《Story of Kunning Palace》 tells the story of the cold and smart second lady Jiang Xuening and the scheming master Xie Wei.In her previous life, Jiang Xuening was a standard Mary Sue. The heroine Jiang Xuening had a rough life. She was deliberately taken away from her father's concubine when she was born. Even when she was later found, she was looked down upon by her biological mother.

When she was young, only Yan Lin, the eldest son of Yongyi Hou Mansion, was very kind to her.Because she wanted to protect herself and was greedy, she began to seek power by any means necessary. She wanted to be the queen and hooked up everywhere for the queen's throne. However, she trampled on countless sincerity and turned against her childhood sweetheart Yan Lin.

Jiang Xuening tried her best to become the queen, but was forced to commit suicide during the palace coup.Now, Jiang Xuening's dream is to stay away from power and dominate her own life.But by mistake, she ended up entering the palace as a companion, becoming a student of the emperor's master Xie Wei, and met Xue Shu, Empress Dowager Xue's niece, who entered the palace at the same time.While accepting Xie Wei's teachings, Jiang Xuening secretly planned to prevent the “Blood Crown Ceremony” incident that Yan Lin was about to face.

Through the strategizing of Jiang Xuening and Xie Wei, the lives of the Yan family were saved.After the Blood Crown Ceremony incident, Jiang Xuening was inadvertently involved in the imperial court's plan to wipe out King Pingnan's rebellious party, and went deep into the enemy camp with Zhang Zhe. At the critical moment, Jiang Xuening used his body to block Zhang Zhe's arrows, but the two could not stay together.When the enemy country invades, the eldest princess Shen Zhiyi resolutely embarks on the road to marriage.

In order to save his friend Shen Zhiyi, Jiang Xuening followed Xie Wei to the north to conquer Dayue. During the many crises, Xie Wei even harmed himself to protect Jiang Xuening, and the two gradually fell in love.However, a larger conspiracy of the Xue family gradually surfaced, which actually pointed to the truth of the King Pingnan incident twenty years ago.In the end, Jiang Xuening and Xie Wei teamed up to reveal the truth of the year. Jiang Xuening also influenced Xie Wei with love, and the two finally got married.

The entire Xue family received the punishment they deserved. Xue Yuan died, Xue Shu was given poisoned wine, the Queen Mother Xue was driven to guard the imperial mausoleum, all members of the Xue family and nine other clans were arrested and exiled to remote Huangzhou, never to be allowed to return to the capital..The pair Xie Wei and Jiang Xuening went through many things, and finally recognized each other's feelings. Jiang Xuening married Xie Wei and gave birth to two children.Xue Dingfei felt that since he was a child, he had earned a living for one more day. What he did in the Xue family made many people proud. Finally, he and Xie Wei teamed up to get rid of King Pingnan. From then on, he could still use the name Xue Dingfei. The sky is high and the sea is wide., let him be free.Lu Xian has always been by Xie Wei's side. He was loyal to Xie Wei, went through life and death for Xie Wei, and finally avenged You Fangyin.Shen Jie and Jiang Xuehui had a child, the knot between Meng and Jiang Xuening was resolved, and the Yan family father and son also returned to the capital. It was basically a happy ending. Only Lu Xian was miserable. He really loved You Fangyin. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the rest of his life.Never fall in love with anyone else.

The show's popularity has continued to rise since its launch. The show's popularity on the iQiyi platform exceeded 10,310, making it the top 6 must-see list.At the same time, the drama ranks at the top of authoritative lists such as Beacon, Maoyan, Yunhe, and Kuyun, and has topped the Maoyan online drama popularity list for three consecutive weeks.

Yunhe data shows that the drama has a market share of more than 35% in the popular TV series list, and has achieved the success of exceeding 100 million effective views in a single day, becoming the third drama in 2023 to achieve more than 100 million views in a single day.On November 25, 2023, the drama won the 2023 iQiyi Scream Night Drama Unit Annual Audience Favorite Drama Award and the Tribute Unit Special Honor Award.