Imperial Court Short Dramas
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Past Loyalty, Like Spilled Water
70 episodes · In her past life, Luo Ning shielded the Empress Dowager from a knife, earning her family wealth and honor. But upon recovering, she found her cousin had taken her place, and her family favored the cousin, belittling and pressuring her until she died. After rebirth, Luo Ning swears to reclaim everything. Using memories of her past life, she allies with her grandmother and defeats the others one by one, uncovering a secret between her mother and cousin. Leveraging her advantages, she negotiates with Prince Yong, Xiao Huaifeng, and uses herself as a bargaining chip to get the emperor to arrange a marriage, taking revenge on all who harmed her. This short drama is adapted from the Tomato Peak list novel 'The Legitimate Daughter's Brocade Kill,' author [Chu Diandian].
View detailsThe Everlasting Lamp: Green Jade Case
61 episodes · In her previous life, Xie Yu died tragically while protecting her father's coffin, persecuted by Feng Zhujiu. Reborn on the day her father leaves for battle, she fails to stop him but receives a blank imperial marriage decree. To change the Xie family's fate, she allies with the reborn Prince Jin, Zhao Huaiyu, and uses the decree to navigate the court.
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 detailsA Splendid Long Song
67 episodes · Due to a mistaken prophecy, disaster star Song Xingyue is sent to the palace as a heavenly maiden, while auspicious star Song Changge is reduced to a lowly slave in the back alleys. Unyielding and proud, Song Changge uses her exquisite embroidery skills to climb the ranks in the harem, and unexpectedly becomes entangled with Emperor Xiao Jingze. After enduring hardships, she finally uncovers the truth about her identity and reclaims her destiny as the heavenly maiden.
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 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.
View detailsLinglong's Fury Across the Land
47 episodes · Twin sisters Sheng Linglong and Sheng Liuli are separated at birth. Linglong rises to become a martial arts sect leader, while Liuli is betrothed to the emperor. Liuli is kidnapped and killed before the wedding. In grief and rage, Linglong takes her place in the palace to seek bloody revenge.
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 detailsThe Number One Scholar Regrets It Too Late
67 episodes · Shen Zhao's mother is the emperor's first love. She leaves him for her ideals and gives birth to Shen Zhao alone. The mother is killed by rebels, leaving only a jade pendant. After growing up, Shen Zhao saves scholar Lu Jin'an, and they pledge their love in secret, but she eventually marries Lin Hanluo. Framed by Lin Hanluo, Shen Zhao suffers a miscarriage and is saved by imperial physician Ji Ci, begging to become a medical girl. The emperor discovers Shen Zhao is his long-lost daughter and punishes Lin Hanluo. Shen Zhao succeeds in revenge, but her future with Ji Ci remains uncertain. How will fate unfold?
View detailsMing Dynasty Bandit
83 episodes · A modern man transmigrates to become a Ming prince who uses ruthless tactics to seize power and modernize the empire.
View detailsCold Frost in the Palace
36 episodes · A weak woman in the deep palace avenges her sister.
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