Palace Intrigue, Smart Characters, No Falling in Love, Fight for the Throne, No Giving Up, No Dumbing Down, Political Scheming 宫斗，有脑子，不动情，夺嫡不摆烂，不降智，权谋

1. 101 九 The Two Beauties of Jiujing 九京双姝 Shi Jiu是玖Ancient Romance516k WordsCompleted [Two Female Leads + Princess Younger Sister + Physician Older Sister + Political Intrigue + Revenge] Growing up in the village, Yun Zhu chased chickens and teased dogs, with not a trace of a young lady's refinement. When her mother grabbed her by the ear, she didn't even cry out in pain. Grinning, she said, “Mother, my skin's tough. Don't hurt your hand squeezing it.” By contrast, her elder sister Su Ye was calm and composed, with the scent of medicine about her. People said the Fang couple wer 724Reads8.7Score103Shelves
2. 102 不 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 92.5kReads9.4Score16.5kShelves
3. 103 折 Crossing the Sea of Begonias on Folded Wind 折风渡海棠 One Step to Knowing the Distance一步知遥Ancient Romance393k WordsCompleted New story now available [Reborn good-for-nothing concubine Lin Xian × ruthless, politically savvy Imperial Tutor Xie Yu] Lin Xian had never thought of herself as a good person. She helped the easily controlled Third Prince seize the throne, throwing the court into chaos and ruining the realm. She thought she would go to hell when she died, but instead she opened her eyes and found herself back in the capital, ten years earlier. In her second life, she decided to do nothing. Infighting in the inn 608Reads8.7Score111Shelves
4. 104 王 The Prince's Chest Is Rock-Hard! A Soft, Sweet Beauty in His Arms 王爷胸膛硬邦邦！怀里躺个软娇娘 Sha Liu沙柳Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts]+ [Sweet romance] Bold, radiant young marshal X refined young nobleman who seems gentle but is obsessive and sinister underneath. He dotes on his wife without limit! After a transmigrator occupied her body for three years, Shen Ning, the only daughter of the Marquis of Jizhou, regained control of it. She called back her trusted allies, reclaimed the family fortune, and exposed the scumbag for who he really was. Shen Ning did everything she could to get her life back on tra 478Reads8.2Score—Shelves
5. 105 被 Forced Into a Substitute Marriage, She Amazes the Entire Capital With Her Four Treasures 被迫替嫁后，她携四宝惊艳了全京城 Yan Qiqi燕七七Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Feng Jing, a genius military doctor from the 21st century, is ambushed and transmigrates into the Great Yan dynasty. She becomes the obese, lovesick legitimate eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhennan’s household, a pregnant bride-to-be who has already given birth to four sons. Then she is tricked into marrying the powerful Prince Jin, who commands a vast army and holds sway over the empire, in her younger sister’s place. Feng Jing feels like dying, but when she looks at the four little ones be 10.3kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
6. 106 谁 Who Says She's a Villainess? She's Clearly the Moonlight in Everyone's Heart 谁说她恶女，明明是皎皎白月光 Peach Blossoms Reflected in Wine桃花映酒Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted (Print edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on September 19 / Several short animated adaptations are now streaming) [Wicked Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Total Control + “Training Dogs” Romance + Male Rivals in a Shura Field + Exes Begging for Her Back + Face-Slapping and Scumbag Punishment] [The heroine is a true villainess: a stunning, calculating temptress who never hesitates to manipulate others] Jiang Chuji, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was an ill-fated girl sent to a t 66.1kReads9.4Score9.3kShelves

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7. 107 和 After a Political Marriage, the Princess Is Pampered by a Rugged Khan 和亲后公主被糙汉大汗宠成小娇娇 Fu Qiao苻乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + strong female lead + raising children + farming + career-focused plot + doting romance!!!] Jiang Xunyin is shot dead. She thinks she is doomed, but by a stroke of luck, she gets another life and becomes Princess Zhaohua of the Sunu tribe on the day she is sent to marry into the Great An Empire. Clear-headed and perceptive, she only wants to live a quiet life, but is forced into a whirlpool of intrigue. She thinks that after marrying the iron-blooded khan of the grasslands, the 1.8kReads9.2Score226Shelves
8. 108 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 170.9kReads9.5Score21.8kShelves
9. 109 盛 Dotingly Cherished Concubine: A Handbook for Raising a Beloved Concubine 盛宠娇妾：宠妾养成手册 Sweet Rice Wine糯糯酒Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, No Angst + One-on-One + Everyday Life] Qing Li spent years pretending to be a mute little eunuch in the palace. After arriving at the Prince Qing's residence, all she wanted was to keep her hands tucked into her sleeves, carry on acting dimwitted, and live peacefully as a little eunuch. But one day, she grabbed a scholar in blue robes at the library and made him help her carry something. After that, everything began to change. When she pretended to be stupid, people poked her. Wh 137Reads8.6Score—Shelves
10. 110 东 The Eastern Palace’s Favorite: The Crown Prince’s Beloved Concubine 东宫娇宠：太子的小良娣 VincyxAncient Romance177k WordsCompleted Tang Jinxi, a young woman who has depended on relatives since childhood, is preparing to discuss marriage with her cousin when rumors spread that her fate brings death to her husband. The match falls through. Onlookers gossip: Tsk! Miss Tang may be as beautiful as a flower, but who would dare marry a woman with a fate like that? Wei Yanqing: Who said that? I will marry her. A fate that supposedly brings death to her husband is perfect. No one else will try to steal her from him. The girl he rais 3.4kReads8.9Score267Shelves
11. 111 谋 Scheming for the Heir 谋嫡 Master Hua花爷Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted From being a pawn sent by her elder half-sister to the Third Prince's residence to climbing over a mountain of blood and claiming the empress's throne, Lin Wanying did just one thing: she kept Zhao Xuan firmly by her side. 2.3kReads9.1Score307Shelves
12. 112 残 The Disabled Prince Spoils His Arrogant Miracle Doctor 残王爆宠嚣张医妃 Drunken Ling Su醉凌苏Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted A fallen noblewoman dies silently in her bridal sedan chair. When she opens her eyes again, medical genius Fu Zhaoning has transmigrated into her body. A divine physician's daughter throws her weight around, tears Fu Zhaoning's wedding dress, and forces her to break off her engagement? Her fiancé protects someone else, humiliates her, looks down on her, and threatens her? A pack of ungrateful relatives wants to drive her grandfather to his death and seize the family fortune? Fu Zhaoning rolls up 2.9kReads8.8Score423Shelves

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13. 113 做 She Was Given as a Gift 做为礼物的她 Mei Li's Pen Name Is Mei Li梅莉的笔名是梅莉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 417Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    A brief biography of your concubine, a group battle in the harem of the Qianlong Dynasty. She is a gift from the Queen to the Emperor, the final winner of the harem.

14. 114 废 The Deposed Empress Is Reborn and Tears the Harem Apart 废后重生手撕后宫 Shi Xiaoxiao石小小Ancient Romance163k WordsCompleted Xiaomei was a special forces soldier in China's Armed Police Force. She was shot and killed while carrying out a mission, only to transmigrate to an ancient imperial palace... In the harem, Xiaomei initially wanted only to avenge the empress whose body she now inhabited, but to protect herself, she had no choice but to reclaim her place at the top of the imperial harem... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 媳 His Wife Joins the Army with Their Child, and the Chaste Officer Spoils Her Senseless 媳妇带娃去随军，禁欲长官宠疯了 Chestnut V栗子VModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet and delicate heroine + rugged military officer] (fictional military marriage + moving to the army base with a child + stand-in bride + stepmother + devoted couple) Chu Yue, a genius medical student, works herself to death during an overnight shift in the emergency department. When she opens her eyes, she has transmigrated to the 1970s and into a blended family. Her birth father is a spineless coward, her stepmother is shrewd, her stepsister stole her university admission, and even her you 18.3kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
16. 116 甜 A Sweet Romantic Encounter 甜蜜奇遇记 Jin Duoduo金朵朵Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Adorable child + devoted couple, 1v1 + whirlwind marriage + love after marriage + play the pig to eat the tiger + hidden identity] Gu Jinlan was the Ye family's fake heiress, raised by them for nineteen years. She was forced to marry the real heiress's place, to a dying man she had never even met. She thought she was destined for a miserable life as an orphan, but instead she changed her surname and made it on her own. Shi Ye was one of Haicheng's most powerful men. Rumor had it he was ruthless 37.6kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves
17. 117 燕 When the Swallows Return 燕子迴时 Meng Ri Wan梦日万Ancient Romance798k WordsCompleted The eldest Yan daughter left home at the age of two to live under her grandparents’ care. Fourteen years later, she returned to the capital. People in the capital imagined Miss Yan as country-bumpkinish, vulgar, and small-minded, someone who couldn’t hold her own in polite society. In truth, Miss Yan spoke softly but acted decisively. She would set the Yan household, where all the rules had been turned upside down, back in order. She would spare neither the old nor the young, not even the dead. 30.3kReads8.9Score4.5kShelves

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    I've been following this one recently. The main character is not a bun, so I think it's still worth pursuing.

18. 118 国 Dad Nation, Open the Door! I Caught a System 国家爸爸快开门，我抓了个系统 Mu Qiyao幕七尧Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military marriage + entertainment industry + turning over the System + national darling + sweet romance + both leads are inexperienced in love, one-on-one Making a wish at Yonghe Temple doesn’t work. Just after winning the Best Director award, Chi Qingyu falls into a sewer, transmigrates into a book, and gets bound to an interstellar System. System: Dear, you’ll get rewards for completing missions! Chi Qingyu calmly takes out her phone: Hello? 110? I’d like to turn myself and the System in. Late 14.8kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
19. 119 真 The True Heiress Is Frail, but She Can Punch Every Vengeful Ghost to Death 真千金体弱多病，但一拳一只厉鬼 Luo Shengsheng洛笙笙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying revenge + absurd comedy + no romance] Chi Le had lived for sixteen years before finding out his younger sister had been switched at birth! His parents said, “Your sister is frail and sickly, and can't take care of herself. You have to look after her.” One sleepless night, Chi Le went outside for a walk and saw his frail, sickly sister jump straight down from the third floor without a scratch. Chi Le: ? Then his supposedly helpless sister punched a thou 36.2kReads9.5Score5.2kShelves
20. 120 觉 After Awakening My Powers, I Keep Racking Up Cases for the Police 觉醒异能后，我哐哐给警局送业绩 Qiu Lin秋凛Modern Romance482k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Superpowers + Showbiz + Comedy + Mind Reading] In her previous life, Lu Anning was betrayed by the real heiress, who stole her opportunities and spread rumors about her online. As a result, Lu Anning became the internet's most malicious and jealous fake heiress. When she was in a car accident, the family she had lived with for twenty years abandoned her, and she died full of resentment. But when she woke up again, she had been reborn on the very day the real heiress came home. She als 2.3kReads8.7Score372Shelves
21. 121 地 The Underworld's Little Princess Uses the Book of Life and Death to Change Her Family's Fate 地府小公主，携生死簿为全家改命 Rui Beauty芮美人儿Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a Book + Whole Family Can Hear Inner Thoughts + Occult Arts and Ghost-Hunting + Going Off the Rails, Exposing Secrets, and Crushing Villains + Beloved by the Whole Family + Fake and Real Heiresses + Lighthearted Comedy + System + No Romance + Close Family Bonds) Chi Da, princess of the Underworld, is tossed into a novel by her own father. By the time she turns nineteen, she has the misfortune of dying nine times in a row, and every death is utterly unfair. When the novel’s her 5.1kReads9.2Score713Shelves
22. 122 玄 The Mysterious Arts Heiress Returns to Clear Her Family's Name 玄门归女破冢沉冤 Bai Xiaogu白小咕Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shen Wan was the real daughter, yet her family treated her like she was worthless. They treated her like a stray dog, and everyone despised her. Her several older brothers stood by coldly as the fake heiress bullied her for three years, until she was finally thrown out and left to fend for herself. When she opened her eyes again, she was back at eighteen. This time, she stopped pretending and stopped trying to please anyone. Her family sneered: Without the Shen family, you' 28.3kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
23. 123 大 The Little Ancestress Cured the Big Shot’s Mania with One Slap 大佬躁狂症被小祖宗一巴掌治好了 Nan Family's Little Jiu南家小九Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted Song Zhinuan found a man outside her villa and, unable to resist his good looks, brought him home and hid him in her little attic. When he woke up, she threatened him fiercely. “I saved you, so you have to repay me by giving yourself to me. Show me your ID. I’m going to keep you, and I’ll pay you this much every month!” Huo Beixiao glanced at the girl’s fair, delicate palm and raised an eyebrow. “Five million. Deal.” Song Zhinuan bristled. “Five thousand a month, not a cent more!” In Song Zhinua 11.4kReads8.7Score917Shelves
24. 124 九 Nine Princes Fight for the Throne? I’m Already the Greatest Immortal of All Time 九子夺嫡？我已成万古第一仙 Waist Yodeler腰德尔人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible + never hides his strength + no System + nine princes vie for the throne + steamrolling everything + instant attacks + kills everyone on sight + conceptual powers] Jiang Ning transmigrates into the Great Xia Dynasty as its Ninth Prince, blessed with heaven-defying talent. After ten years of traveling the martial world, he returns with the potential to stand unrivaled beneath the heavens. Before Jiang Ning's absolute might, every scheme and plot falls apart in an instant. During the s 24.9kReads7.2Score1.7kShelves

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    If you want to sit on that top position, you must have both mind and ability. Let's see the male protagonist turn the tide!

25. 125 绿 Green Shoots on the Branch 绿上枝头 Light Peach Blossoms轻薄桃花Ancient Romance221k WordsCompleted [Signed for print] [Brave, steadfast transmigrated heroine VS cool, clearheaded young noble] [Transmigration + rebirth + prominent family + household intrigue + feel-good + career building + strong heroine + light comedy] Jiang Lübao, daughter of a censor, was unexpectedly kidnapped and had her reputation ruined. The marriage that had already been arranged for her was called off, too. For a young woman from a prominent family, this was a devastating blow. But she burst out laughing. No one knew 86.9kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves

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    I strongly recommend these books, the fried chicken is so good!!!

26. 126 娇 Delicate Bones 娇骨 Zhi Yun支云Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co 139.2kReads9.5Score18kShelves
27. 127 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! 9.7kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    This is a novel about a palace fight over the inheritance of a legitimate son! The author of the online article died suddenly and became a retired queen! Bind the baby raising system to counterattack with the cubs, see how she raises the little milk cat into a prince, the palace battle dungeon is now open!

28. 128 皇 The Emperor Killed My Entire Family. Reborn, I Came Back to Slay Him 皇上杀了我全家，重生回来刀了他 Leaning on My Sword, Listening to Wind and Rain倚剑听风雨Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Both reborn] [The heroine kills, the hero buries the bodies] [Insane (not really) siblings] [On the surface: the heroine is gentle, quiet, innocent, and kind, like a delicate white flower; the hero is a refined young gentleman, elegant and radiant] [In reality: the heroine is ruthless, cold, decisive, and sweet on the outside but crazy within; the hero is gloomy, calculating, obsessive, and vicious, with a dark side beneath his polished exterior] In her previous life, Zhou Qingyan became empre 7.3kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves

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    This brother and sister have IQs

29. 129 灵 The Medium's Revelation 灵媒启示录 Ling Lang Feng Qing翎琅风情Mystery571k WordsOngoing The heroine, Chen Man, was born around the start of summer, when yang energy is abundant and all things grow. Everything went wrong the night before her birth, until her mother, in a daze, dreamed of a fairy descending from the heavens. Only then did Chen Man come into the world. Bright and talented from childhood, she advanced through school and found a job without a hitch, completing each major milestone in life right on schedule. At sixteen, she accidentally rescued a little girl from drownin 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You don't want all the things you said

30. 130 仰 I Look Up to Her Seated in the Imperial Court, Then Bow to Her Flowing Radiance 仰她端坐于庙堂，俯首引流光 Chrysanthemum in the Cold翠菊寒Two Male Leads424k WordsCompleted Qin Yang as an assassin: Unbothered by life or death, blade in hand and ready to fight. She earns her living with blood on the edge of her knife! After being summoned from another world and turned into the useless crown prince Qin Yang: Everyone, out of my way. Don’t get in the way of me showing off. I’m here for thrills and danger! Female lead: A woman disguised as a man, with more dirty talk than education. She’s always making lewd remarks. “Imperial Preceptor, can I see your legs?” She loves 898Reads8.7Score112Shelves

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31. 131 宫 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 A Cluster of Flowers一丛花令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 10.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Time travel, system, voice, doting on wife, funny and relaxing, and others [The God of Bird Food] are all very good [The God of Bird Food] [The God of Bird Food] [The God of Bird Food] also has very good ratings

32. 132 宠 The Beloved Consort's Rise to Power 宠妃升职记 Qing Ling卿绫Ancient Romance399k WordsCompleted When faced with the selection, An Ruyi is merely a low-ranking daughter of a noble family. To avoid the marriage arranged by her legitimate mother, she has to choose between becoming another man's concubine and becoming the emperor's. Without hesitation, she chooses the latter. Backed by a golden finger in the form of a pocket dimension, she originally only wants to retire in the imperial palace. But even the harem is unsafe, and everyone can bully her. The emperor's favor only puts her in the s 3.6kReads8.9Score259Shelves
33. 133 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 3.8kReads9.1Score381Shelves
34. 134 皇 The Emperor's One and Only Favorite Consort 皇上他独宠贵妃娘娘 Pomelo Sugar柚糖子Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted 1v1, devoted to one another, non-strong female lead: the sweet everyday life of a scheming little consort and her childhood sweetheart, the emperor. She transmigrated, and she was a favored consort from the start? Yun Jingqi was totally fine with that. So what does it take to be the emperor's favorite? Of course, eat well, dress well, drink well, and make sure the emperor treats her well every single day! Yun Jingqi: “Your Majesty, I'm thirsty.” A cup of tea was placed before her. Yun Jingqi: “ 4.1kReads8.4Score334Shelves
35. 135 爱 My Concubine, Be Good and Give Me a Kiss 爱妃听话，就亲一下 The Twenty-First Day of the Eleventh Month冬月二十一Ancient Romance324k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + goofy comedy + winning back his wife + mind reading + both leads have only ever been with each other] Not a superpowered female-lead power fantasy!!! More of an everyday-life story. Gorgeous, soft, and determined to lie flat as a concubine vs. a cold, calculating, but purehearted emperor What should you do after becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character? Use your knowledge of the plot to defy fate? Of course... not! Shen Nanyi’s motto in life: Lie flat and double 493Reads9.2Score102Shelves
36. 136 宫 A Palace Maid Rises to Power and Becomes the Tyrant’s Beloved 宫女上位，成为暴君心尖宠 Ming Yan明烟Ancient Romance418k WordsCompleted [Harem intrigue] [The leads are not each other’s first] [He only dotes on her in the later part] Overworked office worker Fang Ziluo transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid named Fang Zhilu. Three years earlier, the emperor had exchanged a few words with her. That alone was enough to offend Noble Consort Liu, and she spent the next three years tending the kitchen fire. The original Fang Zhilu had died a miserable death after enduring all that humiliation. Fang Zhilu thought, Now that 743Reads8.8Score105Shelves
37. 137 娘 The Empress Only Wants to Be Sent to the Cold Palace, but the Tyrant Coaxes Her Onto the Throne 娘娘一心入冷宫，暴君轻哄着上位 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 654Reads9.0Score105Shelves
38. 138 作 The Suicidal Noble Consort's Inner Thoughts Are Exposed, and the Whole Palace Spoils Her! 作死贵妃心声暴露，全宫卖力宠！ Green on the Lotus荷上翠Ancient Romance245k WordsCompleted [Everyone can hear her thoughts + palace gossip + beloved by all + goofy comedy + forced to court disaster] Jiang Lanyue transmigrates into a palace-intrigue novel as the vicious imperial consort. Out of jealousy, she frames the heroine and gets killed by one of the heroine’s admirers. She originally plans to be a good person and scrape by until the end, but the System warns her: She must maintain her original character and follow the script to return to her own world and claim a billion-yuan 583Reads8.8Score100Shelves
39. 139 贵 The Imperial Consort Smiled Over Her Shoulder, and the Cold-Faced Emperor Fell for Her 贵妃回眸一笑，冷面君王沦陷了 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance437k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + historical romance + not mutually chaste + marriage first, love later She is the general’s younger sister, with an excellent family background and beauty to match. After she transmigrates, she wakes up caught in the schemes and betrayals of the imperial palace. To protect herself, she resolves to become the emperor’s favorite consort. When they first meet, he tells her, “I will never like a woman like you in this life.” Gu Qingyan successfully presents herself as somewhat 2.5kReads8.9Score173Shelves
40. 140 怎 How Can Anyone Resist the Noble Consort's Alluring Charm? 怎敌贵妃百媚千娇 Fish Carrying the Moon鱼衔月Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + sweet romance + heroine transmigrates] In the fifth year of Yongyan, the emperor ordered a selection of consorts. Wen Wanyu was the most beautiful among the candidates. With her charming looks and soft, lilting voice, she was as delicate as a flower and soon won the emperor’s favor. She had once been the apple of her father’s eye, but when he was framed and her elder brother humiliated, she defied her whole family and asked to enter the palace to protect them. From the darling 2.6kReads8.9Score252Shelves
41. 141 娘 The Empress Is Sweet and Alluring, Winning Favor and Rising to Power 娘娘娇软妩媚，一路争宠上位 Bell Meow铃铛喵Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (A pure palace-intrigue story, not a one-on-one romance, and not a mutually faithful pairing. Proceed with caution!) Bai Ruotang is the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Right Chancellor’s household. At fifteen, just after coming of age, she is sent into the palace to bear a child for her legitimate elder sister and help her secure the emperor’s favor. Unwilling to be reduced to someone else’s pawn, from the moment she steps through the palace gates, she decides she will carve out 8.9kReads8.9Score919Shelves
42. 142 好 Good Pregnancy System! The Noble Consort Is Sweet and Soft 好孕系统！贵妃她又娇又软 Zhao Qingyue赵清樾Ancient Romance368k WordsCompleted [A soft, sweet, calculating little bunny heroine X a domineering, cold-blooded emperor with a love obsession] Shen Cihuan is the youngest daughter of Chancellor Shen. Innocent, lively, sweet, and adorable, she enters the palace to compete for the emperor’s favor in her older sister’s place. What if she doesn’t know how to compete for his favor? No problem. She has a palace intrigue and fertility System. An intoxicating natural scent Love at first sight from the emperor Fertility pills, dragon-an 25.8kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
43. 143 贵 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 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 24.7kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
44. 144 易 With a Fertile Constitution, the Low-Ranking Consort Becomes the Emperor’s Favorite 易孕体质，小答应摇身一变成宠妃 Purple Cat紫色猫Ancient Romance355k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System golden finger + multiple births + silly beauty + laid-back palace intrigue + doted on exclusively later + not a pure romance] Guys, how is this fair? Other women fight for favor with their family background, beauty, and talents... Qing Luo does it by getting pregnant. She spends her days having babies, raising them, and doting on them, gradually earning the emperor's exclusive favor. With her children by her side, she climbs to the top of life... 17.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
45. 145 烬 Fragrance Among the Ashes 《烬余香》​ Li Mo'an梨茉桉Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Lingering Fragrance of Ashes 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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46. 146 娘 Mom, Open the Door! I Studied for Three Years and Passed the Exam to Become Emperor 娘亲开门！我读三年，考上皇帝了 Passion Fruit百香果果Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Marquis’s Elite Class is now available [adorable children + parenting + doting in-laws + lighthearted + healing] Xu Wan becomes a widow the moment she marries into the family. All she wants is to keep her head down and enjoy the freedom of being a marquis’s wife. But on the very day she arrives, her stepson, a notorious little menace throughout the capital, gives her two nasty surprises in a row. Xu Wan grabs a knife and charges out, making a name for herself across the 68kReads9.6Score10.4kShelves
47. 147 露 Luhua Nong 露华浓 Egret Under Clear Skies晴天白鹭Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Original title: Finding a Better Match: I’m Done Being the Marquess’s Wife! Regarding plagiarism, don’t make baseless accusations. The publication dates are there for all to see. [Traditional historical romance and household intrigue + strong heroine and hero + mutual devotion + a prince who cherishes his wife] A merchant’s daughter marries into a marquess’s household, becoming the laughingstock of the capital. For six years, Jiang Shu lives alone and supports the entire household without compla 37.8kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
48. 148 咸 I'm Done Trying! I'm Just Going to Lie Here, Crown Prince, You're on Your Own 咸鱼躺！没招了，太子我不伺候了 Don't Study, Drop Out不学退学Ancient Romance398k WordsCompleted (A heroine who just wants to stay alive x a deceptively sweet but actually very dark hero; happy ending; some wild, anything-goes writing; if anything doesn't make sense as you read, please be sure to read the last two chapters! You'll find the antidote there, hehe.) After dying, Zhao Mingzhu transmigrates into a book as the villainess. As the saying goes, there are countless novels, but every villainess meets the same fate. In the original story, Zhao Mingzhu was born into a noble family, bea 6.1kReads8.8Score795Shelves

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49. 149 大 The Splendor of the Ming: Defeating the Demon Empress Sun and Kicking Out the Gate-Crashing Emperor 大明凤华：除孙妖后，踹叫门天子 Lucky Little Sweet Wine幸运小甜酒Ancient Romance601k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + fictional Ming dynasty + no pocket dimension or System + a prince’s favorite concubine + harem and household intrigue + male lead has had previous partners + clear-headed heroine, no angst + he only dotes on her in the middle and later parts] Content warning: Zhu Zhanji is reborn as the heroine’s son; Wang, the Noble Consort, is villainized; Zhu Qizhen is abused; Empress Dowager Sun and others get taken down. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Li Changxi came across a video a 2.6kReads9.0Score185Shelves
50. 150 清 Qing Transmigration: Consort De Chooses the Easy Life 清穿：德妃选择咸鱼 Stillness止息Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted Yuan Yuan, a lifelong single woman who firmly believes that staying unmarried and child-free is the key to a peaceful life, transmigrates into the mother of one of the most famous emperors in history: the Yongzheng Emperor. Yuan Yuan thinks, isn’t this the perfect setup for an easy win? Note: Kangxi will not love only the heroine, and the heroine will not fall in love with Kangxi. 10.2kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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