Introduction to Zhen Huan Zhuan

The Legend of Zhen Huan is a story about how Zhen Huan, an innocent and naive girl, was selected to be one of the Emperor's concubine and grew to be the most powerful concubine, but lost her innocence along the way.

I discovered that many fans of this series like to analyse its characters, and I want to voice out my opinions about them too. I realised that many fans do not like the antagonists of this series: An Ling Rong, Huan Bi, etc...
Despite the fact that they are antagonists and scheme to hurt Zhen Huan, people have forgotten that there is some good to them, and have overlooked their strengths just because of the character they are playing.

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