Chinese Drama 2021

Rebirth For You (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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Very easy to watch

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• Genre: Romance, Historical Costume Drama Fiction, Politics
• Release Date: 17 October 2021
• Origin: China
• Cdrama: 40 Episodes

 

Cast

• Ju Jing Yi as Jiang Bao Ning
• Joseph Zeng as Li Qian
• Marius Wang as Zhao Xiao
• Wang Yi Ting as Li Dong Zhi
• Cao Cui Fen as Grand Empress Dowager
• Pan Hong as Empress Dowager Cao
• Li Yi Zhin as Gao Miao Rong
• Li Yun Rui as Qing An
• Cao Cui Fen as Grand Empress Dowager
• Yvonne Yung as Empress Dowager
• Zhou Zhao Yuan as Emperor
• Lan Xi as Mrs He
• Song Xin Ran as Bai Su
• Guo Jia Nan as Jiang Lu
• Sissy Lin as Wei Zhi
• Hua Wen as Princess Tongxin
• He Ye Chen as Qing Tai (Prince of Yongqing)
• Jiang Qian as Qing Ke (Baoning’s lady’smaid)
• Lu Ting Yu as Dong Shan Hu (prominent Businesswoman)
• Zhang Jia Rui (Jin Xiao)
• Chen Yang as Cao Xuan
• Ryan Kuo as Si Qin (Armorer/inventor of Yongqing)

Zhao LuSi is apparently has a guest appearance in this drama.  Yey.  What a treat?!!! Zhao Lusi and Ju Jing Yi in one drama.

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Quick Precis

Apparently, Jiang Bao Ning with Li Qian will help the young Emperor to establish a stable kingdom that will kickstart a golden era.

Excited about the pairing of Ju Jing Yi and Joseph Zeng, both pleasing to the eyes and good actors as well.

Can’t wait.

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Snippets

23 July 2020: The filming ceremony was held today.

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Episode 1

I love this first episode.

Our lead girl is intelligent and feisty, though on the shouty side.

She has so much chemistry with Joseph Zeng already even in this first episode.  They looked so good together.

Anyway, Jiang Bao Ning is a commandery princess.  Her father was a prince.  She was the granddaughter of the old emperor who spoiled her when she was younger.  She would often climb into the emperor’s desk and used his seal to mark every piece of paperwork on his desk and he indulged her.

After his death, his wife, the Dowager Empress, became the real power behind the throne or rather the curtain, and the young Emperor was a puppet master.

Jiang Bao Ning was expected to marry the young Emperor one day but she was not very keen because of many reasons.  First, the Emperor was only a figurehead, with no real power, second Jiang Bao Ning was not keen to be one of his harems, she is an independent woman and third, she knew that the Emperor was after her family’s fortune as well as a battalion of soldiers.

And last, Jiang Bao Ning is a mechanical engineer in the making.  Her hobby was inventing new things like the big wings which were an ancient paraglider.

Annually, there is a mechanical contest held at the palace. She had tried to enter the competition a couple of times before but she got found out, of her status and real identity and she would be disqualified because of these.

Nothing can’t stop her though because he she was again, entering the palace to join the contest despite not having a pass or invitation to do so.

This was how she met Li Qian.  Someone stole his wooden pass.  The culprit tried to sell the pass.

It so happened that Bao Ning saw the seller and was in the process of buying it when Li Qian turned up and told her that the pass was stolen from him.

Bao Ning was desperate for the pass so she told Li Qian that he had not evidence that it was a stolen good.

Anyway they ended up fighting for the wooden pass until it was cut in half, the other half fell into the canal.

Li Qian let Bao Ning have the remaining half.  But when she presented it to the master of the contest, it was invalidated because it was only a half.

The Master said to Bao Ning and Li Xian that she will give them a test. The one who could solve it will join the contest.

The contest was throwing an egg into the grown without breaking it.

Bao Ning found the contest a doddle.  She had a little rattan woven basket container with she had attached a handkerchief as a parachute to the basket with the egg inside.  It was ingenious.

Meanwhile, Li Xian throw the egg from the roof but he guided it by flying down with it.

They both passed and then there passed the second round as well with Zhao Xiao with one other.

In the second round, Bao Ning, LiXian and Zhao Xiao passed but the fourth scientist was locked in.

The third round involved going into the forest and looking for something that is waterproof.

Bao Ning found a resin from a tree.  When Li Xian asked her what she found, she refused to say what it was but she fell into a cave with Li Xian who tried to save her.

Love it, the first episode was fast-paced and really interesting.

Episode 2

Zhao Xiao rescued Bao Ning and LIxian from the deep cave.

Bao Ning immediately sent her resin find to the contest master which won her the contest.

She then found out that the prise book of ultimate weaponry was a fake because she had already read the original version.

Li Qian save the Queen Dowager from assassins.

As a reward the Queen Dowager promoted him from a third rank palace guard.

As he was now a palace soldier, met Bao Ning and found out that she was a Commandery Princess.  He liked her because she was unprincesslike.

Meanwhile, the Emperor wanted to marry Bao Ning and had asked the Grand Queen Dowager to arrange for Bao Ning to be engaged to him.

Unfortunately for him Bao Ning saw one of his made to be heavily pregnant.

Episode 3

Li Qian asked Bao Ning why she was always in different disguises.

Bao Ning asked him to do her favour; find the pregnant maid who was a maid to the Emperor.

Li Qian put two and two together and guessed rightly that the maid was made pregnant by the Emperor.

Bao Ning told him that she was a childhood sweetheart to the Emperor who wanted to marry her but how can she when he made someone pregnant already.

Li Qian found the pregnant maide and Bao Ning saw how well protected the woman was.

When she went to the Emperor, she found out that he has another pillow maid. The Emperor said that his mother said the girl by he only loves Bao Ning.

Meanwhile, Queen Dowager sent for Princess Tongxin to become the Noble Consort to the young Emperor.

Bao Ning immediately realised that the Queen Dowager was trying to maker sure so put her own people at her side so that the Emperor would not be able to change her position as the real ruling power.

Episode 4

Tongxin’s father tried to dissuade her from wanting to be a concubine to the Emperor but she said she really loved him.

It was decided that the marriage between Bao Ning and the Emperor are to be announced in three days.

Episode  5

Bao Ning plotted to derail the announcement by setting up Tongxin.

The Queen Dowager said that they had to postpone the wedding announcement because Bao Ning was too much of an unruly girl.

Tongxin was told by her grandfather that the Queen Dowager said that instead of being a Noble Consort, Tongxin will be the Empress

Bao Ning who was being punished for blaming Tongxin of thievery was actually having a lovely quiet time at the ancestral villa of the palace where Li Xian found her.

He said that her punishment was her own plot because she was much to cunning and clever to get caught.  He said that she did it because he doesn’t want to marry the Emperor.

Bao Ning admitted it.  She said that she does not want to be constrained in the palace; she wanted to be free.

Li Xian then took her to the kitchen and made her ramen.  She was surprised at first why he made noodles for her.  He said because it was her birthday.

She ate the noodles but she became tearful.

Li Xian was alarmed. She told him that no one had made her noodles for her birthday after her mother passed away.

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Episode 10

Li Xian rescued Baoning from the Prince of Yongqing.

Episode 11

Li Xian told Baoning that he adores her and loves her and that he would protect her for a lifetime.  He then asked her to marry him.

Episode 12

It was a royal wedding.

But Baoning told her new husband that he was out of luck on the marital bed because she was not up to it.

Li Xian who knew that Baoning has a weak constitution agreed but he flirted with her anyway and was rather sweet.

Episode 13

Baoning sorted out her new mother-in-law who was covetous of Baoning’s dowry.

Meanwhile, Miaorong is desperately jealous that LiQian married someone else other than her.  She is working in the background, compiling a list to incriminate Baoning into some dastardly act to get her into trouble.

The Emperor was wretchedly missing Baoning.  So when the equally despondently angry Zhao Xiao came to him to ask him to issue an edict where Zhao Xiao will go to Jinxi to be the regent’s proxy so he could bring back Baoning to the Capital, the Emperor agreed at once.

They also made Li Qian to be assigned to the border battalion which meant he had to leave Baoning home.

Before his departure, Baoning danced a tame version of Dance of the Seven Veils. 😊

Baoning missed him terribly and Li Qian did too in return.  He missed her so much he hardly slept but practise his sword skill all the time.

Zhao Xiao gave a jade token to an unaware Baoning.  He left before she could give it back.

At the barracks, Zhao Xiao warned Li Qian that as long as he was there, Li Qian will have problems.  Zhao Xiao continued to make it difficult for Li Qian who fortunately had matured into an even better fighter.

But now he was being moved to a more dangerous assignment.

Episode 14

Miao Rong was going out of control and tried to contrive one problem after another and put the blame on Baoning.

But Baoning was methodical and had a good assistant with her was logical and was able to unravel secrets and plots created by Miao Rong including the theft of the military plan that General Li had in his study.

Miao Rong said that  Baoning had been going in and out of the study and she could have taken it.

Baoning said that it was actually Miao Rong who was lax in her duty.  She was not implementing stringent rules on the servants.

Baoning asked the General for three days to find who the culprit.

It turned out it was the nanny, Li Dong Zhi’s old nanny.

Li Dong Zhi, Li Qian’s sister had just come home in the middle of the screeching nanny being investigated.

Madam Li wanted the issue swept under the carpet and let the nanny go as she had been in the family for ages.

Baoning said if that was the case they the General had to answer for losing the military plan.

This stopped even the spoilt Madam Li.

Episode 15

MiaoRong can’t be stopped.  She had now planned to use military monies to invest in underground banks as usury. She had madam Li as an accomplice.

Meanwhile, Dong Dong had become Baoning’s ally.

Dong Dong had also met a Yongqing merchant named An.

Despite the assurance of the king of Yongqing that he wanted a peaceful correlation with Mu’an Kingdom, the prince of Yongqing started an attack.

Zhao Xiao volunteered himself to be in charge and would not listen to any suggestion to anyone, especially to Li Qian.

Because of it, the provisions for the military were ambushed by Yongqing.

Zhao Xiao went to have a look and he was also ambushed and would have been killed if Li Qian did not turn up.

The two ended up fighting against all the Yongqing soldiers.  They were too many and the two both got hurt and were actually reported as dead.

Episode 16

The Lis were notified that Li Qian was killed during an ambush.  But his body and that of Zhao Xiao had not been found.

Everyone was upset especially Miao Rong who was taking it out of Baoning who was rather calm.  Miaorong was saying that Baoning does not care for Li Qian as she was not shedding any tears.

Baoning said that she does not believe Li Qian was dead and that he was probably in Yongqing.

Miao Rong was dismissive of her logic and asked General Li if she could take soldiers to search for Li Qian where he fell.

The General allowed her to take soldiers.

Meanwhile, the next morning, Dong Dong found Baoning sneaking out of the Li Mansion.

Baoning said that she was going to Yongqing to search for her husband She doesn’t think he was dead.

Dongdong said that she was going to Yongqing with her.

Baoning had to pretend to be a man with eye-shadows and Ju Jingyi’s trademark red lipstick. The men totally got that she was a boy.🤣🤣🤣

The ammunition general of Yongqing was rather empathetic and actually saved Zhao Xiao and Li Qian.

Despite swearing that he hated Li Qian for stealing Baoning, Zhao Xiao did everything he could to keep Li Qian alive including changing their uniforms to look more like Yongqing and then carrying Li Qian on his back until the Yongqing ammunition general found them and took them both to Yongqing.

Baoning found Zhao Xiao who at first did not tell him where Li Qian was.

But then he followed him and found a desperately ill Li Qian.

Li Qian thought that he had died and was hallucinating when he saw Baoning.

Zhao Xiao found them and was aghast to see them having so many mushy moments.  He then went to get herbs to treat Li Qian.

So cute.

Meanwhile, with all of these going, our cutie Dong Dong was having the time of her life.  She was busy flirting with An who she met on the street.

MiaoRong realized that Baoning was right after all when she can’t find Li Qian anywhere including the nearby towns.

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Episode 19

Xiao Zhao went to the underground bank to double the value of the military fund.

MiaoRong found a letter of betrothal between her and Li Qian.  It was written by Commander Li himself.

Her Uncle said that it was a drunken agreement.

Miarong was not having it though.  She begged her Uncl4 to ask Commander Li to honour the agreement.  Li Xian doesn’t have to divorce the Princess, Miarong could be Li Qian’s second wife.

Miaorong insisted to be with Li Qian, if not his second wife, then his concubine or even his chambermaid.

Her trump card was that Li Qian and Baoning had not slept together because of Baoning’s weak body.  Miaorong used this to convince Commander Li to make her a wife of Li Qian.

The Commander finally went to see Baoning with Miaorong and told her that since she was unable to bear and heir to carry the Li name then Miaorong is there to fulfill the duty for her.

She was so annoyed, she did not say anything more but when LiQian came home she took it out on him.

He did not even know what Baoning was being grumpy about but her maid told him that early in the morning, his father with Miaorong came to see Baoning and she had been moody since then.

LiQian went to see his father and found out about Miaorong being the expected mother of his children.

Li Qian was so annoyed with his father and told him that his platonic relationship with his wife was not permanent.  He warned his father that if insist for him to take Miaorong, then their family would become a laughing stock.

His father assured Liqian that he will not interfere anymore.

It was a different matter with Baoning.  She sent her husband to his study where Miaorong was waiting for him.

LiQian was annoyed with Baoning so he went to his study to spend the night.

The next morning Baoning went to find her husband and found him happily playing chess with Miaorong.

Baoning was flounced out as her husband looked like he enjoyed himself.

But then she turned back and found her husband waiting for her.

He said that he was disappointed with Baoning for pushing him to another woman.  He told her that he told Miaorong that there can never be anything between them because Baoning occupies every bit of his being

Awww.

Miaorong is not giving up.

Meanwhile , Qing An was back in Jinxi and met up with a very annoyed Dong Dong who threw the dagger and ring he gave her back at him.

Episode 20

TBH, this is a boring episode.  You can escape watching this as there is nothing happening.

Mrs Zhang and her annoying daughter suddenly turned up at Commander Li’s mansion.  They wanted to stay awhile while their own mansion was being renovated.

Commander Li can’t say no as Mr Zhang did him a favour long ago.

Through the encouragement of Miaorong, Miss Zhang with the connivance of her mother started going after Li Qian.  She wanted to be his wife had seen that Li Qian was gorgeous.

Miaorong thought that if she can’t have Li Qian then she will not make it easy for Baoning to have Li Qian all to herself.

So Miaorong told Miss Zhang to become more like Baoning because she is the ultimate type of Li Qian.

It almost worked as well because Li Qian was just about to hug Miss Zhang when he realised that she was not Baoning.

He confessed to Baoning what he almost did but he said no touching whatsoever occurred.

Baoning was actually more concerned about the maid, Luixia, that the Zhangs seemed to be physically abusing.

Episode 21

Another filler episode.

Nasty Miss Zhang got what she deserved.  She was found in flagrante delicto with a Mr Zhao.  So she had to marry him.

He was not only after her fortune but he has a gaggle of concubines.

But then again, he found out that his new bride was not the nouveau riche he thought she was.

Meanwhile, Miaorong was finally getting flak from her plotting.

Madam Li was not as enamoured of her anymore when she found out the true nature of Mr Zhao.  Miaorong had been pushing for Mr Zhao as a perfect husband for Dongdong.

Madam Li realised that she could have made her daughter’s life miserable if she had listened to Miaorong.

Episode 22

Poor Baisu who bear all kinds of treatment so she could have a baby did fall pregnant but had a miscarriage.

Another annoying character came to take refuse at Commander Li’s mansion.  He was Guirong, whose father once save the Commander’s life.

Guirong wanted money as well as marriage with one of the servant ladies.  He happened to take fancy to Qingke, who moaned at Boining that Guirong was giving her the creeps.

Baoning took her case and with Dongdong investigated Guirong.

They found out that he has a wife already who was quite hefty.

They told her that Guirong wanted a divorce so he could marry someone else.

The wife beat up Guirong and that was the end of his shenanigans.

Meanwhile at Muan, the Emperor is hiding from the Empress.  But she could find him anyway.

Xiao Zhao had problems with military money.  His investment did not pan out.

The Yellow River had burst so there are many refugees displaced from their homes.

Baoning started helping with feeding secretly.

Episode 23

Madam Li is trying to marry Dongdong off.

Dongdong away.  She was followed secretly by Qing An and when she had arrived safely at her Aunt, he left.

Then Baoning and Li Qian turned up to fetch her.

It so happened that Aunt was an expert herbalist who can cure most diseases. She brewed a herbal medication for Baoning which would cure her weakness and remove the remaining poison in her body.

Li Qian was happy about it.

They returned back to Jixian where the refugee problem was getting worst.

The palace then informed Baoning that the Grand Empress Dowager was seriously ill.

Baoning did not waste any time, she went back to the palace.

Episode 24

As he promised, Li Qian followed Baoning to the palace but he was not allowed in.

The next morning, Baoning went to see him at the Li Mansion in the Capital. She saw that he was rather depressed so to cheer him up she asked him why don’t start making a baby?

Baoning added that the imperial physician assured her that the herbal medicine she had been taking was very effective and she was now well.

Li Qian did not waste any time.  He picked her up and they ended up in the bed.

Episode 25

Miaorong won’t cease causing trouble for Baoning.  She has now incited the homeless and refugees to complain of the substandard cotton jackets and mouldy rice from Baoning charity through donations from prominent businessmen and women in Jinxi.

Li Qian was there to protect Baoning who told the people that he will investigate the matter.  But he said he was very disappointed that the needy were not at all grateful to Baoning’s kind deed.

Baoning asked the help of the prominent businesswoman in Jinxi who had become a trusted friend.

Unfortunately while she, Dong Shan Hu, was in the middle of her investigation, she was arrested and imprisoned by Jin Xiao.

Baoning later commanded that Dong Shan Hu was released immediately.  So Dong Shan Hu, Jin Xiao, Li Qian and Baoning were now working together to smoke out the usury and they finally found one of the culprits which was Cao Xuan.

Li Qian was just arresting him when Zhao Xiao turned up.  He and Li Qian started fighting as Cao Xuan was Zhao Xiao’s assistant and associate in the money laundering of the military pay.

Baoning turned up and told the two men to stop fighting and arrest Cao Xuan.  As they were into their fighting so much, it was left to Baoning to go after Cao Xuan herself.

She used her drug powder to stop Cao Xuan.  The guards then turned up and arrested him.

Meanwhile in the palace, the scandal of the mouldy rice got to the Emperor.  A couple of ministers were asking the Emperor to reprehend Baoning by removing her title and then execute her as she eas bringing bad reputation and ill-conduct to the royal family

The Empress Dowager immediately went to see the Emperor and asked the Emperor to ignore hearsay and one-sided rumours.

The Emperess turned up and told off the Empress Dowager of always protecting Baoning.

The Emperor slapped the Empress for being disrespectful of his grandmother.

He said that nothing is going to happened to Baoning as she is his favourite cousin and trust her implicitly.

Episode 26

Miaorong’s dastardly actions had been revealed which victimised her uncle and Li Lin and yet she was unrepentant at all.

She blamed Li ‘Qian for abandoning her.  She said that if he had married her they would all have a good peaceful life.

Meanwhile, the Emperor was touched when the Empress abandoned her grand birthday party for the sake of giving money to charity.

He was so happy, he finally gave in to his carnal desire and gave the queen a shag which she has been gagging for. Sorry a bit crude!

Anyway, Baoning continues to be a source of worry for Li Qian.

He found that she had an injured hand because she had been fighting a child trafficker.

Zhao Xiao’s father had come to fetch him to keep him away from further mischief.

As to Dongdong, she found out from Master Si Qin that Qing An had died.

Episode 27

Li Qian worries about Baoning.  He worries that she would not be able to defend herself when he was not there.

So he started training her but Baoning was not too interested.  So Li Qian made her sign a family contract that she must not endanger herself or the family and had to do everything she can to preserve and protect the peace of the Li Family.

Li Qian then said that she had to be able to protect herself so she started training though half-heartedly.

Li Qian though indulged her and cooked for her and buy her treats.

Mother-in-law was jealous so she ask commander Li to be more like his son and treat her well.

Commnader Li summoned Li Qian and told him off for being weak, henpecked by his wife.

Li Qian said hat he was not under the control of Baoning.  He just think that they are equal.

But Li Qian though has some self-esteem issue regarding Baoning. He really thinks that she was too good for him and one day she would come to realise how boring he was and would leave him.

He confessed this and that he wanted a couple of kids with to tie her to him.

Baoning said that she would never leave him for a stupid reason like that.  She said that the only thing that would make her leave him is if he becomes disloyal to her and did not treat her well.

Li Qian said he will never do that.

Baoning was in the market street when she saw Zhou Xiao who was drunk and can’t pay for the wine he consumed.

When he saw her he started telling her again of his feelings.  He held on to her arms but not for long because Li Qian turned up and ended up fighting with Zhou Xiao.

Baoning got accidentally injured and Li Qian was so worried.  Again, he told Baoning that he can’t help himself when other men get close to her became they might take her away from him.

A day later, Zhou Xiao turned up at Baoning’s villa to apologise.

Baoning returned the jade token which he gave her as a wedding present.

This really broke Zhou Xiao’s heart.  As he was walking away from the manor, he threw the token away and said that he will never love anyone else.

Baoning meanwhile went back to her hobby of inventing things.

She wanted to make a gun and asked Li Qian to send her someone who was an expert in weaponry.

Episode 28

Finally, MiaoRong got her comeuppance.

She just going out of control and even arranged to have Baoning drug and then to be raped by Cai Zhong.

In the end, she was thrown out of the Li Mansion.  But first, to make them feel guilty about how she turned out, she even cuts her little finger.

Rather out of it, she was chased by Cai Zhong into one of the empty warehouses and raped while she was still holding a carving of a doll given to her by Li Qian when they were children.

Episode 29

Dongdong is always ruled by her hormones. As soon as she seen Qing An, she forgets that she needs to serve and protect being a soldier.

Qing An was a different man.  He is not quite right mentally.

Yongqing and bandits were spreading terror everywhere.  The King was wounded and it was just a matter of time before he dies.

He asked his eunuch to send his edict to Baoning making her the ruler when he dies,  She has the command of the army.  He also sent a super-secret edict that Baoning would only know.  The king had named a distant cousin to inherit the throne.

Baoning found the edict so stupid at a time like this so she faked another edict ordering the army and citizens to protect the country with all their might.

Baoning then set off for the Capital.

Queen Dowager chose to kill herself rather than surrender to Yongqing.

Yuri, the mother of the First Prince sacrificed herself for the sake of her son.

It was total chaos but Baoning could not do away with her red lipstick so it is still intact and she remains to look like a million dollars.  That is royalty at its best!🤗❤️❤️❤️🤣

Episode 30

The Emperor died in Baoning’s arm.  But before his death, he asked her to look after Xi.

The court was surprised and a little aghast that a woman will be chairing the court.  They told Baoning to more or less go away.

But she asked one of the ministers to make an announcement.

He announced that the king was dead which shocked the ministers and officials including Li Qian.

Baoning had forged another document as the will and testament of the king naming young Xi as the Crown Prince, and therefore will be king after the current king’s death,

The testament was just read by the Head Eunuch when the Empress turned up and told the congregation that she was carrying the king’s true heir.  She was pregnant.

She looked like a cat who got the cream when the Grand Empress Dowager turned up and said that according to Muan Law and tradition, the heir of the king doesn’t have to be the direct legal descendant but who the king nominated.

So Xi is the going to be king after the king’s interment.

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