Palace Intrigue, Family Feuds, and Eight Hundred Schemes 宫斗，宅斗，心眼子八百个

1. 1 让 They Wanted Me to Be a Sacrificial Stepmother, but I Chose to Make My Own Way 让我当炮灰主母，我偏另谋高枝 Ji Yun霁妘Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance / Household Intrigue / Sweet Romance / The Male Lead Is Head Over Heels] In Ruyi's Beloved Concubine, the heir apparent Xie Yunzhix is a brave and formidable warrior, always dashing across the battlefield in fine clothes, with no one able to stand against him. Sadly, he is only a supporting character. The story opens with him in a vegetative state, leaving behind three adopted sons. Xu Qingyi discovers that she has become the foil to the beloved heroine of a sweet romance. On 109.1kReads9.4Score14.4kShelves

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   The modern heroine Xu Qingyi travels back to ancient times, meets the handsome General Xie, and raises three adopted sons amidst the battles between palaces and homes. The key to recommending this book is that the writing is clear and witty, which made me binge-watch the show for the entire National Day.

2. 2 中 The Empress of the Central Palace 中宫元后 King Smile笑笑大王Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + marriage before love + palace intrigue] (This is a fictional setting, written as I please. Please don't hold it against me if it doesn't fit history.) Please support my new book, "Reborn Looking Eighteen, with Twelve-Year-Old Children." Qiao Shanshan, who lived to thirty on Blue Star, died while saving a child. Only after reaching the underworld did she learn that it wasn't her time to die. The soul reaper had taken the wrong person. To make it up to her, the King of Hell promi 10.7kReads8.2Score911Shelves

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   The first book is still being serialized. It tells the story of the heroine who died trying to save a little boy. Only when she got to the underworld did she realize that she should not have died because the seducer had seduced the wrong person. In order to compensate, the King of Hell promised Qiao Shanshan that she would enjoy all the wealth and glory in her next life. In short, I don't have to work like a spinning top in my previous life. He also gave Qiao Shanshan a spiritual spring, which can strengthen her body and ensure that she will live a healthy life until the end of her life. The story begins in the cold palace. The heroine gets out of the cold palace through her intelligence and makes the emperor fall in love with her. The second book is about: In the 40th year of Xihe, Lu Qing became the maid of the King of Jin. She knew very well that she wanted to take advantage of King Jin's favor to give birth to a child as soon as possible so that she could gain a foothold in the palace. For eight years, while fighting wits and courage with other women in the backyard, she tried her best to climb to the position of concubine and gave birth to four sons and one daughter for King Jin. After the King of Jin inherited the throne, Lu Qing rose from a side concubine to a noble concubine of the Ming Dynasty, enjoying the exclusive favor of the emperor. In the spring of the 20th year, Emperor Chan, the crown prince, left the capital with his concubine and headed for Baihe City. Three years later, the Ming Dynasty's imperial concubine Wei passed away. The emperor was in great mourning and named his imperial concubine the Queen of the Wei family, with the posthumous title of Queen Yuanyi. Another year, the emperor was too worried, fell seriously ill, and the medicine was useless. He died in the middle of a drizzly night. The emperor and his queen were buried together in Baihe City. In fact, Yan Fuguang didn't understand what love was. He only knew that he and Wei Luqing wanted to live in the same quilt and die in the same acupuncture point.

3. 3 谁 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 Autumn Is Long秋很长Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 22.2kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
4. 4 皇 The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Historical2.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave 306.3kReads9.5Score45.5kShelves
5. 5 暴 The Tyrant's Little Temptress Is Wild and Irresistible 暴君的小妖精又撩又野 Qiao Yiqian乔亦浅Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted [Search the leads' names to find the short drama] [Both leads are chaste + equally powerful, one-to-one romance. Enjoy] The slave she had once humiliated and tormented has ascended the throne. He pins her against a chaise longue, gently tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. The delicate chain around her ankle jingles softly, its chill seeping into the dark of night. “Your Highness, do you know that from the very first moment I saw you, I… No, this slave wanted to see you in such a helpless, w 8.3kReads9.2Score1kShelves
6. 6 重 Reborn: The Sweet, Black-Hearted Princess Dotes Exclusively on Her Sickly Eunuch 重生：白切黑公主独宠病娇九千岁 Sleepy Cat猫沉沉Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The print comic is now available: The Princess Has Nothing to Fear] [100% sweetness + two lovesick leads + fake eunuch + strong heroine] [Unhinged princess vs. stone-faced, straight-laced eunuch] Before she was reborn, she chose the most dazzling top scholar in the Northern Kingdom as her consort. Her whole family was slaughtered, her country fell, and she was forced to marry a eunuch! After being reborn, the first thing she did was deal with that two-faced scumbag. She refused to take even the 7.8kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
7. 7 病 The Sickly Princess Is Reborn, and the Tyrannical Regent Dotes on Her 病娇摄政王盛宠，娇娇公主重生了 Clouds Flying Through the Sky云天飞雾Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [Adapted into the short drama Golden Bell's Mistake: Love's Bonds] [Mutual firsts + doting romance + both reborn + palace and household intrigue] [Stunning, sweet-natured fifth princess × sinister, obsessive regent] In her previous life, her country fell and her family was destroyed. Then the sinister, obsessive regent kept her by his side for two whole years. Reborn ten years in the past, she is once again the fifth princess, born to wealth and honor, while he is merely a lowly hostage, beneath 12.3kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
8. 8 为 The Concubine's Guide to Self-Cultivation 为妾的自我修养 Yu Jian郁见Ancient Romance429k WordsOngoing Zhu Yan transmigrates as a merchant's daughter and becomes a pawn her family uses to avoid disaster. Her father sends her to Changning Marquis Xie An as a concubine. As a concubine, Zhu Yan stays true to herself. She doesn't compete, make a fuss, or draw attention. Who could have guessed that the Marquis of Changning would be so fortunate? When something happens to the royal family's only two heirs, the emperor chooses Xie An, a member of the imperial clan, to inherit the throne. If a concubine 6.5kReads9.2Score448Shelves

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   Both books were carefully selected by me. The stories are smooth, the plots are exciting, and there is no brainlessness.

9. 9 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 87.3kReads9.6Score11.2kShelves
10. 10 惊 Shocking! The Legitimate Princess Defies Fate Every Day! 惊！嫡公主她每天都在逆天改命！ Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Female-led power fantasy + ruthless, unhinged heroine + an extreme “I’d rather betray others than let them betray me” mentality] Xuan Mingyao was reborn at the age of seven, back before anything had happened. Though she was the empress’s legitimate daughter, a princess treated like royalty, her younger brother, the crown prince, was about to die of illness. Her mother would soon be consumed by worry, grow estranged from the emperor, and eventually be deposed in the witchcraft scandal. Overnight 27.6kReads9.4Score3.6kShelves

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    The first and second books really need no introduction. These are the two books that I am still familiar with the plot after watching many palace battles.

11. 11 昭 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [This novel has been contracted for publication] [Strong female lead + high-IQ palace intrigue + heroine schemes against the entire harem + psychotic villain personality] Song Zhao has always been a woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and she is also more clear-headed than anyone. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was perfectly clear: “I’m entering the palace to become Empress. Otherwise, what would I go there fo 85.9kReads9.5Score10.1kShelves
12. 12 攀 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 200.4kReads9.6Score31.3kShelves

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    In the first book, the male protagonist was born with everything but found life boring, until his soul accidentally entered the body of the female protagonist, a person who wanted to climb high. The writing and logic are good, and the plot is not clichéd. Worth reading. The second book is a rebirth novel, where the heroine is not in love. The reborn sister stole her husband, thinking she would become a queen, but she didn't know that in her previous life, the heroine helped the scumbag win the throne. The heroine's rank is relatively high.

13. 13 赐 A Marriage Decree for the Short-Lived Prince? The Reborn Empress Shows No Mercy Night After Night 赐婚短命皇子？重生娘娘夜夜无情 Phoenix Rules the Land凤点江山Ancient Romance418k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + decisive and ruthless + secret identities + medical skills + reborn + punishing scoundrels + the fate of the nation] The emperor decrees a marriage: He Yunxi, eldest daughter of the mighty Marquis Wu, is to marry the sickly, short-lived prince Xuanyuan Jin. On their wedding day, a vicious old matron, acting on the empress’s orders, deliberately tries to put her in her place by forcing her to walk across red-hot iron plates. He Yunxi makes the wicked matron demonstrate how t 9.7kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
14. 14 浣 The Laundry Slave’s Rise: The False Heiress Returns to the Marquis’s Household 浣衣奴的逆袭：侯门假千金归来记 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Laundry Maid’s Rise: The Return of the Marquis’s Fake Daughter 13Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 紫 Princess Zixiang and Fifth Prince Yongqi 紫香格格与五阿哥永琪 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Princess Zixiang and Fifth Prince Yongqi 9Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 猎 The Heart-Hunting Game: The Ice-Cold CEO's Diary of Losing Control 猎心游戏：冰山总裁的失控日志 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景5k WordsCompleted The Heart-Hunting Game: The Iceberg CEO's Out-of-Control Diary —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 雍 Emperor Yongzheng and Lü Siniang 雍正帝和吕四娘 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Emperor Yongzheng and Lü Siniang 2Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 刘 Lady Liu Storms Kunning Palace at Midnight: After Five Years in Seclusion, the Deposed Empress Strikes Back 刘婕妤深夜大闹坤宁宫，沉寂五年废后逆袭 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Consort Liu storms Ningkun Palace in the dead of night. After five years of silence, the deposed empress makes a comeback. —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 嘉 In the Twenty-First Year of Jiajing, Ten Palace Maids Were Dismembered, The Death-Dealing Rope in the Inner Palace 嘉靖二十一年，十位宫女被凌迟，深宫里的索命绳 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted In the 21st year of the Jiajing reign, ten palace maids were executed by slicing, and a noose stalked the palace depths —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 历 Legendary Women in History 历史上的传奇女子 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance302k WordsOngoing Through a unique lens, this book traces the lives of more than twenty legendary women across three thousand years of Chinese history, from Empress Dowager Xuan, Mi Yue, amid the flames of the Warring States period to the late Qing heroine Qiu Jin, from Wei Zifu deep in the Han palace to Xue Tao in the poetic world of the High Tang. Traditional histories reduced their stories to footnotes to the lives of emperors and ministers, but this book rescues and pieces them together anew, restoring them a 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 大 Legends of the Great Song Harem: Empress Meng 大宋后宫传奇之孟皇后 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance48k WordsCompleted Empress Zhaoci Shengxian, née Meng (1073–1131), was from Mingzhou (present-day Yongnian, Hebei). She was the first empress of Emperor Zhezong of Song, Zhao Xu, and a granddaughter of Meng Yuan, who served as Defense Commissioner of Meizhou and Cavalry Commander and was posthumously honored as Grand Commandant. She was deposed twice and reinstated twice. In 1092, the seventh year of the Yuanyou era, Empress Dowager Gao took a liking to her, and she was made empress. In 1096, the third year of the —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 大 Schemes of the Han Dynasty's Harem: Empress Xu's Peony Ordeal 大汉后宫美人心计：许皇后牡丹劫 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景6k WordsCompleted Schemes of the Beautiful Women in the Great Han Harem: Empress Xu’s Peony Ordeal 6Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 我 I Died in a Winter of Falling Snow 我死在大雪纷飞的冬天 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted I Died in the Snowy Winter 3Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 凤 The Phoenix Perches in Jade Splendor: The Palace Intrigues of Empress Meng of the Northern Song 凤栖瑶华：北宋孟皇后宫斗传奇 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted The Phoenix Perches in Radiant Splendor: The Palace Intrigue Legend of Empress Meng of the Northern Song —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 历 Several Empresses Who Suddenly Dropped Dead in History 历史上突然暴毙的几位皇后 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Several Empresses in History Who Died Suddenly 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 长 The Mystery of Miss Chuchu's Sudden Death, the Top Courtesan of Chang'an's Baihua House 长安城百花楼花魁娘子楚楚姑娘暴毙之谜 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance5k WordsCompleted The Mystery Behind the Sudden Death of Miss Chuchu, the Top Courtesan at the Baihua Pavilion in Chang'an 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 历 Empress Dugu Qieluo in History 历史上的独孤伽罗皇后 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Empress Dugu Qieluo in History 5Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 北 The Northern Song Dynasty's Headless Murder Spree 北宋连环无头尸案 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景6k WordsCompleted The Song Dynasty’s String of Headless Corpse Cases —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 张 Zhang Tang: The End of a Cruel Official 张汤：酷吏的终局 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Male-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Zhang Tang: The End of a Ruthless Official —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 太 The Legend of Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er 太平公主和上官婉儿传奇 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Legend of Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er 12Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 汉 Emperor Wu of Han, Empress Chen Jiao, and Wei Zifu 汉武帝和皇后陈阿娇，卫子夫 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Emperor Wu of Han and His Empress Chen Ajiao and Wei Zifu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 夜 The Fatal Rouge Box in the Palace at Midnight 夜半深宫索命胭脂盒 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Rouge Box That Claims Lives in the Palace at Midnight —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 凤 Phoenix Perches at Changling: Empress Lü, Princess Luyuan, and Emperor Hui of Han, Liu Ying 凤栖长陵：吕后与鲁元公主，汉惠帝刘盈 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Where the Phoenix Nests at Changling: Empress Lü, Princess Luyuan, and Emperor Hui of Han, Liu Ying 3Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 李 County Magistrate Li and the Beautiful Li Hongxia 李县长和美女李红霞 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景6k WordsCompleted County Magistrate Li and the Beauty Li Hongxia 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted 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 55.9kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves
36. 36 授 Hand Him the Reins 授他以柄 Zhou Fuyao周扶妖Ancient Romance96k WordsCompleted With the city about to fall and the kingdom on the brink of ruin, Pei Qing wrote a letter asking that man for help. For seven whole days, there was no reply. But just when all hope seemed lost, he arrived. His peerlessly handsome face was full of disdain and contempt. Xiao Yuan walked into the imperial bedchamber with blood dripping from his blade and lazily called out, “Elder Brother.” Having earned merit by rushing to the emperor’s defense, he naturally expected a reward. “I have plenty of gol 26.4kReads9.5Score3.1kShelves
37. 37 姐 My Sister Was Tortured to Death, and Five Years Later I Avenge Her 姐姐被凌迟，五年后为姐姐复仇 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted His sister was tortured to death. Five years later, he returned to avenge her. —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 皇 The Royal Rose 皇室蔷薇 Jialuo Lan伽罗蓝Ancient Romance265k WordsCompleted In a fictional world, a beautiful and captivating daughter of a fallen noble family catches the eye of the royal family and enters the imperial palace... She had thought herself fortunate, but never expected that a nightmare would follow her there! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Palace battle drama in European royal palaces

39. 39 千 A Palace for a Thousand-Year-Old Fox 千年狐一世宫 Six Paths Peien六道沛恩Ancient Romance775k WordsOngoing A fan-created palace-intrigue story based on Story of Yanxi Palace. She is a thousand-year-old fox spirit. During the Qianlong era, beside a cold pool outside the Forbidden City, Bai Rou, a white fox who has practiced the righteous path for a thousand years, takes human form and enters the mortal world. With an innocent heart, she accidentally eats a sacred fruit offered in a royal sacrifice and gains a human soul, then is captured and taken into the palace. Bai Rou knows nothing of palace rules 6Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    The white fox transformed by the cold pond in the Forbidden City broke into the most complicated palace with an innocent heart. There are familiar characters from "Yanxi Palace" here, but also different pure souls. The story is novel and unconventional, taking you to experience the Qianlong Dynasty where fantasy and reality are intertwined. [Send heart][Send heart][Send heart]

40. 40 主 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 40.3kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves

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    I recommend two books to keep on your own bookshelf. The first one is similar to a heroine reborn and remarried. The heroine is very sober and rational. The first part is exciting but the second part is a bit speechless. The second one is particularly good in writing. The heroine has a gentle and tough character. This one should be regarded as a group portrait. In addition to the heroine, other minor characters are also very vivid.

41. 41 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 114.5kReads9.6Score15.8kShelves
42. 42 毓 Secrets of the Yukun Palace 毓庆宫秘闻 The Oranges Are Ripe橙子熟了Ancient Romance885k WordsCompleted Shi Wanyu was about to get a promotion and a raise when she was born into the Qing Dynasty. Not only did she miss out on a transmigration starter pack, she also lost her golden finger, the ability to read minds! And yet... When she was born, Crown Prince Yinzreng, who had contracted smallpox, began to recover. From then on, he gained the ability to see into people's hearts... A high monk gave this prediction: The crown prince accidentally took someone else's opportunity and incurred a debt of ka 3.5kReads8.5Score292Shelves

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    This Qing Dynasty article is pretty good. The female protagonist was born in the Qing Dynasty and became a crown prince. The male protagonist is the prince Yinreng, who is a bit Machiavellian, and I quite like it.

43. 43 這 Is This Right? Forbidden City: The Countercurrent Spy Sings on the Strings 這對嗎紫禁城：逆流密探吟弦 Ling Yuyu令燏燏Ancient Romance126k WordsOngoing Being the legitimate second daughter was only a title, it turned out. The blue agate bracelet was mottled and dull, its color faded. “How tragic! I happen to know a little about what went on behind the scenes, too... Not long after your mother entered the palace, several palace maids died in strange incidents in the Forbidden City... I don’t know who let the secret slip, but a message was sent to the prince’s household saying your mother...” “Enough!” “I can’t skip the imperial selection. Re 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You are not allowed not to appreciate it!! Don't watch it and cry on your knees 😭 Don't be fooled by the popular white novels on the market 😭😭 The heroine enters the palace with a purpose/.🤣 No female rivalry/. No love/. No male protagonist (they are all supporting roles, tools to promote the plot) Suspense/. Plot oriented/. Pure palace fighting story!!! 😭

44. 44 系 The System Has My Back in the Inner-Courtyard Battles 系统罩我去宅斗 Tomato Salad凉拌西红柿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Lin Yahan, who always thought she had the winning cards, lost everything in her first life. She had the wisdom of a modern person and help from a System, yet the ancients still toyed with her in the palm of their hands. Now that she has a chance to be reborn, how will she face this world that is both familiar and strange? If she can’t change the world, she might as well go with the flow and make a good life for herself. But she won’t show mercy to anyone who still dares to plot against her. With 300Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Lin Yahan, who claimed to hold the trump card, lost completely in her first life. Relying on the wisdom and systematic assistance of modern people, they were still manipulated by the ancients. How should she face this familiar yet unfamiliar world when she gets a chance to be reborn? Since you can't change the world, just follow the trend and live your life. But Lin Yahan is no longer soft-hearted about those who dare to plot against her. With the support of the system, Lin Yahan is ready to have a good fight! [Sweet article√Big heroine√Career flow√Farming infrastructure article,/]

45. 45 暴 The Tyrant Tormented Me? I'll Turn Around, Seduce the Powerful Eunuch, and Seize His Empire 暴君虐我？转身勾搭权宦夺他江山 Green Mountain Has Its Say青山有辞Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted For eight years in the palace, Xiangjun fought to get ahead and tried to please everyone, yet the palace’s noble masters still ground her down, used her, humiliated her, and cast her aside... Those nobles basked in all the wealth of the realm atop heaps of corpses and bones, yet mocked her for trying her hardest and not knowing her place. In the end, the child Xiangjun risked her life to bear called her enemy “Mother,” while Xiangjun was cut open alive so the baby could be taken from her. She di 95.1kReads9.6Score14.5kShelves

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    The magical plot of the empress and the eunuch, the writing is good, the plot is ups and downs, and it is wonderful.

46. 46 贤 The Worthy Consort Is Still Taking It Easy Today 贤妃今天也在咸鱼 Misty Clear Melody渺渺清音Ancient Romance625k WordsCompleted In the harem of Emperor Chenyuan of the Great Jin, there is a dignified and gentle empress, a charming and lovely Noble Consort, a peerlessly beautiful Consort Li, and a clever, kindhearted Consort Hui. Talented women abound, and the competition is fierce. Han Shuyi looks left and right, but can't find a niche for herself as Worthy Consort. Oh, well. Competing for favor now and then while choosing to lie flat the rest of the time: that's the real truth of life in the harem. * As emperor, Meng Ti 19.4kReads8.2Score2kShelves
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48. 48 照 Dressed in Red: The Maid's Rise to Power 照红妆：通房丫鬟上位记 Sweet, Sweet Milk Candy奶糖甜甜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Extra chapters being updated] Haitang, a maid who shares her master's bed, follows these rules for surviving household rivalries: First, be flexible. Second, don't let love cloud your judgment. Third, if a woman isn't ruthless, she won't keep her place. Haitang is breathtakingly beautiful, but she comes from humble beginnings. In her previous life, she was proud and refused to become a bedchamber maid, so her mistress tortured her to death. Reborn, she decides to live differently. Everyone thin 15.8kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
49. 49 开 A Prince from the Start: I Become Fat Ju's Greatest Treasure 开局皇子，我成胖橘掌中宝 Ai Lu诶露Female-Channel Fanfiction591k WordsCompleted Zhao You is a die-hard male fan of Empresses in the Palace and a Level 10 expert on the show, having studied the drama frame by frame. One day, he transmigrates and is told he has to be born as a prince in Empresses in the Palace, with a System to help him! Looking at the first mission displayed by the gleaming System, he reads: Choose a mother for yourself as soon as possible, Host! “You can even choose your own mom? This thing is incredibly advanced!” Just as Zhao You is getting ready to make 16.8kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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50. 50 谁 Who Says an Emperor and Empress Can’t Truly Love Each Other? 谁说帝后不能有真情 Jingzhou Chronicles景州记Ancient Romance749k WordsCompleted Pei Shu seems to have been born under a lucky star. Born into a prominent family, she grew up cherished by loving parents and surrounded by every luxury. Her only setback was when her fiancé fell for someone else and broke off their engagement. Before the people of the capital could even laugh at her, an imperial decree arrived at the Pei residence, and Pei Shu became the empress. From then on, everything went smoothly: her son was named crown prince, later became emperor, and Pei Shu naturally 13.7kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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