Mini Republican Era Drams

Director: Zou Ji Cheng 

Actors: Flora Dai, Dai Gaozheng

To avenge her family, beautiful and glamorous Wen Yu Nong became a spy with a talent for disguise. Now, for her revenge, she must use her talent and pretend to be someone else while reuniting with the man she once loved.

https://t.kisskh.la/poVP (ENG subs)

Actors: Daisy Li, Ge Qiugu

Among a batch of cultural relics, there is a diary in urgent need of restoration. The sincere and kind young restorer Liu Yuan takes over the task, and her partner is Wang Ze, a suave restoration expert who has returned from studying abroad. The two people with different positions inevitably had some "friendly" exchanges at work, but as the restoration work progressed, the two also uncovered a dusty past: in the 1930s and 1940s, the female agent Zhao Deng Man was ordered to sneak into a hotel and perform a mission with a man code-named "Fox". A sudden accident trapped everyone in the hotel for investigation. Many forces were involved. It was full of mystery about who was the enemy and who was the friend... What other secrets are waiting to be revealed?

https://t.kisskh.id/szFC (ENG subs)

Actors: Garvey Jin, Guan Chang

After her sister's tragic death, Yu Qing Huan was adopted by her brother-in-law, Jiang Mo Han, a powerful warlord, and was raised to become the owner of a pleasure house. To her shock, the man she admired and respected was the very one she wished to kill—the murderer of her sister. Jiang Mohan believed he could remain heartless, but he ultimately fell for her. As the fog clears, their twisted love and fated bond emerge amidst hatred. Will the misunderstandings and pain between them become barriers or ties that bind?

https://kisskh.co/Drama/No-One-But-You?id=9511 (ENG subs)

Actors: Wu Ri Lige, Yu Yang

The story follows Feng Yu Ji, a woman living under an assumed name, who returns to the Shen household under the guise of her twin sister, the young mistress of the Shen family, to seek revenge for her sister. She gets close to Shen Tan Qian, the son of a wealthy merchant, and begins investigating the truth behind a long-buried murder case, ultimately revealing the true culprit and ensuring they face justice. Throughout this journey, Feng Yu Ji and Shen Tan Qian move from mutual distrust to open honesty, and eventually, they heal each other. With courage, wisdom, and the power of their sacrificial love, they bring the truth to light. As the truth unfolds, their combined efforts also eradicate the Shen family's opium trade with the Japanese, gradually ending the city's opium addiction and establishing a new era of science and civilization. 

https://t.kisskh.id/AJEi (ENG subs)

Actors: Lin Yanrou, Cavan Wen 

Wealthy Miss Zhong Wan Ruo joins the enemy Xia army under false pretenses to avenge her fiancé, Liu Zi Run. However, unexpectedly, she is threatened into marriage by the Xia army's young general, Mu Shao Li. Both harboring their own schemes, the two become husband and wife, falling in love during a series of cunning battles in their married life. Just as their love deepens, Zhong Wan Ruo accidentally discovers Mu Shao Li's true identity. Amid mutual distrust and the power struggles of warlords, the couple, deeply in love, begin to torment each other.

https://t.kisskh.id/e45j (ENG subs)

Actors: Hei Ze, Zizi Xu

The drama revolves around the complex emotions and secrets between the down-and-out daughter Ouyang Yue, bodyguard Qin Ji Feng, and childhood sweetheart and fiancé Liang Jia Hao. Ouyang Yue cleverly designed Qin Ji Feng to become her personal bodyguard in order to protect the family business and explore the truth of her father's death. After experiencing a series of challenges together, Ouyang Yue secretly fell in love with Qin Ji Feng, and the originally stable relationship between her and her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, Liang Jia Hao, began to crack. Just as the former lovers were preparing to face the threats from the outside world together, a shocking truth was unexpectedly revealed. Lines are drawn, and the two find themselves standing on opposing sides. This is how their heart-wrenching love triangle gradually began.

https://t.kisskh.id/GCsY (ENG subs)

Director:  Elsie Zhao, Zhang Xiao Qi 

Actors: Leo Yang, Feng Wanhe, Jin Haopang

Lin Man Ge, a righteous and smart medical student, sneaks into the Lu family to avenge her friend Lan Lan's bizarre and tragic death, and becomes the eldest son's fiancee. However, she is discovered by the fox-like second son Lu Hao Ran, and a series of abuses and counter-killings begin. As she gets along with Lu Hao Ran, she is attracted by his sincerity and justice under his disguise. These two go from suspicion to trust to love, and finally find justice and the truth. 

https://t.kisskh.id/QoKT (ENG subs)

Actors: Qu Mengru, Wei Tianhao (Vincent), Dai Gaozheng

Ye Qing Lan, the only daughter of the second branch of the Ye family, was framed by the former eldest young master of the Mu family. Then she becomes an unwilling bride to wash away bad luck, which ensues in revenge. From now on, Ye Qing Lan has to fight green tea bitches, scumbags and an evil mother-in-law.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIPiKkS-FpK-svKaUzZNtqQ_zq-5X2Y9Y&si=sUYHr7Rqkr96wx1Z (ENG subs; full version and individual episodes)

FYI: SA Warning (this is sort of central to the plot and gets replayed throughout the drama). 

Actors: Pan Yue, Pan Yihong

Jin Shu accidentally travels back to the Chinese Republic and is forced to pretend to be a couple with the rich heir Shen Yu. Past grievances are revealed and new resentments form, but through it all they manage to solve family disputes, support and trust each other, and finally reunite.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHal96yJvQA-SxRETmEKvUbVhi6LR3hEh&si=jr_2po3wJCA8MLKK (ENG subs; playlist includes both full and by episode)

Actors: Zhang He, Chen Jinming

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftnupYwztr0 (ENG subs; full version)

Actors: Chen Fangtong, Dai Gaozheng, Wei Tianhao (Vincent), Dong Yan

In a single night, Dong Ting Yao's entire family were wiped out in a massacre. Right before her father died, he told her to seek refuge at her unseen fiance, Fang Yu Ze's home. At the same time, Fang Yu Ze's uncle, Fang Tian Yi, the governor and warlord of the territory, stormed through the doors of the house with his troops, leading Dong Ting Yao to believe that it was Fang Tian Yi who murdered her entire family. After a heated altercation, Fang Tian Yi took Dong Ting Yao back to his residence to hold her captive. Dong Ting Yao, however, escapes from her captivity and makes her way to Fang Yu Ze's home, only to discover that her position as fiancee has been supplanted by her half-sister, Dong Yan Er. Upon also realising that Fang Tian Yi is the head of Fang Yu Ze's household, she then passes herself off as a maidservant in the Fang household in order to try and take revenge on Fang Tian Yi, and at the same time, restore her rightful position as Fang Yu Ze's fiancee. Unfortunately, Fang Tian Yi has other ideas.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLogLib6e6DfRzv1GvGLaaa_0pgXhmiQ5-&si=2w7j78U73_UfNTz3 (ENG subs)

FYI: SA Warning (By episode: 25/26; full version episodes 16-30 at 1:20:00 to 1:25:04 time stamp)

Actors: Gao Yiren, Fang Sichang

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the wealthy Lin family is destroyed overnight. The only surviving daughter, Lin Meng Chen, is sold to the wicked wealthy Huang family to marry their deceased son in a ghost wedding. Just as Meng Chen is about to be buried alive, Xiao Sheng, the Blood Sacrifice Hall’s top assassin who has been tasked to wipe out the Huang family, accidentally comes to her rescue. Witnessing the entire process of Xiao Sheng killing someone, not only does Meng Chen show no fear, but she also regards the man on the mission as her benefactor. Xiao Sheng then decides to keep Meng Chen by his side. They address each other as brother and sister, with Xiao Sheng vowing to protect Meng Chen for the rest of his life. Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. In order to let his "sister" grow up in a good environment, Xiao Sheng has been living with a dual identity. In front of Meng Chen, he is Mr. Ye, a businessman engaging with foreign firms. In the hidden darkness unknown to Meng Chen, he remains the top assassin of the Blood Sacrifice Hall. Yet, little does Xiao Sheng know that Meng Chen, this innocent and naive sister of his whom he has protected for ten years, has, in fact, found out about his true identity and secretly joined the Blood Sacrifice Hall. She has become Xiao Sheng’s disciple. She is now an assassin in the making named Gu Yu.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLogLib6e6DfQP0GjoGul5ZLHNrtuOA0He&si=aRg5N3xOp-xlV1Vb (ENG subs; individual episodes and full version). 

Actors: Ma Sihan, Li Huan

In a time of chaos, the fallen lady Du Xin Yue faces family upheaval and bravely overcomes adversity. While running a tavern on her own, she relentlessly seeks the truth behind her father's mysterious death. In the end, she finds love with Su Xing Luo, and together, they defeat the hidden villain threatening their people and protect their home.

https://t.kisskh.id/4FYY (ENG subs)

Actors: Liu Meiqi, Cheng Yufeng, Sun Yanen

During the Republic of China, Feng Xiao, the adopted son of a wealthy businessman, and Lin Wan Xiu, the adopted daughter of a warlord, were married. But were assassins with hidden agendas. The two need to trust in love and resolve their misunderstandings and join forces to smash a conspiracy to sell national treasures.

https://t.kisskh.la/wLLJ (ENG subs)

Actors: Han Donglin, Cui Yiliang

Ye Yi Fan, once an innocent youth, swears revenge after his family is slaughtered, transforming into the ruthless and enigmatic crime boss known as "Mr. Mo." In this guise, he encounters Xia Zhi Qiu, a dancer. Thus begins a love game between hunter and prey. Ye Yi Fan gradually falls in love with Xia Zhi Qiu due to her seduction, but he discovers that her true identity is Gu Qing Yan, the daughter of his enemy. Meanwhile, to avenge her father, Gu Qing Yan lays traps that Ye Yi Fan willingly falls into for the sake of love. 

As the two adversaries are entangled in a web of love and hate, genuine emotions surge beneath their masks. What fate awaits them, deeply in love yet torn apart by hostility?

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLogLib6e6DfSUKQ0JKp9OBsG_XRVXReSe&si=NJvpfqAB5kikgyuK (ENG subs; individual episodes)

Actors: Chen Shujun, Leo Yang

18 years ago a young and innocent Xue Tong witnessed her family being brutally murdered. Since then she has hidden herself quietly and patiently, waiting for the day she could put her revenge plan into action. Well that day has come, and Xue Tong has finally returned to her hometown as Miss Lin Bao Er, the daughter of a wealthy Nanyang businessman. Now an adult, Lin Bao Er is clever, cunning, good with a gun, and skilled at understanding the depths of human nature. When she meets the charming young master Zhu Guan Wen, the two decide to pose as couple in order to progress their own interests. Neither can help but grow feelings for each other, but will their love be their greatest strength or their downfall?

https://youtu.be/aYgIliDp56w?si=3gxGMzbHnNeTjiZT (ENG subs; full version) 

FYI: SA Warning at 3:12:07- 3:13:40.  Some may disagree with me here, but the scene ends with her resisting. So, based on the definition of consent this should be classified as SA. 

Director: Zhou Xiao 

Actors: Sun Zihang, Tang Lijun

Su Lyu Xia, a bright girl, shoulders the mission of maintaining the comic space. She is supposed to enter the body of the supporting actress to correct the plot. However, she enters the body of the heroine in the small fictional world by accident. After checking with the system Shushu, she finds that Bai Ting, a woman who doesn't belong to the world, has occupied the body of the supporting actress. Bai Ting intends to make the supporting actress into the leading actress by changing the plot in the time and space of the small world. In order to prevent the story line from being altered and the small world from collapsing, Su Lyu Xia starts to rectify the main plot during one after another confrontation with Bai Ting. Su Lyu Xia tries her best to get the altered plot back on track by correcting some branch lines.

https://youtu.be/35qpRqRydDk?si=mBWkAWkVgEvqdcgq (ENG subs)

Actors: Qi Yandi, Li Zhuoyang, Wang Jiali, Lan Cheng

The drama revolves around Rong Yan and Tian You. Rong Yan sought revenge for her family brutally murdered by Lu Sheng, Tian You's father. Rong Yan married Lu Sheng to take revenge for the death of her family while Yun Mo, her friend, helped her in this revenge that had her family murdered by Lu Sheng. Tian You ended up falling in love with Rong Yan while she tried to kill his father. The two begin to have a secret romance at his father's house while she pretends to be his stepmother.

https://dai.ly/x8qc6sh (ENG subs; episode 1-15 and then switch to the first YouTube link).

https://youtu.be/nvy4NAeRjAc?si=-OlVwTVUNBzTjpaI&t=1914 (watch until 36:05, then switch to episode 18 on the second Youtube link; the Eng subs aren't the best in this vid but the other playlist is missing some episodes)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uiuE4Hf6Yvkge8BTJkAwFwu0Aai2C2N&si=xX2oWH4lP0L8NYTI (ENG subs; By episode)

OR

https://t.kisskh.la/Xrtf (ENG subs)

Director: Shen Qin Yuan 

Actors: Li Ruotian, Wang Yunhan

Marshal Xue Dong Feng returns from the front line to attend the funeral of his father, Governor Xue, and take over as warlord. However, he discovers that his fiancée Ji Lian Yun married his father as his concubine five days prior! Xue Dong Feng, believing that the girl he loved betrayed him, was extremely cruel and humiliating to her...and yet he always came to her rescue whenever there was a crisis. While battling his love and hatred for her, he also suffered jealousy as he watched Ji Lian Yun and his sworn brother Xue Zhi Hai get closer and closer. What Xue Dong Feng didn't know was that the reason Ji Lian Yun married into the Governor's Mansion was for revenge. Five years ago, Ji Lian Yun's businessman father was framed in an arms trafficking case and the whole family was convicted, by none other than Dong Feng's father. According to the testimony of Ji Lian Yun's personal maid, Pin'er, it was Xue Dong Feng who killed her parents in prison. Love, hatred, guilt, innocence, truth, and lies...which of these will survive in this tumultuous chaos?

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIPiKkS-FpK8Z3pkTIJI2FxfIXMJyx-6e&si=55h0_g_OB5UDUPZq (ENG Subs; single episodes)

https://youtu.be/yuiPG2i3auo?si=8nWQl3sftkQCBL17 (ENG subs; full version)

FYI: SA Warning (Attempted)

Actors: He Xuanlin, Gao Mingchen, Mia Jiaying (Macy), Yang Chenghan

Duan Xun Chu, whose family was wiped out, misunderstood his elder sister-in-law, Lin Wen Yu, as the daughter of his enemy. After living with hatred for many years, he became a warlord general and returned for revenge. The two continued to have conflicts and misunderstandings under the entanglement of family grudges. In the process of pulling each other apart, they secretly fell in love and finally solved the misunderstanding, and the two joined hands to move towards the future.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyLbHF3-UFDDSbtNgG36Qjl1dCExFlueH&si=Hd61-8zLpjKC5Fi- (ENG subs) 

Director: Zhou Mu Han 

Actors: Ke Ying, Cavan Wen

It was originally the happy day of the marriage between the wealthy businessman Shen family and the warlord Nie family, but the eldest Miss Shen and the bride, Qing Xia, were suddenly killed. Still wanting to proceed with the lucrative marriage, the Shen family's maid, Hu Die, is forced to pretend to be Qing Xia in order to avenge her and marries Nie Zhen, a young marshal of the Nie family. However, when Hu Die discovers that the suspected perpetrator, of her lady's death and all hints, point directly at Nie Zhen, she becomes more scared and unsure about proceeding with the original plan. Especially, slowly, she really falls in love with Nie Zhen and sees more and more, of his good and honest character. But does she see the real Nie Zhen, or she's slowly falling into his trap?

https://youtu.be/Ivue4udXtyc?si=N3PbiQQryjwfPck7 (ENG subs; Full version)

FYI: SA Warning (This is central to the plot)

Actors: Li Ruotian, Wang Junbi

Young General He Jing Yao, in order to expand the power of the He family army, visits Banyue City under the pretext of marrying a daughter of the Su family. At this time, a series of murder cases of brides occurred in the city In order to protect Banyue City and her family, Su Mei, the eldest daughter of the Su family, teams up with He Jing Yao, to resist greedy and evil opponents. From testing, suspicion and exploitation of each other to cherishing each other and healing each other, they finally uncovered many mysteries side by side and found the truth and light.

https://t.kisskh.id/dFK3 (ENG subs)

Actors: Qiu Dingjie, Cao Mingyue

Gu Man Qing has been dependent on her sister, who was a dancer since she was a child, but she never thought that on her big wedding day, she would be witnessing Lu Yi Chuan, her future husband, murdering her only family. After trying to take revenge on the spot and failing, Man Qing decide to run. But even after starting her new, happy life, Man Qing still can't forget the faithful night, and she's plotting a revenge plan. Her first step to do so is taking a new identity and becoming a stepmother to her past lover. But the woman discovers a seemingly simple plan, and her sister's death has more mysteries than she thought.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyLbHF3-UFDDTyG110zDRXfNWde980vtL&si=LZ2R6VFkar8OlF1i (ENG subs) 

Director: He Jia Nan 

Actors: Liu Jiulin, Guan Chang, Yuan Ziming, Wu Luohan

On her wedding day, Gu Meng loses everything - family and fortune due to a fire she believes was started by her would-be husband Hong Ye. Years later, the woman decides to take revenge, but the plan backfires. When she tries to attack the warlord, she has an accident that causes her to lose her memory. After waking up, not knowing who she is, Gu Meng is forced to become a servant at Xiao Hong Ye's estate. At first, Hong Ye does everything to humiliate and destroy the amnesiac woman. However, the longer he tortures her, he becomes more emotionally and romantically attached to her, again. At the same time, Gu Meng from the initial victim, over time, begins to not only seduce Hong Ye, but also fight for her freedom and revenge, especially when she starts to have a glimpses of memories of her previous life. So what will win in their relationship - hate or love?

FYI: SA Warning. It's one of those "Since you hate me, then I'll make you really hate me." At 2:57:33-2:58:22. 

https://youtu.be/rwE3wanZI-w?si=v-jgR7UwWvo5_1Zz (ENG subs; full version).

Director: Zeng Qing Jie

Screenwriter: Zhao Lin

Actors: Daisy Li, Zhao Yiqin, Wang Ruolin

Shanghai, early twentieth century. Jiang Ying, a singer at a local club, begins to be linked with a local entertainment mogul, Du Jing Chuan. However, no one knows that the woman, faking her occupation, instead of loving raptures, wants to get closer to the man in order to take revenge on him for the harm done to her family. In the process of carrying out her plan, Du Xun Yu, the son of her nemesis, stands in her way. A man, who was miraculously found two years ago after he disappeared. However, he also hides some secrets, because the real Du Xun Yu has been dead for a long time, and the man only claims to be him. Soon, connected by a common enemy and goal, the pair join forces and begin to work together. What they don't expect, however, is that in addition to revenge, they will also be connected by love. However, can two deceivers, now in disguise of stepmother and stepson, trust the sincerity of it?

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5oMww_GBWNzmEmIRNVOeu8c&si=2B8bTYDLe8sCWsR5 (Full version parts 1 and 2; Members Only (you need to pay)). 

https://youtu.be/quPoYSf4Nhc?si=0AGfotNWlVXeWnk_ (ENG subs; shortened version; FREE)

https://t.kisskh.la/269n (ENG subs)

Actors: Xu Yingluo, Lei Shu, Xu Haoxiang

Shen Mansion's young lady, Chu Qi, heard that her sister, Shen Shi San, who had been inseparable from her since childhood, went missing while searching for a specific medicine. In a desperate situation, she had a conflict with the medicine vendor Wang Wu. Chu Qi was rescued by Gu Yusheng, the son of a military officer and her childhood friend. Wang Wu fled, but mysteriously died that night. The investigating officer, Wu Xu, guided by clues, identified Chu Qi as the suspect. Driven by her concern for her missing sister, Chu Qi broke into the charity house at night to search for clues on Wang Wu's body. The clues pointed to a place called "Fengming Town." Coincidentally, Wu Xu, who came to inspect the body, apprehended Chu Qi. In a struggle, Chu Qi accidentally tore her clothes. Wu Xu, in an unexpected gesture, lent her his own clothes and accidentally dropped his police badge. Chu Qi successfully entered Fengming Town under the identity of "Officer Wu." However, the village was shrouded in mystery, and villagers Chu Qi had interacted with died under strange and eerie circumstances. In a desperate situation, Officer Wu Xu and Gu Yusheng successively arrived at Fengming Town. They experienced various bizarre and mysterious events, gradually uncovering the truth behind the villagers' deaths. The tragic fate of Shen Shi San became clearer, and subtle changes occurred in the relationships among the three individuals. However, they were unaware that they had become the targets of a hidden puppeteer.

https://t.kisskh.id/f8Le (ENG subs)

Actors: Hong Xiao, Yan Zixian

To avenge her senior brother, Yang An Ning, the famous opera actress in Yuncheng, riskily married He Xing Zhou, the son of the local warlord. With deliberate traps, she used him to approach the center of power and gradually expose the truth. Yet she didn't know she was losing her heart as she set all these refined traps. He Xing Zhou, the poker-faced young marshal, was known as the Devil of Yucheng. He was extremely vengeful only because he saw through this dark and rotten world. Everybody thought he accepted this actress who threw herself at him because he wanted to avenge his dream girl who betrayed him. Who would know that Yang An Ning turned out to be the only light pouring deep into the coldness of He Xing Zhou's inside? However chaotic the world became, after using all kinds of tricks, this smart couple still couldn't help falling in love and ended up obsessed with each other.

https://t.kisskh.la/bK2L (ENG subs) 

Director: Zhang Bo 

Actors: Xiao Yu, Xu Tao

Set in Jiangcheng during the Republic of China period, the story follows Yan Yumo, an intelligence agent for the Chinese Communist Party hailing from a family renowned for their painting and calligraphy. Tasked with infiltrating the Kuomintang, Yan Yumo encounters Gu Xincheng, a sophisticated and influential young man. Together, they navigate a complex web of political intrigue, utilizing traditional painting and calligraphy techniques to unravel hidden secrets. Amidst life-and-death trials, their steadfast dedication to their ideals shines through. Guided by their unwavering faith, Yan Yumo and Gu Xincheng undergo profound personal growth and transformation.

https://t.kisskh.la/GWPh (ENG subs)

Actors: Kong Xue'Er (Snow), Li Geyang

Nan Yu, the Mary Sue protagonist of a game whose only mission is to pursue boys, wakes up in the Republic of China as a forensic doctor examining corpses. A mysterious will dictates that she must solve a murder case to return to her original world. However, she must also compete with Gao Han, the male protagonist of a detective game, for control of their body, and only one of them can return home. Given Nan Yu's expertise on love, and Gao Han, devoting his life to solving murder cases, Nan Yu recognizes her disadvantage and seeks an alternative approach. However, the case proves more complex than anticipated, with societal intricacies mirroring Al's world. Left with no choice, Nan Yu proposes an alliance with Gao Han, recognizing their mutual need.

https://t.kisskh.la/KnaA (ENG Subs)

Actors: Xu Jiaqi, Li Zhuoyang

In troubled times, there are grievances and intrigues, but if it is for love, it is not a problem to give up your life. Xie Lan Qin, a hothouse flower who suffered a huge change in her family, pushes away the love of her life, Feng Yan, for revenge and transforms into a thorny rose to achieve justice on her own. But when everything went as she wished, she found that Feng Yan was always guarding her and would not give up until death, so Xie Lan Qin vowed to bravely pursue her old love.