Riff on a line from Lao She's 1957 play "Teahouse," "The Great Qing is done for" (Dà Qīng yào wán 大清要完). The quotation is obscured by writing "done for" (yào wán 要完) as "pill ...

The drama chronicles the life of Ba Qing, the wealthiest woman of the Qin ... and also funded construction works for the Great Wall. She is referred to as the older sister by Ying Zheng, the ...