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After Rebirth, I Become The Emperor's White MoonLight
Author: 多多亦杉
Status: ongoing
Jiang Mi is the Empress Dowager's niece — a woman who was forced upon the Emperor. Even knowing full well that her imperial cousin held no affection for her, she had stubbornly followed her heart into his inner palace. A great deal of scheming, and yet her end had not been a pleasant one. After her rebirth, Jiang Mi came to her senses. Rather than waste a lifetime on an Emperor whose heart would
- Chapter 1: Chapter 1
- Chapter 2: Chapter 2
- Chapter 3: Chapter 3
- Chapter 4: Chapter 4
- Chapter 5: Chapter 5
- Chapter 6: Six
- Chapter 7: Seven
- Chapter 8: Eight
- Chapter 9: Nine
- Chapter 10: Ten
- Chapter 11: Eleven
- Chapter 12: Twelve
- Chapter 13: Thirteen
- Chapter 14: Fourteen
- Chapter 15: Fifteen
- Chapter 16: Sixteen
- Chapter 17: Seventeen
- Chapter 18: Eighteen
- Chapter 19: Nineteen
- Chapter 20: Twenty
- Chapter 21: Twenty-one
- Chapter 22: Twenty-two
- Chapter 23: Twenty-three
- Chapter 24: Twenty-four
- Chapter 25: Twenty-five
- Chapter 26: Twenty-six
- Chapter 27: Twenty-seven
- Chapter 28: Twenty-eight
- Chapter 29: Twenty-nine
- Chapter 30: Thirty
- Chapter 31: Thirty-one
- Chapter 32: Thirty-two
- Chapter 33: Thirty-three
- Chapter 34: Thirty-four
- Chapter 35: Thirty-five
- Chapter 36: Thirty-six
- Chapter 37: Thirty-seven
- Chapter 38: Thirty-Eight
- Chapter 39: Thirty-nine
- Chapter 40: Forty
- Chapter 41: Forty-one
- Chapter 42: Forty-two
- Chapter 43: Forty-three
- Chapter 44: Forty-four
- Chapter 45: Forty-five
- Chapter 46: Forty six
- Chapter 47: Forty seven
- Chapter 48: Forty eight
- Chapter 49: Forty nine
- Chapter 50: Fifty
- Chapter 51: Fifty-one
- Chapter 52: Fifty two
- Chapter 53: Fifty three
- Chapter 54: Fifty four
- Chapter 55: Fifty five
- Chapter 56: Fifty six
- Chapter 57: Fifty seven
- Chapter 58: Fifty eight
- Chapter 59: Fifty nine
- Chapter 60: Sixty
- Chapter 61: Sixty one
- Chapter 62: Sixty two
- Chapter 63: Sixty three
- Chapter 64: Sixty four
- Chapter 65: Sixty five
- Chapter 66: Sixty six
- Chapter 67: Sixty seven
- Chapter 68: Sixty eight
- Chapter 69: Sixty nine
- Chapter 70: Seventy
- Chapter 71: Seventy one
- Chapter 72: Seventy two
- Chapter 73: Seventy three
- Chapter 74: Seventy four
- Chapter 75: Seventy five
- Chapter 76: Seventy six
- Chapter 77: Seventy seven
- Chapter 78: Seventy eight
- Chapter 79: Seventy nine
- Chapter 80: Eighty
- Chapter 81: Eighty-one
- Chapter 82: Eighty-two
- Chapter 83: Eighty-three
- Chapter 84: Eighty-four
- Chapter 85: Eighty-five
The house Is On fire
Author: Fang Chen Yi
Status: ongoing
Slow-burn romance · Marry first, fall in love later · Both leads untouched · Family drama in an ancient noble household The moment Qin Ruyin opened her eyes, she found herself transmigrated into the body of a legitimate daughter of a prominent official family in the Great Ying Dynasty. Before she could even begin to enjoy the privileges of wealth and status, she was blindsided by her cousin Qin R
- Chapter 1: The marriage swap
- Chapter 2: An Old Widower
- Chapter 3: Setting The Wedding Date Sooner
- Chapter 4: The Dowry Cannot Be Skimped On!
- Chapter 5: A loss
- Chapter 6: The Wang Family's Calculations
- Chapter 7: Showered with Love
- Chapter 8: Father's Dowry Gift
- Chapter 9: Her Fiancé, Jiang Jiuxiao
- Chapter 10: Meeting the Fiancé
- Chapter 11: She Doesn't Deserve Him!
- Chapter 12: As She Had Hoped
- Chapter 13: So She Had This Much for a Dowry
- Chapter 14: Rooting Out the Spy
- Chapter 15: Meeting Her Future Mother-in-Law
- Chapter 16: Joining Forces with Her Future Mother-in-Law
- Chapter 17: Goal Achieved
- Chapter 18: A Fine Match Indeed
- Chapter 19: The Jiang Household Has Its Own Mess
- Chapter 20: What a Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law
- Chapter 21: The Fourth Lord Smiled Several Times
- Chapter 22: Fifth Miss Qin Has Been Reborn
- Chapter 23: Fifth Miss Qin Fights for Her Dowry
- Chapter 24: The Jiang Family's Betrothal Gifts
- Chapter 25: Betrothal Gifts So Lavish They Could Frighten a Person to Death
- Chapter 26: Discussing Adding More to the Dowry
- Chapter 27: Embezzlement
- Chapter 28: A Shameless Old Woman
- Chapter 29: There Is Evidence
- Chapter 30: Setting Herself Free
- Chapter 31: A Flash of Sharpness
- Chapter 32: Victory
- Chapter 33: Deep Sisterly Bonds, Trousseau Gifts for Ruyin
- Chapter 34: Elder Sister Rujin's Marriage Shows Red Flags
- Chapter 35: Is Brother-in-law a Great Paragon of Filial Piety? Giving Elder Sister Advice
- Chapter 36: The Strange Matter of Seventh Miss Qin of the Third Branch
- Chapter 37: Seventh Miss Brings a Trousseau Gift and Falls into the Second Branch's Hands
- Chapter 38: Trouble Stirs Again in the Qin Household; Wang Er-lang Returns Home
- Chapter 39: Seventh Miss Qin Attempts to Take Her Own Life After Being Coerced by the Second Branch
- Chapter 40: The Third Branch's Mistress Is Foolish; Ruyin Goes to the Rescue
- Chapter 41: Mother in-law and daughter in-law
- Chapter 42: A Scandal That Cannot Be Kept Secret
- Chapter 43: “Blessing”?
- Chapter 44: This Great Blessing — Do You Want It?
- Chapter 45: Ruyin's Great Victory; Lord Jiang Stands Up for His Own
- Chapter 46: Second Uncle Outwits Himself; Lord Jiang Pays a Visit to Deliver a Blow
- Chapter 47: Father- and Son-in-Law Meet; Lord Jiang Is Quietly Pleased
- Chapter 48: A Glimpse at the Secrets of a Past Life; A Late-Night Visit
- Chapter 49: A Person Reborn
- Chapter 50: Sun Shi Sends a Precious Gift; Her Husband Leaves Her Cold
- Chapter 51: A Man Already Standing Up for His Own
- Chapter 52: The Wang Family Is Displeased with Fifth Young Miss
- Chapter 53: Fifth Young Miss's Betrothal Is an Insult
- Chapter 54: A Plot to Destroy Lord Jiang and Ruyin
- Chapter 55: Remembering a Past Life; Ruyin Intends to Win Over Sun Shi
- Chapter 56: Ruyin's Gifts; Third Sister-in-Law Prepares to Strike Back
- Chapter 57: Wishing Fifth Sister Barren Yet Surrounded by Grandchildren
- Chapter 58: By a Twist of Fate, a Trafficked Girl Is Saved
- Chapter 59: Allow Me to Congratulate You on Being a Grandmother Again
- Chapter 60: Li Shi Watches the Show; Fifth Young Miss Gets Struck
- Chapter 61: The First Branch Wants to Split the Clan; Lord Jiang Sends a Gift
- Chapter 62: Ruyin Personally Makes a Soup
- Chapter 63: Lord Jiang Is Willing to Owe a Favor for Ruyin's Sake
- Chapter 64: Amicable Separation or Divorce—Pick One
- Chapter 65: A Deal with the First Branch of the Qin Family
- Chapter 66: Malicious Siblings
- Chapter 67: Not Even a Single Feather Left for the Qin Family
- Chapter 68: Disgrace
- Chapter 69: Madam Sun Successfully Obtains the Separation
- Chapter 70: Rujin—Destined for Joy and Fortune
After the Mad Tyrant's Rebirth, She Was Taken by Force
Author: Qiong Yu
Status: ongoing
They say the reigning emperor is cold and ruthless, his moods as unpredictable as the wind, rarely gracing the inner palace with his presence — until the fourth daughter of the Xi family entered the court. To say that among three thousand women in the harem, he favored only her alone would not be an exaggeration. He bestowed upon her the character *Chen*, then granted her Chenqian Palace — the g
- Chapter 1: A Spring Dream
- Chapter 2: An Encounter with the Emperor
- Chapter 3: Would You Like to Enter the Palace?
- Chapter 4: Bumping Into the Emperor
- Chapter 5: It Seems You Fear Me
- Chapter 6: The Emperor Is Nothing Like the Rumors
- Chapter 7: A Marriage Proposal
- Chapter 8: I Have Seen You in My Dreams
- Chapter 9: An Imperial Decree
- Chapter 10: Entering the Palace
- Chapter 11: No One in the Palace Can Compare to Consort Xi
- Chapter 12: What Expression Did She Have When She Entered the Palace?
- Chapter 13: I Know. It Is Not Your Fault.
- Chapter 14: I Will Stay in Hanyuan Hall Tonight
- Chapter 15: Shall We Retire Now?
- Chapter 16: Attending the Emperor's Bed
- Chapter 17: Delight
- Chapter 18: A Night of Hard Work
- Chapter 19: He Treated Her Differently
- Chapter 20: Delicate Beauty
- Chapter 21: And Yet You Came to the Palace
- Chapter 22: Yan'er, Don't Be Afraid
- Chapter 23: I Will Come Dine With You Tonight
- Chapter 24: You Want Me to Feed You?
- Chapter 25: A Nightmare
- Chapter 26: I Have Long Been Fond of You
- Chapter 27: You Are the Only One I Love
- Chapter 28: A Special Imperial Grace
- Chapter 29: Imperial Favor
- Chapter 30: Emotion Incense
Peeking at Spring's Affection
Author: Qiong Yu
Status: ongoing
After her mother's death, Shen Weici is left utterly alone, drifting like a rootless weed. She travels a great distance to the capital to seek out her relatives. Upon first entering the Marquis's estate, she treads carefully, facing difficulties at every turn — yet throughout it all she remains quiet and gentle, with no desire to take a single thing from the household. She only wishes to find her
- Chapter 1: First Encounter
- Chapter 2: Entering the Marquis Manor
- Chapter 3: Meeting Father
- Chapter 4: Seeking a Proper Match
- Chapter 5: What Does Young Lord Song Want?
- Chapter 6: Bullying
- Chapter 7: Not Calling for Help This Time?
- Chapter 8: Morning Greetings
- Chapter 9: A Fine Figure
- Chapter 10: The Gathering at the Veranda Annex
- Chapter 11: A Game of Shuanglu
- Chapter 12: A Slap
- Chapter 13: Mockery
- Chapter 14: The Second Son of the Zhang Family
- Chapter 15: A Good Man
- Chapter 16: Watching Her in the Dead of Night
- Chapter 17: Meeting Second Young Master Zhang
- Chapter 18: Practicing Calligraphy
- Chapter 19: Blocked by Song Zhang
- Chapter 20: How About Giving Me a Smile
- Chapter 21: A Letter from Second Young Master Zhang
- Chapter 22: The Emperor Arranges a Marriage for Song Zhang
- Chapter 23: Zhang Yuanheng Again
- Chapter 24: Whether Third Miss Shen Is Willing
- Chapter 25: The Flying Flower Poetry Game
- Chapter 26: Hidden Gems
- Chapter 27: A Solemn Intention
- Chapter 28: He Had Underestimated Her
- Chapter 29: The Anger He Directed at Her
- Chapter 30: His Mind Full of Her
- Chapter 31: Nothing but a Concubine-Born Daughter with No Backing
- Chapter 32: Running Into Song Zhang Again
- Chapter 33: A White Fox-Fur Collar
- Chapter 34: Playing Chess Against Song Zhang
- Chapter 35: Charcoal
- Chapter 36: Withholding
- Chapter 37: Shen Zhaozhao's Rampage
- Chapter 38: What Does Stirring in the Heart Look Like?
- Chapter 39: Inquiring About Linchun Courtyard
- Chapter 40: Summoned by the Old Madam
- Chapter 41: Intercepting Her Letter
- Chapter 42: Not Worth His Attention
- Chapter 43: Nearly Drew Away His Heart
- Chapter 44: The Banquet at the Zhang Household
- Chapter 45: Seeing Zhang Tingyi at the Banquet
- Chapter 46: Encountering Song Zhang at the Zhang Estate
- Chapter 47: Leaving Early
- Chapter 48: Shameless
- Chapter 49: Feigning Illness
- Chapter 50: Alone With Zhang Yuanheng
- Chapter 51: Then I Will Wait for Young Master Zhang
- Chapter 52: Waiting to Be Married
- Chapter 53: Beautiful Serving Girls
- Chapter 54: What Brings Young Lord Song Here at Night?
- Chapter 55: You Displease Me in Every Way
- Chapter 56: Going to Song Zhang's Courtyard
- Chapter 57: Afraid to Answer Me?
- Chapter 58: The Marriage to Zhang Tingyi
- Chapter 59: What Are You Thinking About?
- Chapter 60: I Simply Enjoy Tormenting People
- Chapter 61: Zhang Tingyi Comes to Propose
- Chapter 62: All schemes
- Chapter 63: She Was Never the Important One
- Chapter 64: Willing or Not, She Must Be Willing
- Chapter 65: Vomiting Blood
- Chapter 66: Spitting Out Blood
- Chapter 67: If You Don't Want Others to Know, Don't Do It
- Chapter 68: She Didn't Come Tonight
- Chapter 69: Watching Her at Midnight
- Chapter 70: Illness Born of Accumulated Grief
- Chapter 71: Coercion
- Chapter 72: There Are No Walls Without Cracks
- Chapter 73: Going to the Earl's Mansion to Return His Things
- Chapter 74: Running into Song Zhang at the Earl's Mansion
- Chapter 75: I Will Not Marry The Third Princess.
- Chapter 76: Why Would Young Lord Song Help Me?
- Chapter 77: He Wanted to Taste
- Chapter 78: The Impulse He Felt Toward Her
- Chapter 79: Making Trouble for Linchun Courtyard
- Chapter 80: The Old Madam's Fury, and Zhang Yuanheng's Second Visit
Peach Blossoms on the Pillow
Author: Gù Táng Táng
Status: upcoming
Everyone in Baishi Town knew that Xie Zhenhe had been a vicious, brawling stray dog in his youth — feared and avoided by all. His grandmother, worried he'd one day be beaten to death in the streets with no one to claim his body, traded half a sack of grain to bring home a young bride for him. Ning Tao came to the Xie household at just twelve years old. She and Xie Zhenhe grew up together as chil
Jade Without Fragrance
Author: Dong Tian De Liu Ye
Status: upcoming
The second young miss of the Wen family is peerless in beauty — yet those who speak of her can only sigh, for she was born a mute. Then one day, the very same Wen second young miss who tumbled off a wall and landed squarely on the heir of Prince Jing's household suddenly... spoke.
She Gave Up the Chase, Yet He Scrambled to Win Her Back
Author: Fu Yu
Status: upcoming
Mu Ziyang, the eldest legitimate daughter of Linyang Marquis, is a haughty and pampered young miss through and through. She has set her heart entirely on her so-called "dear cousin" — Wei Zhan, the heir of Prince Qi — despite there being barely a drop of real kinship between them. Though Wei Zhan has made his indifference toward her plain on countless occasions, she remains utterly convinced of he