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.
Cast
- Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching as Hui Yu Lan/Empress Tzu Hsi
- Tony Leung Ka-fai as Prince Kung/Yik Shut
- Valerie Chow as The Queen
- Yu Rongguang as Emperor Hsien Feng
- Yvonne Yung Hung as Lady Li
- Kingdom Yuen King-Tan as Da Niu
- Power Chan Kwok-Pong as Eunuch Xiao An
- Ku Feng as General Su Shun
- Lau Shun as General Cai Won
- Lo Hung as General Tun Hua