The Confidant — Season 1, Episode 17: Episode 17
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 33 episodes
Episode synopsis
Having learnt about such a world-shaking secret, CIXI is filled with deeper hatred and grievance, feeling tremendously exhausted as she is fighting alone. Fortunately LIAN-YING's comfort enables her to pull herself together, continuing to reign the country. Ever since SHEUNG-HEI takes charge of the Imperial Pharmacy, he strictly forbids the eunuchs or imperial doctors from trading counterfeit medicine in private. As HESHUO is going to get married, SHEUNG-HEI chases after her bridal sedan chair to the gate. Seeing the graffiti left behind by HESHUO, SHEUNG-HEI cannot help sighing endlessly in sorrow. On fears of the lethal consequences if Prince GONG uses the confidential imperial edict, CIXI strikes first by summoning all the court officials in search of the evidence of Prince GONG's guilt, pressuring him to resign from his duty as Prince-Regent……
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.