Looking for Palace Intrigue Stories About Palace Maids or Imperial Consorts 求宫女或者秀女宫斗文
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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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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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- 3 Delicate and Frail, She Is Imprisoned and Doted on by the Ascetic Emperor 娇娇柔弱，被禁欲帝王强制囚宠 [Both leads are sexually inexperienced + powerful hero and weak heroine + transmigration] After transmigrating into the body of a palace maid, Mu Qingci acted with the utmost caution, taking calculated steps and employing every trick in the book. After helping the Empress Dowager seize power, she finally became the illustrious Head Palace Matron. She had not only risen to the top of her career as a palace maid, but was also beautiful, with flawless skin and a graceful, alluring figure. Everyone 3.9kReads8.5Score30614d adds
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Empresses in the Palace: Transmigrating as Yu Ying’er and Defying Fate 甄嬛传之穿越成余莺儿后逆天改命
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Reborn: The Noble Consort Doesn't Want to Slack Off, She Just Wants to Rise to the Top 重生：贵妃不想摆烂，只想扶摇直
[Male lead has prior experience, heroine is pure + palace intrigue + career-focused + clear-headed heroine] Watching the drunken Crown Prince, she reached out a small hand and pressed it against his firm chest, dodging his kiss. But in doing so, she accidentally revealed a generous expanse of pale skin. Her fingers seemed to brush his belt by chance as she wept, her face streaked with tears: “Your Highness... We can't do this...” Nan Chen and his wife had always been deeply devoted to one anoth
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- 6 The Emperor Has No Heart, Yet His Cool and Elegant Noble Consort Has Her Ways 帝本无心，怎奈清冷贵妃手段高 [Cool, seductive fox beauty vs. a carefree, womanizing emperor] [The heroine is the true daughter, driven by revenge and ambition: a scheming beauty, sweet on the outside but ruthless within, and far from virtuous. This is an unconventional palace-intrigue story focused on winning hearts. The hero is not chaste. Later, he desperately tries to win her back. The overall tone is sweet, and the romance becomes one-on-one in the latter half.] Until the age of five, Changyu Jiao was the legitimate da 8.8kReads9.4Score1k14d adds
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Step by Step to Glory 步步荣宠
Mingyue was sold as a child and became a maid in a marquis’s household. After the young master took an interest in her, she was sent to the palace and became a low-ranking palace maid. Step by step, she rose from palace maid to empress.
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Film and TV Crossover: Starting Out as An Lingrong and Becoming a Top Grinder 综影视之从安陵容开始当卷王
Su Wanwan was a consummate workaholic. Just as she had achieved success, she unexpectedly died from overwork and gained a System that let her survive in TV dramas. What? She could go home once she completed her missions? Then she'd better get right to work! Mission worlds: An Lingrong in Empresses in the Palace, Wei Yanwan in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, with the next world yet to be decided. This is a slow transmigration story, slow transmigration, slow transmigration! I'll say it three tim
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- 9 A Journey Through Film and TV: Crossing Paths with the Child-Giving Goddess 综影视之杠上送子观音 No gender swaps. Don’t write them, and please stop bringing it up in the comments. I can’t accept it. 1. Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 1. Lu Muping 2. Consort Ke 3. Chen Wanyin 4. Fuca Langhua 5. Bai Ruiji 6. Hailan 2. Empresses in the Palace 1. Shen Meizhuang 2. Ulanara Yixiu 3. The Story of Minglan 1. Sheng Molan (ongoing) 4. Serenade of Peaceful Joy 1. Miao Xinhe 5. Qing Dynasty transmigration 1. Empress Hesheli 6. Dream of the Red Chamber 7. Bu Bu Jing Xin: Fourth Prince’s Consort 9.8kReads8.7Score13214d adds
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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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After Becoming a Foot-Washing Maid, I Made the Tyrant Wash My Feet 穿成洗脚婢后，我让暴君给我洗脚
[A sweet, healing romance, 1v1 and devoted to each other, effortless wins, gossip, and exclusive affection: a carefree sweet girl versus a mad tyrant] Office worker Yu Xinyao dies suddenly from overwork and transmigrates into the lowliest foot-washing maid in the Great Liang imperial palace. She thinks she might as well make the best of it, but the emperor is a tyrant. Every time someone washes his feet, someone dies, and the bathhouse duty roster has become a countdown to death. With only a mon
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The Imperial Consort Reigns Supreme in the Harem 贵妃娘娘宠冠后宫
[First novel, read at your own risk] The three armies welcome the imperial carriage! General Yun personally leads the way! The Emperor himself comes out to greet it! Who on earth is sitting inside that carriage? How can they deserve such a grand reception? “What village did you crawl out of? Who else could be treated like this by those two?” The younger sister of General Yun, the Yun family’s legitimate daughter, Yun Qing: the imperial consort personally appointed by the Emperor, and the apple o
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- 13 The White Moonlight Noble Consort’s Daily Life in the Harem 白月光贵妃的后宫日常 (Cover used with permission) With an illustrious family background, breathtaking beauty, and the distinction of being the emperor’s moonlight, Jiang Hui should have found life as a Noble Consort effortlessly easy. Unfortunately, the sisters in all but name in the Eastern Palace, wave after wave of beautiful candidates from the provinces, and the supposed substitutes who resemble her in looks and bearing all tell her the same thing: no one can walk unscathed through the imperial harem. [Alternate 25.1kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 14 From Palace Maid to Imperial Consort 宫女成妃 [Read before starting: This story is set in an entirely fictional dynasty. Some details are original, while others are inspired by various historical dynasties, but it has no connection to actual history. This is just an ordinary romance novel. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Avoid starving to death, live peacefully as a little palace maid, leave the palace when she came of age, use her savings to find an honest man to marry, and spend the rest of her life in quiet contentment. That was 156Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 15 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
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The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱
[Available in print. Search "Zhaohua Rebellion" on any platform to purchase.] [Strong female lead, satisfying revenge, high-IQ palace intrigue, the heroine schemes against the entire harem, a dangerously unhinged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen the world 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 en
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The Empress Is So Charming, the Emperor Holds Her in the Palm of His Hand 娘娘多娇，帝王捧在掌心宠
[The leads are not faithful to each other at the beginning, so read with caution] [Palace intrigue at first, favoritism in the middle, exclusive devotion in the later part] [Palace intrigue + sweet romance + a stunningly beautiful, charming consort x a workaholic, devoted emperor] Qu Wanning was a die-hard fan of palace-intrigue novels. Just because she left the author a comment asking them to continue the story, she transmigrated into a new book whose blurb she had just finished reading! She ge
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The Empress Is Otherworldly and Alluring: The Emperor's Exclusive Favorite 娘娘又仙又撩：陛下椒房独宠
[Not a first-love-only pairing; the heroine is no saint; the emperor favors her exclusively in the middle and later stages; fluffy, brainless sweet romance; silly and lighthearted, read with caution] Everyone says that a highborn legitimate daughter who enters the palace is doomed to a bad end, but Pei Jinyan refuses to believe it. Besides, she was once the emperor’s favorite consort in her previous life. She simply ruined a winning hand through her own arrogance and capriciousness. She gave bir
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The Little Palace Maid's Thoughts Were Read 小宫女被读心了
After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the
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- 20 After Breaking Off My Engagement, Kangxi Made Me His Favorite Consort 退婚后，我被康熙独宠后宫 [A flirtatious beauty who loves to play games versus a seemingly proper, devoted emperor who falls into her trap] He YinYin, a star who rose from humble beginnings, died and transmigrated into the body of Hesheli, the Qing Dynasty wife of Longkodo, who was turned into a human pincushion. Fortunately, she had only just gotten engaged. To escape her tragic fate, she calmly thought things through and laid out the following plan. Step one: take Longkodo’s credit for saving the emperor... Step two: g 10.5kReads9.3Score1k14d adds
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Songzhi Reshuffles Empresses in the Palace 颂芝洗牌甄嬛传
Song Zhi wakes up inside Empresses in the Palace as Songzhi, Hua Fei's personal maid! Once her mistress's number-one sidekick, she now has the story in her hands and is determined to help the lady of Yikun Palace rise to the top. The Fragrance of Joy and Serenity prevents her from having children? Replace it with a fragrance that promotes health and restful sleep. Hua Fei's turncoat followers have betrayed her? New people will take their place. The Nian family has fallen and everyone scorns them
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- 22 Xia Dongchun: A Hundred-Foot Crimson, No Thanks 夏冬春：一丈红，婉拒了哈 Xia Dongchun transmigrated into Empresses in the Palace and became the unlucky Fourth Sister, who gets sentenced to the infamous One Foot of Red. To make matters worse, she arrived on the day of the imperial selection... Since she was already there, she decided to make the best of it. Her goal was to survive by keeping her head down, though a better life would be nice too. (This is simply a story about an ordinary girl who transmigrates into Empresses in the Palace. The heroine doesn't have the 582Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 23 To Hell with the Civet Cat! This Time, I'm Getting Rich! 去他的果子狸，这次老娘要暴富！ (No goody-two-shoes heroine, just mind-bending palace intrigue! If you hate Huanbi in Empresses in the Palace, this isn’t for you! Told in first person.) (The early story moves slowly. Even reborn, Huanbi is still a servant and will feel loyalty to those she once cared for! Later, she’ll take the world by storm!) (Pumpkin seeds and little stools are ready! Ladies, please come sit in the front row and watch! If you’re not satisfied, I’ll kowtow to you!) (The plot has been changed! The plot has be 286Reads8.8Score10014d adds
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Ninefold Brocade 九重锦
Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest
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What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著）
What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his
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Tempting the Villain 诱反派
[Signed for publication] After transmigrating into a book as the cannon-fodder princess who dies tragically on her wedding night, Shen Ruan takes the initiative to seduce her husband, the Prince Regent, to stay alive. The Prince Regent has the face of an immortal, but he's ruthless, murderous, and volatile. He's the story's greatest villain. Shen Ruan goes to great lengths to tempt him, using both her beauty and clever schemes. From time to time, she also has to moonlight as the villain's bedmat
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The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼
[One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we
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- 28 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位 Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 56.6kReads9.5Score7k14d adds
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The Night I Left the Palace, the Mad Emperor Took Me by Force 出宫当晚，被疯批帝王强取豪夺
[Beautiful, delicate palace maid vs. cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is chaste + powerful male lead, weak female lead, and he’s completely unhinged + possessive love + a long road to winning her back] Yue Ling was a vain little palace maid. Hoping to enjoy a life of luxury and wealth, she seduced the emperor and worked tirelessly to win his favor, but still met a tragic end. After being reborn, Yue Ling saw things clearly. Rather than tread on thin ice in the de
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- 30 A Low-Ranking Palace Lady from the Start, with Maxed-Out Harem Warfare Skills 开局小秀女，娘娘宫斗技能满点 [No CP, devoted to palace intrigue for a hundred years!] Ning Yuzhen was sixteen the year she entered the palace, and twenty-eight the year she became Empress Dowager. Framing, miscarriage, poisoning, betrayal... After twelve years of ups and downs in the inner palace, the principles she once hoped to uphold had long since vanished. The people who had once stood by her had long since turned to dust. Ning Yuzhen walked the paths she'd taken in the past, leaving behind only a sigh. When she turned 312Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 31 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 2.2kReads8.9Score19414d adds
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The Nine-Phoenix Hairpin 九凤钗
Song Zhu was once a lost royal treasure hidden in the forest, but fate sent her by a twist of circumstance into the palace of her enemies. On one side were the hatred and grievances between their countries; on the other, she found herself slowly sinking deeper and deeper into Mo Jingyuan’s love. Mo Jingyuan drank the plum blossom wine Song Zhu had brewed with her own hands. Dark red blood welled from the corner of his lips. “Azhu, let the grudges of the previous generation end with us. Give bir
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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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- 34 Splendid Hibiscus 锦绣芙蓉 After transmigrating as a young maid in a wealthy merchant’s household, she must use her wits to survive in the complicated manor and carve out a brilliant life of her own. 17Reads—Score214d adds
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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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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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No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话
An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the
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After Getting a Healing System, I Went on a Rampage in the Imperial Harem 获得治愈系统后，我在后宫杀疯了
Lin Xiaowan, a palace maid in the laundry rooms, is envied for her beauty. Trapped in a desperate situation and on the brink of death, she unexpectedly gains a System golden finger. She advances step by step, winning hearts as her first priority, and becomes a favored consort. From then on, she proceeds carefully and plots with cunning, laying her plans and winning the emperor's heart one step at a time until she rises to become empress.
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A Devoted Emperor Chases Love from Ancient Times to the Modern Day 痴情帝王，从古代追爱到现代
"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
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The Crown Prince Is Exiled, and His Lucky Maid Goes Along to Bring Him Endless Fortune 太子流放，锦鲤婢女随行超旺他
Farming, food, political intrigue, a pure historical romance A clever, quick-witted palace maid X a scheming, domineering, deposed crown prince Adapted under the title Rebel Li Yue is a palace maid who carries dishes in the Eastern Palace. She rarely gets to see the crown prince, the crown princess, or the noble consorts. She thinks she's the luckiest person in the palace: her master's anger never falls on her, and the head cook looks after her. She's grown plump from eating well, and feels trul
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Empresses in the Palace: The Daily Climb Up the Ranks 甄嬛传升职日常
What should you do if you transmigrate into Empresses in the Palace? An Lingrong has this to say: The food is bad? Unacceptable! Can't sleep well? Unacceptable! As a low-ranking concubine, I have to greet everyone I meet? Unacceptable! Anyone can bully me? Unacceptable! Then I'll work hard to climb the ranks in the imperial harem! Luckily, An Lingrong has a pocket dimension stocked with survival supplies. They're not much use, but at least she feels prepared. But An Lingrong discovers that she's
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- 42 Empresses in the Palace: Soft as Jade, Gentle as a Flower 甄嬛传之玉软花柔 My father is a high-ranking second-grade official, and my several older brothers are all prominent figures of the Qing Dynasty. As a modern-day corporate drone, Ye Qingran couldn’t be happier. But disaster strikes from above, and Qingran has no choice but to obey an imperial order and enter the palace. If she’s going in, then Niohuru Qingran is determined to make her mark. Yixiu, sweet-tongued but venomous; Nian Shilan, arrogant and domineering; Zhen Huan, dripping with false sweetness... They’l 4.9kReads9.0Score27114d adds
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The Pampered Little Noble Consort 娇养小贵妃
Shen Si was only the daughter of a fourth-rank prefect. The only reason Prince Kang took an interest in her was her beauty. When she refused to submit to him, he framed her father and brother. Just as she was about to take her own life, unable to bear the humiliation any longer, the emperor swept her into his arms. To avenge her father and brother, she joined the imperial harem and tried every means at her disposal, yet still met her end there. Reborn, she gained the ability to enter other peopl
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- 44 My Little Brother Is the Emperor, So I Can Throw My Weight Around Thanks to Our Bloodline 亲弟是皇帝，我嚣张全靠血脉压制 A clueless younger brother bragged that he’d gotten his driver’s license and insisted on picking up his older sister, who had just flown home for the New Year. They promptly crashed the car together. The siblings transmigrated into the Great Zhou dynasty as a noble family’s legitimate daughter who had just been struck by lightning and the emperor. Cheng Zhiyuan has no flaws, except that she’s vain, loves money, oversleeps, has no patience, won’t let anyone get away with being in the wrong, and n 1.4kReads8.6Score17114d adds
- 45 The Emperor and Empress Joined Forces and Purged the Court 帝后联手后，肃清了朝纲 Empress from the start! They love each other for a lifetime, and when the empress passes away, the emperor dies for love! They don't ask to be born together, only to die together! Marriage first, love later + not both virgins + not exclusively doting + completely fictional setting What? The emperor has made a concubine's daughter empress? The powerful ministers are so furious their beards are practically standing on end. Su He, the woman struck by this incredible stroke of fortune, is relieved i 1.8kReads9.0Score18814d adds
- 46 A Palace Maid’s Daily Struggles 宫女奋斗日常 Ling Huan has skin as smooth as ice and looks like a goddess, yet she has no interest in power and thinks only of leaving the palace. In the end, neither she nor her child meets a good end. Given another chance, her goal is to raise her child well and become Empress Dowager herself. A palace-intrigue story with a strong female lead. The heroine is ruthless and clever. A thoroughly satisfying read. 5.9kReads9.2Score84614d adds
- 47 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 1.6kReads8.6Score18614d adds
- 48 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
- 49 Born to Be Empress 天生皇后命 The interstellar doctor Ni Shuxin transmigrates into a historical romance about a household’s internal power struggles, becoming the crown princess destined for a tragic ending. When the crown prince was still a prince, he coveted the empress’s destiny that the Imperial Preceptor had divined for her. He schemed to marry her, and sure enough, he became crown prince. After ascending the throne, the emperor uses her and then plans to depose her, send her into exile, and marry her half-sister, the f 1.5kReads9.0Score21314d adds
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The Second Empress 继后
The Noble Consort was favored, the Worthy Consort bore a son, the Bright Etiquette was the emperor’s white moonlight, and the Beautiful Consort was his cinnabar mole. Every other concubine had her own talents and charms. It was a whole garden in full bloom. So who was our protagonist? The unfavored empress, with no children and no powerful family backing. Great. Why did this plot feel so familiar? Never mind. On the first day Zhao Wumian transmigrated here, she decided to lie flat. Compete for t
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