Cool, charismatic, funny, OP MCs! Cus y not. ... more>>

Pros:

•°•+Good Plot

•°•+Good Characters

•°•+Out of the ordinary MCs <<less

includes some cute, fluffy reads, as well as some darker ones (nothing that really made a DEEP impact on me (you can check out my other list for that), but still highly recommended) ... more>>

NOTE: this is not in any particular order  <<less

This reading list includes novels which can be focus on revenge after rebirth, power struggle for imperial throne, cultivation, pill refining, beast taming, etc. as long as the setting is Ancient China.... more>>

(The novels here do not include stories with major misunderstandings. In addition, it usually have possessive but doting MLs *wink*)  <<less

novels I recommend 

My Favorite Chinese Historical  Novels which I've finished or I am currently reading part 2 >.< This list consists of both BL and Straight novels with... more>> a rating above 4.0~ <<less

these are just novels that i love so much that i know i will enjoy reading again. mostly because they have elements i really enjoy. ... more>>

tropes i like: 

♡ cunning protagonists that are calm and smart when they encounter a problem

♡ groveling men that actually gets hold acountable for their past actions and not just get brushed over 

♡ well written female relationships, i don't mind if they have a complicated relationship with each other but it must be written in a way that's organic and not just bc they like the same man 

♡ slow burn but the kind that knows when to stop dragging it out

♡ doting family, i love that stuff. it gives me life reading fluffy family moments

♡ male leads that complement perfectly with the female lead. they don't have to be perfect but they just have to be good for each other <<less

My Favorite Chinese Historical  Novels >.< This list consists of both BL and Straight novels with a rating above 4.0~... more>>

Note: Recently, some of the translation teams have taken their works down (dead links on the content section)  from NU (because NU has grown a lot) however most of them if not all have their own sites and the novels are still available there! So if you search the novels online you can still find them! ;)  <<less

Novels with royalty tag..... more>>

Does not include QTs

Ancient settings, interstellar, omegaverse etc etc.... <<less

List of newer additions to NU, so that I can MTL them later. Also included are machine translated novels on other sites. The quality is unknown, so reader discretion advised. These are mostly CN romcoms set in ancient China. 
If you know of any new titles, please let me know.... more>>

(* = MTL edition available)
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COMPLETED NOVELS AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE:

After The Divorce, I Became the Favorite of the Powerful Ministers. https://www.mtlnovel.com/after-the-divorce-i-became-the-favorite-of-the-powerful-ministers/.

Sturdy Countryside: Lord, Please Blow The Lamp. https://www.mtlnovel.com/sturdy-countryside-lord-please-blow-the-lamp/.

Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter. https://www.mtlnovel.com/daily-life-of-the-reborn-daughter/.

The Little Crying Bag of the Prime Minister’s House. https://www.mtlnovel.com/the-little-crying-bag-of-the-prime-ministers-house/

Your Majesty’s Heart-to-heart Pet. https://www.mtlnovel.com/your-majestys-heart-to-heart-pet/

King’s House Kindergarten. https://www.mtlnovel.com/kings-house-kindergarten/

After Being Forced to Marry a Tyrant of the Enemy Nation. (Loved it. Dark RomCom) https://www.mtlnovel.com/after-being-forced-to-marry-a-tyrant-of-the-enemy-nation/. <<less

Former Title: "The ** Gong & the Shou that was Forced to Marry Him / Stay Married to Him"... more>>

** Indifferent, Cold, Fierce, Tyrant, etc.. Not Scum!!

( ..At least not entirely or unredeemable)

[1] Forced Marriage (Ancient China)

The Cold Prince / Tyrant Emperor Gong   +
The MC Shou that was Offered / Sent to the Imperial Harem / Forced to Marry 

[2] Forced Marriage (Modern)
- Family Arranged Marriage / Engagement / Betrothal
- Coerced Marriage / Contract

[3] ** / Scum Gong & the Shou that wants to divorce

[4] Flash Marriage: Marriage First, Fall in Love Later
- Blind Date, One Night Stand 
- Marriage Agreement / Contract
- Love After Marriage
- Plot fits the current title but not the theme (former title)

 《 Spoiler Tag: All HE~ 》 NOT SORTED <<less

The female protagonist as an empress/concubine.... more>>

A fight in the palace.

PS. not ranked. <<less

Plotting, scheming, backstabbing, and dog blood galore! BG 

Smut, high quality BLs, Rebirth, Second Chance, Transmigration, Quick Transmigration and more ........

Best Historical Chinese Novels I've read or currently reading. I am a sucker for transmigration, politics, warfare, palace intrigue,  romance, and redemption novels.

•Boyfriend Sharing System [7/10] Ch.932... more>>

•Heaven-defying Summoning System [5/10] Ch.1170

•I Can Cheat Without Limit [4/10] Ch.618

•Infinite Waste Pick-up System [7/10] Ch.675

•Invincible Smart-Guy System [7/10] Ch.432

•Making Great Fortune Overnight [1/10] Ch.884

•Matrilocal Son-in-law Is Supreme [3/10] Ch.506

•Myriad-realm Stat Point System [7/10] Ch.578

•Prince Charming Upgrade System [9/10] Ch.968

•Purchasing Agent King of Three Realms [5/10] Ch.478

•Rebirth: Abandoned Cultivating Master [2/10] Ch.733

•Special Beauty-guarding Master [1/10] Ch.291

•Strongest Immortal Reborn in City [2/10] Ch.2532

•Super Charge System In City [6/10] Ch.629

•Super Cultivating Farmer [4/10] Ch.1625

•Super Devouring System [4/10] Ch.5072

•Super Leveling System [4/10] Ch.1002

•Super Master [6/10] Ch.1488

•Super Money Collecting System [1/10] Ch.700

•Supreme Stock God [8/10] Ch.1776

•Take Along A Spring [2/10] Ch.1484

•Taoist Master Ghost Hunting System [1/10] Ch.640

•The Strongest Skill System [3/10] Ch.1409

•The Strongest Takeout System [4/10] Ch.1186

•Tranxending Vision [6/10] Ch.2621

•Top Master [2/10] Ch.1492

•Transmigration: Invincible Soldier King on Campus [1/10] Ch.976

•Urban Carefree Sovereign [6/10] Ch.580

•Urban Dragon Soul [3/10] Ch.193

•Urban Hardened All-area System [8/10] Ch.3538 (Urban Strengthening System) on NU

•Urban Magic Eye [5/10] Ch. 1058 <<less

Just basic romance

( continuation for my first josei list. most are well known and some are low rated, as usual i pick them based on the cover... more>> and title. ) <<less

BL set in ancient times and either ML or MC are part of the royalty/nobility... more>>

*Novels listed are those I've read or planning to read*

Includes at least one of the following:

* Either ML or MC is the Emperor or part of the Imperial Family or Royalty or something similar

* Either ML or MC is a court official or part of the court or something similar

* Either ML or MC is part of the nobility or something similar

*Either ML or MC is part of the Imperial Harem or something similar

* Story must be set in the Palace or involved with it or something similar to it

* Has Palace Intrigue, Palace Politics, Harem Politics, etc. <<less

Yeah inertial Harem is indeed a place with plenty drama. But I don't like too many schemes or our mc being too long winded that will drag a Arc to hundreds and hundreds of chapters it's too gross.... more>>

But here are the gems. <<less

This is my list of things like historical, royalties, harem, inner palace, schemes between legal wife & concubine etc etc or just historical bg when... more>> when they use one other and gradually fall in love <<less

This contains BL novels which have MC as wifes or in other words, male empress/queen and consort/concubine as well as wangfei and main/first/official wife of... more>> the generals or court officials in the ancient times. There are also some novels that have ML as wifes as well. <<less

This is not in order...... more>>

PART 2: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/41941/ <<less

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( most are well known and some are low rated, as usual i pick them based on the cover and title. )

A ranking list of the best to good novels set in ancient china.... more>>

Note: Only novels without xianxia/xuanhuan tag are considered for this list. The xianxia novels are being added to another list still being made.(Di Wang Gong Lue and Peerless also belong on this list, but I am still in the middle of them). <<less