Power Plays with Strong Female Leads 女强之权谋

1. 1 祝 Did Miss Zhu Fall into a Trap Today? 祝姑娘今天掉坑了没 I Want to Eat Meat我想吃肉No CP4.0M WordsCompleted Zhu Ying is someone who does whatever she wants, with no regard for law or heaven. If you look closely, in her youth she was just a little charlatan who wanted to live a quiet, comfortable life. Born into a dirt-poor family of charlatans, Zhu Ying was dealt hard mode from the start. To keep her biological daughter from being drowned, her mother, Zhang Xiangu, had to claim she’d given birth to a boy. As outsiders in the village, the Zhu family struggled to get by. Then her charlatan father got c 295.4kFavorites297.1kClicks/ch1.6MGifts

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   The writing style is simple and unadorned. The protagonist is very resilient and has a special personal charm. [Please!] His stance is somewhat gray, not the kind of serious drama, but he always has a pure and innocent heart and is a good person who cares about the people from beginning to end!

2. 2 亡 The Fallen Kingdom's Princess Ascends the Throne 亡国公主登基了 Worry-Free Alliance Leader无忧盟主No CP517k WordsCompleted Zhaomei once thought she was the happiest person in Great Zhou. Her father, the emperor of Great Zhou, cherished her like a precious jewel and said he would leave the most precious thing he had to her. Later, Great Zhou fell, and her father died. Only after that did she learn that her father had left his most precious thing to her younger brother. And her mother, the calamity in the eyes of the people, the vicious empress in the eyes of the palace servants, and the cold-hearted woman in her eyes 7kFavorites4.3kClicks/ch6.7kGifts

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   It's great! The whole book is very female-centric, and it doesn't deliberately weaken other characters or create a fake strong female lead. You can feel a powerful transmission of energy [doge head with rose in hand]. The ensemble cast is also well-developed.

3. 3 定 [Wu Zhou] Founding the Dynasty [武周]定鼎 River Wind a Thousand Miles Away千里江风Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Current arc: Wu Zhou] Wu Qingyue never imagined that one moment she’d be grabbing her keyboard to argue with someone that the claim Empress Zhaoyi had murdered her daughter was complete nonsense, and the next she’d be reborn as Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of Tang’s third daughter. In other words... the daughter of Wu Zetian who died before her first birthday. [Good news: You come with a System.] [Bad news: The System has just one function: convert 153.4kFavorites216.6kClicks/ch503kGifts

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   One of the best Wu Zhou novels I've ever read! The mother-daughter relationship is particularly good, resolving the pain point for Wu Huang fans regarding the lack of successors! The spouses are all male supporting characters, serving as background figures.

4. 4 武 [Great Tang] The First Female Official of Empress Wu [大唐]武皇第一女官 Gu Simu顾四木Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Wo sat in one of the palace gardens within the Taiji Palace. When she woke one day, she discovered that she had become a low-ranking female official in the Tang dynasty during the Zhenguan era: a seventh-rank record keeper in the Palace Discipline Bureau, responsible for recording palace rules and punishments. Her first assignment was to explain palace etiquette to the newly arrived consorts. After she had finished reading through the regulations, one young woman stepped forward. “Could 128.3kFavorites184.4kClicks/ch724kGifts

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   This is the second best Wu Zhou novel I've ever read! I love the origin of Jiang Wo's name – "holding great power." The romance in this book is there, but it's just right. Empress Wu is Jiang Wo's soulmate!

5. 5 寒 The Noble Daughter from a Humble Family 寒门贵女 Dai Shanqing戴山青Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Main story complete, full text lightly revised, bonus chapters updating] Zhu Xuan was born to an ordinary family in the countryside, with a few acres of poor farmland and a handful of pigs and sheep. She had older siblings above her and younger ones below, and the number of mouths to feed grew by two every three years. Her father spent his days wandering around and shirking his responsibilities. Fortunately, her mother and grandparents worked hard to support the family, and wedged in among the 92.6kFavorites125kClicks/ch363kGifts

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   A story about a diligent student whose life is changed by knowledge. The female protagonist is an indigenous person but doesn't harbor hatred towards transmigrators. Her family members have limitations but aren't stereotypical. The early plot even has a farming novel feel to it. It's a very simple and comfortable read.

6. 6 昏 A Tyrant Needs to Go Offline 昏君就要君主离线制 Gu Simu顾四木Multi-Orientation524k WordsCompleted An app called [The Emperor's Simulated Life] suddenly appears on Jiang Li's phone. APP: [Please select a historical ruler to load (Note: not a wise ruler).] Jiang Li is extraordinarily lazy. After thinking it over, she picks Liu Shan. If she ends up by Zhuge Liang's side, she can just say, “I'll leave everything to you, Prime Minister!” APP: [Host has selected Liu Shan, ruler of Shu Han. System transporting Host (bzzzt)... System error... Host transported to the wrong time and place... Host h 78.7kFavorites150.5kClicks/ch100.5kGifts

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   This is a happy-style story. Fans of Zhu Qizhen and Zhao Gou should not read it. It is for those who are heartbroken by history and want to make up for the regrets. It is relatively well-researched!

7. 7 权 Power Is a Woman's Best Beauty Treatment 权力是女人最好的医美 Big White Teeth大白牙牙牙Romance913k WordsCompleted An ambitious prince as my lover A powerful general as my father An emperor son who depends on me And I am the regent empress dowager caught between them My lover says, “When I become emperor, you’ll be the most honored empress in the realm.” My father says, “When I become emperor, my daughter will be the most favored princess in the realm.” My son says, “Your son will always honor and respect you, Mother.” They all swear their devotion, trying to move me with love and family bonds so I’ll hand 70.4kFavorites57.1kClicks/ch93.6kGifts

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   The premise is brilliant, and the female lead's transformation from the beginning to her ambition to become empress is well done; it's just that the political intrigue is written a little superficially.

8. 8 定 Empress Ding'an 定安女帝 Orange Juice Thanks橙汁感谢No CP557k WordsCompleted Announcement! This novel will be available to read for a fee starting November 24, 2021! I hope you'll support it! Hehe~ Original title: I Livestream as an Empress in Ancient Times In the spring of Year Twelve of the Shiyuan era, Princess Shen Luojue of the Dazhuang Dynasty went to a temple to pray for blessings, was brutally murdered, and woke up with someone else inside her. An interstellar livestream System brought Shen Luojue to this parallel world. The Dazhuang Dynasty had stood for a hund 10.1kFavorites14.3kClicks/ch8.7kGifts

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   It's a bit short!! It's also a time-traveling female protagonist who becomes an empress, with no romantic pairing, and it's neither particularly good nor bad.

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