Overview: Knowing that MIN is charged with a serious offence, Lady WAI tries to intercede for him by cutting her hair in front of the Emperor. LUN means to put CHUEN to the test… After giving the Imperial Guards a lecture, CHUEN announces his decision to appoint SIN as Deputy Commander, and to promote PO to the position of Third-ranked Imperial Guard. PO befriends an aloof, dumb man who has impressed him in a big way. YING congratulates PO on his promotion, but reveals to him at the same time that her relationship with TONG is getting worse. YING realizes that there is something wrong with TONG. TONG is actually one of the helmsmen of the anti-Qing political organization, Sun Moon Society, and has been plotting to assassinate the Empress Dowager. SHUM TSUI-YUK and some other members of the Sun Moon Society sneak into the Palace as instructed by TONG.… ...