Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace. The First Season (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Qiong Yao
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The Emperor Qianlong tours the south and has a brief romance with a woman named Xia Yuhuo, resulting in a daughter, Xia Zixi. Years later, Xia Yuhuo passes away. Zixi, accompanied by her maid Jin, travels thousands of miles from Jinan to Beijing with a token left by the emperor, seeking to reunite with her long-lost father. Upon arriving in the capital, the master-servant pair struggles to enter the palace and meet the emperor. In their desperation, they encounter the female thief Xiao Yanzi and become friends. Xiao Yanzi is kind-hearted and willing to help Zixi. After enduring various hardships and setbacks, with the steadfast support of their friends, they finally meet the emperor. Xiao Yanzi uses her eloquence to argue with the emperor, and with Zixi's willingness to die for her, the emperor finally softens. In the end, the two couples, Zixi and Er Kang, and Xiao Yanzi and Yongqi, finally come together in love.