Ashes of Love

Drama Poster

### Synopsis

(Synopsis from Wikipedia)In ancient times, the Flower Goddess died after giving birth to her daughter, Jin Mi. She has a sense that Jin Mi will suffer a great love trial that would break her down, just like her. To prevent that from happening, she gave her daughter the Loveless Pill. This magical pill prevents Jin Mi from feeling and expressing romantic love. The Flower Goddess ordered her subordinates to keep the girl’s birth a secret and keep her within the Water Barrier for 10,000 years, hoping that Jin Mi will be able to avoid the love trial. Jin Mi grows up thinking she was a Grape Fairy as all plant spirits are forbidden to leave the Water Barrier.

4,000 years later, the Heaven Emperor’s second son, Xu Feng, was sabotaged, during his development of his phoenix spirit, by someone and accidentally lands in the Water Barrier. He was saved by the innocent Jin Mi, thinking he was a crow because of how burnt he looked. After living together, Xu Feng gradually developed feelings for Jin Mi. Jin Mi later on meets Xu Feng's older brother, Run Yu, who also develops feelings for her. Caught in a love triangle, Jin Mi learns a bitter-sweet lesson about love, revenge, and life. Together, Xu Feng and Jin Mi overcome the obstacles that try to pull them apart as fate intended.

***Ashes of Love*** (香蜜沉沉烬如霜) is a 2018 production based off of the book *Heavy Sweetness, Ash Like Frost,* starring Deng Lun and Yang Zi on Jiangsu TV on August 2, 2018.

## Synoposis

(Synopsis from Wikipedia)

In ancient times, the Flower Goddess died after giving birth to her only daughter, Jin Mi. She had a sense that Jin Mi will suffer a great love trial that would break her down, just like her. To prevent that from happening, she gave her daughter the Loveless Pill. This magical pill prevents Jin Mi from feeling and expressing romantic love. The Flower Goddess ordered her subordinates to keep the girl’s birth a secret and keep her within the Water Barrier for 10,000 years, hoping that Jin Mi will be able to avoid the love trial. Jin Mi grows up thinking she was a Grape Fairy as all plant spirits are forbidden to leave the Water Barrier.

4,000 years later, the Heaven Emperor’s second son, Xu Feng, was sabotaged, during his development of his phoenix spirit, by someone and accidentally lands in the Water Barrier. He was saved by the innocent Jin Mi, thinking he was a crow because of how burnt he looked. After living together, Xu Feng gradually developed feelings for Jin Mi. Jin Mi later on meets Xu Feng's older brother, Run Yu, who also develops feelings for her. Caught in a love triangle, Jin Mi learns a bitter-sweet lesson about love, revenge, and life. Together, Xu Feng and Jin Mi overcome the obstacles that try to pull them apart as fate intended for a happy ending.

## Cast

**Main**

 Deng Lun[9] | Xu Feng (旭凤)
 Chen Yuqi[10] | Liu Ying (鎏英)
 Luo Yunxi[11] | Run Yu (润玉)
 Wang Yifei
 Zou Tingwei[12] | Qi Yuan (奇鸢)
Muci (暮辭)
He was forced to work for the Heavenly empress after being fed a poison. Liu Ying's lover.

**Supporting**
**Heaven Realm**

**Flower Realm**

**Demon Realm**

 Yao Qingren[19] | Lord Biancheng (卞城王)
 Song Yunhao
 Wang Siyu
 Li Silang
 Hu Mianyang

**Mortal Realm**

 Zhou Yihua
 Tuo Gufeng
 Wen Jing
She adopted Jinmi as a child during her mortal trial.

## Production

Production lasted from June 2017- October 2017.

## Soundtrack

Sa Dingding (version 2)

## Success

The drama was successful commercially, and placing first with positive reviews and was praised for its life storylinem and preformance, quality, and the tight plot. They complained about Run Yu having more attention than Yang Zi and Deng Lun, which was the only criticism.

## Trivia

* This is Sa Dingding's first time in a TV show.