Tencent Airdrops The Prisoner of Beauty with Song Zu Er and Liu Yu Ning Today May 13th 2025
Hot diggity it’s here! I’ve posted over half a dozen posts about rumors that Tencent will airdrop or release The Prisoner of Beauty in the last two years but this one isn’t a rumor – the drama got dropped today May 13th at noon. The soft ban on female lead Song Zu Er lifted two months ago and her other drama The Demon Hunter’s Romance also got air dropped and to surprisingly good reception and reviews. But it’s The Prisoner of Beauty that more viewers were anticipating with the whole mortal family enemies in a contract marriage to full blown lovers, with plenty of boating at least in the novel scenes to whet the appetite. Not sure how the final product has been edited down in episode length and romantic spiciness but the underlying story is rock solid and this will be a chance for male lead Liu Yu Ning to shake off the boring nothingness that was The Story of Pearl Girl and give us his version of the steel warrior exterior and marshmallow for his wifey interior male lead.
Loving it so far! Watched till morning all 5 eps. Hope it will continue to captivate. @Koala, finally!!! Just when we’re not expecting here it comes. I was shocked to see it airdropped. *Jaw dropped*. LYN is so handsome here, the styling is good and neat. They both were at their prime when they filmed this. Enjoy everyone!!
No delay…just air it. Wise choice since a slot is given. Song Zu’er is on the roll… Well done Girl!!!
Going to start watching it now, excited!
Lol did something happen here yesterday? Why are some comments here removed?
Finally! I had been waiting forever for this one.
It’s so good, definitely the May hit drama. SZE is so pretty and LYN is charismatic enough.
When I saw it had dropped the first thought I had was will it live up to the hype? I will wait a bit to watch but it dropped! So amusing.
I’ve watched the first 6 episodes and i dislike Mr. Male Lead. I hope she better lives alone than with him. If i were her, i wont fall in love with him.
I’ve read some chapters of the novel but halt it for various reasons.
I really cant ship her with him. Huhu.
SZE is really pretty. She didnt look ‘typical’. Maybe bcuz she’s natural.
LYN isnt the handsome ML but he has the charisma. The chemistry hasnt been there, but still looks good.
@Gina Neither did I. I have seen ML in few other dramas. His acting isn’t stiff but almost always the same. And regarding FL I don’t want to judge her look but there is sth about the form of her lips that is really distracting. The worst part is the plot itself which is more or less repetitive with the same character arcs and hate turns into love. Overally it is an average drama at its best and since I have to watch it with subs I am not sure I would follow it.
There’s nothing in LYN’s acting or visuals that sells him as an attractive ML for me. He’s not a ML material IMO. I watched his dramas all thanks to the actresses and somehow watchable stories. This one is no exception. SZE looked really delicate and pretty in this series and her acting is better compared with many other Cdrama lead actresses. She must have certain makeup and hair styles to do justice to her visuals. She looked weird and even ugly in some scenes in the Demon Hunter’s Romance that I dropped partially cuz of that LOL.
This drama isn’t something more special than others. The directing has quite a bit of short drama vibe that’s not necessarily bad cuz it’s fast paced although shallow. It’s an adaptation of one of many popular but typical C web novels that are borderline porn LMAO. There were many sizzling bed scenes in the original novel. I wonder how the drama would fill out the void if much erotic is removed by censorship. Besides, ML’s lack of charm may stymie viewers’ thirst over hot scenes in their imagination LOL.
I wish it was more compelling. The two leads look soooo good together and their acting is strong together too, but the plights of their two clans is meh. Like, if you’re both decent people, stop being so mean to each other. Lol. Maybe it’s just me and my now disinterest in damsel characters, but I am sooooo over and bored of those types of stories. I appreciate the FL for being strong in her own ways, but I always think the strongest dramas and shows overall, especially the Chinese ones, are when the FLs are operating outside of the norm of a proper lady and can fight or something. Lol. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy this drama saw daylight haha, but I’m still waiting to feel for someone in it…
It isnt the best and I guess theres been lots of this hate to love plotline in C dramaland. Theres sth arresting about the first 5 episodes, the plot is moving fast, the thirst to watch next episode is there. ML has been made more tv friendly compared to the novel version while FL has been upgraded in terms of intelligence. The amount of misery and pressure FL has to take on is immense, i just hope they write the groveling scenes of the ML satisfying enough in the later arc