War and Beauty — Season 1, Episode 28: Episode 28
Drama • 46 min • 1 season, 30 episodes • ★ 9.2/10
Episode synopsis
The Queen discovers that LUK has been trying to harm her. YEUNG repents in front of the tomb of his late mother. WAH is shocked to hear that YEUNG has been caught in great trouble. To save his son, WAH plots to kill YING but is stopped by YEUNG eventually. YEUNG returns home to rebuke WAH. WAH expresses deep regret for what he did and he knows the time of his punishment has come. YEUNG thinks WAH is going to kill himself but in fact WAH has another plan in his head. YEUNG has finally made up his mind. Knowing that his plot has been thwarted, LUK still insists on going back to the Palace to get punishment. The Queen comes to see SIN and lists, in front of her, what LUK has done. She goes on to analyze why SIN has struggled to become a concubine but SIN refuses to give any feedback. SIN hurries to see LUK before he dies. She is heartbroken to see him pass away. Having read LUK’s letter, MO comes to understand SIN’s difficulty……
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.