The Confidant - Season 1 Episode 4
During her inspection tour, CIAN finds out that some palace maids are making embroidered shoes in private, which, according to the maids’ confession, turns out to be DE-HAI's private business. CIAN and CIXI then jointly interrogate DE-HAI, resulting in CIXI depriving DE-HAI of his title of Grade Seven Chief Eunuch, which DE-HAI is not exactly prepared to accept. While on his way out from having drinks with DE-HAI and SHEUNG-HEI in the Imperial Pharmacy, LIAN-YING discovers that someone is attempting suicide in a forbidden room. It turns out that the person is in fact CHAI-TUNG, who begs LIAN-YING to take him to meet Lady YUEN. After fetching tea for CHAI-TUNG, LIAN-YING returns to the room of Lady YUEN, and is astonished to see CHAI-TUNG collapse on the floor with blood on his forehead. While LIAN-YING starts to bury the body, SHEUNG-HEI notices that CHAI-TUNG is still breathing……
- Year: 2012
- Country: Hong Kong
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: TVB Jade
- Keyword: eunuch, empress, qing dynasty
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- Cast: Michelle Yim, Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung, Maggie Siu Mei-Kei, Natalie Tong, Nancy Wu Ting-Yan, Raymond Cho
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