| Beauty's Rival in Palace | |
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 Official poster | |
| Also known as | Schemes of a Beauty |
| Genre | Historical fiction Romance |
| Based on | Turbulence in the Empress' Chamber by Xiao Qiying |
| Written by | Yu Zheng |
| Directed by | Wu Jinyuan Liang Xinquan Chan Kwok-wah |
| Starring | Ruby Lin Sammul Chan Wang Likun Yang Mi Mickey He |
| Opening theme | Falling Flower by Ruby Lin |
| Ending theme | Jiao Fang Hall by Mickey He |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Lin Guohua Xu Longhe Zhan Na |
| Producer | Yu Zheng |
| Production locations | Wuxi Wuhan Hengdian World Studios |
| Cinematography | Zhang Zhiwei |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | Shanghai Media Group |
| Release | 15 March – 11 June 2010 |
| Related | |
| Beauty World (2011) In Love With Power (2012) | |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 美人心計 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 美人心计 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Schemes of a Beauty | ||||||||||
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Beauty's Rival in Palace[1][2] (Chinese: 美人心計; pinyin: Měirén Xīnjì; lit. 'Schemes of a Beauty') is a 2010 Chinese television series adapted from Xiao Qiying's short story Turbulence in the Empress' Chamber (未央沉浮). It was first broadcast on Shanghai TV Drama on 15 March 2010. The series was one of the highest-rated Chinese TV series in 2010.
Set in Chang'an, China during the beginnings of the Han dynasty, Beauty's Rival in Palace tells a dramatised account of Empress Dou (Ruby Lin) and how her efforts and achievements in the imperial court positively influenced the reign of her husband Emperor Wen (Sammul Chan), which paved the way for the creation of the Rule of Wen and Jing.
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