TIN and YUE convince YUEN to take part in the beauty pageant that is held in the palace so that she may be chosen as CHING’s concubine. YUEN, however, shows no interest and turns them down. KWEI goes to meet CHING and he is appreciated for his courage and talent. PING and CHIU have prepared some nice food for the soldiers, and CHING teases PING about it. The Manchurian troops have been very silent since KIK’s death and HIN begins to feel worried. HING and the Ming soldiers have spent a lot of time arranging a reception for PING. For this reason, they are all blamed and punished by HIN. All of a sudden, the Manchurian troops have come to attack HIN and the Ming soldiers with the newly designed cannons. HIN refuses to retreat and tries to work out a strategy to destroy those newly designed cannons. He has tried different methods but none of which works.… ...