War and Beauty — Season 1, Episode 6: Episode 6
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 30 episodes • ★ 9.2/10
Episode synopsis
YUE gives each girl a silk fan while KEI’s gift is the most valuable. This has irked NING greatly. In order to defeat her enemies, NING has swapped YING’s medicine for SHUN’s, thus further worsening their health. Many imperial concubines think highly of YEUNG and would like to consult him, which has kept him so busy. WAH wonders why YING has been sick for so long. He then asks YEUNG to have a check. YEUNG is surprised to hear that YING needs to have jujubes added to her medicine. Filled with curiosity, YEUNG decides to carry out an investigation. YUE has a meeting with YEUNG, during which she tries to find out from him whether someone has done YING harm. YEUNG, however, has not revealed anything. NING has a new plan in her head but SHUN stops her from going any further before TIN is released. NING not only refuses to listen to her but also tricks KEI into swapping SHUN’s medicine for YING’s. KEI is caught and SHUN is heartbroken……
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.