The King of Romance
2016 Taiwanese television series
The King of Romance (Chinese: 如朕親臨; pinyin: rú zhèn qīn lín) is a 2016 Taiwanese television series created and produced by Eastern Television. It stars Lego Li, Cindy Lien, Gabriel Lan and Serena Fang. First original broadcast began on December 3, 2016 on TTV airing every Saturday night at 10:00-11:30 pm.
Synopsis
A popular Chinese folklore tells of how the Jade Emperor, the king of gods, expelled the angels Golden Boy and Jade Girl from heaven to the human world. There, they are cursed to a romance that spans seven lives, during which they could never be together. Gao Bing Bing (Cindy Lien) is a modern-day woman who believes she is the reincarnated Jade Girl. When she is reunited with two childhood friends, Wang Zhen (Lego Lee) and Li Ru Long (Gabriel Lan), can she determine which is her Golden Boy and break the ancient curse?
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