Looking for Palace-Intrigue Novels Like Entering the Palace as a Maid, the Emperor Falls for the Villainous Me 求类似《入宫为婢，皇上爱上恶毒的我》的宫斗文
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Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规
[Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th
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Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责
Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied
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Your Majesty, I Think Your Palace Maid Is Cursing You Again 皇上，你家宫女好像又在骂你
[The irresistible appeal of what you once rejected + powerful men bowing their heads + a double-standard male lead + raising her before a story of power and statecraft + romantic push and pull + he truly doesn’t love her at first, but gives his all once he does] Su Nanchu is unruly. Shen Jingzhi has always known that. But life in the palace is dull, and he doesn’t mind having a little plaything who can kick and scream. She becomes his daily amusement: reading memorials, practicing calligraphy, a
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Me, a Spy, Caught Between Two Nations 间谍的我——在两国之间左右为难
Me, a spy, caught between two countries and unable to choose a side
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The Woman Who Transmigrated into a Book Uses Bullet Comments to Defy Fate and Protect Later Shu 穿书女，靠弹幕逆天改命护后蜀
Modern angst novelist Su Yan transmigrates into a book as a lowly palace maid who has just caught someone in an affair and is about to be beaten to death. One second before the executioner's rod falls, she binds to the System, which displays comments from readers across the entire server. Using the System's enhancements, she turns the tables on the villains and is rescued by the iron-fisted regent Xiao Jue. She refuses to get caught up in the palace's power struggles and insists on seeking refug
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Su Xiaomei: The Wise Beauty of Meishan 【眉山慧姝】苏小妹传
In the long years of Meishan in the Northern Song dynasty, the story of a legendary woman was passed from mouth to mouth. She was Su Xiaomei. Though she is hard to find in official histories, her talent and wisdom shine like brilliant stars in legends and literary works. Born into the scholarly Su family, Su Xiaomei grew up immersed in a rich literary atmosphere. Exceptionally clever, she excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and could compose poetry and couplets with ease. Legend
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The Three Ming Emperors: From Prosperity to Crisis 从盛世到危机的大明三帝
The novel begins with Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di, choosing an heir. Through rich historical detail, it depicts the fierce struggle over succession during the Yongle reign and shows the Ming dynasty’s transition from its height of power to a time of crisis. Its greatest strengths are its vivid reconstruction of historical details and its portrayal of the characters’ inner lives. Its descriptions of Ming political institutions and society are equally lively, making readers feel as if they have stepped
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Transmigrated Into a Book as a Sacrifice: I Awakened the Sword Saint's Three Sword Techniques 穿书成祭品：我觉醒剑圣三剑
On the first day after I transmigrated into a book, I became the thirteenth sacrifice for a thousand-year-old painting. The painting demanded a sacrifice every hundred years. Li Xun of the Tang dynasty was the first, and his brother Pei Feiyang the twelfth. I was the final piece needed to complete the formation. The painting concealed a vicious evil, the formation imprisoned the dead, and a thousand-year scheme had been laid to lure me into its trap. I thought I was doomed, but unexpectedly awak
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After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Livestreams His Desperate Pursuit of Me 离婚后，前夫直播追妻火葬场
After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Began a Livestream to Win Me Back
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Climbing the Social Ladder 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
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Bewitching the Golden Branch 惹金枝
(Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo
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My Husband Has Been Acting Strange Lately, Until I Discovered He Was... 我的丈夫最近有点怪，直到我发现他是……
My Husband Has Been Acting Strange Lately, Until I Found Out He Was...
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I’m an Editor at Hongshi, an Expert at Exposing Fake AI-Written Novels... 我，红柿子平台专业鉴定AI文的编辑，在线打假……
I’m an Editor at the Hongshi Platform, Specializing in Reviewing AI-Written Novels, and I’m Exposing Fakes Live...
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Reborn as a Concubine's Daughter, I Show My Legitimate Sister My Tea-Making Skills... 重生后，庶出的我给嫡姐秀起茶艺……
After Being Reborn, I Showed Off My Tea-Drinking Skills to My Legitimate Older Sister...
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If I’m Not Going to Fight for the Emperor’s Favor, Why Enter the Palace? 不宫斗，进宫干嘛？
[Black Lotus Heroine | Not Love-Brained | Palace Intrigue | Heroine Rises to Power | Male Lead Is Not Chaste (The Emperor Is Not Chaste) | Harem | No Good People] Without power or influence, she presents herself as a delicate flower that clings to others. On the surface, she is weak and harmless, devoted to the emperor. Beneath that, she is meticulous and deeply calculating. She does not covet the emperor's love. Instead, she uses her “devotion” as bait to lure him into her trap. Lady Shu is so
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Raising a Daughter in a Palace Intrigue Game 穿进宫斗游戏养女儿
[Transmigration + palace intrigue and child-rearing + true love appears later (not the emperor)] [The heroine and the male supporting character (the emperor) are not sexually inexperienced; the male lead (her true love) is, and he is younger than her and raised by her] Tan Furong transmigrated into the palace-intrigue game she used to play. The bad news: she never spent money or boosted her stats in the game, so after transmigrating, she got the worst possible start. Her family background is ter
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An Unconventional Palace Intrigue 非传统宫斗
Imperial selection from the start / Pure palace intrigue with a touch of household intrigue / Ensemble cast / Realistic style [Pure palace intrigue begins after chapter 20] Not the emperor’s sole favorite / Not a virgin couple / No romance pairing [The emperor is a scumbag with the power of life and death. The first few chapters establish his character and contain potentially uncomfortable scenes. If that bothers you, skip to chapter 20.] Everyone is caught up in palace intrigue. The consorts an
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Reborn as a Low-Ranking Palace Consort, I Rise All the Way to the Top 穿成低位宫妃，一路扶摇上位
[Transmigration, Palace Intrigue, Political Scheming, Not Both Pure, Absurd Comedy, Devoted Love Later On] Shen Jinruo transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking concubine who had no favor from the emperor. Having lost her freedom, she’d planned to keep her head down and quietly build up her strength. But she soon discovered that in this harem, even if you don’t go looking for trouble, trouble will find you. To survive, Shen Jinruo worked hard to adapt and officially joined the harem’s struggl
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Don't Mess With This Palace Maid: She Knows Every Trick in the Harem 别惹这个宫女：她懂全后宫套路
Don’t Mess with This Palace Maid: She Knows Every Trick in the Inner Palace
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A Palace Maid: The Noble Consort and Empress's Entire Families Are Executed 入宫为婢：贵妃皇后满门抄斩
A Palace Maid: The Noble Consort and Empress's Entire Families Are Executed
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Your Majesty, Your Six Palaces and Three Thousand Beauties Can't Compare to My Little Vegetable Patch 陛下，您那三宫六院不如我半亩菜地
Your Majesty, Your Three Palaces and Six Courtyards Don’t Compare to My Half-Acre Vegetable Garden
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A Sweet Marriage, Realized Too Late 甜婚知意晚
A marriage that began with a "mistake" led to the most beautiful love. Shen Wantang, the daughter of a merchant family, was forced to take another bride's place and marry Xiao Jingheng, the supposedly "frail" Prince of Jing. On their wedding night, she discovered that her husband was no sickly weakling, but a prince who wielded immense power at court. One was a seemingly meek but clever miracle doctor. The other was a prince who pretended to be frail but was deeply devoted. As they tested one
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The Imprisoned King 囚王
Who am I? I woke up in a prince's manor after a seven-day dream. I had forgotten who I was, where I came from, and where I was going. It seemed I had once been plotting something, but before I could investigate, an assassination attempt sent me stumbling into the martial world. Thus began the weaving of a conspiracy spanning both court and martial world.
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This Time, It's Your Turn to Kneel 这一世，该你跪了
In my previous life, my younger half-sister cried and said the marquis only wanted to marry her. I believed her. After I gave up the marriage, I was locked in a woodshed for five years, then pushed into a dry well. Before I died, I heard her say, "Sister, that day the marquis said he wanted to marry you. He always had, from the very beginning." When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day she came to me with a handkerchief, crying. "Sister, the marquis said he only wants to marry me..." I
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The Forensic Concubine: The Deposed Empress Rises from the Ashes, and the Tyrant Begs to Reconcile 法医庶女：废后涅槃，暴君跪求复合
The Forensic Concubine: The Deposed Empress Rises from the Ashes, and the Tyrant Begs for Reconciliation
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Heir Helian and His Tactically Brilliant Slave Girl 赫连世子和他懂兵法的女奴
The Heir Heliand and His Tactically Brilliant Female Slave
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Time Flies Over a Meal 食光荏苒
Time Flies, Taste Lingers
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Snowfall 雪见
When the blade of vengeance meets the bonds of fate, can eyes that see no more pierce the depths of the human heart? At seven, she watched her entire family be executed. She lost her sight in a pool of blood, but wove a web of vengeance with her hearing, smell, and touch. After eleven years of patient endurance, she becomes Shen Qingci, the capital's “Master of the House of Solace.” Her fingers play the qin as she listens to people's hearts, carefully plotting her moves in the dark, determined t
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Shenghua 笙花
In the winter of the seventeenth year of Yonglong, seven-year-old Shen Shengsheng loses everything amid a blizzard. Her father, Shen Weiqing, submits a blood-written memorial at the palace steps and is beaten to death before the emperor, the tyrant Li Huan. All eighty-one members of the Shen family are executed. Her mother, Lin Yuan, flees north through the snow with her and seeks refuge with Yun Qike, the Grand State Preceptor of Northern Yan. For ten years, Shengsheng lies low and trains day a
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The Tattered Silk Manuscript 残帛书
In the late spring of the twelfth year of the Tianjia era, Huanhuan, granddaughter of a reclusive Grand Tutor, rescues a beggar on the verge of death in a peach grove. She doesn't know that he is Helian Lie, Crown Prince of the Rakshasa Kingdom. A year later, on her way to the capital for her wedding, Huanhuan learns that the entire Zhou family, her future husband's family, has been executed. She, too, is kidnapped and taken to the Rakshasa Kingdom. In the name of "repaying her kindness," Helian
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The Abandoned Consort Uses Modern Technology to Dominate the Cold Palace 冷宫通现代弃妃靠降维打击杀疯了
[Two-way transmigration] [Building-infrastructure fanatic] [Strong female ensemble] [A technological leap that overwhelms the past] [Political schemes and strategy] Lin Wei, a modern materials science PhD, transmigrates into the body of an abandoned imperial concubine. From the start, she and four other women of the ancient court face the prospect of freezing or starving to death. Then a mysterious altar deep in the cold palace unexpectedly activates, allowing all five of them to travel back to
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The Phoenix Hides in Red: Reigning Over the World 凤隐红妆：权倾天下
Shen Qing, a modern-day forensic doctor, transmigrates into the body of a disgraced consort. Armed with medical and poison skills, she fights to survive in the desperate cold palace, gradually becoming embroiled in palace intrigue and the struggle for the throne, until she ultimately claims the world.
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Schemes at Phoenix Palace: My Empress Consort Is No Easy Target 凤阙谋：朕的嫡妃不好惹
The female lead excels at both medicine and poison, carefully building her power within the imperial harem. The emperor and empress join forces to break through their predicament, while power struggles and romance unfold side by side. The harem's intrigues reach into the imperial court, with twist after twist revealing a shocking conspiracy. Everyone is clever, with no plots that make characters inexplicably stupid.
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Divine Doctor System: The Legitimate Daughter's Path to Revenge 神医系统：嫡女的复仇逆袭路
In her previous life, Shen Qingyuan died a gruesome death in her bridal sedan, while her entire clan was unjustly accused and wiped out. Reborn at the scene of her death, she awakens the Divine Physician System and becomes a goddess of vengeance. From killing the scumbag and her poisonous younger sister with her own hands to exposing conspiracies at court, from practicing medicine among the people to navigating power struggles in the palace, she leaves blood in her wake with every step, yet each
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I'm Done Pretending: This Legitimate Daughter Kills Without Mercy 不装了，嫡女我杀疯了
In her previous life, Shen Qingci, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's residence, was gentle and long-suffering. She trusted the wrong people and was deceived by the hypocrisy of her stepmother and illegitimate younger sister, before being ruthlessly exploited by her fiance, the Third Prince. In the end, the Shen family was charged with treason and executed to the last member, while Shen Qingci herself was forced to drink poisoned wine and died miserably at the execution grounds, car
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Corpse Embroidery and Palace Vengeance 尸绣宫仇
Corpse Embroidery and Palace Vengeance
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The Fallen Flower of a Legitimate Sister: A Misplaced Love Ends in Madness and Emptiness 残花嫡姐：错付疯魔一场空
The Fallen Flower: My Noble Sister’s Love for a Madman Came to Nothing
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The Lucky Empress: The Whole Palace Spoils the Empress Who Does Nothing 吉人天相：摆烂娘娘被全宫宠上天
Fortune Favors the Good: The Laid-Back Consort Is Adored by the Entire Palace
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After the Good Girl's Secret Identity Is Exposed, Everyone Bows to Her 乖乖女马甲掉后，全员跪服
Su Qingyan has always been the sweet, harmless good girl in everyone's eyes: gentle and soft-spoken, never competing for anything, and easy for anyone to dismiss or manipulate. Her family sees her as a pawn to move at will. Others mock her as mediocre and useless, and even her fiancé looks down on her and makes things difficult for her at every turn. No one knows that her sweet, docile nature is all an act. She possesses the heaven-defying ability to make her words come true, and hides multiple
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Chronicles of the Ashen Night in Chang'an 长安烬夜录
In the seventh year of the Jinghe era under the Dayong dynasty, cases of people losing their souls plague Chang'an. Shen Jingque, an enforcer with the Nightwatch Bureau, is ordered to investigate and encounters Xiao Jin, a soul guide. The two discover that the cases are connected to blood bats, the Witchcraft Cult, and a pair of yin-yang jades. Behind it all lie a thirty-year-old case and a court conspiracy. Together, they brave the imperial tombs, explore the underworld market, break through a
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Lighting the Lantern Behind the Red Walls 朱墙掌灯
In the third year of the Jinghe era of the Great Yong Dynasty, Emperor Xiao Che has been on the throne for three years, but his position remains insecure. The court is divided among three rival powers: the maternal relatives led by General Su Mingyuan, the civil officials led by Minister of Rites Liu Hong, and the military families who helped found the dynasty. Each keeps the others in check. The imperial harem is closely bound to the court, and every rise or fall in a consort’s favor reflects t
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Schemes in the Deep Palace: Ashes Behind Vermilion Walls 深宫计：朱墙烬
Her family is raided overnight, and Shen Qingxue, the daughter of a condemned minister, disguises herself as a palace laundry maid and lies low in the imperial palace. The towering red walls can block out the sunlight, but not her determination to clear her family's name. With every move carefully planned, she climbs from the depths of misery to the pinnacle of power. A cold-hearted crown prince falls for her and protects her, while an arrogant consort takes a ruthless hand against her. The pala
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Sign-In at the Siheyuan: Starting in 1953 签到四合院从一九五三开始
A flop author on the Tomato platform transmigrates to 1953 Beijing and becomes a resident of a large courtyard, with a transmigrator's perk: a Sign-In System.
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The Entire Court Longs for the Empress to Attend Court and Rule 满朝文武盼着皇后娘娘上朝理政
(The manhua adaptation is out! I had a look, and it’s pretty good!) After her elder sister dies in the palace intrigues, Shen Shixi enters the palace by imperial decree to be selected as a consort. The palace is home to a virtuous and capable empress with immense power and a distinguished maternal family; a noble consort from a prestigious clan who is incredibly good at having children; a Consort Rong who is the emperor’s favorite and has a highly artistic temperament; a Consort Qiong whose extr
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The Ice-Cold Minister Turned Gray at Her Grave 冷冰冰的权臣在她坟前白了头
[Not an angst novel + heartwarming + no logic + read it to see if it suits your taste] After transmigrating into a book, Hua Zhao had her memories erased and became a tool whose job was to give the heroine a golden finger. To top it off, she was also the infamous, short-lived first wife of the villainous minister. Luckily, she regained her memories and cut her losses in time. The heroine’s golden finger? Sorry, that’s a family heirloom that came with me when I transmigrated into the book! Her in
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My Father Sent Me to the Palace at Eight, and the Emperor Laughed in Exasperation: He Dumped His Daughter on Me to Raise 八岁被爹送进宫，皇上气笑了：他这是把女儿扔给朕来养
At Eight, Her Father Sends Her to the Palace, and the Emperor Laughs in Exasperation: He Threw His Daughter at Me to Raise
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A Startling Encounter, A Love Vowed for Three Lifetimes 惊辞一渡，誓爱三生
In my previous life, I was madly in love with the Crown Prince, but he sent me to the dungeon to be crushed to dust. After I was reborn, the Regent offered to join forces with me for revenge, but it turned out to be a "pig-butchering scam." The Sixth Prince, a golden supporting character, transmigrated into a book with his editor and kept rewriting the script, yet always stayed one step behind. I laughed. This time, I would tear up this rotten plot with my own hands. Everyone's life and death wo
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He Gave the Wedding Ring to a Dog! She Joined a Hate-Fest Show and Punched the Internet in the Face 婚戒送狗！她转头上恨综肘击全网
[Super-sweet 1v1 + silly humor and memes + variety show] A variety show called The Haters Rule the World appears out of nowhere. It invites three celebrities hated across the internet, along with their haters, to take part. Any celebrity who fails on the show will be blacklisted for three years. The director calls this test of pure hatred between celebrities and their haters the Hate Show. - Chi Qiuli is the adopted daughter of the wealthy Huo family. Everyone thinks she's a resource-backed
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She Goes Crazy, He Has Her Back: No One Dares Cross Them on the Dating Show 她发疯，他兜底，恋综谁都惹不起
[1v1, ultra-sweet + hilarious + showbiz + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping] [Hilarious sweetie celebrity vs. all-around movie star who plays the pig to eat the tiger] Right after transmigrating into a book, Shi Er'er is ordered by a scumbag to pole dance on a livestream watched by a million people. Shi Er'er yanks the pole out of the ground and performs a whole staff routine, then knocks the scumbag out with two hard blows. The comments go wild: "That's badass!!!" When the scumbag tries
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Mad, All of You, Mad. Being a Little Mad Is Good! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊
[Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay.
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