Strong Female Lead and Political Scheming! No One Acts Like an Idiot! 大女主权谋文！全员不降智！

1. 351 术 The Sorceress Becomes Queen: Don't Mess with a Feng Shui Master in Ancient Times 术女为凰：在古代别惹风水师 Top-Tier Hubbub喧哗上等Ancient Romance246k WordsOngoing (An alternate Wei-Jin setting + no System or spatial dimension + face-reading + male lead undecided) (An evolving female lead + faux everyone-loves-her appeal + political schemes + wits and courage + flight from a chaotic era) At first, she plays the fool to fool her enemies. Later, she smashes them all to pieces. The heroine turns the tide in a chaotic age. All she wants is to return to the modern world. Most of the male supporting characters go from “Get lost!” to “Come back” to “Please!” once 11Reads8.4Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   Among these three heroines, the first one has a growth-oriented background in troubled times, and later she plans to conquer the world. The second one has a rebellious identity, and the third one has a top-notch heroine in terms of IQ and strength. The writing is really cool.

2. 352 旺 Bringing Fortune to Her Husband and Glory to His Clan! The General's Wife Is a True Lucky Star! 旺夫！兴族！将军夫人真锦鲤！ March Sluggishness三月意懒Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [A dangerously unhinged, handsome and tragic general × a delicate beauty who cries at the drop of a hat; marriage first, love later + sweet romance + age gap] Cheng Yang is the Liang dynasty’s greatest general: stern, ruthless, and utterly brutal in his methods. People in court call him the “Fourth Chancellor.” Despite his outstanding military service, he is cursed with the fate of a lone star. His father and brothers are all dead, his birth mother is gravely ill, and his sister-in-law has gone 15.4kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
3. 353 燕 When the Swallows Return 燕子迴时 Meng Ri Wan梦日万Ancient Romance798k WordsCompleted The eldest Yan daughter left home at the age of two to live under her grandparents’ care. Fourteen years later, she returned to the capital. People in the capital imagined Miss Yan as country-bumpkinish, vulgar, and small-minded, someone who couldn’t hold her own in polite society. In truth, Miss Yan spoke softly but acted decisively. She would set the Yan household, where all the rules had been turned upside down, back in order. She would spare neither the old nor the young, not even the dead. 27.8kReads8.9Score4kShelves

   Reader note

   The same author as "The Sword Man". The heroine Yan Zigui went to Jialanguan when she was two years old to support her parents and grandparents. When she returned to Beijing fourteen years later, she was laughed at by the people in the capital for being rustic, stingy, and petty. In fact, Miss Yan is soft-spoken, hard-working, strong in force and smart in mind. She first tried her hand at a small test, overturning the table at home, and then participated in the struggle inside and outside the court as the Crown Prince Liang Di.

4. 354 我 I Use a Card-Drawing System to Start a Rebellion in Ancient Times 我靠抽卡系统在古代搞造反 Whale's Slumber鲸眠Ancient Romance559k WordsOngoing [Historical figure gacha System + woman disguises herself as a man + infrastructure and farming + transmigration power fantasy] Xie Linchao transmigrates into the body of Qi's second prince, who is a woman disguised as a man and has been demoted and sent to his fief. With everything stacked against her from the start, Xie Linchao is about to give up when she binds to a gacha System for world domination. [Congratulations, you drew an SSS-rank general card: Bai Qi, the God of Slaughter] [Congratul 2.4kReads9.3Score283Shelves

   Reader note

   The heroine is able to bend and stretch, and finally rebels and becomes the empress

5. 355 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 235.8kReads9.5Score34.4kShelves
6. 356 只 All I Ask Is That the Prince Live to a Hundred 只求王爷长命百岁 Sixteen Notes十六音Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted (This is a lighthearted straight romance. If you’re looking for a story without a male lead, check out the author’s other book.) (The secondary couple is same-sex, but doesn’t get much page time. Skip it if that’s not your thing.) (The author’s writing isn’t the best, and writes purely for fun. If it’s not to your taste, feel free to move on, but please be kind in the comments.) Shen Lingshu was forcibly “changed” to male at birth. She inherited a marquisate at eight, and spent decades disguised 548Reads8.7Score101Shelves
7. 357 穿 After Becoming a Princess Consort, I'm Crazier Than Anyone 穿成王妃后，我比谁都癫 Little Donkey11小毛驴11Ancient Romance521k WordsCompleted No golden finger + no pocket dimension + face-slapping + faithful couples + comedy + power fantasy Office drone Chen Jingxi transmigrates and becomes the timid, cowardly Princess Consort of Prince Su, who has spent three years as a widow in all but name. A chaste widow, a princess consort? Isn't that the ideal life: rich, with no husband around? Before she can even celebrate, she's told that Prince Su has returned from the battlefield. On the very day he comes back, Chen Jingxi gets berated and 391Reads8.2Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   This is a humorous and Machiavellian novel, with a big heroine, no virgin, random killings, no one is smart, 1v1, no misunderstandings

8. 358 疯 The Mad, Vicious Princess Woke Up and Decided to Seize the Throne! 疯批恶女公主一睁眼，她要篡位！ Ran Ran染染Ancient Romance407k WordsCompleted [A ruthless princess seizes power after being reborn vs. a cool, abstinent powerful minister; strong female lead + ruthless heroine + punishing scumbags + wish fulfillment + political intrigue] In her previous life, she was used by her scumbag father. Her mother’s family was framed for colluding with the enemy and betraying the nation, and the loyal members of her clan died at the hands of enemy forces. Her scumbag fiancé forced poison down her throat, killing her. Reborn as the weak-willed elde 799Reads8.2Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   The heroine was killed by her father and her fiancé and was reborn into her biological sister. Her father killed her grandfather and her family. The heroine is crazy, strong, and strategic. She avenges her grandfather's family. There is also a cold and cold person who is dedicated to avenging the heroine and her grandfather's family to clear their grievances. The great revenge is avenged, and the princess becomes the empress.

9. 359 集 We All Transmigrated? The Powerful Families of the Capital Beg Me for Help 集体穿越？京圈勋贵哭着抱我大腿 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhen, a top academic prodigy and the rock her elders rely on, is a specialist at whipping underachievers into shape. Then she transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the discarded wife of a poor scholar who passed the highest imperial exam. But the underachievers who used to give her headaches have become influential figures in the capital. The shut-in: Transmigrated as a spoiled young wastrel, he’s forced to eat, drink, and visit brothels, wearing an expression of pure misery every day 72.7kReads8.8Score11.7kShelves

   Reader note

   I just finished reading this book, and it feels very consistent. The heroine relies on her own abilities to become the first woman to enter the court, and she goes up step by step. It can be considered a group portrait novel.

10. 360 守 After Three Years of Mourning, the Frail Princess Consort Was Wed by Him 守孝三年后，柔弱王妃被他娶进门 Second Uncle二舅爷Ancient Romance505k WordsCompleted Luo Ci despises the gods and Buddhas, because none of them came to the aid of her loyal family. Yet that man always wears a string of prayer beads around his wrist. He kills without mercy, but kneels in devout worship. Luo Ci likes to make clear-cut deals. At first, she and Yan Wen each got what they wanted. During their final transaction, Luo Ci asked him, "My lord, what do you want from me?" The man, usually so calm and self-possessed, finally lost his composure. He cradled the back of her hea 11.2kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

    Reader note

    Not much to say, let me see them all, they are all my favorites!

11. 361 我 My Mother Is the Emperor’s Moonlight, So What If I’m a Little Vicious? 我娘帝王白月光，我恶毒点怎么了 Lu Ningning鹿柠柠Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted Historical romance + from princess to empress + alternate world + 1v1, both leads sexually inexperienced Qian Ying had a dream: the world she lived in was just a book. In the dream, the Yuan Kingdom fell and a new dynasty rose. Chu Yao, the hostage prince from Chu whom she had once insulted and beaten, overthrew the dynasty and married her younger sister, Yuan Siwei, making her empress. She herself was merely the vicious supporting female character who had bullied the Chu hostage prince since c 9.7kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
12. 362 天 Damn It! You Call This Frail Young Lady a Sickly Heiress? 天杀的！你管这叫病弱大小姐？ I Really Want to See the Southern Cross想看南极星呀Ancient Romance562k WordsCompleted Transmigration + face-slapping + feel-good power fantasy + decisive and ruthless Shang Yuanjian transmigrated into the body of the fake heiress of the Prime Minister’s household. The original owner was sickly, ill-tempered, and convinced her status gave her the right to run rampant in the capital. She had bullied countless young masters and young ladies from powerful families, and they had all swallowed their anger in silence. But her good days didn’t last. The year she turned fifteen, the Prime 7.8kReads8.8Score951Shelves
13. 363 满 The Court Is Full of Beauties, Yet the General Wants the Throne 满朝文武皆国色，奈何将军要江山 Glowing Head头顶会发光Ancient Romance172k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + System + slow pace + political intrigue + career-driven heroine] After the trillion-yuan CEO Mu Linqing was betrayed and killed by her lover, she transmigrated into a book with a System. She became a general's daughter who shared her name, competed with the heroine for a man in a reborn novel, and met an unfortunate end after falling off a cliff. Faced with such a disastrous start, she waved her hand and made use of her status, turning instead to martial arts. She wou 9Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Needless to say, this is a big new book. As you can tell from the title and introduction, the heroine's brain is worth MAX, and her martial arts value has been soaring since she started learning martial arts. All the members are playing games with each other without losing their wits.

14. 364 我 I Find the Top Scholar So Charming 我见探花多娇媚 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Jing Bao has three wishes: First, protect the family estate of the main branch; second, enter the Imperial College, place third in the palace examinations, and bring honor to the family; third, keep living as a man in disguise until the end. Lord Gu has three wishes too: First, help someone protect their family estate; second, help that someone place third in the palace examinations; third, bring the disguised top scorer home and make her the mistress of the household. 4.6kReads9.4Score818Shelves

    Reader note

    🌸🌸It's all about female sovereignty! Dual business online! May you be happy! ❤️❤️① Travel through time! Once back before liberation! A woman disguises herself as a man to take the imperial examination! Let's see how the heroine changes her hands? ❤️❤️②Fate plays a trick! The eldest princess turns into a nymphomaniac little princess and kicks the scumbag! Feed the arrogant little secret guard! Cruel and ruthless! The house ransacking made my heart go crazy! ❤️❤️③People have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes! This article is for you!

15. 365 皇 The Empress Is a Max-Level Palace Intriguer, Crushing Everyone 皇后满级宫斗，嘎嘎乱杀 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S 12kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
16. 366 假 The Fake Princess Stumbles into the Imperial Family, Leaving the Entire Dynasty Enchanted 假皇女误闯天家，全皇朝惊艳沦陷 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Ancient Romance952k WordsOngoing [Political Intrigue and a Powerful Heroine]+ [The Perfect Imposture]+ [An Ensemble of Young Characters]+ [A Sage’s Selfish Desires] Ten years ago, foreign rebels stormed into Sheng’an. The empress sacrificed herself for her country and named Princess Wei Baoning crown princess, heir to the throne. That same year, lightning struck the imperial mausoleum, and the young princess was buried in a sea of flames. No body was ever found. The following month, a new emperor ascended the throne. Over the n 54.7kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves

    Reader note

    This book is particularly good (♥∀♥). I stayed up late to read the latest chapter. Readers have been guessing whether the heroine is the real daughter of the emperor. They also need to use their brains to read it. The quality of the work is also high. The author also wrote "Black Moonlight Crown". Looking at the number of readers, it is not a loss to invest in it.

17. 367 将 The General's Youngest Daughter 将军家的小女儿 Fish Watching the Sea观海之鱼Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she took the knife offered by the general, traded her rouge and dresses for armor, and went to war. Reborn in this life, she took the knife Heaven offered her and turned it against those who had wronged her. In her previous life, she was Yan Yu. Forced to abandon her identity as a woman, she gave everything to the General’s Manor, only to be brutally murdered. Heaven took pity on her and let her be reborn as Bai Yueyin, the General’s Manor’s youngest daughter. Carrying the 3Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Reborn with the wisdom and memory of her past life, the sober and wise heroine takes revenge while rescuing women, and goes from confrontation to love and care with the affectionate prince.

18. 368 娘 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 63.3kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves
19. 369 吾 My Wife Is Fierce: Enemy Emperor and Empress Kill Each Other in Two Lifetimes 吾妻蛮横：宿敌帝后两世互杀 Adorably Fat Shut-In可爱死肥宅Ancient Romance405k WordsCompleted (Just started) [Female lead with no C, male leads with C + 1Vn + Court Intrigue + Combative Couple + Scoundrels with Sincere Hearts + Love Amidst Bitter Hatred] [Emotionally Detached, Career-Driven Cui Lingyi X Passionate Dark Moonlight Qi Jingzhao X Crazy Younger Man Jiang Si X Dark, Clingy Love-Struck Qi Jingwang] “Damn you.” “My empress, you deserve to die.” “I gave you the highest status and my one-of-a-kind devotion, yet you don’t know what’s good for you. You want to leave me?” Two lifet 2.1kReads8.3Score281Shelves

    Reader note

    This book is very consistent. Although the heroine does not have a noble birth, she has a noble soul. She has been targeted in her previous life, but she dared to resist. She finally became a queen. Later, because she was deceived, she chose to be reborn to save her mother. In her second life, she has been helping girls. Although the author has never marketed this book as loving girls, I think the core of the heroine is to love every girl.

20. 370 赎 I Bought the Sharp-Tongued Male Courtesan's Freedom: This Lady's Heart Aches 赎了刻薄男花魁：奴家心口疼 My Love, You Will Return卿终归兮Ancient Romance472k WordsCompleted [Male Courtesan + Male Lead Will Become the Other Woman for Love] Everyone says Jiang Wuyou, head of the Jiang family of Liyang, has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a devil, and never makes a deal at a loss. Yet she spent a fortune to buy the freedom of Liu Se, a flamboyant and sharp-tongued male courtesan. He was beautiful, but mean, greedy, arrogant, and contemptuous of the poor. When they first met, he sneered at her: "Dressed that shabbily, even if you're a maid, you must be the o 9.9kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
21. 371 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Became an Investor Everyone Wanted to Win Over 退婚后，她成了万人追捧的投资人 Ten Thousand Blades千万刃Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Medical skills + transmigrated supporting villainess + political intrigue + strong heroine + secret identities + satisfying read] Bai Jiu'er, a doctor, transmigrates into the body of a vicious supporting character with a truly tragic ending. In her previous life, she was the male lead's wife, only to end up as a miserable prostitute. After transmigrating, she has nothing but money. At least she isn't married yet. First step, obviously, is to break off the engagement! What? The male lead went cr 140.1kReads9.2Score26.7kShelves

    Reader note

    At the beginning, the heroine just wanted to be a young lady with free money, but she didn't want to be pushed step by step to the point of rebellion. However, she never flinched and did not stop for the men who passed by. She grew up very fast. The heroine conquered the road and the male protagonist had few scenes.

22. 372 二 Marrying a Playboy for the Second Time: The Legitimate Eldest Daughter Goes on a Killing Spree 二嫁纨绔：嫡长女她杀疯了 Wealthy Turtle Immortal暴富龟仙人Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Political scheming, satisfying revenge, reborn strong heroine, household intrigue, play the pig to eat the tiger, sickly man] The Su family falls, and the entire household of the Duke of the Nation-Defending General is executed overnight. In that life, Su Chengying was deceived by her own younger sister and toyed with by a scumbag man. In that life, Su Chengying endured in Beiliang for over a decade, only to be branded a traitor. Everyone in prosperous Tang cursed her name! In that life, Su Che 113Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The first book is a bit long, and the little princess Gu Hui in the second book is super awesome; in the third book, the heroine's mother is the elder sister of the prime minister, and the male protagonist is the adopted son of the prime minister; the fourth one is also my favorite genre and I highly recommend it;

23. 373 青 The Phoenix Girl with Azure Markings Shines Over Rivers and Mountains 青斑凤女照江河 The White-Faced One of the Elixir Pavilion丹阁白面者Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted Also known as: The Martial World’s Most Remarkable Woman Is the Empress’s Abandoned Daughter! A strong female lead, transmigration, sweet romance, devoted couples, two equally powerful leads, a deranged male rival, and a comeback. (The author's new book, Was the Campus Belle's Diploma Torn Up? The Devoted Officer Won't Let It Go, also known as Young Master Xiao, Alone for Years, is just as exciting. Follow it for updates!) Born a phoenix girl and a princess, Zhao Fei'er was abandoned by the empr 81Reads8.8Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    A good book to read during the holidays

24. 374 错 Mistakenly Bound to the Eunuch, He Helps Me Ascend the Throne 错绑九千岁，他助我登临帝位 Two or Three Sounds Beneath the Moon月下两三声Ancient Romance156k WordsOngoing [War-God Grand Princess × Lord Eunuch: Fierce and ruthless to outsiders, proud and devoted to her] “Women rule” + “Court intrigue” + “Both pure” + “Power couple” Ye Shumei returns from battle to find that her fiancé, Wen Zhijin, is going to marry her imperial younger sister. How could she possibly put up with that? If you’re going to be so unreasonable, then I’ll just... On a dark, windy night, she climbed over the wall into the Grand Tutor’s residence and hauled someone back to her villa in a s 29Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This this! A truly great story about a heroine, and it's a double-strength story. The male protagonist is also smart, and the female protagonist has a higher force value.

25. 375 无 The Nameless Journey West 无名西行录 Searching for Traces in the Mist迷雾寻踪Ancient Romance237k WordsCompleted After a sandstorm, Shen Heyin, a graduate student in cultural relics research, wakes beside a beacon tower in Guazhou at the start of the Zhenguan era. All she has left is half a bottle of water, a folding knife, and a fragmentary scroll that shows her visions of death. The first time the scroll lights up, it points to a dry well that isn't marked on any road. At the bottom of the well is a boy. Outside it are slashed waterskins, a working well that's been blocked up, and a road sign that's been 92Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    In this wilderness exploration novel, the protagonist finds a deep well in the desert based on clues from ancient scrolls. After taking good care of the boy, he smoothes the traces at the well mouth. The two of them rush to leave this deserted area before dawn.

26. 376 团 The Three-Year-Old Princess, Doted on by All 团宠公主三岁半 March Evening Primrose三月夕颜Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Gu Hui, heir to a family of renowned acupuncturists, accidentally transmigrated as a tiny princess and discovered that she could read people’s minds. Her father was the emperor, and her mother was a scheming imperial consort. Using her superpower, she became the apple of the emperor’s eye, the crown prince’s darling, and a thorn in the side of countless people. Gu Hui: “I want to rule the world, with no one daring to mess with me. I love seeing them hate me but be powerless to do anything about 11.5kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
27. 377 美 My Tragic, Handsome Husband Wants to Kill Me Every Day 美强惨夫君每天都想杀死我 Three Demons三妖Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted After she transmigrates, Ye Tan becomes a notorious hooligan in ancient times: a woman whose engagement was broken off and who keeps a pretty young man. Her family is dirt-poor, and she has a beautiful but miserable little blind boy as her child bridegroom. On her first day there, Ye Tan thinks, The little blind boy looks pretty good. Should I sell him for some cash? On the second day, Ye Tan thinks, The little blind boy has such pale skin and soft lips. He looks so obedient and easy to bully wh 7.5kReads8.2Score1kShelves

    Reader note

    💦It's a very interesting plot story. Even the male and female protagonists work on their own affairs. However, the female protagonist is superior in skills and convinces the male protagonist. Hahaha, it's very beautiful and written with great care. The female protagonist was deeply hurt by her father's differential treatment when she was a child, resulting in cold-heartedness. The words of the male protagonist to enlighten the female protagonist go deep into her heart. It's hot and beautiful. Highly recommended! 🔥🔥

28. 378 乱 Conquest in a Chaotic Age: From Female Prisoner to Empress 乱世征途：我从女囚到女帝 Eating Fish Every Day Without Getting a Bone Stuck每天吃鱼不卡刺Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing ❤ Reborn + Strong Female Lead + Turbulent Times + Conquest ❤ She died and was reborn. This time, Xiao Susu can say she hasn’t lived in vain. From female prisoner to empress, Xiao Susu takes a path utterly different from the one she followed in her previous life. There are many hardships, but even more wonders. In an age of war, with flames raging across the land, the flowers of life bloom brilliantly on soil drenched in blood and flesh! This is Xiao Susu’s world! It is also the world of He Yingx 148Reads8.2Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The heroine fights for hegemony in troubled times, from a female prisoner to an empress.

29. 379 农 A Country Girl’s Daily Life of Preparing for the Imperial Exams 农家女的科举日常 Panda Loves Life胖达爱生活Ancient Romance753k WordsOngoing [System + No CP + Women's Imperial Exams + No Cross-Dressing as a Man + Academy Life + Slow Pace + Alternate World] In her previous life, as an orphan with no family to support, Zhuge Yunshu lived an utterly carefree, lazy life. Perhaps even Heaven couldn't stand to see it anymore. It killed her with a piece of falling debris, and she was reborn as a farmer's daughter in ancient times. In this agrarian society, men and women alike had no choice but to work in the fields once they reached the app 20.8kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves

    Reader note

    I have been following the first book for almost a year. The female princes compete for hegemony in troubled times, and they become the lord themselves. Everyone's IQ is online, and the female protagonist is the strongest. This is the real heroine! The remaining four books are related to the imperial examination, and they are all about powerful women seeking happiness. 3 Is the first imperial examination book about women that I have read. I have read it for the second time. They are all very interesting and have high ratings. It is not a loss to invest in it!

30. 380 清 Qing Dynasty Crown Princess: I Swapped Bodies with the Deposed Crown Prince 清穿太子妃：和废太子互换身体 Endless Journey迢迢不休Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The male and female leads swap souls + Alternate Qing Dynasty] Reader’s guide: If you like a mature heroine, start from the chapters charting her growth! A heroine who grows over time! She’s not a strong heroine at the start, but she’ll grow! Please be patient with her! Shi Jingxian transmigrates to the Qing dynasty. She isn’t Fourth Brother’s beloved from a romance novel, nor Kangxi’s cherished darling, nor a spoiled, pampered wife of an idle prince. She is the Crown Princess of the Crown Prin 4.5kReads9.3Score526Shelves
31. 381 我 My Daily Mission to Win Over My Cousin in the Chancellor's Residence 我在相府征服表哥日常 Madam Raccoon狸猫夫人Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sugar-sweet + both virgins + one-on-one romance] On her mother's deathbed, she entrusts her to someone else's care. Only then does she learn she has an uncle: the Prime Minister of the Yu Kingdom, who will go down in history as a notoriously wicked minister. His adopted son, Pei Yanque, is just as infamous, with several volumes of crimes to his name. She figures she's here to help her villainous uncle achieve his dream of becoming emperor, Gong Ruiyan thinks. Before she knew Pei Yanque was alr 945Reads8.8Score105Shelves
32. 382 我 I Played the Rat Race in Ancient Times and Rose to Marquis and Minister 我在古代搞内卷，一路封侯拜相 Yu Tiantian Ya遇田田呀Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine, no romance, nation-building, career-focused, light political intrigue, few top-quality men] After transmigrating into the backward Great Kang, a place where people slept on the floor and got nothing but soup for meals, Jiang Hui could only describe herself as numb. Completely numb. To make sure she could survive, she joined the army and earned distinction. Then the emperor sent her off to become magistrate of a godforsaken county. Luckily, she held two doctoral degrees. Building 1.7kReads9.2Score188Shelves
33. 383 穿 Transmigrated as Cao Cao's Daughter: From Farming to Empress 穿成曹操女儿，从种地到女帝 The Classic of Mountain Journeys山游经Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Cao Sui, a graduate student in agricultural science, has just finished slogging through her thesis when she jolts awake and opens her eyes to a woman gazing at her with tender affection. After spending over half a year recovering in bed, she finally gets up and learns that her father has gone off to fight the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans? What a historically specific term. Cao Sui is devastated. Why on earth did she have to end up in the Three Kingdoms? With disasters and war stacked aga 10.9kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
34. 384 公 The Princess Has a Soft Waist and a Ruthless Heart, and She Tames the Tyrannical Minister 公主腰软心狠，暴戾权臣被驯服了 The Great Bunny Queen大兔子女王Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn Strong Female Lead + Political Scheming That Defies Convention + Everyone’s Darling + Beautiful, Ruthless Ambitious Woman + Satisfying, Sweet Romance] Ming Huang had deposed and installed five emperors, governed two kingdoms as regent, and wielded power over the court for eleven years. The moment she died, the Great Qi empire she had devoted her life to supporting actually fell! Reborn in a new life, she acquired a strange book and finally learned the truth. She had been married off at f 81Reads8.9Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The following 5 books are all about female protagonists, and everyone will be wise! There are only evenly matched confrontations, and there is no plot that forcibly subdues the supporting characters in order to highlight the heroine. 123 Ancient Chinese Proverbs, 4 Greek Mythology, 5 Western Fantasy

35. 385 皇 A Back Alley in the Imperial Court 皇权里的小巷 July Rivers Break七月江河破Ancient Romance109k WordsOngoing The Renyin Palace Coup was the only uprising in history in which palace maids attempted to assassinate an emperor. By a twist of fate, Zhao Jiawan, a twenty-one-year-old genius from several centuries in the future, transmigrates to the scene of the Renyin Palace Coup. The conspiracy of sixteen palace maids becomes a conspiracy of seventeen, and Zhao Jiawan is thrown into the imperial prison by the Embroidered Uniform Guard. With the prospect of brutal torture and death by a thousand cuts looming 2Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Do you dare to go to the Jiajing period to compete with those powerful and powerful men?

36. 386 最 Greek Mythology: The Weakest Goddess Will Never Be a Slave! 【希腊神话】最弱女神永不为奴！ Shrimp and Pork Bun虾仁肉包子Eastern Fantasy535k WordsCompleted Reborn in the world of Greek mythology, she became the youngest daughter of Zeus and Hera, Hebe, goddess of youth. What? The weakest and most powerless of the gods of youth? The most dispensable cupbearer of the gods? A trophy for the great hero Heracles? Hebe says there's no way that's happening. She'll use the wisdom of China to carve out her own glory and trample anyone who tries to humiliate her beneath her feet! [Some myth-bending and original worldbuilding. She's focused on building her ca 22kReads9.5Score3kShelves
37. 387 绑 After Binding to a Black Tech System, I Beat the Male Lead to a Pulp 绑定黑科技系统后我打爆了男主 Snowfall In Winter岁冬下雪了Modern Romance472k WordsCompleted [No CP + Academic genius + Cutting-edge technology + Real and fake heiresses + Wish fulfillment] After being reborn, Jiang Huaining discovers that she is the vicious supporting female character in a story about a real and fake heiress. According to the plot, the fake heiress is supposed to envy the real one, scheme against her family, and seize the company, only to be left with her family in ruins by the male lead. “What vicious supporting character? Being a tycoon is more my style.” So... She t 29.5kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves

    Reader note

    Great writing, great heroine, great layout, not bad, not bad, not bad, very beautiful when I think about it.

38. 388 大 The Ming Dynasty's Long-Tassel Empress 大明之长缨女皇 The Tumult of the Mortal World Scattered the Years浮世乱了流年Ancient Romance527k WordsCompleted Story outline: Background: In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Li Zicheng breached the capital. The Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself at Meishan, while Princess Kexing, Zhu Maichuo, evacuated in advance with several hundred imperial guards. Inciting event: The protagonist, originally named Zhu Xiaoxiao, died unexpectedly after working overtime all night, exhausted in both body and mind. Her soul crossed over into the body of Princess Kexing, Zhu Maichuo. What follows: With her memo 150Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 389 庶 The Concubine's Plan for the Legitimate Daughter 庶女嫡谋 Bei Mu Nan Qiao北木南乔Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Grand Empress Dowager, who had ruled the court for more than a decade, passed away. Reborn as the unloved, impoverished daughter of a marquis’s concubine, she had no desire to strive in this life. All she wanted was to marry a husband with a short life expectancy and enjoy widowhood after he died. Yang Yue died in battle. After death, his soul lingered on, witnessing the shifts of power in the Great Qing dynasty and watching the Grand Empress Dowager be poisoned by her own grandson. When he 15.8kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
40. 390 三 Three Kingdoms: The Female Warlord of a Chaotic Age 三国：乱世女枭雄 Handsome Er You帅气的二油Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing (Also known as: The Female Overlord of a Chaotic Age) [Strong female lead + Three Kingdoms + no System + traditional empire-building + ensemble cast] Liu Yi, a female engineering PhD, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty during the Three Kingdoms era and grows up as a boy. She develops water conservancy, conducts research, and improves life for the people of her region. Just as the various factions are trying to win her over, she reveals herself as a woman and establishes her own power base, 60kReads9.3Score12.7kShelves
41. 391 变 Transformed into a Southern Song Princess, I Become an Empress for the Ages 变身南宋公主，朕为千古女帝 Bright Moon, Dreaming of Beauty明月梦婵娟Historical739k WordsCompleted [Gender Swap] [Single] [Southern Song Empress] [Reclaiming Lost Territory] [Building the Great Song Empire] A history enthusiast transmigrates to the Southern Song Dynasty and becomes Princess Qi, who was originally destined to die at six months old. She is given the name Zhao Lingsheng. After living a peaceful life as a princess for fourteen years, she recommends to Emperor Ningzong that Zhao Lingsheng be named Crown Princess when his adopted son, the Crown Prince of Great Song, Zhao Xun, falls 2.5kReads8.7Score213Shelves
42. 392 罪 The Minister's Daughter Is Ready to Make a Comeback 罪臣之女要翻身 Bei Mu Nan Qiao北木南乔Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted A modern female programmer focused solely on her career had just been promoted and bought a house when she suddenly died at her desk. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a supporting female character in a novel, someone destined to be a stepping stone for the heroine. She had planned to spend this life as a carefree young lady who ate, drank, and waited for death, but this villainess was the daughter of a condemned official, exiled to Lingnan and in danger of losing her life. To survi 2kReads9.0Score246Shelves
43. 393 雪 Spring Burns Through the Ashes of Snow 雪烬春灼 The Remarkable Wang Shiyi了不起的王十一Ancient Romance189k WordsOngoing A historical tale of destruction and renewal, hatred and redemption, political intrigue and true devotion. Watch as yesterday's blazing sun is tempered in the deepest darkness, and at last becomes a bright moon shining over the land. Wang Chunxue went from being the prized jewel of the Langya Wang clan to the daughter of a condemned traitor. The imperial decree accusing her family of treason crushed everything she had: her father and brothers, her glory, and her betrothal to the Crown Prince. Af 83Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Essay on female sovereignty

44. 394 女 The Empress's Splendor: My Mother Is Nian Shilan 女帝风华：家母年世兰 Innocent Rabbit无辜的兔子Two Female Leads172k WordsCompleted Two female leads + one-on-one romance + both heroines’ first love + transmigration + court politics + an empress’s growth Yi Xiang first meets Fucha Rongyin at the New Year’s Eve palace banquet. A tiny girl, with gentle features but a distant air beyond her years. Their eyes meet, and in that instant, a lifetime passes! Years later, at the Nian family’s training grounds: Fucha Rongyin: “Your Highness brought me here on the eve of the selection. What do you intend to do?” Yi Xiang: “...” Did she 395Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 395 做 Be a Concubine? You're Not Worthy! I'll Find a Better Match, and You'll Beg Me to Stay 做妾？你也配？另谋高嫁你下跪 Young Master Lan公子兰Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted This book is now available as a full-cast audio drama, and it’s hilarious! Give it a listen! [Hilarious Transmigration + Medical Space + Sweet, Satisfying Romance + Power Struggles + Palace and Household Intrigue + Mutual Devotion and Strength] A genius in medicine and poison transmigrates to ancient times with a medical space. She wakes up in a coffin, only to have a bewitching man try to steal it? Her ex-husband favors his concubine, abuses his wife, and shamelessly claims her dowry? Her fathe 5.7kReads8.9Score577Shelves

    Reader note

    The heroine's plan is not to be downgraded by anyone. A hilarious ancient story about a heroine who was poisoned to death by a scumbag in her previous life. She travels through time and experiences a miracle doctor torturing the scumbag while pursuing a successful career. Not the Holy Mother, not depressed, relaxed and funny.

46. 396 重 Reborn as a Man: Feng Qiansui Rules the Court 重生女扮男装：凤千岁权倾朝野 A Duo Guli阿朵古丽Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Completed. Villainess + woman disguising herself as a man + reborn + strong heroine + no romance The heroine is a true villain: greedy, ruthless, highly skilled in martial arts, and sharp-tongued! Scene One: Asking the Emperor for money Emperor: “I appoint you imperial inspector for the south. Investigate the affairs in Xuzhou thoroughly. If you find anyone committing crimes and undermining the state, and verify the evidence, punish them according to the law! I grant you this golden badge. Whoev 1.1kReads9.2Score117Shelves

    Reader note

    There is no CP, there is no male protagonist at all

47. 397 权 The Chancellor’s Graceful Beauty 权臣窈窕 Zhen Lin振林Ancient Romance677k WordsCompleted In the third month of the twenty-first year of Yuanhe under the Northern Zhou, the Sui residence was destroyed. By a twist of fate, Sui Yang regained her life. After climbing out of her grave, she became Xiao Yunyang’s thirteenth son, a marquis of Anyang in Yaojing. From that day on, the Sui family’s second young lady, Sui Yang, ceased to exist. There was only the Xiao family’s thirteenth son, Xiao Wenzhen. She returned from hell, bearing a blood feud, and entered officialdom to clear the Sui fa 27Reads8.1Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Two of my favorite books. I have finished reading them. I haven't found any similar ones so far. If you love them, don't read these two.

48. 398 权 The Alluring Powerful Minister 权臣妖娆 Minced Meat and Fried Egg肉沫跑蛋Ancient Romance960k WordsCompleted Also known as The Female Top Scorer and The Female Imperial Tutor. He was a celebrated, charmingly elegant top scorer, showered with every favor under the heavens. Only after the Du family was destroyed and he hanged himself in prison did the world learn that “he” was a woman! After her father's death, the family's good name was ruined. Dozens of loyal servants starved to death. The beautiful women of the household were either made into servants or reduced to playthings for officials. Reborn, Du 4kReads9.1Score473Shelves

Other lists with The Sorceress Becomes Queen: Don't Mess with a Feng Shui Master in Ancient Times