Ancient-Era Group Stories with Superb Prose 文笔绝佳的古言群像
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The Tale of Nan Xin 南心记
He does everything he can to avoid marrying her, while she plots every which way to wed him. He wants her dead, but she fights to survive in the cracks like a resilient blade of grass. He sees through everything, yet still lets her slowly take root in his heart, where she lingers, impossible to forget and impossible to resist…
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Snow Falls on the Boughs, Frost Covers Them All 雪落枝头上满霜
Daxueping was destined to be anything but peaceful today. Especially at the turn from late autumn to early winter, as the cold northern wind swept tiny flakes of snow across the withered grassland and toward the Crescent Lake, frozen solid. Three young boys, one chance encounter, one narrow escape from death, and a brotherhood that would last a lifetime.
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Ning Jinge 宁烬歌
[Female commander × top-tier spy and assassin | Two equally matched leads | Court intrigue and the martial world | Standing together in troubled times | Devoted 1v1 romance] The sweeping scale of a male-oriented story, with the emotional depth of a female-oriented one. Fast-paced and tightly plotted, with no filler or dragging. The political intrigue is logical, and long-laid clues are brought back into play. A serious world with lighthearted, hilarious everyday moments, and an incredibly sweet
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Great Tang Pearl-Warding Chronicle 大唐辟珠记
All-New Bonus Story Edition [A pampered princess, reborn with a seemingly delicate, teary-eyed exterior but the abilities of a six-sided warrior]✖ [A defiant, pure-hearted, devoted top underworld boss with little time left to live] [Their CP is so sweet it makes you cry] The Ten Thousand Longevity Princess, who had been blessed and adored by the Tang court, died of illness at just seventeen. A petty thief secretly opens a gloomy underground tomb, only to discover that the princess was buried ali
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A New Chapter for My Fair Princess 戏续还珠
[Historical fantasy + martial arts + My Fair Princess fan fiction + quirky heroine + strategy and scheming + transmigration] A qipao reveals the mystery of Little Swallow’s origins, and the Fifth Prince insists on becoming a monk. At a grand residence in Qianlong’s palace, they discover that Consort Fragrant nearly died in a mass grave years ago. Qianlong travels to Qiantang to find his beloved daughter, while a descendant of the Yizhu Tower seeks revenge. A red flower emblem is left at the sce
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Wuxia Short Story: Sword Jianghu 武侠短篇小说《剑江湖》
The Sword and the Jianghu: A Martial Arts Novella
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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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The Imperial Princess's Stratagem: Within and Beyond the Mountains and Rivers 帝姬策之山河表里
Su Huanhuan transmigrated. The moment she opened her eyes, the air was thick with danger and crisis lurked everywhere. Thankfully... She wasn't going solo. First things first, she'd find the other five transmigrated companions just like her. In Su Huanhuan's eyes ✪ω✪, the script Lingjing had given her was... From princess to empress: I sweep across the eight corners of the world with modern knowledge. But in her five companions' eyes ಥ_ಥ, the script was cl
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Walking with Cherished Memories 与惜行
[Historical Fantasy, Adorable Family Favorite, Beast Speech, Pocket Dimension, Getting Revenge on Scum, Growing Stronger, Patriotism] Entirely written by hand, an original work with not a single AI-generated character. Any similarities are purely coincidental. A short drama adaptation is out now, so go check it out! The unlucky and penniless Li family finally has its only baby girl in a hundred years. From then on, their bad luck ends, and Grandpa is made a noble. The moment little Xibao is born
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The Story of Du Yi 杜懿传
“The Heavenly Barrier? Why would the Heavenly Court and Divine Realm put up a barrier! If you raise one, then I, Du Yi, will break it with everything I’ve cultivated! I want all under heaven to live as one, with every creature in its proper place and every cultivator free to pursue their own path!” “I’ll break every law with a streak of rainbow across the clouds!” Du Yi declared to the Sages of the Three Teachings and the Gods of Water and Fire. Thousands of years ago, the Gods of Water and
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Ci'an Du: Reborn, the Legitimate Daughter Turns the World Upside Down 慈安渡【重生之嫡女覆乾坤】
[Reborn: The Cold, Stunning Female Assassin x The Scheming, Lovesick Poison Doctor] After surviving the calamity that wiped out her family, Qing Ci swore she would avenge them all. But she broke her promise. She trusted Su Xianyu, only to be deceived and used, becoming a stepping stone to his rise. She dealt honestly with the Su family, only to be betrayed in secret and made a casualty of the struggle for imperial power. In the end, she died with hatred in her heart, her corpse left exposed i
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The Young Imperial Guard 少年金吾卫
This is a martial arts novel set in an alternate history. A mysterious jade pendant leads to the founding of a brand-new princely residence. The protagonists are a group of sunny, cheerful young people. They have no blood feud over a father’s murder, nor any grudge over the destruction of their families. All they have is passionate conviction and the courage to root out traitors and drive away evil. After one drinking session, the heir sells himself to the crown prince. From then on, ruler and s
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Legends of the Three Realms and the Dragon's Journey 三界传说与龙行
Born a good-for-nothing, protected by a dragon prince, he bears Heaven’s will in an ordinary mortal body. United in purpose, they combine their strength to defend the light of the human world. Yan Runcheng had bundled himself up tightly and burrowed deep beneath a heap of quilts. All he wanted was to sleep until the end of time. But a resolute hand lifted the warm darkness that shielded his head from the light. “Sleepy master of the divine weapon,” Ao Shuo said, without a hint of reproach, as if
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A Mistake, A Meeting 错，相逢
That year, I first came into the world, and the balance of power across the realm was suddenly overturned in silence. The new emperor of Xilu ascended the throne, determined to bring about reforms. In Xidan, the young Emperor Yuan Xi also inherited the throne that same year. They all said I smiled at everyone from the time I was little. Yet at the grandest of enthronement banquets, I looked up and saw a handsome young man in imperial robes, with clear, bright features, and burst into tears. He p
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Scheming for a Beauty 谋红颜
A flood swept away Ru Yu's mother. Everyone said it was a natural disaster, but she alone knew for certain that someone had lowered the iron floodgate with a sneer as the waters surged in. To uncover the mystery behind it, she resolutely descended from Mount Kuocang. Making herself a pawn, she stepped into the treacherous game of power unfolding across the land.
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After I Danced with a Sword Under the Moon, the Prince Mistook Me for His White Moonlight 月下舞剑后，王爷认错白月光
In the Great Yan Dynasty, Wang Wanru, the principal wife of Grand Secretary Gu Chongwen, and Liu Yunniang, his concubine, give birth on the same day. The legitimate daughter, Gu Qingyi, and the illegitimate daughter, Liu Weiyue, are born one after the other. A fortune-teller declares that the girls look alike, but one has been born to pave the way for the other, and one is fated to grow up amid hardship...
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The Great Liang Tianqi: I, a Commoner, Take Charge of the Brocade Guards 大梁天启之我以寒门掌锦衣
After rereading Song Zhi, I felt inspired to write this story. You may see quite a few echoes of Song Zhi’s character in the protagonist. You can think of it as Song Zhi fan fiction. Shen Buyan, the sole surviving heir of a fallen noble house, returns from exile to uncover the truth behind his family’s wrongful conviction. Beneath the Great Liang dynasty’s prosperous facade, powerful clans manipulate the court, eunuchs run rampant, and the martial world seethes with intrigue. He has no weapon, o
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When the Wind Rises in Lingbiao: The Five Dynasties’ Seven Governors 风起岭表之五代七刺史
Ning Mengli possessed strength enough to reach the heavens and virtue that rivaled the divine emperor. He guarded the nation's frontier and reclaimed the wilderness. Ning Changzhen had the ambition to encompass mountains and rivers and the noble bearing of clouds and mist. He subdued Jiaozhi, campaigned against Linyi, and seized Shebei. Ning Yuan Ti was the first successful candidate in the imperial examinations from Lingnan, a distinguished remonstrance official in the Kaiyuan Golden Age. Begin
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Ascend to the Ninth Heaven 欲上云霄九重天
A coral pendant engraved with a fire phoenix emblem draws Qi Ming, a destitute youth who lives on credit at a teahouse in Tianque City, into a shocking secret plot sweeping across four kingdoms. The moment the iron hooves of the Longxiang Army smash through the door, he still has no idea that the token his parents left him is the “key” that can overturn the world. The grand machinations governing the realm have barged into his life without warning. From a tide of Gu poison in a dungeon to a pack
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With Three Villainous Dads, How Could I Be Any Good? 仨爹是反派，我又能是什么好东西
[Feel-Good Power Fantasy | Beloved by All | Strong Female Lead | No Romance | Ensemble Cast | All Villains] Ling Shuang is reborn, with one goal in mind: to become the greatest villain under heaven. After lying low for seven years, just as she starts to get the hang of it, three top-tier villain dads suddenly drop into her life. One is a disillusioned, world-weary crippled prince; one is a sinister, scheming master poison doctor; and one is a peerlessly beautiful man whose every word can turn th
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Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙
[No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that
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Reborn in Li Bai's Body? From the Start at Mawei Post Station, I Save Yang Yuhuan 魂穿李白？开局马嵬驿，我救玉环
One of Tomato's rare gems. The An Lushan Rebellion, an exiled immortal and a noble consort, intrigue amid chaos, and fervent devotion to the nation. A man remains a boy until the day he dies. As he makes his way through life, apart from Yang Yuhuan, his unattainable first love, which of the colorful women of the Tang dynasty became his cinnabar-marked love? And who remained the one he could never let go? Most importantly, whether heroes or villains, everyone is sharp-witted. This story is entire
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Chang'an of This World 此间长安
A lifetime in a frail body, half a life among books. After an unexpected long sleep, he wakes in the Tang dynasty, during the Zhenguan era. Young Lin Chen has nothing to his name and a life as insignificant as a blade of grass. The moment he opens his eyes, he falls into a deadly predicament. In his previous life, he was confined to a sickbed, unable to live freely. In this life, even if he must walk through the mud, he will make every step shine. He will neither curry favor with the powerful no
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The People's He Liu Hun: This Time, I Won't Become Prince Gao 人民的贺六浑：这一次我不做高王
With a soul from a later age, he plunged into a world of chaos that devoured all who entered. In 2023, on the rainy night his thesis defense failed, history doctoral student Chen Zhiqing opened his eyes to find himself in the Northern Wei's Zhengguang era, year four, as Gao Huan, a courier in a frontier garrison. No System, no golden finger. His only asset was the unfinished manuscript in his mind, A Study of the Six Garrisons Rebellion. From the start, it was hellishly difficult: Poliuhan Bali
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I Really Don't Want to Be an Official 我真不想当官啊
[Wuxia] [Three female leads, meaning all three are central to the main plot] [Two female leads, referring to the main romance] [Love grows over time] [Light fantasy] [Intricate political machinations] [Light palace intrigue] Er Wuwen lost her memory in an accident. Afterward, all she wanted was to lie flat and live life as an idle layabout. But another accident pulled her into a struggle, and she began investigating a case... only to unexpectedly become a powerful enforcer for the imperial court
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After I Transmigrated, I Reunited with the General in the Modern World 穿越后，我和将军在现代重逢
Eight hundred years ago, she was Princess Lingxi of the Bai Kingdom, and he was Sha Chi, the general charged with defending its city. On the day the city fell, they drank poison and promised to find each other in their next lives. Eight hundred years later, she was Li Ruoxin, a graduate student in archaeology, and he was Mo Haoqian, an investigator with the national security agency. A golden hairpin unearthed from Heishui City awakened their memories across the cycle of reincarnation. In those m
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Why Vampires Need to Read Their Blood Test Reports 论吸血鬼看血检报告的重要性
On Why Vampires Should Pay Attention to Blood Test Results
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A Glorious Dream, Mountains and Rivers Far Away 浮华梦山河远
Is marrying up into a noble family a ladder to the clouds, or a blade at your throat? Everyone envies a merchant’s daughter who marries into a marquis’s household. But after a torrential rain in Huazhou, everything changes. Her husband gets caught up in the succession struggle, and she’s abducted by human traffickers... Even her family thinks she’ll never come back. But she not only returns, she also becomes the owner of Baoxing Trading House. Every time you think she’s finally found her foo
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There Is No Door to the Moon Palace 月宫没有门
The Moon Palace Has No Doors
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The Mengjin Crossing 盟津渡
Also known as The Awakening of the Ferry Boy. Wu Heyuan, a young man from a Yellow River ferry crossing, suffers the massacre of his entire family, and his younger sister goes missing. After delivering a letter to the Weishui Alliance for a mysterious stranger, he becomes Jiang Shang’s disciple and embarks on a path of political intrigue. When his sister is trained to become an enemy nation’s assassin, when his beloved tastes poison to save him from the brink of death, and when his master gives
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Transmigrated as Li Mochou? I Ditched the Ice Soul Needles to Reclaim the Wilderness 穿成李莫愁？扔掉冰魄银针去垦荒
[Ancient-style spin-off, 1vN + male rivals fighting for her in a battle royale + farming and land reclamation + an obsessed disciple + redemption + powerful figures in troubled times] Chen Yan brings her knowledge of agriculture as she enters the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, becoming Li Mochou, the resentful woman renowned for her peerless martial arts. The good news: From the start, she puts the brakes on in time and avoids the original owner
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Autumn Shadows, Wild Geese Take Flight 秋影雁初飞
She was a top medical student in the twenty-first century, but transmigrated into the body of Xie Qiuying, the youngest daughter of the Governor of Jiangnan. If she had to transmigrate, so be it, but Xie Qiuying’s body also held memories of her previous life. So she had transmigrated and been reborn at the same time! In her previous life, Xie Qiuying was used as a pawn by her second aunt and married off to Xiao Yanchu, heir to the Northern Marquis’s household. She mistakenly believed her husband
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Ink of Jealousy 醋墨
Gu Mingchen: Everyone thinks he hates Liu Xiyan for costing him an excellent match. What they don’t know is that he fell in love with her long ago, and loves her to the depths of his soul. Liu Xiyan: “My reputation? My dignity? Why should I marry someone who schemed against me just for the sake of those things?” She is a modern woman from the twenty-first century in a new body. So what if she never marries? A tale of love and hate, grudges and grievances! Watch her live boldly through it all. Al
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A Strange Life: You Are the Cause I Planted in the Past 诡异人生，你是我种下的前因
Prince Yongjia, Zhao Yanqiao, is actually going to marry the Chu family girl who was cast off by the Lu family! It’s become the talk of every street and alley in town! Chu Xintong: “So what if I’m marrying for the second time? A man with money in his pocket and love in his heart is willing to marry me. Go ahead and stew in your envy and jealousy!” Lu Mohan: “I’m sorry, Xintong. My mother forced me to divorce you and marry a Wang family girl. After all, of the three forms of unfilial conduct, hav
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The General Came Back to Divorce Me, and Everyone Went Crazy 将军回来要休我，全员发疯
The General Comes Home to Divorce Me, and Everyone Goes Mad
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Liu Ling Turns No Guest Away 刘伶不留客
No transmigration. This is the story of a young man in the final years of the Eastern Jin dynasty. His entire family is massacred. His father dies after laying a plan in motion, leaving behind a fragment of a map. The young man begins by investigating an old case involving the Zhenbei Army, founded by his father, bent on revenge. Then Former Qin invades, and Xie An prepares to take the field. Should he investigate the old case, or save the world? After the war, a powerful minister usurps the thr
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Water Margin: The World’s in Chaos, So What? 水浒：天下大乱关我屁事
I transmigrated into the world of Water Margin by accident. Before me was a world overrun with heroes, and behind me lay chaos where the people could barely survive. Murder and arson were everyday occurrences, while mountain spirits and monsters appeared and vanished without warning. The System said: Get fifty people to come eat at the tavern, and you’ll receive a pocket dimension. I looked at the counter showing 0/50, then at the three hunters fleeing through the woods in the distance. They’d m
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The Cloud Tower Rankings 云楼榜
A child abandoned during a time of war was reunited with his parents at the age of fourteen. Only then did he discover that his parents were the Great Yue Empire's Grand Generals Who Guard the Nation. But his true identity was even more astonishing: he was the leader of the world's most mysterious sect, as well as one of the few martial artists to have reached the Grandmaster realm...
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The Winds of Change in Fengge 锋戈之风起云涌
After a century of prosperity, the Great Yu Dynasty is in decline, beset by troubles at home and abroad. The court is in turmoil, and Xu Yunshan, the Great Yu's foremost commander, who had already retired to the mountains, is forced back into a web of intrigue and power struggles...
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Chaos Divine Tribulation 混沌神劫
He was once the Demon Lord of the Upper Realm. After his beloved betrayed him, the Six Realms joined forces to attack. On the brink of death, he escaped with a secret technique. To evade his pursuers, he erased his memories and reincarnated his soul. But who could have guessed that his beloved would betray him again in his new life? This repeating fate awakened the Demon Lord once more, setting him on an endless path of revenge...
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The Decisive Battle at Xuanwu Gate 决战玄武门
Cai Yuanchu, a boy from a small county town, inexplicably claims the reward for catching the killer in a local murder case, only to be drawn into an unpredictable conspiracy. He also uncovers a staggering plot dating back to the end of the Sui dynasty and the beginning of the Tang, which gradually leads him into the Xuanwu Gate Incident...
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General, Your Wife Is Slaying Her Way Through with Spirit Beasts 将军，夫人靠灵兽杀疯了
His first move after being reborn was to kick the scumbag who wanted to get back together to the curb. Everyone mocked me. How could a lowly butcher’s daughter dare to set her sights on the Defender-General? I weighed the boning knife in my hand. My skills were a perfect match, and I could deal with all the monsters and demons lurking in the general’s household!
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The Sinking Carp Startles the Cattails 沉鲤惊蒲
He calculated that today was “a day to avoid people in red.” Chi Jingpu immediately pulled out his red undershirt. “You’ve been standing there in a red undershirt this whole time, and now you’re telling me to avoid people in red?” Scientific-minded constable × Feng Shui master × little princess lost in the human world Hilarious mystery romance, one-on-one pairing, both leads pure and devoted, incredibly sweet
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My Lord, Your Dog Can't Come In! 侯爷，您的狗不能进！
My Lord, Your Dog Can't Come In!
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The Prince Offered Himself to Her, and She Took Him Up on It 王爷以身相许，她要了
The Prince Offered Himself to Her, and She Accepted
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The Lamp Shines Where Worries Fade 灯照忘忧处
: Ling Xi is the lowest-ranking Spirit Guide in the Immortal Realm. Her duty is to light Spirit Guiding Lamps and lead the souls of those who died unjustly in the mortal world into reincarnation. But she has a secret: her lamp can guide not only ordinary souls, but also souls burdened by unresolved obsessions. And every time she helps a soul let go of its obsession, she forgets a memory connected to it. One day, she encounters the soul of a young man tightly entwi
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I Came Down from Heaven and Gave the Wrong Medicine, and the Matchmaker God Exploded 下凡喂错药，月老炸了
I went down to the mortal world and gave someone the wrong medicine. The Matchmaker God is furious!
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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
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From Pangu to Puyi 从盘古到溥仪
[A Tomato-style Records of the Grand Historian + a blessing for audiobook listeners + grounded in historical sources + told with the flair of a novel] [Also known as From Pangu's Creation of the World to the Last Emperor's Abdication] A million-character epic spanning from Pangu's creation of the world to the last emperor's abdication. This isn't a mindless power fantasy: it combines historical authenticity with an engaging, nuanced touch. The book tells the whole story of Chinese history, from
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The Condemned Lady Takes Office: Two Powerhouses and Me Rule the Court 罪女为官：双强与我权倾朝野
Wen Qiong Yu rose from a condemned girl in the entertainment quarters to a position at the emperor’s side, all to find the true culprit who wiped out her entire family. Lan Ye spent half a year pretending to be useless in the cold palace, wanting nothing more than to escape the capital and live a carefree life. One was climbing her way up. The other was trying to get out. They seemed destined for different paths, yet their investigations led to the same enemy. The powerful maternal relatives had
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