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- 101 My Husband Wants to Raise His Concubine to Wife? I'll Divorce Him in the Street and Marry a Powerful Prince 相公扶妾上位？我当街休夫嫁权王 [Rebirth and punishing the scum + traditional household intrigue + true princess + devoted regent + family and country] Qu Wanmei was the only daughter of the wealthy merchant Qu family. She had a vast fortune and had been married into the Duke’s household for three years. Her husband, Ning Yan, brought his pregnant mistress into the household and made her his secondary wife. “Qu Wanmei, you’re the daughter of a merchant, lowborn and unworthy of marrying into the Duke’s household. Only Yingying 1kReads8.9Score158Shelves
- 102 This Stepmom Is a Little Unhinged, and the Three Kids Love Her 这个后娘有点疯癫，三宝好爱哦 [Romance, doting on her mother, child, and wife, adored by the whole family, hilarious] After a tiny mishap, Jiang Tu’s soul transmigrates into the past and she becomes the evil stepmother of triplets. She wrings a pocket dimension out of the System, which flies into a rage and logs off. The eldest, Gu Ziyi, says, “We have to support Mother in her old age and be there when she passes.” The second, Gu Ziqing, says, “We’ll earn lots and lots of silver for Mother to spend, buy her lots and lots of 5.1kReads9.2Score718Shelves
- 103 A Replacement Bride to Bring Good Fortune? The General Who Died in Battle Is Back 替嫁冲喜？战死的将军回来了 [Reborn + substitute bride + marriage first, love later + household intrigue + traditional historical romance] [Clever, calm, and capable heroine + general hero] The rating is low because the book has only just received one. It'll gradually go up~ Ji Shaojiu & Zhong Jingyi Rumor has it that her cousin's fiancé, Young General Zhong, died on the battlefield? Ji Shaojiu: It's no rumor. He really died in my previous life. Her cousin throws a fit, makes a scene, and threatens to hang herself rather t 1.5kReads8.9Score202Shelves
- 104 I Became the Wicked Mother of Five Villains 穿成五个反派的恶毒亲妈 [Strong Female Lead, Villain, Beloved by All, Comeback, Cathartic Revenge] Shen Shu transmigrates into the role of the evil mother of Mo Chenhan, the story’s great villain! In the original novel, she resents her husband, beats her children, curses the elderly, and keeps a lover on the side. She does every rotten thing imaginable, until karma catches up with her and her own son stabs her to death… To change her tragic ending, Shen Shu grits her teeth and tries to win over Mo Chenhan. Who knew the 111Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 105 Are You Crazy? Who Wants to Be a Virtuous Wife? 疯了吧！谁要当贤妻啊 [Scheming, villainous-lotus heroine + love after marriage + household intrigue + both leads are each other's first and only] Lin Rongwan was a lowly concubine-born daughter. Her stepmother treated her poorly, and despite her beauty and excellent character, her low status kept her from finding a good match. Just before she was to be married off to a violent widower, the heir to the Duke of Cheng's title came to ask for her hand, even though she was only a concubine-born daughter. Cheng Wangzhi wa 1.5kReads8.2Score140Shelves
- 106 After My Husband Died in Battle, I Turned the Tables With My Villainous Cubs 夫君战死后，靠反派幼崽逆风翻盘 Ye Zhizhi, the top assassin in the 21st-century mercenary world, transmigrates into a book as the wicked stepmother who dies young, leaving behind five future villains. In the book, the villains are ruthless killers who become infamous, feared criminals throughout Great Yong, only to be slain by the male and female leads working together. But now, when she looks at the five villainous little boys, starved until they're skin and bones... The boys are adorable, but the family really is poor! A tha 6.5kReads9.1Score877Shelves
- 107 Reborn Evil Matriarch Swapped into a Marriage and Wreaks Havoc in the Marquis's Household 恶人主母重生被换婚在侯府杀疯了 [Palace and Household Intrigue + No Male Lead + Fictional Dynasty + Reborn to Crush Her Enemies + Bread, Not Romance] Chen Wu was the fake legitimate daughter, switched into the Chen family by mistake. When the real daughter, Chen Qingjiao, was brought home by their parents, she stole Chen Wu’s fiancé. Chen Wu didn’t fight back. She married a soldier and willingly followed him to the frontier. In the end, after her husband regained his true identity, he wanted her dead for the sake of his childh 503Reads8.9Score106Shelves
- 108 The Reborn Mother-in-Law Takes on Her Transmigrated Daughter-in-Law 重生婆婆斗穿越儿媳 A vicious transmigrated concubine-born daughter killed her legitimate elder sister, who was then reborn in another person's body. How should she get revenge? Of course, by marrying into the same family as her half-sister and becoming her mother-in-law. That way, she can put her in her place and make her suffer, all perfectly legally, with no way for her to complain! 4.2kReads9.1Score413Shelves
- 109 I Picked Up a War God to Be My Husband 捡个战神当压寨夫君 Also known as: "A Fake Wedding? The Grand Commander Keeps Turning the Act into Reality" [Glamorous, teasing bandit chieftain × cool-headed, steady Grand Commander; strong female lead + marriage before love + amnesia + two powerful leads + happy ending + nation and home] On the third day of the martial arts matchmaking tournament, Ren Huan came across a man. Everyone thought Ren Huan wanted to choose a husband whose martial arts skills matched her own. No one expected her to fall for a sickly-loo 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 After Marrying the Sick Prince in My Sister’s Place, My Whole Family Begs Me to Forgive Them 替妹嫁病王爷后，全家跪求我原谅 [Substitute bride + sweet romance + marriage before love + satisfying revenge + devoted couple] After winning a prestigious global medical award, genius physician Ruan Ning unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a poor village girl who was taking someone else’s place as a bride. The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was the bridal chamber on her wedding night. The mighty Prince of War, who was deeply poisoned, looked at her scrawny, dark-skinned frame. “You’re the famously brilli 1.7kReads9.2Score315Shelves
- 111 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 2.5kReads9.0Score328Shelves
- 112 Oh No! The Beggar Bride Is a Black-Hearted Schemer 坏了！替嫁小乞丐是朵黑心莲 [Pure historical domestic intrigue + black lotus heroine + play the pig to eat the tiger + both leads have past relationships (skip if that bothers you)] ♥ Eloping? Perfect. All this wealth falls right into my lap! Shen Chaoyun, the marquis’s legitimate daughter, elopes for love, and the little beggar Shu Wan is pushed into the bridal sedan instead. Her husband, the heir to the marquisate: a womanizer who thinks he’s devoted, a complete oddball who falls in love with every woman he meets. Her 57Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 113 The Second Wife Takes the Lead: Winning Over the Chief Cabinet Secretary with Lin Daiyu's Seductive Charm 继室在上：用黛玉文学钓系首辅 Sweet and lighthearted romance + Lin Daiyu-style literary charm + highly intelligent heroine + age gap Shen Lingke, a talented literature major, transmigrates into the role of the legitimate daughter of a fallen marquis’s family. Forced to marry into the powerful household of the chief councilor, she becomes the new wife whom everyone in the capital both envies and pities. Faced with her unfathomable, high-ranking husband, she neither competes nor causes a fuss. With nothing but her “Lin Daiyu-s 5.7kReads8.2Score720Shelves
- 114 After Becoming a Marquis's Widow, I Angered a Treacherous Official and Couldn't Escape 穿成侯门寡妇后，误惹奸臣逃不掉 [Both leads are virgins + traditional historical romance] Shen Yao transmigrates and becomes a young widow from a noble marquis household, whose husband has just died. Her husband was the marquis's second son. He was in poor health, yet loved women and kept concubines and bedchamber maids at home, as well as courtesans outside. He died from overindulgence, in the arms of a woman... After learning what had happened, Shen Yao could only think of waiting until the mourning period was over, then 3.2kReads8.8Score340Shelves
- 115 Tell Me, Tell Me, Will History Remember Her Beauty? 知否，知否，青史载红妆 In The Story of Minglan, how did the concubine-born girl who lost her mother at five learn to hide her talents and survive amid bloodshed? No transmigration, no golden finger, no cheat codes. With nothing but patience and restraint, she navigates the rivalry between the legitimate and concubine-born children, plotting her mother's revenge without getting blood on her hands; With nothing but her keen eye, she rises from a back courtyard in the Sheng household to become the matriarch of a marquis' 974Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 A Newborn Baby on Our Wedding Night, and the Villainous Stepmom Comes Out on Top 新婚夜，奶萌娃，反派后妈赢麻啦 [Reverse baby-rearing #married first, love later #parenting variety show #livestream] [Hilarious mutual flirting #super sweet romance #beloved by all #memes] What does it feel like to transmigrate into a book? Qin Wei starts by throwing her head back and yelling: Why does everyone else become a princess, a wealthy lady, a big shot, or a beauty... while she has to transmigrate into a wealthy family's wicked villainous stepmother?! And she's saddled with three adorable kids right from the start! T 303Reads9.1Score101Shelves
- 117 Being the Mistress of the House Is Hard: Reborn, I Bring Ruin to the Marquis’s Entire Family 主母难当，重生让侯府全家遭殃 Traditional historical romance + scheming household intrigue + reborn revenge against scum + powerful heroine and hero + secret identities In her previous life, Mu Ziyue was blind and loved the wrong man. Her in-laws deliberately plotted against her: Her husband pretended every day to suffer from an ailment that made him incapable of sharing her bed, yet secretly had two sons with the Marquis’s adopted daughter. Her mother-in-law always spoke kindly, but secretly ordered the servants to strip th 1.3kReads9.1Score183Shelves
- 118 They Forced Me into a Marriage That Would Kill Me, but I'll Claim the First Wife's Seat 换亲让我死，我偏稳坐主母位 Adapted into a short drama: The Matriarch Just Wants to Slacken Off, but Goes on a Rampage in the Marquis’s Household After Being Reborn Jiang Shuwan and her legitimate younger sister, Jiang Yao, are both reborn. In their previous lives, both she and Jiang Yao were transmigrators. A workaholic who earned more money than she could spend, Shuwan worked herself to death. In this life, she’s determined to slack off. Jiang Yao is ambitious. She makes a name for herself by plagiarizing poems while sec 997Reads8.2Score100Shelves
- 119 Her Grace Is Cool and Gentle, and Everyone Loves Her 娘娘她清冷温柔惹人爱 A pure palace-intrigue story, in classical style. No transmigration, no rebirth. The fate of a noblewoman has never been hers to decide. She is Yun Wan, the Chancellor's only legitimate daughter. Her destiny was set from birth: everything she learned was solely to prepare her to enter the palace. Would she willingly enter the palace and fade into obscurity, becoming a pawn the emperor could use to keep the Yun family in check? Or would she carefully maneuver her way into becoming the favorite co 1.4kReads8.4Score116Shelves
- 120 From the Start, I Became a Stepmom and Watched My Daughter Grow Up 开局成后妈，陪女儿长大 [Content warning: The daughter is the male lead’s biological child! More focus on family than romance.] A gentle, sweet story about ordinary life. Don’t miss it as you pass by. A jobless, laid-back stepmother who dotes on a child x a hardworking father who earns money to support his family, And a three-year-old adorable kid who seems soft and sweet but is actually an extrovert through and through. Lin Yu always felt like she was still a kid, even at work, where she only pretended to be an adult. 551Reads8.9Score103Shelves
- 121 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Raise a Child: My Possessive Husband Spoils Me Rotten 穿越七零养崽：偏执老公强势宠 [Period setting + raising children + military officer + fictional world + obsessive love] Wu Nianzhen wakes up to discover she’s become the cannon-fodder character who causes trouble in a period novel. She’s not only married, but also saddled with three stepchildren. The original owner only wanted to marry a city man. She neglected the children and met a tragic end. Wu Nianzhen plans to play her role, follow the plot, and then make a run for it. But the kids are well-behaved and thoughtful, ther 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 The Imperial Physician’s Shocking Secret Diagnosis: I Foiled a Major Rebellion 御医惊天秘诊：我反手平定谋反大案 The Imperial Physician's Astonishing Secret Diagnosis: I Turned Around and Foiled a Major Rebellion 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Swapping Marriages to Become the Heir's Second Wife, the Wicked Matriarch Takes the Household by Force 换嫁兼祧世子，恶毒主母暴力掌家 The short drama is now available, with live-action voice acting. Come watch! [Historical Romance + Household Intrigue + Unhinged Protagonist + Marriage Swap + Taking on Two Family Branches + Revenge and Face-Slapping + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Comedy + No Romance Pairing + Foil Characters] Before Su Qingliu's wedding, her elder sister threw a fit and demanded a marriage swap. Just like that, Su Qingliu went from being the wife of a provincial graduate to the heir's wife in a duke's househo 10.6kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 124 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Evil Stepmother 穿书后我成了恶毒后妈 Yu Jiaojiao read a period novel about a villainess who shared her name. The stupid, wicked villainess did every bad thing imaginable and got what was coming to her: she married an abusive man and eventually died of depression. Overjoyed, Yu Jiaojiao posted a thousand-word wall of praise beneath the novel. When she opened her eyes, she saw the magnified face of a middle-aged woman with an orange-peel complexion. The woman was wiping away tears. “Jiaojiao, just marry him. Your reputation’s been ru 318Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 125 The Adoptive Stepmother I Picked Up, Your Dowry Is a Little Much 捡来的后娘，您的嫁妆有点多 A wedding procession stretching for miles moved grandly along Vermilion Bird Avenue. The gilded wedding sedan, carried by sixteen bearers, shimmered in the sunlight. The golden phoenix embroidered on its curtains trembled with each step, as if it might take flight at any moment. Behind it trailed a seemingly endless line of dowry carts. Red silk tied around the vermilion-lacquered, gold-trimmed chests whipped in the spring breeze. “Which family's young lady is getting married? What a spectacle!” 70.3kReads6.4Score4.2kShelves
- 126 The Tycoon's Rebellious Stepmom Raises the Kids and Teaches the Whole Internet a Lesson 大佬后妈叛逆带娃，教全网做人 [An unconventional stepmom + no adorable-kid trope + all-rounder heroine + fiercely protective mom (and kid) + mother and son team up to stir up trouble and crush their enemies] After retiring, powerhouse Su Yan discovers she has transmigrated into the role of a wealthy family's villainous stepmother. This stepmom resorted to every scheme she could think of, teaming up with her deadbeat, gold-digging husband to spoil her stepson and seize the Si family's fortune. After Su Yan transmigrates, she 170Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 127 Reborn as the Foil: The Wealthy Stepmom's Relentless Face-Slapping 重生对照组，豪门后妈疯狂打脸 Ye Luzhi is the most hated rich-family stepmother on the internet. Her stepson ignores her, her in-laws despise her, and she’s even been branded an abandoned wife. To make matters worse, she and her stepson are held up as a cautionary example of the show’s “lazybones” team, and forced to join a parenting reality show. Netizens: Ye, the attention-seeking slacker, is painful to watch with a kid. Can you kick her off already? - But on the first day of filming, things take a bizarre turn. While the 64Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 128 A Concubine at the Door? Reborn, I Married My Ex’s Marquess Father 外室进门？重生我嫁前夫的侯爷爹 [Revenge and Punishing Scumbags + Devoted Couple + No Saintly Lead + Satisfying Read + Tooth-Rotting Sweetness + One-and-Only Devotion] Jiang Qingyao was reborn. In her previous life, marrying the heir apparent had been nothing but a scam. She was left alone in an empty bedroom, her dowry was drained, and she raised her cheating husband's illegitimate child for him and his mistress. Even her maternal family's entire clan was beheaded. Jiang Qingyao died with regrets. When she opened her eyes aga 204Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 129 What Do I Do? I Was Forced to Become the Stepmother of a Mouthy Brat 怎么办？被迫成了杠精崽子的后娘 Tags: Everyday child-rearing, married first then falling in love, fictional dynasty, no need to research the details Modern office worker Luo Chaoyan has always had terrible luck. One day, a typhoon sweeps her into an unfamiliar ancient era. Her father is a minor fifth-rank official, and her mother is the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Jizhou. She thinks she’ll have an easy life this time around, but at a banquet, five-year-old Huo Rui tricks her. She’s forced to marry his father and become 15.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 130 The Easygoing Second Wife 佛系继室 From the moment Cui Jiangwan learns she’s to marry Marquis Wu’an Ji Huai, she knows the marquis still carries an irreplaceable first love in his heart. That woman was his late wife and his childhood sweetheart. So Cui Jiangwan plans to be a laid-back second wife and live with Ji Huai in mutual respect. 3kReads6.8Score215Shelves
- 131 Spring in the Imperial Palace 宫闱春 [Female Lead in Palace Intrigue + Male Lead in Political Schemes + High-IQ Cast + Beautiful, Unhinged Characters + Ensemble Cast] An alternate-world story. The female lead is highly intelligent, clear-headed, and no lovesick fool. From the moment she enters the palace, Jiang Wanqing knows she will spend her whole life within these walls. She never forgets one thing: she wants to become empress. She also knows that the current emperor, Zhou Qijing, cares only about royal power and dominion. So sh 669Reads8.7Score112Shelves
- 132 She Gives Birth to Triplets as the Lady of the House, and Her Childhood Friend, the Young Marquis, Loses His Memory 当主母生三胎，竹马小侯爷失忆了 [A devoted couple + palace and household intrigue + everyday child-rearing + a wife who knows how to keep her husband in line + clear-headed heroine with superb medical skills + husband’s pursuit of his wife + unconventional amnesia] Su Lingyu, the legitimate daughter of a general’s family, has been married to the heir of the Marquis of Yongning for three and a half years. She and Xie Zhaoyan are loving and devoted, and have three children. Their marriage is the talk of the capital. Betrothed as 2.2kReads7.3Score116Shelves
- 133 My Stepmother Is Gorgeous and Knows How to Play the Game 继母她人美路子野 [Light Fantasy and Alternate Setting + Strong Heroine + Ambition + No Romance + Raising Kids + ...More to Come] A hardworking, down-to-earth office worker suddenly dies on the very night she’s supposed to get a promotion and raise. When she wakes up, she’s become the wicked stepmother of a villainess in a book: a low-level cannon fodder character who hasn’t even appeared in person and whose role she only figured out through nepotism. She’s only there to give the general’s household an heir! I 1.7kReads9.1Score204Shelves
- 134 On the Upbringing of Noble Daughters 论贵女的养成 [No rebirth or transmigration, a light ensemble cast] [The first part focuses on the everyday family life at the heroine’s maternal home, the Marquisate of Wuyang. The second volume focuses on everyday family life at her husband’s home, the Prince of Xinning’s residence.] Shen Lening is very happy with her life. She never has to worry about anything. Her only daily concerns are what to wear, what to eat, and what to accessorize with. (I’ve written several stories where the heroine’s mother is a 8.2kReads6.3Score751Shelves
- 135 The Marquis's Wife Is Reborn, Divorces, and Marries a Prince! 侯府主母重生后，和离嫁王爷！ Song Mingli worked herself to the bone after marrying into the marquis's household, only to be burned to ashes by her husband's concubine. Reborn on the very day her husband brought the concubine's child into the marquis's household, she gets another chance to set things right. This time, she'll reclaim her dowry, take her son, and divorce the scoundrel! She'll also repay Prince Jing, who helped her family in her previous life. She only meant to warn him that there would be an ambush on the road 3.9kReads9.1Score465Shelves
- 136 Married into the Eastern Palace 嫡嫁东宫 Ever since she was little, Zhou Zhou knew she was different from her sisters. That difference meant she was lucky enough to be taught by her grandfather and cherished by her grandmother. At eight, the emperor personally selected her to be the princess’s companion. She entered the palace, grew up alongside the princess, and became the childhood sweetheart of the Fifth Prince. Before the Peach Blossom Banquet held when she was fifteen, everyone said she was destined to become the Fifth Prince’s co 5.3kReads8.9Score445Shelves
- 137 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 1.1kReads8.8Score106Shelves
- 138 The Kids Are Stunned! Their Wicked Stepmother Is a National Metaphysics Master? 崽崽惊呆！恶毒后娘竟是全国玄学大佬？ [Master of the Mystical Arts + Wicked Stepmother + Adorable Kids + Farming + Building Wealth] When she opens her eyes, a master of the mystical arts has become the wicked stepmother of four little ones. Her husband's fate is unknown, the family is dirt poor, and the children are crying for food. Shen Qingqing rolls up her sleeves and gets to work raising kids and building a fortune. She catches ghosts, drives away evil, reads faces, and interprets birth charts. Even ghosts want to give her a wid 765Reads9.1Score127Shelves
- 139 The Young Master of the Jin Family Lost a Bet and Picked Up a Bride to Be His Wife 锦世子打赌输了捡个新娘当世子妃 “Do you think the Ye family's young lady is dead?” “Hard to say. If my husband had rejected me at the altar on my wedding day, what face would I have left to live in this world? I'd probably have thrown myself headfirst into a wall too.” Ye Qingran walked down the street in her wedding dress when a white figure descended from the sky. “Would you marry me?” A few years later, a solemn-faced little boy looked helplessly at the lively woman in front of him, then looked up at the handsome man beside 4.4kReads9.1Score477Shelves
- 140 Empress of the Song Family: The Legend of Yuyao 宋家皇后——钰瑶传 The leads are not each other’s first partners!!! The heroine is neither a naive innocent nor a particularly kind person!!! The emperor hero is a jerk!! Set in an alternate history!! This is not a feel-good story!!! She transmigrates straight into the role of empress. If she rises in rank, she becomes the empress dowager; if she fails, she is deposed and banished to the cold palace. That is the reality of the inner palace: failure leaves almost no chance to recover. A twenty-first-century fashion 602Reads9.0Score103Shelves
- 141 On the Road Fleeing Famine: The Whole Family Dotes on Their Wicked Stepmother 逃荒路上：恶毒后娘全家宠 Fan Tao had struggled through the apocalypse for a long time before she transmigrated to a war-torn ancient era. She became a plump, wicked stepmother, with a husband who was barely alive and five children on the verge of turning evil! But she wasn't afraid. She had special abilities and a pocket dimension, so she rolled up her sleeves and led the whole family on the road to escape the famine! In the chaos of war, she used her powerful healing abilities and food to save many people. The children 1.5kReads8.9Score194Shelves
- 142 The Leisurely Life of a Noblewoman in Ancient Times 古代闺秀的悠闲生活 Savor the unhurried passing of time and enjoy a carefree life. I envy your graceful beauty, reflected in the blue heavens and the jade moon. Su Huayue learned everything from her mother from a young age, treating being a daughter of the Su family as a job. As the legitimate daughter of her father's second wife, all she had to do was live freely under the protection of her mother and elder brother. Her only pleasure was watching her two elder half-sisters compete for their father's and grandmothe 11.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 143 The Powerhouse with Special Abilities Becomes a Cannon-Fodder Stepmother 异能大佬她穿成了炮灰后娘 Ye Xiang transmigrated into a disposable stepmother in a novel who wouldn’t survive even one chapter. In the story, the male lead would become a general, unite the martial world, and ultimately marry the female lead, an assassin. She, meanwhile, was the second wife who abused and killed his three children, before he executed her with his own hands. Now she was planning to elope with her lover, while the three children were burning with fevers that wouldn’t break and were on the verge of death. I 351Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 144 I Slacked Off Until the End and Became Empress 摆烂到最后，侧妃封后了 In the first year of her marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she was the side consort of a prince. In the second year of her marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she was the side consort of the Crown Prince. In the sixth year of her marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she was an imperial consort. … … After who knew how many years of marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she became empress. Looking back on her life many years later, she had once felt the stirrings of love, once been melancholy and sentimental, and once tried to fight back… S 1.8kReads8.8Score101Shelves
- 145 President Qin Has Two Kids, His Wife Is a Handful and His Rebellious Son Is a Fool 秦总带两娃，娇妻作妖逆子犯傻 [Stepmother story, both leads are chaste, the stepson isn’t the biological child of either lead, lighthearted comedy] Luo Sui’an had a ridiculously good memory and the kind of luck everyone envied, but Heaven had shut the door on her when it came to good health. One day, her koi-like luck sent her transmigrating to another world! The original owner had the exact same name as her?!! What a coincidence! She was perfectly healthy, with no illnesses or aches, but she was a timid, meek, invisible wo 1.2kReads7.3Score105Shelves
- 146 Eight Years of Marriage Without a Wedding Night, Then She Bears Three Children After Being Reborn 成亲八年未洞房，重生后她生三宝 [Historical romance + household intrigue + strong heroine and hero + love goes both ways + devoted marquis + reborn] She was born to a noble family, but was switched at birth and raised as the daughter of a minor official. She married up into the marquis's household as the heir's wife, and to outsiders they seemed deeply in love. When rebel forces attacked the city, she was pierced by countless arrows and fell from the walls to her death. Only then did she learn that her loving husband had merel 1.7kReads8.3Score156Shelves
- 147 The Emperor Regrets It? The Original Owner Is Dead, and I’m Finally Awake 皇上后悔了？原主已死，本宫清醒 [Raising children + palace intrigue + transmigration + everyday life + clear-eyed heroine + a transmigrated woman takes on a woman who transmigrated into a book, a reborn woman, a woman who was reincarnated before birth, and a native woman] Lin Anran, a government employee, transmigrates. She ends up in the body of a despised, wicked empress with a powerful family behind her. The empress was notorious for causing miscarriages, leaving the imperial harem short of heirs. The empress dowager dislik 2.1kReads8.4Score202Shelves
- 148 The Hibiscus Canopy: The Crown Prince’s Childhood Sweetheart Wins Big 芙蓉帐：东宫青梅赢麻了 [Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Sweet Romance + Palace Intrigue + He Eventually Dotes on Her Alone] Xiao Wanyu had spent more than a decade living with carefree arrogance. Then she refused a marriage proposal and injured the young lord of the Duke of Wei’s household, who had coveted her family’s wealth. She was thrown into prison. To protect her maternal family’s immense fortune and save her own life, she agreed to become a concubine in the Eastern Palace, seeking the Crown Prince’s protection 2.1kReads7.6Score172Shelves
- 149 On Our Wedding Night, My Substitute Bride Doctor Pulled a Bomb from Her Bodice 新婚夜，替嫁医妃从怀里掏出一枚炸弹 Murong Wan, a top physician of the twenty-first century, transmigrates and finds herself with a father who doesn't care for her and a stepmother who doesn't love her. The emperor thinks she's stupid and ugly, so he grants her a blind prince instead, calling them “a match made in heaven”! But with a mysterious pocket dimension at her disposal, the world is hers! He thinks she's stupid? No matter. One day, she'll have him wrapped around her little finger. He thinks she's ugly? No worries. One day, 1.6kReads9.0Score178Shelves
- 150 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
