Empress Dowager Stories: If I Can Put You on the Throne, I Can Pull You Down Again 太后文：哀家有能力扶你上位，就有能力把你弄下来

1. 51 她 She's Sweet and Alluring, and the Chaste Regent Works His Way Into Her Heart Every Day 她娇且媚，禁欲摄政王日日勾心魂 Old Friend's Farewell旧人辞Ancient Romance341k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a Book + Strong Female Lead + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Read] Wen Qingyu transmigrates into a book. She only wanted to live a quiet life as a young lady of a marquis’s household. But life is unpredictable, and she ends up becoming the youngest empress dowager in history. She spends her days eating, drinking, and making a little money, enjoying a wonderfully comfortable life, until a fortune-teller claims she is entangled in an unbreakable bond with the Prin 313Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   What?! A hen crowing at dawn?! If you've got the guts, just say so! This Empress Dowager isn't just about fame, she's about power! [Angry] The Emperor wants to rule personally?! Then, then, take the imperial seal! The Empress also wants to assist in managing the harem?! The phoenix seal is here; whoever grabs it gets it. Even the officials are in an uproar, vying for power. A little stool, some melon seeds—isn't it better to just be a bystander? [Smirking][evil grin] Why don't they want it all now?! "I'm old; the empire belongs to you!"

2. 52 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零，发现我妈是大绿茶 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 7.2kReads7.3Score499Shelves
3. 53 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, the Foolish Princess Marries the Ninth Lord with Her Four Maids 退婚后，傻妃携四大丫鬟嫁九千岁 Clingy Little Tomato粘人小番茄Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue + Historical Romance + Princess Consort + Legitimate Daughter + Medical Skills + Two Powerful Leads + Cunning + Playing the Fool + Reborn + Fiercely Protective + Political Scheming] 99% of the comments are positive! Read with confidence! Su Qian, once the leader of a special forces unit in the apocalypse, died unexpectedly while carrying out a mission. With her portable medical space, she transmigrated to ancient times and into the residence of a great gener 22.8kReads8.1Score3.8kShelves

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   The female protagonist, initially humiliated by a rejected engagement and filled with hatred, is subjected to a brutal backlash. However, her four maids come to the rescue, instantly turning the tide and delivering an exhilarating experience. On the surface, she appears to be a foolish and useless legitimate daughter, but in reality, she is a cunning and ruthless post-apocalyptic special agent and leader.

4. 54 昭 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄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 87.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves

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   A classic empress dowager novel, especially the second one, a definite female-centric power fantasy! [Cool] The female protagonist, Song Zhao, is a shrewd and ruthless woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals. Her goal in entering the palace is clear: to become empress. With her beauty and wisdom, she plots step by step, winning the emperor's heart and manipulating the six palaces at will.

5. 55 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 41.5kReads9.6Score5.9kShelves
6. 56 被 After the Mad Emperor Slaughtered Her Family, the Empress Dowager Took the Throne 被疯批皇帝灭门，太后她称帝了 Tang Sanyu唐三聿Ancient Romance116k WordsOngoing [Mad Emperor × Scheming Empress Dowager | Two formidable leads vying for power | Coercive possession | Female protagonist ascends the throne] A power-struggle story with a strong female lead On the night she assassinated the emperor, the young prince pressed a knife to her throat. She did not flinch. Instead, she took half a step forward and said, word by word: “I want to rule from behind the curtain.” He stared at her for a long time, then suddenly laughed. “Half of this vast realm belongs to 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In an alternate history, the female protagonist helps the emperor expand his territory and stabilize the situation, but her entire family is wiped out by the emperor. Later, she will return to the palace to fight her way back.

7. 57 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Idle Empress Dowager Is Anything but Idle 穿书后，咸鱼太后不闲了 Young Master Wuyou无忧公子Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [One True Pairing + Transmigrate Into a Book + System + Food + An Unrealistic Setting With No Logic] Modern-day movie star Bai Tanyue transmigrates into a novel she barely read and becomes empress from the start. Before long, the emperor dies, and she rightfully becomes the empress dowager, reaching the very pinnacle of a woman's status. Even the newly enthroned emperor has to bow to her. She can eat, drink, and enjoy herself in the harem however she likes, but what can she do when the System ke 133Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Ancient Chinese novel, Empress Dowager

8. 58 追 I Chased My Adorable Wife Across the Universe 追了一个宇宙的小萌妻 Zhi Mei Man Sha芷魅漫裟Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted On the day of his coronation, Emperor Yanghuang destroyed the marriage pact arranged for him by the Empress Dowager and the Retired Emperor. Man Fei'er rolled her eyes. As if she cared! Sure enough, she disappeared from Emperor Yanghuang's world for good, taking her divine beast with her. But the arrogant Emperor Yanghuang couldn't stay calm. It seemed he really did regret it. So he chased her all the way from Red Emperor Star to Blue Star. His pursuit was full of sparks and lightning. The haugh 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Feeling a book drought? No worries! [Please follow][Please follow][Please follow] What to do when you have a master who's shamelessly arrogant? [Please follow][Please follow][Please follow] Being a subordinate is bound to be exhausting! [Please follow][Please follow][Please follow] On the day the male lead ascended the throne, he broke off the engagement and ordered his subordinates to turn the bridal chamber into a funeral parlor. The female lead picked up the torn wedding dress with a look of disgust, her lips twitching violently. [Please follow][Please follow][Please follow] Although she also wanted to cancel this damn engagement, the way she dissolved it... Made her, the female lead, seem a bit too pitiful. The female lead sneered and disappeared from the male lead's world with her divine beast. The male lead, however, was not calm: Wait, why isn't the little woman coming to him to beg for reconciliation? [Please follow][Please follow] Thus, the male lead started his wife-chasing mode! The subordinates thought their master was completely out of his mind. [Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying] The journey to win back his wife is filled with hilarious moments! [Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying] A highly rated, entertaining, and hilariously imaginative contemporary romance novel is here! [Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying]

9. 59 和 The Political Bride Slaughters Her Way Through the Realm 和亲公主嘎嘎乱杀 Mist and Camellias雾与山茶Ancient Romance324k WordsCompleted [Fictional setting + System + Revenge to the extreme + Asura Princess + Decisive and ruthless + Strong female lead + Female emperor] Chu Nian'an was a low-ranking princess. When the imperial decree ordering her to marry into Beishuo arrived, everyone in the palace waited to see her make a fool of herself. Beishuo was her birth mother's homeland, the place that dazzling woman had spent half her life trying and failing to return to. At a banquet in Beishuo's royal court, a powerful minister's daug 75Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'm recommending a super-powerful female protagonist novel where the protagonist rises from an abandoned daughter to an empress! The journey is filled with political intrigue, revenge, ruthlessness, and glory—everyone who reads it will say it's incredibly satisfying! If you love strong female protagonists, this is a must-read!

10. 60 将 Gu Xijiu, Young Lady of the General's Mansion 将军府千金顾惜玖 Loves Oyster-Sauce Meatballs爱吃蚝油烧丸子Ancient Romance920k WordsOngoing Synopsis In a flash of inspiration, a beautiful woman smiled at the Demon Lord as he cultivated and said, "Hero, lend me your clothes so I can hide!" Then she gracefully slipped away. When the Demon Lord awoke, his eyes blazed with fury. "Search! Turn the earth upside down if you have to, but find that cunning woman!" He was the mysterious Sacred Venerable revered by countless people across the continent. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The third book in the "June's Favored Consorts" series features an empress dowager who, shortly after her marriage, witnesses the emperor's sudden death 😱, and becomes empress dowager the very next day. With a deceased emperor before her and a powerful regent behind her, where will she go from here? 🧐🔥 1️⃣ The female lead transforms into empress dowager; she must reclaim the imperial seal! Your Majesty, you still need more experience 🌿

11. 61 皇 The Reborn Empress Wants to Plot a Rebellion 皇后重生要谋反 Molten Honey Candy流心蜜糖Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted This book was originally titled The Empress Is Reborn to Plot Her Revenge. The short drama adaptation is titled The Reborn Empress Is Not to Be Trifled With. In her previous life, she used her medical skills to win people over for him, and her maternal grandfather lent him troops to help him seize the throne. In return, her entire family was massacred, and she met a tragic end. Given a second life, she will never let herself become a laughingstock again. With five years' worth of memories and he 3.9kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
12. 62 权 The Red Wedding Veil of Court Intrigue 权谋红盖 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Red Veil of Court Intrigue 4Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 63 逆 The Comeback Wife: No More Doormat, I'm the Queen 逆袭媳妇：不做包子，做女王 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted The Wife's Comeback: No Longer a Doormat, Now a Queen 3Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 毕 The Graduation Ceremony Lie 毕业典礼的谎言 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted The Lie at Graduation 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 65 笑 The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 笑柄千金 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 沉 Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? 沉默证据：谁在操控谎言 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery7k WordsCompleted Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 怒 Roaring Across the Land 怒吼山河 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted A Roar Across the Land 2Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 清 The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 清河县令的逆鳞 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 9Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 69 云 Yunjin's Revenge 云锦复仇 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Yunjin's Revenge 30Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 70 惊 Shocking Secrets: The Price of Revenge 惊天秘密：复仇的筹码 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted A Shocking Secret: The Price of Revenge 4Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 谁 Who Says a Country Girl Can't Make It? 谁说村姑不行 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Who Says a Country Girl Can’t Make It? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 涅 Rebirth in the Eighties: From Framed to Flourishing 涅槃八零：从诬陷到崛起 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Phoenix Reborn in the Eighties: From Framed to Rising Star 4Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 都 Urban: Against the Current 都市：逆流而上 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted Urban: Against the Current 2Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 谁 Who Dares Steal My Name? 谁敢窃我名 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted Who Dares Steal My Name? —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 璀 Behind the Glamour: A Rich Heiress's Secret 璀璨背后：豪门太太的秘密 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Behind the Glamour: A Rich Wife's Secret 4Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 步 Uncovering the Truth, Step by Step 步步揭真相 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted Uncovering the Truth, Step by Step 6Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 77 错 The Wrong Heiress Strikes Back 错位千金的反击 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Wronged Heiress Strikes Back 4Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 78 冰 Frozen for Three Years, Now the Stars Shine Again 冰封三年，星光再耀 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted Frozen for Three Years, the Stars Shine Again 6Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 79 谁 Who Dares Look Down on Me? 谁敢轻视我 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted Who Dares Look Down on Me? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 后 The Blood Phoenix's Harem Scheme 后宫血凰谋 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Blood Phoenix Schemes in the Harem 4Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 古 The Ballad of the Ancient Well 古井冤歌 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted The Grudge Song of the Ancient Well 2Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 浴 Bloodied Qingyue: Reborn from the Ashes 浴血清月：涅槃归来 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Bloodied Qingyue: Reborn from the Ashes 2Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 83 弃 The Abandoned Daughter Returns: Her Child's Father Is a True Dragon! 弃女归来：崽崽他爹是真龙！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted The Discarded Daughter Returns: Her Child's Father Is a True Dragon! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 盛 A Grand Wedding, A Shocking Plot 盛嫁惊谋 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted A Grand Wedding Plot 4Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 85 盛 A Beauty's Schemes in Shengjing 盛京美人谋 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted A Beauty's Schemes in Shengjing 8Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 86 宫 The Palace Maid's Rise: Every Step a Trap, Every Step a Plan! 宫女上位记：步步惊心步步为营！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Palace Maid's Rise: Every Step a Shock, Every Step a Carefully Laid Plan! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 87 凤 The Phoenix Cries Across the Heavens: A Reborn Daughter's Revenge 凤唳九天：嫡女重生复仇记 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Phoenix Cries Across the Nine Heavens: The Reborn Legitimate Daughter's Revenge 8Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 88 前 What Should I Do? My Ex-Husband Begs Me to Remarry Every Day 前夫每天都在求我复婚怎么办？ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted My Ex-Husband Begs Me to Remarry Him Every Day. What Should I Do? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 89 重 Reborn to Rewrite the Script: A Deadly Revenge 重生改剧本：致命复仇 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗15k WordsCompleted Reborn and Rewriting the Script: A Deadly Revenge 3Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 90 综 Revenge on a Variety Show: Ex-Wife, the Game Has Only Just Begun 综艺复仇：前妻，游戏才刚刚开始 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗15k WordsCompleted Revenge on a Variety Show: Ex-Wife, the Game Has Only Just Begun 3Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 91 替 The Substitute Empress: I'll Repay Three Hundred Years of Blood Debt! 替身女帝：三百年血债我来偿！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The Substitute Empress: I’ll Repay Three Hundred Years of Blood Debt! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 重 Reborn: I Make the Boss Who PUA'd Me Beg for Mercy in Tears 重生：我让PUA我的上司哭着求饶 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗15k WordsCompleted Reborn: I Made the Boss Who PUA'd Me Beg for Mercy Through Tears 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 93 被 The Chosen Eradicator 被选中的清除者 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse11k WordsCompleted The Chosen Eraser 9Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 重 Reborn: I Dug Open the Lin Family Tomb with My Own Hands 重生：林家坟墓，我亲手挖开 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗30k WordsCompleted Reborn: I Dug Up the Lin Family Grave with My Own Hands 10Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 95 人 In the Morgue, I Just Talked a Corpse Back to Life 人在停尸房，刚把尸体聊活了 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery11k WordsCompleted In the Morgue, I Just Talked a Corpse Back to Life 16Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 96 第 The 108th End-of-Life Care Visit 第108次临终关怀 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse8k WordsCompleted The 108th End-of-Life Care Visit 5Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 97 时 The Time Management Bureau Bans Employees from Wearing JK Uniforms 时间管理局禁止员工穿JK制服 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse16k WordsCompleted The Time Bureau Forbids Its Employees from Wearing JK Uniforms 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 我 I Use Makeup to Throw the Court into Chaos 我靠美妆技术搅乱朝纲 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted I Use My Makeup Skills to Throw the Imperial Court into Chaos 1Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 99 凶 The 108th Viewer in the Haunted House Livestream 凶宅直播间的第108位观众 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery9k WordsCompleted The 108th Viewer in the Haunted House Livestream 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 100 摄 The Regent's Substitute Bride, His White Moonlight 摄政王的白月光替嫁新娘 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance19k WordsCompleted The Regent's Substitute Bride, His White Moonlight 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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