Palace Intrigue Heroines With Scheming Minds. No Naive, Sweet Heroines 宫斗女主有心机 不要傻白甜

1. 101 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 27.2kReads9.0Score11.4kShelves

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   This book is really good, Gong Douwen, the heroine's previous life was miserable, and although the hero protected her in the end, he also left behind a dynasty riddled with holes. The female protagonist comes back to life and joins hands with the male protagonist to torture the scumbag. Let's grow old together!

2. 102 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 178.3kReads9.5Score22.4kShelves

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   You must read this book, it's a proper heroine, she has super high quotient, everyone's IQ is online, there is no stupidity or sweetness.

3. 103 退 After the Engagement Was Called Off, the Regent Treated His Wife Like a Queen 退婚后，摄政王宠妻如命 Mu Leng沐冷Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A friendly reminder: This isn’t a nonsensical wish-fulfillment novel, and the heroine isn’t quirky. Readers who might be bothered by that, please think twice before reading.] She thought that growing up together as childhood sweethearts, understanding and supporting each other, would lead to growing old together in happiness. But after waiting three years, what awaited her wasn’t a wedding crown and bridal robes. Instead, he had another woman in his arms. That dashing young man in fine cloth 8.7kReads8.8Score1kShelves
4. 104 京 The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水 Stars Fill My Eyes满眼星宸Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable 75.4kReads9.3Score9.5kShelves

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   Beautiful package! The Holy Mother of God is kind-hearted, soft-hearted and kind-hearted. No, cruelty is the answer!

5. 105 快 Quick Transmigration: The Art of Stealing Hearts 快穿之夺爱心机 Pretty Girl Wants to Get Rich靓女要发财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Scheming beauty + seduction by a green-tea temptress + love-triangle hell + no moral boundaries + non-virgin heroine] Qingtang belongs to a realm beyond the Six Realms, and survives by devouring love and hate. Once she has absorbed the overwhelming resentment, she will fulfill the women’s wishes. 1: Steal the love of the men in an army-compound romance 2: Steal her roommate’s fiancé’s love 3: Steal the love of the arrogant heiress’s older brother 4: Steal the love of the twin heroine’s younger 26.6kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves

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   The heroine has a very thoughtful article on how to travel quickly. Your plot is very interesting and exciting. I highly recommend it! ①: Take away the love of the men in the compound novel ②: Take away the love of the roommate's fiancé ③: Take away the love of the domineering brother ④: Take away the love of the twin heroine's brother and boyfriend ⑤: Take away the love of the cruel and heartless heroine's partner in the apocalypse ⑥: Take away the love of the double-standard heroine's husband and father

6. 106 反 The Villainess Is Reborn: The Supporting Female Lead Refuses to Play Along 反派重生 : 女配她不干了 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Yin Susu opened her eyes and, wow, she had been reborn for the second time. The plot was exactly the same, and so were all the awful problems. She had planned to spend this life eating her fill and waiting to die, just coasting along until the supporting female character reached the end of her life and this whole existence was over. But she still wasn’t willing to accept her fate! If the heroine had a golden finger, then she’d just have to break it. 20.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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   It's hard not to love, the heroine is affectionate and wise

7. 107 侯 The Cousin's Daily Struggle to Survive in the Marquis's Estate 侯府表姑娘生存日常 One Foot of Dye一尺染Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Psychologist Su Jinyi transmigrates to the ancient Liang Dynasty, only to become an orphan who has lost both parents and is left to care for her little brother. At least her family is fabulously wealthy... but someone is actually trying to steal it? As if! To make a good life for herself in ancient times, Su Jinyi reluctantly embarks on a battle of wits within the household! 9.2kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
8. 108 夭 Good Grief! The Madam Is Helping the Grand Secretary Take Another Concubine Again 夭寿！夫人又帮首辅大人纳妾了 Ning Muxi宁慕溪Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a book + Chief Councilor + Cannon fodder + Love after marriage] Yun Wei accidentally transmigrated into a male-oriented harem power fantasy she'd recently been reading, becoming the “wife” in the male lead's “rise to power, get rich, and lose his wife” story. This “wife” was domineering and arrogant, looked down on the male lead, and humiliated him at every turn, thoroughly offending him in every way. When Yun Wei learned that she had just three months left to live, she decid 11.5kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
9. 109 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 22.8kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves

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   The character setting is delicate. The heroine is scheming and not as scheming as White Lotus, but she is Black Lotus and has more scheming than Lotus Root [Thinking][Thinking]

10. 110 被 After Being Sent to the Palace, I Win All the Emperor’s Favor 被献入宫后，我夺尽恩宠 Qin Yao沁摇Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 🌟The drama adaptation, Qin Meiren’s Rise to Power, is now streaming!🌟 [Palace intrigue / not both virgins / devoted love later on. This isn’t a mindless indulgence story. If you’re looking for pure doting after just two or three chapters, you should leave now.] In her previous life, Qin Liuse entered the palace in place of a noble daughter of the Qin family. In the end, she was left with nowhere to call home, forced to watch the man she loved marry someone else. Reborn, she is still the neglect 4.7kReads8.8Score439Shelves
11. 111 岁 Years in the Palace 岁岁宫阙 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance706k WordsCompleted Liu Yuetang was sent to a country estate by her legitimate mother the day she was born. When she came of age, her older half-sister gave up her chance to enter the palace because of a dream, stole her match, and spent the night with her betrothed. Liu Yuetang went along with it and decided to enter the palace to carve out a bright future for herself. Once inside, she kept a low profile, learned the arts of the bedchamber, and mastered the art of playing hard to get, pouting coquettishly, and put 12.2kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
12. 112 谁 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 Autumn Is Long秋很长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 26.8kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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13. 113 人 Life Is a Play, and the Empress Is All About Her Acting Skills 人生如戏，娘娘她纯拼演技 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + witty banter + sweet, delicate beauty + calculated mind games] The leads are not each other’s only partners. If that bothers you, don’t read. Be prepared for suspicion in the early chapters, followed by affection later. The pacing is slow, so proceed with caution if you prefer fast-paced wish-fulfillment stories. As a double award-winning actress and a seasoned star of palace intrigue dramas, how could Shi Yan possibly lose her nerve after transmigrating into the imperial hare 8.4kReads9.3Score876Shelves
14. 114 驸 The Princess's Consort Pays Her Two Hundred Thousand Taels a Month in Pregnancy Allowance 驸马每月给公主二十万两安胎费 A Magnolia Blossom一朵辛夷花Ancient Romance369k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it was just posted. It’ll go up later. [Pure historical romance + one-on-one, devoted couple + happy ending + lighthearted style + no transmigration or rebirth] [A beauty-loving, tearful, wild princess VS a cold, scheming powerful minister] Huo Yu is a sickly princess who could die at any moment. Before she does, she wants to take her brother’s nemesis down with her. But she accidentally discovers that whenever she gets near this man, all her aches and pains disappear. 8.3kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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    The heroine's character is a little funny, but she is very smart and her IQ is online. You won't lose money if you invest in it.

15. 115 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 34.7kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves

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    "Late in the Industry" is a sadomasochism novel in ancient Chinese language. It tells the palace love story between the soft and cute queen who is sober in the world and the affectionate and arrogant emperor. The plot of the novel is deeply touching, with 145,000 likes and countless readers crying for it. The book describes the complex emotional entanglements and palace intrigues between emperors and empresses, including sweet memories and sadistic choices. If you like sadomasochism themes and palace backgrounds, this book will take you on an unforgettable journey of love and is definitely worth reading!

16. 116 恶 The Wicked Supporting Lady Is Doomed to Live as a Widow? Brother-in-Law, I’m Scared 恶毒女配守活寡？夫兄，人家好怕 Ye Buhong叶不鸿Ancient Romance558k WordsCompleted [Elder Brother Steals Younger Brother’s Wife + Deliberate Seduction] (Black-hearted scheming villainess ✖️ abstinent, cold-hearted junior tutor) In her previous life, Pei Jingxu remained a widow for three years for her husband, Rong Xuanzhou, who had died in battle. But then he returned to the capital with Bai Shutong, the widow of his comrade-in-arms, and her two children. The Rong family elders said nothing, only urging Pei to be virtuous and magnanimous. The widow was peerlessly beautiful. No 156.3kReads9.3Score28.9kShelves

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    Just this [admiration] [admiration]

17. 117 芳 The Consort Fang’s Everyday Schemes 芳贵人的微操日常 Greenwood on Spring Mountain青木上春山Female-Channel Fanfiction318k WordsCompleted Noble Lady Fang was an inconspicuous background character in Empresses in the Palace, the previous owner of the Broken Jade Pavilion. Shallow, a standard-issue extra, and unlucky. Until she died in the Cold Palace and was chosen by the System to live her life over again. To be honest, she had always thought of herself as an ordinary little nobody in the imperial harem. The System must have picked her by mistake out of inexperience. But the System said, “Choosing you is the most rigorous and opti 9.4kReads9.2Score810Shelves
18. 118 清 Qing Transmigration: After Raising Yongzheng, She Enjoyed a Lifetime of Glory 清穿：抚养雍正后她一世荣华 Yu Zhiwei予之微Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When she opened her eyes, she had become an utterly ordinary concubine in the Kangxi Emperor’s court. The one unusual thing was that she had a prince as soon as she transmigrated. With no status, no favor, and only a child to rely on, how could she survive in the murderous imperial harem? There is no decisive heroine obsessed with power, nor any sweet romance. This is simply a story about surviving and raising a child, with the goal of becoming a dowager consort and enjoying retirement. But 14.3kReads8.9Score968Shelves
19. 119 东 The Second Concubine of the Eastern Palace 东宫二嫁妾 Lu Shili鹭十里Ancient Romance620k WordsCompleted [A devoted couple + marriage before love + raising a child + healing + happy ending] After two years of marriage, Jiang Nong finally gave birth to a son. Unfortunately, the child wasn't her husband's. Jiang Nong had no idea who the child's father was. After all, her husband was impotent, so they could only use another man's seed... A husband like that was no good. So Jiang Nong gathered her belongings, wrote a divorce letter, exposed the secret her hypocritical husband had hidden for half his l 8kReads9.2Score858Shelves

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    The writing is so good [like] [laugh]

20. 120 再 Love Rekindled: Kidnapped by an Enemy Prince and Spoiled to the Heavens 再尝情：被敌国皇子掳走宠上了天 A Cat, A Dog, and a Glass of Wine一猫一狗一杯酒Ancient Romance737k WordsCompleted “No rebirth or transmigration” “Both leads are virgins” “Happy ending” “Family and country” “Love amid chaos” Full-cast audio narration is now available [A note before you read: This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It takes place in a fictional feudal society modeled on the Southern Song dynasty, where the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues and the belief that a wife should regard her husband as heaven were the accepted moral standards. In powerful families, everyone prospered together and e 4.7kReads9.2Score569Shelves
21. 121 袅 Delicate and Enchanting 袅袅妖娆 Ying Xiang赢香Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [Satisfying power fantasy + seductive troublemaker heroine + face-slapping and tormenting scoundrels + love at first sight based on looks + love grows over time + ten-year age gap] A beautiful, sweet-voiced heroine who plays the fool: a cunning, foxlike, black-lotus beauty. A hero who says one thing and means another: a strict, upright royal uncle who works as a school disciplinarian. Everyone knows Prince Ying, Huo Yin, is handsome and refined, with a face like an immortal's. But he never smile 8.2kReads9.1Score879Shelves
22. 122 想 I Just Want to Slack Off, but Powerful Bigwigs Always Have My Back 想摆烂，奈何总有大佬替我撑腰 Yeye of the Ximu Family西木家的业业Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shao Tiantian, a bona fide young medical genius, transmigrated because of an explosion? Heaven, are you even paying attention? With talent like mine, you transmigrated me into a lowly maid, only for a cruel servant to try to beat me to death again the moment I arrived? Whatever. I’ll make the best of it. If I can live, I’ll live. If I can’t, I’ll just kick the bucket. Time to give up and coast~ 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's very interesting, with two female protagonists.

23. 123 我 After Reaching Max Level in the Wasteland, I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became Empress 我在废土满级后，穿越荒年当女帝 Zhuye竹野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted A satisfying infrastructure-building power fantasy, not a matriarchal-world story. Ruan Xiang, ruler of the largest base in the wasteland, transmigrated into one of the refugees fleeing famine in ancient times. Finding water, irrigating fields, building filtration ponds, making bricks and building kilns, teaching people to read, pressing oil… To survive better, Ruan Xiang gathered every worker she could. Until she discovered that the imperial court was growing weak, the ministers were afraid 12.1kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    These are all female-oriented novels with very smart and capable female protagonists, but they don't have any sweet pet plots. You can also give it a try.

24. 124 谢 Thanks for Asking, I'm in Chang'an and Getting Ready to Start a Rebellion 谢邀，人在长安，正准备造反 A Lamp in the Twilight一灯阑珊Ancient Romance5.9M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + group transmigration + farming and commerce + military service and medicine + self-reliance and perseverance, an uplifting and satisfying story, slow burn, everyday slice of life] A car accident sends three women transmigrating to the unfamiliar Great Wu Dynasty, where they land in a bandit’s den from the start. Zhu Mingyue: “Watch me make a fortune with two deadweights in tow.” Duan Xiaotang: “Watch me bring stability to every corner of the realm with two teammates.” Lin Wanwan 32.2kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
25. 125 农 A Country Girl’s Daily Life of Preparing for the Imperial Exams 农家女的科举日常 Panda Loves Life胖达爱生活Ancient Romance722k WordsOngoing [System + women’s imperial examinations + no disguises as men + transmigration + fictional setting + no romance + farming] In her previous life, Zhuge Yunshu was an orphan with no one to support but herself, and she lived a thoroughly carefree, lazy life. Perhaps Heaven couldn’t stand watching her do nothing, so it dropped something on her from a great height and killed her. Then she was reborn as a baby in an ancient farming family. In this era, where farming is the main way of life, everyone, 848Reads9.0Score100Shelves
26. 126 非 The Abnormal Female Celestial Master 非正常女天师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery5.8M WordsCompleted Everyone says foreigners are superstitious. If they bully you, all you have to do is mutter strange things and wave your hands at them, and you can scare them off. After Wan Sui was set up by her own family and stranded abroad, she faced a gang of thugs. She copied Uncle Jiu from the movies and made a few hand seals. To her surprise, they really did run away in terror. Someone looking for a bit of excitement recorded the scene and posted it back home. Wan Sui became an overnight sensation online 16kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
27. 127 做 The First Thing I Did as a County Magistrate: Feed the Whole County 做女县令第一件事：让全县吃饱饭 Jasmine Milk Tea茉莉牛乳茶Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming + infrastructure development + improving people’s livelihoods + System + a female magistrate’s rise to power] Shen Zheng opens her eyes to find she’s become a newly appointed female magistrate. The county office is so poor that plaster is crumbling off the walls, and the granary is so empty even the mice stay away. Everyone knows that the poorest county in all of Liuyang Prefecture is this very county, Tong’an. Just as she thinks she’ll have to waste three years in Tong’an before retiri 18.4kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
28. 128 开 From the Start: I Kicked the Tyrant Unconscious 开局：我一脚踹晕了暴君 Yun Yi云一Ancient Romance696k WordsCompleted (Mind reading + one-on-one romance) Si Muqiao, who transmigrated here, just wants to lie low and laze around in the cold palace. But the System won’t let her. The System tells her that if she wants to survive, she has to win over His Majesty, or she’ll die immediately. To stay alive, Si Muqiao has no choice but to embark on the difficult path of flattering the tyrant, smiling on the outside while cursing him in her heart. But in reality, the damn tyrant can not only hear her thoughts, he can als 205Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Wow, hahaha, you are who you are, you are who you are [note] [note] [note] It's really funny. The inner drama of the heroine is very, very rich [laughing] The emotional drama between the big tyrant and the heroine is also very interesting. I have read a lot of books and he is the only one who can play games in the heroine's system hehe.

29. 129 清 Qing Transmigration: The Career-Driven Actress Climbs Her Way to Empress Dowager! 清穿：事业咖靠演技卷上太后！ Jing Fulai景福来Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Fourth Prince's household + enjoying the good life without hardship + a System that only provides support, with the heroine in control + slice of life, eventually becoming Empress Dowager] Workplace warrior Song Man transmigrates to the Qing dynasty with a half-broken little System and becomes a concubine in the Fourth Prince’s household, having just lost her daughter. From the start, the servants bully their mistress, and she nearly can’t get a meal. The Fourth Prince has all but forgotten her 31.1kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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    It looks good, and it's already very good in a Qing Dynasty article.

30. 130 崽 My Child! Come to the Palace With Me: You’ll Be Crown Prince, and I’ll Be Empress 崽啊！跟娘进宫，你为太子我为后 Snow on the Fifth Day of the New Year雪至初五Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Palace intrigue + household drama + feisty adorable kid + gleeful mayhem + absurd comedy with no logic + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + devoted couple] Qin Wan transmigrates into the body of a bride in a marquis's household, where nobody likes her. Her husband doesn't love her? Her mother-in-law mistreats her? Her cousin tries to provoke her? No problem. As long as they don't stop her from lazing around, she's fine! But just as she tries to live a quiet life, certain people in 15.2kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
31. 131 笑 Unbelievable! My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, Even the Protagonists Avoid Me 笑死！算命太准，主角躲着我走 Big-Faced Monster's Big Pocket大脸怪的大口袋Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Fang Zhongmiao, the Daoist sect’s greatest prodigy, transmigrates into a world made up of four melodramatic novels and becomes a wicked supporting character who spends over a hundred chapters courting death. Book One: The Amnesiac Marquis and His Lovely Princess Book Two: The True and False Commandery Princesses Book Three: Reborn, I Watch the Chaos with a Smile Book Four: The Divine Physiognomist’s Reversal of Fate The bad news is that she has never read any of the four original novel 10.9kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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    What do you say about these books? The second one is about mind-reading. It's very strong, but it just barely beats out the main character. The other scheming palaces are not silly and sweet. It's quite interesting [exploration][exploration][exploration] Oh, the last one is recommended to you. It's very interesting. Even if you stay up late at night, you should read it [shy][shy]

32. 132 穿 Transmigrated as a Wicked Mother-in-Law, She Only Wants to Win Over the Powerful 穿成恶婆婆，她只想攻略众权臣 Gentle Golden Wind金风细细Ancient Romance840k WordsCompleted [Multiple Male Leads + Ensemble Cast + Not a Strong Female Lead + The Original Leads Are Villains] Xia Weiyi transmigrated into a book and became the eldest granddaughter of the Great Yu dynasty's emperor, the esteemed Princess Pingyang. At twenty-six, she was stunningly beautiful, had children of her own, was widowed and unable to bear more children. Her in-laws were practically invisible, and she could do whatever she pleased throughout the entire Duke's mansion. She was quite satisfied with b 6.8kReads8.7Score816Shelves
33. 133 穿 After Becoming the Duke's Dowager, I Kicked Out Every Ungrateful Child and Grandchild 穿成国公老夫人后我把不孝儿孙全踢了 Li Sanye李三爷Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Qin Yun transmigrates into a book, and from the start, her whole family is being stripped of their possessions and exiled? Looking at this roomful of unfilial descendants, Qin Yun thinks the whole family has brought this on themselves. The eldest son's family is corrupt and lawless, and their servants commit acts of violence, bringing disaster upon the household. The second son's family is weak and hidebound, yet they pride themselves on being upright scholars. They presume to criticize the crow 2.3kReads9.1Score442Shelves

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    What do you say about these books? The second one is mind-reading. It's very strong, but it just barely beats out the main character. The other scheming palaces are not silly and sweet. It's quite interesting. [Explore][Explore][Explore] Oh, the last one is recommended to you. It's very interesting. Even if you stay up late at night, you should read it [Shy][Shy]

34. 134 纨 The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命，重生主母杀疯了 Folded in the Mist折雾里Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they 58.1kReads9.2Score8.2kShelves
35. 135 重 Reborn: The Grand Princess Returns to the Regent’s Embrace 重生归来，长公主转投摄政王怀抱 Su Qianmo苏千陌Ancient Romance277k WordsCompleted [Palace and Household Intrigue + Stunning, Cunning Heroine + Devoted to Each Other + Mind-Reading] [Plot-Driven Early On, with Investigations and Case-Solving; Romance Takes Center Stage Later] Xiao Ruozhao is reborn. In her previous life, she did everything to put her younger brother on the throne: poisoning her Sixth Imperial Uncle, conspiring with court officials, plotting against the Grand Chancellor, scheming against a young general, driving a wedge between pillars of the state, and removin 60Reads8.0Score—Shelves
36. 136 四 The Four-Year-Old Empress Dowager: She Had a House Full of Grandchildren from Day One! 四岁小太后：打小，就儿孙满堂！ Cat Qian Qiu猫千秋Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Short drama of the same name: Four-Year-Old Dowager Empress, Surrounded by Children and Grandchildren Since Birth. Watch on Hongguo or Tomato] [Beloved by all + mind reading + adorable four-year-old raising kids + born at the peak of her life] Yun Shu was made empress the moment she was born. The old emperor was so furious when she was carried into the palace that he died on the spot. When the new emperor ascended the throne, she was made empress dowager at just three days old. The emperor was 9.3kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
37. 137 闺 Three Best Friends Transmigrate Together and Marry Triplets 闺蜜三人齐穿，嫁给三胞胎 Wholeheartedly for the Screen一心为影Ancient Romance393k WordsCompleted After getting drunk at a KTV, three best friends, Liu Wanyun, Guan Xiaoyu, and Zhang Xinyue, accidentally fell into the water on their way home and transmigrated to an unknown ancient era. Wanting to stick together and live as a group, they schemed to marry the three wealthy Shen brothers, becoming sisters-in-law. While sisters-in-law in other families fought until the household was in chaos, these three were as thick as thieves. They challenged their mother-in-law’s authority every day while te 4.1kReads8.8Score520Shelves
38. 138 通 A Secret Concubine’s Good News Brings Blessings to the General’s Mansion 通房有喜，福满将军府 Fishing Around Again Today今天也摸鱼Ancient Romance550k WordsCompleted [Both virgins + one-on-one romance + sweet pampering + lots of children + not a strong female lead + happy ending. Friendly reminder: think carefully before having children; this novel is just for entertainment.] Bei Ci transmigrates. She becomes a little street urchin who nearly starves to death. Luckily, the kind-hearted old madam of the general’s manor buys her for two taels of silver, sparing her the fate of dying the moment she transmigrates. As time passes, she sees through the cruel truth 11.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
39. 139 分 After the Family Split, I Stocked My Warehouse with a System and Drove the Villains Mad 分家后我有系统囤满仓，气疯极品 Wan Sangyu晚桑鱼Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + family drama + System + romance + everyday life] After missing a step on the stairs, Zhou Jiayue transmigrates to a remote mountain village in ancient times, where she becomes a young farmer who has been married for just one month. Her husband’s grandmother is still berating her haughtily: “Now that you’ve married into the Song family, you have to follow our rules. Everything you own belongs to the Song family. If I tell you to hand something over, you hand it over!” Her grandmother-i 6.8kReads8.9Score900Shelves
40. 140 恶 The Wicked Woman Enters the Palace as a Consort: A Little Arrogance Is Only Fair 恶女入宫为妃，跋扈一点很合理吧 Pine Blossom Candy松花糖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 15.2kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
41. 141 权 Power Speaks in Silence 权上无声 Ethereal Fairy霓裳妖妖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 28.7kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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    It's super good-looking, the silent heroine is amazing, she has a super brain, and the other heroines are also super powerful. They don't rely on men, they are their own protagonists. Highly recommended!!!

42. 142 好 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 44.3kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves
43. 143 被 The Tyrant Holds Me by the Waist. So What If I’m Wicked? 被暴君揽腰宠，本宫恶毒又如何？ Bing Xiayun冰夏云Ancient Romance677k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + male lead has had other women, heroine is chaste + doted on exclusively later + heroine is sweet on the outside but dark within, wicked and a good actress, occasionally goes off the rails, happy ending] With skin as pure as ice and bones as fine as jade, her beauty could topple a city, stunning all who saw her… That year, she entered the palace by imperial decree to keep her pregnant elder sister company. She never expected to be trapped there for good, reduced to a fish on he 9.8kReads9.0Score993Shelves

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    The heroine is never merciless and shows no mercy to her enemies. Very beautiful.

44. 144 长 The Eldest Princess Is Stubborn by Nature, and She Handles Both Child-Rearing and Imperial Power 长公主天生犟骨，养娃皇权两不误 Awakening in Another Dimension异次元觉醒Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama adapted from this book, The Princess Is Born Stubborn, Raising Children and Wielding Imperial Power, Is No Problem, is now streaming <(*￣▽￣*)/ [Everyday life raising children in ancient times + a wealthy, powerful princess who can do as she pleases + a wickedly handsome male lead with overwhelming martial prowess + devoted 1v1 romance] Qin Yaoguang transmigrates into a book as the wicked stepmother of five little villains. Ten years later, they will carve her into a human swine 4.3kReads9.1Score777Shelves

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    All the same

45. 145 黑 Reborn in Darkness, She Forces Her Nemesis to Marry Her and Seizes the Empire! 黑化重生，她强娶宿敌，抢江山！ Ethereal Fairy霓裳妖妖Ancient Romance373k WordsCompleted [A long princess who plays a game of open and hidden moves, wielding power over the court, and a charming young husband who hides a dagger behind his smile and lives at the mercy of others] [Female-led + political intrigue + reborn + play the pig to eat the tiger + marriage before love + strong woman, slightly weaker man + no brainless decisions + wish fulfillment + devoted couple + lightly ensemble cast] * “Princess Li Yan is extravagant and debauched, abuses men and bullies the world, and pers 803Reads8.7Score107Shelves
46. 146 上 Are All the Powerful Men in the Capital Dogs? Please, Miss, Be Kind to Me 上京权贵都做狗？求大小姐疼我 Han Anru含安如Ancient Romance297k WordsCompleted [Villainess + dog-training romance + fake heiress + battle royale for male attention + all male leads are virgins + ending undecided] [The heroine has no moral compass. Don’t read if that bothers you.] “Anyone who cannot be of use to me has no reason to exist.” Wen Chuyi knew what she wanted from a very young age. After taking the place of the real heiress and entering the General’s residence, she wanted to eat her fill and stay warm. But even after entering the residence, she was still only a c 245Reads6.7Score—Shelves
47. 147 废 The Crown Prince Is Deposed and Down for the Count, So I'll Make You a Father 废太子躺下，本宫让你喜当爹 Lu Shiqi鹿时七Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted (Villainous cast + revenge power fantasy + scumbag comeuppance) PS: One woman and four men, all with messy romantic pasts. Read at your own risk. Qin Wanqing had spent her whole life as everyone’s unattainable ideal, getting everything she wanted. Then, five years after entering the palace, she was relentlessly plotted against. Her health was ruined, and her beauty withered. The men who swore they loved only her found replacements and set out to break her, leaving her to live in hell. To prove t 239Reads8.7Score—Shelves
48. 148 我 My Mother Is the Emperor’s Moonlight, So What If I’m a Little Vicious? 我娘帝王白月光，我恶毒点怎么了 Lu Ningning鹿柠柠Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted Historical romance + from princess to empress + alternate world + 1v1, both leads sexually inexperienced Qian Ying had a dream: the world she lived in was just a book. In the dream, the Yuan Kingdom fell and a new dynasty rose. Chu Yao, the hostage prince from Chu whom she had once insulted and beaten, overthrew the dynasty and married her younger sister, Yuan Siwei, making her empress. She herself was merely the vicious supporting female character who had bullied the Chu hostage prince since c 8.9kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
49. 149 宜 Yixiu and Nian Shilan Reborn: Allies in Revenge 宜修与年世兰双重生结盟复仇 Strawberry Coconut Is So Delicious草莓椰椰超好吃Female-Channel Fanfiction623k WordsCompleted After Yixiu and Nian Shilan die, they find themselves in a space run by a Grievance-Removal System. It tells them that their grievances are too great for them to be reincarnated, but offers them a chance to be reborn and live their lives over again, taking revenge on those who wronged them and settling their scores to dispel their resentment. What choices will they make when they return to the past? Watch as they bring Zhen Huan down, kill the emperor, put Honghui on the throne, and help Hongyan 7.4kReads8.9Score911Shelves
50. 150 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 14.2kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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    Core value: This masterpiece of ancient Chinese novels takes Zhen Huan's dark path from a beautiful girl to the queen mother as the main line, and brings the classical Machiavellian aesthetics to the extreme. Different from the female competition routine of traditional palace battles, every step of Zhen Huan's calculations coincides with the political situation of the previous dynasty, using poetry as the blade and spices as the poison. It can be called a literary interpretation of the "feudal court survival game theory". Famous scenes of high energy and scheming: The butterfly bureau in Yimei Garden: Zhen Huan borrowed winter butterflies to regain her favor. In fact, she used a greenhouse to cultivate the eggs three months in advance, and even applied aphrodisiac powder on the wings of the butterflies, making the emperor "uncontrollable" from a biological perspective. Dropping blood to test for paternity and killing her: Predicting that the queen would switch to a hydrophilic test, Wen Shichu prepared the alum saturation in advance, and used "nail dipping medicine" to frame Shi Qi's concubine, crushing the dual subjects of psychology + chemistry. Haoyue's ultimate assist: Teach her own daughter to say "Empress Huang pushed Empress Xi" to turn the situation around, using children's "testimony credibility" characteristics to turn the parent-child relationship into a deadly weapon. Depth of character creation: Zhen Huan: A hexagonal warrior who is proficient in incense making (preparing Huanyi incense to counter Hua Fei), psychology (using pure Yuan peripherals to control the emperor's emotions), and management (using both kindness and power to his slaves to establish an intelligence network). Supporting cast portraits: An Lingrong's "Spice PUA Technique", the Queen's "KPI System for Abortion", Shen Meizhuang's "Fake Pregnancy Economics", every woman is a tragic protester under the feudal patriarchy. Reading warning: It involves a lot of Chinese medicine and ancient poetry metaphors (it is recommended to read it with the "Liu Lian Zi Allusion Analysis Post"). It is a 700,000-word novel, with foreshadowing spanning three dynasties (from "The wind is as good as the solution" to "The flower falls and the man dies without knowing it" closed loop is amazing). Dark reality, all BE reflects the survival dilemma of feudal women. Advanced gameplay: It can be read in conjunction with the "Historical Facts of the Nine Sons Seizing the Rightful Sons of the Three Dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong". Zhen Huan's route of using the power of Guojun Wang to check the imperial power and support the fourth prince to ascend to the throne is actually a deep palace mirror projection of the "Nine Kings Seizing Power". The sense of fate in the book that "all prosperity must wither" is more historically desolate than "The Golden Bough".

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