CIXI has taken extra precautions against CIAN ever since the latter tried to poison her. In an attempt to renew their friendship, CIAN would like to let Emperor TONGZHI stay with CIXI, but is refused by CIXI. As the ongoing disputes between the henchmen of DE-HAI and CHAN FOOK wreak havoc in the palace, CIXI fiercely urges DE-HAI to bring order out of the chaos as soon as possible. So DE-HAI and LIAN-YING decide to employ a two-pronged approach to quickly eradicate the chaos brought out by CHAN FOOK, during which DE-HAI swings a sword and kills Eunuch TSUI. While DE-HAI intends to do harm to SAM-SHUN, LIAN-YING speaks for him and helps him out of the trouble, resulting in a gradually growing friendship between the two. Accompanying with CIXI to the Living Note Department, LIAN-YING finds out about the Living Note wrote by Emperor XIANFENG……