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The Palace Gambit (2025)

Original title: 以下犯上

2025-11-24 · ZH
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Two sisters enter the palace and quickly earn the emperor’s favor, but their rise ends in tragedy when the elder sister—pregnant with the heir—is killed in a palace scheme. Left with nothing, the younger sister Lu Jiuning hides her grief and, as a lowly palace maid, carefully plots her revenge. Moving between rival consorts and imperial power, she wages a quiet but ruthless battle to avenge her sister’s death.

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Zheng QiuhongZheng QiuhongLu JiuningAaron DengAaron DengYun MiZhang WanyingZhang WanyingSong Wan'erZhao QiyueZhao QiyueConsort ShuShen ZhiyiShen ZhiyiConsort ChunLuo YutianLuo YutianShen ZhaoyiZhu YunlongZhu YunlongEmperor

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Two sisters enter the palace and quickly earn the emperor’s favor, but their rise ends in tragedy when the elder sister—pregnant with the heir—is killed in a palace scheme. Left with nothing, the younger sister Lu Jiuning hides her grief and, as a lowly palace maid, carefully plots her revenge. Moving between rival consorts and imperial power, she wages a quiet but ruthless battle to avenge her sister’s death.