Scarlet Heart: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Zhang Xiao, a 25 year old girl from modern times had just gotten into a fight which leads to a car accident that caused her to go back to the Qing Dynasty. There, she is in the body of Maertai Ruo-Xi who is the sister of the 8th Prince's wife, Maertai Ruo-Lan. In the Qing Dynasty, she finds that life is hard because love is controlled by only one person and is not decided freely. She becomes entangled into the battle of the Princes for the Throne. Ruo-Xi has half a year before she enters the Palace for the maiden selections. How will she survive the Qing Dynasty?

Series details

• Title: Scarlet Heart
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2011-09-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-05-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Hunan TV
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 15800
• IMDb ID: tt2475848
• TVDB ID: 252478

Cast and credited roles

• Liu Shi Shi — Zhang Xiao
• Nicky Wu — Yin Zheng
• Sean Sun — Kang Si Han
• Jiang Jin Fu — Kang Si Yu
• Kevin Cheng — Yin Si
• Lin Geng Xin — Yin Ti

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-09-10; final listed air date 2011-09-29; episode order: 40.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-04-22; final listed air date 2014-05-07; episode order: 41.

Source and licence

Adapted from Scarlet Heart 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.