Story of Yanxi Palace: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A story revolving around a palace maid with a plucky attitude, street smarts, and a good heart as she maneuvers the dangers in the palace to become a concubine of Emperor Qian Long.

During the 6th year of the Qian Long's reign, Wei Ying Luo finds her way to the Forbidden City as a palace maid to investigate the truth behind her older sister's death. She vows to exact justice after learning that Hong Zhou is connected to the case. The kind and gentle Empress Xiao Xian Chun worries that Wei Ying Luo would tread on a path of no return, so she does everything in her power to help Ying Luo and to be her pillar of support. Under the Empress' guidance, Ying Luo becomes a female official and starts to let go of her hatred. However, the Empress dies an untimely death. Misunderstandings arise between Ying Luo and Emperor Qian Long yet they eventually learn to see eye to eye and to find comfort in each other inside the palace that is full of intrigue and conspiracy.

Series details

• Title: Story of Yanxi Palace
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Romance, History
• Premiere date: 2018-07-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-08-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 38735
• IMDb ID: tt8865016
• TVDB ID: 350651

Cast and credited roles

• Wu Jin Yan — Wei Ying Luo
• Qin Lan — Lady Fucha
• Nie Yuan — Emperor Qianlong
• Charmaine Sheh — Lady Ulanara
• Xu Kai — Fu Heng
• Tan Zhuo — Gao Ning Xin

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-07-19; final listed air date 2018-08-26; episode order: 70.

Source and licence

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