The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with terror.

Chingmy Yau
Hui Yu Lan/Empress Tzu Hsi

Tony Leung Ka-fai
Prince Kung/Yik Shut

Valerie Chow
The Queen

Yu Rongguang
Emperor Hsien Feng

Yvonne Yung Hung
Lady Li

Kingdom Yuen King-Tan
Da Niu

Power Chan Kwok-Pong
Eunuch Xiao An

Ku Feng
General Su Shun
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March 17, 1995
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, History
Director