Palace Intrigue Novels Where the Female Lead Is Neither Transmigrated nor Reborn, but a Favored Consort 女主不是穿越或者重生，是宠妃的宫斗小说
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The Sickly Crown Prince's Darling 病娇太子的掌中欢
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
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The Daily Records of Consort Xi 熙贵妃起居注
Shen Tingnian has nothing going for her except a pretty face. As the Grandson's Concubine, she always wore a cold, world-weary expression around everyone, saying only that the days and nights in the Palace of Guanghan were endless, and that the human world would remain the same with or without her. As the Crown Prince's Concubine, she brazenly did as she pleased with the Crown Prince during the late emperor's mourning period, causing endless strife and bloodshed. As Noble Consort Xi, she set her
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- 3 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
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Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝
[Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor
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- 5 The Spoiled Consort's Road to Glory 娇气包娘娘的荣华路 Sweet romance! Undivided love! She’s doted on to the max! [The heroine is cunning, a little black lotus hidden beneath a rabbit’s skin] [The hero has a harem and isn’t chaste, but once he meets the heroine, he devotes himself to her alone in a one-on-one romance] The third young lady of the Sheng’an Marquis’s household, born to his secondary wife, was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Sweet and clever, she knew how to win favor. Her grandmother and father favored her, and even her legitimate 13.4kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
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Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责
Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied
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Reborn, the Noble Consort Only Wants to Be the Villain 重生后贵妃她只想当反派
[Mutual devotion + sweet romance + no angst] After being reborn, Ye Jiujiu takes her brash, don’t-mess-with-me attitude to the extreme: She kicks the meticulously dressed Consort Li into the water; She slips laxatives into the tea of the coquettish Consort Yun; She wreaks havoc at the flower-viewing banquet the Empress painstakingly prepared; The consorts all rush to the emperor to complain: The cool, dignified emperor says, “I established this harem solely to give the Noble Consort something to
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- 8 The Spoiled Consort Holds the Emperor’s Heart All to Herself 作精娘娘她独揽圣心 (Don't click in if you want to avoid this: the heroine is a silly, naive sweetheart, she's stupid, and this is a practice piece. It's not good.) Nalan Cairen, spurned by the emperor for two years, has won his favor again! The news sent porcelain crashing in the harem for an entire day! (Any similarities are purely coincidental.) Nalan Huiyin accepts her transmigration without a fuss. The original owner was abused, left hungry and poorly clothed. But now that she's transmigrated here, she's liv 245Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 9 The Favored Consort Only Wants to Cling to the Powerful 宠妃她只想抱大腿 The first thing Song Qingyi did after transmigrating into a book was cling to the villainous male lead. The second was figure out how to escape the tragic fate written for her, and the third was do everything she could to stay alive until the ending. In reality, though, after seeing that the plot was impossible to change, the gloomy, sharp-tongued scaredy-cat decided to give up and coast through life, only to be hauled to her feet by the breathtakingly handsome, chuunibyou emperor. “Get up. Keep 80Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 10 Palace Beauty 宫姝 She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined. 8.4kReads9.2Score950Shelves
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The Poisonous Consort 一品毒妃
Su Ziyu is a poison-medicine doctoral expert from the twenty-second century, undefeated in the art of poison and unmatched among poison doctors. But fate had other plans. In an instant, she transmigrated thousands of years into the past, to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, becoming Su Ziyu, the cowardly, weak-willed, foolish concubine-born daughter of the prime minister’s household. Imprisoned, with her birth mother dead, her stepmother persecuting her, and her sisters poisoning her, she faces a brutal
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The Reborn Legitimate Daughter: My Empress Always Wants to Run Away 嫡女重生，朕的皇后总想逃
Blind once, miserable forever. Reborn, Shen Shu vows to open her eyes and stay alert to fires, thieves, and scumbags! The scumbag and his mistress severed the tendons in her hands and feet, killed her eldest son, harmed her eldest daughter, and ruined her youngest daughter! Ha! She'll settle every last one of those scores! The scumbag wants to climb the social ladder? Then she'll ruin his reputation and leave him disgraced! The mistress is vicious? Then she'll tear off that pretty mask! But whil
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- 13 Spoiled by All: The Reborn Nobleman's Wife 盛宠，重生世子妃 He's the foolish heir to a prince's estate, disabled and gloomy, but no one knows that he's the kingpin who controls the underworld! She's the useless legitimate daughter of a marquis's household. She loves playing the fool while hiding her true abilities, and she'll stop at nothing to change the dynasty! Reborn five years after her tragic death, Han Jinyu swears: “Whoever bullies me, I'll destroy. Whoever humiliates me, I'll cripple!” 10Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 14 Reborn in the Imperial Harem: The Empress's Scheme 后宫重生：皇后谋 After being framed for plotting against a royal heir, she was sent to the cold palace. Someone was determined to keep her from ever seeing daylight again, and a cup of poisoned wine was sent to end her life. As she lay dying, she finally learned who had harmed her and why, despite being the emperor’s sole favorite for six years, she had borne no children. She drank the poison, consumed by hatred, but her soul did not perish. She was reborn six years earlier, just as the imperial decree summoning 14Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn: The Peerless Beloved Consort 重生之绝世宠妃 As the legitimate daughter of the Prince’s household, she is brilliant in both strategy and martial arts. She gives a scoundrel years of devoted support, helping him ascend the throne, only to be locked away in the Cold Palace in return. Reborn, she vows to repay every grudge and settle every score. She derails the scoundrel’s path to the throne and exposes the vicious hypocrisy of his lover, leaving them no chance to rise again. The scoundrel confesses his love? She kicks him aside. The wicke 15Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 16 Spring Deepens in Bianjing 汴京春深 [Audio version now available, welcome to listen] Madam Rongguo, Wang Fu, devoted herself to her family until she fell gravely ill and died. She was reborn in the body of Meng Jiuniang, a foolish illegitimate daughter who was only seven years old. In her previous life, her husband became her uncle in this life, and her son became her cousin. In this life, Meng Wan had a simple wish: to live peacefully and watch her son, her cousin Su Fang in this life, grow up safe and sound. But as she and a gro 18.9kReads9.5Score2.4kShelves
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Palace Intrigue: The Story of Qing Zhi 深宫策·青栀传
Her eyes can see through sinister tricks and schemes, but she cannot fully see the changes in people's hearts. His hands hold the fate of all under heaven, yet all he wants is to hold on to the few who truly care for him. How far is it from being the daughter of a powerful official distrusted by the emperor to becoming a virtuous empress remembered throughout history? Once she enters the imperial palace, her past ties are severed. Half a lifetime of ups and downs conceals the green of the garden
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A Hundred Ways to Win the Emperor's Heart in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧
Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen
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- 19 The Spoiled Concubine's Daily Death Wish 宠妾作死日常 You have to die once to realize what you’ve missed, especially in a back courtyard full of endless intrigue! Before the selection, Wanyan Wanxi was the apple of her family’s eye. After she was chosen and entered the imperial household, she remembered her mother’s teachings: respect the principal consort and tread carefully in everything. She never sought the limelight. But who could have guessed that this very respect and sense of propriety would lead to her downfall? Returning to the beginnin 3.6kReads8.8Score260Shelves
- 20 There’s a Kind of Harem Called Consort De 有种后宫叫德妃 All Wu Yalanqi wants in this life is to be a good palace maid. To become one, she's even willing to risk her life and trick the emperor. Certain she's doomed, she opens her eyes and finds herself lying on the imperial bed... Everyone thinks she's nothing but a pawn the emperor is using to spite his new empress and the court officials after the death of his beloved first wife. But Xuanye cherishes this pawn in the palm of his hand, and keeps her there for a lifetime. 2.3kReads9.0Score229Shelves
- 21 Empress of the Xie Family 谢家皇后 In her first year in the palace, she is a Talented Lady. In her fifth, she is a Jieyu. In her tenth, she wants to become empress. As empress, she can hold on to everything she treasures and keep it from being taken away. She can protect herself and her child, and she can... stay by his side. This is a road with only one direction: take a single step back, and all will be lost. The bright yellow ceremonial parasol moves forward, and the emperor's procession slowly enters the city gate. A yellow p 8.9kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
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The Princess Consort’s Endless Affection 妃常宠溺
He died for love, with no regrets to his last breath. She let go of her hatred, only to realize she had loved him deeply. Being reborn is not a fated cycle, but a chance granted by Heaven! She was reborn for her parents, her family, and the man who cherished her beyond measure. He was reborn for the wish engraved in his heart: to love her for a lifetime and cherish her forever.
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- 23 Reborn as the Crown Princess's Beloved 重生之盛宠太子妃 In her previous life, she was framed and suffered the confiscation of her family’s property and the slaughter of her entire clan. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the year she was fourteen. Everything that had happened in her previous life had yet to happen. This time, she would protect her parents, keep her brother safe, and safeguard the vast holdings of the Duke of Yu’s estate from prying eyes! She would kill gods and Buddhas alike! Every step carefully plotted, all for her —Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 24 Your Highness, Your Beloved Consort Is Reborn 王爷，您的宠妃重生了 She was the daughter of the Minister of the Central Secretariat, living a carefree life of comfort, until a false accusation led to her entire family being executed. She narrowly escaped, only to fall into the brothel’s living hell. Stricken with illness and cast aside, she was on the verge of death when he rescued her without a hint of disgust. He taught her martial arts and poisoncraft, and she swore to serve him unto death. For his sake, she would kill everyone in the world. Little did she kn 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Favorite Consort System: Host, Get Up and Fight for the Throne 宠妃系统：宿主起来宫斗啦
Leng Xiqing transmigrates and binds herself to a System. Hoping to return to her real life, she strives to become a favored consort, then the empress! Everyone tells her, “Don’t fall in love with him. Don’t fall in love with him.” But she never imagined that in the end, she would lose both her freedom and her heart. Even after returning to the modern world, she cannot tell whether it all really happened or was only a dream. The magnificent palace was like a prison, trapping her loved ones and ki
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Reborn as the Empress Dowager, I Just Want to Take It Easy 穿成太后只想咸鱼
“Pay attention: this is a story with a strong female lead, no male lead, and no romance.” After transmigrating, she became the most exalted woman in Yun Zhao. She thought she could live a carefree life of wealth and luxury, but danger closed in from every side, with pitfalls everywhere. It was not just her reputation at stake, but her life. The emperor dreams of ruling in his own right? Here, take the imperial seal. Go play by yourself, kid! The consorts are fighting for power in the palace? Tos
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- 27 The Discarded Princess Consort Is a Born Actress 下堂王妃是戏精 She thought that once she was divorced, she’d be free to live it up. But before her romantic adventures could even get started, that ridiculous prince showed up to make trouble. At first: “Su Ying, you stole my underpants?!” Su Ying replied, “You stumbled around last night, lifted the wrong roof tiles, and climbed into the wrong bed, barging into a beauty’s room... As for your underpants? I sold them to pay for the roof beam!” Then: “Su Ying, why does my room smell like you? Especially the bed?” 273Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 28 Reborn to Scheme for a Flourishing Era 重生之盛世妃谋 To preserve her family's honor, she is sent into the palace to help her aunt, the favored consort, win the emperor's favor and seize power, and to put her own cousin on the throne. Who could have guessed that he would turn around and marry her cousin as his empress? After exhausting every scheme, she ends up losing her closest kin to a tragic death. Then, amid a great fire, she returns to the days before she entered the palace. Lou Huayu gazes at the enemies from her past life, lowers her head, 333Reads8.3Score109Shelves
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The Hilarious Empress: I'm Getting Remarried 爆笑皇后：本宫要改嫁
“You beast, stay back!” His beloved consort had cowered in the corner of the bed again, looking utterly aggrieved. The emperor silently rubbed his forehead. He was a mighty ruler, wise and valiant, handsome and charming, yet he had married an empress who did nothing but get into trouble every day. Not only did he have to clean up her messes and take his mother’s scoldings on her behalf, but she also went around accusing him of being a beast who forced himself on her. If she still wouldn’t let hi
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No Match for the Imperial Uncle’s Beauty 不及皇叔貌美
The man she had loved for ten years was going to burn her alive so he could marry someone else! Just before she died, someone appeared from the sky and rescued her from the flames. “I’ll help you with anything you want,” Shen Guyuan said. “As long as you find true love in the end.” “I want revenge!” Chi Yu gritted her teeth. “I’ll make that pair of cheating bastards pay in blood!” But revenge was one thing. A woman this fierce still had no prospects for marriage. Shen Guyuan was worried, so he t
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- 31 The System's a Clown, I Make Things Worse: Rebellious to the Core 系统沙雕我添堵，一身反骨离大谱 They came from distinguished families and were beautiful, talented, and exceptional. But whenever they crossed paths with the male and female leads, they became brainless cannon fodder, burning themselves up to make the leads’ romance flourish until their dying breath. And now Gu Mo has become all those women from countless novels. System: Boss, you can face-slap the villains and break up those couples! Go get ’em! Gu Mo: I’m awesome! I can do this! Much later, the System stares in bewilderment 37.5kReads9.1Score3kShelves
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Book Transmigration: I Throw Myself Into the Villain’s Arms and Cuddle 穿书：扑到反派怀里撒个娇
[Complete] [Both leads are devoted to each other, sweet romance, a queen of smooth talk x a shy, possessive prince] Gu Qingqing transmigrates into a book, only to find she's a cannon-fodder character who won't survive past chapter five! Even worse, she's married to the story's great villain! To stay alive, she's quick with sweet talk, groveling, and flattery! Wait! What happened to the violent, bloodthirsty villain? Who's this adorable man blushing at the slightest flirtation? The original male
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- 33 The Regent's Uncle's Little One Is Begging for Affection Again 摄政王皇叔家的崽崽又撒娇了 [Complete] In her previous life, Murujin devoted herself to the crown prince, only to have her position as empress taken away, her military seal confiscated, and a cup of poisoned wine sent to kill her in the Cold Palace. Three years later, Murujin is reborn. She swears to overthrow the emperor and plunge the kingdom into chaos! Word has it that the usually aloof Prince Regent Qi Junxian now has a willful little girl by his side, one who sweetly calls him "Uncle Emperor." "Your Highness! The you 17.7kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
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The First Illegitimate Daughter: Power and Favor in a Golden Age 盛世权宠第一庶妃
“Nishang, you've given birth to the child. If you want to see him, go to the underworld. He's waiting for you there!” On the brink of death, she wanted one last look at her child. Instead, she was met with his devilish voice! For fifteen years, she gave everything she had. In the end, it was all an illusion. Nishang collapsed in a pool of blood, dying with her eyes open! After losing her life, the daughter of a concubine returns! When she opens her eyes again, she's once more subjected to the hu
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- 35 The Abandoned Empress Is Reborn: The Emperor Insists on Spoiling Me 弃后重生：奈何皇上要宠我 In her previous life, she was forced into the palace's power struggles, and it all ended in tragedy. Reborn, she has a doting father, a loving mother and sister, the Empress Dowager's protection, the palace attendants' respect, and close girlfriends to while away the days with. As for the emperor? He can go amuse himself! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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Glory Everlasting 昭华未央
Caiyu Xie Yuniang wins the emperor’s favor because she bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Ahu. After a series of struggles, Yuniang finally ascends to the empress’s throne. But Emperor Qianyuan does not know that his beloved Yuniang is actually Ahu, the daughter of General Shen Rulan, who was executed on charges of treason. Ahu entered the palace to clear her father’s name and overturn the unjust conviction that led to his death. Watch as this calculating woman born and raised in her own w
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Your Highness, the Princess Consort Is Reborn Again! 王爷，王妃又重生了！
Mu Xi always thought her older sister was her closest family, until her sister tortured her to death. Only then did she realize that power was the greatest source of security. After being reborn for the thousandth and first time, she found herself facing a man gazing at her tenderly and asking if she had been reborn again. Who was he? Whatever. In this new life, Mu Xi had a clear plan. First, marry off to another kingdom. Second, amass wealth. Third, save Northern Di and become empress! Mu Xi's
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- 38 The Beloved Consort 宠妃天下 For one man, she gambled her entire family’s future, only to bring about their ruin and extermination. The man she thought was her savior was the one who dragged her into hell, destroying her innocence and shattering her love. If that’s how it is, then she, who crawled out of hell, swears to destroy everything he has with her own hands! Love was a sacrifice to my reckless youth! Yet on her path to revenge, that simple, kind young prince slowly devours her whole. By the time she thinks to defend 449Reads8.7Score103Shelves
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The Prince's Beloved: The Noble Lady Is So Charming 嫡王盛宠：贵女如此多娇
In her previous life, Lu Wanning had everything other women could envy. Unfortunately, she played a winning hand so badly that she ruined it all. Given a second life, she has no idea what it means to keep a low profile. Lu Wanning: “What’s humility? Can you eat it? What’s swallowing your anger? Can you eat that? What’s a handsome young man? Huh? That one might be worth having…” Chu Jinyao cuts off Lu Wanning, whose mouth is practically watering, his face dark. “You can’t.”
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The Empress Dowager Who Ruled the Nation 倾国太后
She transmigrated straight into a marriage with an emperor on his deathbed? Who could have guessed that by the next day, Long Zhanyan would be elevated to empress dowager, forcing her scumbag father and wicked mother to kneel and bow while the emperor himself bent down to greet her? There was only one word for it: glorious! But the Regent looked at her strangely... “How many men have you had before?” “Half of one. He died afterward.” “Good! If he hadn’t died, I’d make sure he met an even worse
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