清道光年間,剛剛登基的道光帝旻寧(陳錦鴻 飾)即將冊封沅宛(胡杏兒 飾)為皇后。封后大典當天,太后(黃淑儀 飾)卻令穆親王福晉伊蘭(宣萱 飾)為夫殉葬。穆親王綿怡在平定西北叛亂時失蹤,生死不明,太后認定伊蘭為不祥之女。旻寧對伊蘭早已有情,得知伊蘭遭難,旻寧竟然拋下沅宛救回伊蘭性命,并做出令朝野皆驚的決定:納伊蘭為妃。原本對伊蘭并無敵意的沅宛,因為在封后大典上顏面掃地而對伊蘭懷恨在心,旻寧納伊蘭為妃更是令其深受刺激。在母親的教唆下,沅宛決心鏟除伊蘭以及一切威脅自己后位之人,伊蘭原本無心相爭,卻一次次被卷入宮斗波瀾,一場清宮女人的命運糾葛大戲就此上演。究竟誰能在后宮斗爭中脫穎而出,最終登上權力顛峰成為“萬凰之王”? 本劇是2011年香港無線電視臺(TVB)44周年臺慶劇。
何以苼蕭默
“There was a human being who was born, lived, and then, by some means or other, died. There. You may fill in the details from your own experience. As unoriginal as any other tale, as unique as any other life.”