Overview: Huan Xi Popo Qiao Xifu, also known by its literal English title Happy Mother-in-law, Pretty Daughter-in-law, is a Chinese television comedy-drama serial created by Yu Zheng. The drama is a produced by Yu Zheng Workshop and Zijun Brilliance, directed by Yeung Chi-kin and Zhou Jiawen, and features cast members from both Mainland China and Hong Kong. The drama originally broadcast in 33 episodes on Shenzhen TV from October 10 to 20, 2010, airing three consecutive episodes a night. Taiwan's China Television aired the drama one episode per night, starting from December 8, 2010. Southern China's Guangdong Television debuted the drama on January 26, 2011, airing in double episodes per night. Shanxi Television debuted the drama on January 29, 2011, and the drama began airing on Jiangsu Television starting February 3, 2011. Hong Kong's i-Cable Entertainment Channel aired the Cantonese dubbed version starting January 31, 2011, renaming the title to 8 Stars due to its Lunar New Year time slot.
The story takes place in an unnamed Chinese city during the early 1900s, a few years after the establishment of the Republic of China. Ma Linglong, an ex-princess of the fallen Qing Dynasty, is forced to take up a matchmaking profession to raise her three sons after her husband left her for another woman. As her three sons grow older, she prepares to find wives with them through matchmaking, but none of them worked through.
