Novels like The Concubine's Rise to Legitimacy
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- 51 The Doctor Arrives at the Auspicious Hour 吉时医到 Once, she entrusted her heart to the wrong man. Now, who would pledge their life to her? He tucked a butterfly hairpin into his sleeve, mocked for being sentimental. Amid the court and countless troops, whom was he mocking now? "I will love you for all my life, honor you for all my life, and follow you wherever you go." ★★Occupation: A modern internist in ancient times. 0Votes288.6kRecs236.8kFans
- 52 The Beauty’s Legal Strategy 美人谋律 Watch as a modern female lawyer is reborn as a woman who argues cases in ancient times. Though she has no money or power and faces discrimination, she’s cunning, silver-tongued, and quick-witted enough to build a fortune. (66’s supergroup: 72189398. To join, answer with the male supporting character from any of 66’s books.) 0Votes442.1kRecs135.5kFans
- 53 The Sutra of the Mortal World 浮世经 In her previous life, with the nation in crisis, her deeply devoted husband was sent on a dangerous mission to open a sea trade route. He never returned, leaving her and her foolish son behind as hostages in the capital, suffering through one torment after another. Meanwhile, her wealthy and extraordinarily loving family never lifted a finger to help, remaining silent the entire time! Then one day, her childhood wet nurse appeared before her, and she learned that she was not her mother's biologi 0Votes49.2kRecs105.3kFans
- 54 Madam, Your Secret Identity Is Showing Again 夫人你马甲又掉了 This book was published under the title Ten Thousand Heartbeats. New book: Great God, Your Persona Has Collapsed~ This story focuses on uncovering secret identities. The heroine is cool, the hero is explosive, and they both have multiple identities. The couple dote on each other. It's a satisfying read with a touch of sci-fi and no concern for logic. Qin Ran grew up in the countryside. In her senior year of high school, she disappeared for a year and took a year off from school. A year later, he 7Votes91.4kRecs1.2MFans
- 55 Paper Worth Its Weight in Gold 纸贵金迷 Starting over was difficult at every step, but she discovered that her father had left her a way to make a living: papermaking. A beauty’s fragrance may outlast the falling flowers, but even that fades on the wind. The scent of paper and ink travels across a thousand miles and lasts through the ages. She no longer envies beautiful women their wealth and splendor, or their dazzling glamour. In this life, all she wants is to be surrounded by the fragrance of paper, with the scent of ink by her sid 0Votes227.8kRecs101.8kFans
- 56 The Charming Doctor Is Poisonous 娇医有毒 A modern woman from a family of perfumers was reborn in an ancient farming family and became the mother of two newborns, soft and plump like steamed buns. She wore silk and brocade, but had no memories. Who knew which household’s young madam she was, lost and waiting to be claimed? She waited and waited. Her wet nurse arrived. Her fiancé arrived too. Then came a notice that her marquis father had been thrown into prison. Everything was meant to accomplish one thing: force her to return home and 0Votes12.9kRecs68.2kFans
- 57 Master of Men 御人 As a virtuous young woman with ideals, ambitions, sound values, and a successful career, Bai Fuling feels that what she needs is a loyal puppy of a man whom she can torment and bully, not a scheming man who takes pleasure in tormenting and bullying her! Faced with a ferocious demon lord whom she can neither offend nor evade, she can only display her mastery of controlling people, matching wits with him and fighting to the bitter end. …◆◆◆ The queen’s way is to rule her subjects ◆◆◆… A lighthea 0Votes535.7kRecs208.1kFans
- 58 The Art of Disguise 伪妆记 Why did her fiancé marry someone else? Why does her grandmother refuse to acknowledge her? Why was she destined to die? A story about a girl abandoned by everyone as she searches for the truth through layer upon layer of mystery. 0Votes34.9kRecs102.8kFans
- 59 Jade Carving 玉琢 Jade must be carved to become a work of art. With the carving knife in her hand, she will sculpt the most beautiful happiness in the world. Ling Shui’s completed novels include Record of Flavors, Acres of Good Farmland, and Transmigrate: Tea and Tasting the Scenery. You can count on her to finish her books. 0Votes108.6kRecs113.4kFans
- 60 The Brocade House 锦宅 You can see the beginning of life, but not what happens along the way or how it ends. The Su family is a pit, and it keeps changing without warning. Su Qingzhi says her life is about to begin with one pit after another. 0Votes114.6kRecs37.7kFans
- 61 Pomegranates Bloom at the Vermilion Gate 榴绽朱门 Li Danruo landed in a nest of good fortune, and decided to spend her life just like all those equally lucky girls: enjoying the simple, worldly pleasures of the here and now. But amid shifting winds and gathering clouds, her family fell apart, and she had no choice but to take a step forward... There really is a romance plot, after all. (Please believe in Xiao Xian, who is fighting tooth and nail to get back to writing romance!) 94Votes46.3kRecs39.8kFans
- 62 Murder in a Distinguished Family 名门闺杀 In her previous life, she was born into an aristocratic family. Her frail health meant she was well protected, and she gradually grew into a dignified, gentle young woman. In this life, she was born into a distinguished family, but her mother died young, her father ignored her, her stepmother tormented her, and her grandmother was cold toward her. Everyone said Third Miss Wang was gentle and generous, never knowing that she had once been the darling of the family, sharp-tongued and domineering, 0Votes138.1kRecs229.9kFans
- 63 A Woman's Worth 妇贵 Yesterday, she was a white-collar professional fighting her way up the career ladder. In the blink of an eye, she became the legitimate granddaughter of the Duke of Anguo’s household and the wife of a top scholar... 0Votes99.8kRecs71.1kFans
- 64 Immortal Talismans Forever 仙符永享 Others fly on swords; she rides arrows! Others shoot arrows; she shoots flying swords! When the “female lead” finally manages to refine a batch of pills after an exhausting effort, she, the fake villainess, wipes her face and declares, “Everything else is just smoke and mirrors. Double the reward is the way to go!” A half-baked transmigration through a fantasy game gives rise to a peerless Arrow Immortal, who bursts onto the scene! May the immortal talisman grant eternal fortune, and may your li 0Votes165.2kRecs34.6kFans
- 65 The Poisonous Bride 娘子有毒 Everyone says the Third Madam of the Guangping Marquis Estate is blessed beyond measure. Her husband is handsome, talented, and refined; her mother-in-law is kind and gracious, treating people warmly. She is the envy of every noblewoman in the capital. But it was only after she was reborn as the Third Madam that she realized life might not be as easy as it seemed. But she is not the woman she used to be. She will live this life on her own terms! 0Votes35.8kRecs42.1kFans
- 66 The Poisonous Woman Turns Over a New Leaf 毒妇从良记 After getting her wish and becoming that man's second wife, she devoted herself to raising the children and managing the household. But once her husband achieved greatness, he called her a wicked woman and switched the positions of his wives and concubines. Reborn, she learned her lesson and no longer dared to covet another woman's husband. In the end, she married him, a malicious and devious man. He said, “You're too kind. How can you possibly deal with those wicked women?” So there were no con 0Votes103.5kRecs90.5kFans
- 67 Begonia Brocade 棠锦 New book: Point Gold is now online. One great fire leaves her family destroyed and her loved ones dead. Xie Zheng enters the capital alone, determined to uncover the truth. But after five years apart, will her fiancé recognize her? 3Votes99.9kRecs64.6kFans
- 68 The Ideal Husband 良婿 This is a war without smoke or gunfire. She is in the light, while he is in the shadows, with a blood feud separating them. To marry and share a pillow, to be bound together heart and soul, was merely part of a carefully woven conspiracy. How can happiness ever be obtained? Knowing kindness and repaying kindness, yet never being weak or indulgent! All in all, this is a story of revenge, counter-revenge, and protection. * * * * Several of my VIP novels have already been completed, so the quality 0Votes352.6kRecs264.8kFans
- 69 The Direct Line’s Grand Plan 嫡策 After dying and coming back to life, what did He Xingzhao regret losing most in her previous life? She would probably say her daughter, Huijie; her son, Huan, who died young; and the version of herself who dared to love and hate without restraint. In short, it’s the story of a noble marquis’s daughter who desperately married a certain man in her previous life, but sees things clearly and finds peace in this one, choosing to live her life well~ 0Votes77.7kRecs189kFans
- 70 Spring of the Apricot Grove 杏霖春 Reborn in the body of a young woman from an ancient medical family, she says she only wants to marry an honest, kind man and live a quiet, ordinary life. But who should she marry? 0Votes99.4kRecs68.1kFans
- 71 Schemes of a Golden Age 盛世谋妆 In Yunzhou there was a woman named Xue Rou. Her features were graceful and delicate, yet her nature was as fierce as a tiger. In the twentieth year of the Chengqing reign, she came from Yunzhou to the Great Zhou capital, setting every faction into turmoil... “Fierce as a tiger?” Beneath an old locust tree, Xue Rou listened to the storyteller’s animated tale, calmly gathering her sleeves with a faint smile. If she weren’t fierce as a tiger, how could she avenge herself? If she weren’t fierce as a 0Votes101.6kRecs58.8kFans
- 72 Lord Shangshu Is Easily Swayed 尚书大人易折腰 She was born the daughter of a noble family, but was switched at birth and raised as the daughter of a fifth-rank official. A person's nature determines their fate, and kind hearts are always rewarded. Well, all right. She really didn't do anything, yet somehow became the protagonist. In my new novel, I Transmigrated into a Book and Became a Drama Queen, Xia Qianyu works hard every day to flatter the male lead and support his love for the heroine, all so she can escape her tragic role as the vil 0Votes146.9kRecs62.7kFans
- 73 A Wife of Higher Standing 妻高一筹 She transmigrates into the body of a woman who was used as a pawn in a marriage to a wealthy family, then discarded almost as soon as the wedding was over. Her luck is truly awful, especially since this abandoned wife has to raise two children their own father can’t stand. Still, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. This life as an abandoned wife, left to fend for herself, or rather, to provide for herself, and stay out of the household’s internal squabbles, is actually rather pleasant. The heroin 0Votes74.7kRecs156.5kFans
- 74 Alluring Bones 媚骨 Reborn in the year she was to be married, she still had time to change everything... So she rolled up her sleeves and took charge of the family business, a petite woman with a bewitching allure and an unyielding spirit! *, * Thanks to Weimian Jun for the hand-drawn cover 0Votes94.5kRecs143.4kFans
- 75 Reborn as the Supreme Immortal Doctor 重生女配之至尊医仙 She suddenly transmigrated into the role of the villainess in a male protagonist's harem novel, and was deeply distressed. She had planned to go her own way and leave everyone else to theirs, but circumstances forced her onto the joyous path of a comeback. She had to inherit her ancestor's legacy, protect her immortal estate, get close to a handsome heartthrob, and crush the scumbags. A certain man took her to the cultivation world. She joined a sect and sought out opportunities. Just as the two 0Votes32.9kRecs32.6kFans
- 76 A Prestigious Marriage 权门贵嫁 Zhu Yuan was reborn into the past, returning from a life spent sick and miserable to become an unmarried young woman. How can she go from being yesterday's leftovers to the cherished one, the moonlight in someone's heart? The road ahead is long. Fortunately, she has her medical skills to protect her. But after claiming she could cure every illness, she realized things were getting a little strange. 0Votes268kRecs115kFans
- 77 Surviving the Apocalypse While Pregnant 末世之带球跑 The story of Yuan Yuan, a muddle-headed, timid, money-loving girl who was reborn in the apocalypse as another female college student, carrying a game interface with her. The game can neither support farming nor let her fight monsters and level up, but she can exchange real-world items for game coins and use them to buy things. She really needs to see what can be bought. Immortal cultivation skills? Super battle pets? Magic skills? Or items for a storage space? Everything seems so expensive~ What 0Votes48.6kRecs91.9kFans
- 78 The Unmarriageable Woman 剩女不淑 Publisher: Shuopin Culture Co., Ltd. Publication date: October 3, 2012 Xia Ruixi, a modern-day spinster, is reborn as a spinster in ancient times. She schemes, rushes back and forth, scurries about, and plays dumb, all to achieve two wishes: First, find a way to get married; Second, marry the right man, not a rich one. In particular, she will not marry one of those wealthy, powerful, famous, handsome young masters from a prestigious family. After the wedding, she lives by the principle of using 0Votes69.5kRecs482.1kFans
- 79 A Perfect Match 极品夫妻 She transmigrates straight into a situation where a Noble Consort entrusts her with her child. Shiniang feels the pressure. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The cover was lovingly created by an adult. Isn't it cute? 1Votes101.8kRecs145.6kFans
- 80 The Phoenix's Boundless Moon 凤月无边 Lu Wen's voice came from behind. “I can play 'Phoenix Seeking a Mate' on a bamboo leaf. Would you care to listen, A Lu?” Her voice was low and rich, clear and crisp, like ice striking jade, a mountain stream, the moon rising over a deep ravine, or wind passing through a bamboo grove... It was so lovely, so elegant, so full of feeling, and yet such a subtle declaration of her intentions... Liu Jiang frowned slightly and took a few unhurried steps away. Without turning back to face Guo Yun, he ask 0Votes194.4kRecs143.4kFans
- 81 The Spring and Autumn of the Yu Clan 玉氏春秋 She was reborn in a mass grave. Because of a book called Ten Siege Weapons of Lu Ban, the man she loved used her, and his woman had her killed. In this Spring and Autumn and Warring States era, where human lives are worth no more than weeds, she is just an ordinary young woman from modern times, with a fresh, lovely appearance. She has no talent for martial arts, her math skills are barely passing, and she is hopeless with her hands... But she has to survive. And she has to live comfortably. So 1Votes338.6kRecs185.2kFans
- 82 The General's Beloved Daughter 将门娇 War fires flare along the borders of the Great Sheng Dynasty. The five sons of the Zhenguo family bravely march off to battle, each liable to die for their country at any moment. Before they depart, the Old Madam tearfully begs the emperor for an edict to arrange a marriage for her fifth son to a daughter of the Earl of Anding’s household, rumored to be exceptionally fertile. The Earl of Anding’s daughters all either pretend to be ill or disappear. Only Cui Ling thinks it’s a great match: The fa 0Votes127.9kRecs304.4kFans
- 83 The Yue Concubine 越姬 This is a time of chaos, a world of dazzling splendor, blood, and poison. Everything depends on whether you're strong enough! She arrived here as a Yue woman who had been ambushed by her fiancé. To escape the fate of being treated as a gift, she wracked her brains and resolved to use her intelligence and swordsmanship to carve out a life of freedom. 0Votes222.3kRecs282.1kFans
- 84 Our Girl Next Door 吾家阿囡 A heartwarming tale of Jiangnan, with little bridges, flowing streams, and misty rain. I hope it can be a sweet little rice cake for you to enjoy while relaxing after a hard day's work (or perhaps a glutinous rice cake, a white sugar cake, a little square of cream cake, a butterfly pastry...). 4Votes1MRecs160.8kFans
- 85 The Eldest Daughter 嫡长女 In her previous life, she was the eldest legitimate daughter of the Shen clan of Wu and Yue. She enjoyed every earthly luxury: her clan flourished, wielded power at court, and she was the most exalted woman in the realm. Yet she also endured every earthly sorrow: her entire clan was wiped out, she was stripped of her title and imprisoned, and in the end she met a tragic fate! All because the Shen clan had used the strength of the entire family to help him ascend the throne. In this life, she is 0Votes88.1kRecs210.4kFans
- 86 A Fortuitous Scheme 锦谋 The ancients said, “When Heaven entrusts someone with a great mission, it first hardens their resolve.” Yan Jin groaned. In this deep, scheming household, all she wanted was to protect her parents. Harden her resolve... or just go to sleep. As for the great mission... If the sky falls, isn’t he still there to hold it up? 0Votes121.7kRecs60.7kFans
- 87 The Red Apricot Stirs in the Spring Light 红杏闹春光 Music, chess, calligraphy, and painting: she couldn’t do a single one. Singing and dancing: not a chance. Chemistry and physics: she never learned them properly. History and politics: she was utterly hopeless… A good-for-nothing like her had no choice but to tidy up, change her clothes, and get to work in the kitchen. She would use good food to create an entirely different life. ❤ The title comes from Song Qi’s “Spring in the Jade Tower: Spring Scenery”: Beyond the misty willows, dawn’s chill is 0Votes93.1kRecs458.4kFans
- 88 A General’s Devotion 戎宠 Ever since transmigrating, Su Lingyu has been trying to cut ties with everyone. The Su family treats her like a disease, her fiancé’s family clamors to get their hands on her, and her maternal relatives are afraid she’ll come begging for money… Ha! As if she cares what any of them think. But while working to distance herself from everyone, Su Lingyu discovers there’s one person she just can’t shake… So what if he’s a general? Does being a general make him so special? Su Lingyu narrows her eyes. 0Votes30kRecs22.7kFans
- 89 The First Daughter of the Heavenly Line 天字嫡一号 A princess from a parallel dynasty transmigrates to the Great Liang. First, she improves her family’s lot. Second, she finds a good husband. Third, she becomes a brilliant little detective. Oh, come on, is there anything in this world you can’t accomplish with power and brains? 0Votes122.7kRecs134.2kFans
- 90 The Finest Beauty Under Heaven 国色芳华 [The original novel for the TV drama starring Yang Zi and Li Xian] This is a prosperous, open-minded dynasty, where everyone loves peonies and will spend a fortune on them. Her name is Mudan, Peony, and she lives up to it. She also has a knack for cultivating rare peonies, but unfortunately, people treat her like a weed. Luckily, she can weather wind and rain, bitter cold and scorching heat. And so, her life is destined to bloom in all its splendor. 0Votes349.8kRecs340.2kFans
- 91 A Taste of Magic 妙味 The Western cuisine head chef Su Miao, known as the "Culinary Demon God," had barely transmigrated when a basin of melodrama was dumped over her head: The family business went bankrupt, her father died of illness, and her fiancé ran away with the family's secret recipes. All that remained were one sharp-tongued grandmother, one biased mother, a vain elder sister who valued money above all else, a thuggish and violent younger sister, and a gentle, virtuous younger brother with a feminine nature. 0Votes166.6kRecs37.3kFans
- 92 Tales of the Spring Boudoir 春闺记事 Gu Jinzhi was born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and married into a wealthy household. Her life was one of endless splendor and exhaustion, right up to its end. When she realized she wasn’t dead but had become a noblewoman in ancient times, irritation welled up inside her. Then she saw a man who looked exactly like her husband from her previous life, and she pursed her lips. Only then did the still waters of her life begin to ripple... 0Votes221.9kRecs150.4kFans
- 93 Abundant Fragrance 盛芳 After a dream lasting three hundred years, Shen Nianhe was lucky enough to return to a later age. All she wanted was to fight her way back to her ancestral home in the capital and dig up the gold and jade treasures she had casually buried there as a child. But someone kept stubbornly urging her: “What’s the point of enjoying wealth alone for a while, when you could share a lifetime of glory with me?” 1Votes234.1kRecs88.3kFans
- 94 The Tyrant Official 霸官 The tyrants of the Sang family: five dead, one left. People say their downfall was only a matter of time. The one left is certainly not going to accept her fate. She'll keep being a tyrant and see who's tougher, Heaven or her. But after she kills her enemy with her own hands and leaves Dawang Ridge, she thinks she'll settle for a modestly comfortable life from then on... Little does she know that the game of Dawang Chess has only just begun. One master after another makes their move alongside he 0Votes215.2kRecs41kFans
- 95 A Fortune at the Door 复贵盈门 Official synopsis: Her father was framed by his clansmen and thrown into prison. On her wedding night, her husband killed her. Reborn at thirteen, will everything happen all over again? When everything is reborn from the ashes, she will take her life into her own hands... Unofficial synopsis: Given a second life, she strives to change her fate. When all her efforts finally pay off, the one person she still can't let go of is the man by her side... The road of rebirth is paved with splendor, the 0Votes110.7kRecs412kFans
- 96 The Beauty Is Fierce 美人凶猛 Reborn after death, she resolves either never to marry or to take a husband who will join her family. To fight the former husband who killed her and protect her family's property, she gets involved in the family's silk and brocade business, then uses everything she once learned from him against him! . . I've completed four books, so you can count on me to finish this one too. Come on in^^ 0Votes338.6kRecs346kFans
- 97 Heavenly Fragrance 天芳 They say that after hitting her head against a pillar and waking up, the notorious, idle Miss Chi suddenly became reasonable and considerate. Not only is she a master of the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she's also outstanding in poetry, literature, etiquette, and decorum. 0Votes1.2MRecs266.5kFans
- 98 A Record of Growing Old Together 偕首录 Wanwan was full of resentment. According to the rules of transmigration, shouldn't a woman like her, after awakening in a new body, be lying comfortably in a soft bed, with a young maid or beautiful older woman at her side calling out to her with concern? What on earth was this situation? It didn't follow the rules of transmigration at all! When Wanwan figured out who this body belonged to, she threw her head back and roared, “Author, you've got the wrong script! This whole brooding, imperial-gu 0Votes76.1kRecs45.2kFans
- 99 The Chronicles of the Boudoir 闺华记 Xie Han decides to stay away from those things called male and female cousins. She only wants to protect the family estate her father left behind and raise her frail younger brother for him! 0Votes105.4kRecs79.6kFans
- 100 A Guide to Being a Second Empress 继后守则 Lin Jin is the legitimate daughter of a duke’s household. Her father is a famed general, her aunt is the empress, and her cousin is the crown prince. Lin Jin’s life was destined to be worry-free from the moment she was born. The story gets a little angsty at first, but overall it’s sweet, indulgent, and satisfying. Your support and favorites are welcome~~ 0Votes67.9kRecs91.6kFans
