Palace-Intrigue Story: A New Novel Begins 宫斗题材，新书开启

1. 251 不 I'm Done Pretending: This Legitimate Daughter Kills Without Mercy 不装了，嫡女我杀疯了 Wind Blows, Swords Dance风飞剑舞Ancient Romance159k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shen Qingci, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's residence, was gentle and long-suffering. She trusted the wrong people and was deceived by the hypocrisy of her stepmother and illegitimate younger sister, before being ruthlessly exploited by her fiance, the Third Prince. In the end, the Shen family was charged with treason and executed to the last member, while Shen Qingci herself was forced to drink poisoned wine and died miserably at the execution grounds, car 5Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 252 乖 After the Good Girl's Secret Identity Is Exposed, Everyone Bows to Her 乖乖女马甲掉后，全员跪服 Wind Blows, Swords Dance风飞剑舞Ancient Romance264k WordsCompleted Su Qingyan has always been the sweet, harmless good girl in everyone's eyes: gentle and soft-spoken, never competing for anything, and easy for anyone to dismiss or manipulate. Her family sees her as a pawn to move at will. Others mock her as mediocre and useless, and even her fiancé looks down on her and makes things difficult for her at every turn. No one knows that her sweet, docile nature is all an act. She possesses the heaven-defying ability to make her words come true, and hides multiple 15Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 253 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 13.8kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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   These books are very good

4. 254 白 The White Moonlight Noble Consort’s Daily Life in the Harem 白月光贵妃的后宫日常 Yuanzi Eats Mulberries元子吃桑葚Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted (Cover used with permission) With an illustrious family background, breathtaking beauty, and the distinction of being the emperor’s moonlight, Jiang Hui should have found life as a Noble Consort effortlessly easy. Unfortunately, the sisters in all but name in the Eastern Palace, wave after wave of beautiful candidates from the provinces, and the supposed substitutes who resemble her in looks and bearing all tell her the same thing: no one can walk unscathed through the imperial harem. [Alternate 34.4kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
5. 255 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 12.7kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
6. 256 长 Records of Chang'an Finance 长安金融录 Chubby Gas Canister小胖子煤气罐Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted Main character: · Modern identity: Lin Wei, 28, vice president at a Wall Street hedge fund, PhD in Financial Engineering from MIT, skilled in quantitative trading, risk management, and corporate mergers and acquisitions · Personality: Rational and composed, decisive and ruthless, yet lonely inside; a workaholic with little emotional life · How she transmigrates: She works late alone in the office after the company celebration banquet, suffers a sudden heart attack, and wakes up in another world —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The ancient business war is superb! The financial game in the Chang'an market is fast-paced and becomes more addictive the more you watch it ✨

7. 257 满 Book Two by Man Shu Cao Mei 满树草莓的第2本书 Strawberries All Over the Tree满树草莓Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A gentle, thorny beauty in a qipao × a cold, ruthless tycoon who secretly dotes on her Love after marriage | Contract turns real | Face-slapping and punishing scumbags | Devoted couple, sweet romance At her engagement banquet, Shen Shuhe’s fiancé publicly called off their wedding. She grabbed a man passing by and dragged him off to register their marriage. The man gripped her chin and warned her, “If you marry me, there’s no divorce. Think it through.” She smiled. “Perfect. I’ve always liked the 2kReads8.6Score537Shelves
8. 258 冲 A Marriage to Bring Good Fortune? The Duke’s Estate Welcomes a Little Lucky Star 冲喜？国公府来了个小福星 Dream Manor梦幻庄园Ancient Romance823k WordsCompleted [Ancient setting + adored by everyone + adorable child + foreknowledge of disaster + childhood sweethearts] Tuantuan is the legitimate daughter of the Yongshun Marquis’s household, but she lives a life more miserable than a servant’s. When she is three, the household hears that the young master of the Duke of Ning’s family needs a young child to bring him good fortune. Her biological father sells her to the duke’s family, then turns around and brings his illegitimate daughter into the marquis’s 6.7kReads8.2Score969Shelves
9. 259 开 From the Start, I Knew the Prince Was a Hopeless Romantic 开局发现王爷是个恋爱脑 He An訸岸Ancient Romance151k WordsOngoing Wen Lan was an up-and-coming fashion designer in the twenty-eighth century. She died before her signature collection could be released, leaving behind a design she'd revised eighty times. She was so furious when someone said, "Let's just go back to the first version," that she dropped dead. When she opened her eyes again, she saw a canopy bed decorated with Ming-style scrolling lotus patterns, and heard her maid, Xique, sobbing so hard her nose was running. She had become the Princess Consort of 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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10. 260 太 The Crown Princess Is Reborn 太子妃她重生了 Wei Yu'an卫屿安Ancient Romance184k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Please come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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11. 261 穿 I Transmigrated to Great Yan, Where I Hunt Down Spies in Ancient Times 穿越大炎，我在古代抓细作 Cheng Tan Meixuan橙檀美萱Ancient Romance407k WordsCompleted Hua Xihe is the laziest junior apprentice at a scholarly academy outside the capital. She routinely sleeps until late morning, loves curling up in a pavilion with a book, and avoids moving whenever she can. Thirteen years after transmigrating, she had planned to hide away at the academy and enjoy a quiet life forever. Then a letter shattered the peace: a man who looked just like her had appeared in Taoyang County. Curious, she set off to find her family, only to stumble into a shocking conspirac —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 长 The Grand Princess Says Her Consort May Be Lowborn, but He Lives Like a Tortoise 长公主说驸马虽贱，但其寿如龟 Xiaoxin Can't Wake Up小新睡不醒Ancient Romance852k WordsCompleted [Complete] [An insecure man reborn and rising to the top + a hot-tempered, haughty, scumbag of a princess + the male lead is utterly devoted to her + they are each other's first and only + male rivalry + a female transmigrator as a supporting character] Wen Min is born into the imperial nobility. She is wild-tempered and will fight anyone who crosses her. Zhou Rongxin is the illegitimate son of a marquis, cast aside by his family. His life has been hard from the start. When Wen Min is eight, she 9.1kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
13. 263 将 Cast-Off Daughter of a Military Family? I'm the Moon in His Heart 将门弃妇？她是本王的心上月 Song Jiujiu宋玖玖Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Dual Rebirth] [The Ex-Wife Wants Him Back] The short drama adaptation is now online: The General’s Abandoned Consort Qu Jinshu married the great general He Xiujun at eighteen. To protect him, she became a prisoner of an enemy nation, her face disfigured and her martial arts skills destroyed. On the day the city fell, what awaited her was his arrow through her heart. He said “I married you only to take revenge.” “If you hadn’t refused to marry the foolish Prince Jing, your elder sister wouldn’t 13.8kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
14. 264 和 Sharing Dreams with My Sweetheart: The Strong, Tragic General Loses Control! 和娇娇共梦，美强惨悍将失控了！ Zhu Qingshi祝卿时Ancient Romance363k WordsCompleted [Shared dreams + devoted couple + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment: a sweet girl who flirts without realizing it vs. a devastatingly handsome, cold and restrained general] Four years ago, Yu Zhaoyue's father was framed at court, while her cousin set her up at the Prince of Xiang's residence. Not long afterward, her father was demoted and sent to Qiongzhou. Then, for reasons no one could explain, she began dreaming of a strange man. He was peerlessly handsome but cold by nature. As tim 1kReads9.1Score139Shelves
15. 265 老 An Older Husband and a Younger Wife: The Emperor Dotes on His Feisty Little Wife Until She's Dazed 老夫少妻，小作精被爹系帝王亲懵 I Love Sugarcane我爱吃甘蔗Ancient Romance295k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Sweet romance + both leads devoted only to each other + age gap + satisfying revenge + love-struck male lead] [Devoted, fatherly emperor VS pampered noblewoman] To get back at her cousin, Xu Qiyue steals her cousin's beloved and keeps him as her lover on the side. She flirts with him, ties him up, and forces herself on him. After all that effort, she finally makes him fall for her. Just as she plans to take him before her cousin and show off her prize, she accidentally learns that 10kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
16. 266 危 Danger! The Powerful Official I Wronged Has Become My Brother 危！渣过的权臣竟成了兄长 Nan Youyu南又予Ancient Romance429k WordsCompleted [Controlled, unhinged Vice Minister of Justice × calculating, flirtatious, sweet-on-the-outside, sinister-within heroine] (Faux siblings + possessive obsession + flirtatious push and pull + secret midnight watching) Six months ago, Xie Wanyu seduced the local prefect, Pei Lin, to save her own life. But once the crisis passed, she decisively abandoned him and headed to the capital to find her father and take revenge. On the way, she met the Pei family's real daughter. Who could have guessed that 29.1kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves
17. 267 榜 Catch a Husband at the Results Board, and My Scheming Groom Is Irresistible 榜下捉婿，腹黑夫君太撩人 Optimistic Sunflower乐天派向日葵Ancient Romance347k WordsCompleted [Clear-eyed, wealthy beauty VS scheming, devoted top scholar] [Marriage First, Love Later; Sweet Romance] Zhao Wanqing, the legitimate daughter of Prince An of the Great Yue Dynasty, was frail as a child. At the abbot’s guidance at Xiangguo Temple, she learned that she needed to marry someone whose Four Pillars of Destiny were purely yang. Prince An loved his daughter dearly. He followed every lead until he found her destined match, then shamelessly begged the emperor to arrange the marriage, fi 7.5kReads9.1Score887Shelves
18. 268 妹 Surprise! I'm a Princess! 妹想到吧？我是公主！ Gardenia Milk Foam栀栀奶芙Ancient Romance486k WordsCompleted [Household intrigue + secret identity + everyone’s darling + true and false heirs + mutual devotion + scumbag chases his wife to the crematorium, but never wins her back] A wealthy merchant’s only daughter arrives in Rongcheng. She’s young, beautiful, and rich. Madam Xi of the Xi family has her eye on the girl’s dowry. But the eldest Xi son looks down on her, even as he plans to take her for everything she’s worth. The second Xi son looks down on her too. To avoid the marriage, he drugs her and 8.6kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
19. 269 掌 Cherished in His Palm: The Chaste Crown Prince Loses Control of His Heart 掌中娇宠，禁欲太子情难自控 Why Does My Heart Yearn for Mingyue12奈何我心向明悦12Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted Sweet historical romance + childhood sweethearts + he’s wanted her for years (seven-year age gap) A cool, calculating crown prince vs. a bright and captivating young princess (a coming-of-age romance) The Duchess of Feng died saving the Empress. Four-year-old Feng Qingwu was named Princess Changle and raised by the Empress, becoming the treasured darling of the Emperor and Empress. When the Crown Prince was fourteen, the Empress smiled and asked him, “How would you like A’wu to become your Crown 4.5kReads8.6Score647Shelves
20. 270 绑 After Binding to a Madness System, I Reform Workplace Culture in the Imperial Palace 绑定发疯系统后我在深宫整顿职场 Moon-Devouring Sky Wolf噬月天狼Ancient Romance228k WordsOngoing I transmigrated into the cold palace as a low-ranking consort, and from the start I'm about to be sentenced to death? Top HR manager Lin Manman binds herself to the [Going Crazy System]. What? If I don't go crazy, I die? Fine, I'm done pretending. Here's the truth! The Noble Consort makes me kneel? I crawl around like a creep right in front of her, terrifying her so badly she sends me tonics that very night. A green-tea girl provokes me? I cling to her leg and wail, "Sister, let's go crazy toget —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 渡 After Failing My Tribulation, I Reincarnated as the Dowager of a Fallen Marquis’s Estate 渡劫失败，穿成没落侯府老封君 Have You Had Meat Today?今天吃肉了没Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The eldest son spends his days chasing women, doting on his concubine while neglecting his wife. Though he is a marquis, he is timid and unambitious. The second son is obsessed with martial arts and determined to resign from his post so he can roam the jianghu with his wife and daughter, making his mark on the world. The third son is neither a scholar nor a warrior. He spends his days causing mischief and keeping company with all sorts of lowlifes, neglecting any proper work. The youngest is bet 349Reads6.5Score111Shelves
22. 272 太 The Crown Prince Says His Uncle Avoids Women, but He Calls Me His Wife at Night 太子说皇叔不近女色，可他夜里喊我娘子 Shang Shang Qian尚尚签Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted When bandits ambush them on the road, the Crown Prince unhesitatingly shoves Song Wanning toward them, just to save his childhood sweetheart. “Wanning is sensible. She surely won't blame me.” Song Wanning truly doesn't blame him. That very night, she knocks on her Imperial Uncle's door. In the middle of the night at the farmstead, the walls are as thin as a cicada's wing. Next door, the Crown Prince speaks tenderly to his childhood sweetheart: “I'll stay by your side tonight and won't leave for 570Reads8.1Score100Shelves
23. 273 勾 Flirting with the Grand Tutor: Strangers in Public, Like Spouses in Private 勾太傅，人前不熟人后如做了夫妻 I Am No Good Person吾非良人Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing (Winning entry in the finals of the Fifth Online Literature Contest) While her husband, the top scorer in the imperial exams, slept soundly, Song Lian clung to the cool and composed Grand Tutor of the court and wept. “Please, save me...” What had she done wrong? She just didn't want to die. With merciless family rules, a princess who tolerated no rivals, and a husband set on becoming the princess's consort, Song Lian had only one path left: hanging herself. So she summoned her courage and seduce 238.6kReads9.2Score36.8kShelves
24. 274 皇 Spare Me, Imperial Uncle! The Delicate Little Darling Can't Take Care of Herself 皇叔饶命，小娇娇她柔弱不能自理 One Bite, Five Pigs一口五头猪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Woman Disguised as a Man + Domineering Possessiveness + Regent Prince + Imperial Uncle + Scheming Hero + Mutual Devotion + Loyal Puppy] Chu Li was an abandoned baby who had been adopted. Consort Wen made her pose as the ninth prince, a boy, to win the emperor’s favor. But Chu Li was determined to be a lazybones, eating her fill and waiting for death. Unfortunately, fate had other plans. The Regent Prince was supposed to win first place in the autumn hunt, but she accidentally saved the empero 14kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
25. 275 白 The Night Before My Ungrateful Sister Entered the Palace, the Favored Consort Was Reborn 白眼狼妹妹进宫前夜，宠妃重生了 Staggering Along蹒跚行Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 192.2kReads9.2Score24.6kShelves

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    The writing is good and I love the male protagonist very much.

26. 276 贵 The Consort Is Beautiful and Sweet, and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Dotes on Her Without Restraint 贵妃美艳娇软，冷戾帝王宠溺无度 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 28.4kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
27. 277 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 18.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
28. 278 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. 12.7kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
29. 279 凤 Schemes at Phoenix Palace: My Empress Consort Is No Easy Target 凤阙谋：朕的嫡妃不好惹 Dazzling Tang Sect極炫唐门Ancient Romance304k WordsOngoing The female lead excels at both medicine and poison, carefully building her power within the imperial harem. The emperor and empress join forces to break through their predicament, while power struggles and romance unfold side by side. The harem's intrigues reach into the imperial court, with twist after twist revealing a shocking conspiracy. Everyone is clever, with no plots that make characters inexplicably stupid. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine has excellent medical skills and poisonous skills, and she works hard to secure the harem; the emperor and the empress join forces to break the situation, and intrigues and love go hand in hand; the harem involves the court, and layers of twists and turns reveal a shocking conspiracy; all the members have online IQs, and there is no brainless plot.

30. 280 没 The Wedding That Never Happened 没有完成的婚礼 Li Mengshan李孟珊Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted She died on the operating table. The last words she heard were, “Increase the anesthesia. Don't let the kidney harvest get delayed.” When she opened her eyes again, she was wearing a wedding dress, standing before the same man. The priest asked, “Do you take him?” She smiled. Take him? Last time, the price of saying yes was both her kidneys, her life, and a shared marriage bed with her scumbag husband's best friend. “Before I answer...” She took out a voice recorder. “I'd like everyone to he 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 281 那 After That Night 那一夜之后 Li Mengshan李孟珊Modern Romance809k WordsOngoing That night, she made herself a weapon of revenge and personally buried ten years of three people's lives. On the eve of Su Wanning's wedding, Shen Manyun invited the groom, the man she had secretly loved, out for drinks. He got so drunk he passed out. Meanwhile, Jiang Yucheng, who had secretly loved Shen Manyun, took her virginity in another bed in the same room. A frenzied act fueled by hatred and resentment unfolded in silence before the sleeping man she loved. A month later, she was pregnan 7Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 282 弃 After the Abandoned Concubine Dies, the Prince Discovers the Bastard Is His Own 弃妃死后，王爷发现野种是亲生的 Yang Piaopiao杨漂漂Ancient Romance304k WordsCompleted Rumor had it that the Princess Consort of Prince Yi had an affair and bore an illegitimate child, whom Prince Yi himself threw off a cliff. The Princess Consort followed him over the edge. One day, after getting drunk, Prince Yi took a concubine. She had an ordinary face, yet inexplicably captivated him. Later, Prince Yi discovered that this plain, almost ugly concubine had a “little bastard” outside the estate. In the midst of his shock and fury, Prince Yi uncovered the concubine’s true appeara 20.2kReads9.1Score2kShelves
33. 283 耻 Shameful Desire 耻欲 Summer Pomelo夏柚子Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Only after we got married did I learn about my husband’s strange habit: he had to drink a wedding cup of wine before we made love every night. At first, I thought it was just a bit of fun between husband and wife. Then a gynecological exam revealed the truth, and I suddenly realized that in this marriage, I had never been a wife. I was a lamb he had carefully raised for slaughter. 262.1kReads8.5Score14kShelves
34. 284 表 Fierce Cousin, Her Imperial Cousin Obediently Accepts Defeat 表姐凶猛，皇上表弟乖乖认栽 Coffee Chocolate咖啡朱古力Ancient Romance490k WordsCompleted [Completed] Younger man + sickly male lead + hapless cousins + a little palace intrigue + lighthearted Ye Su never imagined that because her fate was so strong, it would claim the lives of two fiancés, leaving her unmarried even at twenty-two. After her parents went to the palace to weep to her aunt, the Empress Dowager, it was decided that she would become a consort to her sickly cousin, the emperor. The reason was that a holy monk had declared Ye Su and the emperor’s destinies to be one strong 228.9kReads9.2Score34.3kShelves

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    It's very interesting, the new subject matter is very novel [The God of Bird Food][The God of Bird Food][The God of Bird Food]

35. 285 深 A Noble Consort in the Deep Palace 深宫有贵妃 Que Ling Yan Zi雀翎宴子Ancient Romance568k WordsCompleted When they were young and love stirred in his heart, he took her in. Once he held power, he had no choice but to hide her away. In the lonely inner palace, she waited quietly, day after day and year after year. For power and status, he feared nothing. He overcame every obstacle and held her close. Behind layer upon layer of palace gates and red walls, a dream within a dream awakened the lovers from their reverie. 11.8kReads9.0Score734Shelves

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    I think these books are quite good, and the ratings are not low either.

36. 286 姐 My Brother-in-Law Is So Fierce: I Bore a Crown Prince and Stole My Sister's Son's Throne 姐夫好凶，生太子抢姐姐儿子皇位 Pineapple Isn't Too Hot菠萝不太热Ancient Romance346k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance | Chasing His Wife | Angst Before Sweetness] A ruthless, scheming emperor x a sly, bewitching favorite consort Her elder sister, the imperial consort, died of illness. Nine years later, Jiang Enning came face-to-face with Emperor Pei Ying, the man she had once thrown herself at. She had thought they would never cross paths again. Then, with just two months to go before her wedding, Pei Ying issued an imperial decree and forcibly took her as his consort, bringing her into 2.3kReads6.1Score129Shelves
37. 287 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 60.3kReads9.7Score9kShelves
38. 288 贵 The Noble Consort Can Read Minds, So She’s Done with Palace Scheming 贵妃有了读心术她不宫斗了 Flowing Clouds in Flight流云飞度Ancient Romance638k WordsCompleted [Historical romance. Mind-reading. Face-slapping. The heroine awakens. She shines on her own. The hero is barely involved. Later, the consort will leave the palace and take her child to make her way in the world. Please don’t complain if it’s not your thing.] After taking a tumble in the imperial gardens, the arrogant and overbearing Noble Consort Yu, who reigns supreme over the harem, wakes up to discover that she can hear other people’s thoughts. It turns out the emperor’s affection is an illu 4.1kReads9.2Score545Shelves
39. 289 穿 Trapped as a Concubine with a Child, I’ve Decided to Take It Easy 穿成妾室有娃后摆烂了 Little Zhou Loves a Lively Crowd小周爱热闹Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted A twenty-first-century office drone was swept into a vortex while acting bravely to help someone. When she woke, she discovered she had become a disposable concubine, and one already banished to the Cold Palace at that. Shen Mo smiled on the outside, while inside… Looking at the crumbling walls all around her, Shen Mo knew she had a long road ahead. All she could do was roll up her sleeves and get to work! Fortunately, a few months later, she had a little glutinous-rice-ball of a child for compa 3.6kReads8.9Score214Shelves
40. 290 贤 The Virtuous Empress Never Seeks to Get Ahead 贤后她总是不求上进 King Smile笑笑大王Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + married first, love later + palace intrigue] [An alternate-world story, written freely. Please don't take issue with historical inaccuracies.] Qiao Shanshan had lived thirty years on Blue Star before dying while saving a child. Only after reaching the underworld did she learn that she wasn't supposed to die yet: the soul reaper had taken the wrong person. To make it up to her, King Yama promised that in her next life she would enjoy wealth and glory to her heart's content. In s 9.6kReads8.2Score814Shelves
41. 291 宫 Palace Intrigue 宫斗 Fei Er菲儿5k WordsCompleted Liang Shang is a history student who dreams of living like an ancient emperor, with three palaces and six courtyards of consorts. A casual remark from a friend gives him an idea. Under the pretext of experiencing the ancient imperial harem and learning about history, Liang Shang creates a QQ group. He is the “Emperor,” appoints Shen Ruyan as the “Empress,” and chooses several “Consorts.” Ying'er, one of the consorts, falls in love with Liang Shang, while Liang Shang falls for the “Empress,” Shen 9Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 292 穿 Transmigrated as a Concubine, I Keep My Head Down Every Day 穿成妾室后，每天都在苟命 Fuyu Ya浮玉呀Ancient Romance526k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Transmigrate into a Book + No Golden Finger] After dying, C-list actress Qiao Rongjin transmigrates into a book. She becomes a despised, soon-to-be-written-out concubine, a cannon-fodder favorite in the prince's residence. The heroine of the book is a woman who transmigrated from another world. Like Qiao Rongjin's original character, she is a concubine of the male lead, Prince Rui, but all she wants is to laze around and do nothing. She never fights for his favor or gets invol 13.9kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
43. 293 咸 The Laid-Back Consort: Rising Step by Step 咸鱼娘娘：步步高升 Melancholy Cantaloupe忧伤的哈密瓜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + palace and household intrigue + childbirth + doted on exclusively later] Jiang Wan transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking palace consort of an emperor with no children. To protect the people around her, she has no choice but to compete for a little favor. Who knew she’d end up giving the emperor a chubby baby boy! Emperor: “She’s the birth mother of my only son. Of course I have to protect her.” Who knew that all that protection would turn into affection? As Jiang Wan ris 33.9kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
44. 294 侧 The Side Consort’s Memoir of Becoming Empress 侧妃为后记 Spring Has Filled the Blossoming Branches华枝春已满Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted [Household Intrigue + Palace Intrigue] Not a one-on-one romance. The male lead has a wife and concubines early on, but later dotes on the heroine alone. No suspicion or misunderstandings. A little angst, but mostly sweet. The heroine falls for him first, but she isn't completely ruled by love. Her experiences have shaped her, and she's usually quite level-headed. (Though perhaps she is a little taken by his looks.) The male lead doesn't realize his own feelings, but he's been good to the heroine 4.6kReads9.0Score419Shelves
45. 295 三 Three Sons and a Daughter: I Rule the World with Their Help 三儿一女，我靠他们呼风唤雨 Jin Yu锦喻Ancient Romance390k WordsCompleted [Raising a child + palace intrigue + ordinary transmigrator + not both leads’ first love, but doting romance] Xu Qinglu was transmigrated into the Xu family as their legitimate daughter. In the tenth year of Chengde, she was sent to the Eastern Palace as a concubine. After a year of cautiously serving the Crown Prince, walking on eggshells, she finally became pregnant. Having a daughter was all she needed. She would have been happy to live out her days peacefully in the palace. But when her daug 5.3kReads9.0Score324Shelves
46. 296 世 The Heir's Everyday Life of Spoiling His Wife 世子爷养妻日常 The Mountains Are Nowhere to Be Seen山山不见Ancient Romance818k WordsCompleted (Marriage first, love later, sweet romance, feel-good power fantasy, both leads have been faithful) Song Qianlan is the eldest legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s household. Ordered by imperial decree to marry the heir of the Duke of Dingguo, all she wants is a respectful marriage and a peaceful life. Xie Yan is the heir of the Duke of Dingguo. Married by imperial decree, he has just one request of his wife: behave herself and keep out of trouble. With their mutual understanding that the 27.9kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
47. 297 摆 I Slacked Off Until the End and Became Empress 摆烂到最后，侧妃封后了 Mei Yi Si瑂忆覗Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted In the first year of her marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she was the side consort of a prince. In the second year of her marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she was the side consort of the Crown Prince. In the sixth year of her marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she was an imperial consort. … … After who knew how many years of marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she became empress. Looking back on her life many years later, she had once felt the stirrings of love, once been melancholy and sentimental, and once tried to fight back… S 1.6kReads8.8Score103Shelves
48. 298 东 The Second Concubine of the Eastern Palace 东宫二嫁妾 Lu Shili鹭十里Ancient Romance620k WordsCompleted [A devoted couple + marriage before love + raising a child + healing + happy ending] After two years of marriage, Jiang Nong finally gave birth to a son. Unfortunately, the child wasn't her husband's. Jiang Nong had no idea who the child's father was. After all, her husband was impotent, so they could only use another man's seed... A husband like that was no good. So Jiang Nong gathered her belongings, wrote a divorce letter, exposed the secret her hypocritical husband had hidden for half his l 8.5kReads9.2Score880Shelves
49. 299 宫 Palace Intrigue: A Tangle of Love and Power 《宫闱风云：爱与权谋的纠葛》 Morning Dew and the Scent of Ink晨露墨香Ancient Romance30k WordsCompleted Palace Intrigue: Entwined in Love and Schemes for Power —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 300 无 The Saltless Empress 无盐为后 Don't Ask莫问Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She was the only empress personally appointed by the Wanli Emperor. History describes her as gentle, virtuous, and dignified, with the bearing of an empress. She passed away in attendance in the forty-eighth year of Wanli. Five days later, the emperor fell ill and died in July of the same year. At last, the couple were reunited. According to rumor, the household of Wang, a thousand-household commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, had a daughter as beautiful as a celestial maiden, with deli 503Reads8.8Score101Shelves

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