The Heroine Was Chosen as a Consort in the Countryside and Entered the Palace: A Little Naive, but Cunning Beneath the Surface 女主是乡下选妃进宫的 傻傻的(大智若愚
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A Concubine’s Carefree Days 皇妾咸鱼日常
[Transmigration + alternate setting + lazy, carefree heroine + lighthearted daily life] Overworked office drone Zhuang Yunlan dies suddenly and transmigrates into the body of a young lady from a gentry family in the Jing Dynasty. After more than a decade of living off others and doing as little as possible, she never expects the imperial selection to reach Nan Zhili. A gentry family's young lady instantly becomes a junior consort to the crown prince. Her farming-life plot turns into a palace-int
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Song of the Wild Grass 野草歌
[If you have a lot of deal-breakers, please read the Q&A for readers in Volume Two first] [The heroine’s assumed name is Feng Yulan, and her real name is Yang Qingcui. If you think the name is ugly, not sweet or delicate, or not suitably classical, please click away now] “Mom,” “Dad,” “Grandma,” “Grandpa,” and “wife” were all terms used in ancient times. They weren’t all changed across the country on the day the People’s Republic was founded. The grass grows lush on the plain; each year it withe
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Want to Slack Off? Your Princess Consort Is Calling You to the Palace Intrigue! 想摆烂?福晋喊你去宫斗!
(The ratings are just starting out and will gradually rise, so don’t worry about giving this a try. You’re welcome to read along every day.) [Strong concubine + household and palace intrigue + frog companion’s pocket dimension + food + multiple babies in one pregnancy] Man Jinzhi transmigrated into the body of a 180-jin, plump and rosy-cheeked concubine in Prince Jin’s manor. On the very night she was summoned to his bed, she nearly did the prince in. After being confined and not even getting
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A Lost-Memory Noble Consort’s Story of Winning the Emperor’s Favor 失忆贵妃承宠记
[Harem romance + aloof beauty + historical coming-of-age + worlds apart in status + devoted in body and heart, one-on-one] Kang Yuyi was born a hereditary servant of the Prince of Qin’s household. Because of her extraordinary beauty, the princess consort took a liking to her and sent her to serve as a bedchamber maid to the heir, Li Yuanheng. But the heir turned out to be cold and distant, with no interest in women. After Kang Yuyi’s attempts to flirt with Li Yuanheng repeatedly failed, his cous
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A Lowly Concubine: Scraping by in the Marquis’s Household 卑微小妾,我在侯府苟且偷生
Wen Baozhu never expected to go from maid to concubine. Though she was rather dim-witted, she knew perfectly well this wasn't what she wanted. But poverty forced her hand, and her greed for money made her accept. As a result, she had to work herself to exhaustion every night and endure beatings as well. Being a concubine left her suffering in silence…
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I Entered the Palace as a Maid, but Bore the Crown Prince Twins 进宫当宫女,却给太子生下龙凤胎
Ji Nianzhen entered the palace as a maid and was always perfectly obedient. She planned to keep her head down until she was allowed to leave the palace, but then she unexpectedly became the Crown Prince's concubine. To her surprise, luck kept coming her way, and she rose in rank while raising a child! But is being obedient really enough to survive in the palace? Even in this deep palace, she never forgot who she was. She kept her hands clean as she protected herself and her child. A kind heart a
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Rising to the Top of the Harem by Bearing Children 靠生子宠冠后宫
The year Sang Zhi was born, her father was twenty-nine. After sitting the metropolitan examination for the third time, he passed the imperial examination and, following the palace examination, was appointed an eighth-rank county magistrate. From then on, Sang Zhi became the most cherished member of the Sang family. Over the next fifteen years, her father started out as a county magistrate and smoothly climbed the ranks to become a fifth-rank director in the Ministry of Works. For a man like him,
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Has the Spoiled Consort Lost the Emperor's Favor Today? 作精贵妃今天失宠了吗
In her previous life, Lin Yan entered the palace by imperial decree and was immediately made Noble Consort, ranking just below the empress. She happily believed the emperor truly loved and cherished her. In the end, she was nothing but a pawn in that man's hand, used to keep the empress's maternal family in check! Reborn, Lin Yan decides she will no longer play the obedient noble consort. The Lin family raised her to be a spoiled little troublemaker, so why should she hold back for the sake of
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What Kind of Concubine Bears Four Sons and a Daughter, Then Becomes a Noble Consort? 谁家通房生四儿一女,还当贵妃啊
[Both leads are devoted only to each other + One-on-one romance + Many children + Sweet romance + Inner- and imperial-palace intrigue] In the fortieth year of the Xihe era, Lüqing became a concubine-in-waiting to Prince Jin. She knew full well that she had to earn Prince Jin's favor and give birth to a child as soon as possible if she wanted to secure her place in the prince's household. For eight years, she contended with the other women in the inner court, using every means at her disposal to
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The Eastern Palace's Beauty: This Favorite Consort Is Mine! 东宫姝色:这宠妃我当定了!
[The heroine is doted on from the very beginning. The story focuses on sweet romance, not scheming palace intrigue. The hero adores the heroine and is even a little lovesick. If that's not your thing, please move along, and don't leave a bad review over it. The heroine rises from a junior consort to a favored consort, Crown Princess, and Empress. The hero is a crown prince at first and becomes emperor later.] Su Niannian has landed in a male-lead-centric novel! Her new identity is Su Ling, the
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The Adorably Clumsy Imperial Consort Is the Emperor's Sole Favorite 蠢萌帝妃,陛下独宠
Not faithful to each other! Sweet and angsty! No rebirth, transmigration, golden finger, or wish fulfillment! [Palace Intrigue + Political Scheming + Age Gap + Ensemble Cast + Healing + Family and Country + Slow-Burning Romance + A seemingly silly, adorable, pitiful heroine who's actually wise and perceptive vs. a clear-headed, rational emperor who dotes on her] Su Chao is sent into the palace as the family's “little pebble,” and things go disastrously from the start. Her paternal aunt is the em
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A Peasant Girl's Survival Guide to the Harem 农女后宫生存手札
(Just started ranking, so the numbers will rise) [Transmigration to ancient times x System x do-nothing heroine x halfheartedly lying flat x progression fantasy] Chen Wei, a college student, transmigrates into Chen Fenglian, a palace maiden born to a poor family of ordinary farmers with no money or influence. After entering the palace, she must survive and find a way to advance under the pressure of high-ranking noblewomen. In the end, unable to lie flat completely yet unwilling to work herself
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A Lowly Palace Maid's Rise to Power 粗使宫女升职记
[A new writer and a new novel. The rating has just appeared, so it’s quite low. My family is struggling, and writing isn’t easy. I hope you’ll be patient with me. I’m deeply grateful to you all.] [This story features a large ensemble] [No rivalry between women, no love-brained heroines, and no adoration of men] [Women supporting women] [An unconventional palace drama] [A heroine who grows] Please note! The emperor in this story is extremely [human] (bolded for emphasis!), and lacks basic moral
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My Child! Come to the Palace With Me: You’ll Be Crown Prince, and I’ll Be Empress 崽啊!跟娘进宫,你为太子我为后
Synopsis: [Palace intrigue + household drama + feisty adorable kid + gleeful mayhem + absurd comedy with no logic + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + devoted couple] Qin Wan transmigrates into the body of a bride in a marquis's household, where nobody likes her. Her husband doesn't love her? Her mother-in-law mistreats her? Her cousin tries to provoke her? No problem. As long as they don't stop her from lazing around, she's fine! But just as she tries to live a quiet life, certain people in
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The Concubine with Maxed-Out Skills Is Turning Herself into an Empress? 技能拉满的侍妾,卷成皇后了?
Empress Wenzhao was a famously bewitching consort and the most talented empress. The way she has been judged and defined throughout her life has changed many times, but that has never diminished her status or the value of studying her. [System + Raising Kids + Relentless Competition] Thanks to being well fed at home, Qi Jiao was plump and rosy-cheeked. After a flood, she was sold into the palace as a maid, and when she got a little older, she was assigned to the empress’s palace. A few years lat
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I'm Exhausted! To Fool Him, I Pretend to Be Sweet and Innocent Every Day 累死!为了骗他,本宫日日装娇纯
“If you want to win, you have to learn how to lose first.” Meng Xianxiang lost a life, and learned to struggle, to seize what she wanted, to scheme and plan, and to claw her way up. Looking back on her previous life, she had lived in a stable, eaten pig slop, served tea and emptied chamber pots, enduring abuse and humiliation at every turn. Each memory was a stab to the heart. Given another chance, she wants status and power, and a world where no one dares bully her again. Behind the palace’s re
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Marrying the Tyrant Male Lead to Become a Laid-Back Empress 嫁给暴君男主当咸鱼皇后
Dongli Hua has a little mishap and ends up in a novel for male readers, as an ugly woman with a birthmark on her face. But because of her good deeds, an imperial decree names her empress. The emperor ascended the throne at twenty, and is now thirty-two. He once had a beloved first empress who has since died; now he has two favored consorts, Shu and Li, as well as several powerful consorts with large families who have borne him princes and princesses. And soon, another large group of beauties wil
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The Lucky Carp's Beloved Wife: The Regent King's Guide to Doting on His Wife 锦鲤娇妻:摄政王宠妻手册
Zhao Jin'er was known for miles around as a bringer of bad luck. She was sold to a consumptive man who was near death, to bring him good fortune, and they held their wedding ceremony with a rooster in his place. Everyone thought the couple was doomed, but after she married into the Qin family, good fortune came their way one thing after another, and their lives just kept getting better. She went into the mountains to gather wild greens and found a fox. She bought an old ewe by the roadside, and
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The Farming Family's Little Lucky Princess 农家小福妃
Movie queen Tang Shiyue becomes a foolish farm girl, with a father who died young, a lotus-hearted mother who believes love excuses everything, and greedy, malicious relatives. Trouble comes at her from every direction. So what? She’s born lucky, and she can coast to victory! Want to know what it’s like to have a mountain of blessings, turn disaster into fortune, and strike gold wherever you go? Or to go from the depths of misfortune to a position above everyone else? A certain rich tycoon: “I’l
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The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱
[Paperback preorders open October 31 at 6:30 p.m.!] [Powerful female lead + high-IQ palace intrigue + heroine schemes against the entire harem + deranged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen life more clearly than anyone else. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was crystal clear: "I entered the palace to become empress. What else would I do, cook for s
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The Imperial Consort’s Everyday Life: Epilogue 贵妃的番外日常
[Everyday life + no harem scheming + not each other’s firsts + a somewhat sweet little romance] [Content warning! This is not a strong female lead story! There’s no catfighting or harem scheming. The leads’ relationship isn’t entirely romantic, and the female lead is determined to go home.] They say His Majesty had a late, beloved first love whom no one dared mention. Yet one Consort kept talking about nothing but His Majesty’s beloved first love.
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Accidentally Capturing the Emperor’s Heart: The Lucky Little Consort Lies Low Her Way to Empress 误入帝心,福运小答应靠摆烂封后
[Palace intrigue / born into a new life in the womb / not an exclusive relationship / lighthearted daily life / doted on by the emperor after the heroine arrives / alternate world] Xia Luzhu is the lowest-ranking consort in the imperial harem. In her three years in the palace, she has never once seen the emperor. Apart from mandatory greetings, she hardly ever leaves her quarters. Palace intrigue? Assassination plots? Miscarriages? None of it has anything to do with her. Xia Luzhu's greatest dai
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The Palace Consort Is Reborn 宫妃重生
The male lead has no romantic history, while the female lead is inexperienced. In her previous life, Qu Yuntang was envied for the emperor’s favor. The Noble Consort used another woman’s child to frame her, and she was eventually banished to the Cold Palace. She thought she would spend the rest of her life there, but the Noble Consort still wouldn’t let her go. She had the Cold Palace set ablaze, burning it to the ground. When Qu Yuntang woke again, she was back before her marriage, looking as s
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