Curse of the Golden Flower

During China's Tang dynasty, Emperor Ping has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife, bearing him two sons and raising his eldest son, Prince Jai. However, Prince Jai notices the declining health of his mother, Empress Phoenix, who is secretly planning a rebellion to overthrow her husband due to poisoning by tea she drinks for centuries. As the family's dynamics unfold, betrayal, power struggles, and forbidden love threaten to destroy the royal family, culminating in a tragic confrontation between loyalty and deception amidst the opulence of imperial China.