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- 201 A Blessed Wife with a Baby on the Way: Lord Commander, Be Good 好孕福妻：指挥使大人乖乖宠我 Marriage first, love later + devoted husband pursues his wife + dual purity + happy ending In her previous life, Luo Ran was killed by her husband and her cousin, who conspired against her. After years of dutifully keeping the household, all she got in the end was her father's title being manipulated away, and a tragic death for both father and daughter. Reborn six years 22.5kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
- 202 She’s Gone Berserk! The Heroine Is a Madwoman and a Menace! 杀疯了！女主她疯批又变态！ Liang Luoshi has long been known as a “devil.” Her older sister was the one weakness that kept her in check, but once her sister died, Liang Luoshi was like a horse without reins. No one could control her anymore! P.S. The heroine is born evil, so please look elsewhere if you intend to guilt-trip her with morality. No romance! 719Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 203 What Can I Do? What Can I Do? Fate Is Shallow, but Love Runs Deep 何奈？何奈？应是缘浅情深 The Story of Minglan From a street-side cook to a legendary figure who holds sway over the court, watch how Yun Yingxue uses her abacus to shape the fate of the realm! Yun Yingxue was born into a merchant family and accidentally became embroiled in the struggles of aristocratic clans. With superb culinary skills and an extraordinary talent for mathematics, she takes on the jianghu as the “cook princess consort.” While accompanying the army to the frontier, she earns respect with pickled vegetab —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 204 Grievance Beneath the Red Wedding Stars 红鸾怨 In her past life, Bai Manxue was blind to the truth and foolishly devoted, doing everything in her power to help Gong Shengyu ascend the throne. But after he became emperor, he seemed like a completely different person. He made her empress, yet also elevated Consort Yun to a powerful position to keep her in check. Behind their backs, he fanned the flames and watched them fight to the death. In the end, their child became a sacrifice to secure his throne. Bai Manxue was utterly disillusioned. For 3.5kReads9.2Score505Shelves
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A Qing Dynasty Noble Consort's Glorious Reign 清穿贵妃荣宠记
A favored consort from the start? And the younger sister of Empress Xiaozhao, no less? Wasn’t she supposed to die young, with her daughter passing away in childhood? This time, she has both sons and daughters, and the emperor cherishes her like a treasure. Not only is he clingy, he has an overactive imagination, and Niu Hulu Baozhu is exhausted. After outliving Imperial Noble Consort Tong and Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, she becomes the highest-ranking woman in the imperial harem. All she wants i
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- 206 As the Records of History Tell: The Complete Story of Minglan 知否青史载红妆：明兰全传 In The Story of Minglan, Minglan, an illegitimate daughter of the Sheng family, loses her mother as a child. In the depths of a grand household, she survives by staying cautious and concealing her talents, fortunate to have her grandmother’s protection and guidance, which teach her the wisdom to survive and the art of managing a household. After coming of age, she marries Gu Tingye, the Marquis of Ningyuan. From a new bride in the marquis’s household to the woman in charge of the family, she use 31Reads7.5Score—Shelves
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The Beloved Consort Wants to Be a Vixen 宠妃要做狐狸精
A seductive, stunning, ambitious concubine with acting chops × the unruly, arrogant Prince Mu who always has her back and hands her the knife After a palace selection and an imperial edict, Cheng Rong went from being the daughter of a low-ranking eighth-grade official to the lowest-ranking concubine in Prince Mu’s estate, all thanks to her face. Everyone said that if she was going to be a concubine, she had to know her place, be cautious, and keep her head down. Cheng Rong pouted. “Is that so?”
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- 208 I Shall Be Empress 本宫为后 She was a once-in-a-century military genius, the beloved youngest daughter of the Bian family, and General Bian, who fought bravely on the battlefield. But she had no love for women's finery, only for military armor. She returned victorious to the palace in full armor, a striking figure of heroic grace. She stood before the tyrant whose very name terrified the world, neither humble nor haughty. Becoming empress was, to her, no more than a battlefield in a different location. The cold-hearted you 147Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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The Crown Prince’s One and Only: The Bewitching Consort Captures His Heart and Claims Her Place 太子独宠，尤物娘娘缚心上位
[Unhinged, Ruthless Heroine + Cold, Scheming, Obsessive Crown Prince + Palace Intrigue] [Before the heroine entered the palace, the hero already had wives and concubines, but the emperor had forced them on him for political reasons. He only went through the motions with them, and their relationships were in name only.] [Readers who mind this should proceed with caution] She was the legitimate daughter of the Luo family, breathtakingly beautiful. But when her father demoted her mother to a concub
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- 210 Know No More: The Green Grows Lush, the Red Fades Away 知否？知否？应是绿肥红瘦 Synopsis of The Story of Minglan In the Northern Song dynasty, Sheng Minglan, the illegitimate daughter of the Sheng family, loses her mother, Wei Xiaoniang, when a favored concubine, Lin Qinshuang, schemes against her and causes a fatal labor. Her mother’s last words, “Staying alive matters most,” become Minglan’s guiding principle. Taken in and raised by Old Madam Sheng at Shou’an Hall, she learns from her grandmother to keep a low profile, endure, and establish herself by managing a househol 87Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 211 The Professional Ethics of a Concubine 为妾的职业操守 [Main Story Complete] Ye Qingzhi, an overworked office drone, transmigrates into the body of a concubine in the Jiangyang Marquis’s household. Since she’s here, she might as well go crazy. Being a concubine is just changing workplaces. She doesn’t need to get emotionally involved. She can simply treat herself like a tool. Ye Qingzhi’s career goal: convince both the marquis and the principal wife to take responsibility for her and protect her. Ye Qingzhi’s workplace motto: Life is short. We’re al 31.6kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
- 212 After Being Cast Out, She Farms to Survive in a Broken Courtyard 被休后，她守着破院种田求生 A letter of repudiation demoted her from the Chen family's eldest daughter-in-law to a cast-off wife with no household registration. The torrential rain washed away more than the wooden hairpin that held up her hair. It swept away sixteen years of the rules that a woman must obey her father before marriage and her husband afterward, half a sack of mold-blackened wheat hidden in a ruined kiln, and the shackle carved into her bones: a woman is virtuous only if she is uneducated. Li Qinghe crouche 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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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
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,
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The Nine-Phoenix Hairpin 九凤钗
Song Zhu was once a lost royal treasure hidden in the forest, but fate sent her by a twist of circumstance into the palace of her enemies. On one side were the hatred and grievances between their countries; on the other, she found herself slowly sinking deeper and deeper into Mo Jingyuan’s love. Mo Jingyuan drank the plum blossom wine Song Zhu had brewed with her own hands. Dark red blood welled from the corner of his lips. “Azhu, let the grudges of the previous generation end with us. Give bir
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- 215 Know No More: The Green Grows Lush, the Red Fades Away, Transmigration Edition 知否？知否？应是绿肥红瘦穿越版 The story follows Yao Yiyi, a modern-day clerk who transmigrates into the body of Sheng Minglan, a concubine-born daughter of the Sheng family. Armed with modern knowledge, she navigates the intricate schemes of a grand household ruled by strict hierarchies. From the first signs of danger surrounding Concubine Wei’s mysterious death to hiding her talents while studying at Shou’an Hall and outwitting Lin Qinshuang and her daughter, Minglan carefully plots each step, keeping a low profile and endu 37Reads7.1Score—Shelves
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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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The Former Dynasty's Maidservant 前朝女婢
No saintly heroine, no pointless chatter, no dragging things out. Come feast on the good stuff!!! The cover is based on the heroine's original character design, so feel free to imagine yourself in her role. “As long as we don't have children, there won't be any problems. You needn't worry, Big Sister. I won't marry someone else for the sake of an heir. In this life, I need only you...”
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The Empress Is So Cunning, Her Political Rivals Are Doomed 娘娘心机太深，政敌要被玩死了
[Female-Led Political Intrigue, Workplace Power Fantasy, Ruthless in the Later Stages, Interlocking Cases] Just how satisfying is a truly career-driven female lead? She takes an eighth-rank county deputy and raises her to a third-rank official, and turns a palace maid who swept floors into the head of the Six Bureaus. A maid in her service is getting married? She gets a lavish wedding outfit and a procession stretching ten miles! Want to build a career? Pick any prime shop in the capital! The he
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The Native Matriarch Makes a Bold Entrance and Takes on Everyone 土著主母霸气侧漏，单挑全场
[A strong heroine at heart + mature adults building their careers] He Fangting was the quintessential noblewoman, with no flaw beyond being despised by her imperial uncle, the emperor. After marrying, she became a capable lady of the house, using her generous dowry to support her husband's family and finally give them a solid foundation. One day, her husband returned from disaster relief with a female physician who had received the emperor's commendation. He Fangting admired the woman and prepar
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- 220 The Concubine's Plan for the Legitimate Daughter 庶女嫡谋 The Grand Empress Dowager, who had ruled the court for more than a decade, passed away. Reborn as the unloved, impoverished daughter of a marquis’s concubine, she had no desire to strive in this life. All she wanted was to marry a husband with a short life expectancy and enjoy widowhood after he died. Yang Yue died in battle. After death, his soul lingered on, witnessing the shifts of power in the Great Qing dynasty and watching the Grand Empress Dowager be poisoned by her own grandson. When he 9.5kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
- 221 Brocade Butcher 锦屠 Bianjing is full of powerful nobles. As the eldest legitimate daughter-in-law of the Marquis of Yongyi, a distinguished family of hereditary nobles, Xie Rongying embodies every virtue and is a model for women. A month after their wedding, her husband marched off to war. Half a year later, he died on the battlefield, his body brought home on his horse. From then on, a life of Buddhist prayers and the constraints of a chastity arch confined her for the rest of her days. As she lay dying, she seeme 15.5kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
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The Harem: Empresses in the Palace 后宫·甄嬛传
[Exclusive Consort Hua bonus chapter now available!] The original novel of the TV series Empresses in the Palace She enters the palace and wins the emperor’s favor, but every step is fraught with danger. The palace is deep as an ocean, and though Zhen Huan has no wish to enter and become the emperor’s consort, fate pushes her into the cruelest of harems. The women in the palace are as radiant as flowers, with lovely brows and eyes, yet every one of them conceals her own schemes and plots agains
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Zhen Huan Reborn: Glory in Two Lifetimes 甄嬛重生之双世荣华
[Rebirth + palace intrigue + no character assassination of Zhen Huan + clever heroine + redemption + no love-brained characters] After being reborn, Zhen Huan looked back on her past with many regrets. In this life, she only hoped to protect the people she cared about: Sister Mei, Lingrong, and Prince Guo… But life is unpredictable. Through a series of twists and turns, her relationship with Consort Hua also became completely different from what it had been in her previous life, changing the fat
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Consort Hua Reborn: First, Let's Add Something to Huan Yi Incense 华妃重生：先给欢宜香加点料
Consort Hua, who met a gruesome end, has been reborn. Before she died, she learned the truth about her miscarriage at the prince's residence and why she had never been able to bear a child. Back at the prince's residence, she vows that this time, if she can't have children, then nobody else will either! That night, Yinzhen lies beside Nian Shilan and jolts awake in his sleep. Why is it so chilly when summer has already begun? “This story has absolutely nothing to do with history!!! It does not
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I’m Falling Apart, Stop Chasing Me! 我裂开，别再追杀了
[Historical Romance + Palace and Household Intrigue + Classic Period Atmosphere] She was Shen Baizhi, the legitimate daughter of the Grand Tutor’s household. She had grown up in luxury, lively and cheerful. But disaster struck on the Grand Tutor’s birthday, and her entire family was sent to the execution ground. She was captured and imprisoned, forced to do menial labor, abused, and disfigured. After she escaped, ruffians assaulted her in a ruined temple. The heir apparent, Gu Nanyi, appeared am
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- 226 The Darling in the Palm 掌上娇娇 [Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co 84.3kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves
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Wei Yanwan Returns to Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Ruyi, Step Aside 卫嬿婉回到如懿传，如懿请靠边站
A gambling-addicted younger brother, a mother who drains her dry, a childhood sweetheart with no ambition, and her, bullied by the protagonists. Reborn on the day Wei Yanwan sends Yao Huang a peony. Jinzhong, wait for me to use the Emperor’s silver to support you. Warning: This story reflects only this novel’s point of view.
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The Crown Prince Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife: The Empress's Daily Life After Bearing Twins 太子宠妾灭妻，娘娘双胎上位日常
[There are a few typos, so please skip this if that bothers you.] A deranged, ruthless heroine and an obsessive Crown Prince, with exclusive devotion later on, clear-headed palace intrigue, and multiple births. Jiang Shiruo is stunningly beautiful, but only a concubine’s daughter. Still, even a concubine’s daughter deserves to live. Jiang Shiruo has no interest in the other princes. She only wants to enter the Eastern Palace, because that’s the only way she can reach the highest position. After
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- 229 The Noble Consort's Hundred Charms 贵妃百媚 [Local villainess versus heroine who transmigrated into a book + villainess awakens + refined self-interest] The Yongchang Earl's household has two daughters. The legitimate daughter, Song Shiyi, is gentle and charming, a talented woman renowned throughout the capital. The concubine-born daughter, Song Fuxi, is jealous and foolish, someone everyone avoids. Everyone in the streets and alleys knows that Song Shiyi will marry into the Eastern Palace as the Crown Princess, while Song Fuxi, jealous t 1.7kReads8.8Score167Shelves
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Falling Blossoms in Anxi Palace 花落安喜宫
She entered the palace at four. At nineteen, she was ordered to care for a two-year-old crown prince. That child was later deposed as crown prince, then returned to the Eastern Palace and eventually became Emperor Chenghua, Zhu Jianshen. Wan Zhen'er was seventeen years older than him. She stood by him through the turmoil in the palace after the Tumu Crisis, his years at the Prince of Yi's residence, and the changes of emperors. From an obscure palace maid, she rose step by step to become a nob
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Mad Empress: I’ll Be the Harem’s Number One White Lotus 疯批皇后，争做后宫第一白莲花
[Transmigration into a fictional setting + highly intelligent heroine in palace intrigue + face-slapping + a volatile, multifaceted personality + not a clean romance] Lin Junxue transmigrated to the Xie Dynasty, an era that had never existed in history, and ended up as an unloved empress who had no idea how she died. She’d thought she was a powerless, unloved empress, but it turned out the original owner’s father was a first-rank military marquis, a loyal servant of the court for three generatio
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I Set My Trap with Fortune-Telling, and He Offered Me His Empire 我以相术做局，他以江山为聘
[Reborn + clear-eyed heroine + love and hate + wielding him as a weapon] Nan Zhi is the emperor's legitimate daughter, a princess adored by all. She can stir up trouble right under the emperor's nose and pull hair right off the crown prince's head. A year after their wedding, she uses her status as a princess to help her husband rise to the top. But when the kingdom falls apart, he pushes her off the city wall just to appease his sworn enemy, whose troops are at the gates. When she opens her eye
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Wishing You Peace and Prosperity Year After Year 祝卿岁岁荣安
Before her birth mother died, she pointed at Zhu Qing'an in front of everyone and cursed her for bringing misfortune to her six relatives. She ordered Zhu Qing'an to keep vigil for her for three months after her death, then shave her head and become a nun at Jingyun Convent, never to leave the convent or return to secular life. So three months after her birth mother’s death, Zhu Qing'an ceased to exist. At Jingyun Convent, a young nun named Jingchen struggled to survive in this world. Given anot
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Stirring Up the Harem 逗乱后宫
“True love has never lasted through the ages. It’s schemes that win people over, little sister!” I murmured, “When it comes to men, especially men who hold all the power, don’t think about love! Talk value, talk strategy, and keep them guessing!” Why must the harem revolve around the emperor? Women should stand on their own! All you love-struck fools, make way for me! Just you wait, you dark and obsessive emperor. I don’t need a man’s favor, and I don’t have a protagonist’s halo. Watch how I tur
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- 235 A Stunning Film Queen Possesses Someone in Another World, Masters Palace Intrigue, and Becomes Empress 绝美影后搞魂穿，玩转宫斗成皇后 [Powerful female lead transmigrates into another person's body + high-IQ palace intrigue + one woman takes on the entire harem + not both leads' first time] A stunning award-winning actress transmigrates into the body of a concubine-born girl who has been drugged with an aphrodisiac and is still expected to enter the palace. Entering the palace would be one thing, but her rank is low. Her rank being low would be one thing, but she has no money either. No matter. Sister Shen knows exactly what sh 226Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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The Empress Is on a Rampage: 15 Top-Tier Palace Intrigue Stories 娘娘她杀疯了：15个顶级宫斗故事
[Historical romance + strong female lead + reborn + palace intrigue + court politics + tragic romance] She was Consort Hua, who lost the palace struggle and died by banging her head against a wall in the Cold Palace. After dying with regrets, she was reborn before her clan's downfall. Now that she knows how all the palace intrigues will end, can she defeat Zhen Huan and have the last laugh…? She was Yang Guifei, the woman blamed for bringing ruin to the country. Everyone knows she lived in luxur
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From Maid to Consort: The Rise of Imperial Noble Consort Huixian 【从婢到妃】慧贤皇贵妃逆袭录
She is a lowly jade buried in the dust; he is the emperor who wields his brush high above the heavens. She uses tenderness as a blade, carving a path through the blood-soaked depths of a palace that devours its own. She helps him resolve a political crisis and devises a plan to ease the floods in Jiangnan; when he loses his legitimate son, she silently copies a hundred volumes of sutras for the dead. Hongli holds her bloodied, coughing body, his voice breaking as he cries: “Qingyuan, I promise
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- 238 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. 8.4kReads9.2Score950Shelves
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The Empress Dowager Starts Taking Them Out 继后开始刀人
The empress consort wants no part in the fight for favor. She just wants to kill people. Wei Xiangwan entered the palace with three things to do. First, uncover the truth behind her father's mysterious disappearance. Second, avenge her best friend, who died unjustly. Third, give birth to the crown prince. As for the emperor's affection, it was the least important thing of all. In the resplendent harem, where false affection bloomed everywhere, some people still yearned for true love. Qi Zhao fel
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A True Account of Surviving the Harem 后宫生存实录
[Palace Intrigue + Ensemble Cast] [The heroine transmigrates, with no golden finger; neither lead is inexperienced] The author isn’t good at writing blurbs, so please head straight to the story. Shen Zhiyi, a psychological counselor, transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking concubine. From the start, she sees Su, the “deceased empress’s replacement,” win the emperor’s favor only to fall under suspicion. She also watches the “adorably foolish” Xu Yanran get used as a pawn and demoted to the
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After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼
The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi
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Born Humble? Made Noble Consort Three Months After Entering the Palace 出身低微？入宫三月封贵妃
[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
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- 243 My Husband Is Too Frail to Care for Himself 我的夫君柔弱不能自理 [Signed for publication] I saved the whole capital by slacking off! I conquered the world through sheer bluster! Excerpt 1: “Your Highness, the Consort has been completely taken in by the Princess Consort. His Majesty wants us to pay compensation.” Jiang Chonghua: “Tell Father that if he has the nerve, he can talk to the Princess Consort himself.” “Your Highness, His Majesty wouldn’t dare. He says he’s afraid he’ll get dragged into it too.” Excerpt 2: “Your Highness, our two nations are at war, 23kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
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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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A Palace Maid's Daily Life: My Parents Want Me to Be a Couch Potato 宫女日常：爹娘让我当咸鱼
Hang Jiayanxin was a bondservant of the Plain White Banner and a court-appointed royal service worker. She entered the palace at thirteen and would leave at twenty-five. For twelve years in the palace, she kept her parents' advice in mind: be a good-for-nothing fish, and hang on until it's time to leave. But the towering palace before her was like a massive vessel, bearing endless power and desire. Once she pushed open those heavy doors, she stepped onto a path from which there was no turning ba
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Consort Xian Reborn: Winning the Emperor's Favor at Every Turn 娴妃重生，步步为营宠冠六宫
In her previous life, her love had been one-sided. When she could bear it no longer, she cut her hair, giving a lock to the departed Yu Heng and Hongli. Reborn into another life, Ula Nara Yu Heng finally understood that surviving in the palace depended on far more than an emperor’s affection. Entering Hongli’s residence was a fate she could not escape. When she met him again, her eyes were full of longing for power. In the imperial harem, she became the strength of the Ula Nara clan. At the empe
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A Farewell to Quiet Joy 清欢辞
Xiao Qinghuan, daughter of the Marquis of Wuyang, was praised by everyone in Bianjing as a fine young lady from a distinguished scholarly family. She was beautiful, gentle, and charming. Before she had even come of age, countless young men from prominent families had come to ask for her hand, but she had not taken a liking to a single one. The man she loved was a peerless hero. “The young ladies in the capital are all pretty much the same, dull as dishwater. Especially the ones from scholarly fa
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The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼
[One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we
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- 249 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 137.8kReads9.6Score16.6kShelves
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[Empresses in the Palace fanfiction + palace intrigue + scheming + meticulous detail + rebirth] The palace struggle isn't against the people from my previous life, but against everyone in this one. As the old saying goes: Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost. "Either you're one of my people, or you're one of my ghosts." Yinzhen and Yixiu are both reborn. Is this a story of remorse or slaughter, of putting the greater good first or choosing love and family? What would it take fo
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