ZHOU now has the power and authority to make decisions. Immediately she has TIN and TIN’s followers arrested. TIN is punished by being whipped. She thinks it is not fair to her and keeps on cursing ZHOU. KIK is seriously ill but insists on taking part in the war against the Ming forces. CHING feels so guilty when he finds that the Ming forces have been besieged by the Manchurian troops, without any support and assistance. PING begs HIN’s mother to sign the wedding certificate, but in vain. The Ming forces are losing the war and everybody feels so down. Suddenly HIN has got the wedding certificate sent from PING and he is very happy. But the people around him do not show much response to this. HIN then makes a great effort to boost the morale of the soldiers. KIK has passed away and the Manchurian forces take no action. HIN’s troops are therefore a bit relieved.… ...