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Destined is directed by Yin Tao, Bai Jingting, Song Yi lead the lead role, Liu Xueyi special starring, Zhang Haowei invited starring, Zhang Rui, Zhao Ziqi special role in the costume drama. The series aired on iQiyi, an online TV platform in mainland China, on June 18, 2023.

Based on Mo Shubai's novel of the same name, the play tells the story of Liu Yulu, the daughter of the cloth merchant in "YangZhouCity", she has been suffered a lot as a child, and Gu Jiusi, a famous local dandy, who got married by strange circumstances, and the two people with different personalities in the mismatched marriage, from conflict to mutual support and mutual healing.

Premise
Liu Yulu, the daughter of the cloth merchant in the "YangZhouCity", suffered from a very sick mother, his stepmother was not kind, and his father did not pay attention to the her predicament.She had to be cautious, disguise her's strong personality and did an elegant and gentle young lady for fifteen years.Unexpectedly, Liu Yuru, who had a longing for marriage, was framed by her stepmother and forced to marry Gu Jiusi, dandy who was famous for his ignorant and pleasure seeking. Gu Jiusi also misunderstood that Liu Yuru married him because she was attached powerful, and despise her.

Liu Yulu know that she can't rely on marriage and others, she decided to follow Gu Jiusi's mother to learn the way of business, to achieve self-worth. After hard work, Liu Yulu successfully passed the test of Gu Jiusi's mother and succeeded in business. In these processes Liu Yulu changed the view of Gu Jiusi, Gu Jiusi also found Liu Yulu's sincere and kind side. Relieved of the misunderstanding, the two people's hearts are closer.

However, at this time, the Lord of the "YangZhou City" Wang Shanquan was fierce and vicious, his brutal rule led to the displacement of the people. Gu Jiusi family also had to flee, originally extravagant playboy Gu Jiusi looked at tens of thousands of refugees miserable life, he grew up overnight. In order to end the chaotic situation and let the people live in peace,starting from being a petty official, Gu Jiusi gradually became a minister of the official department, working with like-minded people to clean up the problems in Yangzhou City and reducing taxes. Liu Yuru built commercial connections with other city to promoting material prosperity. The two together wrote a prosperous story.

Background of the story
The drama is set in ancient China's Tang Dynasty (not real history). It tells the story that there is a capital city and 13 cities around. Each city has a master, but with the supervision of the capital city not enough, the rulers of the 13 cities are full of desire and ambition, and want to attack each other and occupy the other cities.

Early publicity
On June 15, 2022, the cast was officially announced.And filming on the show was announced.

On November 7, 2022, the show released a new set of posters,on the same day that the show end of filming.

On May 10, 2023, the show was released posters, on the same day the preview of the show was released.

On June 17, 2023，the show released a poster, announcing that it will be broadcast on iQiyi from June 18.

On June 18, 2023，The show aired on iQiyi on June 18.

On June 21,  2023，a poster was released to announce that the show will be aired on CCTV-8 starting June 26

Bai Jingting and Song Yi's new drama "Destined" has released a drama watch calendar. It is expected that members can watch the whole episode on July 14.

Broadcast schedule
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Soundtrack
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