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She Is the Phoenix (Thai Ver.)Jiang Leyao, a girl from a humble background, marries into a powerful family, only to be betrayed and brutally tormented by her closest friend and a group of the wealthy and powerful. Her life ends in tragedy until she wakes up back in time. Yet her so-called best friend has also been reborn… And this time, she's stolen Jiang Leyao's place as the bride of high society. But Leyao isn't the only one with secrets. Behind her friend stands a shadowy figure of great power who's been pulling the strings…
Hidden Love (English Ver.)In the Duke's mansion a daughter born to anyone but the official wife lives on whatever the official wife allows her. Li Chuchu was born that way and has spent more than ten years under it. Her birth mother is dead. When things turn against her she finds out that the death was arranged and that someone was behind it, and she begins working toward paying that back. The one other person in the house asking the same question is Li Zhen, the official wife's son and her half brother, and what runs between them holds love and hate and a fixation neither of them acts on. The two of them look for the truth together.
Money is Coming (English Ver.)A female college student, Ning Chuxi, accidentally finds herself entering a book, becoming the vicious supporting character, Princess Yue Xi, who doesn't survive beyond the first three chapters. To save herself, she makes the bold decision to return to her hometown, hoping to avoid the inevitable fate outlined in the original plot. However, after experiencing the warmth of familial love back home, she gradually develops a deep connection to this world. No longer content with merely saving her own life, Ning Chuxi resolves to save other characters whose lives are also being crushed by the main storyline. She decides to rescue the male supporting character, Xiao Xinghang, who is fated to die at a specific point in the story. Together, they form an alliance to alter the main plot and seek justice for the original character’s wronged family.
Demon Imperial ConcubineZhuang Li has just given birth to the emperor's son. Consort Li and Concubine Rong frame her, and she loses the child. She pretends to have gone mad, and while the palace treats her as a harmless fool she works at her skills and waits. In time she wins back the emperor's favor. From there she pulls apart what the two women did, one piece at a time, until each of them is punished for it. She then learns that the empress had been behind Consort Li and Concubine Rong all along, and she begins to deal with the empress in the same way.
Spring FeverA corruption case in Ningzhou pulls down a whole official household. Ye Qinglan is that official's daughter, and when the family falls she is stripped of her standing and entered into slave registers. Shen Que is the young lord of Xuan Manor. He has spent his time keeping his head down and waiting, and he moves through the case in disguise, letting people take him for someone smaller than he is while he collects what actually happened in Ningzhou. The two of them end up working the same case from different sides, she with what she knows of her father's dealings and the people who came and went from his house, he with the reach that a manor still has when nobody is looking. What began as one man's corruption charge turns out to run further than the ledgers, into a conspiracy that several people with power would rather stay buried, and the investigation costs both of them more the closer they get to the names behind it.
Don't Forget My LoveIn the Dayu Dynasty, the establishment of the Crown Prince was imminent. The court was divided into two factions, and the quarrel was in full swing. The third prince, Jun Lingchuan, devised a strategy, won the emperor's heart, and succeeded in ascending the throne of the prince, while Yun Qianyu, the daughter of the prime minister Yun Haotian, was also married as the crown prince, and became involved in the affair. Unwilling to be the victim of a political marriage, Yun Qianyu chooses to resist and run away in the face of power, but unexpectedly encounters the prince, Jun Lingchuan, who is out on patrol in micro clothes. Destined to meet for the first time, entangled for a lifetime. The two experienced life and death, shared weal and woe, more and more unknown truths were unraveled, and they also put themselves in danger. Facing relatives and loved ones, how should Yun Qianyu choose...
Blooms for HerDeathsworn assassin Mei Lin enters the imperial succession struggle to repay a blood feud. A mad prince wields her as his blade, another heir sees her as the substitute for a lost love, and hostage prince Yue Jin becomes fiercely devoted to her. Each attachment blurs calculation with desire as Mei pursues revenge through a court built on betrayal.
Above The CloudsLu Anning and Ling Cang, bound by a thousand lifetimes of tragic love, are puppets of destiny, from fierce rivals to awakening souls. They join forces in divine cultivation, fighting to break free from fate's cruel game.
The Deliberations of LoveBy divine mercy, I was given chances to start over.
On my first rebirth, oh no, the poisoned wine was already at my lips. Couldn't the gods have hit rewind just a little earlier?
The second time around, I stopped that idiot, but I couldn't stop his bumbling accomplices. Dragged down by the team, I died again...
And then, on my final reincarnation, I returned to the eve of the bestowed marriage, not yet married. This time, I'm done playing!!
Just Wanna Be With YouNangong Xiao, who leads the Cangyun clan, forbade the match on the grounds that the two were not of equal standing, and he laid a trap to turn their feeling for each other into hatred.
The two were Jiang Zhiyu, the Cangyun goddess, and Jiang Jinghuai, a young tanuki of the Li clan, who had met by chance and fallen in love. The trap worked for a while. They kept being thrown together anyway, and out of the misunderstandings and the hurt they pieced together what had actually been done to them and who had done it. What they still felt for each other settled the quarrel between the clans, and the world was saved from being wiped out.
Chasing LoveNan Si, Emperor Wu's beloved consort, had a premature labor during the chaos. To save her life, Cang Hanyu, the Emperor, made a deal with the high priest to travel to new realities and break Nan Si's short-lived curse at the sacrifice of thier daughter, Phoenix. In one incarnation, they're the young master of an influential family and his deserted wife; in another life, they become a commoner and a deeply favored princess, who are still a couple. Whether they can remember each other, in face of the intrigues and plots in the influential family or the intricate situation of the court, Cang Hanyu and Nan Si still put each other first, support each other and protect each other in their way...
The Antidote to LoveDuring the turbulent years of Dawei, the realm remains divided. Prince Ning, Zhao He, leads his army to war and finds himself on the brink of death. Under imperial orders, the Office of Divination offers a rare medicinal slave to cure his poisoning. That slave, Yi Jiu, secretly the Saintess of the Moon Clan, uses herself as bait and becomes deeply entangled in a web of deception. In the end, Zhao He and Yun Yao work together to uncover the truth behind the Moon Clan's massacre. Together, they overcome life-and-death trials, stay true to their original purpose, and protect peace across the land.
Mysterious and Absurd Cases of the Tang DynastyChang'an in the Kaiyuan years of the Tang Dynasty is at the height of its prosperity, and underneath that prosperity a string of cases turns up that nobody can explain. Shentu Baiqi is an investigator without an official post. He works the cases together with Yao Yuan, who is Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and with Mu Guiyi.
Each case leads back to a living person and to what that person wanted, whether position or someone they could not give up, and the truth the three of them dig up is on behalf of the dead, with whatever justice follows done quietly. There is a rite performed over a ghost infant, a coffin held down with wards, a town its people say is haunted, wooden puppets that kill, and a contract under which a man pawns his wife.
Soft-Hearted GodYe Zhao, a lofty and ruthless god, falls into the mortal world for love. Princess Chu Xihe of the royal family carries the secret of a dual identity, and the two become powerful rivals entangled in a sea of love and hatred. Across a hundred years, their relationship shifts from love at first sight to bone-deep resentment, as a pure yet fateful romance transcends reincarnation—unraveling hidden truths amid their obsessive bond and the greater duty to family and nation.
Eternal Joy With YouXu Wanning's husband lied to her across the whole of their marriage. The child she wore herself out raising was his and his mistress's. Her own son did not live. Xu Wanning wakes up at an earlier point in her own life with all of that still in her head, and she sets about paying the husband back and keeping her boy alive this time round. Pei Heng is working on the Red Zhen perfume, and she keeps running into him while she goes about it. Somewhere in the middle of the perfume business she works out that the two of them were tied to each other before this life as well.
Unspeakable LongingBai Youke accidentally enters the comic book world she created, becoming the female protagonist. To return to reality, she must make the male lead, Xu Zeyu, who suffers from gynophobia, fall in love with her.
Love & Bid FarewellFive years ago, a treasonous conspiracy wiped out Gu Junyao's entire family. She dedicated herself to a shadowy organization, enduring years of hardships just for revenge. Prince Yue Jinchen was the perfect weapon for her vengeance. Yet, what appeared to be an ethereal prince was, in truth, a master of manipulation—each calculated step only led him to become a pawn. Now, caught between the blaze of desire and the treacherous dangers of the imperial palace, where will her path take her?
Enslaved by LoveXie Yun, daughter of the Xie family, once knew and loved Yin Ji, but was misunderstood as the one who betrayed Yin Ji and married the Qi King. After Yin Ji ascended to the throne, he began to retaliate against Xie Yun, making her live a hellish life in the palace. Despite the love-hate entanglement with Yin Ji, Xie Yun still held onto her true feelings. Together, they foiled the conspiracy of traitors.
Born To DieSong Dianxin, feamale general of Haiyin Kingdom, was accused of treason and died. Before this, she learned that she was betrayed by her fiancé, Shen Musi. Luckily, Song Dianxin is reborn and then immediately breaks off the engagement. She fights against the despicable man and avenges her friends who hurted her. However, it turns out that Shen Musi was also a victim of treachery. After his own rebirth, he pursues his love while investigating the truth. This leads to an intense love-hate relationship with Song Dianxin, full of cat-and-mouse dynamics.
The Crimson BladeIn the noble house that Ye Qingling is married into, the widow of a dead heir can be sent into the tomb with him as a burial companion, and the Grand Princess has the say over whether it happens.
Ye Qingling is a daughter of the Ye family by a concubine, and the family uses her as a stand-in bride for the house's heir, who is critically ill. He dies on the wedding night. The Grand Princess wants her buried with him, and she gets out of it by a narrow margin.
After that she needs someone inside the house to keep her alive, and she takes the risk of approaching the dead man's younger brother, Wei Hengzhi, a cold-hearted man. She fakes a pregnancy and builds on the lie step by step to get close to him. The pretence pulls the two of them into an attraction that a widow and her brother-in-law are not allowed to have, and at the same time the house is drawn into a fight over power that neither of them can keep out of.
A Tale of Love and LoyaltyWith the Emperor ailing and the Crown Prince still young, the rebel army marches towards the city gates. As her country and family are teetering on the brink of disaster, she writes to implore the Prince of Nanchuan for help, promising anything in return as long as he sends his army to intervene. He eventually arrives, saving not just her husband and child, but her own self. Despite her aloofness, he hesitates to hurt her. Yet, his aid comes at a cost. His desire is not for the throne, but for one person's love.
To Love or To DefyAssassin Di Shiqi enters the palace disguised as a princess sent to seal a political marriage, intending to kill her assigned target. Instead, she falls in love with Fifth Prince Ouyang Shao. When her master holds her family hostage and orders her to murder the prince, Di Shiqi and Ouyang choose to resist the mission and fate itself for the chance to remain together.
Be Yourself (Thai Ver.)The old master wants to ascend to heaven. He has trained for a hundred years toward it, and on the day of the tribulation he believes his merit is complete. A hundred bolts of lightning come down on him and destroy his body.
His soul merges with Zhao Feiyang, the fourth son of the Zhao family, who is known as the family's loser. He has barely come round in the new body when three marriage proposals arrive at once. He takes up Zhao Feiyang's life from there.
Fate of BeautyIt tells the story of the female lead, Xia Anle'er, whose family was falsely accused by her fiancé, Xiao Yeting, during her youth, leading to their devastating downfall. After years of preparation to restore her family's honor, she must endure humiliation and disguise herself to approach her enemy. In the process of searching for evidence, she caught the attention of Xiao Muran. The love-hate entanglement among the three resolved through love, and ultimately, they protected each other. Together, they not only cleared their grievances but also let go of hatred, rediscovered themselves, and pursued true love.
The Dangerous LoverIn the chess game, Hu Tian foresaw the outcome of the entire Hu family being slaughtered. In order to change his fate, Tian Tian Lalang and the downtrodden prince Su Yanli, who had a "rebirth" experience, tried to guide the villain brother to do good. Unexpectedly, Su Yanli might be The culprit who wiped out the Hu family, the two are in extreme tension, Tiantian slowly learns about Su Yanli and her fateful origins
"My Bug, My Castellan"A cooking goddess enters the game world to fix a bug that turns out to be the handsome castellan. In order to restore the game program’s code, she has to try all sorts of tricks to poison the castellan a hundred times. But the more she tries to kill him, the more she realizes that she has fallen in love with the man. What should she do now?
The Crow Princess of FortuneSuisui is the young mistress of the Mystic Crow Clan, born lucky in a literal sense and able to talk with animals. The clan takes her for a jinx, whatever she says aloud being blamed for what follows, and she is abandoned at a mass grave as a child. She survives, and she turns up uninvited at a banquet in a marquis's manor, causing enough chaos to be remembered. At that banquet she saves Xiao Heng, Prince Jing, a man everyone avoids because he is under a curse said to kill those near him. She sets about breaking it. Her divine luck and a quick mind let her drive off what has been feeding on him, stay ahead of the people plotting against his house, and pull palace secrets into the open, including things about how he was cursed in the first place. The prince gets his strength back in stages. Suisui goes from the girl whose mouth brings misfortune to a princess people want near them for luck, and she works with her father to take back what their family lost.
Ancient BraceletZhao, a healer of the Wuyue tribe, falls in love with Ying Du, the ruler of the Puluo State, after a chance meeting. She then watches him slaughter her tribe and the people closest to her.
Zhao does not know that she is a descendant of the goddess. A heavenly decree forbids the goddess to love. The Fengwu Bracelet carries the power to travel through time, and by it Zhao and Ying Du are brought together again in three different lives. Over those lives she learns the truth about her birth and turns against the decree so that she can be with him.
The Heiress Luo WanwanLuo Wanwan and Li Yichen are husband and wife, and they have never met. Her father is the Minister of Rites, and she says whatever comes into her head and styles herself a swordswoman of the jianghu. He holds a deputy minister's post at the Dali Temple, where criminal cases are judged.
She runs off to escape the marriage and on the road gets caught up in a murder case, and that is how the two of them meet, trading blows with no idea who the other is. They come away from it treating each other as enemies. She wants the truth of the case, so she dresses as a man, gets herself into the Dali Temple, and becomes his assistant. From there they work cases together, clearing old unsolved ones and going after wrongdoers, and somewhere in the middle of it a romance starts up between them, with him still unaware that his assistant is the wife he never met.
The Empress Dowager On A Second SpringAfter a traumatic birth leaves her in a coma, Jiang Rong wakes up as the Empress Dowager, with a newborn son. Amidst the scandal of a widow giving birth, she must conceal a deadly secret: the father's identity. To survive and uncover the truth, she navigates a dangerous game with three potential fathers, sparking a mix of romance, comedy, and unexpected revelations.
Revenge of Royal PrincessLi Yanchu, a princess of the royal house, pulled Han Shu off the execution ground and trained him. The purpose was to make him a tool of the imperial court, in the service of the emperor, her younger brother Li Jie. Later she fell ill and was dying. She arranged her own death so that Han Shu would go on faithfully assisting Li Jie.
Three years after that, Li Yanchu woke in the body of Xie Yugui. She found that she was seriously ill, and that the illness came from poison. She began to look into who had done it. The investigation brought her back into contact with Han Shu, and his character had changed completely since she last knew him.
A Lord At Her MercyOn the night of her reborn wedding, Shen Zhinian, the legitimate daughter of a duke, returns with a heart full of vengeance. Beside the Buddhist altar, she offers herself as bait and strikes a deal with Emperor Xiao Yan. Little does she know, the man has already heard her innermost thoughts. What begins as manipulation turns into affection, and together they enact a plan to annihilate their enemies.
A Farmer's FortuneHe Qingqing married Fu Qinghuai before there was anything between them, and the feeling came afterwards. They bring up a child together and she runs the trade she built in the village she landed in.
She had been a food blogger. A fall dropped her into a farming village in the distant past, and the household she woke up in was in debt. She worked it off by cooking and selling what she made, and the selling turned into a business that kept growing. With the business steady and the family settled, what is left in front of her is whether to stay there or go back to her own time.
Choose One of FourTeenager Lin Lusheng falls into a popular comic and joins four striking imperial constables whose cases cross ancient and modern eras. Solving mysteries beside them wins each man's heart, making escape from danger only part of her problem as all four compete to become her chosen partner.
Once Upon A DreamShen Qingtang lives in the Pei household as the sister, in name only, of Pei Congzhi, the eldest son of the Marquis of Chengping. Her own family was wiped out when she was a child, and Pei Congzhi, who is about her age, was the one who took her in, so she grew up there as a foster daughter living on the family's charity. The years since have brought her unfair treatment and pressure from every side of the house. The one person she could lean on is Pei Congzhi himself, and he is dangerous in ways she cannot read or manage. The strain wears her down until she decides to get out. She means to leave Pei Congzhi behind and escape the danger and uncertainty that surround her there.
BabysitterZhang Xiaoxue works as a nanny. She falls into a hole. She comes to in the past, inside the palace of an old dynasty, in the Cold Palace, where a consort has been shut away. Zhang Xiaoxue puts her training with infants to use on the consort's household. The consort, who had been written off by everyone in the palace, starts to climb back. Zhang Xiaoxue stays on in that world and goes about making a place for herself in it.
The Tower of WhispersAfter an unjust death at the hands of the tyrannical Emperor Jun Che, Lu Yingying, the daughter of a disgraced Minister of Rites, is miraculously reborn before the tragedies unfold. Vowing to change her destiny, she seeks out Jun Che when he is still a convict and buys him, becoming his master...
The Glamorous RevengeA beauty shop conceals Lin Muxuan's revenge operation, with Xu Zhaozhao's altered appearance serving as bait for a hidden enemy. Running it together brings him under the spell of her lively intelligence. Their growing attachment complicates the disguise and the intentions neither has fully revealed.
The Unbreakable BondThe story follows Ling Chuxia, a young girl trapped in a difficult situation, who bravely defies family constraints and societal criticism. She forms a bond with the male lead, Liang Junye, who shares her struggles. Together, they support each other, overcome their life challenges, and join forces to uncover an evil conspiracy by a foreign tribe, ultimately protecting their homeland.
Marriage BadgeTo save the hero in her play, the intelligent and pretty screenwriter travels to the script by accident and meets a shy prince, a vicious rival in love, a scheming contender for the throne, a mischievous emperor who loves to mess up with lovers, a kind empress, a cousin whom she grew up with and an open and modern mother... Will the heroine be able to save the day and get what she wants?
Echoes of LoveSong Zhiyun ran a beauty blog in the present day. She fell from a building, and when she woke she was in the Song Dynasty, in the body of Liu Ruyan, a courtesan. She was drawn into a conspiracy there. Courtesans had been going missing. She entered Huanyue Pavilion under a false identity and worked inside it. A young lord with a head for scheming took up the same matter, and the two of them worked together on what lay behind the disappearances.
Seal of LoveFusheng in Fengming Mountain saved the demon king Jing Yuan and accepted him as a small apprentice, so he offended the immortal door. The goddess Mu Yao was aggressive and vowed to remove the floating life.
The InescapableThe master of forbidden Baixiao Manor disappears just before its famed nocturnal banquet. Condemned prisoner Ye Li volunteers to enter the miasma-shrouded estate with Supreme Court catcher Hua Qiankun. Their search for one missing man uncovers a plot vast enough to threaten the realm itself.
Entwined SecretsSent by the Crown Prince, Kou marries Chancellor Gu Huanzhi to steal secret letters. After the Crown Prince's death, she tries to flee, only to discover Gu has long known her identity and silently shielded her. Through suspicion, betrayal, and life-or-death trials, she also recovers a childhood memory that unexpectedly links to him.
Spring NightAn imperial decree names Mai Tian for a marriage. She is the only one left of the Shen family after its fall, and an order from the palace is not something she can turn down.
By chance she comes across Crown Prince Jinchuan, wounded badly, and she saves him. His memory is gone and he cannot say who he is. She offers him a marriage on paper, which takes her out from under the decree, and he agrees to it. Both of them treat it as a contract and nothing more.
The feeling between them comes later and neither of them arranged for it. They also begin working on a fraud case in the imperial examinations that reaches high into the court, and clearing the Shen family's name depends on what comes out of it.
The ArchitectOn her wedding night, shipping magnate’s daughter Shen Changning is slaughtered with her entire family and thrown into a river, but awakens in a new life as Xiyan, a dancer in Governor Pei Yu’s residence. Carrying a blood-deep need for revenge, she uses beauty as bait and wit as a shield. With Pei Yu’s power behind her, Xiyan enters a deadly court struggle to reclaim her stolen destiny and justice.
The Maid (Thai Ver.)Shen Yuqing was born to a concubine of the Duke's household and was treated as the lowest person in it. Her mother, Lady Qin, was killed.
She then took the name Xiyan and worked as a courtesan at Meixiang Pavilion, which put her within reach of the Regent, Pei Ji. She had his trust first and his affection after that. Over the same period she traced a set of plots running between the Duke's household and the Empress Dowager, and she kept her son, Pei Zhao, clear of them.
She and Pei Ji moved against the Empress Dowager and the Duke's household together, and both of them came close to being killed in the process. Pei Ji then went deep into enemy ground with himself as the bait, so that Xiyan and Pei Zhao would be out of it.
Destiny of the General's Bride (Thai Ver.)Qing Yan is a courtesan with a name that carries. She makes a deal with General Xiao Yun, marries him under its terms, and moves into the Xiao residence.
She was Su Hua before that, a girl who ran off with Xiao Yun because she wanted him. Her older sister handed her over. Xiao Ye, the second son of the house, forced himself on her and put her in the ground while she was still breathing. She came back from that, and Qing Yan is the name she came back under.
Inside the residence she works against the family that did it. Other women in the house have been used the way she was, and she gets some of them out.
The Prisoner of Beauty (English Ver.)A retreat on the battlefield orchestrated by Xiaoqiao's grandfather fourteen years ago resulted in the deaths of Wei family elders, igniting a bitter clan feud. Now, Wei Shao, the sole Wei survivor, marches on Yanzhou, ostensibly for revenge but truly to restore the vital Yongning Canal. Seeing through his plan, Xiaoqiao agrees to a strategic marriage to ease the crisis.
Initially at odds, the couple slowly bonds through shared trials. As old grudges fade, love grows. Together, they overcome adversity and fight for peace, ultimately becoming lifelong companions.
The Chosen QueenLu Li abandons her father and divine gifts to save and marry impoverished scholar Shen Shimei, helping him rise to the top of the imperial examinations. Her reward is betrayal: he has allied himself with the Princess Royal and frames the Lu family for witchcraft, unaware that the fortune granted by a Daughter of Destiny becomes a lifelong curse when her husband forsakes her.
Culinary VendettaSu Qianqian marries into the same general's household as the princess who ruined her family. Inside its walls, she challenges Mingzhu's schemes with young general Chu Junyao's support, while her exceptional cooking earns a welcome that rank alone cannot secure.
Pavilion SecretsThe feared General Yun Shu, known as the "King of Hell," encounters Song Huanbei, who approaches her under the guise of a male companion. Song Huanbei, the leader of the top intelligence agency in the martial world, is determined to find the culprits behind the Mo family's massacre. Meanwhile, Yun Shu, who is actually a Mo family survivor disguised as a man, gradually falls in love with him as they test each other's motives.
The Love DuelThe cool woman has to play a maid who has always been humiliated while the gentle CEO has to pretend like he's a brutal prince. She sharpens her dagger every night, trying crazily to kill him; He teases her every day, trying desperately to win her heart. In this amusing and romantic love duel, let's see who can gain ground and complete the mission first. During the duel, they begin to realize that they're caught in a conspiracy.
The Reincarnated LoversOn the day of her wedding, Tang Wanwan is murdered by her groom, Xiao Xuanyi. She holds on to her hatred, finds a chance to kill Xiao Xuanyi, and after that chooses to kill herself. By accident she comes back to three years earlier instead.
She does not know that the Xiao Xuanyi of this life also has the memories of his previous life. The two of them were reborn at the same time. A love affair with a great deal of cruelty in it starts up between them.
Estranged Fall In LoveIn order to save his beloved Nan Si, Cang Hanyu uses a secret spell to be reborn, but he must bear the painful price of not being able to marry her in this life. But the two are unwilling to succumb to fate and vow to join hands to fight the so-called wrath and curse to the end......
Please Don't Spoil Me S3It tells the story of Yan Yiyi, the heroine, who accidentally enters into the novel she wrote and tries her best to become a "nail house" in the cold palace in order to return to reality, but makes the emperor Qin Yu, who is sexually continent, very interested.
CamelliasJiang Yukui's sister is alive. She is the one who has spent years laying a plan under the throne, and the two of them being twins is part of how she has done it.
Jiang Yukui knows none of this. She is the Holy Maiden of the Zhao Tribe and she spends her childhood shut in a cell, and when word comes that her sister has been killed she goes out after the people she holds responsible, carrying the Siming power. Feng Ye takes her into his household. He holds more at court than his title accounts for, the two of them watch each other for a while, and then they stop watching each other and move against the emperor and the empress together.
She learns what her sister is while she and Feng Ye are still in the middle of that, and the work she has done since the cell turns out to have been useful to her sister.
Phoenix's HomecomingA fire ended the life of the eldest princess, and it was arranged between her tutor, the man she had loved for years, and her own younger brother. Up to that night she had held enough power at court to move the government.
She comes back to an earlier point in her own life with all of it in her head. The tutor kneels to her now and takes her orders. A prince from the country the court counts as its enemy works for her out of sight, doing the things she cannot be seen doing. She spent the first life treating love as the thing to move around the board, and this time she works with power directly. The Empress has already decided she is a rival, and what the princess means to take back goes further than the throne.
In The Name of LoyaltyMaster assassin Cheng Ge enters Emperor Shi Yu’s service disguised as a lowly robe attendant. Court rivalries and secrets entangle him with the ruler he was sent to kill, forcing him to choose between completing the mission and protecting his target.
The Crime Unit of Tang DynastyIn the late Tang Dynasty, a wave of bizarre crimes sweeps through Chang'an. Six macabre cases grip the capital: the Corpse Chant Murders, the Vengeful Spirit Manor, the Luoyang Phantom Courtesan, the Ghost Soldiers of Barren Village, the Hell Gambling Den, and the Mirror Chang'an Case! These six sinister conspiracies strangle the empire like poisonous vines. Li Jingnian of the Dalisi alongside Lin Xiaoran and the knight-errant Shen Qiuwan, ignite themselves as candles to relight Chang'an's eternal flame...