The Prisoner of Beauty
Xiao Qiao, a clever girl from the Qiao family, marries Wei Shao, the brave and kind master of the Wei family. Despite initial wariness due to ancestral grievances, Xiao Qiao and We…
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Series Like The Story Of Ming Lan
The Vendetta of An
Xie Huai'an, son of the Huben Army's creator, survives his family's massacre. After ten long years in hiding, he returns to Chang'an disguised as a lowly registrar, moving step by …
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The Princess Weiyoung
A princess descended from a ruined noble family disguises herself as the woman who saved her life and embarks on a mission to avenge her loved ones.…
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Pursuit of Jade
This drama follows Fan Changyu, a butcher’s daughter, and Xie Zheng, a fallen noble seeking revenge. Their fake marriage turns into true love, but war tears them apart. Determined,…
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My Journey To You
Yun Wei Shan, a spy longing for freedom, infiltrates the palace to complete a mission. Within the eerie and mysterious palace, she encounters love and friendship, embarks on a jour…
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Legend of the Female General
A female general with a gentle appearance but a strong inner spirit, and a male general with a cold exterior and internal but with stronger martial prowess. The two join forces to …
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Love Like the Galaxy
Cheng Shaoshang, left behind by her parents who went off to war, faces challenges from a scheming aunt and struggles with estrangement from her family. Lacking love and security, s…
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Love Game in Eastern Fantasy
Pulled into the pages of a fantasy novel, a woman is shocked to find herself stuck in the role of a villain. Now, she must battle to rewrite her destiny.…
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The Rise of Phoenixes
When a secret from the past rears its head, respected warrior Feng Zhiwei is forced to choose between revenge and her loyalty to ruling prince Ning Yi.…
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Blossom
After a troubled childhood, Dou Zhao retreats to a village, where she meets Song Mo, a merchant with a hidden past. To navigate family schemes and personal challenges, they form an…
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Perfect Match
In the bustling capital of Bianjing during the Northern Song Dynasty, Madam Li moves her family in search of better marriage prospects for her five beautiful but quirky daughters, …
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Doctor Thorne
The story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.…
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Chinese Paladin
Li Xiaoyao journeys to Dream Island to find a cure for his sick aunt, where he falls in love with Zhao Ling’er and marries her. After losing his memory in an attack, he forgets Lin…
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A Dream of Splendor
Zhao Pan'er is a smart and savvy teahouse owner in Qiantang, living alongside her two best friends Sun Sanniang and Song Yinzhang. When she finds out her fiancé left her for anothe…
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A Dream Within a Dream
When Song Xiaoyu is unexpectedly pulled into a scripted world as a tragic heroine fated to be discarded by the villainous male lead, she tries to escape, only to be trapped in an e…
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Moonlight Mystique
Bai Shuo, the youngest daughter of the General's Mansion, aspires to cultivate immortality in order to repay a favor. On her journey to seek immortality, she accidentally rescues t…
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Nirvana in Fire
Weakened by illness but strong in mind, Mei Changsu enters court politics to seek justice for a tragedy long forgotten.…
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Ever Night
As the lone survivor of his kingdom, Ning Que joins a martial arts academy and must fight to protect his beloved, who's prophesied to bring about chaos.…
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The Litchi Road
The story follows Li Shande, a man deceived by his colleagues and demoted from his supervisory role. Now forced to become the “Lychee Envoy,” he faces a near-impossible mission to …
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Love in the Clouds
At the annual Qingyun Conference in the Hexu Six Realms, Ji Bozai, a warrior from the Jixing Abyss with a past as a convict, defeated Ming Yi, the cold warrior goddess who had reig…
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Wuthering Heights
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, …
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Story of Kunning Palace
A fallen queen, Jiang Xuening who aspired to have the highest power and authority in her life was held hostage by rebels after the king, Shen Jie was poisoned. In this life, she us…
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Belgravia: The Next Chapter
Belgravia, 1871. When Lord Frederick Trenchard meets Clara Dunn, their courtship is full of passion. But after they marry, the scandalous world of high society and a long-buried fa…
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North & South
Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner…
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Shine on Me
Her heart was anchored in an unrequited love, while the one who truly saw her from the beginning waited in the wings. A tale of a fateful first encounter that changes everything—an…
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Ambitions
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the …
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Sanditon
The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.…
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The Legend of ShenLi
The ancient gods died, and there is only one last god in the world - Xingzhi. Rumor has it that this God of Action has lived alone in the heavens for tens of thousands of years, ru…
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The Long Season
The 12-episode series follows Wang Xiang, an ex-train driver who had worked his whole life at the steel plant in a fictional small town in North China, as he attempts to solve the …
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Scenes from a Marriage
A chronicle of the many years of love and turmoil that bind a contemporary American couple, tracking their relationship as it progresses through a number of successive stages: matr…
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Revenge
When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took every…
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I Hear You
Bei Er Duo, a girl from an ordinary family, dreams about studying in Japan to be a professional voice actor. However, her mother wants her to marry rich whilst she is young, leadin…
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Till The End of The Moon
In an era when the demons are in power, they are the masters of the despicable cultivators and mortals. The cultivator elders deem it necessary to send someone back in time to dete…
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House of Guinness
Dublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.…
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Parenthood
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.…
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Forever Love
Lin Zi Tong is the rich young heiress of the Li group: she is beautiful, cheerful, smart and straightforward. She has everything for her, including a devoted boyfriend, Chi Shan. …
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Love Between Lines
Xiao Zhiyu and Hu Xiu are brought together by a Republic of China-themed murder mystery game. In the scripted NPC game filled with falling snow and spies in the shadows, the two ig…
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Upstairs, Downstairs
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s po…
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Bridgerton
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.…
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Downton Abbey
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the Bri…
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