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It’s like Game of Thrones, but with art instead of sex. I’ve found myself repeating that summary frequently while evangelising about
Story of Yanxi Palace (2018), a Chinese period drama loosely based on historic figures in the Qing dynasty court of the Qianlong Emperor (1711–99) – and one of my lockdown obsessions. The tale begins in 1741, when our Cinderella-like heroine Wei Yingluo (Wu Jinyan) enters the Forbidden City, ostensibly to work as an embroidery maid at the palaces, but with a secret mission: to uncover the perpetrator behind her beloved sister’s rape and murder. It’s a suitably knotty start to a narrative as labyrinthine as it is long; the series comprises 70 episodes at 45 minutes apiece.
Three stars of
Story Of Yanxi Palace (2018) brought fans of the period drama down memory lane with photos of them together on social media.
In a post on Weibo on Sunday (April 11), Chinese actress Wu Jinyan posted two photos of herself with fellow actresses Qin Lan and Tan Zhuo at a fashion event in Shanghai, with the trio dressed coincidentally in white.
Wu, 30, wrote: It is not easy to get together outside the palace.
She was referring to the palace intrigue drama set in the Qing dynasty about the backstabbing and politics among Emperor Qianlong s wives and concubines. It starred Wu as consort Wei Yingluo, Qin as Empress Fuca and Tan as Noble Consort Gao.