Any Palace-Intrigue Stories With a Clever Heroine Focused on Her Career? 有没有宫斗的 女主聪明搞事业的

1. 201 妾 Your Delicate Concubine 妾身娇贵 You Zhi Yu尤知遇Ancient Romance598k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Political Intrigue + Feel-Good Revenge] Zhuang Wan always believed she would marry Prince Qin, the most talented man in the capital. They would be perfectly matched, and she would bear him children and build a happy life with him. But in a single night, the man she wanted to marry destroyed her family. After saving her, he gave her away to someone as a concubine. Huo Shixuan, son of Yangzhou’s richest man, was a troublemaker, a spoiled wastrel gone bad, and a hopele 802Reads9.1Score103Shelves
2. 202 凤 Phoenix and Luan in the Palace of Tranquility 凤鸾坤宁 Fu Xiangjun傅香君Ancient Romance886k WordsCompleted [Empress + not a mutually exclusive romance + pure palace intrigue + intelligent characters + bearing a son to seize the throne] Zhao Zhenshu, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wei’s household, married the legitimate second son of the Prince of Jin’s household. She had only wanted to be the principal wife in the inner quarters. But when the Crown Prince rebelled, the emperor simply replaced him. The legitimate second son of the Prince of Jin’s household was suddenly transformed into the lof 2.2kReads6.9Score175Shelves

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   These two books are also worth reading, both contain palace battles.

3. 203 二 Marrying a Powerful Eunuch Again - 2 二嫁权宦-2 Cheng Shuang成霜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She had been in the Xu family for twelve years without bearing a child, and Xu Sheng had always treated her with courteous respect. Song Duoyin was deeply grateful, thinking she had found a good man. She worked tirelessly to raise her stepson and manage the household. That was until the Duke of Zhenguo died in battle and Xu Sheng took on the responsibilities of both family branches. "Madam Song, Yu'er was always the child Jin and I had together!" "Being childless and jealous are grounds for divo 3.3kReads8.0Score400Shelves
4. 204 鬼 The Ghost-Handed Divine Doctor: Your Highness, Please Take the Throne 鬼手神医：王妃请上位 Riding a Donkey Through Wind and Snow骑驴漫风雪Ancient Romance2.5M WordsCompleted She was the uncrowned queen of the secret agent world. With a pair of miraculous hands, she could cure every illness in the living and make the dead open their eyes! But after a disastrous accident sent her flying, she transmigrated to another world and took the place of the Huguo Marquis’s foolish, orphaned daughter. What? A bloodthirsty prince wants to force her to be his? Her ex-fiancé comes begging to marry her? Her scheming stepsisters want to cling to her? They can all get lost! She’s not 4.1kReads8.9Score523Shelves

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   These books are beautiful, each one is a masterpiece, different types [top post]

5. 205 神 The Divine Doctor's Daughter 神医嫡女 Yang Shiliu杨十六Ancient Romance4.0M WordsCompleted Feng Yuheng, a renowned physician skilled in both Chinese and Western medicine in the 21st century and a senior military doctor in the ground forces, transmigrates with a bang into the body of the Feng family's legitimate daughter in the Great Shun Dynasty. Unfortunately, her father doesn't care for her, her grandmother doesn't love her, her mother is timid, her younger brother is still a child, and her sisters are each more vicious than the last. Reborn in a new life, she absolutely refuses to 29.7kReads9.3Score4.8kShelves
6. 206 神 The Divine Doctor and the Demon Empress 神医魔后 Yang Shiliu杨十六Ancient Romance2.6M WordsCompleted A descendant of the Xuanmai lineage in the 21st century transmigrates one day into the body of Ye Wenyan, the fourth daughter of a first-rank general's household in the Northern Qi Kingdom. Her father died unjustly, her mother was cast aside, and the old madam turned ruthless and kicked her when she was down. Her second uncle and aunt used every trick in the book to murder her and silence her. Her third sister stole her fiancé and humiliated her by making her a concubine. The infamous witch of t 10.7kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
7. 207 穿 The Transmigrated Villainess Takes It Easy, but the Regent Reads Her Mind 穿越女配，摆烂后被摄政王读心了 Flowers Bloom Along the Path, Return Slowly, zn陌上花开缓缓归znAncient Romance352k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + one person can hear her thoughts + sweet romance + adored by everyone + mutually devoted couple + little palace and household intrigue + historical romance] After passing through 999 small worlds, Bai Shu finally transmigrated into the last one. She thought she was a legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s household, born into wealth and privilege. Instead, she turned out to be a cannon-fodder supporting character! A stepping stone for a fortune-hunting man’s caree 13.5kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
8. 208 神 The Divine Doctor and Poison Princess 神医毒妃 Yang Shiliu杨十六Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted A descendant of a family of poison doctors in the 21st century, she possesses extraordinary gifts and excels equally at medicine and poison. One day, she transmigrates and becomes Bai He ran, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wen’s household in the Eastern Qin Dynasty. Her birth mother is dead, her father refuses to acknowledge her, her stepmother holds power, and her sisters are false-hearted. Her fighting spirit blazes to life. In this life, she will live by her own rules. Those who bully 16kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
9. 209 吃 The Foodie Heir and His Charming Chef 吃货世子俏厨娘 Feng Wu凤五Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Her parents are both dead, and she has only two old servants by her side. Their money is stolen and their house is burned down. Where can they go from here? It's time to unleash her inner power! Watch her gather herbs in the mountains and turn junk into treasure, then fish in the river and enjoy a bountiful harvest year after year. Others keep cats, but she keeps a leopard. Watch her adorable pets cause a stir in the capital: Some glutton: “Fat cat! Put down that piece of meat. It's mine!” The l 337Reads8.9Score101Shelves
10. 210 清 Qing Transmigration: The Frail Noble Consort’s Road to Favor 清穿：病弱贵妃的荣宠路 Peach Blossom Eyes桃花眼Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the Qing dynasty, Tong Ruoxue, a woman from the apocalypse, takes the place of the original Empress Xiaoyiren and becomes Kangxi’s Imperial Noble Consort. To ensure she’ll have enough to eat and drink, she plays sweet and naive, pretending to be weak and innocent to win the emperor’s sympathy. In the end, she triumphs in the harem’s battles and enjoys a life of honor and privilege. 2.1kReads8.5Score121Shelves

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    Most of them are Qing Dynasty novels, the third one is about An Lingrong's rebirth, and the last one is about the heroine being super sober.

11. 211 清 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: I Rose to Noble Consort Through My Persona 清穿之靠着人设我爬上了贵妃 Falling in Egypt跌落埃及Ancient Romance302k WordsCompleted Lihua is a “good person” who loves helping others solve their problems, yet she keeps climbing the career ladder, rising effortlessly through the ranks. Until one day, the CEO’s mistress discovers Lihua’s true nature… After Lihua kicks the bucket, she is chosen by the Saintly Mother System and transmigrates to the Qing dynasty, where she is tasked with spreading truth, goodness, and beauty. Empress Xiaochengren: Wang Jia is a good person. Empress Xiaozhaoren: Consort Jing is a good person. Empre 1.4kReads9.1Score101Shelves
12. 212 甄 Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong's Quest to Survive Until She Can Live in Wealth and Ease 甄嬛传之安陵容苟到富贵闲人时 ls99Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Content warning: The heroine, An Lingrong, does not hate Zhen Huan. She only sees through Zhen Huan’s little schemes, and the two have a few back-and-forth plots of their own before ultimately joining forces to take down the emperor. After ending her absurd life with a handful of bitter apricot kernels, An Lingrong expected death to bring release, and a chance to atone for her sins in the underworld. But when she opened her eyes again, she didn’t find herself in the underworld. Instead, she ha 921Reads8.2Score103Shelves
13. 213 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 618Reads8.2Score—Shelves
14. 214 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 4.7kReads9.1Score634Shelves
15. 215 夫 The Day Her Husband Welcomed a Transmigrator into Their Home, She Awakened 夫君迎穿越女进门那日，她觉醒了 Flower Eunuch婲公公Ancient Romance589k WordsCompleted Li Shu lost her mother when she was young and was cherished like a precious jewel by her father and brothers. The emperor and empress also took her into the palace and raised her for several years. Though she was no princess, she was more privileged than even the unfavored princesses. With a beauty unmatched in the Cangyun Kingdom, she was the undisputed darling of heaven, and her life had been smooth sailing. But in the fifth year of her marriage, her husband brought home a frail young woman fr 10.3kReads8.3Score872Shelves

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    I've been looking for a book for a long time, and finally found one I can read.

16. 216 皇 The Empress Is Throwing Her Weight Around in the Harem Again 皇后娘娘她又在后宫作威作福了 No Writing Skills to Speak Of没啥文笔可言Ancient Romance267k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Political Intrigue] What should you do if you discover that you've transmigrated into a book and become the villainous female supporting character? Don't panic. What's the big deal? To protect world peace and the physical and mental well-being of the women in the harem, and to avoid trouble from Qi Guanyongjue, Su Qingzhi decides to create a harmonious romantic environment for the male and female leads. A concubine dares to set her sights on Qi Guanyongjue? Tal 13Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The heroine of this novel is particularly ambitious and very, very beautiful.

17. 217 重 Reborn: I Flirted the Gloomy Regent into a Daze 重生后，阴鸷摄政王被我撩晕了 Heart Yearning for Gardenias心向往栀Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] [Black Lotus Beauty of a Princess and a Ruthless, Brooding Regent] [Two strong leads + sweet flirtation + devotion to one another + revenge on scoundrels] Zhixian was the sharpest blade at the side of the Third Prince of Nanzhao. She removed every obstacle in his path to the throne, only to meet her end on the very day he was named Crown Prince. “Zhixian, if you want someone to blame, blame yourself for knowing too much.” Xuan Yuan Heng wiped the blood from his dag 40.4kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves

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    [Adoration][Adoration][Admiration]

18. 218 江 The Realm as My Betrothal Gift, a Golden Age as Our Matchmaker 江山为聘，盛世为媒 Long Jiu龙玖Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No transmigration or rebirth + pure historical romance, slow pace, gently unfolding] [The heroine is forced to become a concubine early on, so proceed with caution if that bothers you! After marrying, she is the sole favorite, and eventually ascends the throne to rule from behind the curtain!] She is the princess of a fallen kingdom in Nanjiang, born with a pair of gray-blue glassy eyes. She is both righteous and wicked, seeming at once like an immortal and a demon! While still an infant, she w 10.1kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
19. 219 皇 The Empress's Daily Schemes 皇后的心机日常 Smoke Vine烟藤Ancient Romance289k WordsCompleted Meng Yunqian had been empress for two years. Some women constantly vied for the emperor’s favor, hoping to take her place; others bided their time, ready to make one move that would set off a chain reaction and convince the emperor to depose her. The fighting in the harem never stopped. Everyone was just trying to climb higher. Years later, when someone asked Meng Yunqian the secret to holding on to her position as empress, she had to wonder: what secret? Maybe it was just acting like a slacker 300Reads6.7Score—Shelves
20. 220 妖 The Enchanting Demon Minister: Your Majesty, Please Behave 妖臣撩人：皇上请您自重 Fu Yu芙鱼Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Woman disguised as a man] In her previous life, she suffered at the hands of a scumbag, watched her whole family drown in blood, and was literally angered to death. Reborn into this life as the capital's number-one wastrel, she sees all of Chang'an's splendor in a single day. Let the scumbags and shameless women come at her. If she can't make them cry, she loses. Her wicked stepmother and slutty stepsister? They can go find somewhere else to bother people. Fame, fortune, and a crowd of princes 3.3kReads9.0Score419Shelves
21. 221 是 Yes, I Have a System, but I'm Not Trying to Win the Male Lead Over, Okay? 是，我有系统，但没攻略男主啊？ Dawn Breaks over Green Mountains青山日晓Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Youyou grew up following the path most parents would call that of a well-behaved girl. She studied hard and never dated in school. She majored in law, a humanities subject, and after earning her master's degree, joined a law firm as a diligent office worker. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happened. Then, purely by a stroke of luck, she won the lottery and transmigrated into a campus romance novel she had once read to pass the time, becoming the male lead's ordinary classmate. As an NPC wi 18.9kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves
22. 222 顺 With Best Wishes for the Season 【顺颂时宜】 Tianya Qiaomu天涯乔木Modern Romance282k WordsOngoing [Secret Crush + School Life + Coming of Age + Two Top Students] “Chen Shiyi, I know the rain in Jinglin can’t compare to the snow in Wuchuan, but it does snow in Jinglin.” Will you watch the snow with me when it does? “Zhou Song, Jinglin isn’t all rain.” There’s you, too. “Chen Shiyi, why did you lie to me?” Could you turn around and look at me? Could you wait for me? “Zhou Song, I didn’t lie to you. I just never promised you anything.” Your prologue was a faraway place I could nev 11Reads6.9Score—Shelves
23. 223 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 12kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

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    Very good looking highly recommended

24. 224 明 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 192.1kReads9.3Score26.7kShelves
25. 225 宦 The Eunuch’s Favor 宦宠 Tang Ningning糖拧拧Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Weiying, the third young lady of the Jiang family, was renowned for her beauty. To curry favor with the powerful, Old Madam Jiang treated her like a bargaining chip. When the Jiang family was in trouble, she sent Weiying straight to the residence of Feng Yu, the Chief Eunuch of the current dynasty, in exchange for the family’s safety. Feng Yu was famous for his cold-blooded cruelty. Everyone said Jiang Weiying had walked straight into a wolf’s den, and wondered how soon she would be tortur 4.2kReads9.0Score722Shelves

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    I can't stop, it's so beautiful

26. 226 都 Since I've Transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty, Why Not Boldly Choose Kangxi? 都清穿了，不妨大胆点选康熙啊！ Midnight Stars深夜星辰Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On the first day Shi Nanxi transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty, she learns that her elder legitimate sister, Shi Rongyue, is also a transmigrator. Shi Rongyue wants to escape her future as the Crown Princess, so she approaches Nanxi and offers to let her marry the Crown Prince while she marries the Fourth Prince. Anyone who transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty knows the history. The Crown Prince’s later years are miserable. Though the Fourth Prince eventually wins, he is only thirteen now and wil 14.7kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
27. 227 炮 Book Transmigration: The Delicate Cannon-Fodder Supporting Character Is Too Pitiful 炮灰女配她娇软堪怜【穿书】 Spring Waters Stretch a Thousand Miles春水千里Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, delicate little star, adored by everyone, men competing in a battlefield of love] Hua Wu transmigrates! The good news: she’s transmigrated into a historical romance about a Mary Sue heroine adored by everyone. The heroine is born with an irresistible allure, and any man who sleeps with her becomes unable to leave her. She gathers a scheming prince, a bold general, an obsessive imperial tutor, a cold, aloof miracle doctor, a mysterious state preceptor, and many more 7.3kReads8.8Score763Shelves
28. 228 卑 The Lowly Concubine-Born Daughter Turns a Losing Hand into a Winning Finale 卑微庶女一手烂牌打出王炸结局 Yi Mian Chun一眠春Ancient Romance815k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + growing heroine + marriage before love + palace and household intrigue + both leads grow powerful later + transmigrate into a book] Zhao Fangyu transmigrates into a book and lands in a deadly situation from the start: in a wealthy household, she has a fever of 104 degrees, but her mother refuses to let her see a doctor! She thought she’d landed in a living hell where neither parent cared for her, but the great household turns out to be full of hidden talent: T 7.1kReads8.7Score704Shelves
29. 229 鬓 Hairpins and Beauty 鬓花颜 Peach Who Doesn't Slack Off桃子不摸鱼Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Maid + sisters in the inner palace + ensemble-focused story] [The heroine is a native of this world, with no transmigration, rebirth, or hidden identity] After her mother dies of illness, Meng Shu’s father takes a new wife almost at once. She endures years under her stepmother’s hand, but in the end, she cannot escape being sold. A trafficker’s rope drags her away from her homeland and casts her into the fabulously wealthy Tang household. Her exceptiona 37.6kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
30. 230 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 100.6kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves

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    The heroine is so smart. I want to learn from her speaking skills, work ability, and good looks.

31. 231 惹 Entangled in Splendor 惹风华 Laughing Wildly笑轻狂Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, Bewitching Splendor, has premiered on Hongguo, starring Hou Chengyue and Li Ruoxun. She and Lu Fengjin had been childhood sweethearts, the perfect couple in everyone's eyes. To support him, she planned every move and left no stone unturned, clearing every obstacle from his path until he became Dongling's one and only God of War. She thought that lovers would eventually be together, but one day, an unremarkable-looking young woman entered his life. At first, he s 1.2kReads8.8Score361Shelves
32. 232 侯 The Marquis's Beloved: Raising a Wife for Two Hundred Years 侯府团宠：娇养夫人两百岁 The Xiang River Flows Far湘水迢迢Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Yu Susu, the ancestor of the Yu family, never imagined that two hundred years later her clan would be helpless fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others! Reborn in the frail body of a legitimate daughter, she swears to straighten out her family’s backbone! “My lord, I’m feeling dizzy. Come cuddle me...” Her scheming husband turns out to be the chosen one. Just being near him lets her absorb his fortune, soothing her soul. Who knew there could be such a wonderful thing?! “My wife is frail, —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 233 两 Two Lives of Joy: The Duke's Legitimate Daughter Is Truly Unrestrained 两世欢：公府嫡女她是真的狂 Dancing Sunflower跳舞的向日葵Ancient Romance667k WordsCompleted (Rebirth power fantasy + married across two lifetimes + palace and household intrigue + political machinations) Ye Liujin once thought she was the happiest young lady in Shengjing. Her aunt was just one step away from becoming empress. Her elder brother was the illustrious Duke of Shanguo, commanding an army of two hundred thousand, while her elder sister was a brave and battle-hardened warrior admired by all, both in court and beyond. She herself had been betrothed in infancy to the Third Princ 26kReads9.0Score11.2kShelves
34. 234 穿 The Book Transmigrator Tears into the Reborn Woman, Even Ripping Out Her Hair Ornaments 穿书女手撕重生女，头花都扯掉了 Camellias and Wine茶花与酒Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted (Don’t worry about the rating. New books have few readers at first, but it will rise.) [A transmigrated woman takes on a reborn woman] [Fictional ancient setting, no need to nitpick] Gu Qingli transmigrated into a satisfying revenge novel about a woman reborn. She wasn’t the heroine, but the wicked supporting character who had killed her, and the first person the heroine would take revenge on after being reborn. Gu Qingli herself had been born into a political family. She was gentle, quiet, an 18.7kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    This book is highly recommended

35. 235 撕 Tear Apart the Harem! Win Favor! She's a Lunatic, Who Dares Cross Her? 撕后宫！得恩宠！她是疯批谁敢惹 Cats Are Extra Sweet猫猫特别甜Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue Only + Concubine-born Daughter + Reborn + Revenge + Everyone Is Evil + Wish-Fulfillment] [The story begins before the heroine enters the palace] [The emperor favors no one at first, and the heroine doesn’t fall in love] Jiang Shiying had died once. She died in childbirth, after her own elder sister had her killed to keep the baby. Reborn, she had made up her mind: she would enter the palace and get revenge, but she wouldn’t suffer! Not her stepmother or her elder sister, not eve 6.8kReads9.2Score788Shelves
36. 236 就 Now This Is Palace Intrigue! Thirty Heroines Topple the Harem 就这个宫斗爽！30个大女主掀翻后宫 Read a Little Editorial Team读点编辑部Ancient Romance429k WordsCompleted [Palace and Household Intrigue + Anthology Stories + Strong Female Leads + Feel-Good Revenge + Face-Slapping] She waited three years for the general to return from war, only for her husband to come home with a pregnant woman and announce he was taking her as a second wife?! Dream on! I’m the daughter of the richest man in the land. From now on, I’m getting a divorce and building my own career! She was the exalted crown princess, yet on the very day she gave birth, the crown prince and her mother 453Reads8.5Score—Shelves
37. 237 强 Forced into a Bridal Sedan to Bring Good Fortune, the Lovely Physician Consort Has Twins 强塞花轿冲喜，娇娇医妃一胎两宝 One Backhanded Slipper反手就是一拖鞋Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) Divine healer + space + strong heroine power fantasy + marriage before love + master of secret identities (no miserable angst, the heroine fights back) Ye Zi, a ghost doctor and special agent from the 23rd century, transmigrates! The moment she opens her eyes, she is being married off to bring good fortune to Ning Hansha, a crippled war god. On their wedding night, Ye Zi uses her miraculous medical skills to save her husband, only to accidentally break the bed! The world says she is 4kReads9.2Score610Shelves
38. 238 卿 My Beloved, Through Every Dawn and Dusk 卿是朝朝暮暮 Sugar-Roasted Little Deer糖炒小鹿Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted Shen Yunshu studied archaeology and had been working for just two years. She loved history, and her favorite dynasty was the Rong Dynasty. A few days ago, she had read an unofficial history of the Rong Dynasty's royal family. Little did she expect that after falling asleep, she would wake up in the Rong Dynasty, sent there by the heavens, as Shen Yunshu, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family of Prince Zhenbei's residence. She had transmigrated to her favorite dynasty and become a descendant 41.6kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves
39. 239 美 A Beauty Like Wine, Sweet Yet Poisonous 美人似酒亦似毒 Yu Jiudeng虞九灯Ancient Romance444k WordsCompleted Everyone knows that Prince Ding of Beiming, a man who avoids women, fell for a delicate beauty and spoiled her beyond measure, granting her every wish. The beauty was like both wine and poison. On the eve of their wedding, she dropped her disguise, stole the battle formation plans of the Xiao family army, and made a clean getaway. All of Xiao Ciyuan’s heartfelt devotion became a joke. . Wen Yuyan, daughter of the great general who protects Xichu, burst onto the scene. Brilliant and gifted, with 1.8kReads9.3Score208Shelves
40. 240 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 16.1kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
41. 241 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 148.2kReads9.6Score20.9kShelves

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    They are all amazing [licking the screen]

42. 242 帝 The Emperor’s Scheme 帝心谋 Brown Sugar Rice Balls红糖圆子Ancient Romance191k WordsCompleted (Not a pure couple; sweet romance and palace intrigue, with him devoted to her alone later on) Jiang Lingge is the illegitimate daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue. Her mother died when she was young, and she grew up being bullied by her legal mother and elder sister. Born into such circumstances, Jiang Lingge learned how to hide her true self. She was always searching for a way out, a way to escape her legal mother. Her chance came soon enough. The emperor was selecting consorts, and the p 682Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    You can try it, it looks great!

43. 243 娘 The Empress Holds the Phoenix Seal and Rules the Six Palaces 娘娘掌凤印，宠六宫 Fantasy-Loving Kitty爱幻想的喵喵Ancient Romance426k WordsCompleted [Alternate historical setting + traditional historical romance + palace intrigue + cherished heroine + exclusive devotion in the later story] Note: The male lead has other women besides the heroine in the early story. Born with the destiny of a phoenix, she must become empress. Huo Junning has always known that she was brought into the palace because the emperor and his ministers feared that her father and brothers had become too powerful, so they summoned her to the palace as a consort. In real 396Reads6.0Score—Shelves
44. 244 娇 The Bewitching Consort Rises to Power, Face-Slapping the Scheming, Cold Emperor 娇媚娘娘狂上位，打脸勾心清冷帝 Treading Spring Afar踏春遥Ancient Romance403k WordsOngoing [Palace intrigue, transmigration, a clear-eyed heroine who uses schemes and acting skills to rise to the top, palace intrigue in the early stages, then becoming the emperor's only favorite, happy ending] [A glamorous star with a thousand-layered bag of tricks and countless ways to seduce; a slow-to-warm, aloof emperor gradually gets proven wrong, and an old flame turns him into a lovesick fool] Everyone in the palace knew that Emperor Zhaoming, with his immortal bearing and few desires, treated 13Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 245 贵 The Consort Is Ravishing, and the Emperor Can’t Stop Spoiling Her 贵妃美艳动人，皇上宠不停 Yan Haixing燕海行Ancient Romance200k WordsCompleted In the third year of Chen'an, the Shu family's legitimate daughter entered the palace. Once you pass through the palace gates, you enter a sea of unfathomable depths, where true love is no more. Shu Yao had been beautiful since childhood, her bright eyes sparkling as they turned, leaving countless men in the capital utterly captivated. Her entry into the palace broke countless men's hearts. Shu Yao had been groomed for this since childhood, with a clear goal: the emperor's favor and her family's 600Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 陛 Your Majesty, That's Enough! 陛下请适可而止吧！ Ya Fei Li Ou亚菲莉欧Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted A birthday banquet for the Empress Dowager. A cup of wine meant for lovers, drunk by mistake. When the emperor dragged Lu Zhixue into a private room, she thought it was a disaster that had come out of nowhere. Beneath his dragon robes, his fingertips burned. His kiss was poison, and he branded her neck with a mark of humiliation. “Since you’re my concubine, helping me sober up is your duty.” She hurt so badly that she clawed his back raw, her tears soaking the brocade quilt. Little did she kn 1.9kReads8.6Score196Shelves
47. 247 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 15.1kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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    There must be them

48. 248 谢 No One Knows the Xie Family Has a Talented Daughter 谢家有个才女都不知 Xiao Junzi萧君子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Mutual exclusivity, equally matched leads, playing the pig to eat the tiger, a scheming heroine, pure historical romance. The cold, calculating Third Master VS the scheming, talented beauty The Xie family had many sons but few daughters, so they were willing to take in and adopt children from distant relatives. Feng Zhuohua was one of them, raised in a courtyard alongside several other adopted daughters. The Xie family of Qinghe was a prosperous clan with a history spanning centuries. For genera 8.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    I can't stop looking so good

49. 249 浮 The Tale of Floating and Sinking 浮沉传 Miss Liangzi凉子姑娘Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Household and palace intrigue + play the pig to eat the tiger + revenge and a comeback] A heroine in the vein of The Story of Minglan, this acclaimed historical domestic-intrigue novel has racked up over ten million plays as an audio drama. For a story that understands reason and human nature, read The Tale of Fushen! Her father shows her no affection, her mother dies a tragic death, her stepmother spoils her rotten, and her half-sister schemes against her. In this treacherous household, watch 8.8kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    The third is the best

50. 250 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 21.2kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves

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