Jin Yongs famous smooth-talking man with a plan is back for a new iteration in 2014s The Deer & The Cauldron! The son of prostitute Wei Chunhua, Wei Xiaobo (Han Dong, Startling By Each Step) is a playful young man who conceals a crafty mind behind goofy antics. After hearing of a palace secret thanks to a series of coincidences, Xiaobo enters Forbidden City, posing as a eunuch. There, he meets & befriends the young Emperor Kangxi (Wei Xianxiang, Lanling Wang), who is struggling to stay afloat in the conflict-ridden world of palace politics controlled by power-hungry older men. At the same time, Xiaobo is inadvertently recruited by the rebel group Tian Di Hui, whose goal is to overthrow Qing & restore Ming. As an accidental double agent, Xiaobo should, above all, tread lightly. But his Casanova ways & desire to help Kangxi get the better of him...