Monday, 26 March 2018

Goodbye My Princess

Web Drama: Goodbye My Princess / Eastern Palace
Chinese Title: 东宫 / Dong Gong
Broadcast Website: Youku

Broadcast Date: February 14, 2019

Air Time: Monday, Thursday 20:00 (four episodes) for Youku members, 1 episode released daily for non-members (See Viewing Calendar)
Genre: Historical, Melodrama, Palace, Romance
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 52
Director: Li Muge
Screenwriter: Qian Yu, Wang Yihan, Xu Xiaolin, Hu Rong, Liu Xiao, Ke Yitong
Production Company: Talent Television and Film, Youku, Beijing Hualu Baina Film & TV Inc. (HLBN), HS Entertainment, Minong Entertainment
Production Date: 2017
Origin: China
Source: Adapted from a novel of the same name by Fei Wo Si Cun
Watch Episodes On: Viki (eng subs), Youtube

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

A love story revolves around the 9th Princess of Western Liang as she journeys to the Central Plains to fulfill a marriage alliance with the Crown Prince.

Having received overwhelming love and admiration as the 9th Princess, Xiao Feng (Peng Xiao Ran) is forced to leave the life that she has known in order to become the Crown Princess. Her husband, the black-bellied Crown Prince Li Chengyin (Chen Xing Xu), holds the highest position second only to one, the Emperor. However, the Eastern Palace is the most dangerous place to be. For political reasons, the Prince has no choice but to marry the Princess from a foreign land. He has his own favored concubine while she has her own life. Two parallel lines begin to intersect in a place fraught with danger and deadly power play while buried somewhere deep inside are memories from a tragic past that they have both chosen to forget.

Fun Facts

It is produced by Zhejiang Talent Television and Film Co. Ltd. in collaboration with Youku and other companies. Among the celebrity stockholders, Fan Bing Bing and Vicki Zhao are the most well-known.
The source novel was published in 2010 and quickly became a best-selling novel.
Filming took place in Hengdian World Studios, Beijing, Dunhuang and Bashang Grasslands.
Peng Xiao Ran signed with Fan Bing Bing Studio in 2017. Many assumed that the young actress would be groomed as Fan Bing Bing's successor. In fact, she appeared with Fan Bing Bing in variety shows and the historical epic Legend of Ba Qing .
It was announced that the December 12, 2018 premiere on Youku has been delayed due to schedule adjustments. The new premiere date will be announced separately.

Cast

	Chen Xingxu as Li Chengyin
	Peng Xiaoran as Xiao Feng
	Shawn Wei Qianxiang as Gu Jian
	Siqin Gaowa as Tai Huang Tai Hou
	Gallen Lo as Huang Di
	Kristy Yang as Princess Ming Yuan
	Wang Zhifei as Gao Yuming
	Zhang Dinghan as Empress Zhang
	Jiang Kai as Qu Wencheng
	Zheng Xiaoning as Tie Da Er Wang