# Accidentally in Love (惹上冷殿下)
**Accidentally in Love** (惹上冷殿下) is a 2018 Chinese youth campus idol drama directed by Zhong Qing and starring Guo Junchen and Sun Yining, adapted from the web novel *Re Shang Yao Nie Leng Dian Xia* (惹上妖孽冷殿下) by the author Chen Guang Xi Wei (晨光熹微)[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/) • [2](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7229245696334446607). It premiered on 8 August 2018 on [Tencent Video](https://www.edgepedia.org/tencent-video) and Mango TV, with Taiwan's CHOCO TV simulcasting, and reached Netflix in December 2018[2](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7229245696334446607).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 惹上冷殿下 (Re Shang Leng Dian Xia)[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/) |
| Source | Web novel *惹上妖孽冷殿下* by Chen Guang Xi Wei (晨光熹微), a contracted author on the platform Zhan Yue[2](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7229245696334446607) • [3](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2018/1212/c1012-30462395.html) |
| Episodes and premiere | 30 episodes; first broadcast 8 August 2018 on Tencent Video and Mango TV[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/) • [2](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7229245696334446607) |
| Main cast | Guo Junchen as Situ Feng; Sun Yining as Chen Qingqing; Zhao Yiqin, Ma Li, and Cheng Muxuan in supporting roles[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/) |
| Production | Tencent Penguin Pictures and Like Media[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/) |
| Early performance | About 300 million cumulative views within six days of launch[4](https://biz.ifeng.com/c/7hJdPsh0kcf) |
| International release | Netflix, December 2018, in more than 190 countries and regions, translated into 26 languages[3](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2018/1212/c1012-30462395.html) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The story follows Chen Qingqing (陈青青), the daughter of a wealthy family who flees an arranged marriage on her engagement day and disguises herself as an ordinary student[2](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7229245696334446607). Acting on her grandfather's counsel that "if someone is willing to like you when you are poor and ugly, then it is true love", she goes to Yun Cheng to look for love on her own terms[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/). She enrolls at Mingde College, the school where her parents once studied, hoping to learn more about their deaths[5](https://ninenovel.net/2023/02/19/183691accidentally-in-love-%E6%83%B9%E4%B8%8A%E5%86%B7%E6%AE%BF%E4%B8%8B-2018/).
At school she becomes the deskmate of Situ Feng (司徒枫), a nationally famous idol singer with millions of fans who has returned to campus, where fans, classmates, and the media follow his every move[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/) • [6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnC7OISFZg). The two begin on the wrong foot, quarrel constantly, and gradually develop feelings for each other through their daily school routine[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/) • [5](https://ninenovel.net/2023/02/19/183691accidentally-in-love-%E6%83%B9%E4%B8%8A%E5%86%B7%E6%AE%BF%E4%B8%8B-2018/). The drama also reveals that Situ Feng began pursuing his music dream because of his dead first love[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/).
## Production and broadcast
The series was produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures and Like Media, with Liubai Film as a co-producer, and was directed by Zhong Qing from scripts credited to a team including Ren Xinyuan[1](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/) • [2](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7229245696334446607). Filming began on 9 November 2017 in Foshan and wrapped on 7 February 2018 in [Guangzhou](https://www.edgepedia.org/guangzhou)[7](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%83%B9%E4%B8%8A%E5%86%B7%E6%AE%BF%E4%B8%8B).
**Broadcast schedule.** The drama premiered on 8 August 2018 on Tencent Video and Mango TV, with two episodes released each Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 20:00, and paid members able to watch ahead[2](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7229245696334446607). CHOCO TV carried the series in Taiwan on the same schedule[2](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7229245696334446607). The run ended on 7 September 2018[8](https://ent.rednet.cn/c/2018/09/07/4724303.htm). A ten-episode VIP "Youth Collector's Edition" focusing on the lead couple was later offered on Mango TV[9](https://www.mgtv.com/h/330972/0.html).
## International release
In December 2018 Netflix acquired the overseas distribution rights. The drama had been translated into 26 languages and was made available in more than 190 countries and regions, with Netflix planning additional language versions in 2019[3](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2018/1212/c1012-30462395.html). By that point the series had accumulated nearly 2 billion views since its summer debut on Tencent Video and Mango TV[3](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2018/1212/c1012-30462395.html). Netflix lists the series with a 13+ rating and describes it as a romantic comedy about a young woman who rejects her wealthy family's demands, poses as an ordinary college student, and meets an aloof idol star on campus[10](https://www.netflix.com/hk/title/81025800).
## Reception
The drama performed strongly in its first week. On 8 August it entered the daily web-drama chart in third place, rose to second the next day, and stayed in the top three for four consecutive days; by 13 August, six days after launch, cumulative views had passed 300 million[4](https://biz.ifeng.com/c/7hJdPsh0kcf). The Weibo super-topic #惹上冷殿下# reached 110 million reads, and video platforms recorded about 29,589 comments[4](https://biz.ifeng.com/c/7hJdPsh0kcf). In a sample of 299 popular Douban short reviews, 74 percent rated the drama four stars or higher[4](https://biz.ifeng.com/c/7hJdPsh0kcf). A financial-industry data table later listed the series with a Douban score of 7.7[11](https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H3_AP201906251336333094_1.pdf).
Commentary at the time positioned the show against a summer schedule dominated by costume dramas, noting that it was among the few youth campus romance offerings in the daily top charts[4](https://biz.ifeng.com/c/7hJdPsh0kcf). A later retrospective review in *Ready Steady Cut* gave it 3 out of 5, calling it "very odd but it's also a whole lot of fun"[12](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/accidentally_in_love/s01).
## Related works
A sister series, *Re Bu Qi De Dian Xia Da Ren* (惹不起的殿下大人), produced by Penguin Pictures with Like Media and again directed by Zhong Qing, aired on Tencent Video and Mango TV from 7 December 2019. It follows a different couple, the idol Tu Siyi and Lin Zhengzheng, who become trapped inside a video game[13](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/8251607471128057385). A third entry, *Wu Fa Lian Ai De Dian Xia Da Ren* (冷殿下3), appeared on later Mango TV production schedules[14](https://img3.gelonghui.com/pdf/fc287-736cf7d6-94e9-49a9-b03d-1d3d4d297260.pdf).
## References
1. [Accidentally in Love – Chinese Drama 2018, CPOP HOME](https://www.cpophome.com/accidentally-in-love-guo-junchen-amy-sun/)
2. [惹上冷殿下, 快懂百科 (Baike)](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7229245696334446607)
3. [改编网剧《惹上冷殿下》Netflix 超190个国家地区开播, 人民网/光明网 (12 December 2018)](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2018/1212/c1012-30462395.html)
4. [《惹上冷殿下》成圈层小爆款，掌阅IP开发已实现"弯道超车", 凤凰网商业 (14 August 2018)](https://biz.ifeng.com/c/7hJdPsh0kcf)
5. [Accidentally in Love 惹上冷殿下 (2018), Ninenovel](https://ninenovel.net/2023/02/19/183691accidentally-in-love-%E6%83%B9%E4%B8%8A%E5%86%B7%E6%AE%BF%E4%B8%8B-2018/)
6. [Accidentally In Love – 2018 Chinese Youth Series, YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnC7OISFZg)
7. [惹上冷殿下：剧情简介、演职员表, 中文百科全書 (Newton)](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%83%B9%E4%B8%8A%E5%86%B7%E6%AE%BF%E4%B8%8B)
8. [《惹上冷殿下》甜蜜收官 赵弈钦用心演绎备受好评, 红网 (7 September 2018)](https://ent.rednet.cn/c/2018/09/07/4724303.htm)
9. [惹上冷殿下 VIP青春典藏版, 芒果TV](https://www.mgtv.com/h/330972/0.html)
10. [惹上冷殿下, Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/hk/title/81025800)
11. [国盛证券影视行业报告数据表 (2019)](https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H3_AP201906251336333094_1.pdf)
12. [Accidentally in Love: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes (Ready Steady Cut review)](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/accidentally_in_love/s01)
13. [惹不起的殿下大人, 快懂百科 (Baike)](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/8251607471128057385)
14. [芒果TV剧集播出计划表 (2019)](https://img3.gelonghui.com/pdf/fc287-736cf7d6-94e9-49a9-b03d-1d3d4d297260.pdf)
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