. Her birth parents: “Pei Yinian won't live much longer anyway. If you marry him and bear his posthumous child, all the Pei family's immense wealth will belong to you.” Her fiancé: “I can't give you a title, but I can give you a child, so you can secure your position as the Pei famil 7.7kReads8.4Score91414d adds
- 5 The Concubine's Daughter Rises to Power: The Blackhearted, Crippled Prince's Beloved 庶女上位，腹黑残王的心尖宠 [A devoted couple with no other partners + two powerful leads building their careers + feel-good wish fulfillment with no holier-than-thou heroine + court intrigue] She is the unloved illegitimate daughter of the prime minister. When an imperial decree arrives, her father orders her to take the place of his legitimate daughter and marry Prince Jing, who is frail and near death. Orphaned as a child, he is gifted but has had to pretend to be ill to survive. Born into the imperial family, he long a 93Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 6 Hatred Locks the Azure Sparrow 恨锁青雀 Ji Yun was forced to marry Huo Yan, the eldest son of the Huo family, the only family in Qingzhou entrusted with supplying goods to the imperial court. The two treated each other with courtesy and respect. Huo Yan before marriage: I don't like Ji Yun, that's that. I won't marry her. Stop trying to force me! Huo Yan after marriage: How can my A Yun be so kind and wonderful? Ji Yun couldn't bear to watch him make such a spectacular face-slapping spectacle of himself. Madam Huo, who had successfull 124Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 7 Book Transmigration: The Villainess Won't Let the Heroine Marry in Her Place 穿书：恶毒女配不让女主替嫁了 Also known as: After Transmigrating into a Book as the Villainess, I Married the Heroine's True Love A short-drama actress who loves putting on a show x an upright, taciturn, stunningly handsome heir [Marriage Before Love + Transmigrate into a Book + Love Grows Over Time + Feel-Good Story] Fang Han transmigrates into a rebirth novel as the villainess who makes the heroine take her place in an arranged marriage. To avoid the heroine's iron-fisted revenge after she is reborn, Fang Han decides she 355Reads—Score10714d adds
- 8 The Deposed Crown Prince Plays Weak Just So She'll Comfort Him 废太子他扮娇弱，就想让她好好哄 [Devoted couple + pure historical romance + sweet, doting ancient romance + 1v1 + fictional setting + not a strong heroine] (A ruthless, cunning deposed crown prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger × a kindhearted, beautiful, delicate concubine-born young lady) Lu Jie was named Crown Prince of Da'an the moment he was born. He grew up enjoying every luxury and privilege. The Emperor of Da'an dotes on the Empress alone. There are no other consorts in the harem and no other princes. Everyone bel 629Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 9 Locked in the Deep of Spring 锁春深 He Wucheng was renowned as a true gentleman. She chose him as her consort, cutting off his path to a brilliant future. She compared him to a mere entertainer and mocked him, making him crawl beneath her skirts. She relished the pleasure of dragging him down from his pedestal. She asked scornfully, “How does it feel to get by on your looks?” She wanted to see humiliation and resentment on his face, along with the look of someone forced to endure it. But he smiled, amusement in his eyes, and repli 69Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 10 After Marrying My Nemesis, We Shared a Bed and a Dream 嫁给死对头后我们同床亦同梦 [Marriage first, love later: conflict at first, sweetness afterward, and both have exes] After a sudden upheaval, the upright and honorable father of Song Chaoge, the most talented young woman in the capital, is sentenced to exile at the frontier. She is forced to marry her sworn enemy, the Third Prince, Zhao Musheng. She stays in the capital, enduring humiliation while gathering evidence to clear her father’s name. To take on their common enemy, the former adversaries become allies. After an 318Reads—Score10914d adds
- 11 Sixteen Years of Spring, Circling Back to You 十六春秋绕落回 Both leads are pure. There aren't many dramatic ups and downs, mostly just everyday matters and small details. The heroine, Su Xining, transmigrates into the body of the Second Madam of the Pingyang Marquis household, where she settles down for good. This story is mainly about the everyday things the heroine sees. There are few moments of great joy or sorrow, and no earth-shattering romance, just an ordinary, quiet life. 763Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 12 The Crown Princess Is Doted on, and the Crown Prince Truly Loves Her 盛宠太子妃，殿下他真爱 [Historical romance + Palace and household intrigue + Both leads are inexperienced + No transmigration, no rebirth] [Cool, solitary young woman + Cunning crown prince] [Shen Shijin × Mo Lanxu] During the thirtieth year of the Zhaohua era, the loyal generals of the Shen family gave their lives to quell the border wars. Only Shen Shijin survived. The royal family decided to bring the last surviving Shen back to the capital as a commandery princess. They specifically sent the crown prince, Mo Lanxu 758Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 13 The Illegitimate Daughter Claims the Title of Eldest Legitimate Daughter, So I Tear Up Her Rebirth Script 外室女冒认嫡长，我撕她重生剧本 The rating has only just come in, so it’ll go up later. [Clear-Headed Heroine Who Always Gets Even × Sharp-Tongued Hero Who Turns Into a Flirt] [Native-Born Protagonist vs. Reborn Antagonist] Xu Yuan was branded a jinx and sent away from home for twelve years. When she returned, she discovered that her clan cousin had taken her place as the legitimate eldest daughter. Her father doted on her, her mother cherished her, her older brother spoiled her, and her grandmother adored her. Even her fiancé 7.3kReads8.7Score75514d adds
- 14 After Our Auspicious Marriage, My Husband Became Irresistible 冲喜后夫君真香了 What’s it like to transmigrate into a marriage as a good-luck charm? On their wedding day, her husband despises her, her in-laws dislike her, and even her sister- and brother-in-law and sister-in-law look down on her. Hah! How could Zhou Ruolin let them get away with that? Just as she’s about to show her in-laws what she can do… It turns out her good-luck charm act works a little too well. Her husband, who had been on the verge of dying, is up and bouncing around the very next day. Now her in-la 2.5kReads9.2Score17214d adds
- 15 Fallen Leaves, Wasteland 叶落成荒 [BE + Pure Historical Romance + Older Hero] He traded his life for her freedom and peace for the rest of hers. Cheng Yu, the great general of Nanjiang City, bears a blood feud. Cold and steady by nature, he gives all his tenderness and love to one person alone. During a mission that goes wrong, Cheng Yu accidentally takes away Ye Li, a newborn baby girl from the household of Grand Secretary Ye in Beiyuan. He never expected her to be his own newborn betrothed. From that moment on, their fates are 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Helped the Chief Minister Topple the Court 退婚后，我帮首辅掀翻了朝堂 [Proud, strategic general's daughter Xie Zhaoning × cool, cunning chief minister Fu Huaijin] [Historical political intrigue + mutual devotion + palace and household scheming + romantic tension + a powerful team + reunion after parting + the emperor's game of chess] On the day her engagement was broken off, the Duke of Zhenguo's household was brought down overnight. Her father was framed for embezzling military funds, and Xie Zhaoning had to uphold her family's military legacy as a woman. At her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 You Took a Secondary Wife on Our Wedding Day? I'll Marry Your Imperial Brother and Make You Suffer 大婚之日娶平妻？嫁你皇兄虐哭你 [Sweet romance, devoted one-on-one couple, pocket dimension, physician princess, putting scumbags in their place, husband chasing his wife to win her back] Qiao Xiyue dies suddenly from a heart attack and transmigrates into the notorious good-for-nothing eldest daughter of a general's household. She has barely transmigrated when her scumbag fiancé plans to take a second wife on their wedding day, and even gets the original owner killed by throwing her outside the manor gates? Qiao Xiyue storms o 3.2kReads8.4Score45014d adds
- 18 The Princess Looks Up, and the Prince Bows His Head 王妃抬眸王爷低头 Zhou Yuening and Zhao Ke are childhood sweethearts (or so it seems). Whenever Zhou Yuening runs into him, she is almost always at her most wretched. Zhao Ke: She caused my mother to be confined in the Cold Palace for ten years. Why should she get to grow up safe and sound, dressed in fine clothes and eating well, smiling warmly at other young men? Why should someone come to propose to her with a bright future in hand when she comes of age? He refuses to let her have her way. The Crown Prince 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Prince Is Too Poor, So He Clings to His Princess 王爷太穷，只能抱紧王妃大腿 The orphan Yun Li was sold by her great-uncle to an old man as his second wife. On the way, she was abducted and forced to take another woman's place as the bride entering Prince Cheng's household. She had planned to escape, but who knew Prince Cheng would cling to her? She had no choice but to become his princess consort. With nowhere else to go, she might as well give the job a try! But to her surprise, the household she took over was poorer than poor. Being a substitute bride was one thing, b 831Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 20 The Reborn Evil Spirit: The Marquis's Estate Begs Me to Die Every Day 恶鬼重生，侯府日日求自尽 Just started A satisfying tale of household intrigue + a smiling tiger of a matriarch + revenge and face-slapping In her previous life, the Marquis of Yu'an died on the battlefield, leaving behind only four legitimate daughters. The entire capital watched, waiting for a laugh at the marquisate's expense. Without an heir, the family was bound to fall apart sooner or later. At her mother-in-law's command, Song Nanzhi, the matriarch, took in the two young sons of the first branch as her own. She tr 18.6kReads7.0Score3.4k14d adds
- 21 After I Transmigrated, the Prince's Bride Turned Heads 穿越后冲喜王妃飒翻了 Su Yanxi, a modern medical doctor and descendant of an ancient martial arts family, transmigrates by accident. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself being carried into the bridal chamber, in the middle of consummating a marriage! What? She's a lovesick fool who likes handsome men? Wrong! The only handsome man she likes is her husband, the prince. She's an ignorant good-for-nothing? Wrong! With a needle in her left hand, she drives out the parasite and saves the sickly prince's life. W 583Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 22 Come Steal the Snow of Yunzhou 来窃云州雪 As the Wens' adopted daughter, Fu Jinci took charge of the household and secretly fell for her older brother, Wen Shaotang. Her father arranged for her to marry him, but Wen Shaotang, who was born to love freedom, was unwilling. After the wedding, they treated each other with polite respect, but in time, Wen Shaotang was moved by Fu Jinci's kindness and gentleness. After going through many trials together, they finally opened their hearts to each other and spent the rest of their lives side by s 307Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 23 My Mighty Husband: Little Wife, Please Let Me Go 威武夫君：小娘子求放过 The story of a sweet, gentle young wife and her mighty husband. Yao Yuner never imagined she'd marry a butcher, let alone one more than ten years her senior... As the days pass, the secrets hidden behind the two of them gradually come to light. What fate awaits this couple, who have stood by each other through poverty? Two tile-roofed rooms, a little fenced courtyard, promises made beneath an apricot tree. A blood-soaked hero, a twist of fate, hands clasped together through bitter and sweet. A f 245Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 24 Spoiled and Cherished 盛宠娇娇 [Delicate, soft-hearted, teary-eyed heroine VS steady, mighty God of War prince] [Both virgins, one-on-one romance, he pursues her] Yuan Ling is the fourth legitimate daughter of the Cui family of Jinling. Her beauty could put the moon to shame, and she has the alluring charm of an autumn moon. Yet her father shows her no affection, her mother neglects her, and her older half-sister bullies her every day. Then her second older brother accidentally got a maidservant of Prince Qin, Xiao Hongxuan, 1.2kReads8.8Score13714d adds
- 25 A Thousand Miles of Longing Beneath the Moon of Home 千里相思故里月 Pure historical romance + marriage first, love later + cozy country life + some political maneuvering later on 1v1, both devoted to each other and each other’s first and only love; a slow burn, sweet at first and angsty later (only a little angst, emotional rather than physical) Jiang Xiaoyu was only fifteen when she married Lu Yin. He was dirt poor, with nothing but the clothes on his back. On their wedding night, he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. “How long do I have to wait?” she asked, 99Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 26 A Deep Look at Qing: Who Planted These Red Beans of Longing? 青深一望，谁种相思红豆 [Ancient-era romance, devoted and exclusive leads, sweet doting romance, flirtation and emotional push-and-pull, revenge on scum, seven-year age gap] A beautiful, aloof heroine who knows nothing of the ways of the world vs. a domineering, obsessive, cunning yet devoted powerbroker. A scheming second male lead consumed by ambition. The heroine grows over the course of the story. The leads save each other, and the scum get what they deserve. A devoted, doting romance with a heroine who has a stron 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Unblemished Radiance 昭质未亏 A sweet historical romance full of court intrigue, one-on-one~ ( ˘ω˘ ) Resilient young lady from a refined family × brilliant, free-spirited boy A story of a precocious, proud young princess who seems cold but is warm-hearted, and a handsome young man who can think of nothing but his beloved, as they dote on each other and stand by one another~ Until the age of twelve, Ye Zhao was a noble young lady of the marquis’s household, treasured like gold and jade. Then calamities came one after another, 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Farewell, Broken Willow 折柳辞 [Traditional historical romance + married first, love later + happy family with children + no misunderstandings] “Do you know that only when you love someone do you want them to be well? That's how I feel about you...” “To me, My Lord, you are a warm spring breeze, a lamp in a dark room, charcoal in the snow, and a boat at a dangerous crossing... I hope my family stays safe, and I hope you stay safe too.” She thought she had truly fallen for Cui Xingzhi. Those who love each other may not stay 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 An Imperial Marriage Decree for a Sweet Young Wife, Who Turns Out to Be the Heir Apparent’s Longtime White Moonlight 赐婚小娇妻，竟是世子多年白月光 [Secret Crush + Alternate World + Both Pure + Sweet Romance] Lin Sitang had a childhood sweetheart and fiancé. He was as bright and pure as the moon, a noble gentleman in her eyes. But parental wishes and matchmakers' words couldn't stand against an imperial decree. The emperor wanted her to marry far away? Lin Sitang sighed. Her whole family's lives and livelihood depended on the imperial city, so she would marry. Her new husband was the Northern Liang War God, the man who had saved the nation 5.7kReads8.6Score55214d adds
- 30 A Beauty's Taste of Spring 美人尝春 [Pure historical romance | Household intrigue | Satisfying revenge | Sweet romance | A reverse-harem battlefield | Devoted heroine, not a player | Male rivalry | Palace and nobility] After disaster strikes her family, Yun Zhiyu has no choice but to seek help from distant relatives in the capital. But they try to force her to become a concubine to her third cousin, a good-for-nothing who keeps a mistress and frequents the pleasure quarters! Unwilling to accept this, Yun Zhiyu decides to find a go 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The General's Beloved Daughter 将军府的掌上娇 Lu Chang'an's grandmother despised her mother and took Lu Chang'an to raise herself as soon as she was born. At last, when Lu Chang'an was twelve, her grandmother sent her back to her parents. She thought the family would be reunited, but her father and mother showed affection only to her younger sister, leaving her neglected and ignored. When she was seventeen, her mother matched her with a down-and-out man whom her younger sister had turned down. Unexpectedly, after she married him, he showere 765Reads8.8Score10114d adds
- 32 My Lady, Your Secret Identity Is Showing, and Your Husband Is Your Secret Identity 娘子你马甲掉了，夫君是你的马甲 The rating has just been posted and is bound to rise [A luckless princess of the prince's household hiding beneath the guise of a village girl VS the richest man's son, a prince living among the people, hiding beneath the guise of a penniless scholar] [Secret identities + male lead falling for her on his own + female lead plagued by misfortune + mutual salvation + traditional historical romance + happy ending + both leads' first love] When they first met, Jiang Jinjin was a country girl, and Wen 772Reads6.4Score10714d adds
- 33 The Divine Doctor Captivates the City, and the Cool, Domineering Marquis Dotes on Her to No End 医妃倾城，清冷霸道侯爷宠上瘾 [Sweet romance + devoted to each other + transmigration + marriage before love] The gentle, resilient Fourth Miss Meng X the noble and all-powerful Marquis Meng Ning, the Fourth Miss of the Meng family, was breathtakingly beautiful, delicate, and gentle. Unfortunately, she was mute. Her voice was restored after the heroine transmigrated into her body. * After the emperor's death, the lords of the Great Liang Empire carved up the realm and fought among themselves. The Right Chancellor conspired w 1kReads8.8Score10614d adds
- 34 The God of War Prince's Sweet Young Wife 战神王爷的小娇妻 [Pure historical romance, no rebirth or transmigration] [One couple, both devoted only to each other + marriage before love + mutual trust + doting husband + children later on] A royal decree turns the mute Zhou Qinxue from the future crown princess into the Princess Consort of Prince Ning. On their wedding night, Prince Ning leads his troops into battle, and Dowager Consort Qin sends her straight to a remote corner of the estate. When Prince Ning returns from war, the first thing he does is 350Reads7.5Score10114d adds
- 35 The Young Marquis’s Darling: His Wife Is Rich Beyond Compare 小侯爷心尖宠：夫人她富甲天下 Jiang Heng joined the army at ten. From then on, he endured the elements and fought on the battlefield, leaving behind the refinement and bearing of the young nobleman he once was. On top of that, the Emperor grew suspicious of him and repeatedly cut his military pay. The heir to the Marquis of Wuan was so broke his pockets were practically rattling! Gradually, Jiang Heng became an “odd one out” among the noble young men of the capital. His clothes were out of fashion, and his purse was always r 2.5kReads9.0Score32914d adds
- 36 A Kingdom as Her Bride Price: The Princess Bride Is His White Moonlight 江山为聘：和亲公主是白月光 [A cold-faced prince x a clear-headed princess sent away for a political marriage] He was once the lowest-ranking hostage in the Beilin imperial palace, Lu Zheng. She was Princess Yunxiu, the light that once shone into his dark life. Eight years later, he had become the Prince Jing of Xijin, powerful enough to rule the court: Lu Yichen. She, meanwhile, had become a political marriage offering from another country: Shen Yiyun. He remembered everything. She remembered nothing. On this chessboard, 1.8kReads8.2Score20714d adds
- 37 Moonlight on the Spring River 月映春江色 [Sweet historical romance, devoted couple, a brave and clever heroine with strong principles who never lets herself be mistreated] (No transmigration, rebirth, or System) [1v1] The hero is devoted, and the heroine is independent and self-assured. [Beautiful, clever, cool-headed noblewoman vs. devoted, wife-doting general] In the fifteenth year of the Jiazhao era, victory comes at the border, and General Yan Yunmo returns in triumph. At court, he asks the emperor to arrange his marriage to Jiang 140Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 38 Together Through Dawn and Dusk, Our Hearts Never in Doubt 朝云暮月长相守，君悦卿心两不疑 Original title: Winning Her Favor [Political intrigue + jianghu + historical setting + devoted couple, one-on-one + sweet romance + groveling pursuit] Reader’s guide: 1. Set in an imaginary dynasty with no historical basis, so there’s no need to scrutinize the background. 2. This is not a story about a powerful heroine, not fast-paced, and not a wish-fulfillment novel. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing! 3. The story uses a lot of deliberate omissions. Please don’t read if that’s not you 189Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 39 The General Is a Kissing Fiend, Princess, Please Be Gentle 将军是个亲亲狂，公主请怜惜 [Battle-hardened General × Gentle Princess] [Marriage First, Love Later from the heroine’s perspective + His secret love comes true from the hero’s perspective + Sweet romance + Both virgins, happy ending + Childhood friends + Dream encounters] When Zhou Jingmi was young, she once met a wonderful boy. He taught her music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, as well as how to ride and shoot. He stood up for her in front of her mother and covered for her at school. But later, she forgot all abou 1.6kReads8.9Score22814d adds
- 40 Reborn, I Turned Around and Married the Emperor's Uncle, Then Tore the Scumbag to Pieces 重生后转身嫁皇叔手撕渣男 [Handsome, Tragic, Scheming Prince + Bright, Resilient, Delicate Heroine + Married First, Love Later + One-on-One, Both Leads Are Each Other’s One and Only] A sweet romance, not a strong-female-lead story. The leads had no connection in their previous lives; after the heroine is reborn, they marry first and fall in love later. Su Lingyue grew up without a mother, unloved by her father and disliked by her stepmother. After marrying, she was tricked by the Crown Prince and her own younger sister, 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Let the Good Times Roll 且尽欢 Historical romance, redemption and tragic love Xu Jinhuan, a noblewoman from Yangzhou, loses her entire family overnight. Taking another person's identity and the assumed name Aman, she ends up a lowly maid in the Loyal and Brave Marquis's household. A stolen jade bangle draws her into a whirlpool of false accusations and murder. The Marquis's third son, Yun Yang, is cold and inscrutable. His keen eyes seem able to pierce through all her layers of disguise, and his probing hot-and-cold manner le 12Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 42 The Treacherous Minister's Wife Gets Spoiled Every Day 奸臣夫人的甜宠日常 Lord Zhao has lost three wives in a row. A wise man tells him that he is cursed by an evil star, and that only a fourth wife of low birth and exceptionally strong fate can keep it at bay. Luo Baozhu lost her father at three, her mother at four, and even her only uncle at five. She grew up eating at the tables of kind neighbors, making her a perfect match for the description of someone low-born and strong of fate. So Lord Zhao married Luo Baozhu. This is a wish-fulfillment romance. The heroine 919Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 43 Pampering My Beloved Wife 宠娇妻 Although Ye Ruoning, nicknamed Jiaojiao, was born into a marquis's household, she was far beneath her cousin, the future wife of the heir to the Duke of Zhenguo's household, a family honored by the imperial court. The emperor had arranged a marriage between the heir and her cousin long ago. But no one expected Ye Ruoning to take her cousin's place and marry the heir, a handsome man with the bearing of jade who excelled in both letters and arms. Everyone knew the heir was pleased with his betroth 5kReads9.1Score46514d adds
- 44 The Marquis’s Daughter Can Fly 侯府千金她会飞 Though Lin Xi was born into a marquis’s household, she grew up among the martial world. On her maternal grandmother’s sixtieth birthday, she bid farewell to her master and traveled alone to the capital to pay her respects. Unexpectedly, she stumbled upon the scene of a prince being murdered. Terrified, she put her one real talent, an escape technique, to extraordinary use and fled all the way back to the capital with a secret in tow. Once home, she dutifully took up her role as the young lady of 1.2kReads8.8Score14414d adds
- 45 Your Majesty, the Empress Has Gone to the Border to Fight the Enemy Again 皇上，皇后娘娘又去边关杀敌了 Harem intrigue + historical female lead + empress + bizarre, fantastical ancient setting + the strongest fighter in the story Li Hongying is the only daughter of the Great General Who Guards the Nation. She grew up on the frontier, learning martial arts at five and spear fighting at eight. At thirteen, she drove the sharp tip of her red-tasseled spear into the enemy general's heart, avenging her grandfather. She thought she would spend her life defending the frontier and killing the enemy, but 271Reads—Score10014d adds
- 46 The Heir's Temper Burns Like Fire, and His Sweet Wife Can't Hide 世子性烈如火，娇娇夫人难以藏躲 [Pure historical romance, not reborn + fictional dynasty + marriage before love + both leads are virgins + gentle, graceful, perceptive beauty vs. cold-faced, devoted, hot-tempered lord] After her kingdom was defeated in war, she was sent to Beichen to marry, becoming a sacrifice for peace between the two nations. After the wedding, she and Yan Han, the heir of Beichen, were united in name only. As time passed, she realized he saw her only as a gift from Nandu, someone insignificant and dispensa 1.5kReads8.8Score14814d adds
- 47 After Our Betrothal, My Husband's Family Dotes on Me 赐婚后，我被夫家团宠了 [Pure historical romance, no rebirth, focused on sweet married life, with light political intrigue] [A general and a noble lady, Marriage Before Love × both leads are virgins] Wei Rao is the most doted-on commandery princess in Daxin. Raised by the Empress Dowager from childhood, she has a beauty and status that all the women of Daxin envy. Zhou Yuqing is the renowned general who reclaimed the borderlands. Not only is he a formidable fighter, he is also handsome as a jade carving. Before long, h 1.1kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 48 I Am at Odds with the Dog of a Crown Prince 与狗太子势不两立 [A combative couple + married first, fall in love later + both leads untouched + happy ending] [Huo Tangyue, an easygoing aristocratic lady who always gets even × Xiao Shizhao, a composed, calculating Crown Prince with a loyal-dog side] Everyone in the Chancellor’s residence knows that Huo Tangyue, the Chancellor’s legitimate daughter, and Crown Prince Xiao Shizhao are enemies. Huo Tangyue once swore that if Xiao Shizhao ever fell into her hands, she’d slap him twice and kick him three times. I 1.7kReads—Score20714d adds
- 49 Together with You, I Remember Our Meeting 与君同，忆相逢 [Complete] [Historical romance + both leads inexperienced in love + mistaken bride + marriage before love + devoted favoritism + sweet and angsty + mutual devotion + slow burn + HE] [The straightforward prince who owns up to his mistakes × the lively, proud young princess consort] Cen Jingchen thought his princess consort was cold to the extreme, but he never expected her to slap him the very first time they met. He may be angry, but he still wants to keep her by his side. “You can touch me, 50Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 50 The Regent Prince's Transmigrated Consort 摄政王的穿越妃 To reassure his imperial elder brother, Prince Regent Situ Jin agrees to marry Gu Xingman, the beautiful but timid and meek legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's household. The prince's manor is wealthy and grand. Supporting one more pretty ornament is no big deal. But one look on their wedding night is enough to captivate him for life. His darling wife keeps calling him “husband,” and the prince regent thinks that even someone with a heart of stone couldn't resist such a delicate, gentle 3.1kReads9.1Score33614d adds
