Light and Enjoyable Palace-Intrigue Novels Worth Rereading 清爽宫斗文，可N刷。

1. 151 嫁 After Marrying the Mad Crown Prince to Bring Him Good Fortune 嫁给疯批太子冲喜后 You Shi尤时Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The unfavored legitimate daughter of the Mu family is ordered by imperial decree to marry the crown prince, Zhou Jing, who is at death's door, to bring him good luck. Plenty of people wait to laugh at her, saying she might just end up bringing him luck by killing him in bed. When Zhou Jing opens his eyes, he finds himself with a fiancée. The young woman is clearly terrified of him, but still can't help swearing her loyalty. “Your Highness, I'll treat you very well.” “Your Highness, after you pas 33.4kReads9.4Score4.7kShelves
2. 152 栖 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Lu Shiqi鹿时七Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 36.9kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
3. 153 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Sponsored Grandpa's Underworld Startup 直播算命：开局赞助爷爷地府创业 Osmanthus of August, Gui'an八月桂安Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Showbiz] A metaphysical master fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a universally hated, C-list villainess. To pay off her breach-of-contract fees, Ji He starts livestreaming fortune-telling. A viewer with dark circles under his eyes calls in: “Streamer, why do I dream every night that my grandpa is telling me to burn joss paper?” Ji He: “Your grandpa's starting a business down below. He's short on cash.” Viewer: “...” On 44.2kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves
4. 154 千 A Palace for a Thousand-Year-Old Fox 千年狐一世宫 Six Paths Peien六道沛恩Ancient Romance775k WordsOngoing A fan-created palace-intrigue story based on Story of Yanxi Palace. She is a thousand-year-old fox spirit. During the Qianlong era, beside a cold pool outside the Forbidden City, Bai Rou, a white fox who has practiced the righteous path for a thousand years, takes human form and enters the mortal world. With an innocent heart, she accidentally eats a sacred fruit offered in a royal sacrifice and gains a human soul, then is captured and taken into the palace. Bai Rou knows nothing of palace rules 7Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   Kang Kang! Kang Kang!!!

5. 155 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves
6. 156 道 There Are Immortals in the Temple 道观有神仙 Heaven-Shaking Lion撼天狮子Urban1.9M WordsOngoing “Reverend, people say this temple is home to an immortal. Forgive my boldness, but is there really an immortal inside?” In response to the reporter’s question, the sprightly Song Feng looked like an ordinary old man of his age. “What immortal? That’s just a rumor outsiders have spread. These days, we believe in science. Young man, superstition is best avoided~” Before he had finished speaking, a streak of five-colored light suddenly flashed across the distant sky. It descended, and a middle-aged 37.4kReads8.0Score2.6kShelves
7. 157 气 Child of Fortune? Sorry, Your Destiny Is Mine Now 气运之子？对不起命格归我了 Can You Stick With It Just Once?能不能坚持一次Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing The gaming addict Mu Yun transmigrated into the phenomenon-level virtual game Destiny, which he had played, and unexpectedly reincarnated into the household of the Dingyuan Prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He became the second young master, who was supposed to have died. Surrounded by a father born with the bearing of a Hegemon, an elder brother who was the reincarnation of a Demon Lord, and a whole group of children of fortune, Mu Yun said, “Don’t worry. I have a Fate System that lets me copy 714Reads7.8Score100Shelves
8. 158 当 If I Can't Be the Protagonist, I'll Become a Nobody! 当不了主角，我就成路人甲！ Sheep and Yang羊又杨Eastern Fantasy537k WordsCompleted “What? You want me to transmigrate, but now you’re telling me this world already has a chosen protagonist?” “Why should I pay for your screwup?” “Everyone else transmigrates and becomes the protagonist. Why can’t I? I’m filing a complaint.” “Fine. If you won’t let me be the protagonist, don’t blame me for getting rough.” “I’d risk my life to bring down the emperor.” “Bring it on!” 2.6kReads8.3Score112Shelves
9. 159 王 Princess, Stop Lounging Around! You Have a Regency to Run! 王妃别躺了，您要垂帘听政了！ Jiang Nanyi姜南忆Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [The rating was just posted, but it’ll go up later!] She became a stepmother at a young age, and everyone said Shen You’an was doomed to a hard life. Just as everyone expected her to wreak havoc in Prince Yi’s manor, she went and lay flat instead. When Prince Yi got hurt, she put on a show of mourning. When his concubines fought, she sat back and watched. Her only goals were to eat, wait for death, and retire early. Shen You’an believed life’s three greatest joys were getting promoted, getting r 583Reads7.5Score—Shelves
10. 160 让 You Wanted Me to Be a Physician? I Cultivated the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon and Ascended 让你当医官？你练黄帝内经飞升 Coffee Addict咖啡成瘾Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [High martial arts + Tang Dynasty + Divine Physician + Male Concubine + Multiple Heroines] Transmigrating into the lowest-ranking physician in Princess Taiping's residence, Lu Changfeng only wants to stay alive. Who would have guessed he would awaken the [Noble Benefactor's Medical Canon], which grants better rewards for treating more prestigious patients? With golden needles, he cured Princess Taiping's cultivation deviation. A single pill stopped Shangguan Wan'er's sword qi from turning agains 21.5kReads7.9Score2.4kShelves
11. 161 绑 After Binding to a Palace Intrigue App, I Faked My Way to the Empress's Throne 绑定宫斗APP后，我靠作死封后 Spring Sprouts Should Be Thus春芽应如是Ancient Romance416k WordsCompleted [The rating just came in. It’ll go up later.] As a model young woman of the 21st century, Shen Yunshu accidentally tapped a little game and was forced to bind to a System and join the transmigration craze. Unfortunately, the System was downright inhuman. On her very first day after transmigrating, it assigned her a mission: steal the favorite concubine’s place. Shen Yunshu: Huh? Me? Was the System out to get her, trying to kill her so it could pick a new Host? Other people’s palace intrigue: sch 787Reads8.5Score102Shelves

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    This show has a low rating because it's not popular, but it's very good.

12. 162 不 A Concubine Who Doesn’t Want to Be Empress Isn’t a Proper Couch Potato 不想当皇后的妃子不是好咸鱼 Slacking Off摸鱼兒Ancient Romance920k WordsCompleted (Ensemble female cast + palace intrigue) (Complete) (Not a mutually faithful couple + not exclusive devotion + not a rebirth story + marriage before love; the heroine is no pushover!) The male lead is a scumbag who loves his white moonlight deeply. The heroine is clever and sharp-witted, enduring things at first before striking back later. An alternate-world story with no particular dynasty! Song Yunjin came from an ordinary family. Her father was merely a low-ranking seventh-grade official 49Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Your conditions are met. A refreshing palace intrigue story. The female lead starts as a lowly eighth-rank imperial concubine, gradually consolidating her position and defeating many to become Empress. She is merely the legitimate daughter of a seventh-rank official. The palace is treacherous and treacherous, with hidden masters and close friends frequently targeted. How long can she endure? The female lead is patient and reserved in the early stages, gradually growing stronger and more powerful later on. Through her own hard work, she establishes a wide network of informants and expands her influence, ultimately gaining the ability to protect those she cares about.

13. 163 孟 Meng Jingxian Reborn: The Story of Consort Zhen 孟静娴重生之贞妃传 Shan and Ning珊与宁Female-Channel Fanfiction271k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it has only just opened + a background character is reborn + the heroine is the best actress in the Great Qing harem + marries Fat Orange and has Little Orange + Qing Ying enters the palace, as in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace + for fans of Shilan + Guo Ziyu fights Mao Qian + Hu Yunrong makes a special return In her previous life, Meng Jingxian gave her heart to the wrong man. Desperate to marry Prince Guo, she didn't care that she made her whole family a laughingsto 2.3kReads8.8Score251Shelves

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    Highly recommended rebirth-themed palace intrigue fanfiction.

14. 164 小 The Happy Life of a Sweet Young Husband 小娇夫的幸福生活 A Hibiscus Plant一株木槿Ancient Romance458k WordsCompleted Imperial Censor Lin was famous for his integrity and unyielding sense of justice, and he had made plenty of enemies. As a result, his daughter Lin Zhiyao was unwelcome among the capital’s noblewomen. Who could have guessed that the emperor and empress would take a liking to her and arrange for her to marry Gu Yuncheng, the heir to the Prince Ding’s household? The young lord declared that he didn’t want to marry, while Lin Zhiyao didn’t mind either way. All she asked was that he remember he belon 6.5kReads9.0Score577Shelves

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    It's super good! The day after the male and female leads got married, the male lead's parents handed over the reins of the household to the female lead. The process of the female lead taming the male lead is very interesting, watching him gradually change from being immature to a better person.

15. 165 快 Quick Transmigration: Beautiful Host, Stop Fooling Around 快穿之绝美宿主别浪 Clear Words, White Tea清辞白茶Ancient Romance134k WordsCompleted The heroine, Liu Ruoxi, goes through quick transmigration worlds and has children for male leads from all kinds of backgrounds. She has System 0006, a childbearing System. (Note: Only the heroine can give birth, and the male leads are infertile.) Some couples are mutually exclusive, while others have the heroine as the sole favorite later on. Readers who require mutually exclusive couples, please don’t read. And please don’t attack the author! —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 166 摄 The Regent’s Hilarious Agent Princess 摄政王的逗比特工王妃 My Carefree Self吾之逍遥Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Lan Xiyue was a modern-day special agent, as well as a renowned miracle doctor with unmatched mastery of medicine and poison. But after hearing the last words of a strange old man, she wanted to leave the organization and live freely. She accepted one final mission from the organization: steal the Purple Spirit Ring, hoping to trade it for her freedom. But the organization never intended to let her go. Lan Xiyue resolutely activated the explosives on her body and died alongside its members. When 3.5kReads8.5Score536Shelves
17. 167 暴 The Tyrant Eavesdrops on My Beast-Pampering Thoughts 暴君偷听我撸兽心声 Dreams in My Heart, Light in My Eyes心中有梦眼里有光Ancient Romance440k WordsCompleted Modern-day overworked veterinarian Guan Wenyuan wakes up in a palace intrigue novel as a disposable character fated to die within three days. She decides to lie flat: pet the imperial cat, snack on sunflower seeds, teach the Empress Dowager mahjong, and ignore the devastatingly handsome emperor, the so-called “master of the imperial harem.” Thanks to her ability to understand animals, she sets up an animal gossip network inside the harem. Today a parrot spills the tea, tomorrow an imperial hound 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Warning! Reading this book may lead to laughing out loud in the middle of the night, becoming hopelessly addicted to cat-petting, and seriously doubting whether you've read a real palace intrigue novel! Hurry up, you'll regret it if you don't!

18. 168 我 Role-Playing in Empresses in the Palace 我在甄嬛传玩角色扮演 Qiu Xiaotao秋小桃Female-Channel Fanfiction513k WordsCompleted Su Man is accidentally pulled into a palace game created by a System. She enters the world of Empresses in the Palace and experiences it firsthand through role-play. Noble Lady Qi, An Lingrong, Meng Jingxian, Yixiu, Huanbi, Zhen Huan... From the start, she is cast as the cannon-fodder Noble Lady Qi, a beauty with more looks than sense who loves to stick her neck out. In the end, she loses the palace battle and is beaten to death with clubs. Su Man: I’d rather go back to matchmaking, sob... S 2.8kReads8.7Score102Shelves
19. 169 清 In the Qing Dynasty, Everyone’s Fighting Over the Princes, So I’ll Choose Kangxi 清穿，都在抢阿哥，那我选康熙 Xue Da雪大Ancient Romance390k WordsCompleted A master diviner transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty and becomes a plain, talentless concubine-born daughter whom neither her father nor her mother cares for. She enters the palace selection, and no one sees her as a rival. But when the selection ends and the imperial edict arrives, everyone is stunned: how did that little concubine-born girl end up with the highest rank among all the candidates? 9.4kReads8.6Score671Shelves
20. 170 综 Film and TV Crossover: Become the Empress Dowager? It's Second Nature! 综影视：做太后？唯手熟尔！ Yuwen Manman宇文满满Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Originally titled "Comprehensive TV: Cannon-Fodder Heroines, More Children, More Blessings" [Having children + a ruthless heroine + an overpowered golden finger + System + revenge + face-slapping] "Empresses in the Palace" and "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" + [unhinged fiction] (The System plays a very small role except in Chapter 1.) (Not recommended for fans of Zhen Huan or Ruyi.) Volume 1: Empresses in the Palace: Fucha Yixin Volume 2: Empresses in the Palace: Lü Yingfeng Volume 3: Ruyi's 10.7kReads8.5Score573Shelves
21. 171 综 A Qing Dynasty Time-Travel Anthology: Forced to Stay and Endure Tribulations 综清穿之她被迫留在清朝历劫 Flowers Bloom at Dawn晨曦花开Ancient Romance469k WordsCompleted (Quick Transmigration + Qing Dynasty Transmigration + Pocket Space) Zhao Ruoxi was an utterly ordinary girl from the twenty-first century. After dying in an accident, she acquired a spiritual spring space and was forced to begin a transmigration journey through the Qing Dynasty. Could she adapt to an era where men outranked women? Could she survive in such a dangerous environment? Could she find happiness of her own in that dynasty? World One: Kangxi's Consort Rong World Two: Kangxi's Noble Lady 4.1kReads8.5Score213Shelves
22. 172 综 A Life of Many Flavors Across Film and TV Worlds 综影视之百味人生 Qian Gui Gui钱龟龟Ancient Romance358k WordsCompleted Quick transmigration + sweet romance + a heroine who isn’t love-brained + one-on-one romance in every world + System + pocket dimension Gu Yanqing is an ordinary office worker in the twenty-first century. By chance, she binds herself to System 521 and journeys through three thousand fictional worlds based on film and television. She fulfills wishes and experiences different lives, all while finding time for a little romance. As long as you can pay the price, I can make your wish come true. The h 5.9kReads8.9Score254Shelves
23. 173 清 Raising Kids in the Qing Dynasty 清穿之养崽日常 Yun Xia Qi云夏柒Ancient Romance757k WordsCompleted Yun Yi was an ordinary office worker in the twenty-first century. One day, after a car accident left her gravely injured, she died and became bound to a child-rearing System from the Qing Dynasty department of the Universe's Quick Transmigration Bureau. From then on, she began a (happy) life raising children in the Qing Dynasty. The characters expected to appear include: Hong Taiji and Grand Consort Jerjer The Shunzhi Emperor and the deposed empress of the Borjigit clan The Kangxi Emperor and Em 657Reads8.3Score—Shelves
24. 174 甄 Empresses in the Palace: The Daily Climb Up the Ranks 甄嬛传升职日常 Admiring the Moon on Sunny Mountain晴山品月Female-Channel Fanfiction365k WordsCompleted What should you do if you transmigrate into Empresses in the Palace? An Lingrong has this to say: The food is bad? Unacceptable! Can't sleep well? Unacceptable! As a low-ranking concubine, I have to greet everyone I meet? Unacceptable! Anyone can bully me? Unacceptable! Then I'll work hard to climb the ranks in the imperial harem! Luckily, An Lingrong has a pocket dimension stocked with survival supplies. They're not much use, but at least she feels prepared. But An Lingrong discovers that she's 577Reads8.9Score—Shelves
25. 175 清 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: I Rose to Noble Consort Through My Persona 清穿之靠着人设我爬上了贵妃 Falling in Egypt跌落埃及Ancient Romance302k WordsCompleted Lihua is a “good person” who loves helping others solve their problems, yet she keeps climbing the career ladder, rising effortlessly through the ranks. Until one day, the CEO’s mistress discovers Lihua’s true nature… After Lihua kicks the bucket, she is chosen by the Saintly Mother System and transmigrates to the Qing dynasty, where she is tasked with spreading truth, goodness, and beauty. Empress Xiaochengren: Wang Jia is a good person. Empress Xiaozhaoren: Consort Jing is a good person. Empre 1.1kReads9.1Score101Shelves
26. 176 清 Qing Transmigration: The Phoenix Has Come 清穿之有凤来仪 An Yitian安艺恬Ancient Romance385k WordsCompleted After Rong Yue died, she became an intern at the Transmigration Bureau. She never expected the Qing Transmigration Department to be so desperately short-staffed that she would be made a full-time employee right away. Not only that, she also won a spiritual spring pocket dimension: the Wutong Space. And so Rong Yue set out to dispel the resentment of the women in the imperial harem and live out their natural lifespans... The Kangxi era: Noble Lady Nala, complete The Yongzheng era: Consort Qi, Lad 2.9kReads9.1Score152Shelves
27. 177 综 Across the World of Film and TV, the Peerless Beauty Is Snatched Away Again by a Possessive Creep 综影视绝世美人又被控制狂叼走了 Getting Better and Better 666越来越好666Female-Channel Fanfiction395k WordsCompleted 1. Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, with an alternate-history twist Empress Xiaochun of the Xiao clan, Qianlong's second empress. From the moment she entered the palace, the other six palaces stood empty, and she alone enjoyed the emperor's favor. 2. Empresses in the Palace: Young Qing Si Si meets the stunning Jing Wan 3. An upgraded Song Zhezong and an empress determined to prevent the Jingkang Disaster 4. The Story of Minglan: A wise emperor falls for the Sheng family's seventh daughter 5. Sca 9.9kReads8.5Score367Shelves
28. 178 清 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration with Plenty of Golden Fingers 清穿之金手指多多 The Taoist Priest's Favorite Is Lychees道长偏爱荔枝Ancient Romance767k WordsCompleted For content warnings, skip to the end of Chapter One. Lots of golden fingers. The heroine uses them to become beautiful and have children. The male lead's presence varies, and it's unclear how much romance there will be. In some worlds she is the sole favorite, while in others she is not. This book is entirely set in the Qing dynasty, with no other eras, though it may include stories based on TV dramas set in the Qing, such as Empresses in the Palace. World One: Consort Mao, Song World Two: Cons 6.6kReads9.0Score433Shelves
29. 179 综 Film and TV Crossover: After Being Reborn, Yixiu No Longer Follows the Original Plot 综影视：宜修重生后不走剧情了 Tu Xiaole涂小乐Female-Channel Fanfiction552k WordsCompleted [Yixiu reborn | refined self-interest | skilled at schemes and putting on a show] After being reborn, Yixiu no longer pursues love. She intends not only to secure her position as empress, but to become the one and only Empress Dowager. Yixiu’s three great advantages after being reborn: the empress’s throne, her aunt the Empress Dowager, and her elder sister Chun Yuan, the emperor’s legitimate consort. Even Zhen Huan can exploit Chun Yuan’s place in the emperor’s heart again and again. As Chun Yu 4.6kReads8.8Score487Shelves

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    Palace intrigue novels are so good! 🥰

30. 180 踹 Dump the Romance Hero, Seduce the Emperor from a Male-Oriented Novel 踹掉言情男主，勾搭男频帝王 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, revenge, scheming, stunning heroine, seductive mastermind] The short drama His Heart on a String is now streaming! Shen Yuling transmigrated into a romance novel as its heroine. Unfortunately, she was a heroine whose luck had been stolen by a woman who transmigrated into the story. She would die in a fire, taking her unborn child with her, while her entire family would be wiped out. It was a fate the original heroine had failed to change, even after being reborn twice 17kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
31. 181 惊 Shocking! The Legitimate Princess Defies Fate Every Day! 惊！嫡公主她每天都在逆天改命！ Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [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 28kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
32. 182 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 34.9kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves

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    Go ahead and look at these. Just come back and thank me when you're done.

33. 183 大EN The Tang Dynasty's Pearl-Dispelling Record (Original Novel of the TV Adaptation Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong) 大唐辟珠记（田曦薇、宋威龙主演同名影视原著） Meal Card饭卡Martial Arts810k WordsCompleted [All-New Bonus Edition] [A Screen Adaptation with the Same Title Has Been Officially Announced, Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong] [Beloved Princess Reborn: Looks Like a Delicate Crybaby, Actually a Well-Rounded Warrior] ✖ [Defiant, Doomed, Devoted, Pure-Hearted Top Jianghu Big Shot] [Their Romance Is So Sweet It Makes You Cry] Princess Wanshou, blessed with the Tang emperor's favor and love, died of an illness at just seventeen. A thief secretly opened the eerie underground palace, only to d 203.8kReads9.7Score25.2kShelves
34. 184 却 Yet You Betrayed the Spring's Grace 却负春恩 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available. Search for Ascending to the Clouds on any platform to buy] [Original titles: Ascending to the Clouds / Loathing the Vermilion Walls] [High-IQ Palace Intrigue + Pure-Hatred Heroine + No Disposable Characters] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger] [The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please go read the story] How do you become an emperor’s favorite concubine? A prestigious family? A good education? A gentle, respectful, modest, and accommodating nature? Unfor 25.3kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
35. 185 不 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼，王府宠妾的内卷日常 Four Crescent Moons四弯月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 68.4kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves
36. 186 知 Do You Know? Zhen Huan Reincarnates as the Madam and Goes on a Killing Spree 知否：甄嬛穿成大娘子，鲨疯啦 Little Rain Cake小雨饼Female-Channel Fanfiction603k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + household intrigue + sweet romance + transmigration into a book + farming] (The rating has only just opened and is low, so don’t let it put you off~) Zhen Huan falls asleep and wakes up in the world of The Story of Minglan, in the body of a ridiculously foolish mistress of the household. Having been reborn, she finds herself facing nothing more than household intrigue. Isn’t that much easier than palace intrigue? Romance? No need! Zhen Huan only wants to win! Concubine Xiang: It’s jus 329Reads8.5Score100Shelves
37. 187 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 65.4kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
38. 188 新 After Our Wedding-Night Divorce, the God of War Prince Goes Mad Chasing Me 新婚夜和离后，战神王爷追疯了 Listening To Rain At Star Pond星池听雨Ancient Romance361k WordsCompleted [Hilarious power fantasy + ancient setting + transmigration + romance + sweet doting love + pocket dimension + both reborn + cultivation] Special agent Chu Zhaoning transmigrates, and things get downright absurd! Before she can even open her eyes, a masked bastard ambushes her from behind. She flies into a rage, and the consequences are serious. Without another word, she unleashes the secret move she has treasured for years: tickling his armpits. But the bastard is no pushover! Chu Zhaoning give 9.1kReads8.4Score1kShelves

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    A super hilarious palace intrigue novel; the female lead has an interesting personality.

39. 189 暴 The Tyrant Tormented Me? I'll Turn Around, Seduce the Powerful Eunuch, and Seize His Empire 暴君虐我？转身勾搭权宦夺他江山 Green Mountain Has Its Say青山有辞Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted For eight years in the palace, Xiangjun fought to get ahead and tried to please everyone, yet the palace’s noble masters still ground her down, used her, humiliated her, and cast her aside... Those nobles basked in all the wealth of the realm atop heaps of corpses and bones, yet mocked her for trying her hardest and not knowing her place. In the end, the child Xiangjun risked her life to bear called her enemy “Mother,” while Xiangjun was cut open alive so the baby could be taken from her. She di 115.2kReads9.6Score16.6kShelves

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    This!

40. 190 豪 A Marriage Alliance Between Wealthy Families: The Supporting Female Character Stays Calm Even After Learning the Plot 豪门联姻：女配知道剧情后也很稳 North to South由北向南Modern Romance366k WordsCompleted (Engaged first, then register the marriage + Everyday life + Sweet romance + Love after marriage + Chasing his wife + Emotionally stable leads + Both leads have only ever been with each other) Blurb One: The Lin and Zhou families arrange a marriage between their children. The eldest daughter of the Lin family only wants to focus on her career and has no interest in marriage. The second daughter keeps breaking up and getting back together with her boyfriend, caught up in the twists and turns of 10.2kReads8.9Score915Shelves
41. 191 大 The Splendor of the Ming: Defeating the Demon Empress Sun and Kicking Out the Gate-Crashing Emperor 大明凤华：除孙妖后，踹叫门天子 Lucky Little Sweet Wine幸运小甜酒Ancient Romance601k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + fictional Ming dynasty + no pocket dimension or System + a prince’s favorite concubine + harem and household intrigue + male lead has had previous partners + clear-headed heroine, no angst + he only dotes on her in the middle and later parts] Content warning: Zhu Zhanji is reborn as the heroine’s son; Wang, the Noble Consort, is villainized; Zhu Qizhen is abused; Empress Dowager Sun and others get taken down. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Li Changxi came across a video a 1.9kReads9.0Score130Shelves
42. 192 继 The Second 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 81.1kReads9.5Score9.1kShelves
43. 193 满 The Entire Court Longs for the Empress to Attend Court and Rule 满朝文武盼着皇后娘娘上朝理政 Lantern Festival Dumplings元夕圆宵Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (The live-action series is out!) After her elder sister dies in palace infighting, Shen Shixi enters the palace by imperial decree to be selected as a consort. Within the palace are the powerful and virtuous Empress, born to the imperial in-laws; Consort De, born to an aristocratic family and exceptionally prolific; Consort Rong, the Emperor's favorite, with a strong artistic streak; Consort Qiong, whose superb cooking has won the Emperor's heart; and Consort Xiurong, known as a learned woman an 50.9kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves

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    It's good, but they're all still being serialized.

44. 194 长 Elder Sister, Your Emperor Is Mine Now 长姐，你的陛下是我的了 Yi Yi咿伊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 10.4kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
45. 195 帝 The Emperor and Empress Fight Every Day to See Who Dies First 帝后每天互殴，看谁先死 Qian Ran Jun Xiao千苒君笑Ancient Romance2.3M WordsOngoing Feng Xing is the daughter of Chu Xi’s Grand Marshal, who commands an army of four hundred thousand. Shen Feng has been emperor for just two years. Shen Feng is utterly depraved, ruthless, and cruel. To secure his throne, he decides to marry Feng Xing and make her empress. First, he will fake her death to lure her father to the capital for the funeral. Then he will wipe out her entire family and take control of the Chu Xi army. Feng Xing is a fierce, accomplished warrior who takes whatever she wa 35.3kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
46. 196 昭 The Annals of Zhaoxi: The Rise of a Lone King 昭熙纪之孤君崛起 Bian Lao Q弁老QAncient Romance661k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead]+ [Standout ensemble cast]+ [Nation and family] She is a national treasure hunter who moves through the shadows, secretly trained by the state under the codename “Black Fox.” From childhood, her legendary master, Yang Banxian, led her into a hidden world without sunlight. She learned lost mechanisms and the art of distinguishing truth from falsehood in the mists of a thousand years of history, all so that treasures lost overseas could return home. On a mission to recover stol 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Strong Female Lead] + [Brilliant Ensemble Cast] + [National and Global Perspectives] Tired of transmigrating to another world just for romance? Check out "The Rise of the Lonely Ruler"! The female protagonist transmigrates to another world with a clear goal: to bring happiness to all people. Independent, strong, and not dependent on men, this is the kind of strong female lead that modern women should admire! No mere plot devices! Every character in the book has their own storyline and shining moments. The ensemble cast is exceptional, allowing you to see the extraordinary in ordinary people. A truly expansive read, you won't regret it! If you're looking for a novel that avoids clichés, features vibrant characters, and delivers both thrills and tears, this is definitely worth adding to your bookshelf!

47. 197 医 The Healing Hand That Shrouds the Heavens: The Blind Consort of the Crippled Prince 医手遮天：残王的盲妃 Classmate Azhi阿梓同学Ancient Romance805k WordsCompleted The day Shen Zhiwei returned to the capital, she was a “blind woman” in every sense of the word. Her legitimate elder sister wanted her to take her place in a marriage, so Shen Zhiwei promptly blinded herself with poison and moved into the most dilapidated courtyard in the manor. By day, she was a frail, helpless, useless daughter born to a concubine, listening to her sisters' taunts and sleeping away the hours. No one knew that, each nightfall, she became the “Ghost Hand” of the jianghu's forem 299Reads6.2Score101Shelves

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    This is pretty good.

48. 198 在 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 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 12.2kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

49. 199 醉 Drunk on Beauty: The Fox Prince’s Regent Consort 醉红颜：狐狸王爷的摄政妃 Windblown Sand风砂沫Ancient Romance944k WordsCompleted She had once been the regent of the Xia Dynasty. To fulfill the late emperor’s wish of reunifying the realm, she ruled half the dynasty and commanded its armies. Yet after a war that nearly brought the realm to ruin, the ruler of Xia married her off to Su Qing, the Third Prince of the Zhao Kingdom, under the title of Princess Chang of Rongyang. On the day Su Qing married her, an iron-clad army lined the bridal road, while crimson brocade stretched from the Regent’s Residence in Xia all the way —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 200 昭 The Calamity of Zhaohua 昭华劫 Shu Muzi舒沐梓Ancient Romance714k WordsCompleted “The Prime Minister has ordered that the divorced woman Ji is not to take so much as a blade of grass or a tree from the Prime Minister's residence, including the bastard in her belly!” The beautiful woman held out a bowl of dark medicine. Her lips were red as blood, and every word cut like a knife. Cast out after her divorce and left to wander the streets, she was given a bowl of abortifacient medicine before leaving the residence, killing the child in her womb. The next day, her parents and br 156Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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