Yanxi Palace stars Wu Jinyan and Hong Yao announce their marriage

Chinese stars Wu Jinyan and Hong Yao are married. On Friday (Sep 13), both Story Of Yanxi Palace stars took to their Weibo to announce the good news.

"We collected these today," wrote Wu as she shared their marriage licence photo and a picture of their marriage certificate. 

Hong Yao shared the same images, along with this message: "We got married today."

According to reports, Wu Jinyan and Hong Yao met on the set of the 2018 period drama, where Wu starred as palace maid-turned-empress Wei Yingluo.

Hong, on the other hand, played the dastardly Hong Zhou aka Prince He, who raped Yingluo's sister, and had a hand in her death.

While Wu Jinyan and Hong Yao's marriage announcement came as a surprise, the actors, who also worked on Chinese drama Standardised Life together, have been rumoured to be an item for years. 

Their relationship first made the news in 2019 when Hong Yao accidentally posted a photo of him and Wu Jinyan looking very chummy.

He quickly deleted it though it caused speculation that they were dating.

In 2020, Wu and Hong were spotted together in Sanya and their behaviour suggested they were more than just friends.

Both stars, however, did not respond to any of the rumours at that time.

Last year, paparazzi spotted Wu returning to her home in Hengdian after work one night. Her assistant was seen pointing at an empty parking lot, which the paparazzi claimed was Hong Yao's.

Wu was then photographed walking into her apartment.

Not long after, Hong Yao, who was at a dinner with his friends, was seen driving into the same building and entering the same unit as Wu.

This immediately sparked rumours that Wu Jinyan and Hong Yao were cohabitating.

However, as there were no pictures of the stars together, netizens brushed the matter off until now when their relationship was finally made public. 

This story was originally published in 8Days.

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