The Palace Gambit

Original title: 以下犯上

• 2025
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• Ended
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• 15

• Drama

★ 6.0 TMDB Rating · 1 votes

Two sisters enter the palace and quickly earn the emperor’s favor, but their rise ends in tragedy when the elder sister—pregnant with the heir—is killed in a palace scheme. Left with nothing, the younger sister Lu Jiuning hides her grief and, as a lowly palace maid, carefully plots her revenge. Moving between rival consorts and imperial power, she wages a quiet but ruthless battle to avenge her sister’s death.

Seasons

1

Episodes

26

First aired

Nov 24, 2025

Networks

Tencent Video

Original language

Chinese

Origin

China