

Set in the fictional Eastern Liang dynasty, circus performer Ye Ningzhi’s troupe enters the palace and stages a performance to celebrate the empress dowager’s birthday. The ambitious grand princess (emperor’s sister) decides to cause mischief by framing her for treason, though the heroine is saved by strategist Wei Guang, and falls in love at first sight with him....

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As the Great Ning Dynasty falls into turmoil, Pei Shenzhi manipulates the late emperor’s edict to place Ning Jinyi on the throne as a puppet ruler. Though she appears obedient, Ning Jinyi secretly builds her power and pushes for reform. Impressed by her intelligence, Pei Shenzhi becomes entangled in her rise as she purges the court....

When an influential and fearsome clan is massacred in mysterious circumstances, the clan’s talented disciple Tang Lici finds himself accused of masterminding the crime. Accusers say that Tang Lici is a traitor who murdered his master. A decade later, suspicions about Tang Lici linger, but much darker forces are conspiring to unleash chaos into the realm. Torn by his duality and his apparent inability to distinguish between good and evil, Tang Lici finds himself drawn back into the wider world to...

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A series of explosions mirror a past case, prompting a joint investigation between SWAT and Criminal Investigation Bureau....

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