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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler: Zhao Zongquan becomes the new emperor, despite being only a distant Imperial relative, after the Prince of Yan's failed rebellion is put down by his militia, with the help of Gu Tingye.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: Ruichu, a palace maid, volunteers to carry the emperor's decree conferring Zhao Zongquan as the Crown Prince and his personal military seal out of the palace, in the middle of a revolt by the Prince of Yan's soldiers, all because the Emperor did not punish her for forgetting to bring him his tea. She's *thirteen*, and she dies in the attempt, leaving Minglan to give the decree to Zongquan.]]
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Gu Tingye's son by Manniang died during the years he and Manniang were on the run because she was too paranoid to fetch a doctor until it was too late.]]
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. [[spoiler:Gu Tingye's son by Manniang died during the years he and Manniang were on the run because she was too paranoid to fetch a doctor until it was too late.]]
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* BlackmailBackfire: Gu Tingye's aunts try to force Minglan to help them by using their knowledge of her prior almost-engagement to He Hongwen. Their attempt falls flat because Minglan just gets annoyed and leaves, and when they try to reveal the information to Gu Tingye he reveals he was fully aware and didn't care, and is instead much angrier they tried to blackmail his wife.
* TheChessmaster: Gu Tingye, who orchestrated both the collapse of Minglan's engagement to He Hongwen and the reveal of Rulan's dalliance with Wen Yanjing (the former while he was out of the country at war, no less!) in order to trick the Sheng family into letting him marry Minglan. Minglan is forced to admit she's flattered he went to such extreme lengths for her.
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* TheChessmaster: Gu Tingye, who orchestrated both the collapse of Minglan's engagement to He Hongwen and the reveal of Rulan's dalliance with Wen Yanjing (the former while he was out of the country at war, no less!) in order to trick the Sheng family into letting him marry Minglan. Minglan is forced to admit she's flattered he went to such extreme lengths for her.
* DeathByChildbirth: Minglan's mother. Unusually, it's not an accident but a cold-blooded murder by Lin Qinshuang, who concealed medical advice from the pregnant Concubine Wei and then sent away or impaired anyone who might help the poor woman give birth safely.
* DeathByChildbirth: Minglan's mother. Unusually, it's not an accident but a cold-blooded murder by Lin Qinshuang, who concealed medical advice from the pregnant Concubine Wei and then sent away or impaired anyone who might help the poor woman give birth safely.
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* TheChessmaster: Gu Tingye, who orchestrated both CoolOldLady: Old Madam Sheng is the collapse of Minglan's engagement to He Hongwen and the reveal of Rulan's dalliance with Wen Yanjing (the former while he was out of the country at war, no less!) only adult in order to trick the Sheng family into letting him marry Minglan. Minglan is forced household with any real spine or wisdom, and a relentless DeadpanSnarker on top of that.
* CouldntFindAPen: The dying emperor, being held captive by a claimant toadmit she's flattered he went the throne, writes his succession decree in blood.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gu Tingye. ''Constantly.''
-->'''Changbai:''' Can't that mouth of yours say something good?
-->'''Tingye:''' ''*mimes being unable tosuch extreme lengths for her.
speak*''
* DeathByChildbirth: Minglan's mother. Unusually, it's not an accident but a cold-blooded murder by Lin Qinshuang, who concealed medical advice from the pregnantConcubine Wei Shuyi and then sent away or impaired anyone who might help the poor woman give birth safely.
* CouldntFindAPen: The dying emperor, being held captive by a claimant to
* DeadpanSnarker: Gu Tingye. ''Constantly.''
-->'''Changbai:''' Can't that mouth of yours say something good?
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* DeathByChildbirth: Minglan's mother. Unusually, it's not an accident but a cold-blooded murder by Lin Qinshuang, who concealed medical advice from the pregnant
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* NiceToTheWaiter: Minglan and Rulan are both highly protective of their maidservants. This stands in contrast to Molan, who doesn't care when her first maids are beaten to death for their part in her plot to marry Liang Han and pushes her replacement maid to betray her because she pays her poorly and won't let her leave her service to get married.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Lin Qinshuang, Sheng Molan, and Zhu Manniang all use crying, guilt-tripping, and fainting to get their ways.
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* WhamLine: Throughout her final confrontation with Lin Qinshuang, Minglan remains silent as Qinshuang crows about how, despite her loss of favor, she and Molan succeeded in stealing Minglan's very eligible prospective fiancé. All it takes is a single line from Minglan to make Qinshuang realise Minglan orchestrated the entire thing and Molan's marriage will [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment make her miserable]].
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* WhamLine: Throughout her final confrontation with Lin Qinshuang, Minglan remains silent as Qinshuang crows about how, despite her loss of favor, she and Molan succeeded in stealing Minglan's very eligible prospective fiancé. All it takes is a single line from Minglan to make Qinshuang realise Minglan orchestrated the entire thing and Molan's marriage will [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment make her miserable]]. The exchange ends with Lin Qinshuang screaming in despair.
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* BatmanGambit: Minglan's favourite strategy for dealing with Lin Qinshuang and Molan. In order to destroy them, she convinces them she stands a chance of marrying well; from there, they gleefully violate all bounds of decency to steal her potential husband for Molan, and all Minglan has to do is expose them.
* BetaCouple: Gu Tingye's manservant Shitou and Minglan's maidservant Xiaotao.
* BetaCouple: Gu Tingye's manservant Shitou and Minglan's maidservant Xiaotao.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Minglan gives a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to her father after the matter of her grandmother’s poisoning, when he remarks that her personality is actually very different from what he’d thought.
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** In a sense, Minglan. Her whole family and most of society believes she's a quiet, unassuming concubine's daughter. Only Gu Tingye and her enemies understand she's a top-tier schemer, as patient as she is ruthless.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Minglan gives a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to her father after the matter of her grandmother’s poisoning, when he remarks that her personality is actually very different from what he’dthought.thought, informing him that she's had to fake a docile personality her entire life because he is a singularly useless father who never protected her or her late mother.
* CoattailRidingRelative: The Kangs come from illustrious stock, but the Kang men are so mediocre in accomplishment that they have to depend on Madam Kang's maiden family the Wangs and her sister's marital Sheng family for any actual power. Trying to latch onto niece Minglan's marital Gu family blows up in Madam Kang's face.
** The Gu family becomes this to Gu Tingye after he ascends in the new Emperor's favour. They are even forced to admit that they stole his mother's inheritance and have been funding their lifestyles with it for years, in direct defiance of his father's will.
* TheChessmaster: Gu Tingye, who orchestrated both the collapse of Minglan's engagement to He Hongwen and the reveal of Rulan's dalliance with Wen Yanjing (the former while he was out of the country at war, no less!) in order to trick the Sheng family into letting him marry Minglan. Minglan is forced to admit she's flattered he went to such extreme lengths for her.
* DeathByChildbirth: Minglan's mother. Unusually, it's not an accident but a cold-blooded murder by Lin Qinshuang, who concealed medical advice from the pregnant Concubine Wei and then sent away or impaired anyone who might help the poor woman give birth safely.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Madam Qin, faced with Gun Tingye and Minglan's decisive triumph over her years of scheming, locks herself in the ancestral hall and sets it on fire, screaming about how much she hates the Gu family.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Good-natured slacker Rulan is the Foolish to Minglan's Responsible.
** Among the Sheng brothers, greedy Changfeng is the Foolish to diligent Changbai's Responsible, until he grows up and chooses domestic contentment over jockeying for power.
* InfantImmortality: Averted. [[spoiler:Gu Tingye's son by Manniang died during the years he and Manniang were on the run because she was too paranoid to fetch a doctor until it was too late.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Gu Tingye offers to sabotage Qi Heng's engagement on his behalf (and make an enemy of his very powerful prospective father-in-law) so that Qi Heng can marry Minglan and spare her the humiliation of being jilted. Qi Heng declines.
* KarmaHoudini: Sheng Hong. The lives of his mother, wife, concubines, and children would all have been immeasurably better if he ever bothered [[ItsAllAboutMe thinking of someone other than himself,]] but other than a couple of [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech nasty speeches]] thrown his way, he suffers no actual comeuppance.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Minglan gives a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to her father after the matter of her grandmother’s poisoning, when he remarks that her personality is actually very different from what he’d
* CoattailRidingRelative: The Kangs come from illustrious stock, but the Kang men are so mediocre in accomplishment that they have to depend on Madam Kang's maiden family the Wangs and her sister's marital Sheng family for any actual power. Trying to latch onto niece Minglan's marital Gu family blows up in Madam Kang's face.
** The Gu family becomes this to Gu Tingye after he ascends in the new Emperor's favour. They are even forced to admit that they stole his mother's inheritance and have been funding their lifestyles with it for years, in direct defiance of his father's will.
* TheChessmaster: Gu Tingye, who orchestrated both the collapse of Minglan's engagement to He Hongwen and the reveal of Rulan's dalliance with Wen Yanjing (the former while he was out of the country at war, no less!) in order to trick the Sheng family into letting him marry Minglan. Minglan is forced to admit she's flattered he went to such extreme lengths for her.
* DeathByChildbirth: Minglan's mother. Unusually, it's not an accident but a cold-blooded murder by Lin Qinshuang, who concealed medical advice from the pregnant Concubine Wei and then sent away or impaired anyone who might help the poor woman give birth safely.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Madam Qin, faced with Gun Tingye and Minglan's decisive triumph over her years of scheming, locks herself in the ancestral hall and sets it on fire, screaming about how much she hates the Gu family.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Good-natured slacker Rulan is the Foolish to Minglan's Responsible.
** Among the Sheng brothers, greedy Changfeng is the Foolish to diligent Changbai's Responsible, until he grows up and chooses domestic contentment over jockeying for power.
* InfantImmortality: Averted. [[spoiler:Gu Tingye's son by Manniang died during the years he and Manniang were on the run because she was too paranoid to fetch a doctor until it was too late.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Gu Tingye offers to sabotage Qi Heng's engagement on his behalf (and make an enemy of his very powerful prospective father-in-law) so that Qi Heng can marry Minglan and spare her the humiliation of being jilted. Qi Heng declines.
* KarmaHoudini: Sheng Hong. The lives of his mother, wife, concubines, and children would all have been immeasurably better if he ever bothered [[ItsAllAboutMe thinking of someone other than himself,]] but other than a couple of [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech nasty speeches]] thrown his way, he suffers no actual comeuppance.
* NeverMyFault: Manniang, who stridently blames Gu Tingye for their breakup and [[spoiler: the death of their son,]] despite the fact that he kicked her out because he found out she was planning to sell all his assets and abandon him, ''and'' [[spoiler: their son died because she kidnapped him for leverage and then made no effort to seek treatment when he got sick.]]
* SocialClimber: Molan, who is desperate to marry into a noble family despite repeated warnings that she will be outmatched there.
** Inverted with Rulan, who would rather marry beneath her so the Sheng family can boss her in-laws around.
* SocialClimber: Molan, who is desperate to marry into a noble family despite repeated warnings that she will be outmatched there.
** Inverted with Rulan, who would rather marry beneath her so the Sheng family can boss her in-laws around.
* VicariouslyAmbitious: Madam Qin's plotting all stems from her desire to make her son marquis. As he and his wife repeatedly point out, he has no interest in the title and all she's ever done is force him to war with the brother he loves.
* WhamLine: Throughout her final confrontation with Lin Qinshuang, Minglan remains silent as Qinshuang crows about how, despite her loss of favor, she and Molan succeeded in stealing Minglan's very eligible prospective fiancé. All it takes is a single line from Minglan to make Qinshuang realise Minglan orchestrated the entire thing and Molan's marriage will [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment make her miserable]].
-->'''Minglan:''' I never thought of marrying into the House of Liang.
* WhamLine: Throughout her final confrontation with Lin Qinshuang, Minglan remains silent as Qinshuang crows about how, despite her loss of favor, she and Molan succeeded in stealing Minglan's very eligible prospective fiancé. All it takes is a single line from Minglan to make Qinshuang realise Minglan orchestrated the entire thing and Molan's marriage will [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment make her miserable]].
-->'''Minglan:''' I never thought of marrying into the House of Liang.
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** Minglan has two: her father’s wife, Wang Ruofu, and his favorite concubine, Lin Qinshuang, though the former is a subversion. Wan Ruofu has a temper and favors her own children, but she is never malicious towards Minglan and the two have an overall cordial relationship by the end.
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** Minglan has two: her father’s wife, Wang Ruofu, and his favorite concubine, Lin Qinshuang, though the former is a subversion. Wan Wang Ruofu has a temper and favors her own children, but she is never malicious towards Minglan and the two have an overall cordial relationship by the end.
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** Similarly Madam Qin, hiding a vindictive personality behind a patient soft spoken facade. She even had Gu Tingye fooled for years.
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''The Story of Minglan'' (知否? 知否? 应是绿肥红瘦, ''Zhī Fǒu? Zhī Fǒu? Yìng Shì Lǜ Féi Hóng Shòu'') is a 2018 Chinese series starring Zhao Li Ying and Feng Shao Feng. It's loosely based on the novel of the same name by Guan Xin Ze Luan.
Sheng Minglan is TheUnfavourite of her family, mistreated by her step-mother and bullied by her half-sisters. She plans to avenge her biological mother's death, and to succeed she has to pretend she's less intelligent than she really is. Eventually she falls in love with Gu Tingye, who marries her and helps her avenge her mother.
The series can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_LKXIJCXfw on YouTube]] and [[https://www.viki.com/tv/35895c-the-story-of-ming-lan on Viki]] with English subtitles.
Sheng Minglan is TheUnfavourite of her family, mistreated by her step-mother and bullied by her half-sisters. She plans to avenge her biological mother's death, and to succeed she has to pretend she's less intelligent than she really is. Eventually she falls in love with Gu Tingye, who marries her and helps her avenge her mother.
The series can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_LKXIJCXfw on YouTube]] and [[https://www.viki.com/tv/35895c-the-story-of-ming-lan on Viki]] with English subtitles.
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''The Story of Minglan'' (知否? 知否? 应是绿肥红瘦, ''Zhī Fǒu? Zhī Fǒu? Yìng Shì Lǜ Féi Hóng Shòu'') is a 2018 Chinese series [[HistoricalSeries Historical]] SliceOfLife ChineseSeries starring Zhao Li Ying and Feng Shao Feng. It's Feng, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Guan Xin Ze Luan.
Sheng Minglan is TheUnfavourite of her family, mistreated by herstep-mother step-mothers and bullied by her half-sisters. She plans to avenge her biological mother's death, murder, and to succeed she has to pretend she's to be less intelligent than she really is. Eventually she She eventually marries and falls in love with Gu Tingye, who marries her and helps her avenge her mother.
has his own family troubles.
The series can be legally watched[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_LKXIJCXfw on [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvf4fZgfbz557KhSjgdhKog0qal-j5Fep YouTube]] and [[https://www.viki.com/tv/35895c-the-story-of-ming-lan on Viki]] with English subtitles.
Sheng Minglan is TheUnfavourite of her family, mistreated by her
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* MissingMum: Minglan's mother Wei Shuyi died when Minglan was young.
* TheUnfavourite: Minglan is this for the Sheng family.
* WickedStepmother: Minglan has [[UpToEleven two]]: Wang Ruofu and Lin Qinshuang.
* TheUnfavourite: Minglan is this for the Sheng family.
* WickedStepmother: Minglan has [[UpToEleven two]]: Wang Ruofu and Lin Qinshuang.
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* MissingMum: CallingTheOldManOut: Minglan gives a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to her father after the matter of her grandmother’s poisoning, when he remarks that her personality is actually very different from what he’d thought.
* MissingMom: Minglan's mother Wei Shuyi died when Minglan was young.
* TheUnfavourite: Minglan is this for the Shengfamily.
family, while Gu Tingye is this for his father.
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** Minglan has[[UpToEleven two]]: two: her father’s wife, Wang Ruofu Ruofu, and his favorite concubine, Lin Qinshuang.Qinshuang.
** Gu Tingye has Madam Qin, his father’s third (successive) wife, who constantly plots against him.
* MissingMom: Minglan's mother Wei Shuyi died when Minglan was young.
* TheUnfavourite: Minglan is this for the Sheng
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** Minglan has
** Gu Tingye has Madam Qin, his father’s third (successive) wife, who constantly plots against him.
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''The Story of Minglan'' (知否? 知否? 应是绿肥红瘦, ''Zhī Fǒu? Zhī Fǒu? Yìng Shì Lǜ Féi Hóng Shòu'') is a 2018 Chinese series starring Zhao Li Ying and Feng Shao Feng. It's loosely based on the novel of the same name by Guan Xin Ze Luan.
Sheng Minglan is TheUnfavourite of her family, mistreated by her step-mother and bullied by her half-sisters. She plans to avenge her biological mother's death, and to succeed she has to pretend she's less intelligent than she really is. Eventually she falls in love with Gu Tingye, who marries her and helps her avenge her mother.
The series can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_LKXIJCXfw on YouTube]] and [[https://www.viki.com/tv/35895c-the-story-of-ming-lan on Viki]] with English subtitles.
!!Contains examples of:
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lin Qinshuang pretends to be gentle and weak. She's really cruel and vicious, and is partly responsible for Wei Shuyi's death.
* MissingMum: Minglan's mother Wei Shuyi died when Minglan was young.
* TheUnfavourite: Minglan is this for the Sheng family.
* WickedStepmother: Minglan has [[UpToEleven two]]: Wang Ruofu and Lin Qinshuang.
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''The Story of Minglan'' (知否? 知否? 应是绿肥红瘦, ''Zhī Fǒu? Zhī Fǒu? Yìng Shì Lǜ Féi Hóng Shòu'') is a 2018 Chinese series starring Zhao Li Ying and Feng Shao Feng. It's loosely based on the novel of the same name by Guan Xin Ze Luan.
Sheng Minglan is TheUnfavourite of her family, mistreated by her step-mother and bullied by her half-sisters. She plans to avenge her biological mother's death, and to succeed she has to pretend she's less intelligent than she really is. Eventually she falls in love with Gu Tingye, who marries her and helps her avenge her mother.
The series can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_LKXIJCXfw on YouTube]] and [[https://www.viki.com/tv/35895c-the-story-of-ming-lan on Viki]] with English subtitles.
!!Contains examples of:
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lin Qinshuang pretends to be gentle and weak. She's really cruel and vicious, and is partly responsible for Wei Shuyi's death.
* MissingMum: Minglan's mother Wei Shuyi died when Minglan was young.
* TheUnfavourite: Minglan is this for the Sheng family.
* WickedStepmother: Minglan has [[UpToEleven two]]: Wang Ruofu and Lin Qinshuang.
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