Novels like The Hibiscus Brocade
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- 51 She Refuses to Be a Concubine 她不想做妾 In her previous life, Lu Rong was chosen at fourteen to become the second wife of Xie Xuanlin, head of the Xie family, and was brought to the Xie residence to be raised. Her three stepsons, all around her age, greeted her and called her Mother. Lu Rong faced their three pairs of dark eyes, full of loathing for her, with trepidation, her hands clenched beneath her sleeves. The Xie family had chosen to continue its marriage alliance with the Lu family solely to consolidate its power. After enterin 602Reads8.8Score10914d adds
- 52 Taken by Force: The Beauty Is Untamable, the Tyrant's Captive 强娶豪夺：美人难驯，暴君的囚宠 A BE ending: the male lead dies at the end. (Why is it always the heroine who dies in tragic romances, while the male lead gets to rule the land? He’s dying. He absolutely has to die.) Against tyranny and Stockholm syndrome. Full of melodrama. If you don’t like it, move along and click the exit button in the upper left. Writing takes hard work, so please respect the author’s work and don’t leave bad reviews. Thank you. The male lead falls for her at first sight, becomes possessive, and takes her 755Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 53 Imprisoned in a Passionate Embrace 强囚娇色 [Possessive pursuit + regretful chase + the powerful one humbles himself + both leads are virgins] The dazzlingly handsome He Yanqing, heir to the title of heir apparent, had been away from the prince’s estate for ten years. When he finally returned, he discovered that he had acquired a fake younger sister. The heir was refined, noble, reserved, and self-possessed. He offered her help with false kindness and pampered her, and she believed she had gained a wonderful big brother. One day, the s 783Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 54 My Consort, Do You Know the Consequences of Marrying Another Man? 爱妃，与他人成婚你可知后果？ [Scheming Emperor Male Lead, Unhinged and Devoted, Loves the Female Lead to the Bone, Chaste, + Forced Marriage and Possessive Pursuit] [Beautiful Female Lead, Clever and Resourceful, Not a Naive Sweetheart, Doesn't Love the Male Lead, Chaste] [The Male Lead's Ambition to Unite the Realm Drives the Political Intrigue, Involving Conflicts Between Several Nations, Underworld Feuds, and a Struggle for the Throne] [Heartbreaking Angst: He interferes with a fated match, a mistake that ultimately draw 32Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 55 Forced Devotion: There's No Escaping the Tyrant's Grip 强制宠溺，逃不出暴君的手掌心 [Forced love, she runs and he chases, she can’t escape even if she grows wings.] Only after Jiang Muwei died did she learn she was the villainess cannon fodder in a melodramatic, sweet romance novel. The heroine was her classmate, a two-faced innocent girl, while the hero was her childhood friend, whom she loved but could never have? In the book, she constantly targeted and framed the heroine, and in the end, her childhood friend killed her with his own hands. Jiang Muwei was reborn on the day t 126Reads6.5Score11214d adds
- 56 Gardenias Bloom Throughout the Palace 栀子花开满宫 [Sweet romance + mutually devoted couple + heartache + unconventional coercive romance] Jiang Weile transmigrates into another world, and just after arriving, she saves Ming Zhiyuan. He takes her back to the palace and pampers her endlessly, but day and night, all she wants is to go home. He loves her with restraint, yet he is as calculating as they come, gradually making her willingly become his imperial consort. How could he let her leave, when this young woman is the goddess of salvation who 164Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Bedchamber Maid Becomes the Wife 通房为妻 [Possessive pursuit, then a desperate attempt to win her back] A pretty, honest maid VS a powerful and influential Duke Cheng Yanli, Duke of Cheng, wielded immense power before he was even thirty, and no one dared challenge him. There was a maid in the duke's residence named Yunxiang. She had entered the household at the age of eight. At first, Cheng Yanli thought the girl was breathtakingly beautiful, but too timid and young, so he paid her no mind. It wasn't until after a drunken night th 70.3kReads8.8Score7.3k14d adds
- 58 After Transmigrating into a Slave, I Became the Mad Prince's Demon 穿越成奴后，疯批王爷为她成魔 [Possessive pursuit + forced love + transmigration + palace intrigue and power struggles + old-school melodrama + tragic love + chaste male lead] After an accident, Shen Nanzhi transmigrates to the Great Yong Dynasty. She devotes herself to finding a way home, but is set up and sold into slavery. Sent to the palace, she becomes the personal maid of Prince Yan, Mu Linyuan. He makes exception after exception for her, but she betrays him and escapes again and again. He grows more and more obsessed 1.6kReads8.0Score10314d adds
- 59 After He Took Me by Force, I Went Mad 被强取豪夺后，她疯了 You Wanzhi was a transmigrator. When she told her childhood sweetheart that they would be together for life, the mad Crown Prince happened to overhear and took an interest in her. "Miss, this is the second time we've met." You Wanzhi asked impatiently, "So what if it's the second time?" Nangong Hanlin chuckled. "If we meet a third time, you'll understand." You Wanzhi assumed she'd just had bad luck going out and run into a lunatic, and ignored him. The third time, Nangong Hanlin was eating at a 174Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 60 A Waist So Delicate It Could Snap 细腰堪折 182Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 61 The Spoiled Heiress Married a Lame Young Master 娇纵大小姐嫁给了瘸子少爷 [Republican-era setting + spoiled heiress + obsessive and starved for affection + deeply devoted and faithful + not a strong female lead + two men vying for one woman] The delicate heiress Song Wanning has barely returned from studying abroad when her parents tell her she must marry Shen Xingyuan, the lame eldest son of the Marshal’s household. After her vehement objections fail, she immediately runs away from the wedding, only to be caught and brought back by Shen Xingyuan, a man she has neve 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Captive in His Arms 困娇 Cool-Headed God of War & Transmigrated Sweetheart She came from another world and lived cautiously, until one day she accidentally saved the legendary God of War. Li Muyan said, “Women already have a harder time than men in this world. With me here, you can let yourself go a little. I can protect you.” Everyone knew Li Muyan as a hero of the troubled times, noble and aloof. Only a few knew that a bloodthirsty beast lived inside him. Whenever it ran wild, only the all-out slaughter of the battlef 96Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 63 Golden Branch in a Cage 笼中金枝 Love at first sight + melodrama + angst. The heroine is a stunning beauty, but she has no golden finger, only her looks. The story puts her through the wringer. The hero wields immense power and is domineering, ruthless, and unhinged. He has a checkered past, while she is pure. A story of taking what he wants by force, between a noble young lady and a powerful marquis. Xiao Beihuai fell for Song Qingruo at first sight, simply because she was beautiful. The second time they met, he had already de 7.2kReads8.4Score40614d adds
- 64 After I Accidentally Offended the Crown Prince 误惹太子后 (Complete) Clear-headed, rational transmigrated heroine VS a cold-hearted, merciless emperor (coercive pursuit + groveling redemption + sexually experienced heroine, inexperienced hero. Love triangle.) The ship capsized, and the people who fell into the water struggled to survive. Sitting in a small boat, Ning Lan reached down and pulled a demon from the water. Ning Lan transmigrated and accidentally attracted the attention of a madman. He wielded immense power and, ignoring her wishes, used eve 2.4kReads8.7Score20114d adds
- 65 Coerced into Submission 强取豪夺，被迫臣服 [Transmigration + possessive love + both pure + groveling pursuit + tragic ending] Lin Xi transmigrated to ancient times and made a modest living with her medical skills. By chance, she saved Xiao Muyang twice, and he set his sights on her. She only wanted a quiet life in the Northern Frontier, but someone schemed to bring her to the capital. There, she became trapped in the imperial palace, where he took her by force and kept her confined. Xiao Muyang was a decisive general who had clawed his w 3.4kReads8.4Score17514d adds
- 66 A Powerful Minister's Rise to Power 权臣强势上位手札 [Strong male lead + calculating and devious + possessive pursuit + doting romance] The male lead is not a virgin. Read with caution if that bothers you. Willows sway beside the flowing river, but youth waits for no one. Yang Qingshao never expected to open her eyes and find herself transformed into a beautiful young girl in the bloom of youth. Her parents arranged a match for her with the Zhao family, whose head was a vice minister of the Ministry of Justice. Everyone praised Zhao Lingyun, the l 5.4kReads8.5Score39614d adds
- 67 My Ex-Husband Seizes Me by Force 前夫对我强娶豪夺 Seven years ago, on their wedding day, he lifted her veil and warned her: “Su Qingqing, I thought you were some peerless beauty! You're nothing special… Know your place. If my mother hadn't made me marry you, you wouldn't even be fit to wash my and Xiaoxiao's feet.” In the end, they divorced… Later, when disaster struck the Prince Yun's household, Su Qingqing put the past aside and saved Song Yuanjing. When they met again, she was happily in love with another man and already had an adorable daug 3.4kReads8.1Score14214d adds
- 68 The Second Wife: I Fell for My Ex-Sister's Husband 继室，嫁给前姐夫后我动了心 To all the new readers, the main story is already complete, so you can read without worry. Don't save it for later. 😂😂 On their wedding night, he lifts her veil and says, “Zhaozhao, do you know how long I've waited for this day?” He is her brother-in-law, the Wang clan patriarch who holds power over the court, and a cold-faced demon who kills without blinking. She is his wife's younger sister, the woman he has waited four years for, and the second wife he forced into marriage against her whole f 6.7kReads7.4Score2.5k14d adds
- 69 Imprisoned by Love: I Took My Bride by Force, but She Can’t Escape 囚爱，强娶娇妻别逃了 [A possessive, relentless pursuit + love after marriage + forced romance + groveling and winning her back + both leads have only ever been with each other + happy ending] Ji Shi couldn’t understand why Lin Wanchen, who could have any woman he wanted, had set his sights on her. From that moment on, she could never escape him. When he caught her for the third time, she finally snapped and cried, “Can’t you just leave me alone?” The man smiled faintly. “Be good. The baby’s waiting for you at home. 45Reads8.2Score314d adds
- 70 I Refuse to Be the Powerful Minister’s Caged Bird 拒做权臣掌中雀 Xiao Xianyue is the legitimate eldest daughter of the Dingyuan Marquis household. But after her father dies in battle and her mother disappears, she falls from the clouds into the dust. Then Xiao Jue becomes the new head of the Dingyuan Marquis household. He holds immense power, and his expression is as cold as his gaze. He showers her with priceless brocade and surrounds her with luxuries, but only because he sees her as a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder. She depends on him, yet desp 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Bitter Fruit of Taking by Force Is Still Fruit 强取豪夺之苦果亦是果 A fake tale of forced possession, a battlefield of rival suitors, a groveling pursuit of a wife, and a devoted pairing Everyone says that the great general Li Siyan is a paragon of virtue, peerless among young gentlemen. But Ye Chenghuan not only feels no affection for him, she is instinctively afraid of him. After dying a tragic death, Ye Chenghuan gets a chance to return to three years earlier. If she can successfully win over one of three candidates within those three years, she will be allow 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Forced into the Eastern Palace, the Liangdi Only Wants to Escape 逼她入东宫，良娣只想逃离 (Just received its rating) [Historical romance, coercive possession, political intrigue and revenge, both leads are each other’s first and only] She lay on the ground, letting the muddy water stain her skirt. A man’s cold voice came from above her. “Wanwan, he’s dead. Come back to the capital with me.” // Yu Wanyan followed Zhou Yuci to the capital. When she witnessed an illicit affair in his room, she was ultimately persecuted. Reborn, Yu Wanyan swore that she would never go to the capital in t 404Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 73 After My Archenemy Rebelled, All He Wanted Was to Possess Me 死对头造反后，一心只想占有我 [Possessive Pursuit + Regretful Pursuit + Faked Death + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First] A devoted, unhinged dog emperor x a cold, untouchable empress Before the rebellion, Pei Zhiyan was a fallen young marquis from one of Chang’an’s most prominent families, someone everyone could bully. Like a battered stray dog, he hid an unspoken longing deep in his twisted, shadowy heart: his secret beloved, the Princess of Changyang, Xu Ying. Xu Ying was Heaven’s favored daughter, breathtakingly beautif —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 She Surrenders to the Mad Heir After Days and Nights of His Caresses 日日承欢，疯批世子迫她臣服 [Cruel and unhinged heir × resilient concubine-born daughter & dark themes & obsessive love & forced romance & imprisonment & devoted to each other & immense power & all-controlling] Su Muchi was hit by a car and killed in her previous life. In a dizzying whirl, she arrived in this man-dominated world where people devoured one another without a trace, where husbands ruled over wives, women had no rights, and freedom was out of the question. She became Xiao Yin's concubine, forced to serve him da 2.3kReads6.6Score10314d adds
- 75 He Is Guilty 他，有罪 Forced to the bitter end, until nothing remains... BE warning!!! A huge, capital-letter BE!!! Enter at your own risk if that bothers you! [Coercive Possession + Angst + Obsession + 1v1 + Mutual Firsts + BE] 1.8kReads6.2Score10314d adds
- 76 After I Left with My Childhood Friend, the Sickly Tyrant Went Mad Searching for Me 和竹马离开后，病娇暴君疯了寻我 (The main story is complete) Coercive possession, a sweet and sheltered little princess, a wolf in sheep's clothing, an unhinged hostage prince, imprisonment, growing obsession, lots of foreshadowing Unhappy ending, very angsty later on, readers who are protective of the heroine should beware! Wu Xiaxia was the youngest princess of the Jin Kingdom, born radiant and full of passion, with great hopes placed upon her. There was a man she had secretly loved for many years: Shen Yan. But one day, by 702Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 77 Wasn’t This Supposed to Be Forced Love? Why Are You Kneeling and Crying? 不是强制爱吗？怎么下跪哭红眼？ [Transmigration into another body, coercive love, past and present lives, an ex who suffers to win her back, both devoted to each other] Note: The heroine was called Jiang Ruowei in her first three lives. The hero is Xie Chenyuan. One day, Jiang Ruotong transmigrated and engineered a meeting with a powerful minister, successfully finding herself a protector. Little did she know that the minister had arranged that meeting himself. All she wanted was to return to the modern world, but she was thwa 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Taken Home by the General, She Rises to Become His Legal Wife 被将军领回府，她一路上位成正妻 [Possessive forced marriage + both leads remain faithful + one-on-one romance] “Little General, I already have someone I love, and I'm engaged to him. I'm truly not worthy of you.” “He's just a scholar. I have countless ways to make him disappear.” “Little General, please, please spare him! I won't run away again.” “Since you look down on this place, then be my personal maid, serving at my side every night. If you dare run, don't expect them to live!” Song Ruoruo was a maid who had fled famine 209Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 79 Under Imperial Rule, She Was Forced to Become the Crown Prince's Concubine 皇权之下，她被太子强纳为妾 [Possessive Love + Political Scheming + Every Cliche Under the Sun (Character Growth for Both Leads) + Both Chaste] (The rating was just opened, so it's low. It will rise. Every book starts out like this.) She is a lone soul from another world, struggling to survive in a strange land. She and a young man fall in love, but then he forcibly takes her as a concubine, trapping her in the Eastern Palace. He is the crown prince of the realm. He desires her for her looks and takes her by force, but h 4.2kReads8.5Score20614d adds
- 80 Longing for Spring's Return 羡春归 [Abduction and Possessive Obsession + Yandere + A Morally Bad, Extremely Possessive Hero + A Sweet, Beautiful, Kindhearted Heroine + Not for Fans of Strong Heroines] [An All-Powerful Young Master, The Outcast, VS. A Peerlessly Beautiful Orphan Searching for Her Family] Song Lixian is The Outcast in the capital, second to none in power and able to get whatever he wants. A true favorite of heaven, he nevertheless falls for a penniless orphan at first sight, captivated by her beauty. He hears th 2.8kReads8.2Score12114d adds
- 81 The Dowry Maid: The Powerful Minister's Heir Dotes on Her and Takes Her as His Wife 陪嫁丫鬟，权臣世子强宠为妻 One true pairing, both untouched. Jiang Ling’s Story Jiang Ling was born into the declining Duke Lu’s household as a little maid. The family’s fortunes were fading, its ranks crowded, and the masters sold off their surplus servants every year to cut costs. Jiang Ling didn’t want to become a piece of merchandise passed from owner to owner. So she worked hard to become the best maid there was. She achieved outstanding results as a maid, only for the household to suddenly rise to prominence after b 676Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 82 Tricked and Unable to Escape: The Sinister Power Minister's Master Plan to Claim You 被骗难逃，阴鸷权臣强布局锁卿卿 Gu Zhanci transmigrates, and in search of a way home, she spends every year spreading manure. In her fifth year there, a carriage wrecks her wheat field. Then she's thrown in jail. After she's released, she finds that her childhood sweetheart and fiance, whom she hasn't seen in two years, has changed. Just a few months ago, he was covered in blood on a carriage, yelling at her to get lost. Now he won't stop clinging to her! **Duke of Dingguo Zhou Xun is ambushed and saved by a country girl. When 322Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 83 Warmly Falling into Love’s Abyss 暖暖入情渊 [Both leads are virgins + Sweet Romance] The soul of a wealthy young woman transmigrates into Wen Nuannuan, a stunning beauty from the merchant Wen family. She unexpectedly saves the Fourth Prince, the War King Qin Yuan, who falls for her at first sight. “Your merchant status won’t do. Think about becoming this prince’s secondary consort.” “Are you sick? You’d turn down your childhood sweetheart, the head wife of your household, just to make me your concubine? What’s wrong with you?” Faced with 167Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 84 The Golden Temple Hairpin Ballad 金鬓谣 [Gorgeous heroine, a story of taking what you want by force] The realm is fractured, Hanzhong is in decline, and conflict rages across the land. When Yan Province's cavalry breaks through Chong Province, Ji Shu flees with her maid and encounters Pei Yanzhi, the powerful lord of the region. After the city falls, the young heir says, “Shu'er, I wish to take you as my concubine. What do you say?” Ji Shu shakes her head and refuses. In the governor's mansion, Pei Yanzhi closes in on her step by 3.8kReads7.9Score34014d adds
- 85 A Captor's Obsession: The Delicate Beauty Just Wants to Run 强取豪夺，娇软美人只想跑路 [Quick transmigration System + dramatic love entanglements + peerless beauty + yandere + sweet romance] Nian Ning is a newcomer to the Quick Transmigration Bureau, a beautiful fool blessed with top-tier looks. She is dedicated to fulfilling the original hosts' wishes and hopes to retire early and live a lazy life. But why is everything getting so far off track? Nian Ning: Is it still too late to run? One of the male leads in the first world is not a virgin. If that bothers you, skip straight to 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 To Fool Him, the Bad Girl Acts Like She's in a Pure Romance Every Day 为了骗他，渣女每天都要演纯爱 Shen Yunshu transmigrated into the body of a captive. Someone had arranged a decent path for her: becoming the seventh prince’s concubine. Shen Yunshu immediately began plotting her escape. She managed to get away, but little did she know that the man she had rescued out of a moment of compassion was none other than the seventh prince, Li Yu’an. Fortunately, the prince kept his promise and gave her money so she could leave. After parting ways with the seventh prince, Shen Yunshu thought the worl 768Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 87 I Cured the Frail Young Lord, but He Locked Me Away 我医好了病弱世子，他却把我关起 [Yandere + Coercive Love + Locked-Room Romance + HE] A gloomy young lord and a sunny young woman physician She used everything she had learned to cure him, never imagining she had personally saved the very demon who would imprison her. Wen Shuning is a maid hired to test a prospective groom. Before the young lady marries into the family, Shuning is to find out whether the young lord, Yuwen Ting, is “up to the task.” The verdict: the young lord is not. One remark, “The young lord is frail and unf 517Reads—Score10614d adds
- 88 The Delicate Beauty and the Mad Minister Who Claims Her as His Wife 美人身娇体软，疯批权臣夺她为妻 Beautiful, irresistible heroine + devoted one-on-one romance + possessive love + a groveling pursuit Ask anyone about Yu Tingwan, and they will tell you that the Yu family’s daughter dazzles the world. In a time of chaos, this orphaned young woman is swept into a dangerous whirlpool because of her beauty. Even after she becomes a Noble Consort and lives within the palace walls, men still scheme by every means possible to possess her. Only the young Prince of Wei has no interest in her, declaring 387Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 89 The Cage: The Obsessive General 囚笼：偏执的将军 [Pure madness, obsessive forced love + falling in love for no reason + groveling after the fact + BE | Set aside modern thinking: in a world where the upper classes decide who lives and dies, there is no way to turn the tide] A male lead who is like a madman, and a female lead driven mad by him. Read with caution. He Qiu struggled as if making one last stand against the vulgarity of feudal traditions, but she could not break free. She could only let this cruel era devour her. But who can say wha 515Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 90 The Bewitching Consort Can’t Escape the Mad Emperor’s Cruel Love 娇妃难逃，疯批帝王虐心夺爱 (Stealing a subject’s wife + replacement romance + groveling redemption + mutually devoted + mild angst + coercive love) A resilient, unyielding little white flower vs. an emperor who seems gentle but is secretly twisted and deranged Jiang Wan was renowned throughout Jiangnan for her cool, refined beauty, with a face beyond compare. The first time the new emperor, Rong Yu, traveled south to Jiangnan, her beauty left him spellbound. It was because Jiang Wan looked so much like the woman he ha 820Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Desperate to Transmigrate Back Home, She Is Imprisoned in the Deep Palace by the Heir Apparent 一心想穿越回家，世子囚她在深宫 [Possessive pursuit + melodramatic angst + love steeped in hatred + a terrible male lead who resents that the moon won’t hang high in the sky vs. a steadfast heroine who only wants to go home but becomes the object of his obsession] [Both are virgins!] Ning Qi transmigrates to ancient times after a car accident. She only needs to stay for three years before she can return to the modern world. With no legal identity in this ancient world, she becomes a maid in the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence to 4.8kReads6.9Score34214d adds
- 92 She Ran Away 她逃之夭夭 My new work is here! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 180Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 93 Zhizhi, Come Into My Embrace 芷芷入朕怀 [Love at First Sight + Obsessive, Possessive Male Lead + Rival Suitors + Stunning Heroine + Everyone’s Favorite + Coercive Possession + Mutual Fidelity] Jian Zhilu was the most cherished legitimate daughter of the Jian family, with stunning, incomparable beauty. She was happily waiting to marry the man she loved when the tyrant Sui Yan forced her into the palace and claimed her as his own. Two years earlier, Sui Yan had been the least favored prince in the palace. His birth mother had died of gr 434Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 94 Imprison Her in My Embrace 囚她入朕怀 [Two-faced emperor vs. proud, pampered consort] [Substitute romance + forced love + happy ending + devoted couple] After her beloved betrays her, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Xie family, Xie Yuanjiao, receives an imperial decree and becomes the honored Jade Consort. But why does the emperor look so much like the man who broke her heart? So she treats her husband in name only as a remedy for her heartache, showering him with concern, bringing him soup and medicine, and tending to him wit 349Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 95 After the Maid Was Reborn, the Gentle Young Master Could No Longer Keep Up the Act 通房重生后，温润公子装不下去了 Just launched, and the rating will rise as more readers weigh in. [Forced Possession] + [Genuinely Unhinged, Scheming Male Lead] + [Clear-Headed, Resilient Female Lead] + [Powerful Man Bows His Head] + [Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] + [He Has to Win Her Back] In her previous life, she was the personal maid of a refined young nobleman, but his lawful wife had her beaten to death and thrown into a mass grave! Reborn with the memories of two lifetimes, she had just one thought: escape! G 2.9kReads8.6Score29314d adds
- 96 He Broke Off the Engagement and Told Her to Die, but the Ruthless Prince Went Mad and Stole Her Away 退婚让她去死，狠戾王爷发疯夺妻 Possessive pursuit + forced love + groveling for forgiveness - The year Yu Wan came of age, she was betrothed to the disabled heir of a marquis. With the wedding approaching, the heir held an umbrella in the rain and said coldly, “I never wanted this marriage. Let's call it off.” She knew his heart belonged to someone else, but with her mother gravely ill, she begged him to postpone the wedding. Instead, he coldly and cruelly told her and her mother to go die together. Her mother eventually pass 894Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 97 Imprisoned in the Imperial Harem: The Obsessive Emperor Wants to Claim Me as His Consort 深宫囚：偏执帝王要掳我为妃 (Not a pure romance, tragic ending, purely historical.) Obsessive emperor vs. clear-eyed palace maid. At ten, Yue Chai was still a prince. He told Gong Ning, “Don’t be afraid, A Ning. I’ll give you lots and lots of gold.” At twenty, Yue Chai became emperor. He asked Gong Ning, “Do you like these shackles made of pure gold?” Gong Ning knows an emperor’s heart is impossible to read. With three palaces and six courtyards full of women, his affection can only last a little while. Her greatest wish i 1kReads8.1Score10214d adds
- 98 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 1.1kReads6.1Score10814d adds
- 99 Help, the Immortal Lord Has Turned Dark 救命，仙君黑化了 Song Wanyi transmigrates into a novel and meets its villain, Gu Ziji. At this point, Gu Ziji isn’t yet the ruthless, flower-killing immortal lord he will become. He’s just a pitiful boy who lost his parents and family when he was young and desperately needs someone to care for him. To find her way home, Song Wanyi has no choice but to bind herself to a System and begin winning Gu Ziji’s affection. Once Gu Ziji learns about Song Wanyi’s mission, he uses the whole world as bait to lure her into st 593Reads—Score11114d adds
- 100 From Maidservant to Mistress of a Marquis’s Household 侯门主母从丫鬟做起 Liuying was a lowly maid in the Marquis’s household, but Shen Huaixu took a liking to her and raised her to the position of concubine. On the day she was to be carried into his home, she knelt in the snow and cut off her three thousand strands of hair with a pair of scissors. Shen Huaixu, ever the arrogant wastrel, gave her a cold smile. “Shaving your head to become a nun? I’ll see how you crawl back here after leaving the Marquis’s household, begging me to let you in.” Later, disaster struck th 613Reads8.9Score10514d adds
