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Historical Romance, Palace Intrigue, and Household Intrigue 古言,宫斗,宅斗

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  1. 1 Empresses in the Palace: The Beloved Jewel of Chengqian Palace 甄嬛传之承乾宫娇宠 Female-Channel Fanfiction929k WordsOngoing Across three thousand worlds of the Qing palace, she is always the girl named Wan Xi. Her identity may change, but her fate does not: she is destined to be favored and to reign as the emperor's one and only beloved consort. From the prince's residence to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she fights her way forward and wins hearts along the way. The harem is a battlefield, and she is always the beloved victor holding the trump card. World [One]: Empresses in the Palace (Yongzheng) √ World [Two]: Ru 240Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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  2. 2 After the Spoiled Criminal Wife Gives Up, the Crown Prince Won’t Have It 作精罪妻摆烂后,太子不干了 Ancient Romance435k WordsOngoing (The rating just went live and will rise later. Don't save it to read later, as it may be taken down at any time.) Sweet, soft, money-loving beauty VS an obsessive crown prince who acts like a dog, [physical size difference + forced love + hopeless romantic + cannon-fodder female supporting character + rugged husband and spoiled wife + endless coaxing + both pure + ancient romance in a rented-room setting] A desolate wilderness, a broken-down temple, a straw mat, and from the start she's nearly 2.8kReads6.6Score164Shelves
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  3. 3 To Stop the Treacherous Minister from Turning Evil, I Offered Myself to Him 为了阻止奸臣黑化,我以身相许了 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After being reborn, Meng Wu has no interest in romance. All she wants is to bring her enemies down. A husband? He just needs to be powerful, wealthy, and handsome! Pei Yan doesn't buy it. He thinks this girl is quite the character, and he's intrigued. You don't care about romance? That's fine. I do! Cornered against a wall and proposed to, Meng Wu stares at him in disbelief. Pei Yan smiles faintly. “Your standards for a husband are that he's rich, powerful, and handsome. Don't I meet every one o 8.2kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
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  4. 4 The Young Lady Can't Stop Throwing Up, and the Heir Pampers Her Day and Night 表姑娘孕吐不止,世子他日宠夜哄 Ancient Romance432k WordsCompleted [No Rebirth or Transmigration, Pure Historical Romance + Both Pure + One-Night Stand + Adorable Baby] Jiang Jinyue, a down-on-her-luck cousin, was staying at the Duke’s residence. She was always proper and cautious, and never dared get involved with Lu Yanting, the most distinguished young lord, for fear of displeasing her elders. For some reason, however, the young lord always went out of his way to look after her. Jiang Jinyue simply took it for the ordinary care an older cousin would show a 8.3kReads8.7Score886Shelves
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  5. 5 The Virtuous Empress Never Seeks to Get Ahead 贤后她总是不求上进 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + marriage before love + palace intrigue] (This is a fictional setting, written as I please. Please don't hold it against me if it doesn't fit history.) Please support my new book, "Reborn Looking Eighteen, with Twelve-Year-Old Children." Qiao Shanshan, who lived to thirty on Blue Star, died while saving a child. Only after reaching the underworld did she learn that it wasn't her time to die. The soul reaper had taken the wrong person. To make it up to her, the King of Hell promi 10.7kReads8.2Score933Shelves
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  6. 6 The Lady of the House 掌家大娘子 Ancient Romance610k WordsCompleted Sheng Fanghua transmigrated. Into a book, no less. And into the body of a cannon-fodder character. But this cannon fodder was the wife of the heir to the Marquis of Zhenxi, the future mistress of the marquis's estate, and the lady in charge of the household! She had money, power, and status, as well as a philandering husband, three children who had angered their own mother to death, a whole courtyard of concubines eager to trample her, the legitimate wife, underfoot, and a pile of troublesome il 167Reads7.1Score—Shelves
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  7. 7 Widowed on My Wedding Day, Yet Life as the Eldest Daughter-in-Law Is Sweet 出嫁就守寡,大奶奶的日子挺舒心 Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + palace and household intrigue + strong female lead + high intelligence + political machinations + inspirational] After transmigrating into a book as a cannon-fodder female character whose parents are both dead, Meng Qing finds her life in other people’s hands, with only two choices before her. First: As a birthday gift, be offered by her wicked uncle to a perverted old prince who holds power over the entire court, kept in his bedchamber and made into a plaything for m 692Reads7.4Score104Shelves
  8. 8 Unbelievable! My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, Even the Protagonists Avoid Me 笑死!算命太准,主角躲着我走 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Fang Zhongmiao, the Daoist sect’s greatest prodigy, transmigrates into a world made up of four melodramatic novels and becomes a wicked supporting character who spends over a hundred chapters courting death. Book One: The Amnesiac Marquis and His Lovely Princess Book Two: The True and False Commandery Princesses Book Three: Reborn, I Watch the Chaos with a Smile Book Four: The Divine Physiognomist’s Reversal of Fate The bad news is that she has never read any of the four original novel 9.9kReads8.8Score941Shelves
  9. 9 Reborn as the Head Wife: You Wicked Son, Your Good Days Are Over 重生主母:逆子!你好日子到头了 Ancient Romance235k WordsOngoing [No CP] [Reborn] [Marquis's Manor] [Switched Children] [The Mistress Takes Charge] In her previous life, Cheng Buzheng, the second young madam of the marquis's manor, raised an adopted son who was so outstanding that he inherited the family title. Her younger siblings, who had adopted a useless brat, were so enraged that they dropped dead on the spot. Who could have guessed that when they opened their eyes again, both of them had been reborn? In this life, relying on their mother-in-law's favor, 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 10 A Concubine’s Daily Struggle to Stay Alive in the Prince’s Manor 王府侍妾的苟命日常 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Intense Household Intrigue + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Plot-Driven + Everyone Has Eight Hundred Schemes] After transmigrating into the body of a concubine in the Prince of Jing's residence, Xie Run only wants to live in peace and, ideally, reach a hundred years old. At first, everything in the prince's residence is orderly. The prince shares his favor equally, the princess consort's position is secure, and the secondary consorts and concubines know their place. Who could have guessed that ever 21.3kReads9.1Score2kShelves
  11. 11 Catch a Husband at the Results Board, and My Scheming Groom Is Irresistible 榜下捉婿,腹黑夫君太撩人 Ancient Romance347k WordsCompleted [Clear-eyed, wealthy beauty VS scheming, devoted top scholar] [Marriage First, Love Later; Sweet Romance] Zhao Wanqing, the legitimate daughter of Prince An of the Great Yue Dynasty, was frail as a child. At the abbot’s guidance at Xiangguo Temple, she learned that she needed to marry someone whose Four Pillars of Destiny were purely yang. Prince An loved his daughter dearly. He followed every lead until he found her destined match, then shamelessly begged the emperor to arrange the marriage, fi 7.2kReads9.1Score895Shelves
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  12. 12 The Black Lotus of Great Ming 大明黑莲花 Ancient Romance594k WordsCompleted [Female con artist × hypocrite] The year the Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of the Ming Dynasty, Magellan's fleet completed its circumnavigation of the globe. It was only decades later, along the eastern coast of Zhejiang, where the sea ban was in force, that a country woman happened to hear the Western theory that “the world is round.” Suddenly, she realized: If all four seas are round, then wherever you stand, you can be the center of the world. But when she looked around, women had no pa 6.5kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
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  13. 13 The Ten Thousand Worlds’ Lounge 万界,休闲室 Anime Fanfiction576k WordsOngoing [This is an ensemble story. Despite the name Leisure Room, there are still some missions and the like, both to move the plot forward and to include some battle scenes.] [This is not exactly a group transmigration story. The protagonist is not a transmigrator, but a native of the Feiren Zai world. The story is about taking everyone to other worlds for fun or on missions.] [The transmigrators encountered during the Leisure Room's missions can be good, bad, or chaotic. Not all transmigrators are ba 6.2kReads7.1Score648Shelves
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  14. 14 The Spoiled Yet Wise Empress 作精贤后 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Dongli Hua has a little mishap and ends up in a novel for male readers, as an ugly woman with a birthmark on her face. But because of her good deeds, an imperial decree names her empress. The emperor ascended the throne at twenty, and is now thirty-two. He once had a beloved first empress who has since died; now he has two favored consorts, Shu and Li, as well as several powerful consorts with large families who have borne him princes and princesses. And soon, another large group of beauties wil 7.4kReads9.0Score608Shelves
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  15. 15 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 44.9kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves
  16. 16 I Woke Up in the Ming Dynasty as the Hated Nursemaid Wan 明穿,我成了万人唾骂的万大奶妈 Ancient Romance163k WordsCompleted Female-led story, political intrigue, harem power struggles I transmigrated to the Ming dynasty and became the historical Wan wet nurse. The history books say she was born bewitching, seduced the emperor, and made him marry a woman seventeen years older than himself. They say she bullied the empress and convinced the emperor to depose her. They even call her the palace’s chief abortionist, claiming she caused countless concubines to lose their unborn children. They say she tried to kill the crow 414Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  17. 17 Quick Transmigration: The Emperor's Cousin Doesn't Want to Be a Disposable Character 快穿之皇帝的表妹不想做炮灰 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted World One: During the reign of Emperor Jing of Han, cousin of Liu Che, the future Emperor Wu of Han World Two: At the end of the Sui dynasty and beginning of the Tang, cousin of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang World Three: During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, cousin of Zhao Heng, Emperor Zhenzong of Song World Four: During the Chenghua era, cousin of Zhu Youcheng, Emperor Xiaozong of Ming World Five: During the Kangxi era, cousin of Yinzhen, the Yongzheng Emperor Since ancient times, 1.7kReads5.5Score115Shelves
  18. 18 Your Majesty, That's Enough! 陛下请适可而止吧! Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted A birthday banquet for the Empress Dowager. A cup of wine meant for lovers, drunk by mistake. When the emperor dragged Lu Zhixue into a private room, she thought it was a disaster that had come out of nowhere. Beneath his dragon robes, his fingertips burned. His kiss was poison, and he branded her neck with a mark of humiliation. “Since you’re my concubine, helping me sober up is your duty.” She hurt so badly that she clawed his back raw, her tears soaking the brocade quilt. Little did she kn 2kReads8.6Score191Shelves
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  19. 19 The New Matriarch Enters the Household, and the Cold, Powerful Minister Falls Harder Every Day 主母新婚入府,清冷权臣日日沦陷 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance / Household Intrigue / Sweet Romance / The Male Lead Is Head Over Heels] In Ruyi's Beloved Concubine, the heir apparent Xie Yunzhix is a brave and formidable warrior, always dashing across the battlefield in fine clothes, with no one able to stand against him. Sadly, he is only a supporting character. The story opens with him in a vegetative state, leaving behind three adopted sons. Xu Qingyi discovers that she has become the foil to the beloved heroine of a sweet romance. On 123.3kReads9.4Score16.9kShelves
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  20. 20 The Book Transmigrator Tears into the Reborn Woman, Even Ripping Out Her Hair Ornaments 穿书女手撕重生女,头花都扯掉了 Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted (Don’t worry about the rating. New books have few readers at first, but it will rise.) [A transmigrated woman takes on a reborn woman] [Fictional ancient setting, no need to nitpick] Gu Qingli transmigrated into a satisfying revenge novel about a woman reborn. She wasn’t the heroine, but the wicked supporting character who had killed her, and the first person the heroine would take revenge on after being reborn. Gu Qingli herself had been born into a political family. She was gentle, quiet, an 15.9kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
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  21. 21 Daily Life with the Army in the Early Tang Dynasty 初唐随军日常 Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Completed, No Rebirth, No Special Powers, Slow Pace, Includes a Wife] As a woman who had transmigrated, Ming Luo arrived with lofty ambitions. Unfortunately, reality was stronger than she was. The feudal jewel she had once looked up to, the so-called Zhenguan Era, turned out in the end to be nothing more than a glorious age that devoured its people. 22.3kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves
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  22. 22 The Empress Doesn’t Care 娘娘不在乎 Ancient Romance317k WordsCompleted [Palace and household intrigue + Marriage first, love later + Fictional era] [This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] Though Qiao Qingyi is a concubine’s daughter, her legitimate mother never treated her harshly. In fact, she raised her like her own child. But when her elder sister’s marriage arrangements change, the match that was supposed to be hers falls to Qiao Qingyi instead. To repay her legitimate mother’s kindness, Qiao Qingyi w 241Reads—Score—Shelves
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  23. 23 Quick Transmigration: The Lowly Concubine Turns Her Tragic Fate Around 快穿之妾室卑贱,扭转悲局下场 Ancient Romance2.7M WordsOngoing A note about the content: not every story is about concubines. Some also take place in modern times. These tragic concubines want to survive, and to do that, they have to fight and seize what they can. Jiang Chunxi transmigrates into the bodies of these concubines to complete her missions. Morality means nothing to her; all that matters is getting the job done. So what if her methods are underhanded and shameless? Concubine in the Duke's mansion: She secretly gets together with the heir under th 23kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
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  24. 24 After a Tree Spirit Possesses Her, the Frail Young Lady Wants to Eat People 树妖附身后,柔弱表小姐要吃人了 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted “Household intrigue,” “palace intrigue,” “turning the tables,” “flipping the table,” “face-slapping and punishing scumbags,” “villainess,” “ensemble of female characters” Chen Wanqing, a delicate young lady of the Earl of Wuding’s household, is harmed by her aunt-by-marriage and left on the brink of death. There she meets Qianmei, a tree spirit. To stay alive, Wanqing willingly lets the spirit possess her, beginning a thoroughly entertaining life of fighting heaven, earth, and troublesome relati 680Reads7.5Score138Shelves
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  25. 25 Schemes in the Inner Palace 深宫筳上谋 Ancient Romance276k WordsOngoing Slow burn + everyday life + no golden finger + ensemble cast, multiple female leads Only she knows how hard the climb from the bottom to the top was. The new emperor of the Da Qing dynasty ascended the throne. At eighteen, Xu Jingfei entered the palace as a fifth-rank consort and was assigned Guangyang Hall, the most remote part of Changle Palace. Her allowance was skimmed, and she never received her full monthly stipend. While the other consorts vied for favor, she crouched by the back window, 275Reads—Score100Shelves
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  26. 26 The Phoenix-Blessed Farm Girl: From Eastern Palace Concubine to Consort 凤命农女:东宫宠妾升职记 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Many Children + Power Struggles + Ensemble Cast + Traditional Historical Romance + Household and Palace Intrigue] [Clever Farm Girl Qiao'er x Crown Prince Xie Yunhe] In the seventh year of Zhaoguang, after one night of imperial favor, Cheng Qiao'er became a concubine in the Eastern Palace. Xie Yunhe asked, “What do you want?” She replied, “I want to survive.” Later, she won wealth and favor all for herself, rising step by step. Xie Yunhe asked again, “What else do you want, my dear?” She replie 258Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 27 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚,一路宫斗上位 Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 62.8kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves
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  28. 28 The Marquess's Wife Was Widowed for Three Years, Then Got Pregnant and Went on a Rampage 侯门主母守寡三年,一朝有喜杀疯了 Ancient Romance289k WordsCompleted [Heroine runs away while pregnant + coercive romance + forbidden relationship + obsessive hero] A widow's life is hard, and life as a widow in a marquis's household is even harder. Shen Xiling's husband died young. She manages every affair in the marquis's estate, yet gets no appreciation for it. She thought she'd spend the rest of her life wasting away like this. But then her brother-in-law, who was believed to have died in battle, returns and inherits everything in the marquis's household. 113Reads6.6Score—Shelves
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  29. 29 The Earl’s Household Turns Its Fortune Around 伯府翻身记事 Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted Lin Yunzhu lands in a novel written for male readers as the second-born illegitimate daughter of the villainous Yongning Earl’s household. Her legitimate elder sister is a snobbish woman who broke off her engagement when the male lead was down on his luck. The original character is a scheming woman who seduces the female lead’s fiancé. Her younger half-sister is a little white lotus. Her eldest brother is bad at business, and the family is so poor they’re about to run out of food. Her second bro 37.9kReads9.2Score5kShelves
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  30. 30 After Dying a Wretched Death, I Was Reborn and Turned the Whole Household Upside Down to Find a New Way Forward 窝囊死后,重生掀翻全府另谋出路 Ancient Romance241k WordsCompleted [Historical household intrigue + real and fake heiresses + face-slapping and punishing scoundrels + the whole family seeks redemption + feel-good story] The young He Tang unexpectedly awakens in her married self’s body, reborn into another life. In her previous life, the fake heiress He Xiangya stole her fortune. Her father didn’t love her, her mother didn’t care for her, and her three older brothers were distant. After she married, her husband treated her like a stranger and never opened his he 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  31. 31 Longing for You Beneath the Night Sky 长夜相思入星河 Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted [Reborn + mutually devoted sweet romance + revenge and household intrigue] Jiang Rong was deceived her entire life, and only learned the truth when she was on the verge of death. Returned to ten years earlier, she found herself fleeing an arranged marriage to elope. Jiang Rong gave the scoundrel a thorough beating, then turned around and went back to the prince’s manor to marry. The husband she had run from was Xie Lingxi, heir to the Northern Prince. In her previous life, he had protected he 41.2kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves
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  32. 32 On Our Wedding Night, the Reborn Prince Knocked Over Her Contraceptive Soup 新婚夜,重生王爷打翻她的避子汤 Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + Devoted Couple] Ye Chen is reborn on his wedding night with his Qiu'er. In his previous life, he couldn't even keep his Qiu'er's remains safe. This time, he will stay by her side every moment. Her greatest regret in her previous life was never having children of her own. This time, he will have lots of children with her. She was trapped in the capital all her life before. This time, he will travel across the land of the Nine Provinces with 10kReads9.0Score877Shelves
  33. 33 Where the Feathers Return: Transmigrated, Yet Still a Wage Slave 翎羽归处:穿越还是打工人 Ancient Romance346k WordsOngoing Fresh out of college, Shu Ling [no System, no pocket dimension] has only a “brain” and a heart full of “enthusiasm.” [Transmigration + ensemble cast + career + unconventional plot + romance] She transmigrates into the “Miss Shu Ling,” who shares her name and appearance and lives in a general's household! Before she can catch her breath, she's summoned to the palace to “work.” From the start, the princess appoints her CEO, and she gets two handsome “nepotism hires.” One is as gentle as water, wil 4Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 The Fox's Plot for the World: The Nine-Tailed Beauty's Tribulation 狐谋天下:九尾红颜劫 Ancient Romance129k WordsCompleted [One heroine with multiple male leads | Fantasy | Male leads are sexually inexperienced | Nurturing romance | Everyone is captivated by her | A battlefield of men vying for her] Heroine: The princess of Fox Ridge Mountain, born with nine tails and extraordinary intelligence. She must enter the mortal world and experience “love, loyalty, and tribulation,” take on human energy, and slay evil demons before she can shed her demon form and truly become an immortal demon. Her fox nature defines her ch 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  35. 35 The Nine-Phoenix Hairpin 九凤钗 Ancient Romance778k WordsCompleted Song Zhu was once a lost royal treasure hidden in the forest, but fate sent her by a twist of circumstance into the palace of her enemies. On one side were the hatred and grievances between their countries; on the other, she found herself slowly sinking deeper and deeper into Mo Jingyuan’s love. Mo Jingyuan drank the plum blossom wine Song Zhu had brewed with her own hands. Dark red blood welled from the corner of his lips. “Azhu, let the grudges of the previous generation end with us. Give bir 66Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 36 Marquis, Please Calm Down. I'm Missing a Few Things 断袖侯爷请冷静,我少了点东西 Ancient Romance346k WordsCompleted [Complete, with bonus chapters dropping at random] A poor, lowborn country girl, a simpleton who has suffered endless abuse, disguises herself as a man and takes the place of a bride into a powerful marquis household. There, she lives a life of being doted on by everyone. It doesn’t matter that she’s an impostor, and it doesn’t matter that she isn’t clever... Identity, status, fame, money... The powerful men will place all these things in her hands, forcing them upon her and raising her to an 2.4kReads—Score100Shelves
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  37. 37 A Burden? I'm Marrying into the Royal Family to Be Their Little Darling! 拖油瓶可怜?我要嫁皇家当团宠呢 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Original novel of the short drama Wish Fulfilled, palace and household intrigue, one-on-one romance, transmigration, spiritual spring space] Shen Ruyi, the richest woman of the 30th century, was struck by lightning after showing off her money, and her soul transmigrated to another world! When Shen Ruyi was six, her heartless father, who had passed the imperial exams at the top, abandoned his wife and daughter! But Shen Ruyi was no ordinary little girl. She found her mother a husband, and the tw 6.8kReads9.1Score798Shelves
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  38. 38 I'm Addicted! Cultivating Demonic Arts Is Too Much Fun to Stop 魔怔了!修魔爽到停不下来 Fantastical Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Yun Xiyue, the eldest young lady of the Celestial Palace, was struck dead by lightning while undergoing her tribulation. Her body lay shattered, while her soul drifted through the sky. Shen Xingyao knelt in a pool of blood, crying until she had no strength left. Si Xiangyi spat blood and passed out, while the Heavenly Emperor scolded her as a little vixen, his hands shaking uncontrollably. Then someone told her: The man who cursed you is your biological father. She was tired. She didn’t want to 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 39 Shocking! The Princess Consort Is the World's Greatest Assassin 惊!王妃是江湖第一杀手 Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted [Short drama and animated drama now available] [Secret identities / devoted to each other / happy ending / scheming prince × aloof pavilion master] Enemies become spouses, uncover each other's many secret identities, and flirt and dote on each other! The Prince of Lingyuan × Qinggu Sha: a carefully orchestrated madness born of love. She is the mysterious master of the Shigu Pavilion, and also the celebrated beauty of the capital. To investigate the blood feud that wiped out her family, she disg 6.2kReads9.0Score849Shelves
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  40. 40 She Regretted Climbing into the Brocade Guard's Favor 攀上锦衣卫后,她后悔了 Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [A cold-faced but warm-hearted Embroidered Uniform Guard ✘ a sweet and beautiful heroine, female lead is not a virgin, deliberate seduction ✘ clear-headed surrender, romance-focused, fateful encounter, devoted love, sweet romance, not a strong female lead, set in a fictional dynasty similar to the Ming] Xia Yue was kept as a concubine by the salt smuggler Shen Yan for half a year. She escaped four times, and each time he caught her and brought her back. To free herself from this life, she set h 4Reads7.5Score—Shelves
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  41. 41 The Crown Prince Is a Treasure Trove, but She Flirts and Runs 太子浑身是宝,但她撩完就跑 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Clever revenge + ensemble court drama + male lead fakes his death and reveals his identity, then goes mad + heroine is his one true love] [Power couple comedy | Strategic mind games | All the right ingredients | Fictional setting] Axiang, a huntress, bought herself a live-in husband. He was handsome, with a fine figure and a noble, radiant air, like an immortal crane descended from the heavens, or a jade-faced gentleman from a storybook. But he had no idea how to show affection. When she offer 1.2kReads9.2Score153Shelves
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  42. 42 Mo Anhuai Ci 墨桉淮辞 Ancient Romance136k WordsOngoing In her previous life, everyone praised her for having an innocent heart. But sincerity couldn’t win sincerity in return, and she was always the one who got hurt. In this life, anyone who wrongs her will get taken down, no exceptions. “At the spring banquet, I’ll drink a cup of green wine and sing a song. Then I’ll make three wishes: first, may my beloved enjoy a thousand years of peace; second, may I find joy and have my wishes come true; third, may we be swallows beneath the rafters in our 3Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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  43. 43 Hua Fei Livestreams a Dramatic Rewrite of Empresses in the Palace and Takes Over the Palace 华妃直播爆改甄嬛传,大杀四方 Female-Channel Fanfiction401k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming\Transmigration\Rebirth\Palace Intrigue] When a bit-part actress who has spent years drifting between film sets, and a level-ten scholar of Empresses in the Palace, transmigrates into Empresses in the Palace as Consort Hua, a hopeless romantic, she is shaken to her core. I, Nian Shilan, have looks that make me the finest beauty among the Han Banners, and I'm a general's daughter with a distinguished family background. My brother, Nian Gengyao, is one of the court's greatest heroes. 41Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 44 On the Day He Seized the Throne, the Mad New Emperor Locked the Empress Dowager in His Bedchamber 篡位当天疯批新帝把太后锁进寝宫 Ancient Romance145k WordsOngoing [Unhinged Devoted Hound of a Discarded Prince × Cool, Stunning Empress | Two Powerful Strategists | Unhinged Devoted Hound | Mutual Redemption | No Harem, One-on-One Romance | Growing Up Together | Intense Push and Pull | Alternate History | Palace Intrigue and Political Schemes] Everyone in Chang’an thinks that the twenty-third prince, Li Che, is worthless, fit only to rot in a ditch. Only Empress Cui Lingyi knows that this seemingly harmless youth is a vicious wolf capable of tearing the Tang 5Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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  45. 45 Bringing the Phoenix Home 引凤归 Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 110.8kReads9.5Score15.8kShelves
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  46. 46 I’m Just a Concubine, So Why Is Everyone Clinging to Me? 我是小妾哎,怎么都来抱我大腿? Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete] Ye Qingzhi, an overworked office drone, transmigrates into the body of a concubine in the Jiangyang Marquis’s household. Since she’s here, she might as well go crazy. Being a concubine is just changing workplaces. She doesn’t need to get emotionally involved. She can simply treat herself like a tool. Ye Qingzhi’s career goal: convince both the marquis and the principal wife to take responsibility for her and protect her. Ye Qingzhi’s workplace motto: Life is short. We’re al 40kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
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  47. 47 The Sickly Crown Prince's Darling 病娇太子的掌中欢 Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted Shen Qinghuan is a famously delicate beauty. She can't stand the cold or heat, wind or rain. She gasps for breath every few steps and coughs every few more. Her mother died young, her father disdains her, and after her fiancé breaks off their engagement, no one is willing to marry her. Then The Crown Prince, Fu Yunzhou, takes this fragile flower into the Eastern Palace. * Rumor has it that Crown Prince Fu Yunzhou is violent, avoids women, and loves nothing more than killing. When Shen Qinghuan m 12.9kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
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  48. 48 The Beautiful Chambermaid Rises Through Childbearing [Transmigrated and Reborn] 貌美通房靠生子上位【穿越重生】 Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Not a strong heroine: sweet and delicate heroine + childbearing System] Qiao Zhiyi transmigrates into ancient times, then gets reborn. In her previous life, the Princess Consort took a liking to her and wanted her to compete with the prince's favored concubine. But Qiao Zhiyi didn't want to become a concubine, so she refused. To her surprise, this enraged the Princess Consort, who tormented her to death. After being reborn, Qiao Zhiyi comes to her senses. Since she can't escape her 2kReads8.0Score141Shelves
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  49. 49 Reborn, the Paralyzed Physician Consort Marries Your Brother to Seize Your Kingdom 残废医妃重生后,嫁你弟夺你江山 Ancient Romance354k WordsCompleted Li Muyan, the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household, was manipulated in her previous life by a treacherous man and her wicked stepsister. She died a horrific death, and her family was dragged down with her. Reborn, she would repay every hurt with a hurt, every drop of blood with blood. She outwitted the scheming mother and daughter and toppled the treacherous man's empire. Poison in one hand, medicine in the other, she could turn the tides with a gesture and command the court. In her 4Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  50. 50 The Marquis's Heart's Delight, a Lady Who Conquers All 侯爷心尖宠,姑娘大杀四方 Ancient Romance353k WordsOngoing (Transmigration + household intrigue + schemes and manipulation + never loved him + devoted to each other) In her previous life, Lu Zhishu was an orphan. By chance, she transmigrated into the body of the Lu family's third daughter just after she was born. She thought she would have a happy life, but her mother died in childbirth from a severe hemorrhage. Lu Zhishu lived cautiously, with the sole aim of avenging her mother. To do so, she drew everyone into her schemes, never realizing that someon 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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