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Princess Thirteen
30 episodes
Princess Yulin, the thirteenth imperial princess, returned from studying abroad. Her Western-style dress astonished Empress Dowager Cixi. The ministers in the imperial court were all talking about it. When Yulin introduced her classmate Lin Yizhong to Empress Dowager Cixi and won the latter's appreciation, the Seventh Prince Baylor, who had a secret crush on Yulin, was burning with jealousy. Yulin convinced Empress Dowager Cixi of the benefits of using electricity and had a power generation room built in the imperial palace. However, she was framed by villains and subjected to corporal punishment. To establish a new army, Yulin was appointed as an instructor. Taking the opportunity, she taught a lesson to those ignorant Manchu bannermen. Lin Yizhong had a one-night stand with Mary when he was drunk, but Yulin became friends with Mary instead. To play matchmaker for Yulin and the Seventh Prince Baylor, the Empress Dowager sent the two of them to Hubei to inspect the disaster situation. Thereby, they discover
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Detective Di Renjie's Record of Clearing the Wronged: South of the Yangtze River under the Moon
31 episodes
In the fourth year of Yifeng in the Tang Dynasty, Di Renjie, upon the order of the Tang Emperor, went with his deputy Ma Renyi to persuade Ouyang Lie, the Black Hawk General of Xiliang, to surrender. Before departure, the Tang Emperor secretly informed Di Renjie and Ma Renyi in a decree that if Chu Fenglie surrendered, the Golden Decree should be announced, appointing him as the Changfeng General of the Western Regions and ordering him to immediately lead 100,000 surrendered troops to Yangguan to resist the invading enemies. If Chu Fenglie did not surrender, the Silver Decree should be used to mobilize 200,000 officers and soldiers of the Western Regions Garrison Army to wipe him out. After a whole night of long talks by candlelight, the bold and uninhibited Black Hawk General accepted Di Renjie's suggestion and decided to hand over the military seal and lead 100,000 soldiers to submit to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
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Kung Fu Scholar
35 episodes
Su Bao, who was extremely wealthy, was a kind and generous man. However, he unfortunately had a good-for-nothing son named Su Can. It all started when, before becoming rich, Su Bao believed the prophecy of a Taoist priest. The priest said that Su Bao's soon-to-be-born son would be born with extraordinary talents and the appearance of great wealth and nobility. And indeed, after his son was born, Su Bao's luck changed for the better and he became the richest man in the world. Unfortunately, his son was fated to be haunted by the "Heavenly Fiend" and would not live past his twenty-first birthday. Over the past twenty years, due to Su Bao's excessive indulgence, Su Can had become a "black sheep" who was ignorant of the ways of the world, arrogant, domineering, and ignorant. There were only two things that Su Can did every day: spending money and robbing the rich to help the poor. Little did he know that the "thugs" he encountered every day were actually "actors" hired by Su Bao with money...
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The Commoner Scholar
22 episodes
During the reign of Emperor Xianfeng, Gao Jinbang, the owner of Changfa Foreign Firm in the capital city, was somewhat well-known for his courage in upholding justice. Harbin had long suffered from the invasions of Tsarist Russia and Japan. With the elaborate designs and assistance of Gao Jinbang, Long Chenggang, Wen Shuang'er and Yousiya, Yu Wanli returned to his hometown with firearms. However, the four friends who accompanied him all died one after another because of this batch of firearms. After going through a series of changes, Yousiya secretly admired and fell in love with Yu Wanli in her heart. Later, due to the interference of her father You Minghai, the two lovers, Yu Wanli and Yousiya, finally couldn't get married. You Minghai, Gao Jinbang and Long Chenggang relied on each other and developed feelings of love. The military and political power of the Qing government was getting weaker day by day, and Gao Jinbang no longer had the prosperous situation he had before. The frictions between the two in
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Shocking Enmity and Love
20 episodes
The winds of change are sweeping through the jianghu (the world of martial arts). With a single sword, one can determine the fate of the world. Laughing proudly, the whole world seems small, and heroes are the most affectionate. At the martial arts contest for marriage recruitment, Xiao Wuji, relying on a sharp sword, seemed to have divine assistance. He defeated numerous rivals and won the heart of the talented girl Min Leqian. Lu Meng, the son of Lu Run, the Minister of War, coveted Min Leqian's beauty. However, he was defeated by Xiao Wuji and thus was eliminated. Consequently, he hated Xiao Wuji to the core and was determined to put him to death. Thanks to the help of Miss Lu Susu from the Lu family, Xiao Wuji managed to escape. From then on, he wandered alone in the jianghu with his divine sword. Later, he befriended the heroic Mu Ye in the jianghu. Together, they hijacked prison carts, killed corrupt officials, upheld justice and chivalry, robbed the rich to help the poor, and eliminated the tyrannical
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The World Is at Peace
32 episodes
Emperor Shang Tianbao, who was given a long vacation by the Empress Dowager, went among the people in disguise and arrived at Taiping Town. The unruly and mischievous Princess Shang Tianbei disguised herself as a man and secretly escaped from the palace to pursue her imperial brother. There were numerous perils on the way, but fortunately, they were rescued by the rascal Kong Long and his group of buddies. The weak and incompetent Prefect Mei abetted the evildoers. The sanctimonious unscrupulous merchant Hua Qing committed all kinds of evil deeds. The hypocritical garden owner Ye Yingying bullied others by relying on her power. Shang Tianbao decided to go deep into the den and work as an undercover agent in Ye Yingying's tea plantation. It turned out that the landlady of the inn seemed to be a greedy person on the surface, but in fact, she was a chivalrous female knight-errant. After several encounters with the female knight-errant, Shang Tianbao developed feelings for her, unaware that the female knight-er
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Mr. Liaozhai
25 episodes
Pu Songling was simultaneously involved with two peerless beauties, Fu Xueqian and Liu Wuke, but didn't know how to choose. Eventually, the kind-hearted Liu Wuke couldn't bear to see the man she deeply loved in a dilemma and voluntarily withdrew from this love triangle. However, just when Liao Zhai was about to marry Fu Xueqian, it was strongly opposed by Fu Xueqian's father, and thus this marriage plan came to nothing. Liao Zhai decided to set out to look for Liu Wuke, but got lost in the deep mountains. Later, he encountered lonely spirits and female foxes, which led to an entangled and extraordinary encounter between humans and ghosts. Who would have known that it was all just a pipe dream of his. Pu Songling rushed to Jinan to participate in the imperial examination and got acquainted with the scholar Su Jie. Unexpectedly, an accident made Magistrate Liu extremely dissatisfied with him. Meanwhile, Su Jie's sister, Hong Lian, fell in love with the upright and honest Liao Zhai.
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Hua Mulan
48 episodes
Hua Mulan, who was clever and intelligent with high aspirations since childhood, couldn't help worrying about her father's safety when she learned that her elderly father was going to be recruited into the army to fight against the increasingly invading Huns. Hua Mulan decided to bid farewell to her hometown and disguise herself as a man to "join the army on behalf of her father". She bravely killed the enemies on the battlefield and encountered General Li Liang. Although this period of time was tough, it was a stage for Hua Mulan to show herself. As long as she did her best to defend the country, she would not only win the praise of the imperial court but also gain the support of the people.
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The Adventure of Protecting the Lady
31 episodes
Guan Qingqing, the daughter of the richest man in the capital city, Guan Tang, was already betrothed to someone and the wedding date was approaching. She sneaked out of home. So when the bridal sedan arrived at the door, the bride had run away. Guan Qingqing ran to the Yunlai Inn in a county town in the south of the Yangtze River and was caught red-handed by her nanny, Aunt Fei, who had chased after her. The two bargained and reached an agreement that after seven days, Qingqing's trip to the south of the Yangtze River would end and she would return to the capital to get married. However, Aunt Fei was still not at ease and decided to hire Di Sanlang as a bodyguard, asking him to take on the responsibility of protecting and monitoring Qingqing within these seven days. One day, Tie Weiyu, the legitimate son of General Tie, was actually killed in the Yunlai Inn. Sanlang, Qingqing and others were also involved in this murder case by a strange combination of circumstances. Sanlang, Qingqing and others worked hard
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Ask the Blue Sky with a Wine Cup
40 episodes
Under the urging of three secret imperial edicts, General Zhan Hao at the border pass carried out the emperor's order to massacre Zhao Family Village which refused to give up the iron ore mine. Zhan Hao's wife, who was about to give birth, rushed to stop it but was accidentally killed. She gave birth to a son before she died. Fortunately, the son was saved by Fang Zian, the county magistrate. He named the boy Fang Xu and brought him up as his own. However, because Fang Zian went to the capital to present a petition signed by thousands of people to the emperor, Zhan Hao was involved. The massacre of the village caused a great uproar in both the court and the public. The imperial court needed a scapegoat, so they beheaded all the members of the Zhan family on the charge of treason. Zhan Hao, who narrowly escaped death, broke into the Crown Prince's Palace and abducted the eldest grandson of the emperor who was about to reach his full month. He named the boy Yu Huolian and swore from then on that he would over
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Doctor Song Liansheng
31 episodes
Song Liansheng, a quack doctor, was unrestrained by nature but highly skilled in medicine. When practicing medicine in Changsha, he happened to meet Wu Shuang, the owner of an embroidery workshop, and was deeply attracted to her. So he began to set up a clinic in front of the embroidery workshop and promised Wu Shuang to help the Donglin Party purchase a large amount of medicinal herbs for treating wounds. However, Song Liansheng thus violated the regulations of the imperial court and was faced with the danger of being killed. Thanks to the clever plan of the owner of Jiuzhitang, Song Liansheng was saved. Song Liansheng rescued the patients that Wenshitang was unable to treat, which made him the target of hatred. Moreover, he left Changsha because of a misunderstanding with Wu Shuang. However, on the way, he found that there was a plague in the local area. Fearing that the epidemic would spread to Changsha, he immediately returned to notify Jiuzhitang to purchase a large amount of medicine and control the sa
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Two Constables in Suzhou
20 episodes
The story took place during the Ming Dynasty. The empress was deeply favored by the emperor and gave birth to a prince. Grand Tutor Pang Fei was afraid that his sister, who was a noble consort, would lose favor because of this. So he devised a scheme of "replacing the prince with a civet cat", which caused the empress to be banished to the cold palace and the prince's whereabouts to be unknown. Decades passed in the blink of an eye. During an imperial examination, Liu Sheng, the adopted son of Liu Jing, should have won the top position of Zhuangyuan, but was replaced by Yuan Dan, the adopted son of Pang Fei. Liu Sheng was extremely indignant in his heart. Later, Liu Sheng happened to meet Duan Yu, a young and beautiful girl. By a strange combination of circumstances, the two became attached to each other and gradually developed feelings for each other. Later, Duan Yu's father was framed and imprisoned for escorting the luminous pearl. So Duan Yu disguised herself as a man and sneaked into the yamen, hoping t
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The Troublesome Ghost-like Imperial Censor on Patrol
34 episodes
Gui Lanshan is the patrol censor in Nancheng. He is humorous and extremely intelligent. Although he is just a minor official, he has successively solved many major and strange cases, offending many people and making the officials in the imperial court not dare to underestimate him. Thus, he has earned the nickname "Ghostly Troublesome". No matter how complicated and intractable the cases are, as long as Gui Lanshan gets involved in handling them, they will all be resolved smoothly and justice will be served. And the ways he solves the cases are all unimaginably ingenious, making people can't help but applaud after the fact. This makes those sanctimonious high-ranking officials and nobles not dare to take him lightly. To achieve his goals, Gui Lanshan doesn't care about personal honor or disgrace. He would humble himself to serve the powerful and noble, regardless of being reviled by others. He also doesn't care about the means and methods. He would disguise himself, conduct investigations openly and secretly
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Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou
43 episodes
The emperor was afflicted with a strange illness. Lu Xiaofeng was ordered to investigate. As a result, the long-forgotten ancient Kingdom of Jinpeng emerged, and it even involved Shangguan Fengdan, the princess of the remaining clan. It turned out that the emperor was actually framed and poisoned by a Gu (a kind of poison). And the person who could detoxify was hiding in the Kingdom of Jinpeng. There was panic and undercurrents surging in the imperial court. Lu Xiaofeng's investigation had reached a bottleneck and was extremely difficult. At the most difficult time, Lu Xiaofeng got to know the famous doctor Hua Manlou and the Sword Saint Ximen Chuixue. The three of them formed a profound friendship. Meanwhile, a young girl named Axin had been silently supporting and helping Hua Manlou all along. Even though she knew that Hua Manlou was in love with Princess Fengdan, she still unhesitatingly dedicated everything she had.
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The Legend of the Eight Immortals: Crossing the East Sea
40 episodes
At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, along the East China Sea, the plague was rampant and the people were living in misery. Two immortals, Han Zhongli and Tieguai Li, happened to meet by chance while trying to save the common people. So they decided to go to the Medicine Island east of the East China Sea to gather herbs. However, they got into a fierce fight with the Crown Prince Hualong. In a moment of desperation, Tieguai Li seriously injured Hualong. The Dragon King of the East China Sea then reported the matter to the Heavenly Court. But he was dissatisfied with the judgment of the Jade Emperor and vowed to blockade the East China Sea, so that no one, whether immortal or mortal, could reach the Medicine Island east of the East China Sea. Taibai Jinxing said that only when all the Eight Immortals were gathered together could they cross the sea safely. The Jade Emperor then sent the two immortals, Han Zhongli and Tieguai Li, down to the mortal world to look for the other s
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King Qian of Wuyue
28 episodes
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, wars and chaos were everywhere. Qian Poliu, a young man from Lin'an, went into the Tianmu Mountains to peddle smuggled salt. One day, he rescued Zhen Laogui who was on the verge of being killed by the salt-tax enforcers and took him back home. Little did he know that Laogui's daughter was Zhen Zhufeng, the extremely beautiful mountain girl he had been dreaming of for a long time. Their love burst out like a volcano. Wu Qiaoniang, the daughter of an official, had a secret crush on Poliu. Learning from her father that the authorities were going to arrest Qian Poliu, she risked her life to go into the Tianmu Mountains to deliver the message. Unexpectedly, what presented itself before her eyes was Poliu and Zhen Zhufeng cuddling affectionately. Qian Poliu escaped the arrest. With the support of Zhen Zhufeng and Wu Qiaoniang, he joined Dong Chang's army and changed his name to Qian Liu. Qian Liu was brave and skilled in surprise attacks. He didn't follow the conventional art of wa
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The Secret History of Yang Guifei
49 episodes
Yang Yuhuan, an orphan girl, was taken in by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang who was on a private inspection tour and made the Princess Consort of Shou Wang. Xuanzong regarded Yang Yuhuan as the dearest love in his heart. Nine years later, after going through numerous hardships, Yang Yuhuan finally became the imperial concubine. At the Peony Banquet held by Xuanzong for Yang Yuhuan, Li Bai, her former lover, satirized Yang Yuhuan by comparing her to Zhao Feiyan. Consumed by jealousy, Shou Wang hid a dagger on his person and attempted to assassinate the emperor. To everyone's surprise, Yang Yuhuan threw herself in front of the emperor to take the blow, which deeply moved Emperor Xuanzong. Thus began the age-old love story of an emperor who was surrounded by thousands of beauties but was devoted to only one.
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A Dream of Red Mansions
36 episodes
In the Gourd Temple in Renqing Lane of Gusu City, there lived a poor scholar named Jia Yucun. With the financial support of Zhen Shiyin, a local official, he went to the capital to take the imperial examination. He passed the Jinshi examination and became an official. However, due to his embezzlement and perversion of the law, he was dismissed from office within a year. He then came to Yangzhou and became a retainer of Lin Ruhai, the Censor-in-Chief of Salt Administration, teaching Lin Daiyu to study. A year later, Lin Ruhai's wife passed away, and Lin Daiyu was escorted by Jia Yucun to the Rongguo Mansion in the capital. Thanks to the help of Daiyu's uncle, Jia Zheng, within two months, Jia Yucun was reinstated and appointed as the prefect of Yingtianfu in Jinling. From then on, he had a prosperous official career. The Jia family in the capital was a prominent noble family, with two mansions, the Rongguo Mansion and the Ningguo Mansion. After Daiyu moved into the Rongguo Mansion, her grandmother, Lady Jia,
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The Cunning Concubine: The Hidden Cute Baby and the Fleeing Substitute Bride
76 episodes
Su Yuyao, a concubine-born daughter, was intelligent and beautiful. She was persecuted by her stepmother and sisters, so she feigned dumbness to avoid the limelight. She was forced by her legitimate elder sister to marry a brutal prince as a substitute bride and unexpectedly became pregnant with twins. She fled while he chased after her. She pretended and he played along. Finally, with a blood test to confirm the relationship, she had nowhere to run.
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The Concubine Shu's Story in the Struggle for the Imperial Harem
54 episodes
Gu Mian, a female doctor, and her mother went up the mountain to collect herbs and saved Crown Prince Xiao Heng. However, they were discovered by Xie Yushu, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Yingguo. Xie Yushu took the identity of the savior by false pretenses and brutally killed Gu Mian's mother and younger brother. Gu Mian herself was also stabbed in the heart by Xie Yushu and her face was disfigured. Three years later, Gu Mian survived because her heart was on the right side. After plotting in the harem for three years, just to avenge her family, she then began to approach Xie Yushu, who had already become Concubine Shu. She set up traps step by step, seizing her glory and favor and crushing her pride.
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