War and Beauty — Season 1, Episode 4: Episode 4
Drama • 46 min • 1 season, 30 episodes • ★ 9.2/10
Episode synopsis
TIN’s wife LIU SIK-CHUN goes to pray at a temple. When she gets back home, she is shocked to see TIN throwing antiques at the ground. TIN later explains to her why he did so. Not long after, TIN is taken away by central officials for questioning. YING tries to comfort SHUN, knowing that she has not yet given up finding her long lost sister. WAH claims he has revealed the secret that YEUNG has tried the forbidden treatment. He urges YEUNG to escape from the Palace as soon as possible, but YEUNG does not take his advice. An artisan falls down from the roof while renovating a hall. YEUNG knows the man is dead as soon as he sees the body, but MO assumes that he is simply reluctant to rescue the guy. After a check-up, YEUNG suggests YUE may require an early delivery. Suddenly, the Queen arrives to pay YUE a visit. YEUNG decides that YUE should have an early delivery of the baby……
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.