Twilight of a Nation — Season 1, Episode 40: Episode 40
Drama, War & Politics • 43 min • 1 season, 45 episodes
Episode synopsis
SUI CHING also decorates his followers and orders a monument built to increase his credential and popularity. HAM FLING falls sick as his government is under foreign attack as well as challenged by internal revolts. The queen seizes power when the British army charges into the capital. The palace is on fire and HAM FLING escapes. The Peking Treaty is signed and the Kowloon Peninsula comes under British colonial rule. CHEUNG FAI follows SUEN KIU to Tin King and finds out that SO FLING is mulliated by SUI CHING. He is enraged and vows to avenge on SUI CHING. SUI CHUEN pretends to invite YAT KONG to follow him. Y.AT KONG refuses but the setup succeeds to arouse SUI CHING's suspicion. YAT KONG is not able to meet the deadline for the monument. SIN CHEUNG asks SUI CHING to give more time for YAT KONG. SUI CHING begins to suspect the two having an affair.… ...
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.