So you can imagine what the creep does next. Yes Liancheng is abusive but this woman, she so craves contact with his skin that she provokes him into hitting her. I am however perplexed how such a character can survive in a palace with her talkative nature and the fact she talks back, no matter who that person is. Showed little affection? Compare this to Meng Qixing, Qiyous full blood brother who in the most important time abandoned Qiyou and even wanted Qiyou dead. But first, let me say why I love this series. My favourite scenes of hers is every time she has an argument with Liancheng, that look of utter disbelief her son would defy her for no good reason was classic. This show has a strange way of turning rational persons into fan girls. I am fan girling. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. Since this is not his love story. What more can I say? But I feel by that time the series was about to end and whatever character development, it just didnt matter anymore. The fact he did made him a villain and yet I am sure viewers will be incapable of hating him because by that point he is such a pitiful man you just feel sorry for him. He is a fantastic actor but his problem is his death scene is too long. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. She walks in and out like it is some hotel and even had sex with him. What she doesnt know is, Liancheng was forced to marry Xiangyun and Xiangyun pushed Fuya down the cliff. To make herself the prettiest of all, she cast those lesser in beauty although from what Xiangyun said, on paper she is supposed to be the most beautiful woman in the land of Chu. The one factor I love most is the males headgear which I wrote about here (19.03.2012) . Yes he had to marry the woman she wanted him to marry but the initial wedding was a trick, if he had known he would have rejected her outright. But even if she didnt love Yan Kuans character, she might never have fallen for Wallaces either. Fuya's friend, executed for being a spy. Liancheng is not easy person to like at all and what he did to Fuya is wrong without any reason at all. It involves you, it engages you, it makes you wonder and it makes you feel for certain core characters which is what it is meant to do. 29. However the lyrics to all songs are meaningful and well written with memorable melody. She plays her as someone who loves her husband so much and yet is so disappointed in him. It is such a pity the writer just doesnt know what to do with Qiyou after a while. She is terribly annoying and she plays her part well. However only in rare circumstances should dubbed voice be used and with Kara Hui, it magnified her excellent performance. However whilst you can blame her for making a total mess out of the series towards the end, my gut feeling is the director and the person editing fell asleep on the job. She didnt kill anyone; but many died for her. He has this beautiful looking face and his acting as Han Ming is ok. Basically he doesnt have much to do. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine (2011) Drama 45m User Score Overview Ma Fuya is a princess of the Chu state in 10th-century imperial China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. A story that follows Zhu Yuan Zhang's fourth son, Zhu Di, who fought many battles from a young age that aided him in his journey to become a qualified military commander ondemandchina.com. Anyway this character as he goes along shows his heart of gold. Why he hates his mother, and yet protects her and yet feels disgusted at having to do that and yet felt obligated? Most often asked question by meMa Fuya, why wont you love him back?. Sun Xi as Muo Chou is kind of a pointless character. But when it comes to personal lives, Liancheng is a luckier man except on his wedding night he should have asked his mom Exactly which princess of Chu am I marrying? because if he had, no drama. Best action(s)Lianxi and his trademark furrowed look. I bet anyone who watches this series will feel pity for Kara Hui and that is why she alone will be the reason why I highly recommend this series. Manage Settings She does display all the necessary traits of Liansi the character. As her first production, Lin invited almost all the actors herself, most of whom she had collaborated before, including Dai Chunrong and Miao Haojun in, Ruby Lin's "Glamorous Imperial Concubine" Off To Strong Start, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Glamorous_Imperial_Concubine&oldid=1149479041, , . Fuya and Xiangyun are supposed to be great dancers but there is nothing graceful. The only murder she did, which she rightfully did was killing her no good brother of hers when she should also kill herself because she let this evil bastard into her life and thus doomed Qiyou and Liansi. I mean I hate Ma Fuya too but Ma Xiangyun is just one nasty woman. Quite an elegant performance even if rather.. underused. For Fuya, she feels suffocated with him, and yet when she tenderly touches him when he doesnt notice it, you will think perhaps if if he had saved her first when she first came to Nothern Han, they could have been a beautiful couple. CharactersLiu Lianxi is Lianchengs half brother but he loves this half brother like blood brother. Why the woman with so much lipstick and yet the man after some hot kissing still looks bubblegum pretty on his lips? Competent on a good day, terribly inadequate in most and absolutely horrid on her worst day. It boils down to one problem, to me at least; I find no sincerity in Rubys performance. But the dubber chosen for Wallace has a similar voice as Wallace, except accent is more neutral. I can still remember her scene flogging Yan Kuan and it looked so real that it hurts but you can also feel her anger that her son would love the other woman more than he loves her. Yes he is creepy, this series has the distinction of having the most creepy villain which makes this series sorta unique and I bet you will be shocked at the Liansi scene I have mentioned. Her characters almost always come off as pretentious or rather to be exact, meant well but destroys things in the end. Opening theme song: Qing Shi Huang Fei () by Ruby Lin. Ma Fuya is a princess of the Chu state in 10th-century China. I was in fact rather shocked with her looks when she was in prison, about to be executed. She just appears to be an obstacle for Qiyou and Fuya and by which time the series have already gone one circle over beloved woman vs not beloved woman that is in Nothern Han. Cast Ruby Lin as Ma Fu Ya / Pan Yu (Lady Yuan) They have similiar backgrounds and rejection but between them, Liancheng is the luckier one. 2011 -2011. I like to think at the end they married one another. Sun Xi as Mo Chou. I feel the series is left down as much as by the story as it is by the shoddy editing. CharacterThere are plenty of hot men in this series and when I say hot men, even the old ones are handsome. I dont know but this scene correctly shows us how it is done. Can see more of him in the new water margin drama that was released last year. No one does it better, and he did everything with style. Liu Tao I believe is the actress who plays Qiyous courtesan/mistress. In fact if I nitpick I can point out the flaws, many of them and he has a tendency to overact in certain scenes. Broadcast period: 2011-Sep-30 start. This is a classic example of a story that just couldnt go on logically. She is in demand. I really dont know why I hated her so. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine _ Chinese Drama English Sub_ DVD PAL All Region. Mao Zijun as Ma Duyun is actually quite a competent actor. First, she is the producer, of course she would cast herself and she is sorta famous on TV. Only Yan Kuan of all the actors I have seen can vomit blood so elegantly, so beautifully, so effectively. when Liancheng hit her? I didnt like this series because of Rubys character. If you dont love someone, you dont love someone. Liu Zi Jiao as Liansi is competent. But on screen, somehow her personality is dimmed, sometimes she seems like a total airhead when I know she isnt, giving me an impression she is not terribly bright and she almost always manages to make you hate the character she plays, save for Zhiwei which you will hate in part 2 later on. Starring Ruby Lin with Kevin Yan and Wallace Huo, it was Lin's producing debut. And in the end even his death was so meaningless and uneventful; trying to save Fuya, he got struck by arrows and fell into the lake. I cant fault her in all that. You dont hear her real voice, but you will see the way her lips bite her tongue and I suspect she must have gone for perfect diction sort of delivering her lines. He sends her away out of affection, not wanting her embroiled in the political struggle but as she sees it, she isnt even fit to die for him or with him like Fuya will. She is a conflicted woman. If you do that you will miss out Yan Kuan and the amazing Kara Hui, where when theyre together, there is so much tension, so much pain, so much regret, I could have write on and on about those scenes. Fuyas unborn child was killed by Duyun who pressed hard onto her stomach when she was semi conscious. Broadcast network: Hunan TV. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine <> also known as Qing Shi Huang Fei or Introduction Of A Princess Mainland China Drama, 2011 Genre: Historical Fiction Number of Episodes: 44 Title Means Basically, The Drop Dead Gorgeous Imperial Concubine, Qing Shi to describe a woman so gobsmackingly beautiful. Poor woman. I find Fuyas treatment of Liancheng like as if she is using him. Of course when Du Fei Hong died, Qiyou became bland, because he was only concerned with Ma Fuya and the love aspect. He allowed her to visit Qiyou and guess what? You could read my post by post in my errr post since if I were to write a recap this review will be too long. The last reason is simply because this series for the most part has memorable characters which are almost well written but because it is also rather long, the momentum is lost towards the end. Whilst Fuya loves him, she had to leave him too due to political reasons, twice she had to do so. One more is the wedding night kissing scene. Qixing effectively killed himself when he ran straigh into Qiyous sword when he was charging at Qiyou. The joke is she killed the man she loved. Next day I watched the next episode, indeed he is dead. But of the 3, Qiu Shuang being the youngest and playing the youngest that is Qixing is the best. Movies . In other happier scenes with his beloved Fuya, Wallace shows his tenderness and yet you can see in his little gestures, his eyes, his face that he knows this woman doesnt love him. You may like the earthy colours of Chu (more Han), or the burst of colour of Shu (more Ming) or like me, the blue tones of Northern Han (more Korean). However that big reconciliation scene I was hoping for never materialise. He lets her do whatever she wants as long as she stays with him and it is in those gentle scenes that I feel more sorry for Liu Liancheng because it is a lost cause. HDTV is not for him in those scenes. Ruby definitely populated this series with the good looking ones who surprise surprise, can act very well. In this time of warring kingdoms and political upheaval, Fuya's uncle usurps the throne and brutally kills her father. I dont really watch a lot of her series. But weaker doesnt mean bad. However her character is supposed to illicit sympathy with her tragic end but I feel rather cold towards her because she made things so difficult that would have to be her end. Selfish, vain and as bitter as anyone else, she hated Ma Fuya. So when I saw the preview, I heard about the high ratings for this series and I saw Ruby, I decided to watch for the sake of watching until a few minutes into episode 1, this beautiful man appears and oh how my heart flutters. Towards the end she suddenly becomes crazy and murderous (though she snapped out of it in 1 episode) that I find totally out of character and I was in disbelief; I thought she is just pretending. It was beyond that of a father to daughter thing. The new drama will feature the same co-producer and scriptwriter from Light the Night. And her I want to revive Chu Kingdom comes and goes as and when she finds convenient. Oh how I so wanted this Yun Zhu to die. One point I do like to point out which is notable but not logical (and you may say so many men fall for Ruby is not logical, but for me that is perfectly logical) is the sex scene between Qiyou and Fuya at Northern Han. I would have cringed if another lesser actor portrayed this role and to see him crawl to that hated she-devil Ma Fuya begging for forgiveness, my blood boiled. of episodes I watched.Best thing about the drama for me is Wallace Huo! But for a potentially disgusting character, Wallace gave Liu Liancheng layers that he slowly peels and sometimes you see the worst of him and yet sometimes you see the best of him and most often than not, he gave such a layered performance that you will start wondering why Liu Liancheng is the way he is. In this time of warring kingdoms and political upheaval, Fuya's uncle usurps the throne, and brutally wipes out her family. 1:36:04. If it is the handsomeness of the guys, no worries, theyre all hot. His stepmother he realises never trusted him. Anyway, I just feel the need to speak up for Qiyou/ Yuan Kun as too much has been raved about Lian Cheng/Wallace I am kidding. In this time of warring kingdoms and political upheaval, Fuya's uncle usurps the throne and brutally kills her father. I know the answer. So the question is before. Liancheng may have died at Xianguns hands but it was because he had to protect Fuya. (Ruby Lin), the beautiful princess of the Kingdom of Chu, who seeks to take revenge and revive her perished state. And poor Qiyou, not even Fuya, RUNNN!!!!!. She makes decision for Qiyou without first asking him. It is the only time he ever talked to her, only time he ever touched her. He has epic eyebrows, beautifully shaved I suppose you can say that. She succeeds. Best performance of the year and definitely the best performance in this series. No doubt Empress Dowager Dugu loves Liancheng. In one night, her kingdom perished under the hands of the manipulative Ma Yi Fang, Fuyas uncle. Lianxi became my favourite character when Liancheng died because everything he does after that was for Liancheng, and he I suppose became a better ruler. For Forbidden City concubines in imperial China, beauty was more a curse than a blessing. Ma Fuya is a princess of the Chu state in 10th-century imperial China during . Lending support to wife Ruby Lins production, it has been 2 years since the actor last appeared onscreen! She actually left her that way. However I did not like this character at first when he seems overly concerned over Fuya. FU!! This page was last edited on 12 April 2023, at 14:12. Mesmerising eyes. After her evil uncle Jing entraps her, Princess Fuya is deemed guilty of a felony and is sentenced to be beheaded. i knw.. kara should be gven better roles in tvb. I do have a question, because in your review you state that you dont understand why Fuya wont love Wallaces character but didnt he kill her father? No mother and child have such magnified problems than this pair. Such words are interchangeable between the 2. Her casting decision, if it is all her own is nothing short of impeccable and accurate for all the veterans and male actors, although she falters as to the younger female, probably because she doesnt want attention to be taken away from her. Qiu Shuang as Meng Qixing, Third prince of Shu. Poor Liancheng cuckolded. Although he has ulterior motives and uses Fuya as a political tool, he falls in love with her and secretly protects her from danger. It is like she appears just so to be Qiyous confidant companion and of course she is quickly forgotten when Fuya appears. He seems cold and evil but you cant deny these brothers are very very close. This is a man who understands love but doesnt know how to love properly as opposed to Meng Qiyou. The series in the end explains it is because she wanted to divert her husbands attention away from Qiyou. But I feel if those episodes were not edited out and we see Lian Cheng as in the book version, I will find him disgusting. You can hear that in Huan Zhu Gege which gave her performance an edge over others. He had to marry a woman he did not love. She is just the weird white haired extra faithful servant of Empress Du. She has the grace, the elegance to play a princess. He hates her, but in the end she is his mother and so there is still that bond there. Liancheng on the other hand became an emperor earlier, whilst he is officially advised by his mother, he never quite listen to her. He will be the 2nd reason why I highly recommend this series. E10 All episodes Cast & crew IMDbPro All topics Episode #1.10 Episode aired Oct 9, 2011 YOUR RATING Rate Drama History Romance Add a plot in your language Directors George San-Chuen Leung Feng Lin Xixi Gao (artistic director) Writers Yan'er Murong (story) Yingjun Zhang (screenplay) Stars Ruby Lin Yikuan Yan Fuyas mother is forgettable but the actress is elegant. Here he has more role. is there a cantonese version, otherwise i wont watch it. Synopsis. 2. Fuya must now be Lianchengs concubine whilst think of ways to rescue Qiyou and return to Shu, even if it meant sharing Qiyou with another woman, Liansi. Like he is a crushed man. Miao Haojun as Hua Ziqiao, eunuch Hua of Chu. But the accent is again neutral. Her problem is her character was like an afterthought. If it is the story, better not. PerformanceI am under no illusion that Wallace Huo is not the greatest actor ever. He hated her but for his brother, he put up with her and in the end when he realised she died for him, all hatred forgiven. And Lianxi loves Liancheng and would do anything for him. So she did many things. Her hee hee hee laughter got old very quick and it was annoying to the point every time she appeared I know when she will hee hee hee and I just pushed the mute button. True but she only find that out almost at the end of Lianchengs life. But since I met Wallace Huo first and fell in love at first sight, my heart has always been with Liu Liancheng, through good or bad times. No comment on this character which is sorta pointless and no comment on the actress whom I feel looks rather weird but gave a credible performance. On her journey, she is caught up in the affections of two supreme rulers, Qi You (Yan Kuan), the ruler of the Kingdom of Shu, and Lian Cheng (Wallace Huo), the ruler of the . I swear every time I see his arms around Ruby Lin, it just felt weird. Qiyun becomes emperor of Shu and marries no one we know of. I am sure Wallace has his background at the back of his mind when acting in certain ways, such background not available to us viewers since the snip snip happy editing and all. It is to me the same complex problem as posed by TVB male characters wearing jackets even in the house or the fact that female characters never let go of their handbags, ever. It took some time for her to appear but when she does, her character kept getting better and better and she filled the void Liancheng left behind and when she died, basically this series died along because the other characters were not interesting enough to dominate or sustain a scene. PerformancesGenerally, pretty good supporting performances by all 3, even if Tony Yang looks weird as some poison sect chieftain look. He is cold only because he pretends to be. The story may suck after a while, Ruby Lin an eyesore when it comes to acting, many actors simply will not do such as Hong Xiaoling who is an even worse eyesore than Ruby Lin, it is still a commendable effort by 1st time producer Ruby Lin who gave us some interesting casting decision that is what drives this series in the end. Because Mao Zijun as Ma Duyun is simply not interesting enough to hold my attention. 2nd place is Wallace Huo. The alternate English titles, Introduction of the Princess and Princess Dumping World, are nothing . But why I love Wallace Huo in those scenes is because whilst he doesnt hold back in his aggression, I cant hate him, mainly because Ma Xiangyun asked for it (oh let me explain that later!) Wallacehe is just too pretty for me to really take seriously, I dont know why. You can say she did good things for him but the truth is if Liancheng understands love but doesnt know how to love properly, Xiangyun is someone who thinks she understands love but in the end her sort of love is those that you dont want. I suppose if you must have a weird guy that is Lianxi, then you must have weird girl, Muo Chou. The success of this character is due to one factor and one factor only; the amazing brilliant performance of Kara Hui who became the driving force of this series for the story in Shu. And for all the reasons above, I highly recommend this series to you. I shall say as a producer, Ruby was exemplary in her taste in costumes, her picks in the actors and the locations. Kang Qunzhi as Lin Muyi, Empress of Chu. Maybe in part it is Ruby Lin's fault. The MIA is Muo Chou. He studies the art of poison and did many things to help Liancheng. Her favourite lineMA!!!.. He is that beautiful and his performance whilst not spectacular and perfect, it is great enough to leave a lasting impression. Friday, October 28, 2011 Qing Shi Huang Fei (The Glamorous Imperial Concubine) Synopsis Fu Ya was an exiled princess who married three ambitious kings. And so starts her bitterness. But yet somehow you get the feeling of a desperate soul trapped in a desperately unhappy situation and later on in a worser still circumstances; marrying the woman you know hurt the woman you love and so you hate that woman, unable to accept her. She is too old for her character and I find her performance as like her character, just pretty one dimensional. He is NOT dead because even the maid had a more spectacular death with some monologue. Later on in the series, you will see interactions with his mother, the Empress Dowager and believe me when I say he is the King of Retorts. I would recommend that you watch this series from start to finish just so you know what I am talking about but if you must skip, skip the last 5 episodes or so. But poor Lian Cheng, no matter what he does, he may have Fuyas person, but he will never have her heart, the one thing he wants more than anything else. In other words, almost everyone in some ways die because of the Mas, the 3 unluckiest stars in the skies or as we say sou pa sing. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Fu Ya bravely takes on the quest of avenging her family and restoring her kingdom, no matter the cost. She has never been a good actress. I was like seriously? Liancheng dies shielding Fuya from the arrow by Xiangyun. South China Morning Post. Fair comments? Look, I am no fan of Ruby Lins acting, but it is understandable she should cast herself as the leading actress since she is the producer. Concubine Han died by poison from Fuya. As she hides in Shu, the crown prince of Northern Han, Liu Liancheng who has an unrequited love for Fuya, searches for her desperately. So off was her key it would have been galaxies away before you can find the correct key. It felt like a repeat for whatever she would do next. I weep at the thought how he made life so difficult for himself. From that moment on, for me Wallace Huo is the THE actor of melancholic sadness. Sowhats that word.. so.. amateur! Where to Watch. When he reconciled with his mom, she dies. Suits their personality and such careful attention given that for once I wasnt sorry for paying attention to nitty gritty details. Wang Lin is normally a good actress but here as Han Chao Yi, she is one note. Wallace Huo is to me the reason why HDTV is created. He is tall, well built and looks like a man should. Please confirm you want to block this member. Hao Luofan as Xiaoxingan. However even if the series went nonsensical after her death, prior to that, Yan Kuan was a joy to watch. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . However whilst Qiyou is billed as a compassionate talented would-be ruler, even Liancheng thinks highly of him, the problem with this series is what happened after Qiyou becomes Emperor shows to me he does not have the strength in character to be an emperor. Fuya's mother. 2:23. Chen Chen as Su Yao. The best of all characters of father, with the best actor and the worst character has to be Qiyous father, the Emperor of Shu. Possess eyes that could say a thousand words. For Wang Yu, frankly I feel his character is like an addition that can be taken away. Episode 1 47m After her evil uncle Jing entraps her, Princess Fuya is deemed guilty of a felony and is sentenced to be beheaded. This is one mother who should have killed herself rather than burden her daughter by her very existence. Fuya's faithful family maid. Ma Fuya is left an orphan, and she escapes with the help of a eunuch. Actor Allusion: Possibly an unintentional one. Maybe she hated him? In the 10th century, a Chinese princess uses her wiles to gain power and exact vengeance after her uncle seizes the throne and kills her family. Her end though is rather sad and pointless except for one point; she has one of the more moving monologues before her death, something which poor unloved, unwanted, uncared for Qiyou does not have. Thats what I read, and I think thats reason enough for anyone to never fall in love. How unfair it is for poor Qiyou. Of all the female characters in this series, I hated Fuya the most because she is the cause of everyones misery. I find that hard to believe. Why waste time on such unconnected scene? It was awful. Qixing and his trademark running away like some stray chicken whenever he feels threatened. and indeed that was the fate of her character) is competent. Suyao is a spy sent by prime minister of Northern Han to Shu and it is a suicidal mission. Having no reason draws me to him. After all Chinese measure of beauty is sorry to say, fairness. Download all drama series in Full HD. She is not a bad mother but she had to be one to safeguard her sons and the one son she wanted desperately for him to love her is Qiyou who also desperately want her to love him until at one point he just gave up. Another reason is of course Yan Kuan. Episode 2 47m But in the end I dont get the point of her character. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. Her voice is dubbed, thank god, and her voice dubber gave her more emotion than she showed on screen. Yes, she did all that to gain Lianchengs attention but the thing is Lianchengs attention, already shifted to Fuya is only attracted to those who are genuinely good to him without any hidden agenda. White haired faithful servant of Empress Du.

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