The Palace Gambit

Synopsis

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.

Streaming on

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Top of the call sheet

• 
  Zheng Qiuhong
  as Lu Jiuning
• 
  Aaron Deng
  as Yun Mi
• 
  Zhang Wanying
  as Song Wan'er
• 
  Zhao Qiyue
  as Consort Shu
• 
  Shen Zhiyi
  as Consort Chun
• 
  Luo Yutian
  as Shen Zhaoyi

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