War and Beauty

Concubine CHAN tries but fails to sneak out of the Palace and Concubine YUE, on behalf of the Queen, decides to have her executed. CHAN keeps cursing the pregnant YUE until she draws her last breath. District Officer HUNG MO and his cousin…

Royal Maid ON-SIN is shocked to discover that YING has got into CHAN’s room. She means to make a fool of YING so that YUE may let her off. YING blames SIN while SIN, as an experienced royal maid, teaches the girl a lesson about how to surv…

SIN will have to spend one more year in the Palace before she can return home. She has been very much looking forward to this day. MO and SONG are to renovate a hall of the Palace. SONG grumbles about the strict and complicated palace rule…

TIN’s wife LIU SIK-CHUN goes to pray at a temple. When she gets back home, she is shocked to see TIN throwing antiques at the ground. TIN later explains to her why he did so. Not long after, TIN is taken away by central officials for quest…

MO discovers that it is actually the crows that have broken the Guan Yin statue. SIN is resolved to reiterate SO-YING’s innocence. Eunuch NGOK LAW-LEI points out that crows are regarded highly by Manchurians as their mascots, implying that…

YUE gives each girl a silk fan while KEI’s gift is the most valuable. This has irked NING greatly. In order to defeat her enemies, NING has swapped YING’s medicine for SHUN’s, thus further worsening their health. Many imperial concubines t…

SIN’s grandmother is expected to visit SIN in the Palace but fails to show up eventually, which has disappointed SIN a bit. MO tries to get a better job by bribing his supervisor CHO CHUN-NAM, but in vain. This irks SONG beyond measure as …

YUE points out that YING’s fan has revealed the enormity of her ambition but YING, whose eyes are already filled with tears, insists that she has no intention of replacing YUE. YUE gives her some words of consolation, seeming to be quite k…

YING manages to get YEUNG’s prescription by threatening to reveal his relationship with SHUN. She hopes that, with the prescription dispensed by YEUNG, she will have the chance to get closer to JIAQING. YEUNG warns her about the side effec…

YUE wants to find out who has made NING mad but SIN refuses to reveal anything. LUK asks MO to help smuggle some valuable paintings out of the Palace for sale. Having discovered this, SIN goes to stop them at once. MO learns from LUK that …

NGOK gets irked when he sees SIN and LUK together. To express his anger, NGOK has given SIN a severe telling-off. SIN cannot stand him any longer and decides to sneak out of the Palace. However, midway through the escape she is stopped by …

SIN has stabbed NAM to protect herself. MO suddenly appears and kills NGOK and NAM. YUE is dying to find out who has been ganging up with TIN. For this reason, she has put additional pressure on SIN, which throws the helpless SIN into tota…

The Queen intervenes in the case of NGOK and NAM and takes SIN away for questioning. SIN takes the blame for killing NGOK and NAM. The Queen decides to seal the well and forbids further investigation after knowing that there is another ske…

MO discovers that WONG FOOK-SHAU, the eunuch who serves YUE, has stolen the jade ring from the skeleton and smuggled it out of the Palace. WAH tries to intercede for SAU and smashes the ring up. The Queen knows that WAH is aware of somethi…

YING is reluctant to hurt herself, and YUE shows complete contempt for her. YING puts the blame on YEUNG and urges him to compensate her for the loss of the money. YING who doesn’t want her mother to worry asks SIN to deliver a letter to h…

TIN thinks that SHIM has put a curse on the Queen as instructed by YUE but SHUN learns from YEUNG that YUE is not superstitious at all. A blessing ceremony is held for the 100-day-old baby princess, during which YUE doesn’t seem to take th…

YEUNG offers to check SIN’s pulse for YING’s sake, which irks SHUN profoundly. SHUN mocks him for it and returns the gloves that FOOK gave her under the name of YEUNG. The Queen not only allows SIN to resume her duties but also arranges a …

SHUN is scared to death when she sees SHIM’s body. JIAQING comes to comfort her and, with her glib tongue, she manages to trick the Emperor into believing that YUE has been cheating on him. JIAQING asks YUE about the cause of SHIM’s death,…

The Queen needs LUK to get her a new hairdo, with which she is very happy. LUK is so articulate that he can make the Queen grow fond of YING. YUE hopes that the baby princess will help patch up her relationship with JIAQING. However, the b…

MO and YEUNG are rewarded for saving JIAQING’s life. Because of this incident, MO is late for the meeting with SONG who is outside the Palace. He assumes that SONG has left without saying goodbye. SHUN tries to make JIAQING believe that YI…

JIAQING is very fond of YING who has disguised herself as a eunuch. Immediately he asks to have sex with her, which upsets YEUNG immensely. YING has finally won JIAQING’s heart. She is so happy that she runs into SIN’s arms and bursts into…

The Queen and YUE meet by chance and soon get into a quarrel. The Queen threatens to slash the baby princess’s face. YUE has no choice but to give in. As instructed by the Queen, YUE has to stay in the hall and copy manuscripts of a collec…

SIN manages to keep YING away from JIAQING. In the meantime, she disguises herself as YING and goes to see JIAQING, which infuriates him beyond measure. Unexpectedly, within just a few seconds, SIN manages to stun the Emperor with her glib…

SIN and YING are going to set SHUN up and accuse her of committing adultery. MO manages to arrange a meeting between YUE and the baby princess, for which YUE is very grateful. Having found out that SHUN is in love with YEUNG, YING decides …

FOOK offers to take the blame so as to save YEUNG from further trouble, but sadly she fails to convince the Queen. Having heard what FOOK said, SHUN goes to have a word with SIN. SIN points out that YING has fallen in love with YEUNG and s…

LUK cannot bear to see SIN suffer and persuades her to give up seeking revenge. Having received treatment from WAH, YUE’s sight has improved. YUE begins to realize how much MO has done for her. SHUN is pregnant and a lot of people have sen…

FOOK has read the letter TIN wrote to her. Though she has verified the content of the letter with CHUN, for safety reasons, she decides not to disclose to SHUN their true relationship. To uncover the story behind the rumor, SIN means to pu…

The Queen discovers that LUK has been trying to harm her. YEUNG repents in front of the tomb of his late mother. WAH is shocked to hear that YEUNG has been caught in great trouble. To save his son, WAH plots to kill YING but is stopped by …

MO reminds SIN not to be used by YUE. WAH submits his resignation to the Queen and shows her the broken finger of YEUNG in order to prove his loyalty. SONG has joined the Tin Lee Sect and vows to return to the Palace for revenge. The Queen…

JIAQING is away from the Palace when the riot takes place and the Queen sees it as a good chance to wipe out her enemies. YING asks to escort FOOK’s coffin along the route, during which she tries to persuade YEUNG to stay, but in vain. MO …