Beauty at War

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Consort Shun, resentful of her elder sister Consort Yu, deliberately spreads damaging rumors about her throughout the palace. Sheung Ling, a cunning and ambitious nanny, uses her supposed authority to “investigate” matters, but her true goal is to seek power and profit. By gaining Consort Yu’s trust, Ling becomes her close confidante. When Kunqu performer Ko Lau Fei and famed actress Wan Chau Yin enter the palace to perform, their presence stirs hidden emotions among the women. Feeling threatened, Shun devises a flawless plan to keep Yu from interfering with her ambitions. But she never expects to become entangled in a complicated web of feelings involving Ling and Fei. As her final move to outshine her sister, Shun calls upon fortune-teller Tung Kat Hoi. To the public, Hoi appears merely eccentric—but those within the Forbidden City know that the real madness lies behind its walls.