The First Illegitimate Daughter: Power and Favor in a Golden Age

Looking for High-Quality Palace and Household Intrigue Novels, No Dragging Plots!

I want a smart female lead and a fast-paced plot. No golden finger; she should rely on herself, and she and the male lead should complement each other.

Looking for Palace and Household Intrigue Novels Like The Story of Minglan

I want something cozy, with all the plot threads tied up properly. Please don't recommend anything that reads like an elementary school essay.

Pure Historical Romance, Sweet and Pampering

The female lead is the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister, whose mother died young. She has a stepmother, a younger sister, and a younger brother. The female lead enters the palace through the selection process, and her younger sister is killed in the palace by the Empress Dowager and Noble Consort Ji.

Historical Romance: The Heroine Is the Emperor's Cousin and a Noble Consort

The female lead is the emperor's cousin and his Noble Consort. She has an empress dowager aunt who dotes on her, and a second male lead who is in love with her.

Looking for Palace and Household-Intrigue Stories with a Clever Female Lead and a Male Lead Who Pampers Her

The kind where the female lead instantly resolves conflicts, and the male lead doesn't mistreat her.

Historical Romance, Sweet and Fluffy, with an Empress

Haha, I've recently gotten into stories about empresses. Any good recommendations?

The Heroine Is a Noble Consort, and the Male Lead Is the Emperor, Whom Everyone Else Thinks Is a Tyrant

The female lead's older brother dies saving the emperor, and she's forced to enter the palace. The male lead asks her to acknowledge him as her brother.

Transmigrated as Yinzhen's Primary Consort

Palace Intrigue Novels Where the Female Lead Is Neither Transmigrated nor Reborn, but a Favored Consort

No transmigration or rebirth.

What's the Novel Where the Heroine Is Reborn into the Palace as Consort Shu and Eventually Becomes Empress? I Think Her Surname Was Xie

I think the female lead's surname was Xie. Her family was a scholarly clan.

Looking for Completed Palace Intrigue Novels, Any Dynasty. No Transmigration Into a Book. The Female Lead Eventually Becomes the Emperor's Consort

1. Transmigration, rebirth, reincarnation, or body snatching 2. A System, phone, pocket dimension, spiritual spring, cultivation, or farm 3. Win people over by whatever means necessary 4. Not a hellish start from the get-go, like being confined to the cold palace, dying for love, a ghost marriage, or a male lead who can read minds 5. Most importantly