War and Beauty — Season 1, Episode 21: Episode 21
Drama • 46 min • 1 season, 30 episodes • ★ 9.2/10
Episode synopsis
JIAQING is very fond of YING who has disguised herself as a eunuch. Immediately he asks to have sex with her, which upsets YEUNG immensely. YING has finally won JIAQING’s heart. She is so happy that she runs into SIN’s arms and bursts into tears. SIN indicates to MO that she is willing to follow him wherever he goes, which gives MO a great thrill. SIN learns from LUK that the Queen wants to use her as a tool to restrain the various concubines and has therefore deliberately killed her grandmother in an attempt to make her stay. Having discovered the truth behind the death of her nanny’s death, SIN is utterly devastated. To avenge her nanny’s death, SIN decides to break up with MO. MO takes out the handkerchief which he has kept all these days and insists that he and SIN are a perfect match made in heaven. SIN denies that the handkerchief used to belong to her……
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.