Empresses in the Palace: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

It tells the story of one of Emperor Yongzheng's concubines, Zhen Huan, who's the mother of Prince Hongli (the famous Emperor Qianlong).This drama, adapted from popular Internet novel of the same name, will tell the story of the heroine, Zhen Huan, who joined the palace harem with her sister. She was selected to be Emperor Yongzheng's concubine. When Zhen Huan first enters the palace, she is innocent and gullible, but gradually learnd the hard way to fend for herself when she inadvertently becomes caught up in the schemes between the Empress and Concubine Hua. Through cunning and deceit, Zhen Huan finally succeeds in becoming Empress. However, she arouses Emperor Yongzheng's suspicion about her loyalty and is forced to poison her true love, 17th Prince. Finally, when Emperor Yongzheng dies and Hong Li ascends the throne, Concubine Zhen Huan

Series details

• Title: Empresses in the Palace
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, History
• Premiere date: 2012-03-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-07-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Dragon TV
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3339

Cast and credited roles

• Chen Jianbin — Emperor
• Lan Xi — Shen Mei Zhuang
• Tao Xin Ran — An Ling Rong
• Ying Er — Xia Dong Chun
• Tan Song Yun — Chun Gui Ren
• Sun Li — Zhen Huan
• Ada Choi — Ulanara Yi'xiu
• Jiang Xin — Nian Shilan

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-03-26; final listed air date 2012-07-10; episode order: 76.

Source and licence

Adapted from Empresses in the Palace on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.