Smart Palace Intrigue, No One Gets Dumbed Down, and the Heroine Is Clearheaded and Cunning 有脑子的宫斗文，全员不降智，女主清醒有手段
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My Harem Years 我的后宫生涯
[Palace intrigue + clear-headed heroine + emperor and empress] The rules for surviving the harem: a noble consort must never fall in love! The realm matters more than beauty, and emperors are heartless, so learn that early. After the new emperor ascends the throne, he selects beauties from across the land to fill his harem. Ye Zhen is renowned for her talent, and unfortunately, she is chosen... All she wants is to keep her head down and protect herself, but what fate awaits a concubine without t
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The System Forced Me into Palace Schemes, So I Took the Empire Instead 系统逼我宫斗我反手拿下江山
[Empress + against the usual tropes + nation-building] I transmigrated into a palace-intrigue game, and the System wants me to compete for the emperor's favor? I turned around and drew up a plan of my own, using the economy to control the dynasty's lifeline! While the concubines “happened” to run into the emperor in the imperial garden, I was pushing through salt and iron reforms at court. While they fought for his favor and poisoned one another, I had already trained an army of women, ready to
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Peaceful and Unending 安乐永逸
She had been given a rare second chance at life and planned to spend it carefree, like a wandering cloud or wild crane among the mountains and rivers. But fate had other plans: her adoptive father was imprisoned while seeking vengeance for her family's murder and his own country's humiliation. To save him, she had to disguise herself as a man and enter the imperial court, where she was forced to work for the cold-faced royal prince, Luo Yunyi. She never expected to find herself working for a hea
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The Transmigrated City Lord 穿越女城主
[Love triangle, slow burn, taking things one step at a time! The emotional entanglements of adults: the first male lead is passionate and fixated, while the second is clever and in control. The second male lead wins her heart.] [A beauty skilled in political intrigue! She pursues an official career, rises to a high position, and remains calm and self-possessed, leaving a prince heartbroken.] She has always believed that staying independent and relying on no one is the safest way to survive. But
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Spoiler System: Complete the Task and Get a Furnace Physique as a Bonus? 败家系统：完成后附赠炉鼎体质？
[Adored by Everyone, Sweet and Soft Girl | Male Rivals Competing | 1vN] Yang Wan transmigrates into a book and becomes bound to a Spendthrift System. With no choice in the matter, she squanders her fortune just to stay alive and protect the people she loves. But she is born with a bewitching beauty that leaves everyone around her spellbound. The refined, noble chancellor longs to share her bed, the wandering physician gives her all his tenderness, the obsessive assassin drags her into his arms,
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After Relentless Pursuit, the Cold and Powerful Minister Loses Control 死缠烂打后，清冷权臣失控了
Xiao Jingxian transmigrated into the body of an unfortunate princess from the previous dynasty. She was born just as her kingdom fell. To show his magnanimity, the new emperor casually spared her life. And so she became the most awkward presence in the imperial palace, hated by people and bullied by servants. To survive, she set her sights on the one man in the empire no one dared provoke: Chancellor Xie Heng. He had risen from humble beginnings to the pinnacle of power, wielding influence o
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The Sunflower Princess’s Book of Delights 葵花郡主欢乐宝典
Xiao Kuihua has a name as common as they come for a noble young lady, but her parents are both highborn and utterly unreliable. They raised her into a “green melon,” someone who speaks without thinking and invites gossip, and whose hopeless conduct makes marriage difficult. Yet, by a twist of fate, she wins herself a young husband, and so begins her delightful life of stirring up the capital and teasing young dandies before marriage, then making mischief with her in-laws and battling her mother-
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- 158 You and I, Heart to Heart 你侬我侬 A hazy dream left Qiaoqiao unable to see things clearly, but one thing was certain: Mo Henghuan was a massive scumbag! So why wait? She should dump him! But why did trouble follow right on his heels, and why was it so hard to deal with? Well, having an ally was important, and the heir of the Bai family seemed like a good choice. But I’m only joining forces with you, not marrying you. How about we renegotiate the terms? The Bai heir: “Qiaoqiao, whether we’re cooperating or plotting together, you 1.9kReads9.5Score243Shelves
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Blood on the Palace Walls: I Toppled an Empire with My Medical Skills 宫墙血：我靠医术覆了江山
I was born among the clouds, until one sudden upheaval changed everything. My family was slaughtered, and I entered the palace as a replacement bride to seek revenge. I conceal my medical skills, wield my needle case, stir up the inner palace, and tear the vicious empress to shreds. People say my beauty brings ruin to the nation, but I’ll use my medical skills to overthrow the realm, kill my enemies with my own hands, and rule the world!
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The Undying Starveling 不死饿殍
Tomato Original: They all call me Shen Qianqiu, or the Undying Wretch. I survived the meat hooks used to butcher people for food, weathered the storms of the Tang and Song dynasties, and witnessed the flames of war under the Yuan and Ming... I have walked this mortal world for a thousand years. “They ate me for a thousand years. At last, they ate me into a god.”
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The Prince Jing’s Consort: Master, Save Me 静王妃之师傅救我
Originally titled The Princess Consort of Prince Jing, this novel was renamed The Princess Consort of Prince Jing: Master, Save Me in memory of a departed friend. It tells the story of Princess Murong Jingwen of Beiping. After descending from Yuntai Mountain, she misses her chance to marry Lin Yutai and is sent far away to the Chen Kingdom to wed Prince Jing as part of a political alliance. She is abducted along the way, and meets Li Chaoyang, a villager of the Chen Kingdom. Thus begins the stor
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A Devoted Emperor Chases Love from Ancient Times to the Modern Day 痴情帝王，从古代追爱到现代
"The ancient-era portion of this book is not a clean romance and takes a realistic approach, with an emphasis on plausibility. Readers who insist on both leads being untouched should read with caution. Once they reach the modern era, both leads are untouched. The story is a slow burn, but the later chapters are exciting, so be sure to read to the end." The heroine, Lin Wan, is a woman of unparalleled beauty and a celebrated history professor at a modern university. Not only is she exceptionally
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Love in a Strange Red Mansion 红楼异世情
[Historical Romance + Transmigration + Court Intrigue] Lan Xin Tian unexpectedly transmigrates into Princess Tian Ning of the Great Sheng dynasty. Her way back is hidden within a mysterious red mansion. Hoping to return to reality, she honors a childhood promise and enters a secret academy, only to encounter a young man in black whose true form is a divine bird and whose allegiance to good or evil is unclear. He gives her his whole heart, while she must choose between her mission and his devotio
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Reborn: The Legitimate Daughter Helps You Scatter Your Ashes 重生之嫡女帮你扬骨灰
[Reborn Scheming Legitimate Daughter × Pretend-Rake Prince Plotting for the Throne + Break Their Hearts Before Taking Their Lives + Household and Court Intrigue + Astonishing Behind-the-Scenes Twist] In her past life, Shen Fuming was killed by a scumbag and a wicked woman. Her loved ones died tragic deaths, and she died with her eyes open. Reborn, she became the least remarkable legitimate daughter in the Prime Minister’s household. Her stepmother was a hypocrite, her siblings were vicious, and
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After Tearing the White Lotus Apart, I Became the Sole Favorite of the Six Palaces 手撕白莲花后，我独宠六宫
When Su Momo entered the palace, she was merely a lowly Answering Lady. Her rivals mocked her, saying she would spend her whole life attending to ink and brushes. Later, her exquisite calligraphy amazed the entire harem. She won the Empress Dowager's protection and the emperor's exclusive favor. Those who had once mocked her fell to their knees and begged her forgiveness.
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After a Substitute Marriage, the Chief Councilor's Youngest Legitimate Daughter Returned to the Harem and Went on a Rampage 替嫁后首辅嫡幼女重回后宫杀疯了
[Strong Female Lead + Satisfying Revenge + High Intelligence + No Transmigration into a Book, No Rebirth, No Golden Finger + Pure Historical Romance] Gu Nansheng, the youngest legitimate daughter of the Gu family, became an orphan overnight. Her father, Gu Jingzhi, was the imperial tutor to the reigning emperor. After his death, the emperor ordered his coffin dug up and his corpse mutilated. Her eldest brother, Gu Tingxiu, and his wife, her sister-in-law, died after enduring endless humiliation.
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Being the Emperor in a Palace-Intrigue Novel 在宫斗小说里做皇帝
[Transmigrated Male Lead + Palace Intrigue + Multiple Heroines + Lighthearted Daily Life] He wakes up as himself in a parallel world, except now he's a prince. ⠀⠀ One of his brothers seems like a fellow transmigrator and spends all day running around causing trouble... ⠀ Halfway through the deadly race for the throne, he finally realizes that this is actually playing out like a palace-intrigue novel. This is proper palace intrigue, with no true love. Reader discretion advised.
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The Harem: The Tale of Yu Lan 后宫之毓兰传
From a lowly seventh-rank Talented Lady to the Empress, the woman who rules the world. Yulan went from being looked down on by everyone to being admired by all, and made three true friends who supported one another.
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