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- 1 Remarrying the Marquis's Ancestor: My Former Brother-in-Law Becomes My Grandson 改嫁侯府老祖，前姐夫成了便宜孙 [Sisters both reborn + comparison between the two + remarrying the old ancestor of the marquis household + the allure of a widow] Jiang Yunshu and her cousin Jiang Yunshen are both reborn. In their previous life, her cousin married the eldest legitimate grandson of the third branch of the Wenchang Marquis household. On the surface, she became the mistress of the household, envied by everyone. In truth, her husband’s mistress moved into the home, and he favored the concubine while neglecting his 444Reads8.6Score103Shelves
- 2 She Is the Empress 皇后是她 [Historical Romance + Past and Present Lives + Transmigration + Rebirth + Sweet for Me, Angsty for You] [The main story has a tragic ending; the bonus chapters have a happy ending] Before: [Timid, scheming cannon-fodder girl vs. gentle, calculating male immortal] After: [Daring, scheming actress vs. gentle ??? emperor] ⑴ Zhao Manshen, a struggling actress, transmigrated into a book. She became a minor cannon-fodder character assigned to accompany the heroine as part of her dowry. In the book 309Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 3 Dancing in Splendor: I Was Born to Be Queen 倾舞风华之我本为凰 [Born into this life + no saintly heroine + strong female lead + no angst + power struggles] Luo Qingwu was a standout soldier in her previous life. After an accident, she transmigrated into the body of the third young lady of the General’s Residence of Zhennan in the Kingdom of Nanqi. Since the day she was born, she had gotten whatever she wanted, and her family treasured her like their own lives. Given a second chance, she had hoped to follow her heart, live like a lazy freeloader, and enjoy a 82Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 4 The Coroner’s Guide to Winning Over the Darkened Powerhouse 仵作攻略：黑化大佬心尖宠 A modern forensic doctor transmigrates into the past and becomes a lowly maid in the Jinyiwei kitchen, powerless and bullied by everyone. 250Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 5 The Tyrant's Darling Is a Black-Hearted Lotus 暴君怀里的娇娇是黑心莲 [Two Powerful Leads + Reborn + Fake and Real Heiresses + Gentle Yet Strong, Ambitious Favorite Consort × Heartless Tyrant Emperor + Harem Intrigue] She was a highborn young lady who had grown up away from home. When she entered the palace, she became a pawn discarded to secure the fake heiress’s position as empress. Only when poison touched her throat did she realize that family affection, favor, all of it had been a lie! Reborn, she entered the palace once more. Everything from acting pitiful t 350Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 6 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
- 7 The Spoiled Villainess Made Her Horse Slave Cry, Turning Him into a Mad Young Lord 娇娇恶女气哭脚下马奴变疯批世子 [Unhinged Young Lord + Rivals Fighting Over Her + Escape and Captivity] Chu Zhaozhao transmigrates into a book. She only remembers that the villain, Yan Wu, was born without a trace of tenderness, and ended up as a horse slave to be sold off at someone else’s whim. No one imagined that the lowly horse slave was more than he seemed. The day he rose to become regent, he burned his enemies to ashes, looking like a vengeful ghost come to claim their lives. When Chu Zhaozhao opens her eyes, she disco 1.2kReads8.8Score116Shelves
- 8 Step by Step to Glory 步步荣宠 Mingyue was sold as a child and became a maid in a marquis’s household. After the young master took an interest in her, she was sent to the palace and became a low-ranking palace maid. Step by step, she rose from palace maid to empress. 9.6kReads9.0Score860Shelves
- 9 The Fool Turns Into a Phoenix, and Her Scumbag Father’s Family Is Filled with Regret 傻子摇身变凤凰，渣爹一家悔断肠 [Sweet romance + reborn revenge + medical skills + devoted husband + both leads are chaste] In her previous life, Gu Yanluo was the notorious fool of the capital. Bullied and trampled on, she eventually had poison poured down her throat and died a wretched death. After being reborn, she plays the pig to eat the tiger. Everyone says the eldest daughter of the Gu family is an idiot, stupid and brainless, and easy to bully. So they scheme against her, eager to watch her make a fool of herself. Who 5kReads9.3Score811Shelves
- 10 The Bewitching Consort Rises to Power, Face-Slapping the Scheming, Cold Emperor 娇媚娘娘狂上位，打脸勾心清冷帝 [Palace intrigue, transmigration, a clear-eyed heroine who uses schemes and acting skills to rise to the top, palace intrigue in the early stages, then becoming the emperor's only favorite, happy ending] [A glamorous star with a thousand-layered bag of tricks and countless ways to seduce; a slow-to-warm, aloof emperor gradually gets proven wrong, and an old flame turns him into a lovesick fool] Everyone in the palace knew that Emperor Zhaoming, with his immortal bearing and few desires, treated 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 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
- 12 The Imperial Consort’s Everyday Life: Epilogue 贵妃的番外日常 [Everyday life + no harem scheming + not each other’s firsts + a somewhat sweet little romance] [Content warning! This is not a strong female lead story! There’s no catfighting or harem scheming. The leads’ relationship isn’t entirely romantic, and the female lead is determined to go home.] They say His Majesty had a late, beloved first love whom no one dared mention. Yet one Consort kept talking about nothing but His Majesty’s beloved first love. 1.9kReads9.0Score130Shelves
- 13 I'm Already a Concubine, So What's Wrong with a Little Cunning? 都做妾了，有点小心机怎么了？ [Scheming in the household early on, palace intrigue later + System + Gorgeous heroine + A little childbirth + Sweet romance] [Stunning heroine who is sweet yet ruthless and a brilliant actress × Cold-faced prince who dotes on his wife and lets his imagination run wild] The male lead in this palace-intrigue novel is not sexually inexperienced. He favors the heroine early on and devotes himself solely to her later. Readers who mind should proceed with caution. In her previous life, Su Yujiao was 2.3kReads7.3Score154Shelves
- 14 Favoring a Concubine and Seizing the Dowry? I’ll Ruin Your Entire Household and Marry into the Royal Family 宠妾灭妻夺嫁妆？废你满府嫁皇家 In her previous life, Xie Jinyun managed the household and carefully raised her stepchildren, preserving the marquisate’s wealth and prestige. In the end, all she got was a cup of poisoned wine and a reputation as a wicked stepmother that would stink for a thousand years. After her death, her husband, who had never shown interest in women, welcomed a new bride in grand style. On their wedding day, he gazed at his bride with deep affection and said: “Jiao’er, I’ve finally brought the children 3.8kReads8.8Score415Shelves
- 15 Her Grace Is Cool and Gentle, and Everyone Loves Her 娘娘她清冷温柔惹人爱 A pure palace-intrigue story, in classical style. No transmigration, no rebirth. The fate of a noblewoman has never been hers to decide. She is Yun Wan, the Chancellor's only legitimate daughter. Her destiny was set from birth: everything she learned was solely to prepare her to enter the palace. Would she willingly enter the palace and fade into obscurity, becoming a pawn the emperor could use to keep the Yun family in check? Or would she carefully maneuver her way into becoming the favorite co 1.4kReads8.4Score116Shelves
- 16 A Low-Ranking Palace Lady from the Start, with Maxed-Out Harem Warfare Skills 开局小秀女，娘娘宫斗技能满点 [No CP, devoted to palace intrigue for a hundred years!] Ning Yuzhen was sixteen the year she entered the palace, and twenty-eight the year she became Empress Dowager. Framing, miscarriage, poisoning, betrayal... After twelve years of ups and downs in the inner palace, the principles she once hoped to uphold had long since vanished. The people who had once stood by her had long since turned to dust. Ning Yuzhen walked the paths she'd taken in the past, leaving behind only a sigh. When she turned 310Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 17 The Empress Is Alluring and Charming, and Covets the Empress Dowager's Seat 娘娘娇娆柔媚，觊觎太后宝位 [Rebirth + palace intrigue + medical skills + no pairing + doesn't love the emperor] At the age of seven, she was kidnapped in her previous life and became the disciple of a genius physician. But her master coveted the peerless beauty she gradually grew into. After three years of planning, she struck a fatal blow, thinking she was finally free. Then she found the letter her master had left behind... Reborn in a single moment, she changed her fate of being kidnapped and entered the palace. She tr 1.3kReads9.1Score159Shelves
- 18 The Empress Dowager Starts Taking Them Out 继后开始刀人 The empress consort wants no part in the fight for favor. She just wants to kill people. Wei Xiangwan entered the palace with three things to do. First, uncover the truth behind her father's mysterious disappearance. Second, avenge her best friend, who died unjustly. Third, give birth to the crown prince. As for the emperor's affection, it was the least important thing of all. In the resplendent harem, where false affection bloomed everywhere, some people still yearned for true love. Qi Zhao fel 6.7kReads8.8Score696Shelves
- 19 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 1.2kReads8.9Score104Shelves
- 20 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 754Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 21 You Transmigrate, I’m Reborn! I’ll Hang a Lantern for You at Your Graves 你穿越，我重生！坟前给你们挂盏 Original title: Reborn Princess Opens Her Eyes and Brings People to Catch Them in the Act! Full title: You Transmigrated, I Was Reborn, and I'll Hang a Lantern at Your Graves [Rebirth + palace intrigue + feel-good revenge + a heroine who's crazy and a great actress + throne struggle + one-on-one romance (little romance)] In her past life, Li Ningle, a princess, married into a down-and-out marquis's household and gave everything she had to pave the way for her husband to become an official. In th 2.3kReads9.1Score282Shelves
- 22 Eight Years as a Ghost: The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Levels Her Enemies’ Ancestral Graves 做鬼八年：嫡女重生，仇家祖坟铲平了 866Reads8.9Score308Shelves
- 23 The Crown Prince Is Infertile? Reborn to Marry His Brother and Usurp His Throne 太子不孕？重生嫁他哥，覆他皇权 [A short drama of the same name is now available] Shen Mi, the most beautiful woman in Yanjing, is set up and loses her chastity. The Crown Prince of Great Yan comes to claim the child in her womb. She enters the Eastern Palace, only to fall into an abyss. The Crown Prince is a master schemer who uses her as a stepping stone to the throne. Once he gains power, he kills his wife and child and massacres her entire family. Her fake heiress of a younger sister has their father’s affection all to her 5.4kReads9.0Score642Shelves
- 24 How Could a Mere Transmigrator Ever Beat a Proper Lady? 区区穿越女，怎斗得过大家闺秀！ [Pure palace intrigue in a fictional setting] [Native-born heroine and transmigrated second female lead from an old-fashioned novel] [Fake heiress and real heiress] Su Qingwan, the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor’s household, was raised by the Empress from childhood and personally taught the importance of having a sharp tongue. Meanwhile, she studied The Tyrannical Crown Prince Falls for Me inside and out, annotating it and writing daily summaries of her takeaways. Next door, the Crown 513Reads7.6Score100Shelves
- 25 Married into the Eastern Palace 嫡嫁东宫 Ever since she was little, Zhou Zhou knew she was different from her sisters. That difference meant she was lucky enough to be taught by her grandfather and cherished by her grandmother. At eight, the emperor personally selected her to be the princess’s companion. She entered the palace, grew up alongside the princess, and became the childhood sweetheart of the Fifth Prince. Before the Peach Blossom Banquet held when she was fifteen, everyone said she was destined to become the Fifth Prince’s co 5.3kReads8.9Score445Shelves
- 26 The Daily Records of Consort Xi 熙贵妃起居注 Shen Tingnian has nothing going for her except a pretty face. As the Grandson's Concubine, she always wore a cold, world-weary expression around everyone, saying only that the days and nights in the Palace of Guanghan were endless, and that the human world would remain the same with or without her. As the Crown Prince's Concubine, she brazenly did as she pleased with the Crown Prince during the late emperor's mourning period, causing endless strife and bloodshed. As Noble Consort Xi, she set her 71Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 27 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 2.7kReads9.0Score298Shelves
- 28 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! 174Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 29 The Wrong Heiress Was Doted On: The Powerful Nobles of the Capital Crush the Marquis’s Estate 错宠假千金，全京城权贵暴虐侯府 [Everyone reborn + feel-good revenge + invincible regret + face-slapping] Shen Qingyang had five powerful brothers. In her previous life, after she was brought back to the marquis’s residence, the fake heiress couldn’t bear the shock and killed herself. Her death left her brothers grieving for half their lives! Later, when her brothers had all risen to the highest ranks and gained enormous power, they felt they had wronged the fake heiress, so they dragged Shen Qingyang down with them, determine 7.8kReads7.6Score1kShelves
- 30 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 3.7kReads8.5Score241Shelves
- 31 The Marquis's Concubine Gossips, and the Emperor's Underwear Is at Risk 侯门小妾吃瓜，皇帝裤衩保不住了 Synopsis: [Everyone can hear her thoughts + hilarious antics + gossip + palace intrigue + household scheming] Important: The sleazy womanizer is NOT the male lead!!! Chu Xun is timid, money-loving, and a coward. All she wants is to laze around and enjoy the gossip. While everyone else is competing for favor, sucking up, and scheming against each other, she can never get enough gossip. From princes and ministers to commoners, she can dig up dirt on anyone. Even the emperor's underwear isn't safe 1.7kReads8.9Score171Shelves
- 32 I Sparked Ancient Gossip with a Paternity Test! 我靠亲子鉴定！引爆古人吃瓜风潮 The original novel behind the hit short drama Ascending the Phoenix Tower On her wedding day, her scumbag husband actually demands that she kneel to his widowed sister-in-law? What a joke. Whoever wants to kneel can do it themselves. She has the ability to conduct paternity tests, and on the spot, she exposes the two of them and their illegitimate child, revealing their affair. She ruins the scumbag’s chances of becoming the top scholar and cuts off his path to success! A fake heiress forges a b 573Reads8.9Score223Shelves
- 33 After the Divorce, I Became the Emperor's Beloved White Moonlight 和离后，我成了皇帝心尖白月光 [Reborn + Satisfying Payback + Devoted Couple + The Emperor Steals His Minister's Wife and Goes Mad with Love] In her previous life, everyone said Xu Wanning had married well. Her husband had won great military honors and earned the emperor's trust. Only she knew what her life was really like. Reborn, Xu Wanning wanted only to divorce him. But she knew the marriage had been arranged by the late emperor, and divorce would not be easy. In the end, Xu Wanning turned her gaze to the emperor. She mad 4.6kReads9.0Score472Shelves
- 34 Luo Se Like Brocade 洛色如锦 [A warning for readers who want both leads to be devoted exclusively to each other: Read carefully! Read carefully! Read carefully! They're not a one-on-one couple at first. After the heroine marries the hero, he's devoted only to her!] [My heroine has no golden finger or superpowers. She's just a left-behind child, and transmigrating gives her the love she missed out on.] When Shen Luojin opens her eyes again, she discovers she's been reborn in a baby's body. As a modern college student who has 3.9kReads9.0Score339Shelves
- 35 A Country Bride’s Fortune 农家媳妇：富贵临门 A female military doctor is reborn as the wife of a poor farmer in ancient times. Beautiful and clever, she excels at cooking and has superb medical skills, saving lives and healing the sick. Her husband is tall and handsome, hardworking and brave. Together, they weather every hardship and build a thriving life. Born into poverty, the male lead is handsome, intelligent, and resolute. He rises steadily, becoming a hero in the army, and loves the heroine all his life. 2.1kReads9.1Score248Shelves
- 36 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 15.2kReads9.0Score2kShelves
- 37 Book Transmigration: The Delicate Cannon-Fodder Supporting Character Is Too Pitiful 炮灰女配她娇软堪怜【穿书】 [Transmigrate into a book, delicate little star, adored by everyone, men competing in a battlefield of love] Hua Wu transmigrates! The good news: she’s transmigrated into a historical romance about a Mary Sue heroine adored by everyone. The heroine is born with an irresistible allure, and any man who sleeps with her becomes unable to leave her. She gathers a scheming prince, a bold general, an obsessive imperial tutor, a cold, aloof miracle doctor, a mysterious state preceptor, and many more 5.9kReads8.8Score641Shelves
- 38 The Princess Acts Shamelessly, Pining for Her Little Guard Every Day 公主殿下耍流氓日日惦记小侍卫 [One-on-one, both leads are virgins + reborn + heroine pursues the hero + mutual devotion + very sweet, no angst] In her previous life, Lu Jinyou loved the wrong man and met a tragic end as her kingdom fell and her family was destroyed. Reborn, all she could think about was the little bodyguard she had bought off the street. In her previous life, after she became a princess of a fallen kingdom, he secretly took dangerous jobs for people everywhere, just so she could continue living in luxury. An 826Reads8.8Score109Shelves
- 39 Has the Noble Consort Left Qirong Palace Today? 皇贵妃今天出栖容宫了吗？ [☆No transmigration, no rebirth, and no pristine couples] [☆The romance develops gradually] Everyone in the palace knew that the person they must never offend was neither the pampered and fiery Noble Consort Hui nor the peerlessly beautiful Consort Cen, but Noble Consort Zhe of Qirong Palace, Lady Fucha. A consort's guide to survival: If you want to get ahead, never provoke the lady of Qirong Palace. She was the emperor's first woman, his companion and confidante since their youth; the mother 15.3kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
- 40 On Her Wedding Day, She Married the Cold-Faced Imperial Uncle by Mistake 大婚当日，上错花轿嫁给冷面皇叔 [A bold, passionate heiress × a cold-faced prince who always takes her side] In her previous life, Su Jin devoted herself to helping the crown prince ascend the throne. In the end, she was thrown into prison and stabbed to death by her own dear cousin. For the daughter of a military commander, it was a disgrace beyond words. After being reborn, the first thing she did was switch the bridal sedan chairs and climb into the one bound for Prince Yu’s residence. The crown prince is a nobody. Prince Y 3.9kReads9.0Score518Shelves
- 41 On Our Wedding Night, He Personally Sent Me to the Regent’s Bedchamber 新婚夜他亲手把我送向摄政王寝宫 [Reborn + Palace Intrigue and Revenge + The Scumbag Regrets It Too Late + Devoted Couple + Adoring Husband] On her wedding night, Mu Wanyan was sent by her scumbag husband to the Regent's bed. She knew nothing of it, and believed he loved her just as deeply as she loved him. She treated her scumbag husband, Pei Mochen, wonderfully, even taking a blade for him. Little did she know he saw her only as a spy from an enemy state. He pretended to care for her, while secretly having people poison Mu 635Reads9.1Score174Shelves
- 42 The Side Consort Takes Charge of the Household, Then Rises to the Throne as Empress 侧妃潜邸掌中馈，一朝成凰登后位 [Not a Pure Couple, Not a Transmigration Story, Not Reborn, No Golden Finger] [Content warning: The heroine is caught in a whirlpool of conflict and is far from a good person. She knows how to read the situation and may even take the initiative to hurt others.] Given a choice, who would want to become a woman willing to do anything to achieve her goals? At a plum-blossom-viewing banquet in the snow, Hua Songyi tried to keep a low profile, but the host family chose her anyway and forced her to 5.7kReads8.5Score631Shelves
- 43 The Madam Only Wants to Lie Flat 大娘子只想躺平 [Traditional historical romance + everyday life + transmigrating into a book + the steady, gradual progress of a woman in her thirties living in ancient times] After transmigrating into a book as a marquis’s daughter-in-law, she finds herself middle-aged, with elders to care for and children to raise. Her mother-in-law dislikes her, her cold husband is alive but as good as dead, and she never sees him. His concubine keeps making a fuss to get attention, while her three biological children are cl 10.2kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
- 44 Transmigrate Into a Book: I Only Want to Be a Cousin, Not a Concubine 穿书之我只想当表妹，不想做妾 [Transmigrate into a book + palace and household intrigue + romance + satisfying revenge + everyday life] Zhou Qiongyue was praying for a chance to lie flat, only to transmigrate into a household-intrigue novel she'd read. The catch was that she wasn't the heroine. The heroine was Xie Zixin, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping. The male lead was Zhou Qiongyue's childhood friend, her second imperial cousin. Zhou Qiongyue, meanwhile, was a lovesick supporting female character who wa 14.4kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 45 So Pure and Innocent as a White Lotus, How Could She Be Scheming to Seduce Him? 娇娇纯净似白莲，怎会心机引诱？ [A femme fatale schemes for power, leading the hero step by step into ruin.] Jiang Yueyao is ruthless and destined to become empress. She first meets the emperor at a palace banquet. She is the most favored concubine of a minister, and after a palace consort publicly humiliates her, she drops to her knees and pleads for mercy, looking heartbreakingly beautiful beneath the dazzling palace lanterns. She meets the emperor for the second time in the study at her residence. Frantically fleeing her hu 4kReads9.0Score425Shelves
- 46 On Our Wedding Night, the Brutal Regent Was Kicked Out of Bed 洞房新婚，暴戾摄政王被踢下床榻 Everyone in the capital knew that the prime minister’s legitimate daughter, Gu Qingcheng, was the greatest beauty in the city. What they didn’t know was that Gu Jinge was actually the prime minister’s eldest legitimate daughter. Prime Minister Gu Cheng’en came from a poor family. After placing first in the imperial examinations, he married Lu Junqing, the younger sister of a first-rank cavalry general. Everyone said they were a match made in heaven, a perfect couple. After their marriage, they h 3.5kReads9.2Score735Shelves
- 47 Story of Yanxi Palace: Yanwan Gets the Heroine’s Script 如懿传：当嬿婉拿了女主剧本 [Main story and bonus chapters complete] After Yanwan dies, she is reborn on the day she is made a Minor Attendant. This time, she'll kindle the flames of revenge and make everyone who bullied her pay dearly. Jinzhong is reborn at the same time after his death. He hates her with all his heart, yet can't help falling in love with the utterly wicked Wei Yanwan. Both have hearts steeped in malice. Yanwan and Jinzhong are two of a kind, a wicked consort and a treacherous courtier bringing a lurid bl 1.7kReads9.3Score170Shelves
- 48 After I Transmigrated, I Became the Frail Moonlight of the Entire Imperial Harem 穿越后我成了全后宫的病弱白月光 Rising star Wan Lai'er transmigrates overnight and becomes Wan Jiaojiao, a palace lady who died just after entering the imperial palace of the Great Jin dynasty. With her “bounce back from the brink, refill the mana bar” skill, Wan Jiaojiao isn't afraid of a thing. As long as she's still breathing, she can't die. What?! The horse beside the Empress Dowager has bolted? Wan Jiaojiao says, “Leave it to me!” The Empress Dowager declares, “Jiaojiao saved my life. I want to see who in the harem dares 2.8kReads9.3Score415Shelves
- 49 After the Marriage Swap, the Young General Can't Resist Flirting 换亲后，少年将军不禁撩 [The animated comic is now available. If you're interested, go check it out!] [Married first, fall in love later ✘ aloof, youthful male lead ✘ gentle, clear-eyed female lead ✘ mutually exclusive partners (explained later)] Wen Ning was reborn. In her previous life, she dutifully cared for her parents-in-law and treated her husband with consideration. After finally enduring long enough to see Song Yan pass the highest imperial examination, everyone said she was lucky. But Song Yan never loved her 3.3kReads8.9Score385Shelves
- 50 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 2.7kReads8.8Score311Shelves
