Palace Intrigue with a Cunning, Careful Heroine Who Climbs to Power Through Her Wits, Looks, and Acting Skills 宫斗文，有谋算心计谨慎步步走上高位，有演技美貌

1. 101 太 The Daily Life of a Concubine in the Crown Prince's Manor 太子府的侍妾日常 Zhu Chidan朱赤丹Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn and switching betrothals + household battles + raising children + adorable babies + doted on exclusively later] Chu Mingyun and her legitimate elder sister, Chu Mingxi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Chu Mingxi became the Crown Prince’s secondary consort and lived in splendor. She married an old man from the marquis’s household as his second wife and had to raise someone else’s children. The whole family’s hopes rested on her elder sister, but who could have expected this? Th 4.4kReads8.0Score49614d adds
2. 102 士 Shih Wei Shih Wei 士薇士薇 Jin Jiu lilian津玖lilianAncient Romance321k WordsCompleted Warning!! Proceed with caution!! The female lead is a bit of a villain. Thirteen years in the cold palace taught her every rule of survival in this world. Her biological father's hypocrisy was laid bare in her. The people around her approached her with ulterior motives. Those who loved her left her. Only by becoming the one who wielded the sword could she write a glorious life for herself, so she destroyed everyone who stood in her way. Only after reaching the pinnacle of power did she look back 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The male and female leads are locked in a bittersweet love story. The male lead's father is involved in the assassination attempt on the female lead, and the female lead, in her pursuit of power, kills the male lead's father and indirectly causes the deaths of his family. Both wish the other were alive, and if anyone were to die, it would be by their own hand. 👍

3. 103 重 Reborn as His Majesty’s Most Treasured One 重生之成为了陛下的掌中宝 Chen Bushu陈不淑Ancient Romance184k WordsCompleted Ning Shaoyin was reborn, returning to a time before the Noble Consort arranged her marriage. In her previous life, she obeyed her family's wishes and married her cousin. She thought they would be a devoted couple, but accidentally discovered his affair with her female cousin. After he ascended the throne, he even killed her with his own hands, just so he could hand the position of empress to that cousin. In this life, Ning Shaoyin came to the capital to seek revenge, carefully planning every mov 12Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Aside from palace intrigue and domestic power struggles, the story focuses more on the female lead, a cousin of a noble family, who is summoned to the capital by a concubine to become a pawn of the imperial family's relatives. After the second male lead ascends the throne, he kills the female lead (because he loves the second female lead, who is the female lead's sister). The girl is reborn and forms an alliance with another prince. The political intrigue and romance are both very engaging, and the story is particularly captivating due to the intense revenge against the villains.

4. 104 地 Panning for Gold at the Earth's Core 地核里面淘点金 Feeling My Way Across the Milky Way摸着石头过银河Urban549k WordsOngoing I transmigrate 50 million light-years away, and all the rich people on Earth work for me. A sci-fi story that blurs the line between reality and fiction. A matter of National Fate, not a school story. A six-dimensional, otherworldly genius boy. “Space is mine to shape as I please. Time can be controlled. Earth can be played with like this.” 6Reads7.3Score—14d adds

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   It's readable. It's worth reading.

5. 105 月 Dreams Beneath the Moon in Huazhou 月落梦华州 Wu Tinglan梧听澜Ancient Romance374k WordsOngoing Don’t worry about the rating. [Desert Romance + Powerful Leads Who Save Each Other + Ensemble Political Intrigue + Hilarious Love Triangle] After a sudden raid by bandits, Gong Langyue, a princess of the Xiao Kingdom, is taken captive in the desert. Everyone assumes this delicate young woman from the Southern Dynasty won’t survive the winter. But she not only survives, she thrives, and even turns a group of women stranded on the grasslands into her own team. She may not be skilled in combat, 201Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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   I recommend this one! It's great! A story of palace intrigue and power struggles within the grasslands.

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