It is terrible to write this but that is how I see the scene. His best scenes are with Kara Hui, and every scene he is with Kara Hui is his best performance of that episode. 2011; Drama; History; 12. Can see more of him in the new water margin drama that was released last year. Hao Ze Jia as Du Wan (Finished Gambling! HDTV is not for him in those scenes. She is at lest 3 years older than her 2 main leads, she is probably 2 decades older than her character at the start of the series, she is not even pretty to be called Qing shi. He is cowardly as he is scheming as he is scary as he is not very bright. 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. His heart is hurt so deep, so callously, that to discover that he fell for Fuya is like he realises his heart is actually alive and well. This was a young man facing a personal crisis; as in being in a position he does not want, in a place he has no interest and in a situation he does not care for. 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. She is pretty and rather seductive and so she suits her role in this series but not as Guan Yin. 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. I said DIE DIE DIE for the entire series and when she does die I was like Oh, shes dead. No she is not. Ma Fuya (Ruby Lin) is a princess of the Chu state in 10th-century imperial China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Acting for Two: Ruby Lin plays both Fu Ya and Consort Mei. "The Glamorous Imperial Concubine" is a 2011 Chinese drama series directed by Lin Feng and George Leung. I thought she was lovely though new in Huan Zhu Ge Ge, she was absolutely horrid in Qing Sheng Sheng Yu Mong Mong/Romance In The Rain and cant remember the rest. I cant believe how 1000% he is into making sure his only daughter is ok, whilst he too love his only son, but not more than his Fuya. I am under no illusion that Wallace Huo is the greatest actor ever? Wang Yu as Meng Qiyun, Second prince. 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). Liancheng on the other hand became an emperor earlier, whilst he is officially advised by his mother, he never quite listen to her. Liancheng dies shielding Fuya from the arrow by Xiangyun. The new drama will feature the same co-producer and scriptwriter from Light the Night. She is also inconsistent. 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. Suits their personality and such careful attention given that for once I wasnt sorry for paying attention to nitty gritty details. Those who loves her protects her till death. 2. In this time of warring kingdoms and political upheaval, Fu Ya's uncle usurps the throne, and brutally wipes out her family. But I suppose that suits her character; if she is so likeable how can you go YEAH! Remember, Wallace Huo from Taiwan and not Wallace Chung from HK (TVB fans will remember his sorta debut as Kenny Bee in that autobiography (NOT) of Wynners many many years ago). Ma Fuya is a princess of the Chu state in 10th-century imperial China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. and also because you understand his hurt, his pain and his confusion. 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. Empress Du Fei Hong is, I am willing to admit why this series rocks. When he was born he was snatched away to be taken care by his mean fathers favourite concubine, Mei. However the writer seems obsessed with Ma Fuya and since she is the least interesting character, the entire series went belly up after Du Fei Hong died. Qiyou died protecting her. He understood her but he can never accept her actions. Mesmerising eyes. I was like seriously? Deep down he is a very sad character. Episode 2 Ever seen kissing scenes? Whilst Wallace has a sense of fragile weakness to him, Yan Kuan looks like he is strong but yet he can play a weak man as well. Fuya's faithful family maid. FU!! In fact everyone in here makes life difficult for themselves. Your review is totally entertaining, I loved every word you wrote. She never killed Mei I think, I am not sure. They just trashed a great love story by introducing a new villain just a few episodes from the end who despite his obvious evil intent is managing to fool . That is basically what Qing Shi Huang Fei is. All the murders she did, all the political marriage she arranged, her turning away Fuya, etc all for the sake of giving her son a stable kingdom. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine S1. Fu Ya bravely takes on the quest of avenging her family and restoring her kingdom, no matter the cost. But the real problem with Ruby is she is a likeable person off screen, she seems like those great friends you must have and all that with her constant laughter and jovial personality and she is beautiful. Like I wrote in my recaps, all he needs now is his faithful dog running away and a bird flying by and drop some bird droppings on his head. The series in the end explains it is because she wanted to divert her husbands attention away from Qiyou. 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. If it is the girls, maybe dont watch. Her acting is like so on the surface, so simplistic, so how should I put it? 1:36:04. She spent her life protecting her and there was some pride when she saw him become emperor. You may pity her, for years she married Liancheng and he never touched her except for twice and twice also never completed the deed. And in that final moment, even the writer, editor, director, producer all have abandoned him. I thought if this was his real voice, it sounded like someone 5 inches shorter than Yan Kuan. This show has a strange way of turning rational persons into fan girls. The joke is she killed the man she loved. She died much later, and even then by poison. Director: Lin Feng [] Country: Chinese Status: Completed Released: 2011 Genre: Drama ; Historical ; Romance ; Tragedy ; Chen Bing Qiang (1990) Miao Hai Zhong (1968) Hito Du (1987) Ma Fuya is a princess of the Chu state in 10th-century China. He is NOT dead because even the maid had a more spectacular death with some monologue. You can love him for so many reasons and you can find very little reason to like him. He deluded himself into taking he could make her love him but yet he doesnt make her love him by forcing her. He actually looks better as he is older and he seems taller too! However even if the series went nonsensical after her death, prior to that, Yan Kuan was a joy to watch. She walks in and out like it is some hotel and even had sex with him. It is such a pity the writer just doesnt know what to do with Qiyou after a while. I cant fault her in all that. While the drama focuses on the life of madam and hostess in Taipeis nightclub, the focus is shifting to the circumstances of a murder. No doubt Empress Dowager Dugu loves Liancheng. Liansis baby died from poison put by Fuya but through bees released by Duyun. For me Wallace Huo made my day. Yang Kai Chun as the annoying maid Yun Zhu was effective if annoying is what she is meant to be. Saying hi to other Yan Kuan fans here . Her love is deadly. He ends up marrying her cousin, Ma Xiangyun and resents her for separating him from Fuya. The alternate English titles, Introduction of the Princess and Princess Dumping World, are nothing . Qiyun is Qiyous half brother whose mother is Mei. Liancheng is not easy person to like at all and what he did to Fuya is wrong without any reason at all. When he reconciled with his mom, she dies. Past his icy cold and calculative demeanor, he is gentle, warm and passionate . She plays her as someone who loves her husband so much and yet is so disappointed in him. Both songs, theme and end songs are sung by Ruby and from the moment she sang the 1st note until the very last, she was off key. I didnt like him at first, I dont know why I can like that melancholic abusive bastard so easily and yet it took me some time to warm up to Meng Qiyou. I am fan girling. Whilst Fuya loves him, she had to leave him too due to political reasons, twice she had to do so. However his face can be puffy and tired looking. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. His own blood brother later abandoned him and wished him dead. That to me is subtlety at its best. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. His mother then rejected him again and again despite everything he does. My post on Wallace Huo which touches a bit on his performance as Liu Liancheng at here (part 1) and here (part 2). I suspect she deliberately cast all the hot guys for ratings purposes and the less than pretty ones so that she shines more. Opening theme song: Qing Shi Huang Fei () by Ruby Lin. But back to wallace. I assume Liansi didnt die and return to Northern Han since no news after that sick doll like scene. Those who survived; Han Ming retired to village to wait for Concubine Han to return to him but she never will. She does have good taste in men by the way. Wallace Huo was billed as a guest star, my guess is because of the strict ruling of China broadcasting authorities on the issue of Mainland China actors as leading actors. It started out rather predictable, sorta campy fun, then it became all serious and sorta good, became better in each and every episode but towards the end, just went on and on for so long, the fun is lost, the drama is gone, the story is nowhere to be seen and the ending is just up to interpretation ONLY IF you havent paid attention for the past 5 episodes or so. Like he is a crushed man. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. He must have loved her once because she keeps holding onto her love for him but when Concubine Mei her own maid appeared whatever love he had for her went to the maid. From that moment on, for me Wallace Huo is the THE actor of melancholic sadness. Wallacehe is just too pretty for me to really take seriously, I dont know why. 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. Quite a huge reality check to see her so messy, so dirty and bloodied as well. But at Chu which is not that cold or Shu which is spring, why do Lian Cheng and Liansi respectively wear the same thick fur coat? Why he hates his mother, and yet protects her and yet feels disgusted at having to do that and yet felt obligated? The novel of the same title by Murong Yan Er which apparently does not have any resemblance with this series except for the core characters. Forced to flee her home after being betrayed and losing everything she loved, she bravely ventures on the path to restoring her kingdom with the help of the mysterious Meng Qiyou, the unfavored prince of Shu. Even Ma Fuya seem more like an observer than a participant. I wrote an almost episode per episode review here with lots of pictures. In the end she alone alive and she didnt kill herself because as she says so many died for her, she must live her life for those who died for her. I realised afterwards, that you might have answered my question in your review, but I only skimmed it and avoided too many spoilers since I hadnt watched it yet. If she advises C, he will do D. Basically everything she says or does, he will do opposite and say opposite. So you can imagine what the creep does next. Ma Xiangyun is one character I never liked from the 1st time I see her. Point is why she wont love his back is simply because she fell for another in the times (3 years? She was then rescused by a mysterious handsome man who wants to train her as a courtesan to seduce someone important who can help her to revive her kingdom and at this point you must suspend your disbelief that this supposedly intelligent girl would consider being a courtesan trained by a guy whom she doesnt even know all on a promise to revive her kingdom. Every night I will switch on TV to watch this beautiful man. Here he has more role. Her problem is her character was like an afterthought. However Liansis end is scary and that is because of the next character I will comment on. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine ( Chinese: ) is a 2011 Chinese television series based on a novel of the same title by Murong Yin'er (). Fuya survives, she doesnt kill herself because since so many died for her, she wants to live in their memory and with the memory of Qiyou entrenched in her mind. Kara Hui is AWESOME in the series. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. JOIN NOW Episodes The Glamorous Imperial Concubine Since this is not his love story. In this time of warring kingdoms and political upheaval, Fuya's uncle usurps the throne, and brutally wipes out her family. But I must say whenever I dont see Liancheng but I see Qiyou, Qiyou was always interesting, and this was when Du Fei Hong was alive. Synopsis. I never knew she was so brilliant until this performance. I am under no illusion that Wallace Huo is not the greatest actor ever, I think this sentence alone is wrong grammatically. Funn Lin thank you and I love you. No one does it better, and he did everything with style. If there is one reason why you must watch this complete mess of a series, one reason is the melancholic gentle beauty that is Wallace Huo and the other for the powerful bitter woman that is Kara Hui. Wang Lin as Han Zhaoyi, Emperor of Shu's consort. For Forbidden City concubines in imperial China, beauty was more a curse than a blessing. I find Fuyas treatment of Liancheng like as if she is using him. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. If it is the handsomeness of the guys, no worries, theyre all hot. Liu Lian Cheng is not an easy man to like but easy to love. Back to Fuya, once in Shu Kingdom she realises that mysterious man is Meng Qiyou, eldest prince in the Kingdom of Shu except he was once a crown prince but pushed off his position by his formidable mother Empress Du Fei Hong who installed instead his own much younger Qixing. I actually liked Qixing but towards the end he so feared death he was such a coward, I am sure you will hate him too. It felt like a repeat for whatever she would do next. All the pretense, the fakery, all is her need to provoke him to do something. HAHAHA I admit that I just skimmed through it, but everything that caught my eye was hilarious. He made Qiyou crown prince to bid his time to later remove him and install Qiyun and she made sure he de-crowned him so to speak because she knew sooner or later her husband will dispose of Qiyou. Can't finish The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. And the actor was fantastic. Hao Zejia as Du Wan, niece of Empress Du. Unbelievable even in this context. Sowhats that word.. so.. amateur! Dugu, mother of Liancheng dies from sucking the poisonous blood of Lianxi. What she doesnt know is, Liancheng was forced to marry Xiangyun and Xiangyun pushed Fuya down the cliff. For me he uses her for his own gain. The heartbreaking reconciliation on her death bed, the pain every time he thinks in her eyes he is never good enough. 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. Other name: . This series suffers from character development because a better part of this series is used to develop the characters of Liancheng, Qiyou and Du Feihong. FU!!!! Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete. But he just fell into the river without a word, not even Fuya, RUNNNNNN!!!. First, Miao Hao Jun, the loving eunuch named Hua Gong Gong to Ma Fuya. Concubine Han died by poison from Fuya. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Meanwhile Liancheng searches for her for years and continues to ignore his wife, Xiangyun whom he know pushed Fuya down the cliff and hated her since. Watchlist. 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. I will commend Ruby on being a good producer by the looks of the costumes and all. The doors are opened, guards are outside, he is in chains and still they can manage to have sex without alerting anyone. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine/ Qing Shi Huang Fei - Chinese drama- 2011 Plot Fu Ya was an exiled princess who married three ambitious kings. He has no regrets or decency when it comes to pitting mother (Empress Du) against son (Qiyou). Like I said, I heard grumblings why Ruby Lin is the leading lady. Maybe in part it is Ruby Lins fault. Episode 1 47m After her evil uncle Jing entraps her, Princess Fuya is deemed guilty of a felony and is sentenced to be beheaded. He treats her with sincerity but she remains unmoved; she in fact plotted to free her beloved behind his back all along. When Fuya refused his advances, he threatened her that he will kill Qiyou if she refuses him. 1. No one does it better than him, the weight of the world on his shoulders and he looks like he doesnt give a damn, which is what makes his Liu Lian Cheng so irresistible. 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. She is terribly annoying and she plays her part well. Should be. Emperor of Chu dies from poison. CharacterThe other man to capture my heart as the series went along is Meng Qiyou. +$12.00 shipping. The drama is based on a novel by the same name by Murong Yinr and marks the production debut of Ruby Lin, who also stars in the series. She could have sincerely treated those around her but she chose to manipulate, to cheat, to lie, to pretend. 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. Voice actorHis voice was dubbed, obviously. Oh it hurts! Thats what I read, and I think thats reason enough for anyone to never fall in love. After all these 2 were bound by their love for Liancheng. In this time of warring kingdoms and political upheaval, Fuya's . And yes the look he gave her veiled face before the kiss started was his worst performance in this series, way too much acting there that I cringed but when the kiss started and ended with him shocked and on the floor, what I love is the attention to details. I did have one question throughout; I was wondering Why wont Ma Fuya love him? because if she did, problem solved. Best Scene(s)For Tony Yang, when he held his hated enemy in his arms as she died and he cried for her not to die so soon. Having been through hardships together for many years, Fuya fell for Qiyou whilst Qiyou too fell for Fuya and decided not to use Fuya for his own political gain whilst Fuya discovers why Qiyou chose her is because of her resemblance to his fathers favourite concubine, Concubine Mei. In one night, her kingdom perished under the hands of the manipulative Ma Yi Fang, Fuyas uncle. How a young boy who showed so much character and the appearance of a wise ruler could grow up to be such a wimp in love? thy r wasting great talent. She is in demand. She lived not like a widow; worse, she lived like she was all alone. Ruby and Wallace would not to quarrel or raise their voices at each other in front of their child. He allowed her to visit Qiyou and guess what? In fact his father never loved anyone but himself. Whilst I am not a fan of his death scene since I blame Ma Fuya for it, I do like one line he spoke; Flowers do bloom in the cold Northern Han, there can be spring in Northern Han and I will always tear up a bit when he said that as I shall then do a Ma Xiangyun; MA!!! Qiyous faithful eunuch Xiao Xingan dies from drinking poison given by Qixing meant for Qiyou. Well done! Anger, pain, happiness, doubt, everything. I read in forums a detailed explanation by the screenwriter on what makes Lian Cheng the Lian Cheng we see, plus the fact a few episodes were edited out. 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. I like the fact that he is somewhat a mysterious figure when it comes to his feelings and the way he thinks. Not that you really need a specific reason, p.s. Watched it because of Yan Kuan. 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 always remember him as that despicable 9th prince in Yongzheng Wang Chao. 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. 276 Pins 9y M Collection by Mina Frost Wallace Huo Empress Ki Yan Imperial Academic Dress Glamour Tv Drama Films Chinese Emperor of Shu dies from same poison as Emperor of Chu. They have similiar backgrounds and rejection but between them, Liancheng is the luckier one. Performance wise, I hated Hong Xiaoling. And there were plenty of suggestion of a budding romance between him and Suyao but it went nowhere. After he died, the series had one more character to rely on but when she died, everything crumbles. I feel no love for Fuya, feel no pity. 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. The exiled princess becomes the subject of the affections of various princes and emperors, entangled in the battle of inner states affairs of Shu and Han as well as raging wars between contending states. Ma Fuya is a princess of the Chu state in 10th-century imperial China during .
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