1 Season
30 Episode
War and Beauty - Season 1 Episode 1
Concubine CHAN tries but fails to sneak out of the Palace and Concubine YUE, on behalf of the Queen, decides to have her executed. CHAN keeps cursing the pregnant YUE until she draws her last breath. District Officer HUNG MO and his cousin CHAN SONG have been assigned to deliver the gifts for Emperor JIAQING back to the capital city. Along the way, they meet some members of the Tin Lee Sect who are trying to kidnap a group of xiu-nus – girls who are to attend the Imperial Concubine Selection in Peking (now known as Beijing). MO has mistakenly killed a man when he is trying to rescue SONG. The girls manage to persuade MO and SONG to escort them to the Palace. In order to break away from the Tin Lee Sect members, MO decides to leave the gifts aside. Xiu-nu YUKYING is a beautiful but arrogant young girl. She is on bad terms with everyone except for YEESHUN, another xiu-nu who once saved her life……
- Year: 2004
- Country: Hong Kong
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: TVB Jade
- Keyword: concubine, qing dynasty
- Director: Jonathan Ki-Yee Chik
- Cast: Maggie Cheung Hoh-Yee, Charmaine Sheh, Gigi Lai, Sheren Tang, Bowie Lam, Moses Chan
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