Palace-Intrigue Stories Where the Green Tea Wins the Hero, He Falls Out of Love with His First Wife, and Falls for Someone Else 跪求绿茶上位 男主变心 负原配 移情别恋的宫斗文

1. 201 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游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 90.9kReads9.6Score12.1k14d adds

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   A different kind of time-travel novel. The time-traveling female lead is outshone by the native female lead. The plot is well-developed and doesn't make you stupid.

2. 202 我 I Am a Female Physiognomist 我是女相师 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery893k WordsCompleted I was born in the twelfth lunar month of 1991, and came into the world with six fingers. The saying that people born in the Year of the Sheep have bad luck somehow became attached to me. Before I could even speak, my family sent me to live with my grandaunt, who ran a shop selling paper offerings and burial clothes. My grandaunt said I had a star spirit in my fate, and the Vermilion Bird would come to my aid. What did it matter if my destiny was cursed? As the saying goes: The Azure Dragon and W 13.1kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds

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   These six books must be read in order.

3. 203 我 I Am a Lady Tutor 我是女先生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted I'm hard to kill. These were the words I heard from the moment I was born. A blind fortune-teller said I was a White Tiger Sha, a girl born with a boy's fate, innately tough and destined to bring misfortune to my husband, my children, and myself. Everyone in the village said I wouldn't survive. My yang energy was too strong. Even if they managed to keep me alive, I'd grow up to be an idiot. But my grandma, a spirit medium who presided over the altar, refused to give up. Every year, she burned a 3.3kReads9.4Score44914d adds
4. 204 天 The Destined Immortal-Boned Female Face Reader 天命仙骨女相师 Two Little Oil Bottles两个小油瓶Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted I was born with the bones of a phoenix. Chen the Half-Immortal, who had spent half his life telling fortunes in the village, said I was the reincarnation of the living Bodhisattva worshipped in the village shrine. That was why I had a natural gift for discerning yin from yang and driving out ghosts and spirits. But before I turned six, I was an idiot, because someone had stolen my spiritual root with a forbidden art that defied heaven. Only after a master who came to ask my adoptive mother for h 245Reads9.3Score20614d adds
5. 205 我 I Am Intersex 我是阴阳人 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted My mother said that when I was born, her first reaction was to strangle me, because it was impossible to tell whether I was male or female. My grandmother called me a freak and a jinx, saying I would only bring shame on the family. It was then that my maternal grandmother, who had traveled all the way from the countryside to visit my mother, adopted me. So, by chance, I got to enjoy a pure childhood, free from scornful looks. Following my half-immortal grandmother, I unexpectedly discovered how 8.5kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
6. 206 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.4kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
7. 207 萤 A World of Fireflies 萤萤众生 Xiao Xu小叙Rural Life3.8M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I had an accident and nearly died. Everything I saw and felt was horrifying, and I could only keep company with bad luck. But I swore a solemn oath: I would not fail Heaven and Earth or my parents, nor harm my friends and family. I would hurt only myself, devote myself to goodness, and hold fast to sincerity! From then on, I walked between the realms of yin and yang, sought a master and learned the Dao, awakened my spiritual senses, and slew demons and evil spirits... I fear 8kReads9.2Score77914d adds
8. 208 谋 Scheming for the Heir 谋嫡 Master Hua花爷Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted From being a pawn sent by her elder half-sister to the Third Prince's residence to climbing over a mountain of blood and claiming the empress's throne, Lin Wanying did just one thing: she kept Zhao Xuan firmly by her side. 3.1kReads9.1Score58214d adds

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   ⭐Green Tea Rise to Power⭐ Episode ① She was originally her elder sister's tool [Note], but she didn't want to be used forever, so she started to win hearts and pretend to be a green tea [Sparrow's Masterpiece]. The male lead changed his mind and betrayed his original wife… ② The male lead married his elder sister, who had lost her virginity before marriage [Note]. The female lead had to consummate the marriage for her, but unexpectedly, she lost her position as the emperor's wife… ③ The female lead participated in the imperial concubine selection [Thinking] and became one of the emperor's many concubines. The empress looked gentle, but she was not simple either. Watch her start the palace intrigue [Sparrow's Masterpiece] and become the emperor's white moonlight! Most of the time, the male lead is the emperor, and the female lead is a concubine [Sending Heart]. Step by step, she becomes the emperor's white moonlight!

9. 209 有 My Pregnant Half-Sister Wants Me to Serve Her? I’ll Team Up with a Powerful Official to Send Her to Her Doom 有孕嫡姐逼我承宠？勾上权臣送她上路 Silver Like Moonlight银如月华Ancient Romance475k WordsCompleted Her elder sister’s new husband was the youngest Minister of Justice in history, a man said to be pure and noble, a gentleman through and through. Mo Ruliu, by contrast, was merely the Song family’s adopted daughter, as delicate as a willow in the breeze, quiet and modest, always mindful of her place. The two had no connection at all, yet on her wedding night, her elder sister forcibly shoved her into the bridal chamber. From then on, by day her elder sister was the young madam of the Qi family, 69Reads8.0Score—14d adds
10. 210 娘 The Empress Is So Charming, the Emperor Holds Her in the Palm of His Hand 娘娘多娇，帝王捧在掌心宠 Fox's Dream狐狸梦Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The leads are not faithful to each other at the beginning, so read with caution] [Palace intrigue at first, favoritism in the middle, exclusive devotion in the later part] [Palace intrigue + sweet romance + a stunningly beautiful, charming consort x a workaholic, devoted emperor] Qu Wanning was a die-hard fan of palace-intrigue novels. Just because she left the author a comment asking them to continue the story, she transmigrated into a new book whose blurb she had just finished reading! She ge 2.7kReads8.8Score31614d adds
11. 211 怎 How Can Anyone Resist the Noble Consort's Alluring Charm? 怎敌贵妃百媚千娇 Fish Carrying the Moon鱼衔月Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + sweet romance + heroine transmigrates] In the fifth year of Yongyan, the emperor ordered a selection of consorts. Wen Wanyu was the most beautiful among the candidates. With her charming looks and soft, lilting voice, she was as delicate as a flower and soon won the emperor’s favor. She had once been the apple of her father’s eye, but when he was framed and her elder brother humiliated, she defied her whole family and asked to enter the palace to protect them. From the darling 2.2kReads8.9Score19414d adds
12. 212 娘 The Empress Is Sweet and Innocent, and the Emperor Raises Her to the Top 娘娘单纯娇媚，陛下捧她上位 Sleepy Snail爱睡觉的蜗蜗Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted [A native heroine who's been good at acting since childhood] As the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household, Bai Ruoli had always gotten everything she wanted. But when the palace selection came, she was destined to enter the palace as a concubine. The palace had not only the Empress Dowager and the emperor, but also the empress, and then the emperor's favored consorts below her. Bai Ruoli wasn't intimidated. Her family background was excellent. As long as the emperor wasn't a devoted 5.6kReads8.4Score70514d adds
13. 213 娘 The Empress Is Determined to Rise to the Top 娘娘她立志登高位 The Moon Has Set in the West月已西Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted Scheming beauty x stern, cold emperor (soul transmigration + palace intrigue + not mutually devoted + eventually his one and only) In the third year of Zhaowu, Wen Zhuohua abandoned the path laid out for her and entered the palace as a palace-selection candidate. She loves wealth, splendor, power, and status. All under heaven belongs to the sovereign, and nothing in this world is more exalted than imperial authority. Once in the palace, she treads carefully in the harem and puts on an act for th 15.3kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
14. 214 绿 The Sweet and Alluring Consort Only Wants to Climb the Ranks Through Palace Intrigue 绿茶娘娘娇娇媚，只想宫斗升位 The Moon Rises Over the City月上倾城Ancient Romance359k WordsOngoing Palace intrigue + sweet romance + an actress who can really act + a heroine focused on her career Screen queen Shen Yunshu transmigrates into an unrecorded dynasty and is born into the family of Jiangnan's wealthiest merchant as its legitimate daughter. Cherished and doted on by her parents, she thinks she might as well spend her life taking it easy. Unfortunately, her extraordinary beauty catches the eye of Consort Liu's younger brother, who wants to take Su Yunshu as his concubine by force. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 215 娘 The Consort's Matchless Charm: A Record of Climbing the Ranks Through Palace Intrigue 娘娘茶媚无双，宫斗上位记 Sanbao Momo三宝麼麼Ancient Romance158k WordsCompleted The moment Shen Qingzi enters the palace, she knows that in this cruel place, beauty alone is nowhere near enough. In public, she's the delicate and helpless Noble Lady Shu, her eyes soft and innocent, her manner gentle and obedient. A sweet “You're too kind, Sister” or “I wouldn't dare, Your Majesty” wins the Emperor's affection and lets her rivals drop their guard. Behind the scenes, however, she's a meticulous strategist. One pass of her abacus reveals every gap in the accounts; one stroke 4Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 216 快 Quick Transmigration: The Enchantress Who Captivated the Emperor 快穿古代：妖女祸君心 Qia San Chun恰三春Ancient Romance570k WordsCompleted (Flirtatious temptress + emperor falls for her + romance-focused conquest + Qing dynasty transmigration + harem-style romantic rivalry + universally adored heroine) Ruan Tang binds herself to a Bewitching Woman System. She can transform into a seductive fox spirit or a bewitching snake woman and enter different dynasties to conquer the target characters assigned by the System. Her conquest targets include princes, shamans, generals, rulers... To earn enough True Love Points to stay alive, Ruan T 1.3kReads8.8Score10014d adds
17. 217 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Raise the Scumbag Husband’s Illegitimate Child? 都重生了，谁还替渣夫外室养孩子 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Film and television rights sold] In her previous life, Yun Chu supported her husband, raised his son by a concubine, and helped the Xie family rise to greatness. In the end, she caused all one hundred members of the Yun family to be beheaded, then was forced to drink poison by the child she had raised with her own hands! As the poison burned through her entrails, she opened her eyes and found herself back at twenty. A line of Xie family children stood before her, each calling her “Mother” with 27.5kReads9.2Score4k14d adds

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    The scheming woman rises to power, the male lead changes his mind, and betrays the original wife.

18. 218 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

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    This is a really good story. The female lead transmigrates into a book and swaps her fiancé with a scheming woman. The story unfolds with various developments, and the villain is her ex-fiancé. The two are constantly fighting. The male lead is incredibly strong, and the female lead is attracted to his looks. One uses her brains, the other does the physical work—it's a great story!

19. 219 京 The Capital's Number One Green Tea 京城第一绿茶 There Are Fusu Mountains山有扶苏Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Satisfying court intrigue + woman disguised as a man + scheming ingenue + sweet on the outside, sinister within + indulgent romance + flirtatious + imaginative historical fantasy] Lan Yin, the top courtesan from a brothel, refuses to remain a plaything for others. To change her fate, she impersonates the cousin of the Duke of Wei's family and makes her way into the wealthy heart of the capital. At a birthday banquet, her dance captivates everyone. In the Jade Pool Gardens, she discusses state 781Reads8.4Score10014d adds

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    Green tea heroine palace intrigue novel

20. 220 娇 The Favored Green Tea Consort: The Little Palace Maid's Rise to Power 娇宠绿茶贵妃之小宫女上位录 Fleeting Shadow惊鸿小影Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + spatial dimension + green-tea schemer + compulsive tattletale] Not exclusively doted on, not mutually chaste In her previous life, she was a little demon, a purple sable who devoted herself to cultivation. Just when she finally managed to ascend to the immortal realm, she met a lunatic immortal official. That male immortal kept harassing her, causing an uproar throughout the immortal realm and getting her stripped of her immortal status and cast down into the mortal world. In 9Reads7.1Score—14d adds
21. 221 快 Quick Transmigration: The Tea-Acting Little Sister Becomes Everyone's Darling and Gets Dragged into a Love Rival Showdown 快穿：茶艺妹妹成团宠被迫修罗场 Late on April First四月一日晚Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Dark, calculating, sweet-talking, fake-sweet but secretly vicious scum woman + No Fixed CP + A cast of deranged, delusional, arrogant male leads and heavenly elites + A logic-free, dark, messy Mary Sue story] Qiao Xi began quick transmigration. A beautiful girl with a sweet voice, she was known across the country for her mastery of the art of tea. Just as she was about to be trapped in a deadly love triangle and locked away, she attracted a System and was accidentally bound to it. The little wh 611Reads9.0Score10414d adds
22. 222 爆 Spoiled Rotten: The Green Tea Chancellor's Beloved Comes Back to Life 爆宠，绿茶丞相的心上人复活后 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance151k WordsCompleted [Clever, kind, and resilient heroine VS proud, refined hero who's a humble, fake-sweet puppy] [One-on-one sweet romance, the hero suffers, time gap, raising a child] Xu Zhaozhao once transmigrated three thousand years into the past, to the Jin Dynasty, to complete a mission. But the mission failed, and she was forced to marry Xie Zhen, the eldest son of the Xie family. They had a daughter, Xie Yunlu. At last, her organization came to retrieve her and send her back to the modern world. Then she r 3.1kReads7.6Score20914d adds
23. 223 分 After We Broke Up, I Went Wild in the Entertainment Industry 分手后我在娱乐圈杀疯了 Yang Ye央也Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + the second male lead takes the lead + groveling-to-win-her-back arc + the heroine has experience, the hero doesn't] Wen Shiqing and Zhou Langxing were in love for five years, but on their fifth anniversary, she discovered he had cheated on her. When she confronted him, Zhou Langxing only said wearily, “We've grown too far apart.” Only then did Wen Shiqing realize that Zhou Langxing had gone from an unknown to a popular actor, while she was still a bottom-tier actress, stuck playing su 8.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
24. 224 换 After the Marriage Swap, the Young General Can't Resist Flirting 换亲后，少年将军不禁撩 I'm Not the Fairest of Them All 2021非我倾城2021Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [The animated comic is now available. If you're interested, go check it out!] [Married first, fall in love later ✘ aloof, youthful male lead ✘ gentle, clear-eyed female lead ✘ mutually exclusive partners (explained later)] Wen Ning was reborn. In her previous life, she dutifully cared for her parents-in-law and treated her husband with consideration. After finally enduring long enough to see Song Yan pass the highest imperial examination, everyone said she was lucky. But Song Yan never loved her 3.2kReads8.9Score38414d adds
25. 225 爆 Hilarious Transmigration: The Princess Consort Is a White Lotus 爆笑穿越：王妃是朵白莲花 Liu Qibaizi柳七白子Ancient Romance3.3M WordsCompleted The God of War, Prince Yan, said, “My princess consort is delicate and kindhearted, gentle and sweet. Don’t you dare bully her!” The people she had tricked and left with no way to complain thought, “Doesn’t your conscience hurt when you say that?” After ascending the throne, Prince Yan declared, “My empress is dignified and virtuous. I alone will dote on her among the six palaces. The other consorts can just be there for show!” The consorts, having been sent packing, thought, “The empress is a h 12.4kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
26. 226 重 Reborn as the Real Heiress, She Turns the Tables with Her Green Tea Persona 重生真千金靠绿茶人设逆袭了 Peering at Cranes窥鹤Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Satisfying face-slapping + No golden finger + Everyone’s darling heroine + Both leads are pure + Male lead chases his wife to the crematorium] [Scheming green-tea real heiress who plays the pig to eat the tiger vs. beautiful, dispassionate Buddhist monk] In her previous life, Gu Yaoyao was the fake heiress’s foil. The fake heiress was innocent, kind, and talented. Not only was she adored by her parents and older brother, she also became the gentle moonlight in everyone’s heart. Gu Yaoy 5.9kReads9.0Score74014d adds

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    [Rebirth + Satisfying Face-Slapping + No Cheat Codes + Popular Heiress + Both are Clean + Male Lead's Pursuit of His Wife] [Pretending to be Weak While Actually Wealthy: The Real Heiress vs. Pure and Aloof Beauty and Buddhist Disciple] Gu Yaoyao was the contrast to the fake heiress in her past life. The fake heiress was innocent, kind, and talented, not only doted on by her parents and brother but also becoming everyone's gentle white moonlight. In contrast, Gu Yaoyao was timid, unsuccessful, and tragically died on a cold street abroad due to the scheming of the fake heiress. Reborn, she vowed to become a scheming woman. The fake heiress fawned over her upon their first meeting, and she pretended to fall to the ground, looking pitiful: "Why did you push me, little sister?" Her brother forgot to pick her up on a rainy day, so she hitched a ride and got off early, pretending to be soaked on her way home: "I know you don't like me, brother, I won't blame you, sob sob." Cornered in a corner by the fake heiress's men, she ran to the fake heiress's sweetheart and cried: "... Little sister didn't mean it, brother won't blame her, right?" With her masterful feigned cunning, Gu Yaoyao gradually gained a foothold in Beijing's elite circles. Brother, parents, admirers, glory... Even the arrogant heir of Beijing's elite circles became her devoted followers. Gu Yaoyao scoffed, turning to another man's embrace. That man, with prayer beads in his hand and aloof features, was actually the uncle of the heir of Beijing's elite circles, the true mastermind behind the circle.

27. 227 折 The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted [The hero regrets everything to the point of madness + the leads torment each other + a friend steals the heroine away + the second male lead gets the girl + no reconciliation after a breakup + pure historical angst + the heroine ends up with the second male lead] Shen Yanzhi, heir to the Marquis of Jinghai in the Great Chu Kingdom, had just come third in the palace examination when he was unexpectedly captured by the Eastern Qiang Kingdom and married off to Qin Guiwan, a woman of Eastern Qiang 8.2kReads9.3Score87514d adds

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    Some people say this book is so good they're crying for help! [Smirk]

28. 228 绿 The Green Tea Legitimate Daughter Takes the Harem by Storm 绿茶嫡女卷翻后宫 A Speck of Dust某颗尘土Ancient Romance386k WordsCompleted Su Yunqing was once the neglected legitimate eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household. But she came out on top in the imperial selection and became the only woman bestowed with a title: Lady Rong. There is no true love in the imperial family. A woman is favored in the harem for profit or beauty, nothing more. Su Yunqing intends to use the emperor and become the most powerful woman in the Great Xi Dynasty. The harem has women who think they can share a hundred years of true love with th 69Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    A scheming beauty rises to power and gains favor [Under pressure to finish draft]

29. 229 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 124.8kReads9.6Score17k14d adds

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    The entire story is suspenseful from beginning to end. Every plot hole is filled perfectly.

30. 230 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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    The novel is of relatively good quality, contains palace intrigue elements, and has a fairly interesting plot. As for whether it fully matches your descriptions of a scheming woman rising to power and the male lead's infidelity, you'll probably need to experience it for yourself while reading.

31. 231 令 Empress Lingyi: Yanwan, Give Me Back the Fortune You Stole 令懿皇后嬿婉：夺走的气运还给我 Jing Ning婧柠Female-Channel Fanfiction707k WordsCompleted [Story of Yanxi Palace fanfiction + lots of Ying Zhong pairing + sweet, satisfying happy ending + angst for Ruyi] Formerly titled: Empress Lingyi Yanwan: Give Me Back the Fortune You Stole No rivalry between women. No Ruyi-syndrome, and there are also warm sisterly moments, but revenge will be served without mercy. Reborn, Wei Yanwan thrived, avoiding every mistake that had once given her away. Together with Jinzong, who had also been reborn, she tore away Ruyi's hypocritical mask and reclaimed 8.3kReads9.6Score1k14d adds

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    Palace intrigue and domestic power struggles, imaginative scenarios

32. 232 公 The Princess Is Fierce and Beautiful, and Her Shadow Guard Keeps Crossing the Line 公主暴戾绝色，影卫日日以下犯上 Nanhuang南凰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + Feel-good power fantasy + Yandere + Devoted loyalist] Fate played a cruel trick: the most powerful imperial princess on the Jiuzhou Continent was reborn in the body of a lovesick little princess from Western Qi. The moment she awoke, the world was shaken. A scumbag points at her and curses? She orders coldly, “Drag him out and give him fifty more lashes!” The overlord of the business world is her subordinate, the most revered emperor in Jiuzhou is her older brother, the mighty 17.2kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
33. 233 皇 The Prince Won't Hold Back 皇叔不经撩 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of Yue Xia's novel The Beloved 2: The Beloved Fierce Wife is now streaming on Hongguo, while The Beloved 1: The Unruly Imperial Uncle is currently a hit. In a bonus scene at the end of The Beloved 2, Chen Jinning, the peach-blossom general Song Xixixi, and Luo Jinshu, Chief Director of the Heavenly War Medical Bureau, meet up in a crossover. The Chief Director of the Heavenly War Medical Bureau transmigrates into the orphan Luo Jinshu of the Great Yan Dynasty. As soon 18.7kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
34. 234 独 He Dotes on His Concubine? I'll Enter the Eastern Palace and Marry the Ailing Crown Prince Instead 独宠外室？我入东宫转嫁病弱太子 Writer's Block文荒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Published as "Love Takes You into His Heart", available on Taobao, Douyin, and Pinduoduo] [Palace and household intrigue + reborn revenge + devoted husband] In her previous life, Shen Ruoxi devoted herself to marrying Prince Qi, Murong Yu. At home, she exhausted herself managing his household; outside, she knelt and begged her father and brothers to help him ascend the throne. She even gave up her place as his princess consort to please him, willingly becoming a concubine. She gave him everythi 21kReads9.3Score4.5k14d adds
35. 235 全 The Whole Family Is Insanely Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 全家偷听我心声杀疯了，我负责吃奶 Xia Shengsheng夏声声Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama adaptation of My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts: Fu Bao Chaochao is now open for reservations! Please show it lots of support and give it a follow! [Whole-family mind reading + cannon fodder + beloved by the whole family + powerful figure transmigrates into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story] Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character who was drowned at birth, while the heroine stole her identity. The heroine turned 14.5kReads9.6Score3.1k14d adds
36. 236 睁 Open Your Eyes! Back When the Powerful Minister Was Still an Abused Servant 睁眼！回到权臣还是受虐家奴之时 Grinning Cutie呲牙咧嘴萌Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn + sweet romance + devoted couple + satisfying revenge] Before she was reborn, she listened to her cousin’s lies and chose a poor scholar who had topped the imperial exams as her husband. After their marriage, her husband’s family treated her like a gift, handing her over to a former servant of the Marquis’s household to use as a plaything. In the end, her entire family was executed, and their bodies were hung from the city walls. After being reborn, the first thing she does is torment t 99Reads8.8Score—14d adds
37. 237 退 On the Day Our Engagement Was Broken, I Put on a Wedding Dress and Forced the Prince to Marry Me 退婚当天我穿喜服强嫁了王爷 Mo Yicheng陌一橙Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Dressed in a bright red wedding gown, she was thrown into a dungeon after her bones were broken and her tendons torn. There, she died a miserable death. Only after she died did she learn that the man she had treated like trash had gone mad over her death and ground the scumbag man and woman to dust. On the first day after she was reborn, she received a letter from the prince calling off their engagement. Shen Ruoqiao was so furious she tore up the letter, climbed over the wall that very night, a 611Reads8.7Score12314d adds
38. 238 疯 This Is Crazy! I Opened My Eyes and Was Already Marrying the Future Chief Minister! 疯了，睁眼就在跟未来首辅拜堂！ Eleven Bridges Here此间十一桥Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted The celebrated forensic pathologist Ning An opened her eyes and found herself as Zhao Ning’an, the useless eldest legitimate daughter of the General Who Guards the Nation’s household. Apart from her good birth, she had nothing going for her. Bratty. A troublemaker. A man-chaser. Every eligible man in the capital gave her a wide berth, except... the Grand Secretary. Shen Changting: “I hear the four thousand household rules the princess wrote were specifically for me. I’m honored by your favo 2.2kReads9.0Score27914d adds
39. 239 娘 The Empress Is Sweet and Alluring, Winning Favor and Rising to Power 娘娘娇软妩媚，一路争宠上位 Bell Meow铃铛喵Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (A pure palace-intrigue story, not a one-on-one romance, and not a mutually faithful pairing. Proceed with caution!) Bai Ruotang is the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Right Chancellor’s household. At fifteen, just after coming of age, she is sent into the palace to bear a child for her legitimate elder sister and help her secure the emperor’s favor. Unwilling to be reduced to someone else’s pawn, from the moment she steps through the palace gates, she decides she will carve out 10.5kReads8.9Score1k14d adds

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    Great, awesome, beautiful

40. 240 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 87.1kReads9.5Score9.7k14d adds
41. 241 帝 The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇：贵妃娘娘她又美又乖 Mu Niannian慕年年Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a 20.2kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
42. 242 山 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋 Moonset月落Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be 18.3kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds

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    The layout is grand and magnificent, the characters are vividly portrayed and lifelike.

43. 243 女 After Faking Her Death in Disguise as a Man, She Starts Playing the Frail, Scheming Green Tea 女扮男装死后，她开始演柔弱绿茶 Ye Buhong叶不鸿Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The print edition of [Playing Coy] is available on all platforms. [The heroine is everyone’s beloved, with maximum “moonlight in the heart” appeal + doted on by all + universally adored + strong female lead] Qin Buwen disguised herself as a man and played the part of a treacherous official for sixteen years. At the height of her infamy, everyone in Chang’an, even the dogs, would go out of their way to avoid her. Then she was betrayed and abandoned by everyone. She leapt from a tall building, onl 36.7kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds

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    [Smiling face][Smiling face][Sending a heart]

44. 244 天 A Thunderous Entrance: The Green Tea Girl Takes the Stage 天空一声巨响，绿茶闪亮登场 Yun Zhihe云稚禾Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted The companion story, How Do I Deal with Being Reborn as a Stunning Tool Character? [Quick Transmigration], is now available~ As a model green tea villainess, when the male lead was in a coma after a car accident, Xia Cha stayed by his side without wavering. She gently held He Siheng’s hand and, following her lines, gazed at him tenderly. “I’ll never leave you.” Male lead: So touching. When Xia Cha faced the family’s attempts to make things difficult for her, her beautiful face was full of helple 554Reads9.0Score10014d adds
45. 245 绿 The Green Tea Streamer Is Everyone's Favorite, and Her Big Spenders Are Enchanted 绿茶主播万人迷，大哥们神魂颠倒 Qiqi Says There Should Be Light七七说要有光Modern Romance552k WordsCompleted [A scheming, flirtatious beauty with a sweet, calculating charm + wealthy, handsome top donors] (Complete, with occasional bonus chapters) Yu Shuangshuang, a green-tea villainess who had been cycling through quick-transmigration worlds, finally got the chance to come back to life. The price was fulfilling the original owner's wish: becoming a top-tier livestreamer and earning enough to pay off her debts. Yu Shuangshuang: “Livestreaming? Sounds fun.” Step by step, she used her beauty and talents 12.9kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
46. 246 弃 The Cast-Off Daughter Is No Easy Target 弃女不好惹 Chivalrous Young Master公子侠Ancient Romance258k WordsCompleted Shen Yu, daughter of a Duke, was cruelly abandoned by a faithless man who had secretly kept a mistress. When her daughter Chang Xi grew up, she stole the faithless man’s daughter’s fiancé and sent her father, who had framed her maternal grandfather, to the execution ground. Throughout her quest for revenge, Chang Xi never lost her kind nature. And after meeting Zhao Chengyao, her heart gradually began to thaw. 22Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Go check it out!

47. 247 惨 After Three Miserable Deaths, the Side Character Gives Up, and Everyone Panics 惨死三世，女配摆烂后他们都慌了 Black-Eyed Immortal黑眼圈仙人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Goofy, powerful heroine, satisfying revenge, crematorium arc, redemption for everyone, adored by all) Su Ling transmigrates into a novel about a powerful heroine cultivating immortality, becoming the male lead’s vicious fiancée. In the book, the black-hearted heroine makes a deal with a powerful ghost trapped in a stele, killing people and stealing their treasures wherever she goes. She uses a love curse to bewitch the male lead and his companions, making all five children of fortune fall for 30.9kReads9.4Score5k14d adds

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    She becomes a wicked woman, and all the lucky men surrounding the heroine switch their affections to me.

48. 248 庶 My Half-Sister Wants My Place as Mistress of the House? Reborn, I’ll Hand It to Her 庶姐要我主母位，重生后我白送她 Great Prajna大般若Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Both young ladies of the Yan family were reborn. In her previous life, Yan Huan, the younger half-sister who had been doted on by the whole family, lacked a vicious streak, so she made up for it with scheming. Taking advantage of her rebirth, the first thing she did was steal her sister’s betrothal. Yan Shu was happy to let her. She knew exactly what her previous-life husband was like: cruel and cold-blooded to his wife, obsessed with his career, yet hopelessly overestimating himself. She had sp 1.9kReads8.7Score20014d adds
49. 249 穿 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 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋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 86.4kReads9.6Score11.3k14d adds

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    The first book definitely fits the bill, and the second one, while not about a scheming girl taking over, is still very good.

50. 250 毒 The Poisoned Queen 毒首鸠后 Luo Hou罗喉Ancient Romance836k WordsCompleted Years of painstaking devotion and heartfelt trust were repaid when the young emperor, once secure on the throne, mercilessly ordered her death! She endured brutal torture, treated like livestock. A deadly blade took her life, only for her to rise again. This time, she will be even more ruthless and vicious. Qi Yuehan is determined to make her former enemies pay in blood! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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