A Real Eunuch, a Ruthless Power Broker, Yet Still Loved 真太监，阴暗权臣，却也有人爱

1. 1 殿 Your Highness, the Cruel Chief Eunuch Is Crying Again 殿下，阴狠督主他又哭了 Fortune Favors the Brave命运眷顾勇敢之人Ancient Romance209k WordsOngoing [Female-dom male romance + transmigrate into a book + romance + a eunuch puppy] Note: The male lead is a real eunuch. Nothing will grow back! [Beautiful, clever, and courageous princess who transmigrates into a book and takes charge X self-effacing, secretly loves her, villainous chief eunuch] Jiang Li is an employee of the Time Management Bureau. Her current mission is to enter the world of a book and stop the fated heroine from absorbing the small world’s fortune, ensuring the world remains st 24.8kReads8.1Score4kShelves

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   These are pretty good too! 1. It's GB, the writing is decent, the male lead is very charming. 2. Oh my god, this one is absolutely amazing! Warning: The female lead is impure, the main wife is a eunuch, both the crown prince and the emperor love the female lead, and the female lead's impurity is due to being given to the emperor. These are plot issues, but the premise is very appealing. 3. 1V2, not bad! I prefer the ancestor a little more. 4. It's so good! But I don't really like the second male lead's character. 5 And 7, I forgot the plot, I read them a long time ago. 6, It's really good! 8, It's divine... I don't want to say more, it's my favorite.

2. 2 与 Entangled with a Eunuch 与太监缠绵 Shiluo Niang什洛娘Ancient Romance391k WordsOngoing [Actual eunuch | Coercive love | Feudal patriarch | Oppressive power] [Wicked, deranged eunuch × resilient, adorable palace maid] -- Shen Zhi transmigrated to a dynasty that wasn't even recorded in the history books. She became the crown prince's bed-warming servant, pouring tea and fetching water by day and warming his bed at night. Because the consorts' cats were always bullying her, people even gave her the name "A Yu" to humiliate her. In the deep palace, she never had enough to eat or 204kReads8.6Score30.7kShelves
3. 3 死 The Eunuch’s Beloved in the Palm of His Hand 死太监的掌心宠 Crumbling Blossom Pastry残花酥Ancient Romance294k WordsOngoing The manhua adaptations of The Palm-Print Lord's Darling and Fragrance in His Palm are now online. The low number of readers is because I stopped updating. A sinister, sensitive, smiling fox of a man X a hammy, foodie country girl (True eunuch + married first, love later + chasing his wife + sweet romance + lighthearted daily life + not a power-fantasy heroine story + 1V2) Jin Duoyin was terribly unlucky. Not only was her name rustic, but her life was hard, too. She thought she was marrying into 34.8kReads8.8Score5.2kShelves
4. 4 掌 The Palace Seal Bearer Is Soft on the Gentle, Tough on the Tough 掌印吃软不吃硬 Like a Gray Hound如苍狗Ancient Romance350k WordsOngoing The animated series has launched: The Eunuch Prefers Softness to Force and The Eunuch Wants More Money When His Heart Is Stirred [Brooding Chief Eunuch VS sociable little con artist + one-on-one romance + both leads are inexperienced] Wen Xinxin was an utterly ordinary office worker. After dying from overwork, she transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder woman in a brothel, one who had just been strangled to death by Yin Nian, the eunuch chief of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs. The 14kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
5. 5 嫁 Marrying a Eunuch 嫁宦 Beautiful Lady美人娘Ancient Romance203k WordsCompleted Bright, vivacious heiress x prickly, arrogant eunuch - Lin Jinran grew up surrounded by every luxury, spending money like water. Her motto in life was simple: When life is good, enjoy it to the fullest. She had a secret: she had admired someone in secret for many years. He had a terrible reputation and a terrible character. Everyone hated him, and everyone feared him. Worse still, he was a castrated eunuch. But she always remembered the gentle, jade-like boy next door from her childhood, who fol 44.9kReads9.1Score7.1kShelves

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   This book is a masterpiece, featuring a charming and bright young lady versus a ruthless and effeminate eunuch. They are childhood sweethearts, with the male lead being insecure and eccentric, while the female lead makes a steadfast choice. The writing is excellent and avoids clichés.

6. 6 替 I Took My Sister's Place and Married the Eunuch Lord 替姐姐嫁给九千岁 Oil-Run Salted Egg咸蛋流油Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other’s first and only + exclusive devotion + sisters swap marriages + ruthless Chief Eunuch vs. easygoing beauty] Jiang Yunshu transmigrates into the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Xiping’s household. She has food and shelter and can laze around to her heart’s content. All she wants is to remain an invisible nobody in the marquis’s household forever. Her legitimate older sister, Jiang Zhaohua, is famous throughout the capital. A decree from the palace summons her 28.4kReads9.2Score3kShelves
7. 7 重 After I Was Reborn, I Eloped with the Ailing Eunuch Governor 重生后我拐跑了病弱督公 Cheng Yuan程遇安Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete. Visit my homepage for more novels with the same delicious angst for the male lead!] [Rebirth + angst for the male lead + doting husband + healing + true eunuch] In her previous life, the female general Wen Bai, who had fought across countless battlefields, died unexpectedly on the frontier. It was the sickly illegitimate son of the marquis’s household who risked being struck from the family register and insisted on going to the borderlands to bring her home. Reborn once more, she 3.8kReads8.9Score274Shelves

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   These are all completed novels, so you can read them without worry. I have several dedicated groups for completed novels featuring strong female leads, sweet romances, and more. There are over 800 novels of various genres in total across all groups. Definitely worth checking out, fellow readers!

8. 8 九 The Eunuch of a Thousand Years Is Bewitchingly Beautiful 九千岁他百媚千娇 Beautiful Lady美人娘Ancient Romance265k WordsCompleted (A deranged villain who is a real eunuch × a cat-demon empress, both inexperienced, happy ending) (A redemption story focused mainly on the romance. The male lead is a villain through and through, with no redemption. The female lead is carefree and oblivious. No pointless side characters. The storybook world isn't the real mortal realm. Some scenes are quite bloody, so read with care.) He had once been a demon living in hell, a maggot in filthy mud, a loathsome walking corpse, a killing machine 10.6kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
9. 9 夫 So What If My Husband Is a Eunuch? 夫君是太监又怎么了？ The World Knows Nothing of Time人间不识岁月Ancient Romance478k WordsCompleted (Completed novel + sweet romance + no melodrama + pure historical setting) Amei, born into poverty, is sold to a eunuch as his wife. To her surprise, her husband, though physically disabled, is ambitious and spends every day working himself to the bone to build a career. As his fortunes rise, Amei moves from a tiny house to a big one, and from a young bride to the lady of the household. She couldn’t be happier. 26.6kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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   Highly recommended! A real eunuch is even more blush-inducing than a real man. A sweet girl + a ruthless eunuch. So many swoon-worthy moments! Sisters, you'll understand! [Admiration]

10. 10 掌 The Palace Seal Above, the Lazy Fish Below 掌印在上，咸鱼在下 Like a Gray Hound如苍狗Ancient Romance969k WordsCompleted The animated series "Office Drone Transmigrates as a Palace Maid, and I Push the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Eunuch to His Breaking Point" is now streaming on Hongguo. Go check it out~ [Eunuch VS Walking Salt Soda] [One-on-one romance + both are each other's first] No intimacy at first, but later, yes Office drone Su Ju'an transmigrates as a palace maid, and from the start she's on top of the world: the emperor hands her over in marriage to Xie Wei, the powerful chief eunuch who rules the court. Faci 20.3kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves

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    These are so good! Anyone know what I mean? The first book was my gateway into this genre; it's finished, super good, very sweet, and the content is great. Both the male and female leads are a bit of a sad character. The second book has a female lead who transmigrates into a book, has a great attitude, and is very funny. She treats the male lead like a "difficult boss," which is also very good. In short, just read them!

11. 11 嫁 After Marrying the Eunuch, I Was Spoiled to Heaven 嫁给死太监后，竟被宠上了天 Peach Doesn't Eat Peaches桃子不吃桃桃Ancient Romance264k WordsCompleted [Powerful Eunuch Male Lead x Pure, Adorable Little Ray of Sunshine] [Age Gap] [The heroine is pampered all the way to the top] Set in an imaginary dynasty. Taozi is a poor little thing, unloved by both her father and mother. Her mother died when she was young, and in this cruel era, where people were eaten alive, her own father actually gave her to Chen Deshun, the chief eunuch most trusted by His Majesty. So what if he's powerful? Eunuchs in the palace are treated worse than dogs and pigs, a 6.1kReads8.7Score758Shelves

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    I'm not kidding, it's incredibly good.

12. 12 被 After Being Abused by a Eunuch 被太监糟蹋之后 Thirteen Swords十三把剑Two Male Leads116k WordsCompleted [My beloved sent me to the chief eunuch in the palace] Everyone knows the Eastern Depot’s Director is sinister and violent, a man everyone avoids at all costs. I never thought that, as a secret guard, I’d ever have to deal with someone so powerful. Not until the prince I’d loved for more than a decade traded me for power and sent me to him. [Please steer clear if this isn’t your thing: the gong is a real eunuch!! He’s been castrated and can’t perform!!] 2.9kReads8.9Score293Shelves

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    This is a good book! The male lead is a possessive and obsessive type, and it's a very well-written short story!

13. 13 穿 Transmigrating into Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Me and Jin Bao 穿越如懿传之我与进保 Sheng Shan Xin Er盛善心儿Female-Channel Fanfiction170k WordsCompleted An ordinary office worker in the 21st century gets so absorbed in a video edit about Eunuch Jinbao from Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace that she transmigrates into the show. She becomes Suochuo Luo Wenzhen, a Manchu Plain White Banner maiden selected into the palace after Qianlong's accession, a character who doesn't exist in the series. She is first made a Noble Lady, then promoted to Consort and granted the title Jing… Since she's already here, she might as well make the best of it. The heroin 144Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Most of the stories are about eunuchs, hehehehe ⌓‿⌓. However, be careful with the last one. The male lead is indeed Jinzhong, but the female lead was also once a man, and she will later travel to other worlds. If you don't like that kind of thing, you can skip this one.

14. 14 如 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace Fanfiction: The South Wind Knows My Heart 如懿传进忠同人：南风知我意 The Obsessive Type偏执控Female-Channel Fanfiction600k WordsCompleted No borrowing ideas or reposting without permission~ Transmigrate as a low-ranking consort: Zhaoming × reborn Jinzong, who can hear Zhaoming’s thoughts. Got it ✓ Transmigrate again as Princess Zhaoming, daughter of Nian Shilan × Jinzong, who joins her on the journey. In progress ✓ Jinzong as a puppet × Zhaoming as a puppeteer. Side story in progress ✓ “Dreaming of the West Islet” arc: A native princess from the original Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace world × the version of Jinzong who hasn’t bee 1.3kReads8.7Score110Shelves
15. 15 如 A Gift of Spring: A Jinzong Fanfic from Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 如懿传进忠同人之赠我春色 A Fangirl of Eunuch Jinzong进忠公公的迷妹Female-Channel Fanfiction290k WordsCompleted An original female lead and Jinzong A transmigration story featuring a heroine who doesn’t know she has transmigrated, paired with Jinzong, deputy chief eunuch of the imperial court. (Jinzong is a eunuch in this story.) Content warning: This story is extremely unfriendly toward Daru, Xiaolingzi, and Hailan. Anyone else could also be a villainous plot device. Readers of my other novel may know that I’m very fond of Xiyue, Yuyan, Jingsi, and Yanwan. I let myself go in my last novel and let them al 368Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 如 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Eating Everything with Jin Zhong 如懿传之带着进忠吃吃吃 A Fangirl of Eunuch Jinzong进忠公公的迷妹Female-Channel Fanfiction192k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Original female lead × Jinzong. She transmigrates through time and space and falls in love with Jinzong~ This is not a Jinzong × Wei pairing, not a Jinzong × Wei pairing, not a Jinzong × Wei pairing! Important things have to be said three times. For newcomers, here are the revised content warnings: 1. This story is extremely unfriendly to the scumbag emperor, Hailan, Da Ru, and Xiao Lingzi. It favors Gao Xiyue, and also gives a helping hand to Jingse, Jinyuyan, and Wei Yanwan. 2. It’s 640Reads8.4Score—Shelves
17. 17 如 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: A Loyal Companion Fanfic, Clear Dreams and Starry Rivers 如懿传进忠同人：清梦星河 The Obsessive Type偏执控Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted A collection of stories featuring the original female lead Zhaoming and Jinzong. Very, very unfriendly to Ling Yunche, Hailan, and Ruyi. Dream of Stars and River (Completed): A warmhearted love story between Zhaoming, a palace maid born and raised in this world, and Jinzong, who has been reborn. Rain Driven by the Wind (Completed): Zhaoming, an ill-favored princess born and raised in this world with a difficult past, x Jinzong, deputy chief eunuch serving before the emperor. Dawn's First Light ( 3.4kReads8.8Score313Shelves
18. 18 如 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Jinzhong's Palace Maid and Companion 如懿传：进忠的对食小宫女 Chopstick Holder筷子笼笼Female-Channel Fanfiction146k WordsCompleted [No need to give this a low rating, it’s already complete! The pairing is Jinzong. She is not the Emperor’s woman, just an ordinary palace maid. Transmigration. If you like Wei Yanwan, please move along.] Wei Liuli transmigrates as a little palace maid in the Fourth Storehouse and works diligently every day. Life in ancient times is unbearably dull. In the end, she’ll still die in the palace consorts’ power struggles. Isn’t that just the fate of a disposable extra? She has to find a way to chang 3.5kReads8.7Score314Shelves
19. 19 如 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Moonlight over the Sea 如懿传：海上月明 A Le You阿勒呦Female-Channel Fanfiction780k WordsCompleted Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Jin Zhong fan fiction The moon at sea is the moon in the sky; the person before my eyes is the one in my heart. A story about a lovesick, obsessive woman and reborn Jin Zhong. The heroine is not a good person. Secondary pairing: Li Yu and Yihuan. Inspired by the thought: What if Yihuan had fallen in love at first sight with Li Yu? This story is unfriendly toward Ruyi, Hailan, and Ling Yunche, so please steer clear if that bothers you. 1. Moonlight on the Sea: Ruy 662Reads8.1Score—Shelves
20. 20 如 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: The Harem Game 如懿传之游戏后宫 Cyber Baldie赛博秃头Female-Channel Fanfiction740k WordsCompleted [Male lead: Jinzong + feel-good revenge + romantic push and pull + taking down Ruyi fanatics] (Also known as “Hongli, Don’t Hang Your Head or Your Hat Will Fall Off” and “A Few Stories About Jinzong and Me”) Xue Yuan struggled to survive in the apocalypse for nine years, only to die beneath a zombie horde. Who could have guessed that when she opened her eyes again, she would find herself in the world of Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace? What? She’s walked in on A Ruo mocking Lianxin? Xue Yuan: [A 2.1kReads9.1Score156Shelves
21. 21 如 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Wait, Jinzong? I'll Take Him! 如懿传之咦，进忠？拿来吧你！ Drizzling Heart Rain心雨霏霏Female-Channel Fanfiction618k WordsCompleted I died, but then I came back to life because I transmigrated. When I opened my eyes, I saw a man sitting beside the bed, dressed in a red python robe, with no beard and a slightly shrill voice. I was so frightened I nearly jumped out of my skin. But then a set of memories that weren’t mine appeared in my mind. All right, I didn’t need to be afraid of the man in front of me anymore, because he was my uncle. He was also Qin Li, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department in the present-d 1.1kReads7.4Score101Shelves
22. 22 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Male Supporting Character Is the Golden Finger 综影视：男配才是金手指 Yu Qingqing御卿卿Female-Channel Fanfiction13.5M WordsCompleted I have a System! That's my golden finger!! ... Come to think of it, it seems like, more or less, maybe... (The System has cried itself unconscious in the bathroom.) Tips for bonus chapters are in the comments! 3.4kReads8.8Score131Shelves
23. 23 折 Plucking the Eunuch’s Branch 折宦枝 Beautiful Lady美人娘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 18.8kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves

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    This book is really good! The male lead is actually a eunuch, and he has so many interactions with the female lead! Ahhh, you have to check it out!

24. 24 哀 I Don’t Want to Hear It 哀家不想听 Beautiful Lady美人娘Ancient Romance197k WordsCompleted Young Empress Dowager x Powerful Eunuch A burned-out office worker transmigrates as the Empress Dowager, and Yu Qixiang wants to retire early. Anyone who tries to persuade her to rule from behind the curtain gets a tearful breakdown they'll never forget. But the chief eunuch, who looks adorable despite his cold expression, takes a dislike to her and insists on hauling her to her post to work like a pack mule. Fine. I worked myself to death in my last life. You think I can't work you to death to 23.5kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves

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    Surprisingly, no one has recommended this teacher's book. It's incredibly good, I'm not kidding, it really is excellent, I was completely engrossed in reading it.

25. 25 原 Battlefield Memories of a Senior Former Kuomintang Commander: The Huaihai Campaign 原国民党高级将领的战场记忆·淮海战役 National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Committee on Culture, Historical Records, and Study全国政协文化文史和学习委员会Historical400k WordsCompleted The Huaihai Campaign was one of the three major campaigns of the War of Liberation. This book collects the recollections of Nationalist generals who took part in the campaign, including Du Yuming, Guo Rugui, and Song Xilian. Its chapters cover an overview of the entire campaign, the Third Pacification Zone, the Seventh Army Group, the Thirteenth Army Group, the Second Army Group, the Sixteenth Army Group, the Sixth Army Group, the Eighth Army Group, the Twelfth Army Group, and other forces. It a 266Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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26. 26 太 The Battle of Taiyuan, 1937 太原大会战1937 Tao Chun陶纯Historical188k WordsCompleted In the early years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Chinese and Japanese armies fought a major campaign in North China: the Taiyuan Campaign. Faced with a formidable enemy, Yan Xishan, a regional strongman who had long kept his territory closed off, raised the banner of resistance. At Pingxingguan, Lin Biao astonished the world. The highest authorities in Nanjing ordered the execution of Lieutenant General Li Fuying for “failing to fight effectively,” shocking the entire army. Hao Men 931Reads9.5Score108Shelves
27. 27 重 Reborn as the Obsessive Supervisor’s Beloved 重生后我成了病娇督主的心尖宠 Leng Yue Jiang OVO冷月酱OVOAncient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + punishing villains + fake eunuch + one-on-one romance + sweet affection] One is a noble daughter of a military family, a flower on a high peak. The other is the notorious Chief Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs. To help a fallen prince claim the throne, she spent her whole life locked in a bitter rivalry with him! For the kindness she showed him as a child by giving him a meal, he broke into the palace to seize her body and massacred the palace before dying for love! Rebo 1.9kReads9.0Score290Shelves

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    The first book I highly recommend is the one where the male lead is a fake eunuch; it's very short and has a fresh premise. The female lead is a bodyguard sent to protect him. The second is a rebirth story about a yandere eunuch. The third is about an empress and a eunuch's high-ranking official.

28. 28 宦 A Eunuch's Ambitions: Tormented by the World of Mortals 宦情：红尘虐 Meeting on the Fifth, Like Old Friends初五见如故Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted [Not a chaste couple + truly eunuch male lead + sweet at first, angst later + devoted love] Wang Yunqu had been inexplicably fixated on Xiao Qibai since childhood. Even after he was subjected to castration, she still married him without hesitation, exchanging vows and sharing their wedding night. She thought they would live happily together in mutual love from then on. But the emperor threatened her with the life of the person she loved, forcibly made her a consort, and compelled her to bear a d 206Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    The story is told in the first person by the female protagonist, recounting her relationship with the eunuch. The male protagonist is her childhood sweetheart, who is implicated and subjected to castration. Despite societal prejudice, the female protagonist falls in love with the male protagonist, only to be separated by the emperor. The male protagonist then rises to power and wins her back.

29. 29 九 Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years, Her Majesty Summons You! 九千岁，娘娘宣你！ Crayon Immortal蜡笔仙人Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted The Hua family's second young lady was born timid, a good-for-nothing with no use for anything. Everyone mocked her, pitying such a breathtakingly beautiful face trapped in a lowly, insignificant life. But who knew that on the stormy night she was murdered, the moment the useless girl opened her eyes again, she would be reborn, transformed into a demon clawing its way out of hell? She swore to turn the realm upside down and overturn heaven and earth! Her eldest sister is gentle? Then she'll tear 91Reads8.9Score—Shelves
30. 30 委 After Becoming a Eunuch's Lover, the Obsessive, Powerful Official Became Addicted to Me 委身宦官后病娇权佞痴缠嗜我如命 Chili Pepper with Sugar辣椒拌糖Ancient Romance837k WordsCompleted [Devoted to One Another + Sweet Romance + The Crematorium + Adorable Kids Later] [A Little Empress Who Is Not What She Seems x A Beautiful, Strong, Tragic, Sickly Eunuch Pretender] A conspiracy kept her empress for three years. In her previous life, Wei Jinyang trusted the young emperor and ended up dying miserably in the Cold Palace, covered in infamy! Reborn, Wei Jinyang finally came to her senses. She refused to be anyone's stepping stone again, so on her wedding day, she invited Lu Yin into 746Reads9.1Score103Shelves

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    Juejuezi, the pinnacle of eunuchs' art.

31. 31 宦 The Eunuch's Favorite: The Governor's Wife Is Fierce 宦宠：督主夫人好霸气 A Phoenix on a Sheet of Paper一纸凰梁Ancient Romance878k WordsCompleted Not long after her wedding, she is murdered by the Crown Prince, her husband, and her half-sister, who covet the treasure-gathering basin she possesses. Reborn in another woman’s body, she swears to make her enemies pay dearly! After ascending the throne, the Crown Prince imprisons her. She turns around and sets a great fire, making the imperial palace blaze in all its glory! When her half-sister schemes against and bullies her, she slaps her right back and gives her a taste of her own medicine! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 代 The Eunuch Supervisor’s Proxy Bride: My Lord, It’s Time for Your Medicine 代嫁宦妃：督主，该吃药了 Snowy Little Fox雪小狐Ancient Romance200k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, one-on-one + physician consort and prince + bickering couple + face-slapping wish fulfillment + playing the pig to eat the tiger] Qian Jinxiu, a top physician from the 21st century, transmigrates and becomes the unloved second daughter of the prime minister’s secondary wife. Then she is forced to take another woman’s place in marriage to the famously cold and ruthless Ninth Prince? Fine, she’ll marry him! So what if he’s the Ninth Prince? He’s just a eunuch, after all. With silve 15Reads6.1Score—Shelves
33. 33 决 Decisive Battle: The Northeast China Liberation War, 1945–1948 决战 东北解放战争：1945～1948 Liu Tong刘统Historical541k WordsCompleted One of the Shanghai People's Publishing House's "War of Liberation" series, published in tribute to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. This is Decisive Battle: The Northeast China Campaign of the War of Liberation, 1945–1948, by Liu Tong, a renowned military historian and author of Northward: The Full Story of the Central Committee's Struggle with Zhang Guotao. The Northeast China theater was swept by dramatic changes from 1945 to 1948. After Japan's surrender, 4.2kReads9.5Score262Shelves
34. 34 掌 Palm Bait: A Record of Taming the Pampered One 掌心饵，驯娇记 Seventeen Sounds of Life十七声生Ancient Romance998k WordsCompleted [Gloomy eunuch ✖️ a palace maid who grows over time] Behind the deep palace walls, two broken souls become entangled and find a way to keep living amid the gray shadows of imperial power struggles. "Though the moss flower is tiny as a grain of rice, it still blooms like a peony." We may live humbly, hidden from the light, but we still live. A somewhat realistic story, not a wish-fulfillment novel. If you enjoy its subtle, tense atmosphere, step inside. 209.4kReads9.5Score38.4kShelves

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    Recommended by a ten-year veteran bookworm

35. 35 宦 The Palace Consort Returns 宦妃还朝 Duck Saintess鸭圣婆Ancient Romance4.8M WordsCompleted Wave after wave of bizarre plots, step after step of poisonous schemes. She was a ruthless queen who stood alone, swearing to change the ruler and put a new name on the throne. He was an utterly bewitching, calculating eunuch, carrying a world-shaking secret as he helped her turn the world upside down. She asked, “Yu Xuanji, would you dare give me the world I want?” He replied, “Su Feise, if you dare covet it, then I dare make it yours.” Two powerful allies joining forces, accomplices in crime. 1kReads8.8Score546Shelves
36. 36 跛 The Lame Eunuch and His Childhood Sweetheart 跛腿宦官和他的小青梅 Still So Sleepy还是困啊Ancient Romance101k WordsCompleted [No transmigration, male lead is a true eunuch, childhood sweethearts, part farming, simple everyday life, gentle and uneventful, 100,000-word short story] * The male and female leads share a surname, but they are not related by blood! * Tang Ye is a palace maid in the Laundry Bureau. Every day, the moment she opens her eyes, she faces an endless pile of clothes to hang out to dry. But she doesn’t complain, because he is there: the person she has loved in secret all this time… Tang Ye thought sh 775Reads8.4Score101Shelves
37. 37 宦 The Eunuch Consort Rules the Court: Pay Your Respects to the Ninth Thousand-Year Lord 宦妃倾城：叩见九千岁 Round and Round圆滚滚Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, she finds herself with a cold father, a vicious concubine, and a scheming stepsister, all joining forces to throw her into the fire. In the blink of an eye, she becomes a fortune-teller who can predict the future, conspiring with a delicate-looking, treacherous eunuch known as the Ninth Thousand-Year-Old Lord to wreak havoc everywhere, while earning a reputation as a devoted couple. After their wedding, however, the lord calmly transforms into a doting husband, letting her 17Reads6.5Score—Shelves
38. 38 太 My Eunuch Husband Is More Beautiful Than Flowers 太监夫君比花娇 Beautiful Lady美人娘Ancient Romance235k WordsCompleted (A genuine eunuch x a princess from a fallen kingdom, light and sweet romance + mutual salvation) When the Nan Kingdom raises its army, the Ying Kingdom surrenders without a fight. The uncherished little princess proves to be the last person to uphold the dignity of Ying, and the moment she hears the news, she prepares to die for her country. But the new emperor betroths her to a great hero of the Nan Kingdom: Zhu Yunjian, the Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs. This eunuch is cru 6.8kReads9.3Score876Shelves
39. 39 宦 The Eunuch’s Favor 宦宠 Huai Xi淮夕Ancient Romance149k WordsCompleted She spent ten years honing her skills and mastering the eighteen kinds of martial arts. She is a descendant of the Shen family, determined to clear her family's name, and also the Princess of Dingguo from the Great Zhou Dynasty, thousands of miles away. Under the assumed name Shen An, she came to the Yan Dynasty to find her childhood companion. But when her identity as a woman was exposed, she had no choice but to strike a deal with the powerful eunuch who held the Yan Dynasty in his grasp. He 64Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 宦 The Eunuch’s Favor 宦宠 Tang Ningning糖拧拧Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Weiying, the third young lady of the Jiang family, was renowned for her beauty. To curry favor with the powerful, Old Madam Jiang treated her like a bargaining chip. When the Jiang family was in trouble, she sent Weiying straight to the residence of Feng Yu, the Chief Eunuch of the current dynasty, in exchange for the family’s safety. Feng Yu was famous for his cold-blooded cruelty. Everyone said Jiang Weiying had walked straight into a wolf’s den, and wondered how soon she would be tortur 3.4kReads9.0Score525Shelves
41. 41 公 Your Highness, the Sinister Eunuch Kneels in Submission 公主在上，阴鸷奸宦甘愿跪下臣服 Little Circle Arrives小圈降临Ancient Romance280k WordsCompleted [A cold, twisted eunuch x a breathtakingly beautiful eldest princess] Note: The male lead is a real eunuch. Everyone knew Si Heng was a cruel, treacherous eunuch who wielded immense power. Even the emperor treated him with deference. Yet Xie Luoning, the only princess in the kingdom, had not only embarrassed him to his face, but had even humiliated him by painting on his face. Then a foreign delegation arrived in the capital, offering to submit in exchange for the princess’s hand in marriage. Th 2.3kReads6.8Score205Shelves
42. 42 嫁 After Marrying the Sickly, Ruthless Governor, I Cling to His Leg 嫁给病娇督主后，我紧抱大腿 Spicy Orange辣味橙子Ancient Romance371k WordsCompleted [A true eunuch hero + punishment + sweet romance + both leads are clever] The male lead is a true eunuch with a possessive streak, the powerful chief of the Eastern Depot who holds the power of life and death. The female lead is an unassuming illegitimate daughter who plays the pig to eat the tiger, acting cute and sweet and currying favor. Yun Chu: “Husband, you’re my whole world.” Li Luo: “Stop pretending.” 792Reads6.6Score105Shelves
43. 43 综 Film and TV Crossover: This Supporting Actress Is Different 综影视之这个女配不一样 Peeled Lychee剥了壳的荔枝Female-Channel Fanfiction165k WordsOngoing A heads-up: The heroine transmigrates into someone else's body, so please skip this if that's not your thing. The heroine is a different person in each world. There'll be some liberties taken with the source material. I'm a beginner, and my writing's not very polished, so just read for fun! Please don't flame me if it's not your thing. The author is fragile-hearted (easily shattered) (˵¯͒〰¯͒˵) Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Wei Yanwan × Jinzong Story of Yanxi Palace: Erqing × Fuheng Empresses 327Reads7.1Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The very first episode features Yan Wan and Jin Zhong. This time, Yan Wan is no longer a concubine but has become Jin Zhong's lover. There are no misunderstandings between them, and both are quite affectionate. The female lead's feelings evolve from liking to deep love, and their daily interactions are very sweet. Li Yu also has a new love interest!!! Ruyi and Hailan shippers, please do not enter!!!

44. 44 宦 The Eunuch Consort Returns to Court: Lord Qiansui, Please Step Aside 宦妃还朝：千岁大人请靠边 Yi Ying依颖Ancient Romance579k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was the legitimate daughter of the Left Chancellor, yet gave everything for a man, only to end up with a noose around her neck and her body torn apart by five horses. In this life, she is fortunate enough to live again, and vows to trample beneath her feet everyone who betrayed, deceived, and humiliated her, repaying them in blood! To take revenge, she throws the whole realm into turmoil and chaos, but somehow... she catches his eye. “Little fox, if you want to overturn 17Reads6.3Score—Shelves
45. 45 进 Jin Zhong, You’re the Only One in My Heart 进忠，本宫心里只有你 It's An'an Na是安安吶Female-Channel Fanfiction278k WordsCompleted [Not friendly to fans of Ruyi; chaotic writing and wildly over-the-top scenes and dialogue. If that's not your thing, please don't read!] [A story about a transmigrated romance-obsessed woman and Jinzong, a fake eunuch] The Empress Dowager is dead. What? You want to know how she died? Of course Ruyi strangled her. Deng Keren's daily routine is Jinzong, Jinzong, Jinzong. Jinzong's daily routine is to go to Chengqian Palace and attend to her after work. 2.4kReads9.0Score167Shelves
46. 46 千 The Thousand-Year-Old's Darling: Her Heart Belongs to You, Addicted to Loving Her 千岁掌中娇：独系卿心，恋她成瘾 Qi Yiyu七一妤Ancient Romance417k WordsOngoing The comic adaptation of The Fragrance Beneath the Tent is out. [1v1 + Both Pure + Sweet Romance + Childhood Sweethearts + Happy Ending + Kissing Fiend + Devoted Husband + Alternate Setting + Actual Eunuch] In a sentence: A man with an insatiable appetite for sex is castrated, but still desperately craves his wife. Since he was young, Jiang Youze had cherished a seed of love in his heart, one named Si Yan. He watered that seed with the innocent love of a boy, then nurtured it with a consuming, p 305.5kReads9.5Score30.5kShelves

    Reader note

    It's so beautiful! [Admiration][Admiration]

47. 47 宦 The Eunuch's Wife 宦臣妻 Leisurely and Content, With Nothing Else to Do闲若清欢无别事Ancient Romance284k WordsCompleted One pampers her with all his heart; the other makes her way into his heart. An orphan girl kidnapped and brought to the capital encounters the aloof male lead while trying to escape. She had only meant to find someone powerful to protect her, but through a twist of fate, she ends up clinging to the powerful Director of the Imperial Seal. She really doesn’t want to admit she’s smitten with his looks. But he’s handsome and treats her well. The heroine is sweet and gentle but ambitious, knows when 294Reads9.1Score109Shelves
48. 48 宦 The Eunuch's Wife Is Pregnant: My Powerful Husband 宦妻有喜：厂公夫君好威武 Red Leaves Like Fish红叶如鱼Ancient Romance870k WordsCompleted Princess, the Grand Prince Consort's mistress is at the door, and she's brought a daughter. “Oh.” Princess, the emperor wants you to marry off to another country. “Oh.” Princess, your intended is a eunuch… “Oh.” In this life, Feng Qingyan is tired and worn out. She just wants to keep out of trouble. If she has to marry a eunuch, so be it, at least he's a eunuch with power over the entire court. But… why is this eunuch a fake?! A fake!! A fake!!! 3Reads5.7Score—Shelves
49. 49 兵 Eunuch Jin of the Imperial Armory 兵仗局的锦公公 Open the Window and Await the Bright Moon开窗待明月Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After waking up transmigrated as Mozhu, Song Qingyue kept looking for ways to die. As luck would have it, she met Eunuch Jinyan of the Imperial Armory, a man who killed with swift efficiency. One day, when Mozhu was off duty, she took her hidden savings and planned to give him a gift of money. This is the turbulent life of a little eunuch, and the story of a little palace maid's battle of wits. A palace maid bent on dying × a little eunuch fighting to survive in the imperial palace Content warni 155Reads6.1Score—Shelves
50. 50 咸 A Laid-Back Soul Transmigrates and Marries a Eunuch, Loving Every Minute 咸鱼穿越，嫁给太监爽翻了 Sui Sui Is a Bad Cat岁岁是只坏猫Ancient Romance686k WordsCompleted A strong heroine and an equally capable hero + a ruthless, insecure yet arrogant male lead + a greedy, flirtatious female lead + a real eunuch + mutual devotion Jiang Xinyu had only just graduated as a forensic doctor when she was unlucky enough to get caught in the apocalypse. After struggling to survive for three years, she died when the zombie king blew himself up. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated into a book as the heroine's legitimate older sister, destined to be abused 8kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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