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Wei Xiaobao uses his quick wits to hustle between the imperial court and dangerous groups in the kung fu world despite knowing no kung fu at all. Disguised as a eunuch at first, he becomes Emperor Kangxi’s unlikely friend by chance. Encountering all sorts and dangers along the way, Xiaobao manages to help Kangxi secure his reign and becomes the Duke of Deer Cauldron.
The Deer and the Cauldron
DETAILS
Wei Xiaobao is the most unlikely hero as the sly-but-witty son of a prostitute during the early Qing Dynasty. As he makes his way from a brothel in Yangzhou to the capital city of Peking, he encounters all kinds of troubles and mishaps.
When he is abducted and taken to the imperial palace, Xiaobao disguises himself as a eunuch to survive. By chance, he meets the young Emperor Kangxi, and the two become unlikely friends. Encountering all sorts of accidents along the way, Xiaobao manages to help Kangxi protect his throne from dangerous enemies, while surviving several attacks and abductions by cults and other dangerous groups. At the same time, he meets and falls in love with seven different women.
- Release Date:
- 2020
- Genre:
- Action and Adventure,
- History,
- Comedy
- Rating:
- Starring:
- Zhang Yishan
- Tang Yixin
- Zhang Tianyang
- Zhu Zhu
- Yang Qiru
- Guo Yang
EPISODES
S1:E1 Episode 1
Abducted to the palace, Wei Xiaobao is forced to impersonate a eunuch, Xiaoguizi.
S1:E2 Episode 2
Xiaobao finds out the identity of his new friend Xiaoxuanzi, whom he has been sparring with.
S1:E3 Episode 3
Emperor Kangxi consults Xiaobao to arrest Oboi. Though scared, Xiaobao proceeds with the plan.
S1:E4 Episode 4
Xiaobao overhears the secret of Empress Dowager and surprisingly finds out she’s great with kung fu.
S1:E5 Episode 5
Xiaobao is granted the liberty to leave the palace and finds out Xu Tianchuan has been hurt.
S1:E6 Episode 6
Empress Dowager captures Wei Xiaobao to silence him, but Xiaobao manages to escape.
S1:E7 Episode 7
Xiaobao saves Mu Jianping’s senior, Fang Yi. Empress Dowager sends Liu Yan and Rui Dong to kill him.
S1:E8 Episode 8
On Emperor Kangxi’s order, Wei Xiaobao meets with Wu Yingxiong and blackmails him.
S1:E9 Episode 9
As Kangxi plans, Wei Xiaobao releases the assassins so as to follow them to find out their cohorts.
S1:E10 Episode 10
Empress Dowager sends Lui Yan to go with Xiaobao to retrieve Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters.
S1:E11 Episode 11
Wei Xiaobao confesses to Emperor Kangxi that he is not Xiaoguizi and everything he knows.
S1:E12 Episode 12
Xiaobao is drugged and tied up by Zhang Laosan but is saved by Third Mistress Zhuang and her ghosts.
S1:E13 Episode 13
Xiaobao gets away from Fat Dhutanga and then is coaxed by Fang Yi to go to the Dragon Island.
S1:E14 Episode 14
On the Dragon Island, Xiaobao wittily gets himself invested as the Emissary of White Dragon.
S1:E15 Episode 15
Emperor Kangxi is sending Xiaobao to become a monk in Qingliang Temple to keep his father company.
S1:E16 Episode 16
Several lamas come to hassle at Qingliang Temple, so Xiaobao decides to send Master Xingchi away.
S1:E17 Episode 17
Xiaobao is abducted by Jiunan but then wins her trust and instigates her to kill Empress Dowager.
S1:E18 Episode 18
Xiaobao wins Jiunan’s trust and becomes her apprentice, and she later entrusts him with the Sutra.
S1:E19 Episode 19
Xiaobao exposes the fake Empress Dowager to Kangxi and helps Kangxi save the real Empress Dowager.
S1:E20 Episode 20
To appease Wu Sangui, Emperor Kangxi agrees to marry Princess Jianning to his son.
S1:E21 Episode 21
Jianning has to learn etiquette from Jiunan, and gets jealously suspicious of Xiaobao and A Ke.
S1:E22 Episode 22
As Xiaobao stalls Wu Sangui and Jianning, he finds out Yang Yuzh is badly mutilated by Wu Sangui.
S1:E23 Episode 23
Wei Xiaobao successfully swaps his forged Sutra with Wu Sangui’s real one.
S1:E24 Episode 24
Wu Yingxiong is castrated by Jianning and Xiaobao has to try to save A Ke and Mu Jianping.
