Female-Lead Qing-Dynasty or Empresses in the Palace Stories Where She Never Enters the Palace and Starts a Rebellion to Become Empress 🤪 女频清穿或甄嬛传但是不入宫，直接造反当女帝🤪
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Empresses in the Palace from the Start: I Stole the Crown from the Big-Fat Orange 开局甄嬛传，抢了大胖橘的皇位
After being killed by a durian falling on her, Shi Jin unexpectedly bonded with a System and gained an army of loyal dead soldiers. What should you do if you transmigrate into the role of a cannon-fodder heroine? No need to worry. With an army of dead soldiers at your command, you can gang up on scumbags and crush them! What heroine’s aura? What heaven-defying luck? We’ll smash it all to pieces. My dead soldiers are strong enough to take on a hundred men each. What have you got to fight me with?
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Quick Transmigration: I Become a Favored Consort in the Qing Dynasty 快穿：我在清朝当宠妃
[Qing Dynasty transmigration + quick transmigration + golden finger + raising children + selfish heroine + heroine becomes emperor + female emperor] The working life of Yu Suisui, a laid-back second-generation employee at the Quick Transmigration Bureau. She starts transmigrating into the roles of Qing palace consorts who love but cannot have, and desire but cannot obtain. [Warning: Fans of the Fourth Prince, Eighth Prince, and a
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- 3 I Transmigrated into Jiang Yuyan in the Qing Dynasty and Smashed Qianlong's Head 清穿融合江玉燕，锤爆乾隆狗头 [Female-oriented Qing dynasty time travel + rebellion and kingship + beating up Qianlong + no romance, feel-good story with a powerful female lead!] After transmigrating to the Qianlong era, Jinfeng became the Fifth Princess, the short-lived daughter of Empress Consort Nara. From the start, she was stranded outside the palace and sold into a brothel? Jinfeng sneered, activated the System, inherited Jiang Yuyan’s peerless martial arts, and slaughtered her way through her enemies. Her birth mother 3.7kReads8.8Score33114d adds
- 4 Empresses in the Palace: Fourth Master Is Reborn as the Fourth Prince 甄嬛传之四爷重生四大爷 When the historical Yongzheng Emperor lost his chance to be reincarnated due to a twist of fate, he was instead reborn into the body of the Fourth Prince in Empresses in the Palace. What will he do? 1. Live another life? What a bargain! 2. A first love? A passionate affair? True love? A substitute? Love, schmove. Let them all compete for my attention! As long as you don't work yourself to death, keep working yourself to death. The stage is set for a grand career. If you can handle the grind, com 7kReads9.2Score47914d adds
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Our Whole Class Transmigrated, and Every Day Is a Battlefield of Love 群穿后，我们班天天修罗场
The students in Class Two, Accounting, transmigrate together. On the way home from a class outing, their bus rolls over, transporting the entire class into the hottest political-strategy period novel of the moment. The System tells them that time and space are in disarray. They must follow the plot and complete their missions if they want to go home. General's daughter: So what can we even do with our major? Enemy crown prince: Take him down! The strongest secret guard: How about a rebellion? Ne
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- 6 We Were Both Reborn, Wife. I Was Wrong. Give Me One More Chance 双重生，媳妇儿我错了再给次机会 [Dual Rebirth, The Long Road to Winning Her Back, Obsessive Love, A Band of Chivalrous Sisters, Political Intrigue, Family and Country] [Heaven’s Favorite Daughter VS Mad Emperor VS Cunning Little One] Shen Zhuo had the perfect hand from the start: her father was a powerful minister, her mother a princess, her elder sister a princess consort, and her own brother commanded a mighty army, guarding a region. She was the darling of everyone, yet ended up with her family destroyed and no place to bu 6.1kReads7.6Score38214d adds
- 7 Spoiling His Wife Without Limit: The Reborn, Scheming Regent Is Clingy 宠妻无度：腹黑摄政王重生太粘人 [Hero is reborn and speaks his mind + devoted husband + putting villains in their place + one-on-one, both leads have only ever been with each other + power couple + three-year age gap] On her wedding day, Shen Yangui waited in the snow for a full half hour, only for the Regent to arrive at the residence holding another woman’s hand and marry her. Shen, the rightful Princess Consort, was brought in through a side gate and settled in the remote Snow Lodge, becoming the laughingstock of the entire 2.9kReads8.5Score42714d adds
- 8 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 106.8kReads9.5Score12.4k14d adds
- 9 The Harem: Consort Hua Reborn 后宫之华妃重生 Consort Hua, Nian Shilan, died with a heart full of resentment in her previous life. Unexpectedly, she was reborn. When she woke again, she knew that Consort Duan had not harmed her child. She still both hated and loved the emperor. She hated him for using her feelings and devotion to bring down the entire Nian family, but loved the man she had sincerely given her heart to when they were young. But if she hadn’t been so foolish in her previous life, how would she have made so many enemies? When 12kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 10 Reborn, She Leaves the Father and Keeps the Child: The Marchioness Goes on a Killing Spree 重生后去父留子，侯门主母杀疯了 [Traditional historical romance and household intrigue + keep the child, leave the father + face-slapping the scum + a powerful marquess’s-daughter heroine focused solely on her career] In her previous life, when her legitimate elder sister eloped, Fu Yun Zhao, a lowly concubine-born nobody, was forced to take her sister’s place and marry into a marquess’s household. But as soon as she entered the household, her legitimate mother-in-law came after her, claiming that Fu Yun Zhao had drugged her e 433Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 11 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
- 12 As Empress, I Love Both My Realm and My Handsome Consorts 身为女帝，江山和美人郎君孤皆爱 [Female-Dominant World] [Not 1v1] [Strong Female Lead] [Political Intrigue] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [A Full-Blown Palace Drama] [Main Story Complete] As the ruler, living in an era when women contend for supremacy, naturally she wants to unite the world. Who would have thought that on the road to unification, all the beauties under heaven would end up in her arms? [Note: Although the heroine aims to unite the world, this story is actually more focused on romance. Also, all the male leads are p 3.9kReads8.8Score49314d adds
- 13 The Gifted Empress Reigns Above, Her Ministers Kneel Below 异能女皇在上，众臣在下 The State of Mu enjoys favorable weather and bountiful harvests, while its old emperor indulges in wine and women, lives a life of excess, and has few heirs. The court is controlled by powerful factions. By the 327th year of Mu, the kingdom has been divided among four of them. The foolish Princess Mu Nanzhi is pushed onto the throne as an easily controlled pawn. But on the first morning court, the one who opens her eyes is an empress from another world. 1.9kReads8.9Score16914d adds
- 14 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Graceful as the Moon 如懿传：亭亭似月 [Completed] In the palace, the consorts’ foremost task is to win the emperor’s favor. No matter their rank or how low their methods, all that matters is achieving their goal. Yanwan was once a maid in the Fourth Imperial Storehouse. Innocent and lively, with captivating beauty, all she wanted was to marry her childhood sweetheart, Ling Yunche. But her flower-like face made others wary of her, and she suffered three years of humiliation without anyone offering a helping hand. So she took matters 1.9kReads9.4Score17914d adds
- 15 Empress Lingyi: Yanwan, Give Me Back the Fortune You Stole 令懿皇后嬿婉：夺走的气运还给我 [Story of Yanxi Palace fanfiction + lots of Ying Zhong pairing + sweet, satisfying happy ending + angst for Ruyi] Formerly titled: Empress Lingyi Yanwan: Give Me Back the Fortune You Stole No rivalry between women. No Ruyi-syndrome, and there are also warm sisterly moments, but revenge will be served without mercy. Reborn, Wei Yanwan thrived, avoiding every mistake that had once given her away. Together with Jinzong, who had also been reborn, she tore away Ruyi's hypocritical mask and reclaimed 8.3kReads9.6Score1k14d adds
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Unbridled 脱缰
[Dual Male Leads] [Fake Death Story] [Manga Adaptation and Publishing Rights Signed; Print Edition Now Available] In Qi Zhen's eyes, Lin Shouyan is a silly little colt who has broken free of his reins, utterly sincere and devoted to him with all his heart. Qi Zhen falls for him quickly. But in Lin Shouyan's eyes, Qi Zhen is a fool playing the part Lin Shouyan made up for him, dragged down from his lofty pedestal and forced to teach himself, while Lin Shouyan has to personally teach his wife all
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The Darling in the Palm 掌上娇娇
[Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co
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- 18 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 90.9kReads9.6Score12.1k14d adds
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Since I've Transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty, Why Not Boldly Choose Kangxi? 都清穿了，不妨大胆点选康熙啊！
On the first day Shi Nanxi transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty, she learns that her elder legitimate sister, Shi Rongyue, is also a transmigrator. Shi Rongyue wants to escape her future as the Crown Princess, so she approaches Nanxi and offers to let her marry the Crown Prince while she marries the Fourth Prince. Anyone who transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty knows the history. The Crown Prince’s later years are miserable. Though the Fourth Prince eventually wins, he is only thirteen now and wil
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- 20 Qing Transmigration: After Raising Yongzheng, She Became the Winner of the Harem 清穿：抚养雍正后她成了后宫赢家 When she opened her eyes, she had become an utterly ordinary concubine in the Kangxi Emperor’s court. The one unusual thing was that she had a prince as soon as she transmigrated. With no status, no favor, and only a child to rely on, how could she survive in the murderous imperial harem? There is no decisive heroine obsessed with power, nor any sweet romance. This is simply a story about surviving and raising a child, with the goal of becoming a dowager consort and enjoying retirement. But 13.4kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 21 Qing Transmigration: Kangxi Is Urging for Another Heir Again 清穿：康熙他又催生了 Welcome, everyone! (Not a mutually exclusive relationship) She transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty as Xu Shi, a palace maid whom Kangxi had taken by force. Xu Lejin was thunderstruck. Her reputation as a woman who'd had only one man for fifty years was ruined... Once she'd collected herself, Xu Lejin decided to make the best of things. She'd gotten a beautiful, young, fresh body for free, so she couldn't 1.7kReads8.2Score12814d adds
- 22 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: I Rose to Noble Consort Through My Persona 清穿之靠着人设我爬上了贵妃 Lihua is a “good person” who loves helping others solve their problems, yet she keeps climbing the career ladder, rising effortlessly through the ranks. Until one day, the CEO’s mistress discovers Lihua’s true nature… After Lihua kicks the bucket, she is chosen by the Saintly Mother System and transmigrates to the Qing dynasty, where she is tasked with spreading truth, goodness, and beauty. Empress Xiaochengren: Wang Jia is a good person. Empress Xiaozhaoren: Consort Jing is a good person. Empre 1.1kReads9.1Score10114d adds
- 23 A Qing Dynasty Tale: The Tenth Prince Just Wants to Eat Watermelon 清穿之十阿哥只想吃瓜 [Set in an alternate Qing dynasty, so some details differ from history] After going from an overworked office drone to the useless tenth prince in the struggle among the nine princes for the throne, Yinsi was quite pleased. With such a powerful maternal family, and an equally powerful clan through his future wife, no one would dare provoke him lightly. And thanks to his consort’s Mongolian heritage, there was little chance he’d get dragged into the succession struggle. As long as he didn’t cause 11.4kReads9.1Score88814d adds
- 24 Getting By in the Great Qing 我在大清混日子 He Mingwan is reborn in the Qing Dynasty with a pocket dimension and works hard to make money through business. Her life plan is to remain unmarried and grow old alone. (The early story includes her avoiding the imperial consort selection, so stay away if that bothers you! The male lead is a prince! A prince! A prince!!) Who would have thought fate would make her a concubine in the Fourth Prince's household? This is a quick transmigration series, so there will be sequels. The books are numbered. 3kReads9.0Score20314d adds
- 25 Triplets! I Sat Back and Won the Nine Princes’ Succession Struggle 三胎！九龙夺嫡我躺赢了 As she grew old, Consort Yi could not accept that Yinzhen had been imprisoned until his death. After her son died, she kept repeating, "Yinzhen, if only I had kept you in line from childhood and stopped you from getting mixed up with the Eighth Prince. Would you still have left your mother behind so soon?" In the eleventh year of Yongzheng's reign, she left this world with a heart full of regret. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day she entered the palace... 1.9kReads8.9Score14814d adds
- 26 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: I Become a Prince 清穿之我在清朝当皇子 [An alternate Qing dynasty, focused on family, with almost no romance.] 1. Crown Prince Yinreng For fifty years after his death, Yinreng’s ghost drifted through the Forbidden City. He watched his fourth brother work himself to death and Hongli live in extravagant indulgence, and it broke his heart. What will he do when he returns to the past? Qing Crown Prince Yinreng was the only surviving child of Kangxi and his first empress, Heseri. Kangxi raised him himself from childhood and doted on him g 5.9kReads9.2Score39414d adds
- 27 A Comprehensive Qing Dynasty Journey: Splendid Elegance 综清穿：锦绣风华 (Alternate Qing Dynasty setting + Space + System + Slow Travel Through Worlds + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Story) Her golden finger is seriously overpowered. She can torment anyone she likes, but never the heroine. There may not be a love interest in every world. (A quick heads-up: this is a Qing Dynasty crossover story. The heroine will transmigrate into all kinds of roles. If that's not your thing, feel free to leave. There's no need to tell the author you're dropping the story, or to stic 12.8kReads9.2Score72614d adds
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Radiant Beauty 姝色艳艳
[Main story complete] [Revenge + satisfying read + mutual healing] In her previous life, Gu Mingyue was the Princess Consort of Prince Chen, an undefeated female general, and the peerless King of Xiangchu. Unfortunately, though ghosts roamed the night, the human heart was the most terrifying thing of all. Prince Chen betrayed her, shot her with his own hands, and wiped out her entire Gu family. Her closest friend climbed over her corpse to ascend the imperial phoenix throne. The boy she'd rescue
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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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My Husband Dotes on His Mistress? I Leave the Manor and Marry the Villain 夫君独宠外室？我转身出府嫁反派
[Short Drama: The Mistake of Yun Ge] In her previous life, Xie Jinyun married into the Yongning Marquis household holding a memorial tablet, becoming a bride to a dead man. She honored her mother-in-law, managed the household, respected her elders, cared for the young, and kept the crumbling estate afloat. Then, at her mother-in-law’s behest, she adopted an heir, poured the Xie family’s power and wealth into him, and helped him rise to become a powerful court official. Little did she know it was
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On the Brink of Death, I Cursed the Powerful Minister to His Face 临死前，我把权臣骂个狗血喷头
The calamity-bringing empress Fang Mingyou was reborn, back in the years when she had been a heartbreaker. She wanted to turn over a new leaf and become an honest woman, but found herself at a loss for thought... The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace: "Youyou loves me so much she can't help herself. She's given me everything. I absolutely mustn't let her down. Once I ascend the throne, I'll make her my empress!" The young marquis, famed for his valor: "Why did I carve through the Tartars and Oi
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- 32 The Ancient Martial Arts Master Transmigrated 古武大佬穿越了 [This novel is complete] [Powerful heroine ~ ruthless ~ twisted ~ pocket dimension ~ one woman with multiple men] Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Ruan Xiaojiu was a beautiful girl who had lived for more than five hundred years. She was the ninth-generation heir to a family of ancient martial artists. A universal PRT chip had been implanted in Ruan Xiaojiu’s brain. After she transmigrated, the chip sank into her soul and became one with it. Ruan Xiaojiu became an all-powerful monster. She w 271Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 33 The Heroine Is Both Beautiful and Badass! 女主她又美又飒！ [Soul transmigration + woman disguised as a man + sweet first, then angst + multiple male leads] [Growing female lead] (Sweet first, then angst. Sweet first, then angst. Sweet first, then angst.) The important things must be said three times! Qin Ran wakes up transmigrated as the Ninth Princess of the Zhao Kingdom, facing an assassination attempt from the start. After learning how the original owner died, Qin Ran says, "Why be a princess? Isn't it better to live freely, without restraints?" T 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The War King Has No Heir, Yet Unexpectedly Meets a Miniature Version of Himself 战王绝嗣，却意外撞见缩小版自己 (No golden finger + farming and business + everyday life raising children + male lead appears late) Mu Yun was a secret agent. Just as she was about to retire, she was killed after a friend set her up. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the mother of two children, whose father was unknown. A wooden hut, bare walls, and two children who were pale and painfully thin. Life was miserable. Once she took over, she began farming and raising the children, then went into business and grew wea 6.1kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 35 After the Fall of Her Kingdom, the Crown Princess Can No Longer Hide Her Secret Identity 亡国后，太子她马甲藏不住了 After the Kingdom of Liang fell, people lamented that its famous young crown prince would suffer a miserable fate. Instead, they discovered that Ruan Feng was thriving in the Kingdom of Sheng! Everyone: “Don’t you have even a shred of awareness that you’re a crown prince of a fallen kingdom!?” Ruan Feng smiled faintly. “No.” … Lu Xuan was ambitious. At first, he went to every length to recruit this young genius into his service. Somewhere along the way, he ended up becoming her devoted admi 2kReads9.1Score27614d adds
- 36 I Accidentally Transmigrated into an Empress 一不小心穿成女帝 [Female-dominant society + political intrigue + ensemble cast + rebellious heroine + sharp-tongued System] Not a wish-fulfillment story Yun Xiu transmigrated into a female-dominant world, the complete opposite of a male-dominated society. Women held all the power and formed the backbone of society, while men were trapped in cages and stripped of their power. What a fascinating world. But she arrived as a deposed Crown Princess. On the day the original owner was deposed, she hanged herself with a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Raising Cubs in the World of the Mysterious Wolf: The Wolf Family’s Little Darling 玄狼养崽之狼家有个小娇宝 Pierced by countless arrows, it hurts so much!!! A lonely ghost adrift, so cold!!! Why can’t I remember anything? I’m so scared!!! “Xiaobai, don’t be afraid... Your big brother, the Crown Prince, will give you a new life...” Whose voice is that in the sky? I... Why have I disappeared...? I was nearly buried alive right after birth. How tragic!!! I got startled and was reborn. What the heck is going on? An eagle rescued her, wolves nursed her, and little Niuniu’s affinity with wild animals was in 5.7kReads9.3Score93614d adds
- 38 My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts and Goes on a Rampage, While I Just Enjoy the Show 全家听我心声杀疯了，我负责吃瓜 [Invincible + no romance + mysticism + no-brainer fun + mind-reading + household intrigue + palace intrigue] While exorcising ghosts, Yun Ziluo accidentally transmigrates. She has only just been born when she nearly freezes to death outside a brothel. After many twists and turns, she finally makes it back to her mother, only to discover that she has transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder supporting character. And her whole family is cannon fodder... At first, she thinks there’s nothing s 2.8kReads8.9Score36914d adds
- 39 Mind Reading: The Beloved Princess Roasts the Entire Imperial Family 读心：团宠公主把满皇室骂破防 [Rebirth + Fictional Setting + Everyone’s Darling + The Whole Family Can Read Minds + Unhinged Comedy + Silly Fluff + Palace Intrigue + A Bloodbath + No Romance] After finally slaughtering the cold, incompetent royal family and becoming empress herself, Ling Yao opens her eyes and finds that she’s been reborn. She doesn’t care that her new life starts in hell, but by a strange twist of fate, she gets to stay alive. “This fucked-up world thinks a stupid baby can count as evidence? When is that bl 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Mind Reading: The Little Princess Is Unbeatable 读心：小公主她是无敌的 [No CP + Tyrant + Mind Reading + Absurd Comedy + Transmigrated into a Game + Mysterious Merchant] Yiyi transmigrated into the last game she played before dying, becoming a cannon-fodder princess who was about to be sacrificed to the Great Tyrant. Just when she thought she was doomed, the tyrant unexpectedly started reading her mind, and everything began looking up. She was born with immense strength and unmatched speed. With a mysterious merchant to help her, she was thriving in the game. The Gr 198Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 41 The Little Princess Saves Her Imperial Father with Her Inner Voice 小公主心声拯救父皇 [Complete] [Mind-Reading + Beloved by All + Alternate History + System + Sweet Romance + Adorable Baby + Underdog's Rise + Transmigrate into a Book] (Mind-reading only works when affection for the heroine reaches the required level. The threshold rises as she grows older, and eventually requires maximum affection.) Bei Jingchu transmigrates into a book and gets bound to a governance System. Before she can even start celebrating, she discovers she's been reborn as the princess switched at birth. 14.1kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 42 Transmigrated as the Prince's Only Daughter: One Punch Sends the Capital's Elite Flying 穿成王爷独女，一拳暴打京城权贵 [A little funny? + Alternate setting + A heroine who's occasionally unhinged and will grow up + Little dumpling + No romance] Jiang An transmigrated. She transmigrated into the body of a three-year-old little dumpling who couldn't lift or carry anything, let alone beat anyone up herself... They say the Zhen Guo Prince's household has a legitimate daughter, raised in the borderlands and doted on, who spends all day teasing cats and dogs and picking fights with everyone. They also say this young l 5.4kReads9.3Score61514d adds
- 43 Those Years as Empress 那些年当女帝的日子 [Strong female lead + court intrigue + mutual devotion + satisfying read] Shen Weiwei transmigrated to the Great Yue Dynasty a thousand years in the past, where she turned out to be the empress. She had planned to be a peaceful ruler and lie flat until old age. But the kingdom she had to govern was impoverished and weak, beset by trouble at home and abroad, and utterly feeble. To enrich the nation, strengthen its military, defend its territory, expand its borders, and create a golden age, Gu Yao 1.9kReads8.7Score27214d adds
- 44 The Female Emperor of Great Zhao 大昭女帝 She transmigrates from another world and becomes a figure who stirs up the entire realm. “They can sit on the throne as ruler of all under heaven. Why can't I?” “I want you to become my sword.” 1.3kReads9.1Score12714d adds
- 45 Transmigrate into a Book, I Help the Princess Become Empress 穿书后，我帮公主当上女帝 [No CP + strong female lead + transmigrate into a book + court intrigue + succession struggle + imperial examinations and officialdom] After transmigrating into a book, Zhao Jing became the only daughter of the Zhongyuan Marquis household. Her parents doted on her, and she wanted for nothing. She had no siblings scheming against her or uncles and aunts fighting over the family fortune. Even the current emperor and empress were devoted to each other for life, so there was no chance of a palace se 23Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 46 Whoever Comes to Provoke Her Gets a Slap from the Princess 谁上门挑衅，公主反手一个大比兜 [Multiple Murders + Political Intrigue + Strong Female Lead] Yao Fuguang spent her whole life avoiding conflict, only to end up dismembered and made into a human pig. Reborn, she found herself in the Golden Hall, being impeached by officials from the Censorate for extravagance and debauchery. Right there and then, she gave her father, the emperor, and every civil and military official a piece of her mind, then went to the harem and beat up the Imperial Noble Consort. From that day on, Yao Fuguan 3.7kReads8.5Score32814d adds
- 47 Being an Empress Is All About Having Fun 做女帝嘛，最重要的是开心咯 [Not a Matriarchal World] [Everyone Regrets It + No Romance + Starts Out Ugly, Fat, and Round, Later Becomes Everyone’s Dream Girl + Focused on Building Her Career + Loves the Empire, Not Handsome Men] She transmigrates into the body of a foolish, tyrannical empress hated by everyone, with three thousand handsome men in her harem: proud, domineering, gentle, scheming, aloof, and sweet-on-the-outside-but-dark-within. She has them all. Yan Zhi was thrilled when she first arrived, but then she real 274Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 48 Stop Flirting, Chancellor: The Empress Only Wants to Build Her Empire 丞相别撩：女帝只想搞事业 Yuan Xin transmigrates into a book as Yuan Xiheng, the early-story villain and the male lead’s doomed older sister. Just who is Yuan Xiheng? The seventh emperor of the Qi Kingdom. The trouble is, this empress… She neglects affairs of state and the people, and lives in extravagant excess. All across the kingdom, people complain, and the common folk can barely survive. The male lead has a miserable time cleaning up her messes later on, leaving him no time for romance. The readers aren’t happy abou 617Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 49 The Great Yin Empress 大殷女帝 She died in a single night, and the Purple Gold Palace came crashing down. Reborn overnight, she rose to glory once more. Nie Qingwan, Empress Dowager of the Great Yin Empire, was the woman who secured the empire with a single word. But after she helped her heir take the throne, she met a violent end. When she awoke again, she had become Hua Beijiao, a woman in the Eastern Jin Prince’s mansion who had swallowed poison and died rather than marry into the imperial palace. Marry the Emperor of Yin? 122Reads8.4Score—14d adds
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