I've Been in a Reading Slump for Ages. After Searching Forever, I Finally Found a Palace Intrigue Novel That's Actually Good 老书虫荒了很久，找了好久，这是本确实不错的宫斗

1. 1 疯 The Unhinged Villain Always Sneaks in to Kiss Me at Midnight 疯批反派总在半夜偷亲我 Hmph Hmph Ji哼哼唧Two Male Leads380k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed; specific updates: Hmph Hmph Ji Cat] A beauty who gets away with murder, wicked emperor bottom × sharp-tongued, untamable rabid-dog top Xiao Fuyu transmigrated into a book. The good news: he became the emperor. The bad news: this emperor was incompetent, foolish, and hopelessly lovesick, devoting himself to the male lead top, and was about to be forced from the throne by a rebellious villain. Xiao Fuyu didn't panic in the slightest. It was only normal for the male lead's cr 29.9kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves

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   I think this is quite consistent, and it's super good-looking. Although some people may not like the double male protagonist, but he is really, I think the character in it is very sober, that is, he puts himself first and loves himself first before loving others.

2. 2 揉 Sundered Spring Tides 揉碎春潮 Jian Bing Guozi煎bing果子Modern Romance492k WordsCompleted [Forced love x campus romance x obsessive love x younger man] Xie Jinghe was born into the elite Xie family. Handsome in every way, with silver hair and a wild, untamable nature. Shen Shuangli had the face of a cool, ethereal beauty and a quiet, reserved personality. No one knew that two people who seemed to have nothing in common had once been lovers in secret. That relationship ended in failure, with Xie Jinghe as the one who got dumped. When they meet again, Xie Jinghe rescues Shen Shuangli a 36.6kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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   I stayed up late to read these two books, they are very good!!! Super top!!! The plot doesn't drag on, it's exciting

3. 3 宝 Baby, Isn’t It Better to Like Me? 宝宝，喜欢我不好吗 Cranes Part from Green Mountains鹤别青山Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Short drama now available A cash-strapped, gentle, resilient good girl × a rich, aloof, wicked young master [The heroine’s secret crush comes true + a fake playboy reforms + dating before falling in love] Lin Wu stumbled upon scenes she shouldn’t have seen, twice. The first time, in a torrential downpour, He Jingzhou sat in his car, watching indifferently as a bodyguard beat someone half to death. The second time was at a party, where she saw him get dumped on the spot as his White Moonlight ann 83kReads9.3Score9.4kShelves
4. 4 惹 Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 265.8kReads9.7Score33.1kShelves

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   I really like this type of heroine. She has no rebirth or time travel. She has her own brains and defeats everyone.

5. 5 勾 Flirt with the Crown Prince, Become His Favorite Consort? A Piece of Cake 勾太子，宠妃？顺手的事儿 Snowy Dudu雪之嘟嘟Ancient Romance418k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, sweet romance, sweet romance! We’ll say it three times because it’s important] She transmigrated? And became a favored concubine to the Crown Prince of the Jun Kingdom? After waking up one day, Mu Wantang finds herself inside a wish-fulfillment novel she had read recently, as the Crown Prince’s beloved concubine. Jun Chengyan, the Crown Prince of the Jun Kingdom and The Outcast, is breathtakingly handsome, elegant, and incomparably noble. The original owner was beautiful, but not 22.6kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves

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   🎂🍬🍰🍭🍫

6. 6 重 Reborn and Married Into a New Family, the Short-Lived Crown Prince Lives to a Hundred 重生换嫁，短命太子他长命百岁了 Spicy Pig Trotters香辣猪蹄Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, Reborn to Marry Into Another Family: The Short-Lived Crown Prince Lives to a Hundred, is now available. Please show it your support! In her previous life, she spent all her maiden family's wealth to maintain her husband's extravagant lifestyle, only to be imprisoned for the rest of her life while he gave his heart to another woman. Reborn, she wanted nothing more to do with the heartless, unfaithful man. To avoid being exploited for her family's wealth again, Fe 17.5kReads7.9Score18.9kShelves

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   Good-looking, good-looking, good-looking

7. 7 穿 The Daily Life of a Laid-Back Concubine After Transmigrating 穿越之闲鱼妾室的日常 Tian Nanxing Nan天南星南Ancient Romance480k WordsCompleted [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 90.9kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves

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   Not bad. After reading it in one day, I felt that it was different from ordinary palace fights and house fights. It was worth watching. Although it was a bit idealistic, it was still very heartwarming and refreshing. I hope the author will write more extras. I quite like to see what it looks like after a few children [Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss]

8. 8 惊 Thriller Game: My Entire Family of Loyal Martyrs Became Top-Tier Monsters 惊悚游戏：满门忠烈皆成顶级诡物 Ling Jiu San Yao零九三妖Mystery581k WordsCompleted The Qin family has served their country with unwavering loyalty for generations. Every one of Qin Changkong’s ancestors gave their lives for the nation. Just as supernatural phenomena began to rise, a terrifying game descended upon the world. Chosen to join the game, he was bound to his nation’s fate and would fight on its behalf. But he discovered that his elders had all become top-tier supernatural beings. His mother, who died suddenly in the operating room, had underlings who were the boss of 3.7kReads8.7Score591Shelves

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   They're all pretty good, a must-have for anyone who wants to read.

9. 9 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 49.3kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
10. 10 大 Great Qin: My Frail and Delicate Worthy Minister 大秦：我那身娇体弱的贤臣 White Clouds, White Clouds白云朵朵白Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted Female transmigrates as a man + no romance + focused on building a career Zhang Yuanqing transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck noble from the State of Chu during the Warring States period. “System for Great Ministers of the Ages activated. Host, work hard to become one of history's greatest ministers!” Wait, wait, wait. Having a System is a good thing, but what does it mean to become one of history's greatest ministers? It's a given that King Zheng of Qin will unite the six states. A 15.7kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
11. 11 摆 My Slacker Niece and Her Five Unlucky Uncles 摆烂外甥女和她的五个大冤种舅舅 Gu Ye rb顾野rbModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After staying up all night reading a novel only to find it ended terribly, she angrily chewed out the author in the middle of the night, then suddenly died the next day and transmigrated into the novel's world. A critical hit right from the start: afraid she'd starve, she went fishing, but instead of catching a fish, she pulled up a corpse. She reunited with her birth family, only to be poisoned by her own grandfather and sent to the hospital. She joined her second uncle on a farming-and-travel 9.7kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
12. 12 说 He Said He Wasn't Into Female Omegas, So Why Is He Biting My Gland? 说好对女O无感，他怎么咬我腺体 Little Fairy Cuckoo小仙咕咕Modern Romance393k WordsCompleted Just started ranking, so the score is low [Gloomy Reborn Dog Alpha × The Villainous Heiress Omega Who Always Forgets to Act the Part] Jiang Ning transmigrates into an ABO story about a powerful family as a top-tier Omega and villainess. Unable to win the male lead’s love, she secretly targets the heroine. But the heroine catches her at the crucial moment, and the villainess gets what she deserves: seven or eight Alphas bite her gland until it is ruined, and she suffers a mental breakdown before 8.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Novel, following

13. 13 娇 Spoiled by the Forbidden-Love Tyrant: He Craves Her Kisses Day and Night 娇宠！禁欲暴君炙野情深日日索吻 Huang Tang Mu Qing荒糖木晴Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted One true pairing, both devoted only to each other, everyone’s darling, a gradual coming-of-age romance, an age gap, and a fatherly male lead A mischievous young princess VS a cold-blooded emperor Sheng Nuonuo was raised and pampered by the emperor. One day, while sitting on the dragon throne and writing a letter home to her father, she suddenly got a stomachache and collapsed right onto the throne. “Brother Emperor, is Nu’er going to die?” Nangong Jue looked at the red stain, his eyes darkening. 20.7kReads7.5Score1.6kShelves

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    It's just [admiration][admiration][admiration][admiration][admiration]

14. 14 和 After Their Divorce, Her Stand-In Ex-Husband Cried Himself to Death at the Crematorium 和离后，替身前夫哭死在火葬场 Beauty Zhang Sanfeng美女张三疯Ancient Romance279k WordsCompleted [A double-substitute story where “you think I'm your substitute, but you're actually the real substitute.” The ex-husband chases his wife, but this time he truly gets his comeuppance. Both leads are first-timers. An obsessive, possessive heroine x a flirtatious, self-destructive hero. Older woman/younger man romance.] Ye Qingying fell in love with Shen Xu at first sight and did everything for him. She even emptied the Ye family coffers to shower the Shen family with gifts. Everyone in the capita 769Reads8.5Score103Shelves
15. 15 假 A Fake Wedding, a Real Consummation: My Scheming Husband Is Impossible to Handle 假成亲，真圆房，夫君腹黑又难缠 Idle Branch Yaoyao闲枝妖妖Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Reborn + revenge on scumbags + sweet romance + satisfying read] In her past life, Shen Wan was drugged and deceived by her cousin. She believed she had lost her virtue to Prince Xiao Yun, married him in a lavish wedding, and devoted herself to helping him ascend the throne. Instead, her father and brothers died horrible deaths, her maternal family was slaughtered, and the twins she had risked her life to give birth to were branded illegitimate children with an unknown father. In the end, she bu 28.3kReads8.5Score3.1kShelves
16. 16 嫌 Think I'm Too Rigid? Your Brother Prefers Me Sweet and Soft 嫌我太死板？你哥偏爱我又乖又软 A Lazy Little One懒懒的一小只Ancient Romance325k WordsCompleted [Sisters Swapping Grooms + The Scumbag’s Regret] Shen Qingyu, queen of the mercenaries, transmigrates into the heroine of a tragic romance novel. She’s doomed to have her heart and liver ripped out by a scumbag, then be ground to dust. To survive, she decisively throws herself into the arms of the gentle, refined male supporting character. To her surprise, he immediately pulls her close and sneers at the scumbag: “Come on, get down on your knees and greet your sister-in-law.” From then on... She 3.9kReads8.1Score416Shelves
17. 17 不 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted 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 88.9kReads9.4Score15.6kShelves

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    The first one was funny, the second one was a slap in the face [eating melon]

18. 18 上 I've Suffered Enough in My Last Life. I'd Rather Die Than Marry Him Again 上辈子苦够了，打死她都不嫁了 Chang Qingqing常庆庆Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen An'an came from a distinguished family and was both talented and beautiful. As soon as she came of age, she was betrothed to the fourth prince, Xiao Yuan, a man of heavenly beauty and noble character, and the dream lover of every young lady in the capital. Heaven had dealt her a winning hand. Even she once believed she was blessed beyond measure, until her girlish heart was shattered into pieces. She suffered every kind of pain at the hands of that graceful, refined man, and paid a devastat 17kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves
19. 19 错 After a Mistaken Marriage to the Heir, She Spends Every Day Showering Him with Sweets 错嫁世子后，她每天都在撒糖 Strawberry Xi草莓汐Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted [Reborn + mutually devoted sweet romance + revenge and household intrigue] Jiang Rong was deceived her entire life, and only learned the truth when she was on the verge of death. Returned to ten years earlier, she found herself fleeing an arranged marriage to elope. Jiang Rong gave the scoundrel a thorough beating, then turned around and went back to the prince’s manor to marry. The husband she had run from was Xie Lingxi, heir to the Northern Prince. In her previous life, he had protected he 41kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves

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    #GongdouzhaidoujiaRebirth I died tragically in my previous life, and I want to change my life against the odds when I restart my life!

20. 20 京 The Capital's Number One Villainess, That's Me! 京城第一恶女，正是在下！ cc Will Get Richcc会发财Ancient Romance114k WordsOngoing [Sweet historical romance] [Two strong leads] [Eloping with her fiancé] [Infamous general’s daughter vs. a scheming crown prince rumored to favor men] Rumors in the capital claimed that Liu Jiaojiao was depraved and promiscuous, a wicked woman with a notorious reputation. The men thrown out of her residence described how she loved wine and lust, filled pools with liquor and hung meat like a forest, indulged around the clock without a shred of shame. Even peddlers passing by said they could hear —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's lighthearted and funny. The male protagonist is a scheming prince who pretends to be a playboy. The female protagonist is a pervert and the nemesis of men.

21. 21 男 There Are Too Many Men: Every Day at the Princess's Residence Is a Shura Field 男人太多，公主府日日都是修罗场 Big Rice Ball大饭子Ancient Romance374k WordsCompleted Synopsis [All male leads are virgins + 1vN + male rivalry + love-triangle drama + multiple male leads + losing sight of the original goal + master of keeping everyone happy + sweet romance + female-led] Overnight, Su Tang transmigrates and becomes the regent princess of the Great Zhao Kingdom. The Outcast, she stands above all but one and commands the respect of countless people, yet the original owner was a hopeless romantic who was thoroughly used and discarded by a scumbag. Su Tang: ? So she’ 934Reads8.4Score131Shelves
22. 22 升 Rise in Rank, Make a Fortune, and Bury Your Husband: The Empress Dowager Is Happy Again 升官发财死郎君，太后她又幸福了 The Cat Butler Who Wants to Retire Early早日退休的铲屎官Ancient Romance499k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + one woman with multiple men + a battlefield of competing suitors + all male leads are sexually pure] Also known as The Empress Dowager and Her Twelve Men: A Tale of Love and Hate Though she was the empress dowager, Jiang Yang gave her whole life to the wrong man, only to die without a body and be cursed by the entire nation. Now reborn, she is young, beautiful, rich, and powerful. Why should she bang her head against a wall for just one man? Better to take things as they 2.4kReads7.1Score212Shelves
23. 23 长 The Princess Has Too Many Lovers, and the Men Beg and Weep for Her Affection 长公主太多情，男人们求宠哭不停 Bright Heart Amid the Dust昭昭心目色尘里Ancient Romance357k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 602Reads6.9Score108Shelves
24. 24 弑 I Became the Harem's Top-Tier Star After Slaying the Emperor 弑帝后我成了后宫顶流 Puff Pastry Old Yogurt泡芙老酸奶Ancient Romance551k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, feel-good revenge, a battle for her favor, everyone going crazy for her, and a dog-training romance] Top actress Ling Yue transmigrates into a political scheming novel as a short-lived imperial consort. From the start, she is the emperor’s favorite, but in truth she is a pawn he can discard at any moment. In the end, the Regent King orders her execution? Ling Yue sneers. With one swift strike, she kills the ailing emperor, finds an illegitimate son to serve as her puppet, an 1.1kReads7.1Score120Shelves
25. 25 怎 What Do I Do! The Stoic Commander Turns Red the Moment He Kisses Me 怎么办！高冷首长一亲就红温 Zhaozhao Eleven昭昭十一Modern Romance587k WordsCompleted [Bold, straightforward college girl * mature, steady military man + 8-year age gap + sweet everyday romance] Shen Nanwu runs into Fu Chuan'an again during freshman military training, where he is serving as the head instructor. “Don't you recognize me?” She thinks Fu Chuan'an must have forgotten her long ago and pretends not to know him when they meet, but he sees right through her. “I… I do know you.” She meets Fu Chuan'an's eyes and calls him Fourth Brother. Fu Chuan'an is mature, steady, and a 20.9kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves

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    The leader's brother is my military training instructor. I have a crush on the leader's brother. He's so good-looking.

26. 26 深 The Deep-Sea Temple: Lethal Assimilation 深海神殿，致命同化 Sadness That Refuses to Smile不愿笑的悲伤Sci-Fi & Apocalypse205k WordsOngoing After an unexplained attack, the energy matrix that sustains the survival of the interstellar civilization hub known as the Hall of Myriad Knowledge is dealt a devastating blow. Its foundational rules are tainted by a strange force, leaving the entire hall on the brink of collapse. In this desperate situation, the Liaison Envoy Lin Wei makes a shocking decision: in 24 hours, she will use herself as a conduit to channel the ancient power of the Star Abyss and the secrets of the Core of Knowledge, 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can come and take a look👀

27. 27 雨 An Anonymous Letter on a Rainy Night 雨夜的匿名信 Sadness That Refuses to Smile不愿笑的悲伤10k WordsCompleted An Anonymous Letter on a Rainy Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 南 Nanjing Jiming Temple 南京鸡鸣寺 Sadness That Refuses to Smile不愿笑的悲伤Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted My new story is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 金 When Golden Wind Meets Jade Dew, It Surpasses Countless Encounters in This World. 金风玉露一相逢，便胜却人间无数。 Sadness That Refuses to Smile不愿笑的悲伤6k WordsCompleted When golden wind and jade dew meet, their encounter surpasses countless others in this world. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 团 After Becoming the Family Favorite, My Six Brothers Exposed My Secret Identity 团宠后，我被六个哥哥扒了小马甲 Yun Jiujiu云九九Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted After being reborn, Gu Nian has no desire to become a big shot. She just wants to quietly protect her six older brothers and be their pampered little princess. That is, until she becomes a global trending topic: #GuNianIsAFakeHeiress, #UgliestGirlEver, #PoorGirlNobodyLoves. Her six brothers are furious. They publicly stand up for her and reveal her secret identities along the way. Eldest brother, Asia's richest man: "She's my sister, and she's also the world's greatest chef." Second brother, a t 16.1kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    Super sadistic, so sweet

31. 31 掌 The Darling in the Palm 掌上娇娇 Zhi Yun支云Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co 137.9kReads9.5Score18kShelves

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    A Machiavellian novel that requires the use of your brain and a compact plot.

32. 32 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 20.8kReads9.6Score4.6kShelves
33. 33 岁 Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance669k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On 315.8kReads9.6Score39.6kShelves
34. 34 桃 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 18.2kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
35. 35 谁 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规 Strawberry Xi草莓汐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 64.7kReads9.6Score9.9kShelves

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    I predicted your prediction, hahaha, from the beginning it was blocked in all aspects without any blind spots. The heroine is super smart, a great heroine type, and super good-looking!

36. 36 娇 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 Mu Niannian慕年年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 36.7kReads9.3Score4kShelves

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    Very nice, great work! Attack your heart in the early stage, fall in love with you in the middle stage, and be your only favorite in the later stage! The emperor is very good! The heroine and queen are also great! Well worth watching!

37. 37 折 Plucking the Eunuch’s Branch 折宦枝 Beautiful Lady美人娘Ancient Romance205k WordsCompleted (Princess x real eunuch, both virgins, happy ending) _ In the twenty-eighth year of Tianrui under the Wan Jin dynasty, corrupt eunuchs hold power. With a marriage decree, the puppet ruler marries his most beloved daughter, Sheng Xitang, to Xiao Qingye, the Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial. On their wedding day, the princess kicks over the chair in front of Director Xiao. “Xiao Qingye, you should know your family’s ancestors must be rolling in their graves with joy that I agreed to marry 24.5kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves
38. 38 鬓 Hairpins and Beauty 鬓花颜 Peach Who Doesn't Slack Off桃子不摸鱼Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Maid + sisters in the inner palace + ensemble-focused story] [The heroine is a native of this world, with no transmigration, rebirth, or hidden identity] After her mother dies of illness, Meng Shu’s father takes a new wife almost at once. She endures years under her stepmother’s hand, but in the end, she cannot escape being sold. A trafficker’s rope drags her away from her homeland and casts her into the fabulously wealthy Tang household. Her exceptiona 42.3kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves

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    1 They were masters and servants in the past and concubines in the future, but the heroine and the two sisters have a deep love, the heroine is sober and strong, the second daughter is gentle and rational, without betrayal, and the parents of the second daughter are also very resourceful. 🌹3 The heroine I admire the most from the harem novels I've read, she has a unique character. 2. The heroine is a gentle soft knife, a harvester of emotions, and the [loving] Zaizai also has a full character. The plots of other heroines are also similar [like]

39. 39 清 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: A Concubine Blessed with Many Children 清穿之福妾多子 Jing Fulai景福来Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Fourth Prince's household + enjoying the good life without hardship + a System that only provides support, with the heroine in control + slice of life, eventually becoming Empress Dowager] Workplace warrior Song Man transmigrates to the Qing dynasty with a half-broken little System and becomes a concubine in the Fourth Prince’s household, having just lost her daughter. From the start, the servants bully their mistress, and she nearly can’t get a meal. The Fourth Prince has all but forgotten her 26.9kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
40. 40 谁 Who Says Being a Concubine Means Fighting in the Household? The Prince Takes It All on His Shoulders 谁说做妾要宅斗，王爷他一肩挑了 Qian Jinlai千金来Ancient Romance811k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + doted on by one man + palace intrigue + sweet and soft on the outside, ruthless underneath + unconventional, ambitious heroine] Zhu Shande, once a ruthless overachiever, transmigrated into a low-ranking bedchamber attendant at the Third Prince's residence, with no title or status. She had been sent there by the prince's sworn enemy. After this disastrous start, she took one look at the attendants' meager monthly pay of two coins and five coppers. Zhu Shande put aside 688Reads9.2Score—Shelves
41. 41 谁 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 96.1kReads9.5Score11.2kShelves
42. 42 继 Successor Empress 继后 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪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 94.4kReads9.5Score12.5kShelves
43. 43 皇 The Empress Is a Max-Level Palace Intriguer, Crushing Everyone 皇后满级宫斗，嘎嘎乱杀 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [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 12.1kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
44. 44 如 The Story of Ruyi: Langhua Becomes Empress 如懿传之琅华为后 Xi Xia Jun熹匣君Female-Channel Fanfiction446k WordsCompleted No petty rivalry between women, and no forcing characters to act stupidly. Fucha Langhua is reborn. She doesn’t love Hongli and won’t develop the Consort Yi obsession. She just wants to live a good life. Langhuan Paradise, a woman shining with brilliance. In my previous life, I failed to live up to my father’s expectations. My thoughts were consumed by that foolish Qingying and the heartless emperor. In the end, two of my sons died unjustly, my only daughter was married off far away, and I peris 3.7kReads9.3Score366Shelves
45. 45 甄 Empresses in the Palace: Fuzi Is Reborn 甄嬛传之福子重生了 Plucking Stars from the Sky满天摘星辰Ancient Romance332k WordsOngoing [Palace intrigue/face-slapping/twists/favored consort/scheming and strategy/not blinded by love] [A story about a little palace maid who unexpectedly climbs her way up] The Forbidden City's feng shui nurtures its inhabitants. It surely won't let you waste away and fade. Only after Fuzi died did she realize that not everyone in the palace could live to see another day. Given another chance, where will Fuzi go from here? (Note: This is a partly fictional setting and won't follow history or Empress 623Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 急 Help! The Mind-Reading Tyrant Insists on Spoiling Me 急！有读心术的暴君非要宠我 Three Two Five三二五Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After she touched the tyrant’s skull, which had been polished into a wine bowl, she unexpectedly transmigrated into the empress who died the most gruesome death in history. Every day, she plotted to kill the tyrant and become empress in her own right, unaware that he could read minds. When the tyrant fell gravely ill, she wept and begged Heaven to let her trade her own years of life for his safety. The tyrant was deeply moved, until he suddenly heard her thoughts: [If he’s so sick, hurry up and 6.3kReads9.3Score1kShelves
47. 47 七 My Seven-Year-Old Is Sweet but Sly, and Dad Chases Money Instead of His Wife 七零崽崽坏得甜，爹不追妻只追钱 Call Me a Beauty叫我美少女Modern Romance920k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out and will go up! Read the story!) [Period drama family darling + mischievous little zombie + love-struck dad + everyone adores her] The little zombie Shi Yuanyuan never ate or hurt anyone. She’d read novels for twenty years, only to be killed. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book set in the 1970s, as a poor little girl whose mother was dead and whose father was a deadbeat. But the little zombie wasn’t afraid. She had plenty of knowledge to draw on, 3.9kReads8.8Score649Shelves

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48. 48 七 The Real Heiress of the 1970s Goes Off the Rails, and Her Whole Family Kneels to Beg Forgiveness 七零真千金，发癫后全家跪求原谅 Immortal Herb Ice Jelly仙草冰粉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the 1970s + unhinged leads + two golden fingers + heroine speaks to animals and has a spiritual spring space + scheming hero with a sharp tongue now and then] Medical expert Su Qinghe transmigrated to the 1970s. Before transmigrating, she lived cautiously, bottling everything up until she developed all sorts of problems, fell into depression, and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. After transmigrating, she could not only understand animals, but also had a spiritual spr 12.5kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves
49. 49 穿 Transmigrated as a Farm Girl, I Set My Whole Family Straight with a Cleaver from the Start 穿成农女，开局一把菜刀整顿全家 Enchanting Waters妖水泠泠Ancient Romance650k WordsCompleted [Traditional farming + book transmigration + face-slapping villains + pocket dimension + no romance] Wen Ye transmigrates into a farming novel as the cannon-fodder younger cousin of the female lead. The Wen family hasn't split up yet, and the whole third branch she's part of are treated like beasts of burden. The whole family is destined to be cannon fodder. Her older sister is sold off by their rotten grandma to be an old man's concubine, all to bring the male and female leads together. Her par 9.7kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
50. 50 种 Growing Melons, Vegetables, and Crops 种瓜种菜种田 Walking Pebble行走的石头子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The silly girl from the Shi family suddenly isn’t silly anymore. And trailing behind her are five nearly grown boys, who turn out to be her own brothers. The girl leads them to plant melons in the sandy field behind the village. The yard-long beans climb all over their trellises, the greens are tender and fresh, and the grain hangs heavy on the furrows. The neighbors may gossip and bicker, but luckily there’s the open-minded Grandma Shi to keep things in check. They plant in spring and harvest i 14kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves

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