Episode 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2015 (90 min)
An ancient Chinese king's son accedes to the throne, but his new consort vies for power against her brother, who controls the king's militia.
Season 1
Episode 2
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2015 (90 min)
The emperor sentences a concubine who tried to poison him to commit suicide, but when she refuses, members of his court exploit the situation.
Episode 3
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2015 (91 min)
Consort Hua blames Zhen Huan for her miscarriage. Zhen Huan miscarries too. The emperor, furious that he was manipulated, makes amends.
Episode 4
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2015 (90 min)
In Gan-Lu Temple, Zhen Huan falls for the emperor's brother, but upsetting news causes her to return to the palace, knowing the reality she will face.
Episode 5
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2015 (91 min)
Ye Lan-Yi leads a nun to the palace to testify to Zhen Huan's innocence; Wen Shi-Chu is ordered to castrate himself because of An Ling-Rong's threat.
Episode 6
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2015 (91 min)
Zhen Huan is pregnant again, but knows she is too weak to give birth, so she devises a plan to miscarry that will exact revenge upon the empress.