Liu Xue Yi’s costume drama Love Never Fails swapped female lead to Hu Yi Xuan and secured air date

Aigoo, so many mixed feelings about this drama. 1) I thought it would never air because of Yuan Bing Yan’s tax evasion 2) Hu Yi Xuan filling in the female lead role must not have been easy and I hope she doesn’t get compared and dragged down, I like her quite a bit! 3) Yuan Bing Yan ah, a bright future ahead of you and this is where we end up? T_T 4) In any case, I hope this gains some success/popularity to balance out the efforts spent by the cast and crew on re-filming many, many scenes. 🤞🤞🤞

Per Qiyi: The drama is adapted from Shu Ke’s novel “When Spring Ends, I’ll See You Again” and tells the story of the deity Jin Xiu, who tries to help a camellia spirit, Hong Ning, ascend to immortality. However, a bond lasting a millennium forms between them, and in the end, it is Hong Ning who helps Jin Xiu attain humanity. [You can read my previous post for novel spoilers.]

Airing today 4/28~

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Air date announced for Liu Shi Shi and Zhang Yun Long’s Fox Spirit Matchmaker 2: Love in Pavilion

First up: Fox Spirit Matchmaker 2: Love in Pavilion (狐妖小红娘竹业篇) can be watched as a standalone drama. You do not need to watch the supposedly first installment Red-Moon Pact with Yang Mi and Gong Jun.

Synopsis Per Qiyi: It tells the story of Dongfang Huaizhu (played by Liu Shishi) and Wangquan Hongye (played by Zhang Yunlong), the leaders of two major families, the Dongfangs and the Wangquans. In a time when humans and demons are in conflict, they work together to stabilize the situation in order to revive the Unity Alliance. On the seventh day of the seventh month, at the Bamboo Pavilion by the Huai River, their fates intertwine like the sheaths of two swords, never to be separated. They pick up the most heartwarming promise and tell a story that has endured for generations. Leading the transformation of the popular Chinese comic “Fox Spirit Matchmaker” into a live-action series, this installment, “The Zhu Ye Arc,” contributes to the creation of the Eastern Fantasy Universe.

You can read the manhua here, or watch the donghua here.

Airing on 4/28~

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Upcoming Cdramas reveal trailers at the 2025 iQIYI World Conference

This is gonna be quick and dirty because it’s great being a parent. Even when they got you sick, you still have to wake up and cater to them!!

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Costume drama Zhu Yu (Chasing Jade) with Zhang Ling He and Tian Xi Wei has wrapped up filming!

Probably my most anticipated costume drama! The two leads are so cute together. They slay that high-ponytail look perfectly!

Zhu Yu // 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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First Posters Released as Fantasy drama Gu Yue Feng Hua Lu with Li Yi Tong and Chen Xin Hai wrapped up filming

Gu Yue Feng Hua Lu (古乐风华录) is adapted from the manhua written by Aimo. This xianxia story brings an interesting element to the genre with our characters embodying musical instruments. That sounds adorable! Our female lead is described as an ordinary musician and on her journey to protect her sect, she meets our amnesiac male lead. Yi Tong so pretty and adorable, she can serenade me anytime. 😛

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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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Mystery Costume drama Tang Gong Qi An Zhi Qing Wu Feng Ming with Bai Lu and Wang Xing Yue wrapped up filming

Filming wrapped up on 4/12~

Tang Gong Qi An Zhi Qing Wu Feng Ming (唐宫奇案之青雾风鸣) is adapted from the novel written by Sen Lin Lu. It follows our leads as they work together to solve multiple palace mysteries.

ZZ finally got his Ning Er in here. Lol. Sometimes I think this is a fashion drama because Bai Lu looks so good in all of her costumes. The high-ponytail look is definitely hers to own!

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Filming wrapped up: Tan Song Yun’s My Destiny, Ju Jing Yi’s Veil of Shadows, Xu Ruo Han’s Yi Zhen Chun Hua, and He Lan Dou’s Feng Man Lou

This post kept getting longer and longer so I had to call quits on Friday as cutoff date. Lol.

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