Looking for Palace-Intrigue Stories That Start in the Crown Prince's or Prince's Residence and Later Move to the Imperial Palace 想要从太子府或者王府开始到后来在皇宫的宫斗文

1. 51 成 On Our Wedding Night, the Obsessive Crown Prince Took Me to the Eastern Palace 成亲当晚，偏执太子夺我入东宫 Jiang Xiaoshi江小十Ancient Romance504k WordsCompleted The aloof, possessive Crown Prince × the dazzling beauty who loves money Everyone in the Eastern Palace knows that the Crown Princess was snatched away from someone else by the Crown Prince. Once the Crown Prince, as elegant as jade and as clear as moonlight, fell into the sea of love, there was no climbing back out. He Yue transmigrated to ancient times and became the owner of a rouge shop. She wasn’t rich or powerful, but her life was peaceful and carefree. Then one day, the woman she liv 35kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves

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   All stories have ended; the female lead is intelligent and clear-headed.

2. 52 东 The Eastern Palace Bedchamber Maid 东宫通房 Yu Nanting玉南廷Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted Yu Niang had once been sold as a courtesan and was left with a strange illness. By chance, she became the Crown Prince’s personal medicine woman, then his bedchamber attendant. But because of her low birth, she was never given a title. The Crown Prince was handsome and noble, but cold and unfeeling. He often warned his lowly bedchamber attendant not to covet what she could never have. Yu Niang could only meekly agree. One day, a fire broke out in the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince’s leg was pi 35.3kReads9.2Score4.6kShelves

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   🎯 [Book Recommendation Expert Online]📖 The first book features a female lead who owns a rouge shop and a male lead who is the crown prince. The two engage in a battle of wits, with the female lead eventually becoming empress. [Top Post][Top Post][Top Post] The second book features a female lead who is an illegitimate daughter and a male lead who is the crown prince. He knows why she entered his palace, but he still dotes on her and even helps her become empress. [Drooling][Drooling] The third book features a male lead who is the crown prince. The female lead starts as a prostitute, then becomes the crown prince's medicine maid, and later his concubine. Through her wisdom, she rises from prostitute to empress. [Cool][Cool]

3. 53 冬 Bound by Love at the Winter Solstice 冬至缚情 Snow Sheng Winter Solstice雪笙冬至Ancient Romance270k WordsCompleted The eldest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Dingbei marries into Prince Chen’s household by imperial decree. On their wedding night, her husband abandons her for the woman he loves. A scheming white lotus puts on an act at every turn and provokes her. In the capital, everyone plots and schemes, and intrigue is everywhere, whether hidden or open. But what does any of it have to do with her? She doesn’t love Prince Chen, nor does she love this prosperous, sordid capital. All she wants is to r 51.4kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
4. 54 侧 The Side Consort Takes Charge of the Household, Then Rises to the Throne as Empress 侧妃潜邸掌中馈，一朝成凰登后位 Xiao Yan Wants to Get Rich小闫要暴富Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Not a Pure Couple, Not a Transmigration Story, Not Reborn, No Golden Finger] [Content warning: The heroine is caught in a whirlpool of conflict and is far from a good person. She knows how to read the situation and may even take the initiative to hurt others.] Given a choice, who would want to become a woman willing to do anything to achieve her goals? At a plum-blossom-viewing banquet in the snow, Hua Songyi tried to keep a low profile, but the host family chose her anyway and forced her to 5.7kReads8.5Score631Shelves

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   The female protagonist knows exactly what she wants. She starts as a concubine accompanying the male protagonist's family, but is chosen and becomes a secondary consort. Later, she gives birth to twins (a boy and a girl) and becomes a concubine in the palace. After the male protagonist ascends the throne, he makes her empress. She later gives birth to twins again, and the crown prince and the most favored princess are also her children. The harem doesn't have much intrigue or power struggles. The writing is good, and the plot is fresh.

5. 55 良 The Beloved Concubine Is Alluring and Charming, Rising to the Top 良娣又娇又媚，一路盛宠上位 Zhongli Wangshu钟离望舒Ancient Romance708k WordsCompleted Chu Yao was born with an irresistible, seductive charm. Every frown and smile was captivating, yet her aunt, the Empress, treated her as a pawn and sent her to the Eastern Palace. The Crown Princess, Qin Wan, was the Crown Prince’s cousin. She had already borne him a son and a daughter, securing her position. Crown Prince Gu Jingchen hated the Empress’s influence. On their wedding night, he left Chu Yao alone and placed her in the most remote quarters, the Liuyun Pavilion. Everyone waited to lau 8.8kReads7.8Score781Shelves

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   From Consort of the Eastern Palace to Imperial Noble Consort Chen, then to Imperial Noble Consort Chen, and finally Empress. It's a very satisfying, sweet, and pampering story.

6. 56 侧 The Side Consort’s Memoir of Becoming Empress 侧妃为后记 Spring Has Filled the Blossoming Branches华枝春已满Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted [Household Intrigue + Palace Intrigue] Not a one-on-one romance. The male lead has a wife and concubines early on, but later dotes on the heroine alone. No suspicion or misunderstandings. A little angst, but mostly sweet. The heroine falls for him first, but she isn't completely ruled by love. Her experiences have shaped her, and she's usually quite level-headed. (Though perhaps she is a little taken by his looks.) The male lead doesn't realize his own feelings, but he's been good to the heroine 3.4kReads9.0Score277Shelves

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   The storyline flows very smoothly, and every character is well-developed. The female lead is very intelligent and sensible, and the male and female leads are very much in love.

7. 57 穿 The Daily Life of a Laid-Back Concubine After Transmigrating 穿越之闲鱼妾室的日常 Tian Nanxing Nan天南星南Ancient Romance480k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + household and palace intrigue + no golden finger + devoted love later on] Zhang Xinian transmigrated into the body of a concubine in Prince Jing’s household. Above her was the princess consort, backed by powerful connections and ruthless in her methods. Beside her was a brainless side consort with overwhelming fighting prowess. Below her, a reborn woman and a transmigrated woman were locked in fierce competition. Zhang Xinian trembled with fear. She had no golden finger and did 105.4kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves

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   All three stories begin in the royal palace and continue until the end. It's not just the female lead who works hard; the male lead is also a qualified emperor.

8. 58 清 After Transmigrating to the Qing Dynasty, Fourth Master Has Three Babies in a Year 清穿后四爷一年抱仨 Flowers Blooming in the Snow雪中繁花Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A wealthy young woman from modern times is reborn in the Qing Dynasty during the Kangxi era after a car accident, becoming Wanyan Wunaxi. With a loving mother, a doting father, and a crowd of protective older brothers, plus a portable pocket dimension, she has a life of pure bliss. All she needs to do is get passed over in the palace selection and marry some honest fellow. Then her life will be complete. Who knew the transmigration god would play a joke on her? An imperial edict comes crashing d 23kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
9. 59 我 I Lie Flat on My Good Looks 我靠美貌躺平了 A Journey Through Mountains and Seas山海一程Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both are devoted only to each other + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + mutual devotion] That day in the peach grove, it wasn’t the wind that stirred, but the heart… Song Zhaoyue was born into the body of an unfavored concubine-born daughter of a marquis’s household. Her stepmother forced her to marry a playboy who drank, gambled, and visited brothels, so she turned around and entered the palace selection instead! Who could have guessed she would be granted in marriage to Prince Yan, 35.4kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves

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   A single glance, and it felt like an eternity. From the very first moment I saw you, I knew I had fallen in love. During the imperial concubine selection, I specially asked Consort Shu to keep you. (Initially a concubine, but later the prince twice petitioned the emperor to make her the principal wife. The emperor refused the first time, but agreed the second time.) The male lead took two concubines and one principal wife (who never had any affairs with anyone else, remaining solely with the female lead throughout, both being chaste; later, the principal wife requested to leave). The other concubine's identity was questionable; the male lead had already investigated both of them before they entered the palace, including the prince behind them. These two were merely shells for the male lead to protect the female lead.

10. 60 咸 The Lazy Concubine Just Wants to Cling to a Powerful Patron, but the Aloof Prince Is Hooked 咸鱼侍妾只想抱大腿，高冷王爷却被钓疯了 Seven An Coins七桉钱Ancient Romance589k WordsOngoing (Transmigration / palace and household intrigue / raising a child / doted on exclusively in the later stages / love grows over time / everyday life) Ye Qing, a notorious actress, transmigrates one day into the body of a concubine of Prince Jing, the fourth son of the Great Yue emperor. As a concubine, without the prince's favor, her status is even lower than a maid's. To live comfortably, she decides to cling tightly to the biggest pillar in the prince's manor: the aloof Prince Jing. Ye Qing pre 405Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    They're all very good, you can take a look.

11. 61 皇 A Concubine’s Carefree Days 皇妾咸鱼日常 Zhi Tang知棠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 5kReads8.5Score390Shelves
12. 62 娘 The Empress Is So Sweet and Charming, Who Still Cares About a Lost Love? 娘娘又娇又媚，谁还稀罕白月光 Half a Month and the Fifteenth月半和十五Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted [Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Top-Grade White Lotus + Winning Hearts and Minds + Not Both Leads' First Love] [The heroine looks like a pure, sweet little bunny, but she's actually a scheming temptress who knows how to play her cards.] When Xu Zhuohua is named crown princess, Crown Prince Qi Hecang and his secondary consort Lu Wanning are at the height of their love. As the hero of a male-oriented novel, Qi Hecang only cares about building his career, and his heart belongs solely to Lu 12.8kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves
13. 63 重 Reborn: Win the Emperor's Heart, Ascend the Imperial Throne 重生：勾帝心，登帝位 Carefree River Snow无忧江雪Ancient Romance595k WordsCompleted The Ninth Prince, Mo Chen, went to war as a young man and met his beloved, Jiang Yunshu. He promised her they would be together for life, each belonging to the other alone. After returning to the capital, he immediately made her his principal wife. A year passed without them having a child. With the emperor’s days numbered, he schemed to have Mo Chen and Su Qing bear a son. Mo Chen hated Su Qing for ruining his vow and stood by as she and her child were tortured to death. Jiang Yunshu transmigra 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Some stories begin in the Crown Prince's residence, some in a Prince's residence, and some involve a woman who marries into a Prince's residence after a divorce. They're all incredibly captivating, featuring palace intrigue, past and present lives, and quick transmigration themes.

14. 64 快 Quick Transmigration: She Wins the Hearts of Powerful Men by Bearing Their Children! 快穿：她靠生子成为大佬心尖宠！ A Big Old Monster一个大妖怪Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + multiple pregnancies + punishing scumbags + palace and household intrigue + no fixed couple + satisfying revenge] She is a rabbit spirit who has cultivated for a thousand years. With too little fortune, she nearly loses her soul while ascending. Fortunately, an ancestral reincarnation artifact lets her complete missions in different worlds and gather fortune. World One: [Crown Prince with no heir for years x palace maid who hides her looks and only wants to leave the pala 15kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
15. 65 娘 The Empress Is Sweet and Alluring, Winning Favor and Rising to Power 娘娘娇软妩媚，一路争宠上位 Bell Meow铃铛喵Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (A pure palace-intrigue story, not a one-on-one romance, and not a mutually faithful pairing. Proceed with caution!) Bai Ruotang is the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Right Chancellor’s household. At fifteen, just after coming of age, she is sent into the palace to bear a child for her legitimate elder sister and help her secure the emperor’s favor. Unwilling to be reduced to someone else’s pawn, from the moment she steps through the palace gates, she decides she will carve out 10.3kReads8.9Score1kShelves
16. 66 独 He Dotes on His Concubine? I'll Enter the Eastern Palace and Marry the Ailing Crown Prince Instead 独宠外室？我入东宫转嫁病弱太子 Writer's Block文荒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Published as "Love Takes You into His Heart", available on Taobao, Douyin, and Pinduoduo] [Palace and household intrigue + reborn revenge + devoted husband] In her previous life, Shen Ruoxi devoted herself to marrying Prince Qi, Murong Yu. At home, she exhausted herself managing his household; outside, she knelt and begged her father and brothers to help him ascend the throne. She even gave up her place as his princess consort to please him, willingly becoming a concubine. She gave him everythi 20.9kReads9.3Score4.5kShelves
17. 67 先 Love After Marriage: The Crown Princess Keeps Pretending to Be Good Again and Again 先婚后爱，太子妃又又又又在装乖 I Want to Be a Rich Lady我想当富婆Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] Song Yao, who was born into this world, got married to Nangong Yi, the notoriously violent crown prince. After their wedding, they acted like a proper couple, treating each other with courtesy and respect. Gradually, Song Yao discovered that the crown prince was nothing like the violent man of the rumors. He was gentle, considerate, and easy to get along with. So she let her true nature out and started doing as she pleased. - At first, when facing the crown prince: Song Yao: gent 21.7kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
18. 68 撩 After Flirting with the Emperor, the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 撩拨皇帝后，贵妃她不想负责 Butterflies Dance into Tragedy蝶舞成殇Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted Household intrigue in the beginning, palace intrigue later. Bai Zhi was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister. Though born to the prime minister's household, her mother died young and her father remarried. He doted on her younger sister, while Bai Zhi spent sixteen years unloved by her father and mother. Then an imperial decree came: the emperor had chosen her to be Prince Ying's concubine. Later, Prince Ying ascended the throne. "Your Majesty, this is terrible! Consort Xian slapped Lady 1.1kReads7.4Score112Shelves

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    These books all fit the bill quite well.

19. 69 冉 The Empress Ran 冉后 Nai Nai J奈奈JAncient Romance376k WordsCompleted Ran Hu was made a Jieyu concubine as soon as she entered the palace. On her very first day, she was summoned to the emperor’s bedchamber and granted the title of Chen, cherished like a rare treasure. Her peerless beauty and her younger brother’s illustrious military achievements as Marquis of Chang’an gave her the confidence to act as she pleased in the harem. The two souls who had come from a later age ultimately left a lasting mark on this strange world. 4.6kReads9.0Score473Shelves
20. 70 贵 The Alluring Imperial Consort Climbs to the Top by Winning the Emperor’s Favor 贵妃娘娘妩媚诱人，一路争宠上位 Cheng Shuang乘霜Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted [A drama-loving, cunning heroine who puts on a beautiful act × a hero who falls for all her tricks] The heroine is spoiled by his affection, and the hero keeps lowering his standards for her Shen Yue knew from childhood that she had to fight for whatever she wanted. Having watched her concubine mother bow and scrape around the household, she wanted to win a respectable place in the world for them both. As a concubine-born daughter, no high-ranking family would take her as a principal wife. If sh 2.8kReads8.8Score251Shelves
21. 71 穿 Transmigrated as a Powerful Official's Cannon-Fodder Wife 穿成权臣的炮灰原配 Shi Yue莳玥Ancient Romance208k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + marriage before love + sweet romance + everyday life] When Gu Xiyin opens her eyes, she discovers that she has transmigrated into a book as its villainess. She seduces people, drugs them, and stops at nothing to oppose the heroine. Thinking of the villainess's miserable fate, Gu Xiyin bundles up her belongings and prepares to flee, only to be caught red-handed by her husband in name only. “Where are you going, Madam?” Gu Xiyin: “...” After her escape attempt fail 10.2kReads8.8Score804Shelves

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    The female lead is the real heiress in the "real or fake heiress" story; she uses scheming to marry the male lead, a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love.

22. 72 错 After Mistaking the Prince for Her Husband, the Little Darling Holds Her Waist Every Day 错认王爷为夫后，小娇娇日日扶腰 A Leisurely Guest in the Mortal World闲情偶寄人间客Ancient Romance263k WordsCompleted Transmigration + overachiever + clear-eyed pragmatist + household intrigue + palace intrigue + satisfying wish fulfillment + face-slapping A top sales rep and relentless overachiever dropped dead at a signing dinner and transmigrated into Feng Jiao, an orphaned daughter of a merchant family. As Feng Jiao, she was married off by her greedy second aunt to a merchant, as his second wife. At the Yangzhou docks, her future husband stood tall and handsome. It was only after Feng Jiao boarded the b 49Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book starts in a prince's mansion and follows the protagonist's rise from a concubine to the empress. I especially love the part where the male lead begs her to become empress—it's so ironic!

23. 73 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Crown Prince Is Suspected and Framed, So I Go Crazy on the Spot 穿书太子被猜忌陷害，我当场发癫 Wu Liang Ye武梁耶Historical864k WordsCompleted This book has been adapted into a short drama. After my father the emperor grew suspicious of me, I chose to rule the world. Suspected despite being the crown prince, I chose to become a bandit. Reborn as a cannon-fodder crown prince who was framed, I threw a tantrum on the spot. [Father and son turn against each other + unhinged crown prince + face-slapping + ruthless kills + exhilarating thrills + going crazy] Li Yi transmigrates into a political intrigue novel as the crown prince, bringing al 14.3kReads8.7Score925Shelves

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    The book title is very straightforward, and the entire content is just like the title. After realizing his situation, the crown prince becomes particularly reckless in handling matters. If you offend the crown prince, he will kill anyone without hesitation or reservations. It's very satisfying to read.

24. 74 娘 The Consort’s Laid-Back Daily Life 娘娘的佛系日常 Springtime Sweet Orange春日甜橙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 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves

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    It doesn't start in the royal palace; it's a sweet and doting romance novel. The beginning shows favoritism, but later the focus shifts to exclusive pampering. The female lead is a clear-headed, charming, and slightly arrogant cat-like character. The male lead is rich and handsome, and they have an adorable and intelligent son. It's a lighthearted and easygoing family story. [Note][Smirk]

25. 75 失 A Lost-Memory Noble Consort’s Story of Winning the Emperor’s Favor 失忆贵妃承宠记 Xi Die汐蝶Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [Harem romance + aloof beauty + historical coming-of-age + worlds apart in status + devoted in body and heart, one-on-one] Kang Yuyi was born a hereditary servant of the Prince of Qin’s household. Because of her extraordinary beauty, the princess consort took a liking to her and sent her to serve as a bedchamber maid to the heir, Li Yuanheng. But the heir turned out to be cold and distant, with no interest in women. After Kang Yuyi’s attempts to flirt with Li Yuanheng repeatedly failed, his cous 18kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    The female lead rises through the ranks alongside the male lead, from a maidservant to a concubine of the crown prince, a secondary consort of the crown prince, and finally, a noble consort. However, she is already a noble consort at the beginning of the story, and she has lost her memory, only remembering her time as a maid.

26. 76 都 If I’m Going to Be a Concubine, I Might as Well Choose the Future Emperor 都是当妾，当然选未来皇帝了 It's Qian Jinjin Duck是钱金金鸭Ancient Romance569k WordsCompleted Jiang Wanyue was reborn. As the daughter of a convicted official, Jiang Wanyue entered Prince Jing's residence and became one of the many women by his side. There was the cold, inscrutable princess consort, the kind and flawless moonlight of his heart, and the secondary consort who had once saved his life... Among these women, Jiang Wanyue fought her way to the top, climbing from Prince Jing's favored concubine to his beloved consort, and ultimately to Empress Dowager. Everyone said she was ungr 1.2kReads8.2Score112Shelves

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    This all started in the Prince's Mansion.

27. 77 福 The Sweet and Beautiful Imperial Concubine: The Abstinent Fourth Prince Dotes on Her 福晋娇又美：禁欲四爷宠上瘾 Wan Bao妧宝Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [One devoted couple + sweet romance] Tong Jia Ning Chuge, the legitimate daughter of Longkodo, was getting married. But on her wedding day, a princess snatched her groom right off the street. The poor girl fell out of her bridal sedan and died on the spot! The woman protested, “I just got here, and a bunch of people are already laughing at me for being a discarded wife. I can’t stand for this!” Just as she was racking her brains for a way to put them in their place, an imperial edict from Empero 24.4kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves

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    I've been really loving the first book lately, haha, they're all so good!

28. 78 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [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 92kReads9.6Score12.3kShelves

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    "Bound by Springtime Feelings" is truly my favorite.

29. 79 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted 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 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
30. 80 伯 The Earl’s Household Turns Its Fortune Around 伯府翻身记事 Cai Yun采云Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted Lin Yunzhu lands in a novel written for male readers as the second-born illegitimate daughter of the villainous Yongning Earl’s household. Her legitimate elder sister is a snobbish woman who broke off her engagement when the male lead was down on his luck. The original character is a scheming woman who seduces the female lead’s fiancé. Her younger half-sister is a little white lotus. Her eldest brother is bad at business, and the family is so poor they’re about to run out of food. Her second bro 31.3kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
31. 81 换 After the Marriage Swap, I Married the Memorial Tablet of a Young General 换亲后，嫁给少年将军的牌位 A Drunken Glance at the Glazed Moon一醉琉月Ancient Romance176k WordsCompleted Reborn into a household power struggle + heroine with yin-yang eyes + hero killed in battle + bride swap Zhu Changsheng died on the third day after being appointed Noble Consort, trapped in a carefully plotted scheme by Prince Jing. Before her death, a sorcerer had altered her fate. Her healthy body wasted away overnight, while the ailing Princess Jing recovered as if by a miracle. The following year, Princess Jing gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, helping Prince Jing become heir to the t 550Reads9.0Score119Shelves
32. 82 宠EN Favoring a Concubine and Disgracing Your Wife? I Quit as the Marquisate's Matriarch! 宠妾灭妻？这侯门主母我不当了！ Li Wu礼午Ancient Romance598k WordsCompleted [Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking] Voting has begun! Search for “Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking” to vote for this book, A Return to the Boudoir. Thank you! [Traditional historical romance + inner-courtyard drama + reborn revenge and face-slapping + a prince pursues his wife] Lin Yunwan was the legitimate daughter of the prestigious Lin clan. When her Marquis household was on the verge of losing its title, she married Lu Zhengliu, the heir to the marquisate. On their wedding day, her husband coldly 54.8kReads9.3Score7.5kShelves
33. 83 把 Spoiling the Gloomy Young Master Rotten 把阴郁公子宠上天 Quan Si Ziyou泉思自由Ancient Romance441k WordsCompleted [Not a feel-good power fantasy, and not a story of righteous revenge and satisfying face-slapping. Readers who enjoy revenge and putting people in their place, please proceed with caution.] Huo Yuyu died in a tragic accident. Before her death, she had it all, but the childhood sweetheart she loved rushed to the side of his white-moonlight beloved. Another person tried to save her. Another wept for her. And yet another, despairing, followed her in death. When she opened her eyes, she had returned 6kReads9.2Score837Shelves
34. 84 小 The Little Palace Maid Is Sweet and Alluring, Easily Rising Through the Ranks to Become Empress 小宫女又娇又媚，轻松上位又封后 Doesn't Eat Fish buchiyu不吃鱼buchiyuAncient Romance439k WordsCompleted Su Yunlian thought her life as a palace maid would pass quietly until she was eventually sent home. But she never expected to provoke a ruthless consort and become the target of endless schemes. Su Yunlian used every trick she could think of, and at last on a rainy day, she encountered the most powerful man in the imperial palace. Her clothes damp with rain, the beauty looked delicate and vulnerable. One glance was enough to haunt Gu Jingchen’s thoughts day and night. After becoming a palace 941Reads—Score154Shelves

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    In this book, the female protagonist rises from a lowly palace maid to a high-ranking official. She is very clear-headed and will never fall in love with the emperor!

35. 85 做 To Be a Favorite Consort, You Have to Be Arrogant and Overbearing 做宠妃，就是要嚣张跋扈 Idle Talk浮言Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A supremely self-serving, spoiled princess + a calculating, proud, even-tempered emperor + neither lead is chaste + he dotes on her exclusively later on] Chu Feiyu, a princess of the Great Chu, is struck by unforeseen misfortune and sent to Great Ye in a bride exchange. As a foreign princess, she can neither become empress nor empress dowager. There is no room left for her to climb in the imperial harem. All her boundless energy has nowhere to go. What can she do? Make trouble, of course. 9.7kReads8.8Score951Shelves

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    These two books I recently read are both really good. They both start in a prince's mansion/crown palace, and the female lead is already a favored concubine from the beginning. The female lead is always clear-headed, but she's not entirely without feelings. They're so good! Those few sword strokes at the end were really intense. Highly recommend them! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

36. 86 貌 The Beautiful Chambermaid Rises Through Childbearing [Transmigrated and Reborn] 貌美通房靠生子上位【穿越重生】 Years White, Years White岁白岁白Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Not a strong heroine: sweet and delicate heroine + childbearing System] Qiao Zhiyi transmigrates into ancient times, then gets reborn. In her previous life, the Princess Consort took a liking to her and wanted her to compete with the prince's favored concubine. But Qiao Zhiyi didn't want to become a concubine, so she refused. To her surprise, this enraged the Princess Consort, who tormented her to death. After being reborn, Qiao Zhiyi comes to her senses. Since she can't escape her 1.9kReads8.0Score149Shelves

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    Starting as a concubine in the prince's mansion, the female lead is beautiful, cunning, and very clear-headed.

37. 87 太 Crown Princess, You’ve Been Faking Your Love for Two Lifetimes! 太子妃，她骗宠了两辈子！ Encounter遇见Ancient Romance360k WordsCompleted [A villainess takes the legal wife's place + faithful to each other + stopping at nothing to achieve her goals + ensemble cast of powerful women + both reborn] Merchants prize profit and are skilled at scheming. As for me, Qian Yueshu, I'm among the very best at it all. In my previous life, I was a concubine, yet I schemed to make the Crown Prince lose his virginity to me. I entered his household five years before the Crown Princess. After that, I fought and clawed my way forward, bearing his 4.6kReads7.2Score241Shelves
38. 88 宣 Commandery Princess Xuanping 宣平郡主 Cat Who Loves Sweet and Sour Pinecone Fish爱吃糖醋松果鱼的猫Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Princess Xuanping and the Crown Prince grew up together. Everyone thought she would become the future Crown Princess. But the Crown Prince fell for the princess's delicate, innocent-looking cousin instead. He forgot his promise that they would spend their lives together, and even risked angering the Emperor so he could marry her cousin. When danger struck, he abandoned the princess without hesitation. After Prince An rescues her, the princess comes to her senses. Some people simply aren't meant 3.8kReads8.8Score364Shelves

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    These are all completed works, so you can read them all at once.

39. 89 清 Spoiled in the Qing Court: She Becomes the Fourth Prince's Beloved 清穿娇宠：她成了四爷的心上宝 Yu Zhiwei予之微Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted Transmigrate to the Qing dynasty and become a concubine? And a concubine in Fourth Prince’s household, no less? Concubine Li is overbearing, Concubine Song is honey-tongued but treacherous, and even the lofty Princess Consort is kind-faced but hard-hearted. Not to mention the yet-to-appear Niohuru and Nian. Oh my God, how is she supposed to survive in this den of wolves? Act sweet, play cute, coax Fourth Prince, kick the other concubines, and be fierce. Little by little, she melts his heart, unt 4.9kReads8.9Score344Shelves
40. 90 高 The Road to Glory for a Noble Lady 高门贵女的荣华之路 Jingzhou Chronicles景州记Ancient Romance324k WordsCompleted As the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping's household, Lin Chuyue married the Fourth Imperial Grandson, Zhou Xiao, as his principal wife at sixteen. At nineteen, she became a princess consort, and at twenty-six, she rose to become the most powerful woman in the Great An Dynasty: the empress. Who hasn't exclaimed that Lin Chuyue was born under a lucky star? Yet the hardships she endured are too painful to speak of. Zhou Xiao's childhood sweetheart of a cousin, a concubine reborn, and a ma 4.9kReads8.8Score310Shelves

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    These are must-reads! A tale of power and glory, from domestic intrigue to palace intrigue. The characters are vividly portrayed, and the plots are fresh and engaging. Sincerity begets sincerity, and the gradual transformation from emperor and concubine to ordinary couple is truly captivating! [Shy][shy][shy]

41. 91 被 After the Female Lead Was Stolen, I Set Out to Save the Obsessive Villain 被抢女主后，拯救偏执反派大佬 Xu Lian序连Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [One-on-one sweet romance, marriage first and love later, the leads dote on each other, everyday romance, gentle and delicate beauty vs. a ruthless, possessive villainous tycoon] The Duke of Zhenguo’s entire household was fiercely loyal to the crown. With them gone, only Yan Yu, their sole daughter, remained. Raised by her maternal grandmother, she was betrothed to the Fifth Prince. After Yan Yu came of age, she was about to travel to the capital for her wedding. At that point, the eldest dau 18.8kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
42. 92 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Get By in the Imperial Harem 穿到古代混后宫 The Pen Name That Doesn’t Need Zhouzhou不用周周的笔名Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Modern-day Huang Ye transmigrates into the ancient Great Xia Dynasty as the pampered darling of the Minister's household, where a daughter is born only once every ten generations. To repay her loving family, she starts learning martial arts at a nunnery while still a little girl. She wants to master everything: inner strength, hand-to-hand combat, swordsmanship, medicine, and poisons. Only by learning real skills can she better protect her family. At last, she grows up, only to be told she must 1.9kReads7.6Score179Shelves

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    The heroine rose from a palace maid to become empress, and the food played a significant role in this process.

43. 93 穿 I Fell into a Tragic, Over-the-Top Novel: The Villainess Is Gorgeous and Bold 穿进狗血虐文，女配又美又作 Pigeons Fluttering Away鸽子翩翩飞Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted Lin Yueyao was reborn into a book as the villainous supporting character. But that was fine. The supporting character could scheme and set traps all she wanted in the early chapters, and Lin Yueyao wouldn't let herself suffer either. At worst, she'd run away before the prince found out that she wasn't the one who'd saved him as a child. So everyone in the prince's manor knew how much she loved to “make trouble”: calling the prince by his first name was nothing, and she even yelled at him and kic 588Reads7.4Score101Shelves
44. 94 娇 The Delicate Consort Blushes, and the Empress's Throne Is Hers for the Taking 娇娇侧妃眼一红，凤位手到擒来 Crayon Little Fu蜡笔小福Ancient Romance430k WordsCompleted [Powerful Male Lead, Gentle Female Lead + Marriage First, Love Later + Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf + Concubine Rises to Wife + Fateful Misunderstandings + Meticulous Scheming] (The female lead is a crybaby, emotional, and loves pretending to be delicate so people will comfort her. She’s renowned as the most talented woman outside the home, but only somewhat capable within it. She originally planned to have someone outside provide emotional support and someone at home provide for her material n 148Reads6.8Score—Shelves
45. 95 乱 Silk Skirts in Disarray: The Beloved Concubine's Soft, Sultry Charm 乱罗裙，宠妾娇软妩媚 Ji Tong寂桐Ancient Romance312k WordsCompleted [A favored concubine + palace and household intrigue + romantic tension + forbidden identities + one-on-one romance + devoted love + love that grows over time] She was the most favored concubine in the prince’s household, her figure graceful as a willow and her eyes brimming with affection like stars. Beneath her delicate collarbones, a glimpse of snow-white skin invited the eye to linger. Her waist was so slender it could be circled with one hand, and every step made her sway as if she could be 726Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 96 娘 The Consort Is Alluring and Seductive, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Can't Resist Her 娘娘妩媚妖娆，冷戾帝王不禁撩 Xu Xiao Yuan许小圆Ancient Romance362k WordsCompleted With an imperial decree, Gu Wanying, daughter of the Marquis of Guangping, is betrothed to the Prince Regent. The night before the decree arrives, she learns that the world she's in is the setting of a novel she read in modern times. The male lead in the book is a prince. He and the heroine, Meng Xin, have loved each other since they were young, but Meng Xin is taken into the imperial harem and becomes a favored consort. From then on, Feng Yuzhao goes to war, conquering new territory and buildin 5.7kReads8.9Score440Shelves
47. 97 娇 The Seductive Concubine Is a Master Flirt, and the Coldhearted Crown Prince Can't Keep His Hands Off Her 娇媚侍妾太会钓，薄情太子揽腰宠 Day Mountain Moon昼山月Ancient Romance273k WordsCompleted The villainess Ning Ning transmigrates into a book. She becomes the heroine of a sweet historical romance, where the aloof crown prince loves her alone for the rest of her life. But a cannon-fodder supporting character is unexpectedly reborn and steals everything that was supposed to be Ning Ning’s, taking her place as the heroine. Ning Ning falls from the original heroine to a notorious villainess destined for a tragic end. Because the reborn woman has altered the plot, the crown prince, once a 1.8kReads8.4Score166Shelves
48. 98 灭 After the Crown Princess Conceives Twins, the Crown Prince Favors His Beloved Concubine and Makes Her Empress 灭太子妃怀双胎，太子宠娇妾封后 Han Qingxue寒清雪Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance. Not a virginal couple! + Clear-headed heroine gradually grows stronger in palace intrigue + Twins + Winning the Crown Prince’s heart, aiming for the empress’s throne] An Ruyan clutched her book of Thirty-Six Stratagems and set out to win over the tyrannical Crown Prince!!! An Ruyan was rescued by Prince Yan when she was robbed while visiting a temple. She had long been in love with him, but an unexpected incident made her see what a scumbag he was. Determined to 2.3kReads8.9Score235Shelves
49. 99 太 The Crown Prince’s White Moonlight Can’t Compare: The Soft, Sweet Girl Is His True Love 太子白月光不香，软娇娇才是真爱 October Brocade Deer十月锦鹿Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted Sweet romance! Palace and household intrigue + reborn heroine + transmigrated rival + face-slapping the beloved white moonlight The Crown Prince has a beloved woman. She's beautiful and talented, forthright by nature, and the orphaned daughter of a loyal martyr. She and the Crown Prince grew up together, yet she claims to see him as an older brother and refuses to enter the Eastern Palace and share a husband with the other women. The Crown Prince is utterly devoted to her and has turned down th 5.8kReads8.5Score560Shelves
50. 100 谁 Who Says Being a Concubine Means Fighting in the Household? The Prince Takes It All on His Shoulders 谁说做妾要宅斗，王爷他一肩挑了 Qian Jinlai千金来Ancient Romance811k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + doted on by one man + palace intrigue + sweet and soft on the outside, ruthless underneath + unconventional, ambitious heroine] Zhu Shande, once a ruthless overachiever, transmigrated into a low-ranking bedchamber attendant at the Third Prince's residence, with no title or status. She had been sent there by the prince's sworn enemy. After this disastrous start, she took one look at the attendants' meager monthly pay of two coins and five coppers. Zhu Shande put aside 731Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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