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- 1 You Asked for a Divorce, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’ve Remarried the Grand Emperor? 你说和离，我再嫁太上皇你哭什么 Everyone in the capital knows that Qin Wu has been passionately in love with the Prince of Yunan for years. She has sacrificed her pride for him, and at last, she gets an imperial decree granting their marriage. On their wedding day, the Prince of Yunan marries both her and his concubine, humiliating Qin Wu in front of everyone and making her the laughingstock of the entire capital. From then on, her temperament changes completely. First, on their wedding night, she dislocates both of the prin 121Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 2 You Dote on Your Concubine and Crush Your Wife? I’m Done with This Marquis’s Household 宠外室灭正妻？这侯府不待也罢 [Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance and Satisfying Revenge + Face-Slapping the Villains + A Male Lead Who’s Both Cool and Sweet + Mutual Firsts] Qiao Jinlan transmigrated into a book as a doomed supporting character who was left alone on her wedding night and eventually died a miserable death in the inner residence. Her husband was beaten to death with cudgels, leaving not a trace of his remains. Her mother-in-law was framed, her reputation ruined, and she died full of resentment. Faced wi 258Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 3 Reborn, the Matriarch Walks Away From Her Duties and Does Nothing, Leaving the Entire Marquis's Household in a Panic 重生主母撂担子摆烂，全侯门慌了 [Household power struggles + punishing scoundrels + satisfying revenge + both leads reborn] In her previous life, Jiang Wan married her childhood sweetheart, Xiao Yuan'an, full of joy, believing she would be happy for the rest of her life. Their son passed the imperial examinations and became a top scholar, and the entire Yongning Prefecture was managed in perfect order. Who could have imagined it? On the day she was granted an official title, inside the Golden Throne Hall, her own son, whom she 55Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 4 Doting on a Concubine and Neglecting His Wife? She Divorced Him and Got Rich Overnight 宠妾灭妻？霸气休夫后她一夜暴富 In her previous life, she gave everything for the Lu family, only to be left with a lifetime of illness. Her body was dumped in the wilderness and devoured by wolves. Reborn with a burning hatred, she proceeds with caution and plans every step, vowing to make everyone who ever hurt her pay dearly! When the time is right, she proudly divorces her husband. With money, beauty, and a gorgeous figure, she’s living the good life! She thought she’d spend the rest of her life alone, but then a puppy-eye 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Marquis’s Principal Wife: Reborn, She Sends Her Whole Family to Their Doom 侯府主母：重生后她送全家上天 [Traditional historical romance and household intrigue + careful plotting + crushing villains and face-slapping + two powerful leads] In her previous life, Jiang Hexue, the Imperial Tutor’s legitimate daughter, devoted herself heart and soul to making plans for her husband’s entire family. In return, her seven sons came to hate her to the bone, her husband plotted to kill her, and her whole Jiang clan was massacred! Only as she lay dying did Jiang Hexue learn that her husband’s family had been s 110Reads6.3Score11014d adds
- 6 I Kicked Out My Husband After He Faked His Death, and Miss Sheng Became the Talk of the Capital 踹走假死夫君，盛小姐她名冠京华 [Historical Rebirth + One-on-One Romance + Devoted Couple + Dumping the Scoundrel + Divorce + System] In her previous life, Sheng Mingjin defied her family’s objections and married into the Meng family, carrying her betrothed’s memorial tablet after he was supposedly killed in battle. After the wedding, she cared for her mother-in-law and managed the Meng family’s estate. At her mother-in-law’s urging, she adopted a child and helped him rise to success. She thought she would live out the rest of —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Torture the Half-Sister! Kick Out the Scumbag Husband! The Marquis's Matriarch Turns Dark After Being Reborn 虐庶妹！踹渣夫！侯门主母重生后黑化了 Shu Yunlan, the matriarch of a marquis’s household, only discovered at the moment of her death that her entire life had been built on a staggering lie. Her husband, supposedly killed in battle and the reason she had lived as a widow for eighteen years, had actually been living it up with her stepson’s birth mother. That woman was none other than Shu Yunlan’s own younger sister, a close relative who had vanished on her wedding day and whom she had searched for in vain. The stepson she had raised 3Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 8 Divorce the Husband, Destroy the Concubines: The Reborn Matriarch Goes on a Rampage 休夫灭妾，重生主母杀疯了！ (Reborn for Revenge + Satisfying Family-Intrigue Story) In her previous life, Wen Shengsheng single-handedly kept the declining Nanyang Marquis household afloat. After years of toil, she finally restored it to the ranks of the elite, only to discover that everyone wanted her dead. Her once-loving husband already had a child with another woman. Her mother-in-law, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law all knew, but kept it from her so they could wring every last penny from the Wen family. When her h 143Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 9 Her Scoundrel Husband Remarried, So She Refuses to Be the Highborn Matriarch in Her Reborn Life 渣夫另娶，重生后这高门主母我不当了 In her previous life, Song Anning imprisoned herself for Jiang Hua and spent her entire life waiting for him. But only after she died did she realize she had not been waiting for love, but for a carefully planned deception. Her supposedly dead husband had become the lofty heir of a marquis's estate. The dowry she had contributed to the family coffers became the betrothal gifts her husband used to marry his new bride. Her family, whom she believed had been killed by bandits, had actually been mur 4Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 10 The Concubine’s Son Destroyed the Family, So the Matriarch Took Her Child and Remarried a Powerful Eunuch 外室养子害死全家，主母携崽二嫁权宦 In her previous life, Yu Tang married into the marquis’s household with all her heart. She exhausted herself planning her husband’s future, dutifully served her mother-in-law, and raised a son who shone like a star, bringing the declining marquis’s household to its peak. In the end, her actions led to the extermination of her entire family, and she had her heart ripped out and her skin flayed. Then she lived again. When her mother-in-law sneered at her for being covered in the stink of money, Yu 63Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 11 What! I Woke Up on the Day I Eloped with a Scumbag 惊！一睁眼回到和渣男私奔那一天 In her previous life, Xin Miao helped the man she loved, Qi Yue, rise from an ordinary commoner to a ruler with power over all. In the end, he and his concubine joined forces to cut off all four of her limbs and turn her into a human swine. It had all been a joke. As the saying goes, never covet your friend’s wife. Given another chance at life, Xin Miao deliberately marries Qi Yue’s best friend, Lan Xi, heir to the Prince of Zhennan. She will cut off the scoundrel’s path to power with her own ha 404Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 12 After the Divorce, the Matriarch of the Marquis’s Household Marries a Powerful Minister in a Fury 和离后，候门主母怒嫁权臣 In her previous life, Jiang Chan spent most of her life languishing in the marquis's household. She was widowed for decades, yet never earned a kind word from anyone. Only when she was on the brink of death did she discover that her husband, supposedly killed in battle, had secretly taken another wife and a beautiful concubine. The entire household knew, and they had all fooled her into believing otherwise. Reborn, Jiang Chan opens her eyes to find herself back at the time when she had just beco 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 He Dotes on His Concubine and Casts Aside His Wife? I’ll Marry the Crown Prince over My Ex-Husband’s Ashes 宠妾灭妻？踩着前夫骨灰嫁太子 [Palace and Household Intrigue + Strong Female Lead + Reborn + Revenge Fantasy + Punish Scumbags and Make Them Eat Their Words + Sweet Romance] Sheng Qinghuan showed respect to her parents-in-law, managed the household, and single-handedly held together the declining marquis's estate. She waited five long years for An Mingfeng. At last, An Mingfeng returned in triumph, full of pride, with her cousin in his arms. He coldly told her, “Sheng Qinghuan, Ruyi is the one I truly love. I'm divorcing you —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Thirty Years Alone, Only to Learn It Was All a Scheme Concealed from Me for Half My Life 三十载孤身，原是一场瞒了我半生的局 Thirty Years Alone, Only to Learn It Was All a Scheme Hidden from Me for Half My Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn to Torment Him a Thousand Times, Then Enjoy the World with You 重生之虐他千百回，与你共赏河山 In her previous life, Xing Man devoted herself entirely to love and family. Her aunt and husband schemed against her at every turn, and when she had been used up, her father took his own life outside the palace gates to save her. Her mother, half-sister, and all the women of the main branch were sent to a brothel. Reborn beneath the Bodhi tree, she is haunted by the horrific memories of the past, and the seeds of hatred take root in her heart. If anyone can play the delicate, flirtatious, innoce —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Favoring a Concubine and Abandoning the Wife? Reborn, Who Would Still Be the Marchioness’s Mistress? 宠妾灭妻？重生后谁还当侯门主母 In her previous life, Shen Zhiyi, the daughter of a merchant, married into the steadily declining Anyuan Marquis household. Over fourteen years of marriage, she poured her heart and soul into restoring the family to its former standing. Her husband became a marquis, and their eldest son married a princess and became her consort. Then her adopted daughter, eager to climb higher, reported the household for selling illicit salt. The entire Shen family was executed, and on his wedding night, her eld 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 He Dotes on His Concubine? I'll Divorce Him and Marry Someone Else. What Are You Going Crazy For? 独宠外室？我休夫另嫁你疯什么 [Household intrigue + reborn + revenge + strong female lead + legitimate daughter + punishing scum + satisfying story] In her previous life, Jiang Jingshu used her dowry to cover her husband's family's debts and devoted herself to raising their children. Her legitimate son became a chancellor, and her legitimate daughter was the most favored woman in the imperial harem. In the end, the son she had raised with her own hands brought her a cup of poisoned wine, just to send her to her death. After 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Reborn, I Divorce First! Reclaiming My Dowry and Leaving the Marquis's Estate 重生先和离！收回嫁妆毅然出侯府 In her previous life, she married into a marquis’s household at sixteen. Her husband died suddenly on their wedding night, and she was branded a bringer of bad luck and given to him as his plaything. She spent her life managing the household for the marquis’s family, bearing humiliation and hardship until her reputation was ruined. Only as she lay dying did she learn the truth: her husband had never died. He had been living in comfort elsewhere with his mistress. Reborn, she writes down the majo 69Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 19 Dare to Favor Your Concubine and Mistreat Your Wife? She Turns Around and Marries a Mad Chancellor 敢宠妾灭妻？她扭头改嫁疯批奸相 [Inner-courtyard scheming + reborn + revenge and face-slapping + obsessive and ruthless] Shen Yunjin was the legitimate daughter of the prestigious Shen family, forced to take her younger sister's place and marry Lin Jin'an, heir to the Marquis of Wu'an. On their wedding night, he angrily mocked her: “You even stole your own sister's husband. You're disgusting!” Then he left for the frontier. Who could have known that news would arrive of her husband's death in battle? From then on, she was a sc 18Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 20 We're Divorced Now. Whoever Wants to Be the Suffering Matriarch Can Have the Job 都和离了，苦情主母谁爱当谁当 [Second marriage + the ruler stealing his minister’s wife + household intrigue + face-slapping a reborn rival + her ex-husband’s long road to winning her back] After returning to the capital from a campaign against bandits, the general falls hopelessly in love with a reborn woman and decides to take her as his “equal wife.” Jiang Yunran’s sincere love becomes a joke. She refuses to stay meekly in the household and let others walk all over her. If he has no heart for her, she’ll divorce him! Wha 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Despised for Being Paralyzed? I Turn Around and Marry the Ninth Eunuch 瘫痪主母被嫌弃？转头二嫁九千岁 In her previous life, Shen Yunshuang spent her entire fortune supporting her mediocre husband and helping him rise to success, only to end up with her family wealth transferred away and claimed as someone else's! She was kept in the dark, supporting her husband's mistress and her family for years! The son she raised for twenty years was the mistress's bastard! Her paralyzed mother was starved to death! Her mentally disabled younger sister was violated! Her cousin was killed after his heart merid 11Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 22 You Want My Dowry and My Life? Reborn, I'll Slaughter My Way Through Them 贪我嫁妆要我死？重生后大杀四方 In her previous life, Liu Mingyue was made to marry the crippled heir to the Marquis of Dingbei in place of her adoptive father's daughter. He despised her for the birthmark on her face, and no matter how hard she worked to manage the entire household, she never earned the slightest respect from her husband's family. Only on her deathbed did she learn why her husband had never touched her all these years: not only did he find her ugly, he had also been carrying on an affair with her adoptive fat 180Reads9.0Score10214d adds
- 23 The Matriarch Reborn: The Scumbag and His Whole Family Are Doomed 主母重生，渣男一家死绝了 In her previous life, Rong Luo fell in love at first sight with the top scorer in the imperial examinations when she saw him riding through the streets in celebration. She eventually got her wish and married into his household. She thought they were in love with each other, never realizing that it was all one-sided, that she had been fooling herself. With help from her father, the prime minister, her scholar-husband rose swiftly through the ranks. But once his power grew, the first thing he 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 My Scumbag Husband Faked His Death to Keep a Mistress? I’ll Make Sure the Grass on Your Graves Grows Two Feet Taller! 渣夫假死养外室？我让你们坟头草再高两丈！ [Historical household intrigue + reborn, angst, and face-slapping + a playboy young marquis pursues his wife] Yun Muqing was the daughter of an Imperial Tutor and a descendant of a distinguished family. When the Marquis of Anshun was on the verge of losing his title, she followed her elders' wishes and married the marquis, Song Bingran. On their wedding night, her husband wouldn't even go through the motions. A little over three months later, he insisted on taking a transmigrator as his wife. Sh 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Trials of the Matriarch (Reborn Twice) 主母难为（双重生） Her younger sister suddenly gives up the Princess's Manor she schemed so hard to obtain and insists on swapping marriage partners with her. Zhao Mingyue immediately realizes that her sister has been reborn too. In her previous life, her sister got her wish and married into the Princess's Manor. But who could have guessed that her dissolute husband would chase women everywhere, keep countless concubines, and even take part in a rebellion, eventually dragging her into prison with him? Zhao Mingyue 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 He Can Favor His Concubine and Neglect His Wife All He Wants: I'll Marry Up and Make Him Regret It 宠妾灭妻没关系，转头高嫁气死你 Traditional historical romance and household intrigue + clear-minded, independent heroine, not a naive sweetheart + strong heroine and hero + groveling pursuit + face-slapping the scumbag + revenge + smart characters On her wedding day, her husband was whispering sweet nothings with his concubine. After she entered his household, he doted on the concubine and neglected his wife. No problem. She turned around and married into the imperial family, watching her ex regret everything and lose his min 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 You’re Using My Dowry to Keep a Mistress? I’ll Send You Straight to Hell! 拿我嫁妆养外室？我送你上西天！ Liu Zhixin was the only daughter of the wealthiest family in Biancheng. Her marriage into the penniless Zhou family marked the beginning of a change in her fortunes. Thanks to her dowry, the Zhou family grew rich overnight and climbed the social ladder. Liu Zhixin believed Zhou Lang was the man for her and devoted herself to spending their lives together. Little did she know that he was using her dowry to support his widowed childhood sweetheart. Later, he even brought the woman into their home, 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Demoted from Wife to Concubine? The Virtuous Matriarch Was Reborn and Found a Better Match 贬妻为妾？贤良主母重生另谋高嫁 In her previous life, Yu Ciwan was shrewd and capable, pouring her heart and soul into her husband’s family. She even used her dowry to support them, doing everything she could to help her husband rise to the ranks of nobility. Once he had achieved fame and success, their marriage seemed harmonious. Yu Ciwan thought her life was complete. Then her husband turned around and married his beloved cousin, while her ungrateful adopted son knelt before that woman and called her “Mother,” pointing at Yu 22Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 29 Faking Her Death, Keeping a Lover, Cutting Off the Money, and Seeking a Better Marriage 死遁养外室断财和离另谋高嫁 [Faithful couple + revenge on scumbags + satisfying read] In her previous life, Song Yin was drugged by her parents and sent to the bed of the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old, a man who was already old but still unbelievably perverted. In despair, she slit her wrists and bled herself, took a powerful drug, and slaughtered more than a hundred people in the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old's household. After that night, there was no longer a Nine-Thousand-Year-Old in the world. After that night, the entire Song fami —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 We're Reborn, So Who Would Still Keep a Trash Husband, His Mistress, and Their Bastard? 都重生了，谁还养渣夫外室私生子 {Rebirth + Revenge + Punishing Scum + Legitimate and Illegitimate Heirs + Feel-Good} On her wedding day, her husband leaves home to suppress bandits, so she has to perform the wedding rites with a rooster. Five years later, news arrives that her husband has died. From then on, she follows the elders’ advice, adopts a son, raises him with care, and helps him build a brilliant future and rise to high office. But when she is bedridden, her supposedly dead husband arrives with his beloved wife in hi 57Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 31 Only Before I Died Did I Discover My Late Husband Was Still Alive 临死前才发现亡夫没死 [Period setting + putting scumbags in their place + CP + mutual transmigration + rebirth + decisive violence + goofy supporting characters] For sixty-five years, she shouldered the burden of supporting her late husband’s family. As she lay dying in a hospital bed, her husband, dead for many years, appeared with a deed transferring her estate and demanded that she hand over everything she had spent her life building to him and the children he had with his mistress. She was so furious she died on 325Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 32 After Being Reborn, I Personally Send My Ex-Husband's Entire Family to Hell 重生后，亲手送前夫全家上西天 In her previous life, Cui Wanyan was born into a prestigious family. She fell in love at first sight with Jiang Sui'an and insisted on marrying into his long-declining general’s household. After exhausting herself for half her life, she unexpectedly discovered that her devoted husband had been keeping a mistress, and they already had two children. Her mother-in-law, who had treated her like her own daughter, had known all along. What drove her to despair most was that Jiang Sui'an drugged her, s 296Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 33 Marrying the Marquis Is Wonderful: My Ex-Husband’s Family Kneels in Tears 改嫁侯爷甚好，前夫一家含泪跪倒 Right after their wedding, Lu Zhongjin returned to Jiangnan to observe mourning, leaving Yan Han in the capital to manage their household. When he returned to the capital, she learned that her husband, who had promised to love only her for the rest of his life, had taken a mistress in Jiangnan and was determined to marry her as his second wife! Her hypocritical mother-in-law said, “What man in this world has only one woman? Jin’er has said that he’ll have both of you from now on.” Her shrewish s 63Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 34 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband’s Family Was Exiled a Second Time 和离后，前夫家被二次流放了 [Pure historical romance + slow-burn plot + no getting back together + a prince pursues his wife] On the day Wei Hanguang was to be married, her husband's family was convicted for being implicated in a political factional struggle. The men were sent to serve in the army in southern Shu, while the women were exiled to the Northern Pass. She was swept up in it all as well. She reclaimed wasteland at the frontier, made a living selling perfumes and medicines, and opened shops to support the entire 229Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 35 Favoring a Concubine and Neglecting His Wife: I Won't Be the Marquess's Wife Anymore 宠妾灭妻：侯门主母不当也罢 [Reborn + household intrigue + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + satisfying revenge + both leads are chaste] In her previous life, Chu Weiyun gave her heart to a scumbag, used her dowry to support the marquis's household, doted on her half-sister, and showed filial respect to her elders. But as soon as her husband's innocent-looking mistress entered the household, she was imprisoned in a remote courtyard. She suffered for ten years before dying with bitter resentment. Reborn one day, she re 1.2kReads7.6Score12414d adds
- 36 Doting on a Concubine and Neglecting His Wife: Scumbag Husband and Vile Concubine, Get Lost 宠妾灭妻，渣夫贵妾速速退散 [Rebirth, Revenge, and Face-Slapping + Favoring a Concubine over His Wife + Household Intrigue] After five years of waiting, Jiang Wanting finally welcomed home her husband, Cheng Yueyue, heir to the Loyal and Brave Earl's estate. But Cheng Yueyue brought back the woman he had always loved, and Jiang Wanting became nothing more than a complete sacrificial pawn. Reborn, Jiang Wanting would no longer be a pushover for others to manipulate! Her scumbag husband, the seemingly innocent favored concub 69Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 37 The Reborn Matriarch 主母重生 Zhan Yuhuan has been reborn, returning to the very day of her wedding night. The heir solemnly tells her once again that he has a beloved he’ll love for the rest of his life, and that he can’t give her either his heart or his body. He tells her to find a way to cooperate and not anger the old marquis and his wife. This time, Yuhuan nods without hesitation, agreeing without a single objection. She has finally come to her senses. She has money and free time, and her in-laws protect her. She can do 775Reads5.3Score10514d adds
- 38 My Husband Poisoned Me for His Mistress. Reborn, I Wiped Out His Entire Family 夫君为外室毒杀我，重生噶他全家 [Reborn, revenge against scumbags, heroine with a slightly villainous streak, multiple male supporting characters, heroine plays the field but never gives her heart, struggles for power] Lin Xi obeyed her parents and married Shen Huaishu, the second son of the Duke of Jun’s family, a match suited to their status. But Shen Huaishu was already in love with someone else. The woman had come from a brothel and was not even qualified to become a concubine, so he could only keep her outside the househ 106Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 39 Yun Shang, the Concubine-Born Daughter: The Second Wife Just Wants to Lie Flat 庶女云裳：继室夫人她只想躺平 [Reborn heroine × transmigrated hero] [Marriage Before Love] [Lots of household intrigue] In her previous life, Liu Yunshang, the daughter of a minor official, was framed by her half-sister and married off as a concubine to the Earl of Hengxuan’s household. She died less than three months later. Given another chance, she clings to her adoptive mother’s favor, marries into a marquis’s household as its lady of the house, and takes care of her half-sister along the way. But why is this marquis’s ho 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 After Our Divorce, I Thrived 和离后，我过得风生水起 Three years into their marriage, Ye Mingli had never so much as touched her. Only after he got drunk one day did she learn she was a stand-in. She said, “My lord, let’s divorce.” He said, “You’ll regret it.” He thought she would surely regret leaving him. Who could have known she’d be playing pitch-pot, hook-the-hook, guessing hidden objects, cockfighting, playing polo, and fighting crickets, but never weeping her heart out in her bedchamber? At last, after she led troops into battle, he rushed 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Reborn, the Marquis’s Wife Takes the World by Storm 重生后，侯门主母开挂了 [Both Reborn + Faithful to Each Other + Mistress of the Household + Sole Devotion] On the eve of her wedding, urgent news arrives from the border. The Marquis of Pingyang leads his troops into battle. To honor and reward him, the court sends the crown prince to stand in for him at the wedding. For eight years, while the Marquis of Pingyang guards the border, Qin Wan sees her mother-in-law off and cares for her grandmother-in-law. Eight years later, the victorious marquis returns with another wom 74Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 42 After Years as a Widow, a Fortune-Teller Told Me I'm Born to Bring My Husband Good Fortune 守寡多年，算命大师说我是旺夫命 [1v1, devoted couple, powerful hero gets his comeuppance and pursues her] Yunduo woke up one day to find herself a widow. She thought she'd go on living as one, but one day her supposedly dead husband came back, alive and well. That scumbag ran away on their wedding night, faked his death for four or five years, and now he's back expecting to be treated like a lord. Get lost! You ran away, didn't you? Fine! She'd run away too, and make him live as though he had a wife while having none. As long 22Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn, I Refuse to Be the Marquess's Principal Wife 重生后，侯门主母我不当了 Shen Nian was born into wealth and pampered from childhood, until she became hopelessly love-struck. She was determined to marry the heir of a marquis whose family was about to be confiscated. The day after their wedding, her husband abandoned her to join the army, leaving her to become a laughingstock. Three years later, he returned in glory, bringing his “true love” with him and demanding to take her as a secondary wife. Brainwashed by her mother-in-law, she clung to the foolish hope that her 159Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 44 Favoring a Concubine and Neglecting His Wife? I Want No Part of This Marquess's Household 宠妾灭妻？这侯门主母我不稀罕了 [1v1 + doting husband + traditional historical romance + palace and household intrigue + reborn face-slapping and punishing villains + strong heroine] Feng Nanyan was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, but her half-sister schemed against her and married her off to Qin Yifei, the heir to a marquis's estate that had already fallen from power. Meanwhile, the man she had once been engaged to married her half-sister, Feng Yuling. On their wedding night, the groom was dead drunk and comple 237Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 45 Torture the Concubine! Marry the Treacherous Minister! The Marquis’s Eldest Daughter-in-Law Is Reborn and Wants to Become a Widow 虐宠妾！嫁奸臣！侯府长媳重生要丧偶 Gu Nanzhi, the mistress of the marquis’s household, only realized on her deathbed that her entire life had been a lie. Her husband, supposedly injured in battle and unable to consummate their marriage, was secretly entwined night after night with his stepson’s wet nurse. That wet nurse was her sister-in-law, whom she had never met and who was believed to have died long ago. The stepson she had devotedly raised was their child. The boy she raised wanted her dead, and the husband she had loved all 986Reads8.9Score13614d adds
- 46 Poisoned to Death by Her Stepson in Her Past Life, She Returned to Topple the Marquis’s Estate 前世被继子毒死，重生她掀了侯府 [A native heroine takes down a transmigrator + palace and household intrigue + ex-husband chases his wife to win her back + sweet romance + face-slapping scumbags + strong female lead] Jiang Lanyue marries into the Marquis's household and uses her peerless medical skills to make her husband, Meng Huaijing, renowned as a miracle-working physician, helping the household rise to greatness. She exhausts herself for the family and pours her heart and soul into it... until she literally coughs up bloo 336Reads8.5Score11214d adds
- 47 Three Years as a Widow, Then I Died Tragically and Was Reborn as a Supporting Character in the Marquis's Household 守活寡三年，惨死后重生侯府女配 [Household intrigue + revenge + mutual chastity + face-slapping + reborn + ex-husband’s redemption arc + body swap] Jiang Tan’s previous life lasted only eighteen short years, all of them lived for Shen Yanqing. Because of an engagement arranged when they were children, she traveled thousands of miles from Yangzhou to marry into the Anyuan Marquis’s residence in the capital. She thought it was a match made in heaven, but on their wedding night, her husband left her alone in an empty bridal chamb 82Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 48 The Second Wife's Plan to Leave Her Marriage 继室夫人的合离计划 In her previous life, Wang Yingning married into the Man family, only to have her sincere devotion repaid with death by poison at the hands of the man who shared her bed. In this life, she only wants the scumbags to suffer the consequences of their own actions. Whether it is marriage or status, they will never get what they want. She will drag every enemy down into the dirt, make them thank her for it, and finally watch them helplessly as she divorces her husband and leaves to live freely. Her p 75Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 49 You Took a Secondary Wife and Still Want a Happy Ending? Dream On! 都娶平妻了还想圆满？做梦！！！ The rating only opened today, so it's low. It'll go up later. Lin Yutang admires young generals and loves the bearing of Wei and Huo. Since her older brother is also in the military, she agrees when the Gu family asks for her hand in marriage. But on their wedding day, the border is under attack, and the groom heads off in armor. When he returns, he brings along the cousin her stepmother sent to him, as well as the son and daughter they had together over the past three years, and asks Lin Yutang 6.1kReads8.5Score52414d adds
- 50 Being the Principal Wife Is Hard: I Quit 主母难当，老娘不干了 Du Ruoheng was lucky enough to be reborn, but she returned to the very day she married into the Mu family. With her scumbag husband and his sweet-faced mistress standing before her, she thinks, This time, you won’t get away with it! (The new book, “Plotting to Kill the Legitimate Wife? Have You Asked About the Poisonous Gu in My Hands?” is now available. 799Reads8.9Score10214d adds
