Beauty's Rival in Palace
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- Title: 美人心计 / Mei Ren Xin Ji
- Also known as: Schemes of a Beauty
- Genre: Period drama, romance
- Episodes: 40
- Broadcast network: Shanghai TV
- Broadcast period: 2010-Mar-15
- Opening theme song: Luo Hua (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 杜云溪s mother was drawn into a palace conflict between Lu 皇后 (Yang Mi) and 薄夫人 resulted in her mother and 慎儿's parents being killed. When she grew up, she unexpectedly entered the palace with 慎儿 as 家人子. She displayed extraordinary talents with 1 example being when she arranged for Consort Zhou's child to be swapped under the care of 张皇后. Her intellects impressed Lu 太后and she was sent to marry the 代王 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 代王 to start training his army under the guise of building his grand ceremonial tomb. Some of the officials of 代王's court believed that she is bringing downfall to the kingdom, pleaded with 代王 to divorce and remove her from the 王后's position. But nonetheless, 代王 trusted her completely and never doubted her.
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 clear up the misunderstanding and get back 刘恒's attention, stop her children from killing one another, she weaved her womanly tactics and brains 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 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 as Bo Ji
- Myolie Wu as Lu Yu
- Li Sha as Mo Li
- Qi Wei as Princess Guan Tao
- Zhang Xue Ying as young Princess Guan Tao
- Dong Hui as young Zhang Yan
- Lv Jia Rong as Princess Lu Yuan
- Sun Fei Fei as Qing Ning
- Tammy Chen as Li Mei Ren
- Zhou Mu Yin as Zi Ran
- He Miao as Mi Yu
- Tian Zi Tian as Jin Se
- Zhang Meng as Wei Zi Fu
- Gong Mi as Chen A Jiao
- Lin Xing Chen (林星辰) as young Chen A Jiao
- Miao Luo Yi as Mo Yu Xiang
- Wang Jing Luan as Su Wen
- Zhang Xin Xin as Pei Xin
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 as Liu Qi
- Ma Rui Hao (马睿灏) as young Liu Qi
- Du Jun Ze as Lu Lu
- Zhang Xiao Chen as Liu Wu
- Mao Zi Jun 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
- Wang He Yu as Liu Xian
Production Credits
- Original writing: Novel Wei Yang, Chen Fu (未央沉浮) by Shun Jian Qing Cheng (瞬间倾城)
- Screenwriter: Yu Zheng
- Producer: Yu Zheng
- Director: Wu Jin Yuan, Liang Xin Quan (梁欣全), Chen Guo Hua (陈国华)
- Cinematographer: Zhang Zhi Wei (张志伟)
- Music: Li Ge (李戈)