Sheng Xiyan was born again.... more>>

In the last life, she didn’t know until after her death, that she had been living in a novel.

The protagonist of the novel is her fiancé Yongning Hou Shizi and his true love and his white moonlight Zhao Yuanrou, who is her cousin. Zhao Yuanrou is a noble and talented transgressive female, whereas she is a cannon fodder who hinders their lifelong relationship.

In order to stay together for a lifetime, they met to jump into the lake and try dying in the name love.

They did not die, but moved the queen mother. The queen mother made the decision for them, to let his True Love be with him and so both of them married into the Yongning Hou Mansion on the same day, but she fell “seriously ill” before even seeing the husband’s face.

After a deep sadomasochistic relationship, the hero and heroine finally got together happily. In order to make way for them, Sheng Xiyan, who “dominated” the position of his wife, “died from illness” in the cold palace.

In this life, Sheng Xiyan was reborn on the day the hero and heroine eloped and died in love.

Faced with the fiance whose face was deeply protective of Zhao Yuanrou and the queen mother who was moved by true emotions, Sheng Xiyan chose to marry the eldest son of Zhenbei King Chu Yuanchen who had died on the battlefield.

Chu Yuanchen was a well-known and famous general in Dasheng, who had made great achievements in battle. In a battle with Beiyan, he defeated Beiyan and fled, but he himself was seriously injured and his whereabouts were unknown.

Sheng Xiyan became the eldest wife of the Zhenbei Palace instead of the Marquis Mansion.

I thought that this life could finally live comfortably, but I didn’t expect that the man who died early in the novel would actually come back to life!

Note: The heroine’s marriage in her previous life was ordered by her parents, in name only. <<less

"The True Colors of the Empress" marks the end of the "Heaven’s Beauty/Admirable Heaven" series by the author.... more>>

She is often regarded as an exceptionally lucky queen, greeted with thrones wherever she goes, and everyone bows in reverence. As per the belief in her reincarnation as the queen, she experiences wealth and prosperity in the human world.

However, the truth is, that she's the most unlucky queen – power struggles among warlords, a puppet throne, and the constant fight for imperial authority define her reality. She's merely a pawn in the unpredictable dynamics of power.

Being a queen manipulated by others, her only desire is freedom, a pursuit that proves elusive. Her romantic involvement with the national teacher becomes a hindrance to her quest for the throne.

The dignity she craves is also the barrier on his path to seizing the imperial throne.

Who brings disaster to whom, and who stands as the opponent for whom?

Who sacrifices for whom, and who schemes against whom?

"If there is only one road left in this world for her to walk alone, I will choose to send her on it. If that road needs to be filled with the corpses of all people, it can start with me."

On this road, flowers and bones coexist, blending coldness with warmth.

In the end, it was Emperor Ge Xue Ye, who ended the relationship with one stroke.

This world is turning clouds and raining hands, pushing you and me to separate.

But trust me, I will return. <<less

Jiang Jiuqing is the princess of a vanquished nation. No one knows her extreme cleverness hidden under her ordinary skin——she also doesn’t want others to know either. Staying out of things is her manner towards handling affairs, and wanting nothing is the norm in her life. However she has a white moonlight. After not seeing him for many years, he has now completely blackened, causing trouble everywhere——The world’s number one lobbyist, the peerless and magnificent Young Master Ji Yu.... more>>

Jiang Jiuqing had always thought that the reason why her white moonlight is a white moonlight is because he has forgotten about her, and will never belong to her. He is her master, and she assists him in lobbying the world. They are just allies, a symbiosis relationship, mutually using each other.

A long, long time later, Ji Yu said——

“This world is frantic and absurd. Malicious people die an ugly death, and the merciless people are sought after. I was never reluctant to leave until I met you.”

There are thousands of people in the world, and thousands of beauties, yet it is only you who can disturb my heart.

Are you ready to fall in love with the smartest and most cold-hearted people in the world?

The calm and cool-headed princess of a vanquished nation x the ruthless and revengeful number one lobbyist.

Male and female leads are both very strong, white cuts black.

“White cuts black” = someone who looks very gentle on the outside, but in fact, is actually very ruthless and two-faced <<less

A young prince comes to visit an ancient Venerable with news of his aunt's death. He then is told an unexpected tale of the Venerable's... more>> youth. <<less

In order to arrange a respectable marriage for her, Wang Xi's mother sent her to the golden-plated mansion of the Duke of Yongcheng in the capital city. However, Wang Xi, who came from a wealthy family in Shu, found nothing appealing in the capital and only wished to return home as soon as possible. ... more>>

One day, she accidentally discovered that she could use a telescope on the artificial mountain in her backyard to see the residence of the neighboring Eldest Princess... Her eyes lit up instantly—Eldest Princess's son, Chen Luo, was truly handsome!

The cousins in the Duke of Yongcheng's mansion were really interesting! The capital city was so much fun! <<less

Twenty years ago, there was a great upheaval in Yunxia, and Di Shengtian, with her close friend Han Zian, quelled the chaos and disappeared from the public eye. ... more>>

Ten years later, the entire Di family was annihilated, with only a lone girl being banished to Mount Tai, and the century-old foundation of the Di’s family was destroyed.

If Di Shengtian had known that one day her own disciples would exterminate the entire Di family, would she still have shared half of her kingdom to secure a lasting legacy for the future?

Regardless of how the world marvels at the era of Di Shengtian, as time passes, when Ren Anle, bored and idle, reads this history of the wilds while curled up in her bandit’s den, she can only laugh and say… winners become kings and losers are defeated, this is how the world works.

Who in this world still cares how the once strongest person in Yunxia would respond? <<less

When she opened her eyes, she became the well-known ugly woman in the village and there was a soft little bun in front of her plus an instant hunter husband. ... more>>

Lin Xiaoye felt pressured, but with a silver needle in hand, she started treating illnesses and saving people to earn a fortune, kissing her husband, abusing scums, raising a bun, planting crops and living a good life.

Wait, what? Her husband is a god of war? And an outstanding founding minister? The emperor even begged him? How dare he hide this from her?

Scram and sleep in the hall! <<less

In his previous life, Song Jingyun, the heir of Prince Rui, treated his wife harshly and trusted his friends foolishly. In the end, he went down the wrong road step by step and lost everything.... more>>

His pregnant wife An Nan was killed by the traitor He Xu after he coveted him, and his body was thrown into the river. In endless regret and hatred, Song Jingyun killed He Xu in revenge and then threw himself into the river to follow An Nan. But he didn’t expect that when he woke up, he would be reborn and return to the time before he married An Nan.

He wanted to preemptively kill He Xu again, but before he could take action, his subordinate told him some shocking news. He, Song Jingyun was dissatisfied with his marriage to An Nan, so three days ago, he went to Duke Zhenguo’s Mansion with a simple betrothal gift to propose marriage, and threatened to only let someone’s youngest son be his concubine.
When Song Jingyun heard this, he slapped himself. Feeling that the situation was urgent, he changed his plan to kill He Xu first. This became the current plan: the main task was to recover Nannan first and treat him wholeheartedly; the secondary task was to change their fate and turn things around. <<less

‘I wish to become the happiest woman on this planet; to meet him at my happiest, then have him fall for me and paint my face for a lifetime.’ – Ning Xishi... more>>

Note: This is a short story that is part of a series, The Twelve Spirits, but can be read as a standalone. <<less

In 1987, as martial law is lifted in Taiwan, A-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, h*mophobia, and social stigma.

A short story set in the countryside about a struggling hunter and a rich landowner.

In front of the Spirit Beheading Stage, all of the people rebelled against her, and the falsely accused Feng Qingyu’s immortal bones were picked out, her immortal roots were destroyed, and all of her nirvana power was taken away by her sister.... more>>

At the top of the Silent Mountain, her fiancé, in front of her good sister, knocked her into the Soul Burial Abyss after she became an invalid.

After surviving the suffering of soul sacrifice and the pain of poisonous fire, she became the favourite pearl of the old monsters at the bottom of the abyss, but she gave up her comfortable life and chose the most difficult path of revenge…. <<less

Zhuang Han Yan was the golden branch of the marquis family, simple and gentle. She lived a harmonious life, with a loving family and kind older sister. However, on the night of her wedding, all that was waiting for her was a cup of poisonous wine delivered from her husband.... more>>

"Younger sister, you should drink quickly. Tonight is a wonderful night for the prince and I."

Her previously “kind” older sister had schemed against Han Yan maliciously, stealing everything from her. Han Yan's stepmother finally revealed a hypocritical face under her mask of love and Han Yan realised the man she loved was not a good man. All the happiness she had experienced had turned out to be an illusion!

She died with hatred and was reborn, returning to the age of twelve, vowing to rewrite her fate. Step by step, she was going to fight her way through the treacherous inner residence and exact revenge on the people who insulted, deceived and trampled over her. <<less

Shinzui, a country where perfumers are highly respected. Riri lives downtown, but her skills as a perfumer have earned her a place in the inner palace (harem) of the Crown Prince Kousho. However, her goal isn’t to become his favourite consort. Riri wishes to create the legendary treasured incense that her late father failed to produce, and clear his name. Kousho learned of her ulterior motive as soon as she entered the inner palace, and told her something unexpected!?... more>>

In a country where women aren’t allowed to become perfumers, a girl carves out her own destiny and finds love through the power of incenses. <<less

Set in early-20th century China, this story takes off in the port city of Tientsin (Tianjin) that is divided into lands called concessions and owned... more>> by several foreign powers. Shen Liangsheng is a charismatic and cunning playboy, a son of a rich businessman, who has profits as his top priority. He meets Ch'in Ching, an average school teacher who appears mild but actually holds a patriotic heart for his home. The two cross paths and sparks fly. But will their love hold strong through the imminent forces that will tear the country apart...? <<less

Born into a distinguished family, blessed with unparalleled beauty, and being the emperor’s cherished moonlight, Consort Jiang Hui should have led a life of effortless... more>> grace. Alas, the superficial sisterhood in the Eastern Palace, the endless stream of beautiful women from the provincial governments, and the so-called lookalike substitutes, all with similar appearances and demeanors, constantly reminded her that in the palace, no one could tread effortlessly. <<less

The swaying of lakes; the pleasures of life.... more>>

One is a master of martial arts who sees through the world’s emotions with a heart like a clear mirror.

Transcendent, pure and reclusive, born for the good of all, yet understands the truth of life.

As if everything is nothing, all but a vast emptiness.

A level of martial arts so great that it is in an other-worldly state. One could even consider him a god.

As the saying goes — perfection needs no decoration.

A unique and charming appearance.

A heart of ingenuity that kills all quarters.

However, Luo Xuan, who was like a pool of deep, still water, was injured by Liu Li’s emotional entanglement.

A love that drove one insane, even hate itself was a crazed feeling.

A fight between water and fire.

In the end, it was nothing but a loss for both sides.

A mere cloud of steam blown away by the breeze. <<less

If I could return to 1987, I would never want to leave my family again...... more>>

My wife, children, and the warm kang bed - Qin Hao felt this was what life was truly about.

Raising livestock, growing medic

Slowly enjoying life in the remote northeastern mountains, leading the entire village towards prosperity together. <<less

A compilation of 20 detective stories and 6 essays and miscellaneous writings by Japan's first female detective writer, Ookura Teruko.

There exist in this world a set of six daggers that carry a terrible curse: the ability to inflict a death beyond time. Those under the daggers' curse shall reincarnate without end, never able to know happiness and always drawn to die once more by the dagger. This is the story of "Raine" and "Marie", two souls bound by the daggers' curse to kill one another, over and over again.... more>>

France, 1243. Lapis Lazuli Castle is the name of an insignificant relay fort nestled away in a forest east of Carcassonne. Its ruler, Count Geoffroy, and his only daughter, Marie, are both believed to be insane. The root cause of their shared madness is the mysterious disappearance of Geoffroy's wife three years ago, which caused Geoffroy to grow detached from humanity and cast Marie into a deep depression. After three years of wandering in a state halfway to nonexistence, Marie works up the nerve to ask her chief bodyguard, Sir Raine, to investigate her mother's death, confiding that on the night of her mother's disappearance, she had witnessed something impossible. However, her investigation only prompts a new tragedy.

The French-German border, 1916. As World War I rages on, Raine and Marie's latest reincarnations live the life of a sub-lieutenant in the French army and a medic with the Red Cross, respectively. The two lovers are reunited at the site of the Battle of Verdun, but no sooner have they met then Raine finds himself faced with a barrage of impossible circumstances. An enemy soldier's head suddenly vanishes, right before his eyes. One of his subordinates reports the same thing happening to an ally. Four more headless bodies vanish from a flooded bunker in the minute he looks away. These baffling events are a prelude to the return of their old tragedy.

Northern Hokkaido, 1989. Kimiyo, age eighteen, is already dying, an inoperable tumor in her hypothalamus leaving her with less than a year to live. Refusing to despair in the face of her tragic circumstances, she spends her remaining days with her friends at "The Library at the End of the World", a private library so called due to its isolated nature. One day, a man named Kito approaches her out of the blue, regaling her with a story about a set of cursed daggers, knights in the 13th century, and the two of them being cursed, fated lovers. Naturally, Kimiyo is intensely skeptical, but the events that come next don't require her to believe in them.

Arriving at the scene of these three tragedies is Snowy, an enigmatic figure of indeterminate gender who claims to be "a detective charged with managing the world's chaos". <<less

At the end of the 1920s, Tokyo, the Imperial capital of the Japanese Empire, celebrates the spring of the fifth year of the Kowa era. A handsome young man born to a German mother, Senzaki Masato, is an elite graduate of Teito University, but leads a life of self-indulgence without a home, money, or job. One day, when he is about to be evicted from his place of residence, he visits an acquaintance's salon to look for a job. There he meets a sleeping child-the enigmatic ‘Ono Kahoru’-and Masato finds himself involved in a variety of cases.... more>>

Fictional Japan in the Taisho and early Showa periods. A series of mystery short stories about a self-absorbed beautiful young man and a mysterious boy who solve cases based on fairy tales in the Imperial city, Tokyo. <<less

Using a thread to embroider, time can be weaved;... more>>

Using a heart to embroider, a nation can be weaved.

How can a palace, imprison a phoenix?

One’s life is decided by oneself and not by heaven!

On one great land, the world is split into four, Yan, Bi, Yi and Cheng.

Nation Bi’s Right Prime Minister’s daughter, who is of a dignified demeanour, virtuous and gentle, admires the son, Ji Ying of the Four Great Families. Yet when the two families were preparing for a marriage alliance, it was flagrantly wrecked by the King, Zhao Yin, with one imperial edict, selecting her to enter the palace.

For the sake of her family, Jiang Chenyu had no other way but to accept the imperial edict and enter the palace.

However, she was not willing to become the Monarch’s consort and die of old age in the palace, so she volunteered herself and requested to become Zhao Yin’s strategist.

Zhao Yin, impressed by her courage, then sent her as an ambassador to Nation Cheng, under the pretext of celebrating King Cheng’s birthday to secretly steal classified information. Who would have thought that the rewrite of the volatile and tumultuous situation of the four countries’ history would have begun due to such a careless decision…

The gears of fate start to rotate: From a naive, pure and romantic girl, to a befitting Empress that rules the world; From a weak little girl who is at the mercy of others, to an all-powerful female Emperor of the generation…

As calamity is brought to the nation, the world is overturned.

Note:
The female protagonist’s name comes from the phrase “chen yu luo yan”(which is part of a longer sentence), which was used to describe Xi Shi’s extraordinary beauty where it caused the fish to drown and the geese to fall. Xi Shi is one of Ancient China’s Four Beauties. <<less

In the Tang Dynasty, demons and spirits fought and made trouble. Wars waged and people suffered. While hiding with the spirits, he was captured by... more>> the demons and ens*aved. How could he become a savior and slay all the demons? He was living with the spirits, but in love with a demon? How could he change prejudices and make people understand his love? Let’s see how Ye Ye defeated the demons and won the world! <<less

I was reincarnated in the Sengoku Period as one of my ancestors that was destroyed by the Hojo Clan. Can I really change history... more>> and avoid the destruction of my family? <<less

Song Jianing was charming and beautiful.... more>>

She accompanied her mother on her remarriage to the House of Guo Gong.

Though she tried to be dignified, she was still targeted by her domineering stepbrother.

Her heart trembling, Song Jianing secretly stuffed Zhao Heng with a piece of candy: I’ve been good to you, so you have to support me in the future.

Zhao Heng then supported her all the way, sharing the glory and beauty of the country. <<less