Scripted series · iQiyi
Ashes of Deception
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Ashes of Deception actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Ashes of Deception reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When the eldest son of the wealthy Pei family, Pei Shixiang, dies in a tragic accident, his widow Su Heng takes control of the family business. Her authority is challenged by the return of the long-lost second son, Pei Shiye, who claims to be the rightful heir—and shocks everyone by looking exactly like his late brother—threatening everything she has built.
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