The Empress of China Episode 74
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Zhou Imperial Physician,
how is maid Liu now
Can we have a word outside
Forgive me, My Lady.
There's nothing I can do
Nothing
Why?
Maid Liu
woke up just now.
Yes,
but the poison in the maid Liu
has spread to her inner organs.
I cannot expel it.
I can only
slow down the toxin.
She'll only have 7 more days to live at most
7 days
That's correct, after 7 days.
she'll be dead
In other words,
I'm a living corpse
Zhou Physician
You may go.
If anyone should ask you,
tell them Maid Liu is stricken with a serious illness.
Excuse me, My Lady
Zhaoyi Wu,
did the Empress poison me
But the Empress
I can only say
Empress's a likely suspect.
But I have no
solid proof.
Zhaoyi
I’ll be dead in 7 days.
Before I die,
can I ask you for a favour
Anything
within my power,
I will do it.
I can't say
I had a good life.
I came from a poor family
and my days in the Palace are not much better.
It wasn't easy for me to have my son Zhong
and after a few pleasant years with him.
Now the Empress
spotted him and wanted
to take him from me.
I have nothing to live for.
I’m only worried
about Zhong my son.
I don’t want her as
my killer to raise him.
The Empress is vicious.
She can't possibly love him.
She only wants to use him.
Within the entire Harem,
the only person who would
care about him
is you, Zhaoyi Wu.
I beg you,
when I'm dead,
take my son Zhong under your wings
Very well, you have my word
Thank you, My Lady
But you must know
the Empress is determined
to adopt Zhong'er.
Unless
we topple her,
I want to keep your son Zhong.
it’ll be impossible
To topple her,
perhaps
there's only
one way.
Are you willing
to sacrifice yourself
My days are numbered.
Nothing is worth getting caught up in.
But if I can bring the Empress down,
I would have avenged myself
and I'll have no regrets.
My only wish is
that after I'm dead,
you’ll take good care of Zhong my son
and keep your word.
Mei Niang won't let you down.
Thank you, Zhaoyi
What should I do
Tell the Empress
you'll let her
adopt your son Zhong
Find a chance
into the Lizheng Palace,
to meet with the Empress
(Lizheng Palace)
Congratulations to Empress
Maid Liu agreed
to let
Lizheng Palace adopt Prince Zhong her son.
Today, she's
coming over to Lizheng Palace
to personally
apologise to the Empress.
If that's the case,
Maid Liu seems
to be quite sensible.
We have been
a bit rude to her.
Tell her, hurry up
This Lizheng Palace's gate.
always welcome to her
Yes
Yongan
Sister, what can I do for you
When
Maid Liu arrives,
search her carefully.
Nothing must go wrong.
Yes
Zhaoyi Wu said
when you go to Lizheng Palace,
you must wear this.
We're counting on maid Liu
Mother
Zhong my son
Mother
take your medication.
Zhong my son,
are we ready
We're going to Lizheng Palace now.
All right
When we arrive at Lizheng Palace.
I will give you this ring.
At this time
take this ring.
On the way,
when no one is looking,
throw it away
or bury it in the ground somewhere.
Understand
Mother, Is this a game
Yes, this is a game.
It's a secret
don't tell anyone.
All right
Mother, the medication is bitter,
have a piece of candy would be fine.
Zhong my son,
from now on, feed yourself well
You must stay warm and look after yourself.
What is it, Mother
Nothing,
I just feel a bit emotional.
Mother,
if you don't want to the Lizheng Palace,
let's not go there.
We're going there now.
Everything went rather well today.
Mei Niang, it's still early.
Accompany me,
take a walk with me by Jingchu Pond.
My Lady, the nectar soup is ready.
Finish it, your Majesty.
Your Majesty
Mei Niang has an idea.
His Majesty, today
let's go over to Lizheng Palace.
Lizheng Palace
Because Mei Niang
of your Majesty's protection,
despite the objection from other ministers.
When I became a Zhaoyi
A lot of people are not happy about it.
If I relied on
your Majesty's grace
and still wouldn't pay a visit to the Empress,
I would appear too arrogant.
I don't want people
to gossip behind my back,
and say I’m abusing your grace.
Good,
We'll go to Lizheng Palace.
Come to think of it,
is the garden in Lizheng Palace is quite impressive.
It's worth seeing. Come on
The servant carry the child
Pay a visit the Empress
Serve tea
You may go
Yes, the Empress
What tea is this
I have tasted
Xianhao tea from the Wuzi Mountain,
but it’s nothing compared to this tea.
This is Mengding tea.
from the mountain top in Yazhou
in Jiannan district.
It s very precious.
Xianhao from the Wuzi Mountain is
nothing compared to this.
If you like it,
you can bring some home.
Thank you, the Empress
Look
he's made such a mess.
It's so unbecoming
Mother, I want to play outside.
Zhong my son, you know the rules.
You must have Empress' approval.
Run along
You can go anywhere you like.
Thank you, the Empress
Zhong my son
Mother
Look after yourself.
Don't make me worry about you.
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What is it? Can’t part with him
Yes.
The thought that I'll never see
my son Zhong again,
Servant's heart is really
tears me apart.
Don't worry
Though I'm adopting Zhong
But this Palace is
a reasonable person.
Within the year,
you always have several times
to see Zhong
So
I really must thank you, the Empress
What my son Zhong and I have,
we owe everything to the Empress.
I'll toast you with this tea.
You came to your senses,
this Palace actually is really glad
My senses?
If you were
in my position,
would you have come to your senses
What do you mean
I had nothing in this world
and had no quarrels with anyone.
My only wish
was to watch my son Zhong
grow up safely.
But you wouldn’t leave us alone
You denied me of my title
back then.
You have eliminated my title,
though I‘m in fact an Imperial wife.
Actually I'm
worse off than a Palace maid.
I didn’t care about that.
But now
you want to kill me and take my son.
As the Empress,
you have everything.
Why must
you corner us
Why?
Why, why
I refused to let you adopt my son Zhong,
so you put poison in my tea.
Empress,
I'll let you adopt
Zhong my son,
Empress
Please don’t kill me
I beg of you, Empress
Your Majesty
Please help me
Your Majesty, Your Majesty
Your Majesty
Your Majesty, Your Majesty
Help me, Your Majesty
Your Majesty, I had nothing to do with this.
I don't know what happened.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty
Help me, Your Majesty
Guard!
Arrest this vicious woman
Your Majesty... I'm innocent
I'm innocent! Your Majesty
Go to the Executive Secretariat
asked Zhangsun Daren to come, hurry up
Yes
Notice Your Majesty.
Maid Liu was indeed poisoned,
and the poison came
from the cup of tea.
Your Majesty
I'm innocent
I didn't do it
I'm innocent
Innocent?
I saw you with my own eyes.
Who would frame you
You clearly in order
to adopt my son Zhong,
you resorted to murder
No, it's not like that
Your Majesty, your Majesty
Your Majesty, listen to me.
That's not what happened
I am fond of Zhong'er
and wanted to adopt him.
But I didn’t
try to kill anyone.
As soon as you want to adopt Zhong,
his mother is
found poisoned to death in your chamber.
How can you say you're not involved
Who’d believe your lies
Your Majesty
Empress, Empress
Listen to me, Your Majesty
Your majesty
I really didn’t do it
I don't know
what happened.
This is not who I am.
Stop quibbling!
Notive your Majesty,
Zhangsun Daren requests an audience.
Your Majesty,
Although Zhangsun Daren is a country relative
But he's still a Royal courtier.
To roam around like this
in the Palace chambers.
It's inappropriate for him
Good
I'd like to show him.
In the past,
the Empress he has chosen for me
what a virtuous
Your Majesty
Send him in
Minister pay a visit your Majesty
Please get up
Zhangsun Daren
Thank you, Your Majesty
Zhangsun Daren
Help me, Zhangsun Daren
Tell His Majesty
what kind of a person Yuyan is.
Yuyan would never kill anyone
Shut up
Your Majesty,
Minister officially from the Secretariat
with several memorials wanted
to submit to your Majesty
When I passed by Lizheng Palace,
I heard about a murder.
That's right! I saw with my own eyes
how Zhong's mother was
poisoned by the Empress.
That's not what happened
It's not like that, your Majesty
I really don't know
I don't know
why her tea was poisoned.
I really don't know
why she grabbed me
and called me a killer
Get up, get up
Get up, Explain clearly to His Majesty
Has nothing to do with me
Empress, Empress, hurry
I didn’t kill you
Your Majesty, what you said you saw
was it just such as
the Empress has described it now
You didn't exactly see
the Empress poison Maiden Liu.
Am I right, your Majesty
You don't understand, Zhangsun Daren.
My Lady, the Empress
really wanted
to adopt Zhong son.
But Maid Liu
refused to give her consent.
Thanks to Zhaoyi Wu for filling me in.
I didn’t know about that.
Your Majesty, it appears to me.
The Empress has a motive.
That's not what happened
Wu Mei Niang,
don't make slanderous accusations
Maid Liu
turned me down at first,
but she changed her mind afterwards.
If she hadn't given her consent,
why would
I have let her visit to Lizheng Palace, your Majesty
Empress
What did she say when she turned you down
She said
she's attached to Zhong
and couldn't bear to part with him.
Then why did she agree afterwards
She said for Zhong's future,
she decided to let him come to Lizheng Palace.
Your Majesty, I think
there's more to the case than we know.
Why do you say that
As far as I know.
All these years, Maid Liu
has held a grudge against the Empress
Because she believed
for many years,
the Empress was the one
who denied her of a title.
I also found out several days ago,
Maid Liu was seriously ill,
but then she suddenly recovered.
But I don't think she has.
Uncle's meaning is
Maid Liu knew
she had a terminal illness,
and she was worried Li Zhong
would be adopted by the Empress after she's dead.
Faced with old scores and new,
she was desperate enough
to incriminate the Empress
at all costs.
That's a bit
far-fetched
I have never heard of
Maid Liu's grudge against the Empress.
Your Majesty, Li Zhong is outside the Palace
why not summon him
Children often speak their minds.
Perhaps he can shed
some light on the truth.
Your Majesty
Very well
Summon my son Zhong
Yes
His Majesty summons
Li Zhong, the Prince of Chen.
The son pay a visit the Father Emperor
Zhong, Zhong son
Zhong, look at me
Tell me
what your Mother said.
Quick
Helped me tell your Father quickly,
your mother's death
had nothing to do with me
Mother
Mother, are you alright
Mother, wake up
I‘m right here. Mother
Wake up. Mother
I'm right here,
get up, Mother
Zhong my son, don't cry
Come here.
Father Emperor has something to ask you.
Hurry, Zhong my son,
Go to your Father
Please ask me, Father.
Don’t cry first, Zhong my son
Tell me,
was your mother
seriously ill
Yes
Did she recover
Has your Mother recovered
Not yet. This morning,
she spat out blood.
Usually,
did your mother ever speak of the Empress
No, but each time
I returned from Lizheng Palace,
my mother seemed rather upset.
You may go
Thank you, Father Emperor
Notice your Majesty
To say Maid Liu
killed herself to frame the Empress,
there's something that doesn't add up.
Where did the poison in the tea
come from
I've assigned someone to look up
Maid Liu was not carrying the poison on her.
She was not carrying the poison
Are you implying
I am carrying the poison
The lot of you
This is a conspiracy against me
What have I ever done
any matter
Why are you doing this to me
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Zhong my son
Notice to Father Emperor,
I have something to say.
Go ahead.
When I left the chamber.
Mother gave me a ring
and told me to bury it
when no one was looking.
Dai Qing pay a visit your Majesty
At ease
Thank you, Your Majesty
Dai Qing, what did you find out
THANK YOU
Reply to your Majesty
I have examined the ring.
It contains powder is
really poisonously without doubt
that matched the poison
that killed Maid Liu.
And I look at Zhou Physician who attended to Maid Liu.
also has confirmed
Maid Liu had a terminal illness.
shortly after has assigned
So
You're saying she poisoned herself
trying to frame the Empress
Reply to your majesty, that’s the truth
trying to frame the Empress