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- 151 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
- 152 The Famous Constable's Wife 名捕夫人 Jing Yi thinks there can’t be a more miserable groom in the world than him: his wedding date was set in a jail cell, he investigated a murder on his wedding night, and he spent his honeymoon running all over the place after criminals. Even worse, his childhood sweetheart of a wife seems to have “ulterior motives” toward him... That would be bad enough, but his superior is “settling a personal score” by assigning him case files that get thicker and more troublesome every time. He can’t go on livi 34Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 153 The Commoner's Path to the Heavens 摆烂庶女的通天路 New book, just rated... [Anti-cliché transmigration + growing protagonist + serious tone] How deep within the ladies’ quarters! Watch how a laid-back concubine’s daughter carves out a path to the top! After six years being left to her own devices on a country estate, she thought she was destined for a peaceful life in the countryside. Then an order arrives, and she is brought back to the family’s sprawling mansion, becoming an unexpected pawn on the family chessboard. Beauty is her only weapon, 61Reads7.1Score145Shelves
- 154 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
- 155 I Became the Emperor’s Farmgirl Wife, and Now I’m the Favorite of the Six Palaces! 穿成皇帝农家发妻，我宠冠六宫！ She transmigrates into a peasant woman and discovers she is Wang Baozan. After five years of waiting in a humble cave, she becomes empress overnight! The underage consorts are far too competitive, while her newly successful emperor husband says one thing and does another. The ministers bow in reverence, the four seas sing her praises, and a peasant-woman craze sweeps through the capital… 779Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 156 Dump the Scumbag Husband! Crush the Favorite Concubine! The Legitimate Daughter Marries the Prince with Her Child 踹渣夫！虐宠妾！嫡女带崽嫁王爷 Liu Yueru didn't learn the truth until she was on her deathbed: the man who shared her bed had killed the twins she gave birth to. One was thrown into a mass grave while still an infant. The other was poisoned by the Marquis's household at the age of six. The ordeal ruined her health, leaving her unable to conceive again. Her husband brought home his illegitimate son for her to raise, lying that the boy's birth mother was dead. She raised her stepson into a successful young man. But once h 3kReads8.8Score336Shelves
- 157 I Became a Stepmother After I Died, and I’m Done Pretending 死后变继母，我不装了 [Married life / villainous son / love-struck dad / both leads are each other’s only one] After Jiang Jiting dies of cancer, she is brought into a novel. He Zhu is the book’s only villain, darkened by his family circumstances. As luck would have it, Jiang Jiting transmigrates into the role of his stepmother. The moment she opens her eyes, she meets the venomous gaze of the fifteen-year-old boy, who stabs her to death. The second time she opens her eyes, she has gone back to an hour before she was 907Reads8.9Score106Shelves
- 158 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Favorite Couple Finally Got Their Happy Ending 穿书后，我嗑的CP终于HE了 [Happy ending] [The couple is faithful to each other] [An unconventional transmigration-into-a-book story] [The protagonists are the emperor and empress. The noble consort only wants to ship them.] Consort Bai of the Vermilion Bird Palace has been acting strangely lately. She’s stopped scheming, competing for favor, and getting jealous. She doesn’t even want to see the emperor anymore. Instead, she spends all day at Phoenix Ritual Palace, constantly talking about the empress and caring more abou 515Reads8.3Score101Shelves
- 159 Book Transmigration: I Became the Abusive Novel's Male Lead's Stepmother 穿书：我成了虐文男主的小后妈 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Villainess Stepmom! My Husband and Stepson Fell for Me on Their Own [Transmigration into a book, marriage before love, not a domineering CEO, showbiz, a devoted couple, and a System. Please note: the bonus chapters feature a male-male pairing.] Xu Luotang, who used to run with the underworld, was blown to bits. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book as a young stepmother in a wealthy family! She tried to kill herself, but the System would 1.6kReads9.2Score117Shelves
- 160 After Transmigrating as a Wealthy Family's Stepmom, I Made a Comeback 穿成豪门后妈后我逆袭了 After waking up from a nap, Ruan Nianhuan discovers she’s transmigrated into a romance novel. Being in a book would be one thing, but she’s somehow become a mother too, and a stepmother at that! Ruan Nianhuan has always been carefree and quickly adjusts her attitude, deciding to lie flat and go with the flow. Love doesn’t matter. What matters is being happy. Her son is cute? Give him a good rub! Her husband is rich? Spend his money freely! Thanks to the golden finger of a water droplet, her look 1.1kReads9.1Score104Shelves
- 161 Little Sister, Stop Competing. Your Elder Sister Has Married into a Powerful Family 妹妹别斗了，嫡姐已嫁高门 Household intrigue + marriage first, love later + warrior x young woman Synopsis: Xie Yuxi had an excellent marriage prospect. Her unremarkable, illegitimate fiancé was far more impressive than anyone realized: without making a fuss, he had passed the imperial exam and become its top scorer. In the prime of her youth, she would marry a promising man who was everything she could wish for. How enviable. But after he failed to show up for their arranged meeting at a temple, the top scholar sent som 14.6kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
- 162 Qing Chen's Scheme 卿宸谋 [Not a virginal romance, not a wish-fulfillment story. Read with caution! A story that could loosely be called an ancient Cinderella tale] [Traditional Historical Palace Intrigue]+ [Rich Plot]+ [A Mix of Sweetness and Heartbreak]+ [Slow-Burning Happy Ending] Autumn, Year Seventeen of the Nanyan era. The late emperor passed away, and his eleventh son, Xiao Yuning, ascended the throne, ushering in the Minghe era. In the third year of Minghe, the court decreed that officials of the fourth rank and 1.2kReads8.9Score119Shelves
- 163 After a Marriage Swap, I Became Empress Dowager at Eighteen 换亲后，我十八就当上了太后 [The Empress Who Comes After Tears Apart a Transmigrator and Takes Her Time Setting the Harem Straight] Shen Shuhua and her younger sister were reborn together. In her previous life, she married a penniless top scholar, while her younger sister entered the palace and became empress, living in splendor. But life is unpredictable. The top scholar, once penniless, rose to the pinnacle of power and became prime minister, securing a first-rank noble title for his wife, Shen Shuhua. Her younger sister 1.3kReads9.1Score200Shelves
- 164 The Other Concubine Crawled into the Grand Tutor’s Arms, Weeping 别家小妾，钻进太傅怀里哭唧唧 [Age gap + sweet romance + restrained, proper, celibate male lead + sweet, money-loving female lead] Yao Niang never imagined that one day she would become entangled with the powerful Grand Tutor next door, a widower for many years. After all, she was a concubine in the Pei household! The timid concubine endured humiliation to meet him in secret, terrified that her master might discover them one day… 1.6kReads7.9Score162Shelves
- 165 My White-Eyed-Wolf Sister and I Were Reborn and Swapped Souls 我和白眼狼妹妹重生后灵魂互换了 A cunning, ruthless heroine versus a twisted, obsessive hero In her previous life, Su Yu'er enjoyed the emperor's favor without end, until Shen Ningyue and the empress conspired to frame her. Reborn, she and Shen Ningyue switch souls. Now in Shen Ningyue's body, she initially plans to pretend they've made peace and team up with Su Yu'er to get revenge. But that plan falls through, so she lies low at Lady Zhaohua's side and stokes conflict in the harem, sowing suspicion between the empress and L 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 The Road to Glory for a Noble Lady 高门贵女的荣华之路 As the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping's household, Lin Chuyue married the Fourth Imperial Grandson, Zhou Xiao, as his principal wife at sixteen. At nineteen, she became a princess consort, and at twenty-six, she rose to become the most powerful woman in the Great An Dynasty: the empress. Who hasn't exclaimed that Lin Chuyue was born under a lucky star? Yet the hardships she endured are too painful to speak of. Zhou Xiao's childhood sweetheart of a cousin, a concubine reborn, and a ma 4.9kReads8.8Score310Shelves
- 167 Years After Becoming a Stepmom, I Realized I Had Transmigrated into a Book 当后妈几年后才发现自己穿书了 Wang Qingyao dies suddenly on her way to work overtime and becomes a third-year university student in the 1980s. She is quite pleased with this wonderful era: university graduates are assigned jobs, with secure positions and generous pensions after retirement. After all, Wang Qingyao had died on her way to work. Unfortunately, before she can enjoy herself for two days, her new body's father falls off a mountain and lapses into a coma. The hospital can't treat him, but recommends a renowned doct 1.5kReads7.9Score113Shelves
- 168 The Woman in Charge 女掌事 Shen Qingdi, who disguises herself as a man, willingly enters the Ninth Prince’s residence and becomes the sole support of Cui Lanxi, who is paralyzed from the waist down and has a fiery temper. With the household on the verge of running out of food, she takes it upon herself to earn money to support the prince. When he falls ill, she studies medicine on her own to treat him. Since Cui Lanxi is helpless, Shen Qingdi will protect him. There is no wealth or treasure here, and no one understands wh 1.3kReads8.7Score260Shelves
- 169 Transmigrated as the Wicked Stepmother of the Villainous Cubs 穿成反派崽崽们的恶毒后娘 [Farming + adorable kids + sweet romance + putting scoundrels in their place] Qin Jiuyue, the top assassin of the twenty-fifth century, transmigrates into a despised, wicked young farm girl, along with a husband who seems as good as dead and four children with very different personalities! Roll up your sleeves and get to work! First, I'll help you make a cool million. She can find rabbits in the mountains, catch valuable fish in the river, and is a dab hand at both farming and business! She rais 959Reads9.0Score187Shelves
- 170 I Transmigrated with a Warehouse and Raised a Whole Den of Little Villains 带着仓库穿越：我养了一窝小反派 [Farming + adorable kids + everyone’s favorite + sweet romance] Lin Ruyi transmigrated into a book and became the stepmother of three little villains. Chu Zixuan, the future enemy-state general: The pain of disfigurement will be repaid with your death. Chu An’an, the future wicked imperial consort: The pain of every beating will be avenged. Chu Zijun, the future corrupt and powerful minister: The humiliation of being beneath your feet will be repaid with your life. Looking at the three skinny li 9kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
- 171 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Wicked Stepmother of Five Little Villains 穿书后，成了五个反派崽崽的恶毒后娘 When Ning Xia opens her eyes, she discovers that she has transmigrated into a book despite being brain-dead, becoming the stepmother of five villains. Her husband died in battle not long after their wedding... The five villains who will later turn dark and go off the rails are currently just pitiful little babies who can't get enough to eat or wear, and have nowhere to call home. After binding to a System that forces villains to reform, her task is to farm and raise the children, bring them up i 435Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 172 After I Transmigrate into a Book, the Abstinent Heir Goes Crazy for Me 穿书后，禁欲世子爷疯狂爱慕我 After transmigrating into a book, Shi Su becomes the ill-fated cannon-fodder heroine destined to die. To change her tragic fate, Shi Su sends the scumbag to prison without hesitation and sells off the maidservant by her side who harbors ulterior motives. Her swift, ruthless moves leave her heir husband utterly dumbfounded. The heir husband: It seems I misunderstood Shi. She hasn't been unfaithful to me. She's clearly a wonderful woman. Everyone waits for Shi Su to be cast out, but the man, usua 1.7kReads8.9Score145Shelves
- 173 I Became the Male Lead's Stepmom, and the Compound's Commander Won Me Over 穿成男主后妈，大院首长撩翻天 [Period setting + military marriage + both pure + transmigration + sweet romance] (Spoiled, flirty diplomat vs. scheming, flirtatious military officer) After dying in an accident, 29-year-old translator Ning Wanwan transmigrated to the 1980s and became the male lead's doomed young stepmother (aunt by marriage). The original owner was a sophomore at a foreign affairs college. As a top student in her previous life, Ning Wanwan thinks, “A diplomat? This job is practically made for me. I'm going to 7.7kReads8.8Score718Shelves
- 174 After the Wicked Stepmother Started Studying Hard 恶毒后妈开卷后 [Transmigrate into a book + showbiz + wish fulfillment + adorable child + mutually faithful + career-focused] Ning Qiyi wakes up one day to find she's transmigrated into a wealthy-family novel as the wicked stepmother. A daughter of the Ning family and formerly a top-tier starlet, she's willful and fiercely competitive. In an effort to outshine her universally adored cousin, she used her wiles to win over the male lead, Lu Xingyu. After an unhappy marriage, she indulged in collecting handsome me 728Reads9.0Score108Shelves
- 175 Your Majesty, That's Enough! 陛下请适可而止吧！ A birthday banquet for the Empress Dowager. A cup of wine meant for lovers, drunk by mistake. When the emperor dragged Lu Zhixue into a private room, she thought it was a disaster that had come out of nowhere. Beneath his dragon robes, his fingertips burned. His kiss was poison, and he branded her neck with a mark of humiliation. “Since you’re my concubine, helping me sober up is your duty.” She hurt so badly that she clawed his back raw, her tears soaking the brocade quilt. Little did she kn 1.6kReads8.6Score119Shelves
- 176 The Bewitching Consort Goes Mad, Scheming Ruthlessly to Seize the Empress’s Throne 娘娘疯诱娇媚，狠毒宫斗疯夺后位 [Doesn't love the emperor + single-mindedly plays palace politics + not mutually chaste + favored exclusively in the later stages + no idiotic palace scheming + the empress's throne! The empress's throne!] Lin Zhi Ruan concealed her looks until she entered the palace, only then revealing her true appearance. Before she died, Concubine Meng clutched her hand tightly and warned her never to show her real face before leaving the estate. Given the chance to enter the palace, Lin Zhi Ruan understood 300Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 177 Moonlight Falls on Blossoms in the Spring Courtyard 春庭月照落花 The safe and smooth life of a noble young lady. Seen through Luo Yunchu's eyes, the colorful lives of those around her unfold. Everyone has their disappointments, and beneath every seemingly foolish decision lies the best choice they could make at the time. 3.3kReads8.0Score233Shelves
- 178 The Wicked Stepmother from the Apocalypse, Please Spare Us, You Lot 末世来的缺德后妈，极品们求放过 Transmigrate into a book + period setting + space ability + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + powerful figures + redemption A truly satisfying story Jiang Tian was a champion of the apocalypse. After transmigrating into a book, she became the wicked stepmother in the lucky heroine’s story, destined for a tragic ending. She had this to say: “I don’t know whether the original owner was wicked, but I’m the real deal.” Faced with in-laws who were all walking disasters, Jiang Tian made it clear 2.7kReads9.0Score366Shelves
- 179 The Discarded Daughter 嫡女弃后 In her previous life, she poured everything her family had into helping her husband seize the throne. Once one of the two most celebrated beauties in the capital, she thought she had defeated her rival. But just as her husband reached the height of power and success, he joined forces with that woman to destroy her family. He even had her bound atop the city wall so she would have to watch her brother arrive to save her, only to be pierced by a rain of arrows. What hurt most was that the man will 471Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 180 If I’m Going to Be a Concubine, I Might as Well Choose the Future Emperor 都是当妾，当然选未来皇帝了 Jiang Wanyue was reborn. As the daughter of a convicted official, Jiang Wanyue entered Prince Jing's residence and became one of the many women by his side. There was the cold, inscrutable princess consort, the kind and flawless moonlight of his heart, and the secondary consort who had once saved his life... Among these women, Jiang Wanyue fought her way to the top, climbing from Prince Jing's favored concubine to his beloved consort, and ultimately to Empress Dowager. Everyone said she was ungr 1.2kReads8.2Score112Shelves
- 181 From Talented Lady to Empress: Your Consort Knows Court Intrigue Best 从才人到皇后，爱妃最懂宫斗 The author's first book, so please don't mind the low rating. Zhao Xiyao is a fashion designer. Maybe she'd watched too many palace-intrigue dramas, because she actually transmigrated to an ancient imperial harem and became a low-ranking concubine. The palace intrigue she faced was far crueler than anything she'd ever seen on television. A death sentence from the start, all kinds of plots against her, and endless scheming... As someone from the modern world, Zhao Xiyao could write poetry and mak 32Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 182 The Divine Doctor Mother of Dragon and Phoenix Twins Heals All with Her Medicine 龙凤双宝：神医娘亲药翻天 [Medical romance + adorable children + devoted hero + pocket dimension + mutual first love + all-talented heroine + everyone dotes on her later + true and fake heiresses] A genius pharmacist transmigrates into the mother of two children, and she had them out of wedlock. Luo Xiaobing is speechless. She can put up with having no oil, salt, or grain, and she can put up with aunts and gossipy relatives showing up to pick fights. But if anyone dares bully her children, she will not tolerate it. Watch 4.7kReads9.2Score862Shelves
- 183 The Female Side Character in an Old-School Romance Wakes Up 古早言情文女配觉醒了 [Rebirth + villainess + no golden finger] Rumors in the capital said that the Heqin Prince's heir had gone south to Jiangnan and been bewitched by a village girl. He was so besotted that he wanted to marry her as his legal wife, despite the rules and their difference in status. Even the emperor indulged his recklessness instead of stopping him, issuing an imperial decree to help him get his way. Everyone couldn't help wondering what kind of breathtaking beauty the girl must be to have the heir s 453Reads9.0Score102Shelves
- 184 The Refined Self-Serving Life of the Imperial Harem 精致利己的后宫生活 Content warning: Good and evil are relative, human nature is complicated, and the heroine is an unapologetic self-interested pragmatist. As a low-ranking palace maid, she has hundreds, even thousands, of mountains bearing down on her. Life is truly miserable... Rather than toil away her whole life, become a eunuch's bedmate, and be cremated after death, with her ashes scattered into the Rebirth Well so that they become one with his... Ji Hansu decides to find herself a better place to end up. As 1.2kReads7.2Score117Shelves
- 185 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
- 186 The Empress Dowager Starts Taking Them Out 继后开始刀人 The empress consort wants no part in the fight for favor. She just wants to kill people. Wei Xiangwan entered the palace with three things to do. First, uncover the truth behind her father's mysterious disappearance. Second, avenge her best friend, who died unjustly. Third, give birth to the crown prince. As for the emperor's affection, it was the least important thing of all. In the resplendent harem, where false affection bloomed everywhere, some people still yearned for true love. Qi Zhao fel 6.7kReads8.8Score696Shelves
- 187 Villain’s Son: Mom, Stop Acting Crazy. You’re Scaring Me 反派儿子：妈你别颠，我害怕 Synopsis: (Sweet romance + comedy + a son who's shy on the outside and full of inner commentary + transmigrate into a book + marriage first, love later) Su Yunqian transmigrates into a novel as the stepmother of its biggest villain, and a wicked one at that. She thought the little villain would be twisted and evil to the core, but it turns out he's just a handsome, shy, melancholy kid. Even more stunning is his father, a successful CEO with a face as flawless as jade. Su Yunqian: Becoming a mom 79Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 188 Her Husband Took a Second Wife, So She Cleared Out the Entire Back Courtyard 夫君前脚抬平妻，她后脚搬空后院 [Palace and household intrigue + No transmigration + He pursues her, but they don’t reconcile] The Grand Preceptor’s household and the Great General’s household, two of the most powerful families in the capital, arranged a marriage. Yun Yu, the Grand Preceptor’s legitimate daughter, had barely come of age when she married into the Great General’s household as its mistress. She devoted all her talents to the general’s household and spent two years caring for her unconscious, disabled husband with 8kReads9.0Score1kShelves
- 189 A Guest in His Embrace 入慕之宾 A period of upheaval brought a new emperor and a reshuffling of the court. A Dai, a female mystic at the Yuqing Temple in the palace, was the emperor’s childhood friend in his eyes, but a scheming green tea in the harem’s. A Dai’s daily routine: Snack on melon seeds while listening to palace gossip, tell the consorts’ fortunes, hear the emperor complain about them, then take a hefty fee to play matchmaker between him and the consorts. And finally, join everyone in cursing the root of all evil, t 2kReads9.1Score295Shelves
- 190 Her Fate Was Stolen, So the Marquis’s Household Matriarch Slaps Faces and Makes a Fortune 命格被换，侯门主母打脸搞钱赢麻了 In her previous life, after their family fell on hard times, Gu Suining and her stepsister Gu Nian'an were taken in by two of their father's old friends. Her stepsister chose the wealthy Jiang family, expecting to live in luxury and want for nothing. But the Jiang family went bankrupt overnight, and their fortunes quickly took a turn for the worse. Her stepsister grew bitter and resentful, then eloped with someone, only to end up sold into a brothel. By contrast, Gu Suining, raised by the Han fa 2.2kReads8.3Score312Shelves
- 191 A Tycoon Husband and a Top-Tier Star Son, the Wealthy Family's Stepmom Is Winning by Doing Nothing 财阀老公顶流崽，豪门后妈她躺赢 [Completed] [Gorgeous, hot-tempered design genius X alluring, sharp-tongued business tycoon X rebellious, arrogant top-tier star of a stepson] Ji Fuyu was born with a heart condition, yet she loves extreme sports. When her condition flares up while she’s skydiving, a System calling itself 0251 approaches her. It says it can cure her heart condition, but in return she must save an uncle and his nephew: Wen Yue, head of the Wen family conglomerate, and his “son,” Wen Shiyuan. Ji Fuyu agrees. And s 2.8kReads8.7Score235Shelves
- 192 I Transmigrated into the Villain's Kid's Stepmom and Took the Opposite Approach to Raising Him 穿成反派崽崽他后妈反向带娃 Ruan Xizhi transmigrated into the role of the villain’s stepmother. In her previous life, Ruan Xizhi had suddenly died at work. Reborn into a new life, Ruan Xizhi decided to slack off! Unfortunately, a mischievous stepson stood in the way of her slacking. Ruan Xizhi: No one can stop her from taking it easy! When the show “Mom Is Back” premiered Xing Xiaochi stubbornly refused to eat. “No! I’m not eating even one bite!” Ruan Xizhi: “Fine. You said it, not me.” Ruan Xizhi immediately ordered a tab 1.7kReads8.9Score175Shelves
- 193 The Female General Asked for an Imperial Marriage and Married a Gentle Prince 女将军请旨赐婚，嫁了个温柔王爷 [Sweet romance with no angst + both leads are each other's first and only + strong heroine and hero + putting scumbags in their place] “Miss Su, why did you choose me?” Jiang Yubai looked at Su Wancheng. “Because you're handsome.” “What else?” “Because you always look so stern. You're less likely to attract admirers.” “But I'm not in good health.” “That doesn't matter. I know a little medicine and can take care of you.” “My life may be dangerous.” “I'm pretty good at martial arts. I can protect 789Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 194 Even the Wealthy Stepmom Is from a Wealthy Family, and Her Stepdaughter Is Everyone's Darling 豪门后妈也是豪门，继女是团宠 [Love after marriage + stepmother + wholesome family life + secret identities + devoted one-on-one romance] (The rating is a little low since it just launched, but it'll go up.) Shen Nianwei returned to the country only to learn that her adoptive parents' biological daughter had taken over her home, leaving her with nowhere to go. Her adoptive parents then took advantage of her and married her off to the Jiang family to become a stepmother. No problem. She had money and could support herself. Af 1.8kReads8.9Score187Shelves
- 195 Scheming for the Phoenix: The Empire as a Game, You as My Pawn 谋凰：江山为局，卿为子 [Reborn + political intrigue + palace and household drama + the hero's desperate pursuit of his ex + strong female lead] In her previous life, Shen Yu, an illegitimate daughter in the household of the Vice Minister of Personnel, suffered a cruel fate and watched her closest family die. She helped the Third Prince, Xiao Jue, ascend the throne, only for him to end her life with a bowl of lethal poison. Reborn with all her bitterness intact, she returns to three years earlier, when her adoptive mot 3Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 196 The Bewitching Consort Rises to Power, Face-Slapping the Scheming, Cold Emperor 娇媚娘娘狂上位，打脸勾心清冷帝 [Palace intrigue, transmigration, a clear-eyed heroine who uses schemes and acting skills to rise to the top, palace intrigue in the early stages, then becoming the emperor's only favorite, happy ending] [A glamorous star with a thousand-layered bag of tricks and countless ways to seduce; a slow-to-warm, aloof emperor gradually gets proven wrong, and an old flame turns him into a lovesick fool] Everyone in the palace knew that Emperor Zhaoming, with his immortal bearing and few desires, treated 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 The Mistress of a Poor Household 寒门主母 On the first day of her marriage, her husband's family sent her to live in the countryside. Six months later, the man she'd met only once, her husband, finally brought his true love home as his bride. 4.2kReads8.5Score463Shelves
- 198 Bound by Love at the Winter Solstice 冬至缚情 The eldest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Dingbei marries into Prince Chen’s household by imperial decree. On their wedding night, her husband abandons her for the woman he loves. A scheming white lotus puts on an act at every turn and provokes her. In the capital, everyone plots and schemes, and intrigue is everywhere, whether hidden or open. But what does any of it have to do with her? She doesn’t love Prince Chen, nor does she love this prosperous, sordid capital. All she wants is to r 51.4kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
- 199 The Madam’s Mind-Reading Fails, and the Young Marquis Courts Her Every Day 夫人读心术失灵，小侯爷日日邀宠 Xie Wanjun, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Xie family, spent more than a decade secluded in the inner chambers, following every rule. Then a prophetic dream overturned everything she had believed and showed her the tragedy waiting a few years ahead. Her fiancé, Lin Xianzhi, was cheating on her with her younger sister. He used her businesses to help rebels seize power, then burned her alive once he had made his name. Yet Marquis Sang, the capital’s most notorious wastrel, charged through t 1.2kReads8.9Score161Shelves
- 200 Trading a Concubine's Daughter for the Legitimate Heir? The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Shines Across the Capital 以庶换嫡？重生嫡女艳冠满京都 [One-on-one romance + household intrigue + reborn + revenge + putting scumbags in their place + strong heroine + satisfying read] Jiang Zhaoyue was the legitimate daughter of a marquis, but at birth she was switched with the lowly illegitimate daughter of a concubine. In her previous life, Jiang Yuning stole her place, married the Crown Prince, and eventually became Empress, living a life of glory and luxury. Jiang Zhaoyue, meanwhile, was framed and robbed of her innocence, then forced to marry 4.6kReads8.6Score374Shelves
