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  1. 51 An Unconventional Palace Intrigue 非传统宫斗 Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted Imperial selection from the start / Pure palace intrigue with a touch of household intrigue / Ensemble cast / Realistic style [Pure palace intrigue begins after chapter 20] Not the emperor’s sole favorite / Not a virgin couple / No romance pairing [The emperor is a scumbag with the power of life and death. The first few chapters establish his character and contain potentially uncomfortable scenes. If that bothers you, skip to chapter 20.] Everyone is caught up in palace intrigue. The consorts an 1.6kReads8.2Score180Shelves
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  2. 52 Reborn in The Story of Ruyi: Life Is Better Without Being a Saint 重生如懿传不做圣母的日子好极了 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted 1. Palace-intrigue novel, palace-intrigue novel, palace-intrigue novel. No romance. 2. No lovestruck fools, no lovestruck fools, no lovestruck fools. This applies only to certain characters. No saintly do-gooders, no saintly do-gooders. 3. A Ruyi reborn story. No plagiarism, no padding, quality comes first. There will be changes. It may not fully follow history, or it may not follow it at all. The reason: no plagiarism. Synopsis The Ruyi from "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", who always conside 220Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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  3. 53 Hairpins and Beauty 鬓花颜 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Maid + sisters in the inner palace + ensemble-focused story] [The heroine is a native of this world, with no transmigration, rebirth, or hidden identity] After her mother dies of illness, Meng Shu’s father takes a new wife almost at once. She endures years under her stepmother’s hand, but in the end, she cannot escape being sold. A trafficker’s rope drags her away from her homeland and casts her into the fabulously wealthy Tang household. Her exceptiona 37.3kReads9.2Score5kShelves
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  4. 54 Third Prince, Your Entire Family Is Dead! 三皇子,你全家死绝了! Ancient Romance94k WordsOngoing [Empowering Female Lead + Palace Intrigue + Heroine Topples an Entire Dynasty + Kind in Her Past Life, Villainess in This One + Ensemble Male Cast] Xie Fan died at the hands of the person she loved most. Her entire clan was wiped out, and she died without even a proper burial! Then Xie Fan lived again, reborn a year earlier, when her lover had yet to grow powerful and still had use for her. She decisively rejected the marriage, drew a clear line between them, and began plotting her revenge. Qi B 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  5. 55 Two Lives of Joy: The Duke's Legitimate Daughter Is Truly Unrestrained 两世欢:公府嫡女她是真的狂 Ancient Romance667k WordsCompleted (Rebirth power fantasy + married across two lifetimes + palace and household intrigue + political machinations) Ye Liujin once thought she was the happiest young lady in Shengjing. Her aunt was just one step away from becoming empress. Her elder brother was the illustrious Duke of Shanguo, commanding an army of two hundred thousand, while her elder sister was a brave and battle-hardened warrior admired by all, both in court and beyond. She herself had been betrothed in infancy to the Third Princ 29.9kReads9.0Score11.1kShelves
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  6. 56 The Princess Goes on a Killing Spree Every Day! 公主她每天都在嘎嘎乱杀! Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Female-led power fantasy + ruthless, unhinged heroine + an extreme “I’d rather betray others than let them betray me” mentality] Xuan Mingyao was reborn at the age of seven, back before anything had happened. Though she was the empress’s legitimate daughter, a princess treated like royalty, her younger brother, the crown prince, was about to die of illness. Her mother would soon be consumed by worry, grow estranged from the emperor, and eventually be deposed in the witchcraft scandal. Overnight 41kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
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  7. 57 The Pretty Palace Maid's Step-by-Step Rise to Empress 娇娇宫女,步步为后 Ancient Romance574k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue / not both partners’ first time / devoted love in the later story / not a strong heroine; the female lead cries easily and isn’t particularly clever, so don’t expect too much!] After three years in the palace, Yue Li has worked carefully and waited for a chance at promotion. Just before she is promoted, a palace maid sharing her room is sentenced to death for offending a consort. Thunder crashes and rain pours that night as blood spatters everywhere. Terrified, Yue Li cannot sle 20kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
  8. 58 Help! Why Is the Regent So Hopelessly in Love? 救命,摄政王怎么是恋爱脑? Ancient Romance264k WordsCompleted One-on-one romance, both chaste, both reborn, with precognition In her previous life, Luo Yuning pursued Regent Rong Shiyu obsessively and used every trick she could to marry him, only to be poisoned to death by her half-sister on her wedding day. As she lay dying, she thought he despised her for her scheming and would not even come to see her one last time. She never knew that he had been ambushed on the way to the wedding. Wounded and drenched in blood, he used the last of his strength to ru 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 59 A Beauty Like a Hook 美人如钩 Ancient Romance478k WordsCompleted [Thick-skinned disgraced crown prince × exceptionally talented palace maid] [Historical romance + palace intrigue + fictional setting + 1v1 + SC + HE + mind games + older woman-younger man romance] Love someone when you are young, then spend the rest of your life keeping her by your side. Her heart is like a hook turned upside down, making yours itch. Once the itch grows unbearable, she tears it away, leaving you covered in blood. Only then does she seem satisfied. And he, against all odds, was 662Reads9.3Score—Shelves
  10. 60 Reduced to a Fallen Minister, She Rises to Power with the Gentle Heir 沦为落魄权臣,她携温润世子上位 Ancient Romance273k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + court intrigue + fictional setting + loyal to each other, 1v1, happy ending] [Clear-headed, rational, ruthless female Grand Tutor × gentle, reserved, devoted young nobleman] In the twenty-third year of Tianyuan, the empress dies, and Ji Ran is summoned to take charge in the crisis. Instead, she is condemned to death and thrown into the imperial prison. The capital descends into chaos, and Ji Ran’s life hangs by a thread. If she wants to live, she must charge ahe 304Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  11. 61 Urgent Report, Your Highness! The Princess Consort Is Taking on the Cold, Power-Hungry Regent 报!王爷,王妃要干翻冷欲摄政王 Ancient Romance167k WordsCompleted [Both pure-hearted + both reborn + both yandere + playing the fool to catch the tiger] Yi Sheng was reborn. On the first day of her new life, she picked up a boy. “Want to stand above everyone else?” “I do.” “Then let’s take down the Regent!” The night they broke into the Regent’s residence, the boy, who had been Regent for two lifetimes, lounged lazily in a chair and smiled at her with a meaningful look. “Come on, take down the Regent.” * They say the Regent is ruthless and merciless, yet thre 740Reads9.1Score127Shelves
  12. 62 Plucking the Eunuch’s Branch 折宦枝 Ancient Romance205k WordsCompleted (Princess x real eunuch, both virgins, happy ending) _ In the twenty-eighth year of Tianrui under the Wan Jin dynasty, corrupt eunuchs hold power. With a marriage decree, the puppet ruler marries his most beloved daughter, Sheng Xitang, to Xiao Qingye, the Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial. On their wedding day, the princess kicks over the chair in front of Director Xiao. “Xiao Qingye, you should know your family’s ancestors must be rolling in their graves with joy that I agreed to marry 69.1kReads9.0Score8.6kShelves
  13. 63 Breaking Her Bewitching Bones 折她艳骨 Ancient Romance357k WordsCompleted Completed [Pure Historical Romance + Possessive Love + Amoral Hero with a Virtuous-Husband Side + Groveling Reunion + Dark, Angsty Romance with Sweet Moments] (Controlling! Goes mad with jealousy! Both are romantically inexperienced! A seemingly gentle but secretly dark, lovesick power minister vs. a resilient heroine who plans every step) Jiang Yu married the gentle and refined Chief Councillor. He cooked for her and combed her hair before the mirror. Because she was frail, he never went anywhe 11.5kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
  14. 64 Peace Under Heaven 天下长安 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Princess Yiyang of Dazhao is breathtakingly beautiful, ruthless, and cruel. While the late emperor still lived, she kept male favorites, amassed private troops, purged the imperial harem, and schemed for an heir. She was more brazen and domineering than the few useless princes. After the emperor died, she seized power, purged the court, killed senior officials, and placed a new emperor on the throne. She ruled as a woman who usurped a man’s role, controlled the court, and held the Son of Heaven 1.7kReads9.0Score206Shelves
  15. 65 The Empress Is Fierce: She Loves the Empire, Not Palace Scheming 皇后很野,只爱江山不宫斗 Ancient Romance451k WordsCompleted Political intrigue, historical romance, two strong leads, one-on-one romance, happy ending Both leads are highly skilled in combat and brilliant. They speak their minds, with no angst or melodrama. [Straight-laced, scheming emperor who can be either fierce or sweet x resilient and clever female general who never gives up] Ye Fubo is exceptionally gifted. Before turning eighteen, she is already a leading commander in the navy. But people are treacherous and the court is full of intrigue. A precio 1.1kReads9.1Score146Shelves
  16. 66 Eight Giant Serpents from the Start: The Imperial Princess Returns to Court and Drives the Gu Wild 开局八条大蛇,帝姬回朝蛊疯了 Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted [Ruthless, unhinged imperial princess / fierce, cunning wolf-dog chancellor; political schemes; love and hate; Miaojiang sorcery; giant snake, cat, and bird; strong male lead, even stronger female lead; both leads sexually pure] Tingyun clawed her way back from a hell of slaughter to avenge her mother and make peace with her past self. She painstakingly raised venomous creatures and snakes, outmaneuvered everyone to seize power in Nanjiang, then swept through Daxie with the bloodthirsty fury of 100Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  17. 67 The Sweet, Cozy Days My Husband and I Share 我与夫君的甜暖日常 Ancient Romance130k WordsCompleted [Published, both pure, devoted love, a scheming treacherous minister falls for me] As a princess of a fallen kingdom, I always thought the treacherous minister Jiang Xun was hiding remnants of the former dynasty so he could kill me. Who could have guessed he'd marry me, protect me, dote on me, and want to spend the rest of his life with me? Was the story really supposed to unfold this way?! Weren't Jiang Xun, my sworn enemy, and I supposed to love and fight each other, forever at odds? Just as I 488Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  18. 68 The Jester 弄臣 Ancient Romance83k WordsCompleted [Yunyuan, a cold, deep and double-sided empress, vs. Du Weisheng, a gentle, scheming and double-sided scholar] [Historical romance + high-quality novel + love and hate + mutual salvation + palace intrigue + empress + beautiful but tragic + court power struggles + female supremacy] Empress Yunyuan seized power by murdering her father and took the throne by harming her brother. She appoints only her own people, brings disgrace to the imperial palace, and keeps hundreds upon hundreds of male favori 3.3kReads9.2Score316Shelves
  19. 69 A Wolf's Cunning Heart 狼子冶心 Ancient Romance435k WordsCompleted [Political intrigue + two powerful leads + love and rivalry + happy ending, slow burn but satisfying] Lan San went to Tonglu Pass looking for trouble, but the tables turned on her in no time. Her wary rival played her, and she ended up getting involved with him. Eventually, she had no choice but to stab Xu Lin in the back and disappear. When they meet again, the Qilin War God stops playing nice and uses the entire court to force her into marriage. Lan San knows he's up to no good, but she can't 673Reads8.9Score100Shelves
  20. 70 Mistakenly Fallen into the Dust 误尘鸾 Ancient Romance950k WordsCompleted He is a savage steppe invader; she is a renowned defender of the city. A wall stands between them, and they are enemies for life. He breaks her leg; she kicks in his ribs. She pushes him off a cliff; he tries to drag her down with him. They clash at every turn, and neither will rest until the other is dead. Back then, he was a low-ranking firefighter impeached and demoted, while she was a lame tofu seller. Then one day, a mutiny turned everything upside down. In the end, she became the wildest, 299Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  21. 71 One Man, One Minister 一人臣 Ancient Romance88k WordsCompleted In everyone’s eyes, Ji Ya was a brutal, debauched empress. To the great general Mo Lengzun, she was also a scheming, selfish, and sinister villain! But none of them knew she was terminally ill and had little time left... Everything she did was for the people of Donghao. Even as she died, everyone still hated her... 411Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  22. 72 Boundless 无疆 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 1.6kReads9.0Score154Shelves
  23. 73 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河,贵妃不想负责 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 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 43.9kReads9.5Score5kShelves
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  24. 74 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 70.3kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves
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  25. 75 Palace Intrigue System: I Become the Emperor’s Favorite 宫斗系统:我成了陛下心尖宠 Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted [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 518Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  26. 76 The Stepmother Forgives, the Rebellious Son Admits His Guilt 嫡母宽恕,逆子知罪 Ancient Romance357k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + historical romance + household intrigue + revenge + face-slapping the scum] In her previous life, Shi Jinyu was buried alive as a sacrifice. The Shi family was falsely accused of treason: her grandfather was imprisoned, her parents were murdered on the way into exile, and her elder brother was mutilated and left to die. After being reborn, Shi Jinyu takes revenge with her own hands on the people who framed the entire Shi family. But the man she kills is the illegitimate son she person 35Reads—Score—Shelves
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  27. 77 I Thought the Imperial Palace Was a Prison, but the Emperor Held Me by the Waist and Spoiled Me 原以深宫似海,却被帝王锁腰娇宠 Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + Empress + Devoted couple and sweet romance + Male lead has planned this for a long time + Not a serious palace-intrigue story] Lu Zhiyuan is the cherished youngest daughter of the Duke of Dingguo’s household. She is exquisitely beautiful, with an accomplished elder brother who supports the family’s prestige and a second elder sister skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting who brings the family honor. She has no need to contribute anything to the family, and 17.5kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
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  28. 78 The Little Poison Doctor 毒医小狂妃 Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted Ye Xiaoxiao, a medical prodigy of the 21st century, excelled in both Chinese and Western medicine and won every major international medical award while still young. No one could have imagined that she would die in an accidental fall while chasing a celebrity! The medical community wailed in grief: handsome men really are a hazard... After transmigrating, Ye Xiaoxiao wakes to find herself as Ye Yaoyao, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Jin’s family. From then on, she saves lives with her med 12.7kReads9.1Score930Shelves
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  29. 79 My Emperor Is So Adorable 吾皇多娇媚 Ancient Romance134k WordsOngoing Two powerful leads locked in an ultimate push and pull + laugh-out-loud, sizzling chemistry + political scheming + melodrama + dark scheming + court intrigue + humor + ensemble cast The emperor transmigrates into the body of the wife of a duke’s heir. To uncover the truth, she gets close to her own husband. 632Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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  30. 80 A Concubine's Rise to Power in the Imperial Harem 深宫庶女上位记 Ancient Romance416k WordsCompleted She was the illegitimate daughter of a fifth-rank official, and one day she entered the palace as a consort; The struggle was not confined to men. The battles between women were always the cruelest of all; These women were intelligent, beautiful, and well-born; For love, wealth, and power beyond compare, they fought each other to the death, even turning against their own sisters and leaving their youth and beauty amid the red walls and green-tiled roofs of the palace; 1.9kReads8.4Score105Shelves
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  31. 81 The Rose Beauty of Empresses in the Palace 甄嬛传之玫瑰美人 Ancient Romance3.4M WordsOngoing Must-read warnings before you start! 1️⃣ The heroine is brainless, a pure, pretty vase, and she will not get smarter. Read carefully before you dive in!! I said she won't change!! Anyone who comes in just to insult me gets blocked. 2️⃣ Fans of Huan, Lingrong, or Yixiu should probably skip Volume One. If you finish it and still come to my comments to run your mouths, you'll all get blocked. Don't come here to annoy me. 3️⃣ Aside from Volume Two, none of the other volumes start out with the hero d 19.1kReads9.4Score720Shelves
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  32. 82 A Journey Through TV Dramas: The Empress's Allure 综影视之娘娘娇媚 Female-Channel Fanfiction3.6M WordsCompleted [(The rating is low because it was just released~) Satisfying story + everyone’s favorite + quick transmigration into TV dramas + no romance] Yaoyao is a fox immortal who has cultivated for thousands of years, but lately she’s become obsessed with a new pastime: watching TV dramas. Over time, Yaoyao discovered that she could sense the characters’ feelings and thoughts. After thousands of idle years, Yaoyao was finally intrigued. She would take on their identities and give these stories a differe 6.6kReads6.8Score232Shelves
  33. 83 Fairy-Like Heroines! She Wields Her Beauty in TV Dramas 妖精女主!她在影视剧恃美而娇 Female-Channel Fanfiction3.8M WordsOngoing Beauty that captivates all, wealth and glory: the carefree life of a beautiful fox spirit heroine. Linlang was a lily of the valley growing in a secluded valley. After a century of cultivation, she became a spirit, but while undergoing a trial, she was struck by heavenly lightning and sent to another world. Thus began a marvelous journey through time, in which she became the most adored woman in television dramas, relying on her beauty to live as she pleased and dazzling everyone she met. World 42.2kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
  34. 84 Film and TV Crossover: She Has All the World's Love 综影视:她集三千宠爱于一身 Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Lin Ruan was an actress who always played the second female lead. During a scene where she had to fall into the water, an accident suddenly happened, and she died young. Fortunately, she encountered the Favorite Consort System, which gave her a chance to be reborn. To live again, Lin Ruan transmigrated with the System into one TV drama after another, helping supporting actresses turn their lives around and escape their tragic fates!!! (Only supporting actresses in palace-intrigue dramas.) The fe 724Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  35. 85 Raising Children as Consort Xi in the Qing Dynasty 清穿之熹贵妃养崽日常 Ancient Romance862k WordsCompleted [A max-level green tea who treats men like bosses and sweet-talks them while focusing on raising her child, the Imperial Noble Consort VS Yongzheng, a cold-faced prince to outsiders but a cute, proud tsundere at home; Qing Dynasty setting, palace intrigue, Consort Xi, adorable child, feel-good story] After raising a baby for two months, Qian Shengyan found out he was actually Qianlong. She immediately decided to lie back and let things work out in her favor. ...Then the baby nearly died. Terrifi 754Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  36. 86 Palace Beauty 宫姝 Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted 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. 12.7kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
  37. 87 After Transmigrating to the Qing Dynasty, Fourth Master Has Three Babies in a Year 清穿后四爷一年抱仨 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A wealthy young woman from modern times is reborn in the Qing Dynasty during the Kangxi era after a car accident, becoming Wanyan Wunaxi. With a loving mother, a doting father, and a crowd of protective older brothers, plus a portable pocket dimension, she has a life of pure bliss. All she needs to do is get passed over in the palace selection and marry some honest fellow. Then her life will be complete. Who knew the transmigration god would play a joke on her? An imperial edict comes crashing d 24.8kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
  38. 88 The Pampered Little Noble Consort 娇养小贵妃 Ancient Romance379k WordsCompleted Shen Si was only the daughter of a fourth-rank prefect. The only reason Prince Kang took an interest in her was her beauty. When she refused to submit to him, he framed her father and brother. Just as she was about to take her own life, unable to bear the humiliation any longer, the emperor swept her into his arms. To avenge her father and brother, she joined the imperial harem and tried every means at her disposal, yet still met her end there. Reborn, she gained the ability to enter other peopl 1.1kReads8.9Score107Shelves
  39. 89 Reborn, I’ll Make the Prince Dote on His Concubine and Cast Aside His Wife 重生归来,我要王爷宠妾灭妻 Ancient Romance225k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + strong heroine + household intrigue + secret identity + political schemes + marriage before love] A medical doctoral student accidentally transmigrates into the body of the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter, only to become an ill-favored concubine in the prince’s household. Proud by nature, she only wants to live in peace, but the prince deliberately neglects her, and the principal wife keeps stirring up trouble. With nowhere left to turn, she decides to fight back. This tim 10Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 90 Matriarchy: Resigning from the Golden Palace 女尊:辞金阙 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted He asked, “Does the Imperial Princess only make use of me? Is there not a trace of genuine feeling in her heart?” He said, “Your Highness, rest easy. Even if it costs me my life, I will bring Youzhou City back for you!” He said, “My wife, don’t frown. It’s only money. The He family will pay for it and help you unify the Nine Provinces.” He said, “Jiang Li, I already lost you once. This time, even if I die, I won’t let go of your hand.” They all asked her the same question: “Does Your Highness ha 26kReads9.1Score4.6kShelves
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  41. 91 Lucky to Have Met Your Peach-Blossom Face 幸得识卿桃花面 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Wei Qing transmigrated. Her principle was simple: if you can settle it with your fists, don't waste your breath. 11.2kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
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  42. 92 The Spy Phoenix: Always One Step Ahead 谍凰,防不胜防 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 18Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 93 After Entering the Palace, the Obsessive Emperor Dotes on Consort Yuan 入宫后,偏执皇上盛宠元妃娘娘 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [A violent emperor + a feigning-fool, ruthless concubine-born daughter + not mutually exclusive in the early stages + favored above the entire harem later] An Qingyu was the fourth daughter of the prime minister. Her mother, Concubine Lan Yue, had been brought into the household as the prime minister’s wife’s dowry maid. As a concubine-born daughter, An Qingyu had grown up at the First Madam’s side, keeping her head down and ingratiating herself, just like Concubine Lan. Then a twist of fate rui 2.3kReads9.0Score269Shelves
  44. 94 A Noble Clan's Splendor: The Commandery Princess Is Quite the Charmer 世族惊华:郡主如此多娇 Ancient Romance286k WordsCompleted The great clans hold sway in the Sui Dynasty. She is the only legitimate daughter of a prince of a different surname who commands a million troops, and the beloved Princess Yichun of Yunzhong. Yet the Empress Dowager summons her to the capital to arrange a marriage, for the whole realm fears her power. A little bird raised in the countryside is brought to a cage meant to keep her captive. He is the eldest legitimate son of the Wang clan of Langya, the foremost of the ten great clans. Though he p 455Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  45. 95 The Wicked Supporting Actress Is Reborn and Wins at Life 恶毒女配重生后躺赢了 Ancient Romance622k WordsCompleted 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 16.7kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
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  46. 96 The Beloved Healer: The Mad Crown Prince’s Forced Love 娇宠医女:疯批太子强制爱 Ancient Romance211k WordsCompleted (Both leads are devoted to each other + possessive pursuit + long-laid plans + the male lead desperately tries to win her back + the male lead falls for her on his own) [A delicate, timid yet hard-hearted white lotus X a sinister, ruthless, obsessive crown prince who falls under her spell] Ye Yaoyao is peerlessly beautiful, sweet and gentle. The darling youngest disciple of her sect, she was so pampered that she would not even step on an ant. To save her seriously wounded senior brother, she des 88Reads—Score110Shelves
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  47. 97 She Was Given as a Gift 做为礼物的她 Ancient Romance3.1M 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 541Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  48. 98 The Crown Prince's Beloved Concubine 东宫宠妾 Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Cool, celibate Crown Prince x Sweet, slim, easygoing concubine] Lin Jinxu is as lovely as a hibiscus, her beauty impossible to hide. Her slender waist, delicate enough to fit in one hand, is famed throughout the capital. Sadly, in her previous life, she trusted the wrong person and married her hypocritical cousin. She died before turning twenty, and took the entire Lin family down with her. Reborn, Lin Jinxu wants nothing more than to coast through life, eat well, and grow old in pe 6.9kReads8.5Score578Shelves
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  49. 99 The Palace Maid's Lush Beauty Softens the Emperor's Heart 宫女美艳娇软,皇帝缓放心尖 Ancient Romance495k WordsCompleted The day the Grand Tutor’s residence was raided, Jiang Xi escaped with her younger sister. But an arrow had wounded her sister’s leg, leaving her unable to walk. To survive, Jiang Xi had no choice but to enter the palace as a cleaning maid. But her sister’s leg was getting worse, and with her current status, there was no way she could get her treated. Just then, the Empress Dowager was selecting maids to attend to the emperor. Jiang Xi pretended to fall and successfully got herself sent to the Ha 537Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  50. 100 Wanfeng Palace 菀凤宫 Ancient Romance282k WordsCompleted [Doesn’t love the emperor + aims to become Empress Dowager + wants her own child to be crown prince + later receives exclusive devotion + palace intrigue, eliminates every consort in the harem] Note: They are not mutually faithful at first. The heroine gradually wins the emperor over with her schemes and tactics. Jiang Zhiwan was a general’s daughter who studied the art of poisoning, then accidentally poisoned herself to death. She transmigrated into a different fictional era, only to 400Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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