Protect the Phoenix

Palace Intrigue with Open, Unabashed Favoritism and Exclusive Devotion

Looking for books similar to The Beautiful and Soft Lady-in-Waiting Is Spoiled Endlessly by the Cold-Blooded Crown Prince. Palace intrigue or entertainment-world crossovers are both fine. I want open, obvious affection, not a heroine who's a target in plain sight. From the start, she should be the favored one, preferably the only one he favors. Ideally, once he has or falls in love with the heroine, they should both be sexually inexperienced.

Any Historical Romance Where the Heroine's Sisters Don't Scheme Against Each Other and All Put the Family's Interests First?

Anything good, anything good

Where Are the Top-Tier Palace Intrigue Stories? I Want Ones With Sound Values and Logical Plots!

Looking for books similar to *Her Majesty Is Alluring and All Sugar, Fighting Her Way Up the Palace Ranks (The Noble Consort Is So Captivating)*. She should be bewitching but not coquettish, clever and clear-headed, keeping up a steady performance early on before making the emperor fall for her bit by bit.

From Residence Intrigue to Palace Intrigue, No Need for Mutual Purity, With a Clear-Headed Female Lead Rising Through the Ranks

Palace and Household Intrigue with the Female Lead as the Legal Wife

Household-Intrigue Stories with Proper Manners and Etiquette, Like Real Life in Ancient Times

Looking for books similar to Her Husband Died in Battle, So She Raised Two Sons and a Daughter and Became the Pride of the Capital. After finishing Her Husband Died in Battle, So She Raised Two Sons and a Daughter and Became the Pride of the Capital, I’m seriously out of books to read 💔 Does anyone know stories like this, with aristocratic families that observe proper etiquette and characters who act logically?

Family Feud Stories Like The Story of Minglan

No Mary Sue characters or golden fingers. The female lead should be fairly intelligent. I only want family power-struggle stories, no palace intrigue.

Please Recommend Highly Rated Palace-Intrigue Stories, Anything 9.0 or Above

I want a female lead who has no feelings at first and focuses on winning the emperor’s favor to rise in rank, then gradually falls for him later. A completely emotionless lead is hard to relate to, but a story that’s sweet from beginning to end is boring, too. Ideally, things don’t go smoothly for her, and it’d be even better if she gets demoted at some point.

Looking for Palace-intrigue Stories Where the Female Lead Uses the Deep Palace Song System

I've gotten really into the game Deep Palace Song and hope some kind, honest souls can recommend stories where the female lead transmigrates and uses the Deep Palace Song System to fight in the imperial harem. Other good palace-intrigue stories are fine too.

Looking for Palace and Household Intrigue Novels With Great Plots and Writing

Sweet romance with a smart female lead who doesn’t keep getting framed. No naive, clueless heroines, please.

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.

I Really Want to Read True Palace-Intrigue Novels

I hope the female lead is smart and clear-headed. If it's a sweet HE romance, I'd prefer the male lead not to have children, please. For a no-CP story about rising to power, I don't mind.

Any Palace Intrigue Novels Without Quick Transmigration or Overpowered Golden Fingers?

In so many novels, the System is like a three-year-old child who knows nothing. The female lead can say whatever she wants and it just goes along with it, while constantly acting cute and chattering away. Please make the System a dead person who doesn't talk. Ideally, the palace already has a crown prince and other princes. I want high-stakes palace intrigue, not a TV drama.

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.