Novels like I Became the Second Empress, and Suddenly the Empress Is Cold and Heartless Toward Me
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- 101 The Wicked Empress Is Done 恶毒皇后不干了 [Transmigration + Food + Lighthearted + Sweet Romance] Yan Suining transmigrates, and from the start she's a vicious empress, notorious and guilty of every crime imaginable. Her first thought is: I can't be this empress! But as the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household and mistress of the imperial palace, she gets hairpins and fine clothes for free, and exquisite delicacies cost her nothing. Yan Suining: On second thought, maybe being empress isn't so bad. People always c 512Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 102 The Humble-born Mistress of the Household 寒门主母 When Xie Ning is ten, her grandfather entrusts her to the Gu family, where she becomes a child bride. She thinks that if she keeps a low profile until she’s seventeen, she can divorce Gu Ming and spend the rest of her life as a wealthy woman of leisure. Then an unexpected disaster strikes. The entire Gu family, once renowned for their scholarly virtue, is sent back to their ancestral home and reduced to commoners. With her grandfather old, her father-in-law lazy, her mother-in-law timid, and her 14.5kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
- 103 The Deposed Empress Is Reborn and Joins Forces with the God of War to Conquer All 废后重生，携手战神王爷大杀四方 In her previous life, her scumbag husband and half-sister conspired against her. She lost the child in her womb, and both their families were slaughtered. Reborn, she joins forces with the God of War Prince to cut down her enemies and avenge her family in blood. As they fight side by side, the God of War Prince is won over by her intelligence, wisdom, strength, and courage. He falls deeply in love with her and cherishes her beyond measure, and the two lovers finally find happiness together. 1.9kReads8.9Score243Shelves
- 104 Reborn as a Phoenix: Your Majesty, Please Behave Yourself 重生为凰，皇上请自重 Xie Ci was reborn, returning to the year she was sixteen. A rebirth without ambition might as well be a wasted life. This time, her goal was to bear a prince, outlive the emperor, and help her son take the throne so she could become empress dowager! Emperor Jing: Hah! That silly little rabbit thinks she can turn the world upside down! 484Reads9.2Score105Shelves
- 105 Consort Rong Reigns Supreme in the Imperial Harem 荣妃娘娘宠冠后宫 Consort Rong, Maijia, enjoyed the emperor's favor for ten years and bore five sons and one daughter. Sadly, only one son and one daughter survived. After that, she faded into obscurity in the imperial harem. Qi Yali, who had transmigrated from the apocalypse, became Maijia Yaliqi. She swore to change the tragic fate of herself and her children and carve a broad path through the thorn-filled imperial harem. 1.1kReads6.5Score118Shelves
- 106 A Political Marriage? I’m Your Ancestress! 和亲？哀家是你祖宗！ A new work is here! Welcome to read my story 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! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 A Favorite Consort's Rules for Lying Flat 宠妃躺平守则 [The new novel's rating is climbing slowly, but you won't regret investing in it!] [Golden finger + transmigration + exclusive devotion later on, slow pace, not a conventional satisfying revenge story, a sweet little treat.] A clear-headed, laid-back camellia consort who takes her time x a proud emperor who is a big cat and falls for his own schemes. Either lie flat, get eaten up, or lie flat while getting eaten up~ Shen Ying transmigrated to an imaginary dynasty in history, becoming an obscure 1.5kReads8.7Score199Shelves
- 108 His Majesty Has His Eye on the Crown Princess 陛下他觊觎太子妃 Shen Qinglian, daughter of Vice Minister Shen of the Ministry of Revenue, comes from a family of scholars and could have married into a prestigious household. But with her naturally alluring appearance, the great clans all say she is “unfit to be a sect wife.” Fortunately, a high monk predicts that she is born with the fate of a phoenix, and she is named Crown Princess in a single day. Xiao Jin, the brilliant and gifted Emperor Jianwu, suffered greatly under his late father's favoritism toward a 4.2kReads7.1Score475Shelves
- 109 Will Her Majesty Become the Empress Dowager Today? 娘娘今天当上太后了嘛 [Palace intrigue + heroine born into the womb + transmigrated supporting actress + reborn supporting actress + black lotus + everyone is smart] Shen Guiyi had planned to lie flat and enjoy a comfortable life, but every eligible young nobleman in the capital had a house full of wives and concubines. Since she couldn't escape the struggle, she decided to enter the palace as a candidate for the imperial harem. She would climb the ranks step by step. If she had to fight, she'd fight for the very bes 1.6kReads8.4Score204Shelves
- 110 Empress of the Song Family: The Legend of Yuyao 宋家皇后——钰瑶传 The leads are not each other’s first partners!!! The heroine is neither a naive innocent nor a particularly kind person!!! The emperor hero is a jerk!! Set in an alternate history!! This is not a feel-good story!!! She transmigrates straight into the role of empress. If she rises in rank, she becomes the empress dowager; if she fails, she is deposed and banished to the cold palace. That is the reality of the inner palace: failure leaves almost no chance to recover. A twenty-first-century fashion 602Reads9.0Score103Shelves
- 111 The Emperor Is a Madman, and His Seductive Palace Maid Has Had Enough 帝王太疯批，娇媚宫女她不干了 [Harem intrigue + fleeing while pregnant] [Scheming palace maid x unhinged emperor. Both leads are calculating and morally gray. He treats her badly at first, then chases her and devotes himself to her alone. They scheme and spar against each other.] After her family was destroyed and their home confiscated, Jiang Chu, once a noblewoman from a prestigious clan, entered the palace as a maid. She carefully plotted her revenge, waiting for the chance to escape and regain her freedom once she had se 1.8kReads8.9Score195Shelves
- 112 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 56Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 113 A Virtuous Empress in Shunzhi’s Reign: I Strive to Become Empress Dowager 清穿顺治的贤德皇后，奋斗当太后 In the book, Shunzhi’s first empress was unloved and childless. Demoted to a consort, she died miserably in the depths of the imperial palace. After he transmigrated, he didn’t like her. As it happened, she didn’t like him either: a man who flirted with his younger siblings’ spouses and had no principles. It turned out they were better off as relatives! When the Tonggiya clan entered the palace: “Cousin, your new sister-in-law dances beautifully. Just look at that tiny waist. It makes me want to 1.1kReads8.3Score105Shelves
- 114 The Husband Swap: I Turned Around and Married the Crown Prince, Winning at Every Step 换夫记：转身嫁太子步步为赢 The Lin family, headed by the Minister of Revenue, had two daughters. The elder, Lin Duanyue, was the Princess Consort of Prince Yong, while the younger, Lin Zhaoyun, was the Crown Princess. Countless people were green with envy. During the two years Lin Duanyue was Prince Yong's consort, she and Li Xun managed, at least, to treat each other with courtesy and sit down together for tea and conversation. That is, until the Crown Prince died. Li Xun held Lin Zhaoyun in his arms and forced Lin Duany 717Reads8.8Score104Shelves
- 115 You Skipped Our Wedding, So I Was Reborn and Married Up. Why Are You Crying? 拜堂你不来，我重生高嫁你哭什么 Only after Ye Mingzhu died did she learn she was the cannon-fodder first wife in a tragic romance about an uncle and his sister-in-law. Her meeting with Sheng Huaian hadn’t been a coincidence. He had plotted every step of the way. They had been married for three years without consummating the marriage. She endured the pressure to produce an heir and his cold remarks, unwilling to let anyone find out he was impotent. Little did she know that his impotence was merely an excuse to avoid touching he 7kReads8.6Score872Shelves
- 116 Cruelly Killed in My Past Life, Reborn as the Emperor's Favorite 前世惨死，重生后成为皇帝心尖宠 [Palace intrigue, palace intrigue, palace intrigue: it bears repeating three times. The heroine controls the whole game + a bewitching, calculating woman who plays the pig to eat the tiger + a master of acting + scheming her way to the top + fast-paced power fantasy (the heroine starts taking the palace by storm as soon as she enters, never suffers in silence, and always gets revenge; no tormenting the heroine) + a clearheaded heroine focused on her ambitions + a scheming emperor + his devotion 916Reads8.6Score109Shelves
- 117 Your Majesty, No Need to Burn Me at the Stake. Your Consort Begs You to Die 陛下别火葬场了，娘娘请您驾崩 [Empress Who Doesn't Want to Love Again × Dog Emperor Who'd Give Up His Throne for His Beauty] [Sweet and Angsty + Both Pure + The Emperor's Long Road to Redemption + Rekindled Love + (Infrastructure Building) A Transmigrated Supporting Female Lead Helps Build a Golden Age] After the empress dies, the emperor goes mad! In the eyes of the world, the emperor dotes on the favored consort and despises his arrogant, overbearing empress. But when the empress dies, the emperor refuses to bury her, exec 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Spring in the Imperial Palace 宫闱春 [Female Lead in Palace Intrigue + Male Lead in Political Schemes + High-IQ Cast + Beautiful, Unhinged Characters + Ensemble Cast] An alternate-world story. The female lead is highly intelligent, clear-headed, and no lovesick fool. From the moment she enters the palace, Jiang Wanqing knows she will spend her whole life within these walls. She never forgets one thing: she wants to become empress. She also knows that the current emperor, Zhou Qijing, cares only about royal power and dominion. So sh 669Reads8.7Score112Shelves
- 119 The Consort Is Coy and Alluring, and Has Her Sights Set on the Throne 娘娘又茶又媚，一心只想上位 [Alternate history + pure palace intrigue + clear-eyed heroine who doesn’t love the emperor] Su Qingyao looks like a delicate beauty, but she is more clear-headed than anyone. In the imperial harem, all she wants is power. Before the emperor, she is the picture of understanding. “Your Majesty is my only support.” “With Your Majesty by my side, I have nothing to fear.” But what she is really thinking is: Thank goodness she made plans long ago. The man before her is the least reliable person of al 168Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 120 You Offered Me Up to Win His Favor? Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Empress? 送我固宠？我当皇后你哭什么？ [Transmigrate into a book / palace intrigue / not mutually devoted / face-slapping feel-good story / sweet romance / historical romance] A beauty who keeps a low profile early on, then acts spoiled and arrogant under the emperor's protection / a cold, strict emperor who falls in love at first sight, favors her, and fiercely defends her *A transmigration trope, a chef slicing meat and tossing it in the wok. Come have a bite of this satisfying favoritism story! Chu Qingwan transmigrated into a boo 1.6kReads8.4Score225Shelves
- 121 The Emperor Is Infertile, Yet He and His Scheming Palace Maid Have a Secret Romance and Many Children 皇帝不孕，和心机宫女地下恋多胎 [A scheming, beautiful young palace maid + a cunning, possessive emperor] What does it feel like to have a secret affair with the emperor in ancient times? Su Jin transmigrates into the body of a nine-year-old beggar girl in ancient times. With a little luck and a lot of cunning, she makes her way into the palace and becomes a favorite of the empress. She never expects to catch the eye of the abstinent, aloof crown prince as well. She doesn’t want to be the other woman, but imperial power rules 431Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 122 Will This Lazy Concubine Get Promoted Today? 咸鱼小妾室今天升职了吗？ [Transmigration and rebirth, political scheming, palace and household intrigue, playing the pig to eat the tiger, not mutually devoted. The heroine pretends to be a helpless little rabbit as she schemes for power, gradually revealing her villainous side. The hero is career-minded and ruthless, using everyone around him.] Yun Jiaojiao transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking maid in Prince Ning's household. All she wants is to shut the door and live a quiet little life of her own. But the pri 17Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 123 The Disabled Prince and His Unhinged Consort Love Nothing More Than Making Life Difficult for the Villains 残疾王爷疯批妃，专爱给反派添堵 An invincible female-lead power fantasy + face-slapping and crushing villains + a powerful, devoted couple She was the mighty Yan Zun of the underworld, reborn into the body of a cowardly, foolish general's daughter. The crown prince rejected her, only for the battle-hardened, murderous prince to trick her into coming home with him. After they married, the brutal war god became a doting husband. Whenever his beloved wanted to crush a villain, he cheered her on; whenever she wanted to kill, he h 682Reads7.7Score102Shelves
- 124 Your Majesty, the Empress Has Been Reborn 陛下，皇后娘娘重生了 “Your Majesty, do you remember why my mother named me Yanning?” “Wild geese are faithful birds. If their mate dies, they never live on alone.” “And the character ‘Ning’ was because my father spent so many years away at war that he couldn’t even return when my mother gave birth to me. She hoped the realm would be peaceful, so my father could stay by her side forever.” “My father never took a concubine in his entire life.” “I thought… my husband would be the same kind of man.” The man’s expression 156Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 125 A Peasant Girl's Survival Guide to the Harem 农女后宫生存手札 (Just started ranking, so the numbers will rise) [Transmigration to ancient times x System x do-nothing heroine x halfheartedly lying flat x progression fantasy] Chen Wei, a college student, transmigrates into Chen Fenglian, a palace maiden born to a poor family of ordinary farmers with no money or influence. After entering the palace, she must survive and find a way to advance under the pressure of high-ranking noblewomen. In the end, unable to lie flat completely yet unwilling to work herself 3.2kReads8.4Score288Shelves
- 126 Urging the Empress to Have a Baby: The Female Lead Is an AI 催生皇后，当女主是个AI [AI Empress] [Ridiculous palace intrigue] [All about raising kids] “Empress Ai.” “I... am... here...” The woman's voice is stiff, each word spoken separately. An AI from the year 3026, seeking to prevent humanity from dying out, travels through a parallel timeline to... The year 1132, when human reproduction is at its peak, during the Great Ming Dynasty, known as the “Golden Age of the Great Ming.” She becomes Empress Ai of the Great Ming. The little AI's mission is simple: get people to have ch 418Reads9.1Score101Shelves
- 127 Good Grief! The Heirless Marquis Has an Heir 夭寿！绝嗣侯爷他有后了 On her wedding day in her previous life, her husband’s mistress brazenly showed up to provoke her. While she sat alone in the bridal chamber, the adulterous pair carried on right before her eyes. She paid a terrible price, dying after being ruined beyond redemption. They had bullied and harmed her in her past life. In this one, she would be a vengeful demon coming to claim their lives. Reborn, she made sure everyone heard about the adulterous pair’s “deep love,” exposing their premarital affair 562Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 128 After Failing to Assassinate the Emperor, I Return to Power Seven Years Later 弑君失败，七年后本宫卷土重来 [An emperor who seems gentle and refined but is actually an obsessive tyrant VS an empress who seems detached from worldly desires but is actually ruthless] Year Five of Jiayou. A political upheaval brought down the Jiang family, the imperial family’s staunchest supporters, overnight. That same year, Empress Jiang He’s plan to poison Emperor Jiayou in Fengqi Palace failed, and she was confined to Qianyuan Temple to pray for the realm. The realm remained unharmed, but the imperial harem became a 2kReads8.4Score156Shelves
- 129 I Am the Very Model of a Virtuous Consort 本宫贤良淑德 [Perfectly Composed, Performative Big Sister VS Sweet, Simple, Big-Bear Little Brother] Wu Mingli spent decades fighting for survival in the imperial palace. After being reborn by sheer luck, she chose to marry a prince who was expected to die young. All she had to do was wait for her husband to die for his country, and she would be elevated to Imperial Dowager Consort. Her life would be perfectly settled, just as she wished. Unexpectedly, the husband who had died young in her previous life asce 983Reads8.9Score103Shelves
- 130 The Concubine’s Daughter Rises Through the Ranks After Entering the Palace 进宫后庶女一路高升 After a car accident, Chen Zhirou unexpectedly transmigrates and becomes the beautiful, timid Seventh Miss of the Yong'an Marquis Household. Rather than let her father give her away as a concubine, Chen Zhirou chooses to risk everything by entering the palace. On the day of the selection, she is about to be rejected when she calls out to the emperor, earning herself the rank of Good Lady. But that is nowhere near enough. The harem is filled with three thousand beauties, each extraordinary in he 456Reads8.2Score100Shelves
- 131 Frost-Kissed Beauty: A Journey Through the Palace to Win the Emperor’s Heart 冰霜绝艳：辗转宫闱征服帝王心 [A note up front: This isn’t good, this isn’t good, this isn’t good. It’s brainless, brainless. Don’t click! Don’t click! Don’t click! Don’t click] The emperor, Li Yi, has just one standard for choosing his concubines: they must be beautiful. Song Yunchu, a concubine-born daughter who has suffered abuse since childhood, is chosen by Emperor Li Yi to enter the palace because of her stunning looks. Before entering the palace, her mother is looked down on by the servants, and her younger sister bu 655Reads9.0Score100Shelves
- 132 Taking the Scumbag's Uncle as My Husband, the Short-Lived War God Loves to Tease and Tempt 换亲渣男小叔，短命战神纵情钩缠 [Mutual devotion + satisfying household intrigue + personal space and medical skills] The moment Lin Chuhe opens her eyes, a scumbag switches her marriage, making her the doomed general’s ill-fated wife from the book. From the start, she turns the tables, nearly killing the scumbag, then turns around and marries his disabled, battle-hardened uncle. Apart from being unable to walk and destined to die young, the general is perfect in every way. He also has three promising adopted sons, all destine 3.5kReads8.8Score392Shelves
- 133 Transmigration: Becoming the Most Powerful Woman in the Qing Dynasty's Imperial Harem 穿越：在清朝做后宫第一人 [Qing-era transmigration, court intrigue, raising children, pure palace scheming] A word of warning!! [Not a sweet romance, not both characters’ first and only, no golden finger] Please don’t read if that bothers you. Jia Hui never thought she would transmigrate. She has the lowest rank, comes from a maid’s family, and has offended Consort De, the historical winner. How can she turn things around when she’s in hell mode from the start? She carefully advances step by step, becoming Kangxi’s favor 487Reads7.5Score112Shelves
- 134 The Order of the Cold Boat 寒舟令 The day my entire family was executed, I became the sole survivor of the Shen family. Seven years later, I took on the identity of an orphan girl named Chen Zhou and infiltrated my enemy’s residence, the Shen estate, as a maid. They laughed at me for being as lowly as a weed. I laughed at them for being on the brink of death. I wielded medicine as a blade and turned the inner household into a game, throwing the illustrious Shen estate into chaos. Then the powerful official Xie Lin seized me by t 230Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 The Empress of the Central Palace 中宫元后 [Transmigration + marriage before love + palace intrigue] (This is a fictional setting, written as I please. Please don't hold it against me if it doesn't fit history.) Qiao Shanshan, who lived to thirty on Blue Star, died while saving a child. Only after reaching the underworld did she learn that it wasn't her time to die. The soul reaper had taken the wrong person. To make it up to her, the King of Hell promi 15.4kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
- 136 This Noble Consort Doesn't Do Overtime 这个贵妃不太卷 Qin Yan was sent to the Eastern Palace by imperial decree and became Shen Jingchuan’s secondary consort. Everyone in the palace was an expert at scheming. To survive, they all relied on familiar tactics like acting coy and warning the servants. Two years later, Shen Jingchuan ascended the throne and bestowed on Qin Yan the rank of Consort, second grade, with the title Rong. At Jingyang Palace, Qin Yan reclined on a chaise longue, her brows slightly furrowed as she complained, “Your Majesty is fa 866Reads6.4Score100Shelves
- 137 Don’t Cling to Glory and Splendor; It’s Time to Go Home 荣华休恋，归去来兮 She was a modern high school history teacher who transmigrated by accident into the body of the eldest granddaughter of the Grand Princess Rongxian of the Great Liang dynasty. Her grandfather was a first-rank Grand Tutor, and her father was the Minister of Revenue. At sixteen, the emperor betrothed her to Prince Chen as his principal consort. He was the emperor’s fourth son, a celebrated God of War who had made his name in battle at sixteen. He could not forget his first wife, while she had neve 357Reads8.4Score103Shelves
- 138 On the Jade Couch: The Sickly, Tyrannical Emperor Only Dotes on His Enchanting Queen 枕玉榻：病娇暴君他独宠妖后 (The rating just opened and will rise later.) Devoted romance, sweet pampering, multiple births, and a clear-headed palace intrigue. A naturally fertile, wicked, unhinged beauty and a lovesick male lead who overthinks everything. Jiang Wenyu was merely a lowly concubine-born daughter. Because of her beauty, her legitimate elder sister forced her to enter the Third Prince's household and win his favor, intending to kill the mother after taking the child. Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince saw her k 1.3kReads7.2Score121Shelves
- 139 The Refined Self-Serving Life of the Imperial Harem 精致利己的后宫生活 Content warning: Good and evil are relative, human nature is complicated, and the heroine is an unapologetic self-interested pragmatist. As a low-ranking palace maid, she has hundreds, even thousands, of mountains bearing down on her. Life is truly miserable... Rather than toil away her whole life, become a eunuch's bedmate, and be cremated after death, with her ashes scattered into the Rebirth Well so that they become one with his... Ji Hansu decides to find herself a better place to end up. As 1.2kReads7.2Score117Shelves
- 140 The Emperor's Favorite: Reborn, I Fight My Way Through the Palace to Become Empress 帝心宠，重生娘娘一路宫斗夺后位 [Palace intrigue only + Not mutually chaste + Clear-headed heroine who pretends to be weak + Devoted hero] In her previous life, after her flesh had been carved away and her eyes gouged out, one man came for her through a river of blood and overthrew the dynasty to avenge her. Reborn, she did everything she could to get by his side. By then, he had become the supreme emperor, while she was just a low-ranking consort. She pretended to be a little white rabbit to avoid the palace’s bloody intrigue 227Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 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. 672Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 142 A Royal Concubine 皇家妾室 [The heroine does not transmigrate, has no golden finger, and is not the sole object of the prince’s favor. He may favor her more later on. Read with care if that bothers you.] Qiao Weiyue was born into a merchant family. Because of her beauty, she was presented to Prince Jin as a concubine. She knew her place. The prince would never favor her alone, and she couldn’t compete with noblewomen who had powerful families and plenty of tricks up their sleeves. So she could only cling tightly to Prince 7.1kReads8.4Score823Shelves
- 143 Good Fortune Is Always on the Way 好孕常在 [Transmigration + no System + childbirth + devoted love in the later story + male lead is not a virgin] [Female lead keywords: stunning beauty + drama queen + clear-eyed realist] After transmigrating, Lin Wan became a low-ranking concubine. Everyone said Emperor Hongjing's lack of sons was divine punishment. Lin Wan, a genius medicine master: Yeah, right! You want a beauty as light as a swallow, and lots of children and grandchildren too? As if you can have it both ways! With her medical skills 637Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 144 Transmigrated to Become the Most Beautiful Empress 穿越之倾世皇后 [Female Lead: Jin Feiyao, plays the fool while hiding her strength + transmigration + clever and beautiful + fiercely protective] [Male Lead: Jun Yue, scheming + ruthless and decisive + devoted exclusively to the female lead] [Jin Feiyao was a university student in the 21st century. She transmigrated while painting...] She wakes up as the daughter of the prime minister. Well, this is nice: good food and drink. When in Rome, make yourself at home. What? I have to enter the palace? Become the empe 17Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 145 After Being Reborn as the Widow Next Door to My Ruthless Ex-Husband 重生成狠辣前夫的寡妇邻居后 [Rebirth + revenge + household intrigue + rekindled love] Xu Jingyang died. The moment she gave birth to her daughter, her own husband ran her through with a sword. In her previous life, Xu Jingyang was the true daughter of the Xu family, but her parents neither loved nor cared for her. To save her mother, Xu Jingyang suffered a head injury and became mentally impaired. Her parents called Xu Jingyang vicious and cruel. Even though she was mentally impaired, they made her do the dirtiest, hardest 3.8kReads8.9Score619Shelves
- 146 A Lone Pearl in the Desert, Locked Away in the Palace 大漠独珠锁深宫 [Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue + Female-Oriented + Ensemble Cast] Once you enter the palace gates, you're as good as lost. Your fate is no longer your own! A chieftain's only daughter, from a tribe far beyond the horizon, is sent away from home and into the imperial harem to meet the needs of the political situation. A woman raised in a military camp, born into a family of generals, willingly makes herself small for love; a supporting character finds true love; a woman who bears children 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 After Flirting with the Emperor, the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 撩拨皇帝后，贵妃她不想负责 Household intrigue in the beginning, palace intrigue later. Bai Zhi was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister. Though born to the prime minister's household, her mother died young and her father remarried. He doted on her younger sister, while Bai Zhi spent sixteen years unloved by her father and mother. Then an imperial decree came: the emperor had chosen her to be Prince Ying's concubine. Later, Prince Ying ascended the throne. "Your Majesty, this is terrible! Consort Xian slapped Lady 1.1kReads7.4Score112Shelves
- 148 Don't Be Afraid, Yinzhen! Mother Will Put You on the Throne! 胤禛不要怕，额娘送你坐皇位！ [Female Lead Reborn + Palace Intrigue + Not Both Pure + Some Events Deviate from Historical Records] Kangxi’s cousin, Tong Jia Wanning, was reborn before entering the palace. But for Yinzhen and the daughter she had lost before the child could grow up, Wanning still chose to enter the palace. In this life, Tong Jia Wanning used the memories of her previous life to make Kangxi fall in love with her and change her tragic fate. The Emperor: Cousin, you look even more charming today. Wanning: Thank 1.1kReads8.5Score105Shelves
- 149 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: The Empress Wants Her Comeback 清穿之继后要翻身 Transmigrated as Nala, Qianlong's empress, Nairou looked at the palace full of moonlight-white beauties, vermilion-mole darlings, and charming confidantes, and finally understood: Instead of fighting over a stand-in until it all ends in disaster, she might as well lie flat. Consort Ling wants His Majesty's favor? This palace will throw in double your stipend! The emperor is choosing consorts? I'll add three beauties to the list tonight! The Empress Dowager thinks she's a good-for-nothing? What a 328Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 150 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 669Reads8.6Score102Shelves
