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Story of Yanxi Palace
Promotional Poster
GenreHistorical fiction
Based onYan Xi Gong Lüe by Zhou Mo
Written byZhou Mo
Directed byHui Kaidong
Wen Deguang
StarringWu Jinyan
Charmaine Sheh
Qin Lan
Nie Yuan
Xu Kai
Tan Zhuo
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes70
Production
Executive producerYu Zheng
Production locationHengdian World Studios
Running time45 mins (TVCs times included for Vietnam)
Production companiesHuanyu Film
iQiyi
Original release
NetworkiQiyi
Zhejiang TV
ReleaseJuly 7 (2018-19-07) –
August 26, 2018 (2018-08-26)

Story of Yanxi Palace (Chinese: 延禧攻略) is a Chinese period drama series recounting the struggles of a palace maid in the court of the Qianlong Emperor. It was created by Yu Zheng, with original screenplay written by Zhou Mo, and later developed into a novel by Xiao Lian Mao. Starring Wu Jinyan, Charmaine Sheh, Qin Lan, Nie Yuan, Tan Zhuo and Xu Kai, the series premiered on iQiyi from July 19, 2018 to August 26, 2018. During its run it was streamed more than 15 billion times.[1]

Distributed in more than 70 markets worldwide, Story of Yanxi Palace has since become a huge hit, especially in Asia. It was the most Googled TV show in the world in 2018, despite Google being blocked in Mainland China.[2][3][4]

A spinoff and sequel to the series, the 6-episode Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures, aired on Netflix December 31, 2019.[5]

Synopsis

During the Qing dynasty, in 18th century (18 March 1741) Beijing, Wei Yingluo enters the court of the Qianlong Emperor, Aisin Gioro Hongli, as one of the palace embroiderers to secretly investigate her beloved sister's rape and subsequent mysterious death.

At first believing the imperial guard Fuca Fuheng to be the prime suspect, Yingluo schemes to approach his sister, the Empress Fuca Rongyin, and succeeds in getting transferred from her embroidery unit to the Empress's Changchun Palace as her maid. She learns that the Fuca siblings are innocent of the crime. Yingluo and Fuheng fall for each other. Meanwhile, Qianlong's Consort Chun allies herself with Empress Fuca because of her crush on her brother.

Yingluo eventually catches the attention of Qianlong himself. Though Yingluo is not noble by birth and is illiterate, Empress Fuca teaches her how to read and write, and the proper etiquette and mannerisms for noblewomen. The empress saves her several times from punishment for probing too deeply into her sister's death. In turn, Yingluo helps Empress Fuca survive a series of maneuvers by her chief rivals. The two develop a close friendship. In time, Yingluo discovers that her sister was raped by the son of the late Emperor Yongzheng, half-brother to the current emperor. To cover up the shameful act, the Prince's mother murdered Yingluo's sister. Yingluo successfully hatches a plot to kill the culprit. Empress Fuca feigns anger over Yingluo's defiance and banishes her to the palace sanitation unit to allow Yingluo to escape a potentially more severe punishment from the Emperor. There, Yingluo befriends a conniving eunuch, Yuan Chunwang, who is subsequently implied to be an illegitimate son of Emperor Yongzheng.

Without Yingluo, Empress Fuca falls victim to the machinations of Noble Consort Gao that put her in a coma. News reaches Yingluo, who visits Empress Fuca's chamber to sit by her mistress's side and care for her. Yingluo's devotion to Empress Fuca touches Qianlong even more. His own feelings towards her cause him to forbid Fuheng and Yingluo from marrying. Yingluo persists in her love despite various punishments from the emperor, but Fuheng backs down, causing the two to become distant. Meanwhile, Consort Xian drives Noble Consort Gao to commit suicide. The emperor eventually relents on his tough stance towards Yingluo and allows her to return as maid to the Empress.

Empress Fuca eventually wakes from her coma and becomes pregnant again. She almost loses her life while giving birth to a son, who is immediately the target of assassination by Consort Chun. Consort Chun, stinging at Fuheng's rejection, strives to be the Emperor's new favorite and even bears a son, placing her in direct competition with the Empress. That New Year's Eve, Consort Chun murders the Empress's new baby. A devastated Empress Fuca commits suicide out of grief. After Empress Fuca's death, Yingluo is sent to live and guard over her mistress's grave at the Old Summer Palace. She stays there with Yuan Chunwang until during an imperial visit by Qianlong and his consorts to Fuca's grave, Yingluo learns that Consort Chun was responsible for her late mistress's suicide, and was torturing another friend and fellow maid of the late Empress. She decides once again to enter the Forbidden City and exact retribution on the evildoers.

In order to achieve her goal, Yingluo skillfully charms Qianlong, becoming part of his harem, and is bestowed a title. She quickly rises through the ranks, toppling her rivals including the now Noble Consort Chun, and exposing her role in Empress Fuca's death, which leads to her fall in the hands of the newly named Empress Hoifa-Nara (1751). Yingluo's captivation of Qianlong brings her numerous threats, especially that of her former sworn brother Yuan Chunwang. At Empress Hoifa-Nara's direction, he reveals Yingluo is secretly taking birth control, revealing her true reason for entering the harem. Qianlong, who has fallen for her, instantly brands her out of favor.

Yingluo teams up with the Empress Dowager, whose own relationship with Qianlong has been put to the test through the Empress's schemes. It was revealed that Qianlong was not the biological son of the Empress Dowager, but the offspring of Madam Qian, a Han Chinese woman whom the late emperor Yongzheng married and had died under mysterious circumstances. It is implied that the Empress Dowager had killed Qian out of jealousy for having a son and adopted Qianlong for herself for this reason. The two women once most dear to Qianlong went into self-imposed exile, leading to Qianlong feeling guilty for doubting his adoptive mother, who undeniably was the one who raised him for years since Qian's death.

A few years later, another threat in the form of newcomer Concubine Shun, a beautiful and cunning woman, calls Yingluo back to the Forbidden City. Yingluo sets out to reclaim Qianlong's favor, but finds herself befriended by her rival. But Shun has her own agenda. Framing Yingluo for attempted assassination, Concubine Shun teams up with Empress Hoifa-Nara to put Yingluo under house arrest. Nevertheless, Yingluo is able to reverse her situation, reveal Shun's treachery, and reclaim Qianlong's affections for her. Around the same time, Yingluo is discovered to be pregnant with Qianlong's child, much to Qianlong's happiness. Having reached stalemate at this point, Yingluo negotiates for a truce with Hoifa-Nara on the condition that they both not harm any children of the palace in spite of the rivalry. Yingluo, who also raised Fifth Prince Yongqi, goes on to bear two daughters and two sons for the emperor over the next ten years, but one of her sons dies in infancy, and her health also slowly deteriorates.

A decade later (1765), however, Yuan Chunwang, now Hoifa-Nara's trusted servant, betrays his new mistress by causing a series of mishaps in the palace that destabilize Hoifa-Nara's rule and affect her sanity. Yuan Chunwang gradually uses Hongzhou's, the Emperor's half-brother, affection for Hoifa-Nara to instigate a rebellion. They plot to sabotage Qianlong's Southern river tour in order to seize power and, in Hongzhou's mind, free the Empress from her eroding position. One night, a band of rebels suddenly storms onto the royal vessel just as a fire engulfs the Empress Dowager's cabin, prompting Qianlong to charge into the flaming cabin to save his mother, seemingly perishing in the process.

The next morning, as Hongzhou gallantly appears to restore order from the overnight coup, Qianlong and the Empress Dowager emerge safely from a secret passageway designed by Fuheng and expose Hongzhou's plan of treachery. As it turns out, Hongzhou is betrayed by the Empress, who always loved Qianlong and wanted to use Hongzhou's rebellion to prove her devotion to her husband. Just then, Yingluo comes out of hiding under the protection of the Emperor's guards, the only consort to receive protection. This clear favoritism after all her years of devotion drives Hoifa-Nara mad. In a fit of jealous rage, she cuts off her hair, a taboo in Manchu tradition, effectively cursing the entire Aisin Gioro clan. After Qianlong sentences Hongzhou to confinement and the Empress is dragged away, Yuan Chunwang proclaims his innocence, only for Yingluo to reveal the real reason Yuan hated Qianlong so much.

Yuan believed he was an legitimate son of the late Yongzheng Emperor, from the clothes belonging to Yongzheng left behind to his family. The Empress Dowager loudly denies this and claimed that he was an offspring of a bandit who killed Qianlong's birth mother Qian and later raped Yuan Chunwang's mother, and asserted that the clothes belonged to Yongzheng were the same ones Qian exhanged with Yongzheng and wore to distract the bandits from Yongzheng. Her pity for his "wasted life", which she said Yuan Chunwang would have used to spend as a commoner who could marry and have kids, drives Yuan Chunwang, who instead was misled by a lie and thus chose to be castrated and enter the Forbidden City for revenge, into madness. Although the Qianlong Emperor desired to execute the now insane Yuan Chunwang by lingchi for his crimes, the Empress Dowager however, suddenly asks for the emperor to spare him. When the emperor protests, the Empress Dowager tells the Emperor to trust her this one time. It is implied that the Empress Dowager was lying about Yuan Chunwang's backstory to maintain peace in the family. Yuan Chunwang is banished into the hard labor department for life, never recovering his sanity.

Back when Wei Yingluo was being punished to work in the hard labor department, the then Noble Consort Xian had saved her life by ordering an Imperial Physician to attend to her after she collapsed from illness. To repay this kindness from long ago, Wei Yingluo pleads for leniency for Empress Hoifa-Nara, and she is permitted to keep her title, but loses her managerial authority in the imperial harem and all of the Emperor's affections. Hongzhou is given poisoned wine by the emperor, who orders him to go back to his palace after drinking it to make it look like he died of an illness. With Hongzhou executed for his crimes, Wei Yingluo's revenge for her sister is finally complete. Wei Yingluo is elevated to the most powerful title: 'Imperial Noble Consort" (second in rank only to the Empress) and given the authority to manage the imperial harem.[6]

Cast

Main

  • Wu Jinyan as Wei Yingluo, Noble Consort Ling (令)
    • Embroidery Maid → Maid at Changchun Palace → Maid at Labor Workhouse → Maid at Changchun Palace → Maid at Yuanming Garden → Noble Lady Wei (魏）→ Concubine Ling → Consort Ling → Noble Consort Ling → Imperial Noble Consort Ling → Empress Xiaoyichun (孝儀純皇后 - posthumous)
    • An upright, strong and cunning woman who is ahead of her time in terms of knowledge and reasoning. She enters the palace to investigate the murder of her sister. In the palace, she uses her innate skills to rise above the tangles of conventional palace rivalries for nobler causes and defeat her enemies. She also became the adoptive mother of the Fifth Prince, Yongqi.
  • Charmaine Sheh as Hoifa-Nara Shushen, Consort Xian (娴)
    • Consort Xian → Noble Consort Xian → Imperial Noble Consort Xian → Empress Hoifa-Nara /The Step Empress Nara
    • The Second Empress of Emperor Qianlong, posthumous Empress Xiaoxianqing of Nara Clan, initially a kind-hearted woman who desires only peace, she soon realizes that her kindness only results in her being stepped on. After her family's demise, she becomes a cunning woman who manipulated others for her own means. She is also stripped of her titles when she lops off her hair in the Southern Tour.
  • Qin Lan as Empress Fuca Rongyin
    • The First Empress of Emperor Qianlong, Empress Xiaoxianchun. Kind, gentle and virtuous. A mentor of Yingluo during her stay in Changchun Palace.Care, love and deep protect Yingluo like her own sister. Killed herself after her infant son, Yongcong, was killed by Consort Chun.
  • Nie Yuan as Emperor Qianlong
    • Emperor of the Qing Dynasty — a ruthless Emperor who fell in love with a cunning woman Wei Yingluo, who became the mother of their children and posthumously known as Empress Xiaoyichun.
  • Xu Kai as Lord Fuca Fuheng[7]
    • Leader of the imperial guards, younger brother of Empress Xiaoxianchun. He is a foil for the Emperor since he is a rather free man without the hamper of pomp and circumstance. In this way, he can be truer himself in love and life, and he maximizes the privilege by being upfront and forward in his feelings, without the hesitation and unease that clouds every step taken by his more powerful superior. Ends up marrying Erqing and dies from malaria while retrieving a cure for a rare disease Yingluo contracted.
  • Tan Zhuo as Gao Ningxin, Noble Consort Gao[8]
    • Noble Consort Gao (高) → Imperial Noble Consort Huixian (慧贤) (posthumous)
    • The first mentioned Noble Consort of Emperor Qianlong in the series. Her palace strategy can be summed up as "the best defence is a strong offence." With an air of indifference, she walks and talks meaner than a viper, and for those who think lightly of her, cruelty is her specialty. However, for all that they know, she is actually a lonely child who lives by making the whole palace her stage in the hopes of catching the attention of her man. She commits suicide after Lady Xian convinces her that her beauty is ruined after an accident.

Supporting

Qianlong's Harem

  • Wang Yuanke as Su Jinghao, Noble Consort Chun (纯)[9]
    • Consort Chun → Noble Consort Chun → Second Class Female Attendant Su
    • Consort of Emperor Qianlong. Described as gentle, sophisticated, and talented by many, she is actually a supremely intelligent schemer. She initially acts as the loyal lackey and confidant of Empress Rongyin (posthumous Xiaoxianchun), going so far as to deliberately avoid the Emperor's favour. Later, it is revealed that she was in love with Lord Fuca Fuheng and that due to the machinations of her maid, she misunderstood Fuca Fuheng's actions as returning her affections but being unable to act on them. The revelation of the truth turned her into a scorned woman. Due to her humiliation, regret, and Hoifa-Nara Shushen's sly instigations, she went berserk and caused the death of Empress Xiaoxianchun's son, which therefore directly caused her death. She becomes ruthless on her quest for the Emperor's affections and power struggle to ensure her son becomes favored.
  • Jenny Zhang as Niohuru Chenbi, Concubine Shun (顺)[10]
    • gifted to Emperor Qianlong as a diplomatic gesture by a Qing vassal state. She has the face of pure innocence and the heart of a shrew.
  • Lian Lian as Keliyete Ayan, Consort Yu (愉)[11]
    • Noble Lady Yu → Concubine Yu → Consort Yu → Nun
    • gave birth to Qianlong's fifth son Yongqi. Timid and cowardly, she remains reticent about her abuse until Yingluo comes to her protection. In time, she learns to be quite a machiavellian as she sacrifices herself and takes down Yingluo's rival, Consort Chun.
  • Xu Baihui as Imperial Concubine Yi (怡)
    • Friend to Noble Lady Yu. An early victim of Noble Consort Gao.
  • Pan Shiqi as Imperial Concubine / Noble Lady Jia (嘉)
    • Concubine Jia → Noble Lady Jia → Second Class Female Attendant Jin
    • Concubine Jia → Consort Jia
    • A daughter of Korean minister. Underling of Noble Consort Gao and mother of 4th Prince. To survive, she does Gao's dirty work and is there to take the fall for her. Her younger sister later enters the harem with a strong distaste for Yingluo and does not get very far. Moreover, younger concubine Jia is impulsive and pretensional.
  • Li Chun'ai as Nalan Chunxue, Lady Shu (舒)[12]
    • Noble Lady Shu → Concubine Shu → Consort Shu
    • One of the harem who very early handled by Yingluo and even over the course of the series, to the point of becoming comic relief.
  • Li Ruoning as Lu Wanwan, Consort Qing (庆)[13]
    • First Class Female Attendant Qing → Noble Lady Qing → Concubine Qing → Consort Qing → Noble Consort Qing
    • Quiet but self-assured, she is a little person who can effect big changes. She becomes Wei Yingluo's most trusted ally and raises 15th Prince Yongyan.
  • Liu Lu as Consort Ying (颖)
    • She seems to be a well-informed lady with good intentions and a conformist
  • Wang Xinhui as Concubine Wan (婉)
    • Timid and tactfull lady, she obeys the rules.
  • Fu Xiaoyu as Noble Lady Rui (瑞)

Historical Comparisons and Inaccuracies

Main

  • In the beginning of the series, Empress Xiaoyichun entered the Forbidden City in the 2nd day of the 2nd month of the 6th year of Qianlong Emperor's reign. However, there are no records about the exact date.
  • Empress Xiaoyichun was appointed Noble Lady Wei in year 1747 (3 years before Empress Xiaoxianchun's death), later promoted to Concubine Ling at the same year, then appointed as Consort Ling by then Imperial Noble Consort Nara. However in-series her appointment as Consort happened when Hoifa-Nara was Empress.
  • Empress Xiaoxianchun became seriously ill and eventually died during one of the Qianlong Emperor's southern tours, instead of committing suicide via jumping from the palace watchtower as depicted in-series.
  • According to official records, Empress Xiaoxianchun died two months after the death of her infant son Yongchong instead of a day later.
  • Lord Fuca Fuheng died in year 1765 in-series instead of the actual year 1770.

Qianlong's Harem

  • Imperial Noble Consort Shujia was never demoted as a Second-Class Female Attendant (答應) since her appointment as Noble Consort.
  • Imperial Noble Consort Shujia had a twin sister as depicted in-series, however in-history Imperial Noble Consort Shujia was still as a single individual throughout her lifetime.
  • Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui was never demoted as a Second-Class Female Attendant (答應) since her appointment as Noble Consort.
  • Imperial Concubine Yi from the Bo clan committed suicide by hanging herself at the beginning of the series, despite her actual death at year 1757.
  • Also, according to Imperial Laws, any members of the imperial harem who get demoted or commit suicide are strictly forbidden from being buried in the Imperial Tombs and being conferred posthumous titles, therefore the imperial state funeral for Empress Xiaoxianchun (suicide via jumping from the palace watchtower) and conferring of the posthumous title Imperial Noble Consort for Noble Consort Gao (suicide by hanging herself) in-series did not comply the Imperial Laws.

Imperial Family

  • Qianlong's infant son, Yongcong died of smallpox instead of being burnt to death as depicted in-series.
  • Empress Xiaoshengxian in-series had a daughter named Princess Hean (和安公主) who passed away long ago, however in real life her only issue was Emperor Qianlong.

Other Casts

  • Ye Tianshi (1667-1747) was depicted in-series as a middle-aged man and remained survived during Empress Nara's downfall (year 1767).

Production

Many of the film props and costumes use as centerpieces exquisitely made articles from traditional Chinese crafts that are dying out with few master-level experts remaining to pass on their skills to the next generation. The acquisition of these skills requires a lifetime commitment to perfect, since they are unsurprisingly labor-intensive, demanding a sharp eye and tireless hands in order to replicate in painstaking detail the exclusive nature of their beauty.

Velvet flowers (ronghua)

The velvet flower headwear used by the main characters was designed based on historical documents or antiques housed in the Palace Museum. Each adornment is created according to the characteristics of individual palace women. Zhao Shuxian, one of the few craftsmen still making velvet flowers, created all the headwear in the show using the art of making velvet flower (ronghua).[19] This technique dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and refers to the creation of not only floral displays, but also animal shapes made by silk on a twisted wire frame.[20]

Jeweled hairpins (tian-tsui)

Worn by the Empress and Consorts as status symbols of opulence, these are hairpins of a particular vibrant blue hue, made from the preserved feathers of the wings and back of the kingfisher bird.[21] The technique resembles cloisonné, and when inlaid with pearls and other gemstones, are especially eye-catching the way a peacock dazzles fanning its tail.

Soundtrack

Story of Yanxi Palace
Original Soundtrack (OST)
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
ReleasedJuly 23, 2018
GenreMandopop
Ballad
LanguageMandarin
LabelDongyang Huanyu Film

The original soundtrack was released as an extended play on July 23, 2018. "Willows of the Palace" by Li Chunai was released independently from the album.[22]

A 70-track studio album titled The Story of Yanxi Palace TV soundtrack (延禧攻略 影视剧配乐) was released July 19, 2018, containing the instrumental music of the series composed by Chen Guoliang. The music was recorded in J Productions House, and features flute player: Tan Baoshuo, Violin player: Leslie Ryang, Pipa player: Liu Tuotong, erhu player: Huang Leting, and Li Junzhu as the female voice.[23] A total of 129 pieces were used in the show.

No.TitleLyricsMusicSingersLength
1."Look (看)" (Opening theme song)Yu Zheng, Lu HuLu HuLu Hu4:03
2."Sighs of the Palace Walls (红墙叹)" (Ending theme song)Wang YaoguangWen KuiHu Xia4:30
3."The Sound of Snow Falling (雪落下的声音)" (Ending theme song)Yu Zheng, Lu HuLu HuLu Hu5:11
4."The Sound of Snow Falling (雪落下的声音)"Yu Zheng, Lu HuLu HuQin Lan5:05
5."Forgetting About Each Other (相忘)" (Ending theme song)Wang XiaoqianYang ChengyinSu Qing4:13
6."Willows of the Palace (宫墙柳)"Yu ZhengTan XuanLi Chunai4:13

In the Philippines, "Aahon" sung by JMKO was released under ABS-CBN Star Music and was the show's theme song.[24]

Reception

The series has generated buzz online for its engaging plot of a "Cinderella" tale with Chinese characteristics.[25] It set the single-day online viewership record in China with a total of 530 million views, and has attracted a cumulative over 13 billion views since August 2018.[26] The drama is the most viewed Chinese language drama of 2018.[2]

It was also the most Googled show on earth in 2018, despite Google being blocked in the mainland.[27]

Many viewers praised the story, because unlike the amicable heroines they were used to seeing, the main character Wei Yingluo fights fire with fire and outmaneuvers her opponents.[20] It also received praise for its well-developed cast of characters and exciting interpretation by the actors; beautiful cinematography and intricate costume design; as well as its accurate portrayal of history and Qing-dynasty settings.[28][29] Owing to its success, there has been an increased number of visitors to the Palace Museum in Beijing, which is where all the main characters in the show used to live in times gone by.[citation needed]

Ratings

Zhejiang TV CSM52 City Network 09:30-16:00 ratings[30][31]
Air date Ratings (%) Rank Audience share (%) Daily cumulative eps
September 24, 2018 0.253 (AM)/0.498 (PM) 1 — 8
September 25, 2018 0.330 7 3.787 4
September 27, 2018 0.319 6 3.853 4
September 28, 2018 0.354 5 4.316 4
September 29, 2018 0.285 7 3.780 4
October 1, 2018 0.593 — — 8
October 2, 2018 0.615 — — 8
October 3, 2018 0.689 1 7.317 8
October 4, 2018 0.694 1 7.474 8
October 5, 2018 0.603 1 6.202 2+ 6 (two rounds)
Second round
October 6, 2018 0.565 2 5.576 8
October 7, 2018 0.619 2 5.787 8
October 8, 2018 0.403 4 4.894 4
October 9, 2018 0.422 4 4.915 4
October 10, 2018 0.494 2 5.957 4
October 11, 2018 0.442 1 5.546 4
October 12, 2018 0.520 1 6.485 4
October 13, 2018 0.518 1 5.451 8
October 14, 2018 0.588 1 5.848 8
October 15, 2018 0.528 1 6.362 4
October 16, 2018 0.541 1 6.545 4
  • Highest ratings are marked in red, lowest ratings are marked in blue

Controversy

There was uproar in China after a Vietnamese website managed to acquire episodes not yet shown in China and asked visitors to the website to answer questions confirming their Vietnamese identity before the website loads. "This service is for Vietnamese people only. Please answer the following questions: To which country do the Xisha Islands (Paracel Islands) belong? Vietnam, China, Philippines or Japan?". The only correct answer to the question is Vietnam. Copies of the episodes were later removed from the platform.[32]

Censorship

On January 25, 2019, the Beijing Daily, an official government newspaper, criticized the program for failing to promote socialist values.[33] Four days later, on January 29, the Chinese government cancelled the program and similar programs such as Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace.[34] CNN and other media outlets quickly reported on this incident, calling it Chinese censorship.[35][36] A Hong Kong professor stated that the show was censored because it became too popular and defied social norms.[37]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 5th Hengdian Film and TV Festival of China Best Television Series Story of Yanxi Palace Won [38]
24th Huading Awards Best Actress (Ancient Drama) Wu Jinyan Won [39]
Best Supporting Actress Charmaine Sheh Nominated
Qin Lan Nominated
2019 Golden Bud - The Third Network Film and Television Festival Most Influential Web Series Story of Yanxi Palace Won [40]
Influence of Recreational Responsibilities Awards Web Drama of the Year Won [41]
Asian Academy Creative Awards Best Telenovela/Soap Opera Won [42]

International broadcast

Region Network Dates Notes
Hong Kong
Macau
Singapore
Malaysia
Australia
United States		 TVB Jade 6 August - 6 October (Monday-Friday at 20:30)
(Two episodes back to back for Saturday & Sunday) at 20:30.		 Dubbed in Cantonese, 26 August and 22 September was not aired. TVB Jade aired at 20:30 on 1 October.
Malaysia Astro AOD
Vietnam HTV7 - Ho Chi Minh City Television 9 August - October 2018 (Monday-Friday at 17:00) Dubbed in Vietnamese
H1 - Hanoi Radio Television 22 November 2018 - 20 February 2019 at 19:50:
  • Monday-Friday and Sunday (before 19 January 2019)
  • Every day (19 January - 20 February 2019)
 Aired on the Film for fans (Vietnamese: Phim truyện Dành cho người hâm mộ) time slot.

Original language with Vietnamese voiceover.

Edited to 77 episodes.[43]

Delayed on 25 November 2018[44] and from 4 to 7 February 2019.[45] Episodes 49 to the end aired every day.[46]

VTC1 March - 13 May 2019 at 17:00 Dubbed in Vietnamese
Singapore Hub VV Drama 20 September - (Weekdays 17:00) Original language
Mediacorp Channel U 8 March - 13 June (Weekdays 22:00) Original language
Canada Fairchild TV 2 HD (FTV2HD) 6 August - Present (Monday-Friday)
Vancouver (West) 4:30pm, 8:30pm
Toronto (East) 7:30pm, 11:30pm
Dubbed in Cantonese (TVB Version)
Philippines ABS-CBN (defunct) 27 January - 5 May 2020 (cancelled broadcast on free-to-air, due to the network's shutdown because of expired franchise) Dubbed in Filipino
Asianovela Channel (defunct) 1–30 June 2020 (cancelled re-run)
Kapamilya Channel November 2, 2020 - February 12, 2021 (complete re-run, via cable and satellite)
India Sony Entertainment Television Coming Soon Dubbed in Hindi
Indonesia RCTI TBA Dubbed in Indonesian
South Africa M-Net Coming Soon Dubbed in English
United States CTI America From 3 September 2018 - (Weekdays) At 7:00 PM (PT)
Repeat at next day 3:00 PM (PT)		 Original language
Japan Eigeki 18 February 2019 (Monday-Friday at 21:00) Original language with Japanese subtitles
Cambodia PPCTV Drama 10 10 March 2019 (Monday-Sunday) 11:30 & 19:30 Dubbed in Khmer
Malaysia 8TV 16 September 2019 - 22 December 2019 (Monday-Friday at 19:00) Original language with subtitles
Malaysia Astro Prima TBA Dubbed in Malay
Poland Polsat 1 Coming soon Dubbed in Polish
Romania TVR 1 9 October 2019 - 28 January 2020 (Monday-Friday) 17:35
24 March - 13 July 2020 (Monday-Friday) 17:00		 Original language with subtitles
Lithuania LNK 4 January 2020 - 30 August 2020 (Saturday-Sunday at 17:45) Dubbed in Lithuanian
Portugal RTP1 Coming Soon Subtitled in Portuguese
Mongolia Asian Box (Mongolia) 5 June 2019 - 10 July 2019 (Monday-Friday at 22:00) Dubbed in Mongolian
Turkey TRT 1 Coming soon Dubbed in Turkish

Sequel

On December 31, 2019, Netflix released a six-episode season, "Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures", which covers the marriage of Imperial Consort Ling's daughter, Princess Zhaohua, played by Wang Herun.[5]

References

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