Since Hsi Chung dies of illness, Wei Chung-hsien believes that King Shun

is the only heir and thus proclaims him as anew king and marks a new

era of Chung-cheng. Chung-hsien's manipulation can ensure his control

over the court. Although Chung-cheng lives under the custodial eyes of Wei Chung-hsien,

he is happy. to discover a secret tunnel which penetrates through the

Forbidden City to the outside.Wei-Chung-hsien helps Chung-cheng to choose his favourite. He makes

use of the chance and places Siu-lin on the card. Chung-hsieh hopes

to make use of Sin-lin's sexual appeal to tempt Chung-cheng so that the

tote latter goet astray from politics. Actually, Chung-cheng is able to see the truth and pretends to have

fallen into the trap. He also pretends to have : alienated from the

sincere advice of Wang Sing-yan. Also, he even beats up Sing-yan in

front of Wei Chung-hsien. Later; Chung-cheng secretly saves Sing-yan

from the horror.… ...