Palace Intrigue, Pure Palace Intrigue, the Kind That Takes All Your Brainpower 宫斗，纯宫斗，脑子不够用的那种

1. 601 四 The Fourth Miss Is a Brilliant Doctor, Yet an Illegitimate Daughter 四小姐医术精湛却是私生女 M Xiaoliang JiangM小良酱Ancient Romance775k WordsCompleted In the eleventh year of the Chenghua reign, on the day the crown prince was formally appointed, the Liu and Sheng families of imperial physicians were massacred. Sheng Miao, the Sheng family's only daughter, survived because her father hid her in a secret room. After witnessing her parents die before her eyes, she lost not only her memory but also her voice. That day, he followed his father's dying wish and went to Jianzhou to bring home the Mei family's illegitimate daughter who had been living 68Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   The twinkle in the eyes makes the stars beautiful!

2. 602 镇 The Soul-Calming Wife: My Wife Can Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 【镇魂妻：我的老婆能镇百鬼】 Yi Qiushui Ya伊秋水呀Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Because of the sins committed by my ancestors, the King of Hell came to claim my family. My grandfather and both my parents died one after another. To save my own life, I was forced to marry Wang Banxian’s foolish daughter. She was fat, ugly, and completely out of her mind, but she was the reincarnation of the Goddess of Yin, able to suppress a hundred ghosts. And every time she subdued a ghost, she underwent a transformation and grew more beautiful. With a beautiful wife by my side, I can roam 3.8kReads8.5Score364Shelves

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   The story has ups and downs, and the male protagonist's life is full of twists and turns after his rebirth. It is rare for a man to be reborn, unlike most stories where the female protagonist is reborn.

3. 603 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 127.6kReads9.4Score14.9kShelves
4. 604 荒 Selling My Daughter During a Famine? I'll Bring Out Mountains of Meat Instead 荒年卖女儿？我反手掏出肉肉肉肉 Moth Stewed in an Iron Pot铁锅炖大蛾Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Building wealth + women's personal growth + taking on the worst of the family + System + medicine + spiritual spring + heroine fights back against anyone who crosses her + patriotism + mutual support] What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a countrywoman who's a wicked mother, a hopeless romantic, and the ultimate doormat? From the start, she's supposed to sell her daughter. Lu Wan: “Sell my ass! I'll crack open the skull of anyone who dares sell my daughter!” Her sister-in-l 2.1kReads8.7Score435Shelves
5. 605 你 You Take the Imperial Exams, I Farm: A Paper-Thin Couple Braving the Famine 你科举我种田，塑料夫妻闯荒年 Bai Jiuhuan白久欢Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + food + pocket dimension + stockpiling grain + fleeing famine + business + sweet romance + everyday life] After Jiang Qingyue’s soul is mistakenly taken, she receives the ultimate transmigration starter pack. She thought she’d get to live a cheat-powered life, railing against heaven, earth, and everything in between. Instead, she transmigrates into the body of a fat, lazy, greedy, slippery woman and marries a man who hates her to the bone. Song Yan died unjustly in his previous life an 67.9kReads8.9Score4.7kShelves
6. 606 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: A Food Blogger Builds a Fortune 穿越之美食博主在古代发家致富 Lin Family's Dou Xiao Dou林家豆小豆Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Food blogger Jiang Yue transmigrates into the Jiang family, a household of farmers. The Jiangs are dirt poor, with barely enough to eat or wear, and life is truly hard. Fortunately, the family is warm and easygoing, sincere and kind to others. Jiang Yue decides to rely on her own skills to help the whole family prosper, starting with a little shop, moving on to a small restaurant, and eventually opening a grand restaurant, until they achieve financial freedom. P.S. A pure food-focused story, set 51.8kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves
7. 607 天 Disaster-Ravaged Apocalypse: She Stockpiled Supplies, Then Went on a Killing Spree 天灾末世，她囤满物资后杀疯了 In Jincheng锦城里Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Heroine + Pets] Torrential floods, extreme heat, dense fog, acid rain, bitter cold, earthquakes, tsunamis... After four years struggling to survive an apocalyptic world of natural disasters, An Nan is abandoned by her scumbag father, betrayed by her friends, and dies with hatred in her heart. When she opens her eyes again, she is reborn before the apocalypse. Seizing the initiative, she uses her pocket dimension to stockpile supplies 27.3kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves
8. 608 邪 The Evil King Pursues His Wife: The Useless Young Lady Defies Heaven 邪王追妻，废材逆天大小姐 July Poetry七月诗Ancient Romance286k WordsOngoing Mu Jingyun, a top agent of the 21st century codenamed “Phoenix,” is a covert operative skilled in both medicine and poison. Yet she is killed by the partner she trusts most! Strangely, a group of mysterious people relentlessly pursues her, all because of the ring she wears! As she detonates a bomb, she unexpectedly hears a call and transmigrates into the body of another Mu Jingyun, a woman with the same name on the Starcloud Continent. According to the rumors, the Mu family’s young lady, Mu Jing 610Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 609 邪 The Evil Prince Pursues His Consort: The Useless Madwoman Defies Heaven 邪王追妻：废材狂妃要逆天 Su Qiao苏㳢Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing She was once an elite agent, but overnight she transmigrated into a good-for-nothing! How could she put up with that? She would always be someone above the rest! How could she let others bully her as a worthless fool? In her previous life, she was an elite agent, but who would have thought she'd transmigrate into the body of a useless girl? She may be a refined young lady from a distinguished family, but she's useless. She may be as beautiful as a flower, but she's useless. This needs to be said 38Reads6.2Score—Shelves
10. 610 满 My Whole Family Are Cannon Fodder, but After They Read My Mind, They Rebel 满门炮灰读我心后，全家造反了 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Physical edition of "Claiming the Pearl 2" goes on presale October 17 at 7:30 p.m.] [Mind reading + System + adored by the whole family + transmigrate into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger] Qiao Jiaojiao had accumulated so much virtue in her past life that the Old King of Hell granted her a rebirth with all her memories intact, plus a golden finger: a Virtue Points Shop. Qiao Jiaojiao was thrilled to start her new life, only to discover she hadn't been reborn at all. She'd transmigrated i 134.9kReads9.7Score15.4kShelves
11. 611 恶 The Wicked Woman Hit Her Head, Got Back Up, and Found Her Conscience 恶妇撞了头，爬起来后良心发现了 Heartbeat心跳Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Space + transmigration + everyday life + not a power fantasy] Su Ruyi is the infamous wicked daughter-in-law of Xinghua Village. At home, she throws her weight around, lazes about, and loves her food. She respects neither the old nor the young, and even knocked her own son into an idiot. One day, Su Ruyi takes the family’s money, planning to run off and live it up with her lover. Her mother-in-law and sister-in-law catch her red-handed. Su Ruyi bangs her head... When she gets back up, Su Ruyi h 9.8kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
12. 612 我 I Turn the Tide in the Cultivation World with My Cooking 我靠美食在修仙界逆风翻盘 Half a Durian半只榴莲Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Food + cultivation + slow-burn growth + lighthearted, witty style] [The heroine is clever and a bit of a goofball. The hero is obsessive and crazy, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a haughty streak.] Living in the apocalypse, Yu Guiwan had imagined all kinds of ways she might die, but never that she, a celebrated chef, would be poisoned to death by a pot of mushroom soup! Humiliated, she realized she had transmigrated. Even more humiliatingly, the moment she came back to life, her husband 2.7kReads8.9Score311Shelves
13. 613 他 He’s Handsome, Powerful, and Irresistible 他美强且撩人 An Suiyu安随遇Modern Romance118k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + transmigration] There's been a rumor going around the hospital lately: Dr. Xi, the beautiful, icy surgeon, has a boyfriend! Word is, he's tall and handsome, with long legs, and he comes to the hospital every day to wait for her to finish work. But there's something strange about him. He doesn't have a phone and doesn't know how to use modern technology. He's completely out of touch with current trends, too. Dr. Xi, the only one who knows the truth, says it's because he transmigr 6kReads9.2Score624Shelves
14. 614 影 The Movie Emperor Keeps Trying to Make a Move on Me 影帝他总想对我图谋不轨 An Suiyu安随遇Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted Shen Yi, stage name Wei Long, was an actor of superstar caliber who took the world by storm in the 1970s. But after he disappeared one day, he vanished from history without a trace, as if he had never existed. One day, Rong Qian spotted a photo of herself with Shen Yi, taken more than thirty years ago... This incredible discovery sent her on journey after journey through time, transmigrating into the past to save him! For Rong Qian, only a few days passed between each trip to the past. But for S 39.8kReads9.7Score5.9kShelves
15. 615 反 The Villainess Is Reborn: The Supporting Female Lead Refuses to Play Along 反派重生 : 女配她不干了 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Yin Susu opened her eyes and, wow, she had been reborn for the second time. The plot was exactly the same, and so were all the awful problems. She had planned to spend this life eating her fill and waiting to die, just coasting along until the supporting female character reached the end of her life and this whole existence was over. But she still wasn’t willing to accept her fate! If the heroine had a golden finger, then she’d just have to break it. 15kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
16. 616 绿 The Sweet, Delicate Heiress and the Yandere Heir Who Keeps Her Busy Every Night 绿茶千金软又酥，病娇世子夜夜忙 Watermelon Dipped in Mustard西瓜蘸芥末Ancient Romance304k WordsOngoing [A delicate flower in public, a big boss in private heroine x a sickly cat in public, a crazy, jealous man in private hero | Substitute marriage revealed, two strong leads, sweet romance] To save her father and brothers, Di Xiaorou gritted her teeth and took her sister’s place in marrying the sickly, short-lived Ling Yuheng, planning to run away at the first opportunity. On their wedding night, they were both drugged. One night of passion later, they fell deeply in love. The supposedly sickly gr —Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Needless to say, Gong Dou is so pure and pure intrigue.

17. 617 宫 A Rhapsody of Palace Flowers 宫花赋 Six-Eared Yuanyuan六耳圆圆Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted [A no-nonsense, trope-defying palace-intrigue drama + no love for the emperor + ensemble of women] Everyone has their own ambitions. I have no interest in fighting other women over a man. She was little Qing Luo, a girl who valued her life above all else. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she had wandered through hardship until she entered the Forbidden City, where she met the beautiful, gracious Yue Ren and the clever, perceptive Lü Zhu. At last, her wandering heart found a home. The three s 31kReads9.8Score4kShelves

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    The plot is full of ups and downs, and the protagonist is very clever. It is a novel worthy of repeated scrutiny.

18. 618 无 Boundless 无疆 Lan Jia Sanshao蓝家三少Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted As the Eastern Depot’s second-in-command, Su Mu has crawled out of a mountain of corpses. She’s brimming with bloodlust, sees nothing but the dead, is ruthless in her methods, and has never lost. Until she meets her sworn enemy, Shen Dongzhan, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. They fight over account books, storm bandit dens, hunt for tribute goods, and quell rebellions. Neither is willing to yield. A broken silver hairpin brings to light a miscarriage of justice from more than twe 1.1kReads9.0Score127Shelves
19. 619 庶 The Concubine's Daughter Stuns the Court 庶女惊澜 Pine and Moon, Ever Full松月长盈Ancient Romance493k WordsOngoing A clear-headed, independent modern office worker transmigrates into the body of a marquis’s illegitimate daughter. She thinks modern thinking, flirting tricks, and a golden finger will let her crush the ancient world’s lawful wife. Instead, she runs into a prince’s consort who is brilliant, socially savvy, born into a top aristocratic family, and skilled at reading people and political maneuvering. She’s outmatched at every turn as the two women battle wits. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I thought I could walk sideways with my golden fingers, but after meeting the princess with high IQ and EQ, I realized what dimensionality reduction attack is.

20. 620 全 All-Round Big Shot, Your Secret Identity Has Been Exposed Again 全能大佬，你马甲又掉了 Baby Ditou呆头宝宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment, secret identity, sweet romance, gorgeous and cool heroine, and villains getting what they deserve] The Chen family's eldest daughter, who was sent away to the mountains in Nancheng as a child, is coming home. Everyone calls her a country bumpkin. But the young lady arrives with flowing hair and stunning looks, gentle and reserved on the surface, yet unhinged and as ruthless as a beast in private. No one is more brazen than she is. They say she can't even lift a finger? Ever he 5.5kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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    I particularly like the heroine, she dares to love and hate

21. 621 我 My Suppliers Span Three Thousand Small Worlds 我的供货商遍布三千小世界 Ran Xi Xi染习习Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted Sang Yi’an worked so much overtime that she nearly dropped dead. After being brought back from the brink, she immediately quit her job and opened a small supermarket. Her relatives and friends didn’t think much of it, convinced it would go out of business. Sang Yi’an didn’t care. She wasn’t trying to make a fortune, just enough to cover her daily expenses, as long as she didn’t have to work overtime and stay up all night. Little did she know, her supermarket started acting up every night at midn 36.3kReads8.9Score4.5kShelves
22. 622 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Became an Investor Everyone Wanted to Win Over 退婚后，她成了万人追捧的投资人 Ten Thousand Blades千万刃Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Medical skills + transmigrated supporting villainess + political intrigue + strong heroine + secret identities + satisfying read] Bai Jiu'er, a doctor, transmigrates into the body of a vicious supporting character with a truly tragic ending. In her previous life, she was the male lead's wife, only to end up as a miserable prostitute. After transmigrating, she has nothing but money. At least she isn't married yet. First step, obviously, is to break off the engagement! What? The male lead went cr 133.9kReads9.2Score24.7kShelves
23. 623 全 The Whole Family Is Insanely Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 全家偷听我心声杀疯了，我负责吃奶 Xia Shengsheng夏声声Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama adaptation of My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts: Fu Bao Chaochao is now open for reservations! Please show it lots of support and give it a follow! [Whole-family mind reading + cannon fodder + beloved by the whole family + powerful figure transmigrates into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story] Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character who was drowned at birth, while the heroine stole her identity. The heroine turned 15.9kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
24. 624 无 The Shameless County Magistrate Shocks the Imperial Court 无耻女县令震惊朝野 Gan Tian Yiyi甘甜一一Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Female Disguise + Farming + Infrastructure + Comedy + Adorable Child + Sweet Romance] There are no pocket dimensions or supernatural powers in this story. She relies on her wits alone! After transmigrating to impoverished Yinshan County, Yu Jiu'er disguises herself as a man and sits the imperial examinations. Unlucky enough to offend the wrong person, she flees after a night of passion. Using the money she brought back from the capital, she launches a major infrastructure drive. Then she d 10.2kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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