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Palace Intrigue Novels (As Long As They're Good) 宫斗文(要好康的就行)

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  1. 51 The Broken Hairpin's Elegy 断簪赋 Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted Ode to a Broken Hairpin —Reads—Score—Shelves
  2. 52 The Phoenix Perches on Palace Walls, Tears Fall Amidst the Splendor 凤栖宫墙,泪洒繁华 Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Phoenix Perches on Palace Walls, Tears Fall Amidst Splendor —Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. 53 Seven Stars to Ashes, a Farewell in Gu Blood 七星烬,蛊血辞 Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted Seven Stars Turn to Ash, Gu-Blood Bids Farewell —Reads—Score—Shelves
  4. 54 The General's Bones: The Son of Heaven's Prisoner's Heart Gambit 《将骨辞:天子囚心局》 Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The General's Farewell: The Son of Heaven's Heart-Prison Plot —Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. 55 The Crown Princess Ascended the Throne with a Sword 太子妃她持剑登基了 Ancient Romance15k WordsCompleted The Crown Princess Took Up Her Sword and Ascended the Throne —Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 56 Empress of the Xie Family 谢家皇后 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted In her first year in the palace, she is a Talented Lady. In her fifth, she is a Jieyu. In her tenth, she wants to become empress. As empress, she can hold on to everything she treasures and keep it from being taken away. She can protect herself and her child, and she can... stay by his side. This is a road with only one direction: take a single step back, and all will be lost. The bright yellow ceremonial parasol moves forward, and the emperor's procession slowly enters the city gate. A yellow p 10.8kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
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  7. 57 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 200.4kReads9.6Score31.3kShelves
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  8. 58 Reborn as the Regent's Treasured Darling 重生后,成了摄政王的掌中宝 Ancient Romance152k WordsCompleted [Alternate world + both leads reborn + sweet romance + mutual salvation + regent prince + household and palace intrigue] She is the cherished legitimate daughter of the Xuan family, raised with every luxury. With skin like ice and jade, breathtaking beauty, and a bright, clever mind, she seems to have it all. A marriage becomes a conspiracy, bringing about the destruction of her entire family! Her closest friend and her cruel husband ultimately take her life. On the third day after her death, th 1.1kReads8.8Score126Shelves
  9. 59 Back to the Eighties: Building Wealth and Spoiling My Wife and Daughter 重回八零:发家致富宠妻女 1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in a bygone era + making amends + building wealth + cherishing his wife and daughter] After driving his wife and daughter to their deaths, Zhou Wanshan spends the rest of his life consumed by regret, even after turning over a new leaf and working his way to success. When he opens his eyes again, he is reborn at the very scene where he was about to sell his daughter. Seeing his wife and daughter alive and well, he hugs them tightly, overcome with emotion, and declares, “We’re not selling 249Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  10. 60 Reborn on My Wedding Night: The War King Can’t Handle Me 新婚夜重生,战王招架不住了 Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + devoted wife + sweet romance + cherished by everyone + one-on-one romance] How do you melt the heart of an icy husband after being reborn? Why, act like a delicate white lotus and a little green tea, then add a touch of coquettishness. Winning her husband’s heart is the first priority for Wen Ruge in this new life! Her: “I want my husband to hold me!” Her husband: “...” Her: “I want to hold hands with my husband!” Her husband: “...” Wen Ruge, the most beautiful woman in the Great Jin a 157Reads5.5Score—Shelves
  11. 61 Reborn: One Month Before My Wife and Daughter Died 重生,回到老婆女儿死亡前一个月 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Urban rebirth, an abusive husband mends his ways, doting on his wife, a portable space, farming, infrastructure, and a resource tycoon That night, Lu Yunting beat his wife and daughter until they were covered in blood, then threw them outside. Reborn and back in 1982, he finds himself reliving that very night. Lu Yunting lowers his fists. As he looks at his wife and daughter huddled in the corner, tears stream down his face. 55Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  12. 62 Reborn, I Chose a Playboy to Be My Father! Somehow, I Raised an Emperor 重生选纨绔当爹!结果养成皇帝了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Satisfying revenge + a touch of ensemble cast + regret and redemption + turning a wastrel dad into a lovestruck fool] Song Shihuan was reborn. In her previous life, she was the Crown Prince’s legitimate daughter, but spent ten years living away from home. After being brought back, she tried to please everyone, groveling for the tiniest scraps of family affection. But what did she get in return? The Crown Prince and Crown Princess were ashamed of her, her three legitimate brothers treated her wi 21.5kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
  13. 63 Three Years Into Our Marriage, We Still Have No Children, Yet My In-Laws Spoil Me Rotten 换亲三年不孕,夫家偏把我宠上天 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Ruoyun discovered that she and her younger sister had both been reborn. In her previous life, she married a poor scholar and schemed tirelessly, enduring hardship after hardship until he passed the imperial examinations and rose from an ordinary farming family to become a third-rank Minister. She herself was granted the title of an official’s wife and enjoyed boundless prestige. Her sister married a well-off hunter, but made a complete mess of her life, fell out with her in-laws, and grew 6.3kReads8.6Score677Shelves
  14. 64 Transmigrated into the 80’s: Became the Notorious Nuisance Wife of the Military Compound 穿越八零后,禁欲军官宠不够 Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted Tang Jin transmigrates to 1985 and finds herself in a military compound as the lazy, troublesome, shameless public menace everyone avoids. She can't do anything right, but she's first-rate at making unreasonable demands. She's driven her husband to the point of wanting a divorce. She starts with a terrible hand, but her bargain-bin husband is seriously handsome, with an eight-pack, a V-line, broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs. No way. She absolutely cannot get divorced. How will she 22.3kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
  15. 65 How Tragic! Reborn the Day They Flayed Me, I Killed the Scumbag and Married a Young Master 惨!被削骨剥皮,重生当天手刃渣男嫁纨绔 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, her biased grandmother raised her into a timid, weak-willed, naive girl. The marriage arranged for her when she was young sent her straight to hell. The Jian family was ruined, and she was driven to her death with a cup of poisoned wine. Heaven had eyes. She was reborn, back in the year she was to be married. She swore to ruin the scoundrel's reputation and make him infamous, to wipe out his family, and to make everyone who had bullied and humiliated her pay dearly. She bro 3.1kReads8.8Score833Shelves
  16. 66 After Marrying a Disabled Man, I Became the Chief Minister's Wife 嫁给残废后我成了首辅夫人 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Chu Ruoyan, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Chu’s household, is engaged to a man whose entire family has fallen in battle. Her fiancé survived, but was left disabled. Everyone assumes the engagement is doomed, but the Chu family’s daughter marries as planned, saying only two words: “I’ll marry him.” * No one knows that Chu Ruoyan had a nightmare. In the dream, she breaks off her engagement to Yan Zheng. Three years later, she meets the heir of the Marquis of Pingjing, only for rebels to l 29.5kReads9.1Score4.1kShelves
  17. 67 Back to 1985, I Feed My Family Meat Every Day 重回1985,我带家人天天吃肉 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Abuse the scum and slap them in the face] [Reborn to atone] + [Start a business and make money] + [Doting on his wife] + [Super dad] Yu Chengyuan, who had spent his whole life in a state of madness, was reborn. He returned to the day his wife, Liu Sulan, went into labor, the very day that would destroy his family and set him on the path to a lifetime of madness. Yu Chengyuan would never forget what happened that day. His biased grandmother, his sharp-tongued second and third aunts, and his kind 7.6kReads8.0Score760Shelves
  18. 68 Entangled in Splendor 惹风华 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, Bewitching Splendor, has premiered on Hongguo, starring Hou Chengyue and Li Ruoxun. She and Lu Fengjin had been childhood sweethearts, the perfect couple in everyone's eyes. To support him, she planned every move and left no stone unturned, clearing every obstacle from his path until he became Dongling's one and only God of War. She thought that lovers would eventually be together, but one day, an unremarkable-looking young woman entered his life. At first, he s 1.3kReads8.8Score345Shelves
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  19. 69 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 31.3kReads9.6Score4.1kShelves
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  20. 70 Siheyuan: The Tomato System Helps Me Fish Across the Heavens 四合院:洋柿子系统助我垂钓诸天 Male-Channel Fanfiction62k WordsOngoing He Yu was accidentally transmigrated as Silly Zhu because of a mishap at the Tomato Transmigration Center. Luckily, he had a System to help him. But why is this System so weird? 2465A? I might as well be a submarine in Shichahai! And fishing in the myriad heavens? Is this supposed to mean He Yuzhu will break out of the quadrangle courtyard and venture into the myriad heavens? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  21. 71 The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces the Cold Emperor, and He Falls for Her 娇娇蓄意勾引,清冷帝王沦陷了 Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + push and pull + seduction and rising to power + falling deeper at every step + devotion to one woman in the later story Loving her and knowing it + a man in power bowing his head for love * The short drama is out now. Search for “The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces Him, and the Cold Emperor Falls” on Fanqie or Hongguo to watch the full series. * Pei Tingyue transmigrated into a book. She became a disposable consort in The Palace in Power. In the original story, she was simple-m 37.6kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves
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  22. 72 Be Good, Don’t Cry. I’ll Make You My Empress 乖,不哭,朕让你做皇后 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Soft, sweet green-tea black-lotus heroine + kindhearted, compassionate male lead with a hidden edge Shen Chunyi, the third concubine-born daughter of the Marquis of Ning'an's household, is breathtakingly beautiful, soft and winsome, and skilled at seduction. She owes it all to her birth mother, who came from the pleasure quarters. So she has no pride to speak of and can bend with the circumstances. All she wants is to find a way out for herself and her mother. Her legitimate elder sister has spe 5.6kReads7.8Score609Shelves
  23. 73 Years in the Palace 岁岁宫阙 Ancient Romance706k WordsCompleted Liu Yuetang was sent to a country estate by her legitimate mother the day she was born. When she came of age, her older half-sister gave up her chance to enter the palace because of a dream, stole her match, and spent the night with her betrothed. Liu Yuetang went along with it and decided to enter the palace to carve out a bright future for herself. Once inside, she kept a low profile, learned the arts of the bedchamber, and mastered the art of playing hard to get, pouting coquettishly, and put 10.8kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
  24. 74 Reborn on the Day of Her Husband's Wedding, She Turns the Tables Against All Odds! 重生回夫君大婚时,她逆风翻盘! Ancient Romance695k WordsCompleted [Reborn + face-slapping and scumbag punishment + satisfying revenge + sweet romance + stunning, formidable heroine + scheming hero] Yun Zheng was the only daughter of Great Qi's richest tycoon, wealthy enough to rival a nation. In her previous life, she married into the Marquis's household with a lavish bridal procession, only to become a laughingstock on her wedding night. Her husband held a wedding ceremony with his first love, taking her as a second wife alongside Yun Zheng. His mother sma 17.3kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
  25. 75 Snap Off a Crabapple Branch! 折棠枝! Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sisters switch marriages+the chase-back-to-win-her-heart trope+romantic rivalry+putting scumbags in their place; clear-eyed, scheming beauty X mad tyrant X aloof, powerful minister...] Short drama now available Jiang Wantang is the second legitimate daughter least favored by the current prime minister. With incomparable beauty and bewitching charm, she was abandoned in the wilderness and remained unknown to the world. Her elder legitimate sister was the moon in the sky; she was the mud beneath 12kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
  26. 76 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌,宠妃抱着陛下哭 Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 141.2kReads9.2Score16.9kShelves
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  27. 77 The Empress Is Shameless 宠后之本宫无耻 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Yun Jiu is the ninth legitimate daughter of the Duke of Yun, a princess of the Yun Kingdom, and holds the title of Changle. She is stunningly beautiful, born to wealth and privilege, exceptionally clever, and nobility itself. Rumor has it that one word from her carries more weight than an imperial decree from the Yun Emperor. The princess is breathtakingly beautiful, highborn, and the apple of the emperor’s eye. But her temperament… Yun Jiu: What’s wrong with my temperament? Her cousin Yun Luo: 577Reads8.8Score101Shelves
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  28. 78 Her Grace Is Cool and Gentle, and Everyone Loves Her 娘娘她清冷温柔惹人爱 Ancient Romance404k WordsCompleted A pure palace-intrigue story, in classical style. No transmigration, no rebirth. The fate of a noblewoman has never been hers to decide. She is Yun Wan, the Chancellor's only legitimate daughter. Her destiny was set from birth: everything she learned was solely to prepare her to enter the palace. Would she willingly enter the palace and fade into obscurity, becoming a pawn the emperor could use to keep the Yun family in check? Or would she carefully maneuver her way into becoming the favorite co 1.7kReads8.4Score143Shelves
  29. 79 Successor Empress 继后 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Noble Consort was favored, the Worthy Consort bore a son, the Bright Etiquette was the emperor’s white moonlight, and the Beautiful Consort was his cinnabar mole. Every other concubine had her own talents and charms. It was a whole garden in full bloom. So who was our protagonist? The unfavored empress, with no children and no powerful family backing. Great. Why did this plot feel so familiar? Never mind. On the first day Zhao Wumian transmigrated here, she decided to lie flat. Compete for t 90.2kReads9.5Score11.7kShelves
  30. 80 The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命,重生主母杀疯了 Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they 48.9kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves
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  31. 81 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. 11kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
  32. 82 The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇:贵妃娘娘她又美又乖 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 24.3kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
  33. 83 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚,一路宫斗上位 Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 62kReads9.5Score7.8kShelves
  34. 84 Qing Transmigration: The Crown Prince Gets Lin Daiyu's Script 【清穿】之太子拿了黛玉剧本 Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing (No female lead, no romance, family affection, protecting Cheng and keeping his hair unshaved) Yinreng was reborn at the moment of his birth and bound to the “Lin Daiyu Self-Rescue System”: Fragility +10,086, Beauty +999 Requirement: Kangxi’s fatherly affection must reach MAX, or he’ll repeat the fate of being deposed! From then on, the Forbidden City had a glassy Crown Prince who coughed blood every three steps and wept like a flower in the rain: Kangxi was reviewing memorials late into the nig 11.9kReads9.1Score983Shelves
  35. 85 Quick Transmigration: A Max-Level Expert Stumbles Into a Palace Intrigue Set 快穿,满级大佬误入宫斗片场 Ancient Romance580k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Ever since 18888 was bound to its Host, it had felt that something wasn't quite right. But when it saw its Host looking like a delicate, weak beauty, it relaxed. Until... For its first mission, it had to win the emperor's favor. 18888 was very pleased with itself for snagging a palace-intrigue template. This would be a piece of cake. Who could have guessed that, in the great hall, a sinister wind would blow as the emperor and his ministers trembled in fear? Enter Ling Xiao, the emperor 22.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
  36. 86 The Empress Is Alluring and Bewitching, and the Emperor Gives In to Pleasure 娘娘撩人魅惑,帝王纵情堕落 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The Tomato short drama Kun Yi is now streaming~ [Transmigrate into a book, male lead is not a virgin but female lead is, palace intrigue, psychological games, happy ending] The Crown Prince, Jun Zechen, has seen his fair share of calculating women, and loves only those who are pure and kind. While campaigning beyond the frontier, he meets Ling Yue and is captivated by her free-spirited kindness. He promises to spend his life with her alone. But two years pass, and the Crown Princess has yet to c 135.4kReads9.5Score14.7kShelves
  37. 87 The White Moonlight Noble Consort’s Daily Life in the Harem 白月光贵妃的后宫日常 Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted (Cover used with permission) With an illustrious family background, breathtaking beauty, and the distinction of being the emperor’s moonlight, Jiang Hui should have found life as a Noble Consort effortlessly easy. Unfortunately, the sisters in all but name in the Eastern Palace, wave after wave of beautiful candidates from the provinces, and the supposed substitutes who resemble her in looks and bearing all tell her the same thing: no one can walk unscathed through the imperial harem. [Alternate 31.7kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
  38. 88 Quick Transmigration: Immersive Palace Intrigue in Empresses in the Palace 快穿之在甄嬛传沉浸式宫斗 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing Bai Meng is a star employee in the quick transmigration division for film and television worlds. Her specialty is completing missions without breaking character, using the task-taker's own personality. The hit historical drama Empresses in the Palace has had a lasting impact for over a decade, giving rise to countless parallel worlds. Many people have regrets, and countless are willing to give everything to change their fates. [Just pick whichever world you like and read!] Cao Qinmo: The Real an 34.2kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
  39. 89 The Empress Dowager's Retirement Life 太后的退休生活 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + female lead is the mastermind behind the scenes + no romance + plot-driven + ensemble cast] After transmigrating to the Great Jing dynasty, Su Minqing entered the palace as the empress. She worked tirelessly at palace intrigue for over a decade and finally fought her way to becoming the Empress Dowager. The only catch was that there was another Empress Dowager in the palace besides her. As the emperor’s adoptive mother, she was named the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces. The 6.7kReads8.4Score392Shelves
  40. 90 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河,贵妃不想负责 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied 41.4kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves
  41. 91 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 46.3kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves
  42. 92 Empresses in the Palace: How to Milk the System and Become Emperor 甄嬛传:论如何薅系统羊毛当皇帝 Female-Channel Fanfiction583k WordsCompleted [The new Landis quick transmigration series is out!] Landis, a male succubus from a Western fantasy world and a chaotic troublemaker, discovered a fanfiction System capable of traveling through time on a bizarre maid. He arrived in the world of Empresses in the Palace... On the day he first met Chun Yuan, he replaced Yongzheng and captured a Character System from him as well. From then on, as he kept exploiting the two Systems, one outrageous move after another turned a palace drama about the so 10kReads9.3Score569Shelves
  43. 93 The Empress Is Alluring and Delicate, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Falls for Her at First Sight 娘娘娇娇媚,冷戾帝王一见倾心 Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue and revenge, a slow-burn, slow-payoff story + stunning heroine + exceptionally clearheaded heroine with an unwavering goal] [The hero always favors the heroine + dotes on her exclusively in the middle + disbands his harem later] After Shen Qingtang’s aunt is schemed against and killed by Madam Shen, her goal becomes perfectly clear: she will enter the palace, become the most honored woman in the land, and make everyone who plotted against her aunt pay. She is also perfectly clea 5.6kReads9.1Score610Shelves
  44. 94 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊,娘娘写了一百条宫规 Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 67.1kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves
  45. 95 They Wanted Me to Be a Sacrificial Stepmother, but I Chose to Make My Own Way 让我当炮灰主母,我偏另谋高枝 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance / Household Intrigue / Sweet Romance / The Male Lead Is Head Over Heels] In Ruyi's Beloved Concubine, the heir apparent Xie Yunzhix is a brave and formidable warrior, always dashing across the battlefield in fine clothes, with no one able to stand against him. Sadly, he is only a supporting character. The story opens with him in a vegetative state, leaving behind three adopted sons. Xu Qingyi discovers that she has become the foil to the beloved heroine of a sweet romance. On 109.1kReads9.4Score14.4kShelves
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  46. 96 I Became the Emperor’s Tutor, and the Tyrant Can Hear My Thoughts 穿成帝师后,被暴君读心声了 Ancient Romance527k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because few people have read it. It'll go up!] [Female Imperial Tutor disguised as a man, cool-headed on the outside but ruthless within * seemingly innocent wolf cub male lead] [One devoted couple, younger man/older woman, mind-reading, System, light nation-building] After dying suddenly, Yun Qing transmigrated into the Great Xi dynasty she had been researching, becoming the late Imperial Tutor of the young, fearsome Emperor Xie Rang. She meant to run away and avoid trouble, 3.2kReads9.2Score485Shelves
  47. 97 One and Only: This Life, I Won't Let Shiyi Down 周生如故之辰此一生,不负十一 Female-Channel Fanfiction161k WordsCompleted Fan fiction based on the TV series One and Only. Original novel: One Life, One Incarnation: Beautiful Bones by Mo Bao Fei Bao Both the male and female leads are reborn. A sweet romance with a happy ending for everyone. In their previous lives, Zhou Shengchen was sentenced to the punishment of having his bones removed, and during her investiture ceremony, Shi Yi resolutely leaped from the city gate... “Zhou Shengchen, I’ve come to marry you. If there’s a next life, how about you marry me first? I 4.3kReads9.4Score520Shelves
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