Any Palace Intrigue Novels with a Clear-Headed, Powerful Woman Who Wants Power, Not the Male Lead? 有没有宫斗文，女子清醒强大只想要权利，不爱男主

52 皇 The Empress Never Misses a Beat: She Gives Birth to Twins and Becomes the Dowager Empress 皇后稳定发挥，生龙凤双胎当太后 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S 19.9kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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I have come across two books that I really like in the past two days. They are worth reading!

54 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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This heroine is powerful

55 夫 My Husband Doesn’t Like Me? Does That Stop Me from Becoming the Mistress of the House? 夫君不喜我？耽误我做主母吗 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 55.5kReads9.0Score7.4kShelves

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Although this book is not a palace fight but a house fight, it meets the requirements very well. The heroine is purely engaged in career and has no one she likes! It's really cool to have the power in your own hands in the Hou's Mansion, and to be able to control the wind and rain in the Hou's Mansion!

58 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 41.7kReads9.3Score6.9kShelves

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A serious palace fighting story, without any system, the hostess is sober, has no love brain, and can't put it down.

59 后 The Harem: Empresses in the Palace 后宫·甄嬛传 Liu Lianzi流潋紫Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Exclusive Consort Hua bonus chapter now available!] The original novel of the TV series Empresses in the Palace She enters the palace and wins the emperor’s favor, but every step is fraught with danger. The palace is deep as an ocean, and though Zhen Huan has no wish to enter and become the emperor’s consort, fate pushes her into the cruelest of harems. The women in the palace are as radiant as flowers, with lovely brows and eyes, yet every one of them conceals her own schemes and plots agains 14.3kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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In a classic palace battle novel, the heroine Zhen Huan goes from innocence to gradual awakening, and finally becomes the master of the harem. She is careful and scheming at every step, and love is just a tool on her way to power.

60 惊 What! After the Marriage Swap, I Somehow Secured the Empress's Throne 惊！换亲后，我竟坐稳皇后宝座 Northern Star, No Wounds in the Snow北辰无殇雪Ancient Romance470k WordsCompleted [Switched Marriage Showdown + Palace Intrigue and Rise to Power + Clear-Headed Heroine + Transmigrated Supporting Character] When Shen Youwei tried to push the palace selection onto her, Shen Nianxi knew her elder sister had been reborn too. In her previous life, she married Chu Zhou, the son of a fifth-rank military officer, while her elder sister coveted the wealth and power of the imperial palace and entered the selection. Everyone said her sister would rise steadily through the ranks and win 194Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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Reversal of power × Jedi comeback [lick screen] [lick screen] See how the Black Lotus heroine counterattacked from an abandoned wife to a millionaire [exploration] [exploration] [exploration] Confrontation between emperors and empresses: The cold and cold emperor tested every step of the way, and she exchanged sincerity for power. When he bowed his head and said, "You must be the queen." She chuckled: "Your Majesty, what I want is to share the world with you." Anti-conventional heroine: She refuses to fall in love, the heroine is ruthless but keeps the bottom line, the plot lines are intertwined, and her IQ is on the line throughout. The ultimate sense of contrast: from being abandoned like a pair of worn-out shoes to being bowed down by thousands of people, being slapped in the face and being tortured is so satisfying, the palace fight and the house fight go hand in hand [Cool] [Cool] [Cool]

61 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 7.3kReads9.2Score893Shelves

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This book [has been planted] [has been planted]

62 替 The Substitute Bride Princess Is Fighting for Her Life Every Day 替嫁公主每天都在保命 White Jade Capital白玉京Ancient Romance109k WordsCompleted [A clever and perceptive princess of Qi versus a shrewd, bloodthirsty ruler of an enemy state] I was a princess destined to be cannon fodder, sent to marry the ruler of an enemy state in place of my beloved younger sister. Who could have guessed that just after the marriage delegation left the borders of Great Zhou, we would be attacked by bandits? And those bandits had been sent by my own husband to kill me. Help! On the very first day of my marriage, my husband discovered I was an impostor. Th 56Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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The heroine is sober and calm, thinking that she has fallen in love with the hero and will live happily with him, but the heroine is holding back, falling in love and killing each other with the hero, and finally seizes power. Although she is the final winner, who knows how much she paid [crazy]

63 穿 I Transmigrated as Pang Ju, and I'm Determined to Become a Master of Keeping Everyone Happy! 穿越胖橘，我立志成为端水大师！ The Weasel Sitting in the Temple Hall黄皮子坐庙堂Female-Channel Fanfiction486k WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration + no System + laid-back daily life + comedy + no palace intrigue] Ye Xing woke up one day to find he had transmigrated into the body of the “Fat Tangerine” Emperor from Empresses in the Palace, turning from a single man in his twenties into a greasy, middle-aged man of forty-five. Horrified, Ye Xing could only slowly accept reality. He had just started feeling pleased about becoming emperor when he still had no idea what was about to happen. The schemes in the imperial harem 965Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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I think it looks good [laughs][laughs][laughs]

67 快 Quick Transmigration: The Obsession Purifier 快穿之执念净化师 Golden Thread Jujube金丝小枣Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration + no romance pairing + traveling to different worlds to dispel lingering obsessions) Naihe has no idea who she is or where she came from. When Meng Po No. 3 pulled her out of the River of Forgetfulness, the judge's office searched through the Book of Life and Death from cover to cover, but couldn't find a single record of her. Her favorite thing to do is listen to ghosts teach and tell stories. From emperors of bygone eras to peddlers and laborers, she takes in all kinds of 8.3kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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- "Quick Travel: The Obsession Purification Mage" is such a good-looking book, why is the rating so low? I just read the second story. It is very good-looking and very enjoyable. The characters in it are not NPCs, they are completely intellectual. The writing is also good. I like the heroine's character and I don't suffer from it, which makes me feel very comfortable. Strong female, no censorship, no procrastination in the story, no nonsense. Every story ends neatly. Although I feel like there could be something added at the end, I feel like it's better to end it here. I've read too many long stories and I'm a bit tired of them. Especially serialized ones, if you want to save a lot at the end, it's easy to forget. This is the most suitable.

78 这 This Noble Consort Doesn't Do Overtime 这个贵妃不太卷 Butterflies Dance into Tragedy蝶舞成殇Ancient Romance535k WordsCompleted Qin Yan was sent to the Eastern Palace by imperial decree and became Shen Jingchuan’s secondary consort. Everyone in the palace was an expert at scheming. To survive, they all relied on familiar tactics like acting coy and warning the servants. Two years later, Shen Jingchuan ascended the throne and bestowed on Qin Yan the rank of Consort, second grade, with the title Rong. At Jingyang Palace, Qin Yan reclined on a chaise longue, her brows slightly furrowed as she complained, “Your Majesty is fa 1kReads6.4Score100Shelves

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The heroine is super sober

79 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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The heroine is sober and has a plan