Historical Short Drama Short Dramas
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Return from Nirvana - Episode 1
43 episodes · Yun Tang, a female general of the Great Chu, dies tragically at Weiyang Lake. Thirteen years later, she returns in the body of Meng Jin, an abandoned daughter of a marquis. She crashes a coming-of-age ceremony with a bandit's head, enters the palace as a 'replacement' to toy with the unfaithful emperor Shen Chong. Through a series of murders, she kills a traitor friend, a poisonous consort, and an enchanting empress, angers Shen Chong to death, and supports a Yun family descendant to the throne. After her grievances are redressed, her soul returns to a mass grave.
View detailsThe 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.
View detailsOrder of the Desolate God Episode 1
60 episodes · Chen Ping'an bears blood feud for his family. He endures, becomes a servant at the Su family to repay kindness, but is poisoned and has his spiritual root taken by the Su father and daughter. At death's door, he awakens the ancestral Desolate God's Command, defies fate, gains immense power. He tears enemies apart, retrieves his root, saves Xiao Yurou, and together they fight the Qingxuan Sect. With supreme treasures, he counterattacks, masters the immortal path, and controls destiny.
View detailsCommoner's Empire Episode 1
80 episodes · Zhang Qing, a traditional Chinese medicine student, time-travels to become an ancient rogue. He is set up to commit adultery with widow Pei Mingzhu, but saves her and her daughter. Using his medical skills, he pays off debts and earns from medicinal tea. Then he quells bandits, eliminates corrupt officials, becomes county magistrate, and implements good governance. He rescues the emperor, suppresses rebellion, but refuses power, returning to practice medicine with Pei Mingzhu and her daughter.
View detailsAbandoned Daughter Burns the Heavens - Episode 1
63 episodes · Ye Liuying has her phoenix bone ripped out by her legitimate sister and is thrown into a beast pit by her father. Near death, she forms a blood contract with a burnt, bald bird. Using the power of a divine beast, she is reborn and embarks on a bloody revenge, tearing apart enemies and humiliating the crown prince. She uncovers a shocking conspiracy between the royal family and the divine realm. Her contracted beast's true identity remains mysterious, her mother's soul is imprisoned. She slays gods and demons on her path, but at the peak, she encounters a dimensional manipulator, and her future is uncertain.
View detailsWan 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.
View detailsMountain God, Please Spare Me
52 episodes · Shen Luan is tricked by her father and sister into a lottery 'marriage' to a man-eating mountain god in exchange for her sister's wealth. In despair, she enters the deep mountains but meets the mountain god Lu Yuan—actually the fawn she rescued seven years ago. He protects her, vows to heal her wounds. After three days, he accompanies her home, determined to make the Shen family pay. Their bond deepens amidst revenge and protection.
View detailsI 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.
View detailsCicadas 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.
View detailsThe 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.
View detailsFrom Delivery Guy to Fisherman: Repaying Sisters' Debts - Episode 1
60 episodes · Modern office worker Chen Yang transmigrates into an ancient crippled fisherman and activates a 'doting wife' system. By marrying and cherishing wives, he earns emotional points to exchange for power, skills, and treasures. He rescues the sisters Song Qian and starts a comeback, using the system to destroy evil forces and join the army, rising from a lowly fisherman to a fierce general. He exposes the traitor Xu Jinzhi's plot, slays enemies from the Golden Wolf Kingdom, but incurs the suspicion of the Great Xia court. Eventually, with support from Zeng Hu and others, he declares himself king and embarks on a war for domination.
View detailsBroken Pearl, Palace Fall Episode 1
23 episodes · A HePu pearl diver avenges the loss of 71 village lives due to the imperial pearl collection. She grinds pearls into powder, endures pain for fair skin, and impersonates Shen Yuzhu to enter palace selection. Carrying seawater with lost souls and a pearl carved from her father's remains, she stirs up the harem, uses the imperial consort to topple the queen and crown prince, eliminates the emperor's trusted men, and finally leaves the royal family isolated, the emperor crippled and mute. After revenge, she only requests the abolition of HePu pearl tribute and returns to her homeland alone.
View detailsHe Zhao Record Episode 1
51 episodes · Jiang Jinhe, daughter of the prime minister, was poisoned by her half-sister in her previous life. Reborn on her coming-of-age ceremony day, she cleverly avoids harm and exposes her half-sister's schemes. She carefully plans, uses Prince Chen Gu Jiu Zhao's power to change fate, predicts natural disasters to save people. The prince falls for her, they stabilize the situation, and she gains true love and controls her own life.
View detailsNine-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.
View detailsWhat 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.
View detailsPhoenix 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.
View detailsThe Two Saints' Demon Conquest - Episode 1
59 episodes · Young Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong were close friends but turned against each other due to a plot by Nine-Head Worm and Qingqing. Wukong bears the blame alone and is trapped under Five Elements Mountain. Five hundred years later, the ancient evil god Xiangliu reappears. On the journey to the West, the Great Sage and Erlang Shen reunite at Blue Wave Pool. Facing a shocking conspiracy, can the former brothers reconcile? How will the two saints join forces to vanquish evil and restore order? An epic battle ignites!
View detailsLegendary Hunter - Episode 1
92 episodes · Su Yan becomes a widow shortly after marriage and relies on her simple-minded brother-in-law. In a harsh winter with heavy snow, they live in poverty. At a critical moment, the brother-in-law unexpectedly recovers his senses, revealing the soul of a wilderness survival expert. He takes up hunting tools and heads into the mountains, but is framed by villains into dangerous situations. He calmly overcomes the crises, hunts for survival, and silently protects his sister-in-law.
View detailsTwin Fox Spirits Bound by Fate
35 episodes · In Qingqiu, twin fox sisters are born with high fertility. The snake and dragon clans come to propose. Each sister chooses a husband, leading to different fates. One rises high but struggles with childbirth; the other marries into a different clan and is cherished. As fate shifts, past grudges and schemes resurface, sibling rivalry and hidden conspiracies unfold amidst inter-clan conflict.
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75 episodes · Joy of Life: The Young and Romantic is a spin-off adapted from the alternate history novel Joy of Life on Qidian Chinese Network under China Literature. It tells the story of the protagonist Li Yunqian's growth during his youth.
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