Dali Princess
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Details
- Title: 大理公主 / Da Li Gong Zhu
- Also Know As: Dali Princess
- Broadcast Year: 2006
- Number of Episodes: 30
Synopsis
On the eve of the 1911 Revolution, a time of troubles, Nan Shan Zhuang owner Duan Muhai is making preparations for the fire/flare festival. Muhai is very wealthy. With the help of the Qing government looting people's wealth, his family lives in extravagance. Muhai's favorite is the youngest daughter Ai Yue, a bright and intelligent girl. She is very understanding towards others, but is very clear on the lines of love and hate. Ai Yue is not like other family members always ordering people around, shouting at the servants. Enmity develops between Ai Yue and servant girl Ah-Xi due to a small matter. Ah-Xi is a silly girl. No matter the time of day, she likes to dance, sing, and have fun. Her singing influenced Ai Yue, and Ai Yue becomes mischievous with Ah-Xi. At the fire/flare festival are two handsome, bright young fellows named Liu Bo En and Long Chulai, the four young people after meeting each other, get along very quickly.
Ai Yue gradually falls for Bo En, but she's too proud and unwilling to reveal her feelings. Because she is reluctant, Ah-Xi gets the opportunity to be with him. Ah-Xi is passionately in love with Bo En. Long Chulai admires Ai Yue, but because of his ugly looks he keeps it to himself and can only secretly love Ai Yue.
Once the 1911 Revolution erupts, Muhai's family meets hard times, Bo En is assigned to Beijing, and Ai Yue is forced to fulfill a childhood marriage contract - but is sold by her heartless husband to a notorious opium lord, Wang Kun. Unexpectedly, the ruthless Wang Kun is moved by Ai Yue's Sandao tea, and begins a friendship with Ai Yue. He also finances Ai Yue's tea garden.
Muhai suddenly dies, putting the heavy burden of the Duan family on Ai Yue's shoulders. On one hand, she has to develop the tea garden, and on the other she has to subside internal friction. For a while she is mentally and physically exhausted. Fortunately, Ah-Xi and Long Chulai come out to help her. As time wears on, Ai Yue developes a subtle feeling for Long Chulai, that cannot be categorized as neither love nor friendship.
The tea garden is becoming a success, causing Sandao tea to become a local trademark. The members of the Daun family, under Ai Yue's training, each learn survival skills. They are no longer useless people who only eat and drink. At the same time Bo En returns, but Ai Yue discovers that her relationship with Ah-Xi has grown apart.
In 1915, Yuan Shi Kai proclaims himself the new emperor. The movement to protect the country starts in Yunnan. Ai Yue donates a massive amount of money to help the new army bring down Yuan Shi Kai. Long Chulai and Bo En join the movement together, heading off to Yixing. The new army defeats the northern army in the famous "Battle of Lu Na," but news about Bo En's death is transmitted from the front.
Ai Yue and Ah-Xi continue to manage the tea garden, and both of them reconcile. Ai Yue unconditionally gives the tea garden to all the workers. As time passes, people start to forget the name of Ai Yue, and only know that she comes from Dali. Thus, they call her "Dali Princess."
Credits to SPCNET.TV
Cast
- Ruby Lin as Ai Yue
- Liu Tao as Ah-Xi
- Gao Bao Bao as Yan Chahua
- Wang Ban as Liu Bo En
- Fan Zhi Qi as Duan Muhai
- Jin Shun Tzu as Zhao Baozhu