YUE has kidnapped YUEN, but he resorts to a stratagem to make others believe that YUEN has died already. YAN pretends to be sick and asks HING to send her to LUN’s camp. HING falls into her trap and is tortured almost to the point of death. He later has become paralyzed. SHING’s troops have successfully got into the capital city. Everyone in the palace is trying to escape. CHING sits on the floor, sinking into despair. YAN has come back to the capital city and asks HIN for protection. CHING calls in all the ministers and all the members of the royal family. He plans to take his life and needs others to die for the country. Everyone panics and screams for help. FAT suggests CHING move to the South but CHING refuses, as he does not want to lose his dignity. PING and ZHOU have finally convinced CHING to leave. CHING means to spread rumors around so that he and his family can escape from the palace.… ...