Are Palace Intrigue, Political Scheming, and Ensemble Cast Stories All Gone? 宫斗权谋群像文燃尽了吗？

1. 201 清 Daily Life of a Reserved General Raising His Wife 清冷将军养妻日常 Sixteen Yue十六枂Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted Complete (Reborn + Marriage First, Love Later, 1v1 + Devoted Husband + Both Virgins + Lighthearted Daily Life. Although the heroine is reborn, she doesn't have an overpowered golden finger, and the protagonists are all natives.) Jiang Shuwan was born into a noble family, but because her father owed someone a debt of gratitude, she married the son of the Earl of Huian. She dutifully served her parents-in-law and kept the earl's household in perfect order, making her a capable lady of the house. S 5.7kReads8.6Score566Shelves
2. 202 蓄 Long-Planned: The Chief Councilor’s Daily Devotion to His Wife 蓄谋已久：首辅大人的宠妻日常 I Am the Blooming Prosperity花开富贵本花Ancient Romance566k WordsCompleted “The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later.” Sweet, delicate beauty × scheming powerful official. A marriage that turns into tooth-achingly sweet love! “The aloof beauty comes down from her pedestal of her own accord.” A spring palace painting leads to “bedroom lessons,” and the heart-fluttering moments just won’t stop! Reading guide: Both leads are virgins, happy ending, sweet romance with no angst, sugar from beginning to end! Qin Nuan married Shen Yanqing, the Chief Minister who was the 30.9kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
3. 203 君 The Emperor Claims His Minister's Wife? After Our Divorce, I Take the Empress's Seat 君夺臣妻？和离后我入主中宫 Huang Dandan黄蛋蛋Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted couple, palace and household intrigue, reborn male lead, heroine who grows stronger over time, gentle heroine in the early stages who rises to power later, male rival gets the girl] In accordance with her father's dying wish, Yi Huan married the young general Lin Qingpei. She was cautious at every turn, but her husband doted on his concubines and neglected his wife, making her the laughingstock of the capital. Yi Huan thought this was how her life would go, until she 4.8kReads9.2Score590Shelves
4. 204 入 Into the Seductive Tent 入娇帐 Cloud Mountain Crow云山鸦Ancient Romance546k WordsCompleted (Original title: Stealing a Friend's Wife) Tao Heyi willingly married her frail husband to bring him good fortune. She had loved him since childhood, and knew that if he weren't so weak, his talent and temperament would have made him far too good a match for her. After their wedding, she carefully nursed him, hoping he would regain his health. In their second year of marriage, a guest came to their home. Her husband happily introduced him: “This is my former classmate, Zhao Jiyun.” Heyi glanced 13kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
5. 205 娘 My Alluring Wife, the Young Lord Willingly Traps Himself 娘子诱人，小公爷甘心画地为牢 A Hibiscus Plant一株木槿Ancient Romance444k WordsCompleted Chu Mingxi, the only son of the Grand Princess and Duke of Rong, is strikingly handsome and adored by countless women in the capital. But the Grand Princess is beside herself with worry over her son's marriage. At the Dragon Boat Festival banquet, when Chu Mingxi is pressed to marry, he points at He Qinyao, who's quietly eating in the back, and declares, “I want her!” The Grand Princess takes one look and immediately decides, “Fine, I approve!” He Qinyao, singled out of nowhere, is baffled and s 17.2kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
6. 206 细EN A Slender Waist, a Hidden Beauty 细腰藏娇 Pikachu Out of Power没电皮卡丘Ancient Romance472k WordsCompleted [Historical romance + marriage before love + devoted couple HE + sweet romance + children later on + both leads speak their minds] Su Luoqian was the daughter of the richest family in the Great Jin Dynasty, cherished by her parents from the day she was born. She was lively and clever, bright and openhearted. But after a natural disaster exposed the Su family’s wealth, their prominence attracted envy and greed. Surrounded by wolves, Su Luoqian gritted her teeth and accepted the emperor’s arranged 26.9kReads9.3Score3.1kShelves
7. 207 我 My Wife Absolutely Adores Me 我的媳妇儿超爱我 Harvard Lu Zhun Oh哈佛陆准哦Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Just as the disgraced crown prince had lost all hope and wanted to end his life, he met Chunhua, a hunter. Her knack for getting into trouble kept pushing him, time and again, toward the struggle for supremacy... They say there is no love between fathers and sons in the imperial family. Yu Jinghan never believed it, but after spending half his life on the battlefield, taking the world as his responsibility, honoring his parents, and treating his brothers as friends, he still found himself feared 662Reads8.9Score101Shelves
8. 208 宠 I Spoiled My Wife Rotten: I Flash-Married a Tycoon 宠妻入骨：我闪婚了个财阀大佬 A Ling阿铃Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Xu Yuqing was devoted to making money, but her parents’ constant pressure to marry was driving her crazy. So she could focus on her career in peace, she decided to have a whirlwind marriage with the construction worker she’d met on a blind date. Her husband had nothing to his name and came with two burdensome kids. It was fine. She was only getting married for the sake of getting married, and she didn’t mind being a stepmother. But after the wedding, her orchard kept growing, her business kept t 16.2kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
9. 209 假 The Fake Heiress Is Worth Billions, Reborn and Winning by Doing Nothing 假千金身价千亿，重生摆烂赢麻了 Lou Qiqi楼七七Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Showbiz, absurd comedy, memes, secret identity, and brainless wish fulfillment] Ye Sheng is the sole heir to the Evil Medicine Doctor's legacy, but she is reborn as a fake heiress in a wealthy family. She starts on hard mode: kicked out of the house, cyberbullied by the real heiress's fans, dumped by her fiancé, and expelled from school... Is she supposed to put up with that? Just as she is about to fight back, she discovers... The day after she's dumped in the slums, her biological grandfather 10kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
10. 210 开 She Drove a Tank into the Imperial Palace: The Divine Doctor Consort Conquered Four Kingdoms 开着坦克进皇宫，医妃她平了四国 Flowers Bloom in the Western Sea西海生花Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Marriage first, love later + both leads are devoted only to each other + equally strong leads + sweet romance + a magical space + transmigration. Yue Rushuang, a top military doctor from the twenty-fourth century with doctorates in both medicine and toxicology, transmigrates and marries the Crown Prince, who has been gravely wounded. On the first day of their marriage, she stitches up his wounds. On the second, she performs surgery on him. On the third, she pushes the disabled Crown Prince into 17kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
11. 211 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book: I Only Want to Be a Cousin, Not a Concubine 穿书之我只想当表妹，不想做妾 Your Lordship Smiles by the Rail倚栏君笑Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + palace and household intrigue + romance + satisfying revenge + everyday life] Zhou Qiongyue was praying for a chance to lie flat, only to transmigrate into a household-intrigue novel she'd read. The catch was that she wasn't the heroine. The heroine was Xie Zixin, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping. The male lead was Zhou Qiongyue's childhood friend, her second imperial cousin. Zhou Qiongyue, meanwhile, was a lovesick supporting female character who wa 14.4kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
12. 212 清 Qing Transmigration: My Son Is So Outstanding, I Become Empress After Being Made a Side Consort 清穿：儿子太争气，侧福晋封后了 Sweet 8糖糖8甜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate-history Qing Dynasty transmigration + spiritual spring space + sweet romance, no angst + doted on exclusively in the later chapters] Transmigrating as Geng Shi, Yongzheng's Consort Yu, Geng Jinghan puts winning his heart first and seducing him second. Fourth Master: “Bear me a son and I'll promote you to Side Consort.” Geng Jinghan: “What if I give you two sons?” Fourth Master: “What do you want, Han'er?” Geng Jinghan: “Be crazy about me, mad for me, and bang your head against the 21.7kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
13. 213 清 A Qing-Era Transmigration: What’s Wrong with Being Strong and Eating More? 清穿之力气大多吃点怎么了 Falling in Egypt跌落埃及Ancient Romance410k WordsCompleted After eating himself to death, Juling opens his eyes once again and arrives in a new world, in an unknown dynasty. But this world is just too complicated. Why do people have to think so much? And so, a whole series of questions arises. Why doesn’t the First Prince vie for the throne? Why does the First Prince work so hard? Why doesn’t the First Prince want his wife to get pregnant? Juling: Don’t you agree, my lord? (One foot on a “dog’s” head, one hand gnawing on a chicken leg.) Yin Ti: The Prin 8kReads9.2Score575Shelves
14. 214 穿 Reborn as a Baby, I Was Taken In by a Big Brother Who Raised Me as His Little Bride 穿成幼崽被小哥哥捡去当小媳妇养 Qu Liyao曲梨瑶Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only Love + Pocket Dimension + Sweet Romance + Everyone’s Darling + Weak to Strong] In her previous life, Bai Qianmo’s parents were each other’s true love. She really was just an accident. More unexpectedly, after dying by accident, her soul transmigrated into the body of the three-year-old fourth daughter of a general’s household in the Southern Yan Kingdom. Oh well. Since she had become a three-year-old child, she might as well make up for the childhood she had mis 7.5kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
15. 215 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
16. 216 清 Qing Transmigration: I Took the Tenth Prince to Sea, and Hit the Jackpot 清穿：我拐十爷出海后，赢麻了 Sweet 8糖糖8甜Ancient Romance318k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Spatial Spring] [Superpowers] [Raising Kids] [Strong Male and Female Leads] [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Lin Baozhu, a superpowered survivor of the apocalypse, transmigrates into a book as Guo Luoluo Gege, the concubine of Kangxi's good-for-nothing tenth son, Yinsi. First, there's Consort Yi, the transmigrated heroine with a Favorite Consort System. Then there's Consort De, a reborn underdog supporting character. With the two great favorite consorts battling it out, the 4kReads9.2Score379Shelves
17. 217 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Became the Beloved of a Cold-Blooded Killer 穿越后，我成了冷面煞神的掌心宝 Qu Liyao曲梨瑶Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Both leads' first and only love + pocket dimension + sweet romance + doted on by everyone + powerful male and female leads] Yan Xiyao, a senior physician in a modern special forces unit, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of the legitimate second daughter of the Junior Tutor's residence in the Martial Saint Dynasty. Her older sister and the man she was engaged to since childhood are both determined to kill her. Fine! I'll play along. If you want to kill me, I'll make you wish you were dea 15.6kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
18. 218 穿 Transmigrate into a Book as the Eldest Princess: Bold and Badass 穿书长公主，又飒又A Bewitching Rose妖染蔷薇Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + devoted couple + satisfying revenge against scoundrels) Ye Qingyu, the foremother of the alchemical arts, was a master of medicine, poisons, and pill refinement. She died when her furnace exploded while she was refining a batch of life-extending pills for an old friend. When she woke again, she had become the doomed eldest princess in a book, a cannon-fodder character who wouldn't survive more than one episode. Her elder brother is the current emper 3kReads8.9Score260Shelves
19. 219 黑 The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and She Slaughters Her Way Through with the Ailing Young Lord 黑莲花重生，和病弱小公爷杀疯了 A Drunken Glance at the Glazed Moon一醉琉月Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Shen Wan is the model of an aristocratic young lady: equally skilled in the literary and martial arts, and a peerless physician. Her parents and five older brothers adore her and treat her like the apple of their eye. Before these very relatives hunt her down and kill her, she too believes she is the beloved young lady everyone dotes on, and the Crown Prince’s sweetheart. Only as she lies dying does she learn the truth: she is not the legitimate daughter of the Shen family at all. The true daugh 28.7kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
20. 220 锦 The Lucky Darling of the Family: The Five-Year-Old Prodigy Doctor 锦鲤团宠：神医萌妃五岁半 Queen of the North北境女王Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine is decisive and ruthless, a big shot with many secret identities. The male lead is a calculating white lotus who is warm only to her. Face-slapping and sweet romance.) After loving the wrong man, she suffered the fall of her kingdom and the destruction of her family. Her rival cut her open to take her unborn child, and she died with a sword through her heart. The young clan head of a reclusive ancient martial arts family, reborn and transmigrated, returns to the age of five and a ha 5.1kReads9.1Score835Shelves
21. 221 乖 Be Good! Sweetheart, Don't Run! The Mad Tyrant Coaxes You in a Hoarse Whisper 乖！娇娇别逃！疯批暴君低哑缠哄 A Crescent Moon一剪月Ancient Romance272k WordsCompleted [Also known as The Phoenix Returns to the Luan] [Both Reborn + Both Transmigrate + Yandere + Power Couple + Everyone’s Favorite + Sweet Romance and Power Fantasy] After dying tragically in her previous life and transmigrating to the modern world, Yun Li unexpectedly transmigrates back. When she opens her eyes, it’s her wedding night! “A Li... why can’t you try to love me?” The yandere regent grips her waist, his eyes red-rimmed, and swears he’ll pamper his little darling with his life in this li 10.6kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
22. 222 心 His Beloved Frowns, and the Heir Apparent Rushes to Comfort Her 心尖宠她一皱眉，世子夫君追着哄 Shi Yiyuan十一源Ancient Romance321k WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance, Both Pure, Sweet Romance, Childhood Sweethearts] Print edition of Jin Shi Jin Yu signed, and the comic adaptation is now online. Yuan Rongjin was the daughter of a general, but when she was young, her stepmother framed her and sent her away from the capital! Everyone thought she would suffer terribly out in the world and live a miserable life. But no one expected that during the ten years she spent away from the capital, Yuan Rongjin never looked the least bit down and out. 30.1kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
23. 223 重 Reborn as the Chief Minister's White Moonlight 重生首辅大人白月光 Zhi Xia织夏Ancient Romance309k WordsCompleted [Complete] Happy ending, sweet overall, with a little angst [A reserved, dignified scholar-statesman and chief minister vs. a resilient, untamed little flirt] (#Both reborn, “daddy” type boyfriend) On a snowy day in Shengjing, the celebrated chief minister Shen Qian was beheaded at Wumen Gate, his blood spraying three feet. Before he died, he gripped a red cord tightly. “Qingqing, your big brother is coming to join you.” Ji Yaoqing’s family died in a political struggle. At six, she was taken in 5.4kReads9.3Score939Shelves
24. 224 重 Reborn and Doted On: The Sickly Prince Is Too Good at Flirting 重生娇宠：病娇王爷太能撩 Nuo Nuozi诺诺子Ancient Romance317k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, Both Leads Are Each Other’s First, Yandere, Transmigration] [Reborn Yandere Prince vs. Purehearted Transmigrated Princess Consort] In his previous life, he pursued power single-mindedly, trusted the wrong people, and hurt the woman he loved. He even made a mistake he could never take back. In this life, he is ruthless toward his enemies and has killed countless people. His only wish is to spend his life with her. Lin Wanwan unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a six-year-o 766Reads9.1Score103Shelves
25. 225 娇 Don't Leave, My Darling: The Possessive Crown Prince Begs Her to Stay 娇娇宝贝别离开，偏执太子哀求 Sichuan Pepper Wine and Star Anise Cake花椒酒与八角糕Ancient Romance253k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, no angst + devoted couple + sugary sweet + feel-good power fantasy] [Soft, delicate beauty vs. possessive crown prince] [The leads get together in chapter 49; the earlier chapters are optional. It's all sweetness after that, and the villains are dealt with quickly.] On her wedding night, she was stabbed to death by the childhood sweetheart she had known for ten years. She discovered that he and her close cousin had been carrying on behind her back for a long time. Her soul linger 5.2kReads9.1Score430Shelves
26. 226 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Big Shot’s Lazy Pillow 穿书后成了大佬的咸鱼抱枕 Xi Yin奚音Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted Outside, a raging storm howled and battle cries filled the air. Inside, Ning Xihua suddenly jolted awake on the bed. Propping herself up halfway, she looked confused. “What’s going on?” The man held a book in one hand and pulled her into his arms with the other. “Nothing. Go back to sleep.” “Oh.” Ning Xihua lay back down and promptly fell asleep. If the big shot was this calm, then even if knives were raining down outside, it had nothing to do with her. After transmigrating into a book, Ning Xi 49.3kReads9.4Score5.5kShelves
27. 227 当 After the Puppy-Like Heir Learned to Dote on His Wife 当奶狗世子学会宠妻后 Yue Gou月苟Ancient Romance456k WordsCompleted The clingy young heir × the cold-faced but soft-hearted eldest princess The eldest princess has come of age to choose a husband. Everyone in the Kingdom of Qing debates who could possibly win the heart of this unattainable beauty. No one expects their own princess to be whisked away by a spoiled young heir just returned from Yanbei. The ministers shake their heads, convinced the princess and the young heir are a poor match: he is young, mischievous, and doesn’t know how to cherish anyone. They f 7.7kReads9.3Score800Shelves
28. 228 仗 Using My Cuteness to Get Away with Murder! The Tyrannical Regent Lures Me into His Arms 仗萌行凶！暴戾摄政王诱捕我入怀 September Watermelon Is So Sweet九月西瓜甜呀Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [Completed. Theme: Protecting animals starts with refusing to support animal performances] [Double rebirth + mutual devotion + sweet from beginning to end + a long-planned seduction] [Fierce squirrel princess vs. doting, scheming regent] Qiuqiu was a fluffy little squirrel you could pet to your heart’s content. The moment she opened her eyes, a cunning big shot had captured her. Knowing she couldn’t read, the man set trap after trap, luring her in at every turn. “Husband, what is an imperial edi 791Reads9.2Score102Shelves
29. 229 清 Qing Transmigration: The Noble Consort Takes Down Consort De and Becomes Empress Dowager 清穿：贵妃娘娘她灭了德妃成太后 My Feelings for You卿我意Ancient Romance873k WordsCompleted [Child-rearing (not self-sacrificing; willing to go after her mother, but never schemes against children) + Harem intrigue] After transmigrating into the Qing Dynasty as Noble Consort Tongjia during the reign of Kangxi, Ruirui's first thought was to go find that poor child... Ruirui didn't like the Qing Dynasty. But if she had to choose one person in all of Great Qing, it would be the Fourth Prince, later the Yongzheng Emperor. Not because she liked him, but because she felt for him. She felt fo 14.6kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
30. 230 宫 Palace Beauty 宫姝 Clear Summer Xixi清夏兮兮Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined. 8.4kReads9.2Score950Shelves

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    These are all ancient palace intrigue dramas, they're all very good, highly recommended!

31. 231 深 Palace Intrigue: The Story of Qing Zhi 深宫策·青栀传 Qing Zhi Wei Bai青栀未白Ancient Romance882k WordsCompleted Her eyes can see through sinister tricks and schemes, but she cannot fully see the changes in people's hearts. His hands hold the fate of all under heaven, yet all he wants is to hold on to the few who truly care for him. How far is it from being the daughter of a powerful official distrusted by the emperor to becoming a virtuous empress remembered throughout history? Once she enters the imperial palace, her past ties are severed. Half a lifetime of ups and downs conceals the green of the garden 1.9kReads9.2Score298Shelves
32. 232 贵 The Noble Consort Is Cool and Aloof, and the Emperor Yearns for Her Night After Night 贵妃清冷，圣上夜夜相思 Que Ling Yan Zi雀翎宴子Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted Shen Qinghe was in the bloom of youth when she entered the palace, where she weathered its intrigues for more than a decade. She had hoped to leave with a reward one day, or perhaps spend her whole life peacefully as a palace official. But then an order came down, and one day she unexpectedly became an imperial consort. She watched these women fight day after day, never expecting to become entangled in their schemes herself. Shen Qinghe could only sigh. He was the emperor, and she was a palac 13.1kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
33. 233 大 Empress Daqi: The Complete Collection 大奇皇后（全集） A Suo阿琐Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The story follows a concubine-born daughter of the Chancellor, given to the Emperor as a gift. In a single night, she becomes Empress and wins the Emperor’s heart, leading him to empty the harem for her. 3.1kReads9.2Score457Shelves
34. 234 卿 Qing Chen's Scheme 卿宸谋 Southward, Where the Shepherd's Flute Plays南有牧笛笙Ancient Romance516k WordsCompleted [Not a virginal romance, not a wish-fulfillment story. Read with caution! A story that could loosely be called an ancient Cinderella tale] [Traditional Historical Palace Intrigue]+ [Rich Plot]+ [A Mix of Sweetness and Heartbreak]+ [Slow-Burning Happy Ending] Autumn, Year Seventeen of the Nanyan era. The late emperor passed away, and his eleventh son, Xiao Yuning, ascended the throne, ushering in the Minghe era. In the third year of Minghe, the court decreed that officials of the fourth rank and 1.2kReads8.9Score119Shelves
35. 235 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
36. 236 嫡 Married into the Eastern Palace 嫡嫁东宫 Mei Yi Si瑂忆覗Ancient Romance510k WordsCompleted Ever since she was little, Zhou Zhou knew she was different from her sisters. That difference meant she was lucky enough to be taught by her grandfather and cherished by her grandmother. At eight, the emperor personally selected her to be the princess’s companion. She entered the palace, grew up alongside the princess, and became the childhood sweetheart of the Fifth Prince. Before the Peach Blossom Banquet held when she was fifteen, everyone said she was destined to become the Fifth Prince’s co 5.3kReads8.9Score445Shelves
37. 237 雪 Snow Blankets the Capital 雪满京都 Gu, Who Loves Puppy Fish喜欢小狗鱼的谷Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted An ancient-era romance with no System, no transmigration, and no rebirth. Synopsis 1: Xue Rong thought she would marry the young man she loved and grow old with him. But then her cold and heartless master took an interest in her. The young man’s pure, simple love came to nothing, and she had no choice but to take another path. Synopsis 2: Xue Rong would never forget that winter in the twenty-fourth year of Jialong. Her usually stern and cold father was groveling at the feet of a pale, beardless 4.3kReads8.9Score481Shelves
38. 238 宫 A Palace Maid's Daily Life: My Parents Want Me to Be a Couch Potato 宫女日常：爹娘让我当咸鱼 Yu Tangluo玉糖萝Ancient Romance699k WordsCompleted Hang Jiayanxin was a bondservant of the Plain White Banner and a court-appointed royal service worker. She entered the palace at thirteen and would leave at twenty-five. For twelve years in the palace, she kept her parents' advice in mind: be a good-for-nothing fish, and hang on until it's time to leave. But the towering palace before her was like a massive vessel, bearing endless power and desire. Once she pushed open those heavy doors, she stepped onto a path from which there was no turning ba 5.4kReads9.1Score571Shelves
39. 239 九 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Evening Breeze Under the Moon月下晚风Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 33.5kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves
40. 240 圣 Heavenly Prison of Sacred Sorrow 圣殇天狱 Clouds Are Drifting云在飘扬Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing The sky went dark in a cataclysmic explosion, and the Myriad Worlds sank into a haze of gray mist, like a living hell. The continents of the Myriad Worlds trembled from time to time. Dark clouds gathered overhead, and desolation spread everywhere. The divine beings vanished as a group, becoming legends. All that remained were those below the divine level, clinging to life. The bleak world lay desolate in every direction. Its darkness had to be torn away bit by bit to restore the light! The chaot 97Reads8.9Score108Shelves

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    An all-encompassing, high-octane fantasy epic, forever glorious, featuring the domineering Emperor Ziyun summoning across the eight wastelands and six directions.

41. 241 权 The Power of the Imperial Favorite 权宠天下 June六月Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted Live-action short-form drama: The Power and Privilege 4: Ruling the World is now streaming on Hongguo. A brilliant medical PhD transmigrates into the body of the Chu Prince’s discarded consort. As soon as she arrives, she encounters a critically injured patient. Guided by her medical ethics, she treats him, only to nearly be thrown into prison on false charges. When the Retired Emperor falls gravely ill, she finds a way to treat him, but that hateful Poison King misunderstands and berates her. I 10.3kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves

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    Palace intrigue dramas all involve using your brains to fight.

42. 242 后 Tales of a Harem Struggle 后宫奋斗记 Spring Has Filled the Blossoming Branches华枝春已满Ancient Romance674k WordsCompleted Sweet romance + palace intrigue + a slow, steady love story + adorable children + devoted love later on In the sixth year of Zhengli, Qu Su, daughter of the Imperial Medical Academy's director, was ordered to enter the palace. Many years later, Qu Su had risen from Junior Lady to Noble Consort. Her children surrounded her, and her Yuyan cosmetics shops had spread throughout the land. Looking back, she saw that the man had always been protecting her from behind. Qu Su: I love you, and I love myse 17.7kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
43. 243 娘 The Empress Is Alluring and Delicate, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Falls for Her at First Sight 娘娘娇娇媚，冷戾帝王一见倾心 The Star Among the Stars in the Sky天上星星的星星Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue and revenge, a slow-burn, slow-payoff story + stunning heroine + exceptionally clearheaded heroine with an unwavering goal] [The hero always favors the heroine + dotes on her exclusively in the middle + disbands his harem later] After Shen Qingtang’s aunt is schemed against and killed by Madam Shen, her goal becomes perfectly clear: she will enter the palace, become the most honored woman in the land, and make everyone who plotted against her aunt pay. She is also perfectly clea 4.9kReads9.1Score544Shelves
44. 244 养 The Sweetheart in the Palace of Heavenly Purity Is Being Spoiled Rotten by His Majesty 养心殿那位娇娇，被陛下宠疯了 Exquisite Rabbit琳琅兔Ancient Romance586k WordsCompleted [One-on-one, both chaste + sweet romance + airheaded beauty + healing body scent + pregnancy and childbirth + cozy foodie life] Shuyi is known throughout the Imperial Food Bureau as a “porcelain doll.” With skin like ice and bones like jade, she blushes at the slightest touch and cries if anyone so much as scolds her. She'd planned to keep her head down in the palace, cook delicious food, save up enough silver, and retire outside the palace. But by a twist of fate, she was reassigned to serve t 6.3kReads7.7Score734Shelves
45. 245 贵 The Noble Consort Is Stunning, and Both Emperor and Empress Fight to Spoil Her 贵妃娘娘真绝色，惹得帝后争相宠 Returning South南归Ancient Romance600k WordsCompleted Yao Ying saves a stranger, never expecting him to be Ying Heng, the emperor’s eldest son. After waking, Ying Heng falls for Yao Ying at first sight. He showers her with concern day after day, and eventually wins her heart. Then he comes to the Yao residence to ask for her hand as his principal consort. Her mother tells her he is no good for her, but she ignores the objections and insists on marrying him. Yet just before he is due to marry her, he takes Su Wanrou, the eldest daughter of Chancello 5kReads9.2Score603Shelves
46. 246 娘 A Thousand Charms and Graces: The Emperor Is Lost in Her Every Day 娘娘千娇百媚，帝王日日沉沦 Su Qiyu苏栖雨Ancient Romance249k WordsCompleted [A Dramatic, Mischievous Airhead Beauty VS. A Madly Devoted, Unhinged Emperor] [Both leads are each other's one and only; he dotes exclusively on her; she is not a strong heroine; love at first sight from the hero's perspective, love growing over time from the heroine's] With the realm split into four, the Sheng kingdom sends Jiang Yao to become a consort in Fu Hanlin's harem, a plaything to curry favor with him. From then on, Jiang Yao's goal in life is to please Fu Hanlin and enjoy a life of l 441Reads5.5Score—Shelves
47. 247 乡 A Country Doctor's Daughter Enters the Capital 乡野医女入京华 Nuan Nuan 11暖暖11Ancient Romance176k WordsCompleted My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A whimsical palace intrigue story, followed by a heartwarming urban romance.

48. 248 重 Reborn in 2015: Setting Out Again on the Road to Fortune 重生2015财富之路再出发 ZH YiZH益Urban678k WordsCompleted Zhu Mosi, who lived a lonely and impoverished life, is reborn in 2015. With only a little knowledge of the stock market, he goes from an ordinary oil-field worker to financial freedom, making up for every regret and embarking on a new life rich in both wealth and happiness. 16Reads5.4Score—Shelves
49. 249 艳 Beauty That Slays the World 艳杀天下 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted She killed Han Xin and executed Peng Yue, clearing away every one of Liu Bang’s “brothers” for him. She poisoned the King of Zhao and turned a rival into a human pig, leaving no one in the harem daring to challenge her authority. Before her husband died, he made her swear that only members of the Liu clan could be kings, yet she personally placed members of the Lü clan on the throne. Her son hated her, the ministers feared her, and the people of the realm called her a “poisonous woman.” But so w 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The most cruel "human pig" in the world was created by Empress Lü Zhi, Liu Bang's wife. Her brutality drove her own son, Liu Ying, insane... Based on history and beautifully written, this is a worthwhile read!

50. 250 燕 The Swallow's Pecks, the Emperor's Grandson, and a Kingdom Beneath Her Skirts 燕啄皇孙裙下江山 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Ancient Romance262k WordsCompleted A tale of the Han palace + satisfying palace intrigue + breathtaking beauties + a powerful heroine and political scheming + a fight back from the brink. Zhao Feiyan has been branded by history with the shameful accusation of “swallowing the emperor’s grandsons,” and reviled for all time. Yet no one knows that it was not cruelty in her nature, but a necessary step on her path to the pinnacle of power. An emperor’s favor is merely the sharpest blade in her hand; even the bonds between sisters can 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Team up with your sister, take to the field, conquer the harem, overthrow the emperor, and wipe out the princes. Based on history, with brilliant literary flair! It's none other than the historical "beautiful and slender" Zhao Feiyan…❤️😏

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