It Goes in One Ear and Out the Other. I Only Want a Promotion: A Harem-Climbing Story 过耳不入心，只想高升，后宫奋斗史

1. 51 西 Just How Many Bedchamber Favorites Does the Empress Dowager of the West Have? 西太后到底有多少帐中宠啊！ Mu Shaokong沐少空Ancient Romance209k WordsOngoing [Absurd, silly, hilarious, snarky style; fictional ensemble cast; no romance] The little palace maid Wu Yu transmigrates into the Empress Dowager’s body, sharing it with another soul. From then on, every day brings new surprises and fresh scares! “Jiang Xueying, if you don’t say something right now, I’ll spill the beans about all twenty-three of your favored bedchamber companions!” How many? Wu Yu stares at the Empress Dowager in shock. Twenty-three male favorites? The Empress Dowager grip —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Everyone only sees power and sisters, not feelings or men!

2. 52 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 8.8kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves

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   With the power of the emperor's favor, the female protagonists rushed to fight in the palace and sent me to Qingyun [eat melon]! Rush! Rush!

3. 53 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
4. 54 娇 The Sweet, Delicate Beauty Who Can Bear Heirs: The Heirless Emperor Kisses Her Waist 娇软美人最好孕，绝嗣帝王吻红腰 Making Money to Raise Nine Cats赚钱养九只喵Ancient Romance613k WordsCompleted [Both leads are virgins! Sweet romance! Delicate, calculating beauty who acts sweet and fertile, rising step by step vs domineering, childless emperor with an overwhelming need for control who dotes on his wife] Ming Yueni is delicate and soft, and so beautiful! In her previous life, the Crown Prince forced himself on her, leaving her family ruined and her life in shambles. Reborn, she seeks revenge by seducing the domineering emperor, who is believed unable to have children… At their first mee 16kReads8.5Score2.2kShelves
5. 55 侯 The Marquis's Estate Forgot Its Gratitude? The Regent Backs Me, and I Won't Forgive Them 侯府忘恩义？摄政王撑腰，不原谅 Chu Diandian初点点Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 245.3kReads9.4Score42.7kShelves
6. 56 啊 Huh? How Did I Become the Wicked Female Lead’s Little Sister? 啊？我怎么穿成了恶毒女配的妹妹 Silver Light Shines on the Snowy Mountain雪山闪银光Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + historical romance + adored by everyone + beautiful, delicate heroine + fiercely protective + a touch of a reverse harem Warning: The original heroine is portrayed negatively, and she has a System. Workhorse office drone Sang Jin transmigrates into a novel as a character with the same name. The good news is that she is a daughter of the Sang family, one of the four great clans in the capital. She has plenty to eat and wear, and her family dotes on her. The bad news is 78.2kReads6.7Score11kShelves
7. 57 穿 Before My Whole Family Was Sent to the Countryside, I Took My Child and Ran 穿到全家下乡前，我带娃跑路了 Cream Cake Frosting奶油蛋糕酱Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration to the 1960s + pocket dimension + raising a child + sweet romance + both leads are devoted only to each other] Shu Yao thought someone must have put a curse on her. In her dreams, she saw another version of herself live a miserable life: when her husband was sent away for reeducation, she abandoned him and their child, then married a divorced man with a child of his own, only to become his unpaid nanny. Unable to take it anymore, she jumped into a river. The one who buried h 43.2kReads8.1Score5.5kShelves
8. 58 开 From the Start, They Sacrificed Me to Heaven. In the End, I Took Power 开局被祭天，结局我掌权 Big Shuttle大梭子Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted (The first fifteen chapters mostly recount memories from her past life.) Wei Yingshan was born a princess of the imperial family, but an accident left her stranded in the wilderness. She was brought back to the palace when she was thirteen. When she was seventeen, rebel troops laid siege to the city and demanded that a princess of the Wei clan surrender with her hands bound and a jade disc in her mouth. Her birth mother couldn't bear to subject the elder sister and younger brother she'd raised f 84.4kReads9.3Score18.1kShelves
9. 59 被 Driven to Death by a Cultivator’s Mistress? I’ll Raise My Sword to the Nine Heavens 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 92.2kReads9.6Score12.1kShelves
10. 60 惨 Reborn After a Horrific Death, I Drove Every Villain Crazy 惨死重生后，我把反派都逼疯啦 Yan Fei颜翡Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Reborn + household and palace intrigue + strong heroine and hero + revenge and taking down scumbags + satisfying read In her previous life, Shen Shuyi schemed and plotted at every turn to secure the crown prince's position for Xiao Tingshan. But he repaid her by turning his back on her, despising her for being calculating and deep-minded, and not gentle and demure enough. He not only took her life, but also caused countless friends and family members to die unjustly. Fine. Given another life, 17.4kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves

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11. 61 凤 Phoenix Perched on the Jade Terrace, Memories of a Dream 凤栖瑶台忆梦痕 Don't Touch My Fishing Rod别动我鱼竿Ancient Romance780k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted to Each Other + Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming] A second-year graduate student is halfway through a novel when she transmigrates into a book as a spineless Grand Princess. Three years ago, blinded by love, the original owner asked the Emperor to arrange her marriage to the Regent. Now he has taken his beloved first love as a co-wife. She plans to divorce him and focus on her own ambitions, but memories of the original owner keep pulling at her, and s 10Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 从 From Side Consort to Empress 从侧妃到皇后 Tang Tang Shui Shui L汤汤水水LAncient Romance593k WordsCompleted [Devoted romance, an official’s daughter VS a favored son of Heaven, sweet, sweet, sweet A scheming, dark-hearted man who fell in love at first sight but stubbornly refuses to admit it!] Wealth and status were what Yao Meier longed for, so she gave herself to the imperial family, where no one believed in true love. Absolute power was Qin Wang’s unchanging pursuit, so he was heartless. See how the scheming “Fox Meier” captures the cold heart of Qin Wang. The story of Emperor Jinggao’s favored Imp 1.3kReads7.0Score108Shelves
13. 63 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 89kReads9.4Score9.7kShelves
14. 64 继 Being the Second Empress Is Hard? No, I Take Them All Down 继后难为？不，本宫通杀 Qi An A七安啊Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted In the eighth year of the Tianxi era, an imperial decree that no one saw coming made Gu Qingyan the empress of the Great Qin Empire. From that day on, her life changed completely... In the treacherous inner palace, where everyone schemed and plotted against one another, a single wrong step could spell ruin. For her own sake and her family’s, Gu Qingyan had no choice but to move cautiously and do everything in her power to protect them. Qin Jiuli chose Gu Qingyan as his empress because she was su 1.6kReads6.9Score143Shelves
15. 65 明 Empress Mingyi 明懿皇后 Yu Jin Pei矞锦偑Ancient Romance686k WordsCompleted Content warning: The heroine is a virgin, but the hero is not, and this is not a one-on-one romance. There will be no exclusive favoritism. Xiao Yuzhen is the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke of Xiao's household and the third-born among her sisters. She has had a childhood sweetheart since she was little, and they planned to marry once she came of age. Sadly, things did not go as they hoped. In court, Grand Tutor Bai wields unchecked power and wants to marry his daughter into the imperial 1.5kReads6.9Score148Shelves
16. 66 贵 The Noble Consort Has No Interest in Winning Favor 贵妃娘娘不争宠 Strolling Among the Clouds ing漫步云端ingAncient Romance334k WordsCompleted Song Yutang had been obsessed with power since childhood, and made up her mind early on to become empress. Once she entered the Crown Prince’s residence, all his wives and concubines were lost in love, while Song Yutang focused solely on seizing power. When the Crown Prince ascended the throne, the palace consorts became obsessed with having children, while Song Yutang devoted herself to finding a way to become empress. She always kept the initiative in the palace power struggle firmly in her ha 10Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 侧 After Rising to Consort, She Gives Up Trying 侧妃上位后，便摆烂了 Little Wang Loves Spare Ribs小王爱吃排骨Ancient Romance230k WordsCompleted [The male lead is not chaste, the female lead is; household and palace intrigue; exclusive devotion] [Gentle, shrewd, modest, calculating prince × frail, calculating, selfish, and vicious daughter of a duke’s household] The male lead is a prince at first and later becomes emperor. Song Xi transmigrated into a book. When she came of age and received an arranged marriage, she finally remembered that this was a sweet romance novel called My Scheming Prince Fell in Love with Me. If she remembered co 1.5kReads8.1Score139Shelves
18. 68 帝 The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇：贵妃娘娘她又美又乖 Mu Niannian慕年年Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a 25.1kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
19. 69 嫡 The Legitimate Daughter Becomes Empress, and I Rule the Harem 嫡女为后，后宫我说了算 Pikachu Loves Apples皮卡丘爱吃苹果Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [Young married couple, perfect teamwork, both incredibly capable] (Not an exclusive pairing, includes a harem, so proceed with caution if that bothers you. Alternate-history setting.) One is the niece of the emperor’s favorite consort; the other is the legitimate son of the empress, who has fallen out of favor. An imperial decree of marriage binds Lin Tingwan, the legitimate daughter of the Grand Tutor’s household, to the Crown Prince, Li Yanlian. From then on, they share one fate, for better 4.7kReads8.8Score615Shelves
20. 70 娇 The Spoiled Consort's Road to Glory 娇气包娘娘的荣华路 Qingxi Hexi清兮禾兮Ancient Romance385k WordsCompleted Sweet romance! Undivided love! She’s doted on to the max! [The heroine is cunning, a little black lotus hidden beneath a rabbit’s skin] [The hero has a harem and isn’t chaste, but once he meets the heroine, he devotes himself to her alone in a one-on-one romance] The third young lady of the Sheng’an Marquis’s household, born to his secondary wife, was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Sweet and clever, she knew how to win favor. Her grandmother and father favored her, and even her legitimate 19.8kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
21. 71 太 The Crown Prince Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife: The Empress's Daily Life After Bearing Twins 太子宠妾灭妻，娘娘双胎上位日常 Han Qingxue寒清雪Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted [There are a few typos, so please skip this if that bothers you.] A deranged, ruthless heroine and an obsessive Crown Prince, with exclusive devotion later on, clear-headed palace intrigue, and multiple births. Jiang Shiruo is stunningly beautiful, but only a concubine’s daughter. Still, even a concubine’s daughter deserves to live. Jiang Shiruo has no interest in the other princes. She only wants to enter the Eastern Palace, because that’s the only way she can reach the highest position. After 7.7kReads8.9Score702Shelves
22. 72 贵 The Noble Consort Rejects Love, Yet the Emperor Dotes on Her and Decrees Her Empress 贵妃不入爱河，皇上盛宠下旨封后 Han Qingxue寒清雪Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [The leads aren't both chaste at first + he pampers her devotedly later + the emperor secretly helps her navigate palace intrigue + the heroine has no interest in loving the emperor and focuses on climbing the ranks.] Alternate-era setting [The emperor personally raises his future empress, then claims her in the night] The Yun family has a legitimate daughter, a peerless beauty hidden away in the general's manor. The prime minister's son came to propose, but didn't even get to see her. “I don't 1.5kReads9.1Score191Shelves
23. 73 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 161.3kReads9.6Score22.3kShelves
24. 74 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 26.6kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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    Not finished, but it meets the requirements

25. 75 游 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 Xiao Chu Still Hasn't Slept潇楚还没睡Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 404.7kReads9.1Score38.2kShelves
26. 76 别 Don't Mess with Me, My Wife Is Princess Gaoyang of the Great Tang 别惹我，我老婆大唐高阳公主 Abode Embracing Stars and Bright Moon抱星明月居Historical1.5M WordsCompleted New novel: "A Longevity Seeker in the Tang Dynasty, But from the Start, I’m at Xuanwu Gate?" Chen Yan, a medical genius, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty and becomes the son of a founding hero. His new family has an illustrious history: Two of his uncles died in battle for Li Shimin, and his father gave his life protecting Empress Zhangsun during the Xuanwu Gate Incident. In recognition of the family’s generations of loyalty, Li Shimin grants Chen Yan the title 65.9kReads8.3Score4kShelves
27. 77 皇 The Emperor's Double: This Harem Is Irresistible! 皇帝替身，这后宫真香！ A Sad Affair悲伤之事Historical1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Great Qian Dynasty and becoming the emperor's double, how could I not be a foolish ruler who holds the power of the world by day and rests among beauties by night, with three thousand beauties in the imperial harem? 6.1kReads7.6Score418Shelves
28. 78 群 After We All Transmigrated, the Campus Belle Became a Consort. How Should I, the Emperor, Respond? 群穿后校花变妃子，朕如何应对？ Time Wears Down the Young时光吹老少年Historical281k WordsCompleted [Group Transmigration] + [Emperor] + [Profiting from Trade Between Two Worlds] + [Underdog’s Rise] We all transmigrated, so no more pretending: I’m the emperor, and I’m coming clean! Wait, it looks like a few beautiful women transmigrated here with me, too! What identities will they transmigrate into? Mystery character boxes, opening now! 202Reads7.2Score—Shelves
29. 79 重 Reborn: The General's Legitimate Daughter Is Richer Than a Nation 重生之将门嫡女富可敌国 Woodbank Fish木岸鱼Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted (A satisfying rebirth story, with domestic and palace intrigue) Before Liang Wanqing discovered that her husband had married her solely to get his hands on her maternal grandmother’s treasure, her life should have been a wonderful one. But betrayal always came without warning. Ten years of marriage were worth less than a treasure that might not even exist. Her once meek cousin moved into the household and took her place as mistress of the Chen family. Her maid climbed into her husband’s bed and 2.3kReads9.0Score454Shelves
30. 80 皇 Your Majesty, Something's Wrong! His Majesty Has Been Reborn 皇后娘娘，不好啦！陛下他重生了 Meow-Meow Fish Cake喵喵鱼饼Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei × Empress Feng You] A real-life historical beauty with a wild streak [Two lives to play the game] Yuan Hong, a renowned ruler who kept himself bound by propriety. #darkmoonlight #bothreborn #wildstreak #redemption #loveandhate In her previous life, Yuan Hong sent her to a nunnery to recover from illness. She took a lover there. She promised she would change, and he let it go… He brought her back to the palace and made her empress, but while he was campaigning in 1.8kReads8.1Score203Shelves
31. 81 先 Love After Marriage: The Crown Princess Keeps Pretending to Be Good Again and Again 先婚后爱，太子妃又又又又在装乖 I Want to Be a Rich Lady我想当富婆Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] Song Yao, who was born into this world, got married to Nangong Yi, the notoriously violent crown prince. After their wedding, they acted like a proper couple, treating each other with courtesy and respect. Gradually, Song Yao discovered that the crown prince was nothing like the violent man of the rumors. He was gentle, considerate, and easy to get along with. So she let her true nature out and started doing as she pleased. - At first, when facing the crown prince: Song Yao: gent 20kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves

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32. 82 梦 Dream Journal: The Deep Sea of the Subconscious 梦境日记，潜意识的深海 Zitian Zhangmu紫田樁木Mystery280k WordsCompleted [Not a mindless story. Fast-paced, heartwarming, and original. Comments welcome.] I write whatever I dream of, so I promise it’ll be different from everyone else’s stories. My best friend is actually the villainous boss? The psychiatrist has defected? Am I really supposed to just take a beating? No way. Haven’t I awakened the power of purification? I, Lin Wan, am about to save the world! This is more than self-healing: it’s a head-on confrontation with the shadows within. My diary is a treatment 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come. For a change

33. 83 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 67.2kReads9.6Score10kShelves

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    These few books, there is no man in my heart, the god of nature draws his sword, a very beautiful Gong Dou Wen [currently in development] [currently in development] [currently in development]

34. 84 在 100 Techniques to Conquer the Emperor 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 14.2kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
35. 85 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 55.5kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves
36. 86 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 15.9kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
37. 87 智 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责 Uncle Luo洛叔叔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied 39.5kReads9.5Score4.9kShelves
38. 88 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 36.7kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
39. 89 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 86.7kReads9.5Score10.7kShelves
40. 90 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 30.9kReads8.4Score4kShelves

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41. 91 重 Reborn: A Woman's Reversal of Fate and Palace Revenge 重生之女的宫廷复仇逆 Ying Zi影梓Ancient Romance438k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Deng Wan was born into a powerful family. Naive and trusting, she was betrayed by those closest to her, her lover, and the forces within her family, until her family was destroyed and she lost everything. Reborn with her memories of her past life, she awakens at the crucial moment when her family is on the verge of crisis. Her enemies, jealous that she was once favored, obstruct her at every turn as she seeks revenge and greater power. If she fails, her family will be destr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 绿 The Green Tea Extra's Palace of Peril Diary 绿茶龙套的祸宫日记 Third Lady三娘子Ancient Romance213k WordsCompleted [A bewitching, scheming, drama-loving actress and a restrained emperor whose old flame reignites] [No System, no pocket dimension. She rises to power solely through beauty and cunning.] [The emperor is far from chaste, but he absolutely dotes on her alone.] A B-list actress known for playing bit parts gets exposed as a fake sweetheart and is struck by lightning. When she opens her eyes, she has somehow become an all-powerful female lead. The problem is, she's a conniving fake sweetheart who can' 14.6kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves

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    A very interesting ancient sweet novel

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48. 98 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 79.3kReads9.5Score9.4kShelves
49. 99 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 150kReads9.6Score20.4kShelves
50. 100 宫 A Rhapsody of Palace Flowers 宫花赋 Six-Eared Yuanyuan六耳圆圆Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted [A no-nonsense, trope-defying palace-intrigue drama + no love for the emperor + ensemble of women] Everyone has their own ambitions. I have no interest in fighting other women over a man. She was little Qing Luo, a girl who valued her life above all else. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she had wandered through hardship until she entered the Forbidden City, where she met the beautiful, gracious Yue Ren and the clever, perceptive Lü Zhu. At last, her wandering heart found a home. The three s 31kReads9.8Score4kShelves

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