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📊 Series Specifications
Network CCTV, NHK BS1
Episode Runtime ~40 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 28
Original Language ZH
The Firmament of the Pleiades (2010)
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
Two young men looking for a better life enter the royal palace in the midst of a tumultuous political era of the late Qing Dynasty. Chun Er, a poor peasant boy, and Liang Wen Xiu, who grew up in a wealthy household, find their fates are tied together in unexpected ways. The two young men and Chun Er’s younger sister, Ling Er, travel to the Forbidden City together to look for a better future. Based on the popular novel Sokyu no Subaru by Asada Jiro.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
28 Episodes E1 The Forbidden City
Wen Xiu, Chun Er, and Ling Er go to the Forbidden City
E6 The Emperor's Favorite
Wen Xiu becomes the Emperor's favorite court minister.
E15 Assassination Plan
Court ministers conspire to assassinate one of their own
E16 Yang Xi Zhen's Death
Political reforms are rising tensions in the Qing dynasty
E18 Identity of the Mastermind
Wen Xiu and Chun Er have different opinions about the Empress.
E19 Rushed Reform
A crisis grows in the political scene of the Qing Dynasty
E26 Episode 26
E27 Episode 27
E28 Episode 28