Schemes of a Beauty

Schemes of a Beauty Details
Title: 美人心计 / Mei Ren Xin Ji
Also known as: Schemes of a Beauty
Genre: Historical period drama, romance
Episodes: 30
Broadcast network: 上海电视剧电视台
Broadcast year: 2010-Mar-15

Schemes of a Beauty Synopsis, Story, and preview :

During the early Western Han Dynasty, the young Dou YiFang's mother was drawn into a palace conflict which resulted in her entire family being executed. When she grew up, she unexpectedly entered the palace as a maid. She displayed extraordinary talents when she arranged for Consort Li's child to be swapped under the care of the Empress. Her intellects impressed the Empress Dowager, and she was ordered to marry the King of Dai so she could spy on them.

In order to rid the world of further sufferings under the regime, but at the same time earn the trust of Empress Dowager Lu, she suggested to her husband Liu Heng to start training his army under the guise of building his grand ceremonial tomb. People, believing that she was bringing downfall to the kingdom, pleaded for her to be put to death. But none the less, Liu Heng trusted her completely and subsequently made her his queen.

Their alliance finally led them to ascend to the throne of the glorious empire. But at the pinnacle of her power, she realized that her personal life was slipping away from her. In order to regain the love of her husband, in order to stop her children from killing one another, she weaved her womanly tactics to overcome every obstacle, and forged one of the golden ages in Chinese history known as the Rule of Wen and Jing. Her name is recorded in history, for us to marvel; she is Empress Dou of Wen.

Schemes of a Beauty Cast and Starring :

The Women
Ruby Lin as Dou Yi Fang / Xian Liang (Dou Yi Fang's mother)
Wang Li Kun as Shen Er / Empress Wang Zhi / Ping Hua (Shen Er's mother)
Yang Mi as Mo Xue Yuan
Myolie Wu as Lu Yu
Dai Chun Rong as Empress Dowager Lu
Bai Shan (白珊) as Bo Ji
Qi Wei (戚薇) as Princess Guan Tao
Gao Yang as Qiao Hui
Deng Sha (鄧莎) as Miao Ren
Zhou Mu Yin (周牧茵) as Zi Ran
Zhang Tong as Shen Bi Jun
Tian Zi Tian (田子田) as Jin Se
Lu Jia Rong (呂佳蓉) as Princess Lu Yuan
He Miao as Mi Yu
Li Sha (李莎) as Mo Li
Zhang Meng as Wei Zi Fu
Gong Mi as Chen A Jiao

The Men
Sammul Chan as Liu Heng
Mickey He as Zhou Ya Fu
Luo Jin (羅晉) as Liu Ying
Yan Kuan as Liu Shao Kang
Feng Shao Feng as Liu Zhang
Frankie Lam as Jin Wang Sun
Du Jun Ze (杜俊澤) as Lu Lu
Gao Hao (高昊) as Liu Qi
Zhang Xiao Chen as Liu Wu
Li Yao Jing (李耀敬) as Tian Da Ye
Ge Zi Ming (葛子明) as Tian Guo Chun
Su Qing (苏青) as Zhang Yan
Li Qin Qin as Jin Zhi
Huang Hai Bing as Nie Feng

The Children
Lin Miao Ke (林妙可) as young Dou Yi Fang
Jiang Yi Yi (蔣依依) as young Nie Shen Er and young Wang Zhi
Zhang Xue Ying (张雪迎) as young Princess Guan Tao
Dong Hui (董慧) as young Zhang Yan

Guests
Sun Fei Fei as Qing Ning
Tammy Chen as Li Mei Ren

Production Credits
Original writing (novel): Wei Yang, Chen Fu (未央沉浮) by Xiao Qi Ying (萧清漪)
Screenwriter: Yu Zheng
Producer: Yu Zheng
Director: Wu Jin Yuan (吴锦源), Liang Xin Quan (梁欣全), Chen Guo Hua (陈国华)
Cinematographer: Zhang Zhi Wei (张志伟)












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