Palace Power Struggle Short Dramas
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The Legitimate Daughter Becomes Phoenix, the Entire Prime Minister's Mansion Kneels
80 episodes · At six years old, Jiang Qingran is falsely accused of pushing her fourth sister into a lake. Despite her pleas, she is not believed. Her parents see her as a jinx and expel her from the mansion. Ten years later, she returns with her maid Qinghe. When her father demands she marry the physically disabled Seventh Prince Jing Moxuan in place of her fourth sister, Jiang Qingran fights back.
View detailsAbandoned Consort of a General
62 episodes · Qu Jinshu married General He Xiujun out of love, but when she risked her life to save him, he shot her with an arrow, revealing he married her only for revenge. Reborn, she decisively marries the foolish prince Zhao Jingxing and systematically exposes He Xiujun's hypocrisy, uncovering the truth and forging a brilliant life.
View detailsA Hundred Thousand Cavalry Escort Me to the Throne
68 episodes · Disguised as a healer, Princess Qi Huang helps Crown Prince Pei Ziyan secure his position. They marry with a promise of no concubines, but he breaks it to marry a general's daughter. Demoted to concubine, she seeks divorce but faces royal opposition.
View detailsPlease, Brother Emperor, Abdicate
81 episodes · Zhou Che transmigrates into a useless sixth prince. He outsmarts a frame-up, kills the imperial guards, and wins the emperor's heart. He counters the fifth prince's debt collection and, with card saint Nie Sanniang and swordsman Gai Yue, sweeps through the Qian family's gambling den. He saves the Zhen family with a secret method to become a marquis, recruits strategist Wu Shouren, and promotes the imperial examination system for commoners. Through a chain of schemes, the fifth prince goes bankrupt and the eldest prince's exam fraud case is exposed, forming a power struggle for the throne! Adapted from the novel 'Please, Unarmor!' by Zhu Xiaojiu.
View detailsWith a Million Soldiers, I Win by Virtue
81 episodes · Ning Ye accidentally transmigrates into a female-oriented novel as the cannon-fodder villain, the Seventh Prince. The original owner was madly in love and died tragically at the hands of the female lead. After transmigrating, Ning Ye wakes up and rejects a love-obsessed mindset. With a million soldiers, he vows to defy fate! He outwits the emperor, defeats the scheming female lead, wins over the villainess, uncovers a conspiracy, and ascends to the throne.
View detailsAfter Being Suspected by the Emperor, I Choose to Rule the World
93 episodes · Modern rich second-generation Li Yi accidentally transmigrates into the Crown Prince of Da Qi and awakens the 'Crazy Drama System'. With his unrestrained style, he rises to prominence. Learning that his birth mother was killed by the Emperor and Empress, he vows revenge. Using talents rewarded by the system, he eliminates political enemies, suppresses the Kong family, and finally kills the Empress. In the ultimate showdown with his father, he exposes the Emperor's conspiracy, rallies troops to strike back, completes his revenge, then ascends the throne to begin his own imperial rule.
View detailsThe Princess Arrives: Scheming General, Take the Throne
76 episodes · Princess Mu Yunchu, in her past life, loved the wrong man, Fang Tiancheng, leading to her death and nearly destroying her father's kingdom. She reincarnates at the moment Fang Tiancheng kneels in the study seeking a divorce. Remembering how she forced him into marriage and allowed his affair with Su Ningxue, ultimately raising a rebel, she decides to rewrite her fate.
View detailsFrom a Lowly Servant to Vice Emperor
110 episodes · Transmigrator Niu Ma unexpectedly marries General Zhao Dongqing and Nether Saint Leng Lingxiao. To protect his sister, he rises. Entering the city, he gets involved in the struggle of the Daqing dynasty, fighting against rebel forces Su Haoxuan, Su Fengshan, etc. He allies with Empress Su Rui and the two wives to quell the rebellion. Finally, he is made Vice Emperor and jointly rules with Su Rui, Zhao Dongqing, and Leng Lingxiao, achieving peace.
View detailsThe Runaway Prince Consort of Daqian
82 episodes · Su Yan transmigrates as the prodigal son of a top duke in Daqian. He learns of his betrothal to the eldest princess. Fearing her spoiled nature and royal backing, he tries to break the engagement but is framed and forced to serve the emperor. He does business to fill the treasury, becomes a disaster relief commissioner, kills corrupt officials, humiliates scholars and court officials, becoming Daqian's top talent. When he finally wants to marry his beloved partner, he discovers she is his former fiancée—the princess he swore he wouldn't marry.
View detailsThe Emperor's Awakening
70 episodes · A modern office worker is unexpectedly reborn as Li Yan, the emperor of the Great Xia dynasty, only to discover that his predecessor was a simp for the empress Wei Yun, leaving the dynasty on the verge of collapse. He awakens, ruthlessly deals with the arrogant maids, confronts Wei Yun, and purges her faction. He appoints loyal minister Han Shizhong, recruits talents, invents weapons like repeating crossbows and cannons, defeats Wei's million-strong army, captures the Wei emperor, and exposes the queen dowager's forged edict, solidifying his rule. Thus, the former simp emperor transforms into an iron-fisted ruler on a path to unify the land.
View detailsUngrateful Son, You Must Take the Throne
91 episodes · Chu Xiao transmigrates into the Great Xia dynasty as the Ninth Prince, wanting only a carefree life, but is framed by the suspicious Crown Prince. He meets and falls in love with Mu Jinli. He repeatedly thwarts plots, pacifies the Eastern Yi, and gains popular support. The Crown Prince and Empress constantly suppress him, but Chu Xiao fights back powerfully, executing Ye Yuncheng, exposing Ye Linlang, and plotting to depose the Empress. The Crown Prince's rebellion fails, and after the other princes die, Chu Xiao becomes the Crown Prince and marries Mu Jinli.
View detailsThe Foolish Prince of Daqing
83 episodes · He Yuan, the 'Foolish Little Prince' of Daqing, is possessed by a modern soul. He gains wisdom and seeks to fulfill his family's hopes. Princess Pingyang, to avoid a political marriage, deliberately provokes him. Behind the scenes, the Empress Dowager plots to enthrone her own son, setting off a power struggle.
View detailsSeven Brothers Killed, I Revive the Clan
64 episodes · Lin Chen transmigrates into a despised playboy heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion in the Dayan Dynasty. With his father and seven brothers dead on the battlefield, he is the only male left. To protect his family and shoulder the burden of eight branches, he reforms completely. He calms the clan, restores the family fortune, investigates the truth behind his father and brothers' deaths, and uses his cunning and strength to eliminate traitors and take revenge. He saves the family from collapse and becomes a legendary powerful minister. Adapted from "Oh My! Grandmother Wants Me to Shoulder Eight Branches Alone" by Xiyu Mianmian.
View detailsThe King Who Slept in the Dragon's Bed
69 episodes · Transmigrated as the Western Liang King, Qin Jue is poisoned by a corrupt emperor and his fiancée. Awakening the 'Beauty Atlas' system, he recovers instantly and leads a 300,000-strong cavalry to storm the capital. He confronts his former love Su Mingying and crushes her dreams of becoming empress, overthrowing the dynasty.
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Peace Across the Realm
70 episodes · Tang Yu was a doctor working across borders who, after an accidental injury, transmigrates into Great Tang and becomes its wastrel crown prince—indulgent, frivolous, and on the verge of being deposed. When a princess of Chu bullies the Tang court and tries to seize Tang territory through a literary contest, the Tang emperor is at a loss; Tang Yu uses his knowledge of modern literature to win a city for Tang. He then relies on his wit to keep the crown prince position.
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Sent to a Marriage Alliance, Crowned in the Enemy State
65 episodes · A prince of Daqian, Zhang Xuan, is framed by his brothers and forced into exile to Northern Liang for a political marriage. Ambushed on the way, he is saved by Qin Yunshu, a Northern Liang princess rumored to be simple-minded. The two strike a pact: he will help her seize the throne, and she will help him seek revenge back in his homeland. Against the repeated attempts on their lives by the Prince of Jing of Northern Liang, Zhang Xuan breaks through with medicine and strategy, and he and Qin Yunshu turn their sham alliance into a real marriage. He reforms abuses and wins over the people; she lays plans in secret and consolidates power. When the Prince of Jing kills the ruler and usurps the throne, the two counterattack together. Zhang Xuan turns the conflict between the two states to their advantage and ultimately helps Qin Yunshu take the throne as emperor, then leads an army south to retake Daqian. Two rulers stand side by side, the two states become one, and together they build an era of peace.
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In Great Qian: I Bring Three Marriage Contracts to Marry the Princess
65 episodes · In Great Qian, Lu Qing has spent twenty years building the Lu family into the realm's wealthiest and most powerful clan. After a struggle over the crown prince and a battle in the imperial city, he is betrayed and his parents and clansmen are slaughtered. Lu Qing hides his true abilities behind a wastrel's mask and investigates, while an approaching marriage contract forces him into a comedic entanglement with Princess Yunshang over breaking the engagement, gradually bringing the truth of that year to light.
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200-Jin Princess Wants Divorce Daily
81 episodes · Jiang Ruoshu lands inside a novel as an unfavored princess consort. The internet-famous scientist brings her modern knowledge with her, using inventions to win over the imperial family and change her place at court.
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The Regent's Consort: Dual Master of Medicine and Poison
80 episodes · During a fierce battle, Mu Fengyan is unexpectedly transported through time and becomes the legitimate daughter of the chancellor of the Zisheng Kingdom—only to wake and find she has already been buried. Ye Lijue rescues her from the grave. The two survive repeated brushes with death and mounting crises, ultimately overthrow the throne and rise together to the pinnacle of power.
View detailsCold Frost in the Palace
36 episodes · A weak woman in the deep palace avenges her sister.
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