Are There Really No Good Historical Household-intrigue Novels with Tightly Plotted Stories? 就没有好看一点，情节严谨一点古代宅斗的小说吗？

1. 51 穿 Transmigrated to a Matriarchal World: Doting on My Little Husband 穿越女尊之宠爱小夫郎 Tian Xiang Bing Mo天湘冰墨Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A female-led story. Han Zixuan comes from the Apocalypse and transmigrates into a matriarchal romance novel set in the Linfeng Dynasty, where she becomes a disposable side character. She marries Shen Qingxi, the female protagonist Liu Jingyao’s beloved first love. After the wedding, she beats and abuses Shen Qingxi, even while she is pregnant. In the end, mother and child both die. After becoming successful and passing the top imperial examination, the protagonist returns to find Shen Qingxi, le 5kReads8.1Score615Shelves
2. 52 外 The Concubine Tames Her Husband: Even the Wildest Stallion Can Be Broken 外室驭夫：劣马再狂也能驯 Nine Grains九粒Ancient Romance409k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Yan Mi became the daughter of a merchant in ancient times. Because the original owner was stunningly beautiful, she had to stay home and never step outside. She thought she would spend a quiet, uneventful life picking some man to marry into her family, but a prince notorious for bringing his wives to an early grave discovered her. This powerful man got handsy the moment he saw her and declared that he would come to take her to his estate in three days. He certainly kept his 197Reads7.3Score—Shelves
3. 53 贵 The Merciless Imperial Consort, the Tyrant Who Hands Her the Knife 贵妃娘娘心狠手辣，暴君他递刀 Late Summer, Not Yet Over夏末未余Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted [Both leads faithful and powerful + one true pairing + male lead has concubines + dotes on her exclusively from the start + a little palace intrigue and political scheming + System plays a minor role + fast-paced + no brainless tropes + no over-the-top drama + happy ending] [Brutal, calculating tyrant + absolutely rational, breathtakingly beautiful consort] Ye Xiyin has traveled through three thousand worlds and finally reaches the world of her last mission. Then the System tells her to sell her 2.3kReads9.1Score272Shelves
4. 54 穿 Book Transmigration: Only a Scheming Woman Can Beat a Two-Faced Green Tea 穿书：心机女才斗得过死绿茶 Happy Green Old Man开心绿老头Ancient Romance268k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Palace Intrigue + Scheming Romance + Satisfying Revenge + Forced Love Later On] Lu Siwan transmigrated into a book, becoming the disposable princess consort who was schemed against by a hypocritical white lotus and died young. In the original story, Prince Rong Qi Yun loved the farmer's daughter Jiang Ning and took her as a secondary consort. Thanks to Jiang Ning's cruel schemes, the original owner was cast aside and died by throwing herself into a well. With a disast 91Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 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 69kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves
6. 56 一 The Idle Consort with a Whole Litter of Babies Is Forced to Get Competitive 一胎多宝的咸鱼娘娘，被迫卷起了 Xing Chenzi星尘子Ancient Romance518k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + pocket space + exclusive devotion + adorable baby + light palace intrigue + both leads are faithful (don't ask how the emperor qualifies, I have my ways)] After unexpectedly transmigrating to an unknown dynasty, Su Qianqian says there's no need to panic. If conditions allow, she'd even like to post something on her “Moments” first. But the situation isn't looking too good. According to the original owner's memories, She's just a low-ranking concubine who has only recently enter 3.5kReads8.9Score396Shelves
7. 57 通 The Maid Ran Off with the Money, and the Cold-Blooded Powerful Minister Broke Off the Engagement and Came After Her 通房卷款跑路，冷戾权臣悔婚拿人 Mu Yihua Ting木易华庭Ancient Romance865k WordsCompleted [Cold and Devoted Hero + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine] [Let the Story Set the Mood] [Sweet Romance] Su Qingqing transmigrates as a bedchamber maid, but when the eldest young master returns after four years away, her plan to keep out of each other’s way falls apart. The young master has become the chancellor, and she sees his ruthless, vicious, and merciless side. To save her own life, she fawns over him, hoping to survive until her one-year contract expires and she can leave the Pei residen 4.8kReads9.0Score692Shelves
8. 58 惊 Shocking! The Marquis’s Young Maid Gives Birth to the Heir’s Illegitimate Eldest Son 惊！侯府小丫鬟，生了世子庶长子 Mu Mu Yixin木木一心Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted [This new book has just been rated, so the score is low. Please bear with us.] [Devoted couple + sweet romance + raising a little boy + winning her back] One-line blurb: A brooding, love-struck young lord talks himself into falling in love. Full blurb: Su Chanyi, born into a family of physicians, transmigrated one day into the body of a senior maid serving the wife of the Marquis of Yong'an. She watched her words and actions, hid her abilities, and pretended to be ill, hoping only to hold on unt 2.2kReads8.7Score131Shelves
9. 59 通 What Does a Bedchamber Maid Want? Money and a Handsome Man, of Course 通房图什么，不就图个财色兼得 Knowing Warmth and Cold知暖知寒Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance + Transmigration + Fiercely Protective Hero + Both Leads Have No Prior Relationships + Playing the Fool to Outsmart Others + Pregnant Escape + Heroine Builds Her Career Later] Liu Yiyi transmigrated into the body of one of the four concubines the Duchess of State was about to give to her young lord. For money and freedom, Liu Yiyi decided to compete for the position and become the young lord's favorite. - The young lord's grandmother: “The Pei family has never had a concubine 2.5kReads8.7Score335Shelves
10. 60 带 I Fled While Pregnant, Then Swept Away Eighteen Warlords 带孕出逃后，我横扫十八路诸侯 Qingyu Tangtang青玉唐唐Ancient Romance227k WordsCompleted Gu Ci stayed up all night reading and unexpectedly dropped dead, transmigrating into the body of a concubine despised by a prince. And the son the original owner had abused was none other than the tyrannical villainous despot from the later chapters of the book?! The first thing he’d do after ascending the throne was sentence his own mother to death. Luckily, Gu Ci had arrived when the despot was still a child. Looking at the trembling protagonist before her, the corners of Gu Ci’s mouth curled 61Reads6.5Score—Shelves
11. 61 剧 The Plot Is Going Off the Rails, and the Unhinged Regent Is Pushing Me to Become Emperor 剧情要崩，疯批摄政王推我当皇上 HH FishHH鱼Ancient Romance385k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + transmigration + devoted couples + hiding one’s strength + hilarious + palace intrigue + devoted couples + spoiled to bits] One day, after transmigrating into a book, Hua Qianyue becomes a short-lived, useless cannon-fodder character in a harem novel. The moment she appears, the villainous, unhinged male supporting character Wei Yu sends her packing with a single sword strike. Having finally gotten a second chance at life, Hua Qianyue naturally refuses to be cannon fodder. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 主 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 23.3kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves

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    First highly recommended

13. 63 侯 The Marquess's Wife Wants to Die of Old Age in Peace 侯府主母要寿终正寝 Winter Melon Eats Pears冬瓜吃梨Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted A history major pulls an all-nighter and dies suddenly, only to become Chen Yuhu, the matriarch of an ancient household, with no golden finger whatsoever. But you have to learn to be content. As a modern, clear-eyed college student, Chen Yuhu wants to tell the original matriarch: don't be such a lovesick fool. Treasure your life of immense wealth and status. She certainly does. She sends her biased mother-in-law away to cultivate in seclusion, keeps the obedient and pretty concubine around to pl 34.8kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
14. 64 陵 The Tale of Lingrong: Sparrow Hunt 陵容传：雀杀 Zi Anya子安雅Female-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing Everyone says An Lingrong has a clear, melodious voice, exquisite embroidery, and a timid nature like a sparrow on a branch. She relies on Zhen Huan, curries favor with the empress, and earns a meager bit of affection by raising Princess Wenyi. But they don't know that timidity is the perfect disguise, and silence is the deadliest weapon. Everyone has someone to rely on. An Lingrong has only this gold hairpin, shaped like a bird holding a pearl, wrapped in her mother's old handkerchief and tuck 74Reads6.0Score103Shelves

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    Palace intrigue, give it a push.

15. 65 恶 Wicked Mother Swaps Children to Suck Them Dry? The True Heiress Is Reborn and Goes on a Killing Spree 恶母换子吸血？真嫡女重生杀疯了 Qianqian, What Night Is Tonight?千千今夕何夕Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted At fourteen, Song Qingning joined the army in place of her male cousin and earned military honors with her blood. In her previous life, she followed her mother’s arrangements and used her military honors to secure a county lady title for her older female cousin. With her title in hand, her cousin broke off her engagement to her fallen noble fiancé and married into a powerful family. Then, as “compensation,” she gave Song Qingning to her former fiancé. Song Qingning endured endless torment from h 9.5kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    Song Qingning, the second daughter of a concubine in the Yongning Marquis's household, was caught red-handed by her aunt's spies the moment she returned from the palace. Liu Mama smiled obsequiously, but her words held a veil of sarcasm: "Second Miss, Madam sent this old servant to inquire whether the reward she requested for the eldest young lady has been obtained?" The distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children? The order of rank? In her previous life, she was a pawn manipulated by others. In this life, she would let everyone know that she, Song Qingning, was not a soft persimmon that anyone could easily manipulate! The concubine had switched the children; the eldest wife's two children had been replaced by illegitimate sons and daughters, while the concubine's children had become the eldest sons and daughters of the legitimate wife.

16. 66 你 You Seduced My Husband, I’ll Seduce Your Son. Fair’s Fair 你吊我夫君，我诱你儿子，不能亏 Thirty Thousand Gold三万金Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Xuwan had the husband everyone envied: he was chaste and had never even taken a concubine. But his handsome facade was ripped away in bloody fashion after one drunken night... Zhou Minghai was hardly chaste. He simply had a first love in his heart and wanted to remain faithful to her. Now he had even hidden his first love at a hot-spring villa, sneaking off to meet her every few days. Enough was enough! Whoever wanted that old geezer in his thirties could have him. She had no interest i 13.9kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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    This book is highly recommended! It's a tale of extreme tension and strife. The female lead isn't brainless or prone to internal conflicts. There's a back-and-forth struggle between four people: the husband protects his "white moonlight" (ideal love interest), the "white moonlight" protects her son, and the "white moonlight's" son protects the female lead. The male lead is also quite resourceful in his pursuit of love.

17. 67 开 A Princess Hostage from the Start, and the Madpower Minister Begs for a Touch 开局质子公主，疯批权臣跪求摸摸 Little Yunting小云汀Ancient Romance150k WordsOngoing [Highly intelligent heroine + terrible hero + ensemble cast + political intrigue + mystery-solving] Transported into a political intrigue novel aimed at male readers, she finds herself a hostage from the start. She had planned to lie flat and keep her head down, but the male lead repeatedly forces her to fight back. Wen Ciyu: “Kidnap her. Make sure she's bleeding.” Sheng Jingyuan: Who shot me with an arrow and then stabbed me? Wen Ciyu: “Use her as bait to test the waters.” Sheng Jingyuan: Me ag —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book!

18. 68 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 254.1kReads9.7Score29.8kShelves

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19. 69 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 18.6kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
20. 70 绿 The Green-Tea Beauty Is Fertile, and Her Charms Make the Emperor Steal His Minister's Wife 绿茶又易孕，勾得陛下夺臣妻 When Fuyao Rises当扶摇上Ancient Romance356k WordsCompleted [Alluring, calculating minister’s wife VS. obsessive emperor (intense push and pull + seduction to power + emperor steals his minister’s wife + exclusive devotion, sweet romance)] Jiang Wuning endured four years of a marriage in name only, but never managed to warm the heart of her husband, the Grand Secretary. At a flower-viewing banquet, she was drugged with a potent aphrodisiac and locked in a room with a strange man, ruining her reputation. Her husband tossed her a divorce decree. “The Lu fa 8.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    They're all pretty good, not nonsensical.

21. 71 异 Radiance in Another World 异世昭华 The Cat Who Loves Indian Flatbread爱吃印度薄饼的猫Ancient Romance168k WordsCompleted When a quantum lifeform wandering the universe awakens in the same body as a wronged young woman who died in the depths of the inner chambers, the two will use the wisdom of the stars and the fire of their unyielding resentment to burn away every conspiracy and falsehood. In an era that allows no outliers, they will forge a path among the stars that belongs to them alone. —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 春 A Slow Spring in the Courtyard 春庭慢 That Early Summer aaa那年初夏aaaAncient Romance23k WordsCompleted I was his Crown Princess for ten years, bound to him in marriage. Yet after he ascended the throne, he made me only a Noble Consort. 852Reads—Score118Shelves
23. 73 红 A Secret Dream Behind Red Walls and Green Tiles 红墙绿瓦藏幽梦 The Cat Who Loves Indian Flatbread爱吃印度薄饼的猫Ancient Romance27k WordsCompleted A Secret Dream Behind Red Walls and Green Tiles —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 一 A Lifetime of Rong An 一世容安 Qing Xueyao卿雪瑶Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Li Rongan’s husbands, both in this life and her previous one, were peerless warlords. At first, they all loathed her, despised her, and wanted nothing more than to kill her. Later, they all fell for her... * After being reborn, Rongan fled her former husband’s clutches by marrying far away to Yanbei, where she became the wife of a prince. She knew the Prince of Yan would rebel in two years. When he did, he would divorce the princess consort appointed to him and marry his childhood sweetheart, hi 10.5kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
25. 75 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
26. 76 枕 When Spring Rests on the Pillow 枕春时 White Crane Grass白鹤草Ancient Romance586k WordsCompleted Li Zhichun came from a humble family. She was lucky enough to marry into the powerful Wei family and become engaged to their eldest son. She heard that Wei Nancheng had landed a job in Shuntian Prefecture, where he showed no mercy when executing criminals. He was known as the Jade-faced Yama. Li Zhichun was timid and had no grand ambitions. She didn't dare reach for Wei Nancheng and only wanted to marry into the Wei family as the second son, Wei Xinian's wife! The second young master Wei was a s 19kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves
27. 77 缠 Entwined Pearl 缠明珠 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [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 41.1kReads8.5Score5.1kShelves
28. 78 星 Return from the Sea of Stars: I Rewrite Humanity’s Myth 星海归途：我为人族改神话 Remnant Dreamer残梦儿Eastern Fantasy226k WordsCompleted In 2149, Earth is on the brink of death, and Zhang Xiaotian is one of billions of poor people abandoned to their fate. He trades twenty years of blood, sweat, and toil for a ticket to migrate among the stars, only to transmigrate into a world of myth while passing through the rare alignment of nine planets. This time, he will travel against the river of time, return to where the story began, and rewrite the fate of an entire civilization for his abandoned home planet and its people. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 79 异 Cultivation in Another World: My Daoist Arts Shock Tianxuan 异界修仙：我的道法震撼天玄 Remnant Dreamer残梦儿Eastern Fantasy333k WordsCompleted Zhang Youren, the Daoist priest branded the Changsheng Temple’s number-one “good-for-nothing,” fails his tribulation and is reincarnated in a strange world called the Tianxuan Continent. At the awakening ceremony, he is once again branded a “good-for-nothing”! Faced with the pity, ridicule, and contempt of those around him, he instead lets out an uncontrollable, stifled laugh. It turns out this body is the innate Daoist physique he had dreamed of in his previous life. On this continent of magic 5Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 捡 The Adoptive Stepmother I Picked Up, Your Dowry Is a Little Much 捡来的后娘，您的嫁妆有点多 Orange Peel橙色橘子皮Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted A wedding procession stretching for miles moved grandly along Vermilion Bird Avenue. The gilded wedding sedan, carried by sixteen bearers, shimmered in the sunlight. The golden phoenix embroidered on its curtains trembled with each step, as if it might take flight at any moment. Behind it trailed a seemingly endless line of dowry carts. Red silk tied around the vermilion-lacquered, gold-trimmed chests whipped in the spring breeze. “Which family's young lady is getting married? What a spectacle!” 70.7kReads6.4Score4.1kShelves

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    This is so good! It feels like a really exciting and satisfying drama. You have to check it out!

31. 81 急 Help! The Poor Guy I Bullied and Toyed With Became the Crown Prince 急！我欺凌玩弄过的穷鬼变太子了 Taishi Ying太史婴Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Su Niao was beautiful and spoiled, and her antics finally got her force-fed poisoned wine. Only then did she realize she was a disposable supporting character. Reborn, she opened her eyes and immediately kicked her two-timing fiancé to the curb, then set off to take revenge on the dog emperor who had given her poisoned wine in her previous life! Xie Chenyuan had yet to become emperor. He had lost his memory and ended up living with a poor family: a frail younger brother, little sister, and blind 23.3kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves

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    Who wouldn't love reading sweet classical Chinese texts?

32. 82 惊 Shocking! The Noble Consort Wins the Favor of All Six Palaces by Gossiping 惊！贵妃娘娘靠吃瓜宠冠六宫 Day Mountain Moon昼山月Ancient Romance620k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + substitute + fleeing while pregnant + secret identity] [The leads are not each other’s first; she becomes his sole favorite later. The heroine stays clearheaded and never falls for him. A silly, fluffy story; the heroine is no saint.] Jing Shumei was born with stunning beauty. She used her looks to seduce the Emperor, never giving him her heart, only scheming for her own gain. Using her mind-reading ability to listen in on palace gossip and navigate the harem, she climbed step 4kReads9.3Score556Shelves
33. 83 挟 A Daughter Given in Marriage as Repayment: The Bride Forced on Him Stuns the Imperial Capital 挟恩嫁女！强塞的媳妇惊艳皇都 Flowers of That Year那年的花Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Song Shiyue was born into another world. As soon as she was born, someone abandoned her in the wilderness. Fortunately, a “mad old Daoist” rescued and raised her. She thought she would simply live out a peaceful life, but then she accidentally saved a man, and the fate that had been at a standstill began to turn. After the “mad old Daoist” forced her into marriage with the man using a marriage contract, Song Shiyue set out to find her master and discover her origins. She sought revenge, protecte 17.3kReads8.6Score2kShelves

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    This is a good watch; the plot is intricately woven, full of twists and turns, and very engaging.

34. 84 摆 The Lazy Princess: Fight for the Throne? Don't Make Me Laugh! I Can't Even Get Up 摆烂公主：夺嫡？别闹！我起不来 Easygoing Bro不易老哥Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Good news] She transmigrated into the sixth princess in an empire ruled by an empress. [Bad news] From the start, she drugged the chancellor's legitimate son, and now he's writhing on the bed, hey! [The Princess's Inner Thoughts] Fight for the throne? Don't even start! No way, not in this lifetime. Get up at three in the morning, attend court at five, and work all year without a break? Sorry, I can't get out of bed. 13.7kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    I'm watching it now, it's good.

35. 85 替 I Took My Eldest Sister's Place in the Palace, and I Loved It. She Regretted It 替嫡长姐入宫后，我爽翻，她悔了 Moon Gazing at Lotus望月荷Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The rating has only just come in and will rise later, so don’t be put off by the low score. Gu Ya is the second legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household. With an elder brother and sister to shoulder the family’s responsibilities, she had thought she’d only need to marry off for the family once she came of age. But then her eldest sister changed her mind and refused to enter the palace. To avoid making an enemy of the emperor, the Duke of Zhenguo’s household had to send in an unwill 29.1kReads8.1Score2kShelves

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    The female lead is very capable; she's clear-headed and knows what she wants. I recommend watching it.

36. 86 公 The Princess Is Fierce and Beautiful, and Her Shadow Guard Keeps Crossing the Line 公主暴戾绝色，影卫日日以下犯上 Nanhuang南凰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + Feel-good power fantasy + Yandere + Devoted loyalist] Fate played a cruel trick: the most powerful imperial princess on the Jiuzhou Continent was reborn in the body of a lovesick little princess from Western Qi. The moment she awoke, the world was shaken. A scumbag points at her and curses? She orders coldly, “Drag him out and give him fifty more lashes!” The overlord of the business world is her subordinate, the most revered emperor in Jiuzhou is her older brother, the mighty 17.2kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves

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    These books are all excellent; I've read them all. The writing is superb, the plots are incredibly engaging, and they're not mindless reads.

37. 87 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 106.8kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
38. 88 明 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 82.6kReads9.3Score10.5kShelves
39. 89 演 I Played the Emperor My Whole Life, and After Being Reborn, He Still Wants the Crown Prince 演了皇上一辈子，重生他还要太子 One Little Sweet Fish一口小甜鱼Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original title: Only After His Death Did He Learn That the Empress Did Not Want to Be Buried With Him [The heroine transmigrates, the hero is reborn] As he lay dying, Emperor Tianhe looked back on his eventful life. He had risen from humble beginnings to become the founding emperor, and the world praised his achievements. In his fading consciousness, he saw his virtuous empress, his beautiful consorts, and his weeping children. He felt that his life had been complete. But after he died, his soul 31.7kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
40. 90 手 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 119.8kReads9.6Score11.5kShelves
41. 91 锦 Spring Hidden in Brocade Ink 锦墨藏春 Pear Blossom, Rain-Scented Foam梨花薰雨沫Ancient Romance744k WordsOngoing Everyone in the capital knows that Bai Zhouzhou, the Bai family's eldest legitimate daughter, was born with a body as fragile as glass. In spring, while everyone else goes flower-viewing and takes country walks, she can only sit by the window wrapped in a fur cloak, watching the petals fall. On summer nights, she cannot even bear the slightest breeze, and the smallest oversight leaves her coughing for ages. A few steps leave her leaning against a pillar, gasping for breath; a few words make her 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are some pretty good books.

42. 92 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 25.7kReads9.6Score3.3kShelves
43. 93 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
44. 94 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book About the Imperial Exams and Brought Home a Fussy Little Wife 穿书科举，娶了个小作精回家 Zhou Zijin舟子衿Ancient Romance910k WordsCompleted [Imperial examinations + sweet romance + face-slapping + infrastructure development and rising through the ranks: a scheming, smug transmigrated playboy x a spoiled, somewhat crafty but not too calculating troublemaker] Xie Zi'an is a spoiled young master who transmigrates into a book, becoming the husband of the villainess. In the original story, the man he replaces is framed and found alone with the unconscious Xu Nansong. The two are forced to marry, but after the wedding, he discovers that X 23kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves

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    It's hard to say whether it counts as ancient domestic intrigue, as I haven't read many ancient domestic intrigue novels.

45. 95 群 Our Whole Class Transmigrated, and Every Day Is a Battlefield of Love 群穿后，我们班天天修罗场 TheraAncient Romance410k WordsOngoing The students in Class Two, Accounting, transmigrate together. On the way home from a class outing, their bus rolls over, transporting the entire class into the hottest political-strategy period novel of the moment. The System tells them that time and space are in disarray. They must follow the plot and complete their missions if they want to go home. General's daughter: So what can we even do with our major? Enemy crown prince: Take him down! The strongest secret guard: How about a rebellion? Ne 3.1kReads9.4Score339Shelves
46. 96 真 I Transmigrated in My Own Body: The Crown Princess Builds Mechs in Ancient Times 真身穿越：太子妃在古代开机甲 Gu Shiqiu顾时秋Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A devoted couple + sweet romance + satisfying read + obsessive love + strong male and female leads. The heroine is lazy and laid-back at first, but later goes to great lengths for love. She's incredibly powerful and constantly flirts with the hero. The hero is handsome, powerful, devoted, aloof, and unhinged, and dotes only on the heroine. P.S. No devoted second male lead!] Interstellar Colonel Lian Jing transmigrates bodily to ancient times and takes the place of the unloved sixth daughter of 2.5kReads9.0Score281Shelves
47. 97 一 Part Ways in Peace, General, Let Me Be Beautiful on My Own 一别两宽，将军自重，妾身想独美 Lu Li路鲤Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted 67.6kReads8.9Score15.6kShelves
48. 98 崽 After the Baby Reads Minds, the Tyrant Catches the Man Pretending to Be the Empress Dowager 崽被读心后，暴君黑脸抓出男太后 Miao Zhilin妙芝霖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone Hears Her Thoughts and Gossips Together + Beloved by the Entire Court + Adorable Baby + Silly, Lighthearted Wish Fulfillment] She transmigrates into a book. The lucky part is that she has a System, and the mission rewards are fantastic. The unlucky part is that this is a prank System. Which emperor would willingly get stuck with needles? Which court official would willingly wear women's clothes? Which prince would willingly roll around in a mud pit? Even worse, she transmigrates into t 13.2kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
49. 99 全 The Whole Family Is Insanely Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 全家偷听我心声杀疯了，我负责吃奶 Xia Shengsheng夏声声Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama adaptation of My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts: Fu Bao Chaochao is now open for reservations! Please show it lots of support and give it a follow! [Whole-family mind reading + cannon fodder + beloved by the whole family + powerful figure transmigrates into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story] Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character who was drowned at birth, while the heroine stole her identity. The heroine turned 14.9kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves
50. 100 青 After Losing Her Memory, the Childhood Sweetheart Became the Young General's Cherished Love 青梅失忆后成了少年将军掌中娇 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted [Clever, Cunning Foxlike Heroine VS Steady, Stern, Humble Hero] [One-on-One Romance, Sweet Pampering, Adorable Child, Childhood Sweethearts] [The Hero Suffers] The night before, Shen Zuihuan was still preparing for her engagement ceremony. The next morning, she woke up in shock to discover she had been married for five years already! Her fiancé was nowhere to be found, and her current husband was the childhood friend she had hated most of all. He was even holding a child who looked exactly like 26.1kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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