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The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱
[This novel has been contracted for publication] [Strong female lead + high-IQ palace intrigue + heroine schemes against the entire harem + psychotic villain personality] Song Zhao has always been a woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and she is also more clear-headed than anyone. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was perfectly clear: “I’m entering the palace to become Empress. Otherwise, what would I go there fo
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After I Died, My Ex-Husband's Younger Brother Went White-Haired Overnight for Me 我死后，前夫他弟为我一夜白头
[The print edition is now available under the title Why Not Ride the Wind Together] Xu Yunjia and Pei Youqing grew up together. After they married, she managed the household and cared for his parents, doing everything a wife could be expected to do. She never imagined that one day a woman would arrive at her door with Pei Youqing’s child. Only then did Yunjia realize that she had been living a joke all these years. She returned to the time before she married Pei Youqing. Xu Yunjia no longer want
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef
114.7kReads9.6Score15.7kShelves
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The Legend of Zhen Huan: Yi Xiu’s Rebirth 甄嬛前传：宜修重生后
Empress Chun Yuan could do anything, except stay alive. She was Yongzheng’s lifelong white moonlight. Magic can only be defeated by magic, and the only person who can replace a white moonlight is another white moonlight. Empress Yixiu is reborn, returning to the time before her sister Chun Yuan entered the household. This time, she won’t let Chun Yuan die in childbirth. She’ll turn that white moonlight into a mere grain of rice, and that cinnabar mole into a mosquito bite. This time, she’ll beco
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The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇：贵妃娘娘她又美又乖
[Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a
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With My Reborn Son's High-Stakes Schemes, Becoming Empress Dowager Is No Dream 重生儿子手段高，晋升太后不是梦
[Fictional Imperial Harem Drama + No Romance + Giving Birth and Raising Kids + My Son Must Be Crown Prince + Ambitious + Clear-Eyed] Content warning: The romance isn’t mutually exclusive, she doesn’t love the male lead, and there are painful, heartbreaking parts. The male lead is a scumbag emperor. Song Yuyan was hooked on a palace-harem management game. She never expected to open her eyes and find she had transmigrated to ancient times. After keeping a low profile for three years, she entered t
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The Empress Is Peerlessly Beautiful 皇后绝世倾城
[Empress + sweet romance + redemption + healing smiles + devoted, fatherly hero + skip if you mind these tropes] She is the Duke's legitimate daughter, breathtakingly beautiful and yearning for freedom. All she wants is to find one person to share her whole life with. He is the emperor of Dongsheng, renowned since his youth and ruthless in his methods. Wherever he goes, bones are left strewn across the land. To him, women are nothing but pieces on a chessboard. He ascended the throne at
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The Noble Consort's Cherished Days 贵妃娘娘娇宠记
[Sweet romance, everyone’s favorite, 1v1] Ye Menger grew up pampered and cherished. Her parents doted on her, her brothers adored her, and she even had an aunt who was the Empress Dowager and an imperial cousin who was the emperor to rely on. From childhood, everyone treasured her above all else. But then an imperial decree sent her into the palace. See how this noble-born young woman is coddled by an emperor and rises step by step to the highest position in the inner palace!
1.6kReads7.0Score109Shelves
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Wanfeng Palace 菀凤宫
[Doesn’t love the emperor + aims to become Empress Dowager + wants her own child to be crown prince + later receives exclusive devotion + palace intrigue, eliminates every consort in the harem] Note: They are not mutually faithful at first. The heroine gradually wins the emperor over with her schemes and tactics. Jiang Zhiwan was a general’s daughter who studied the art of poisoning, then accidentally poisoned herself to death. She transmigrated into a different fictional era, only to
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The Alluring Consort Climbs to the Phoenix Throne and Captures the Emperor's Heart at First Sight 尤物娘娘爬凤位，让皇上一见钟情
[Devoted love + the emperor falls at first sight + palace intrigue and rising to power through favoritism + heroine’s acting skills + strong, clever heroine] Wen Shuyao loved only herself. Only losers loved men. Now that she had been granted the title of Attendant and ordered into the palace, she would make use of the emperor’s love at first sight. The emperor was merely a stepping stone for Wen Shuyao. It wouldn’t be hard to act like someone deeply in love with him. Wen Shuyao was the legitimat
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The Noble Consort Rejects Love, Yet the Emperor Dotes on Her and Decrees Her Empress 贵妃不入爱河，皇上盛宠下旨封后
[The leads aren't both chaste at first + he pampers her devotedly later + the emperor secretly helps her navigate palace intrigue + the heroine has no interest in loving the emperor and focuses on climbing the ranks.] Alternate-era setting [The emperor personally raises his future empress, then claims her in the night] The Yun family has a legitimate daughter, a peerless beauty hidden away in the general's manor. The prime minister's son came to propose, but didn't even get to see her. “I don't
1.4kReads9.1Score178Shelves
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After Entering the Palace, the Obsessive Emperor Dotes on Consort Yuan 入宫后，偏执皇上盛宠元妃娘娘
[A violent emperor + a feigning-fool, ruthless concubine-born daughter + not mutually exclusive in the early stages + favored above the entire harem later] An Qingyu was the fourth daughter of the prime minister. Her mother, Concubine Lan Yue, had been brought into the household as the prime minister’s wife’s dowry maid. As a concubine-born daughter, An Qingyu had grown up at the First Madam’s side, keeping her head down and ingratiating herself, just like Concubine Lan. Then a twist of fate rui
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A Heart Caged Behind Palace Walls: Consort Yuan Is Promoted Again 宫墙锁心宠，元妃娘娘又晋位了
No one is completely devoted to one person in the early part of the story, so don’t read if that’s a dealbreaker. The emperor is a scoundrel at first, but utterly doting later. More sweet than angsty. [Palace intrigue and rising to power + many children + absolute favor + climbing to the top one step at a time] Su Zhitang, the daughter of a general, enters the palace as a beauty after the selection. Her father is already a second-rank official, so she only wants to heed her mother’s advice, keep
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The Tale of Consort Jin: Put Down Your Blade, Your Majesty, I Can Still Kill 锦妃传：皇上刀放下，本宫还能杀
In her previous life, she trusted the empress and helped her eliminate her enemies, only to be cast aside once she was no longer useful. In this life, she’ll hold on to the emperor and topple the empress. Consort? Noble Consort? If she’s going to be anything, she’ll be empress. Your Majesty, here I come!
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Empress Xiao: Win the Emperor and Bear Him a Son 萧氏皇后：拿下皇上生皇子
More children, more blessings. [The fiercest rise to power through palace intrigue + Winning the emperor's heart + Having all the children in the imperial palace + Having children nonstop] Every child who survives in the end is the heroine's. After breaking all ties with Prince Ling, she enters the palace. Two years go by, and she avoids the emperor's favor, wanting only to live out her life in peace. She never expected the empress's banner to sway in her direction and choose her. Xiao Wan'er kn
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Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演
[Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the
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Disguised as a Man: The Tyrant Charms with Her Beauty 女扮男装：暴君她美色撩人
[Woman disguised as a man + no romance + strong heroine + gradually becomes everyone’s favorite] Jun Lin was born into the modern world and then reborn in another era. After disguising herself as a man, she finally managed to ascend the throne, only to be poisoned by her childhood friend and turned into a puppet under his control. Her memories became jumbled and her personality changed drastically. After five years of tyranny, she died in court. Jun Lin: “Thanks for asking. I woke up in a mass g
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The Vicious Villainess in a Matriarchal World Raises Her Fish Online 女尊恶獠在线养鱼
[Matriarchal society + sweet romance + one-on-one + devoted to each other] [Calculating and ruthless princess × obedient, loyal guard] The capital's good-for-nothing Second Princess is beaten in the street by another woman for pursuing a man, then crashes into a stone lion. After recovering from her serious injuries, the Second Princess seems like a completely different person: kind to others, uninterested in competing, and always helping her sisters. It isn't until the day this powerful princes
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Late in the Day 行止晚
[Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise.
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Palace Beauty 宫姝
She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined.
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
55.9kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves
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Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责
Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied
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The Fortunate Concubine 庶女有福
The third daughter of the Chu family, Chu Lingran, is breathtakingly beautiful, with peerless looks. In truth, she is merely a concubine-born daughter of the Chengbo Marquis household, always cautious and modest, playing the pig to eat the tiger. Her stepmother took a fortune-teller’s words, “This girl will have many descendants,” and sent her to the Crown Prince’s residence to serve as a childbearing tool. But the full prediction was: “This girl will have many descendants, for she is destined t
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The Kingdom at the Earth's Core 地心中的王国
An Yuexi was the eldest daughter of a wealthy merchant family. After her stepmother persecuted her, she left home and became a thief. She secretly followed a tomb robber into a tomb, but was discovered. While being chased, she fell into the abyss of the tomb. When she awoke, she found strange flowers, plants, and a kingdom deep within the earth. There she met Nan Mubai, a prince of the Lingjiang Kingdom. Little did she know he was a heartless schemer who would marry her off to the crown prince,
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The Villainess Becomes the Legitimate Daughter: I'm Just Pretending, Don't Get Too Attached 恶女成嫡：我装的，你们别太爱了
(Print edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on September 19 / Several short animated adaptations are now streaming) [Wicked Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Total Control + “Training Dogs” Romance + Male Rivals in a Shura Field + Exes Begging for Her Back + Face-Slapping and Scumbag Punishment] [The heroine is a true villainess: a stunning, calculating temptress who never hesitates to manipulate others] Jiang Chuji, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was an ill-fated girl sent to a t
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The Pretty Palace Maid's Step-by-Step Rise to Empress 娇娇宫女，步步为后
[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
13.6kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
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The Tyrant Can Read Minds, and His Palace Maid Rules the World with His Love 自带暴君读心术，小宫女娇宠天下
Transmigrate into a book + Tyrant + Hear His Inner Thoughts + His One and Only + Palace Intrigue + Wild Rewrite Overnight, An Xin, a college student from a village in northern China, transmigrates into a book! She lands in an obscure novel. She has arrived in the era when the tyrant Gao Gong rules all of Northern Wei! Ten minutes until Gao Gong suffers food poisoning and executes every palace maid and eunuch present! After barely escaping disaster, An Xin discovers that she has the role of a
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Pillowed in Spring's Embrace 枕春色
[Signed for publication; print edition on sale July 31] [Hero fights to win her back + Second male lead faces a long road to reconciliation + Powerful man bends for love] Clear-headed, resilient tofu-seller heroine vs. devoted prince with a secret sorrow When Chun Zhi was nine, Lu Jingyun took her in after she was left homeless, and she became his child bride. Lu Jingyun promised, “If I pass the imperial exams one day, I'll make you my wife.” For ten years, she supported him with all her strengt
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Consort Hua Reincarnates as Gua Liu 华妃娘娘她魂穿瓜六了
Consort Hua, Nian Shilan, was a woman loved by Emperor Yongzheng. The daughter of a powerful official, she lost her child while still young because the emperor feared her family's influence. For decades, the man she loved most had her drink the incense-scented medicine known as Joyful Harmony, damaging her health and leaving her barren for life. Even so, in the end, she was condemned as having grown too powerful, and in a single night, every member of the Nian family was killed. Her soul is rebo
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My Beloved, Through Every Dawn and Dusk 卿是朝朝暮暮
Shen Yunshu studied archaeology and had been working for just two years. She loved history, and her favorite dynasty was the Rong Dynasty. A few days ago, she had read an unofficial history of the Rong Dynasty's royal family. Little did she expect that after falling asleep, she would wake up in the Rong Dynasty, sent there by the heavens, as Shen Yunshu, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family of Prince Zhenbei's residence. She had transmigrated to her favorite dynasty and become a descendant
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A Mistaken Night's Embrace 错枕眠
The second daughter of the Jing Prince's manor was a concubine-born child, unremarkable since childhood. She grew up constantly flattering and praising her dazzling elder sister, born of the principal wife. The first time her sister played the guzheng, the second daughter said, “Amazing! Sister plays so beautifully!” The first time her sister wrote lyrics, the second daughter said, “Amazing! A modern-day Li Taibai!” The first time her sister embroidered a purse, the second daughter said, “Withou
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Spring Banquet 春日宴
She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis
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The Marquis's Legitimate Daughter Is a Precious Gem 侯门嫡女如珠似宝
After the He Shun Marquis household had seven sons in a row, they finally had a daughter. The old marquis issued a command to the whole family: “Pamper her. Pamper her with all you’ve got.” The entire family joined forces to dote on her. Wang Shibao was quite pleased to transmigrate into a marquis household where everyone adored her from the moment she was born. The only downside was her surname, Wang, and the fact that she was the eighth child. Wang Xiaoba! Who are you calling number eight? She
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Harem Intrigue 宫斗
After transmigrating from the twenty-first century to ancient times, An Yuezhi refuses to let anyone dictate whom she marries. With her wit, she wins the freedom to choose her own husband and becomes the dynasty’s only female official, even rising to the high-ranking post of chancellor. She had hoped to live a quiet life, but then she and the new emperor switch bodies...
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A Palace Maid’s Daily Struggles 宫女奋斗日常
Ling Huan has skin as smooth as ice and looks like a goddess, yet she has no interest in power and thinks only of leaving the palace. In the end, neither she nor her child meets a good end. Given another chance, her goal is to raise her child well and become Empress Dowager herself. A palace-intrigue story with a strong female lead. The heroine is ruthless and clever. A thoroughly satisfying read.
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The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位
Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only
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100 Techniques to Conquer the Emperor in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧
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
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Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始
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
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Lucky to Have Met Your Peach-Blossom Face 幸得识卿桃花面
Wei Qing transmigrated. Her principle was simple: if you can settle it with your fists, don't waste your breath.
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