Novels like The Tale of Yi Xiu: Holding Hands, We Look at Each Other Without Tears
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- 1 Empresses in the Palace: Yixiu Awakens from a Long Dream and Is Reborn 甄嬛传之大梦初醒宜修重生 Yixiu had such a tragic ending. I want to give the empress a perfect one. After being reborn, she won't devote herself entirely to the emperor anymore. Her ultimate goal is to leave the palace with her children and establish her own household, then spend the rest of her days doting on her grandchildren. What a wonderful life! The ending where Qian Xiaosi takes the throne won't change. Whoever wants to be emperor can have it. Honghui definitely won't. 458Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 2 Empresses in the Palace: Yixiu Reborn Before Her Wedding 甄嬛传之宜修重生出阁前 After losing her son and her position, Ulanara Yixiu slowly descended into madness and became twisted over the course of her life. She hated her elder sister for taking her husband. She hated her aunt for favoring only the legitimate daughter. She hated Consort Hua for ruthlessly humiliating her and trampling on her dignity as Empress. She hated Zhen Huan for taking the glory of the Empress Dowager's position that should have been hers. More than anything, she hated every newborn child in the Fo 1.7kReads7.1Score10614d adds
- 3 Film and TV Crossover: After Being Reborn, Yixiu No Longer Follows the Original Plot 综影视:宜修重生后不走剧情了 [Yixiu reborn | refined self-interest | skilled at schemes and putting on a show] After being reborn, Yixiu no longer pursues love. She intends not only to secure her position as empress, but to become the one and only Empress Dowager. Yixiu’s three great advantages after being reborn: the empress’s throne, her aunt the Empress Dowager, and her elder sister Chun Yuan, the emperor’s legitimate consort. Even Zhen Huan can exploit Chun Yuan’s place in the emperor’s heart again and again. As Chun Yu 4.5kReads8.8Score48114d adds
- 4 Yixiu Reborn: Battling Her Legitimate Sister and Becoming Empress Dowager 宜修重生,斗嫡姐,当太后 [Empresses in the Palace fan fiction + wish-fulfillment + palace intrigue + villainous female lead] Yixiu is reborn on the day before her elder sister Chun Yuan enters the manor. Since her stepmother wants Chun Yuan to marry into the family so badly, Yixiu will gladly make it happen. But she will make sure the entire capital hears about it. She wants to see whether, once all of the capital finds out that a woman seduced her pregnant younger sister's husband, Chun Yuan can still become Fourth Pri 7.9kReads8.2Score63014d adds
- 5 Empresses in the Palace: After Mind Reading, Yixiu's Son Becomes Everyone's Darling 甄嬛:被读心后,宜修之子成团宠 [Mind reading + wild misunderstandings + wish fulfillment + System + adored by everyone + Empresses in the Palace derivative] Three-time Golden Rooster Award-winning actor Gu Huaian is reborn as Honghui, Yixiu’s son who died young, while filming Empresses in the Palace: The Prequel! [Ding! The Adorable Baby’s Wish System is now bound! Complete Yixiu’s wish and help the Host ascend the throne!] He looks at his tiny body, not yet fully formed in the amniotic fluid, and is stunned. Wasn’t he suppos 975Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 6 Yi Xiu Is Reborn: Driving Her White Lotus Half-Sister Mad Ninety-Nine Times 宜修重生:逼疯白莲嫡姐九十九次 Villainous heroine ⭐ Cunning palace intrigue ⭐ No pampered romance! Empress Yixiu was reborn a year before her elder sister entered the household. The first thing she saw when she woke was Fourth Master tenderly holding her hand. He said, “Xiao Yi, once you give birth to a boy, the position of principal wife will be yours!” Yixiu sneered. Did he think she didn't know what would happen next? Now that she had a second chance at life, she would never hand over her position as principal wife or her 1.6kReads9.1Score13214d adds
- 7 Yixiu Reborn: Cutting Off Love and Becoming a Virtuous Wife! 宜修重生之断情绝爱成贤妻了! Empresses in the Palace: Ula-Nara Yixiu After Yixiu died, her spirit drifted for many years. The moment Qingying cut off her hair, Yixiu let go of her obsession amid resentment and bitterness, and had a sudden realization: she was reborn! Stroking the child in her belly, the reborn Yixiu laughed coldly and put love behind her for good. She plotted and schemed her way to power, turning others’ strength to her advantage. First, she cut off her birth mother’s last hope of survival. Then she made Ro 145Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 8 Yixiu Reborn: Disbanding the Abortion Squad 宜修重生,解散打胎小队 Honghui’s death... Yinzhen’s cold heart... My own cruelty... Now that I’ve been given another life, maybe everything will turn out better. (I personally think Yixiu suffered so much. I want to give her a happy ending.) 5.6kReads9.0Score43614d adds
- 9 Empresses in the Palace: A Virtuous Empress Slaughters Her Way Through the Court and Harem! 甄嬛传:一代贤后杀穿前朝后宫! Ulanara Yixiu, who has endured a lifetime of humiliation, is reborn before Rouze enters the household. This time, she loves no one. She will focus only on her children and her power, and watch as Chun Yuan loses her beauty and the emperor’s affection. But she never expected that once she stopped loving him, that scumbag would start coming after her instead. This is not a wish-fulfillment story! This is not a wish-fulfillment story! This is absolutely not a wish-fulfillment story!!! 2.9kReads8.1Score26814d adds
- 10 Empresses in the Palace: Blossoms in Pairs 甄嬛传之花开并蒂 [The cover may be ugly, but the story is a lot of fun. We’ve found each other in this vast sea of books, so why not come in and take a look?] Originally titled My Younger Sister, Yixiu: Helping My Sister Become the Epitome of Imperial Grace, also known as Empresses in the Palace: Flowers Blooming Together The new book Divine Beast Descends: Transmigrated as Consort Hua’s Precious Darling is complete [Transmigrate into a book + historical romance + transmigrate into a TV drama + reborn + born in 2.1kReads8.7Score20314d adds
- 11 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
- 12 My Years as a Benevolent Mother in the Qing Palace 我在清宫做圣母的那些年 [A vengeful ghost from a mass grave × a scheming palace-conquering beauty × a golden finger bigger than the sky] Shanyue, a ghost from a mass grave, is reborn in the worlds of Empresses in the Palace and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace as a “living bodhisattva,” carrying a body full of resentment. Save the consorts? Soothe the children? She turns the consorts against one another and uses others to assassinate royal heirs. Beneath the compassionate guise of Guanyin lurks a demon from the depths o 31.3kReads8.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 13 Qing Transmigration: The Side Consort Has an Assist System 清穿:侧福晋有助攻系统 A word of caution: This is a novel, not history, so don't scrutinize it. The names and anything else that differs from history are all invented for the story. If that's not your thing, read at your own risk. [Alternate Qing Dynasty + Assist System + Everyday Leveling Up + Raising Children] Song Shurou transmigrates and becomes a Song Concubine in the early years of the Yongzheng Emperor's reign. Song Concubine has a breakout? System: Don't worry, Shurou. Just say one sentence to Yongzheng, and w 14.3kReads9.3Score96414d adds
- 14 Qing Dynasty Crossover: When a Femme Fatale Becomes a Cannon Fodder 综清穿:当祸水穿成炮灰后 [This story is complete. The new story, The Frail, Bewitching Favorite with the Cannon-Fodder Heroine’s Script, is now underway.] [Everyone’s darling + alternate history + System + wish fulfillment + romantic rival showdown. This is not a pure Qing Dynasty story, and history will change!!!] After dying as Zhao Hede, beloved consort of Emperor Cheng of Han, she entered the Quick Transmigration Bureau and made deals with figures from history in hopes of bringing her elder sister back to life. Worl 16.4kReads9.3Score99714d adds
- 15 Film and TV Crossover: A Shi 综影视:阿十 World 45: Tang Dynasty, Li Mao (ongoing...) The Great Dao gives rise to fifty, of which forty-nine are manifest, while the last remains elusive. Those controlled by fate give everything they have for a chance to change their destiny and rewrite their lives. This time, at last, they find the perfect ending! World 44: The Glory, Yin Yuji World 43: Chong Zi, Wen Zi World 42: Story of Yanxi Palace, Chen Bi World 41: The Knockout, Jiang Nianyi World 40: A Dream Behind a Crystal Curtain, Wang Lvp ping 40.6kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds














