When an Imperial Decree demands that every noble household send their eligible daughters to the palace for the Xuancai (Imperial Selection), the Nangong Marquisate faces a dilemma. To protect their favored daughter from the risks of the inner court, they send Ning Xiang-the ignored, illegitimate daughter born of a lowly maid-alongside her legitimate sister, Nangong Bi. Bi is arrogant, haughty, and convinced she is destined to be the next Empress. Ning Xiang, however, enters the palace with only one goal: to survive long enough to eventually earn her freedom and find her mother. The young Emperor Li Zhao is a man of sharp intellect and deep isolation. Haunted by the fact that he has no heirs, he is surrounded by women who view his lap only as a stepping stone for their families. At the center of the web is Empress Xiao, a woman whose elegance masks a ruthless, calculating mind. She maintains her power by ensuring no consort stays in favor long enough to threaten her position. Beside her are the "Four Consorts," each more insidious than the last, turning the harem into a battlefield where a single wrong word can lead to execution. From the cold chambers of a Cairen to the silk-lined halls of the Huang Guifei (Imperial Noble Consort), Ning Xiang transforms. She sheds her innocence, learning that in the Daming Palace, one must either be the predator or the prey. As she stands one step away from the Empress's throne, she must decide if the power she has gained is worth the soul she has traded for it-and whether she can finally protect the empire from the schemes that threaten to burn it down. "In this garden of peonies, only the one with the sharpest thorns survives the winter."

Title: I Woke Up As The Empire's Most Hated Woman ‎ ‎Genre: Historical Fantasy / Political Drama ‎ ‎Tropes: ‎• Villainess Rebirth ‎• Strong Female Lead ‎• Political Intrigue ‎• Slow Burn Romance ‎• System ‎ ‎Author: @Fav2406❤️ ‎ ✨✨✨✨ Everyone in the empire knows one name. ‎ ‎Lin Yueqing. ‎ ‎The woman accused of manipulating the Crown Prince. ‎The woman blamed for court chaos. ‎The woman the entire capital calls a villain. ‎ ‎Her ending was supposed to be simple. ‎ ‎Execution. ‎ ‎But fate had other plans. ‎ ‎When a modern soul wakes up inside the body of the empire's most hated woman, she realizes one terrifying truth... ‎ ‎The story she woke up in is already heading toward tragedy. ‎ ‎If she follows the original path, she will die. ‎ ‎So this time, Lin Yueqing refuses to play the villain. ‎ ‎Armed with wit, courage, and a mysterious system that only she can hear, she begins rewriting fate itself. ‎ ‎But changing destiny is dangerous. ‎ ‎The Crown Prince is watching her closely. ‎The Second Prince is hiding secrets. ‎And deep in the shadows, enemies are waiting for the perfect moment to destroy her. ‎ ‎In a court filled with schemes, power, and betrayal... ‎ ‎Can the empire's most hated woman become the one who saves it? ‎ ‎Or will the role of villain consume her once again?

[Getting 1.6 million views on the Indonesian version] Published everyday 8:00 AM GMT+8 Mei Li Yue, a twenty-one-year-old assassin from the modern world, falls into an old well during a mission that sends her into the past. She wakes up at the edge of a steep cliff beside Zhang Li Yue, the Empress of the Feng Empire, who has just been killed by Xi Liu Ri, the Chief Consort of the imperial harem. Shocked to find herself on a dangerous cliff, Mei Li Yue is even more startled to discover that the lifeless Empress lying beside her has the exact same face as hers. Mei Li Yue quickly realizes she has travelled to the past. The woman's elaborate ancient clothing, the dense forest of towering trees with exposed roots, and the presence of an important-looking corpse all tell her that she is no longer in her own time. When she encounters the Empress's spirit, Mei Li Yue is asked to take her place as the Empress of the Feng Empire and avenge her death as well as the death of her younger sibling. Filled with fury after hearing Zhang Li Yue's story, Mei Li Yue vows to take revenge not only on the ones who murdered the Empress and her sister, but also on the people who once humiliated her. She is angered as well by the Emperor, Feng Wu Lan, who ignored the injustice suffered by his own Empress despite knowing everything. How will Mei Li Yue's journey unfold as she takes the Empress's identity and seeks vengeance for Zhang Li Yue and her sister? And what awaits her when she finally crosses paths with the ruler of the Feng Empire?

Maya Tan, an overworked editor with a broken family life, dies while saving a child on a rainy night. But when she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the world of a novel she once edited-inside the body of Seraphina D'Armont, the notorious villainess betrothed to the Crown Prince. In the original story, Seraphina was destined to fall into jealousy, scheme against the heroine, and meet a tragic end. But Maya refuses to let her second life end in misery. With memories of her past life and the knowledge of the novel's plot, she vows to change Seraphina's fate. Instead of playing the villain, she will rewrite her role-earning respect, seeking happiness, and perhaps, capturing the heart of the very man who was never meant to love her. But the world of the novel doesn't follow the script so easily. New dangers stir, characters act beyond their written roles, and the Crown Prince begins to see a side of his fiancée that was never in the story. Can Maya, the once-forgotten editor, turn the villainess's tragedy into a story of redemption and love? Notes from author: hello everyone this is my first story that i wrote here. I hope everyone can give this story love and care.

Dying in a fantasy novel is supposed to be the end. For Kyra, it was just a system reset. Kyra had it all in the modern world: a massive corporate empire, endless wealth, and absolute, soul-crushing loneliness. When she suddenly wakes up as the doomed villainess in a cutthroat fantasy novel, she immediately flips the script. She ditches the royal capital, buys a ruined estate in the freezing weeping mountains, and opens a luxury hot spring resort. Her new life rules are simple: No royal drama. No plotting. And absolutely no male leads. But the novel's male leads didn't get the memo. Soon, her peaceful hotel lobby is constantly crowded with powerful lords, including Nile-the terrifying, cold-blooded Duke of the East. Instead of destroying her as the plot dictates, the "Black Wolf" becomes obsessed with keeping her safe, choosing her over the novel's innocent heroine. But the heroine is hiding a deadly secret: she is also a transmigrator, armed with a ruthless System that demands she conquer all three male leads to survive. And she will gladly eliminate Kyra to get her happy ending. When a fatal attack suddenly yanks Kyra out of the novel and tosses her right back into her lonely modern office, she thinks she has lost Nile forever. That is, until a mysterious USB drive offers her one final, impossible choice. Stay in the safe, modern world where she has everything... or give up her own life to return to the magical kingdom-and the Black Wolf Duke-waiting for her in the dark?

When Emperor Guixong ascends the throne after a bloody succession struggle, his first consort selection reshapes the inner court - and seals the fate of two sisters from the Zongsun clan. The elder sister, Zongsun Yanyi, enters the palace in splendor, backed by ministers and military patrons. Brilliant, charismatic, and politically groomed, she is placed in the prestigious Palace of Flourishing Light and quickly becomes a factional darling. She is expected to rise - perhaps even become empress. The younger sister, Zongsun Ying, enters quietly as a low-ranked Cairen, assigned to the remote and neglected Palace of Eternal Harmony. Her family considers her a spare piece - useful only if needed. From the moment she crosses the vermilion gates, she accepts three rules: Endure. Observe. Disappear. But the palace is a place where those who disappear often survive longest. Frontier rebellion erupts. The emperor leads decisive campaigns. During wartime palace governance, Ying coordinates logistics, medical supply chains, and internal stability - without claiming authority. Her leadership becomes undeniable. After rebellion is crushed and the dynasty stabilized, Emperor Guixong issues the decree: Zongsun Ying is named Huanghou. The dynasty stabilizes. The sister who sought glory falls into obscurity. The sister who chose survival becomes legend. Histories later write: "He ruled the empire. She ruled the throne behind it." "In a garden of peonies, only the thorned stem survives winter."

A story of a soldier that became an empress with a totally different authority and lifestyle

NOTE: Complete at 120 chapters. Continues in Book Two: The Long War of Evelyn de Harcourt. She died at twenty-four. Evelyn de Harcourt was dragged to the execution block broken, burned, and stripped of everything she had ever been. The last thing she saw before the blade fell was a smile - satisfied, entertained - from the one person who had always wanted her destroyed. She wasn't innocent. She knows that. The cruelties she committed, the people she hurt, the isolation she built around herself like armour - all of it handed her enemies exactly what they needed to finish her. But knowing what you did wrong doesn't make dying for it any less terrible. She has been given something she didn't earn and doesn't deserve. A second chance. This time, Evelyn de Harcourt will not be the girl who burns every bridge and calls it strength. This time, she will not give them the weapons. This time, she will not make it easy. She remembers everything. Every mistake. Every cruelty. Every move her enemies made before she even knew they were enemies. Let them try again. Dark fantasy. Villainess regression. Reverse harem. Not a clean redemption story.

Keziah Daniel died due to an unfortunate incident. However, when she woke up, she found herself inside a tragic romance novel, a world that turned her life upside down. In this world, she is the secretary of her boss, Adrian Kingsley, a man known for having a tragic love life in the book. Adrian is the owner of one of the most powerful companies in the world, famously known as "the empire that owns empires." As Keziah navigates this unfamiliar world, she becomes a part of a story she already knows is filled with heartbreak and tragedy. But as their lives begin to intertwine, things start to change in ways she never expected.