The Emperor and the Assassin
HistoryDramaassassinchinakingdomoccupying powergovernanceconcubinewarring states period3rd century bc
A morally complex historical drama about a concubine caught between loyalty and conscience as she becomes entangled in a political assassination plot amid the brutality of warring kingdoms.
In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
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