A Clear-Headed Heroine in Palace and Household Intrigue 女主清醒，宫斗宅斗，

1. 51 出 Born Humble? Made Noble Consort Three Months After Entering the Palace 出身低微？入宫三月封贵妃 Immortal Osmanthus Pudding人仙桂花酪Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted [A stunningly beautiful heroine + ruthless revenge + palace intrigue + both leads' first love, don't ask me how it works, the emperor has his ways] Ten years ago, the Tang clan was framed by villains and sentenced to execution, their blood flowing for miles. No one knew that beneath the mountain of corpses, the youngest daughter of the Tang family was still alive. Ten years later, Tang Wanhua changed her name to Ning Sitang and entered the imperial harem on the strength of her unparalleled beaut 604Reads8.9Score10414d adds
2. 52 逃 After She Ran Away, the Mad Crown Prince Forced Her to Submit 逃跑后，疯批太子迫她臣服 Jing Xihe景希禾Ancient Romance313k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + possessive love + melodrama + bittersweet romance] The Jiang clan, the Dukes of Zhenguo, were falsely accused of treason. On the day the entire family was imprisoned, the legitimate daughter, Jiang Yanhe, vanished without a trace. Overnight, the most beautiful woman in the capital became a wanted criminal with a bounty on her head. The authorities searched for days, but no one caught sight of the Jiang daughter. Some said the pampered Jiang girl had died while fleeing. Only the 1.1kReads6.1Score10814d adds
3. 53 首 The Chief Minister's Beloved Concubine 首辅大人的宠妾 August Snow八月雪Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Siyue, a servant in the Gu household, has raven-black hair and snow-white skin. She is as enchanting as a lotus fairy, and her only wish is to save enough money to leave the estate. What she doesn’t know is that Gu Rongheng, the eldest son of the Gu family, has long had his eye on her and already considers her his own. Gu Rongheng, the Grand Secretary, lays trap after trap, leaving her no chance to escape. A lowly maid can never escape a nobleman’s grasp. When Gu Heng becomes engaged, she is for 7kReads8.3Score50014d adds
4. 54 王 The Prince Abstains? Why Does Only Seventh Young Lady Get His Devotion? 王爷禁欲？凭什么七小姐独宠？ Green Leaves in Clusters青叶朵朵Ancient Romance559k WordsCompleted A beauty whose looks could topple a kingdom, daughter of a famed courtesan VS a mad prince who holds power over all under heaven The Seventh Miss of the Duke of Wei's household is breathtakingly beautiful, a beauty whose looks could topple a kingdom. Her arrival in the capital causes a sensation, and the noble young men of the imperial clan and great families compete to ask for her hand. Yet the Seventh Miss has a lowly status: she is the daughter of a famed courtesan. Everyone admires her, but 269Reads8.2Score—14d adds
5. 55 妾 The Concubine Turns Her Luck Around? Now She’s the Most Favored Woman in the Capital! 妾室咸鱼翻身？她宠冠京城了！ Will Be a Hit会火炎焱Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it was only just added and there aren't many reviews yet. That's how Tomato's rating system works: books start out with low scores, everyone~ In the spring of the seventeenth year of Yuanfeng, Yu Qingshu married into the marquis's household as the concubine of Marquis Wuyang, Helian Zheng. Having read too many romance stories, Yu Qingshu had figured out one thing: as a concubine, she only needed to be a well-behaved freeloader, with food and drink provided and no worrie 13Reads8.7Score—14d adds
6. 56 夫 Madam, the Heir Has Been Plotting This for a Long Time 夫人，世子他蓄谋已久 Susu Qian Ci酥酥芊瓷Ancient Romance471k WordsCompleted [A devoted couple, sweet romance, childhood friends] (Complete! Originally titled The Lady, the Heir Apparent Has Been Plotting This for a Long Time) [Scheming, doting heir apparent VS beautiful, high-maintenance heir apparent’s wife] Lu Zhaozhao, the youngest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yunyang’s household, is adored by her parents and protected by her older siblings. She has grown up in comfort, with everything going her way. At sixteen, Lu Zhaozhao is a peerless beauty, and the thre 26.8kReads9.2Score2.9k14d adds
7. 57 太 The Grand Tutor Is Obsessed with Becoming Empress Every Day 太傅大人每日想当皇后想疯了 One-Pound Chubby一斤小胖墩Ancient Romance430k WordsOngoing [Both Devoted to Each Other + Mind Reading + Secret Crush + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + One Love for a Lifetime + Woman Disguised as a Man] After Gu Qingluo complained a few times about an author who had stopped updating, she was forced to transmigrate into a book as a puppet emperor disguised as a man, a lecher hated by everyone. She never expected that, by a twist of fate, she’d end up in bed with the powerful Grand Tutor Ji of the court. Gu Qingluo was young but bold, and without a seco 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
8. 58 快 Quick Transmigration: The Alluring Concubine's Rules of Survival and Plunder 快穿之妾室妖娆，生存掠夺守则 Yan Fei Loves Braised Pork爱吃甏肉的焱妃Ancient Romance2.8M WordsOngoing A note about the content: not every story is about concubines. Some also take place in modern times. These tragic concubines want to survive, and to do that, they have to fight and seize what they can. Jiang Chunxi transmigrates into the bodies of these concubines to complete her missions. Morality means nothing to her; all that matters is getting the job done. So what if her methods are underhanded and shameless? Concubine in the Duke's mansion: She secretly gets together with the heir under th 19kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds
9. 59 真 The True Heiress Cut Ties, and the Marquis's Household Regretted It 真千金断绝关系后，侯府后悔莫及 Su Su Ming酥酥明Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + powerful allies + punishing scumbags] Lin Qinghe, the Maoshan Sect’s only true disciple and a prodigy trained to become a national preceptor, is a master physician who can divine the future and draw talismans. Yet she turns out to be the true daughter who was switched at birth and raised by the Marquis’s household. After returning to her family, Lin Qinghe is dutiful to her parents, cares for her younger sister, and supports the prince she loves. They fear her, yet depend on her. On 3.8kReads8.8Score95314d adds
10. 60 我 My Mother Is Everyone's Dream Girl, and What a Coincidence, So Am I! 我娘她是万人迷，好巧我也是！ Tiaotiao窕窕呀Ancient Romance490k WordsCompleted (The mother is a black-hearted lotus and a beloved beauty; the daughter is a Mary Sue and a beloved beauty. Dual heroines. The mother’s love interests may not be virgins, while the daughter’s love interests are all virgins and hopeless romantics.) Gu Xi transmigrated and immediately saw her stunning mother coyly resisting the emperor’s advances. Good grief, was this the legendary melodramatic plot where the emperor abducts his minister’s wife? It wasn’t until later that Gu Xi learned her mother 3.7kReads8.7Score35714d adds
11. 61 什 What Canary? I'm Clearly Playing the Empress's Role 什么金丝雀？我明明拿的女帝剧本 Aili Who Loves the Double-Row Keyboard喜欢双排键的爱梨Ancient Romance323k WordsOngoing [There is a central romance, but the true love interest appears much later. Overall, this is a story about a woman growing into an empress. The female lead gets revenge on a man and turns the tables on him, not through wishful thinking but with real, concrete retribution. You won’t regret giving this one a try!] Theme: Opposing feudalism, authoritarian power, and Stockholm syndrome. Note: The early story has a caged-songbird romance; later, the female lead becomes emperor. Shen Nian, once a scul 207Reads8.7Score—14d adds
12. 62 小 The Little Princess Saves Her Imperial Father with Her Inner Voice 小公主心声拯救父皇 Research Arbitration研究仲裁Ancient Romance874k WordsCompleted [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
13. 63 娇 The Bewitching Courtesan Who Stole the Prime Minister’s Heart 娇艳花魁，惹的丞相心乱 Tao Qianzhi, Who Loves Shijin Stir-Fry爱吃食锦小炒的陶潜稚Ancient Romance319k WordsCompleted [Male lead is secretly passionate + possessive + clear-headed, independent female lead + devoted to each other] [The cold, calculating Chancellor VS the ravishing courtesan] The male lead has never been in love before. He’s somewhat controlling and possessive toward the heroine. Xie Siheng is the Chancellor, a man of great power and status who keeps himself pure. He shares a bond of life and death with the emperor and is the object of admiration for the noble young women of the capital. Wanqin i 290Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 64 强 Coerced into Submission 强取豪夺，被迫臣服 Morning Glory's Grass朝颜的草Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + possessive love + both pure + groveling pursuit + tragic ending] Lin Xi transmigrated to ancient times and made a modest living with her medical skills. By chance, she saved Xiao Muyang twice, and he set his sights on her. She only wanted a quiet life in the Northern Frontier, but someone schemed to bring her to the capital. There, she became trapped in the imperial palace, where he took her by force and kept her confined. Xiao Muyang was a decisive general who had clawed his w 3.4kReads8.4Score17514d adds
15. 65 妩 The Bewitching Concubine Wants to Live a Lazy Life, Your Highness, Please Let Her Be 妩媚妾室想做咸鱼，王爷请放过 Mo Xing MX莫醒MXAncient Romance218k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue. The leads are not each other's first love. Set in a fictional world. The heroine isn't ruled by romance. Luo Li's father gives her away like a plaything to curry favor with the powerful. She plans to find a chance to escape the prince's manor, but fate has other ideas. To protect herself, all she wants is to lie low and laze around, yet the prince won't leave her alone. Her mother's death opens Luo Li's eyes. Only by climbing higher can she take control of her own 8Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 66 快 Quick Transmigration: The Alluring Concubine Captivates Hearts and Rises to Principal Wife 快穿：妾室妖媚，撩欲惑心晋主母 Song Shilu宋时鹿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through palace and household intrigue, a wholly ancient-world heroine, a villainess focused solely on her mission, the Matriarch System, breathtaking beauty, a naturally seductive allure, a scheming green-tea vixen, not a sweet romance] Everyone says, “Beauty is a sin.” Liu Fuyin, daughter of a wealthy merchant, is stunningly beautiful and enchantingly seductive. Before she even comes of age, she’s a beauty capable of bringing kingdoms to their knees, and everyone wants to 12kReads8.8Score73514d adds
17. 67 病 The Yandere Villain Visits My Dreams Every Night: Sister, You’re Mine 病娇反派夜夜入梦：姐姐你是我的 Song Jiujiu宋玖玖Ancient Romance284k WordsCompleted [Raise a Cub into a Wolf + Feigned Possessiveness] Shen Xia was forced to transmigrate into a book. Apparently, she had to kill the villain and help the male lead rise to success before she could go home. But she turned around and chose to crush the System outright, helping the beautiful, tragic, powerful young villain become the male lead instead. She did whatever she wanted, free of all constraints. But just as she was ready to bow out after accomplishing her mission, the villain she had raise 4.4kReads9.3Score60914d adds
18. 68 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 47.7kReads9.5Score6.1k14d adds

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    A humorous and witty palace intrigue novel. The female protagonist transmigrates into a book and, with her clear-headedness, gradually attracts the male lead's exclusive favor. The high rating is well-deserved; highly recommended.

19. 69 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 37.3kReads9.4Score4.3k14d adds

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    That's great, the female lead is very clear-headed throughout.

20. 70 偷 After Overhearing the Little Princess's Thoughts, the Tyrant's Whole Family Panics 偷听小公主心声后暴君一家都慌了 Fei Xuanya妃萱吖Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Family-wide Mind Reading + Everyone's Darling + Alternate World + Female Lead with No Romance] Yu Yiluo transmigrates into a book. Before she can celebrate, she realizes she has become a little princess who was executed as a monster by a tyrant the moment she was born. Yu Yiluo grumbles inwardly: [No wonder he's called a tyrant. He didn't even investigate before deciding to kill me and my beautiful mother! It was all the empress's doing, to get rid of us!] The tyrant: ... In the end, she was sp 4.3kReads9.3Score63014d adds
21. 71 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 7.5kReads9.3Score95214d adds
22. 72 太 The Crown Prince Steals His Friend's Wife! The Sweetheart Is Trapped in a Jealousy Showdown 太子夺友妻！娇娇深陷争宠修罗场 I Love Sugarcane我爱吃甘蔗Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Rivals Fighting for Her + Sweet-Talk Face-Slapping + Forced Marriage and Possession + Faking Her Death + Devoted to Each Other + Female Lead in Control] After a tragic death, Meng Jinyue is given a chance and sent back three years. If she successfully wins over the Crown Prince within those three years, she will be allowed to keep living afterward. Meng Jinyue accepts without hesitation. After all, a man's no substitute for her life. But her status is too low, and she can barely get a 9.4kReads8.9Score89514d adds

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    It's so good! The female lead is clear-headed, intelligent, and loves acting.

23. 73 九 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Evening Breeze Under the Moon月下晚风Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted 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 35.1kReads9.3Score5.9k14d adds
24. 74 皇 The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼 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 21.5kReads9.3Score2k14d adds

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    The female lead, once lucid, only wanted to go home; the male lead was lonely in his final life.

25. 75 清 A Qing Dynasty Side Consort’s Struggle 清穿之侧福晋奋斗史 The Fish That Fell into a Tea Mug掉进茶缸里的鱼Ancient Romance488k WordsCompleted The modern girl Yu Mu went to sleep at home and woke up having transmigrated to the Qing dynasty. The Qing dynasty! An era when girls married at thirteen and had to start having babies at fourteen or fifteen. Give birth early enough, and you could be a grandma by thirty. Just thinking about it made Yu Mu want to die. But she valued her life too much to give it up. The girl had done well in the selection, was pretty, and came from a good family, so she'd already been promised to the Crown Prince. 5.5kReads9.1Score36214d adds
26. 76 清 Qing Transmigration: The Noble Consort Takes Down Consort De and Becomes Empress Dowager 清穿：贵妃娘娘她灭了德妃成太后 My Feelings for You卿我意Ancient Romance873k WordsCompleted [Child-rearing (not self-sacrificing; willing to go after her mother, but never schemes against children) + Harem intrigue] After transmigrating into the Qing Dynasty as Noble Consort Tongjia during the reign of Kangxi, Ruirui's first thought was to go find that poor child... Ruirui didn't like the Qing Dynasty. But if she had to choose one person in all of Great Qing, it would be the Fourth Prince, later the Yongzheng Emperor. Not because she liked him, but because she felt for him. She felt fo 14.4kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
27. 77 母 Don't Be Afraid, Mother. I'll Make You Empress Dowager 母后别怕，孩儿送你上太后之位 Kaka Ya咔咔丫Ancient Romance576k WordsCompleted Three years ago, Qin Shuran, the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor’s family, was granted an imperial marriage and named Crown Princess. Little did she expect to skip right past being Crown Princess and become empress instead. Qin Shuran smiled faintly. “Just what I wanted.” Now that she had taken the empress’s throne, how could she let anyone else sit on the empress dowager’s? The emperor said, “Shuran is gentle and kind to everyone. She is truly a virtuous empress, fit to rule the inner 525Reads7.0Score10314d adds
28. 78 王 Sweet Everyday Life in the Prince’s Mansion 王府甜宠日常 Xu Lian序连Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted [Past and Present Lives 1v1 + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] Wen Sisi was crown princess for five years. The crown prince appeared to be a loving husband, but in truth he loathed her. From their wedding night onward, he sought out his concubines, and in the end he personally caused her death before elevating the concubine he loved to the position of his principal wife. Reborn, Wen Sisi ignored the crown prince's flirtatious hints and chose to marry Liu Xuan, Prince of Jingjiang, a man o 12.1kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
29. 79 重 Reborn, I’ll Make the Prince Dote on His Concubine and Cast Aside His Wife 重生归来，我要王爷宠妾灭妻 Chen Jia Weishuang沉葭微霜Ancient Romance225k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + strong heroine + household intrigue + secret identity + political schemes + marriage before love] A medical doctoral student accidentally transmigrates into the body of the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter, only to become an ill-favored concubine in the prince’s household. Proud by nature, she only wants to live in peace, but the prince deliberately neglects her, and the principal wife keeps stirring up trouble. With nowhere left to turn, she decides to fight back. This tim 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A concise and excellent book, well-written and full of foreshadowing.

30. 80 古 The Female Side Character in an Old-School Romance Wakes Up 古早言情文女配觉醒了 Zhu You1竹由1Ancient Romance412k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + villainess + no golden finger] Rumors in the capital said that the Heqin Prince's heir had gone south to Jiangnan and been bewitched by a village girl. He was so besotted that he wanted to marry her as his legal wife, despite the rules and their difference in status. Even the emperor indulged his recklessness instead of stopping him, issuing an imperial decree to help him get his way. Everyone couldn't help wondering what kind of breathtaking beauty the girl must be to have the heir s 446Reads9.0Score10214d adds
31. 81 谁 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规 Strawberry Xi草莓汐Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 41.2kReads9.6Score5.9k14d adds
32. 82 当 She Gives Birth to Triplets as the Lady of the House, and Her Childhood Friend, the Young Marquis, Loses His Memory 当主母生三胎，竹马小侯爷失忆了 Qian Zheng千筝Ancient Romance236k WordsCompleted [A devoted couple + palace and household intrigue + everyday child-rearing + a wife who knows how to keep her husband in line + clear-headed heroine with superb medical skills + husband’s pursuit of his wife + unconventional amnesia] Su Lingyu, the legitimate daughter of a general’s family, has been married to the heir of the Marquis of Yongning for three and a half years. She and Xie Zhaoyan are loving and devoted, and have three children. Their marriage is the talk of the capital. Betrothed as 2.1kReads7.3Score11114d adds

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    No palace intrigue, no domestic power struggles; the female lead is clear-headed and calm.

33. 83 娘 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 56.6kReads9.5Score7k14d adds

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    The palace intrigue at the beginning was quite interesting, the later parts were very sweet, and the epilogue was also very good.

34. 84 清 In the Qing Dynasty, the Host Is Delicate and Seductive 清穿之宿主她娇软缠诱 Jin San'er瑾三儿Ancient Romance291k WordsCompleted [I originally planned to write a slow-transmigration story, but the first arc turned out rather long. Since it hasn’t been doing well, I’ve decided to wrap it up after just one story. Readers who stop by can treat it as a short-to-medium Qing Dynasty transmigration novel.] Mu Jiaojiao, an employee of the quick transmigration bureau, beat up the brothers of the domineering male lead. The male lead lost all will to live and killed himself, causing his world to collapse. As punishment, she was sent 3kReads9.1Score24714d adds
35. 85 宫 A Palace Maid’s Daily Struggles 宫女奋斗日常 Phantom Beneath the Moon月下幻影Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ling Huan has skin as smooth as ice and looks like a goddess, yet she has no interest in power and thinks only of leaving the palace. In the end, neither she nor her child meets a good end. Given another chance, her goal is to raise her child well and become Empress Dowager herself. A palace-intrigue story with a strong female lead. The heroine is ruthless and clever. A thoroughly satisfying read. 5.9kReads9.2Score84614d adds

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    The female lead isn't naive or stupid, and she's not unintelligent. It's a great show!! 🥰

36. 86 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 142kReads9.7Score112k14d adds

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    Meeting is fate, let's add a bookshelf!

37. 87 恢 After I Regained My Memories, the Crown Prince Begged Me to Come Back Every Day 恢复记忆后，太子日日求我回头 Everyone Has One人皆有之Ancient Romance484k WordsCompleted Xie Yun transmigrated, but it took her four years of acting like a lovesick puppy before she remembered. Once her memories returned, all she wanted was to make money. As for the Crown Prince? To hell with him! After she stopped being a hopeless romantic, life became a lot more fun. But Zhao Jing wasn’t having it. 4.2kReads8.5Score23914d adds
38. 88 明 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 82.6kReads9.3Score10.5k14d adds
39. 89 主 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 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 23.3kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds

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    I highly recommend watching it!

40. 90 太 The Crown Princess Beat the Crown Prince to Death and Took the Throne Herself 太子妃把太子打死，自个登基了 Nan Family's Little Jiu南家小九Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted A feel-good story with a strong female lead. The male lead is an obsessive, scheming old fox. Feng Jiuxi picked up a handsome man and spent a night of passion with him. Then, in a rush to return to the capital, she received an imperial decree making her the Crown Princess. On their wedding night, she lifted the veil and discovered that the handsome man she had slept with was the Crown Prince himself. From then on, Feng Jiuxi frantically hid her identity, acting weak and pitiful and fainting at t 749Reads9.0Score12214d adds
41. 91 被 Forced to Divorce, Her Five Brothers Go on a Rampage 被迫休夫后，五个哥哥杀疯了 A Lifetime of Splendor一世风华Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Ning gave up her beloved spear to cook for the man she loved. She broke with her father, a veteran general of Great Yan, and didn’t speak to him for three years. Her husband, the victorious General Who Guards the Nation, returned in triumph with a woman who was a master of the spear. After three years of hard work, all she got was: “A Ning, I want to marry her.” Shen Ning, who had become the laughingstock of the capital after her husband favored his concubine and cast aside his wife, picked 7.1kReads9.4Score1k14d adds

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    Being clear-headed and being clueless are two different things. Shen Ning was clear-headed, and she left those who didn't love her with a clear-headed and resolute decision, choosing the greater good of her country and its people. Even if the enemy was the one who controlled the imperial power, so what? With a bamboo staff and straw sandals, I can travel lighter than a horse. Who's afraid? I'll let the rain and mist of life take its course.

42. 92 清 After Transmigrating to the Qing Dynasty, Fourth Master Has Three Babies in a Year 清穿后四爷一年抱仨 Flowers Blooming in the Snow雪中繁花Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A wealthy young woman from modern times is reborn in the Qing Dynasty during the Kangxi era after a car accident, becoming Wanyan Wunaxi. With a loving mother, a doting father, and a crowd of protective older brothers, plus a portable pocket dimension, she has a life of pure bliss. All she needs to do is get passed over in the palace selection and marry some honest fellow. Then her life will be complete. Who knew the transmigration god would play a joke on her? An imperial edict comes crashing d 22.8kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    Both of these female protagonists are quite clear-headed and have their own opinions.

43. 93 清 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 Yu Zhiwei予之微Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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
44. 94 娇 The Spoiled Consort's Road to Glory 娇气包娘娘的荣华路 Qingxi Hexi清兮禾兮Ancient Romance385k WordsCompleted Sweet romance! Undivided love! She’s doted on to the max! [The heroine is cunning, a little black lotus hidden beneath a rabbit’s skin] [The hero has a harem and isn’t chaste, but once he meets the heroine, he devotes himself to her alone in a one-on-one romance] The third young lady of the Sheng’an Marquis’s household, born to his secondary wife, was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Sweet and clever, she knew how to win favor. Her grandmother and father favored her, and even her legitimate 13.3kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds

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    In this book, the female protagonist is very clear-headed; she schemes against the emperor from beginning to end. The emperor falls for her first, but the female protagonist hasn't yet, and the story is already finished.

45. 95 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [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
46. 96 攻 Conquest Failed: Livestreaming the Prosperous Present to the Ancients 攻略失败：给古人直播当今盛世 Emperor皇帝Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead, No Romance + Awakening of Women in Ancient Times + Passionate Sense of Justice + No Female Rivalry] After failing to win over the emperor, the System punishes me by making me livestream modern life to people of the past. The man I personally helped ascend the throne sees me in a sleeveless crop top and miniskirt, dancing at a lavish party full of lights and drink. He flies into a rage and scolds me for being unchaste. I smile calmly, point the camera at a modern street, and 8.7kReads8.8Score78514d adds

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    Does this count? 😎

47. 97 女 Matriarchy: My Wife Is Going Dark 女尊：妻主她要黑化了 Xiao Youyun小幼芸Ancient Romance266k WordsCompleted A long-planned scheme sent a cold-blooded assassin transmigrating to another world, where she became the foolish Fifth Princess of Chu, a kingdom ruled by women. When another kingdom invaded, Di Yueling headed to the battlefield with a sword on her shoulder. To make sure she would have an heir, her mother, the empress, forcibly sent four men to her residence and even granted her the title of prince. After welcoming the four husbands into her manor, Di Yueling left the city that very night to awa 528Reads7.5Score10114d adds

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    🥰🥰🥰

48. 98 我 May My Younger Brother and I Live in Peace 我与阿弟长相安 Listening to Snow in the Mountain Breeze岚风听雪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, her father returned victorious from battle with a young man in tow. The boy had fair skin, red lips, handsome brows, and striking eyes. His beauty was unparalleled. She fell for him at first sight. Unfortunately, he was her younger brother... Bound by propriety, morality, and the strictures of virtue, she could love him but never have him. In the end, it brought disaster upon them all. She never expected the once-destitute boy to rise like a dragon and become the emperor, w 4.3kReads8.6Score44514d adds

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    A very good palace intrigue novel

49. 99 两 Two Lives of Joy: The Duke's Legitimate Daughter Is Truly Unrestrained 两世欢：公府嫡女她是真的狂 Dancing Sunflower跳舞的向日葵Ancient Romance667k WordsCompleted (Rebirth power fantasy + married across two lifetimes + palace and household intrigue + political machinations) Ye Liujin once thought she was the happiest young lady in Shengjing. Her aunt was just one step away from becoming empress. Her elder brother was the illustrious Duke of Shanguo, commanding an army of two hundred thousand, while her elder sister was a brave and battle-hardened warrior admired by all, both in court and beyond. She herself had been betrothed in infancy to the Third Princ 17.7kReads9.0Score4.6k14d adds

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    The female protagonist is brave, resourceful, and meticulous. After being reborn, she makes the most of her abilities and, with the male protagonist's help, defeats all her enemies. And it's already completed! This novel is highly recommended!!!

50. 100 宠 He Spoils His Concubine and Neglects His Wife: The Proud Princess Consort Runs Away While Pregnant 宠妾灭妻，傲娇王妃带球跑路了 Clear and Radiant澄澈如华Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + spatial powers + household and palace intrigue + revenge + romance + mutually faithful couple + wife-chasing crematorium] Chen Xiang was a medical doctor who transmigrated into Mu Qinghuang, the neglected legitimate daughter of a general’s household. Because her birth chart supposedly clashed with her grandmother’s, her family disliked her, and she was raised in the countryside. Her adoptive sister, Mu Qinglian, framed her, while the prince despised her. The couple had never co 103Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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    [Transmigration + Space + Domestic Intrigue + Revenge + Romance + Both Characters are Pure + Wife-Chasing Hell] Chen Xiang, originally a medical doctor, transmigrated into the body of Mu Qinghuang, the unloved eldest daughter of a general's mansion. Because her birth chart clashed with her grandmother's, she was disliked by her family and raised in the countryside from a young age. She was framed by her adopted daughter, Mu Qinglian, and rejected by the prince, never consummating their marriage. … Chen Xiang transmigrated into Mu Qinghuang's body to avenge the original owner, personally killing the scheming woman and avenging her! The male lead, Gong Mohan, saw through the scheming woman's true colors, reformed himself, and experienced a wife-chasing hell… Mu Qinghuang was bound to a frame, her hands and feet chained, her tattered clothes stained with bright red blood, her body covered in blood… (This book is a historical fiction!)

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