Scarlet Heart (2011)

Season 1

Zhang Xiao, a 21st-century woman, is transported back to the Qing Dynasty during Emperor Kangxi's reign after a bizarre accident. She awakens in the body of Maertai Rouxi, a teenage nobleman's daughter, and must navigate life in a past world shaped by her mysterious connection to this historical figure.

Released Sept. 10, 2011 Episode 50 min None+

Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

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Watch Providers: Rakuten Viki, Rakuten Viki, OnDemandKorea, iQIYI

Production Companies: 唐人影视

Network: Hunan Television

Country: China
Languages: Mandarin

IMDb

7.9

/719/

Trakt

/49/

TMDb

/22/

Lam Yuk Fan
Director

Liu Shishi
Maertai Ruoxi / Zhang Xiao, Zhang Xiao

Nicky Wu
Aisin-Gioro Yin Zhen, Yin Zheng

Damian Lau Chung-Yan
Kang Zhentian, Kangxi Emperor

Ye Qing
Meng Xinyi, Yu Tan

Kevin Cheng Ka-Wing
Aisin-Gioro Yin Si

Han Dong
Aisin-Gioro Yin Ling

Yuan Hong
Aisin-Gioro Yin Xiang

Lin Gengxin
Prince Yin Zhen

S1E1 - Episode 1

Zhang Xiao is a typical modern day 9-to-5 white-collar worker struggling day to day to advance her career. Her dreams of the future mirrored those of any modern day city worker - a home, travel and love. One day, Zhang Xiao's life changes dramatically when she is involved in a car accident and her soul is transported into the past. She wakes to finds herself in the imperial residence of the eighth prince, Yinsi, during the reign of Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. She is tended by maidservants who refer to her as Second Miss Ma'ertai Ruoxi, 16-year old daughter of a Manchu aristocrat and younger sister of the eighth prince's concubine Ma'ertai Roulan, and tell her that she is recuperating from a fall.

Sept. 10, 2011, midnight

S1E2 - Episode 2

The fourth prince, Yinzhen, brings some medicine for Ruoxi and asks her to cherish her life. Having recovered, Ruoxi volunteers to read letters to her elder sister but is ridiculed for not knowing many of the words. Determined not to seem illiterate, she begins to study but is persuaded by the tenth prince, Yin'e, to go horse riding. Being unable to ride, Ruoxi fears that that she would be revealed as an impostor but she is fortunate that Yinsi has selected the best horse for her. On Yin'e's birthday, Yinsi selects Roulan to manage the celebrations. Before the celebrations, Ruoxi and Gororo Mingyu, younger sister of Yinsi's wife Gororo Minghui's, argue over a rabbit that Ruoxi had captured but had been stolen by Mingyu. Ruoxi uses Yin'e's hound to get revenge on Mingyu but inadvertently injures the prince in their resulting fight. Yin'e's birthday celebrations are a success and Ruolan is soundly praised by all the attendees except Minghui.

Sept. 10, 2011, midnight