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Any Seriously Brain-Twisting Palace Intrigue Novels?

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Looking for books like *The Empress Is Sickly, Sly, and Alluring, Fighting Her Way to the Empress’s Throne*. I want a really clever heroine, with the empress already having a legitimate heir, and the heroine gradually climbing her way up to become empress dowager. Ah, I don’t want romance.

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101 The Night Before My Ungrateful Sister Entered the Palace, the Favored Consort Was Reborn Staggering AlongAncient Romance461k WordsCompleted 163.6kReads9.2Score23.7kShelves
102 I Became the Second Female Lead in an Angsty Novel, So I'm Lying Flat Purple-Robed Evil EmperorAncient Romance408k WordsCompleted 11kReads8.9Score1kShelves
103 Orphan Girl Inherits the Family: from the Back House, the World Is Determined Li MingjiuAncient Romance310k WordsCompleted 4Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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There is a brain-burning house fight
104 Cun Yin Three Pigs Stand in DignityUrban606k WordsOngoing 4.8kReads5.8Score328Shelves
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The sorrow of studying medicine is not the worst, only worse. Don't accept your fate, change the track, and keep sprinting! [Shy]
105 The Thief on the Dragon Bed Berry Heart YankoAncient Romance332k WordsCompleted 2kReads6.9Score193Shelves
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The characters in this article are really exciting. The heroine who is a little thief who dares to steal and run away, who is cowardly and strong, and the hero who is an affectionate tyrant. They are all full of preference and heartbeat in the details.
106 She’s the Emperor’s Beloved Mother, and Her Little One Carries Her to Victory Misty Clear MelodyAncient Romance625k WordsCompleted 23.2kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves
107 The Imperial Consort Trades on the Emperor’s Favor, Seeking Revenge and Rising to Power Bell MeowAncient Romance631k WordsCompleted 2.4kReads9.1Score254Shelves
108 After the Imperial Concubine Cut Off Her Emotions and Desires, the Prince Fought and Fought for Her One Update and Six Days OffAncient Romance308k WordsCompleted 650Reads8.1Score102Shelves
109 Want to Show Off After Wearing a Book? Beautiful Thought! Fermented Peach XAncient Romance312k WordsCompleted 1Reads—Score—Shelves
110 Romeo and Juliet 2.0 Little Lotus Among the Stars34k WordsCompleted —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
111 The Mysteriously Missing Writing Pen Little Lotus Among the StarsMystery7k WordsCompleted 1Reads8.4Score—Shelves
112 A Bizarre Tale of Feng Shui! Chen JiuUrban527k WordsOngoing 53.4kReads5.8Score3.7kShelves
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Read this Feng Shui novel first
113 Once He Traveled Through Time, He Would Marry the Disabled Prince and Become the Favorite of the Group. Chen JiuAncient Romance230k WordsCompleted 93Reads5.8Score—Shelves
114 Living with the Boss, I Am so Strong That I Can Fly Chen JiuModern Romance284k WordsCompleted 107Reads5.8Score—Shelves
115 Quickly Travel Through the Second Personality Chen JiuModern Romance216k WordsCompleted 46Reads5.8Score—Shelves
116 The First Female Heroine with Red Eyebrows Little Lotus Among the StarsAncient Romance37k WordsCompleted 64Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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The Eastern Front is full of headwinds, and I can lose by just messing around! The opportunity to surrender has finally come! After arriving on the Eastern Front battlefield, I completely let myself go and maxed out my damage. I used to pretend a little bit, but now I don't pretend at all. You can lie down but never stand, you can sleep but never move, you can fish but never work, you can retreat but never attack. Teammates train intensively every day and prepare crazily for battle, determined to sweep across the Soviet Union and win Moscow. It's just me, who basks in the sun, eats dry food, and sleeps every day. I focus on a Buddhist style and wait for death and war.
117 Traveling Through the Vikings: I Dominate the North Sea by Relying on Gou Dao Little Lotus Among the Stars30k WordsCompleted 45Reads8.4Score—Shelves
118 Du Ling's Ancient Sword: Anthology of the Han Dynasty Little Lotus Among the StarsHistorical37k WordsCompleted 8Reads8.5Score—Shelves
119 Journey to the West: Everyone Fell into the Land of Girls, and All the Beauties in the Street, Zhu Bajie, Just Wanted to Cry. Little Lotus Among the Stars23k WordsCompleted 37Reads8.5Score—Shelves
120 Qianlong from Prince Yongdi to the Emperor of Eternity Farmer's Third AuntHistorical1.2M WordsOngoing 9.5kReads8.2Score420Shelves
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Super nice historical novel, great
121 Empress Dowager Cixi and Her Three Favored Eunuchs Farmer Third Young MasterHistorical3.7M WordsCompleted 37.4kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
122 Nazhi Xiangwan, the Regent Has Been Planning for a Long Time Doudou from Zhongyue ProvinceAncient Romance724k WordsCompleted 26.7kReads8.8Score3.9kShelves
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[The novel has just been rated] Completed ◎ [Rebirth and revenge + doctor and poison mastery + mutual love between the two strong men + all the members' scheming + palace fighting] Highlight reminder: Refuse to outwit the villain, all members have 800 scheming, peak wits! In the previous life, Shen Nanzhi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, went blind and worked hard to save the scumbag by using forbidden magic. What happened instead was that the scumbag and Bai Lian's cousin secretly set up Chen Cang, causing all the loyal members of her Shen family to die tragically! After Nirvana and rebirth, she held the silver needle in her hand and returned to the day when she introduced poison to the scumbag to extend her life. Faced with the scumbag's expectations and her cousin's fake crying, Shen Nanzhi sneered and withdrew the needle: "I don't understand the poison. Since my cousin is so affectionate, why don't you bleed and cut your flesh?" In this life, she has torn away the pretense, mastered both medicine and poisoning, and raised dead people from their flesh and bones! Xiao Duo, the regent of Dayuan, was the living king of hell with all the power in the government and the public, but he was tortured by strange poisons. Shen Nanzhi threw out the antidote and said coldly and arrogantly, "I will save your prince's life. How about lending me your knife to kill all the monsters?" Everyone thought that Shen Nanzhi was just a delicate canary in the palm of the living hell. It wasn't until the powerful officials from all walks of life appeared on stage, and the decisive moves emerged one after another, that everyone was horrified to discover that the seemingly weak Shen Nanzhi was actually the full-level female Zhuge who was in charge of the world of chess and had all the plans! She and he faced life and death back to back, met gods and killed gods, and manipulated the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty at the palm of their hands! When the bloody road is cut through, the world will be at peace. The iron-blooded regent who had made Jiuzhou frightened had lost all his venom and locked her tightly in his arms, with a low and crazy voice: 2 "Zhizhi, the country has been decided. When will you give me a title?!" - The decisive and decisive medical poison queen × the crazy regent who bowed down for her!
123 My Sister-In-Law Took Away My Life and Took Everything Back After My Rebirth. Pleiades and Moon ShadowAncient Romance714k WordsCompleted 4.4kReads8.5Score601Shelves
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🍒This is a fitting palace-fighting novel. The heroine stayed at the border for a full ten years before she realized that she was a real rich lady with a valuable status. She thought that when she returned home, she would be greeted by her parents and relatives, but she never thought...
124 Abandoned for Ten Years, the Eldest Miss Returns Home and Leaves Her Whole Family in Tears A Single Ear of WheatAncient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 2.7kReads7.7Score261Shelves
125 After Dying Miserably in the Inner Residence, the Reborn Madam Goes on a Killing Spree A Running Fat TigerAncient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 19.9kReads7.9Score15.1kShelves
126 She Kills with a Pink Knife, Then Pursues the Chief Secretary: My Wife Is So Sweet Junior Sister, Come Catch MeAncient Romance648k WordsCompleted 2.3kReads8.4Score300Shelves
127 The Assassin Sister Is Back, and the Capital Is About to Change. Lotus Seeds and LonganAncient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted 23.7kReads8.8Score3.8kShelves
128 Dan Kou Yin Sususususufu MeowAncient Romance266k WordsCompleted 5Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Manicurist travels back to ancient times
129 They All Want to Bend Me, but I Am a Girl Mumu Doesn't Eat LemonsAncient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted 136Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Look! ! ! ! !
130 Spare Me, Imperial Uncle! The Delicate Little Darling Can't Take Care of Herself One Bite, Five PigsAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 16.8kReads8.5Score2.3kShelves
131 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor Yin ZaishuiAncient Romance925k WordsCompleted 106.8kReads9.4Score17.1kShelves
132 A Long Journey to Another World The Mountain and the Moon Don't Know YouEastern Fantasy828k WordsOngoing 3.6kReads5.8Score175Shelves
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How about reading this book? Absolutely immortal! The further back you look, the more exciting it becomes! Every starting story and character appearance are interconnected by ultimate cause and effect. I would like to recommend to my family what I consider to be one of the most beautiful novels about another world. It has a high-octane plot, logical and harmonious ingenuity, and ultimate aesthetic skills. It is definitely the most worth-read novel this year.
133 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind Four Crescent MoonsAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 50.7kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
134 His Majesty! My Dear, She Is Reading Files Again. I Really Don't Want to TianpuAncient Romance117k WordsOngoing 3Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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②Ning Shuyan knew very clearly what she wanted. When entering the palace, she wanted power. She never longed for love because she knew it was the most useless thing...
135 Life Simulator: I'm a Pro at Rising Through Palace Schemes I Eat Tomatoes Without Spitting Out the SkinsAncient Romance429k WordsCompleted 4.3kReads9.2Score438Shelves
136 The Retirement Life of the Winner of the Palace Fight Sikong Fei100k WordsCompleted 14Reads8.1Score—Shelves
137 Travel Through Time and Die Three Times in One Day, Gong Dou's Promotion Depends on Simulation Orange Juice Sesame FishAncient Romance300k WordsOngoing 47Reads8.3Score—Shelves
138 The Empress Drives the Tyrant Mad by Reloading Her Save Qie MoAncient Romance317k WordsCompleted 33.5kReads8.1Score6.1kShelves
139 I Became a Pregnant Woman, and My Baby Is a Max-Level Genius Crystal BreezeAncient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted 68.4kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
140 Wasn’t He Supposed to Be Infertile? How Did the Palace Maid Have Three Babies? One Little Sweet FishAncient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 18.4kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
141 Palace Wall Lock Love Moon Cake SnowballAncient Romance714k WordsOngoing 3kReads8.4Score187Shelves
142 A Beauty Hidden Deep in the Palace Cai WangwangAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 61.1kReads9.5Score6.1kShelves
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🔥🔥🔥1️⃣ It can be compared with "The Legend of Zhen Huan", there is no golden 👍 finger, no rebirth, no time travel, after three years in the palace, she relied on her excellent tea skills, beauty and wisdom to transform herself from a humble little palace maid to the top of the emperor's heart. If you look at it alone, everyone is a heroine and has her own position. 2️⃣ She fought monsters and leveled up, and she was constantly favored from noble to royal concubine. Because she knew very well that the emperor was the boss with the thickest health bar in the palace. If he emptied his health bar, she could become the beloved concubine of the palace. 3️⃣In three years, she worked step by step, climbing from the position of talented person to the position of noble concubine. She is very sober, what she wants is glory, wealth and the emperor's favor. 4️⃣From the moment she entered the palace as a concubine, her goal was very clear: "I entered the palace to be a queen, otherwise what would I do? Cook for others?" So as soon as she entered the palace, she relied on her beauty and wisdom to work step by step, living as a villain, defeating everyone, and successfully ascending to the throne of Phoenix.
143 Last Year's New Year's Eve, the Lights Were Like Daylight XuweiAncient Romance436k WordsOngoing 70Reads8.5Score200Shelves
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It's not childish at all, and the subject matter is very novel! The heroine is the eldest princess of the Song Dynasty. After she lost her memory, she became the maid of the royal mausoleum. She guards her ancestral tomb every day, and the whole dynasty thought she had been dead for a year. This is not a rebirth, not a time travel, but amnesia + conspiracy + suspense. The foreshadowing is particularly deep, and the further it goes, the more exciting it becomes. If you like smart heroines, identity reversals, and palace intrigues, you can really enjoy it.
144 The Scumbag Demoted His Wife to a Concubine, Then She Married Up and Became Empress, Leaving His Whole Family on Their Knees Young Master LanAncient Romance565k WordsCompleted 6kReads8.9Score578Shelves
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Fighting in the palace, fighting in the house, and funny plots ① Hilarious time-traveling story about a strong woman who tortures a scumbag and builds a career in the space ② Hilarious time-traveling goddess doctor penetrates into the coffin to be buried with her and discovers that the prince is not dead. It's sweet and funny ③ Hilarious mind-reading + melon-eating system 🍉 The prince eats melon ④ The hilarious time-traveling heroine dressed up as a man and was forced to laugh so much by the tyrant that she couldn't stop laughing ⑤ The hilarious fairy-cultivating heroine and the demon king swapped their bodies and made them laugh out loud ⑥ The hilarious mind-reading tyrant with two-sided personalities was jealous of each other.
145 On the Night of My Burial, I Brought the God of War Prince Back from the Dead Young Master LanAncient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted 25.8kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
146 Hilarious Mind Reading: The Prince Eats Gossip Until He Throws Up Young Master LanAncient Romance452k WordsCompleted 29kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
147 A Woman Disguised Herself as a Man and Went to Court and Became the Tyrant Bai Yueguang Young Master LanAncient Romance385k WordsCompleted 2.4kReads—Score309Shelves
148 Help! After Swapping with the Demon Lord, He Became Pregnant with My Baby Young Master LanAncient Romance525k WordsCompleted 759Reads7.4Score106Shelves
149 With the Tyrant's Mind-Reading Ability, I Went Crazy in the Palace Young Master LanAncient Romance384k WordsCompleted 298Reads6.5Score—Shelves
150 Princess Dasheng Books Are Also EntertainingAncient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing 529Reads5.8Score102Shelves
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It is a masterpiece of anti-conventional palace fighting and conspiracy. It has novel content, calm writing style, detailed descriptions of palace secrets, and an unconventional plot. The logic is clear, the nonsense is routine, the secret fight is fierce, and the heroine is ridiculed when she enters the palace. It all depends on yourself, no golden fingers, no time travel, no rebirth. There are twists and turns in the treacherous and dark harem. The content may cause discomfort, and the reader will be tortured and run away. The heroine is an abandoned wife and uses tricks to get revenge in the palace. Have you ever seen a palace battle between men and women? This novel depicts the tragedy of the ancient feudal system and shows the brutality of court struggles and the complexity of human nature.