The Male Lead Is an Emperor, and the Female Lead Is One of His Consorts 男主是皇帝，女主是嫔妃
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Frost-Kissed Beauty: A Journey Through the Palace to Win the Emperor’s Heart 冰霜绝艳：辗转宫闱征服帝王心
[A note up front: This isn’t good, this isn’t good, this isn’t good. It’s brainless, brainless. Don’t click! Don’t click! Don’t click! Don’t click] The emperor, Li Yi, has just one standard for choosing his concubines: they must be beautiful. Song Yunchu, a concubine-born daughter who has suffered abuse since childhood, is chosen by Emperor Li Yi to enter the palace because of her stunning looks. Before entering the palace, her mother is looked down on by the servants, and her younger sister bu
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Reborn, Noble Consort Shu Wants Only Wealth and Glory 重生后，淑妃只想荣华富贵
[Reborn] [A heroine pursuing her ambitions] [Palace intrigue] [A clear-eyed heroine] Reborn, Xiao Qinglan finally saw how heartless the emperor was. The position of empress? She didn't want it anymore. The emperor loved someone else, and made her and Consort Rong fight until the heavens and earth were turned upside down, dragging both their families into the turmoil. To avoid the same fate as in her previous life, when her family was wiped out, Xiao Qinglan knew she had to give some things up. H
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A Qing-Dynasty Tale: The Easygoing Consort Xian 清穿之咸鱼娴贵妃
Yu Wan died from overwork in her previous life and became a side consort to one of the Qing dynasty’s most notorious scumbag emperors. Worse still, she was the historical figure Ulanara, the most tragic imperial consort of them all. It was as if the universe didn’t want an office drone like her to survive. Fortunately, she had learned to let go in this life. With money and connections, why exhaust herself fighting for a little affection that might never come? Unexpectedly, she caught Qianlong’s
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Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始
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
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From the Start, I Have Auspicious Twins, and Become Kangxi's Favorite 开局祥瑞龙凤胎，我成康熙心尖尖
Complete [Fertility System + amateurish palace intrigue + heroine doesn't love Kangxi + raising children to rise to power] (The timeline in this story does not match official history, so please don't overthink it.) Modern office worker Mingmei wakes up as Noble Lady Wanyan, one of Kangxi's consorts. At the same time, she gets a System and learns that she will be raising all nine of Kangxi's sons. After transmigrating, Wanyan Mingmei says, “System, let me say thank you.” Also known as The Rise of
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Born in the Cold Palace! Master of Ten Thousand Beasts! She Unifies the World 冷宫出生！驾驭万兽！她一统天下
Chu Qingli was a beautiful young woman from the twenty-first century. After getting drunk one night, she transmigrated into the body of a tiny baby, the little princess the Spirit Beast Kingdom’s royal family had not seen in a hundred years. She was struggling for her life in the belly of a deposed empress confined to the cold palace. “Waaah!” Her heavenly cry set all the beasts in the cold palace abuzz. A little mouse ran out of its hole and became her guardian. A huge stray dog that had appear
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Be Good, Don’t Cry. I’ll Make You My Empress 乖，不哭，朕让你做皇后
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
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After the Empress Consort Closed Her Heart to Love, the Emperor Became Addicted to Begging for Her Affection 娘娘断心绝爱后，陛下跪舔上瘾了
[Both leads are reborn] [Alternate history] [He pursues his wife after losing her; the hero is humble and devoted] [In her previous life, she was a love-struck fool; reborn, she is a clear-eyed and captivating consort × In his previous life, he loved her without realizing it; reborn, the powerful emperor eagerly becomes her devoted admirer] In her previous life, Su Yunning was infatuated with her cousin, the emperor, for over twenty years. She had no children of her own, willingly became his con
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Reborn as His Majesty's Beloved Concubine 重生之陛下的娇软宠妃
[A possessive, ruthless tyrant VS a spoiled, coquettish favorite consort. Both are each other's first and only; he dotes on her from the very beginning to the very end, and the male lead is completely love-struck, while the female lead loves to pout and play the spoiled darling.] The entire court of civil and military officials knelt and begged Gu Huai to take more consorts. Gu Huai brandished his sword and said icily, “Anyone else want me to take a consort? Step forward. I'll settle this once a
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Years in the Palace 岁岁宫阙
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
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The Consort Is Alluring and Seductive, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Can't Resist Her 娘娘妩媚妖娆，冷戾帝王不禁撩
With an imperial decree, Gu Wanying, daughter of the Marquis of Guangping, is betrothed to the Prince Regent. The night before the decree arrives, she learns that the world she's in is the setting of a novel she read in modern times. The male lead in the book is a prince. He and the heroine, Meng Xin, have loved each other since they were young, but Meng Xin is taken into the imperial harem and becomes a favored consort. From then on, Feng Yuzhao goes to war, conquering new territory and buildin
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A Romance in the Capital 上京缘
[Not a transmigration or rebirth story. An old-fashioned setting, a stunning, delicate newly titled noblewoman VS the Seventh Prince, a cold and abstinent man who seems like a spoiled playboy. Scheming within the marriage, intense push-and-pull, devoted one-on-one romance, sweet and indulgent.] When Jiang Jiuchu was little, bandits took her hostage to threaten her father, who was leading a campaign to suppress them. A young man appeared and rescued her, but she missed her chance to repay him. Ye
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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
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
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The Empress’s Official Consort: The Chaste Minister Drops His Act! 女帝正宫，禁欲权臣他不装了！
[A cold, proud princess who later ascends the throne as empress VS a seemingly refined but secretly ruthless, unhinged powerful minister; marriage before love + long-planned seduction + taking what he wants by any means + devoted to one another] Xuan Yuanling knew all along that Chu Qing was a ravenous wolf, but she deliberately offered herself as his prey. Her purpose, of course, was to trample his pride and pave her way to the throne. But when she tossed him a divorce agreement and tried to wa
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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
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
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Little Sweetheart! Soft and Irresistible! Both Tyrants Are in Love with Her 小娇娇！香软撩！两个暴君都爱她
[Doll-faced, curvy, easygoing sweet girl vs. a tyrant with two personalities] [Both are each other’s first and only + doting romance + size difference + height difference + slight age gap] Song Yan is a special girl, so she knows a secret. The lofty emperor actually has two souls living inside him. His dominant personality is gentle and refined as jade, aloof and restrained, shrewd and calculating: a bona fide obsessive yandere. His secondary personality is volatile, unrestrained, brutal, and bl
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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
[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
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Every Time the Consort Courts Death, the Tyrant Cleans Up After Her 宠妃每次作死，暴君都在善后
[Doted on from the start + both leads are romantically inexperienced + a tyrant in public, a puppy in private + silly, easily startled heroine who grows over time + a little palace scheming + both leads are reborn later; skip if this bothers you] [Mad, proud young tyrant VS witty, growth-minded favorite consort] Bad news: Shen Shiling has transmigrated. Good news: She’s the tyrant’s most beloved consort. - The emperor, Jing Yansheng, is said to have slaughtered countless people. When his gaze t
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
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
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The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱
[This novel has been contracted for publication] [Strong female lead + high-IQ palace intrigue + heroine schemes against the entire harem + psychotic villain personality] Song Zhao has always been a woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and she is also more clear-headed than anyone. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was perfectly clear: “I’m entering the palace to become Empress. Otherwise, what would I go there fo
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A Farewell to Quiet Joy 清欢辞
Xiao Qinghuan, daughter of the Marquis of Wuyang, was praised by everyone in Bianjing as a fine young lady from a distinguished scholarly family. She was beautiful, gentle, and charming. Before she had even come of age, countless young men from prominent families had come to ask for her hand, but she had not taken a liking to a single one. The man she loved was a peerless hero. “The young ladies in the capital are all pretty much the same, dull as dishwater. Especially the ones from scholarly fa
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Oh No, the Princess Has Too Many Identities, and She’s Gone on a Rampage 糟糕，王妃身份太多，直接杀疯了
Top military doctor Shen Zheng transmigrates, her soul entering the body of Yuan, the leader of the imperial bodyguards. The body is skilled in martial arts, but covered in scars. While recovering from her injuries, she unexpectedly learns that she is the long-lost daughter of the prime minister. Willing to bend for the sake of a few bushels of rice, Shen Zheng returns to the prime minister's residence. But she never expected that as soon as she got back, the emperor would arrange her marriage.
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After Becoming the Crown Princess, I Do Nothing but Slack Off 穿成太子妃后，我每天都在摆烂
[Not a Devoted Couple, Palace and Household Intrigue, Marriage Before Love] With a single imperial decree, Cui Ying and the crown prince inexplicably become husband and wife. Neither of them knows the other. Cui Ying never expected that, as a modern woman transported to ancient times, she would become a crown princess. What a headache. But rumor has it the crown prince has a much-favored concubine by his side. Not only is she stunningly beautiful, she's also gentle and sweet, a true beauty. Cui
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The Fake Heiress Falls on Hard Times? The Powerful Flock to Her Restaurant 假千金落魄？权贵挤满她酒楼
[Food + 1v1, mutually devoted, System missions, building a career, ensemble cast] (A quick heads-up: There are many couples in this story, so please steer clear if that's not your thing. It mixes romance with BL, so please steer clear if you dislike that. This is a light, wholesome food-themed romance with multiple pairings, and its overall tone is warm and cozy. It is not a strong-female-lead story, so please steer clear if that's not your thing.) Synopsis: ↓ Yun Zhiyue, the president of a ca
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The Mighty Empress: The World Bows to Her 超强女帝，天下臣服
Xiao Chan, who possesses qi cultivation skills, transmigrates into the body of a baby girl. Because her father, the emperor, favors her, he raises her from childhood as his successor. One after another, her half-brothers appear in the harem, all vying for the one throne, but each is crushed by her, the legitimate eldest princess. Her talent and reputation become the greatest in the land. As schemes gather around her, men even volunteer to become her secret lovers. Commanding power and rising to
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She Transmigrated as a Man: Now She Must Fight for the Throne as a Prince 女穿男：穿成皇子要夺嫡
Chen Muqi, a daughter of the Chen family of Huaguo, died in a family power struggle. In a twist of fate, she was reborn as Helian Qin, the Fifth Prince of Xilin. With a mother who was a noble consort, powerful maternal relatives, and brothers eyeing him covetously, Helian Qin had no choice but to set out on the path to claim the throne. He recruited strategists and worthy officials, campaigned north and south, weathered one crisis after another, and escaped repeated assassination attempts, ultim
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The Annals of the Zhao-Xuan Era 昭宣史册
With the realm newly pacified and power changing hands, the wealthy clans pay homage to the Xilin imperial house while undercurrents churn. The crown prince, Helian Qin, ascends the throne. Rebellions break out across the provinces, remnants of the old regime rise again, and reform is urgently needed. The court shifts with every turn of fortune, while the beauties of the inner palace compete for favor and claw at one another, keeping the new emperor looking this way and that, lost in their water
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Dominating the Harem Through Childbearing 靠生子称霸后宫
In her previous life, Huameng's childhood sweetheart, the boy next door, betrayed her before their wedding. After watching him marry the daughter of a princess, she put on the bright red wedding dress she had spent two years embroidering and hanged herself. But her soul drifted through the world for twenty years after her death before she learned the truth: her childhood sweetheart had broken off their engagement after accidentally hearing that the childless emperor intended to adopt the princes
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The Second Empress 继后
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
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What Kind of Concubine Bears Four Sons and a Daughter, Then Becomes a Noble Consort? 谁家通房生四儿一女，还当贵妃啊
[Both leads are devoted only to each other + One-on-one romance + Many children + Sweet romance + Inner- and imperial-palace intrigue] In the fortieth year of the Xihe era, Lüqing became a concubine-in-waiting to Prince Jin. She knew full well that she had to earn Prince Jin's favor and give birth to a child as soon as possible if she wanted to secure her place in the prince's household. For eight years, she contended with the other women in the inner court, using every means at her disposal to
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The Sweet and Gentle Noble Consort Has Captured the Emperor’s Heart 贵妃软糯，牵动帝王心
Sweet romance + palace intrigue + a slow, steady love story + adorable children + devoted love later on In the sixth year of Zhengli, Qu Su, daughter of the Imperial Medical Academy's director, was ordered to enter the palace. Many years later, Qu Su had risen from Junior Lady to Noble Consort. Her children surrounded her, and her Yuyan cosmetics shops had spread throughout the land. Looking back, she saw that the man had always been protecting her from behind. Qu Su: I love you, and I love myse
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The Laid-Back Consort: Rising Step by Step 咸鱼娘娘：步步高升
[Transmigration + palace and household intrigue + childbirth + doted on exclusively later] Jiang Wan transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking palace consort of an emperor with no children. To protect the people around her, she has no choice but to compete for a little favor. Who knew she’d end up giving the emperor a chubby baby boy! Emperor: “She’s the birth mother of my only son. Of course I have to protect her.” Who knew that all that protection would turn into affection? As Jiang Wan ris
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The Noble Consort Only Wants to Rule from Behind the Curtain 贵妃她只想垂帘听政
In her previous life, Xiao Wei was the emperor's favored concubine, accused of beguiling her ruler and bringing chaos to court. She endured endless condemnation, open attacks, and secret schemes. Only when she was dying did she discover that the emperor's beloved, the moonlight in his heart and the cinnabar mark he could never forget, was someone else. She had merely been a scapegoat, taking the arrows meant for another. When she lived again, the woman in the emperor's heart had only just entere
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The Empress Ran 冉后
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.
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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
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
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The White Moonlight Noble Consort’s Daily Life in the Harem 白月光贵妃的后宫日常
(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
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Reborn, the Emperor Personally Teaches His Consort the Art of Harem Warfare 重生后，陛下手把手教娘娘宫斗
“Your Majesty, if there is another life, I hope never to have known you, and never to meet you again in any lifetime.” Yujing Chen detested her. Yet the last thing she did before dying was take the fatal sword strike for him. She said, “Your Majesty, could my life leave a vivid mark in your heart?” Perhaps Heaven believed his task was unfinished and granted him a new life. After being reborn... he discovered that she had once been bright and beautiful, too... [No System + No transmigration + Mal
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A Palace Maid’s Life as the Emperor’s Favorite 宫女承宠日常
Wei Rongxiang was a palace maid who served tea before the emperor. One day, she was abducted and dragged onto the imperial bed, where the emperor forced himself on her. Everyone called her Aunt Rongxiang, yet treated her like a mistress of the palace. Wei Rongxiang entered the imperial harem, where the emperor favored her every night, but she always kept a clear head. She watched him favor his concubines, watched him surround himself with wives and concubines, watched his children dote on him, w
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A Concubine’s Daily Struggle to Stay Alive in the Prince’s Manor 王府侍妾的苟命日常
[Intense Household Intrigue + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Plot-Driven + Everyone Has Eight Hundred Schemes] After transmigrating into the body of a concubine in the Prince of Jing's residence, Xie Run only wants to live in peace and, ideally, reach a hundred years old. At first, everything in the prince's residence is orderly. The prince shares his favor equally, the princess consort's position is secure, and the secondary consorts and concubines know their place. Who could have guessed that ever
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I Traveled Back to the Tyrant’s Childhood and Knocked Over His Baby Bottle 我穿回暴君小时候打翻他奶瓶
Completed! ❗️ [The comic adaptation of the same name is now available] After Shen Kuo transmigrates into a book, she becomes a cannon-fodder consort in a tyrant's harem. The tyrant wants to kill her during the day, then turns soft and clingy at night, acting cute and begging for affection. Using the System's time machine, Shen Kuo travels to the past and sees a side of the vicious tyrant that no one else knows. She sings for the tyrant, cures his chronic headaches, and disguises herself as a man
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I Traveled Ten Years Into the Future, So How Did My Husband Become Emperor? 穿到十年后，夫君怎么登基了！
While she was out buying pastries, Princess Consort Chu Yuyao somehow ended up ten years in the future. Her carefree prince of a husband had ascended the throne and become a tyrant who killed without blinking! Her well-behaved eldest child had become a gloomy crown prince. Her sweet little one had become a spoiled princess. The imperial harem was full of complaints. “Emperor? Never seen him.” “Don't lie. I clearly saw him at the palace banquet two years ago.” … Looking at the chaotic palace, Ch
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Gentle Words in the Flourishing Tang Dynasty 盛唐温言
Wen Yan was an ordinary-looking modern-day working woman, just another corporate drone. One day, her mother suddenly called and told her to come home and marry a disabled man she'd never met, simply because his family was rich and willing to pay a bride price. Her own family needed that money to arrange a marriage for her younger brother. But an accident unexpectedly led Wen Yan to transmigrate. It also made her resolve that, since she was reborn, she would earn more money than she could spend i
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Reborn and Married Off: I Become the Mistress of the Prince's Manor 重生换亲：我在王府当主母
Shen Wantang's reborn elder sister stole her engagement and pushed the Prince of Ning's heir, who had become a monk, on her. “The prince's residence is grand and splendid. Little sister, go enjoy your good fortune!” Shen Wantang laughed. “Then thank you, Sister.” Was she not reborn too? In her previous life, her elder sister married the Prince of Ning's heir and drove the woman he loved to her death. He would rather die for love than live as her husband. After he died, her sister was imprisoned.
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Shocking! The Invisible Noble Consort Is a Hidden Powerhouse 惊！后宫透明贵妃竟是隐藏大佬
After five years in the palace, Noble Consort Nangong Jingshu had been forgotten by the imperial harem, like an invisible woman. An accident revealed to Chu Yuqian that he had twin sons, and turned his attention to the noble consort he had forgotten. The more he learned about her, the more he realized her identity was shrouded in mystery, and her many secret identities were beyond anyone's reach. From then on, Chu Yuqian became a devoted husband, and together they wrote an unconventional love st
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Elder Sister, Your Emperor Is Mine Now 长姐，你的陛下是我的了
Original title: Tell Me, Your Majesty, Exactly How Many Men Have You Had Children With? [Palace intrigue + the male lead’s redemption arc + neither lead is chaste + three sons and one daughter + physician consort + scheming, delicate beauty] Yun Yan’s death was the unanimous decision of her entire family, made solely to use her child to pave the way for her elder sister, the empress. Five years later. Defying death, Yun Yan returns with a new face and takes the name Shen Zhiyi. On the surface, s
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The Daily Life of a Laid-Back Concubine After Transmigrating 穿越之闲鱼妾室的日常
[Transmigration + household and palace intrigue + no golden finger + devoted love later on] Zhang Xinian transmigrated into the body of a concubine in Prince Jing’s household. Above her was the princess consort, backed by powerful connections and ruthless in her methods. Beside her was a brainless side consort with overwhelming fighting prowess. Below her, a reborn woman and a transmigrated woman were locked in fierce competition. Zhang Xinian trembled with fear. She had no golden finger and did
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Ninefold Brocade 九重锦
Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest
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Consort Hui of the Qing Dynasty: After Bearing the Fourth Prince, I Became the Emperor's Favorite 清穿惠妃：生下四阿哥后独宠了
Wu Jingwan has been dreaming about Yinzhi every day lately. One day, after dreaming that Yinzhi was imprisoned, she transmigrates into the body of Consort Hui, one of Emperor Kangxi’s consorts. Well, she isn’t Consort Hui yet. She’s only Noble Consort Hui. Whenever Wu Jingwan wakes in the middle of the night and thinks of Yinzhi’s fate, her heart aches. How could the dashing, beloved eldest prince have ended up like that? Now that she’s here, she won’t let that tragedy happen again. She thought
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The Empress Consort's Every Move Wins the Emperor's Heart 娘娘步步为营，缓缓登帝王心尖
[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
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The Empress Never Misses a Beat: She Gives Birth to Twins and Becomes the Dowager Empress 皇后稳定发挥，生龙凤双胎当太后
[Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S
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