Palace and Household Intrigue, Rising from Concubine to the Top, No Mutual Purity, and Smart Characters 宫斗，宅斗从妾往上升的，不要双洁有智商

1. 201 妾 The Concubine's Stunning Rise 妾本惊华 Jun Qingye君清夜Ancient Romance532k WordsCompleted Once you enter the palace, it's as deep as the sea, and all your self-respect goes out the window. From the moment Mei Chu enters the palace, a bloody storm engulfs the court. 511Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The story revolves around Feng Hongluan, the illegitimate daughter of a prime minister, who is forced into becoming a concubine. Using her stunning beauty and unparalleled intelligence, she navigates the power struggles within the household and the palace. She has a complex emotional entanglement with the male lead, Yun Jin. Amidst conspiracies and intrigues, the female protagonist grows and matures, rising from a concubine to the pinnacle of power.

2. 202 借 Surrogate Motherhood? The Second-Time Bride and Beloved Consort Insists on Rising to the Top 借腹生子？二嫁宠妃偏要步步高升 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 23.8kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
3. 203 妾 A Concubine Is No Match for a Wife 妾不如妻 Colorful Bulrush Fragrance多彩蒲香Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted She wakes up in pain, and before she can even realize she's transmigrated, she discovers to her dismay that her husband doesn't love her? Her husband looks at her with disdain and says, “So you're not dead yet.” Then he adds, “From now on, you'd better behave yourself!” Her husband has a childhood sweetheart he loves. But after disaster strikes, they can't keep their vow to be together for life, so this modern-day tomboy becomes the hated third party who steals the other woman's place as his leg 936Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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   This is a domestic power struggle story; it's intelligent and relatively realistic. The female lead doesn't resist her stepmother or stepfather's elopement and instead marries a divorced official. The male lead's ex-wife is dead, but he has a concubine. There were conflicts between him and the female lead (because of the male lead's daughter), but they ultimately resolved the issues through the female lead's wisdom and the help of her loyal maid.

4. 204 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 58.5kReads9.3Score7.6kShelves

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   This is really good! [Admiration] The female lead is a strong, independent woman type; it's a satisfying read. The female lead's personality: she doesn't let herself be mistreated and prioritizes her own feelings. Check it out if you're interested! (◔_◔) [Sending heart]

5. 205 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 109.7kReads9.5Score12.6kShelves

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   I've read them all and thought they were good. I recommend them to you, hoping they'll keep you from running out of books to read [laughs].

6. 206 清 After Transmigrating to the Qing Dynasty, Fourth Master Has Three Babies in a Year 清穿后四爷一年抱仨 Flowers Blooming in the Snow雪中繁花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 22.7kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
7. 207 清 A Qing Dynasty Rebirth: The Big Shot Helps Me Win Over Zhen 清穿复仇，大佬助我谋禛心 Jia Xiaoqi嘉小麒Ancient Romance672k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + historical setting + sweet romance + court intrigue + a little household and harem drama + brotherhood] (Completed) I crossed three hundred years of time just to meet you, while you endured three hundred lonely years, waiting in vain for my return... Jianing wakes up one morning to find that she has transmigrated, and is forced to inherit the tragic memories of the original owner's final moments. Bullied and abused! Her belly cut open to save someone else's unborn child! The or 701Reads—Score—Shelves

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   From concubine to empress dowager

8. 208 将 The True Daughter of the General’s House Is Reborn to Save the Entire Marquis’s Estate 将门真千金重生，救侯府满门 Red-Clad Little Lu Bu红妆小吕布Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Fake and real heiresses x reborn heroine x transmigrated supporting female character! Civil official male lead x military general male supporting character) In a contest of youthful splendor, who will conquer the realm? (Political intrigue + the fate of the nation) In her previous life, the fake heiress stole her life and her husband. Worse, every loved one she had protected was buried alive by the fake heiress in the frozen wilderness. Her former fiancé shielded the fake heiress behind him and 2.2kReads8.5Score208Shelves
9. 209 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. 8.8kReads9.2Score989Shelves

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   This is truly my absolute favorite palace intrigue novel. It's intelligent, logical, and the author's writing is superb. I couldn't help but cry by the end, moved by the love between the male and female leads and their lifelong commitment.

10. 210 公 The Princess and Her Court Investigator 公主和她的少卿 Southeast Scenery东南形胜Ancient Romance363k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + one man and one woman, devoted only to each other + sweet romance + no transmigration or rebirth + outspoken characters + devoted to the heroine + mutual affection] [Beautiful, bold princess VS scheming, tea-flavored male lead. Daily life + palace and court intrigue. Lighthearted writing.] [The heroine gets revenge on the spot. The male lead plans several steps ahead and is a model of gentlemanly virtue.] As the only legitimate princess, Liancheng was born to privilege 2.9kReads9.1Score375Shelves
11. 211 妖 Fairy-Like Heroines! She Wields Her Beauty in TV Dramas 妖精女主！她在影视剧恃美而娇 Shanshan Loves Tangerines杉杉爱橘Female-Channel Fanfiction3.8M WordsOngoing Beauty that captivates all, wealth and glory: the carefree life of a beautiful fox spirit heroine. Linlang was a lily of the valley growing in a secluded valley. After a century of cultivation, she became a spirit, but while undergoing a trial, she was struck by heavenly lightning and sent to another world. Thus began a marvelous journey through time, in which she became the most adored woman in television dramas, relying on her beauty to live as she pleased and dazzling everyone she met. World 48kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves

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    They're all pretty.

12. 212 综 A Journey Through Film and TV: The Cannon Fodder’s Road to a Comeback 综影视之炮灰逆袭路 Lush Purple Asters紫苑青青Female-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsOngoing Even a cannon-fodder character can turn the tables and become the protagonist 31kReads8.6Score703Shelves
13. 213 快 Quick Transmigration: No More Letting Every Woman's Darling Shamelessly Drain the Dragon Qi 快穿：禁止万人迷放肆薅龙气 Cai Xiangxiang蔡香香Female-Channel Fanfiction708k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + universally adored heroine + no fixed pairing + sweet romance + Qing-era transmigration] A peerless beauty, a deadly poison, and a struggle among the empire’s most powerful men! A Jiu is a flood dragon from the Three Realms of Xuanqing, and the one who had the title of the Three Realms’ greatest beauty stolen by a nine-tailed fox. Her lifelong wish is to become a true dragon and assume her rightful form. So A Jiu begins her diligent journey of gathering dragon energy. Wor 7kReads7.8Score425Shelves
14. 214 综 Qing Dynasty Transmigration: Good Fortune and Great Prosperity 综清穿之大吉大利 Hoping for Glory盼生辉Ancient Romance647k WordsCompleted This story is entirely fictional. It includes characters who never existed in history, and some characters’ ages may not match the historical record. Please treat it as an alternate universe. 1. The easy life of a concubine in Kangxi’s harem Shen Anning, a woman who transmigrated from the apocalypse (Ulanara Naanning, with a wood-type golden finger and the ability to share sensations with Kangxi: if she gives birth, Kangxi gives birth; if she dies, Kangxi dies) × Kangxi 2. The daily struggle to 9.7kReads9.0Score504Shelves
15. 215 甄 Empresses in the Palace: The Cannon Fodder Concubine's Rise to Promotion 甄嬛传之炮灰的贵妃升职记 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 5.8kReads9.2Score474Shelves
16. 216 甄 Empresses in the Palace: How to Milk the System and Become Emperor 甄嬛传：论如何薅系统羊毛当皇帝 Cloudy Mountains, Distant Mist云山雾远Female-Channel Fanfiction583k WordsCompleted [The new Landis quick transmigration series is out!] Landis, a male succubus from a Western fantasy world and a chaotic troublemaker, discovered a fanfiction System capable of traveling through time on a bizarre maid. He arrived in the world of Empresses in the Palace... On the day he first met Chun Yuan, he replaced Yongzheng and captured a Character System from him as well. From then on, as he kept exploiting the two Systems, one outrageous move after another turned a palace drama about the so 9.8kReads9.3Score497Shelves
17. 217 综 A Crossover Through Film and TV, Starting with Su Peisheng 综影视之从苏培盛开始 Song Song宋讼Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Luo Yao was once a fox who had cultivated into a spirit, but after taking human form, she found herself restricted at every turn. Just as she was wondering whether to become a pretty face in show business or a wealthy family's wife, she was selected by Palace Intrigue System 001 and began her transmigration adventures as everyone's darling. The story starts with Empresses in the Palace. Luo Yao thinks she knows it well and can handle being transmigrated into any character~ But from the start, sh 5.1kReads8.2Score290Shelves
18. 218 我 My Years as a Benevolent Mother in the Qing Palace 我在清宫做圣母的那些年 Tsukimino E月见里绘Female-Channel Fanfiction2.5M WordsOngoing [A vengeful ghost from a mass grave × a scheming palace-conquering beauty × a golden finger bigger than the sky] Shanyue, a ghost from a mass grave, is reborn in the worlds of Empresses in the Palace and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace as a “living bodhisattva,” carrying a body full of resentment. Save the consorts? Soothe the children? She turns the consorts against one another and uses others to assassinate royal heirs. Beneath the compassionate guise of Guanyin lurks a demon from the depths o 31.8kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
19. 219 攀 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 167.2kReads9.6Score23.6kShelves

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    The writing is excellent, and the plot is good too, but this is not the first book featuring a clean romance.

20. 220 枕 Pillowed in Spring's Embrace 枕春色 Sweet and Sour World糖醋人间Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication; print edition on sale July 31] [Hero fights to win her back + Second male lead faces a long road to reconciliation + Powerful man bends for love] Clear-headed, resilient tofu-seller heroine vs. devoted prince with a secret sorrow When Chun Zhi was nine, Lu Jingyun took her in after she was left homeless, and she became his child bride. Lu Jingyun promised, “If I pass the imperial exams one day, I'll make you my wife.” For ten years, she supported him with all her strengt 54.3kReads8.8Score4.1kShelves
21. 221 重 After Being Reborn, She Wants to Destroy Her Scumbag Father-in-Law 重生以后，她想灭了渣公爹 Si Que飔却Ancient Romance236k WordsCompleted The orphan Lang Nuoming married her cousin’s husband’s younger brother. Her husband was bedridden with an illness, and she was brought in to bring him good fortune. But her father-in-law wanted to take the heroine for himself. He tried to force himself on her on their wedding night, only for her to kick him so hard that he was left a eunuch... 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's not a palace intrigue, it's a domestic power struggle [smirk].

22. 222 大 The Great Yu's Master Strategist 大渝筹算师 Little Darling Lost in the Way迷途的小心肝Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + revenge on scumbags + lighthearted + pure romance + playing the fool to catch the tiger + happy ending] Good news: Her betrothed came first in the provincial exams and earned the title of Jieyuan. Bad news: Her betrothed, now a Jieyuan, wanted to break off the engagement without losing face, so he schemed against his fiancée, who came from a merchant family. Fine. If you want to break things off with dignity by scheming against someone, then neither of us is going to have a 19.8kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    The first three stories are about domestic power struggles, followed by palace intrigue. The protagonist starts as a palace maid or someone of low rank and strives to become a favored concubine or even an empress dowager.

23. 223 冲 You Dared Divorce the Matriarch Who Married You for Good Fortune? Go Cry to Another Family! 冲喜主母都敢休，改冲别家哭去吧 Cherry Red Matchmaker樱桃红娘子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Yanyan married into the Earl's household to bring good fortune, and the young lord, who had been on the brink of death, recovered. But then the chancellor's daughter, who had nearly drowned, decided to steal her husband. Jiang Yanyan: “My husband survived because I married him to bring him good fortune.” The chancellor's daughter, the young lord, and her mother-in-law: “Hmph!” Fine, fine. You can't talk sense into someone determined to die, so let's get a divorce! But the young lord insist 2.5kReads8.6Score976Shelves
24. 224 庶 The Daily Madness of a Lowborn Daughter 庶女发癫日常 Chu Shimei楚诗魅Ancient Romance888k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a book heroine vs. reborn heroine, one-on-one romance] Shi Yao transmigrated into a reborn, pampered heroine’s revenge novel and became an ignored, expendable illegitimate daughter. The one doted on by everyone was Shi Mingzhu, the original heroine. In her previous life, the moment Shi Mingzhu was born, the old master declared, “Dote on her! I want the whole family to spoil her rotten!” So all eight brothers became hopelessly devoted to their little sister. To help the heroi 33.3kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
25. 225 穿 Transmigrated as a Bedclimbing Palace Maid in a Palace-Intrigue Novel 穿成宫斗文里的爬床宫女 Red Wolf Doesn't Eat Meat红太狼不吃肉Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted No prestigious family background, no peerless beauty. After transmigrating, film queen Li Songyue finds herself cast as the most expendable bed-climbing maid in a palace intrigue novel. The transmigrated heroine is ahead of her, the reborn supporting female lead is behind her, and there’s also a demanding emperor to contend with. From bed-climbing maid to empress dowager of the realm. She won’t know how cold it is at the top until she climbs there. 221Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 宫 The Palace Maid's Alluring Charms: The Emperor Grips Her Waist and Kisses Her Every Day 宫婢娇软媚人，皇上日日掐腰吻 Tong Yue桐月Ancient Romance427k WordsCompleted Zhu Jinrun was a low-ranking palace maid at Yimei Garden. The matrons were jealous of her beauty and said she was bound to set her sights on the emperor. As it turned out, they were right, though he was the one who fell for her first. The mighty emperor clung to a little maid and refused to let go, even if it killed him. After the Empress Dowager took a liking to her, Zhu Jinrun was assigned to Shoukang Palace. The palace staff said the emperor visited the Empress Dowager every day out of filial 218Reads5.1Score—Shelves
27. 227 梦 When I Awoke from the Dream, Forty Years Had Passed 梦醒时分，已是40年以后 Si Que飔却Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted That year, seventeen-year-old Si Wen was a beautiful girl who met Jun Nian, a boy from a single-parent family, at school. They broke the school's quiet and shocked the innocent boys and girls there. But they couldn't withstand the test of time, and went their separate ways. At Si Wen's wedding, she ran into Jun Nian and his wife... The misunderstandings along the way and decades of longing vanished like mist in an instant. Should they let each other go, or return to the peace they once knew? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the kind of writing I started creating after I turned fifty!

28. 228 春 I Won't Miss You Anymore, Not Even in the Spring Breeze 春风十里不再想你 Si Que飔却Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted The heroine, Ouyang Yifan, and Tang Muyun meet, grow close, and fall in love as teenagers, then marry after she becomes pregnant. Later, the hero’s business takes off, and he follows the usual pattern: he keeps his respectable wife at home while carrying on affairs outside. Eventually, a scheming woman frames Yifan and leaves her with nothing. —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 229 再 The Joy of Remarrying 再醮之喜 Morning Dew晨曦雨露Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn + Sweet Romance + Second Marriage + Rugged Hero Song Jinniang’s husband, Xiao Jingran, caught the eye of the Prince of Jin’s daughter. Song Jinniang, his officially wedded wife, was reduced to the status of a mistress, and even her son became a despised illegitimate child. In the end, mother and son both died. Given another life, Song Jinniang returned to the day before she was supposed to enter the capital. This time, she had no hope left for that heartless beast. She took her son, chang 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    These are all second marriages

30. 230 丈 Widowed for Five Years, the Widow is Pregnant with the Emperor’s Child 丈夫去世五年，守寡怀了皇帝的崽 Salty Fish Boss咸鱼头子Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted [Stunning widow vs. domineering emperor] [Not both virgins + forbidden tension + raising a child + old flames reignited] Everyone in the capital knows that the legitimate daughter of the Yun family and Third Young Master Lu are a loving couple, devoted to each other. But fate was cruel. Third Young Master Lu was cursed with a short life and died of a serious illness before reaching twenty, leaving behind a beautiful young widow and an unborn child. - Yun Wan has a secret she’s kept buried fo 27.2kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves
31. 231 嫁 Marrying the Tyrant Male Lead to Become a Laid-Back Empress 嫁给暴君男主当咸鱼皇后 Dudu读读Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Dongli Hua has a little mishap and ends up in a novel for male readers, as an ugly woman with a birthmark on her face. But because of her good deeds, an imperial decree names her empress. The emperor ascended the throne at twenty, and is now thirty-two. He once had a beloved first empress who has since died; now he has two favored consorts, Shu and Li, as well as several powerful consorts with large families who have borne him princes and princesses. And soon, another large group of beauties wil 6.1kReads9.0Score503Shelves
32. 232 鬓 Hairpins and Beauty 鬓花颜 Peach Who Doesn't Slack Off桃子不摸鱼Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Maid + sisters in the inner palace + ensemble-focused story] [The heroine is a native of this world, with no transmigration, rebirth, or hidden identity] After her mother dies of illness, Meng Shu’s father takes a new wife almost at once. She endures years under her stepmother’s hand, but in the end, she cannot escape being sold. A trafficker’s rope drags her away from her homeland and casts her into the fabulously wealthy Tang household. Her exceptiona 35.4kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves

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    The first book is a slow burn, the second is funny, and the third starts with the Empress.

33. 233 清 Qing Transmigration: The Fourth Prince’s Cherished Young Concubine Rises Through the Ranks 清穿：四爷宠着的小格格一路高升 Salty Fish Qi咸鱼柒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Alternate Qing Dynasty + mutual devotion + heroine has a halo + lavish, exclusive pampering] The heroine’s story: After the college entrance exams, Song Xirou, who loved reading time-travel stories set in the Qing dynasty, went to sleep and transmigrated. She became a concubine of Kangxi’s fourth son, the historical Consort Mao, whose two daughters died young and who was never favored. At first, Song Xirou figured that as Aisin-Gioro Yinzhen’s first woman, she might not be loved, but 4.2kReads8.9Score318Shelves
34. 234 娇 The Pampered Little Noble Consort 娇养小贵妃 I Am Lingjun余曰灵均Ancient Romance379k WordsCompleted Shen Si was only the daughter of a fourth-rank prefect. The only reason Prince Kang took an interest in her was her beauty. When she refused to submit to him, he framed her father and brother. Just as she was about to take her own life, unable to bear the humiliation any longer, the emperor swept her into his arms. To avenge her father and brother, she joined the imperial harem and tried every means at her disposal, yet still met her end there. Reborn, she gained the ability to enter other peopl 1.8kReads8.9Score127Shelves
35. 235 后 A Cheat-Code Life in the Imperial Harem 后宫开挂人生 The Silent Instant Noodles沉默的方便面Ancient Romance584k WordsCompleted In the novel, she is the Empress Dowager’s niece and the emperor’s highest-ranking Consort Shu, with a noble status and boundless favor. Yet in the end, she cannot escape the fate of a minor cannon-fodder character, and dies with hatred in her heart! Qian Qing from another world takes her place and carefully plots every step, winning the emperor’s love and matching wits with the novel’s heroine. She wants to see whether a mere illegitimate daughter of a marquis’s household can still rise to the 1.8kReads7.6Score115Shelves
36. 236 重 Reborn as Imperial Noble Consort Chunque 重生之纯悫皇贵妃 Ball of Yarn毛线球儿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted An old saying goes: At home, obey your father; when married, obey your husband; when your husband dies, obey your son. But how did Geng Mowei's life turn out? At home, her birth mother died young, and could she really rely on her father? After marriage, she was a concubine, neither a great beauty who could charm any man nor a sweet, understanding woman. How could she ever win favor? Fortunately, her life wasn't entirely without blessings. Her son was her greatest comfort! Given another chance at 196Reads8.9Score—Shelves
37. 237 宫 Joy in the Palace: The Noble Consort Can Read Minds 宫中有喜：贵妃她有读心术 Qin Chu秦楚Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Gu Mianmian has a fiery temper and is not to be trifled with. She meets strength with strength, and after transmigrating into the imperial harem, she has mind-reading powers and no trouble fighting her way up. Only as he lay dying did Emperor Rong Xuan realize how ridiculous his life had been. The empress dowager, who had always shown him loving concern, could not wait for him to die so her own son could take his place. She had even personally fed him poison when he was little. And the women in 895Reads9.0Score103Shelves
38. 238 清 Changing Fate in the Qing Dynasty: The Empress Raises a Reborn Child 清穿改命：娘娘养了个重生崽 Heng Chen姮宸Ancient Romance695k WordsCompleted [Qing Dynasty transmigration + raising a child + System + harem power struggles] Tong Suwan transmigrates into the past and becomes Empress Xiaoyiren, the adoptive mother of Emperor Yongzheng. For the first ten years, she has no memories of modern life. But thanks to her intelligence, she succeeds in building a deep bond with Emperor Kangxi. At the age of ten, her memories return. With nothing to tie her to her modern life, she readily accepts her situation, then receives the essential transmigr 1.9kReads8.8Score133Shelves
39. 239 宠 Beloved Across the Realm 宠倾江山 Sugar Heart with No Heart糖心没有心Ancient Romance667k WordsCompleted Chu Ran was a triple-threat star in film, television, and music in the twenty-first century. While filming on a city street, she was hit by a car after saving a little girl. When she woke, she had fallen into a dynasty she’d never even heard of in her history books. Well, when in Rome. Fortunately, she had transmigrated into the imperial family as a beloved young princess. Her royal grandfather treated her like a treasure, but her father cared only for romance and poetry, so having a father was 1.2kReads9.0Score122Shelves
40. 240 清 The Imperial Noble Consort’s Laid-Back Life in the Qing Dynasty 清穿皇贵妃的咸鱼日常 An Eraser一块橡皮擦Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Su Yin unexpectedly arrives in the Qing Dynasty and, by a twist of fate, ends up in the Fourth Prince’s residence. Knowing roughly how history is supposed to unfold, she chooses to keep a low profile to save her own skin. Who would have thought that one day, the Fourth Prince would overhear her secretly badmouthing him? The prince declares, “Very well. You’ve got my attention!” Su Yin denies it three times over: “It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it, don’t make things up.” 2.9kReads9.0Score243Shelves
41. 241 四 Fourth Master, Her Majesty Just Wants to Eat and Do Nothing 四爷，娘娘只想混吃等死 Hanman寒曼Ancient Romance972k WordsCompleted Xun'er transmigrated and became a concubine in Fourth Master’s household! As a lowly concubine with a humble background, and with the principal wife being so ruthless, she figured she’d better keep her head down, stay unnoticed, and live off the household until the end of her days. Who knew that even while doing nothing but eating, she’d end up eating her way into Fourth Master’s heart? As he started showing up for meals more and more often, certain people grew jealous and came at her with a ten 721Reads8.6Score100Shelves
42. 242 清 Consort Hui of the Qing Dynasty: After Bearing the Fourth Prince, I Became the Emperor's Favorite 清穿惠妃：生下四阿哥后独宠了 Hui Ning橞宁Ancient Romance464k WordsCompleted Wu Jingwan has been dreaming about Yinzhi every day lately. One day, after dreaming that Yinzhi was imprisoned, she transmigrates into the body of Consort Hui, one of Emperor Kangxi’s consorts. Well, she isn’t Consort Hui yet. She’s only Noble Consort Hui. Whenever Wu Jingwan wakes in the middle of the night and thinks of Yinzhi’s fate, her heart aches. How could the dashing, beloved eldest prince have ended up like that? Now that she’s here, she won’t let that tragedy happen again. She thought 9.4kReads9.2Score843Shelves
43. 243 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Became the Frail Moonlight of the Entire Imperial Harem 穿越后我成了全后宫的病弱白月光 Si Qian and Porridge司千和粥Ancient Romance379k WordsCompleted Rising star Wan Lai'er transmigrates overnight and becomes Wan Jiaojiao, a palace lady who died just after entering the imperial palace of the Great Jin dynasty. With her “bounce back from the brink, refill the mana bar” skill, Wan Jiaojiao isn't afraid of a thing. As long as she's still breathing, she can't die. What?! The horse beside the Empress Dowager has bolted? Wan Jiaojiao says, “Leave it to me!” The Empress Dowager declares, “Jiaojiao saved my life. I want to see who in the harem dares 3.1kReads9.3Score457Shelves
44. 244 清 Qing Transmigration: The Nonexistent Side Consort of the Tonggiya Clan 清穿：不存在的佟佳侧福晋 The Hundred-Mile Bird Who Goes Coo Coo Coo Coo Coo咕咕咕咕咕的百里鸟Ancient Romance331k WordsCompleted Tong Nuanyan, who killed countless zombies in the apocalypse, never imagined that one day her most trusted companions would betray her, leaving them all to die together. A metal stone she carried with her sent her hurtling through the river of history, where she became Longkodo's illegitimate daughter. To her surprise, AI System 805, which had always accompanied her, came along too. After merging with the metal stone, Tong Nuanyan gained access to a vast interstellar marketplace. Most importantl 2kReads7.3Score187Shelves

    Reader note

    Palace intrigue + domestic power struggles + later-stage exclusive favor + not both characters are virgins! These books all belong to the palace intrigue and domestic power struggle genre, starting as a concubine and gradually rising through the ranks!

45. 245 穿 Transmigrate: A Cousin's Harem Adventures 穿越之表妹后宫日常 Pidanj 0904皮蛋0904Ancient Romance350k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + palace and household intrigue + no golden finger + devoted romance in the later part] Luo Sanghua: She transmigrates and becomes a cousin, only to learn that she is destined to die young. Her goal: survive. Xiang Xiuyu: He thinks he is smarter than all his brothers. His goal: become emperor, and an exceptionally wise and powerful one at that. His goal after that: be an emperor who has Sanghua by his side forever. The palace intrigue isn’t particularly clever, and the romance isn 6.3kReads8.7Score503Shelves
46. 246 清 A Qing Dynasty Journey as Consort De: Which Lady Doesn't Want to Be Empress? 清穿德妃：谁家娘娘不想当皇后呀 Ding Anlan丁安岚Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted [Not a devoted-couple-only romance; the heroine is doted on exclusively in the later story; she has a golden finger. This is not a power fantasy. The heroine has lived four lifetimes and has now returned to the Qing dynasty. She understands people and social conventions, but isn't the sort who likes to stir up trouble. The events, characters, and timeline in the book don't match real history. If that bothers you, don't read!] ⚠️⚠️⚠️A heads-up: The heroine isn't a cruel or vicious person. She onl 5.7kReads9.2Score623Shelves
47. 247 皇 The Royal Family's Sickly, Obsessive Daughter-in-Law 皇家病娇媳 You Lu由鹿Ancient Romance570k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + classic period setting + marriage first, love later + raising a child + beautiful and captivating heroine] She spent five years scraping out a miserable existence in a brothel. At last, the famous courtesan Luo Jinyi died. She died in her wedding sedan chair, being carried off to become someone’s concubine. When she awoke again, she was still going to be carried off in a wedding sedan chair. This time, it was the day ten years earlier when she had been deceived into refusing to marry 7.4kReads9.1Score1kShelves
48. 248 重 Reborn Palace Maid: She Only Wants to Fight for the Emperor's Favor 重生宫女之她只想宫斗 Lady Yejiu夜九娘Ancient Romance444k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jiaoyun spent years confined in the Cold Palace before finally being released. What she got in return was a useless husband and a wicked mother-in-law. This time, she decisively betrayed her mistress and climbed into someone else’s bed, successfully rising in status. And then she became the lowest-ranking palace maid… When Emperor Jingheng first saw Jiaoyun, he was merely captivated by her looks. “How can this palace maid have fairer skin than the Noble Consort?” Jiaoy 910Reads9.1Score110Shelves
49. 249 慌 Panic! After Giving Up, the Little Slacker Is Forced to Take the Throne 慌！摆烂后，小咸鱼她被迫登基了 Sleepy Cat猫沉沉Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted My mother, who always insisted on having her way, and Consort Zhang next door became pregnant at the same time. Consort Zhang gave birth to a big baby boy, so I became a “big baby boy” too. I spent eighteen years as a prince while pretending to be a boy. To keep my secret identity from being exposed, I usually kept a low profile. My brothers put on a “Nine Dragons Contesting for the Throne” to fight over succession, so I gave up and decided to coast through life. Who knew that when my father die 8.9kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
50. 250 夜 The Tyrant Uncle Who Visits My Dreams Every Night 夜夜梦见未婚夫的暴君叔叔 Oil-Run Salted Egg咸蛋流油Ancient Romance498k WordsCompleted (Both leads are chaste + she’s his one and only) Yun Si is the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, raised in seclusion. She is gentle, refined, reserved, and proper. After coming of age, she gets engaged. Her fiancé is her cousin, a gentle and refined gentleman, and the current emperor’s nephew. They are a perfect match in status, talent, and beauty. On the night of their engagement, Yun Si dreams of a man pinning her down on a mandarin-duck quilt. His gaze is burning and brazen, as thoug 9.4kReads9.0Score910Shelves

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