I've Been Hooked on Palace Intrigue Stories Lately: Imperial Selection, High-IQ Schemes, and a Golden Finger 本宫最近迷上了宫斗文，选秀，高智商，金手指

1. 1 咸 The Laid-Back Consort: Rising Step by Step 咸鱼娘娘：步步高升 Melancholy Cantaloupe忧伤的哈密瓜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + palace and household intrigue + childbirth + doted on exclusively later] Jiang Wan transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking palace consort of an emperor with no children. To protect the people around her, she has no choice but to compete for a little favor. Who knew she’d end up giving the emperor a chubby baby boy! Emperor: “She’s the birth mother of my only son. Of course I have to protect her.” Who knew that all that protection would turn into affection? As Jiang Wan ris 31.9kReads8.9Score3kShelves

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   Both books are finished. In the first one, the heroine is supposed to be a pediatrician who traveled through time. In the past, she was the only one who gave birth to sons, while the other concubines all gave birth to daughters. The princess is already ranked 12th, and the prince is only ranked 2nd. All the princes were born to the heroine. The heroine of the second book is the maid next to the Queen Mother. She was about to leave the palace, but she was targeted by the emperor [laughing]

2. 2 贵 The Noble Consort Is Cool and Aloof, and the Emperor Yearns for Her Night After Night 贵妃清冷，圣上夜夜相思 Que Ling Yan Zi雀翎宴子Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted Shen Qinghe was in the bloom of youth when she entered the palace, where she weathered its intrigues for more than a decade. She had hoped to leave with a reward one day, or perhaps spend her whole life peacefully as a palace official. But then an order came down, and one day she unexpectedly became an imperial consort. She watched these women fight day after day, never expecting to become entangled in their schemes herself. Shen Qinghe could only sigh. He was the emperor, and she was a palac 16.6kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
3. 3 从 Starting with Empresses in the Palace 从甄嬛传开始 Third Watch Night Rain三更夜雨Female-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing The autumn-night waters of the Thirty-Six Palaces, dew glistening on the lofty parasol trees. The jade clepsydra drips steadily, while the bright moon rises above the gilded gate. Red carpets, a Boshan incense burner, fragrant breezes stirring the tassels in secret. The sheep-drawn carriage has gone, leaving only green weeds and a lonely phoenix reflection in the dusty mirror. 5.1kReads7.9Score122Shelves

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   There have been some changes in the plot of The Legend of Zhen Huan, but it's a cool story and worth reading.

4. 4 娘 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 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted 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 62.8kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves

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   Anyone who has not read these books will make me sad. Especially the first one, which I have re-read countless times. Then the third one is the kind of favorite, anyway, it is sweet from beginning to end. The last one is the white moonlight level, but it is really good-looking.

5. 5 娇 The Pretty Palace Maid's Step-by-Step Rise to Empress 娇娇宫女，步步为后 Three Days in the Capital三日京Ancient Romance574k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue / not both partners’ first time / devoted love in the later story / not a strong heroine; the female lead cries easily and isn’t particularly clever, so don’t expect too much!] After three years in the palace, Yue Li has worked carefully and waited for a chance at promotion. Just before she is promoted, a palace maid sharing her room is sentenced to death for offending a consort. Thunder crashes and rain pours that night as blood spatters everywhere. Terrified, Yue Li cannot sle 15.8kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
6. 6 娇 The Spoiled Consort's Road to Glory 娇气包娘娘的荣华路 Qingxi Hexi清兮禾兮Ancient Romance385k WordsCompleted Sweet romance! Undivided love! She’s doted on to the max! [The heroine is cunning, a little black lotus hidden beneath a rabbit’s skin] [The hero has a harem and isn’t chaste, but once he meets the heroine, he devotes himself to her alone in a one-on-one romance] The third young lady of the Sheng’an Marquis’s household, born to his secondary wife, was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Sweet and clever, she knew how to win favor. Her grandmother and father favored her, and even her legitimate 19.3kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
7. 7 深 A Noble Consort in the Deep Palace 深宫有贵妃 Que Ling Yan Zi雀翎宴子Ancient Romance568k WordsCompleted When they were young and love stirred in his heart, he took her in. Once he held power, he had no choice but to hide her away. In the lonely inner palace, she waited quietly, day after day and year after year. For power and status, he feared nothing. He overcame every obstacle and held her close. Behind layer upon layer of palace gates and red walls, a dream within a dream awakened the lovers from their reverie. 11.8kReads9.0Score765Shelves
8. 8 风 Willows in the Wind 风中柳 Yu Ling雨泠Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ruthless heroine➕female-lead power fantasy➕light ensemble-style palace intrigue➕face-slapping and scum-bashing➕primarily focused on building her career] (Female lead is a virgin; male lead is not) Jiang Fu, the Jiang family’s fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter, was lovely and graceful. Unfortunately, her stepmother was cruel and her father was heartless. As an illegitimate daughter, she had no say even in the marriage that mattered most to a woman. Her family could manipulate her as they p 2.6kReads8.8Score325Shelves

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   All of them are Gong Douwen worth reading over and over again. The heroine is sober as hell, watching the hero sink [cool]

9. 9 智 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责 Uncle Luo洛叔叔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 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 43.4kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
10. 10 白 The White Moonlight Noble Consort’s Daily Life in the Harem 白月光贵妃的后宫日常 Yuanzi Eats Mulberries元子吃桑葚Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted (Cover used with permission) With an illustrious family background, breathtaking beauty, and the distinction of being the emperor’s moonlight, Jiang Hui should have found life as a Noble Consort effortlessly easy. Unfortunately, the sisters in all but name in the Eastern Palace, wave after wave of beautiful candidates from the provinces, and the supposed substitutes who resemble her in looks and bearing all tell her the same thing: no one can walk unscathed through the imperial harem. [Alternate 31kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
11. 11 累 I'm Exhausted! To Fool Him, I Pretend to Be Sweet and Innocent Every Day 累死！为了骗他，本宫日日装娇纯 Deer in the Deep Forest深林的鹿Ancient Romance455k WordsCompleted “If you want to win, you have to learn how to lose first.” Meng Xianxiang lost a life, and learned to struggle, to seize what she wanted, to scheme and plan, and to claw her way up. Looking back on her previous life, she had lived in a stable, eaten pig slop, served tea and emptied chamber pots, enduring abuse and humiliation at every turn. Each memory was a stab to the heart. Given another chance, she wants status and power, and a world where no one dares bully her again. Behind the palace’s re 3.7kReads9.2Score365Shelves
12. 12 宫 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 A Cluster of Flowers一丛花令Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she endured a life of hardship and instability. From the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an to a government courtesan available to any man, she finally escaped a life of being passed from one man to another, only to jump from the tiger’s jaws into the wolf’s den. She walked on eggshells at every step until she finally became the real power behind the prefect’s household. But the misery of her first half of life had already left her body broken beyond repair. Only o 10.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
13. 13 在 A Ghost Working in Empresses in the Palace 在甄嬛传里打工的鬼 Zhouzhou Loves Congee舟舟爱喝粥Female-Channel Fanfiction2.6M WordsCompleted After wandering the world for many years, a young ghost bride dodges the ghost-catching business one day and enters the underworld, only to find herself in another workplace. The story revolves around Empresses in the Palace, with An Lingrong as the starting point as she tries to get by in the imperial harem. There’s just the right amount of a golden finger, and just the right amount of brains. A heads-up for friends who love Huanhuan. 35.2kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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    This person has a high IQ and pushes himself to a high moral level (especially Shen Meizhuang). He is a cool character. The biggest golden finger is himself. There are no fart charms or anything like that. He is the most comfortable person I have ever seen in a variety of movies and TV shows.

14. 14 骗 A Marriage Scam? The Consort’s Alluring Beauty Steals the Emperor’s Heart and the Empress’s Throne 骗婚？云鬓酥腰娘娘诱帝夺后位 When Fuyao Rises当扶摇上Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted Mutual firsts, a tightly woven palace power struggle, and a sweet, delicate beauty who is doted on The young woman I’ve secretly loved for years is about to enter the palace as a selected consort. I’m so excited I downed three bowls of sweet rice wine dumplings. She’s a delicate beauty who needs protecting. After she’s made a consort, she starts acting up! Make her a Noble Consort and she lets her true nature loose; make her Empress... In her past life, Jiang Sheng was locked in a woodshed by he 867Reads7.4Score101Shelves

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    Entering the palace through a draft and winning the throne of the queen. This book is super sweet. The emperor has been secretly in love with the heroine for many years, and finally hopes that his beloved will enter the palace. He must pamper her day and night [admiration]

15. 15 喂 Hey, Host! I Said Have a Baby, Not Woo Them 喂！宿主！叫你生子没叫你攻略 Cat's Eye Stone猫睛石Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + breathtaking beauty + no fixed CP + multiple worlds + childbirth System + semi-immersive master of deception + wish fulfillment] After being bedridden for eight years, Zhu Baishao still died one autumn. But the instant she died, she transmigrated. Not only did she become a villainous cannon-fodder character, she also got bound to a childbirth System. By completing missions in each world, she can earn points and use the System’s shop to buy anything she can imagine, whethe 35.4kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves

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    In this first world, the female protagonist is an infatuated beauty from the south of the Yangtze River, and the male protagonist is an emperor, both clean, but the object of her infatuation is not the emperor, but a scumbag man. The heroine pretends to be infatuated with the scumbag man, and the emperor becomes jealous and robs her of her. The heroine becomes pregnant with the prince for the first time. The worlds at the back of this book are also quite interesting.

16. 16 又 Another Day of Giving a Golden Finger in Empresses in the Palace 又是在甄嬛传送金手指的一天 Hiss Haha嘶哈哈Female-Channel Fanfiction2.7M WordsOngoing [One golden finger per person + only one protagonist in each world, with no crossover + all are the original characters + personalities remain unchanged] Qi Fei, who has a puppet System, exchanges for a puppet to tutor her son, so he can carry her to an easy victory! An Lingrong Xia Dongchun Yi Xiu. This is absolutely an Empresses in the Palace fanfic unlike any you've read before. The author's imagination runs wild. 8.8kReads7.7Score273Shelves

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    I don't know if it counts as a high IQ, but if I have a big gold finger, it can be considered a palace fight. [Eat Melon] The author's head is really strange.

17. 17 怨 Bound by a Madman's Grudge 怨骨疯缠 Peerless Scallion a绝世一根葱aTwo Male Leads470k WordsCompleted Publication rights have been signed. Originally titled Grudgebound Bones [Double madness + a truly ghostly male lead + twisted love + forced confinement romance + lovers bound by pure hatred + happy ending] “We're better off hating each other. Never tell me you love me, or I'll kill you.” The two had been inseparable friends at the orphanage, once linking pinkies and promising never to part for the rest of their lives. Then one year, a wealthy couple came to adopt a child. They took a liking to 100.8kReads9.6Score20.1kShelves
18. 18 仙 After an Immortal Venerable Becomes a Washed-Up Celebrity, the Wife-Doting Movie Emperor Spoils Him Like Crazy 仙尊穿成糊咖后，被妻奴影帝狂宠 Gradually Lost in a Haze渐迷离Two Male Leads99k WordsCompleted A devoted, doting Best Actor who spends all his money on his wife x a proud, adorable beauty. 1v1, both leads are each other’s only love, silly and sweet. After failing to ascend, Ling Ze, the revered Immortal Venerable of the cultivation world, becomes Ling Ze, a minor celebrity. If he doesn’t want to die, he has to date Best Actor Fu Siyu. Ling Ze cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness. He was locked away in his sect from childhood to focus on training and has hardly met anyone, so how could he k 661Reads9.1Score128Shelves
19. 19 温 Gentle, Wild-Boned 温柔野骨 Lan Sheng澜笙Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [The print edition goes on sale across all platforms on August 1] [Short drama now streaming] Previously titled: Zero-Degree Intimacy [One-on-one romance + both leads’ first love + happy ending + secret marriage + sweet romance ♥ Double-layer milk foam, 70% sugar!] (Rich, sharp-tongued, scheming investor Jian Yuchen VS money-loving, mischievous young designer Wen Ni) In a nutshell: She married her nemesis. In physics, zero degrees is the point where ice and water coexist. Zero-degree intimacy is 72kReads9.5Score8.8kShelves
20. 20 冉 The Empress Ran 冉后 Nai Nai J奈奈JAncient Romance376k WordsCompleted Ran Hu was made a Jieyu concubine as soon as she entered the palace. On her very first day, she was summoned to the emperor’s bedchamber and granted the title of Chen, cherished like a rare treasure. Her peerless beauty and her younger brother’s illustrious military achievements as Marquis of Chang’an gave her the confidence to act as she pleased in the harem. The two souls who had come from a later age ultimately left a lasting mark on this strange world. 4.9kReads9.0Score524Shelves

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    Super nice [lick the screen] The first one is about the heroine from Jieyu to the queen, her younger brother supports her in the war, and the two siblings support each other in another world. In the second book, the heroine is transformed into a queen, 🤏🏻 she handles the concubine with her hands, she is very smart [Adoration][Adoration]

21. 21 继 Successor Empress 继后 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Noble Consort was favored, the Worthy Consort bore a son, the Bright Etiquette was the emperor’s white moonlight, and the Beautiful Consort was his cinnabar mole. Every other concubine had her own talents and charms. It was a whole garden in full bloom. So who was our protagonist? The unfavored empress, with no children and no powerful family backing. Great. Why did this plot feel so familiar? Never mind. On the first day Zhao Wumian transmigrated here, she decided to lie flat. Compete for t 93.8kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
22. 22 演 I Played the Emperor My Whole Life, and After Being Reborn, He Still Wants the Crown Prince 演了皇上一辈子，重生他还要太子 One Little Sweet Fish一口小甜鱼Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original title: Only After His Death Did He Learn That the Empress Did Not Want to Be Buried With Him [The heroine transmigrates, the hero is reborn] As he lay dying, Emperor Tianhe looked back on his eventful life. He had risen from humble beginnings to become the founding emperor, and the world praised his achievements. In his fading consciousness, he saw his virtuous empress, his beautiful consorts, and his weeping children. He felt that his life had been complete. But after he died, his soul 29.4kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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    A new book with a very novel subject matter. The male protagonist is reborn, and the female protagonist is reborn. After the male protagonist was reborn, he always wanted the female protagonist to love him wholeheartedly. He originally thought that the male protagonist understood the female protagonist well enough. Unexpectedly, the longer we got along, the more he discovered other aspects of the female protagonist, and the more he could not express his feelings for her. I can't describe the heroine's intelligence in words. She has a firm grasp of the male protagonist's thoughts, which makes the male protagonist fall in love with the female protagonist even more. (The male protagonist is always on the way to breaking through the defense.)

23. 23 娘 The Empress Doesn't Fight for Favor, the Emperor Crowns Her Empress 娘娘不宫斗，帝王捧上后位 Breezy Giggles凉风嘻嘻Ancient Romance293k WordsCompleted [A Dark, Unhinged Emperor vs. A Wild and Alluring Consort: Not a Pure Romance, but Full of Devotion, Thrills, and Sweetness!] Jiang Shu transmigrates into the harem of a tyrant, becoming an obscure Noble Lady. She thinks she’ll just keep her head down in the palace until old age. But then, to survive, she throws herself into the tyrant’s arms. The emperor adores her beyond measure! He clears out his entire harem for her and puts her on the throne as empress. From then on, their life as emperor a 1.3kReads9.1Score152Shelves

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    Gong Douwen, they are all good-looking Gong Dou. You have to climb up the talent show step by step. If you are ambitious and have the means, I especially recommend 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7. They are all super good-looking Gong Dou.

24. 24 人 Life Is a Play, and the Empress Is All About Her Acting Skills 人生如戏，娘娘她纯拼演技 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + witty banter + sweet, delicate beauty + calculated mind games] The leads are not each other’s only partners. If that bothers you, don’t read. Be prepared for suspicion in the early chapters, followed by affection later. The pacing is slow, so proceed with caution if you prefer fast-paced wish-fulfillment stories. As a double award-winning actress and a seasoned star of palace intrigue dramas, how could Shi Yan possibly lose her nerve after transmigrating into the imperial hare 7.1kReads9.3Score739Shelves
25. 25 谋 Scheming for the Heir 谋嫡 Master Hua花爷Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted From being a pawn sent by her elder half-sister to the Third Prince's residence to climbing over a mountain of blood and claiming the empress's throne, Lin Wanying did just one thing: she kept Zhao Xuan firmly by her side. 2.3kReads9.1Score307Shelves
26. 26 奴 I Was Born a Lowly Slave, Yet the Emperor Favors Me 奴本微贱，奈何皇上喜欢 Lady Yejiu夜九娘Ancient Romance444k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jiaoyun spent years confined in the Cold Palace before finally being released. What she got in return was a useless husband and a wicked mother-in-law. This time, she decisively betrayed her mistress and climbed into someone else’s bed, successfully rising in status. And then she became the lowest-ranking palace maid… When Emperor Jingheng first saw Jiaoyun, he was merely captivated by her looks. “How can this palace maid have fairer skin than the Noble Consort?” Jiaoy 1.1kReads9.1Score104Shelves
27. 27 宫 Palace Beauty 宫姝 Clear Summer Xixi清夏兮兮Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted 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. 11.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
28. 28 贵 The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Vicious, and His Majesty Spoils Her Rotten 贵妃娇艳恶毒，陛下宠溺纵容 Pour Me a Glass of Green Plum Wine来一杯青梅酒Ancient Romance555k WordsCompleted [Not a pure romance + an all-villain cast + a heroine who kills + an indulgent hero + exclusive devotion from the start] [An aloof, ruthless, pleasure-seeking autocratic emperor vs. an arrogant, domineering, viciously cunning consort] Emperor Long'an had ruled for seven years. What people talked about most was his unusual hobby: keeping all kinds of fierce beasts and wild birds. Little did they know that the creatures who caught Emperor Long'an's interest were all in the harem's fighting ring. E 22.6kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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    This one!! At the beginning of the chapter, the heroine is a noble concubine with a super good family background! No worries at all! The male protagonist starts to dominate from the beginning! The Queen Mother also likes the heroine! It's rare to see the Queen Mother because her son loves the house and the bird! The whole story is about the female protagonist doing it from the front, and the male protagonist using the knife to finish off her from behind! No grievance at all, a truly refreshing article! Very, very pampered!

29. 29 茶 She Exudes Tea, and He Spoils His Wife Without Limits 茶香四溢，爷他宠妻无度 Xi Zhinan希知南Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Qing Dynasty transmigration + Fourth Prince faction + Household and Palace Intrigue + Empress + Yinzhen + Sole Favorite + Multiple Births + Childbirth] Ultimate goal: Work to ensure English classes are never introduced in future generations. Lin Mingyan: “Wow, my lord, you’re amazing. I could never hit something that hard~~~” Inwardly: Amazing, my ass! This is the only decent outfit I own, and now you’ve splattered it with something unmentionable! Lin Mingyan: “As long as you visit me from tim 11.5kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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    Lin Mingyan was sold into Fourth Master's house as a concubine, and the first impression she gave people was that of a foxy girl. But then it became - I can give birth, I can give birth, I can give birth to too many! In the second year after entering the house, three children were born, and the eldest son and second son were all matched. Three years later, I gave birth to my second child, four sons in a row~ biological, six brothers and one princess! Mr. Aixinjueluo has never seen such a fertile daughter-in-law~ You see, your neighbor Bafujin is so angry that she is almost vomiting blood. She dreams every day that you will give her a baby. Who among the people of Fujin in Beijing would not turn their eyes red with envy? But Lin Mingyan said: This is not a problem, I have special childbirth skills~

30. 30 就 Now This Is Palace Intrigue! Thirty Heroines Topple the Harem 就这个宫斗爽！30个大女主掀翻后宫 Read a Little Editorial Team读点编辑部Ancient Romance429k WordsCompleted [Palace and Household Intrigue + Anthology Stories + Strong Female Leads + Feel-Good Revenge + Face-Slapping] She waited three years for the general to return from war, only for her husband to come home with a pregnant woman and announce he was taking her as a second wife?! Dream on! I’m the daughter of the richest man in the land. From now on, I’m getting a divorce and building my own career! She was the exalted crown princess, yet on the very day she gave birth, the crown prince and her mother 381Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    This is a collection of 30 palace battle essays. The main theme is Shuangshuangshuang😍😍😍Your Highness, please read it quickly!!

31. 31 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Ultimate Winner 综影视：最终赢家 YoubiLee悠比LeeFemale-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing It's all right. I'll be the final winner. Main fandoms: Empresses in the Palace and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace. First world: Ulanara Yixiu (complete) Second world: Fucha Langhua (complete) 24.2kReads9.3Score831Shelves

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    These three books are all classics among classics. They have cool heroines, big golden fingers, and systems. They are not poisonous and not aggrieved!!! It is the top book in my heart. The first one is "Insect Mother Comes to Dimensionality Reduction and Crush". The writing is really ahhh~

32. 32 综 A Scheming Beauty Across Film and TV 综影视之心机美人 Old Snow at the Long Pavilion长亭旧雪Female-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted Also known as The Emperor’s Strategy Notebook The heroine, Lingyi, is a newcomer in the Wish Fulfillment Department of the Time-Travel Bureau. Character: She’ll do whatever it takes to get what she wants. She’s not a good person. The story focuses on winning hearts. Fighting women never ends, while fighting men settles things once and for all. Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong (Complete) Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace: Suochuolun A’ruo (Complete) Story of Yanxi Palace: Hitara Erqing (Complet 21.2kReads8.3Score894Shelves
33. 33 综 A Journey Through Film and TV: The Cannon Fodder’s Road to a Comeback 综影视之炮灰逆袭路 Lush Purple Asters紫苑青青Female-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsOngoing Even a cannon-fodder character can turn the tables and become the protagonist 35kReads8.6Score733Shelves
34. 34 综 Comprehensive Qing Dynasty Transmigration: The Game of Life 综清穿：游戏人生 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Female-Channel Fanfiction481k WordsCompleted [Multiverse Transmigration + Qing Dynasty Transmigration + Beautiful Heroine + Easy Wins] Shuang Yao, a veteran task-taker on semi-retirement, takes on the Qing-transmigration team's mess, traveling to one world after another to resolve the original hosts' grievances. [Empresses in the Palace] Transmigrated as Geng, Hongzhou's birth mother, she wants her son to live well? Open the door and send Prince Yi in! As long as he's alive, what does Empress Chun Yuan or a substitute for Wanwan matter? Th 10kReads8.9Score658Shelves

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    These are pretty good-looking, and the heroine has an IQ too.

35. 35 论 On Applying Grandma Qiong Yao's Famous Quotes in the Qing Palace 论琼瑶奶奶语录在清宫的实践应用 Cat Butterfly猫蝶Ancient Romance465k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + lots of childbirth + clear-headed, decisive black-lotus heroine + managing the harem + slow transmigration] World One: Kangxi, complete. World Two: Yongzheng, complete. She transmigrates into the Qing palace. Starting out in modern times as a hairpin maker, Jiang Mengyu puts every skill at her disposal to work. She's already started hustling, thanks! No feelings, just technique. Her intelligence stays sharp, and she's a born workaholic. Content warning: When faced with life-or 7.9kReads9.2Score610Shelves
36. 36 清 Raising Children in the Qing Palace: The Side Consort Wins by Taking It Easy 清宫养崽，侧福晋她躺赢了 Mango Sago, Yeah芒果西米露吖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Ran spent more than a decade diligently serving as a palace maid in the Qing court. At long last, she caught the eye of Consort De of Yonghe Palace. She had hoped that, once she turned twenty-five, she could ask Consort De to let her leave the palace. Instead, she was assigned to serve as the Fourth Prince, Yinzhen’s, first woman. Wait, wasn’t that Song’s job in history? There was no defying an imperial decree, so An Ran arrived at the imperial princes’ residence in a small sedan chair. Since 17.4kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves

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    In Qinggongwen, which I have been following recently, the heroine became sober and promptly eliminated the little bit of affection she had for the hero. The women in the fourth master's backyard are infatuated with each other and have their own hidden agendas. It looks okay, pretty good-looking

37. 37 从 From Palace Maid to Imperial Consort: Her Majesty Is on a Killing Spree 从宫女到贵妃，娘娘她杀疯了 Yu Yidao俞一刀Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted It’s bad enough that she’s transmigrated into a palace laundry maid. Who knew a eunuch would take a fancy to her, too? Jiang Zhiyi decides that lying low in the palace is out of the question. She’ll just have to climb the ladder to success. When a eunuch lusts after her, she sends him to his grave. When the concubines vie for favor, she’ll stop at nothing. Jiang Zhiyi knows the imperial harem is a cutthroat workplace where only the capable survive. The palace is full of deceit and intrigue, 6kReads8.8Score627Shelves

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    [Investigation] In the first book, the heroine traveled through ancient times and became a palace maid of the Huanyi Bureau. She was almost tricked by the old eunuch in the palace. However, she was rescued by the emperor under the heroine's design. She became a concubine in the harem and started the road of palace fighting. [Note] The heroine is sober, not obsessed with love, and has supreme power. She lures the emperor to climb up [Shy] [Explore] In the second book, the heroine was sold to the palace as a palace maid in ancient times. After the heroine's hard work step by step, she successfully caught the eye of the queen, and was given to the prince as a concubine by the queen, becoming the prince's first woman. Later, they gave birth to the emperor's eldest daughter and grandson one after another, and became the concubines of the East Palace. [Note] The heroine has a system, which is a check-in system for skill learning. [Investigation] In the third book, the heroine dresses up as a concubine of the royal palace who should have died early, and wins the favor in advance. The backyard of the palace was quite chaotic. Whenever King Jing went out, he would bring back one or two women, including time travel girls, reborn girls, medical girls, etc., With scripts in hand. [Note] The strife in the backyard is fierce, and the struggle in the front court is also fierce. The heroine is very popular, but she is sober and does not suffer from internal friction, and the main character will survive until the end. [Think]

38. 38 人 In the Crown Prince’s Harem, We’re All Competing to Get Ahead! 人在太子后院，一起卷起来！ White Peppercorn白藤椒Ancient Romance620k WordsCompleted Empress Wenzhao was a famously bewitching consort and the most talented empress. The way she has been judged and defined throughout her life has changed many times, but that has never diminished her status or the value of studying her. [System + Raising Kids + Relentless Competition] Thanks to being well fed at home, Qi Jiao was plump and rosy-cheeked. After a flood, she was sold into the palace as a maid, and when she got a little older, she was assigned to the empress’s palace. A few years lat 11.7kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
39. 39 王 A Concubine’s Daily Struggle to Stay Alive in the Prince’s Manor 王府侍妾的苟命日常 Panda Little Moneybags熊猫小财迷Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Intense Household Intrigue + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Plot-Driven + Everyone Has Eight Hundred Schemes] After transmigrating into the body of a concubine in the Prince of Jing's residence, Xie Run only wants to live in peace and, ideally, reach a hundred years old. At first, everything in the prince's residence is orderly. The prince shares his favor equally, the princess consort's position is secure, and the secondary consorts and concubines know their place. Who could have guessed that ever 21.3kReads9.1Score2kShelves
40. 40 咸 The Laid-Back Consort Rises Through the Ranks 咸鱼娘娘步步高升 Dreams on the Mountain山上有梦Ancient Romance358k WordsCompleted # Palace intrigue is out of the question. I'll eat snacks, watch the drama, and have children, that's the plan # Cui Xuejian transmigrated into the past and became a low-ranking palace consort. Powerful figures towered over her, while a few insignificant nobodies clawed at her feet. With things like this, why bother with palace intrigue? Better to just give up and coast! Cui Xuejian believed that as long as she kept out of trouble, no monsters, demons, or other ghoulish creatures would come afte 2.2kReads9.2Score162Shelves

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    Pure palace fighting, the hostess is sober, the plot is light and funny, and the characters are interesting

41. 41 清 Qing-Dynasty Time Travel: The Drama Queen Consort’s Epic Blunder 清穿雍正：戏精娘娘翻车实录 Dreams on the Mountain山上有梦Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Qing Dynasty Setting + System + Childbearing + Mind-Reading] Cui Xueman, a top finance student in the 21st century, transmigrates one day and opens her eyes to a huge character for “funeral offerings” in the mourning hall. Fainting from shock… That's perfectly normal, isn't it? When she wakes up again, she receives the good-or-bad news: she's transmigrated, and to the Kangxi era, no less. But the long-awaited standard issue for transmigrators, a golden finger or System, is nowhere to be seen! F 1.2kReads9.1Score109Shelves
42. 42 我 I’m Fighting for Favor in the Palace, and You’re Watching the Show??? 我在宫斗，你在看戏？？？ Dreams on the Mountain山上有梦Ancient Romance492k WordsCompleted A no-holds-barred harem showdown. Got the guts to join? ^_^ [Pure palace intrigue + characters who aren't dumbed down + clear-headed heroine + no pointless self-torment + cheerful and lighthearted] After Qiu Ju dies, she transmigrates to the Qianyuan Dynasty and becomes a low-ranking palace maid. Because she doesn't want to get up at three in the morning to work, she decides to seduce the emperor... Her modest goal: become a consort who has to get up no earlier than five in the morning... 6.2kReads8.9Score661Shelves
43. 43 侧 The Side Consort Has Occasional Meltdowns, and the Prince Spends His Days Calming Her Down 侧妃间歇发疯，王爷日常哄人 Dreams on the Mountain山上有梦Ancient Romance762k WordsCompleted #She miscarries from the start. What's wrong with going a little crazy?# #The heroine isn't a good person, the hero isn't a good person, and nobody's a good person# Yuan Xiangxue transmigrates. Other heroines either become mothers without the pain or get an overpowered golden finger. She's the unlucky one who miscarries from the start... Then she takes a look at her new identity: she's become the concubine of Liang Yujing, the ninth prince of the Great Liang Dynasty. She was a perfectly good per 4.5kReads8.6Score458Shelves
44. 44 她 Four Years After Her Death, the Crown Prince Brought Back a Substitute 她死后第四年，太子带回一个替身 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance296k WordsCompleted [The short drama is now available] [Palace intrigue, rebirth, adorable child] [The heroine has renounced love / the crown prince pursues her after losing her] When the crown prince falls from power and is imprisoned in You Tai, he contracts a plague and teeters on the brink of death. She stays by his side without ever abandoning him. After returning to the Eastern Palace, the crown prince marries her half-sister as his crown princess. As for her, he orders that the mother be killed and the child 1.3kReads8.6Score129Shelves

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    A very nice book. The heroine is smart, has no love, and is her own substitute. The concept is unique.

45. 45 深 A Beauty Hidden Deep in the Palace 深宫藏娇 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 103.4kReads9.5Score12.6kShelves

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    Don't be misled by the name, it's really good-looking. The male and female protagonists pull each other off and make love to each other. It's the first time I've seen this type of novel!!

46. 46 谁 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规 Strawberry Xi草莓汐Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 63kReads9.6Score9.7kShelves

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    Needless to say, okay.

47. 47 昭 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 98.7kReads9.5Score11.8kShelves
48. 48 重 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 Chiyo千代Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 4.1kReads9.3Score409Shelves
49. 49 栖 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Lu Shiqi鹿时七Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 47.4kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves

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    If you like palace fighting, come and read the refreshing article about the sober heroine!!!! The heroine in the first film traveled through time. After entering the palace, he used his own little tricks to gain the emperor's special favor. The second heroine's IQ and EQ are beyond the standard online [Adoration]. The two heroines are thoughtful and know exactly what they want.

50. 50 在 Making Friends in Empresses in the Palace, All to Become the Empress Dowager 在甄嬛传广交友，一切为了当太后 Where the Moon Rests月安在Female-Channel Fanfiction626k WordsCompleted Li Huimin, a level-ten Zhen Huan drama fanatic, transmigrates one day and finds herself reborn as the previously nonexistent eldest daughter of the Xilingjueluo family? My father is E'ertai. This is a sure thing: a trusted confidant of the Yongzheng Emperor and a regent, so I can thrive under his protection. Other women enter the palace on their looks. I have my father to thank. Having a good dad really does let you do as you please. Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang are all in love with the emperor? 2.3kReads9.0Score158Shelves

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