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The Emperor’s Pearl, Season 2

403 episodes · Reborn emperor Xiao Lin replaces suspicion with demanding protection of his son, Xiao Huaijin. Their travels through Jiangnan, investigations into the salt administration and military training gradually prepare the prince for rule, while father and son rebuild the trust they once lacked.

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Jin Jiuzhou: Season 34

168 episodes · Xiao Chen’s forces defeat the armored Tiefutu troops and take territory across Yanzhou. Prince Rong’s defeat leaves the Daqian court increasingly isolated, while Jiang Zhenjiang chooses surrender and Wang Zijing uses fire against Nanyue’s rattan-armored army. The campaign moves from battlefield victories toward the fate of an emperor confined to his capital.

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Born of the Forbidden Night

60 episodes · A human maid, Selena, bears Soren's child, a dragon prince, though ancient law forbids human-dragon marriage. Fleeing, she guards the hidden heir Arthur from assassins and court intrigue, while jealous Princess Mira uses the child to force Soren into marriage.

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My Sister Is the Crown Princess: Season 4

263 episodes · Su Hao risks an unusual medicine to save the critically ill Empress Zhangsun. Its effects attract military and aristocratic interest, while an investigation into palace accounts exposes corruption. Commerce and proposed marriage alliances pull him deeper into Tang court politics.

Ruirui Comes Down the Mountain and Wins the Prince's Household short-drama poster

Ruirui Comes Down the Mountain and Wins the Prince's Household

308 episodes · Tang Rui leaves the Divine Physician Valley to find her family and discovers that her father is Prince Li. His injury and the household's troubles leave plenty of use for her medical training. Tang Rui traces a hidden poison while making allies who can help restore the family's fortunes.

A Villain Who Wants a Hug?, Season 11 short-drama poster

A Villain Who Wants a Hug?, Season 11

158 episodes · Jiang Luyi expected a gentle romance beside a young general, but a system error drops her into the doomed supporting character Su Ruan. On arrival she accidentally injures the powerful Prince Yan Chen, drawing an investigation.

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The Dragon Queen's Revenge

49 episodes · Dragon queen Angelina hides her identity for a marriage to Harrison, spending a decade helping his family and raising his stepdaughters. When his former partner returns, the family treats Angelina as a servant and turns violently against her. A royal banquet gives her an opportunity to reveal the protector they have chosen to discard.

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Embers of the Nine Provinces, Season 31

138 episodes · Xiao Chen negotiates alliances as northern troops advance south. Prince Rong gathers elite forces while rival houses in Xuzhou bargain and scheme. Snowbound confrontations and concealed cavalry movements prepare the ground for a larger spring campaign.

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National Guardian Consort 3D, Season 6

251 episodes · Duke Ji Ping fights for a strategic mineral vein at Soulblood Mountain, survives an ambush on the road home, and returns to a court crowded with competing factions. After resolving the palace crisis and recruiting new allies, he is named a peer prince and turns west toward Xiling and a larger plan for unification.

I Told You to Buy Top Scholar—How Did You Become a Sage? Season 3 short-drama poster

I Told You to Buy Top Scholar—How Did You Become a Sage? Season 3

171 episodes · Jiang Xiaobai turns a mocked bottle of perfume into a contest among eight merchant houses, wins leadership of the capital's merchants, and then uses thirty thousand troops and eighteen cannons to humble foreign envoys. When Xiao Qingxiu joins a palace coup, he answers by bringing artillery into the struggle for the capital.

I Broke Our Vow, Became King, and She Regretted It short-drama poster

I Broke Our Vow, Became King, and She Regretted It

83 episodes · Yang Fan, heir to Prince Yan, has spent years posing as a wastrel while helping Lin Qingyue rise to become a celebrated commander. When she returns and demands a marriage shared between two men, he ends their engagement, inherits his title, and turns toward statecraft and the frontier alongside Princess Xia Ruolin.

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Ming Dynasty Bandit

83 episodes · A modern man transmigrates to become a Ming prince who uses ruthless tactics to seize power and modernize the empire.

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I Won Every Trial, But the Crown Went to My Brother

36 episodes · Half-human demon prince Kyle passes all three royal trials with broken bones, yet his father crowns younger brother Celon and breaks off one of Kyle's horns. Sent to a slave camp, Kyle is healed by human Lila and meets blind general Varric, who reveals his maternal divine flame. Fusing it with demon blood, Kyle ignites Ash Flame, wins three thousand slaves, forces court confessions, and abolishes bloodline discrimination.

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The Despised Black Dragon Is the True Queen

60 episodes · Serafina, the true gold dragon princess, was cursed black at birth after Ravenna killed Queen Marina and was raised in contempt on Black Dragon Island. At court she repeatedly saves the kingdom while Princess Leyla takes credit using a fake gold potion. As battles wear the curse down, Leyla's fraud surfaces. Ravenna then accuses Black Dragon Island of treason, yet Serafina endures, breaks the curse, repels a Northern invasion, reunites with her father, and is crowned Queen after Ravenna's execution.

Oh No! My Fake Eunuch Identity Is About to Be Exposed short-drama poster

Oh No! My Fake Eunuch Identity Is About to Be Exposed

78 episodes · Fortune teller Ye Zhiqiu wakes up in an ancient palace as a eunuch who has never been castrated. He hopes to keep his head down, but an assignment to attend the princess exposes his secret and turns their relationship into something far more dangerous. His divination skills help him navigate life at court, where concealing his identity becomes entangled with romance and struggles for power.

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Kunyi: The Empress's Rule, Season 5

195 episodes · Empress Su Jingyao and Jun Zechen introduce reforms to improve women's standing while court rivals use the princes in their schemes. A southern tour, disaster relief and another pregnancy add pressure. As their sons grow up, the succession question changes the family's political balance.

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Reborn on the Confiscation Day, I Stop Protecting Her Pride

70 episodes · Song Huaixin returns as her family faces confiscation and accepts Prince Xie Yu's protection after her sister refuses it. Saving relatives and helping a royal child gradually restores the family's position. Becoming empress brings new doubts about the promises that began their alliance.

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The Prince Consort 3D Version Season 11

1000 episodes · Daluo's five million army invaded Han Dynasty. Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang set up an ambush and annihilated them all with fire attacks, iron chains and boats. They also took advantage of the situation to counterattack Daluo. Ji Ping'an went on a personal expedition, defeated New Sheng and Yingjing, conquered the Youzhou and Ping Shengnu sects, and fought fiercely with the state religion, the leader of Daluo, Abu and other forces. The mysterious life experience is gradually revealed, and finally Ji Ping'an leads the man to a wider world with his destiny.

The Tang Dynasty's Foolish Son-in-Law: My Sister Is the Crown Princess, Season 3 short-drama poster

The Tang Dynasty's Foolish Son-in-Law: My Sister Is the Crown Princess, Season 3

180 episodes · The princess' fate was hanging by a thread when a plot was plotted against her. Su Hao used his two hammers to attack Chang'an, forcing the King of Wei to flee into the palace and force the family to cede territory to pay compensation. But before the storm subsided, Empress Changsun suddenly became critically ill. Li Shimin actually grabbed Su Hao's hand and begged him for help. Can a "idiot" who is a horse breeder and only knows how to make fine salt paper really save the Empress of the Tang Dynasty? And what kind of future will a "fool" push Datang into?

Who Says a Playboy Cannot Become Top Scholar? short-drama poster

Who Says a Playboy Cannot Become Top Scholar?

788 episodes · Jiang Xiaobai buys the title of top scholar and expects to keep playing the useless heir, only for the emperor to summon him to court. His elder brother's suspicious death reveals that the marquis household is trapped in a larger plot, and poetry contests, ministers, and royal factions become pieces in a game everyone assumes he is too foolish to understand.