Novels like The Beloved Cousin
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Beloved Cousin, best match first.
- 151 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 1.6kReads8.8Score147Shelves
- 152 Liu Jingyue 柳惊月 [Ending] At first, he thought he had merely fallen in love with an assassin, and waited for the day they would meet again. Little did he know that the girl he was waiting for had already been sent by his own hand to marry for peace. He had taught her the difference between good and evil, and shown her compassion. Looking back, he could only think how hypocritical he had been. “I was a fool to think I could save you.” Now she had become a princess revered by all, while he was left consumed with r 87Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 153 The Brocade-Clad Killer 锦衣杀 He is the sharpest blade in the emperor’s hand, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. By imperial order, he marries the only daughter of the Marquis Who Guards the Nation, who has been left behind in the capital. A marriage contract is both a reward and a shackle... She is a hostage used by the emperor to control the generals stationed at the border. He is the jailer ordered to keep watch over her. He struggles between loyalty and the growing desire he cannot suppress, while she naviga 2.2kReads7.1Score263Shelves
- 154 I Send This Heart on the Wind 于风寄此心 Wei Fengyun, the regent who holds the court in the palm of his hand, is cold-hearted, ruthless, and cruel. The only person he indulges and favors without restraint is the orphan Yu Yu. As they spend time together, Yu Yu gradually develops feelings for this regent who stands alone at the summit of power... 8Reads—Score106Shelves
- 155 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 1.1kReads8.7Score104Shelves
- 156 Love Rekindled: The General's Wife Taken Captive in Enemy Territory 再尝情：将军夫人在敌国做俘虏 “No rebirth or transmigration” “Both leads are virgins” “Happy ending” “Family and country” “Love amid chaos” Full-cast audio narration is now available [A note before you read: This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It takes place in a fictional feudal society modeled on the Southern Song dynasty, where the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues and the belief that a wife should regard her husband as heaven were the accepted moral standards. In powerful families, everyone prospered together and e 4.2kReads9.1Score535Shelves
- 157 Betrothed by Six Ceremonies, She Marries the Bloodthirsty Prince While Pregnant 三书六聘！她揣着孕肚嫁嗜血王爷 [A dangerously unhinged beauty and a moonlit beauty. The one who kisses your scars is more worthy of your love.] Hua Yunwan, an orphan from the Duke's mansion who had been living away from home, was named Prince Qi's consort because she was pregnant. Her husband, Prince Qi, was violent, cruel, and guilty of every wicked deed imaginable. When the decree arrived, she prepared herself to die. But one day, this vicious wolf changed completely. - Before they married, he was ruthless and domineering: 554Reads9.2Score101Shelves
- 158 Hold Me by the Waist! 扶细腰！ [Historical Romance + Comeback + Devoted Couple] Tao Yao has paid dearly for falling in love and suffered through the pain of deep devotion. She nearly lost all hope and died in prison. Then, for some inexplicable reason, the sect leader of the Qingli Sect saved her, making her his cherished concubine, doted on like a treasure in his palm. Since she can’t die, she’ll expose the man who betrayed her and make him pay. Then she’ll keep a clear head and never settle again. All she wants is to conque 821Reads9.0Score108Shelves
- 159 After I Danced with a Sword Under the Moon, the Prince Mistook Me for His White Moonlight 月下舞剑后，王爷认错白月光 She took beatings in her elder sister's place for seventeen years, then was sold into the prince's manor as a servant. The prince gazed at her face, longing for his unattainable beloved, never realizing that the woman who danced with a sword beneath the moon that night was her. 609Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Flowers Bloom in Splendor: My Wife Is Not to Be Trifled With 花开锦绣：我家夫人她不好惹 Blossoms and Brocade: My Wife Is Not to Be Trifled With 197Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 The Cousin Miss Only Wants to Survive 表小姐只想活下去 [Childhood Friends, Past and Present Lives, Mutual Secret Crushes, Imaginative Fantasy, Both Chaste, Happy Ending] Yan Xuan, a young lady who grew up in the Duke of Song's household, was afflicted by an evil spirit. Frail and sickly, she had little time left to live. Her eldest cousin, whom she hadn't seen in years, returned from the battlefield with glorious military achievements. His return brought honor to the family, and his powerful masculine aura made evil spirits flee wherever he went. To 8kReads9.2Score736Shelves
- 162 A Mistake Made Day After Day 朝朝误 [No transmigration, no rebirth, no System. A pure historical romance + love between a man and woman + family and nation] On a stormy Mid-Autumn night, overlapping shadows cast by candles in a private residence shattered the lie of “one heart, one lifetime, one partner.” She ran mad through the rain with a sword in hand, while he cuddled his new lover on the bed. And the cousin who always said she only wanted enough to eat had already set her sights on becoming the Xie family matriarch. But who w 528Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Taste the Softness of Zhi 尝枳软 [Reborn + one-on-one devoted romance + one-sided love + growing together through mutual support; gentle, down-on-her-luck noblewoman × sharp-tongued, spoiled noble heir] In her previous life, Song Zhizhuan’s family was destroyed, leaving her an orphan. She fell into the tender trap Sima Luo had laid for her. For her sake, the Yan family backed Sima Luo’s rise to power. Her childhood friend fought the enemy forces for her, risking his life to help Sima Luo conquer the realm. In the end, Sima Luo 1.3kReads8.7Score180Shelves
- 164 The Pampered Cousin 娇宠表姑娘 Flirting and pampering + reborn + both leads are each other’s only love + sweet romance + household power struggles + later, she runs away while pregnant The unruly, rebellious heir to the marquis’s title x the silly beauty In her previous life, Wen Jinli lived under someone else’s roof, constantly on edge as she made her way through the Marquis’s household. She had heard all kinds of stories about Shen Jingchu, the heir to the marquis’s title, and what a bully he was. Terrified of him, she had 765Reads7.3Score100Shelves
- 165 After Our Marriage Swap, the Mad Crown Prince Became Obsessed With Spoiling Me Night After Night 换嫁后，被疯批太子夜夜强宠上瘾 [Both leads are each other's one and only + long-planned schemes + playing the fool to outwit the enemy + fighting tooth and nail over each other + a seductive, calculating heroine + a refined yet unhinged crown prince] Crown Prince Qi Heng was noble and virtuous, gentle as jade, and had been betrothed to the Shen family's legitimate daughter since childhood. On the Lantern Festival, the Shen family's eldest daughter was kidnapped. The family substituted their second daughter in her place. Every 41.3kReads8.4Score4kShelves
- 166 Luring Her Into Bed: My Little Maid Is a Siren 诱她上榻，爷的小婢女是祸水 [Beautiful little troublemaker x jade-faced demon] [Mutually devoted and faithful + sweet romance + unbelievably beautiful heroine] Nan Zhu is a maid serving Fourth Miss Shen of the Duke's household. Unfortunately, she is so stunningly beautiful that the young lady and her mother target her, even trying to marry her off to a short, lame servant. To avoid being forced into marriage, Nan Zhu has no choice but to climb into the bed of the much-feared eldest young master and offer herself to him. Th 6.7kReads8.3Score694Shelves
- 167 The Duke's Bastard Daughter 国公府的庶女 A concubine-born daughter of a powerful family, she lived cautiously under the thumb of her ruthless stepmother, concealing both her talents and her stunning beauty. After her birth mother was murdered and her younger sister turned against her, she resolved to take revenge and make her stepmother experience the pain of losing a loved one. The aging general's low-born son, born to a concubine, was framed by his stepmother and plunged into an abyss of misery. He forged himself into a man of steel, 553Reads8.2Score102Shelves
- 168 The Horse Slave's Wife Has a Special Skill 马奴之妻，有绝技 Wang Cenxi, the Earl’s legitimate daughter, is set up by her stepmother and stepsister, who arrange for her to sleep with one of the estate’s stable hands. There is a CP, and yet it seems like there isn’t. When everyone assumes she will choose to end her life with a strip of white silk, she calmly replies, “I choose to marry the stable hand and cut ties with the Earl’s household.” Not long after they marry, the stable hand goes off to war. Left on her own, Wang Cenxi makes a living with her exce 118Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 169 The Crown Princess Is So Alluring, the Crown Prince Wants Her All to Himself 太子妃娇艳动人，殿下想占为己有 [Compulsive love + twisted, unhinged obsession + male rivalry + beauty] A radiant beauty with irresistible allure vs. a wolfish general with an overwhelming possessive streak Also known as: My Overbearing Younger Brother-in-Law Falls for His Pure Yet Sultry Sister-in-Law The two luckiest things in Duan Baiwei’s life were: First, marrying His Highness the Crown Prince, who was so ill he was practically on his deathbed. Second, the Crown Prince dying on the day of her wedding, leaving her a widow 904Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 170 Springtime in the Brocade Tent: Hidden Away by a Chaste and Powerful Official 锦帐春：被禁欲权臣金屋藏娇 [Sweet romance, no angst, happy ending + mutual devotion + a protective male lead + a gentle, beautiful heroine who isn’t a naive pushover] The first thing Xiao Ce did after becoming a regent was ask the woman he had long cherished to marry him. But she didn’t understand her feelings for her childhood sweetheart, so he had no choice but to resort to a few tricks. When Shen Zhizhi saw Xiao Ce suddenly appear, she was afraid. But he told her: “Zhizhi, marry me. The Shen family will be safe.” “Zhi 1.2kReads8.8Score176Shelves
- 171 Take Down the Green Tea, Destroy the System: The Commandery Princess Is Here to Crush Scumbags 扇绿茶，杀系统，郡主她主打虐渣 [Completed short story, both leads are each other’s first and only, love at first sight, two strong leads and sweet romance, no second chances, face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place, native woman vs. transmigrated woman] Gu Yuan’an, the young lady of Prince Duan’s residence, and Li Rongchuan, heir to the Cheng’en Marquisate, grew up together. Li Rongchuan pursued her for ten years before finally winning her approval and getting engaged to her. But after a trip to the border, Li Ron 625Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 172 Drunk on Jade, Fragrant in Bloom 醉玉翻香 Yan Yiru was betrothed to the Crown Prince as a child. She lived a pampered life, with the power to make anything happen. Then her family fell from grace, her life came crashing down, and all the riches and glory she had enjoyed became someone else’s wedding finery. Given another life, she does everything the opposite way, keeping away from court and preventing her politically inept father from dragging the whole family into the abyss again. But by chance, she saves the heir of the Prince of Cha 729Reads9.1Score154Shelves
- 173 Demoted Back to the Capital, My Whole Family Finally Turns Its Luck Around 被贬回京后，我全家都咸鱼翻身了 [Pure historical romance + Cherished by her whole family + Lighthearted and fun + Humorous court drama + Childhood sweethearts + Both are each other's first] A truly ambitious, talented, and wealthy young lady from a great family vs. a seemingly reserved young gentleman from a great family who pretends not to care To help the late emperor’s young son ascend the throne, the Gan family went on a rampage, dragging the imperial relatives into the fight. They would sooner have their entire clan dem 4.5kReads8.9Score612Shelves
- 174 The Courtesan's Abandoned Concubine: Her Second Marriage to a Duke 花魁弃妾，二嫁国公 A true celestial beauty pretending to be a delicate courtesan VS a fake playboy who is actually a powerful duke She is a breathtaking courtesan whom everyone pities, as fragile as a willow in the wind. But that delicate act is all carefully staged! Born under the stigma of having caused her mother’s death, she suffers under her stepmother’s cruelty and is sold into a brothel at the age of ten. At fifteen, she is bought out for a fortune by Marquis Cheng’en Mu Shiyong, who keeps her in a gilded c 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 After Being Dumped, She Devotes Herself to Making Money, Getting Rich, and Marrying Up 被渣后，她沉迷搞钱暴富又高嫁了 [Completed] As the daughter of a merchant, Fu Mingyu is jilted at twenty. Everyone laughs that she'll probably spend her life as a lowly concubine, filling in for a wife. Fu Mingyu turns her attention to making money, thinking only that once she becomes the richest person in the world, if she still can't find a husband, she can buy herself a few handsome, strong, obedient young men: one to romance her, one to whisper sweet nothings, one to make her laugh, and one to have fun with... She does bec 3.2kReads9.2Score403Shelves
- 176 The Princess Remarries After Her Death! The Sinister Eunuch Keeps Spoiling Her at Every Turn 公主死后再嫁！阴鹜掌印步步宠 [Reborn] [Fake Eunuch] [Obsessive + Devoted to Each Other + Sweet Romance] [Redemption + Irresistible Seduction] [Male Lead Is Haughty at First] Gu Jinzhao had a dream. In it, she became a favored concubine to a vassal prince in the northwest and was tortured to death. At the end of the dream, the capital, Chaoge, was peaceful and happy. Chen Shenzhi had become the powerful Chief Eunuch, and he was the one who recovered her body and buried her. At the very end of the dream, Gu Jinzhao also disco 490Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 177 Ode to the Journey Ahead 将行赋 At court, he is praised by all as a gracious gentleman, yet he insists on taking her as his wife. She is already married to another man, who cherishes her beyond measure and protects her with his life. But he refuses to give up. One scheme after another, one conspiracy after another, he vows to crush their marriage beneath the weight of imperial power. The Crown Prince watches them like a tiger stalking its prey, while the Third Prince conceals his sharp edge. The court is a storm of blades, whe 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 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 1.6kReads9.0Score230Shelves
- 179 The Cousin’s Pregnant Bride Fled, and the Cold Young Lord Went Mad 表姑娘挺孕肚逃走，清冷世子气疯 [Reborn + seduction and climbing the social ladder + the male lead falls first and clears every obstacle for the heroine] Jiang Fu was the stepdaughter brought into the family by the Third Madam of the Duke of Wei's household. She was born alluring and soft, with skin as pale as ice and bones as graceful as jade, captivating every young man in the duke's household. In her previous life, her mother tried to secure a marriage for her stepsister by sending Jiang Fu to an old man over fifty. When th 6.7kReads8.9Score814Shelves
- 180 This Empire Was Won in Battle by My Husband and Me 这江山，是我和夫君杀出来的 A marriage contract turned me, Shen Yuan, into a pawn my family was willing to discard, marrying me off to a sickly prince said to die before turning twenty, to bring him good fortune. On our wedding night, my father handed me a packet of deadly poison. “Make him die of his illness. That is your only duty!” I poisoned him through my tears, thinking I would be a widow from then on. But my frail husband downed it in one gulp and flashed me a wicked smile. “My dear, this poison tastes pretty good.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 The General Asks Every Day: Did His Wife Fall for Him Today? 将军每日一问，夫人今天心动了吗 [From the heroine’s perspective: marriage first, love later. From the hero’s perspective: his secret crush comes true. A story of healing.] Yun Jihuan was born under a lucky star, with a distinguished family, beauty, and talent. Her family cherished her, and she had a childhood sweetheart who was also her fiancé. If all went as it should, she would live a peaceful and happy life, becoming the envy of everyone in the capital. But fate played a cruel joke on her. In a single night, her maternal fa 4.7kReads9.1Score494Shelves
- 182 Reborn and Taking Back My Ex? Have You Lost Your Mind? 重生还吃回头草，疯了吧？ [Reborn + face-slapping + regret + chasing his wife to the crematorium + household intrigue + second male lead wins] Lin Baozhu spent her whole life serving her parents-in-law and caring for her husband. Even when her sister-in-law, sent back to her family after being divorced, glared at her with hostility, she still greeted her with a beaming smile! Yet even after she’d warmed the stone lions at the Yan family gates, she and her husband remained nothing more than courteous companions. She thoug 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Lihua Shu 璃花舒 (Alternate world, no transmigration, no rebirth, one-on-one romance) In the household of Shen Beiqi, Duke of Jing, there's a gentle young adopted sister as lovely as a jade flower. Her name is Shen Li, though everyone calls her Third Miss Shen. There's someone she's loved since childhood, a secret known to no one but herself. Shen Li was born Jiang Li. When she was eight, disaster struck her family, and her father and brothers were exiled. Shen Beiqi was close friends with Jiang Li's elder broth 2.1kReads8.8Score223Shelves
- 184 The Princess Arrives 公主嫁到 [The scheming, sickly Duke of Wei VS the human lucky charm, the Grand Princess] Wei Lin, the legitimate son of the Duke of Wei, had been struck by a deadly poison. Rumors in the capital said he would not live much longer. A master at Xiangguo Temple read a birth chart and declared that Grand Princess Nankang was Wei Lin’s fated match, destined to help him turn danger into safety. Wei Lin’s mother then begged the emperor to marry the Grand Princess to her son. Grand Princess Nankang had been luck 3.6kReads9.2Score320Shelves
- 185 A Thousand-Gold Gamble: I’m Making the Crown Prince My Live-In Son-in-Law! 一掷千金：太子被我招赘啦了！ [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A historical romance with business intrigue and mystery-solving] Su Rongyue, the daughter of Yangzhou's richest family, puts out a notice seeking a husband. And the man who shows up is the Crown Prince? Did they get the wrong person?! But that doesn't matter. After all, she fell in love at first sight, was struck by his breathtaking beauty, and was already thinking up names for their children the very next second! Miss this chance, and it may nev 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 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 165Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 187 The Day We Divorced, the Marquis's Ancestors Followed Me 和离当天，侯府祖宗跟我走了 [Divorce + business + beloved by the ancestors + a groveling ex-husband + slow-burn romance] The day Gu Yunzheng returned to the capital victorious, he brought Princess Ning'an with him. “Qingyao will be my legal wife, and you'll be demoted to secondary wife. You can still manage the household.” Shen Mingtang laughed. So someone else got all the benefits, while she was left to clean up the mess? In front of everyone, she produced a divorce agreement, then slapped seven years of account books dow —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 The Sect Leader's Aunt 掌教姑姑 [Female Master and Male Disciple, Forbidden Tension and Push-Pull Romance + Palace and Household Intrigue + Revenge + Class Divide] Xie Yi is the most renowned governess in the entire capital. She has spent her whole life observing propriety, following the rules, and mastering every scheme and subtle maneuver. Because of the Xie family's wrongful case, she serves the Noble Consort and helps the Cui family's young master rise to power, always cautious and never daring to make a mistake. But durin 1.4kReads7.3Score109Shelves
- 189 I Lost My Memory on the Eve of Our Divorce 和离前夜，我失忆了 Marriage Before Love Shen Guiti is a domineering, pampered princess, while Duan Zhuo is a cold-blooded and vicious commander of the Imperial Guards. The two can’t stand the sight of each other. Then Shen Guiti loses her memory, and everything changes… 5.3kReads8.5Score359Shelves
- 190 Shu Huai Beneath the Setting Sun 抒淮落斜阳 A cute, lively, beautiful-voiced, sweet-talking, haughty young princess VS a handsome, rugged general who seems cold but is warm inside, and says one thing but does another (female-lead-focused, read with caution) Li Shuyang is the only daughter of the Prince of Jin and his wife. She is her brothers’ precious darling and the Empress Dowager’s beloved little sweetheart. Raised in luxury from birth, she is a true, heaven-blessed young lady born with a silver spoon in her mouth. An accident in her 623Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 191 Seduce Her Body and Win Her Heart! The Cunning Heir Is Not to Be Trifled With 勾她身诱她心！腹黑世子不好惹 A frail yet resilient orphan girl + a forceful, domineering young nobleman Secret romance + coercive seduction + a groveling chase to win her back + emotional push and pull + physical first, feelings later + sweet romance (not really) In a nutshell: Love is a war. Whoever takes it seriously loses. He is the hunter, and she is the prey caught beneath his claws. With no other choice, she is forced into a six-month arrangement with him. He wants her body, she wants his money. Nothing more. She sti 11.9kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
- 192 They Said She Was Only Fit to Be a Concubine? She Married Into a Powerful Family and Became Its Mistress 说她只配当妾？转身嫁高门做主母 [Neither the male nor female lead is transmigrated or reborn, and there are no golden fingers. They are natives of the ancient world.] They say the Third Miss Yang Liu of the capital has a willow-thin waist and skin like ice, a rare beauty. But when the family split, she filed a legal complaint against her own uncle, earning him a notorious reputation and leaving everyone shaking their heads. Who would marry such a fierce troublemaker? Even her fiancé called off the engagement... Chu Yan, the el 13.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves
- 193 The Fate of the Green Hairpin 青簪缘 [Unhinged Male Lead + Forced Love + Fleeing Heroine] Shi Muqing was originally just a modern woman who had transmigrated into another world. Because of the Shi family’s standing at court, she was inexplicably noticed by the Third Prince, Murong Yuan, and drawn into the struggle for the throne among the three princes of Great Qi. She had once sincerely fallen for his tenderness, but she refused to become just one of his many women. When she first entered the palace, she kept making mistakes, hopi 914Reads9.3Score105Shelves
- 194 Listening to the Spring Tide 聆春潮 Fake Siblings | Love by Force | The Untouchable Falls Madly in Love | She Runs, He Chases | Sweet and Angsty | An Intense Push and Pull Between One Man and One Woman Yun Luan was Shen Zhiheng's canary, kept in the palm of his hand. He spoiled and cherished her in every way, but refused to give her freedom. She had once begged him softly, calling him Brother and pleading with him to let her go for old times' sake. He gripped her chin, amusement in his eyes. "We share no blood. Who are you calling 6.3kReads8.8Score490Shelves
- 195 Reborn to Win Back My Wife: Dump the Deadbeat, Climb to the Top 弃妻重生攻略：弃渣夫扶高枝 A discarded wife is reborn and plots her revenge + the aloof beauty descends from her pedestal for love + a newly appointed prefect from a noble family + a hidden benefactor's ruthless enforcer + a love-triangle showdown In her previous life, Mu Yanshu cooked for Shen Mobai, cared for his mother-in-law, raised his stepson and stepdaughter, and managed the Marquis of Anning's household. She spent her whole life serving Shen Mobai. Only as she lay dying did she discover that her children were the 2.6kReads9.5Score344Shelves
- 196 Reborn, the Chief Minister’s Beautiful Ex-Wife Can’t Escape 重生后，首辅的貌美前妻逃不掉了 [Dual Rebirth + Feel-Good Story + One-on-One Sweet Romance] [Silly, Sweet, and Sheltered Beauty vs. Sharp-Tongued, Scheming, Devoted Guardian] Everyone says Yu Niaoniao is a gold digger who abandoned the lame scholar Xie Xin back in the day, a vicious villainess who makes trouble wherever she goes. But when Xie Xin, now a powerful chancellor, kneels on one knee to put embroidered shoes on her, everyone starts to envy her. Noble ladies: “Lord Chancellor, Yu Niaoniao has been involved with countle 3.7kReads9.0Score403Shelves
- 197 After Seizing the Throne, I Took Her Into My Arms 夺下帝位后，囚她入怀 Obsessive male lead who takes what he wants × forced love × strong-willed female lead × both leads are virgins × palace intrigue Three years ago, Shen Shiyuan was sent to the harem by Xiao Shimian to become another man’s empress. Three years later, clad in armor, he seized the throne and kept her by his side, demanding her presence day after day. If Xiao Shimian’s life was a dark night shrouded in fog, then Shen Shiyuan was his only light. He couldn’t bear her trying to escape or ignoring him. O 1.3kReads6.7Score103Shelves
- 198 I'm No Guest Beneath the Eaves 我非檐上客 [Bold, free-spirited noblewoman from a military family with a can-do attitude × gloomy prince who is aloof, taciturn, and feels unworthy of love] [Not a power fantasy + 1v1 + First-person POV + Healing + Sweet and angsty] - At the Lantern Festival palace banquet when I was fifteen, the most exalted person in the land said I was lively and clever, and a good match for the Ninth Prince, Zhao Lin. It took nearly all the courage I had to say those words in front of everyone. "This humble subject's d 6.4kReads8.7Score942Shelves
- 199 An Order in Late Spring 暮春之令 After the princess sent away for a political marriage passes away, Wang Huiyan, a palace historian, returns to her hometown after eight years away. Once a well-born young lady, she now faces a family fallen on hard times, creditors at the door, and the prospect of remaining unmarried well into adulthood. Determined to make something of herself and escape her predicament, Huiyan ventures into business. Her heart stirs at the sight of the excellent bachelor who was once her childhood friend, and 3.5kReads9.1Score464Shelves
- 200 Peerless Physician Consort: The Scheming Prince Falls for Me 绝世医妃：腹黑王爷爱上我 The Empress has sent a female physician? Our prince has never been interested in women. Send her away at once! With the love potion coursing through his veins, the man held his little physician in his arms. “Don’t cure me, all right? You’re the only antidote I need.” Yue’er, Prince Jing and I look exactly alike. Whatever he can give you, I can give you too! I want to know: is the one by my side Prince Jing or Prince Heng? 99Reads—Score—Shelves
