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  1. 1 A Cup of Poison, a Thousand Miles From Home 毒酒一杯家万里 Romance453k WordsCompleted Updates are back. New chapters will be posted at 10 p.m. If there’s no update by then, it means I didn’t finish writing. Zhang Yao: I want an examining official who’ll sentence me to death. Yu Lin: Sure. Kneel. Zhang Yao is the commander of the Imperial Guards. By day, he runs wild, killing people and laughing his head off. By night, he sleeps in a coffin, wallowing in misery. Whenever he has nothing to do, he carries a bucket of water to the execution grounds at Pichang Temple to wipe down th 29.2kFavorites25.2kClicks/ch33.3kGifts
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  2. 2 Great Tang Pearl-Warding Chronicle 大唐辟珠记 Romance803k WordsCompleted The print edition has been published and will be available for preorder on June 20. Stay tuned! The Princess Wanshou of the Tang dynasty, blessed and favored by Heaven, died of illness at just seventeen. A petty thief secretly opened the eerie underground tomb, only to discover that the princess had been buried alive, a hideous mask covering her face. The imperial palace concealed deadly schemes, the court was rife with intrigue, and the martial world was in turmoil... None of that had much to 279.3kFavorites140.9kClicks/ch340.5kGifts
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  3. 3 Jade Pendants and Rivers and Mountains 环佩河山 Romance395k WordsCompleted In the third year of Jianping, the realm was far from peaceful. When the army of Yizhou advanced on Chang'an, Empress Dowager Deng made the decision to bestow the title of Princess Xinling upon Lady Han Jun, and send her far away to become the second wife of Dou Shen, General of the Western Campaign, Governor of Liangzhou, and Marquis of Anyuan. In return, Liangzhou would send troops to relieve Chang'an. Ten years had passed since Han Jun's grandfather, Prince of Chu Liu Yu, was executed for t 3kFavorites4kClicks/ch677Gifts
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  4. 4 My Childhood Friend Is the Crown Prince's Grandson 我家竹马是太孙 Romance441k WordsCompleted After being reborn, Nalan Zheng became sworn enemies with the boy at the academy who had egged her younger brother on to skip school. That would have been fine, except only after making an enemy of him did she learn that he was the Crown Prince's eldest grandson... Reading guide: 1. In a nutshell, this is a joyful tale of the Crown Prince's eldest grandson and the fourth young lady of the Duke's mansion, childhood sweethearts who go on to become an unmatched imperial couple. 2. This is a fictio 63.7kFavorites155kClicks/ch18.8kGifts
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  5. 5 Lost Treasures of Luojing 洛京拾遗 Romance650k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Bones lie in mountains, their names long forgotten. They were nothing more than noblemen and beauties. When her childhood companion, once a household retainer, rises to become a warlord in a time of chaos, what is to become of the childhood sweetheart whose family has fallen into decline? In the first year of Yuankang, the Zhang family of Anding, 9.6kFavorites6.6kClicks/ch8.7kGifts
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  6. 6 Beimong 北邙 Romance120k WordsCompleted “I hate that the moon hangs alone in the sky, yet sheds no light on me.” They were childhood sweethearts who could read each other’s minds, and a young emperor and empress who knew when to cut their losses. / I wanted us to have a pure, loving romance, but the palace forced you to become a heartless empress, leaving you only brave enough to play power games with me. Too clever for her own good (female lead) × Too deeply in love to live long (male lead) Short story, BE Note: I’m a little over 1.5kFavorites3kClicks/ch272Gifts
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  7. 7 The Black Lotus Manual [Book Transmigration] 黑莲花攻略手册[穿书] Romance439k WordsCompleted The Black Lotus has been published in print. The author's latest work, Reborn and Married to My Nemesis, is currently serializing in the author's profile. This world is overrun by monsters, and it's the perfect place for heroes and heroines to make their legends. Too bad you're not the pure, noble heroine or the pampered, highborn villainess. You're the universally hated third female extra. In the original story, she has a crush on the male lead, plots against the heroine, and spends her whole 1.3MFavorites1.4MClicks/ch650.9kGifts
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  8. 8 Long Wind Crossing 长风渡 Romance978k WordsCompleted [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 672.2kFavorites1.3MClicks/ch502.6kGifts
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  9. 9 The Milky Way Shines Bright, How Lucky Am I 星汉灿烂,幸甚至哉 Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The bonus chapters are in the neighboring story, "Bonus Chapters Are Here". Many years later, looking back on her life, she felt that the body she’d been born into this time around was a much better deal than the one from her previous life. So what on earth had made a hardworking, conscientious woman like her end up on such a ridiculous path? A serious but still utterly unhelpful blurb: Another young woman’s goss 623.4kFavorites619.6kClicks/ch861.1kGifts
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  10. 10 EN My Junior Sister Can’t Possibly Be a Silly Sweetheart 我的师妹不可能是傻白甜 Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Monster-slaying, leveling-up, and romance] //My Junior Sister Can't Possibly Be a Sweet, Naive Fool// - Not a strong female lead!!! Not a wish-fulfillment story!!! Slow-burn melodrama!!! Written for my own enjoyment!!!- Mei Liangyu: My junior sister spends all day with a bunch of top-tier villains. She smiles brightly and adorably, and speaks so softly, but she must have something up her sleeve. There's no way she's a sweet, naive fool in a circle of villains. - Six hundred years ago, the star 592.8kFavorites679.1kClicks/ch2.8MGifts
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  11. 11 Notes on Watching Cranes 观鹤笔记 Romance566k WordsCompleted [Main story complete. Taking a few days off before posting the bonus chapters.] [Coming soon: The Lady Buddha and Letters to a Rose. Please add them to your reading list.] [Blurb] Deng Ying in history was convicted and died by lingchi, the slow slicing execution. Even after his death, Grand Secretary Yang Lun personally inscribed the words “Pure and Clean” for him. Yang Wan, who lives in the twenty-first century, has spent ten years studying Deng Ying, poring over every detail of his life. Ten 520.5kFavorites495.9kClicks/ch359.4kGifts
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  12. 12 The Moon Shines for a Thousand Miles 月明千里 Romance1.0M WordsCompleted … The original title was "Married to a Monk". If you’ve read the whole novel, please leave a rating, dear readers. "Bows" Thank you~ [Han Chinese princess X eminent monk from the Western Regions] The blurb is silly, but the novel itself is more serious. A swoony romance. Yao Ying transmigrates into a book. The world is in chaos, with warlords vying for power. Her father happens to lead the strongest faction, and her brothe 490.8kFavorites652.1kClicks/ch510.7kGifts
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  13. 13 After Destroying the Heavenly Dao, I Became My Archrival's Junior Sister 灭了天道后我成了死对头的师妹 Romance448k WordsCompleted Before Ling Luo fell to the demonic path, her talent for swordsmanship had swept the entire cultivation world. Then someone came out of nowhere and stunned the world with a single sword strike, taking away her title as the strongest swordsman. After Ling Luo fell to the demonic path, the person she wanted to kill was always protected by Yue Liangze, the greatest sword cultivator of the age. After she destroyed the Heavenly Dao, laid her regrets to rest, and left herself to die, she opened her e 480.3kFavorites513.2kClicks/ch265.8kGifts
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  14. 14 Blessings to My Cousin 表妹万福 Romance510k WordsCompleted After a long dream, Zhen Jiafu met the man named Pei You'an once more at a crossroads in her life. She was born into a wealthy merchant family, and the road ahead seemed to be lined with shackles. As a young man, he had become famous throughout the capital for his talent. Later, he was cast out by his family, disgraced, and died in the frontier in the prime of his life. If life could begin again, may good fortune be with you, and may you enjoy lasting happiness. Theme: Make the most of ever 397.2kFavorites873kClicks/ch282.9kGifts
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  15. 15 The Grand Princess 长公主 Romance906k WordsCompleted [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 333.7kFavorites592kClicks/ch206.7kGifts
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  16. 16 Cling to You and Never Let Go 咬定卿卿不放松 Romance431k WordsCompleted Yuan Cixian dreamed that years later, the old emperor would have her executed and turn her into a bridge stone. When she woke, she remembered the terror of being under his thumb and resolved to find a powerful protector. Following a strategist’s advice to “give him what he likes,” Yuan Cixian picked up her brush and wrote a love poem to the future emperor’s tutor, Lu Shiqing, hoping to win his favor. Lu Shiqing read the poem and nearly coughed up three pints of blood before storming into Yuan’s 261.8kFavorites390.5kClicks/ch97.9kGifts
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  17. 17 Crossing into Buddhahood 渡佛 Romance663k WordsCompleted Wudingsong's Buddhist cultivator Liaowu is aloof and pure, with profound knowledge of Buddhist teachings. His devotion to Buddhism cannot be shaken. One day, the Buddha sets him a trial: Liaowu must enter the mortal world and undergo a trial of love. That trial falls upon Luo Hengyu, the demonic woman of the Hehuan Sect. As a demonic woman of the Hehuan Sect, her job should be to make the Buddhist cultivator fall in love and break his Buddhist golden body. But gazing at his handsome, gentle fe 223.7kFavorites378.8kClicks/ch188.6kGifts
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  18. 18 After Being Reborn, I Married My Archrival 重生后和宿敌结婚了 Romance862k WordsCompleted This story has been revised many times. The final version is the one on the official Jinjiang site. Blurb: Before Qun Qing died, she hated the powerful minister Lu Huating most of all. She hated his cunning and treachery as he helped the new emperor secure the throne. She thought about him day and night and tried everything she could, but she still couldn't beat him. In the end, she became a casualty at his hands. After Qun Qing died, she saw the fallen princess she'd given her life to protect 219kFavorites226.1kClicks/ch185.9kGifts
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  19. 19 The Banished Immortal 谪仙 Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [@Jinjiang: September Flowing Fire] In her previous life, Li Chaoge killed many people. The noble clans looked down on her, so she wiped them out. The man she loved preferred her imperial younger sister, so she killed her sister. Her mother wanted to pass the throne to her younger brother, so she killed her mother. She got her wish and became empress, but she was also utterly alone. She had wronged many people, but she had always indulged Pei Ji'an in whatever he wanted. In the end, however, Pe 205.3kFavorites310.5kClicks/ch210.4kGifts
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  20. 20 The Sword Is Drawn 剑出鞘 Romance831k WordsOngoing [Later in the story, if there's no update by 10 p.m., there won't be one. Don't wait.] A Zhi had a senior fellow disciple in her sect. They said that after only one year of sword training, he could single-handedly wipe out the demon lair at the foot of the mountain. In winter, snow fell on Qingxing Mountain. His sword aura kept the chill at bay within three feet, and not a single flake touched his white robes. The day Master brought A Zhi into the sect, he pointed at the man and said, “I've c 182kFavorites203.7kClicks/ch213.7kGifts
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  21. 21 The Delicate Beauty Marries a Playboy 弱娇嫁纨绔 Romance563k WordsCompleted (Hey everyone, my other book, The General’s Daily Face-Slapping, is now available. This is a spin-off of the bonus chapters for I Became the Emperor’s Favorite After My Identity Was Exposed. It has been thoroughly revised. The official version is on Jinjiang. Jiang Shu, the Jiang family’s legitimate daughter, is frail and sickly, with a spoiled disposition. Fan Shen, heir to the marquis’s estate, personally came to ask for her hand, thinking that her 171.6kFavorites309.9kClicks/ch55.3kGifts
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  22. 22 The Words of the Number One 第一辞色 Romance271k WordsCompleted Published in print Jiang Jiuqing is an illegitimate princess of a fallen kingdom. Her extraordinary intelligence lies hidden beneath an unremarkable appearance, unknown to everyone. And she doesn't want anyone to find out. She stays out of things; wanting nothing is her normal way of life. But she has a white moonlight, someone she hasn't seen in years. He's completely turned dark and keeps getting into trouble: Ji Yu, the most eloquent persuader in the Nine Provinces, a peerlessly elegant young 167.9kFavorites175.8kClicks/ch53.1kGifts
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  23. 23 Azure Daisies Across a Thousand Mountains 千山青黛 Romance877k WordsCompleted On an ordinary spring evening, flowers bloomed thick along the road and dusk was falling. Amid the rolling evening drums of the Imperial Guard urging people to close their doors, the painter Ye Xuyu entered Jingluo in search of a position as a court painter. … Set in an alternate Tang dynasty. Updates at noon. I have some chapters saved up, but I’m writing too slowly to keep up. Once they run out, updates will be every other day. Thanks for understanding. Enters paid serialization on Saturday, 123kFavorites193.2kClicks/ch107.4kGifts
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  24. 24 Spring Waters of Thirty-Six Ponds 三十六陂春水 Romance511k WordsCompleted [My next novel, When Spring Floods the River, is now underway. You’re welcome to check it out.] Zhu Yanting was the only daughter of the famed Princess Zhanghua, born to a distinguished family and raised to be proud and pampered. She had been groomed to become empress since childhood, envied by every young woman and admired by all. … But after her mother passed away, her fortunes took a sharp turn for the worse. She had no one to rely on at home, and her cousin, the emperor, kept trying to break 120.6kFavorites178.7kClicks/ch62.6kGifts
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  25. 25 Thirty Years as a Consort 为妃三十年 Romance526k WordsCompleted [The main story and all extra chapters are complete.] Thank you all for being with me along the way. Please add my next novel, The Emperor and Her, to your collections. [Coming soon: Notes from the Eastern Depot] [Blurb] Also known as The Mindless Love Story of a Stone-Cold Straight Man He Pang: She lives in a stern age where merely looking directly at the emperor's face is punishable by death. But even when I'm wearing my dragon robe, she sometimes trips me up. Wang S 93.1kFavorites194.7kClicks/ch39.7kGifts
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  26. 26 The Little Palace Maid Wants to Rise to the Top 小宫女想上位 Romance612k WordsCompleted [The neighboring story, Reborn Before She Bought Her Freedom, is now available!] Yun Si was just a palace maid. She wasn't a good person, but she was beautiful. She knew her status was lowly. Even if she left the palace one day, becoming a concubine to a powerful family would be reaching above her station. She was used to the palace's fine clothes and sumptuous food, and could never go back to the life she'd once had. So she set her sights on the man seated on the Dragon Throne. Everyone said 92.8kFavorites163.2kClicks/ch174.4kGifts
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  27. 27 The Yong'an Melody 永安调 Romance270k WordsCompleted A noble daughter of the Wu family, a royal grandson of the Li family. They met in the Daming Palace and fell in love in the Taichu Palace. Though their identities were exalted, they could not obtain an imperial decree of marriage, and so they missed their chance. Perhaps it was laughable. The Wu family ruled the realm, and palace secrets were unfathomable. Who would fault anyone for a love that came too briefly, too lightly? I had hoped my meager strength could keep you safe and content all you 44.4kFavorites171.1kClicks/ch2.4kGifts
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  28. 28 No One Gets Hurt in the Jianghu 江湖不挨刀 Romance311k WordsCompleted [Blurb] Yan Xiaodao rampages across the martial world, while Xue Beifan chases after her with a huge blade… The whole martial world is a mess. They say that if you wander the martial world, you’re bound to get cut. But if you’re always getting cut, maybe you’re the problem. They say that if you wander the field of love, you’re bound to get tricked. But if you’re always getting tricked, maybe you’re the problem. They say that if you walk the open road, you’re bound to fall into a pit. But if you’ 36.6kFavorites70kClicks/ch8.6kGifts
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  29. 29 The Moon Is Gone from Chang'an 长安不见月 Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [This novel depicts real historical events during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, including the Three Commoner Case, the Wei Jian Case, the Du Youlin Case, the Battle of Shibao City, the Battle of Dafeichuan, the Mawei Slope Incident, and the enthronement at Lingwu. It focuses on the women of the imperial harem, whose stories receive only a few hurried lines in the history books yet left a lasting mark, including Du Liangdi, Yang Guifei, Wu Huifei, and Empress Zhang.] Also known as The R 15.1kFavorites19.3kClicks/ch12.5kGifts
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  30. 30 Records of Zhongzhou 中州录 Romance350k WordsCompleted My new novel, “Ode to the Dragon,” is currently being serialized, with a new chapter every night. It can be read as a prequel to this book. My Weibo: https://weibo.com/crossstar001 The great poet Yuan Haowen travels thousands of li to Hedong to work on the compilation of the History of Jin. By a twist of fate, he ends up lodging at an inn in Pingshan City. During a conversation, he discovers that the inn’s proprietress was once a palace woman of the fallen dynasty. From this chance encounter, a 13.4kFavorites6.9kClicks/ch1.6kGifts
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  31. 31 The Immortal's Appearance 仙人状 Romance313k WordsCompleted A suspenseful historical romance, not xianxia, with a wuxia feel. Qingtian Tower stands atop a hill on the outskirts of the city. Legend has it that during the previous dynasty, an immortal ascended to the heavens there. Because the tower is remote and has fallen into disrepair, few people ever visit. At some point, a rumor began circulating that the immortal who ascended from Qingtian Tower appears to the people in their dreams. Anyone with a grievance that cannot receive justice in this world 9.2kFavorites9.7kClicks/ch2.6kGifts
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  32. 32 A Bandit 匪类 Romance588k WordsCompleted The novel "Life Sharing a Body with the Demon Lord" is complete. The blurb for my new novel is up: "This Is a Blind Box." It really is a blind box. All I can say for now is that it's BL. It's expected to start in early August. The genre hasn't been decided yet. It might be wuxia mystery, modern-day demon hunting, or Sentinel/Guide. I have ideas for all of them, so we'll see which outline takes off first. While you're at it, please add me to your author favorites! The third-in-line heir to the M 8.7kFavorites10.4kClicks/ch2.5kGifts
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  33. 33 Tulip Hall 郁金堂 Romance750k WordsCompleted Sese is the daughter of the newly enthroned Crown Prince, and the cherished fiancée of a powerful minister. She never expected that not long after their wedding, her husband, who had always indulged her every whim, would suddenly turn against her and frame her elder brother and sister. To save himself, the Crown Prince strangled his own son and daughter with his bare hands. Everyone at court called him too weak and cowardly to rule, and waited for him to be deposed. The powerful minister stro 2.7kFavorites2.8kClicks/ch2.1kGifts
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