The Palace Gambit

Two sisters enter the palace and quickly earn the emperor’s favor, but their rise ends in tragedy when the elder sister—pregnant with the heir—is killed in a palace scheme. Left with nothing, the younger sister Lu Jiuning hides her grief and, as a lowly palace maid, carefully plots her revenge. Moving between rival consorts and imperial power, she wages a quiet but ruthless battle to avenge her sister’s death.

★ 6/10 · 1 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Zheng QiuhongLu Jiuning
• Aaron DengYun Mi
• Zhang WanyingSong Wan'er
• Zhao QiyueConsort Shu
• Shen ZhiyiConsort Chun
• Luo YutianShen Zhaoyi
• Zhu YunlongEmperor

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