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Ci Sha becomes Ren Min’s leading man in new costume drama Liang Chen Mei Jin

Liang Chen Mei Jin (良陈美锦) is adapted from the novel written by Chen Xiang Hui Jin. The costars in The Rise of Ning reunited but this time he is her male lead. 😀 The plot of this one is starting to look like the run of the mills of rebirth-second-chance costume dramas where the female lead is given a chance to live again and wants to undo the things she did in the past/first life. Anyhoo, the drama synopsis looks cleaner, as usual, with our heroine being raised/spoiled by her grandparents; she then returns back to her parents’ place, where the fun begins, and she meets three men.

Filming started a few days ago~

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Meng Zi Yi and He Yu begin filming for historical drama Blossoms of Power

Another Blossom?! 😛 😛 😛

Blossoms of Power (百花杀) is adapted from the novel The Imperial Song – After I Bloom, A Hundred Flowers Die written by Jin Huang. The novel unfortunately only has 2 chapters translated so far by Celestial-dreamer.

This looks to be our leads’ third collaboration! He Yu played the younger version of the Emperor in Blossom and they also played a couple in The Legend of Heroes 2024. Another surprising face in the cast is the return of Jeremy Tsui who took a year-long break from showbiz and announced his comeback September of last year.

The story sounds interesting. DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT NOVEL SPOILERS. THE DRAMA WILL LIKELY CHANGE MANY THINGS, though. It’s a palace drama with lots of princes and scheming. Our male lead is an ailing crown prince who’s been poisoned since he was young so he spends his days pretending to be really frail although he practices martial arts (heh). He is described as scheming, cold-blooded, and manipulative. Our female lead, in her previous life, was married to the previous Crown Prince (second male lead), but committed suicide after the execution of her whole family under his supervision, forced by the Emperor (yikes!). Her soul enters the body of a general’s daughter. She’s later sent by her father to the capital to find a royal husband – our male lead. She’s equally cunning and cold.

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Historical drama Glory with Hou Ming Hao, Guli Nazha, Chen Ruo Xuan, and Cheng Xiao begins filming

Glory (玉茗茶骨) is an upcoming historical drama following the ups and downs of our couple; well, he mostly suffers the most. Lol. As a top scholar, he quickly becomes a magistrate and successfully solves many mysterious cases. However, he gets entangled in an old case and falls from grace. On the brink of death, our female lead – a young and cunning heiress from the Rong family rescues him. But she didn’t do so out of kindness. She takes advantage of his injury and memory loss and allows him to work as a stable boy in her family as a form of revenge for clashing with her family. He plays along and gets more involved when the Rong family announces a fierce competition to select their son-in-law. The battle of wits continues but their feelings also keep growing~

Filming has started and Yu Zheng is the producer.

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Zhang Yi Mou’s new drama confirms casting in Zhang Jia Yi, Liu Hao Cun, Qin Hai Lu, Shawn Dou, and Zhai Zi Lu

Zhu Jue (主角) is adapted from the novel written by Chen Yan. It follows the life of a famous Qinqiang artist, Qin E (I believe she’s a fictional character). Per Wiki: “Qinqiang is a genre of folk Chinese opera originated in Shaanxi Province of Qing China in 1807 and soon took over other genres to be the representative genre of the province.”

Booting Ceremony was held today! Director Zhang Yi Mou is serving as executive producer.

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Chen Xing Xu and Lu Yu Xiao begin filming for modern drama Ya Xi (Juggling Roles)

Ya Xi (轧戏) is adapted from the novel written by Zu Le. Our female lead is described as unlucky in love and plays an immersive murder mystery game where she becomes smitten with one of the NPC (non-player character; they interact with players and supply information to help players advance), who is our male lead. Neither expect a romance to seep into reality. Part of the game is set in the republican era hence the leaked photos and videos of the leads in republican outfits.

You can read the translated novel at Love Eat Tea.

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Zhang Ling He and Tian Xi Wei begin filming for costume drama Chasing Jade (Zhu Yu)

After all the hees and haws, my wish came true eventually! What a visual feast these two are together! 😍😍😍

Chasing Jade (逐玉) is adapted from the novel written by Tuan Zi Lai Xi. The story follows our female lead after she lost her parents. In order to secure her inheritance from the greedy relatives, she takes in a wounded man as husband. She doesn’t know much about him except for his striking good looks. They agree that once everything is settled, they would divorce. However, war breaks out and he’s enlisted. He disappears without a trace. They meet again when he’s injured in a tent. Teary-eyed, she tells him to stop being a soldier and she will continue to support him, taking back their divorce agreement. Turns out, our handsome unknown man is a strict marquis who rules the battlefields ruthlessly. Now he spends his days recuperating in a tent for the wounded, making his soldiers confused. He jumps up when he learns that his “wife” has taken his uniform and went to war in his place! Heeheee, this sounds so sweet! I can’t wait to continue reading it! But please expect deviations from the novel, as always.

You can read the ongoing English translation at Gravity Tales by Sheepadu. Huge thanks!!

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Dilireba and Chen Fei Yu begin filming for costume drama Love Beyond the Grave

Love Beyond the Grave (慕胥辞) is adapted from the novel written by Li Qing Ran. She plays a beautiful 400-year-old female ghost master who wanders battlefields to feed on human souls while he’s a mysterious young commander of the Taba Army of Daliang. Their fates intertwined that day and he agrees to share his five senses with her. Together, they fight to keep the peace the between the human and spirits realm.

You can read the novel at Nomad Translations.

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Historical Fantasy drama A Dream Within A Dream begins filming with Li Yi Tong and Liu Yu Ning as leads

A Dream Within A Dream (书卷一梦) is an upcoming costume drama, it is not based on a novel. From what I can gather, the story follows our heroine who enters a script and becomes a heroine who is abandoned and abused to death by a villainous hero. No matter how hard she tries to run away, the plot somehow pulls her back to him. In this realm of scripted story, many characters are set to follow a trajectory, many yearn to break their shackles, how many could survive this cruel world? Other cast members include Zhu Xu Dan, Wang Yi Lun, Wang You Shuo, and Wang Cheng Si.

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