Virtues Of Harmony

English Title: Virtues Of Harmony
Chinese Title: (????) Gai Tai Foon Hei
Year of Production: 2001-2002
Genre: Anicent Comedy
Episodes: 327
Main Cast: Nancy Sit, Frankie Lam, Bernice Liu, Joyce Chan, Michael Tse, Bondy Chiu, Louis Yeun. Johnny Tang, Cutie Miu, Yvonne Lam, Timmy Hung, Hawick Lau, Sherming Yiu
Themesong: sang by Nancy Sit

Websites:
 - Official Website
 - Virtues Of Harmony Paradise



About Bernice's Character: Bernice is Princess Sam Tin, the only daughter of the powerful Wong Sheung. When hearing that she will be married off to some random country, Sam Tin runs away from the kingdom along with her "tai cam" Hawick Lau. After days of traveling, the Gam family took them in b/c Chi Gu mistaken her as the "life saver" of their family. Sam Tin plays along with the lie and so drama sturrs up...

Reviews: [From Virtues Of Harmony Paradise]
Part I: Happiness Is Grown At Home
  Episodes 1-153 (Chinese) | Episodes 1-102 (Viet)

The story starts off in the Ming dynasty during a very happy and prosperous time. The Gam | Kim family own a very popular and successful restaurant in their hometown. Nancy Sit (Mrs. Gam | Mrs. Kim) is the step-mother of 3 children who are triplets: Frankie Lam (Gam Nin | Kim Nien), Michael Tse (Gam Yuet | Kim Nguyet), and Joyce Chen (Gam Yat | Kim Nhat). Nancy used to be a very famous bandit, but no one knows about it. The family do not know that she is their step-mother either. Frankie, after upsetting Bernice Liu (Princess Sam Tin | Tam Dien) is the town's "Mother Official" and has to deal with the town's many problems. Michael is the lazy and stereotypical "rich boy" of the Ming dynasty. He is very sickly and has two wives, Bondy Chiu (Lam Yuk Lou | Lam Ngoc Lo) and Cutie Mui (Sek Mei | Thach My). Bondy is the bossy and bitchy big wife. Cutie is the small wife and married Michael because she had to save her family. Joyce is very picky when it comes to finding a husband, so she still isn't married. Also residing with the family are Louis Yuen (Yau Nim Fu | Du Niem Phu) and his wife Yvonne Lam (Wan Ying Gei | Du Anh Co). Louis is the brother of Nancy and only he knows the secret of her past and how she's not the family's real mother. Louis is the family's uncle and he loves to gamble and he is mean to his wife, who is very slow and sometimes stupid. One day, Lau Dan (the Emperor) arranges a marriage between Bernice and a Persian prince. Bernice, refusing to marry the prince, runs away from the palace with her servant, Hawick Lau (Ah Sau | Nguyen Tho). By chance, she ends up at the Gam | Kim hometown...

Bernice breaks the princess statue (of herself) becaus she thinks it is ugly and a disgrace to herself. She gets in trouble and has to work for the government. One day while she was eating, all her money is stolen and she is very hungry and doesn't know what to do. She and Hawick decide to go to a temple and reside the night there. By chance, Nancy comes along and finds a paper and mistakens Bernice for "Gung Yan Soh | Cung Han To." Yan Soh | Han To is the daughter of the family's savior that Nancy has been trying to find for a very long time. She takes Bernice into the house. Frankie meets once more with Bernice, who will now live at his house and he is very displeased. A little after Bernice enters the household, Joyce finally marries! She marries Johnny Tang (Gou Yi Hong | Cao Nhi Khang) , who is the poorest guy in the town. She mistakens him for winning the emperial test and become a high official. The day after the wedding, she finds out that she's been mistaken and marries him by accident. Joyce is very mad, but she won't divorce him because she doesn't want to be embarassed, so she decides to mold him into a successful man...

After 2 years, Halina Tam (the real Yan Soh | Han To) shows up. The family finds out that Bernice is fake. Bernice's identity as princess is soon revealed and she's brought back to the capital! Frankie finds out the truth about Bernice and realizes his misunderstanding and rushes to the capital with Nancy to win Bernice back! After much hardship, the two finally get married and the family moves into the palace...