CompletedThe synopsis begins with Liu Qingqing, whose mother passed away early. She grew up in the Lin family under difficult circumstances. Her father and brother were biased, her stepmother was unkind, and her legitimate sister was spoiled. Fortunately, before her mother passed, she had arranged a marriage contract for her with Xie Lang, the heir of the Marquis's mansion. They were childhood sweethearts. Although Xie Lang was cold, aloof, and a stickler for rules, he always prioritized her over his legitimate sister. She adored him and thought, couldn't she warm his heart after decades? However, she accidentally overheard him talking with her father and brother, saying, "Qingqing is gentle and elegant, but inferior to Qingying." Qingying was that good? Everyone doted on Qingying. She originally had only him, but now she had lost everything. Her heart grew icy cold. That night, she hid in the bamboo forest and wept bitterly. The last tie binding her to this prosperous capital was gone. If she was inferior to Qingying, then she would give Qingying to him. Xie Lang noticed his wife had changed. She began to refuse intimacy, which they had had twice a month. She used to dislike being in the spotlight, but now she would hide in back alleys to chat with her cousin who had returned from the northwest, and accept a brocade box from him. He had someone fetch it at night; inside were three exquisite pills. He sent a servant to fetch a physician to verify them. One was for contraception, one was for faking death, and the purpose of the third was unknown for now.
Another day, he heard his wife probing her younger sister. "If I were gone, would you be willing to enter the mansion to accompany the Lord?" Her sister shyly responded, half-refusing, half-inviting, "What kind of companion?" His wife's smile remained as gentle as ever, "Of course, the kind of companion one grows old with, staying together forever." Behind the bamboo forest, Xie Lang crushed a teacup. Didn't she know the meaning of a first wife? The story is slow-paced, set in an alternate historical period, focuses on emotions, and has a Happy Ending.
Pre-order "Forgetfulness River": Liu Xiyue and Xie Lancuan were childhood sweethearts with deep affection, and their families were awaiting their union. Disaster struck, and Xie Lancuan, as expected, shielded her with his life. Liu Xiyue emerged unharmed, but Xie Lancuan fell into a coma. Upon waking, he suffered brain damage and could no longer perceive emotions, including his love for Liu Xiyue. He was a gentle and self-disciplined gentleman. After waking, he treated her kindly as always, but both were exhausted. A winter and summer passed, and he suddenly became distant and cold, saying, "I cannot mislead you like this. You should find a gentleman who truly loves you," rather than being by his side, always feeling dejected. "Truly loves you? Who else could it be but him?" she said, "I don't mind." "But I do," he repeated softly, "I do." Later, she fell and her skirt was soaked with blood. She sent a servant to find him to pick her up. He didn't come. By the time the blood had congealed, and dawn broke, she still hadn't seen him. That night was truly cold, just like his heart. She decided to comply with his wishes, grant him freedom, and accept her elders' arrangement to travel south to Jiangnan to recuperate. Xie Lancuan heard that the Liu family was looking for suitors for her, including the new noble General Fu and Young Master Li from the Grand Tutor's mansion, all good families. She had been delayed by him, and this was how it should be. But why did his heart ache so much when she was boating on the lake with someone else? They met again at a spring banquet when Liu Xiyue, mistakenly drugged, stumbled into an empty palace. Hearing someone follow behind, she quickly turned around and saw him. She used her remaining strength to close the door, her voice sharp, "Don't come over!" She bit her trembling lip and said, "Please have Lord Xie help me find him. General Fu or Young Master Li from the Grand Tutor's mansion would do." "Find someone for what?" he heard himself ask softly. She didn't answer him, but let out a choked sob, like the song of a spirit bird. Xie Lancuan, his hand on the door, froze and clenched his fist, then suddenly laughed. They could all do it, but he couldn't?
CompletedYe Jintang transmigrated into the role of a cannon fodder original wife who had been married for two years. She tried to use her dowry to subsidize her husband's family, but it was unsuccessful, and she was cruelly despised. Her husband wanted to marry his true love and intended to demote his wife to a concubine. In the end, she met a tragic end with no one to collect her body. Knowing the ending of the book, she refused to accept it.
As the head of a renowned Xuan-medical family, she was best at defying fate. She was no longer afraid of a mere flawed book. She would manipulate the plot and immediately throw down a divorce letter, warning the scumbag and the mistress to stay away.
However, one day, when she had earned a fortune and was preparing to pack her bags and flee, the powerful prince suddenly became red-eyed, saying, "Madam, you promised to cure my body and be responsible to the end.".
CompletedAnother young lady from the Marquisate arrived, possessing eyes that sparkled with allure and a face as pure as jade and bright as a flower.
The Marquisate's young lord, Xie Yanzhi, a proud scion and a powerful minister, initially found her frequently soliciting glances extremely detestable.
He was accustomed to sparrows who only wished to climb higher and fly to the sky, believing she was merely frivolous, full of schemes and vanity.
But later, he noticed that she could smile and chat with everyone else but avoided him at all costs.
He sneered, thinking it was merely her tactic of playing hard to get, yet his gaze couldn't help but be drawn to her.
It wasn't until later, when he saw her actually getting engaged to another man behind his back, and carrying that man's token daily, that he realized.
He belatedly cornered her against the wall, his eyes red, and gritted out, "Who allowed you to get engaged?!"
"I'll give you a chance to seduce me; break off the engagement first!"
Shen Qingnian gracefully waved her hand. "This young lady cannot reach for the Marquis's high branch."
Later, Xie Yanzhi discovered that they had been betrothed all along, but she had never told him.
She had never intended to marry him.
CompletedThe story begins with the protagonist in the hospital, with no new chapters available until the 20th.
When she was fifteen, Lu Huaying met Wei Mingsu.
That year, she was a radiant, willful noble daughter of a prominent family, while he was a poor, humble village scholar who grew up in a temple.
At Chang'an's grandest Cuju (ancient football) match, with crowds of spectators, Huaying immediately spurred her horse and pointed at Wei Mingsu, who was leading the horses for the young masters. With a smile as bright as a flower, she declared, "I like him!"
The chasm between the aristocratic and commoner classes, the high and low born, was like a deep, impassable rift. She was the moon in the sky, a flower in the clouds, high above and utterly unattainable.
He, as humble as dust, dared not harbor any ambitious thoughts, yet he ultimately succumbed.
That year, he disregarded everything and abandoned his future prospects, solemnly writing a marriage proposal. Although he was poor, he vowed to do his utmost to ensure Lu Huaying lived a comfortable and content life.
Lu Huaying's second brother scoffed, revealing the truth: "How could a mere penniless boy catch Lu Huaying's eye? Her public declaration of affection for Wei Mingsu was merely to spite her family."
Torn apart by a thousand cuts, his heart and liver were gouged out.
Wei Mingsu picked up the torn marriage proposal and left in disarray.
The imperial court was in turmoil, and the political winds shifted dramatically. Lu Huaying's eldest brother was convicted and died, and Lu Huaying was reduced to a servant.
The once flamboyant and unrestrained noble lady fell into the dust, enduring cold stares and bullying. Due to a murder case, she was imprisoned.
The presiding judge in the hall had a stern gaze and was impartial. It was none other than Wei Mingsu, whom Lu Huaying had toyed with.
In just a few years, he gained the empress's favor and was exceptionally promoted, ascending rapidly to manage lawsuits, vigorously enforcing criminal law, and beheading powerful officials and royalties as easily as chopping vegetables.
Lu Huaying knelt on the floor below the hall, gazing at Wei Mingsu's face, which was colder than a blade. Tears streamed down her face: "If I say I loved you now, is there any hope?"
Reading reminder: The protagonist has an imperfect personality with many flaws. This is a growth story, so those sensitive to this should not read it. The female lead suffered from psychological issues between the ages of 13 and 15 for certain reasons, which will be healed. The background is a fictionalized Tang and Zhou dynasty. The protagonist, story, and characters are all fictional, though there are historical character prototypes.
Content tags: Palace Marquises, Devotion, Serious Drama.
Protagonist: Lu Huaying.
One-sentence summary: The poor boy she toyed with became successful.
Theme: Self-improvement and striving for success.
CompletedA short drama "Jasmine in Your Embrace" is now available on Hongguo, thank you for your support!
Resilient and cunning beauty VS gentle Crown Prince turned gloomy new emperor.
Traditional ancient romance + sweet pet + no transmigration, no rebirth + dual cleanliness + 1V1.
To save her mother, she had to become the Crown Princess, give birth to an heir, and ensure the Prime Minister's residence had no worries. She calculated him, enticed him, and charmed him.
Ultimately, she captured the Crown Prince's heart and ascended to the position of Crown Princess. On the day the Crown Prince ascended the throne to become Emperor, she drank a labor-inducing medicine, gave birth to twins, and successfully faked her death with the little princess, leaving her son in the palace to become the new Crown Prince.
She left cleanly, but it cost the new emperor half his life.
Three years later, she lived a peaceful life with her mother and daughter in Jiangnan. A gloomy man holding a baby aggressively burst into her home, but upon seeing her, his eyes suddenly turned red.
The gloom in the man's eyes instantly turned into grievance, and he said with trembling lips that she had betrayed him. The little baby, who was 80% similar to her, cried out as soon as he spoke: "Mommy, don't abandon baby!"
The new emperor held the baby in his arms, weeping with self-reproach through countless sleepless nights for not being by his beloved's side during childbirth. Until the new emperor discovered that his Empress had not died in childbirth, but had faked her death to escape him.
From that day on, the new emperor went mad... The noble person willingly fell into the mire, cradling the jasmine, covered in mud, in his palm.
CompletedThe year Yan Xingchuan successfully rebelled, he made his cousin empress, and even promised never to establish another empress in this life before her death.
Cui Si was his principal wife, who had accompanied him through countless storms. She thought their affection for each other was deep, but unexpectedly, once he ascended to power, he demoted his wife to a concubine.
Returning to her youth, she heard her cousin, who seemed to have also been reborn, kneeling in the courtyard, professing her love for Yan Xingchuan, the King of Northern Yan. She found it amusing.
That ungrateful scoundrel, let whoever wants to marry him, marry him!
Before Yan Xingchuan's last expedition, he told his wife to wait for his return. When he came back victorious, he could lay down everything and retreat to the mountains with her.
But once he left, he never returned. When his soul drifted back to the imperial palace, he saw his good son presenting handsome men to his mother.
Yan Xingchuan was furious, but unexpectedly, this anger brought him back to life. He returned to his youth, on the way to Xianyang to marry the Cui family's daughter.
The road was long, and he thought to himself, that fickle little girl, let whoever wants to marry her, marry her.
Later, when she was about to marry someone else, he rode a thousand li overnight and snatched her at the wedding.
CompletedSomeone invested heavily to assemble a television drama crew, designating actors and a script, determined to use top-tier resources to interpret an extremely simple story.
It was a low-blood-pressure-healing romance drama where the female lead was a scumbag to the male lead, and the male lead left after accumulating enough disappointment.
Qi Jixin didn't understand or respect it, but took the role for the money. However, Bing Jie, her co-star, was very strange; the male lead's suppressed feelings seemed to infect him.
What's worse, the male lead's heaven-defying spirit of becoming more persistent and eager the more he was thwarted also transferred to him. Seeing Bing Jie's condition worsen, Qi Jixin cared for him, but he answered irrelevantly, muttering, "It's nothing more than karmic retribution."
This is a story of a remorseful person regretting and repenting before the truth, and an ignorant person relentlessly striking with every blow.
CompletedIn her previous life, Shen Wan was drugged and deceived by her cousin, believing she had lost her purity to Prince Xiao Yun. She married him with a grand procession, helping him ascend to the throne.
Yet, she ended up with her father and brothers tragically dead, her maternal family slaughtered, her twin children she desperately gave birth to branded as illegitimate with unknown fathers, and finally, she self-immolated in the cold palace.
Reborn, she vowed to avenge herself and make those people pay with blood for their debts!
On this path of revenge, she would kill gods and slay Buddhas! The only person she dared to avoid was Xie Jingyu, the Crown Prince of Jingbei. She tried to go around him but couldn't escape, eventually cornered by him in a rockery where he asked, "Why are you avoiding me?"
In her previous life, Xie Jingyu was abandoned after being toyed with, causing a drastic change in his personality. Once, while drunk, he mistook her for the one who had wronged him, dragged her into the rockery, questioned her, and even offended her.
Three years after her death, her wandering soul saw him rebel and pull the scumbag from his horse, thus achieving her great revenge. She forgave him and even felt grateful, but then he turned around and scattered her ashes.
If she didn't avoid him, she was afraid she'd lose control and attack him! Later, by imperial decree, Shen Wan married Xie Jingyu and, in a daze, consummated their marriage.
In this life, Xie Jingyu didn't turn into a mad demon, nor did he seek out his beloved. Instead, he clung to her daily, showing extreme tenderness and doting on her immensely. Unknowingly, she became immersed in his affection, growing increasingly anxious about loss, until she became pregnant and gave birth to children.
Looking at the twin children in the swaddling clothes, identical to those from her previous life, Shen Wan felt guilty. Could it be that the person who toyed with and abandoned him in the previous life was actually her?
CompletedGu Yushi became famous in his youth, achieving triple success in the imperial examinations and becoming the youngest Zhuangyuan (top scholar) of this dynasty. He was highly favored by the Emperor and held immense power. Everyone envied Feng Wenyu, because Gu Yushi and Feng Wenyu had been married for twelve years, and he had never taken a concubine, leaving her as the only mistress in his household.
However, no one knew that during those twelve years, Feng Wenyu and Gu Yushi gradually grew silent towards each other, like strangers living under the same roof. She wanted Gu Yushi to accompany her, but he never had time. When she got angry, Gu Yushi would only look at her indifferently and say, "Stop making a fuss." Feng Wenyu was on the verge of being driven mad.
The day Gu Yushi learned (or mistakenly believed) that Feng Wenyu had an affair with an actor, he suddenly returned to twelve years ago, before he and Feng Wenyu were married. Gu Yushi had always been arrogant and self-assured; he couldn't understand why Feng Wenyu would have an affair with someone else, especially a lowly actor. After being reborn, Gu Yushi no longer wanted to be entangled with Feng Wenyu. He brought a token to the Feng mansion to annul their engagement. He had imagined all sorts of reactions from Feng Wenyu, but he never expected that she would agree immediately. Gu Yushi thought, "She agreed?!?"
Meanwhile, Feng Wenyu felt that her fiancé was a bit off, as if he had become a different person. When they met at a banquet, he was indifferently dismissive of her and no longer gentle or considerate. When she learned that Gu Yushi had sent someone to annul their engagement, Feng Wenyu, while indignant, also quietly breathed a sigh of relief. If he wants to annul, then annul. She didn't want to spend her life with someone she couldn't even talk to.
This is a male lead rebirth story, and the female lead will gradually recover her memories of the previous life. The female lead did not commit adultery in her previous marriage; the male lead will go through a "wife-chasing cremation ground" (a painful journey to win her back). After the annulment, the female lead will consider other suitors.
CompletedFive years ago, the eldest daughter of the Lin family rescued a young man lying in a pool of blood.
Five years later, that young man became Ji Sui, a powerful general holding immense authority.
Everyone thought good times were ahead for the Lin family, but unexpectedly, an imperial decree came down, and the entire Lin family was confiscated and exiled, leaving only the eldest daughter, Lin Zhen. Indeed, what powerful minister could tolerate someone who had seen him in his most desperate and fallen state? Yet, hearts are made of flesh and blood, and ultimately, he couldn't bear to part with this eldest daughter.
But the next day, Lin Zhen's sedan chair was carried to the Jiaofang Division—a place specifically for courtesans who entertain officials. Some speculated that the eldest daughter must have tormented him greatly over the past three years, which is why she now faced such suffering. Unexpectedly, later, when news of Lin Zhen's death reached the General's Mansion, Ji Sui went on a murderous rampage outside the Jiaofang Division.
After Lin Zhen's death, not a day passed without him suffering from a heart ailment. He never imagined he would see Lin Zhen again in this life, but by then, there was another man by her side. Although the man was crippled in both legs and confined to a wheelchair, he still possessed a dignified and unyielding spirit, much like hers. It was something a despicable person like him could never dare to hope for.
Note: The female lead did not become a courtesan; the Jiaofang Division was merely a disguised form of imprisonment by the male lead for the female lead.