简介
清同治三年的1864年，假太监安得海自恃得西太后慈禧的宠爱，在朝中为所欲为，连同治皇帝也不放在眼中。当得知同治皇帝与宫女桂莲相好时，有心染指桂莲的他求得慈禧恩准，以将桂莲赐配给他“二哥”为名，想逼其与他成婚，不料桂莲性烈宁死不从，安得海恼羞成怒，将她卖进了天桥妓院。
同治皇帝敢怒不敢言，私访天桥妓院，并借安德海南下之机，传旨山东巡抚丁宝桢将其就地正法，与慈禧嫌隙渐深。得知同治染上梅毒后，慈禧不准皇后生育，同治含恨而死，不久，皇后自尽，东太后慈安也神秘驾崩。。The poet Dante is lost in a dark and gloomy wood. At the summit of a mountain he sees the light of salvation. He endeavors to ascend to it, but his way is barred by three wild beasts, symbolizing Avarice, Pride and Lust. Beatrice sees his predicament and descends from Paradise into Limbo, where she asks the poet Virgil to rescue and guide Dante. Virgil knows another way to go, ...。