The Empress of China Episode 63
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Empress apparently being depressed
Perhaps His Majesty
he is really busy today
The good government affairs always busy
Were it not for his Majesty
But caring of the father's face
Even he is busy for government affairs
Cannot hear
arrives from this Palace
When His Majesty in my side
This Palace will know the marriage
However for the respective benefit
In light of
my father for aristocratic Rong Gui family
Does not hope this Palace for happiness
This Palace is so hard
To make your majesty sincerity treat me
Actually is the wishful thinking
This Lu Palace is non-popular palace
and who care
Empress
Kill, kill
Prince
Prince, slowly
Kill, kill
Prince, take it easy
Prince, slowly
Kill, kill
Be careful prince
Kill, kill
Prince, be careful
It's Prince Sujie
Kill
Prince slowly
Slowly Prince
Who would have thought
an uncouth wench like Consort Xiao
who is so annoying,
would give birth to such
an adorable child like Sujie
if I had a son
I'm sure His Majesty
would visit Lizheng Hall
more often.
Prince, slowly...
Prince, Prince, not so fast...
Prince, be careful...
Prince be not falling
Be careful, prince...
Pays a visit the Empress
Sujie may still remember me
Remember, the Empress
Quick
Give the child a piece of jerky.
Yes
Prince
This jerky is made of beef and venison.
Mixture of dried meat
It's very tasty, here...
You should be hungry.
Go ahead and eat it.
Why? You don't want to eat it
I do.
Empress, I ate it.
Check out this aroma
This is how Consort Xiao
has taught her son
Empress beg your pardon, Empress beg your pardon
Get lost!
Yes Yes
Please forgive us, Empress!
Please don't be upset, Empress!
The child is insensible
No. it's not the child's fault
Obviously Consort Xiao
instructed the child not to eat
anything from me.
Because Consort Xiao
has earned His Majesty's favour,
Not this Palace
she is becoming
more defiant towards me.
She has repeatedly stepped out of line.
Considering her young age,
I chose to let it slide.
But my lenience only encouraged her.
Today, how dare
she used this young child
to humiliate me.
This is utterly detestable
Forgive me
for being bold.
I have an idea.
If it's for my own good,
I won’t blame you for it. Tell me
They say jade stones from another hill maybe good
for Empress.
If you can rope in someone
who has earned His Majesty's favour,
Consort Xiao would learn
to tone down.
You think you're the only one
who thought of that
Just look after the harem
Where can I find someone like that
There's someone called Wu Mei Niang the former Consort Wu.
Have you heard of her
Wu Mei Niang
Isn't she inside Ganye Temple
I heard a rumour.
The reason Consort Xiao
has won over His Majesty
that she looks a bit like this Wu Mei Niang.
The painting hanging in Ganlu Hall,
"Shooting a Chrysanthemum at a Polo Match"
allegedly is a painting of her.
When can I
meet Wu Mei Niang
Normally,
you can't go
inside Ganye Temple
But next month
is Empress Wende's
birthday memorial service.
You will go inside the Temple
for the service.
You'll get to meet Wu Mei Niang.
You sent for me, Father
About the investigation on Li Ke
How is it
He’s not up to anything in Anzhou.
Indeed of little changes
But Zhangshi Yang who serves under him
has been
contacting local officials
and involved in training up an army.
all in
the name of the Prince of Wu.
I intend to use this as evidence
and charge him for factionalism.
That's good
How long will it take
About a month
All right
It's destiny!
Arresting Li Ke
will be the best present for Empress Wende's
memorial service.
Yes
Gentlemen,
since Sui was destroyed
we've led a vagrant
and miserable life.
For what
Revenge!
Yes, we must take out the Li clan
to avenge the Great Sui.
Now we finally have a chance.
Tonight
We rushed to the Chang'an
One month later,
at the birthday memorial ceremony at Ganye Temple
We must assassinate Li Zhi.
Kill kill kill
The Emperor and the Empress were very much in love.
She was an exemplary Mother
whose virtues will long be remembered
the many generations to come.
The Emperor of the dynasty
will thanks to Empress Wende.
Father, the monitor Xing Chun
will arrive at the Prince of Wu's mansion.
To ensure
arresting Prince of Wu
he also bring
local elite soldiers.
Who are you
Here is the token
The Prince of Wu is guilty
of factionalism.
I'm the monitor Xing Chong
I'm here on Zhangsun Daren's order.
to arrest him
Where is the Prince of Wu
Reply to Daren
His Highness went out 2 days ago
from his mansion
and has not been back.
Where did he go
Seem went to Chang'an
Hurry, almost half an hour
His Majesty and I am
going into a fast.
I must see Wu Mei Niang at once.
Here, Empress
This is the residence of all those
who sewed the late Emperor.
Her Buddhist name is Mingkong.
Master Mingkong
Your Majesty, again in half an hour
Please your Majesty shower
and into the Grand Hah for start fasting
until tomorrow morning at Chen Shi (7 am)
when the fasting officially ends.
I see. You may go
Yes
Your Majesty,
Wu sister has left
the Temple
Mei Niang, are you alright
Pheasant slave
Don't be afraid! It's me
Pheasant slave. it's you?
Shouldn't you be at Ganye Temple
worshipping Empress Wende
Why are you here?
Meiniang,
I know you're pregnant.
Gaoyang told me that.
I also know you don't want to
go back to the Palace
You don't want this child
to grow up in the Palace.
But Meiniang,
I can't bear to leave you
all by yourself.
I am worried about
As the Son of Heaven,
I can protect you.
Listen to me, come back to the Palace with me.
Meiniang, at least wait
until the child is born safe.
After that,
you choose to stay or go.
I won't stop you. Alright
That ain't what I want
Because of me
Pheasant slave
Pheasant slave! Pheasant slave!
Gives on me
Pheasant slave
Run! Get on my horse!
Don't worry about me, Go!
No
Mei Niang!
I’m not leaving without you
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Pheasant slave! Pheasant slave!
Run!
Pheasant slave, are you alright
How silly of you,
Why didn't you leave
Hang in there
How are you feeling
Your Highness
Prince of Wu
Why?
You have been
spotted by Zhangsun Wuji.
His Highness will get in trouble.
Killing you
can let His Highness return to Chang'an safe.
It's worth the sacrifice.
You...
Rest in peace.
Pheasant slave
Third elder brother? Third elder brother
I failed to save you in time
Forgive me, Your Majesty
Third elder brother,
you saved my life
and Mei Niang’s life
Why would I blame you
Thank you for saving my life.
After we parted in Chang'an,
I never thought we'd meet here.
Third elder brother
why are you in Chang’an?
This time, it's all because of Qingxuan.
When she was in Anzhou.
She have found
those assassins tracks
But we didn’t get a chance
to inform Chang'an.
Also, I was worried that I send out to news
some people might not believe me.
I understand your difficulties.
Don't worry. Third elder brother.
Heaven and Earth know
how loyal you are.
You’ll be able to stay in Chang'an.
Your Majesty, are you alright
Watch out!
Mei Niang!
Mei Niang! Mei Niang!
How is she
What happened, Your Majesty
A few assassins infiltrated into the Forbidden Garden
The Prince of Wu saved my life
Also, Wu Mei Niang is
carrying His Late Majesty’s child
By convention, her title should be Consort Dowager
I'm taking her back to the Palace
The last two reports
sent from Li Gong
confirmed that Prince of Wu is clean.
The problem here.
Is Palm History, Yang Qingxuan,
Father Daren,
Perhaps we have wronged to Prince of Wu.
Father Daren,
it's already 3:00 pm.
Li Gong died outside Ganye Temple
in the fight against the assassins.
It was witnessed by many people.
Is it necessary
to spend all day examining the body
Chong my son, Li Gong for me
I put in Prince of Wu’s mansion.
he was my last spy
In his return to Chang’an,
Li Gong sent
a report in favour of the Prince of Wu.
Li Gong died unnaturally
There must be a reason behind it.
Notice Daren,
we have examined thoroughly.
There is nothing wrong with Li Gong's body.
Daren, there is something wrong
What have you found
Daren have a look, please
That's the back of his shirt
Yes.
The cut is extremely smooth.
It was made with a sharp object.
Notice Daren,
there is a hole at the back of the leather armour.
Turn the body over.
Your Highness.
Why didn’t anyone notice
the wound on his back
We deserve ten thousand deaths
You
Enough
It's alright,
Chong my son, stop blaming them.
Stand up.
Thank you, Daren
This is
an exceptionally thin and sharp dagger was
stabbed in the back and pulled out quickly.
The wound is hard to notice.
That person was an expert.
As I heard,
This dagger extremely thin and fast stabbed
the wound cannot leave any trace
Li Gong was murdered during the turmoil.
Chong my son, do you still think
the Prince of Wu has no vicious intentions
For His Majesty's safety,
the Prince of Wu must not stay in Chang'an.
My humble family, such as a Bachelor
Finally out with great difficulty
I thought Minister Xu was an exception among the humble literati.
Unexpectedly he was deposed
and banished.
Right, Unless
you come from a noble lineage,
even if you manage to climb
to the top, you can lose
everything overnight.
Gentlemen to be honest,
I've been losing faith lately.
Without help from the influential,
we are doomed
The influential of
honored person.
Why would they care about us
His Majesty has returned from Ganye Temple.
Prince of Wu? Why did he come back?
Look. His Majesty and the Prince of Wu
are riding their horses.
Who's inside the carriage
Perhaps Honourable Zhangsun has fallen ill
Hurry up!
Greetings, Your Majesty...
Please rise.
Thank you, Your Majesty...
Your Majesty, you’re hurt
I'm fine,
but Wu Cairen‘s injury is quite serious.
She's carrying His Late Majesty's child.
Make sure she gets the best care.
Minister obeys the aim.
We will provide the best
treatment for Wu Cairen.
Notice, Your Majesty
Zhangsun Daren has requested an audience.
Good.
I need to discuss something with him.
Tell Zhangsun Prime Minister
to wait in the Imperial Garden.
Yes, Your Majesty
Brother wait for me in the Imperial Library.
Sure.
Mei Niang.
Your Majesty.
You're all set
The imperial physicians
will take care of you.
Don’t worry.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Cairen Wu is back
Brother Ke, I'll be right back.
Goodbye, Your Majesty.
Isn't that Cairen Wu?
She became Consort Dowager too.
Wu Mei Niang will be staying in the Palace.
It's time for a meteoric rise
Li Daren.
Li Daren, whats the matter
His Majesty has left.
Why are you kneeling
I'm fine... I'm fine... I'm fine...
Go...go...go...
I have already verified.
Those assassins
used to work for Emperor Yang of Sui's second son,
Yang Jian's former subordinates.
Also, when Li Tai forced His Late Majesty
to abdicate at North Palace Gate.
His late Majesty was confronted by
the same group of assassins.
Now
that the rebels have been annihilated,
We have one less thing to worry about.
I made it back safe
because the Prince of Wu
and Wu Mei Niang risked their lives to save mine.
That's right.
Your Majesty, I requested an audience today
because of Wu Mei Niang.
Since Wu Mei Niang
is carrying His late Majesty's child,
she should return to the Palace,
but not without a title.
When will you issue an edict bestowing
the Consort Dowager title on Wu Mei Niang
On our way back,
I mentioned it to Wu Mei Niang
but she said, she wanted a quiet,
trouble-free life.
I shall bestow the title on her
after the child is born.
Your Majesty,
without the title of Consort Dowager,
it's inappropriate for Wu Mei Niang
to stay in the Harem.
Uncle also said this matter.
I see your point
Well, once she has recovered,
I will issue an edict bestowing the title on her.
As you wish, Your Majesty.
Right
To reward the Prince of Wu for saving my life,
I think
To reward the Prince of Wu,
he shall be exempt from punishment for
forming a clique out of self-interest.
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Your Majesty, I will ask
the monitor Xing Chun
all evidence gathered in Anzhou
to destroy all of them
and let the matter drop.
Forming a clique out of self-interest
Xing Chun was going to present a memorial.
Your Majesty, if time is available,
you may take a look at the evidence.
No, go ahead
and destroy the evidence.
That'd be fine.
THANK YOU
But I'd rather be safe than sorry.
After Prince of Wu returns to Anzhou.
appoint a capable official
as his right-hand man.
The Prince of Wu is impetuous.
The crafty people around him
might use him
to stir up trouble.
What do you think. Your Majesty
Thanks for your concern, Uncle.
I need some time to think about it.
Thanks for your concern, Uncle.