The Story of Ming Lan

The Story of Ming Lan  follows Sheng Minglan as she progresses from the unfavoured sixth daughter of an official to the wife of a powerful noble. After being mistreated by  her father’s first wife and annoying half-sisters, Minglan learns to hide her skills and true intentions, and ultimately succeeds in avenging her biological mother’s death. Gu Tingye is seen a a hedonistic and pleasure-seeking noble, though he later decides to turn over a new leaf by becoming a trustworthy official of the eighth prince, and eventually earns Minglan’s affections.

Fun Facts The Story of Ming Lan

• The series premiered on December 25, 2018 on Hunan TV
• The show has a 8.1 out of 10 on Douban and received mainly positive reviews
• Number of episodes: 73
• Written by: Wu Tong
• Pre-production started in April 2017
• Genre: Romance, Costume, Period
• Based on Do you know? Do You Know? If the green is still plump and the red still lean? by Guanxin Zeluan
•  Directed by Zhang Kaizhou
• Executive producer: Hou Hongliang

Stars

• Zhao Li Ying as Sheng Minglan
• Shi Shi  as Sheng Molan
• Zhang Jia Ning as Sheng Rulan
• Cao Cui Fen as Old Mrs. Sheng
• Liu Jun  as Sheng Hong
• Gao Lu as Lin Qinshuang, Lady Lin
• Wang Ren Jun  as Sheng Changbai
• Wang He Run  as Sheng Hualan
• Liu Lin as Wang Ruofu, Mrs. Sheng
• Zhang Xiao Qian as Sheng Changfeng
• Zhang Han Yun as Sheng Shulan
• Han Ye  as Danju
• Ma Ding  as Zhou Xueniang
• Wang Ziwei (王梓薇) as xiao-Tao
• Feng Shao Feng as Gu Tingye
• Wang Yi Nan as Lady Qin
• Gao Zi Feng as Gao Tingyu
• Li Hong Tao as Gu Yankai, Marquis of Ningyuan
• Kang Qun Zhi as Nurse Chang
• Lin Xi (林夕) as Rong, Gu Tingye’s daughter with Manniang
• Zhao Qin  as Yu Yanhong, Gu Tingye’s first wife
• Zhu Yi Long as Qi Heng
• Li Yi Xiao as Zhu Manniang
• Chen Jin as Princess of Pingning
• Deng Sha as Yu Yanran
• Wu Xiao Yu  as Zhang Guifen