The following tale is entirely fictional and any similarities to real-life events or people are purely coincidental. After a decade of heartache, Lin Nuan decided... more>> to take her own life by jumping into the river. However, instead of death, her soul traveled to a new body - that of Yuan Xi in Yebei. From a tender age, Yuan Xi's father had been nurturing her, hoping that she would become one of the most prominent women in the land. When the emperor's three-year mourning period finally came to an end, a grand ceremony was held to select new members for his harem. The proud father had anticipated that his daughter would be among the chosen, but to his dismay, she was eliminated from the competition. Read on to discover how Yuan Xi was able to regain entry to the Chinese palace, how she dealt with the hidden threats lurking around every corner, and how she fought to thrive in the complex and ancient system that demanded the "Appointment of Crown Prince and then Matricide." <<less

At least three years had passed.
Isabelle stayed alive during the time they were apart.
The one thing she really couldn’t do was die.
Because she had a lover that promised to marry her, Arno.... more>>

So she lived. She gritted her teeth and lived.
Even if she was made fun of or slapped by the King of the enemy country, she lived.
After arduous struggles, she finally met Arno,

“Isabelle, I hate you.”

The person she loved so much hated her.

With the same tongue that kissed his mistress, Arno uttered countless invectives.
Even so, Isabelle was still unable to stop loving him.

But her love was not infinite.
The more she looked at Arno, the more she crumbled.

By the time Isabelle could no longer ignore it,

"If I told you that I’d even risked my life for you, would you believe me, Isabelle?"

Arno’s love began once more. <<less

Empress Dowager Yi An finally achieved great success in this life, her son became the emperor.... more>>

She had a bad fortune in the first half of her life but she was favored by the former Emperor for the second half of her life.

In this situation she should be happy however there was one problem, a tired heart.

If one may ask, who is not tired in this deep palace?

When she woke up, she went back to her fifteen-year-old self, and was still a ‘thin horse’.

When she was sent to the capital as a tool for connection, thus the story began…

Note : ‘thin horse’ [shòu mǎ 瘦马] – was a term used to denote girls reared specifically for the purpose of supplying Yangzhou City’s [Jiangsu Province] market in concubines. <<less

At the tender age of five, Shen Guiyan was able to recite a thousand-word essay, at the age of six she played the zither and composed her own poems, at the age of seven she burned incense and became a poet, and at the age of eight she was betrothed to the son of the prime minister. Everyone said she was born of a Phoenix Jade* and had a good destiny.... more>>

But then a woman arrives from the modern era and turns her direct sister from a barbarian to a witty one, stealing her husband and harming her birth mother, and toppling her from the sky, laughing wildly: “How can a mere feudal woman compete with a modern 21st century woman?”

Conspiracy and deceptions changed her fate, her growing belly ruined her marriage, caused her to be married to a simple merchant’s son, who ruined her on the wedding night, yet all of this just helped to fulfill a strange destiny.

According to a nutcase monk, her fate will be a great disaster when she reaches maturity, a great joy when she reaches her second decade, and a great sorrow when her hair turns white.

Shen Guiyan does not believe in fate, she only believes that man will prevail over God.

Those who owe her will have to pay her back. Those who have harmed her will eventually go to hell. Is it something great to cross over? To be reborn? Even if you have ten or eight golden fingers**, I will chop them all up for you!

“Your sister is actually a kind person.” Gu Chaobei said this.

“What’s so kind about her?” Shen Guiyan sneered coldly.

“At least she let me meet you. If I hadn’t met you, I don’t know how boring life would have been.”

*Phoenix Jade: Phoenix carved from a Jade, symbolizing outstanding talents and superior abilities.

**Golden Fingers: A gold finger is basically a cheat power/ability. <<less

Bai Aoxue, the best mercenary in the 21st century, is accidentally sent back to the Chengxi Dynasty in Great Continent due to an explosion in... more>> her mission, and trapped in the first daughter of Prime Minister. After her rebirth, she is set up by her father to marry the 5th prince Jun Yeyan who wears a mask all day long.
In the face of bloodthirsty enemies, discord between brothers, collusion among courtiers and invasion of enemy state, can Bai and Jun resolve the crises? What will happen to their political marriage? How will the fierce battle for the throne end?
With many twists and turns, the book brings you to experience palace revolution, love and hatred thousands of years ago. <<less

“My name is Hua Chun.”... more>>

When she first introduced herself to the Emperor, she saw the most beautiful smile blossom on his face; yet, it was only a pity that this cold, taciturn, and wicked emperor had only smiled once in his life.

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Hua Chun fell in love with the handsome and just Prime Minister from a popular TV show. But beyond all reason, she found herself transmigrated into the same story as none other than the Prime Minister — only to find out her beloved Prime Minister is actually a woman secretly parading as man in the Emperor’s court!

Whirled into a historical world, Hua Chun, once a young and beautiful lady in her twenties, had to pretend as a man and stand beside the imposing Emperor, becoming his loyal and upright minister. <<less

Su Yi, the great general of Qi, was captured by enemy country's army. Faced with the downfall of his country and interest from opposing country's... more>> king, how will he react? <<less

Ji Changsheng gained the ability to marry multiple wives and received generous rewards, empowering him to become stronger. Moreover, his wives also benefits from the system by sharing in his cultivation achievements. As a result, numerous heroines became infatuated and did whatever it takes to marry him.... more>>

Protagonist: "The Holy Maiden broke off her engagement with me just to marry Ji Changsheng?"

Supreme Empress: "Young master Ji, I'll bestow you with emperor-level techniques and elixirs to help me ascend to immortality!"

Dark Supreme Overlord: "What did you say? All the female overlords sent to conquer the human race have become Ji Changsheng's betrothed?"

Thus, Ji Changsheng married across the myriad realms, achieving unparalleled greatness. However, this also triggered the rage of all protagonists in the multiple start domains, vowing to tear him to pieces and turn him into ashes.

Confused, Ji Changsheng wondered, "I only wanted to marry and grow stronger. How did I offend all the protagonists and become the ultimate final boss in the world?"

All the Protagonists: "Run! This boss has gone mad!" <<less

There were such a group of people living in the Imperial Harem: Empress Dowager, grasping great power in her hand and observing others in the Imperial Harem indifferently; Queen Mother Ji, the late Emperor’s first wife, focusing on supporting her relatives to grab powers in the imperial court; Queen Mother Yuan, legal mother of the Emperor, being patient and cautious all the time and bearing various plots in her mind; Queen Mother Qu, the Emperor’s biological mother, living a secluded life with nobody knowing her thoughts; the nominal Emperor, with no real power in his hand; and Consorts and Concubines sharing different backgrounds gathering in the Imperial Harem. Among them, Yun Fenghuang was nothing but... more>> a powerless one with no family background.

Joining the Imperial Harem as a little Bao Lin at the beginning, was she able to survive to the end? Would the Emperor be willing to govern the country nominally?

With so many powerful women and resourceful weak ones in this place, you could expect nothing but unheard treacherous living stories like intrigues, plots, frauds, and conspiracies. Go find out the details. <<less

1. Things like eating and drinking.... more>>

Anyway, the Qing Dynasty was all dressed in sieves, so I don’t have too many of them even if I add this one.

2. The Fourth Master is Very Busy series.

The heroine could have had some space (but I couldn’t write it, and I would go crazy when writing about it, and the writing would go astray); she could also have a system (I went to play for her) Online games, but I still can’t write them, my addiction to settings is out of control). So she could only wear it like this… to be a little white flower swaying in the cold wind~

One-sentence introduction: Li Wei’s happy life in the Qing Dynasty.

Purpose: Live a good life at all times. <<less

Mu Wanqing was a forensic investigator from the 21st century until one day, she was sent back in time to the Jing Hua dynasty and became the appointed consort of a loyal and brave prince.... more>>

Unreasonable, ill-mannered, arrogant and headstrong, the original princess had earned herself a long stay in the cold palace. Avoided by the mass, shunned by the prince, and ignored by the butler and servants, she was left to fend for herself in a hostile environment.

What is this shitty situation? Do you take me for a Hello Kitty because I don’t roar?!

Therefore, she relied on the skills she gained as a forensic investigator to solve problematic situations inside the prince’s estate, give back the justice for the victims, educate the ignorant servants and establish a great reputation, laying a solid foundation for her status in the prince’s household.

To survive, she did her best to worm a place into his life and unbeknownst to her; she ended up falling for the talented and charming prince who sometimes showed to her a rare kind expression.

Unfortunately, good things don’t last forever. In order to marry the honorable Princess of Qing Yang, he planned a trap for her and framed her for adultery. Then, he stripped her of her princess’ title and kicked her out of the house successfully.

She learned the hard way that if men were trustworthy; pigs could climb trees.

Homeless without a penny, she thought hard on how to survive the new ordeal because as a woman, her four arts sucks, so she can’t sell her talent. It was out of the question to sell her body. Shit! She only had skills for autopsies, but the yamen doesn’t hire women!

Caught in an impasse, she finally sells her freedom and became a s*ave girl.

In a household torn with disputes, they assigned her to take care of the sick third young master.

Hehehe! This time she will grasp well on this new opportunity to reverse her fate.

Breaking unsolved cases, answering the plight of people, meeting countless people, step by step a modern girl will forge her way to the peak. <<less

Even the most capable people cannot escape calamity. Zhang Ping, who dreamed of becoming the world’s best, voluntarily enters the palace to become a eunuch before his father has to resort to plundering and crime. ... more>>

How can a prince be so thin and bony, that was Zhang Ping’s first impression of Huangfu Jie.

The prince looks at the kneeling eunuch, the scars and wounds on his body not yet healing.

Zhang Ping’s eyes turn red—I curse your ancestors for eighteen generations!

He is just little uglier; weirder than normal people.

Are ugly people not human? I, Zhang Ping, swear to cultivate the world’s second best over here in the palace! <<less

There was once a treacherous concubine. She controlled the government, persecuted the honest and faithful, and created chaos in the harem. Inciting anger from the people.... more>>

Of course, in the end, the protagonist was cleanly dealt with and the people rejoiced.

Yuan Luo, who was supposed to be dead, wasn’t. Instead, she became the treacherous concubine who was comparable to Su Daji.

The first thought when she woke up was to whitewash her name. But…

Lackey 1: Niang niang, the family of imperial censor Zhu who impeached you has been slaughtered by us. Even his cats, dogs, chickens, and ducks have not been spared…

Lackey 2: Niang niang, the little bit*h assigned by Dong Hai Wang to seduce the emperor has been disfigured. But Dong Hai Wang is not easy to deal with. We are ready to poison him at your command.

Lackey 3: Niang niang, the enemy received the military plans we leaked out. As expected, General Gu was defeated on the front line. That old man can no longer go against you. His whole family is dead.

Yuan Luo: …

She walked out of her chamber and looked at the young general who was kneeling in the snow and begging for his family to be spared. She felt the eyes that fell on her grow colder and darker than the wind and snow.

Yuan Luo just wants to throw away the imperial jade seal! Son of a b*tch, how do you whitewash this? This road is completely blackened! <<less

Crossed over to ancient times after a betrayal. ... more>>

The emperor humiliates her, the concubines bully her. The queen doesn’t mind! She was more at ease outside the palace!

Turning the county mansion into a queen’s hotel, a palace maid into a waitress and guards into respected bodyguards… At night, she counts her silver and laughs out loud as beautiful men are sent to her door to serve enthusiastically. So satisfying! <<less

Occupational Analysis of "Crown Princess":... more>>

Number One: Promotion prospects are bleak, Crown Princess—Empress—Empress Dowager, the time between each is vast, and difficulty is extremely high.

Number Two: No guarantees of continuous labor, not to mention the lack of insurance, you can be dismissed at any time, furthermore you will no longer be able to start another career!

Number Three: The nature of the job is dangerous, at any time there is the danger of death, if the Crown Prince isn't able to ascend as emperor, you will fall out of luck together with him, if the crown prince ascends as emperor, you have to be careful as to not unluckily fall alone.

Number Four: Moonlighting as a s*x worker, though the intensity of the job is unlikely to be very big, however, there is no power to select the service partner.

To summarize, the job of Crown Princess isn't particularly a good job, no prospects, large stress, and the manual labor is intense......

Okay, in fact that was just a flood of words, a simple summary is:

This is a story about a "woman's" struggles in the harem......

At the same time, it is also about a "man's" sufferings in the harem...... <<less

He was the young emperor. He was good at literature and martial arts. However, he was looked down by his loyal subjects. The court’s dispute forced him to marry. ... more>>

She was the daughter of the influential prime minister. She was talented and good looking but lived in her bedroom where no one knows her. After becoming the empress, she met with a cold response from the emperor.

He was the gentle and refined Yu Wang. His behavior and appearance are out of the ordinary. He is famous and well known everywhere for assisting the emperor. A onetime encounter and he cannot prevent himself from falling in love with her.

One belated meeting, she becomes his fairy. She was also compatible with him. Since then, the prince only loves her, and unfeeling towards other beautiful women.

A sudden confession and she reveals her identity. They become strangers to each other. Since then, their relationship was only sister in law and brother in law. Their love is now dead.

The emperor’s harem was filled with many different concubines. Everyone yearning for the empress’s position. Trying their hardest in creating schemes to steal her position. Her trusted aide was gentle, lovely and liked the emperor. She was willing for her to become his concubine. But when the grievous news arrives, she realizes with astonishment that she was already all alone in this world… <<less

He Zheng became cannon fodder for the tyrant.... more>>

The original cannon fodder, relying on his beauty and fertile physique, he thought that he had been loved by the tyrant for a while but in the end he was killed. His body was not even left intact.

The most frightening thing is that he had been transmigrated to the night when he was offered to the tyrant. He called the sky and the earth for help but it failed, waiting for the tyrant to arrive—

He Zheng: Help, spare my life! !

After a long time, the tyrant became a virtuous man and cultivated himself, but a more exciting news spread rapidly:

“Can you guess who is the scariest in this palace?”

” It is the empress. If you look at him for a long time, his majesty will personally dig out your eyes.” <<less

“Ding! Soulbinding has been successfully completed; you will now head to the Heaven Awaken World.” After hearing this, Zhao Fu’s vision darkened as he fell to the ground.... more>>

With bleak prospects in the real world, Zhao Fu’s life is turned around when countless crystals fell from the sky one night, which people could use to enter an alternate, game-like world. After obtaining an ancient Chinese empire’s legacy, Zhao Fu uses his intellect and resourcefulness to develop his own empire from a tiny village. However, with enemies both in the real world and in the Heaven Awaken World, he must make brilliant decisions and use creative schemes to survive. <<less

Ling Ye transmigrated to a Xuanhuan novel world. As a hidden expert, he kept a low profile throughout the book.... more>>

Towards the end of the story, the heroine and villainess would have had a duel.

However, because both were pregnant, the duel had to be cancelled.

Not only were they both pregnant at the same time, but they also gave birth to a child together.

There was a lot of curiosity about who both children's fathers were.

It wasn't until one day that they uncovered Ling Ye as the children's father.

It was the same person?

The world was stunned at this moment!

Ling Ye who held the Imperial Princess in arms and had been married to her, began to contemplate...

Imperial Princess: "What are you looking at? Why don't you take them all? But first, I'm the elder sister."

Ling Ye: "Really?... You'll let me take them all?" <<less

Shi Qingxue, the sixth lady of the Shi Family, had been in love with a wrong guy, which had led to the destruction of her... more>> family. To pay the price, her parents had even lost their lives. Also, she had hurt the man who was deeply in love with her. She could feel her life fading away, but she had so many regrets at this pathetic life. Fortunately, Shi Qingxue got the opportunity to be reborn. Opening up her eyes, she found herself in the back garden of Shi Family. It was the day when her grandmother hosted the birthday banquet. It was exactly where she made all the wrong decisions that ruined her last life. It was where the mistake started. She was reborn, and what would she do next? <<less

“I really want to taste it…” Lazily leaning against the imperial bed, the man l**ked his lips, his fingertips lingering on the tempting delicacy in front of him.... more>>

“Of course you can,” the boy’s replied nonchalantly, without changing his expression, “if you want to see me bleed to death, Fa…ther…” He leisurely pronounced the last two words. The six-year-old Qi Mingyue moved the hands away from his waist, ignoring the expression on the man’s face, and stood up to leave.

When he was the number one of a host club, he died from a gunshot. When he woke up he was a prince, and he met that man. The cunning and two faced, flirtatious and inconsistent man, but when it came to himself, it was unconditional love and care… so what if they were father and son?

As an emperor, he had encountered many people, and to him, there was but little difference among them, which made life dull. However, this prince subverted his perception. Gentle and profound like water, cold and indifferent like the moon… so what if he was destined to bring calamity, having mu*dered his own mother?

Just showering him with love and indulgence would be enough. <<less

For 18 years she disguised herself as a man, and what a man: the Crown Prince of the Yan Kingdom.... more>>

Now in order to kill her greatest enemy, the current Prince Regent, she ended up in his hands.

Will she be able to keep her secret identity and succeed in killing him? Or will love bloom from hatred?

“His Royal Highness is Pregnant!” tells the story of Prince Murong Ci, the Crown Prince of the East Palace of the Great Yan State, who disguised herself as a man for eighteen years and protected herself as a “Straw Prince” and cultivated power in secret.

Her opponent, Murong Yu, the auxiliary Prince Regent, who was given the Emperor’s surname by the Emperor of Yan, had great martial skills and power, cruel and vicious, strategizing, and eyeing the Emperor’s power.

In order to regain the real power of the Murong clan, Murong Ci meticulously planned the assassination of the Regent, but she ended up beginning a strange relationship between them…

a strange love. She grew from being the “Straw Prince” to being the Emperor, he grew from being a domineering Prince Regent to a Wife-loving Demon. <<less

After getting betrayed and killed by the only person she’d loved, Miss Shang wakes up in the body of the cowardly crown prince Shang Wuxin, who, due to her own circumstances, was actually a girl cross-dressing as a boy. After inheriting the crown prince’s memories, Shang Wuxin has three things on her agenda:... more>>

1. Clean up the house

2. Gather loyal followers and soldiers

3. Get the throne <<less

Everyone told Wei Yingluo that her sister had taken her own life. But the mark left on the corpse told a different story. To unearth the truth, she entered the Forbidden City during Emperor Qianlong's 6th year of reign.... more>>

After investigation, she found her sister’s death related to Prince Hongzhou, and became determined to avenge her. The kind Empress Fucha, worried that Yingluo would stray onto the wrong path, took her under her wing. With the help of the Empress, Wei Yingluo grew to be an honest and strong female official in the palace, letting go of her resentment and living her life seriously from then on.

Yet the Empress passed away unfortunately, causing Yingluo to misunderstand Emperor Qianlong. Hostile against each other, could they understand and support each other in the end? <<less

When I tripped into another world, it was a world where there was no black hair. As a rare find, I have been presented to... more>> the rear palace as a tribute to the king of a neighboring country. A fast-paced woman tries to survive in the back palace in a world where she doesn’t know the language. It’s a story that moves all at its own pace. <<less