Top Cast
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Liu Xiaoqing
慈禧太后
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Tony Leung Ka-fai
咸丰
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Zhang Tielin
奕訢
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Chen Ye
慈安太后
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Zhou Jie
丽妃
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Kun Xiang
肃顺
Overview
Dramatization of events from the Second Opium War which culminated in the looting and destruction of imperial estate "Yuan Ming Yuan", AKA the Old Summer Palace by invading English and French troops.
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