Story of Kunning Palace

Synopsis

Cast and characters

Main

• Bai Lu as Jiang Xuening / Jiang Ning
• *Jiang Xuening: Second daughter of the Jiang family. In her previous life, she married Shen Jie and became the empress of Qian. However, after the rebellion she committed suicide and returned back to the past.
• * Jiang Ning: The author of Story of Kunning Palace. After writing the original ending of the story she was dissatisfied with it. As a result, she decided to rewrite the fate of Jiang Xuening by sending her back to the past with the memories of her previous life.
• Zhang Linghe as Xie Wei / Xie Ju'an
• Wang Xingyue as Zhang Zhe
• Zhou Junwei as Yan Lin

Supporting

• Liu Xiening as Shen Zhiyi
• Zhou Dawei as Shen Jie
• Liu Min as Empress Dowager Xue
• Ye Xiyue as Xue Shu
• Hu Yunhao as Shen Lang
• Tu Hua as Empress Zheng
• Lu Yanbei as Noble Consort Qin
• Liu Jin Yan as Fang Miao
• Zong Fengyan as Former Prince Pingnan

• Lu Xingyu as Jiang Boyou, Jiang Xuening's father
• Yvonne Yung as Madame Meng, Jiang Xuening's mother
• Yu Zhongli as Jiang Xuehui
• Geng Liming as Wan Niang
• Gong Fangni as Tang'er
• Zhong Baoer as Lian'er

• Huang Haibing as Xue Yuan
• Zhou Tishun as Xue Ye
• Jin Xuze as Xue Dingfei

• Tang Mengjia as You Fangyin
• Qin Tianyu as Lu Xian
• Eddie Cheung as Yan Mu
• Xia Minghao as Gong Yicheng
• Tan Jianchang as Gu Chunfang
• Cai Zhuoyin as Yao Xi
• Wang Yani as You Yue
• Yu Miaoxin as Wang Xinyi
• Lei Pengyu as Ren Weizhi, a salt merchant
• Fan Jingwen as Zhou Baoying
• Yang Gen as Zheng Bao
• Chen Junan as Chen Ying, minister of Ministry of Justice
• Jiang Xiaolin as Dao Qin, Xie Wei's subordinate

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