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The Substitute Princess Breaks Fate

35 episodes · Lin Zhiyuan, a cannon fodder in a story, is forced to marry Prince Regent Lu Chengyu. She suffers neglect and false accusations, and after a heartbreak and flogging, she divorces and heads south. Lu later regrets and tries to win her back but fails. Lin eventually runs an embroidery workshop and finds true love, while Lu guards the border to atone, and Lu Chinian establishes a girls' school.

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The Slacker Consort's Promotion Story

57 episodes · Modern slacker Jiang Yiyao enters the palace and is accidentally made a low-ranking consort because the emperor misheard her. She wants to slack off, but a charcoal shortage forces her to temporarily compete for favor. After a snow dance, she catches the emperor's attention with her quirky personality, gets promoted twice, and solves the heating problem.

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Meat Freedom for the Family

41 episodes · After transmigrating into a book, I change my fate by hoarding meat.

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Dragon Bead's Heart Voice - Ep 1 (Original)

22 episodes · I discover I'm pregnant with a dragon child and can hear its thoughts. It tricks me into believing my grandfather is biased and will force my aunt into the palace, so I cut off contact with my family, leading to their massacre. It then persuades me to disrupt a battle, causing me to be deposed and imprisoned. I endure until the emperor crowns a new empress. I protest and am beaten to death. In my dying breath, I hear it laugh. When I open my eyes, I'm back at the moment I learned of my pregnancy.

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Breaking the Cycle of Four Lives

12 episodes · She reincarnates three times, each time her child is murdered by the same man.

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25 episodes · An imperial marriage decree ties Prince of Zhenbei Nie Hanshan with Minister's daughter Xu Ruxiao. From palace probing to northern frontier fighting, they love and misunderstand each other amidst schemes and wounds, ultimately choosing between true feelings and regrets.

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Burn Away Old Love: Protecting the Vast Frontier

53 episodes · Leaving behind old promises to pursue a distant ideal.

A Thought of Romance, Half a Lifetime Searching for You - Episode 1 short-drama poster

A Thought of Romance, Half a Lifetime Searching for You - Episode 1

55 episodes · Maidservant Zhaoshui is ordered to attend and teach young master Shen Ying'an. They develop feelings. She becomes pregnant but misunderstands she's just a plaything, leaves heartbroken, raises daughter alone. Three years later they reunite, Shen clears misunderstandings, clears her family's injustice, marries her as wife. They resolve family grievances and live happily ever after.

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Wan Ning Episode 1

55 episodes · Su Wanning was devoted to Prince Duan Xiao Yan in her past life, but discovered on the Bridge of Helplessness that he had waited for his first love for ten years and endured her all along. Heartbroken, she reincarnates to age fifteen at the moment of breaking off the engagement. This time, she decisively refuses the scumbag and heads to the northwest to live as she pleases. The King of Qin, who has silently protected her for years, helps her pursue her career and stay true to herself. Ultimately, Wanning turns the tables and cuts off her past.

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Two Beauties' Revenge Chronicle

34 episodes · Two beauties decide the fate of the realm, then retire to the mountains in an era of peace.

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The Tale of Kunning: Episode 1

59 episodes · Shen Ning's mother is a time-traveling woman who divorced due to her husband's betrayal. Shen Ning inherits beauty and ambition, marrying into the Rong'an Prince's mansion. She once risked her pregnancy to rush to Suzhou to save her husband, earning a brief moment of affection. But during childbirth, her husband betrays her and his mistress arrives with a child, shattering their love. She withdraws her true heart, uses sterilization medicine to cut off his line, and maneuvers through imperial power struggles step by step, rising steadily from princess to empress. After the emperor's death, she begins her own era.

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My Father Dotes on the Harem - Ep 1

49 episodes · To secure favor, the Imperial Consort forcibly takes my mother into the palace, leading to my mother's tragic death. My father, seeking justice, uses his mermaid traits to transform into a stunning woman and brings me into the palace. We plot step by step, uncover the cause of my mother's death, and cause the killers to turn on each other. After they destroy one another, we avenge our family and leave the palace.

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I Gave Birth to Two Dragons Episode 1

42 episodes · Lin Wan unexpectedly gives birth to twin dragon babies; her son with true dragon blood controls thunder and rain. She hides their identity. Her family is framed and she is confined. Her son summons thunder to protect her from a concubine's harassment. Emperor Xiao Jue exonerates her family and makes her empress. Fearing exposure, she tries to flee but reveals the dragon secret. The emperor is also a true dragon, and they join forces to solve the conspiracy, protect the nation, and stay together.

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Laid Off but Not Defeated: Building a Food Empire with Box Lunches

27 episodes · After being laid off, female worker Su Mei builds a business from scratch.

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23 episodes · During the Republic of China era, police officer Ke Zeming in Liangcheng solves the murder case of a courtesan at Cuihua Pavilion. To reinstate his disgraced mentor Chen Yifeng, he must crack the 'August 13th Mystery Case'. Cheng Siyue and Xia Tiantian assist him in the investigation. When Xia Tiantian is kidnapped, Ke Zeming traces clues to find her, eventually exposing the crimes of hotel owner Li Junhe and arresting him, closing the case.

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Meeting You in White Dew Episode 1

79 episodes · On a rainy night in Jinling, Shen family's legitimate daughter Shen Ruihan and warlord Gu Yanbei meet by fate, conceive a child, and then fall into oblivion. Five years later, she mistakes his wounded self for her foolish fiancé; he feigns stupidity to weave a love web. Memories fragment, lies and truth clash, and enemies lurk. In the end, old dreams reunite, the butterfly birthmark on her arm awakens, exposing the cruel fate, and hand in hand they embrace the fireworks of a chaotic era.

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Cicadas Startle the End of Summer: Episode 1

65 episodes · Maid Qiuchan has served the marquis's illegitimate son Pei Hengzhi since childhood, ten years of devotion only rewarded with harmful contraceptive potions. For freedom, she accompanies the exiled second young master Pei Xiao to the barbaric lands of Lingnan. On the road, Qiuchan repeatedly risks her life to save the dying Pei Xiao; they find love in adversity, but this provokes Pei Hengzhi's obsessive pursuit and obstruction. Eventually, Pei Xiao fakes his death, Qiuchan kills Pei Hengzhi, and they shed their identities to live together in Ganzhou.

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The Return of the Legitimate Daughter: Settling the Palace - Episode 1

50 episodes · Su Jingshu, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yongchuan, witnesses her father Chu Yuan murdering her mother as a child. To avenge her mother, she fakes her death by becoming a nun and enters the palace under the name Su Wan with the help of former eunuch Kang Fushou. Using her intelligence, she gains the emperor's favor, unravels schemes, and sows discord between Chu Yuan and his mistress Liu Shuang. Finally, with her brother, she exposes the truth of her mother's death. Chu Yuan is punished, and Su Jingshu clears her mother's name, protects her brother, and secures a stable future for herself and the prince.

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After Awakening, the Kyoto Princess Pursues Her Husband

63 episodes · After awakening, the Kyoto princess fervently pursues her husband.

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The Charming Corpse Husband - Episode 1

28 episodes · The female physician Su Mumu drags a handsome zombie, Ye Wuchen, back to her clinic and fusses over him. Ye Wuchen is actually awake but pretends to be immobile, secretly protecting her by driving away local thugs. Su Mumu suspects a haunting and calls a Taoist priest, but Ye Wuchen plays pranks. She uses Ye Wuchen's appearance to attract customers and revive her clinic, drives away Pei Yun who covets him, and gets drunk and vents her sorrows. Finally, Ye Wuchen stops pretending and embraces her.