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She Fixed the Family and Won Back Her HusbandJiang Wanning passed through a house fighting novel and became the mistress of the Pingyang Hou Mansion. She had three scumbag sons and a married husband who had a broken relationship. The eldest son Shen Yutang and his wife Murong Qing were not in harmony with each other because of Murong Qing's aunt. Liu and her sister Yan'er instigated a frame-up. Jiang Wanning acted vigorously and slapped Shen Yutang in the face, allowing Shen Yutang to finally see the true face of the vicious mother and daughter. While rebuilding the family tradition, she discovered that her husband Shen Yan seemed to have changed.
Famine Survivor System: To Guard My Lovely Sisters-in-LawJack Hill is reborn into a famine-stricken year as a lazy good-for-nothing. He has five stunning sisters-in-law who dote on him, and he unexpectedly awakens a space system that helps him improve his family's dire situation.However, his envious cousin Andy Hill tries to undermine him, aiming to take away his sisters-in-law. Each time, Jack uses his newfound abilities to thwart Andy's schemes,protecting his family and leading the villagers to plant peanuts to survive a devastating drought.Andy, still bitter, teams up with local bullies to plot against Jack and his family. Jack sees through their conspiracy and,in the process of protecting the girls, unexpectedly falls in love.After resolving the crisis, Jack finds a water source for the villagers, builds a trade caravan, and amasses wealth. Ultimately, he lives a prosperous and peaceful life with his five sisters-in-law, transforming from a good-for-nothing into a true success story.
A Spoonful of Sugar, a Throne of LoveXiaobao, who is of the blood of plant elves, was disturbed by black dragons during a tribulation. His spiritual power was gone and he descended to earth, where he was treated harshly by his uncle and aunt. Lin Zhengqing, the leader of the Royal Forest Army, took him back to the palace. The tyrant father Huang Nangong Shiyuan, who was poisoned, ignored him at first, and the palace ladies also took the opportunity to make things difficult for him. Xiaobao accidentally broke into the Qinzheng Hall due to hunger, and was recognized with the jade pendant. He also helped Nangong Shiyuan suppress the poisonous poison. Since then, he has become his only favorite, and has also been loved by the Seventh Prince and the First Prince. Difficulties caused by Liu Bin, Li Anwan and others were all resolved. Marquis Xuanping rebelled, and Nangong Shiyuan protected Xiaobao from serious injuries. After saving his father, Xiaobao found out that his father had three years left to live, so he followed Taoist Xuanji to find Sanshenghua and other medicinal materials to save his father.
The Prince With a PhoneTo seize Marquis Frank's Army, Prince Jareth conspired with Maris, tricking the infatuated Frederick into leaking battle plans. This led to a devastating ambush, Frederick's coma, and his family's ruin.
At their lowest ebb, a modern special forces soul awakens in Frederick's body, just as Jareth arrives to force a political marriage and publicly parade the "vegetative" Frederick. After saving his defender Julia from assault, the reborn Frederick faces universal scorn and blame for his father's "treason."
Defying the Emperor, he clears his father's name, repels the Turkic invasion, and rises to the new Marquis , redeeming his family's legacy.
Beneath the Rouge, A SwordFor eighteen years, Narethia's king assumes favored Joselyn carries the prophesied phoenix destiny and neglects Lainey. When the weakened kingdom needs a marriage alliance, he sends Joselyn toward a royal match and exiles Lainey to a supposedly barbaric wasteland while holding her mother hostage. Lainey arrives to discover her intended husband is the King of Zuyenne and his 'poor' land overflows with treasure—upending the scheme before her true destiny is even revealed.
Lost Love, Lingering RegretPrincess Valerie Stone of Dazel was once adored, until she was exposed as a false princess and framed by Holly Stone for harming her. To protect her, the emperor and crown prince exiled Valerie as a hostage to Northo—unaware she would be enslaved and disgraced. Three years later, scarred but unbroken, she returns to speak the truth, only to be ensnared in new lies and condemned once more.
When Love Lies and Trust DiesGu Wange grew up with Zhou Mujin and was in love with him. A horse carriage was about to run him down and she pushed in front of it, which damaged her sciatic nerve. A doctor said she would not walk again. Her father is one of the richest men alive and her three older brothers sit at the top of banking, music and martial arts, so there was money to look further, and the physician he brought in did cure her.
Her father then had her stay in the wheelchair and go on seeing Zhou Mujin, to find out what the man's feelings were worth. The night before the wedding she meant to stand up in front of him and tell him who her father and brothers were. Instead she came across Zhou Mujin with Bai Rou, a close friend of hers, and he was ugly with her about it.
She let the preparations carry on as though nothing had happened and asked her father to turn the wedding banquet into a banquet where she dismissed her husband. Her bag was stolen in the street around then and a man called Xie Wujiu got it back for her. At the banquet she announced that she was finished with Zhou Mujin and that the real groom was somebody else, and Zhou Mujin proposed to Bai Rou in front of the guests.
Exposed: The Lost Crown PrinceIn the 15th year of Hongwu's reign, eight-year-old Crown Prince Sheldon died and was buried. However, his body mysteriously disappeared afterward. Enraged, Emperor Hongwu ordered the execution of over a thousand officials deemed responsible for the failure. By the 24th year of Hongwu, Hayes who had lived in Aetheria for nine years, discussed past events with an elderly man in a courtyard by the Hollow River. He claimed that at the age of eight, he had crawled out of his own coffin and been surrounded by the Imperial Guard. Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes welled up, his hands trembled with emotion, and he excitedly called Hayes his grandson. The old man then asked if he wanted to become emperor, revealing himself as Emperor Hongwu and declaring Hayes as his rightful heir. However, Hayes dismissed this, believing the old man was merely drunk.
Oops, I'm Trapped in My Own Tale!Lyra Hart wrote the novel and now lives in it, with a system handing her tasks she has to finish if she wants to stay alive. She assumed her own book would be easy ground since she knows the plot. Then Evander Travan, the male lead, turns out to be able to hear what she is thinking, which was never in anything she wrote. She has to complete the tasks without being killed by a story she designed to kill this character. He has to work out what she is, since the voice in his head keeps announcing plot points before they happen and referring to him as a construction. They are married, and every conversation in the house has two conversations running underneath it, hers silent and his pretending not to have heard.
Rise of the Accidental KillerModern-day gamer Leo Kane dies suddenly after an all-night gaming session and wakes up in another world as Grecan's most feared assassin, Cipher. Upon awakening, he's hired by Imperial Guard officer Hugo Spence to kill a woman named Lady Brooks. Intending to take the money and slack off, Leo's plan collapses when he's captured by his target, Poppy Brooks, who discovers his assassination mission. After Leo bravely drives off a group of bandits, Poppy's view of him changes. When she later learns that Leo once saved her life, their relationship begins to thaw, sparking a bond neither expected in a world built on blades and secrets...
I'm No Beggar, I'm the Princess!A blind beggar girl, revealed as the emperor’s daughter, rises against treachery and prophecy to become the savior of the nation.
The 7-Year-Old Prime MinisterCameron wants his mother to have a better life. He is seven years old, the two of them are poor, and she works herself to exhaustion every day and still often goes hungry. He settles on the imperial examination as the way to change that.
Cameron is also a scholar with a doctorate in ancient culture who lived in the modern day and woke up, after crossing back in time, inside this child's body in the capital of Celestia. He knows how the examinations of this period are run, and he carries in his head poems and essays written long after it.
He sits the examination. What he writes there astonishes everyone who reads it and he takes first place, and the court starts talking about the boy as a prodigy. After that he puts forward one policy proposal after another, and his promotions come steadily.
The Lady of Time's FavorIn her previous life, Selene Solomon trusted the wrong people and was betrayed by her husband Matteo Wooten and his mistress Cassidy Berg, leading to tragedy for herself and her family as the entire Solomon clan was destroyed. Now, gifted with time's second dance, Selene carries deep hatred and determination, vowing to avenge herself and her family from her past life.
Crownless but LovedIn her past life, Florence Weston broke off her engagement to Atticus to enter the palace for the Emperor, only to be betrayed and die in despair. After her rebirth, she chooses Atticus as her husband.Everyone expects her to suffer, but with her wit, Florence earns both respect and love—until the heartless Emperor from her past life returns,dangerously obsessed with her.
No Child, Just the CrownVivienne and Vanessa are sisters, and in their last life Vanessa killed her. Vivienne had taken the Fertility Pill then, and it carried her to the throne as empress, while Vanessa had taken the Beauty Pill. Vivienne's time as empress did not last long before her sister turned on her.
Vivienne wakes up back in the past. Before long she finds that Vanessa has come back as well. Vanessa moves first this time. She takes the Fertility Pill for herself and arranges matters so that Vivienne has no choice but to swallow the Beauty Pill. The two sisters start the struggle for the empress's seat over again, this time with the pills exchanged between them.
Taming My Rogue PrinceStephanie, the daughter of the prime minister, was born with unusual physical strength. The emperor ordered her to pass herself off as a commoner and marry Vincent, a prince living in exile outside the palace, and to get him back on a straight path and in a position to inherit the throne. After the wedding she used her martial arts on her husband whenever he misbehaved. The two of them fought. Over time the fighting turned into attachment, the pair went from opponents to allies, and they challenged the court together over the succession.
The Princess Dumps Her Cheating FiancéTo test her fiancé, a princess hid her identity for three years, only to expose his betrayal with another at their wedding. With new love and royal power, she punished the traitors and found true love.
Rouge BladeTen years ago, Shen Nanxing's mother, Shen Sanniang, was bitten to death by a fierce dog ordered by Lin Shuyi, the daughter-in-law of the Duke's Palace, for sweeping away her cherry blossoms. Lin Shuyi wanted to drag little Shen Nanxing to the back mountain to feed the wolves. At the critical moment, a mysterious man rescued her and promised to teach her how to seduce men and help her enter the palace to fight for favor and revenge.
No Army, No Crown? She Took BothYasmine returns from war having disguised herself as a man, defeated the Southern Nation, and captured its crown prince. The emperor repays her victory by breaking his promise of military command and inheritance, ordering her into marriage with the imperial crown prince so she can be confined to domestic life. Once inside the palace, Yasmine turns a bid to sideline her into a path through the succession struggle, seizes the regency, and ultimately places her own daughter on the throne as the nation's first female emperor.His Name Carved in Her RevengePrince Consort Gavin Vale marches to war for his country,only to fall on the battlefield. Yet back in the capital, the princess believes he is hiding away at the Guardian Temple, shirking his duties—and in her bitterness, she chooses to marry another man.But on the day of her wedding, a devastating truth shatters her world: Gavin died fighting for the country,and it was he who once risked his life to save her.Consumed by grief and remorse, the princess takes justice into her own hands, slaying the man who had stolen Gavin's rightful honor.
The Promise I Mistook for LoveClarissa Yowell once saved Julian Slater's life. In return, he promises that if he ever becomes emperor, he'll make her his empress. Now that he has finally ascended the throne,everyone is eager to know who the new empress will be. Clarissa is certain it's her—how could it not be? But in the end, she's the last to find out that the woman Julian chooses is his childhood sweetheart, Sophia Lynch.
Heaven's Gift in the Mortal WorldOnce a carefree fairy in the Heavenly Realm, May descends to the mortal world and is born into Magistrate Shane Graham's family.Tragedy strikes when her mother dies in childbirth. Branded a cursed child, she is ordered to be abandoned, but a compassionate midwife carries her to the humble Tobin family, and from that day,fortune smiles upon their home.
Crimson Palace: The Maid's Rise to the ThroneSong Zhiyi waits outside the palace to welcome her sister home after more than a decade of service and instead receives Ruyi's mutilated corpse. Noble Consort Chun tortured the maid to death out of jealousy over a passing glance from the emperor. Zhiyi enters the palace to dismantle Chun's power, but proving the consort's crimes reveals that someone else engineered Ruyi's fate.
Yanxing's Ascending Path of RevengeYanxing Shen, born into a military family and serving as a female general, was granted the honor of becoming a consort in the imperial palace by the emperor. Upon learning of this, Consort Ning, the most favored consort of the palace, framed Yanxing, leading to the overnight massacre of her entire family. Seeking justice from the emperor, Yanxing found that instead of punishing Consort Ning, he stripped her of her title as a female general. Carrying a deep-seated grudge, Yanxing resolutely embarked on a path of revenge, determined to seek justice for herself. From an official courtesan, she ascended to become a palace lady, and then replaced Consort Ning as the most favored consort. Just as she finally avenged herself, she discovered that her true enemy was someone else.
Harem Wars: System vs. QueenTransported into an imperial court, Stephanie becomes bound to a system that rewards her for advancing through the Emperor's fiercely competitive harem. She wins his favor with her skills while presenting herself as obedient to the Empress, then quietly undermines the woman behind her back. Each reward draws Stephanie deeper into a contest where manipulation determines both rank and survival.
She Speaks in SpearsMaya Thornton held the title of Marquis Valen. A hard birth left her weak, and while she was in that state her husband and his mistress worked together and killed her.
Six years on there was a girl called Talia York in a military household, small and vain and fond of display, who had taken up with an idle young man and gone behind the back of her fiance, Tristan Wren, deputy commander of the Regal Army. Maya woke up in that girl's body.
She put on men's clothes and followed Tristan to the camp without telling him anything. The drill ground was the kind of ground she had known best in her first life, and she trained on it to get her fighting back, with the capital and the people who had killed her still to come.
Thrones Before ThornsThere was a prophecy at court that an ill star had come down to take the throne. Ten years before, a marshal's household was cut down in one night. His daughter Shen Jinshu came out of it, and she remembered the blood coming off his armour.
She spent those ten years out of sight. She came back into the palace as a consort under the name Lin Wanqing and wore that face as if it had been hers from birth. On a cold night in Changming Palace she stood over the imperial desk and ran a finger along the blood on it. What the emperor said to her at night she took out of the room with her. King Mu kept the tally that moved troops, and she got close enough to it to stand on. Xiao Yan, one of the guards, had wounded her once; she brought him round, and after that he cut where she pointed.
The consorts working against her had old families behind them, and she went through them a house at a time. Red plum came down outside Jinluan Hall while she did it.
Believe Me, I'm a Time TravelerJosephine, a time traveler who becomes the wife of a seemingly useless general, uses her knowledge to help solve various problems, earning trust and deepening her feelings for Peter , though the general’s mansion refused to believe her time -traveling identity.
Married the Emperor, Seduced the PrinceSamantha's mother is seriously ill and Samantha has no way of getting her treated. She was born in the Chancellor's household to a concubine, which counts for very little inside it. To save her mother she is sent into the palace as a wife of the aging Wanli Emperor.
The emperor is at the end of his life and the inner palace is a cold place. Samantha works out what becomes of the women around a dying emperor once he is gone, and she decides not to sit and wait for it. She keeps her own sharpness out of sight and moves one step at a time, getting close to the Crown Prince and earning his regard with her wits and her nerve. Other women in the harem are after the same thing, and she spends her days working around them.
Caged PhoenixBennett, a judge and innovator, dedicates his life to feeding the common folk and correcting two centuries of injustice through revolutionary technologies like the steam engine. Despite his contributions, he faces betrayal from his fiancée and persecution by the powerful Shen and Ye families during a time of political turmoil. Ultimately, Bennett uses his scientific methods to restore peace to the empire, exposing the truth and ensuring his enemies face retribution.
From Security Guard to Royal BloodlineThe empress of Great Xia takes an interest in Myles at the point when the rest of the court has decided he is a fraud. He has turned up as the son of the Wandering King. He was a security guard in the present day until a jade pendant handed down through his family carried him back.
The pendant makes objects real. He uses it, and what he knows from his own century, to get out of a trap laid for him on arrival and to get through the trials the court sets him. The empress is impressed enough to take his side. One faction wants him put to death, another proposes a political marriage instead. He takes back land the empire had lost. An enemy fleet is approaching by sea while the court is still arguing about him.
They Called Me the Useless PrinceLeonard is engaged, and the woman who says she is his fiancée is not happy about it. She accuses him of an affair with her cousin and asks to break the engagement, and he agrees. Leonard is a modern man who has landed in the past in the body of a highly placed heir, and people take him for someone called the Persimmon Prince and misread what he is doing there. When they meet again he is taunted and mocked as a clown. He picks a horse that cannot run, which brings on more mockery, and they tell him the animal could not keep up with a pig and that he will lose his manhood in the spring race, and advise him not to enter. He wins it using modern technology, and after that people stop treating him as a useless heir. He goes on to help the country through several crises, which changes the empress's view of him. Then the court splits over the Fusang navy. Some argue for making peace with Fusang for the country's sake, others push for Leonard's execution as a traitor. The Fusang fleet keeps coming closer while they argue.
Daddy Dark LordSamantha, the holy maiden of the Shushan sect, was fighting the demon cult when she strayed into its forbidden ground. She came down in the arms of Quentin, who ran it, and the two of them spent the night together.
Quentin had by then brought the three realms under the cult. All of the righteous sects had bowed to him except Shushan, which he spared on a whim. Five years later Samantha comes looking for him, with his daughter.
Return of the Lost SoulThe family of the Marquis is searching for the daughter who was taken from them years ago, Gu Baozhu, and all the while they are humiliating a girl called Song Wenyan. Song Wenyan is Gu Baozhu.
She was carried off as a small child by Granny Wang, who took the blood from her heart to save Lin Shishi. After that she was left among ordinary people, and she was raised by Song Changgen, a one-armed man who sold wine. She has no memory of where she came from.
The family works out the truth eventually and regrets what they did to her. Her memory has come back by then, and she has given up on them.
Married to My Nemesis: Love or DoomEuphemia descends the mountain convinced that the person fate chose for her will bring disaster and intends to confront him. Instead, she is swept into an arranged marriage and a one-night stand with the very man she meant to escape.
Time Travel to Ancient TimesThe main character, Yale Quinn, is humiliated and fired by his boss. He feels extremely lost and apologizes to his father. Suddenly, he accidentally triggers the time-travel function and starts the journey. After traveling, he is told that he needs to wait for a 12-hour cooldown before he can return to the original world. In the ancient world, Yale Quinn meets the girl of his choice, an understanding princess, who is forced to get married for peace. Prince Lester of the enemy country waits for the princess to be delivered to the mission who never arrives. He gets confused and unsatisfied. At the same time, he expresses concern over the issue of compensation, fearing that his unsatisfaction may lead to greater conflict. On the other hand, Her Majesty gives the issue of compensation much thought and decides to fulfill the other party's demands, which includes the provision of ten cartloads of glass. However, some people question the amount of glass, arguing that it’s impossible for Xia to offer so much. Yale Quinn decides to return to the modern era for the large amount of glass in order to protect his beloved princess. But the court is in trouble both internally and externally, including the Chancellor who is intent on plotting a rebellion. King Wu's army keeps approaching the border, and in the end, Yale Quinn fails to protect the princess, who is eventually sent to make peace with her relatives. On her way, Yale Quinn makes a chaotic situation of bandits robbing the princess and takes her away. To protect the princess from harm, Yale Quinn arranges the princess outside and returns to the palace to help the empress. In the hall of power, Yale Quinn claims to have brought a supreme artifact and requests to lead his troops into battle, claiming that his fate is in the hands of the Grand Sangha. The Empress appoints Yale Quinn as the Imperial General, commanding the three armies to meet the enemy. Yale Quinn gradually develops a love affair with the empress as he fight
Reborn After My Father Killed My FamilyGeorgia, the favored niece of the Prime Minister’s household, grows up cherished by her father—but it was all part of a cruel scheme. Everyone believes her mother gained a lover, unaware that her father’s kindness toward her and harshness toward the concubine’s daughter was deliberate, to forge her into a capable woman. When he finally rises, he annihilates the Prime Minister’s family. Reborn, Georgia vows never to be a pawn again and to protect her loved ones from fate’s cruelty.
The Noble Lady and the Wild GeneralSerena, a noble daughter mistreated by her stepmother, is unexpectedly married to Jasper, a rugged general from the countryside. Despite their different backgrounds, temperaments, and habits, the mismatched couple gradually finds harmony. They navigate hilarious misunderstandings, learn to respect and support each other, and together face obstacles from family and rivals. From a marriage full of unexpected twists to a partnership built on trust and love, Serena and Jasper grow closer, proving that even the most unlikely couples can overcome challenges and share a happy life together.My Grandma Was a Time-TravelerSabrina time-travels to ancient times, becomes a wealthy merchant and helps Harrison become duke. When he takes a scheming concubine, she passes her assets and modern ideals to granddaughter Harriet and returns to modern life.
Now 18 again with a loving family and fiancé, she watches as the duke's mansion falls into chaos. Using Sabrina's teachings, Harriet takes revenge and collapses the mansion. After the duke regrets his choices, Harriet follows Sabrina to the present where they start anew as sisters.
She Died Pregnant, Now She's BackFalsely accused and killed, Euphemia returns to life on the day of a palace massacre. She immediately seeks an ally strong enough to save the empress, stop the slaughter, and clear the charge that doomed her before.
Accidentally Pregnant by the EmperorBetrayed and cast out, Seraphina thought she'd lost everything—until the Emperor she unknowingly spent one night with discovers she's carrying his child!
Steal His Glory, Then Pay With BloodA woman remarries after accepting the false story that her soldier husband deserted. She learns too late that he died a hero while saving both her and the kingdom, and turns her grief toward vengeance on those who stole his honor.
Lucky Girl Became a PrincessShe was hired to tutor him at a young age…Lunaria and Wesley start off bickering, but love finds its way in as she climbs up to be a princess!