Chinese Drama 2017

Princess Agents (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

Princess Agents

• Genre: Historical Costume Drama Fiction, Romance, Strong Female Lead Role
• Release Date: 2017
• Origin: China
• Cdrama: 67 Episodes

Cast

• Zanilia Zhao Liying as Chu Qiao
• Kenny Lin Gengxin as Yu Wenyue
• Shawn Dou as Yan Xun
• Li Qin as Zhao Chuner
• Alan Wang Yanlin as Yu Wenhuai
• Niu Junfeng as Yuan Song
• Maggie Huang Mengying as Xiao Yu
• Allen Deng Lun as Xiao Ce
• Xing Zhaolin as Yue Qi
• Li Ruojia as Zhong Yu ( Yu Gu Niang )
• Sun Ning as Shu Guifei
• Jin Han as Zhao Xifeng
• Shih Chieh King as Yu Wenxi
• Tian Xiaojie as Huang Di
• Nicole Zhu Shengyi as Xiao Ba
• Dong Chunhui as Liang Shaoqing
• Cao Xiyue as Jin Zhu
• Hu Bing as Wu Dao Ya
• Chen Sihan as Wei Shuye
• Vivi Miao Miao as Xiao Qi
• Zhao Xuanqi as Yin Xin
• Ding Ziling as Luo He
• Wang Yu as Jin Cai
• Li Chunai as A Luo
• Wang Dong as Yu Wenhao
• Fu Jia as Zhu Shun
• Rain Lau Yuk Tsui as Song Daniang
• Liu Yuqi as Ying Tao’er
• Angelina Jiang Yiyi as Juan Maotou
• Huang Yang Tian Tian as Chu Qiao (Young)
• Wang Chunyuan as Zuo Baocang
• Peng Doudou as Zhi Xiang
• Ruan Shengwen as He Xiao
• Connie Kang as Princess Zama

I have to admit that I was not really into historical action dramas but after watching Yang yang’s Once Upon A time, I thought I should give it a go.

Princess Agents is a historical drama which currently holds the top rating as the most-watched Chinese drama of all time.

The leading lady is Zanilia Zhao  who  plays Chu Qiao / Jin Xiaoliu / Xing’er and the two male leads vying for her affection were Lin Gengxin as Yuwan Yue and Shawn Dou as Yan Xun.

Zanilia was cute and slightly chubby in her previous dramas like in Boss & Me but she lost a lot of weight for this drama.  Probably from intentional dieting or the rigorous training for the kungfu scenes.

I have to admit (I am admitting a lot of things here 🙂 lol, that I am not one for prolonged fights like boxing, punching & kicking but in this drama, it was done in another level.  It was so beautiful.  I could actually watch just the fighting scenes all day if I have to.  The fight scenes between Ying’er and Yuwan Yue were rather erotic.  Lots of flying into the air, lots of swishing of beautiful and colourful garments and both of them looking bloody gorgeous and not a hair unpinned.

The story was quite memorable (or just probably the leads gave such good performance) that it was so disappointing when it finally ended after 58 episodes.

The earlier episodes grabbed you so tightly that you can’t help yourself but be hooked.

Princess Agents was during the time when Northern Wei was in chaos.  Factions were sprouting against the emperor all the time, due to his despotic governing.  The elite had their own rules and the masses have to live with it.

Ordinary citizens were captured and turned into slaves.  And this what exactly happened to Jin Xiao Liu.  She was kidnapped to be one of the running maidens to be hunted by ferocious wolves as well as the kingdom’s royalty.  This scene was gloriously well composed and the cinematography was a sensory delight.

Jin Xiaoliu survived the perilous hunt and ended up as a slave in Yuwan Yue’s manor.  He renamed her as Xing’er and started training her in Kungfu.

She found out later (she has amnesia 🙂 ) that she is the daughter of Luo He, the master of Feng Yun order and that she could find all the answers to her question at Yibai, which coincidentally is the principality of Yan Xun’s family.  At this time his family was all slaughtered by the Wei emperor.

The ending was so sad and a tad annoying as it was left hanging.  The gorgeous Yuwan Yue dies while Xing’er who has now reverted back to her original name of Chu Qiao dove into the freezing water to save Yuwan Yue.  But with his last remaining strength, he pushed her away to survive.

There were so many beautiful scenes and CGI was fully used.  Some hated it but I just love it.

Highly recommended for good viewing even for just the fight scenes!  Enjoy!

The ending of this drama was very controversial because we are left with Yuwan Yue plunging into the freezing water and Jin Xiao Liu jumping after him.

Will she be able to save him?

Apparently we will never know because at present time there is unlikely to be a sequel as the author had been found out in court to have plagiarised this work from someone else.

Oh noooo

4 Septemberr 2021:  Melon House in Twitter has given a little ray of light to the continuation of this drama.

Apparently, a script for Season 2 is being prepared.

True or false?

We just have to wait and see.