A Lone Pearl in the Desert, Locked Away in the Palace

New Book, Let’s Review Each Other’s Work

Looking for books like Ascending Immortal Tower: Tales of Clouds and Smoke.

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.

Any Lovecraftian Stories for Female Readers?

I'm not in the best state of mind. I want something that will lower my sanity.

A Palace Maid Enters the Palace, Palace Intrigue, Complete and Not Angsty! Please!

Stories about rising through the ranks of the imperial harem, starting as a palace maid or just after being selected to enter the palace.

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.

Any Old-School CEO Romance Novels?!!!

Any Female-Targeted Books About Our Brother Zheng?

Not Both Virgins, Happy Ending, Palace and Household Intrigue

Since these are palace- and household-intrigue novels, don't recommend those idiotic stories that force both leads to be chaste only for the sake of it. The female lead should be smart, and preferably like the male lead without loving him.

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*.

Palace Intrigue and Entering the Palace Through a Selection

Ancient-style romance. Transmigration or not, either is fine. Something that makes you think, where the female lead rises from a low-ranking palace position to a high one. The leads don't have to be each other's first.

Any Novels with a Really Bad Male Lead?

Historical Romance: The Female Lead Enters the Palace, and the Male Lead Dotes on Her

Any books similar to *Pampering the Little Imperial Consort*?

Deep Palace Literature

Like palace lock bead curtains

Recommend Some Court Intrigue and Power-Play Novels

Historical costume dramas with intricate power struggles and mind games. Wuxia is fine too.

A Story About a Princess Sent Abroad for a Political Marriage

The female lead is a princess who is sent to marry into a foreign land on the frontier. The male lead is its king. She's intelligent and capable.

I'm Out of Books!!! Looking for Novels with a Really Painful Journey and a Happy Ending!

Stories About Transmigrating to Mongolia as a Consort, Marrying Into Mongolia, or Being Reborn in Mongolia

I've recently gotten into a certain kind of story. Please help me out, I'd be incredibly grateful.

Historical Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming

Any historical palace-intrigue stories with a female lead who's skilled in martial arts, intelligent, and from a powerful family? Ideally, the male lead would be a crown prince or a prince. Please, thank you!

High IQ Ceiling Gong Douwen

He has brains and knows how to use tricks. When necessary, he will pretend to be pitiful to make the emperor feel sorry for him. Don't be the only pamperer. Don't be both clean. If you get the upper hand in a palace fight, just be the only pamperer at the end.

Looking for Pure Palace Intrigue, No Love Triangle!

Looking for a novel with a badass empress whom the emperor doesn't love, and a clear-eyed heroine who watches the harem's power struggles with cool detachment!

Looking for Ancient Romance Novels

Are there any novels where the female lead is the empress and the emperor, the male lead, loves her most, but keeps making her suffer throughout the story, only for her to find out at the end that he loves her? Please recommend some.

Palace Intrigue Stories About Palace Maids or Imperial Concubine Candidates

Looking for a book where the female lead has a relative who works as a matron in the palace. After the female lead enters the palace, the matron helps her.

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.