The Female Lead Starts Out as Someone Other Than the Empress, but Is Deeply Favored and Eventually Becomes Empress 女主开始不是皇后,但非常受宠,到后来成为皇后
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The Wicked Supporting Actress Is Reborn and Wins at Life 恶毒女配重生后躺赢了
The emperor has never touched anyone but the heroine! One beloved consort in the harem + 1v1 romance + fictional setting. Meng Yan only learns on the brink of death that she's a supporting character in a sweet palace-intrigue novel. In the story, she loves the emperor, Lu Haozhi, devotedly until the very end. She diligently competes for his favor and tirelessly fights the innocent white-lotus heroine, only to land herself in the cold palace and die miserably in the snow. After being reborn, she
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The Empress Only Wants to Be Sent to the Cold Palace, but the Tyrant Coaxes Her Onto the Throne 娘娘一心入冷宫,暴君轻哄着上位
[Unhinged, sharp-tongued tyrant + gorgeous, goofy, laid-back favorite consort + devoted, exclusive romance] Su Yaorao transmigrates into a Mary Sue novel as its chief female villain, a bewitching consort who brings ruin to the country. The heroine is a pure-hearted, universally adored savior of the people who will become a virtuous empress. The two enter the palace together to serve the tyrant. The heroine isn’t favored? The original character’s fault. The heroine is poisoned? The original chara
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Palace Intrigue System: I Become the Emperor’s Favorite 宫斗系统:我成了陛下心尖宠
[Both Pure + Sweet Romance + System + Devoted Love + Transmigration] Easygoing Qin Zhaozhao transmigrates into the body of a newly arrived imperial consort. She plans to lie flat, but then a palace-intrigue System activates, and somehow she catches the new emperor’s attention. The System says that completing missions earns her rewards, including the chance to become empress. It sounds simple, but it’s incredibly difficult. A noble consort has her eye on the throne, while the emperor’s former fla
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A Lost-Memory Noble Consort’s Story of Winning the Emperor’s Favor 失忆贵妃承宠记
[Harem romance + aloof beauty + historical coming-of-age + worlds apart in status + devoted in body and heart, one-on-one] Kang Yuyi was born a hereditary servant of the Prince of Qin’s household. Because of her extraordinary beauty, the princess consort took a liking to her and sent her to serve as a bedchamber maid to the heir, Li Yuanheng. But the heir turned out to be cold and distant, with no interest in women. After Kang Yuyi’s attempts to flirt with Li Yuanheng repeatedly failed, his cous
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The Favored Consort Is Barren? I Was Born into My Mother’s Womb as Her Precious Daughter 宠妃绝嗣?我胎穿做娘的宝贝女儿
[Historical romance + everyone’s favorite + born in the womb + beloved consort + palace intrigue + feel-good + adorable baby] After transmigrating, Gu Xuan becomes the unborn eldest princess of Great Yan. Her mother is Consort Xie Ziyue, the emperor’s favorite, who had believed she would never have children. Her father is the current ruler, Emperor Han Xianzong. Emperor Han Xianzong and Consort Xie share a deep and devoted love. But after the imperial physicians diagnosed her as unlikely to con
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Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河,贵妃不想负责
Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied
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I’m Sweet and Well-Behaved, So Why Am I the Harem’s Only Favorite? 我又乖又美,独宠后宫怎么了?
[Sweet Romance + Harem + No Angst] A lively, stunning beauty + a devastatingly handsome, love-struck good emperor. (He’s love-struck but knows right from wrong) (No cutthroat palace intrigue) (Not a devoted couple) (Fast-paced) (Heroine’s halo) Ji Wanqing transmigrates into the harem of the Emperor of Yan and becomes a low-ranking concubine. The moment she arrives, the arrogant Consort slaps her. The Consort is bad enough, and the Empress is no better, using her to stoke the Consort’s anger. Wit
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The Emperor Favors the Noble Consort, Who Reigns Supreme in the Harem 陛下偏心,贵妃娘娘宠冠后宫
[Devoted Love in the Later Story + Adorable Baby + Powerful Hero and Heroine + Beloved Legitimate Daughter] [Hopelessly Devoted Foolish Emperor + Clear-Headed, Self-Controlled, Clever Noble Consort] Once you enter the palace, it’s as deep as the sea. Yu Jinghe is the most clear-eyed woman in the world. Noble Consort Yue, the most stylish woman in the harem, wins the emperor’s favor all to herself with her fiery temper. Sharp-tongued and quick to throw a punch, she’s practically the harem’s gangs
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The Young Princess in My Household 家有王妃初长成
Prince Chu is feeling rather aggrieved. Other men marry beautiful young brides, but he’s been saddled with a little girl. Worse still, he has won countless battles and made his fearsome name known throughout the Nine Provinces. The people call him the God of Slaughter, and even the emperor gives him a wide berth. Yet his own princess consort dares to slap the table and yell at him: “If you don’t behave, I’ll beat you!”
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Palace Beauty 宫姝
She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined.
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The Consort’s Laid-Back Daily Life 娘娘的佛系日常
[A lazy, carefree little schemer who just wants to lie flat + historical fantasy + palace intrigue + heroine devoted to one man, hero not devoted to one woman] The charming and clever favorite consort Lin Jingran refuses to work herself to the bone. She’s got the Noble Imperial Consort position lined up, and plans to enjoy the drama and lie flat her way to becoming Empress. Family? She’s a treasured darling of her family, too. The emperor? He openly favors her and helps her navigate palace intr
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The Prince's Most Cherished Consort 皇叔的第一宠妃
Everyone knows that the Duke of Zhenguo's household has a pampered young lady. She's quite the little troublemaker, known as a little demon, but the Tang family always takes their own side. Even if Sixth Miss is at fault, somehow it's always someone else's fault. If you dare bully her, fine, just beat her five older brothers first. What? You can beat them? All right, then make sure you can also defeat General Tang, who's wrapped around his daughter's finger, and the Duke of Zhenguo, who's fought
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Panicking? The Male Lead Is Infertile? The Sweet Heroine Is Pregnant With Multiples Again 慌?男主绝嗣?娇软女主又多胎了
[Transmigration + rebirth + childbirth System + stunning heroine + punishing scumbags + light palace intrigue + sweet and satisfying romance + the male lead is the same soul in every life + romance-focused, not a strong female lead story] Just before graduating from college, Li Shushu stumbles into a fantastical journey. Bound to a System that lets her climb the ranks by bearing children, she transmigrates through different worlds to complete childbirth missions for women with wildly different f
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Luring the Emperor: The Consort Is Alluring and Witty, and the Emperor's Favorite 诱君宠:娘娘媚且茶,陛下心尖宠
[Transmigrate + Feel-good revenge + Palace and household intrigue + play the pig to eat the tiger + Not a one-true-pairing story] Jiang Zixi and her legitimate elder sister, Jiang Ziying, were born on the same day. On the day of their birth, strange celestial signs appeared, and an expert declared that a daughter of the Minister's household was born with the destiny of a phoenix and a bright future ahead. But Jiang Zixi was not the lucky one. Her birth mother died in childbirth, so while her eld
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Spoiled in the Harem: The Princess Bride Rules the Inner Palace 后宫娇宠:和亲公主宠冠后宫
(The male lead has a past; the heroine becomes his one and only later on.) When I first saw him, he was covered in blood and in a sorry state, yet his bearing still shone through. Thinking that saving one life was a great kindness, I rescued him and nursed him back to health. I fell for him while caring for him, but a month later, he left. Then my father forced me into a political marriage, and I thought I would never see him again. Perhaps it was fate that brought us together once more, and I
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Beloved Across the Realm 宠倾江山
Chu Ran was a triple-threat star in film, television, and music in the twenty-first century. While filming on a city street, she was hit by a car after saving a little girl. When she woke, she had fallen into a dynasty she’d never even heard of in her history books. Well, when in Rome. Fortunately, she had transmigrated into the imperial family as a beloved young princess. Her royal grandfather treated her like a treasure, but her father cared only for romance and poetry, so having a father was
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
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The Empress Has Decreed: Your Majesty, You've Fallen Out of Favor! 皇后有旨:陛下,您失宠了!
In her first life, she loved him but could never have him. Though she was his empress, she had the title but not his heart. His favored consort poisoned and murdered her. In her second life, she swore she would never enter the palace to become empress. When they met again, she still fell for him and couldn’t pull herself away. She silently became his confidante, never daring to cross the line. In the end, she died saving him during an assassination attempt. In her third life, she would kill anyo
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Long Live the Empress 皇后万万岁
The emperor of the Xuanyuan Kingdom was bloodthirsty and cruel. The seven empresses who had married him before all died violent deaths within three days of their weddings. The seventh princess of the Dongli Kingdom was foolish and slow-witted, yet breathtakingly beautiful. Now that she was being sent to Xuanyuan in a political marriage, would she meet the same fate as the others? A modern military doctor unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a foolish princess. When the seemingly dim-witte
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Qing Transmigration: Kangxi’s Beloved Consort, Cherished Above All in the Six Palaces 清穿:康熙的心尖贵妃宠冠六宫
A favored consort from the start? And the younger sister of Empress Xiaozhao, no less? Wasn’t she supposed to die young, with her daughter passing away in childhood? This time, she has both sons and daughters, and the emperor cherishes her like a treasure. Not only is he clingy, he has an overactive imagination, and Niu Hulu Baozhu is exhausted. After outliving Imperial Noble Consort Tong and Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, she becomes the highest-ranking woman in the imperial harem. All she wants i
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Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空,夫君带女逼我和离
[Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband
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Captivating the Empress Dowager: Your Majesty, I'm Not Making Any Promises 魅宠太后:皇上我不约
Transmigrate, then transmigrate again. An imperial decree summoned me to the palace, but the old emperor kicked the bucket before my phoenix sedan even arrived. In the prime of my youth, I became the empress dowager, exalted above millions. Everyone thought I had it made, but my so-called emperor son schemes against me every day. We were supposed to be enemies. How did all the rumors turn into a love-hate relationship? Dear son, take your hands off my clothes... I want to leave, and no one can s
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The Emperor’s Peerless Beloved Consort 帝君的绝世宠妃
After transmigrating, she was swept into a shocking royal conspiracy. She tread carefully, hoping only to escape unscathed, unaware of the astonishing secret hidden behind her identity. After a brush with life and death, he grew powerful in the treacherous palace. He laid his schemes step by step, determined to seize this splendid realm, never realizing that his heart had fallen for a woman. As the eerie mysteries and conspiracies were gradually exposed, their love became stained with blood and
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The Spoiled, Beloved Empress 团宠作精皇后
[Transmigration + sweet pampering + adored by everyone] After transmigrating and being reborn, Feng Jiuge found new ways to court death every day. She never expected that the more trouble she caused, the more she was pampered, and the more spoiled she became. The emperor, a lying scoundrel, adored her beyond all reason, and everyone in the palace loved her too. The emperor tried every trick to hide her away and keep her as his beloved, but people kept trying to steal her from him every day. It w
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The Naturally Oblivious Empress 皇后天然呆
What? I transmigrated? What? I transmigrated into an empress, of all things! And who said the emperor was so devoted to government affairs that he never had time for the harem? Then who is this man who keeps flirting with me? Fan Wanwan was on the verge of tears. Could someone tell her how she was supposed to survive past episode two in a palace intrigue story, when her intelligence was only suited to a lighthearted farming story?
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My Emperor's a Little Too Free 朕的皇后有点闲
New article "Quick Travel: Strategy for the Villain Boss" Portal http://www. Ruochu. Com/book/78736 Tang Ziyu inexplicably traveled to Jingguo, a country that did not exist in history. He originally wanted to guard the space and live his small life peacefully. Unexpectedly, because of a strange jade ring, she was paired with the least favored eighth prince. He was forced to be involved in the struggle for the throne. Tang Ziyu resignedly accepted the reality, originally thinking that she
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The Calamity Consort 祸妃天下
She was a scheming, calculating spirit. He was a ruthless, sinister prince lying low in a corner of the empire. Born for revenge, she laid a vast web of traps and plotted to overthrow the dynasty. He was the most obedient piece on the board, yet he bound her heart with love, advancing step by step until she could never leave his side. Xuan Yuan Mo wrapped his arms around the woman from behind. “I know you’ve always been using me, but I like being useful to you…” Ye Qingwan’s lashes fluttered, bu
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The Consort Hopes to Fall from Favor Every Day 娘娘每天都在盼着失宠
A shocking piece of news swept through Jingling City: Luo Changan, the capital’s top young master, beat up the new emperor in the street. For anyone else, that would have meant losing their head, but our Young Master Luo wasn’t worried. His father was a high-ranking minister, nicknamed the “Traitor.” Luo Changan was taken to the palace, and the whole realm was in an uproar. The days of the Chancellor’s residence throwing its weight around were numbered, and the day its power was stripped away co
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The Empress Doesn’t Want to Enter the Palace 娘娘她不想入宫
To preserve her family's honor, she is sent into the palace to help her aunt, the favored consort, win the emperor's favor and seize power, and to put her own cousin on the throne. Who could have guessed that he would turn around and marry her cousin as his empress? After exhausting every scheme, she ends up losing her closest kin to a tragic death. Then, amid a great fire, she returns to the days before she entered the palace. Lou Huayu gazes at the enemies from her past life, lowers her head,
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Sent the Scumbag Emperor to the Cold Palace 穿书后,我让渣皇进了冷宫
(Both leads are devoted to each other, the male lead has a twin, both are powerful, and it’s a hilarious wish-fulfillment story!) History prodigy Meng Xi learned the hard way not to run her mouth. After mocking the scapegoat villainess, the poison-tongued empress Meng Xi, in a novel, she transmigrated into Meng Xi herself! And not just any Meng Xi, but one who had already managed to get herself banished to the Cold Palace! Meng Xi could hardly keep from crying. After taking a few days to calm do
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A First-Rank Palace Consort 一品宫妃
After dying a miserable death in a car accident in her previous life, she is reborn as a low-ranking palace maid in the cold palace who could starve to death at any moment. Song Qingqiao only wants a peaceful life as an ordinary palace maid who gets to eat her fill every day. But she accidentally heals the cold and unfeeling emperor, and somehow ends up as a favored concubine deep in the palace, despised by the officials and envied by the other consorts...
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The Black Lotus Princess Is as Sweet as Honey 黑莲花王妃甜如蜜
A beautiful master thief from the future transmigrates as an eight-year-old orphan. She thrives despite having to scrape by, deals with her bloodsucking relatives, wins over the young brother adopted into the family, and holds up the General’s household. All she wants is to avenge her great wrongs and travel the world in style. But then she meets her stubborn fiancé, who refuses to be swayed by anything. She can’t beat him or escape him. Wait, why is her heart beating so fast? A prince of the re
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Working Hard to Win the Tyrant's Favor 在暴君身边努力营业
[Sweet romance] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Only each other] Yu Fei transmigrates into a book. The male lead, the Crown Prince, is destined to become a tyrant in the future o(╥﹏╥)o. Yu Fei says she’s trembling with fear. But To stay alive, she decides to work hard and win over the Crown Prince! Yan Ran, the Crown Prince, has zero tolerance for good-for-nothings. But he soon discovers that Yu Fei is one audacious woman. Extremely audacious. At first, Yan Ran: “Woman, you may be a good-for-nothing,
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The King's Woman 王的女人
A consort who doesn't want to monopolize the emperor's favor is no good consort at all! My goal is to charge down the path to winning all his affection and ruling the Six Palaces! At least three chapters a day. A jade pendant donation earns one extra chapter; a crown earns ten!
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Your Majesty, Go Easy on Me: Your Consort Is Fierce 陛下轻点宠,娘娘超凶
The head of the Liu family, who controls the five richest territories in the Central Plains, transmigrates into the Tianyong Dynasty as its empress: a timid, weak, and utterly incompetent woman, but one of breathtaking beauty. Liu Qingcheng consoles herself: at least her looks live up to her name, and at least she is the empress. But... the empress dowager wants to use her? The emperor wants to use her? The concubines in the harem want to use her? Even the court ministers want to use her? If a t
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The Princess Consort Is a Dark Moonlight 王妃是道黑月光
A female physician from the twenty-fourth century transmigrates to ancient times, bringing future technology and a virtual operating room with her, and begins a perfect new life. What? His Majesty the Emperor has suffered from chronic rhinitis for years and can’t breathe? One pill will fix that. What, the Crown Princess has a terminal illness? No problem, let’s get you on my operating table first. Good heavens, someone disfigured the princess! It’s fine, I’ve learned a little plastic surgery. I
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The Commandery Princess Made the Heir Cry Again 郡主又把世子惹哭了
She was a princess of the imperial family, yet her reputation was ruined and she was framed to death. Shen Lingshu regretted it so bitterly that she could have kicked herself, but thankfully, Heaven took pity on her and sent her back to her childhood! The first time she met the young heir, someone had shoved him to the ground, and he looked up at her with teary eyes. Shen Lingshu called him a poor little thing, then walked right past without even glancing at him. The second time they met, the pa
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The Crown Princess Destined by Fate 命定太子妃
In her previous life, Liu Wangshu was a refined young lady raised by the book. As crown princess, she had worked herself to the bone, managing everything inside and out, only to die on the eve of becoming empress. Given another chance, she was determined to keep her distance from that heartless crown prince. But despite all her efforts, the crown prince changed, and she was still the crown princess. Rumor had it the new crown prince was lecherous and cruel. Looking at the smiling man before her,
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A Hundred Ways to Win the Emperor's Heart in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧
Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen
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The Central Palace 中宫
“You are a gift from Qiu Zhenyu to the throne, offered in exchange for his head. Did your father not tell you that you must obey me?” With a light flick of the jade-handled fan in his hand, Xiang Ye removed the empress’s phoenix robe. “Grandmother said the daughters of the Qiu family don’t need to obey.” Min’er looked up at the king who had come drenched in blood, not the slightest bit afraid. On their wedding night, the emperor slept in another woman’s arms. Yet his neglect, humiliation, and bu
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The Poisonously Pampered Little Schemer 毒宠小谋妃
She helped him win the succession struggle, only for him to frame her and bring disaster upon her family. Reborn twenty years later, she finds that everything has changed beyond recognition. Her enemy has taken the throne, wields immense power, and is riding high, while she has been reduced to an orphan with no parents, suffering at every turn. Watching coldly as people scheme and plot in front of her, Ji Yanning smiles faintly. “You have no idea what true power is!”
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