The Sickly-Obsessive Noble Consort Is Sweet and Alluring, and Mercilessly Torments the Cold-Faced Emperor

Extremely Angsty!! The Kind That Makes You Cry Five Pounds Off in One Night! Angst! I Rarely Cry

Looking for books similar to Qingshi.

Tragic Stories and Bad Endings, The Kind That Make Your Heart Ache!!!

Looking for Tragedies, but Not the Idiotic Kind. Keep the Characters’ Values Straight

I don't want angst for the sake of angst. I like stories with sound values that are relatively realistic. Historical or modern settings are both fine, something like He Is in Yunnan and One and Only. My eyes are already swollen from crying...

Looking for Real Palace-Intrigue Dramas, No Need for Mutual First-Timers

I really don’t understand why people insist on both leads being virgins and still call it a palace-intrigue drama. If both leads are virgins, it’s not even palace intrigue anymore. Please recommend some real palace-intrigue dramas.

Palace Intrigue, Pure Palace Intrigue, the Kind That Takes All Your Brainpower

Are there any pure palace-intrigue novels without reborn or transmigrate plots, and without an overpowered protagonist aura? Lately everything has been about transmigration and rebirth, and I’m sick of it.

Pure Palace Intrigue, with a Smart, Clear-Headed Female Lead Who Loves No One

A female lead who's not a self-sacrificing saint.

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*.

Household Scheming, Multiple Children, and a Rise from the Lowest Ranks to the Top

I'm looking for books like *The Empress Is Sickly, Cunning, and Alluring, Fighting Her Way to the Throne*. The heroine shouldn't love the male lead or be romance-obsessed, and she should always get revenge.

Any Historical Romance Novels Like Palace Beauty, Spring Banquet, and The Tale of Qingzhi?

No rebirth stories. The only historical novels I could stick with until the end were probably the ones mentioned above.