Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace | |
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Also known as | The Legend of Ruyi |
Traditional Chinese | 如懿傳 |
Simplified Chinese | 如懿传 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Rúyì Zhuàn |
Genre | |
Based on | Inner Palace: The Legend of Ruyi (后宫·如懿传) by Liu Lianzi (流潋紫) |
Written by | Liu Lianzi |
Directed by | Wang Jun |
Starring | |
Country of origin | China |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 87 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Huang Lan |
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Production company | New Classics Media |
Original release | |
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Release | August 20 October 15, 2018 | –
Related | |
Empresses in the Palace | |
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Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (Chinese: 如懿传; pinyin: Rúyì Zhuàn) is a 2018 Chinese television series based on the novel Inner Palace: The Legend of Ruyi by Liu Lianzi. Starring Zhou Xun and Wallace Huo, it chronicles the marital relationship between the Qianlong Emperor and Empress Nara.
It is the sequel to the critically acclaimed drama Empresses in the Palace.[1][2] The series aired on Tencent Video from August 20 to October 15, 2018;[3] during which it was streamed more than 18.9 billion times.[4] It later went on national broadcast and aired simultaneously on Jiangsu Television and Dragon TV from December 25, 2018.[5]
While the plot and characters receiving mixed reviews from viewers, the series won acclaim for its exquisite props, lavish sets and stellar cast. It has a total score of 7.5 points on Douban.