What does the palace circle mean?

Public power is the meaning of Gong Dou's deductive circle.

Gong Dou is divided into broad sense and narrow sense. In a broad sense, it refers to the scheming struggle and competition between palace maids, eunuchs and other attendants, emperors, concubines, princesses and other royal families in ancient feudal dynasties for personal power, family honor and feelings between men and women. In a narrow sense, it only refers to the harem struggle (that is, it does not include political struggle and court struggle).

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Gong Dou's character interpretation originated in 2004 (earlier), and his works are called "drama" in the circle. There are many kinds of Gong Dou's plays, which can be divided into framing, confrontation, courtship, greeting and sleeping. According to the roles involved, it can be divided into "Emperor and Princess", "Princess and Princess", "Princess and Stone" and "Princess and Empress Dowager and Emperor".