Twilight of a Nation — Season 1, Episode 18: Episode 18
Drama, War & Politics • 44 min • 1 season, 45 episodes
Episode synopsis
Realizing that this is an opportunity, SUI CHING gives a sermon to win followers over, and plans to seize power from SUI CHUEN, The latter, encouraged by the Holy Father, is exuberant with confidence during the meeting, to the dismay of SUI CHING. SUI CHUEN gets married to SHUK KUEN, as the latter has taken good care of him. Knowing that HONG WING has wiped out some of his followers, SUI CHUEN puts TAK HOI, WAN SHAN, and SUI CHING in charge of a battalion each, and sets down strict military codes for fighting the Manchus. Unable to usurp SUI CHUEN's position, SUI CHING wants to entice CHID KWAI into his camp. The latter, however, remains loyal to SUI CHUEN, to the disappointment of SUI CHING. TIN FONG and CHEUNG CHID break the military code by peeping at SO FUNG, and are severely punished. They decide to leave. SUEN KIU decides to enlist women soldiers to strengthen her battalion, which turns out to be a great success.
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.