After transmigrating into a historical novel, Wen Mian expected at least a decent role. Instead, she became a low-ranking palace maid. Other maids read their masters' expressions and survive through clever schemes. Wen Mian, however, only stares back blankly. [Why are you looking at me? I didn't do anything.] Fine. If she couldn't play palace politics, she would simply endure her years of service and leave the palace at twenty-five. That was the plan. Until the emperor suddenly chose her to be his personal maid. Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. On her very first day, Wen Mian had already begun composing the epitaph on her future grave. *** Emperor Zhaoyan has a secret. Since ascending the throne, he has been able to hear the thoughts of everyone around him. Ministers plotting rebellion. Consorts smiling while hiding daggers. Endless schemes echo through his mind every day, making the Forbidden City colder than ever. During a harem interrogation, he prepares to expose the guilty- Until a different voice suddenly appears in his mind. [Why are you still looking at me? Never mind... I'm hungry.] [I want red bean milk rolls... roast duck... roast goose...] Emperor Zhaoyan: ... In the cold palace, this one girl's chaotic thoughts become the only warmth he hears. And this time, he refuses to let her go. *** (Mini Theater) Wen Mian expressionlessly pulls her hand out from beneath the apricot-yellow silk quilt. Her hand is... wet. Emperor Zhaoyan's voice turns hoarse. "Since things have come this far, you belong to me now. You cannot leave the palace. My beloved, stay here with me. I will never mistreat you." Wen Mian glares at him. "Your Majesty... are you trying to steal someone's future wife?"

Wang Liyue, the treasured youngest daughter of the Wang family, enters a childhood-arranged marriage with Gu Chengyan, the cold and powerful head of the Gu main family. Chengyan is raising his late sister's sons as his own, but the Gu branch families want to remove the boys from the inheritance line. Everyone expects Liyue to become a decorative wife. Instead, she becomes the one person who protects the boys, exposes the enemies, warms the Gu mansion and makes Chengyan fall hard enough to turn a family promise into a real marriage.

A mountain-trained young TCM prodigy, secretly known as the most sought-after healer in the city, is pushed into a three-year contract marriage with a feared investor from a mob dynasty, only to become the one person who can quiet the violence in his body and the first person he cannot afford to lose.

Bai Ningshuang looks like a quiet newcomer, but she owns majority shares of Linghe Pictures. Orphaned young, she built her fortune through stock trading and helped turn her brother figure's company into an entertainment empire. When veteran actor Qin Yexun returns from overseas, he notices what others miss: her calm is not weakness, and her silence is not surrender. Inside training studios, shareholder meetings, film sets and company dinners, Ningshuang faces people who question her power. Qin stands beside her, never in front of her, as respect turns into trust and trust slowly becomes love.

Guan Xuxu was thrown away like trash by the family that raised her. But they didn't know two things: She is the true daughter of the billionaire Jiang family. She is a Master of the Mystic Arts. Now a wealthy heiress, Guan Xuxu is ready to live her best life. But her old family, her cheating ex, and her snobby new cousins won't leave her alone. So, she decides to teach them a lesson using talismans, ghost-summoning, and ancient Daoist magic. Soon, the most powerful CEOs and Patriarchs in the country are begging on their knees for her help. She's busy fighting evil spirits and stacking billions, but the most dangerous, powerful man in the city-Chu Beihe-won't leave her side. "You wanted a powerful backer, didn't you?" Chu Beihe smirked. "I'm right here. Take me."

Gu Xicao travels through time, becoming an orphan girl who illegally immigrated to Hong Kong in the 1990s. At the start, she has no money and is about to be kicked out. Her only special advantage? A Gossip System! Gu Xicao: Don't panic. Watch me pull off some slick moves. Hong Kong in the 1990s was a place of dazzling wealth and economic boom. From street vendors to high-ranking officials and nobles, everyone was superstitious about feng shui and metaphysics. Gu Xicao bursts onto the scene. She doesn't need to do fortune-telling or read faces. She only needs a name to see through your past, present, and future. "Mr. Wu, bad news: your wife is in cahoots with your best friend, and they want you dead. Good news: your ex-wife and daughter still care about you." The big shot in the legal world changes his expression, immediately gets a divorce, and rushes to beg his ex-wife for a reconciliation, even offering hundreds of millions in assets. Everyone in Hong Kong is astonished. A serial killer strikes repeatedly, terrifying Hong Kong citizens so much that no one dares go out at midnight. The police headquarters issues a strict order: the real murderer must be caught within three days. However, Inspector Lam arrests the killer the next morning. Facing reporters, he says, "I caught the killer all thanks to Master Gu's accurate calculations!" Suddenly, Gu Xicao's reputation soars, and she becomes the top fortune-teller in Hong Kong! Countless newspaper headlines feature her deeds, and countless wealthy and powerful people just want her phone number! Gu Xicao: At first, I really just wanted to earn enough for a month's rent.

Su Wanyin has spent seventeen years learning to make herself small. So when her family swaps her in for her terrified legitimate sister and sends her to the Ninth Prince - the scarred war god the capital calls a demon for his savage temper and the three brides who never lived a year - she goes the way she's done everything: silently, dressed in stolen wedding red, expecting a grave. But the man whose rage makes generals tremble never raises a hand to her. And on her first night in his cold, dangerous manor, the meek bastard daughter notices something no one else has dared to: someone is slowly poisoning the demon prince to death.

To become an imperial concubine is to master the art of survival. It is not beauty that keeps you alive, nor obedience that keeps you favored, it is precision. Every word measured. Every glance calculated. Every step taken as though walking along the edge of a blade. Yes, the emperor will dine with you. He will laugh with you. He may even favor you for a time. And for that fleeting favor, you will be rewarded with silk, gold, and a life others can only dream of. But dreams have a way of turning into cages. Because within the palace, affection is currency, trust is a weapon, and love... is the most dangerous illusion of all. From the outside, it sounds like an enviable position. What could possibly be wrong with such a life? Only those within the palace walls know the truth. ✍️ Butterfly's Shadow Beneath the Moon

[NGVM ©2019] First Place for Romance/Slice of Life Genre in Light Novie Awards 2019 by @lightnovelsociety Yin Hua Lei was supposed to be the villainess to his Highness the ninth prince Xia Yu Heng and daughter of third rank official Bai Chen Rong's perfect love story. Who knew that on one stormy night, the shock of the news of the Emperor conferring marriage to the two would open her eyes and the plot would reveal itself to her? Yin Hua Lei decided then and there not to follow the plot and the scum author. What would happen to the villainess? ... Start: 6/4/19 Completed: 7/7/19 [ORIGINAL WORK] #1 Asian 7-9-19 #1 StrongFemaleLead 7-19-19 #1 AncientChina 7-19-19 #1 MartialArts 8-5-19 #1 Prince 9-26-19 #1 BxG 10-9-19 #1 HISTORICALFICTION 11-6-19

[Chen Ju Fen] The chrysanthemum fragrant blooms at dawn. At the age of 22, she died by the hands of her so-called husband and at the feet of her 'sworn' sister. Dying regretfully for wasting her life on a man who had thrown her away so easily like an used tissue, she opens her eyes to the familiar sight of her bedroom at the age of 16; it was exactly one year before she married him. Now she makes a choice: follow with the original story or take another route. NOT A TRANSLATION: this is my own humble story. All rights reserved. Do not plagiarize. Cover picture belongs to me while other photos used throughout the chapters do not, and I don't claim them. They belong to their rightful owners. Viewer's discretion is advised. Story contains usage of strong language, violence, and heavy sexual contents. Read at your own risk! Highest Rankings reached: #1 Novel #1 Revenge #1 Short story #1 Mature