Any Novels Like Empresses in the Palace or Empress Wu Zetian, Where the Male Lead Gets Absolutely Destroyed? 有没有像《甄嬛传》《武则天》一样玩死男主的小说

1. 51 女 The Vicious Villainess in a Matriarchal World Raises Her Fish Online 女尊恶獠在线养鱼 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society + sweet romance + one-on-one + devoted to each other] [Calculating and ruthless princess × obedient, loyal guard] The capital's good-for-nothing Second Princess is beaten in the street by another woman for pursuing a man, then crashes into a stone lion. After recovering from her serious injuries, the Second Princess seems like a completely different person: kind to others, uninterested in competing, and always helping her sisters. It isn't until the day this powerful princes 15.2kReads9.5Score1.7k14d adds

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   However, there are palace intrigue stories, how about a matriarchal one?

2. 52 我 Role-Playing in Empresses in the Palace 我在甄嬛传玩角色扮演 Qiu Xiaotao秋小桃Female-Channel Fanfiction513k WordsCompleted Su Man is accidentally pulled into a palace game created by a System. She enters the world of Empresses in the Palace and experiences it firsthand through role-play. Noble Lady Qi, An Lingrong, Meng Jingxian, Yixiu, Huanbi, Zhen Huan... From the start, she is cast as the cannon-fodder Noble Lady Qi, a beauty with more looks than sense who loves to stick her neck out. In the end, she loses the palace battle and is beaten to death with clubs. Su Man: I’d rather go back to matchmaking, sob... S 2.7kReads8.7Score11014d adds

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   ☘️ Huanbi was returned to the Zhen family and treated as the second young lady. During the palace selection, she became Consort Zhen. Zhen Piao, however, failed the selection and returned home to marry her good-for-nothing cousin, trapped in the inner courtyard fighting with other concubines. Huanbi gained the emperor's favor, gave birth to a prince, and became a glamorous imperial concubine.

3. 53 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainous Boss Is Too Irresistible 快穿：反派BOSS他太迷人 Good Fortune欧气Modern Romance740k WordsCompleted [Powerful Antagonist + One-on-One Romance + Strong Heroine + Healing Wish Fulfillment] Chu Yao was supposed to ascend to immortality, but her karmic burden was too great. The System tells her that only by completing cannon-fodder wish-fulfillment missions and clearing her karmic debt can she attain the Dao. Sweet Potato: Beep! Target locked: “Powerful Antagonist.” Host, choose your pounce position! Chu Yao: ??! Sweet Potato: You know, grab the antagonist and do the deed. “Oh, got it.” Chu Yao de 678Reads9.0Score10014d adds

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   The first book, although a quick transmigration novel, features real fights and life-or-death situations between the male and female leads. The female lead is a "demon" in the immortal realm, and the male lead is a demon lord in the demon realm. However, I think the female lead is more powerful and has the male lead under her thumb. Synopsis: Borrowing a passage from another article, "Her black hair flew, she raised her bow and arrow, expressionless, aiming at Zhongli Yang below. Chu Yao smiled, looked at him, and only said, 'You are dead.' The arrow, formed from flowing light, silently pierced his body. What a cruel heart." This is one of the worlds; the female lead has memories in each world, while the male lead only has memories in a few, such as the next world after this one. The second book features a female lead who transmigrates into a demon queen and is bound to a "patriotic" system, needing to help the emperor save the country she transmigrated to. The patriotic system is very fun. The male lead is a regent (later becoming love-obsessed). In the early stages, the male and female leads use each other, and both are intelligent. The third book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into the body of an empress. (She used to be a quick transmigration character, but always a supporting female character. She used all her points to exchange for a world where she's the female lead. It's a group-based game.) This book is also very good, although the first few chapters have a somewhat clichéd premise (the male lead is poisoned).

4. 54 书 Trapped in a Book as the Demon Queen: The Sickly Regent Is No Gentleman at Night 书穿妖后：病娇摄政王每晚不当人 Ran Aran冉阿冉Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the Great Zhou’s most notorious empress, Su Ruo barely has time to enjoy herself before her life is in danger. A patriotic System comes knocking, asking her to support the young emperor and change the fate of the Great Zhou’s fall. ??? She’s the wicked empress everyone wants dead! Never mind that the young emperor is hopelessly incompetent. Picking a fight with the regent, who holds all the power at court, is just asking to die young, isn’t it? Patriotic System: The reg 2.2kReads9.4Score28614d adds
5. 55 穿 After She Transmigrates into a Book, the Noble Consort Is Forced to Raise the Villainous Tyrant 穿书后，贵妃被迫娇养反派暴君 A Little Meatball一个肉团Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] Su Yijin, a veteran supporting actress, has transmigrated into a book once again. When she opens her eyes, she is breathtakingly beautiful and on the pampered darling route, backed by powerful connections. Her father is a general who guards the nation, her mother is the Junyang Commandery Princess, and her maternal grandfather is a prince of a different surname... With the heroine's script in hand, Su Yijin takes down the green tea and kicks the fake innocent aside, then throws herse 1.4kReads9.0Score28914d adds
6. 56 甄 Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong Reborn 甄嬛传：安陵容重生 Koi Dumpling锦鲤团子Female-Channel Fanfiction256k WordsCompleted An Shishi is beautiful, graceful, and gentle, but her humble background means she enters the palace only as a Promise. Though merely a Promise, she gets along well with the Noble Ladies and the First-Class Attendants. The Noble Ladies and First-Class Attendants are her childhood friends. Though they are not as close to An Shishi as they are to each other, they still treat her with great care. The palace pays no heed to their deep sisterly affection. Everyone thinks: How could there be sisterly a 3.3kReads9.2Score30114d adds

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   Rebirth, Palace Intrigue

7. 57 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Raise the Scumbag Husband’s Illegitimate Child? 都重生了，谁还替渣夫外室养孩子 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Film and television rights sold] In her previous life, Yun Chu supported her husband, raised his son by a concubine, and helped the Xie family rise to greatness. In the end, she caused all one hundred members of the Yun family to be beheaded, then was forced to drink poison by the child she had raised with her own hands! As the poison burned through her entrails, she opened her eyes and found herself back at twenty. A line of Xie family children stood before her, each calling her “Mother” with 27.5kReads9.2Score4k14d adds
8. 58 在 A Hundred Ways to Win the Emperor's Heart in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen 12.3kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds

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   The first book: the female lead doesn't love the male lead but pretends to, fooling him and ultimately outliving him. [You should savor it.] The second book: I love the seemingly heartless but actually manipulative woman. 💕

9. 59 穿 I Transmigrated into the Sickly Tyrant’s Green Tea Favorite 穿成病娇暴君的绿茶宠妃 Little Green Plum小青梅啦Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted “Sign-in successful. Reward: ten thousand taels of gold.” Shen Miaomiao, a master of the art of tea, got countless rewards with her sign-in System and won the hearts of countless men. Only after someone framed her did she realize she was a disposable character in a book. Her sisters picked on her, thinking she was a helpless nobody with no power or connections? With mountains of treasure piled behind her, she nestled in the male lead's arms and looked pure and innocent. “Do you think your little 958Reads9.2Score10214d adds
10. 60 穿 I Transmigrated as An Lingrong: Joining Hands with Huanhuan to Take Down Big Orange 穿成安陵容：和嬛嬛联手干掉大橘 Extra Extra Extra Spicy微微微微辣Female-Channel Fanfiction581k WordsCompleted This is just for fun, so please read without overthinking! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ A Zhen Huan superfan works herself to death, then blinks and becomes An Lingrong, waiting to be selected as a consort. Yes, that An Lingrong, the one whose sister treated her so well that she could only repay her kindness with betrayal. To change her fate and survive to the ending, she makes alliances, builds connections, and alternates between feigned and genuine affection. But then she discovers that the only way to clear the 1.3kReads9.1Score10414d adds

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    This is an incredibly good fanfiction with excellent writing; it's a rare find!

11. 61 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.6kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds

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    The first and second books are generally considered to be good. Be careful when reading the third book, lest you get so engrossed in it that you can't get out.

12. 62 簪 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 10.4kReads9.6Score1.6k14d adds
13. 63 孕 My Husband Wants a Divorce While I'm Pregnant? Fine, Whatever You Want! 孕期夫君要和离？随你都随你！ Fu Bao芙宝Ancient Romance331k WordsCompleted Shu Yuwan is the youngest legitimate daughter in her family. Her parents and elder brothers have cherished her since childhood, and her mother carefully chose a distinguished young gentleman from the capital to be her husband. After their wedding, the couple may not have been inseparable, but they treated each other with mutual respect. But while she was pregnant, her husband claimed he had met an extraordinary woman who had left him awestruck. He wanted a divorce so he could marry her. Shu Yuwa 11.1kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
14. 64 重 Reborn Empress Opens Her Eyes, Torments Her Scum Husband and Seizes the Empire 重生皇后一睁眼，虐死渣夫夺江山 Phoenix Rules the Land凤点江山Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted A power-hungry, unhinged empress takes on the world vs. her fiercely loyal shadow guard / strong heroine + unhinged female lead + satisfying read + villains get humiliated throughout + devoted guard In her previous life, she died pregnant, full of hatred. In this life, she has sworn off love and wants only power. The puppet emperor is nothing but a stepping stone. Her maternal grandfather is the chancellor, her uncle is a general, and her brother commands the Imperial Guard. With such powerful c 5.6kReads9.1Score54514d adds

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    This is definitely a female-centric novel; the female lead's ex-husband was tortured to death.

15. 65 渣 The Scumbag Can't Have Me, Quick Transmigration 渣男对我求而不得【快穿】 Shui Mu Qing水木青Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted After a car accident leaves her in a vegetative state, Lin Ruo is forced to bind herself to the Scumbag System and begins a masochistic quest to cling to the scumbag’s coattails. First World The scumbag emperor destroys her family and leaves her to die in a sea of flames in order to seize military power. After she dies, the emperor undergoes a dramatic change in personality and spends more than a decade consumed by regret. Lin Ruo rolls her eyes in disdain. [Scumbag Experience: 10%] Second World 5.2kReads9.1Score50414d adds
16. 66 女 After Faking Her Death in Disguise as a Man, She Starts Playing the Frail, Scheming Green Tea 女扮男装死后，她开始演柔弱绿茶 Ye Buhong叶不鸿Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The print edition of [Playing Coy] is available on all platforms. [The heroine is everyone’s beloved, with maximum “moonlight in the heart” appeal + doted on by all + universally adored + strong female lead] Qin Buwen disguised herself as a man and played the part of a treacherous official for sixteen years. At the height of her infamy, everyone in Chang’an, even the dogs, would go out of their way to avoid her. Then she was betrayed and abandoned by everyone. She leapt from a tall building, onl 36.7kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds

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    This book is very good, but it's not finished yet.

17. 67 婉 No Tortured Romance for Me. This Heroine Cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness! 婉拒虐恋，女主我修无情道的！ Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance531k WordsCompleted In pursuit of the Great Dao, Shi Ran accepted a trial involving endless cycles of tragic romance. They said that those who followed the ruthless path must first experience love, then be hurt to the depths of their hearts. Only after suffering the utmost torment could they see through love and passion, undergo life and death, and achieve true enlightenment! But Shi Ran thought, if he dies and I live, haven't we both experienced life and death? If I torment the male lead to the limit, can't I see 2.9kReads9.2Score35714d adds

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    Highly recommended! The female lead is exactly the kind of person I want to be.

18. 68 仇 Sacrifice Your Enemies to the Heavens, and Your Power Knows No Bounds 仇人祭天，法力无边 Your Robe Lingers in My Heart子衿悠我心Ancient Romance730k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + no romance + feel-good power fantasy] A mission-taker stole Yu Xuan’s body, claiming to avenge her, then wiped out her clan and married the enemy she hated most! Reborn, Yu Xuan is ready to settle every score and repay every grievance! Whether it’s the mission-taker or the damn System, she won’t let a single one of them off! 3.2kReads9.1Score30814d adds

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    The first book: After being reborn, the first thing she does is rip the male lead out of his past life. She's so angry, she can't bear to do anything about it, so she just goes for it. She can spare innocent people though. 🍉🍉🍉🍉 The second book: After being reborn, she realizes she was a virtuous person for ten lifetimes. This life couldn't possibly be so miserable. Peeling back the layers of mystery, she discovers her luck was stolen and her system was removed. 👍👍👍👍 The third book: After being reborn, she stays away from the scumbag from her past life. The scumbag (who is reborn) is still waiting for the female lead to choose him. Only after she doesn't choose him does she realize that her smooth sailing in her past life was all because she married a good wife. Even with her past experience, no one will value her in this life. Even if her plans are good, they won't be approved because of self-interest. In short, without the female lead, the future is going to be tough 😆😆😆😆😆

19. 69 和 After the Divorce, the Villainous Stepmother Brings Blessings to the World! 和离后，反派后娘福载天下！ Mo Yi Mo Jia莫乙莫甲Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted Su Xin peered into the secrets of fate and discovered that her terrible luck in this life was because someone had stolen her fortune and the merit she'd accumulated over a hundred lifetimes in her previous one! As she was pondering how to fix it, a bolt of lightning sent her back to her previous life. From the start, her stepfather had already packed her off to become someone else's stepmother. A wild System suddenly bound itself to her, too. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven troublesome k 37.1kReads9.6Score5.9k14d adds
20. 70 明 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 82.6kReads9.3Score10.5k14d adds
21. 71 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 3.8kReads8.8Score36514d adds

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    🍉Sister Hua is back with another book recommendation📚! [Please follow!] 🌹The female lead is incredibly clear-headed. She suddenly finds herself in a strange world, and everything she does is to return home. She genuinely cares for everyone around her and is the ideal woman for many. The male lead also has a vulnerable side, and he gradually accepts her later. However, to quell a rebellion, the female lead later jumps into a sea of fire. It's truly heartbreaking to see her suffer like this 🥺🥺

22. 72 陌 Your Face Amid the Flowers 陌上君颜 Luo Yan骆颜Ancient Romance201k WordsCompleted During a year of famine, as her whole family fled their home, she thought she would starve to death just like her parents. Fortunately, a young nobleman from the capital found her and took her back to his fief in the northwest, changing her quiet life forever. “Why did you pick up a little girl?” a certain prince asked, staring at the child who looked like a little beggar. “If I hadn’t, she would’ve died.” The young nobleman glanced at the girl, who could eat three bowls of rice in one sitting. 92Reads8.7Score—14d adds
23. 73 星 The Bright Galaxy: Two Beauties 星汉灿烂：双姝 Peach Creek, Endless桃溪漫漫Female-Channel Fanfiction401k WordsCompleted My younger sister is a quick-transmigration powerhouse, and she’s my younger sister, my backer. 92Reads8.7Score—14d adds
24. 74 被 After My Yandere Disciple Tortured Me 被病娇徒弟酷刑加身后 Yun Xiaoye云小夜Ancient Romance350k WordsCompleted [Female master and male disciple + two equally powerful leads. A beauty subjected to torture + a puppy-like young man who suffers abuse.] [Early stage: a loyal, high-martial-arts female general starved of affection and a sinister, vicious, lovesick tyrant] [Middle stage: a dazzling, bewitching empress who brings ruin to the nation and a meek, submissive, frail emperor] [Late stage: a crazed, obsessive avenging empress and a puppy-like young man who endures abuse just to survive] She was once a f 1.1kReads8.1Score10214d adds

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    Synopsis: The story begins with a strong male lead who constantly torments the female lead. Later, the female lead turns the tables, becoming extremely ruthless and eventually becoming an empress.

25. 75 娘 The Empress Is Alluring and Delicate, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Falls for Her at First Sight 娘娘娇娇媚，冷戾帝王一见倾心 The Star Among the Stars in the Sky天上星星的星星Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue and revenge, a slow-burn, slow-payoff story + stunning heroine + exceptionally clearheaded heroine with an unwavering goal] [The hero always favors the heroine + dotes on her exclusively in the middle + disbands his harem later] After Shen Qingtang’s aunt is schemed against and killed by Madam Shen, her goal becomes perfectly clear: she will enter the palace, become the most honored woman in the land, and make everyone who plotted against her aunt pay. She is also perfectly clea 5kReads9.1Score56414d adds

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    Comments say it's like "Empresses in the Palace," but I haven't watched the TV series.

26. 76 帝 The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇：贵妃娘娘她又美又乖 Mu Niannian慕年年Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a 20.2kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
27. 77 继 The Stepmother Takes Charge: The Mad Empress Dowager Is Both Cunning and Chic 继母在上：疯批母后她茶又飒 Summer Never Ends长夏未央Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed heroine + playing dumb to outwit her enemies + dark-to-light + an overwhelming sense of fate] [Deeply calculating hero + seemingly innocent but secretly sinister + devoted exclusively to the heroine + grand ambitions] Everyone knows her as a femme fatale, a mad beauty, but no one knows why she became this way. They are laughable; she is tragic! The year she became Beiming’s new empress, the ruler of Beiming wiped out the Jing Kingdom, causing her entire maternal family to be slaugh 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I'll push this book down.

28. 78 听 Rumor Has It the Noble Consort Alone Enjoys the Emperor's Favor in the Deep Palace 听说贵妃在深宫独得圣上恩宠 Que Ling Yan Zi雀翎宴子Ancient Romance568k WordsCompleted When they were young and love stirred in his heart, he took her in. Once he held power, he had no choice but to hide her away. In the lonely inner palace, she waited quietly, day after day and year after year. For power and status, he feared nothing. He overcame every obstacle and held her close. Behind layer upon layer of palace gates and red walls, a dream within a dream awakened the lovers from their reverie. 8.5kReads9.0Score55514d adds

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    This is truly a wake-up call! The male lead loves the female lead very much and is protecting her in his own way.

29. 79 影 A Showbiz Fanfiction: No More Love-Brained Heroines 影视同人之不当恋爱脑 Tang Mengmeng汤萌萌Female-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted After dying in one fell swoop, she is chosen as the master of the primordial treasure, the Chaos Pearl Jiujiu. She then travels to three thousand worlds to complete missions and quell resentment, beginning an endless journey of transmigration... World One: Ancient Love Poetry World Two: New Life Begins World Three: A Little Reunion World Four: Eternal Love World Five: Whirlwind Girl World Six: The Legend of Dugu 6.2kReads8.6Score14514d adds

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    ⭐The female lead is the daughter of Consort Hua and wants to control the court.⭐The female lead is the emperor's favored concubine who knows how to protect herself.

30. 80 穿 Transmigrating into Empresses in the Palace: A Life of Easy Wins 穿越甄嬛传之躺赢人生 Snowflakes Fall in Flurries纷纷寒酥落Female-Channel Fanfiction626k WordsCompleted , , , , [Story Description] Staying up late is risky. Be careful not to drop dead from overwork! Sun Miaoqing, a fresh-faced young professional just starting out in the working world, dies suddenly after pulling an all-nighter. When she wakes up, she discovers she’s transmigrated! She’s b 1.2kReads8.7Score10714d adds
31. 81 倾 The Poisonous Empress: The Legitimate Daughter Fights Her Way to the Top 倾城毒后：嫡女要翻身 Fei Xi妃玺Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone says the current empress must have saved the world in her previous life to be so lucky, rising all the way from favored concubine to empress. But she didn’t. In her previous life, she used herself as a pawn purely to take revenge on a scumbag, offering herself to the mastermind, who discarded her once she was no longer useful. Reborn, she chooses to join forces with the God of War prince to avenge her family, while making sure she has a way out. She brings all her intelligence and brill 270Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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    The Empress Dowager just wanted to relax and enjoy life, but the deaths of the Emperor and the late Emperor, both incompetent rulers, left her with a host of problems. She constantly confronted the ministers, who outwardly resented her but secretly admired her.

32. 82 异 The Gifted Empress Reigns Above, Her Ministers Kneel Below 异能女皇在上，众臣在下 Good Days, Safe Home良辰安宅Ancient Romance806k WordsCompleted The State of Mu enjoys favorable weather and bountiful harvests, while its old emperor indulges in wine and women, lives a life of excess, and has few heirs. The court is controlled by powerful factions. By the 327th year of Mu, the kingdom has been divided among four of them. The foolish Princess Mu Nanzhi is pushed onto the throne as an easily controlled pawn. But on the first morning court, the one who opens her eyes is an empress from another world. 1.9kReads8.9Score16914d adds

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    Beautiful 🥰 Strong 👍 A female empress from another world transmigrates 🍉🍉🍉 The puppet empress she supports 🫅 On her first day of court, she becomes the female empress from another world 🫅 Reclaiming the Yellow Springs [Learned][Learned][Learned][Top][Top][Top][Top][Top][Top]

33. 83 栀 Poison Hidden in the Gardenia 栀子藏毒 Summer Cicada Song夏日鸣婵Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted [A cast of madmen, none of them kindhearted · heroine’s revenge · melodrama · plenty of love-triangle clashes] Ning Zhi was the goddess of Saint St. Academy: kind and delicate, with breathtaking beauty. Every smile and frown seemed to come with a soft-focus glow. The academy’s three most sought-after guys all fought over her, each falling at her feet: Jiang Yuan, the fierce, arrogant school bully who used to avoid girls and had a violent temper, clutched her hand tight. “Xiao Zhi, I was wrong. C 3.9kReads9.2Score39514d adds

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    The first book is a modern romance revenge novel where the female lead feigns weakness and pitifulness, sowing discord among the male lead's brothers before slowly exacting her revenge. In the end, everyone dies, making it a female-centric ending. The second book features a ruthless and heartless female lead who appears affectionate but is actually indifferent; everything she does is just a game.

34. 84 恶 The Villainess Was Born Bad 恶女她天生坏种 Honestly, Honestly港真真Ancient Romance259k WordsCompleted Female lead: a true villainess, cold and ruthless, heartless and unapologetic. Zhen Xueli was reborn from the apocalypse into ancient times, becoming a pitiful girl whose parents had both died and who had been sold off by her relatives. Fortunately, her spatial ability came with her to this new world. To level up her ability and achieve her goals, she stops at nothing. If a god stands in her way, she kills the god. She never shows mercy! She is breathtakingly beautiful, like a celestial maiden. 526Reads6.6Score—14d adds
35. 85 系 The System's a Clown, I Make Things Worse: Rebellious to the Core 系统沙雕我添堵，一身反骨离大谱 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance9.1M WordsCompleted They came from distinguished families and were beautiful, talented, and exceptional. But whenever they crossed paths with the male and female leads, they became brainless cannon fodder, burning themselves up to make the leads’ romance flourish until their dying breath. And now Gu Mo has become all those women from countless novels. System: Boss, you can face-slap the villains and break up those couples! Go get ’em! Gu Mo: I’m awesome! I can do this! Much later, the System stares in bewilderment 37.4kReads9.1Score3.1k14d adds

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    The second book tortured the original male and female leads to death, and the last book tormented the male lead and killed the female lead.

36. 86 智 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责 Uncle Luo洛叔叔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied 47.7kReads9.5Score6.1k14d adds
37. 87 贵 The Noble Consort Rejects Romance: While Others Fight for Favor, I Seize Power 贵妃不入爱河，别人争宠我夺权 Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Female-Lead Wish Fulfillment + Unfeeling Persona + Ruthless Revenge and Face-Slapping] Years later, the history books would describe Ming Tang as a master strategist with an iron fist, the ultimate winner of the harem struggles and the vast empire. Only Ming Tang knew she had never wanted to be that winner in the first place. From a young girl to the ruler of the realm, all she had wanted at first was to avenge her elder sister. The harem was full of danger. On one side was Consort Jin, who had 7.3kReads9.4Score86914d adds
38. 88 绾 Winding the Wind into Splendor 绾风华 Light Ink Wash水墨浅浅Ancient Romance344k WordsCompleted Cui Wanwan died, killed by a woman from another world. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back at twelve years old, three years before the transmigrated woman arrived. Cui Wanwan, the second young lady of the Cui family, had been born a favorite of heaven, the apple of her family’s eye. With her family’s favor and prestige, she was destined to become a prince’s consort and enjoy a life of wealth and glory. She had thought her life would be carefree, but an odd woman who claimed to 3.1kReads8.9Score34014d adds
39. 89 乖 Be Good! Sweetheart, Don't Run! The Mad Tyrant Coaxes You in a Hoarse Whisper 乖！娇娇别逃！疯批暴君低哑缠哄 A Crescent Moon一剪月Ancient Romance272k WordsCompleted [Also known as The Phoenix Returns to the Luan] [Both Reborn + Both Transmigrate + Yandere + Power Couple + Everyone’s Favorite + Sweet Romance and Power Fantasy] After dying tragically in her previous life and transmigrating to the modern world, Yun Li unexpectedly transmigrates back. When she opens her eyes, it’s her wedding night! “A Li... why can’t you try to love me?” The yandere regent grips her waist, his eyes red-rimmed, and swears he’ll pamper his little darling with his life in this li 10.6kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
40. 90 综 Film and TV Crossover: My Empress-Raising System 综影视：我的皇后养成系统 Guang Mu Is Sleeping广木在睡Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted A heads-up: the heroine won't fall for any emperor. Every emperor in this book is unfaithful, and especially in the first story, this is not a pure romance. Don't be fooled by that scoundrel emperor's act at the beginning! 1. [Schemes of the Palace] Yao Jinling (doesn't bash the original heroine) (✓) 2. [Empresses in the Palace] An Lingrong (doesn't bash the original heroine) (✓) 3. [Beauty's Rival in Palace] Bo Qiaohui (doesn't bash the original heroine) (✓) 4. [Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace] 3.3kReads8.8Score15514d adds

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    Huanbi in the first book, *Empresses in the Palace*, is resourceful and cunning, rising directly to the top. The latter two books feature a female protagonist who is uniquely beautiful, especially the third book, where the female lead is ruthless and unscrupulous, only interested in climbing the ranks.

41. 91 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 24.1kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
42. 92 重 Reborn as Zhen Huan 重生之甄嬛 A Stepmother Is a Mother Too后娘也是娘Female-Channel Fanfiction500k WordsCompleted Zhen Huan, daughter of Zhen Yuandao, was the greatest winner among Emperor Yongzheng’s many consorts. After passing away peacefully in old age, she somehow became reborn. See how she protects in this life everything she failed to protect in her previous one. This time, she has come for more than just the throne of Empress Dowager... 1.6kReads8.9Score14514d adds
43. 93 缅 Back from Northern Myanmar, the Madam Seizes Power Without a Gun 缅北归来，夫人她夺权不用枪 R744Modern Romance641k WordsCompleted [Female Lead's Growth + Ruthless and Decisive + Multiple Male Leads, Not 1v1, Not Pure] After being abducted, Ruan Qinghe became Yong Ge's pawn in order to survive. Fortunately, Ruan Qinghe met Xu Yu, the man she loved. Unfortunately, Xu Yu was the person Yong Ge wanted to deal with. Even worse, Xu Yu was only interested in her face. Xu Yu used every means at his disposal to keep Ruan Qinghe by his side, and she thought he was a man worth entrusting her life to. It wasn't until she was in a car 786Reads9.3Score12714d adds

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    The first book features a female protagonist who is trafficked to northern Myanmar. To survive, she has to be extremely cautious and cunning. Her life is filled with hardship, but she gradually matures. Initially, she teams up with her patron's henchmen to overthrow him. Later, she cleverly manipulates her henchmen, seducing them and eventually replacing them – very shrewd! The second book also features a female protagonist who is trafficked to northern Myanmar, but from a wealthier family. She isn't easily swayed by the male protagonist's sweet words and remains clear-headed, knowing she must return home. She eventually does.

44. 94 他 He Burns Brighter Than the Sun 他比骄阳热烈 Only for You独予卿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Love at first sight + possessive pursuit + loyal, rugged hero + devoted husband Arrogant, pampered heiress vs. fierce, rough-edged military officer from northern Myanmar She was the heiress of the most powerful family in Yuncheng, Huaguo. He was a lone, wandering young dragon. She was a sheltered darling who knew nothing of life's hardships. He was the nocturnal king of the forests of northern Myanmar. When he was eighteen, he sat on a street corner in the middle of the night, bandaging his 30.8kReads9.3Score3.3k14d adds
45. 95 踹 Dump the Romance Hero, Seduce the Emperor from a Male-Oriented Novel 踹掉言情男主，勾搭男频帝王 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, revenge, scheming, stunning heroine, seductive mastermind] The short drama His Heart on a String is now streaming! Shen Yuling transmigrated into a romance novel as its heroine. Unfortunately, she was a heroine whose luck had been stolen by a woman who transmigrated into the story. She would die in a fire, taking her unborn child with her, while her entire family would be wiped out. It was a fate the original heroine had failed to change, even after being reborn twice 17kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds

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    The female lead in this novel completely outmaneuveres the male leads, it's so satisfying! I remember one story where the female lead attempts suicide out of despair and grief over the loss of her child, only to be saved by the boy next door (of course, it was all planned by the female lead 🤭).

46. 96 王 Wang Baochuan Reborn: Life as the Beloved Daughter of the Prime Minister’s Household 王宝钏重生之相府团宠的生活 Zhao Yun, Stop Right There赵云你站住Female-Channel Fanfiction269k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she married Xue Pinggui and waited eighteen years in a cold cave for him to return, only for him to come back having married the Princess of Xiliang. She was empress for eighteen days. Her father was humiliated before her, forced to kneel in the palace hall… Given a new life. Wild vegetables? Why would I eat wild vegetables! I, the precious third daughter of the prime minister, will make sure no one under heaven has to eat wild vegetables again! A short scene: “The King of 9.7kReads9.1Score84014d adds

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    This is good!

47. 97 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1k14d adds

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    I haven't read any novels where the male lead is killed off, but these two historical novels are pretty good.

48. 98 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 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
49. 99 未 A Child Out of Wedlock! The Chaste Prince Weeps and Begs Her Not to Divorce Him 未婚生子！禁欲王爷哭着求别和离 Seven Nights White七夜白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female physician + strong heroine + satisfying revenge + adorable babies + fake and real heiresses] She is the Ghost-Faced Poison Doctor. One moment, she’s herself; the next, she’s the unloved real daughter of a general’s household. At a royal banquet, she’s set up and caught in bed with the God of War prince, and the emperor decrees that they marry. On their wedding night, she takes the prince by force. Then it’s revealed that she wasn’t a virgin, and that she has an illegitimate daughter. The 14.7kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
50. 100 被 After Being Bound to the Winner's Life System, I Check In and Get Rich 被人生赢家系统绑定后打卡暴富 Lu Jiangbai路江白Modern Romance544k WordsCompleted An ordinary woman’s comeback + reborn + tycoon System + older foreign CEO + age gap + feel-good female-led story As a child, you always want to grow up. But the older you get, the more regrets you find. Because she only had a junior college degree, Jiang Chengcheng was shut out of civil service jobs. Since she didn’t want to get married, even ordinary job interviews ended with her being rejected outright. At just twenty-six, she was diagnosed with cancer. On countless nights when she lay awake a 1.3kReads7.5Score18314d adds

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    The political intrigue is super good!

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