True and False East Palace Mandarin

In the middle of the Song Dynasty, Beauty Village. Ling Yun (played by Xiang Hailan), who lost his mother since childhood, and his father Ling Tie (played by Xu Shaoxiong), who makes a living as an ironworker, are dependent on each other. In order not to leave his father when he got married and to be able to serve around him, Ling Yun deliberately hid his beauty and showed his ugly face to others. He was always ridiculed and discriminated against in the beauty village. Ling Yun's best friend in the village, Chu Chu (played by Chen Miaoying), is really ugly. Chu Chu is extremely mean and selfish, and she has always been worried about her appearance. At the annual garden party, Ling Yun accidentally rescued the emperor (played by Zhang Zhaohui) who was traveling incognito. The emperor witnessed Ling Yun's true face, and the two fell in love at first sight. The emperor, who was obsessed with Ling Yun, began to search for Ling Yun's trace among the people. Jealous Chu Chu secretly asked the "face-changing" magician Xiao Tao (played by Wei Junjie) to switch his and Ling Yun's faces, regardless of their long-term friendship. The fate of the two people reversed, and the dangerous harem battle began. True or false, who is the real Empress of the East Palace, and can the truth come to light?