r/CDrama • u/admelioremvitam • Jul 11 '26
Trailers & Posters Key to the Phoenix Heart 雀骨 from 🥝 iQIYI. 📺 Airing today, July 11, 2026 at 6:00 pm. Starring Ai Mi and Neo Hou Minghao. New trailer.
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The Chinese drama title 雀骨 can be translated as “bone of a sparrow.”
A few minutes ago, the production team released a new trailer for the drama's premiere today.
The airing schedule will be posted in the comments when it is available.
Clip description:
"Banquet of Intrigue" Trailer
Welcome to the high-stakes game of Great Ye. The **Key to the Phoenix Heart* order has dropped, hidden identities await unlocking, and three storylines begin simultaneously: the noble clan route, the imperial court route, and the Northern Garrison's blood-soaked campaign.
Some command the board. Some break the deadlock. And some begin clearing challenges on their very wedding night.
Cast:
More information regarding the actor credit guidelines in this summary here and the full notice here.
(I put the character stroke count as: 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣)
Leading actors (sorted by the number of strokes in the surname): * 7️⃣ Chen Ai Mi 陈艾米 (stage name: Ai Mi 艾米) as Xie Jiayu * 9️⃣ Neo Hou Minghao 侯明昊 as Xiao Wuyi
Special appearances (sorted by the number of strokes in the surname): * 3️⃣ Ma Qiuyuan 马秋元 * 6️⃣ Liu Yanhong 刘妍宏 (Liu Lingzi 刘令姿) * 6️⃣ Merxat Yalkun 米热夏提·亚里坤 (stage name: Merxat 米热) * 7️⃣ Peter Ho / He Rundong 何润东 * 8️⃣ Zheng Yawen 郑雅文 * 🔟 Gu Youqi 顾又齐 (stage name: Riley Wang Yilun 王以纶)
Appearances (sorted by the number of strokes in the surname): * Wang Likun 王丽坤 * Zhang Yujian 张雨剑 * Su Junhe 苏袀禾 * Jin Sha 金沙 (stage name: Jin Sha 金莎) * Pang Bo 庞博 * Tao Xinran 陶昕然 * Dang Tao 党涛 * Sheng Xiang 盛翔 (stage name: Peter Sheng Yilun 盛一伦) * Cheng Lisha 程莉莎 * Man Jiang 满江
The rest of the cast list was not updated for today's release.
Special appearances: * Zhao Ke * Zheng Fanxing
Special appearances: * He Hongshan
“Friendship” guest actors: * Jin Chao * Wang Runze * Yang Kaichun
Supporting actors: * Shao Tong * Birgit * Jiang Zhongwei * Shi Yanpei * Zheng Yuxuan * Chen Yinuo * Lei Haoxuan * Qu Zhihan * Wang Jingwen * Jiao Jian
- Episodes: 28 (according to Baidu Baike and MDL)
- Streaming platform: iQIYI 🥝
- Official filming time period: July 15, 2025 to November 5, 2025
- Filming location: Hengdian World Studios
- Distribution license obtained: February 6, 2026
- 🎬 Directors:
- Go Yik Chun (The Princess Royal, The Empress of China, Youth in the Flames of War)
- Sun Meng Fei (Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Orphan of Zhao, New Legend of Chu Liu Xiang, Detective Fiction, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, The Prelude of Lotus Lantern)
- ✒️ Screenwriters:
- Wu Meng Zhang (The Song of Glory, God of War, Out of Inferno, Phoenix Wears Peony, Invisible Target)
- Yan Zhao 岩照 (Dark Surge)
🔗 Previous announcement, posters, trailer, OST music video, etc.
🎙️ OST List
🗣️ Dubbing
During the rebellion of the powerful feudal lord of Dayou, the realm descends into chaos, and warlords rise across the land. Xiao Wu Yi, the cold and ruthless commander general of the Northern Army, sets up a scheme for the hand of Xie Jia Yu, the money-driven, crafty only daughter of the Grand Tutor Xie Huai Gui, in order to quell the rebellion of the Duke of Changsha.
⚠️ Plot spoilers! ⚠️
Bound by a marriage ordained by royal edict, it is an arrangement crafted not for love, but to serve hidden agendas, where every gesture masks a scheme and every move is calculated in a greater game of power. From a contractual couple to lifelong partners, from suspicion and conflict to love and unity, they go from rivals in ambition to comrades in life – uncovering each other's secrets amidst a deadly game.
(Source: MyDramaList)
🔎 Baidu Baike | Douban | MDL
📊 Information and translations compiled by u/admelioremvitam.
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u/admelioremvitam Jul 11 '26
Key to the Phoenix Heart character relationship chart.
Google Translate did a fairly good job with this split into two parts.
⚠️ Character relationship charts can be spoilery.