The drama was mainly shot in Hengdian Ming and Qing Palace Scenic Area, which built the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Ganqingmen Square, Gan Qing Palace, Kunning Palace, Shufangzhai, Chengtianmen, Wumen, hall of mental cultivation, Ministry of War and Liu Xi Palace in the Forbidden City according to the ratio of 1.
However, the building of Hengdian is imitation, and the details are not as exquisite as those of the Forbidden City. Moreover, most of the palaces in the Forbidden City, such as Ningshou Palace and Dongliugong, are not imitations. Kanluoji was taken at Jietai Temple in Jingxi, Beijing.
Yuanmingyuan, one of the places in Empresses in the Palace:
Yuanmingyuan can be said to be the last location shot by Empresses in the Palace in Beijing. The main shooting scene is in the skating rink south of Jianbi Pavilion.
In the play, An Lingrong lost his beautiful voice because he was killed, and it was here that he performed a wonderful ice dance and regained his favor. In the play, Yuanmingyuan is the favorite summer resort of the emperor and empress. Although most of the scenes of Yuanmingyuan in the play were shot in the Grand View Garden, the framing on the ice lake of Yuanmingyuan also gave the audience a new understanding of it.