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  1. 1 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Available in print. Search "Zhaohua Rebellion" on any platform to purchase.] [Strong female lead, satisfying revenge, high-IQ palace intrigue, the heroine schemes against the entire harem, a dangerously unhinged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen the world more clearly than anyone else. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was crystal clear: "I en 87.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
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  2. 2 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 36.9kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
  3. 3 Don't Be Weak, Don't Provoke Her: An Angry Palace Maid Can Restore a Fallen Kingdom 别太弱,别招惹,宫女发怒能复国 Ancient Romance748k WordsCompleted [Unusual premise + assassin’s rise + strong heroine + political intrigue + cold and heartless + mildly yandere + cool-headed lunatic + male lead rises from the nth place] * Su Mian was just a palace maid serving a princess. On the day the Southern Yan Kingdom fell, she watched everyone die before her without a flicker of emotion. The princess gave her an even more perilous mission. Until it was done, she had to stay alive. But in a world thrown into chaos, she was sold as a slave and forced to e 25.6kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
  4. 4 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 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 310Reads5.9Score—Shelves
  5. 5 With My Reborn Son's High-Stakes Schemes, Becoming Empress Dowager Is No Dream 重生儿子手段高,晋升太后不是梦 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional Imperial Harem Drama + No Romance + Giving Birth and Raising Kids + My Son Must Be Crown Prince + Ambitious + Clear-Eyed] Content warning: The romance isn’t mutually exclusive, she doesn’t love the male lead, and there are painful, heartbreaking parts. The male lead is a scumbag emperor. Song Yuyan was hooked on a palace-harem management game. She never expected to open her eyes and find she had transmigrated to ancient times. After keeping a low profile for three years, she entered t 3.6kReads9.3Score427Shelves
  6. 6 Transmigrated as the Loser of the Harem, the Empress Goes on a Rampage 穿成宫斗输家,皇后娘娘她杀疯了 Ancient Romance177k WordsCompleted [No romance + strong female lead + revenge + face-slapping + taking down scum] Ma Wanqing has transmigrated into the empress of a kingdom. But before she can enjoy the glory of being empress, she discovers that she has become the loser of the harem: an empress whose mother died early, whose son died young, and whom the emperor doesn’t love. “So what if you’re the empress? You’re nothing but a target the emperor set up for me.” When her younger half-sister, the Noble Consort, comes to provoke her 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. 7 The Empress Is on a Rampage: 15 Top-Tier Palace Intrigue Stories 娘娘她杀疯了:15个顶级宫斗故事 Ancient Romance294k WordsCompleted [Historical romance + strong female lead + reborn + palace intrigue + court politics + tragic romance] She was Consort Hua, who lost the palace struggle and died by banging her head against a wall in the Cold Palace. After dying with regrets, she was reborn before her clan's downfall. Now that she knows how all the palace intrigues will end, can she defeat Zhen Huan and have the last laugh…? She was Yang Guifei, the woman blamed for bringing ruin to the country. Everyone knows she lived in luxur 3.1kReads9.1Score105Shelves
  8. 8 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 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 330Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  9. 9 What Kind of Concubine Bears Four Sons and a Daughter, Then Becomes a Noble Consort? 谁家通房生四儿一女,还当贵妃啊 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted only to each other + One-on-one romance + Many children + Sweet romance + Inner- and imperial-palace intrigue] In the fortieth year of the Xihe era, Lüqing became a concubine-in-waiting to Prince Jin. She knew full well that she had to earn Prince Jin's favor and give birth to a child as soon as possible if she wanted to secure her place in the prince's household. For eight years, she contended with the other women in the inner court, using every means at her disposal to 26.8kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
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  10. 10 The Feisty Consort Climbs to Power Through Palace Intrigue, Everyone Else Back Off 拽妃宫斗上位,闲杂人等退退退 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is out now. Search for it on Fanqie to watch. [Palace Intrigue Power Fantasy + Not a Clean Romance + Being the Emperor’s Mother Is Better Than Being His Consort] Every woman in the harem hopes to win Emperor Jingrong’s favor, but Yuan Yuntang sees the emperor only as a tool for having children. Women in ancient times had to marry sooner or later anyway, so she might as well marry the most powerful man of all. After all, Emperor Jingrong has a great figure, a handsome face, and a 16.6kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
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  11. 11 So What If You’re Reborn? 纵你重生又如何 Ancient Romance169k WordsCompleted [The main story is complete] [Two powerful leads + no point in being reborn as a concubine’s daughter + face-slapping and punishing scoundrels + the male lead has a secret crush] [A cool, composed beauty with overwhelming combat prowess vs. a mysterious, bewitching prince] [One-on-one romance + happy ending + single and chaste] Her mother was the most favored legitimate princess, her uncle was the reigning emperor, her maternal grandmother was empress dowager of the realm, and her older brother 2.4kReads8.9Score309Shelves
  12. 12 The Princess’s Tactics Are Impeccable, but Her Little Slave Can’t Handle Her Flirting 长公主手段高,小奴隶他不经撩 Ancient Romance322k WordsCompleted [Master-servant romance + slight yandere elements + reborn revenge against scumbags + sweet romance + heroine spoils hero. A story about a princess who builds her power and takes revenge while doting on her little slave, then goes on to become emperor.] [Unhinged, dark princess vs. sweet, loyal puppy-like little slave] In her previous life, Gu Xun trusted the wrong people and watched her country fall and her family perish. Reborn, Gu Xun vows to protect her homeland and make the so-called destin 4kReads9.4Score467Shelves
  13. 13 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
  14. 14 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 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 18.6kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
  15. 15 The Divine Doctor's Daughter 神医嫡女 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 27kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
  16. 16 The Divine Doctor and Poison Princess 神医毒妃 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 14.6kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
  17. 17 The Night I Left the Palace, the Mad Emperor Took Me by Force 出宫当晚,被疯批帝王强取豪夺 Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, delicate palace maid vs. cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is chaste + powerful male lead, weak female lead, and he’s completely unhinged + possessive love + a long road to winning her back] Yue Ling was a vain little palace maid. Hoping to enjoy a life of luxury and wealth, she seduced the emperor and worked tirelessly to win his favor, but still met a tragic end. After being reborn, Yue Ling saw things clearly. Rather than tread on thin ice in the de 25.8kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
  18. 18 After Kissing the Tyrant, the Softhearted Good-for-Nothing Breaks Down in Tears 强吻偏执暴君后,娇软废柴哭唧唧 Ancient Romance347k WordsCompleted [An early work by the author: old-fashioned and cloying, with painfully slow pacing, a useless little-white-flower heroine, and enough cringe to make your toes curl. It’s all artificial sweetness. I have no idea how it got a rating of 9. Don’t bother reading it.] [If you haven’t read enough of this stuff and insist on giving it a try, there’s nothing I can do.] 1.4kReads9.3Score107Shelves
  19. 19 Your Highness, the Princess Consort Is Harder to Hold Down Than a New Year's Pig 回禀王爷,王妃比过年的猪还难按 Ancient Romance729k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + mind reading + a touch of the occult + raising a child + shameless antics + devoted couple] A shameless young beauty meets a scheming Regent Prince Huo Yue accidentally killed the Heavenly Dao's beloved son, so it punished her by sending her to another world to toughen up. Her cultivation was reduced, and she transmigrated into a new body without even being given an identity. When Huo Yue opened her eyes, she found herself face-to-face with an adorable, big-eyed toddler. The m 332Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  20. 20 My Prince Is Way, Way, Way Too Clingy 我家太子爷太太太黏了 Ancient Romance915k WordsCompleted She married a jealous, flirtatious, clingy puppy of a husband who loves to act cute. Get ready for doting, indulgence, and extra-sweet romance! His puppy-like antics will melt your heart every day. Her husband will spoil her rotten! [Sweet romance + swoony indulgence + puppy-like but wolfish + clingy affection + mutual doting] Bully him, poison him, harm him? Every debt will be repaid in blood! A clingy puppy who's sweet on the outside and dark within, spoiled rotten by his wife and an expert at 1.3kReads8.9Score108Shelves
  21. 21 A Secondary Wife? What a Joke! She Smashes Her Phoenix Crown and Remarries in Glory 平妻?笑话!她砸碎凤冠风光二嫁 Ancient Romance314k WordsCompleted [Complete. The male and female leads are each other’s one and only, body and soul] On the eve of her family’s destruction, Shen Yuzhi hurriedly married and escaped the catastrophe. The day after their wedding, her husband, Jiang Chengyu, led his troops to war. She waited alone for three years, only to learn that he wanted to take her enemy as a concubine. Heartbroken and disillusioned, Shen Yuzhi asked for a divorce. Jiang Chengyu sneered at her. “You didn’t know, did you? The man who touched yo 798Reads9.1Score119Shelves
  22. 22 The Villainous, Unhinged Tyrant Forces Her into a Cage 反派疯批暴君,强制夺她入囚笼 Ancient Romance294k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because the book just started receiving ratings] [Love-struck hero + Possessive to the extreme + Jealous and prone to wild outbursts + Thinks he’s forcing her into love, but they’re actually in love with each other + Sweet romance + System, transmigration, and rebirth] [The System has already chosen the hero? The villain Jun Wuchen believes only this: he can defeat the System, and Mu Qingqing is his destined one.] Mu Qingqing died, and the System extended her life by ten years 600Reads8.4Score110Shelves
  23. 23 Book Transmigration: The Yandere Villain Forced Me to Marry Him, and Now I’m Hooked 穿书:被病娇反派强娶后我真香了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Mind Reading + Salted Fish System + Yandere + Villain + Redemption + 1v1, Both Chaste + Absurd Comedy + Sweet Romance] Transmigrating into the role of the most miserable villain’s concubine, Yun Miaomiao just wants to ditch the bad-luck magnet, latch onto the male lead as soon as possible, and be a salted fish who eats for free and waits to die! Who knew her request for a divorce would be rejected, and that she’d somehow become the crown prince’s consort? Thinking of 580Reads8.9Score102Shelves
  24. 24 I Transmigrated with My Phone and Scroll Douyin in the Emperor's Arms 带手机穿越,我躺皇帝怀里刷抖音 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's first and only + 100% sweet romance + scheming, celibate puppy-like emperor vs. clever, bold older sister] [Ancient and modern worlds connect + transmigrate with her best friend] Qin Wan was once a dazzling heiress. After accidentally transmigrating to an unknown dynasty through an ancient painting, she found herself as an abandoned concubine in the cold palace, only to be summoned by the emperor. Well, to protect her virtue, she cracked the emperor's head open right 4.1kReads9.0Score776Shelves
  25. 25 After She Transmigrated, She Rose to the Pinnacle of Life in the Evil King's Arms 穿越后她在邪王怀里走上人生巅峰 Ancient Romance317k WordsCompleted Both leads are faithful, sweet romance, putting scumbags in their place, no angst! She transmigrates into the body of a young woman in the bloom of youth, only to wake up and learn that the prince she was betrothed to as a child has died in battle. Suddenly, she’s a war widow, and she’s completely baffled! She keeps her composure, and everyone pities her, assuming she’s devastated. Little do they know she’s secretly over the moon: at least now she won’t have to deal with being pressured to marry 10Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. 26 The Possessive Tyrant Is Cold by Day but Wants Kisses at Night 病娇暴君他白天冷冰冰晚上要亲亲 Ancient Romance562k WordsCompleted [Possessive love + strong heroine + everyone's darling + devoted couple + secret identities + reborn + a mutually devoted, powerful couple in a satisfying 1v1 romance] In her previous life, she was deceived and manipulated into calling off her wedding, then died in a terrible fire. Only the violent emperor rushed into the flames to protect her, his eyes bloodshot. He avenged her, held her old clothes, and followed her in death. After being reborn, she kicks aside the scumbag man and the vile wom 1.9kReads9.1Score267Shelves
  27. 27 After I Died, the Lovesick Regent Turned Gray Overnight 我死后,病娇摄政王一夜白头 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Revenge + Obsessive Love] In her previous life, He Zhining, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's household, was set up by her scumbag fiancé and white-lotus younger sister. She watched her entire family be executed, and her personal maid was turned into a human pig. And that man... who loved her to the depths of his soul, went white-haired overnight after she died. He slaughtered an entire city to avenge her, then threw himself from the city wall wi 4kReads8.8Score530Shelves
  28. 28 The Mad Consort Returns: The Sickly, Sinister Prince Is Too Good at Spoiling Her 狂妃归来:病娇邪王太会宠 Ancient Romance402k WordsCompleted [Is there really such a thing as being reborn?] [It was nothing more than a wager] In her previous life, she was controlled by the Ghost Doctor, trusted a scoundrel, and was sent to hell. But because of a hairpin whistle, countless powerful figures from the martial world stormed the imperial palace and avenged her! However, her second brother, far away in the northern border kingdom of Chi, went completely mad. The heaven-blessed, demonic gambling god returned to the martial world and wagered ag 112Reads9.0Score—Shelves
  29. 29 Reborn, I Let the Ninth Prince Spoil Me Wildly 重生后被九王爷宠野了 Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted Su Qing, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Pingyang, was murdered by her stepmother. When she awoke again, she was reborn on the very day she had been killed. This time, she would defy fate and make them pay in blood! But on her path to revenge, she crossed paths with the most powerful official of the age: the Ninth Prince, rumored to be a ruthless, cold-blooded, and sinister tyrant. Before she knew it, she had become the cherished consort he held dearest. One day... “Beloved consort, wh 14Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  30. 30 Reborn from the Flames: The Ninth Prince’s Beloved 浴火重生:九皇叔的心尖宠 Ancient Romance204k WordsCompleted She once thought their childhood love could withstand any test, but the person who hurt her most was still him! Everything she gave up was supposed to earn her a phoenix crown and a life together until old age, but instead she got betrayal and lies that shattered her heart. Heaven couldn't bear to watch and gave her another chance! Reborn with a heart full of hate, she is no longer a little white rabbit for others to toy with. She plays the fool to catch the tiger, kills her enemies with her own 124Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  31. 31 Reborn as the Legitimate Daughter: Ninth Prince, I'm Not Running Away 重生嫡女:九皇子我不逃了 Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted [Synopsis] [Reborn + devoted to each other + powerful hero and heroine + tender protection + alternate history] In her previous life, Mu Qingyan gave her heart to the wrong man. After he had used her, her entire family, along with her maternal relatives, the Shen family, were executed. One hundred and twenty-six people died. Reborn at thirteen, she was still the legitimate daughter of the Mu family, and none of the tragedies had happened yet. The Ninth Prince, Situ Yichen, who had accompanied he 145Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  32. 32 The Reborn Legitimate Daughter: The Poisonous Consort's Daring Comeback 嫡女重生,毒妃飒爆了 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Poison healer + Cathartic revenge] She schemed and plotted with meticulous care, personally placing the man she loved on the throne. In return, her family was destroyed, her entire household was executed, and even her child was cut from her womb! Heaven had eyes: she was reborn and returned to take revenge, tormenting her half-sister and taking on the scumbag! She had stopped believing in love, but the man who had died for her in her previous life kept appearing before her. By day, she 1.8kReads5.2Score1.1kShelves
  33. 33 You Spill the Tea, I’ll Dig for Dirt, and We’ll Strip the Emperor Down to His Drawers 你爆料,我吃瓜,扒光皇帝大裤衩 Ancient Romance539k WordsCompleted [Everyone Can Hear Her Thoughts + Gossip + Ridiculous Antics + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy + If You Don’t Laugh, You Can Hit Me With a Knife!] Bad news: Wei Yuyan has transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder heiress. She has no food, no drink, no clothes, and her tiny underpants have twenty holes in them. Good news: She’s bound to the God System. From the emperor, empress dowager, and princes to ordinary citizens, she can see everyone’s past and future and knows each person’s fate. With nothing 9.4kReads9.3Score974Shelves
  34. 34 You Want Me to Be the Wicked Female Lead? I'll Rewrite the Plot and Become a CEO 让我当恶毒女配?我改剧情当霸总 Ancient Romance647k WordsCompleted [Laugh-Out-Loud Shenanigans + Transmigration into a Book + Plot Rewrites + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] This book is absolutely unhinged (originally titled "I Changed the Plot and Made the Regent Eat You-Know-What". That title was rejected, so it got a new one.) After getting dumped by her domineering CEO boyfriend, Shu Yan happens upon a Supporting Female Character Revenge System. It lets her transmigrate into all kinds of novels and rewrite the plots for the supporting female characters. · 13.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
  35. 35 Imperial Uncle, Your Spitfire Crush Has Been Reborn 皇叔,你暗恋的小辣椒重生了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she fought for her country, only to receive an imperial decree ordering her entire family executed. Reborn, she plans every step carefully and acts without mercy, determined not to let the Jiang family meet the same fate as before. She thinks she'll have to fight alone in this life, but there's always one person she can't shake off. When she wants to kill someone, he does it for her. When she wants to go to the battlefield, he goes with her. When she's ordered to marry, he. 2.3kReads7.1Score431Shelves
  36. 36 Princess Consort, Stop Acting. The Prince Can Hear Your Thoughts 王妃别演了,王爷能听见你的心声 Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [The male lead can hear the female lead's thoughts + the female lead can understand animal speech] [Goofy and lighthearted + absurd comedy + feel-good romance, sickeningly sweet] After transmigrating into a book as a disposable side character, she manages to annoy the villainous Big Boss into fainting from the start. She plans to take advantage of his weakness and finish him off, but the villain hears every one of her thoughts. Later, the villain finally loses patience and demands, “I hear you c 8.9kReads9.2Score965Shelves
  37. 37 I Played the Emperor My Whole Life, and After Being Reborn, He Still Wants the Crown Prince 演了皇上一辈子,重生他还要太子 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original title: Only After His Death Did He Learn That the Empress Did Not Want to Be Buried With Him [The heroine transmigrates, the hero is reborn] As he lay dying, Emperor Tianhe looked back on his eventful life. He had risen from humble beginnings to become the founding emperor, and the world praised his achievements. In his fading consciousness, he saw his virtuous empress, his beautiful consorts, and his weeping children. He felt that his life had been complete. But after he died, his soul 31.7kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
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  38. 38 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼,王府宠妾的内卷日常 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 68.4kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves
  39. 39 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 78.3kReads9.4Score12.8kShelves
  40. 40 The Native Matriarch Makes a Bold Entrance and Takes on Everyone 土著主母霸气侧漏,单挑全场 Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted [A strong heroine at heart + mature adults building their careers] He Fangting was the quintessential noblewoman, with no flaw beyond being despised by her imperial uncle, the emperor. After marrying, she became a capable lady of the house, using her generous dowry to support her husband's family and finally give them a solid foundation. One day, her husband returned from disaster relief with a female physician who had received the emperor's commendation. He Fangting admired the woman and prepar 19.9kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
  41. 41 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊,娘娘写了一百条宫规 Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 41.5kReads9.6Score5.9kShelves
  42. 42 After I Regained My Memories, the Crown Prince Begged Me to Come Back Every Day 恢复记忆后,太子日日求我回头 Ancient Romance484k WordsCompleted Xie Yun transmigrated, but it took her four years of acting like a lovesick puppy before she remembered. Once her memories returned, all she wanted was to make money. As for the Crown Prince? To hell with him! After she stopped being a hopeless romantic, life became a lot more fun. But Zhao Jing wasn’t having it. 4.3kReads8.5Score246Shelves
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  43. 43 The Empress Is Too Beautiful, the Emperor Is Not Worthy 皇后太美,皇上不配 Ancient Romance562k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + both pure] After transmigrating into a book, Jian Xin saved the tyrant and happily volunteered to live in the cold palace. But after only a few lazy days, the tyrant hauled her up and put her to work “Go back to Fengyang Palace and be my empress!” Then she realized something was off. When Consort Bai pulled her close The tyrant wanted to chop off Consort Bai’s hand. When Consort Bai rubbed her face against hers The tyrant wanted to scrub Consort Bai’ 401Reads9.2Score—Shelves
  44. 44 My Empress Is a Carefree Slacker 朕的皇后很闲鱼 Ancient Romance221k WordsCompleted Yue Youyou stayed up too late and suddenly died, only to have her soul transmigrate into the Great Yin Dynasty as Yue Youxian, the emperor's lovesick queen. Maid: “Your Majesty, are you going to the imperial gardens to bump into His Majesty today?” Yue Youxian, holding a chicken leg in one hand and a duck neck in the other: “No. I'll leave that sort of thing to the other ladies of the harem. I have no interest.” Maid: “…” The empress dowager looked at her belly. “My dear, do you understand?” “D 638Reads9.0Score100Shelves
  45. 45 I’m Sweet and Well-Behaved, So Why Am I the Harem’s Only Favorite? 我又乖又美,独宠后宫怎么了? Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Harem + No Angst] A lively, stunning beauty + a devastatingly handsome, love-struck good emperor. (He’s love-struck but knows right from wrong) (No cutthroat palace intrigue) (Not a devoted couple) (Fast-paced) (Heroine’s halo) Ji Wanqing transmigrates into the harem of the Emperor of Yan and becomes a low-ranking concubine. The moment she arrives, the arrogant Consort slaps her. The Consort is bad enough, and the Empress is no better, using her to stoke the Consort’s anger. Wit 4.1kReads9.2Score447Shelves
  46. 46 The Empress Is So Beautiful, Your Majesty, Please Stop Clinging to Me! 皇后太美,皇上求你别再粘着我了 Ancient Romance269k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, a mad emperor and the most beautiful woman under heaven, both untouched, he pursues her, sweet romance] Chu Shuiyao enters the entertainment industry on the strength of her looks. She’s a new actress with a bright future, but after buying a special jade pendant, strange things start happening one after another. She actually encounters a “ghost” from ancient times, and he’s especially imposing and handsome. At first she’s terrified, but gradually she gets used to accepting his ap 938Reads8.8Score109Shelves
  47. 47 Mad Empress: I’ll Be the Harem’s Number One White Lotus 疯批皇后,争做后宫第一白莲花 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a fictional setting + highly intelligent heroine in palace intrigue + face-slapping + a volatile, multifaceted personality + not a clean romance] Lin Junxue transmigrated to the Xie Dynasty, an era that had never existed in history, and ended up as an unloved empress who had no idea how she died. She’d thought she was a powerless, unloved empress, but it turned out the original owner’s father was a first-rank military marquis, a loyal servant of the court for three generatio 24kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
  48. 48 The Little Nun Returns to Secular Life and Marries, Leaving the Entire Court of Nobles Regretting It 小尼姑还俗嫁人,满朝权贵悔疯了 Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted [Courtly and household intrigue + Villainess + Everyone pays the price + Coercive possession + Unhinged + Corruption + Male rivalry + Devoted to one another] Shen Tanxi was the vicious supporting character in The Cold-Hearted Emperor's Sweet, Adored Consort. She fawned over the male lead, Lu Yan, all the way to the finale, only to be abandoned by him and despised by everyone. Still, she refused to give up. Even in death, she had to take down the villainous boss, Lu Xuan, to eliminate any future 1.4kReads8.6Score140Shelves
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  49. 49 The Pride of a Military Family: Reborn with My Wacky Ancestors 将门天骄:带着逗比老祖宗们重生 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Historical setting + lighthearted comedy + strong heroine + coming-of-age female lead + ensemble cast + political intrigue + defending the homeland] Chu Tianjiao was the eldest legitimate daughter of a military family. In her previous life, she devoted herself to fighting for her country, but after her death, her soul was imprisoned in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, unable to pass on. She spent her days chatting, joking, and shooting the breeze with a group of imperial ancestors, enjoying what 9.1kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
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  50. 50 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚,一路宫斗上位 Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 56.9kReads9.5Score7.1kShelves
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