The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with terror.
邱淑貞
as Hui Yu Lan/Empress Tzu Hsi
梁家輝
as Prince Kung/Yik Shut
周嘉玲
as The Queen
于荣光
as Emperor Hsien Feng
翁虹
as Lady Li
苑瓊丹
as Da Niu
陳國邦
as Eunuch Xiao An
谷峰
as General Su Shun
刘洵
as General Cai Won
盧雄
as General Tun Hua
夏萍
as Yu Lan/Tzu Hsi's mother
雷達
as Eunuch Kwok
