Looking for Palace and Household Intrigue 想找一本宫斗宅斗文
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The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱
[This novel has been contracted for publication] [Strong female lead + high-IQ palace intrigue + heroine schemes against the entire harem + psychotic villain personality] Song Zhao has always been a woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and she is also more clear-headed than anyone. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was perfectly clear: “I’m entering the palace to become Empress. Otherwise, what would I go there fo
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The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位
Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only
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After Entering the Palace, the Obsessive Emperor Dotes on Consort Yuan 入宫后，偏执皇上盛宠元妃娘娘
[A violent emperor + a feigning-fool, ruthless concubine-born daughter + not mutually exclusive in the early stages + favored above the entire harem later] An Qingyu was the fourth daughter of the prime minister. Her mother, Concubine Lan Yue, had been brought into the household as the prime minister’s wife’s dowry maid. As a concubine-born daughter, An Qingyu had grown up at the First Madam’s side, keeping her head down and ingratiating herself, just like Concubine Lan. Then a twist of fate rui
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Qing Transmigration: With a Pocket Dimension, the Emperor's Sons and Grandsons Fall for Me 清穿：空间在手，龙子龙孙爱上我
[Qing Dynasty time-travel + adored by everyone + Mary Sue + light, feel-good wish fulfillment + nontraditional harem + sweet romance + both leads are devoted to each other (in my opinion, so those with intense purity concerns, stay away) + petite and soft, easy to sweep off her feet] Nan Xun obeys her mother’s orders and heads south to find her father. She doesn’t find him, but accidentally falls into a lake. When she opens her eyes again, she’s in the Qing Dynasty. Armed with a pocket dimension
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Quick Transmigration: The Sickly, Obsessive Villains All Dote on Me 快穿：病娇偏执反派都团宠我
Original title: Quick Transmigration: The Yandere, Obsessive Villains All Spoil Me The heroine is a little flirt, sweet and soft, yet both charming and bold. After Gu Ruojiao died, she was bound to a System and tasked with helping cannon-fodder villainesses in different worlds fulfill their wishes. She thought it would be a simple job, but she never expected to get involved with powerful men in every world! Substitute bride, bringing good fortune to the dying, lucky charm, fake and real heiresse
29.6kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
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Qing Dynasty Crossover: When a Femme Fatale Becomes a Cannon Fodder 综清穿：当祸水穿成炮灰后
[This story is complete. The new story, The Frail, Bewitching Favorite with the Cannon-Fodder Heroine’s Script, is now underway.] [Everyone’s darling + alternate history + System + wish fulfillment + romantic rival showdown. This is not a pure Qing Dynasty story, and history will change!!!] After dying as Zhao Hede, beloved consort of Emperor Cheng of Han, she entered the Quick Transmigration Bureau and made deals with figures from history in hopes of bringing her elder sister back to life. Worl
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I’m Sweet and Well-Behaved, So Why Am I the Harem’s Only Favorite? 我又乖又美，独宠后宫怎么了？
[Sweet Romance + Harem + No Angst] A lively, stunning beauty + a devastatingly handsome, love-struck good emperor. (He’s love-struck but knows right from wrong) (No cutthroat palace intrigue) (Not a devoted couple) (Fast-paced) (Heroine’s halo) Ji Wanqing transmigrates into the harem of the Emperor of Yan and becomes a low-ranking concubine. The moment she arrives, the arrogant Consort slaps her. The Consort is bad enough, and the Empress is no better, using her to stoke the Consort’s anger. Wit
4.9kReads9.2Score550Shelves
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The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇：贵妃娘娘她又美又乖
[Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a
24.9kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
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With My Reborn Son's High-Stakes Schemes, Becoming Empress Dowager Is No Dream 重生儿子手段高，晋升太后不是梦
[Fictional Imperial Harem Drama + No Romance + Giving Birth and Raising Kids + My Son Must Be Crown Prince + Ambitious + Clear-Eyed] Content warning: The romance isn’t mutually exclusive, she doesn’t love the male lead, and there are painful, heartbreaking parts. The male lead is a scumbag emperor. Song Yuyan was hooked on a palace-harem management game. She never expected to open her eyes and find she had transmigrated to ancient times. After keeping a low profile for three years, she entered t
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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.
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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
10.8kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef
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She's Gone Mad! The Day She Transmigrated, the Sickly Young Lord Vowed to Give Himself to Her! 疯了!穿越当天，病娇世子爷他要以身相许!
Original title: After the Heir’s Consort Turns Dark, All the Gods Fall at Her Feet [Transmigration + two scheming minds locked in a battle of wits + obsession + political intrigue + bickering couple] Yun Jincheng transmigrates and, the moment she opens her eyes, strips the sickly heir of his clothes and stumbles upon a secret he has kept hidden for years. Rumor has it that the heir of the Prince of Zhennan, who has been frail for years and gasps for breath after just a few steps, isn’t sick at a
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What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著）
What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his
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The Transmigrator Was Killed by This Princess 穿越者被本宫反杀了
The breathtaking Princess Sheng'an married a little-known adviser, and everyone in the realm laughed that such a pearl had been hidden in the dust, accusing her of having no taste. Only when Qinglu's iron cavalry had crossed every inch of the land and brought the whole realm under its rule did people realize that Princess Sheng'an was a fox and her adviser a tiger. He had the talent to shape the world, yet willingly bowed his head and let the young lady run wild over him. After a lifetime of bei
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The Troubles of a Favored Concubine: The Marquis Is Not So Cold 宠妾难为：侯爷不太冷
Also known as: “The Concubine Keeps Trying to Run Away, but the War God Marquis Has Fallen for Her” By a twist of fate, Wei Yao becomes the concubine of the Great Zhou's war god, Marquis Nanning. Though he is handsome and graceful, a master of both letters and arms, she swears she will never be a concubine! First, she'll play along while secretly plotting, then seize the chance to run. But how does she escape? Where does she go? It takes skill! Never mind anything else, she needs to save at leas
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The Concubine 外室
A sweet romance, devoted couple, one-on-one, no family or palace intrigue, simple and straightforward, no golden finger!!! Chun Xiao had all the food and comforts she could want in the modern world. She never expected to end up as a kept woman in ancient times, and her life was hellish from the start. Feeling the empty pockets that were cleaner than her face, she could only sigh and keep her head down for now! Once she saved enough money... then...
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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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My Beloved, Through Every Dawn and Dusk 卿是朝朝暮暮
Shen Yunshu studied archaeology and had been working for just two years. She loved history, and her favorite dynasty was the Rong Dynasty. A few days ago, she had read an unofficial history of the Rong Dynasty's royal family. Little did she expect that after falling asleep, she would wake up in the Rong Dynasty, sent there by the heavens, as Shen Yunshu, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family of Prince Zhenbei's residence. She had transmigrated to her favorite dynasty and become a descendant
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After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼
The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi
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Dreams of the Red Chamber Palace 红楼宫梦
If you like learning the secrets of Dream of the Red Chamber but don't want academic writing, come read this palace-intrigue story. [Dream of the Red Chamber research + secrets of the Qing palace] [Scheming white lotus + a strong heroine in the style of Daiyu and a scumbag's unattainable first love + an emperor who only pretends to be devoted] [Palace intrigue + household intrigue] The real-life model for Lin Daiyu enters the palace and becomes Emperor Kangxi's last beloved consort, Consort Xi.
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The Fourth Miss Is a Brilliant Doctor, Yet an Illegitimate Daughter 四小姐医术精湛却是私生女
In the eleventh year of the Chenghua reign, on the day the crown prince was formally appointed, the Liu and Sheng families of imperial physicians were massacred. Sheng Miao, the Sheng family's only daughter, survived because her father hid her in a secret room. After witnessing her parents die before her eyes, she lost not only her memory but also her voice. That day, he followed his father's dying wish and went to Jianzhou to bring home the Mei family's illegitimate daughter who had been living
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