Arakna Hollows:

Hmmm, what about Ren Mi?

I have not seen her before in anything, but based on her MDL profile picture I could see that work.

 Sinasina:

I have not seen her before in anything, but based on her MDL profile picture I could see that work. 

I saw Ren Min's movie Cry Me A Sad River and her acting doesn't seem bad. I saw her again in clips of Serenade of Peaceful Joy and I don't think she looks bad either. Of course, I don't think she can replicate ShenMiao completely, but I think she would be better than most other choices.

although it would be nice to see more popular actors and actresses as shen miao and xie jing xing. i think some younger actors would be better so we have more fresh faces in the industry.

im not picky but I think that wang xingyue would be a good match for xie jing xing after seeing him in the double. Zhang linghe would also be good after his performance in kunning palace

lu yuxiao, Zhou ye and even liu haocun would be able to play shen miao looking at their past performances and Zhou ye’s upcoming drama “rebirth of a star general”

some actors I think would suit some side characters include: hu yixian, tian jiarui, Chen xinhai, liu xie Ning, and ai mi

Dream Cast: 

Shen Miao      :  Song Zuer

Xie Jing Xing :  Yu Shi

Fu Xiu Yi          :   Wang Xingyue

Pei Lang           :   Wei Zheming

Yi Mei               :   Wang Churan

Gao Yang        :   Wang Anyu

Ji Yu Shu         :    Zeng Shunxi

Luo Tan            :  Zhuang Dafei

Shen Qiu         :  Xin Yunlai

Emperor Yong Le :   Jing Boran

Empress Xian De :   Peng Xiaoran

Xie JingXing: Hou Minghao 

Shen Miao: Zhao Lusi

I'm losing faith in this ever happening, with the way censorship is evolving, is this even possible? xD

 Sinasina:

I'm losing faith in this ever happening, with the way censorship is evolving, is this even possible? xD

Given that Princess Royal and The Story of Kunning Palace was released, I think it’s definitely possible.

Okay , I have a new dreamcast.. as watching "THE Princess Royal"  Both Zhang Ling He as Xie JingXing  and Zhao Jin Mai as Shen Miao???.Perfect as I am reading the novel again ..They both are perfect for this role...

Liu Haocun as Shen Miao

Xiao Zhan as Xie Jing Xing

But XZ is very popular is 30+ and is doing too many sweet roles these days. But I can't think of any other actor who can fit the role of XJX both acting wise and looks wise. Author has described XJX as insanely pretty, XZ is the only one who is closest to the description. Then again it's a female centric drama and the billing issues. C industry has surely created many useless complications 

My ideal will be...

Shen Miao - Zhao Lu Si (Tiny & cute, beautiful & elegant, smart)

Xie Ying Xing - Deng Wei or Zhang Ling He (Peerless beauty, tall, a charmer, bit cynical, arrogant) 

Prince Ding - Chang Hua Sen

Guo Yang - Chen Xing Xu or Vin Zhang

Pei Lang - Wang Duo