Historical GL Dramas 古代百合正剧

1. 1 女 The Female General and the Grand Princess 女将军和长公主 Please Don't Laugh请君莫笑Baihe (GL)585k WordsCompleted The mainland simplified Chinese edition of The Female General and the Eldest Princess is now available! Preorders open at 8:00 p.m. on May 28, 2022. Published by Hunan Xinxin Xiang'ai Publishing House under the title The Female General and the Eldest Princess. [This is a fictional setting rooted in Han and Tang culture. Historians, please don't come after me.] [Mobile blurb] To survive in a time of chaos, avenge her loved ones, and seek justice for the 118 innocent people from her village who we 182.6kFavorites204.8kClicks/ch114.4kGifts

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   A cunning princess and her general husband. After her entire village was massacred by the Xiongnu, Lin Luoyue, who escaped while gathering herbs in the mountains, changed her name to her younger brother, Lin Feixing, and disguised herself as a man to join the army to avenge her family. Originally, she only wanted to be a lowly soldier, making the Xiongnu pay with their lives, killing enough Xiongnu to appease the spirits of her family and villagers. However, by chance, she met the princess. Lin Luoyue gradually rose to become a great general. The process is agonizing, but the ending is happy.

2. 2 泾 Love Between Jing and Wei 泾渭情殇 Please Don't Laugh请君莫笑Baihe (GL)1.1M WordsCompleted Adapted from "Jing and Wei: A Love Story" on Jinjiang Literature City, originally written by Qing Jun Mo Xiao. Produced by Yin Hang Media and available exclusively on Maoer FM. Please listen to the audio drama "Jing and Wei: Without a Divide". The first preview was released on May 3, 2023. Starting May 10, one full episode will be released each week, for a total of 14 episodes. Let’s step into the world of “Jing and Wei: Without a Divide” together! Up next: "My Ghostly Lady" The natural barrie 109.5kFavorites107.3kClicks/ch124.8kGifts

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   A revenge-seeking grassland prince and an innocent princess, separated by national and personal hatred, a tragic story with an open ending.

3. 3 我 I Am the Prey 我为鱼肉 Ning Yuan宁远Baihe (GL)1.2M WordsCompleted [Updates on the print edition: Weibo @Ningyuan430] Get close to her, serve her, please her, and then kill her. “My heart is like a double-stranded net, knotted with a thousand threads.” Zhang Xian, Song Dynasty [Everyone is evil] Also known as The Everyday Life of a Fake Couple Who Make Believe for Real. Power couple, younger woman/older woman, political intrigue. Fictional setting, so no need to fact-check. Plot-driven, slow-burn romance, 1v1. Main characters: Zhen Wenjun x Wei Tingxu, HE. Ple 101.2kFavorites122.7kClicks/ch152.5kGifts

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   Both are beautiful, strong, and tragic. A long, plot-driven political intrigue novel featuring a love-hate relationship where a fake couple's relationship turns real. The protagonist is Zhen Wenjun, a brave and resourceful younger man, who is the dominant partner, while Wei Tingxu is a sickly, intelligent, and almost demonic older man. The sequel, "Raising the Chancellor," is set a century later and can be read separately.

4. 4 沈 Miss Shen’s Wife-Chasing Strategy 沈姑娘追妻攻略 March Spring Never Ages三月春光不老Baihe (GL)899k WordsCompleted 73.2kFavorites85.3kClicks/ch75.4kGifts

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   Childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree. The sickly, cunning, and seductive Miss Shen and the young general from the Sun Pond.

5. 5 入EN Matrilocal Marriage: Ruzhui 入赘 Please Don't Laugh请君莫笑Baihe (GL)1.1M WordsCompleted Updated every other day. If anything comes up, I’ll post a leave notice. Follow me: Jinjiang GL author Qing Jun Mo Xiao. Feel free to come and go. No need to let me know specially. If you have strong opinions about the plot or would like a friendly literary discussion, message me privately. [This story will officially become a VIP title on July 18, 2020. A 10,000-word update will be released on the day it enters VIP. The anti-piracy ratio is 90%, with a 72-hour delay.] [The serious blurb] Yun An 71.8kFavorites102.9kClicks/ch164.2kGifts

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   Yun An, a modern man who participates in a time-travel project, travels to ancient times and becomes the son-in-law of Lin Buxian, the heir to the wealthy Lin family. The story involves a clash between modern and ancient ideologies. The beginning is delicate and slow-paced, while the later parts accelerate and have some unexpected twists.

6. 6 养 Raising the Chancellor 养丞 Ning Yuan宁远Baihe (GL)1.7M WordsCompleted [Print edition updates: Weibo @Ningyuan430] Tong Shaoxuan first met Tang Sanniang, Tang Jianwei, whose family had fallen on hard times, at the Princess Royal’s spring gathering. She saw not only Tang’s peerless beauty, but also her silver tongue and duplicitous nature. Tong Shaoxuan sighed. “Thank goodness the Tang family called off my engagement back then. Otherwise, wouldn’t the Tong household be in chaos, with no peace and quiet?” Not long afterward, the emperor betrothed Tang Jianwei to Tong 57.2kFavorites74kClicks/ch160.4kGifts

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   A story of bickering lovers, arranged marriage leading to love, revenge and vengeance, a nurturing relationship, and the birth of a daughter. Tang Jianwei, a noblewoman from the capital, is suddenly forced to marry the younger prodigy Tong Shaoxuan amidst a dramatic upheaval. The couple journeys hand in hand. "I Am the Fish," a story set a century later, can be read independently.

7. 7 师 Senior Sister 师姐 Count Xili西里伯爵Baihe (GL)580k WordsCompleted Sunny, eager-to-please top x aloof, sickly, queenly bottom During the Zhouqi era, the Fengyi Sect, renowned for producing outstanding talents, had two unspoken taboos. The first: Elder Ye, Ye Qingzhou, powerful, mad, and ruthless in battle. Don't provoke her! The other taboo, and Elder Ye's greatest taboo of all, was her late senior sister, Luo Jiao. Don't mention her! "Nobody knows what went wrong a hundred years ago, but Elder Ye absolutely loathes this senior sister." "Last time someone me 55.5kFavorites76.1kClicks/ch31kGifts

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   What should I do if my junior sister loves me too much? After I died, my obedient junior sister turned into a yandere! Senior sister and junior sister are a match made in heaven! Dog-like senior sister top x cat-like junior sister bottom.

8. 8 清 Peaceful Joy 清平乐 As Flowers Leave the Trees若花辞树Baihe (GL)365k WordsCompleted The wild geese come and go; once again, autumn light fades. Time drifts gently by, and I sigh at how quietly it passes. These feelings of mine still have no proof. Note: The protagonists are not related by blood. This novel will go premium on Monday, December 14. Three chapters will be released that day. Reposting in any form is prohibited! Theme: 36.1kFavorites76.6kClicks/ch12.5kGifts

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   A mother and daughter disguised as men, the Empress and the prince she raised. There is a modern version.

9. 9 焚 To Embers We Return 焚情 Ning Yuan宁远Baihe (GL)839k WordsCompleted Shen Ni returned home in glory, holding a top-rank official post. Just as she was given an easy assignment, the emperor arranged her marriage to Bian Jin, the woman she'd always adored from afar. Bian Jin had once been the Empire's Blade, a human weapon feared by all. After she was gravely wounded, she could only stand thanks to the mechanical spine installed by Shen Ni, the mechanic. Even after their wedding, they still called each other Senior Sister and Junior Sister. Yet Shen Ni had to kee 33.9kFavorites32kClicks/ch102.4kGifts

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   Cyberpunk ancient times, a scheming and crazy mechanic junior sister x a humanoid weapon and the white moonlight senior sister. Arranged marriage, love comes later, happy ending.

10. 10 红 The Splendor of Red 红衣峥嵘 Eight Cups of Water a Day一天八杯水Baihe (GL)627k WordsCompleted Palace Mistress Yu is willful by nature. She can lick blood from a blade’s edge and walk across ice thin enough to shatter, yet until her dying breath, she refuses to believe love exists in this world or that the Princess Royal has a heart. Reborn, she no longer wants to be the little temptress who uses her beauty to get her way. She reins in her sharp edges, pretends to be weak and pitiable, and only wants to win the Princess Royal’s favor. CP: A sickly, wicked beauty x a gentle, calculating P 32.9kFavorites51.3kClicks/ch22.6kGifts

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    A rebirth story featuring a cold, aloof, and cunning princess as the seme and a sickly, wicked beauty as the uke. Both are seemingly innocent but actually ruthless. Set in a low-magic, high-martial-arts world. A very enjoyable, plot-driven, sweet story with a happy ending.

11. 11 狐 The Fox Spirit Who Bewitches the Ruler 狐媚惑主 Maple River, Sorrowful Sleeper江枫愁眠Baihe (GL)360k WordsCompleted An anthology of stories about women, or so they say. Theme: 31.8kFavorites53.8kClicks/ch20.1kGifts

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    The four unit stories, with twists and turns, are intricately linked and perfectly capture the theme. They feature a gentle and virtuous princess and her scheming, devoted love interest; a motherly author and a sickly female villain; a courtesan; and a quick-transmigration mission taker.

12. 12 苍 Amid the Vast Clouds and Sea 苍茫云海间 Watching the Pavilion at Dusk看长亭晚Baihe (GL)990k WordsCompleted 30.6kFavorites46.6kClicks/ch31.9kGifts

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    A female-dominated yuri (lesbian) story. The relationship initially revolves around a young lady and her maid, later shifting to a ruler and his subjects. The process is angsty, but the ending is happy.

13. 13 春 Spring as It Was 春如旧 As Flowers Leave the Trees若花辞树Baihe (GL)402k WordsCompleted Before she was reborn, Princess Puyang hated Wei Xiu to the core. After being reborn, Puyang wanted nothing more than to have this person. In short, it's the story of a reclusive mountain scholar who saves a badly wounded princess, then gets relentlessly courted and wooed by her. Note: 1. This scholar uses a wheelchair and cannot walk. If that's not your thing, please don't click, mwah. 2. HE. They end up together and live to a ripe old age. This novel will go premium tomorrow (August 25). Ther 30.2kFavorites67.9kClicks/ch20.2kGifts

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    A rebirth story where a hermit in a wheelchair saves a severely injured princess. He is then seduced by the princess in various ways, and the two fall in love and work together. Happy ending.

14. 14 女 The Female Coroner 女仵作 Please Don't Laugh请君莫笑Baihe (GL)1.1M WordsCompleted The work type is bugged, please ignore it. The correct categories are: novel, 18+, original, baihe, top-focused, historical setting, romance, serious drama. One is a recent university graduate from a family of forensic experts, and the other is an ancient woman from a farming family. Wu Wei, a recent university graduate in the modern era, accidentally transmigrates while investigating an ancient building hidden underwater, arriving in a time and place never recorded in the history of Blue Star 28.8kFavorites33kClicks/ch100.1kGifts

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    A female coroner and an embroiderer. A college graduate from a family of forensic scientists travels back to ancient times and encounters an embroiderer from a poor farming family. A suspenseful mystery drama.

15. 15 美 A Beauty’s Scheme 美人谋 Yu Huan于欢Baihe (GL)1.2M WordsCompleted A possessive, scheming princess × a woman general. Happy ending, serious political intrigue, feminist fiction, villainous heroine (mad, ruthless, and a master strategist). This novel is also known as The History of Love and Hate Between a Mad Princess and a God of War, My Wife Kills, I Bury the Bodies; My Wife Draws Her Blade, I Sharpen My Sword, My Wife Is So Crazy and I Love It, and The General Is Strong and Easy to Push Over. Serious blurb: This is a story about a mad princess, born ambitious 26.6kFavorites27.1kClicks/ch50.4kGifts

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    A lengthy, serious drama, a political intrigue story, and a reincarnation tale. A female general and a venomous princess are locked in a love-hate relationship.

16. 16 中 Edict of the Central Palace [GL] 中宫令GL Warm Raccoon暖狸Baihe (GL)544k WordsCompleted #What do you do when you wake up reincarnated as a palace maid? Help, anyone online?# Don’t panic. Cling to the Empress! #What flirting skills do you need to win over the Empress?# See the story for details. #My golden finger skill hasn’t unlocked. I’m about to explode.# Thirty-six strategies for surviving the palace: the one you unlock is your brain. If your brain isn’t up to the job… just grit your teeth! #How a Palace Matron Is Made# This is a story about a palace matron and the Empress. A Qi 25.6kFavorites51.6kClicks/ch12.4kGifts

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    A time-travel story set in the Qing Dynasty, where the protagonist transmigrates into the body of a palace maid to seduce the empress, only to be seduced by her in return. It's a sweet yet heart-wrenching tale with a happy ending. A serious drama, it depicts the ruthless oppression of women in feudal society and a courtly romance between women of vastly different social statuses who find their hearts infinitely close.

17. 17 宦 The Eunuch's Daughter 宦娘 The Fish Is Sleepy鱼很困Baihe (GL)564k WordsCompleted Coming soon: The Imperial Granddaughter (GL) Blurb: In the ninth year of Yong'an, the entire Gu family, headed by the Grand Secretary, was executed for taking part in the Third Prince's treason case. Mrs. Gu couldn't bear to see her six-year-old daughter die with the rest of the family, so she begged the wet nurse to save the child with her dying breath. Yuan Chi originally had a surname: Gu. But as the wet nurse lay dying, she said that the Gu name brought disaster, so after Yuan Chi entered t 20.3kFavorites22.1kClicks/ch24.4kGifts

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    The story of a female eunuch and a princess, two ambitious individuals rising to power.

18. 18 情 The Snare of Love (GL) 情彀（GL） Yang Huo杨惑Baihe (GL)1.1M WordsCompleted I would die for you, live for you, and drink beneath the moon with the long wind at my side. I would break my sharp sword for you and snuff out the ever-burning lamp. Who will keep me company through the endless night? Half-drawn spring curtains, I wake in a daze from my dream. I recall our vows of life and death in days gone by, and ask whether we will meet again in the next life. Wood grows roots easily near water, but no other water can compare to the three thousand miles of the Weak River. 14.7kFavorites22.9kClicks/ch2.4kGifts

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    A serious drama, a long story, about a female imperial consort.

19. 19 重 Reborn to Stay by Your Side 重生之与君厮守 Yu Huan于欢Baihe (GL)601k WordsCompleted Also known as As You Wish, a Taoist priest x princess story (Recommended for those who love history, culture, and Taoism, and of course, a heavenly romance) Before she was reborn, she was the emperor and empress's most beloved eldest daughter. The Khitan cavalry had only just withdrawn from Chanyuan when the court was thrown into turmoil once more. A Taoist priest won top honors in the imperial examinations, earning the admiration of countless women in the capital. A few years later, the empres 8.4kFavorites22.9kClicks/ch2.9kGifts

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    Taoist priest x princess.

20. 20 欺 The Crime of Deceiving the Emperor 欺君之罪 Zhang Jiayin张佳音Baihe (GL)429k WordsCompleted Xu Huo, the sole heir to the Pingnan Marquis Household, was born with the crime of deceiving the emperor hanging over her head: She was a woman who could pass perfectly as a man! A man had to marry when he came of age. Xu Huo didn't like women, but to conceal her identity and ensure the continuation of the marquis household, she had to take a wife... P.S. 1. This is purely for fun. There are only two female leads, and it's a GL romance set in a historical Chinese world. The sto 7kFavorites7.7kClicks/ch8.3kGifts

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    Xu Huo, the heir to a noble family who disguises himself as a man, marries a woman named Fang Jingning, a dashing and aloof elite.

21. 21 长 The Grand Princess 长公主 Ask What Brings You West问西来意Baihe (GL)305k WordsCompleted - What about being The Outcast, second only to one and above all others? - No. She only wants to be emperor. Who says governing the land has nothing to do with me? We vie for glory amid Chang'an's dusty streets. When will the Eastern Lord send the phoenix decree? Then, in a single day, I shall rule the springtime of the Jade Capital. [Princess (Emperor) x Chief Secretary (Chancellor)] Theme: Love life, and be a good person. 3.8kFavorites3.5kClicks/ch2.1kGifts

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    Princess (Emperor) x Chief Secretary (Prime Minister), plot-driven. The emperor and his ministers get along very well, like fish in water.

22. 22 折 Plucking a Branch 折枝 Watching the Pavilion at Dusk看长亭晚Baihe (GL)42k WordsCompleted She only feels at ease when she has me in her grasp, but the tighter she holds me, the more obsessed I become. Could anyone in this world be more perfect for each other than us? From the moment I fell for her, there was no turning back. The key to the lock lies on a beach where SpongeBob and Patrick are dancing in scarves. Theme: The kind that makes people happy 3.6kFavorites13kClicks/ch639Gifts

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    A finely crafted short story, leaving a lasting impression. A mad, heartless, and ruthless seme x a seemingly indifferent, power-hungry, and lazy uke.

23. 23 苍 Cang Mang: Bonus Chapters 苍茫番外 Watching the Pavilion at Dusk看长亭晚Baihe (GL)17k WordsCompleted Cang Mang Extra Theme: 1.8kFavorites23.8kClicks/ch227Gifts

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    It is recommended to read the extra chapters of "Between the Vast Clouds and Seas" before reading them!

24. 24 如 Like the Everlasting Moon 如月之恒 Moonlight in My Lapels满襟明月Baihe (GL)374k WordsOngoing In the waning years of the Chong Dynasty, the land was in turmoil. Heroes rose up everywhere, all vying to rule the realm. The Qin clan began as bandits, but in just a few short years, they became one of the most formidable forces among the various rebel armies. Everyone said it was because Qin had a remarkable daughter. Qin Yi excelled in both the civil and military arts and was capable of anything. The Xingye Army under her command was invincible, winning every battle. But during the campaign, 1.7kFavorites689Clicks/ch2.6kGifts

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    A powerful alliance, vying for supremacy. Early on, a war god and strategist; later, a founding emperor and prime minister. The main storyline takes place a century after "Poetry and Blade's Howl," and can be read independently.

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