My Fair Princess III
| My Fair Princess III | |
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| Also known as | ''Heavenly Earth |
| Traditional | |
| Simplified | |
| Mandarin | Huán Zhū Gégé Sān Zhī Tiānshàng Rénjiān |
| Genre |
costume drama soap opera historical fiction wuxia |
| Created by | Chiung Yao |
| Developed by | Chen Chung-wei |
| Written by | Chiung Yao |
| Directed by | Li Ping Ting Yang-kuo |
| Presented by | Ping Hsin-tao Ouyang Changlin |
| Starring |
Huang Yi Leo Ku Ma Yili Zhou Jie Wang Yan Huang Xiaoming Ti Lung Qin Lan Liu Tao Jiang Qinqin |
| Composer(s) | Xu Jingxin |
| Country of origin | China Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) |
Mandarin Burmese |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Liu Xiangqun Ho Hsiu-chiung |
| Producer(s) | Ping Hsin-tao Wei Wenbin |
| Location(s) |
Beijing Chengde Mountain Resort Bashang Plateau Yangzhou Guangzhou |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Hunan Broadcasting System Ho Jan Entertainment International Limited |
| Release | |
| Original release | 2003 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | My Fair Princess (1998-1999) |
| Related shows | New My Fair Princess (2011) |
My Fair Princess III, also called My Fair Princess III: Heavenly Earth, is a 2003 television drama and the sequel of the 2-season series My Fair Princess (1998–1999). A joint production between Ho Jan Entertainment International Limited (可人國際影視文化傳播有限公司) in Hong Kong and Hunan Broadcasting System in Mainland China, it was also written by Taiwanese novelist Chiung Yao.
Only 5 actors returned from the first 2 seasons (Zhou Jie, Wang Yan, Zhao Minfen, Wen Haibo and Liu Fang), while 12 recurring characters were portrayed by new actors, including central protagonists Xiaoyanzi, Xia Ziwei, Yongqi and Qianlong Emperor. For this reason the series was not well-received, although it still achieved moderately high ratings in Mainland China.
The story starts off with Xiaoyanzi accidentally losing a child. The empress dowager is now increasingly unhappy with Xiaoyanzi, believing she is not ladylike to be Yongqi's wife, particularly in carrying on the family line. At the same time, Qing'er and Xiaoyanzi's brother, Xiao Jian, were also in love. But empress dowager dislike Xiao Jian, especially after when she finds that Xiaoyanzi and Xiao Jian's father was killed by Qianlong. She thinks that the siblings may want to kill Qianlong for revenge. Before she finds out this fact, they went to Chen's family, where she met Zhihua. The Dowager likes Zhihua more than Xiaoyanzi, and wants Zhihua to marry Yongqi. After returning to the imperial palace, the empress dowager makes a plan to separate Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi, Qing'er and Xiao Jian. She threatens them that she would kill Xiao Jian if Yongqi does not marry Zhihua, and requests that Zhihua should be wife and Xiaoyanzi should be a concubine. To save Xiao Jian's life, they accept the empress dowager's conditions and Xiao Jian is sent away.
Yonqi marries Zhihua, as the empress dowager requests. The empress dowager also sends many servants to come and serve the couple. First, they pretend that they really love each other. However, Zhihua really loves Yongqi, and forces him to bathe with her, which angers Xiaoyanzi.
Although Yongqi gives in and marries Zhihua, Zhihua remains a virgin after marrying Yongqi for quite a long time. But eventually, ErKang and Ziwei persuade Xiaoyanzi that Zhihua has the right to have a child of Yongqi. Xiaoyanzi, being convinced, forced Yongqi to enter Zhihua's room. Not long later, Zhihua is found pregnant.
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