Looking for Historical Fiction: A Palace Auntie, No Romance 求古代，在宫里当姑姑，无CP

1. 51 金 The Golden Sparrow Hairpin 金雀钗 Thirteen'er十三儿Ancient Romance153k WordsCompleted Rong Lan entered the palace as a maid at thirteen and worked diligently for ten years. She thought she would be able to leave the palace and marry once she turned twenty-five. Little did she know that she would accidentally serve the Empress Dowager to death, and from then on, one unexpected incident followed another. The young tutor Feng Qiw u took a liking to her despite being blind, so Rong Lan hurriedly latched onto a powerful patron and privately pledged herself to him for life. Who knew th 1.1kReads9.4Score139Shelves

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   🔝Perfectly matches, pure maidservant, pure female official, no romance!! ❤️ 1️⃣🌈Fanfiction quick transmigration, going to different period dramas as a maidservant, all characters who died in the original works, how will she save herself after being reborn? [Attention] 2️⃣🌈Transmigrated into Songzhi, a palace maid of Consort Hua, holding the power of prophecy, helping Consort Hua to become powerful. [Cool][Laughing and crying]

2. 52 穿 Transmigrating into the Red Chamber: No One Dares Cross the Lin Family's Aunt 穿越红楼之林家姑姑惹不起 Baby Xuan宝宝萱Female-Channel Fanfiction167k WordsCompleted After an unexpected transmigration into Dream of the Red Chamber, she becomes Lin Daiyu's aunt. Lin Yuhuan knows the plot by heart, has a System space at her side and her future husband in hand. Next, she... dotes on Lin Daiyu! Lin Yuhuan says: Get lost. Men only slow me down when I'm drawing my blade (to dote on Lin Daiyu). A certain prince: Is that so? (meaningfully) Lin Yuhuan: ... (Come any closer and I'll smash your head in.) Note: The author takes suggestions, so you decide!!! 896Reads6.6Score103Shelves
3. 53 宫 A Palace Maid’s Rise: Fighting Her Way to the Top 宫女逆袭路，一路斗到底 Only Du Kang Remains唯有杜康Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted [Harem Warfare (They fight to the death, until the world is turned upside down) / Not Both Leads' First Love / Devoted Love Later On / Not a Strong Female Lead] A servant is lowly, a servant is base. To escape her fate, Lihua wants to use every advantage she can to claw her way up. What better advantage could there be than the ruler of the realm? See how a little palace maid, battered by fate, carves out an extraordinary path in life. Lihua never imagined that a lowly palace maid like her could 9Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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   I don't think Tomato (a Chinese online literature platform) has anything like this [currently working on a draft]. All three of these stories start as palace maids and rise through the ranks, from second only to the emperor to a position of immense power. [Note] Those interested can check them out. [Top Post]

4. 54 宫 A Palace Maid's Rise to Power 宫女升职记 Jiu Zhao Ya九昭吖Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted Su Ya had planned to leave the palace when she turned eighteen, open a shop, find a suitable husband, and live a quiet, ordinary life. But the Empress was so pitiful that Su Ya stayed in the harem to repay her kindness. She rose from a lowly palace maid to the Empress Dowager, and from a girl in the bloom of youth to an old woman in her twilight years. Looking back on her life, she had known both friends and enemies, all of them women. She had been trapped in the harem her entire life. Her only 65Reads6.6Score—Shelves
5. 55 宫 A Long-Awaited Return to the Palace 宫阙久别 Mu Yan, Ancient Style沐言古风Ancient Romance481k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance] [Mutual devotion] She never believed she could find true love in an emperor. Given the chance, she would always try to escape the palace, but he would never let her go. He only wanted to cherish her in the palm of his hand and dote on her alone. Chen Luo Chu, though mountains and rivers may lie between us, I’ll wait for all the days we have ahead! 166Reads7.2Score—Shelves
6. 56 穿 Transmigrated as a Count's Daughter 穿越成伯爵小姐 Miskah密斯卡Ancient Romance465k WordsOngoing The good news: You transmigrated at the peak of your intellectual abilities. You can recite three hundred Tang poems, know the general course of five thousand years of Chinese history, and have read plenty of transmigration novels. More importantly, your new identity isn't at the bottom of society. You even have a decent social standing. You believe you can change everything with your brains (by copying modern technology) and your own two hands (by putting your servants to work). The bad news: 326Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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   ① Transmigrating to the imperial palace, Qin Jianjian is reborn as a lowly palace maid. Along the way, she skillfully navigates the complexities of the court, adept at both flattery and cunning, gradually rising to the position of trusted aunt to the Empress Dowager. Wealth, both overt and covert, quietly accumulates in her pocket. Qin Jianjian is secretly delighted, eagerly anticipating the day she reaches retirement age and can enjoy a leisurely retirement. However, fate is unpredictable; she never imagined that the high and mighty Emperor could see through her innermost thoughts.

7. 57 选 You Chose Me as Censor, Li Shimin, So Why Are You Crying? 选我当御史，李世民你哭什么 Zhang Invincible张无敌Historical4.1M WordsOngoing [Hilarious, satisfying, lighthearted, historical, ancient China] Cheng Jun transmigrated to the third year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang Dynasty, becoming the son of the military officer Cheng Yaojin. As it happened, Li Shimin was recruiting imperial censors! Years later, Li Shimin said to the Crown Prince, “Cheng Jun is a peerless sword of our Great Tang. Only a virtuous person can wield him. You're young, so I'll leave him to you.” The Crown Prince burst into tears. “I don't want it anymore! 45.1kReads9.0Score3kShelves
8. 58 小 A Minor Official's Daughter's Guide to Wealth 小官之女的富贵手札 What to Eat in Summer夏天吃啥Ancient Romance4.3M WordsOngoing [Born into the Story as a Baby + Daughter of a Minor Official + Retired Court Lady + Mistress of the Household][No System, No Golden Finger, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story (If you like a fast pace and nonstop thrills, read with caution)] [A daughter of a minor official’s coming-of-age story. The heroine isn’t perfect, and she gradually changes. Early on, the focus is on her family and life as a court lady; later, she leaves the palace.] (If you’re looking for a heroine who enters the story already 2.3kReads8.6Score193Shelves

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   Reborn into the household of a minor official, a retired female official, and the matriarch of the family, Wen Yiti, as a daughter of an official, has a selfish and heartless father and a mother who desperately wants a son. As the unloved second daughter of the legitimate wife, Wen Yiti's life becomes increasingly miserable, and she can only try to find a way out for herself.

9. 59 芜 Woohoo! After the Palace Maid's Mind Is Read, Everyone Joins in the Gossip 芜湖！宫女被读心后，全员吃瓜 Salted Fish Stewed in Clear Water清水炖咸鱼Ancient Romance415k WordsCompleted [Everyone can hear thoughts + System dishes the dirt + brainless power fantasy] After Shen Shangyan dies, she gets a new life as a little palace maid, determined to work hard... scratch that, she’s just diligently doing her job as a servant. Luckily, the transmigration god gave her a golden finger: a gossip System, so she can still hear all the palace rumors! In the Imperial Kitchen, two elderly matrons are fighting over deer penis! Shen Shangyan: ! She perks up her ears to listen to the gossip. 1.7kReads8.8Score182Shelves

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   ✍🏼First Book: The female protagonist, Hang Jiayan, is thirteen years old this year. Born into the Plain White Banner, she has been selected to enter the palace as a maid. Before leaving, her mother cried and told her, "Once you're in the palace, just don't... Anything. Don't strive for empty titles; just lie low." Eating a pig's tail, she nodded repeatedly in agreement, waiting to enter the palace the next day. [Note] ✍🏼Second Book: Shen Shangyan had a brain fart and remembered going bungee jumping. Then... Her soul transmigrated to ancient times, becoming a maid in the imperial kitchen. While doing her work, she listened to everyone gossiping. Huh? Suddenly, a gossip system was bound to her mind. [Thinking]

10. 60 吃 The Gossip Girl’s Thoughts Are Read, and the Harem Sisters Can’t Keep It Together 吃瓜女被读心，后宫姐妹绷不住了 The Lamp That Won't Light灯灯不亮Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted [Mind-reading + gossip + transmigrating into a book + feel-good fiction] Liu Man was an utterly ordinary college student, until she suddenly transmigrated into a book in a decidedly extraordinary way. The good news: She knew the plot of the book, and had a System to help her. The bad news: She'd only read half the novel, and her unreliable System kept disconnecting because of space-time distortions, leaving her with a superpower whose function was unknown. Only at the very end did she discov 1.3kReads9.0Score195Shelves
11. 61 终 The Ultimate Parasite 终极蛀虫 Yang and Dust扬and尘Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted In this universe, there are twelve different dimensions, named after metals such as gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Each dimension has its own stories, with both happy and tragic endings, and each has been occupied by either the forces of good or the forces of evil. As the demonic realm, representing evil, was on the verge of a crushing victory, the few remaining forces of good began sending people to other dimensions to seek help. Though this eased the immediate crisis to some extent, the cross 656Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    I love it so much!!!

12. 62 清 Qing Transmigration: After They Hear My Thoughts, Kangxi and His Nine Sons Join Forces 清穿：读我心后，康熙九龙齐心了 Zhi Ting芷汀Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Qing Transmigration] + [Mind Reading] + [Everyone's Favorite] + [Family-Bond Focus] = The Nine Dragons United Yin Shiyi transmigrates to the forty-seventh year of the Kangxi reign, becoming the spark that sets off the Crown Prince's downfall. No need to panic. First, set a modest goal. Stay alive, secure a powerful patron, and watch the Nine Dragons fight over the throne. As he watches, he secretly comments to himself: [Big Brother is brave and unmatched, but too bent on fighting himself. I 5kReads8.9Score486Shelves
13. 63 古 A Guide to Surviving as a Lowborn Son in Ancient Times 古代庶子生存指南 Ms. Cabbage包菜女士Ancient Romance412k WordsCompleted [The male lead transmigrates without a golden finger; domestic family life; studying for the imperial examinations; the female lead appears late; fictional historical setting] After transmigrating as the concubine-born son of a civil official in an unknown dynasty, Huaize planned to take life easy and be a contented freeloader in the ancient world. But Huaize had hoped to keep to himself, only to discover that in an age when collective punishment was common, everyone in a prominent family had 7.8kReads8.4Score594Shelves
14. 64 知 Story of Minglan: Everyday Spectating 知否之看戏日常 Confused World迷茫世界Female-Channel Fanfiction200k WordsCompleted Mu Xiaomu transmigrates into the TV drama Story of Minglan and becomes Sheng Mulan, the Sheng family's seventh daughter. She may have a lovely name, but she's really a timid, unobtrusive onlooker who just likes to watch the drama unfold. 1.4kReads8.4Score130Shelves
15. 65 全EN Can’t This Entire Sect Scrounge Up a Single Decent Person? 全宗上下，拼不出一个好人？ The Little Fish Swimming Underwater潜泳的小鱼Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted [System + invincible + the Myriad Worlds + fiercely protective + sect fiercely protective + decisive and ruthless + master schemer] Chu Luo, a disciple of the Forbidden Sect, has maxed out his comprehension and mastered a whole arsenal of forbidden techniques. But an accident leads him into the sect’s forbidden grounds. Just as he is about to be expelled for breaking the rules, his master, who has been in seclusion for ages, breaks through to the Great Emperor realm and emerges in time! Master: 146.7kReads9.2Score14.4kShelves
16. 66 上 After I Handed Over My Supermarket, the Country Helped Me Strike It Rich 上交超市后，国家带我暴富 A Bite of the Moon咬一口月亮Ancient Romance452k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Strengthening the Nation + Strong Female Lead + Wild Imagination] Choose whichever plane you like to read about Shocking! Yan Qi never imagined that the little supermarket she opened just to take it easy could connect to millions of planes for trade. Faced with the heartfelt persuasion of a plane System called Two-Fifty, Yan Qi slammed a hand on the table and made her decision: she’d hand it over to the state! Ancient world: You bring gold, I’ll provide grain. If you don’ 2.3kReads8.6Score226Shelves
17. 67 震 Shocking! An International Actress Queen Is Picking Up Trash to Serve Her Country 震惊！国际影后竟捡垃圾报效祖国 Little Yao'er小幺儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Power fantasy + technology + entertainment industry + patriotism + golden finger handed over to the country] Li En is an internationally renowned Best Actress, with more trophies than she can count. Just when she thought her life had reached its peak, she discovered that whenever she fell asleep, she would inexplicably transmigrate to the garbage dumps of other worlds! Other people transmigrate to places full of fame and fortune. She ends up in garbage dumps... Some dumps belong to interstellar 7.5kReads8.9Score857Shelves
18. 68 全 Everyone in Showbiz Is Having Their Image Crumble, Except Me 全娱乐圈的人都在塌房，除了我 A Watermelon in the Flower Field花田一只猹Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Tu Qianqian is a marginal figure in showbiz who gets by on her looks, and she really, really wants to be famous. Then one day, her livestream suddenly lands on the trending list! Watching the number of viewers in her livestream climb, Tu Qianqian falls into deep thought... “Did you finally realize I'm extraordinarily talented, blessed with amazing looks and bones, and the chosen one, so now you want to stan me?” Her fans: ... No, sis, get a grip! You caught a famous actress cheating on camera!!! 3.8kReads7.7Score416Shelves
19. 69 除 Everyone on the Team Is a Villain Except Me 除我以外，全队反派 Ruan Qingruan阮清阮Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing An original fictional society with lots of personal worldbuilding and foreshadowing. Don’t come in with your own preconceptions and impose them on the author or the story. No suggestions, please. There is a couple, but the romance doesn’t take up much of the story. An alternate “what if” storyline will be written after the ending. Readers with strict moral sensibilities, please stay away. The protagonists aren’t perfect, so don’t judge them by universal standards of morality. If this isn’t to yo 24.9kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
20. 70 满 A Whole Family of Villainous Cannon Fodder, Riding High with Our Junior Sister 满门反派炮灰，跟着师妹浪到起飞 The Bear Who Bumps into Everything乱撞的小熊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no male lead] Li Yang transmigrates into a book, going from a young, eccentric woman to a little turtle in a wish-granting pool inside an illusion. Who would’ve thought she’d land in a love triangle from the start, with the male lead and the main villain fighting over her. According to the original story, she’s eventually contracted by the original male lead and becomes his greatest trump card on his path to immortality. She spends her entire turtle life taking hits for him: blo 20.9kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
21. 71 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3kShelves
22. 72 阴 The Dark and Dashing Senior Sister Has the Cultivation World Going Crazy 阴暗师姐她超帅，修真界全疯了 Cheng Ya乘芽Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted [Publication pending] [No romance + ensemble cast + strong female lead + sect life + everyone’s a little crazy] [The main cast are unhinged and shameless. The heroine is fiercely independent, loyal, and more than a little mad] Xie Qing transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character and finds herself struggling to survive in a sect full of slackers. Who wants to pick a fight with the heroine? Xie Qing will set the whole cultivation world straight. She encourages her world-weary 37.6kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
23. 73 内 Fighting for Every Inch at the Starting Line 内卷在起跑线上 Lie Flat Xia Zhi躺平的小夏之Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Female-led + no romance + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + comeback) As soon as Xia Zhi opened her eyes, she realized she had transmigrated. She thought it was just an ordinary transmigration, but it turned out to be the legendary transmigration into a book, and she had become the original heroine's personal Santa Claus! In the end, she even got killed. No way was she going to put up with that. Just watch me conquer the world of immortal cultivation. Time to get to work. Who needs sle 4.2kReads8.5Score321Shelves
24. 74 满 My Sect Is Full of Hidden Dragons and Young Phoenixes, but My Junior Sister Is the Best of Them All 满宗卧龙凤雏，师妹她是个中翘楚 Bei Ji'an Liang北季安凉Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted What should you do if you accidentally become the senior sister who serves as a stepping stone for the female lead in a novel? Gu Xia is in a complicated mood after from the start receiving a wonderful package deal: a huge drop in cultivation and a blind master who plays favorites. There’s no way she’s going to admit she did anything wrong. She hands back her disciple token, dusts herself off, and heads down the mountain to find a new backer. Instead, she leaps straight to the top and joins the 20.7kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
25. 75 赫 The Secret of Hufflepuff: Culinary Magic 赫奇帕奇的秘密：美食魔法 Milk Tea, Less Sugar, Extra Ice奶茶少糖飞冰Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted At a high school reunion, Ling Wei was accidentally knocked over by the crowd of visitors in the park. She and another unlucky soul, Liu Fangyu, transmigrated into the bodies of two young wizards about to start school in the Harry Potter magical world. Ling Wei: Having a built-in language plugin is such a blessing for someone who's terrible at English! Liu Fangyu: Thank goodness we won't be in the same year as The Chosen One! The two had long dreamed of going to Hogwarts. But at their very first 5kReads9.1Score586Shelves
26. 76 致 Deadly Game: Joining That Big Family 致命游戏：加入那个大家庭 Ling Xue Jiutian凌雪九天Two Male Leads442k WordsCompleted [What should you do when you transmigrate into the deadly game and have to pass through the doors? Chen Ying says: obviously, cling to the protagonist and enjoy the CP up close!] “Love is Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, but I’ll never know what it’s like to wait through that night before they turn into butterflies, because I’m virtual.” “A search engine told me friendship is deeper than the waters of Peach Blossom Pool, but I’ll never understand why friendship can be deeper than a pool. Because I’ 1kReads9.1Score100Shelves
27. 77 皇 Has the Noble Consort Left Qirong Palace Today? 皇贵妃今天出栖容宫了吗？ Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [☆No transmigration, no rebirth, and no pristine couples] [☆The romance develops gradually] Everyone in the palace knew that the person they must never offend was neither the pampered and fiery Noble Consort Hui nor the peerlessly beautiful Consort Cen, but Noble Consort Zhe of Qirong Palace, Lady Fucha. A consort's guide to survival: If you want to get ahead, never provoke the lady of Qirong Palace. She was the emperor's first woman, his companion and confidante since their youth; the mother 15.3kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    The male and female leads are local, but one of the maids is dressed in a style I remember is unrelated to the main couple.

28. 78 退 Retired Palace Maid Takes Down Scumbags Online 退休宫女在线虐渣 Ling Yue'er灵悦儿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She thought she'd be able to enjoy life after retiring! Then her scheming, sanctimonious younger sister set her up? Now retired, she takes down scumbags left and right and puts every troublemaker in their place. She makes a little money on the side, and life is just lovely! Who could have guessed she'd get pestered by the little tiger she watched grow up? “Big Sister, the palace maid, how about I let you manage all my money from now on?” Her: “...” 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🌟Serving as an aunt in the palace, no romantic pairing ✌️After many years in the palace, she has struggled and survived, dodging palace intrigues, and finally reached the highest position among the palace maids!

29. 79 宫 A Palace Maid’s Schemes: The Tale of Chunxi 宫女心计：纯熙传 Chili Oil辣油Ancient Romance634k WordsCompleted The heroine is the daughter of Lu Jia, head of the Imperial Medical Bureau. Skilled in medicine, clever, and quick-witted. To avenge the second female lead, she rises from humble palace maid to Noble Consort. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 宫 A Palace Maid's Guide to Staying Alive 宫女保命准则 Wu Naihe吴奈何Ancient Romance77k WordsCompleted Yu Hexue was a wine maker in the Imperial Food Bureau. Before serving wine to her masters, one of her duties was to test it for poison. It sounded dangerous, but she had never heard of anyone being poisoned to death while testing food. Yet this very thing happened to her. In the seventh year of Zhengping, during the New Year's Eve palace banquet, she was poisoned to death in Shuanghua Hall. She died in the arms of the Third Prince, Yuan Yu, becoming his scapegoat. When she woke, she had returned 168Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    🔥This king has no romantic partner; the female lead is a palace maid. 🔥In her past life, the female lead's duty was to test poisons. Finally, one day, she was poisoned to death while testing poison. In this life, she is determined to survive until she can safely leave the palace.

31. 81 综 Film and TV Crossover: Become the Empress Dowager? It's Second Nature! 综影视：做太后？唯手熟尔！ Yuwen Manman宇文满满Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Originally titled "Comprehensive TV: Cannon-Fodder Heroines, More Children, More Blessings" [Having children + a ruthless heroine + an overpowered golden finger + System + revenge + face-slapping] "Empresses in the Palace" and "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" + [unhinged fiction] (The System plays a very small role except in Chapter 1.) (Not recommended for fans of Zhen Huan or Ruyi.) Volume 1: Empresses in the Palace: Fucha Yixin Volume 2: Empresses in the Palace: Lü Yingfeng Volume 3: Ruyi's 10.7kReads8.5Score573Shelves

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    Is a maidservant acceptable? My aunt recommends the seventh story, a time-travel tale where the protagonist, Yixiu, becomes the primary consort and Honghui rises to power!

32. 82 综 A Crossover Through Film and TV, Starting with Su Peisheng 综影视之从苏培盛开始 Song Song宋讼Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Luo Yao was once a fox who had cultivated into a spirit, but after taking human form, she found herself restricted at every turn. Just as she was wondering whether to become a pretty face in show business or a wealthy family's wife, she was selected by Palace Intrigue System 001 and began her transmigration adventures as everyone's darling. The story starts with Empresses in the Palace. Luo Yao thinks she knows it well and can handle being transmigrated into any character~ But from the start, sh 5.2kReads8.2Score289Shelves
33. 83 后 The Villainess in the Harem Starts with Empresses in the Palace 后宫恶女从甄嬛传开始 Chang Rong常容Female-Channel Fanfiction3.5M WordsCompleted [Complete] [A new book is underway, still starting with An Lingrong] Self-interest + villainess + Qing palace + palace intrigue + reborn + wish fulfillment + going mad + wild imagination + plot analysis + crossing between TV worlds Supporting characters, cannon fodder, empresses, maids, eunuchs, and palace maids from Empresses in the Palace are reborn or transmigrate into TV dramas Content warning: [This story portrays Zhen Huan negatively. She is almost always a villain here, so proceed with ca 10.1kReads8.2Score434Shelves
34. 84 综 Film and TV Crossover: I Am the Golden Finger 综影视我是金手指 Lemon Deer柠檬鹿Female-Channel Fanfiction554k WordsCompleted The heroine has an overpowered golden finger. This is a wildly satisfying power fantasy: she never puts up with the slightest mistreatment and steamrolls everyone in her way. It’s mindless, but fun! (If you’re picky about details or logic, don’t read this!) The main focus is Empresses in the Palace and Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace. 1. Xing Xuan (Gao Xiyue’s maid) (Completed) 2. Shen Meizhuang (Completed) 3. Bai Ruiji (Completed) 4. Wang Ruofu (Completed) 5. Guarjia Wenyuan (Completed) 6. Fuch 1.3kReads5.5Score—Shelves
35. 85 又 Another Day of Giving a Golden Finger in Empresses in the Palace 又是在甄嬛传送金手指的一天 Hiss Haha嘶哈哈Female-Channel Fanfiction2.7M WordsOngoing [One golden finger per person + only one protagonist in each world, with no crossover + all are the original characters + personalities remain unchanged] Qi Fei, who has a puppet System, exchanges for a puppet to tutor her son, so he can carry her to an easy victory! An Lingrong Xia Dongchun Yi Xiu. This is absolutely an Empresses in the Palace fanfic unlike any you've read before. The author's imagination runs wild. 8.1kReads7.7Score292Shelves
36. 86 综 Film and TV Crossover: A Vacation Full of Stirring Up Trouble 综影视：搞风搞雨的度假之旅 Baa Baa Baa Cloud咩咩咩云Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted After years of working without a break, quick transmigration bureau workaholic Ren Wuzhe has accumulated 999 years of vacation time. The bureau forces him to take a break, and after weighing his options, he sets off with the System Nana on a vacation through various film and TV worlds, where he behaves normally on and off, but spends most of his time going completely off the rails. Vacation worlds: Empresses in the Palace 1. Yixiu (side consort version) 2. Yixiu (empress version) 3. Yixiu (the E 3.1kReads6.6Score103Shelves
37. 87 从 Starting with Empresses in the Palace 从甄嬛传开始 Third Watch Night Rain三更夜雨Female-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing The autumn-night waters of the Thirty-Six Palaces, dew glistening on the lofty parasol trees. The jade clepsydra drips steadily, while the bright moon rises above the gilded gate. Red carpets, a Boshan incense burner, fragrant breezes stirring the tassels in secret. The sheep-drawn carriage has gone, leaving only green weeds and a lonely phoenix reflection in the dusty mirror. 5kReads7.9Score125Shelves
38. 88 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Supporting Actress Has a Golden Finger 综影视：女配有了金手指 Candied Lychee冰糖荔枝Female-Channel Fanfiction9.5M WordsOngoing What changes will the lives of the various supporting female characters from TV dramas and films undergo once they gain a golden finger? 59.2kReads8.9Score999Shelves
39. 89 综 Film and TV Crossover: Shou Zhong Finally Meets Her End 综影视：寿终于正寝 Hua Youyao花幼夭Female-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted [System + special abilities + space] A minor cannon-fodder character from the apocalypse travels between small worlds to complete the task of living until death. Their personality changes somewhat to match the original owner’s. No fixed love interest. 9kReads8.0Score278Shelves
40. 90 综 The Scheming Parasitic Flower Among Film and TV Villains 综影视反派的心机菟丝花 The Unspeakable Piece of Wood无法言说的木头Female-Channel Fanfiction7.3M WordsOngoing The Forbidden City, shaped over the Ming and Qing dynasties, is grand, elegant, and exquisite. It is a symbol of imperial power and a world cultural heritage site. Yet no one knows that the thoroughly studied and protected palace is home to a dodder vine as old as the Forbidden City itself. It was born in a burial ground in the cold palace, nurtured by the lingering spirits of lowly palace maids, eunuchs, and disgraced consorts. By good fortune, it took root in a huanghuali tree steeped in virtu 93Reads5.9Score—Shelves
41. 91 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Beauty Beyond the Clouds 综影视：美人隔云端 White Tea Wine白茶酿酒Female-Channel Fanfiction793k WordsCompleted [Empresses in the Palace arc ongoing] Si Yu is a beauty, an peerless beauty with the protagonist's halo shining above her head. 1. Empresses in the Palace (original novel): So what if I was born low? What I want will be handed to me willingly. (Complete) 2. The Story of Minglan: So what if I'm the vicious female supporting character? I'm her biggest backer, after all. (Complete) 3. Empresses in the Palace: Qing Dynasty Edition: Si Yu and Xuan Ling rekindle their romance, while the Fourth Lord wa 17.1kReads9.0Score642Shelves
42. 92 大 Ballad of Changle in the Great Capital 大都长乐谣 Dingdong Jiuj iu叮咚酒酒Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted Until the age of ten, Yuan Wei was the apple of everyone’s eye in the Marquis of Cheng’en’s household in the capital. Her grandparents were kind, and her father often carried her on his shoulders as they played. After she turned ten, her mother died, and Yuan Wei was sent to Putuo Temple to recuperate. By the time she was fifteen, Yuan Wei wore prayer beads and lived freely, doing whatever she pleased. 3.5kReads8.9Score341Shelves

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    Hang Jiayan, a bondservant of the Plain White Banner, was a royal servant. She entered the palace at thirteen and left at twenty-five. For twelve years, she remembered her parents' teachings: "Be a lazy bum and endure until you leave the palace." However, the magnificent palace before her was like a giant container, bearing endless power and desire. Pushing open that heavy door, she embarked on a path of no return.

43. 93 大 The Splendor of Great Zhou 大周风华录 Is Wasabi Spicy?芥末辣不辣Ancient Romance4.3M WordsCompleted After three years of drought, the land was strewn with the dead. Her parents sold Qin Fengyao as a “two-legged sheep.” Faced with certain death, she sold herself into servitude and escaped with the human traffickers. Sold to the Chang family, she accompanied their eldest daughter through confiscation of their property and desperate flight, then their restoration to favor. She helped the young lady establish herself in her husband’s household, became embroiled in the struggle for the throne, and, 21.3kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    🌹🌹🌹🌹In ancient times, she was a head maid. ① During a famine, she sold herself into servitude and became a maid in the Chang family. After risking her life alongside her master, she became a high-ranking female official. ② She accompanied an emperor as he grew up. After her glorious retirement, she heard that none of the children she had raised were normal. What to do? Continue raising them!

44. 94 宫 A Palace Maid’s Daily Struggles 宫女奋斗日常 Phantom Beneath the Moon月下幻影Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ling Huan has skin as smooth as ice and looks like a goddess, yet she has no interest in power and thinks only of leaving the palace. In the end, neither she nor her child meets a good end. Given another chance, her goal is to raise her child well and become Empress Dowager herself. A palace-intrigue story with a strong female lead. The heroine is ruthless and clever. A thoroughly satisfying read. 5.9kReads9.2Score846Shelves

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    ①The female protagonist endures thirteen years of trials and tribulations in the palace, navigating each step with utmost care, eventually rising to the rank of a sixth-grade female official, revered as "Auntie" by all, and earning countless admiring glances within the deep palace. As she grows older, she steps out of the palace gates and encounters her destined love in the mortal world.

45. 95 团 Beloved by All: The Three-Year-Old Regent Wants to Retire 团宠：三岁摄政王想退休 Salty One Moment, Sweet the Next闲来咸去Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The lucky star Jiang Yueyao was reborn as the little princess of Prince Jing's manor, born with the ability to see the fortune surrounding others. Because of one remark from a holy monk, the newborn became the youngest regent in the history of the Qinglong Kingdom. Before she could even speak properly, the emperor was already carrying her to court, claiming that handling state affairs should start in infancy. Three years passed. The little girl got up earlier than the chickens and went to bed la 13.1kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    [Sending a heart] Xiao He has something to say [smirking] ① No romance. The female lead was sold into the palace at a young age. She was lucky enough to save the fifth prince's life, and later became a head maid thanks to this. She gained the master's trust and didn't suffer too much.

46. 96 宫 The Palace Maid's Stratagems 宫女谋略 Phantom Beneath the Moon月下幻影Ancient Romance522k WordsCompleted Within the gilded, resplendent palace grounds lurk countless monsters and demons. Driven into the imperial palace by her stepmother, Rong Li faces only two choices: fight, or die. Rong Li doesn't want to die. So even if the road ahead is thorny and leaves her hands drenched in blood, she won't hesitate. 849Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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    My carefully selected picks, your carefully chosen ones 🍁 Book 1: The female protagonist is sent to the palace as a maid by her stepmother. The palace is filled with countless beauties and endless infighting. No matter your status, [I've learned] that only those who survive to the end are the winners. 🍁 Book 2: The female protagonist is a palace maid who returns to her hometown after retirement. She goes on countless blind dates, each one ruined, [smirking] making her very angry.

47. 97 贴 The Emperor's Personal Maid 贴身宫女 Si Liu丝柳Ancient Romance997k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue and scheming: see how a palace maid rises to the pinnacle of power. Hong Chen'er is the beloved daughter of a frontier general, while Tian Tian is a country girl who lost her parents at a young age. One is chosen to enter the palace and eventually becomes a Noble Consort; the other, through a twist of fate, becomes the emperor's personal maid. How will they find a way to survive in the treacherous, ruthless inner palace... 16Reads8.1Score—Shelves
48. 98 人 In Dream of the Red Chamber, I Become Wang Xifeng's Maid 人在红楼，成了凤辣子的丫鬟 Storyteller from Shu蜀中说书人Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Xu Le died young and was reincarnated in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber as a bondservant of the Jinling Wang family. At eight by Chinese reckoning, she was selected to serve the Wang family and became one of the dowry maids of the famous, fearsome Phoenix, Wang Xifeng. Faced with the decline of the Four Great Families, Xu Le can only struggle to survive in the cracks and find a way out for herself... (Content warning: The female lead isn't purely good. She'll hurt people for her 10.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    This series is currently ongoing and there's no sign of it progressing yet. It's really good; once you get past the first two chapters, it gets even better.

49. 99 人 In Empresses in the Palace, the Emperor Is Heartbroken Over Me 人在甄嬛传，皇上为我肝肠寸断 Winter Tree冬天的树Female-Channel Fanfiction221k WordsCompleted [The first book is riddled with bugs, the writing is awkward and the logic goes completely off the rails. Don’t read it! Don’t read it! Don’t read it!]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 37Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The Legend of Zhen Huan, Books 2, 4, and 7 (Volume 5): Zhen Huan's two maids, Huanbi and Liuzhu. Book 5 focuses on Liuzhu. Book 4 features Cui Jinxi (highlighted). Book 3 features An Lingrong's maid, Baojuan (highlighted). Book 6 features the palace maid who appeared in the first episode serving peony rolls to Consort Hua at the Empress's place (highlighted).

50. 100 碧 Pecan: Huanbi Rises to Become the Legal Wife 碧根果：浣碧上位嫡福晋 Dream-Seeking Wind Song寻梦风吟Female-Channel Fanfiction221k WordsCompleted Some people are born into tragedy. Without a legitimate name, nothing can be said with authority; without authority, nothing can be accomplished. In her previous life, Huanbi spent every day groveling. What she wanted may once have been hers, only to slip away like sand through her fingers. Given another chance to return to those days, she decides to fight for her fate and make sure the tragedy never happens again. Watch Huanbi tear through her enemies as she climbs to the pinnacle of power. Hua 228Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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