Harem: The Emperor's Concubines

When Seong-won (played by Kim Dong-wook Dong-wook Kim) was still the crown prince, he met his daughter Hwa-yeon (played by Zhao Yeo-jin Yeo-Jeong Jo) by chance at the house of Minister Shin Sanbun, and fell in love at first sight. However, because of her political ambitions, her mother betrothed Hua Yan to her half-brother as the queen, so Sheng Yuan left her home. Hua Yan and her servant Kwon Yoo (played by Min-jun Kim) are a pair of lovers. They accidentally learn that they will enter the palace as a concubine, so they elope but are caught by their father. In order to save their lover's life, they have no choice but to enter the palace. Five years later, His Highness became seriously ill. Under the conspiracy and arrangement of his mother, Lord Shengyuan returned to the palace, inherited the throne and became the puppet emperor. Hua Yan's father was also persecuted and executed by his mother during the coup. At this time, Lord Shengyuan met Hua Yan, who had become the emperor's sister-in-law, and the constraints of power further burned the taboo desires in his heart. However, Quan You, the domestic slave who saved his life, failed to elope but was castrated by Shen Shen. In order to avenge his death and ascend to the pinnacle of power, he entered the palace and became a chamberlain, enduring humiliation and eking out a living. With the palace struggle as the background, the fate of the three people is intertwined. A tragedy is brewing under the conflict between love and power, passion and hatred.