Historical Genre. The FLs in this list are all smart, some are kind, most are ruthless. 

The novels of this list are the typical Transmigration, Reincarnation, and Romance. All novels here are BxG. The top novels in this list are THE BEST OF THE BEST, and I personally have read them more than 3x.

Do not confuse this with my other Rec List “Harem Intrigue / Empresses in the Palace vibes” since that focuses less on true love and more on ruthless, manipulative, intelligent FLs with the ongoing themes: “traditional palace struggle novel” and “The emperor will fall in love with the female lead, but she will not love him”