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- 101 Jiaojiao's Joyful Years 姣姣岁欢 Jiang Suihuan marries Qin Huaijing, a royal relative whose family has fallen on hard times, bringing a generous dowry with her. On their wedding night, before they can consummate the marriage, he leaves her to fend for herself in the manor. Two years later, Qin Huaijing is selected by the court to become the Crown Prince of Great Jin. Jiang Suihuan thinks that her husband’s rise will make her Crown Princess. Instead, her husband returns victorious from the battlefield and tells her that a lowbor 9.2kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 102 Turmoil in the Six Palaces: The Mad Demon Consort's Daily Meltdowns 祸乱六宫：疯批妖妃发癫日常 [Palace intrigue + male lead has had other women, heroine is chaste + doted on exclusively later + heroine is sweet on the outside but dark within, wicked and a good actress, occasionally goes off the rails, happy ending] With skin as pure as ice and bones as fine as jade, her beauty could topple a city, stunning all who saw her… That year, she entered the palace by imperial decree to keep her pregnant elder sister company. She never expected to be trapped there for good, reduced to a fish on he 8.4kReads9.0Score894Shelves
- 103 Qing Dynasty Crown Princess: I Swapped Bodies with the Deposed Crown Prince 清穿太子妃：和废太子互换身体 [The male and female leads swap souls + Alternate Qing Dynasty] Reader’s guide: If you like a mature heroine, start from the chapters charting her growth! A heroine who grows over time! She’s not a strong heroine at the start, but she’ll grow! Please be patient with her! Shi Jingxian transmigrates to the Qing dynasty. She isn’t Fourth Brother’s beloved from a romance novel, nor Kangxi’s cherished darling, nor a spoiled, pampered wife of an idle prince. She is the Crown Princess of the Crown Prin 4kReads9.3Score486Shelves
- 104 Reborn as the Villainess to Protect My Family: I’ll Save Grandma and My Sister 重生恶女守家：祖母阿姐我都要 In her previous life, Jiang Zhiyue was deceived by her stepmother into doing many terrible things, earning her a notorious reputation. Her elder siblings died because of her, and she was accused of plotting to kill her grandmother. Her eyes were blinded, her voice stolen, and the tendons in all four limbs severed. In the end, she was thrown into a river, still full of resentment. Her stepmother then used the corpses of her blood relatives to claim her mother's title as Duchess of the State. When 14.1kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
- 105 The Vicious Supporting Woman Whitewashes Daily 恶毒女配洗白日常 Feng Yun transmigrates into a book and becomes a villainous supporting woman whom everyone despises: useless, vicious, and flirtatious and affected. According to the plot, she’ll keep courting death, diligently paving the way for the heroine, before meeting a tragic end. On her first day after transmigrating into a book, the original owner, busy courting death, has tied up the book’s stunning male lead and is about to do unspeakable things to him. Terrified, Feng Yun scrambles to set him free, h 2.7kReads8.9Score283Shelves
- 106 The Empress Ran 冉后 Ran Hu was made a Jieyu concubine as soon as she entered the palace. On her very first day, she was summoned to the emperor’s bedchamber and granted the title of Chen, cherished like a rare treasure. Her peerless beauty and her younger brother’s illustrious military achievements as Marquis of Chang’an gave her the confidence to act as she pleased in the harem. The two souls who had come from a later age ultimately left a lasting mark on this strange world. 4.6kReads9.0Score473Shelves
- 107 I Entered the Palace to Help My Sister Keep the Emperor’s Favor, but Became His Cherished Favorite 入宫替嫡姐固宠，却成皇上掌心宠 In her previous life, she entered the palace and devoted herself to helping her legitimate elder sister keep the emperor’s favor. In the end, she died without a body to bury, abandoned by her family. Returning to the year of the imperial selection, Luo Shuran calculates her every move. Her breathtaking beauty is her only weapon. She sheds her youthful timidity and blossoms into a woman of captivating charm. One fleeting glimpse, like a fairy fallen from the heavens, catches the emperor’s eye. 6.1kReads9.3Score859Shelves
- 108 Urgent! The Regent Needs a Good-Luck Wedding! 急急急！要给摄政王冲喜啦！ [Animated comic adaptation now available] [Sweet romance + devoted husband + no angst + faithful couple + honest communication, no misunderstandings] Sweet and gentle princess consort vs. a regent who falls for her on his own Yan Mu was married off to the unconscious Regent in a marriage meant to bring him good luck. From then on, she gained a powerful weapon at her side. For the legitimate older sister who envied her: she flaunted her success and slapped her down at every turn! For the stepmoth 12kReads9.2Score869Shelves
- 109 Mrs. Feng Pouts, and the Cold-Faced Instructor Falls for Her in a Second 封太太一撒娇，冷面教官一秒沦陷 (A gentle, slow-burn everyday sweet romance, a seven-year age gap, a veteran, a rugged man, the family darling, and a fatherly type) Mu Qingci never dreamed she would run into Feng Lie again seven years later. He had been the drill instructor who trained her during military training. Feng Lie's brutal training had been Mu Qingci's worst nightmare. Now, the iron-blooded instructor had hung up his uniform and was sitting in a suit on a blind date. The woman soon fled, driven away by Feng Lie's 25.8kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
- 110 Surrogate Motherhood? The Second-Time Bride and Beloved Consort Insists on Rising to the Top 借腹生子？二嫁宠妃偏要步步高升 [A gentle, kind widow and an arrogant, biased emperor. Sweet, doting everyday romance, with little palace intrigue (the emphasis is on little).] The Yu family had three daughters, all beautiful. The eldest became a countess, the youngest became a consort in the palace, and only the second daughter returned home a widow less than five years after her marriage, with a little girl in tow. One day, the palace consort suffered a miscarriage and was told she would have difficulty bearing children in t 22.2kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
- 111 A Blessed Wife with a Baby on the Way: Lord Commander, Be Good 好孕福妻：指挥使大人乖乖宠我 Marriage first, love later + devoted husband pursues his wife + dual purity + happy ending In her previous life, Luo Ran was killed by her husband and her cousin, who conspired against her. After years of dutifully keeping the household, all she got in the end was her father's title being manipulated away, and a tragic death for both father and daughter. Reborn six years 22.5kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
- 112 The Empress Dowager's Retirement Life 太后的退休生活 [Palace intrigue + female lead is the mastermind behind the scenes + no romance + plot-driven + ensemble cast] After transmigrating to the Great Jing dynasty, Su Minqing entered the palace as the empress. She worked tirelessly at palace intrigue for over a decade and finally fought her way to becoming the Empress Dowager. The only catch was that there was another Empress Dowager in the palace besides her. As the emperor’s adoptive mother, she was named the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces. The 6.1kReads8.4Score357Shelves
- 113 The Feisty Consort Climbs to Power Through Palace Intrigue, Everyone Else Back Off 拽妃宫斗上位，闲杂人等退退退 The short drama is out now. Search for it on Fanqie to watch. [Palace Intrigue Power Fantasy + Not a Clean Romance + Being the Emperor’s Mother Is Better Than Being His Consort] Every woman in the harem hopes to win Emperor Jingrong’s favor, but Yuan Yuntang sees the emperor only as a tool for having children. Women in ancient times had to marry sooner or later anyway, so she might as well marry the most powerful man of all. After all, Emperor Jingrong has a great figure, a handsome face, and a 16.6kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 114 Trapped as an Abusive Wife, My Little Husband Tells Me to Behave 穿成家暴妻主，小夫郎说让我自重 [Female-Dominated World + Multiple Male Leads + Satisfying and Indulgent + All Male Leads Are Chaste] On her first night after transmigrating, Gu Qingyuan found her little husband curled up in a corner, holding a knife to his own neck to warn her to behave. “Touch me, and I’ll kill myself.” Gu Qingyuan: “Okay, okay, I won’t touch you. Happy now?” Then she turned around and went to the side husband’s courtyard. Later, as the handsome men around her grew in number, her little husband patted the be 11.6kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
- 115 Empress of the Xie Family 谢家皇后 In her first year in the palace, she is a Talented Lady. In her fifth, she is a Jieyu. In her tenth, she wants to become empress. As empress, she can hold on to everything she treasures and keep it from being taken away. She can protect herself and her child, and she can... stay by his side. This is a road with only one direction: take a single step back, and all will be lost. The bright yellow ceremonial parasol moves forward, and the emperor's procession slowly enters the city gate. A yellow p 8.9kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
- 116 So What If You’re Reborn? 纵你重生又如何 [The main story is complete] [Two powerful leads + no point in being reborn as a concubine’s daughter + face-slapping and punishing scoundrels + the male lead has a secret crush] [A cool, composed beauty with overwhelming combat prowess vs. a mysterious, bewitching prince] [One-on-one romance + happy ending + single and chaste] Her mother was the most favored legitimate princess, her uncle was the reigning emperor, her maternal grandmother was empress dowager of the realm, and her older brother 2.4kReads8.9Score309Shelves
- 117 Beauty in the Bedchamber: The Tyrannical Eunuch Is Crazed and Dotes on Me 帐中娇：暴戾九千岁又疯又宠 The comic adaptation is now available! (Also known as The Mad, Brutal Eunuch Turned Around and Gently Coaxed Me) [Abusing scumbags + reborn + happy ending + both leads untouched + a vicious, cold-blooded Chief Eunuch who is ruthless to everyone else but a broken, devoted puppy to her vs. a clear-eyed heroine who has been reborn and learned from her mistakes. This novel is entirely fictional.] Pei Min, Chief Eunuch of the Eastern Depot, wielded absolute power and was bloodthirsty and brutal. The 91.8kReads9.3Score7.1kShelves
- 118 The Noble Daughter Is the Phoenix! The Entire Chancellor's Residence Kneels 嫡女为凰！相府全体都跪下 [Transmigration + powerful male and female leads + mastery of both medicine and poison] Jiang Qingran is the only legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister’s household. She and her half-sister were born on the same day of the same month in the same year. Her half-sister is hailed as a blessed girl and the phoenix destined by heaven, while Jiang Qingran is called a jinx, a worthless blob of mud. She endures humiliation and hardship at every turn. When she is six, her parents beat her and send her 15.7kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 119 Sweet Everyday Life in the Prince’s Mansion 王府甜宠日常 [Past and Present Lives 1v1 + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] Wen Sisi was crown princess for five years. The crown prince appeared to be a loving husband, but in truth he loathed her. From their wedding night onward, he sought out his concubines, and in the end he personally caused her death before elevating the concubine he loved to the position of his principal wife. Reborn, Wen Sisi ignored the crown prince's flirtatious hints and chose to marry Liu Xuan, Prince of Jingjiang, a man o 12.3kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
- 120 Little Sweetheart! Soft and Irresistible! Both Tyrants Are in Love with Her 小娇娇！香软撩！两个暴君都爱她 [Doll-faced, curvy, easygoing sweet girl vs. a tyrant with two personalities] [Both are each other’s first and only + doting romance + size difference + height difference + slight age gap] Song Yan is a special girl, so she knows a secret. The lofty emperor actually has two souls living inside him. His dominant personality is gentle and refined as jade, aloof and restrained, shrewd and calculating: a bona fide obsessive yandere. His secondary personality is volatile, unrestrained, brutal, and bl 5.9kReads9.2Score593Shelves
- 121 Who Says an Emperor and Empress Can’t Truly Love Each Other? 谁说帝后不能有真情 Pei Shu seems to have been born under a lucky star. Born into a prominent family, she grew up cherished by loving parents and surrounded by every luxury. Her only setback was when her fiancé fell for someone else and broke off their engagement. Before the people of the capital could even laugh at her, an imperial decree arrived at the Pei residence, and Pei Shu became the empress. From then on, everything went smoothly: her son was named crown prince, later became emperor, and Pei Shu naturally 11.9kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 122 The Delicate Beauty Steals Spring 娇娇夺春 Yu Luo transmigrated into a book as a female supporting character in a novel aimed at male readers. The male lead, Prince Qin Li Xiao, was a celebrated general whose military exploits shook the realm. Yet the emperor framed him and ordered his entire family executed. After turning to the dark side, Prince Qin concealed his identity and took shelter in the Yu household, becoming a guard by the side of Yu Luo, the eldest daughter of the family. Miss Yu was arrogant and domineering, spending her da 9.2kReads8.9Score900Shelves
- 123 A Widow, Alluring and Charming, Takes the Eastern Palace and Claims the Empress's Throne! 寡妇娇又魅，入主东宫，摘后位！ [A devoted couple + marriage before love + raising a child + healing + happy ending] After two years of marriage, Jiang Nong finally gave birth to a son. Unfortunately, the child wasn't her husband's. Jiang Nong had no idea who the child's father was. After all, her husband was impotent, so they could only use another man's seed... A husband like that was no good. So Jiang Nong gathered her belongings, wrote a divorce letter, exposed the secret her hypocritical husband had hidden for half his l 6.2kReads9.2Score733Shelves
- 124 The Astonishing Phoenix Physician 惊凰医妃 [Best friends transmigrate together, comedy, face-slapping power fantasy, two equally formidable leads] Overnight, Yun Ling transmigrates into the most notorious ugly woman in the capital. By chance, she marries Prince Jing, the blind God of War of Western Zhou. Fortunately, she still has her powerful mental abilities. That sanctimonious white lotus keeps pushing her luck, so Yun Ling tears off her mask time and again! Her scummy father wants to elevate his concubine to the status of equal wife? 43.9kReads9.4Score6.2kShelves
- 125 Demote the Wife to a Concubine? The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Wipes Out His Entire Family 贬妻为妾？重生嫡女嘎了他全家 [Strong female and male leads + both leads' first and only love + satisfying reborn story + nation and family] She was a renowned female war god, formidable in battle and unmatched in strategy. After being reborn in the body of the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household in the Great Yong, whose honor had been besmirched, her supposedly gentle and refined fiancé came to break off their engagement and demote her to a concubine. Every one of her relatives regarded her as a disgrace 28.4kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves
- 126 The Little Junior Sister Has a Space 小师妹有空间 Su Yue, the top assassin in the world of killers, was reborn as a newborn baby girl. She planned to spend this life eating and drinking, growing medicinal herbs, and playing with poisonous bugs… What a pleasant life. Unfortunately, her master kicked her out of the mountain. Her eldest senior brother was another country’s crown prince, her second senior brother was the leader of the martial arts world, and her third senior brother was a divine physician. Her fourth senior brother… well, let’s ign 24.4kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
- 127 The Laid-Back Consort: Rising Step by Step 咸鱼娘娘：步步高升 [Transmigration + palace and household intrigue + childbirth + doted on exclusively later] Jiang Wan transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking palace consort of an emperor with no children. To protect the people around her, she has no choice but to compete for a little favor. Who knew she’d end up giving the emperor a chubby baby boy! Emperor: “She’s the birth mother of my only son. Of course I have to protect her.” Who knew that all that protection would turn into affection? As Jiang Wan ris 19.1kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
- 128 I Became a Mediator in the Marquis's Manor and the Whole Family Dotes on Me 我在侯府当调解员，被全家宠了 Brutal, ruthless Imperial Guard X sweet, gentle ray of sunshine Just as her name suggests, Jiang Mi has a sweet little mouth and knows exactly how to charm people, leaving them dazed and warm-hearted. But an imperial decree sends this honey-sweet girl to the most difficult household to serve: the Ning'an Marquis's residence. The Old Madam is stern and old-fashioned: “You wretches! The whole lot of you are hopeless!” The Ning'an Marquis is aloof and icy: “You unfilial son, do you know what you've 19.5kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
- 129 Forced to Divorce, Her Five Brothers Go on a Rampage 被迫休夫后，五个哥哥杀疯了 Shen Ning gave up her beloved spear to cook for the man she loved. She broke with her father, a veteran general of Great Yan, and didn’t speak to him for three years. Her husband, the victorious General Who Guards the Nation, returned in triumph with a woman who was a master of the spear. After three years of hard work, all she got was: “A Ning, I want to marry her.” Shen Ning, who had become the laughingstock of the capital after her husband favored his concubine and cast aside his wife, picked 7.2kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
- 130 Quick Transmigration: The Fertile Beauty Is Beloved and Bears Many Children 快穿：好孕美人多子多娇 Gorgeous beauty + childbirth + exclusive devotion + fast pace + some couples stay faithful to each other + no fixed pairing After dying suddenly from staying up all night, Li Jiao got a Childbearing System. All she had to do was bear children for various male leads, and she'd gain both wealth and a long life. With pills being handed out like they cost nothing, who wouldn't want a painless delivery? World One: The frail, heirless emperor X the alluring consort. She gives birth to triplets, shock 11.6kReads9.1Score796Shelves
- 131 Locked in the Spring Night 锁春宵 [Traditional historical romance + reborn + revenge on scum + sweet romance + mutually faithful] In her previous life, Su Qingyu had been married for three years without ever consummating the marriage. Then her cousin suddenly appeared before her with a child, and Su Qingyu finally learned that the man wasn't impotent. He just couldn't perform with her. Her cousin stripped off Su Qingyu's face, took her place as the legitimate daughter of the marquis's household, and became the matriarch of the S 33.3kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
- 132 The Pretty Palace Maid's Step-by-Step Rise to Empress 娇娇宫女，步步为后 [Palace intrigue / not both partners’ first time / devoted love in the later story / not a strong heroine; the female lead cries easily and isn’t particularly clever, so don’t expect too much!] After three years in the palace, Yue Li has worked carefully and waited for a chance at promotion. Just before she is promoted, a palace maid sharing her room is sentenced to death for offending a consort. Thunder crashes and rain pours that night as blood spatters everywhere. Terrified, Yue Li cannot sle 24.5kReads9.3Score11.5kShelves
- 133 Dreamed I Was Poisoned to Death? The Wicked Consort Goes on a Rampage 梦到自己被毒死？恶毒贵妃杀疯了 [Not a pure romance + an all-villain cast + a heroine who kills + an indulgent hero + exclusive devotion from the start] [An aloof, ruthless, pleasure-seeking autocratic emperor vs. an arrogant, domineering, viciously cunning consort] Emperor Long'an had ruled for seven years. What people talked about most was his unusual hobby: keeping all kinds of fierce beasts and wild birds. Little did they know that the creatures who caught Emperor Long'an's interest were all in the harem's fighting ring. E 20.1kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
- 134 The Tyrant Uncle Who Visits My Dreams Every Night 夜夜梦见未婚夫的暴君叔叔 (Both leads are chaste + she’s his one and only) Yun Si is the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, raised in seclusion. She is gentle, refined, reserved, and proper. After coming of age, she gets engaged. Her fiancé is her cousin, a gentle and refined gentleman, and the current emperor’s nephew. They are a perfect match in status, talent, and beauty. On the night of their engagement, Yun Si dreams of a man pinning her down on a mandarin-duck quilt. His gaze is burning and brazen, as thoug 9.4kReads9.0Score911Shelves
- 135 The Regent's Consort, Pulled from a Tomb 从坟墓里扒出来的摄政王妃 Everyone, the web drama based on this novel is now complete. You can watch it on Tomato Short Dramas. Search for The Princess Consort of the Regent, Unmatched in Medicine and Poison, and enjoy! Love you all, mwah~~ Mu Fengyan, born into a family of ancient martial artists, had her soul blasted by her enemies' modern firearms into a parallel world, in an era never recorded in history. A master of both medicine and poison, she never expected that after she'd sent every last one of her enemies to 66.7kReads9.4Score8kShelves
- 136 After Her Sickly Husband Died, the Crown Prince Took Her into the Eastern Palace 病弱夫君去世后，太子夺我入东宫 [The short drama of the same name, Marry into the Eastern Palace, is now available] Three years ago, at the Eastern Palace’s consort selection banquet, the Crown Prince scolded her: “The Shen girl is coquettish and ingratiating, and her conduct is outrageous.” His words made Shen Lizhu the laughingstock of the capital’s noblewomen, forcing her to retreat to her maternal grandparents’ home in Jiangnan. Three years later, the Crown Prince is ordered to leave the capital and tour Jiangnan. Shen Liz 25.1kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
- 137 The Imperial Terrace's Charm: The Noble Consort Is Beautiful and Well-Behaved 帝台娇：贵妃娘娘她又美又乖 [Harem intrigue + climbing the ranks and crushing the villains + doting romance. The male lead knows his own heart. He'll devote himself to her alone later on.] [The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, then more slowly later on.] [The heroine comes from a noble family, is the most beautiful woman in the harem, and already has two adorable children. The Emperor falls for her first and favors her from early on, before devoting himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.] By a 20.5kReads9.4Score2kShelves
- 138 Reborn After My Own Son, the Cruel Empress Dowager, Stabbed Me to Death 恶毒太后被亲儿子捅死之后重生了 The vicious Empress Dowager Jiang Mingzhu was reborn. In her previous life, to put her son on the throne, she poisoned and tried to assassinate the emperor, colluded with court officials, drugged a pregnant consort to make her miscarry, and plotted against the young crown prince. Every time she schemed, she put her own life on the line to grind her stepson's face into the dirt. But when the plot to put the son she'd worked so hard to support on the throne was exposed, he stabbed her in the back 19.6kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 139 I'm Exhausted! To Fool Him, I Pretend to Be Sweet and Innocent Every Day 累死！为了骗他，本宫日日装娇纯 “If you want to win, you have to learn how to lose first.” Meng Xianxiang lost a life, and learned to struggle, to seize what she wanted, to scheme and plan, and to claw her way up. Looking back on her previous life, she had lived in a stable, eaten pig slop, served tea and emptied chamber pots, enduring abuse and humiliation at every turn. Each memory was a stab to the heart. Given another chance, she wants status and power, and a world where no one dares bully her again. Behind the palace’s re 3.5kReads9.2Score302Shelves
- 140 After Entering the Palace, the Obsessive Emperor Wouldn’t Let Me Leave 入宫后，偏执帝王不许我出宫 [Not both virgins, not a strong heroine, a little angst early on, devoted love later] In the fourth year of the new emperor’s reign, Consort Duan died suddenly of an illness in the palace. At the time, Shen Jiafu was not yet fifteen. The Empress Dowager was from the Shen family. Half a year later, she summoned a Shen daughter to the palace to attend to her, claiming to be ill. Shen Jiafu traveled from Quzhou to the imperial capital. In public, she was gentle and well-behaved, like a charming flo 14.1kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
- 141 Years in the Palace 岁岁宫阙 Liu Yuetang was sent to a country estate by her legitimate mother the day she was born. When she came of age, her older half-sister gave up her chance to enter the palace because of a dream, stole her match, and spent the night with her betrothed. Liu Yuetang went along with it and decided to enter the palace to carve out a bright future for herself. Once inside, she kept a low profile, learned the arts of the bedchamber, and mastered the art of playing hard to get, pouting coquettishly, and put 10.9kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
- 142 The Daily Life of a Laid-Back Concubine After Transmigrating 穿越之闲鱼妾室的日常 [Transmigration + household and palace intrigue + no golden finger + devoted love later on] Zhang Xinian transmigrated into the body of a concubine in Prince Jing’s household. Above her was the princess consort, backed by powerful connections and ruthless in her methods. Beside her was a brainless side consort with overwhelming fighting prowess. Below her, a reborn woman and a transmigrated woman were locked in fierce competition. Zhang Xinian trembled with fear. She had no golden finger and did 105.4kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves
- 143 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 36.9kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
- 144 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 77.9kReads9.5Score8kShelves
- 145 The Empress Is a Max-Level Palace Intriguer, Crushing Everyone 皇后满级宫斗，嘎嘎乱杀 [Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S 14.2kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
- 146 I Came to the Capital to Find My Family, and My Brother’s Archrival Spoiled Me Rotten 进京寻亲，被哥哥死对头宠翻天 [Pure historical setting + one-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s only partners + lighthearted and sweet + direct communication, no misunderstandings + no transmigration or rebirth] [Airheaded, gentle heroine versus arrogant, ruthless minister] Jiang Yihuan’s older brother was an official in the capital, while she dug wild greens in the countryside and often went hungry. One day, her brother’s sworn enemy, Wei Zhao, captured her. “Your brother has been exiled. From now on, you’re coming 12.4kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
- 147 I Just Want to Lie Flat, but the Emperor Pushes Me into the Harem Battles 想躺平，皇上却push我宫斗 [An unconventional palace-intrigue story + 1v1 later on + a love-triangle free-for-all] The emperor falls first, then turns dark later [A beautiful, easygoing sloth consort who just wants to lie flat x a hard-working emperor who is secretly scheming and potentially unhinged] “Me, Just Looking for a Basic Salary and Slacking Off, Got Promoted Thanks to the Emperor’s Help” / “The Emperor Fights Palace Battles for Me Behind My Back” / “Consort Yao Doesn’t Want His Favor or Love, She Just Wants to R 8.9kReads9.3Score766Shelves
- 148 The Princess Sneaks Out on the Eve of Her Wedding, and the Crown Prince Comes to Catch Her Himself 公主婚前趁夜出逃，储君亲自抓人 [Forceful Possession + Wife-Chasing Crematorium + Devoted Couple + Male Lead with a Black Heart Beneath His Gentle Exterior] Prince Xie Linheng was famous for having no interest in women. For years, he had never been close to a single woman. In the second year of Jian’an, the emperor fell gravely ill, and the crown prince took power. Desperate to see her mother, Yu Tingwan had no choice but to seek Xie Linheng’s help. Everyone said the crown prince was as noble and graceful as a pine tree, peerl 28.9kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
- 149 The Empress’s Peerless Beauty: The Cold Emperor’s Beloved Wife 娘娘绝色：冷情帝王的娇娇皇后 [Traditional historical romance + palace and household intrigue + alternate history + exclusive devotion + childhood sweethearts + long-planned love + secret admiration] As the legitimate daughter of a duke’s mansion and the future crown princess, Li Yunshu has been doted on by everyone since birth. Everyone in the capital knows that no one can match Li Yunshu’s radiant beauty, and that her spoiled temperament is just as singular. Then, one day, the Crown Prince dies. The duke’s mansion, whi 12.5kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
- 150 The Eastern Palace's Beauty: This Favorite Consort Is Mine! 东宫姝色：这宠妃我当定了！ [The heroine is doted on from the very beginning. The story focuses on sweet romance, not scheming palace intrigue. The hero adores the heroine and is even a little lovesick. If that's not your thing, please move along, and don't leave a bad review over it. The heroine rises from a junior consort to a favored consort, Crown Princess, and Empress. The hero is a crown prince at first and becomes emperor later.] Su Niannian has landed in a male-lead-centric novel! Her new identity is Su Ling, the 30.2kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
