Novels like The Laid-Back Consort: Rising Step by Step
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- 51 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
- 52 Thrown Into the River From the Start? The Foxlike Consort Takes the Palace by Storm 开局投河？贵妃狐媚子大杀四方了 [Palace Intrigue + Not Both Leads’ First Love + Transmigration + Beloved Consort + Devoted Love Later] Yun Tang, a top-tier star and award-winning actress, wakes up one day to find she has transmigrated into the fictional Chengyu Kingdom, where she is the lowest-ranking palace attendant. From the start, things go badly: a hidden enemy pushes her into the water. The three most powerful women in the harem all want her gone, but thanks to her peerless acting skills and alluring charm, she manages t 176Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 53 On the Night Before Leaving the Palace, She Is Forced to Become a Prince's Concubine 出宫前夜，她被迫成为王府侍妾 The story has only just started gaining traction, so its ratings will rise gradually~~ The main story is complete, and the extra chapters are being updated. [Household intrigue + devoted love in the middle and later stages + male lead has a romantic past + no abuse of the heroine] Yue Heng is an inconspicuous palace maid in the harem of the State of Zhao, and is about to leave the palace at twenty-five. She works diligently and saves her money, hoping to open a shop in the capital and live out t 2.6kReads7.3Score203Shelves
- 54 The Emperor Has Trouble Conceiving? The Stunning Empress Has Another Baby! 皇上难怀？绝色皇后又多胎 (Transmigration + System + lots of children + sweet romance + useless at harem politics + melodrama + adored by everyone + not mutually chaste) Ye Jinyun spent her whole life as a corporate wage slave. After dying suddenly from overwork, she is reborn in ancient times with the help of a System. From the start, she gets the orphan's role. Fine. But why does it get upgraded to a harem drama, where the emperor keeps chasing her and demanding she bear his children? “The emperor would never choose 16.5kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
- 55 The Idle Consort with a Whole Litter of Babies Is Forced to Get Competitive 一胎多宝的咸鱼娘娘，被迫卷起了 [Transmigration + pocket space + exclusive devotion + adorable baby + light palace intrigue + both leads are faithful (don't ask how the emperor qualifies, I have my ways)] After unexpectedly transmigrating to an unknown dynasty, Su Qianqian says there's no need to panic. If conditions allow, she'd even like to post something on her “Moments” first. But the situation isn't looking too good. According to the original owner's memories, She's just a low-ranking concubine who has only recently enter 3.6kReads8.9Score397Shelves
- 56 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
- 57 The Side Consort’s Memoir of Becoming Empress 侧妃为后记 [Household Intrigue + Palace Intrigue] Not a one-on-one romance. The male lead has a wife and concubines early on, but later dotes on the heroine alone. No suspicion or misunderstandings. A little angst, but mostly sweet. The heroine falls for him first, but she isn't completely ruled by love. Her experiences have shaped her, and she's usually quite level-headed. (Though perhaps she is a little taken by his looks.) The male lead doesn't realize his own feelings, but he's been good to the heroine 3.4kReads9.0Score277Shelves
- 58 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
- 59 I'm Already a Concubine, So How Could I Not Go Mad? 都做妾了，哪有不疯的？ #She miscarries from the start. What's wrong with going a little crazy?# #The heroine isn't a good person, the hero isn't a good person, and nobody's a good person# Yuan Xiangxue transmigrates. Other heroines either become mothers without the pain or get an overpowered golden finger. She's the unlucky one who miscarries from the start... Then she takes a look at her new identity: she's become the concubine of Liang Yujing, the ninth prince of the Great Liang Dynasty. She was a perfectly good per 5.3kReads8.6Score499Shelves
- 60 A Palace Maid Rises to Power and Becomes the Tyrant’s Beloved 宫女上位，成为暴君心尖宠 [Harem intrigue] [The leads are not each other’s first] [He only dotes on her in the later part] Overworked office worker Fang Ziluo transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid named Fang Zhilu. Three years earlier, the emperor had exchanged a few words with her. That alone was enough to offend Noble Consort Liu, and she spent the next three years tending the kitchen fire. The original Fang Zhilu had died a miserable death after enduring all that humiliation. Fang Zhilu thought, Now that 735Reads8.8Score105Shelves
- 61 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
- 62 Palace Intrigue: Starting with Pretending to Be Innocent 宫斗，从装纯开始 To give her sister a peaceful life, Xiao Wu, who lived under other people's roof, entered the palace selection. The palace gates opened onto a world of intrigue, but Xiao Wu had a clear goal. She would climb, one step at a time, all the way to the top. She would climb until no one could bully her and her sister! When Bei Chen Yue first met Xiao Wu, he thought she was delicate and soft, someone who looked easy to bully... He figured he might as well give her a title and keep her by his side. Who 686Reads8.6Score107Shelves
- 63 I Slacked Off Until the End and Became Empress 摆烂到最后，侧妃封后了 In the first year of her marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she was the side consort of a prince. In the second year of her marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she was the side consort of the Crown Prince. In the sixth year of her marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she was an imperial consort. … … After who knew how many years of marriage to Fu Mingyuan, she became empress. Looking back on her life many years later, she had once felt the stirrings of love, once been melancholy and sentimental, and once tried to fight back… S 1.8kReads8.8Score101Shelves
- 64 Blessed with a Baby, the Childless Emperor Spoils His Darling 福孕小娇娇，被绝嗣帝王宠上天了 [Palace intrigue + stunning heroine + doted on exclusively later + neither is untouched] Shi Lingyi, the Fifth Young Lady of the Marquis of Yongning's household, was as pretty as a porcelain doll from the time she was little. Sadly, her birth mother died young, her father showed her no affection, and she was considered a fool. Then a new soul took over her body, and she cheerfully packed her bags and headed straight for the palace. Later, the officials of the Celestial Observatory knelt to pr 2.5kReads8.8Score256Shelves
- 65 Remarrying the Crown Prince’s Father Reborn 改嫁太子他爹【重生】 [Rebirth + palace intrigue + marrying the crown prince's father] The incompetent crown prince feared the Shen family's power. He listened to slander, falsely accused her elder brother of treason, and slaughtered her entire family. When she opened her eyes again, she was seventeen, in the year before she was to marry the crown prince. To save the Shen family, she had to bring the crown prince down. But the crown prince was protected on every side, like a man locked inside an iron cage. Shen Hanyu 19.6kReads8.7Score3kShelves
- 66 Reborn: I Became Crown Princess by Stepping on His Moonlight 重生后，踩着白月光成了太子妃 In her previous life, the empress harmed the entire Xie family for her own selfish desires, sentencing them all to execution. Only Xie Shuhua managed to escape by sheer luck. To get revenge, Xie Shuhua entered the palace as a maid. She spent fifteen years navigating its treacherous waters before finally killing the empress herself and avenging her family. She, too, was pierced by a thousand arrows. When she opened her eyes again, Xie Shuhua discovered that she had returned to the age of sixteen, 2.8kReads8.6Score269Shelves
- 67 A Laid-Back Life as a Concubine After Transmigrating Into a Book 穿书成为妾室后的咸鱼日常 [Transmigrates into a book] [Everyday child-rearing] [No golden finger] [Not a clean romance, proceed with caution] Lin Siyao never expected that reading a novel would send her straight into the story, as the concubine of Prince Qin, Zhao Hanqian, who died in her bridal sedan before she could even enter his household. In this feudal dynasty, where social ranks are rigidly enforced, Lin Siyao has heard that another transmigrator was branded a demon and burned to death. She doesn't dare entertain 4.2kReads8.7Score275Shelves
- 68 Palace Charms: The Concubine's Daughter, a Screen Queen, Snares a Mad Emperor 宫阙媚：庶女影后钓疯帝王 Movie queen Su Yinshuang died suddenly and transmigrated into the body of an unloved concubine-born daughter of a marquis. Selected for the palace, she was given the low rank of Changzai. The rule for surviving the inner palace: never, ever fall in love with the emperor. She knew this better than anyone. In her previous life, she had acted out every kind of romance. In this life, she wanted only wealth and honor, and would never give away a shred of her true feelings. Gentle and obedient, with e 570Reads—Score106Shelves
- 69 The Emperor Has No Heir: She Wins His Heart with a System 皇帝无子：女主她靠系统获帝心 (System + childbearing + innocent heroine + palace intrigue + satisfying revenge) Synopsis 1: Emperor Jiaqing has three thousand beauties in his harem, yet at thirty-two, he still has no children. He can only decide to adopt a child from the imperial clan. He thought the empire he had worked so hard to secure would soon have to be handed over to someone else. But after many years, one of his consorts became pregnant. At first, he assumed this child, like the others before, would miscarry before 8.9kReads8.0Score720Shelves
- 70 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
- 71 The Bold Consort Flirts with the Emperor, and He Begs for Cuddles Every Day 直球贵妃撩帝王，他竟日日求贴贴 [Just got a rating, and it’ll slowly go up from here~ Welcome, everyone!] [Palace intrigue, not an innocent romance] [Sweet romance; the male lead falls early and dotes on her exclusively after about ten chapters] [A clever, brave, strong, stunning beauty who speaks her mind × a clingy, love-struck puppy of an emperor] Shen Chaoying opened her eyes to find herself sitting in the sedan chair taking her to the emperor’s bedchamber. She looked around and nearly fainted on the spot. Thanks for askin 1.1kReads8.8Score133Shelves
- 72 Have a Child! Get a Raise! Become Empress Dowager! 生子！加薪！当太后！ [Transmigration + Palace Intrigue + A Heroine Who Treats the Concubine Harem as a Career and Becomes Empress Dowager + Support-Only System + Lighthearted Daily Life] One day, Xunzhen transmigrates into the body of a concubine-in-waiting and is utterly apprehensive. The harem is a place where those with low status have no say over their lives, while those with high status become targets for everyone. So she can only set herself one goal: climb to the rank of consort and at least make it into midd 14.1kReads8.7Score875Shelves
- 73 The Empress Doesn't Want Palace Intrigue, but the Emperor Keeps Stirring Things Up 娘娘不想宫斗，奈何皇上带节奏 [Transmigration, Palace Intrigue, Political Scheming, Not Both Pure, Absurd Comedy, Devoted Love Later On] Shen Jinruo transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking concubine who had no favor from the emperor. Having lost her freedom, she’d planned to keep her head down and quietly build up her strength. But she soon discovered that in this harem, even if you don’t go looking for trouble, trouble will find you. To survive, Shen Jinruo worked hard to adapt and officially joined the harem’s struggl 2.2kReads8.9Score222Shelves
- 74 After Being Reborn, the Slender-Waisted Beauty Is Lavished with the Chaste Crown Prince's Affection 细腰美人重生后，被禁欲太子狂宠 [Completed] [Cool, celibate Crown Prince x Sweet, slim, easygoing concubine] Lin Jinxu is as lovely as a hibiscus, her beauty impossible to hide. Her slender waist, delicate enough to fit in one hand, is famed throughout the capital. Sadly, in her previous life, she trusted the wrong person and married her hypocritical cousin. She died before turning twenty, and took the entire Lin family down with her. Reborn, Lin Jinxu wants nothing more than to coast through life, eat well, and grow old in pe 4.8kReads8.5Score436Shelves
- 75 The Consort Schemes Her Way to Power, and the Emperor Dotes on Her Daily 娘娘心机上位，皇帝日日宠 Song Shiwei, a concubine-born daughter of the Dali family, enters the palace in place of her elder sister, posing as the legitimate daughter. She becomes a low-ranking Seventh-Rank Baolin in the harem of Qi Jing, the fifth emperor of the Great Deng Dynasty. With no influential connections or status, Song Shiwei initially just wants to coast through each day, checking in for the daily greetings. At least life in the palace has to be better than it was at home. But in the imperial harem, getting f 318Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 76 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
- 77 Pregnant with Twins After Entering the Palace, She Is Promoted to Imperial Consort 入宫后怀双胎，她被抬位做贵妃 When her elder sister, the legitimate daughter who had entered the palace as a consort, fell out of favor, Jiang Qingwan was chosen by her stepmother to enter the palace and help her sister regain the emperor's favor. She was beautiful and timid, but who could have guessed that the emperor would end up doting on her to no end... 1.2kReads8.6Score105Shelves
- 78 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
- 79 Being a Stepmother in a Powerful Family Is No Easy Task, So She Seeks a Better Match Elsewhere 高门继母不好做，她转身另谋高嫁 (Rebirth + bride swap + battling the System + defying fate) In her previous life, Qin Lingyi brought half the Qin family's fortune, amassed through their merchant business, when she married into the Earl of Zhongyong's household as his third wife. Although the earl had a perfect first love, a beautiful and talented second wife, a childhood sweetheart as a concubine, and a cousin he cherished deeply, Qin Lingyi still believed that sincerity would be met with sincerity. She treated her mother-in-l 3.4kReads8.7Score288Shelves
- 80 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
- 81 Your Majesty, Stop Falling for Me. I’m Getting Annoyed 皇上别爱了，本宫有点烦 [Palace Intrigue + Sweet Romance + Double-Standard, Love-Brained Male Lead + Female Lead Who Suffers Before Finding Happiness + One-on-One Romance + Both Leads’ First Love] The emperor falls for her at first sight at Chunshan. By imperial decree, Gu Yunxi enters the palace as a consort. She expects the days ahead to be filled with anxiety, like walking on thin ice. But Xiao Wanchen gives her a love like no other. Everyone in court and the harem urges her to be magnanimous and share the emperor’s 642Reads7.2Score104Shelves
- 82 Endless Pampering: I Want You on Your Knees, Calling Me Empress Mother! 娇宠无度：本宫要你跪着喊母后！ [Sweet and wicked troublemaking beauty × Scheming, indulgent emperor] [Age gap, male lead has a past while female lead is chaste, one step at a time he falls, powerful man bows to love, sweet and satisfying with a hint of scumminess, happy ending] In her previous life, she was the Eastern Palace’s most spoiled and headstrong consort, yet died on the eve of the Crown Prince’s coronation. As she lay dying, she heard the Crown Prince sneer, “You’re nothing but a brainless idiot. What makes you thin 1.1kReads6.7Score103Shelves
- 83 So, I’m a Princess in the Back Courtyard of the Prince’s Mansion! 关于我在王府后院当格格这件事！ The primary consort holds her place at the top, unshaken. Secondary Consort Li has children and enjoys the Emperor's favor. Secondary Consort Nian has her family backing her and a beauty that puts flowers to shame. Everyone in the Fourth Prince's household has her own unique qualities and charms. To survive in a household like this, it's easy to dodge an attack in plain sight, but hard to guard against one from the shadows. Better to pick a powerful ally early. Nan Yuying thought she had been ha 1.8kReads8.4Score115Shelves
- 84 A Scheming Childhood Friend Charms the Coldhearted Emperor into Surrender 娇媚心机青梅诱，薄情帝王沦陷深 [Pure palace intrigue + the leads are not each other’s first + no saintly heroine] P.S. The heroine is a villainess who takes the initiative. A bewitching, scheming beauty × a cool, heartless emperor An imperial decree made Chu Miaowei the crown prince’s secondary consort. With the little affection her childhood friend, Crown Prince Xiao Jinghuai, had for her, she could have lived a smooth and happy life. But she had no interest in love. She only wanted power. How could the position of secondary 648Reads5.5Score101Shelves
- 85 The Sweet Little Promise Who Rose Through the Ranks by Bearing Children 娇娇小答应靠生子一路晋升 [Transmigration + System golden finger + multiple births + silly beauty + laid-back palace intrigue + doted on exclusively later + not a pure romance] Guys, how is this fair? Other women fight for favor with their family background, beauty, and talents... Qing Luo does it by getting pregnant. She spends her days having babies, raising them, and doting on them, gradually earning the emperor's exclusive favor. With her children by her side, she climbs to the top of life... 10.1kReads9.1Score951Shelves
- 86 Don't Be Afraid, Mother. I'll Make You Empress Dowager 母后别怕，孩儿送你上太后之位 Three years ago, Qin Shuran, the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor’s family, was granted an imperial marriage and named Crown Princess. Little did she expect to skip right past being Crown Princess and become empress instead. Qin Shuran smiled faintly. “Just what I wanted.” Now that she had taken the empress’s throne, how could she let anyone else sit on the empress dowager’s? The emperor said, “Shuran is gentle and kind to everyone. She is truly a virtuous empress, fit to rule the inner 560Reads7.0Score103Shelves
- 87 The Road to Good Fortune: A Beauty's Rise to the Top Through Childbearing 好孕之路：美人靠生子走上巅峰 [Transmigration + Palace Intrigue + System + Multiple Births + Devoted Husband + Adorable Babies] Please note: This is not quick transmigration, and the male and female leads are not each other's one and only. The male lead devotes himself exclusively to the heroine in the middle and later parts of the story. The heroine stays clearheaded from beginning to end: she is neither lovestruck nor saintly. The System is not an overpowered golden finger, and the heroine relies more on her own abilities. 23.9kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
- 88 The Empress Is Frail and Sickly, and the Emperor Spoils Her Without Restraint 娘娘体弱多病，皇上宠溺无度 [The Rise of the Empress] [A Consort Who Has Her Sights Set on Power and Court Intrigue X An Emperor Who Accidentally Falls into Love] [Palace Intrigue + Sweet Romance + Non-Exclusive Romance at First + Devotion Later On + Exclusive Romance in the Alternate Ending] The sickly legitimate daughter of the Duke of Rong's household entered the palace, and many people in the capital were waiting to see Ji Qing'ai make a fool of herself. The emperor had been on the throne for four years without giving 3.1kReads8.7Score274Shelves
- 89 The Beloved Consort Wants to Be a Vixen 宠妃要做狐狸精 A seductive, stunning, ambitious concubine with acting chops × the unruly, arrogant Prince Mu who always has her back and hands her the knife After a palace selection and an imperial edict, Cheng Rong went from being the daughter of a low-ranking eighth-grade official to the lowest-ranking concubine in Prince Mu’s estate, all thanks to her face. Everyone said that if she was going to be a concubine, she had to know her place, be cautious, and keep her head down. Cheng Rong pouted. “Is that so?” 7.9kReads9.1Score990Shelves
- 90 Quick Transmigration: The Beloved Consort of Many Children 快穿之多胎宠妃 Original title: Quick Transmigration: The Empress’s Many Beloved Children. Current title: Quick Transmigration: The Empress Dowager Is the Goal, Having Kids Along the Way. (Palace Intrigue + System + Childbirth + Multiple Births + The Last World Has a Bad Ending) Three worlds in total, a short quick-transmigration novel. (Important warning: The author writes without using their brain. Dear readers, please bring your clever brains when you read this novel!!!) Xia Chuchu never imagined she slept s 7Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 91 Yu Wujiao 玉无娇 Palace intrigue + clear-headed heroine + high intelligence and emotional intelligence + not an only-one relationship + no System or portable space + a heroine who grows over time (not a wish-fulfillment story), not blinded by love. After her parents and younger sister are brutally killed, Jiang Yuxin, daughter of a convicted minister, realizes that becoming a favored consort is the only way to change things. At nineteen, the emperor is at an age when he falls easily. He falls for one woman afte 281Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 92 The Empress’s Coy Glance Makes the Cold-Faced Tyrant Dote on Her 娘娘媚眼含羞，撩得暴君冷脸宠 [Scheming Beauty Who Dares to Defy Convention + Cold, Twisted Emperor Who’s Obsessed with Her + Harem Intrigue + Not Each Other’s First] Yu Nuan was on her way to a film set when she transmigrated, becoming an unpopular, low-ranking consort who had lost in the harem power struggle. Born into a family of imperial merchants, with a lowly family background and unable to bear children, she had been dealt a terrible hand. Yu Nuan gazed at the beautiful woman in the mirror, her skin like snow and her 1.5kReads8.7Score110Shelves
- 93 He Spoils His Favorite Consort and Destroys the Harem, While the Biased Emperor Decrees Her Empress 宠娇妃灭后宫，偏心皇上下旨封后 [The emperor falls in love at first sight + the heroine isn't the only one for him at first, but later receives all his favor + the emperor helps her fight in the harem and makes her empress + the heroine fights in the harem and kills] A low-ranking concubine? I want to be empress. No, no, I want to be Empress Dowager. What? The emperor saw Han Qianning kill someone, and still wants to keep her by his side... Once I'm in the palace, I'll climb my way up to the phoenix throne and kill them all. 1.1kReads9.0Score105Shelves
- 94 Twin Blossoms, One Heart to Steal 并蒂双生夺君心 (Set entirely in ancient times, with palace intrigue. Not a one-on-one romance, and not a relationship where both leads are untouched. Please read with care!!!) The Yan Prince’s manor was home to a pair of twin sisters. The elder, Su Beixue, was plain and ugly, while the younger, Su Nanzhi, was breathtakingly beautiful. For generations, the Yan princes had guarded the border. Each was a formidable warrior, and the Su army struck such fear into other nations that none dared invade. In the thirtie 166Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 The Bewitching Consort Goes Mad, Scheming Ruthlessly to Seize the Empress’s Throne 娘娘疯诱娇媚，狠毒宫斗疯夺后位 [Doesn't love the emperor + single-mindedly plays palace politics + not mutually chaste + favored exclusively in the later stages + no idiotic palace scheming + the empress's throne! The empress's throne!] Lin Zhi Ruan concealed her looks until she entered the palace, only then revealing her true appearance. Before she died, Concubine Meng clutched her hand tightly and warned her never to show her real face before leaving the estate. Given the chance to enter the palace, Lin Zhi Ruan understood 300Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 96 The Empress Is Dignified Yet Alluring: Once She Seduces the Emperor, He Won't Let Her Escape 皇后端庄又妖娆，撩下皇上逃不掉 [Palace intrigue + empress from the start + exclusive devotion in the middle and later stages + winning back his wife] Helian Jin came from the most fallen branch of a prestigious clan, yet the emperor overcame fierce opposition and made her his new empress. She went from cautiously finding her footing in the palace to wielding thunderous methods, taking down scheming rivals and false innocents as she fought her way through the palace intrigue and secured her position. As mistress of the impe 1.2kReads8.8Score127Shelves
- 97 The Beloved Consort Is a Little Spoiled 宠妃是个娇气包 Luo Zijun was a beauty from birth, blessed with extraordinary good fortune. When she was born, auspicious signs appeared in the sky, and rain fell on a drought-stricken region after months without it. Suitors came one after another from the time she was a child until she came of age. Even the emperor, seated in the highest position of all, was no exception. He, too, fell under her spell. At fifteen, Luo Zijun was selected for the palace and made Noble Lady Jin. Her name, meaning to cherish jade 4.4kReads7.0Score548Shelves
- 98 Born Noble, the Empress Climbs Her Way to the Top 娘娘天生尊贵，一路宫斗上位 [The Warm-Faced, Cold-Hearted Emperor * His Obsessive, Sweet-Natured Consort] [Not a Pure Romance + Romance-Focused] Yun Xiaoxue was born into privilege, with wealth, connections, and power at her fingertips. She had hoped to travel the world as a carefree princess, but an imperial edict summoned her to the palace. She entered the palace as a Jieyu, already a high-ranking consort. But the Empress Dowager's niece came before her, and the emperor's cousin followed. Lady Xu had long enjoyed the emp 1kReads8.0Score110Shelves
- 99 The Empress Doesn't Fight for Favor, the Emperor Crowns Her Empress 娘娘不宫斗，帝王捧上后位 [A Dark, Unhinged Emperor vs. A Wild and Alluring Consort: Not a Pure Romance, but Full of Devotion, Thrills, and Sweetness!] Jiang Shu transmigrates into the harem of a tyrant, becoming an obscure Noble Lady. She thinks she’ll just keep her head down in the palace until old age. But then, to survive, she throws herself into the tyrant’s arms. The emperor adores her beyond measure! He clears out his entire harem for her and puts her on the throne as empress. From then on, their life as emperor a 1.2kReads9.1Score134Shelves
- 100 The Crown Prince Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife: The Empress's Daily Life After Bearing Twins 太子宠妾灭妻，娘娘双胎上位日常 [There are a few typos, so please skip this if that bothers you.] A deranged, ruthless heroine and an obsessive Crown Prince, with exclusive devotion later on, clear-headed palace intrigue, and multiple births. Jiang Shiruo is stunningly beautiful, but only a concubine’s daughter. Still, even a concubine’s daughter deserves to live. Jiang Shiruo has no interest in the other princes. She only wants to enter the Eastern Palace, because that’s the only way she can reach the highest position. After 7.7kReads8.9Score676Shelves
