Novels like The Lovely Luan
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- 1 Beauty 秀色 Reborn into a new life, the practical Qing Dai knows full well how important it is to find a good man and a suitable husband. She carefully considers her options and makes plans in secret, never imagining she would fall into someone else's “trap” and have her marriage arranged for this lifetime, the next, the one after that, and the one after that... *, * Husband: First line: Lying is no crime, as long as your beloved falls into the nest. Second line: Scheming is glorious, as long as your virtuo 0Votes194.1kRecs242.4kFans
- 2 The Clear-Sky Maiden 扫晴娘 There is a famous avenue in the capital called Kaile Street. Those sentenced to servitude for their crimes and assigned to sweep the streets are known as street-cleaning slaves. On Kaile Street lives a diligent street-cleaning woman named Duan Shuiyao. There is a notorious sect in the martial world called Qingya Palace. Its palace master is greedy for money and has no scruples. He also has a son named Leng Tuxiu, who suffers from terminal face blindness. One day, Duan Shuiyao meets Leng Tuxiu... 0Votes4.2kRecs1.7kFans
- 3 The Marriage Proposal 婚聘 Qin Yaru watched him hover protectively at the commandery princess's side. His gaze toward her was distant and wary. He was afraid she might upset the noble, elegant, gentle princess in his arms! Lowering her head, she glanced at the precious memory-metal medicine case and smiled. In her previous life, she'd loved this man so much that she lost herself and willingly became his concubine. But after all the twists and turns she'd lived through, and after meeting heroic, capable, honest, loyal men 0Votes18.1kRecs165.9kFans
- 4 The Art of Fragrance 调香 She followed him for an entire lifetime without asking for a title or harboring any resentment, only for him to drive her to her death. Reborn with an unparalleled secret manual in hand, she’ll take back everything those who betrayed and bullied her had in their previous lives... Now, watch as she rises from a lonely wanderer with no home to a master perfumer of her age! 0Votes91.8kRecs66.3kFans
- 5 Awan 阿莞 In her previous life, she lost all her dignity in pursuit of revenge, abandoning her conscience and hurting the innocent. Reborn, she won’t let anyone take her place again; Because I am A Wan, the one and only A Wan. In this life, I only wish to hold your hand and grow old in happiness. Yu Fang’s new book, Divine Healer’s Spirit Spring: The Abandoned Noblewoman, is now out and generating buzz. Come enjoy a different kind of transmigration romance, and don’t forget to subscribe! 0Votes231.2kRecs176.1kFans
- 6 The Beautiful, Alluring, and Carefree Concubine 美姬妖且闲 She can't lift with her shoulders or carry with her hands, a delicate, weak woman! Fortunately, she has a wealth of talent. Though she can't serve at court, she can use her skills to build a fortune from scratch. Flower by flower, blade of grass by blade of grass, brick by brick, and tile by tile, she builds a reputation that shakes the world! Watch as this master gardener tends her plants and, in the meantime, picks out a match and searches for her ideal husband. 0Votes58.4kRecs137.8kFans
- 7 The Ancestral Precepts 祖训 By chance, she arrives in Great Qi, where time and space are in disarray, and becomes the daughter of Zhao Yiniang, the fifth concubine of Master Li. For no apparent reason, she is made to take her legitimate elder sister's place in a wedding meant to bring good fortune, marrying into the Xiao family, one of Great Qi's great houses, as the legitimate wife of its next head... All she wants is to keep a low profile as the young mistress and find a place to call her own in the Xiao household. But s 0Votes216.8kRecs347kFans
- 8 The Pampered Lady 掌娇 What's so great about being reborn? Knowing the future and getting revenge. So Wei Fangning, reborn, barged into the scumbag's wedding, kicked the bride's mistress in the belly, and pretended not to recognize her former husband, the Crown Prince, from her past life before beating him up. Rubbing her wrist, Wei Fangning declared that she was very pleased with being reborn. 0Votes11.9kRecs18.6kFans
- 9 Healing with Brocade 医锦还厢 Young Marquis, you were the one who divorced me back then, and now you want to marry me again? Ever heard that a good horse doesn’t eat the grass it’s already passed? Have you no shame? I’ve spent so long being a good horse that I’m sick of it. This time, I’m going to be a bad horse. Damn, I really want to sing “Love’s Transaction” to him. What should I do? The author may be good at finishing books, but she’s always made things up as she goes. In the spirit of kindness and 0Votes62.1kRecs50.6kFans
- 10 The Healer's Fragrant Touch 医手遮香 Reborn as a poor girl after dying an unjust death, with an uncaring grandmother, an easily bullied mother, and a useless, heartless father who’s just a poor minor official. To top it all off, a concubine is constantly stirring up trouble and driving a wedge between them? So what? With miraculous medical skills at her fingertips, would she really be afraid of a few little hardships? 0Votes3.9kRecs26kFans
- 11 The Happy Firewood-Burning Maid 烧火丫鬟喜洋洋 The Firewood-Burning Maid Is Overjoyed 0Votes146.9kRecs163.5kFans
- 12 Renouncing the Golden Bough 辞金枝 (Published in simplified and traditional Chinese) Xin You was born with a pair of unusual eyes that sometimes let her see the misfortunes about to befall others. It is both a source of trouble and her greatest strength. The gossip-loving crowds of the capital suddenly discovered that the young lady living under someone else’s roof at the Shaoqing residence had grown a backbone! 3Votes513.5kRecs146.2kFans
- 13 The Beautiful Wen Ya 美人温雅 Her father is in prison, and her family is saddled with enormous debts. With no other choice, Liu Jing, once a child prodigy but suppressed and disciplined by her parents for six years, begins disguising herself as a man and doing everything she can to support her family. She never imagined that the man she had once belittled, hurt, and provoked would also begin to appear in her life again. And now he has turned completely dark... 0Votes183.6kRecs58.4kFans
- 14 Luoyang Brocade 洛阳锦 Ling Jingshu endured humiliation and struggled to survive all her life. Only at the moment of her death did she finally understand, overcome with regret. If Heaven gave her another chance, she would say three words to that man: Get lost!!! My new novel, Phoenix Returns to the Nest, has passed review~\(≧▽≦)/~ Old readers, come join me! 0Votes90.1kRecs67.2kFans
- 15 The Carefree Chronicle 逍遥章 The author's new novel, A Thousand Changes of Flowers, has begun. Welcome! The eldest Miss of the Hua family is terribly vexed. She never imagined that someone as wise and mighty as her would end up saddled with a fool! It all began with a stone... 0Votes221kRecs46.4kFans
- 16 The Ugly Woman 丑妇 An ugly woman lives at the foot of South Mountain, In a thatched hut with bare walls, Disowned by her parents, with no family name, And only one little bun to call her own. A woman who transmigrates brings her little local bun along to farm and do business, building a fortune from nothing. Once the family is wealthy, the little bun starts going to school. It seems a wonderful life is finally about to begin. But can someone tell her who this handsome man is, blocking the entrance to her home? A n 0Votes150.4kRecs141.8kFans
- 17 A Life of Joy 一世成欢 In her previous life, Xu Chenghuan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wei Bei, got her wish and married the man she loved, becoming empress. But she died unexpectedly on her wedding night... When she opened her eyes again, she had gone from being the revered mother of the nation to a madwoman everyone feared! Luckily, life after being reborn was pretty good too. She joined her fierce mother in putting nasty people in their place, and tagged along with her military commander father to get 0Votes21.4kRecs32.1kFans
- 18 A Match Made in Heaven 妙偶天成 (Published in both simplified and traditional Chinese editions.) The Fourth Miss of the Zhen family was competitive, selfish, and vain, and she went to great lengths to scheme her way into falling into the water alongside the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's family. Then, after Fourth Miss Zhen fell into the water, a clueless little foodie transmigrated into her body… This is not a traditional tale of household power struggles. The heroine i 3Votes280.4kRecs330.8kFans
- 19 A Worthy Husband 佳婿 This is a gritty tale of an ordinary man and a fierce woman joining forces to topple the rich and powerful, carve out territory, and forge their own domain. It’s also a romantic story about an ordinary man using a lifetime of trust, devotion, and promises to sew his wife a magnificent wedding gown. When that gown is draped over the fierce woman’s shoulders, the ordinary man says, “May I win one heart, and stay together until our hair turns white.” The fierce woman turns around and replies, “Chee 0Votes176.3kRecs40.4kFans
- 20 Jade Without Fragrance 玉无香 (Published in simplified and traditional Chinese) Second Miss Wen was peerlessly beautiful, yet people couldn’t help sighing whenever they spoke of her, for she had been born mute. Then one day, after falling from a wall and landing on the heir to Prince Jing’s title, Second Miss Wen suddenly began to speak. 1Votes379.1kRecs138.1kFans
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 A Gaze That Brings Joy 顾盼生欢 Her husband was frail and sickly. That was the mess Shu Huan found herself facing after being reborn in ancient times... 0Votes276.9kRecs129.4kFans
- 24 The Fragrant Years 静芳年 The Duke Protector's entire household was filled with loyal heroes, yet one accident during the Shangyuan Festival nearly wiped them out. After dying once, Zhou Qin, the Duke Protector's niece, returned to four years earlier. In this life, she would rather die than set foot in the State Duke of Wei's princess's carriage. She asked for little, wishing only to keep her family safe amid the treacherous shifts of power. The old novel next door, Song Xingzhen, really, truly was only a practice pi 0Votes18.1kRecs36kFans
- 25 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
- 26 A Dream of Radiant Jade 绮梦璇玑 A scheming demon king goes head-to-head with a soft-hearted, tortoise-like girl. A sweet and fluffy historical romance. [Complete] Beauty, Prince Zhao Jianshen, a consummate schemer and a supreme villain, has met plenty of women, but never one as difficult to handle as Xie Xuanji… Bribing her with advantages has no effect. Although this woman loves money, she refuses to take unfair advantage of anyone. He gives her rouge, powder, jewelry, and gemstones, only for her to exchange them for money an 3Votes154.7kRecs304kFans
- 27 The Healer’s Serene Life 药医的悠然生活 She wanted to live a full and satisfying life. She wanted to be a farmer, well, a medicinal herb farmer was pretty much the same thing. Mountain springs, well, waterfalls were close enough. A few fields, well, medicinal herb fields were still fields, weren’t they? She wouldn’t trade this peaceful life for anything. 0Votes265.3kRecs225.9kFans
- 28 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
- 29 Glorious Age 盛世芳华 After a chance encounter with a certain young woman, he was completely smitten and single-mindedly set off on the long road to winning her heart. 2Votes541.6kRecs144.3kFans
- 30 A Flourishing Age of Enchanting Beauty 盛世妖颜 Sheng Siyan, reborn in the Great Xia Dynasty, looks like a harmless little white rabbit. Who could have guessed that underneath, she is a cunning, intelligent little fox who never lets herself suffer a loss? Naturally, when a little fox chooses a husband, she has an exceptional eye for men. And so Sheng Siyan discovers that after carefully selecting from countless possibilities, she has picked up a husband with an innate aura of invincibility in household rivalry... O(∩_∩)O Haha~ Life is going t 2Votes639.5kRecs288.9kFans
- 31 Treading the Branches 踏枝 [Two powerful leads, sweet romance, a female lead who is a metaphysics expert VS the orphaned son of a scheming crown prince] Qin Luan dreamed of her master. Her master told her to descend the mountain and return to the capital, save someone, and break off an engagement. * My Taoist nun heroine has a touch of metaphysical talent. #A metaphysics expert descends the mountain: breaking off an engagement, saving lives, and seizing the empire 1Votes234.2kRecs121.3kFans
- 32 The Noblewoman 贵妇 A thought can carry you across countless rivers and mountains; one thought can turn oceans into fields. The moment she awoke inside a coffin, Ye Nanxi saw something that would shape every choice she made from then on. She had never seen a man say something so full of passion in such a heartless way. So when faced with the prospect of returning to her husband's family mansion, she refused without hesitation. But mutual destruction was not what she wanted either... . Completed novels: A Happy Occa 0Votes327.5kRecs190.7kFans
- 33 The Little Maid of the Great Ming 大明小婢 Who is she? Is she an ordinary, slow-witted maid in a grand mansion behind vermilion gates? A servant at a funeral home who carries a lantern at midnight to bury corpses? A brothel madam with a black mole on her face? The Twelfth Lady of a secret society who kills without blinking? I do not possess a thousand faces. I live in place of countless wronged souls. And who is he? Is he the wastrel son of a noble marquis’s household? A helpless young man surrounded by schemes in the inner residence, mo 0Votes159kRecs34.3kFans
- 34 The Mistress of the Household 掌家娘子 Her birth mother was cast out by her father, and her stepmother plotted to frame her. Was her life destined to end like this? For Yao Wanning, this was only the beginning. From now on, she would stop being cautious and swallowing her anger, and would make sure the wicked suffered to the fullest. A modern psychologist arrives in ancient times. She'll have to deal with household, business, and palace rivalries alike. After all, she's the lady in charge of the family. P.S. And then there's him. No 0Votes257.5kRecs191.4kFans
- 35 The Fierce Wife 妻悍 In this life, my goals are a life of wealth and splendor, peace and happiness, and a peaceful end in old age! 0Votes139.5kRecs58.6kFans
- 36 The Koi Fish Is Trolling People Again Today 锦鲤今天又在线怼人 My new book, Actress, Your Secret Identity Is Showing Again, is now online. One-on-one romance She’s a lucky charm with a golden finger. In this life, she swears she’ll live for herself, and take on anyone who gets in her way. He’s happy when he mouths off to his wife, but the road to winning her back is long. He spends his whole life pursuing her, facing all kinds of hardships. “You’re unhappy because the person you love isn’t me.” “If you’re 0Votes118.9kRecs44.2kFans
- 37 The Pampered Daughter 闺娇 A prosperous age dawns once more, bringing all the lovely ladies together to dance in a dazzling contest of beauty. In her maiden days, she is the darling of her family, backed by powerful allies and blessed with beauty and talent. Among a hundred flowers, she blooms brightest. After marriage, she becomes a cherished wife, wed to a wonderful husband and living a life as sweet as honey. In short: Who has the discerning eye, me or you? The everyday cast includes legitimate daughters, illegitimate 0Votes145kRecs44kFans
- 38 The Red Pearl Chronicles 红茱记 At his age, Xiong Zhen had risen to become the Director of the Eastern Depot, known as the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old. As a eunuch, he had slept with a dead emperor’s woman and dared to smack the little emperor on the head. He had gotten more than enough out of this life. The only imperfection was that he had no descendants by his side. Even a daughter without a son’s anatomy would have been enough to make him laugh in his dreams. In fact, before he castrated himself, he had a daughter. Sanyueguo VI 0Votes117.2kRecs51.6kFans
- 39 The Fourth Prince's Beloved Consort in the Qing Dynasty 清穿之四爷宠妃 Was Li Xu a delicate, innocent flower? No. Was she clever and adept at palace intrigue? Also no. A selfless saint? Bah, you’re the saint. If she was none of those things, how had she survived in the Fourth Prince’s household, and later in the imperial harem? Li Xu had no idea either. Anyway, Ula Nara seemed to have a very mild temper. That famous Niohuru was actually a burly, brawny woman! The Song, Li, Geng, Wu, Yin, and Yun ladies all seemed to keep their distance. And how was the renowned Lit 0Votes8.7kRecs23.1kFans
- 40 Springtime Among the Noble Families 名门春事 After being reborn, she picked up a clay pot and smashed it over that bastard's head. From then on, Cui Lang was just another stranger. This is the story of a food-loving heroine's life as a farmer. As they work the land, they unearth a tremendous secret. 0Votes127.3kRecs120.2kFans
- 41 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
- 42 The First Wife's Handbook 原配宝典 Du Hengshuang is a native heroine who has neither transmigrated nor been reborn. By a twist of fate, she sees through the Luminous Mirror the utterly tragic life she once lived after a transmigrator took over her body. After reflecting bitterly on her past, she decides to fight these monsters to the very end! The problem is, she has finally escaped the fate of being transmigrated into, so how has that transmigrator been reborn?! Du Hengshuang calmly declares: Whether you are reborn and then tran 0Votes598.3kRecs117.9kFans
- 43 The Male Supporting Lead Belongs to the Female Lead 男配是女主的 Lou Zheng never imagined you could play it this way. A young girl from ancient times like her has to get by in the apocalypse, in the interstellar world… Who comes up with all these bizarre ideas? She only wanted to save her father! And how come she runs into His Highness Prince Rui in every world? Lou Zheng: Look, Your Highness, you’ve got it rough. Why are you the second male lead every single time? 0Votes58kRecs30.4kFans
- 44 The Lost Jade of the New Tang Dynasty 新唐遗玉 Without a father, I still have a mother. Life goes on, and Chang'an is mine to roam! (Transmigrate into an alternate historical setting; no painstaking historical research required.) For my new project, head over to The Princess Consort Has Returned. 0Votes533.7kRecs210.7kFans
- 45 Reborn: The Noblewoman’s Story 贵女重生记 The noble daughter of the Great Jin Dynasty was reborn only to be rejected and lose her engagement... 0Votes25.9kRecs69.1kFans
- 46 Cold Mist Over the River 烟水寒 The story of the ancient woman An Jieyu, who transmigrates to the modern era, then is reborn back at the starting point, journeying from fierce household battles to the warmth of everyday life, and from gilded halls and high office to dominating the jianghu. The tangled romances of a good-for-nothing heroine who has no interspatial realm, no supernatural abilities, and no talent for jade gambling, who regards the Three Obediences and Four Virtues as drifting clouds and pays no heed to the supre 0Votes64.1kRecs128.1kFans
- 47 Married to a Physician 医嫁 Ling Qingwan felt that something about her life had been a little off lately. Her family and her home were familiar, and yet somehow they felt strange. She had inexplicably learned how to practice medicine. And in her dreams, a voice kept calling her “Big Sister,” even though she didn't have a younger sister. She figured that if she kept moving forward, step by step, she'd eventually understand the cause and effect… 0Votes172.6kRecs62.6kFans
- 48 A Match Made in Bliss 合喜 A slightly skilled, sassy woman × a fierce man who’s always trying to prove he’s good for more than living off his family’s laurels~ After the eldest daughter of the Su family of Yanjing returned home from the family estate, where she had been recovering from an illness, she seemed like a different person. Not only did she bring her unruly, rebellious younger brother to heel, she also got the notorious playboy Third Master Qin to run around at her beck and call. Meanwhile, the Su family 0Votes288kRecs60.9kFans
- 49 A Show of Daughters 闺门秀 Zhao Xiu has a marquis for a brother, and he’s her own brother. She has everything: family background, looks, education, needlework, and ability. But she knows that in other people’s eyes, she’s still an upstart daughter of a marquis, no match for those well-born young ladies from distinguished families. But... Who wants to compete with them?! 0Votes442.8kRecs97.2kFans
- 50 Pearl Softness 珠柔 The kingdom is on the verge of collapse, surrounded by rebels, with the enemy at the gates. Zhao Mingzhi rejects the wise minister’s plan to flee south and establish a reduced court. Holding her newly enthroned younger brother in her arms, she turns around and seeks refuge with Pei Yong, the ruthless and infamous military governor. The court is in an uproar: “The emperor is doomed! The Great Jin is finished!” Yet years later, everyone looks back and sees that the Zhao dynasty has not changed han 0Votes154.2kRecs43.7kFans
