The characters of The Confidant, a 2012 Hong Kong television drama produced by TVB, are both fictional and real-life characters living during the reign of the Tongzhi Emperor, the tenth emperor of the Qing Dynasty. The drama is a dramatisation on the life of imperial eunuch Li Lianying, one of the most powerful figures of the latter years of the Qing Dynasty.

Main characters

Imperial eunuchs

Character names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Palace maids

Character names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Royal Aisin-Gioro clan

Character names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Secondary characters