Novels like Mu Shiniang: She Holds Power Over the Court
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- 1 The Reborn Legitimate Daughter: The First Female General 嫡女重生：第一女将军 The female general Gu Ruochu lives a new life and swears three oaths: first, to escape the tragic fate she suffered in her previous life; second, to protect the Gu family; and third, to ensure that Prince Anyang dies of old age. She thought that having another chance at life would let her tell the living from the dead, but in the end, she discovers that those she thought were ghosts are all human. 81Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 2 Phoenix and Luan in the Palace of Tranquility 凤鸾坤宁 [Empress + not a mutually exclusive romance + pure palace intrigue + intelligent characters + bearing a son to seize the throne] Zhao Zhenshu, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wei’s household, married the legitimate second son of the Prince of Jin’s household. She had only wanted to be the principal wife in the inner quarters. But when the Crown Prince rebelled, the emperor simply replaced him. The legitimate second son of the Prince of Jin’s household was suddenly transformed into the lof 2kReads6.9Score16414d adds
- 3 My Goose Is a Master of Palace Intrigue 本宫的鹅会宫斗 [Historical Romance Writing Contest] Gu Mo Yun accidentally transmigrates into a clichéd palace-intrigue drama, becoming a brainless cannon-fodder villainess who is a thorn in the emperor’s side. What’s more, in the story she’s the emperor’s perfect shield. She takes the full brunt of every storm on behalf of the emperor’s true beloved. After transmigrating, Gu Mo Yun thinks: Whoever wants to be this cannon-fodder villainess can have the job! All she wants is to be the most delicate little white 11Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 4 Her Majesty Is Bewitchingly Beautiful, Reigns over the Six Palaces, and Takes the Empress's Throne! 娘娘千娇百媚，宠冠六宫坐后位！ [Harem intrigue + clear-headed heroine + not the emperor’s sole favorite at first, but his only favorite later] Su Mei never imagined she would transmigrate into a harem-intrigue novel, let alone as the lowest-ranking palace concubine. If she wants a better life, she has to cling tightly to the emperor’s coattails. At first, the emperor is interested in her only because of her alluring face. Later, he summons her more often because she is delicate and soft, and somehow he develops feelings for t 391Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 5 You Act, I Act, and the Empress Leads the Grand Performance 你演我，我演你，皇后带头唱大戏 #Clear-eyed heroine + realistic palace intrigue# In the third year of Kangning, a palace candidate named Jiang Lingyao is pushed into Yingyue Lake and drowns. By a twist of fate, Jiang Lingyao gets a second life in the dead woman's body. The good news: Jiang Lingyao has ghosts all over the palace acting as her spies, so none of the harem's schemes can escape her notice. The bad news: Though she manages to claim the empress's throne in one fell swoop, her paternal aunt, the empress dowager, loath 55Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 6 My Scumbag Husband Takes Two Wives and Swaps the Babies, So I Tear His Whole Family Apart 渣夫兼祧两房又换孩，我撕他全家 (Completed) [Farming with a Spatial Dimension + Slow-Paced Everyday Life + All Kinds of Natural Disasters + Ensemble Cast] Chi Yu gets drunk and transmigrates into a book, becoming a disposable character in a farming novel about fleeing famine and taking the imperial examinations. After the original owner gives birth and is told the baby is stillborn, her wicked mother-in-law implies that she's a barren hen. Worse still, the woman declares: Either get divorced, or use your dowry to help raise th 4.4kReads8.4Score64714d adds
- 7 He Spoils His Favorite Consort and Destroys the Harem, While the Biased Emperor Decrees Her Empress 宠娇妃灭后宫，偏心皇上下旨封后 [The emperor falls in love at first sight + the heroine isn't the only one for him at first, but later receives all his favor + the emperor helps her fight in the harem and makes her empress + the heroine fights in the harem and kills] A low-ranking concubine? I want to be empress. No, no, I want to be Empress Dowager. What? The emperor saw Han Qianning kill someone, and still wants to keep her by his side... Once I'm in the palace, I'll climb my way up to the phoenix throne and kill them all. 1.1kReads9.0Score10614d adds
- 8 The Reborn Female General Opens Her Eyes, and the Enemy Nation Trembles in Fear 女将重生一睁眼，敌国闻风又丧胆 [Reborn + punishing scumbags + strong female lead + nation and family + longing to the depths of the heart + unwavering devotion + mutual salvation] Everyone knew that King Qi was a brave and brilliant commander. With just five thousand light cavalry, he could defeat an enemy force of thirty thousand, and a single demon mask was enough to strike terror into the enemy! But no one knew that the person beneath the mask wasn't King Qi at all. It was the eldest daughter of the Anyuan Marquis's househ 221Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 9 Wanfeng Palace 菀凤宫 [Doesn’t love the emperor + aims to become Empress Dowager + wants her own child to be crown prince + later receives exclusive devotion + palace intrigue, eliminates every consort in the harem] Note: They are not mutually faithful at first. The heroine gradually wins the emperor over with her schemes and tactics. Jiang Zhiwan was a general’s daughter who studied the art of poisoning, then accidentally poisoned herself to death. She transmigrated into a different fictional era, only to 299Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 10 I'm Already a Concubine, So What's Wrong with a Little Cunning? 都做妾了，有点小心机怎么了？ [Scheming in the household early on, palace intrigue later + System + Gorgeous heroine + A little childbirth + Sweet romance] [Stunning heroine who is sweet yet ruthless and a brilliant actress × Cold-faced prince who dotes on his wife and lets his imagination run wild] The male lead in this palace-intrigue novel is not sexually inexperienced. He favors the heroine early on and devotes himself solely to her later. Readers who mind should proceed with caution. In her previous life, Su Yujiao was 2.3kReads7.3Score15114d adds
- 11 The Empress Is Exquisitely Charming: Winning the Palace Battles and Raising a Child to Become Empress 娘娘千娇百媚，宫斗养崽坐后位 [Transmigration + Pure Palace Intrigue + Raising a Child + Clear-Headed Heroine + Focused on Her Career + Light Ensemble Cast] Xie Zhao transmigrates to the state of Beiqi, a country that has never existed in recorded history. When she learns she is to take part in the selection two years later, she begins diligently practicing all kinds of skills. After successfully being selected, her goal is to safely give birth to a prince, raise him into an outstanding crown prince, put him on the throne, a 360Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 12 I Became the Emperor’s Farmgirl Wife, and Now I’m the Favorite of the Six Palaces! 穿成皇帝农家发妻，我宠冠六宫！ She transmigrates into a peasant woman and discovers she is Wang Baozan. After five years of waiting in a humble cave, she becomes empress overnight! The underage consorts are far too competitive, while her newly successful emperor husband says one thing and does another. The ministers bow in reverence, the four seas sing her praises, and a peasant-woman craze sweeps through the capital… 769Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 13 Try the World 且试天下 Feng Lanxi and Feng Xiyun were born into noble houses. In their youth, they traveled the martial world under the assumed names Feng Xi and Feng Xi, earning quite a reputation. Matched in beauty and talent and exceptional in martial arts, they nevertheless acted in very different ways, now enemies, now friends. The martial world thus came to call them “Black Breath and White Wind.” But as the dynasty neared its end, the realm crumbled and the world fell into turmoil. In the end, the two left behi 1.1kReads8.7Score15814d adds
- 14 A Low-Ranking Palace Lady from the Start, with Maxed-Out Harem Warfare Skills 开局小秀女，娘娘宫斗技能满点 [No CP, devoted to palace intrigue for a hundred years!] Ning Yuzhen was sixteen the year she entered the palace, and twenty-eight the year she became Empress Dowager. Framing, miscarriage, poisoning, betrayal... After twelve years of ups and downs in the inner palace, the principles she once hoped to uphold had long since vanished. The people who had once stood by her had long since turned to dust. Ning Yuzhen walked the paths she'd taken in the past, leaving behind only a sigh. When she turned 312Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 15 The Empress's Palace 中宫 At eighteen, Yu Lanqing was shrewd, clever, and breathtakingly beautiful, yet stubborn enough to keep going until she hit a wall. Wei Li went to every length to marry Su Yaoyao, and Yu Lanqing used every means at her disposal to become Wei Li's empress. A daughter of the Yu family couldn't stand the sight of anything dirty. She acted decisively and turned his harem upside down. Wei Li did not love Yu Lanqing. That was why everything she did and said annoyed him so much. Wei Li said Yu Lanqing wa 672Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 16 Disguised as a Man, She Became a Powerful Minister and Made Her Entire Clan Dance on the Edge 女扮男装当权臣，九族头上蹦野迪 [Wish fulfillment + nation building + comedy + ruler trusts his ministers + transmigration + secret identity revealed + woman disguised as a man + female-led story + powerful minister] Good news: Meng Qiw is transmigrated. Bad news: She’s stuck playing a frail heir who disguises herself as a man and could get her entire clan wiped out at any moment. OMG, can I apply to transmigrate again~~ A father who died young, a mother who cries all the time, and a brokenhearted her... Wait, scratch that. He 26.6kReads9.0Score3.1k14d adds
- 17 When a Young Lady Stumbles Into a Military Camp 当千金小姐误入军营 [Complete] [Gender Bender] [Female General] [Sweet Romance] What? My parents want me to marry a fool? A dashing young general, a stunning strategist with a sharp tongue and a scheming mind, and an emperor who promises to love only me for the rest of his life. Aren't these men all excellent choices? To escape an arranged marriage to a dim-witted young prince, she hides in a carriage headed for the military camp in the northwest. From that moment on, the gears of fate begin to turn. 7.6kReads9.3Score99014d adds
- 18 Spirit Spring Space: I Persuaded My Widowed Mother to Split the Family, Then Raised My Younger Siblings 灵泉空间：劝寡母分家后养大弟妹 [Spatial Spirit Spring + Farming + Building Wealth + Sweet and Satisfying + Strong Hero and Heroine] Li Yutong had just graduated from police academy when she transmigrated. She decisively cut ties with her awful relatives, taking her widowed mother, younger brother, and younger sister with her. She was happily focused on making money and supporting her family when she happened to save a handsome blind man. With no romantic experience in her past life, she was suddenly hit with an overbearing co 4.7kReads9.2Score70314d adds
- 19 I'm Already a Concubine, So How Could I Not Go Mad? 都做妾了，哪有不疯的？ #She miscarries from the start. What's wrong with going a little crazy?# #The heroine isn't a good person, the hero isn't a good person, and nobody's a good person# Yuan Xiangxue transmigrates. Other heroines either become mothers without the pain or get an overpowered golden finger. She's the unlucky one who miscarries from the start... Then she takes a look at her new identity: she's become the concubine of Liang Yujing, the ninth prince of the Great Liang Dynasty. She was a perfectly good per 5.2kReads8.6Score50014d adds
- 20 The Heartless Empress 皇后薄情 [Ruthless Empress VS Cold-Blooded Prince] [Palace intrigue + power plays] She is the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, skilled at riding and archery, well versed in strategy, and every bit as bold and valiant as any man. Then, in a single night, everything changes. The Duke of Zhenguo’s household falls into decline, and she becomes empress. In public, she is a virtuous empress, renowned for her grace and dignity; in private, she plots every detail of her revenge, rut 911Reads9.1Score7314d adds
- 21 Wei Yanwan Returns to Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Ruyi, Step Aside 卫嬿婉回到如懿传，如懿请靠边站 A gambling-addicted younger brother, a mother who drains her dry, a childhood sweetheart with no ambition, and her, bullied by the protagonists. Reborn on the day Wei Yanwan sends Yao Huang a peony. Jinzhong, wait for me to use the Emperor’s silver to support you. Warning: This story reflects only this novel’s point of view. 209Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 22 Disguised as a Man: I Started My Career as an Advisor 女扮男装：当官从幕僚做起 [Soul transmigration, alternate world, woman disguised as a man, rise to power and riches, no romance, political intrigue, no System] Wang Qian transmigrated to the Great Zhao Dynasty. To survive, she assumed the identity of a successful candidate in the imperial examinations named Wang Qingyun and entered a prince's residence as an adviser. Once there, she discovered that the prince was plotting to become heir to the throne. The risk was too great. She had to make a run for it. Wang Qingyun: As 1.6kReads9.0Score27414d adds
- 23 My Phoenix Returns 吾凰归来 [A classic rebirth story, political intrigue and revenge, with a heroine focused on building her own career] The empress of the Kingdom of Nanyue, a legitimate daughter of a military family. She was the Prince of Yu's consort for two years and a benevolent empress for four, yet when she went into labor one day, the man she loved cut open her belly and killed their child. His reason was that she was a demon empress who would bring ruin to the nation, and that the child she bore would surely kill 1.9kReads9.1Score23914d adds
- 24 The General Is a Mad Beauty 将军是个疯批美人 After being reborn, Qin Huaining went mad and "killed" herself. She took her late brother's identity and enlisted in the army, becoming a famous young general. She inherited her brother's identity, and it seemed she inherited his past life as a man too, indulging in wine, women, and wealth. Her residence was filled with beauties of all kinds, men and women alike. In the eyes of outsiders, she was a useless wastrel, drunk on wine, women, and money. But everyone at court knew better than to provok 318Reads8.9Score10614d adds
- 25 Transmigrate Into a Book, Woo the Crown Prince, and Win Over Your White Moonlight to Survive 穿书，狂撩白月光太子活命 [Fictional historical romance + 1v1 + Both leads are pure in body and heart + Palace intrigue and political machinations] [Clear-headed, slightly unhinged beauty VS gentle, refined crown prince] Ruan Jinhuan transmigrated into the cannon-fodder character in The Tyrant Prince’s Darling. Her father didn’t love her, her mother didn’t care for her, and she was destined to be killed by the male lead. To save her own life, she pulled out all the stops to cozy up to the crown prince, seducing his body 7.5kReads9.0Score81414d adds
- 26 The Reborn Legitimate Daughter: The Poisonous Consort's Daring Comeback 嫡女重生，毒妃飒爆了 [Reborn + Poison healer + Cathartic revenge] She schemed and plotted with meticulous care, personally placing the man she loved on the throne. In return, her family was destroyed, her entire household was executed, and even her child was cut from her womb! Heaven had eyes: she was reborn and returned to take revenge, tormenting her half-sister and taking on the scumbag! She had stopped believing in love, but the man who had died for her in her previous life kept appearing before her. By day, she 1.7kReads5.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 27 Palace Intrigue Gone Wild 宫斗也疯狂 [Sunshine Empress with a Sly Streak vs. Proud, Innocent Emperor] [Historical Setting + Light Comedy + Palace Intrigue + Subverting Expectations + Laugh-Out-Loud + Sweet Romance] “In broad daylight, beneath a clear sky, out in the open wilderness, the young lady of Chancellor Wen's family has knocked His Majesty flat!!!” Wen Zhishan is the daughter of the current chancellor. But she inherited none of her father's refinement or good manners. Instead, she's rough and impulsive, a notorious street t 894Reads9.2Score10314d adds
- 28 The Dragon Empress Dowager's Favorite 权宠龙太后 The comic drama of the same name, Empress Dowager of Unparalleled Beauty, is now streaming on the Hongguo Short Drama app. She transmigrates and is immediately expected to marry an emperor who is on the brink of death? Who knew that by the next day, Long Zhanyan would be promoted to empress dowager, with her scumbag father and wretched mother kneeling to pay their respects, and the emperor bowing to greet her. There's only one word for it: satisfying! But why is the regent looking at her so stra 4.9kReads8.4Score49014d adds
- 29 The Fertile Imperial Consort: The Emperor’s One and Only Favorite 好孕贵妃：独得圣宠 Noble Consort Jingmin: the highest rank many women in the imperial harem could dream of attaining. But what if it was a posthumous title? Who would want that? Given another chance, Wanran had no desire to become empress. She only wanted everyone who had harmed her in her previous life to receive their due punishment, and for her children to live in peace, never again to suffer through those dark days. As for the emperor, she would never again give him her whole heart. 2.4kReads9.2Score21914d adds
- 30 The Empress Is Alluring and Charming, and Covets the Empress Dowager's Seat 娘娘娇娆柔媚，觊觎太后宝位 [Rebirth + palace intrigue + medical skills + no pairing + doesn't love the emperor] At the age of seven, she was kidnapped in her previous life and became the disciple of a genius physician. But her master coveted the peerless beauty she gradually grew into. After three years of planning, she struck a fatal blow, thinking she was finally free. Then she found the letter her master had left behind... Reborn in a single moment, she changed her fate of being kidnapped and entered the palace. She tr 1.3kReads9.1Score15914d adds
- 31 Your Majesty, Behave. You Can't Escape My Grasp 皇后，乖，你逃不出朕的五指山 One is an emperor who climbed to the throne over mountains of corpses, the other the legitimate daughter of a powerful military governor. After their wedding, they treat each other with courtesy and join forces to command the court and the harem. Xiao Cen thought he'd married an empress as lovely as a flower and shrewd beneath her beauty. Then he discovered that, while she was gentle and obedient in public, behind closed doors she dared to use forbidden drugs. He let his guard down for just a mo 2.2kReads9.0Score20614d adds
- 32 In My Past Life, You Slaughtered My Entire Family. Reborn, I'll Take Your Kingdom 前世你灭我满门，重生我覆你江山 The short drama "Scheming Phoenix, Beloved Substitute Eunuch" is now streaming. Thanks so much for your support, guys. Love you all! [Both leads reborn + devoted to each other + family and country + power struggles] A heroine who always gets revenge + a patient, deeply devoted hero with a secret identity In her previous life, Li Shuangwan used the meritorious service of the entire General’s House of Zhenguo to help the helpless Ling Heng ascend the throne. She believed that after ten years of ma 9.4kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 33 The Empress Dowager Starts Taking Them Out 继后开始刀人 The empress consort wants no part in the fight for favor. She just wants to kill people. Wei Xiangwan entered the palace with three things to do. First, uncover the truth behind her father's mysterious disappearance. Second, avenge her best friend, who died unjustly. Third, give birth to the crown prince. As for the emperor's affection, it was the least important thing of all. In the resplendent harem, where false affection bloomed everywhere, some people still yearned for true love. Qi Zhao fel 6.3kReads8.8Score65914d adds
- 34 The Crown Prince's Consort Turns Dark After Being Reborn 世子妃重生后黑化了 [Fake and real heiresses] Chu Miao was born the eldest legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's residence, but her life was switched at birth with a village woman's daughter. When her family finds her, she becomes a pawn of her parents and the imperial family. She is deceived into marrying Xiao Rongjin, the legitimate son of the Prince of Pingnan. Her father-in-law is a war god who has never known 7.4kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 35 Now This Is Palace Intrigue! Thirty Heroines Topple the Harem 就这个宫斗爽！30个大女主掀翻后宫 [Palace and Household Intrigue + Anthology Stories + Strong Female Leads + Feel-Good Revenge + Face-Slapping] She waited three years for the general to return from war, only for her husband to come home with a pregnant woman and announce he was taking her as a second wife?! Dream on! I’m the daughter of the richest man in the land. From now on, I’m getting a divorce and building my own career! She was the exalted crown princess, yet on the very day she gave birth, the crown prince and her mother 318Reads8.5Score3314d adds
- 36 Palace Intrigue System: I Become the Emperor’s Favorite 宫斗系统：我成了陛下心尖宠 [Both Pure + Sweet Romance + System + Devoted Love + Transmigration] Easygoing Qin Zhaozhao transmigrates into the body of a newly arrived imperial consort. She plans to lie flat, but then a palace-intrigue System activates, and somehow she catches the new emperor’s attention. The System says that completing missions earns her rewards, including the chance to become empress. It sounds simple, but it’s incredibly difficult. A noble consort has her eye on the throne, while the emperor’s former fla 350Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 37 A Cheat-Code Life in the Imperial Harem 后宫开挂人生 In the novel, she is the Empress Dowager’s niece and the emperor’s highest-ranking Consort Shu, with a noble status and boundless favor. Yet in the end, she cannot escape the fate of a minor cannon-fodder character, and dies with hatred in her heart! Qian Qing from another world takes her place and carefully plots every step, winning the emperor’s love and matching wits with the novel’s heroine. She wants to see whether a mere illegitimate daughter of a marquis’s household can still rise to the 1.8kReads7.6Score10914d adds
- 38 Reborn, She Marries into an Even More Powerful Family, Then Gives Up Trying 重生后再嫁高门，她摆烂了 Jiang Nian was a farmer's daughter. Her father saved Governor Qi's life, and Jiang Nian's fortunes rose overnight: she married into the Qi family and became the wife of Qi Heng, the family's second young master. A farmer's daughter marrying into a prestigious family, with a handsome, accomplished husband and noble-born sisters-in-law, Jiang Nian felt deeply inferior. She lived cautiously, not daring to say much to her husband. Every day, she studied how to be the lady of the household and forced 6.5kReads8.4Score78114d adds
- 39 From Palace Maid to Imperial Consort: Her Majesty Is on a Killing Spree 从宫女到贵妃，娘娘她杀疯了 It’s bad enough that she’s transmigrated into a palace laundry maid. Who knew a eunuch would take a fancy to her, too? Jiang Zhiyi decides that lying low in the palace is out of the question. She’ll just have to climb the ladder to success. When a eunuch lusts after her, she sends him to his grave. When the concubines vie for favor, she’ll stop at nothing. Jiang Zhiyi knows the imperial harem is a cutthroat workplace where only the capable survive. The palace is full of deceit and intrigue, 6kReads8.8Score58714d adds
- 40 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 1.8kReads8.9Score18514d adds
- 41 After the Crown Princess Conceives Twins, the Crown Prince Favors His Beloved Concubine and Makes Her Empress 灭太子妃怀双胎，太子宠娇妾封后 [Traditional historical romance. Not a virginal couple! + Clear-headed heroine gradually grows stronger in palace intrigue + Twins + Winning the Crown Prince’s heart, aiming for the empress’s throne] An Ruyan clutched her book of Thirty-Six Stratagems and set out to win over the tyrannical Crown Prince!!! An Ruyan was rescued by Prince Yan when she was robbed while visiting a temple. She had long been in love with him, but an unexpected incident made her see what a scumbag he was. Determined to 2.3kReads8.9Score22814d adds
- 42 Marrying Up 高嫁 On the day Ning Wanqiao married Duan Yunzhou, he brought his white moonlight into the household as his concubine. On their wedding night, Ning Wanqiao spent the night alone, while Duan Yunzhou stayed in his white moonlight's courtyard night after night. Later, Ning Wanqiao learned that she was the wicked woman standing in the way of Duan Yunzhou and his white moonlight. She was neglected everywhere in the Marquis's household and was not allowed to live in the main courtyard reserved for the Marc 11.9kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 43 The Childhood Sweetheart Consort Rises to Power, Her Goal Is to Become Empress Dowager! 青梅侧妃上位，目标是太后位！ [Domestic scheming in the early stages, palace intrigue later; the leads are not both faithful~] [The heroine loves the hero but keeps her feelings in check, staying clear-headed and never obsessed. The hero cares for her, but as emperor he has to balance the court, and there will be no shortage of women around him. The heroine is special to him!] An unexpected imperial decree changed Jiang Qingyue from the Princess Consort of Prince Qing to his secondary consort overnight. The emperor’s favor a 4.5kReads8.3Score37414d adds
- 44 Reborn Poisonous Consort: The Sickly Regent Is So Clingy 重生毒妃：病娇摄政王太黏人 [Rebirth and transmigration + secret identities + doted on to the extreme + exhilarating revenge] In her previous life, her identity was switched. The princess who should have been cherished by everyone became the disfigured, unloved eldest daughter of a marquis's household, and was cruelly abused to death. Reborn, she begins her revenge on the very day she's sent to marry the comatose Prince Regent as a substitute bride, to bring him good fortune. Her enemies begin to tremble. They call her ugl 2.9kReads9.2Score25414d adds
- 45 I'm a Fake Official, Yet I've Won the Crown Prince's Heart 本官是假货，却哄得太子倾心了 [Transmigration and nation-building | Woman disguised as a man | Court intrigue | Farming and famine relief | Feel-good rise to power] Li Yanhe takes over another person's identity and becomes magistrate of Pingwu County. Disaster is everywhere, refugees are on the move, and the treasury is empty... At the grand court assembly, officials from every prefecture report disasters, leaving the entire court at its wit's end. One report from the Commissioner of Administration sends shock waves through 5.4kReads6.5Score56014d adds
- 46 The Regent Princess Consort Plays by No Rules 摄政王妃不讲武德 A modern mercenary queen transmigrates into the body of Mu Jiuxi, the eldest daughter of a general's household. First, she's falsely accused of adultery and nearly thrown into a pig cage. Then the Prince Regent breaks off their engagement and ruins her reputation. Everyone expects the young lady to become a laughingstock, but she doesn't bat an eye. She tears apart fake sweethearts, puts snobbish social climbers in their place, crushes scheming jerks, and captures a male assassin alive. With all 1.9kReads9.3Score48614d adds
- 47 The Emperor's Only Favorite: The Empress Keeps Accidentally Revealing Her Secret Identity 陛下独宠：皇后娘娘疯狂掉马甲 *Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Legitimate Daughter + Secret Identities + Powerful Couple* The only legitimate daughter of the Duke of the Southern Kingdom's household, Nan Huaishen grew up adored and indulged by everyone. Her grandfather is a first-rank duke, her father a first-rank general, and her maternal grandfather the chancellor. She also has three doting older brothers. With a background envied by every noblewoman in the capital, she is also exceptionally beautiful and talented. Then, 2.7kReads9.0Score30014d adds
- 48 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 1.5kReads9.1Score20914d adds
- 49 An Unconventional Palace Intrigue 非传统宫斗 Imperial selection from the start / Pure palace intrigue with a touch of household intrigue / Ensemble cast / Realistic style [Pure palace intrigue begins after chapter 20] Not the emperor’s sole favorite / Not a virgin couple / No romance pairing [The emperor is a scumbag with the power of life and death. The first few chapters establish his character and contain potentially uncomfortable scenes. If that bothers you, skip to chapter 20.] Everyone is caught up in palace intrigue. The consorts an 2kReads8.3Score22314d adds
- 50 Top-Rank Poison Consort: Reborn and Married to the Ailing Prince 一品毒妃：重生后嫁给病秧子王爷 [Fantasy historical romance + palace and household intrigue + rebirth and transmigration + angst before sweetness] Yang Susu is the third daughter born to a concubine in the General’s mansion. Rumor has it that her beauty could topple kingdoms, and that one smile over her shoulder could leave thousands lovestruck. Yet beauty is short-lived: she died at fifteen! Before her death, she suffered from a strange illness. Her face was disfigured, her limbs withered, and blood flowed from all seven ori 17.9kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
