Any Real Palace-Intrigue Stories Where the Female Lead Stays Clear-Headed? 有没有真正宫斗的，女主一直很清醒

1. 201 栖 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Lu Shiqi鹿时七Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 47.4kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves
2. 202 贵 The Imperial Consort Smiled Over Her Shoulder, and the Cold-Faced Emperor Fell for Her 贵妃回眸一笑，冷面君王沦陷了 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance437k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + historical romance + not mutually chaste + marriage first, love later She is the general’s younger sister, with an excellent family background and beauty to match. After she transmigrates, she wakes up caught in the schemes and betrayals of the imperial palace. To protect herself, she resolves to become the emperor’s favorite consort. When they first meet, he tells her, “I will never like a woman like you in this life.” Gu Qingyan successfully presents herself as somewhat 2.5kReads8.9Score173Shelves
3. 203 娘 The Empress’s Coy Glance Makes the Cold-Faced Tyrant Dote on Her 娘娘媚眼含羞，撩得暴君冷脸宠 Cloud Rabbit云兔子Ancient Romance168k WordsCompleted [Scheming Beauty Who Dares to Defy Convention + Cold, Twisted Emperor Who’s Obsessed with Her + Harem Intrigue + Not Each Other’s First] Yu Nuan was on her way to a film set when she transmigrated, becoming an unpopular, low-ranking consort who had lost in the harem power struggle. Born into a family of imperial merchants, with a lowly family background and unable to bear children, she had been dealt a terrible hand. Yu Nuan gazed at the beautiful woman in the mirror, her skin like snow and her 1.6kReads8.7Score148Shelves
4. 204 娘 The Empress Consort's Every Move Wins the Emperor's Heart 娘娘步步为营，缓缓登帝王心尖 The Star Among the Stars in the Sky天上星星的星星Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue and revenge, a slow-burn, slow-payoff story + stunning heroine + exceptionally clearheaded heroine with an unwavering goal] [The hero always favors the heroine + dotes on her exclusively in the middle + disbands his harem later] After Shen Qingtang’s aunt is schemed against and killed by Madam Shen, her goal becomes perfectly clear: she will enter the palace, become the most honored woman in the land, and make everyone who plotted against her aunt pay. She is also perfectly clea 5.6kReads9.1Score576Shelves
5. 205 人 Life Is a Play, and the Empress Is All About Her Acting Skills 人生如戏，娘娘她纯拼演技 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + witty banter + sweet, delicate beauty + calculated mind games] The leads are not each other’s only partners. If that bothers you, don’t read. Be prepared for suspicion in the early chapters, followed by affection later. The pacing is slow, so proceed with caution if you prefer fast-paced wish-fulfillment stories. As a double award-winning actress and a seasoned star of palace intrigue dramas, how could Shi Yan possibly lose her nerve after transmigrating into the imperial hare 7.1kReads9.3Score739Shelves
6. 206 贵 The Noble Consort Rejects Love, Yet the Emperor Dotes on Her and Decrees Her Empress 贵妃不入爱河，皇上盛宠下旨封后 Han Qingxue寒清雪Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [The leads aren't both chaste at first + he pampers her devotedly later + the emperor secretly helps her navigate palace intrigue + the heroine has no interest in loving the emperor and focuses on climbing the ranks.] Alternate-era setting [The emperor personally raises his future empress, then claims her in the night] The Yun family has a legitimate daughter, a peerless beauty hidden away in the general's manor. The prime minister's son came to propose, but didn't even get to see her. “I don't 1.5kReads9.1Score160Shelves
7. 207 公 The Princess Wears the Imperial Robe! The Court and All the Realm Bow Down 公主黄袍上身！满朝文武九州全跪 Fei Xi妃玺Ancient Romance2.5M WordsCompleted (The heroine focuses on her career, with no romantic pairing. She becomes somewhat cold-hearted and ruthless later on.) Born into the world as a princess, Yu Hui thinks that at last, an incredible fortune has fallen into her lap. She has a palace to live in, money to spend, and status to protect her, so she can enjoy a peaceful, happy life. But peace is out of the question. Calamities keep dropping out of the sky, and they’re heavy ones. Happiness? Not really. Someone is always ending up dead, s 10.7kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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   Recommended by Shuangwen, Eat melons, I wanted to live a good life, but the bright moon shines on the ditch, so it's all over, let's sit in rows to make a tree village

8. 208 枕 On the Jade Couch: The Sickly, Tyrannical Emperor Only Dotes on His Enchanting Queen 枕玉榻：病娇暴君他独宠妖后 Yu Duo屿朵Ancient Romance422k WordsCompleted (The rating just opened and will rise later.) Devoted romance, sweet pampering, multiple births, and a clear-headed palace intrigue. A naturally fertile, wicked, unhinged beauty and a lovesick male lead who overthinks everything. Jiang Wenyu was merely a lowly concubine-born daughter. Because of her beauty, her legitimate elder sister forced her to enter the Third Prince's household and win his favor, intending to kill the mother after taking the child. Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince saw her k 1.8kReads7.2Score158Shelves

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   The first one is a battle of wits and courage between two black sesame glutinous rice balls and they rush to the top. The second one is a group favorite with a bit of palace fighting.

9. 209 与 Why Compete with a Concubine? Wouldn't It Be Better to Enter the Palace and Become Empress? 与贱妾争啥，入宫当皇后不香吗？ Guest from the Immortal Realm仙中客Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The heir of the Duke of Qingguo doted on his concubine and neglected his wife. The emperor felt sorry for the man’s wife and brought her into the palace to look after her. The result was the birth of several little princes and princesses. Full synopsis: Yun Qing’s father commanded a powerful army. Several princes wanted to marry her to gain control of his troops, which aroused the emperor’s suspicions. To protect both her and the Yun family army, her father had no choice but to petition the empe 16kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
10. 210 元 King Yuanjiang 元江王 Zhang Fei's Fat张飞的肥Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted Prince of Yuanjiang 6.6kReads—Score109Shelves

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    A short story that saves time and is suitable for those who want to read but don't have much time.

11. 211 重 A Reborn Divorcée Is Not to Be Pursued 重生弃妇不可追 Tata塔塔Ancient RomanceCompleted I was reborn while under the effects of an aphrodisiac, spending the night with Pei Ying'an. Once I came to my senses, the first thing I did was call off our engagement. In my previous life, I lost my virginity before marriage and endured my in-laws' contempt. I stayed in my hometown to serve my parents-in-law while he went to the capital to become an official. I spent my whole life struggling, with us living apart. When I was sixty, I found a family tree he had written himself. It listed —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 212 寒 The Humble-born Mistress of the Household 寒门主母 Bi Xin笔鑫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Xie Ning is ten, her grandfather entrusts her to the Gu family, where she becomes a child bride. She thinks that if she keeps a low profile until she’s seventeen, she can divorce Gu Ming and spend the rest of her life as a wealthy woman of leisure. Then an unexpected disaster strikes. The entire Gu family, once renowned for their scholarly virtue, is sent back to their ancestral home and reduced to commoners. With her grandfather old, her father-in-law lazy, her mother-in-law timid, and her 12.5kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves

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    This book is highly recommended

13. 213 开 Sold from the Start: She Returns with the System and Slaughters Her Way Back 开局被卖：她带着系统杀回来了 Salted Youli盐渍尤梨Ancient Romance344k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + No Cheating in Romance + Golden Finger Unlocked to 40%~] Jiang Li went from a modern-day overworked office drone to a shameless woman who seduces her brother-in-law! But what does it mean that this shameless woman is sold off from the start? After finally making it back to the capital, she still has a reborn legitimate elder sister watching her like a hawk. Her legitimate mother wants to lay down the rules for her? Jiang Li responds by acting like a total clown! After —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 美 The Beauty Knows How to Tempt, and the Master Wants to Rise to Power 美人善诱，夫子大人想上位 A Straw-Cloaked Figure in the Rain一蓑烟雨Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's only ones + satisfying revenge + sweet and angsty romance + captive pampering] Later generations recorded that Zhaohua was licentious by nature, fond of handsome men, and wicked in character. A woman ruling over men, she usurped the throne, harmed loyal subjects, and murdered her brother and father! Yet some spoke in her defense, saying she was brave and resourceful, aided disaster victims, cared for the people, executed corrupt officials, and purged the court! * Onc 1.3kReads8.2Score101Shelves

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    Zhaohua is reborn, Zhuang Zhou dreams of a butterfly, breaks out of the cocoon and becomes a butterfly. Her black hair was scattered in all directions, making her look like a monster. A seductive and maddening monster. There are deep and shallow marks on the exposed lotus root arm. Not to mention other parts of the body. She didn't recover for a long time. Everything that just happened was like a dream.

15. 215 恶 The Villainess Asks Every Day: Is the Dog Emperor Dead Yet? 恶女每日一问：狗皇帝今天死了没 Green Mountain Has Its Say青山有辞Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted For eight years in the palace, Xiangjun fought to get ahead and tried to please everyone, yet the palace’s noble masters still ground her down, used her, humiliated her, and cast her aside... Those nobles basked in all the wealth of the realm atop heaps of corpses and bones, yet mocked her for trying her hardest and not knowing her place. In the end, the child Xiangjun risked her life to bear called her enemy “Mother,” while Xiangjun was cut open alive so the baby could be taken from her. She di 94.8kReads9.6Score14.4kShelves

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    I must read this book. The heroine only wants power, and she will do whatever it takes, including taking advantage of the hero. She only wants to become a queen. Moreover, the heroine is reborn. Although in her previous life, due to her low status, she only had the title of concubine, and had a bad fate. She endured the disembowelment and had a child. After being reborn, she first took advantage of the hero, letting him enter the palace as a daughter of a rich family, and then made every step of the way.

16. 216 九 Ninefold Spring Splendor 九重春华 Lan Jia Sanshao蓝家三少Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted One was the gentle and refined Thirteenth Prince. He said, “A Xun, I’ll let you leave the palace and welcome you into my household. Of the three thousand beauties in the world, I’ll choose only you.” She defied the imperial decree in the Golden Hall and was imprisoned. “I’d rather be a poor man’s wife than a concubine in the imperial family.” He smiled faintly. “How could I bear to take you as a concubine? I only wish to make you my princess for life.” The other was the Commander of the Embroide 304Reads8.7Score—Shelves
17. 217 清 Qing Transmigration: The Delicate Consort 清穿之爱妃娇弱 Li Dao, Who Loves Fermented Milk爱吃泡果奶的李道Ancient Romance422k WordsCompleted She transmigrates into the Qing court of the Kangxi era as a minor noble consort, Zhao Jia-shi, a consort who never existed in Qing history. What is she supposed to do? Consort Yi and her sisters come looking for trouble as a group. Zhao Jia-shi can’t beat them, but there’s no way to back down either. When all else fails, she might as well take the chance to have a baby and send it out as the vanguard. She never expected the baby to be so capable. Mother and child pretend to be weak while laying 3.1kReads8.7Score184Shelves
18. 218 清 Qing Transmigration: Another Day Sharing a Womb with My Archrival 清穿之又是跟死对头同胎的一天 A Thousand-Year-Old Ghost千年阿飘啊Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Lou Yu can’t remember how long she’s existed or how many changes the world has gone through. She’s forgotten it all, but has nearly mastered every kind of knowledge and skill. By chance, she binds herself to a System and begins a Qing Dynasty quick transmigration journey. World One: Xiaoyu Never Gives In Is Xiaoyu’er just a stand-in for Dayu’er, doomed to a tragic ending? See how Lou Yu turns her fate around and lives up to Xiaoyu’er’s own unique splendor. World Two: Consort Rong Knows How to Ra 5.6kReads9.3Score357Shelves
19. 219 清 Daily Life of a Qing Dynasty Secondary Consort 清穿侧福晋日常 The Moon Loves Drinking月亮爱喝酒Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [A sweet romance, favored early on and adored exclusively later A cold, rigid, and strangely minded Fourth Prince vs. a little concubine who just wants to eat, drink, and lie flat] Li Shenjiao, the daughter of a prefect, entered the Fourth Prince's household as a concubine after the selection. Her family background wasn't impressive, but she was quite content. Being a concubine was great: low status meant nobody paid attention to her, and she could spend her days eating and drinking. She'd plann 3.8kReads8.2Score309Shelves
20. 220 贵 The Noble Consort Is So Alluring, Even the Emperor Bows to Her 贵妃如此多娇，引得皇上折腰 Buddhist-Style Little Salty Fish佛系小咸鱼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 1.5kReads9.1Score177Shelves

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    The female protagonist is awake and the male protagonist is the only one doting on her

21. 221 男 The Male-Oriented Novel's Emperor Is So Heartless? But I'm His White Moonlight 男频帝王太无情？可我是他白月光 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, revenge, scheming, stunning heroine, seductive mastermind] The short drama His Heart on a String is now streaming! Shen Yuling transmigrated into a romance novel as its heroine. Unfortunately, she was a heroine whose luck had been stolen by a woman who transmigrated into the story. She would die in a fire, taking her unborn child with her, while her entire family would be wiped out. It was a fate the original heroine had failed to change, even after being reborn twice 24.1kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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    Egoism yyds!

22. 222 误 Lost in the Exquisite Bedchamber 误入玲珑帐 A Cat, A Dog, and a Glass of Wine一猫一狗一杯酒Ancient Romance678k WordsCompleted The print edition is available on major platforms. [Pure historical romance + devoted couple + strong female lead + marriage before love + political intrigue + household rivalry] [Long-suffering princess of a fallen kingdom] X [scheming, rough-hewn prince] [Original title: The Enigma of Linglong] “A historical-romance version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: outwardly united, secretly plotting against each other.” To seize power, Linglong spent sixteen years disguised as a young master named Ling, studyin 8.8kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
23. 223 穿 I Became the Second Empress, and Suddenly the Empress Is Cold and Heartless Toward Me 穿成继后，皇后突然对朕薄情寡义 Star River Moon星江月Ancient Romance922k WordsCompleted She transmigrates into the emperor's second wife. Isn't that the empress? The highest starting point a woman could hope for in ancient times. Sounds great, perfect for lying flat, since she's already at the top. The emperor says she should be magnanimous. Sure, I'll let you take two beauties as concubines at once. No singles, absolutely. The empress dowager says the imperial family needs more heirs. So we'll encourage childbirth in the harem and introduce incentives: anyone who has a child gets 4.9kReads8.6Score516Shelves
24. 224 精 Even the Elite Are Hopeless Romantics 精英也是恋爱脑 Yu Xiaoran瑜小冉Modern Romance602k WordsCompleted [Happy ending + both are each other’s only one + sweet romance + reunion after years apart + secret identity + multiple couples] When Lin Qin first met Si Yuchen, he was just an ordinary elite professional. In the capital, where elites were everywhere, he had a handsome salary, and this IT guy was simply a little better-looking than most men. After getting to know him, Lin Qin discovered that he had been her elementary school classmate. He had even witnessed the entire most embarrassing incident 6Reads8.3Score—Shelves
25. 225 被 After Being Kidnapped, I Kidnap the Western Regions' Young Lord and Bring Him Back to the Central Plains 被拐后，我反拐西域少主回中原 Thousand Threads of Intrigue千丝戏Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Young lord of the Western Regions × Princess of Sheng'an] Ye Zhaoyu was born into the imperial family. She figured she'd surely been dealt the pampered darling's script in life, so she wisely decided to coast. But she never expected to take a wrong turn and be kidnapped to the Western Regions. By a stroke of bad luck, she was sent to the bed of a deranged young lord known as a demon's lair and a living Shura. She immediately switched into survival-and-escape mode, determined to flee back to the 10.8kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves

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    I have been pushing these two novels and I am still pushing them. They are really good-looking. There is no cookie-cutter story line. The plots are connected one after another and make you guess. The characters are distinct and have their own strengths and weaknesses. The storylines are humorous and not boring. I will not express the content of the article, but I really want more readers to read this good book. [Make a face][make a face]

26. 226 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 24.1kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
27. 227 病 After Her Sickly Husband Died, the Crown Prince Took Her into the Eastern Palace 病弱夫君去世后，太子夺我入东宫 Fei Nongmo妃弄墨Ancient Romance581k WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name, Marry into the Eastern Palace, is now available] Three years ago, at the Eastern Palace’s consort selection banquet, the Crown Prince scolded her: “The Shen girl is coquettish and ingratiating, and her conduct is outrageous.” His words made Shen Lizhu the laughingstock of the capital’s noblewomen, forcing her to retreat to her maternal grandparents’ home in Jiangnan. Three years later, the Crown Prince is ordered to leave the capital and tour Jiangnan. Shen Liz 14.9kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves

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    Both books are very good! The first one is very exciting! The second one is also very good! If you are interested, you can read the introduction. I said it is not as good as the introduction, so you can just read the introduction. If you like it, read the main text!

28. 228 重 Reborn: I Flirted the Gloomy Regent into a Daze 重生后，阴鸷摄政王被我撩晕了 Heart Yearning for Gardenias心向往栀Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted "Print edition available for preorder October 24 at 7 p.m.!" "Black Lotus Beauty of a Princess & the Grim, Ruthless Regent" [Two Powerful Leads + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Zhixian was the sharpest blade at the side of the Third Prince of Nanzhao, eliminating every obstacle in his bid for the throne. But on the day he was named crown prince, she met her end. "Zhixian, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself for knowing too much." Xuan Yuan Heng wiped t 32.4kReads9.3Score4kShelves
29. 229 侧 The Side Consort Takes Charge of the Household, Then Rises to the Throne as Empress 侧妃潜邸掌中馈，一朝成凰登后位 Xiao Yan Wants to Get Rich小闫要暴富Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Not a Pure Couple, Not a Transmigration Story, Not Reborn, No Golden Finger] [Content warning: The heroine is caught in a whirlpool of conflict and is far from a good person. She knows how to read the situation and may even take the initiative to hurt others.] Given a choice, who would want to become a woman willing to do anything to achieve her goals? At a plum-blossom-viewing banquet in the snow, Hua Songyi tried to keep a low profile, but the host family chose her anyway and forced her to 6.3kReads8.5Score859Shelves

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    The heroines in these books are always online, not in love.

30. 230 深 A Beauty Hidden Deep in the Palace 深宫藏娇 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 103.4kReads9.5Score12.6kShelves
31. 231 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 10.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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32. 232 奴 I Was Born a Lowly Slave, Yet the Emperor Favors Me 奴本微贱，奈何皇上喜欢 Lady Yejiu夜九娘Ancient Romance444k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jiaoyun spent years confined in the Cold Palace before finally being released. What she got in return was a useless husband and a wicked mother-in-law. This time, she decisively betrayed her mistress and climbed into someone else’s bed, successfully rising in status. And then she became the lowest-ranking palace maid… When Emperor Jingheng first saw Jiaoyun, he was merely captivated by her looks. “How can this palace maid have fairer skin than the Noble Consort?” Jiaoy 1.1kReads9.1Score104Shelves
33. 233 娘 The Consort Plays Sweet and Innocent, and the Emperor Spoils Her Every Day 娘娘清醒装茶，皇上心软日日甜宠 Deep Sleep浓眠Ancient Romance286k WordsCompleted [Classic historical romance + empowering heroine + satisfying revenge + palace intrigue + ambitious heroine + utterly doted on + rises to become empress] Her mother died in childbirth, and as the legitimate daughter, Song Mian lived worse than the servants. A new emperor takes the throne, and even a county magistrate’s family from a small town is eligible to enter the triennial selection of imperial consorts. Song Mian won’t let this chance to escape her family slip away. So her only rival, her 20Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 234 东 The Eastern Palace's Beauty: This Favorite Consort Is Mine! 东宫姝色：这宠妃我当定了！ Sheng Qian笙浅Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted [The heroine is doted on from the very beginning. The story focuses on sweet romance, not scheming palace intrigue. The hero adores the heroine and is even a little lovesick. If that's not your thing, please move along, and don't leave a bad review over it. The heroine rises from a junior consort to a favored consort, Crown Princess, and Empress. The hero is a crown prince at first and becomes emperor later.] Su Niannian has landed in a male-lead-centric novel! Her new identity is Su Ling, the 35.8kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
35. 235 清 In the Qing Dynasty, Everyone’s Fighting Over the Princes, So I’ll Choose Kangxi 清穿，都在抢阿哥，那我选康熙 Xue Da雪大Ancient Romance390k WordsCompleted A master diviner transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty and becomes a plain, talentless concubine-born daughter whom neither her father nor her mother cares for. She enters the palace selection, and no one sees her as a rival. But when the selection ends and the imperial edict arrives, everyone is stunned: how did that little concubine-born girl end up with the highest rank among all the candidates? 11.7kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves

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    The real Gong Douwen, the heroine is very sober [love] [love]

36. 236 三 The Empress's Third Marriage 三嫁皇后 Tchaikovsky's Driver柴托夫司机Ancient Romance453k WordsCompleted [The Empress's Third Marriage x A Younger Powerful Official] [Ancient Political Intrigue + Strong Female Lead + Younger Man + Mutual Devotion] Feng Shu's father sent her into the palace to be empress to an old emperor who was already on death's door. At last, the old emperor died, and she resolved to leave the palace behind for good. But who could have guessed that her childhood sweetheart, now her brother-in-law, Prince Gao Rui of Linzi, would ascend the throne? Gao Rui issued an imperial decre 1.3kReads9.2Score104Shelves
37. 237 入 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 Hot Hot烫烫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. 7.1kReads9.3Score1kShelves
38. 238 生 Childbearing System: The Royal Family’s Dwindling Heirs Are in for a Shock! 生子系统：惊呆子嗣凋零皇室！ Zhuning Bird of the Orchid Terrace兰台朱鸟Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [A childbearing System that rewards more children, more blessings] + [palace and household intrigue] + [everyday child-rearing] Chen Zhining is the legitimate eldest daughter of a declining earl’s household. Though she is the eldest legitimate daughter, her father favors his concubine and the daughter born to her, while her weak mother spends all day weeping. Chen Zhining is married off as the principal wife to the least favored prince in the imperial family, the Ninth Prince, Jiang Zhao. The ot 3.4kReads7.7Score348Shelves
39. 239 娇 Sweet Li Gege Turns the Stoic Fourth Master into a Lovestruck Fool 娇娇李格格把面瘫四爷钓成翘嘴 Fang Xiaoshu方晓书Ancient Romance4.6M WordsCompleted Completed [Old-fashioned, secretly passionate eighteen-year-old Fourth Master Yinzhen X bold, experienced, fake Li Gege] [Not a power fantasy!] The handsome young man she met during the day becomes the leading man in her dreams that very night. Weizhen is so delighted she’s practically bubbling over, and she enthusiastically gets down to business. Only, the handsome young man goes from flowing long hair to a bald head. What a startling transformation, though somehow it makes things even more exc 6.6kReads8.8Score765Shelves
40. 240 综 Across the Qing Harem: Somehow, I Ended Up Winning Without Trying 综清穿：一不小心躺赢了 Drunk in the Flower Fields花田醉Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted (Alternate Qing Dynasty setting + Space + System + Slow Travel Through Worlds + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Story) Her golden finger is seriously overpowered. She can torment anyone she likes, but never the heroine. There may not be a love interest in every world. (A quick heads-up: this is a Qing Dynasty crossover story. The heroine will transmigrate into all kinds of roles. If that's not your thing, feel free to leave. There's no need to tell the author you're dropping the story, or to stic 14.9kReads9.2Score889Shelves
41. 241 清 Qing Transmigration: The Side Consort Has an Assist System 清穿：侧福晋有助攻系统 Waiting for the Night in the Snow雪上等夜人Ancient Romance494k WordsCompleted A word of caution: This is a novel, not history, so don't scrutinize it. The names and anything else that differs from history are all invented for the story. If that's not your thing, read at your own risk. [Alternate Qing Dynasty + Assist System + Everyday Leveling Up + Raising Children] Song Shurou transmigrates and becomes a Song Concubine in the early years of the Yongzheng Emperor's reign. Song Concubine has a breakout? System: Don't worry, Shurou. Just say one sentence to Yongzheng, and w 12.4kReads9.3Score890Shelves
42. 242 娇 The Pretty Maid Has Her Ways, and the Cool-Headed Chief Minister Can’t Resist Her 娇美通房手段高，清冷首辅不经撩 Hua Yao花杳Ancient Romance527k WordsCompleted (Both devoted only to each other + sweet romance + doting husband + no nasty characters + everyone’s favorite + shopping-space dimension + secret identity + adorable baby + runaway pregnant heroine) [Clear-eyed, stunning, flirtatious heroine vs. reserved, sultry powerful official who can be both wolfish and cuddly, a fatherly male lead] After getting drunk, Yu Zhi opened her eyes to find herself transformed into a stunning little concubine who had been sent to the Chief Minister’s bed! Rumor had 923Reads9.0Score130Shelves
43. 243 我 I Took Off with the Beloved Consort System 我靠宠妃系统起飞了 Shi Nuo Zi A是诺子啊Ancient Romance430k WordsCompleted Mo Yijiao thought her luck was pretty lousy. First she was swindled, then she got into an accident and died, and now some mysterious System had latched onto her. Maybe she should go pay her respects to a Bodhisattva and shake off her bad luck. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've successfully used a milk-scented body-fragrance pill!] [Congratulations, Host, you've drawn the “Beautiful Women Don't Have Bad Breath When They Wake Up” card!] [Congratulations, Host, you've drawn the “Conceive Two Chi 277Reads8.1Score—Shelves
44. 244 毒 The Poisonously Pampered Little Schemer 毒宠小谋妃 Nanbian A Zi南边阿籽Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted She helped him win the succession struggle, only for him to frame her and bring disaster upon her family. Reborn twenty years later, she finds that everything has changed beyond recognition. Her enemy has taken the throne, wields immense power, and is riding high, while she has been reduced to an orphan with no parents, suffering at every turn. Watching coldly as people scheme and plot in front of her, Ji Yanning smiles faintly. “You have no idea what true power is!” 2.6kReads8.8Score277Shelves
45. 245 夫 My Husband Doesn’t Like Me? Does That Stop Me from Becoming the Mistress of the House? 夫君不喜我？耽误我做主母吗 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 55.3kReads9.0Score7.6kShelves
46. 246 甄 Empresses in the Palace: Reborn, Huanhuan and Hua Fei Become Best Friends 甄嬛传重生之嬛嬛华妃当闺蜜 Yu Shuyao郁书瑶Female-Channel Fanfiction373k WordsCompleted A dual-rebirth story: Huanhuan and Consort Hua become sisters. “Your Majesty, you've made Shilan suffer so much.” “Your Majesty! The emperor is dead!” Only before her death did Consort Hua learn that the emperor had feared her brother's power would grow too great, and that she might bear a prince who would try to seize the throne. In the end, it was Zhen Huan who told her the truth. She died with hatred in her heart, only to open her eyes and find herself back before Zhen Huan entered the palace 297Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    These books have very powerful female protagonists. The whole book is logical and has three views. It is a great heroine novel!

47. 247 娘 The Empress Has Had Enough and Flips the Table: Why Are You Crying, Tyrant? 娘娘掀桌不干了，暴君你哭什么 Mo Ning漠宁Ancient Romance583k WordsCompleted [Both leads are pure + Later forced possession and obsessive pursuit + Love and hate + Transmigration + The powerful one bows down] Resilient beauty vs. brooding crown prince The Crown Prince, Dongling Jing, is of noble birth and the highest-ranking commander of the Su Bei Army. But fate is cruel: after he is left with a leg injury in the war against Nan Yue, his position as crown prince hangs by a thread. An imperial decree arranges a marriage, and Su Jin, who has transmigrated here, is chosen 5kReads8.7Score434Shelves

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    The female protagonist in this book I read is really sober, and she doesn't tolerate the male protagonist at all. The male protagonist is overbearing and domineering. I was so anxious when I saw it. Let's read it together. What I see now is that the female protagonist is far away from the male protagonist and does not want to be with him. The female protagonist is very sober. Once she enters the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea...

48. 248 清 Yi Consort in the Qing Palace: Emperor Kangxi's Beloved 清穿宜妃：康熙帝的心尖宠 Xiao Shiyiniang萧十一娘Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Qing Transmigration: A pampered young lady in her previous life + a haughty, proud, fussy little diva + quick to throw punches at the slightest provocation Not a clean romance. Reader discretion advised. Plot 1: Nalan Zhu is dazzlingly beautiful, with a graceful figure. As soon as she enters the imperial harem, Emperor Kangxi takes notice of her. She wins his favor at once and is immediately made a Noble Lady, granted the title Yi. At the morning audience in Changchun Palace, the beauty of Noble 3.5kReads9.0Score315Shelves

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    The end of Gong Douwen with N brush!!! It's not a loss if you enter the trap!!!

49. 249 娇 The Emperor’s Favorite: His Beloved Consort 娇妃娘娘盛宠六宫 Blue Snow Pear Blossom蓝雪梨花Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + System + palace intrigue + happily ever after with the heroine as the emperor’s sole favorite) Xu Lanshan transmigrates into the body of a palace maid who was tortured to death by her own mistress. She has no choice but to plot her escape. The only way to stay alive is to win the emperor’s favor. She sees the bright side: he’s the most powerful man in the world, and he’s young and handsome, too. Sleeping with him would be a win. But what’s with this palace-intrigue System? If s 1.8kReads8.9Score133Shelves
50. 250 献 Offering to the Abyss 献京渊 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [Print edition releasing October 25] “He taught me to kill, seize power, and look after myself. I taught him what it means to have a weakness.” [Serious drama + political intrigue + the fate of the nation and its people + I’m terrible at writing blurbs] Jiang Qingyu was born into wealth, and her family’s love had made her naive and pampered. It wasn’t until the day the entire Jiang family was executed that she realized how foolish she had been! When she opened her eyes again, she was determined 21kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves

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    The Zhenguo Duke's family was full of loyal people, leaving Yan Yu an only daughter, who was raised by her grandmother and betrothed to the fifth prince. After Yan Yu gets his hairpin, he will go to Beijing to get married. At this time, the eldest lady of Shangshu Mansion desperately had an affair with the fifth prince before they were married. She also said in the mansion that the fifth prince would ascend the throne and she would be the queen first. The fifth prince bluntly stated in front of the Queen Mother that he would not marry Yan Yu, who had no father and mother, but would only marry Miss Shangshu, who was knowledgeable and sensible. In order to cover up this scandal, the royal family married Yan Yu to the third prince, King Qin. The King of Qin was cruel and indifferent, moody, and lawless because of the emperor's favor. Everyone was waiting to see Yan Yu's joke. But they waited and waited until the cruel King of Qin ascended the throne step by step and held Yan Yu in the palm of his hand. The eldest lady of Shangshu Mansion: "I won the male lead, but where is my position as queen? Why did the villain become the emperor!" The fifth prince: "I went, and no one told me that Miss Wen is so beautiful."

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