Novels like Distant Jade Steps
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- 1 Spring in Her Sleeve 袖里春 After the late emperor's death, Jiang Xuezhen, who had never been favored by him, was granted the title of Imperial Consort Dowager by the new emperor. Consort Dowager Jiang was a delicate beauty, graceful as an immortal, and plagued by poor health. She was a sickly beauty raised in the sheltered depths of a noble household. The new emperor often visited her palace to check on her. Separated by 10.4kFavorites17.7kClicks/ch2kGifts
- 2 My Childhood Friend Is Black on the Inside but Pure on the Outside 竹马他是黑切白 Upcoming novels: I Got a Happy Ending with a Mecha and Moved into the Mind of an Autistic Big Shot. Add them to your collection if you're interested! Mwah! The ongoing novel What Could the Supervisor Possibly Be Up To? has also finished! Go ahead and read it! *This novel's blurb is at the very bottom* ① [Upcoming novel: I Got a Happy Ending with a Mecha] Because of a congenital condition, Xing Liu wasn't allowed anywhere near mechas. That is, until the Federation finally relented when she t 2.3kFavorites7.5kClicks/ch123Gifts
- 3 After the Plan to Raise a Wise Ruler Failed 明君养成计划失败之后 I’m sorry, readers. I will finish this. I’m already filling in the gaps, and once it’s done, I’ll post the whole thing at once. Her grandfather controls the princes in the emperor’s name, and her father’s ambition is plain for all the world to see. When Feng Lingyu was born, she was predicted to become empress, destined to make a grand commotion in this tumultuous world. Miss Feng: Thanks for the offer, but I’m not becoming empress. I’m on the battlefield, and I just took... a city! She loves 574Favorites579Clicks/ch42Gifts
- 4 Slay* 弑* We sincerely apologize. The author has locked this content. 565Favorites—Clicks/ch—Gifts
- 5 Fragrant Mist and Cloudlike Tresses 香雾云鬟 (The full novel is complete. This story has been revised multiple times. I am not responsible for pirated copies.) While washing clothes by the river, Lan Fu rescued a man from the water. A letter led her to mistakenly believe that the man before her was her distant cousin, fallen on hard times. Her parents had passed away, and her relatives bullied her. She lived alone in a tiled-roof house. Though life was difficult, she still took pity on him and gave him shelter. The man was handsome and sp 7.2kFavorites5.8kClicks/ch1kGifts
- 6 The Powerful Minister's Runaway White Moonlight 权臣的在逃白月光 [Unhinged, obsessive powerful official x resilient, gentle beauty] [Forced possession and groveling] As a boy, Pei Shuze was quiet and gloomy, and only ever bowed his head to one person. Everyone said he was a jinx who had brought disaster upon his parents. Only Jiang Yu, the young lady staying with her maternal grandparents, secretly brought him hot soup and books, and helped him get into the family school. But he always avoided her, because she had a cousin who was as bright and noble as the m 2.6kFavorites2.1kClicks/ch1.8kGifts
- 7 Fragrance in the Bedchamber 帐中香 A thousand years later, all that remains along the ancient Silk Road is the howling north wind and the lonely chime of camel bells. The glories of the past lie buried beneath the yellow sands, reduced to a few lines in the history books. In the third year of Ganlu, the young Princess Huayang was sent to the Western Regions to marry. Over the course of her life, she married two successive kings of Loulan, working tirelessly for her homeland. In the end, she removed the century-old threat posed 7.4kFavorites35.4kClicks/ch1.3kGifts
- 8 Prisoner in His Embrace 囚在他怀中 [I'm updating "He (She) Really Smells So Good" next door. * Old-school domineering love and an extreme groveling chase. Xia Zhiyao had always had an easy life, with a respectable job and a loving fiance. But when she was 25, Cheng Beiqian destroyed it all. At her lavish engagement party, surrounded by guests, her fiance took her by the hand, parted the crowd, and excitedly introduced someone. "Yaoyao, this is my cousin, Cheng Beiqian. Hurry up and call him 3.9kFavorites5.7kClicks/ch684Gifts
- 9 Longing for Spring 羡阳春 (The main story is complete.) Not many people knew that Rong Ying liked the Imperial Tutor. She only dared to talk about it to her cat. She was an insignificant person whom no one paid attention to. She alone remembered the days and nights she had spent with Wenren Yi at Longshan Temple, and how they had stood by each other through hardship and given each other their sincere devotion. The day the rebels stormed the imperial city, spring was in full bloom. Snow-white apricot blossoms reflec 63.7kFavorites72.2kClicks/ch8.6kGifts
- 10 Little Sweet Remedy 小良药 When necessary, Jiang Xiaoman was supposed to die for Jiang Yuefu. Everyone believed it, including Zhou Gongyu. She was just one of Jiang Yuefu's medicinal ingredients, nothing more. Back then, Xiaoman was still innocent. She followed him around and cried when she wanted candy. Zhou Gongyu would stroke her head and tell her to be good. Later, when Jiang Xiaoman had to die in Jiang Yuefu's place, Zhou Gongyu was still the same. He sighed helplessly, stroked her head, and said, "Xiaoman, be g 43.7kFavorites96.2kClicks/ch6.1kGifts
- 11 21+ The Slave’s Wife 家奴之妻 61kFavorites83kClicks/ch39.8kGifts
- 12 21+ Spring Tide in the Golden Hall 金殿春潮 43.9kFavorites53.2kClicks/ch8.2kGifts
- 13 His Tactics 他的手段 The similar story "High and Mighty" is complete. The author's note in Chapter 4 reveals a secret identity. Thanks for adding it to your collection. Blurb: Xue Tianshou blocks Duan Yan in the restroom, trapping her against the sink. As the woman in the mirror squeezes hand soap onto her palms, he says in a low voice, “You're quite something.” Duan Yan doesn't even look up. “I don't know what you're talking about.” Xue Tianshou's voice turns cold. “I don't care whether you really don't know or 2.5kFavorites2.4kClicks/ch901Gifts
- 14 A Female Official's Self-Cultivation 女官的自我修养 In her previous life, after years of wandering and suffering every hardship, Zhen Liang finally entered the palace as a female official under his protection and found a stable life. But back then, he was a cloud in the sky, and she was mud on the ground. Zhen Liang could only hide the feelings she harbored for him. On the second day after being reborn, Zhen Liang picked up her worn-out bundle and pushed against the crowd to knock on the county yamen's door. She wanted to change her life, and, 4.5kFavorites11.6kClicks/ch2.3kGifts
- 15 The Wife in His Place 替身发妻 He Ping'an was born after her father's death. When she was ten, her mother died too, leaving her alone and destitute, wandering around like a stray dog just to find a few bites to eat. At last, when she was fifteen, her cousin died unexpectedly, giving He Ping'an the chance to assume her identity. He Ping'an looked very much like her cousin. Wearing the wedding dress her cousin had prepared before her death, she took her place and married the man her cousin loved. She thought her luck had fin 8.1kFavorites8.1kClicks/ch3.9kGifts
- 16 Raising a Magistrate Who Plays Dumb to Get the Better of Me (Mystery) 饲养一只扮猪吃我的大理寺卿(探案) Complete! Upcoming novel, please show it some love! The Road to the Eastern Palace - Qu Zhao is the daughter of a general. A little hellion since childhood, she tamed all the young scions of the capital, including Zong Ren, the refined, handsome, gentle and scholarly official who sat in the Court of Judicial Review. As a child, Zong Ren was timid and awkward. Qu Zhao bullied him relentlessly, and he came home injured every day. The Zong family was so angry that they severed ties with the Qu fa 1.5kFavorites4.1kClicks/ch282Gifts
- 17 The Usurper Emperor’s Regret Remedy 篡位皇帝的后悔药 A note before you begin: The second male lead rises to the top, and the heroine rekindles her relationship with him after they break up. Blurb One: In the palace, inside Shoukang Hall, the young new head of the cabinet, Li Yun, stood before the emperor and empress dowager. Kneeling beside him was Huang Ning, eldest daughter of General Huang Wang, whose entire family was being sentenced to execution and exile. Huang Ning knelt with her head bowed. From where she was, she could see the hems of th 8.2kFavorites14.8kClicks/ch1.7kGifts
- 18 A Murky Path 昧途 She held a cigarette between her fingers and lit it with a careless flick. Then she suddenly heard someone calling her. The blurry figure across the street made her go rigid all over. She remembered that night. He had lit a cigarette just like this, gripped her by the throat, and exhaled a thin cloud of smoke as he mocked her with reckless abandon. She said she didn't remember. But he asked, "Lin Zhao, then why are you shaking?" - Theme: None 6.4kFavorites20.1kClicks/ch720Gifts
- 19 Hidden Phoenix 藏鸾 [Possessive pursuit, aloof and unhinged imperial older brother x pitiful imperial younger sister with someone else in her heart. Chapter comments are open~] In the fourth year of Jianshi, the emperor made a northern tour. His most beloved younger sister, Princess Le'an, was to marry into the Duke of Wei's household, with an auspicious date chosen for the wedding. On the wedding day, the emperor unexpectedly returned from the northern frontier. Accusing the Duke of Wei's household of treason, he 39.1kFavorites60.3kClicks/ch9.1kGifts
- 20 The Country Girl Who Tried to Marry Into Wealth: Book Transmigration 那个妄图攀龙附凤的村姑[穿书] Cool, stoic country girl x heir from a prestigious family 1999, the final year of the century. The old era had come to an end, and the new one had yet to arrive. A century’s-end breeze swept through the rice paddies, ruffling the hair of Li Cuicui as she worked. Along with the other farmers in the fields, she watched a black car drive into the village, and memories she had ignored and forgotten began to stir. She remembered that she was a doomed supporting character in a novel set in a bygone 15.8kFavorites17kClicks/ch7.5kGifts
- 21 After Refining My Beloved Into a Pill 把心上人炼成丹之后 Also known as: My Beloved Asked Me to Refine Him into a Pill for My Love Rival to Eat That Damn Love Rival Is Actually a Cross-Dressing Mastermind After Being Reborn, I Got Together with My Love Rival She thought that loving someone she could never have was the most painful thing in the world. Later, she discovered that the real agony was personally refining her beloved into a pill and giving it to her love rival to swallow. In her previous life, her beloved, who was as ethereal as an immortal 6.8kFavorites18.2kClicks/ch2.9kGifts
- 22 The Wicked Maid (Reborn) 坏婢（重生） The main story is complete. Yinxue has been a lowly servant in the Duan household in both her lives. But she knows she shouldn't have been. In truth, she is the Duan family's legitimate eldest daughter. Years ago, after her father's second wife married into the family, she switched Yinxue with a servant's child. From then on, Yinxue was registered as a slave. Her life as a young lady of noble birth became that of a servant as lowly as mud. When she grew up, she was sent to serve the daughter 24.1kFavorites41.3kClicks/ch8.1kGifts
- 23 Breaking the Phoenix 折鸾 At first, it was nothing more than a drunken mistake. Zhao Hengyu mistook her younger brother, Zhao Xun, for her future husband. In her dazed state, she never imagined that it would awaken a madness in his heart. As time went on, that madness grew worse. In a dark palace chamber, the young ruler often dressed like a frail scholar and held the beautiful, proud Princess Chang in his arms, fully clothed. In a hoarse voice, he would say, "Open your eyes and look at me. Do I look like him today?" * 26.4kFavorites43.8kClicks/ch4.1kGifts
- 24 21+ As Good as New 如新 3.9kFavorites16.4kClicks/ch1.2kGifts
- 25 Concealing Her Grace 藏窈窕 When Ruan Yao first met Pei Zhang at a mountain temple, she was trapped in the woods by a heavy snowstorm. The man before her was refined and gentle, his bearing lofty and noble. He was the most renowned young heir of a prominent family in all of Luoyang. Snowflakes clung even to her lashes, and her eyes glistened with tears. “I... My shoes and socks are soaked through.” The gods and buddhas were watching, yet her heart was impure, brimming with desire. Pei Zhang had been famous throughout the 9.8kFavorites7.9kClicks/ch2kGifts
- 26 Xiuxiu 秀秀 [Complete] Xiuxiu was an orphan, forced to marry a sickly man. He died before the wedding, and his family forced Xiuxiu into a coffin with his corpse and buried them together. When Xiuxiu met Cui Daozhi, she had just crawled out of the coffin. Covered in blood, he tripped her with one foot. One needed time to recover from his injuries; the other needed a bodyguard to help her get revenge. They hit it off and officially began sharing a life together. Xiuxiu took Cui Daozhi home, bought him med 37.5kFavorites38.1kClicks/ch6.7kGifts
- 27 A Cup of Spring 一盏逢春 The story is often revised while it’s being serialized, and pirated copies differ greatly from the original. I’m only responsible for the official version. [Arrogant, obsessive heir VS gentle, clear-headed maid] Warning: coercive romance, a chaotic mix of melodrama. Be sure to read the content warnings before deciding whether to start. Blurb One: Wen Xingyu had been slow-witted and mild-tempered since childhood. Her one stroke of luck was being rescued as a child by the Old Madam of the Duke of 44.5kFavorites44.7kClicks/ch9.6kGifts
- 28 The War of Conquest 征夺战 [New novel "Thirsty Summer" is now underway. Find it in my author profile.] Published books are available from Dangdang, Amazon, JD.com, and physical bookstores: "All In for Love (The Big Gamble)" "When Longing Finds Its Time" "The Unwelcome Guest" "The Road of Life" "The Sun Never Sets (Slaughter Road)" Synopsis: Yao An's life is quiet and uneventful. She earns a little money doing odd jobs and only wants to support her family and shoulder her responsibilities. During the scorching summer that 18.4kFavorites107.5kClicks/ch221Gifts
- 29 Long Life and Good Fortune 长生如意 (The male lead is a gloomy, crawling mad dog. He's abnormal from beginning to end.) Blurb: Many years ago, a young boy arrived at the Shen residence. He was so likable, yet he was precisely the person Shen Changsheng hated most. To humiliate him, seven-year-old Shen Changsheng made him kneel and act like a beast of burden. She sat on his back, holding a rope and lazily telling him to crawl forward. Years later, Shen Changsheng was subdued by that same boy. She watched as he bent over her, his 10.9kFavorites14.1kClicks/ch1.3kGifts
- 30 Marrying the Moon 折娶明月 [The story is complete. It underwent major revisions before VIP publication, genuinely major revisions! I practically rewrote the whole thing. The Jinjiang version is the definitive one.] Prepublication title: "The Green Jade Case," please add it to your library. On the third day after news of her husband's death arrives, Lingyi is driven out by her mother-in-law. With nowhere else to go, she returns to her family home to seek her stepbrother's protection. Three months later, however, her once-f 21.8kFavorites23.7kClicks/ch4.9kGifts
- 31 Sighs from a Golden Cage 金笼叹 [One] The Minister's household and the Hanlin Academy's household joined in marriage. Gongs and drums rang out, and the wedding procession stretched for miles, its red finery dazzling. A joyous wedding, a handsome groom and a beautiful bride, a match made in heaven. Well-wishers filled the streets and alleys. They said the marriage had been decreed by His Majesty, an unparalleled honor. The handsome groom personally came to escort his bride, his childhood sweetheart, who had loved him and waite 23.2kFavorites24.9kClicks/ch6.1kGifts
- 32 Yearning for Love 怀娇 The Wei clan, hailed as the foremost of the great and prestigious families, is renowned throughout the land. Its eldest legitimate son, Wei Jie, is a man of noble character, utterly free of worldly airs. He is an immortal banished from heaven, famed as a flawless white jade, and a model for aristocratic families raising their younger generation. That is, until a young cousin from a collateral branch arrived. She had the looks of a femme fatale and would often sway past Wei Jie, her graceful wai 190.5kFavorites193.9kClicks/ch35.8kGifts
- 33 See the Southern Mountain 见南山 The golden palace Song Yi built for her, Su Qing saw as a cage and tomb for a captive bird. [The male lead is coercive, ruthless, and cruel. He is not a good person.] Theme: Oppose feudalism, autocracy, and systems that place men above women. Champion the ideals of standing up to power and pursuing freedom. 105.6kFavorites237.1kClicks/ch67.8kGifts
- 34 How a Corporate Drone Won Over the Strongest Boss 论社畜是如何攻略最强boss的 (The main story is complete. Bonus chapters are updating slowly~) Shen Run is an office drone. Right after graduating from university, she joined a subcontracting company and became a workhorse. Getting only two days off a month, having her phone on 24/7, and being paid late were all par for the course. She also had to deal with her supervisor's harassment from time to time. Her life's ambition was to become a full-time employee at a major company. Just as she was scrambling to find work and p 9.1kFavorites12.9kClicks/ch7.8kGifts
- 35 The Princess's Deadly Allure 公主艳煞 Complete Princess Ji Yao of the Yu Kingdom died in the sixth year of Yuanhe. As she lay dying, her husband held her in his arms and said in a hoarse voice that he loved her... Even though he had seized her power, destroyed her kingdom, and imprisoned her in the palace for three whole years. Then, In the third year of Yuanhe, the princess was reborn. People said the old emperor had died suddenly, the new emperor was still a child, and local powers were constantly fighting among themselves. The 15.4kFavorites41kClicks/ch3.3kGifts
- 36 Fair Maiden 皎娘 Jiao Niang: Great Bodhisattva of Compassion, your faithful devotee Jiao Niang prays with all her heart. I ask for neither wealth nor fame, only for my family to be safe and our days to go smoothly. Liang Zhao: One glimpse of you, and I'll love you for a lifetime. From heaven to earth, you are mine... Donglang: Donglang will never marry. I'll stay by Big Sister's side for my whole life... Ye Mingzhou: I'm a businessman. I never make a deal at a loss. I can take you away, but can you afford the 12.8kFavorites24.4kClicks/ch3.3kGifts
- 37 Forging Swords 炼剑 (Main story complete) Yu He transmigrated into a cultivation novel. The heroine works hard to cultivate and avenge her family. She and the male lead go through a series of tangled love-and-hate entanglements, and in the end defeat her master, who has turned evil in order to resurrect his fiancée. The twists and turns of the story fill a million words. But Yu He is just a mortal, not even given a name in the book. She only wants to live in peace and, while she’s at it, find a way home. She neve 177.2kFavorites240.3kClicks/ch67.6kGifts
- 38 The Powerful Minister's Wife 权臣妻 [Complete] In the tenth year of Chunhua, the court was in turmoil. Liang Xiao, Prince Jingmu, commanded the elite 100,000-strong army of Hedong Circuit. He threw his support behind the young sovereign's ascension to the throne, then took sole control of the government as regent. He was at the height of his power, and nobles and members of the imperial clan alike fawned over him. Liang Xiao, Prince Jingmu, wielded immense power, yet he and his consort, Jiang Heng, had been estranged for years. R 40.9kFavorites85.6kClicks/ch8.4kGifts
- 39 The Beauty Who Deceives the Emperor 美人欺君 [I'm updating a free story. Come find me and hang out!] Yan Nian spent ten years as a spy in Bianjing, serving with all her heart and building an impressive record. All she wanted was to retire, return home in glory, and live out the rest of her days in peace. But her boss was a piece of work. After accepting her resignation, he forced one last mission on her: seduce Ye Xuchuan, the powerful leader of the emperor's maternal relatives. At the news, Yan Nian nearly blacked out. Everyone knew t 12.6kFavorites17.4kClicks/ch5.7kGifts
- 40 The Bright Moon Shines on the Nine Provinces 明月照九州 This year, I'm publishing "The Tyrant's Pretend White Moonlight" #I disguised myself as a man, but the Crown Prince found out and forced me to remove my disguise# [Cool, aloof heir in male disguise x ruthless, possessive Crown Prince] Fu Guiyi, heir to the Prince of Zhennan, guarded a secret as though walking on thin ice. She was actually the prince's biological younger sister, and had willingly disguised herself as a man to take her missing brother's place as a hostage in the capital. Fu Guiyi 45.1kFavorites73.9kClicks/ch9.6kGifts
- 41 Those Years I Stood Up to the Dog Emperor 硬刚狗皇帝的那些年 [I'm working on my new story, Beauty Deceives the Emperor. Come say hi! Hehe, love you all!] Li Siy an is a wicked emperor. He seized power, ran amok, killed the official historians, executed the old ministers, and committed every imaginable atrocity. He killed my father and brothers, then used the last two members of my family, a mother and her orphaned child, to force me to serve as his personal chronicler for fifteen years. With nowhere left to run, I could only take the job, seething wit 29.1kFavorites52.9kClicks/ch11.5kGifts
- 42 Flowers Cover the Islet 花满渚 He bound her in chains, determined to settle every old score, one by one. [Extended blurb] In the twentieth year of Yongchang, the fifth year of Lin Yuan’s marriage, the Prince of Zhennan rebelled. Jin Chu, heir to the Prince of Zhennan, commanded the rebel army. With a million soldiers, he marched north toward the capital. That same year, the capital fell, the emperor died, and the Prince of Zhennan ascended the throne, ushering in the Jianwu era. In the second year of Jianwu, the Cro 119.7kFavorites281.9kClicks/ch66.6kGifts
- 43 21+ The Monk in the Moon 月中僧 39.8kFavorites41.2kClicks/ch16.2kGifts
- 44 The First Year After the Divorce 和离第一年 [Signed for publication in simplified Chinese. See Weibo @Dear Caodeng Daren for updates] Both virgins | Powerful man humbled | Strong male lead, weak female lead Honest country girl wife x twisted, rotten rich young master The year Yun Ni met Shen Tinglan, she was of marriageable age but had yet to understand the ways of men and women. Shen Tinglan did not mind that his wife had a lame leg, and Yun Ni did not mind that her husband came from a poor family. So they married. A year after their 72.5kFavorites75kClicks/ch21.1kGifts
- 45 21+ The Second Madam 二娘娘 45.1kFavorites151.4kClicks/ch10.5kGifts
- 46 Seducing the Spoiled 弄娇 Xue Yan was engaged to the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenbei's household. No one knew that she had once shared an unforgettable, painful past with his twin younger brother. Xue Yan waited for her wedding, clinging to a desperate hope. But a great fire before the ceremony turned the happy occasion into a funeral. Xie Ce entered the mourning hall and comforted his grief-stricken elder brother. "The dead cannot come back to life." While the Gu family was arranging Gu Xueyan's funeral, in a vi 77kFavorites120.8kClicks/ch12.8kGifts
- 47 21+ Please, My Lady, Love Me 求娘子爱我 8.7kFavorites7.7kClicks/ch3.6kGifts
- 48 21+ The Courtesan and the Young Lord 伎与君 13.4kFavorites15kClicks/ch10.8kGifts
- 49 Don't Pick Up Strangers by the Roadside 路边的男人不要捡 16.6kFavorites16.1kClicks/ch4kGifts
- 50 Hello, Son. I'm Your Mother 儿子你好，我是你娘 Xu Jichun lost his parents when he was young and was raised by his maternal aunt. The night he placed third in the imperial examinations, he drank alone beneath the moon and passed out at his desk. When he awoke, a young female ghost was stroking his hair. “Hello, son. I’m your mother!” The ghost called herself Shiba Niang. She said she had missed him for years and had refused to be reborn. Now she wandered the world as a lonely ghost, with no one to offer her food or sacrificial gifts. She ha 18kFavorites16.7kClicks/ch10.7kGifts
