Captain of Destiny — Season 1, Episode 21: Episode 21
Action & Adventure • 45 min • 1 season, 32 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Emperor JIAQING is grief-stricken over the death of the Crown Prince. Meanwhile, Lady YIM secretly tells Emperor JIAQING that the death of the Crown Prince was not pre-ordained by the heavens, but likely to be inflicted by someone with an ulterior motive. On top of that, she even takes out a straw effigy, accusing LAI GONG GONG of murdering the Crown Prince by casting voodoo spells. On the other hand, LAI GONG GONG predicts that the Emperor will soon be very furious. As expected, shortly afterwards, the Commander appears and throws him in jail after arresting him over the alleged murder of the Crown Prince. Just as LAI GONG GONG is trying to figure out who would want him dead, Lady YIM shows up and tells him about the straw effigy, adding that he will be acquitted of all charges and freed from death row as long as he cites MAN-HO as the mastermind.… ...
About Captain of Destiny
During a high-speed motorboat chase with a criminal, Cheung Chau police officer Wong Tai-mui gets herself trapped in a waterspout, accidentally opening a time portal. She travels back 200 years to 19th century Hong Kong, a time when the island was under Qing rule. Using her knowledge of the future, which she keeps in an e-book, she saves a family of pirates from a deadly naval battle against the Qing naval fleet led by Prince Man-ho, the eleventh son of the Jiaqing Emperor. Puzzled by her mysterious origins, the family remains wary of Tai-mui and is hesitant in trusting her. Meanwhile, at the royal court, Prince Man-ho becomes jaded from politics and family feud and decides to let go of his ambition for the crown.