The Duke of Mount Deer (1998)
Drama · Comedy
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.
Cast
- Jordan Chan Siu-chun as 韋小寶
- Steven Ma Chun-Wai as 康熙
- Noel Leung as 阿珂 / 陳圓圓
- Rain Lau Yuk-Chui as 建寧公主
- Cherie Chan Siu-Ha as 雙兒
- Hilary Tsui Ho-Ying as 方怡
- May Kwong Man-Chun as 沐劍屏
- Michelle Fung as 蘇荃
- Angie Chan On-Kei as 曾柔
- May Law Koon-lan as 韋春花