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- 151 The Sun Shines Just Right 此时骄阳正正好 The Sun Is Just Right at This Moment 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Love and Hate Drift Away, Deep Feelings Fade 爱恨随风，深情已逝 Love and hate drift away with the wind. Deep love is gone. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 After Flirting with the Wrong Powerful Official, I Was Spoiled Rotten 错撩权臣后，我被娇养了 The thing Bai Qingqing regretted most in her previous life was meeting Fu Yi at a flower-viewing banquet. After years of marriage, she knew he was cold-hearted, but never imagined that when the Bai family fell into trouble, he would poison his wife and marry his cousin! Her only comfort before she died was hearing that an upright and kindhearted Lord Ning had stood up for the Bai family and pleaded their case. Reborn, she went to find Lord Ning with a sachet, only to discover that he was anythin 1.5kReads8.9Score28214d adds
- 154 Minister Gu, Are You Any Good or Not? 顾相，你到底行不行？ Luo Wanyue discovers a marriage contract among her maternal grandfather’s belongings. Her fiancé turns out to be Gu Xunzhi, the prime minister, a man second only to The Outcast in power. So Luo Wanyue plays along, latching onto her “convenient husband” and throwing his weight around to reclaim the keepsakes her maternal grandfather and mother left her, and uncover the truth behind her parents’ deaths. She thought she was “making a deal with a tiger,” but instead, she finds herself doted on by al 3.5kReads8.9Score49214d adds
- 155 For Whom Do the Apricot Blossoms Bloom in Solitude? 杏花寂寂为谁开 For Whom Do the Apricot Blossoms Bloom in Solitude? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Jujubes Fall Softly Onto My Clothes 簌簌枣花落衣襟 Jujube Blossoms Rustle Down onto My Clothes 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 After Flirting with the Wrong Person, I Became the Villain’s Beloved 错撩后，我成了反派心头朱砂痣 [Brothers Fighting Over One Woman | Taking by Force | Forbidden-Romance Warning] The score was just posted, so it’ll go up, sob sob. With her devastating beauty, Song Nihuan was cast into the pleasure quarter overnight. Surrounded by wolves, she caught sight of Young Master Xie, heir to a prestigious clan. She wanted to seduce him. Even if she couldn’t make him fall for her, she could use his influence to escape her lowly status. She stopped resisting the drug’s effects and collapsed weakly into 228Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 158 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 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Villainess Was Born with a Bewitching Allure, and the Cold-Blooded Power Broker Fell for Her 恶女天生娇骨，清冷权臣他沦陷了 [Reborn villainess ✘ aloof Grand Tutor] [One step at a time, she tempts him ✘ he falls despite himself, fully aware] [Mutual devotion, one couple · not blood brothers · powerful minister steals a wife] Only as she lay dying did Meng Jiangyi learn that she was nothing more than a villainous cannon-fodder character in a story. Her husband faked his death, her mother-in-law despised her, her elder sister made things difficult for her, and three years spent alone in an empty marriage chamber earned 356Reads—Score4014d adds
- 160 Who Promised Her a Long and Lasting Chang'an? 谁许她长安长见 Who Promised Her an Endless Chang’an? 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 A Book by Chang Sheng Ru Gu 长笙如故的一本书 [Spirit Spring, Space, Farming, Fleeing Famine, Sweet Romance, Power Struggles] Yan Shu died unexpectedly and transmigrated into a book, becoming the vicious widowed sister-in-law of a crazed villain. Her husband-to-be died before they could even hold the wedding ceremony, leaving behind only a frail younger brother. The original Yan Shu fled in the middle of the night with the last of the family’s money. Before leaving, she even sold the younger brother, whose bearing was as refined as moonligh 399Reads9.0Score9214d adds
- 162 Wedding Night: I’m Pregnant with the Chief Eunuch’s Child 新婚夜：我怀了督主的崽 [Overbearing palace eunuch vs. scheming beauty: be the wickedest beauty and flirt with the most powerful man] Rumors have been swirling around the capital lately, and everyone says the Zhao family’s most noble young lady has gone mad. Instead of becoming an imperial consort, she went and confessed her feelings to a eunuch. One of his subordinates asked Zhuang Li, “My lord, this young lady seems pretty good. Why not marry her?” Zhuang Li replied coldly, “What the hell does that have to do with me 720Reads9.2Score10114d adds
- 163 The Male Lead’s Ex-Wife 穿成男频大男主的前妻 [Complete + historical wuxia romance + devoted first love + love-struck male lead] Su Jian accidentally transmigrates into a wish-fulfillment novel aimed at male readers, becoming the male lead’s ex-wife, who abused him and indirectly helped make him stronger. To stay alive and avoid exposing her identity, Su Jian secretly treats the male lead well, gradually building up his affection. She doesn’t expect him to remember her when he makes it big; she just hopes he won’t have her assassinated. Who 1kReads—Score10214d adds
- 164 If We Could Share a Snowfall in This Life, We Should Grow Old Together in the Next 此生若能同淋雪，来世应当共白头 If we could share a snowfall in this life, surely we’ll grow old together in the next. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 After We Wed, the Aloof Chancellor Fell for Me 成亲后，高冷丞相沦陷了 [Transmigrates into a book + sweet and satisfying + marriage before love + everyday life + devoted to one another] Du Nan transmigrated into a book, becoming Yun Shuyue, the sickly, pampered legitimate daughter of a wealthy merchant family in the capital. Three days later, she was to marry Jiang Chengyuan, the prime minister, a first-rank official at court. A perfect sacrificial supporting character! She had read more than half the story. Yun Shuyue wasn’t Jiang Chengyuan’s one true love. He mar 5.5kReads8.7Score49014d adds
- 166 A Fragrant Illness, a Sickly Beauty, and Her Spoiled Husband Can’t Keep Up the Act 病骨生香，纨绔夫君他装不下去了 [Complete] Mutual first-timers, happy ending [Scheming playboy. Secret crush turns mutual × lazy, sickly beauty × devoted husband] Wen Qionghua is the only legitimate daughter in three generations of the Xuanhe Prince's household. She is breathtakingly beautiful, yet frail and sickly from birth. Betrothed by imperial decree to the aloof Buddhist devotee Xie Linfeng, she is publicly humiliated by him for the sake of a woman who sells noodles. She raises her weary eyes. “Let’s break off the engage 9.2kReads8.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 167 The Regent’s Caged Sparrow Has Flown Away 摄政王的笼中雀飞走了 (Both leads are devoted to each other, traditional historical romance, marriage first and love later, a long road to winning back his wife, not a wish-fulfillment story) “Not bad-looking.” He stroked her beautiful face, his smile wicked. “A virtuous woman makes a wife; beauty belongs in the bedchamber. You are unworthy of being my wife!” On their wedding night, Mo Xuanyuan demoted Lou Mingyue from wife to concubine. Later, he demoted her again, making her a bedchamber maid. She endured every har 314Reads7.3Score11114d adds
- 168 General, Don't Lose Your Mind Yet, Your Wife Has Caused Trouble Again 将军先别疯，夫人又闯祸了 [One-on-one romance, both devoted to each other] Shen Luoyao transmigrates into the role of a villainess. She schemes to marry the male lead, commits every kind of misdeed, and eventually dies with arrows piercing her heart, her corpse left exposed in the wilderness. When Shen Luoyao wakes up, she discovers that the plot is controlling her. The things she says and does aren’t what she wants at all. Then she discovers that as long as she gets close to the villain, Lu Jingyu, she can speak her m 2.7kReads8.5Score30414d adds
- 169 Laugh at Her for Being a Widow? She's the Regent King's One Regret 笑她寡妇？可她是摄政王的意难平 On their wedding night, her husband, Pei Tingning, went into the wrong room and ended up with one of the maids. Three months later, he supposedly died in battle, and she wore mourning clothes for him for three years. Then, on the anniversary of his death, she heard his warm voice through the wall, laced with mockery. That was when she learned that his supposed twin brother, Pei Tingyan, was actually her husband in disguise. He had already married the maid as his second wife. Three years of agony 1kReads6.0Score20714d adds
- 170 I Won’t Be a Powerful Official’s Concubine, I Just Want to Farm 不做权臣外室，我只想种田 As the head of the Court of Judicial Review, Huo Yanzheng is known among the people of the capital as an upright official who solves cases with uncanny skill. But to Su Lingwan, he is cold and heartless, standing by with folded arms. He hardly seems like a good person. So whenever Huo Yanzheng comes to eat at her noodle shop, she secretly gives him two extra side dishes or adds another braised egg to his order. She is timid by nature and has no one to rely on. She can only hope that, in return f 6.8kReads8.9Score65414d adds
- 171 The Grand Secretary Shen’s Beloved Darling 沈首辅的掌上娇 Jiang Jincan, the third young lady of the Yong'an Marquis's household, is said to bring death to her husbands. If she takes a liking to you, tell me, would you panic? Shen Yanqing said, “What’s there to panic about? Heaven may not have dropped a fortune into my lap, but it did drop me a wife. That’s a sure win.” Who in the capital didn’t know that Shen Yanqing, heir to the Duke of Dingguo, would do anything Jiang Jincan asked, since their families had been close for generations? He practically w 3kReads9.0Score36614d adds
- 172 Starting with a Jade Thumb Ring: I Make Her a Princess, and She Becomes a Demon Empress 玉扳指开局：我封郡主她成妖后 Two leading actresses from an acting school refused a director’s advances, so he set a fire to kill them. As they lay near death in the blaze, a rare alignment of seven stars streaked across the night sky, and the ancient jade thumb ring borrowed by the film crew suddenly burst into a dazzling white light! When they opened their eyes again, the two best friends had been transported to the past. One landed on an ancient battlefield dressed in men’s clothes for a martial arts role. She saved the y 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Enticing Spring 撩春 Shen Lingyi, the daughter of a convicted minister, used a bowl of aphrodisiac wine to climb into the bed of Lord Lu, the Grand Secretary, and became his most favored mistress. Lu Yanting defied an imperial decree and refused to marry anyone else. He showered her with riches, all for the sake of seeing her smile… Sweet trap after sweet trap made Shen Lingyi fall completely in love with Lu Yanting, only for her to discover he had married her because she bore a resemblance to a princess who was al 2.4kReads8.9Score29014d adds
- 174 You’re Mine Now, Sweetheart. You Can’t Escape 强行霸占，乖乖，你逃不掉的 A fictional historical setting, one-on-one romance between two virgins, sweet and angsty, with more suffering for the male lead. Ever since Lord Yan discovered Bai Xi’s beauty at the Martyrs’ Memorial Garden, he had secretly been harboring designs on her. In less than three days, he began forcibly taking her for himself, using both threats and blandishments, with no restraint day after day. So Bai Xi seized an opportunity to run away with her mother. But Lord Yan would never let her get away so 4.1kReads9.0Score26614d adds
- 175 The Prince Tormented Me a Thousand Times, Yet Expects Me to Be His First Love 王爷虐我千百遍，还妄想我当初恋 [Domineering possession, forced love, two strong leads: The hero is a bastard, unhinged, sinister, and possessive early on. Driven by hatred, he takes the heroine by force. As his pursuit consumes him, she takes over his heart and mind, and he eventually loves her with all his heart. The heroine is a calculating beauty, seized by a dark, scheming prince. She plans every step, fights back from the brink, and gets the hero completely under her thumb. Their love and hatred twist together amid war a 469Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 176 Help! After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Male Lead from the Tragic Novel Won't Leave Me Alone 救命！穿书后被虐文男主缠上了 [Fortune-telling livestream + transmigrate into a book + showbiz + funny heroine + sweet romance + devoted couple] Gu Qingning, a descendant of the ancient Ling family, carelessly transmigrates into a melodrama as its wicked supporting female character. To scrape together the twenty million yuan divorce penalty owed to her difficult male lead, she tearfully embarks on a money-making venture in showbiz. Unexpectedly, she becomes famous for one simple reason: she always says exactly what she think 230Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 177 All Bark, Weak Knees: The Unhinged Villain Is Hooked 嘴硬腿软，疯批反派被钓上瘾了 [Obsessive, Possessive Power Broker vs. Deliciously Pretty, High-Maintenance Softie] On her ninth transmigration into a book, Ruan Anning chooses the mission “get killed.” The moment she opens her eyes, she sees the unhinged villain who has killed her eight times already causing trouble. Ruan Anning immediately shouts, “Stop! If you’re going to kill him, you’ll have to kill me first!” (Come on, come on! Give me a stab! Please!) The villain puts away his knife and replies, “...As you command, You 2Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 178 After Our Divorce, I Pursued the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old 100 Times 和离后，我追了九千岁100次 [Rebirth + Revenge + Sweet Romance + Female Pursues Male + Fake Eunuch] Gongs and drums blare as ten miles of red wedding finery fill the streets. Shen Nanxing enters the Prince of Jing's residence, overjoyed to marry the young man she has loved and longed for over so many years. But the morning after the wedding, she wakes in tears. Wearing only her undergarments and barefoot, she rushes out of the residence and corners the cold-faced man in black, with black hair, outside the wall of her bri 3kReads8.9Score42414d adds
- 179 My Alluring Cousin Turns the Mad Young Lord into a Puppy! 表妹娇媚，把疯批世子调成修勾！ [Possessive love + lofty beauty brought down from her pedestal + both virgins + forced love] Mad, powerful minister × pure, innocent sweetheart A great fire took Qifu’s happy family from her. With her dying breath, her mother told her to seek refuge with her aunt, who had married into the Duke’s household. After Qifu arrives at the Duke’s estate, she is drawn into the world of this aristocratic family. Her aunt’s death and her desire for bloody revenge leave her no choice but to approach Xie Jin 1.6kReads6.4Score10814d adds
- 180 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 1.6kReads8.9Score14414d adds
- 181 You Want to Marry Someone Else, So I Ran Away to Make Room. Why Are You Chasing Me? 你要娶别人，我逃跑让位你追什么 (A clear-eyed beauty who loves money and handsome men X a cold, ruthless regent with a hidden dark side) *Both leads are inexperienced; sweet romance After transmigrating to ancient times, Jiang Yu takes a fancy to a handsome tutor and flirts her way into making him her husband. He is refined and noble, gentle and considerate, the sort of good husband everyone envies and praises. Jiang Yu wholeheartedly agrees. One night, after an intimate encounter, Jiang Yu wakes to find her husband gone. She 15.9kReads8.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 182 After the Substitute Marriage, the Madam Keeps Getting Into Trouble 替嫁后，夫人她又又又惹事了 [Clear-headed layabout vs. fake-sick schemer] [One-on-one sweet romance] [Both leads are each other's first and only love, happy ending] Shen Changnian transmigrated into the body of a pitiful girl whose useless father and uncaring stepmother neglected her. She'd heard that Gu He'an, the Grand Tutor's son, was handsome, came from a good family, and was destined to die young. Shen Changnian's eyes lit up again and again. She gladly agreed to marry him in someone else's place, thinking she'd be 3.8kReads9.0Score62914d adds
- 183 To Stay Alive, I Pretended to Be the Amnesiac Powerbroker's One True Love 为了苟命，我伪装失忆权臣白月光 [Comedy / Sweet Romance / Face-Slapping / Bickering Couple / Pretending Turns Real] Zhuang Wan transmigrated into a book and became the daughter of a disgraced official whose family was to be confiscated and executed. According to the plot, she would be sent to the Imperial Music Bureau and reduced to a plaything for the powerful, before meeting a tragic end. Zhuang Wan: What the hell did I do to offend the gods? TAT At that moment, her family was being stripped of its possessions, and she wa 7.9kReads8.9Score96614d adds
- 184 After I Gave Up and Married a Poor Scholar, I Became the Empress of All Under Heaven 摆烂嫁给穷举子后，我母仪天下了 [Both are reborn + a seemingly gentle but secretly ruthless hero has been plotting for years + in their past life, the emperor stole his subject’s wife + in this life, they marry young] In her previous life, Jiang Yanhuai was set up and accidentally lost her virtue to a down-on-his-luck scholar. He was taciturn and aloof, and Jiang Yanhuai didn’t want to marry him. Fortunately, her cousin took pity on her, and she married into the Cheng’an Earl’s household. But her cousin was greedy and faithles 2.9kReads8.2Score38714d adds
- 185 Spring Stirs the Lotus Platform 春动莲台 [Cherished, highborn daughter × dignified, abstinent son of a prominent family] Rumor has it that Shen Lianchi, the youngest daughter of the Grand Princess and the Duke of Zhenguo, has been sickly for years. She has a noble title, but is really an ugly woman. Yet this supposedly ugly woman has a marriage match that all the noble young ladies in Tokyo envy: she was betrothed to the Fu family’s young master before birth! What kind of man is Fu Yuji? Born into a distinguished scholarly family, a pr 1.6kReads7.4Score20514d adds
- 186 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 922Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 187 Pampered! The Powerful Chief Minister Claims His Sweet, Obedient Little Fool 娇宠！首辅强势占有乖软小笨蛋 [Cold, twisted, manipulative, and perverse male lead x delicate, soft, teary-eyed, silly beauty female lead] No pirated copies. The official version is on Fanqie, and the whole story is free! [Both leads' first time + pure historical romance + mutual redemption + no love rivals] The male lead carefully schemes his way toward winning her over, but he's a bit of a pervert, okay! Dedicated to sweet romance for a hundred years! Note: The male and female leads are not related by blood in any way!!! 2.2kReads8.9Score23914d adds
- 188 Spring Waters Flow 春水泛泛 The sweet everyday life of a quirky, spirited girl and a cold, aloof crown prince. The heroine, Lin Shuang, crosses through time and space to form a fated bond with the male lead, His Highness the Crown Prince. Their hearts flutter, just as destiny intended. Sometimes love is like that: nothing earth-shattering, just you looking at me as spring waters ripple, and me happening to be looking back at you. 2.8kReads—Score19114d adds
- 189 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 482Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 190 The Marquis’s Daughter Can Fly 侯府千金她会飞 Though Lin Xi was born into a marquis’s household, she grew up among the martial world. On her maternal grandmother’s sixtieth birthday, she bid farewell to her master and traveled alone to the capital to pay her respects. Unexpectedly, she stumbled upon the scene of a prince being murdered. Terrified, she put her one real talent, an escape technique, to extraordinary use and fled all the way back to the capital with a secret in tow. Once home, she dutifully took up her role as the young lady of 1.2kReads8.8Score14414d adds
- 191 Pretending to Read Minds, the Empress Becomes the Tyrant’s Beloved 伪装读心，娘娘成了暴君心尖宠 Lang Zhi never imagined she would transmigrate into a book one day. She becomes the beautiful, vicious, arrogant daughter of a powerful minister, destined to lose the struggle for power and die after falling out of favor with the emperor. Luckily, her skill at making up outrageous stories and her unconventional mind-reading ability, which lets her fool people without a second thought, come along with her. The tyrant fears her powerful family and refuses to make her empress. Lang Zhi smiles faint 440Reads8.4Score10714d adds
- 192 Reborn as a Substitute Bride, the Prince Dotes on Me Without Restraint 重生替嫁，王爷他娇宠无度 She was sent as a substitute bride to a man rumored to bring death to his wives and leave no heirs. The entire capital wagered she wouldn’t survive her wedding night. But with memories of her past life, Su Wanning helped Gu Yanci avoid traps, root out spies, and defeat political rivals, transforming from a discarded daughter forced into marriage into the sole mistress of the Prince Regent’s household. He held power over the court, never took another concubine, and devoted himself to her alone. O —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Powerful Minister Begged for My Affection Every Day 穿书后，权臣大人日日求宠 [Transmigrate into a Book + Alternate World + Sweet Romance + Yandere + Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only One] [A sweet little romance with little political intrigue. The heroine isn’t a powerful, assertive type. Neither lead has been with anyone else in either their past or present lives, and the hero only loves the heroine.] A lively, spirited little drama queen with catlike charm × a clingy, green-tea husband who pretends to be sweet and obedient, with foxlike charm At first, Luo Qingqing only 2.8kReads9.2Score36514d adds
- 194 The Charming Princess Consort Seduces the Prince, Leaving Him Wanting More 娇美王妃引诱王爷，欲罢不能 [Flirty, Fussy Little Fox vs. Devoted, Overindulgent Puppy] (HE + self-serving, glamorous heroine + princes from two kingdoms competing for her + hero has been plotting for a long time + later obsessive coercive pursuit; soft, delicate heroine who’s easy to push around + both leads have clean slates after she is reborn) At first, she pursues him. Later, he chases her. The hero is cold on the outside but warm within; the second male lead is warm on the outside but cold within. In her previous lif 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 After Claiming Him by Force, the Crown Prince Keeps Pursuing, Competing, and Flirting with Me 强取豪夺后，太子又争又抢又撩野 (Forced marriage and conquest, intense tension, the powerful one bowing his head, a gorgeous and brazen young escort chief VS a ruthless, hot-tempered prince, both virgins) Prince Li Mingyu was looked down on from birth because his mother's family was lowborn. He was sent to a military camp on the frontier to be toughened up. But who could have expected a palace coup? Li Mingyu returned to the palace with 150,000 frontier soldiers to save the emperor. All the princes of noble birth were killed o 152Reads—Score1514d adds
- 196 After I Was Reborn, My Shameless Ex-Husband Seduced Me with His Good Looks 重生后，前夫不要脸用男色勾引我 Previously titled: The Husband I Was Forced to Marry Never Warmed to Me, So I Don’t Want Him After Being Reborn [Rebirth + household and palace intrigue + both leads are each other’s first and only + married in both lives + eight-year age gap] **Set in an imaginary world. Don’t nitpick the history! This is not a wish-fulfillment story!!** In her previous life, Gu Jinchu fell in love at first sight with the gentle and refined Jiang Nansheng. The more she saw him, the more she adored him, treating 4.9kReads8.7Score48514d adds
- 197 Stealing My Brother's Wife 夺兄妻 A gentle, refined young lady of a distinguished family × a powerful official who seems noble and impeccable but is actually a deranged schemer Cui Fu was born into the prestigious Qinghe Cui clan. A refined and gentle noblewoman, she had been childhood friends with the eldest son of the Xie family since they were young. But fate had other plans. In the second year of their marriage, the eldest son of the Xie family was ambushed by bandits in the mountains and killed by their blades. Having lo 4.7kReads8.2Score54014d adds
- 198 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 2.2kReads7.1Score26914d adds
- 199 Cloud Terrace Stratagem 云台策 [Slow-paced + classical historical romance + court intrigue and power struggles + three generations of heroines] The flames of war illuminate red robes, while an abacus determines the fate of the realm: an epic tale of three generations of remarkable women. [Runaway heiress × stone-faced general] × [Genius female chancellor × young marshal forged on the battlefield] When the beloved daughter of Jiangnan’s wealthiest merchant meets a battle-hardened general who rose from humble beginnings, they m 6Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 200 The Chaste Older Man's Only Love Is His Sweetheart 禁欲大叔独宠小娇妻 [Older-man romance, ten-year age gap, one-on-one, both leads’ first love] There was a ten-year age gap between them. They met on a messaging app. Guan Yanxi met an older man on a messaging app. After her college entrance exams, things between them developed quickly. Guan Yanxi’s goal was, “If I can’t have him, I’ll sleep with him, then break up.” But she never expected to get in too deep. Shi Yan had never imagined being with a young woman, but everything about her drew him in. He didn’t want to 10Reads—Score—14d adds
