ENG SUB | Chinese Costume Drama【苍穹之昴 The Firmament Of The Pleiades EP08】YukoTanaka (CiXi) - Video

This historical drama tells the tale of a poor boy who, replacing Li Lianying, becomes Empress Cixi’s favorite eunuch through tremendous hard work.
In this drama, Japanese actress Yko Tanaka stars as the benevolent and highly dignified Empress Cixi. Zhang Bo, an upcoming actor in mainland China, plays the tragic Emperor Guangxu. The contradiction of his great ambition and his cowardice eventually leads Guangxu to his doomed failure.
The drama vividly depicts intertwined schemes and coups in the late Qing Dynasty, shedding light on the mundane world of a dynasty on the brink of its collapse.