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The Princess Weiyoung

The Princess Weiyoung (Chinese: 锦绣未央; pinyin: Jǐnxiù Wèiyāng) is a 2016 Chinese television series starring Tiffany Tang in the title role, alongside Luo Jin, Vanness Wu, Mao Xiaotong and Li Xin'ai. Adapted from the novel The Concubine's Daughter is Poisonous by Qin Jian, it's a fictionalized account of Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei's reign and Empress Dowager Feng's regency.[1] The series aired on Dragon TV and Beijing TV from November 11 to December 9, 2016.[2]

The Princess Weiyoung
Promotional poster
Traditional Chinese錦繡未央
Simplified Chinese锦绣未央
Hanyu PinyinJǐnxiù Wèiyāng
Genre
Based onThe Concubine's Daughter is Poisonous (庶女有毒)
by Qin Jian (秦简)
Written byCheng Tingyu
Directed byLi Huizhu
Starring
Opening themeIf Heaven Has Compassion by A-Lin
Ending themeHeavenly Gift by Tiffany Tang and Luo Jin
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes54
Production
Production locationHengdian World Studios
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseNovember 11 (2016-11-11) –
December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)
Related
The Song of Glory

The series received mixed reviews. It was praised for its fast storyline that showcased the growth of a strong and independent female lead, as well as for fleshing out the background stories of various supporting characters.[3][4] Viewership ratings reached as high as 2%, making it one of the highest rated drama of 2016.[5] However, it was criticized for its cliché plot devices, illogical plot details, use of excessive and inappropriate makeup, and dubbing of actors' voices.[6] Investigations and a lawsuit showed that the original novel was heavily plagiarized from other similar stories.[7][8][9] Nevertheless, the series was nominated for several awards, winning actor and actress awards for both Luo Jin and Tiffany Tang, and the Best Chinese Language Drama award at the 5th Annual DramaFever Awards.

Its spin-off sequel, The Song of Glory, aired in July 2020.[10]

Synopsis

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During the chaotic Northern and Southern dynasties, the Northern Liang's royal family has a princess named Feng Xin'er (Tiffany Tang) who was kind, carefree and loved by all. Chiyun Nan, a marshal from the Chiyun clan of Northern Wei, is driven by greed to overrun Northern Liang and turns it into a bloodbath, massacring the royal family and forcing the Princess to survive on her own.

Li Weiyoung, the daughter of the Prime Minister of Northern Wei by his seventh concubine, shields the Princess from harm. However, Li Weiyoung is killed by the Chiyun family, of which the Prime Minister's wife Chiyun Rou is a member, as they are not pleased when she is recalled to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Feng Xin'er assumes Li Weiyoung's identity and resides in the mansion, where she is disliked and shunned by her elder half-sister Li Changle and her stepmother Chiyun Rou. She thus takes it upon herself to fight against the Chiyun clan and becomes entangled with Northern Wei's prince, Tuoba Jun (Luo Jin). She also attracts the eye of Tuoba Yu (Vanness Wu) who sees her as a chess piece to be used toward his ultimate goal of becoming emperor. Through her struggles, she gains wisdom and is finally able to find peace for her family while living true to her heart.

Cast

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Main

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  • Tiffany Tang as Li Weiyoung / Feng Xin'er
    • Kind, bright and intelligent, she is a princess of Northern Liang who assumes the identity of Li Weiyoung, the concubine-born daughter of Northern Wei's Prime Minister Li, in order to avenge her own family as well as Li Weiyoung.
  • Luo Jin as Tuoba Jun, Prince of Gaoyang
    • Sunny and compassionate, he is the Emperor's favorite grandson as well as the deceased Crown Prince's son. As a result, he is targeted by the Emperor's other sons, Tuoba Han and Tuoba Yu, but he doesn't wish to be involved in politics.
  • Vanness Wu[11] as Tuoba Yu, Prince of Nan'an
    • Cunning, ruthless and cold-blooded, he is the Emperor's son whose greatest ambition is to become the emperor.
  • Mao Xiaotong[12] as Li Changru
    • Daughter of the second branch of the Li family and Li Weiyoung's younger cousin. Having been oppressed and overshadowed by Li Changle from a young age, she has grown up to be ruthless and hides her hypocritical and scheming nature behind a weak and delicate appearance.
  • Li Xin'ai[13] as Li Changle
    • Prime Minister Li's legitimate daughter by Chiyun Rou and Li Weiyoung's elder half-sister. Known as the first beauty of the capital, she is arrogant and selfish, and Li Weiyoung's appearance makes her insecure and jealous.

Supporting

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Northern Wei

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Imperial palace

  • Canti Lau[14] as Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei
  • Wan Meixi[15] as Empress Helian
  • Ding Ziling[16] as Lu Zhaoyi
    • Tuoba Yu's mother.
  • Wang Yujing as Tuoba Huang, Crown Prince Jingmu
    • Tuoba Jun's deceased father.
  • Xu Rongzhen[17] as Crown Princess Yujiulü
    • Tuoba Jun's mother.
  • Zhang Tianyang[1] as Tuoba Han, Prince of Dongping
  • Chen Yuqi[18] as Tuoba Di, Princess Shanggu
  • Hou Ruixiang as Zong Ai
    • The Emperor's personal eunuch.
  • Meng Fei as Gao Yun
  • Rui Weihang[19] as Cheng De
    • Tuoba Jun's subordinate.
  • Wu Hong[20] as Cheng An
    • Tuoba Yu's subordinate.
  • Zhang Yuechi as Jiang Zuo
    • Tuoba Han's subordinate.
  • Guan Shan as Qiu Yi
    • Personal servant of Crown Princess Yujiulü.
  • Jiang Zhen as Xiao Linzi
  • Liu Fenggang as Physician Liu
  • Han Yan as Head Attendant Liang
  • Li Jiaxi as Cai Ping

Li Mansion

  • Wang Liyuan as Old Madame Li
    • Li Weiyoung's grandmother.
  • Bai Fan[21] as Li Xiaoran
    • Prime Minister of Northern Wei. Li Weiyoung's father.
  • Lily Tien[22] as Chiyun Rou
    • First Madame of the Li family. Li Xiaoran's wife, and Li Minfeng and Li Changle's birth mother.
  • Hu Caihong[21] as Wen Weiyi
    • Second Madame of the Li Family. Li Changru and Li Changxi's birth mother.
  • Wang Wanjuan as Zhou Xuemei
    • Third Madame of the Li Family. Li Minde's adoptive mother.
  • Liu Jie[23] as Seventh Concubine
    • Li Weiyoung's birth mother.
  • Nan Fulong as Li Minfeng
    • Eldest Young Master of the Li family. He is power-hungry, lustful, and manipulative.
  • Li Yixiao as Li Weiyoung
    • Second Miss of the Li family. She was thrown out of the mansion after being born on an inauspicious date. After her death, Feng Xin'er assumes her identity to avenge both the murder of her own family members, and also that of Li Weiyoung herself.
  • Peng Doudou[24] as Li Changxi
    • Fourth Miss of the Li family. She likes to eat, and often sucks up to Li Changle.
  • Zhou Meiyi[25] as Chun Ming
    • Chiyun Rou's accomplice and personal servant.
  • Mu Le'en[26] as Bai Zhi
    • Li Weiyoung's loyal servant.
  • Tian Yixi[27] as Zi Yan
    • Li Weiyoung's personal servant.
  • Peng Yingying[28] as Cui'er
    • Seventh Concubine's personal servant.
  • Jin Pohan as Rong'er
    • Li Changru's loyal servant.
  • Chang Shixin as Tan Xiang
    • Li Changle's personal servant.
  • Wang Tianhong as Liu Hong
    • Li Changxi's personal servant.
  • Dai Chunrong as Nurse Liu
    • Li Weiyoung's caretaker during her years outside the mansion.
  • Zhu Xingyu as Ping An
    • Li Minde's subordinate.
  • Tan Songmei as Nanny Luo
    • Old Madame Li's personal servant.

Chiyun Mansion

  • Tang Jiayang as Old Madame Chiyun
  • Jin Han[29] as Chiyun Nan
    • Marshal of Northern Wei and Chiyun Rou's nephew who frames King Hexi of Northern Liang of rebellion.
  • Ji Xiaobing as Chiyun Si
  • Zhang Shenghao as Chiyun Wei
  • Yang Zuqing[30] as Hong Luo
    • Chiyun Nan's faithful follower.

Northern Liang

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  • Leanne Liu as Queen Dowager
    • Feng Xin'er's loving grandmother.
  • Tan Kai as King Hexi of Northern Liang
    • Feng Xin'er's father.
  • Sun Wei[31] as Uncle Ming
    • Head of the royal guards and Jun Tao's father.
  • Wang Yanzhi[32] as Jun Tao
    • Feng Xin'er's bodyguard and confidante.
  • Zhang Hengping as fortune-telling monk

Rouran

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  • Liang Zhenlun[33] as Li Minde / Yujiulü Yuanlie
    • Crown Prince of the Rouran under Yujiulü Tuhezhen. He was adopted as the Second Young Master of the Li family by Zhou Xuemei.
  • Wang Wei[34] as Princess Anle
    • Li Minde's younger sister.
  • Li Ang[35] as General Jiao
    • Minister of the Rouran. He secretly trails and protects Li Minde.

Original soundtrack

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Mainland China

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No.TitleLyricsSingerLength
1."If Heaven Has Compassion (天若有情)" (Opening theme)Zoe KiA-Lin 
2."Heavenly Gift (天赋)" (Ending theme)Qian Zi
 
3."Next Life (來生)"Qian ZiLi Qi 
4."Fate Because of Me (緣因我)"Qian ZiJin Han 
5."Growing Old Interdependently (白首相依)"Qian Zi
  • Jin Chi
  • Sun Bolun
 
6."Illuminating Jade Treasury of Wisdom (玉燭寶典)" (Interlude theme)Qian ZiCui Zige 

Hong Kong

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No.TitleLyricsSingerLength
1."A Lifetime of Waiting (一輩子守候)" (Theme song)Zhang MeixianHana Kuk 

Reception

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Ratings

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  • Highest ratings are marked in red, lowest ratings are marked in blue
Date Episode Dragon TV[36] Beijing TV
Ratings (%) Audience share (%) Rank Ratings (%) Audience share (%) Rank
November 11, 2016 1–2 0.602 1.75 5 0.554 1.61 7
November 12, 2016 3 0.636 1.87 5 0.639 1.88 4
November 13, 2016 4–5 0.79 2.24 3 0.753 2.13 5
November 14, 2016 6–7 0.787 2.29 3 0.683 1.98 6
November 15, 2016 8–9 0.76 2.17 3 0.636 1.81 6
November 16, 2016 10–11 1.007 2.82 3 0.816 2.37 4
November 17, 2016 12–13 1.045 3.03 3 1.004 2.91 4
November 18, 2016 14–15 1.199 3.36 2 1.132 3.16 3
November 19, 2016 16 1.295 3.75 1 1.026 2.95 3
November 20, 2016 17–18 1.2 3.32 3 1.344 3.71 1
November 21, 2016 19–20 1.22 3.46 2 1.208 3.42 3
November 22, 2016 21–22 1.332 3.71 1 1.279 3.56 2
November 23, 2016 23–24 1.341 3.8 1 1.249 3.54 4
November 24, 2016 25–26 1.408 4.02 1 1.279 3.65 2
November 25, 2016 27–28 1.422 3.94 1 1.333 3.7 3
November 26, 2016 29 1.449 4.08 1 1.283 3.62 3
November 27, 2016 30–31 1.497 4.2 1 1.463 4.09 2
November 28, 2016 32–33 1.519 4.39 1 1.374 3.97 3
November 29, 2016 34–35 1.564 4.57 1 1.513 4.41 2
November 30, 2016 36–37 1.717 4.97 1 1.528 4.42 2
December 1, 2016 38–39 1.789 5.21 1 1.578 4.59 2
December 2, 2016 40–41 2.014 5.61 1 1.717 4.78 2
December 3, 2016 42 1.909 5.47 1 1.631 4.68 2
December 4, 2016 43–44 2.142 6.02 1 1.975 5.53 2
December 5, 2016 45–46 2.107 6.12 1 1.847 5.35 2
December 6, 2016 47–48 2.015 5.79 1 1.889 5.42 2
December 7, 2016 49–50 2.126 6.11 1 1.848 5.31 2
December 8, 2016 51–52 2.108 6.1 1 1.893 5.47 2
December 9, 2016 53–54 2.494 7.01 1 2.204 6.18 2
Average ratings 1.483 1.345

Controversy

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The author of the source novel was involved in a plagiarism case. It was alleged that she used a software to copy hundreds of other works to write her own novel. An alliance formed by 12 writers, including famed wuxia novelist Woon Swee Oan, joined to sue Qin Jian.[9][37] According to Beijing News, a group of volunteers compared The Concubine's Daughter is Poisonous with more than 200 other novels. They found that out of 294 chapters, only nine chapters were original.[7]

On May 8, 2019, the Chaoyang District People's Court has declared Qin Jian guilty of infringing the works of Shen Wenwen; Qin Jian was fined a total amount of CN¥136,500 ($20,000) for economic loss and intellectual copyright protection to be paid within 10 days of the verdict. Moreover, she must immediately cease sales and distribution of the novel upon the day the sentence was handed down.[8]

Awards and nominations

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Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
8th China TV Drama Awards Most Popular Actor Luo Jin Won
Most Popular Actress Tiffany Tang Won
Most Charismatic Actor on the Screen Vanness Wu Won
Mao Xiaotong Won
2nd China Quality Television Drama Ceremony Audience Favorite TV Series (Dragon TV) Won [38]
Most Marketable Actress Tiffany Tang Won
Media's Most Anticipated Actor Luo Jin Won
Media's Most Anticipated Actress Tiffany Tang Won
22nd Huading Awards Best Actress Won [39][40]
Best Actor (Ancient) Luo Jin Nominated
5th Annual DramaFever Awards Best Chinese Language Drama The Princess Weiyoung Won
Best Supporting Actress Mao Xiaotong Nominated
Best Villain Vanness Wu Nominated

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