China Insider on Instagram: "This edit hit way harder than expected. 😭 Someone made a mix cut of the actresses from Empresses in the Palace and their roles in modern Chinese dramas — and suddenly it feels like past life, present life unfolding on screen. Same actresses, different lives: no palace rules, no scheming, no survival mode… just them finally getting the happiness their characters never had back then. 🥹 That’s why this went viral. Not just nostalgia, but emotional closure — like the e