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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Fallen Blossoms Still Drift Toward the Jade Steps 乱红犹向玉阶飞
Xiao Seru said to Wen Jinchub: “A Chu, I know you still think of Miss Lu. I'm envious, but I'm not jealous. I don't expect you to truly let her go. I only hope you'll let me stay by your side... I may not be as talented or beautiful as Miss Lu, but my love for you is just as true!” Xiao Seru also said, “A Chu, I'm so happy I can be your wife. A Chu, I like you. I really, truly like you!” But later, Xiao Seru said to Wen Jinchub: “Wen Jinchub, she pushed me!” “Is Lu Liulian's child the only one w
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Startled by an Old Dream 惊旧梦
[Heartbreaking tragic ending] Zhong Shuyin always dreamed of a warm figure. Later, she tucked that figure away in her heart, until... that face appeared in her dreams once more, and she realized with a shock that she had lost him many years ago. The person who once pulled her out of the abyss was also the one responsible for her misfortune. Once everything had settled, what fate would await them... The beginning of the story: “You have to come back safe.” She lowered her he
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The Beloved Little Princess: The Mad Tyrant Is Obsessed with Raising His Little Darling 团宠小公主，疯批暴君沉迷养崽
[Beloved by Everyone + Adorable Baby + Lighthearted + Sweet Romance] The imperial family had gone a hundred years without a daughter, and rumor had it they were cursed by Heaven. Then one day, the sinister and cruel tyrant brought home an adorable little girl as lovely as snow and jade. From then on, the cold-blooded, heartless ruler became a doting father who indulged his daughter in everything. She could pick whatever treasures she wanted from the imperial treasury, and use the imperial seal a
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The Sinister Villain Boy Acts Sweet and Pitiful Around Me, Begging for Kisses 阴鸷反派少年在我面前装乖卖惨求亲亲
[Female Lead Transmigrates into a Book + Male Lead Reborn + Yandere Obsession + Intense Push and Pull + Mutual Redemption + From School Days to the Wedding Altar + Goofy, Clumsy Beauty x Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside, Yandere, Obsessive, Tragic Beauty] Mu Xinan died. The good news was that the King of Hell didn’t claim her, and she transmigrated into a book and got a new lease on life. The bad news was that she became the universally hated second female lead, sweet on the outside but
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Layers of Resentment in the Deep Palace 深宫怨几重
In this mortal world, in the imperial palace, in the mansions of the wealthy, how much love has gone unreturned and turned into bone-deep hatred? The tangled passions and heartbreak of so many men and women have all vanished into the mists of history.
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Chronicles of Late Splendor 晚华录
Tragic, powerful male lead x seemingly meek little white rabbit A half-immortal girl with little magical power, determined to save her mother, meets a dark, calculating demon king who has slaughtered countless people. The demon king was rejected by his mother from childhood and even thrown into a pit of poisonous scorpions. While in the icy realm searching for medicine, he happens to meet a girl who is also trying to save her mother. One has a deep-seated hatred of his mother; the other would do
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Qingfeng Ferry: The Old Friend I Never Want to See Again 清枫渡，那个不愿再见的故人
Qingfeng Ferry, the old friend I never want to see again
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A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情
Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again
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The Princess Consort Wants a Divorce Every Day 王妃日日想和离
In her previous life, Ye Feiwan was sent to a secluded courtyard by Feng Qing and died in despair. She never expected to be reborn after their marriage had already been arranged. Ye Feiwan refuses to fall in love again. She causes trouble, “flirts around,” finds concubines for Feng Qing, and keeps her distance from him, all for the sake of getting a divorce. She never expected that Feng Qing would finally be angered into agreeing to the divorce, only to mysteriously change his mind the next day
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Ci Ci Like Dust 辞辞如尘
What I owe Cen Ci, I will repay with my whole life, even if I must humble myself to the dust...
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After She Lost Her Memories, the Cold Emperor Went Gray Overnight 她忘情后，凉薄帝王一夜白头
In the tenth year of my marriage to Feng Ye, he made my elder sister the empress. To help her purge poison from her body, he even coaxed me into swallowing a medicinal parasite. “Ranran, it’s just a little medicine. It’ll make you forget all your sorrows. Isn’t that a good thing?” Later, I truly forgot every sorrow. I forgot how I had gone from wife to concubine. I forgot the bowl of medicine he gave me that forced me to lose our child. I forgot how I had once given him all my heart. But why is
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Three Bowls of Heart’s Blood for One Divorce Agreement 三碗心头血，换一纸和离书
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the Prince Regent went away to guard the frontier. Two years later, he finally returned to the capital. Along with his impressive military achievements, he brought back a woman as delicate and frail as a sickly beauty. She had the face of a hibiscus blossom and was irresistibly charming, yet every gesture carried a fragile, sickly air. Simply standing there was enough to stir people’s tenderness and make them want to cradle her in their hands and cheris
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After Torturing the Princess Consort to Death, the Regent Went Mad 虐死王妃后，摄政王他疯了
For his sake, she gave everything she had to keep him safe. She became the Feng family’s disgrace. But once he had secured his position as prince, he called her a canary he kept in a cage. He even said the child in her belly was a bastard. He said she had caused the death of the one he cherished most. He would keep her alive for all eternity, tormenting her and making her live in hell. She obediently stayed alive. Xuan Yuan Heng drove her toward death step by step, torturing her little by little
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Late in the Day 行止晚
[Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise.
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She Remarried the Mad Prince, and Her Cheongsam Beauty Set the Capital Ablaze 改嫁疯批太子爷，旗袍美人艳翻京圈
[Cool, stunning beauty in a qipao with a fragile constitution VS scheming, unhinged young master of Beijing’s elite] [Mad dog turns into a loyal hound] [One-on-one, both virgins] Song Qingyou was born with the bones of a beauty. Her dazzling looks made her famous throughout the capital, yet she had been sickly since childhood, as delicate and fragile as a precious porcelain doll. When she divorced, everyone assumed that without Fu Tingshen’s protection, this frail beauty would never find a footh
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On Our Wedding Anniversary, Lu Announces He’s Single and Open to Pursuit 结婚纪念日，陆太宣布单身可追
From the day Li Zao married him, she knew what her role was. To help the Li family pay off its debts and avoid bankruptcy, and to bring good luck to Lu Xiangning, who had been gravely injured in a car accident. So when the woman he had always loved returned, she willingly stepped aside. But Mr. Lu didn’t seem to see it that way. “Who didn’t have a little romance when they were young? That doesn’t count, does it?” “Little Sweet Date, you’re exactly my type. You’re the only dish I’ll ever want.” “
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Just Stay by Her Side 挨着她就好
Just Stay by Her Side
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The Kingdom I Embroidered Has Trapped Me 我绣的江山，困住了我自己。
The realm I embroidered has trapped me within it.
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Yangyang Can't Catch a Break, So the Marquis Gets Put Under House Arrest! 漾漾不得意，侯爷关禁闭！
[White Moonlight vs. Cinnabar Mole + Sweet and Angsty Romance + Political Intrigue + A Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] The legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister’s household falls from grace and becomes a bonded, expendable assassin in the Marquis’s residence. The carefree young heir of the Marquis’s household bears the blood feud of his entire family and is forced to become an orphaned marquis! [Fallen Noble Daughter vs. Orphaned Marquis: They keep each other company and grow stronger tog
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Deep in Love, Yet Unaware 情深且不知
[Tragic Romance] He was the man who killed my father, and I hated him with all my heart. In the end, I discovered I had hated the wrong person. The daughter of a bandit chief happened to save a scholar, and from then on, she gave him her heart. But her wedding night became the night her family was slaughtered. Her beloved, once the person closest to her, had become her father's killer! He was an emperor, cold and indifferent. He unexpectedly fell in love with her, yet could only push her further
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Spring Grief in the Western Palace: Whose Heart Has Fate’s Splendor Left Cold? 西宫春怨：命途繁锦冷了谁人心
The sorrowful women who emerged from behind the beaded curtains wept for all they longed for but could never have, all they begged for but could never reach. Their tears smudged their makeup and aged their faces. Year after year, their silk brocades faded, until they hardened like cocoons and their hearts turned to ash… The palace walls were red, richer than the last glow of sunset. Deep courtyards could never lock away the breeze from a maiden’s round fan. Women carried so much sorrow. Beneath
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The Lotus Fragrance Fades in Autumn 1 红藕香残玉簟秋1
[Addictive sweet-and-angsty historical romance + political intrigue + dramatic twists + an emperor’s love + past and present lives + mad, devoted hero] Yuan Jiu was born in the Heavenly Prison and has been plagued by nightmares since birth. In her dreams, there is always a dashing young man racing through a raging inferno. He gallops toward her, murderous intent surging from him, and a three-foot sword pierces her chest. She has died countless times in her dreams, yet she has never been able to
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Ashen Bones, Passionate Embrace 烬骨合欢
I still remember the years when we were children, laughing and talking without end, close as we played in the courtyard with its swings. We shared sour plums, and leaned together by the pine-framed window through many a spring. Now each of us has grown old in a different corner of the world, yet still searches for warmth on the page. Sometimes I turn to the verses on red leaves, and we look at each other, recalling old tearstains. The first ten years of Jiang Wanqing’s life were blissfully happy
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The Andong Marquis's Estate 安东侯府
"Marry me, and your whole family will be safe. Your father will live." He took her delicate hand, without a trace of affection. From that day on, her family's lives were in her hands, and she bought her father a few more years. The marquis's estate was a maze, and people's hearts were impossible to fathom. On one side was An Shaoyun, the willful young lady of the marquis's household, who made things difficult for her at every turn; on the other was Huayan, the cousin who was determined to marry
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I Promise You a Peerless World 许你一世天下无双
She nearly died in childbirth bringing his son into the world, only to be met with an edict stripping her of her title as empress! She couldn't believe he could be so cruel and heartless. She crawled step by step toward him, but he kicked her in the chest! It was all because of a villain's slander: he suspected her of being unfaithful! Luo Nishang had loved him for over ten years, and willingly fought bloody battles for him. If she hadn't loved him, why would she have taken swords meant for him
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The Third Watch Drum: The Tale of Peach Maiden (Complete) 三更鼓·桃娘传（全集）
Xiao Tao’s story began on a bright, sunny day in Jiangnan. That day, at Anping Ferry, with spring in full bloom, two men crossed the river on her boat. One was gentle, dressed in white as brilliant as snow. The other was sharp and fierce, clad in ink-black robes. From that day on, the frosty white in her eyes became the world’s most dazzling color. From ferrygirl to maid, from dancer to the celebrated Lady Tao of Jinling... Wherever he went, she followed. She didn’t care what she had to do, as l
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The Noble Daughter’s Fateful Marriage 嫡女锦嫁
He was a master schemer, with every plot and act of sabotage under his control. For love, she endured humiliation and torment, waiting for the chance to avenge herself. To love someone is to love them so deeply that you’re willing to be hated, so long as they don’t lose hope. To hate someone is to plot against them, carefully laying a trap. He waited until he held power to root out treacherous officials, bring peace and prosperity to the realm, and make her his empress. She waited until the sple
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The Substitute Princess Consort 代嫁王妃
On her wedding night, she takes her younger sister’s place as the bride, only to discover she’s been tricked. The groom has been switched for a notorious lecher who marries four wives a year. Rumor has it he’s cursed to bring death to his wives, and not one of the four has survived more than three days. Unluckily for her, she’s just become his fifth. To save her own life, she sets fire to the bridal chamber on their wedding night and takes a handsome man with her as she flees in the chaos. But h
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Shattering the Moonlight Over Half the River 吹碎半江月
[Bad Ending / Two Female Leads] Two young women from different backgrounds, yet they end up on the same path. A feudal society, arranged marriages, and no right to make their own choices. All of it is like a stack of death warrants, hastening their decline. They are both lucky and unlucky. Lucky, because they become each other's light; unlucky, because they cannot change their fate. But the ending is beautiful. At least they are together.
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Poison Concubine 鸩姬
Long ago, there was a wicked bird that lived by the South Sea. Its feathers were bright and beautiful, but laced with deadly poison. It was called the Zhen. The daughter of the King of Xiliang was cunning and twisted, a disastrous beauty and a demon in human form, known throughout the realm as the Zhen Consort. History written by men has never set the record straight for women, but this tale teaches us one thing: there is always a price to pay for offending a woman.
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Years Like a Dream: Memories of a Love That Came Too Late 如梦流年·情晚忆
Years Like a Dream: Love Comes Late, Memories Remain
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Peach Blossoms Topple the River and Mountains 桃花折江山
The TV drama Peach Blossoms Reflecting on the Mountains and Rivers, starring Liu Xueyi and Meng Ziyi. Zhao has a beauty named Taohua. Her fate is full of hardship, and she is married off to Wei far away. All she wants is to stay alive and climb her way up. Wei has a handsome chancellor who is ruthless and sharp-tongued, sweet on the surface but treacherous within. He cares nothing for anyone's life, so long as he gets what he wants. Taohua thinks everyone loves beautiful things. Surely he can't
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I Am the Consort 妾为后
Wu Xiaoyan was not beautiful. For a woman, she was far too tall, and her skin was too dark. She was stronger than a man and ate more than one, too. As she grew older, all she wanted was to marry an ordinary man and live an ordinary life. But this little wolf cub she had raised... really was a little wolf cub!!
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Spring Banquet 春日宴
She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis
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Who Promised You the World? 谁许江山
One divorce decree and a city full of rumors: overnight, Chu Ning, the third daughter of the General's Residence, becomes a cast-off. She thinks the world is now her oyster, but then Prince Xie Ziyu unexpectedly enters her life. They once became enemies because of a misunderstanding; now hardship brings them together. They fight at an inn, cross the desert side by side, and plot in the royal court… Chu Ning has long yearned for freedom, yet the mystery of her birth traps her in courtly affa
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The Years Fade Away: One Half-Tune Ruined Our Fated Match 浮尽韶华：半曲天姻误
There was once a gifted woman, her heartstrings tangled in love. She looked back in the silence and became a spirit lost to longing. There was once a young nobleman, warm as Xiao He, cold as Xiao He, his song never reaching its end. Who is trapped by love? Who resents it? Who seized the illusion of dawn, set down the parting cup, and changed the stars’ decree? Can fate be defied?
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Your Grace Endures, Like Snow in All Its Splendor 风华如雪，君如故
Risking her life to give birth, he resolutely snatched the baby from her arms, saying she was unworthy. Imprisoned and unable to earn his forgiveness no matter how she pleaded, she heard him say she was guilty. Unworthy because she loved him humbly, guilty because she loved him obsessively. She said, “Chu Nanyi, this time, shall I sentence myself to death?” The game is over. Will you come back or not?
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The Song of Hua Xu 华胥引
If you could trade your life for a perfect illusion of the past, would you agree? Perhaps you would shake your head, but they said yes. In this story set amid a world in chaos, the Princess of Wei gives her life for her country, then returns from the dead with the help of a mermaid's pearl. When she plays the Huaxu Melody, she can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bone, as well as enter dreams and memories. Trading life for a dream, she can only sigh at the joys and sorrows of a f
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I Still Remember That Startling Glance 犹记惊鸿照影
Beneath the bridge of sorrow, spring waves run green; once, a startled swan’s reflection shimmered there. Her younger sister’s unexpected flight from her wedding left her no choice but to marry into the imperial family. From spending her wedding night alone to learning of the husband’s unforgettable past, she faced it all with calm acceptance. Marrying a prince meant love was never part of the bargain. All she cared about was keeping her family safe and at peace. She stood by his side as he clim
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When the Splendor Faded, Half the City Was Left in Ruins 繁华落尽半城殇
He told her, “Jinxiu, I will marry no one but you in this life. When I return from Jiangnan, I’ll give you a magnificent wedding.” But all that happiness was destroyed by a cruel conspiracy. On the day of his wedding, her blood was drained from her body, and she barely survived. With the splendor gone and half the city in mourning, she still died in his arms. Ling Su, may the rest of your life be peaceful. Let’s meet again in our next life...
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The Enchantress Who Bewitched the World 魅姬惑天下
Chu Xiao, regent of the Yan Dynasty. Yu Ge, a peerless dancer. He used her as a pawn to win over the powerful, climb to the heights of power, and marry the treacherous chancellor's daughter. They took her body, killed her child, and murdered her mother. She swore to make these hypocrites pay for their blood debt. Then, in a single day, her astonishing true identity was revealed. Three thousand bewitching women, five hundred poison masters, and over ten thousand elite soldiers knelt throughout th
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The Princess Flirts, Then Tries to Run 公主她撩完就想跑
Ji Jiang had been Chang’an’s aunt for seventeen years. She gave him his name, protected him as he grew up, and helped him ascend the throne. But the one he thought of day and night was her. “Ji Jiang, don’t even think about leaving me.” He smiled recklessly, no longer wearing the gentle expression he’d shown in the past. He had never been a gentleman. To win her favor, he had hidden his violent nature and kept up the act for over a decade. Yet she still wanted to leave him. Too bad it was too la
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Passion on the Pillow: A Trial of Love 枕上欢：情字劫
Do you believe the person you love most could personally send you plunging into hell? I was once the wildest girl in the mountain stronghold, until that scholar entered my life. He taught me passion and promised to marry me, but on our wedding night, he slaughtered my entire clan. “I can't bring myself to kill you,” he said, then imprisoned me deep in the palace and let his concubines torment me. That night, I faked my death and escaped, only to discover a blood-written letter in his secret pass
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The Nine-Lived Cat Girl 九命猫女
I'm a nine-lived cat woman, and the people of my clan were slaughtered to the last by the Kingdom of Shuo. After being reborn several times, the King of Shuo came to cherish me above all else. But he doesn't know that our love across three lifetimes is all for the sake of settling one lifetime's score.
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Love's Ashes 相思烬
On my wedding day, I poisoned the nuptial wine. The Crown Prince drained his cup with a smile, then suddenly grabbed me by the nape. “So even the Shen family's legitimate daughter resorts to such despicable tricks?” I looked at the black blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and smiled. “Your Highness is mistaken. I'm treating the poison. What you have is ‘Love's End,’ from the Western Regions.”
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My Childhood Sweetheart, the Crown Prince, Was Lured Away by an Enemy Princess 青梅竹马的太子夫君，被敌国公主勾跑了
My childhood sweetheart, Crown Prince husband Rong Yu, knocked me off my horse with a spear, its sharp tip aimed at my throat. He used that familiar red-tasseled spear to warn me to stay away from the exotic beauty he had just brought back. Only then did I understand the saying from those romance stories: a beautiful beginning can end in heartbreak. But I'm no delicate young lady who'll hide in her room and cry. I'll return the favor with that spear, then go back to the frontier where I belong.
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Jade in Error 错玉
After transmigrating into a book for seven years, I married the second male lead, Pei Yue, and had his child. We lived in perfect harmony, and I thought my life was complete. Then I was kidnapped, and Prince Jun whispered mockingly in my ear, “Do you know it was your beloved husband who sent you to my bed?” I refused to believe him. But when I fought my way home, I found Pei Yue had married my divorced half-sister. His once-cold eyes now brimmed with tenderness, as if a dream he'd cherished for
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Lotus Ashes: Blood on the Emperor's Pillow 芙蓉烬：帝王枕上血
That year, the flames of Longhu Stronghold lit up half the sky. He stood amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, clad in a dragon robe stained red. I wore my phoenix crown and bridal robes, only to become a caged bird in his palace. “Have you ever hated me?” he asked, stroking my face, his eyes filled with an obsession that would not fade. I laughed through my tears. I only hated myself. He killed my entire family, yet I couldn't bring myself to take revenge.
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The Duke of Zhen's Divorce Decree Made Me Empress 镇国公一纸休书，我当上了皇后
I'm a pomegranate spirit. To repay a debt of gratitude, I married a great hero. He guarded the frontier, while I spent four years as a wife in name only. I never imagined he'd send me a divorce letter for the sake of his love rival. “Help me marry her, or I'll have no choice but to divorce you.” But as soon as he said those words, the green tea schemer turned on him, leaving him disgraced and ruined on his return to the capital. With the blood from my heart in my hand, I smiled as I watched him
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The Ashes of Passion: A Calamity of Mortal Life 骄欢烬浮生劫
“You once picked a spring blossom for me, then pushed me into the flames with your own hands.” I was the most spoiled legitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the capital. The day we first met, he was dressed in white as pristine as snow, his sword flashing like moonlight as he rescued me from danger in the streets. At his words, “I love you,” I starved myself to resist an arranged marriage, insisting I would marry no one else. But on our wedding night, he coldly left me alone, then gripped my
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