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Cdrama: Story of Kunning Palace Ning An Ru Meng 宁安如梦 synopsis

 


Title: Story of Kunning Palace/ Ning An Ru Meng

Country: China

Episodes: 38

Aired: Nov 7, 2023 - Nov 25, 2023

Cast: 

Bai Lu as Jiang Xue Ning

Zhang Ling He as Xie Wei

Wang Xing Yue as Zhang Zhe

The story starts with Jiang Xue Ning (later called Ning Er) as empress. To gain more power and reach the this position, she betrays all close to her including her childhood friend Yan Lin and the arrest of the righteous Official Zhang Zhe. However, the emperor dies, and Xie Wei and Yan Lin, the general rebels against her rule.  The rebels seize the capital and ruthlessly exterminate the entire royal family. Jiang Xue Ning knowing that her life and reign has come to an end, pleads Xie Wei after he marches into her chamber. She asks to exchange her life for the freedom of imprisoned Zhang Zhe, who has helped her and whom she feel most guilty to. She promises Xie Wei, to commit suicide in exchange for Zhang Zhe's freedom. And she does it. 

However, she wakes up and discovered she has travelled to the past, and is now back to her 18 year old self, who has yet to enter the palace. The good thing is she has all memories of past events, and know what is before her.  Seizing this opportunity to become a better person, she vows to avoid the same decisions she made in the past. She tries to completely avoid the palace, but unfortunately Princess Le Yang from the palace takes a liking to her. She then becomes Princess Le Yang’s study companion and comes into close contact with Xie Wei, who everyone respects and fear at the same time. 

Knowing that Xie Wei will one day kill her, she tries to avoid him, but things keep throwing them together. They join hands to save her childhood friend Yan Lin and then when romantic feelings start to surface, Zhang Zhe comes into the picture. Jiang Xue Ning, with past feelings of guilt at the same time admiration of him, starts to show him attention, and causes rift and jealousy of Zhang Zhe. 




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