Are There Any Palace-Intrigue Novels Like Chang Yujiao, Jiang Wantang, and Su Jingyao? 有没有像长鱼姣江晚棠苏婧瑶的宫斗文啊？

1. 251 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
2. 252 掌 The Darling in the Palm 掌上娇娇 Zhi Yun支云Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co 82.1kReads9.5Score9.3k14d adds
3. 253 宣 Commandery Princess Xuanping 宣平郡主 Cat Who Loves Sweet and Sour Pinecone Fish爱吃糖醋松果鱼的猫Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Princess Xuanping and the Crown Prince grew up together. Everyone thought she would become the future Crown Princess. But the Crown Prince fell for the princess's delicate, innocent-looking cousin instead. He forgot his promise that they would spend their lives together, and even risked angering the Emperor so he could marry her cousin. When danger struck, he abandoned the princess without hesitation. After Prince An rescues her, the princess comes to her senses. Some people simply aren't meant 3.8kReads8.8Score36514d adds
4. 254 一 A Lifetime of Rong An 一世容安 Qing Xueyao卿雪瑶Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Li Rongan’s husbands, both in this life and her previous one, were peerless warlords. At first, they all loathed her, despised her, and wanted nothing more than to kill her. Later, they all fell for her... * After being reborn, Rongan fled her former husband’s clutches by marrying far away to Yanbei, where she became the wife of a prince. She knew the Prince of Yan would rebel in two years. When he did, he would divorce the princess consort appointed to him and marry his childhood sweetheart, hi 10.5kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
5. 255 娘 Born Noble, the Empress Climbs Her Way to the Top 娘娘天生尊贵，一路宫斗上位 Yan Qingyu燕青予Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The Warm-Faced, Cold-Hearted Emperor * His Obsessive, Sweet-Natured Consort] [Not a Pure Romance + Romance-Focused] Yun Xiaoxue was born into privilege, with wealth, connections, and power at her fingertips. She had hoped to travel the world as a carefree princess, but an imperial edict summoned her to the palace. She entered the palace as a Jieyu, already a high-ranking consort. But the Empress Dowager's niece came before her, and the emperor's cousin followed. Lady Xu had long enjoyed the emp 1kReads8.0Score11014d adds

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   These are probably quite similar; if you like them, you can buy them; if not, don't.

6. 256 傅 Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has Gone Fortune-Telling on the Street Again and Again 傅总，您夫人又又又去摆摊算命了 Mu Fufeng木抚风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + comedy + wish fulfillment] After her master passes away, mystic prodigy Lin Xi comes down from the mountains to set up a fortune-telling stall, earning money while searching for her fiancé. “Master, when will my son meet his destined woman?” Lin Xi: “There’s no destined woman, but there is a destined man.” “Master, I keep dreaming about a ghost. Please get rid of it for me.” Lin Xi: “The ghost is your father. You’ve been visiting the wrong grave. He 63.7kReads9.3Score7.7k14d adds

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   In this bizarre and fantastical world, she is a unique being, tearing apart vengeful spirits with her bare hands, displaying unparalleled dominance. While everyone else fears the sinister ghosts, she remains fearless, facing the darkness with astonishing courage. Every encounter with a vengeful spirit is a thrilling adventure, a clash of courage and mystery. This book will take you on a journey through her legend, drawing you in completely.

7. 257 与 Joy with You 与君欢 Moonset月落Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 26.3kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds

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   These palace intrigue novels are pretty good, worth reading.

8. 258 清 Dreams Locked in Time: The Imperial Consort 清梦锁年妃 What Is It Like to Be Human VL何似在人间VLAncient Romance390k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + political intrigue + the Nine Princes' struggle for the throne + based on Qing history] Yongzheng's love story that gave the Qing dynasty another hundred years, sweet at first, then heartbreaking, with a slow-burn pace. A working-man's memoir of Yongzheng, and the cinnabar-mark love of his life. [No transmigration + no alternate history + no rebirth] A long historical romance Nian Fei was a gentle, perceptive woman from a distinguished family whose ancestors had 42Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Beautiful, the white moonlight of Emperor Yongzheng's life.

9. 259 人 Life Simulator: I'm a Pro at Rising Through Palace Schemes 人生模拟器：宫斗升职我专业 I Eat Tomatoes Without Spitting Out the Skins吃西红柿不吐番茄皮Ancient Romance429k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Palace Intrigue + System + Golden Finger + A Story That's 30% Indulgence and 70% Playing It Safe] (Important, important, important!!! Content warning: The heroine is an ordinary person who grows over time. At first, she has some girlish romantic notions; she isn't highly intelligent from the start. Not a mutually exclusive first-love story, and the male lead doesn't dote on her alone. Don't read if these bother you.) From the start, she's in the hardest difficulty mode. After s 7.1kReads9.1Score69314d adds

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   These are all palace intrigue novels, and they have good ratings. I don't know if they're your type.

10. 260 下 The Cast-Off Princess's Comeback 下堂王妃逆袭记 Er Qi迩七Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted “Rong Li, marrying you is already the limit of what I can tolerate. If you dare climb into my bed again, next time you’ll get a divorce decree.” “No need to wait until next time. Write it now.” She was the Chancellor’s daughter, and she’d done every foolish thing imaginable for the man she loved, becoming a laughingstock across the land. She was also a modern special forces instructor, and now she’d arrived in this world in all her glory. How could she let anyone bully her? The prince despised h 4.9kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
11. 261 勾 You Stole the Emperor’s Heart and Climbed into His Bed, Yet You Say You Don’t Love Me 勾帝心，爬龙侧，你却说你不爱我 A Pinch of Stars一两簪星Ancient Romance147k WordsOngoing A palace-intrigue rebirth story, about a woman rising to the clouds. [Palace intrigue, not an exclusive pairing] In her previous life, Zhou Shuyi had a happy and fulfilling life. But when the new emperor ascended the throne, the Chancellor’s family fell into decline, her father-in-law died in battle, and her husband left for the front lines. A portrait left her trapped in the imperial palace. Her mother threw herself against the palace gates, and her husband’s blood stained the Zichen Hall. Zhou 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Self-produced and self-promoted (●`･(ｴ)･´●)

12. 262 嘘 Shh! The Tyrant Is Secretly Spoiling His Little Sweetheart Again 嘘！暴君又在偷偷宠他的小娇娇 A Little Milk Kitty一只小奶喵Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yun Jiaojiao, a genius alchemist with an overprotective older brother, was cherished and spoiled from childhood. But after failing to survive her tribulation, she transmigrated into a despised imperial consort, entrusted to the emperor by her dying brother after he saved the emperor’s life. The emperor gave her a cold look. “I can only be your brother. Don’t even think of me as anything else!” Yun Jiaojiao blinked, looking pitiful on the outside but secretly thrilled. She cautiously tested him 7.5kReads8.9Score79214d adds
13. 263 晋 The Prince of Jin's Beloved Consort 晋王宠妃 Soy Milk for Three Meals and Four Seasons三餐四季豆浆Ancient Romance158k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + sweet romance + mutual devotion + palace intrigue] Cang Yuan, the fourth prince, has no powerful family or backers. He seems the weakest, is an older bachelor, and keeps women at a distance. Yet, to everyone’s surprise, he marries Bai Xue, the simple-minded daughter of a general. From then on, his journey of spoiling his wife knows no bounds. He even schemes at every turn to secure a peaceful life for his beloved consort, eventually claiming the throne. I’m Bai Xue, the simple- 28Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 264 皇 The Imperial Uncle 皇叔 Mo Xu末许Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted Overnight, the timid legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's household becomes a completely different person. She breaks off her royal engagement, fights for her inheritance, and turns into a fearsome tigress whom everyone in the capital dreads. The First Prince, Chu Chi, grits his teeth in fury. “You dare break off your engagement to me? Believe me, I'll make sure no one in the capital dares marry you!” Meng Jingshu, having just finished tormenting the scumbag, turns and throws herself into 14Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 265 皇 The Emperor’s Uncle Dotes Exclusively on His Little Princess 皇叔独宠小王妃 Broken-Winged Butterfly断翅的蝴蝶Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn, revenge, tormenting the trash, satisfying revenge, sweet romance, two powerful leads] In her previous life, three scumbags crippled her martial arts, severed all four of her limbs, and slit her veins to drain her blood, all to save their beloved. They tortured her until she died. Reborn, she carefully laid her plans and proceeded step by step, swearing to make them suffer everything she had endured! That so-called beloved was nothing but a white lotus in full bloom. Want to steal her pl 644Reads6.8Score10314d adds
16. 266 公 The Princess's Inner Thoughts Are Exposed, and She's Thrust Onto the Throne 公主心声泄露后，被推上皇位了 A Qu Who Doesn’t Chirp阿曲不蛐蛐Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Chu Rongchao transmigrated into a book. She became the sixth princess of Western Chu, a country where women held power, and the heroine’s greatest obstacle. In the end, the heroine would shoot an arrow through her heart and kill her. On the very day she arrived, before Chu Rongchao had even thought of a plan to deal with the heroine, the empress arranged her marriage to four men at once. Of the four, three had close ties to the heroine in the book. One was the heroine’s loyal puppy-like sweethea 229Reads8.5Score—14d adds
17. 267 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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    They're all lighthearted stories, but there are also some funny parts.

18. 268 炮 The Cannon Fodder Awakens, and the Old Foxes Eavesdrop on My Thoughts 炮灰觉醒，老六们偷听我心声 Never Tiring of the Sound声声不倦Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + wacky comedy + the schemers don't admit they can read minds + adored by everyone + shameless + utterly unhinged early on + happy ending + royals who aren't stereotypes] [Complete] Yin Jiao had been in the book for ten years when, one day, she finally awakened. She had transmigrated into a tearjerking romance with more than a thousand chapters about the male and female leads. The entire cast was so bad at communicating that even dogs would shake their heads. Good news: 3.4kReads9.3Score40014d adds
19. 269 后 A Cheat-Code Life in the Imperial Harem 后宫开挂人生 The Silent Instant Noodles沉默的方便面Ancient Romance584k WordsCompleted In the novel, she is the Empress Dowager’s niece and the emperor’s highest-ranking Consort Shu, with a noble status and boundless favor. Yet in the end, she cannot escape the fate of a minor cannon-fodder character, and dies with hatred in her heart! Qian Qing from another world takes her place and carefully plots every step, winning the emperor’s love and matching wits with the novel’s heroine. She wants to see whether a mere illegitimate daughter of a marquis’s household can still rise to the 1.8kReads7.6Score10914d adds
20. 270 爽 So Satisfying! I Have a System and a Full Storehouse of Meat on the Road to Exile 爽！流放路上，我有系统肉满仓 When the Swallows Return燕子来时呀Ancient Romance614k WordsOngoing Top student Li Zizi had just graduated from college. On her first day at work, she was hit with a deadly question: 1+1=2. A group of adorable little kids then proceeded to beat her senseless. She transmigrated into the body of Li Zizi, the prime minister's legitimate eldest daughter. Her mother had died young, and she was a spineless pushover who was often left hungry. From the start, she was set up to marry Han Zhanyun, her future brother-in-law. On her wedding day, she used a few clever argume 5Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 271 手 I Transmigrated into a Princess Consort with a Tablet in Hand 手拿平板穿越成王妃 When the Swallows Return燕子来时呀Ancient Romance321k WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + System + gossip] Chu Tianran, an older unmarried woman with skills in both finance and surgery, transmigrates into the body of a woman everyone knows as a useless fool: the legitimate daughter of a general in the Great Yue Kingdom. She has a good father who grew up with the emperor, and the emperor betroths her to the Sixth Prince as his principal wife. The Sixth Prince, Gao Yuyong, was once a war god. Now he is a lame prince. Abused by eunuchs since childhood, he has 10Reads6.8Score—14d adds
22. 272 修 Cultivation? I’m Invincible. Do as You Please 修仙？我无敌，你随意 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance182k WordsOngoing No revenge, no System, no transmigration, no clichés. Just a story about a powerful woman falling for a beautiful young man and guiding him all the way to godhood. Note: A strong female lead and an indulgent power fantasy. The male lead cultivates immortality, and the female lead is his golden finger. The male lead suffers through a tragic romance. An unconventional fantasy romance. 2Reads—Score114d adds
23. 273 占 Possess Her! Take Her! Lure Her Into Your Arms 占有！抢夺！诱她入怀 Koi King锦鲤KingModern Romance225k WordsCompleted [Possessive pursuit + dark, obsessive love + romantic rivalry] Liang Qingyan was breathtakingly beautiful, like a pure white rose fresh with morning dew. Even though she belonged to someone, she still drew envious eyes. After attending a party with her boyfriend, she received a message from his childhood friend. [That dress looked beautiful tonight. Wear it for me alone next time.] She was so startled she nearly dropped her phone. She had meant to delete him, but somehow, without realizing it, s 3.8kReads9.1Score64614d adds
24. 274 女 The Vicious Villainess in a Matriarchal World Raises Her Fish Online 女尊恶獠在线养鱼 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society + sweet romance + one-on-one + devoted to each other] [Calculating and ruthless princess × obedient, loyal guard] The capital's good-for-nothing Second Princess is beaten in the street by another woman for pursuing a man, then crashes into a stone lion. After recovering from her serious injuries, the Second Princess seems like a completely different person: kind to others, uninterested in competing, and always helping her sisters. It isn't until the day this powerful princes 15.2kReads9.5Score1.7k14d adds
25. 275 女 Matriarchy: Seven Handsome Husbands for the Stunning Top Scholar 女尊：科举之绝色夫君有七个 There Are Long Years in the Swallow's Nest燕里有长年Ancient Romance359k WordsCompleted [Not One-on-One + Multiple Male Leads + Imperial Exams + Some Original Worldbuilding] (The early chapters focus mainly on the imperial exams and move along quickly. The pocket dimension is secondary and rarely used.) The Sang family had a daughter named Wu. A Daoist priest declared that she would struggle to live past sixteen. If she did survive, she should take the imperial exams, and she would surely rise to great heights. But fate had other plans. On her sixteenth birthday, the youngest daugh 11.7kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
26. 276 执 Rose with a Blade 执刃玫瑰 Heaven Opens to Delusions天开妄想Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted Print edition on sale June 20 [The Second Male Lead Takes the Spotlight + Crime Mystery + Marriage Before Love + Age Gap] [Cool, aloof high-ranking official with a fatherly streak + elegant, reserved beauty who works as a mortician] After the Nan family went bankrupt, Nan Qing was raised in the Gu household for decades. She and Gu Zhun were childhood sweethearts, with their wedding date fast approaching. But on the eve of their engagement party, a scandal involving Gu Zhun broke. In a video, Gu 38.6kReads9.4Score5.8k14d adds
27. 277 强 The Campus Hottie I Forced to Love Me Was Bitter and Cold, So She Stopped Chasing Me After Being Reborn 强扭的校草酸又涩，重生她不追了 Dao Shangxie刀上邪Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Reborn + devoted one-on-one romance + both leads are pure and each other's first + a long road to winning her back] In her previous life, Su Jiani fell in love with the campus heartthrob at first sight. She pursued him for years without success, then resorted to despicable tactics to get pregnant and marry him. Knowing he didn't love her, she gradually lost hope. Reborn before the college entrance exams, she no longer clings to him for help with homework. She gets high marks, but doesn't apply 50kReads8.9Score4k14d adds
28. 278 嫁 After Marrying the Mad Crown Prince to Bring Him Good Fortune 嫁给疯批太子冲喜后 You Shi尤时Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The unfavored legitimate daughter of the Mu family is ordered by imperial decree to marry the crown prince, Zhou Jing, who is at death's door, to bring him good luck. Plenty of people wait to laugh at her, saying she might just end up bringing him luck by killing him in bed. When Zhou Jing opens his eyes, he finds himself with a fiancée. The young woman is clearly terrified of him, but still can't help swearing her loyalty. “Your Highness, I'll treat you very well.” “Your Highness, after you pas 33.2kReads9.4Score4.6k14d adds

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    The palace intrigue scenes were really good, but one was a female version and the other a male version (where he went crazy and scared the female lead, hahaha 😂) ~ I really liked it! [Learned something new]

29. 279 拔 I Pulled Out My Son’s Pacifier. He Wailed, and I Laughed 拔儿子奶嘴，他哇哇哭我哈哈笑 Rice Candy米糖糖Ancient Romance784k WordsCompleted Completed! ❗️ [Raising Kids + Adorable Children] The eldest daughter of the Gu family is married to an emperor, and her son is the crown prince. She had a winning hand, yet threw it all away by eloping with someone else. When Gu Nuo first transmigrated, she was holding a bowl of poison. The System told her she was about to poison her emperor husband and run away with her lover! What? Had she lost her mind and grown tired of living? Gu Nuo smashed the bowl. Worried that her plot to murder the emp 10.4kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds

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    Oh my god, there are so many palace intrigue novels! We can't possibly read them all. Let's all read them!

30. 280 春 Spring Flowers Weary 春花厌 Liang Ren Weifei良人为非Ancient Romance115k WordsCompleted [Cool-Headed Talented Lady vs. Scheming Crown Prince] Love After Marriage + Career-Driven Heroine + Both Leads Have No Previous Partners + Medical Skills + Substitute Su He had been preparing to become the wife of a marquis since she was thirteen. She had hoped for a happy marriage filled with affection and mutual respect, but an unexpected turn of events left her carrying her new husband’s memorial tablet into the bridal chamber, making her the youngest widow in the capital whose husband had di 17Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 281 皇 The Empress Couldn’t Possibly Be This Adorable 皇后不可能这么可爱 A Fresh Perspective Every Day天天新视角Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A tsundere emperor who has no idea how to manage his harem. A shrewd empress who rules it with an iron fist. On the very day the empress is about to be forced to take out the emperor, they switch bodies and return to seven years earlier! After being reborn in the empress's body, Emperor Xiao Jingyang discovers that his empress has plenty of little secrets. Xiao Jingyang always thought the empress was affected, jealous, selfish, wicked, and devious... and that she had someone else in her heart! A 89Reads8.4Score—14d adds
32. 282 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
33. 283 宋 Empress of the Song Family: The Legend of Yuyao 宋家皇后——钰瑶传 Ling Songs by the River江上菱歌Ancient Romance486k WordsCompleted The leads are not each other’s first partners!!! The heroine is neither a naive innocent nor a particularly kind person!!! The emperor hero is a jerk!! Set in an alternate history!! This is not a feel-good story!!! She transmigrates straight into the role of empress. If she rises in rank, she becomes the empress dowager; if she fails, she is deposed and banished to the cold palace. That is the reality of the inner palace: failure leaves almost no chance to recover. A twenty-first-century fashion 585Reads9.0Score10314d adds
34. 284 王 My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷，王妃说此生不复相见 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance421k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o 26.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
35. 285 大 Great Ming: Court Intrigue 大明：宫廷权谋 Unknown fx不知名fxHistorical141k WordsCompleted In the first year of the Yongle reign, Grand Censor Jing Qing and his entire family were executed on the orders of Emperor Chengzu, Zhu Di. His eldest daughter, Manshu, was luckily rescued by Sun Zhong, who renamed her Sun Ruowei and adopted her. Years later, the mysterious organization known as the Order of Purity secretly manipulated Sun Ruowei, intending for her to marry the ambitious Prince of Han. But fate had other plans: she unexpectedly married into the Eastern Palace and became a consor 12Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 286 这 This Empress Is a Bit Ruthless: From the Start, I’m Sent to the Cold Palace 这个皇后有点毒，开局就进了冷宫 Chasing the Wind, Whistling at the Moon逐风啸月Ancient Romance222k WordsCompleted [Devoted to Her Alone Later On + Traditional Historical Romance + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] On the very first day Ye Yijin became empress, she was sent to the Cold Palace. She had only meant to quietly accept her miserable lot, but who would have thought the clueless emperor would fall in love with her again? 41Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 287 华 Consort Hua Reborn: The Empress Dowager Leads the Campaign Herself! 华妃重生，太后御驾亲征！ Menmen, Open the Door!门门开门啦Female-Channel Fanfiction130k WordsOngoing [Told from Hua Fei’s perspective, focused on the emperor’s family and mainly on palace intrigue. Many characters know the plot, and the story is full of twist after twist. No one is truly close, they’re only allies of convenience. Most characters get a good ending, and there will be quite a few children. In the end, she will become Empress Dowager, rule from behind the curtain, put the young emperor on the throne, then lead her troops out to conquer the world.] I was Consort Hua, iron-willed, ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 288 风 The Graceful Crown Princess 风华太子妃 New Clothes Are Better Than Old衣不如新Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted He is the Crown Prince of Chu, brilliant and extraordinary, a gentleman of noble thought. She is the Princess of Jiang, breathtakingly beautiful and quietly graceful. In a political marriage entangled with schemes and noble causes, she marries him. On their wedding night, just as the poisoned hairpin in her hand is about to pierce his neck, he asks, “Would you like me to help?” The fires of war flare across the land, yet he sends her home in triumph. Beneath her peerless beauty lies a shocking s 358Reads9.0Score—14d adds

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    Absolutely nice

39. 289 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 12kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds

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    They're all great, but one of them is on hiatus 😢

40. 290 重 The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Returns 重生嫡女归来 Ghost Month Specter鬼月幽灵Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Banxia, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Medicine, was murdered by her sister and the Crown Prince she loved. When she awakens, she has been reborn a few days before returning to the capital. With the memories of her past life, she tears away her sister’s beautiful facade and exposes her stepmother’s false piety. The capital says she’s a country bumpkin, but she’s more fashionable than anyone. They call her a village girl, but she’s more graceful than them all. They say she’s illiterate 5.6kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
41. 291 成 What Is This Nonsense? Reborn as the Bewitching Consort 成何体统：重生之后我变成了妖妃 Hundred-Day Dreamer 007百日梦想家007Anime Fanfiction134k WordsOngoing “I just transmigrated and already got branded a ‘demon consort’? Talk about bad luck!” As a star project manager at an internet company, Yu Wanyin thought she could get along with anyone in the workplace or the business world. But through a twist of fate, she transmigrates into the infamous “demon consort” of the Great Xia dynasty, hated by everyone. She expects to rely on her modern management skills to survive in the imperial harem, but instead she catches the attention of a “special” emperor. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 292 坑 My Bratty Son and the Ghost Doctor Mother 坑爹儿子鬼医娘亲 Sen Sen森森Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted The novel behind the hit web drama Qing Luo! They say that shortly after the eldest daughter of the Yu family, Yu Qingluo, married into the Yu family, her husband abandoned her on their wedding night and ran off with the woman he loved. They say that six months after marrying into the Yu family, Yu Qingluo mysteriously became pregnant. They say... Yu Qingluo died, burned alive along with her unborn child in a drafty, dilapidated temple, with no proper burial. But then... Six years later, Yu Qing 3.6kReads9.2Score59414d adds

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    Highly recommended, the final chapter.

43. 293 农 Beloved by the Whole Village: The All-Rounder Is Bullying Villains Again 农门团宠：全能大佬又在虐渣 Listening to the Wind Beneath the Moon水月聆风Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Ruan Ning was born with a simple mind, but possessed incredible strength. She was unbeatable for miles around and notorious in the village for being a strange one. Everyone said she’d grow old alone, since no one dared marry her, and that she brought misfortune to her family. But one day, Ruan Ning suddenly regained her wits. She beat up bullies with a stick, kicked a scheming white lotus, and slapped a notorious lecher. Not only did she find her biological father, she also tracked down the fami 4.6kReads9.3Score54614d adds
44. 294 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
45. 295 累 I'm Exhausted! To Fool Him, I Pretend to Be Sweet and Innocent Every Day 累死！为了骗他，本宫日日装娇纯 Deer in the Deep Forest深林的鹿Ancient Romance455k WordsCompleted “If you want to win, you have to learn how to lose first.” Meng Xianxiang lost a life, and learned to struggle, to seize what she wanted, to scheme and plan, and to claw her way up. Looking back on her previous life, she had lived in a stable, eaten pig slop, served tea and emptied chamber pots, enduring abuse and humiliation at every turn. Each memory was a stab to the heart. Given another chance, she wants status and power, and a world where no one dares bully her again. Behind the palace’s re 3.6kReads9.2Score30214d adds
46. 296 发 Power Generation Maniac: Uncle Sam Begs Me to Stop Generating Electricity 发电狂徒：鹰酱求求我不要发电了 Newbie Daoist Friend萌新道友Urban356k WordsOngoing Lin Fan is reborn in 1990 and discovers that he has become a third-year middle school student. A System? No System! Startup capital? No startup capital! The secret illegitimate son of a mysterious tycoon? Sorry, his family has been farmers for eighteen generations. They haven't even had a landlord in the family. Other people who are reborn get ridiculously powerful Systems, or take over chip factories, car factories, or military factories. At the very least, they get some kind of special skill, 176Reads—Score—14d adds

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47. 297 替 A Replacement Bride to Bring Good Fortune? The General Who Died in Battle Is Back 替嫁冲喜？战死的将军回来了 Five Elements Que Huohuo五行炔火火Ancient Romance696k WordsCompleted [Reborn + substitute bride + marriage first, love later + household intrigue + traditional historical romance] [Clever, calm, and capable heroine + general hero] The rating is low because the book has only just received one. It'll gradually go up~ Ji Shaojiu & Zhong Jingyi Rumor has it that her cousin's fiancé, Young General Zhong, died on the battlefield? Ji Shaojiu: It's no rumor. He really died in my previous life. Her cousin throws a fit, makes a scene, and threatens to hang herself rather t 1.5kReads8.9Score19014d adds

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    I really enjoyed reading these books, and I recommend them to you.

48. 298 全 After My Whole Family Was Exiled, the Prince of Ning's Heir Took Me Home 全家流放后，我被宁王世子捡回府 Sugar Qidou糖柒豆Ancient Romance392k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + plot-driven + political intrigue + coolheaded, highly intelligent male lead + exceptionally powerful female lead + happy ending + two equally powerful leads + country and family] Lin Yue accompanied her father back to the capital to report on his work. The next day, her father was found dead at home, accused of embezzling military funds, and the entire family was exiled. To uncover the truth and clear her father’s name, Lin Yue disguised herself and secretly ret 67Reads8.5Score—14d adds
49. 299 大 The Minister of the Court of Justice Keeps Trying to Make Me His Mistress 大理寺卿他总想当我外室 Chujiu Jiujiu初九九九Ancient Romance307k WordsCompleted [Woman in disguise + devoted couple + sweet romance + light mystery + domineering CEO-like Minister of the Court of Justice falls hard] To get justice for the thirty-four members of her family, Jing Yuchu disguises herself as a man and studies hard for twelve years, finally earning a minor position as a clerk in the Jingzhao Prefecture. While investigating a case, she unexpectedly loses her virginity to Shen Qi'an, the Minister of the Court of Justice, to save him from an aphrodisiac poison. She 1.1kReads8.7Score15914d adds
50. 300 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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