The free-spirited and brutally honest Ye Zhen Zhen was unwillingly chosen as Empress to the playboy Emperor Ji Wu Jiu. Their very first wedding night,... more>> she kicked the Emperor down from their bed and he sought out his concubine instead. This completely disastrous start was only the beginning of their eventful life together. <<less

What if the Emperor and Noble Consort swapped bodies…

After crossing over, facing a regent who claimed to hate him to the bone yet overwhelmed him when he least expected it, Liu Yu Zhen, an international detective, had only one thought in mind: to fight back, fight back, and definitely fight back!!!... more>>

However, he was not only excellent in martial arts skills but also had numerous admirers. He didn’t want to be bend by this scoundrel. Retreat is the best strategy among the Thirty-Six Stratagems!

King Yan, this persistent pest, held his chin and asked: Yuzhen, would you like to be mine?

He pointed his finger at his opponent and said, …Let me think about it.

So, King Yan’s so called “be mine” is not actually “be his prime minister”?!

Scoundrel, had he grown tired of living, to dare to toy with this detective?! <<less

A night to serve the emperor. A palanquin briskly made its way, surrounded by cold and quiet palace’s walls. The sound of eunuchs’ footsteps... more>> can be heard. The palace’s gate is open at the place where the palanquin stops. A woman wearing a snow-colored veil is invited to enter the palanquin. Tonight is the night where she will serve him. Her first night will also be the last night, because after this, the emperor will order her to commit su*cide. Step by step, she enters the palanquin. Her pair of eyes shows no fear, and instead are calm and tranquil. After a night of serving the emperor, what awaits her is death. This is her fate. Her fate as a disgraced concubine who had committed a wrong. <<less

This is the story about the rebirth of a little gong with a sweet steamed bun-like little shou.... more>>

In the past life, little shou, in order to help little gong block a poisonous blade, ended up dying due to blood loss.

After the little gong is reborn he proceeds to dote on the little shou endlessly. <<less

Drugged by her husband at a royal banquet, Yan Jinning wakes up to find herself naked with the elderly emperor on top of her. His... more>> old heart can’t take such vigorous activity, and he dies mid-r*pe. Now she’s accused of conspiring to kill the Emperor by Prince Rui, who has his way with her before sentencing her to death by Lingchi.
Finding herself reborn at an earlier point in her life, she has the chance to not only get her revenge on Prince Rui, but also save her true love, the Seventh Prince, from his original early demise. Will she be able take charge of her own destiny, or will fate crush her once again? <<less

You are the ruler, I am a subject, you want loyalty, I will give you loyalty.... more>>

You are the ruler, I am the subject, you want my sacrifice, I will sacrifice for you.

This lifetime, we’ll only be a ruler and his subject…… I cannot become the one who accompanies you to experience everything.

A deposed empress, a failure of a substitute. Charging into battle, he was the emperor, and she, his general. But within the intimacy of their military tent, he was her husband, and she, his wife.

But everything was star-crossed. For the one he loved the most, he would push her into hell again and again. <<less

Why was her fate so rough?... more>>

Everything has turned disastrous.

She, a high-flying working girl, has transmigrated into black charcoal.

In addition, a completely unfavoured Empress!

That pe*vert Emperor can go to hell!

No matter what life, men were to lick her toes.

Want her to serve a man? Dream on!

But, she didn’t expect the Emperor to be handsome and seductive.

She wasn’t interested in one moment but rolling with him in the next.

But his acceptance level is high, that he can chew on a piece of charcoal.

And she doesn’t mind reciprocating since he is the meal.

But this ancient man sees her as a new toy.

Did he think that by having her body he could have her heart?

Although she is now an ancient person herself, she has long decided she would not spend the rest of her life in the harem.

How could she let herself become a poor woman waiting for a man to occasionally bestow her with his favors…

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1st book in Yuan Yuan’s series 老梗也是梗系列之(AKA We were supposed to have died in a plane crash, instead we transmigrated). The stories consist of three modern settings and three historical. <<less

On the second year Xiao Zuo became emperor, the Jin army stepped through the Meridian gates with their iron heels, and Nan Liang fell to ruin. In one evening, he was reduced from the monarch above many to a Nan Hun Duke anyone could humiliate and insult.... more>>

When Xiao Zuo woke up from a nightmare the middle of the night dripping with sweat, the outside of the windows dimly fell with a light pitter pattering rain.

The nation of twenty years, and the eight thousand miles of land could only glanced at in dreams of old. Even while dreaming at midnight, he could not help but think of his Ji Le Palace at Nan Liang, that jaded tree with fine branches and soft silk, the imperial maids wearing flowery ornaments playing the lute, playing the Magpie Treads On Branches.

Just at the time his country fell into ruin and he was like a duckweed adrift, He Xuan smiled and reached out to him. <<less

First of all, this is not a story where the cannon fodder chambermaid counterattacks and gives the main wife a beat-down!... more>>

As a lowly s*ave who had been sold a total of six times, Xiao Hua has long become apathetic to her situation.

In her past life, she was a cannon fodder chambermaid who was beaten to death. In this life, she decided to turn over a new leaf and live honestly, yet in the end still ended up being sold off.

This prince’s estate seems to have pretty good benefits? She could be released at twenty-five, and they’d arrange a place for her to live under their jurisdiction? They’d even get rid of her s*ave records?

Great! That’s great! Xiao Hua thus decided to stay in the Jing Prince Estate and do her job properly. It’s a shame she could never overcome the whims of fate….

The master she serves is a “mute boy”, with several influences above him watching like tigers eyeing their prey. To say she doesn’t want to be pampered is definitely a lie. This is the road to survival of a “discreet girl” who clings on to her master’s leg and is solely pampered, yet feels that he never pampers her.

The road from a cannon fodder chambermaid to a beloved imperial consort is a little long…. <<less

One day, Yesuh, a famous assassin, receives a strange request from a suspicious man. She’s never received such a ridiculous request before, but after hearing... more>> how much the odd man was willing to pay, she decides to bite the bullet and take on the request.However, upon starting the mission, Yesuh is shocked to find out that her suspicious employer is actually–?! <<less

Wearing the identity of the legitimate eldest daughter of the Shen family, she entered the palace and was immediately bestowed the title of first rank... more>> Consort Shu, just one step away from the position of Empress. However, Shen Moyun said that this "one step" took her a full twenty-five years. <<less

He, Murong Fang Qing, a romantic, natural, unrestrained, and an absolute beauty. His greatest interest is to appreciate and flirt with beauties. His biggest regret is that he came from a Wulin* family but did not know martial arts.... more>>

That day, he just looked for flowers and willows in the brothel as usual. How could the Emperor abduct him to the palace by mistake and conferred the title of “Consort Qing”?

He thought it was a trick of fate but unexpectedly, it was a turning point of life.

One is an all-powerful Emperor.

One is the Lord in distress who has excellent martial arts and beautiful appearance but has fallen into dust.

One is General Ling Biao, a famous and affectionate man.

How can these three men who are equally outstanding look at him at the same time? Can they see his heart clearly? <<less

Once an imperial princess, now reborn among the lowest of s*aves of the nobility.... more>>

As Nanzhao’s eldest imperial princess, she received the burden of an imperial ruler and took to the battlefield in tumultuous times. Instead of being a hero, her actions were vilified by officials as meddling in court affairs. Watching her trusted confidante die as she stood among a sea of flames, her tattered heart was pierced by an arrow shot by the one she loved most.

In her previous life, she was known as Ning Rulan.

Resurrected as a palace maid carrying out the most menial of tasks in Beimin’s imperial palace, she is resolved to take revenge and save her younger brother. However, many devilish and vindictive nobles stand in her way as she navigates through the dangers of court politics.

Travelling across nations and unravelling secrets, she carves out a new place for herself.

A place for the woman now known as Su Xi-er.

Will she remain shackled to her past? Or will she reach for the chance at happiness before her?

No matter if she is Ning Rulan or Su Xi-er, this time, there would be no more regrets! <<less

The charming butterfly Hilaria has flown into the palace!... more>>

With a glimpse into the future ahead of an important decision, she becomes an Emperor’s concubine to save her motherland. She’s so extraordinary there was never even any hesitation!

“How long are you going to keep me looking up?” From maids to Empresses, no one can help but to falter in her presence!

“Cute… The Empress is lovely… delicious even.” – Ebenezer, the desirable Emperor who pretends to be kind with a smile – well he’s just a bonus.

From there, Hilaria’s dangerous journey begins.

“Shall we have a cup of tea?” I’ll take care of you.”

The sweet trust and romance that blooms in the Imperial Castle is full of intrigue! <<less

He is the emperor who rules the whole of China, except he is unable to control his own heart. Without her, ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains are just like dust.... more>>

Ruan Wu Shuang: She is the daughter of the current prime minister. Her natural disposition is tranquil and calm and has no interest in manipulative tactics. However, she is still fated to enter the imperial palace and become embroiled in the power struggle.

Bai Li Hao Zhe: He is the second prince of the current emperor, well versed in civil and military tactics. He marries Ruan Wu Shuang to make use of the Ruan family’s influence to successfully become the crown prince. Step by step, he ascends the throne.

She is well-aware that she is just his pawn, yet falls for his real or imaginary gentleness. While he constantly reminds himself that she is a descendant of his enemy, so he cannot fall in love with her. Yet he also loses himself in her gentleness, gradually forgetting his original intention…

Lingering and deep love cannot overcome past events, the grievance entangling two generations of people.

He implements his revenge plan progressively. No matter how well he calculates, he still forgets to include himself in the calculation. If not for the heartache that feels like bone erosion when losing her, he will not realize that he had unconsciously fallen deeply in love with her long ago…

In the face of new and old flames of hatred, will they be able to let go and live together until the white hairs of old age? <<less

That night, she shed off the image of a young maiden’s immaturity, forming a ripple in the deepest parts of the Cold Palace…... more>>

That day, she kneeled before him begging for mercy. She didn’t want anything. She only wanted to leave the palace and become an ordinary girl….

A bunch of elegant and good looking heavenly princes. A lowly palace maid with a mind as calm as still water.

If they were to meet, would it be an encounter like dewdrops and the autumn wind or would it be a lament of a country… <<less

That year, he came in first in the Imperial Examinations; the Emperor, Lian Yu, personally conferred his title, praising him virtuous and benevolent.... more>>

That year, he became drunk after the imperial banquets and fell asleep next to the Emperor, his head resting on the Emperor’s robes; the next morning, the Emperor chose to cut his sleeves in order to go to Court rather than disturb his rest.

That year, he was revealed to be the descendant of a traitor; defying the entreaties of all his ministers, the Emperor chose to spare his life.

Later, the woman, Gu Shuangcheng, disguised herself as a man to take part in the Imperial Examinations, becoming the next scholar to rank first place.

Later, Gu Shuangcheng was conferred the title of an imperial consort, her beauty stunning the world.

Later, he was accused of poisoning the Emperor’s favoured consort, Gu Shuangcheng; though he did not succeed, the Emperor, in his wrath, ordered for him to be flogged to his death.

Later, four of the highest-ranking palace servants were secretly summoned to the Emperor’s Jinluan Hall, and their task was to castrate and bury him. Yet, to their horror, they discovered only a female corpse, a jade stone within her mouth, her body covered with the Emperor’s dragon-embroidered robes.

‘He’ was actually a woman, and what was most shocking was that ‘he’ was not a virg*n… <<less

An ordinary youth who just wants to eat and drink.... more>>

An Archaic Divine sword.

An impressive and sacrificial love.

Wu Chi had never known what the way of the sword was, but his whole life revolved around the legend of the sword.

He had never been graceful, but was destined to be the most unusual and unique!
He was called a shameless swordsman, but his strength proved otherwise!
He lives for the sword, dies for the sword, and goes crazy for the sword! <<less

She has been drawn into the life of the phoenix, such fate – “The Emperor Swallow”, but few days later she married the Prime Minister; she possesses beauty that overthrows cities and ruins states but also has a talented and virtuous mind, yet her husband is deeply in love with the Emperor’s doted consort. On their wedding night, his face filled with guilt, says to her: Apart from love, I can give you anything……... more>>

Though deep in nobility, her life is not monotonous, to pick up the new number one scholar from within the imperial palace, to rescue the Nu clan’s prince in the back alleys, and with the young general falling off the cliff, with the Emperor engaging in a battle of wits over the inner palace…….

Many men were unable to conquer her beauty and wisdom, yet when trying to win the beauty, they cannot let go of their plundering desires in lust for power. Within the imperial court, there is an underlying turbulence of disputing fronts. On the battlefield, there is the slaughtering of armoured cavalry……the tender grace of a beauty, hearts fuelled with lust for power, which is it that is the burial of such heroes?

Troubled times since the war, they survive in this strife, fighting to dominate this world, seizing the beauty that overthrows cities and ruin states……

The world, because of this beauty, is in chaos; but who is it that this beauty charmingly smiles at? <<less

A pure and kind-hearted princess, destined for a political marriage, unexpectedly loses her v**ginity before entering the palace. Faced with various trainings and coercions, she reluctantly competes for favor, ultimately stepping into the role of the empress while being surrounded by handsome men.... more>>

Author's notes:

1. NP. Explicit content. Emotionally engaging, not mindless gratification. Includes training and palace intrigues.

2. Ensemble cast, each supporting female character has their own role. The male leads include everyone except the emperor. <<less

Ruo Xi is a stubborn, feisty lady who has no qualms talking back to princes and brawling with princesses. Even Emperor Kang Xi teases her... more>> with the nickname “the thirteenth missy who tries her damnedest”. This very same girl was originally just your average white-collared worker in modern bustling Shen Zhen but due to some cosmic slip, she manages to travel centuries back in time. Along with her knowledge on how history eventually pans out, she finds herself embroiled in court intrigues. She knows she shouldn’t be swept up in the power struggle but she can’t help herself because this involves the ones she love as well as the ones who love her. Thus, she can only forge ahead cautiously, step by startling step … <<less

“If he’s being badass, I’m gonna plant my own crops. If he messes with me, he will not live past next year.”... more>>

Homebody Zhao Hai brought ‘QQ Farm’ along in his traversal to another world and resided within the body of a fallen noble. His fief was a black land which nothing could be planted, and more importantly, he even had a peerlessly powerful fiancee, who was actually the successor of a duchy and future Grand Duchess!

Even more importantly, he is a magical and martial cripple who could not learn magic and martial arts. His crippling was very thorough.

“I can’t learn magic, but I have the farm. You dare attack me? I’ll release bugs to eat up your rations and crops, and put pesticides and weed agents into your water sources to make your lands grow weeds. See if you dare to attack me. What? You wanna hire killers to assassinate me? Hehehe. I’ll hide inside the little house in my farm and see how you can attack me. When you leave, I’m gonna terminate your country’s crop productions, and then all of your people will revolt. See if you dare to kill me.”

Watch how this somewhat black hearted hobo uses his QQ Farm in the world of swords and magic to become a globally known nightmarish existence. <<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

When she first transmigrated into the body of the Empress, she didn’t care about how strong her cultivation was or what the strength of the... more>> country was, but only how many beauties were present in her harem! Although three thousand could get a little chaotic at times, every beauty’s bearing and charms were different! But then why were all of her beauties so temperamental? One wrong phrase and all of them were fighting! My god, and they are martial art experts too? Beauties, take away your hands, don’t lift this imperial palace off from its foundation! <<less