"There are four sights most deserving of praise in the world; that of the snow, the moon, the wind, and the bloom. Yet their beauty only hides an invariable truth, that nothing gold can stay."... more>>

"These stories have been written countless times by the scholar’s brush. People come and people go, but the lament remains the same; no joy is greater than a promise made, no pain deeper than hope betrayed."

A collection of four independent tragedies on the themes of snow, moon, wind and bloom. Inspired by Ming Dynasty history; written and translated in the huaben style. <<less

PS: Plot abuse, sweet emotions, male lead purebred second silly, gambling and fighting crickets kind of dandy... more>>

Liu Yuru, in order to marry a good husband, has been a model lady for fifteen years, but on the eve of her engagement, she was forced to marry the famous dandy Gu Jiusi in Yangzhou.

Marrying such a person is considered ruining her entire life.

Especially after marrying him, she found out that he was also forced to marry her.

Liu Yuru felt dead inside, locked herself in the room for three days, and then she understood.

Marrying such a dandy, what use was there in being a lady anymore?

So, on the third day of their marriage, this once famous gentle lady tremblingly picked up a knife, summoning all her courage, and entered the brothel where Gu Jiusi was drowning in alcohol, saying just one sentence — "Get up."

After that, Gu Jiusi had ups and downs in his life,

From being a destitute dandy to holding a high official position, this woman stood by his side,

Supporting him with her delicate and fragile body, whispering to him, "Get up."

So even if he was crushed and broken, he struggled to get up from the mud, gritted his teeth to carry her, and walked through this life.

As for Liu Yuru, for the first fifteen years of her life, she thought living was about finding a good man.

It wasn't until she met Gu Jiusi that she realized, a good man would make you understand, you live for yourself.

— May my flesh and blood shield her from wind and rain, keeping her clothes clean and her temples free of frost.

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Changfengdu means "Long Wind Crossing" which symbolize a journey or passage that is arduous, challenging, or requires perseverance. The term "long wind" suggests something that takes a lot of effort or endurance, so "Long Wind Crossing" refer to overcoming obstacles or enduring hardships to reach a goal.

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Fortunately, I crossed over, born into a landlord's family. In this life, I lack nothing in terms of food and clothing, but I don't want... more>> to just drift along aimlessly. So Fu Xiaoguan casually did some things, not expecting the impact to be so enormous. The emperor wants to grant him a high official position, the princess wants to marry him as her husband, the daughter of the minister of the Ministry of Revenue won't marry anyone else, the savages want his head, the barbarians want his life, the Fan Kingdom wants his money... But Fu Xiaoguan just wants to be a big landlord! <<less

Rong Yinshuang and her two sons were driven out of the house by the second room of her husband's family after her husband, Mei Yuan "died" in a different land.... more>>

Suddenly being facing such a humiliating treatment, she leaped into the river to end her life, but her children desperately pulled her back onto land. Since then, as she had wandered through life and death, she was gifted with a talent that regular people do not possess. <<less

The arrogant and troublesome Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, who caused chaos in the court for eight years, has passed away. She met her demise on the very day the new emperor ascended the throne, with blood flowing from her seven orifices, a horrifying sight.... more>>

The officials rejoiced, and the people celebrated: Evil meets its just end! Good riddance!

However, on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang resurrected her soul, reincarnating as the Fourth Miss of the Bai Family.

What? This Fourth Miss Bai is a fool? Helpless and without support? And now, she's even the target of a forced marriage?

Huaiyu slammed the table and stood up: "This is absolutely outrageous!"

Engaging in a battle of wits, rallying the masses, and with Princess Danyang's presence, who dares to challenge the fate of this fool?

But, who could tell her why crossing a wall would lead her to encounter Prince Ziyan, Jiang Xuanjin?

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“Has your highness ever loved someone?”

“I have.”

“How did you love her?”

“In the beginning, I tried everything in my power to destroy her soul.”

In the end, he exhausted all means, just wishing that she would succeed. <<less

Xiao Luolan and her beloved daughter attended a Huazhang Hanfu Lotus Festival event. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, her daughter disappeared. As she frantically searched for her daughter, a kind-hearted stranger unexpectedly appeared to help her...... more>>

Xiao Qingxue had transmigrated. Upon opening her eyes, the first thing she saw was her mother, eyes red and swollen from crying, looking like a pear blossom bathed in rain, and behind her stood a tall, imposing middle-aged man.

Turmoil and conflict had already erupted. Initially, Xiao Qingxue thought she and her mother were starting in hell.

But to her utter surprise, it turned out her mother was the one with the protagonist's script in this story. <<less

Tokyo, 1920. For certain reasons, Takigawa Suzuko, the daughter of a marquis, was born in Asakusa and enjoys collecting ghost stories. One day, she is... more>> invited to the residence of Viscount Murotsuji and catches sight of the evil spirit of a geisha. At the same time, she meets a young man named Hanabishi Takafuyu. He used a mysterious spirit dressed in juunihitoe and "fed" the evil spirit to it... Suzuko finds the slippery Takafuyu creepy, but for some reason he asks her to marry him...! What is the future that unfolds when these two, burdened with a past and fate from which they cannot escape, are joined in marriage? <<less

In her past life, she defied the heavens and died by his hand. In this life, she's a sinning fairy, caught in his snare. With... more>> her memories lost, she only recalls him pinning her to the ground, their love as fierce as death itself! 'I hate you, so much that the pillars of heaven could collapse, and the sea of immortals freeze over!' He laughs in response: 'Good, then let me make you hate me even more!' Her hatred for him runs deep, fear seeping into her bones, yet she never imagined... The hands that killed her in a past life, now adorn her hair with pins and paint her eyebrows in this one. The trap he once set, has transformed into a net of love, ensnaring them both. <<less

Finally, he successfully found his girlfriend who had faked her death.... more>>

Sunlight couldn't penetrate the thick black curtains as Lu Tingzhen tossed aside his lighter, and squinted his eyes to look at Zhang Zhiwei, who was sitting on the emerald green sofa like a jade piece submerged in a deep pool.

She looked frail and slender as she asked, "What do you need me to do for you to let me go?"

Lu Tingzhen remained silent.

The scent of sandalwood lingered in the air, just like three years ago.

Three years ago, Zhang Zhiwei was also seated on a cluster of emerald green, her hands clasped together, and a shimmer of light in her eyes.

Back then, she asked with joy and shyness, "Can I stay by your side forever?"

Author notes:

"I'll clarify first that the background of the story is based on the period around 1982-1986 in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the UK, which was already quite modern. All dialogues are in Mandarin because my Cantonese vocabulary is limited to a single word."

"If you're looking for a rich Hong Kong-style story, please refrain. This story doesn't involve feuds between prominent families or large-scale criminal organisations. It's simply about two people chasing and playing love games with each other." <<less

You have the power to arouse me like no other, a true aphrodisiac that elevates me to blissful heights. Yet, you also have the ability to lead me astray, like a venomous poison slowly dragging me towards the depths of despair.... more>>

It's important to understand that my sole desire, from the very start until the very end, is you.

If we had crossed paths under different circumstances, and if you did not possess such lofty aspirations, and if I had been nothing more than an average princess, would the conclusion to our story have been dissimilar?

He asked: Chang Huan, what do you want?

What does he desire from a princess, a mu*derer, and a spouse? Though I am uncertain about the meaning of love, I cannot deny my fondness for him. His caress and passionate demeanor are pleasant to me, for I yearn for substance and vitality. However, I ponder whether my sentiments for him constitute genuine love.

Cold otaku and female killer x the unreadable master. 1V1, heart-breaking, the plot is the main content, the meat is a supplement, slow warm up type, the meat is in the middle and late part. <<less

Gu Yun married the most unlearned and unskilled heir apparent in the Duke’s palace.... more>>

She thought that as long as she gave birth to a child, she would give him the name of the child’s father. As for her husband, could this food be eaten?

However, the throne of Prince Pei Shu was deposed, and the couple were driven out of the Duke’s mansion.

Gu Yun: “…”

She thought she was getting a house fighting script, but it turned out to be a farming script.

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National treasure-level scientist Pei Shu transformed into the uneducated heir apparent of the Duke.

After dying of overwork in his previous life, Pei Shu thought he could finally retire and just lie down like a salted fish.

Unexpectedly, the original man owed gambling debts. The Duke was so angry that he deposed his son and was kicked out of the Duke’s mansion along with his newlywed wife.

A small village, three little maids, the fields on the left and right are not sheltered from the wind.

This forced him to stand up.

So what if he is uneducated and skillless? Look at him inventing a rice transplanter and an autumn harvesting machine, which can cultivate ten acres of land.

So what if no one cares about it? Increase grain production, build roads, and build reservoirs. There is more than one way out in the world than studying.

It’s just that his wife always looks at him like that.

When Gu Yun saw the rice transplanter, he was not surprised like others, but asked: “The rice transplanter is good, but how did you make it?”

Pei Shu who is illiterate, has never read, and has never even worked in the fields: “…”

Pei Shu: I have to give a hundred reasons to fool my wife every day, and I can’t QAQ.

A straight man with a science and engineering degree who can never guess his wife’s thoughts & a scheming native woman who plays tricks on her husband. <<less

A sequel to the drama, Empresses in the Palace (Zhen Huan Zhuan), Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace tells the story of Ula Nara Ruyi and the Qianlong Emperor, Aisin Gioro Hongli, from their loving acquaintance to mutual loss and disillusionment. ... more>>

Arc 1 Intro:

The palace walls have great depth, reflecting a deep vermilion. In the harem, power and position are always linked to the Emperor’s favor. The overt and covert fights between the concubines are just like the frigid winter, so cold that it reaches the bottom of people’s hearts.

The Ula Nara family background once brought supreme honor to Qingying, Hongli’s Secondary Consort. After Hongli ascended the throne, the shifts in power in the harem and the court made her identity awkward, as though there was a target on her back. To protect herself, Qingying asked the Empress Dowager to bestow a new name, “Ruyi”, and was granted the position of Concubine Xian. She lived in Yanxi Palace and was at the time bereft of power. In fact, for her, the downward spiral has just begun… <<less

Do you ever ponder the existence of myriad parallel universes, each mirroring your own reality? Clearly, it’s the same person. However, while she may be... more>> an unrivaled wealthy heiress in this universe, in another, she could just be a penniless working girl. Theoretically, these realms never cross paths. Yet, one fateful day, the affluent Jiang Xiaoyuan finds herself thrust into a meticulously orchestrated mishap, becoming another version of herself in a different realm. Stripped of her family background, education, looks, and wealth, what remains as the essence of oneself? What truly defines the self? This story plans to take a transformation plan into another dimension. <<less

Quick transmigration + heroine + book transmigration + one-on-one sweet pet)
Feng Xi, the boss of the last century, was so sad after losing her love, that she traveled through the book to the world of the heroine in her sleep. Here, women are in charge of the outside world, men are in charge of the inside, women are the worshipers, and men are the wives and daughters. The most surprising thing is that even children are not born with women.
This is simply a woman's paradise! A man is willing to endure thousands of years of suffering for her lover, and he has been displaced for ten generations. The friendship is really rare. Since... more>> she wants to complete the task, then she will give him the exclusive favor for ten lifetimes and help him reach consummation.

Everyone said that the red cinnabar on his forehead was an ominous omen, but she regarded it like a jewel. The ominous thing in the eyes of others is the white moonlight in her eyes and the cinnabar mole in her heart.

But... why? The woman who had been scolded by her thousands of times for causing him to suffer for thousands of years was actually her former self! Regardless of his identity, Nan Jun bravely climbed up to the top of Qiao Yun's wall, and sneaked a look inside. Hearing the movement, Qiao Yun hugged the broom, boldly approached the black shadow, and pretended to be calm with a trembling body, and said, "Where...where is the thief?" After a moment of silence, a familiar voice sounded: "The heart thief !" The broom in his hand fell in response... <<less

When Lan Huirong, a woman dressed as a man, was paying respect to her mother by the Huishui River, she unexpectedly met Prince Ning, the fourth prince of the Eastern Empire, who was patrolling incognito, and the young marquis of Prince Mu's Mansion and involved herself in an old vendetta from the martial arts world.... more>>

For the sake of her mother's last will, Lan Huirong changed her name to Fang Qing and joined Prince Mu's army to seek the "iron talisman" but gradually developed feelings for Kong Xuan, the commander of the army. Then the Western Barbarians attacked. Lan Huirong risked her life to fight, gaining fame with her sword, but was taken away by Qiu Tianxing, commander of the Eastern Barbarians. Kong Xuan used a smart stratagem to rescue Rong’er, and the two became kindred spirits from then on. However, when they went back to Tanzhou, the emperor of the Eastern Dynasty forced Rong’er. Meanwhile, Kong Xuan was poisoned, his life being in danger, because he had taken Qiu Tianxing's poison to save Rong’er.

In order to find the antidote and to completely escape this forced marriage, Lan Huirong and Kong Xuan went through all kinds of hardships and trials to find the treasure for which everyone was fighting for. Can they get the antidote as they hope and fulfill their dream of "one heart for a lifetime, never leaving each other"? When walking to the end of the stream, you can see how beautiful the green hills are. <<less

In the capital, everyone knows about the Wei clan’s twin sisters. Unfortunately, in the eyes of everyone, Wei Heng has grown to become so beautiful that even if she is admitted to the Female Academy, no one will see her as wise or virtuous.... more>>

Lu Zhan, the eldest son of the Duke of Qi, had an elegant demeanor and was gifted with outstanding talent, but Wei Heng felt that he was really no good man.

When contesting during the race at the Dragon Boat Festival, she acted chivalrously and righteously, but he remained silent. He considered her to be reckless, and she considered him cold-hearted.

When admiring the lanterns during the Lantern Festival, she fell into danger. Although he appeared to save her, in the blink of an eye, he was already teasing her by all means.

What’s more, she has a weight in her heart and only hopes for the phoenix to reach nirvana and to be reborn from its ashes, but his appearance always reminded her past embarrassment.

She thought that by agreeing on a marriage, she could stay away from the conflicts and quarrels, and He thought that as long as they were thousands of miles apart, they could live in peace. But who knew that the red thread of fate was tying tighter and tighter.

They obviously didn’t fall in love at first sight, and they knew that the road ahead would be difficult. This time, can their persistence this time bring peace and quiet in the years to come? <<less

Li Zhi—the brother of the imperial concubine—becomes the new emperor’s favourite. Li Zhi appears modest, but in reality, he is arrogant.
Until he meets Shen... more>> Qingqing, the stunning seventh miss from Shen Ge’s hometown, he detests prominent families the most. <<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

Ai Wei, both beautiful and smart, is the most beloved daughter of the Marquis. However, God punishes her unfortunate love for her illegimate brother, Ai Xian, by throwing her back into ancient Egypt using a strange serpentine bracelet that is engraved with a three-thousand-year-old love oath.... more>>

In ancient Egypt is Ramesses II, the great regent prince and the heir to the throne. When he meets her, everything begins to change, including his fate. <<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

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

After his Empress Mother was deposed, she passed away, and his maternal Uncle made one mistake after another.... more>>

Lu Mingyu had always kept a low profile, counting down the days to when he could go to his fiefdom, wishing to stay away from the Capital.

However, his cautious behavior only earned him disrespect and humiliation, even to the point where he was sent to someone else’s bed with a drugged cup of wine.

After that night, when Lu Mingyu met the interested gaze of General Fuyuan, Yan Yunge, many years of sadness and hatred welled up inside his heart.

At that moment, Lu Mingyu finally realized that the consequence of not competing was to become a pawn in others’ hands.

So, he had to fight.

After several years of feigning courtesy and conformity, he was steadfastly determined to take revenge.

Then, the young Princes failed one by one, while the Emperor’s eldest son, whom none of the Ministers had ever taken seriously, finally ascended the throne.

After taking power, Lu Mingyu was determined to remove the General from his position.

After making the General drink a cup of poisoned wine, the Emperor thought back to the few good moments they shared in the past, and regret filled his heart as he realized the consequences of his actions.

However, the Emperor soon heard the news that the General hadn’t died, but had lost his memory instead.

Before Lu Mingyu could decide how to deal with the situation, he felt an unusual movement inside his belly….. <<less