Ascent of an Empress (2026)
- Cast
- Ma Wen Yuan, Tian Ai, Guo Jia Le, Liu Jun Feng, Wu Hai Tang, Zhou Xiao Yi, Yang Qiao Yu, Fang Shuai
- Length
- 24 episodes
How it feels
A woman from a powerful family with supernatural connections is forced to marry the emperor and becomes his empress, renamed Ji Mingyue. Her life upends when a scandal involving stolen gold rocks the imperial court.
slow-burntensemelancholicromanticdramaticsuspensefulglitzypoliticalsupernatural
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