Episode 2

Hsien-wu is rescued by Kuo Feng and each is deeply impressed by the other's patriotism. While Yu-wen and his wife are worrying over their son, they get information that he has been honored by Queen-Mother Tzu Hsi for credit rendered to the country through the recommendation of the General. Hearing of this, the villagers give color to the story and publicize him as the model of a Nationalist hero, making him the butt of a satire. Fast Sword Liu, who lost his job as a high officer responsible for operating on eunuchs due to failure in an operation, becomes an opium addict. Dawdling away his life, he forces his nephews Fu-hai and Hsiu-hai to become rickshaw men to support him. Eunuch Tung Cheng, a baron of Tzu Hsi, deserts is palace post to run roughshod in Tientsin. In a bid to woo Cheng, Yu Wen leads his son Hsien-wu to attend a party arranged by the French Ambassador.… ...