Episode 23

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 in jail. After uncovering the truth about her miscarriage, HESHUO forgives SHEUNG-HEI in the end. Accompanied by LIAN-YING, CIXI goes to attend the morning court audience. Seeing from a distance that Emperor TONGZHI goes in the rain to hold a court audience, she is aware that her son has grown up, so she decides to withdraw from her reign behind the curtain, letting him learn to hold a court audience on his own. It has been a while since DE-HAI secretly took the "Thousand Cups Drink", but there is no sign of his penis growing back. The missionary makes a diagnosis of his condition, stating that it has improved……