Novels like Empresses in the Palace: I, Xia Dongchun, Am the True Female Lead
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Empresses in the Palace: I, Xia Dongchun, Am the True Female Lead, best match first.
- 1 Yi Xiu Reborn: I Became the One He Could Never Forget 宜修重生：当我成了白月光 [Qing dynasty + palace intrigue + reborn + revenge + brainless wish fulfillment + a touch of sweet romance] Also known as: Reborn Yixiu: My Love, You Were Born to Be Loved; Yixiu Reborn: You Were Born to Be Loved; Yixiu Reborn: When I Became the White Moonlight Yixiu is reborn, back to the days before she entered the prince’s household. In this life, she will become Yin Zhen’s rightful primary wife, trample Ruoze underfoot, and beat Zhen Huan to a pulp! She will protect Honghui and become the ri 7.1kReads9.0Score69514d adds
- 2 Consort Hua Reborn: She Gives Up Love and Slays the Dragon at Once 华妃重生归来，放下情爱立刻屠龙 (The pacing is fairly slow, and this isn’t a wish-fulfillment novel. The plot follows the TV adaptation gradually at first. Please be patient and keep reading, dear readers! The author is sensitive, so please don’t be mean if it’s not your cup of tea.) [The writing is serious at first, then turns lively and funny] Lighthearted and stress-relieving, so sit back and enjoy! Don’t pass by without giving it a try! Consort Hua is reborn and breaks free of her lovesick delusions, finally seeing Big Fa 23.7kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 3 Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong Reborn 甄嬛传：安陵容重生 An Shishi is beautiful, graceful, and gentle, but her humble background means she enters the palace only as a Promise. Though merely a Promise, she gets along well with the Noble Ladies and the First-Class Attendants. The Noble Ladies and First-Class Attendants are her childhood friends. Though they are not as close to An Shishi as they are to each other, they still treat her with great care. The palace pays no heed to their deep sisterly affection. Everyone thinks: How could there be sisterly a 3.3kReads9.2Score30114d adds
- 4 Across Film and Television: Tao Yao 综影视之桃夭 Demons have no feelings. Tao Yao spent so long in the mortal world and witnessed so much love, hate, and heartbreak, yet she still couldn't understand those emotions. One day, the System came to her with a task: fulfill the wishes of people burdened by grievances. She would not only be able to cultivate, but also experience genuine emotions, so Tao Yao readily agreed. 56.6kReads8.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 5 Film and TV Crossover: The Ultimate Winner 综影视：最终赢家 It's all right. I'll be the final winner. Main fandoms: Empresses in the Palace and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace. First world: Ulanara Yixiu (complete) Second world: Fucha Langhua (complete) 22.3kReads9.3Score72614d adds
- 6 The Second Empress 继后 The Noble Consort was favored, the Worthy Consort bore a son, the Bright Etiquette was the emperor’s white moonlight, and the Beautiful Consort was his cinnabar mole. Every other concubine had her own talents and charms. It was a whole garden in full bloom. So who was our protagonist? The unfavored empress, with no children and no powerful family backing. Great. Why did this plot feel so familiar? Never mind. On the first day Zhao Wumian transmigrated here, she decided to lie flat. Compete for t 79.6kReads9.5Score8.9k14d adds
- 7 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌，宠妃抱着陛下哭 [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 101.2kReads9.2Score11.2k14d adds
- 8 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 [Available in print. Search "Zhaohua Rebellion" on any platform to purchase.] [Strong female lead, satisfying revenge, high-IQ palace intrigue, the heroine schemes against the entire harem, a dangerously unhinged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen the world more clearly than anyone else. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was crystal clear: "I en 87.1kReads9.5Score9.7k14d adds
