The Blooms at Ruyi Pavillion 如意芳霏 is turning out to be full of surprises. After previously announcing that The Legend of Yunxi couple Ju Jingyi and Zhang Zhehan have signed on to play an onscreen couple for the second time in another historical romance drama no less, the drama which has already wrapped filming finally introduces the rest of the cast and it might be doubly interesting for you as it was for me if you’re a fan of Youth with You 2.
Liu Yichang who plays Esther Yu’s leading man in I’ve Fallen For You signs on as the second lead. You may also recognize Wang Youshuo from the cast as he played Tang Li in Legend of Yunxi.
Youth With You’s Kiki Xu Jiaqi who successfully debuted as part of the newly-formed girl group THE9 plays the second female lead. Given that the drama is produced by Star48 Culture Media Group, it’s not at all surprising to see so many idols. Ju Jingyi herself is a former member of SNH48. Xu Jiaqi is also from SNH48 and a member of its subgroup 7SENSES. What comes as a shock to me is how I never recognized that she was Chu Qingge in Legend of Yunxi, a vengeful princess who was caught between feelings of love and hate for the emperor that she marries.
The Blooms at Ruyi Pavillion is about a girl who wants to control her own destiny and meets a proud and arrogant prince along the way. It is adapted from the novel Chong Hou Zhi Lu 宠后之路 by Xiao Jia Ren 笑佳人. Also in the cast are SNH48 member Jiang Shan, Wang Yiting, Yang Dan, SNH48 member Song Xinran (also a Youth with You alum!), Gong Beibi and Lan Xi.
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Anonymous
looks good, I like the costumes :)!!! Is it finish filming? When is it gonna air?
jiminie
It finished filming last year. Hopefully it will air sometime this year but theres no news yet about when its gonna air
Anonymous
This pairing is for satisfying fans of Legend of Yuxi but sorry ZZH's acting skills is just hooooorible. I advice them not making him another ice face, he sucks at trying hard to be ice face. The way he does it is, he just looks away like his mind is taken away to lala land. It's hilarious and bad at the same time. As always JJY never knows how to tone down her skin, all actresses and actors are way too pale as if not enough she is doubled pale than everyone else. It makes her red eyes very apparent. If there is a filter to make her more tan, please do it she will look better like that.
Anonymous
Both actors were pretty bad in Legend of Yunxi. This will be a hard pass for me.
whosays
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All actresses look like they have the same skin tone. This is a Chinese drama, people there are obsessed with this kind of skin color.