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  1. 1 The Noble Consort Is Cool and Aloof, and the Emperor Yearns for Her Night After Night 贵妃清冷,圣上夜夜相思 Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted Shen Qinghe was in the bloom of youth when she entered the palace, where she weathered its intrigues for more than a decade. She had hoped to leave with a reward one day, or perhaps spend her whole life peacefully as a palace official. But then an order came down, and one day she unexpectedly became an imperial consort. She watched these women fight day after day, never expecting to become entangled in their schemes herself. Shen Qinghe could only sigh. He was the emperor, and she was a palac 19.2kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
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  2. 2 I Died Tragically in My Past Life, So My Three Brothers Can Go to Hell! 前世惨死,三个哥哥死一边去! Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + Super sweet pampering + The female lead is really a princess + The female lead has a secret identity + Ultra-satisfying face-slapping!] In her past life, she was switched at birth with the legitimate daughter and became the lowly concubine-born daughter despised by her entire family. Her mother personally took her heart’s blood and offered it to the legitimate daughter. Even after she died, her three older brothers performed a ritual to make her soul vanish forever. Reborn, X 1.2kReads9.0Score167Shelves
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  3. 3 I've Suffered Enough in My Last Life. I'd Rather Die Than Marry Him Again 上辈子苦够了,打死她都不嫁了 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen An'an came from a distinguished family and was both talented and beautiful. As soon as she came of age, she was betrothed to the fourth prince, Xiao Yuan, a man of heavenly beauty and noble character, and the dream lover of every young lady in the capital. Heaven had dealt her a winning hand. Even she once believed she was blessed beyond measure, until her girlish heart was shattered into pieces. She suffered every kind of pain at the hands of that graceful, refined man, and paid a devastat 18.2kReads8.6Score2.8kShelves
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  4. 4 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [This novel has been contracted for publication] [Strong female lead + high-IQ palace intrigue + heroine schemes against the entire harem + psychotic villain personality] Song Zhao has always been a woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and she is also more clear-headed than anyone. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was perfectly clear: “I’m entering the palace to become Empress. Otherwise, what would I go there fo 129.8kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
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  5. 5 The Noble Consort Rejects Romance: While Others Fight for Favor, I Seize Power 贵妃不入爱河,别人争宠我夺权 Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Female-Lead Wish Fulfillment + Unfeeling Persona + Ruthless Revenge and Face-Slapping] Years later, the history books would describe Ming Tang as a master strategist with an iron fist, the ultimate winner of the harem struggles and the vast empire. Only Ming Tang knew she had never wanted to be that winner in the first place. From a young girl to the ruler of the realm, all she had wanted at first was to avenge her elder sister. The harem was full of danger. On one side was Consort Jin, who had 6.8kReads9.4Score866Shelves
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  6. 6 A Hundred Ways to Win the Emperor's Heart in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen 16.2kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
  7. 7 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 40.8kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves
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  8. 8 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼,王府宠妾的内卷日常 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 57.3kReads9.4Score8.1kShelves
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  9. 9 After Divorcing Her Husband in Public, She Receives a Grand, High-Profile Proposal from the Regent 当众休夫后,摄政王十里红妆高调求娶 Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted In her past life, Su Lanqin was tortured to death by the scumbag man and wicked woman working together. Even the adopted son she had loved dearly stabbed her in the heart. After being reborn, when the scumbag man sends her to the bed of the regent, she smiles seductively. “Your Highness, how about we put horns on him?” The powerful prince schemes with a sly smile. “My lady, your husband is waiting outside!” She glares at him. “Whoever sleeps beside me tonight is my husband!” He smiles with narro 24Reads7.6Score—Shelves
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  10. 10 The Young Lady Returns Home: She Won't Start Trouble, but She Won't Back Down Either 大小姐回府,不惹事也不怕事 Ancient Romance497k WordsCompleted [A heroine who refuses to be pushed around + putting scumbags in their place + revenge + romance] Qing Yu’s father was once a young nobleman from a marquis household in decline. To gain power, he married Xiahou Wan, whose family came from the prestigious Huayang Marquis household, and successfully inherited the title. When the new emperor ascended the throne, everything changed. Qing Yu’s eldest maternal uncle died in battle, her younger maternal uncle was left with a crippled leg, and her mater 4.9kReads8.6Score540Shelves
  11. 11 The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and She Slaughters Her Way Through with the Ailing Young Lord 黑莲花重生,和病弱小公爷杀疯了 Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Shen Wan is the model of an aristocratic young lady: equally skilled in the literary and martial arts, and a peerless physician. Her parents and five older brothers adore her and treat her like the apple of their eye. Before these very relatives hunt her down and kill her, she too believes she is the beloved young lady everyone dotes on, and the Crown Prince’s sweetheart. Only as she lies dying does she learn the truth: she is not the legitimate daughter of the Shen family at all. The true daugh 50.4kReads8.7Score3.3kShelves
  12. 12 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 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? 16.2kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
  13. 13 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 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 15kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
  14. 14 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 22.6kReads9.5Score6.5kShelves
  15. 15 Mad Empress: I’ll Be the Harem’s Number One White Lotus 疯批皇后,争做后宫第一白莲花 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a fictional setting + highly intelligent heroine in palace intrigue + face-slapping + a volatile, multifaceted personality + not a clean romance] Lin Junxue transmigrated to the Xie Dynasty, an era that had never existed in history, and ended up as an unloved empress who had no idea how she died. She’d thought she was a powerless, unloved empress, but it turned out the original owner’s father was a first-rank military marquis, a loyal servant of the court for three generatio 14.7kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
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  16. 16 The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Is Fierce, and the Chaste Crown Prince Grips Her Waist 重生嫡女太凶猛,禁欲太子掐腰宠 Ancient Romance646k WordsCompleted [Court and household intrigue + legitimate daughter reborn to take revenge + face-slapping and satisfying revenge against scumbags + sweet romance with mutual devotion in both lifetimes] In her previous life, Qiao Yue only learned at the moment of her death that her husband, who had refused to consummate their marriage in the three years since their wedding, wasn't impotent at all. He had been saving himself for her cousin. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on her, and she was reborn before marrying 7.1kReads8.5Score1kShelves
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  17. 17 The Palace Maid Is Soft and Sweet, and the Emperor Cherishes Her 小宫女又软又娇,皇上宠她入骨 Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted [HE; a cold, powerful emperor VS a carefree little palace maid, not both virgins] A Zhi grew up in the palace and knew all its twists and turns. Her goal was clear: eat well and wait to die! Who could have guessed that one day, while delivering a meal, she would catch the emperor’s eye? Terrified, A Zhi packed her little bundle that very night, determined to make a run for it at dawn! But before she could get away, she and her pitifully small bundle were sent straight to Taihe Palace. Only after 29.3kReads9.2Score3kShelves
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  18. 18 Film and TV Crossover: I Am the Beloved Consort 综影视之我是宠妃 Female-Channel Fanfiction695k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 253Reads5.3Score—Shelves
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  19. 19 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Lead Wins by Having Babies 快穿:女配靠生子躺赢 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + More Children, More Blessings System + A Slightly Scheming Heroine, But Not Too Much + No Fixed Couple] Chen Qingli, from an ordinary family, unexpectedly gets bound to the More Children, More Blessings System. As long as she bears an heir for a male lead who has trouble having children, she can gain eternal life and endless wealth. At first, Chen Qingli refuses. She’s terrified of pain, after all. She’d rather die! System: Painless childbirth is yours for the taking! Rea 8.3kReads8.1Score580Shelves
  20. 20 Dream of the Red Chamber: They Told Me to Accept My Fate, but I’m Climbing to the Top 红楼:叫我认命,我偏攀高枝 Female-Channel Fanfiction564k WordsCompleted Furun, who grew up in an orphanage, arrives in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber by a twist of fate. With a modest golden finger and a life full of ups and downs, watch as an ordinary person struggling to get by finds a way to survive... 1.3kReads7.0Score100Shelves
  21. 21 Qing Transmigration: From the Start, She Had Triplets with Kangxi 清穿:开局她和康熙一胎三宝 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted My new book, "The Qing Dynasty: Consort De of Kangxi Is a Fierce Northeastern Top", is out! Welcome, everyone! (Not a mutually exclusive relationship) She transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty as Xu Shi, a palace maid whom Kangxi had taken by force. Xu Lejin was thunderstruck. Her reputation as a woman who'd had only one man for fifty years was ruined... Once she'd collected herself, Xu Lejin decided to make the best of things. She'd gotten a beautiful, young, fresh body for free, so she couldn't 1.9kReads8.2Score131Shelves
  22. 22 Yanwan Reborn: This Time, I Won’t Let You Down 嬿婉重生:这一次定不相负 Female-Channel Fanfiction324k WordsCompleted “That year, you handed me an umbrella, and spent your whole life protecting me with it.” During those hazy years, I kept asking myself how I could have ended up like this. I, Wei Yanwan, would never give up. Even thinking as hard as I could, I couldn’t have come up with something as absurd as the prayer-flag scheme. After I died, my soul drifted above the Forbidden City, and I watched the whole story unfold. So it turned out that the sanctimonious Ruyi was just a thief who stole other people’ 458Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  23. 23 After Transmigrating to the Qing Dynasty, Fourth Master Has Three Babies in a Year 清穿后四爷一年抱仨 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A wealthy young woman from modern times is reborn in the Qing Dynasty during the Kangxi era after a car accident, becoming Wanyan Wunaxi. With a loving mother, a doting father, and a crowd of protective older brothers, plus a portable pocket dimension, she has a life of pure bliss. All she needs to do is get passed over in the palace selection and marry some honest fellow. Then her life will be complete. Who knew the transmigration god would play a joke on her? An imperial edict comes crashing d 25.4kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
  24. 24 Yanwan Returns Reborn: Jinzong, I'll Cherish You in This Life 嬿婉重生归来,进忠此生我疼你 Female-Channel Fanfiction415k WordsCompleted Yanwan is reborn and awakens to her past, while Jinzhong is not reborn. But as he spends time with Yanwan, his memories of their previous life gradually return. Their personalities remain unchanged, and they still climb the ranks together, treating Yi Syndrome. It’s a thoroughly satisfying power fantasy. Not friendly to the main cast! The eunuch is a real eunuch. 156Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 25 I Reincarnated as An Lingrong and Rose Straight to Noble Consort 穿成安陵容,直接上位成贵妃 Female-Channel Fanfiction592k WordsCompleted What should you do when you open your eyes and find yourself in An Lingrong's body? Obviously, you fight to the end: against the Empress, Consort Hua, and Zhen Huan. If it comes down to it, you can even take on the Empress Dowager. Content warning: Shen Shen is a sweet angel who gets plenty of affection. The goal is to strip Zhen Huan of her protagonist's halo and befriend Xia Dongchun. The heroine has no System, no romance, and no golden finger. She's a pure, scheming white lotus. She puts on o 408Reads8.0Score105Shelves
  26. 26 The Qing Palace: The Tale of Consort Shu 清宫:舒妃传 Ancient Romance2.3M WordsCompleted When she woke up, she discovered she had become one of the transmigrators. Still in her teens, she had already entered the Fourth Prince's household as a concubine. A devoted fan of the Fourth Prince, she ended up by his side and was pampered into an adorable little sweetheart. With no tricks or schemes up her sleeve, all she could do was sit in a corner and grow mushrooms. The Fourth Prince doted on her and indulged her, making her more and more adorable, while his affection for her only grew. 602Reads6.9Score101Shelves
  27. 27 After Cousin Daiyu Secures the Empress’s Seat, Yinreng’s Fate Changes 黛玉表姐坐稳后位后,胤礽改命了 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted System + Magnolia Treasure Flower + Magnolia Spirit Dew + Multiple Births + Lin Daiyu's Cousin Also known as: After Becoming Lin Daiyu's Cousin, I Became the Crown Princess After Ruoshui transmigrates into a world combining the Qing dynasty and Dream of the Red Chamber, she is named Crown Princess. Becoming Crown Princess is great, but hold on... The Crown Prince is Yinreng, the famous deposed heir of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. Ruoshui is on the verge of tears. She doesn't want to be deposed al 5.9kReads7.7Score558Shelves
  28. 28 Across the Qing Dynasty: Wishes Fulfilled 综清穿之心愿达成 Female-Channel Fanfiction528k WordsCompleted Top quick transmigration agent Hanzhang is punished by being sent to the Qing Dynasty transmigration division to make amends. Thus begins her diligent life of working (slacking off) in the Qing Dynasty. Empresses in the Palace: Qi Yuebin (completed ✅) Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong (completed ✅) Empresses in the Palace: Cao Qinmo (completed ✅) Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace: A Ruo (completed ✅) Empresses in the Palace: Nian Shilan (completed ✅) Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace: Fucha Langh 6.9kReads8.3Score339Shelves
  29. 29 The Crown Prince Says I Can Only Have His Children, and the Pressure Is Getting to Me! 太子只准我生娃,压力有些大! Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted In a parallel world, the former Fourth Consort Ulanara Buerhe became the principal consort of the deposed Crown Prince Yinsi, the first Crown Princess of the Qing Dynasty. After the Crown Prince doted on her exclusively for over a decade, Buerhe gave birth to five sons and a daughter. In the end, Kangxi actually abdicated in favor of the Crown Prince, and Buerhe became the Qing Dynasty’s first empress to enjoy her husband’s undivided favor. The reborn women and transmigrated women were all dumbf 3.2kReads7.6Score225Shelves
  30. 30 Has the Noble Consort Left Qirong Palace Today? 皇贵妃今天出栖容宫了吗? Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [☆No transmigration, no rebirth, and no pristine couples] [☆The romance develops gradually] Everyone in the palace knew that the person they must never offend was neither the pampered and fiery Noble Consort Hui nor the peerlessly beautiful Consort Cen, but Noble Consort Zhe of Qirong Palace, Lady Fucha. A consort's guide to survival: If you want to get ahead, never provoke the lady of Qirong Palace. She was the emperor's first woman, his companion and confidante since their youth; the mother 19.5kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
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  31. 31 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 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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  32. 32 The Second Empress 继后 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Noble Consort was favored, the Worthy Consort bore a son, the Bright Etiquette was the emperor’s white moonlight, and the Beautiful Consort was his cinnabar mole. Every other concubine had her own talents and charms. It was a whole garden in full bloom. So who was our protagonist? The unfavored empress, with no children and no powerful family backing. Great. Why did this plot feel so familiar? Never mind. On the first day Zhao Wumian transmigrated here, she decided to lie flat. Compete for t 82.9kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
  33. 33 The Empress Ran 冉后 Ancient Romance376k WordsCompleted Ran Hu was made a Jieyu concubine as soon as she entered the palace. On her very first day, she was summoned to the emperor’s bedchamber and granted the title of Chen, cherished like a rare treasure. Her peerless beauty and her younger brother’s illustrious military achievements as Marquis of Chang’an gave her the confidence to act as she pleased in the harem. The two souls who had come from a later age ultimately left a lasting mark on this strange world. 7.1kReads9.0Score708Shelves
  34. 34 Reborn, Zhen Huan and Consort Hua Go on a Rampage in the Imperial Harem 重生后,甄嬛和华妃在后宫杀疯了 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted [Zhen Huan and Prince Guo both reborn] [*two alphas seek revenge* *regicide couple* *enemies become allies*] On the eve of the selection, Zhen Huan is reborn. In her previous life, she gave her heart to the wrong person and watched the man she loved most die in her arms. This time, she decides not to enter the palace. But even when she gets her wish and marries Prince Guo, she still cannot escape her fate of entering the palace as a consort. Entering the palace with a heart full of hatred, Zhen 4.1kReads8.6Score438Shelves
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  35. 35 Da Ru’s Daily Meltdowns 大如的破防日常 Female-Channel Fanfiction322k WordsCompleted After drinking a bowl of calming soup, her soul drifted through the world. She watched Zhen Huan tell Consort Duan that the Emperor and Empress Dowager had ordered the Imperial Medical Bureau to poison her calming soup, and felt her heart sink with grief. The imperial family truly was heartless. Although Consort Duan had schemed against her, she had at least been sincere toward Wenyi. She watched helplessly as Zhen Huan drove the person who had poisoned her, her own bedfellow, to die on the drag 1.9kReads8.5Score152Shelves
  36. 36 The Empress Is Alluring and Bewitching, and the Emperor Gives In to Pleasure 娘娘撩人魅惑,帝王纵情堕落 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The Tomato short drama Kun Yi is now streaming~ [Transmigrate into a book, male lead is not a virgin but female lead is, palace intrigue, psychological games, happy ending] The Crown Prince, Jun Zechen, has seen his fair share of calculating women, and loves only those who are pure and kind. While campaigning beyond the frontier, he meets Ling Yue and is captivated by her free-spirited kindness. He promises to spend his life with her alone. But two years pass, and the Crown Princess has yet to c 238.5kReads9.5Score25.9kShelves
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  37. 37 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she endured a life of hardship and instability. From the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an to a government courtesan available to any man, she finally escaped a life of being passed from one man to another, only to jump from the tiger’s jaws into the wolf’s den. She walked on eggshells at every step until she finally became the real power behind the prefect’s household. But the misery of her first half of life had already left her body broken beyond repair. Only o 14.2kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
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  38. 38 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 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
  39. 39 Yixiu Is Reborn: Tearing Apart the White Lotus Consort Chun Yuan 宜修重生:手撕纯元白莲花 Female-Channel Fanfiction427k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because voting just opened~] “When the heart is kind, the face is beautiful. Surely, even when Pure Yuan grows old, she will still outshine you by a thousand miles.” I should have known better than to poison my elder sister so soon. Then you could have seen for yourself how your moonlight turns rotten, and the white lotus who seduced her sister's husband could have tasted the torment of life deep within the palace! Yixiu thought this as she lay dying. When she opened her ey 19.1kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
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  40. 40 My Years as Empress Dowager 我当太后这些年 Historical433k WordsCompleted [Empress Dowager Feng Ping of the current dynasty x the refined and elegant minister Li Yi] [Historical romance + equally matched leads + palace intrigue + strong heroine + heart-wrenching + tragic ending + alternate world + coercive love] A widow’s door invites trouble. At twenty-two, the Empress Dowager is in the prime of youth, with a face like a flower. Her husband has only just died, and she is as pitiful as a dewy white camellia. Her family is no help, and she has no son of her own. The Em 852Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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  41. 41 The Harem 后宫 Ancient Romance248k WordsCompleted [Historical romance + palace intrigue + ensemble cast of women + tragedy + episodic stories] “How do you win the emperor's favor?” “Easy... Just harden your heart and forget love. Then he'll naturally think of you all the time.” “And a beautiful woman is all it takes to bring a kingdom to ruin.” There are women like these in the imperial harem, all revolving around one man. Or perhaps... their fates are bound by the deep palace, keeping them from reuniting with the ones they love. They have laug 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. 42 The Consort Is Beautiful and Sweet, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Dotes on Her Without Restraint 贵妃美艳娇软,冷戾帝王宠溺无度 Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a 28.9kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
  43. 43 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河,贵妃不想负责 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied 44.3kReads9.5Score5kShelves
  44. 44 The Empress's Palace 中宫 Ancient Romance904k WordsCompleted At eighteen, Yu Lanqing was shrewd, clever, and breathtakingly beautiful, yet stubborn enough to keep going until she hit a wall. Wei Li went to every length to marry Su Yaoyao, and Yu Lanqing used every means at her disposal to become Wei Li's empress. A daughter of the Yu family couldn't stand the sight of anything dirty. She acted decisively and turned his harem upside down. Wei Li did not love Yu Lanqing. That was why everything she did and said annoyed him so much. Wei Li said Yu Lanqing wa 924Reads8.6Score102Shelves
  45. 45 The White Moonlight Noble Consort’s Daily Life in the Harem 白月光贵妃的后宫日常 Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted (Cover used with permission) With an illustrious family background, breathtaking beauty, and the distinction of being the emperor’s moonlight, Jiang Hui should have found life as a Noble Consort effortlessly easy. Unfortunately, the sisters in all but name in the Eastern Palace, wave after wave of beautiful candidates from the provinces, and the supposed substitutes who resemble her in looks and bearing all tell her the same thing: no one can walk unscathed through the imperial harem. [Alternate 34.4kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
  46. 46 The Empress Consort's Every Move Wins the Emperor's Heart 娘娘步步为营,缓缓登帝王心尖 Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue and revenge, a slow-burn, slow-payoff story + stunning heroine + exceptionally clearheaded heroine with an unwavering goal] [The hero always favors the heroine + dotes on her exclusively in the middle + disbands his harem later] After Shen Qingtang’s aunt is schemed against and killed by Madam Shen, her goal becomes perfectly clear: she will enter the palace, become the most honored woman in the land, and make everyone who plotted against her aunt pay. She is also perfectly clea 6kReads9.1Score580Shelves
  47. 47 The Harem: Empresses in the Palace 后宫·甄嬛传 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
  48. 48 Adorable Fortune-Telling Wife: Her Secret Identity Is Dazzling 神算萌妻:她马甲飒爆了 Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The Qin family was richer than a nation, and their only son, Qin Bei, was a peerless genius, devilishly handsome, and born under an unlucky star. Any woman who came into contact with him would die unexpectedly. Rumor had it that his grandmother, hoping to secure her grandson’s happiness, had found a tough-as-nails country girl and brought her home to marry him. Qin Bei said, “My wife is a country girl who hasn’t seen much of the world, so please bear with her!” Everyone: … When the powerful and 9.1kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
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  49. 49 The Consort’s Laid-Back Daily Life 娘娘的佛系日常 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [A lazy, carefree little schemer who just wants to lie flat + historical fantasy + palace intrigue + heroine devoted to one man, hero not devoted to one woman] The charming and clever favorite consort Lin Jingran refuses to work herself to the bone. She’s got the Noble Imperial Consort position lined up, and plans to enjoy the drama and lie flat her way to becoming Empress. Family? She’s a treasured darling of her family, too. The emperor? He openly favors her and helps her navigate palace intr 820Reads—Score—Shelves
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  50. 50 She Was Given as a Gift 做为礼物的她 Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing She was nothing more than a gift from the empress to the emperor, yet she became the last woman standing in the imperial harem. A sweet romance! (A short biography of Imperial Noble Consort Lingyi, amid the harem battles of the Qianlong reign. An attempt to unravel the mystery behind the Empress’s hair-cutting.) For readers who have experienced being loved. Not for those who cannot accept that other people have love in their lives, or for those expecting to see a lovesick doormat and believing i 604Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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