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- 101 Bound by a Letter, Reborn into a Web of Mysteries 锦书缚，重生仍困谜局中 [Tomato Original] [Reborn] [Revenge] [Face-slapping] [Feel-good read] [Mystery] Xiao Jinshu is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Xiao’s household. Personally taught by the Duke of Xiao, she excels at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and is considered the model of a noble young lady in the capital. She has been betrothed to the heir of Prince Jing since childhood, but her own relatives frame her and marry her off to an uneducated wastrel. Her parents, younger siblings, and uncle’s family 621Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 102 After Breaking Off My Engagement to a Scumbag, I Married the Marquis's Heir 与渣男退婚后，我嫁侯府世子 [Clear-headed, clever heroine who won't reunite with her ex + scheming, devoted hero who's been planning this for a long time] Before their wedding, Shen Qingyun tells Lin Yao that his cousin is carrying his child. He urges Lin Yao to be magnanimous. “I was drunk when it happened. My cousin is gentle and obedient, and only asks to be taken as a concubine. The child can be registered under your name. She won't compete with you for anything.” Shen Qingyun assumes Lin Yao will make a scene and get 3.9kReads8.9Score43114d adds
- 103 I Am the Very Model of a Virtuous Consort 本宫贤良淑德 [Perfectly Composed, Performative Big Sister VS Sweet, Simple, Big-Bear Little Brother] Wu Mingli spent decades fighting for survival in the imperial palace. After being reborn by sheer luck, she chose to marry a prince who was expected to die young. All she had to do was wait for her husband to die for his country, and she would be elevated to Imperial Dowager Consort. Her life would be perfectly settled, just as she wished. Unexpectedly, the husband who had died young in her previous life asce 1kReads8.9Score10314d adds
- 104 The East Wind Is Warm, the Courtyard in Full Bloom 东风暄，满庭艳 Meng Zhihua was born into the century-old Meng family, a clan with deep roots. Yet she trusted the wrong people, costing both herself and her kin their lives. Reborn, she finally saw the truth! She tore away the false face of her former lover and stripped her old sisters of their hypocritical masks. To protect her family, she deliberately approached the Prince of Qishan, who had emerged unscathed from the princes' struggle for the throne, hoping to discover his secret. Little did she know that b 1.2kReads8.9Score15414d adds
- 105 Being the Principal Wife Is Hard: I Quit 主母难当，老娘不干了 Du Ruoheng was lucky enough to be reborn, but she returned to the very day she married into the Mu family. With her scumbag husband and his sweet-faced mistress standing before her, she thinks, This time, you won’t get away with it! (The new book, “Plotting to Kill the Legitimate Wife? Have You Asked About the Poisonous Gu in My Hands?” is now available. 784Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 106 The Family Estate 门庭 [Serious drama + healing each other + family intrigue + court politics + revenge + lifelong monogamy] Jiang Zhi struggled for five years in that household, enduring five years of nightmares and barely staying alive, like a dog her father traded away for profit. When her father pushed her into the fire pit, he said, “A Zhi, you’re the best piece on my chessboard.” After waking up, Jiang Zhi sees that the house she had dreamed of escaping back to in her previous life has not yet changed from the 3kReads8.6Score32514d adds
- 107 The Matriarch Is Tired. After Being Reborn, She Makes You All Work Like Beasts 主母累了，重生后换你们做牛马 Wei Yingxuan obeys her father’s orders and takes her deceased elder sister’s place in an arranged marriage. Before the wedding, she asks Song Tuo, “My temperament is very different from my sister’s. Will you truly care for me?” He replies, “She is she, and you are you. The day she died, I left the past behind.” For the sake of that promise, she too leaves the “past” and her “old flame” behind, and resolutely marries into the Marquis’s household. Seven years later, her elder sister comes back fro 2.7kReads8.5Score29814d adds
- 108 The Beloved Concubine’s Daughter 独宠庶女 She was an obscure daughter born to a concubine, carefully keeping her head down under her stepmother's watch, all so she could enjoy a peaceful life someday. Who could have guessed that this lowborn girl would marry into a marquis's household? Everyone thought she wouldn't be able to uphold the dignity of the marquis's family. But she won over people's hearts one step at a time, becoming not only a marquis's wife praised by all, but also the woman who won the marquis's heart... 10.9kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 109 The Day Her Husband Welcomed a Transmigrator into Their Home, She Awakened 夫君迎穿越女进门那日，她觉醒了 Li Shu lost her mother when she was young and was cherished like a precious jewel by her father and brothers. The emperor and empress also took her into the palace and raised her for several years. Though she was no princess, she was more privileged than even the unfavored princesses. With a beauty unmatched in the Cangyun Kingdom, she was the undisputed darling of heaven, and her life had been smooth sailing. But in the fifth year of her marriage, her husband brought home a frail young woman fr 11.6kReads8.3Score95614d adds
- 110 Reborn, the Matriarch Marries a Playboy and Welcomes Twins 重生主母嫁纨绔，一胎双宝喜洋洋 [Reborn + tearing apart the white lotus + twins + punishing scumbags + one-on-one romance] In her previous life, Song Ruolan believed she was the happiest woman in the world. Her husband loved her, her mother-in-law doted on her, and her only regret was that she hadn't borne the heir a child. She could only blame her frail health: in just four or five years, she had become terminally ill. As she lay dying, her husband wept inconsolably. "In this life, you are the only wife I've ever loved." Song 5.4kReads8.8Score70214d adds
- 111 The Moon's Longing 心月迢迢 (1v1) Both are devoted only to each other. Jiang Xinyue’s childhood sweetheart and husband went off to war one day and was never heard from again. She held the family together alone, cared for the elders, raised their young child, and opened an embroidery shop. Then one day, she suddenly learned that her husband was not only still alive, but had become a celebrated general and was about to marry a beautiful woman and join the imperial family. He had completely forgotten her and their child. Jian 1.1kReads8.4Score12214d adds
- 112 The Beautiful Consort Loves to Put on a Show, and the Sly Emperor Loves Watching 娘娘貌美又爱演，皇上腹黑很爱看 [Willful legitimate daughter + loves acting + favored by the emperor + his one and only + palace intrigue + becomes empress] Having learned from her mother's example, Gu Yanran never showed anyone her true feelings. She relied on her acting skills to navigate those around her, escaping one den of wolves only to enter a tiger's lair. Helpless, she ended up in the palace... The emperor loved watching her act, but not when she acted for him. At their first meeting, the emperor looked at her and 204Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 113 Seeking Daylight Through the Snow 拨雪寻昼 “You and I have loved each other since childhood, childhood sweethearts with nothing to hide from one another.”, Ouyang Yuqian, "The Peacock Flies Southeast" [Childhood sweetheart loses to the newcomer + love grows over time] [This story is entirely fictional. Please do not read too much into it. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] Because their mothers had been close friends since their girlhood, and the Xie and Shen families were neighbors, Xie Chenxue and Shen Fu 695Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The God of War Prince's Sweet Young Wife 战神王爷的小娇妻 [Pure historical romance, no rebirth or transmigration] [One couple, both devoted only to each other + marriage before love + mutual trust + doting husband + children later on] A royal decree turns the mute Zhou Qinxue from the future crown princess into the Princess Consort of Prince Ning. On their wedding night, Prince Ning leads his troops into battle, and Dowager Consort Qin sends her straight to a remote corner of the estate. When Prince Ning returns from war, the first thing he does is 342Reads7.5Score10114d adds
- 115 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 16.1kReads8.9Score1.8k14d adds
- 116 Where the Phoenix Comes to Nest 有凤来栖 In her previous life, she leapt from the city wall. As her consciousness faded, she saw him attack the city for her, slaughter everyone who had betrayed and tormented her, bury her, and turn white-haired overnight. She heard him confess his love, then watched him take his own life so he could be buried with her... Reborn, she wants nothing to do with princes, royal sons, or heirs! Is the man who keeps barging into her boudoir in the middle of the night really the same decisive, ruthless Regent e 3kReads8.7Score44914d adds
- 117 You Insisted on Swapping Brides, So Go Cry in Rags While Eating Cornmeal 你非要换亲，穿鹑衣吃麻食哭去吧 The Yu sisters were both reborn. In her previous life, the unloved eldest daughter, Yuan Buwei, married Jiang Weiming, the son of the Vice Minister of Revenue. The second daughter, Yuan Jinse, married Lu Sui, the son of the Marquis of Wanning. Everyone thought the younger sister would have a better life than her older sister. But on her wedding day, Lu Sui was ambushed by the enemy. He was carried back to the marquis’s residence, where he awoke disabled. Realizing her dream of wealth was shatter 230Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 118 Schemes of the Qing Palace: Complete in Three Volumes 清宫谋（全3册） Bestselling author Lian Jing Zhuyi, whose works have garnered over ten million clicks, follows The Chronicles of the Six Dynasties with a decade in the making, bringing to life the love and hate of three emperors across the Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Yongzheng reigns! She is the daughter of a bewitching consort from the previous dynasty, breathtakingly beautiful yet condemned to a lifetime of servitude. She is the brightest “pearl” in the Qing imperial harem, who ends up in the Cold Palace by a twist 598Reads9.3Score10014d adds
- 119 As You Wish, My Love 承卿意 Bai Yu: A young general who guarded the border of the Mu Kingdom for years. It is said that his mother died in childbirth after giving birth to him. From then on, General Bai took his newborn son to the frontier, where they spent more than a decade. Now that the border wars have ended, a marriage contract summons Bai Yu back to the capital, where he returns with his father to report for duty. Yu Xuejing: The youngest daughter of Grand Tutor Yu. Her elder brother serves in the Hanlin Academy. All 766Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 120 The Legitimate Daughter’s Stunning Return 嫡女惊华 In her past life, Feng Jinghua trusted the wrong man and a vile woman, leading to the slaughter of her entire maternal family. As she was giving birth, her limbs were severed, and she was tortured to death! Dying with hatred in her heart, she is reborn in a bath of blood. A vengeful ghost crawling out of the underworld, she will drag everyone who wronged her in her past life straight to hell! She takes down treacherous men and torments wicked women, sheds her former self, and fights back from th 187Reads8.6Score11114d adds
- 121 The Glorious Legitimate Princess Consort: The Heir Dotes on His Wife 盛世嫡妃，世子爷宠妻如命 After seven years by his side, Su Mingyue discovered that she had only ever been used. Perhaps she was not fated to die after all: after being condemned to death in the cold palace, she returned to the age of fourteen and embarked on the path of revenge. She thought she needed an ally, so she sought out Yuan Che, heir to Prince Chen’s estate and every young woman in the capital’s dream lover. He thought he needed a wife, so he sought out Su Mingyue, the fierce daughter of a military family whom 1.5kReads8.5Score13214d adds
- 122 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 11.4kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 123 Farewell to the Phoenix Throne on a Peony Couch 牡丹榻上辞凤阙 Shen Wanning had lived in the secluded depths of the Shen residence for as long as she could remember, growing up alongside her half-brother, Shen Huaijin, the chief grand secretary. He always treated her with the distance and severity of an elder brother, convinced she was the daughter of his father's mistress, hidden away in the household, a stain on the family's honor. It was only when the decree accusing the loyal of treason arrived that the truth behind the massacre of her military family w 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 My Youthful Years Are for You 韶华为君嫁 Princess Yongning Qi Zhuo was born into privilege and was Emperor Jianning's most beloved daughter. In her eyes, a consort's only purpose was to give her a child. She had originally planned to choose a powerless top-ranked scholar, but in the end, she chose the heir to the Duke of Weiguo, who came from a powerful clan. Qi Zhuo thought they would be like any ordinary aristocratic couple, treating each other with polite respect. She never expected him to use every means at his disposal to grow cl 2.8kReads8.5Score22514d adds
- 125 The Marquis’s Legitimate Eldest Daughter 侯府嫡长女 Ji Mingxin transmigrated into the body of the legitimate eldest daughter of a marquis’s household, abandoned at her maternal grandparents’ home for more than a decade and forgotten by everyone. She simply shrugged it off. She learned medicine, trained in martial arts, and built a thriving business. The Ji family’s legitimate daughter was granted a marriage, and her match was a dissolute young lord known throughout the capital for drinking, gambling, and womanizing. When her younger stepsister th 10.9kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 126 The Eldest Princess 嫡长公主 As a princess destined to inherit the throne, Lu Ning is at her wit’s end. Her younger brother, the only other person in the family who could inherit the throne, has run away from home. With the throne suddenly thrust upon her, she has no choice but to run away too and search for him. Who would have thought that Lu Ning, newly arrived in the martial world, would fall into a marriage-fraud scheme at a banquet hosted by the Luo family? It turns out the so-called banquet is actually a matchmaking e 352Reads9.2Score10514d adds
- 127 The Adored Princess Is Beautiful and Sweet 团宠郡主美又娇 Sheng Wange was an astonishingly beautiful girl! She could compose poetry at three and speak in elegant phrases at five. By eight, she was the most beautiful and talented girl in the capital! Born to a noble family, her father was the prime minister, second only to The Outcast and above everyone else. Her mother was the second daughter of the Prince-Guarding General and the empress's younger sister. There were no princesses in the imperial family, nor any girls among the younger generation of th 1.2kReads8.7Score13214d adds
- 128 The Marquess's Wife Was Widowed for Three Years, Then Got Pregnant and Went on a Rampage 侯门主母守寡三年，一朝有喜杀疯了 [Heroine runs away while pregnant + coercive romance + forbidden relationship + obsessive hero] A widow's life is hard, and life as a widow in a marquis's household is even harder. Shen Xiling's husband died young. She manages every affair in the marquis's estate, yet gets no appreciation for it. She thought she'd spend the rest of her life wasting away like this. But then her brother-in-law, who was believed to have died in battle, returns and inherits everything in the marquis's household. 105Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 129 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 1.6kReads7.4Score21914d adds
- 130 The Jealous Empress's Bitter Tears 醋精皇后的心酸泪 No transmigration, no rebirth, no System. The heroine is beautiful and knows how to flirt, while the hero never goes mad or sees red! This novel is extremely devoted to its heroine. [One-on-one romance, sweet, angsty, and satisfying; a jealous queen and a beleaguered emperor] Ji Yun was spotted in the mountains by the Prince of Yan. He mistook her for a dignified, magnanimous woman and asked for her hand in marriage. Before long, the Prince of Yan became emperor and married her as his empress. F 1.2kReads8.6Score10014d adds
- 131 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 110Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 132 Ingenious Plans for the Brocade Hall: Scheming to Rule the Household 锦堂妙计：宅谋天下 Lu Heng is the posthumous son of the late emperor. Feared by his father, he was adopted into Prince An’s household. He appears to wield great power, but is surrounded by danger at every turn. Yan Qingci is an only daughter in ancient times. Her father was a brilliant scholar and the first top scorer of the imperial examinations, while her mother was descended from a wealthy merchant family in Jiangnan. Yet she carries the burden of her parents’ blood feud. The two come to understand each other a 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 A Match Made by Proper Betrothal 明媒善娶 Shi Fake is a kind young woman determined to become a matchmaker. She has been arranging marriages for others since she was fifteen and has barely ever tasted failure. That is, until one day, Lu Chi, a newly arrived scholar in town, came to her to ask for her help finding a match... Never could she have imagined that this scholar would become the greatest disgrace of her career, one she would never live down. To wash away that disgrace, Miss Shi ended up putting herself on the line. 525Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 134 Together Through Dawn and Dusk, Our Hearts Never in Doubt 朝云暮月长相守，君悦卿心两不疑 Original title: Winning Her Favor [Political intrigue + jianghu + historical setting + devoted couple, one-on-one + sweet romance + groveling pursuit] Reader’s guide: 1. Set in an imaginary dynasty with no historical basis, so there’s no need to scrutinize the background. 2. This is not a story about a powerful heroine, not fast-paced, and not a wish-fulfillment novel. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing! 3. The story uses a lot of deliberate omissions. Please don’t read if that’s not you 176Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 135 The Consort Is Alluring and Seductive, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Can't Resist Her 娘娘妩媚妖娆，冷戾帝王不禁撩 With an imperial decree, Gu Wanying, daughter of the Marquis of Guangping, is betrothed to the Prince Regent. The night before the decree arrives, she learns that the world she's in is the setting of a novel she read in modern times. The male lead in the book is a prince. He and the heroine, Meng Xin, have loved each other since they were young, but Meng Xin is taken into the imperial harem and becomes a favored consort. From then on, Feng Yuzhao goes to war, conquering new territory and buildin 5.3kReads8.9Score39914d adds
- 136 The Last Ember of the Green Lamp 青灯烬 In the bitter winter of the third year of Yuanling, heavy snow blanketed the land. Urgent news arrived from the border: the northwest had suffered a defeat. Shen Zizheng of the Wu Xing Shen family, Marquis of Jing'an, and his eldest son had been killed in battle. His second son was gravely wounded and still unconscious. They requested the Emperor send reinforcements to the northwest. Several days later, a hurried group of people from the general's residence in Shangjing arrived. They had come 2.7kReads8.5Score26914d adds
- 137 The Reverse Transmigration Trope: A White Moonlight Arrives at the Prince's Manor 反反穿越套路：王府来了个白月光 Are people from ancient times always bound to lose to someone who transmigrates from the future? Not necessarily. And does that mean someone from the future is always as stupid as a pig, easily crushed by people from the past? Also not necessarily. Shen Yunxuan is the legitimate granddaughter of Grand Tutor Shen, a high-ranking official of the first rank. She grew up cherished and indulged, and was betrothed at a young age by imperial decree to Jing Chenming, the Prince of the Western Expedition 175Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 138 A Dazzling Beauty, the Spy Princess Can’t Escape the Emperor’s Embrace 娇丽动人，细作公主难逃帝王怀 When the emperor of Dayan first ascended the throne, Ning Shuang was bundled off by Beiqiang and sent straight to Xiao Shiyan’s bed. The stunning beauty earned his favor as soon as she entered the palace, bewitching the emperor until he lost his senses. But rumors in the harem claimed Ning Shuang was merely Consort Qin’s double, destined to be cast aside once the consort and Xiao Shiyan made up. Ning Shuang was clear-eyed about her position: she was a spy planted in the harem by Beiqiang, and sh 1.3kReads8.8Score16214d adds
- 139 Reborn! The Prince Regent Gives Her a Blade and Has Her Back 重生！摄政王为她递刀为她撑腰 [Legitimate Daughter + Reborn + Face-Slapping Revenge + Political Scheming + Palace and Household Intrigue + Satisfying Read + Sweet Romance] In her previous life, Song Yuan was flattered into ruin by her stepmother, betrayed by her stepsister, and ultimately burned to death by a scumbag man. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the time before her wedding. Her stepmother was a hypocrite, so Song Yuan would tear away her good-person mask. Her stepsister was a fake white lotus, so 1.7kReads8.7Score19014d adds
- 140 The Delicate Beauty Is Hard for the Powerful Minister to Spoil 娇娇美人，权臣难宠 [Both leads are devoted to each other + sweet romance + household intrigue + pure historical romance + rekindled love after a breakup + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] The wealthy Bai family of Yunzhou was wiped out overnight. When their only daughter, Bai Mengjiao, was abducted, she fell off a cliff and injured her head. When she awoke, she had forgotten everything about her past… Pei Huaizhi brought her back to the marquis’s residence, telling everyone she was his younger sis 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 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
- 142 A Noble Daughter? She'd Rather Seize the Desert with Her Blade 金枝玉叶？她偏要刀定龙沙 Slow-burn, old-school romance · The imperial princess Shen Mianmian She was the most honored princess of the Great Sheng and the fiercest blade on the western frontier. Her father said she belonged among silks and brocades, counting stars, but she insisted on riding out with a blade in hand, scattering blossoms into the yellow sands. He was gentle as a teacher! A secret romance that grew into love? He was a scheming fox of a man! A love he would seize by force? He was determined to marry a princ 95Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 143 The Legitimate Daughter's Cunning, and Her Way with Husbands 嫡女善谋，御夫有道 [Calculating Earl’s Legitimate Daughter vs. Cold and Ruthless Heir to the Duke] [Power Couple, Sweet Romance] Shen Yunshu, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Earl of Xiting, is the only legitimate heir of her generation. But her father, Lord Shen, favors a beautiful young concubine who has both a son and a daughter, while her domineering grandmother can’t stand her either. Always calm and unruffled, Shen Yunshu only wants to live a quiet life with her mother. Yet people keep trying to disrupt 9.6kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 144 A Marriage First, Love Later: The Ning Family’s Young Uncle’s Journey to Spoiling His Wife 先婚后爱宁家小叔的宠妻之路 [Marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + sweet romance + household intrigue + traditional historical romance] Shu Yi’s cousin steals her fiancé. No matter, she doesn’t love him anyway, so she’ll let them be together. But what’s wrong with that scoundrel? He refuses to break off the engagement no matter what, and even declares his deep love for her in public. Shu Yi finds him utterly repulsive. Luckily, the powerful young uncle of the Ning family agrees to help her end the engagement 3.9kReads8.6Score44414d adds
- 145 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 4.7kReads8.8Score30914d adds
- 146 The Clan Heiress 世族嫡媳 Fourth Master Lu of the Duke of Yu's household is an extraordinary man, yet he married an unknown country girl. Everyone in the capital says the match is terribly unsuitable, and they're waiting to laugh at the girl! Faced with all the gossip, Jiang Lingyuan remains cool as a cucumber. She has a fleet, a trading caravan, mines, countless acres of land, and confidence to spare. Lu Yun thought that marrying a country girl meant he could forget all about having a harmonious marriage, but he never e 16.2kReads8.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 147 A Low-Ranking Palace Lady from the Start, with Maxed-Out Harem Warfare Skills 开局小秀女，娘娘宫斗技能满点 [No CP, devoted to palace intrigue for a hundred years!] Ning Yuzhen was sixteen the year she entered the palace, and twenty-eight the year she became Empress Dowager. Framing, miscarriage, poisoning, betrayal... After twelve years of ups and downs in the inner palace, the principles she once hoped to uphold had long since vanished. The people who had once stood by her had long since turned to dust. Ning Yuzhen walked the paths she'd taken in the past, leaving behind only a sigh. When she turned 315Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 148 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 8kReads6.3Score72314d adds
- 149 The Concubine's Laid-Back Life in the Chief Minister's Household 首辅家妾室的躺平日常 Liu Yu was reborn, returning to the time before disaster struck the Pingnan Marquis Household. She, along with Liu Huan, the illegitimate daughter of the second branch, and Liu Ying, the illegitimate daughter of the fifth branch, had been offered to powerful officials as concubines by the old madam. Because of her beauty, she entered Prince Qi's household and was forced into its internal power struggles. After barely managing to survive them, Prince Qi ascended the throne. And then... She had fo 2kReads8.3Score23614d adds
- 150 Life as a Consort: I’m Surprisingly Good at Slacking Off 嫔妃这职业，摆烂的我竟驾轻就熟 Office drone Tao Yanyan transmigrates into the body of Tao Yanyan, the lowest-ranking concubine in an ancient emperor’s harem. Surrounded by women of higher rank, she has no choice but to tread carefully and survive to the end. Competing for the emperor’s favor? Not a chance. Keeping her head down is the way to go. What? The emperor is super handsome? But he’s in love with everyone! What? Without the emperor’s favor, she won’t live to old age? What? You’re the lowest-ranking concubine and you’re 5.4kReads8.3Score55314d adds
