Looking for Palace Intrigue Stories Where She Doesn't Love the Emperor, Just Wants to Play the Game. A Golden Finger Would Be Great (Please!) 求宫斗文不爱皇帝只宫斗最好有金手指的（求求了）

52 考 After I Passed the Imperial Exam, the Entire Court Heard My Thoughts 考上状元后，满朝威武听我心声 Pork Ribs and Chicken Wings排骨鸡翅Two Male Leads367k WordsCompleted Shen Shixu had just been named the top scholar when his golden finger, eighteen years late, finally arrived. In his previous life, he died saving a child who had fallen into the water, passing away far too young. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in the Great Qian Dynasty, a kingdom that had never existed in history. He now had loving parents and an older brother who doted on him. Wanting to repay his family for their love, he studied hard, hoping to earn a good rank and bring hono 8.8kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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Good looking, eat melon🍉🍉🍉

61 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 190.5kReads9.5Score23.5kShelves

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Sisters, go and read these books, the plots are online

64 渣 My Jerk of a Husband Wants a Second Wife? Fine, I’ll Empty His Family Home 渣男娶平妻？那就把婆家搬空了吧 Osmanthus Rice Wine Pudding酒酿桂花酪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Family confiscated and exiled + reborn + pocket dimension + fleeing famine + face-slapping and punishing scum + making a fortune] Reborn into a new life, Wei Yunlan knows that on the very day Shen Feng takes Xue Linglong as his secondary wife, her family will be framed by a treacherous official, have their home confiscated, and be exiled. This time, she won't make the same mistake as before, staying bitterly at the Shen household and waiting for her family to be cleared of the charges, only to 10.1kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

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This, this, after ten years of being a ghost, she was reborn. The first thing she did was not to make peace with her, but to move out of her residence. It was so cool.

65 清 A Qing-Era Transmigration: Since I'm Here 清穿之来都来了 Little Bao of the Immortal Path仙道小保Ancient Romance326k WordsCompleted This is a work of alternate history, so please don’t nitpick the historical details. It’s a very familiar kind of story: a modern person’s soul flies into the Qing Dynasty, where they muddle through life. There’s no angst, and grievances are repaid. It’s a light, uncomplicated read without any profound themes. I wrote it with the attitude that the bolder your dreams, the greater your achievements. If you think I’m laying it on too thick, just treat it as a joke and don’t flame me. The heroine, L 195Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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Qing Chuanwen, I don't think about loving the emperor, I just want to live a better life for myself

66 娘 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 73.4kReads9.5Score8.6kShelves

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These palace warriors