Youku’s historical drama Transfer Gold Hairpin unveils new posters and stills, announcing Tian Xi Wei and Yan An as leads

Transfer Gold Hairpin (嫁金钗) is adapted from the novel written by Xiao Jia Ren.

Synopsis Per TMdb: An ambitious street urchin seizes the chance to impersonate a noblewoman and becomes a warlord’s bride, but when her comatose husband awakens, she must navigate deadly schemes, win his heart through cunning, and uncover her royal heritage to triumph over rivals and rise from gutter to glory.

Our girl playing two characters here! A poor person faking the identity of a noblewoman to marry a comatose man. heehee!

Filming started a little over a month ago and they have only officially announced their main cast today.

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Chinese Paladin Showdown: Sword And Fairy 4 and 6 compete for your attention

For those who complains that January has been boring in cdramaland, here are two Xianxia-themed dramas, both from the universe of Chinese Paladin, a video game series. Do you have to watch the previous parts to understand the story? No, as each part is a standalone story.

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Jun Jiu Ling with Peng Xiao Ran and Jin Han announces broadcast date

Jun Jiu Ling (君九龄) is an upcoming ancient drama based on the novel by Xi Xing. The story follows our female lead, daughter of the former Crown Prince, a princess who studies medicine to help cure her father, but unfortunately he dies anyway. She’s married off and later discovers that her uncle, the Current Emperor, was the mastermind behind her father’s death. When she tries to kill him, she’s killed off. Her soul is then transmigrated into the body of an orphaned girl, Jun Zhen Zhen, who also has problems on her end which is solved by the witty new soul. Turns out, Zhen Zhen’s arranged marriage to the Ning’s family was not honored, so she wanted to hang herself in front of their manor but ended up dying for real (O.O! At least this novel explains where the original soul went). However, that’s the novel version. In the drama version, to go around the body-soul problem, our princess is saved by a physician and takes on another identity instead.

Airing 9/7~

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