Pure Palace Intrigue, with Cutthroat Scheming. The Female Lead Must Be Clever 纯纯宫斗文，斗得死去活来的那种。女主一定要聪明
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The Palace Is Deep as the Sea, but the Noble Consort Shows No Mercy 宫门深似海，贵妃毫不手软
Two noble daughters in one family, and everyone says the Marquis of Cheng'en's household is blessed with good fortune. But Liang Nianfu knows that beneath this fortune lie captivity and confinement, and a road from which there is no return. Red walls and green tiles, a pampered and precious life: once those who deserve to be hated and the things that need doing have all been dealt with, how can a cage hold a flying bird? A cage cannot hold a flying bird, but a person can! One moment of poor ju
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- 352 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 139.1kReads9.6Score16.9k14d adds
- 353 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 142kReads9.7Score112k14d adds
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The Strongest Palace Schemer: The Story of Consort De 宫斗最强王者之德妃传
[Palace intrigue + strong female lead + political strategy + ensemble cast] A classic palace-intrigue story with no transmigration or rebirth. Uya Long'er, the Kangxi Emperor’s last empress and Yongzheng’s birth mother, must have been an exceptionally clever woman to make it to the very end. 1. The heroine is a strong female lead who takes palace intrigue seriously, fights over the succession, and strives to raise her family to prominence. 2. The male lead is Emperor Kangxi, who grows and hones
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The Empress Only Wants to Be a Couch Potato 娘娘她只想当咸鱼
Song Mian transmigrates back to ancient times and becomes one of the emperor’s concubines. This should be the start of a palace-intrigue saga, but all she wants is to slack off, be a lazy couch potato, and coast through life. That’s the way to go. But she never could have expected… That icy emperor would fall for her and her lazy ways. … Palace maid: “You have to make an effort, my lady! Seduce His Majesty and you can leave the Cold Palace.” Song Mian, expressionless: “Did you forget how I ended
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- 356 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 106.8kReads9.5Score12.4k14d adds
- 357 Forced to Become Empress, I Am Cherished by the Cold-Faced Tyrant 被迫成为皇后，我被冷面暴君娇宠了 She was a genius female soldier from the 21st century. In a single day, she transmigrates into the body of the lovesick third daughter of the Left Chancellor’s household. The prince of the realm kills her with a single punch, but she then receives an imperial decree summoning her to the palace to become empress. When they first meet, he is arrogant and aloof, looking down on her. “You think someone like you deserves to be my empress?” She coolly fires back, “And you don’t deserve to be my man!” 796Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 358 The Prince Is Here: The Frail Young Duke Is Doted On 王爷在上：小郡公病弱得宠着 [One-to-one romance + rebirth + sweet, satisfying romance] Chi Yu is the only legitimate son of the general's household, but he was born with a delicate constitution. Sickly since childhood, he wheezes after three steps and coughs after five. Among the young gentlemen of Kyoto's prominent families, he's famous for being frail and delicate. Reborn, the frail Chi Yu finally gets back on his feet! He had planned to take revenge and punish the villains step by step on his own, but unexpectedly, he c 11.2kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 359 The Brooding Prince's Beloved: His Cool, Aloof Princess Consort Is an Assassin 病娇心头宠，清冷王妃是杀手 [Possessive, lovesick prince + aloof top-tier assassin + strong leads + sweet romance + satisfying revenge + mutual salvation] She was the King of the Night in the 21st century, a top-tier assassin who had clawed her way out of a pile of corpses. Her only goal in life was to survive! She understood every kind of emotion in the world, but only so she could get closer to her targets. In the end, even she no longer knew how much of what she felt was real and how much was an act. And no one in thi 876Reads9.1Score10014d adds
- 360 They Wanted Me to Be a Sacrificial Stepmother, but I Chose to Make My Own Way 让我当炮灰主母，我偏另谋高枝 [Historical Romance / Household Intrigue / Sweet Romance / The Male Lead Is Head Over Heels] In Ruyi's Beloved Concubine, the heir apparent Xie Yunzhix is a brave and formidable warrior, always dashing across the battlefield in fine clothes, with no one able to stand against him. Sadly, he is only a supporting character. The story opens with him in a vegetative state, leaving behind three adopted sons. Xu Qingyi discovers that she has become the foil to the beloved heroine of a sweet romance. On 143.6kReads9.4Score20.6k14d adds
- 361 Princess, Don't Go Blind! The Prince Is Only Pretending to Be Weak! 王妃别瞎了，王爷在装柔弱！ In her previous life, Chi Qianhuan followed every rule and still met a miserable end. Now she's back, ruthless enough to slaughter the world when she's in a foul mood, and merciless enough to kill without batting an eye when she's feeling kind. Three lifetimes of cause and effect are all fate, she says: I'm invincible, so do as you please. In his previous life, Chu Xiaoyu won countless battles but died without a proper burial. Now he's famous across the land and only wants to live off his wife. 261Reads9.1Score10514d adds
- 362 After Marrying the Mad Crown Prince to Bring Him Good Fortune 嫁给疯批太子冲喜后 The unfavored legitimate daughter of the Mu family is ordered by imperial decree to marry the crown prince, Zhou Jing, who is at death's door, to bring him good luck. Plenty of people wait to laugh at her, saying she might just end up bringing him luck by killing him in bed. When Zhou Jing opens his eyes, he finds himself with a fiancée. The young woman is clearly terrified of him, but still can't help swearing her loyalty. “Your Highness, I'll treat you very well.” “Your Highness, after you pas 33.2kReads9.4Score4.6k14d adds
- 363 The Princess Consort’s Beauty Captivates All, and the Ascetic Regent Falls Hard 王妃倾国倾城，禁欲摄政王沦陷了 Feng Jinyue, the strongest cultivator of the 25th century, failed to survive the final tribulation of her ninefold heavenly ordeal. Just as divine lightning was about to destroy her soul, she was unexpectedly swept into a rift in time and space and fell into another world. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the legitimate daughter of the Grand General's residence in the Kingdom of Tianquan. Everyone knew that she had been frail and sickly since childhood because she had been born wea 3.1kReads9.0Score38714d adds
- 364 My Emperor Father Can Read Minds 我的皇帝父亲会读心 [Infrastructure Building Focus ✚ Mostly Comedy ✚ Not Historically Accurate ✚ No Romance] Emperor Wei prided himself on being a wise ruler. His ministers served him well, his harem was harmonious, and his children were clever and filial. That is, until he was struck by lightning. Afterward, he gained the ability to read minds, and finally learned that everyone around him was two-faced, saying one thing while thinking another! Emperor Wei was devastated. So he had been such a failure as an emperor 56.5kReads9.3Score5.3k14d adds
- 365 The Bracelet's Pocket Dimension: The Princess Blows Up the Imperial City With Her Arsenal 手镯空间，王妃携武器库炸翻皇城 Completed [Rebirth➕Physical transmigration➕Feel-good power fantasy➕Two strong leads➕Both chaste➕Face-slapping] P.S. (Heroine: revenge, palace intrigue, political maneuvering, duty to her country, protecting her people) (Hero: Before regaining his memories, he only wants to get them back. Afterward, when the heroine kills, he hands her the knife; when she sets fires, he pours on the oil.) Jiang Chengqi, reborn and unbelievably broke, enters a seaside mermaid pageant at eighteen for the 20,000-yua 479Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 366 After Losing Her Memory, the Childhood Sweetheart Became the Young General's Cherished Love 青梅失忆后成了少年将军掌中娇 [Clever, Cunning Foxlike Heroine VS Steady, Stern, Humble Hero] [One-on-One Romance, Sweet Pampering, Adorable Child, Childhood Sweethearts] [The Hero Suffers] The night before, Shen Zuihuan was still preparing for her engagement ceremony. The next morning, she woke up in shock to discover she had been married for five years already! Her fiancé was nowhere to be found, and her current husband was the childhood friend she had hated most of all. He was even holding a child who looked exactly like 26.1kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds
- 367 So Satisfying! Before Fleeing Famine, the Abandoned Princess Stuffs the Treasury Into Her Pocket Dimension 爽！逃荒前，弃妃把国库塞进空间 [Apocalypse + spatial storage + transmigration + confiscation] Wei Susuyu, a mighty empress from the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a wicked, discarded concubine. For the sake of her people, she uses her spatial storage to empty the imperial palace! Who would have thought the emperor would catch her? “Why is my palace empty? Did you take everything?” “Your Majesty, how could I have emptied it? It's clearly because you have too many consorts. With three thousand beauties in your harem 96Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 368 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
- 369 The Moment She Opened Her Eyes, She Pulled a Mountain of Supplies from Her Space 刚睁眼，她就从空间取出海量物资 [A feel-good story with no angst: The heroine starts out naive but gradually grows stronger, with an overpowered golden finger. The hero dotes on his wife, and they are each other's only partners] The moment Jian Junyao opened her eyes, she realized she had transmigrated... If she had to transmigrate, did it really have to be into an era of scarcity? What rotten luck. She had barely escaped the constant dread of the apocalypse, only to face a shortage of food. Her original self had been married 4.7kReads9.2Score72314d adds
- 370 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 177.9kReads9.7Score21.5k14d adds
- 371 Transmigrating with a Supermarket: The Timid Sixth Princess Makes a Powerful Comeback 带着超市穿越窝囊六公主强势逆袭 Transmigrate into a book + supermarket + palace and household intrigue + face-slapping the scumbag The Sixth Princess of Chu is the original novel’s doomed female supporting character. Sent abroad for a political marriage, she dies tragically at just seventeen at the hands of a scumbag prince and a vicious white lotus. Su Qingqing, a small supermarket owner from the 21st century, takes her place. Watch her master the ancient world, tear down scumbags, take on white lotuses, open a supermarket, 623Reads8.6Score10214d adds
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The Empress Who Rose from a Brothel 女帝出自青楼
[Traditional historical power struggles + stunning heroine from a brothel + handsome, wealthy prince] The heroine is peerlessly beautiful, yet was born in a brothel. Armed with a talent for political maneuvering, she advances carefully, step by step. In a male-dominated age, can she break through every shackle and rise to the summit of power? And how will the prince, who once saw her only as a delicate concubine, react when he discovers she intends to claim his throne? Faced with a choice betwee
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The Cast-Off Daughter Becomes a Black Lotus: The Phoenix Rules the Ninefold Palace 弃女成黑莲之凤倾九重阙
[Soul transmigration + legitimate daughter + palace and household intrigue + revenge and putting villains in their place + political machinations] Na Wei was a famous and acclaimed painter, raised under the red flag. After an accident, her soul transmigrated to ancient Nanyue, where oppressive feudal rules crushed people and life was cheap. She had planned to keep her head down and live a quiet life with her adoptive parents. But just as her own younger brother was about to violate her, she lear
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Weaving Dust in the Phoenix Palace: Lady Pan of Eastern Wu 织尘凤阙：东吴潘后
Weaving Dust into the Phoenix Palace: Pan, Empress of Eastern Wu
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I Am Hongli, Building a Golden Age for the Qing Dynasty 朕是弘历打造大清盛世
[Political Intrigue + Harem Rivalries + Factional Strife + Romance + Emperor] Hongli ascended the throne at twenty-five and ruled for sixty years, making him the longest-reigning and longest-lived emperor in history. He governed with diligence, excelling in both civil and military affairs, and led the Qing to the height of its golden age. Yet factional strife raged through the court, conflicts in the deep palace never ceased, and danger lurked behind the splendor. In the end, the golden age ga
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The Noble Consort Is Sweet and Soft, and the Theatrical Emperor Dotes on Her 贵妃娇又软，戏精皇帝宠入骨
(Transmigrate into a book + villainess + palace intrigue early on + political machinations later + marriage before love + the husband chases his wife to win her back + HE ending) [A clever, money-loving substitute consort × a cold, suspicious, melodramatic emperor] After transmigrating into a book as a substitute villainess, Su Zhenzhen got a winning hand from the start and became the emperor's favorite. But having read the original novel, she knew she was merely a pawn Chen Qi used to bring dow
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- 377 Empress Dowager Cixi and Her Three Favored Eunuchs 慈禧皇后与她的三个宠爱太监 [Eunuchs + Palace Secrets + Empress Dowager Cixi + Court Intrigue] From the time Empress Dowager Cixi entered the palace to the day she ruled from behind the curtain, she shared an unusual relationship with three eunuchs: An Dehai, Li Lianying, and Xiao Dezhang. They were like master and servants, like friends, and more than anything, like old companions. She doted on the three eunuchs, who relied on her favor to do as they pleased, throw their weight around, and take part in court affairs. This 50.2kReads9.0Score3.1k14d adds
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After Getting a Healing System, I Went on a Rampage in the Imperial Harem 获得治愈系统后，我在后宫杀疯了
Lin Xiaowan, a palace maid in the laundry rooms, is envied for her beauty. Trapped in a desperate situation and on the brink of death, she unexpectedly gains a System golden finger. She advances step by step, winning hearts as her first priority, and becomes a favored consort. From then on, she proceeds carefully and plots with cunning, laying her plans and winning the emperor's heart one step at a time until she rises to become empress.
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After Breaking Off the Engagement, the Foolish Princess Marries the Ninth Lord with Her Four Maids 退婚后，傻妃携四大丫鬟嫁九千岁
[Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue + Historical Romance + Princess Consort + Legitimate Daughter + Medical Skills + Two Powerful Leads + Cunning + Playing the Fool + Reborn + Fiercely Protective + Political Scheming] 99% of the comments are positive! Read with confidence! Su Qian, once the leader of a special forces unit in the apocalypse, died unexpectedly while carrying out a mission. With her portable medical space, she transmigrated to ancient times and into the residence of a great gener
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The King of Hell's Agent Takes It Easy in the Cold Palace 阎王特工在冷宫摆烂
Palace intrigue + transmigration + lighthearted + strong heroine + secret identity + satisfying read + sweet romance Shen Yuan transmigrated into the body of a disgraced consort banished to the Cold Palace and thought: Could there be any better luck? A top agent in her previous life and an abandoned consort in the Cold Palace in this one, Shen Yuan thought this was the most comfortable assignment she'd had in either life. A private room with meals and lodging included, zero socializing, zero dut
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The Abandoned Consort in the Cold Palace: My Emperor Empress Goes Mad Every Day 冷宫弃妃朕的皇后每天都在发疯
The Cold Palace Concubine: My Empress Goes Mad Every Day A foul-mouthed, hot-tempered heroine with overwhelming combat skills × an intensely affection-starved hero who talks himself into love. Bickering enemies, a husband’s desperate pursuit, and a cleanup of the imperial harem. Shen Ning, an elite bodyguard, dies on a mission and transmigrates into the body of a disgraced consort in the Great Wei imperial harem, banished to the cold palace for her jealousy. The original owner was a famous “sick
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Beloved Across the Realm 宠倾江山
Chu Ran was a triple-threat star in film, television, and music in the twenty-first century. While filming on a city street, she was hit by a car after saving a little girl. When she woke, she had fallen into a dynasty she’d never even heard of in her history books. Well, when in Rome. Fortunately, she had transmigrated into the imperial family as a beloved young princess. Her royal grandfather treated her like a treasure, but her father cared only for romance and poetry, so having a father was
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Transmigrated as the Villainess, I Reborn the Obsessive Male Lead as a Hostage 穿成恶毒女配，重生偏执男主为质
A possessive, brooding hostage prince with a yandere streak + a spoiled, arrogant, willful Grand Princess + a cold, aloof young chancellor + transmigration into a book + System + raising a villainous male lead + defying fate College student Zhang Susu transmigrated into a book as Su Yingxue, the vicious female antagonist and Grand Princess. In the original novel, Su Yingxue met a tragic end. She abused and tormented Chu Xingchen for years, turning the male lead into a cold-blooded, cruel, and si
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Lin Shu’s Fifteenth Century 林殊的十五世纪
[Woman disguises herself as a man + multiple male leads + semi-fictional medieval setting + Western romance + all leads are faithful + no System + saints with selfish motives + scoundrels with true hearts + soulmates + powerful characters make everything by hand] I write with all my brain in the gutter and none of it up in my head. If you’re okay with all of the above, come on in. A female-led romance with a strong everyone-loves-the-heroine vibe. Whatever else happens, I want everyone to love
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- 385 She's Just a Chun Yuan 不过就是个纯元 [Empresses in the Palace fanfiction + palace intrigue + scheming + meticulous detail + rebirth] The palace struggle isn't against the people from my previous life, but against everyone in this one. As the old saying goes: Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost. "Either you're one of my people, or you're one of my ghosts." Yinzhen and Yixiu are both reborn. Is this a story of remorse or slaughter, of putting the greater good first or choosing love and family? What would it take fo 53Reads—Score—14d adds
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