Palace Intrigue, a Transmigrated Female Lead, a Golden Finger, and a Ruthless, Clearheaded Heroine 宫斗剧，女主穿越，金手指，是个狠人，理智

1. 201 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
2. 202 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40kReads9.7Score6.1k14d adds
3. 203 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
4. 204 京 The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水 Stars Fill My Eyes满眼星宸Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable 58.2kReads9.3Score7.7k14d adds

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   The villainous female supporting character awakens and controls the plot to fight against the original female lead. The female lead gradually steals the original female lead's opportunities, exposing the original female lead's dark side. She is a good actress with a strong personality and clear goals. She is absolutely amazing!

5. 205 技 The Concubine with Maxed-Out Skills Is Turning Herself into an Empress? 技能拉满的侍妾，卷成皇后了？ White Peppercorn白藤椒Ancient Romance620k WordsCompleted Empress Wenzhao was a famously bewitching consort and the most talented empress. The way she has been judged and defined throughout her life has changed many times, but that has never diminished her status or the value of studying her. [System + Raising Kids + Relentless Competition] Thanks to being well fed at home, Qi Jiao was plump and rosy-cheeked. After a flood, she was sold into the palace as a maid, and when she got a little older, she was assigned to the empress’s palace. A few years lat 12.5kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
6. 206 桃 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5k14d adds
7. 207 娘 Wife, Are You Human or Ghost? 娘子你到底是人是鬼？ Chai Qiqi柴柒七Ancient Romance639k WordsCompleted [Neither ghost nor god, neither human nor demon + no romance + a girl squad + no love stories, just monster-hunting] A delicate young lady and a little maid travel through mountains and rivers. The half-human, half-ghost lady loves to eat ghosts. Her golden, one-eyed gaze sees through spirits and monsters, while her maid is a skilled ghost cook who takes meticulous care of her. The lady wanders the mortal world in search of the missing half-inch of her heart. Without it, she cannot be human. Wh 4.9kReads9.4Score80514d adds

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   This one is good. There's no typical romance or heartbreak, and it features an invincible female lead.

8. 208 皇 Your Majesty, I Think Your Palace Maid Is Cursing You Again 皇上，你家宫女好像又在骂你 Six Yuan六元钱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The irresistible appeal of what you once rejected + powerful men bowing their heads + a double-standard male lead + raising her before a story of power and statecraft + romantic push and pull + he truly doesn’t love her at first, but gives his all once he does] Su Nanchu is unruly. Shen Jingzhi has always known that. But life in the palace is dull, and he doesn’t mind having a little plaything who can kick and scream. She becomes his daily amusement: reading memorials, practicing calligraphy, a 11.6kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds

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   It smells amazing! It's really beautiful and incredibly interesting.

9. 209 暴 The Tyrant Gives Me One-on-One Lessons in Palace Infighting 暴君一对一辅导我宫斗 Konghua空花Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted Everyone says the newly enthroned emperor of the Dayan kingdom is a cruel and brutal tyrant. Song Yin, a transmigrator, thinks that tyrants are supposed to be the type who love beauties more than their kingdoms. So why does this one spend every day plotting how to kill his own concubines? Tyrant: “The women in my harem love power, not me. Keep your head down if you want to survive.” Song Yin: “Understood!” Later Tyrant: “A consort who doesn’t want to be empress isn’t a good consort.” Song Yin: “ 259Reads8.9Score—14d adds
10. 210 跪 Better to Ascend the Throne Than Kneel, Cold-Faced, as the Mistress of the House 跪着冷脸做主母不如登基当皇帝 Three Whimpers嘤三声Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue in the first half + sharing power in government in the second half + female heir to the throne + a cast of lunatics + no romance + System clashes + ruthless heroine + heroine enters the palace with her child and marries again + a grab bag of elements] On the day she entered the palace, a voice appeared in Xie Xuzhen’s mind. It called itself the Comeback Palace Intrigue System, and said it had come to help Xie Xuzhen, who was about to enter the palace, reach the pinnacle of life. 1.9kReads9.1Score28014d adds

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    The first book features a female protagonist whose husband favors his concubine over his wife. Realizing her husband's ingratitude, she retaliates by seducing the emperor and embarking on her path to dominating the harem. The second book features a princess who plots to seize the throne, overwhelming the princes from childhood with unwavering determination to become empress. The third book involves a female protagonist who transmigrates to various small worlds, becoming a concubine. However, she defies the established rules, choosing to abandon her father and keep her son—a path from which there is no return. The fourth book features a cautious and meticulous female protagonist who establishes numerous rules to prevent others from harming her. Through these rules, she evades numerous assassination attempts and ultimately dominates the harem.

11. 211 惊 Shocking! The Legitimate Princess Defies Fate Every Day! 惊！嫡公主她每天都在逆天改命！ Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Female-led power fantasy + ruthless, unhinged heroine + an extreme “I’d rather betray others than let them betray me” mentality] Xuan Mingyao was reborn at the age of seven, back before anything had happened. Though she was the empress’s legitimate daughter, a princess treated like royalty, her younger brother, the crown prince, was about to die of illness. Her mother would soon be consumed by worry, grow estranged from the emperor, and eventually be deposed in the witchcraft scandal. Overnight 27.9kReads9.4Score3.8k14d adds
12. 212 让 You Asked Me to Be a Concubine, So I Killed the Lord? 让你当小妾，你把主君杀了？ Jiang Yu Is Very Lazy江鱼很懒Ancient Romance685k WordsCompleted (A full-cast audio drama has been produced) (The short drama adaptation, A Kiss Beneath the Spring Moon, is now online) [Quick transmigration + femme fatale + palace and household intrigue + revenge for every grudge + villainess fiction + no fixed male lead + growth-focused heroine] As a newly created System, Erdan only wanted to choose a gentle, charming Host who knew how to humble herself, so they could complete the concubine survival missions. But it turned out Erdan had misjudged her. A low- 17.2kReads9.6Score2.4k14d adds
13. 213 折 Crossing the Sea of Begonias on Folded Wind 折风渡海棠 One Step to Knowing the Distance一步知遥Ancient Romance393k WordsCompleted New story now available [Reborn good-for-nothing concubine Lin Xian × ruthless, politically savvy Imperial Tutor Xie Yu] Lin Xian had never thought of herself as a good person. She helped the easily controlled Third Prince seize the throne, throwing the court into chaos and ruining the realm. She thought she would go to hell when she died, but instead she opened her eyes and found herself back in the capital, ten years earlier. In her second life, she decided to do nothing. Infighting in the inn 231Reads8.7Score11114d adds

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    Recommend!!!

14. 214 深 Palace Intrigue: The Story of Qing Zhi 深宫策·青栀传 Qing Zhi Wei Bai青栀未白Ancient Romance882k WordsCompleted Her eyes can see through sinister tricks and schemes, but she cannot fully see the changes in people's hearts. His hands hold the fate of all under heaven, yet all he wants is to hold on to the few who truly care for him. How far is it from being the daughter of a powerful official distrusted by the emperor to becoming a virtuous empress remembered throughout history? Once she enters the imperial palace, her past ties are severed. Half a lifetime of ups and downs conceals the green of the garden 1.9kReads9.2Score29514d adds
15. 215 人 Miss Ye, the Voice of Reason 人间清醒叶小姐 Yan Lele嫣乐乐Ancient Romance283k WordsCompleted General Ye Ze'an, the famed Defender General, died on the battlefield. His eldest son, Ye Ji, fell alongside him, his body wrapped in his armor. The loss of her husband and eldest son devastated Madam Ye, who soon fell ill from grief and passed away as well. The young master, Ye Lin, only ten years old, was beaten to death in broad daylight on the street. The once-renowned General's Manor fell into ruin, leaving behind only a lone orphaned girl... Ye Yao was bedridden for years, unable to recove 21Reads6.7Score—14d adds
16. 216 幕 The Curtain Falls, and the Drunken City Is Astir 幕挽醉惊城 Sisi Never Tires司思不倦Ancient Romance200k WordsOngoing In this life, I'm not a good person, but I don't want to be a bad one either. I want to hear people say I'm humble and kind, but I will never be a puppet for others to control. Even if she is reborn too, I want to get everything I desire... —Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 217 九 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Evening Breeze Under the Moon月下晚风Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 35.1kReads9.3Score5.9k14d adds
18. 218 娘 The Empress Is Far Too Ambitious 娘娘她太有事业心了 11 Means 1111就是11Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue! Palace intrigue! Scheming + palace intrigue + sweet romance + slight ensemble cast] [You won’t regret getting invested!!] Watch a sweet, ambitious girl work her way up, one step at a time! From an Attendant to an empress who rules the realm! A sweet girl who plays dumb but is really a wolf in sheep’s clothing × a cold, cunning emperor! His sole favorite? Can you really believe the emperor has just one? True love? The palace is a deep sea. All Lin Yueqing can do is seize the emp 12Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 219 娘 The Empress Is Alluring and Delicate, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Falls for Her at First Sight 娘娘娇娇媚，冷戾帝王一见倾心 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 5kReads9.1Score56414d adds
20. 220 快 Quick Transmigration: The Mistress of the Household Awakens 快穿之当家主母觉醒了 Yu Baobao羽宝羽宝Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted I’m a professional at fighting for power within the household. Liu Siqin travels through countless worlds, reborn as one original host after another, each of whom died with regrets, grievances, and a sense of injustice. She ruthlessly takes down the scum and teaches the worst of the bunch a lesson! (There’s a CP, and he isn’t a scumbag.) 1. A noble lady marries a poor young man, but after they grow wealthy, he betrays her and leaves her in a tragic state. 2. A scumbag man and his white moonlight 265Reads7.0Score—14d adds
21. 221 快 Quick Transmigration: The Empress's Blessed Heir 快穿之好孕皇后 Fifty-Cent Special Effects五毛二特效Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + stunning heroine + no fixed pairing + childbirth + palace intrigue + feel-good power fantasy] After dying suddenly from overwork, Xu Lingyi received a childbirth System. If she gave heirs to male leads who desperately needed children, she could gain eternal life. Story One: [The Middle-Aged Emperor Without an Heir] A stunning noblewoman from an eminent family × a middle-aged emperor, with an age gap. The emperor had no children despite ruling for years. He thought the emp 32.7kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
22. 222 快 Winning at Life Through Quick Transmigration and a Fertile Constitution 快穿靠着易孕体质躺赢人生 The Fluffed-Up Cat炸毛的猫咪Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration + fertility blessing + multiple pregnancies and children + cannon-fodder comeback + punishing scum) What?! The male lead is struggling to have children? The System tells her to have more children so the male lead can feel happy, earning her more points. But why is she always the most miserable cannon-fodder female supporting character? Fine! Fine! For the points, she can only fight her way back and work hard to win over the male lead! World One: [Childless Crown Prince x S 13.1kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
23. 223 娘 The Empress Doesn't Want Palace Intrigue, but the Emperor Keeps Stirring Things Up 娘娘不想宫斗，奈何皇上带节奏 Geng Jiujiu耿啾啾Ancient Romance652k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, Palace Intrigue, Political Scheming, Not Both Pure, Absurd Comedy, Devoted Love Later On] Shen Jinruo transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking concubine who had no favor from the emperor. Having lost her freedom, she’d planned to keep her head down and quietly build up her strength. But she soon discovered that in this harem, even if you don’t go looking for trouble, trouble will find you. To survive, Shen Jinruo worked hard to adapt and officially joined the harem’s struggl 2.2kReads8.9Score22014d adds
24. 224 人 In the Imperial Harem, My Goal Is to Become the Empress Dowager 人在后宫，目标太后 Dreams on the Mountain山上有梦Ancient Romance358k WordsCompleted # Palace intrigue is out of the question. I'll eat snacks, watch the drama, and have children, that's the plan # Cui Xuejian transmigrated into the past and became a low-ranking palace consort. Powerful figures towered over her, while a few insignificant nobodies clawed at her feet. With things like this, why bother with palace intrigue? Better to just give up and coast! Cui Xuejian believed that as long as she kept out of trouble, no monsters, demons, or other ghoulish creatures would come afte 1.7kReads9.2Score13814d adds
25. 225 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 1.2kReads8.9Score10614d adds
26. 226 在 A Hundred Ways to Win the Emperor's Heart in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen 12.3kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds
27. 227 怎 How Can Anyone Resist the Noble Consort's Alluring Charm? 怎敌贵妃百媚千娇 Fish Carrying the Moon鱼衔月Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + sweet romance + heroine transmigrates] In the fifth year of Yongyan, the emperor ordered a selection of consorts. Wen Wanyu was the most beautiful among the candidates. With her charming looks and soft, lilting voice, she was as delicate as a flower and soon won the emperor’s favor. She had once been the apple of her father’s eye, but when he was framed and her elder brother humiliated, she defied her whole family and asked to enter the palace to protect them. From the darling 2.2kReads8.9Score19414d adds
28. 228 快 Quick Transmigration: The Max-Level Big Shot Gets the Cannon Fodder Script 快穿当满级大佬拿到炮灰剧本 Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When the Cannon Fodder System has no other choice, it grabs a random lackey, never expecting to latch onto a max-level expert! From then on, it gets to coast to victory. In the heroine's story, the lives of cannon fodder characters are always turned upside down by her. No matter how innocent they are, cannon fodder can only ever be cannon fodder, a stepping stone on the heroine's road to happiness. Then Guihua transmigrates into the cannon fodder characters of various little worlds. Guihua says: 27.5kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds

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    The female protagonist is a max-level expert who forges her own path through the mud.

29. 229 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.4kReads9.6Score11.3k14d adds

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    Palace intrigue and power struggles, carrying the entire scene.

30. 230 智 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责 Uncle Luo洛叔叔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied 47.7kReads9.5Score6.1k14d adds

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    It's not a time-travel story, okay? The female lead is incredibly strong! She's flawless in every aspect, and of course, the best part is that she never loved the male lead.

31. 231 综 A Harem of My Own: How to Become the Emperor's One True Love 综后宫之如何成为帝王的白月光 Born Knowing When to Stop生白知止Ancient Romance816k WordsCompleted Each volume is a standalone story. What’s it like to become the beloved consort and one true love of emperors throughout history? A sweet, sweet, utterly pampered life as a favored consort! Volume One: The far-sighted Kangxi Emperor × the gentle, timid little white rabbit Wang Lingxiu: the gentle type of one true love Volume Two: Qin Shi Huang × the pampered, high-maintenance flower kept in a gilded cage 14.8kReads9.2Score99314d adds
32. 232 狂 The Mad Consort Draws Near, and the Prince Trembles 狂妃靠近，王爷在颤抖 Love Eating Orchid Crabs爱吃兰花蟹Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted The short drama based on this novel, “The Prince Is Trembling as the Mad Consort Draws Near,” is now streaming! A powerful female lead + a feel-good story, full of hilarious, stress-relieving moments that will have you laughing until you honk like a goose. She transmigrates into the body of a tool used by the emperor to humiliate a prince. A rooster at the wedding? All the better: roast chicken is delicious! She has X-ray vision, miraculous medical skills, the support of a pocket dimension, and 19kReads9.2Score2k14d adds

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    This one absolutely meets your requirements! Strong female lead, time travel, cheat-like abilities—a super fantastic book!

33. 233 庄 Consort Zhuang Won’t Fight for Favor; She Just Wants to Raise Kids and Take It Easy! 庄妃不宫斗，只想养娃和咸鱼！ Qingqiu Lily青丘铃兰Ancient Romance847k WordsCompleted [No palace intrigue + no golden finger + the male lead might as well not exist] Su Yuanyuan transmigrated, and not only that, she transmigrated into the body of someone in the middle of giving birth. As she lamented her miserable fate, she still had to cooperate with the midwife and deliver the baby. Only after the baby arrived, bawling, did she finally manage to absorb the original owner's memories. She had transmigrated into the body of a consort in the harem of a kingdom called Canglan. She d 124Reads6.5Score—14d adds
34. 234 开 From the Start, All I Had Was a Trash System: A College Girl Takes on the Palace Schemes 开局一个破系统，女大学生闯宫斗 Ruqi濡祈Ancient Romance418k WordsCompleted [Household and Palace Intrigue + No Naive Doormat Heroine + Rise to Power + Sweet and Satisfying] Also known as: Everyone Has to Kneel Before Me? A university student who knows palace-intrigue dramas inside out transmigrates, and the empress’s throne is practically in her grasp! She transmigrates into the Forbidden City, only to find herself a lowly palace maid! What a disastrous start. Luckily, she has a System to help her. But you’re saying my ultimate mission is to become empress? Me? Empress 592Reads8.2Score10714d adds
35. 235 皇 The Emperor Is Infertile, Yet He and His Scheming Palace Maid Have a Secret Romance and Many Children 皇帝不孕，和心机宫女地下恋多胎 Bunny Gets Rich兔兔发财Ancient Romance347k WordsCompleted [A scheming, beautiful young palace maid + a cunning, possessive emperor] What does it feel like to have a secret affair with the emperor in ancient times? Su Jin transmigrates into the body of a nine-year-old beggar girl in ancient times. With a little luck and a lot of cunning, she makes her way into the palace and becomes a favorite of the empress. She never expects to catch the eye of the abstinent, aloof crown prince as well. She doesn’t want to be the other woman, but imperial power rules 436Reads6.8Score—14d adds
36. 236 从 From Talented Lady to Empress: Your Consort Knows Court Intrigue Best 从才人到皇后，爱妃最懂宫斗 Lu Wen路文Ancient Romance271k WordsCompleted The author's first book, so please don't mind the low rating. Zhao Xiyao is a fashion designer. Maybe she'd watched too many palace-intrigue dramas, because she actually transmigrated to an ancient imperial harem and became a low-ranking concubine. The palace intrigue she faced was far crueler than anything she'd ever seen on television. A death sentence from the start, all kinds of plots against her, and endless scheming... As someone from the modern world, Zhao Xiyao could write poetry and mak 33Reads6.6Score—14d adds
37. 237 带 Taking a System into the Palace 带着系统去宫斗 The Cat Out for a Stroll遛弯的猫Ancient Romance138k WordsOngoing After Cheng Jinyi dies of a terminal illness, she is bound to a System and begins her life in the imperial harem. Poison her? She has an antidote pill! Stop her from getting pregnant? Sorry, that’s not up to you. Watch how this restless young woman turns the entire imperial palace upside down with the help of her System! 1Reads6.2Score—14d adds
38. 238 宠 The Favorite Consort System: Host, Get Up and Fight for the Throne 宠妃系统：宿主起来宫斗啦 I Love Boun我爱bounAncient Romance361k WordsCompleted Leng Xiqing transmigrates and binds herself to a System. Hoping to return to her real life, she strives to become a favored consort, then the empress! Everyone tells her, “Don’t fall in love with him. Don’t fall in love with him.” But she never imagined that in the end, she would lose both her freedom and her heart. Even after returning to the modern world, she cannot tell whether it all really happened or was only a dream. The magnificent palace was like a prison, trapping her loved ones and ki 123Reads8.8Score—14d adds
39. 239 重 Reborn: The Empress Wants No Palace Intrigue, Only Immortality 重生之皇后她无心宫斗只想修仙 The Grown-Up Rabbit长大的兔Ancient Romance101k WordsCompleted Jiao Jiao, a jade spirit who failed her tribulation in her previous life, transmigrates into an unfamiliar era as Ji Fanyin, an illegitimate daughter of a noble family. After entering the palace, she keeps working toward her goal of becoming an immortal. She gives up on palace intrigue, yet everything goes smoothly, and she rises from a low-ranking Beauty to the mistress of the imperial harem. Emperor: “I'll place the throne at your feet. I only ask that you stay with me in the mortal world for 10Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 240 穿 I Transmigrated into a Palace Drama and Became the Harem's Abortion Expert 穿宫斗剧，我成了后宫堕胎小能手 Drifting with Dreams随梦飘零Ancient Romance162k WordsCompleted Transmigration + Harem Intrigue + Ambitious Heroine + Making Money + Political Schemes + Hilarious Gu Molili ran a small private clinic. One night, while watching a palace drama, she accidentally transmigrated into the show and became Gu Ruying, a female doctor. She was supposed to help the imperial concubines maintain their pregnancies. But under the Empress’s threats and bribes, she became the harem’s expert at performing abortions. When the emperor found out, he was furious. But fearing the p 1Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 241 穿 Transmigrated Into the Palace, So I’m Taking It Easy 穿越宫廷，我摆烂了 Liang Yebai梁夜白Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrated as a low-ranking palace maiden, I find myself in a sweet romance full of palace intrigue. But I really have no interest in fighting for the emperor’s favor! I choose to do nothing! But who would have thought... By doing nothing, I’d somehow become Emperor Kangxi’s most beloved Consort Qin? 82Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 242 穿 After I Transmigrate, the Favored One Is Forced into Palace Intrigue Every Day 穿越，贵人天天被迫去宫斗 Mortal Stars Never Fade凡星不灭Ancient Romance179k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Palace Intrigue + Face-Slapping + Pocket Dimension + The Male Lead Depends on How Things Go] Ye Qinghuan's soul transmigrated. Just a few days after arriving, she was forced to become a candidate in the imperial selection. As a modern person who often watched palace-intrigue dramas, she understood how cruel the ancient world was. She didn't want to enter the deadly inner palace, where people would devour you without spitting out the bones. She only wanted to live freely. But th 6Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 243 开 A Low-Ranking Palace Lady from the Start, with Maxed-Out Harem Warfare Skills 开局小秀女，娘娘宫斗技能满点 Lucky Fish招财鱼Ancient Romance601k WordsCompleted [No CP, devoted to palace intrigue for a hundred years!] Ning Yuzhen was sixteen the year she entered the palace, and twenty-eight the year she became Empress Dowager. Framing, miscarriage, poisoning, betrayal... After twelve years of ups and downs in the inner palace, the principles she once hoped to uphold had long since vanished. The people who had once stood by her had long since turned to dust. Ning Yuzhen walked the paths she'd taken in the past, leaving behind only a sigh. When she turned 312Reads5.9Score—14d adds
44. 244 虞 Yu Zhao Reborn: Cutting Ties and Settling Scores 虞昭重生断恩仇 Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original novel of the short drama "After Switching to the Heartless Path, My Senior Brothers Wept and Begged for Forgiveness" In her previous life, Yu Zhao spent her whole life fighting Ye Congxin to win back the affection of her master and five senior brothers. In the end, she became a traitor despised by everyone and was killed by the very master she loved. Reborn, she gave up trying to mend her relationship with her master and senior brothers, and took the initiative to cultivate the Heartles 15.8kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds

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45. 245 穿 Transmigrated as a Princess: My Domineering Lord Is So Good at Flirting 穿越成帝姬：霸道君后好会撩 Nian Yuwei念羽薇Ancient Romance255k WordsCompleted [Strict Husband] [Strict Older Brother] [Historical Romance] [Transmigration] [Palace Intrigue] Xiao Se, a quirky literature student, transmigrates to Nanzhao and becomes an imperial princess. As Nanzhao's crown princess, she will soon ascend the throne as its empress. What a fantastic identity and background! But her older brother is too strict, and she often gets disciplined according to the family rules. And she even has a "childhood-raised husband" who's already been chosen as her future con 168Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    So beautiful...

46. 246 谁 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 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 77.1kReads9.5Score7.9k14d adds

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    Rebirth, aside from lacking any cheat codes, was incredibly enjoyable to watch.

47. 247 娘 Your Majesty, the Emperor Is Back in the Cold Palace 娘娘，皇上又来冷宫了 Bei Chan北婵Ancient Romance216k WordsCompleted In the twenty-second century, almost everyone knows how to act. Qishanshan is the only one who doesn't, and somehow she transmigrates into a palace-intrigue drama script. On her very first day there, she is banished to the Cold Palace. Qishanshan: “The Cold Palace is great! It's really great!” Her maids weep, thinking, Her Highness is so heartbroken she's lost her mind... Later, an imperial decree arrives, ordering Consort Shan to return to the palace. Qishanshan looks at the little paradise she 31Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 248 帝 The Emperor Struggles to Win Back His Wife, While the Empress Just Wants to Raise Her Child in the Cold Palace 帝王追妻难，皇后只想冷宫养娃 Half a Lifetime of Peach Blossoms半世桃花Ancient Romance176k WordsCompleted [Devoted love · winning her back · raising children · palace intrigue · both strive for each other] The day Chao Yan first met Shang Hanxi, he rode in on his iron steed and rescued her from bandits with dashing courage. Chao Yan lost her heart and followed him into the palace without hesitation. She thought they would live together in harmony, devoted to each other, but never imagined she would become a pawn in his efforts to balance the harem. Heartbroken, Chao Yan only wanted to raise their 342Reads6.5Score—14d adds
49. 249 被 Tricked into the Palace, I Find the Emperor Spoiling Me Relentlessly 被骗入宫后，竟被皇上追着宠爱 Jiujiu and the Cat玖玖与猫Ancient Romance341k WordsCompleted For more than a decade, Jiang Yuanjun had grown used to keeping people at a distance. Then, out of nowhere, an emperor appeared and insisted on making her his empress. She thought he had some ulterior motive for bringing her into the palace, but it turned out he simply wanted her, body and heart. Everyone said the ruler of the realm was cruel and wicked, but from the very first time Jiang Yuanjun saw him, all she saw was a gentle, refined man. His presence brought countless changes to Jiang Yuan 879Reads6.9Score11614d adds
50. 250 熙 The Daily Records of Consort Xi 熙贵妃起居注 Mo Mo Bu Ting莫莫不停Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shen Tingnian has nothing going for her except a pretty face. As the Grandson's Concubine, she always wore a cold, world-weary expression around everyone, saying only that the days and nights in the Palace of Guanghan were endless, and that the human world would remain the same with or without her. As the Crown Prince's Concubine, she brazenly did as she pleased with the Crown Prince during the late emperor's mourning period, causing endless strife and bloodshed. As Noble Consort Xi, she set her 65Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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    These are all palace intrigue novels, and they were so addictive! I stayed up all night to finish them! I love palace intrigue and stories about a girl chasing after her husband! They're great!

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