Any Tragic Period Dramas? 虐文，古装的有没有！

1. 51 我 I Solve Cases to Put Food on the Table 我靠破案养家糊口 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1958, I moved into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Did I transmigrate into a TV drama or transmigrate into a book? Good thing I have so many buffs stacked that I don't have to spend all day playing family power games in one little courtyard! 82.3kReads9.3Score7.1kShelves

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   Yang Jian, life often hates water flowing eastwards

2. 52 杏 When Spring Deepens After the Apricot Blossoms Set Fruit 杏花结子春深后 Still Remembering Sky-Blue Porcelain犹忆天青瓷Ancient Romance276k WordsCompleted She is a lowly convict slave in the palace laundry, humble as dust. He is the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, noble and radiant. Though their stations could hardly be further apart, they fall hopelessly in love. Only when their feelings are at their deepest does she unexpectedly learn that his father, the emperor, had her father framed so he could claim her mother for himself. Where can this ill-fated romance spanning two generations possibly lead? ----- A prince steals his minister’s wife + 639Reads—Score102Shelves

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   I was tortured to the point of breaking my heart, and it was hard to let go of the pain that I have endured for the rest of my life. After watching it, I felt lost and couldn't get out for a long time!

3. 53 徒 The Disciple Didn't Bring the Fun, So Master Will Show You How It's Done! 徒弟没整活，师尊给你整个活！ Rob the Rich to Help the Poor劫父济贫Eastern Fantasy120k WordsOngoing [Invincible protagonist + lighthearted + magical treasures + pills + conceptual god + comedy + antics + master + taking disciples + ...] System: [100% guaranteed to catch a blade with your bare hands.] Protagonist: Why are your knees all scraped up? System: [Stare at someone, and they get lucky.] Protagonist: Why is your stomach all bloated? System: [Get beaten up and gain seniority.] Protagonist: How did I become your mother? System: [Time stop, time stop, time!] Protagonist: Why are you walkin 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Bite! Main plot detected: The adventure of the second apprentice.

4. 54 嫁 After She Married, the Mad Emperor Seized Her by Force 嫁人后，被疯批皇帝强取豪夺了 A Penguin Who Has to Write Every Day每天都要码字的企鹅Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted [Coercive Possession + Later Revenge on the Scoundrels + Obsessive, Unhinged Hero + Groveling Chase + No Reconciliation + Second Male Lead Wins] Chu Huaiyu personally offered Lu Zhaoxue to the Crown Prince, using her as bait to frame Chu Siheng. After ascending the throne, Chu Huaiyu imprisoned Lu Zhaoxue deep in the palace, using his favor as a pair of shackles. Night after night, they were entangled in the palace. Biting her earlobe, Chu Huaiyu whispered, “Zhaoxue, do you hate me? Hate me if y 9.8kReads8.1Score437Shelves

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   This book is super good-looking and super sadistic. It first tortures women and then men.

5. 55 渡 Guide Me into the Mortal World 渡我入凡尘 Always Croaking一直呱呱Ancient Romance282k WordsCompleted [Powerful, high-ranking hero ➕ possessive second male lead ➕ insecure, devoted third male lead ➕ one heroine and three men ➕ romantic rivalry ➕ political intrigue ➕ faked death ➕ bad ending] Little white lotus Lu Fan: “I won't let down those who love me. But I won't forgive those who hurt and used me, either. I bore the children you wanted, but none of you will raise them yourselves! Xiao Yanchen, the child you helped ascend the throne is mine and Zhou Yuheng's. Xia Xiuyuan, the child you appoin 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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   "Xia Xiuyuan is not like this. I have liked you for a long time. When you were Lu Yunzhou, when you rushed into your aunt's palace to save me regardless of everything, when you were imprisoned in the sky prison and beaten to death by your brother, and when you appeared in Daxia to protect me. At that time, I took into account the relationship between the two of us. I didn't want to bear the reputation of being a brother and sister, so I could only pretend to hate you and deliberately stay away from you. "

6. 56 系 The System Forces Me to Save the Tyrant, but the History Books Say I'm Doomed to Die 系统逼我拯救暴君可史书说我必死 Mumu Doesn't Eat Lemons沐沐不吃柠檬Ancient Romance331k WordsCompleted Hot-tempered, scheming, sharp-tongued crown prince × soft, adorable, money-loving, lecherous transmigrated princess Transmigrate into a book #System #Tragedy #Palace Intrigue and Nobility #Redemption #The Beauty of a Bad Ending #Obsessive Tyrant #Fated Love #White Moonlight #When the Wall Falls, Everyone Pushes I was bound to the “Wise Ruler Development System.” My mission was to change the tyrant Mo Chenyuan for the better, prevent him from turning evil, and help him make his mark in history. T 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It made me cry most of the night

7. 57 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [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
8. 58 东 The Eastern Palace’s Caged Sparrow: Changning’s Mistake 东宫囚雀：长宁误 Rika Under the Moon月下绘里香Ancient Romance395k WordsOngoing [Love and hate entwined | Discipline | Revenge | Political scheming] I am the fallen dynasty's princess, the most docile canary in the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince killed my father, destroyed my homeland, and used rules to cage me into the most obedient plaything in his palm. He told me to learn political strategy, so I did. He told me to smile, so I smiled. After lying low for five years, I finally got the chance I'd been waiting for: the day he was trapped in a desperate situation. I broug 166Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Ancient sayings, sad writing, good-looking

9. 59 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted 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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   Jiang Yingliu was invited by the emperor to sleep with him. The emperor called her "Jiaojiaoer" and treated her tenderly and considerately, making her fall in love. But later she discovered that the emperor only regarded her as a substitute for Queen Shen Yunyao

10. 60 勾 The Courtesan Consort: The Prince's Precious Snow 勾栏罪妃，她是王爷掌中雪 Xue LiL雪里LAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted ❗️❗️ [The Long Road to Winning Her Back] In this life, the one thing he never did was tell her, “I love you.” She was snow in the palm of his hand: the moment he had her, he lost her. 🔥 [The Memory-Devouring Twin Gu: One Swallows the Past, the Other Buries the Rest of Your Life] It all began with a conspiracy! He was the emperor’s younger brother, the only prince of the direct imperial line. He was deeply in love with the current empress, his sister-in-law. Overnight, she became the daughter of 180Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He abused women in the early stage and abused men in the later stage! BE has great staying power! [Cry][cry][cry]

11. 61 长 Changye Wuyue 长烨无月 Awakening at Ten夢醒十分Ancient Romance274k WordsCompleted [A princess sent away for a political marriage × an obsessive crown prince and emperor] [Tragic romance] (The comic adaptation is now available.) A general dies in battle, and a princess is sent far away to marry for peace. The young man who had been her childhood sweetheart remained forever on the battlefield in the desert. As a princess of her nation, she was sent far away to Great Jin for a political marriage. The desert battlefield claimed the young General Zhou, while the bright and spiri 34.6kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
12. 62 烬 Ashen Bones, Passionate Embrace 烬骨合欢 Yu Yuan钰芫Ancient Romance150k WordsCompleted 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 116Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I once remembered that I was smiling and talking frequently, and I was kissing each other on the swing in the courtyard. Taste the plums separately, and enjoy the spring by leaning against the pine window. Everyone is old in the world, still looking for warmth on paper. I occasionally read the sentence "Red Leaves" and look at the traces of old cries.

13. 63 别 Don't Mess with the Little Snake Demon! A Horde of Crazy Gods Stands Behind Her 别惹小蛇妖！她身后一群疯批神 Cang Muxue沧慕雪Fantastical Romance667k WordsOngoing [Where the stars burn out lies the divine tomb | Only when love and desire are burned away can one attain the Dao] “The Great Dao is heartless, but those who love deeply make kindling of themselves, burn through karma, and light the way home.” She harbors baleful energy within her. She is a taboo of the Heavenly Dao! Through a twist of fate, she ends up in a snake’s body. With fifty thousand years of cultivation, she still gets bullied by a dog! Ruoni bears a Heavenly Tribulation “wanted post 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The road is ruthless, but those who are affectionate use their bodies as firewood to burn through cause and effect and illuminate the road of return.

14. 64 大 The Imperial Consort of the Great Sheng Dynasty 大盛皇妃 Shu Yiyu书亦娱Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Ensemble cast + revenge + black lotus heroine + not both virgins + high-IQ palace intrigue rising to political power struggles + tragic romance + alternate history + love rivals The palace is the main battleground: beneath its dazzling, extravagant facade are witty, charming daily moments and a brutal core of deadly conflict. Palace secrets are portrayed in meticulous detail. Some content may be upsetting. A bad ending. If you enjoy it, please leave a five-star review. Ling Longxiu was born to a 300Reads—Score102Shelves

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    It is an excellent anti-conventional work about palace fighting and power planning. It has novel content, calm writing style, detailed description of palace secrets, unconventional plot, and clear logic. It's a daily routine, the secret fight is fierce, and the heroine is ridiculed when she enters the palace. You have to rely on yourself, no golden fingers, no time travel, no rebirth, wandering around in the strange and dark harem, the content may cause discomfort, the kind of readers who will be tortured and run away, deep palace sadomasochism group portraits, high-intelligence palace fights, and brain abuse stories. The heroine is an abandoned wife who uses tricks to get revenge in the palace. Have you ever seen a palace battle between men and women? This novel depicts the tragedy of the ancient feudal system and shows the brutality of court struggles and the complexity of human nature.

15. 65 关 Moonlight Within the Pass, Radiance Beyond the Frontier 关内明月塞外光 Luo Kun落鲲Ancient Romance589k WordsOngoing A shameless princess of the Central Plains vs. a stunning hostage from beyond the frontier, antagonistic lovers + mutual salvation + coercive possession + bickering rivals for laughs + childhood sweethearts who love and fight each other The year I forced Li Yaoguang to become my male pet, my little white dog of eight years died. His gorgeous silver-blond curls were exactly the same color as my dog’s fur. So I held his chin and laughed, wicked and brazen: “Can you bark for me, Your Highness?” He 617Reads9.3Score101Shelves

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    Go check it out, I guarantee you will cry, not mindlessly [crying]

16. 66 剜 Heart-Piercing Bait: A Life as the Stake 剜心之引：以命为局 Little Fish Lingmei小鱼灵莓Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted A Heart-Piercing Lure: Life as the Ante —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I love classic sadomasochism and BE aesthetics. I pursue a reading experience that is so heartbreaking that I can't breathe. Quick reminder that both the male and female protagonists will die, so please be mentally prepared.

17. 67 大 The Greatsword Girl: The Source of the Chaotic World 大剑少女之沌世之源 Lemon C, No Sugar柠檬c不加糖Eastern Fantasy648k WordsOngoing “Who am I?” This isn't where the question begins. It is the story itself. Zhang Yuqin is searching for answers, and every “self” she finds lives in someone else's utterly different life: a fisherman's daughter, a scholar at an academy, a tear angel in a temple, a guardian known only by a number in a world without names... Or perhaps the child in a laboratory, injected with something that made wings grow from her body. Is the world real? Can memory be trusted? When countless threads of fate all 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Brain-burning, mildly abusive, whatever you want to see, it's up to you.

18. 68 重 Reborn in 1980: The Village Beauty Can Read Fortunes 重生1980：村花媳妇会算卦 Snowfall Through the Years飞雪流年Urban1.2M WordsCompleted The live-action short drama and comic adaptation are now available. If you're interested, click the “More Adaptations” button in the bottom right to watch. Longtime bachelor Lin Feng finally gets his lucky break: he transmigrates back to the 1980s and marries a village beauty so stunning she's almost too beautiful to be real. She has a tiny waist, long legs, and a captivating smile. The only problem is, she's an idiot! But Lin Feng loves her to death, because this girl has an astonishing talent: 15.3kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
19. 69 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 306Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is it okay to be a dark horse work in the series of "Feng Shen Fen Shen" series about the cruelty of the Republic of China?

20. 70 热 The Hot-Blooded Hunter: God’s Assault 热血猎人神之袭击 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Historical1.3M WordsOngoing [Survival] [Hunting] [Fighting the Japanese invaders and looting their gear] [Cultivation] Wang Fei has just entered the world of cultivation when he's forced into becoming a live-in son-in-law. One blow shatters his dantian, setting him on a long road from staying alive to rising to greatness. Though he has lost his cultivation, he takes countless disciples. This novel was not written by AI. Every word was painstakingly typed out by the author, who only hopes readers will enjoy the story in its 21.1kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    A wonderful and wonderful story, must be recommended! [KISS][KISS]

21. 71 黑 Death God of the Night 黑夜杀神 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Eastern Fantasy509k WordsCompleted Hunted from the start, I barely escaped with my life. I fought to defy fate, launching attacks and taking down countless powerful opponents. Born with a beautiful face... I hope you enjoy the story. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.5kReads8.8Score160Shelves
22. 72 情 City of Heartbreak 情伤都市 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Urban215k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 梦 Dreaming of All Under Heaven 梦想天下 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Historical206k WordsCompleted A fiery rebirth, slaying foes as I ascend to the Third Heaven. I will create the world of my dreams, so that wherever the sun and moon shine is Chinese land, and wherever people live, they learn Chinese characters and speak Chinese... 8Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 樊 Dawn Within the Cage 樊笼内的破晓 Old Qinggan老青柑Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Some people are born trapped in a cage. Invisible barriers, woven from the soil of one’s upbringing, the path laid out in advance, the constraints of one’s surroundings, the cocoon of one’s perceptions, and the shackles of morality, build a cold, solid cage that holds her captive. She is raised within it, as if this were all life could ever be. If she does not awaken, if she does not save herself, the ending is clear: the cage will silently devour her, and she will vanish in a slow death. Yet de 8Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    I was tortured until I cried, and the heroine gradually became stronger, which is very beautiful.

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