The Confidant — Season 1, Episode 15: Episode 15
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 33 episodes
Episode synopsis
After the turmoil has been quelled, CIXI awards the eunuchs and palace maids for their merit in rescuing the Emperor, simultaneously LIAN-YING and DE-HAI have been elevated to more dominant positions. In order to save his uncle CHAN FOOK, SAM-SHUN seeks help from the two. While DE-HAI refuses to lay a helping hand, LIAN-YING instead pleads with CIXI to acquit CHAN FOOK of the death penalty. During the chaos, HESHUO and SHEUNG-HEI seize the opportunity to escape from the palace successfully; however, they are captured by the imperial guards as soon as they settle down. Faced with CIXI’s interrogation, SHEUNG-HEI takes full responsibility, expressing his thoughts frankly. Though appreciating SHEUNG-HEI’s deep affection for the princess, CIXI dares not to act against the ancestors’ admonition. TIM-SHAU who highly admires DE-HAI finally manages to follow DE-HAI and work with him……
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.