Palace Intrigue: A Wicked, Spoiled Villainess Who Doesn't Realize She's Evil 宫斗，恶女不自知，娇气又恶毒

1. 151 宫 Palace Beauty 宫姝 Clear Summer Xixi清夏兮兮Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined. 12.7kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
2. 152 孤 Lone Phoenix 孤凰 A Cai阿彩Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted The genius Yue Ning’an dominates the business world, amassing a fortune and never suffering a defeat. That is, until she takes a major fall because of Lu Zangfeng. She has been married to him for three years, spending all three alone in the bridal chamber. At last, General Lu returns victorious, but instead of sharing in her husband’s glory, she gets handed a divorce decree. Having lost both her money and her heart, Yue Ning’an takes the decree, cuts her losses, and leaves with a carefree stride 1.9kReads9.0Score269Shelves
3. 153 卿 My Beloved, Through Every Dawn and Dusk 卿是朝朝暮暮 Sugar-Roasted Little Deer糖炒小鹿Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted Shen Yunshu studied archaeology and had been working for just two years. She loved history, and her favorite dynasty was the Rong Dynasty. A few days ago, she had read an unofficial history of the Rong Dynasty's royal family. Little did she expect that after falling asleep, she would wake up in the Rong Dynasty, sent there by the heavens, as Shen Yunshu, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family of Prince Zhenbei's residence. She had transmigrated to her favorite dynasty and become a descendant 45.5kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
4. 154 绝 Irresistible Temptation: The Emperor's Beloved 绝世诱惑：帝王的掌心娇 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance425k WordsCompleted [Not a pure couple; he dotes on her exclusively later on; a little palace intrigue; the heroine is a master flirt; story complete] She transmigrated from the modern world. Quirky and clever, she was also a brilliant actress. Emperor Shengwu could govern with effortless command, bring peace and stability to the realm, and win battles from a thousand miles away, striking fear across the four seas. He was an emperor who held all power in his hands and ruled over all beneath the heavens. Yun Mengq 22.8kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
5. 155 娘 The Empress Is Sweet and Alluring, Winning Favor and Rising to Power 娘娘娇软妩媚，一路争宠上位 Bell Meow铃铛喵Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (A pure palace-intrigue story, not a one-on-one romance, and not a mutually faithful pairing. Proceed with caution!) Bai Ruotang is the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Right Chancellor’s household. At fifteen, just after coming of age, she is sent into the palace to bear a child for her legitimate elder sister and help her secure the emperor’s favor. Unwilling to be reduced to someone else’s pawn, from the moment she steps through the palace gates, she decides she will carve out 10.7kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
6. 156 娘 The Empress Consort's Every Move Wins the Emperor's Heart 娘娘步步为营，缓缓登帝王心尖 The Star Among the Stars in the Sky天上星星的星星Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue and revenge, a slow-burn, slow-payoff story + stunning heroine + exceptionally clearheaded heroine with an unwavering goal] [The hero always favors the heroine + dotes on her exclusively in the middle + disbands his harem later] After Shen Qingtang’s aunt is schemed against and killed by Madam Shen, her goal becomes perfectly clear: she will enter the palace, become the most honored woman in the land, and make everyone who plotted against her aunt pay. She is also perfectly clea 6kReads9.1Score580Shelves
7. 157 王 When the Princess Learns the Prince Is Being Bullied, She Goes on a Rampage 王爷被欺负，王妃知道后她杀疯了 March Heiress三月千金Ancient Romance618k WordsCompleted She was the most formidable ace military doctor. During a mission, she and her enemy killed each other, and she never expected to transmigrate to the Nanhe Dynasty. He is the most favored prince in the Nanhe Dynasty, yet his own princess consort can’t stand him. Before she becomes the other her: “I don’t want to be your princess consort. He Chenyi, stay away from me. I hate you.” After she becomes the other her: “You there! You’re bullying my husband right in front of me. Did you ask for my perm 8.7kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
8. 158 北 The Beiming Family’s Little Maid Is a Money Lover 北冥家的小小丫鬟是财迷 Time Across the Shore彼岸时光Ancient Romance612k WordsCompleted Su Xiaoxiao only wanted to sneak into the Prime Minister's residence to steal something. It wasn't until she got inside that she realized she had gone to the wrong place. As it turned out, there were two Prime Ministers' residences, one belonging to the Left Chancellor and one to the Right Chancellor. From then on, Su Xiaoxiao began a battle of wits with the Left Chancellor. One wanted her freedom. The other did everything he could to keep her. And she still had to find time to deal with th 2.6kReads9.2Score326Shelves
9. 159 大 The Eldest Young Master’s Personal Maid 大公子的贴身丫鬟 Mo Yunxi沫云兮Ancient Romance263k WordsCompleted As someone who transmigrated, why haven’t I seen any so-called protagonist aura? Why does my life keep getting worse? I went from an unlucky third-class maid to a first-class personal maid, only to get labeled a “bedchamber maid.” Rong Jin is torn. Damn Heaven, fine, you can pair people up at random, but can’t you find me someone normal? I can’t handle a sicko! The eldest young master glances sideways at her. “A sicko? Heh...” He gives a cold laugh. 1.6kReads8.6Score106Shelves
10. 160 和 After Our Divorce, I Plot a Rebellion with My Ex-Husband’s Younger Brother 和离后，我和前夫他弟一起谋反 Yan Xiaowan燕小丸Ancient Romance363k WordsCompleted [Ex-Wife Retrieval: Ashes Edition + Darkened Heroine Takes Down Scumbags] The wife of the General Who Guards the Far reaches, who had been dead for three years, has returned! A master of medicine and a favorite of the emperor, she secured an imperial decree granting her a divorce, then turned around and married her former husband's younger brother, known as the most handsome man in the capital! But it turned out her new husband was actually a young prince of the imperial family, and he was who 1.4kReads9.2Score176Shelves
11. 161 冲 Marriage for Good Fortune: One Fit of Anger from the Heir’s Wife, and He’s on His Knees in an Instant 冲喜：世子妃一生气，世子秒下跪 March Heiress三月千金Ancient Romance388k WordsCompleted Fate decrees a destined match, and one dream draws us together across worlds. You often appear in my dreams, and one glance was all it took for me to fall for you. Scene: Woman: “I just transmigrated, and now you're making me marry you to bring you good luck? Why should I?” Man: “I'm in this state already. I shouldn't drag an innocent girl into this.” A few days later Woman: “Wait... I'll take this man.” Man: “Now that you're here, don't even think about running away.” As the heir to a family of 7.1kReads9.2Score798Shelves
12. 162 换 With a New Face, She Slaughters the Scumbag's Entire Family, Then His Third Uncle Spoils Her Rotten 换脸屠渣男满门，被他三叔宠翻天 He Zhiling赫至灵Ancient Romance324k WordsCompleted Traditional historical family intrigue + face-swapping revenge fantasy (not a mindless power trip) Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + happy ending Also known as: “Marrying into the Marquis's Household Again, I Become the Beloved of My Scumbag Husband's Uncle” and “Family Intrigue Keeps Me Busy, but the General Always Drags Me Off to Bed” The heroine is skilled in medicine and martial arts, clever, and no pushover. The hero is a doting wife-obsessed general. He can slay enemies on horse 234Reads9.0Score—Shelves
13. 163 G GB: No Cross-Dressing as a Man, No Way GB不女扮男装不舒服 I Could, But I Won't可以但我不Modern Romance5.6M WordsOngoing [Gender-bender quick transmigration · Female lead stays the aggressor · No fixed pairing · Woman in men's clothing · All male characters are virgins] - Tang Jin, a great demon who grew from wild grass, was bound to a quick transmigration System. Apparently, the System was originally designed for male task-takers, so Tang Jin could only play male cannon fodder, male villains, or male supporting characters in each story. [If you're lucky, you might even get to be the male lead~] Tang Jin: "Want th 39.6kReads9.5Score2.9kShelves

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    Ah? All I watch are heroines who are evil and aware of themselves. A female protagonist who is fierce or evil or smart or powerful

14. 164 女 Matriarchy: My Career Is True Love, My Husband Is an Accident 女尊：事业是真爱，夫郎是意外 Have a Big Tangerine吃个大桔子Ancient Romance491k WordsCompleted (Matriarchal society + strong heroine + everyday life + imperial examinations + political intrigue + sweet and satisfying + career-minded official) Wei Yan transmigrates into the body of an incompetent fool who’s obsessed with a man. She begs on her knees and bows again and again for a lucky charm, only to watch someone throw it away. Then she bursts into tears, hopelessly in love. She beats the men in her household to entertain some random onlookers, then jumps into a river to prove her love. S 1kReads8.6Score107Shelves
15. 165 穿 After Transmigrating to a Matriarchal World, She Spoiled Her Hapless Shadow Guard 穿越女尊后，她把倒霉暗卫宠上天 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society + sweet romance + one-on-one + devoted to each other] [Calculating and ruthless princess × obedient, loyal guard] The capital's good-for-nothing Second Princess is beaten in the street by another woman for pursuing a man, then crashes into a stone lion. After recovering from her serious injuries, the Second Princess seems like a completely different person: kind to others, uninterested in competing, and always helping her sisters. It isn't until the day this powerful princes 20.1kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves
16. 166 恶 The Wicked Woman Taps Her Wooden Fish, Gaining a Merit Point Every Day 恶女速敲木鱼，功德每日加一 Water-Dipped Rice水点饭Modern Romance692k WordsCompleted Strong heroine + scheming + System + villainous female warlord + chaotic times + conquest + otome game A villainess transmigrates into another villainess. The heroine is a true antagonist. Qi Yi accidentally transmigrates into the villainous supporting character of an otome game, a character who keeps dying. The original’s enemies are too numerous for her to know who’s trying to kill her. The land is in chaos, with warlords carving up the territory and heroes vying for supremacy. Qi Yi had plann 3kReads9.0Score394Shelves
17. 167 女 A Female Doctor’s Murder Diary 女医生谋杀日记 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Mystery565k WordsCompleted The print edition has been published. Search for A Female Doctor's Diary. I'm a doctor, an obstetrician and gynecologist. I have only two goals: Make someone disappear, And have a child. But he reeks of medicine And stands in my way! 23.5kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves
18. 168 吾 Which of Us Is More of a Yandere, Me or the Male Lead? 吾与男主孰病娇 How Many Chapters Today, Baobao爆爆今天几更Ancient Romance276k WordsCompleted [Revenge + regret and redemption. Everyone gets hurt except Fuguang] Fuguang is a Void task-taker who specializes in taking on the resentment of people who died unjustly despite being blessed with great fortune. Unlike other task-takers, she uses the original person’s identity, wisdom, and temperament to live their life again and give them the ending they deserved. At the request of the original Lin Yusan, she plays two roles at once. Without her disguise, she is a gentle, pure-hearted young wo 1.5kReads9.4Score183Shelves
19. 169 娘 The Empress Refuses Love, While the Tyrant Goes Mad and Turns to the Dark Side 娘娘不入爱河，暴君疯批入魔 Huang Dandan黄蛋蛋Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted [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 29.1kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
20. 170 如 Story of Yanxi Palace: Yanwan Gets the Heroine’s Script 如懿传：当嬿婉拿了女主剧本 Wu Wu Wu Mei巫巫巫梅Female-Channel Fanfiction698k WordsCompleted [Main story and bonus chapters complete] After Yanwan dies, she is reborn on the day she is made a Minor Attendant. This time, she'll kindle the flames of revenge and make everyone who bullied her pay dearly. Jinzhong is reborn at the same time after his death. He hates her with all his heart, yet can't help falling in love with the utterly wicked Wei Yanwan. Both have hearts steeped in malice. Yanwan and Jinzhong are two of a kind, a wicked consort and a treacherous courtier bringing a lurid bl 2.6kReads9.3Score314Shelves
21. 171 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Became the Fourteenth Imperial Prince’s Consort Everyone Envy 退亲后，她成了人人羡慕的四福晋 Wan Bao妧宝Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [One devoted couple + sweet romance] Tong Jia Ning Chuge, the legitimate daughter of Longkodo, was getting married. But on her wedding day, a princess snatched her groom right off the street. The poor girl fell out of her bridal sedan and died on the spot! The woman protested, “I just got here, and a bunch of people are already laughing at me for being a discarded wife. I can’t stand for this!” Just as she was racking her brains for a way to put them in their place, an imperial edict from Empero 44.4kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves
22. 172 我 I’m Just a Concubine, So Why Is Everyone Clinging to Me? 我是小妾哎，怎么都来抱我大腿？ Lin Wanzi林丸子Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete] Ye Qingzhi, an overworked office drone, transmigrates into the body of a concubine in the Jiangyang Marquis’s household. Since she’s here, she might as well go crazy. Being a concubine is just changing workplaces. She doesn’t need to get emotionally involved. She can simply treat herself like a tool. Ye Qingzhi’s career goal: convince both the marquis and the principal wife to take responsibility for her and protect her. Ye Qingzhi’s workplace motto: Life is short. We’re al 40.3kReads9.4Score5kShelves
23. 173 醉 Drunk on Smoke, Falling Petals 醉烟落 Luoluo Shu落落漱Ancient Romance593k WordsCompleted [One couple + historical romance + political intrigue and revenge + palace intrigue] [New author here, please be kind] She was once Li Er’ya of Lijia’ao, sold by her family to serve as a maid in a wealthy household and renamed Li Suyan. After traveling a thousand miles from Lingnan Province to bustling Kyoto, she became the legitimate daughter of the Minister’s household under the name Li Suluo. At last, the splendor faded and her original purpose was fulfilled. For the sake of what she held dea 3.4kReads9.0Score345Shelves

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24. 174 公 A Princess So Charming, She Has Her Courtiers Fighting to Win Her Favor 公主多娇，引裙臣竞折腰 Su Yaoyao苏杳杳Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Content warning: The heroine is a beauty lover. There is no definitive male lead early on. She’s adored by everyone, and she’s not a perfect character.] Mu Ruqing transmigrates to an unknown dynasty and suddenly becomes Beilu’s most exalted princess. She thinks that once she gets rid of the original owner’s troublesome suitors, she’ll be able to lie flat, listen to audiobooks, and feast her eyes on handsome men. But who could have expected this? The stoic, aloof Imperial Preceptor: “You seduced 9Reads5.4Score—Shelves
25. 175 渣 My Scumbag Fiancé Ran Away from Our Wedding, So I Married Someone Else on the Spot 渣男逃婚，我当场改嫁了 Mu Yun Cheng慕妘娍Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted On her wedding day, Meng Jinyao’s intended groom, Gu Xiuming, eloped with another woman, turning her into a laughingstock. She hardened her heart and changed grooms on the spot, marrying Gu Xiuming’s adoptive father, Gu Jingxi. After the wedding, Gu Xiuming sneered at her. “Meng Jinyao, have you no shame? You couldn’t become my bride, so now you want to become my mother?” Meng Jinyao looked at the man standing in the doorway and complained, “Husband, your son is being disrespectful and insulting 7.4kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
26. 176 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [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 22kReads9.6Score4.6kShelves

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