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Nine-Layered Palace Episode 1

50 episodes · Li Yun was born with a sinister aura, seen as a monster, only her older sister Zhaoning was her light. Zhaoning enters the palace for a year but returns home dead, covered in whip scars and broken legs. For revenge, Li Yun hides her edge, enters the palace as a 'star of doom'. She maneuvers before tyrant Rong Ji, fights consorts, breaks into dungeons, drinks poison to prove herself, seeks power on the edge of a knife, vowing to send the tyrant to hell and rise high.

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Don't Panic, Mom, I'll Call the Gods for Backup - Episode 1

61 episodes · Yun Zhaozhao, a heavenly goddess, reincarnates as the daughter of mortal Lin Wanqiu. To change her mother's fate of being abandoned by her father Pei Zhaolin, Yun uses help from minor gods to slap her scumbag father's family, rescue a prince, and match him with her mother. Ultimately, they secure a happy life, and together with the new dad, start a warm and sweet counterattack life.

What to Do, the Skinny Consort Is Too Seductive Episode 1 short-drama poster

What to Do, the Skinny Consort Is Too Seductive Episode 1

50 episodes · A modern dietary maniac transmigrates to a dynasty that values plumpness as beauty. With her 'skinny' figure considered a jinx and top cooking skills, she conquers the anorexic emperor, elevates the palace's aesthetics, and counterattacks to become empress.

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Obsession Turned to Ashes: Mr. Fu's Treasured First Love Episode 1

72 episodes · Jiang Ci, a diligent graduate student, unexpectedly encounters tech CEO Fu Siyan, the childhood benefactor she lost touch with. Driven by a childhood obsession, he carefully approaches her, wins her heart with gentleness, but treats her as a substitute, causing her pain. When she learns the truth, she breaks free from the emotional trap and transforms into an independent, dazzling woman.

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Stop Acting, Fake Heiress: You Can't Mess with the Real One Episode 1

70 episodes · The heroine, suffering from persecution delusion, constantly tests her food with silver needles. After being reclaimed by the Zhou family, she realizes she's the real heiress. Facing the fake heiress's schemes, she uses her years of preparation to counterattack. The gamer she treated like a child is actually a top hacker and wealthy heir protecting her. When the truth of the family poisoning is revealed, the system announces: Congratulations on clearing the game.

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Phoenix Seal Episode 1: The Empress Humiliated

70 episodes · Empress Su Jin returns home for a visit but meets a deadly trap, murdered by her palace sisters. However, she borrows a corpse to reincarnate as the dancer Fang Youyi and decides to return to the palace for revenge. She gains the emperor's attention by dancing at court, becomes a favored consort, and enters the palace. Using her power in the harem, she sows discord among the other consorts and defeats them one by one. But she underestimates Yan Yunli's cruelty.

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Love Among People Ep 1

58 episodes · Dong Caihong mistakes her husband Wang Daming for her lifesaver, tolerating his gambling, drinking, and abuse until they go bankrupt. To pay debts, Wang tries to sell her to a casino boss. The real lifesaver, Zhang Xile, who has secretly loved Dong, rescues her with wit, and they end up together.

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Monarch's Heart Like a Disease - Ep 1

83 episodes · Adapted from Zhihu Yanyan story 'I'm a Medicine Nut, Not a Flower Nut' by author Beigua. Medicine fanatic Mo Xiaoxian, in order to compile a medical book, targets Crown Prince Qi Jue, who is poisoned with a rare toxin called 'Worshiping Guanyin'. She storms the Eastern Palace to treat him and helps Qi Jue uncover the truth behind the poisoning by the Empress Dowager. Qi Jue decides to seize the throne and bargains with Mo Xiaoxian: she detoxifies him in exchange for his support in her medical endeavors. Amidst the whirlpool of power struggles, they support each other and expose conspiracies.

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Return My Husband to the Nation

19 episodes · A woman single-handedly raises her family while her husband is stationed on an island for twelve years. After enduring hardships and gossip, she goes to find him, only to discover he was promoted long ago but hid it, dismissing her sacrifices. Her years of devotion end in disappointment.

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Famine Year: The Beloved Sister-in-Law Feeds the Whole Village - Episode 1

35 episodes · Shen Zhaozhao transmigrates to a famine era, becoming the beloved sister-in-law of the Shen family. She wakes up to public humiliation by scumbag Zhou Yaozu who cancels their engagement. She has a space with spiritual spring, food, and game. She tears up the engagement contract, uses space resources to feed her family, grows high-yield sweet potatoes to save the village, helps her second brother marry his love, and leads villagers to make sweet potato cakes and fries for wealth. The Zhou family repeatedly schemes and spreads rumors, but she defeats them, eventually leading the village to a good life.

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She's Hotter Than Gunfire - Episode 1

78 episodes · In Amsterdam's Dragon City Street, Wen Manli is sold to a gang by her uncle. Resembling Chu Zhen, she is forced by Huo Zichen to impersonate, helping him vie for leadership and rescue his mother. Wen helps Huo eliminate A Xiu, save Huo from prison. Later, Chu Zhen forces marriage, mother wakes up, Huo rushes to the port to confess, they stay together.

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The Secret Behind - Ep 1

24 episodes · Xiao Lan, promoted from entry-level employee to supervisor, is well-versed in workplace survival. Calm and adept at dealing with people, she is sent by headquarters to overhaul a poorly performing branch office.

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40 episodes · Middle-aged square dance queen Lin Meili is pressured by her son and daughter-in-law to marry. At her lowest point, she unexpectedly meets CEO Shen Dachuan, who saves her and proposes. After experiencing family betrayal, workplace schemes, and prejudice from the wealthy, Lin Meili finally finds sweet love with CEO Shen Dachuan, reconciles with her family, and embarks on a happy life.

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Cloud Boat Crossing Joy - Episode 1

56 episodes · Shen Qinghuan follows mother's order to take medicine, acts ugly for three years, marries Regent Xiao Hanyuan. She expects true love but is only a shield for his first love. Accused at a banquet, abandoned in crisis, loses child, falls into cold pool. Surviving, she becomes beautiful heiress Yue Qing. When Xiao realizes she is his savior, he kneels to apologize, but she has already found true love.

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Seductive Scent Episode 1

30 episodes · Perfume prodigy Xu Qinghuan enters Shen Group for revenge, joins forces with her fiancé's uncle Gu Jingshen to uncover the truth, and eventually both drop their disguises, finding the original taste of love.

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Ruo Fu's Grace Without Strife

60 episodes · Shen Ruofu, with no ambitions, marries into the Yong'an Marquis's household for an easy life. On her wedding day, a concubine whips her and the husband leaves. She seizes the opportunity to acquire her mother-in-law's assets and writes scriptures to avoid trouble. Later, she discovers her husband's crimes—murdering his brother and plotting rebellion—and joins forces with her sister-in-law and mother-in-law to bring him to justice.

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The Blind Heiress: The Fat Wife's Turnaround

48 episodes · Shen Xinyao, blind and fat after a car accident, is plotted by her husband and sister who killed her mother. After being saved by doctor Xie Sinian, she recovers her sight but pretends to be blind. She loses weight, exposes their schemes at a shareholders' meeting, and eventually brings them to justice with Xie's help.

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Zhou Shiwen's Fall: Suicide or Murder?

26 episodes · The Prince Hotel appears as a high-end landmark but is controlled by philanthropist Song Guanghui, hiding a gray industry chain. Tang Ke's cousin Zhou Shiwen is lured there by campus loans, assaulted, and falls into a coma after a plunge. Tang Ke breaks through barriers, disguises himself to infiltrate the hotel and gather evidence. He meets undercover agent A Yang (Zhang Yang), and together they engage in dangerous gambits, successfully transmitting core evidence and eventually dismantling the criminal organization.

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Next Stop, Happiness: Episode 1

56 episodes · Su Yunxi has a one-night stand with Longcheng's richest man Gu Nanchen and gives birth to a daughter. When Gu comes to the village to find them, the village chief Song Youde has his own daughter Song Jiaojiao impersonate her. Su searches for her daughter and coincidentally becomes a maid to her own daughter Gu Yuanyuan. When Gu is diagnosed with leukemia, Su's bone marrow match reveals the blood relation secret.

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Amnesia Rebirth: Goodbye Scumbag, Hello True Love - 1

59 episodes · After a decade-long relationship, Su Yan discovers her boyfriend Lin Yichen's betrayal with her sister Su Weiwei. Heartbroken, she erases her memories and starts anew in Cang City, where she meets the gentle Gu Mufan. Together they run a B&B, healing her heart. When her ex tries to win her back, she lets go and embraces her new life.