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Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Switch


Title: 偷龍轉鳳 / Tou Long Zhuan Feng
Also known as: Stealing Dragon, Exchanging Phoenix / Swap a Princess
Genre: Comedy / Romance


Season 1









Episodes: 40

Synopsis:
The story begins when the Emperor's concubine Zhang gave birth to a daughter. Desperate to bear the Emperor's first son surviving, she agrees to Eunuch Liu's suggestion that her daughter be switched with the son of the Lin family. Lin's wife, however, was enraged by the forced switch and abandoned the baby princess at a brothel in Yang Zhou, Bai Hua Lou, where she was adopted and named Qian Qian.

18 years later, Qian Qian grew to be a mischievous young lady, stirring up trouble whenever she could. As fate would have it, she would fight with and gain the attention of the crown prince Zheng De in one of her misadventures.

Cast:
Vincent Jiao / Zhengde
Zhang Ting / Qian Qian
Niu Li / Qin Cai Qing
Ng Man Tat / Qin Zhong Yu
Niu Qing Feng / Shi Shu Cai


Season 2









Synopsis:
Picking up after the end of the first series, Emperor Zheng Kang names Qian Qian Empress. However, on the way to her own coronation, her retinue was attacked by armed assassins who appear to have killed the new Empress. Rushing to the scene of the attack, the Emperor was shocked to find the palace maid Qiao Yu disguised as the Empress instead. It appears that Qian Qian, unhappy with the restrictive life of the palace, had ran away on the day of her own coronation...

The Commander of the Army, Chou Yu, meanwhile, not content despite his current high position, seeks to have his daughter Meng Meng named Empress whatever the cost.

Cast:
David Ng / Zheng Kang
Zhang Ting / Qian Qian
Niu Li / Qin Cai Qing
Ng Man Tat / Qin Zhong Yu
Niu Qing Feng / Shi Shu Cai
Zhang Jia Nan / Chou Meng Meng

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