Novels like I Became the Second Empress, and Suddenly the Empress Is Cold and Heartless Toward Me
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- 1 Transmigrated: Don’t Mess With Me, I Have a Cursed Tongue 穿越之别惹我，我有乌鸦嘴 [Transmigration + Historical Romance + System Space + Farming] Su Yao is a manufacturer of modern weapons. While researching them, she suddenly suffers from low blood sugar, collapses, and happens to hit the base of her brain. She transmigrates into the body of a concubine-born daughter in an alternate ancient world, a girl who was supposedly cursed to death. She comes with a jinxing tongue: whoever she praises is doomed to bad luck. When her sister-in-law and nephew stir up trouble, she praises 628Reads7.2Score105Shelves
- 2 A Divine Consort Falls from the Sky and Steals the Cold Emperor's Heart 天降神妃，盗走冷帝心 A sacrifice brings forth a goddess? At their first meeting, her breathtaking beauty strikes a chord in his heart. He pursues her at every turn, determined to make her his alone. He attends court, reviews memorials, visits the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the imperial mausoleum, all to pave her way to the throne. He showers her with gifts and stays by her side every night. What? She doesn’t want him and only wants to run away, while flirting with a handsome young general? Enough is enough! This 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Empress Has No Heir 中宫无子 The empress has no children, while a favored consort has many, putting the empress’s chances of being deposed at a staggering ninety-nine percent. In her previous life, Pei Wan feared that she would be deposed for having no children. She took medicine in hopes of conceiving, but ultimately died in childbirth. She accepted her bad luck and felt she had no regrets about dying, yet after her death she was unexpectedly reborn, returning to the eve of her coronation. By a twist of fate, she learned f 3kReads8.1Score187Shelves
- 4 The Reborn Empress Doesn't Want the Throne, She Wants the Outlaws 重生皇后不爱后位，她爱绿林 When Shu Fengyi learned that the people behind her family’s ruin were the man she loved and shared a bed with, and the beloved aunt she had treated with such filial devotion, she felt as if the world had collapsed around her. With her heart dead and buried, she could see no reason to go on living. So she used a bout of chills as an excuse to bury her miserable life in the Cold Palace. But Heaven, ever eager to preserve life, was especially harsh with her. It sent her back to the mortal world, an 253Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 5 The Goofy Empress Rules the Harem by Doing Nothing 沙雕皇后她靠咸鱼冠绝后宫 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Empress Dowager Is a Scientist 太后是个科学家 She has forgotten who she is, but her mind still holds the technological knowledge of another world. She is gentle and graceful by nature, yet wields the deadliest guns and cannons! After transmigrating into a chaotic age of warring states, she becomes a prize coveted by every nation. After countless hardships, the great general finally brings her home as his wife. She wisely brings weapons as her dowry, only for him to spoil her to the heavens. Years later, when she looks back, she is astonishe 36Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 7 The Empress’s Guide to Avoiding the Rat Race 皇后反内卷日常 As empress, I made two vows in this deep palace: first, I would not seek the emperor’s favor; second, I would have no part in palace intrigue. All I wanted was to share a life with the emperor, nothing more. I would do none of the things that might please him, whether playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, or song. After all, if I refused, there would always be palace consorts willing to do them. Then one day, the emperor seemed to notice something. “Empress, why are all my co 99Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 8 The Marquis's Second Wife 侯门继室 Gu Siwan transmigrates to ancient times and becomes an unfavored concubine-born daughter of the Prime Minister's household. She has tried her best to keep a low profile and stay out of trouble. But her legitimate older sister keeps bullying her, and her aunt still can't stand her, so she's determined to marry her off as the Marquis's heir's second wife. Could there be something wrong with the heir? She has to find out. Otherwise, if she marries him without knowing the truth, a hard life will be 217Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 9 The Empress's Harem 皇后的后宫 [Three sisters reborn + no male lead + cozy palace life as empress] The three Yun sisters take very different paths. The eldest enters the palace and becomes the empress of Great Xiliang. The second marries into a marquis’s household and becomes its esteemed mistress. The youngest, Yun Shu, has the fewest choices of all, and marries a poor scholar. But later, both her elder sisters fight tooth and nail, willing to give up their places as empress and the honorable mistress of the marquis’s househ 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Empress 皇后 She knows he holds the world in his sleeve, and schemes for an imperial marriage only to wage war. She knows he has stained half the realm with blood, and promised to hold her hand for life, though it was all a joke. She knows that behind the ninefold curtains, he takes off his golden armor only for another woman. My lord, you know too: the only one who can take in the splendor of a prosperous age and behold the capital's glittering glory at your side is the empress, a woman like me. For certain 177Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Raising Kids Is Better Than Fighting for Favor in the Palace 宫斗不如养崽当太后 In her previous life, Jiang Mingzhu devoted herself to her duties, becoming an almost perfect empress and then empress dowager. While the late emperor was alive, she treated the women of the harem with courtesy and raised and carefully educated the son of the rebellious prince. When the late emperor passed away, she secured the realm within and without, committing her entire clan to supporting her adopted son as the new emperor. She also cleared every obstacle from his path and helped him consol 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 From the Start, I Was a Farmer's Wife: Reborn as the New Dynasty's Empress 开局农妇，重生后我成了新朝皇后 In her previous life, she was the first wife of the founding emperor of the Great Jing dynasty. Yet, because she had been born a common village woman, she willingly gave up her place and accepted a life beneath others. She never expected the imperial palace to be a bottomless abyss, where lacking the emperor’s favor was a crime and having no power meant certain ruin. She was poisoned and died in agony, her body never found. As she lay dying, she watched the emperor turn away indifferently and fi 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Transmigrated as the Empress: I Set Up My Rival and Teased the Emperor Until He Went Crazy 穿成皇后：塞情敌怼帝甜宠到疯 Reborn as a queen who exists only to serve, she’s met with cold indifference from the emperor on her wedding night. So she retaliates by recruiting the concubines into a team and filling the emperor’s harem to the brim! With four maids skilled in extraordinary arts backing her up, she trades barbs with the Consort, turning them into a pair of bickering frenemies, and even joins forces with her to bring down the ambitious imperial uncle. The brooding, swaggering emperor gradually falls for her. P —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Empress Holds the Phoenix Seal and Rules the Six Palaces 娘娘掌凤印，宠六宫 [Alternate historical setting + traditional historical romance + palace intrigue + cherished heroine + exclusive devotion in the later story] Note: The male lead has other women besides the heroine in the early story. Born with the destiny of a phoenix, she must become empress. Huo Junning has always known that she was brought into the palace because the emperor and his ministers feared that her father and brothers had become too powerful, so they summoned her to the palace as a consort. In real 255Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 15 After Becoming the Second Wife, I Took It Easy and Raised the Kids with a Carefree Heart 穿成继室摆烂后，佛系养娃成团宠 [Medical Skills + Pocket Dimension + Beloved by All + Comedy + Adorable Kids + Strong Female Lead] A superpowered military doctor has her body stolen and her soul sent to another world. Three years later, she returns, only to open her eyes in a plain white wedding dress, married off as a replacement bride to the General’s Estate and saddled with two stepsons strong enough to lift anything. Rumor has it that the Marquis’s legitimate daughter is a spoiled, useless fool who knows nothing about embr 1.4kReads9.2Score192Shelves
- 16 The Spoiled Young Poison Consort 纨绔小毒妃 In her previous life, she was the legitimate eldest daughter of the marquis’s household. She gave everything to help her husband ascend the throne, only to end up imprisoned in a torture chamber, dying alongside her unborn child! When she opens her eyes, she’s back at thirteen, the year before her marriage. The legitimate daughter has returned. In this life, she’ll kill any god who stands in her way and strike down any Buddha who crosses her. She will never let anyone belittle, humiliate, or deg 645Reads7.6Score100Shelves
- 17 The Empress's Laid-Back Daily Life 继后的摆烂日常 Li Yunche: “Wang Yichun, I didn’t marry you, I married your status as the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Zhennan. You’d better behave and fulfill your duties as empress. Besides, I don’t like you, so don’t imagine you can throw your weight around just because you’re empress. And don’t even dream of bearing a legitimate prince. My sons can only be born to the Imperial Noble Consort.” Throw my weight around? Bear a legitimate prince? The empress shook her head. She’d never even thought about 1kReads5.1Score101Shelves
- 18 Being a Stepmother Is Hard: After the Marquess’s Wife Was Reborn, She Gave Up Trying 继室难当，侯门主母重生后摆烂了 In her previous life, the concubine-born Shen Qiao married into the Yongning Marquis’s household and became the Marchioness of Yongning. The Yongning household was full of scheming people and troublemakers. She and her husband were distant despite keeping up appearances, and after he died young, she struggled to raise their child alone. She thought her suffering would finally be over, but her son forgot his mother as soon as he married. In the end, she met a miserable death... Reborn, she didn’t 63Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 19 The Empress Seems to Have a Few Screws Loose 继后她多半脑袋有病 Consort Liu wept so beautifully, like a rain-soaked pear blossom. “Your Majesty the Empress, Noble Lady Shen pretended to have chest pains and stole the Emperor away from me. I refuse to accept this!” Chang Ningxin admired her. “You cry so beautifully. Next time, save it for the Emperor.” Noble Lady Shen swayed like a little white flower in the breeze. “Your Majesty the Empress, I would like to keep being treated by Imperial Physician Hu.” Chang Ningxin encouraged her. “By the rules, either 4Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 20 The Difficult Life of a Second Wife 继室难为 A single marriage ceremony mistakenly pairs Pei Xiurong with Gu Yuanqing. But standing between them are more than just a disapproving, difficult mother-in-law, a scheming stepmother and stepsister, and the intrigues of the inner household. There is also the cold distance of the children from the first wife. Amid the deep courtyards and layers of conspiracy, the legitimate daughter becomes a second wife for the first time and carefully schemes her way to a bright future! 413Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 21 A Second Wife's Survival Guide 继室生存手册 She thought she'd grow old and die in the palace, but even after leaving and getting married, she was still destined for a life of toil. On their wedding night, her husband eloped with a widow, leaving his new bride a pile of debts and a household full of elderly and children to care for. There were several generations of in-laws above her, cheap children below, and concubines by the dozen. The moment she opened her eyes, dozens of mouths were waiting for her to earn money and feed them. Just wh 40Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 22 The Beauty of the Chu Palace 楚宫之美人天下 [Reborn + alternate history + everyone is smart + pure palace intrigue + a touch of ensemble cast] In her previous life, Jiang Mi entered the Eastern Palace as a secondary consort for the sake of her family. Her peerless beauty won the Crown Prince’s favor, and she fell for his tender words. After he ascended the throne, she steadily rose in rank, eventually becoming a consort. In the end, she had simply given her heart to the wrong man, and died in bitterness. Reborn into a new life, Jiang Mi n 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 A Book by Qie Qing 且清的一本书 My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 11Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 24 Shocking! The Empress Wins the Favor of the Six Palaces by Doing Nothing 震惊！皇后娘娘靠摆烂冠宠六宫 As mistress of the Six Palaces, Han Qingtang’s greatest passion was doing nothing. She spent her days idling around the imperial palace. Sometimes she’d go play cards with Consort Shu, other times she’d admire flowers with Consort Xian. She didn’t act like the mistress of the Six Palaces at all. The other concubines grew so unhappy that they all complained to the emperor, saying Han Qingtang was unfit to be empress and asking him to depose her. When Han Qingtang heard the news, she said aloud, “ 144Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Reborn: The Noble Consort Doesn't Want to Slack Off, She Just Wants to Rise to the Top 重生：贵妃不想摆烂，只想扶摇直 [Male lead has prior experience, heroine is pure + palace intrigue + career-focused + clear-headed heroine] Watching the drunken Crown Prince, she reached out a small hand and pressed it against his firm chest, dodging his kiss. But in doing so, she accidentally revealed a generous expanse of pale skin. Her fingers seemed to brush his belt by chance as she wept, her face streaked with tears: “Your Highness... We can't do this...” Nan Chen and his wife had always been deeply devoted to one anoth 6Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 26 The Cherished Second Wife 娇宠继室 Reborn into a new life, Gui Qingrou refuses to be a caged bird in the inner quarters. But on one side, the Earl of Qingchang clings to her like a dog-skin plaster, refusing to leave her alone. On the other, her betrothed, chosen for her by the matchmakers, is forcing her into a bridal sedan. * At first, Xiao Zhixian thinks Gui Qingrou is a shallow woman with no ambition. Later, he discovers she's not nearly as bad as the rumors make her out to be. As he watches over her, he grows protective 319Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 27 The Delicate Little Crybaby Makes the Mad Emperor See Red 娇气小哭包，勾得疯批帝王红了眼 [Palace intrigue + fake uncle-niece relationship + coercive love + aloof beauty + surrender + sweet romance + play the pig to eat the tiger] The pampered girl in all of the capital who fears the emperor most is forced into his arms when he’s drunk, only to become the precious one he can’t bear to let anyone touch. The aloof beauty descends from her pedestal just to win a smile from the little crybaby. In Pei Ning’s eyes, Xiao Wang is a cat, and she’s just a mouse that could be crushed at any 8.9kReads—Score1.3kShelves
- 28 Shuyu's Scheme: Your Majesty, My Daughter Wants the Throne 纾玉谋：陛下，这皇位我女儿要了 [Raising an empress + two strong leads + palace intrigue + political scheming + revenge + second chance at love + the fate of the nation] [Clear-headed, tenacious, ambitious favored consort x calculating, suspicious, devoted emperor] A love-hate relationship, an intense game of push and pull! The day Cheng Shu entered the imperial palace, she knew she was the sharpest blade in the emperor's hand. Xiao Jing bestowed on her a favor that made the entire harem look on with envy, yet hid all his susp 117Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 29 The Phoenix's Path Through the Ninefold Palace 凤临九重宫阙路 As a concubine-born daughter, Qin Yuan should have been planning her future within the marquis's household. But when her legitimate elder sister became pregnant, Qin Yuan was thrust into the turmoil of the imperial palace. Her family saw her as a tool to win the emperor's favor and forced her into the depths of the palace. Everyone looked down on her and laughed, calling her a disposable pawn. Yet, with the emperor's favor, she rose steadily to the highest ranks, forcing them to look up at her a 389Reads7.4Score110Shelves
- 30 I Entered the Palace as the New Empress, and the Emperor Hopes I Won’t Die 进宫当继后，皇上盼着本宫别死 Guan Shanyue, the only daughter of Marquis Wuding, is already twenty-five for various reasons. On the day of her wedding, the groom falls from his horse and lies unconscious. Rumor has it she brings death to her husbands. Fu Yanci, the current emperor, has seen every empress he appointed die since he ascended the throne. Until he met her at Qing’an Temple. One brings death to her husbands, the other to his wives. A perfect match. After entering the palace, she discovers that Emperor Fu Yanci is 92Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 31 The Empress Specializes in Dealing With Transmigrated Women 皇后娘娘专治穿越女 High-stakes palace intrigue + a cast of villains Xiao Yan, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, was taught from childhood how to be her husband’s principal wife, how to run a household as its mistress, and how to be a good empress. It wasn’t until she faced her husband’s betrayal and her family’s provocations that Xiao Yan finally woke up to the truth: love was the least reliable thing of all. In her role as the principal wife, Xiao Yan had thought the transmigrated woman was unrea 84Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 On My Wedding Night, They Carried Me into the Crown Prince’s Residence in a Coffin 新婚日，我被棺材抬进太子府 On her wedding day, there is no grand red bridal sedan, only a coffin decorated with white flowers and a white wedding character. He tells her, “Yun Nianqing, you insisted on marrying me. Now you shall have your wish.” With thousands watching, she lies in her wedding dress inside the coffin and is carried into the Crown Prince’s residence. Everyone says Yun Nianqing is madly in love with the Crown Prince, willing to fly into the flames like a moth. No one knows that her heart is full of hatred, 113Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 33 A Heart as Clear as the Lan River 明似澜心 When Feng Lanxi came of age, her father, the chancellor, casually remarked, “I don’t have anything much to give you this year, so I’ll give you the position of Crown Princess.” Feng Lanxi: Thanks a lot. Rumor had it that Xie Jingming was both scholarly and skilled in combat, brilliant at strategy, and devastatingly handsome. If so, then quietly playing the part of a pretty ornament in the inner court didn’t sound so bad. “Your Highness, the Crown Prince is injured.” “Your Highness, the Crown Pri 526Reads8.7Score121Shelves
- 34 Reborn: The Empress Wants to Be Dethroned Every Day 重生后：皇后日日想被废 In her previous life, Shen Xiyue gave everything and stopped at nothing to enter the palace and become Jun Mohan's empress. In the end, disease ravaged her, and she died in gloom and misery. Given another life, she no longer gave her heart away and kept her distance from Jun Mohan. She never expected the cold, heartless emperor to change his ways, too. 203Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 35 I Won After Becoming a Stepmother and Raising Seven Kids 穿成继室养七崽后我躺赢了 Qin Youyou had transmigrated while still in the womb. As a concubine-born daughter, when her no-good father asked if she was willing to become a widower's new wife, she readily agreed. It was better than becoming someone's concubine. On their wedding night, she got a good look at her husband, the General and Marquis of Weiyuan, and decided she'd gotten a pretty good deal. But who could explain why the Emperor sent her new husband to the border to quell a rebellion on their very wedding night, le 85Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 36 Reborn Empress: The Regent Holds Me Tight and Won't Let Me Leave 重生皇后：被摄政王抱着，不许走 [Revenge after being reborn + exclusive devotion + space golden finger] When Weiruo was struck by a shower of arrows, she did not fall. Feeling no pain, she stared in disbelief as her husband and sworn younger sister walked out of the hall... 234Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 37 When the Duke's Second Wife Stopped Causing Trouble 当国公府继室不再作妖 Zhong Xiuran takes a nap and wakes up as the widowed second wife of a Duke's household from a novel she read the night before, a character who shares her name. Remembering the original owner's habit of stirring up trouble, she worries deeply about her future. Luckily, she can use the novel's plot to change the fate of herself and her loved ones. But she never expected that this world of the book held secrets even its author didn't know about! 10Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 38 Empress Shunzhao 顺昭皇后 Chen Fuwei was betrothed to the crown prince at birth. At the age of three, she fell ill and was sent to live on Yunjing Mountain. Twelve years later, she returned to the capital, where she was to marry the young emperor who had already ascended the throne. Her heart could hold countless people and countless things, but it had no room for him... The harem is like a cage. I want you to stay by my side forever. 322Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 39 The Empress’s Guide to Being Reborn 皇后重生指南 In her previous life, Xiao Ying was known as a virtuous empress. She helped Zhao Huan take one consort after another, but she was never happy. Given another chance at life, Xiao Ying set her sights on the only devoted, loving man in the imperial family in her previous life and decided to make him her husband. Just as the imperial edict arranging their marriage was about to arrive, her former husband from her past life barged in and ruined the match. Looking at the person who simply wouldn't leav 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Consort Plays Sweet and Innocent, and the Emperor Spoils Her Every Day 娘娘清醒装茶，皇上心软日日甜宠 [Classic historical romance + empowering heroine + satisfying revenge + palace intrigue + ambitious heroine + utterly doted on + rises to become empress] Her mother died in childbirth, and as the legitimate daughter, Song Mian lived worse than the servants. A new emperor takes the throne, and even a county magistrate’s family from a small town is eligible to enter the triennial selection of imperial consorts. Song Mian won’t let this chance to escape her family slip away. So her only rival, her 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 After Transmigrating Into a Game, I Won Hearts With My Wits 穿游后，我凭才智得人心 Transmigrate into a palace-intrigue game + strong female lead + satisfying wish fulfillment + queen of verbal takedowns + domineering pursuit Tang Jing transmigrates into a palace-intrigue game. Before she can even enter the palace, her original host is killed by her legitimate mother. After narrowly escaping with her life, she just wants to be an ordinary person: eat, drink, travel, bask in the sun, and wait to die. But by a twist of fate, she catches the emperor's eye. - Your Majesty, I am 365Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 42 The Transmigrated Woman’s Legendary Path to Becoming Empress 穿越女之皇后的传奇之路 Empress Ye of the Great Zhou's Zhaohua era was Emperor Jinghe's second empress and the mother of Emperor Yuanshun. Ye Zhaoning was the second legitimate daughter of the Duke of Dingguo. From birth, she possessed memories of another life. As the second daughter, she was often overlooked and was not especially cherished by her parents, but she got along well with her sisters. When she was ten, her parents were posted away to serve as officials, and she was entrusted to her maternal grandfather, wh 1.3kReads7.2Score156Shelves
- 43 The Empress Is Beautiful and Alluring, and She’s on Track to Win the Palace Politics Crown 娘娘又美又撩，一路稳拿宫斗冠军 [Palace intrigue + Not both chaste + Devoted love later on] Jiang Yueli, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Anyuan, enters the palace to win favor and preserve her family’s glory. Starting as a low-ranking Talent, she advances step by step until she reigns supreme among the imperial consorts... 85Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 I'm Carrying His Heir! I Married into the Nether King's Manor to Become Its Mistress 怀他崽！嫁入冥王府邸做当家主母 Jiang Luoluo, the illegitimate daughter of the Prime Minister, was abandoned in the countryside at birth because her birth date was considered inauspicious. A plot brought her back to the capital, where she was set up to become pregnant before marriage. The reason? The First Prince, who suffered from a heart condition, needed the essence and blood of her and her child to stay alive... Jiang Luoluo watched helplessly as the baby, delivered prematurely because of the scheme, was tortured to death. 45Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 45 The Second Wife Takes Charge 继室当道 Word around Shengjing is that Yan Chen, the Ninth Master of the Duke of Yan's household and the city's most notorious playboy, has turned over a new leaf. The reason is simple: he married a gentle, virtuous second wife. Just as everyone is applauding Ninth Master and praising him for mending his ways, they see him run out of the house in tears. Second wife: "Did you sleep with the concubine I arranged for you yesterday?" Ninth Master: "My dear, the cinnabar mark you gave me is still there..." 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Sickly-Obsessive Noble Consort Is Sweet and Alluring, and Mercilessly Torments the Cold-Faced Emperor 病娇贵妃又娇又媚，狂虐冷面君王 [Traditional historical romance and household intrigue]+ [Brutal revenge on scumbags]+ [Noble Consort]+ [A convincing actress]+ [Two male leads]+ [A long road to winning her back] She was born into a lowly family. Her methods of climbing the ranks were nothing special, and she had no talent for music, chess, calligraphy, or painting. All she had was a face of incomparable beauty. She thought she would spend the rest of her life quietly growing old in the palace. Unfortunately, treacherous minist 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 I’m Done Fighting. I’ll Lie Flat. Whoever Wants to Be Empress Can Have the Job 不斗了，躺平了，皇后谁爱当谁当 [Reborn + anti-palace scheming + lazy and carefree + the emperor desperately tries to win his wife back] In her previous life, Su Jinxiu was blinded by love and became a poison-wielding empress in her quest to monopolize the emperor’s favor. Not a single royal child in the palace escaped her poison. When her crimes were exposed, she was banished to the Cold Palace, where she fought dogs for scraps and died a miserable death. Reborn into a new life, Su Jinxiu shuts her heart to love. She no longe 3.6kReads7.1Score189Shelves
- 48 The Legend of Changwu in the Imperial Harem 后宫长梧传 When I was little, Father asked me to enter the palace in Changruo’s place. I didn’t think much of it. Someone from the Qiu family had to enter the palace. It would be either me or Changruo. I was older, so it seemed only natural that I should go. But when I grew up and Father used a private visit as an excuse to bring Ming Qi to see Changruo, I realized that in his heart, Changruo and I were not the same. Among the green hills, trees grow tall. The phoenix tree is no paulownia. Sparrows peck 214Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 49 Executed for Killing Four Consorts, the Empress Is Reborn 连杀四妃被赐死，皇后娘娘重生了 [Not a story where both leads are romantically inexperienced] + [Palace and household intrigue] + [Reborn] + [Empress] + [Feel-good wish fulfillment] + [Past and present lives] + [Villain] + [Face-slapping] In her previous life, Zheng Xiyan was a wicked empress hated by everyone. She killed four consorts and ruled the harem, never realizing it was all part of Emperor Xiao Xuanchen's scheme. He used her to keep the court in balance while consolidating power in his own hands. Reborn, Zheng Xiyan d 274Reads6.7Score105Shelves
- 50 The Emperor Regrets It? The Original Owner Is Dead, and I’m Finally Awake 皇上后悔了？原主已死，本宫清醒 [Raising children + palace intrigue + transmigration + everyday life + clear-eyed heroine + a transmigrated woman takes on a woman who transmigrated into a book, a reborn woman, a woman who was reincarnated before birth, and a native woman] Lin Anran, a government employee, transmigrates. She ends up in the body of a despised, wicked empress with a powerful family behind her. The empress was notorious for causing miscarriages, leaving the imperial harem short of heirs. The empress dowager dislik 2.1kReads8.4Score202Shelves
