Scripted series · iQiyi
How Dare You!?
How Are You
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Wang Churan
Yu Wanyin / Wang Cuihua
32 eps
Cheng Lei
Xiahou Dan / Zhang San
32 eps
Tang Xiaotian
Xiahou Po
32 eps
Hu Yixuan
Xie Yong'er
32 eps
Dong Siyi
Consort Shu
32 eps
Huang Panpan
Xiao Mei
10 eps
Zheng Junhao
Eunuch An
11 eps
Wang Hongxin
Xu Yao
3 eps
Hou Changrong
Mr. Xu Ge
1 eps
Guo Mingyu
General Luo
2 eps
Chen Linsheng
Wu Jiadong
8 eps
Shan Sijie
Fan Ke
4 eps
Zhang Ruihan
Li Yunxi
9 eps
Ma Su
Empress Dowager
12 eps
Guo Yongzhen
Grand Tutor Wei
1 eps
Louis Fan Siu-Wong
Bei Zhou
5 eps
Cui Yi
Bei Zhou
10 eps
Liu Lingzhi
Minister Yu
2 eps
Xie Zecheng
Yang Duojie
8 eps
Ji Xiaofei
Wang Zhao
6 eps
Una You
Er Lan
7 eps
Feng Man
Du Shan
3 eps
He Lei
Cen Jintian
6 eps
Hao Han
Xiao Tiancai
2 eps
Dong Hai
Jia Zhong
10 eps
Luo Zishuo
Young Zhang San
9 eps
Zhang Yuanyu
Tong Hao
11 eps
Chen Guanning
Chen Danian
5 eps
Kong Lingmei
Sister
1 eps
Lin Junyi
Xiao Ling
9 eps
Wang Zhengquan
Cao An
10 eps
Sun Bin
Mu Yun
5 eps
Mei Baolai
Noble Consort Wei
3 eps
Hu Xiaoting
Empress Dowager Li Zhen
2 eps
Wang Ruoxi
Shan Yi
1 eps
Liu Tingxi
Concubine He
2 eps
Wu Mansi
Consort Zhuang
2 eps
Zhao Shiyi
Concubine Chu
2 eps
Zhou Ruirui
Beauty Li
1 eps
Zhou Yuchen
Young Xiahou Po
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How How Dare You!? actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
How Dare You!? reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Rookie office worker Wang Cuihua is suddenly pulled into the world of a novel, where she meets Xiahou Dan, a powerful king hiding his true identity. Both outsiders to this world, they join forces to survive a twisted fate, facing political intrigue, ancient prophecies, and life-or-death choices. As they fight to change their destiny, a powerful bond forms, one that could reshape the future of the kingdom.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Gong YuExecutive Producer
- Wang XiaohuiExecutive Producer
- Yang BeiProducer
Where to watch
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