War and Beauty — Season 1, Episode 11: Episode 11
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 30 episodes • ★ 9.2/10
Episode synopsis
NGOK gets irked when he sees SIN and LUK together. To express his anger, NGOK has given SIN a severe telling-off. SIN cannot stand him any longer and decides to sneak out of the Palace. However, midway through the escape she is stopped by MO. MO gives her a few words of consolation, during which he discovers that she is the one who plays the flute with him every night. SHUN goes to fly a kite, where she encounters FOOK . They are fond of each other and seem to get on very well. YEUNG suspects that FOOK and SHUN are real sisters. He asks CHUN for verification but CHUN replies that it wouldn’t be good to know the truth. FOOK has made a scent bag for SHUN, which she thinks is an effective way to relieve asthma symptoms. At FOOK ’s request, YEUNG passes the scent bag to SHUN, but SHUN mistakes it for a gift from YEUNG. NGOK seeks revenge on LUK for hanging out with SIN. To save LUK, SIN chooses to give in to NGOK……
About War and Beauty
Fifteen years after Qing Emperor Jiaqing was crowned the country appears to be in harmony. However, fights between the imperial concubines escalate. All the imperial concubines including the emperor's beloved Yu-Yue understand this and becomes nervous when the triennial imperial concubine election approaches. Yu-Yue's position is threatened by an imperial descendant, Yuk-ying, a powerful eunuch's adopted daughter, Yi-Sun, and an experienced imperial servant maid On-Seen. They are friends and enemies in the war for the emperor's love. The four beautiful women are either friends or lovers of an imperial physician Sun Bak Yeung and a trooper Kong-Wu. Plots and lies undermine their love and friendships in the palace.