Episode 20

Emperor TONGZHI decides to confer BAO-YIN as his empress, which is faced with CIXI's objection on all kinds of grounds. Refusing to bend to CIXI's will, Emperor TONGZHI insists that LIAN-YING and SAM-SHUN should help him make BAO-YIN his empress, leaving the two in a dilemma. Having heard that CIAN commenced a fasting and said a prayer for her at the Grand Temple, CIXI gets even more antipathetic towards CIAN. She then overhears that Emperor TONGZHI criticizes her in front of CIAN, which makes her so angry that she requests LIAN-YING to disclose CIAN's evil-doing. Following the sudden death of a eunuch during a body check, SHEUNG-HEI and imperial doctors conduct an autopsy and are greatly astonished when they discover that there is no total removal of that eunuch's penis……