| Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | The Legend of Ruyi |
| Traditional Chinese | 如懿傳 |
| Simplified Chinese | 如懿传 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Rúyì Zhuàn |
| Genre | |
| Based on | Hougong Ruyi Zhuan by Liu Lianzi |
| 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 |
| Production locations |
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| Production company | New Classics Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | August 20 – October 15, 2018 |
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Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (simplified Chinese: 如懿传; traditional Chinese: 如懿傳; pinyin: Rúyì Zhuàn; lit. 'The Legend of Ruyi') is a 2018 Chinese television series based on the novel Hougong Ruyi Zhuan by Liu Lianzi. Starring Zhou Xun and Wallace Huo, the series chronicles both the romantic and marital relationship between the Qianlong Emperor and Empress Nara.
The series is the sequel to the critically acclaimed drama Empresses in the Palace.[1][2] It aired on Tencent Video from 20 August to 15 October 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 Television from 25 December 2018.[5]
Despite 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.
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- ^ "《如懿传》一波三折终定档！25日将登陆两大卫视". Sina (in Chinese). December 22, 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-07.