LIAN-YING tells SHEUNG-HEI to go out of the palace to purchase some sandalwood without knowing that HESHUO follows SHEUNG-HEI to play around. By the time he discovers this, LIAN-YING cannot help worrying about them having a love affair. Having learnt that SIN YUNG passed out on the street, LIAN-YING leaves the palace to visit her, finding out that PAK-LUN is addicted to opium and sold his wife. CIXI is worn out due to her persistent overworking, and with the worsening of her illness, she has to give up her participation in daily state governing. DE-HAI points out that it is all because of the railway construction, which has shaken the dragon vein of the Qing Dynasty. In view of this, CIXI has some Taoist priests pray for blessings as well as averting disasters. DE-HAI secretly meets up with CHAN FOOK, who hands him a small pack of powder……