Pleiades of the Sky

Overview The TV series "Pleiades of the Sky" is adapted from the novel of the same name by Japanese writer Jiro Asada and was co-produced by China and Japan. The original work is a very different novel. The author Jiro Asada writes Chinese historical novels, completely jumping out of the Japanese point of view. The book has always topped the list of the best-selling books in Japan in the past ten years. The plot begins with the topic of the Pleiades (Pleiades, the star of destiny): a poor boy Chun'er (played by Yu Shaoqun) who makes a living by picking up frozen cow dung and horse dung on the street, meets the astrologer Granny Bai. Granny Bai says that he was born from the Pleiades in the sky, and that his fate is the same as that of Qianlong and Qin Shihuang, and that in the future he will "take all the treasures in China into his pocket." Her prophecy supported the life of the miserable Chun'er. When his brother died of starvation, he castrated himself and entered the palace. After some struggle and hard work, he became a popular figure around Cixi and succeeded Li Lianying. Granny Bai's words seemed to have come true... However, he was inadvertently involved in the political whirlpool. "Pleiades in the Sky" is set in the late Qing Dynasty of China, with the Qing Palace as the stage, Empress Cixi as the foil, and the poor boy played by Yu Shaoqun as the main axis. It tells the story of a poor boy's growth and human transformation after experiencing social changes, vicissitudes of life, and various hardships. It is relatively detailed.