Beauty's Rival in Palace
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Details
- Title: 美人心计 / Mei Ren Xin Ji
- Also known as: Schemes of a Beauty
- Genre: Historical period drama, romance
- Episodes: 40
- Broadcast network: 上海电视剧电视台
- Broadcast year: 2010-Mar-15
- Opening theme song: Hua Luo (落花) by Ruby Lin
- Ending theme song: Jiao Fang Dian (椒房殿) by Mickey He
Synopsis
During the early Western Han Dynasty, the young Dou YiFang's mother was drawn into a palace conflict which resulted in her entire family being executed. When she grew up, she unexpectedly entered the palace as a maid. She displayed extraordinary talents when she arranged for Consort Li's child to be swapped under the care of the Empress. Her intellects impressed the Empress Dowager, and she was ordered to marry the King of Dai so she could spy on them.
In order to rid the world of further sufferings under the regime, but at the same time earn the trust of Empress Dowager Lu, she suggested to her husband Liu Heng to start training his army under the guise of building his grand ceremonial tomb. People, believing that she was bringing downfall to the kingdom, pleaded for her to be put to death. But none the less, Liu Heng trusted her completely and subsequently made her his queen.
Their alliance finally led them to ascend to the throne of the glorious empire. But at the pinnacle of her power, she realized that her personal life was slipping away from her. In order to regain the love of her husband, in order to stop her children from killing one another, she weaved her womanly tactics to overcome every obstacle, and forged one of the golden ages in Chinese history known as the Rule of Wen and Jing. Her name is recorded in history, for us to marvel; she is Empress Dou of Wen.
Source: Ruby Lin International Family & Mei Ren Xin Ji on Facebook
Cast
- The Women
- Ruby Lin as Dou Yi Fang / Xian Liang (Dou Yi Fang's mother)
- Lin Miao Ke (林妙可) as young Dou Yi Fang
- Wang Li Kun as Nie Shen Er / Wang Zhi / Ping Hua (Shen Er's mother)
- Jiang Yi Yi as young Nie Shen Er and young Wang Zhi
- Yang Mi as Mo Xue Yuan
- Dai Chun Rong as Empress Dowager Lu
- Bai Shan (白珊) as Bo Ji
- Myolie Wu as Lu Yu
- Li Sha (李莎) as Mo Li
- Qi Wei as Princess Guan Tao
- Zhang Xue Ying (张雪迎) as young Princess Guan Tao
- Dong Hui (董慧) as young Zhang Yan
- Lu Jia Rong (呂佳蓉) as Princess Lu Yuan
- Sun Fei Fei as Qing Ning
- Tammy Chen as Li Mei Ren
- Zhou Mu Yin (周牧茵) as Zi Ran
- He Miao as Mi Yu
- Tian Zi Tian (田子田) as Jin Se
- Zhang Meng as Wei Zi Fu
- Gong Mi (贡米) as Chen A Jiao
- Lin Xin Chen (林星辰) as young Chen A Jiao
- The Men
- Sammul Chan as Liu Heng
- Mickey He as Zhou Ya Fu
- Luo Jin as Liu Ying
- Feng Shao Feng as Liu Zhang
- Gao Hao (高昊) as Liu Qi
- Ma Rui Hao (马睿灏) as young Liu Qi
- Du Jun Ze (杜俊澤) as Lu Lu
- Zhang Xiao Chen as Liu Wu
- Mao Zi Jun (茅子俊) as Liu Che
- Yan Kuan as Liu Shao Kang
- Frankie Lam as Jin Wang Sun
- Others
- Zhang Tong as Shen Bi Jun
- Lee Yiu Ging as Tian Da Ye
- Ge Zi Ming (葛子明) as Tian Guo Chun
- Huang Hai Bing as Nie Feng
- Li Qin Qin as Jin Zhi
- Deng Xi Bin (邓细斌) as Wang Yuan
Production Credits
- Original writing: Novel Wei Yang, Chen Fu (未央沉浮) by Xiao Qi Ying (萧清漪)
- Screenwriter: Yu Zheng
- Producer: Yu Zheng
- Director: Wu Jin Yuan (吴锦源), Liang Xin Quan (梁欣全), Chen Guo Hua (陈国华)
- Cinematographer: Zhang Zhi Wei (张志伟)
- Music: Li Ge (李戈)