STORY OF
YANXI PALACE
19.07.2018 - 30.08.2018
During the Qing dynasty, in 18th century (18 March 1741) Beijing, Wei Yingluo enters the court of the Qianlong Emperor, Aisin Gioro Hongli, as one of the palace embroiderers to secretly investigate her beloved sister's rape and subsequent mysterious death.
At first believing the imperial guard Fuca Fuheng to be the prime suspect, Yingluo schemes to approach his sister, the Empress Fuca Rongyin, and succeeds in getting transferred from her embroidery unit to the Empress's Changchun Palace as her maid. Over time, she learns that the Fuca siblings are honest and kindhearted people, innocent of the crime. Yingluo and Fuheng fall for each other. Fuheng, extremely handsome and righteous, was admired by many around the Palace, including Qianlong's Consort Chun who allies herself to Empress Fuca because of her crush on her brother, and by the empress's head handmaid, Erqing.
Plot Synopsis
Official Trailer
延禧攻略
"Yan Xi Gong Lue"
PRODUCTION
DETAILS
EPISODES
70
DIRECTOR
Hui Kai Dong
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SCREENWRITER
Zhou Mo
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PRODUCTION COMPANY
Huanyu Film
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PRODUCER
Yu Zheng
FILMING
DETAILS
FILMING DATE
06.06.2017 - 09.10.2017
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FILMING DURATION
125 days
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FILMING LOCATION
Hengdian World Studios
Ming & Qing Palace
Flower Street Alley
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BROADCAST
NETWORK
BROADCAST PLATFORM
iQIYI | Tencent
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DISTRIBUTED TO
VIKI | Amazon Prime
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INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST
TVB Jade
Hong Kong | Taiwan | Malaysia | Singapore | Australia |
United States of America
Various International TV Channel
Vietnam | Canada | Philippines | India | Indonesia | Japan | Cambodia | Romania | Lithuania | Portugal | Mongolia | Turkey
Cast Information
Xu Kai as
Fuca Fuheng
Leader of the imperial guards, younger brother of Empress Xiaoxianchun. He is a foil for the Emperor since he is a rather free man without the hamper of pomp and circumstance. In this way, he can be truer himself in love and life, and he maximizes the privilege by being upfront and forward in his feelings, without the hesitation and unease that clouds every step taken by his more powerful superior.
Wu Jin Yan as
Wei Ying Luo
An upright, strong and cunning woman who is ahead of her time in terms of knowledge and reasoning. She enters the palace to investigate the murder of her sister. In the palace, she uses her innate skills to rise above the tangles of conventional palace rivalries for nobler causes and defeat her enemies. She also became the adoptive mother of the Fifth Prince, Yongqi.
Nie Yuan as
Emperor Qian Long
Emperor of the Qing Dynasty — a ruthless Emperor who fell in love with a cunning woman Wei Yingluo, who became the mother of their children and posthumously known as Empress Xiaoyichun.
Qin Lan as
Fuca Rongyin
The First Empress of Emperor Qianlong, Empress Xiaoxianchun. Kind, gentle and virtuous. A mentor of Yingluo during her stay in Changchun Palace.Care, love and deep protect Yingluo like her own sister. Killed herself after her infant son, Yongcong, was killed by Consort Chun.
Charmaine Sheh as
Consort Xian
The Second Empress of Emperor Qianlong, posthumous Empress Xiaoxianqing of Nara Clan,initially a kind-hearted and virtuous woman who wanted nothing but peace, she soon realizes that her kindness only results in her being stepped on. After her family's demise, she becomes a cunning woman who manipulated others for her own means. She is also stripped of her titles when she lops off her hair in the Southern Tour.
