The title of the new series was taken from the lyrics of the theme song of an old 1980s TV series about Yongzheng. Alex Man male lead and Michelle Shuet female lead. They were young then, you may not recognize them instantly but look properly. Listen to the classic song and catch where 步步惊心 came from.
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大內群英 ( Don't Cry For Me Hougang )
陣陣熱風昏昏吹...........(As rumour spreads like wild wind, people begin to lose their senses)
幕幕紛爭濺熱淚...........(The curtain of power struggle is raised at the CEC Meeting)
濺熱淚.......................(Blood, Sweat and Tears are spilled at the Meeting)
世間變幻說與衰...........(One rises and One falls inside the Party, suddenly and dramatically)
段段是非繞心間............(Whether the rumour true or false, is but kept forever hidden in my heart)
默默低首說負累............(I bows down deeply and repent at the Meeting)
說負累........................(Tired, exhausted and demoralized is all I’m at the Metting)
我嗟歎大志不能遂.........(I regret that my dream of Accountability and Transparency remained unfulfilled)
名利...........................(Too much fame and publicity,)
負累...........................(Causes rumour to spread and my downfall)
傲氣一生竟多畏懼.........(My confidence is much shaken and trembled by the rumours)
面對 絕境....................(Facing desperation,)
難倒我會頹然後退..........(How can I back down and give up Hougang just like that?)
勝負存亡難到冥冥中......(To win or to lose Hougang at the next GE is difficult to predict)
早有命運落下聖旨.........(The Hougang people has already decided and given their verdict : )
判了罪........................(Guilty, Innocene or No Comment ? I don't know what to say)
步步自感一驚心............(Now my every political moves is trembled with fear and trepidations)
道道刀光見暴戾............(The vote of the people will decide my career)
見暴戾........................(Win, Lose or Draw ? I don't know what to say)
瞬息際遇也爭取............(I must work hard to gain every vote at every opportunity)
夜夜月光灑青輝............(Even if I must burn midnight oil serving the people,)
但願在花間抱月睡.........(Even if I were to sleep at void deck and open garden)
抱月睡........................(Eat in Hougang, Drink in Hougang and Sleep in Hougang)
我只盼夢裡真情共永許...(I can only dream that I shall always remain in the heart of my Hougang people)