The Princess Royal
The Princess Royal
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The Princess Royal

7.8 / 10
2024
1 season
40 episodes
Drama

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Because of political reasons, princess Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan got married at the age of 18. In the end they drifted further and further afar from each other. After 20 years of a loveless marriage, they were manipulated into turning against each other, leading to their deaths. However, they wake up back at 18, before their marriage, facing the hardest time of their lives. The two of them are given second change together, to save those around them.

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The Princess Royal - Official Teaser Trailer | Zhao Jinmai/Zhang Linghe | YOUKU

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Cast

Zhao Jinmai

Zhao Jinmai

Zhang Linghe

Zhang Linghe

Chen Heyi

Chen Heyi

Liu Xuwei

Liu Xuwei

Cheng Guo

Cheng Guo

He Qiu

He Qiu

Yi Daqian

Yi Daqian

Sun Rui

Sun Rui

Wang Bowen

Wang Bowen

Yu Jinwei

Yu Jinwei

Zhao Ke

Zhao Ke

Song Kejun

Song Kejun

Seasons

  • Reborn

    1.Reborn

    26-06-202438m

    Princess Royal Li Rong and Prime Minister Pei Wen Xuan are husband and wife, but they're not in a harmonious state. They also have different political views. Emperor Li Chuan of th...

  • The Spring Banquet

    2.The Spring Banquet

    26-06-202449m

    Returning to her 18-year-old self, Li Rong intends to use the Spring Banquet to choose a prince consort again. Despite her previous entanglements with Pei Wen Xuan, she now sees hi...

  • Assassination

    3.Assassination

    26-06-202449m

    Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan test each other and arrive at the same conclusion, the other person has also come back in time. Both of them stop hiding their pasts and think there is no...

  • Consensus

    4.Consensus

    26-06-202447m

    The next morning, Li Chuan and Su Rong Qing, who serves as the Vice Minister of Justice, lead a group of men to find Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan. Just having learned that the one who...

  • Test

    5.Test

    26-06-202447m

    Pei Wen Xuan has just left Qionghua Palace when he is summoned to the Imperial Study by Li Ming. Yang Quan is already waiting there, his eyes burning with envy at the sight of Pei...

  • Investigating the Yang Family

    6.Investigating the Yang Family

    26-06-202446m

    Pei Wen Xuan takes advantage of the situation to file a report on Yang Quan to Li Ming. After Yang Quan fails to kidnap the princess, he assassinates a court official. Moreover, he...

  • Imprisonment

    7.Imprisonment

    27-06-202446m

    Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan argue frequently, their bickering a daily occurrence, yet they exhibit perfect harmony when it comes to strategy. While investigating the Yang family, they...

  • Coming to Terms

    8.Coming to Terms

    27-06-202447m

    After Li Rong is imprisoned, Liu Chuan visits her in prison. A lady was following him. It turns out that the lady is Qin Zhen Zhen. Pei Wen Xuan thought that Qin Zhen Zhen canceled...

  • Getting Married

    9.Getting Married

    28-06-202445m

    To promote Prince Su, Li Ming decides to send Consort Rou's brother, Xiao Su, to the frontline to replace Li Chuan. A day before the wedding, Pei Wen Xuan hands out red envelopes t...

  • Join Hands

    10.Join Hands

    28-06-202447m

    On their wedding night, Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan can't sleep well. Instead, they discuss plans for after their divorce. Pei Wen Xuan deliberately arranges for Su Rong Qing to pick...

  • Qixi Festival Banquet

    11.Qixi Festival Banquet

    29-06-202445m

    Li Chuan musters enough courage and heads to Jiulu Mountain to confess to Qin Zhen Zhen. The Qixi Festival Banquet begins. Pei Wen Xuan receives news that Consort Rou held an incen...

  • Reconciliation

    12.Reconciliation

    30-06-202447m

    Pei Wen Xuan expresses that Li Rong was the only person he loved in the past. He never had any feelings for Qin Zhen Zhen. Li Rong becomes speechless, and she chooses to avoid him....

  • Inspectorate

    13.Inspectorate

    01-07-202446m

    Pei Wen Xuan suggests to Li Rong that she establish the Inspectorate, leaving Li Rong in a dilemma. Qin Zhen Zhen is grateful to Li Rong for saving her life, while Li Rong plans fo...

  • Targeted

    14.Targeted

    02-07-202449m

    Li Rong orders Xun Chuan to find the veterans and obtain their testimonies. At the same time, she intends to acquire information from the Ministry of Justice. Pei Wen Xuan was bull...

  • Prince Consort

    15.Prince Consort

    02-07-202446m

    Su Rong Qing is happy when Li Rong invites him to a meal. He goes to the restaurant, but Li Rong doesn't appear. He is sad. Su Rong Hua knows Su Rong Qing is sad, so they get drunk...

  • Eliminate the Witnesses

    16.Eliminate the Witnesses

    03-07-202445m

    Upon returning to Pei's Residence, Pei Wen Xuan and Li Rong engage in a fierce argument to reclaim the inheritance left by Pei Wen Xuan's father, only to be met with adamant refusa...

  • Escape Plan

    17.Escape Plan

    03-07-202445m

    With no other options, Li Rong secretly sends Pei Wen Xuan out of the capital to gather evidence. He has to return before the scheduled execution of the Qin family. Li Rong, under...

  • Disappointed Return

    18.Disappointed Return

    04-07-202446m

    At the execution site, the noble families keep applying pressure on Li Ming. Just when Li Ming is about to execute them, Pei Wen Xuan finally returns with the evidence.

  • Best Friends

    19.Best Friends

    04-07-202446m

    Li Rong solves the case and becomes the Head Inspector of the Inspectorate. The Inspectorate is established officially. At the same time, Li Ming assigned Su Rong Hua as the Vice I...

  • Butterfly Canyon

    20.Butterfly Canyon

    05-07-202447m

    Upon learning of the prince consort's assassination, Li Rong is consumed by fury. She vows to bring the perpetrators to justice. Disguising her true intentions as a simple outing,...

  • Unresolved Feelings

    21.Unresolved Feelings

    05-07-202447m

    Li Rong uncovers the identity of the assassin leader and learns about the mastermind behind. Li Rong proposes a deal with Lin Fei Bai to assassinate Xie Lan Qing instead. Lin Fei B...

  • Past

    22.Past

    06-07-202444m

    The next morning at the imperial court, Xie Lan Qing brings Lin Fei Bai to accuse Li Rong of an assassination attempt according to Su Rong Qing's instructions but it backfires when...

  • Lunar New Year

    23.Lunar New Year

    07-07-202446m

    Lin Fei Bai was sentenced to military exile to the southwest border. Before his departure, Shangguan Ya goes to see him off. The intensity of their conflict was greatly reduced. Be...

  • Sabotage

    24.Sabotage

    08-07-202446m

    With the supplementary examination approaching, Pei Wen Xuan is determined not to be outdone and is pulling out all the stops to attract scholars, engaging in a competition with Su...

  • Flower Boat

    25.Flower Boat

    09-07-202447m

    Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan make decisive choices, using their past investigations to come up with countermeasures. But they feel that Consort Rou alone cannot come up with such plots...

  • Fire at the Hall of Memorials

    26.Fire at the Hall of Memorials

    09-07-202448m

    Pei Wen Xuan decides to pretend to divorce Li Rong and uses the opportunity to point out that the marriage talisman was forged by Consort Rou, in order to alleviate Li Ming's suspi...

  • Tense Situation

    27.Tense Situation

    10-07-202446m

    Li Rong and Su Rong Qing confront each other in front of Li Ming at the imperial study. With Hong De's suicide and his son's disappearance, Li Ming suspects Su Rong Qing. Li Ming q...

  • Appreciation Gift

    28.Appreciation Gift

    10-07-202448m

    Pei Wen Xuan asks Li Rong out on a date during her off day. But Li Rong has promised Cui Yu Lang that they'll discuss the imperial examination case on her off day. So, she rejects...

  • Caught in a Difficult Situation

    29.Caught in a Difficult Situation

    11-07-202448m

    Li Rong plays along and reveals to Consort Rou her intention to hand over control of the Inspectorate. Meanwhile, Consort Rou hints that since Li Rong and Pei Wen xuan are divorced...

  • Decisive Actions

    30.Decisive Actions

    11-07-202447m

    Consort Rou is in charge of investigating the examination fraud case. She's in trouble as the noble families make things difficult for her. Li Ming suggests her to use Pei Wen Xuan...

  • Tool

    31.Tool

    12-07-202446m

    Li Rong waits patiently for the conflict between Consort Rou and the noble families to reach its climax. After that, she arranges for Chen Hou Zhao to return to the capital. She pr...

  • Severe Ties

    32.Severe Ties

    12-07-202446m

    Feeling desolate after losing Consort Rou, Li Ming summons Xiao Qian to the palace. Upon hearing this, Li Rong deduces that Li Ming intends to recall the troops to the capital.

  • Winter Celebration

    33.Winter Celebration

    13-07-202447m

    Li Ming proposes to hold a Winter Celebration, hoping to make a final stand at the banquet. During the banquet, everyone has their own schemes. Lin Fei Bai and Su Rong Hua compete...

  • Past

    34.Past

    13-07-202447m

    In the past, Su Rong Qing did not kill Li Rong. He gave Pei Wen Xuan a fragrance pouch to slow down the poison of Fragrant Beauty. It means Li Rong was already poisoned before she...

  • Corrupt Policies

    35.Corrupt Policies

    13-07-202445m

    Li Cheng dies from poisoning. Xiao Qian brings in Li Cheng's double and burns his corpse.

  • Truth

    36.Truth

    13-07-202447m

    Pei Wen Xuan knows Li Rong's issue has been resolved and guides her patiently. He tells her the truth about the past and hopes Li Rong can untie the knot in her heart.

  • Dream

    37.Dream

    13-07-202445m

    Li Rong sees Li Chuan again. They reminisce about the past together. Li Chuan says that his wish is to embark on a northern expedition as his mother said that the northern part was...

  • Regime Change

    38.Regime Change

    13-07-202446m

    With the regime undergoing a major shift, the fate of Pei Wen Xuan's family hinges on who holds the family master's token and the key to the treasury.

  • Confrontation

    39.Confrontation

    13-07-202445m

    Li Rong heads to the grand hall alone to confront the soldiers of the noble families. Su Rong Qing and the soldiers of the Su family arrive at the grand hall. They thought that Li...

  • Spend the Rest of Youth Together

    40.Spend the Rest of Youth Together

    13-07-202450m

    When the crown prince attacks the capital with Xun Chuan's troops, Consort Rou enters the palace and abducts Li Ming. She was shot to death with an arrow. Su Rong Qing realizes he...