Chinese Drama List – Best Popular C drama

  • Recruit a General to Lead the Troops

    #61

    Historical, Romance, Fantasy
    Yuan Ziming, Sun Yanqing
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Modern-day delivery rider Li Chengyu unexpectedly travels back in time and becomes a general. To investigate a mysterious case, he goes undercover in Qingfeng Fortress and is forced to marry into the bandit stronghold. There, he and the leader Chen Xinrou move from mutual exploitation to growing affection, while facing fierce power struggles within the fortress.
  • Everbloom Dynasty

    #62

    Historical, Romance
    Sun Zihang, Huang Yuzi
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Seventeen years ago, Yan Jiehuan was rejected by her stepmother and sent to the mountains to recuperate and study medicine. Seventeen years later, she happily returns home for her father’s birthday, only to be framed upon arrival—forced to witness her father’s tragic death and accused of being his murderer. With wit and resolve, she overcomes layers of interrogation, clears her...
  • Her Feast

    #63

    Fantasy, Romance, Historical
    He Hongshan, Xie Binbin
    ★★★★☆
    8
    Zhang Wangge is framed and tortured, and after her death, she unexpectedly returns to three years earlier. Carrying the memories of her previous life, she approaches police captain Lu Ye to uncover the truth. At the same time, Lu Ye’s dreams keep guiding her with hidden clues. When the fog within the dreams is finally lifted, Lu Ye willingly embraces the truth, even if it means sinking...
  • Threads of Destiny

    #64

    Historical, Romance
    Zhu Lilan, Qin Tianyu
    ★★★★★
    10
    Jiang Xueying, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, who, after both she and her younger sister Jiang Yuer are reborn, swaps her marriage arrangement to become the heir’s wife. In the inner courtyard, she engages in clever battles with Jiang Yuer and other women of the household, wins over her seemingly frivolous husband, and joins forces with him to expose the villains’ schemes.
  • Sinful Marriage

    #65

    Historical, Romance
    Fang Jin, Terry Guo
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Shu Minister's daughter Shen Yuanzhi takes the blame for her lover and is forced to marry into the Marquis's household, where she suffers relentless revenge from Fan Xingxu. After the two expose Gu Hengyuan's conspiracy, they become entangled in a treasonous plot. Deciding to turn the tables, they join forces—gradually resolving misunderstandings and growing closer. Together, they...
  • Be Not Meant to Be

    #66

    Historical, Romance
    Li Mozhi, Dai Gaozheng
    ★★★★★
    10
    Ye Nanzhao, a woman in the Republican era who, after being betrayed by her ex-husband and losing her beloved daughter, is abducted while seeking justice. Forced to assume the identity of a deceased woman, she becomes the second concubine of the wealthy Lu family. By a twist of fate, her treacherous ex-husband ends up as the family’s new son-in-law. To make matters worse, the woman...
  • Spring Rewritten

    #67

    Historical, Romance, Suspense
    Bian Tianyang, Ji Shuyi
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    The daughter of a wealthy merchant, Zhao Chunman, infiltrates the Yuchun Opera House to avenge her father's death but is tragically killed by Zhou Chi, the second-in-command of the Yi Gang. When time resets, Chunman realizes that events seem different. To uncover the truth behind her father’s death and change her own fate, she repeatedly faces life-altering choices, strategizing step...
  • Blades Amid Blossoms

    #68

    Historical, Suspense, Comedy
    Wanyan Luorong, Liu Haoqun, Han Leyao
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    When the imperial concubine returns to Peach Blossom Manor to visit her family, she mysteriously dies in the peach blossom grove. The wandering swordsman Yan Shiyi becomes the prime suspect. Cold Blade, the guard responsible for the concubine's safety, orders the manor to be sealed off, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving. As the investigation deepens, the secrets of Peach Blossom...
  • She Is the Phoenix

    #69

    Historical, Romance
    Ma Qiuyuan, He Jianqi
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Shen Yu, a skilled martial artist and daughter of a military family, whose fate is rewritten by a devastating military defeat. Given a second chance, she vows to uncover the truth and avenge her father. Disguised as a man while investigating the case, she meets and falls in love with Xie Tingzhou, the heir to the Northern Lin principality. Together, they work to overturn the old case,...
  • In the Name of Dawn

    #70

    Historical, Romance
    He Xuanlin, Zhang Tingrui, Li Yanman
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Ji Yunchao, who is betrayed by her closest friend and, after surviving a life-threatening ordeal, returns under a new identity. With extraordinary intelligence and determination, she meticulously schemes to seek justice for herself. Later, Ji Yunchao is forced into a mutually beneficial agreement with Pei Yan—each using the other for their own ends. Through every carefully plotted...
  • Returned Master

    #71

    Historical, Wuxia
    Dong Zifan, Li Kaiwen
    ★★★★☆☆
    7.4
    After retiring from service, General Li's entire family was slaughtered on New Year's Eve. The youngest son, Li Jianwei, narrowly escaped death and went into hiding, disguising himself as a courtesan to infiltrate Jianwei Mountain and seek vengeance. The mischievous and free-spirited young master of the Ghost Valley, Chen Xiaoxi, grows unexpectedly close to Li Jianwei, who had schemed...
  • Wild Fire

    #72

    Historical, Romance, Suspense
    He Xuanlin, Gao Mingchen, Wu Mingjing
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Republican era, this drama tells the poignant love story between Shen Muling, a renowned opera performer from a humble background, and Guan Xingkai, a wealthy young man who has returned from studying abroad. Despite the stark divide in their social status, harsh public judgment, and betrayal from those closest to them, the two wounded souls...
  • Royal Upstart

    #73

    Historical, Romance
    Pan Yihong, Zhu Rongjun
    ★★★★★☆
    9
    An unexpected turn of events transports Xiao Ning to the Great Jing Dynasty, where he becomes a live-in son-in-law for the Su family. Using ancient methods, he imbues tea and wine with exquisite charm, attracting widespread acclaim. He establishes newspapers and gathers talented individuals, helping a princess navigate the complexities of court politics. Facing challenges from a cunning...
  • Rosefinch

    #74

    Suspense, Thriller, Historical
    Wan Qian, Qin Junjie, Lin Lexuan
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    In 1929, a bizarre double murder case involving a closet shocked Shanghai. Soon after, the killer struck again, claiming the lives of several dance hall girls. Forensic expert Xia Mo and shrewd detective Tang Zhenyun unexpectedly uncovered a far more sinister and darker truth behind the crimes—a web of power and carnal exploitation, where the murdered girls were mere playthings destined...
  • Above The Clouds

    #75

    Historical, Fantasy, Romance
    Xu Zhenzhen, Zhang Jingyun
    ★★★★★
    10
    Lu Anning and Ling Cang endured a thousand lifetimes of tragic love, manipulated by destiny. From powerful adversaries to gradually awakening and reversing their fate, they join hands to cultivate and advance their immortal powers, defying destiny to escape its control.
  • Falling for Divinity

    #76

    Historical, Romance, Fantasy
    Bunny Zhang, Hu Bowen
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Bu Nian, a gray-eyed maiden with a unique constitution, has lived under the protection of the Goddess of Zhaoyao Mountain. One day, she rescues Xue Yiyang, a gravely wounded general who has lost his memory. As they fall in love, Bu Nian makes a solemn vow to the Goddess to heal him—on the condition that he must leave the mountain forever. Heartbroken but determined, Bu Nian descends...
  • Where Love Dares

    #77

    Historical, Romance
    Ding Ran, Li Ruotian
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Chen Qingyan, the gentle physician of Yunshui Town, unwittingly took in a lost and wounded amnesiac. As they healed each other’s scars, love quietly blossomed between them. Yet she never imagined that this obedient, charming man—who fetched water and gathered herbs for her—was none other than the ruthless young marshal Leng Sinian, the very man rumored to be forcing villagers...
  • The Fallen Lady Returns

    #78

    Historical, Romance
    Teng Zewen, Zhan Yu
    ★★★☆☆
    6
    After suffering a brutal death at the hands of the Zhou family in her past life, Zhang Xiyin unexpectedly finds herself reborn! Determined to take revenge on her husband, Marquis Ding'an Zhou Yihong, and his second wife Li Yuewan, Zhang Xiyin proactively approaches and forms an alliance with Prince Ji, Duan Jianli, for mutual benefit. However, as their encounters unfold, what began...
  • The Antidote to Love

    #79

    Historical, Romance
    Li Jiulin, Zhu Lilan
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    During the Great Wei years, with the land still in turmoil, Prince Ning Zhao He led his troops to battle and faced a life-threatening situation. The Taibu Divination Bureau, by imperial decree, offered a precious "medicine slave" to detoxify him. Medicine slave "Yi Jiu", secretly a Saintess of the Moon Tribe, used herself as bait, falling deep into the elaborate scheme. Ultimately,...
  • Adventure for Love

    #80

    Historical, Romance
    Hei Ze, Tan Yanyan
    ★★★★★
    10
    Modern woman Ma Qianqiu time-travels into an ancient princess and unexpectedly becomes entangled in a power struggle. She and the cunning General Qin Che go from mutual suspicion to joining forces against the tyrant Ma Yangfei and the Beiyu faction. Pretending to be a couple to handle public opinion, they uncover Qin Che’s mysterious origins and his mother’s wrongful case, but face...
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