Overview
Set in the 10th century, the story revolves around two monarchs: Zhao Kuang Yin, conqueror extraordinaire and the first ruler of the Song dynasty, and Li Yu, literary giant and the last ruler of the Southern Tang dynasty. It is a TV series focusing on the complex friend-foe relationship between these two historical characters and their love story with one woman by the name of Zhou E Huang.
Cast
- Nicky Wu as 李煜（李从嘉，南唐后主）
- Liu Tao as Zhou E Huang / Madam Huarui
- Huang Wenhao as 赵匡胤（宋太祖）
- Wu Yue as 赵光义（宋太宗）
- Xiong Naijin as 周家敏（南唐小周后）
- Pan Hong as 圣尊后（钟皇后）
- Chunyu Shanshan as 裴厚德
- Shen Meng-Sheng as 赵弘殷
- He Zhonghua as 孟昶（后蜀后主）