Cast:
Cheung Dan Fung - Lau Chung Yan
Wan Lui - Mai Shuet
Chow Sum Mun - Kwan Wai Lun
Wan Chung - Kum Hing Yin (The uncle who has an affair with Man Yun Lan's mother in DIFIV)
Monk Mit Fat - Ng Yik Cheung (The villain in Drunken Angels as Yuen Wah's half-brother)
Zham Toi Mi Ming - Yue Wah
Zham Toi Jing Ming - Ban Ban
Cheung Chung Chow - Kong Hon
Tik But Far - Yiu Fung See
Dong Yue - Kam San ( Kwai Ying's father in Heroine of the Yang)
Tse Tin Wah - Hung Tak Sheng
Yip Ying Ying - Leung Suet Jong
Sek Cui Fung - Chan Wai Yu
Introduction :
This novel is considered as one of Leung Yu Sang's masterpieces, besides 'The Bride With White Hair'. Somehow, ATV and TVB seem to like the latter story better to remake it into serials but the results are usually disastrous. I like this story better because of its happy ending. Also due to the fact of the two main leads which I've liked all along, although most of the rest of the cast are unfamiliar to me. This serial is considered one of the best among the ATV period dramas but due to my failing memory since I've watched many years ago, please let me know if I get the wrong facts and update me with missing parts.
Story:
Wan Lui grows up in exile in the Mongolian state with her grandfather. Her grandfather has represented the Ming state to discuss peace talks with the Mongolian emperor. However, the talks fail and he gets into a quarrel with a top official, Cheung Chung Chow.
Cheung is a Han prince by birth and is the real successor to the throne but he grows up in the Mongolian state when his dynasty forefathers are overthrown. Thus, he works for them. In anger, he imprisons the old man in a cold area -- the same case as Su Wu, a well-known ancient figure in history.
The old Wan is a stubborn man and refuses to submit to them till his death. He even tells his grand-daughter to make an oath to treat the whole Cheungs' family as their ultimate enemy too. The poor little girl has to agree to it and she is brought back to the Song state by a relative. She then learns skills with Yip Ying Ying and Ying Ying's senior. Tse is angered to know of Wan's death. At this time, Cheung is remorseful over Wan's death and starts to question his own roots.