This story was about Lai Po Yee
(Patrick Tam) who was talented in fortune telling, predicting the future,
and
changing destiny. He grew
up in a well-to-do family and had a servant name Shing Mei (Vivian
Leung). Patrick, Vivian,
and Timmy Ho grew up together and they became good friends. When Patrick's
family ran into
trouble with a powerful Duke,
Patrick and his family had to move away. Patrick and Vivian at first were
only friends but
they then became a couple
when he found out that she liked him. At first, he didn't really like her
because he had only
thought of her as a friend,
but when he realized that he did like her all this time, she said to him
that they should remain
friends. Patrick had to keep
his love for Vivian hidden until when they were together when he thought
that she was dying
then he confessed
to her that he loved her and he wanted to marry her. Elizabeth Lee also
liked Patrick so she really
disliked Vivian. Timmy Ho
on the other hand liked Elizabeth who was a princess. After Patrick's dad
died, he and Vivian
traveled to the King's palace
to help the king restore his health. Patrick became very popular in the
palace and the king
promoted him to a very high
command. Timmy Ho was very jealous of Patrick. When Vivian was poisoned
by a girl from
another country, Patrick
became extrememly upset. He went all over the kingdom to search for the
cure, but he couldn't
find any. When Patrick met
up to the same girl who poisoned Vivian, he yelled at her for her stupidity
and cruelty towards
Vivian. The girl became regretful
and came back one night into Vivian's bedroom (she was unconscious) and
gave her the
curing medicine. After Vivian
woke up, she and the girl fought with some people in black uniform. Accidentally,
Vivian fell
off the cliff. Patrick became
extremely depressed. When the king ordered that Patrick marry his sister
(Elizabeth) Patrick
immediately refused; therefore,
he was sent to another country. While Patrick was away, Timmy Ho began
to gain power
in the palace again. Patrick
met the same girl who poisoned Vivian again when he went to another country.
She explained
to him that Vivian fell off
the cliff, at first Patrick didn't believe her but then he did. The girl
was the daughter of the king of
the country that Patrick
was in. Patrick's duty for going to this country was to bring back the
captured "old" king and his
royal son. But Patrick failed
to accompolish his task. The girl helped Patrick by offering to marry him
so that the night of
their marriage he
could escape with the "old" king. During the celebration before the wedding
a group of dancing girls
came. To Patrick's surprise,
Vivian was one of the dancing girls. She was astonished when she learned
that he was going
to be the Prince of the land
after his marriage to the princess. She quickly left the place after the
dance was done. Vivian
had been rescued by a group
of musical dancers when she fell off the cliff. Patrick quickly left to
search for Vivian. When
he met up to her, she was
sitting on the ground crying. Patrick came up and Vivian ran away, but
he catched her hands.
He told her that they were
not going to ever be separated again. (this part was so emotional). On
the night of the marriage,
Patrick and the others escaped
but the princess died. Patrick came back to his country and discovered
that Timmy Ho
had control of the palace.
Timmy Ho somehow had won Elizabeth's heart and she married him so he then
became the
prince of the land. Timmy
Ho died at the end and his wife became a nunn. Patrick and Vivian
traveled together across the
kingdom in search of the "Dragon's Sole" in order to extend the kingdom's
rule.
Over-all I think this was a great serie, probably the only serie in TVB
that Patrick had a lead role. Patrick was great in this serie,
maybe a little bit weak in acting but still excellent. Vivian Leung
and Timmmy Ho were great, too.
**Thanks to Siu Bing Palace for the cover of Lai Po Yee and part of the review. **