Court Intrigue + Household Intrigue 【宫斗+宅斗】

1. 401 静 On the Ridge of Jingling 静岭上 Mo Tianyan, Who Loves Shrimp and Loofah爱吃虾仁丝瓜的莫天焱Ancient Romance306k WordsOngoing Jingning has a dream in which she sees another life she once lived. To escape the predicament in her dream, she writes a book warning of natural disasters, saving an entire county. She also hints at the fate of a famed general, never realizing that he had long since put life and death out of his mind. But this makes the emperor wary. An imperial edict decreeing their marriage binds her to the crown prince from then on... —Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   Faced with the prince's "White Moonlight" provocation, she was neither humble nor arrogant; facing the storm in the court, she walked side by side with him

2. 402 将 The General's Wife Is Not to Be Trifled With 将军夫人惹不得 Moon Tu月荼Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Shen Wan, an award-winning lawyer who had just won a divorce case, transmigrated on a flight to Bali. She found herself in the body of a general's wife with the same name, who had taken her own life by jumping into the water after her husband married a second wife. At first, all she wanted was to nurse herself back to health, make some plans, divorce the scumbag, and live a carefree life on her own. But his scheming new wife just had to provoke her, while her predecessor's two ungrateful childre 1.1kReads8.5Score623Shelves

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   Soul travel, palace fights, house fights, the plot is compact.

3. 403 千 Record of a Thousand Lanterns 千灯录 A Chilly Breeze on Either Side侧侧轻寒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mystery solving + palace intrigue and household scheming + face-slapping and revenge + powerful families + court and kingdom] Fifteen prospective husbands are locked in a fight to the death in my family’s back courtyard, while all I want is to become a nun. Schemes and deceit, suspicion at every turn, bloodshed and tragedy piling up, a deadly battle in the back courtyard with no survivors allowed. [The high-born judge of the Court of Judicial Review, who loves wiping out entire households] x [T 22.7kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves

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   As the old saying goes, the heroine has real power!! The power is great! Female! Host! Crematorium? Impossible! In the county lord's backyard, if you don't abide by your morals, you will die!!!

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