TV series

Empresses in the Palace

2011–2012 · 1 season

A slow, intricate descent into a beautiful, suffocating world where every smile hides a knife and survival demands the soul.

Tagline: An epic tale of love, betrayal and scandal in Imperial China.
Overview: Zhen Huan, a 17-year-old innocent introduced into the imperial court as the latest concubine of Emperor Yong Zheng. Her dreams of a new life of love and prosperity are swiftly dashed as she enters a dog-eat-dog world of treachery and corruption.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Power, betrayal, revenge, identity
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
betrayal
revenge
identity
survival
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

Free

Genres: drama
Created by: Xiaolong Zheng
Written by: Liu Lianzi, Xiaoping Wang
Starring: Sun Li, Ada Choi Siu-fan, Jiang Xin, Lan Xi, Tao Xinran, Chen Jianbin, Li Dongxue, Zhang Xiaolong
Length: 1 seasons, 76 episodes, 45 min each
Network: Dragon Television, Anhui Television
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin