Recommendations Ancient China Palace intrigues - No romance

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  1. Sayuni Shizuna

    Sayuni Shizuna Well-Known Member

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    Hello, I am searching for good Chinese novels focused on FL ranking up in the emperor/prince's harem. A realistic one, not those where the man gives up his "thousand beauties" for FL, because no emperor would really do that since concubines helps in balancing the power struggle in court. FL can have whatever position, a concubine, the empress or a servant girl of someone in the harem. The man may fall in love with FL but she mustn't. As such, I don't want a romance but a FL who strives to have a smooth and good life, doing what she needs to live well. A translated example may be "The Job of an Imperial Concubine". Here's a non translated example "宫斗不如做咸鱼". I need recommendations because these are the only one I know of. I guess this kind of novel isn't very popular.
    I hope I didn't write confusedly and thank you in advance.
     
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    I recently read the job of an imperial concubine and I really liked it so I'm gonna camp here