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- 51 After a Political Marriage, I Became the Desert King's Most Treasured Love 和亲后，我成了漠王的心尖宠 [Marriage first, love later + love grows over time + sweet romance + lighthearted + exotic setting + both leads are virgins + happy ending] [Mischievous little princess × scheming, devoted king] Once the beloved daughter of a general’s household and the “Little General” who ruled the capital, she had been considered the crown prince’s future wife. But after her father and brother died on the battlefield, she was granted the title of Princess Jiahe. She thought it was a mark of the imperial famil 1.5kReads8.8Score130Shelves
- 52 Transmigrated as a Concubine, I Keep My Head Down Every Day 穿成妾室后，每天都在苟命 [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 15.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 53 When the Flowers Bloom on the Roadside, Will You Come Home? 陌上花开，可归矣 Jiang Zhaoyu was born into a marquis’s household, but her mother disliked her from the moment she was born and sent her to live with her maternal grandmother. Fortunately, Her Highness the Grand Princess raised her as her own daughter, and she grew up to become the most exalted young lady in the capital. The older brother who grew up alongside her was the one she loved, but he married someone else. Later, Jiang Zhaoyu became engaged to Chu Jinyi, the empress dowager’s grandnephew and the empress 3.9kReads8.9Score420Shelves
- 54 The Ravishing Beauty Is So Irresistible, the Celibate Regent Grabs Her Waist and Kisses Her 娇娇美艳动人，禁欲摄政王拦腰吻 Double rebirth + a husband chasing his wife to the crematorium + sweet pampering + punishing the scum. A delicate, beautiful heroine + an ex-husband who loves her but cannot have her + a devoted second male lead who wins her heart Ling Shushu was the only daughter of the Grand Tutor. She was breathtakingly beautiful, with a bewitching figure. Unfortunately, in her previous life she fell for the cold, heartless Third Prince, Chu Junli, and never hid how deeply she loved him. She always thought l 2.7kReads8.9Score245Shelves
- 55 Reborn, I Became the Silly Prince's Beloved 重生后我成了傻王心尖宠 The original novel for the historical short drama The Beloved of Jingzhou [A foolish prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger vs. a strong heroine who fiercely protects her husband] [Revenge + punishing scumbags + doted on by everyone + satisfying story + equally powerful leads + both sexually inexperienced] In her previous life, she devoted her entire clan’s strength to helping a scumbag ascend the throne, only to see her family destroyed and die alone in the cold palace. Given a new life, on 588Reads9.2Score393Shelves
- 56 The Empress Transmigrates: Conquering the World in a Chaotic Age 女帝穿越，她在乱世逐鹿天下 No romance + strong female lead + powerful heroine + light ensemble cast + infrastructure building + satisfying read + transmigration Yun Zhi was a princess who grew up in the Cold Palace. In the Cold Palace, you either erupt out of silence or perish in it. To survive, she used every means at her disposal, killed her father and brother, and took the throne everyone wanted. But after only a few years on the throne, she died of illness. When she opened her eyes again, she was Yun Zhi, the newborn 1.8kReads8.9Score183Shelves
- 57 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Grand Master Returns from the Apocalypse 红楼：大老爷从末世穿回来了 [This novel has two male leads, and the pairing is the Emperor × Jia She. If you don’t like this sort of thing, don’t click! Don’t click! Don’t click!] After the eldest master of the Rongguo House, Jia She, was exiled to the northwest to serve in the army and died in battle, he unexpectedly transmigrated to a post-apocalyptic world. He never expected that after living through five years of the apocalypse, he would transmigrate back again, this time to the moment just after his eldest son, Jia 10.9kReads8.8Score613Shelves
- 58 She Was Bled Dry in Her Past Life, but After Being Reborn, She Went on a Rampage 前世被吃绝户，重生后她杀疯了 [Traditional historical household intrigue + reborn revenge power fantasy + tormenting villains and face-slapping + lighthearted humor + family darling + strong heroine] [The heroine is highly intelligent and highly skilled in martial arts. No romance in the middle, with two endings: a happy ending and a no-couple ending] Su Qingwan: “Drop the personal restraint and enjoy tormenting villains. Refuse whatever I don’t want, and if there’s a problem, I’ll confront them head-on!” This book’s motto: 7.1kReads8.9Score898Shelves
- 59 A Marriage Decree for the Short-Lived Prince? The Reborn Empress Shows No Mercy Night After Night 赐婚短命皇子？重生娘娘夜夜无情 [Strong female lead + decisive and ruthless + secret identities + medical skills + reborn + punishing scoundrels + the fate of the nation] The emperor decrees a marriage: He Yunxi, eldest daughter of the mighty Marquis Wu, is to marry the sickly, short-lived prince Xuanyuan Jin. On their wedding day, a vicious old matron, acting on the empress’s orders, deliberately tries to put her in her place by forcing her to walk across red-hot iron plates. He Yunxi makes the wicked matron demonstrate how t 11.8kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
- 60 The Tea-Playing Little White Flower Is Sweet and Obedient 茶艺小白花，她又乖又软 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.7kReads8.9Score113Shelves
- 61 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 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
- 62 After a Political Marriage, the Princess Is Pampered by a Rugged Khan 和亲后公主被糙汉大汗宠成小娇娇 [Transmigration + strong female lead + raising children + farming + career-focused plot + doting romance!!!] Jiang Xunyin is shot dead. She thinks she is doomed, but by a stroke of luck, she gets another life and becomes Princess Zhaohua of the Sunu tribe on the day she is sent to marry into the Great An Empire. Clear-headed and perceptive, she only wants to live a quiet life, but is forced into a whirlpool of intrigue. She thinks that after marrying the iron-blooded khan of the grasslands, the 2.1kReads9.2Score223Shelves
- 63 Reborn as a Dowry Maid, I Rise to Prominence in the Prince's Manor Through My Son 穿成陪嫁丫鬟，我在王府母凭子贵 After being pushed off a cliff while trying to break up a fight, Tao Yaoyao takes her last breath and transmigrates, reborn in the vast Hao Han Dynasty in the body of a maid who has been the Princess Consort of Prince Chen's dowry for three years. A little background: On the day of their wedding, Qi Chenyuan left Fan Qianyao just after they had completed the wedding rites and headed south under imperial orders to wipe out river bandits. Three years later, Prince Chen returns victorious to the 9.5kReads8.9Score696Shelves
- 64 On Our Wedding Night, the Ice-Cold Prince Gained the Ability to Read Minds 新婚夜，冷冰冰的王爷有了读心术 Mo Xiaobai accidentally transmigrated into a book. With help from the Cannon Fodder System, she had failed her mission 99 times. Now, with only one last chance left and her life on the line, the System finally showed some mercy and promised to give her mind-reading powers. Mo Xiaobai: “Thank you, System! If I fail this time, I’ll admit I’m useless!” But many days passed, and her mind-reading powers still hadn’t arrived. To make matters worse, the prince in her household, who should have been lon 479Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 65 The Powerful Minister Breaks Down in Tears: He’s Fallen for His Rival’s Younger Sister 权臣爆哭：看上对头亲妹妹 [Complete] Brother who dotes on his sister + sweet romance + cozy moments Xiao Yu couldn’t understand why his younger sister was so set on marrying beneath her. The top scholar came from a poor family and had no connections, power, or influence. Marrying him would mean a life of hardship, with no telling how many years she’d have to wait before things got better. His sister had far better options. Until he fell for the top scholar’s precious younger sister. He would do whatever it took to make h 2.5kReads8.7Score261Shelves
- 66 Three Years Married and Still Untouched, One Flirt from the Prince and She's Pregnant with Multiples 出嫁三年仍完璧，皇叔一撩就多胎 [Reborn, sweet romance and a happy ending, one-on-one and mutually devoted, face-slapping and punishing scumbags, marriage before love, a long-planned romance] Shen Chuli never imagined in a million years that Huo Yuan, her impossibly aloof younger uncle, had secretly loved her for ten years. After she married his nephew, Huo Yuan gave her the very best of everything, even though she loathed and avoided him. But in her previous life, she not only ruined her own life, she also dragged him into —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The Prime Minister's Pampered Lady: He Begs Her to Divorce Him 一品娇宠，丞相大人求休妻 Gu Qingzhi is only eighteen, beautiful, born into a powerful family, and free to spend as much money as she likes. So how did she end up marrying a man who’d already been married once, and who even has a six-year-old child? Is there something wrong with her eyes? Now that she’s come to her senses, she knows being a stepmother is no easy task. Husband, please grant her a divorce and let her return to her family home in peace! “Prime Minister, this is bad! Madam has gone to the Old Madam again, s 1.1kReads8.8Score478Shelves
- 68 Love and Romance Have Nothing to Do with Me 风月不相关 What kind of people can you find at Dream Return House? Yin Gezhi wore a gloomy expression. “I hate spineless people more than anything!” But fate had other plans. Guan Fengyue was exactly the sort of spineless person he despised. She had meant to drape a length of red silk around the Crown Prince of Wu, but after eating too much and gaining a couple of pounds, the silk couldn’t hold her. With a loud thump, she fell right into Yin Gezhi’s arms. Many years ago, someone had ridden into battle with 1.7kReads9.1Score263Shelves
- 69 The Young Lady Can't Stop Throwing Up, and the Heir Pampers Her Day and Night 表姑娘孕吐不止，世子他日宠夜哄 [No Rebirth or Transmigration, Pure Historical Romance + Both Pure + One-Night Stand + Adorable Baby] Jiang Jinyue, a down-on-her-luck cousin, was staying at the Duke’s residence. She was always proper and cautious, and never dared get involved with Lu Yanting, the most distinguished young lord, for fear of displeasing her elders. For some reason, however, the young lord always went out of his way to look after her. Jiang Jinyue simply took it for the ordinary care an older cousin would show a 11.6kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 70 The Legitimate Daughter Returns and Shocks the World 嫡女归来惊天下 [Mutually devoted leads + equally powerful leads + sweet romance + satisfying revenge + a pocket dimension appears midway] Both the hero and heroine speak their minds. No misunderstandings, no dragging things out, no secrets, and their relationship is rock-solid. A former special agent, unmatched in both medicine and poison, transmigrates into the body of the abandoned legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household. Her scumbag father doesn't care for her, her stepmother stirs up trouble, and 6.4kReads9.3Score988Shelves
- 71 The Noble Consort Rejects Love, Yet the Emperor Dotes on Her and Decrees Her Empress 贵妃不入爱河，皇上盛宠下旨封后 [The leads aren't both chaste at first + he pampers her devotedly later + the emperor secretly helps her navigate palace intrigue + the heroine has no interest in loving the emperor and focuses on climbing the ranks.] Alternate-era setting [The emperor personally raises his future empress, then claims her in the night] The Yun family has a legitimate daughter, a peerless beauty hidden away in the general's manor. The prime minister's son came to propose, but didn't even get to see her. “I don't 1.5kReads9.1Score201Shelves
- 72 You and I Were Never Meant to Be, But the Prince Is Willing to Spend 你我本无缘，全靠王爷肯花钱 [Sweet romance + irresistible, teasing beauty × a man whose mouth says no but whose actions say yes + sweet wife × tough guy + size difference] Shen Qingqing was having a bit of bad luck. She’d transmigrated into the body of a courtesan who was about to leave the brothel. She’d heard the madam planned to sell her as a concubine to a lecher in his fifties. So Shen Qingqing had to find another way out and get herself “married” within a month... She paid a hefty sum to a matchmaker for a list of el 2.6kReads9.3Score447Shelves
- 73 It's Madness! On the Famine Road, the Impoverished Grand Secretary Offers Himself to Her 疯了！逃荒路上清贫首辅以身相许 [Fleeing famine + farming + imperial examinations + business + devoted husband] [They flee famine at first, then settle into a cozy farming life; the male lead takes the imperial exams. One-on-one romance, both leads untouched.] Shu Wan transmigrates onto an ancient road filled with famine refugees. She's a poor little thing whose mother died, whose father remarried, and whom nobody cares about. She's about to starve to death. With no rice left to cook at home, her stepmother suggests selling he 8.8kReads9.0Score1kShelves
- 74 The Crown Prince’s White Moonlight Can’t Compare: The Soft, Sweet Girl Is His True Love 太子白月光不香，软娇娇才是真爱 Sweet romance! Palace and household intrigue + reborn heroine + transmigrated rival + face-slapping the beloved white moonlight The Crown Prince has a beloved woman. She's beautiful and talented, forthright by nature, and the orphaned daughter of a loyal martyr. She and the Crown Prince grew up together, yet she claims to see him as an older brother and refuses to enter the Eastern Palace and share a husband with the other women. The Crown Prince is utterly devoted to her and has turned down th 5.8kReads8.5Score560Shelves
- 75 Forced to Marry a Lovesick Girl, the Disabled Heir Strikes It Rich 被赐婚花痴女，残疾世子赚翻了 28.3kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
- 76 My Best Friend and I Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Become Servants 和闺蜜穿越到古代当奴才 [Faithful couples, two couples, each best friend has her own man. This is not the kind of dual-female-lead story where the women are lesbians. No golden finger, feel-good and satisfying with no angst, warm and sweet, not a career-focused female empowerment story. Every bit of scheming is just setup for romantic sweetness. The story takes historical details seriously, so if you’re going to nitpick, please move along.] [This novel was written entirely by hand!] No matter how big the world is, best 1.1kReads9.3Score150Shelves
- 77 I Turn My Life Around Through the Imperial Exams 我靠科举逆袭人生 When Li Jingxing wakes up, he finds himself in an unfamiliar place. Around him are crude huts and shabby furniture, and the air carries a faint smell of straw. Looking down, he sees that he is wearing ragged clothes and a pair of straw sandals. All of it leaves him utterly confused. “How did I end up here?” Li Jingxing wonders. Just then, a burst of noise breaks through his thoughts. 3kReads8.8Score230Shelves
- 78 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 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
- 79 Pillow of Beauty 枕姝色 Now published under the title The Young Man in Fine Clothes and on Fine Horses [Stoic general x fallen noblewoman, mutual healing, traditional historical romance, with no rebirth, transmigration, or golden finger] She was a noblewoman from a powerful family, beautiful and radiant, but when her family fell into decline, she became an orphan everyone could bully. Gu Lin protected and pampered her, but refused to marry her. Later, when the young man went away and matchmakers crowded her doorstep, s 10.6kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 80 The Empress Is So Charming, the Emperor Holds Her in the Palm of His Hand 娘娘多娇，帝王捧在掌心宠 [The leads are not faithful to each other at the beginning, so read with caution] [Palace intrigue at first, favoritism in the middle, exclusive devotion in the later part] [Palace intrigue + sweet romance + a stunningly beautiful, charming consort x a workaholic, devoted emperor] Qu Wanning was a die-hard fan of palace-intrigue novels. Just because she left the author a comment asking them to continue the story, she transmigrated into a new book whose blurb she had just finished reading! She ge 2.7kReads8.8Score311Shelves
- 81 A Country Girl’s Daily Life of Preparing for the Imperial Exams 农家女的科举日常 [System + No CP + Women's Imperial Exams + No Cross-Dressing as a Man + Academy Life + Slow Pace + Alternate World] In her previous life, as an orphan with no family to support, Zhuge Yunshu lived an utterly carefree, lazy life. Perhaps even Heaven couldn't stand to see it anymore. It killed her with a piece of falling debris, and she was reborn as a farmer's daughter in ancient times. In this agrarian society, men and women alike had no choice but to work in the fields once they reached the app 22.6kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
- 82 Transmigrate Into a Book: I Became the Sickly Villain’s Elder Sister 穿书之我成了病娇的嫡姐 [Delicate young heiress × sickly, possessive green-tea male lead] [Sweet romance] Luo Yiran transmigrates into a book. She becomes the story’s greatest beauty, a highborn young lady with a noble status, an arrogant and overbearing manner, and no brains: the villainess. Later, she successfully turns her image around and becomes a gentle, delicate aristocratic lady, kind but not saintly. But this also attracts the male lead’s attention. The stunningly beautiful, frail young man smiles tenderly. “B 935Reads9.0Score106Shelves
- 83 The Imperial Consort Trades on the Emperor’s Favor, Seeking Revenge and Rising to Power 贵妃恃宠而骄，一路复仇上位 (A pure palace-intrigue revenge power fantasy, with sweet romance, scumbags getting what they deserve, and an adorable child later on. The leads are not each other's firsts, so read with caution if that bothers you!!! Not fantasy!!!) She is Yu Zhiyi, daughter of Jiangnan's richest man, and Yu Zhiyan, daughter of the Minister of Rites. On her fifth birthday, because of a Frost Soul Pearl, all 100-odd members of Yu Zhiyi's family were slaughtered. The Valley Master of Medicine King Valley had once 2.5kReads9.1Score263Shelves
- 84 On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Rose in Rebellion With My Corpse in His Arms 新婚夜，夫君抱着我的尸体造反了 Not a strong-female-lead revenge story. The heroine is soft and beautiful, and after being reborn, she is doted on from beginning to end. Read with caution if that’s not your thing. [Rebirth + sweet romance + household intrigue + heartwarming] Her scumbag father placed first in the palace examination and married a princess. Her ill-fated mother traveled a thousand miles to find him, only to die in the capital. The legitimate daughter became a concubine’s daughter, then was sent by her stepmother 2.3kReads9.3Score325Shelves
- 85 The Legitimate Princess Consort Died Tragically, Then Returned Reborn and Turned to the Dark Side 嫡妃惨死，重生归来黑化了 She was the daughter of a century-old military family, noble in status, yet she was cruelly betrayed by her fiancé and half-sister. Her face was flayed, her identity stolen, and she died miserably, only to be reborn and awaken as the princess consort of her former fiancé's sworn enemy: Qin Wan, a legitimate daughter who had been raised in a mountain village since childhood, timid, weak, and afraid of trouble? Ha! The noble daughter of a military family, reborn with peerless medical skills and ma 66.3kReads8.6Score5.4kShelves
- 86 The Poisoned Doctor Consort: Crown Prince, Don’t Be Afraid of Me 医妃有毒,禁欲太子别害怕 Yan Weichi, a forensic doctor who possessed a rare treasure, accidentally transmigrated. With a knife in her left hand, she could speak up for the dead; with a needle in her right, she could treat the living. She could do business with both the living and the dead! Yan Weichi: With my skills, won't I thrive in ancient times? Men? What's a man? Men only slow down how fast I can draw my blade. Oh, handsome men are the exception! Shangguan Xi, the most handsome man in the land and the Crown Prince 31.5kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
- 87 The Road to Glory for a Noble Lady 高门贵女的荣华之路 As the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping's household, Lin Chuyue married the Fourth Imperial Grandson, Zhou Xiao, as his principal wife at sixteen. At nineteen, she became a princess consort, and at twenty-six, she rose to become the most powerful woman in the Great An Dynasty: the empress. Who hasn't exclaimed that Lin Chuyue was born under a lucky star? Yet the hardships she endured are too painful to speak of. Zhou Xiao's childhood sweetheart of a cousin, a concubine reborn, and a ma 4.9kReads8.8Score310Shelves
- 88 Love Rekindled: The General's Wife Taken Captive in Enemy Territory 再尝情：将军夫人在敌国做俘虏 “No rebirth or transmigration” “Both leads are virgins” “Happy ending” “Family and country” “Love amid chaos” Full-cast audio narration is now available [A note before you read: This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It takes place in a fictional feudal society modeled on the Southern Song dynasty, where the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues and the belief that a wife should regard her husband as heaven were the accepted moral standards. In powerful families, everyone prospered together and e 4.2kReads9.1Score535Shelves
- 89 Blood-Crying Evil Doctor: Evil Emperor, Hold Her by the Waist and Coax the Fourth Miss 诡医唳血：邪帝，掐腰诱哄四小姐 [Transmigration, two powerful leads, both devoted to one another, all elements] She was the young head of the Chi and Su families in Huaxia, a top assassin who transmigrated into the body of the useless fourth daughter of a general’s family. Everyone knew that the fourth daughter of the Chi family was a good-for-nothing. People humiliated and bullied her without restraint. When she became her, they mocked her as a useless fool. What a joke. She was a once-in-a-million genius. Master of every ele 85Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 90 I Sparked Ancient Gossip with a Paternity Test! 我靠亲子鉴定！引爆古人吃瓜风潮 The original novel behind the hit short drama Ascending the Phoenix Tower On her wedding day, her scumbag husband actually demands that she kneel to his widowed sister-in-law? What a joke. Whoever wants to kneel can do it themselves. She has the ability to conduct paternity tests, and on the spot, she exposes the two of them and their illegitimate child, revealing their affair. She ruins the scumbag’s chances of becoming the top scholar and cuts off his path to success! A fake heiress forges a b 573Reads8.9Score223Shelves
- 91 Commandery Princess Xuanping 宣平郡主 Princess Xuanping and the Crown Prince grew up together. Everyone thought she would become the future Crown Princess. But the Crown Prince fell for the princess's delicate, innocent-looking cousin instead. He forgot his promise that they would spend their lives together, and even risked angering the Emperor so he could marry her cousin. When danger struck, he abandoned the princess without hesitation. After Prince An rescues her, the princess comes to her senses. Some people simply aren't meant 3.8kReads8.8Score364Shelves
- 92 A Little Flirting in the Arms of My Regent Prince Master 在摄政王师尊的怀里撒个娇 [The queen of drama] vs. [Desire incarnate] After being reborn, Shen Chuo discovered that everything she had believed in her previous life was a lie. Her mother hadn’t died of illness, and her master wasn’t a deity. A whole crowd of fathers had come looking for her, and she couldn’t tell which one was her real dad. The demons from the storybooks had all turned out to be real. Even the regent, a man of wealth and power, was shameless, seductive, and fond of acting spoiled. He even had a pair of m 1.3kReads9.2Score213Shelves
- 93 My Bratty Son and the Ghost Doctor Mother 坑爹儿子鬼医娘亲 The novel behind the hit web drama Qing Luo! They say that shortly after the eldest daughter of the Yu family, Yu Qingluo, married into the Yu family, her husband abandoned her on their wedding night and ran off with the woman he loved. They say that six months after marrying into the Yu family, Yu Qingluo mysteriously became pregnant. They say... Yu Qingluo died, burned alive along with her unborn child in a drafty, dilapidated temple, with no proper burial. But then... Six years later, Yu Qing 3.6kReads9.2Score594Shelves
- 94 The Haughty Empress's Concubine Conquest 傲娇娘娘的宠妃攻略 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 1.6kReads8.9Score138Shelves
- 95 Fragrant Thoughts Beneath the Silk Quilt 念香衾 5.6kReads8.9Score514Shelves
- 96 The Regent's Divine Doctor 摄政王的神医狂妃 Yun Suyin, once a special forces medical officer from Zone 09, transmigrates into the body of a pitiful young woman from a marquis's household who has been bullied and abused. She takes on the wicked, tears into her scumbag father, and lives the good life with her medical skills. She never expected that seeing blood would turn her into a rabbit, or that she'd catch the eye of the cold, devious regent. “Run off again, and I'll skin you.” “Don't listen, and I'll skin you.” “Be good, or I'll skin y 6.8kReads9.0Score610Shelves
- 97 Qing Transmigration: Oh No, Consort Yi Is Beating People Again 清穿：不好了，宜妃又动手打人了 Qing Transmigration: A pampered young lady in her previous life + a haughty, proud, fussy little diva + quick to throw punches at the slightest provocation Not a clean romance. Reader discretion advised. Plot 1: Nalan Zhu is dazzlingly beautiful, with a graceful figure. As soon as she enters the imperial harem, Emperor Kangxi takes notice of her. She wins his favor at once and is immediately made a Noble Lady, granted the title Yi. At the morning audience in Changchun Palace, the beauty of Noble 4.4kReads9.0Score417Shelves
- 98 Empresses in the Palace: Soft as Jade, Gentle as a Flower 甄嬛传之玉软花柔 My father is a high-ranking second-grade official, and my several older brothers are all prominent figures of the Qing Dynasty. As a modern-day corporate drone, Ye Qingran couldn’t be happier. But disaster strikes from above, and Qingran has no choice but to obey an imperial order and enter the palace. If she’s going in, then Niohuru Qingran is determined to make her mark. Yixiu, sweet-tongued but venomous; Nian Shilan, arrogant and domineering; Zhen Huan, dripping with false sweetness... They’l 4.9kReads9.0Score250Shelves
- 99 The Crown Prince Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife: The Empress's Daily Life After Bearing Twins 太子宠妾灭妻，娘娘双胎上位日常 [There are a few typos, so please skip this if that bothers you.] A deranged, ruthless heroine and an obsessive Crown Prince, with exclusive devotion later on, clear-headed palace intrigue, and multiple births. Jiang Shiruo is stunningly beautiful, but only a concubine’s daughter. Still, even a concubine’s daughter deserves to live. Jiang Shiruo has no interest in the other princes. She only wants to enter the Eastern Palace, because that’s the only way she can reach the highest position. After 7.7kReads8.9Score676Shelves
- 100 The Empress Dowager's Retirement Life 太后的退休生活 [Palace intrigue + female lead is the mastermind behind the scenes + no romance + plot-driven + ensemble cast] After transmigrating to the Great Jing dynasty, Su Minqing entered the palace as the empress. She worked tirelessly at palace intrigue for over a decade and finally fought her way to becoming the Empress Dowager. The only catch was that there was another Empress Dowager in the palace besides her. As the emperor’s adoptive mother, she was named the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces. The 6.1kReads8.4Score357Shelves
