In the story of Kunning Palace, she chased after power and authority, a dance with destiny that twisted tragically as regal threads frayed in rebellion’s venomous grip. Rebirth beckoned, a chance to rewrite fate outside the palace’s gleam. Beneath the moon’s conspiratorial glow, she wove through echoes of her mysterious history. Could she untangle the enigmatic notes in destiny’s melody, or was she a mere puppet in its veiled masquerade?
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Title: Story of Kunning Palace (宁安如梦)
Genre: Romance, Historical
Release: November 2023
Number of episodes: 38
Original Writing by: Kun Ning by Shi Jing
Written by: Ren Zhuang Liu, Yan Mo Yi
Directed by: Zhu Ruibin
Original Network: iQIYI
Streaming Platform: iQIYI
Country: China
Synopsis:
In the first part of the story of Kunning Palace, Jiang Xue Ning’s strong desire to be empress causes problems with her friend Yan Lin and results in the arrest of Official Zhang Zhe. She feels guilty when her time as empress ends, and rebels take over the capital, wiping out the royal family. In a last attempt to do something good, Jiang Xue Ning offers her life to save Zhang Zhe, who had always been kind to her.
Then, something strange happens. Jiang Xue Ning wakes up in her 18-year-old self, before she entered the palace. She decides to live a different life, away from palace troubles. But fate has other plans. She becomes Princess Le Yang’s study companion and a student of Xie Wei, an important teacher linked to a rebellion that led to her downfall.
In the second part of the story of Kunning Palace, Jiang Xuening now seeking freedom, she accidentally becomes a tutor in the palace. She studies under the mysterious Xie Wei and secretly tries to stop Yan Lin’s dangerous “Blood Crown Ceremony.” With the help of Xie Wei, lives are saved. After the ceremony, Jiang Xue Ning gets involved in a plan against rebels and goes undercover with Zhang Zhe.
As the Yue Kingdom threatens invasion, Princess Shen Zhiyi aims for peace, and Jiang Xuening, along with Xie Wei, heads north. Love blossoms amidst crises, but a bigger mystery unfolds about a past incident involving Prince Pingnan. In the end, Jiang Xuening and Xie Wei work together to uncover the truth of that year.
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Cast:
Main:
- Bai Lu as Jiang Xuening / Jiang Ning
- Jiang Xuening (Second daughter of the Jiang family and empress of Da Qian Kingdom (previous life))
- Jiang Ning: (The author of Story of Kunning Palace)
- Zhang Linghe as Xie Wei / Xie Ju’an
- Crown prince junior preceptor and he led the rebellion against Emperor Shen Jie (in Jian Xuening’s first life)
- Wang Xingyue as Zhang Zhe (The minister of the Ministry of Justice)
- Zhou Junwei as Yan Lin (Heir of Yan family)
Supporting:
Royal family
- Liu Xiening as Shen Zhiyi (Princess of Qian and younger sister of the Emperor)
- Zhou Dawei as Shen Jie (Younger brother of the Emperor)
- Liu Min as Empress Dowager Xue (Mother of the Emperor and sister of Xue Yuan)
- Hu Yunhao as Shen Lang (Emperor of Qian and elder brother of Shen Jie and Shen Zhiyi)
- Ye Xiyue as Xue Shu (Eldest daughter of Xue family)
- Tu Hua as Empress Zheng
- Lu Yanbei as Noble Consort Qin
- Zong Fengyan as Former Prince Pingnan
- Liu Jin Yan as Fang Miao (Daughter of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau Head)
Jiang mansion
- Lu Xingyu as Jiang Boyou (Jiang Xuening’s father)
- Pan Hong as Madame Meng (Jiang Xuening’s mother)
- Yu Zhongli as Jiang Xuehui (Biological daughter of Jiang Boyou & his concubine Wanniang)
- Geng Liming as Wan Niang (biological mother of Jiang Xuehui & Concubine of Jiang Boyou)
- Gong Fangni as Tang’er
- Zhong Baoer as Lian’er
Xue family
- Huang Haibing as Xue Yuan (Head of Xue family and brother of Empress Dowager Xue)
- Zhou Tishun as Xue Ye (Second son of Xue family)
- Jin Xuze as Xue Dingfei
Others
- Tang Mengjia as You Fangyin (Third daughter of the You family)
- Qin Tianyu as Lu Xian (Xie Wei’s subordinate)
- Jiang Xiaolin as Dao Qin (Xie Wei’s subordinate)
- Eddie Cheung as Yan Mu (Head of the Yan family and Yan Lin’s father)
- Xia Minghao as Gong Yicheng
- Cai Zhuoyin as Yao Xi (Daughter of the Yao family who was betrothed to Zhang Zhe)
- Wang Yani as You Yue (Second of the You family)
- Fan Jingwen as Zhou Baoying
- Yu Miaoxin as Wang Xinyi
- Lei Pengyu as Ren Weizhi (a salt merchant)
- Yang Gen as Zheng Bao (A palace eunuch)
- Chen Junan as Chen Ying (Ministry of Justice minister)
- Tan Jianchang as Gu Chunfang
Source: Wikipedia, IQIYI
