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As the Crown Prince Zhu Gaichi's health deteriorated, she had to deliberate and give orders to the imperial counsels.

This provided a great opportunity for Sun Ruowei to know the ropes of running the country at war. He found out that his new daughter-in-law (Sun Ruowei) was literate and that her calligraphy was very similar to his, so he recruited her to be his personal scribe for the war effort. But, Zhu Gaochi was already ill and he needed help with reading and writing all the war correspondence with his father in the battlefield.

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During the one plus year of war, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi was left in Beijing to run the country while Emperor Yongle, his sons and grandson were out at war. Emperor Yongle was getting sick and tired of them and wanted to make a final push to force them to surrender and leave China alone. This collusion came through successfully and both sisters were married to Zhu Zhangji.Īt this time, there were still quite a bit of warring tribes in the northern frontiers (outside the Great Wall) where the people groups such as the Tartars, Oirats, and the like were harassing China and diplomacy was unsuccessful. In exchange, Hu will be his agent embedded in Zhu Zhangji's palace. She colluded with Zhu Zhangji's second uncle (Prince Han) and asked him to recommend her to be a concubine for Zhu Zhangji. But, it was not enough for her and she sought out to advance further at all costs. During this time, the younger sister of Sun Ruowei, Hu Shanxiang, rose among the ranks to a fairly high ranking attendant. Upon their marriage, Sun Ruowei became Imperial Concubine to the Imperial Grandson. In due time, Zhu Zhangji lied to his grandfather by covering up Sun Ruowei's background and was enroute to marry her. He was simply attracted to her character and how she behaved so differently from all the palace ladies like how she spoke her mind. In the course of time, Zhu Zhangji's heart was captured by Sun Ruowei, even though she did nothing to seduce him. During this time, the Emperor Yongle's favorite grandson Zhu Zhangji was a zealot in purging the remaining revolutionaries he came into contact with Sun Ruowei in these purging pursuits. Years later, Qingzheng Cult, which Sun Ruowei was raised with, continually plotted to overthrow Emperor Yongle and re-establish the previous Emperor Jianwen. One key advantage of how Sun Ruowei was raised was her literacy and her martial arts skills these essential skills proved to be helpful later in her life. The two daughters were raised under different people, living out very different lives: the youngest daughter was raised in the Imperial Palace as a maid and the older daughter was raised with a group of rebels loyal to the previous emperor. Sun Zhong was a general under the previous Emperor Jianwen. The eldest daughter was rescued and adopted by Sun Zhong under the name of Sun Ruowei. The youngest daughter is adopted by Hu (a high ranking inner court attendant) and was named Hu Shanxiang. Yongle Emperor had never accepted his father's choice thus, he plotted with his sons to overthrow his nephew and succeeded at the opening of the story.ĭuring the insurrection, Emperor Yongle ordered many high ranking officials of the court (who sided with the Jianwen Emperor) to be executed, including the royal doctor Jing Qing and his whole family however, his two daughters were saved but separated. Yongle Emperor was the uncle of Emperor Jianwen. Jianwen Emperor was chosen to be emperor by his grandfather, the 1st Ming Emperor.

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The TV series started with the violent transition of power from the 2nd Emperor Jianwen Emperor to the 3rd Emperor Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The show gained much attention and viewership from non-Chinese viewers, having already achieved high ratings in mainland China, despite the director taking on an artistic interpretation of the literary Chinese classic. The television series aired on Hunan Television.

The fictionalized series is adapted from the Chinese novel The Chronicle of the Six Eras ( Chinese: 六朝纪事) by Lianjing Zhuyi ( Chinese: 莲静竹衣). Ming Dynasty ( simplified Chinese: 大明风华 traditional Chinese: 大明風華 pinyin: Dàmíng fēnghuá) is a 2019 Chinese historical television series starring lead actors Tang Wei and Zhu Yawen. Hengdian World Studios, Wuxi, Inner Mongolia ( June 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve this article if you can. The majority of errors in this article are located in the synopsis, where the use of tenses is incorrect and needs rectification. The specific problem is: This article has several grammatical errors such as spelling, tone and other issues. This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.

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