Looking for a Story Where the Female Lead Is a Concubine or Bedchamber Maid and Is Doted On 求女主是妾室或通房而且特别受宠

1. 151 谢 Empress of the Xie Family 谢家皇后 Song of the Yue People越人歌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 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 8.8kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
2. 152 从 From Concubine to Wife 从妾室到妻 The Crab from the Conrad Family康拉德家的螃蟹Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted From Concubine to Wife 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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3. 153 织 Weaving Dust in the Phoenix Palace: Lady Pan of Eastern Wu 织尘凤阙：东吴潘后 Little Lotus Among the Stars繁星小荷Female-Channel Fanfiction46k WordsCompleted Weaving Dust into the Phoenix Palace: Pan, Empress of Eastern Wu 45Reads—Score114d adds

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   A cold, aloof elegance, both broken and breathtakingly beautiful, captivatingly so. Old Chen, a physician and painter for half his life, had seen countless noble ladies and beautiful women of Jiangdong, but never such a strikingly expressive face—gentle as misty rain, serene as a cold pool concealing a sharp edge. A single glance made one forget her lowly status as a slave, remembering only that she was a rare and exquisite beauty. "No wonder you dared to set up such a perilous scheme," Old Chen sighed, spreading out a clean white silk scroll, grinding ink and beginning to paint. "Your beauty, hidden in the weaving workshop, would be a waste; presented to the emperor, it is the greatest opportunity to defy fate." The visitor was Old Chen, the court painter, and also the only old friend who had spoken up for Pan's father. For three years, he had been constrained by palace rules and power...

4. 154 受 Sick of the Madwoman, the Wicked Maid Decides to Find a New Boss 受够癫婆，恶婢决定换个老板 Emerald Mountain Sparrow翡山雀Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A vicious supporting character’s maid awakens + face-slapping + playing the pig to eat the tiger + super sweet romance] [Career-minded maid × delusion-prone emperor, both virgins in both their lives] In her previous life, the maid Dan Feng saved the emperor when he was in trouble, but handed him over to her mistress, Wei Xixue. She watched as the whole Wei family rode on the emperor’s gratitude to rise to prominence; She watched as her mistress used that favor to become the emperor’s beloved co 12.3kReads8.6Score2k14d adds

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   🌟①This perfectly matches the description. The female lead grew up in the Yong'an Marquis's mansion, rising from a lowly maid to a head maid, and later becoming the male lead's concubine. When the male lead was about to marry a noblewoman, the female lead ran away pregnant, and the male lead went mad. ☘️☘️

5. 155 踹 Dump the Romance Hero, Seduce the Emperor from a Male-Oriented Novel 踹掉言情男主，勾搭男频帝王 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, revenge, scheming, stunning heroine, seductive mastermind] The short drama His Heart on a String is now streaming! Shen Yuling transmigrated into a romance novel as its heroine. Unfortunately, she was a heroine whose luck had been stolen by a woman who transmigrated into the story. She would die in a fire, taking her unborn child with her, while her entire family would be wiped out. It was a fate the original heroine had failed to change, even after being reborn twice 17kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
6. 156 京 The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水 Stars Fill My Eyes满眼星宸Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable 58.2kReads9.3Score7.7k14d adds
7. 157 通 After His Bedchamber Maid Faked Her Death, the Chaste Heir Searched for Her for Three Years 通房假死后，禁欲世子苦寻三年 Return Feast Wine归宴酒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Powerful Man Bows His Head] [The Regret-and-Redemption Arc] [Both Leads Are Inexperienced] At first, in Zhao Xuanyou’s eyes, Yu Ying was nothing more than an ordinary bedchamber maid. She was pretty, she knew how to flatter him, and she was just a plaything. Watching Yu Ying scheme her way up the ranks and bask in her success, he treated it all as a diversion. It wasn’t until she faked her death and ran away that Zhao Xuanyou realized he didn’t just covet her charms. He wanted all of her, inclu 15.5kReads8.6Score2.2k14d adds

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   🖊🖊This is a story of a woman's rise from humble beginnings to the pinnacle of power. In her past life, she was a lowly maidservant in a noble household, manipulated by everyone. The mistress used her pregnancy to carry her child, but the child ultimately died in the dead of winter. In this life, she seizes the opportunity, using the chance of being pregnant to cleverly get close to the prince. Step by step, she plots her way up to the top, becoming a figure revered by all.

8. 158 摆 After Escaping Her Maidservant Status, She Became Obsessed with Making Money 摆脱通房丫鬟身份后，她沉迷搞钱 Behave Yourself好好当当Ancient Romance695k WordsCompleted [Complete + no transmigration or rebirth + winning back his wife + slow-burn romance + political intrigue and business rivalry + pure-love devotees] She was a farmer’s daughter. After her father died, she was sold and became a kitchen maid in a marquis’s household. By a twist of fate, she was forced to follow the marquis’s family into exile for a heinous crime. She endured countless hardships and suffered many injuries to keep the whole family fed, all because the young marquis had made a solemn 76.8kReads9.2Score8.3k14d adds
9. 159 独 He Dotes on His Concubine? I'll Enter the Eastern Palace and Marry the Ailing Crown Prince Instead 独宠外室？我入东宫转嫁病弱太子 Writer's Block文荒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Published as "Love Takes You into His Heart", available on Taobao, Douyin, and Pinduoduo] [Palace and household intrigue + reborn revenge + devoted husband] In her previous life, Shen Ruoxi devoted herself to marrying Prince Qi, Murong Yu. At home, she exhausted herself managing his household; outside, she knelt and begged her father and brothers to help him ascend the throne. She even gave up her place as his princess consort to please him, willingly becoming a concubine. She gave him everythi 21kReads9.3Score4.5k14d adds
10. 160 快 Quick Transmigration: The Frail Darling Everyone Adores Is Caught in a Ruthless Struggle 快穿：病弱万人迷在疯狂内卷中 Biology Nerds Never Give Up生物狗永不认输Ancient Romance385k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + sickly beauty heroine adored by all + unconventional strong heroine + both 1v1 and 1vN romances + men competing in a battlefield of love + the heroine does not compete with other women!!!] Currently updating: Princess Anding Ruan Rouqi is a perennial bottom-ranker in the Rules Department. Without fail, her missions always end with the male lead imprisoning her yet again. Her System can't stand it anymore and requests her transfer from the Rules Department to the Supportin 4.2kReads8.6Score19314d adds
11. 161 外 The Outer Wife 外室之妻 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Gu Zheng was at her wit’s end with the way her stepmother kept causing trouble. Even though the man looked down on her, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and marry him. She thought she was destined to be a supporting female character in this world, so she lived by the rules and knew her place. Then, in the blink of an eye, her husband turned out to be the Duke’s illegitimate son! He was about to be acknowledged by the family and become the young duke, but the ducal household looked down on 1.1kReads9.0Score32814d adds
12. 162 五 Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空，夫君带女逼我和离 Cang Yuesheng仓月生Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband 5.8kReads9.3Score43414d adds

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    Male lead, please pamper the female lead! She's so pitiful! 😘

13. 163 我 I Was Reborn, and This Time I'm Going on a Rampage 我重生了，这一世我嘎嘎乱杀 Cang Yuesheng仓月生Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In my past life, I was schemed against and killed by Bai Lianhua and Liu Ruyan! This time, I'll send every one of the people who hurt me straight to hell! Seeing them hate me to the bone yet be powerless to do anything about it is so satisfying! This time, let me weave the path that sends you all to hell! I'm the head of the Wen family business. Watch me put men aside and focus on my career. I'm the leading lady of my own story! I just love building my business! When I try to put men aside, they 1.9kReads9.4Score19314d adds
14. 164 小 The Maid Is Sweet and Wild, and the Gu Brothers Are Going Crazy for Her 小丫鬟娇又野，顾家少爷们追疯了 Shu Manman姝慢慢Ancient Romance123k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Sweet Romance, Funny Daily Life, Everyone's Favorite, Business Rivalry] A spirited young maid VS devoted young masters A Ruo was just a little maid in the back courtyard of the Gu residence, muddling through each day and hoping to get by. She thought she could leave the residence after another year, but after an accident led her to stand up for a friend, she somehow ended up as a maid in the eldest young master's courtyard, bringing a whole heap of trouble with it. Problem one: The 153Reads—Score1314d adds
15. 165 听 They Say Everyone Rumored to Be Involved with This Maid Gets Promoted 听说和这丫鬟有绯闻的都升官了 Tears in the Heart of the Tree树心有泪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrated Maid + Ensemble Cast + Political Schemes and Twists + Hilarious Chaos] One-sentence summary: A maid and two minor officials are brought together by a wastrel marquis to resolve crises and crack bizarre cases. Zhuxin transmigrated into the body of a maid in a Duke's manor. She thought her future would involve either household intrigue or farming, but then the manor was confiscated and she landed in the Imperial Prison. Zhuxin felt like she was doomed. They were all picking on her j 16.5kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds

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    ❤️❤️The female protagonist is a career woman who transmigrates to the world of entertainment. She treats being a concubine as her profession and the lord and his wife as her boss. She gradually wins over the lord, gets promoted, and receives a raise.

16. 166 主 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 23.3kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
17. 167 纨 The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命，重生主母杀疯了 Folded in the Mist折雾里Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they 57.6kReads9.2Score7.6k14d adds
18. 168 痴 A Devoted Emperor Chases Love from Ancient Times to the Modern Day 痴情帝王，从古代追爱到现代 Yu Xixi羽希熙Ancient Romance210k WordsCompleted "The ancient-era portion of this book is not a clean romance and takes a realistic approach, with an emphasis on plausibility. Readers who insist on both leads being untouched should read with caution. Once they reach the modern era, both leads are untouched. The story is a slow burn, but the later chapters are exciting, so be sure to read to the end." The heroine, Lin Wan, is a woman of unparalleled beauty and a celebrated history professor at a modern university. Not only is she exceptionally 2Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is a noble concubine, showered with undivided affection and exclusive favor! The emperor is handsome and young! A new ancient romance novel! Highly rated! Very enjoyable! Mature and artistic writing style, tight and reasonable plot, delicate and realistic emotions, and clear logic! A modern history professor unexpectedly transmigrates into the ancient imperial court, where the emperor falls head over heels for her, forcing her to become a concubine. The young, handsome, and gentle emperor is deeply infatuated with her, but upon regaining her senses, she refuses to serve him due to the complexities of court intrigue. Despite this, the emperor remains devoted, overcoming numerous hardships to finally win her heart. The harem is fiercely competitive, and the female lead endures many trials, facing a vicious female antagonist. Ultimately, she successfully avenges herself and returns to the modern era. The deeply affectionate emperor abandons everything, crossing time and space, solely to pursue true love.

19. 169 美 After the Beautiful Chambermaid Gets Pregnant, the Heir Says He Can't Have Children 美艳通房怀孕后，世子爷说他不能生了 Fog Island 1106雾岛11066k WordsCompleted After the Beautiful Attendant Gets Pregnant, the Heir Says He Can No Longer Have Children —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Let me recommend my novel! I hope you'll give it a try! Thanks!

20. 170 奴 Nunu 奴奴 Jing Lang璟琅Ancient Romance384k WordsCompleted The inner palace was hushed, while Zhaoyang Hall was warm. She was a little cat from Spirit Cat Mountain, who wandered innocently into the world of a human emperor. He gave her boundless affection, but also a gilded cage she could never escape. He was an emperor, with all the ruthlessness and cunning that came with the title. His love for her was real, and so was his use of her. He told her she was his slave, his alone. 59Reads—Score12514d adds

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    The female lead is a concubine, and the male lead only loves her.

21. 171 咸 The Couch-Potato Concubine Ate and Drank Her Way to Becoming the Palace Intrigue Champion 咸鱼妾室，混吃混喝混成宫斗冠军 Lazy Big Cat懒大猫Ancient Romance116k WordsOngoing [Not a Pure Couple + Favored Early, Doted on Exclusively Later] Looking back on her life, no one could say Shen Mingxu had bad luck. Her father rose from county magistrate to duke, and she went from a lowly concubine to empress dowager. She was able to coast through it all thanks entirely to her good fortune. - Shen Mingxu transmigrates into the daughter of a county magistrate. Her older sister is supposed to enter the palace for the selection, but would rather die than go. To save the lives of 13Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a book and becomes the male protagonist's concubine. She's very easygoing, doesn't compete for favor, and doesn't want to cause trouble. It's a good read.

22. 172 垂 Near Death, I Sat Up in Bed: I Can't Rely on Myself to Win the Palace Intrigue 垂死病中惊坐起，宫斗不能靠自己 The Clivia Isn't Blue君子兰不蓝Ancient Romance108k WordsOngoing [Fictional dynasty + lighthearted, funny palace intrigue + beloved, incredibly strong chubby girl + pocket dimension and phoenix spirit + powerful figure with many identities + multiple babies in one pregnancy] After dying suddenly at 007, Baili Jinzhi is transported to the Ye Li Dynasty with a loud pop. She becomes the 250-jin legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhen’s household, a tragic girl whose stepsister stole her engagement to a feudal prince’s heir. On the very day her engagement is b —Reads—Score—14d adds

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