Looking for Palace Intrigue Novels, But No Brain-Dead Characters 求宫斗文，不要没有脑子的

51 男 The Male-Oriented Novel's Emperor Is So Heartless? But I'm His White Moonlight 男频帝王太无情？可我是他白月光 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, revenge, scheming, stunning heroine, seductive mastermind] The short drama His Heart on a String is now streaming! Shen Yuling transmigrated into a romance novel as its heroine. Unfortunately, she was a heroine whose luck had been stolen by a woman who transmigrated into the story. She would die in a fire, taking her unborn child with her, while her entire family would be wiped out. It was a fate the original heroine had failed to change, even after being reborn twice 19.2kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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A counselor who enters the situation with his own body can defeat half of the emperor. The heroine is really smart, brave, and resourceful. A woman's chastity is never under her skirt, and her beauty is just a convenient weapon used by the heroine. In order to achieve her goal, she is willing to give anything. I admire her courage, her courage, and her desperation.

52 将 The Female Marquis of a Military Family 将门女侯爷 Zhang Pengmai张芃麦Ancient Romance980k WordsCompleted A heroine takes up arms to bring peace to the land. [Strong heroine + woman disguised as a man + childhood friends + devoted to her brother + political intrigue] “Can’t you give up, even for me?” “...Once I’ve made up my mind, there’s no changing it. Not even you can stop me.” At sixteen, she was the capital’s most notorious young rake, a disgrace to a family of veteran generals; At eighteen, she won the Fengwu Tournament and joined the Imperial Guards; At nineteen, she was transferred to the Co 106Reads—Score—Shelves

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In the early period, women disguised themselves as men to support their families, in the middle period, they entered the imperial court to fight against rebellion, and in the later period, they entered the palace as women to seize power. The former emperor stood in the way and was killed. The emperor stood in the way and was killed. The prince was unworthy of being an emperor and was deposed.

53 娇 So Pure and Innocent as a White Lotus, How Could She Be Scheming to Seduce Him? 娇娇纯净似白莲，怎会心机引诱？ Melon Egg瓜蛋Ancient Romance536k WordsCompleted [A femme fatale schemes for power, leading the hero step by step into ruin.] Jiang Yueyao is ruthless and destined to become empress. She first meets the emperor at a palace banquet. She is the most favored concubine of a minister, and after a palace consort publicly humiliates her, she drops to her knees and pleads for mercy, looking heartbreakingly beautiful beneath the dazzling palace lanterns. She meets the emperor for the second time in the study at her residence. Frantically fleeing her hu 4.5kReads9.0Score472Shelves

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The heroines in these two books are very scheming, resourceful, and very sober.

58 疯 She's Gone Mad! The Day She Transmigrated, the Sickly Young Lord Vowed to Give Himself to Her! 疯了!穿越当天，病娇世子爷他要以身相许! Han Mianmian韩绵绵Ancient Romance868k WordsCompleted Original title: After the Heir’s Consort Turns Dark, All the Gods Fall at Her Feet [Transmigration + two scheming minds locked in a battle of wits + obsession + political intrigue + bickering couple] Yun Jincheng transmigrates and, the moment she opens her eyes, strips the sickly heir of his clothes and stumbles upon a secret he has kept hidden for years. Rumor has it that the heir of the Prince of Zhennan, who has been frail for years and gasps for breath after just a few steps, isn’t sick at a 3.1kReads9.3Score567Shelves

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In the first book, strong men and women work together, the female protagonist is straightforward and the male protagonist pretends to be sick and grows up in secret. In the second book, the male and female protagonists' cases are interspersed with emotions, and the two people's strengths are revealed through case analysis, and the clues are revealed and worth watching.

61 快 Quick Transmigration: She Is the Great Villain 快穿：她是大反派 A Cat in September九月一只猫Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted (A true villain who will never be redeemed. If that's not for you, don't read.) Luo Xi is the only god in the Nine Heavens. Though a god, she is consumed by bloodlust and has slain countless immortals and demons. The Immortal Realm and Demon Realm appeal to the Heavenly Dao to decide her fate, but even the Heavenly Dao is powerless against her. Yet for the sake of stability among the Three Realms, the Heavenly Dao has no choice but to use all its strength to seize a fragment of Luo Xi's soul and 5.9kReads8.9Score302Shelves

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63 谁 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规 Strawberry Xi草莓汐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 73.6kReads9.6Score10.8kShelves

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The heroine is as meticulous as a hair and considers everything. Just like the title of the book, she has formulated hundreds of palace rules. Life is like acting, and the emperor is also smart

64 娘 The Empress Refuses Love, While the Tyrant Goes Mad and Turns to the Dark Side 娘娘不入爱河，暴君疯批入魔 Huang Dandan黄蛋蛋Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we 29.5kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves

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These three books are among the best among my top Gongdou articles. They are really amazing!!!

67 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 188kReads9.5Score23.2kShelves

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Both of these stories are very good, both are time-travel stories, the first major heroine, the plot is compact, and she ascends to the throne step by step. The second male protagonist travels through time and insists on his opinion. It's a tearful drama.

68 啊 Huh? If Dandelions Can Have Babies, Isn’t That Basically Cheating? 啊？让蒲公英生子，不就开挂嘛 Big Wind Wind Wind Wind大风风风风Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Palace Intrigue and Household Feuds + Qing Dynasty Setting + Slightly Alternate History + Pregnancy and Childbirth + Ancient Times + Multiple Births + Interstellar + Cultivation + Modern] Sheng Huan is a dandelion fairy from the spirit world. To bring her dead elder sister back to life, she bound herself to a System and traveled through countless worlds to complete missions. Because of her unusual true form, whenever she is reborn as a human, her body transforms the origi 39.4kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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Although this is a quick travel story, it is mainly a clear travel series, with a heroine as the protagonist, and it is very beautiful.

69 折 Spring Ripples 折春漪 Chu Diandian初点点Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 231.2kReads9.4Score34.2kShelves

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It's not finished yet. It feels pretty good when I just started to follow it. You can pick it up and watch it slowly. The heroine is reborn. At the beginning, the male and female protagonists are in a relationship that uses each other (neither of them are in love!!!). Looking forward to the second half [Thoughts]

70 娇 The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces the Cold Emperor, and He Falls for Her 娇娇蓄意勾引，清冷帝王沦陷了 Mu Niannian慕年年Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + push and pull + seduction and rising to power + falling deeper at every step + devotion to one woman in the later story Loving her and knowing it + a man in power bowing his head for love * The short drama is out now. Search for “The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces Him, and the Cold Emperor Falls” on Fanqie or Hongguo to watch the full series. * Pei Tingyue transmigrated into a book. She became a disposable consort in The Palace in Power. In the original story, she was simple-m 43.2kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves

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The great heroine Gong Douwen!!! The heroine is really sober!! Know exactly what you want! Gong Dou's brain is also huge!! Highly recommended!!

73 和 After Our Divorce, the Chaste and Crippled Prince Wants to Break the Rules Every Day 和离后，禁欲残王每天都想破戒 Fox Thirteen狐十三Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she gave everything for her family, only to be treated like trash. Reborn, she decisively divorces her blind-eyed, blind-hearted husband and cuts ties with the Chancellor’s residence. She takes on the vile and puts scoundrels in their place, transforming from a discarded wife into a national darling doted on by one powerful figure after another. She leads her loving maternal relatives to ever greater heights. Her brothers and former husbands, who once treated her like trash 1.9kReads9.1Score415Shelves

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Tomato🍅The first book I read!!! It's so cool!!! Brain is online!!! Rebirth!!!

74 我 After I Died, the Beautiful Hostage Jumped from the City Tower 我死后，美人质子他跳了城楼 Jiujiu Qi久久萋Ancient Romance379k WordsCompleted [The writing falls apart, don't read...] [Reborn + doted on by everyone + sweet romance] [Relationship-focused / devoted couple / not much revenge or face-slapping] [Warning: Aside from his good looks and his love for the female lead, the male lead is good for nothing] Only after Jiang Yichi died did she learn that what she'd once believed was fate had been a lie. Everything the scumbag enjoyed had been stolen from that man. She watched that man take revenge for her by personally killing her ene 8.4kReads9.1Score644Shelves

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Very pretty!!! The heroine killed the scumbag right after she was reborn! No procrastination to write a long revenge!!! She loves and begs for the male lead! The opening chapter tells the hero I love you with a kiss! The hero and heroine with a mouth!!!

75 穿 The Daily Life of a Laid-Back Concubine After Transmigrating 穿越之闲鱼妾室的日常 Tian Nanxing Nan天南星南Ancient Romance480k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + household and palace intrigue + no golden finger + devoted love later on] Zhang Xinian transmigrated into the body of a concubine in Prince Jing’s household. Above her was the princess consort, backed by powerful connections and ruthless in her methods. Beside her was a brainless side consort with overwhelming fighting prowess. Below her, a reborn woman and a transmigrated woman were locked in fierce competition. Zhang Xinian trembled with fear. She had no golden finger and did 149.1kReads9.4Score16.8kShelves

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Good-looking, good-looking

82 宠 The Favorite Consort’s Dilemma: So Many Charming Cousins 宠妃难为：表妹如此多娇 Gu Legu古乐古Ancient Romance207k WordsOngoing How do you become a worthy favorite consort? Should you be gentle and virtuous, a flower who knows how to soothe his heart? Or breathtakingly beautiful and talented in every art? Sorry, Shen Linglong is none of those things. All she has is a keen and clever heart, enough to keep the emperor firmly in her grasp. Li Xuanjing was precocious and shrewd. From childhood, he held himself to the standards of a wise ruler. His childhood friend and cousin was foolish and domineering, but she was devot 2.3kReads—Score161Shelves

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Gong Douwen, all members have high IQs

84 父 Father and Son, Both Imperial Consorts 父子妃 Big Hou Online大厚在线Ancient Romance733k WordsCompleted The family of Grand Historian Lan in Chaozhou Prefecture was unjustly executed by the imperial court, forcing the young lady of the Lan family and her younger brother to flee in panic. Along the way, they received help from kindhearted strangers, but also repeatedly encountered criminals who coveted her beauty. In a fishing village, the young lady of the Lan family met the crown prince of Nanyue and was selected to enter the imperial palace. Will she really get to live the life of a crown prince 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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I wanted to live an ordinary life, but who knew it would be a bumpy road.

85 我 My Sweet, Scheming Husband Keeps Losing His Mind 我那又娇又茶的夫君稳定发疯 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 42.6kReads9.4Score5kShelves

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The fried chicken looks good

90 攀 Climbing the Social Ladder 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 188.7kReads9.6Score32.9kShelves

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The writing of these articles is very good, and the heroine's thinking logic is very strong. Highly recommended. The last one will be a little different from the palace battle dramas we usually watch, because the male protagonist only appears later, and there may be a little bit of confusion in it.

93 出 She Tried to Escape the Palace, but the Cruel Tyrant Kept Her Close 出宫失败，被狠戾暴君囚在掌心宠 Jiang Xiaoshi江小十Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the 21.8kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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The heroine is a palace maid and the hero is an emperor. The heroine is ruthless and always sober. She wants to leave the palace. She is a little coercive at first. Later, the hero compromises and makes the heroine an official and lets her out of the palace.

95 媚 Her Alluring Charm Has the Unhinged Regent Wrapped Around Her Finger 媚骨娇娇嘤嘤，疯批摄政王宠宠宠 Tong Yu铜余Ancient Romance291k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, Devoted Couple, One-on-One, Funny and Lighthearted, Secret Identity Later] Yun Luoyu, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue, was beautiful, wealthy, and alluring by nature. She'd planned to spend half her life taking it easy, but on her wedding day, the deranged Prince Regent abducted her by force. From then on, she became the apple of his eye and the delight of his bedchamber. She acted sweet, played cute, pouted, and cracked jokes. She studied alongside the emperor 6.7kReads9.3Score744Shelves

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Go watch it, no need to introduce it, trust me, because I have watched it all

99 公 The Princess Goes on a Killing Spree Every Day! 公主她每天都在嘎嘎乱杀！ 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 42.4kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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In the first book, the heroine has a strategy and finally becomes the emperor. In the second book, the heroine kills people randomly, which is refreshing. The third book has a unique angle and a relaxed style, the heroine pretends to be stupid, but in fact has a lot of eyes. In the fourth book, the heroine is thoughtful, the two supporting characters in the harem are also very interesting, and the male protagonist's time is very clever, leaving the best memories.