Serenade of Peaceful Joy – 清平乐
Other name: Lonely city closed, Gu Cheng Bi, Gū Chéng Bì, Isolated city, Held in the Lonely Castle, 孤城闭, Qīngpíng lè, Qīng Píng Lè, Qing Ping Le
Country: China
Genre(s): Historical, Romance, Drama, Political
Release: Apr 7, 2020
Episode(s): 55
Broadcast: Hunan TV
Director(s): Zhang Kai Zhou
Cast: Wang Kai, Maggie Jiang
Summary
A story that follows Emperor Renzong of Song as he struggles between maintaining his ideologies of governing the country and his love for his daughter.
Emperor Renzong of Song, personal name Zhao Zhen, discovers that Empress Dowager Liu E is not his birth mother and that his real mother is Li Lanhui, a maidservant of the Empress Dowager. Wracked with guilt, he thought to repay the Li family by marrying off his most precious daughter Princess Huirou to the Li’s descendant Li Wei.
Within the royal court, the emperor takes great pains to keep the balance between tradition and reform. However, he is also troubled by the affairs of his daughter. Huirou has formed deep feelings for Huaiji, a eunuch who grew up alongside her. Unwilling to accept the dull and simple minded Li Wei, she gets into a conflict with her in-laws and breaks the strictest rules enforced by the empire, thus forcing the Emperor to face a difficult dilemma.
