Love & Crown | Open Thread

[Coming soon]

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ren Jia Lun: Xiao Huan

Peng Xiao Ran: Ling Cang Cang

Director

Lin Feng

Screenwriter

Miu Wen Jing

Chinese Title

鳳凰台上

On the Phoenix Terrace

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 35

Fight for Love | Open Thread

A general falls in love with his sister-in-law.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Song Qian: Chu Yu

Ding Yu Xi: Wei Yun

Director

Zhou Jing Tao, Qi Xiao Hui

Screenwriter

Wang Hong (Author: Mo Shu Bai)

Chinese Title

山河枕

Pillow of Mountains and Rivers 

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, OWYM , Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

Blood River | Review

A group of warm-blooded assassins find retirement complicated.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Gong Jun: Su Mu Yu

Peng Xiao Ran: Mu Yu Mo

Chang Hua Sen: Su Chang He

Director

Yin Tao

Screenwriter

Zhou Mu Nan (author)

Chinese Title

暗河傳

The Tale of Dark River

Genres: Wuxia, BL, Palace

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 38

Yummy Yummy Yummy | Review

A girl transmigrates with her family and falls in love with her ancestor.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Ying Lu: Shen Shao Guang

Li Yun Rui: Lin Yan

Director

Bai Yun Mo

Screenwriter

Ji Sang Rou

Chinese Title

宴遇永安

Yan Meets Eternal Peace

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Family, Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 32

Shadow Love | Review

A romantasy about two rival generals torn between duty, desire, and an awful lot of bare chests.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Song Yi: Li Shuang

Cheng Lei: Jin An / Duan Ao Deng / Xuan Yi Ke

Bi Wen Jun: Sumu Yang

Director

Deng Ke, Gao Cong Kai

Screenwriter

(Author: Jiu Lu Fei Xian)

Chinese Title

與晉長安

With Jin Chang'an

Genres: Costume Qihuan, Romance, Palace

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 38

Moonlit Reunion | Recap and Review

A Cat Lord fancies a Bamboo Fish, but this fish hunts this cat.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Xu Kai: Mei Zhu Yu

Tian Xi Wei: Wu Zhen

Director

Lv Hao Ji Ji

Screenwriter

(Author: Fu Hua)

Chinese Title

子夜歸

To Return Home in the Middle of the Night

Genres: Costume Qihuan, Palace , Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 38

Recap Grade: C/D

First Impression: 2.9/5

Legend of the Female General | Open Thread

A female ex-general goes undercover as a male soldier, working under the man who thinks s/he’s his greatest enemy.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Cheng Lei: Xiao Jue

Zhou Ye: He Yan

Director

Jiang Jia Jun

Screenwriter

(Author: Qian Shan Cha Ke)

Chinese Title

錦月如歌

The Brocade Moon Is Like a Song

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video (MangoTV)

Year: 2025
Episodes: 36

Coroner's Diary | Open Thread

A coroner, disguised behind a dead identity, and a general with a royal identity team up to solve hidden mysteries surrounding them.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ao Rui Peng: Yan Chi

Li Lan Di: Qin Wan

Director

Li Hui Zhu, Deng Wei En

Screenwriter

Zou Yue

Chinese Title

朝雪录

Record of Morning Snow

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace,Mystery, Period Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 38

The Princess's Gambit | Open Thread

A princess becomes a concubine of an ever-skeptical chancellor to survive.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Liu Xue Yi: Shen Zai Ye

Meng Zi Yi: Jiang Tao Hua

Director

Yi Jun

Screenwriter

(Author: Bai Lu Cheng Shuang)

Chinese Title

桃花映江山

Peach Blossoms Reflecting Over Jiangshan (= Country)

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 36

Eternal Brotherhood | Review

An uncanny hero and his two bros protect the country, but who are the enemies?

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yang Xu Wen: Zichuan Xiu

Liu Yu Ning: Di Lin 

Zhang Ming En: Si Yi Lin

Director

Zhang Meng, Wei Li Zhou

Screenwriter

Tian Liang Liang

Chinese Title

紫川·光明三傑

Purple City: The Three Light Brothers/Bond

Genres: Period, Slight Romance, Palace, Bromance

Network: iQIYI  (Tencent Video)

Year: 2024
Episodes: 24

Legend of Zang Hai | Review

A boy avenges his casanova father by first seducing a marquis. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Xiao Zhan: Zang Hai

Zhang Jing Yi: Xiang An Tu

Director

Zheng Xiao Long

Screenwriter

(Author: Xu Lei)

Chinese Title

藏海傳

Legend of Zang Hai

Genres: Period, (Romance, Slight Romance), Palace, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

The Prisoner of Beauty | Open Thread

An arranged marriage between enemies.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Song Zu Er: Xiao Qiao

Liu Yu Ning: Wei Shao

Director

Deng Ke, Gao Cong Kai

Screenwriter

Nan Zhen

Chinese Title

折腰

To Bend at the Waist

(i.e. submission)

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 36

Serendipity | Open Thread

A man passed on her as a woman, but falls for her as his "sister" and somewhere in the middle whole show, a second lead decided this was his show.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Zi Qi: Lu Chang

Lu Yu Xiao: Jian Ming Shu

Director

Chen Jia Lin, He Zhen Hua

Screenwriter

Cheng Ting Yu

Chinese Title

榜上佳婿

On the List of Top-Tier Sons-in-Law

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

Everlasting Longing | Open Thread

A girl disguised as a guy falls for her hot, braided kidnapper.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Angelababy: Jun Qi Luo / Jun Fei Fan

Song Wei Long: Xuan Lie

Director

Mai Guan Zhi

Screenwriter

Qing Mei

Chinese Title

相思令

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30

Kill Me Love Me | Recap and Review

A psycho prince orders an assassin to assassinate himself.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Liu Xue Yi: Murong Jing He

Wu Jin Yan: Mei Lin

Director

Huang Wei Jie, Cheng Lu

Screenwriter

Wen Yan

Chinese Title

春花焰

Spring Flower Flame

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2024
Episodes: 17/32

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2/5

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Love of Nirvana | Open Thread

A woman climbs a tree and meets a scheming man, and then falls off the tree and meets another scheming man. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ren Jia Lun: Wei Zhao / Xiao Wu Xia

Li Lan Di: Jiang Ci

Director

Zhou Jing Tao

Chinese Title

流水迢迢

Water Flowing Far, Far Away

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 40

The Princess Royal | Recap and Review

A husband and wife “kill each other”, revives, and remarries.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Ling He: Pei Wen Xuan

Zhao Jin Mai: Li Rong

Screenwriter

Rao Jun (Author: Mo Shu Bai)

Chinese Title

度華年

To Spend Magnificent Years

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2024
Episodes: 40 + Extra

Recap Grade: A
First Impression: 3.75/5

Nancheng Banquet | Recap and Review

A general falls in love with a eunuch who is his (female) assassin.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang You Shuo: Yan Zhang Yun

Zhao Zhao Yi: Fu Xiao / Xiao Qiang Zi

Director:

Xu Chi

Chinese Title

南城宴

Genres: Period, Romcom, Palace, Period Romcom

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2024
Episodes: 24

Recap Grade: C
First Impression: 3/5

Joy of Life S1 | Recap and Review

A man finds his father(s) without looking for his father.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Ruo Yun: Fan Xian

Director

Sun Hao

Scriptwriter:

Wang Juan (Author: Mao Ni)

Chinese Title

慶餘年

Celebrating Life

Genres: Period, Slight Romance, Palace

Network: Tencent Video (iQIYI)

Year: 2019
Episodes: 14/46

[Recaps are incomplete]

Captivating the King | Open Thread

An emperor falls for a baduk player. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Cho Jung-seok: Yi In

Shin Se-kyung: Kang Hee-soo

Korean Title Translation

Spy, The Fascinated

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Year: 2024
Episodes: 16