Any Palace-Intrigue Stories Where Both the Heroine and the Emperor Are Clear-Headed? 有没有那种宫斗但是女主和皇帝都人间清醒的
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The Jealous Empress's Bitter Tears 醋精皇后的心酸泪
No transmigration, no rebirth, no System. The heroine is beautiful and knows how to flirt, while the hero never goes mad or sees red! This novel is extremely devoted to its heroine. [One-on-one romance, sweet, angsty, and satisfying; a jealous queen and a beleaguered emperor] Ji Yun was spotted in the mountains by the Prince of Yan. He mistook her for a dignified, magnanimous woman and asked for her hand in marriage. Before long, the Prince of Yan became emperor and married her as his empress. F
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The Spoiled Yet Wise Empress 作精贤后
Dongli Hua has a little mishap and ends up in a novel for male readers, as an ugly woman with a birthmark on her face. But because of her good deeds, an imperial decree names her empress. The emperor ascended the throne at twenty, and is now thirty-two. He once had a beloved first empress who has since died; now he has two favored consorts, Shu and Li, as well as several powerful consorts with large families who have borne him princes and princesses. And soon, another large group of beauties wil
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The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and She Slaughters Her Way Through with the Ailing Young Lord 黑莲花重生，和病弱小公爷杀疯了
Shen Wan is the model of an aristocratic young lady: equally skilled in the literary and martial arts, and a peerless physician. Her parents and five older brothers adore her and treat her like the apple of their eye. Before these very relatives hunt her down and kill her, she too believes she is the beloved young lady everyone dotes on, and the Crown Prince’s sweetheart. Only as she lies dying does she learn the truth: she is not the legitimate daughter of the Shen family at all. The true daugh
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The Jiang Family Girl Who Never Made It Into the Family Register 江家那上不了族谱的小女子
Because her father was struck from the clan register, Jiang Jiuzhu was born a little girl who could never be entered into the family genealogy. So be it. She could simply live her life as it came… Even if it was a complete mess, even if she couldn’t make sense of it, as long as she stayed alive… and didn’t die.
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[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
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Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷
[The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he
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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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The Pear Blossoms Fall, Unaware of Spring 梨落不知春
Leng Qinghuan was forced to marry the notorious Prince Yan. But she wasn't some naive, helpless girl. Crying and accepting her fate just wasn't in Leng Qinghuan's nature. She seized every opportunity, with the courage to burn her bridges, fought scheming women, fought the empress, opened shops, learned to solve cases, and more... Through her words and deeds, she proved herself. The woman Prince Yan had once sneered at ultimately became someone far beyond his reach!
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The Wicked Woman Enters the Palace as a Consort: A Little Arrogance Is Only Fair 恶女入宫为妃，跋扈一点很合理吧
The short drama is out now. Search for it on Fanqie to watch. [Palace Intrigue Power Fantasy + Not a Clean Romance + Being the Emperor’s Mother Is Better Than Being His Consort] Every woman in the harem hopes to win Emperor Jingrong’s favor, but Yuan Yuntang sees the emperor only as a tool for having children. Women in ancient times had to marry sooner or later anyway, so she might as well marry the most powerful man of all. After all, Emperor Jingrong has a great figure, a handsome face, and a
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The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了
[Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of
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Film and TV Crossover: The Lazy Girl Wants Pure Love with the Male Supporting Character 综影视：咸鱼她要和男配搞纯爱
[Sweet pet + the most beautiful female protagonist + no fixed cp + 1v1 + immersive strategy + emotional flow] [If there is OOC, it will be handled privately] On the first day A Zhou entered the male supporting role strategy department, he was assigned a task by the leader because of his strong psychological quality: to have pure love with the male supporting role! Azhou: Pure love is impossible. System 7562 swore and patted its non-existent chest and said: Leave it to me! I'll take you flying! H
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The Adorable Actress Is So Fertile, the Childless Male Lead Can’t Get Enough of Her 娇宠影后太好孕，绝嗣男主很缠人
[Alternate world + quick transmigration + stunning heroine + pregnancy and childbirth + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + the hero is split into fragments] What?! The award-winning actress dies in an accident on the very day she wins her grand slam of awards? Qiao Jinjin was furious. Her savings, her house, her glory: all gone before she could enjoy any of them. What? Bind herself to a childbirth System and complete missions to gain eternal life? What was she waiting for? She was in! Wo
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Film and TV Worlds: The Powerful Host Just Wants to Snack 综影视之大佬宿主只想吃瓜
An He returns from his tribulation, but before she can catch her breath, the Father God kicks her into three thousand worlds. An He: There’s something I don’t know if I should say. Father God: Then don’t say it. Don’t say it. 7951: Host, catch me! The heroine is a god. She has a System, a personal space, and divine artifacts. She’s easygoing and does as she pleases, only getting involved in things she cares about. There isn’t necessarily a CP in every world. (P.S. There’s a fixed CP after the A
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Qing Transmigration: My Son Is So Outstanding, I Become Empress After Being Made a Side Consort 清穿：儿子太争气，侧福晋封后了
[Alternate-history Qing Dynasty transmigration + spiritual spring space + sweet romance, no angst + doted on exclusively in the later chapters] Transmigrating as Geng Shi, Yongzheng's Consort Yu, Geng Jinghan puts winning his heart first and seducing him second. Fourth Master: “Bear me a son and I'll promote you to Side Consort.” Geng Jinghan: “What if I give you two sons?” Fourth Master: “What do you want, Han'er?” Geng Jinghan: “Be crazy about me, mad for me, and bang your head against the
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Palace Intrigue System: I Become the Emperor’s Favorite 宫斗系统：我成了陛下心尖宠
[Both Pure + Sweet Romance + System + Devoted Love + Transmigration] Easygoing Qin Zhaozhao transmigrates into the body of a newly arrived imperial consort. She plans to lie flat, but then a palace-intrigue System activates, and somehow she catches the new emperor’s attention. The System says that completing missions earns her rewards, including the chance to become empress. It sounds simple, but it’s incredibly difficult. A noble consort has her eye on the throne, while the emperor’s former fla
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The Bewitching, Passionate Consort Only Wants to Be the Emperor's Favorite 贵妃妩媚多情，一心只想当宠妃
Lu Hanyan had a grand ambition and had always worked hard toward it: to become the emperor’s most favored Noble Consort! What could be better than being a Noble Consort? She could seduce the emperor, act up whenever she pleased, and occasionally whisper in his ear or toy with his feelings. Just thinking about it was thrilling! From an invisible nobody in the harem to the most celebrated Noble Consort of her time, Lu Hanyan gradually won Xiao Qi’s heart. Drawing on the little she knew about roman
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What a Shock! The Emperor’s Adored Noble Consort Is Actually the Former Empress 惊！陛下娇宠的贵妃竟是先皇后
[The Noble Consort is the reborn empress. Liang Jiayi = Zhou Jinghe. A clever, brave, strong-willed little troublemaker × a diligent, virtuous, wise, and benevolent ruler] Rumor had it that the newly arrived Noble Consort was the empress’s double. The Noble Consort had never put up with such an insult in her life, so she turned around and raised hell in the entire harem. The concubines competed for the emperor’s favor? She drove them out of the palace. The Empress Dowager made things difficult f
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Your Majesty, I Have Special Skills for Palace Intrigue 娘娘，我有特殊的宫斗技巧
Lin Ziyu was the daughter of Lin Yanqing, the prime minister of the dynasty. If nothing had gone wrong, she could have lived a carefree life. Who could have known that one day the Lin family would be framed by treacherous schemers, wiping out a hundred-member clan overnight? Burdened with a blood feud, Lin Ziyu chose to enter the palace as a palace maid. To uncover the truth, she had no choice but to climb the ranks, one step at a time. No matter how much humiliation she endured, she swallowed i
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Your Majesty, So Alluring: Rising Through the Harem Battles 娘娘千娇妩媚，一路宫斗上位
[Palace intrigue + Transmigration + Empowering wish-fulfillment story + Clear-headed heroine] When the modern-day orphan Ruan Sheng transmigrates into the body of an unloved eldest daughter of a marquis’s household, she is forced to marry into the imperial palace in someone else’s place just to survive, and must navigate a deadly world of palace intrigue. Who could have guessed that, because her face so closely resembled the emperor’s cherished first love, she would catch his attention as soon a
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The Tyrant Gives Me One-on-One Lessons in Palace Infighting 暴君一对一辅导我宫斗
Everyone says the newly enthroned emperor of the Dayan kingdom is a cruel and brutal tyrant. Song Yin, a transmigrator, thinks that tyrants are supposed to be the type who love beauties more than their kingdoms. So why does this one spend every day plotting how to kill his own concubines? Tyrant: “The women in my harem love power, not me. Keep your head down if you want to survive.” Song Yin: “Understood!” Later Tyrant: “A consort who doesn’t want to be empress isn’t a good consort.” Song Yin: “
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Reborn and Marrying My Brother Is Wonderful, While My Ex Tearfully Calls Me Sister-in-Law 重生嫁给兄长甚好，前夫含泪叫嫂
It wasn't until Gu Baiyu died that she learned she was merely a supporting character in a transmigration novel. The real protagonist was her concubine-born younger sister, Gu Ruanuan, who had transmigrated from another world! Even her death was just a way to make room for the great love between her younger sister and her husband! Reborn, Gu Baiyu finally refuses to play along with her husband's sweet talk and her younger sister's matchmaking! Why should she sacrifice herself for someone else's r
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The Clumsy, Mischievous Concubine Follows the Disgraced Crown Prince Into Exile 通房又菜又爱玩跟着废太子去流放
[A little stronger than average + Silly comedy + Mind Reading + Pocket Dimension + A touch of fantasy] [An exceptionally beautiful heroine] [The Crown Prince’s heart is as deep as the sea] Song Qingning caught her boyfriend cheating on her with a man, a muscular Black man at that. In a torrential downpour, she ran out in a daze, devastated by the betrayal. Without watching where she was going, she fell into a sewer. When she woke up, she had become the Crown Prince’s bedchamber maid. Before she
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Empress of the Xie Family 谢家皇后
In her first year in the palace, she is a Talented Lady. In her fifth, she is a Jieyu. In her tenth, she wants to become empress. As empress, she can hold on to everything she treasures and keep it from being taken away. She can protect herself and her child, and she can... stay by his side. This is a road with only one direction: take a single step back, and all will be lost. The bright yellow ceremonial parasol moves forward, and the emperor's procession slowly enters the city gate. A yellow p
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The Delicate Princess Conceives Multiples on Her Wedding Night 新婚夜，娇娇公主多胎了
[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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You Chose Your White Moonlight. I Returned to the Modern World, So Why Are You Crying? 你选白月光，我穿回现代你哭什么
[No Getting Back Together After the Breakup + Transported to Another World + Pocket Dimension] [Male Lead Gets Put Through the Wringer + Regret and Groveling + Clear-Headed Female Lead] An Qing, the daughter of a tycoon, is kidnapped and thrown off a cliff, only to find herself transported to an alternate ancient world. She has loved a man for ten years, but they can never be together. Unsure if she'll ever make it back, she decides to let him go and start a new life. Then Prince Zhao, Mo Haoche
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After Entering a Sweet Romance Novel, I Gave the Tragic Hero a Piece of Candy 穿进甜文后给悲剧男配送颗糖
The physical book goes on sale across major platforms on July 18 at 7 p.m. Search for Stars in the Dark Night. In a sweet romance, the heroine is delicate and adorable, the male lead spoils her endlessly, the second male lead is obsessively devoted to her, and the third quietly watches over her. The fourth, the fifth, and so on... Then there’s a certain minor male character, a short-lived young man with a congenital illness. Because he once helped the heroine, she treats him differently, earni
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The Brooding Jiang Ye's Little Fairy Is Sweet and Soft 偏执江爷的小仙女又甜又软
“It hurts.” “Be good. Once I put the medicine on, it won’t hurt anymore.” In her previous life, when Yu Li died, everyone kept their distance from her. He alone kissed her lips with reverence. Reborn at eighteen, Yu Li is a sweet-voiced goddess, while he is a brooding, twisted bad boy with a possessive streak. She gives him her heart and no one else, saving him from the mire of darkness. In her previous life, he was willing to get blood on his hands for her, killing any god who stood in his way.
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Male Leads, Get a Grip! I’m Really Just the Villainess! 男主们都清醒点！我真的只是恶毒女配啊！
Chi Xining should have been enjoying a comfortable retirement, but she unfortunately transmigrates into a cannon-fodder female character who got merged with another person because they share the same name! In one stroke of bad luck, she ends up with three doomed identities and manages to offend the male leads of three different books. Chi Xining clutches her secret identities close, trembling as she tries to get herself written out of the story. But the more she tries, the farther she gets from
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His Eyes Turned Red as He Begged in a Hoarse Voice, “Please, Kiss Me.” 他红了眼眶，哑声祈求，亲亲我吧
Sweet, soft, beautiful, resilient heiress vs. outwardly cold but inwardly passionate and devoted tycoon (First married, then fall in love + double standards + secret crush + both leads’ first love + happy ending + sweet everyday romance + second male lead’s regret + reborn + healing) Wen Ya always knew that Su Chen was deeply in love with someone else, but naively believed that if she stayed by his side long enough, one day he would finally see her. But she was wrong. When faced with a choice, S
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Reborn as a Sweet Little Trouble-Maker, I Have the Capital’s Crown Prince Clinging to Me Every Night 作精重生乖又甜，京圈太子夜夜黏
(A bittersweet, angsty romance about growth. The low rating is because it clashes with some readers’ values, not because the writing is bad.) [A wife-chasing redemption arc + marriage first, love later + both leads’ first love + age gap + sweet and angsty romance + rekindled love + personal growth] Zhu Yihuan is the cherished daughter of the Zhu family, one of the capital’s major conglomerates. She has always gotten whatever she wants. As a teenager, she fell for Li Beiyu, the handsome heir to t
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I Became the Male Lead's Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend 穿成男主的怀孕前女友
[Angst, childhood sweethearts, physical and emotional torment, groveling for a second chance] Lin Zhizhi discovered that she had transmigrated into a romance novel called The Years of Secret Love. It was bad enough that she hadn’t become the heroine, but she’d ended up as the male lead’s beautiful yet wicked ex-girlfriend. At first, this ex-girlfriend put on a convincing act. At school, everyone adored her, though only the boys. She appeared just twice in the novel: first, when she suddenly show
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The Reborn Jiang Shao’s Unforgettable First Love 重生偏执江少的白月光
[Sweet Romance + Healing + Obsessive Love] She was the goddess everyone admired. He was the gloomy boy everyone avoided. She was a wealthy heiress. He was a penniless orphan. She was sunny and gentle. He was dark and obsessive. He lived in a mire, while she lived like a fairy, cherished by everyone around her. Jiang Yan never imagined that the girl everyone thought was impossibly out of his league would come to him with all the warmth in the world. She gave him everything she had and spoiled him
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Quick Transmigration: The Tragic Heroine Lies in the Supporting Man's Arms and Does Whatever She Wants 快穿：虐文女主躺在男配怀里摆烂
[Sweet, flirtatious goddess of the worlds + mad, lovesick male supporting characters + love at first sight + sweet 1v1 romance] They say the male lead belongs to the heroine, while the second male lead belongs to everyone. Wen Xin, cast as the heroine of a tragic romance, threw herself into the arms of the devoted second male lead without hesitation. “Male lead over there, don’t come any closer!” Who needs sweet love when only an idiot would go looking for heartbreak! * The domineering, loyal yo
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So Sweet! The Feisty Little Tease Is Flirting with the Big Shot Again 甜爆！小作精又在撩哄大佬了
[Both reborn + devoted couple + sweet romance + flirtation and coaxing + wife pursues husband + intense push and pull + one-on-one romance] At eighteen, Cen Wan had a bright, radiant smile. Lu Beixun fell for her at a single glance. After they married, Cen Wan buried her feelings for Lu Beixun deep in her heart and never revealed them. A year later, Lu Beixun died. Cen Wan was overcome with grief, then learned the whole truth. Consumed by regret, she died taking her enemy down with her. Just as
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The Kids of CEOs Gu, Lu, Pei, and Fu Call Me Mom 顾总陆总裴总傅总的崽管我叫妈
[Well-Behaved Son + Devoted 1v1 Romance + Doting Husband] Poor but beautiful young woman Shu Yunhe loses a black-market fight while trying to earn money for tuition. After being frozen for seven years, she finally wakes up. Years ago, she donated four eggs so that the special superpower genes she carried could be passed on. After waking up, she somehow finds herself with four biological sons. The boys are adorable and well-behaved, and their father is unbelievably handsome. Later, one day, Gu
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You Asked Me to Be a Concubine, So I Killed the Lord? 让你当小妾，你把主君杀了？
(A full-cast audio drama has been produced) (The short drama adaptation, A Kiss Beneath the Spring Moon, is now online) [Quick transmigration + femme fatale + palace and household intrigue + revenge for every grudge + villainess fiction + no fixed male lead + growth-focused heroine] As a newly created System, Erdan only wanted to choose a gentle, charming Host who knew how to humble herself, so they could complete the concubine survival missions. But it turned out Erdan had misjudged her. A low-
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The Royal Family’s Cherished Daughter-in-Law: The Emperor and Empress Are Shipping Themselves 皇家宠媳：帝后嗑CP啦
[Traditional historical romance + palace and household intrigue + no transmigration or rebirth + alternate history + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + childhood sweethearts] [Gentle, resilient beauty VS cool, composed Crown Prince] Just three months after Mu Shuangyin's birth mother passed away, Chancellor Mu took a second wife. The new madam brought a son and a daughter into the household. They were said to be the Chancellor's children, and even more remarkably, the twins had been born ab
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Bringing the Phoenix Home 引凤归
The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing
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Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责
Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied
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The Fortunate Concubine 庶女有福
The third daughter of the Chu family, Chu Lingran, is breathtakingly beautiful, with peerless looks. In truth, she is merely a concubine-born daughter of the Chengbo Marquis household, always cautious and modest, playing the pig to eat the tiger. Her stepmother took a fortune-teller’s words, “This girl will have many descendants,” and sent her to the Crown Prince’s residence to serve as a childbearing tool. But the full prediction was: “This girl will have many descendants, for she is destined t
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The Emperor Is My Ex-Boyfriend 皇上是我前男友
Lin Ruowan had a falling-out with Lu Xun and broke up with him. Unable to let go but too proud to reach out, she got blackout drunk at home. When she woke up, she found herself lying in a magnificent bed, having become Empress Chu Yue of the Northern Xia Dynasty! Even more astonishing, the so-called Emperor Zhao Yunjue looked exactly like her ex-boyfriend Lu Xun... The palace is full of rumors that the emperor and empress are at odds, and that the emperor has always resented the empress. But jud
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I Divorce Him on Our Wedding Day! I Crush My Phoenix Crown and Ride Home 新婚当天休夫！踏碎凤冠上马回府
[The Red Fruit short drama is now streaming, Late Stars Sway Down Upon the Sinking Boat, starring Zhi Chunhe and Yi Hang] [Transmigrate into a book + redemption + pocket dimension + devoted couple] [A weepy, handsome fool of a husband × a domineering heroine in a cozy, goofy daily life] After transmigrating into a book as the supporting female character who was enraged to death by a scumbag on her wedding day, she throws off her wedding dress, kicks the scumbag out, and takes a fool as her live-
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No One Knows the Xie Family Has a Talented Daughter 谢家有个才女都不知
Mutual exclusivity, equally matched leads, playing the pig to eat the tiger, a scheming heroine, pure historical romance. The cold, calculating Third Master VS the scheming, talented beauty The Xie family had many sons but few daughters, so they were willing to take in and adopt children from distant relatives. Feng Zhuohua was one of them, raised in a courtyard alongside several other adopted daughters. The Xie family of Qinghe was a prosperous clan with a history spanning centuries. For genera
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A Double Overture 双序曲
In the Zheng'an era, the Southern Liang realm teeters on the brink of collapse. Upon his warhorse, his silver armor gleaming, he takes her hand and promises, “I will rise above all others, so that no one in the realm will ever dare look down on you.” Yet the day the realm changes hands is also the day the bright moon begins to wane. Supreme power becomes a cold blade in his hand, carving wounds into her heart that will never heal. Hidden arrows in the palace, bloodshed in the court: in a single
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Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢
[The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On
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Searching for a Branch 寻枝
[Coolheaded, brilliant, tragic heroine X scheming prince pretending to be a spoiled playboy] [Marriage before love + bickering couple + political intrigue + redemption + revenge + secret identities] Liu Xunyi is the Empress Dowager’s most trusted enforcer, beautiful and cold, with a knack for killing corrupt officials. During a mission, she accidentally crossed the notorious spoiled prince, Ye Simang. As it happened, the Empress Dowager granted them a marriage, bringing them together. This newly
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Accidentally Capturing the Emperor’s Heart: The Lucky Little Consort Lies Low Her Way to Empress 误入帝心，福运小答应靠摆烂封后
[Palace intrigue / born into a new life in the womb / not an exclusive relationship / lighthearted daily life / doted on by the emperor after the heroine arrives / alternate world] Xia Luzhu is the lowest-ranking consort in the imperial harem. In her three years in the palace, she has never once seen the emperor. Apart from mandatory greetings, she hardly ever leaves her quarters. Palace intrigue? Assassination plots? Miscarriages? None of it has anything to do with her. Xia Luzhu's greatest dai
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You Like Your Sister-in-Law, So I’ll Marry the Emperor. What Are You Losing It For? 你喜欢嫂嫂我嫁给皇帝，你疯什么
[An ambitious power-hungry minister who pursues his wife after losing her, and a mad emperor who steals her away. Not mutually faithful, and the heroine is no powerhouse. Palace intrigue and political scheming.] In the history books, Luo Tingzhao was a criminal who usurped the throne and ushered in an era of northern barbarians ravaging the Central Plains. Yet he was also a ruthless hero with grand ambitions who brought an end to years of chaos! People have always disagreed over whether to prai
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The Villainess Asks Every Day: Is the Dog Emperor Dead Yet? 恶女每日一问：狗皇帝今天死了没
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
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The Pampered Young Lady Is Reborn, and the Obsessed Emperor Behaves 娇女重生，偏执帝王乖乖的
[Both Pure + Obsessive, Devoted Emperor + Palace and Household Intrigue + Consorts in the Harem, None Later On, Skip If You Mind] In her previous life, Wei Yanran had barely transmigrated when her grandmother married her off to an old man. She asked countless people for help, but only Xiao Heng was willing to help her. What she never realized was that he had already set his sights on her. He was obsessive. He hated her looking at other people, smiling at other people, or stepping outside the cag
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