[B LOVE] In the fourteenth year of Chenghua, the imperial harem had one Consort Wan, just as the Western Depot had one Chief Eunuch named Wang Zhi. Crown Prince Zhu Youcheng was barely eight years old, and it was uncertain whether he could grow to adulthood without a hitch.... more>>

The Emperor was mediocre, and feckless. Eunuchs deceived those above them and kept those below them in the dark. Court officials patched up leaks left and right. Those doing evil were arrogantly savaging, and those doing good were helplessly sighing.

With the ways of the world like this, how could the ways of the Heavens possibly be just?

That year, Tang Fan transferred into Shuntian Prefecture from Hanlin Academy, taking up a post as a sixth-rank Judge. <<less

[B LOVE] In the age of the Liang Dynasty, the lives of the people were made convenient with steam-powered machines that run on a fuel... more>> named Ziliujin. Changgeng, who lived in a small countryside village, shared a distant relationship with his mother while his stepfather was away most of the year round, and the only people he was close to were two little kids, the village teacher, and his Yi Fu – foster father. But his life was flipped upside down one day following the Northern Barbarians’ invasion, and it turned out that his entire identity had been an illusion – not only was Changgeng himself not the country boy he thought he was, but also his mother, his teacher, and even his beloved Yi Fu… <<less

[BG LOVE] There is a certain large country in the central plains of the mainland. In the imperial court of its emperor, there is a girl. Her name is Maomao, a pharmacist from the pleasure district, who is currently working as a maidservant in the inner palace. The girl, who surely cannot be considered a beauty, is keeping a low-profile waiting for her contract to end. She is confident that she will not be “visited” by the emperor. During that, she learns about the short lives of the children of the emperor. Maomao, hearing that the two surviving children are critically ill, begins her investigation for the cause—.... more>>

Set in the middle ages of the East, the “Food Taster” girl continues to solve difficult cases in the imperial court one after another. <<less

[B LOVE] 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>> style="line-height: 40px;"> “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

[B LOVE] I belong to a good sect that has never turned its back on me for my poor potential, has never forced me to study martial arts, and even helped arrange a betrothal for me when I was young.... more>>

My fiancée is a much renowned hot-tempered young miss. She’s beautiful, strong, and deeply loves me. Upon my start down the path of the Jianghu, I entirely relied on her to provide cover for me and before long, I became renowned as the #1 Pretty Boy of the Immortal Path.

Yet one day, I discovered that this person is apparently a man. A man in drag!

More unforgivable is that he thought I was a woman dressing as a man!

Me, as if my liver and guts are being cut to pieces: “Brother, what have you done with my fiancée?”

Him, as if a knife has been twisted in his heart: “Brother, what have *you* done with my fiancée?”

The waters of the Jianghu are indeed murky. Even if I am starving, even if I’m dying far from home, from this point on, I will not eat even a mouthful of rice prepared by him.

—So fragrant. <<less

[B LOVE] Question: What is it like being married to a scumbag?... more>>

Chu Yu: Every year I spend over three hundred days thinking about getting a divorce, every month I spend thirty days thinking about how to kill him, and every day I spend twenty-four hours thinking about boxing his ears. <<less

[B LOVE] The notorious imperial court lackey and the meritorious military general were well-known for their mutual dislike, a pair of arch-enemies set in stone. Who could have foreseen the unexpected change in the winds of heaven: the general injured on the battlefield, both legs disabled, and even forced by the emperor to marry his nemesis.... more>>

With one marriage edict, two people with mutual hostility are forced to marry and live under the same roof. Yet after these long days together, they come to the realization that this fellow is not truly devoid of any saving grace/unattainable and high out of reach. <<less

A lineage of enmity, two lifetimes of love... more>>

A hundred years in hell is not as bitter as love

[Past life]

A gentle and strong Eldest Prince shou who turned evil in the end

The Ninth Prince gong, who originally did not have a good heart, turned evil due to hatred

Conclusion: It’s all the fault of the family of origin

[Present life]

A white impermanence senior brother shou, who already doesn’t have any memories of the past

A black impermanence junior brother gong, who has memories of the past and impure intention

Conclusion: It’s all the fault of senior brother being too good <<less

[B LOVE] An ambitious man walking on a path of tactics that are filled with sharp knives,... more>>

A nobody cutting his way through thistles and thorns on a path of salvation,

A scholar-official who is always vigilant during his journey of managing disorders.

An idealist who is ready to risk any danger to reach his goals during his journey of salvation.

This is a story about power and conspiracy, the battlefield of the imperial court, love and hate, ideals and beliefs first broken and then established.

The GONG is a scum, the SHOU is also a scum. There are not a lot of good people as supporting characters, not to mention perfect people. Everyone is like a human being —- with good and evil coexisting. <<less

[BG LOVE] A century and more ago, China was embroiled in turmoil and instability. Opium usage was rampant in the country. Foreign powers carved up China’s land into foreign-controlled concessions and leased out lands. The Qing Dynasty was on its last legs. Military warlords and cliques fought for power. People rose up to fight for change, some wanting reform and to institute a constitutional monarchy, some wanting a revolution, to completely change the political situation.... more>>

This is the backdrop of our story, which opens in the year 1911. It is truly a historical romance, with many references to historical events and people.

Shen Xi is a wanted criminal of the Qing Dynasty, not for any crime that she committed but because her father was charged as a reformist and punishment was doled out to the entire clan. She has been living hidden away in the dirtiest of places, until one day something happens and she is rescued by the Third Master of the House of Fu, Fu Tongwen. Third Master Fu, the romantic, suave young master known for his love of women and frivolity, whose wealth is countless, sends her abroad to study and guarantees the safety and well-being of the rest of her life. She thinks that the ties between the two of them are merely the letters she regularly posts to him and the replies he sends back, but one day he appears in the parlour of her townhouse in New York. During this time, her interaction with him increases until one day she abruptly makes the decision to return to China. In her travels and interaction with him, she learns that this man who on the outside appears to be (by a modern-day terms), a playboy in reality holds a heart for his country and its people and carries a longing to bring change—to see a China restored to splendour and prosperity.

The Third Master Fu of her first encounter with him was a rich, frivolous young lord who would reserve half of an entire venue for only the purpose of increasing the popularity of the entertainer he was fond of, a man who liked to sit with one ankle resting on the thigh of the other leg, his head tilted to the side to quietly converse with the wealthy young masters around him. In the glow of lamplight, the side view of his face exuded an air of dissolute suaveness. It was only later that she saw the real him: In the dim illumination, what he sat upon were actually piles of white skeletons and what he guarded were the vast, magnificent lands of the nation. <<less

[B LOVE] Legend has it that the world’s most formidable man Xu Shuangtze owned a cherished portrait of his deceased wife. But no one knew that on its back was another portrait of his arch rival who Xu Shuangtze had killed with his own hands.... more>>

Sixteen years ago, the Chief of Immortal Alliance’s Department of Discipline, Gong Wei, brought a blade with him on the Immortal Ascension Platform. His assassination of Xu Shuangtze failed and he was slain on the spot by the sword named No Way Out.

Sixteen years later, Gong Wei opened his eyes and found himself reborn in the body of a beautiful fool who even had to kneel down when talking to Lord Xu.

This was not the only disturbing thing for him.

Because of his ravishing good looks, remarkable power and status as well as his premature death in his previous life, he was now the beloved muse of countless writers. Books and stories featuring him as the main lead to all kinds of relationships were circulated far and wide. Even among the famous sects there were rumours of his forbidden encounters with every sect leader… <<less

[B LOVE] Lou Jing was beaten half to death by his father, then forced to enter the Eastern Palace. Becoming the Crown Prince’s Consort meant that he was no longer the Duke’s heir apparent. His future was ruined! The only thing Lou Jing could do? Help the Crown Prince, and protect the kingdom…... more>>

Emperor: “My Empress, please note that I’m technically the husband here.”

Lou Jing picked up the person dressed in Imperial dragon robes and laughed, saying: “I know, I know, this loyal subject definitely won’t tire your Majesty out in bed!” <<less

[NO LOVE] To pass as an imperial concubine, one must be professional.... more>>

Actually, the profession of an imperial concubine is pretty good. The emperor will accompany you in eating and drinking, and even pay you for it. What’s not good about that? <<less

[BG LOVE] Hearing that her fiancé, the elegant Crown Prince, had become a paralytic, the noble girl who always wanted to outdo her peers couldn’t take the blow and killed herself, so her halpless disfigured maid had to finish the wedding ceremony with the Crown Prince on her behalf.... more>>

“You are a paralyzed man, and I am an ugly girl. We are both despised by others, so we’d better stop loathing each other.” When they first met, she was all bluffing and pompous.

…

“Please keep instructing me for the rest of my life.” said the once paralyzed cripple who walked slowly towards her years later while putting a phoenix coronet over her head himself.

“Instruct—Instruct how?” asked the bold and naughty ugly girl who acted bashfully like a newlywed at the moment, which was rare to see on usual days.

“To instruct me this way…” His face was full of tenderness, while his fingers tried to untie the lute-like buckle of her underwear slowly. <<less

[BG LOVE] On their wedding night, she gnashed her teeth, yelling, “Your Highness, that’s shameless!”... more>>

Set off by the flickering light of red candles, he curved the corner of his mouth into a wicked grin, “Actually, I can be more shameless…”

…

When they met for the first time, he was the young prince who lived in his day of brilliance, while she was the pampered princess of the adjacent state.

When they met again, he became the crippled underdog suffering from frustration, while she became the lackluster hostage stranded in an alien land.

In his mid-life, he was defeated in the fight and had his legs broken; his wife passed away and he didn’t have anything left except his father’s detestation… After constant blows took the edge off his spirit, all he wanted was nothing but serenity.

In her teen-age, her state perished and her home lost; she lapsed into an awkward situation after being abandoned and having her marriage annulled… As endless hardships isolated her from happiness, everything she wished for was no more than peace.

…

“Lu Zhishan, when I first met you, I didn’t think I’d marry you…too old,” after years passed by, one day, she lay on his laps mumbling, with a kind of hazy beauty on her boozy face, “and lame.”

“Mu Nanzhi, you have the wrong memory. At our first meeting, I’m neither old nor limp.”

“…When was that?”

“When people were celebrating your first birthday,” that man assumed all gentleness and joy crept on his eyes and brows, “On that day, you were ‘drawing lots’ in the rear hall. I also sneaked there to have a look. But, out of my expectation, you directly grabbed my true-love knot.”

…

How vivid the red love pea is embedded in the exquisitely carved dice,

Just as my feelings for you deep in my bones. <<less

[BG LOVE] The Fifth Young Lady of the residence of Marquis Chang Xing was wrongly carried away upon birth and the daughter of a farmer became a Young Lady by accident. The real daughter of the Marquis residence lived amongst the commoners and suffered for thirteen difficult years.... more>>

On the thirteenth year, Chu Jin Yao finally returned to her biological parents’ side. However, the awkward thing was that Mother disliked her for having vulgar manners and wholeheartedly loved the previous ‘daughter’. Even Grandmother could not bear to send the granddaughter she had doted on for thirteen years back to the farming family and made the decision to allow the fake daughter to stay on and continue to be the Young Lady of a Marquis lineage.

Chu Jin Yao, who grew up in a poor family, was out of place in the Marquis Residence. After yet another hindrance from her Younger Tang Sister, Chu Jin Yao was shedding tears in her room when she discovered that her jade pendant could speak.

Her jade pendant had a bad temperament but would heed to her complaints, help her in the residence battles and provide her guidance to oppress scums.

It wasn’t until one day when Chu Jin Yao had an encounter with the infamously violent Crown Prince.

“Speaking of which, you might not believe but my jade pendant spirit looks exactly like the Crown Prince.” <<less

[BG LOVE] Agatha Nobilis was the heiress of a fortune that spanned several centuries.... more>>

Despite the fact that she has been married and divorced six times, if one were to choose the best bride on the continent, her name would undoubtedly come to mind.

-Who will be her seventh husband?

In the midst of public interest, Agatha chose the protagonist of the ten year war, Marquis Enoch Aratus.

Twenty year old. The head of a long-established family who possessed everything but wealth.

He was, however, a very attractive, excellent and well-mannered man.

“There are only three things you need to do. Keep assassins at bay. Respect me as wife. Make our own separate mansion and live there.”

“…..I’m not sure what kind of marriage you had thus far.”

Will Agatha Nobilis, who has been embroiled in all sort of dark battles because of her astronomical fortune be able to lead a normal life now? <<less

[B LOVE] I have experienced all the eight sufferings of this world.... more>>

I do not ask for nirvana, but for you. <<less

[B LOVE] This is a story of two fathers worrying over their precious daughter’s growth, told from the daughter’s pov.

[G LOVE] 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 abnormal (gay) 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

[B LOVE] City of Roars, the biggest city in Wulin underworld (the circle of martial artists, same meaning as Jianghu) was destroyed overnight, and people from all walks of life went to investigate. Yun Biechen was entrusted as the Alliance Chief of the Five Mountains in this critical moment to find out the truth. Yet never had he expected to meet a mysterious guy.... more>>

The mysterious guy: Honey, I lost my memory. Please take good care of me…

Yun Biechen: …

Always speaking in a cutesy and sweet voice? OK, fine.

Frequently losing memory and having particular interest in flirting with beauties? OK, fine.

Special tastes for wearing makeups and red robes? OK, fine!

Constantly eating my tofu? Fu*k off and die! <<less

[BG LOVE] Once upon a time, there was a swordsman who wielded the sword, lived by the sword, and died by the sword.... more>>

After days and months of battle, the swordsman chose death by his own free will, but was reborn as Fay Hanse Diestburg, the third prince of the kingdom of Diestburg.

Wanting to distance himself from his past life where he lived as if possessed by the sword, Fay decided to just lead a life of a wastrel, earning the nickname: “tr*sh Prince”.

However, one day, because of a pact with the neighboring kingdom’s Afillis royal house, Fay is sent to war, leading reinforcement troops. On the battlefield, Fay witnesses a scene of despair, as the “Hero”, an existence possessing power rivaling tens of thousands, ravaged the battlefield.

Fay considered returning to the kingdom, but a certain knight’s death manages to shake his heart, thus he decided to wield the sword once again — the legend of the strongest lazy prince begins! <<less

[BG LOVE] This book is Jiang Yingliu’s memoir, which narrates Liu’er life from Beauty to Empress in the palace. Under the plain sentences lies the difficult life in the palace for more than 50 years. Inside the palace, everyone is pitiful. The author describes the majority of “my” life in the palace after “I” accidentally entered the palace in first-person perspective and shows a different life in the imperial harem. Rather than intrigue and contention, the life here is quite peaceful and happy. Finally, I wish them reincarnate as civilians next life and never enter the palace again as they wished.... more>>

Pink hands so fine,

Gold-branded wine,

Spring paints the willows green

palace walls can’t confine.

East wind unfair,

Happy times rare.　　

In my heart sad thoughts throng;　　

We severed for years long.　　

Wrong, wrong, wrong!　　

Spring is as green,　

In vain she’s lean,　　

Her kerchief soaked with tears and red with stains unclean.　　

Peach blossoms fall　　

Near deserted hall.　　

Our oath is still there. Lo!　　

No word to her can go. 　　

No, no, no! <<less

[BG LOVE] Tang Shishi was the number one beauty in the court. She was arrogant, domineering and aggressive. She accidentally picked up a book and learned that she was just a vicious female second lead in a palace struggle. Later, she would fight for favor with the female lead, and eventually she was ruined and died miserably.... more>>

Now, they have just entered the fief of Jing Wang, and the first meeting of the male and female leads has not happened yet. There are two paths before Tang Shishi. The first is to hold the heroine’s thighs tightly and join the female lead camp early; the second is to please the male lead and steal the favor of the female lead.

Tang Shishi chooses the third way.

Tang Shishi knew that the male lead’s adoptive father Jing Wang seemed to be low profile, but in fact he was overly ambitious. In the near future, he will invade the capital and proclaim the emperor before the imperial court, but it is a pity that he passed away before passing the throne to the male lead.

This year, Jing Wang is twenty-four years old, still young, and has yet to marry a wife.

Anyway, she already in the Forbidden City. Instead of being the concubine of the male lead, it is better to be his adopted mother, the empress dowager in one step.

————–

Zhao Chengjun had no intention to get married, so he adopted his subordinate son as his heir. He thought he would be with his army in his whole life.

Later, the imperial family sent a team of beauties to Prince Jing, and the leader was named Tang Shishi.

His young, adopted son and his subordinates also persuaded: Your Highness, this is a beauty trap.

Jing Wang: I know.

The so-called beauty trap was merely a bait for those who wish. <<less

[BG LOVE] Carmelita Montecarlos was the youngest daughter of San Alfonso’s wealthiest family, while Juanito Alfonso was the son of the most powerful and influential gobernadorcillo. An agreement solidified their love future. They were bound to fall in love, which an agreement guaranteed. They were to marry on the day of Carmelita’s 20th birthday.... more>>

However, on the day of their grand wedding, Juanito was shot. Nobody knew who had done it. Everyone assumed that this would be the end of their tragedy. That just like their souls, their tragic romance had gone to the afterlife. But fate had different plans.

The laws of nature will bend. After more than 104 years, Carmela, the fourth generation of the Montecarlos clan, will be born on a leap year — the same day Carmelita was born. A short trip to San Alfonso for her 20th birthday will give her rebellious life a whimsical twist. Through a diary, she’ll go back in time and the Carmela of 2016 will meet Juanito of 1892. <<less