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- 51 Empresses in the Palace: Beauty That Captivates the Capital 甄嬛传之容色满京城 After becoming An Lingrong, I do my best to change everything. My life was never worth much to begin with. No one exists without a purpose. Treasure everything around you, and live the life that belongs to you. 1.3kReads8.5Score10114d adds
- 52 Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong's Prophetic Dream 甄嬛传之当安陵容有了预知梦 On the eve of the draft for the Bordered Yellow Banner, An Lingrong had a fleeting dream in which she saw her entire life. She thought it was nothing more than a vivid dream, but it turned out to be her actual future. No, I, An Lingrong, will never let the things I suffered in that dream become reality. So first, I need to distance myself from Zhen Huan! 827Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 53 An Lingrong Reborn: The Birth of the Idea King 安陵容重生之点子王的诞生 A wish-fulfillment story! Inspired by the TV series, but it doesn’t follow the plot exactly. There’s a little OOC for the sake of the story, so don’t read if that bothers you. Volume One: An Lingrong is reborn, and the entire harem reports on one another every day. Volume Two: An Lingrong takes charge and sorts out the whole Ruyi story. Volume Three: Li Pin and Qi Erha are reborn into Empresses in the Palace. Volume Four: Shen Meizhuang transmigrates as Yixiu, Xin Ba Ji transmigrates as Jian Qiu 1.6kReads8.7Score11614d adds
- 54 An Lingrong Reborn: The Zhen Huan Faction Is Mine Now 安陵容重生：甄嬛战队归我了 [An Lingrong is reborn + original appearance + rivals Zhen Huan + stays in character + bears a child + becomes empress and empress dowager + doesn’t love the emperor and isn’t his sole favorite + dragon-slaying] An Lingrong is reborn, still the same timid, insecure, sensitive young concubine, given to overthinking. But this time, she has abandoned the empty promise of love. All she wants in life is power, status, wealth, and glory. “However cold you may be, you shouldn’t use someone else’s bloo 2.7kReads9.0Score21714d adds
- 55 Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong 甄嬛传之安陵容 An Lingrong Reborn: Empress Dowager Yide is here. Get down on your knees, all of you! Consort Hua? She won't last more than a few episodes. No threat at all. Zhen Huan? Whatever you have, I have too, and I do it better. The empress? Too many skeletons in her closet. The empress killed the empress. Chun Yuan? The moonlight in his heart turns into a black-hearted lotus. 1.4kReads8.4Score10014d adds
- 56 Sky Screen: Lingrong and Shen'er Switch Places and Conquer the Han and Qing Palaces 天幕：陵容慎儿互换杀穿汉宫清宫 When An Lingrong becomes Nie Shen’er, Dou Yifang treats her like a precious jewel. She is no longer anyone’s plan B, no one’s murder weapon, and no plaything in the deep palace, brought out for music and amusement. Living in the Han Dynasty and stepping into the court, she finally understands how laughable the harem struggles of her past were. Power is the best tonic a woman can have! When Nie Shen’er becomes An Lingrong, she wonders: What? After the selection, she doesn’t have to do hard labor 8.2kReads8.9Score67014d adds
- 57 Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong 甄嬛传：安陵容 The rating has only just appeared, so it’s low for now. Thanks for reading (❁´ω`❁) Note: If you’re a Zhen Huan fan, please don’t read. An Lingrong was reborn on her way to the selection ceremony. In this life, I won’t be anyone’s pawn, and I won’t let those who hurt me get away with it. Sister, in the world I hate most, you are the person I love most. 1.4kReads8.4Score10314d adds
- 58 Empresses in the Palace: The Two An Sisters 甄嬛传之安氏双姝 [An Lingrong is the protagonist] [No favoritism toward Zhen Huan or Shen Meizhuang] [Pure Yuan is her golden finger] An Lingxi, a die-hard An Lingrong fan, transmigrates into Empresses in the Palace as An Lingrong’s younger sister. She enters the palace alongside An Lingrong, determined to help her survive to the end this time. An Lingrong: “I dote on my little sister more than anything. If she wants me to compete for favor, then I’ll give it a try.” Wen Shichu: “My lady, there’s an expert by An 1.2kReads8.6Score10414d adds
- 59 An Lingrong Reborn: Punching Huanhuan, Kicking the Empress, and Seizing the Throne 陵容重生：拳打嬛嬛脚踢皇后上位 ☀ Dark-hearted villainess ☀ Black lotus from humble beginnings ☀ Clever palace intrigue ☀ Non-canon plot The premise: “Miracle Rongrong” Lingrong climbs from the lowest rank, competing for favor, scheming for power and a child, and taking revenge by eliminating the “Three Illegitimate Children of the Forbidden City.” When Lingrong wakes up again, she discovers she has been reborn before the selection of imperial consorts. At the selection, she meets Zhen Huan again and immediately splashes a cu 5.5kReads8.9Score45514d adds
- 60 Transmigrate as An Lingrong and Become the Emperor's One and Only Cinnabar Mole 穿越安陵容成皇帝唯一朱砂痣 [The Script in Hand + Memories of the Female Lead + Slack-Off Mode Early On + The Emperor’s Favor Later + Clear-Eyed and Smart + Lots of First-Person Inner Monologue + For Instant Gratification, Start at Chapter 70!] A new palace-intrigue story from An Lingrong’s perspective. She and Zhen Huan get along well at first, but later she becomes the emperor’s sole favorite, taking over Zhen Huan’s story. Cautious and calculating, she refuses to let romance cloud her judgment. She is born to a humble f 487Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 61 An Lingrong Reborn: The Supporting Actress Changes Her Fate 安陵容重生之女配改命记 An Ling Rong’s confession: In my previous life, I was always cautious in the palace, yet I still did plenty of evil. Zhen Huan, Shen Mei Zhuang, Noble Lady Fu Cha, Li Pin, Hua Fei... Which one of them did I not meddle with? But I had no choice. I came from a lowly family. My father favored his concubines and neglected my mother, who suffered terribly. I grew up with an inferiority complex, but I was no coward. Beneath my delicate heart lurked boundless madness. I stood in the darkness, longing f 2.5kReads8.4Score24714d adds
- 62 Film and TV Crossover: Regrets of the Past 综影视：旧日遗憾 The Fucha Langhua arc is a simple rebirth story. Compared with the An Lingrong arc, the characters here have a little more freedom. She doesn't have to scheme and struggle her way up: she was born at the top. The endings of the main characters other than the protagonist have not yet been decided. I'll do my best to find something admirable in everyone. Even though I dislike some of them, I don't want to dismiss an entire person based on stereotypes. Completed: An Lingrong arc 1.5kReads7.3Score10314d adds
- 63 A Warm Heart Across the World of Film and TV 综影视暖暖我心 [System] [Film and TV] [Quick Transmigration] [Book Transmigration] [Supporting Female Character] [Space] No fixed couple When Xiaonuannuan was transforming into a dragon, she failed to survive the heavenly tribulation. Just as she was about to be reduced to ashes, a System bound itself to her soul. So Xiaonuannuan traveled through three thousand minor worlds, fulfilling the wishes of supporting female characters and earning merit. Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong Eternal Love: Xuan Nu Ashes 3.8kReads7.3Score16014d adds
- 64 An Lingrong Goes on a Rampage in Hongli's Harem 安陵容在弘历后宫杀疯了 [Fan Fiction, Palace Intrigue, Feel-Good Story with a Strong Female Lead] When she first entered the palace, she was insecure, sensitive, timid, and submissive. Anyone could trample her underfoot. Later, desperate to prove herself and stop others from looking down on her, she did whatever it took to rise to the top, winning glory for herself and her family. By then, she had become ruthless, suspicious, and numb. Her heart was exhausted, but she had no choice but to keep fighting. She, too, had c 1.4kReads9.1Score14914d adds
- 65 I Transmigrated as An Lingrong: Joining Hands with Huanhuan to Take Down Big Orange 穿成安陵容：和嬛嬛联手干掉大橘 This is just for fun, so please read without overthinking! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ A Zhen Huan superfan works herself to death, then blinks and becomes An Lingrong, waiting to be selected as a consort. Yes, that An Lingrong, the one whose sister treated her so well that she could only repay her kindness with betrayal. To change her fate and survive to the ending, she makes alliances, builds connections, and alternates between feigned and genuine affection. But then she discovers that the only way to clear the 1.3kReads9.1Score10414d adds
- 66 Lingrong Returns Before the Selection and Chooses Consort Hua as Her Ally 陵容重返大选前，先选华妃当盟友 Life is like a game of chess. Once you make a move, there’s no turning back! As An Lingrong swallowed a bitter almond, she thought this as she lay dying. But when she woke again, she found herself back in Songyang County, bound to a more-children-more-blessings System (or so it seemed). Back in the imperial harem, she remained firm in her belief: If you don’t provoke me, I won’t provoke you! 4.4kReads8.7Score42014d adds
- 67 Childbearing System: An Lingrong Returns to Her First Night with the Emperor 生子系统：安陵容重回第一次承宠 The rating was just posted, and it’s expected to rise later. [Childbearing + easy pregnancy + sisterly daily life + later rises to become a favored concubine] In her previous life, An Lingrong fought fiercely for the emperor’s favor in the harem. She was only promoted to Consort Li after becoming pregnant, but it was all part of a plot. She lost both her child and her life. Given a second life, she opens her eyes and finds herself back on the day the emperor first summoned her. She also has a ch 3.8kReads8.4Score35114d adds
- 68 An Lingrong Reborn: Lotus-Faced, Willow-Browed 安陵容重生之芙蓉如面柳如眉 (The rating is low because it just opened for votes.) Fight Consort Hua, fight the Empress, fight the Emperor. Sister, watch me win this game for you! In her previous life, An Lingrong was insecure and sensitive, and others led her astray. She ended up on the wrong path, her sisterly bond was shattered, and she took her own life. Reborn in a new life, she decides she will never live the way she did before! This time, she’ll seize her opportunities and confidently use everything she knows to carv 14.8kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 69 The Palace Maid Schemed to Seduce Him, and the Mad Emperor Fell for Her and Seized Her by Force 宫女蓄意勾引，疯批帝王沦陷强夺 [Palace intrigue, not a virginal couple / villainess / femme fatale / forced possession / doted on exclusively after the opening] [Scheming, theatrical maid vs. deranged emperor who falls deeper with every step] Yao Shu was born beautiful, and the empress chose her as a pawn to send to the emperor. The first time she met Xiao Xulan, she was too frightened to look him in the eye. But when he began to consider taking her to his bed, she broke free of his grasp and knelt down, declaring, “This serv 260Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 70 Across Worlds: I Play the Madwoman in Empresses in the Palace 综穿之我在甄嬛传里当颠妃 (The rating just came out, so it's very low. I hope you lovely readers won't be put off by it.) An Lingrong is reborn into Empresses in the Palace. Given another chance at life, she will never be sisters with Zhen Huan again! The heroine, An Lingrong, is reborn first, then transmigrates into other people, endlessly looping through the world of Empresses in the Palace. She has no special advantages in the first few minor worlds, so she lies low in the imperial harem. In later worlds, An Lingrong 4.6kReads8.6Score23814d adds
- 71 Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong's Careful Climb to Power 甄嬛传：安陵容步步为营 [Palace intrigue + System + favored consort] After transmigrating, she becomes An Ling Rong from Empresses in the Palace and gains a palace-intrigue System. She lives by the principle that she won’t bother anyone who doesn’t bother her, and refuses to suffer in silence in the harem! From favored consort to empress dowager, life is meant to be lived freely and brilliantly! [No teaming up with the Mei-Zhuang and Huan group. She shines on her own.] [She’ll take on anyone and everyone, and never suf 13.1kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 72 Empresses in the Palace: Lingrong Is Reborn and Becomes the Empress Dowager 甄嬛传之陵容重生做太后 Her dream of becoming a beloved imperial consort shattered, An Lingrong returned to the age of sixteen, before the selection of palace women. No longer weighed down by an illusory father-daughter bond. No longer blinded by the false favor of the imperial harem. In the end, she would forge her own path to becoming Empress Dowager. 6.3kReads9.0Score54314d adds
- 73 Making Friends in Empresses in the Palace, All to Become the Empress Dowager 在甄嬛传广交友，一切为了当太后 Li Huimin, a level-ten Zhen Huan drama fanatic, transmigrates one day and finds herself reborn as the previously nonexistent eldest daughter of the Xilingjueluo family? My father is E'ertai. This is a sure thing: a trusted confidant of the Yongzheng Emperor and a regent, so I can thrive under his protection. Other women enter the palace on their looks. I have my father to thank. Having a good dad really does let you do as you please. Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang are all in love with the emperor? 2.4kReads9.0Score18014d adds
- 74 An Lingrong Is Reborn into a Disastrous Start 安陵容重生到天崩开局 Reborn into the disastrous opening scene of a blood test to determine parentage, An Lingrong works to unite everyone she can. First, she gets the useless An Bihuai out of the way, then gradually takes revenge on each person who humiliated her in her previous life, ultimately finding happiness. 1. An Lingrong is still An Lingrong, and she is not a good person. 2. An Lingrong’s appearance draws on the original work’s descriptions. She has a very bewitching face. 3. Zhen Huan’s intelligence is not 8.1kReads9.3Score68814d adds
- 75 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
- 76 Empresses in the Palace: The Ladies Ride the Wind and Break the Waves 甄嬛传之乘风破浪的娘娘们 [Everyday food, besties being affectionate, a plan to raise a future empress dowager] What should a clear-eyed, clueless college student do after landing in the world of Empresses in the Palace as the timid, insecure An Lingrong? The An Lingrong from her previous life says, “You have to help me live with dignity!” But the Empress is sweet-tongued and treacherous, Consort Hua is arrogant and overbearing, and the Emperor is cold and heartless. How can she live with dignity? If she can't keep up wi 2.3kReads9.0Score19714d adds
- 77 Film and TV Crossover: A Guide to Villainesses Swapping Bodies 综影视：恶毒女配互穿指南 [Not a power fantasy, so don't read if that's not your thing. This is mainly a crossover between film and TV dramas, with original content. All the women are villains: they get revenge for every grudge, have their own principles and ideas, and aren't evil without reason. The golden finger isn't very powerful, and this isn't about smashing everything with a golden finger. It's not a power fantasy, not a power fantasy, not a power fantasy. Don't be fooled by the title. Don't be fooled by the title 1.4kReads8.4Score—14d adds
- 78 When An Lingrong Slays Her Way Through Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 当安陵容杀穿如懿传 An Lingrong: The meticulous and ruthless Sister An is back! Going from palace maid to empress dowager will be a piece of cake! . After being reborn, An Lingrong never expected to end up in Qianlong's harem. But this place is nothing like she remembers! (The Story of Ruyi and Empresses in the Palace don't share the same continuity, so this is more like a parallel new world.) · The older sister she wronged all her life has been possessed by an old woman who does nothing but stir up trouble. Go en 12.5kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 79 Unbending: An Lingrong 不折枝：安陵容 After ten years in the imperial palace, An Lingrong was weary in body and soul. When she gave up on life, she truly wanted to turn into a wisp of smoke, drift away beneath the blazing sun, and never ask for another life. This world was just too cruel. Whether through Heaven’s mercy or a twist of fate, her weary soul awoke centuries later, carrying its memories. A loving family and a tolerant society slowly healed the small but searing wounds in her soul. After achieving success and fame, sh 13.7kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 80 Quick Transmigration: Starting with An Lingrong, I Refuse to Be Cannon Fodder 快穿之从安陵容开始不做炮灰 [Completed | An Lingrong | Nian Shilan | The Grave Robbers' Chronicles] World One: Empresses in the Palace, An Lingrong (Completed) An Lingrong was reborn with her memories after death. Now that she knows what kind of woman the emperor truly loves, why shouldn’t she ride the wave and rise to the top? Looking similar might make me nothing more than a substitute. But what if the emperor thinks I’m the reincarnation of his one true love? … World Two: Empresses in the Palace, Nian Shilan (Completed) 12.2kReads8.8Score74014d adds
- 81 Another Day of Giving a Golden Finger in Empresses in the Palace 又是在甄嬛传送金手指的一天 [One golden finger per person + only one protagonist in each world, with no crossover + all are the original characters + personalities remain unchanged] Qi Fei, who has a puppet System, exchanges for a puppet to tutor her son, so he can carry her to an easy victory! An Lingrong Xia Dongchun Yi Xiu. This is absolutely an Empresses in the Palace fanfic unlike any you've read before. The author's imagination runs wild. 7.9kReads7.7Score28514d adds
- 82 The Villainess in the Harem Starts with Empresses in the Palace 后宫恶女从甄嬛传开始 [Complete] [A new book is underway, still starting with An Lingrong] Self-interest + villainess + Qing palace + palace intrigue + reborn + wish fulfillment + going mad + wild imagination + plot analysis + crossing between TV worlds Supporting characters, cannon fodder, empresses, maids, eunuchs, and palace maids from Empresses in the Palace are reborn or transmigrate into TV dramas Content warning: [This story portrays Zhen Huan negatively. She is almost always a villain here, so proceed with ca 10.1kReads8.2Score43414d adds
- 83 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
- 84 A Ghost Working in Empresses in the Palace 在甄嬛传里打工的鬼 After wandering the world for many years, a young ghost bride dodges the ghost-catching business one day and enters the underworld, only to find herself in another workplace. The story revolves around Empresses in the Palace, with An Lingrong as the starting point as she tries to get by in the imperial harem. There’s just the right amount of a golden finger, and just the right amount of brains. A heads-up for friends who love Huanhuan. 30.1kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 85 Film and TV Crossover: Starting Out as An Lingrong and Becoming a Top Grinder 综影视之从安陵容开始当卷王 Su Wanwan was a consummate workaholic. Just as she had achieved success, she unexpectedly died from overwork and gained a System that let her survive in TV dramas. What? She could go home once she completed her missions? Then she'd better get right to work! Mission worlds: An Lingrong in Empresses in the Palace, Wei Yanwan in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, with the next world yet to be decided. This is a slow transmigration story, slow transmigration, slow transmigration! I'll say it three tim 28.9kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
