Historical Romances That Emptied My Wallet Over the Years 那些年让我掏空钱包的古言
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A Sweet Courtyard Through the Seasons 四时甜院
When Jing Shen first arrived in Ruoliu, he stayed at the home of Teacher Xia, who taught at the school. The teacher's family was poor. Their courtyard held only a pomegranate tree, a parasol tree, and one lovely girl. After that, he ate and played with her, and spent all four seasons by her side. Even after he went home, he still remembered that year, when the pomegranate blossoms were in bloom. Beneath a sea of scarlet, he had inexplicably... stolen a kiss from her. She tasted as sweet and fre
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The Empress is My Little Childhood Sweetheart 皇后是朕小青梅
[Complete] Chu Zhengze ascended the throne at the age of seven. Before he had even gotten comfortable on the throne, the Grand Empress Dowager he feared most forced him to bring into the palace Xue YurRun, the youngest legitimate granddaughter of the prime minister he hated most. From then on, Xue YurRun loved meat, so Chu Zhengze's dining table with her never had a scrap of meat. Chu Zhengze was afraid of dogs, so Xue YurRun raised seven of them and acted like she was one of them every day. An
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Transmigrated as the Crown Princess of a Fallen Kingdom 穿成亡国太子妃
[The simplified Chinese edition has been retitled "The Phoenix Sets Sail"] One day, Qin Zheng, an engineer who worked on aid projects in Africa, transmigrated as the Crown Princess. She didn’t get a palace-intrigue script or even a chance to enjoy the Crown Princess’s luxurious life. Because the country had fallen. A eunuch held out a three-foot strip of white silk. “Your Highness, the city has fallen. Please die with dignity.” Qin Zheng: “...” What kind of opening was this? To avoid being force
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A Guide to Surviving as the Principal Wife 主母生存指南
Bad news: Zhu Mingli transmigrates into a book and becomes the matriarch of a feudal household. Her husband is cold and indifferent, and on their wedding night he receives orders to leave the capital. System: Host, please raise the male lead’s affection for you. You can exchange accumulated experience points for beauty pills and body-shaping pills to win his heart Zhu Mingli: Wait! Look at it from a different angle! This is clearly good news: the matriarch has power, her mother-in-law stays out
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After Accidentally Marrying a Fierce General 误嫁凶悍武将后
Blunt, cheerful sweetheart x cold-faced, fierce general Marriage first, love later / lighthearted, sweet everyday romance Yu Zhiguang, the Yu family’s cherished daughter, was ambushed outside the city and spent a night in a bandit den before Xue Shen, a general of the Imperial Guard, rescued her. At the Hibiscus Banquet, rumors ran rampant, claiming she had lost her virtue. Her betrothed, to whom she had been promised since childhood, came to break off the engagement. But when he met her sweet
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Joyous Spring 喜春来
[Main story complete. Extras are updated irregularly.] She runs away while pregnant during the imperial examinations, carrying a genius baby. Plot-focused. Plot blurb: Zhang Youhuang wakes up one day and discovers that she has transmigrated. What should she do when she's unfamiliar with the place and everyone, and her situation is dire? Roll up her sleeves and build a career, of course!! A literary-exam prodigy in the study-guide business: That's me. A formidable teacher to the top students:
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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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A Second Spring Breeze 二度春风
A masked regular always visits the little restaurant on rainy days, when hardly anyone else comes by. He sits down, sweeping his robe aside, his imposing frame as still as a mountain. “A bowl of Golden Crumble Rice.” Yu Yan discreetly studies the scars the edges of his mask cannot hide, as well as his strong, muscular shoulders and arms. She piles plenty of toppings onto his Golden Crumble Rice. “Will you come tomorrow afternoon? I’ll give you an extra-large bowl, free of charge.” Behind the m
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Everything Is Auspicious, Nothing Is Forbidden 诸事皆宜百无禁忌
When Qiu Xinran was young and foolish, she once lived in the capital for three years. During a war in the northwest, with no one at court to take charge, she cast a divination in front of everyone. Her reading sent the bedridden heir of the Xia family to the war-torn frontier. Seven years later, Qiu Xinran returns to Chang'an, just as the sickly heir from back then, now the Marquis of Dingbei, comes home victorious. The capital's gambling houses open betting pools on when the marquis will settle
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A Little Physician from the Tang Dynasty 唐朝小医娘
In her previous life, Le Yao had finally opened a clinic for the blind and earned enough to support herself, only to die in a fire. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated to the Tang dynasty. Then she heard a cold voice ordering someone to dig a pit and bury her. Le Yao: "...W-wait! Don't bury me just yet!!!" She desperately reached out and grabbed the man's robe. Looking up in alarm, she unexpectedly met a pair of eyes clear as snow on a mountain. The original owner was the daug
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The Little Noodle Shop in Bianjing 汴京小面馆
[Signed for publication. Follow @Haochide Songxuesu for publication updates.] Shen Miao transmigrated into the role of a discarded wife, cast out by her cruel mother-in-law. Her birth parents had died early, leaving behind only a burned-down, bankrupt noodle shop. And two younger siblings who had nearly starved to death. Everyone said she had a miserable life. Her ex-husband's family was eager to watch her make a fool of herself. But Shen Miao, whose grandparents, parents, and children had all b
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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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Bright Years (Double Rebirth) 岁时有昭(双重生)
[The complete novel is finished. The main story of "I Haven’t Been a God for Ages" is also complete. Come check it out!!!] Novel blurb: [Blurb One] When Rong Shu married Gu Changjin, she didn’t know his heart belonged to someone else. She also had no idea that her mother had forced the woman he loved to marry far away in Suzhou, so that Rong Shu could get what she wanted. Three years after their wedding, the empress found Gu Changjin and brought him back. He b
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Opening a Snack Shop at the Imperial College 在国子监开小卖部
[The print edition is now on sale and available on all platforms. Thank you for your support!] Yao Qizhao, Libationer of the Imperial College, was a man of impeccable character, upright and honest throughout his life, never making a single mistake. Then one day, he suddenly broke off his granddaughter's engagement in the street and beat up a court official. His reputation was ruined, and his health rapidly declined. He lived frugally all his life. His family assets amounted to just over twenty
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The Imperial Examination: A Man Disguised as a Woman 科举之男装大佬
"Completed January 2019" One-line summary: A woman disguises herself as a man, takes the imperial exams, makes her way through court, and becomes a powerful figure. Synopsis: Cheng Ping was raised as a boy from early childhood. Now she faces two choices: Reveal her true identity and be married off to any man they choose; Or go all in, take the imperial exams, and claim control over her own life. Which will she choose? Obviously, the latter! But Cheng Ping's road through the exams and the imperi
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The County Magistrate and the Young Coroner 大县令小仵作
Ping'an County is anything but peaceful. Bandits run rampant, until a county magistrate standing eight feet tall arrives and wipes them out in no time! One day, the magistrate gains a young and beautiful wife. She is well-read and a wonderful cook, has a sharp eye for clearing the names of the dead, and loves to tug on the magistrate's ear whenever she has a spare moment... The stern-faced magistrate shamelessly declares, "Now this is what married life is all about!" The people of the county
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Kaifeng Prefecture's Culinary Casebook 开封府美食探案录
A female doctor skilled in food therapy has arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture. Whether it’s frying, sautéing, deep-frying, steaming, boiling, or hotpot, whether you’re dealing with bruises, injuries, illness, or paralysis, her food cures what ails you! Everyone cheers: “Now our families never have to worry about our health again!” But she can identify people by scent and distinguish clues... Doctor, just how many more surprises are you hiding from us? Newly appointed doctor Ma Bing says, “It’s all f
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- 18 I Beheld Guanyin 我见观音 [Complete] Weibo: Diao Xian Mu Ou. Frequent giveaways. [Bonus chapters are coming, and will be posted along with revised chapters.] [Revising and replacing chapters now. Stolen copies online may be missing scenes, so please check carefully.] 1. When Xuan Rong was nine, three royal hostages arrived from the northern frontier. The youngest boy's maternal family was lowborn, and his older brothers bullied him relentlessly. Unable to bear it, she used her high status to help him several times. In t 38.5kFavorites43.9kClicks/ch22.6kGifts
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The Little Scholar Next Door 隔壁的小书生
Blurb One: There's a handsome, impoverished scholar in Taohua Town, who cooks for himself every day to save money. One day, a heroine suddenly knocks on his door. She glances at the clay pot of porridge bubbling in the courtyard, grins, showing two rows of pearly white teeth, and says, "Little bookworm, are you selling that porridge?" Blurb Two: How long has it been since you slowed down to appreciate the simple warmth of everyday life? And how long since you noticed the little kindnesses aroun
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Symbiosis 共生
Pre-registration novel: Cloud Gazing. If you're interested, visit my author page. Sending love. Blurb: Cui Shen loved Wei Yujie all his life. He indulged her, comforted her, and doted on her. He cherished her like a delicate flower and worshipped her like a goddess. In the twenty years they knew and stayed by each other, he did three things that made her angry. He forced her to marry him. He divorced her. He died for her. All three went against her wishes. * Every love in this world seeks
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A Little Eatery in Chang'an 长安小饭馆
"Completed in September 2019" For information on the reprinted edition, please visit Weibo @A Jin Jia De Ying Tao Gao Fine rain and a gentle breeze, a little shop with a blue banner, a beautiful foreign barmaid. Fine wine from Xinfeng, tender greens and bamboo shoots, golden pickled fish. Lin Yan, Assistant Prefect of the Capital, turns his attention to the landlady, whose skin is as white as snow and whose eyes are like apricots. It’s truly sad and pitiful for a highborn lady to have fallen s
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Bamboo Shattered, Jade Broken 折竹碎玉
[Print edition signed; check Weibo @Shen Bi Se Ya for updates] Xiao Yao held a grudge against Cui Xun because of an elegant gathering shortly after she first arrived in Jianye. She was mocked rather thoroughly and, unable to restrain herself, tore the jeweled flower from Wang Si’s hair, turning the place into chaos. The farce came to an abrupt end when Cui Xun arrived. The noble young ladies who had been so proud and haughty around her all changed their tune, becoming so sweet and gentle it mad
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The Founding Emperor’s Little Princess 开国皇帝的小公主
Qingyang is Emperor Xingwu's most treasured little princess, but lately she's been feeling rather troubled: Her three older brothers have angered their father again; The Left Chancellor actually badmouthed her at a palace banquet; And ever since she accidentally walked in on Zhang Su changing, he's been avoiding her for days. How annoying! She's only nine! She didn't even laugh at him! · Royal family slice-of-life, lighthearted tone. Intimate scenes only after the characters are adults. · Set
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A Little Song Dynasty Eatery 宋朝小食店
[Blurb One] The Zhu Family Eatery is tucked away in a small alley in Bianjing. The eatery opens only at night. It is small, and its chef is a young woman with slender wrists who can nevertheless wield a heavy cleaver and toss an iron wok. Though young, she can cook by any method: stir-frying, roasting, searing, deep-frying, boiling, stewing, braising, steaming, curing, candying, skewering, pickling, and more. The Zhu Family Eatery brings together dishes from every corner of the land. Crucian
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