Following the international success of Story of Yanxi Palace 延禧攻略, executive producer Yu Zheng is back with another historical drama that stars Wu Jinyan as the lead. The Legend of Hao Lan 皓镧传 is a 45-episode drama set in the palaces of the Warring States Era and follows a woman who will become the mother of Qin Shi Huang.
Li Hao Lan (Wu Jinyan) is a young woman who has experienced many sufferings. Despite being the daughter of the Public Censor of Zhao, she is betrayed by her lover, thrown out by her stepmother and sold as a slave. She becomes the property of Lü Buwei (Nie Yuan) who strikes a deal with her to help her change her fate. She is presented to Ying Yiren (Mao Zijun), a Qin Royal that is being held hostage in Zhao, as a gift, thus paving the way for her entry into a palace where only those in power can survive.
The drama is a mini-reunion for Story of Yanxi Palace with Yu Zheng behind the scenes and Wu Jinyan and Nie Yuan still as the leads. They are joined by Mao Zijun and a complicated love triangle forms among the three. We’re already quite sure which OTP will prevail as history has stated that Li Haolan will marry the future King.
Other casts include Ning Jing, Wang Zhifei, Tan Zhuo, Wang Maolei, He Jiayi, Wang Lin, Hai Ling, Hong Yao, Zhang Nan, He Fengtian, Zhao Yiqin, Wang Yu, Thomas Tong Mengshi. With the loathsome Consort Gao and Eunuch Yuan from the hit summer drama also in the character lineup, will the ratings follow?
Release date: November 15, 2018 iQiYi January 19, 2019 iQIYI
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| Wu Jinyan as Li Haolan |
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| Mao Zijun as Ying Yiren |
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| Nie Yuan as Lv Buwei |
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| Ning Jing as Li Fu Ren |
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| Wang Zhifei as Zhao Wang |
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| Tan Zhuo as Huayang Fu Ren |
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| Wang Maolei as An Guo Jun |
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| He Jiayi as An Tai Fei |
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| Wang Lin as Gao Min |
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| Hai Ling as Gong Zhu Ya |
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| Hong Yao as Gong Zi Jiao |
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| Zhang Nan as Qiong Hua |
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| He Feng Tian as Gong Zi Yu |
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| Zhao Yiqin as Gong Zi Yi |
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| Wang Yu as Ying Zi Xi |
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| Tong Mengshi as Ying Zheng |
Anonymous
Loving the cast here!!!
Beautiful posters, I'm so glad nobody is overly filtering their skin here and all the actors look like real human beings. Very suitable for historical drama.
Ruyi
I'm quite happy to see Hai Ling here actually…missed her since her cute servant girl days in Go Princess Go~
Sunny
This sounds interesting. The story of Qin Zheng's mother is pretty fascinating stuff. The posters are beautiful.
Anonymous
Do we know why it's been postponed?
Anonymous
I'm very excited for this drama, although I sense that the business side of it will be doing their parts to sell and hype as much as possible after the success of Yanxi (and well, they should…realistically.)
I heard that the main love strand is more 相爱相杀, and I really wasn't too sure what this type of love story is until I read this response describing it in detail: https://www.zhihu.com/question/23550600/answer/137282215
Wow! It sounds so much bigger than life, like Catherine and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights, maybe even Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed characters overwhelmed by their circumstances to break apart yet compelled by the charisma of each other's pull. I think that's why the trailers start to promote the "past life" and "next life" thread connecting HaoLan and Yanxi with the couple's pairing.
Fingers crossed that it'll be aired soon! 🙂