Zháidòu de zhǔjué yìbān shì dàjiāzú de shù nǚ huò qièshì.
The protagonist of a 'household scheming' novel is usually a concubine or an illegitimate daughter in a large family.
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Sister genre to 宫斗 (palace intrigue, like 甄嬛传). Where 宫斗 stages its backstabbing in the imperial harem, 宅斗 moves the same knives-in-smiles dynamics into a wealthy domestic compound (宅 = residence).
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Niche genre label used on Jinjiang Literature City and by readers of historical-romance web fiction. Often tagged as 女频 (female-oriented).
