War and Beauty II
| Beauty at War 金枝慾孽貳 |
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Beauty at War promo poster
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| Also known as | 'War and Beauty 2' |
| Genre | Period drama |
| Written by | Chow Yuk-ming |
| Starring |
Sheren Tang Ada Choi Christine Ng Moses Chan Kenny Wong Eddie Kwan Raymond Cho Rachel Kan |
| Opening theme | "紅孽" (Red Sin) by Christine Ng |
| Ending theme | "紫禁飄謠" (Drifting Rumours of the Forbidden City) by Christine Ng & Moses Chan |
| Composer(s) | Jacky Chan |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jonathan Chik |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes (each) |
| Production company(s) | TVB |
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| Original network | TVB Jade, HD Jade |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 22 April – 31 May 2013 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | A Great Way to Care II |
| Followed by | A Change of Heart |
| Related shows | War and Beauty (2004) |
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| Website | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 金枝慾孽貳 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 金枝欲孽贰 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Golden Branches Desire War Two" | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jīn Zhī Yù Niè Èr |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Gam1 Ji1 Yuk6 Yip6 Yi6 |
| Jyutping | Gam1 Zi1 Juk6 Jip6 Ji6 |
Beauty at War (Chinese: 金枝慾孽貳), also known as War and Beauty 2, is a Hong Kong television period drama serial produced by Jonathan Chik for TVB. It premiered on TVB Jade in Hong Kong on April 22, 2013. Created by Chik and scriptwriter Chow Yuk-ming, Beauty at War is a sequel to the duo's 2004 award-winning drama serial War and Beauty, which took place in a parallel universe. The events of the first installment are depicted as being the result of rumor-mongering, and are frequently referenced.
The Consort Dowager Shun, Niohuru Yuen-sau (Christine Ng) bears a grudge against her half-sister Niohuru Yu-yuet, the current Consort Yu (Sheren Tang) because she believed that Consort Yu faked her illness during the selection ceremony so that Yuen-sau would be chosen as a concubine of the ailing Emperor, and when the Emperor dies, Yu-yuet will become the new Emperor's consort, rising in power and status and rendering Yuen-sau's status as a consort obsolete. This presumption, coupled with the intense hatred and bitterness building up in her for years caused Yuen-sau to spread rumors about Yu-yuet being an evil and manipulative person (this is seen in the events of War and Beauty). For many years, Yu-yuet tolerated with Yuen-sau and tried her best to reconcile with her but to no avail until a kunqu troupe whom the much lauded Ko Lau Fei (Moses Chan) is a part of enters the palace that Yu-yuet had the opportunity to reach out to Yuen-sau. Because the harem forbids males from entering, the appearance of Ko Lau Fei intrigued its members including the lonely Yuen-sau and wet nurse Seung-ling (Ada Choi), causing much distraught to Yu-yuet. The two sisters began to plot and scheme against each other, with Yuen-sau wanting to keep Ko Lau Fei in the palace and allying with the lunatic Tung Kat Hoi (Kenny Wong) and Yu-yuet planning to send Ko Lau Fei out of the palace with the help of her trusted maid, Yee-ho (Rachel Kan). However, when Yu-yuet found out that Seung-ling fell in love with Ko Lau Fei, it threaten to thwart her schemes.
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