The palace is a battleground for all the imperial concubines.
Cast
Maggie Cheung Ho Yee (Trương Khã Di) as On Sin (An Thiện)
Charmaine Sheh Sze Man (Xà Thi Mạn) as Yee Shun (Nhĩ Thuần)
Gigi Lai Chi (Lê Tư) as Yuk Ying (Ngọc Dinh)
Sheren Tang Shui Man (Đặng Tụy Vân) as Yu Yuet aka. "Yu Fei" (Như Nguyệt aka. "Như Phi")
Bowie Lam Po Yee (Lâm Bảo Di) as Suen Pak Yeung (Tôn Bạch Dương)
Moses Chan Ho (Trần Hào) as Hung Mo (Khổng Võ)
Jade Leung Chan (Lương Tranh) as Nap Lan Fuk Nga (Nạp Lan Phúc Nhã)
Lo Hoi Pang > Tsui Man Tin (Từ Vạn Điền)
Rebecca Chan Sau Chu (Trần Tú Châu) as Empress (Hoàng Hậu)
Yu Yeung (Vu Dương) as King (Hoàng Thượng)
Wai Ka Hung (Vi Gia Hùng) as Chan San (Trần Sãn)
Chan Hung Lit (Trần Hồng Liệt) as Suen Ching Wah (Tôn Thanh Huê)
Maria Chan Ching Ping (Trần Tễ Bình) as Po Shim (Bão Thiện)
Kenny Wong Tak Bun (Hoàng Đức Bân) as Siu Luk Chi (Tiểu Lục Tủ)
Irene Wong > Ho Suet (Hạo Tuyết)
June Chan Kei (Trần Kỳ) as Suk Ling (Thục Linh)
Chan Man Hei (Trần Mai Hy) as Yuen Kei (Nguyễn Kỳ)
Yeung Ying Wai
Joyce Chen Yin Hang (Trần Ngạn Hành)
Stephanie Wang
Iva Lo
Chan Ka Yee
Patricia Liu
Chan Man Ching
Tai Yiu Ming
Kan Mou Wah
Chu Yuen Yee
Yu Chi Ming
Ng Ka Nin
Lo Kwan Cho
Wong Yuek Tung
Fifteen years after Qing Emperor Jiaqing was crowned, the country appears to be in harmony. However, fights between the imperial concubines escalate.
Beauty never lasts. All the imperial concubines, including the emperor's beloved YUET (TANG SHUI MAN, SHEREN), understand this and become nervous when the triennial
imperial concubine election approaches. YUET's position is threatened by an imperial descendant YING (LAI CHI, GIGI), a powerful eunuch's adopted daughter SHUN (SHEH, CHARMAINE) and an experienced imperial servant maid SIN (CHEUNG HO YEE, MAGGIE). They are friends and enemies in the war for the emperor's love.
The four beautiful women are either friends or lovers of an imperial physician YEUNG (LAM, BOWIE) and a trooper MO (CHAN HO, MOSES). Plots and lies undermine their love and friendships in the palace.
August 2004 (Canto) // November 2004 (Viet)
Episodes/Tapes
30/15 (Canto) // 48/24 (Viet)
Producer/Director
Chik Kei Yee
(Cold Blood Warm Heart, At the Threshold of an Era I & II, Secret of the Heart, Blade Heart)
Executive Producer
Catherine Tsang Lai Chun
Ratings
| Episodes 01-05 : | : 30 points (peaking at 32 pts) |
| Episodes 06-10 : | : 31 points (peaking at 32 pts) |
| Episodes 11-14 : | : 31 points (peaking at 38 pts) |
| Episodes 15-19 : | : 31 points |
| Episodes 20-24 : | : 32 points (peaking at 34 pts) |
| Episodes 25-29 : | : 32/33 points (peaking at 36 pts) |
| Episode 30 : | : 39/40 points (peaking at 41 pts) |