The Crown Princess Drops Her Secret Identity, Then Bathes the Imperial City in Blood to Become Empress

Historical Romance

Looking for historical novels. No transmigration or rebirth, just a story set in ancient times. I want an engaging plot, distinctive characters, and no ridiculous melodrama.

Any Proper Palace-Intrigue Historical Stories? 😭 The Kind Where Everyone's Scheming Eight Steps Ahead

Looking for Well-Written Political Intrigue Novels

I want a smart female lead with a high status who knows when to keep a low profile or conceal her abilities 🙈 No scummy fathers and stepmothers, or concubine half-sisters constantly causing petty trouble in the household. No sweet romance, just a pure historical power struggle 🤗

Looking for a Story With a Brilliant Heroine Who Holds the Pieces and Controls the Entire Game, With a CP

Looking for books similar to *Tearing Apart the Comparison Group! The Villainous Couple Goes on a Rampage*.

Smart Palace Intrigue, No One Gets Dumbed Down, and the Heroine Is Clearheaded and Cunning

I want books similar to Why Hasn't the Noble Consort Died Yet? Ideally, it should have the prose style of a historical romance, and the plot and characters must be good. Preferably no golden finger. Thanks to every sweetheart who rescues me from my reading slump~

Strong, Clear-Headed Heroines

The heroine and hero don't fall for each other at first, but their feelings grow over time. Even though she loves him, she still has self-respect and self-worth, and keeps a clear head.

Political Scheming, Mutual Mind Games, Everyone Is Sharp, With No Absolute Good or Evil, Only Different Loyalties

Looking for books like She Was Reborn as a Treacherous Minister's Daughter, and Played the Role to Perfection. I really want a spirited, heroic female lead, like an ancient female general. The male lead shouldn't become lovesick the moment he meets her, and the supporting characters shouldn't be dumbed down. Everyone should have their own personality. Don't make all the glory...

Any Palace Intrigue Dramas With Smart Characters?

Looking for books like The Wise Don't Fall in Love, So the Empress Goes Around the Bridge.

Preferably Historical Romance with Political Intrigue and Two Strong Leads, Modern Romance Is Fine Too

Both leads should put their own interests first. Ideally, their factions start out somewhat hostile, and they're both rather cold-hearted. The female lead should be one person in public and another in private, with a ruthless streak and plenty of different sides to her. I want a romance between evenly matched rivals who refuse to back down and keep flirting with each other. 😃😍

Pure Ancient-Style Stories, No Transmigration or Rebirth

Who Else Has Gong Douwen Like "Zhaohua Luan"! ! ! ! ! ! !

I want to read a book similar to "Zhaohua Rebellion".

The Female Lead Is the Legitimate Daughter, Cunning and Scheming, Ruthless, with Everything Carefully Calculated

Palace Intrigue: A Cunning, Clever Villainess Who Can Act Her Way into Making the Emperor Fall for Her

The heroine must have a noble status. No second marriages!!! No quick transmigration!!! No transmigrating into a book and having lots of children or multiples!!!!! Ideally, she transmigrates from the modern world into the past and has a System and a golden finger, though being reborn into the past as a baby is fine too.

Looking for Palace Intrigue with a Heroine Who Doesn't Love the Hero and Has Her Wits About Her

A sensible, coherent plot, with no idiotic characters.

Looking for Pure Palace-Intrigue Stories Where the Female Lead Becomes Empress Dowager or Emperor in the End, Like Song Zhao

Pure palace intrigue. The heroine doesn't love the emperor and eventually becomes the empress dowager ruling from behind the curtain, or takes the throne herself. Preferably, the emperor isn't love-addled and loves the realm more than the heroine. For the sake of her ambitions, she eventually kills the emperor with her own hands.