Fanqie booklists

Looking for Palace and Household Intrigue! A Clever Heroine All the Way Through, No Dumbing Her Down!!! 求宫斗宅斗文!女主全程智商,不要降智!!!

Books
124
Views
306.5k
Recs
163
Updated
9d ago

GPT-6 Luna

Report this booklist

We'll look into it and reply in Notifications.

Posted with your username in our Discord's public #reports. Leave out anything personal.

In this list

Reader notes translated by Google Translate

Genre, tags, more
Genre, tags, more
Clear all
  1. 1 An Unconventional Palace Intrigue 非传统宫斗 Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted Imperial selection from the start / Pure palace intrigue with a touch of household intrigue / Ensemble cast / Realistic style [Pure palace intrigue begins after chapter 20] Not the emperor’s sole favorite / Not a virgin couple / No romance pairing [The emperor is a scumbag with the power of life and death. The first few chapters establish his character and contain potentially uncomfortable scenes. If that bothers you, skip to chapter 20.] Everyone is caught up in palace intrigue. The consorts an 2kReads8.3Score223Shelves
    Reader note
  2. 2 The Goofy Legitimate Daughter and the Aloof Top Scholar Who Dotes on Me Without Restraint 沙雕嫡女,清冷探花宠我没边 Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted [Hilariously overactive imagination and theatrical antics × a scheming, devoted wife-spoiler] Reborn into a century-old prominent family as its legitimate daughter, Jiang Jinning only wants to make money. Her fiancé is destined to become a young lord? No thanks! He has a childhood sweetheart he treasures above all else! What she doesn't know is that the sweetheart is her. Jiang Jinning has a secret: she's secretly in love with Cui Jinhuai, the fiancé chosen for her when they were babies. She's h 75Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  3. 3 The Old Madam Is Pregnant! 老夫人她有喜啦 Ancient Romance550k WordsCompleted Yun Feiwan was reborn. Only as she lay dying did she learn that her sister-in-law, who had been quietly living in a corner of the household, had long been carrying on with her husband. Every day, she admired flowers and brewed tea, keeping her husband company beneath the blossoms and moonlight. Gentle and elegant, she was respected and adored by everyone in the household. Meanwhile, Yun Feiwan had worked herself to the bone managing the family estate, earning herself a reputation for ruthlessnes 10kReads8.5Score874Shelves
    Reader note
  4. 4 Tales of a Harem Struggle 后宫奋斗记 Ancient Romance674k WordsCompleted Sweet romance + palace intrigue + a slow, steady love story + adorable children + devoted love later on In the sixth year of Zhengli, Qu Su, daughter of the Imperial Medical Academy's director, was ordered to enter the palace. Many years later, Qu Su had risen from Junior Lady to Noble Consort. Her children surrounded her, and her Yuyan cosmetics shops had spread throughout the land. Looking back, she saw that the man had always been protecting her from behind. Qu Su: I love you, and I love myse 17.9kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
  5. 5 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 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 36.9kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
    Reader note
  6. 6 Years in the Palace 岁岁宫阙 Ancient Romance706k WordsCompleted Liu Yuetang was sent to a country estate by her legitimate mother the day she was born. When she came of age, her older half-sister gave up her chance to enter the palace because of a dream, stole her match, and spent the night with her betrothed. Liu Yuetang went along with it and decided to enter the palace to carve out a bright future for herself. Once inside, she kept a low profile, learned the arts of the bedchamber, and mastered the art of playing hard to get, pouting coquettishly, and put 10.7kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
  7. 7 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河,贵妃不想负责 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 47.7kReads9.5Score6.1kShelves
  8. 8 The Empress Is Alluring and Bewitching, and the Emperor Gives In to Pleasure 娘娘撩人魅惑,帝王纵情堕落 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The Tomato short drama Kun Yi is now streaming~ [Transmigrate into a book, male lead is not a virgin but female lead is, palace intrigue, psychological games, happy ending] The Crown Prince, Jun Zechen, has seen his fair share of calculating women, and loves only those who are pure and kind. While campaigning beyond the frontier, he meets Ling Yue and is captivated by her free-spirited kindness. He promises to spend his life with her alone. But two years pass, and the Crown Princess has yet to c 120.1kReads9.5Score11.3kShelves
    Reader note
  9. 9 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 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 56.6kReads9.5Score7kShelves
    Reader note
  10. 10 I Entered the Palace to Help My Sister Keep the Emperor’s Favor, but Became His Cherished Favorite 入宫替嫡姐固宠,却成皇上掌心宠 Ancient Romance504k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she entered the palace and devoted herself to helping her legitimate elder sister keep the emperor’s favor. In the end, she died without a body to bury, abandoned by her family. Returning to the year of the imperial selection, Luo Shuran calculates her every move. Her breathtaking beauty is her only weapon. She sheds her youthful timidity and blossoms into a woman of captivating charm. One fleeting glimpse, like a fairy fallen from the heavens, catches the emperor’s eye. 6.1kReads9.3Score878Shelves
    Reader note
  11. 11 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Available in print. Search "Zhaohua Rebellion" on any platform to purchase.] [Strong female lead, satisfying revenge, high-IQ palace intrigue, the heroine schemes against the entire harem, a dangerously unhinged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen the world more clearly than anyone else. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was crystal clear: "I en 87.1kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
    Reader note
  12. 12 Yi Xiu Is Reborn: Driving Her White Lotus Half-Sister Mad Ninety-Nine Times 宜修重生:逼疯白莲嫡姐九十九次 Female-Channel Fanfiction626k WordsCompleted Villainous heroine ⭐ Cunning palace intrigue ⭐ No pampered romance! Empress Yixiu was reborn a year before her elder sister entered the household. The first thing she saw when she woke was Fourth Master tenderly holding her hand. He said, “Xiao Yi, once you give birth to a boy, the position of principal wife will be yours!” Yixiu sneered. Did he think she didn't know what would happen next? Now that she had a second chance at life, she would never hand over her position as principal wife or her 1.6kReads9.1Score132Shelves
    Reader note
  13. 13 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 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 13.4kReads8.9Score1kShelves
  14. 14 A Consort's Easy Life in Empresses in the Palace 娘娘在甄嬛里混吃等死 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Oh no, I messed up! I was just nursing a broken heart, ordering a ton of takeout, and watching Empresses in the Palace with a little wine to help me get tipsy. How did I suddenly transmigrate into Empresses in the Palace? This is ridiculous! When other people transmigrate into Empresses in the Palace, they at least get a name and some standing. I start out as a palace maid, the unlucky scapegoat whom the Empress takes her anger out on over a peony pastry that Songzhi deliberately knocked over! I 3.9kReads8.9Score193Shelves
  15. 15 Consort Hua Reborn: First, Let's Add Something to Huan Yi Incense 华妃重生:先给欢宜香加点料 Female-Channel Fanfiction564k WordsCompleted Consort Hua, who met a gruesome end, has been reborn. Before she died, she learned the truth about her miscarriage at the prince's residence and why she had never been able to bear a child. Back at the prince's residence, she vows that this time, if she can't have children, then nobody else will either! That night, Yinzhen lies beside Nian Shilan and jolts awake in his sleep. Why is it so chilly when summer has already begun? “This story has absolutely nothing to do with history!!! It does not 1.3kReads8.9Score129Shelves
  16. 16 I Lie Flat on My Good Looks 我靠美貌躺平了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both are devoted only to each other + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + mutual devotion] That day in the peach grove, it wasn’t the wind that stirred, but the heart… Song Zhaoyue was born into the body of an unfavored concubine-born daughter of a marquis’s household. Her stepmother forced her to marry a playboy who drank, gambled, and visited brothels, so she turned around and entered the palace selection instead! Who could have guessed she would be granted in marriage to Prince Yan, 35kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
    Reader note
  17. 17 After Becoming a Foot-Washing Maid, I Made the Tyrant Wash My Feet 穿成洗脚婢后,我让暴君给我洗脚 Ancient Romance563k WordsCompleted [A sweet, healing romance, 1v1 and devoted to each other, effortless wins, gossip, and exclusive affection: a carefree sweet girl versus a mad tyrant] Office worker Yu Xinyao dies suddenly from overwork and transmigrates into the lowliest foot-washing maid in the Great Liang imperial palace. She thinks she might as well make the best of it, but the emperor is a tyrant. Every time someone washes his feet, someone dies, and the bathhouse duty roster has become a countdown to death. With only a mon 467Reads8.8Score101Shelves
  18. 18 The Beautiful Stepmother Easily Tames the Prodigal Father and Son 漂亮继母,轻松拿捏纨绔父子 Ancient Romance614k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, both leads are inexperienced, sweet pampering, love after marriage] In the novel The Marquis's Principal Wife, the heroine is a concubine-born daughter of the prime minister. She and her legitimate sister are reborn together. Before their rebirth, the heroine married a poor provincial graduate, while her sister married into the powerful Marquis of Yongyi's household as his second wife. But the Marquis of Yongyi's family falls under the emperor's suspicion, and the entire hou 4.4kReads9.0Score468Shelves
  19. 19 The Empress of the Central Palace 中宫元后 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + marriage before love + palace intrigue] (This is a fictional setting, written as I please. Please don't hold it against me if it doesn't fit history.) Qiao Shanshan, who lived to thirty on Blue Star, died while saving a child. Only after reaching the underworld did she learn that it wasn't her time to die. The soul reaper had taken the wrong person. To make it up to her, the King of Hell promi 15.4kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
    Reader note
  20. 20 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [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 90.9kReads9.6Score12.1kShelves
    Reader note
  21. 21 The Female Bandit Goes to the Capital to Become an Official and Wins Over the Aloof Emperor 女土匪进京为官,诱拐了清冷陛下 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Sweet historical romance + two powerful leads + devoted to each other + sweet and satisfying + fun and lively + no annoying supporting characters + sensible leads] A super-ferocious, super-rich bandit queen VS a cool, otherworldly beauty of an emperor Jin Sanglu owns thirty mountains of gold and is every inch a bandit queen. After earning military merit, she arrogantly calls out to the court: “If you won’t give me an official post, then make me empress.” The ministers are furious, but they fear 11.9kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
    Reader note
  22. 22 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 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 86.4kReads9.6Score11.3kShelves
  23. 23 She Drove a Tank into the Imperial Palace: The Divine Doctor Consort Conquered Four Kingdoms 开着坦克进皇宫,医妃她平了四国 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Marriage first, love later + both leads are devoted only to each other + equally strong leads + sweet romance + a magical space + transmigration. Yue Rushuang, a top military doctor from the twenty-fourth century with doctorates in both medicine and toxicology, transmigrates and marries the Crown Prince, who has been gravely wounded. On the first day of their marriage, she stitches up his wounds. On the second, she performs surgery on him. On the third, she pushes the disabled Crown Prince into 17.4kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
    Reader note
  24. 24 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊,娘娘写了一百条宫规 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 41.2kReads9.6Score5.9kShelves
    Reader note
  25. 25 The Villainess Becomes the Legitimate Daughter: I'm Just Pretending, Don't Get Too Attached 恶女成嫡:我装的,你们别太爱了 Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted (Print edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on September 19 / Several short animated adaptations are now streaming) [Wicked Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Total Control + “Training Dogs” Romance + Male Rivals in a Shura Field + Exes Begging for Her Back + Face-Slapping and Scumbag Punishment] [The heroine is a true villainess: a stunning, calculating temptress who never hesitates to manipulate others] Jiang Chuji, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was an ill-fated girl sent to a t 58.7kReads9.4Score7.8kShelves
    Reader note
  26. 26 I'm Exhausted! To Fool Him, I Pretend to Be Sweet and Innocent Every Day 累死!为了骗他,本宫日日装娇纯 Ancient Romance455k WordsCompleted “If you want to win, you have to learn how to lose first.” Meng Xianxiang lost a life, and learned to struggle, to seize what she wanted, to scheme and plan, and to claw her way up. Looking back on her previous life, she had lived in a stable, eaten pig slop, served tea and emptied chamber pots, enduring abuse and humiliation at every turn. Each memory was a stab to the heart. Given another chance, she wants status and power, and a world where no one dares bully her again. Behind the palace’s re 3.5kReads9.2Score302Shelves
  27. 27 Unbending: An Lingrong 不折枝:安陵容 Female-Channel Fanfiction662k WordsCompleted After ten years in the imperial palace, An Lingrong was weary in body and soul. When she gave up on life, she truly wanted to turn into a wisp of smoke, drift away beneath the blazing sun, and never ask for another life. This world was just too cruel. Whether through Heaven’s mercy or a twist of fate, her weary soul awoke centuries later, carrying its memories. A loving family and a tolerant society slowly healed the small but searing wounds in her soul. After achieving success and fame, sh 13.7kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
    Reader note
  28. 28 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 Ancient Romance876k WordsCompleted A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
  29. 29 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 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 142kReads9.7Score112kShelves
  30. 30 The Realm as My Betrothal Gift, a Golden Age as Our Matchmaker 江山为聘,盛世为媒 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No transmigration or rebirth + pure historical romance, slow pace, gently unfolding] [The heroine is forced to become a concubine early on, so proceed with caution if that bothers you! After marrying, she is the sole favorite, and eventually ascends the throne to rule from behind the curtain!] She is the princess of a fallen kingdom in Nanjiang, born with a pair of gray-blue glassy eyes. She is both righteous and wicked, seeming at once like an immortal and a demon! While still an infant, she w 7.3kReads9.3Score860Shelves
  31. 31 The Palace Nobody: A Qing Dynasty Reversal Story 清穿之后宫小透明翻身记 Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted The heroine only loves wealth and status. She will never fall in love with an emperor. At most, she might like him, but she will never be his one and only. She has both acting skills and cunning. The heroine is no lovesick fool. She sees the world clearly. She won’t pine for an emperor’s love, but she isn’t cold-hearted either. She’s rational about love. 1. Wan Liuha, an obscure member of Kangxi’s harem 4.7kReads8.4Score289Shelves
    Reader note
  32. 32 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: The Life Player 清穿之生活玩家 Ancient Romance465k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + lots of childbirth + clear-headed, decisive black-lotus heroine + managing the harem + slow transmigration] World One: Kangxi, complete. World Two: Yongzheng, complete. She transmigrates into the Qing palace. Starting out in modern times as a hairpin maker, Jiang Mengyu puts every skill at her disposal to work. She's already started hustling, thanks! No feelings, just technique. Her intelligence stays sharp, and she's a born workaholic. Content warning: When faced with life-or 4.1kReads9.2Score295Shelves
  33. 33 Love After Marriage: The Crown Princess Keeps Pretending to Be Good Again and Again 先婚后爱,太子妃又又又又在装乖 Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] Song Yao, who was born into this world, got married to Nangong Yi, the notoriously violent crown prince. After their wedding, they acted like a proper couple, treating each other with courtesy and respect. Gradually, Song Yao discovered that the crown prince was nothing like the violent man of the rumors. He was gentle, considerate, and easy to get along with. So she let her true nature out and started doing as she pleased. - At first, when facing the crown prince: Song Yao: gent 21.7kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
  34. 34 The Gentle, Love-Crazed Crown Prince Is Sick, and I Have the Cure 温柔病娇太子有病,我有药 Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Sweet Historical Romance] [Hopelessly Love-Struck, Devoted Male Lead] [First Love, Faithful to Each Other] [Lighthearted Sweet Romance] [Happy Ending] Xie Changchen, Crown Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, is peerlessly handsome. He made a name for himself across the land at fifteen during the Battle of Qiancheng. Yet his frail health leaves him coughing up blood at the slightest provocation, and the Imperial Preceptor once declared he wouldn't live past twenty-five. The emperor and empress, do 13.8kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
  35. 35 With the Crown Prince’s Backing, the Duke’s Reborn Legitimate Daughter Goes on a Rampage 太子撑腰,重生后公府嫡女杀疯了 Ancient Romance314k WordsCompleted (A satisfying household-intrigue story + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + no forgiveness + no suffering in silence) Lu Xi brought a million taels in dowry when she married Prince An, and helped him become Prince An of Qin. She went to his fief to recuperate for two years. When she returned to the capital, her adopted younger sister had taken her place. Lu Xi's husband and mother-in-law relied on her adopted sister. Even Lu Xi's grandmother and father favored her. They locked Lu Xi aw 2.9kReads8.1Score322Shelves
    Reader note
  36. 36 Spring Robes in Disarray: Only to Unravel the Chancellor's Desires 春衫乱:只为奸臣解风情 Ancient Romance463k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + reborn to change fate + devoted husband + political intrigue and revenge. The heroine is gentle yet resilient, kind and perceptive. The hero is a noble, powerful minister, beautiful and tragic. Many foreshadowed clues and twists.] Lin Shu was a noble young lady from the capital, raised without ever having to lift a finger. When disaster struck the Lin family, Lin Shu became a government slave. She was put to washing and dyeing cloth in the Imperial Household Dep 12kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
    Reader note
  37. 37 May Every Year Bring Peace and Lasting Serenity 岁岁安澜绵长 Ancient Romance561k WordsOngoing A modern police detective was killed in a car accident while on a mission, only to transmigrate into the youngest daughter of the eldest branch of the loyal and brave Earl’s household. Her biological mother had also switched her at birth, making her the family’s adopted daughter. How will she survive in ancient times? This is my first time writing, so please be kind, everyone! I don’t know the platform’s rules either, and the first chapter turned out too long! 13.1kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
    Reader note
  38. 38 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 162.8kReads9.6Score22.7kShelves
    Reader note
  39. 39 I Find the Top Scholar So Charming 我见探花多娇媚 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Jing Bao has three wishes: First, protect the family estate of the main branch; second, enter the Imperial College, place third in the palace examinations, and bring honor to the family; third, keep living as a man in disguise until the end. Lord Gu has three wishes too: First, help someone protect their family estate; second, help that someone place third in the palace examinations; third, bring the disguised top scorer home and make her the mistress of the household. 4.1kReads9.4Score756Shelves
  40. 40 Hairpins and Beauty 鬓花颜 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Maid + sisters in the inner palace + ensemble-focused story] [The heroine is a native of this world, with no transmigration, rebirth, or hidden identity] After her mother dies of illness, Meng Shu’s father takes a new wife almost at once. She endures years under her stepmother’s hand, but in the end, she cannot escape being sold. A trafficker’s rope drags her away from her homeland and casts her into the fabulously wealthy Tang household. Her exceptiona 35.1kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
    Reader note
  41. 41 You Want a Secondary Wife? I’ll Marry Your Third Uncle in a Ten-Mile Bridal Procession! 求娶平妻?十里红妆嫁你三叔! Ancient Romance447k WordsCompleted Everyone in the capital knew that Shen Zhao, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel, was deeply in love with the eldest son of the Cui family. But no one knew that the emperor had personally arranged the marriage between the Shen and Cui families. Cui Shaoqing had been engaged to Shen Zhao for ten years, yet had never cared about her. Only later did Shen Zhao understand that Cui Shaoqing favored women with pride and backbone. She had wasted all her affection and put up with every i 23.2kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
    Reader note
  42. 42 Reborn as the Villainess to Protect My Family: I’ll Save Grandma and My Sister 重生恶女守家:祖母阿姐我都要 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jiang Zhiyue was deceived by her stepmother into doing many terrible things, earning her a notorious reputation. Her elder siblings died because of her, and she was accused of plotting to kill her grandmother. Her eyes were blinded, her voice stolen, and the tendons in all four limbs severed. In the end, she was thrown into a river, still full of resentment. Her stepmother then used the corpses of her blood relatives to claim her mother's title as Duchess of the State. When 13.5kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
  43. 43 Shock! Reborn on the Eve of My Family's Execution, I Say Let's Rebel 惊!重生回满门抄斩前夜,造反吧 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + feel-good story with a powerful heroine + family and country + political intrigue] A cool-headed, cunning heroine who plans several moves ahead + a brilliant, devoted yet restrained male lead who serves as a high-ranking official at the Court of Judicial Review In her previous life, the entire Ning family, loyal to the throne for generations, was slaughtered. To avenge them, Ning Zhiwei led an army of a hundred thousand to marry Su Mingjin, helping him with all her might as he rebelle 27.4kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
  44. 44 The Empress Is Alluring and Charming, and Covets the Empress Dowager's Seat 娘娘娇娆柔媚,觊觎太后宝位 Ancient Romance570k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + palace intrigue + medical skills + no pairing + doesn't love the emperor] At the age of seven, she was kidnapped in her previous life and became the disciple of a genius physician. But her master coveted the peerless beauty she gradually grew into. After three years of planning, she struck a fatal blow, thinking she was finally free. Then she found the letter her master had left behind... Reborn in a single moment, she changed her fate of being kidnapped and entered the palace. She tr 1.3kReads9.1Score159Shelves
  45. 45 Forced Into Rebellion, the Young Lady Goes on a Killing Spree 被逼造反后,大小姐她杀疯了 Ancient Romance708k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Political Intrigue + Pure Romance + Strong Female Lead + Reborn Female Supporting Character + One-on-One Romance] [Cool-Headed, Scheming Heroine vs. Noble, Cold-Hearted and Ruthless Heir] A powerful figure from the apocalypse transmigrates and becomes Shen Chaorong, the legitimate daughter of a treacherous chancellor in the Great Zhao court. She is hopelessly infatuated with the young master of the fallen Li family. When her fiancé, the young master 1.1kReads8.1Score136Shelves
  46. 46 My Stepsister Stole My Husband? The Reborn Heiress Changes Her Match and Topples the Dynasty 继妹抢夫?嫡女重生换嫁覆王朝 Ancient Romance575k WordsCompleted [Just received a rating, it’ll go up later] [Palace and household intrigue + reborn and bride-swapping + face-slapping and crushing villains + marquis’s wife and household mistress + raising adorable kids + doted on by everyone] In her previous life, Yan Shuangqing married into the Second Prince’s residence. To help him ascend the throne, she spent her entire dowry and wore her once-healthy body down to a sickly shell. But who could have guessed that on the eve of his coronation, he would fool a 75Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  47. 47 Reborn: The Legitimate Daughter Helps You Scatter Your Ashes 重生之嫡女帮你扬骨灰 Ancient Romance249k WordsOngoing [Reborn Scheming Legitimate Daughter × Pretend-Rake Prince Plotting for the Throne + Break Their Hearts Before Taking Their Lives + Household and Court Intrigue + Astonishing Behind-the-Scenes Twist] In her past life, Shen Fuming was killed by a scumbag and a wicked woman. Her loved ones died tragic deaths, and she died with her eyes open. Reborn, she became the least remarkable legitimate daughter in the Prime Minister’s household. Her stepmother was a hypocrite, her siblings were vicious, and 1Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  48. 48 The Nine-Phoenix Hairpin 九凤钗 Ancient Romance778k WordsCompleted Song Zhu was once a lost royal treasure hidden in the forest, but fate sent her by a twist of circumstance into the palace of her enemies. On one side were the hatred and grievances between their countries; on the other, she found herself slowly sinking deeper and deeper into Mo Jingyuan’s love. Mo Jingyuan drank the plum blossom wine Song Zhu had brewed with her own hands. Dark red blood welled from the corner of his lips. “Azhu, let the grudges of the previous generation end with us. Give bir 52Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  49. 49 Embracing the Moon: Moonlight in the Clouds 揽月:云中月明 Ancient Romance499k WordsCompleted Cast aside in the mud, she is determined to climb to the clouds and drag down, one by one, everyone who wronged her. When she was six, her father divorced her mother with a single letter, abandoning Yun Zhongyue and her mother like worn-out shoes so he could curry favor with the powerful. Her mother wept until she went blind, and her little brother died on the road while searching for their father. Blood and tears taught her that kindness wins no mercy: it only turns you into dust beneath someon —Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 50 Jade-Soft Pastry 玉团酥 Ancient Romance318k WordsCompleted Also known as The Survival Guide of a Palace Hothouse Flower [Female transmigrator who plays the pig to eat the tiger X scheming, calculating emperor] [Palace intrigue + raising a child + food + sweet romance + both leads are smart] After transmigrating and being forced to become a consort, Su Su always follows the professional code of conduct for a delicate little flower with no family status, talent, virtue, or connections: lie flat and look beautiful. In practice, that means eating, drinking, 48Reads8.2Score—Shelves
    Reader note

Other lists with An Unconventional Palace Intrigue

Save search

Name these filters to come back to them later.