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Palace Intrigue Novels Worth Reading 宫廷宫斗书值得大家一看

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  1. 301 After She Ascends the Throne, She Takes a New Husband, Leaving Her Ex to Weep 她登基后换了夫,新夫不见旧夫哭 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Power! It's a woman's second face! She loves it!) (1V2 + advancing the nation through technology + two men competing for her, only to end up regretting it) Lu Jichen: He is an ill-omened man. On the day his elder brother got married, they smeared dog blood all over his face and locked him in a cellar. Later, she brought him out, washed his hands, let him sit at the table, fed him, and paid for his education. Wei Chiyuan: He is the young lord of an aristocratic clan; she is a young widow. One sc 20.6kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
  2. 302 I Played the Emperor My Whole Life, and After Being Reborn, He Still Wants the Crown Prince 演了皇上一辈子,重生他还要太子 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original title: Only After His Death Did He Learn That the Empress Did Not Want to Be Buried With Him [The heroine transmigrates, the hero is reborn] As he lay dying, Emperor Tianhe looked back on his eventful life. He had risen from humble beginnings to become the founding emperor, and the world praised his achievements. In his fading consciousness, he saw his virtuous empress, his beautiful consorts, and his weeping children. He felt that his life had been complete. But after he died, his soul 37.2kReads8.9Score3.1kShelves
  3. 303 I Just Want to Lie Flat, but the Emperor Pushes Me into the Harem Battles 想躺平,皇上却push我宫斗 Ancient Romance328k WordsCompleted [An unconventional palace-intrigue story + 1v1 later on + a love-triangle free-for-all] The emperor falls first, then turns dark later [A beautiful, easygoing sloth consort who just wants to lie flat x a hard-working emperor who is secretly scheming and potentially unhinged] “Me, Just Looking for a Basic Salary and Slacking Off, Got Promoted Thanks to the Emperor’s Help” / “The Emperor Fights Palace Battles for Me Behind My Back” / “Consort Yao Doesn’t Want His Favor or Love, She Just Wants to R 9.1kReads9.3Score745Shelves
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  4. 304 I Transmigrated into a Mad, Corrupted Minister's Story, and He Wants Me Dead 穿到疯批奸臣黑化后他一心要杀我 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A story about a ruthless, deranged minister who learns to be a decent person for love. A vengeful, ruthless woman versus a deranged wolf-king of a man who dotes on his wife.) [Yandere + Corruption + The Chase After the Divorce + Devoted to Each Other + Happy Ending] Xiao Chizhan is the most treacherous minister in the imperial court and the only prince in Daliang without royal blood. Bullied throughout his childhood, he turned dark, murdered his father and brothers, and made his first act after 3.8kReads8.9Score397Shelves
  5. 305 Her Sweet Charm Stirs His Heart, and the Sickly Power Minister Loses All Control 娇娇撩心动,病娇权臣彻底失控了 Ancient Romance543k WordsCompleted [Black-hearted Miao beauty vs. ruthless, lovesick power minister] On her first night after transmigrating into a book, Wen Ranyan was sent to the great villain’s couch. Rumor had it that Feng Qiw Wu, the great villain, was ruthless and bloodthirsty. Anyone who crossed him either died or wished they had. He was a certifiable lunatic. But Wen Ranyan wasn’t afraid. Instead, she set her sights on the villain’s good looks. In public, she was the villain’s only wife: gentle, graceful, and delicate. In 4.4kReads9.2Score547Shelves
  6. 306 Nonsense! My Wife Is Delicate, So She Definitely Can’t Be the Grand Princess 胡说!夫人柔弱,绝对不是长公主 Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted [I'm the Most Beautiful Woman in the World: Men Fighting Over Me, Hair-Pulling Rivalries, Romantic Chaos Everywhere. Also Known As: Half the Court Are the Emperor's Husbands] Lu Fanyin is the Grand Princess of the Dayu Dynasty, a priceless treasure to the entire nation from the moment she was born. But ever since childhood, she has felt that the men of this world are all out to get her. Her personal guard is always scheming to sneak into her bed. The regent is bent on usurping the throne. The yo 1.8kReads8.7Score260Shelves
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  7. 307 Lucky to Have Met Your Peach-Blossom Face 幸得识卿桃花面 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Wei Qing transmigrated. Her principle was simple: if you can settle it with your fists, don't waste your breath. 10.9kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
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  8. 308 Offering to the Abyss 献京渊 Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [Print edition releasing October 25] “He taught me to kill, seize power, and look after myself. I taught him what it means to have a weakness.” [Serious drama + political intrigue + the fate of the nation and its people + I’m terrible at writing blurbs] Jiang Qingyu was born into wealth, and her family’s love had made her naive and pampered. It wasn’t until the day the entire Jiang family was executed that she realized how foolish she had been! When she opened her eyes again, she was determined 26.1kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
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  9. 309 She Tried to Escape the Palace, but the Cruel Tyrant Kept Her Close 出宫失败,被狠戾暴君囚在掌心宠 Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the 23.2kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
  10. 310 Qing Transmigration: The Noble Consort Takes Down Consort De and Becomes Empress Dowager 清穿:贵妃娘娘她灭了德妃成太后 Ancient Romance873k WordsCompleted [Child-rearing (not self-sacrificing; willing to go after her mother, but never schemes against children) + Harem intrigue] After transmigrating into the Qing Dynasty as Noble Consort Tongjia during the reign of Kangxi, Ruirui's first thought was to go find that poor child... Ruirui didn't like the Qing Dynasty. But if she had to choose one person in all of Great Qing, it would be the Fourth Prince, later the Yongzheng Emperor. Not because she liked him, but because she felt for him. She felt fo 18kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
  11. 311 The Consort's Business Venture Succeeded, Then She Suddenly Died 宠妃创业已成,却猝然崩殂 Ancient Romance471k WordsCompleted [The Two Worlds' Beloved Consort] Liu Yao worked her way up from beauty to imperial consort, becoming the apple of the emperor's eye. One day, the emperor peacefully passed away in her arms, bound for the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. At last, all her hardships had paid off. On his deathbed, the emperor issued an imperial decree allowing her to live at Qionghua Mountain Villa, a palace retreat, instead of remaining in the palace. She now had wealth, status, and freedom. She had it all. A winner a 96Reads6.1Score—Shelves
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  12. 312 The Chronicle of Empress Dowager Yunyi 太后韫意传 Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [The Bewitching Empress Dowager Yun vs. the Powerful Eunuch Xiang] To win the emperor's favor for their family, the Yun clan carefully raised their eldest legitimate daughter, Yun Yi. She is both her family's pawn and the emperor's plaything. The day after her coronation as empress, the emperor dies suddenly. To survive in the merciless palace, she uses her beauty to seduce Xiang Lang, the Chief Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial, and lures him step by step into her trap. Five years ago, 96Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  13. 313 Palace Beauty 宫姝 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. 13kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
  14. 314 Scheming for the Realm 江山谋 Ancient Romance929k WordsCompleted He was once the Northern Prince of Xiliang, the kingdom’s most decorated war hero and the emperor’s most beloved prodigy. Three years ago, Xiliang suffered heavy losses in the battle at the frozen river in the Northern Territory. The Northern Prince was gravely wounded and fell into the river, leaving him with a chronic chill and dimming his star of military fortune. From then on, he shut himself away, refusing all visitors as he focused on recovering. Three years later, there were still people 74Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 315 Spring in the Imperial Palace 宫闱春 Ancient Romance246k WordsCompleted [Female Lead in Palace Intrigue + Male Lead in Political Schemes + High-IQ Cast + Beautiful, Unhinged Characters + Ensemble Cast] An alternate-world story. The female lead is highly intelligent, clear-headed, and no lovesick fool. From the moment she enters the palace, Jiang Wanqing knows she will spend her whole life within these walls. She never forgets one thing: she wants to become empress. She also knows that the current emperor, Zhou Qijing, cares only about royal power and dominion. So sh 615Reads8.7Score101Shelves
  16. 316 The Phoenix's Ruined Consort 凤残妃 Martial Arts325k WordsCompleted A golden lock pendant, a tiny plum-blossom birthmark: who is the beauty of this tale? Love at first sight makes her determined to marry. She leaves the Minister's residence and enters Prince Zhuang's manor. There is no music filling the sky, no brocade laid across the ground, only a small red bridal sedan chair and a bright red wedding gown. Beneath the veil, her peerless face is tender and gentle. A bowl of abortion medicine. A sharp sword falls. Agony twists through her belly, and blood fr 4.1kReads9.1Score332Shelves
  17. 317 Where Qingyun Meets 卿云见 Ancient Romance205k WordsCompleted Just after she transmigrates, her husband nearly destroys her body to cover up his crime. After barely escaping with her life, she finds that the one who helped her was her husband's younger brother. Is it a political scheme or a transaction? Each takes what they need and relies on their own abilities. How can she carve out a life of her own in this world? 52Reads—Score—Shelves
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  18. 318 The Tale of Nan Xin 南心记 Ancient Romance176k WordsCompleted He does everything he can to avoid marrying her, while she plots every which way to wed him. He wants her dead, but she fights to survive in the cracks like a resilient blade of grass. He sees through everything, yet still lets her slowly take root in his heart, where she lingers, impossible to forget and impossible to resist… 59Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 319 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 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 65.2kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves
  20. 320 Transmigrated as the Fierce Primary Consort of the Dimwitted Tenth Prince 穿成草包十爷的凶悍嫡福晋 Ancient Romance626k WordsCompleted [A devoted, exclusive 1v1 romance. The heroine is an ordinary person with no golden finger. She will eventually reveal her true identity and change history, so read with caution if that bothers you.] [Lighthearted throughout, perfect for relaxing. Sweet romance, an extra-sugary treat, and the heroine never gets mistreated.] Nomin, a free-spirited princess of the grasslands, is selected for the palace and becomes the primary wife of the hopeless Tenth Prince. She is completely dumbfounded. The Cr 8.3kReads9.1Score791Shelves
  21. 321 I’m Just a Concubine, So Why Is Everyone Clinging to Me? 我是小妾哎,怎么都来抱我大腿? Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete] Ye Qingzhi, an overworked office drone, transmigrates into the body of a concubine in the Jiangyang Marquis’s household. Since she’s here, she might as well go crazy. Being a concubine is just changing workplaces. She doesn’t need to get emotionally involved. She can simply treat herself like a tool. Ye Qingzhi’s career goal: convince both the marquis and the principal wife to take responsibility for her and protect her. Ye Qingzhi’s workplace motto: Life is short. We’re al 40.6kReads9.4Score4.7kShelves
  22. 322 A Rhapsody of Palace Flowers 宫花赋 Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted [A no-nonsense, trope-defying palace-intrigue drama + no love for the emperor + ensemble of women] Everyone has their own ambitions. I have no interest in fighting other women over a man. She was little Qing Luo, a girl who valued her life above all else. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she had wandered through hardship until she entered the Forbidden City, where she met the beautiful, gracious Yue Ren and the clever, perceptive Lü Zhu. At last, her wandering heart found a home. The three s 36.1kReads9.6Score4.7kShelves
  23. 323 The Legend of Yun Qiao 云翘传 Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted [Transmigration]+ [Revenge]+ [Medical Skills] [A guide to what this story does not have: no space, no supernatural abilities, no martial arts, and no golden finger. The heroine has only her superb medical skills to rely on!] Yun Qiao, a genius doctor from the twenty-first century, was transported to a dynasty she had never heard of after a plane crash. For five years, she relived in her dreams the short life of a five-year-old girl named Lin Qiao, who shared her name. In her dreams, she watched 3.8kReads8.9Score436Shelves
  24. 324 Taste the Softness of Zhi 尝枳软 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + one-on-one devoted romance + one-sided love + growing together through mutual support; gentle, down-on-her-luck noblewoman × sharp-tongued, spoiled noble heir] In her previous life, Song Zhizhuan’s family was destroyed, leaving her an orphan. She fell into the tender trap Sima Luo had laid for her. For her sake, the Yan family backed Sima Luo’s rise to power. Her childhood friend fought the enemy forces for her, risking his life to help Sima Luo conquer the realm. In the end, Sima Luo 2.5kReads8.7Score364Shelves
  25. 325 The Family Estate 门庭 Ancient Romance555k WordsCompleted [Serious drama + healing each other + family intrigue + court politics + revenge + lifelong monogamy] Jiang Zhi struggled for five years in that household, enduring five years of nightmares and barely staying alive, like a dog her father traded away for profit. When her father pushed her into the fire pit, he said, “A Zhi, you’re the best piece on my chessboard.” After waking up, Jiang Zhi sees that the house she had dreamed of escaping back to in her previous life has not yet changed from the 6.7kReads8.6Score779Shelves
  26. 326 After the Moonlight of Her Life Died, the Villainess Went on a Rampage 白月光死后,恶女杀疯了 Ancient Romance125k WordsOngoing [A completely deranged villainess + dark revenge + ultimate redemption] The male lead is just a tool… “I was born evil. I could kill at six, and my older sister is the only light in my life.” The day Luo Yan was born, blood rained from the sky. The wet nurse said she was an evil child. At seven, she watched a neighbor’s child fall from a great height and smiled with innocent delight. Her mother locked her in a lightless chamber, shackling her in chains for ten years. Only her older sister, Luo Z —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  27. 327 After My Eldest Sister Died, I Entered the Palace as the New Empress and Won the Emperor's Favor 长姐死后,我入宫为继后,夺帝宠 Ancient Romance175k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance] Song Mingqian, Grand Secretary of the Central Secretariat, had two daughters. His legitimate daughter, Song Yingzhen, was the top beauty and most talented woman in the capital. At fifteen, she came of age and married the Crown Prince as his principal consort. His concubine-born daughter, Song Mingzhen, was raised deep within the household and rarely spoken of. The emperor died, and the Crown Prince ascended the throne. The Crown Princess became empress, and the era name 2.4kReads7.4Score187Shelves
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  28. 328 I Ran Away Pregnant After Becoming His Bedchamber Maid 穿成通房后我带球跑 Ancient Romance692k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + green tea schemer + white lotus + stand-in for his beloved + palace intrigue + power struggles + satisfying wish fulfillment] A novelist who had never been in a relationship transmigrated into the Great Zhou Dynasty, becoming Chu Wuhen, Prince Qi's bedchamber maid. Every day, she struggled to stay alive. The original owner was the illegitimate daughter of a mistress. After her family fell into ruin, she was sold to Prince Qi's manor to warm his bed. Su Wanqing was jea 168Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 329 A Sweet, Obedient Woman Gets the Best of Life, and the Crown Prince Can't Get Enough 乖巧的女人最好命,太子欲罢不能 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (P.S. Strong male lead, weaker female lead, pure historical romance, no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, sweet romance.) Wen Li'er is gentle and mild-mannered, the cherished darling of her parents. She thought she'd marry a man she loved and spend her life raising children and managing the household. But an imperial decree from the Empress made her the lowest-ranking consort in the Eastern Palace. Unable to bear the blow, Wen Li'er fell seriously ill and spent half a year bedridden. 46.3kReads8.8Score8kShelves
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