In order to save her sick mother, the chivalrous woman Hong Fu was forced to become a pawn of the eldest prince Duan Mo. She used her beauty as a weapon to get close to the "gentle and kind" second prince Duan Zhen, but she didn't know that she had already fallen into the trap carefully woven by Duan Zhen. Duan Mo watched her step by step into the gentle trap of her brother with cold eyes, but when he saw her pouring wine for Duan Zhen and teasing him, he lost control and crushed the glass cup; Duan Zhen, who seemed to be bright and sunny on the surface, was the real manipulator. He smiled and watched his brother lose control for love. On the one hand, he used a gentle trap to lure Hong Fu into depravity, and on the other hand, he turned Hong Fu's mother's medicine into a chain to control her. When Hong Fu tore off Duan Zhen's hypocritical appearance and discovered that both men regarded her as a sacrifice for their own power, the chess game in the deep palace suddenly turned upside down - Duan Mo slaughtered the imperial guards and tore up the imperial edict for her. In the deep palace, a sadomasochistic love triangle, Hong Fu was drawn into a whirlpool of strange circumstances... In this murder in the name of love, who is the survivor? (Source: Chinese = 心動劇時刻Daily YouTube || Translation = kisskh) Edit Translation
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- Native Title: 深宫禁恋录
- Also Known As: Palace Forbidden Love Record , Forbidden Love in the Palace , 深宮禁戀錄
- Genres: Historical, Romance, Drama
Cast & Credits
- Shen Zhao ChengDuan MoMain Role
- Shi TongYi Hong FuMain Role
- Mickey ZhaoDuan ZhenSupport Role
Reviews
Fantastic story great chemistry superb acting
I am in awe of this script-the plot, the characters, the dialogues and the details that are oh so skilled dancing on the edge of impossible and real, horrible and human! Deliciously blood curling with villain hiding in the plain sight!I am not big on angsty dramas, but this became "bite my nail" show halfway through and I was glued to the screen regardless of
1 really knowing how this is going to end (but staying on the edge of my seat how they are going to pull it off)
2 the poor YT version with little music (borrowed from other shows, but instrumentals with drums were great)
3 violence against women by other females and men who claim they love the victims (but somehow it was done in the watchable way).
I usually pay attention to dramas with these things (and avoid them), but honestly it did not matter here because from the first scene there was enough to grip my attention and keep me watching. Mostly the bad boy first prince 🤣🤣🤣
From the synopsis we know there is a love triangle, but - is there, really? For me there was only one character pairing, and you would have to be blind to not notice how the First Prince and his assassin were intertwining their bodies, emotions and fates.
Pluses:
I loved how the two princes were written and portrayed -they made me feel for them right away and shift my allegiance with the developments in the story.
I loved the FL - the actress did an amazing job to show us the whole ordeal being bread and butter of the women's life in feudal China-her character was real and evoking compassion.
I also loved the chief eunuch - I have no idea how and why such unimportant actor made me remember him. Check him out for yourself!!!
The director zeroed in on the players and the dynamics among them- their background explained sufficiently, their personas very distinctly showcased and the actors overdoing themselves to truly inhabit the roles.
Minuses:
If not for the shortcomings of VD - we get shortcuts to save time and the sound straight from the stage - this would have been an easy 9 for me.






