Novels like The Favored Concubine
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- 51 After Rising to Consort, She Gives Up Trying 侧妃上位后，便摆烂了 [The male lead is not chaste, the female lead is; household and palace intrigue; exclusive devotion] [Gentle, shrewd, modest, calculating prince × frail, calculating, selfish, and vicious daughter of a duke’s household] The male lead is a prince at first and later becomes emperor. Song Xi transmigrated into a book. When she came of age and received an arranged marriage, she finally remembered that this was a sweet romance novel called My Scheming Prince Fell in Love with Me. If she remembered co 1.5kReads8.1Score14214d adds
- 52 The Stunning and Clear-Headed Concubine, and the Crown Prince Slowly Falls for Her 妾室绝美又清醒，太子逐步沦陷 [Main story complete] (The rating just came out, so it’s a little low. New readers, don’t let that scare you off. Feel free to check out the reviews or give the book a try. Thanks!) Transmigrate into a book + reborn in another world + palace intrigue first, harem intrigue later + stunning, clear-headed heroine + not a pure couple This is Shen Yan’s second time transmigrating into a book. The first time, she became a palace maid who was destined to end up as a disposable character according to th 629Reads7.5Score10514d adds
- 53 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 3.3kReads9.0Score26114d adds
- 54 After His Bedchamber Maid Ran Away, the Prince Begged Her to Return Every Day 通房跑路后，王爷日日求她回府 [Pure historical romance / both virgins] She was a beautiful woman of mixed Han Chinese and Western Regions heritage, born into a military family and exceptionally skilled in martial arts. Free-spirited as the wind, independent and carefree, she had a pair of striking green eyes that captivated everyone. On the day she was to marry her childhood sweetheart, an imperial edict suddenly summoned the groom to become the princess's consort. The wedding never took place, yet, absurdly, she ended up sh 592Reads9.2Score10514d adds
- 55 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 1.1kReads6.7Score10314d adds
- 56 The Hibiscus Canopy: The Crown Prince’s Childhood Sweetheart Wins Big 芙蓉帐：东宫青梅赢麻了 [Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Sweet Romance + Palace Intrigue + He Eventually Dotes on Her Alone] Xiao Wanyu had spent more than a decade living with carefree arrogance. Then she refused a marriage proposal and injured the young lord of the Duke of Wei’s household, who had coveted her family’s wealth. She was thrown into prison. To protect her maternal family’s immense fortune and save her own life, she agreed to become a concubine in the Eastern Palace, seeking the Crown Prince’s protection 2kReads7.6Score16614d adds
- 57 Seduce My Way to the Top: Your Majesty, I've Been Plotting This for a Long Time 勾引上位：陛下，我对你蓄谋已久 [Transmigration into a book, villainess, revenge, palace intrigue, seducing her way to power] [They scheme against each other. She runs, he pursues, and she can never escape him] Blurb One Shen Jiaojiao transmigrated into a book and became the heroine of an ancient romance novel. Unfortunately, she was the former heroine. The original heroine, pitifully robbed of the male lead’s life-saving favor by the female supporting character. Heaven knows how miserable Shen Jiaojiao felt, transmigrati 16.9kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 58 Want to Slack Off? Your Princess Consort Is Calling You to the Palace Intrigue! 想摆烂？福晋喊你去宫斗！ (The ratings are just starting out and will gradually rise, so don’t worry about giving this a try. You’re welcome to read along every day.) [Strong concubine + household and palace intrigue + frog companion’s pocket dimension + food + multiple babies in one pregnancy] Man Jinzhi transmigrated into the body of a 180-jin, plump and rosy-cheeked concubine in Prince Jin’s manor. On the very night she was summoned to his bed, she nearly did the prince in. After being confined and not even getting 344Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 59 Who Says Being a Concubine Means Fighting in the Household? The Prince Takes It All on His Shoulders 谁说做妾要宅斗，王爷他一肩挑了 [Transmigrate into a book + doted on by one man + palace intrigue + sweet and soft on the outside, ruthless underneath + unconventional, ambitious heroine] Zhu Shande, once a ruthless overachiever, transmigrated into a low-ranking bedchamber attendant at the Third Prince's residence, with no title or status. She had been sent there by the prince's sworn enemy. After this disastrous start, she took one look at the attendants' meager monthly pay of two coins and five coppers. Zhu Shande put aside 729Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 60 The Beautiful Palace Maid and the Emperor's Endless Favor 宫女娇美，皇宠不断 Born with a disability and orphaned, Su Niannian grew up without anyone to protect her. In her harsh circumstances, she suffered endless humiliation and mistreatment from a young age. She lived a lowly, helpless life, escaping one sea of misery only to fall into another. Even after entering the palace as a low-ranking maid, she remained an easy target, and everyone who came near her had an agenda and meant her harm. Yet she did her best to swallow every bitter consequence alone, all for the sa 2.6kReads8.7Score23914d adds
- 61 Clinging to You 缠娇 In her past life, Yun Yao fled with a scumbag to avoid taking the princess’s place in consummating her marriage with Prince Mu. She believed his lies, only to be sold into a brothel and die miserably in a river! Reborn on the eve of her elopement, she chose to turn back and become the stand-in instead. Who would have thought that Prince Mu, rumored to be hideously ugly and look like a demon, would not only be devastatingly handsome but also have an incredible physique! Being a stand-in suddenly 1kReads9.0Score13614d adds
- 62 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?” 8kReads9.1Score99614d adds
- 63 So What? His Majesty Dotes on Me Alone 那又怎样，奈何陛下独宠我 The rating will rise once it’s posted + [A cold, devoted emperor and a dazzling beauty, an alternate dynasty, doted on from the start, both wholeheartedly in love and choosing each other] Jiang Yuexin is reborn. In her previous life, she and her best friend had both transmigrated. Jiang Yuexin became a consort in the palace who had beauty but no brains, while her best friend became the eldest daughter of a general’s household. She was breathtakingly beautiful, while her friend had only the rep 39.8kReads9.0Score6.5k14d adds
- 64 Fragrant Bedchamber: The Eastern Palace Concubine's Lie-Flat Life 暖帐香：东宫侍妾的躺平日常 [Raising a child + palace intrigue + ordinary transmigrator + not both leads’ first love, but doting romance] Xu Qinglu was transmigrated into the Xu family as their legitimate daughter. In the tenth year of Chengde, she was sent to the Eastern Palace as a concubine. After a year of cautiously serving the Crown Prince, walking on eggshells, she finally became pregnant. Having a daughter was all she needed. She would have been happy to live out her days peacefully in the palace. But when her daug 3kReads9.0Score23414d adds
- 65 I'm Already a Concubine, So What's Wrong with a Little Cunning? 都做妾了，有点小心机怎么了？ [Scheming in the household early on, palace intrigue later + System + Gorgeous heroine + A little childbirth + Sweet romance] [Stunning heroine who is sweet yet ruthless and a brilliant actress × Cold-faced prince who dotes on his wife and lets his imagination run wild] The male lead in this palace-intrigue novel is not sexually inexperienced. He favors the heroine early on and devotes himself solely to her later. Readers who mind should proceed with caution. In her previous life, Su Yujiao was 2.3kReads7.3Score15114d adds
- 66 The Concubine Has Endless Tricks, and the Crown Prince Keeps Visiting Her Room 侍妾花样百出，太子总去她屋 [Not a virgin couple!!!] [Two best friends transmigrate together + favored concubine rises to power] Yun Weiwei transmigrated into Yun Wei, a maid assigned to sweep the Eastern Palace. The maid was breathtakingly beautiful, and had originally been planted in the Eastern Palace to disgust the Crown Princess. Within just a few days, Yun Wei had fallen to the lowest rank of servant in the residence. No one expected that the Crown Prince would take a liking to her. Yun Wei was timid and afraid of tr 1.5kReads8.4Score10714d adds
- 67 A True Record of the Qing Empresses 大清皇后实录 [Pampered from the Start, Sweet Romance, Everyday Life, Slow Burn, Household and Palace Intrigue] Ru Yue transmigrates into the body of an ordinary bannerman’s daughter. Her father died young, but her elders are kind and her younger siblings are well-behaved. Then, unexpectedly, she is selected to enter Fourth Prince’s household as a concubine. Without family connections or money, she relies on her peerless beauty to climb ever higher in the household. Before she even realizes it, she has become 7.6kReads8.6Score71914d adds
- 68 A Concubine’s Carefree Days 皇妾咸鱼日常 [Transmigration + alternate setting + lazy, carefree heroine + lighthearted daily life] Overworked office drone Zhuang Yunlan dies suddenly and transmigrates into the body of a young lady from a gentry family in the Jing Dynasty. After more than a decade of living off others and doing as little as possible, she never expects the imperial selection to reach Nan Zhili. A gentry family's young lady instantly becomes a junior consort to the crown prince. Her farming-life plot turns into a palace-int 5kReads8.5Score39214d adds
- 69 Quick Transmigration: The Concubine Rises to Power, and the Scheming Beauty Becomes His Darling 快穿妾室上位，绿茶美人成心尖宠 [Quick transmigration, about 100,000 words per world + a scheming, pampered concubine + bearing a child to rise to power + no fixed couple] Gu Xining and Shen Ke knew each other when they were young. She stood by him as they built his business from scratch, and after the company got on its feet, she became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. But in the year their daughter turned four, Shen Ke brought his mistress into their home, taking advantage of Gu Xining’s lack of a job or support to for 998Reads8.2Score10614d adds
- 70 Qing-Dynasty Transmigration into Dream of the Red Chamber: The Lin Family Concubine Lies Flat 清穿红楼林家小妾躺平了 Song Lanxi, a wealthy young lady from the modern era, became a favored concubine in the Lin household because the principal wife had been unable to conceive for years. She only wanted to eat well, live comfortably, protect her family, and enjoy a carefree life. Who would have thought that years later her son would pass the imperial examinations, her daughter would enter an imperial prince’s residence, and she herself would become a revered matriarch? 4kReads8.7Score27914d adds
- 71 The Alluring Maidservant on a Trial Marriage 试婚丫鬟妩媚勾人 [Sweet romance, both pure and devoted, household intrigue, servant girl rises to become a concubine, the hero is utterly devoted] Lin Wanyu, the top courtesan at Yangzhou's Zuihua Brothel, was chosen by the Wang family of the capital to test their young lady's prospective marriage match. Her beauty was as radiant as a flower, her skin as smooth as ice and jade… Her task was to confirm whether the Wang family's young lady's betrothed, Lu Huaijin, was capable of consummating the marriage… To compl 4kReads6.5Score68914d adds
- 72 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 669Reads8.6Score10714d adds
- 73 The Empress Is Determined to Rise to the Top 娘娘她立志登高位 Scheming beauty x stern, cold emperor (soul transmigration + palace intrigue + not mutually devoted + eventually his one and only) In the third year of Zhaowu, Wen Zhuohua abandoned the path laid out for her and entered the palace as a palace-selection candidate. She loves wealth, splendor, power, and status. All under heaven belongs to the sovereign, and nothing in this world is more exalted than imperial authority. Once in the palace, she treads carefully in the harem and puts on an act for th 15.3kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 74 The Palace Maid Is Alluring and Wily, and Coaxes the Emperor into Making Her Empress 宫女茶又媚，哄着帝王送凤位 [Just started receiving ratings, so they’ll gradually go up. Your support is welcome!] [Beautiful, calculating palace maid x devoted, possessive emperor] [Reborn + 1v1, both devoted to each other, happy ending + powerful man bows his head, heroine knows how to keep him in line] Lin Chan was the least noticeable concubine-born daughter in the General’s residence. When her legitimate elder sister entered the palace as a consort, Lin Chan could only go with her as a maid. She endured one humiliatio 2.4kReads8.9Score31514d adds
- 75 The Empress Is Sweet and Innocent, and the Emperor Raises Her to the Top 娘娘单纯娇媚，陛下捧她上位 [A native heroine who's been good at acting since childhood] As the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household, Bai Ruoli had always gotten everything she wanted. But when the palace selection came, she was destined to enter the palace as a concubine. The palace had not only the Empress Dowager and the emperor, but also the empress, and then the emperor's favored consorts below her. Bai Ruoli wasn't intimidated. Her family background was excellent. As long as the emperor wasn't a devoted 5.6kReads8.4Score70514d adds
- 76 The Most Doted-On Consort Ever 宠宠宠宠宠宠宠宠宠宠宠宠宠宠妃 A word of warning: a truly historical heroine, authentic household intrigue, and a heroine who really is not a good person. Xie Sui Sui is the most beautiful concubine of Prince Dongcheng. With a face that could bring a kingdom to ruin and a slender waist that looks like it might snap at a touch, she has Prince Dongcheng utterly infatuated with her, keeping her as his sole companion night after night while the other wives and concubines grind their teeth in envy. Xie Sui Sui... What bad intentio 1.6kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 77 The Pampered Concubine Is Sweet and Clever, and Coasts Her Way to the Top 宠妾又娇又会，完美躺赢上位 2.4kReads8.3Score18214d adds
- 78 EN The Heroine’s White Moonlight: The Emperor and His Dark Moonlight Are Already Intimate 女主白月光，陛下和黑月光熟透了 [Cold, ruthless emperor vs. crazy, adorable heroine] She transmigrates into the legitimate daughter of Prince Jin'an, a cannon-fodder character who dies early in the book. Arrogant and extravagant? She'll own it. Crazy and vicious? That too. But sit around and wait to die? Not a chance. The male lead, who comes to Jinzhou to find evidence that her father, Prince Jin'an, is plotting a rebellion, is none other than Zong Zhengheng, emperor of Great Zhang. If he wants to be her kept man for a mon 131.4kReads9.0Score22.1k14d adds
- 79 The Palace Consort Is Reborn 宫妃重生 The male lead has no romantic history, while the female lead is inexperienced. In her previous life, Qu Yuntang was envied for the emperor’s favor. The Noble Consort used another woman’s child to frame her, and she was eventually banished to the Cold Palace. She thought she would spend the rest of her life there, but the Noble Consort still wouldn’t let her go. She had the Cold Palace set ablaze, burning it to the ground. When Qu Yuntang woke again, she was back before her marriage, looking as s 862Reads7.3Score10414d adds
- 80 Be Good, Don’t Cry. I’ll Make You My Empress 乖，不哭，朕让你做皇后 Soft, sweet green-tea black-lotus heroine + kindhearted, compassionate male lead with a hidden edge Shen Chunyi, the third concubine-born daughter of the Marquis of Ning'an's household, is breathtakingly beautiful, soft and winsome, and skilled at seduction. She owes it all to her birth mother, who came from the pleasure quarters. So she has no pride to speak of and can bend with the circumstances. All she wants is to find a way out for herself and her mother. Her legitimate elder sister has spe 2.7kReads7.8Score28814d adds
- 81 After the Matriarch Gives Up, Her Ungrateful Descendants Are Beside Themselves with Regret 主母摆烂后，不孝子孙悔断肠 [Revenge after rebirth + Household intrigue + No forgiveness + No redemption] Xie Changning spent more than thirty years a widow, pouring her heart and soul into raising her children to be successful. Then an imperial decree ordered the extermination of the entire Xie family. Fearing their trouble would drag the marquis's household down with them, her children not only forced her to sign a document severing their family ties. They also joined forces to hang their own mother with a white silk cor 6.2kReads8.2Score60014d adds
- 82 The Emperor Waited a Thousand Years, but She Refused to Enter the Palace 陛下等了千年，她却拒绝入宫 The rating is low because the story just started, but it’ll go up later! [Not a strong female lead! Not a wish-fulfillment story! Devoted to each other + past and present lives] [The heroine is weak at first and will gradually grow stronger. There’s a full section about her past life in the middle, and it’s a little heartbreaking. Feel free to skip it if you don’t like that.] In her previous life, after entering the palace, Jiang Yunyan lived in constant fear, terrified that the young, imposing 2.2kReads8.7Score18714d adds
- 83 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: How to Live Well in a Feudal Society 清穿论如何在封建社会过上好日子 Transmigration + golden finger + childbirth + palace and household intrigue Youth comes with no refunds, and transmigration comes with no way back. Since I've already transmigrated into a feudal society, of course I'll do whatever it takes to make my life better and better. Damn, I'll never run my mouth like that again. Wishes really can come true, just in a rather unexpected way! This young lady won't put up with a miserable life. Love is nothing compared to a promotion and a raise. He's just a 5.2kReads7.4Score31214d adds
- 84 A Brilliant Scheme for the Noble Daughter of Qingchen 清辰似锦嫡女谋 As the youngest legitimate daughter of a duke's household, she should have had a peaceful, uneventful life. But after entering the palace one day, she found herself caught in its treacherous intrigues… 8.4kReads8.2Score69014d adds
- 85 The Duke's Household's Second Wife 公府继妻 [Transmigration + space + marriage first, love later] Who is the most outstanding man in the Great Qing Dynasty? Obviously Lu Rui, heir to the Duke’s mansion. They say the heir’s wife has died of illness, and he’s about to bring her younger sister into the mansion as his second wife. The Marquis of Zhongyong’s family is just a fallen noble house. To marry into the Duke’s mansion is a stroke of incredible luck. But what’s the name of the woman marrying the heir? Xie Wenwan? Isn’t she supposed to 7.6kReads8.8Score82914d adds
- 86 Your Majesty, That's Enough! 陛下请适可而止吧！ A birthday banquet for the Empress Dowager. A cup of wine meant for lovers, drunk by mistake. When the emperor dragged Lu Zhixue into a private room, she thought it was a disaster that had come out of nowhere. Beneath his dragon robes, his fingertips burned. His kiss was poison, and he branded her neck with a mark of humiliation. “Since you’re my concubine, helping me sober up is your duty.” She hurt so badly that she clawed his back raw, her tears soaking the brocade quilt. Little did she kn 1.5kReads8.6Score11414d adds
- 87 Qing Transmigration: The Fourth Prince, a Workaholic, Dotes on His Beloved and Fertile Side Consort 清穿：卷王四爷的娇养好孕侧福晋 [Complete] [Qing dynasty setting + golden finger + gentle, gradual romance + devoted love in the later chapters] Yan Qing transmigrates as a young lady of the Xilin Gioro clan, a person who never existed in history. Her eldest brother is E'ertai, a trusted high-ranking minister of the Yongzheng Emperor, the sort honored in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. As a Manchu girl, she has to attend the imperial selection. She had hoped to be dismissed and go home to marry on her own, but things don't go a 22kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
- 88 The Concubine-in-Waiting Is Pregnant, and the Cold, Powerful Minister Isn't So Cold Anymore 通房有孕，清冷权臣不清冷了 (Childbearing System + overachiever heroine + cool beauty brought down from her pedestal + workplace culture) After losing her job, office worker Yun Shu finds herself in ancient times as a maid in the Duke's estate, born into the household staff. Yun Shu throws her head back and laughs. She'll never have to worry about losing her job again! Her parents are both estate stewards, so she's well-connected. With a sharp eye for opportunity, Yun Shu rises through the ranks and becomes the senior m 55.2kReads8.7Score7.6k14d adds
- 89 What Does a Bedchamber Maid Want? Money and a Handsome Man, of Course 通房图什么，不就图个财色兼得 [Historical Romance + Transmigration + Fiercely Protective Hero + Both Leads Have No Prior Relationships + Playing the Fool to Outsmart Others + Pregnant Escape + Heroine Builds Her Career Later] Liu Yiyi transmigrated into the body of one of the four concubines the Duchess of State was about to give to her young lord. For money and freedom, Liu Yiyi decided to compete for the position and become the young lord's favorite. - The young lord's grandmother: “The Pei family has never had a concubine 2.5kReads8.7Score33514d adds
- 90 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 4.7kReads8.5Score41714d adds
- 91 Accidentally Capturing the Emperor’s Heart: The Lucky Little Consort Lies Low Her Way to Empress 误入帝心，福运小答应靠摆烂封后 [Palace intrigue / born into a new life in the womb / not an exclusive relationship / lighthearted daily life / doted on by the emperor after the heroine arrives / alternate world] Xia Luzhu is the lowest-ranking consort in the imperial harem. In her three years in the palace, she has never once seen the emperor. Apart from mandatory greetings, she hardly ever leaves her quarters. Palace intrigue? Assassination plots? Miscarriages? None of it has anything to do with her. Xia Luzhu's greatest dai 1.5kReads8.9Score15814d adds
- 92 My Lord, Your Concubine Ran Off with the Top Scholar 侯爷，你家妾室跟着状元郎跑了 [Dual Rebirth + Domestic Scheming and Face-Slapping + A Husband’s Long Road to Redemption + Jealous Hero + Aloof Aristocrat Becomes the Other Woman for Love + Mutual Devotion + No Heroine Change] In her previous life, Shen Shu was a concubine-born daughter who schemed and struggled tirelessly to marry into a marquis’s household. In the end, all she got was a place as an unfavored concubine in the marquis’s household. As she lay dying, she heard that her husband, Xie Chengyu, was going to marry t 4.3kReads7.4Score31314d adds
- 93 The Crown Prince’s White Moonlight Can’t Compare: The Soft, Sweet Girl Is His True Love 太子白月光不香，软娇娇才是真爱 Sweet romance! Palace and household intrigue + reborn heroine + transmigrated rival + face-slapping the beloved white moonlight The Crown Prince has a beloved woman. She's beautiful and talented, forthright by nature, and the orphaned daughter of a loyal martyr. She and the Crown Prince grew up together, yet she claims to see him as an older brother and refuses to enter the Eastern Palace and share a husband with the other women. The Crown Prince is utterly devoted to her and has turned down th 5.7kReads8.5Score54214d adds
- 94 The Enchanting Concubine: The System Insists I Become Beautiful and Win the Emperor’s Favor 庶女娇妩：系统非要我变美当皇后 [System + Harem Intrigue + Beauty Makeover + The Powerful Man Bows His Head + HE + Male Lead Goes Mad with Love] [Not a pure relationship on both sides; favored early on, exclusively doted on later, 1v1] On the eve of the imperial selection, Shen Niaoniao, a concubine-born daughter, was threatened by her stepmother into entering the palace to help her legitimate sister secure the emperor’s favor. For her mother’s sake, she was willing to be a pawn, but she accidentally uncovered her sister’s pl 8.8kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 95 The Emperor’s Favorite: His Beloved Consort 娇妃娘娘盛宠六宫 (Transmigration + System + palace intrigue + happily ever after with the heroine as the emperor’s sole favorite) Xu Lanshan transmigrates into the body of a palace maid who was tortured to death by her own mistress. She has no choice but to plot her escape. The only way to stay alive is to win the emperor’s favor. She sees the bright side: he’s the most powerful man in the world, and he’s young and handsome, too. Sleeping with him would be a win. But what’s with this palace-intrigue System? If s 1.2kReads8.9Score10614d adds
- 96 A Sweet, Obedient Woman Gets the Best of Life, and the Crown Prince Can't Get Enough 乖巧的女人最好命，太子欲罢不能 (P.S. Strong male lead, weaker female lead, pure historical romance, no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, sweet romance.) Wen Li'er is gentle and mild-mannered, the cherished darling of her parents. She thought she'd marry a man she loved and spend her life raising children and managing the household. But an imperial decree from the Empress made her the lowest-ranking consort in the Eastern Palace. Unable to bear the blow, Wen Li'er fell seriously ill and spent half a year bedridden. 46.3kReads8.8Score8k14d adds
- 97 The Imperial Noble Consort Is Arrogant, and the Emperor Spoils Her Without Restraint 贵妃她嚣张跋扈，皇帝宠到没边 [Flirtatious Consort vs. Love-Struck Emperor + Both Leads Are Chaste + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scum + No Suffering in Silence] Su Heyao, daughter of the prime minister, has enjoyed the emperor's favor exclusively ever since entering the palace. In just six months, she rose from an obscure concubine to the rank of Noble Consort, living in splendor and throwing her weight around in the imperial harem. That is, until the Noble Consort, beloved above all others, personally killed the emperor's w 10.6kReads7.9Score1k14d adds
- 98 Daily Life of a Qing Dynasty Secondary Consort 清穿侧福晋日常 [A sweet romance, favored early on and adored exclusively later A cold, rigid, and strangely minded Fourth Prince vs. a little concubine who just wants to eat, drink, and lie flat] Li Shenjiao, the daughter of a prefect, entered the Fourth Prince's household as a concubine after the selection. Her family background wasn't impressive, but she was quite content. Being a concubine was great: low status meant nobody paid attention to her, and she could spend her days eating and drinking. She'd plann 3.2kReads8.2Score26014d adds
- 99 The Powerful Minister’s Concubine 权臣的瘦马通房 A devoted couple, sweet romance, and a wife-chasing journey of regret A Yuan was famous in Yangzhou as a slender beauty, with skin as smooth as jade and beauty as radiant as peach blossoms. Every frown and smile of hers could captivate the heart. Later, she was sold into the Marquis of Anning's household. The old madam took a liking to her and assigned her to serve as a bedchamber maid to Wei Xun, the heir to the marquis's title. Wei Xun was aloof and indifferent by nature. More than anything, h 3.9kReads8.5Score42714d adds
- 100 The Emperor Is Aloof and Hard to Approach? He Lures Me to Share His Bed Night After Night! 帝王清冷难近？夜夜诱我共枕眠！ [Live-action audio adaptation available] [Reborn + Palace Intrigue, Not Both Virgins + Favored by the Hero Early On, His Only Love Later + Clear-Headed Beauty Rises to Power + Emperor Becomes Love-Struck Later] [Cool, Distant, Hard-to-Approach Emperor vs. Delicate, Soft, Clear-Headed Heroine] In her previous life, Lin Wanqing was kept outside the palace as the mistress of the younger brother of the reigning emperor. She thought they were in love and that she would become his princess consort. S 3kReads8.8Score34014d adds
