
A Palace Peril: The Consort Wants Power
深宫劫:娘娘要上位
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.0M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 3y ago
- English
- Request a translation
Synopsis
Other names
- A Consort Who Isn't Ruthless Can't Hold Her Place宠妃不狠,地位不稳Alternate title on Fanqie
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In booklists 23
Any Proper Palace-Intrigue Historical Stories? 😭 The Kind Where Everyone's Scheming Eight Steps Ahead
Pure Palace Intrigue, From Palace Maiden to Favorite Consort and Empress: A Highly Intelligent, Ruthless Female Lead Who Isn't a Doormat
Pure palace-intrigue stories, with ruthless, high-IQ heroines who aren't saintly.
Pure Palace Intrigue, with Cutthroat Scheming. The Female Lead Must Be Clever
Looking for Palace Intrigue, Pure Palace Intrigue!!! No Mutual Chastity and No Exclusive Favoritism!
Looking for books like "Playing Along? I Can Do That Too (Ninefold Brocade)". Thanks for the recommendations, girls!!!
I’m Tired of Female Leads Traveling to the Qing Dynasty. Are There Any Set in the Tang, Qin, Han, Song, or Ming Dynasties?
It can be palace intrigue, household intrigue, or a female-led story. The female lead shouldn't be too clueless.
The Ultimate Palace Intrigue Heroines
I once read a palace intrigue novel where the female lead was a neglected concubine's daughter. To change her situation, she planned to perform a dance associated with the current crown prince's mother at someone's birthday celebration. But the emperor took a liking to her, and she schemed her way into becoming his most cherished favorite. What was this book called?
Palace Intrigue: The Real Deal, Scheming at Every Turn, With a Transmigrated Female Lead
A female lead who's deeply calculating, and was already used to family power struggles before she transmigrated. Any time period is fine.
Highly Rated Palace-Intrigue Novels
Looking for books similar to Palace Intrigue.
Pure Palace Intrigue, with a Smart, Clear-Headed Female Lead Who Loves No One
A female lead who's not a self-sacrificing saint.
Pure Palace Intrigue, No Special Favoritism, No Mutual Firsts
The female lead is ruthless and cold-hearted, and doesn't love the emperor. The emperor dies young. After his death, she becomes empress dowager, supports her son, and holds power over the court. Please, everyone, this is something I desperately need.
Looking for Harem-Intrigue Stories Focused on Court Rivalries and Favor. I Don't Mind Whether the Couple Are Each Other's First
I want pure palace intrigue with a plot that fits the historical setting, all that competing for favor and climbing to the top, like "Empresses in the Palace".
Looking for Palace-Intrigue Novels Focused Entirely on Palace Intrigue: No Transmigration, No Rebirth, and the Leads Don’t Have to Be Each Other’s Only Ones
Looking for Harem-Intrigue Novels: No Love for the Emperor, Just Palace Scheming
Please Recommend Palace Intrigue Novels, Preferably Long and Complete
Looking for stories about a high-ranking concubine who's a green tea schemer. In her past life, the female lead was tormented to death by her and the male lead. In this life, she enters the palace through the selection and gives the green tea schemer a face-slapping, eventually rising to a high position.
Pure Palace Intrigue, Either Chaste or Not Is Fine, with a Clearheaded Female Lead Helping Her Son Take the Throne
Looking for books like Reborn Son Has Serious Skills: Becoming Empress Dowager Is No Dream.
Palace Intrigue with a Smart Female Lead
A smart female lead who isn't a hypocritical goody-two-shoes or a naive sweetheart.
A Highborn Female Lead Who Excels at Palace Intrigue and Is Smart!
Any Palace-Intrigue Stories With a Clever Heroine Focused on Her Career?
Palace Intrigue with a Clear-Headed Heroine Rising Through the Ranks
Pure Palace Intrigue, Please: No Favorite Consorts and No Golden Fingers
Please recommend pure palace-intrigue novels. The heroine should only care about scheming her way to the top, and the emperor shouldn’t favor her exclusively. Thanks. Three things I don’t want: 1. No golden finger. 2. No heroine who’s all-powerful and has never faced any setbacks or hardships. 3. No emperor who dotes on the heroine alone.
Any Novels Like Empresses in the Palace or Empress Wu Zetian, Where the Male Lead Gets Absolutely Destroyed?
Looking for Palace-Intrigue Stories with Smart Leads, Preferably Transmigration or Transmigration into a Book
Looking for books like *The Consort Is Both Sassy and Seductive, Climbing Her Way to the Top Through Palace Intrigue (The Noble Consort Is So Alluring)*.
Looking for Palace Intrigue Stories
Looking for books like The Professional Conduct of a Concubine. The emperor has an impure harem, and the female lead never forgets that she's a consort and doesn't compete for his favor. Are there any like that?
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Favor and Glory
The Duke's Mansion Forgot Her Kindness, So She Was Reborn to Reign Supreme in the Capital
The Beauty of the Chu Palace
The Empress Is Alluring and Fearless in Palace Intrigue
Your Majesty, My Fate Is Mine to Decide
Palace Tragedy: The Political Marriage Princess Steals His Favor and His Heart
The Abandoned Consort in the Cold Palace: My Emperor Empress Goes Mad Every Day
Splendor of the Imperial Palace
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Is This Right? Forbidden City: The Countercurrent Spy Sings on the Strings
Schemes of the Palace: The Consort Takes Center Stage
The Empress Dowager's Beloved: The Young Lady Rules the Six Palaces
The Emperor Can’t Get Enough of Her, Spoiling Her Every Day
The Noble Consort's Daily Sabotage: This Palace Drama Is Quite a Treat
The Consort Locked Away in the Deep Palace
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The female lead is intelligent and has clear goals; the villain isn't stupid either. It's a book worth savoring! 😳👍❤️😆💕 [KISS][Please follow][Please follow][Please follow]~
Actually, it's not bad written. The only slight flaws are that the female lead and the emperor don't interact enough, and it would be better if the female lead were a bit more ruthless. (By the way, I'm giving this book a higher rating.)
The plot is tightly paced, realistically portraying the ruthless, suspicious, and philandering nature of ancient emperors. The message is clear: "I may be attracted to you, but the interests of the empire will always come first." Many of the palace intrigue scenes are well-done, depicting how the concubines in the Forbidden City are often corrupted and lose their original selves.
It feels like something's missing; there are too few people in the harem who can truly hold their own. 🍉🍉
When will the author arrange for the female lead to have a child? 😏 It's quite difficult to build a career without a child to rely on.
This book feels really realistic, full of intrigue and scheming, requiring quite a bit of brainpower. The palace intrigue isn't overly dramatic like in idol dramas, and the author's writing is superb; it feels like a genuine palace drama, not some Mary Sue story. The writing quality is high, the pacing is good, and it doesn't feel abrupt. The protagonist's methods are also quite sophisticated.
Beautiful! Highly recommended!
It's alright! But I still feel a bit stifled watching it.
The writing is alright, and there's some scheming involved, but the plot moves too fast. A side story or something would be nice! 😂
This million-word book alone deserves a five-star review.