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* TheGadfly: Yan Xun starts out as one. He constantly teases Chu Qiao and Yuwen Yue, even after they've both made it clear they're fed up with him, and he switches the guards' swords and steals food from a passing servant for his own amusement. In spite of his antics he isn't malicious; just careless and inconsiderate of others.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Jin Zhu walks in on Yuwen Yue holding Chu Qiao, both of them wearing only their night-clothes. It's actually because they had a fight after (platonically) sharing a bed. Jin Zhu jumps to the more obvious conclusion.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: Yuwen Yue gives Chu Qiao a razor and tells her to shave him. It's actually a test to see if she'll take the opportunity to kill him for [[spoiler: killing her brother]]. She considers it, but doesn't go through with it.
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* DangerouslyCloseShave: Yuwen Yue tells Chu Qiao to shave him. She cuts his throat with the razor instead. Luckily for him, it was a very shallow cut.
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* HappilyAdopted: Chu Qiao was adopted by the Jing family and renamed Jing Xiao Liu to protect her. She was happy with them, but unfortunately by the start of the series she has amnesia and can't remember them.
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** Chu Qiao was adopted by the Jing family and renamed Jing Xiao Liu to protect her. She was happy with them, but unfortunately by the start of the series she has amnesia and can't rememberthem.them.
** Yuwen Yue was the grandson of Yuwen Zhuo's second brother. Yuwen Yue's mother went insane, so Yuwen Zhuo adopted him and raised him as his own grandson.
** Chu Qiao was adopted by the Jing family and renamed Jing Xiao Liu to protect her. She was happy with them, but unfortunately by the start of the series she has amnesia and can't remember
** Yuwen Yue was the grandson of Yuwen Zhuo's second brother. Yuwen Yue's mother went insane, so Yuwen Zhuo adopted him and raised him as his own grandson.
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* RaisedByGrandparents: Played with. Yuwen Zhuo is actually Yuwen Yue's great-uncle, but he adopted Yuwen Yue and raised him as his grandson.
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* SpottingTheThread: Yuwen Yue claims his grandfather is dead. Yan Xun is the only person who notices Yuwen Yue isn't nearly grief-stricken enough for someone whose grandfather was murdered.
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* DirtyOldMan: Yuwen Huai's grandfather regularly rapes then murders young women.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Madam Song corners Chu Qiao and her sisters on a bridge and tries to drag them away against their will. Then she trips, falls off the bridge, and drowns.
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** Yuwen Yue starts out as one, with his callous disregard for servants' lives, refusal to investigate whether Lin Xi was actually guilty, and not even caring that he cuts Chu Qiao's arm when he kills a spider. Luckily he gets better later.
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* TheScapegoat: One of Yuwen Huai's servants gives Lin Xi a box and tells him to bring it to Yuwen Zhuo. Unknown to Lin Xi, the box contains poison. [[spoiler: Yuwen Yue kills Lin Xi because he thinks he deliberately tried to assassinate his grandfather.]]
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* TheDragon: Zhu Shun, for Yuwen Huai.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Madam Song beats up the servants for any small -- or imagined -- mistake.
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** Zhu Shun helps Yuwen Huai carry out his plans, which is bad enough, and sexually harasses the female servants, which is even worse.
** Madam Song beats up the servants for any small -- or imagined --
** Zhu Shun helps Yuwen Huai carry out his plans, which is bad enough, and sexually harasses the female servants, which is even worse.
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* OhCrap: Played for laughs when Yuan Chun starts making plans for Yan Xun's birthday. Yan Xun, who's already asked Yuwen Yue to arrange it, continues to force a smile while looking increasingly alarmed.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Madam Song beats up the servants for any small -- or imagined -- mistake.
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: The [=YouTube=] subs lag behind the dialogue, sometimes appearing only after a character has finished saying the line they're translating. Worse, the subtitles often fall victim to misspellings, grammar errors, and just plain inexplicable translations.
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* BareHandedBladeBlock: Chu Qiao blocks Yuwen Hao's blade -- which is sharp enough to slice through rock -- with her bare hands.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Played with. Yan Xun outright says he thinks of Yuan Chun as a younger sister, but she's in love with him.
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* HappilyAdopted: Chu Qiao was adopted by the Jing family and renamed Jing Xiao Liu to protect her. She was happy with them, but unfortunately by the start of the series she has amnesia and can't remember them.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Curly dies in Chu Qiao's arms.
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* MortalWoundReveal: Curly abruptly stops as she and Chu Qiao try to escape the hunt. Chu Qiao looks back to see what's wrong. The camera pans down to show an arrow sticking out of Curly's chest.
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* {{Multishot}}: Yan Xun kills two wolves by firing two arrows at once.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Shows up when a character is injured.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Shows up when a character is injured.
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* CurtainClothing: The assassin uses one of Yuwen Yue's curtains as a makeshift dress.
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* DressHitsFloor: A rare male version; the assassin trying to seduce Yuwen Yue slides off his outer robe, and the camera cuts to the robe landing on the floor.
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* HoneyTrap: A variant, since the woman plans to kill the man rather than get information. Yuwen Yue finds a naked woman waiting for him in his room. She tries to seduce him, pushes him down on the bed, then tries to kill him. She fails because Yuwen Yue already knew she was an assassin and expected the attack.
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* ModestyBedsheet [=/=] ShouldersUpNudity: Yuwen Yue walks into his room to find a naked woman in his bed. She holds the sheet around her chest at first. When she drops it the camera only shows her from the shoulders up (or [[ToplessnessFromTheBack from behind]]).
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* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The nobles send slaves, including Chu Qiao, into the forest then hunt them for sport.
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* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The nobles send slaves, Yuwen Huai kidnaps girls, including Chu Qiao, into the forest then hunt hunts them for sport.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited [=/=] LoveDodecahedron: Yuwen Yue and Chu Qiao love each other. Yan Xun and Xiao Ce love Chu Qiao. Yuan Chun loves Yan Xun, who marries then leaves her.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited [=/=] LoveDodecahedron: Yuwen Yue and Chu Qiao love each other. Yan Xun and Xiao Ce love Chu Qiao. Yuan Chun loves Yan Xun, who marries then leaves her. And Wei Shu Ye loves Yuan Chun.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited [=/=] LoveDodecahedron: Yuwen Yue and Chu Qiao love each other. Yan Xun and Xiao Ce love Chu Qiao. Yuan Chun loves Yan Xun, who marries then leaves her.
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* AsYouKnow: In their first appearance Yan Xun's friends discuss Yan Xun's latest disagreement with Yuan Chun and the kingdom's political situation -- things they, as royals and aristocrats, should already know all about.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Among other royals we have Yan Xun, who plans revenge against his family's murderers; Xiao Yu, the best spy in Liang; and the Emperor of Western Wei, who sets part of the plot in motion by killing Yan Xun's family.
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* ActionGirl: Chu Qiao becomes one over the course of the series.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Yan Xun and his friends gallop recklessly through the streets, nearly damaging the shops' merchandise. A man's cart overturns when he can't get out of the way in time. Yan Xun is the only one who stops to let the man pick up the cart, while the others gallop past without looking back.
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* IHaveManyNames: At different points during the series our protagonist is known as Chu Qiao, Jing Xiao Liu, and Xing Er.
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* ActionGirl: Chu Qiao becomes one over the course of the series.
* AmnesiacHero: Chu Qiao loses her memories after almost drowning.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The nobles send slaves, including Chu Qiao, into the forest then hunt them for sport.
* MadeASlave: Chu Qiao and many other innocent people are kidnapped and forced into slavery.
* NoEnding: The series infamously ends on a cliff-hanger, and as of 2021 there's been no word of a sequel.
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''Princess Agents'' (特工皇妃楚乔传, ''Tè Gōng Huáng Fēi Chǔ Qiáo Zhuàn'', meaning roughly "The Legend of Princess and Secret Agent Chu Qiao"; also shortened to 楚乔传, "The Legend of Chu Qiao") is a 2017 Chinese historical series starring Zhao Liying, Lin Gengxin, Shawn Dou, and Li Qin. It's based on the novel ''11 Chu Te Gong Huang Fei'' by Xiao Xiang Dong Er.
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''Princess Agents'' (特工皇妃楚乔传, ''Tè Gōng Huáng Fēi Chǔ Qiáo Zhuàn'', meaning roughly "The Legend of Princess and Secret Agent Chu Qiao"; also shortened to 楚乔传, ''Chǔ Qiáo Zhuàn'', or "The Legend of Chu Qiao") is a 2017 Chinese historical series starring Zhao Liying, Li Ying, Lin Gengxin, Geng Xin, Shawn Dou, and Li Qin. It's based on the novel ''11 Chu Te Gong Huang Fei'' by Xiao Xiang Dong Er.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princess_1.jpg]]
''Princess Agents'' (特工皇妃楚乔传, ''Tè Gōng Huáng Fēi Chǔ Qiáo Zhuàn'', meaning roughly "The Legend of Princess and Secret Agent Chu Qiao"; also shortened to 楚乔传, "The Legend of Chu Qiao") is a 2017 Chinese historical series starring Zhao Liying, Lin Gengxin, Shawn Dou, and Li Qin. It's based on the novel ''11 Chu Te Gong Huang Fei'' by Xiao Xiang Dong Er.
Chu Qiao, a slave girl, is rescued by Yan Xun, Prince of Northern Yan. An enemy kingdom arranges for Yan Xun's family to be branded traitors and massacred. Yan Xun tries to use Chu Qiao in his revenge plan. She becomes increasingly distrustful of him and eventually decides to work against him.
Two versions of the series exist: the [=TV=] version with sixty-seven episodes, and the [=DVD=] version with fifty-eight episodes. The [=TV=] version is available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4pMBHmBFFc on YouTube]] and the [=DVD=] version is [[https://www.viki.com/tv/31618c-princess-agents on Viki]], both with English subtitles.
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''Princess Agents'' (特工皇妃楚乔传, ''Tè Gōng Huáng Fēi Chǔ Qiáo Zhuàn'', meaning roughly "The Legend of Princess and Secret Agent Chu Qiao"; also shortened to 楚乔传, "The Legend of Chu Qiao") is a 2017 Chinese historical series starring Zhao Liying, Lin Gengxin, Shawn Dou, and Li Qin. It's based on the novel ''11 Chu Te Gong Huang Fei'' by Xiao Xiang Dong Er.
Chu Qiao, a slave girl, is rescued by Yan Xun, Prince of Northern Yan. An enemy kingdom arranges for Yan Xun's family to be branded traitors and massacred. Yan Xun tries to use Chu Qiao in his revenge plan. She becomes increasingly distrustful of him and eventually decides to work against him.
Two versions of the series exist: the [=TV=] version with sixty-seven episodes, and the [=DVD=] version with fifty-eight episodes. The [=TV=] version is available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4pMBHmBFFc on YouTube]] and the [=DVD=] version is [[https://www.viki.com/tv/31618c-princess-agents on Viki]], both with English subtitles.
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