WIP: Chinese Drama Character Equivalence

I've watched a couple chinese dramas at this point:

Browsed clips extensively:

The following is a list of equivalence relations on characters in the shows. I also give spoiler summary/commentary where possible (note that I did not actually really watch Ruyi, so my knowledge is limited here.

Yongzheng Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Yinzhen) :

An old man, even in Empresses in the Palace, this dude is the father of Hongli, the Qianlong Emperor

(Empresses in the Palace)

I think he doesn't appear in StorYan

(Ruyi)

Qianlong Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Hongli)

(Empresses in the Palace) Crafty and intelligent, Hongli in Em-Pal has a lowborn mother who is dead at the beginning of the show. He's precocious, but keeps a low profile during most of the show, taking Zhen Huan's advice to not stand out. 

His adoption is handled when ZhenHuan returns to the palace from the nunnery, and at this point, the records are rewritten to make Niohuru ZhenHuan his birth mother.

He's a minor character here, and is crowned towards the end of the show.

(Story of Yanxi Palace) - This guy is the male main character of StorYan. TBH he sux and I hate him, what a petty loser smfh. 

(Ruyi) - This guy is apparently terrible. 

Empress Xiaoshengxian/Empress Dowager Chongqing

(EmPal) - She's Zhen Huan, the main character. She has a straightforward relationship with Hongli

(StorYan) - she's the Empress Dowager. It's implied that she killed Hongli's birth mother, who was a Han lady, and took over as his birth mother, which is only revealed to Hongli midway through the series. This is a major plot point. Also she's pretty evil in StorYan

(Ruyi) - Apparently this lady is Zhen Huan in Ruyi's royal love. she's young looking lmfao

(EmPal) - my first experience with betrayal in a chinese drama. She acts like a megaperfect empress, but she's a huge villain. 

(StorYan) - Not a Character. 

(Ruyi) - Ruyi's aunt. She is very kind to Ruyi. 

Hongshi (3rd son of the Yongzheng emperor. Hongli, the Qianlong emperor is 4th)

(Ruyi) - Hongshi is lame asf

Empress Xiaoxianchun (Fuca {})

(Empal) - she may have had a couple more scenes than I remember, but basically she got called in at the end of the show to talk to Zhen Huan and not much else. I also may have mixed her up w/Empal Consort Xian

(StorYan) - One of the main protags,  Fucha Rongyin is the embodiment of "good girl" and a reminder that good girls never win. Her story is mega depresso and one can't help but feel bad for her.

(Ruyi) - I don't have a great grasp of what her character was like, but she and Ruyi enter the palace together.

Step Empress of the Nara clan (Consort Xian)

(Empal) - she's called in just to say "ya fuck my aunt she's a criminal" at the end of the show. 

(Storyan) - The final boss of StorYan. Consort Xian is part of the Hoifa-Nara clan. She starts as an upright person, but after her whole family is murdered, ends up turning over to the dark side and is halfway-deposed after getting caught out. 

(Ruyi) - Main character Ruyi is step empress Nara. She has a tumultuous relationship with the lame asf Qianlong emperor. In this show, she is part of the Ula-Nara clan. She grew up with the Qianlong emperor.

(EmPal) - Only two consorts go on to accompany ZhenHuan past the end. My guess is that this one is supposed to be mother of Hongzhou, but as far as I can remember, she doesn't have any children in EmPal.

(StorYan) - Mother of Hongzhou and major antagonist in the first half, she kills yingluo's sister after hongzhou impregnates her, precipitating the events of StorYan.

I think this person doesn't appear in Ruyi

Hongzhou doesn't exist in EmPal

(StorYan) - perhaps it's giving this guy too much credit to call him an antagonist, but he's the vermin that raped Yingluo's sister prior to the start of the show. 

Hongzhou does exist here, but I can't find a pic of him. 

(Ruyi) Consort Gao