Novels like A Hand in the Imperial Throne
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Hand in the Imperial Throne, best match first.
- 1 Beneath Ning'an City 宁安城下 [Palace Intrigue and Household Drama] [Mystery] [Coming of Age] In Ning’an City, Guo Nanxi was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and grew up in a happy family. When disaster struck her family, she began to suspect that someone had orchestrated it all behind the scenes. But when she started looking into the matter, she discovered it was far from simple. Then she met him, and she didn’t know what to make of her feelings... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Cast Aside, the Legitimate Daughter Enters the Prince's Manor and Takes Command of the Army 嫡女被弃：入王府掌兵权倾朝野 “Weighing the pros and cons + the heroine hides a huge secret + a long-laid plan.” “If it were revealed from the start, how could it be the biggest secret of all?” Twins: one child fell, the other was born. The ten-mile stretch of Cui Forest was bitterly cold, cold to the bone. A woman lay in the forest, her face disfigured beyond recognition and her eyes damaged. Someone stood beside her in silence, head bowed as she looked down at the woman, the corners of her mouth seeming to curl in a smile. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Noble Lady Qinghe 贵女清和 Qinghe, the second daughter of the Marquis’s household, spent five years as a companion reader to a princess. When she finally returned home, she found the family in chaos. Her grandmother disliked her, the Third Branch was constantly causing trouble, and Concubine Liu was even scheming to seize the title! Her marquis father favored his concubine, and the household was a complete mess inside and out. Qinghe took advantage of the turmoil and managed to anger her grandmother into falling ill… Li Z 953Reads7.5Score114Shelves
- 4 Gathering Autumn Grace 拢秋懿 The most beloved eldest legitimate princess of Liang was betrothed from childhood to the eldest legitimate son of the Marquis Who Guards the Nation. With war against Yan on the brink, she saw him off to battle, and he promised he would return. She thought that once the war was over, she could marry the young man she loved and spend her life with him. But when news of defeat reached the imperial capital, she learned that he had vanished, his fate unknown. Liang had suffered heavy losses in the ca —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Blessed by Luck? The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Still Crushes the Scum 气运加持？嫡女重生照样虐渣 [Traditional household intrigue + reborn + face-slapping and scum-bashing + satisfying read] Reborn in the Marquis's household, Song Yuan'an discovered that her younger sister had used a "Fortune System" to steal everything that belonged to her. In her previous life, she had been framed, pushed into the water, and left to die. This time, she sent her eldest male cousin straight to hell from the start! Her sister loved stealing? Then Song Yuan'an would take back her fortune and make her lose ever 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Return of the Legitimate Daughter 嫡女归来 You killed my child, murdered my mother, stole my place as empress and all my wealth and glory, then burned me alive. Did you ever think I might come back? 70Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 7 Reborn as the Chief Minister's Wife 重生后我成了首辅夫人 In her previous life, Yun Zhuo was a concubine-born daughter who married the refined and brilliant Prince Duan. All the noble young ladies in the capital envied her good fortune. But just three years later, everyone was pitying her instead. Prince Duan was of exalted status, and he himself was gentle and refined, with a household full of beautiful women. Before long, the Yun family was embroiled in a treason case and wiped out overnight. In such circumstances, even the capital's once-famous numb 37Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 8 Cold Hairpin Blossoms 簪花冷 [Clear-headed Noblewoman from a Prestigious Family x Scheming Scholar from a Humble Background] [Love After Marriage + Ensemble of Maidservants + Realistic Domestic Strife in an Ancient Setting] The marriage between a noblewoman from a prestigious family and a top-ranked scholar from a humble background was originally a political union in which each side got what they wanted. Only after they weathered one incident after another did they gradually move from mutual suspicion to mutual appreciation 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Lowborn Daughter Gives Up? I’ll Seize the Crown and Rule the Court Instead 庶女摆烂？反手夺嫡掌朝堂 [Soul transmigration + political intrigue + comeback + household infighting + face-slapping] [Warning: The heroine is calculating and scheming, not a saintly, self-sacrificing white lotus at all. She endures hardship early on, then gets her revenge in spectacular fashion. Romance is just a bonus; this is a career-focused story, not a love story. Not recommended for readers who want a romance-obsessed heroine.] A carefully planned car accident and an inexplicable journey through time and space br —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Matriarch's Daily Life: The Self-Cultivation of a Wife 主母日常：为妻的自我修养 {An elegant historical tale + punishing scumbags + career-minded heroine} Gu Beichu was born into a merchant family. To escape the label fate had saddled her with, she married into the Marquis of Wuyang's household with a dowry worth a million. She helped the household out of its financial difficulties. Everyone worried that with her lowly background, life in the marquis's household would be hard for her. But she really wanted to tell them that she was doing just fine: she managed the entire hou 767Reads8.3Score105Shelves
- 11 Moonlight on the Spring River 月映春江色 [Sweet historical romance, devoted couple, a brave and clever heroine with strong principles who never lets herself be mistreated] (No transmigration, rebirth, or System) [1v1] The hero is devoted, and the heroine is independent and self-assured. [Beautiful, clever, cool-headed noblewoman vs. devoted, wife-doting general] In the fifteenth year of the Jiazhao era, victory comes at the border, and General Yan Yunmo returns in triumph. At court, he asks the emperor to arrange his marriage to Jiang 139Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 12 The Cousin Is Hard to Placate, and the Heir Has Other Designs 表姑娘难哄，世子他另有所图 [A cool, seemingly gentle cousin who hides a dark side X a scheming, obsessive heir apparent [Stealing someone’s partner + love at first sight + pure historical setting + the hero has been plotting for a long time + mutually devoted 1v1] Xie Zhao travels to the capital to seek refuge with her aunt, and while she is at it, to meet the fiancé she was promised to as a child but has never seen: the second young master of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household. But before she even catches sight of him, rum 127Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Legitimate Eldest Daughter Is Reborn: Watching My Enemies Tear Each Other Apart 嫡长女重生：笑看仇敌窝里斗 The “headstrong” legitimate daughter is reborn, takes down her stepmother and concubine aunt, and marries into a powerful family! [Historical domestic intrigue + reborn legitimate daughter + satisfying revenge + heartwarming daily life + heroine’s growth] (She won’t let any of the bad guys get away, including her own father! The heroine isn’t the only one who has been reborn, either. Guess who else!) “Qing’er is a good child, filial and clever.” “Mother said I should be obedient and grow up to 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Villainess Has Too Many Secret Identities, and the Cold-Faced Regent Has Fallen for Her 恶女她马甲太多，冷面摄政王栽了 [Female-led power fantasy + high-IQ political scheming + multiple secret identities + everyone is a schemer + powerful leads flirting with each other + a battle of wits at the highest level] Everyone lamented that Ruan Zhaowei, the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household, was a sickly young woman who had to catch her breath after every three steps. Her fiance thought her life was too fragile and she was useless, so he teamed up with her transmigrated half-sister to call off the engagem 1.9kReads—Score378Shelves
- 15 A Plain Boat Along the Clear River 素舸清川行 [Historical romance + swoony chemistry + plot-driven] Ning Xiaohang, a street courier who disguises herself as a man, “falls from the sky” and meets Feng Yichuan, a handsome, wealthy, gentle, and devoted cloth-shop owner in the capital of the Xuan Dynasty. With just one glance, the pretty girl whose past is shrouded in mystery takes root in his heart, where flowers bloom in profusion. The shopkeeper Feng is deeply in love, but never imagined that success in business would mean disappointment in 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 What Evil Could a Deposed Empress Have in Mind? She Just Wants to Rebel 废后能有什么坏心眼，想造反罢了 [Dual rebirth + political intrigue + ensemble cast + powerful leads + character growth] In her previous life, Yun Tong died in the snow. Beside her lay the rival she had fought her whole life, and standing before her was the emperor she had protected all her life. The victor becomes king, the loser a criminal. Since she had chosen this path, she accepted its end. But natural disasters and calamities struck, the emperor was incompetent, corrupt officials held power, and the people could barely su 698Reads8.1Score102Shelves
- 17 Let the Good Times Roll 且尽欢 Historical romance, redemption and tragic love Xu Jinhuan, a noblewoman from Yangzhou, loses her entire family overnight. Taking another person's identity and the assumed name Aman, she ends up a lowly maid in the Loyal and Brave Marquis's household. A stolen jade bangle draws her into a whirlpool of false accusations and murder. The Marquis's third son, Yun Yang, is cold and inscrutable. His keen eyes seem able to pierce through all her layers of disguise, and his probing hot-and-cold manner le 11Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 18 Envy Not 不羡 [Business-minded female lead + palace and household intrigue + equally strong leads + sisterly support, also titled "The Max-Level Green Tea Starts Over in the Beginner’s Village". Ning Buxian was a master of feminine wiles in her previous life. She kept courting disaster for love and became a scheming green-tea villainess. Reborn, she decides to forget men and focus on her career. She handles household intrigue and business with ease, becoming a green-tea money-hoarder and growing fabulously ri 1.4kReads8.9Score177Shelves
- 19 The Phoenix Brocade of the Legitimate Daughter 嫡女凰锦 Strong female lead + reborn + household intrigue + mystery + satisfying read In her previous life, Qin Jinxuan was forced to marry Shen Muchen, heir to the Marquis of Yongding, to protect her mother. Over the seven years of their marriage, she devoted herself heart and soul to the marquis's household, only to end up disgraced, cast aside, and murdered. She never imagined that it had all been part of a scheme by him and the woman he loved. Reborn, Qin Jinxuan returns to seven years earlier, befor 84Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 20 With the Crown Prince’s Backing, the Duke’s Reborn Legitimate Daughter Goes on a Rampage 太子撑腰，重生后公府嫡女杀疯了 (A satisfying household-intrigue story + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + no forgiveness + no suffering in silence) Lu Xi brought a million taels in dowry when she married Prince An, and helped him become Prince An of Qin. She went to his fief to recuperate for two years. When she returned to the capital, her adopted younger sister had taken her place. Lu Xi's husband and mother-in-law relied on her adopted sister. Even Lu Xi's grandmother and father favored her. They locked Lu Xi aw 2.9kReads8.1Score322Shelves
- 21 Shocking! The Flower-Palace Courtesan Is Pregnant, and the Barren Prince Will Have an Heir 惊！花魁孕崽，绝嗣王爷有后了 [Just rated, score may rise] (Sly yet spirited beauty × fake playboy, fake infertile, real prince) [Household-intrigue power fantasy + devoted couple + everyone’s favorite + marriage before love] Jiang Li took the place of a princess who had fallen on hard times and was sold into a brothel. After thirteen years, on the day she became the star courtesan, a mysterious man bought her first night, and she unexpectedly became his cure for pent-up desire. Who knew she was naturally fertile? After one 1.2kReads8.2Score145Shelves
- 22 The Return of the Legitimate Daughter: A Stunning Rebirth 嫡女归：惊风华 [Household intrigue + revenge + two equally formidable leads + no mindless wish fulfillment] At the age of eight, Su Wanxi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was framed and sent to the countryside, where she was forgotten by everyone. Ten years later, to secure a legitimate return to the prime minister’s residence, she had someone break the leg of her younger half-sister’s fiancé, Xie Yunqi. With careful planning and martial skills, she methodically brings down everyone who framed h 473Reads—Score109Shelves
- 23 The Noble Daughter of a Poor Family Dumps Her Ex and Opens a Clinic 寒门嫡女踹掉前夫开医馆 Reborn on the night she was ruined and disgraced in an abandoned temple, Shen Qingyan turns the tables with a silver needle, pinning her half-sister and fiancé to a pillar of shame. Carrying a lost medical text, she quietly leaves her home and begins treating patients in the streets, specializing in ailments that leave the Imperial Medical Office helpless. From plagues in Nanjiang to mysterious illnesses in the palace, her medical skills shake the court and threaten the interests of the decaying —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Qing Transmigration: The Fourth Master's Scheming Little Lucky Wife 【清穿】四爷的心机小福晋 After transmigrating into the role of Yin Zhen's wife, Qi Hong has to handle the household, manage affairs, and navigate all kinds of social obligations, while a whole harem of women plots to seize power. She proceeds cautiously, planning every step and weaving a vast net to ensnare the cold-faced Fourth Prince. The reborn Fourth Prince is deeply troubled. Hong Shi is plotting rebellion, Hong Li is reckless, and it still takes a good mother to raise a good son. Wife, how about having another chi 1.6kReads7.7Score230Shelves
- 25 A Gentlewoman's Suitor 淑女好逑 Du Ninger was a refined young lady, but after her family fell on hard times, her vicious relatives married her off to a sick man to bring him good fortune. On the way, bandits took her captive. Just as she thought disaster was inevitable, she spotted her childhood sweetheart, Shao Zhen, among them. Shao Zhen didn't want to get mixed up in a big mess and tried to leave, but seeing how helpless and pitiful she looked, he couldn't bring himself to abandon her. So he decided to see things through an 15Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 26 The Discarded Daughter 嫡女弃后 In her previous life, she poured everything her family had into helping her husband seize the throne. Once one of the two most celebrated beauties in the capital, she thought she had defeated her rival. But just as her husband reached the height of power and success, he joined forces with that woman to destroy her family. He even had her bound atop the city wall so she would have to watch her brother arrive to save her, only to be pierced by a rain of arrows. What hurt most was that the man will 471Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 27 Still the Frost and Dust 定霜尘 Shen Shuang, the legitimate daughter of a distinguished family, was granted a marriage by imperial decree, making her the envy of everyone in the capital. But with the wedding fast approaching, her fiancé secretly kept a concubine and sullied her good name. Rumors spread, her family was disgraced, and trouble brewed beneath the surface. Everyone advised her to swallow her anger, accept her fate, and bow her head. But Shen Shuang refused to yield to the storm. She tore the corrupt schemers to pie 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Emperor's Longing for Spring 望帝春心 The calm, calculating Seventh Prince Xiao, a man with a deep and scheming nature, had always disguised his ambition behind an air of laid-back indifference. He never expected to be repeatedly outmaneuvered by Shangguan Yu, the brilliant and graceful only daughter of the prime minister. In all his life, he had never dreamed that one day she would look at him with such stubborn, tragic resolve, her shattered pride barely held together, and boldly ask, “Can you marry me?” For a moment, he felt exas 1.2kReads8.9Score158Shelves
- 29 Jiang Congnan, the Marquis's Eldest Daughter 侯门长女江从南 The marquis’s principal wife had only two daughters. Who would inherit the title? Until she was twelve, Jiang Congnan was pampered at home like a treasured guest. That year, seeing her mother tormented by her grandmother for failing to bear a son, she made a bold move: she went to Qingfeng Abbey outside the city, took up a lay practitioner’s life, and prayed for her grandmother’s good fortune. She stayed there for three years. Three years later, the question of who would inherit the title of Mar 4.4kReads8.8Score497Shelves
- 30 Bound by a Letter, Reborn into a Web of Mysteries 锦书缚，重生仍困谜局中 [Tomato Original] [Reborn] [Revenge] [Face-slapping] [Feel-good read] [Mystery] Xiao Jinshu is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Xiao’s household. Personally taught by the Duke of Xiao, she excels at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and is considered the model of a noble young lady in the capital. She has been betrothed to the heir of Prince Jing since childhood, but her own relatives frame her and marry her off to an uneducated wastrel. Her parents, younger siblings, and uncle’s family 664Reads8.0Score105Shelves
- 31 Clouds Veil the Crescent Moon 云掩初弦月 [Romance takes a back seat to ambition, an exceptionally powerful heroine] On their wedding night, in the stillness of deep night, she heard him say, “I can give you the title of my wife, but not my heart or my body. I hope you'll live out your days peacefully in the Liu household.” Yun Xuanyue became the Liu family's wife in name only. When he climbed the social ladder and wanted her to share the title of wife with a noblewoman, she dusted herself off and prepared to leave. But the Liu family c 2.8kReads9.2Score353Shelves
- 32 The Slow Passing of Glorious Days 韶光峥慢 The world is full of people who favor others. All Ye Shaoguang wants is someone who will take her side. She’ll keep working hard, harder, and harder still. A young lady skilled in every art of the scholar × a proud, unruly young prince 172Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 33 Sentinel and Guide: Snow Maidang and Her Dirty Bread Buns 向哨：雪媚娘和她的脏脏包们 This story contains original worldbuilding. Please follow the setting in this novel rather than referring to the settings of other Guide novels. Without intimate physical contact or a mental link, one is still considered pure. Entering someone's mental landscape to soothe them does not count as a mental link. No Sentinel can keep resisting indefinitely. This is a wasteland world, surrounded by malice. The heroine is not adored by everyone, nor is she foolish. She will fight for what she can and 8.1kReads7.8Score820Shelves
- 34 Forgotten for a Thousand Years, I Wait for You in the Ancient City 被遗忘千年，我在古城等你 After the Qin conquered the Chu capital, King Fuchu of Chu wandered the land around Shouchun, never aging or dying for a thousand years... The flames in his eyes slowly faded, and Fuchu gradually came back to his senses. Two thousand two hundred and forty-eight years had passed. He had dragged his undying body through them all, moving from despair and pain at first to acceptance in the present. Every flower and blade of grass has its destiny. Perhaps his own fate was to witness the changes of hi 5Reads—Score118Shelves
- 35 The Duke's Bastard Daughter 国公府的庶女 A concubine-born daughter of a powerful family, she lived cautiously under the thumb of her ruthless stepmother, concealing both her talents and her stunning beauty. After her birth mother was murdered and her younger sister turned against her, she resolved to take revenge and make her stepmother experience the pain of losing a loved one. The aging general's low-born son, born to a concubine, was framed by his stepmother and plunged into an abyss of misery. He forged himself into a man of steel, 553Reads8.2Score102Shelves
- 36 My Husband Wants to Raise His Concubine to Wife? I'll Divorce Him in the Street and Marry a Powerful Prince 相公扶妾上位？我当街休夫嫁权王 [Rebirth and punishing the scum + traditional household intrigue + true princess + devoted regent + family and country] Qu Wanmei was the only daughter of the wealthy merchant Qu family. She had a vast fortune and had been married into the Duke’s household for three years. Her husband, Ning Yan, brought his pregnant mistress into the household and made her his secondary wife. “Qu Wanmei, you’re the daughter of a merchant, lowborn and unworthy of marrying into the Duke’s household. Only Yingying 1kReads8.9Score158Shelves
- 37 The Princess Remarries After Her Death! The Sinister Eunuch Keeps Spoiling Her at Every Turn 公主死后再嫁！阴鹜掌印步步宠 [Reborn] [Fake Eunuch] [Obsessive + Devoted to Each Other + Sweet Romance] [Redemption + Irresistible Seduction] [Male Lead Is Haughty at First] Gu Jinzhao had a dream. In it, she became a favored concubine to a vassal prince in the northwest and was tortured to death. At the end of the dream, the capital, Chaoge, was peaceful and happy. Chen Shenzhi had become the powerful Chief Eunuch, and he was the one who recovered her body and buried her. At the very end of the dream, Gu Jinzhao also disco 490Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 38 The Stepmother Forgives, the Rebellious Son Admits His Guilt 嫡母宽恕，逆子知罪 [Rebirth + historical romance + household intrigue + revenge + face-slapping the scum] In her previous life, Shi Jinyu was buried alive as a sacrifice. The Shi family was falsely accused of treason: her grandfather was imprisoned, her parents were murdered on the way into exile, and her elder brother was mutilated and left to die. After being reborn, Shi Jinyu takes revenge with her own hands on the people who framed the entire Shi family. But the man she kills is the illegitimate son she person 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Her Fate Was Stolen, So the Marquis’s Household Matriarch Slaps Faces and Makes a Fortune 命格被换，侯门主母打脸搞钱赢麻了 In her previous life, after their family fell on hard times, Gu Suining and her stepsister Gu Nian'an were taken in by two of their father's old friends. Her stepsister chose the wealthy Jiang family, expecting to live in luxury and want for nothing. But the Jiang family went bankrupt overnight, and their fortunes quickly took a turn for the worse. Her stepsister grew bitter and resentful, then eloped with someone, only to end up sold into a brothel. By contrast, Gu Suining, raised by the Han fa 2.2kReads8.3Score312Shelves
- 40 Reborn: The Serene Life of a Concubine's Daughter 重生之庶女悠然 In the fifteenth year of the Yan Feng era, Qiu Yiming, prefect of Lingnan, died in office. After the funeral, Lady Qiu, née Su, set out for the capital with her three daughters, one born to his principal wife and two to concubines, to seek refuge with her maternal family, the Earl of Zhongyi. As their carriage passed the Peony Tower, Qiu Fu leaned against the window, resting her chin in her hand, and smiled sweetly. Zheng Xiu, Duke of Rong, caught a fleeting glimpse of her in the crowd and nearl 2.6kReads9.0Score290Shelves
- 41 Wasn't I Supposed to Come Here to Enjoy Life? Second Miss, I'm Busy 不是穿来享福吗？二小姐我很忙 A chapter-based historical romance modeled on Dream of the Red Chamber. It has a certain learning curve and is set in an alternate Song dynasty. Every detail can withstand scholarly scrutiny. Li Yi transmigrated here to enjoy a life of comfort. By a twist of fate, she won the favor of the Dowager Consort of Prince Heng's residence, and with her father, the prefect of Qingzhou, protecting her, she lived freely and boldly. (No romantic scenes in the first 200 chapters. If that's not your thing, yo 169Reads—Score140Shelves
- 42 The Struggle for the North and South 南北逐鹿记 No System, no transmigration, just an alternate-history novel. See how a streetwise youth rises from the corners of the jianghu to the heights of the imperial court, and how his street-level mindset transforms into the art of ruling like an emperor. 30Reads—Score156Shelves
- 43 The Matriarch Is Tired. After Being Reborn, She Makes You All Work Like Beasts 主母累了，重生后换你们做牛马 Wei Yingxuan obeys her father’s orders and takes her deceased elder sister’s place in an arranged marriage. Before the wedding, she asks Song Tuo, “My temperament is very different from my sister’s. Will you truly care for me?” He replies, “She is she, and you are you. The day she died, I left the past behind.” For the sake of that promise, she too leaves the “past” and her “old flame” behind, and resolutely marries into the Marquis’s household. Seven years later, her elder sister comes back fro 2.8kReads8.5Score311Shelves
- 44 Plum Blossoms Fade, Yet Their Secret Fragrance Returns 梅烬又有暗香来 [Old-school flavor + slow-burn, richly layered romance] I said, “This is for the best. This way, you’ll remember how good I was to you forever...” He said, “This is not for the best. Just when you loved me most, I chose to let you go...” The bright moon over Shengjing shines upon my borderland armor... In the storybooks, she is the woman general who has renounced love and shed blood on the frontier; In the powerful chancellor’s eyes, she is a red plum that does not vie with peach or plum blossom 165Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 45 A Guest in His Embrace 入慕之宾 A period of upheaval brought a new emperor and a reshuffling of the court. A Dai, a female mystic at the Yuqing Temple in the palace, was the emperor’s childhood friend in his eyes, but a scheming green tea in the harem’s. A Dai’s daily routine: Snack on melon seeds while listening to palace gossip, tell the consorts’ fortunes, hear the emperor complain about them, then take a hefty fee to play matchmaker between him and the consorts. And finally, join everyone in cursing the root of all evil, t 2kReads9.1Score295Shelves
- 46 The Reborn Second Wife’s Handbook 继室重生手册 When do the symptoms arise? At that moment when the lanterns are dim and the moon is half-bright. In her previous life, Chen Yining failed to see Xu Zeyu’s love for her. She was used by others, and in the end, she caused Xu Zeyu’s death and died miserable herself. Reborn in this life, Chen Yining will never again betray the person who loves her most in the world. 1.4kReads8.7Score147Shelves
- 47 My Stepmother Is Gorgeous and Knows How to Play the Game 继母她人美路子野 [Light Fantasy and Alternate Setting + Strong Heroine + Ambition + No Romance + Raising Kids + ...More to Come] A hardworking, down-to-earth office worker suddenly dies on the very night she’s supposed to get a promotion and raise. When she wakes up, she’s become the wicked stepmother of a villainess in a book: a low-level cannon fodder character who hasn’t even appeared in person and whose role she only figured out through nepotism. She’s only there to give the general’s household an heir! I 1.7kReads9.1Score204Shelves
- 48 Forced into Marriage by a Scheme, the Seventh Prince Spoils Her Rotten 被算计强娶，七王爷他超宠的 [Historical revenge] [Flirtatious, bewitching prince + ruthless, clever beauty + no rebirth + play the pig to eat the tiger + multiple secret identities] Song Yunshu was the eldest daughter of the valiant General’s household. Clever from childhood, she had a photographic memory. But when she was seven, a power struggle at court saw her entire family accused of treason and executed. During her escape, she was unexpectedly rescued by a merchant family from Jiangnan who had come north seeking medic 4.8kReads8.8Score495Shelves
- 49 The Noblewoman of a Great House Rules Above All 世家贵女她权力至上 [Strong female lead + no CP, because that stuff can go die + fun + no System + no transmigration + no pocket dimension + no being reborn] (A practice piece, please be kind) Once you enter the palace gates, you find yourself in a sea of intrigue. Power comes with bloodshed, and sincerity is nothing but the biggest joke. In this scheming imperial harem, who isn’t putting on an act? “I have no wish to compete with the world. Eagles and falcons, do not suspect me.” “Scions of the great clans all str 286Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 50 The Marquess's Wife Was Widowed for Three Years, Then Got Pregnant and Went on a Rampage 侯门主母守寡三年，一朝有喜杀疯了 [Heroine runs away while pregnant + coercive romance + forbidden relationship + obsessive hero] A widow's life is hard, and life as a widow in a marquis's household is even harder. Shen Xiling's husband died young. She manages every affair in the marquis's estate, yet gets no appreciation for it. She thought she'd spend the rest of her life wasting away like this. But then her brother-in-law, who was believed to have died in battle, returns and inherits everything in the marquis's household. 120Reads6.6Score—Shelves
