Novels like I Became Xia Dongchun and Read Minds Through the Harem
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Became Xia Dongchun and Read Minds Through the Harem, best match first.
- 1 Empresses in the Palace: Yixiu, the Concubine-Born Daughter 甄嬛传之庶女宜修 A revenge story where they destroy each other: If you won’t let me be happy, I won’t let you be happy either. I’ll make you pay for deceiving me, for allowing my elder sister to steal the position of primary consort, and for letting her kill my son. I’ll make you give birth again and again. I’ll let you fight over the throne, only to end up making someone else the bride. A joyful revenge story about Yixiu, with a golden finger, where she sits back and watches the show. 130Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Empresses in the Palace Battle Royale: I'm the Craftiest One in the Harem 甄嬛传大逃杀，后宫我最茶 When Yixiu plots to harm Chun Yuan and drag the heroine into it. The heroine: “Oh, Noble Consort Sister serves Her Majesty the Empress more attentively than even her personal maids do. Unlike me, all I know how to do is pray to the gods. Sisters De Fei, Xian Fei, Duan... None of us get to eat delicacies steamed in banana leaves or drink fresh, delicious almond tea. Only Her Majesty does. The Emperor and Empress are so devoted to each other, and so are the sisters. How enviable.” Noble Consort Xi 98Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 3 Film and TV Crossover: The Cannon Fodder Sees the Ending 综影视：当炮灰看到结局 (A word of warning: Lianyi is the golden finger for the supporting characters, letting them see their own endings ahead of time. The female lead herself is just here to enjoy the show.) After cultivating in seclusion and seeking enlightenment for a thousand years, Lianyi opens her eyes again and finally understands. This is hilarious. She hasn’t figured out a thing. As she’s about to leave her cave to find some fun, she notices something. Huh? Where did all these glowing little stones come from? 2.3kReads8.1Score101Shelves
- 4 Empresses in the Palace: Yang Yuhuan’s Enchanting Charms 甄嬛传之杨玉环千娇宠 Yang Yuhuan, the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, is reborn more than three hundred years later, during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing dynasty. In her previous life, she went down in history as a noble consort. After a lifetime in the palace, whether she was remembered as a virtuous empress or a bewitching concubine mattered little to her; such labels were merely a part of her reputation. In this life, she possesses a miraculous Medicine Spirit Space. She is determined to 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Yixiu Is Reborn the Day Before Giving Zhen Huan a Lucky Bag! 宜修重生在给甄嬛系福袋前一天！ Zhen Huan was reborn one day before Yixiu gave her a lucky-bag charm! 307Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Transmigrated into Empresses in the Palace as Baojuan, Sent a Little Bird, and Became the Emperor's Favorite 穿越甄嬛传成宝鹃送小鸟当宠妃 Transmigrated into Empresses in the Palace as Baojuan, she sends a little bird to become a favored consort 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Gentle Yet Unhinged An Lingrong Kills the Emperor 温柔而疯批的安陵容将皇上给嘎了 [Rebirth golden finger + unhinged villainess + ruthless and loveless + focused entirely on her career] First world, chapters 1–77: Before An Lingrong could make a move, she joined forces with Consort Hua and sent everyone flying, including the portly Emperor. In the end, Nian Gengyao became emperor. Second world, chapters 78–200: An Lingrong transmigrates into Wei Yingluo. She brutally takes on Ruyi, Hailan, and Jinyuyan, then joins Empress Zhen Huan and becomes her strongest protector. Jinzhon 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Reborn as An Lingrong: The Sparrow Takes Flight 重生安陵容之雀登枝 A reborn An Lingrong story that stays close to the original. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story! Everything is built on a logical foundation. There isn’t much sisterly devotion, and this story is somewhat unkind to the original Zhen Huan, but it will not torment women or glorify men. The biggest villains in the book are not the empress, but the emperor, who falls in love with one woman after another, and the imperial harem system. So, 432Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Seeking Immortality Through a Multiverse Crossover 在综穿中寻觅长生 Xi Qiao died... but not completely. When she comes to, the wonderful woman from her previous life has already sent her to the little world of Empresses in the Palace. The wonderful woman even tossed her a golden finger: a captive System. Xi Qiao has no interest in binding herself to a System or becoming a concubine, but the System offers achievement rewards. The ranks of Noble Consort, Imperial Noble Consort, and Empress all come with a prize draw, and the prizes sound amazing. Well, then... She 4.1kReads8.4Score203Shelves
- 10 Transmigrating as Shen Meizhuang: With a System, I Rule the Harem 穿越沈眉庄开启系统后宫横着走 [System + Shen Meizhuang transmigrates + missions + face-slapping] Modern e-commerce customer service rep Shen Meimei works 996 every day. One day, after working overtime for three days and nights straight, she collapses at her desk from exhaustion. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated as Shen Meizhuang, pregnant and anxiously waiting for news of Zhen Huan’s blood test. Bao Que hurries to Broken Jade Pavilion with the news: Zhen Huan is in danger. And so the story begins! 3.4kReads9.0Score128Shelves
- 11 Transmigrating as Yixiu: The Day Before Giving Zhen Huan a Lucky Pouch 穿越宜修之给甄嬛系福袋前一天 [Transmigration + no System + putting Zhen Huan through the wringer + the empress unleashes her full force + Zhen Huan fans, stay away + the empress gets a makeover every day] On her way home from work, a young woman spots a strange bracelet by the roadside. Curious about what it is, she bends down to pick it up, only to be sent flying by a passing car! For no apparent reason, the girl transmigrates into Empresses in the Palace and becomes the unfortunate empress, Ulanara Yixiu. The bracelet she 724Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 12 To Hell with the Civet Cat! This Time, I'm Getting Rich! 去他的果子狸，这次老娘要暴富！ (No goody-two-shoes heroine, just mind-bending palace intrigue! If you hate Huanbi in Empresses in the Palace, this isn’t for you! Told in first person.) (The early story moves slowly. Even reborn, Huanbi is still a servant and will feel loyalty to those she once cared for! Later, she’ll take the world by storm!) (Pumpkin seeds and little stools are ready! Ladies, please come sit in the front row and watch! If you’re not satisfied, I’ll kowtow to you!) (The plot has been changed! The plot has be 301Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 13 Transmigrated as Yixiu, I Just Want to Watch Zhen Huan Have a Bad Time 穿成宜修，只想看甄嬛倒霉 Lighthearted comedy I’m Zhen Huan’s ultimate anti-fan, and I’ve been reborn as Empress Yixiu. A fight for the harem? Think bigger. Before I knew it, I’d turned the imperial harem into one big “loving family.” Consort Hua is my bestie, and Ling Rong is the rising star I’m grooming. As for that old geezer Fat Ju? He can go fan himself somewhere far away! A few dozen chapters in, I get bound to a Gossip System with a clear mission: Follow the latest gossip online, keep the situation under control, 8.7kReads8.7Score855Shelves
- 14 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 1.6kReads8.7Score116Shelves
- 15 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 500Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 16 Hua Fei Livestreams a Dramatic Rewrite of Empresses in the Palace and Takes Over the Palace 华妃直播爆改甄嬛传，大杀四方 [Livestreaming\Transmigration\Rebirth\Palace Intrigue] When a bit-part actress who has spent years drifting between film sets, and a level-ten scholar of Empresses in the Palace, transmigrates into Empresses in the Palace as Consort Hua, a hopeless romantic, she is shaken to her core. I, Nian Shilan, have looks that make me the finest beauty among the Han Banners, and I'm a general's daughter with a distinguished family background. My brother, Nian Gengyao, is one of the court's greatest heroes. 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Immersed in the World of Zhen Huan, the Noble Lady Is Floating Away Again 沉浸式甄嬛，贵人又飘了 An unlucky office drone was transmigrated in the womb as Lady Fucha. As the Fucha clan’s daughter grew up and entered the palace, Wen Ru recalled her past life and suddenly realized she was in serious trouble. A check-in mini-program for Empresses in the Palace... So this was Empresses in the Palace, after all. Unfortunately, she hadn’t watched much of it, so she’d just have to follow the prompts for now. Immersive transmigration. I heard the timid yet arrogant Lady Fucha wants to get promoted, 2.6kReads8.9Score136Shelves
- 18 Empresses in the Palace: Tales of the Supporting Characters 甄嬛传之配角列传 The palace is full of intrigue. I suddenly felt like writing about the people who were made cannon fodder by Zhen Huan. 1. Yu Ying'er (coasts to victory, female lead has no brains) 2. Xia Dongchun 3. Lü Yingfeng 4. Fucha Peiyun (a little idea, not very long) 5. An Lingrong 6. Yixiu 7. Huanbi 8. Li Jingyan (Consort Qi) 9. Meng Jingxian 10. Shen Meizhuang 11. Guajiajia Wenyuan 12. Fei Yunyan 13. Cao Qinmo 14. Fang Chunyi 2.1kReads8.2Score103Shelves
- 19 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—Shelves
- 20 Empresses in the Palace: Hua Fei’s Soul Takes Over, and Ruyi Takes Over Yixiu 甄嬛传之魂穿华妃VS如懿穿宜修 Nian Mo wakes up to find herself transformed into the breathtakingly beautiful, haughty, and overbearing Consort Hua, with a mission to bear a son of the Nian family and become Empress Dowager. She thinks she’s about to embark on a proper palace power struggle, but right from the start she runs into Ruyi, who has transmigrated into Yixiu’s body. Ruyi is completely ridiculous, doing nothing but pouting with her nail guards on. Can they even have a proper palace power struggle like this? Will Ruyi 229Reads—Score169Shelves
- 21 Film and TV Crossover: The Villainess Gets a Winning Hand 综影视：当恶女拥有了好牌 [Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Ulanara Yixiu] Yixiu is reborn as Fuca Langhua, becoming an empress with power, a child, and an illustrious family. She bullies the weak and takes on Zhen Huan. [Parody: The Spider Cave from Empresses in the Palace] CPs: Niaohuan, Chun Yuan x Yixiu, Qi Pin x Fuca Guiren [Empresses in the Palace: Ye Bingshang] Ye Bingshang transmigrates into Shen Meizhuang and lives only for herself. Zhen Huan and Wen Shichu, get out of her way! [Empresses in the Palace: Wang Ruo 3.3kReads9.0Score154Shelves
- 22 Yi Xiu Has Arrived! Zhen Huan and Fat Ju, Get Out of My Way! 宜修驾到甄嬛胖橘通通闪开 Yixiu is reborn and determined to take revenge! She’ll protect Honghui and make Yinzhen, Rouze, and Zhen Huan pay! She’ll tear away their masks of false virtue! In her past life, everyone called Yixiu cruel. But do they know how she was driven to this point, step by step? If you haven’t suffered as another has, don’t tell them to be kind. If you knew my suffering, you might not be as kind as I am! 2.6kReads8.2Score198Shelves
- 23 Empresses in the Palace: Fourth Master Is Reborn as the Fourth Prince 甄嬛传之四爷重生四大爷 When the historical Yongzheng Emperor lost his chance to be reincarnated due to a twist of fate, he was instead reborn into the body of the Fourth Prince in Empresses in the Palace. What will he do? 1. Live another life? What a bargain! 2. A first love? A passionate affair? True love? A substitute? Love, schmove. Let them all compete for my attention! As long as you don't work yourself to death, keep working yourself to death. The stage is set for a grand career. If you can handle the grind, com 7.1kReads9.2Score479Shelves
- 24 Consort Hua Is Reborn and Can Read Minds, Sending the Entire Harem into a Frenzy 华妃重生被读心，后宫娘娘都炸了 [Comedy + savage clapbacks + everyone adores the protagonist + everyone stays clear-headed + no romance + sisterly, not yuri + everyone gets chewed out, including Consort Hua + everyone teams up to kill the dragon] [Consort Hua is the villain from beginning to end, and the story is told from the villain's perspective. She keeps her head held high and never kneels.] [Everyone gets taken down equally, so fans of any character should be prepared before reading.] Consort Hua, reborn with the plot an 6.4kReads9.4Score823Shelves
- 25 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. 6.4kReads9.0Score564Shelves
- 26 Empresses in the Palace: Transmigrating as Yu Ying’er and Defying Fate 甄嬛传之穿越成余莺儿后逆天改命 1.9kReads9.5Score185Shelves
- 27 After Yixiu Was Reborn, Why Is the Big Fat Orange Crying? 宜修重生后，大胖橘怎么哭了 [Empresses in the Palace Fanfiction] [Yixiu Reborn] [Saving Her Son] [Revenge] [Harem Intrigue] [Mother-Son Bond] [Villainess Power Fantasy] [The Emperor's Long Road to Winning Her Back] Yixiu died. She died in Jingren Palace, after the words, "May we never meet again, in life or death." Only as she lay dying did she understand. All her life, she had hated Rouze, Zhen Huan, and those who stole the emperor's favor, yet she had forgotten to hate the man who had truly taken everything from her. 2.6kReads8.1Score131Shelves
- 28 The Harem: Consort Hua Reborn 后宫之华妃重生 Consort Hua, Nian Shilan, died with a heart full of resentment in her previous life. Unexpectedly, she was reborn. When she woke again, she knew that Consort Duan had not harmed her child. She still both hated and loved the emperor. She hated him for using her feelings and devotion to bring down the entire Nian family, but loved the man she had sincerely given her heart to when they were young. But if she hadn’t been so foolish in her previous life, how would she have made so many enemies? When 12kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
- 29 The Rose Beauty of Empresses in the Palace 甄嬛传之玫瑰美人 Must-read warnings before you start! 1️⃣ The heroine is brainless, a pure, pretty vase, and she will not get smarter. Read carefully before you dive in!! I said she won't change!! Anyone who comes in just to insult me gets blocked. 2️⃣ Fans of Huan, Lingrong, or Yixiu should probably skip Volume One. If you finish it and still come to my comments to run your mouths, you'll all get blocked. Don't come here to annoy me. 3️⃣ Aside from Volume Two, none of the other volumes start out with the hero d 17.6kReads9.4Score673Shelves
- 30 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 28.9kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
