The Duke of Mount Deer

A lively, cheeky wuxia romp through palace intrigues, balancing broad comedy with earnest loyalty and romance.

Created by

Lee Tim-sing

Genres

Drama, Comedy

Starring

Jordan Chan Siu-chun, Steven Ma Chun-wai, Noel Leung

Overview

Wai Siu Bo is the son of a prostitute who works in a brothel in Yangzhou. After joining the Heaven and Earth society, he heads to the Capital and gets enrolled into the service of the Grand Eunuchs. There he becomes friends with the young emperor Hong Hei (Wai mistakes the emperor as another young eunuch) and falls in love with the emperor's younger sister, Princess Kin Ning. His adventures in the Forbidden City leads him into discovering the empress dowager as an impostor; finding several volumes of the prized 42 Chapters which contains the location of a treasure cave; helps the emperor kill the baddie courtier, Lord Obai; and see his position rise from humble eunuch to a grand courtier and confidante of the emperor.

How it feels

Light, whimsical, satirical and romantic. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Friendship, identity, loyalty, power

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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