Overview

The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with terror.

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Cast

Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching

Hui Yu Lan/Empress Tzu Hsi

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Prince Kung/Yik Shut

Valerie Chow

The Queen

Yu Rongguang

Emperor Hsien Feng

Yvonne Yung Hung

Lady Li

Kingdom Yuen King-Tan

Da Niu

Power Chan Kwok-Pong

Eunuch Xiao An

Ku Feng

General Su Shun

Lau Shun

General Cai Won

Lo Hung

General Tun Hua

Teresa Ha Ping

Yu Lan/Tzu Hsi's mother

Lui Tat

Eunuch Kwok