The Confidant — Season 1, Episode 14: Episode 14
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 33 episodes
Episode synopsis
Under CIAN's decree of immediate execution on death penalty, SAM-SHUN takes SHEUNG-HEI away from the Forbidden City before killing him. After SHEUNG-HEI pleads with SAM-SHUN to let him meet up with the princess, SAM-SHUN is so touched by HESHUO that he secretly lets them go free. LIAN-YING runs into SHEUNG-HEI and HESHUO, relaying the likely change of reign in the Forbidden City to them. Fearing that CHAN FOOK might harm the Emperor, SHEUNG-HEI is determined to go and save the Emperor with LIAN-YING. With LIAN-YING's analysis on the current situation in the Forbidden City with all the eunuchs and imperial maids, SAM-SHUN decides to take the side of LIAN-YING regardless of the consequences. In addition, he orders everybody to find out the whereabouts of the Emperor. Outside the Shen Wu Gate, old eunuch LAU DOR-SANG gets down on his knees to welcome Prince GONG……
About The Confidant
"The Confidant" depicts how a group of eunuchs survive in the weakening Qing empire, and closely traces imperial eunuch Li Lianying's early life from the first day he entered the imperial palace to become one of the most powerful political figures in the latter years of the Qing Dynasty. The drama also follows Li's relationship with Empress Dowager Cixi, and how he eventually becomes her closest confidant.