The Legend of Shen Li is the latest Zhao Liying‘s Chinese drama after she starred The Legend of Fei. It’s the second cooperation of her and Lin Gengxin after they starred Princess Agents. We still remember Chu Qiao didn’t save Yu Wenyue from the lake. Anyway! What happens in the episode 1. Here is what we know.
Shen Li Turns Into A Chicken
The heavenly emperor arranges a marriage for the princess of the Spiritual Realm Shen Li. He asks her to marry the man she doesn’t love. She runs away from the wedding. The heavenly emperor sends the generals to come to catch Shen Li.
Shen Li’s follower Mo Fang stabs Shen Li because he doesn’t wish her to be caught by the generals. Shen Li falls from the sky. She turns into a chicken. The butcher catches Shen Li from the mountain. He throws her into the cage. He’s going to sell her.
The guy Xing Zhi passes by the market. He buys Shen Li from the butcher with a high price when the butcher thinks Xing Zhi can pay it with a low price. Because he knows Shen Li will get angry if she knows she was bought with a low price.
He takes her home and he pushes her into the pool. He lets her take a bath. It almost kills her. Shen Li is arrogant even if she’s just a chicken now. Xing Zhi provides the cakes for her. She doesn’t eat it in the beginning.
Because she thinks he couldn’t cook good food. But she finds out that the cakes are delicious. She eats up the cakes and she asks for more cakes. But he tells her that there’s no cake anymore. He walks out of his house to sell ginseng. She mistakes him to sell his body.
Xing Chi’s admirer Xiao Tao sneaks into Xing Zhi’s house. She wants to do something before she goes to run business with her father. She sees Shen Li. She catches her and she plans to cook her because she thinks the chicken is good for Xing Zhi’s health.
Shen Li swears to kill the heavenly emperor if she’s killed. Xing Zhi returns home before Xiao Tao kills Shen Li. He asks her not to kill his chicken. Xiao Tao reveals she’s going to leave. She wishes to get the present from Xing Zhi.
But he tries to give a cloth to her. The cloth isn’t what she wants. So she rejects it. He stops her when she tries to leave. She’s very happy. But he asks her to close the door before she leaves. Shen Li thinks Xing Zhi is heartless to Xiao Tao.
She blames him. She’s surprised that he can understand what she said. She turns into a human under the moonlight. He finds out that she’s pretty. Xiao Tao visits Xing Zhi again. She tries to confess her feelings to him. But he tells her that he’s not a good man.
The kids are having fun on the street when they set off fireworks. They try to go to watch the lanterns. But they hear the sound. It make them turn around. Shen Li is going to fight with the general on the cloud. She refuses to return to the palace when he claims that it’s queen’s order.
She tells the general Zhu Fei that she insists on running away from the marriage because she heard her future husband is very stupid. The three generals Mo Fang, Shang Bei and Zhu Fei attack Shen Li when they chase her. The kids on the ground watch the fight.
Shen Li flees after she gave the three generals a strike. The kids applaud when they think the fireworks are beautiful. Mo Fang shows up suddenly. He stabs Shen Li’s shoulder. Shang Bei arrives with Zhu Fei. He asks Mo Fang not to hurt Shen Li.
Mo Fang uses Shen Li’s spear to stab himself. He tells her that he cannot help her anymore. He pulls out his sword. She falls from the sky. She thinks he cares for their friendship. Shang Bei and Zhu Fei join Mo Fang. They see the falling of Shen Li.
Shen Li turns into a phoenix. She falls. Shang Bei blames Mo Fang for hurting Shen Li. Mo Fang is silent. Xing Yun watches the fall of Shen Li in his yard. Shen Li lands the ground in the woods. She burns everything around her. Zhu Fei and Shang Bei look for Shen Li in the market.
They leave. They don’t know Shen Li was behind them. She’s locked up in a cage. Xing Yun shows up. He sees the chicken Shen Li. He thinks she’s very special. The butcher persuades Xing Yun to change another chicken because Shen Li’s feathers were burned.
But Xing Yun insists on buying the chicken. He refuses it when the butcher intends to sell Shen Li cheap. Because he knows Shen Li will be unhappy. He carries her home. She wakes up. He throws the food to her. She blames him for treating her as a chicken. She tries to fly. But she trips. He decides to help her take a bath. He pushes her into the pool with his umbrella. She’s almost killed because she cannot swim. She thinks he’s a bad person. He denies it and he tells his name to her.
Shen Li takes a look at Xing Yun. She thinks he’s like an immortal. But he goes to drink medicine. She thinks he’s ordinary then. She finds out that she recovers after she took a bath. But she finds out that her belly is empty. She thinks it’s good that the spiritual realm cannot sense her smell.
Xing Yun asks Shen Li to come down from the tree to eat. She rejects it because of her pride. But her belly lets her down. She flies to the table and she asks Xing Yun to place the food on the table. She finds out that he has a short life. She’s very happy because she knows he will forget her ugly looks after he passes away.
She tastes the cake. She finds out that it’s delicious. She eats up the cakes and she asks him for more cakes. But he reveals she has eaten up all of his cakes. He asks her to watch the home for him. He reveals he’s going to go to sell ginseng. She mistakes that he wants to go to sell his body. She decides to leave the tiger and wolf place.
Shen Li fails to leave the yard. She finds out that the girl Xiao Tao sneaked into the house and she cleaned the house for Xing Yun. Xiao Tao sits on the floor. She complains it to Shen Li that she cannot live without Xing Yun. Shen Li learns that Xiao Tao has feelings for Xing Yun. She decides to leave. Xiao Tao sees her. She catches her because she wants to cook the chicken for Xing Yun. Xing Yun returns home when Xiao Tao tries to kill Shen Li.
Xiao Tao walks to Xing Yun. She hands over the chicken to him. She persuades him to cook it. But he rejects it and he cleans the feather for Shen Li. Xiao Tao reveals she’s going to go to run a business with her father. She worries that she cannot see Xing Yun anymore.
But he thinks he never saw her. He asks her if she came to ask for the farewell present. He tries to give the cloth to her. She rejects it. She tries to leave his house. He stops her and he lets her close the door outside. Shen Li thinks Xiao Tao fell for a wrong man. She wonders why the girl likes a man who runs such a business.
She mentions Xing Yun just sold his body if he asks her about the business. She’s surprised that he’s talking with her. He puts her on the chair. He admits that he can understand her words. He tells her that he’s playing with her. He pokes her belly.
He lets her remember his name. He thinks he did nothing wrong to sell ginseng. He goes to the kitchen. Shen Li thinks She will be played to death by the guy if she continues to stay there. She tries to fly over the wall. But she fails because she doesn’t have enough spiritual power. Xing Yun shows up with the food. He lets Shen Li come to eat.
The Legend of Shen Li Episode 1 Ending
Shen Li and Xing Zhi go out. She catches the chance to flee after he fed her. She runs into the butcher who tries to catch her. She tries her best to flee from the butcher. She waits for Xing Zhi on the road. She thinks he’s not the man who wants to eat her even if she doesn’t know who he is.
The Legend of Shen Li stars Zhao Liying and Lin Gengxin.