Set against the backdrop of the Boxer Rebellion and the takeover of the Forbidden City by foreign powers, the empress-dowager Cixi and her notorious chief eunuch fight a losing battle to preserve their corrupt and autocratic regime.
Jiang Wen
as Li Lianying
徐帆
as Concubine Zhen
刘晓庆
as Empress Ci Xi
Zhu Xu
as Prince Chun
丁嘉丽
as
Tian Shaojun
as 光绪
Liu Bin
as 崔玉贵
Niu Xingli
as
