Beyond the Realm of Conscience — Season 1, Episode 12: Episode 12
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 33 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
YI has a meeting with CHI hoping to develop a range of public policies in favor of his fellow countrymen. CHI, however, hopes to remain in sole control of the government and does not want YI to get too involved. YUE comes to admonish YI. CHI rebukes him for being too rude to the Emperor and the two of them get into a fight soon afterwards. Left with no better solution to the trouble, YI decides to lock YUE up in the prison. YEUNG and HO get attacked by an assassin in the royal garden. CHI shows up suddenly and arrests the couple on a charge of adultery. WAN and HA turn to CHENG for help and CHENG promises to do her best to rescue HO. CHI refuses to spare HO unless YI is willing to give away a piece of land to him. YI has no choice but to agree to his request. As punishment, HO will be sent to the laundry room for a month, where she will have to do all kinds of domestic chores.… ...
About Beyond the Realm of Conscience
Beyond the Realm of Conscience is a 2009 Hong Kong television series. Produced by Mui Siu-ching, the serial is one of the two grand TVB productions to celebrate along with the channel's 42nd anniversary, the other being Born Rich. The drama aired five days a week on the TVB network with 45-minute episodes starting October 19, 2009. Set in the latter years of the Tang Dynasty, Beyond the Realm of Conscience tells the story of palace maid Lau Sam-ho and her relations in the Imperial Palace, beginning with her experiences in the Imperial Household Bureau. The series title roughly means "Plots in the Palace" and is a play on the phrase, a homonym which roughly means "Plots that target and attack the heart".