Looking for Palace Intrigue Novels! The Female Lead Should Be Smart 求宫斗文！女主智商在线那种

1. 1 金 The Golden Palace Locks Away the Spring Breeze 金阙锁春风 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance757k WordsCompleted Her entire family perished, she was left dependent on others, the dynasty fell, and she married and divorced. In just eighteen years, Yu Zheng has endured things most people never face in a lifetime. A noblewoman of the former dynasty, all she wants now is to stay alive. She plans to enter the palace as a maid, then use her literacy to earn a post as a court official and support herself. She never imagined that the new emperor would send her to the Fourth Prince’s residence as a gesture of goodw 30.3kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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   🥳🥳 [Gong Douwen] This book is quite good, the heroine is clear-headed and has an online IQ, and she also takes the initiative [Like]

2. 2 后 The Harem's Number One White Moonlight: Winning Her Way to the Heavens 后宫第一白月光，步步为赢登云天 Yu Jiuzhao御九昭Ancient Romance376k WordsCompleted [Pure Palace Intrigue + Ruthless, Talented Actress Heroine + Clear-Headed Career Woman + Fighting for Fame and Power] ※ In the popular street-corner tales, palace intrigue stories were all the rage. Most featured an ambitious villainess, such as a vicious legitimate elder sister or a hypocritical idealized first love. His Majesty... He was deceived by that wicked woman! Her true face must be exposed. A wicked woman has no heart. She only loves power and sows discord in the palace! After reading 245Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Bai Yueguang is vicious and hypocritical, but so what? Relying on clever little brains to win step by step, loving power and wealth, he is a dodder flower and a strangler vine.

3. 3 不 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼，王府宠妾的内卷日常 Four Crescent Moons四弯月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 61.4kReads9.4Score8.2kShelves

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   Super super nice! The heroine's IQ is too online! Sober and independent! Never get confused or force your wits! Recommended! There is also a modern section, which is equally beautiful! The subplot is also well written!

4. 4 惨 Reborn After a Horrific Death, I Drove Every Villain Crazy 惨死重生后，我把反派都逼疯啦 Yan Fei颜翡Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Reborn + household and palace intrigue + strong heroine and hero + revenge and taking down scumbags + satisfying read In her previous life, Shen Shuyi schemed and plotted at every turn to secure the crown prince's position for Xiao Tingshan. But he repaid her by turning his back on her, despising her for being calculating and deep-minded, and not gentle and demure enough. He not only took her life, but also caused countless friends and family members to die unjustly. Fine. Given another life, 16.8kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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   Who knows, the heroine's IQ is online, rebirth + revenge + abuse of scum + strong alliance!!! The early progress is a bit slow, but the heroine's step-by-step layout is very close to reality and super beautiful [like][like][like]

5. 5 穿 Transmigrating into a Refugee Exodus: I Use the System to Raise an Emperor 穿越逃荒：我靠系统扶持一代帝王 Xiao Se小色Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Gu Jiu unexpectedly transmigrated to ancient times, where everything was already inconvenient. Then disaster struck. With no other way to survive, she clung desperately to the person who had saved her. With her benefactor by her side, she had nothing to fear on the road to refuge. What could she do when disease, hunger, wild beasts, and villains all came at once? Bring it on! She was a jack of all trades with a System pocket dimension, capable of taking down anything. (Xie Zhan: You can't put o 39.8kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves

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   I've finished watching it all. It's very good. You must watch it.

6. 6 快 Quick Transmigration: The Empress's Blessed Heir 快穿之好孕皇后 Fifty-Cent Special Effects五毛二特效Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + stunning heroine + no fixed pairing + childbirth + palace intrigue + feel-good power fantasy] After dying suddenly from overwork, Xu Lingyi received a childbirth System. If she gave heirs to male leads who desperately needed children, she could gain eternal life. Story One: [The Middle-Aged Emperor Without an Heir] A stunning noblewoman from an eminent family × a middle-aged emperor, with an age gap. The emperor had no children despite ruling for years. He thought the emp 43.6kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
7. 7 娘 The Consort’s Laid-Back Daily Life 娘娘的佛系日常 Springtime Sweet Orange春日甜橙Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [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 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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   The heroine of the novel is a doting concubine. She is happy, relaxed and funny, and has a long-lasting flow. The heroine has an online IQ, has brains, and has a good outlook on life. She prefers Gong Douwen and is not pure.

8. 8 太 The Crown Prince’s One and Only: The Bewitching Consort Captures His Heart and Claims Her Place 太子独宠，尤物娘娘缚心上位 YQ Lazy Little CatYQ小懒猫Ancient Romance649k WordsOngoing [Unhinged, ruthless heroine + cool, calculating, obsessive crown prince + palace intrigue] Readers who may be uncomfortable with these themes should proceed with caution. She was the legitimate daughter of the Luo family, breathtakingly beautiful, but her father demoted her mother to a concubine, leaving her mother to die of grief. While still young, she was forced to become a daughter of secondary status. With no one to rely on in the household, she could only let her scheming younger sister l 3.4kReads—Score301Shelves

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   It is a pure palace fighting novel. The heroine is drafted into the Eastern Palace. She hides her secrets and is good at pretending to be weak. In fact, she is very skilled. She tests each other with the prince, but the prince only favors her. The heroine is transparent and clear-headed, not a virgin, and takes every step step by step. The plot is compact and enjoyable to watch!!!

9. 9 谍 The Spy Phoenix: Always One Step Ahead 谍凰，防不胜防 Old Qinggan老青柑Ancient Romance378k WordsOngoing She was once the most dangerous intelligence chief in the modern world. In a single moment, she transmigrates and becomes the daughter of a tenant farmer, invisible to everyone in an ancient dynasty. An adult’s wisdom is trapped in a frail young body. The chaotic world is a web, yet she quietly becomes the one weaving it. From rural fields to the turbulent imperial court, no one knows that behind those clear eyes she is spinning an intelligence network vast enough to overturn the world. In a wor 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The heroine is strong and sober, has upright views, has an online IQ, and is very beautiful.

10. 10 贵 The Delicate Noble Consort, the Cold Emperor Can't Get Enough 贵妃娇软，薄情帝王轻点宠 When Fuyao Rises当扶摇上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A widowed woman who remarries and becomes a pampered consort VS a dignified emperor (harem intrigue + romantic push and pull + devoted love + slow-blooming romance + raising a child)] At her infant's one-month celebration, news arrived that her husband had died in battle. Sheng Xiyan was plunged into despair. The Prince's manor bullied a helpless widow and orphan, assuming she'd simply accept her fate. But was she supposed to give up? Only the Son of Heaven could help her protect her son. So sh 1kReads7.2Score101Shelves

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    She is good-looking, the heroine has medical skills and is very smart. The emperor has great power and only loves the heroine [Adoration]

11. 11 做 She Was Given as a Gift 做为礼物的她 Mei Li's Pen Name Is Mei Li梅莉的笔名是梅莉Ancient Romance3.2M WordsOngoing She was nothing more than a gift from the empress to the emperor, yet she became the last woman standing in the imperial harem. A sweet romance! (A short biography of Imperial Noble Consort Lingyi, amid the harem battles of the Qianlong reign. An attempt to unravel the mystery behind the Empress’s hair-cutting.) For readers who have experienced being loved. Not for those who cannot accept that other people have love in their lives, or for those expecting to see a lovesick doormat and believing i 444Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    There is absolutely IQ, there is no stupidity, no brainless love. A brief biography of your concubine, a group battle in the harem of the Qianlong Dynasty. She is a gift from the Queen to the Emperor, the final winner of the harem.

12. 12 将 The General's Only Daughter Plots in the Inner Palace: Court and Household Intrigue 将军独女深宫谋：宫斗宅斗 Fictional Paranormal Dangdang小说灵异当当Ancient Romance201k WordsCompleted (Palace intrigue + ancient setting + highly intelligent heroine + love and hate) A satisfying heroine's tale + a noble consort + a heroine with high emotional intelligence + clashes with other noble consorts + a struggle for power + strong women who love and fight each other Does love turn to hate? Does hate turn to love? Or is it all part of a carefully laid plan? Full of schemes, a master of disguise and performance, wanting everything at once… What kind of place is the Imperial Study? It is 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The journey to the harem will slowly unfold around the general's daughter Li Meng. Carrying the honor of her family and the fear of the emperor, she stepped into the deep palace, and worked hard every step of the way amidst Zhu Yuan's machinations and true feelings in the name of "reward". There are cunning and secret fights between concubines, as well as the ultimate pull between the emperor's scheming and the love between his children. Let's see how the heroine uses wisdom and sincerity to move from a noble concubine trapped in her identity to the pinnacle of a true mother's world without relying on clandestine means.

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