Looking for Short, Angsty Historical Romance! Make It Absolutely Heartbreaking! 求虐文，短篇，古言！最好虐得我心肝！
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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
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The Prince's White Moonlight Substitute: The Day She Died, He Went Mad 王爷的白月光替身，她死那天他疯了
The Prince's Moonlight Stand-In: The Day She Died, He Went Mad
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- 3 On the Day of My Arranged Marriage, I Poisoned My White Moonlight 赐婚当日，我毒死了白月光 On the Day of My Betrothal, I Poisoned My First Love —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Seven Years After I Died, He Took Apart My Urn 我死后的第七年，他拆了我的骨灰盒 In the Seventh Year After I Died, He Took Apart My Urn —Reads—Score—14d adds
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I Want a Complete Family 我想要个完整的家
I Want a Complete Family
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- 6 Aftereffects of a Campus Romance 校园恋后遗症 The Aftereffects of a School Romance 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Happy Hundredth Birthday 百岁生日快乐 Happy 100th Birthday 22Reads—Score—14d adds
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Fourteen Sentences 十四句
[The print edition of Fourteen Lines, bearing the same title, is now available on multiple platforms.] Life is like duckweed on the water, so why doubt that people will meet and part? Morality and ethics clash with matters of the heart. A realistic story. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The greatest regret isn’t that people enter your life at different times, but that you’re meant to meet without being meant to be together. A remorseful husband tries to win back his wife. Written as realis
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The Royal Family Is Truly Heartless 最是皇室无情人
For generations, the Mu family had loyally served the country. In the end, their entire clan was sentenced to execution. The official presiding over the execution was her husband, the most brilliant and extraordinary of the Great Jing Kingdom's Third Princes. Then she awoke to the truth: The man she loved was a member of the royal family, the most heartless people in the world...
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- 10 Born with a Bewitching Charm 媚骨生香 262Reads9.5Score4214d adds
- 11 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 952Reads9.0Score11914d adds
- 12 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 315Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 13 A Thousand Dead Bones Beneath Her Makeup 妆成万骨枯 When Feng Lichen first met Jun Huai, he was merely a prince being used by others. When they met again, Feng Lichen had become an emperor who ruled the world. Whenever Feng Lichen saw Jun Huai, he called him “Huaihuai” and could hardly resist throwing himself into his arms. But Jun Huai despised him. Whenever Feng Lichen offered him his sincere affection, all he received in return was a cold stare and scorn. Jun Huai's innate loyalty made Feng Lichen love and hate him at once. He couldn't bear to 257Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 14 A Shattered Longing 相思碎 One meeting, and they were fated to be entangled for life. Jiang Lingyu never imagined that the person he loved most would destroy everything he treasured with his own hands. “If you ever betray me, I'll make you wish you were dead!” His dignity, his body, and his shattered heart were trampled underfoot and ground into dust. He had obeyed, begged for mercy, and fought back... but in the end, he could only surrender to fate. Who can truly see through love and hate entwined? When all was settled a 704Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 15 A Cup of Poisoned Wine, and Drunk with You 鸩酒一杯与君醉 Blurb: When they first met, he was a subject, and he risked his life to take a sword meant for the other man. Later, that man became emperor, wiped out his entire family, stripped away his pride, and forcibly kept him by his side. He waited, full of hope, for his elder brother to return victorious, but all he received was a cold corpse. In the end, he drank poison in front of everyone, smiling like a spring breeze. “Your Majesty, I offer my life as the price of regicide. May you live for all ete 1kReads8.0Score12514d adds
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Qing Yun, Yu Yao, Drunk on Dawn 卿云郁曜醉晨曦
The grudges between their families in the previous generation have carried over to these childhood friends. Is it hatred over a father’s murder, or resentment over the pain of separation? They were apart for eighteen years without seeing each other. When they meet again, the land is in ruins. How should they face the person they once vowed to protect? A short story, complete, with a bonus epilogue.
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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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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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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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