A Crown Given, A Knife Returned

A Crown Given, A Knife Returned is a vertical drama series shot in 9:16, so it fills your phone screen the way it was meant to. Episodes last a minute or two each, so you can watch a few on a break or binge the whole story in one evening. The plot, in short:

The emperor finds his lost sister and grants her wish to marry her childhood sweetheart, a humble scholar. While she's away, the scholar flirts with his cousin and publicly humiliates the disguised emperor, mistaking him for a rival. When the princess returns, can she see the man she loves for the snake he truly is?