The Peng Society for Gentlemen — a secret friend-making club for the homos*xual men of the Great Xia Dynasty. Its services were designed to help its members along in their quest for their lifelong partners. Upon paying a monthly fee of fifty coins, members could get themselves listed in The Pengornisseur after providing a self-portrait, a mailing address, their age and hobbies, as well as a self-introduction. All members would receive a copy of the monthly publication, and they could communicate with one another in private using the information in The Pengornisseur.... more>>

Wu Xingzi, a bachelor about to turn forty, worked as the adviser to the magistrate in Qingcheng County.

Qingcheng County was a place with barely any resources. In other words, it was poor. In the list of counties of the Great Xia Dynasty, it had been ranked at the bottom for the past two hundred years.

Wu Xingzi felt that his life was hopeless: not only was he a homosexual, he was also a virg*n. Even his retirement fund was lacking. Worse still, his looks were… forgettable.

He might as well die.

Hence, Wu Xingzi decided to commit su*cide on his fortieth birthday. However, he was unwilling to remain a virg*n to death! And so, gritting his teeth, he joined the Peng Society for Gentlemen and received The Pengornisseur. It was very painful; after all, fifty coins were the sum of his daily expenditure for ten days! He would only pay it once, and he was determined to succeed on his first try. <<less

He became the Emperor when he was just a boy and was beheaded before reaching adulthood. It was a tragedy brought about by his fate as the first noble wizard.... more>>

"Ian, don't be born in your next life."

He thought everything was over, listening to the traitor's heartless words. He knew, but...

“You are a symbol of peace. Where else would you find such honor as a lowly one?”

He became the Margrave's bastard son, whose family went extinct 100 years ago.
A lowly, unsophisticated one, destined to be sold as a hostage to the barbarians across the border. <<less

Duke of Yongning’s heir, Jun Huailang was reborn and found that he was a cannon fodder N in a xiaoma literature*.... more>>

The male protagonist, Xue Yan, who was originally an unfavored prince, was ostracized and persecuted since he was a child. After the blackening, he formed a private party to support his younger brother to the throne and became a sovereign regent.

He also slaughtered the young Empress Dowager’s whole family, forcing the Empress Dowager to stay with him. The Empress Dowager fell in love with him and was willing to be his plaything.

The whole book was full of an indescribable scene between the two of them. It made Jun Huailang tremble in anger.

Because this Empress Dowager was not someone else, but his own biological younger sister. It was not someone else’s family that was slaughtered, but his family.

After rebirth, facing a younger sister who was only six years old, Jun Huailang, the gentleman of Qianqian, made up his mind for the first time.

He’s going to kill that beast for his sister.

Note:
Xiaoma literature: A novel in which the male protagonist ’s father married a young and beautiful young mother (stepmother). <<less

Crown Prince Cael appeared before Irene, the knight abandoned by the kingdom to whom she had been loyal to all her life. He had declared to worship her, kissing the ground she walked on, for he desired to be her husband.... more>>

For a moment, Irene’s heart shook.

Will Cael be able to capture Irene’s heart? <<less

Wandering for fifteen years, Jiang Sheng picked up five elder brothers for herself.... more>>

For their sake, little Jiang Sheng went through fire and water, desperately making money.

The elder brothers didn't disappoint her, giving everything for their little sister.

Until the General's mansion discovered the switch of the legitimate daughter, and hastily brought her back.

But they didn't treat her well either.

Some ridiculed her vulgarity, some laughed at her ignorance, some scorned her coarseness.

Yet no one knew, the new top scholar was her brother, the newly rich royal merchant was her brother, the returning victorious little general was her brother, the saintly healer was her brother, and that one... was also her brother.

However capable the fake young miss is, does she have five elder brothers to support her?

Note: The main characters have no romantic relationships, the female lead has a childish personality and focuses on familial love!!! <<less

It was 1068, Year 1 of the Xining era. Emperor Zhao Xu had recently ascended the throne of the Song dynasty. The widely respected old-guard of civil officials, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, and Fu Bi, were in their twilight years. The unorthodox reformer Wang Anshi was full of vigor, wishing to reverse the tide of decline sweeping over the empire. The stubborn Sima Guang would rather leave imperial government than give up on proper orthodoxy. The literary Su Shi watched from the sidelines, unable to pick a side. ... more>>

With such a talented crop of civil officials, the Song dynasty should have shone brightly. Instead, these geniuses embarked on a mutually destructive course, leaving the Song empire with a gaping, irreparable wound, and leaving future students of history with regret and controversy.

But the sudden arrival of a junior lawyer opens a new path for the Song dynasty. Reformers and conservatives, civil and military officials, domestic and foreign affairs, all shall come under the Law. <<less

Laila Estevan is the illegitimate child of a duke. Due to her illegitimate status, she had never felt that unconditional love and affection from her family. Even on her deathbed, she was ignored. She was unwanted and unloved—that’s how it had always been. The emotional baggage she carried traveled with her when she went back to the past just a month before her death. It was then that she made a firm decision: if she couldn’t receive love from her family, she would find it elsewhere!... more>>

Will Laila ever find love from others or could she find love from within? <<less

As a traitor, Yue Lingxi knew that in order to turn her life around, she had to be loyal to the emperor. ... more>>

When there were assassins attacking, she stood in front to defend, and when there were corrupt officials causing trouble, she stood at the forefront to protect her fellow soldiers.

But the emperor instead flew into a rage, and there was a chill in the air as he spoke to her.

“You are so diligent. Should I award you a plaque?”

“Your Majesty, serving the emperor faithfully is my duty.”

“Xi Xi, to be loyal to the monarch, one must first love the monarch, do you understand?”

Little Red Riding Hood, who has strong survival skills but fell into the trap of love, versus the Big Bad Wolf who is always ready to pounce.

The female protagonist is not the type of bodyguard, but she is intelligent and tenacious, and not at all weak.

Important matters should be prominently displayed. <<less

Cui Xie, a modern college student, transmigrated into the body of a son of a fifth-rank official in the powerful Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, shortly after... more>> transmigrating, his father banished him to Qian’an, Hebei, the family’s ancestral home. He took two servants with him to live in the small county, but from then on, he lived well, made good money, and took the Imperial examinations. Step by step, he clawed his way back up and returned to the glorious capital city to walk a road of clear skies and embark on the path of an official’s life. <<less

‘Less than a month old… I became the great empire’s treasured princess…!’... more>>

In all my life, I wanted love. Love from my family, But the family I had, failed me in the end. Abandoned… abused… I don’t want this so-called family. It’s a waste of time.

I came to a new world after a miserable ending…

‘The empire’s treasured princess… that’s me… but why is father, the emperor, so strange?’

“Mabel, I will give you the Ponce Castle.”

“My sweet child, the most fertile land is yours.”

“No, wait, this whole country will be yours for the plucking.”

‘Father, he’s strange… is this what family love is like?’ <<less

Taking place in South Korea, an ordinary prison ward named Lee Shi Hyun got brutally dumped by his girlfriend. He awakens on the same day,... more>> but there’s something wrong with this awakening. <<less

Li Zhi was reborn as a curse, destined to bring ruin to an empire already in decline.... more>>

At the age of fifteen, her ethereal beauty caught the attention of Prince Rui, who fell in love at first sight, and beseeched the Empress Dowager to arrange a union between them.

At the age of sixteen, Li Zhi's unparalleled allure captivated the heart of the reigning Emperor, who resorted to abominable tactics to abduct her as his own concubine and keep her hidden away in a gilded palace.

With the Emperor's favor, she rose to the position of a highly sought-after Noble Consort that was envied by all.

Only she knew...

In three years' time, the Emperor and Prince Rui would turn against each other, and their once great empire would be ravaged by war.

As they fled, a formidable army of one hundred thousand soldiers stood in their way, pleading with the Emperor to order the execution of the treacherous Noble Consort. The Emperor could not bear to see her suffer such a fate, yet in the end, he offered her a three-foot length of white silk. Without hesitation, Li Zhi turned to Pei Ji and flung herself into his protective embrace. <<less

The six prefectures of Zhongbo were offered to foreign enemies on a silver platter, and Shen Zechuan was taken into custody in the capital, reduced to a drowning dog* loathed and condemned by all. Xiao Chiye followed the scent of the furor and made his way over. But instead of setting others on him, he kicked Shen Zechuan with his very own leg, rendering the latter an invalid. Who would expect this invalid to turn around and bite him in a counterattack until he was all drenched in blood? That was the start of an epic feud between both men who tore at each other every time they come face-to-face with one another.... more>>

“Fate wants to bind me here for life, but this is not the path I choose. The yellow dust submerged my brothers deep under. I have no wish to bow in submission to an illusory fate. The imperial edict can’t save my troops, and the imperial court can’t fill the stomachs of my mounts. I’m no longer willing to lay down my life for this purpose. I want to surmount that mountain. I am going to fight for myself.”

Note : a 'drowning dog' is someone who is down and out, having lost favor or power. <<less

Lu Qipei has died at the hands of the person she trusted most.... more>>

However, what she regretted most before she died was that she had appeared before Princess Qi Yang and had an out-of-norm (lesbian) marriage with her. After dying, she would still be pulling Princess Qi Yang into a quagmire.

Thus, after being reborn, Lu Qipei decided to break free of her shackles and abandon everything. She did not want to appear in front of Princess Qi Yang again.

Yet, Princess Qi Yang had been reborn as well and even managed to successfully capture this wild, escaped prince consort on the first day of being reborn…

Qi Yang (smiling): You still want to run? Servants, come and bring this prince consort back!

Lu Qipei (tightly covering her clothes): No no no, who are you? You’re not that cute and innocent little princess of mine! <<less

Celestia lives in the back alley of Golddina and has a skill that can dispel magic.... more>>

She thinks that her skill is useless and supports her talented friend Serengevan instead.

“Get that crazy b'tch out!”

But he betrayed her and sold her as a s*ave even though they promised to get married.

In her inescapable despair, a man who looked to be a nobleman appeared before Celestia and seeing his condition, Celestia proposes a deal to him.

“I can heal the disease you are suffering from.”

“…Where did you hear about me?” The man’s face was getting increasingly scary but Celestia wanted to live.

She eventually got what she wanted, and arrives at a place which resembled the imperial palace.

“In the future, call him ‘Your Majesty’.”

“……Your Majesty?”

“Of course, he’s the one and only Emperor of the Burg Empire, Van.”

Surprisingly, the identity of the man is…

The Emperor of the Burg Empire, known as the Red-Eyed Psychopath.

Celestia became one of the emperor’s subjects,

Can she survive safely? <<less

The modern girl An Ran had a car accident, and her soul transmigrate into girl who had the same name as her in the... more>> era of the air. Before she could adapt to the her new life, she was put on the throne by several heads of state and ministers <<less

Zhao Mian, the Prince of Nanjing, had an encounter with a stranger while he was on a secret incognito visit. Both of them were simultaneously poisoned, and the poison would be released every month on the night of the full moon. ... more>>

They had to engage in a deep conversation in order to survive.

The Crown Prince, who was powerful, handsome, and splendid, stared at the unremarkable face of the stranger, and through gritted teeth, he declared, "I can be killed by my elders, but I will not be humiliated."

The stranger was perplexed and asked, "I have no issue with you being proud, but why are you pointing a sword at me?"

Zhao Mian sneered and replied, "I would rather kill you than suffer humiliation."

The stranger tried to calm the situation and suggested, "Let's not get agitated. We can talk after I remove my disguise."

When the stranger took off their disguise, they were no longer a mere passerby, which alleviated Zhao Mian's anger to some extent. Despite their reluctance, both of them cursed and engaged in a profound conversation before the release of the poison.

Later, when Zhao Mian ascended the throne, a neighboring country sent Ambassador Wei Zhenfeng to congratulate him.

In the grand hall, Wei Zhenfeng's eyes sparkled under the clear moonlight as he greeted, "Your Majesty, I hope you are in good health."

Zhao Mian absentmindedly touched his slightly swollen belly and fell into deep contemplation.

During the full moon feast for the eldest prince, Wei Zhenfeng arrived uninvited, seething with anger, yet still maintaining a smile.

He exclaimed, "I returned home for a brief period, and Your Majesty already has a child? Your betrayal truly caught me off guard."

Zhao Mian responded disdainfully, "Everyone in this world belongs to me. How can I be confined to one person? Someone, remove this ungrateful man from Beiyuan."

As the two were locked in a standoff, an elderly eunuch suddenly revealed the truth. He spoke, "Oh, Your Majesty, you are weak after giving birth, so please don't be angered!" <<less

When the old Prime Minister returned to heaven and reunited with his ancestors, his grandchild inherited the position.... more>>

The new Prime Minister could handle political affairs just fine, but how should he go about dissuading the Emperor from issuing crazy decrees?

In the end, the “old” way is the best way. The new Prime Minister decided to follow his grandfather’s method: banging his head on the pillar, crying sad tears, hitting his chest and lamenting his fate like how those old officials who had one foot in the grave would act.

Emperor: …

Emperor: Beauty shedding tears, I’m in love. <<less

She was a peerless genius in the way of medicine, holding the Medicine King Cauldron in her hand.... more>>

Once she transmigrated, she became a lowly little medicine s*ave in dispensary.

Physicians made her life difficult, princesses humiliated her, even her fiancé came knocking on her door to break off the engagement?

What was that?!

However, she had the cauldron in her hand; the top-notch medicinal herb was in her hands. She stole rare and precious herbs, punished the slanderous, plotted against the petty, treated the Emperor’s sickness, and saved the Crown Prince.

Then, the imperial edict turned the medicine s*ave to a concubine and received endless doting. It was unbreakable. Wait… didn’t Prince Jun, who wielded great power in the imperial court, say she was a a detestable individual?

As the saying goes, the concubine was good in the way of medicine.

However… <<less

In the dangerous world of high martial arts, Lin Beifan traversed and found himself bound to a corrupt official system.... more>>

It seemed that the only way to become stronger was through corruption – a ridiculous notion, but one that he had to follow nonetheless. He found himself embezzling, accepting bribes, and using his power for personal gain, becoming a despised and hated corrupt official.

Yet, secretly, he distributed his ill-gotten gains to the people, leaving nothing for himself. He carried the weight of his bad reputation while still trying to make the world a better place.

The empress, who knew the truth, shed tears and said, “My dear, I’m sorry for the injustice done to you. Come to my palace tonight.”

The intelligent and beautiful women who knew the truth declared, “No matter how the world sees you, we are willing to stand by your side, through thick and thin!”

The martial women of the Jianghu who knew the truth vowed, “If they want to take down Lin, they’ll have to get through us first!”

Others were left in shock, “He’s clearly a corrupt official, why are you all protecting him?” <<less

Jin Zhou was not someone to mess with. He had strong fists and understood the law. The local thugs in his area had to address him as Brother Jin. But no one knew that Jin Zhou, who feared neither heaven nor earth, had actually stumbled under someone's influence before.... more>>

Jin Zhou thought that his encounters with Yang Shi Yu were limited to passing each other in the court. Unexpectedly, one day, Yang Shi Yu would condescend to come to his territory and say to him while he was fixing a car, "Don't get involved in this case." Jin Zhou laughed and slid out from under the car, saying, "Sure, Your Honor, give me a kiss, and I won't get involved." In Jin Zhou's expectation, Yang Shi Yu would leave indifferently just like he did in the past. But things didn't unfold quite as he had predicted...

Judge × Lawyer Hoodlum Neatly dressed × Suited thug ※ Judge top, lawyer bottom, neither of them are easy to handle ※ The top received family education during university, with a three-year age difference. The bottom's surname is Jin (pronounced "jin"). 1V1, Happily Ever After, Strong-Strong, Deduction, Solving Cases, Courtroom Debates. The bottom doesn't know he's a bottom. <<less

“Do you love me, Sheemon?”... more>>

“Of course, Leila,” he said, looking at her tenderly.

But this love was a farce.

Leila Hessus was betrayed by her own sister and fiancé, the two people she cared most in this world. And when she was at death’s door, soon to die by the hands of her lover, flashes of regret smeared across her face.

As she jumped to her, a black shadow appeared.

“It’s me, Miss Leila.”

He held her in her arms tight, careful to not let her go.

“I’ll protect you. I’ll be your tool for vengeance.”

Will she be able to live a life without regrets? <<less

Chief Forensic Pathologist for the Police Department, Ji Chan, is transported to another dimension and wakes up as the shameless and insolent niece of the distinguished Duke Lu.... more>>

Blessed with a visage as fair as a flower and a figure as light as a feather, the original Ji Chan is unfortunately ignorant beyond measure. She spends her days dreaming of marrying into wealth. Eventually, she becomes a pawn in her cousin’s scheme, and finds herself in bed with her future cousin-in-law.

And then she kicks the bucket…

On their wedding day, Si Qi offers Ji Chan two choices.

First, she can take the title of the Si family’s Young Madam, but she won’t be allowed to bear his children.

Second, they could divorce with him offering her a generous settlement of ten thousand taels of silver, henceforth each would live their own life.

Ji Chan chooses the second.

And so, she becomes a discarded wife.

*

Four years later, Si Qi, now Deputy Chief of the Supreme Court, is confronted with a perplexing case that torments his sleep for two relentless days and nights.

Overwhelmed by a sense of duty, Ji Chan comes forward to lend a helping hand.

From that point on, his haughty demeanor shatters. He finds himself regularly lurking outside Ji Chan’s doorstep, pleading through tear-streaked cheeks for her assistance with autopsies. Unashamedly, he vows to shoulder responsibility for Ji Chan and their child.

One-line summary: The daily life of the chief female coroner raising her son and solving cases. <<less

“You never loved me anyway, right?”... more>>

Astelle’s long-awaited marriage life ended in a day.

She worked hard to become Kaizen’s wife since she was ten, but the only thing that was left for her was the stigma of an empress.

She was abandoned by the royalty; the man she loved, Kaizen, wanted her to leave.

“Yes. You’re right. I didn’t love you.”

Astelle lied for the last time. The man was the reason for her life, but it was also for the sake of the man who was her husband for a day.

She thought there would be no contact with him again, but-

“I think… I might be pregnant?”

***

Six years later, Astelle, who reunited with Kaizen, lied again.

“You… who is that child?”

“He’s my nephew.”

To protect the child. <<less

Li Yunzhu is a well-known beauty within the elite circle, but she is also known for her arrogance and promiscuity, unable to tolerate even the smallest slight.... more>>

Cao Shao, a young Imperial Uncle, once dreamed of marrying her, but sadly his elders had a change of heart.

“Yunzhu, I have failed you with my incompetence,” Cao Shao confessed.

“Oh,” was all Li Yunzhu could muster. She didn’t have much affection for Cao Shao, but she couldn’t let it go.

It was at this time that Cao Xun, the Great Imperial Uncle, returned to Beijing. In his youth, he had once proclaimed, “A man can’t marry without securing a solid foundation.”

Now at thirty years old, Great Imperial Uncle Cao Xun had achieved great success and stood tall and mighty.

Li Yunzhu reluctantly agreed, “Fine, I’ll marry him.”

The female protagonist is indulged, while the male protagonist is scheming. Neither of them are flawless character.

There is a twelve-year age difference between them. <<less