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COLLECTION · Series · 2012

The Confidant

大太監

"The Confidant" depicts how a group of eunuchs survive in the weakening Qing empire, and closely traces imperial eunuch Li Lianying's early life from the first day he entered the imperial palace to become one of the most powerful political figures in the latter years of the Qing Dynasty. The drama also follows Li's relationship with Empress Dowager Cixi, and how he eventually becomes her closest confidant.

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* 0.0 (0)DramaHong Kong SAR China
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Google
Directors
Marco Wing-Yin Law
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Hong Kong SAR China
Studios
TVB Jade · TVB
Runtime
43 min/ep
Release
05/11/2012
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0.0 / 10
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1 episodes · 2012
Episode 1. 2012-12-16
2012-12-16

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Season 1
Season 1
33 episodes · 2012
Episode 1. Episode 1
2012-11-05 · 45 min

In the Forbidden City, Eunuch YIU SHEUNG-HEI tries to run away from the Xi Hua Gate, but is captured by a eunuch from the Attending Office - PANG SAM-SHUN. While eunuchs from each Palace are waiting in the Attending Office for their…

Episode 2. Episode 2
2012-11-06 · 45 min

CHAN FOOK intervenes personally for SAM-SHUN, tossing everyone in Attending Office for detention. As Prince GONG is going to discuss with CIXI and CIAN regarding the issue of purchasing guns and cannons from the foreigners, Lady YUEN…

Episode 3. Episode 3
2012-11-07 · 45 min

Throwing herself on the floor in front of the Chang Chun Palace, Lady YUEN insists that she will not get up until she gets to see CIXI, who in turn is bent on refusing to let Lady YUEN leave and return to her hometown. CHAN FOOK…

Episode 4. Episode 4
2012-11-08 · 45 min

During her inspection tour, CIAN finds out that some palace maids are making embroidered shoes in private, which, according to the maids’ confession, turns out to be DE-HAI's private business. CIAN and CIXI then jointly interrogate…

Episode 5. Episode 5
2012-11-09 · 45 min

In view of SHEUNG-HEI's devoting himself to medical science, YI-LAN takes out a copper coin, asking SHEUNG-HEI to hold it and make a wish. The following day, Master TSUI suddenly tells SHEUNG-HEI that he may learn the medical techniques…

Episode 6. Episode 6
2012-11-12 · 45 min

CIXI is impressed by LIAN-YING, so DE-HAI suggests that he should serve in the Chang Chun Palace, which is turned down by LIAN-YING. With regard to SIN YUNG's constant symptoms of nausea, each one in the Jing Ren Palace notices that she…

Episode 7. Episode 7
2012-11-13 · 45 min

CIXI places a bet with Prince GONG to see whether anyone in the palace is capable of riding the bicycle. Upon his arrival at the Attending Office, LIAN-YING spots TIM-SHAU gambling with other eunuchs, which leaves TIM-SHAU no…

Episode 8. Episode 8
2012-11-14 · 45 min

Upon his arrival at the Housekeeping, Emperor TONGZHI not only dislikes the eunuchs because of their smelly sweat, but also speaks insolently towards them, who have no choice but to put on a smiling face. Having bumped into Eunuch FUN,…

Episode 9. Episode 9
2012-11-15 · 45 min

Coming to realize that Emperor TONGZHI has gone missing, LIAN-YING and SAM-SHUN are so frightened that they keep looking around. Thinking that Emperor TONGZHI might hide in a carriage and try to sneak out the palace, SAM-SHUN together…

Episode 10. Episode 10
2012-11-16 · 45 min

HESHUO sees SAM-SHUN so she takes a vengeance on behalf of SHEUNG-HEI. SAM-SHUN, who dares not to offend the Princess, makes an apology to SHEUNG-HEI in person. CIXI's brother GUI-XIANG sexually assaulted the wife of a Han Chinese…

Episode 11. Episode 11
2012-11-19 · 45 min

Having seen that Prince GONG was chatting and laughing in discussion with CIXI on the national affairs even after his illness, CIAN feels so gloomy about it that she hides in the palace, drowning her sorrows in liquor. Finally she…

Episode 12. Episode 12
2012-11-20 · 45 min

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.…

Episode 13. Episode 13
2012-11-21 · 45 min

Though CIAN persuades Prince GONG to stay and continue to serve the court, Prince GONG cannot help feeling so downhearted. So CIAN ridicules CIXI, saying that she is going to lose her right-hand man and a loyal court official. Having…

Episode 14. Episode 14
2012-11-22 · 45 min

Under CIAN's decree of immediate execution on death penalty, SAM-SHUN takes SHEUNG-HEI away from the Forbidden City before killing him. After SHEUNG-HEI pleads with SAM-SHUN to let him meet up with the princess, SAM-SHUN is so touched by…

Episode 15. Episode 15
2012-11-23 · 45 min

After the turmoil has been quelled, CIXI awards the eunuchs and palace maids for their merit in rescuing the Emperor, simultaneously LIAN-YING and DE-HAI have been elevated to more dominant positions. In order to save his uncle CHAN…

Episode 16. Episode 16
2012-11-26 · 45 min

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…

Episode 17. Episode 17
2012-11-27 · 45 min

Having learnt about such a world-shaking secret, CIXI is filled with deeper hatred and grievance, feeling tremendously exhausted as she is fighting alone. Fortunately LIAN-YING's comfort enables her to pull herself together, continuing…

Episode 18. Episode 18
2012-11-28 · 45 min

LIAN-YING and DE-HAI spot that both SIN YUNG and PAK-LUN are lying on the floor in an austere room, but LIAN-YING stops DE-HAI from rescuing PAK-LUN, leaving him to die from poisoning. DE-HAI goes to a temporary bamboo framed theatre,…

Episode 19. Episode 19
2012-11-29 · 45 min

DE-HAI has taken good care of SIU-CHAI, who feels so bored that she intends to adopt a child for killing time, but is objected by DE-HAI. At midnight, while a large group of potential candidates rush into the palace, waiting for the…

Episode 20. Episode 20
2012-11-30 · 45 min

Emperor TONGZHI decides to confer BAO-YIN as his empress, which is faced with CIXI's objection on all kinds of grounds. Refusing to bend to CIXI's will, Emperor TONGZHI insists that LIAN-YING and SAM-SHUN should help him make BAO-YIN his…

Episode 21. Episode 21
2012-12-03 · 45 min

ON-HONG is taken back to the Attending Office and subjected to an inquisition by being tortured, owing to possessing the "Thousand Cups Drink" without permission. After learning about the selling location, DE-HAI leads sufficient…

Episode 22. Episode 22
2012-12-04 · 45 min

Prince GONG thinks that CIXI should hand state power back to Emperor TONGZHI since the emperor is married, however, CIXI refuses to withdraw from her reign behind the curtain. Ordering LIAN-YING and SIN YUNG to make an audience with her,…

Episode 23. Episode 23
2012-12-05 · 45 min

HESHUO suffers a miscarriage after taking the fetus-stabilizing medicine prepared by SHEUNG-HEI. Though CIXI fully understands that SHEUNG-HEI has no alternative for the sake of saving HESHUO's life, she has to have SHEUNG-HEI detained…

Episode 24. Episode 24
2012-12-06 · 45 min

In spite of her withdrawal from rule from behind the curtain, CIXI worries that Emperor TONGZHI is unable to control the court officials, so she requests her close confidant to come to the Chang Chun Palace and report the state affairs…

Episode 25. Episode 25
2012-12-07 · 45 min

CIXI overrides the dissenting opinions and is determined to preserve DE-HAI’s life , so TONGZHI merely deprives DE-HAI of his position and inflicts flagellation as punishment. DE-HAI, LIAN-YING, SAM-SHUN and SHEUNG-HEI run into CHAN…

Episode 26. Episode 26
2012-12-10 · 45 min

With CIAN's help, CHAN FOOK resumes his position as the Grand Eunuch. In order to save DE-HAI, CIXI condescends herself to plead with CIAN, but to no avail. LIAN-YING intends to arrange DE-HAI to sneak out of the palace, yet DE-HAI…

Episode 27. Episode 27
2012-12-11 · 45 min

After leaving the palace, LIAN-YING moves to the South Region of the Yangtze River and stays with DOR-SANG, who persuades LIAN-YING to make up with SIN YUNG. Emperor TONGZHI suddenly gets too sick to leave his bed, and is preliminarily…

Episode 28. Episode 28
2012-12-12 · 45 min

way home, they spot an abandoned baby so they bring him home, planning to adopt him. TIM-SHAU brings a bunch of singers and prostitutes in gaudy attire back to the palace to serve Emperor TONGZHI, but is stopped by BAO-YIN. Answering…

Episode 29. Episode 29
2012-12-13 · 45 min

Inspired by KANG YOU-WEI, LIAN-YING agrees to return to the palace with SAM-SHUN, assisting CIXI to bring order out of the chaos. TIM-SHAU, who has become Emperor TONGZHI's favorite, takes the Emperor unbridled out of the palace to have…

Episode 30. Episode 30
2012-12-14 · 45 min

Having recognized CIAN's true intention, Emperor TONGZHI decides to draw a line between him and CIAN. SAM-SHUN gets down on his knees, begging SHEUNG-HEI to spare CHAN FOOK. SHEUNG-HEI opines that he can forgive CHAN FOOK since…

Episode 31. Episode 31
2012-12-17 · 45 min

Bumping into Granny SO whose hand injury was inflicted by CIAN, SHEUNG-HEI sharply denounces the pros and cons to her, indicating that he could help her out of the abyss of misery. Confronted with SAM-SHUN's allegation of murdering CHAN…

Episode 32. Episode 32
2012-12-18 · 45 min

With the strict control of the disease in the Forbidden City, LIAN-YING sees through SHEUNG-HEI's plot, successfully preventing him from poisoning CIAN. BAO-YIN reveals CIXI's evil conducts to Prince GONG, hoping him to lay a helping…

Episode 33. Episode 33
2012-12-19 · 45 min

Having gone through all the ups and downs, LIAN-YING behaves so vastly differently than before, trusting no one. What's more, he even approaches CIAN and BAO-YIN, intending to submit to them. In order to show his loyalty, LIAN-YING not…

Cast by season
Michelle Yim
Michelle Yim
Empress Dowager Cixi
Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung
Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung
Li Lianying
Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei
Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei
Empress Dowager Ci'an
Natalie Tong Sze-Wing
Natalie Tong Sze-Wing
Empress Bo-yum
Nancy Wu Ting-Yan
Nancy Wu Ting-Yan
Sin-yung
Raymond Cho Wing-Lim
Raymond Cho Wing-Lim
On Tak-hoi
Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
Yiu Sheung-hei
Power Chan Kwok-Pong
Power Chan Kwok-Pong
Pang Sam-shun
Edwin Siu
Edwin Siu
Ling Tim-sau
Elliot Ngok Wah
Elliot Ngok Wah
Chan Fuk
Oscar Leung Lit-Wai
Oscar Leung Lit-Wai
Emperor Tung-chi
Aimee Chan
Aimee Chan
Princess Wo-shek
Selena Lee
Selena Lee
Dowager Concubine Yuen
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