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1. 51 嫡 The Legitimate Daughter’s Schemes 嫡女心计 Singing Beneath the Moon月下高歌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Xie Langhua is the legitimate daughter of a marquis’s household, yet she lives worse than a maid. Her mother is framed and dies in disgrace, barred even from the family shrine after death. Her own brother is deliberately led astray and dies of a sexually transmitted disease, becoming a laughingstock throughout the capital. She and Xiao Mo were betrothed at birth. She loves him devotedly, but he breaks off their engagement three times, and in the end she marries him as a concubine. Their young so 174Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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   Scheme against the scumbag, kill the white lotus, beat up the real father, teach the aunt, assist the grandfather, expose the grandmother, protect the younger brother, support the elder brother, there is a long way to go to live a new life! She still has her own money to get and her own rights to seize, so how can she not be considered a great heroine?!!!

2. 52 登 At Crane Terrace, the Treacherous Minister Courts Me at Every Turn 登鹤台，奸臣他步步紧撩 Mao Fugui毛富贵儿Ancient Romance411k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + marriage first, love later + lighthearted and a little goofy + sweet romance, both leads are each other’s first and only] After more than twenty years of struggling to grow up, Qin Fei transmigrated into a book and wanted nothing more than to lie low. But her original character was destined to be cannon fodder, so to save herself and change her fate, she gritted her teeth and married the ruthless, vicious villain of the story. The book said that Cen Hejue was a notori 2.1kReads9.0Score289Shelves
3. 53 病 The Possessive Power Minister’s Guide to Spoiling His Wife 病娇权臣宠妻手册 Late Day晚昼Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a book + super-sweet one-on-one romance + secret identity revealed + supernatural ability + forced to become the villain’s beloved] A straightforward beauty who never stops flirting vs. a charming, laid-back fox of a man Shen Zhixia transmigrated into the body of a doomed cannon-fodder character with a high chance of dying. But she could see whether the threads around people’s wrists were red or black: red meant affection, black meant dislike. And she even had a handsome man 2.6kReads9.2Score296Shelves
4. 54 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Big Shot’s Lazy Pillow 穿书后成了大佬的咸鱼抱枕 Xi Yin奚音Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted Outside, a raging storm howled and battle cries filled the air. Inside, Ning Xihua suddenly jolted awake on the bed. Propping herself up halfway, she looked confused. “What’s going on?” The man held a book in one hand and pulled her into his arms with the other. “Nothing. Go back to sleep.” “Oh.” Ning Xihua lay back down and promptly fell asleep. If the big shot was this calm, then even if knives were raining down outside, it had nothing to do with her. After transmigrating into a book, Ning Xi 48.3kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
5. 55 替 After Marrying the Sickly Crown Prince Who Practices Buddhism in Her Sister's Place, She Makes Him Break His Vows 替嫁给病弱佛修太子后，他破戒了 Qin Qiu Chenyin琴秋尘音Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Traditional Historical Romance + Household and Palace Intrigue + Rebirth Revenge Fantasy + Substitute Marriage + Powerful Hero and Heroine + Black Lotus] After jumping from the city tower, Jiang Nanzhi and her legitimate elder sister, Jiang Tanxin, are both reborn. In her previous life, Jiang Tanxin gave up her childhood sweetheart, the young lord Shen Che, to become the Crown Princess, and schemed to make Jiang Nanzhi marry Shen Che as her substitute. But who could have guessed that the Crown 5.9kReads8.9Score786Shelves
6. 56 明 The Bright Moon Rests on the Mountain 明月栖山 Moss Blossoms as Small as Rice苔花如米小Ancient Romance230k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history rebirth + historical romance + sweet pampering as he pursues his wife + the male lead falls hard] A little sweet historical romance, not a face-slapping power fantasy with a strong heroine. P.S. As long as it doesn't affect your reading, there's no need to nitpick the fictional details. Shen Yufu was reborn. She wasn't a daughter of the Shen family. In this new life, all she wanted was to leave the cold, unwelcoming Marquis of Yiyong's residence and find her real family. She n 568Reads9.0Score106Shelves
7. 57 储 Storing Charm 储媚色 Cloud Rabbit云兔子Ancient Romance512k WordsCompleted Li You transmigrated into a book, becoming the delicate, flowerlike heroine of a historical romance about political intrigue and tragic love, a heroine the male lead would torment in body, heart, and soul from beginning to end. But the moment she arrived, Li You discovered that her cousin, the story's wicked second female lead, had been reborn. So she was about to be demoted to a mere cannon-fodder character? Li You: "..." Fine, let me lie down for a while. On her wedding day, her cousin didn't 13.8kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
8. 58 重 After Being Reborn, I Volunteered to Marry the Tyrannical Prince 重生后我主动换亲给了暴戾郡王 Qi Jiu柒桕Ancient Romance611k WordsCompleted [A scheming prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger * the gentle yet resilient legitimate daughter of a marquis’s household] [Reborn + household intrigue | sweet romance, one-on-one] In her previous life, for the sake of her father’s wish for peace at home, Ning Jin dutifully spent her entire life as the legitimate daughter of a marquis’s household. After her mother died, she obediently gave up her authority, married as she was told, and exhausted herself managing the imperial harem. But all s 84Reads6.9Score—Shelves
9. 59 凤 The Phoenix Returns to Its Nest: Zhao Yuli 凤还巢：昭予礼 Qin Guo秦果Ancient Romance414k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, beloved heroine, three storylines: love, family, and friendship. The male lead is lovestruck, not the aloof, untouchable type. He’s insecure and sensitive.] Princess Zhaohua and Gu Yuli, Prince of Beiyang, had been at odds for years. Gu Yuli made trouble for her every day, opposing her both at court and in private. Eventually, Su Qionghua woke every morning with the same three questions: Has Gu Yuli died today? He was a thorn in her side, an eyesore she wanted gone. Yet afte 55Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist is the King of Beiyang and has always had a crush on the female protagonist. The female protagonist is a noble eldest princess, but the female protagonist only regards the male protagonist as a rival. After her death, she saw that the male protagonist could not afford to kneel down and hand over the tiger talisman just to ask for his wife on the day of his funeral. After knowing that the male protagonist was reborn, she began to flirt with the male protagonist [shy]

10. 60 穿 Transmigrating into Empresses in the Palace: The Darkened Consort Hua Is Wild and Daring 穿越甄嬛传：黑化华妃又野又飒 Su Hanzhou苏寒舟Female-Channel Fanfiction775k WordsCompleted [Multiple characters know the plot + schemes to control the whole game + the emperor favors her alone in the later stages + clear-headed heroine with her wits about her] Consort Hua, Nian Shilan, had her powerful family backing her and was the emperor’s favorite among the six palaces. She could have dominated the harem and won it all, but her foolish obsession with love drove her to fight for favor and make enemies at every turn, ultimately costing her life. Her final words, “Your Majesty, you m 1.2kReads8.9Score147Shelves

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    This is a derivative of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" that I read. I think Concubine Hua is very good. The plot is very reasonable and not too out of the ordinary.

11. 61 替 A Substitute Slave! Her Way Through the Palace to Become Empress 替身为奴！一路宫斗做皇后 @Eternal Night@永夜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yongan, the daughter of a disgraced official, was sentenced to palace service. She endured a life of hunger and cold in a cutthroat harem, struggling through hardship after hardship until she finally became a senior palace maid. He said he would cherish her for the rest of her life, but she had grown tired of the intrigue and ruthless rivalries. Once she stepped beyond the palace gates, she was no longer the senior palace maid everyone envied. The world was wide open, and she was free to soar! W 1.2kReads9.3Score250Shelves

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    These are some good books, the kind that I can't forget about the characters in the novels after reading them in one sitting.

12. 62 山 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋 Moonset月落Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be 23kReads9.5Score3.1kShelves
13. 63 重 Reborn, the Noble Consort Only Wants to Be the Villain 重生后贵妃她只想当反派 Love Sleeping In爱睡懒觉Ancient Romance351k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion + sweet romance + no angst] After being reborn, Ye Jiujiu takes her brash, don’t-mess-with-me attitude to the extreme: She kicks the meticulously dressed Consort Li into the water; She slips laxatives into the tea of the coquettish Consort Yun; She wreaks havoc at the flower-viewing banquet the Empress painstakingly prepared; The consorts all rush to the emperor to complain: The cool, dignified emperor says, “I established this harem solely to give the Noble Consort something to 4.1kReads9.1Score409Shelves

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    This Gong Dou Wen is really good~ You can go and read it

14. 64 穿 After She Transmigrates into a Book, the Noble Consort Is Forced to Raise the Villainous Tyrant 穿书后，贵妃被迫娇养反派暴君 A Little Meatball一个肉团Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] Su Yijin, a veteran supporting actress, has transmigrated into a book once again. When she opens her eyes, she is breathtakingly beautiful and on the pampered darling route, backed by powerful connections. Her father is a general who guards the nation, her mother is the Junyang Commandery Princess, and her maternal grandfather is a prince of a different surname... With the heroine's script in hand, Su Yijin takes down the green tea and kicks the fake innocent aside, then throws herse 2.3kReads9.0Score353Shelves
15. 65 冰 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 Zhou Dudu舟渡渡Ancient Romance406k WordsCompleted [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 1.1kReads9.0Score130Shelves

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    This book is super beautiful!!!

16. 66 长 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 177.2kReads9.7Score20.8kShelves

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    Starlight piercing soul

17. 67 官 The Battle for the Official Path 官道争锋 Cai Yidao蔡一刀Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The road to power stretches endlessly, and competition is everywhere! Wu Anbang is reborn in his youth. Starting from the very bottom, he fights for the lead at every step. A hundred boats race downstream, a thousand sails compete to surge ahead! He seeks only to claim the top spot and behold the finest sights in the world of officialdom. 25.5kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
18. 68 四 Four Sisters Reborn: How Did You All End Up Getting Poorer? 四姐妹一块重生，你们咋越过越穷 Little X from the Mountains山里来的小叉叉Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted [Household intrigue + both leads are each other’s only partner + ancient-language romance, punishing scumbags] After Shen Yanning was reborn, she discovered that all three of her older sisters had been reborn too. Her eldest sister wept and made a fuss, insisting on a divorce because her husband’s family would kill her. Her second sister abandoned a match between families of equal status, determined to change her fate: “I’m the heroine. What have I got to fear?” Her third sister was the boldest. 4.6kReads9.0Score586Shelves

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    Cheng He Ti Unity must be a good article that ranks high! I just finished reading Four Sisters. It doesn't have too many golden fingers, but only the true heart and ears. Duojiao... I think I was put off by the name. The content is quite good and the writing is also good. I thought it was about traveling through time but it was actually about returning home.

19. 69 智 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责 Uncle Luo洛叔叔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 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 43.7kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
20. 70 金 The Golden Sparrow Hairpin 金雀钗 Thirteen'er十三儿Ancient Romance153k WordsCompleted Rong Lan entered the palace as a maid at thirteen and worked diligently for ten years. She thought she would be able to leave the palace and marry once she turned twenty-five. Little did she know that she would accidentally serve the Empress Dowager to death, and from then on, one unexpected incident followed another. The young tutor Feng Qiw u took a liking to her despite being blind, so Rong Lan hurriedly latched onto a powerful patron and privately pledged herself to him for life. Who knew th 1.4kReads9.4Score172Shelves
21. 71 成 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） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted 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 38.4kReads9.7Score6.5kShelves
22. 72 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 21.2kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves
23. 73 穿 Reborn as a Frail Sacrificial Character, I’m Doted on by a Cruel Official 穿成病弱炮灰，被阴戾权臣强宠了 Wilderness Siren荒野塞壬Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [An unconventional transmigration-into-a-book political intrigue story, with no palace or household infighting. A serious tone, a subdued plot, and few power-fantasy moments.] Shen Suiwan transmigrated into a book, specifically a story about a true and false legitimate daughter. But she was neither the fake legitimate daughter of breathtaking beauty nor the true legitimate daughter who excelled in both arms and letters. She was the legitimate daughter's cousin, an early-death cannon-fodder chara 3.4kReads8.9Score340Shelves
24. 74 撕 Tear Apart the Harem! Win Favor! She's a Lunatic, Who Dares Cross Her? 撕后宫！得恩宠！她是疯批谁敢惹 Cats Are Extra Sweet猫猫特别甜Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue Only + Concubine-born Daughter + Reborn + Revenge + Everyone Is Evil + Wish-Fulfillment] [The story begins before the heroine enters the palace] [The emperor favors no one at first, and the heroine doesn’t fall in love] Jiang Shiying had died once. She died in childbirth, after her own elder sister had her killed to keep the baby. Reborn, she had made up her mind: she would enter the palace and get revenge, but she wouldn’t suffer! Not her stepmother or her elder sister, not eve 6.9kReads9.2Score820Shelves

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    Rebirth, revenge, pure palace battle, the heroine is decisive in killing, brave and strategic

25. 75 缘 So It Was You: The Transmigrated Princess Stirs Up a Storm 缘来是你：穿越王妃搅风云 March Woodheart三月木心Ancient Romance274k WordsCompleted They crossed a thousand years and met when they were at their lowest. After betrayal struck, she risked her life to save him, as if fate itself had destined it. They thought they would never see each other again, but after many twists and turns, they met once more. But times had changed, and each had something they could not let go of. Between country life and political intrigue, where would their paths lead...? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one, by Mu Xin, is well written and worth reading.

26. 76 王 The Prince’s Manor Maid 王府丫鬟 Wang Xixi望西西Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted Xia Lianyi was a maid in the prince's household. She was the lowest of the low, someone anyone could trample on. All she wanted was to buy her freedom and marry an honest man. She never expected to be entangled and toyed with by two powerful men. They clipped her wings and turned her into a caged bird. But after she faked her death and escaped, they both went mad. Later, the young Marquis who had killed his father and brother doted on her endlessly, begging her to forgive him. The noble Prince Y 308Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 77 念 Fragrant Thoughts Beneath the Silk Quilt 念香衾 Companion in the Mist烟霞侣Ancient Romance963k WordsCompleted My new book is out! You can find it 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! 7kReads8.9Score593Shelves

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    Bao, these are pretty good ٩(๑^o^๑)۶ very powerful

28. 78 继 The Second Empress 继后 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 85.2kReads9.5Score10.3kShelves
29. 79 沈 The Grand Secretary Shen’s Beloved Darling 沈首辅的掌上娇 Mu Yun Cheng慕妘娍Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Jiang Jincan, the third young lady of the Yong'an Marquis's household, is said to bring death to her husbands. If she takes a liking to you, tell me, would you panic? Shen Yanqing said, “What’s there to panic about? Heaven may not have dropped a fortune into my lap, but it did drop me a wife. That’s a sure win.” Who in the capital didn’t know that Shen Yanqing, heir to the Duke of Dingguo, would do anything Jiang Jincan asked, since their families had been close for generations? He practically w 3.6kReads9.0Score378Shelves
30. 80 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. 12.8kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
31. 81 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 114.8kReads9.6Score14.3kShelves

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    The second later stage is not very good to watch, the first one directly becomes a god.

32. 82 夫 My Husband Doesn’t Like Me? Does That Stop Me from Becoming the Mistress of the House? 夫君不喜我？耽误我做主母吗 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 57.2kReads9.0Score7.8kShelves
33. 83 长 The Eldest Princess Is Stubborn by Nature, and She Handles Both Child-Rearing and Imperial Power 长公主天生犟骨，养娃皇权两不误 Awakening in Another Dimension异次元觉醒Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama adapted from this book, The Princess Is Born Stubborn, Raising Children and Wielding Imperial Power, Is No Problem, is now streaming <(*￣▽￣*)/ [Everyday life raising children in ancient times + a wealthy, powerful princess who can do as she pleases + a wickedly handsome male lead with overwhelming martial prowess + devoted 1v1 romance] Qin Yaoguang transmigrates into a book as the wicked stepmother of five little villains. Ten years later, they will carve her into a human swine 4.3kReads9.1Score777Shelves
34. 84 主 After the Matriarch Is Reborn, She Leaves the Top Scholar for the Marquis's Estate 主母重生后，丢掉状元嫁侯府 Yin Yu Ya银玉呀Ancient Romance308k WordsCompleted Qiao Qiao is reborn, along with her elder legitimate sister, Qiao Ning. They return to the eve of their weddings. In her previous life, Qiao Qiao enjoyed a life of boundless prestige in her later years, becoming the youngest titled noblewoman in the capital. Her elder sister, who had grown up surrounded by every luxury, married into a marquis’s household, yet eventually became so destitute she couldn’t even afford a single piece of silver jewelry. This time, Qiao Ning makes the first move and sn 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books are very good, the heroine's IQ is online.

35. 85 王 The Prince Can’t Win Her Over, and the Concubine’s Daughter Won’t Be His Sweetheart 王爷撩不动，庶女不娇软 Spicy Pudding麻辣布丁Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted In her past life, her vicious elder half-sister and her father's principal wife had her and her birth mother killed, leaving Ning Longyue shattered with grief. Heaven opened its eyes, and she was reborn with hatred in her heart! They bullied her as a child, humiliated her after she came of age, then forced her to take her elder sister's place and consummate the marriage with her brother-in-law. After she gave birth, they took her and her birth mother's lives! She had to avenge this! In bed, she 2Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 86 栖 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Lu Shiqi鹿时七Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [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 41.7kReads9.4Score5kShelves

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    It's really amazing!!!!!! Especially the second and third books? A must see!!!

37. 87 帝 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 My Cat Is Called Huabei我的猫叫花呗Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [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 9.4kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
38. 88 替 After Entering the Palace in Her Sister's Place, the Young Mistress Rises Through the Ranks 替姐入宫后，小主她一路高升 Zhizhi Rice Loves Zhizhi吱吱米喜欢吱吱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong Male Lead and Strong Female Lead + Favored Consort + Palace Intrigue + Adorable Baby + Sole Devotion + Childbirth] (The early story leans toward palace intrigue, with the heroine putting on an act and scheming against the hero. Later, their feelings erupt, and he devotes himself to her alone.) After transmigrating, she becomes an illegitimate daughter of the Su family. Her birth mother died young, her father shows her no affection, and her stepmother is cruel. A complete nobody at home, 2.8kReads9.0Score244Shelves

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    I was more impressed by the first one, which focused on the heart. I like this one the best. I have also read the others, with some underlined notes and so on.

39. 89 和 On the Day of Her Divorce, the Tragic Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant 和离当天，虐文女主转身嫁暴君 Mu Xiaoyue木小玥Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now online: [A laid-back, lie-flat, black-hearted legitimate daughter X a crazed, gloomy, pure-hearted tyrant] [The other man wins her over] [Original title: The Day We Divorced, the Tragic Novel's Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant] At the royal autumn hunt, Song Yaozhi argues with the woman her husband brought back from the borderlands. Song Yaozhi scolds her, saying she's nothing but a concubine. Just then, her husband, Xiao Ziqian, kicks the door open and points 82.7kReads9.1Score11.2kShelves
40. 90 贵 The Noble Consort Rejects Romance: While Others Fight for Favor, I Seize Power 贵妃不入爱河，别人争宠我夺权 Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Female-Lead Wish Fulfillment + Unfeeling Persona + Ruthless Revenge and Face-Slapping] Years later, the history books would describe Ming Tang as a master strategist with an iron fist, the ultimate winner of the harem struggles and the vast empire. Only Ming Tang knew she had never wanted to be that winner in the first place. From a young girl to the ruler of the realm, all she had wanted at first was to avenge her elder sister. The harem was full of danger. On one side was Consort Jin, who had 6.3kReads9.4Score794Shelves
41. 91 皇 Your Majesty, This Consort Is a Bit Fierce 皇上，这位娘娘有点猛 Whispers Faint as Dust浅语若尘Ancient Romance906k WordsOngoing Deng Huilan, the second daughter of the Deng family, was still unmarried. She had a childhood sweetheart to whom she was betrothed, and a simple, happy future ahead of her. But everything fell apart when she entered the palace to visit her elder sister, who had become the emperor’s favorite consort. Under Great Yan law, a consort who took her own life brought disaster upon her entire clan. To protect the Deng family, Deng Huilan disguised herself as her sister, Consort Mei, and braved the danger —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's antique, the heroine is smart, not a love brain, it's worth reading.

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