Twilight of a Nation — Season 1, Episode 12: Episode 12
Drama, War & Politics • 45 min • 1 season, 45 episodes
Episode synopsis
In order to escape from the officials, SUI CHUEN continues his way to Guangxi. Having no better alternative, CHEUNG FAI follows. With a tight deadline for arresting SUI CHUEN, ZONE NING begin,; a series of execution to force SUI CHUEN to surface. SUI CHUEN is unmoved. In order to please SUEN KIU, SUI CHING undertakes to assassinate ZONE NING alone, but is trapped instead. SUEN KIU and CHIU KWAI save him, but SUEN KIU falls over a cliff. Luckily, she is saved by the Heaven and Earth society. SUI CHUEN plans a prison raid. Seeing how risky it is, WAI CHING decides to risk her life for SUEN KIU's freedom. ZONE NING ignores the father-daughter relationship, and plans to be commended by turning her in to the court. WAI CHING refuses to yield to torture. ZONE NING announces that SUEN KIU and WAI CHING will be beheaded in Guangzhou.… ...
About Twilight of a Nation
Twilight of a Nation is a Hong Kong television series based on the events of the Taiping Rebellion and the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the late Qing Dynasty. The 45 episodes long series was produced by Siu Sang and was first aired on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in November 1988. It was broadcast again on TVB in 1996. The theme songs and insert songs in the series were performed by Roman Tam.