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1. 201 贵 The Noble Consort Is Both Divine and Alluring: The Emperor Is Already Smitten 贵妃又仙又欲：陛下早已沦陷 Clouds Rise to the Ninth Heaven云出九霄Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted [Not a first-love-only pairing; the heroine is no saint; the emperor favors her exclusively in the middle and later stages; fluffy, brainless sweet romance; silly and lighthearted, read with caution] Everyone says that a highborn legitimate daughter who enters the palace is doomed to a bad end, but Pei Jinyan refuses to believe it. Besides, she was once the emperor’s favorite consort in her previous life. She simply ruined a winning hand through her own arrogance and capriciousness. She gave bir 7.9kReads9.2Score842Shelves
2. 202 急 Help! The Mind-Reading Tyrant Insists on Spoiling Me 急！有读心术的暴君非要宠我 Three Two Five三二五Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After she touched the tyrant’s skull, which had been polished into a wine bowl, she unexpectedly transmigrated into the empress who died the most gruesome death in history. Every day, she plotted to kill the tyrant and become empress in her own right, unaware that he could read minds. When the tyrant fell gravely ill, she wept and begged Heaven to let her trade her own years of life for his safety. The tyrant was deeply moved, until he suddenly heard her thoughts: [If he’s so sick, hurry up and 6.8kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
3. 203 可 Damn! Why Is the Crown Princess Surrounded by Suitors Everywhere? 可恶！怎么到处都是长公主的鱼！ What Did I Do Today今天我干嘛了Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Short drama of the same name] [The Princess's World of Flowers] Now streaming [Content warning: The female lead is not exclusive, but all the men are, so read with caution] [Schrodinger's playgirl × a whole lot of men] [Lighthearted, not a serious historical drama] [Original title]: Too Many Men Are Such a Hassle. Who Should I Spoil? Wen Yu transmigrates into the Great Sheng Dynasty as its beautiful, useless, brainless eldest princess. After learning that the original owner drowned by accident 54.2kReads9.5Score7kShelves
4. 204 入 After Entering the Palace, She Becomes His Majesty’s One True Love 入宫后她是陛下的白月光 Yu Jiuzhao御九昭Ancient Romance463k WordsCompleted [Pure Palace Intrigue] [No Saintly Heroine] [The Heroine Schemes Against the Entire Harem] [Political Machinations] [Clear-Headed Careerist] Originally titled "The Empress's Daily Life of Palace Intrigue," retitled "A Consort's Guide to Palace Intrigue" * Shen Yiwan, the illegitimate daughter of the Shen family, became pregnant after entering the palace and was made Virtuous Consort. Somehow, she let her good sense fly out the window and made the decision she would regret most in her life. She s 1.4kReads8.6Score100Shelves

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   The heroine clearly knows what she wants,

5. 205 撕 Tear Apart the Harem! Win Favor! She's a Lunatic, Who Dares Cross Her? 撕后宫！得恩宠！她是疯批谁敢惹 Cats Are Extra Sweet猫猫特别甜Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue Only + Concubine-born Daughter + Reborn + Revenge + Everyone Is Evil + Wish-Fulfillment] [The story begins before the heroine enters the palace] [The emperor favors no one at first, and the heroine doesn’t fall in love] Jiang Shiying had died once. She died in childbirth, after her own elder sister had her killed to keep the baby. Reborn, she had made up her mind: she would enter the palace and get revenge, but she wouldn’t suffer! Not her stepmother or her elder sister, not eve 6.2kReads9.3Score733Shelves
6. 206 帝 The Divine Emperor's Abandoned Consort: The Godly Doctor 帝凰之神医弃妃 A Cai阿彩Ancient Romance5.1M WordsCompleted [New Book Recommendation: The Imperial Physician's Consort] On her wedding day, she awakens in the countryside, dressed in rags. Amid the scorn of the crowd, she steps into the imperial capital, leaving bloody footprints behind... She is an orphan with neither father nor mother, bullied by everyone. He is The Outcast, a ruthless prince second only to the emperor and superior to all others. She is covered in wounds and utterly disheveled. He stands apart from the world, peerless in grace and bear 6.7kReads9.0Score925Shelves

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   1. The emotional lines of the male and female protagonists are intertwined with sweetness and sadness, and the heroine has gradually grown from being abandoned to becoming the most powerful queen in the world. 2. The relationship between the male and female protagonists has evolved from the initial misunderstanding to gradually falling in love with each other. The heroine has gradually grown from a young princess to a powerful queen mother.

7. 207 凤 The Phoenix Reigns Over the World 凤临天下 A Lifetime of Glamour一世风流Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted "She is an invincible, stone-cold mercenary leader, but after transmigrating, she becomes a thirteen-year-old princess consort. He is the Empire's breathtakingly handsome prince, ruthless and cold, a figure whose name inspires awe throughout the land. Their wedding is followed by a pact on Nether Island: half a month together. But it also drags them into a shocking conspiracy. What kind of perilous, mind-bending trap awaits them?" 13.8kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
8. 208 帝 The Emperor's Favorite: Reborn, I Fight My Way Through the Palace to Become Empress 帝心宠，重生娘娘一路宫斗夺后位 Must-Read必看Ancient Romance891k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue only + Not mutually chaste + Clear-headed heroine who pretends to be weak + Devoted hero] In her previous life, after her flesh had been carved away and her eyes gouged out, one man came for her through a river of blood and overthrew the dynasty to avenge her. Reborn, she did everything she could to get by his side. By then, he had become the supreme emperor, while she was just a low-ranking consort. She pretended to be a little white rabbit to avoid the palace’s bloody intrigue 277Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These are all novels about the heroine's sobriety

9. 209 嫡 The Emperor Dotes on the Noble Daughter After She Enters the Palace 嫡女入宫后，皇上宠的无法无天 Falling Ashes坠落的灰Ancient Romance527k WordsCompleted With her father turning a blind eye and her stepmother throwing her weight around, Mu Li is ordered to marry an old prince as a concubine. They tell her this is her fate. Mu Li refuses to believe it. She has never believed in fate… Just then, the imperial household holds its selection of consorts. Daughters of officials of rank eight or above who are of suitable age may participate. Mu Li thinks: Since I’m to be a concubine, why not become the concubine of the most powerful person in the realm? 12.1kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
10. 210 替 After Entering the Palace in Her Sister's Place, the Young Mistress Rises Through the Ranks 替姐入宫后，小主她一路高升 Zhizhi Rice Loves Zhizhi吱吱米喜欢吱吱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong Male Lead and Strong Female Lead + Favored Consort + Palace Intrigue + Adorable Baby + Sole Devotion + Childbirth] (The early story leans toward palace intrigue, with the heroine putting on an act and scheming against the hero. Later, their feelings erupt, and he devotes himself to her alone.) After transmigrating, she becomes an illegitimate daughter of the Su family. Her birth mother died young, her father shows her no affection, and her stepmother is cruel. A complete nobody at home, 2.6kReads9.0Score245Shelves
11. 211 陛 The Emperor Has No Heirs? I’m So Fertile I Rule the Imperial Harem 陛下无嗣？我好孕连连独霸后宫 Hua Xiaoci花小辞Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [The short drama adapted from this novel, Your Majesty, Don't Love Me Too Much! I'll Win the Harem's Favor with My Fertility, is now available.] [The animated drama adapted from this novel, Darling, Enter My Heart, is now available.] [The leads are not faithful to each other. He becomes devoted to her later + The heroine is stunningly beautiful and clear-eyed, and aims to become an empress + Fertility and childbirth + Multiple babies in one pregnancy + Intelligent palace intrigue + Political man 11.2kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
12. 212 宫 Palace Beauty 宫姝 Clear Summer Xixi清夏兮兮Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined. 11.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
13. 213 娘 The Empress Is Sweet and Alluring, Winning Favor and Rising to Power 娘娘娇软妩媚，一路争宠上位 Bell Meow铃铛喵Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (A pure palace-intrigue story, not a one-on-one romance, and not a mutually faithful pairing. Proceed with caution!) Bai Ruotang is the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Right Chancellor’s household. At fifteen, just after coming of age, she is sent into the palace to bear a child for her legitimate elder sister and help her secure the emperor’s favor. Unwilling to be reduced to someone else’s pawn, from the moment she steps through the palace gates, she decides she will carve out 8.9kReads8.9Score919Shelves
14. 214 入 I Entered the Palace to Help My Sister Keep the Emperor’s Favor, but Became His Cherished Favorite 入宫替嫡姐固宠，却成皇上掌心宠 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance504k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she entered the palace and devoted herself to helping her legitimate elder sister keep the emperor’s favor. In the end, she died without a body to bury, abandoned by her family. Returning to the year of the imperial selection, Luo Shuran calculates her every move. Her breathtaking beauty is her only weapon. She sheds her youthful timidity and blossoms into a woman of captivating charm. One fleeting glimpse, like a fairy fallen from the heavens, catches the emperor’s eye. 7.1kReads9.3Score1kShelves
15. 215 入 I Entered the Palace as Empress and Secured My Throne with Twins, a Boy and a Girl 入宫为后，我直接龙凤胎稳坐后位 Piggy Piggy Piggy Yao猪猪猪猪瑶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Empress from the start! They love each other for a lifetime, and when the empress passes away, the emperor dies for love! They don't ask to be born together, only to die together! Marriage first, love later + not both virgins + not exclusively doting + completely fictional setting What? The emperor has made a concubine's daughter empress? The powerful ministers are so furious their beards are practically standing on end. Su He, the woman struck by this incredible stroke of fortune, is relieved i 2.1kReads9.0Score179Shelves
16. 216 恋 A Taste for Wine and Women 恋酒贪花 Plain Melody素曲Ancient Romance293k WordsCompleted An Mingyue is passionate about brewing wine. All she wants is to earn a little more money to support her mother in her old age. Who could have guessed... he’d give her this much... How could anyone resist? Yuan Chengyou is ruthless and formidable, yet in front of her he’s willing to be a delicate flower... and he enjoys every minute of it... “Please, my dear, show me some love!” An imagined setting inspired by the Tang and Song dynasties. 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist's independent brain supplements his love brain [laughing]

17. 217 主 My Lord, Are You a Woman? 主公，你是女子？ Nan Wanxu南婉徐Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The 80.6kReads9.4Score13kShelves
18. 218 穿 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 44.9kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves

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    I love my concubine and destroy my wife, and I am reborn as a scumbag who breaks off the engagement and marries the prince. She is cute in the palm of my hand. The empress is charming and charming, and she fights all the way to the top. After dressing up as a top-notch old lady, I just want to be a salted fish. She dresses up as a cannon fodder who died early, and I angrily married a villain. You were cold and cold when I chased you. Why are you crying when I get married?

19. 219 被 After the Female Lead Was Stolen, I Set Out to Save the Obsessive Villain 被抢女主后，拯救偏执反派大佬 Xu Lian序连Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [One-on-one sweet romance, marriage first and love later, the leads dote on each other, everyday romance, gentle and delicate beauty vs. a ruthless, possessive villainous tycoon] The Duke of Zhenguo’s entire household was fiercely loyal to the crown. With them gone, only Yan Yu, their sole daughter, remained. Raised by her maternal grandmother, she was betrothed to the Fifth Prince. After Yan Yu came of age, she was about to travel to the capital for her wedding. At that point, the eldest dau 21.3kReads8.9Score2kShelves

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    Let's have a [cool][cool][cool] I hope you like it, the heroine is an excellent student who can handle everything

20. 220 王 Sweet Everyday Life in the Prince’s Mansion 王府甜宠日常 Xu Lian序连Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted [Past and Present Lives 1v1 + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] Wen Sisi was crown princess for five years. The crown prince appeared to be a loving husband, but in truth he loathed her. From their wedding night onward, he sought out his concubines, and in the end he personally caused her death before elevating the concubine he loved to the position of his principal wife. Reborn, Wen Sisi ignored the crown prince's flirtatious hints and chose to marry Liu Xuan, Prince of Jingjiang, a man o 15.8kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
21. 221 伯 The Earl’s Household Turns Its Fortune Around 伯府翻身记事 Cai Yun采云Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted Lin Yunzhu lands in a novel written for male readers as the second-born illegitimate daughter of the villainous Yongning Earl’s household. Her legitimate elder sister is a snobbish woman who broke off her engagement when the male lead was down on his luck. The original character is a scheming woman who seduces the female lead’s fiancé. Her younger half-sister is a little white lotus. Her eldest brother is bad at business, and the family is so poor they’re about to run out of food. Her second bro 37.9kReads9.2Score5kShelves
22. 222 寡 A Widow Becomes Empress 寡妇为后 Silver Terrace and Golden Palace银台金阙Ancient Romance626k WordsCompleted [A gentle, kind widow and an arrogant, biased emperor. Sweet, doting everyday romance, with little palace intrigue (the emphasis is on little).] The Yu family had three daughters, all beautiful. The eldest became a countess, the youngest became a consort in the palace, and only the second daughter returned home a widow less than five years after her marriage, with a little girl in tow. One day, the palace consort suffered a miscarriage and was told she would have difficulty bearing children in t 28.3kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
23. 223 土 The Native Matriarch Makes a Bold Entrance and Takes on Everyone 土著主母霸气侧漏，单挑全场 First-Rate Red Chamber一品红楼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 21.4kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
24. 224 贵 The Noble Consort Is So Alluring, Even the Emperor Bows to Her 贵妃如此多娇，引得皇上折腰 Buddhist-Style Little Salty Fish佛系小咸鱼Ancient Romance570k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + palace intrigue + medical skills + no pairing + doesn't love the emperor] At the age of seven, she was kidnapped in her previous life and became the disciple of a genius physician. But her master coveted the peerless beauty she gradually grew into. After three years of planning, she struck a fatal blow, thinking she was finally free. Then she found the letter her master had left behind... Reborn in a single moment, she changed her fate of being kidnapped and entered the palace. She tr 1.5kReads9.1Score177Shelves
25. 225 重 Reborn: Fragrance Falls on Splendid Brocade 重生之香落锦绣 Chen Xiaofan Who Loves Yellow Heart Greens喜欢黄心菜的陈小凡Ancient Romance452k WordsCompleted Yang Lishu had plenty of regrets in her previous life. Reborn, her first order of business was to delay her mother’s trip back to her hometown for her great-uncle’s wife’s birthday celebration, avoiding a deadly trap. Yang Lishu’s life changed along with it, but after all the twists and turns, it was still that same person who took her hand and led her toward a life of splendor. 6.2kReads9.2Score725Shelves
26. 226 诡 Blood-Crying Evil Doctor: Evil Emperor, Hold Her by the Waist and Coax the Fourth Miss 诡医唳血：邪帝，掐腰诱哄四小姐 Fu Mo浮默Ancient Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Transmigration, two powerful leads, both devoted to one another, all elements] She was the young head of the Chi and Su families in Huaxia, a top assassin who transmigrated into the body of the useless fourth daughter of a general’s family. Everyone knew that the fourth daughter of the Chi family was a good-for-nothing. People humiliated and bullied her without restraint. When she became her, they mocked her as a useless fool. What a joke. She was a once-in-a-million genius. Master of every ele 81Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Time travel, double strength, double purity, all series, alchemy, space, beast control, illusion, hidden weapons. She, the young head of the Huaxia Chi and Su families, a gold medal killer, traveled through time and became the useless fourth lady of the general's mansion. Everyone in the world knew that the fourth young lady of the Chi Mansion was a loser and a loser. She was humiliated and bullied in every possible way. However, when she becomes her, it is simply a big joke to laugh at her as a waste who cannot cultivate! She is one of the most talented people in the world. She has all the skills, including medicine and poison. She has a superb hand with human silver needles, can refine divine elixirs with human flesh and bones, can control divine beasts, and has all the beasts bowing to her. In this life, anyone who insults her will be punished a thousand times over, and anyone who bullies her will be punished. He was an extremely respected god, an unattainable god, sinister, bloodthirsty, evil and cold-hearted, but he just fell in love with her. She said: Your eyes are so beautiful, like rubies, no, more beautiful than rubies. He said: In this life, it is enough to fall in love with her alone! She said: He is a human being, he can also feel pain! He said: I have no intention of seeing all living beings, but when I saw her, my heart felt ripples. She said: As long as it's him, I don't want to distinguish between right and wrong. He said: Hurt her and kill her... He went to hell for her with one sword and stepped on mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and he never regretted it! For him, she pointed her sword at the imperial city and killed everyone in the world, just to seek justice for him. For her, he points his sword at the world, breaks the sky, and destroys the way of heaven!

27. 227 重 Reborn as the Poisonous Daughter of a Military Family 重生后之将门毒后 7654321 Luoluo7654321落落Ancient Romance240k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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