Looking for Palace-Intrigue Novels with a Clear-Headed Female Lead Who Isn't a Doormat or Naive

1 人 Life Is a Play, and the Empress Is All About Her Acting Skills Hot HotAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 11kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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These books are all very authentic [learned]. It mainly focuses on palace battles, the heroine's IQ is online, and everyone is smart. Everyone knows what they want. You can tear apart the vicious female supporting character with your hands. The story is enjoyable throughout, and the male protagonist is also good, mostly sweet and doting. The article has been fattened and can be edited! ! ! Sisters, sisters. [Adoration][Adoration][Admiration]

5 被 The Tyrant Holds Me by the Waist. So What If I’m Wicked? Bing XiayunAncient Romance677k WordsCompleted 11kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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It's so good to watch, the plot doesn't drag on, the heroine fights wits and courage without the heart of a virgin, and she takes revenge all the way. The male protagonist falls in love with the female protagonist miserably. It is rare for an emperor to be willing to give up his life to block the arrow for the heroine. The second male lead is also pitiful. He died for the female lead in both lives, which is so touching. I hope they can be together in the next life [almost crying] [almost crying]

6 尤 The Alluring Consort Climbs to the Phoenix Throne and Captures the Emperor's Heart at First Sight Han QingxueAncient Romance228k WordsCompleted 4.1kReads9.0Score461Shelves

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This, the heroine is not the Holy Mother, she must avenge herself

7 前 My Ex-Husband Favors His Concubine? I’ll Remarry the Grand Secretary in a Spectacular Wedding Mang ZhiAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 1.4kReads9.3Score305Shelves

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A very good novel. I haven't seen such a good novel in a long time. It's a pity that there are too few people to comment. Come on, the author.

8 重 The Reborn Empress Looks Up, and the Entire Court Falls to Its Knees NanhuangAncient Romance441k WordsCompleted 3.8kReads9.2Score321Shelves

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These should meet your requirements and look great

11 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Cruel Husband Heard My Thoughts Shen Zhichu YaAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 1.6kReads9.2Score302Shelves

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The heroine is really very clear-headed, right and wrong, and clear about grudges and grudges. It's very interesting to watch.

12 娘 The Empress' Buddhist Daily Life Spring Sweet OrangeAncient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing 770Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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A small work of art, the heroine is a doting concubine. She is cheerful, light-hearted and funny, has a lot of brains and has a good outlook on life. She prefers to dote on Gong Dou Wen, but is not a pure woman.

13 被 Forced to Become a Concubine, She Is Spoiled by the General Every Day Sweet Potato with Plum PowderAncient Romance434k WordsCompleted 45.6kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves

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Super beautiful ancient text, one-to-one pure text

14 在 A Hundred Ways to Win the Emperor's Heart in the Harem Cai WangwangAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 15.6kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves

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Character characteristics: The heroine is bold, careful and funny. Clear-minded, compact and high-quality articles worth reading.

15 恶 The Wicked Woman Enters the Palace as a Consort: A Little Arrogance Is Only Fair Pine Blossom CandyAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 16.2kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

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🌸🌸The heroine is dressed as the legitimate daughter of the general's palace. At the beginning, the original heroine wants to elope with a poor scholar. The heroine is unwilling to do so. She thinks clearly. She has to marry anyway, so she might as well marry the most powerful one. She didn't want to marry an ugly husband, have an ugly child, and have to live her life depending on her mother-in-law's face. At least there was someone from the Yuan family in the palace. Her aunt was the Queen Mother of the East. The backstage staff is tough. Such a good configuration cannot be wasted. The most important thing is that she wants to continue the glory of the Yuan family. The heroine wants to be the Queen Mother, and the next generation of emperors can only be her children.

16 风 Love and Romance Have Nothing to Do with Me Egrets in PairsAncient Romance606k WordsCompleted 2.4kReads9.1Score360Shelves

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The female protagonist is sober in the world, and the male protagonist is the old fox brand.

17 清 Qing Transmigration: Kangxi’s Beloved Consort, Cherished Above All in the Six Palaces Yu ZhiweiAncient Romance766k WordsCompleted 5.9kReads8.8Score336Shelves

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Not much to say about good books.

20 老 I Have the System in Hand, and the Passionate Emperor Is Like a Dog Wang Guiyi, Who Loves Lemon YogurtAncient Romance707k WordsOngoing 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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The heroine is systematic, smart and beautiful. She is always awake and knows what she wants.

21 公 Princess Scheming Thousand Dendrobium PearlAncient Romance241k WordsCompleted 133Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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The heroine in this book is very cold, very powerful, and very smart, but she can't calm down.

22 奸 The Treacherous Official's Wife: A Book-Transmigrated Heroine's Farming Life Youyou Doesn't Eat Spicy FoodAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 21.2kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves

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I'm still reading the first one, the plot is pretty good, the heroine is neither the Virgin nor White Lotus nor Tea. Books 2, 3, 4 and 5 were added to the bookshelf and left unread. The plot of the sixth book is okay, a bit sadistic in places, and the heroine is strong when it comes to making money. I have read some of the seventy-eight or ninety-one books. The plot of "The Ultimate Old Woman" is very good, and the writing is also good. Hua Zhi, raises the villain, the imperial concubine, the pampered lady (the plot of the rebirth novel is a bit slow, but not bad), the prince (the ending is a bit abrupt, but the plot is good but short), and the national master (not bad, the story of the princess, empress, and national master).

41 桃 A Peach Blossom Beckons from the Horseback JuneAncient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 37.6kReads5.8Score8.2kShelves

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The heroine has no love brain + is brave and resourceful + the male and female protagonists are both strong 🎉Song Xixi restrained her talents as the legitimate daughter of a general, and was willing to live in a deep house to manage the palace and serve her mother-in-law for Zhan Beiwang, but she did not want to get a heartless man who returned from the battlefield and wanted to marry Yi Fang, so she asked for a divorce, turned back to her old career, defended her family and country, and met her own salvation, Xie Rumo, the king of the North Pluto. From then on, the couple became one and two strong.

42 神 The Divine Doctor's Mad Consort: The Demon-Like Prince Dotes on His Wife A Cigar Made of FlowersAncient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted 364Reads8.7Score241Shelves

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Although the rating of the first book is a bit low, the content is very good. It's a bit reborn, but the heroine doesn't have any golden fingers, nor is she weak. She later went to the battlefield to defend her family and country, and the world, and the ending was good. For others, you can read Yang Shiliu's three works. They can be connected in series. The heroine does not hesitate to take action and is not sloppy.

43 不 The Unfavored Legitimate Daughter's Rise to the Top Wang Guiyi, Who Loves Lemon YogurtAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 501Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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Pure ancient romance palace fight, the heroine is not a novice, it has been completed

44 重 Rebirth: I Am a Princess. Who Should I Be Afraid Of? BrightAncient Romance252k WordsOngoing —Reads—Score—Shelves

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This book is the first one I have finished reading among all the novels. It is very nice.

45 宫 Palace Beauty Clear Summer XixiAncient Romance631k WordsCompleted 13.3kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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Gong Dou Wen, the heroine is sober and smart, beautiful and scheming, not love-minded, she fights all the way to the top, and the heroine is the only one in the later part of the first book. It's all very interesting.

46 污 Growing in the Mud The Auspicious Crane Startles the HallAncient Romance188k WordsOngoing 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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The female protagonist is the mastermind and the male protagonist is the loyal dog.

47 人 Life Simulator: I'm a Pro at Rising Through Palace Schemes I Eat Tomatoes Without Spitting Out the SkinsAncient Romance429k WordsCompleted 4.3kReads9.1Score441Shelves

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The plot is good, the protagonist focuses on his career

48 重 Reborn: The Serene Life of a Concubine's Daughter Rui ZheAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 4.6kReads9.0Score502Shelves

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It's still good, you can check it out

49 女 Female Chief Assistant Who Is She?Ancient Romance623k WordsCompleted 66Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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Perfectly consistent with the three correct views and an understanding of the world he created.