Novels like The Alluring Consort Climbs to the Phoenix Throne and Captures the Emperor's Heart at First Sight
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- 151 The Empress Doesn't Fight for Favor, the Emperor Crowns Her Empress 娘娘不宫斗，帝王捧上后位 [A Dark, Unhinged Emperor vs. A Wild and Alluring Consort: Not a Pure Romance, but Full of Devotion, Thrills, and Sweetness!] Jiang Shu transmigrates into the harem of a tyrant, becoming an obscure Noble Lady. She thinks she’ll just keep her head down in the palace until old age. But then, to survive, she throws herself into the tyrant’s arms. The emperor adores her beyond measure! He clears out his entire harem for her and puts her on the throne as empress. From then on, their life as emperor a 1.3kReads9.1Score136Shelves
- 152 The Empress’s Coy Glance Makes the Cold-Faced Tyrant Dote on Her 娘娘媚眼含羞，撩得暴君冷脸宠 [Scheming Beauty Who Dares to Defy Convention + Cold, Twisted Emperor Who’s Obsessed with Her + Harem Intrigue + Not Each Other’s First] Yu Nuan was on her way to a film set when she transmigrated, becoming an unpopular, low-ranking consort who had lost in the harem power struggle. Born into a family of imperial merchants, with a lowly family background and unable to bear children, she had been dealt a terrible hand. Yu Nuan gazed at the beautiful woman in the mirror, her skin like snow and her 1.4kReads8.7Score103Shelves
- 153 The Enchanting Concubine: The System Insists I Become Beautiful and Win the Emperor’s Favor 庶女娇妩：系统非要我变美当皇后 [System + Harem Intrigue + Beauty Makeover + The Powerful Man Bows His Head + HE + Male Lead Goes Mad with Love] [Not a pure relationship on both sides; favored early on, exclusively doted on later, 1v1] On the eve of the imperial selection, Shen Niaoniao, a concubine-born daughter, was threatened by her stepmother into entering the palace to help her legitimate sister secure the emperor’s favor. For her mother’s sake, she was willing to be a pawn, but she accidentally uncovered her sister’s pl 8.8kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
- 154 As Long as I Act Well, the Empress's Throne Is Mine 只要演技好，娘娘的凤位跑不了 Red bricks and green tiles, beauty all around. One shower of imperial favor, and from then on she advances step by step, finally ascending the throne to stand alongside the emperor. Her family is in decline? Her brother's career prospects are uncertain? Her sister's marriage prospects have come to nothing? See how Wen Ruo keeps true to herself in the harem, rises step by step, leads her family back to the top, helps her brother advance his career, and finds her sister a fine marriage! “This hare 2.4kReads9.0Score264Shelves
- 155 I'm Not to Be Trifled With 本宫不好惹 Ning Xiyue’s guide to surviving in the imperial harem: First, don’t fear shame. Second, don’t fear death. Have thick skin and a ruthless streak. Be magnanimous, but always repay a grudge... Of course, is this a survival guide or a guide to getting yourself killed? That depends on whether you can win over His Majesty the Emperor. 701Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 156 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 5.2kReads8.6Score500Shelves
- 157 In the Imperial Harem, My Goal Is to Become the Empress Dowager 人在后宫，目标太后 # Palace intrigue is out of the question. I'll eat snacks, watch the drama, and have children, that's the plan # Cui Xuejian transmigrated into the past and became a low-ranking palace consort. Powerful figures towered over her, while a few insignificant nobodies clawed at her feet. With things like this, why bother with palace intrigue? Better to just give up and coast! Cui Xuejian believed that as long as she kept out of trouble, no monsters, demons, or other ghoulish creatures would come afte 1.7kReads9.2Score138Shelves
- 158 After Entering the Palace, She Becomes His Majesty’s One True Love 入宫后她是陛下的白月光 [Pure Palace Intrigue] [No Saintly Heroine] [The Heroine Schemes Against the Entire Harem] [Political Machinations] [Clear-Headed Careerist] Originally titled "The Empress's Daily Life of Palace Intrigue," retitled "A Consort's Guide to Palace Intrigue" * Shen Yiwan, the illegitimate daughter of the Shen family, became pregnant after entering the palace and was made Virtuous Consort. Somehow, she let her good sense fly out the window and made the decision she would regret most in her life. She s 748Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 159 After Entering the Palace in Her Sister's Place, the Young Mistress Rises Through the Ranks 替姐入宫后，小主她一路高升 [Strong Male Lead and Strong Female Lead + Favored Consort + Palace Intrigue + Adorable Baby + Sole Devotion + Childbirth] (The early story leans toward palace intrigue, with the heroine putting on an act and scheming against the hero. Later, their feelings erupt, and he devotes himself to her alone.) After transmigrating, she becomes an illegitimate daughter of the Su family. Her birth mother died young, her father shows her no affection, and her stepmother is cruel. A complete nobody at home, 3kReads9.0Score331Shelves
- 160 The Fortunate Concubine 庶女有福 The third daughter of the Chu family, Chu Lingran, is breathtakingly beautiful, with peerless looks. In truth, she is merely a concubine-born daughter of the Chengbo Marquis household, always cautious and modest, playing the pig to eat the tiger. Her stepmother took a fortune-teller’s words, “This girl will have many descendants,” and sent her to the Crown Prince’s residence to serve as a childbearing tool. But the full prediction was: “This girl will have many descendants, for she is destined t 1.3kReads9.0Score140Shelves
- 161 From the Start, All I Had Was a Trash System: A College Girl Takes on the Palace Schemes 开局一个破系统，女大学生闯宫斗 [Household and Palace Intrigue + No Naive Doormat Heroine + Rise to Power + Sweet and Satisfying] Also known as: Everyone Has to Kneel Before Me? A university student who knows palace-intrigue dramas inside out transmigrates, and the empress’s throne is practically in her grasp! She transmigrates into the Forbidden City, only to find herself a lowly palace maid! What a disastrous start. Luckily, she has a System to help her. But you’re saying my ultimate mission is to become empress? Me? Empress 592Reads8.2Score107Shelves
- 162 The Empire Is My Betrothal Gift: The Reborn Noble Consort Strikes Back 江山为聘：重生贵妃不好当 [Reborn + palace intrigue + sweet romance + one-on-one] In her previous life, Song Qingqian was a pampered young lady from a prestigious family and the legitimate daughter of a powerful minister. She lived in splendor for twenty years, becoming the emperor’s most favored Noble Consort. She thought her life was destined to be smooth and luxurious. But when a great fire turned half the sky over Jian’an red and the entire Song clan was thrown into prison, she learned that her father had committed t 74Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 163 The Empress Is Otherworldly and Alluring: The Emperor's Exclusive Favorite 娘娘又仙又撩：陛下椒房独宠 [Not a first-love-only pairing; the heroine is no saint; the emperor favors her exclusively in the middle and later stages; fluffy, brainless sweet romance; silly and lighthearted, read with caution] Everyone says that a highborn legitimate daughter who enters the palace is doomed to a bad end, but Pei Jinyan refuses to believe it. Besides, she was once the emperor’s favorite consort in her previous life. She simply ruined a winning hand through her own arrogance and capriciousness. She gave bir 7.5kReads9.2Score867Shelves
- 164 The Consort Just Wants to Lie Flat, but the Emperor Spoils Her Too Much 娘娘只想躺平，奈何帝王太宠 [Transmigrate into a book + foodie heroine + lucky koi System + multiple pregnancies + both leads are virgins + unserious palace intrigue + exclusive devotion + fluffy romance] A soft, adorable foodie couch potato × a violent, childless, domineering emperor Su Qinghe was a single woman living alone in the 21st century, and she actually starved to death. She should have gone straight to the underworld, but instead Su Qinghe accidentally transmigrated into a fictional world and took over the body 376Reads7.0Score100Shelves
- 165 The Emperor Finds His Consort Alluring; I Find His Majesty a Jerk 朕见贵妃多妩媚，妾见皇上甚是渣 [No transmigration or rebirth] [Pure palace intrigue] [The heroine never falls in love] Jinyue, the legitimate eldest daughter of a general's household, is chosen in a selection for the imperial harem. The Empress appoints her as a spy and marries her off to the Crown Prince as a secondary consort. The moment she enters the Eastern Palace, she understands that she and Zhongli Jin are bound only by mutual interest. There can never be the slightest affection between them. After sixteen years in th 2.5kReads9.0Score242Shelves
- 166 The Emperor's Cherished Favorite 帝王的掌上娇宠 [Love at first sight + Possessive pursuit + Both sweet and angsty (enter with caution if that's not your thing)] [Not a strong female lead] [Age gap + Not both virgins] Although Shen Jin was a concubine-born daughter, her whole family had doted on her since she was little. She thought she would spend her life with her childhood sweetheart, but one banquet completely changed her life. Everyone envied the emperor's boundless favor toward Consort Chen. But only Shen Jin knew that this favor was lik 3.8kReads6.6Score330Shelves
- 167 The Laid-Back Consort Wins in the Harem 咸鱼宠妃在后宫躺赢了 In her previous life, Mu Lianyin was imprisoned by Mu Cheng because of her beautiful face. While trying to escape, she hit her head and ended up in an ancient imperial harem. Lianyin decided that lying low and coasting through life would be just fine. But... Why was the story getting more and more out of control? Could someone tell her why this emperor looked exactly like Mu Cheng? Why wasn’t the male lead falling in love with the woman who transmigrated into a book, and instead kept pestering h 217Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 168 She Was Reborn and Stole My Match, So I Married into the Harem and Went on a Rampage 重生抢我姻缘，我嫁到后宫杀疯了 Ye Wanchen and her legitimate older sister were both reborn. In her previous life, her older sister entered the palace as a consort, only to die deep in the palace after plotting to harm the emperor’s child. Ye Wanchen married an unfavored prince. She carefully plotted at every turn to put him on the throne, only to be stabbed by the person dearest to her and die within the palace walls. Now that they had another chance at life, her older sister wanted to switch marriages and take over her fate? 324Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 169 Your Majesty, I’ve Fallen Head Over Heels! 皇后，朕恋爱脑犯了！ [Mutual devotion! Older woman-younger man romance! Love after marriage! Fictional setting!] Quan Suye was the legitimate eldest daughter of a family with neither power nor influence. Her fiancé was stolen, her reputation ruined, but she didn’t care. She always remembered her late mother’s last words and took care to keep a low profile. By chance, she rescued a child, only to discover he was the Ninth Prince. From then on, her life changed completely. Her stepmother no longer dared bully her, her 538Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 170 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 2kReads6.9Score164Shelves
- 171 Your Majesty, Don't Love Me So Much! I Win the Harem's Favor Through Good Fortune in Childbearing 陛下别太爱！我靠好孕独宠后宫 [The short drama adapted from this novel, Your Majesty, Don't Love Me Too Much! I'll Win the Harem's Favor with My Fertility, is now available.] [The animated drama adapted from this novel, Darling, Enter My Heart, is now available.] [The leads are not faithful to each other. He becomes devoted to her later + The heroine is stunningly beautiful and clear-eyed, and aims to become an empress + Fertility and childbirth + Multiple babies in one pregnancy + Intelligent palace intrigue + Political man 8.2kReads8.8Score747Shelves
- 172 The King's Woman 王的女人 A consort who doesn't want to monopolize the emperor's favor is no good consort at all! My goal is to charge down the path to winning all his affection and ruling the Six Palaces! At least three chapters a day. A jade pendant donation earns one extra chapter; a crown earns ten! 172Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 173 The Viperous Favorite Consort: Scheming Her Way to Rule as Empress Dowager 蛇蝎宠妃心机深，垂帘听政做太后 [Content warning! The female lead is a wholly evil villain, cruel and scheming, and will stop at nothing to climb to the top.] “[Don't randomly bring up women competing against women. This is a palace-intrigue story!! The harem is a workplace, and the imperial consorts are all rivals!]” Bu Xingruo was the most favored consort in the palace. In her previous life, she let the Emperor's favor go to her head, throwing her weight around and acting arrogantly in the harem. Lost in the Emperor's fleeti 658Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 174 Blood on the Palace Walls: I Toppled an Empire with My Medical Skills 宫墙血：我靠医术覆了江山 I was born among the clouds, until one sudden upheaval changed everything. My family was slaughtered, and I entered the palace as a replacement bride to seek revenge. I conceal my medical skills, wield my needle case, stir up the inner palace, and tear the vicious empress to shreds. People say my beauty brings ruin to the nation, but I’ll use my medical skills to overthrow the realm, kill my enemies with my own hands, and rule the world! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 The Empress Is Determined to Rise to the Top 娘娘她立志登高位 Scheming beauty x stern, cold emperor (soul transmigration + palace intrigue + not mutually devoted + eventually his one and only) In the third year of Zhaowu, Wen Zhuohua abandoned the path laid out for her and entered the palace as a palace-selection candidate. She loves wealth, splendor, power, and status. All under heaven belongs to the sovereign, and nothing in this world is more exalted than imperial authority. Once in the palace, she treads carefully in the harem and puts on an act for th 15.3kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
- 176 The Empress Takes the Throne, and the Treasury Is Already Empty 娘娘入主中宫，国库已被搬空 [Both pure + sweet pampering + he convinces himself she loves him + tooth-achingly sweet!!!!] After transmigrating, Bai Leqing wanted a life where food and clothes were brought right to her, so she immediately latched onto the tyrant of an emperor and fawned, “Your Majesty, I love you so much I can't help myself, I'm absolutely head over heels for you~” The emperor gave her a disdainful sidelong glance. “Get lost. You're making yourself look cheap and bringing shame on me.” Later... The emperor 466Reads8.8Score110Shelves
- 177 You Dare Challenge Me? I'll Slap You Without Mercy 敢惹本宫？巴掌扇脸绝不手下留情 After two years in the palace, Lizhu was still an invisible junior consort. Fortunately, her Phoenix destiny finally awakened, and Lizhu stopped holding back. At her first meeting with the emperor, she was promoted to Attendant. After her first night with him, she was promoted to Noble Lady. Less than a month after winning his favor, she was made the head consort of a palace. With dazzling poise, Lizhu embarked on the fastest rise through the ranks in the Qing palace, blinding the eyes of every 1.2kReads8.6Score117Shelves
- 178 Yu Wujiao 玉无娇 Palace intrigue + clear-headed heroine + high intelligence and emotional intelligence + not an only-one relationship + no System or portable space + a heroine who grows over time (not a wish-fulfillment story), not blinded by love. After her parents and younger sister are brutally killed, Jiang Yuxin, daughter of a convicted minister, realizes that becoming a favored consort is the only way to change things. At nineteen, the emperor is at an age when he falls easily. He falls for one woman afte 272Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 179 The Tsundere Empress Falls for the Leader of the Red Flower Society 傲娇娘娘，爱上红花会头目 The heroine of this story is the daughter of Chen Yanzhang, and also Xia Ziwei’s mother, Xia Yuhe. Chen Mingyu is initially overlooked, but later fights to win favor. She allies with Consort Xian and joins the palace power struggle. Later, there is also a story involving Qianlong and Han Xiangjian. In the imperial harem, she never backs down, whether facing the schemes and rivalries between consorts or the fallout from struggles for power at court. She remains steadfast in this complex world. Sh 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Rising to the Top of the Harem by Bearing Children 靠生子宠冠后宫 The year Sang Zhi was born, her father was twenty-nine. After sitting the metropolitan examination for the third time, he passed the imperial examination and, following the palace examination, was appointed an eighth-rank county magistrate. From then on, Sang Zhi became the most cherished member of the Sang family. Over the next fifteen years, her father started out as a county magistrate and smoothly climbed the ranks to become a fifth-rank director in the Ministry of Works. For a man like him, 2kReads7.7Score225Shelves
- 181 The Emperor's Sole Favorite: His Alluring Empress Is Wonderfully Fertile! 皇上独宠，钓系皇后超好孕！ [Sweet romance, exclusive devotion, devoted couple, palace intrigue, System, twists, past and present lives, happy ending] Emperor Xiao Jingchen of Great Jing is handsome and majestic, with the bearing of a dragon and the grace of a phoenix. Yet in the twelve years since he ascended the throne, he has had no children, and not one of his consorts has conceived. After transmigrating, Qiao Shuyao is bound to a childbearing System and diligently sets out to win the emperor’s heart. At first, ever 398Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 182 Why Bother With Her? She's a Toxic Tease and the Emperor's Beloved 惹她干嘛，她茶又坏是皇上心尖宠 [Palace intrigue + scheming black-lotus heroine + winning power through seduction + doted on exclusively from the middle onward] [Instinctive attraction + knowing one's own heart] Everyone said Song Shuangning was a gentle, innocent beauty, with shy eyes and a slender figure. But no one knew that beneath her delicate appearance hid a schemer whose plans never stopped turning. She framed consorts, slyly tripped up her rivals, and could toss out honeyed, affected words with ease. Xiao Yan had met 31.7kReads8.9Score4.7kShelves
- 183 The Lazy Noble Consort Is Forced into Palace Intrigue 咸鱼贵妃被迫宫斗 Lu Jiu does everything to become a lazy, carefree fish: she volunteers for the Cold Palace, gives up on herself, and makes it on her own! Yet somehow, she still earns the title of the harem's number-one scheming green tea! The Empress Dowager says, “This girl is alluring. You can tell at a glance she won't stay chaste!” The consorts say, “Little sister, your methods are impressive. We admit defeat!” Her father says, “Well done! Keep it up! Great success is just around the corner!” The Emperor sa 142Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 184 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 2.6kReads9.1Score275Shelves
- 185 The Emperor’s Favorite: His Beloved Consort 娇妃娘娘盛宠六宫 (Transmigration + System + palace intrigue + happily ever after with the heroine as the emperor’s sole favorite) Xu Lanshan transmigrates into the body of a palace maid who was tortured to death by her own mistress. She has no choice but to plot her escape. The only way to stay alive is to win the emperor’s favor. She sees the bright side: he’s the most powerful man in the world, and he’s young and handsome, too. Sleeping with him would be a win. But what’s with this palace-intrigue System? If s 1.2kReads8.9Score106Shelves
- 186 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 1.6kReads8.9Score141Shelves
- 187 A Surrogate Pregnancy? The Emperor Dotes on Me, and I Keep Having Lucky Pregnancies 借腹生子？被帝王娇宠到福孕连连 [Feel-good revenge + palace intrigue + fertility + System + multiple births + sole favorite later on + not a story where the leads have only ever been with each other + an emperor who talks himself into loving her at first, then begs humbly for her affection × a clear-eyed, beautiful consort] Yan Qingshu has a nightmare. In it, she takes her infertile elder sister’s place in the emperor’s bed and becomes pregnant with his child. But the moment the baby is born, her sister snatches it away. Yan Q 5.4kReads8.7Score687Shelves
- 188 The Noble Consort's Cherished Days 贵妃娘娘娇宠记 [Sweet romance, everyone’s favorite, 1v1] Ye Menger grew up pampered and cherished. Her parents doted on her, her brothers adored her, and she even had an aunt who was the Empress Dowager and an imperial cousin who was the emperor to rely on. From childhood, everyone treasured her above all else. But then an imperial decree sent her into the palace. See how this noble-born young woman is coddled by an emperor and rises step by step to the highest position in the inner palace! 1kReads7.0Score105Shelves
- 189 Book Transmigration: I'm Thriving in the Harem by Doing Nothing 穿书：我在后宫躺赢了 Shen Bairong is an overworked modern office drone who transmigrates into a novel she's read, only to become its villainess! Fight back and turn her life around? No thanks, she's not cut out for that. But why isn't the male lead following the script?! Gong Yuxuan pins her beneath him and whispers in her ear, “My beloved consort seems to be enjoying the show~” Shen Bairong: Trapped in the corner of the bed, trembling! Wait, what's going on? Did the male lead pick up the wrong script? Shen Bairong 196Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 190 Transmigrated as a Bedclimbing Palace Maid in a Palace-Intrigue Novel 穿成宫斗文里的爬床宫女 No prestigious family background, no peerless beauty. After transmigrating, film queen Li Songyue finds herself cast as the most expendable bed-climbing maid in a palace intrigue novel. The transmigrated heroine is ahead of her, the reborn supporting female lead is behind her, and there’s also a demanding emperor to contend with. From bed-climbing maid to empress dowager of the realm. She won’t know how cold it is at the top until she climbs there. 228Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 From Talented Lady to Empress: Your Consort Knows Court Intrigue Best 从才人到皇后，爱妃最懂宫斗 The author's first book, so please don't mind the low rating. Zhao Xiyao is a fashion designer. Maybe she'd watched too many palace-intrigue dramas, because she actually transmigrated to an ancient imperial harem and became a low-ranking concubine. The palace intrigue she faced was far crueler than anything she'd ever seen on television. A death sentence from the start, all kinds of plots against her, and endless scheming... As someone from the modern world, Zhao Xiyao could write poetry and mak 33Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 192 The Stunning and Clear-Headed Concubine, and the Crown Prince Slowly Falls for Her 妾室绝美又清醒，太子逐步沦陷 [Main story complete] (The rating just came out, so it’s a little low. New readers, don’t let that scare you off. Feel free to check out the reviews or give the book a try. Thanks!) Transmigrate into a book + reborn in another world + palace intrigue first, harem intrigue later + stunning, clear-headed heroine + not a pure couple This is Shen Yan’s second time transmigrating into a book. The first time, she became a palace maid who was destined to end up as a disposable character according to th 629Reads7.5Score105Shelves
- 193 The Empress Doesn't Want Palace Intrigue, but the Emperor Keeps Stirring Things Up 娘娘不想宫斗，奈何皇上带节奏 [Transmigration, Palace Intrigue, Political Scheming, Not Both Pure, Absurd Comedy, Devoted Love Later On] Shen Jinruo transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking concubine who had no favor from the emperor. Having lost her freedom, she’d planned to keep her head down and quietly build up her strength. But she soon discovered that in this harem, even if you don’t go looking for trouble, trouble will find you. To survive, Shen Jinruo worked hard to adapt and officially joined the harem’s struggl 2.2kReads8.9Score220Shelves
- 194 She Entered the Palace as a Zhaoyi, Bewitching the Emperor with Her Obsession and Allure 入宫即是昭仪，又痴又媚紧握帝王 That year, she fell for him at first sight. She threw caution to the wind and insisted on entering the palace as his concubine, even knowing she was nothing more than a pawn he used to keep the harem in check. She was willing. Even knowing his heart held only the empire and Empress Chu, she was willing to be a reflection beneath Empress Chu’s feet. As Su Qingluan pursued the emperor’s love, schemes and intrigues unfolded in the harem, one step at a time. He once said, “You shouldn’t expect an em 1.6kReads8.4Score133Shelves
- 195 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 2.7kReads8.8Score316Shelves
- 196 The Adorable Empress Keeps Trying to Run Away 娇娇皇后总想着逃跑 [A sickly, scheming, love-struck emperor VS a delicate, frail girl who plays dumb while hiding her claws] [One-on-one, devoted couple, fictional setting, sweet romance] On a dark, windy night, Su Ci, who was out of breath after three steps and coughing after five, said coldly, “Throw them out.” Just as she turned to leave, someone suddenly grabbed her ankle, stopping her in her tracks. Su Ci didn’t know it then, but that one grab would bind them for life. In a lavish palace, a clear bell 457Reads8.4Score103Shelves
- 197 I Won the Harem With My Beauty 我凭美貌在后宫躺赢了 [Transmigration + System + slice-of-life harem intrigue + satisfying revenge + ruthless heroine + lovestruck male lead + not pure + devoted love later] Content warnings at the end! Gu Lingwen dies unexpectedly and meets a clumsy beginner System. The two are stranded in a cruel feudal era, trembling with fear. They can return to the modern world only by completing the final assigned mission… There are only two ways to finish the mission: start a rebellion or fight for power in the harem. Underach 3.7kReads8.5Score244Shelves
- 198 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 4.5kReads8.3Score374Shelves
- 199 I Slacked Off Until the End and Became Empress 摆烂到最后，侧妃封后了 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 1.7kReads8.8Score105Shelves
- 200 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 1.8kReads7.6Score109Shelves
