# Youthful Glory (2025)

> A general returning to the capital to expose military corruption enters a strategic marriage with a strong-willed noblewoman and slowly falls for her amid court intrigue.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/176820

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 30
- Episode runtime: 47 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, romance
- Created by: Bu Zhi Shi Ke Cai
- Network: Mango TV
- Cast: Song Weilong, Bao Shangen, Dai Luwa, Quan Yilun, Ke Ying, Qin Xiaoxuan, Bai Shu, Wang Ke
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32221618/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: wistful, sincere, tense, romantic, restrained

## Synopsis

Youthful Glory (2025) is a Chinese web costume drama series created by Bu Zhi Shi Ke Cai and produced by MangoTV, adapted from a novel. General Jiang Xu (Song Weilong) returns to the imperial capital after eight years away, determined to investigate military corruption, and he enters a strategic marriage with the strong-willed noblewoman Ming Tan (Bao Shangen). Their union is a matter of alliance rather than affection, yet as they navigate political intrigue and work to shield their families from the schemes around them, a romance slowly takes shape between them. Episodes are built from court maneuvering, family negotiations and quiet confrontations in palace halls and noble residences, with the investigation into military graft running as a steady undercurrent. Supporting roles include Dai Luwa as Bai Minmin, Quan Yilun as Shu Jingran and Qin Xiaoxuan as Liu Mo, whose loyalties and rivalries add pressure to the central couple. The story unfolds as one continuous thirty-episode arc, a single season of forty-seven-minute installments. The tone is restrained and sincere, with a wistful, slow-burn emotional register and courtly elegance. Fans of Story of Yanxi Palace, Nirvana in Fire and Eternal Love will find resonance in its blend of political scheming and tender, gradually earned romance.

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