The Empress of China Episode 71
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He didn't love you.
Gaoyang, What are you saying?
What are you talking about Gaoyang
You've been drinking! You're drunk!
If he truly loved you,
then what do you
call this
Gaoyang,
this is a fake
It's a fake, Gaoyang
It's not true...
It's not true, not true
It's a fake
This is fake
It's impossible...
It can't be
If you think it's a fake,
go ahead
You have been wishful thinking
lie to yourself long enough
Why not carry on?
You risked your life to protect
your unborn child.
Yet the very last person
he wanted to kill was your child.
That's what he gave you
his final present
Is that
the love you cherish?
If it hadn't been for ninth brother's soft heart,
even without the Empress,
your child would have died sooner.
The fireworks over Ganye Temple
and the shadow play in Ganlu Palace
were ninth brother's ideas
To please you,
he gave you
one dream after another.
That's enough, enough, enough
I don't want to hear it anymore.
Say no more
Mei Niang...
Stay back...
Mei Niang
Listen to me, Mei Niang
Calm down
I don’t want to listen...
listen to me, listen to me
Men are not reliable.
His so-called love
and a child
can bind a woman forever
Why? What right does he have?
You're staying
not for anyone.
Not for Father,
not for the baby
You’re staying for yourself.
Stay!
You're meant
to thrive in the Harem.
At Ganye Temple,
you will die early
Do you understand?
Mei Niang
Mei Niang, Mei Niang
Mei Niang. listen to me...
Go to Ganlu Palace!
Go to ninth brother
Ask him to give you a title
so that you can stay, Mei Niang
Go ahead
When Father issued that posthumous edict,
he already betrayed your love.
You need not have fear about it.
I don't know
anything anymore
Liar, liar, liar
Mei Niang, Mei Niang
remember this...
Don't you want revenge?
Don't you want
to avenge your child?
This is your last chance.
Don't forget, don't forget
Mei Niang
She'll be there.
She must
Only to go to Ganlu Palace,
she has nowhere to go
She'll be there
she must
(Ganlu Palace)
Your Majesty,
the spy we sent to Zhangsun's Residence just sent word
Zhangsun Prime Minister gave the order to kill.
They're waiting for Consort Dowager Wu to return to Ganye Temple.
From now on,
I won't let anyone
hurt Wu Mei Niang
Nobody
(Ganlu Palace)
Zhangsun Prime Minister, you think...
Be patient
Disaster of Tang dynasty
still coming
Greetings, Your Majesty
By order of His Majesty the Emperor
the grace of Heaven and Earth
has given Wu Mei Niang to me.
I will not disappoint Heaven and Earth.
I hereby name Wu Mei Niang as my Zhaoyi,
and so you have been told.
You all came here so early in the morning so far.
You must have something to report.
Notice his Majesty
His Majesty said
the one month deadline is up.
I’m sure Consort Dowager Wu
has fully recovered.
We think it's time we sent her back.
Zhangsun Prime Minister
Without the child, she's no longer the Consort Dowager.
She's only a lady in waiting for Gaoyang
who moved into the Fang's family years ago.
I told you.
Mei Niang is my Zhaoyi now.
She has no reason to leave.
But, Your Majesty...
This is not the place to discuss anything.
If any of you objects.
we'll discuss this in Taiji Palace.
Let's not waste any time out here.
Don't delay
The officials and others obeyed the aim
Mei Niang,
no one can banish you.
I won’t let you leave me.
Trust me, please
Your Majesty
Sister went through such trouble
to gather us here
to watch sister
does enjoy your silence and tolerance
Notice his Majesty
I'm with the other concubines
gathered here
beg to report something important to your Majesty
I don't know the Empress problem
But something about the Internal Harem
Yes
Family matters
can wait.
Let's talk after the morning assembly.
Wang De
Old slave here
Let's go to Taiji Palace.
Yes, Your Majesty
His Majesty leaves for Taiji Palace
Raising a sedan chair
His Majesty leaves for Taiji Palace
May I ask Daren
Inside Taiji Palace,
will Zhangsun Prime Minister
do the talking for us
Zhangsun Prime Minister is a regent
who has made enormous contributions.
If His Majesty
gets upset over this,
it will mean have forced him
to punish a meritorious courtier.
Definitely not!
I'll do that talking.
No, you’re His Majesty's father-in-law.
If we provoke His Majesty
we'd be forcing him to be unfilial.
Pei Xingjian
Daren
Inside Taiji Palace,
do your best to dissuade His Majesty
from making Wu Mei Niang his Zhaoyi.
Yes, Sir
But what if
His Majesty won't listen
What then
Use your life
to make him come around.
Don’t worry,
I will certainly do that.
To pay a visit the Prince
At ease, we’re like brothers
Prince, Ganlu Palace
Trouble in Ganlu Palace
Don't fuss over nothing
Zhangsun Prime Minister
led the courtiers
in making a request
Of course not
Just
His Majesty announced he would make
Wu Mei Niang his Zhaoyi.
What the hell?
Mei Niang after all
Still not go to the Ganlu Palace
When she leaves confusedly
I should have stopped her
lot of thought
still fail
Today early in the morning
she will be back to the Ganye Temple
Bianji, what should I do
Notice the Princess
His Majesty this morning all of a sudden
In the presence of many Ministers
to name Mei Niang as Zhaoyi
It's true
What kind of reaction that other Ministers
Major of Guan Long clan
and many courtiers opposition
But today on the Court
Also has
Li Yifu and Prince of Wu,
they stand out to support his Majesty
In Taiji Palace,
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there was a rather heated
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Third elder brother
Maybe third elder brother
reluctant to help ninth brother
No matter what,
ninth brother is willing to argue Mei Niang
That's very good news
We go back to the Palace
(Taiji Palace)
Your Majesty
Your Majesty,
making Wu Mei Niang a Zhaoyi
is neither proper
nor acceptable to the people.
I beg your Majesty to revoke the order.
Mei Niang's virtues and elegance
won over even
the Mongolian Prince back then.
To name her
a Zhaoyi,
it's Tang's fortune
Pei Xing, why do you
find it not right?
Your Majesty
Your Majesty, in my opinion.
you don’t need
anyone's advice on the matter
This is a matter of your Harem.
Who cares what anyone thinks
Pei Daren, as a minister,
you should know your place.
instead of helping His Majesty
with solving state problems,
you chose to butt into
the affairs of the Harem.
What is your motive
Your Majesty,
he's avoiding the key here
No doubt I'm guilty of
contradicting you,
but if I can somehow prevent
Wu Mei Niang from returning to the Harem.
the late Emperor’s name will be intact
and you would remain a filial son.
I’m willing to give up my life.
You...
What are you doing
I beg you to revoke the order.
Stop it, Pei Xingjian
I order you to stop
Your Majesty,
if you won't revoke the order,
I will shed my blood in Taiji Palace
to prove my stand.
Your Majesty
It's a courtier's
duty to remonstrate
and not agree with Your Majesty blindly
such an able courtier.
It's Tang's good fortune to have
If you allow Minister Pei's
blood to spill over Taiji Palace.
you'll cast
a chill over other courtiers.
Please reconsider, Your Majesty
and take back to name Wu Mei Niang
for the order of Zhaoyi.
Please reconsider, Your Majesty...
Please revoke the order, Your Majesty!
Begged your majesty to revoke the order
Very well...
Since you have come to this...
Your Majesty, I wish to say something.
Pei Daren,
the Tang Court
has always encouraged the courtiers
to speak their minds
For courtier
an honest remonstration is a good thing,
but this time
I have a question
in my mind for Minister Pei.
Ask away, Prince of Wu
I remember during the late Emperors reign.
Pei Daren's remonstration was
always spoken with gentle language like the jade.
Even if
Father rejected your opinion,
you would not relentlessly
pursue the matter
and definitely would never pound your head
on the ground to threaten the Emperor.
You serve both Emperors,
why you have
the big difference in attitude
Is it possible in Pei Daren's mind
the late Emperor and present your Majesty
is different
There's no difference.
I'm only completely do
my duty as a courtier.
Duty?
Over a domestic matter,
you’re prepared to shed blood in Taiji Palace
If word got out,
you'd earn the fame of being a remonstrant,
but you'd make His Majesty
seem heartless.
Is that
how a courtier should behave
No, that's not the case...
It's not that
Enough!
I have just ascended the throne.
I'm not familiar
with the way to run the state.
That’s why
I have been receptive to your advice.
Since the Yonghui era,
I have approved whatever you have suggested.
We should
keep a give-and-take relationship.
What a pity
the moon waxes only to wane and water brims only to overflow.
My leniency
only encouraged
someone into thinking he could surpass me.
Pei Xingjian, your behavior sends a chill down my spine.
Your majesty is not like that...
It's not like that...
Guards!
Banish Pei Xingjian from the Court.
Expel Pei Xing outside the Palace
That’s not the case, Your Majesty...
Your majesty is not like that
It's nothing like that...
Your Majesty
The great Zhangsun Prime Minister,
you lead the three Heads Minister
As a key official of the Tang Court,
What do you think
I should do with Pei Xingjian
Your majesty
Pei Xingjian was the Tang high-ranking courtier
in Taiji Palace
For such presumptuous behavior,
I thinks should be severely punished
Banish him to the border of the Western Regions.
Very well, in that case
Let him be
the Chief Clerk of the Military Governor of Xizhou.
And Wu Mei Niang will be my Zhaoyi.
Any Objections?
The Court is adjourned
The Court is adjourned!
My Emperor, long live, long live, long live
Excuse me, Prince of Wu
His Majesty summons you to the imperial Garden.
That woman is really something
We need to discuss
how we are to deal with her.
That's it
We can't allow Wu Mei Niang to seduce His Majesty.
What about the Empress?
What I can put up with
doesn't mean the Empress can.
Sh*t
Let them fight
I'll keep
a low profile for the time being
and wait to benefit from the situation.
Wu Mei Niang is
staying in the Palace as a Zhaoyi
What about Zhangsun Daren
and the other Darens in the Palace
Nobody tried
to interfere
Pei Xingjian minister
came forward and urged
that Wu Mei Niang be sent away.
He pounded his head on the floor until he was bleeding,
in this process
but Zhangsun Daren said nothing.
How can that be?
No, not right
I must see Zhangsun Daren
Hurry... Arrange for me
This Palace want to see my Father.
Yes!
Notice the Empress
Zhangsun Daren requests a meeting.
Third elder brother, just now in Taiji Palace,
I'm glad
you came forward and refuted Pei Xingjian.
If you hadn’t
silenced him,
I would have killed him.
I know,
That's why I came forward.
Pei Xingjian is an expert with both the pen and the sword.
He could have
become a great general.
He should not get caught up in a fight within the Harem
and get himself killed for no reason.
It's not worth it
Third elder brother
Your Majesty
Your Majesty can have
any beautiful woman you want.
I really don’t understand
why you had
to make Mei Niang your Zhaoyi.
Between Gaoyang and Third elder brother,
who can make me feel close to
there are only third elder brother
I would have thought
you'd understand my love
for Mei Niang.
But she’s our father’s woman.
If third elder brother
object is about me together with Mei Niang
why did you come forward in Taiji Palace
Still early for me
Oh, Yes
What’s done is done now.
Though Wu Mei Niang is now a Zhaoyi
I still don't approve of
you being together.
But in any case,
after all, you're my brother.
I won't let anyone bully you.
This is something
that will never change.
The princes need to practice,
I should leave.
Notice his Majesty,
Master Dugu wishes to see you.
You may go
Father,
Wu Mei Niang has been named Zhaoyi.
There's nothing we can do
It's over and done with.
Don't be hung up over it.
Yuyan, you should
look ahead.
If she stays in the Palace,
she'll fight for His Majesty's favour.
If this persists
your daughter will not waver
She'll eventually threaten my position.
That's right, That's why
what we must do now
is to secure your position.
I don't know Prime Minister and father
What is your plan?
We must make your son
the Crown Prince as soon as possible.
My son
Yes
But I don't have a child.
Yuyan got it
Please give me more time.
I'm confident I can bear a child...
We don't have time,
Wu Mei Niang is here to stay.
Over the years
you have had no children
Can you guarantee
you can beat Wu Mei Niang
in bearing His Majesty's child
If her child is
born before yours,
will His Majesty make her child
the Crown Prince
Yuyan doesn't know.
Nobody does.
Naming the Crown Prince is an important affair of State
will impact
the future of Tang Empire State.
Just like what you said,
to secure
your position in the Harem,
your Father and I
have decided
Empress,
among the existing Princes
to let you choose one
and adopt him as your son.
Yuyan,
Zhangsun Daren and I have
weighed the situation,
we believe this arrangement
should be best for you.
I believe you already
have a candidate.
Empress
the child's name,
birth date
and other information are in here.
If you were to become his Mother,
please read this carefully.
Allowing Wu Mei Niang to stay
as a Zhaoyi.
is a deliberate concession by the Grand Chancellor.
His Majesty knows this as well.
That's why if we
jointly suggest to him that your son should be
named Crown Prince,
he probably won't object.
I'll make the arrangements right away.
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Arguably,
as soon as the boy's mother agrees.
you can adopt him right away.
Thank you, Father
I'm sorry, I've let you down.
Whatever father and Zhangsun Daren
have decided,
I'll go along with it.
But I won't trouble you with
such little things as
THANK YOU
convincing the boy's mother.
Very well,
Let's not waste any time.
I hope the Empress will get it done soon.
Old man will take my leave now