Palace Intrigue: A Cunning, Clever Villainess Who Can Act Her Way into Making the Emperor Fall for Her 宫斗文，女主是恶女有头脑会演戏，把皇帝钓成翘嘴

1. 201 病 The Frail Beauty Stays Alive by Kissing the Regent 病弱美人靠着与摄政王亲嘴续命 Distant Moon Shadow月影遥遥Ancient Romance522k WordsCompleted [Completed, both leads are inexperienced, sweet flirtation and romance, devoted husband, sickly and delicate heroine, hero seems cool and noble but is secretly an obsessed romantic] Mu Shengsheng has a beautiful, captivating face, but she is a sickly girl with little time left to live. She is expected to die by the age of sixteen at the latest. Then, one day, her life hangs by a thread. Her stepmother sends her off for a ghost marriage, and while trying to escape, she accidentally falls into a m 3.3kReads9.0Score39114d adds

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   Good-looking, ambitious, rising step by step

2. 202 青 The Scent of Childhood Sweethearts: The Heir Has Been Plotting This for Ages 青梅嗅：世子他蓄谋已久 Jie Ximo杰西莫Ancient Romance372k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts + young married couple + long-planned pursuit + mutual devotion and favoritism] [Brash, straightforward commandery princess × scheming, jealous heir to a noble title] The Princess Royal’s residence and the Prince of Zhenbei’s estate are separated by just one wall. From the moment Jiang Changning was born, Xie Yan gained a nemesis in this world. Whenever the two met, they could argue so loudly they’d bring down the rafters. Then one day, Jiang Changning was betrothed b 20.9kReads9.1Score2.3k14d adds

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   Palace intrigue, antique charm

3. 203 重 Reborn to Punish Scumbags, I Join Forces with My Mad Prince Consort to Slaughter Them 重生虐渣，带着疯批驸马嘎嘎乱杀 Ink That Can Dye Anything一墨可染Ancient Romance313k WordsCompleted [Clever, tough, experienced princess × scheming, mad, lovestruck consort; married first, love later; intense push and pull; the consort openly flirts while secretly pursuing her, and the clear-eyed princess falls despite herself.] Li Shiyun was the seventh princess of the Great Jin Dynasty. From childhood, she had been betrothed to the son of the prime minister. She followed the rules of propriety and dutifully fulfilled her role as his future wife, waiting for their wedding. But an unexpected t 1.1kReads8.2Score10314d adds
4. 204 为 I Reborn Three Times to Redeem the Mad Villain 为救赎疯批反派，我重生三次 Longing for a Long Time久念Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Qiao Sui felt sorry for a tyrant villain in a book. When she woke up, she had traveled back to the villain’s youth and become a thoroughly wicked cannon-fodder supporting character. To redeem the unhinged tyrant, she put on a smile and showered the young villain with kindness at every turn. In the end, she even gave him her life. As she lay dying, watching the villain’s trembling gaze, Qiao Sui was overjoyed. Could she finally go home? But when she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn in t 2.3kReads9.1Score27414d adds
5. 205 重 Reborn, the Noble Consort Only Wants to Be the Villain 重生后贵妃她只想当反派 Love Sleeping In爱睡懒觉Ancient Romance351k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion + sweet romance + no angst] After being reborn, Ye Jiujiu takes her brash, don’t-mess-with-me attitude to the extreme: She kicks the meticulously dressed Consort Li into the water; She slips laxatives into the tea of the coquettish Consort Yun; She wreaks havoc at the flower-viewing banquet the Empress painstakingly prepared; The consorts all rush to the emperor to complain: The cool, dignified emperor says, “I established this harem solely to give the Noble Consort something to 3.5kReads9.1Score34914d adds
6. 206 娘 The Empress Is Alluring and Charming, and Covets the Empress Dowager's Seat 娘娘娇娆柔媚，觊觎太后宝位 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 1.3kReads9.1Score15914d adds

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   A palace intrigue and rebirth story; the female lead is intelligent and resourceful. Highly recommended!

7. 207 另 A Different Tang Dynasty: The Princess Goes Off the Rails 另类大唐：疯批公主崩人设后 A Bun Nan阿不南Ancient Romance599k WordsCompleted Xiao Yu is completely bewildered. She only took a short nap at the office. How did she wake up to find she’d transmigrated, and into the body of Princess Yuzhang, daughter of Li Er of the Tang dynasty, no less? But the thing is, this princess is a little crazy. Just hearing her name gives everyone a headache. She’d planned to lie flat and be a carefree princess, living off the royal family until she died. But somehow, her cheap father started hearing her thoughts. “The Turks are invading, and we 174Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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   The female lead is a really funny character; when she goes crazy, she can kill everyone. Her emperor father can read her mind.

8. 208 恶 The Wicked Supporting Actress Is Reborn and Wins at Life 恶毒女配重生后躺赢了 Bei Xin贝芯Ancient Romance622k WordsCompleted The emperor has never touched anyone but the heroine! One beloved consort in the harem + 1v1 romance + fictional setting. Meng Yan only learns on the brink of death that she's a supporting character in a sweet palace-intrigue novel. In the story, she loves the emperor, Lu Haozhi, devotedly until the very end. She diligently competes for his favor and tirelessly fights the innocent white-lotus heroine, only to land herself in the cold palace and die miserably in the snow. After being reborn, she 21kReads9.1Score2k14d adds

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   Do you like palace intrigue novels? These books are all pretty good!

9. 209 得 When He Learned I’d Secretly Taken Contraceptive Soup, the Powerful Minister Turned Dark 得知我偷喝避子汤后，权臣黑化了 Salty Fish Boss咸鱼头子Ancient Romance439k WordsCompleted [Household intrigue + sweet romance + rise to power + age and height gap + a touch of healing] Tan Yin is the third daughter among the Song family's concubine-born daughters. When she was twelve, she accidentally ate crab roe and broke out in a rash all over her body. A plague was sweeping through Jiangnan at the time, and everyone feared it might be smallpox. So they sent Tan Yin to Puhua Mountain outside the capital, leaving her to fend for herself. Five years passed, and no one came to see he 15.5kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
10. 210 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 10.5kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
11. 211 开 From the Start, I Lie Flat in the Palace Harem, Only to Be Locked Away by a Madman 开局宫斗躺平，反被疯批锁入深宫 Qian Mumu千木木Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted [Gentle, unhinged emperor + woman disguises herself as a man + transmigration + mutually devoted] Lu Cong, a college student, transmigrated to an era a thousand years in the past, ruled by a tyrant. She was bound to a System, which told her that if she won the tyrant's favor and killed him, she could go home. But as time went on, she realized that the tyrant was nothing like the one in the history books she knew, and that he had some unusual tastes... For instance, she woke up one morning to fin 549Reads9.0Score10714d adds
12. 212 娘 The Empress Consort Curses the Tyrant Every Day, Yet Becomes the Harem’s Most Beloved 娘娘她天天咒暴君，竟宠冠后宫了 Murong Xiaoxing'er慕容小星儿Ancient Romance274k WordsCompleted [Unhinged, sharp-tongued tyrant + gorgeous, goofy, laid-back favorite consort + devoted, exclusive romance] Su Yaorao transmigrates into a Mary Sue novel as its chief female villain, a bewitching consort who brings ruin to the country. The heroine is a pure-hearted, universally adored savior of the people who will become a virtuous empress. The two enter the palace together to serve the tyrant. The heroine isn’t favored? The original character’s fault. The heroine is poisoned? The original chara 903Reads9.1Score12114d adds
13. 213 奉 Ordered to Fight for Favor: The Hapless Emperor Teaches Me How to Flirt with Him 奉旨宫斗，冤种皇帝手把手教我撩他 Classical Romance Angel古言天使Ancient Romance498k WordsCompleted After dying suddenly from overwork, Jian Yang transmigrated into the body of an empress. She was so thrilled she burst into tears. At last, she could be a full-time housewife! What a dream! But her mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, had no interest in power and handed her the entire harem. Her mild-mannered emperor husband only ever said things like: "The empress has worked hard. Take on a little overtime." "I know you're tired, but I still hope you'll share the burden for me." The concubines i 3Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 214 重 After I Was Reborn, My Late Husband and Ex-Husband Started Fighting 重生后，亡夫与前夫打起来了 Xi Ruo Wu Zhi兮若无止Ancient Romance609k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, a scheming male lead, ruthless pursuit, a love triangle, and rekindled love after a breakup] [A foolish beauty in her past life and not much smarter in this one VS a reserved, self-disciplined beauty on a lofty pedestal VS a hedonistic young lord who takes what he wants] In her past life, Gan Caier managed to squander a winning hand through her own sheer incompetence. In the end, she died alone in the snow on New Year’s Eve. She couldn’t blame anyone else, but she still died with regre 60.5kReads9.1Score8.6k14d adds
15. 215 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sweet, Gentle Wife Is a Brilliant Actress 快穿：娇软正妻她演技超群 Sisi Shiliu四四什榴Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted (Content warning: The heroine is focused solely on winning people over, with no fixed love interest.) To avoid going hungry and avenge her young lady, Yun Su rose step by step from palace maid to empress. But she was stabbed to death during her coronation ceremony. After dying, she was bound to a "A Good Wife Never Leaves" System and forced to start working. She was tasked with helping the discarded wives in novels, abandoned for all sorts of reasons, secure their positions as legitimate wives. 688Reads8.7Score10814d adds
16. 216 快 Quick Transmigration: This Second Male Lead Is a Little Cold 快穿：这个男二不太冷 The Hero of the State邦之桀兮Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Conquest-focused, Slow Transmigration, No Fixed CP, Not a Strong Female Lead Wish-Fulfillment Story] To change the miserable fate of the sickly Lin Xi, who was chosen by a System, transmigrates into one small world after another and becomes the cousins of the male leads, the doomed second leads who die young in each world. Since they're close by, she can win their hearts first. Lin Xi says, "Cousin, don't run away. Your sweet and considerate little cousin will treat you well." 1. The scholar co 7.9kReads8.8Score77614d adds
17. 217 稀 A Rare, Super-Able Old Female Can Bear Children, So What If I Collect Them All? 稀有老雌超A能生，集邮怎么了？ Miss Little Screw螺丝小小姐Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Fantasy beast world + many males, few females + poor, miserable heroine turns her life around + collecting handsome partners + raising fluffy cubs + leveling up] Su Tang transmigrates, but as an avid novel reader, she doesn’t panic at all. She waits calmly for the transmigration deity to grant her an overpowered golden finger. Unfortunately, she ends up waiting for more than a hundred years... The golden finger never comes. Instead, when she’s already halfway into her grave, her adopted sons an 5.6kReads8.8Score76914d adds
18. 218 小 The Sweet and Obedient Maid Has the Chaste Heir's Heart Racing 小通房又乖又软，禁欲世子心狂跳 Water, Clouds, and Mist水云雾Ancient Romance580k WordsCompleted [Both leads sexually inexperienced, household and palace intrigue, growing-up romance, arrogant young heir × clever maid who plays the pig to eat the tiger] In her fifth year at the marquis’s residence, Youli has risen from the lowest-ranked maid responsible for sweeping and cleaning to the most favored senior maid at the side of the heir of the Marquis of Yong’an. She has reached a small peak in her career as a servant. She is quite content with her life and dares not ask for much more. She pl 3.9kReads8.8Score35214d adds
19. 219 读 Mind Reading: Help! Your Father-in-Law Is Impossible to Woo, Crown Princess 读心术：救命！太子妃你爹太难撩 A Tumbler That Won't Fall一颗不倒翁Ancient Romance524k WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + System + Transmigrate into a Book + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple] Jiang Fu transmigrated. The bad news: she became a cannon-fodder supporting female character. The good news: the female lead's father saved her. The bad news: the original cannon-fodder asked Jiang Fu to give her a different life. No more being cannon fodder: she wanted a lifetime of happiness and to marry well. The good news: Jiang Fu was rescued from the water by the female lead's father, making hi 27.5kReads9.2Score3.5k14d adds
20. 220 卿 My Beloved, Through Every Dawn and Dusk 卿是朝朝暮暮 Sugar-Roasted Little Deer糖炒小鹿Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted Shen Yunshu studied archaeology and had been working for just two years. She loved history, and her favorite dynasty was the Rong Dynasty. A few days ago, she had read an unofficial history of the Rong Dynasty's royal family. Little did she expect that after falling asleep, she would wake up in the Rong Dynasty, sent there by the heavens, as Shen Yunshu, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family of Prince Zhenbei's residence. She had transmigrated to her favorite dynasty and become a descendant 24.2kReads9.5Score3k14d adds

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    Ahhh, this palace intrigue is amazing! Highly recommended!

21. 221 清 Qing Transmigration: My Son Is So Outstanding, I Become Empress After Being Made a Side Consort 清穿：儿子太争气，侧福晋封后了 Sweet 8糖糖8甜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate-history Qing Dynasty transmigration + spiritual spring space + sweet romance, no angst + doted on exclusively in the later chapters] Transmigrating as Geng Shi, Yongzheng's Consort Yu, Geng Jinghan puts winning his heart first and seducing him second. Fourth Master: “Bear me a son and I'll promote you to Side Consort.” Geng Jinghan: “What if I give you two sons?” Fourth Master: “What do you want, Han'er?” Geng Jinghan: “Be crazy about me, mad for me, and bang your head against the 21.3kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
22. 222 娘 Your Majesty, You're Having an Affair! 娘娘，您红杏出墙了！ Mo Xiaoxiao陌小小Ancient Romance111k WordsOngoing [Alternate History] [Pure Historical Romance] [Mutual Firsts] [Forced Love] [Taking by Force] [Substitute Romance] Yao Shu was the empress. To protect her only younger brother, she offered herself to Prince Zhao and became a substitute for the woman he loved. She never expected him to gradually lose himself in her. The more she tried to get away, the more tightly he held her by his side. "You're the one who came after me first. And now you want me to let you go?" Every night, he came to Changchu —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A political intrigue novel; the characters are quite cunning.

23. 223 绝 No Heirs and a Short Life? No Worries, She Has a Childbearing System 绝嗣又短命？没事她自带生子系统 Xin Jiu辛九Ancient Romance473k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + childbirth + virtuous men + no fixed CP + feel-good story + putting scumbags in their place + System] Gu Zhaoxi is a new employee at the Space-Time Administration. Her mission is to bear children for male leads who cannot have heirs in different worlds, changing their childless fates. World One: Arrogant and domineering legitimate daughter of a marquis's household × powerful, childless regent prince (both virgins, partly immersive) The young emperor takes a fancy to the m 3.9kReads8.5Score39114d adds
24. 224 我 Bearing Heirs for the Male Lead Who Can't Have Children 我为绝嗣男主绵延子嗣 Ye Xiu's Wife叶修老婆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + easy conception and many pregnancies + multiple children + the most beautiful heroine + stunning beauty + palace and household intrigue + childbirth stories] Wushuang was a pomegranate tree that had lived for a thousand years. One day, she suddenly gained sentience and learned to cultivate. After two hundred years of cultivation, she had only just taken human form when she was bound to a childbearing System. It told her that each child she bore would add ten years to her 6.5kReads8.7Score53414d adds
25. 225 你 You Transmigrate, I’m Reborn! I’ll Hang a Lantern for You at Your Graves 你穿越，我重生！坟前给你们挂盏 Si Xiaohua姒小花Ancient Romance711k WordsCompleted Original title: Reborn Princess Opens Her Eyes and Brings People to Catch Them in the Act! Full title: You Transmigrated, I Was Reborn, and I'll Hang a Lantern at Your Graves [Rebirth + palace intrigue + feel-good revenge + a heroine who's crazy and a great actress + throne struggle + one-on-one romance (little romance)] In her past life, Li Ningle, a princess, married into a down-and-out marquis's household and gave everything she had to pave the way for her husband to become an official. In th 2.2kReads9.1Score28914d adds
26. 226 欲 Craving His Love: The Tyrannical Emperor Steals a Kiss, Then Gets Teased in Return 欲宠，被暴戾皇帝强吻反撩 Bend at the Waist折腰Ancient Romance275k WordsCompleted [A flirtatious, alluring, and peerlessly skilled sweet girl VS a violent emperor with a fear of women, who's actually a hopeless romantic, devoted and dangerously obsessive] [One-on-one, both leads are each other's first, sweet and satisfying, golden finger, redemption, devoted husband] Synopsis: Jiang Yi is desperate about her mission. She has to win over a tyrant who seems to be gay, but is actually twisted in his values, scheming and cold, and afraid of women? While trying to win him over, Ji 62Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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27. 227 读 After Reading His Mind, the Mad Tyrant Decides to Turn Over a New Leaf 读心后，疯批暴君决定洗白 Picking Flowers in the Wind风中折花Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book + woman disguised as a man + mind reading + wish fulfillment + two powerful leads + both leads are devoted to each other] Song Yunchu transmigrates into the tragic villainous chancellor from a melodramatic novel, who dies horribly. According to the original story, she will first be dismissed from office and imprisoned by the villainous emperor, then shot through the heart with a rain of arrows by the male lead, Prince Yi, whom she loves. After weighing her options, So 29.6kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
28. 228 宫 Palace Intrigue Is Nothing: The Emperor Reads Her Mind and Dotes on Her 宫斗了不起，帝王读心宠上头 Wen Bancheng温半尘Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [A heroine who hides her talents and fears death vs. a calculating, scheming male lead] After the emperor was injured and woke up, he discovered he had gained a supernatural power: he could hear the thoughts of his consorts. People’s hearts were hard to fathom. This power let him see his consorts, who acted virtuous, gentle, and refined in front of him, in a new light. What sort of hearts lay beneath their beautiful exteriors? Some were vicious, some ambitious, and some simply made no sense. But 389Reads8.4Score10514d adds
29. 229 穿 I Became the Emperor’s Tutor, and the Tyrant Can Hear My Thoughts 穿成帝师后，被暴君读心声了 Ye Yinchan叶吟蝉Ancient Romance527k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because few people have read it. It'll go up!] [Female Imperial Tutor disguised as a man, cool-headed on the outside but ruthless within * seemingly innocent wolf cub male lead] [One devoted couple, younger man/older woman, mind-reading, System, light nation-building] After dying suddenly, Yun Qing transmigrated into the Great Xi dynasty she had been researching, becoming the late Imperial Tutor of the young, fearsome Emperor Xie Rang. She meant to run away and avoid trouble, 3.2kReads9.2Score52014d adds
30. 230 福 The Sweet and Beautiful Imperial Concubine: The Abstinent Fourth Prince Dotes on Her 福晋娇又美：禁欲四爷宠上瘾 Wan Bao妧宝Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [One devoted couple + sweet romance] Tong Jia Ning Chuge, the legitimate daughter of Longkodo, was getting married. But on her wedding day, a princess snatched her groom right off the street. The poor girl fell out of her bridal sedan and died on the spot! The woman protested, “I just got here, and a bunch of people are already laughing at me for being a discarded wife. I can’t stand for this!” Just as she was racking her brains for a way to put them in their place, an imperial edict from Empero 24.1kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds

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    They're all great! I haven't finished the first one yet, it's so sweet, and the female lead is very intelligent.

31. 231 清 The Qing Dynasty: Imperial Consort Tong's Mortal Ordeal 清穿之下凡历劫的佟贵妃 Pickled Cabbage Tangyuan酸菜馅汤圆Ancient Romance382k WordsCompleted The main story is complete; bonus chapters are being updated. [Tong Guifei and Yin Zhen both transmigrate. No System! No overpowered golden fingers! Kangxi doesn’t dote on just one person, but Xiao Si and Xiao Ba will spoil her! History won’t change overnight! Read with caution if this isn’t your thing.] Synopsis: Female lead: She descended to the mortal world to undergo a trial so she could find a job in the Immortal Realm. She comes with a companion spirit pet. She can’t use magic at first and 178Reads6.7Score—14d adds
32. 232 综 Film and TV Crossover: I Dwell in Spring Mountain 综影视：我栖春山 Chunzhi Mu春枝暮Female-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Stunning heroine + protagonist's halo + Mary Sue + sweet romance + exclusive devotion + love at first sight + lovesick male lead + one-on-one] 1. Empresses in the Palace (original novel), pairing: Xuan Ling (completed) [The person before my eyes is the one in my heart] 2. Palace Lock Heart Jade, pairing: Kangxi (completed) [Question the Emperor, understand the Emperor, surpass the Emperor. At last, the First Prince of the Great Qing has arrived, though late.] 3. Custom commission: Liu Che (in 43.2kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
33. 233 惊 Shocking! The Noble Consort Wins the Favor of All Six Palaces by Gossiping 惊！贵妃娘娘靠吃瓜宠冠六宫 Day Mountain Moon昼山月Ancient Romance620k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + substitute + fleeing while pregnant + secret identity] [The leads are not each other’s first; she becomes his sole favorite later. The heroine stays clearheaded and never falls for him. A silly, fluffy story; the heroine is no saint.] Jing Shumei was born with stunning beauty. She used her looks to seduce the Emperor, never giving him her heart, only scheming for her own gain. Using her mind-reading ability to listen in on palace gossip and navigate the harem, she climbed step 4kReads9.3Score55614d adds

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    It's amazing, absolutely gorgeous!! You won't regret investing in it!

34. 234 被 The Tyrant Dragged Me Back 18 Times, and I'm Pregnant Again 被暴君抓回去18次，我又怀上了 Ninefold Thousand Towers九方千阙Ancient Romance534k WordsCompleted The short drama My Heart Is Weary, the Villain Only Wants Cuddles Every Day is now online. [Unhinged, tyrannical dog emperor] x [sweet, fierce, adorable heartthrob] After Su Ci transmigrates into a book, the mad emperor forces her to absorb his good luck, locks her in his bedchamber, and makes her sleep in his imperial bed. By day, she's a prisoner; by night, she's treated like an empress. She pretends to go along with it, then runs away. By day, the mad emperor is a dog: “Bring that wretched wo 6.9kReads9.4Score86514d adds
35. 235 让 You Asked Me to Be a Concubine, So I Killed the Lord? 让你当小妾，你把主君杀了？ Jiang Yu Is Very Lazy江鱼很懒Ancient Romance685k WordsCompleted (A full-cast audio drama has been produced) (The short drama adaptation, A Kiss Beneath the Spring Moon, is now online) [Quick transmigration + femme fatale + palace and household intrigue + revenge for every grudge + villainess fiction + no fixed male lead + growth-focused heroine] As a newly created System, Erdan only wanted to choose a gentle, charming Host who knew how to humble herself, so they could complete the concubine survival missions. But it turned out Erdan had misjudged her. A low- 17.2kReads9.6Score2.4k14d adds

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    The female protagonist, as if she had been kidnapped, succeeded through her intelligence and ruthlessness.

36. 236 倾 The Revelation of Qingcheng Fuyao 倾城扶摇启示录 Gentleman Xiao Yu君子小俞Ancient Romance34k WordsCompleted Every crisis is a chance to rise higher. She goes from being a brothel girl to a servant in the Chancellor’s residence, becomes a princess consort through a substitute marriage, and helps a foolish prince to save her own life, only to become queen. Choosing practicality over a chivalrous hero or an emperor, she takes an unconventional path to become the queen who unifies the Central Plains. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Not a reincarnation/transmigration story, but a sweet romance with political intrigue; every crisis is an opportunity to rise to power.

37. 237 侯 The Marquis's Estate Forgot Its Gratitude? The Regent Backs Me, and I Won't Forgive Them 侯府忘恩义？摄政王撑腰，不原谅 Chu Diandian初点点Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 177.6kReads9.4Score27k14d adds
38. 238 黑 Reborn as a Black Lotus: Divorce! Separate! Marry a Powerful Official! 黑莲花重生，休夫！和离！嫁权臣 April's Joy四月的欢喜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + devoted to one another + sweet romance + a husband’s long road to winning back his wife] In her previous life, Cui Shuyan dutifully cared for her in-laws and did everything she could to arrange her sister-in-law’s marriage, all in the hope that her husband, Xie Shaohang, would spare her a glance and treat her and their child a little better. Instead, Xie Shaohang let his concubine torment her to death, then killed her child by smashing the baby to the ground before her eyes. After bei 1.8kReads8.3Score19914d adds
39. 239 侯 After the Marquis’s Old Ancestress Started Slacking Off, Her Descendants Panicked 侯府老祖宗摆烂后，儿孙全慌了 End of the Winter Month冬月末Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted The Dowager Lady of the Xuanping Marquis Estate, Min Qiao, was reborn! In her previous life, her son doted on his concubine and neglected his wife, her grandson wanted to marry a courtesan, her granddaughter wanted to break off her engagement, and her daughter-in-law planned to elope. She stopped them, kept them in line, and exhausted herself cleaning up one mess after another. For the Marquis Estate's reputation and her descendants' futures, she bore the blame, devoted all her energy to them, a 5.5kReads7.9Score70814d adds
40. 240 侯 The Marquis's Legitimate Daughter Died in Misery and Resentment, Reborn to Make Her Whole Family Pay 侯府嫡女含恨惨死，重生虐翻全家 Mulberry Wine, the Original桑葚酒本尊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn heroine vs. transmigrated heroine + family intrigue + palace intrigue + sweet romance after rebirth + ex-husband regrets it too late] In her previous life, Xiao Xuetang and Lin Shaoshu were childhood sweethearts who married young. She gave everything to help him ascend the throne, only to end up imprisoned, stripped of her title, and doomed to die a miserable death. Reborn, she decisively breaks off her engagement to her cold and faithless fiancé and cuts ties with the marquis's househol 939Reads6.9Score10814d adds
41. 241 嘘 Shh! The Tyrant Is Secretly Spoiling His Little Sweetheart Again 嘘！暴君又在偷偷宠他的小娇娇 A Little Milk Kitty一只小奶喵Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yun Jiaojiao, a genius alchemist with an overprotective older brother, was cherished and spoiled from childhood. But after failing to survive her tribulation, she transmigrated into a despised imperial consort, entrusted to the emperor by her dying brother after he saved the emperor’s life. The emperor gave her a cold look. “I can only be your brother. Don’t even think of me as anything else!” Yun Jiaojiao blinked, looking pitiful on the outside but secretly thrilled. She cautiously tested him 7.5kReads8.9Score79214d adds
42. 242 被 After I Used and Dumped Him, He Went More and More Insane 被我始乱终弃后，他日渐疯批 Ling Xiu铃岫Ancient Romance478k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple + 1v1 romance + the hero’s long road to winning her back + a touch of dark yandere obsession + a strange but mutual pursuit + happy ending] [Cool, aloof genius cultivator × proud, poised young lady who has everything under control] Su Xi is the sort of person you’d expect to find as a villainess. Proud and domineering, wanton and willful, arrogant and accustomed to throwing her weight around. In her previous life, because she was a demonic cauldron, she ended up betraying her 3.5kReads9.2Score34314d adds

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    This book is good.

43. 243 帝 The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇：贵妃娘娘她又美又乖 Mu Niannian慕年年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 20.2kReads9.4Score2k14d adds

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    These are all incredibly beautiful and addictive!

44. 244 穿 I Became the Deposed Empress in the Cold Palace, So I Raised a Baby 穿成冷宫废后去养娃 Moonlit Journey月途Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Leng Luoyue, a web novelist who regularly stayed up late writing until she was half-dead, suddenly dropped dead. Not only did she die suddenly, she also transmigrated. She woke up in the body of a disgraced empress confined to the cold palace, who had died in childbirth, and was bound to some inexplicable child-rearing System. To complete her mission, she had to raise the little kitten into the crown prince. Since she’d already transmigrated, what else could she do? Raise him, of course! 5kReads9.0Score80414d adds

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    He raised his son in the cold palace until he became the crown prince, befriended the concubines, and even turned the cold palace into his own home, cultivating the land there.

45. 245 青 The Brothel Manager 青楼管事 Dreams Begin Where the Star Herons Fly星鹭梦起Ancient Romance239k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Look at this book! 😳😳😳

46. 246 太 After the Crown Prince Dumped Me, I Married the Emperor 太子不要我后，我嫁给皇上了 Room-Temperature Cola常温可乐Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted I am the unloved legitimate daughter of the prime minister. No one knows that the Crown Prince visits my courtyard every night. At last, one day, I became pregnant. I held the Crown Prince's hand and begged him to give me a title. The hand stroking my back came to a stop. "Your younger sister just became pregnant. I don't want to upset her." I paused. They say the Crown Prince treasures my sister like the apple of his eye. It seems the rumors are true. A month later, Father asked me, "The Empero —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is a good actress; she managed to seduce the emperor!

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