Looking for a Palace-Intrigue Story with a Heroine Who Doesn’t Take Abuse, and No Mutual Firsts!!! 女主唉 板子，非双洁的斗宫！！！

1. 101 隐 After My Hidden Identity Was Exposed, I Became an Honored Guest of the State 隐藏身份曝光后，我成国家座上宾 Mousse, Be Good慕斯乖乖Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Xiao Jinyan accidentally transmigrates into the body of the real heiress of a billionaire family, who had been lost and raised elsewhere. From the start, she’s setting up a fortune-telling stall beneath an overpass, where her disastrous reading nearly gets her hauled off to the police station by a customer. At the last possible moment, Xiao Jinyan binds herself to the Guessing Comes True System. Any guesses other people make about her have a chance of becoming reality. And so, with other people’ 6.9kReads7.5Score547Shelves
2. 102 救 Help! After I Joined a Dating Show, All My Powerful Exes Went Crazy 救命！上恋综后大佬前任们全疯了 Mu Jingqing沐景清Modern Romance427k WordsOngoing [Showbiz dating reality show x ultimate love-triangle drama x everyone has a one-sided crush] To pay off her enormous debt, washed-up star Jiang Li takes on the role of the “wicked supporting woman” in a hit dating show: she makes a scene at every turn, serves as a foil to the sweet heroine, and eventually gets hounded off the internet. She thinks it's just a job, but the four mysterious male guests invited by the production crew are all exes she once loved and abandoned! First, a cool, abstinen 22Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 不 Wait, How Are a Bunch of Punk Rockers Pulling Off a Mary Sue Story? 不是，一群杀马特怎么搞玛丽苏？ Plankton the Lab Rat做实验的痞老板12k WordsCompleted Wait, how are a bunch of punks supposed to pull off a Mary Sue story? 79Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Short story recommendations, slice-of-life themes

4. 104 撕 Tear Apart the Harem! Win Favor! She's a Lunatic, Who Dares Cross Her? 撕后宫！得恩宠！她是疯批谁敢惹 Cats Are Extra Sweet猫猫特别甜Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue Only + Concubine-born Daughter + Reborn + Revenge + Everyone Is Evil + Wish-Fulfillment] [The story begins before the heroine enters the palace] [The emperor favors no one at first, and the heroine doesn’t fall in love] Jiang Shiying had died once. She died in childbirth, after her own elder sister had her killed to keep the baby. Reborn, she had made up her mind: she would enter the palace and get revenge, but she wouldn’t suffer! Not her stepmother or her elder sister, not eve 7.3kReads9.3Score958Shelves

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   ❄️These palace intrigue novels are all exceptionally good, highly rated, with all characters possessing high intelligence. The female lead clearly knows what she wants and what her goals are; she's clear-headed, decisive, clever, and ruthless. Highly recommended!! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

5. 105 别 Stop! Her Majesty Knows She Was Wrong, but Won’t Change 别打了！娘娘她知错不改 Don't Pinch My Peach别捏我的桃儿Ancient Romance181k WordsOngoing [Alternate History + Discipline + Humiliation + Light Palace Intrigue + Light Ensemble Cast + Not Both Chaste + Not a Strong Female Lead] [Content Warning: Physical abuse, but not emotional abuse + A troublemaking female lead who never learns her lesson] Wrong tags! Not angsty! The Great Jing Dynasty is bound by strict rules of etiquette. * Yu Yanqiu, daughter of a minor official, has been in the palace for three months. She is strikingly beautiful, with captivating almond-shaped eyes, but her n 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This one perfectly meets the requirements!!!

6. 106 归 Returning Branches: A Ruler Knows the Way Home 归枝：戒尺知归途 Qiu Qianwan邱千万Modern Romance437k WordsCompleted Gui Zhi: The Ruler Shows the Way Home The Fu family mansion is governed by strict rules. As the eldest brother, Fu Shijin holds the family's honor and disgrace, as well as the lifeline of its corporation, in his hands. Rebellious heiress Fu Zhizhi, naive and inexperienced, falls prey to the stirrings of adolescence. A schemer deceives her with sweet words, and her private photos are leaked, turning her into the laughingstock of the entire city overnight. The unruly youngest son, Fu Shiyu, acts o 107Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   Fu Zhizhi thought her second brother's favor was a get-out-of-jail-free card, until she lied about going to play an escape room and was cornered in the corridor by him; Fu Shiyu thought youthful arrogance was normal, until his careless words brought him trouble, resulting in him being punished with thirty strokes of the cane and forced to kneel in the ancestral hall. Fu Shiyan was the pillar of the Fu family, a strict teacher and close friend to the siblings. He would wait in the ancestral hall after Fu Shiyu was punished, watching him copy every stroke of the family rules; when Fu Zhizhi acted coquettishly, he would soften his heart and only lightly slap her palm, but still punish her by making her copy the family rules to clarify right and wrong. The pain of thirty lashes was both a lesson and a warning; the warmth of ten slaps was both affection and a bottom line. The discipline and punishment in "Returning Branches" are not cold rules, but the deepest protection hidden behind the severity. #ReturningBranches #StrictBrotherAndSiblings #GrowthNovel #EmotionalBoundaries

7. 107 痴 A Devoted Emperor Chases Love from Ancient Times to the Modern Day 痴情帝王，从古代追爱到现代 Yu Xixi羽希熙Ancient Romance210k WordsCompleted "The ancient-era portion of this book is not a clean romance and takes a realistic approach, with an emphasis on plausibility. Readers who insist on both leads being untouched should read with caution. Once they reach the modern era, both leads are untouched. The story is a slow burn, but the later chapters are exciting, so be sure to read to the end." The heroine, Lin Wan, is a woman of unparalleled beauty and a celebrated history professor at a modern university. Not only is she exceptionally 2Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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   Not a palace intrigue/double-clean romance! A new ancient romance novel! Highly rated! Very enjoyable! Mature and artistic writing style, tight and reasonable plot, delicate and realistic emotions, and clear logic! A modern history professor unexpectedly transmigrates into an ancient palace, where the emperor falls head over heels for her, forcing her to become a concubine. The young, handsome, and gentle emperor is deeply infatuated with her, but after regaining his senses, she refuses to serve him due to the complexities of palace intrigue. Despite this, the emperor remains devoted, overcoming numerous hardships to finally win her heart. The palace intrigue is fierce, and the female lead endures many trials, including a vicious female supporting character. Ultimately, she takes revenge and returns to the modern era. The deeply affectionate emperor abandons everything to cross time and space, solely to pursue true love.

8. 108 求 Please Punish Me 2 求你罚我2 Saving Up a Pocketful of Softness攒一兜软软Modern Romance86k WordsCompleted A puppy-love story with a strict-discipline theme, where the male lead disciplines the female lead. A possessive male lead x a sweet, gentle female lead. A sugary-sweet romance~ He's very strict when disciplining her, but makes it up to her afterward. The leads are in love with each other. If there's a game you'd like to see, feel free to leave a comment~ I'll write whatever I can~ I'm a huge fan of spoiling my readers. This is the second installment of Please Punish Me, Master, starring Xiao Ji 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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