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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.
26.1kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Pingruo 宫墙柳:萍若
So I was the Empress's substitute from the very beginning! He only ever treated me as her shadow, a mere comfort to himself!
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Jiying 宫墙柳:济盈
I had been in the Cold Palace until late autumn. When the Emperor's favored eunuch came in person, I was overjoyed, thinking the Emperor would let me out. Instead, he brought news that my entire Kong family had been sentenced to death.
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Palace Beauty 宫姝
She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined.
11kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
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Willows Behind the Palace Walls 宫墙柳
Lonely in an empty courtyard, spring is drawing to a close; pear blossoms carpet the ground, yet the door remains shut. With her most moving prose and wondrously clever ideas, the new queen of historical romance, Wu Yu, weaves one heartbreaking tale of palace love after another. From the heavens to the depths below, love alone endures!
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
55.9kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves
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The Central Palace 中宫
“You are a gift from Qiu Zhenyu to the throne, offered in exchange for his head. Did your father not tell you that you must obey me?” With a light flick of the jade-handled fan in his hand, Xiang Ye removed the empress’s phoenix robe. “Grandmother said the daughters of the Qiu family don’t need to obey.” Min’er looked up at the king who had come drenched in blood, not the slightest bit afraid. On their wedding night, the emperor slept in another woman’s arms. Yet his neglect, humiliation, and bu
3.7kReads8.8Score528Shelves
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The Tyrannical Empress Bends Down, and the Man She Took by Force Goes Weak at the Knees 暴戾女帝一俯身,强娶的他软了腰
[Complete! A sweet matriarchal romance + powerful heroine + forced relationship that turns into mutual devotion. A rational, ambitious, and unhinged ruler vs. a gentle, well-behaved general who isn't a helpless vine] After ascending the throne, Xie Jiyue seized absolute power with an iron fist. Two years later, the general she had longed for, her beloved white moonlight, finally returned to court. But her beloved said his heart belonged to someone else? Xie Jiyue: If I want someone, I get them.
4.2kReads9.1Score336Shelves
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Niaona 宫墙柳:袅娜
Let me be a hero for once. My life has been miserable, and I couldn't even hold on to the one I loved, but perhaps I can protect thousands of people.
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Meiniang 宫墙柳:媚娘
As a child, I thought she was spineless and far too timid. But as I grew up, I realized this life wasn't so bad. I simply couldn't bear to give up the fine food, fine clothes, and soft pillows reserved for the top courtesan.
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Shuxian 宫墙柳:淑娴
Of course I was going to make life hard for my elder sister. Why should I, the younger one, have to live in utter misery while she gets to share a loving, harmonious life with her husband?
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Dong Jiaorao 宫墙柳:董娇娆
Qian Lin was heading off to war, so I gave him my beloved gold hairpin as a token. But he never came back.
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Cuiqiao 宫墙柳:翠翘
We're in this together. Things will only go well for me if they go well for you. I would never hurt you…
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Changling 宫墙柳:长陵
How could that dazzling young general, who slaughtered the Hu people until they trembled at his name, have died? And from nothing more than a common chill?
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Mingzhu 宫墙柳:明珠
From the moment that bowl of warm safflower soup was forced down my throat, I knew I would never have a child of my own.
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Willows by the Palace Walls: Peach Blossoms in Their Prime 宫墙柳:桃李娇娆
A beauty is hidden in the Second Prince's residence. She looks remarkably like the late Empress Song, the woman the emperor loved most. Even her name is...
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A Beauty Adorned with Brocade 锦上娇
The mighty General Dingbei commanded three armies at just twenty and made a name for himself on the battlefield. His enemies were so terrified of him that they kept their distance. Now that he’s married, he often leaves the house with scratch marks on his face and a rueful look. Everyone is stunned, but the general isn’t ashamed. He’s proud of it, declaring, “My wife is adorable no matter what she does. What do you know? You’re nothing...”
819Reads8.2Score100Shelves
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Palace Intrigue: The Story of Qing Zhi 深宫策·青栀传
Her eyes can see through sinister tricks and schemes, but she cannot fully see the changes in people's hearts. His hands hold the fate of all under heaven, yet all he wants is to hold on to the few who truly care for him. How far is it from being the daughter of a powerful official distrusted by the emperor to becoming a virtuous empress remembered throughout history? Once she enters the imperial palace, her past ties are severed. Half a lifetime of ups and downs conceals the green of the garden
2.3kReads9.2Score340Shelves
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Empress of the Xie Family 谢家皇后
In her first year in the palace, she is a Talented Lady. In her fifth, she is a Jieyu. In her tenth, she wants to become empress. As empress, she can hold on to everything she treasures and keep it from being taken away. She can protect herself and her child, and she can... stay by his side. This is a road with only one direction: take a single step back, and all will be lost. The bright yellow ceremonial parasol moves forward, and the emperor's procession slowly enters the city gate. A yellow p
10.8kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
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The Black Phoenix Queen 黑凰后
She is a goddess sent from heaven, the eldest princess of the Shen Kingdom. But someone stole her divine fortune, and she was abandoned in the Sacred River. They say she won't live to see her fifteenth birthday. She says, “My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven's. Give me back the fortune you stole, and repay the life you owe me.” She has been a bandit and an empress, and in the end, she ascends to the throne. He says, “In my heart, you matter more than Buddha. All the gods and Buddhas in heaven
4.9kReads8.7Score725Shelves
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Scheming for the Heir 谋嫡
From being a pawn sent by her elder half-sister to the Third Prince's residence to climbing over a mountain of blood and claiming the empress's throne, Lin Wanying did just one thing: she kept Zhao Xuan firmly by her side.
2.2kReads9.1Score310Shelves
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The Young Princess in My Household 家有王妃初长成
Prince Chu is feeling rather aggrieved. Other men marry beautiful young brides, but he’s been saddled with a little girl. Worse still, he has won countless battles and made his fearsome name known throughout the Nine Provinces. The people call him the God of Slaughter, and even the emperor gives him a wide berth. Yet his own princess consort dares to slap the table and yell at him: “If you don’t behave, I’ll beat you!”
2.8kReads8.9Score319Shelves
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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!!
3.8kReads9.0Score454Shelves
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Return of the Swallow 锦堂归燕
As the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, she was switched at birth and forced to struggle for survival among the common folk. At long last, she was reunited with her family, only to be caught up in endless domestic power struggles. She wanted to get along with her sisters, honor her elders, and live a peaceful life of her own, but every one of those awful people was determined to thwart her! So she faced reality: if she wanted a good life, she would have to scheme and fight within the h
2.5kReads8.4Score295Shelves