Harem Intrigue, With a Clear-Headed Female Lead and Both Leads Having Past Relationships 想要宫斗，女主清醒，双不洁

1. 51 皇 Has the Noble Consort Left Qirong Palace Today? 皇贵妃今天出栖容宫了吗？ Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [☆No transmigration, no rebirth, and no pristine couples] [☆The romance develops gradually] Everyone in the palace knew that the person they must never offend was neither the pampered and fiery Noble Consort Hui nor the peerlessly beautiful Consort Cen, but Noble Consort Zhe of Qirong Palace, Lady Fucha. A consort's guide to survival: If you want to get ahead, never provoke the lady of Qirong Palace. She was the emperor's first woman, his companion and confidante since their youth; the mother 15.3kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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2. 52 宫 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 A Cluster of Flowers一丛花令Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she endured a life of hardship and instability. From the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an to a government courtesan available to any man, she finally escaped a life of being passed from one man to another, only to jump from the tiger’s jaws into the wolf’s den. She walked on eggshells at every step until she finally became the real power behind the prefect’s household. But the misery of her first half of life had already left her body broken beyond repair. Only o 7.8kReads9.0Score784Shelves
3. 53 宫 Palace Beauty 宫姝 Clear Summer Xixi清夏兮兮Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined. 8.3kReads9.2Score953Shelves
4. 54 重 With My Reborn Son's High-Stakes Schemes, Becoming Empress Dowager Is No Dream 重生儿子手段高，晋升太后不是梦 Chiyo千代Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional Imperial Harem Drama + No Romance + Giving Birth and Raising Kids + My Son Must Be Crown Prince + Ambitious + Clear-Eyed] Content warning: The romance isn’t mutually exclusive, she doesn’t love the male lead, and there are painful, heartbreaking parts. The male lead is a scumbag emperor. Song Yuyan was hooked on a palace-harem management game. She never expected to open her eyes and find she had transmigrated to ancient times. After keeping a low profile for three years, she entered t 3.6kReads9.3Score418Shelves
5. 55 娇 The Pretty Palace Maid's Step-by-Step Rise to Empress 娇娇宫女，步步为后 Three Days in the Capital三日京Ancient Romance574k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue / not both partners’ first time / devoted love in the later story / not a strong heroine; the female lead cries easily and isn’t particularly clever, so don’t expect too much!] After three years in the palace, Yue Li has worked carefully and waited for a chance at promotion. Just before she is promoted, a palace maid sharing her room is sentenced to death for offending a consort. Thunder crashes and rain pours that night as blood spatters everywhere. Terrified, Yue Li cannot sle 25.1kReads9.3Score12.4kShelves
6. 56 累 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 Deer in the Deep Forest深林的鹿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
7. 57 将 A General's Daughter's Comeback: No More Coddling, It's Time to Rise 将门逆袭：不要娇宠要上位 Sweet Potato with Plum Powder甘梅地瓜Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted When her aunt was on her deathbed, she entrusted her child to Wanqing. Out of gratitude, Wanqing became the concubine of the general’s eldest son. The rules for concubines in the general’s household: be dutiful and proper, and have no children. The household had no need for children born to concubines. Yet Wanqing bore four sons and a daughter, then took her place as the eldest son’s principal wife. The Empress Dowager personally bestowed on her the title of First-Rank Lady of Virtue. Someone sc 40.8kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves
8. 58 人 In the Imperial Harem, My Goal Is to Become the Empress Dowager 人在后宫，目标太后 Dreams on the Mountain山上有梦Ancient Romance358k WordsCompleted # Palace intrigue is out of the question. I'll eat snacks, watch the drama, and have children, that's the plan # Cui Xuejian transmigrated into the past and became a low-ranking palace consort. Powerful figures towered over her, while a few insignificant nobodies clawed at her feet. With things like this, why bother with palace intrigue? Better to just give up and coast! Cui Xuejian believed that as long as she kept out of trouble, no monsters, demons, or other ghoulish creatures would come afte 1.7kReads9.2Score138Shelves
9. 59 就 Seriously? This Can Transmigrate? 就这！也能穿？ Li Yueqiu梨月邱Ancient Romance474k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance + Transmigrate + Strong Female Lead + Palace and Household Intrigue] He Junfei's family was destroyed by a treacherous man and woman in the modern world. After successfully taking revenge, she unexpectedly transmigrated while saying goodbye to a wax figure at a wax museum. In her dreams, she became an empress, caught in a love-hate relationship with Chu Yanchu, the crown prince of the previous dynasty. Chu Yanchu hurriedly explained, “Junfei, things aren't what they look l 3Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 皇 Absurd Antics in the Imperial Palace: The Crown Prince Just Wants to Be a Couch Potato 皇宫的沙雕事，太子只想当咸鱼 Qingyi Yao清依谣Ancient Romance110k WordsCompleted I, the Crown Prince, Only Want to Live a Carefree Life World Setting As the emperor’s only legitimate son, you have always lived in the spotlight. Father: (nagging) “You must study hard, my boy, and become a wise ruler. Unite the world, bring peace to the realm, become a beloved emperor, and be remembered for all time...” And on and on. Mother: (furious) “Your father was so brave back then, standing out among all the princes. Why are you such a coward? If you don’t fight for the throne, won’t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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11. 61 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves

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12. 62 法 The Forensic Code 法医密码 Love Tongxin爱童鑫Mystery269k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 63 别 Don't Be Afraid, Su Yao Is Here 别怕，苏瑶来了 Love Tongxin爱童鑫Rural Life269k WordsCompleted As a teenager, Su Yao lived in a remote mountain village. She was fascinated the first time her grandfather told her about a supernatural incident. The mysterious death of a classmate deeply affected her, as did the passing of her grandaunt’s husband and the paper-burning ritual she witnessed with her own eyes. Each event seemed impossible to explain. Determined to continue her education, Su Yao gradually fell in love with Feng as they spent time together. Eventually, she became a police officer —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 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 23.3kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves

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    Domestic intrigue + rebirth + strong female lead, a satisfying story! Reborn, watch me take my revenge! So satisfying! 🤭🤭🤭

15. 65 孕 My Husband Wants a Divorce While I'm Pregnant? Fine, Whatever You Want! 孕期夫君要和离？随你都随你！ Fu Bao芙宝Ancient Romance331k WordsCompleted Shu Yuwan is the youngest legitimate daughter in her family. Her parents and elder brothers have cherished her since childhood, and her mother carefully chose a distinguished young gentleman from the capital to be her husband. After their wedding, the couple may not have been inseparable, but they treated each other with mutual respect. But while she was pregnant, her husband claimed he had met an extraordinary woman who had left him awestruck. He wanted a divorce so he could marry her. Shu Yuwa 11.1kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
16. 66 嫡 The Stunning Legitimate Daughter: Stay Away, White Lotus 嫡女倾城，白莲花别沾边 Little Maruko小丸子子呀Ancient Romance360k WordsOngoing [I am Zhao Xiyun, the legitimate eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household. Ever since I was little, everyone has adored me, and I was betrothed to the Third Prince.] Everyone thought I would become the Third Prince's consort. But who would have thought that a dignified prince would willingly trail after me like a puppy? And my dear younger sister is nothing but a scheming white lotus. You already have the Third Prince. Don't frame me! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Sober female lead, if you want a pure and innocent image, then stay and don't blame me for being impolite.

17. 67 重 The Reborn Take the Stage: A Lowly Concubine's Daughter 重生者当道，卑微庶女 Walking Against the Light逆着光行走Ancient Romance562k WordsCompleted [Angsty + reborn + multiple male leads + no romance + no stupid characters + no love-brained heroine + taking by force] The heroine is a frail, innocent beauty of humble origins whose fate is full of misfortune. In every life, she is repeatedly tormented by a person who keeps being reborn. Yet each time the wicked reborn tormentor starts over, they ultimately fall at the heroine’s hands. And in every life, the more they torment her, the more horribly they die! In the first life after the rebirth 286Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Born into a humble family, she suffered oppression from a young age, forced to develop a timid and submissive personality. She was weak, helpless, fragile, and beautiful—a truly pitiful female protagonist. She was also persecuted by a reborn individual out of jealousy.

18. 68 攻 Conquering Empresses in the Palace: Why Are the Empresses Fighting? 攻略甄嬛传：娘娘们怎么打起来了 Pure and Clear清明净Two Female Leads309k WordsOngoing A heartless yet affectionate, universally adored Yixiu × a dark, timid, unscrupulous An Lingrong No synopsis. [Not related by blood: they are only called aunt and sister-in-law as a figure of speech] [Friendship and romance collide. Ship whoever you want. Happy ending. Pure author indulgence] 474Reads9.5Score136Shelves

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