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The Orchid May Wither, but Jade Will Not Break 兰摧不折玉
[A sickly beauty who coughs blood into the wind x a fake wastrel, real-born hero] [Not a female-emperor story | Not a hard-core political intrigue story] When Xiao Jue first met Xie Lanshi, he thought this peerless beauty among the noblewomen of Danyang was someone any capable man would want to claim. After the two married, Xiao Jue realized that all the heroes under heaven thought the same way. - Born into the prestigious Xie clan of Danyang, a family of ministers for four generations, Xie
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My Husband Transmigrated to Steal Me From the Male Lead 新聘
Gu Lingyi, daughter of the Minister of Revenue, had two great regrets in her life. First, her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, Jiang Xuanqing, who had placed third in the palace exams, broke off their engagement in public: “I have no romantic feelings for you. From now on, you can think of me as your older brother.” Second, she believed Cui Yi’s empty promises that he would one day rise to the highest offices and always outshine Jiang Xuanqing. In a moment of foolishness, she agreed to marry h
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Spring Water Circles Around 春水绕
A similar story: After Deceiving a Noble Young Master [Flirtatious, teasing heroine X morally upright but darkly obsessive hero] Cui Lanyin is married. Her husband, the eldest young master Xiao Lin, is gentle and courteous. But he's difficult to get close to and terribly dull. With no one to confide in, she writes down her thoughts in a notebook to amuse herself. Strangely enough, every “wish” she writes comes true. Little by little, Lanyin grows bolder and starts writing whatever she likes.
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Chasing Jade 逐玉
[Originally titled The Marquis's Wife and the Pig-Killing Knife] After her parents pass away, her childhood sweetheart breaks off their engagement, and her relatives plot to devour her inheritance. For the sake of her five-year-old sister, Fan Changyu decides to take in a live-in husband. She sets her sights on the man she rescued. He is covered in wounds and owns nothing, but at least he has a handsome face. The two quickly strike a deal: she will take him in while he recuperates, and he will
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The Waist 折腰
At first, the strategist of Marquis Yan Wei Shao advised him to marry the Qiao girl this way: “The Qiao family has held sway in Dongjun for three generations. Though now in decline, they have deep-rooted ties and influence, like a centipede that remains alive long after it dies. My lord strides like a dragon and a tiger, with the world in his grasp. Since the Qiao family seeks an alliance with you, why not take their daughter and make use of her?” Later, Wei Shao finally understood what it mean
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Reborn as a Noblewoman 重生之贵妇
[The print edition, The Luan and the Phoenix in Harmony, is available in three volumes.] Everyone said Yin Hui was destined for a life as a noblewoman, and she did indeed marry into the Prince of Yan’s household, becoming the wife of a royal grandson. But her husband came and went at all hours and rarely said anything affectionate to her. Yin Hui tried every way she could to warm his heart, only for him to bring home a widowed cousin he wanted to look after. Yin Hui: No way! Her husband: Go to s
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Mountain Lord 山君
Lan Shanjun was an orphan raised in Huailing, growing up on the kindness of neighbors and learning the trade of a butcher. She was planning to open a slaughterhouse, but fate had other ideas. At sixteen, she was brought back to Luoyang and told she was the legitimate second daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, lost to the family years ago. At first, she thought Heaven was rewarding her for the hardship of being a butcher. But after another ten years of anxiously trying to please her family and desp
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Offering a Salted Fish to the Patriarch 向师祖献上咸鱼
Liao Tingyan, a newly initiated disciple with the lowest seniority, has actually subdued the terrifying, peerlessly powerful demon patriarch of the Gengchen Immortal Mansion, stirring up a heated discussion. Junior Sister Liao, how did you manage that? Liao Tingyan: …By relying on my natural talent for doing nothing? This novel has been published in print under the title Offering the Fish. It is available at Dangdang and the Tmall Yueduji flagship store. Theme:
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Long Wind Crossing 长风渡
[P.S. The editor asked me to tell you that both volumes of the print edition are out. Remember to buy them.] (Former title: Marrying the Playboy) For fifteen years, Liu Yuru was the model young lady, all so she could marry a good husband. But on the eve of her engagement, she was forced to marry Gu Jiu Si, the most notorious playboy in Yangzhou. Marrying a man like that would ruin her life. And after she married him, she learned that he had been forced to marry her, too. Liu Yuru was utterly
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Happy Ending with the Second Male Lead 女主都和男二HE
Female lead: I'm choosing the second male lead! [A collection of short stories where various second male leads get the girl.] [Don't associate any of these stories with other novels. They're for all the second male leads I've loved over the years.] Story One: Explosive-tempered Dog Emperor × Easygoing, Cautious Empress (Complete) Story Two: Loyal, Sweet, Deep-voiced Assassin × Soft Girl Who's Great at Raising Pigs and Has Every Life Skill (Complete) Story Three: Evolving Monster Man × Hot-Pot-Fl
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After Becoming the Short-Lived White Moonlight, I Made Peace with the Villain 穿成短命白月光后，和反派HE了
[Print edition title: The White Moonlight’s Guide to the Demon King. Available on all platforms.] Sang Yuanyuan transmigrated into an old-fashioned fantasy romance novel full of angst, becoming the male lead’s beautiful but ill-fated first love, who dies young. The male lead loves her, and so do the other male characters. Because the heroine has a face almost identical to hers, all the men both love and torment her, leaving her physically and emotionally battered. Her romance with the male le
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My Husband Became the Most Powerful Minister 夫君位极人臣后
[Revised text. If the transitions between sections seem off, clear your cache and reload. Coming soon: "The Princess Comes First" and "I’ll Save the Sickly" At a banquet in the princess’s residence, in a secluded hall, He Lanzhi pressed her palm and braced herself against the wall, only to run into Lu Wuyou, the newly named top graduate of the imperial exams, who was just as unsteady on his feet. One was limp as a boneless dol
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Peace Year After Year 岁岁平安
During the spring plowing season, Tong Sui got married in a hurried, haphazard fashion. Her husband’s family lived twenty li away, and Tong Sui had never been there. She had never met the man who had been away performing military service for six years, either. She had only heard that he was so fierce that even local ruffians wouldn’t dare provoke him. On the eve of her wedding, a scholar from next door had tried to elope with her. Tong Sui refused. She liked the scholar’s gentle manners, but sh
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The Most Beautiful Woman in Chang’an 长安第一美人
[Next book: From Richest Man to Chief Minister] The Yunyang Marquis's Residence incurred the emperor's wrath, and overnight the family was stripped of its title and property. With no other choice, the pampered Third Miss Shen opened a cosmetics shop in Chang'an. Once Chang'an's most beautiful woman, she became a delicate flower anyone could pluck at will. One day, Lu Yanshi, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, happened to pass by her Hundred Fragrances Pavilion
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The Grand Princess 长公主
[A story about enemies becoming best friends, then lovers] Blurb: Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan married when they were eighteen. Li Rong valued the connections his family could offer to help her escape danger, while Pei Wenxuan wanted to use her status as a princess to turn his fortunes around. It was a political marriage, with no affection involved. Later, she indulged in music and a life of wine and pleasure, while he was in love with someone else and wouldn’t even enter his own home. In thirty year
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Can Such a Good Thing Really Happen? 世上还有这种好事儿？
After Lu Meng transmigrates into Changsun Lumeng, she discovers that she’s the heroine of a melodramatic tragedy. In the book, Changsun Lumeng is abused in body and spirit by one person after another. Even the dogs on the street make a point of biting her. In the end, she finally moves Heaven and the male lead, then dies young, frail and sickly. There’s a classic line in the book. Just before she dies, the heroine trembles as she asks the male lead, “Will you only care about me once I’m dead?”
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Reborn as the Legitimate Eldest Grandson in an Imperial Exam Novel 穿成科举文里的嫡长孙
Li Nian unexpectedly transmigrates into an imperial-examination novel called The Charming Son of a Concubine, becoming Pei Shaohuai, the legitimate eldest grandson of the Earl of Jingchuan. In the original story: The male lead, Pei Shaojin, is born to a concubine, but he is brilliant and diligent. He rises steadily through the imperial examinations and places first in the palace examination, winning unmatched glory. By contrast, the legitimate eldest grandson, Pei Shaohuai, is a playboy who squ
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Chronicles of the Eccentric Antagonist 反派攻陷记事
[The print edition is out now!] * In the supernatural mystery novel The Record of All Living Things, Jiang Baiyan grew up lonely and was taken in by the Shi family in Chang’an because of his unusual bloodline. The elegant, handsome boy had a pair of alluring peach-blossom eyes, but inside he was an obsessive, vicious madman, destined to turn evil amid suffering and humiliation and bring chaos to the world. Shi Dai transmigrated into the story as the young lady of the Shi family, who tormented h
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Hidden in Plain Sight 深藏不露
Simplified Chinese edition available for preorder. One day, the refined and studious Fifth Young Master accidentally revealed his astonishing martial arts skills, able to hit a target a hundred paces away and unfathomably powerful. The Third Young Lady, raised on the frontier and never one to stand on ceremony, showed off her literary talent, holding her own in a debate against a crowd of scholars. Everyone was astonished to discover that these two had been hiding their t
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Alas, Her Allure Captivates 奈何她媚色撩人
[Main story complete] Please pre-save my new novel, "Chang'an's Most Beautiful Woman" [Blurb] Tang Wu is the top courtesan at Junmeng Court in the capital, a precious jewel whom the madam, Gu Jiuniang, dotes on. The day they first met happened to be the day she made her debut. He sat in a private room, looking down at her imperiously, while she carefully poured him wine with her slender, pale arms. He had a handsome face, refined manners, and looked every bit the elegant gentleman of noble birth
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How Could She Not Be Loved, So Charming and Beautiful? 怎敌她千娇百媚
Taking leave on August 1: The ending is near, but I'm badly stuck. I'll update again at 2 p.m. A cousin from a fallen aristocratic family, unrelated by blood, calculating and eager to marry into wealth, VS her black-hearted cousin who despises her Luo Lingyu: My parents are both dead, my family has no influence,
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Song of White Snow 白雪歌
[Simplified Chinese edition published. For details, see Weibo @Wu Yuan Er. Thank you all so much for your love!] Qu You dreamed that Zhou Tan, the infamous treacherous official of history, draped a warm winter coat over her in the bitter cold of a winter night. When she woke, she had become Zhou Tan’s wife, married to bring him good fortune. Qu You had heard countless stories about Zhou Tan: h
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