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. 301 通 What Does a Bedchamber Maid Want? Money and a Handsome Man, of Course 通房图什么，不就图个财色兼得 Knowing Warmth and Cold知暖知寒Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance + Transmigration + Fiercely Protective Hero + Both Leads Have No Prior Relationships + Playing the Fool to Outsmart Others + Pregnant Escape + Heroine Builds Her Career Later] Liu Yiyi transmigrated into the body of one of the four concubines the Duchess of State was about to give to her young lord. For money and freedom, Liu Yiyi decided to compete for the position and become the young lord's favorite. - The young lord's grandmother: “The Pei family has never had a concubine 3.4kReads8.7Score435Shelves
2. 302 宠 The Troubles of a Favored Concubine: The Marquis Is Not So Cold 宠妾难为：侯爷不太冷 Today's Look今妆Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted Also known as: “The Concubine Keeps Trying to Run Away, but the War God Marquis Has Fallen for Her” By a twist of fate, Wei Yao becomes the concubine of the Great Zhou's war god, Marquis Nanning. Though he is handsome and graceful, a master of both letters and arms, she swears she will never be a concubine! First, she'll play along while secretly plotting, then seize the chance to run. But how does she escape? Where does she go? It takes skill! Never mind anything else, she needs to save at leas 5.8kReads9.2Score659Shelves
3. 303 演 I Played the Emperor My Whole Life, and After Being Reborn, He Still Wants the Crown Prince 演了皇上一辈子，重生他还要太子 One Little Sweet Fish一口小甜鱼Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original title: Only After His Death Did He Learn That the Empress Did Not Want to Be Buried With Him [The heroine transmigrates, the hero is reborn] As he lay dying, Emperor Tianhe looked back on his eventful life. He had risen from humble beginnings to become the founding emperor, and the world praised his achievements. In his fading consciousness, he saw his virtuous empress, his beautiful consorts, and his weeping children. He felt that his life had been complete. But after he died, his soul 29.4kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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   They are all serialized, and the heroine is very sober and knows what she wants.

4. 304 清 A Qing Dynasty Life in the Harem with My Phone 清穿之带着手机在后宫养老 Moon Facing the Sky月对空Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted [No romance, laid-back gossip, watching palace intrigue, retirement-life story, loves no one, an immersive Qing palace intrigue experience] In her previous life, Bai Ming was an ordinary office worker. Then she won a hundred million in the lottery and lived a happy, wealthy life. In her early years, she tried all sorts of ventures and blew through money; in middle age, she was devoted to raising children to support her in old age, donating to all kinds of orphanages and even adopting a clever, w 2kReads9.2Score173Shelves
5. 305 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Became the Frail Moonlight of the Entire Imperial Harem 穿越后我成了全后宫的病弱白月光 Si Qian and Porridge司千和粥Ancient Romance379k WordsCompleted Rising star Wan Lai'er transmigrates overnight and becomes Wan Jiaojiao, a palace lady who died just after entering the imperial palace of the Great Jin dynasty. With her “bounce back from the brink, refill the mana bar” skill, Wan Jiaojiao isn't afraid of a thing. As long as she's still breathing, she can't die. What?! The horse beside the Empress Dowager has bolted? Wan Jiaojiao says, “Leave it to me!” The Empress Dowager declares, “Jiaojiao saved my life. I want to see who in the harem dares 3.6kReads9.3Score670Shelves
6. 306 命 The Crown Princess Destined by Fate 命定太子妃 Don't Ask莫问Ancient Romance624k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Liu Wangshu was a refined young lady raised by the book. As crown princess, she had worked herself to the bone, managing everything inside and out, only to die on the eve of becoming empress. Given another chance, she was determined to keep her distance from that heartless crown prince. But despite all her efforts, the crown prince changed, and she was still the crown princess. Rumor had it the new crown prince was lecherous and cruel. Looking at the smiling man before her, 1.5kReads9.0Score178Shelves
7. 307 外 A Concubine in the House? Reborn, She Marries the Chief Counselor Instead 外室进府？重生三媒六聘改嫁首辅 Banana Pizza香蕉披萨Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + reborn + revenge on scum + sweet romance + mutually faithful] In her previous life, Su Qingyu had been married for three years without ever consummating the marriage. Then her cousin suddenly appeared before her with a child, and Su Qingyu finally learned that the man wasn't impotent. He just couldn't perform with her. Her cousin stripped off Su Qingyu's face, took her place as the legitimate daughter of the marquis's household, and became the matriarch of the S 64.6kReads9.3Score13.7kShelves

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   Fighting in the palace ➕ fighting in the house, everyone has a mouth and IQ. They won't quarrel for a long time just because of a misunderstanding, and the supporting characters are also very talkative. The plot is not procrastinating and is very interesting!

8. 308 好 Good Pregnancy System! The Noble Consort Is Sweet and Soft 好孕系统！贵妃她又娇又软 Zhao Qingyue赵清樾Ancient Romance368k WordsCompleted [A soft, sweet, calculating little bunny heroine X a domineering, cold-blooded emperor with a love obsession] Shen Cihuan is the youngest daughter of Chancellor Shen. Innocent, lively, sweet, and adorable, she enters the palace to compete for the emperor’s favor in her older sister’s place. What if she doesn’t know how to compete for his favor? No problem. She has a palace intrigue and fertility System. An intoxicating natural scent Love at first sight from the emperor Fertility pills, dragon-an 25.8kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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   Let's just say, this one is very good-looking, with the female protagonist Gong Dou. Ha has a system

9. 309 锦 The Splendid Phoenix 锦凰 Bu Linglong步玲珑Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted [Reborn for revenge + Heroine pretends to be mentally disabled + Rekindled romance] [Cold-blooded, ruthless hero who slowly falls hard for her X Reborn heroine who switches bodies, plays dumb, and seeks revenge] In her previous life, Ning Jin’s family was destroyed because of Mo Yunye. In this life, her soul awakens in the body of a mentally disabled girl. She pretends to be crazy and stupid, getting closer to him one step at a time. She returns to his side not for love, but to make him pay for 32Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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   **[Minimalist Recommended Guide for "Jinhuang"]** **📖 Core Highlights** ✅ **Character Highlights**: The most sober daughter of the imperial physician in history, she vowed "not to fight for favor or have children" at the beginning, and her IQ was crushed throughout the whole process ✅ **Innovation in Machiavellian Strategy**: Two-line palace battle of traditional Chinese medicine × psychology, pharmacological killing + human manipulation, hard-core research on the means of breaking the situation ✅ **An anti-routine is cool**: Build a "corporate management" system in the harem, form a female alliance to fight against the imperial power, and give up the throne to take charge of the hospital in the end **🔥 Highlight Chapter** ▪️ **Chapter 37**: In the middle game of the consultation bureau, use Chuanxiong allergy to kill the imperial concubine (the highest payment rate in a single chapter) ▪️ **Chapter 89**: Form the Sixth Palace Medical Mutual Aid Association, and the low-level palace maids counterattack the famous scene ▪️ **Final Chapter**: Burning the phoenix seal in exchange for the medical code, "I want a separate page in the history book" line to confer the god **📊 Popular data** ▶️ Jinjiang 9.8 Points | Zhihu 24,000 in-depth analysis | Bilibili's research video exceeded 3 million views ▶️ The male protagonist only has 17% of the scenes, and the female protagonist accounts for more than 80% of the plot line (Book Flag data) **🚨 Suitable for readers** ✔️ Tired of female competition for love, and want to watch female intellectual games ✔️ Addicted to power and brain-burning, prefer to control historical details ✔️ Workplace social animal: female protagonist's palace fighting skills ≈ survival guide for top 500 executives **💡 Amway in one sentence** "Photographed the biography of Zhen Huan into "The Ming Dynasty 1566", and used the "Compendium of Materia Medica" to write "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" - hot comments from readers

10. 310 开 From the Start, Exiled to the Frontier, the Physician Princess Empties the National Treasury to Survive the Famine 开局流放，医妃搬空国库去逃荒 Flower Does a Backflip花花后空翻Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension stocked with supplies + strong heroine + satisfying revenge + putting scoundrels in their place + the whole family exiled and fleeing famine + wedding night + building a fortune] After transmigrating into a book, Gu Wanyue discovers she's become a doomed supporting character. Her family is to be confiscated and exiled? No problem. She has a magical pocket dimension, and she sweeps all the national treasury's supplies into it. She also empties her maiden home and the prince's ma 2.8kReads8.7Score537Shelves

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    There's no palace fight, but it's still pretty good to watch

11. 311 王 A Concubine’s Daily Struggle to Stay Alive in the Prince’s Manor 王府侍妾的苟命日常 Panda Little Moneybags熊猫小财迷Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Intense Household Intrigue + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Plot-Driven + Everyone Has Eight Hundred Schemes] After transmigrating into the body of a concubine in the Prince of Jing's residence, Xie Run only wants to live in peace and, ideally, reach a hundred years old. At first, everything in the prince's residence is orderly. The prince shares his favor equally, the princess consort's position is secure, and the secondary consorts and concubines know their place. Who could have guessed that ever 21.3kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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    The heroine is sober and looks really good

12. 312 逼 You Want Me to Raise Your Illegitimate Child? I’ll Send Your Entire Clan to Their Deaths 逼我养外室子？送你全族去死 Nan Siyin南司音Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + household power struggles + punishing scumbags and humiliating them + satisfying revenge + the emperor’s uncle pursues his wife] In her previous life, Yang Zhao upheld the crumbling household under the name of being a daughter-in-law of the Shen family. She protected the women through the dark years of exile and devoted herself to raising her adopted son into a success. But when he finally donned his official robes, the first blade he turned was pointed at the entire Yang family. On th 5.9kReads8.8Score801Shelves

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    They are all very good otaku essays, you can check them out.

13. 313 后 The Harem: Consort Hua Reborn 后宫之华妃重生 Shi Liu Sparkling Water石刘气泡水Female-Channel Fanfiction887k WordsCompleted Consort Hua, Nian Shilan, died with a heart full of resentment in her previous life. Unexpectedly, she was reborn. When she woke again, she knew that Consort Duan had not harmed her child. She still both hated and loved the emperor. She hated him for using her feelings and devotion to bring down the entire Nian family, but loved the man she had sincerely given her heart to when they were young. But if she hadn’t been so foolish in her previous life, how would she have made so many enemies? When 12.2kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    This one is really super sobering. After watching it for a long time, I still want to watch it again. Concubine Hua is absolutely sober after her rebirth. She has no love brain at all and is still killing people randomly.

14. 314 白 The Night Before My Ungrateful Sister Entered the Palace, the Favored Consort Was Reborn 白眼狼妹妹进宫前夜，宠妃重生了 Staggering Along蹒跚行Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 178.6kReads9.2Score23.2kShelves

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    Recommend!!! Very nice Gong Douwen

15. 315 救 Help! The Empress Stepmom Gets Angry, and the Whole Family Kneels 救命！皇后后妈一怒，全家都跪了 Yaoyao, Wandering the World浪迹天涯的夭夭Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name is now streaming! Come check it out! Ancient-to-modern transmigration + transmigrate into a book + married first, love later + sweet romance + devoted couple + raising kids When Empress Shen Nanke opens her eyes again, she finds herself inside a storybook, as the stepmother of two children. Her stepson is the villain who turns evil in a CEO romance, and her stepdaughter is a doomed backup love interest. There's also some thing called a System that insists she bin 3.4kReads9.1Score389Shelves

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    Highly recommended, it's really beautiful!!!!

16. 316 美 Three Escapes by a Beauty 美人三逃 Summer Cicada Song夏日鸣婵Ancient Romance213k WordsCompleted (Possessive love + unhinged male lead + transmigrated female lead) Mad dog male lead × female lead he gradually drives mad Jiang Yuan ran away three times. The first time was when she learned that Pei Jing only intended to take her as a concubine. The second was after she pretended to be docile and obedient, successfully earning Pei Jing’s trust. The third was on the eve of their wedding. Unfortunately, fate played cruel tricks on her. She failed all three times, and Pei Jing grew more and more 9kReads8.2Score445Shelves
17. 317 瞎 My Blind Husband Is a Hopeless Romantic. I Can Lie to Him and Deceive Him, but He Won’t Leave 瞎子夫君恋爱脑，欺他骗他都不跑 Deer in the Deep Forest深林的鹿Ancient Romance357k WordsCompleted Shen Zhixi only wanted to have a child with Song Lianzhou, not take responsibility for him. Men were all worthless and could never be relied on. Their only use was helping women get pregnant. Her own father taught her the first lesson in hating men. She had never met her biological father. He got her mother pregnant out of wedlock, then abandoned them, leaving mother and daughter to endure everyone’s scorn. Later, her childhood sweetheart betrayed and set her up, making her give up on men for g 9.4kReads9.1Score1kShelves
18. 318 桃 A Peach Blossom Promise: The Old Friend Returns 桃花诺故人归 Yi Nuo意糯Ancient Romance103k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was a princess, and he was a prince of Nanjiang. Through a twist of fate, she loved the wrong person and married the wrong person. Left with a broken body, she resolutely ended her life. He searched for her for half his life, never married, and took his own life before her grave. “A Zhi, I’ve come to find you. Wait for me at the Bridge of Helplessness. In our next life, you must be my wife. Wait for me to marry you.” In this life, she is the only daughter of the Jun fam 3Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 319 贵 The Noble Consort Is Both Divine and Alluring: The Emperor Is Already Smitten 贵妃又仙又欲：陛下早已沦陷 Clouds Rise to the Ninth Heaven云出九霄Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted [Not a first-love-only pairing; the heroine is no saint; the emperor favors her exclusively in the middle and later stages; fluffy, brainless sweet romance; silly and lighthearted, read with caution] Everyone says that a highborn legitimate daughter who enters the palace is doomed to a bad end, but Pei Jinyan refuses to believe it. Besides, she was once the emperor’s favorite consort in her previous life. She simply ruined a winning hand through her own arrogance and capriciousness. She gave bir 7.9kReads9.2Score842Shelves
20. 320 东 The Crown Prince's Beloved Concubine 东宫宠妾 Que Yin雀隐Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Cool, celibate Crown Prince x Sweet, slim, easygoing concubine] Lin Jinxu is as lovely as a hibiscus, her beauty impossible to hide. Her slender waist, delicate enough to fit in one hand, is famed throughout the capital. Sadly, in her previous life, she trusted the wrong person and married her hypocritical cousin. She died before turning twenty, and took the entire Lin family down with her. Reborn, Lin Jinxu wants nothing more than to coast through life, eat well, and grow old in pe 5.7kReads8.5Score477Shelves
21. 321 帝 The Splendor of the Imperial House 帝门姝色 Evening Ripples晚漾Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Sweet historical romance + two powerful leads + devoted to each other + sweet and satisfying + fun and lively + no annoying supporting characters + sensible leads] A super-ferocious, super-rich bandit queen VS a cool, otherworldly beauty of an emperor Jin Sanglu owns thirty mountains of gold and is every inch a bandit queen. After earning military merit, she arrogantly calls out to the court: “If you won’t give me an official post, then make me empress.” The ministers are furious, but they fear 11.7kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
22. 322 疯 The Mad Tyrant Wants to Steal Her: You’re the One Who Tempted Me First! 疯批权臣夺她，是你先勾我的！ Bright, Gentle Laughter笑语晏晏Ancient Romance429k WordsCompleted [Possessive pursuit + Untouchable beauty brought down from her pedestal + Scheming heroine + Both leads are pure] The eldest son of the Xie family was as refined as a gentle breeze beneath a clear sky, as elegant as an orchid or jade tree, and, more unusually, possessed the heart of a bodhisattva. A year ago, he had taken charge of sheltering a destitute cousin who had come to seek refuge. The rescued Wanruo was deeply grateful, and looked up to and adored her cousin. Their story of a loving bro 94.8kReads9.2Score10.2kShelves
23. 323 宫 Blood in the Inner Palace, Schemes in a Beauty’s Heart 宫闱血，美人心计深 Ink Phoenix Cloud Letter墨凰云笺Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Powerful female lead transmigrates into another person's body + high-IQ palace intrigue + one woman takes on the entire harem + not both leads' first time] A stunning award-winning actress transmigrates into the body of a concubine-born girl who has been drugged with an aphrodisiac and is still expected to enter the palace. Entering the palace would be one thing, but her rank is low. Her rank being low would be one thing, but she has no money either. No matter. Sister Shen knows exactly what sh 518Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    The thief is good-looking [admiration], the light of the sword and the shadow of blood [cool]

24. 324 虎 The Tiger Wife 虎妻 Lotus Flower藕花Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The Great Qi Dynasty’s foremost God of War, the ruthless, hideous common-born general Yuchi Gui, was granted a marriage by the emperor to the capital’s greatest beauty, Princess Xu Xiyan. Then his high-born fiancée looked down on him, and the wedding was called off. Three years later, after suppressing a rebellion, the handsome and dashing general returned to the capital, becoming the hero every noblewoman in Great Qi wanted to marry. Then his former fiancée clung to him and forced him into marr 13.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    These books are all very good.

25. 325 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 172.5kReads9.5Score22kShelves
26. 326 造 Good Grief! The Capital’s Young Master Was Smitten by a Con Artist 造孽！京圈太子爷被个神棍撩走了 The Cat Who Builds Houses盖屋子的猫Modern Romance270k WordsCompleted [Fortune-Telling + Ghost-Hunting + Feng Shui + Sweet Romance + Reborn + Revenge on Scum + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Episodic Stories] When Nan Youyou woke up, she found herself back in her original world, as the cannon fodder who had taken the curse meant for the real heiress. This time, she was going to reclaim her own fortune and make her adoptive parents’ family pay for what they had done. Who could have guessed that, the moment she arrived, she would have only a month left to live? There wer 489Reads8.3Score102Shelves
27. 327 明 A Heart as Clear as the Lan River 明似澜心 Zhou Who Loves Congee爱粥的周Ancient Romance255k WordsCompleted When Feng Lanxi came of age, her father, the chancellor, casually remarked, “I don’t have anything much to give you this year, so I’ll give you the position of Crown Princess.” Feng Lanxi: Thanks a lot. Rumor had it that Xie Jingming was both scholarly and skilled in combat, brilliant at strategy, and devastatingly handsome. If so, then quietly playing the part of a pretty ornament in the inner court didn’t sound so bad. “Your Highness, the Crown Prince is injured.” “Your Highness, the Crown Pri 842Reads8.7Score160Shelves

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    Belongs to the real palace fighting drama

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