

She manipulates LI ZHI, gradually rising to monarch. Unfortunately, being framed, MEI NIANG suffers a miscarriage, leading her to the road of revenge. After learning that MEI NIANG conceived the late Emperor's offspring, Emperor GAOZONG of Tang LI ZHI (Aarif Rahman) is determined to escort her back to the palace. Later on, MEI NIANG falls in love with SHIMIN, yet they keep an on-again-off-again relationship, eventually, grief-stricken MEI NIANG is banished to be a nun. All of a sudden, MEI NIANG is under attack from all sides of the inner palace and engulfed in the world of ploys and conspiracies against each other. One year later, RUYI is released and has an audience with the Emperor, during which she tactically makes the foreign ambassadors concede their defeat and submit to the Tang Empire, so Emperor TAIZONG bestows the name, MEI NIANG, upon her. Although her sworn sister XU HUI (Janine Chang) seeks help from Consort YANG (Kathy Chau), RUYI is still unable to escape from her catastrophic fate. Following the tragic death of a consort candidate, all the evidence points Read more to RUYI, who is repeatedly interrogated and tortured by Consort WEI (Chang Ting), and then placed under house arrest. In the 11th year of the Zhenguan reign, WU RUYI (Fan Bingbing), at the age of 14, is summoned to the palace where she not only stands out from the crowd, shining in all her beauty and magnificent dancing, but also makes a tremendous impression on Emperor TAIZONG of Tang LI SHIMIN (Zhang Fengyi) when she first encounters him.
