Episode 18

In the nick of time, JIAQING regains consciousness, managing to avert disaster. Suddenly, ROYAL NOBLE CONSORT bursts in, begging him to go to Shoukang Palace and bring back PRINCE MIANNING. PRINCE YONGXUAN commits suicide to prove he is innocent and he didn’t poison the late QIANLONG. After that, PRINCE YONGLIN discusses the matter with PRINCE YONGXING, but each has his own opinion, and it seems a very dubious one to PRINCE YONGXING. After a series of devious stratagems devised by HESHEN fails, JIAQING immediately strikes back by ordering LIU YONG to lead his troops to HESHEN’s mansion and putting HESHEN and CHANG MEI under house arrest. Surprisingly, HESHEN seems unruffled, keeping things under control with diplomatic maneuvers. Due to his involvement in the assassination orchestrated by HESHE, DORJI is stripped of the title of Prince by JIAQING, who even commands him to leave the capital immediately.… ...