Palace Intrigue, Scheming Heroine Rises to Empress, Emperor Dotes on Her Alone 宫斗＋女主有心机＋上位至皇后＋皇帝独宠

1. 301 重 Reborn: The Ruthless Poison Consort 重生毒妃狠绝色 Lu Feixi路菲汐Ancient Romance4.7M WordsCompleted She helped her husband become emperor, but on the day he took the throne, he had her entire family executed. Reborn five years earlier, with her parents still alive and her wedding yet to come, Ye Muxi swears to avenge herself and make up for the regrets of her past life. Once a timid young lady bullied by everyone, she transforms brilliantly with five years of memories, protecting her younger brother, crushing scoundrels, and planning every step to seize the advantage. But how did she accidenta 7.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
2. 302 步 Step by Step to Glory 步步荣宠 Mu Ziyang木子阳Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted Mingyue was sold as a child and became a maid in a marquis’s household. After the young master took an interest in her, she was sent to the palace and became a low-ranking palace maid. Step by step, she rose from palace maid to empress. 17.8kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves

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3. 303 陛 The Emperor’s Caged Bird Has Run Away 陛下的笼中雀跑路了 Cui Cuo璀错Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Possessive pursuit + groveling redemption arc: a sweet and gentle but headstrong favorite consort x a ruthless, scheming emperor] In her previous life, You Tingrong was a pampered songbird kept in the imperial harem. Though she had fine clothes, delicious food, and all the emperor’s affection, her story ended in tragedy. Given another life, she wants nothing to do with the cold-hearted emperor. Whoever wants to be his caged bird can take the job! After secretly arranging for her half-sister to 1.5kReads8.3Score189Shelves

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   The Aijia gave all their treasures this time

4. 304 诱 Luring the Lord into His Embrace 诱君宠 Queen Julian朱莉安女王Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [The animated series “Win Your Lord's Heart: My Troubled Prince” is now streaming. We hope you'll show it your support.] Shen Yu, a modern-day doctor, is murdered by her senior fellow and transmigrates into the body of the eldest daughter of the Shen family. The eldest Shen daughter is breathtakingly beautiful, but her fiancé sets her up and forces her to marry the brutal Prince of Qi. At first, Shen Yu ties her handkerchief around the prince's wrist. “This handkerchief is like me. As long as yo 16kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
5. 305 和 After a Political Marriage, the Wolf King Pursues Me 和亲后，我被狼王撩 The Turtledoves That Cannot Be Caged关不住的雎鸠Ancient Romance221k WordsCompleted She is the Shen family’s legitimate daughter. He is a lone wolf of the grasslands. The two had nothing in common, but with the Xia dynasty in decline, marriage to a foreign land was their only way forward. She is clever and composed, with a miraculous healing touch. He is proud and aloof, yet carries the world in his heart. Alone in the barbarian lands of the grasslands, she faces one insult and hardship after another with unruffled calm. Through countless tests and struggles, they finally win e 1.6kReads9.0Score162Shelves

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   This one is more consistent

6. 306 一 I Transmigrated and Became the Beloved Bride of a Crippled Marquis 一朝穿越，替嫁残侯成团宠 Chen Jiu辰九Ancient Romance230k WordsCompleted [Historical transmigration + medical skills + marriage before love + two strong leads who dote on each other + suspense and court intrigue] Shen Qingci, a top surgeon, transmigrates into the body of a bride forced into a marriage swap. She becomes the new bride meant to bring good fortune to Xiao Yan, the blind and crippled Marquis of Dingbei. On their wedding night, she takes his pulse and immediately sees through it: “My lord, you’ve been poisoned. Someone wants to keep you in darkness forever 133Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Time travel means substitute marriage

7. 307 与 Coexisting with a Big Shot, I Became Unstoppable 与大佬共生，我强到飞起 Chen Jiu辰九Modern Romance284k WordsCompleted One day, I woke up with a man in my head. It wasn't a hallucination or a split personality. He was the real deal, a top-tier boss: Lu Yunzhou. The ruthless business tycoon who ruled the corporate world was now nothing more than a ghost trapped in my mind. And so, things started looking like this: When someone gives me a hard time, he scoffs in my head: [Third file from the bottom left. Throw it in his face.] When someone frames me, he directs me remotely: [The recorder's in the right-hand drawe 86Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 308 快 Quick Transmigration: The Second Personality 快穿第二人格 Chen Jiu辰九Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted Female lead + dual personality + no saintly martyrdom + takes down scumbags regardless of gender or age + lighthearted and funny Synopsis: Jiang Yan, a female cultivator, was bored when she happened upon a System. She transmigrates through three thousand worlds, disguising herself as the original host's second personality to help them change their personalities and escape their tragic fates. She takes down scumbags, delivers face-slapping comeuppances, completes missions, and explores the myster 26Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 309 娇 I Spoiled the Sickly, Obsessive Prince, and He Pretended to Be Good to Make Me Have His Baby 娇养病娇残王后，他装乖哄我生崽 A Fresh Perspective Every Day天天新视角Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted She was a 21st-century genius in both medicine and poisons. After transmigrating, she trounced her scumbag father and stepmother. She got a husband for free, found hidden treasure, and made a name for herself in the capital, where no one could rival her. With a wave of her hand, she turned the entire Great Chu into chaos. Yet the only one who captured her heart was her handsome husband, who was deaf and mute. “My husband can’t hear, so I have to spoil him.” “My husband can’t speak, so I have to 92Reads8.6Score—Shelves
10. 310 重 Reborn Noble Daughter: The Regent's Beloved Is Absolutely Stunning 重生嫡女：摄政王的心尖尖超绝色 Jia Qi嘉七Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When her half-sister asked with a sweet smile, “Does it hurt?” When her scumbag lover gouged out her eyes, leaving her weeping blood; when her aunt conspired with an inside accomplice to frame the General’s residence, causing all 370 people in the household to be executed, Mu Xiaoxiao regretted everything. She had let wolves into her home, bringing herself to this end, and now she died with regrets. Mu Xiaoxiao swore that if she had another life, she would tear those treacherous beasts limb from 2.4kReads9.2Score354Shelves

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    The female protagonists in these books are very resourceful, and they can be considered superiors! I think it looks really good. (Coming from 20-year-old me) These are the only books I didn't skip reading.

11. 311 重 Reborn as the Phoenix-Toppling Physician 重生之倾凰医妃 Northern Star, No Wounds in the Snow北辰无殇雪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she spurned Prince Chen’s deep love. For three years, she schemed tirelessly, using all her maternal family’s power to help him seize the throne. But once he became emperor, he joined forces with the older sister she had loved like family to frame her. He ordered her entire maternal family executed. Her relatives were murdered, and the wicked woman cut her child from her womb alive. The man she had always tried to avoid, it turned out, had secretly loved her deeply. He died 6.5kReads9.0Score777Shelves
12. 312 王 The Princess Consort’s Rise to Power 王妃娘娘升职记 Qiao Bei乔北Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s household, born into nobility and destined to be empress. But she mistook a wolf for a worthy man, gave him everything she had, cleared the way for him to conquer the realm, and helped him ascend to the throne. In the end, she was betrayed by everyone and died horribly in prison, her bones scraped and face mutilated! Reborn, Li Jinyou swore to the heavens: those who humiliated her would be trampled beneath her feet! Those who owed her would 1.1kReads8.9Score113Shelves
13. 313 狂 The Mad Consort Returns: The Sickly, Sinister Prince Is Too Good at Spoiling Her 狂妃归来：病娇邪王太会宠 Luo Yunshuang洛云霜Ancient Romance402k WordsCompleted [Is there really such a thing as being reborn?] [It was nothing more than a wager] In her previous life, she was controlled by the Ghost Doctor, trusted a scoundrel, and was sent to hell. But because of a hairpin whistle, countless powerful figures from the martial world stormed the imperial palace and avenged her! However, her second brother, far away in the northern border kingdom of Chi, went completely mad. The heaven-blessed, demonic gambling god returned to the martial world and wagered ag 186Reads9.0Score—Shelves
14. 314 独 The White Lotus Empress's Only Favorite [System] 独宠白莲花娘娘【系统】 The Star Among the Stars in the Sky天上星星的星星Ancient Romance245k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + comedy + System + white-lotus heroine | male lead who wins himself over] Su Qingxia, a palace-intrigue novelist of five years' standing and a veteran expert on palace-intrigue dramas, transmigrates into the imperial harem. It's an absolute dream come true. She doesn't get it. With skills like hers, why does she need a System? (System: Gets picked on every day.) She focuses on her career and enters the palace to gather a crowd of female admirers. A satisfying story with a brisk —Reads—Score—Shelves

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15. 315 南 South Branches Toward Dusk, The Regent Has Been Plotting This for Ages 南枝向晚，摄政王他蓄谋已久 Doudou from Zhongyue Province中月省的逗逗Ancient Romance726k WordsCompleted [Just received a rating] Complete ◎ [Revenge after being reborn + mastery of medicine and poison + powerful leads who cherish each other + everyone’s a schemer + palace intrigue and political machinations] Important: No stupid villains. Everyone has eight hundred tricks up their sleeve, and the battle of wits is at its peak! In her previous life, Shen Nanzhi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s family, was blind to the truth. She used a forbidden technique to save a scumbag man, dr 13.9kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves

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    The heroine's plotting, all the staff's insights, and top-notch wits ◔.̮◔✧. Ending, rebirth and revenge + double skills of medicine and poison + mutual favor between two strong men + all 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 his cousin's fake crying, Shen Nanzhi sneered and withdrew the needle: "I don't understand the poison. Since my cousin is so affectionate, why not let you bleed and cut the flesh?" In this life, she has torn away the disguise, 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 the life of the prince. How about lending me your knife to kill all the demons and monsters?" Everyone in the world thought that the daughter of the Duke 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. His voice was low and crazy: "Zhizhi, the country has been decided. With these beautiful mountains and rivers thousands of miles away, when will you be willing to give me a place?!" - The decisive killing queen of medical poison × the mad regents who bowed to her, joined forces to slaughter all the evil spirits!

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