Palace Intrigue: The Emperor's Favorite, With a Smart and Arrogant Heroine Who Leverages Her Power 宫斗文 皇帝专宠，女主仗势嚣张有脑子的

1. 51 两 A Farewell Across Two Lifetimes 两世谢 Gui Niang Who Loves Homemade Noodles爱吃家常挂面的桂娘Ancient Romance128k WordsCompleted [Chastity Arch] X [Deadly Deal] X [The Ledger That Wouldn’t Burn] [Reborn + palace intrigue + high-stakes push and pull + jaw-dropping reversals] Xie Lingyi: “In return for saving my life, give me my freedom!” Xie Xuandu: “That charred corpse is your ticket to ‘living like a human being.’” > She saved her uncle in a blood-soaked alley, only to become a pawn. The household troops framed her, and the capital’s prefecture came for her life. When the second branch’s mansion went up in a raging infer 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Chastity Archway] The government soldiers framed him, and Jingzhao threatened his life. When a huge fire broke out in the second room, the half-burned account book next to the charred corpse became the only weapon to tear the shackles of "chastity". See how the legitimate daughter of the third wife enters the game alone, uses her wits to break the situation, and carves a way out in the machinations and fire!

2. 52 冉 The Empress Ran 冉后 Nai Nai J奈奈JAncient Romance376k WordsCompleted Ran Hu was made a Jieyu concubine as soon as she entered the palace. On her very first day, she was summoned to the emperor’s bedchamber and granted the title of Chen, cherished like a rare treasure. Her peerless beauty and her younger brother’s illustrious military achievements as Marquis of Chang’an gave her the confidence to act as she pleased in the harem. The two souls who had come from a later age ultimately left a lasting mark on this strange world. 5.3kReads9.0Score542Shelves

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   In the early stage, they fight in the palace, but in the later stage, they are doted on. It feels like the male protagonist likes the female protagonist even before she enters the palace. The female protagonist is very sober. The most important thing is that the relationship between the two siblings is really touching. It seems that they are all for each other! The younger brother (general) also gets along well with the male protagonist!

3. 53 娘 The Empress Is So Charming, His Majesty Is Reborn to Bend Over Backward for Her 娘娘多娇，陛下重生为其弯眉折腰 Muzi Yingbao木子颖宝Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted He abused her, hurt her, and kept her imprisoned. When she had lost all hope, she resolved to take revenge on him... Didn’t he want her heart? Then she would give it to him! That day, she stood amid a sea of flames, beautiful and tragic, utterly resolute... “Your Majesty, these are all things you taught me. When facing someone vastly stronger than you, the best way to lie low is to disguise yourself and act obedient. To defeat someone, first attack their heart. The greatest revenge on an enemy i 4.8kReads8.8Score302Shelves

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   Gong Zhai Gong Dou Shuang Jie [Sending Hearts]

4. 54 成 On Our Wedding Night, the Obsessive Crown Prince Took Me to the Eastern Palace 成亲当晚，偏执太子夺我入东宫 Jiang Xiaoshi江小十Ancient Romance504k WordsCompleted The aloof, possessive Crown Prince × the dazzling beauty who loves money Everyone in the Eastern Palace knows that the Crown Princess was snatched away from someone else by the Crown Prince. Once the Crown Prince, as elegant as jade and as clear as moonlight, fell into the sea of love, there was no climbing back out. He Yue transmigrated to ancient times and became the owner of a rouge shop. She wasn’t rich or powerful, but her life was peaceful and carefree. Then one day, the woman she liv 50.9kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves

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   Gongdou recommends these two books. In the first one, the male protagonist is paranoid and chaste, and the female protagonist is smart but not arrogant; in the second book, the male protagonist is unclean and a more traditional emperor, but after discovering his true feelings and making sure that he has enough heirs, he left the harem idle for the female protagonist. The female protagonist is sensible and smart.

5. 55 九 Nine-Tailed Foxes Ravage the Tang Dynasty: I Team Up with a Ninth-Rank Artisan to Slay a Dragon 九尾乱唐：我和九品匠官合作屠龙 Yi Shanshui奕山水Ancient Romance178k WordsCompleted The story opens with real artifacts from Famen Temple. Cui Qingke, a Tang dynasty laborer, wrote a wish in the mirrored compartment of a jeweled canopy in the underground palace: “In my next life, I still want to be with my wife!” The romance of this man from 1,100 years ago struck me right in the heart! A man who came into an emperor's title by sheer luck at 26 turned out to have spent this life seeking revenge for his own Li dynasty. He traded nine lifetimes of reincarnation for one lifetime 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In this book, Emperor Li Wen got a beautiful wife when he was 38 years old. She was his uneasy heart when he was a child. She was the little palace lady who was once in love when he first came to the throne. She was the savior who helped him block the thunder during the spring festival. He loved her so much that he had no principles, danced for her, built a hot spring palace for her, accompanied her to recuperate in Lishan Mountain and neglected government affairs. But she was a thousand-year-old fox demon, and he was just the love calamity she needed to cultivate for her ascension, and the cauldron she used for cultivation.

6. 56 乱 Beauties in Troubled Times, Driving Royalty and Nobles Around the World Wild 乱世美人，各国王室权贵爱疯了 Beauty Is Not What It Was朱颜非旧Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted (Male rivalry, all the men are virgins while the heroine isn't, an extraordinarily beautiful heroine, not a strong female lead story, with coercive romance later on) As her country fell and her family was destroyed, Jiang Jiushuang fled with her clan, only to end up in the hands of Chu Beiyuan, the overlord of an independent territory. Taken by Jiang Jiushuang's beauty, Chu Beiyuan said, “If you serve the Young Prince of Yunyang well, I'll give you a chance to live.” She was offered up to him. T 1.3kReads8.8Score142Shelves

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   I highly recommend these two books. The heroine is very favored and the emperor is so in love with her.

7. 57 她 She’s the Emperor’s Beloved Mother, and Her Little One Carries Her to Victory 她是皇帝白月光亲娘，崽崽带躺赢 Misty Clear Melody渺渺清音Ancient Romance625k WordsCompleted In the harem of Emperor Chenyuan of the Great Jin, there is a dignified and gentle empress, a charming and lovely Noble Consort, a peerlessly beautiful Consort Li, and a clever, kindhearted Consort Hui. Talented women abound, and the competition is fierce. Han Shuyi looks left and right, but can't find a niche for herself as Worthy Consort. Oh, well. Competing for favor now and then while choosing to lie flat the rest of the time: that's the real truth of life in the harem. * As emperor, Meng Ti 16kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves

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   The harem of Emperor Da Jinchen and the Yuan Dynasty was full of beauties, but the virtuous concubine Han Shuyi chose to lie down and compete for favor with the Buddhist family. After the emperor was reborn, he devoted himself to destroying his protective mother. He never expected to achieve something against heaven. Everyone was confused: The "virtuous" of the virtuous concubine was actually the "salty" of the "salted fish"?

8. 58 可 Damn! Why Is the Crown Princess Surrounded by Suitors Everywhere? 可恶！怎么到处都是长公主的鱼！ What Did I Do Today今天我干嘛了Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Short drama of the same name] [The Princess's World of Flowers] Now streaming [Content warning: The female lead is not exclusive, but all the men are, so read with caution] [Schrodinger's playgirl × a whole lot of men] [Lighthearted, not a serious historical drama] [Original title]: Too Many Men Are Such a Hassle. Who Should I Spoil? Wen Yu transmigrates into the Great Sheng Dynasty as its beautiful, useless, brainless eldest princess. After learning that the original owner drowned by accident 55.4kReads9.5Score7.2kShelves

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   The emperor only favors the heroine. The heroine is a princess who has traveled through time. There is no bottom line in the favor. The male protagonists are more cruel than the other [smile] [smile] [smile] Emperor Huo Huo's ministers, which one is better will win over which one [smile] [smile] [smile]

9. 59 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 105.2kReads9.6Score13.1kShelves

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   In this book, the heroine is very smart

10. 60 引 Bringing the Phoenix Home 引凤归 Zhi Zhi之知Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 117kReads9.5Score16.3kShelves

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    All classics, read by myself, thoughtful, not procrastinating, and beautiful

11. 61 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 12.1kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
12. 62 帝 The Emperor and Empress Fight Every Day to See Who Dies First 帝后每天互殴，看谁先死 Qian Ran Jun Xiao千苒君笑Ancient Romance2.2M WordsOngoing Feng Xing is the daughter of Chu Xi’s Grand Marshal, who commands an army of four hundred thousand. Shen Feng has been emperor for just two years. Shen Feng is utterly depraved, ruthless, and cruel. To secure his throne, he decides to marry Feng Xing and make her empress. First, he will fake her death to lure her father to the capital for the funeral. Then he will wipe out her entire family and take control of the Chu Xi army. Feng Xing is a fierce, accomplished warrior who takes whatever she wa 41.9kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves

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    The setting of emperors and empresses fighting each other is too over the top! The two bickered and bickered on a daily basis, with a complicated past hidden in their overt and covert fights, and the interweaving of palace and house fights was super exciting. The characters are exciting, the queen is fierce and smart, the emperor is sinister and vengeful, and the mutual intrigues are very tense. The whole process of reading was full of pleasure. Watching the emperors and empresses from "seeing who dies first" to secretly poking at each other, the antique plot + love, the more I read, the more addictive I am, and I can't stop following the series!

13. 63 青 Dream of Qing’e 青娥梦 Columbus in February二月的哥伦布Historical107k WordsOngoing The struggle for the throne grows even fiercer after Crown Prince Zhao Yuan is assassinated. Shenzong, who murdered his brother to seize the throne, faces enemies both open and hidden. As the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole waits behind: the Second and Fourth Princes fight to the death, yet both guard against the Seventh Prince, who could rise unexpectedly. Just as the Seventh Prince begins to congratulate himself, he fails to anticipate the Fifth Prince’s desperate counterattack. Meanwhile —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine Su Guifei was raped by Prince Suzhen and detained for more than a year. She gave birth to a son. Now she is a noble concubine, the biological mother of the fourth prince, and she is gearing up to speed up her son's ascension to the throne.

14. 64 深 A Beauty Hidden Deep in the Palace 深宫藏娇 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 110.6kReads9.5Score14.2kShelves

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    Highly recommended! The heroine is sober, rational and thoughtful, the kind of person who would seek death to get to the heart of the emperor. They are happy enemies who covet each other's beauty. They are not exclusively favored but definitely the one they care about the most. The heroine's child is the emperor's designated heir.

15. 65 娇 Endless Pampering: I Want You on Your Knees, Calling Me Empress Mother! 娇宠无度：本宫要你跪着喊母后！ Shallow Starry River浅末星河Ancient Romance260k WordsCompleted [Sweet and wicked troublemaking beauty × Scheming, indulgent emperor] [Age gap, male lead has a past while female lead is chaste, one step at a time he falls, powerful man bows to love, sweet and satisfying with a hint of scumminess, happy ending] In her previous life, she was the Eastern Palace’s most spoiled and headstrong consort, yet died on the eve of the Crown Prince’s coronation. As she lay dying, she heard the Crown Prince sneer, “You’re nothing but a brainless idiot. What makes you thin 1.2kReads6.7Score114Shelves

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    The female protagonist is arrogant and the male protagonist is doting on her

16. 66 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 59.4kReads9.7Score8.8kShelves

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    Fans of ancient Chinese literature come here! I just found a very interesting article, and I caught you off guard at the beginning - Jiang Yingliu, a scholarly noble girl, was born in a very good family (grandfather is a tutor, grandmother is a eldest princess), but because she is "too stupid", she is not on the family's candidate list for the palace. She only hopes to marry a progressive young man at the age of sixteen. As a result, he entered the palace unexpectedly, and the sense of dislocation immediately filled him! Seeing how she carries a "scheming-free" persona and runs recklessly in the court battles with Shura, she will create many ridiculous stories. The family's abacus collides with her "fuck it" mentality. The subsequent development will be absolutely surprising, so get into the trap quickly!

17. 67 我 I Became a Beloved Consort in the Qin Dynasty 我在秦朝当宠妃 Joy Born of Delusion無妄生歡Ancient Romance105k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Historical What-If. History enthusiasts should proceed with caution.] While visiting a history museum, her gaze was drawn as if by fate to Qin dynasty artifacts behind the glass display cases. She had a strange, fantastical dream that felt so real it broke her heart. She unexpectedly transmigrated to 238 BCE. The eternal emperor of China stood before her in all his majesty. She had thought that, armed with her modern knowledge of history, she could single-handedly help the Qin 1.8kReads8.7Score104Shelves

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    Well... There are quite a few, take your time and take a look.

18. 68 富 Lady Fucha's Rebirth: Beauty Enough to Topple a Kingdom 富察贵人重生后容貌倾国倾城 Meng Yutang孟毓唐Female-Channel Fanfiction407k WordsCompleted [The silly beauty Fucha Yixin vs. the all-powerful Emperor Aisin-Gioro Yinzhen] [Important: If you're dropping the story, please don't tell me. Please, please. I write this as a hobby, just cooking up what I like. Thanks to everyone who enjoys it, and I understand if you don't.] [Older man and guiding lover] Important!!!!! If he's not older and guiding, come fight me! Awoooo! [Content warning: A fool reborn is still a fool. Her intelligence doesn't improve much, and she doesn't pretend to be cle 10.2kReads9.2Score900Shelves
19. 69 直 The Bold Consort Flirts with the Emperor, and He Begs for Cuddles Every Day 直球贵妃撩帝王，他竟日日求贴贴 Baby Little Ball北鼻小丸Ancient Romance450k WordsCompleted [Just got a rating, and it’ll slowly go up from here~ Welcome, everyone!] [Palace intrigue, not an innocent romance] [Sweet romance; the male lead falls early and dotes on her exclusively after about ten chapters] [A clever, brave, strong, stunning beauty who speaks her mind × a clingy, love-struck puppy of an emperor] Shen Chaoying opened her eyes to find herself sitting in the sedan chair taking her to the emperor’s bedchamber. She looked around and nearly fainted on the spot. Thanks for askin 1.2kReads8.8Score194Shelves
20. 70 基 Infrastructure: Raising Little Ones in the Great Qin Empire 基建：我在大秦养崽崽 Yun Xuan Weijing云玄未璟Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Infrastructure building + sweet romance + System + food + raising a child + devoted 1v1 romance + parallel world] [One-sentence summary] Transmigrating into the Qin dynasty, she builds infrastructure and falls into a sweet romance with Brother Zheng~ [Full synopsis] Chu Yue Ning, a crafting blogger, thought she would live an ordinary, peaceful life. Unexpectedly, a moment of kindness sent her transmigrating to the Qin dynasty two thousand years ago, where she happened to spend a passionate nigh 10.1kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
21. 71 草 A Pretty Airhead: Yongzheng Doesn't Play by the Rules 草包美人：雍正他不按套路出牌 Arrogant Wild Grass嚣张的野草Female-Channel Fanfiction312k WordsCompleted Fu Cha, a modern-day overworked office worker, transmigrates into Empresses in the Palace as the beautiful but foolish Noble Lady Fucha, Fucha Yixin. To get back to the real world, she has to have a son! Have a son! And have yet another son! Her goal is to give the Great Fat Orange a better choice when he picks his heir. But gradually, Fu Cha realizes that something is a little off... Emperor Yongzheng inexplicably arrives in a world that feels both familiar and strange, starting out at the sele 2.8kReads8.7Score259Shelves
22. 72 四 Fourth Prince's Cherished Noble Consort 四爷的娇宠贵妃 Mu Tu Peipei木土沛沛Ancient Romance712k WordsOngoing [Palace intrigue and household schemes + no golden finger + devoted love in the later story] Geng Qingwan woke up to find she had transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty as a concubine in Fourth Prince Yinzhen's household. Fourth Prince Yinzhen, the future Emperor Yongzheng, had a harem full of beautiful women. There was the dignified and generous principal wife, the gentle Li who was blessed with children, the noble-born Nian, and no shortage of maids eager to climb into his bed... Each beauty had 423Reads7.2Score128Shelves
23. 73 清 The Qing Dynasty's Cherished Little Gege 清穿娇宠小格格 You'er秞儿Ancient Romance546k WordsCompleted [Gloomy, ruthless, calculating, suspicious Fourth Master, reborn] x [Soft, sweet, naive young lady] The hero falls first. Lots of sweetness and doting, a devoted one-on-one romance from beginning to end. The hero is untouched in both body and heart. At first, he has women in name only and has never been with them. Later, he has no one else. Fourth Master: Yuanyuan loves me. Yuanyuan definitely loves me. I'm the one Yuanyuan loves most~ Mingxi: I know, I know. Go to sleep. Fourth Master falls fir 3.4kReads8.6Score164Shelves
24. 74 贵 After the Noble Consort Checked Out, the Coldhearted Emperor Begged Her to Come Back 贵妃娘娘摆烂后，冷厉君王低头哄 Returning South南归Ancient Romance272k WordsCompleted [Both leads are virgins + sweet, doting romance] Jing Zhao transmigrated into a book as the villainous cannon-fodder supporting character, Consort Zhao. In the book, Consort Zhao was arrogant, overbearing, and jealous, yet supposedly adored by the emperor. [Not really.] She knew she was nothing more than a shield. Once the emperor's beloved, the heroine, entered the palace, he would kick Jing Zhao aside. In the end, she'd die horribly after being driven by jealousy to frame the heroine! To save 4.2kReads8.8Score377Shelves
25. 75 清 Qing Transmigration: Kangxi’s Beloved Consort, Cherished Above All in the Six Palaces 清穿：康熙的心尖贵妃宠冠六宫 Yu Zhiwei予之微Ancient Romance766k WordsCompleted A favored consort from the start? And the younger sister of Empress Xiaozhao, no less? Wasn’t she supposed to die young, with her daughter passing away in childhood? This time, she has both sons and daughters, and the emperor cherishes her like a treasure. Not only is he clingy, he has an overactive imagination, and Niu Hulu Baozhu is exhausted. After outliving Imperial Noble Consort Tong and Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, she becomes the highest-ranking woman in the imperial harem. All she wants i 4.4kReads8.9Score261Shelves
26. 76 都 Since I've Transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty, Why Not Boldly Choose Kangxi? 都清穿了，不妨大胆点选康熙啊！ Midnight Stars深夜星辰Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On the first day Shi Nanxi transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty, she learns that her elder legitimate sister, Shi Rongyue, is also a transmigrator. Shi Rongyue wants to escape her future as the Crown Princess, so she approaches Nanxi and offers to let her marry the Crown Prince while she marries the Fourth Prince. Anyone who transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty knows the history. The Crown Prince’s later years are miserable. Though the Fourth Prince eventually wins, he is only thirteen now and wil 14.2kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
27. 77 退 After Breaking Off My Engagement, Kangxi Made Me His Favorite Consort 退婚后，我被康熙独宠后宫 Midnight Stars深夜星辰Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A flirtatious beauty who loves to play games versus a seemingly proper, devoted emperor who falls into her trap] He YinYin, a star who rose from humble beginnings, died and transmigrated into the body of Hesheli, the Qing Dynasty wife of Longkodo, who was turned into a human pincushion. Fortunately, she had only just gotten engaged. To escape her tragic fate, she calmly thought things through and laid out the following plan. Step one: take Longkodo’s credit for saving the emperor... Step two: g 12.2kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
28. 78 我 I Won Kangxi's Favor by Coming Clean 我靠坦白抱上康熙大腿 Painting Clouds with Wind风画云Ancient Romance594k WordsCompleted [A word of warning: This is not a story focused on making the country powerful. That’s just a side plot. The main story is a brainless Mary Sue-style sweet romance, with no palace intrigue. The love interest is Kangxi, and there’s a 25-year age gap. The male lead is not a virgin, so don’t read if that bothers you. The author is a beginner, so please don’t nitpick. Be forgiving about anything that doesn’t make sense.] Sui Ying slept through the night and woke up in the Qing dynasty. On 4.8kReads9.0Score406Shelves
29. 79 清 Qing Transmigration: The Side Consort Has an Assist System 清穿：侧福晋有助攻系统 Waiting for the Night in the Snow雪上等夜人Ancient Romance494k WordsCompleted A word of caution: This is a novel, not history, so don't scrutinize it. The names and anything else that differs from history are all invented for the story. If that's not your thing, read at your own risk. [Alternate Qing Dynasty + Assist System + Everyday Leveling Up + Raising Children] Song Shurou transmigrates and becomes a Song Concubine in the early years of the Yongzheng Emperor's reign. Song Concubine has a breakout? System: Don't worry, Shurou. Just say one sentence to Yongzheng, and w 13kReads9.3Score926Shelves
30. 80 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 3.8kReads8.9Score248Shelves
31. 81 咸 The Lazy Tenth Fujin Knows a Little Too Much 咸鱼十福晋懂得有点多 Little Gu Who Loves Hydrangea Pines喜欢绣球松的小谷Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Welcome to read Guzi's other works on Tomato Novel. Yin'e, the tenth son of the Kangxi Emperor, was famous for being a thickheaded brute. At the imperial selection, he took a liking to Su Celi, a woman with impressive strength. After shamelessly pursuing her, he finally married her, and from then on became a completely different man, henpecked by his wife. Everyone thought Yin'e was finished and felt sorry for him. Though Su Celi was rumored to have trouble bearing children, she became pregnant 9.8kReads8.7Score798Shelves

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    All pretty good

32. 82 深 A Noble Consort in the Deep Palace 深宫有贵妃 Que Ling Yan Zi雀翎宴子Ancient Romance568k WordsCompleted When they were young and love stirred in his heart, he took her in. Once he held power, he had no choice but to hide her away. In the lonely inner palace, she waited quietly, day after day and year after year. For power and status, he feared nothing. He overcame every obstacle and held her close. Behind layer upon layer of palace gates and red walls, a dream within a dream awakened the lovers from their reverie. 12.1kReads9.0Score762Shelves
33. 83 东 The Eastern Palace’s Hidden Darling 东宫藏娇 Chiyo千代Ancient Romance222k WordsCompleted [Sweet, imaginative historical romance + Pursuing his wife through live comments + A forced romance that turns mutual + A beautiful airhead + A sinister crown prince + The real and fake heiress] To earn money for her seriously ill mother and her injured brother, desperate Pei Jiaojiao sold herself into slavery at the Eastern Palace. Her pretty face and timid, trouble-avoiding nature earned her a place serving in the Crown Prince's study, assigned by the steward. Her daily chores were simple: gri 6.1kReads9.1Score455Shelves
34. 84 软 The Soft, Sniffly Little Crybaby Is Doted on by the Crown Prince at Any Cost 软糯小哭包，太子殿下拿命宠 Cola Isn't Sweet可乐不甜Ancient Romance406k WordsCompleted He dotes on her and cherishes her above all others. His precious darling is the only one he loves most. [Sweet, clingy crybaby + transmigrated into a book with a System + ridiculously sweet + wife-doting maniac] A soft, teary-eyed sweetheart + a scheming Crown Prince. In her past life, Wen Ruxian saved the Crown Prince after he fell off a cliff and lost his memory. She never expected them to become enemies instead of lovers. Reborn in this life, Xie Yanci decides to take revenge on the country b 3.6kReads8.8Score277Shelves
35. 85 入 I Entered the Palace to Help My Sister Keep the Emperor’s Favor, but Became His Cherished Favorite 入宫替嫡姐固宠，却成皇上掌心宠 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance504k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she entered the palace and devoted herself to helping her legitimate elder sister keep the emperor’s favor. In the end, she died without a body to bury, abandoned by her family. Returning to the year of the imperial selection, Luo Shuran calculates her every move. Her breathtaking beauty is her only weapon. She sheds her youthful timidity and blossoms into a woman of captivating charm. One fleeting glimpse, like a fairy fallen from the heavens, catches the emperor’s eye. 7.6kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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    Gong Douwen, the only favorite in the later period [blowing kiss]. In the last book, the male protagonist is a prince, and he has been doting on the female protagonist from the beginning, and is both pure and beautiful.

36. 86 东 The Eastern Palace's Beauty: This Favorite Consort Is Mine! 东宫姝色：这宠妃我当定了！ Sheng Qian笙浅Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted [The heroine is doted on from the very beginning. The story focuses on sweet romance, not scheming palace intrigue. The hero adores the heroine and is even a little lovesick. If that's not your thing, please move along, and don't leave a bad review over it. The heroine rises from a junior consort to a favored consort, Crown Princess, and Empress. The hero is a crown prince at first and becomes emperor later.] Su Niannian has landed in a male-lead-centric novel! Her new identity is Su Ling, the 38.1kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves
37. 87 全 I’m the Only One in the Harem Who Knows the Emperor Is a Lesbian 全后宫就我知道陛下是女同 Jingjing Doesn't Want to Eat静静不想吃饭Two Female Leads299k WordsCompleted [Two female leads + group transmigration + satisfying palace intrigue + female leads who speak their minds] Devoted, affection-starved, hypocritical hopeless romantic emperor vs. spoiled, mischievous, seductive, gorgeous empress. After transmigrating more than ten years ago, Meng Fuge enters the palace and assumes she’ll have to struggle to win favor and survive, hiding her spoiled side and pretending to be someone she’s not. Who could have guessed that the emperor is the older student from her 2.6kReads9.2Score502Shelves

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    Oh, the sour smell of love

38. 88 宠 The Beloved Consort Faked Her Death and Returned, Leaving the Devoted Emperor in Tears 宠妃死遁归来，痴情帝王哭红眼 Meiya美芽Ancient Romance275k WordsCompleted [Gentle Yandere Emperor vs. Airheaded Beauty and His Beloved Consort] After successfully winning over the cold, calculating emperor, Shen Xiang choked up before he left to lead his army in person. “Without Your Majesty, I’ll be heartbroken to death.” Chu Ye sat coldly atop his horse, tossed her the Imperial Seal, and rode off without even giving her a hug. On the day he returned in triumph, Shen Xiang faked her death and went back to her original world. She had just hooked a sweet, innocent y 3.3kReads7.6Score272Shelves
39. 89 一 Love at First Sight: The Emperor Eloped with the Chancellor’s Daughter 一见钟情后，帝王他偷丞相闺女了 Zhong Zhizhong钟之中Ancient Romance377k WordsCompleted [Innocent, beautiful legitimate daughter + scheming, calculating older man + love at first sight + mild coercion + devoted couple] Heroine: 16, male lead: 28 With her father and brothers thrown into prison, Mu Wanzhu has no choice but to beg people to save them. She turns to her fiancé, only to have him call off their engagement. In the end, an old family friend advises her to plead before the emperor beneath the palace walls. The emperor refuses to see her. She thinks there's no hope, but then 8.7kReads8.9Score850Shelves

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    It has been planned for a long time, pet, pet, pet

40. 90 甜 So Sweet! The Cunning Beauty Rises to the Top by Having His Children! 甜爆！心机美人靠生子上位了！ No Ice in Summer夏天不吃冰Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted Win over the male lead ➕ Give birth to his only child The heroine immerses herself in each role. Every world can be read as a standalone story. The heroine’s personality and appearance may differ, but she’s always beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. A leisurely-paced transmigration story with romance. World One: Palace intrigue. A beautiful low-ranking concubine rises through the ranks by having a child. World Two: Historical romance. A sweet, innocent concubine rises through the ranks by having a 8kReads8.2Score589Shelves

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    Beloved concubine b y Zhanyi!!!

41. 91 穿 After She Transmigrates into a Book, the Noble Consort Is Forced to Raise the Villainous Tyrant 穿书后，贵妃被迫娇养反派暴君 A Little Meatball一个肉团Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] Su Yijin, a veteran supporting actress, has transmigrated into a book once again. When she opens her eyes, she is breathtakingly beautiful and on the pampered darling route, backed by powerful connections. Her father is a general who guards the nation, her mother is the Junyang Commandery Princess, and her maternal grandfather is a prince of a different surname... With the heroine's script in hand, Su Yijin takes down the green tea and kicks the fake innocent aside, then throws herse 2.2kReads8.9Score333Shelves
42. 92 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, the Empress Claims the Emperor’s Heart for Herself 穿书后，皇后娘娘她独占君心 Zhu Qing渚清Ancient Romance299k WordsCompleted Tags: domineering, devoted simp emperor × sweet, gentle empress [Double purity + fictional setting + forced marriage + not a strong heroine + pure sweetness] Ling Jiayi was an obedient college student in the modern world, with a loving, caring family. She'd never weathered any great storms. Gentle and soft-spoken, with a sweet face, she liked reading novels and daydreaming in her spare time. One day, while lying in bed and engrossed in a novel called The Emperor Is a Simp, a flash of light from 1.8kReads8.4Score157Shelves

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    These two books are very good-looking and highly recommended. They are both the emperor's special favorites. Although they are a bit forced to marry and plunder, the later stages are particularly sweet. They both doted on the heroines. They are both finished.

43. 93 皇 The Empress Is Peerlessly Beautiful 皇后绝世倾城 Zhong Zhizhong钟之中Ancient Romance563k WordsCompleted [Empress + sweet romance + redemption + healing smiles + devoted, fatherly hero + skip if you mind these tropes] She is the Duke's legitimate daughter, breathtakingly beautiful and yearning for freedom. All she wants is to find one person to share her whole life with. He is the emperor of Dongsheng, renowned since his youth and ruthless in his methods. Wherever he goes, bones are left strewn across the land. To him, women are nothing but pieces on a chessboard. He ascended the throne at 7kReads8.9Score553Shelves
44. 94 疯 The Mad Emperor Steals Her: You Were the One Who Seduced Me First! 疯批帝王夺她，是你先勾朕的！ Clashing Gold and Flying Jade铿金霏玉Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, delicate palace maid vs. cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is chaste + powerful male lead, weak female lead, and he’s completely unhinged + possessive love + a long road to winning her back] Yue Ling was a vain little palace maid. Hoping to enjoy a life of luxury and wealth, she seduced the emperor and worked tirelessly to win his favor, but still met a tragic end. After being reborn, Yue Ling saw things clearly. Rather than tread on thin ice in the de 29.1kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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    This one is also super good-looking, but I haven't finished it yet. The male protagonist was arrogant in his previous life and refused to admit that he loved Yao Yao, but later he gradually realized that the female protagonist and the male protagonist are also sweet and sweet in this life, and they are also very good-looking^ω^[Blow kiss][Flow kiss][Flow kiss][Flow kiss][Flow kiss]

45. 95 贵 The Imperial Consort Is Ravishingly Beautiful, but All She Wants Is Power and Wealth 贵妃千娇百媚，只求权势富贵 Fujiwara Tofu藤原豆腐Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A mad, obsessive emperor with jealousy to spare x a consort who has renounced love and walled off her heart] [One-on-one romance + both reborn + devoted to each other in body and heart, in both lives] One-line summary: A story about an emperor who lost the love of his life, and how he slowly teaches the woman he loves to understand love, jealousy, anger, and longing. As the eldest son born to the empress, Qi Junyi was born to privilege. He seized power in his youth, was named crown princ 12.4kReads8.1Score846Shelves

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    The heroine strives to improve the status of women

46. 96 夫 The Lady’s Tea Is Sweet, and the Cold, Powerful Official Falls for Her 夫人茶又娇，清冷权臣折了腰 Flowers and Fruit有花有果Ancient Romance480k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Historical Romance + The Heroine Only Wants the Physical Side at First and Often Takes Advantage of the Hero + Growing Together] Jiang Zhaoyue transmigrated into a book. She became the foolish, vicious ex-wife of a supporting male character. The original owner's list of “accomplishments” was impressive: Abusing the servants. Disrespecting her parents-in-law. Eloping with a poor scholar after taking a sum of money. Being sold into a brothel. Contracting a vene 14kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
47. 97 怎 How Did I Become the Eldest Princess? 怎么成了长公主 Starry Sunflower星星米葵花Ancient Romance181k WordsCompleted The daughter of a domineering CEO was persecuted by her stepsister and jumped to her death. She transmigrates into the body of a similarly mistreated princess in ancient times, uses modern methods to launch an all-out attack against her tormentors, and takes all kinds of action. —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 恶 The Wicked Woman Enters the Palace as a Consort: A Little Arrogance Is Only Fair 恶女入宫为妃，跋扈一点很合理吧 Pine Blossom Candy松花糖Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is out now. Search for it on Fanqie to watch. [Palace Intrigue Power Fantasy + Not a Clean Romance + Being the Emperor’s Mother Is Better Than Being His Consort] Every woman in the harem hopes to win Emperor Jingrong’s favor, but Yuan Yuntang sees the emperor only as a tool for having children. Women in ancient times had to marry sooner or later anyway, so she might as well marry the most powerful man of all. After all, Emperor Jingrong has a great figure, a handsome face, and a 15.7kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    The story has a great heroine, and the ups and downs of the plot make people want to watch it. The heroine is very sober, and the other supporting characters do not force their wits. It is good to watch!

49. 99 小 The Palace Maid Is Soft and Sweet, and the Emperor Cherishes Her 小宫女又软又娇，皇上宠她入骨 Silver Charm银娇Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted [HE; a cold, powerful emperor VS a carefree little palace maid, not both virgins] A Zhi grew up in the palace and knew all its twists and turns. Her goal was clear: eat well and wait to die! Who could have guessed that one day, while delivering a meal, she would catch the emperor’s eye? Terrified, A Zhi packed her little bundle that very night, determined to make a run for it at dawn! But before she could get away, she and her pitifully small bundle were sent straight to Taihe Palace. Only after 25.6kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    This book, this book, this book, this book, I finished reading it without skipping a chapter. Even when I was reading it, the author was still updating. The first novel to catch up on.

50. 100 新 On Her Wedding Night, the Noble Consort Is Forced to Claim the Tyrant as Her Brother 新婚夜，贵妃被迫向暴君认亲哥 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 9.2kReads8.9Score985Shelves

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    A small amount of palace fighting, the emperor's special favor

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