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The False Heir’s Rise Through the Imperial Exams, Season 7 short-drama poster

The False Heir’s Rise Through the Imperial Exams, Season 7

213 episodes · A modern office worker becomes Chen Yan, a false heir expelled from a marquis’s household after eighteen years. Back with his impoverished birth family, he faces a gambling father, favoritism and constant disputes. He chooses the imperial examinations as a way forward, balancing study with the pressures of rural family life.

The Empress Exiled Me, Then Discovered I Was Invincible, Season 2 short-drama poster

The Empress Exiled Me, Then Discovered I Was Invincible, Season 2

81 episodes · Yu Qing, the powerful guardian who helped Nan Qingxuan become empress, is falsely accused of aiding demons and expelled. His departure weakens the border seal, while attempts to hunt him down fail against the creatures at his side. As he confronts rival sects and demonic forces, a system revelation exposes a three-thousand-year gap in his memory.

Pear Blossoms in Jingcheng, Season 3 short-drama poster

Pear Blossoms in Jingcheng, Season 3

139 episodes · Jiang Xianli and Xie Jingcheng move beyond their marriage agreement while a false pregnancy strains the household. Later, a rescue exposes the family patriarch’s long-hidden second home, leading Gao Shuhua to gather proof and challenge the marriage she thought she understood.

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The Emperor’s Pearl, Season 2

406 episodes · Reborn emperor Xiao Lin replaces suspicion with demanding protection of his son, Xiao Huaijin. Their travels through Jiangnan, investigations into the salt administration and military training gradually prepare the prince for rule, while father and son rebuild the trust they once lacked.

The Northern Young Marshal, Season 5 short-drama poster

The Northern Young Marshal, Season 5

215 episodes · Xiao Chen captures a man who looks uncannily like him, uncovers a prince’s scheme and returns to a threatened northern frontier. An early invasion forces him to use the terrain, reinforce the Bailu tribe and rescue Nalan Yunuo while pursuing revenge for his family and army.

The Spirit Gourd Holds a World of Grain short-drama poster

The Spirit Gourd Holds a World of Grain

81 episodes · Driven from his relatives’ home into snowy mountains, Zhang Ergou finds a mysterious yellow gourd. Its spiritual water helps him grow grain and prepare medicine, bringing him into conflict with powerful families and cultivators while drought makes his neighbors’ survival increasingly urgent.

Ten Years of Marriage and a Dismissal Letter short-drama poster

Ten Years of Marriage and a Dismissal Letter

62 episodes · Princess Shen Zhaoning hides her rank to marry an impoverished scholar and spends a decade advancing his career. Once in office, Gu Yanzhou seeks a powerful new marriage and fabricates evidence against her, unaware of the authority she has kept concealed.

The Fiery Mother Reforms Her Family short-drama poster

The Fiery Mother Reforms Her Family

62 episodes · A dog trainer from an apocalyptic world awakens in the body of a notorious woman raising four unruly children. Jiang Luoluo combines farming and trade with firm household rules, helping the children change course while she builds a business in Huaxi Village.

The Reborn Couple Splits the Household short-drama poster

The Reborn Couple Splits the Household

82 episodes · Shen Xiuzhen and her husband once put their nephew before their own four children, a choice that ended in grief. Given another life, they decide to protect their children and reject the family’s demands. They confront a biased mother-in-law and grasping relatives, then use a fresh-food business to create a different future for their household.

The Butcher Bride Takes Charge short-drama poster

The Butcher Bride Takes Charge

84 episodes · Wang Jinzhu has survived an apocalypse, only to find herself crossing into another life and marrying the poor hunter Chen Tianfang. His appearance pleases her; the way his family submits to bullying does not. She challenges overbearing elders and hostile relatives, applying the survival skills of her previous world to protect the household and build a better living for them.

Father, Don’t Panic: Lucky Duoduo, Season 8 short-drama poster

Father, Don’t Panic: Lucky Duoduo, Season 8

176 episodes · Duoduo once entered the cold household of the injured Prince of Pingyang with little more than her kindness and unusual good fortune. By season eight, pressure from the court reaches the family. She cannot solve political arguments like an adult, but she notices small details and warns the people she loves. The household begins sharing problems that the prince once carried alone, while threats outside its gates remain unresolved.

Zhu Jiuyin, Season 8 short-drama poster

Zhu Jiuyin, Season 8

149 episodes · Han Xianggu wants to repair roads and embankments in Xiangxiu County, but those works threaten four powerful families. Their retaliation reaches the Xiao household, and Han sacrifices his loyal follower Xiao Sha while bringing their abuses to light. As the county’s projects resume, Zhu Jiuyin returns to Zhoushan. An old friend, Qi Qingji, arrives with little life left, prompting the dragon to consider taking human form for one more journey together.

The Musclebound Military Adviser, Season 2 short-drama poster

The Musclebound Military Adviser, Season 2

137 episodes · Li Hao’s strategist system keeps rewarding strength, and his first adventures have already made him famous in Dayu. In season two, rival lords prepare traps for the adviser who defeats schemes with overwhelming force. His reputation now makes him a political target as battles grow larger and opponents more dangerous. He continues to face carefully laid plans with a decidedly physical method of breaking them.

Who Says a Playboy Cannot Be Top Scholar?, Season 6 short-drama poster

Who Says a Playboy Cannot Be Top Scholar?, Season 6

154 episodes · Jiang Xiaobai gains extraordinary fighting ability from an embroidery manual, but power does not settle the danger waiting in the capital. A late emperor’s decree threatens the throne’s secrets, seven princes gather and a princess pursues power. When a prince’s son orders Jiang’s kidnapping, Jiang chooses to submit rather than escape, turning his apparent capture into another uncertain contest.

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Stockpiling My Way into a Loving Family

1000 episodes · Wen Nuannuan discovers that her refrigerator replenishes food after it is eaten. Before she can enjoy her luck, she is transported into a novel as a wife destined for an unhappy end. Her stores become a way to survive and negotiate a future with Leng Xiao, whose own painful childhood makes her warmth increasingly important to him.

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Jin Jiuzhou: Season 34

168 episodes · Xiao Chen’s forces defeat the armored Tiefutu troops and take territory across Yanzhou. Prince Rong’s defeat leaves the Daqian court increasingly isolated, while Jiang Zhenjiang chooses surrender and Wang Zijing uses fire against Nanyue’s rattan-armored army. The campaign moves from battlefield victories toward the fate of an emperor confined to his capital.

A Carefree Youth in the Countryside: Season 3 short-drama poster

A Carefree Youth in the Countryside: Season 3

198 episodes · Zheng Xiaoxia and Ma Xiaoman register their marriage in Beijing and take their daughter Wanwan to visit Ma Weiguo’s military camp. Xiaoman guides his nephew toward technical work at an arms factory, while Wanwan settles into kindergarten. A sudden medical emergency in the family turns their settled life into a vigil for the little girl who intervenes to save her grandfather.

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A Second Life to Reclaim Her Freedom

66 episodes · Courtesan Ye Mingying saves for ten years to buy her freedom, only for imperial consort Rong Zhaoyue to steal the money and destroy her life. Reborn on the day before the theft, Mingying refuses to flee. She leaves the treasure chest in place, hides guards and exchanges a crucial token, preparing a very different welcome for the consort.

The Mind-Reading Maid and the Silent City Lord short-drama poster

The Mind-Reading Maid and the Silent City Lord

72 episodes · Yun Yang wishes for a better-paid job and lands in an ancient city lord's household as a maid. She can hear the thoughts of its silent master, Fu Xiaoting, discovering an appetite and sense of humor beneath his forbidding manner. Earning money becomes entangled with a struggle over his position, and their growing bond faces a different test when her mind-reading disappears.

The Matriarch Brings Her Real Daughter Home short-drama poster

The Matriarch Brings Her Real Daughter Home

80 episodes · Duan Menghua learns that the daughter she raised in comfort was switched with her own child, who has spent fifteen years in servitude. Despite her household's threats, she insists on bringing the girl home. Discovering another deception involving her son turns the reunion into a struggle against relatives willing to hire killers to preserve their place in the family.