Any Palace- or Household-Intrigue Stories Where the Female Lead Is Unfavored? 有没有女主不受宠的宫斗宅斗文

1. 51 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 106.8kReads9.5Score12.4k14d adds

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   The female lead in this book is very strong; she and the emperor are like adversaries. 🥰 [Please follow][Please follow]

2. 52 皇 The Empress Is a Max-Level Palace Intriguer, Crushing Everyone 皇后满级宫斗，嘎嘎乱杀 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S 13.8kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds
3. 53 郡 The Commandery Princess Returns to the Capital, So Why Is the Entire Marquis’s Household Dead? 郡主一回京，侯府怎么死光了？ Dancing Sunflower跳舞的向日葵Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted [Satisfying family-intrigue story + ruthless heroine + face-slapping the villains] Qu Ling was framed by her stepmother and left the Marquis's residence for six years. When she returned to the capital, happiness wasn't waiting for her. Instead, she was driven step by step to the brink of madness. In the end, she went mad and killed everyone in the marquis's household, paying for it with her own life. After coming back to life, Qu Ling took up her knife. She no longer needed to go mad to slaughte 33.5kReads9.2Score4.4k14d adds

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   1. The female lead takes revenge without delay; the pace is fast and efficient. 2. The female lead is powerful, skilled in both tactics and strategy. 3. Both the female lead and supporting female characters are intelligent; the female lead feigns weakness to outsmart the enemy; there is no romantic pairing.

4. 54 只 With Only Seven Days to Live, She Won’t Take It Anymore 只剩七天寿命她不忍了 Lu Minghuang鹿明凰Ancient Romance456k WordsCompleted The short drama based on this novel, “Seven Days Left to Live, and She’s Done Holding Back,” is now available. [Powerful heroine + nation and family + decisive and ruthless + punishing scumbags] She was the dynasty’s female war god, who fought for her country and won countless honors. Yet on her wedding night, her childhood sweetheart of a husband poisoned her? The husband who seemed deeply devoted was, in truth, a hypocritical and cruel villain. He already had a pregnant concubine in his househ 86.9kReads9.1Score3.3k14d adds
5. 55 棒 The Wicked Matriarch Who Tore Lovers Apart Is Reborn and Chooses to Do Nothing 棒打鸳鸯的恶人主母，重生摆烂了 Crow Blue鸦青Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ruan Yunluo, the eldest daughter-in-law and head of the household, cared for her mother-in-law during her confinement and raised her younger siblings-in-law. But because she broke up one “true love” couple after another, she was despised and died with regrets. Her brother-in-law resented her. Her sister-in-law hated her. Even her husband abandoned her for his true love. Reborn, she learned her lesson and decided to stop trying. Her brother-in-law wants to be a lovesick door 3.7kReads8.5Score42114d adds
6. 56 女 The Villainess Uses a Martial Arts System to Become a Marquis 女配她靠武侠系统封侯 Su Wei Ai粟苇艾Ancient Romance590k WordsOngoing [Female supporting character transmigrates into a book + System + no romance + wise ruler and capable ministers + ensemble cast + unification of the six kingdoms] Meng Weiyao transmigrates into the child version of a cannon-fodder female supporting character in a household-intrigue novel, who doesn’t survive past three chapters. After keeping her head down for over a decade, she finally awakens a martial arts System at a crucial plot point. The System actually requires her to achieve the ultimat 1.6kReads—Score13714d adds

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   It wasn't that he was unfavored; after all, once he was adopted, he was no longer considered Meng Xiang's child.

7. 57 震 Shocking! The Scheming Concubine Reforms After Being Reborn 震惊，作精庶女重生后改邪归正了 Yu Yueyue余越越Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Cui Yunchu is a handful, but what pampered concubine isn’t? Her aunt taught her to be this way. What’s she supposed to do about it? Flirting with her cousin’s fiancé, only for the Crown Prince to turn her down? Oh, wait. Her legitimate younger sister’s childhood sweetheart is handsome too. Cui Yunchu is obsessed with marrying into the imperial family and becoming a princess consort. But none of her plans work out, and both her cousin and younger sister chase after her to berate her. Then Cui Yun 42kReads8.1Score5.2k14d adds
8. 58 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. 13.7kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
9. 59 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 90.9kReads9.6Score12.1k14d adds

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10. 60 穿 Transmigrating to 1937 During the War of Resistance 穿越抗日1937 Little Scribe9527小书僮9527Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [True-to-life Republican-era setting. No System. Not a power fantasy.] In 2025, an ordinary office worker transmigrates to the chaotic Republican era of 1927 and is forced to become a starving foot soldier amid the warlord conflicts. Ten years later, he leads over a hundred thousand men out of Sichuan to fight the Japanese. This is a stirring, tragic expedition, and an iron-blooded legend written by an ordinary man at a time when his nation’s survival hangs in the balance! Note: This book has no 9.7kReads6.1Score39314d adds
11. 61 一 One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤 Guan关Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing [Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham 72.9kReads9.3Score6.8k14d adds
12. 62 抗 On the Eve of the War Against America, I Returned from Studying Abroad 抗鹰前夕，我留学归国 Ugly Puppy丑丑狗子Urban2.4M WordsOngoing The ratings just opened, so a low score is normal. It’ll go up later. [Military Industry Powerhouse + Transmigration + System + Passionate Patriotism] “You call that a sniper rifle?” “It has a scope, a long range, and hits like a dream. If that’s not a sniper rifle, what is?” Lin Jian says, holding a Type 107 rocket launcher. Lin Jian, chief engineer of the national defense industry, transmigrates and becomes an international student stranded in Star-Spangled Country. When he hears that his mot 20.5kReads6.7Score1.7k14d adds
13. 63 让 You Were Told to Hold the Fort, Now You Command a Million Troops 让你留守，你带出百万大军 Wen Dao San Shi73文刀三石73Urban1.9M WordsCompleted That year, Zhang Hao, a member of the Red Army’s rear guard, fled from place to place with the remnants of his troops. That year, surrounded by enemies on every side, Zhang Hao resolutely decided to head straight for an area teeming with enemy forces. The three-year guerrilla war in the eight southern provinces was unimaginably arduous. But after Zhang Hao arrived, things seemed to change. Zhang Hao discovered that if you had money, there was nothing you couldn’t buy. Food, fabric, machinery, yo 3.8kReads8.4Score22914d adds
14. 64 大 Becoming a Great Emperor Is Hard? My Cultivation Is Tied to an Entire Nation 大帝难证？可我修为绑定整个国家 A Dream Falls, Softly and Soundlessly梦落细无声Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing Lin Mo transmigrated into a cultivation fantasy world and became a servant disciple of the Qingxuan Sect. His talent was so abysmal that he was about to be expelled from the sect. Worse still, his sworn enemy, who had never liked him, was just waiting for this moment so he could cripple him. Just as Lin Mo fell into despair, the National Dao Foundation Sharing System activated! Its ability was simple and overpowered: bind to a nation and gain the combined cultivation of its entire population! Li 65.7kReads7.7Score5.3k14d adds
15. 65 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
16. 66 舌 A Silver Tongue Rules the Realm 舌剑覆江山 A Certain Lu Who Loves Stir-Fried Shanghai Greens爱吃炒上海青的陆某Ancient Romance215k WordsCompleted He discovers that the ruler he has sworn to serve unto death, the King of Wei, is secretly making deals with the enemy state of Qi and selling out his country's interests. His loyal convictions collide violently with the cruel reality. If this secret comes to light, it could not only shatter his faith, but also bring about Wei's destruction and cost him his life. 2. Villainous Agents and Emotional Betrayal: Led by Wei's great general Pang Xuan, Jiang Yue, the princess sent from Qi to marry i —Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 67 深 The Midnight Tavern: Soul Ferryer 深夜酒馆：渡魂人 The Sun Keeps Rising in the East旭日持续东升Urban136k WordsCompleted [Stoic Soul Ferryman] [Midnight Tavern] [Female Ghost] [Wolf Demon] [Healing] [Guiding Souls] My name is Yu Sheng, and I run a tavern that opens only at midnight. The customers who come in aren't human. There's a ghost in a qipao who has waited for sixty years, a wolf demon repaying a debt of gratitude, and an old man watching over his grandson. I guide them through their lingering attachments with a cup of "Worry-Forgotten Wine," and watch them smile and say, "I don't blame him," before the flu —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Five hundred years of waiting + father and son recognizing each other + brothers reconciling! No angst, no clichés, you'll laugh and cry at the same time. A highly rated finale on Tomato, definitely worth watching!

18. 68 臣 The Concubine’s Hard Lot 臣妾难为 Xi Xin夕心Ancient Romance3.7M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was a favored daughter of heaven and the foremost consort in the imperial harem, beloved by the emperor and envied by all. Little did she know the ways of the palace or understand that people are not always what they seem. She died with bitterness in her heart. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on her and gave her a second life. Driven by an obsession of her own, she entered the palace once more, relishing the struggle for favor and the battle of wits, until she grew disill 23Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Rebirth in a palace intrigue novel, a phoenix plotting to conquer the world, the eldest princess is reborn.

19. 69 重 Reborn to Scheme for the Throne 重生凤谋天下 Feng Jiu凤玖Ancient Romance3.9M WordsCompleted Feng An was born the emperor’s legitimate daughter, with the empress as her birth mother. Kind and innocent by nature, she was easily swayed by slander and eventually fell victim to a conspiracy. After her mother’s death, she was gradually reduced to a prisoner, tortured until she died. Reborn, she takes the fight to her enemies at every turn, humiliating villains and delivering face-slapping comeuppances. Before she knows it, she has caught that man’s eye! “I’m taking back everything that belon 67Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 70 雪 A Birthmark in the Snow 雪中痣 Yi Bao H怡寳HAncient Romance338k WordsCompleted A calculating, powerful male lead × a coolheaded, clever female lead On her way home through a snowy night, she entered the depths of political intrigue carrying the burden of a blood feud. A decree of marriage transformed Shen Zhiyi from the daughter of a convicted minister into the wife of Lu Zhao, a ruthless powerbroker. The world saw only a sparrow rising to the highest branch, unaware that this was a transaction born of calculation, with each side getting what they wanted. She would clear h 209Reads—Score10114d adds
21. 71 通 After His Bedchamber Maid Faked Her Death, the Chaste Heir Searched for Her for Three Years 通房假死后，禁欲世子苦寻三年 Return Feast Wine归宴酒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Powerful Man Bows His Head] [The Regret-and-Redemption Arc] [Both Leads Are Inexperienced] At first, in Zhao Xuanyou’s eyes, Yu Ying was nothing more than an ordinary bedchamber maid. She was pretty, she knew how to flatter him, and she was just a plaything. Watching Yu Ying scheme her way up the ranks and bask in her success, he treated it all as a diversion. It wasn’t until she faked her death and ran away that Zhao Xuanyou realized he didn’t just covet her charms. He wanted all of her, inclu 15.5kReads8.6Score2.2k14d adds
22. 72 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 44.2kReads6.8Score5.3k14d adds
23. 73 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
24. 74 风 Spirit of the Wind 风之灵 Little Buu from the Music Capital音乐之都的小布欧19k WordsCompleted Spirit of the Wind 1Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 75 风 Spirit of the Wind 2 风之灵2 Little Buu from the Music Capital音乐之都的小布欧18k WordsCompleted Spirit of the Wind 2 1Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 76 靖 Tales of Jingchuan: Changfeng Xinghe 靖川记_长风星河 Little Buu from the Music Capital音乐之都的小布欧18k WordsCompleted Chronicles of Jingchuan: Changfeng Xinghe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 77 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
28. 78 坏 Oh No! The Beggar Bride Is a Black-Hearted Schemer 坏了！替嫁小乞丐是朵黑心莲 Dragonfly Mehmeh蜻蜓咩咩Ancient Romance425k WordsCompleted [Pure historical domestic intrigue + black lotus heroine + play the pig to eat the tiger + both leads have past relationships (skip if that bothers you)] ♥ Eloping? Perfect. All this wealth falls right into my lap! Shen Chaoyun, the marquis’s legitimate daughter, elopes for love, and the little beggar Shu Wan is pushed into the bridal sedan instead. Her husband, the heir to the marquisate: a womanizer who thinks he’s devoted, a complete oddball who falls in love with every woman he meets. Her 55Reads8.1Score—14d adds
29. 79 重 Reborn, I Tore the Entire Harem Apart 重生后我手撕了整个后宫 A Half-Knowing Sea Cockroach似懂非懂的海蟑螂Ancient Romance493k WordsCompleted In my previous life, I was a ninth-rank consort, sent to my death by a cup of poisoned wine from Noble Consort Ning. Only as I was dying did I learn that all my concessions had merely paved the way for someone else. Reborn, I’m done pretending. During the selection, I deliberately chose the most remote palace residence, because it concealed an intelligence network tracking the treasures of the previous dynasty. At my first audience, I publicly acted weak, because I wanted to lure the snake fro 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Shen Qingyi was reborn. In her previous life, when Consort Ning poisoned her, she realized that her constant concessions only led to her death. In this life, she was wiser—she didn't vie for favor, didn't make enemies, and didn't stand out. But she opened the largest spice shop in the entire harem, and her intelligence network was more sophisticated than the Imperial Observatory. On the surface, she seemed helpless, but secretly, the Jiangnan trade routes were all her people. The emperor used her as a pawn, so she made sure he couldn't leave her. Consort Ning wanted to fight? Fine, she'd fight until she committed suicide in the cold palace. The empress wanted to be deposed? Fine, she'd depose her until her entire family was exiled. Court officials wanted to rebel? Come on, let's see if your military power can last three months. From a noblewoman to empress dowager, Shen Qingyi only used one sentence—"In this life, I will not be anyone's pawn, but only the one playing the game."

30. 80 撕 Tear Apart the Harem! Win Favor! She's a Lunatic, Who Dares Cross Her? 撕后宫！得恩宠！她是疯批谁敢惹 Cats Are Extra Sweet猫猫特别甜Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue Only + Concubine-born Daughter + Reborn + Revenge + Everyone Is Evil + Wish-Fulfillment] [The story begins before the heroine enters the palace] [The emperor favors no one at first, and the heroine doesn’t fall in love] Jiang Shiying had died once. She died in childbirth, after her own elder sister had her killed to keep the baby. Reborn, she had made up her mind: she would enter the palace and get revenge, but she wouldn’t suffer! Not her stepmother or her elder sister, not eve 7.5kReads9.3Score95214d adds

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31. 81 娇 The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces the Cold Emperor, and He Falls for Her 娇娇蓄意勾引，清冷帝王沦陷了 Mu Niannian慕年年Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + push and pull + seduction and rising to power + falling deeper at every step + devotion to one woman in the later story Loving her and knowing it + a man in power bowing his head for love * The short drama is out now. Search for “The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces Him, and the Cold Emperor Falls” on Fanqie or Hongguo to watch the full series. * Pei Tingyue transmigrated into a book. She became a disposable consort in The Palace in Power. In the original story, she was simple-m 37.8kReads9.3Score4.4k14d adds
32. 82 病 Yandere Strategy: I Turned the Tables by Stealing the Prince's Luck 病娇攻略：我靠吸王爷气运逆袭了 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance151k WordsCompleted Warning! The author wrote this during their amateur phase, and it ends badly. Don’t read it, okay? Be good and listen! The author wrote this during their amateur phase, and it ends badly. Don’t read it, okay? Be good and listen! The author wrote this during their amateur phase, and it ends badly. Don’t read it, okay? Be good and listen! 193Reads8.4Score—14d adds
33. 83 娘 The Empress Is Determined to Rise to the Top 娘娘她立志登高位 The Moon Has Set in the West月已西Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted Scheming beauty x stern, cold emperor (soul transmigration + palace intrigue + not mutually devoted + eventually his one and only) In the third year of Zhaowu, Wen Zhuohua abandoned the path laid out for her and entered the palace as a palace-selection candidate. She loves wealth, splendor, power, and status. All under heaven belongs to the sovereign, and nothing in this world is more exalted than imperial authority. Once in the palace, she treads carefully in the harem and puts on an act for th 15.3kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
34. 84 贵 The Noble Consort Rejects Romance: While Others Fight for Favor, I Seize Power 贵妃不入爱河，别人争宠我夺权 Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [Female-Lead Wish Fulfillment + Unfeeling Persona + Ruthless Revenge and Face-Slapping] Years later, the history books would describe Ming Tang as a master strategist with an iron fist, the ultimate winner of the harem struggles and the vast empire. Only Ming Tang knew she had never wanted to be that winner in the first place. From a young girl to the ruler of the realm, all she had wanted at first was to avenge her elder sister. The harem was full of danger. On one side was Consort Jin, who had 7.3kReads9.4Score86914d adds
35. 85 却 Yet You Betrayed the Spring's Grace 却负春恩 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available. Search for Ascending to the Clouds on any platform to buy] [Original titles: Ascending to the Clouds / Loathing the Vermilion Walls] [High-IQ Palace Intrigue + Pure-Hatred Heroine + No Disposable Characters] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger] [The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please go read the story] How do you become an emperor’s favorite concubine? A prestigious family? A good education? A gentle, respectful, modest, and accommodating nature? Unfor 25.8kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds
36. 86 昭 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Available in print. Search "Zhaohua Rebellion" on any platform to purchase.] [Strong female lead, satisfying revenge, high-IQ palace intrigue, the heroine schemes against the entire harem, a dangerously unhinged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen the world more clearly than anyone else. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was crystal clear: "I en 87.1kReads9.5Score9.7k14d adds
37. 87 侯 I Rule the Marquis's Household: Scumbag Husband and Wicked Concubine, Get Lost 侯门主母我当家，渣男贱妾给我爬 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance490k WordsCompleted [This novel has been signed for publication] After disappearing for eight years, Shen Qiuci returned to Shangjing and found that the Shen family had changed beyond recognition. Her father and brothers had died in bizarre circumstances on the battlefield. Her elder sister had been abused to death by her husband’s family. The Danyang Marquis’s household was plotting to wipe out the entire Shen family! Taking on her elder sister’s identity, Shen Qiuci fought her way back into the marquis’s house 3kReads8.5Score34514d adds
38. 88 宫 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 A Cluster of Flowers一丛花令Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she endured a life of hardship and instability. From the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an to a government courtesan available to any man, she finally escaped a life of being passed from one man to another, only to jump from the tiger’s jaws into the wolf’s den. She walked on eggshells at every step until she finally became the real power behind the prefect’s household. But the misery of her first half of life had already left her body broken beyond repair. Only o 7.8kReads9.0Score78414d adds
39. 89 皇 The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼 Huang Dandan黄蛋蛋Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we 21.5kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
40. 90 娘 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 56.6kReads9.5Score7k14d adds
41. 91 后 The Harem: Consort Hua Reborn 后宫之华妃重生 Shi Liu Sparkling Water石刘气泡水Female-Channel Fanfiction887k WordsCompleted Consort Hua, Nian Shilan, died with a heart full of resentment in her previous life. Unexpectedly, she was reborn. When she woke again, she knew that Consort Duan had not harmed her child. She still both hated and loved the emperor. She hated him for using her feelings and devotion to bring down the entire Nian family, but loved the man she had sincerely given her heart to when they were young. But if she hadn’t been so foolish in her previous life, how would she have made so many enemies? When 12kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
42. 92 傲 The Haughty Empress's Concubine Conquest 傲娇娘娘的宠妃攻略 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance437k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + historical romance + not mutually chaste + marriage first, love later She is the general’s younger sister, with an excellent family background and beauty to match. After she transmigrates, she wakes up caught in the schemes and betrayals of the imperial palace. To protect herself, she resolves to become the emperor’s favorite consort. When they first meet, he tells her, “I will never like a woman like you in this life.” Gu Qingyan successfully presents herself as somewhat 1.6kReads8.9Score14114d adds
43. 93 偏 The Paranoid Tyrant Throws a Tantrum, but the Empress Is Too Much for Me 偏执暴君无能狂怒，皇后欺朕太甚 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance999k WordsCompleted [The comic adaptation, with the same title, is now available on Tomato: “You Made Me a Palace Maid, So Why Did You Make the Tyrant Kneel on a Washboard?”] [Mind-reading + changing the plot + a cast of lovable idiots + laugh-out-loud comedy + one-on-one romance, both leads have eyes only for each other] After Ning Xiaoxiao transmigrated into a book, she unexpectedly gained the golden finger ability to change the plot. From then on, she began living the life of a feel-good heroine who could do wha 5.2kReads9.4Score84414d adds
44. 94 女 After Disguising Myself as a Man, the Abstinent Tyrant Kissed Me in Open Court 女扮男装后，禁欲暴君当朝强吻我 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [A quirky, hilarious girl x a wronged tyrant who switches seamlessly between clingy sweetheart and ruthless wolf] Gu Xianxian, who can freely travel between the past and present, has hit a snag! An accident leaves her trapped in the Great Zhao after a mad tyrant takes the bracelet that lets her travel through time and space. To empty the tyrant's treasury so she can return to the modern world and sell off the loot, Gu Xianxian has no choice but to pose as a young eunuch and win his favor, waitin 2.2kReads9.3Score33514d adds
45. 95 假 The Fake Heiress Stole My Fate, So After I Was Reborn, I Took Her Out 假千金夺我命格，重生后我嘎了她 Mo Mo Is Master Mo墨墨是墨爷Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + punishing scumbags + satisfying wish fulfillment] Ren Ran had an easy life for her first eighteen years, then spent the next eight plagued by bad luck. Her maternal grandparents, mother, and younger brother died one after another. Her scumbag father took over the company, and she was thrown out of the house to live on the streets. She’d be robbed just walking down the road, and flowerpots would fall from the sky when she approached a building. Whenever she got a job at a company, it w 48.8kReads9.5Score6.5k14d adds

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    The first book is a modern version of the battle between the real and fake heiresses. The second book is quite novel; an indigenous woman discovers a time-traveling woman and cleverly uses her to make money and gain fame, haha. It's a unique approach. The third book is a sweet romance, and the title is a little embarrassing. The fourth book was adapted into a short drama.

46. 96 深 Jade Hidden in the Inner Chambers, Shining with Pearlescent Light 深闺藏玉映珠光 First-Rate Red Chamber一品红楼Ancient Romance516k WordsCompleted [The animated drama adaptation is now available under the title "Jade in the Deep Boudoir, Pearls in the Light". Go check it out if you're interested!] [Marriage Before Love + female lead is neither reborn nor transmigrated + supporting female character transmigrates] [Female lead seems sweet and naive but is actually cool and aloof + male lead seems indifferent but is actually cunning] Xiao Yunzhu was born into a marquis's household, where she should have been cherished and pampered, living a l 27.2kReads9.1Score3.4k14d adds
47. 97 和 On the Day of Her Divorce, the Tragic Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant 和离当天，虐文女主转身嫁暴君 Mu Xiaoyue木小玥Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now online: [A laid-back, lie-flat, black-hearted legitimate daughter X a crazed, gloomy, pure-hearted tyrant] [The other man wins her over] [Original title: The Day We Divorced, the Tragic Novel's Heroine Turned Around and Married the Tyrant] At the royal autumn hunt, Song Yaozhi argues with the woman her husband brought back from the borderlands. Song Yaozhi scolds her, saying she's nothing but a concubine. Just then, her husband, Xiao Ziqian, kicks the door open and points 40.6kReads9.1Score4.2k14d adds
48. 98 空 A Thought in an Empty Courtyard 空庭意 Strong Masseter健壮的咬肌Ancient Romance176k WordsOngoing Ji Yunqing was born a concubine’s daughter. Her father never cared for her and her mother never loved her, but she did her best to grow up with the little kindness her grandmother could offer. Qin Shuozheng was adopted by his maternal uncle and aunt. Having seen nothing but hypocrisy and coldness in their false-hearted household, he grew up brooding and ruthless. The two, who would otherwise never have crossed paths, were brought together by an imperial decree. On their wedding night, rumors spr 27Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 99 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 41.1kReads8.5Score5.1k14d adds

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    These three books are all very good, you can take a look.

50. 100 美 The Delicate Beauty 美人娇贵 You Zhi Yu尤知遇Ancient Romance596k WordsCompleted Zhuang Wan always thought she would marry the Prince of Qin, the most talented man in the capital, and share a harmonious life with him, bearing his children. But overnight, the man she wanted to marry destroys her family. After saving her, he gives her away as a concubine. Huo Shixuan, son of Yangzhou's richest man, is a troublemaking wastrel who has gone astray, a hopeless fool who can't be helped. When Huo Shixuan first receives his lovely concubine, he tosses her into a courtyard and leaves 3.8kReads9.1Score20614d adds

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