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Stewards of other draft banks are all pleased to know that the government has agreed to abolish the heavy taxes. TAI feels aggrieved. WAH complains to CHAI that TO has become ZIDANE’s puppet. TO wants to go working in Europe. He asks WAH to go with him but WAH turns him down. A swine fever has broken out in Pingyao. MAN orders that all the pigs in the county be killed and provokes the anger of the public. NGAI reports this to the imperial court . Empress Dowager TSE HEI takes the opportunity to get rid of MAN. MAN is so depressed that he passes out. TSUN, who happens to have come to see him, saves him. With TSUN’s encouragement, MAN pulls himself together. TO’s request to stay in the country has been approved by ZIDANE. He, however, has to go to the remote Fulun instead. YIP follows MAN to the capital to pay a visit to YUE. YUE agrees with MAN and TSUN’s marriage at first……