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- 1 I Failed to Leave the Palace and Became the Emperor's Most Cherished One 出宫不成，反成了陛下的心尖宠 "Not a clean romance, not a strong female lead, with exclusive devotion later on." Zhou Ying is a junior palace maid. To get enough to eat in the palace, she often embroiders pieces and asks palace guards to take them outside and sell them for her. Later, the guard who used to help her disappears, so she has no choice but to find someone else. This time, however, the guard she finds is nothing like the gentle one before. He is stern and taciturn, and at first Zhou Ying doesn't even dare look him 7.3kReads7.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 2 The Physician Consort Qing Dai 医妃青黛 Strong Female Lead... Poison Doctor... Wuxia... The hellfire of karma scorched her soul, and venom that ate to the bone gnawed at her organs... She remembered the icy lake water rushing into her lungs, remembered the face of her legitimate older sister, Shen Yurou, on the shore, twisted with jealousy yet streaked with hypocritical tears, remembered the frost-cold indifference in the eyes of her stepmother, Madam Xu. Most of all, she remembered the unbearable resentment and boundless hatred that 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Little Palace Maid, I’ve Set My Sights on You 小宫女，朕要定你了 In her previous life, she was the daughter of a great general. For love, she endured humiliation and became a concubine, only to have the man she loved scheme against her and destroy her family. Reborn, she becomes the lowliest palace maid in the imperial palace. All she wants is to seduce the emperor, become his favorite consort, and avenge herself for her past life. In public, he is timid and meek. In private, he is courageous, cunning, and devious. After years of keeping his head down, all he 387Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn Emperor Begs Me for Affection After I Become a Palace Maid 穿成小宫女，重生帝王求我垂怜 [Mind Reading + Transmigration + Rebirth + One-on-One Romance + Sweet Romance + Ancient Imperial Harem] Yun Jinxia transmigrates into the body of a palace maid. The moment she opens her eyes, she's faced with a horrifying scene: she's about to be beaten to death. Even worse, the memories she's inherited are incomplete. What is she supposed to do? Is this the end for her? Luckily, there's still hope. She can actually hear the emperor's thoughts. But can someone explain why this emperor has been r 37Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 5 Retired Palace Maid Takes Down Scumbags Online 退休宫女在线虐渣 She thought she'd be able to enjoy life after retiring! Then her scheming, sanctimonious younger sister set her up? Now retired, she takes down scumbags left and right and puts every troublemaker in their place. She makes a little money on the side, and life is just lovely! Who could have guessed she'd get pestered by the little tiger she watched grow up? “Big Sister, the palace maid, how about I let you manage all my money from now on?” Her: “...” 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Palace Maid's Alluring Charms: The Emperor Grips Her Waist and Kisses Her Every Day 宫婢娇软媚人，皇上日日掐腰吻 Zhu Jinrun was a low-ranking palace maid at Yimei Garden. The matrons were jealous of her beauty and said she was bound to set her sights on the emperor. As it turned out, they were right, though he was the one who fell for her first. The mighty emperor clung to a little maid and refused to let go, even if it killed him. After the Empress Dowager took a liking to her, Zhu Jinrun was assigned to Shoukang Palace. The palace staff said the emperor visited the Empress Dowager every day out of filial 201Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 7 The Little Empress of the Imperial Kitchen 御膳房小皇后 A top chef at a five-star hotel transmigrates into the body of a little girl, only to be sold into the palace as a lowly maid by a rotten old man. Would a great chef be content with being a palace maid? She should at least be head chef in the Imperial Kitchen! Then she happens to come across a trash can that can listen to her vent. How could she pass up an opportunity like that? But when she starts complaining that the emperor's meals are getting stranger every day, and that he keeps specificall 45Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 8 The Palace Maid Dances on the Blade's Edge, and the Mysophobic Tyrant Breaks His Rules Every Day 宫女刀尖蹦迪，洁癖暴君日日破戒 [The rating is a little low since the book just started, but it'll go up. Don't let the score put you off!] Funny, sunny heroine + seemingly sweet but secretly ruthless hero + intense push and pull + healing body and soul + 1v1 HE They say the tyrant Xiao Jingheng is a madman. He's killed countless people, has an extreme aversion to dirt, and can't stand anyone getting close to him. But Qiao Zhaixing isn't afraid of him. She transmigrates into the body of a palace maid serving the tyrant. Sh 39Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 9 Pear Blossoms in Chang’an, a Song of Prosperous Love 梨落长安，盛世宠歌 A forbidden romance of push and pull: An emperor takes a married woman by force. First captivated by her at a glance, he draws near step by step, carefully plotting his approach, until he is hopelessly lost in her. A Western Regions dancer x a Central Plains emperor. This is not a story centered on a powerful heroine. The heroine is innocent and resilient, but not saintly. The ruthless hero is gentle only with her. Sweet, doting everyday romance. High-stakes political intrigue at every turn: Rat 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Reborn, I Tear Up Five Death Writs, Expose the White Lotus, and Seize the Throne 重生后，五张索命贴撕白莲篡江山 [Back from Hell! The Disgraced Concubine Stirs Up the Great Zhou!] Before she was reborn, she was the family's castoff. Her birth mother died a tragic death, and she herself was sold to a blacksmith. After being reborn, she returned from the cursed depths of hell as an avenging demon, bearing the Five-Colored Leaf! “One leaf kindles vengeance, two leaves burn away sin, three leaves slay kin, four leaves throw the court into chaos, and five leaves... make a king!” She enters the prince's man —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 After Becoming a Maid in the Eastern Palace, She Became the Crown Prince’s Dearest 东宫为婢后，成了太子心尖宠 [Mad-dog Crown Prince x Sweet, adorable palace maid] After offending a eunuch in the Imperial Household Department, Pingxi is sent to the Eastern Palace to care for the deposed crown prince imprisoned there. One of his legs is crippled, and he suffers from a strange illness that makes him kill people at the slightest provocation. After entering the Eastern Palace, Pingxi's only hope is to turn twenty-five, leave the palace, and reunite with her family. The first time she sees the crown prince, h 24.6kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
- 12 The Palace Maid Zhaozhao 宫女朝朝 [Palace intrigue + favored consort + more children, more blessings golden finger: the ability to bear children] Zhaozhao was stunningly beautiful, yet she was only a lowly palace maid. That meant she would be bullied and assigned by her mistress to a sadistic eunuch. But Zhaozhao wanted to live, too. At first, she knelt before the most exalted man in the realm, tears glistening in her beautiful eyes as she spoke in a voice brimming with seductive tenderness: “I beg Your Majesty to take pity on t 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A Palace Maid from the Start, the Emperor’s Beloved 开局成宫女，皇帝的心头宠 [Palace intrigue + satisfying revenge + romance] After entering the palace, she becomes the noble consort’s personal maid, the only person who can get close to her. In this imperial harem, countless eyes are fixed on her, and she can feel their greedy gazes. “Your Majesty, although I’m only a servant, I’m the person Her Highness trusts most. You...” “I want the truth.” In that moment, it was as if every sound in heaven and earth had faded away, leaving only his deep, resonant voice beside her ea 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The General's Concubine-Born Daughter Survives to the End by Acting Fragile 将军府庶女靠装柔弱，苟到大结局 [Born into a New Life in the Womb, Ancient Court Intrigue, Slow-Burn Ensemble Cast, Female Lead Feigns Illness, Plays the Fool to Catch Her Enemies Off Guard] Protagonist: Jin Zhaozhao After getting caught up in a hospital dispute, Jin Zhaozhao dies and is born anew into the body of the frail, sickly third daughter of a general's household. The Jin family has earned great merit, and its members are renowned loyalists, with three generations of outstanding men. Her grandfather, father, and eldest 3kReads6.9Score24414d adds
- 15 The Palace Maid's Rise from Idle to Influential 咸鱼宫女升职记 Reborn as a low-ranking palace maid, all she wants is to last until she turns twenty-five and is released from the palace. So she can enjoy life once she gets out, she plans to keep her head down while she's there. But somehow, by quietly keeping to herself, she ends up becoming the most powerful woman in the imperial harem... 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Diary of a Palace Musician 深宫乐师日记 Jiang Zhi, the head of the Music Bureau, unexpectedly becomes one of the emperor's consorts. She thinks her life will be consumed by the schemes of the women in the palace, but instead, she becomes the emperor's most favored consort. Jiang Zhi says, “This isn't what I trained for!” Content warnings: 1. The male lead is not a virgin! He isn't! He's the emperor! 2. The male lead is attracted to the female lead at first sight, while she falls for him over time. 3. The female lead always gets reveng 29Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 17 I Traveled to Ancient Times and Won Over the Cold-Hearted General with My Cooking 穿到古代，我靠厨艺拿捏冷面将军 Food blogger Su Jixiang transmigrates into the body of a palace maid in the Cold Palace. What do the masters' schemes have to do with a lowly maid like her? She thought she could keep her head down and lie low until she turned twenty-five, when she'd be released from the palace to live like a little rich lady. Who could have guessed the emperor would flee! As a palace remnant of the deposed emperor's court, Su Jixiang is given to a general guarding the frontier. The palace loses a beloved Auntie 67Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 18 The Dutiful Palace Maid Rises to Empress 乖乖宫婢，一路封后 One promise: If it’s not sweet, you don’t pay! Sweet romance! Sweet romance! Sweet romance! [Beautiful, gentle little palace maid × cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is inexperienced | Possessive pursuit | Devoted from the start | Hero worships the heroine to the extreme] Chu Linyuan is a tyrant in the eyes of the world, cruel in his methods and unpredictable in his moods. Zhizhang is merely an ordinary palace maid. Delicate and lovely, she wants no wealth or stat 7.2kReads8.8Score90514d adds
- 19 Mocking the Spring Breeze 嘲春风 [A spoiled princess and a mad tyrant, the second male lead chases his wife in vain, marriage first, love later] Yun Chuchu and Xie Lan'an loved each other for ten years. His devotion was renowned throughout the land. He would even give up his life just to make her smile. Then Yun Chuchu left the capital for half a year. Sick with longing, he found himself a substitute for her. When Yun Chuchu returned, he still kept the substitute by his side, carefully looking after her in every way. When both 3.7kReads5.1Score30714d adds
- 20 The Sweet Little Palace Maid and the Mad Emperor's Wanton Affection 娇软小宫女，疯批帝王肆意宠 Yao Qing's goal in life: save enough silver to leave the palace. Then she met Xiao Linyuan, the emperor who spoiled her without limit. After that, her whole outlook changed. 135Reads7.1Score1714d adds
- 21 By Heaven's Mandate 奉天承运 She’s an ordinary office worker from the twentieth century, but never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of an ordinary maid serving the exalted emperor. She really is ordinary wherever she goes. So she spends her days slacking off right under the emperor’s nose. But she takes it too far and catches his attention, and then a single imperial edict sends her out of the palace. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Emperor Is Infertile, Yet He and His Scheming Palace Maid Have a Secret Romance and Many Children 皇帝不孕，和心机宫女地下恋多胎 [A scheming, beautiful young palace maid + a cunning, possessive emperor] What does it feel like to have a secret affair with the emperor in ancient times? Su Jin transmigrates into the body of a nine-year-old beggar girl in ancient times. With a little luck and a lot of cunning, she makes her way into the palace and becomes a favorite of the empress. She never expects to catch the eye of the abstinent, aloof crown prince as well. She doesn’t want to be the other woman, but imperial power rules 436Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 23 The Palace Maid Rises to Power, and the Entire Harem Hopes She’ll Be Deposed 娘娘宫女上位，满宫盼她被废 [No transmigration or rebirth; ruthless heroine; neither lead is a good person, so don’t read if you mind; heroine plays the helpless green tea at first, then fights back hard; he devotes himself to her later on] Pinglan is a maid serving the unpopular eldest princess. When the princess’s mother, Consort Rong, is deposed, she pleads with Pinglan to look after her daughter before she dies. Pinglan agrees. Not long afterward, the eldest princess is adopted by Consort Yu. But Consort Yu loses the e 200Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 24 One Hundred and Eight Babies: I Can’t Stop Giving Birth in the Imperial Palace 一百零八胎：我在皇宫生不停 When Jiang Wanwan, the 108th candidate for the imperial harem, entered the palace, the entire inner court trembled. The old eunuch sighed as he registered her: “A lucky number, in the hope that the young mistresses will fill the palace with children.” But everyone knew that the emperor had had no children in ten years. The imperial physicians had taken so many pulses that their hands cramped, and the concubines felt sick at the smell of the herbal medicine they were forced to drink. It was only 1.9kReads7.5Score25014d adds
- 25 The Fertile Little Palace Maid Is Sweet and Soft, Driving the Mad Emperor Wild 易孕小宫女娇且软，馋哭疯批帝王 [Sweet, tearful little palace maid & barren, deranged emperor] [Not both virgins | Coercive romance | He dotes on her exclusively after they meet | She later conceives and rises in status | Light palace intrigue | Powerful man, weak woman] Su Mian had seen too many concubines lose the emperor’s favor, some even losing their lives while competing for it. The only rule she lived by as a palace maid was: disguise herself, save money, and leave the palace! Who knew that one unexpected collision woul 15.1kReads8.5Score2k14d adds
- 26 The Sweet, Seductive Palace Maid Flirts with the Crown Prince, Then Runs Away 娇娇宫女媚又软，撩完太子她就跑 [Clear-headed, calculating palace maid vs. obsessive, lovesick emperor; reborn revenge + palace intrigue + satisfying revenge + romantic rivalry + running away while pregnant + sugary romance + the emperor chases his wife] In her previous life, Yun Xuesu was a low-ranking palace maid. Her fiancé served in the palace as a guard, and she gave him her monthly wages and did whatever he told her. In the end, he handed her over to a wicked concubine to be used as a blood beauty treatment. Locked in a 86Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 27 The Tyrant Can Read Minds, and His Palace Maid Rules the World with His Love 自带暴君读心术，小宫女娇宠天下 Transmigrate into a book + Tyrant + Hear His Inner Thoughts + His One and Only + Palace Intrigue + Wild Rewrite Overnight, An Xin, a college student from a village in northern China, transmigrates into a book! She lands in an obscure novel. She has arrived in the era when the tyrant Gao Gong rules all of Northern Wei! Ten minutes until Gao Gong suffers food poisoning and executes every palace maid and eunuch present! After barely escaping disaster, An Xin discovers that she has the role of a 22Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 28 I Reached the Pinnacle of Life with a Gacha System 我靠抽卡系统走向人生巅峰 Su Yao was the most unremarkable palace maid in the imperial palace: plain-looking and constantly bullied. Then she picked up a shabby little stone and somehow bonded with a Card-Drawing System! Peerless beauty] [Naturally seductive] [SR: Unforgettable memory] Every card she drew gave her a cheat-like boost. She became breathtakingly beautiful, a beauty capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. She only wanted to keep her head down and stay alive. Who knew her looks would be so outrageously stunni 259Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 29 From Palace Maid to Imperial Consort 宫女成妃 [Read before starting: This story is set in an entirely fictional dynasty. Some details are original, while others are inspired by various historical dynasties, but it has no connection to actual history. This is just an ordinary romance novel. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Avoid starving to death, live peacefully as a little palace maid, leave the palace when she came of age, use her savings to find an honest man to marry, and spend the rest of her life in quiet contentment. That was 156Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 30 After His Little Concubine Ran Away, the Cold Tutor Turned Dark 小通房逃跑后，清冷太傅黑化了 [Possessive taking by force + both leads sexually inexperienced + age gap + untouchable beauty brought low + groveling redemption arc] Chuntao only wanted to be a dutiful maid, marry her childhood sweetheart someday, and live a quiet, ordinary life. But then the aloof, high-and-mighty tutor, who seemed so pure and dispassionate to everyone else, forced her to become his concubine-in-waiting. He even said he would make her a concubine once his new bride arrived. She acted meek and grateful to him 1.9kReads7.4Score21114d adds
- 31 The Little Palace Maid Who Ruled the Harem 小宫女宠冠后宫 [A pampered little palace maid × a possessive, scheming emperor; pseudo-childhood sweethearts; doted on from the start; happy ending] When A Ruo was seven, the Grand Empress Dowager found her and brought her into the palace. She had been raised by her ever since. Though she was a maid, everyone in the palace addressed her as Miss A Ruo. Life couldn’t have been sweeter. But her carefree days didn’t last long. After four years away from the capital, she returned to hear something unbelievable. The 4.9kReads7.5Score55214d adds
- 32 The Emperor’s Favorite Lady-in-Waiting 皇上独宠御前掌事宫女 Shen Ru was sold into the palace as a child. Later, thanks to Consort Shu's great kindness, she lived a fairly comfortable life. But Consort Shu was eventually framed for practicing witchcraft. The emperor was furious and ordered her death. Shen Ru followed the young Second Prince, Situ Yi, to the Cold Palace, where the two depended on each other from then on. A few years later, fortune finally turned in their favor: the emperor and the crown prince died one after another. To preserve her positi 1.9kReads8.4Score13614d adds
- 33 My Identity as a Woman Is Exposed: The Mad Tyrant Grips My Waist 女儿身暴露，我被疯批暴君掐腰宠 The main story is complete! [Transmigrate into a book + lighthearted + System + 1V1 + devoted couple] Song Tang transmigrates into a story about a tyrant, becoming a newly recruited eunuch in the Imperial Household Department and unlocking an unlimited golden finger. System: Win the tyrant’s heart and become his favorite consort, and you can go home. You’ll also receive a hundred million yuan. You have three months. Song Tang’s eyes light up. “Piece of cake!” Little Dengzi angers His Majesty, an 214Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 34 From Laundry Maid to the Emperor’s Closest Attendant 从浣衣奴到天子近侍 (Not a wish-fulfillment story. This is the story of a kindhearted, somewhat lucky palace maid who rises to a high position.)(A small ensemble cast.) Qingxu is a maid in the Laundry Bureau who just wants a simple, easy life. So she spends her savings to move to Yong Alley and take a cushy job as a palace cleaner. One act of kindness leads to an endless stream of requests. Her continued secret help ends up making her a prince's personal maid. The prince comes through for her, and she eventually co 7.4kReads8.1Score83914d adds
- 35 I Survive in the Imperial Harem Through Gossip 我靠八卦立足后宫 The emperor is both annoyed and pleased. He’s annoyed that while traveling incognito, a palace maid forced him into a food-sharing arrangement. But he’s pleased that she’s a delightful confidante who gossips about the harem every day. “Consort An is stupid and greedy.” “Consort Xian is having an affair with a guard.” Then one day, the maid smiles sweetly and gossips to the emperor: “I heard His Majesty is impotent…” 593Reads8.4Score10814d adds
- 36 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 707Reads8.8Score10514d adds
- 37 The Emperor Is a Madman, and His Seductive Palace Maid Has Had Enough 帝王太疯批，娇媚宫女她不干了 [Harem intrigue + fleeing while pregnant] [Scheming palace maid x unhinged emperor. Both leads are calculating and morally gray. He treats her badly at first, then chases her and devotes himself to her alone. They scheme and spar against each other.] After her family was destroyed and their home confiscated, Jiang Chu, once a noblewoman from a prestigious clan, entered the palace as a maid. She carefully plotted her revenge, waiting for the chance to escape and regain her freedom once she had se 1.7kReads8.9Score18414d adds
- 38 The Scheming Palace Maid: The System Makes Me the Emperor's Sole Favorite 心机宫女，系统让我独宠后宫 A palace maid from the Department of Internal Affairs binds herself to a strange System, and from then on, she has a cheat code. When competing for the emperor's favor, she relies on the System, but even more on her own cunning. Improved skin, mastery of music, massage skills, loyalty charms, mind-reading... She uses every card at exactly the right moment. [Palace Intrigue + System + Comeback + Power Fantasy + Scheming Heroine] [Watch Shen Yinshuang rise from the Department of Internal Affair 6.2kReads8.2Score75314d adds
- 39 The Tyrant Is Sick! He Loves Hearing Her Cry 有病！暴君就爱听她哭 The rating is low because it was just posted! [Transmigrate into a book + devoted couple + System + sweet romance + forced love] [A teary-eyed crybaby VS a tyrant who won't hesitate to have you beaten to death] Even if you cracked Shen Jiajia's head open, she'd never have guessed that staying up late to binge a show would get her killed. She wished she could swallow a whole basket of regret pills, but no such things existed. She'd made her own bed, so she had to lie in it. The surroundings were 229Reads8.4Score1014d adds
- 40 Step by Step to Glory 步步荣宠 Mingyue was sold as a child and became a maid in a marquis’s household. After the young master took an interest in her, she was sent to the palace and became a low-ranking palace maid. Step by step, she rose from palace maid to empress. 9kReads9.0Score79214d adds
- 41 The Empress Is Sweet and Soft, and the Tyrant's Most Beloved 皇后娇甜软糯，暴君大大心尖宠 [Both leads are devoted to each other + he dotes only on her + age gap + sweet and flirtatious heroine + happy ending] (The rating is still new, so it's a little low!) Seven-year age gap! Obsessive, brutal emperor × delicate little crybaby Shen Yunzhi entered the palace hoping only to eat well and lie flat. Instead, she tumbled into the tyrant's arms, tears pooling in her eyes as she whimpered, “It hurts...” Yuan Shuo looked down at the timid young girl in his arms, his stern brows knitting sli 391Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 42 Begonias Burn, the Moon Fades, and the Night Sings of Yu 海棠烬月，煜夜如歌 [Alternate Wei-Jin-era setting | Past and present lives | Childhood sweethearts | Stealing someone else's love] The Zhaoyi Consort who took her own life in her previous life has become the unattainable obsession of a scumbag emperor in this one? Reborn at fifteen, she attends the elegant Lanting gathering, performs like flowing water from a high mountain, disguises herself as a man, and becomes famous throughout the land. But her face, so similar to the emperor's beloved, draws her into an eve 237Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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
- 44 After Getting a Healing System, I Went on a Rampage in the Imperial Harem 获得治愈系统后，我在后宫杀疯了 Lin Xiaowan, a palace maid in the laundry rooms, is envied for her beauty. Trapped in a desperate situation and on the brink of death, she unexpectedly gains a System golden finger. She advances step by step, winning hearts as her first priority, and becomes a favored consort. From then on, she proceeds carefully and plots with cunning, laying her plans and winning the emperor's heart one step at a time until she rises to become empress. 611Reads6.4Score10514d adds
- 45 Tame the Little Bunny, and the Emperor Will Fall for Her on His Own 驯到小白兔，帝王他会自己沦陷 “Xiao Jiao, you’ll have to beg me.” [Tyrant + Devoted Couple + Face-Slapping and Falling Hard + Sweet, Delicate Beauty + Coercive Possession + A Little Love Triangle + A Short Groveling Chase] A foolish beauty who knows she’s foolish VS a powerful, deep-minded emperor who rules with an iron fist Rong Jiao is timid and afraid of death, but also delicate and pampered, with a rosy face and peach-blossom cheeks that make people want to protect her. One day, she is sold to a brothel. The disguised ty 124Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 46 Don’t Come Any Closer! I’m Just a Maid! 你们别过来！我就只是个丫鬟啊！ [Everyone’s Darling + Love Rival Showdowns + Sweet Fluff + Silly Comedy] Ye Chuxia is a seasoned miser who loves reading novels. After devouring countless melodramatic romances, she suddenly finds herself inside a novel as a cannon-fodder maid. She decides to enjoy the drama and ship couples from the front row while making money. She plans to retire once she’s rolling in cash, but... can someone tell her what’s with all these men suddenly showing up? Ye Chuxia: “Hey, hey, hey! Aren’t you all sup 308Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 47 After Seducing the Sinister Emperor, He Goes on a Stable Spiral 勾了阴鸷帝王后，他稳定发疯 The rating just came out, so it’ll go up. [A tearful, fake-innocent little flower vs. a sinister, obsessive emperor] [Taking by force + Obsessive, deranged yandere + Imprisoned with no chance of escape + Faking her death] The male lead grows more and more twisted, obsessive, and vicious as the story progresses. Tang Bao’er hurriedly packs her things and heads straight into the Eastern Palace of the crown prince. She does it not only to escape trouble, but also because she knows that the “bloodth 1.6kReads8.6Score13014d adds
- 48 A Palace Maid’s Life as the Emperor’s Favorite 宫女承宠日常 Wei Rongxiang was a palace maid who served tea before the emperor. One day, she was abducted and dragged onto the imperial bed, where the emperor forced himself on her. Everyone called her Aunt Rongxiang, yet treated her like a mistress of the palace. Wei Rongxiang entered the imperial harem, where the emperor favored her every night, but she always kept a clear head. She watched him favor his concubines, watched him surround himself with wives and concubines, watched his children dote on him, w 8.7kReads7.8Score53814d adds
- 49 The Trial Bride's Maid 试婚丫鬟 Jiang Shu was born into lowly circumstances, worse off than an ordinary maid. She would never have been chosen to test a bridegroom’s suitability. She was also more clear-headed than others: she wouldn’t fall for her master or let him grow attached to her. She would devote herself to helping her own young lady test her future husband and pave the way for her. Her master treated her as a substitute, and she endured it. He trampled her self-respect into the dirt, and she endured that too. He wante 1.7kReads8.5Score32414d adds
- 50 After Marrying the Heir, the Mad Emperor Seized Her as His Wife 嫁给世子后，疯批帝王强夺她为妻 [The rating just came in, so it will go up] [Abduction and domination + the emperor takes his minister's wife + palace intrigue and political scheming + both leads have past relationships + the heroine is doted on after entering the palace + a powerful man humbles himself for love] [Clear-headed heroine who takes life as it comes × ruthless, devoted hero] She was selected as a commoner girl to serve in the palace. Hoping to keep her head down until she could leave, she never expected the Crown 1.7kReads8.1Score10914d adds
