Hua Xu Yin: City of Desperate Love (华胥引之绝爱之城, Huá Xū Yǐn Zhī Jué Ài Zhī Chéng, also called "The Lure of the Hua Xu Song") is a 2015 Chinese Series starring Kevin Cheng, Lin Yuan, and Gao Hao. It's set in the Novoland universe and based on the novel of the same name by Tang Qi Gong Zi.
Princess Ye Zhen died for her kingdom. After its fall she's resurrected by a magic pearl. She wanders around the world, weaving dreams for people willing to pay the price for them, until she meets Mu Yan. Unknown to her, Mu Yan is really Su Yu, Crown Prince of the Chen Kingdom, who left his home to avoid fighting his half-brother for the throne.
Contains examples of:
- Back from the Dead: Ye Zhen comes back from the dead, thanks to the pearl.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Liu Qiqi, who among other lies enacts several Wounded Gazelle Gambits, making herself seem pitiful toward Shen An and framing Song Ning. Her handmaid, who often suggests the schemes, is worse.
- Bodyguard Crush: Ziyan, Su Yu’s servant and bodyguard, is in love with him.
- King Incognito: Ye Zhen, Su Yu, and Jun Wei are all royals who at one point or another pretend they aren't.
- Lady of War: Song Ning, general and noble lady of the Wei Kingdom.
- Love Across Battlelines: Ye Zhen and Su Yu are royals from warring kingdoms; Song Ning and Shen An are generals from those same kingdoms.
- Magic Music: The titular Hua Xu Song, which can, among other things, trap people into beautiful dreams.
- Princeling Rivalry: The rivalry between Su Yu and Su Xie prompted Su Yu to leave the kingdom.
- The Speechless: Liu Qiqi, who resorts to a bit of signing and tracing words on people’s hands to be understood.
- Xianxia: Specifically the Xuanhuan subgenre.
