My Fair Princess III

*My Fair Princess III*
My Fair Princess III
	Promotional image of the main cast in 2002 (l-r): Wang, Huang Xiaoming, Ku, Huang Yi, Zhou and Ma
Also known as	Heavenly Earth;
Traditional Chinese	還かえ珠たま格かく格かく三さん之これ天てん上うえ人ひと間あいだ
Simplified Chinese	还珠たま格かく格かく三さん之これ天てん上うえ人ひと间
Hanyu Pinyin	Huán Zhū Gégé Sān Zhī Tiānshàng Rénjiān
Genre	costume drama; soap opera; historical fiction; wuxia
Created by	Chiung Yao
Developed by	Chen Chung-wei
Written by	Chiung Yao
Directed by	Li Ping; Ting Yang-kuo
Presented by	Ping Hsin-tao; Ouyang Changlin
Starring	Huang Yi; Leo Ku; Ma Yili; Zhou Jie; Wang Yan; Huang Xiaoming; Ti Lung; Qin Lan; Liu Tao; Jiang Qinqin
Composer	Xu Jingxin
Country of origin	China; Hong Kong
Original languages	Mandarin; Burmese
No. of episodes	40
Production
Executive producers	Liu Xiangqun; Ho Hsiu-chiung
Producers	Ping Hsin-tao; Wei Wenbin
Production locations	Beijing; Chengde Mountain Resort; Bashang Plateau; Yangzhou; Guangzhou
Running time	48 minutes
Production companies	Hunan Broadcasting System; Ho Jan Entertainment International Limited
Original release
Release	7 July 2003
Related
	My Fair Princess (1998–1999); New My Fair Princess (2011);

My Fair Princess III, also called My Fair Princess III: Heavenly Earth, is a 2003 television drama and the sequel of the 2-season series My Fair Princess (1998–1999). A joint production between Ho Jan Entertainment International Limited (可か人じん國際こくさい影かげ視し文化ぶんか傳播でんぱ有限ゆうげん公司こうし) in Hong Kong and Hunan Broadcasting System in Mainland China, it was also written by Taiwanese novelist Chiung Yao.

Only 5 actors returned from the first 2 seasons (Zhou Jie, Wang Yan, Zhao Minfen, Wen Haibo and Liu Fang), while 12 recurring characters were portrayed by new actors, including central protagonists Xiaoyanzi, Xia Ziwei, Yongqi and Qianlong Emperor. For this reason the series was not well-received, although it still achieved moderately high ratings in Mainland China.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

The story starts off with Xiaoyanzi accidentally losing a child. The empress dowager is now increasingly unhappy with Xiaoyanzi, believing she is not ladylike to be Yongqi's wife, particularly in carrying on the family line. At the same time, Qing'er and Xiaoyanzi's brother, Xiao Jian, are also in love. But empress dowager dislikes Xiao Jian, especially after when she finds that Xiaoyanzi and Xiao Jian's father was killed by Qianlong. She thinks that the siblings may want to kill Qianlong for revenge. Before she finds out this fact, they go to Chen's family during a travel, where she meets Zhihua. During the travel, Qianlong develops a crush on Xia Yingying, who he believes to be the reincarnation of Xia Yuhe, but everyone opposes him to take Yingying as his new consort, and during the process, the empress, who is no longer hostile to the main characters, cuts her hair, thus totally losing favor of the emperor. After being sent back, she lives like a nun.

The Dowager likes Zhihua more than Xiaoyanzi, and wants Zhihua to marry Yongqi. After returning to the imperial palace, the empress dowager makes a plan to separate Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi, Qing'er and Xiao Jian. She threatens them that she would kill Xiao Jian if Yongqi does not marry Zhihua, and requests that Zhihua should be wife and Xiaoyanzi should be a concubine. To save Xiao Jian's life, they accept the empress dowager's conditions and Xiao Jian is sent away.

Yongqi marries Zhihua, as the empress dowager requests, with Xiaoyanzi and Zhihua both as consorts. The empress dowager also sends many servants to come and serve the couple. First, they pretend that they really love each other. However, Zhihua really loves Yongqi, and forces him to bathe with her, which angers Xiaoyanzi. Although Yongqi gives in and marries Zhihua, Zhihua remains a virgin after marrying Yongqi for quite a long time. But eventually, Erkang and Ziwei persuade Xiaoyanzi that Zhihua has the right to have a child of Yongqi. Xiaoyanzi, being convinced, forces Yongqi to enter Zhihua's room. Not long later, Zhihua is found pregnant. Not much time after the news, both Yongqi and Erkang volunteer to go into war with Burma. In the war, when Erkang fights with the eighth 'prince', who he finds that 'he', or rather 'she', is actually the eighth princess, Musha. Musha is attracted to Erkang, and plans to take him back to Burma. Musha disguises another soldier to look like Erkang to make the Qings think that Erkang is dead. After the war ends, Yongqi is created Prince of Rong and Erkang "posthumously" Prince of Xian; Xiao Jian remains in Yunnan, because he is suspicious about Erkang's death.

Xiao Jian later discovers Erkang may not be dead and has been captured to Burma. Xiao Jian takes the news back to Yongqi, Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei, Qing'er in Beijing. The group travels to Burma in order to rescue Erkang. They initially ask Qianlong to let them go to Burma to rescue Erkang, but Qianlong doubts the news and refuses to let them go. They resolve to go to Burma on their own by sneaking out of the palace. Xiaoyanzi wants to stay in Yunnan, and she convinces Yongqi to stay with her. Zhihua hears their conversation and gets angry. Qianlong also asks to see the person who brought the news, Xiao Jian, but Xiao Jian refuses to see the emperor. Eventually, Xiao Jian is forced to make an appearance, and Zhihua tells everything that she knows. She tells Qianlong that Xiao Jian and Xiaoyanzi's parents were killed by Qianlong. Xiao Jian attempts to kill Qianlong, who is rescued by Yongqi.

Xiao Jian, raged, wants to kill Yongqi, but Xiaoyanzi pushes Xiao Jian out of the way. She convinces Xiao Jian that Yongqi was the love of her life. Qianlong, not knowing what to do, sends them all back to where they came from, and researches what really happened. Then, Qianlong calls them over to tell them what really happened to Xiaoyanzi and Xiao Jian's father. After that, Qianlong decides to let them go. Zhihua has become the sole consort after giving birth to a son with Xiaoyanzi finally degraded to a concubine, but Yongqi also abandons Zhihua and her son, and lives like a commoner with Xiaoyanzi, Qing'er and Xiao Jian. After finding Erkang, Xiao Jian and Qing'er are married. During their wedding, Xiaoyanzi announces that she is pregnant and decides to name her child Nan'er as Ziwei first child was named Dong'er. Meanwhile, the empress dies of illness, and Wet-Nurse Rong commits suicide for her mistress, and the emperor tells the world that both the empress and Prince of Rong have died. Years later, Erkang and the emperor go to visit them. They find that both couples are happy and they both have 4 children, and that Yongqi becomes a doctor. Unaware of the identity of the emperor, Nan'er simply takes him as a senior clansman and politely calls him "Grandfather". The couples are told that Zhihua is also not remarried and is living happily now. The season ends with both couples and their children sending the Emperor and Erkang off together, singing happily.

Cast

Huang Yi as Xiaoyanzi
Ma Yili as Xia Ziwei
Leo Ku as Yongqi
Zhou Jie as Fu Erkang
Wang Yan as Qing'er
Huang Xiaoming as Xiao Jian
Ti Lung as Qianlong Emperor
Jiang Qinqin as Xia Yingying
Qin Lan as Chen Zhihua
Liu Tao as Princess Musha
Jiang Lili as the empress
Zhao Minfen as the empress dowager
Chen Li as Consort Ling
Qiao Chen as Wet-Nurse Rong
Wen Haibo as Fu Lun
Liu Fang as Fu Lun's wife
Zang Jinsheng as Meng Bai
Zhai Yujia as Xiaodengzi
Zhang Tong as Xiaozhuozi
Gong Yan as Mingyue
Du Minhe as Caixia
Jia Yunzhe as Dong'er
Li Yaxi as Zhen'er
Fan Rui as Cui'er
Deng Limin as Minister Meng
Wang Weiguang as Fu Heng
Su Sheng as Chen Bangzhi
Li Qing as Chen Bangzhi's wife

Original soundtrack

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"天上てんじょう人間にんげん" (Tiānshàng rénjiān, "Heavenly Earth")		Leo Ku	Leo Ku	04:09
2.	"問とい燕つばめ兒じ" (Wèn yàn er, "Asking Swallow")		Leo Ku	Leo Ku	03:32
3.	"在ざい這離別べつ時候じこう" (Zài zhè líbié shíhou , "At This Time of Departure")		Leo Ku	Leo Ku	03:24
4.	"只ただ要よう有ゆう你" (Zhǐyào yǒu nǐ, "As Long As I have You")		Chuang Li-fan	Leo Ku, Huang Yi, Zhou Jie, Ma Yili, Huang Xiaoming, Liu Tao	05:17
5.	"奈何いかん" (Nàihé, "No Alternative")		Hsu Chia-liang	Liu Pan	03:53
6.	"最さい怕別離べつり" (Zuì pà biélí, "Most Afraid of Departure")	Chiung Yao	Hsiang Chung-wei	Liu Pan	03:15
7.	"自じ君くん別べつ後ご" (Zì jūn bié hòu, "Since You Left")	Chiung Yao	Hsu Chia-liang	Chen Sisi	03:46
8.	"天上てんじょう人間にんげん會かい相しょう逢" (Tiānshàng rénjiān huì xiāngféng, "Heavenly Earth Has Encounters")	Chiung Yao	Hsiao-chien	Liu Pan	04:25
9.	"小橋こはし流水りゅうすい" (Xiǎoqiáo liúshuǐ, "Small Bridge, Flowing Water")	Chiung Yao	Hsu Chia-liang	Chen Sisi	03:50
10.	"西湖さいこ柳やなぎ" (Xīhú liǔ, "Willow of the West Lake")	Chiung Yao	Lee Cheng-fan	Chen Sisi	04:10
11.	"山やま一いち程ほど水すい一いち程ほど" (Shān yī chéng shuǐ yī chéng, "A Journey of Mountains, a Journey of Waters")	Chiung Yao	Hsiang Chung-wei	Chen Sisi	03:56
12.	"重じゅう逢時刻こく" (Chóngféng shíkè, "The Moment of Reunion")	Chiung Yao	Hsiao-chien	Liu Pan	03:57
13.	"英雄えいゆう出征しゅっせい" (Yīngxióng chūzhēng, "Heroes Go To War")	Hao Han	Hao Han	Zhaorite	03:35

Chiung Yao wrote all the lyrics except for Track 13, which was written by Hao Han.

References

^ "《还珠3》被ひ观众口こう水すい淹没收おさむ视率奇き高だか有人ゆうじん爱看". Sina. 20 August 2003. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
^ "《还珠III》7月がつ播出琼瑶大だい赞该剧拍得とく惊心动魄". Sohu. 19 June 2003. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
^ 琼瑶：《还珠格かく格かく3》在ざい台湾たいわん输给了りょう一いち个社会かい现象, "Chiung Yao: My Fair Princess 3 lost in Taiwan", Sina.com, July 22, 2003 (in Chinese)

[1] "《还珠3》被ひ观众口こう水すい淹没收おさむ视率奇き高だか有人ゆうじん爱看". Sina. 20 August 2003. Retrieved 27 June 2010.

[2] "《还珠III》7月がつ播出琼瑶大だい赞该剧拍得とく惊心动魄". Sohu. 19 June 2003. Retrieved 27 June 2010.

[3] 琼瑶：《还珠格かく格かく3》在ざい台湾たいわん输给了りょう一いち个社会かい现象, "Chiung Yao: My Fair Princess 3 lost in Taiwan", Sina.com, July 22, 2003 (in Chinese)

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v t e Adaptations of works by Chiung Yao
Wan-chun's Three Loves	Four Loves (1965) Wan-chun (1990)
Ya Qi	The Silent Wife (1965) Mute Wife (1990)
Fire and Rain	The Rain of Sorrow (1965) Lovers Under the Rain (1986) Romance in the Rain (2001)
Ting Yuan Shen Shen	You Can't Tell Him (1971) Deep Garden (1987)
Zai Shui Yi Fang	The Unforgettable Character (1975) One Side of the Water (1988)
Huan Zhu Ge Ge (characters)	My Fair Princess (1998–99) My Fair Princess III (2003) New My Fair Princess (2011)
Other works	Outside the Window (1973) The Young Ones (1973) The Wild Goose on the Wing (1979) My Cape of Many Dreams (1981) Green Green Grass By The River (1992) Flowers in Fog (2013) Dreams Link (2007)