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- 1 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 37.3kReads9.4Score4.3k14d adds
- 2 I’m Sweet and Well-Behaved, So Why Am I the Harem’s Only Favorite? 我又乖又美，独宠后宫怎么了？ [Sweet Romance + Harem + No Angst] A lively, stunning beauty + a devastatingly handsome, love-struck good emperor. (He’s love-struck but knows right from wrong) (No cutthroat palace intrigue) (Not a devoted couple) (Fast-paced) (Heroine’s halo) Ji Wanqing transmigrates into the harem of the Emperor of Yan and becomes a low-ranking concubine. The moment she arrives, the arrogant Consort slaps her. The Consort is bad enough, and the Empress is no better, using her to stoke the Consort’s anger. Wit 4.1kReads9.2Score46714d adds
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
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
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Qing Transmigration: The Side Consort Has an Assist System 清穿：侧福晋有助攻系统
A word of caution: This is a novel, not history, so don't scrutinize it. The names and anything else that differs from history are all invented for the story. If that's not your thing, read at your own risk. [Alternate Qing Dynasty + Assist System + Everyday Leveling Up + Raising Children] Song Shurou transmigrates and becomes a Song Concubine in the early years of the Yongzheng Emperor's reign. Song Concubine has a breakout? System: Don't worry, Shurou. Just say one sentence to Yongzheng, and w
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- 5 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责 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
- 6 With My Reborn Son's High-Stakes Schemes, Becoming Empress Dowager Is No Dream 重生儿子手段高，晋升太后不是梦 [Fictional Imperial Harem Drama + No Romance + Giving Birth and Raising Kids + My Son Must Be Crown Prince + Ambitious + Clear-Eyed] Content warning: The romance isn’t mutually exclusive, she doesn’t love the male lead, and there are painful, heartbreaking parts. The male lead is a scumbag emperor. Song Yuyan was hooked on a palace-harem management game. She never expected to open her eyes and find she had transmigrated to ancient times. After keeping a low profile for three years, she entered t 3.6kReads9.3Score41814d adds
- 7 Life Simulator: I'm a Pro at Rising Through Palace Schemes 人生模拟器：宫斗升职我专业 [Transmigration + Palace Intrigue + System + Golden Finger + A Story That's 30% Indulgence and 70% Playing It Safe] (Important, important, important!!! Content warning: The heroine is an ordinary person who grows over time. At first, she has some girlish romantic notions; she isn't highly intelligent from the start. Not a mutually exclusive first-love story, and the male lead doesn't dote on her alone. Don't read if these bother you.) From the start, she's in the hardest difficulty mode. After s 7.1kReads9.1Score69314d adds
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Sent to the Emperor by My Elder Sister, I Rise to Become Empress Dowager and Face-Slap Her 被长姐送给皇上后，我逆袭成为太后打脸长姐
After My Elder Sister Sent Me to the Emperor, I Rose to Become Empress Dowager and Face-Slapped Her
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The Thief on the Dragon Throne 龙榻贼女
“Choose one: the emperor’s bed or the Ministry of Justice’s dungeon.” A mischievous female thief accidentally stole something right off the “tyrant” himself... Good heavens! Is it too late to say I’m the Grand Preceptor’s youngest daughter? “Kneel. Hold out your hand, ” “Hey, hey, don’t tie me up!” “Who told you to play ‘The King of Qin Circling the Pillar’ with me?” “Do you know how runaway slaves are punished?” A “bet” with her group of friends led her to steal the jade pendant of an empero
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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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The Black Lotus Consort: My Acting Reigns Supreme in the Harem 黑莲花宠妃，本宫演技冠绝后宫
Palace intrigue + black lotus + crushing scumbags and rising to power + everyone is evil + favored consort Other transmigrators become daughters of noble families, raised in luxury and blessed with lives free of hardship. Xia Jinhua, however, transmigrated as an impoverished concubine-born girl, adrift like a duckweed and forced to scheme at every step to secure her future. From her first dazzling encounter with the emperor at a country estate to taking the phoenix seal and firmly claiming the t
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- 12 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 In her previous life, she endured a life of hardship and instability. From the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an to a government courtesan available to any man, she finally escaped a life of being passed from one man to another, only to jump from the tiger’s jaws into the wolf’s den. She walked on eggshells at every step until she finally became the real power behind the prefect’s household. But the misery of her first half of life had already left her body broken beyond repair. Only o 7.8kReads9.0Score78414d adds
- 13 Days in a Palace Drama with a System 带着系统在宫斗剧里的日子 With a reincarnation System from the underworld, Shu Ning has no choice but to fight to survive through each mission. P.S. Everyone has their own writing style. This story is based on TV dramas, and the author’s writing may not suit everyone’s tastes. I hope every reader finds a story they love! This is the everyday life of a wage worker in a palace-intrigue novel. Primarily set in Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace and Empresses in the Palace... (It’s a slow transmigration story.) 3.2kReads8.5Score13914d adds
- 14 A Qing-Dynasty Tale: The Easygoing Consort Xian 清穿之咸鱼娴贵妃 Yu Wan died from overwork in her previous life and became a side consort to one of the Qing dynasty’s most notorious scumbag emperors. Worse still, she was the historical figure Ulanara, the most tragic imperial consort of them all. It was as if the universe didn’t want an office drone like her to survive. Fortunately, she had learned to let go in this life. With money and connections, why exhaust herself fighting for a little affection that might never come? Unexpectedly, she caught Qianlong’s 326Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 15 The Doomed Empress's Guide to Self-Improvement 冤种皇后的自我修养 Gu Yunxiao, a trendsetter in the 21st-century investment world, slipped and woke up in the body of the demon empress of the Yinsheng Dynasty. Then she learned that the demon empress had done every evil imaginable, was cruel and violent, had tried to usurp the throne, and wanted to cuckold the emperor... Gu Yunxiao: “???” What is all this? I don’t know, and I don’t dare ask! Help me up. I can still clear my name! As Gu Yunxiao desperately tried to redeem herself, she noticed that her cheap husban 414Reads8.6Score10514d adds
- 16 The Retired Emperor’s Consort Refuses to Join the Rat Race 太上皇妃拒绝内卷 Xie Yuzhu, a handicrafts blogger, was born into the body of the eldest legitimate daughter of the Xie family, a distinguished clan with three dynasties of history. Her mother died young, her stepmother was unkind, and her father paid her no attention. After spending ten years striving in her previous life without ever enjoying a single minute of it, Xie Yuzhu flat-out refused to join the rat race. She resolved to lie flat and live a comfortable life. But who would have thought that an imperial d 90Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 17 The Daily Records of Consort Xi 熙贵妃起居注 Shen Tingnian has nothing going for her except a pretty face. As the Grandson's Concubine, she always wore a cold, world-weary expression around everyone, saying only that the days and nights in the Palace of Guanghan were endless, and that the human world would remain the same with or without her. As the Crown Prince's Concubine, she brazenly did as she pleased with the Crown Prince during the late emperor's mourning period, causing endless strife and bloodshed. As Noble Consort Xi, she set her 65Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 18 Palace Intrigue's Winner: I Rise to Power by Raising Kids 宫斗赢家：我靠养崽上位 [Palace intrigue and childbirth, no golden finger, not a devoted couple] “Your Majesty, Ning Guiren's red mandarin-duck bellyband is still hanging from that scoundrel's belt!” Opening her eyes to such a shocking scene, Ning Yuxi immediately kicked the scoundrel aside and ran for it. Seriously, did she have a death wish, giving the emperor a cuckold's horns? An emperor who loves the throne more than beautiful women? No problem. Two children in three years? What's that? I'll have three in two! Wha 145Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 19 A Consort's Easy Life in Empresses in the Palace 娘娘在甄嬛里混吃等死 Oh no, I messed up! I was just nursing a broken heart, ordering a ton of takeout, and watching Empresses in the Palace with a little wine to help me get tipsy. How did I suddenly transmigrate into Empresses in the Palace? This is ridiculous! When other people transmigrate into Empresses in the Palace, they at least get a name and some standing. I start out as a palace maid, the unlucky scapegoat whom the Empress takes her anger out on over a peony pastry that Songzhi deliberately knocked over! I 3.9kReads8.9Score19314d adds
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A Promise in Blue Robes 青裳一诺
In their previous life, Qingshang (Heguan) and Duruo (Houpu) died together in a car accident, bound by death as they had been in life. In this life, Qingshang carries her memories of their past and journeys across mountains and rivers to reunite with him... But he no longer recognizes her, and love and resentment pull them in opposite directions... She practices medicine to save lives, solves one strange case after another, and uses her wisdom to stop a war between two nations and protect the pe
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Film and TV Crossover: Unconditional Love 综影视之偏爱
[Quick transmigration + sweet romance + beautiful heroine + living out a whole life in each small world + everyone's favorite] Shen Zhao transmigrates into the worlds of various TV dramas, winning over one distinctive male lead or supporting male character after another... First life: It Started with a Kiss: Yuan Xiangqi × Jiang Zhishu (Complete) Second life: Empresses in the Palace: Liuzhu × Yin Zhen / Yongzheng (Complete) Third life: Ode to Joy: Shen Zhao × Tan Zongming (Complete) Fourth life:
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Weaving Dust in the Phoenix Palace: Lady Pan of Eastern Wu 织尘凤阙：东吴潘后
Weaving Dust into the Phoenix Palace: Pan, Empress of Eastern Wu
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The Courtesan's Blade, the Prince's Waist 花魁的刀，王爷的腰
[A short drama and comic adaptation with the same title are now available] [Secret Identities / Devoted to Each Other / Happy Ending / Scheming Prince x Cold, Elegant Pavilion Master] Sworn enemies become spouses, uncovering each other's secret identities and flirting their way into a sweet romance! The Prince of Lingyuan x the Azure Bone Sect: a carefully orchestrated descent into madness. She is the mysterious master of the Pig Bone Pavilion, as well as the most famous courtesan in the capita
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A Marriage Scam? The Consort’s Alluring Beauty Steals the Emperor’s Heart and the Empress’s Throne 骗婚？云鬓酥腰娘娘诱帝夺后位
Mutual firsts, a tightly woven palace power struggle, and a sweet, delicate beauty who is doted on The young woman I’ve secretly loved for years is about to enter the palace as a selected consort. I’m so excited I downed three bowls of sweet rice wine dumplings. She’s a delicate beauty who needs protecting. After she’s made a consort, she starts acting up! Make her a Noble Consort and she lets her true nature loose; make her Empress... In her past life, Jiang Sheng was locked in a woodshed by he
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Taking Her by Force! The Flirtatious Princess Is Out of Control 霸王硬上弓！钓系长公主撩疯了
[Flirtatious, alluring older woman VS calculating young wolf] [Married first, fall in love later + devoted love + one-on-one, both untouched + older woman/younger man romance] Nangong Qing, the eldest legitimate princess of Great Qi, was entrusted with the young emperor and the regency by the dying former emperor. All of the capital laughed at her for being twenty and still unmarried, calling her an old maid left on the shelf. When the young emperor took the reins of power, the ministers pressur
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An Lingrong: I Let You Be Reborn, and You Made an Elixir of Immortality? 安陵容：让你重生你却炼长生丹？
[Brilliant actress and powerful heroine VS selfish old emperor] An Lingrong is reborn and hopes to stay away from the palace, but she's forced to enter the imperial selection. She personally takes revenge on those who once bullied her. Meanwhile, the emperor, who once thought nothing of her, gradually develops genuine feelings for her as they navigate their false show of affection. In this life, she gains power, status, and favor, but what will she lose? A mystery lurks beneath the surface. Who
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After Breaking Off the Engagement, the Foolish Princess Marries the Ninth Lord with Her Four Maids 退婚后，傻妃携四大丫鬟嫁九千岁
[Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue + Historical Romance + Princess Consort + Legitimate Daughter + Medical Skills + Two Powerful Leads + Cunning + Playing the Fool + Reborn + Fiercely Protective + Political Scheming] 99% of the comments are positive! Read with confidence! Su Qian, once the leader of a special forces unit in the apocalypse, died unexpectedly while carrying out a mission. With her portable medical space, she transmigrated to ancient times and into the residence of a great gener
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The Imperial Academy’s Fallen Woman 国子监破鞋
136,543 people have already missed this book because of its title... One-of-a-kind pure heroine + nobody is innocent + romance and desire + the fate of the nation. Beauty fades, and with it, love. Golden fingers are just something people say to fool the gullible. She is a soul from another world, sharp-eyed and streetwise. In this decaying dynasty, she aims to amass a fortune beyond imagination and avoid the humiliation China suffered over the past century.
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