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  1. 1 Let the Past Drift Away 既往随风散 Ancient Romance162k WordsCompleted The married life of a gentle, upright official and a gracious young lady who understands others. Follow their quiet, sweet journey of mutual healing as these soulmates support each other through life. The calculating, devoted young heir of a marquis’s household × the dignified, clever daughter of a prominent family 416Reads8.2Score—14d adds
  2. 2 The General Crosses the Jade Gate 将军度玉关 Ancient Romance130k WordsCompleted In the twenty-first year of the Tianxing era, Qi Mingyue had been at Yumen Pass for nine years. Yumen Pass was the Great Yu dynasty’s first line of defense against the Xiongnu. Nine years ago, her parents died in battle there. Ten-year-old Qi Mingyue came alone from the capital and, as a woman, held Yumen Pass. 54Reads8.0Score—14d adds
  3. 3 Hatred Locks the Azure Sparrow 恨锁青雀 Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted Ji Yun was forced to marry Huo Yan, the eldest son of the Huo family, the only family in Qingzhou entrusted with supplying goods to the imperial court. The two treated each other with courtesy and respect. Huo Yan before marriage: I don't like Ji Yun, that's that. I won't marry her. Stop trying to force me! Huo Yan after marriage: How can my A Yun be so kind and wonderful? Ji Yun couldn't bear to watch him make such a spectacular face-slapping spectacle of himself. Madam Huo, who had successfull 122Reads8.1Score—14d adds
  4. 4 Your Majesty, the Empress Has Gone to the Border to Fight the Enemy Again 皇上,皇后娘娘又去边关杀敌了 Ancient Romance156k WordsOngoing Harem intrigue + historical female lead + empress + bizarre, fantastical ancient setting + the strongest fighter in the story Li Hongying is the only daughter of the Great General Who Guards the Nation. She grew up on the frontier, learning martial arts at five and spear fighting at eight. At thirteen, she drove the sharp tip of her red-tasseled spear into the enemy general's heart, avenging her grandfather. She thought she would spend her life defending the frontier and killing the enemy, but 196Reads—Score10014d adds
  5. 5 Farewell, Broken Willow 折柳辞 Ancient Romance106k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + married first, love later + happy family with children + no misunderstandings] “Do you know that only when you love someone do you want them to be well? That's how I feel about you...” “To me, My Lord, you are a warm spring breeze, a lamp in a dark room, charcoal in the snow, and a boat at a dangerous crossing... I hope my family stays safe, and I hope you stay safe too.” She thought she had truly fallen for Cui Xingzhi. Those who love each other may not stay 64Reads—Score—14d adds
  6. 6 The Dashing General and Her Pretty Boy: Playing the Lazybones in Jiangnan 女将俏郎:我在江南装咸鱼 Ancient Romance188k WordsOngoing Also known as "All I See Is Dust" [Happy Ending + Strong Female Lead + Male Lead Transmigrates + Light Political Intrigue + Light Comedy] #Cool-Headed, Reserved Yet Warmhearted General vs. Witty, Gentle, Scheming, and Clingy Husband# In the winter of the nineteenth year of Shuncheng, General Lu is framed for treason. His steadfast loyalty is branded as treachery, and blood and bitterness stain the capital. Only a young orphaned girl is left behind. Four years later, the late emperor dies, and t 11Reads—Score—14d adds
  7. 7 A Thousand Miles of Longing Beneath the Moon of Home 千里相思故里月 Ancient Romance249k WordsCompleted Pure historical romance + marriage first, love later + cozy country life + some political maneuvering later on 1v1, both devoted to each other and each other’s first and only love; a slow burn, sweet at first and angsty later (only a little angst, emotional rather than physical) Jiang Xiaoyu was only fifteen when she married Lu Yin. He was dirt poor, with nothing but the clothes on his back. On their wedding night, he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. “How long do I have to wait?” she asked, 104Reads8.3Score—14d adds
  8. 8 You Begged for the Imperial Betrothal Edict. Why Are You Fighting Me Now That I’m Marrying Him? 赐婚圣旨你求的,我嫁他你抢什么 Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted Arranged marriage to love + clear-headed heroine + hero falls for her at first sight + reborn second male lead + transmigrated second female lead Mu Yao, the eldest daughter of the Mu family, is breathtakingly beautiful and born into wealth. When she appears at a palace banquet for the first time, several noblewomen come to ask for her hand on behalf of their sons. Mu Yao turns them all down, not for any other reason than that she believes men everywhere are fickle and refuses to share a husband 279Reads6.7Score—14d adds
  9. 9 After Nearly Dying, I Become a Healer and Investigate the Truth 险死还生后,我化身医女查真相 Ancient Romance509k WordsOngoing Scheming Prince vs. Fallen Noblewoman, household intrigue and palace strife + historical romance + sweet indulgence + political scheming. A traditional historical romance with no rebirth and no transmigration. She is a noblewoman from a prestigious family, with a refined, beautiful appearance. But when her family falls into ruin, she becomes an orphan everyone can bully. A cruel servant pushes her off a cliff, and her fiance suddenly breaks off their engagement to marry her cousin. Then she 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  10. 10 After Returning to the Capital, Young Master Pei's Wife-Chasing Inferno Begins 回京后,裴世子他追妻火葬场了 Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later, happy ending, the male lead falls first] When Lin Wan married Pei Yue, there wasn't much affection between them. One was levelheaded and restrained, the other tested the waters at every turn. She thought that as long as she kept to proper boundaries, she could live out her life in peace. He thought marriage was nothing more than that. In Pei Yue's eyes, the wife he had unexpectedly married was beautiful, gentle, and virtuous. She took care of everyone in the house 731Reads—Score—14d adds
  11. 11 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Helped the Chief Minister Topple the Court 退婚后,我帮首辅掀翻了朝堂 Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted [Proud, strategic general's daughter Xie Zhaoning × cool, cunning chief minister Fu Huaijin] [Historical political intrigue + mutual devotion + palace and household scheming + romantic tension + a powerful team + reunion after parting + the emperor's game of chess] On the day her engagement was broken off, the Duke of Zhenguo's household was brought down overnight. Her father was framed for embezzling military funds, and Xie Zhaoning had to uphold her family's military legacy as a woman. At her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  12. 12 Together with You, I Remember Our Meeting 与君同,忆相逢 Ancient Romance304k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Historical romance + both leads inexperienced in love + mistaken bride + marriage before love + devoted favoritism + sweet and angsty + mutual devotion + slow burn + HE] [The straightforward prince who owns up to his mistakes × the lively, proud young princess consort] Cen Jingchen thought his princess consort was cold to the extreme, but he never expected her to slap him the very first time they met. He may be angry, but he still wants to keep her by his side. “You can touch me, 51Reads8.1Score—14d adds
  13. 13 The Allure of Her Grace 媚君姿 Ancient Romance726k WordsCompleted Cautious, unassuming concubine-born daughter vs. clever, scheming concubine-born son (one-on-one, both each other's first, sweet and doting, a match made in heaven) [No rebirth, no transmigration; a local girl makes her own way] This story takes place in a fictional dynasty. Anything unrealistic is just the author's invention. (The author's best grade in school was in the bottom fifteen in class, and she usually hovered in the bottom ten.) To avoid being married off by her legal mother to an o 1.2kReads8.8Score13114d adds
  14. 14 The Treacherous Minister's Wife Gets Spoiled Every Day 奸臣夫人的甜宠日常 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted Lord Zhao has lost three wives in a row. A wise man tells him that he is cursed by an evil star, and that only a fourth wife of low birth and exceptionally strong fate can keep it at bay. Luo Baozhu lost her father at three, her mother at four, and even her only uncle at five. She grew up eating at the tables of kind neighbors, making her a perfect match for the description of someone low-born and strong of fate. So Lord Zhao married Luo Baozhu. This is a wish-fulfillment romance. The heroine 953Reads8.7Score—14d adds
  15. 15 The Princess Looks Up, and the Prince Bows His Head 王妃抬眸王爷低头 Ancient Romance572k WordsCompleted Zhou Yuening and Zhao Ke are childhood sweethearts (or so it seems). Whenever Zhou Yuening runs into him, she is almost always at her most wretched. Zhao Ke: She caused my mother to be confined in the Cold Palace for ten years. Why should she get to grow up safe and sound, dressed in fine clothes and eating well, smiling warmly at other young men? Why should someone come to propose to her with a bright future in hand when she comes of age? He refuses to let her have her way. The Crown Prince 34Reads—Score114d adds
  16. 16 My Husband Died Saving Me, So After I'm Reborn, I Spoil Him Rotten 夫君救我而死,重生后将他宠上天 Ancient Romance427k WordsCompleted Traditional historical rebirth + court and national intrigue + marriage before love + one-sided love Chi Wu is the daughter of a high-ranking general. She grew up alongside Shen Huai, the second young master of the Duke of Shen's household, and the two were inseparable childhood friends. An imperial decree arranges her marriage, forcing Chi Wu to wed Zhao Xijin, the heir apparent. Zhao Xijin is frail. The imperial physician once declared that he would not live to adulthood, calling him a shor 1.7kReads8.3Score11014d adds
  17. 17 The Beautiful Doctor Who Masters Both Medicine and Poison: My General Is Under My Protection 医毒双绝俏佳人,我的将军我罩着 Ancient Romance267k WordsOngoing Sweet romance + comedy + historical setting + satisfying revenge The undefeated general who guards the nation is drugged by a traitor and, while unconscious, is found by a sweet, delicate young woman. Thinking of the subordinates who died a tragic death, the general is consumed by rage. But the young woman brings him back from the brink with just a few quick moves. She turns out to be a top-tier doctor! As she travels down the mountain with the general, she uses her exceptional medical skills a 5Reads8.6Score—14d adds
  18. 18 Together Through Dawn and Dusk, Our Hearts Never in Doubt 朝云暮月长相守,君悦卿心两不疑 Ancient Romance347k WordsCompleted 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
  19. 19 The Marquis’s Daughter Can Fly 侯府千金她会飞 Ancient Romance291k WordsCompleted 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 1.2kReads8.8Score14514d adds
  20. 20 The General's Beloved Daughter 将军府的掌上娇 Ancient Romance261k WordsCompleted Lu Chang'an's grandmother despised her mother and took Lu Chang'an to raise herself as soon as she was born. At last, when Lu Chang'an was twelve, her grandmother sent her back to her parents. She thought the family would be reunited, but her father and mother showed affection only to her younger sister, leaving her neglected and ignored. When she was seventeen, her mother matched her with a down-and-out man whom her younger sister had turned down. Unexpectedly, after she married him, he showere 761Reads8.8Score10114d adds
  21. 21 The Young General Has a White Moonlight 少将军有个白月光 Ancient Romance533k WordsCompleted Mo Ziqin thought the emperor must have lost his mind. He was the mighty young general of the Mo family, invincible on the battlefield and responsible for countless deaths, a figure whose very name terrified the enemy! And yet the emperor intended to arrange his marriage to Prince Yan! Hah! He was a man, wasn’t he? How could he marry Prince Yan? Besides, wasn’t it said that Prince Yan’s legs were crippled? Maid: … (staring wordlessly at the sky) My lord, you’re a woman, aren’t you? Mo Army: Our y 163Reads8.6Score—14d adds
  22. 22 I'm Done Being Empress, So I'll Train a Prince to Be My Errand Boy 女帝当够了,培养个王爷当打工人 Ancient Romance379k WordsCompleted [An anything-goes immortal-world powerhouse vs. a sweet, innocent, unlucky prince who’s given up on life. Everyone’s a comedian. The woman is stronger than the man. Female-led romance, with the woman taking the dominant role; avoid this if that’s not your thing. Focuses on the leads’ interactions, with a rekindled romance.] [In a typical historical romance setting where only the heroine has magic, the hero grows stronger over time. Once he falls in love, he becomes a lovesick show-off, and gradu 128Reads8.2Score—14d adds
  23. 23 The Special Agent Marquess: The System Forces Me to Play Politics 特工女侯:系统逼我搞权谋 Ancient Romance258k WordsCompleted [No brainless heroine + no saintly heroine + no yandere + two powerful leads + political intrigue + fictional setting + sisterhood building careers + ensemble cast + women supporting women + female general + nation and world] Shen Jinghong, an elite agent from the National Security Bureau, transmigrates into the body of a frail, abandoned daughter of a marquis’s household. The [System of the Greatest Chancellors in History] expects its Host to sob and do its tasks, but instead she turns around 91Reads9.2Score—14d adds
  24. 24 Jade Belt Hook 玉带钩 Ancient Romance258k WordsOngoing [Palace intrigue in an ancient setting, childhood friends + coming of age + mutual redemption + one-on-one, both leads devoted only to each other] [Proud, cunning, ruthless beauty of a crown prince X gentle-looking, resilient noblewoman in disguise] In the tenth year of the Tianqi era of the Ying Dynasty, Prince Qi rebelled and was defeated. The Ning family of the Duke of Li’s household was implicated and convicted, and the entire family was massacred. Only their young daughter, Ning Yue, was re 4Reads—Score—14d adds
  25. 25 After Taking the Heiress's Place, the Capital's Most Eligible Bachelor Sets His Sights on Me 顶替千金后,京城第一公子盯上我 Ancient Romance211k WordsCompleted [The Ice-Cold Beauty Goes Wild for Love | Push and Pull to the Limit | Combative Couple | Restraint | Unaware of Their Own Love | One-on-One] A Ling assumes another person’s identity to infiltrate the Duke’s manor. The task assigned to him is to use his prestigious status to marry Shen Heng. At first, the mission goes smoothly. But his cousin at the manor, the capital’s most celebrated young gentleman, may seem charming and carefree, yet he has already uncovered A Ling’s true origins in secret. 14Reads—Score314d adds
  26. 26 Commandant Xiao Only Wants to Lie Flat 萧校尉她只想躺平 Ancient Romance267k WordsCompleted Xiao Huan is the only daughter of General Xiao Chengyi of the Western Garrison, the granddaughter of the late Duke of Zhenguo, General Xiao, and a captain in the Western Garrison's Cavalry Battalion. General Xiao Yan spent his life on the battlefield, yet in the end his family line dwindled away. After an epidemic robbed her of all hope of living, Xiao Huan transmigrated by a twist of fate to the obscure dynasty of Great Yan, possessing the body of another woman named Xiao Huan. After enduring b 15Reads—Score—14d adds
  27. 27 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 Ancient Romance312k WordsCompleted [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
  28. 28 The Heroine: A Female General from the Countryside 女飒:农门女将军 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted She transmigrates to find her father dead, her mother remarried, a little sister and younger brother to care for, and a wicked grandmother and treacherous uncle to contend with. How will she survive? Her home is bare, with too little clothing and food. How will she survive? She catches fish to improve their lot and happens to save a handsome man. She hopes to get a reward, but the handsome stranger has lost his memory. No money, and now he's clinging to her. Oh well, what's one more bowl of rice 352Reads8.9Score10314d adds
  29. 29 A Bride of Tender Grace 娇聘 Ancient Romance767k WordsCompleted A captivating heroine + household intrigue + mystery-solving + married first, love later, and doting romance The heroine is a sharp-tongued little firecracker; the hero may be a smiling tiger. As the only daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Su Jinli is famous among the capital's noble families for her beauty, as well as for being spoiled, lazy, and useless. All she wants is to lie flat, but she is looked down on by the noble young ladies, disliked by her future mother-in-law, and even has her e 4.1kReads9.1Score60514d adds
  30. 30 After Being Married Off in Her Sister’s Place, the Crown Prince Won’t Leave Her Alone at Night 替嫁和亲后,太子殿下夜夜缠 Ancient Romance509k WordsCompleted [Cool, proud, reserved Crown Prince vs. lively, bright, theatrical fake princess + both are each other’s first + he falls first + winning her heart and her body] When Meng Yuanxi wakes up, she discovers that Princess Zhaoning of Liang has eloped with a guard on the way to her marriage alliance. As the princess’s personal maid, Meng Yuanxi is forced to clean up the mess and take her place as the bride of Wei Linzhen, the supposedly ascetic Crown Prince of Jing. Meng Yuanxi’s plan seems perfect: i 236Reads—Score10114d adds
  31. 31 The General Is a Kissing Fiend, Princess, Please Be Gentle 将军是个亲亲狂,公主请怜惜 Ancient Romance200k WordsCompleted [Battle-hardened General × Gentle Princess] [Marriage First, Love Later from the heroine’s perspective + His secret love comes true from the hero’s perspective + Sweet romance + Both virgins, happy ending + Childhood friends + Dream encounters] When Zhou Jingmi was young, she once met a wonderful boy. He taught her music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, as well as how to ride and shoot. He stood up for her in front of her mother and covered for her at school. But later, she forgot all abou 1.5kReads8.9Score22814d adds
  32. 32 An Imperial Marriage Decree for a Sweet Young Wife, Who Turns Out to Be the Heir Apparent’s Longtime White Moonlight 赐婚小娇妻,竟是世子多年白月光 Ancient Romance492k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush + Alternate World + Both Pure + Sweet Romance] Lin Sitang had a childhood sweetheart and fiancé. He was as bright and pure as the moon, a noble gentleman in her eyes. But parental wishes and matchmakers' words couldn't stand against an imperial decree. The emperor wanted her to marry far away? Lin Sitang sighed. Her whole family's lives and livelihood depended on the imperial city, so she would marry. Her new husband was the Northern Liang War God, the man who had saved the nation 5.4kReads8.6Score52814d adds
  33. 33 The Young Lady Returns, and the Entire Continent Is in My Corner 大小姐归来,整个大陆都有我靠山 Ancient Romance518k WordsCompleted Main Story: Zhu Qing'an x Chu Yanheng The heroine is a money-loving, gentle master of both medicine and poison who can fight. The hero is a gentle, black-hearted man with a taste for tea. Two powerful leads, both devoted to each other, no misunderstandings, and both willing to speak their minds. The heroine is at her peak from the start: beautiful, wealthy, and accomplished in both letters and martial arts. She readily accepts the hero's kindness, with none of that coy back-and-forth. The blurb 792Reads8.6Score10714d adds
  34. 34 Climbing the Social Ladder? I Married into a Marquis’s Household and Took My Wayward Husband in Hand 攀高枝?转头嫁侯府调教纨绔夫君 Ancient Romance430k WordsCompleted [A powerful older sister x a jealous, clingy younger brother] [Marriage before love + reforming a spoiled playboy + sweet romance + the hero forgets his roots] After supporting her fiancé for seven years, Chu Zhirou watches him pass the spring imperial examination and prepare to break off their engagement to climb higher. She turns around and kicks him and his mother out of her home. She plans to raise her young brother and restore the General's residence to its former glory, but finds hersel 604Reads7.4Score10314d adds
  35. 35 If We Could Meet as We Did at First 若如初见 Ancient Romance103k WordsCompleted [There is no such thing as love without reason. Every love is forged through countless trials and tribulations, bound together across lifetimes…] “How could I ever bear not to love you? We don't have nearly enough time together as it is. How could we possibly waste time not loving each other?” No encounter is ever a coincidence. It takes five hundred glances exchanged as you pass by in a previous life to earn a meeting in this one… If all of this is just a dream, I hope I can dream a little lo 31Reads8.1Score—14d adds
  36. 36 The Moon's Longing 心月迢迢 Ancient Romance279k WordsCompleted (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
  37. 37 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Heroine's Sister-in-Law 穿书后成了女主嫂嫂 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + sweet romance + mutual devotion] Xu Zhiyi transmigrates into a book, becoming a minor character in an old-fashioned angst novel who is briefly mentioned by the author and dies young. Before transmigrating, she was a diligent office worker. Then an unexpected car accident sends her into the book, where she has the same name and the same early death as the original minor character... She wraps herself up in her blanket and lies around like a lazy fish. Little scene: Little 1.1kReads8.7Score10414d adds
  38. 38 My Lady, Your Secret Identity Is Showing, and Your Husband Is Your Secret Identity 娘子你马甲掉了,夫君是你的马甲 Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted The rating has just been posted and is bound to rise [A luckless princess of the prince's household hiding beneath the guise of a village girl VS the richest man's son, a prince living among the people, hiding beneath the guise of a penniless scholar] [Secret identities + male lead falling for her on his own + female lead plagued by misfortune + mutual salvation + traditional historical romance + happy ending + both leads' first love] When they first met, Jiang Jinjin was a country girl, and Wen 774Reads6.4Score10714d adds
  39. 39 Phoenix Beauty 凤娇 Ancient Romance439k WordsCompleted Su Feng, the eldest daughter of the second branch of the Su family, is betrothed by the Empress Dowager to Yuan Chenghao, the third young master of Prince Rui’s household. She has no choice but to bid farewell to her beloved grandmother and marry into the prince’s household with her family’s blessings. Yuan Chenghao is a notorious playboy in the capital. Though handsome and charming, he spends his nights carousing among women. Unhappy with the arranged marriage, he argues with Su Feng on their w 4.5kReads8.5Score42214d adds
  40. 40 Shu Huai Beneath the Setting Sun 抒淮落斜阳 Ancient Romance790k WordsCompleted A cute, lively, beautiful-voiced, sweet-talking, haughty young princess VS a handsome, rugged general who seems cold but is warm inside, and says one thing but does another (female-lead-focused, read with caution) Li Shuyang is the only daughter of the Prince of Jin and his wife. She is her brothers’ precious darling and the Empress Dowager’s beloved little sweetheart. Raised in luxury from birth, she is a true, heaven-blessed young lady born with a silver spoon in her mouth. An accident in her 606Reads8.6Score10114d adds
  41. 41 As Though I Have Powerful Backing 好似有靠山 Ancient Romance445k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + healing + age gap + coming-of-age + a touch of possessive romance] After both her parents died, Gu Xixi had no choice but to rely on her only remaining relative, her maternal uncle. Though he was ruthless and calculating, he did take reasonably good care of her. But could someone explain why this uncle of hers was getting stranger and stranger? Who was it that tore away the facade of family affection, wanting more? Who fell without realizing it? And who walked into the gate 152Reads—Score10714d adds
  42. 42 Farewell to the Phoenix Throne on a Peony Couch 牡丹榻上辞凤阙 Ancient Romance211k WordsCompleted 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
  43. 43 Is Prince Jin's Melon Not Sweet? Take a Bite, and Love Will Follow 瑾王这瓜不甜?啃了就是情意绵绵 Ancient Romance387k WordsCompleted Love at first sight + both leads are inexperienced + protective + happy ending Her own success was certainly gratifying, but seeing her rival gain the upper hand was even harder to stomach! Qin Yi had been at odds with her nemesis for over a decade, and now that nemesis was getting married, to one of the emperor's sons, no less. Determined not to let her rival walk all over her, Qin Yi vowed to marry into the imperial family too, and to someone with a higher rank than her rival's husband! Qin Yi 11.2kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
  44. 44 After Our Betrothal, My Husband's Family Dotes on Me 赐婚后,我被夫家团宠了 Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance, no rebirth, focused on sweet married life, with light political intrigue] [A general and a noble lady, Marriage Before Love × both leads are virgins] Wei Rao is the most doted-on commandery princess in Daxin. Raised by the Empress Dowager from childhood, she has a beauty and status that all the women of Daxin envy. Zhou Yuqing is the renowned general who reclaimed the borderlands. Not only is he a formidable fighter, he is also handsome as a jade carving. Before long, h 1.1kReads8.7Score10214d adds
  45. 45 I Am at Odds with the Dog of a Crown Prince 与狗太子势不两立 Ancient Romance303k WordsCompleted [A combative couple + married first, fall in love later + both leads untouched + happy ending] [Huo Tangyue, an easygoing aristocratic lady who always gets even × Xiao Shizhao, a composed, calculating Crown Prince with a loyal-dog side] Everyone in the Chancellor’s residence knows that Huo Tangyue, the Chancellor’s legitimate daughter, and Crown Prince Xiao Shizhao are enemies. Huo Tangyue once swore that if Xiao Shizhao ever fell into her hands, she’d slap him twice and kick him three times. I 1.8kReads—Score21214d adds
  46. 46 The Heir's Temper Burns Like Fire, and His Sweet Wife Can't Hide 世子性烈如火,娇娇夫人难以藏躲 Ancient Romance354k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance, not reborn + fictional dynasty + marriage before love + both leads are virgins + gentle, graceful, perceptive beauty vs. cold-faced, devoted, hot-tempered lord] After her kingdom was defeated in war, she was sent to Beichen to marry, becoming a sacrifice for peace between the two nations. After the wedding, she and Yan Han, the heir of Beichen, were united in name only. As time passed, she realized he saw her only as a gift from Nandu, someone insignificant and dispensa 1.5kReads8.8Score15414d adds
  47. 47 The General Asks Every Day: Did His Wife Fall for Him Today? 将军每日一问,夫人今天心动了吗 Ancient Romance188k WordsCompleted [From the heroine’s perspective: marriage first, love later. From the hero’s perspective: his secret crush comes true. A story of healing.] Yun Jihuan was born under a lucky star, with a distinguished family, beauty, and talent. Her family cherished her, and she had a childhood sweetheart who was also her fiancé. If all went as it should, she would live a peaceful and happy life, becoming the envy of everyone in the capital. But fate played a cruel joke on her. In a single night, her maternal fa 4.8kReads9.1Score47714d adds
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