The Dragon's Heart, Locked Deep in the Palace

Officially authorized novel adaptation of Chongqing Touch’s original short drama, “The Dragon’s Heart Locked in the Deep Palace”

Shang Que, the illegitimate daughter of the Chancellor’s household, witnessed her birth mother’s brutal murder as a child. To survive, she endured ten years of pretending to be insane, carefully plotting every step until she used the imperial selection as her chance to enter the palace. She casts aside her foolish facade and stuns the court with the auspicious sign of ten thousand butterflies gathering around her. She also sees through the power struggles within the palace and repeatedly helps the emperor escape the empress dowager’s attempts on his life. Amid the treacherous harem and court intrigues, Shang Que rises through the ranks with her cunning. She and the emperor fall in love and support one another, ultimately defeating every enemy and personally avenging her mother. From a lowborn daughter at the mercy of others, she rises to become empress, writing a legendary tale of patient vengeance and defying fate.