157972[Review] A Dream of Splendor (2022)

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[Review] A Dream of Splendor (2022)

“Menghualu” is directed by Yang Yang, starring Liu Yifei, Chen Xiao, Liu Yan, Lin Yun, starring Xu Haiqiao, Dai Xu, Zhang Xiaoqian, specially invited starring Wang Luoyang, Bao Jianfeng, Yao Anglian, Du Yuming, Liu Yajin, Liu Wei and other co-starred women The costume inspirational drama premiered on Tencent Video on June 2, 2022, and aired on Beijing Satellite TV on November 22, 2022.

The play is adapted from the Guan Hanqing Yuan drama ” Zhao Pan’er Wind and Moon Rescue the Wind and Dust “. The story of turning a small teahouse into the largest restaurant in Tokyo through his efforts. On December 29, 2022, the play was included in the collection of the China National Version Museum as the only costume play.

Title: 梦华录 / Meng Hua Lu / 汴京梦华图 (Bian Liang Meng Hua Tu) / 东京娘子图鉴 (Dong Jing Nv Zi Tu Jian) / สามบุปผาลิขิตฝัน / A Dream of Splendor
Genre: Historical, romance
Episodes: 40
Broadcast network: Tencent
Broadcast period: June 2, 2022 – Jun 26, 2022
Airing time: Thursday-Monday 20:00
Original Writing: Zhao Pan Er Feng Yue Jiu Feng Chen (赵盼儿风月救风尘) by Guan Han Qing (关汉卿)
Director: Yang Yang
Screenwriter: Zhang Wei
Producer: Zhang Zhi Wei, Yan Li Yan, Wu Zhuo Qian (吴卓谦)

Starring: Liu Yifei , Chen Xiao , Liu Yan , Lin Yun , Xu Haiqiao , Dai Xu , Zhang Xiaoqian

Synopsis:

Zhao Pan’er, a tea shop owner in Qingtang, received news that her fiance, Ouyang Xu, passed the imperial exam, but is going to marry the daughter of an official. Unwilling to accept the news, Zhao Pan’er journeys to the capital to seek the truth and rescues Gu Qianfan, Sun Sanniang, and Song Yinzhang along the way. After reaching the capital, Zhao Pan’er, Song Yinzhang, and Sun Sanniang decided to stay in the thriving city by relying on their own skills to make a living. Though many difficulties, the three sisters finally managed the small teahouse into the largest restaurant, learned to let go of their past grievances, start new relationships, and open a door for women’s equality in ancient times.

Zhao Paner (played by Liu Yifei) , who runs a tea shop in Qiantang, is shocked to hear that her fiancé, Ouyang Xu (played by Xu Haiqiao) , who is a new scout, is going to marry the daughter of a high-ranking official. Unwilling to her fate, she vows to go to Beijing to seek justice. On the way, she met Gu Qianfan (Chen Xiao ) , the commander of the Imperial City Department who came from a wealthy family but was upright in nature, and was involved in a major case in the south of the Yangtze River. With wisdom, Zhao Paner rescued the “No. 1 pipa master in Jiangnan” Song Yinzhang (played by Lin Yun) who was cheated into a marriage and was mistreated, and Sun Sanniang (played by Liu Yan) , a bold cook who was forced to run away from home by her harsh family.

The three sisters walked together , finally arrived in Tokyo, and experienced the prosperity of the world. In order not to be driven away from Tokyo by Ouyang Xu, who has climbed another high branch, Zhao Pan’er, Song Yinzhang and Sun Sanniang went through hardships together, and gradually developed the small tea house into the largest restaurant in Tokyo. The perception of life has also opened the door to equality and salvation for countless ordinary women.

Diversity plot:

A Dream of Splendor 梦华录 Episode 1 Recap

During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were rumors about the loss of the queen’s virginity in Tokyo. Gu Qianfan, the commander of the Imperial City Department, had to arrest the relevant people and torture them to the Imperial City Department. Finally, he learned that this was ordered by Weiying, the magistrate of Renhe County, and there was a picture The painting is proof, and this painting is in Qiantang. When Gu Qianfan got the news and was about to rush to Qiantang, the envoy Lei Jing appeared and specially reminded him that he must bring the painting back to Tokyo and get rid of all the officials who knew about it.

Zhao Pan’er, the wife of Zhao’s tea shop, opened a tea shop in Qiantang, and was waiting for Ouyang Xu High School to take her to Tokyo, and happily waited for news in Qiantang. Zhao Pan’er was afraid that Ouyang Xu would be worried about her publicity after high school, so she bought a house in Dengzhou in advance, and after Ouyang Xu picked her up to Tokyo, she lied that she was Mrs. Zhao from Dengzhou, so as not to let people in Tokyo Know her history. Gu Qianfan went to Qiantang to investigate the paintings, took a rest at the tea shop, and was attracted by Zhao Pan’er. At this time, a group of private salt dealers came to the tea shop to make trouble. When Lao Jia saw the situation and was about to make a move, Gu Qianfan stopped him, not wanting to cause trouble.

Zhao Pan’er cooperated with Sun Sanniang to solve the private salt dealer at once, and Gu Qianfan rescued Zhao Pan’er when Zhao Pan’er was in danger of fighting. The people in the yamen took away the private salt dealer, Gu Qianfan revealed his identity, and took out the badge of Huangcheng Secretary, so that Zhao Pan’er, who was grateful to him, poured Xie En’s tea at once. Zhao Pan’er poured tea and found various reasons not to give Gu Qianfan tea, but Gu Qianfan refused and insisted on drinking the tea she brewed.

Zhao Pan’er couldn’t refuse Gu Qianfan, so she wanted to play tricks on the tea, so that Gu Qianfan would suffer a little after drinking it, but Gu Qianfan saw through it unexpectedly. After Gu Qianfan saw through Zhao Pan’er, he told all about Zhao Pan’er’s behavior before, proving that Zhao Pan’er must have been a showgirl before, and definitely not a good person. Zhao Pan’er didn’t want to tell her past, but Gu Qianfan knew her well, and it was easy to check her details, so she had to confess her past.

After Zhao Pan’er said that she had quit her nationality, Gu Qianfan didn’t ask her to say more, just to teach her a lesson, and left directly, not wanting to embarrass Zhao Pan’er anymore. From Zhao Pan’er’s words and deeds, Gu Qianfan understood that the disaster at Zhao Pan’er’s family was probably caused by the Imperial City Secretary, so he understood Zhao Pan’er’s behavior. Because of Gu Qianfan, Zhao Paner remembered the past and shed tears for her being forced to become a showgirl.

At this time, Sun Sanniang’s son Fu Zifang threw an object and woke her up. Song Yinzhang came to Zhao Pan’er, and wanted Zhao Pan’er to take a look at Zhou She to see if she could marry. When Zhao Paner saw Zhou She, she knew that Zhou She was a debaucher and a gambler, so she firmly disagreed with Song Yinzhang marrying Zhou She. Zhao Paner Seeing through, he got up angrily and wanted to leave, and got angry at Song Yinzhang, so Song Yinzhang went to Zhao Pan’er to intercede again. Zhao Pan’er’s attitude is very firm, and he will never let Song Yinzhang marry Zhou She, and tell Song Yinzhang not to listen to Zhou She’s lies, thinking that marrying Zhou She will take off his music, but Song Yinzhang just doesn’t listen.

Zhao Pan’er couldn’t persuade Song Yinzhang, so she had to threaten not to return the money Song Yinzhang left to run her business, and asked Zhou Sheming’s matchmaker to bring Song Yinzhang close to her door before she would return the money. Song Yinzhang didn’t listen to Zhao Pan’er, and eloped with Zhou She directly. After Zhao Pan’er found out, he immediately rowed to catch up, but he didn’t expect to catch up. Zhao Pan’er did not catch up with Song Yinzhang, so he had to go to the judge Yang Zhiyuan with heavy gifts to see if he could help Song Yinzhang get rid of his music.

As soon as Zhao Pan’er entered Yang Zhiyuan’s house, Gu Qianfan brought someone in to get the night banquet picture in Yang Zhiyuan’s hand. Yang Zhiyuan learned that Gu Qianfan’s purpose for coming, and that the target was not Weiying, so he wanted to hand over the picture to Gu Qianfan. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yang came to make trouble at this time. When Mrs. Yang made trouble, Gu Qianfan found out that the picture of the night banquet was fake, and asked Yang Zhiyuan to give an explanation.

A Dream of Splendor 梦华录 Episode 2 Recap

When Gu Qianfan tore off the fake painting and was pressing Yang Zhiyuan for the real painting, the Rain Snake suddenly appeared and wanted to assassinate Yang Zhiyuan. Gu Qianfan rescued Yang Zhiyuan and started fighting with those who came, only then did he realize that they were all forbidden soldiers. When Gu Qianfan learned that the forbidden army came to silence him, he was trying to find a way to deal with it, but the forbidden army released explosives, causing chaos on the scene, and he was also exhausted by the poisonous smoke.

When Gu Qianfan was dizzy, Lao Jia found out that the imperial army had shot an arrow at Gu Qianfan, so he had to go forward to block the arrow for Gu Qianfan, and died in the end. When Gu Qianfan tried to escape after Lao Jia died, he saw Zhao Pan’er who was running away. Gu Qianfan couldn’t see Zhao Pan’er’s face clearly, so he could only throw a dart over, falsely claiming that the dart was poisonous, and forced Zhao Pan’er to save him and leave. After Zhao Pan’er was injured, she had to help Gu Qianfan and left from the back pond before asking Gu Qianfan for an antidote.

When Zhao Pan’er was asking for the antidote, she accidentally slipped her mouth, telling her that the man came from the government, and wanted to know how Gu Qianfan would solve the matter. Zhao Pan’er believed that the people who came here came to kill Yang Zhiyuan, and it happened that Gu Qianfan was in Yang’s mansion, so he was implicated, so he kept asking Gu Qianfan about the situation. Gu Qianfan repeatedly reminded Zhao Pan’er not to inquire about this matter, so as not to be implicated, and then used a very rude method to help Zhao Pan’er pull out the dart and remind Zhao Pan’er.

After Gu Qianfan left, Zhao Pan’er went back to the tea shop in embarrassment, but unexpectedly ran into Uncle De outside the tea shop. Uncle De told Zhao Pan’er about Ouyang Xu’s high school visits, and Zhao Pan’er was very happy, thinking that Uncle De was here to pick her up to Tokyo, but Uncle De did not expect that the news he sent was not good. Uncle De told Zhao Pan’er that Ouyang Xu was selected by the high-ranking official Gao Hu as his son-in-law, and the concubine Xian bestowed the marriage in person, and he came to help Ouyang Xu and canceled the engagement with Zhao Pan’er.

Sun Sanniang learned that Ouyang Xu had broken his promise and regretted his marriage to Zhao Pan’er, so she argued with Uncle De angrily. Zhao Pan’er refused to give up and wanted to go to Tokyo to find Ouyang Xu’s theory. Uncle De saw that Zhao Pan’er was still unwilling to give up, so he had to tell Zhao Pan’er that he had been an official prostitute, so as to force Zhao Pan’er to give up. Uncle De gave Zhao Pan’er eighty taels of gold and wanted to break off the engagement between Ouyang Xu and Zhao Pan’er, but Zhao Pan’er refused. Zhao Pan’er explained that she bought the land for Ouyang Xu back then, so that Ouyang Xu obtained citizenship and could take the scientific examination again.

Unexpectedly, their three-year kindness could not be worth eighty taels of gold, so she refused and insisted that Ouyang Xu Come here with five hundred taels of gold to end their relationship. After Uncle De left, Zhao Pan’er hid her wounds for a long time, and then decided to go to Tokyo to find Ouyang Xu, to find out whether it was Ouyang Xu who wanted to abandon her, or whether it was Tongxin Pei who was deceived by others without telling Ouyang Xu, so as to force Ouyang Xu to submit. Gu Qianfan went to the morgue and pulled out the arrowhead and the imperial secretary from Lao Jia’s body.

He wanted to find out who was behind the killing of Yang Zhiyuan’s mouth, but Zheng Qingtian didn’t expect to find out. Zheng Qingtian was afraid that the matter of his silence would be found out by the Imperial City Secretary, so he posted Gu Qianfan’s portrait, and the whole city arrested Gu Qianfan. He wanted to kill Gu Qianfan to silence him, so that the Imperial City Secretary could not find him. Zhao Pan’er closed the tea shop, pretending that she was heartbroken over the divorce, and quietly went to Tokyo to find Ouyang Xu, but unexpectedly ran into Gu Qianfan on the way. Gu Qianfan asked Zhao Pan’er for help, and Zhao Pan’er went to the bow of the boat to bribe Master Zheng to let her leave Qiantang by boat, and let Gu Qianfan take the opportunity to get on the boat.

After Gu Qianfan got on the boat, Zhao Pan’er scolded Gu Qianfan a few words, seeing that Gu Qianfan was seriously injured, he stopped worrying about Gu Qianfan and took care of the wound for him. Gu Qianfan passed out when Zhao Pan’er was treating the wound, and Zhao Pan’er discovered Gu Qianfan’s body, Gu Qianfan’s report on Yang Zhiyuan’s investigation, so he quietly put it in Hui Qianfan’s arms, pretending not to have seen it. When Sun Sanniang was washing clothes, she learned that Fu Zifang’s adoption ceremony was being held in the ancestral hall.

She rushed into the ancestral hall desperately and snatched her son back, preventing Fu Xingui from selling her son. Gu Qianfan fell asleep, dreamed about unhappy things when he was a child, and then woke up with fright. After Gu Qianfan woke up, Zhao Pan’er asked him to drink porridge, and continued to ask about the night banquet. Gu Qianfan didn’t let Zhao Pan’er ask more questions, but because Zhao Pan’er was in a bad mood, he cursed out all the words he had scolded Ouyang Xu in order to vent his anger. After Gu Qianfan joked with Zhao Pan’er, and after Zhao Pan’er vented, he reasoned with Zhao Pan’er, telling her not to feel sorry for the betrayed Ouyang Xu.

Zhao Pan’er did not accept Gu Qianfan’s argument, and when he was arguing with Gu Qianfan, he found someone in the water, so he notified the people on the boat to rescue him. After the people on the boat were alarmed by Zhao Pan’er, Zhao Pan’er found out that the person in the water was Sun Sanniang, she was so excited that she wanted to jump down to save others, which made Gu Qianfan, who was hiding, couldn’t help but jumped down by herself.

Gu Qianfan’s report on Yang Zhiyuan’s investigation, so he quietly put it in Hui Qianfan’s arms, pretending that he hadn’t seen it. When Sun Sanniang was washing clothes, she learned that Fu Zifang’s adoption ceremony was being held in the ancestral hall. She rushed into the ancestral hall desperately and snatched her son back, preventing Fu Xingui from selling her son. Gu Qianfan fell asleep, dreamed about unhappy things when he was a child, and then woke up with fright. After Gu Qianfan woke up, Zhao Pan’er asked him to drink porridge, and continued to ask about the night banquet.

Gu Qianfan didn’t let Zhao Pan’er ask more questions, but because Zhao Pan’er was in a bad mood, he cursed out all the words he had scolded Ouyang Xu in order to vent his anger. After Gu Qianfan joked with Zhao Pan’er, and after Zhao Pan’er vented, he reasoned with Zhao Pan’er, telling her not to feel sorry for the betrayed Ouyang Xu. Zhao Pan’er did not accept Gu Qianfan’s argument, and when he was arguing with Gu Qianfan, he found someone in the water, so he notified the people on the boat to rescue him. After the people on the boat were alarmed by Zhao Pan’er, Zhao Pan’er found out that the person in the water was Sun Sanniang, she was so excited that she wanted to jump down to save others, which made Gu Qianfan, who was hiding, couldn’t help but jumped down by herself.

After the people on the boat were alarmed by Zhao Pan’er, Zhao Pan’er found out that the person in the water was Sun Sanniang, she was so excited that she wanted to jump down to save others, which made Gu Qianfan, who was hiding, couldn’t help but jumped down by herself.