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- 51 Transmigrated as a Lazy Concubine: The Art of Doing Nothing 穿越之咸鱼妾室的摆烂日常 Chu Yao worked herself to death from overtime and transmigrated into the concubine of Song Yanxi, an obscure prince. As a former overworked 996 wage slave, she quickly accepted her new status. Who cared who she had to serve? To survive in the prince's manor, she kept her head down and her life safe, never competing or fighting, and clung tightly to the Princess Consort's coattails. All she wanted was to live out the rest of her days in peace. Of course, the one thing she feared most came to pass 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Fourth Brother Isn’t Really Your Brother 四哥不是哥 Fourth Brother Isn’t My Brother —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Shocking! The Lazy Concubine Is Spoiled by the Cold, Distant Prince 震惊！咸鱼妾室被清冷王爷宠翻了 [Only each other, and no one else.] Gu Jiaorong transmigrated into a book, becoming the male lead's doomed concubine. In front of her was the virtuous reborn princess consort, and behind her was the much-adored woman who had transmigrated from another world. Gu Jiaorong was merely an insignificant concubine, and the first one destined to be sacrificed. The princess consort smiled gently at her. “Jiaorong, you’ve served the prince since childhood. Now that I’ve entered the household, it’s only ri 854Reads7.2Score10114d adds
- 54 Mistakenly Entering the Palace: The Favorite Concubine Usurps the White Moonlight's Place 误闯天家：宠妾秒杀白月光上位 [Sweet romance + not each other’s first + childhood friends + clear-headed heroine] The glorious achievements of Emperor Jingwu of Great Yan have been praised throughout history, but what later generations envied even more was the deep devotion between the emperor and empress, who were perfectly matched in love. Bystander: “Wait, the historical records say the virtuous empress was chosen because she resembled Emperor Jingwu’s beloved.” Emperor Jingwu’s great-grandson: “How outrageous! How dar 804Reads6.4Score10814d adds
- 55 The Concubine Turns Her Luck Around? Now She’s the Most Favored Woman in the Capital! 妾室咸鱼翻身？她宠冠京城了！ The rating is low because it was only just added and there aren't many reviews yet. That's how Tomato's rating system works: books start out with low scores, everyone~ In the spring of the seventeenth year of Yuanfeng, Yu Qingshu married into the marquis's household as the concubine of Marquis Wuyang, Helian Zheng. Having read too many romance stories, Yu Qingshu had figured out one thing: as a concubine, she only needed to be a well-behaved freeloader, with food and drink provided and no worrie 13Reads8.7Score214d adds
- 56 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 5Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 57 Reborn, Noble Consort Shu Wants Only Wealth and Glory 重生后，淑妃只想荣华富贵 [Reborn] [A heroine pursuing her ambitions] [Palace intrigue] [A clear-eyed heroine] Reborn, Xiao Qinglan finally saw how heartless the emperor was. The position of empress? She didn't want it anymore. The emperor loved someone else, and made her and Consort Rong fight until the heavens and earth were turned upside down, dragging both their families into the turmoil. To avoid the same fate as in her previous life, when her family was wiped out, Xiao Qinglan knew she had to give some things up. H 204Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 58 The Noble Concubine Arrives: Your Highness, Please Make Yourself at Home 贵妾来袭：王爷请就位 She transmigrated from the modern era and was given to a prince as a concubine, but she was far from happy... 280Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 59 The Prince’s Favorite Concubine Does as She Pleases, and Who Dares Oppose Her with Prince Jin at Her Back? 王府宠妾横着走，晋王撑腰谁敢抖 [A Beautiful, Brazen Favorite Concubine × The Prince of Jin With Eight Hundred Schemes] Liu Zhiyi, the Prince of Jin’s favorite concubine, does whatever she likes and makes trouble for everyone around her. The other women in the prince’s household are mad with envy, while the principal consort can only suffer in silence. Liu Zhiyi, however, knows exactly how a favorite concubine survives: accept the pampering, pass the blame when trouble comes, and let the prince deal with anything that falls fr 9.8kReads8.4Score94514d adds
- 60 The Crown Prince's Beloved Concubine Is Sweet and Gentle 太子家的宠妾又娇又软 From concubine to secondary consort, crown princess, and finally empress, adored by all. With status, power, and affection all within easy reach, Lin Xian thinks that at last the heavens have dropped a huge windfall into her lap. All she can think about is how to spend her stipend. Little does she know she is only a stand-in for someone else’s first love… When her enemies kidnap her and force Song Qi to choose between the two women, he chooses his first love without hesitation. “Let her live for 247Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 61 She Got the Wrong Palace-Intrigue Script and Was Forced to Become the Favorite of the Six Palaces 错拿宫斗剧本后，她被迫宠冠六宫 Song Qiyun transmigrates and gets bound to a System that seems kind of useless and calls itself “Baby.” But this palace-intrigue plot seems awfully half-hearted. The Empress Dowager: “A Yun looks like such a kind girl. Jing, make sure you treat her well.” The Empress: “My husband has found true love?” Consort Xian: “How did my illustrious family just disappear?” Consort Wen: “I’m a wooden doll.” Consort Yun: “I’m a fake favorite.” … 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Foreign Prince Fell for a Sweetheart 异国王爷爱上软心萌 [The aloof crown prince of the Canglang Kingdom] × [The sweet, adorable seventh princess of the Dajing Kingdom] Everyone in the Canglang Kingdom thought their crown prince had married a princess who did nothing but act cute, and that she would have him wrapped around her little finger in no time. Only Cang Zexuan knew that beneath Qiqi’s soft, sweet exterior was a heart more resilient than anyone else’s. On the journey to her marriage alliance, she volunteered to take her sisters’ place. Once in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Soft Silk Smoke 软罗烟 [A willful, self-serving favorite consort * a principled emperor who plays favorites] [Neither lead is perfect. The heroine is chaste, while the hero is not. There is a little palace intrigue, but this is not a sweet romance. The emperor favors her early on.] Jiang Lingyi was breathtakingly beautiful. From childhood, she thought the world of herself, with ambitions reaching for the sky. When her mother arranged a match with her cousin, she considered him too mediocre to deserve her. She humored 4.1kReads5.3Score36114d adds
- 64 What? The Regent Invited Me to Catch Someone Cheating? 什么？摄政王邀请我去捉奸？ [A clever noblewoman who pretends to be foolish x a regent who holds the court in his grasp], [sweet romance], [Reborn], [one-on-one romance], [happy ending] In her previous life, Song Yutang, a prince’s side consort, was murdered for stumbling upon a shocking scandal. Reborn, she decides to skip the twists and turns and get straight to the point! She’ll go to the person with the most to lose, the one who should know about this: her husband, the regent himself. Trembling, she kneels and bows her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Love's Tribulation in Another World 异世情劫 She came from the twenty-first century. An ordinary office worker, she was also a married woman who had been unable to have a child in the five years since her marriage. Her mother-in-law was deeply dissatisfied with her and pressured her to divorce her son. Over time, Jiang Shiting began to feel guilty and finally agreed to the divorce. Unfortunately, she was in a traffic accident on the way to finalize it and died at the scene. She thought her life had come to an end. But Heaven took pity on h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 After I Transmigrated, I Helped My Concubines Escape 穿越后我带姨娘们跑路 Pros: Fast-paced, satisfying, and never drags. Cons: A large cast, a complicated plot, and plenty of brain-teasing twists. When Fang Yuwan, a maid assigned to a master’s bedchamber, enters the household, she causes an uproar. Everyone thought she was a nobody, but she carefully plots her every move, plays hard to get, builds alliances, and gets into brawls, turning the Yongning Marquis’s household upside down. The male lead is a Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. He spends every 21Reads—Score614d adds
- 67 Reborn, I Gave the Crown Princess's Place to My Half Sister 重生后，我将太子妃之位让给庶妹 Reborn, I gave the crown princess’s position to my half-sister. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Silent as Snow in the Qing Palace 清宫之宁默无声 Once you enter the palace gates, they are deep as the sea. Who can understand such tender affection? Favor and honor are but fleeting clouds. When the clouds have passed, will you come, my lord? 156Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 69 A Professional Concubine’s Rules 职业妾室准则 An overworked office drone transmigrates one day and finds herself a concubine in a prince's household. Above her are the old prince and princess, with her direct superiors keeping an eye on her. Below her are the principal wife and her fellow concubines, all watching her like hawks. Every day, she diligently attends to the prince at bedtime. Being a concubine is nothing more than working in a different place. Roll up her sleeves and give it her all: she follows the professional concubine's code 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Chambermaid’s Rise to Power 通房丫头上位记 Given a second life, Lin Xiangcao wants only to live in peace. She thought the heir she had taken refuge with was physically and emotionally broken, and easy to control. But one day, things took an unexpected turn... A lowly concubine’s maid dreaming of exclusive favor is living in a fool’s paradise. Yet Lin Xiangcao’s own experience proves to everyone who looked down on her that even a humble maid can win her master’s devoted, undivided love... 15Reads8.2Score1614d adds
- 71 The Consort Is So Alluring, the Emperor Bends Over Backward for Her 贵妃如此多娇，引得帝王竞折腰 [Palace intrigue + reborn + devoted love later on] In her past life, Xi Rong had devoted herself to supporting her elder half-sister and obeyed her every word, only to be plotted against and framed by her. She died of illness in the depths of the imperial palace. Heaven had eyes and gave her another chance. Looking at herself in the mirror, she wondered: why should she let someone else have the favored consort’s place instead of claiming it herself? Returning to the imperial harem, she used he 73Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 72 Reborn into a Marriage Swap as a Concubine, She Captures the Coldhearted Buddhist Lord 重生换亲做侍妾，冷戾佛子沦陷了 [Swapped-Betrothal Contrast Pair] [The Aloof Buddhist Monk Descends from His Pedestal] [The Delicate Concubine Sways the Monk] [Classic Historical Setting] When Su Yining opened her eyes, she was reborn on the day she and her younger sister were to discuss their betrothals. To her surprise, her sister had been reborn too. Instead of marrying into the wealthy and prestigious Duke's household, she wanted to marry a penniless scholar and cried and made a scene, demanding that they switch betrothals 43Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 73 Being a Concubine Is Hard, So I’m Taking the Money and Running 妾室难为，所以我打算卷钱跑路 [The rating has only just appeared and will rise later, so please ignore it.] The eldest daughter of the Marquis Zhongxin's household has been married into the Duke Dingguo's household for five years without bearing a child, so the Old Madam turns her attention to the legitimate daughter of her illegitimate son. The illegitimate son is a spineless weakling who has never achieved much in his life. What could his daughter possibly amount to? Zhou Wenxin wants to follow in her maternal grandfather' 1.1kReads6.9Score10714d adds
- 74 After Leaving Her Lover's House, She Dazzles the World with Her Beauty 不当外室后，她凭美貌艳绝天下 [Sweet romance + concubine + groveling pursuit + fleeing while pregnant + prince + true and false princesses] After being born into this world, Lianyi was abandoned when her penniless mother ran off with another man. As a result, she grew up hungry and cold. Once she was grown, her beauty brought her no end of trouble. To escape the wolf’s den, she tied herself up in red silk, packaged herself as a gift, and presented herself to the most revered God of War in all of Daqian, Prince Chen. A master 42Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 75 After Becoming the Crown Prince’s Concubine, I Take My Job Seriously 穿成太子侍妾后我爱岗敬业 [Transmigrate into a book + household and palace intrigue + the male lead has a romantic past + eventually dotes on her alone] Jiang Suisui transmigrates into a book, becoming a lowly concubine of the villainous, disgraced Crown Prince. Inside the prince's residence, the Crown Princess is ruthless and an expert at forcing abortions, while the secondary consort is arrogant and comes from a powerful family. Outside, the novel's hero and heroine are sharpening their knives, determined to bring the 1.1kReads8.2Score10114d adds
- 76 The Maidservant’s Alluring Charm Sinks In Deep: The Young Lord Leans on Her Waist and Turns into a Lovesick Puppy 小丫鬟媚入骨，世子扶腰当舔狗 In her previous life, Shuying refused to become another man's concubine and was ultimately tortured to death in the Duke's manor. In this life, determined not to suffer the same fate, Shuying gradually became his personal maid. Rumor had it in the capital that the Duke's refined and noble heir had fallen for a little maid and become lost in a life of indulgence. Everyone called Shuying a shameless temptress and hoped the heir would eventually cast her aside. But as they waited, what? The little 264Reads6.8Score10314d adds
- 77 The Seductive Maid's Soft Allure Is More Than the Marquis Can Handle 通房香软媚骨，侯爷招架不住 [Native-born heroine vs. transmigrated heroine + reborn heroine] Chuying was born the daughter of an official. After her father was convicted and exiled, she was demoted to a low-ranking servant in the marquis's household. She planned to save up enough money, earn the old madam's favor, reclaim her contract of indenture, and leave the marquis's household to live a carefree life. But by an unfortunate twist of fate, the marquis forced himself on her. She meant to play dumb and pretend nothing had 976Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 78 After the Late Emperor's Death, the Consort Marries the New Emperor! 先帝驾崩后，娘娘她嫁新皇了！ [A beguiling beauty coaxes an aloof beauty down from her pedestal + The heroine has a romantic past, the hero does not + A chaste emperor who loses his head over a pretty face × A delicate, charming, pampered concubine who is his ideal woman] As the daughter of a low-ranking official and a minor branch of the Hongnong Yang clan, Yang Yuemian grew up unloved by both her father and mother. In his later years, the old emperor became obsessed with beauty. During a selection of consorts, Yang Yuemia 159Reads8.1Score1414d adds
- 79 Better to Be a Concubine 宁为妾 She dreams of a thousand years ago, and when she opens her eyes, she finds herself reborn as a concubine-born daughter. Bo Yuqiao understands: the higher a concubine-born daughter sets her ambitions, the more fragile her fate. She could live quietly with her gentle-natured aunt in the residence, find a man of modest status, become the wife of a poor scholar, and settle for a peaceful life. Who knew that a case of mistaken identities would leave her birth mother dead and her younger brother missi 94Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 80 After Becoming a Consort, She Slays Her Legitimate Elder Sister 成为嫔妃后她手刃嫡姐 Content warning: The heroine is a concubine-born daughter, and there is no exclusive-favoritism plot. She has black-lotus tendencies. The emperor is over twenty years older than her, and there is no romance between them. Her legal mother wants Jiang Yanyi to enter the Eastern Palace and help the Crown Princess secure the Crown Prince's favor. She intends to send her there in a sedan chair as a maid to serve Crown Princess Jiang Yanshu, then have her son taken away to be raised in the Crown Princ 89Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 81 I Want to Retire in the Imperial Harem 我想在古代后宫养老 Zhong Shengnuan died unexpectedly at just twenty-eight in her previous life. After transmigrating, her greatest wish was to live to a ripe old age and die peacefully. Although she started out as an invisible nobody in a palace-intrigue novel, Zhong Shengnuan saw it as the perfect chance to begin enjoying her retirement early. The Empress was kind, Zhong Shengnuan had enough to eat and slept well, and she figured that as long as she kept a low profile, she could just lie low and survive. Unfortun 917Reads8.4Score10514d adds
- 82 Records of Chang'an Finance 长安金融录 Main character: · Modern identity: Lin Wei, 28, vice president at a Wall Street hedge fund, PhD in Financial Engineering from MIT, skilled in quantitative trading, risk management, and corporate mergers and acquisitions · Personality: Rational and composed, decisive and ruthless, yet lonely inside; a workaholic with little emotional life · How she transmigrates: She works late alone in the office after the company celebration banquet, suffers a sudden heart attack, and wakes up in another world 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Jade-Soft Pastry 玉团酥 Also known as The Survival Guide of a Palace Hothouse Flower [Female transmigrator who plays the pig to eat the tiger X scheming, calculating emperor] [Palace intrigue + raising a child + food + sweet romance + both leads are smart] After transmigrating and being forced to become a consort, Su Su always follows the professional code of conduct for a delicate little flower with no family status, talent, virtue, or connections: lie flat and look beautiful. In practice, that means eating, drinking, 58Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 84 The Beloved Daily Life of the Eastern Palace's Concubine Fu 东宫福妾的娇宠日常 [Mutual firsts, a sunny but silly beauty x a refined, villainous Crown Prince] Xie Lanzhao, the daughter of a low-ranking official, may not be especially clever, but she has beautiful features and skin as smooth as jade, making everyone adore her. To secure a smooth career in office, her father offers Xie Lanzhao to the Eastern Palace and earnestly urges her to do everything she can to please the Crown Prince. Xie Lanzhao nods obediently, then turns around and spends her days lazing about in the 399Reads8.1Score10814d adds
- 85 You Forced Me to Disfigure Myself? Then Watch Me Become Empress! 逼我毁容？母仪天下给你看！ [Reborn for Revenge + Household and Palace Intrigue + The Men Aren’t Chaste, the Women Are + Instantly the Sole Favorite + Black-Hearted Heroine + Brain-Off Power Fantasy] In her previous life, Jiang Rou was the most beautiful courtesan at Yichun House. With her delicate, soft features and naturally seductive body, she drove every man wild. Yet she devoted herself entirely to helping Shangguan Duanru win favor. In the end, Shangguan Duanru slashed her face and threw her in with the beggars. Less 390Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 86 My Concubine Is Growing Up 吾家有妾初养成 This is the story of a concubine’s struggle to rise to the position of head wife. It is also the story of a cold, ruthless man, capable of playing the political game and turning the empire on its head, transforming into a husband who is aloof to everyone else but gentle with his wife. As a concubine in another world, her goal is to collect her monthly allowance, save a little money, and become so undesirable that she can escape into the martial world and regain her single status. Then she’ll be 78Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 87 A Qing-Dynasty Concubine's Rise from Cannon Fodder 清穿之炮灰升职记 Wei Ruolin is tricked by the System into quick transmigration. After several lifetimes of reincarnation, he gives up hope of returning to life in his original world. In the end, the malfunctioning System dumps him in the Qing dynasty, where he becomes the uncle of Yinsi, the Eighth Prince destined for a tragic life, and the brother of Liangfei, a palace maid from the Imperial Household Department. Determined only to make a better life for himself, Wei Ruolin proceeds cautiously and ultimately re 663Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 88 After Transmigrating into a Bedchamber Maid, I Was Spoiled by the Eldest Young Master! 穿成通房后，被大公子娇宠了！ After Ruan Tao transmigrates into the role of the female lead's foil, she works diligently for three years and finally makes it past the first major plot point. To eliminate any future risks, she volunteers to become Zhang Shiyun's bedchamber maid, keeping her distance from the turbulent romance between the male and female leads. She never expected that after they ended up in bed together one night, she would become the apple of his eye. Ruan Tao is a little worried: Why is her young master beco 59Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 89 After His Concubine Came to Her Senses and Ran Away, the Emperor Regretted It to His Core 侍妾清醒后跑路皇上肠子都悔青了 Lu Yunling transmigrates and is reborn, only to become Prince Xun’s disposable concubine again. First there’s her sister, a transmigrator who’s love-struck and prone to dramatic outbursts. Then there’s the princess consort, reborn with a burning desire for revenge. Caught between them, Lu Yunling just wants to lie flat, but somehow she’s forced to get caught up in the struggle. In her previous life, she lay low and lived to sixty-eight. In this life, she gets pregnant soon after being reborn, th 344Reads7.1Score10414d adds
- 90 With My System, That Flirtatious Emperor Is Nothing but a Dog 老娘系统在手，多情皇帝似狗 [Strong Female Lead Power Fantasy] [Madwoman Who Fights Anyone Who Dares Defy Her] [Clear-Headed Heroine] [Harem Intrigue] [Heavenly Beautiful, Prickly, Fastidious Green-Tea Consort X Charismatic, Handsome, Flirtatious, Narcissistic Emperor Who Loves Cosplay] Mu Yunxi transmigrates into a game world and is bound to a harem-intrigue System. The System tells her she can return to the real world only after completing the main quest. To get home sooner, she gives it everything she's got! Being p 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn, the Beloved Consort's Arrogance Doubles 重生后宠妃跋扈加倍 In the 18th year of the Xuanwu reign, fifteen-year-old Song Qingchen married the Crown Prince, Jun Zhiheng, as a secondary consort, following the Empress's decree to help her elder sister. After the late emperor passed away, Crown Prince Jun Zhiheng ascended the throne. In the first year of the Xuanhe reign, Crown Princess Song Wanli became Empress and moved into Fengyi Palace. Her younger sister, Song Qingchen, won the emperor's favor, was made a consort, and moved into Zhaoyang Palace. Song Qi 1.2kReads—Score9214d adds
- 92 Here, Boy, Boy, Boy! Come Here, You Dog Emperor! 嘬嘬嘬，狗皇帝！快过来！ Refreshing, straightforward, and funny, with no melodrama, no self-righteous do-gooders, and no romance-addled heroines. Emperor: “My beloved consort, you worked hard last night. How about I excuse you from paying your respects today?” Noble Consort: “I didn’t work hard, Your Majesty. Are you testing me? I’m not very bright and don’t understand all these roundabout hints. Am I supposed to go or not? Just give me a straight answer!” Consort A: “The Noble Consort is young and lovely, so of course —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 From Concubine to Wife 从妾室到妻 From Concubine to Wife 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 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 6.6kReads8.4Score77514d adds
- 95 The Beautiful, Delicate Consort Wins the Empress's Throne with the Emperor's Support 娘娘美艳娇软，陛下捧上凤位 (Thanks, everyone! The ratings are slowly going up.) [Palace intrigue + rising to power and crushing the villains + clear-headed heroine + hero falls first] (Not pure; the heroine won't put up with being mistreated, the hero knows he loves her, and he devotes himself to her alone in the middle and later parts.) Song Lingyue was outstanding in every way, from her family background to her looks. She entered the palace with one goal: to become the most exalted woman in the land. She would win Qin Y 7.2kReads6.9Score71914d adds
- 96 The Marquis’s Noble Concubine 侯门贵妾 In her previous life, Lin Yingxiu gave everything she had, earning money to support her parents-in-law and paying for her husband to study. Once he passed the imperial examinations, he brought home a highborn bride. She had already prepared herself to be a virtuous, accommodating wife, but instead he demoted her from wife to concubine, and the new bride had her sold off... In this life, Lin Yingxiu vows to be a little more selfish. She won't give everything to a man again, only to be kicked asid 824Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 97 Locking the Yuanluan 锁元鸾 (The rating is low because few people have rated it) [Palace intrigue + satisfying revenge on scumbags + dramatic, mischievous heroine + heroine isn't ruled by love + seizing power + play the pig to eat the tiger + ensemble cast] Everyone in the palace knows that Empress Lin Yuanluan, the emperor's second empress, is shallow, foolish, domineering, and lovesick. Only Yuanluan herself knows she has never loved the emperor. That's precisely why she was able to rise from a mere secondary consort to 36Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 98 The Sweet and Seductive Concubine Climbs to the Top Through Her Acting! 宠妾又甜又媚，一路靠演上位！ [The rating is low because it just opened, but it'll rise.] [Historical Palace Intrigue + Clear-Headed Heroine Who Isn't Blinded by Love + Exclusive Devotion in the Later Story] One-line summary: Transmigrated into a doomed concubine who dies from the start? She goes on a rampage! Shen Yundai, a small-town exam ace and career-obsessed overachiever, had just gotten a promotion and a raise, reaching the peak of her career. Then she opened her eyes and found herself in the body of a doomed concubin 20.6kReads8.7Score3.2k14d adds
- 99 The Emperor Won't Share His Favor Equally. What Do I Care? 皇帝就是不雨露均沾，关我屁事！ [Pure palace intrigue + transmigration + not mutually exclusive firsts + devoted love in the later story] Gu Shijin had been quietly overlooked for three years in the palace. She never expected that once she caught the emperor's favor, one trial after another would come her way. With conflicts in the harem constantly arising, Gu Shijin had no choice but to face them head-on. At the same time, she constantly reminded herself that the imperial family was the most heartless of all. It took Gu S 1.5kReads7.5Score13814d adds
- 100 You Traded Your Military Merits for a Second Wife, So I’ll Marry Into the Prince’s Manor With a Noble Title 你拿军功换平妻，我诰命加身嫁王府 Shen Mingyue pursued Xie Chang for three years, only to have her betrothal replaced by someone else's military achievements. Xie Chang magnanimously offered to take her as his secondary wife, but in truth he wanted to marry into her family and seize the Shen family's wealth. Shen Mingyue promptly accepted the Empress Dowager's arranged marriage, winning herself the title of commandery princess while protecting her family's immense fortune. Everyone laughed at her for marrying a “useless man,” bu 7kReads8.5Score82614d adds
