Novels like The Story of Guan Xi
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- 101 The Innocent Abandoned Consort: Prince, Please Let Me Go 弃妃无罪：王爷请你放过我 [Prince + imperial power + tragic romance] At first, he grabs her by the throat, his expression sinister and alluring. “How much truth is there in those tears of yours? Cheng Luoxun, I’ll make you pay in blood.” In the end, she fulfills his wish, barely conscious and almost lifeless. When the peach blossoms bloom in the third month, he gently takes her hand. “You said I didn’t love you, but you never once asked me if I did.” The candles flicker dimly in the room. He looks up, and there is nothin 1kReads8.0Score10114d adds
- 102 [Falling Blossoms Know My Heart] 【落花知我意】 [Devoted Prince x Noblewoman] [Historical Romance Tragedy | Childhood Sweethearts, Bad Ending | Court Intrigue and Palace Schemes] Princess Jialing Shen Wan is the cherished jewel of the Shen family. As children, they caught fish together on spring days and gathered around the stove to boil snow on winter nights. Within the palace walls, she and Song Jinghan vowed to spend their lives together. But then the winds of fate shifted. Her cousin, who had returned after years away, stirred up trouble 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Tears Beneath Mount Fuji 富士山下的眼泪 [If you meet the love of your life, go hand in hand beneath Mount Fuji] [Reconciliation after heartbreak | Bittersweet sweetness | Saving each other | Realistic | Happy ending] [Devoted puppy who barges into her life ✖️ melancholic, icy little white flower] Yang Zhimo’s first encounter with Xiang Zhuye was part of a carefully laid plan. The most dazzling ring, the most heartfelt proposal, the man she loved most. Years later, Yang Zhimo still believes that was the closest she ever came to happine 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Jinli: The Gardenias Haven't Fallen Asleep 烬璃：栀子未眠 Jin Li: The Gardenia Has Yet to Sleep 24Reads—Score114d adds
- 105 The Stunning, Fiesty Favorite Consort: The Tyrant Is Addicted to Spoiling Her 绝美宠妃太刁蛮，暴君自虐宠上瘾 663Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 106 Fallen Blossoms Still Drift Toward the Jade Steps 乱红犹向玉阶飞 Xiao Seru said to Wen Jinchub: “A Chu, I know you still think of Miss Lu. I'm envious, but I'm not jealous. I don't expect you to truly let her go. I only hope you'll let me stay by your side... I may not be as talented or beautiful as Miss Lu, but my love for you is just as true!” Xiao Seru also said, “A Chu, I'm so happy I can be your wife. A Chu, I like you. I really, truly like you!” But later, Xiao Seru said to Wen Jinchub: “Wen Jinchub, she pushed me!” “Is Lu Liulian's child the only one w 119Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 107 Run! Run! Run! The General's Legitimate Daughter Flees Her Wedding 逃！逃！逃！将军府嫡女逃婚了 (This is a fictional setting!) [Historical romance + love that grows over time + war + devotion to family and country] Their first meeting! “Hey!” Mu Yun Zhao asked tentatively. “Are you breathing, or have you stopped?” Qi Han Yu gave a slight shake of his head! Mu Yun Zhao let out a sigh of relief. “You’re alive!” She saved him, and then latched onto him! The nth time he saved her! A curved saber was about to plunge into Mu Yun Zhao’s body! The chill of death rushed toward her. But the excrucia 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 President Gu, What Am I to You? 顾总，对你而言我算什么 [Domineering, possessive, scheming Gu Che vs. sweet, gentle, obedient Lin Ning] Lin Ning’s voice trembled. “If you don’t love me, why did you marry me?” Gu Che mocked himself: How could she know whether he loved her? Gu Che sneered. “For fun.” Those two words pierced Lin Ning’s heart. “In that case, if you don’t love me and I don’t love you, then you’ll have to pay to sleep with me. Twenty thousand each time.” Gu Che’s face darkened. How ridiculous, saying he didn’t love her. Was she really degr 247Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 My Love Is Real, and So Is My Desire to Kill You 爱是真的，想杀你也是真的 My Love Is Real, and So Is My Desire to Kill You 39Reads—Score114d adds
- 110 Your Majesty, Grant Me Three Feet of White Silk 请君赐我三尺白绫 [A Despairing Fallen Princess × An Iron-Faced New Emperor; A Lovely Foreign Princess × A Gentle Prince; A Freedom-Seeking Princess × An Enemy Spy] [Not Rebirth, Transmigration, or Fantasy. Pure historical setting, BE, angst] In the spring of the twentieth year of Emperor Yin Ai’s reign, the northern army stormed the imperial city. Emperor Yin Ai died beneath the sword of Han Chenji, the new emperor of the north. Yin Yue held her father’s corpse in her arms and glared at the ice-cold man before h 49Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 111 Hidden Jasmine 藏茉莉 The rating just went up. It’ll rise more later~ [Lin Mosheng × Zhou Yu] On a stormy day, the air was damp and oppressive. An old tune drifted from the music box on the table, and through her hazy consciousness, she returned to her first year of high school. “Shengsheng, what are you standing there for?” The woman smiled and urged her. “Hurry up and call him big brother.” Lin Mosheng looked at the boy in front of her, her eyes instantly turning red. Choking back tears, she said, “Zhou Yu?” The bo 485Reads8.3Score10214d adds
- 112 After I Was Given to the Prince, the Mad Emperor Regretted It Too Late 将我送给王爷后疯批皇帝追悔莫及 With beauty enough to topple cities, she was cursed by the world as a demoness who would bring ruin to the nation. The emperor's favor turned out to be nothing but a means of revenge. Behind the glittering splendor, the truth slowly emerges. The one responsible for the hatred between their country and their families is none other than him... A peerless beauty made heroes across the land fall at her feet, yet he wanted nothing more than to see her dead. After going to great lengths to trick the i 466Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 113 I Swear by My Love, Though It Brings Me Sorrow 敬我相思不成悲 She was a peerlessly beautiful young woman, famous throughout the land, yet fate had placed her in a brothel. Meng Zhijun believed Murong Yan was the man meant for her. She endured humiliation and kept her head bowed, all so she could stay by his side. She thought they would grow old together. But the man she loved most broke her fingers and ruined her face. In the end, he carved the bones from her body, one by one, and made them into a shocking bone flute. “A Zhi, look. Your bones are perfect f 57Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 114 The Emperor Is Heartless, So What Can the Heart Do? 帝王无情，心又奈何 After ten years of devoted love, what he gave her was not an empress’s coronation, but the execution of her entire family. The whole residence was drenched in blood. Standing in a pool of blood, she held a sword to his chest and demanded, “Did you ever love me, even a little?” He drove the sword into her heart inch by inch, his expression cold and ruthless. “What do you think?!” He didn’t know that for him, she would have smiled as she drank poison and willingly shattered herself to pieces. Than 132Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 115 After the Werewolf Princess Lost Her Heart, the Entire Vampire Clan Was Wiped Out 狼人公主心死后，吸血鬼全族被团灭 After the Werewolf Princess’s Heart Dies, the Entire Vampire Clan Is Wiped Out 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 After Failing to Get Our Marriage License for the 99th Time, I Left Him 第99次领证失败后，我不要他了 After Failing to Get Our Marriage License for the 99th Time, I Gave Up on Him 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 117 My Husband Faked Being Under a Love Curse, Then Cried When I Actually Cursed Him 夫君谎称中情蛊，真给他下又悔哭 My husband pretended he was under a love curse. When I actually cursed him, he cried and regretted it. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Real Heiress Faked Her Death on Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the One Who Used Her as a Shield Regretted It in Tears 真千金清明死遁，拿她挡灾的人悔哭了 The Real Heiress Faked Her Death on Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the One Who Used Her as a Human Shield Regretted It 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Mad Cage 疯狂囚笼 [Forced love | Extreme control | No redemption | Dark Southeast Asian aesthetic | Post-traumatic trauma] A rainy night on the Chao Phraya River marks the beginning of Su Wan's descent into the abyss. What she thinks is a miraculous escape from danger is merely a hunting ground carefully laid by Lu Zhuo. This man, who rules the roost across Southeast Asia, binds her to him with fabricated debts, puts a diamond-studded electronic collar around her neck, chains her ankles, and burns the word “Priso 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Splendor of Bianjing 汴颂风华录 Understand history, and you can see the future! This is a novel-length encyclopedia of the Northern Song, both a great read and a chance to expand your mind and learn something new! Follow Ji Xueqin's journey from a mute girl to the “Lady Tao Zhu,” the richest woman in the Northern Song. See how, with a bowl of porridge, a ledger, and a clever mind, she shakes up the bustling prosperity of the Northern Song at its height. The seasons are its bones, business opportunities its blood, and her rise —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 This Is Awkward: My Ex-Wife Is Getting Married, and I Still Have to Serve at the Wedding 尴尬，前妻结婚我还要去婚宴上端盘子 How awkward. My ex-wife is getting married, and I still have to go serve food at her wedding banquet. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Road Ahead Is Hard 荨路难 “Emperor and consort” “Angst” “Daughter of a great clan” “Young emperor” “Childhood sweethearts” “Both pure” In all my life, the most naive thing I ever did was believe that there could be a way for both sides to win on the chessboard. 3.6kReads8.1Score22414d adds
- 123 When We Divorced, I Made Her Kneel and Pay Me Back 离婚时，我让她跪着还 When We Divorced, I Made Her Kneel to Pay Me Back 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Chengning 承宁 [Historical romance / Love at first sight / Mutual devotion / Healing each other / A touch of court intrigue] Ning Chuchu: They all say I look like my elder sister, the Empress, but I have no desire to enter the palace. Above the clouds, untouched by the mundane world, with spirit in his eyes and beyond anyone’s reach: that is the kind of young man I like. One glance was all it took for me to fall. I’m rebellious to the core. I only pretend to be a delicate young lady so I can get close to him w 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Love That Cuts to the Bone: The CEO’s Wife Seeking Atonement 蚀骨虐情，总裁的赎罪妻 [Angst + Captivity + Never Forgiven + All the Pain] Five years ago, ballet princess Su Nian’s career was cut short onstage, and all the evidence pointed to her best friend, perfumer Shen Qingshi. Lu Chenzhou saw it with his own eyes and personally sent her to prison. Five years later, when Shen Qingshi was released, freedom was not waiting for her. Instead, Lu Chenzhou had built her another cage. With a contract, he bound her to his side as his personal “atonement wife.” He stripped her of her d 1.8kReads—Score10014d adds
- 126 Once I Came to My Senses, I Stopped Longing for the Past 清醒后不恋旧人 Once I Came to My Senses, I Stopped Pining for the Past —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Light of the Thirteenth Month 第十三月的光明 Hello, my name is Ji Xiaochuan! Hello, my name is Su Li! From now on, I'll call you Su Pear, sweet and juicy! Ji Xiaochuan, look! The light is here. My light is here! Little Pear, if there's another life, I'll spend it making it up to you! Ji Xiaochuan, if I could do it all over again, maybe I'd choose never to meet you! I walked through a dark abyss, and seemed to smell something rotten. Instinctively, I looked back. Countless wolves and tigers charged toward me, their sharp fangs 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Bright Moon over Zhishan: A Few Tales of Me and My Godfather, Wang Anshi 陟山明月：我与干爹王安石二三事 [Transmigrate as the Female Lead ➕ Second Marriage ➕ Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger ➕ Beat the Scumbag Senseless ➕ The Twelve Beauties of Jiangning] Historical records say that Wang Anshi took his second daughter-in-law as his adopted daughter and married her off to Prince Qi, Zhao Hao?! Little do they know that she transmigrated to the Northern Song dynasty, going from a kitchen maid in the inner courtyard all the way to becoming a princess consort! The moonlight shines on more than the rear cou 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Xi Yu's Ordeal: He Regretted Changing His Fated Love Trial 熙瑜有劫：逆改情劫后，他后悔了 Xiyu's Trial: After He Changed the Course of Their Love Tribulation, He Regretted It 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 In My Past Life, He Skinned My Face; In This One, I Make Their Beds 上一世他剥我的脸，这一世我为他们铺床叠被 In my previous life, he peeled the skin from my face. In this life, I make their beds and fold their quilts. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 A Thousand-Gold Gamble: I’m Making the Crown Prince My Live-In Son-in-Law! 一掷千金：太子被我招赘啦了！ [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A historical romance with business intrigue and mystery-solving] Su Rongyue, the daughter of Yangzhou's richest family, puts out a notice seeking a husband. And the man who shows up is the Crown Prince? Did they get the wrong person?! But that doesn't matter. After all, she fell in love at first sight, was struck by his breathtaking beauty, and was already thinking up names for their children the very next second! Miss this chance, and it may nev 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Three Years After I Transmigrated, the City Lord Became My Prisoner 穿越3年后，城主成我阶下囚 Content warning: This is a revenge story with a tragic romance. The male lead seeks redemption. It includes injury, imprisonment, and whipping, so proceed with caution. The leads are bitter enemies bound by fate, in both this life and their past lives. Angst and heartbreak, both leads are strong and devoted to each other, happy ending Proud, aloof Emperor Star VS revenge-driven Seven Killings queen In her first life, Yun Shuyue fell blindly in love with Huo Chenfeng. Little did she know the ma 1.2kReads8.1Score10314d adds
- 133 Passion on the Pillow: A Trial of Love 枕上欢：情字劫 Do you believe the person you love most could personally send you plunging into hell? I was once the wildest girl in the mountain stronghold, until that scholar entered my life. He taught me passion and promised to marry me, but on our wedding night, he slaughtered my entire clan. “I can't bring myself to kill you,” he said, then imprisoned me deep in the palace and let his concubines torment me. That night, I faked my death and escaped, only to discover a blood-written letter in his secret pass 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Nine-Lived Cat Girl 九命猫女 I'm a nine-lived cat woman, and the people of my clan were slaughtered to the last by the Kingdom of Shuo. After being reborn several times, the King of Shuo came to cherish me above all else. But he doesn't know that our love across three lifetimes is all for the sake of settling one lifetime's score. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Jade in Error 错玉 After transmigrating into a book for seven years, I married the second male lead, Pei Yue, and had his child. We lived in perfect harmony, and I thought my life was complete. Then I was kidnapped, and Prince Jun whispered mockingly in my ear, “Do you know it was your beloved husband who sent you to my bed?” I refused to believe him. But when I fought my way home, I found Pei Yue had married my divorced half-sister. His once-cold eyes now brimmed with tenderness, as if a dream he'd cherished for 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Lotus Ashes: Blood on the Emperor's Pillow 芙蓉烬：帝王枕上血 That year, the flames of Longhu Stronghold lit up half the sky. He stood amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, clad in a dragon robe stained red. I wore my phoenix crown and bridal robes, only to become a caged bird in his palace. “Have you ever hated me?” he asked, stroking my face, his eyes filled with an obsession that would not fade. I laughed through my tears. I only hated myself. He killed my entire family, yet I couldn't bring myself to take revenge. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Ashes of Passion: A Calamity of Mortal Life 骄欢烬浮生劫 “You once picked a spring blossom for me, then pushed me into the flames with your own hands.” I was the most spoiled legitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the capital. The day we first met, he was dressed in white as pristine as snow, his sword flashing like moonlight as he rescued me from danger in the streets. At his words, “I love you,” I starved myself to resist an arranged marriage, insisting I would marry no one else. But on our wedding night, he coldly left me alone, then gripped my 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 I Gave the Demon Lord My Whole Heart, but One Tear from His White Moonlight Means More 我对魔尊掏心掏肺，不如白月光一滴眼泪 I stood by Xie Yan through the hardest time of his life. Yet he repeatedly disregarded my feelings for the sake of his first love. I endured it because I loved him. Until he cut the vine core from my little brother to save her life. Only when my little brother’s soul was utterly destroyed in my arms did I realize I had been wrong. But I couldn’t avenge him. Because I was dying. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 After Being Reborn, I Ditched My Love-Brained Self 重生后我丢掉了恋爱脑 While gathering herbs in the mountains, I saved a handsome young man who was on the brink of death. He said the only way to repay me for saving his life was to give himself to me, so he became my husband. But less than half a month after our wedding, he disappeared. Later, my village was destroyed, and I was imprisoned, tortured, and killed. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the moment just before I was about to leave to gather herbs. I promptly set down my basket, but I never expec 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 If We Meet Again as We Were, We Should Be Strangers 若如初见应不识 I am Zhu Qingzhao, the most honored empress of the Great Yin dynasty, and the most ridiculous laughingstock in all the land. My childhood sweetheart, the emperor, treated me like dirt. He personally banished me to the Cold Palace and allowed his new empress to carve out my heart and lungs. Yet the chief minister, the man I called “Elder Brother,” had hidden his feelings for me for twenty years. As I lay dying, he murmured, “Qingzhao, let me take you away.” The world calls me a wicked woman who m 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 When Spring Deepens After the Apricot Blossoms Set Fruit 杏花结子春深后 She is a lowly convict slave in the palace laundry, humble as dust. He is the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, noble and radiant. Though their stations could hardly be further apart, they fall hopelessly in love. Only when their feelings are at their deepest does she unexpectedly learn that his father, the emperor, had her father framed so he could claim her mother for himself. Where can this ill-fated romance spanning two generations possibly lead? ----- A prince steals his minister’s wife + 1kReads—Score10514d adds
- 142 A One-Minute Goodbye 一分钟的告别 On New Year’s Eve, Yan Shu and I held our engagement party. He walked into the hall holding the hand of his long-lost orphanage sister. When Fu Qingqian pretended to trip and shove me, Yan Shu’s livestream had just passed one million viewers. I hit the floor hard. A warm red stream soaked through my white dress. Fu Qingqian wore a mocking smile. “Big Sis, why didn’t you get ready ahead of time if your period was due?” Yan Shu had started to reach out to help me, but he pulled his hand back, his 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 With Terminal Bone Cancer, I Was Driven to Despair by My Cheating Husband 骨癌晚期，我被出轨丈夫逼上绝路 Jiang Shaocheng cheated on me, but I was dying. A pregnant woman moved into our home. I shoved her, and he had me locked up. My bone cancer flared up, the pain unbearable, but I could hear him fooling around with her outside. When she went into labor, they took me away to give her a blood transfusion. I couldn’t hold on any longer. I died on the operating table. By the time they found me, my body had gone cold. I was dead, but Jiang Shaocheng went mad. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 My Husband Lost His Memory After a Car Accident 老公车祸后失忆了 Han Ziyou and I grew up together. He once loved me with all his heart and wanted to lay the very best the world had to offer at my feet. But then he forgot. He fell in love with someone younger and more radiant. Until one day, he got into a car accident while protecting her and suffered a head injury that left him with amnesia. His memories stopped ten years ago. Ten years ago, when he loved me more than anything. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Terminally Ill, I Heard My Scumbag Husband Suddenly Say He Loved Me 身患绝症，渣男老公突然说爱我 During the five years Gu Yanshen and I were entangled, he treated me as a stepping stone for his career, trampling on my talent without a second thought. He sold my paintings for a fortune, but credited them to his innocent-seeming junior sister. He drove me to a mental breakdown, and I slit my wrists to kill myself. He only sneered and called me a drama queen. In the end, my heart grew cold, and I chose to divorce him. But on the day he signed the divorce papers, he got into a car accident and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 After Awakening as a Stand-In, I Beat the Scumbag to a Pulp 替身觉醒后我暴打渣男 After five years together, all I had to show for it was the title of substitute. “Ran-jie came back and reached out to you herself. Why haven’t you dumped Yun Jiuxi yet?” Hidden behind the rooftop door, I listened to their conversation, stunned. “Are you that worried for me?” “Hey, I just don’t want Ran-jie to get jealous.” “Yeah, but now isn’t the time.” He blew out a ring of smoke, his voice cold and casual. “I’m not ready to let her go yet.” “As long as she behaves, there’s no reason I can’t 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 After She Died, the Entertainment Industry Came Crashing Down 她死后，娱乐圈的天塌了 I’m dead. But your nightmare has only just begun. I’m dead, but I’m still watching you. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Jealousy, Jealousy 争妒争妒 He kept making the wrong choice; she gave her heart to the wrong man!!! Everyone in the capital knew the decade-long joke! Su Shu, the legitimate daughter of the Xiang family, pursued Mu Chengxuan, the Great General Who Protects the Nation, for ten years! Then one day, he actually married her!!! Their wedding stunned the entire capital! A decade of love should have been the envy of all, yet less than a year later, the Chancellor’s residence was raided and Su Shu died of an illness. This shocked 303Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 149 Love's Ashes 相思烬 On my wedding day, I poisoned the nuptial wine. The Crown Prince drained his cup with a smile, then suddenly grabbed me by the nape. “So even the Shen family's legitimate daughter resorts to such despicable tricks?” I looked at the black blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and smiled. “Your Highness is mistaken. I'm treating the poison. What you have is ‘Love's End,’ from the Western Regions.” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 I Courted the Sixth Prince Nine Times, and Died Tragically Every Time 我攻略六皇子九次，九次惨死 To awaken the Seventh Prince, the one I love, I stood atop the highest watchtower in the imperial city. The Sixth Prince told me his shadow guards had secured the area, so I had nothing to worry about. But he didn’t know that moments later, the rebels would set fire to the powder magazine beneath the tower, turning this magnificent palace into a sea of flames... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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