War and Beauty — Season 1, Episode 19: Episode 19
Drama • 46 min • 1 season, 30 episodes • ★ 9.2/10
Episode synopsis
The Queen needs LUK to get her a new hairdo, with which she is very happy. LUK is so articulate that he can make the Queen grow fond of YING. YUE hopes that the baby princess will help patch up her relationship with JIAQING. However, the baby’s wet nurse, as instructed by the Queen, has successfully tricked JIAQING into believing that YUE has tried to kill her own daughter. This makes JIAQING hate her even more. YUE gets slagged off by the Queen the day when SHUN is honored as “Gui-ren”. YUE comes to know that this is all a plot against her. SHUN asks the Queen for permission to live with YING. SIN does not really know her intention and turns to YEUNG for advice. MO gets irked when he sees SIN and YEUNG together. SHUN forces YING to eat the dishes awarded by the Emperor. SIN is going to stop her, which has irked SHUN beyond measure. Luckily YEUNG comes along in time to settle the dispute……
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.