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* LonelyAtTheTop: His birth father constantly tries to use and manipulate him, while his mother, grandmother, wife, and concubines are busy fighting among themselves. He outright says his half-brother Cheng Jiao is the only real family he has, and Cheng Jiao rebels when he learns the truth about Ying Zheng's parentage. By the end of the series he's [[UpToEleven even more alone]] than he was at the start, [[LaserGuidedKarma and he has no one to blame but himself.]]
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* LonelyAtTheTop: His birth father constantly tries to use and manipulate him, while his mother, grandmother, wife, and concubines are busy fighting among themselves. He outright says his half-brother Cheng Jiao is the only real family he has, and Cheng Jiao rebels when he learns the truth about Ying Zheng's parentage. By the end of the series he's [[UpToEleven even more alone]] alone than he was at the start, [[LaserGuidedKarma and he has no one to blame but himself.]]
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* AdultFear: Wakes up one morning to find Tian Ming has disappeared. She can't find him no matter how long she searches. At last she finds him... and learns he was kidnapped by her insane mother-in-law. He wasn't harmed, but the situation is still horrifying for poor Gongsun Li.
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* WoundGazelleGambit: Steals Gongsun Li's dagger, stabs herself with it, then claims Gongsun Li attacked her.
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* WoundGazelleGambit: WoundedGazelleGambit: Steals Gongsun Li's dagger, stabs herself with it, then claims Gongsun Li attacked her.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_Ke He existed]], though it's safe to assume the real guy didn't attempt to assassinate Ying Zheng because they were both in love with the same woman.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_Ke He existed]], though it's safe to assume the real guy didn't attempt to assassinate that he and Ying Zheng because they were both weren't in love with the same woman.
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* HiddenDisdainReveal [=/=] TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ying Zheng thinks he and Yan Dan are friends. Yan Dan actually fears and hates him. He tells Ying Zheng what he really thinks of him after Ying Zheng intercepts his attempt to contact his father.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Prince_Dan He existed]], and he really did send Jing Ke to assassinate Ying Zheng.
* HiddenDisdainReveal [=/=] TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ying Zheng thinks he and Yan Dan are friends. Yan Dan actually fears and hates him. He tells Ying Zheng what he really thinks of him after Ying Zheng intercepts his attempt to contact his father.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Prince_Dan He existed]], and he really did send Jing Ke to assassinate Ying Zheng.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Fights and defeats a group of men with whatever's within reach, including a bucket.
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* BlatantLies: Claims Lao Ai was only there to give her a massage, right after Ying Zheng walked in on her making out with Lao Ai.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Dowager_Zhao She existed]], she really did have an affair with Lao Ai, and Ying Zheng really did kill her two illegitimate children.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She outlives two of her sons because [[SiblingMurder her other son]] [[WouldHurtAChild has them killed]].
* SanitySlippage: Becomes increasingly unstable after the deaths of her lover and sons.
* BlatantLies: Claims Lao Ai was only there to give her a massage, right after Ying Zheng walked in on her making out with Lao Ai.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Dowager_Zhao She existed]], she really did have an affair with Lao Ai, and Ying Zheng really did kill her two illegitimate children.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She outlives two of her sons because [[SiblingMurder her other son]] [[WouldHurtAChild has them killed]].
* SanitySlippage: Becomes increasingly unstable after the deaths of her lover and sons.
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* EvilChancellor: He's more interested in gaining power for himself than helping Ying Zheng rule.
* FakingTheDead: Pretends to commit suicide after his banishment.
* FakingTheDead: Pretends to commit suicide after his banishment.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How he dies, courtesy of Ying Zheng.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The poor guy has the bad luck to get impaled ''twice''. First Jing Ke stabs him, then Ying Zheng runs him through to stab Jing Ke.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The poor guy has the bad luck to get impaled ''twice''. First Jing Ke stabs him, then Ying Zheng runs him through to stab Jing Ke.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengjiao_(prince) He existed]], though very little is known about him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengjiao_(prince) He existed]], though very little is known about him.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: She helps make Gongsun Li's life miserable.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: She helps make Gongsun Li's life miserable.
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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Played with. She realises her plan to [[FakePregnancy fake a pregnancy]] isn't going to work, so she fakes a miscarriage to get out of trouble.
* DrivenToSuicide: Kills herself after failing to save her homeland.
* FakePregnancy: After she's demoted she pretends to be pregnant in an attempt to regain her lost rank.
* TantrumThrowing: Throws everything she can get her hands on, including a bowl of oranges, when she learns Gongsun Li has been given a higher rank.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Played with. She realises her plan to [[FakePregnancy fake a pregnancy]] isn't going to work, so she fakes a miscarriage to get out of trouble.
* DrivenToSuicide: Kills herself after failing to save her homeland.
* FakePregnancy: After she's demoted she pretends to be pregnant in an attempt to regain her lost rank.
* TantrumThrowing: Throws everything she can get her hands on, including a bowl of oranges, when she learns Gongsun Li has been given a higher rank.
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* AltarDiplomacy: Arranged her marriage to Ying Zheng so she can help her homeland.
* DrivenToSuicide [=/=] SlashedThroat: She cuts her own throat after failing to save her homeland.
* WoundGazelleGambit: Steals Gongsun Li's dagger, stabs herself with it, then claims Gongsun Li attacked her.
* AltarDiplomacy: Arranged her marriage to Ying Zheng so she can help her homeland.
* DrivenToSuicide [=/=] SlashedThroat: She cuts her own throat after failing to save her homeland.
* WoundGazelleGambit: Steals Gongsun Li's dagger, stabs herself with it, then claims Gongsun Li attacked her.
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* EunuchsAreEvil: He's supposed to be Ying Zheng's advisor. He's actually plotting with Min Dai to protect Zhao, their shared homeland.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Gao The real guy]] was just as bad as his fictional counterpart, and his actions helped destroy the Qin empire.
* EunuchsAreEvil: He's supposed to be Ying Zheng's advisor. He's actually plotting with Min Dai to protect Zhao, their shared homeland.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Gao The real guy]] was just as bad as his fictional counterpart, and his actions helped destroy the Qin empire.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Si He existed]], and he really was paranoid about anyone who could threaten him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Si He existed]], and he really was paranoid about anyone who could threaten him.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: It's safe to say the real Ying Zheng looked nothing like Vin Zhang.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's a young UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi.
* IronicEcho: When he was a child, Lü Bu Wei told him to be content with his lot. Years later Ying Zheng tells Lü Bu Wei the exact same thing.
* LonelyAtTheTop: His birth father constantly tries to use and manipulate him, while his mother, grandmother, wife, and concubines are busy fighting among themselves. He outright says his half-brother Cheng Jiao is the only real family he has, and Cheng Jiao rebels when he learns the truth about Ying Zheng's parentage. By the end of the series he's [[UpToEleven even more alone]] than he was at the start, [[LaserGuidedKarma and he has no one to blame but himself.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: Lü Bu Wei, not King Zhuang Xiang, is Ying Zheng's biological father.
* MaritalRapeLicense: He storms into the room of one of his concubines and physically pulls her over to the bed.
* {{Patricide}}: He kills his biological father.
* PillowPistol: Sleeps with a sword beside him. [[ProperlyParanoid It saves his life when Han Shen attempts to assassinate him.]]
* TantrumThrowing: He throws objects around the room when Gongsun Li tells him she sent Tian Ming away.
* WouldHurtAChild: Orders the deaths of his illegitimate half-brothers, both of whom are children, just in case they might become a threat later. He also threatens to kill Gongsun Li's baby.
* {{Yandere}}: He'll do anything to make Gongsun Li love him. ''Anything''. Even keep her prisoner in the palace.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's a young UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi.
* IronicEcho: When he was a child, Lü Bu Wei told him to be content with his lot. Years later Ying Zheng tells Lü Bu Wei the exact same thing.
* LonelyAtTheTop: His birth father constantly tries to use and manipulate him, while his mother, grandmother, wife, and concubines are busy fighting among themselves. He outright says his half-brother Cheng Jiao is the only real family he has, and Cheng Jiao rebels when he learns the truth about Ying Zheng's parentage. By the end of the series he's [[UpToEleven even more alone]] than he was at the start, [[LaserGuidedKarma and he has no one to blame but himself.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: Lü Bu Wei, not King Zhuang Xiang, is Ying Zheng's biological father.
* MaritalRapeLicense: He storms into the room of one of his concubines and physically pulls her over to the bed.
* {{Patricide}}: He kills his biological father.
* PillowPistol: Sleeps with a sword beside him. [[ProperlyParanoid It saves his life when Han Shen attempts to assassinate him.]]
* TantrumThrowing: He throws objects around the room when Gongsun Li tells him she sent Tian Ming away.
* WouldHurtAChild: Orders the deaths of his illegitimate half-brothers, both of whom are children, just in case they might become a threat later. He also threatens to kill Gongsun Li's baby.
* {{Yandere}}: He'll do anything to make Gongsun Li love him. ''Anything''. Even keep her prisoner in the palace.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He's in love with Gongsun Li, but she sees him as just a friend.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He's in love with Gongsun Li, but she sees him as just a friend.
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Gongsun Li's childhood friend and her grandfather's second disciple.
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Gongsun Li's childhood friend and her grandfather's second disciple.disciple.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_Ke He existed]], though it's safe to assume the real guy didn't attempt to assassinate Ying Zheng because they were both in love with the same woman.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_Ke He existed]], though it's safe to assume the real guy didn't attempt to assassinate Ying Zheng because they were both in love with the same woman.
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* ActionGirl: She's more than capable of defending themselves, [[ImprovisedWeapon sometimes without actual weapons.]]
* ActionGirl: She's more than capable of defending themselves, [[ImprovisedWeapon sometimes without actual weapons.]]
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Ying Zheng's biological father.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lü_Buwei He existed]], but he almost certainly wasn't Ying Zheng's father.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Ying Zheng is his son.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lü_Buwei He existed]], but he almost certainly wasn't Ying Zheng's father.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Ying Zheng is his son.
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* ActionGirl: She's more than capable of defending herself, [[PregnantBadass even while pregnant]].
* AdultFear: Wakes up one morning to find Tian Ming has disappeared. She can't find him no matter how long she searches. At last she finds him... and learns he was kidnapped by her insane mother-in-law. He wasn't harmed, but the situation is still horrifying for poor Gongsun Li.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: She begins to suspect Ying Zheng abducted Tian Ming. He says he wouldn't be so cruel. Gongsun Li retorts that he murdered his half-brothers in front of his mother.
* DamselInDistress: Becomes one after she gets kidnapped.
* DestructiveRomance: Her marriage to Ying Zheng starts with him threatening to kill her because she's pregnant with another man's child. It just goes downhill from there.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: She dies in Ying Zheng's arms.]]
* DrivenToSuicide [=/=] ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: She attacks Ying Zheng after learning how he spied on and deceived her. It looks like she's about to stab him, [[spoiler: but she stabs herself instead.]]
* ForcedMiscarriage:
** When she's pregnant with Tian Ming, Ying Zheng attempts to force her to miscarry by making her fight a duel. He fails; she wins the duel and doesn't miscarry.
** During her second pregnancy Min Dai sends her a bowl of soup. It's actually a drug that causes her to miscarry.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Ying Zheng puts her through hell when he discovers she's pregnant with Jing Ke's child. Forcing her to fight a duel, almost choking her, threatening to kill her and her unborn baby...
* OneNightStandPregnancy: Gets pregnant after sleeping with Jing Ke once.
* PregnantBadass: Wins a duel while pregnant.
* SweetPollyOliver: Dresses as a man after her grandfather's death. It's an unconvincing disguise to say the least.
* ActionGirl: She's more than capable of defending herself, [[PregnantBadass even while pregnant]].
* AdultFear: Wakes up one morning to find Tian Ming has disappeared. She can't find him no matter how long she searches. At last she finds him... and learns he was kidnapped by her insane mother-in-law. He wasn't harmed, but the situation is still horrifying for poor Gongsun Li.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: She begins to suspect Ying Zheng abducted Tian Ming. He says he wouldn't be so cruel. Gongsun Li retorts that he murdered his half-brothers in front of his mother.
* DamselInDistress: Becomes one after she gets kidnapped.
* DestructiveRomance: Her marriage to Ying Zheng starts with him threatening to kill her because she's pregnant with another man's child. It just goes downhill from there.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: She dies in Ying Zheng's arms.]]
* DrivenToSuicide [=/=] ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: She attacks Ying Zheng after learning how he spied on and deceived her. It looks like she's about to stab him, [[spoiler: but she stabs herself instead.]]
* ForcedMiscarriage:
** When she's pregnant with Tian Ming, Ying Zheng attempts to force her to miscarry by making her fight a duel. He fails; she wins the duel and doesn't miscarry.
** During her second pregnancy Min Dai sends her a bowl of soup. It's actually a drug that causes her to miscarry.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Ying Zheng puts her through hell when he discovers she's pregnant with Jing Ke's child. Forcing her to fight a duel, almost choking her, threatening to kill her and her unborn baby...
* OneNightStandPregnancy: Gets pregnant after sleeping with Jing Ke once.
* PregnantBadass: Wins a duel while pregnant.
* SweetPollyOliver: Dresses as a man after her grandfather's death. It's an unconvincing disguise to say the least.
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* AntiHero: Starts out as one. Within the first ten episodes he dives headlong into being a VillainProtagonist.
* CatchTheConscience: He arranges for a song warning girls their lovers will use and abandon them to be sung during a banquet, just to make his biological parents uncomfortable.
* AChildShallLeadThem: He was thirteen when he became king.
* DestructiveRomance: His marriage to Gongsun Li starts with him threatening to kill her because she's pregnant with another man's child. It just goes downhill from there.
* AntiHero: Starts out as one. Within the first ten episodes he dives headlong into being a VillainProtagonist.
* CatchTheConscience: He arranges for a song warning girls their lovers will use and abandon them to be sung during a banquet, just to make his biological parents uncomfortable.
* AChildShallLeadThem: He was thirteen when he became king.
* DestructiveRomance: His marriage to Gongsun Li starts with him threatening to kill her because she's pregnant with another man's child. It just goes downhill from there.
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--> '''Played by:''' Vin ZhangZhang (adult), Dong Li Wu You (child)
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[[folder: Lady Chu]]
--> '''Played by:''' Wang Ting
One of Ying Zheng's concubines.
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[[folder: Min Dai]]
--> '''Played by:''' Qiu Yi Nong
One of Ying Zheng's concubines.
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[[folder: Zhao Gao]]
--> '''Played by:''' Zhang Gu
Ying Zheng's advisor.
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[[folder: Li Si]]
--> '''Played by:''' Zhao Ting Liang
A politician.
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!!Yan Kingdom
[[folder: Yan Dan]]
--> '''Played by:''' Bai Yi Xiang
Crown Prince of Yan.
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!!Main Characters
[[folder: Gongsun Li]]
--> '''Played by:''' Dilraba Dilmurat
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Granddaughter of a military commander. Marries Ying Zheng to save Jing Ke's life.
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[[folder: Ying Zheng]]
!!Ying Zheng[=/=]UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi
--> '''Played by:''' Vin Zhang
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ying_zheng.jpg]]
King of Qin and first emperor of China.
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[[folder: Han Shen]]
--> '''Played by:''' Li Tai
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/han_shen.jpg]]
Gongsun Li's friend and her grandfather's senior disciple.
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[[folder: Jing Ke]]
--> '''Played by:''' Chang Liu
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jing_ke.jpg]]
Gongsun Li's childhood friend and her grandfather's second disciple.
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[[folder: Ge Lan]]
--> '''Played by:''' Zhang Xuan
[[quoteright:236:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ge_lan.jpg]]
Gongsun Li's and Jing Ke's friend.
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!!Qin Kingdom
[[folder: Queen Dowager Zhao]]
--> '''Played by:''' Chen Yi Sha
Ying Zheng's mother.
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[[folder: Lü Bu Wei]]
--> '''Played by:''' Li Qiang
Ying Zheng's biological father.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Li Zhong]]
--> '''Played by:''' Yang Tong
Captain of the palace guards.
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[[folder: Zhao Cheng Jiao]]
--> '''Played by:''' Su You Chen
Ying Zheng's half-brother.
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[[folder: Queen Dowager Hua Yang]]
--> '''Played by:''' Liao Xue Qiu
Ying Zheng's grandmother.
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!!Main Characters
[[folder: Gongsun Li]]
--> '''Played by:''' Dilraba Dilmurat
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gongsun_li.jpg]]
Granddaughter of a military commander. Marries Ying Zheng to save Jing Ke's life.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ying Zheng]]
!!Ying Zheng[=/=]UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi
--> '''Played by:''' Vin Zhang
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ying_zheng.jpg]]
King of Qin and first emperor of China.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Han Shen]]
--> '''Played by:''' Li Tai
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/han_shen.jpg]]
Gongsun Li's friend and her grandfather's senior disciple.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jing Ke]]
--> '''Played by:''' Chang Liu
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jing_ke.jpg]]
Gongsun Li's childhood friend and her grandfather's second disciple.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ge Lan]]
--> '''Played by:''' Zhang Xuan
[[quoteright:236:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ge_lan.jpg]]
Gongsun Li's and Jing Ke's friend.
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!!Qin Kingdom
[[folder: Queen Dowager Zhao]]
--> '''Played by:''' Chen Yi Sha
Ying Zheng's mother.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Lü Bu Wei]]
--> '''Played by:''' Li Qiang
Ying Zheng's biological father.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Li Zhong]]
--> '''Played by:''' Yang Tong
Captain of the palace guards.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Zhao Cheng Jiao]]
--> '''Played by:''' Su You Chen
Ying Zheng's half-brother.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Queen Dowager Hua Yang]]
--> '''Played by:''' Liao Xue Qiu
Ying Zheng's grandmother.
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