Why on Earth Are There Palace Intrigue Stories Where Both Leads Have Only Ever Been with Each Other? Looking for One Where They Haven't 救命为什么会有双洁的宫斗文这种东西，求不洁的
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Who Says an Emperor and Empress Can’t Truly Love Each Other? 谁说帝后不能有真情
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
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The Spoiled Consort's Road to Glory 娇气包娘娘的荣华路
Sweet romance! Undivided love! She’s doted on to the max! [The heroine is cunning, a little black lotus hidden beneath a rabbit’s skin] [The hero has a harem and isn’t chaste, but once he meets the heroine, he devotes himself to her alone in a one-on-one romance] The third young lady of the Sheng’an Marquis’s household, born to his secondary wife, was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Sweet and clever, she knew how to win favor. Her grandmother and father favored her, and even her legitimate
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How Can Anyone Resist the Noble Consort's Alluring Charm? 怎敌贵妃百媚千娇
[Palace intrigue + sweet romance + heroine transmigrates] In the fifth year of Yongyan, the emperor ordered a selection of consorts. Wen Wanyu was the most beautiful among the candidates. With her charming looks and soft, lilting voice, she was as delicate as a flower and soon won the emperor’s favor. She had once been the apple of her father’s eye, but when he was framed and her elder brother humiliated, she defied her whole family and asked to enter the palace to protect them. From the darling
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An Unconventional Palace Intrigue 非传统宫斗
Imperial selection from the start / Pure palace intrigue with a touch of household intrigue / Ensemble cast / Realistic style [Pure palace intrigue begins after chapter 20] Not the emperor’s sole favorite / Not a virgin couple / No romance pairing [The emperor is a scumbag with the power of life and death. The first few chapters establish his character and contain potentially uncomfortable scenes. If that bothers you, skip to chapter 20.] Everyone is caught up in palace intrigue. The consorts an
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The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱
[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
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The Alluring Consort Knows Just How to Lure Him, and the Coldhearted Emperor Falls Hard 娇媚娘娘太会钓，薄情帝王沦陷了
[Palace intrigue + substitute + fleeing while pregnant + secret identity] [The leads are not each other’s first; she becomes his sole favorite later. The heroine stays clearheaded and never falls for him. A silly, fluffy story; the heroine is no saint.] Jing Shumei was born with stunning beauty. She used her looks to seduce the Emperor, never giving him her heart, only scheming for her own gain. Using her mind-reading ability to listen in on palace gossip and navigate the harem, she climbed step
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Delicate Yet Fertile: The Cool Crown Prince Dotes on Her Without Restraint 柔弱但能生，清冷太子肆意宠
A sweet, fertile young woman vs. a cool and aloof heir My new novel is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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I Just Transmigrated to Ancient Times, and My Lord Captor Insists I Share His Bed 刚穿古代就被掳主公非要我侍寝
[Domineering pursuit and possession + beautiful heroine] [Body transmigration + patriarchal male lead] [Heroine is pure, hero is not] [Male-oriented ✘ ensemble cast] Second-year college student Ruan Qiao is immersed in a classical dance performance at the freshman welcome gala. The spotlight goes dark, then comes back on, and she is no longer onstage. A bone-chilling wind and the unfamiliar stench of blood mixed with alcohol hit her. All around her, people are shouting in a language she cannot u
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I Entered the Palace to Help My Sister Keep the Emperor’s Favor, but Became His Cherished Favorite 入宫替嫡姐固宠，却成皇上掌心宠
In her previous life, she entered the palace and devoted herself to helping her legitimate elder sister keep the emperor’s favor. In the end, she died without a body to bury, abandoned by her family. Returning to the year of the imperial selection, Luo Shuran calculates her every move. Her breathtaking beauty is her only weapon. She sheds her youthful timidity and blossoms into a woman of captivating charm. One fleeting glimpse, like a fairy fallen from the heavens, catches the emperor’s eye.
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The Emperor Favors the Noble Consort, Who Reigns Supreme in the Harem 陛下偏心，贵妃娘娘宠冠后宫
[Devoted Love in the Later Story + Adorable Baby + Powerful Hero and Heroine + Beloved Legitimate Daughter] [Hopelessly Devoted Foolish Emperor + Clear-Headed, Self-Controlled, Clever Noble Consort] Once you enter the palace, it’s as deep as the sea. Yu Jinghe is the most clear-eyed woman in the world. Noble Consort Yue, the most stylish woman in the harem, wins the emperor’s favor all to herself with her fiery temper. Sharp-tongued and quick to throw a punch, she’s practically the harem’s gangs
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The Consort Is Beautiful and Sweet, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Dotes on Her Without Restraint 贵妃美艳娇软，冷戾帝王宠溺无度
[Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a
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Thrown Into the River From the Start? The Foxlike Consort Takes the Palace by Storm 开局投河？贵妃狐媚子大杀四方了
[Palace Intrigue + Not Both Leads’ First Love + Transmigration + Beloved Consort + Devoted Love Later] Yun Tang, a top-tier star and award-winning actress, wakes up one day to find she has transmigrated into the fictional Chengyu Kingdom, where she is the lowest-ranking palace attendant. From the start, things go badly: a hidden enemy pushes her into the water. The three most powerful women in the harem all want her gone, but thanks to her peerless acting skills and alluring charm, she manages t
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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
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The Imperial Consort Smiled Over Her Shoulder, and the Cold-Faced Emperor Fell for Her 贵妃回眸一笑，冷面君王沦陷了
Palace intrigue + historical romance + not mutually chaste + marriage first, love later She is the general’s younger sister, with an excellent family background and beauty to match. After she transmigrates, she wakes up caught in the schemes and betrayals of the imperial palace. To protect herself, she resolves to become the emperor’s favorite consort. When they first meet, he tells her, “I will never like a woman like you in this life.” Gu Qingyan successfully presents herself as somewhat
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From the Start, I Became Empress, and the Emperor’s Consorts Fought Together 开局当皇后，皇上妃嫔一起斗
[Palace intrigue + empress from the start + exclusive devotion in the middle and later stages + winning back his wife] Helian Jin came from the most fallen branch of a prestigious clan, yet the emperor overcame fierce opposition and made her his new empress. She went from cautiously finding her footing in the palace to wielding thunderous methods, taking down scheming rivals and false innocents as she fought her way through the palace intrigue and secured her position. As mistress of the impe
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The Empress Is Alluring and Bewitching, and the Emperor Gives In to Pleasure 娘娘撩人魅惑，帝王纵情堕落
The Tomato short drama Kun Yi is now streaming~ [Transmigrate into a book, male lead is not a virgin but female lead is, palace intrigue, psychological games, happy ending] The Crown Prince, Jun Zechen, has seen his fair share of calculating women, and loves only those who are pure and kind. While campaigning beyond the frontier, he meets Ling Yue and is captivated by her free-spirited kindness. He promises to spend his life with her alone. But two years pass, and the Crown Princess has yet to c
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The Empress Never Misses a Beat: She Gives Birth to Twins and Becomes the Dowager Empress 皇后稳定发挥，生龙凤双胎当太后
[Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S
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The Noble Consort Is Cool and Aloof, and the Emperor Yearns for Her Night After Night 贵妃清冷，圣上夜夜相思
Shen Qinghe was in the bloom of youth when she entered the palace, where she weathered its intrigues for more than a decade. She had hoped to leave with a reward one day, or perhaps spend her whole life peacefully as a palace official. But then an order came down, and one day she unexpectedly became an imperial consort. She watched these women fight day after day, never expecting to become entangled in their schemes herself. Shen Qinghe could only sigh. He was the emperor, and she was a palac
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Give Up! Consort De Has a System and Can Bear a Ton of Kids! 摆烂吧！德妃有系统还超能生！
[Complete, come on in!] System + transmigrate + comedy Overnight, she transmigrates to the Qing Dynasty and becomes Uya Jinxin. That’s right, she’s the historical Consort De who took a terrible hand and turned it into a royal flush, only to turn that royal flush right back into a terrible hand. Jinxin wonders what she did to deserve transmigrating as Consort De. But since she’s Consort De now, she might as well change history! Who says I play favorites? Little Fourth, come here, let Mother pinch
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The Princess Reigns: Handsome Men Beg Humblely for Her Favor 公主在上：美男卑微求恩宠
[One heroine + several men] [Not all characters are sexually inexperienced] This gets explicit! Don't read if that bothers you! [Growing heroine] [Not a strong, independent heroine. If that's what you want, turn left and go elsewhere.] The Kingdom of Wei was conquered by the Kingdom of Wu. The King and Queen of Wei were killed, and their only surviving daughter, a beautiful princess, was taken to Wu to satisfy the desires of its generals and soldiers. Shen Jianing accidentally transmigrated into
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The Night Before My Ungrateful Sister Entered the Palace, the Favored Consort Was Reborn 白眼狼妹妹进宫前夜，宠妃重生了
[A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest
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The Palace Maid's Dream: The Emperor's Beloved 宫女入梦：帝王心尖宠
[Not a pure-love couple / not a strong heroine / weak heroine / little palace intrigue / slight angst early on, exclusive devotion later] Shu Li began having frequent dreams after she was transferred from the Hall of Sacred Books to serve the emperor. In them, a tall man stood not far from her. The first time their eyes met, she woke with a start. The second time she saw his face, he grabbed her by the throat and frightened her. The day after waking from the dream, she suddenly realized that
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The Pretty Palace Maid's Step-by-Step Rise to Empress 娇娇宫女，步步为后
[Palace intrigue / not both partners’ first time / devoted love in the later story / not a strong heroine; the female lead cries easily and isn’t particularly clever, so don’t expect too much!] After three years in the palace, Yue Li has worked carefully and waited for a chance at promotion. Just before she is promoted, a palace maid sharing her room is sentenced to death for offending a consort. Thunder crashes and rain pours that night as blood spatters everywhere. Terrified, Yue Li cannot sle
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After Entering the Palace, the Obsessive Emperor Wouldn’t Let Me Leave 入宫后，偏执帝王不许我出宫
[Not both virgins, not a strong heroine, a little angst early on, devoted love later] In the fourth year of the new emperor’s reign, Consort Duan died suddenly of an illness in the palace. At the time, Shen Jiafu was not yet fifteen. The Empress Dowager was from the Shen family. Half a year later, she summoned a Shen daughter to the palace to attend to her, claiming to be ill. Shen Jiafu traveled from Quzhou to the imperial capital. In public, she was gentle and well-behaved, like a charming flo
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Your Majesty, I Think Your Palace Maid Is Cursing You Again 皇上，你家宫女好像又在骂你
[The irresistible appeal of what you once rejected + powerful men bowing their heads + a double-standard male lead + raising her before a story of power and statecraft + romantic push and pull + he truly doesn’t love her at first, but gives his all once he does] Su Nanchu is unruly. Shen Jingzhi has always known that. But life in the palace is dull, and he doesn’t mind having a little plaything who can kick and scream. She becomes his daily amusement: reading memorials, practicing calligraphy, a
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The Concubine's Guide to Self-Cultivation 为妾的自我修养
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
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I’m Fighting for Favor in the Palace, and You’re Watching the Show??? 我在宫斗，你在看戏？？？
A no-holds-barred harem showdown. Got the guts to join? ^_^ [Pure palace intrigue + characters who aren't dumbed down + clear-headed heroine + no pointless self-torment + cheerful and lighthearted] After Qiu Ju dies, she transmigrates to the Qianyuan Dynasty and becomes a low-ranking palace maid. Because she doesn't want to get up at three in the morning to work, she decides to seduce the emperor... Her modest goal: become a consort who has to get up no earlier than five in the morning...
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The Laid-Back Consort Rises Through the Ranks 咸鱼娘娘步步高升
# Palace intrigue is out of the question. I'll eat snacks, watch the drama, and have children, that's the plan # Cui Xuejian transmigrated into the past and became a low-ranking palace consort. Powerful figures towered over her, while a few insignificant nobodies clawed at her feet. With things like this, why bother with palace intrigue? Better to just give up and coast! Cui Xuejian believed that as long as she kept out of trouble, no monsters, demons, or other ghoulish creatures would come afte
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The Side Consort Has Occasional Meltdowns, and the Prince Spends His Days Calming Her Down 侧妃间歇发疯，王爷日常哄人
#She miscarries from the start. What's wrong with going a little crazy?# #The heroine isn't a good person, the hero isn't a good person, and nobody's a good person# Yuan Xiangxue transmigrates. Other heroines either become mothers without the pain or get an overpowered golden finger. She's the unlucky one who miscarries from the start... Then she takes a look at her new identity: she's become the concubine of Liang Yujing, the ninth prince of the Great Liang Dynasty. She was a perfectly good per
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Qing-Dynasty Time Travel: The Drama Queen Consort’s Epic Blunder 清穿雍正：戏精娘娘翻车实录
[Qing Dynasty Setting + System + Childbearing + Mind-Reading] Cui Xueman, a top finance student in the 21st century, transmigrates one day and opens her eyes to a huge character for “funeral offerings” in the mourning hall. Fainting from shock… That's perfectly normal, isn't it? When she wakes up again, she receives the good-or-bad news: she's transmigrated, and to the Kangxi era, no less. But the long-awaited standard issue for transmigrators, a golden finger or System, is nowhere to be seen! F
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The Tale of Empress Tong Jia of the Qing Palace 清宫之佟佳皇后传
Also known as The Empress’s Professionalism: A Half-Day “Elder Sister, are you getting married?” “No, that’s called entering the palace.” Tongjia Qingyue was a woman who served as empress for just one day. She was known as the shortest-lived empress in Qing history: Empress Xiaoyiren. She was the niece of Empress Dowager Cihe, mother of Emperor Kangxi, the daughter of Imperial Uncle Tong Guowei, and Kangxi’s own cousin. She was Kangxi’s third empress, as well as his last. He never appointed anot
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Frost-Kissed Beauty: A Journey Through the Palace to Win the Emperor’s Heart 冰霜绝艳：辗转宫闱征服帝王心
[A note up front: This isn’t good, this isn’t good, this isn’t good. It’s brainless, brainless. Don’t click! Don’t click! Don’t click! Don’t click] The emperor, Li Yi, has just one standard for choosing his concubines: they must be beautiful. Song Yunchu, a concubine-born daughter who has suffered abuse since childhood, is chosen by Emperor Li Yi to enter the palace because of her stunning looks. Before entering the palace, her mother is looked down on by the servants, and her younger sister bu
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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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A Qing Dynasty Rebirth as Empress Xiaochengren of Kangxi 清穿之康熙孝宸仁皇后
Ye Wan, a powerful figure in the apocalypse, transmigrates to the Qing dynasty. After everything the apocalypse put her through, Ye Wanwan no longer trusts anyone. Her teammates betrayed her, and she died at the hands of someone she had once protected. Now she has a second chance at life, with loving parents and an older brother. Most importantly, she can eat her fill and never go hungry again. Those who have survived the apocalypse always put food first. In this life, Ye Wanwan just wants to ta
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Long Live the Noble Consort 贵妃娘娘千岁千千岁
The Nan family had offered one of their daughters to the royal family, only for her to be killed by the scheming women within the palace. To keep the emperor's favor, Nan Shiyun begins her journey into the palace to compete for his affection. [This story is set in a fictional world. Please don't take it too seriously.]
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The Emperor Insists on Spoiling Me, and I'm at My Wits' End! 皇上非要宠我，我也很绝望啊！
The rating has just been posted and will gradually rise. Jiang Qingci, the legitimate daughter of a Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, accidentally enters the palace and becomes one of the emperor's consorts. Since she has no choice but to stay in the palace, Jiang Qingci sets her sights on one clear goal: never fall in love, climb to the top, and become untouchable. Song Jingyao is drawn to Jiang Qingci's beauty at first sight, then finds her fascinating. By the time he realizes wh
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I Spurn Love and Rise to Empress Through My Heirs 不恋情爱，我凭子嗣登后位
[Both reborn + exchanged marriages + sole favor in the harem + reborn heroine vs. transmigrated heroine + transmigrate into a book + comparison characters] Cui Jin died a gruesome death. In her previous life, her elder legitimate sister chose the fertility pill and married into the imperial family, only to die in childbirth. Cui Jin took the Bond of Love pill, which was supposed to ensure a loving marriage, and married Shen Zhiheng. But he was in love with her elder sister and watched coldly as
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Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规
[Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th
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The Daily Life of a Secondary Empress 继后日常
In the eighth year of the Tianxi era, an imperial decree that no one saw coming made Gu Qingyan the empress of the Great Qin Empire. From that day on, her life changed completely... In the treacherous inner palace, where everyone schemed and plotted against one another, a single wrong step could spell ruin. For her own sake and her family’s, Gu Qingyan had no choice but to move cautiously and do everything in her power to protect them. Qin Jiuli chose Gu Qingyan as his empress because she was su
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After Traveling to the Qing Dynasty, I Finally Get a Front-Row Seat to the Gossip! 清穿后，我终于站在吃瓜第一线！
[No romance, laid-back gossip, watching palace intrigue, retirement-life story, loves no one, an immersive Qing palace intrigue experience] In her previous life, Bai Ming was an ordinary office worker. Then she won a hundred million in the lottery and lived a happy, wealthy life. In her early years, she tried all sorts of ventures and blew through money; in middle age, she was devoted to raising children to support her in old age, donating to all kinds of orphanages and even adopting a clever, w
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Schemes in the Palace 宫宸谋
[Not a virginal romance, not a wish-fulfillment story. Read with caution! A story that could loosely be called an ancient Cinderella tale] [Traditional Historical Palace Intrigue]+ [Rich Plot]+ [A Mix of Sweetness and Heartbreak]+ [Slow-Burning Happy Ending] Autumn, Year Seventeen of the Nanyan era. The late emperor passed away, and his eleventh son, Xiao Yuning, ascended the throne, ushering in the Minghe era. In the third year of Minghe, the court decreed that officials of the fourth rank and
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A Cheat-Code Life in the Imperial Harem 后宫开挂人生
In the novel, she is the Empress Dowager’s niece and the emperor’s highest-ranking Consort Shu, with a noble status and boundless favor. Yet in the end, she cannot escape the fate of a minor cannon-fodder character, and dies with hatred in her heart! Qian Qing from another world takes her place and carefully plots every step, winning the emperor’s love and matching wits with the novel’s heroine. She wants to see whether a mere illegitimate daughter of a marquis’s household can still rise to the
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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
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A Hundred Ways to Win the Emperor's Heart in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧
Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen
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Reborn: The Princess Goes to Win Me Over as Her Empress 重生，长公主去哄我为后
[Reborn, princess, political intrigue, revenge, sweet romance] In their previous life, the two spent five years getting to know each other through hardship. In the end, one was dismembered by five horses, and the other died coughing up blood. Lin Qingshu gazed at the corpse of the woman she loved, lying in the marketplace, her heart filled with grief and resentment. So Lin Qingshu was reborn, back to a time before the two had even recognized each other. This time, she was determined not to let t
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To Marry the Prime Minister's Daughter, This Playboy Rose to the Highest Office 为娶丞相之女，纨绔她位极人臣了
In Shengjing, he was a notorious playboy who, in both of his lives, forced himself on Wen Xiang’s daughter, a woman famed for her breathtaking beauty. A goddess had descended to earth, making everyone else seethe with envy. Before rebirth: Seeing Nan Xun constantly visit the Fragrant Blossoms Pavilion, Wen Sheng said considerately, “If you like them, you can bring any of them back to the manor.” Go to any woman you like. Just don’t come to me. After rebirth: Wen Sheng tugged at Nan Xun’s clothes
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General, Her Majesty the Empress Has Run Away Again 大将军，皇后娘娘又跑了
Dual female leads, mutual devotion, sweet romance, one-on-one She was the Sun family’s only daughter. Born to preserve the household of a great general, she had no choice but to disguise herself as a man. Her master said that she needed to undergo a tribulation of love on her path to immortality. After spending three years at the frontier and reclaiming the thirteen prefectures Yan had lost, she returned home, only for her junior sister to send her straight into the arms of a courtesan. She wa
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As Long as I Act Well, the Empress's Throne Is Mine 只要演技好，娘娘的凤位跑不了
Red bricks and green tiles, beauty all around. One shower of imperial favor, and from then on she advances step by step, finally ascending the throne to stand alongside the emperor. Her family is in decline? Her brother's career prospects are uncertain? Her sister's marriage prospects have come to nothing? See how Wen Ruo keeps true to herself in the harem, rises step by step, leads her family back to the top, helps her brother advance his career, and finds her sister a fine marriage! “This hare
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A Beauty Hidden Deep in the Palace 深宫藏娇
Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b
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The Fourth Prince Dotes on Me, My Son Protects Me: From Consort to Empress 四爷宠！儿子护！当了福晋当皇后
[An alternate Qing dynasty, unlike the historical one.] After transmigrating, Yun Qu swallowed nervously as she faced her complicated new circumstances. She had become the Fourth Prince's primary consort. What was she supposed to do? Could she ever go back? Once she learned that returning was impossible, Yun Qu accepted her fate. She decided to raise her son well and treat the Fourth Prince like her boss, serving him diligently. If he pointed east, she wouldn't go west. If he wanted to take a co
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