Beauty's Rival in Palace

2009-08-24T14:19:02Z

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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 and romance
*'''Episodes:''' 30
*'''Broadcast year:''' 2010

==Synopsis==

During the Early Western Han Dynasty, the young DouYiFang'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 taken 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 to 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 LiuHeng 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, LiuHeng 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 pinnicle of her power, she realised 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 other, 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 marvell; she is Empress Dou (Wen).

==Cast==
'''THE WOMEN'''
*[[Ruby Lin]] (林心如) as Dou Yi Fang / [[Wikipedia:Empress Dou (Wen)|Empress Dou]]
*[[Wang Li Kun]] (王麗坤) as Shen Er
*[[Yang Mi]] (楊冪) as Mo Xue Yuan
*[[Myolie Wu]] (胡杏儿) as Lu Yu
*[[Sun Fei Fei]] (孫菲菲) as Qing Ning
*[[Tammy Chen]] (陳怡蓉) as Li Mei Ren
*[[Dai Chun Rong]] (戴春榮) as [[Wikipedia:Empress Lü Zhi|Empress Dowager Lu]]
*[[Bai Shan]] (白珊) as Bo Ji [[Wikipedia:Empress Dowager Bo|Empress Dowager Bo]]
*[[Qi Wei]] (戚薇) as Princess Guan Tao
*[[Gao Yang]] (高洋) as Qiao Hui
*[[Deng Sha]] (鄧莎) as Miao Ren
*[[Zhou Mu Yin]] (周牧茵) as Zi Ran
*[[Zhang Tong]] (張彤) as Shen Bi Jun
*[[Tian Zi Tian]] (田子田) as Jin Se
*[[Lu Jia Rong]] (呂佳蓉) as Princess Lu Yuan
*[[He Miao]] (何苗) as Mi Yu
*[[Li Sha]] (李莎) as Mo Li

'''THE MEN'''
*[[Sammul Chan]] (陳鍵鋒) as Liu Heng / [[Wikipedia:Emperor Wen of Han|Emperor Wen]]
*[[Mickey He]] (何晟銘) as Zhou Ya Fu
*[[Luo Jin]] (羅晉) as Liu Ying
*[[Yan Kuan]] (嚴寬) as Liu Shao Kang
*[[Feng Shao Feng]] (馮紹峰) as Liu Zhang
*[[Frankie Lam]] as Jin Wang Sun
*[[Du Jun Ze]] (杜俊澤) as Lu Lu
*[[Gao Hao]] (高昊) as Liu Qi [[Wikipedia:Emperor Jing of Han|Emperor Jing]]
*[[Zhang Xiao Chen]] (張曉晨) as Liu Wu
*[[Li Yao Jing]] (李耀敬) as Tian Da Ye
*[[Ge Zi Ming]] (葛子明) as Tian Guo Chun
*[[Su Qing]] (苏青) as Zhang Yan
*[[Li Qin Qin]] as Jin Zhi
*[[Huang Hai Bing]] (黃海冰) as Nie Feng

'''THE CHILDREN'''
*[[Lin Miao Ke]] (林妙可) as young Dou Yi Fang
*[[Jiang Yi Yi]] (蔣依依) as young Nie Shen Er
*[[Zhang Xue Ying]] (张雪迎) as young Princess Guan Tao
*[[Dong Hui]] (董慧) as young Zhang Yan　

'''DOUBLE CASTING'''
*[[Ruby Lin]] (林心如) as Xiang Lian (Dou YiFang's Mother)
*[[Wang Li Kun]] (王麗坤) as Ping Hua (Shen Er's Mother)
*[[Wang Li Kun]] (王麗坤) as Wang Zhi
*[[Jiang Yi Yi]] (蔣依依) as young Wang Zhi
*[[Luo Jin]] (羅晉) as Unnamed

Source: [http://www.ruby-lin.com/forums Ruby Lin International Family] & [http://www.facebook.com/pages/-Mei-Ren-Xin-Ji/117855232422 Mei Ren Xin Ji on Facebook]

==Production Credits==
*'''Original writing:''' Novel ''Wei Yang, Chen Fu'' (未央沉浮)
*'''Original Novel (English Translation):''' ''[http://ruby-lin.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3025 Turbulence in the Empress's Palace]''
*'''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)

==External Links==
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/-Mei-Ren-Xin-Ji/117855232422 Mei Ren Xin Ji on FaceBook]
*[http://ent.sina.com.cn/f/v/mrxjvote/index.shtml Official Sina Website]
*[http://baike.baidu.com/view/2531450.htm Baidu baike]

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