Imperial Court Short Dramas
Browse short dramas tagged “Imperial Court”.
The 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 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 detailsPeach Blossom
82 episodes · Concubine's daughter Xu Yuetao plans to fail the palace selection but is chosen due to misinformation. Persecuted by her half-sister and a consort, she allies with a eunuch, uses her resemblance to a past love to gain the emperor's favor, and rises from noble lady to consort. After betrayal and tragedies, she turns vengeful and destroys her enemies.
View detailsFalling Flowers Meet You: Empress of the Palace
65 episodes · Meng Xiulian, thirty, is thrown out by her husband, a general, on a rainy night. She is accidentally favored by the young and handsome emperor Lu Yanzhou, then flees in panic. Six years later, she brings her triplets to the palace for the empress dowager’s birthday celebration. She is humiliated by her ex-husband and his concubine, and falsely accused by her sister-in-law. At the critical moment, Lu Yanzhou boldly protects his wife and children. Eventually, Meng Xiulian becomes the revered empress thanks to her sons.
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 detailsPrincess with a Scalpel, Regent King Shivers
73 episodes · A female med student transmigrates into a fallen woman, unlocks a healing space, and saves the poisoned regent king. With her surgical skills, she cures him, gains his support, and takes revenge on her ex-fiancé. They return to the capital to thwart political enemies, and she ultimately proposes marriage to him.
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 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 detailsJinqiao
48 episodes · Song Jinqiao, a concubine's daughter of the Earl of Yongning, is treated as a stand-in for the emperor Lu Huaichuan's consort and subjected to contempt. Her family forces her to become a prince's concubine, yet he hesitates. She hides her sharpness, feigns obedience, and secretly manipulates both the emperor and the prince into pawns. A carefully crafted scheme of self-inflicted suffering makes him regret and grant her the title of consort; a step-by-step plotted rebellion sets brothers against each other. When enemies are eliminated and siblings turn against each other, she strokes the young emperor's cheek and rules from behind the curtain—from stand-in to empress dowager, the chess game ends, and the player holds the world. Adapted from Wen Shi's novel "Jinqiao."
View detailsMoonlit Branch, Phoenix Ascendant
80 episodes · Song Qiyue is forced to enter the palace as a consort in place of her cousin. Betrayed by family, abandoned by her lover, and facing the dangers of the harem, she uses her wisdom and ruthlessness to climb to the pinnacle of power. From a bullied concubine to the empress, she not only avenges all who wronged her but also protects her dignity and future amidst schemes and bloodshed.
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 detailsYour Majesty, Don't Love Too Much! I Rely on Fertility to Dominate the Harem
80 episodes · Modern divine doctor Ning Yuhan transmigrates into an abused concubine's daughter and is forced to enter the imperial selection in place of her sister. Facing the emperor's infertility and the rule that childless consorts must be buried alive, she uses her clinical experience in infertility to precisely plan a pregnancy. She step by step uncovers the queen's sterilization tea and counterattacks a fake pregnancy, eventually conceiving twins. Facing a plot to keep the child and kill the mother, Ning Yuhan uses the emperor's power to eliminate the noble clans, rising from a lowly maid to a beloved empress who dominates the harem.
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 detailsYou Want Me to Be Emperor with Seven Days to Invasion?
62 episodes · Lin Mo transmigrates into an abandoned prince as invaders approach in seven days. Forced onto the throne, he binds a clan system that rewards expansion. He reforms the court, raises an army, and battles a female emperor's forces, ultimately turning the tables and building a powerful clan.
View detailsThe Exiled Prince and His Wise Wife
76 episodes · Zhao Zhao travels through time to become the Ninth Prince, framed by the Crown Prince. In prison, he marries Su Qingyuan, a criminal's daughter. He saves himself by recreating the late empress's noodle soup, then volunteers for exile to the northern border. With his wife's help, he fights noble families, recruits generals, pacifies the border, exposes the Crown Prince's plot, avenges his mother, and becomes emperor.
View detailsCold Frost in the Palace
36 episodes · A weak woman in the deep palace avenges her sister.
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