Scripted series · iQiyi
Key to the Phoenix Heart
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Hou Minghao
Xiao Wuyi
28 eps
Ai Mi
Xie Jiayu
28 eps
Riley Wang
Li Mao
28 eps
Ma Qiuyuan
Li Lejun
28 eps
Merxat
Eagle King
28 eps
Peter Ho
Xie Huaigui
28 eps
Liu Lingzi
Ruisheng
28 eps
Zheng Yawen
He Yuanji
28 eps
Li Guanlin
Feng Wu
2 eps
Wang Peigen
Zhang Ji
1 eps
Jin Sha
Li Fuhua
10 eps
Wang Runze
Mister Bai
1 eps
Zhao Tingting
Madame Bai
1 eps
Wang Jingwen
Cang'er
4 eps
Qu Zhihan
Nanxing
16 eps
Zhang Yujian
Duke of Changsha
3 eps
Zheng Yuxuan
Yan Yue
20 eps
Shi Yanpei
Qinglong
21 eps
Su Jiaqi
Cousin Bai
1 eps
Chen Nuo
A Chan
11 eps
Qin Qidong
Vice Minister Wei
1 eps
Ni Yuechen
Xiao Ziqi
10 eps
Su Junhe
Xiao Yao
17 eps
Cheng Lisha
Yao Yunzhi
11 eps
Tao Xinran
Empress Dowager He
13 eps
Jiang Zhongwei
He Tian
11 eps
Lv Xin
Capital Prefect
1 eps
Lei Haoxuan
Da
5 eps
Peter Sheng
Emperor
6 eps
Shao Tong
Xiao Ju
10 eps
Pang Bo
Jing Lan
2 eps
Jin Chao
Hong Qi
3 eps
Peng Shijie
Lu Dayong
2 eps
Sun Libin
Yue Qingyang
1 eps
Min Chunxiao
Empress Wenxi
1 eps
Wu Jiajun
Young Xiao Wuyi
5 eps
An Ze
Young Xiao Yao
2 eps
Yang Kaichun
Liu Yue
4 eps
Guo Nier
Fang Shiba
2 eps
Boer Jite
Liu Zhaolin
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Key to the Phoenix Heart actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Key to the Phoenix Heart reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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
The evil general forcefully marries the money-grubbing fake heiress who is obsessed with mechanical arts. From a contractual couple to exposing each other's true identities in a life-and-death situation, their mutual love and hatred intensify. They uncover court conspiracies, shatter deadly chaos, and safeguard the peace of the nation.
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
- Wang XiaohuiExecutive Producer
Writing
- Wu Meng ZhangWriter
Direction
- Go Yik-ChunDirector
Where to watch
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