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Stop! Young CastellanOnly Wuying can cure the poison afflicting Wu Baobao's father and the people of Wufengzhai. The castellan's daughter joins Song Lian, a swashbuckling descendant of a witch physician, to find it. Their search draws them into a city ruler's scheme to save himself and raises questions about Baobao's own origins.
The Resilient Dr. LingModern doctor Ling Ruo Jin awakens in ancient times in the body of a reviled woman forced to marry Prince Xiao Ye Han. Her medical knowledge and refusal to submit let her challenge the husband who despises her and expose those plotting against her.
"Lost You, Found You"Detective Yun Feifei and Qiankun Gang leader Gu Linyuan meet as enemies charged with opposing loyalties. Discovering who each truly is reveals that they were once lovers separated long ago. Their renewed bond becomes the key to resolving the secrets that turned them against each other.
Love in A DreamSuffering from a mysterious illness, noble concubine Su Qin encounters a black-robed kidnapper "Bing-zhong-bing" in the palace. To marry Lu Huan, Prince Ningan and plot regicide, they face danger together, their bond growing amid turmoil.
Lost You Forever S1 (Special Edition)In ancient times, people, gods, and demons coexisted with each other, with three ruling Kingdoms, Xiyan, Chenrong, and Haoling. Emperor Xuanyuan who was the ruler of the three kingdoms suddenly died, yet managed to hide his daughter named Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao grew up to be a smart and kind woman. When she went acress the deep forest, a tragedy happened to her. She then lost her identity and her real apperance. She stayed in Qing Shui city, disguised as a guy named Wen Xiaoliu working as a physician. One time, Xiao Liu accidentaly saved Tu Shanjing, the ruler heir of Tu Shan clan. She also met a nine-headed demon named Xiang Liu. Furthermore, she met Xuan Yuan Qiang Xuan who was in the midst of looking for her. Fate has brought everyone together in Qing Shui, but what does this all mean for Xiao Yao?
Life After LifeMeng You, a young spiritual official with the ability to shake mountains with her tears, accidentally set free Li Bugui before he drank the Carefree Soup. This action caused turmoil in Lingyuan and put Meng You's Granny in danger. To rectify her error and rescue Granny's life, Meng You volunteered to travel to Qingchuan to complete the task of giving Li Bugui the soup. However, upon arrival, Meng You found that Li Bugui had become Qingchuan's top assassin, possessing formidable martial arts skills. To approach Li Bugui and complete her mission, Meng You embarked on a tumultuous journey filled with persuasion and chaos.
The Rebel EmpressIt told the story of Empress Wang Yunci who was murdered in the fire and reborn inside Jiang Jinli's body as the Princess Consort Duan because of an ancient jade. Her birthday just became her death day, and her brother-in-law also became her husband. At first, she mistakenly thought that Prince Duan murdered her for treason, so she was determined to seek revenge. However, she always felt concern and protection from Prince Duan. So let's see how these two people with different intentions change, from using each other to giving heart and completing their long-cherished wishes while receiving love.
The Missing SnowflakesLin Huanhuan and Lin Shangshang are twin sisters. The younger one, Huanhuan was sent to the mountains to study Traditional Chinese Medicine when she was small. Years later, her elder sister, Shangshang, fell in love with the crowned prince. Unexpectedly, the queen deliberately married Shangshang to another prince, Shangguan Li. Lin Shangshang hanged herself and died for love. Lin Huanhuan was forced to marry off as her sister’s substitution, who begins her married life full of quarrels and sweet times.
Dr. SpringOverworked doctor Zhang Ziqi enters the fantasy game Qiyu as Li Chunri, a wealthy minister's daughter, expecting luxury but discovering she has been chosen as a sacrifice. An accident binds her life to assassin Ling Xinghe, and the game's only apparent route home requires one of them to kill the other. Their absurd household battle gradually exposes a larger plot controlling them both.
Fortune WriterPrime Minister's daughter Su Yunqi discovers that the Book of Fate has reduced her to a disposable supporting woman whose ending is already written. Instead of accepting the book's authority, she turns its knowledge into a weapon against the plot controlling her. Her rebellion becomes a search for an identity of her own and a love chosen freely rather than assigned by fate.
When We Meet AgainAfter accidentally traveling into a novel about ancient times, a modern female student becomes Lu Shuangshuang, a vicious Crown Princess. Knowing the plot well, she decides to divorce Mo Chengqian, the Crown Prince who detests her, to save herself and shifts her affection to the second male lead. However, the Crown Prince refuses to sit idly by and tries the best he can to win her heart. With the Crown Prince on the chase and the Crown Princess on the run, how their story unfolds remains to be seen...
Heart of Ice and FlameThree thousand years ago, Mo Bing was betrayed and had her heart gouged out, transforming her into a half-human, half-puppet existence. In pursuit of regaining her human form, Mo Bing searched for a millennium and finally discovered the "Heart of Flame." However, its owner, Mu Yuanqi, held a triple identity just like her. When Mo Bing forcefully married into his household, a series of tests and tensions unfolded. Slowly, a drama filled with purpose and conspiracy, both sweet and torturous, began to unfurl.
Broken the HeartPrincess Yin Ruoshui, who was forced to marry for peace, was abused by the male protagonist Yuwen Sheng and then escaped with all her might, even changing her face at all costs. But the "Big Bad Wolf" quickly found the "Little White Rabbit" who had changed her face. During their pursuit and escape, she unexpectedly learned about Yuwen Sheng's sincere feelings for her. Can they mend the rift between them?
The Love of the ImmortalIn ancient times, Divine Lord destroyed Devil Lord at the cost of his entire cultivation. Before closing himself in the door to recover, he reincarnated a wisp of his incarnation into a human called Mu Han who had no idea about everything. When Mu Han cultivated in Jiuzhongshan, he met the daughter of the devil clan, Xuan Li, who had the primary evil power in her body. The two had feelings in the process of common cultivation, and they confessed the love to each other.
Thousands of Years of LoveThe heroine, Feng Ruoyao, is a phoenix and the ruler of the demon realm. She falls in love at first sight with Immortal Lord Mo Chenyuan and forces him back to the demon realm to marry her. Mo Chenyuan has always had a crush on Feng Ruoyao. Since he has been seriously injured by his half-brother in secret, he turns Feng Ruoyao's trick to his own use and allows himself to be captured by her in order to recuperate in the demon realm. The two seem to be quarrelsome foes, but in fact, their love is two-way. No matter what obstacles they encounter, they always treat each other with sincerity. Eventually, they manage to eliminate the gap between the immortal and the demon and get together...
My Beloved WifeForced into an arranged marriage with the delicate young lord Su Qingmo, General Mu Lingxi, a female warrior, embarks on a journey from obligation to true love. Despite being initially unfamiliar with each other, they become a harmonious and loving couple. Together, they navigate the challenges of their relationship and join forces to uphold justice.
The Little Red MatchmakerFive hundred years ago the nine-tailed fox was loose, and two deities, Hong Luan and Tian Xi, fought it. Tian Xi burned through a thousand years of soul power to force it into a seal, and did it to keep Hong Luan alive. She lost her memory afterward. She now lives as Liu Yingying, a matchmaker in the service of Yue Lao, the god who ties couples together, and her work is arranging other people's marriages. The man she is set against is Jiang Changqing, an immortal living out a reincarnation with the Heartless Curse laid on him, which means he cannot feel what she is trying to make him feel. She wins him anyway. Meanwhile the seal on the fox is thinning and it is close to getting out. Their attachment has to survive three separate lifetimes and the trials set in each one.
Mirage PavilionIn the previous life, the sisters Man Zhu and Sha Hua were beautiful and powerful in the divine world. When Man Zhu experienced the disaster, she suffered a counterattack. Sha Hua saved Man Zhu and thus suffered a natural disaster. Man Zhu ignored the pain of her body and went to save Sha Hua. Sha Hua could not see her sister suffering and decided to sacrifice herself. The god was moved by the emotions of the two sisters and decided to give them a chance to meet when the red magic lily bloomed on the other side. But they agreed to "not recognize each other" between meetings. Man Zhu waited again and again, and finally saw Sha Hua, who had lost her memory in the world, but at this time, Sha Hua was already a mortal, named Qian Xia, who was the chief constable of the pure evil department.
After the appearance of Man Zhu, there was a legend in the bustling Guangling City. There was a place in the city called the Magic Mirror Pavilion. Its owner was a mysterious woman in red. It is said that as long as you have a wish to realize it, she can help you complete it. The price of realizing the wish is to exchange it with her with your "one thought", and Qian Xia was also involved in investigating murders, and embarked on a case investigation journey with the beautiful owner Man Zhu.
Love's DeceptionThe Food Fairy, Feng Lili, was punished and sent to the mortal world to experience a calamity of love. In order to find her destined partner to help her through this tribulation, Feng Lili, under the alias Feng Lili, entered the mansion of Shen Yuchuan, the Lord of Jiuli City. Through a series of coincidences, she ended up marrying the Lord. Unexpectedly, her true destined partner turned out to be someone else, prompting Feng Lili to desperately try to escape the mansion. However, a political conspiracy was quietly unfolding. Shen Yuchuan, in order to protect Feng Lili, intentionally distanced himself from her. Only then did Feng Lili realize her feelings for Shen Yuchuan. As she was caught in a dilemma, she unexpectedly discovered that Shen Yuchuan's affection for her was nothing more than a carefully planned deception. Driven by love-turned-hatred, she decided to seek revenge on Shen Yuchuan, until the identity of her true destined partner was revealed.
Hail to the PrincessThe country of Liulian, where women are honored, was in trouble both internally and externally. The Chief Advisor said, "If the sixth daughter are born, the world will die." But General Gu gave birth to the sixth daughters. In order to save the youngest daughter, the Gu family falsely claimed to have a son. Her daughter Gu Rong was old enough to get married, so she disguised herself as a man and took her childhood sweetheart Shen Mengchui with her to marry her "good sister", Princess Yun. Since then, the trios had joined forces to start the battle for the throne.
Tea of DestinyJing Qi'er and Huan Yunhua are at the Carefree Tea House passing as husband and wife, and each of them is there under a false account. He has arrived as the young master of the house, missing for years and home at last, and he is the head of Yunshan Pavilion and means to clear the place out. She came down from her sect's mountain for the Rejuvenating Pill, which is kept at the tea house, and she wants it for a foster father who is "gravely ill".
The marriage act pulls up a set of grudges from years back. The two of them fall for each other while they are working at it, and the tea house comes out with its reputation back, which was no part of what either of them came for.
The Princess is a Rabbit FairyRabbit fairy Bai Zaizai infiltrates the palace to avenge her master and unexpectedly becomes bodyguard to second prince Liu Changge. Their alliance turns to love as Liu helps complete her revenge, while Bai uses her powers against state preceptor Shen Yi and rival princes seeking to destroy him.
Gourmet in Tang Dynasty 2To find the Sealed Book that contains a huge secret, Yuan Wan'er sneaks into New Oriental Academy and meets Sima Qingyang by accident. Through various misunderstandings and cooperations, Yuan Wan'er gradually touches Sima with her kindness and smartness. They fall in love with each other. During their search for the Sealed Book, they crack its secret and end up being together.
FaithfulLin Rulan stakes her reputation on accusing embroidery-house master Wu Lian, but every appeal fails and she takes her own life to prove her innocence. Seven years later, her friend Meng Wan gathers nine people linked to the buried case—including a constable, pickpocket, noblewoman, and scholar—to overturn the injustice and exact revenge. As they unite, the struggle Rulan endured alone finally comes to light.
My Jealous HusbandA preposterous twist of fate unfolds as bitter enemies find themselves bound by a marriage arranged by the Emperor. An official who is a staunch defender of righteousness and gets jealous easily, Yan Xuanyue, crosses paths with the mischievous "daughter of the cunning grand chancellor", Yu Chen. Their daily bickering gives rise to a "sweet" married life, yet as their feelings for each other grow, the conspiracy behind this absurd marriage also begins to surface...
My Lady GeneralWei Lin, a rough and illiterate female general, marries the frail and sickly young master of the Gu family, Gu Mingzhu, in a desperate attempt to clear the unjust accusations against the late Crown Prince.
Little does she know that the sickly young master Gu Mingzhu was actually the cunning and ruthless villain Jiang Juan in disguise. He enters Wei's residence intending to steal the precious cure, Flame Jade. However, to his surprise, Jiang Juan unknowingly falls for Wei Lin in the process.
Attack on! PrincessNovice witch Su Muyan accepts a contract marriage to the feared ninth prince Feng Luochen, whose three previous brides vanished and are rumored to have died by his hand. She needs his pure-yang body to awaken her spiritual roots and rescue her beloved eighth prince from captivity. Yet her chaotic spells and earnest loyalty draw her toward the husband she meant to use, and together the two royal outcasts begin exposing the conspiracies built around him.
The JourneyXue Xiaoran ran away from home and fell off a cliff accidentally. When she woke up, she was in a desolate primordial forest. She found an exhausted guy and they struggled to survive in the forest. However, as a foodie, it was so cruel for her to eat tasteless stuff! So she decided to make cooking utensils and fires and get ingredients herself. Her life was getting better, however, at that time, she discovered that she was the one who traveled back in time. Why was there a bandit who wanted to marry her? Why was a silver-spooned guy in love with her? She just wanted to be a cook, why was she sent to the palace? As expected, people who traveled back in time had to have lives full of ups and downs, and Xue Xiaoran was ready for that. However, the wanted man by her side was hiding a big secret.
I Have a Smart Doctor Wife S3The story revolves around the protagonist, Yun Ruoyue, a modern-day doctor who transmigrates to ancient times. She encounters Chu Xuanchen, the former crown prince of Chu, known as the God of War and they embark on a journey of mutual accomplishment and redemption. While the God of War embodies "slaughter," the doctor represents "salvation." She is the "Angel in Disguise" that redeems the "Lone Heroic Prince." Naturally handsome, intelligent, and strategic, Chu Xuanchen carries the burden of avenging his father's murder. Meanwhile, Yun Ruoyue heals not only illnesses but also people’s hearts. Initially, they harbor mutual disdain but gradually let go of prejudice and develop appreciation, ultimately forming a lifelong bond. Throughout the process of aiding Chu Xuanchen in accomplishing his goals, they help each other to overcome obstacles and work together to save Chu and the Chu people, and ultimately achieve great success.
I Have a Smart Doctor Wife S2Modern physician Yun Ruoyue awakens as a medical consort in ancient times and turns her knowledge toward an independent dream: financing and opening a clinic of her own. Building the business also draws her closer to Prince Chu Xuanchen. When a legal conspiracy puts Yun in prison and on the execution ground, the prince risks his life to break her free, binding their romance to the new danger they must face together.
I Have a Smart Doctor WifePrince Li is betrothed to a doctor whose medical tools come from the twenty-first century. Yun Ruoyue arrived in his era after an electrical shock while saving a patient, retaining a system that lets her continue treating the sick. His work protecting the people gradually gives the initially hostile pair common ground.
Me and My Delicate HusbandKong Qiqi works as a forensic examiner. On the night of a blood moon she falls into the novel her boyfriend wrote. There she is a daughter of the prime minister's household in the capital, and part of her memory from before the crossing is gone. She is drawn into a murder case in which the victim was drowned. During the investigation she meets Mu Zhixi, the Ninth Prince, who has tuberculosis. He looks very much like the boyfriend she left behind. He takes an interest in the way she works the case, and the two begin to fall for each other.
Each time she goes deep into a case, a piece of her memory comes back. She takes on more cases after that. She learns that Mu Zhixi was poisoned, and that his condition is the after-effect of a fight over the throne 20 years earlier. The two of them start looking into that older case.
The Maid BalladXuan Qiancao is the daughter of an official who was found guilty. She has talent, and she has set herself to clearing her father's name. She goes looking for a powerful backer. Chen Tongxue is the Emperor's illegitimate son, and the Crown Prince has been working against him, which has put his life in danger. While she is looking, she meets Chen Tongxue.
The two approach each other, and each makes use of the other. They come through several situations together in which either could have died. After that, the two fall in love. From then on they act together against their enemies.
"Marry Me, My Queen"Gu Qingzi held the position of patron of Jun'an City. In her dealings with the court she presented herself as weak, and by that means she kept the power of the court in balance. General Li Yinzhi then returned to the city at the head of 150,000 soldiers. His return upset her arrangement. She tried the same pretence of weakness on Li Yinzhi that she had used on the court. She was then forced into a marriage with him.
My Merman BrotherLin Weixu, the female State Preceptor of the Qin Empire gained her authoritarian power after conquering Nanzhao Empire. One day, she ran into Fusu, a merman captive who was tortured by the Supreme Court. Out of sympathy, she rescued the merman, and he became clingy to her. Thus unfolded a therapeutic and sweet journey. Together the couple uncovered the culprit behind the murder of the former State Preceptor and rooted out treacherous spies in the imperial court.
Empress Won't Go To CourtModern girl Gu Jin Yan is transported to ancient times, where she accidentally swaps souls with the Emperor while serving as his Empress. Forced to navigate palace politics and court duties in each other's bodies, the initially hostile couple must cooperate to return to their original forms, leading them to discover the true nature of those around them.
Fierce BrideZhuang Momo, a screenwriter in the present day, is transported into the script of a drama called Yasha Bride. In it she is the bride the Long family calls ugly, and the family puts her through a ghost wedding, the kind held for the dead. She does not go along with the arrangement. She is hard to keep down and jokes her way through it. She looks into the case in which her parents were wronged and establishes what was done to them. Two men of the Long family take an interest in her while this is going on. One is unruly and hot-blooded, the other aloof and cold in his manner. Between the two there is an honest man and a wicked one, and the choice of which to take is hers.
The Castellan Belongs to MeFreelance writer Wu Lin falls into the unfinished novel she is revising and becomes Wu Yuling, the Donglin castellan's wife and the heroine she most despises. Refusing to pursue men and power through the story's vicious household intrigues, she tries both to return to reality and to rewrite its stale plot from within. Her interference instead entangles her in Song Yi's attempt to seize his brother's position, forcing her toward a daring choice.
Guyuan Imperial CollegeWu Wanwan, a college student from the present day, wants a place in the academy she has accidentally been dropped into, somewhere in ancient times. The only way in for her is to pass as a boy, so she does. Her schoolmates there include Tang Wenqi and Qi Shan, and a good deal of comedy comes out of the three of them.
The larger obstacle is the way education is shared out in this era, which is far from equal. The three of them decide to do something about it. They take on the unfair ideas of the period and found a private academy of their own, one that pays no attention to a student's lineage. They admit girls as well. The school charges no tuition, so that anyone who wants to learn can come. Trouble meets them at each step of this, and they work through it as it comes.
The Shoufu Can Read MindFood blogger Shen Zhihuan wakes in the Dasui Dynasty as the six-month wife of chief minister Xu Yanqing, a man history remembers as a tyrant destined to be hanged by rebels at thirty. She tries to escape before his recorded downfall catches her too, but life beside Xu exposes a different man and draws them together. Their growing attachment leaves both trapped inside the court struggle that threatens to fulfill the history she knows.
Afterlife of Love and RevengeLong Yue, the most feared woman of Qingshui County, is fierce—and fiercely devoted to her husband.
In her first life, she was framed, betrayed, and cast aside. Only Li Qingmu ever treated her with true sincerity, yet she was manipulated into divorcing him and died full of regret.
Reborn with a second chance, Long Yue vows to protect the man who truly loved her—and make every person who humiliated and abandoned her pay for what they did.
A PuppetryLiu Xiaoxiao, an apprentice from the best puppetry performing group, Chen Theater Troupe, had to relive the day her troupe was engulfed by an inferno. She met a manga artist from the future, Song Keyang. Together, they unveiled the truth behind the fire and solved the mystery of their past.
Bossy Husband Who Loved MeWriter Mu Xiaoxi accidentally slipped into her novel and completed ten tasks before returning. She thought it was a sure thing, but she didn't know that Qin Chuan, the male protagonist, gained the ability to hear Mu Xiaoxi's heartfelt wishes. When the male protagonist can also predict the plot, the direction of the story has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the fate of the two is closely intertwined.
The Little Wife Of The GeneralTop chef Su Qianqian accidentally crosses over to the concubine of the government's mansion who is in a miserable situation. The task of the system is to find the right person and make a marriage with them before returning to the real world.
Demon Emperor's Little MatchmakerThe half monster Li Wuyou suffered from his bloodlines and kept a solitary and cold character, he didn’t want to accept any girl. It upset the Moon Lord, arranging his marriage so much, the Moon Lord sent the trainee matchmaker Qiao Chuchu to act as a go-between. If Qiao Chuchu succeeded, she could become a full member. To finish the task, Qiao Chuchu tried all kinds of methods, which messed up Li Wuyou’s peaceful life, however he fell in love with this cute fairy unconsciously …
Detective Husband I've Never MetThe little princess Ji Gongyi was given a marriage by the emperor, and Qin Mo, the dream lover of countless girls, tied the knot. Unexpectedly, the wedding night was left out in the cold, and even the news that the horse was going to leave! Gongyin is angry and difficult, and a woman disguised as a man goes to Tingwei Temple to work as a job, to settle accounts with this husband who has never met. A game of him running away from her began.
The Four Daughters of LuoyangIn Luoyang, the wealthy Gu couple suddenly vanish without a trace, leaving behind their four daughters. The collateral branch of the Gu family, led by Second Uncle Gu, joins forces with the rival Li family to seize the Gu family's wealth and power. They try to force the eldest daughter, Gu Ruoruo, to marry Li Cong, the Li family's second son, in an attempt to strip her of her inheritance rights.
With the help of her three sisters, Ruoruo foils Second Uncle Gu's schemes time and again and eventually forms an alliance with Li Ke, the Li family's eldest son. Through a two-way marriage, the two manage to thwart the schemes of their respective family branches. As they fight side by side, their alliance gradually deepens into love, and they eventually end up together.
Stick to the Script!The music exam comes back failed. Wang Xiaoyu stays in the house afterwards, eating watermelon and getting through a television serial, and then ends up inside the serial itself, with the sofa and the remote control carried in along the way.
The remote turns out to work on the story. Wang Xiaoyu knocks the plot off its course without meaning to, then spends a good while trying to set it right, and gets attached to the people in it while doing so. There is a competition ahead of them, and the music training is what Wang Xiaoyu has to bring to it.
The Dreamlike SealThe Lord of Zhaohua City suddenly passed away.At the same time, the "Dreamlike Seal", which is the token of the Lord of the City and had been transmitted through successive generations, just disappeared. The young masters was fighting for being the new Lord, taking the "Dreamlike Seal" as the target. With the chaos, Baili Xingxuan obtained the "DreamlikeSeal" first by the order of her father, General Baili Wenlong. However, the oldest young master wouldn’t give up chasing her. At this moment, Baili Xingxuan showed up at the wedding of Su Yan, who was born in a family of Escort Office. In order to escape from chasing, she took Su Yan’s place to marry Fu Ye,the son of a rich merchant in Liangzhou City. She also became a happy couple with Fu Ye, the famous playboy.
Ancient Love PoetryWhen gods face obstacles, who can they turn to? This drama follows the profound love and hardships between Bai Jue and Shang Gu, two of the four true gods of the ancient realm. As Shang Gu grows from a novice with low spiritual power to a principal god burdened with the fate of the realms, she remains shackled by destiny. Their love transcends three lifetimes, with one god willing to destroy the world for her and another waiting 60,000 years to grant her eternal life. Can Shang Gu bear this everlasting love?
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