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Three organizations were in competition for a sword kept by Bu Liang Ren, a police agency loyal to the crown, that would unlock late Tang Dynasty's vast hidden treasure. The guardians of Li Xing Yu and Lu Lin Xuan were killed in one of the cross fires, but the kids were saved by Yang Shu Zi, the keeper of the sword, and taught to fight. One day, Yang Shu Zi disappeared and the kids went in search for him. Along the way, they were hunted by agents from the three organizations who intended to get hold of the sword through them.

A prophecy foretold that victory goes to the one who has the priestess' blessing. Yang Xue Wu, the last priestess of her clan, unwittingly embroiled in a war between Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. Although she foresees a tragic fate for Lan Ling Wang, the military general of Northern Qi, she nonetheless falls in love with him and helps him win the war against Yuwen Yong, the Emperor of Northern Zhou. However, her action only brings him closer to his fate. As his standing among his people grows, so does the murderous jealousy in Crown prince's heart. Can she protect him when it's family who wants him dead?

After the imperial court attacks Wuliang manor searching for the most powerful Sutra in the pugilist world, a Gushi named Feng Ren is given a task to protect Po Xiao, a blind boy for who he believes is the holder of the Sutra manuscript. However, Feng Ren soon learns that the Sutra manuscript was actually imprinted on Po Xiao’s body. As they are trying to reach safety and learn more about each other, Feng Ren starts suspecting Po Xiao isn’t completely truthful with him.

SM Entertainment's rookie boy group NCT are planning to show more of their unique characters in reality show 'NCT Life'! The season 1, NCT Life in Bangkok, focuses on SM Rookies and their journey to debut.

It tells the story of underground party member Li San Qiang who works his way to become the governor of the Wuze county and uses his courage and wits to defend his homeland during the Anti-Japanese War. As the Anti-Japanese War entered a stalemate, Wuze County, an iron-rich place, became the next target of the Japanese. Filling this position became a big problem for the Kuomintang as several county heads that were previously appointed had all been assassinated. Eventually, Li San Qiang manages to win the post. With the help of his wife Wang Qiao Gu, her brother Wang Tie Chui and other party members, Li San Qiang is able to gain control of the county. It may seem as if Li San Qiang is without a care in the surface, yet he has been pulling the strings from behind the scenes, causing other leaders to be wary of his political allegiances. Just when everything seemed to be going well, one of the underground party members’ identity is exposed. Despite the dangers, Li San Qiang leads his whole county in defending their territory against Japanese invasion.

Mesa gets married with Orachun and realizes later that he is in love with Jitta. Orachun and Jitta had an affair and she gave birth to a daughter. Mesa is vengeful and jealous of them, so she switches Jitta's baby with a prostitute's baby. Many years later, Apo, the prostitute's baby, grows up in the noble and rish family while Prapai, Jitta's real baby, grows up in the orphanage. With hatred, Mesagradually poisons Orachun and he dies. When Jitta knows, she sends someone to exchanged his ash bottle and brings his ash to spread under the Orange Jasmine tree near Klin Kaew House on the island that Orachun had built as a symbol for their love. Mesa adopts Prapai and treats her as a servant. No matter how many times Mesa is mean and cruel to Prapai, she still loves Mesa as her mother because at least Mesa supported her to study and to graduate from Nursing school. Later, Mesa befriends Jitta and sends Prapai to be Apo's servant because she wants to see Jitta's real daughter to be treated as a servant in her real mother's house. Jitta's family and Akkee's family are bound by business, so they want Apo, Jitta's daughter and Asanee, Akkee's son to get married. Apo tries to oppose it because she has a boyfriend named Johnny. Same with Asanee, he refuses this marriage and is very angry at his father. They quarrel until Asanee gets into a car accident. Akkee dies and Asanee becomes blind. Panu, Asanee's uncle, wants to possess their property and business, so he plans to make Asanee sign the document to assign authority to him. Panu also forces Asanee to sign the marriage registration with Apo and sends him to Klin Kaew House on the island. Apo resists to go to take care of a blind man like Asanee, so she conspires with Mesa to send Prapai to go there and pretend to be his wife instead, and Apo sneaks away to be with Johnny, her boyfriend.

In the sixth season of NCT Life series, the members of NCT go touring Chiang Mai during their time in Thailand.

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Shi Qi is a talented and good-natured artist who, during one of her painting assignments, learns of an affair between the chancellor’s cruel and exploitative daughter, Shen Qin, and the ruler of the realm, King Ning. Shen Qin, however, is engaged to marry the powerful general Xiao Han Sheng. But when Shi Qi accidentally witnesses deadly and nefarious goings-on at the court, she finds herself drawn into trouble. Shen Qin devises a way to enlist a magician to swap her face with that of Shi Qi – so that she and the painter can “switch” identities.

As such, Shi Qi ends up “engaged” to Xiao Han Sheng, while Shen Qin takes up the painter’s identity. But the “real” Shi Qi has already crossed paths with Xiao Han Sheng many years ago – even though he has no idea who she truly “is” now. King Ning, meanwhile, is still keen to continue his relationship with the woman he believes to be Shen Qin. As the two women begin to live each others’ lives, though, both King Ning and Xiao Han Sheng begin to suspect that the women they are with have undergone enormous personality changes. Could something be amiss, they ask themselves. Will the truth come out? And will Shi Qi and Shen Qin ever regain their “true” faces?

"Sassy Girl, Choon-hyang" is the 2005 interpretation of the "Legend of Choon-hyang". The story begins when Lee Mong-ryong is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. Chun-hyang does her best to help Mong-ryong, her first love and the son of the Namwon Police Station chief, to enter a prestigious university. However, after meeting with Mong-ryong's first love, Chae-rin, Mong-ryong's love toward Chun-hyang is shattered, although Chun-hyang's love remains unwavering. One day, Byeon Hak-do, CEO of a famous entertainment company, appears in her life. He exudes confidence that he can make any woman fall for him. But as Chun-hyang shows no interest in him, his self-esteem is damaged profoundly. Byeon Hak-do is determined to make her love him. 

An adaptation of Chu Liu Xiang's adventures from The New Legend of Chu Liu Xiang novel series as the protagonist uses his wit and intelligence to overcome powerful enemies and solve various mysteries with the help of his many friends.

Chu Liu Xiang is a highly skilled martial artist who steals from the rich to help the poor. ~~ Adapted from Chu Liu Xiang Chuanqi of Gu Long's Chu Liu Xiang novel series.

Bo Yi, the top academic male idol, has always had a crush on Sun Yu, a vigorous girl. A crisis in an e-sports club caused the fate of the two to intersect. Bo Yi came to the rescue and helped the club win the game. Bo Yi thought about it and walked away, hiding his merit and fame, but unexpectedly attracted the attention of the club owner, who "induced" Sun Yu to sign Bo Yi. At this point, Sun Yu began to pester Bo Yi endlessly, and Bo Yi avoided her, but because the counselor assigned him one-on-one help, he had to face Sun Yu again

Continuation of Bu Liang Ren.

Chu Liu Xiang is a hard-drinking newcomer to a realm dominated by magic-wielding martial artists. He is a supremely talented martial artist, but he is still green, and yearns to become a virtuous thief, robbing the rich to redistribute their wealth to the poor, both on land and at sea.

His swashbuckling adventures lead him to the Divine Water Palace, whose new ruler is Mu Qian Yu. At first, Chu Liu Xiang takes Mu Qian Yu for an equally hard-drinking man, who appears to be a womanizing Alpha Male with outstanding martial arts abilities. But when fate forces him to team up with Mu Qian Yu, he learns that the ruler is actually a woman who has disguised herself as a man in order to gain her position. The duo team up to fight the forces of evil, and eventually fall in love. But fate intervenes again, separating them for many years. When they are finally reunited, Chu Liu Xiang has become a formidable bandit of great repute. But this time, the forces of evil have something much tricker in store – does this lovestruck duo have what it takes to fight back?

Adapted from the novel series "Chu Liu Xiang" (楚留香傳奇) by Gu Long (古龍).

In 1941, the mainland China was torn by war and Shanghai was fallen into enemy’s occupation. Xue’er and her family moved to a concession. The needy and difficult life there had eaten up the courage and conscience of Gui Ting, Xue’er’s husband, so he left his wife and child, and made up with his old girlfriend Liao Wanzhen who was born into a rich family. All hope was gone; Xue’er was about to commit suicide when Bai Lang saved her and introduced her to the entertainment world. Qiao Xiannong, a Shanghai magnate, was determined to win the heart of the beautiful and famous Xue’er; while Xue’er wanted to take back her son by taking advantage of Qiao’s power. Unexpectedly, her son fell down from the building and died, which is a grave blow for Xue’er. So she started a relationship with Qiao, aiming to retaliate against Gui by the aid of Qiao’s wealth and power. In order to win back Xue’er, Bai agreed to Wang Jianguo’s offer of assuming the chief of investigation bureau in the puppet government. After efforts and hardship, Bai finally won back Xue’er and married her. However, Qiao, who still desired Xue’er, instigated and assisted Xue’er to take revenge on Gui. After all, Xue’er was kind in essence. With Bai’s timely warning, she realized and corrected her errors. She gave up the notion of retaliation and wanted to lead a happy life with Bai. Seeing clear Wang’s intent, Bai was bitterly regretted. In order to save Bai, Xue’er sold her body and committed suicide by taking poisons.

When Kyoichiro comes home, he hears that his 14-year-old son Kyosuke was stabbed to death. The person who killed Kyosuke turns out to be 13-year-old Mitsuru. The two boys were classmates. Due to Japan's juvenile law, Mitsuru will not receive commensurate punishment for his crime. Kyoichiro points his anger at Mitsuru and his mother Hatsumi, but Kyoichiro sees that Hatsumi also suffers from her son's actions.

EBS Life Story - Paranmanjang is an open space for everyone who was hurt and damaged from the life-shattering incidents. Here, people share their stories that were seldom told. The hosts and mentors, such as lawyers, psychiatrists, and doctors, will comfort the audience and seek the right solution. This program is for viewers who have experienced ups and downs and want to get rid of the deep anxiety and find a glimpse of hope.

This drama depicts the life of a legendary figure Zhang Ju Zheng in the Ming Dynasty. In Chinese feudal society, few prime ministers make their ways to the top from a humble background. Zhang Ju Zheng is one of those who does. He guides the 10-year-old emperor into making crucial reforms. Despite his best efforts his reforms are met with resistance and his family is forced to pay for his innovations and mistakes. His downfall foreshadows the downfall of the Ming Dynasty.

It mainly tells the story of Feng San Niang joining hands with the beggar chef Wang Huangfu Xiaoxian, the owner of the inn Murong Yan, and the fish workers to revive the Huaishu Inn to its former glory. Du Jie You, the successor of the wine saint Dukang, transformed into the god of wishes and came to the inn, and then started a series of stories.

The Legendary Prime Minister – Zhuge Liang is a Hong Kong television series based on the life of Zhuge Liang (Cantonese: Chu-kot Leung), a chancellor (or prime minister) of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period. Starring Adam Cheng as the titular character, the series not only incorporates stories about Zhuge Liang from Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but also includes some elements of wuxia and a fictional romance between Zhuge Liang and Xiaoqiao (Cantonese: Siu-kiu). The series was produced by ATV and first started airing in Hong Kong on 9 December 1985. General Liu has 2 sons Liu Qi and Liu Zhong. Both sons are fine in war strategy, except that Qi is kind while Zhong is evil. Qi saves a beautiful maid, Zhi Lan. He likes her but his brother rapes her. Later Zhong ditches her. Qi gets worried when Zhi Lan has Zhong's child and disappears. Knowing that his brother is the scheming type, he gives everything up and tries to look for her with Liang. They finally find her. Zhi Lan is touched by Qi's love for her and finally marries him. Liang envies them and wonders when he will get to be with his love one day. Liu Bei seeks his help 3 times before he agrees to help him out. On his way to the camp, he meets Xiao Qiao who is beautiful and also intelligent. Both are interested in one another but Liang is disappointed to know that she is engaged to another general, Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu is angry to know that his fiancée has a change of heart and he demands to carry their wedding forward. Xiao Qiao seeks help from Liang but he ignores her. Zhou Yu is close on their heels. Out of desperation, she jumps off the cliff. Both men are alarmed upon seeing this. Liang tries to hold her hand but tears her sleeve instead. He also injures himself when both reach the bottom of the cliff. He tries to crawl close to the unconscious Xiao Qiao but Zhou Yu kicks him aside and carries her home. Xiao Qiao is sent to Huang Ying's father for treatment. Zhou Yu never leaves her alone as Xiao Qiao may die any second. Huang Ying, however, pities Liang who stands outside the hut daily to check on Xiao Qiao's condition. She starts to fall for him. Zhou Yu marries Xiao Qiao after her recovery. She is unhappy and Zhou Yu treats her coldly although he really loves her. Liang also marries Ying but he sets his mind to put his heart in his work to manage his master's state to help his son. He gets along well with Kwan Yu and Zhang Fei. He thinks of very good war strategies to control the other states. Being a martial arts expert himself (can you believe it?), he is also a master of traps. He finds Qi but Qi declines to help as he is happy to settle in a village with his family and son. In the meantime, Zhong joins Cao Cao's army. The Wei state thus becomes the strongest among the three. Zhou Yu and Liang often see each other and they often have verbal attacks. Cao Cao is glad to see this and he plans to grab the other 2 states when he gets the chance. After all these years, the other people have aged, except for Xiao Qiao. Why? To save her life, Ying's father has to give her a valuable drug that keeps her youth all along. Ying is amazed to see how Xiao Qiao remains the same all these years while she ages so much. She can see how much Liang still loves her and feels inferior of herself. She finally dies miserably, urging Liang not to give Xiao Qiao up. Zhou Yu helps his master, Sun Quan, after the elder ruler Sun Che dies. Being younger and inexperienced, he always listens to Zhou Yu's advice. Liang also helps Liu Bei's son, Ah Dou, who is a stupid man. He ages so much as he takes charge of everything in the war after his masters' death. Zhou Yu fails in several attempts to seize Liu Bei's state. He is seriously injured in an attack. However, he is very upset that Xiao Qiao doesn't say that she likes him all these years. Even though she takes care of him, she doesn't say these words even till the day of his death. Cao Cao also becomes an unhappy man after he causes his favourite son, Cao Zhi's death. Cao Pi throws discord among them and he is remorseful over it. He starts to wonder the point of having wars and stops. Liang and Xiao Qiao are finally together. But Liang is dying too as he reveals too many predicted secrets. Xiao Qiao is upset but they decide to spend the remaining days happily together.

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