[Fey]

One of my favourites taht survived the 'meltdown of tokyo pop' is Saiunkoku Monogatari/The story of Saiunkoku...I think it the English translation....
Anyways, it's an inverse harem tale set in a ancient sorta-china-like world. The main female wants to be a government official even though women aren't supposed to hold the post, it's very well written, and I think it's only recently come over to be translated so you won't have a loooooot of old volumes to wade through.