Any Short Historical Tragedies? Make Them Absolutely Heartbreaking 有没有推荐短篇的古风虐文，往死里虐
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Has Lord Xiahou the Chatterbox Finally Shut Up Today? 话痨的夏侯大人，今天闭嘴了吗
[One true love ➕ pure historical setting ➕ happy ending ➕ sweet romance ➕ a little angst along the way] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, pure historical fiction] Xiahou Huai, young master of Shanhai Tower, once swore that he would never love anyone in this life, especially not a woman. Romance was just too painful. Jiang Zhefeng, a scholar who disguised herself as a man, once swore that she would keep living as a man and never fall for any man. After they met, Xiahou Huai acc
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After the Mad Imperial Preceptor Took Me by Force 被疯批国师强取豪夺后
Based on the original novel of Youku’s web drama Eternal Night’s Long Dawn [Mad Male Lead VS Stubborn Female Lead] [Both Pure and Faithful + Traditional Historical Romance + Love by Force + Sweet and Angsty + Happy Ending] Xie Wanyin, the legitimate daughter of the Xie family, lost her mother at eight. Her father remarried, and she was sent to grow up in her maternal grandmother’s home. Years later, she returned to the Xie household, wanting nothing more than to avoid conflict and focus on g
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Once, a Stunning Shadow Shone Here 曾是惊鸿照影来
Once, I came like a fleeting shadow cast by a startled swan
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Prisoner of the Snowfall Palace 雪烬宫囚
I am the most beloved Ninth Princess of the Great Liang dynasty. The day the capital fell, my father, who had doted on me beyond measure, shoved me from the Star-Picking Tower, hoping my life would buy him a chance to escape. Qin Yi, the rebel leader, caught me below. Emotions I couldn’t understand churned in his blood-red eyes. “Tell me, who threw you down?” I fainted in his arms, which reeked of blood. He began a bloodbath in the imperial city, slaughtering the entire royal family, yet spared
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Pagoda: The Lord Steals His Minister’s Wife 浮屠：君夺臣妻
Futu: The Lord Takes His Minister's Wife
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Kept as a Fox Concubine, I Ran Away 囚狐为妾，我直接逃了
I Was Kept as a Fox Concubine, So I Ran Away
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Where the Hills Are Green, the General Has a Heart 山有扶苏，将军有情
There Are Fusu Trees on the Mountain, and a General with a Heart
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The Crown Princess Again 再为太子妃
Become the Crown Princess Again
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Forced to Marry the Ninth Prince 迫嫁九王妃
Forced to Marry the Ninth Prince
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He Slaughtered My Entire Family, So I Stabbed Him Through the Heart 他屠戮我满门，我给他穿心一剑
He Slaughtered My Entire Family, So I Stabbed Him Through the Heart
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I Was His Blade, and He Shattered My Soul 我为他刃，他断我魂
I Became His Blade, and He Shattered My Soul
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I Took in a Foolish Prince as My Live-In Son-in-Law 捡个傻王爷做赘婿
I Picked Up a Foolish Prince to Be My Live-In Son-in-Law
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A Grudge Written in Broken Bones 断骨之怨
A Grudge Carved in Broken Bones
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He Doted on His Concubine and Neglected His Wife, So I Divorced the General 宠妾灭妻，我把将军给休了
He Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife, So I Divorced the General
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Nine Lifetimes of Reincarnation, A Love Begun and Lost 九世轮回，缘起缘灭
Nine Lifetimes of Reincarnation, Fate Begins and Ends
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An Assassin’s Love and Revenge, Beyond Romance 暗卫情仇，无关风月
A Dark Guard's Love and Grudge, Beyond Romance
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Shatter the Inverted Qilin 碎逆麟
Shattered Reversed Scale
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Dark Night Emperor 暗夜帝君
The Dark Night Emperor
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Foes Have a Way of Crossing Paths 冤家路宽
Fated to Be Rivals
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He Is the Calamity I Can’t Escape 他是我躲不过的劫
He Is the Fate I Can’t Escape
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The Middle Child 排行中间的孩子
The Middle Child
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Revenge in a Cat's Body 猫身复仇
Revenge in Cat Form
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He Spoiled Her for Ten Years, Then Pushed Her into Hell with His Own Hands 宠她十年，却亲手将她推进地狱
He Spoiled Her for Ten Years, Then Personally Pushed Her Into Hell
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How Could I Ever Part from You? 哪敢与君绝
How Could I Ever Part from You?
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My Dearest, on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month 七月七日卿
Huo Shaoqing hated Qiyue and wanted nothing more than for her to disappear from his world. Qiyue loved Huo Shaoqing. After loving him for seven years, she finally understood that some kinds of love mean letting go. When death came calling, Huo Shaoqing finally realized that he had fallen deeply in love with her long ago.
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My Lord, Grant Me a Lovesick Gu 请君赐我相思蛊
When they were young, Jun Wuye and Yun Ji both believed in love. She once vowed to live and die with him, but love could never overcome schemes and deceit. One misunderstanding, and they were parted for life. Her family was destroyed, her brother was brutally killed, her child miscarried, and both her legs were crippled. “Jun Wuye, did you ever love me at all?” On the city wall, dressed in a wedding gown red as blood, she spoke in a voice full of grief. He slashed her wedding gown with his sword
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Love Is Colder Than Death 爱比死更冷
Her father ruined his family for the sake of profit. Years later, he returned for revenge, and she was sold to him to pay off the debt. She thought he hated her to the core, never knowing he loved her with all his heart. When their child died in an accident, she lost the only reason she had to keep living. Like a fluttering butterfly, she leapt into the abyss. “Li Wenyi, do you like... this... ending...?”
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I Swear by My Love, Though It Brings Me Sorrow 敬我相思不成悲
She was a peerlessly beautiful young woman, famous throughout the land, yet fate had placed her in a brothel. Meng Zhijun believed Murong Yan was the man meant for her. She endured humiliation and kept her head bowed, all so she could stay by his side. She thought they would grow old together. But the man she loved most broke her fingers and ruined her face. In the end, he carved the bones from her body, one by one, and made them into a shocking bone flute. “A Zhi, look. Your bones are perfect f
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I Only Wish We’d Part Ways in the Next Life 只愿来生与君绝
She was determined to die. That night, she set a fire and killed more than a hundred people. The Emperor ordered, “Execute her at once.” She was dragged to the execution ground, where she gave him a faint smile. As the white silk fell and her life slipped away, the Azure Dragon jade pendant appeared in that very instant. At that moment... he went mad!
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I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你
At fifteen, Junxi accidentally got blood from an AIDS patient into one of his wounds and contracted the disease. From then on, his normal life was completely upended, and he lived in constant fear that he could die at any moment. But Li Poxiao never left his side, giving him the courage to carry on. Through his pain, he smiled through his tears. “Brother Junxi, my greatest wish is to become your bride. You have to fight to stay alive, because… this is a dream only you can help me fulfill.” A lov
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A Drunken Farewell, Longing for You 与君长诀醉相思
They fell in love when they signed their marriage contract. But after a campaign away, everything had changed!
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A Lifetime of Deep Love, Given to You 赠你一世情深
I have a secret I've kept in my heart: I've loved Gu Tingchen for nine whole years. When I was young, I used to follow him everywhere. As I grew older, I finally became his wife. But he gave me no love, not even a shred of tenderness. I tried to tempt him into a love affair with the promise of a divorce and the power of the Shi family, but he never wavered. He would never remember the anxious little girl who used to follow behind him so carefully. It wasn't until after our divorce that I saw the
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Waiting for Wind and Rain, But Never for You 等风等雨，等不到你
Xu Zhengxi believed that as long as she held on, love and marriage would eventually lead her to brighter days. She gave up studying abroad, threw away her future, and abandoned her dreams, all to be the person he could confide in. He called her cruel and coldhearted. She once smiled and replied, “Because I love you.” Later, when her life hung by a thread, he remained as indifferent as ever. She took off her ring and returned it to him, smiling faintly. “Let’s get divorced.” She had compassio
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If I Let Go, There's No Going Back 我若放手，再无归期
After a carefully laid trap, she spent five years by his side, thinking that as long as she didn’t give up easily, she could stay with him to the very end. She was disfigured, blinded, and lost the child she carried. Only when she was finally ready to leave did Murong Xiu realize that no amount of regret could change anything.
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President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死
Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of
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I Heard You Once Loved Me More Than Life 听说，你曾爱我如命
Xie Jingchuan said, “My only wish is for you to disappear from my sight forever.” After five loveless years of marriage, Song Youran had become the person her husband hated most. Later, she really did disappear. Everyone said Mrs. Xie had brought it upon herself and deserved to die with no one to claim her body. But as one old secret after another came to light, he discovered... In the best years of her life, she had once given him the purest love. She had also risked her life for him amid the r
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Loving You with My Life: 20 Fated Romances That Break Your Heart 拿命爱你：20段痛到心碎的宿命虐恋
[Love and hate intertwined + beautiful yet tragic heroine + palace intrigue + historical romance + heart-wrenching love + short stories] The world turns and tumbles, while the histories of old hold up a mirror. So many beauties once had their hearts broken over a promise, only to become tragic ballads of a turbulent age. From Chen Ajiao, kept in a gilded cage, to the incomparable Xishi; from Wang Yourong, a wife who weathered hardship alongside her husband, to Feng Xiaolian, whose allure lasted
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Even Love and Longing Betrayed Me 风月也曾负相思
Her hands were stained with blood, yet she won this vast kingdom for him. He was the ruler, and she was his slave; decades of companionship could not outweigh a single tear from the woman he loved. To save his beloved, he offered her up to the enemy army. She endured every kind of torture, willingly. Still for the sake of his beloved, he severed her left arm, took her unborn child, and drained her blood to keep the other woman alive. Then, with a great army before her, her hair white as snow, sh
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A Eunuch's Ambitions: Tormented by the World of Mortals 宦情：红尘虐
[Not a chaste couple + truly eunuch male lead + sweet at first, angst later + devoted love] Wang Yunqu had been inexplicably fixated on Xiao Qibai since childhood. Even after he was subjected to castration, she still married him without hesitation, exchanging vows and sharing their wedding night. She thought they would live happily together in mutual love from then on. But the emperor threatened her with the life of the person she loved, forcibly made her a consort, and compelled her to bear a d
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The Medical Consort Rises: The Scum King and His Adorable Child Turn the World Upside Down 医妃崛起，虐渣王爷萌娃闹翻天
[Strong Female Lead + Taking Down Scumbags + Physician Consort + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Child] Lin Wanqing is a modern attending surgeon who transmigrates to ancient times. On her wedding day, she is assaulted, abandoned, and sent to the Cold Palace, where she gives birth to an adorable child. Who poisoned her and destroyed her looks? Who wants to assassinate her? A long scar across her face burns hatred deep into her heart, along with the unbearable pain of the past that she can never forg
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Cast Out on My Wedding Night, the Peerlessly Ugly Concubine Becomes Empress 新婚夜被休后，绝世丑妃变女帝
[Rebirth + palace intrigue + princess consort + strong female lead + female emperor + satisfying revenge] In the turbulent years of the Da Hai era, Jiang Mengli, a modern weapons expert, was reborn in ancient times after her soul miraculously survived. She had been born with extraordinary beauty and hailed as the most beautiful woman in the land, but overnight she became the ugliest woman alive. On her wedding night, her scumbag prince consort sent her to the Cold Palace. Spurned by everyone, th
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Harem: The Pear Blossoms Fall, and Spring Returns 后宫：落尽梨花春又了
She only wants to live in peace. She has never cared much for the palace intrigues and rivalries for the emperor's favor, but the trees may wish for stillness while the wind keeps blowing. After the other consorts make things difficult for her again and again, she finally understands that once you enter the palace, your life is no longer your own. Fueled by hatred, she discovers that she can be just as ruthless as they are. For years, the emperor's affection has made her the most favored woman i
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My Love, Come to Me in a Dream 闻君入梦来
Five years ago, he led his troops to war, intending to welcome her as his wife with ten miles of wedding finery. Five years later, she betrayed their love, ended their child’s life, and became his father’s woman. He hated her betrayal. He branded her face, severed her fingers, and even killed their daughter! She swore she would make him pay for every drop of blood. When all the secrets came to light, he was consumed with regret. “A Zuo, don’t go...” She turned and plunged her sword into his
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You Became the King, While I Became a Tragic Memory 你为君王，妾已成殇
After loving him for ten years, she helped him ascend the throne, but he slaughtered her entire family. These vast lands were stained with nothing but her family's blood. On a ten-mile bridal procession, he married the woman he loved and made her empress. Dressed all in white, she leapt from the city tower. Xiao Jingyu, my love for you has led me down a road from which there is no return.
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Your Highness, the Crown Princess Doesn't Deserve to Die 殿下，太子妃罪不至死
[Make the scumbag suffer + never look back] The Crown Prince's first love dies, and his Crown Princess is accused of murder. He personally shoves her into the depths of despair, where she endures humiliation and torment. Three years later, the truth is bitterly ironic: his first love never died. Not only has she become the old emperor's favorite concubine, she's even given the scumbag Crown Prince a younger brother? The Crown Prince has been cuckolded, and now he regrets everything! Holding the
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Capturing Your Heart 绾君心
A consort is still a concubine, so why fuss over the difference in rank? She had never cared for such things, but fate brought her into the palace as a consort. She took every step carefully, seeking only to protect herself. But people had changed, and some were always trying to have her killed. In the end, she had no choice but to fight back. Only then did she realize that, though she had never meant to, she had long ago taken root in his heart.
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Where the Swallows Return, We Must Not Meet Again 燕归处，莫相逢
Her name was Jun Mo. She had spent her life on horseback and on the battlefield, battle-hardened, bold, and arrogant. He was the person she loved most, and her only weakness. She feared he might get hurt if she so much as held him in her palm, and feared he might melt if she kept him in her mouth. But a weakness is itself a poisoned blade. At first, the pain is not fatal. In the end, the fatal wound no longer hurts. No one knew that later, amid the bitter winter snow, some people were only acti
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Ten Miles of Red Bridal Finery Still Can't Compare to You 红妆十里不如你
“If I’m ever reborn, I’d rather never have known you!” Shen Ningxiang devoted her entire clan to helping Xiao Jingtang ascend the throne, only to be repaid with betrayal! Beneath the peach blossoms that year, you wore white as bright as snow, and I tossed you a broken branch. Which of us was it that robbed the other of a lifetime together? That year, ten miles of wedding finery, the bridal sedan curtain lifted, a radiant beauty appeared. But whose heart was stirred, and whose love went astray?
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I Give You the Bittersweet Pain of Parting 赠君人间苦别离
Xie Jingsheng hated Hua Zhezhi. When he was at his lowest, she not only kicked him while he was down, but nearly got him killed. The first thing he did after returning victorious was marry her, then drive her slowly insane. Hua Zhezhi was left with a crippled leg and suffered endless humiliation. When she was near death, she asked with red-rimmed eyes, “I never betrayed you. Why have you treated me this way?” “Keep making things up,” he said viciously, squeezing her throat. “Let’s see if you can
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Pleasures in the Palace Hall 殿上欢
The Chancellor's household was branded traitorous and slaughtered overnight, leaving her the daughter of a condemned criminal. Feng Yueli was tortured by Beigong Han's demand for her blood until she was nearly drained of life. But for her younger brother's sake, she had no choice but to cling to her last breath and keep going. At first, she said, “The Chancellor's household is innocent. My father was loyal through and through.” Later, she said, “This guilty woman is unworthy of becoming empress.
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