No Rebirth, No Transmigration, No Golden Finger, Just a Classic Historical Romance With the Right Values 不要重生，不要穿越，不要金手指，三观正的古言
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The Ink Moon Halberd: Love and Revenge in the Western Regions 墨月戟：西域情仇
[No AI, entirely written by hand; court intrigue and an ensemble cast, with a traditional plot-driven narrative] [Subtle emotions, sweeping warfare, vivid characters] Beyond Yumen Pass lie the great desert and the Tianshan Mountains. With half Han heritage and half Hu blood, he was born amid the flames of a chaotic age, as the Han and the Xiongnu fought over the Western Regions. In a dreamlike lifetime, he saved the Cheshi princess and uncovered the fated bond between them as husband and wife in
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A Clash of Wolves 狼性的较量
The author enjoys putting stories told by the elderly into clear, accessible prose, turning spoken words into black and white on the page for readers to see, hear, and feel with their hearts. It is a way to experience the brutal years of Japan's invasion of China, and all those painful memories that can never be revisited...
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I'm Luo Yujin! Come Fight Me If You Dare 我叫洛玉锦！不服来战
[Innate super strength + dependable best friend + special abilities + guiding threads + backing from a mysterious world] I am the First Female Official of the mighty Zhaoguo! The top-ranked martial arts champion! And yet the empress drove me out of the capital to carry out some ridiculous, important mission of hers. I don't want to! I can't bear to leave the capital's pork knuckles behind!!! Isn't a life of good food and drink wonderful? After more than a decade spent wandering far from home, wh
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- 204 Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我 Lin Fang has been disguised as a boy since childhood, and she can't help feeling helpless about it. Her household registration says she's male, so what can she do? But the secret she has sworn to protect is discovered by a young boy she accidentally rescues! Lin Fang thought she'd picked up a deadweight, but once the boy, Yun Weiming, regains his identity, she feels as if she's sitting on a mountain of gold. “Who would've thought! I've picked up all kinds of things before, but you're the most va 70.3kReads9.7Score9.3kShelves
- 205 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
- 206 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
- 207 Joy with You 与君欢 [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 26.3kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
- 208 The Claiming the Throne Series: Historical Romance Collection 《夺嫡》系列古言套装 [Sweet Historical Romance + Mutual Devotion + Palace Intrigue] Popular author Yueluo's trilogy of sweet romances: lighthearted and hilarious, with sweetness turned up to the max! "The Fight for the Throne": A feisty young lady who always gets even × the scheming, lovesick Ninth Prince. A laugh-out-loud, sugar-sweet battle for the throne! "Joy with You": A venomous, calculating king × a clever and decisive queen. A perfect match who will conquer the world together! "A Fine Day Bestowed upon You": 59.5kReads9.7Score5.9kShelves
- 209 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 10.4kReads9.6Score1.6kShelves
- 210 With Jin Chang’an (Based on the Screen Adaptation Starring Song Yi and Cheng Lei) 与晋长安（宋轶、丞磊主演影视原著） The hit drama starring Song Yi and Cheng Lei is now airing! A beloved historical romance by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang! Female general vs. puppy-like boy. The child she casually picked up turns out to have two sides? A cold little gentleman by day, a loyal black knight by night. Is he a puppy turning into a wolf, and which side is the real him? A tale of love and hate between a female general and the heir of an enemy state! Li Shuang, the adopted daughter of a great general, guards the borders of the Grea 5.8kReads9.6Score929Shelves
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Boundless 无疆
As the Eastern Depot’s second-in-command, Su Mu has crawled out of a mountain of corpses. She’s brimming with bloodlust, sees nothing but the dead, is ruthless in her methods, and has never lost. Until she meets her sworn enemy, Shen Dongzhan, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. They fight over account books, storm bandit dens, hunt for tribute goods, and quell rebellions. Neither is willing to yield. A broken silver hairpin brings to light a miscarriage of justice from more than twe
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Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在
[Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn
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The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏
I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m
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- 214 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves
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Moonlight on Ice and Snow 明月照冰雪
A crazy, formidable woman. General Shen Guizhou VS a prince who only wants romance. Prince Chen Muyi Shen Guizhou was once the young general of the Shen Army, which commanded 300,000 troops in the northern frontier. As her reputation grew, her family feared the emperor would discover that she was a woman disguised as a man and bring disaster upon her. After weighing their options, they sacrificed her. For the sake of peace in the north and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Shen Army,
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- 216 The Bedchamber Maid 通房丫鬟 As a bedchamber maid, Hua Rong has always remembered her place. She mustn't fall in love with her master, let him become addicted to women, or compete with his future young madam for his affections. After finally enduring until age and fading looks let her buy back her freedom, Hua Rong sets her sights on an honest, decent widower and plans to share a simple life with him. But her highborn master pins her to the wall, eyes red, and asks, “You'd rather have that old man than me?” Hua Rong: “...” 2.6kReads9.2Score674Shelves
- 217 Three Souls as the Betrothal Gift, Seven Spirits as the Wedding Present 三魂为聘，七魄为礼 Everyone has three hun and seven po souls. Yin Wenjiu has only one hun and one po: an unidentified resentful soul and an unidentified life soul. Both exist to keep her body alive. But she only cares about enjoying the moment. She tells fortunes with perfect accuracy and charges the highest price! She won’t go out of her way to stay alive, nor will she actively seek death. She waited at Yunmeng Marsh for five years. If someone came to save her, she would go with them; if no one did, she would dig 24.4kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
- 218 My Archrival, the Regent, Became My Imperial Husband 死对头摄政王成了我皇夫 [Ancient-Style Writing Contest] [Can't Tell Beauty from Ugliness: Bloodthirsty, Heaven-Defying Female Tyrant x Flirtatious, Dramatic, Ultimate Beauty of a Demon Lord] A max-level demon-world powerhouse made one careless mistake, was killed in a rebellion, and transmigrated into a pitiful human girl. Her father didn't care for her, her mother didn't love her, and the emperor died just as she entered the palace, leaving behind a three-year-old toddler prince! Yanyan declared, "Don't panic. When it 804Reads9.4Score146Shelves
- 219 Snow in Qingzhou 青州雪 Historical Romance | Alternate History [Family and country first | No golden fingers, no transmigration, no rebirth | One-on-one romance | Happy ending] This story involves ghosts and spirits. The heroine grows over the course of the story, so please keep that in mind before reading. A lone spirit wanders the mortal world, its clothes stained by golden-lamp dew, its feet treading on the fragrance of time. Yet it cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation or journey to the next life. The Lord of the 9.4kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
- 220 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 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
- 221 The Record of Hairpins (Complete in 4 Volumes) 簪中录（全4册） The little red fish Agashnie, which feeds on human blood; the mysterious talisman that had followed Li Shubai for years; Empress Wang, the peerless beauty of the Daming Palace; three clusters of doodles written by the late emperor himself before his death; a marriage contract made with Wang Yun in their youth... Every mystery returns to its point of origin. Every choice remains beyond anyone’s control, as impossible to resist or escape as fate itself. Yang Chonggu has returned to the palace and 17.3kReads9.7Score2.8kShelves
- 222 This Princess Consort Is a Force to Be Reckoned With, and She Deserves to Be Spoiled! 这个王妃路子野，得宠！ The Prince Regent says, “My princess consort is of royal blood, a delicate flower who can't lift a finger.” Meanwhile, the Prince Regent's consort, a whip in her left hand and a blade in her right, beats a gang of rebels until they flee in terror. The Prince Regent says again, “My consort only knows how to sew. How would she know anything about the occult?” A century-old ghost, sewn up like a kite by the Prince Regent's consort, weeps as it flies through the sky. The Prince Regent sighs again. “ 7.8kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
- 223 This Prince Is Impossible to Kill. I Have to Tame Him! 这个王爷命太硬，得盘！ After toiling for a thousand years, Chi Rourou became a domineering queen whose roar could shake heaven and earth. Then, in a single moment, she croaked and opened her eyes as a young girl again... and a squeaky little thing with superhuman strength. Second Miss Chi: Squeak, squeak! Believe me, I can knock your head off with one slap! The bandit sneered. “Go ahead and try!” Second Miss Chi waved her hand lightly. Bandit: Where’s my head? The heir of the Prince of Yu’s household was a refined sco 1.1kReads9.3Score131Shelves
- 224 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 27kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
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After I Stopped Rushing to Get Married, I Became a Master Surgeon 不急着嫁人后我成了外科圣手
[Historical Female Doctor + Career-Driven Heroine + A Touch of Jianghu + Rejecting an Engagement and Fighting Back + Mutual Devotion] Shen Qiaozhi is the legitimate daughter of a wealthy merchant, bound for life by a marriage contract. After her parents are mysteriously murdered, her grandfather hopes she will keep her head down for a while and hold her life together. She tears up the marriage contract, abandons the duties expected of a sheltered young lady, and devotes herself to studying surge
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Yang Tinghe on the Keyboard 键盘上的杨廷和
[Yang Tinghe | Male-Centered Lead | Historical Epic | Romance and Marriage | Political Intrigue] Yang Tinghe, grand secretary of the Ming dynasty, recounts his romantic and political adventures in modern language, with a playful take on his own life. [Matchmaking Trip to Yunnan] Help Mu Cong put down the Xundian rebellion and bring the region under direct administration. [Wedding Night] My concubine climbed into my bed... [The Truth About Grain Transport] Men and women alike are beheaded. [The
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Jinyue Burns the Mountains and Rivers 锦月焚山河
Beneath her bridal finery, she is Qingluan, a descendant of the former dynasty and leader of the Hidden Scale Guard, entrusted with a secret mission to restore the empire. Her frail, ailing appearance as a young prince's consort is merely the perfect disguise. Beneath his playboy exterior, he is Xuanlin, the emperor's blade and commander of the Dragon Shadow Guard, ordered to exterminate the remnants of the former dynasty. His reputation as a pleasure-seeking young noble is nothing but a beguil
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Chronicles of the Netherworld 幽冥记
Set against the backdrop of Song dynasty mythology, the story begins with a journey through the underworld and unfolds through a series of characters and tales. As the Buddha says, “Goodness is the root of all things,” and so loyalty and filial piety are the foundations of being human. Holding on to a single good thought is the righteous path of this world. The Buddha also says, “Desire is the source of resentment in the human heart.” Love can fill the heart with the joy of blooming flowers, but
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Purple Seas and Clouded Skies 紫海云天
Drawing his sword against the storm, for the dignity and rights of billions of living beings, Prince Ziyun of Hualan marches forward with sword in hand, shaking the seas and skies of the Hai Tian Continent! “When the Storm Breaks”: He draws his sword in the face of danger, standing firm to shake the mountains and rivers. “Clouds Deep, Mists Thick”: Amid the struggle to tell friend from foe, he presses on against all odds. “Winds and Clouds Churning”: He moves freely through the chaos, turning th
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- 230 Trapped Beasts in the Workplace 职场困兽 Trapped in the Workplace 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 231 Winning the Lottery, the Weight of Life 中奖，生命的重量 Winning the Lottery: The Weight of Life 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 232 No Promotion Review This Year 今年不评职称 No Promotion Review This Year 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Green Shoots on the Branch 绿上枝头
[Signed for print] [Brave, steadfast transmigrated heroine VS cool, clearheaded young noble] [Transmigration + rebirth + prominent family + household intrigue + feel-good + career building + strong heroine + light comedy] Jiang Lübao, daughter of a censor, was unexpectedly kidnapped and had her reputation ruined. The marriage that had already been arranged for her was called off, too. For a young woman from a prominent family, this was a devastating blow. But she burst out laughing. No one knew
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- 234 Marrying Up 攀高枝 [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 162.8kReads9.6Score22.7kShelves
- 235 Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢 [The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On 266.6kReads9.6Score31.2kShelves
- 236 Hand Him the Reins 授他以柄 With the city about to fall and the kingdom on the brink of ruin, Pei Qing wrote a letter asking that man for help. For seven whole days, there was no reply. But just when all hope seemed lost, he arrived. His peerlessly handsome face was full of disdain and contempt. Xiao Yuan walked into the imperial bedchamber with blood dripping from his blade and lazily called out, “Elder Brother.” Having earned merit by rushing to the emperor’s defense, he naturally expected a reward. “I have plenty of gol 24.9kReads9.5Score2.8kShelves
- 237 Record of a Thousand Lanterns 千灯录 [Mystery solving + palace intrigue and household scheming + face-slapping and revenge + powerful families + court and kingdom] Fifteen prospective husbands are locked in a fight to the death in my family’s back courtyard, while all I want is to become a nun. Schemes and deceit, suspicion at every turn, bloodshed and tragedy piling up, a deadly battle in the back courtyard with no survivors allowed. [The high-born judge of the Court of Judicial Review, who loves wiping out entire households] x [T 22.7kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
- 238 The Candlelight Pavilion 烛幽台 [Historical fantasy + parallel worlds + soul swapping + endless loops + Mobius strip. After "A Thousand Peach Blossoms Bloom in One Lifetime", acclaimed author Sui Yu Er An returns with another fantasy hit! Jiang Hui × Qi Huan: three lifetimes of entanglement across parallel worlds, as they seek the essence of love in intersecting timelines.] At nineteen, Jiang Hui set out to avenge her father’s murder. On her wedding night, she and Qi Huan died together. But though she was gravely wounded, she 4.7kReads9.5Score716Shelves
- 239 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves
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Warm Autumn at Furong: A Liberal Arts Girl Transmigrates and Explores 芙蓉秋暖，文科女穿越游
[Not a wish-fulfillment novel] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel]. Important things are worth saying three times. Please don’t read if it’s not your cup of tea. This is a [slow-burn story] with [characters who grow over time], suited to readers who enjoy [taking their time and savoring a book]. A wage earner transmigrates to ancient times with no golden finger. How long can she survive? In her previous life, Luo Xiaoyun was an unlucky overachiever. She started out grin
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Tales of a Phoenix’s Fateful Romance 凤鸣奇缘录
The Xue family's Eastern Courtyard had no male heirs. The matriarch lived with her two unmarried daughters and a concubine. The master of the Northern Courtyard bullied the widows and orphans of the East, and while no one was home, he cut down twelve camphor trees in their tea garden. That night, he got twelve blows to the head. Who was the culprit? Later, thanks to Xue Chengyue's intervention, a monk left. Why did he go? When refugees raided the Eastern Courtyard at night, Chen Siyuan led men t
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Ripples Stir the Distant Sky 波澜动远空
Ripples Stir the Faraway Sky
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- 243 A Woman Becomes King, Her Closest Confidants Covet the Throne, and After Years of Keeping My Head Down, I Take It Back 女子为王，王位被最亲密的人觊觎，我守拙多年夺回王位 A woman becomes king, but the throne is coveted by the person closest to me. After years of keeping my true abilities hidden, I reclaim it. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Cunning Female Doctor Wants to Rise to the Top 心机医女想上位
[A shrewd, resilient physician vs. an aloof young lord, two strong leads, a pure historical romance] So what if she was born to a lowly family? If fate was unfair, why shouldn't she fight back? She was determined to carve out a path for herself through the mud. Jiang He came from humble origins. When she was very young, her parents sold her to another family. Her adoptive parents never showed her the slightest kindness, subjecting her instead to endless servitude and beatings at the drop of a ha
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The Little Tailor on the Frontier 边疆小裁缝
The Little Tailor on the Frontier
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- 246 Looking Back, I See the Azure Clouds 回首见青云 Looking Back, I See Blue Skies 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 247 The Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal 仵作娘子采茶记 A Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal 80Reads—Score—Shelves
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Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋
[Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be
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- 249 Spring Breeze, Broken to Pieces 折尽春风 She is the eldest daughter of the provincial governor’s household. She sees through worldly affection, and only money can make her feel secure! He is the great general of the chancellor’s household. He has witnessed every kind of hardship, yet the one thing he can never forget is the smile on her face when she sees money. At their first meeting, he seemed to step out of a painting in shades of lush green, the mountain wind billowing his robe and dazzling everyone who saw him. At their second mee 9.8kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves
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Vowing Never to Part from You, Even Through Calamity 逆劫之誓不与君绝
She came to destroy the world, while he made it his duty to protect all under heaven. For the sake of his smile, she defied fate. Now he must choose between the world and the woman he loves. What ending awaits them? As long as the mountains stand tall and heaven and earth endure, I swear I will never part from you.
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