Qing Dynasty Palace Intrigue With a Clever Female Lead 清穿宫斗文，女主有脑子
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- 201 The Imperial Harem: The Story of Consort Qin 后宫：勤妃传 Chen Wenxin is lazy and loves good food. After transmigrating into the Qing dynasty as a low-ranking palace maid, all she wants is to live a quiet, comfortable life doing nothing. But after one night serving the emperor, she discovers she is exactly his type! He even uncovers her secret laziness and gives her the title of Consort Qin! QAQ I feel like the emperor just hit me with a massive dose of sarcasm. I’m falling apart inside... Am I really going to have to embark on a life of bearing and ra 2.3kReads9.0Score27914d adds
- 202 A Warm Brew in the Qing Palace: My Prince Consort Is So Sweet 清宫暖酿：我的皇子夫君有点甜 As a “laid-back player” on the fringes of the palace struggle, Qin’er spends her days protecting her son, making wine, and keeping the family united. Her son Hongzhou doesn’t want to be a cutthroat prince? Fine! His mother will personally confront the emperor and win back his right to choose his own spouse! The Geng family wants to secure its influence through marriage? Done! She’ll set up the perfect match at the selection ceremony! Sixth Prince Hongzhou seems like nothing more than a wine-bre 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 203 The Inventive Hot Mama: I Make Things in the Great Yong 格物小辣妈：我在大雍搞发明 Modern office worker Lin Xiao wakes up after transmigrating as a daughter-in-law of the Shen family in the Great Yong dynasty. All she has in her pocket is a jade pendant that glows, making this a real “ancient survival challenge” from the start. While others come with pocket dimensions and Systems, she relies on her knowledge of physics and chemistry, along with her dumpling-making skills, to tough it out: she challenges feudal norms by opening a women's clinic and teaches girls to build career —Reads—Score—14d adds
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After Transmigrating to the Qing Dynasty, Fourth Master Has Three Babies in a Year 清穿后四爷一年抱仨
A wealthy young woman from modern times is reborn in the Qing Dynasty during the Kangxi era after a car accident, becoming Wanyan Wunaxi. With a loving mother, a doting father, and a crowd of protective older brothers, plus a portable pocket dimension, she has a life of pure bliss. All she needs to do is get passed over in the palace selection and marry some honest fellow. Then her life will be complete. Who knew the transmigration god would play a joke on her? An imperial edict comes crashing d
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The Wicked Supporting Actress Is Reborn and Wins at Life 恶毒女配重生后躺赢了
The emperor has never touched anyone but the heroine! One beloved consort in the harem + 1v1 romance + fictional setting. Meng Yan only learns on the brink of death that she's a supporting character in a sweet palace-intrigue novel. In the story, she loves the emperor, Lu Haozhi, devotedly until the very end. She diligently competes for his favor and tirelessly fights the innocent white-lotus heroine, only to land herself in the cold palace and die miserably in the snow. After being reborn, she
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- 206 Has the Spoiled Consort Lost the Emperor's Favor Today? 作精贵妃今天失宠了吗 In her previous life, Lin Yan entered the palace by imperial decree and was immediately made Noble Consort, ranking just below the empress. She happily believed the emperor truly loved and cherished her. In the end, she was nothing but a pawn in that man's hand, used to keep the empress's maternal family in check! Reborn, Lin Yan decides she will no longer play the obedient noble consort. The Lin family raised her to be a spoiled little troublemaker, so why should she hold back for the sake of 968Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 207 The Haughty Empress's Concubine Conquest 傲娇娘娘的宠妃攻略 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 1.6kReads8.9Score14114d adds
- 208 I'm Exhausted! To Fool Him, I Pretend to Be Sweet and Innocent Every Day 累死！为了骗他，本宫日日装娇纯 “If you want to win, you have to learn how to lose first.” Meng Xianxiang lost a life, and learned to struggle, to seize what she wanted, to scheme and plan, and to claw her way up. Looking back on her previous life, she had lived in a stable, eaten pig slop, served tea and emptied chamber pots, enduring abuse and humiliation at every turn. Each memory was a stab to the heart. Given another chance, she wants status and power, and a world where no one dares bully her again. Behind the palace’s re 3.6kReads9.2Score30214d adds
- 209 Palace Intrigue: Starting with Pretending to Be Innocent 宫斗，从装纯开始 To give her sister a peaceful life, Xiao Wu, who lived under other people's roof, entered the palace selection. The palace gates opened onto a world of intrigue, but Xiao Wu had a clear goal. She would climb, one step at a time, all the way to the top. She would climb until no one could bully her and her sister! When Bei Chen Yue first met Xiao Wu, he thought she was delicate and soft, someone who looked easy to bully... He figured he might as well give her a title and keep her by his side. Who 669Reads8.6Score10714d adds
- 210 Fourth Prince! Your Side Consort Is Beautiful but Evil! 四爷！你家侧福晋人美但心黑啊！ [A Scheming, Fatherly Yinzhen]+ [Clever Legitimate Daughter Nian Yueyao] This story is set in an alternate world. Everything is fictional, so please don't overthink it. The timeline follows history. Also, can I write Yinzhen and Nian Shi's romance as sweet and fluffy? The pacing isn't fast, but nothing is superfluous, and everything is intricately connected. After transmigrating into the Qing Dynasty, Nian Yueyao became the most beloved legitimate daughter of the Nian family! Remembering the tr 2.7kReads6.5Score34914d adds
- 211 A Hundred Ways to Win the Emperor's Heart in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧 Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen 12.3kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds
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Spring Banquet 春日宴
She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis
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When the Pear Blossoms Bloom 梨花绽放时
She has almond-shaped eyes, peachy cheeks, and a delicate, adorable look; He wears plain clothes, with dark hair and an exceptional air about him; Her life has been full of hardship, yet she remains kind and good-hearted; He has won countless honors on the battlefield and commands awe wherever he goes; What sparks will fly when these two meet?
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- 214 The Begonias Bloom for You Again 海棠今又为君开 [Historical Romance + Sweet Romance + National and Family Feuds] In her previous life, Xiuyi trusted a scumbag and agreed to marry him, only to be pushed into a pond by a scheming white lotus and drown! Reborn, she opened a clinic, saved her father and brothers, kicked the scumbag to the curb, and schemed to have the white lotus die a gruesome death in prison. The cold-faced marquis, whose power held sway over the realm, drew her into his arms: “Don't worry! With me here, everything will be your 41.7kReads9.3Score4.5k14d adds
- 215 The Lantern-Bearing Chronicles 逢灯纪 (Signed for publication, with screen adaptation rights sold) You're the daughter of a marquis. You want to take your mother's dowry and remains with you? Done. I'll take the dowry and remains, and bring you your mother's divorce papers as well as your own severance papers cutting ties with your family. You were declared dead and became an invisible person behind your brothers. You want to live like a normal person again? Done. I'll restore your name and identity, and make sure you receive the en 86.7kReads9.3Score12.7k14d adds
- 216 Entwined Pearl 缠明珠 [A seemingly sweet-faced, emotionally detached woman vs. a gloomy, love-starved, clingy human flytrap] Shen Yuanzhu, who loves money more than life itself, gives the only bit of sincerity she has to Xie Xuchuan, only for him to turn around and have a child with someone else. He says, “Yuanzhu, you can raise the child. He can have the family fortune. I’ll make it up to you in other ways.” Shen Yuanzhu thinks he’s lost his mind. Their marriage contract, bound by mutual interests, can’t be dissolve 41.1kReads8.5Score5.1k14d adds
- 217 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 10.4kReads9.6Score1.6k14d adds
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A Hunter’s Daughter in the Qing Dynasty Just Wants a Simple Life 清穿之猎户女就想踏实过日子
Qing Dynasty transmigration + born into the past + farming + raising a child + palace intrigue (though there’s no palace intrigue, and she isn’t favored exclusively at first) Important: The plot moves slowly. If you prefer a fast pace and an exclusively doting relationship, feel free to choose another book! After failing the civil service exams four times in a row, Jiang Yao finishes her fifth exam and decides to pray for good luck at Yonghe Temple, a place said to grant wishes. Instead, she’s r
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- 219 A Qing Dynasty Side Consort’s Struggle 清穿之侧福晋奋斗史 The modern girl Yu Mu went to sleep at home and woke up having transmigrated to the Qing dynasty. The Qing dynasty! An era when girls married at thirteen and had to start having babies at fourteen or fifteen. Give birth early enough, and you could be a grandma by thirty. Just thinking about it made Yu Mu want to die. But she valued her life too much to give it up. The girl had done well in the selection, was pretty, and came from a good family, so she'd already been promised to the Crown Prince. 5.5kReads9.1Score36214d adds
- 220 The Hectic Life of a Marquess's Daughter After She Returns Home 侯府千金回家后的鸡飞狗跳日常 The rating has just gone live. Everyone, feel free to rate it, even if you want to leave a bad review. The story is finished, so enjoy! [The heroine isn’t the sort who storms in and slaughters everyone right away!] When Ye Wanshu was five, her family arranged for her to take her mother’s body back to their hometown of Jinling. But in fact, her mother wasn’t dead at all. Just before Ye Wanshu turned thirteen, the Yongning Marquis’s household sent someone to bring her back to the capital. Her rela 6.5kReads8.8Score70114d adds
- 221 The Pampered Life of a Spoiled Commandery Princess 纨绔郡主得宠日常 Signed for publication. The print edition is expected to be available by the end of the year. No! This! Is! Not! A! Romance! No CP! No rebirth, no transmigration, a thoroughly evil heroine, a power-struggle story A truly wicked heroine, vying for power over the realm, genuinely unhinged, ruthless, and rotten to the core Questions that come up while reading can only be answered by reading on. The willful, overbearing young princess of the Prince of Zhenbei’s household takes a fancy to Pei Jinnian 49.1kReads9.4Score6.1k14d adds
- 222 After Being Reborn for the Eighth Time, the Vicious Female Side Character Went Mad 重生第八次后，恶毒女配发疯了 A Hilarious Novel [Short Drama Now Streaming: Died Seven Times, Clung to the Tyrant’s Coattails] [Transmigrate into a Book + Reborn + Historical Romance + Unhinged Shenanigans + Revenge + Cathartic Payback + Lying Low + Sweet Romance] Sweet romance. Both leads are inexperienced. A heroine who hits back at every slight VS a king who says one thing and means another Xue Wu transmigrates into a sweet romance novel as the vicious villainess destined for a tragic end. After dying seven times by mista 15.4kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
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Crossover: The Qing Dynasty Heroine Is Very Fertile 【综】清穿，女主很会生
Qin Yao died in the early days of the apocalypse. Carrying a space and wood-type powers, she transmigrates to different parallel worlds of the Qing Dynasty. The children the heroine gives birth to in each world are historical figures reborn. Emperors and their capable ministers become triplet brothers. The First Emperor rebels alongside his younger brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi, while his “beloved younger brothers” Bai Qi and Lü Buwei... Husband and wife become siblings, Liu Bang personally e
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- 224 Transmigration: Kangxi's Eighth Daughter 穿越：康熙皇八女 Ruyi is a university student in the 21st century and an avid bookworm, especially fond of Qing-dynasty transmigration novels. She never expected it to happen to her, and she transmigrates into the body of the Kangxi Emperor’s Eighth Princess, just moments after her birth. The Eighth Princess? She’s the daughter of Noble Consort Tongjia, who died just days after birth, before she could even be given a name! Seriously, how can a transmigrator end up with such a miserable fate? Luckily, she has a S 2.4kReads9.2Score26214d adds
- 225 Changing Fate in the Qing Dynasty: The Empress Raises a Reborn Child 清穿改命：娘娘养了个重生崽 [Qing Dynasty transmigration + raising a child + System + harem power struggles] Tong Suwan transmigrates into the past and becomes Empress Xiaoyiren, the adoptive mother of Emperor Yongzheng. For the first ten years, she has no memories of modern life. But thanks to her intelligence, she succeeds in building a deep bond with Emperor Kangxi. At the age of ten, her memories return. With nothing to tie her to her modern life, she readily accepts her situation, then receives the essential transmigr 1.8kReads8.8Score14114d adds
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Qing Transmigration: Consort Liang Won't Serve Him Anymore 清穿：良妃娘娘不伺候了
A soul from another world, a fated entanglement. If escape was impossible, then she would seize the heart of the emperor, high above everyone else, and claim the highest place in Kangxi’s harem.
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- 227 Qing Transmigration: After Marrying the Cannon-Fodder Crown Prince, She Turns the Tables 清穿：嫁给炮灰太子后她逆袭了 PS: This novel has resumed updating. We hope you’ll continue to support it! \^▽^/ Transmigrating into the role of the future Third Prince’s wife, Xinyi rolls up her sleeves and gets to work. She doesn’t care what the Third Prince likes, as long as her family name doesn’t drag her down or make the powerful figures in the palace dislike her. She vows to become a proper Manchu noblewoman. After all that effort, she finally gets chosen for the Third Prince in the selection ceremony. Except it turns 4.8kReads8.4Score32714d adds
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From Maid to Consort: The Rise of Imperial Noble Consort Huixian 【从婢到妃】慧贤皇贵妃逆袭录
She is a lowly jade buried in the dust; he is the emperor who wields his brush high above the heavens. She uses tenderness as a blade, carving a path through the blood-soaked depths of a palace that devours its own. She helps him resolve a political crisis and devises a plan to ease the floods in Jiangnan; when he loses his legitimate son, she silently copies a hundred volumes of sutras for the dead. Hongli holds her bloodied, coughing body, his voice breaking as he cries: “Qingyuan, I promise
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- 229 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Wicked Stepmother of Three Villains 穿书后我成了三个反派的恶毒后娘 Original novel of the short drama After Transmigrating into a Book, I Became the Stepmother of Three Villains [Storage Space + Farming + Power Fantasy + Devoted Couple + Adorable Villainous Children] Ji Zhihuan went from being an S-rank member of a special forces team to transmigrating into a book as a cannon-fodder female character who dies in Chapter Three. She married Pei Yuan, a former war god who was as good as dead, and became the stepmother of three future villains. She was the first ste 8.7kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 230 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Raise the Scumbag Husband’s Illegitimate Child? 都重生了，谁还替渣夫外室养孩子 [Film and television rights sold] In her previous life, Yun Chu supported her husband, raised his son by a concubine, and helped the Xie family rise to greatness. In the end, she caused all one hundred members of the Yun family to be beheaded, then was forced to drink poison by the child she had raised with her own hands! As the poison burned through her entrails, she opened her eyes and found herself back at twenty. A line of Xie family children stood before her, each calling her “Mother” with 27.5kReads9.2Score4k14d adds
- 231 Report, Your Highness: Someone Has Come to Ask for the Princess Consort's Hand 报告王爷，有人上门求娶王妃 [Transmigration + Comedy + Medical Skills + Sweet and Angsty Romance] After divorcing Gu Linlang, she has money, talent, and beauty, and becomes the dream woman of every young nobleman in the capital. One prince finally panics and grits his teeth as he asks, "Woman, what exactly do you want?" "Your Highness, I only ask that you let me go." "No. You have to take responsibility for me." Huh? Have you got it backwards? You were the one who didn't want me. 272Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 232 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1k14d adds
- 233 Offering to the Abyss 献京渊 [Print edition releasing October 25] “He taught me to kill, seize power, and look after myself. I taught him what it means to have a weakness.” [Serious drama + political intrigue + the fate of the nation and its people + I’m terrible at writing blurbs] Jiang Qingyu was born into wealth, and her family’s love had made her naive and pampered. It wasn’t until the day the entire Jiang family was executed that she realized how foolish she had been! When she opened her eyes again, she was determined 24.3kReads9.5Score3.9k14d adds
- 234 Shocking! The Legitimate Princess Defies Fate Every Day! 惊！嫡公主她每天都在逆天改命！ [Female-led power fantasy + ruthless, unhinged heroine + an extreme “I’d rather betray others than let them betray me” mentality] Xuan Mingyao was reborn at the age of seven, back before anything had happened. Though she was the empress’s legitimate daughter, a princess treated like royalty, her younger brother, the crown prince, was about to die of illness. Her mother would soon be consumed by worry, grow estranged from the emperor, and eventually be deposed in the witchcraft scandal. Overnight 27.9kReads9.4Score3.8k14d adds
- 235 From Palace Maid to Imperial Consort: Her Majesty Is on a Killing Spree 从宫女到贵妃，娘娘她杀疯了 It’s bad enough that she’s transmigrated into a palace laundry maid. Who knew a eunuch would take a fancy to her, too? Jiang Zhiyi decides that lying low in the palace is out of the question. She’ll just have to climb the ladder to success. When a eunuch lusts after her, she sends him to his grave. When the concubines vie for favor, she’ll stop at nothing. Jiang Zhiyi knows the imperial harem is a cutthroat workplace where only the capable survive. The palace is full of deceit and intrigue, 6kReads8.8Score58714d adds
- 236 So What If You’re Reborn? 纵你重生又如何 [The main story is complete] [Two powerful leads + no point in being reborn as a concubine’s daughter + face-slapping and punishing scoundrels + the male lead has a secret crush] [A cool, composed beauty with overwhelming combat prowess vs. a mysterious, bewitching prince] [One-on-one romance + happy ending + single and chaste] Her mother was the most favored legitimate princess, her uncle was the reigning emperor, her maternal grandmother was empress dowager of the realm, and her older brother 2.3kReads8.9Score29614d adds
- 237 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Hailan Treats the Harem's Ills 如懿传海兰治疗后宫懿症 Content warning: The heroine, Daru, gets put through the wringer. No woman-versus-woman rivalry. Every boomerang hits Daru dead on, shattering her delusions of victory until she is completely abandoned by everyone. This is not a story about Hailan becoming a favored concubine. The story unfolds from Hailan's perspective as everyone awakens. Jinyuyan's name is written with the character Yan throughout. Please don't read if that bothers you. Once everyone breaks free from the script controlling th 4kReads9.4Score43314d adds
- 238 He Dotes on His Concubine? I'll Enter the Eastern Palace and Marry the Ailing Crown Prince Instead 独宠外室？我入东宫转嫁病弱太子 [Published as "Love Takes You into His Heart", available on Taobao, Douyin, and Pinduoduo] [Palace and household intrigue + reborn revenge + devoted husband] In her previous life, Shen Ruoxi devoted herself to marrying Prince Qi, Murong Yu. At home, she exhausted herself managing his household; outside, she knelt and begged her father and brothers to help him ascend the throne. She even gave up her place as his princess consort to please him, willingly becoming a concubine. She gave him everythi 21kReads9.3Score4.5k14d adds
- 239 Her Grace Is Cool and Gentle, and Everyone Loves Her 娘娘她清冷温柔惹人爱 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 1.4kReads8.4Score11814d adds
- 240 Ode to White Hair 白头赋 In a daze, she seemed to see that young man again, standing in the spring sunshine as he asked her: “Do you have feelings for me?” 123Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 241 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. 4.6kReads9.0Score47914d adds
- 242 The Empress Is a Max-Level Palace Intriguer, Crushing Everyone 皇后满级宫斗，嘎嘎乱杀 [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 13.8kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 243 With My Reborn Son's High-Stakes Schemes, Becoming Empress Dowager Is No Dream 重生儿子手段高，晋升太后不是梦 [Fictional Imperial Harem Drama + No Romance + Giving Birth and Raising Kids + My Son Must Be Crown Prince + Ambitious + Clear-Eyed] Content warning: The romance isn’t mutually exclusive, she doesn’t love the male lead, and there are painful, heartbreaking parts. The male lead is a scumbag emperor. Song Yuyan was hooked on a palace-harem management game. She never expected to open her eyes and find she had transmigrated to ancient times. After keeping a low profile for three years, she entered t 3.6kReads9.3Score41814d adds
- 244 The Crown Prince's Consort Turns Dark After Being Reborn 世子妃重生后黑化了 [Fake and real heiresses] Chu Miao was born the eldest legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's residence, but her life was switched at birth with a village woman's daughter. When her family finds her, she becomes a pawn of her parents and the imperial family. She is deceived into marrying Xiao Rongjin, the legitimate son of the Prince of Pingnan. Her father-in-law is a war god who has never known 7.4kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 245 Life Is a Play, and the Empress Is All About Her Acting Skills 人生如戏，娘娘她纯拼演技 [Palace intrigue + witty banter + sweet, delicate beauty + calculated mind games] The leads are not each other’s only partners. If that bothers you, don’t read. Be prepared for suspicion in the early chapters, followed by affection later. The pacing is slow, so proceed with caution if you prefer fast-paced wish-fulfillment stories. As a double award-winning actress and a seasoned star of palace intrigue dramas, how could Shi Yan possibly lose her nerve after transmigrating into the imperial hare 4.9kReads9.4Score54914d adds
- 246 Two Lives of Joy: The Duke's Legitimate Daughter Is Truly Unrestrained 两世欢：公府嫡女她是真的狂 (Rebirth power fantasy + married across two lifetimes + palace and household intrigue + political machinations) Ye Liujin once thought she was the happiest young lady in Shengjing. Her aunt was just one step away from becoming empress. Her elder brother was the illustrious Duke of Shanguo, commanding an army of two hundred thousand, while her elder sister was a brave and battle-hardened warrior admired by all, both in court and beyond. She herself had been betrothed in infancy to the Third Princ 17.7kReads9.0Score4.6k14d adds
- 247 The Noble Consort Is Cool and Aloof, and the Emperor Yearns for Her Night After Night 贵妃清冷，圣上夜夜相思 Shen Qinghe was in the bloom of youth when she entered the palace, where she weathered its intrigues for more than a decade. She had hoped to leave with a reward one day, or perhaps spend her whole life peacefully as a palace official. But then an order came down, and one day she unexpectedly became an imperial consort. She watched these women fight day after day, never expecting to become entangled in their schemes herself. Shen Qinghe could only sigh. He was the emperor, and she was a palac 12.8kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 248 After Faking Her Death in Disguise as a Man, She Starts Playing the Frail, Scheming Green Tea 女扮男装死后，她开始演柔弱绿茶 The print edition of [Playing Coy] is available on all platforms. [The heroine is everyone’s beloved, with maximum “moonlight in the heart” appeal + doted on by all + universally adored + strong female lead] Qin Buwen disguised herself as a man and played the part of a treacherous official for sixteen years. At the height of her infamy, everyone in Chang’an, even the dogs, would go out of their way to avoid her. Then she was betrayed and abandoned by everyone. She leapt from a tall building, onl 36.7kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds
- 249 The Eunuch of a Thousand Years Is Bewitchingly Beautiful 九千岁他百媚千娇 (A deranged villain who is a real eunuch × a cat-demon empress, both inexperienced, happy ending) (A redemption story focused mainly on the romance. The male lead is a villain through and through, with no redemption. The female lead is carefree and oblivious. No pointless side characters. The storybook world isn't the real mortal realm. Some scenes are quite bloody, so read with care.) He had once been a demon living in hell, a maggot in filthy mud, a loathsome walking corpse, a killing machine 10.1kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 250 Jiang Yugu 姜域顾 [Pure historical romance + devoted and sweet love + a gentle, proactive little princess + doting affection + mutual devotion] Jiang Sui, the seventh imperial princess of the Great Qi Dynasty, was born into a life of luxury and privilege. Bright and lively, she was simple and guileless, never hiding what was on her mind. When she was twelve, she fell in love at first sight with a young man and secretly gave him her heart. From then on, someone lived in her heart, and she kept a little secret all 6.7kReads9.2Score73914d adds
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