Do You Like This Kind of Plot-Twist Palace-Intrigue Story? 你们喜欢这种反转故事的宫斗吗
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The Marquess's Wife Wants to Die of Old Age in Peace 侯府主母要寿终正寝
A history major pulls an all-nighter and dies suddenly, only to become Chen Yuhu, the matriarch of an ancient household, with no golden finger whatsoever. But you have to learn to be content. As a modern, clear-eyed college student, Chen Yuhu wants to tell the original matriarch: don't be such a lovesick fool. Treasure your life of immense wealth and status. She certainly does. She sends her biased mother-in-law away to cultivate in seclusion, keeps the obedient and pretty concubine around to pl
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- 2 I Lie Flat on My Good Looks 我靠美貌躺平了 [Both are devoted only to each other + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + mutual devotion] That day in the peach grove, it wasn’t the wind that stirred, but the heart… Song Zhaoyue was born into the body of an unfavored concubine-born daughter of a marquis’s household. Her stepmother forced her to marry a playboy who drank, gambled, and visited brothels, so she turned around and entered the palace selection instead! Who could have guessed she would be granted in marriage to Prince Yan, 35kReads9.1Score4.4k14d adds
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An Emperor's Life Simulator 帝王模拟人生
Zhao Jingheng transmigrated into the Great Jing Dynasty and became a fourteen-year-old emperor who had just ascended the throne. He came with an Emperor Simulation System that let him see the attributes of every minister and consort, check weather forecasts, and much more. He soon realized he was surrounded by enemies, all his ministers were villains, and the country had suffered years of disasters. So he opened the Consort Management module and discovered something even more outrageous: one of
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- 4 My Years as a Benevolent Mother in the Qing Palace 我在清宫做圣母的那些年 [A vengeful ghost from a mass grave × a scheming palace-conquering beauty × a golden finger bigger than the sky] Shanyue, a ghost from a mass grave, is reborn in the worlds of Empresses in the Palace and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace as a “living bodhisattva,” carrying a body full of resentment. Save the consorts? Soothe the children? She turns the consorts against one another and uses others to assassinate royal heirs. Beneath the compassionate guise of Guanyin lurks a demon from the depths o 31.3kReads8.7Score1.3k14d adds
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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
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
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- 6 Spring Stirs the Lotus Platform 春动莲台 [Cherished, highborn daughter × dignified, abstinent son of a prominent family] Rumor has it that Shen Lianchi, the youngest daughter of the Grand Princess and the Duke of Zhenguo, has been sickly for years. She has a noble title, but is really an ugly woman. Yet this supposedly ugly woman has a marriage match that all the noble young ladies in Tokyo envy: she was betrothed to the Fu family’s young master before birth! What kind of man is Fu Yuji? Born into a distinguished scholarly family, a pr 1.6kReads7.4Score20514d adds
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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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- 8 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 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 77.1kReads9.5Score7.9k14d adds
- 9 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼，王府宠妾的内卷日常 [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 69kReads9.4Score8.7k14d adds
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The Bad Man Who Ran Off with a 'Ball' 带“球”跑的坏男人
The Bad Man Who Ran Off with the "Ball"
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- 11 Reborn, I Buried the Scumbag and His Mistress Together 重生后，我给渣男贱女合葬 After Being Reborn, I Buried the Scumbag and His Mistress Together —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Musclebound Hunk in Pink Fur, a Tough Guy in a Little Girl's Body 肌肉猛男穿粉毛，灵魂猛男萝莉身 A Musclebound Man in a Pink-Haired Girl's Body 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I Sold My Wife for 100 Million, Then Got Struck by Lightning and Burned to a Crisp That Same Day 我把媳妇卖了1个亿，当天我就被雷劈成焦炭 I sold my wife for a hundred million, and that very day I was struck by lightning and burned to a crisp —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 War of Resistance: Madman Wang Specializes in Putting Every Japanese Soldier in His Place! 抗战：王疯子，专治各种鬼子不服！ War of Resistance: Wang the Madman, the cure for every kind of Japanese soldier who refuses to behave! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Her Sugar Daddy Got into Trouble, the Canary Went on a Rampage 金主爸爸出事后，金丝雀杀疯了 After her sugar daddy gets into trouble, the canary goes on a killing spree 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 From the Start, I Ran Off with Three Gods Named Er Na Sun 开局拐走三尊神，他们的名字叫“二哪孙” From the Start, I Spirited Away Three Gods Named "Er Na Sun" 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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Siheyuan: Don't Mistake Me for Silly Zhu 四合院：别把我当傻柱
Siheyuan: Don’t Take Me for Silly Zhu
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- 18 Court Intrigue? I'm Just Fixing the Bugs 宫斗？我只是在清理BUG Court Intrigue? I'm Just Fixing Bugs 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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Siheyuan: Put a Wolf's Face on a Sheep? 四合院：给羊换张狼脸？
Siheyuan: Giving a Sheep a Wolf's Face?
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- 20 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Chop Down a Doorframe, Leaving the Whole Courtyard Terrified! 四合院：开局砍门框，全院禽兽吓破胆！ Siheyuan: Chopping Down the Doorframe from the Start, I Scare the Whole Courtyard’s Beasts Out of Their Wits! 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Why Won't Miss Xie Agree? 谢姑娘她为何不愿了？ As the legitimate second daughter of the current prime minister, Xie Shuyao spent years shamelessly chasing after Crown Prince Xuan Jin'an, but she still couldn't warm his heart. If she couldn't warm it, then she wouldn't try anymore... 1kReads5.9Score11814d adds
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The Poisonous Wife Refuses to Yield at the Regent’s Bedside 摄政王榻前毒妻不承让
Red candles flicker as blood-red roses bloom in secret. He is the regent, whose power reaches across the court, his cold, stern eyes concealing a razor edge. She is a remarkable woman skilled in both medicine and poison, dressed in red, both the cure and the deadly toxin. As political intrigue entwines with love, watch this perfect pair join forces amid the turbulent court, overturn the world, and rule the realm together.
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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！
[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
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No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话
An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the
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- 25 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 35.1kReads9.3Score5.9k14d adds
- 26 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 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1k14d adds
- 27 The Mad Tyrant Wants to Steal Her: You’re the One Who Tempted Me First! 疯批权臣夺她，是你先勾我的！ [Possessive pursuit + Untouchable beauty brought down from her pedestal + Scheming heroine + Both leads are pure] The eldest son of the Xie family was as refined as a gentle breeze beneath a clear sky, as elegant as an orchid or jade tree, and, more unusually, possessed the heart of a bodhisattva. A year ago, he had taken charge of sheltering a destitute cousin who had come to seek refuge. The rescued Wanruo was deeply grateful, and looked up to and adored her cousin. Their story of a loving bro 238.5kReads9.2Score31.1k14d adds
- 28 A Tender Glimpse of Spring 怜窥春 Yu Jun had been by Zhao Yanhui's side since childhood, rising from maid to bedchamber attendant to Noble Consort. He left the harem empty for her and gave her his whole heart. She thought that childhood sweethearts would finally find their happy ending, never imagining that this young couple could share hardship but not happiness. By the fourth year after the realm was pacified, the emperor had long since outgrown the youthful innocence of his boyhood. When he frowned at her, there was no trace 130Reads5.8Score13614d adds
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