Beyond the Realm of Conscience — Season 1, Episode 17: Episode 17
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 33 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
SHEUNG submits some nice snacks to YIN and YIN urges her to prepare another set of desserts. SHEUNG turns to CHOI for help but is told not to spend too much effort trying to flatter YIN. FUNG asks WAN out for a chat and passes her some sweetmeats. To avoid any possible trouble, WAN turns him down. By coincidence, SHEUNG is somewhere around and spots everything. YIN receives a new collection of home wares from the Department of Furnishings and asks PIK to take a look. Knowing that the home wares are made by WAN, PIK expresses a deep sense of disgust and pulls them down to the ground. Inside the jewelry box PIK finds a short note to FUNG asking him out for a date. LING has arranged for a group of musicians to perform for YI but YIN manages to make YI stay in her place by stratagem. Consumed with anger and jealousy, LING is resolved to fight back.… ...
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".