Queens of Diamonds and Hearts is a Hong Kong costume drama produced by TVB and starring Roger Kwok, Fala Chen, Sharon Chan and Louis Yuen. A blessing ceremony was held on 5 September 2011 at Tseung Kwan O TVB City's Shaolin Temple at 11:30PM where filming began.
The drama is based on the folk tale of Zhong Wu Yen a queen of the Warring States kingdom of Qi.
Synopsis This synopsis uses Cantonese romanisations
King Chai (Roger Kwok) is the inept ruler of Qi, a state surrounded by larger neighbours and beset with hidden internal and overt external threats. The guardian spirits of Qi come to the aid of Qi and King Chai by arranging for Chung Mo Yim (Fala Chen) to become the Queen of Qi. Chung Mo Yim is skilled in magic, martial arts and the use of strategems, however she has been born with a prominent birth mark on her face and King Chai finds her ugly. The opponents of Qi in turn arrange for King Chai to become infatuated with Ha Ying Chun (Sharon Chan). King Chai takes both Chung Mo Yim and Ha Ying Chun as co-wives, with Chung Mo Yim becoming Queen of the East Palace and Ha Ying Chun becoming Queen of the West Palace.
Although naive and kind hearted Ha Ying Chun is jinxed by Qi's enemies and all of King Chai's attempts to please her lead to disaster after disaster, problems that only Chung Mo Yim can defuse and fix. Although originally she only married King Chai out of duty to the people and nation of Qi, Chung Mo Yim comes to desire to be more than King Chai's troubleshooter and a wife in name only.
Cast This cast list uses Cantonese romanisations
Royal Family Cast Role Description Angelina Lo Queen Dowager Shan申太后 King Chai, Lord Shun Yeung Kwan, and Tin Wan's mother Roger Kwok King Suen of Chai齊宣王 Then switched spirits with Yim Fala Chen Chung Mo Yim鍾無艷 King Chai's wife,Queen of the East PalaceThen switched spirits with Chun and Suen Sharon Chan Ha Ying Chun夏迎春 King Chai's wifeQueen of the West PalaceThen switched spirits with Yim Yoyo Chen Tsui Kei 徐 姬 Lord Shun's wife Ben Wong Lord Shun Yeung Kwan信陽君 Queen Dowager Shan's son Bella Lam Princess Tin Wan田芸 Queen Dowager Shan's daughter
Other cast Cast Role Description Koni Lui Chung Mo Wai鍾無慧 Ngan Ying's girlfriend. Mo Yim's martial sister Louis Yuen Ngan Ying晏英 Chung Mo Wai's boyfriend Suet Nei 朱 氏 Ngan Ying and Ngan Kiu's grandmother Oscar Leung (梁烈唯) 端木正Princess Cheung's boyfriend Raymond Cho Keung Chik Yan姜直仁 Ha Ying Chun's ex-boyfriend Kitty Yuen Siu Yee Chung Lai Chi鍾离子 Chung Mo Yim and Chung Mo Wai's master Lulu Kai (蓋世寶) Chung Suen Chi鍾巽子 Chung Lai Chi's Junior sister apprentice Gigi Ho (何傲芝) An Kiu晏嬌 Married Keung Chik Yan (episode 25) Wilson Tsui (艾威) 夏 桂 Ha Song Chau, Ha Ying Chun's father Chan On Ying (陳安瑩) 柳 氏 Ha Song Ha, Ha Ying Chun's mother Simon Lo (魯文傑) Ha Song Chau夏送秋 Ha Ying Chun's older brother Dickson Lee (李家聲) Yin Lai嚴厲Chiu Kei's brother-in-law Jimmy Au (歐瑞偉)
Viewership ratings Week week of episode ratings peak rating references 1 February 27 - March 2, 2012 1 — 5 28 30 2 March 5–9, 2012 6 — 10 28 — 3 March 12–15, 2012 11 — 14 29 — 4 March 20–23, 2012 15 — 18 29 — 5 March 26–30, 2012 19 — 23 29 — April 4, 2012 24 — 25 36 40
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