Romantic Princess

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Romantic Princess

Format Romance, Comedy

Directed by Lin He Long

Wu Chun
Angela Zhang
Starring
Calvin Chen
George Hu

Opening theme Xin Wo (新窩) by Fahrenheit and S.H.E

Bu Xiang Dong De (不想懂得) by

Ending theme
Angela Chang

Country of
Republic of China
origin

Language(s) Mandarin

No. of episodes 13

Production

Executive
Huang Wan Bo
producer(s)

Broadcast

Original channel CTV & GTV

 2007-09-16 (CTV) & 2007-09-22 (GTV)
Original run – 2007-12-09 (CTV) & 2007-12-16
(GTV)

External links

Official website

Romantic Princess (公主小妹) Gong Zhu Xiao Mei, previously known as, Wo Jia Gong
Zhu《我家公主》, is a Taiwanese drama which aired every Sunday on CTV. The drama
features Wu Zun and Calvin Chen of Fahrenheit, and Angela Chang. The production is based on
the shōjo manga Four Steps to Romance (ろまんす五段活用 Romance Godan Katsuyou?), by
Kazuko Fujita.

Contents
[hide]
 1 Synopsis
 2 Cast
 3 International broadcasting
 4 Episode ratings

 5 External links

[edit] Synopsis
Adopted by middle classed parents, Xiao Mai(Angela Zhang) has always had a dream to be a
heiress. Finally, her dream becomes a reality. Xiao Mai's biological grandfather, Huangfu
Xiong(Emp) (Gu Bao Ming), is the head of a prestigious aristocratic family. After being
kidnapped by their family's enemies and after many years of searching, he finally finds his long
lost granddaughter.

As she starts her life as an heiress, everyday is filled with excitement; however, everything
seems a bit different from what she had imagined it to be. In the family, there are 4 candidates,
one of whom will become the successor of Emp. One of those candidates is Nan Feng Jin (Wu
Chun). At first, Nan Feng Jin dislikes Xiao Mai because he knows that he will be engaged to
Xiao Mai and as a result, can never leave the Huangfu family and will be forced to be the
successor of Emp.

Because Jin wants to be a normal sales person, he tried his best to ignore his growing fondness
for Xiao Mai, but love prevails. Hatred soon turns to love as Xiao Mai and Nan Feng Jin's
relationship starts to unravel. But they want to hide their relationship from Emp, a name called
by everyone in respect to Xiao Mai's grandfather, because they will be engaged again and Jin's
dream of having a normal life will vanish.

Then one day, a new 'Huangfu Shan' appears and has the same birthmark and more evidence that
she is the real Huangfu Shan, along with a ring with her birthdate encrypted in it. Xiao Mai and
Gong Mo Li, the 'real' Huangfu Shan, have the same interests and birthdates. Xiao Mai then gets
kicked out of royalty and becomes a maid in the Huangfu house. But she later discovers the plot
between Gong Mo Li and Emp, and more chaos happens. It turns out that Gong Mo Li isn't
actually the real granddaughter and isn't in love with Jin, and instead she is in love with Cai. The
plot between Gong Mo Li and the Emp was to make Xiao Mai and Jin to confess their love so
they can become engaged.

Then the four try to confront Emp, but he keeps hiding, with the help of Butler Yi. But soon they
face Emp and tell him that, Xiao Mai doesn't want to be the heiress anymore, Jin and Cai doesn't
want to be the successor. Emp becomes furious and lets them do what they want: "starting from
scratch", and kicks them out of the house.

Jin keeps getting denied of work, because of Emp's influence. But he soon finds a job, and he
becomes a construction worker. Then Cai And Gong Mo Li, who were also kicked out of the
Huangfu House, start selling their things to pawnshop but keeps spending their money for
useless things. Soon Cai and Gong Mo Li give up and returned to the Huangfu House.

Soon Emp, has an ailment and has to go under operation. He kept his ailment a secret between
himself and Butler Yi. Even though his condition is becoming worse, he still doesn't want to go
under operation. But when Xiao Mai learned about his ailment and that her grandfather's
stubbornness can cause him death, she told Butler Yi that she will take the blame if Emp gets
mad about going under operation.

The operation was successful, but Emp is still unconscious. In a few days, if Emp does not wake
up, the co-owners of the Huangfu business, will take over. Even though Xiao Mai is the heiress,
the co-owners don't believe that women are good enough to run the company. But Xiao Mai still
tried her best and took the exams that were taken by Jin and the other 3 (Cai,Ying and Lin). But
she failed, fortunately at the time the co-owners are about to say that Xiao Mai failed, Emp has
awaken and told them to allow Xiao Mai to become the successor. Xiao Mai ends up being both
heiress and successor. Jin remained as an office worker.

[edit] Cast
The names used in the Philippines are in the parentheses

 Angela Chang as Mai Qiusui/Huangfu Shan/Xiao Mai 麥秋穗 (Jannah Mai/Cheryl

Huangfu)
 Wu Chun as Nanfeng Jin 南風瑾 (Jin Nanfeng)
 Gu Bao Ming as Huangfu Xiong 皇甫雄 (John Huangfu)
  Calvin Chen as Nanfeng Cai 南風彩 (Cai Nanfeng)
 George Hu as Nanfeng Lin 南風璘 (Lin Nanfeng)
 Eric Lee Ang Lin as Nanfeng Ying 南風影 (Ying Nanfeng)
 Genie Chuo as Gong Moli 宮茱莉 (Gong Mo Li)
 Bu Xue Liang as Mai Congguang 麥聰光
 Huang Jia Qian as Maige Haowa 麥戈浩娃
 Hsia Ching Ting as Yi Senchuan 伊森川 (Butler Yi)

[edit] International broadcasting

 The show broadcasts in Indonesia, starting from November 11 2007, on RCTI.
 The series premiered last June 2, 2008 in the Philippines on ABS-CBN as the
replacement for Hana Kimi. It has had a successful run since then. Angela Chang's
character was replaced by a new name, Janna.

[edit] Episode ratings

Date Episode Ratings
2007-09-17 ep. 1 3.33
2007-09-23 ep. 2 3.72
2007-09-30 ep. 3 3.13
2007-10-07 ep. 4 3.28
2007-10-14 ep. 5 3.21
2007-10-21 ep. 6 3.24
2007-10-28 ep. 7 3.31
2007-11-04 ep. 8 3.56
2007-11-11 ep. 9 3.81
2007-11-18 ep. 10 3.51
2007-11-25 ep. 11 3.45
2007-12-02 ep. 12 3.15
2007-12-09 ep. 13 3.55
Average 3.40

Source: Showbiz Chinatimes