A Touch of Old-World Elegance 古色古香

1. 1 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

   Curator note

   The author's writing is excellent, the beginning is wonderful, the middle is heartbreaking, and the writing becomes complex, a bit mind-bending and mysterious in the later part. I look forward to the completion of the whole story.

2. 2 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

   Curator note

   The beginning was a bit slow, but it got better and better as it went on. The main couple were both intelligent and quick-witted, one of whom was a time traveler. The side couple was touching. The ending was tragic but realistic. The palace drama was excellent. The author's skill was profound. It is said that there will be a second modern-day version. I'm waiting for it.

3. 3 兰 The Romantic Ways of Lanling 兰陵风流 Jun Chaoxi君朝西Baihe (GL)3.0M WordsCompleted This is a prosperous age. This is a romantic age. This is an age in which everyone vies for supremacy beneath the grand tides of history. She is a child of the Xiao clan, yet her background is tangled and complex. In this prosperous and romantic empire, she presses forward, one determined step at a time. The great tides of heaven and earth: striving together, alongside those who walk the same path. [Note 1]: The full novel has been extensively revised, with major content changes. If you have 17.7kFavorites46.4kClicks/ch45.2kGifts
4. 4 重 Reborn: A Heart Given to Inkstone 重生之卿心付砚 The Moon Rises at Dusk时微月上Baihe (GL)451k WordsCompleted Fu Yanqing thought she was lucky to be a hostage. Even in the imperial palace, there was still warmth. But after giving everything to help Zhao Mojian ascend the throne, what she received was an order to destroy her Southwest Prince's estate. With all hope gone, she died before the palace hall, but instead of entering the underworld, she returned to the beginning of her fate. In the icy Taiye Pool, Fu Yanqing had only one thought: drown the person who would become so unrecognizable in the future 16.8kFavorites44.7kClicks/ch11.4kGifts
5. 5 师 The Master's Teachings 师说 Liu Yuan Chang Ning流鸢长凝Baihe (GL)443k WordsCompleted A healer has a compassionate heart and can cure every illness in the world, yet cannot heal the heartbreak of unrequited love. High palace walls imprison beauty and gray hair, yet cannot confine dreams of growing old together, their destination far away. Five years ago, she was the teacher and she was the student, but they could not cross the bounds of propriety. Five years later, she is the emperor's favored consort and she is a female physician, yet they still cannot overstep the rules betwee 16.7kFavorites18.7kClicks/ch7kGifts
6. 6 镇 The Princess Who Guards the Nation (GL) 镇国公主GL Yun允Baihe (GL)1.4M WordsCompleted Originally titled A Peaceful Joy For updates, find Yun Gong Ke Rang on Weibo. For videos, search Yun Gong Ke Rang on Bilibili. The alternate-world tragic version of Princess Zhen Guo can be found in the author's collection, starting from chapter 491. For all locked chapters in the Zhen Guo series, search for "Yun" on Aifadian. A silly version of the blurb: Taiping: Tasty food is no match for dumplings. What's the next line? Wei Huan: ...We Tang people don't call them "dumplings." We call them " 11.8kFavorites12kClicks/ch14kGifts
7. 7 穿 Transmigrating: Fingerstain (GL) 穿越之指染（GL） Si Mu丝慕Baihe (GL)530k WordsCompleted Where love begins, it runs deep and never turns back. All I wish for in this life is one person. A friendly warning, so don’t say the author didn’t tell you: The dynasty the protagonist transmigrates into is fictional. The title of Grand Princess here means the emperor’s daughter, not his sister. The author knows nothing about history. If that leads to any shocking plot points, please silently pretend to cough up blood instead of spraying it all over your computer screen. (Of course, the author 9.6kFavorites39.2kClicks/ch3.8kGifts
8. 8 两 [Reborn] Chronicles of Two Capitals [重生]两都纪事 Half-Tinted Pale Green半色水浅葱Baihe (GL)298k WordsCompleted Xie Tiao, “Entering the Court”: “The beautiful land of Jiangnan, Jinling, the state of emperors.” [The easy-to-understand version] The emperor is gravely ill and has no children. The consort clan has seized control of the court, and one heir after another, chosen from the imperial family, has died for no apparent reason. The Right Chancellor sits at home quietly as a chicken, waiting for the emperor to die, convinced the throne and the realm are already his. Then one day, his sister, the empres 9.2kFavorites21.8kClicks/ch4.7kGifts
9. 9 庙 The Court Is High Above [GL] 庙堂既高gl Mo Jun墨钧Baihe (GL)877k WordsCompleted The court stands high, while the Son of Heaven rules with a light touch. Snowstorms batter the walls, and half my old friends have become ghosts. We once promised a feast for all under heaven, but now the old dream drifts in the rain. Up next: Guan Tong finds a pitiful little fellow in her dream, a tiny puppet emperor from some unknown dynasty. He can't read or study? No problem, she'll teach him. He doesn't know how to scheme? No problem. With five thousand years of history behind her, surel 8.9kFavorites17.9kClicks/ch15.2kGifts

   Curator note

   The female protagonist is disguised as a man, but the romance only develops after she becomes a woman. The other female protagonist's naturally gay character setting is quite different from most ancient Chinese novels. The political intrigue is also well written. The few chapters where the romance breaks out are a bit abrupt, but it does not affect the overall quality.

10. 10 宠 A Doting Marriage 宠婚 Lush and Verdant郁郁葱葱Baihe (GL)280k WordsCompleted Announcement: This novel will be going premium on December 27, with three chapters released that day. Her father is frail, her younger siblings are still small, and Shen Mingshu shoulders the whole family. A letter arrives at a gallop, carrying a marriage contract and a lifetime with a little fool. At first, they think they are simply getting what they need from each other, but somehow one heart is warmed into sweet candy. A talented cook whose bu 8.3kFavorites20.2kClicks/ch3.7kGifts
11. 11 湛 The Zhan Dynasty 湛氏王朝 Horse as Deer马为鹿Baihe (GL)583k WordsCompleted A fictional-history novel about a female emperor's rise to power. Prince Duan Zhan Xi is the only prince of a different surname in the world, and the one burdened with the most secrets. Zhan Xi is determined to break with all of this. She is determined to defy convention and fall in love with a princess of the Jin Dynasty, to contend for the realm as a woman, to win the admiration of all the people, and to make those who look down on her for being a woman bow their heads before her in humility. 2.4kFavorites8.2kClicks/ch330Gifts
12. 12 丑 Ugly Girl (GL) 丑丫（gl） A Flower of a Homebody宅女一枝花Baihe (GL)225k WordsCompleted Blurb Chouya is a low-ranking wood-chopping maid in the Lin household. She eats the worst food and does the hardest work. A note from the author I've been dragging this out for so long, but it's almost finished. Thank you all for staying with me along the way. I'll keep doing my best. VIP Notice This Tuesday, September 13, the story will become VIP. There will be three updates that day. Thank you for your support! ^_^ New story: My Sweet Romance with the Female Lead Theme: 2.1kFavorites9kClicks/ch289Gifts
13. 13 本 I Bestow Upon You a Cup of Poisoned Wine (GL) 本宫赐你毒酒一杯（GL） Luo Er Yin洛儿殷Baihe (GL)394k WordsOngoing One is an unlucky transmigrator who was betrayed and killed by her secret crush. The other is the ultimate sultry, haughty, and flamboyant beauty. In an ancient setting, naturally. Who will claim whom, and who will let the other down? Oops, I forgot the word "watch". Mom says that a love story between only two people wouldn't make an exciting TV show anyway. So we have to add one more. She's a real princess with royal blood, adorably clueless and sweet, right? How's the poisoned wine? It's all r 2.1kFavorites4.5kClicks/ch1.3kGifts
14. 14 妖 The Alluring Chronicles 妖娆记 Fu Nuan芙暖Baihe (GL)229k WordsCompleted The frail and bewitching Imperial Consort Dowager is a fox spirit! She has bewitched her lecherous imperial father, and now she wants to ruin her obedient younger brother, who has just inherited the throne! As the dignified Eldest Princess, she absolutely will not let that happen! She must defeat the fox-spirit consort dowager! And bring her to her knees! P.S. Thanks to my good friend Ruan Mengmeng Dawawa from Hulu Shop for making the cover =3= 1.7kFavorites8.3kClicks/ch413Gifts
15. 15 萧 The Legend of Consort Xiao Shu 萧淑妃传 Who Will Hear the Broken Strings弦断有谁听Baihe (GL)216k WordsCompleted When you say the name Xiao Shufei, your heart begins to soften. Wu Meiniang, too, once fell for her. Empress Wang is also a beauty, and Princess Gaoyang, who abused Wu Meiniang at Ganye Temple for two years, will make an appearance too. Wu Meiniang's older sister, Lady of Korea, and her niece, Lady of Wei, will also show up for a bit. (Mother and daughter? Absolutely not!!!) Yiyang might suddenly want to gobble Taiping up in one bite. Watching the little girl grow up bit by bit is actually rath 978Favorites5.6kClicks/ch—Gifts

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