The Secret History of the Qing Palace

This film (drama)Also known as清宮秘史，is aHong Kong, ChinaProducerwomen sex，At1948Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.3(For reference only)。

During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, China was in turmoil, facing both internal strife and external threat, standing on the brink of survival. Emperor Guangxu (played by Shu Shi) was in power, but was controlled by Empress Dowager Cixi (played by Tang Ruoqing), living like a puppet. Minister of Revenue Weng Tonghe taught Guangxu the interpretation of Confucian classics and instilled enlightenment ideas into him, awakening Guangxu's desire for reform; meanwhile, his favorite concubine, Zhenfei (played by Zhou Xuan), saved silver coins daily for military funds. The disastrous defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War led Weng Tonghe to resign and return home, where he recommended Kang Youwei to Guangxu before parting. In the year of Wuxu (1898), Guangxu launched a reform movement with the reformists, but faced resistance from the conservative faction led by Cixi, escalating tensions further. The Empress Dowager's faction devised a plan to depose Guangxu during a military parade in Tianjin, while the reformists also took action, sending Yuan Shikai (played by Luo Wei) to assassinate Ronglu and surround the Empress Dowager...