TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is adapted from the novel "The Legend of Zhen Huan in the Harem" by writer Liu Lianzi.
Because the novel is too long, the screenwriter Wang Xiaoping adopted the principle of "removing the complicated and simplifying" when making it into a film, and removed some characters and plots.
Some of these deleted characters are insignificant characters, but some have a great influence on the development of the plot.
's deleted character Zhen Yan The first important supporting role deleted from the
TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is Zhen Huan's brother Zhen Yan. Zhen Yan, handsome in appearance, both civil and military, fell in love with him at first sight by An Lingrong who lived in Zhen Mansion. After
entered the palace, in order to use An Lingrong to replace Shen Meizhuang to compete for favor, Zhen Huan deliberately mentioned in front of her that her brother was about to marry a noble girl from a noble family, hoping to break her unreasonable thoughts about her brother. An Lingrong hated all those who separated himself and Zhen Yan, and held grudges from then on, and embarked on the road of revenge step by step.
And in the TV series, An Lingrong's blackening and love have nothing to do with it. It is purely because of her inner inferiority and sensitivity that she finally turned against Zhen Huan. From this point of view, the disappearance of the role of Zhen Yan has directly led to a huge difference between the story line of An Lingrong's blackening and the original work.
This change now seems very meaningful. Although the original novel of
is based on the theme of palace fighting, it still does not escape the routine of romance novel , and puts a lot of brush and ink on the love stories of several main couples, such as Zhen Huan and the prince, the emperor and Chunyuan , Zhen Huan Yan and An Lingrong, Shen Meizhuang and Wen Shichu .
However, screenwriter Wang Xiaoping put the main focus of the TV series on the criticism of the feudal system's destruction of women, which raised the idea of the whole drama. Under such a major premise, the emotional lines of the characters in the play must be cut.
Zhen Huan is the big heroine, her emotional transformation is one of the main lines of the plot, and if you can't make big changes, you can only delete the emotional line of the supporting characters.
Under this premise, if An Ling Rongan is given the title of "blackening for love", it will make the audience feel aesthetically fatigued and boring, and it does not match the theme of the TV series. Judging from the broadcast effect of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" by , this bold adaptation by the screenwriter of is undoubtedly very successful.
First of all, An Lingrong in 's play retains the main features of the original book, which are gentle, shy, timid, and careful, and adds the plot of the characters because of their humble background, being angry everywhere, and the queen's transfer. In this way, even without Zhen Yan, the transformation of this character seems to be natural and natural.
Secondly, An Lingrong, adapted by , once again triggered the audience's discussion on the hot topic of "family of origin".
An Lingrong is the daughter of a small county magistrate. Although she was friends with noble concubines like Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang at first, she eventually drifted away due to the huge difference in vision and knowledge with the other two. In the
TV series, was born in the shackles that An Lingrong could never get rid of. Even though she was a concubine in the later period and was favored by the emperor, she was still the "poor girl" with no sense of security and self-confidence. The reason for hatred and pity.
It is also due to the love between father and mother The tragedy An Lingrong never had any illusions about love from the beginning to the end of the play, nor did she experience the pain of emotional shattering like Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang did, she always put herself in the "favourite" "Concubine" is a reasonable position, but a character like is more real and profound.
In the end, depicts the process of a good woman who could be considered pure and kind in the harem struggle step by step to become twisted and vicious, can better reflect the cold cruelty of the Forbidden City.
In such a huge palace, no one has ever truly treated An Lingrong. The queen regards her as a tool, the emperor regards her as a plaything, Huafei takes her as a geisha for fun, and the sincere sister Meimei talks about her evil behind her back.Poison, the only kindness given to her by Zhen Huan also had a taste of charity, and even the maid Huanbi dared to slap her face openly.
Even in order to protect herself, she had to give up the kind and bright side of human nature. An Lingrong's "perverted" road, is the most vivid example of feudal imperial power destroying human nature. From this point of view, the deletion of the role of Zhen Yan has instead achieved the three-dimensional and layered sense of this role in Anling to some extent.
Of course, there are also some fans of the original book who are not satisfied with this adaptation. Because the deletion of Zhen Yan made many of An Lingrong's actions seem unreasonable.
For example, in the novel, An Lingrong was jealous of Zhen Yan and his wife, Xue Xitao, , and after the Zhen family was defeated, he secretly bribed the jailer and put a sick mouse in the prison. killed Xue Xitao and her young children. . The
TV series transferred this plot to Zhen Huan's father. An Lingrong used a mouse to assassinate Zhen Yuandao , but it was unsuccessful. This scene is a little weird.
There was no hatred between An Lingrong and Zhen Yuandao. At that time, Zhen Huan had already left the palace to practice. Clearly lacks internal logic.
deleted character Murong Shishao
The second important supporting role deleted from the TV series is Concubine Hua's sister, Murong Shishao. The original work is an overhead background. Concubine Hua's name is Murong Shilan. She was born in a general family and has a prominent family. Before entered the palace, she loved Shi Shao, the younger sister of her mother and compatriot the most.
With the collapse of the Murong family, Concubine Hua committed suicide, and all the female relatives in the family became palace maids. After Murong Shishao became a palace maid, he changed his name to Chi Shao, and was named Rong Concubine by the emperor because of his youth and beauty. The emperor had long known that she was the daughter of a sinner, but was willing to treat her as a substitute for Concubine Hua.
Concubine Rong was provoked by the queen, determined that Zhen Huan was the culprit who killed the eldest sister, and wanted revenge. At a palace banquet, she poisoned the diets of Zhen Huan and the little prince, and she killed Meng Jingxian by accident. After the incident, she was given death by the emperor, ending her tragic life.
TV series set the background in the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng , and set Hua Fei as the sister of the powerful minister Nian Gengyao Shilan , the existence of Hua Fei's sister was completely erased, but Zhen Huan The plot of encountering poisoning has been retained, just replaced the murderer from Shishao to and . The deletion of the character
Shishao is a very correct choice. In the novel, in order to show the emperor's lust and debauchery, there are too many concubines and concubines who appear in the later stage. Many readers of often feel that they can't tell who is who when they read it for the first time.
and Shi Shao's character design is not particularly outstanding. It is completely a "low-profile version" of Concubine Hua, which has little impact on the main line of the plot. The
TV series was limited by the number of episodes, and cut off most of the "Dragon Concubine Concubine" who did not have many scenes, and concentrated these people's scenes on the two supporting roles of Kang Chang in and Zhenbi. In this way, the plot of is much more refined and compact. Secondly, the Qing Dynasty had extremely strict family background requirements for concubines and concubines, most of whom were daughters of nobles from the Eight Banners. Even the good concubine of Emperor Kangxi, who was born in Xinzheku, is also the daughter of Baoyi, not the daughter of a criminal minister. Yongzheng in the drama is ruthless and suspicious, and it is impossible to bring the daughter of the Nian family into the harem.
On the whole, it is reasonable that there is no sister Hua Fei in the play. But this adaptation also has an unsatisfactory part, that is, forcibly putting the poisoning on Jian Qiu. The queen has a deep scheming, and is best at sowing discord, taking advantage of others, and taking advantage of the fisherman herself.
Jianqiu, as her personal maid, is immersed in her eyes and ears, and her behavior naturally has the style of a master.
According to this character's character, even if she hated Zhen Huan again, it was impossible to use such a low-level method as poisoning. Let's get poisonedIt is easy to trace the murderer, and secondly, everyone will think that she was instructed by the queen, so the queen has no room to turn around. After
, the disciplinary department tortured everyone in the Queen's Palace, and finally found out the truth of Chunyuan's death. Poisoning in the autumn cut can be said to be the trigger for the queen's downfall. However, in the original novel, the queen's abolition had nothing to do with this matter. Instead, it was the existence of another person who helped Zhen Huan completely overthrow the queen.
And that person is the ultimate boss of the entire novel - Hu Yunrong.
's deleted character Hu Yunrong After the TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was broadcast, the most regrettable thing for fans of the original is that Hu Yunrong was deleted. Hu Yunrong, the emperor's cousin, the granddaughter of Princess Wuyang, a true royal relative, can be said to be the most noble concubine in the palace. When the author of
created this character, he applied the story of Mrs. Gouyi , Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty , and arranged for her a legend of "being born with jade".
Hu Yunrong was born with a fist clenched in one hand, which was not opened until she saw the emperor. She held a jade pendant in her hand with the words "eternal prosperous" written on it. She was therefore regarded by the emperor as an auspicious omen and favored. There are plus.
And this legendary life experience to the end turned out to be just an elaborate lie. The character of is somewhat similar to Yuying in " Golden Branches Desires ", bright and lively, seemingly open-mouthed, arrogant and self-willed, in essence black-bellied and vicious, good at pretending to be pigs and eating tigers.
lost her fertility because she was assassinated by the queen when she gave birth to her daughter. Hu Yunrong hated the queen deeply, and together with Zhen Huan, revealed the secret of the queen killing Chunyuan. Since then, she has been transformed, and has become the biggest threat to Zhen Huan in the later period. After the fall of the Queen
, there was a vacancy in the back, and the most qualified people in the palace were Hu Yunrong and Zhen Huan. The reason why
said that Hu Yunrong is the ultimate boss of the novel is that compared with the heroine, she is no less inferior in terms of family background, appearance, and scheming means, and even has more power and ambition than Zhen Huan. In the later episodes, she nakedly showed her desire for the back position.
More importantly, she has mastered Zhen Huan's Achilles heel - the filthy palace.
In fact, long before she broke her face with Zhen Huan, Hu Yunrong already knew that she had an affair with King Qinghe (the King of Guojun in the TV series), but at that time the two had a common enemy, the queen, so she kept holding back, It wasn't until the end that the killer came out.
Emperor forced Zhen Huan to kill his lover by himself after Hu Yunrong informed him. Zhen Huan has since lost her favor and trust, and was banned under Hu Yunrong's design, but she finally used the forgery of jade bi to successfully turn over and overthrow Hu Yunrong. As far as the original work is concerned, Hu Yunrong's role can be described as extremely brilliant.
is the first, she is not like Zhen Huan, Shen Meizhuang and others who had a time when a girl was pregnant and looking forward to love. The purpose of Hu Yunrong's entry into the palace is very clear, that is, to revive the family and compete for the post, the emperor is only a stepping stone to the peak of power in her eyes;
Second, most of the concubines in the palace are introverted and dignified Steady, joy and anger are indistinguishable. Only Hu Yunrong has an innate arrogance in his bones, and he stands out among the people in the harem, and lives recklessly.
, such a proud and bright woman, finally died in the fluttering catkins beside Taiye Lake. This strong dramatic tension brought great shock to readers. Because of this, many fans of 's original work criticized the screenwriter's deletion of Hu Yunrong for making the TV series eclipsed. In the novel of
"The Legend of Zhen Huan", the most exciting part of the plot is actually the content of Zhen Huan killing the Quartet after returning to the palace, which accounts for more than half of the space. The characters such as Hu Yunrong , Xu Yanyi and other characters who appear later are very vivid.
And the TV series has a total of 76 episodes. Zhen Huan only returned to the palace for more than fifty episodes. The number of episodes of revenge only accounted for about one-third. In the front, a lot of time was spent restoring all the character details of the novel, but a lot of characters were deleted in the back. end, evenTo let the queen forcibly "reduce wisdom", paved the way for the victory of the big heroine. Settings like
will make the whole drama look like a "top-heavy" look, and some viewers will think that Zhen Huan is too easy to become the big winner of the palace fight. has never been able to escape the problem of "difficulty in adjusting" when adapting a novel into a TV series, even a well-reviewed work such as "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is no exception.
