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The Fake Princess BrideLisa is a village girl who cannot read or write. Hector notices her and puts her in the place of Samantha, the daughter of the Chief Minister of the Cabinet, who has run from her betrothal. Lisa enters the Eastern Palace as Crown Princess, married to a crown prince who is suspicious and hard to read, and she lives beside him with her identity able to come apart at any moment. On top of that she owes Hector information from inside the palace, so she watches the prince and reports back while keeping up the part of a minister's daughter.
Empire of EnchantmentOnce, Daisy Clark was the perfect daughter—gentle, loyal, and blind. She believed every lie her wicked stepsister Emily told and defended her scheming father without question. In the end, that blind trust cost her everything.
Emily’s trap destroyed Daisy’s world—her mother and aunt were murdered, her entire family line was wiped out, and Daisy herself was poisoned in front of Ethan Davis, the man she once thought she loved. As her life faded, she saw the “foolish prince” Felix Davis drop his mask of madness and hold her in his arms, confessing the love he had hidden for years. Then everything went dark.
But fate gave Daisy a second chance.
Reborn before the tragedy began, Daisy swore she would never be the naive girl she once was. This time, she’ll strike first. She exposes Emily’s schemes to her father’s face and reconciles with her mother’s proud, battle-hardened family. Her cousins unleash a little payback—frogs, centipedes, scorpions, snakes—right into Emily’s bedroom.
When Emily’s face is disfigured, she begs Daisy for help, but Daisy coldly refuses. Desperate, Emily turns to her older sister, a gifted healer raised in the countryside. The treatment works—until Daisy’s clever cousin slips rot powder into Emily’s medicine. The result? Total ruin.
In a spiral of hatred and fear, Emily murders her own sister and uses her skin to create a fake face—one stolen from the cruel legends of Southmark. But Daisy finds the sister still alive, a trembling witness to Emily’s crime.
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All Bow to the Reborn PrincessGeneral Queenie, reborn in a concubine's body, reunites with descendants and old foes, defends her family and nation with an iron fist.
From Hostage to Holder of PowerA modern engineering doctorate awakens as Crispin, the supposedly simple-minded sole heir of Qi, and is sent to the Zhou capital as a hostage. Crispin hides his restored intellect while Empress Lysandra struggles against Chancellor Su's control and his attempt to force her into marriage with a clan loyalist. Using modern knowledge to build weapons and win impossible contests, Crispin rises from expendable captive to the empress's consort, then joins her against his treacherous uncle Mortimer, northern invaders, and the Su faction threatening both Qi and the throne.
Princess Strikes BackEighteen years after conquering the realm and placing her younger brother Xavier on its throne, Grand Princess Ximena learns what his rule has done to her daughter. The emperor has ordered Liliana's scholar fiancé Liam to marry the chancellor's daughter, while his mother expects Liliana to accept life as a concubine. Ximena comes out of rural retirement and marches back to the capital to make the throne answer for the insult.
She Said No and Married a KingModern medical prodigy Florence awakens in the body of an impoverished noblewoman who died inside her bridal sedan. She breaks with the fiancé who humiliated her, strikes back at the cousin and relatives stealing her inheritance, and hires a handsome guard to survive the capital's intrigues. Her chosen protector is actually Xander, the empire's most feared prince, and their alliance draws revenge and romance together.
Married to My EnemyI cherished you as a priceless treasure, yet you regarded all living beings as mere ants. Our love is separated by mountains of corpses and seas of blood—how can it possibly go on?
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.
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 Last Daughter's RevengeNoah, head of the Ning family, saved the life of a fighter named Vincent. Vincent later turned on him. The Ning family was wiped out and Noah's children were separated.
The elder, Nicolette, founded the Ningguang Sect and used it to search for her younger brother Nathan. She trained through the years that followed and reached the level called Earthly Divinity. Word came that Vincent was working to have himself named leader of the martial arts world. Nicolette went after him, and Nathan stood in her way. Vincent had taken the boy in after the massacre and raised him, and Nathan regarded him as his father.
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.
Her Throne Built on His LiesThe people who destroyed Princess Quinn's family had help, and Quinn believed the help came from Shattock, the boy she had grown up with and loved. She took the throne after the massacre. As empress she killed him with her own hand.
Afterwards his coffin turned out to be empty, and a letter he had left behind came into her hands. Quinn began looking into the case again. Piece by piece it came out that Shattock had taken the blame on himself to protect her, and had done it so that her seat on the throne would be secure.
He Betrayed Me, So I Married His UncleStephanie is a doctor in the twenty-first century and she wakes up in the body of an ugly woman in an ancient court, engaged to a prince. She wants out of that engagement, and the prince and her two-faced younger sister have already been betraying her behind it. She breaks it off on the spot, in public, and puts the two of them to shame in front of everyone watching.
Then she marries the Ninth Prince, Theodore, the most powerful and most feared man in the kingdom. They work as a pair against enemies inside the palace and outside it. Theodore takes the throne and Stephanie is crowned empress.
Magic Brush Kid: The Painting WarriorSebastian wants his mother back. He is the Painting Immortal's disciple, and he comes down from the mountain to look for her after years apart. When he finds Seraphina she takes him for a small beggar and gives him a place in her home without knowing who he is. That annoys him enough that he says nothing about it.
Then Seraphina's second uncle moves to take the Shen family's ancestral house. Sebastian steps in. He can bring paintings to life, and he uses the painting the family keeps to guard the house in a contest of painting and wits against the uncle. In the course of it mother and son come to recognize each other, and Sebastian's identity comes out.
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.
Snow Blade And Eternal LoveLancelia died on the battlefield, but death didn't free her—it made her a silent witness to his heartbreak, his betrayal… and the love neither of them can quite let go...
Betrayed by My Wife, Nowhere to BelongSimeon married into the General's mansion in place of his younger brother, but his wife Yasmine took the Purple Rhinoceros Pill for her true love, turning him into a laughingstock. Simeon endured in silence, only to be cruelly poisoned by Yasmine—and his child was killed. In the end, the Empress revealed his true identity, punished Yasmine severely, and Simeon's fate was completely reversed.
Swapped My Spirit Beast, Now She RegretsSerena dies at her coronation after her sister Ruby conspires with Felix, the spirit who should have served her. Reborn at the earlier spirit-selection rite, she finds that both traitors remember their past life and intend to saddle her with Ruby's supposedly weak familiar. Serena accepts Lance, nurtures his hidden potential until he takes human form, and fights her way back toward the throne stolen from her.
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.
The Modern Noble's LeapIn the empire of Qian, the prime minister's son is known for spending his days on nothing but pleasure. Qin Feng, a researcher in the present day, has been pushed around at work by his superior Cui Niu. The two of them get into a fight and both end up in the past, Qin Feng in the body of the prime minister's son. Cui Niu puts his modern knowledge to work building advanced weapons and uses them to threaten the empress. That puts Qin Feng's family in danger. Qin Feng then finds out he can travel back to the modern world and returns whenever he needs to.
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.
Vengeance of the Tech-Powered Crown PrinceThe third prince and Selene took the credit for the work Alexander had done at court and then had him killed for it. Alexander had come from the modern world into Great Zhou and woken up in the body of its crown prince, and he had been using what he knew of later centuries to pull the country out of the state it was in.
He woke again on the night before the coup. The piece of jade he carried turned out to be able to call up modern technology, which he had not known about the first time round. He took the direct route after that, going at his enemies with force and leaving them no room. A crisis on the barbarian frontier came up in the middle of it and he dealt with that without much difficulty. Then something went wrong back at the palace and he returned for it.
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.
This Girl Is a Martial MasterBorn into a martial arts clan that forbade women from training, she secretly studied under two masters since childhood and was punished when discovered, yet never stopped sharpening her edge. At a martial arts tournament, sabotage drives her family to collapse. She steps forward, wins the battle alone, and shocks everyone by revealing she is the clan’s hidden genius and even outranks the martial arts alliance leader.
A Time-Traveling Rebel's RiseTime-traveling Zachary's empire is destroyed by Empress Katherine's policies—now, disguised as a commoner, she joins him on a dangerous journey of rebellion with secrets of her own!
Hidden CelestRemington, an unparalleled celestial emperor, seals his cultivation and memory for immortality. Anastasia discovers Remington's formidable abilities and decides to marry him!
There is none under heaven to equal herSaved from annihilation, Valeria rises as the divine guardian amidst national crisis, seeking truth for her family's massacre. In a climactic battle, invaders are vanquished, and long-buried secrets finally surface, unleashing a saga of revenge and guard!
His Misplaced HatredLin Xin'er holds the place of Xiao Jingyi's wife, and Xiao Jingyi cannot stand the sight of Lin Yuruo. He has been told she was with other men, and Lin Xin'er is the one who told him.
Lin Yuruo is the eldest daughter of Lin Da's household and is trained in both medicine and fighting. She and Xiao Jingyi, prince of Northern Yan, were in love, and their son Xiao Nuo was born before her half sister Lin Xin'er set about taking her position. When Xiao Jingyi was poisoned, Lin Yuruo drew the poison out of him. It cost her her health and she has not recovered since. Lin Xin'er let the household believe the cure had been her own work.
Xiao Jingyi learns what actually happened at a point when Lin Yuruo has three months left to live.
My Invincible MasterFelix awakens the Invincible Domain System after his master's passing, and he has to improve his invisible domain to find his senior!
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
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.
I Backed the Wrong Woman, Now I Won'tBroken by the prince she once saved, Jacqueline rises again—with the matriarch's blessing and no love left for the man who broke her!
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.
Reborn to Judge the King of HellReborn after dying to protect the realms, Raven rises to challenge the Heavenly Realm and put her tyrant father—King of Hell—on trial to rewrite destiny itself!
The Cast-Off Wife Rules AllBetrayed by the man she gave up her empire for, Suselia rises from ruin to become Summeria's fiercest Warden—ready to crush the kingdom that broke her!
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!
A Sister's Last StandIn her quest for justice for her late father, Caroline is heartbroken to discover her betrayal by her long-lost brother!