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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

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  1. 201 The Emperor Broke His Promise and Made Me Empress, So I Ran Away and Lost My Memory 陛下毁诺封我为后,我逃跑又失忆 Ancient Romance406k WordsCompleted [Unhinged emperor × clear-eyed beauty | powerful man, gentle woman | forced love | white moonlight | imprisonment | amnesia | chasing his wife] In a dream, Mu Zhuohua glimpsed her own life. Her childhood sweetheart, Crown Prince Xiao Junyi, who had promised to marry her, would send her away to marry another kingdom. Helian Xiao, the emperor of Ziyuan whom she would marry, would go on to unite the realm. After waking, she resolved to stop being the girl who waited in vain for her childhood sweeth 5.7kReads8.9Score725Shelves
  2. 202 The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces the Cold Emperor, and He Falls for Her 娇娇蓄意勾引,清冷帝王沦陷了 Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + push and pull + seduction and rising to power + falling deeper at every step + devotion to one woman in the later story Loving her and knowing it + a man in power bowing his head for love * The short drama is out now. Search for “The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces Him, and the Cold Emperor Falls” on Fanqie or Hongguo to watch the full series. * Pei Tingyue transmigrated into a book. She became a disposable consort in The Palace in Power. In the original story, she was simple-m 37.6kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves
  3. 203 Hua Fei Livestreams a Dramatic Rewrite of Empresses in the Palace and Takes Over the Palace 华妃直播爆改甄嬛传,大杀四方 Female-Channel Fanfiction401k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming\Transmigration\Rebirth\Palace Intrigue] When a bit-part actress who has spent years drifting between film sets, and a level-ten scholar of Empresses in the Palace, transmigrates into Empresses in the Palace as Consort Hua, a hopeless romantic, she is shaken to her core. I, Nian Shilan, have looks that make me the finest beauty among the Han Banners, and I'm a general's daughter with a distinguished family background. My brother, Nian Gengyao, is one of the court's greatest heroes. 41Reads—Score—Shelves
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  4. 204 Caught After Trying to Escape: The Mad, Powerful Minister’s Cruel Kisses and Possessive Love 逃跑被抓回,疯批权臣欺吻强夺 Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted [Coercive romance + wife-pursuing crematorium + devoted couple] Everyone said the eldest son of the Pei family was noble and virtuous, elegant beyond compare. But Jiang Yingwan felt an inexplicable fear of him. Especially when those dark, cold eyes turned her way, a chill ran down her spine. Years ago, the Jiang and Pei families had made a verbal marriage pact. The Old Madam Pei wanted her to marry Pei Yanchen, but the two families were no longer social equals, and Jiang Yingwan already loved so 43.2kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
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  5. 205 The Empress Has Had Enough and Flips the Table: Why Are You Crying, Tyrant? 娘娘掀桌不干了,暴君你哭什么 Ancient Romance583k WordsCompleted [Both leads are pure + Later forced possession and obsessive pursuit + Love and hate + Transmigration + The powerful one bows down] Resilient beauty vs. brooding crown prince The Crown Prince, Dongling Jing, is of noble birth and the highest-ranking commander of the Su Bei Army. But fate is cruel: after he is left with a leg injury in the war against Nan Yue, his position as crown prince hangs by a thread. An imperial decree arranges a marriage, and Su Jin, who has transmigrated here, is chosen 5kReads8.7Score434Shelves
  6. 206 The Emperor Hasn't Even Drawn His Last Breath, and the Noble Consort Is Already Holding His Son and Ruling from Behind the Curtain 朕还没咽气贵妃已抱儿子垂帘听政 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + palace intrigue + rise from the cold palace + a beauty with a dangerous allure + favored exclusively in the later story + kingdom and country + ruling from behind the curtain] On the day of the Crown Prince's wedding in her previous life, Xiao Duo raised an army in rebellion, seized the throne, and forcibly brought the Crown Princess into his harem. After the Crown Prince died, Xu Yuning wanted to remain a widow for his sake. How could she give herself to her brother-in-law? She refus 1.5kReads8.0Score160Shelves
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  7. 207 A Concubine’s Carefree Days 皇妾咸鱼日常 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + alternate setting + lazy, carefree heroine + lighthearted daily life] Overworked office drone Zhuang Yunlan dies suddenly and transmigrates into the body of a young lady from a gentry family in the Jing Dynasty. After more than a decade of living off others and doing as little as possible, she never expects the imperial selection to reach Nan Zhili. A gentry family's young lady instantly becomes a junior consort to the crown prince. Her farming-life plot turns into a palace-int 6.4kReads8.5Score521Shelves
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  8. 208 The Imperial Consort Has a Few Screws Loose 宠妃她脑子有病 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Audiobook version now available) [Transmigrate into a book + not a mutually exclusive first-love relationship + heroine adored by everyone + redemption + devoted love from the middle to later stages] Just as Ji Yuehuan's life was about to reach its peak, she suddenly died. After death, she transmigrated into a book. Unfortunately, she became a cannon-fodder character who was destined to die two years later according to the original plot. What? You think she can rely on knowing the story in adva 3.8kReads8.9Score434Shelves
  9. 209 Married into a Powerful Royal Household! The Laid-Back Consort Helps the Whole Family Thrive 嫁入王府大户!咸鱼娘娘带飞满门 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Muxue: “It's strange. How did I get noticed by the Prince Yu's household after just one trip to a temple?” Before they met, Li Jingheng: “This is ridiculous. I've somehow been engaged without even knowing how it happened.” After they met, Li Jingheng: “This engagement isn't so bad after all.” After they married, Li Jingheng: “Imperial Uncle, I don't want to take any concubines.” Jiang Muxue's ideal life was to have a little money and grow trees and flowers. But she unexpectedly became eng 14.7kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
  10. 210 After Becoming the Crown Princess, I Do Nothing but Slack Off 穿成太子妃后,我每天都在摆烂 Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Not a Devoted Couple, Palace and Household Intrigue, Marriage Before Love] With a single imperial decree, Cui Ying and the crown prince inexplicably become husband and wife. Neither of them knows the other. Cui Ying never expected that, as a modern woman transported to ancient times, she would become a crown princess. What a headache. But rumor has it the crown prince has a much-favored concubine by his side. Not only is she stunningly beautiful, she's also gentle and sweet, a true beauty. Cui 25.6kReads6.4Score1kShelves
  11. 211 The Cast-Off Princess's Comeback 下堂王妃逆袭记 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted “Rong Li, marrying you is already the limit of what I can tolerate. If you dare climb into my bed again, next time you’ll get a divorce decree.” “No need to wait until next time. Write it now.” She was the Chancellor’s daughter, and she’d done every foolish thing imaginable for the man she loved, becoming a laughingstock across the land. She was also a modern special forces instructor, and now she’d arrived in this world in all her glory. How could she let anyone bully her? The prince despised h 6.6kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
  12. 212 I Divorce Him on Our Wedding Day! I Crush My Phoenix Crown and Ride Home 新婚当天休夫!踏碎凤冠上马回府 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The Red Fruit short drama is now streaming, Late Stars Sway Down Upon the Sinking Boat, starring Zhi Chunhe and Yi Hang] [Transmigrate into a book + redemption + pocket dimension + devoted couple] [A weepy, handsome fool of a husband × a domineering heroine in a cozy, goofy daily life] After transmigrating into a book as the supporting female character who was enraged to death by a scumbag on her wedding day, she throws off her wedding dress, kicks the scumbag out, and takes a fool as her live- 5.7kReads9.3Score839Shelves
  13. 213 Empresses in the Palace: Reincarnated as Gua'erjia Wenyuan 甄嬛传之:魂穿瓜尔佳文鸳 Female-Channel Fanfiction526k WordsCompleted “The rating is low because this just came out. Don't miss it! Please rate it!” The bright and bold Consort Hua vs. the sweet and charming “crybaby” Guarjia Wenyuan. (Consort Hua is a supporting character, the second female lead, so she won't get as much detailed description or as much of the story as the heroine!) Guan Xin wakes up to discover she has become Guarjia Wenyuan, the legitimate daughter of Guarjia E Min. The very Guarjia Wenyuan whom the Empress called “the foolish yet truly beautifu 622Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  14. 214 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) Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted 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 38kReads9.7Score6.2kShelves
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  15. 215 The Consort’s Laid-Back Daily Life 娘娘的佛系日常 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [A lazy, carefree little schemer who just wants to lie flat + historical fantasy + palace intrigue + heroine devoted to one man, hero not devoted to one woman] The charming and clever favorite consort Lin Jingran refuses to work herself to the bone. She’s got the Noble Imperial Consort position lined up, and plans to enjoy the drama and lie flat her way to becoming Empress. Family? She’s a treasured darling of her family, too. The emperor? He openly favors her and helps her navigate palace intr 932Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 216 Your Highness, I Just Want to Slack Off 殿下,微臣只想摸鱼 Ancient Romance662k WordsOngoing A modern musical prodigy opens her eyes to find she’s become the daughter of a surrendered minister in the Southern Yue kingdom. She joins the Northern Lin Dynasty’s Bureau of Music, hoping to coast on her knowledge of music theory, collect her salary, and live a peaceful life. But every step within the palace walls is a trap, and she’s soon swept into a whirlpool of political intrigue! The Crown Prince’s faction gives her a hard time and lays traps for her; Regent Xiao Jue is a mystery; the ba —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 217 You Dare Challenge Me? I'll Slap You Without Mercy 敢惹本宫?巴掌扇脸绝不手下留情 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted After two years in the palace, Lizhu was still an invisible junior consort. Fortunately, her Phoenix destiny finally awakened, and Lizhu stopped holding back. At her first meeting with the emperor, she was promoted to Attendant. After her first night with him, she was promoted to Noble Lady. Less than a month after winning his favor, she was made the head consort of a palace. With dazzling poise, Lizhu embarked on the fastest rise through the ranks in the Qing palace, blinding the eyes of every 968Reads8.6Score102Shelves
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  18. 218 After Disguising Myself as a Man, the Abstinent Tyrant Kissed Me in Open Court 女扮男装后,禁欲暴君当朝强吻我 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [A quirky, hilarious girl x a wronged tyrant who switches seamlessly between clingy sweetheart and ruthless wolf] Gu Xianxian, who can freely travel between the past and present, has hit a snag! An accident leaves her trapped in the Great Zhao after a mad tyrant takes the bracelet that lets her travel through time and space. To empty the tyrant's treasury so she can return to the modern world and sell off the loot, Gu Xianxian has no choice but to pose as a young eunuch and win his favor, waitin 2.7kReads9.3Score497Shelves
  19. 219 Transmigrated as a Foolish, Fat, Ugly Girl, I Unexpectedly Became the Crown Prince’s Consort 穿成傻肥丑女后,意外成了太子妃 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted One-on-one romance, both leads’ first love, doted on by everyone Yuanbao accidentally fell off a cliff and transmigrated into the body of the Prime Minister’s daughter in the Great Zhou Kingdom. The tragic part was, she was a fool. “Father... what is a crown prince?” The Prime Minister: “...” “The crown prince isn’t a thing. The crown prince is a thing,” her younger sister, Yuan Zixuan, chimed in. “Then is the crown prince a thing or not a thing?” Yuanbao asked, looking innocent. The crown princ 2.9kReads9.2Score436Shelves
  20. 220 The Paranoid Tyrant Throws a Tantrum, but the Empress Is Too Much for Me 偏执暴君无能狂怒,皇后欺朕太甚 Ancient Romance999k WordsCompleted [The comic adaptation, with the same title, is now available on Tomato: “You Made Me a Palace Maid, So Why Did You Make the Tyrant Kneel on a Washboard?”] [Mind-reading + changing the plot + a cast of lovable idiots + laugh-out-loud comedy + one-on-one romance, both leads have eyes only for each other] After Ning Xiaoxiao transmigrated into a book, she unexpectedly gained the golden finger ability to change the plot. From then on, she began living the life of a feel-good heroine who could do wha 6.5kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
  21. 221 Born Humble? Made Noble Consort Three Months After Entering the Palace 出身低微?入宫三月封贵妃 Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted [A stunningly beautiful heroine + ruthless revenge + palace intrigue + both leads' first love, don't ask me how it works, the emperor has his ways] Ten years ago, the Tang clan was framed by villains and sentenced to execution, their blood flowing for miles. No one knew that beneath the mountain of corpses, the youngest daughter of the Tang family was still alive. Ten years later, Tang Wanhua changed her name to Ning Sitang and entered the imperial harem on the strength of her unparalleled beaut 560Reads8.9Score105Shelves
  22. 222 The Palace Maid Rises to Power, and the Entire Harem Hopes She’ll Be Deposed 娘娘宫女上位,满宫盼她被废 Ancient Romance751k WordsCompleted [No transmigration or rebirth; ruthless heroine; neither lead is a good person, so don’t read if you mind; heroine plays the helpless green tea at first, then fights back hard; he devotes himself to her later on] Pinglan is a maid serving the unpopular eldest princess. When the princess’s mother, Consort Rong, is deposed, she pleads with Pinglan to look after her daughter before she dies. Pinglan agrees. Not long afterward, the eldest princess is adopted by Consort Yu. But Consort Yu loses the e 200Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  23. 223 The Consort Is Coy and Alluring, and Has Her Sights Set on the Throne 娘娘又茶又媚,一心只想上位 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate history + pure palace intrigue + clear-eyed heroine who doesn’t love the emperor] Su Qingyao looks like a delicate beauty, but she is more clear-headed than anyone. In the imperial harem, all she wants is power. Before the emperor, she is the picture of understanding. “Your Majesty is my only support.” “With Your Majesty by my side, I have nothing to fear.” But what she is really thinking is: Thank goodness she made plans long ago. The man before her is the least reliable person of al 363Reads7.2Score—Shelves
  24. 224 I Brought My Phone Through Time and Scroll Douyin on the Dragon Bed 带手机穿越,我躺龙床上刷抖音 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's first and only + 100% sweet romance + scheming, celibate puppy-like emperor vs. clever, bold older sister] [Ancient and modern worlds connect + transmigrate with her best friend] Qin Wan was once a dazzling heiress. After accidentally transmigrating to an unknown dynasty through an ancient painting, she found herself as an abandoned concubine in the cold palace, only to be summoned by the emperor. Well, to protect her virtue, she cracked the emperor's head open right 7.2kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
  25. 225 100 Techniques to Conquer the Emperor in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen 16kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
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  26. 226 The Blood Curse of Immortality 长生血咒 Ancient Romance531k WordsCompleted [The mystery of immortality + palace intrigue at its peak + battlefield schemes + devastating romance + dynastic upheaval] This is an intense political romance full of heartbreak. Get yourself emotionally prepared before reading! Twist after twist! Every character is clever! The plot is logical, the foreshadowing is rich, and the emotional impact lingers. It took me three days to recover after finishing it! Princess Yongzhao carries unusual blood, making her the most precious “medicine” in the 24Reads8.8Score147Shelves
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  27. 227 A Political Marriage? I’m Your Ancestress! 和亲?哀家是你祖宗! Ancient Romance171k WordsCompleted A new work is here! Welcome to read my story on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 228 Reborn After My Own Son, the Cruel Empress Dowager, Stabbed Me to Death 恶毒太后被亲儿子捅死之后重生了 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted The vicious Empress Dowager Jiang Mingzhu was reborn. In her previous life, to put her son on the throne, she poisoned and tried to assassinate the emperor, colluded with court officials, drugged a pregnant consort to make her miscarry, and plotted against the young crown prince. Every time she schemed, she put her own life on the line to grind her stepson's face into the dirt. But when the plot to put the son she'd worked so hard to support on the throne was exposed, he stabbed her in the back 18kReads8.9Score2kShelves
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  29. 229 My Husband Doesn’t Like Me? Does That Stop Me from Becoming the Mistress of the House? 夫君不喜我?耽误我做主母吗 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 55.3kReads9.0Score7.6kShelves
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  30. 230 After Dying in Childbirth, I Became the Scumbag's Stepmother 难产死后我成了渣男继母 Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted After dying in childbirth, Cui Jingzhi was reborn in the body of Miss Guo. Overjoyed, she prepared to rekindle her love with her husband, only to discover his affair with her cousin. Her death had been part of a plot, and even her newborn daughter had been switched and abandoned! As the scoundrel and his mistress prepared to celebrate their grand wedding atop her bones, Cui Jingzhi smiled. She turned around and married into the Duke's household, becoming her ex-husband's stepmother and her cousi 15.3kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
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  31. 231 Reborn as a Medical Consort: I Know How Every Palace Intrigue Ends 重生医妃:我知道所有宫斗的结局 Ancient Romance241k WordsOngoing In her previous life, Su Wan was the chief female physician at the Imperial Medical Academy of the Great Ning Dynasty. After exposing the empress's plot to poison Consort Xian, she was framed for “colluding with foreign enemies” and executed by lingchi. She is reborn in the body of the sixteen-year-old legitimate daughter of the Jingji Marquis's household, three years before she was killed in her previous life. Drawing on her precise memories of the imperial harem's power structure, people's mot —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 232 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺,非逼她造反 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [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 170.9kReads9.5Score21.8kShelves
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  33. 233 The Imperial Consort Smiled Over Her Shoulder, and the Cold-Faced Emperor Fell for Her 贵妃回眸一笑,冷面君王沦陷了 Ancient Romance437k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + historical romance + not mutually chaste + marriage first, love later She is the general’s younger sister, with an excellent family background and beauty to match. After she transmigrates, she wakes up caught in the schemes and betrayals of the imperial palace. To protect herself, she resolves to become the emperor’s favorite consort. When they first meet, he tells her, “I will never like a woman like you in this life.” Gu Qingyan successfully presents herself as somewhat 2.5kReads8.9Score173Shelves
  34. 234 Yi Xiu Reborn: I Became the One He Could Never Forget 宜修重生:当我成了白月光 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Qing dynasty + palace intrigue + reborn + revenge + brainless wish fulfillment + a touch of sweet romance] Also known as: Reborn Yixiu: My Love, You Were Born to Be Loved; Yixiu Reborn: You Were Born to Be Loved; Yixiu Reborn: When I Became the White Moonlight Yixiu is reborn, back to the days before she entered the prince’s household. In this life, she will become Yin Zhen’s rightful primary wife, trample Ruoze underfoot, and beat Zhen Huan to a pulp! She will protect Honghui and become the ri 8.5kReads9.0Score857Shelves
  35. 235 Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong Reborn 甄嬛传:安陵容重生 Female-Channel Fanfiction256k WordsCompleted An Shishi is beautiful, graceful, and gentle, but her humble background means she enters the palace only as a Promise. Though merely a Promise, she gets along well with the Noble Ladies and the First-Class Attendants. The Noble Ladies and First-Class Attendants are her childhood friends. Though they are not as close to An Shishi as they are to each other, they still treat her with great care. The palace pays no heed to their deep sisterly affection. Everyone thinks: How could there be sisterly a 3.9kReads9.2Score340Shelves
  36. 236 Film and TV Crossover: The Beauty Beyond the Clouds 综影视:美人隔云端 Female-Channel Fanfiction793k WordsCompleted [Empresses in the Palace arc ongoing] Si Yu is a beauty, an peerless beauty with the protagonist's halo shining above her head. 1. Empresses in the Palace (original novel): So what if I was born low? What I want will be handed to me willingly. (Complete) 2. The Story of Minglan: So what if I'm the vicious female supporting character? I'm her biggest backer, after all. (Complete) 3. Empresses in the Palace: Qing Dynasty Edition: Si Yu and Xuan Ling rekindle their romance, while the Fourth Lord wa 18kReads9.0Score713Shelves
  37. 237 Yi Xiu Is Reborn: Driving Her White Lotus Half-Sister Mad Ninety-Nine Times 宜修重生:逼疯白莲嫡姐九十九次 Female-Channel Fanfiction626k WordsCompleted Villainous heroine ⭐ Cunning palace intrigue ⭐ No pampered romance! Empress Yixiu was reborn a year before her elder sister entered the household. The first thing she saw when she woke was Fourth Master tenderly holding her hand. He said, “Xiao Yi, once you give birth to a boy, the position of principal wife will be yours!” Yixiu sneered. Did he think she didn't know what would happen next? Now that she had a second chance at life, she would never hand over her position as principal wife or her 2.4kReads9.1Score145Shelves
  38. 238 An Lingrong Reborn: Winning Step by Step 安陵容重生之步步为赢 Female-Channel Fanfiction127k WordsCompleted Given another life, An Lingrong gives up on love and emotion. Step by step, she wins the emperor's favor, bears a prince, and contends for the supreme throne, becoming the most exalted woman in the land. An Lingrong often speaks in sugary, affected tones and subtly stirs up trouble, prompting the emperor to turn against others. She comes across as a bit of a green tea and a white lotus. She isn't the emperor's sole favorite. His affection is steady and enduring, though nothing as passionate as Z 804Reads8.2Score101Shelves
  39. 239 Nian Shilan Reborn: Face-Slapping, Scum-Bashing, and Total Annihilation! 年世兰重生之打脸,虐渣,绝杀! Female-Channel Fanfiction557k WordsCompleted (Only Volume One is a revenge story with no romance. If you like stories without romance, read Volume One only. The protagonist has never been a good person. She has no morals, only self-interest, and she will harm innocent people.) After Nian Shilan learns the truth about the Joyful Fragrance, she dies in hatred after smashing her head against a wall. Watching everything that happens in the Forbidden City after her death, she cannot let go of her resentment. Heaven gives her a chance to live he 1.1kReads8.7Score—Shelves
  40. 240 Yixiu Reborn: Disbanding the Abortion Squad 宜修重生,解散打胎小队 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Honghui’s death... Yinzhen’s cold heart... My own cruelty... Now that I’ve been given another life, maybe everything will turn out better. (I personally think Yixiu suffered so much. I want to give her a happy ending.) 5.4kReads8.9Score442Shelves
  41. 241 A Brick Consort's Leisurely Days in the World of Empresses in the Palace 清穿甄嬛传砖妃悠闲日常 Female-Channel Fanfiction169k WordsCompleted Transmigration + Qing Dynasty setting + golden finger + Empresses in the Palace fan fiction Feng Ruozhao + a different kind of “Consort Jing” + thriving on her own At home, rely on your parents. When out and about, rely on your subordinates. For palace intrigue, rely on your best friends. In the future, rely on your kids. The verdict: just lie flat like a salted fish… 1.5kReads8.4Score106Shelves
  42. 242 Reborn in Empresses in the Palace: Gua Liu Makes Her Mark in the Qing Palace 重生甄嬛传:瓜六在清宫搞事业 Female-Channel Fanfiction311k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Guarja Wenyuan trusted the wrong people and became someone else’s pawn for no reason. After losing in the palace struggle, she met a tragic end, leaving her entire clan without an heir. Now reborn, her entry into the palace is set in stone, but she is no longer the same Gua Liu she once was. This time, she has no interest in romance. All she wants is to keep herself and her entire clan safe. In the Qing palace, she will play the pig to eat the tiger, take advantage of the c 115Reads5.8Score—Shelves
  43. 243 Empresses in the Palace: A Tapestry of Beauty 甄嬛传:一揽芳华 Female-Channel Fanfiction681k WordsCompleted A story about a female lead who uses her knowledge of the plot to survive until the end and become empress dowager. Of course, watching the drama unfold and vying for favor are part of the deal. 1.3kReads7.7Score102Shelves
  44. 244 Your Majesty, We’re Hometown Folks!!! 陛下,我们是老乡啊!!! Ancient Romance151k WordsOngoing In the seventh year of the Zhaohua era, Lin Zhinan entered the palace through the selection in order to take revenge, becoming a Fifth-Rank Attendant. No one knew she possessed an incredible ability: she could turn back time. So when Emperor Yan Zhao, a transmigrator, fell ill and lost his senses, then tried to kill Lin Zhinan, Lin Zhinan hurriedly turned back time and lied, claiming to be the emperor’s “fellow countrywoman.” From then on, whenever the consorts tried to frame Lin Zhinan, Emperor —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 245 Love Rekindled: Kidnapped by an Enemy Prince and Spoiled to the Heavens 再尝情:被敌国皇子掳走宠上了天 Ancient Romance737k WordsCompleted “No rebirth or transmigration” “Both leads are virgins” “Happy ending” “Family and country” “Love amid chaos” Full-cast audio narration is now available [A note before you read: This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It takes place in a fictional feudal society modeled on the Southern Song dynasty, where the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues and the belief that a wife should regard her husband as heaven were the accepted moral standards. In powerful families, everyone prospered together and e 4.3kReads9.1Score560Shelves
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  46. 246 The Entire Court Longs for the Empress to Attend Court and Rule 满朝文武盼着皇后娘娘上朝理政 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (The manhua adaptation is out! I had a look, and it’s pretty good!) After her elder sister dies in the palace intrigues, Shen Shixi enters the palace by imperial decree to be selected as a consort. The palace is home to a virtuous and capable empress with immense power and a distinguished maternal family; a noble consort from a prestigious clan who is incredibly good at having children; a Consort Rong who is the emperor’s favorite and has a highly artistic temperament; a Consort Qiong whose extr 30.7kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
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  47. 247 Leaning on the Perilous Pavilion 倚危庭 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Just how hard is it to raise an outstanding young woman? That depends on who’s raising her. If an entire clan, or even a whole country, throws its support behind her, that’s another matter entirely. Ye Qingjiu is a woman with all sorts of jumbled memories and a knack for baffling people with her behavior. She thinks she’s clever, until she somehow gets married and finally realizes Li Tingye has been playing her all along... 5.1kReads9.4Score537Shelves
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  48. 248 The Peerless Little Princess Consort 绝世小俏妃 Ancient Romance575k WordsCompleted [A funny, charming princess consort + a scheming prince who fiercely protects his own + a manipulative woman + a wickedly seductive and mysterious Holy Lord, and more...] [Sweet romance + comedy + from scum to love + perfect ending] What does it feel like to fall in love with your enemy? The day he led his troops to invade her country, the sun shone brightly. The seventh prince of Beijiang, Mu Beiming, cut an imposing figure in his black armor. Even with a fearsome mask hiding his face, his shar 4.8kReads9.5Score642Shelves
  49. 249 The Legend of Duoyi 朵依传 Ancient Romance538k WordsCompleted A girl who grew up in hardship is fortunate enough to be acknowledged by the Khan and become the flower of the grasslands. To protect her people, she is sent away as a princess to marry a Khitan king in his fifties, exiled to the desolate frontier. There, she struggles through hardship alongside A Yan, whose fate has been just as cruel. Together, they fight their way out of darkness and toward the dawn. Family, lovers, tribe, homeland: when looking back on the years gone by, which of these is th 225Reads9.4Score106Shelves
  50. 250 You and I, Heart to Heart 你侬我侬 Ancient Romance322k WordsCompleted A hazy dream left Qiaoqiao unable to see things clearly, but one thing was certain: Mo Henghuan was a massive scumbag! So why wait? She should dump him! But why did trouble follow right on his heels, and why was it so hard to deal with? Well, having an ally was important, and the heir of the Bai family seemed like a good choice. But I’m only joining forces with you, not marrying you. How about we renegotiate the terms? The Bai heir: “Qiaoqiao, whether we’re cooperating or plotting together, you 2.8kReads9.5Score405Shelves

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