Overview: With regard to KWAI-YIN's safety, YU CHING has temporarily arranged him with his mother Consort YEE to move to Wuzhou Palace. After the Empress' sudden death, Imperial Physician CHU checks the body, concluding the cause of death as poisoning. However, YU CHING requests KWAI-SHING and the Imperial Physician to keep this secret. In view of KWAI-SHING's recent bereavement, TUNG CHIU proposes deferring the enthronement because of his three-year-long mourning period. On the contrary, YU CHING urges him to ascend to the throne as soon as the funeral is over on the grounds that the kingdom demands the rule of the Emperor. Drawing counterclaim against Consort TAK, who has testified against Consort LAI on the alleged crime, YU CHING argues that she is framing Consort LAI. TUNG CHIU has someone kill Consort YEE, who stays in Wuzhou Palace.… ...