The Confidant — Season 1, Episode 9: Episode 9
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 33 episodes
Episode synopsis
Coming to realize that Emperor TONGZHI has gone missing, LIAN-YING and SAM-SHUN are so frightened that they keep looking around. Thinking that Emperor TONGZHI might hide in a carriage and try to sneak out the palace, SAM-SHUN together with LIAN-YING leave the palace, seeking the whereabouts of the Emperor. The two follow the track to a place in front of a remote warehouse, where LIAN-YING detects a conspiracy made by someone to steal and sell the palace treasure. After being noticed and failing to escape, LIAN-YING is apprehended. By the time he thinks he is doomed to die, SAM-SHUN unexpectedly turns around to his rescue. As CIAN and CIXI have those in the Housekeeping arrested, SAM-SHUN and LIAN-YING rush back to the palace, determined to try their best to locate the Emperor's whereabouts before being captured. Having paid a visit to SIU-CHAI in the brothel, DE-HAI finally gets to know the truth of DE-RU's whereabouts……
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.