Claim: Empress Ki is a series.

Empress Ki is a television series starring Ha Ji-won as the titular Empress Gi . It aired on MBC from October 28 , 2013 to April 29 , 2014 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 51 episodes .   The early working title was Hwatu -LRB- ; lit . `` Battle of Flowers '' -RRB- but the title was changed to prevent confusion with the similarly named playing cards .