Looking for No-CP Stories About Ancient Palace and Household Intrigue, With Good Writing, Logical Plots, and No Memes 求无cp古代宫斗宅斗，文笔好有逻辑不玩梗

1. 101 深 The North Star in the Abyss 深渊中的北极星 Old Shark Who Likes Tuberous Roots喜欢肉质根的老鲨Urban414k WordsCompleted At a gallery auction, Lin Wan, a gifted curator from a once-prominent family of scholars, begs business tycoon Lu Beichen for help to save her family from bankruptcy. In return, she is humiliated and laughed at by everyone present. But just as despair sets in, a "personal secretary contract" lands before her. Behind the enormous compensation lies an invisible cage of industry blacklisting and restricted freedom. Lu Beichen believes he has tamed his songbird, unaware that Lin Wan has already made 31Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 太 The Crown Prince’s Childhood Sweetheart 太子的小青梅 Old Shark Who Likes Tuberous Roots喜欢肉质根的老鲨Ancient Romance81k WordsCompleted When Su Wanwan, the six-year-old princess of Prince Zhennan’s household, enters the palace, she meets the cold-faced Crown Prince Zhao Che. She goes from being his timid little shadow to the one who holds his heart. Zhao Che protects her with an iron hand, staking his claim at her coming-of-age ceremony, risking his life to save her during a hunting accident, and working with her to foil conspiracies amid political turmoil. After years together, the emperor finally betroths them. Once they are m 17Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 第 The Hundredth Rebirth 第一百次涅槃 Old Shark Who Likes Tuberous Roots喜欢肉质根的老鲨Modern Romance124k WordsCompleted Su Wan died ninety-nine times. Each time, she fell from the top floor of the Su Group's building, pushed into the abyss by her fiancé, Zhou Ming, and her best friend, Lin Weiwei, working together. When she awoke for the hundredth time, she returned to one year before the tragedy, carrying the memories of ninety-nine lifetimes and a hatred that gnawed at her to the bone. This time, she was no longer prey waiting to be slaughtered, but a hunter planning every move. She earned her first fortune wit 18Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 104 庶 The Illegitimate Daughter’s Rise: Reborn, I Turned the Marquis’s Estate Upside Down 庶女惊华：重生后我掀翻侯府 Old Shark Who Likes Tuberous Roots喜欢肉质根的老鲨Ancient Romance743k WordsCompleted Heroine: Su Yunqing In her previous life: The illegitimate daughter of the Yongning Marquis’s household, she was gentle and weak, manipulated by her legitimate mother, Madam Liu, and her legitimate elder sister, Su Mingyue. She trusted her scum of a fiancé, Gu Yanze, heir to the Jingyuan Marquis, only to be framed by all three for colluding with the enemy. Her family was destroyed: her father was sentenced to death by imperial decree, and her little brother starved to death in the prison. She wa 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 青 Childhood Sweethearts: Nothing But Sweet Memories 青梅黏着竹马：旧时光里全是甜 Old Shark Who Likes Tuberous Roots喜欢肉质根的老鲨Urban572k WordsCompleted a. On the first day of school, Lin Yusen helped Su Nian'an carry her luggage and get to know the campus. Their classmates mistook them for a couple, and Lin Yusen laughed as he explained, “This is my little sister.” Su Nian'an felt a little disappointed, but brushed it off. b. Su Nian'an struggled with math, so Lin Yusen stayed after school every evening to tutor her for an hour. He patiently explained the difficult problems and sometimes patted her head, saying, “Take your time. I'm here for yo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 女 Matriarchy: The Crown Princess Returns, and Her Consorts Compete for Her Favor Every Day 女尊：太女归来，侍君们日日争宠 My Allergies Are Acting Up Again鼻炎又犯啦Ancient Romance271k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + Court Intrigue + Reborn + Alternate Dynasty + Multiple Male Leads + Female Lead Is Not Chaste, Male Leads Are] When Jiang Miaoxian opened her eyes, she was back in the days when she was still the Crown Princess. The ten years of torment she had suffered in darkness in her previous life seemed like a fleeting illusion. She could no longer tell whether any of it had truly happened or had merely been a dream before her death. But they had all truly existed... Rong Yu said, “Yo 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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7. 107 凤 The Phoenix's Cry Across the Nine Heavens 凤啸九穹 The World of Little Fox Hua花小狐的世界Ancient Romance91k WordsOngoing When a queen of capital meets a dormant god of war, a marriage-first, love-later romance becomes the ultimate corporate merger. A car accident sends Su Wan, the CEO of a business empire, into the Great Zhou dynasty, where she becomes the legitimate daughter of a merchant family, forced to marry in another woman's place. On their wedding night, she hands the disabled Prince Jing, whose face is half-hidden behind a mask, a contract: "A win-win partnership, with no interference in each other's affa —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The new book just came out, and it doesn't seem to have any palace intrigue or family drama elements yet. You could check it out and give it a try.

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