Additional Information: 金枝慾孽 ;  30 eps in 6 DVDs
Region: All (can be played on most DVD players, except hard coded players)
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitle: English, Chinese, Malay

*Note: Understandable English translation but might not par with perfect English as it was done locally

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Cast:

The Royal Harem

Other Major Characters

Synopsis:

This show was set in the Forbidden City, in Qing Dynasty China in the late years of Emperor Jiaqing's rule. It focused on the power struggle between various Royal concubines trying to secure the Emperor's favor, with corruption, intrigue and outright deceit being the weapons of choice. These women were willing to manipulate, betray and even kill just about anyone in order to get what they wanted.

Throughout the later parts of the series, the inevitable results of this corruption become increasingly apparent. The main characters start to lose everything they care for, while being forced to conclude that they have only themselves to blame. In the meantime, corruption takes its toll on the outside world as well: the entire empire is destabilizing.

But none of that is a deterrent to the scheming women. On the contrary: even when the rebels make their way into the Forbidden City, the manipulators' first thoughts are as to how this situation may be used to their advantage. In the end, corruption itself is the only clear winner and many of those involved die or are forced to flee the City forever.

Ending of Main Characters

At the end of the series, many things come to a head. As the corruption of Qing Politics became all the more prevalent, the people of the country organize an armed rebellion. The rebellion was led by Kong-Wu's fraternal brother, Chen Shuang, who felt wronged during his time in the Palace and is seeking revenge. The rebel invasion of the Palace opened up some interesting opportunities, especially for the Empress, who tried to kill off her opposition and blame it on the rebels.

Sun Baiyang made an attempt to use the situation to escape with Er-Chun and Yu-Ying. However, Yu-Ying was unwilling to go with them, and Sun Baiyang made Kong-Wu promise that he will take Er-Chun out of the Forbidden Palace. After dealing with that, Sun Baiyang went to Yu-Ying residence to confront her. However the Empress was already aware of their affair, and while the two were in Yu-Ying's residence, the Empress' guards boarded up the entrances and set it on fire, causing both to be burned alive. Sun Baiyang's father, Sun Qinghwa, found out about his son's death when a raven carried his son's jade band and dropped it right in front of him as he waited for his son in the wilderness.

On-Qian, whose plan to exact revenge on the Empress for her grandmother's death was scuppered, hatched plans to leave the Palace with Kong-Wu and Er-Chun, who had lost all will to live in the Palace after her adoptive father, Xu Wan Tian, died. At the same time, The Consort Ru (Ru-Yue) was also invited to leave by the trio, but she refused to because she entered the Palace at the age of 16, and was unaccustomed to normal civilian life. Having survived an attack by several guards dressed up as rebels and having realized the true fate of Sun Baiyang and Yu-Ying, she went on to confront the Empress directly in her residence and appeared to regain her superior political position.

All was not over for the ones who successfully left. As the trio left the palace, On-Qian was shot by a stray arrow, the wound from which she would die of soon afterward. Both sadly and romantically fitting, she died on Kong-Wu's shoulder while escaping in a horse cart. In the end, only Kong-Wu and Er-Chun successfully left the palace and, as hinted by the film, started a new life.