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Details

Title: 锦绣未央 / Jin Xiu Wei Yang
English title: The Princess Weiyoung
Genre: Historical, Romance
Episodes: 54
Viewership ratings: peak=2.494%, average=1.483% (Dragon TV), 1.345% (BTV) [1]
Broadcast network: Dragon TV, Beijing TV
Broadcast period: 2016-Nov-11 to 2016-Dec-9
Air time: 19:30
Opening theme song: If Heaven Has Compassion (天若有情) by A-Lin (黄丽玲)
Ending theme song: Gifted (天赋) by Tiffany Tang and Luo Jin

Synopsis

During the chaotic Northern and Southern Dynasties, in Northern Liang's royal family lived a princess named Feng Xin'er who was kind, carefree, and loved by all. A marshal from the Chiyun clan of Northern Wei takes it upon himself to overrun Northern Liang for his greed and turned it into a bloodbath, killing almost the entire royal family forcing the princess to be left on her own.

Li Weiyang, the daughter of the Prime Minister of Northern Wei, shielded the princess from harm. However, Weiyang dies protecting Xin'er due to the fact that the Chiyun family is not pleased when it is time to recall her back to their family manor, and the latter assumes Weiyang's identity to reside in her home, where she is disliked and shunned by Li Changle and her mother. She thus took it upon herself to fight against the Chiyun clan and unexpectedly became entangled with Northern Wei's prince, Tuoba Jun. She also attracts the eye of the other prince-Tuoba Yu who sees her as a chess piece to his ultimate aim of being Emperor. Through her struggles, she gains wisdom and is finally able to find peace for her family and live true to her heart with her love-Tuoba Jun.

Cast

Main

Actor	Role	Notes
Tiffany Tang	Li Weiyoung / Feng Xin'er	The kind-hearted princess of Northern Liang who by chance assumes the identity of Weiyoung. After her kingdom is destroyed, she took on the identity of "Li Weiyoung". Using her intelligence, wit and determination; she survives the schemes thrown at her by her new family, as well as the political machinations of the Imperial family.
Luo Jin	Tuoba Jun (Prince Gaoyang)	Bright, sunny, compassionate, Tuoba Jun is the Emperor's favorite grandson. As a result, he is targeted by the Emperor's sons, Tuoba Han and Tuoba Yu. However, he doesn’t care about royal politics. His sincerity and unwavering love towards Weiyoung despite her desire for revenge makes her fall for him.
Van Ness Wu	Tuoba Yu (Prince Nanan)	Cunning, ruthless and cold-blooded, Tuoba Yu's greatest ambition is to become the Emperor and rule the world. He is attracted by Weiyoung's intelligence and wit, and plans to use her as a chess piece to realize his ambitions. However, he soon falls for her as she is the only one who can help him overcome his childhood trauma.
Mao Xiao Tong	Li Changru	Daughter of the 2nd lady of Li Family. She has liked Tuoba Yu since she was young. Having been oppressed and overshadowed by her elder cousin Li Changle, she turns vengeful and seeks to topple her cousin. She hides her hypocritical and scheming nature behind her weak and delicate appearance. She pretends to treat Wei Young sincerely, although in fact she did it just to gain her own favors. She had her own evil schemes and betrayed Wei Young in the end. She eventually becomes pregnant with Tuoba Yu's child.
Li Xin Ai	Li Changle	Daughter of Chiyun Rou and Li Xiaoran. Known as the #1 beauty in the capital province, she is arrogant and selfish, believing that no woman is better than her. The appearance of Li Weiyoung makes her insecure and jealous. She seeks to get rid of Weiyang and marry Tuoba Jun whom she has had a crush on since young.

Supporting

People in the palace

Actor	Role	Notes
Canti Lau	Tuoba Tao	Ruler of Northern Wei. Tuoba Jun's grandfather, Tuoba Yu and Tuoba Han's father.
Liu Mei Hua	Empress of Northern Wei
Ding Zi Ling	Lu Zhaoyi	Tuoba Tao's concubine and Tuoba Yu's mother.
Wang Yu Jing	Tuoba Huang	The former Crown Prince, Tuoba Jun's deceased father.
Xu Rong Zhen	Crown Princess	Tuoba Jun's mother.
Zhang Tian Yang	Tuoba Han (Prince Dongping)	A scheming and greedy man who has his eyes set on the throne.
Chen Yu Qi	Tuoba Di (9th Princess)	A playful and kind-hearted woman who falls in love with Li Minde, and constantly chases after him.
Hou Rui Xiang	Zong Ai	The Emperor's personal eunuch who is actually Tuoba Yu's underling.
Meng Fei	Gao Yun
Rui Wei Hang	Cheng De	Tuoba Jun's sidekick, Jun Tao's love interest.
Wu Hong	Cheng An
Zhang Yuechi	Jiang Zuo
Guan Shan	Qiu Yi

Li Household

Actor	Role	Notes
Wang Li Yuan	Old Granny Li
Bai Fan	Li Xiaoran	Prime Minister of Northern Wei. Head of Li household.
Lily Tien	Chiyun Rou	1st lady of the Li family. Li Changle and Li Minfeng's birth mother. An evil woman who conspires to kill Weiyang so that she will not overshadow Chang Le.
Hu Cai Hong	Wen Weiyi	2nd lady of the Li Family. Li Changru and Li Changxi's birth mother.
Wang Wan Juan	Zhou Xuemei	3rd lady of the Li Family. Li Minde's adoptive mother.
Liu Jie	7th concubine	Li Weiyoung's birth mother.
Nan Fu Long	Li Minfeng	Eldest son of the Li family. He is power-hungry and manipulative.
Peng Dou Dou	Li Changxi	4th young lady of the Li family. She likes to eat, and often sucks up to Li Chang le.
Zhou Mei Yi	Chun Ming	Chiyun Rou's personal servant and accomplice.
Mu Le En	Bai Zhi	Li Weiyang's loyal servant.
Tian Yi Xi	Zi Yan	Li Weiyoung's personal servant. She was seduced by Li Minfeng, and betrayed Li Weiyoung.
Chang Shi Xin	Tan Xiang	Li Changle's personal servant
Peng Ying Ying	Cui'er
Jin Po Han	Rong'er	Li Changru's loyal servant.
Zhu Xing Yu	Ping An

Chiyun Household

Actor	Role	Notes
Tang Jia Yang	Old Granny Chiyun
Jin Han	Chiyun Nan	Great general of Northern Wei, Chiyun Rou's nephew. He plotted and framed King Hexi of Northern Liang for rebellion in order to satisfy his greed. He eventually works for Tuoba Yu after he saves his life.
Li Xiao Bing	Chiyun Si
Zhang Sheng Hao	Chiyun Wei
Yang Zu Qing	Hong Luo	Chiyun Nan's faithful follower who is in love with him.

Northern Liang

Actor	Role	Notes
Leanne Liu	Queen Dowager	Feng Xin'er's grandmother.
Tan Kai	King Hexi	Feng Xin'er's father. He was framed for staging a coup and killed by Chiyun Nan.
Sun Wei	Uncle Ming	Jun Tao's father and head of the royal guards. He killed by Chiyun Nan
Wang Yan Zhi	Jun Tao	Feng Xin'er's royal bodyguard. She later continues to stay by her side as a confidante, after Xin'er assumed Weiyoung's identity. She is Cheng De's love interest.

Rou Ran

Actor	Role	Notes
Liang Zhen Lun	Li Minde / Prince Yuan Lie	Crown Prince of Rou Ran. He was adopted as the 2nd young master of Li Family by Zhou Xuemei. He likes Weiyoung initially, but later falls for Tuoba Di.
Wang Wei	Princess An Le	Yuan Lie's younger sister.
Li Ang	General Jiao	Minister of Rou Ran Kingdom. He secretly trails and protects Li Minde / Yuan Lie.

Others

Actor	Role	Notes
Li Yi Xiao	Li Weiyoung (real)
Dai Chunrong	Madame Liu	Li Weiyoung's care taker.

Soundtrack

If Heaven Has Compassion (天若有情) – A-Lin
Heavenly Gift (天赋) – Tiffany Tang and Luo Jin
Next Life (來生) – Li Qi
Fate Because of Me (緣因我) – Jin Han
Growing Old Interdependently (白首相依) – Jin Chi and Sun Bolun
Illuminating Jade Treasury of Wisdom (玉燭寶典) – Cui Zige

Production Credits

Original writing: Shu Nv You Du / The Bastard Daughter is Poisonous (庶女有毒) by Qin Jian (秦简)
Director: Li Hui Zhu (李慧珠)
Screenwriter: Cheng Ting Yu (程婷钰)
Producer: Wang Ying (王莹)
Company: Croton Media, Yuehua Entertainment, Feng Jing Media

External Links

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 ==Synopsis==
-During the chaotic Northern and Southern Dynasties, in Northern Liang's royal family lived a princess named Feng Xin'er who was kind, carefree, and loved by all. A marshal from the Chiyun clan of [[Northern Wei]] takes it upon himself to overrun Northern Liang for his greed and turned it into a bloodbath, killing almost the entire royal family forcing the princess to be left on her own.
+During the chaotic Northern and Southern Dynasties, in Northern Liang's royal family lived a princess named Feng Xin'er who was kind, carefree, and loved by all. A marshal from the Chiyun clan of Northern Wei takes it upon himself to overrun Northern Liang for his greed and turned it into a bloodbath, killing almost the entire royal family forcing the princess to be left on her own.
 Li Weiyang, the daughter of the Prime Minister of Northern Wei, shielded the princess from harm. However, Weiyang dies protecting Xin'er due to the fact that the Chiyun family is not pleased when it is time to recall her back to their family manor, and the latter assumes Weiyang's identity to reside in her home, where she is disliked and shunned by Li Changle and her mother. She thus took it upon herself to fight against the Chiyun clan and unexpectedly became entangled with Northern Wei's prince, Tuoba Jun. She also attracts the eye of the other prince-Tuoba Yu who sees her as a chess piece to his ultimate aim of being Emperor. Through her struggles, she gains wisdom and is finally able to find peace for her family and live true to her heart with her love-Tuoba Jun.