Previously...skip to 7:49 to start Ep. 33
Don't be afraid. I'm here.
Reporting to Empress Dowager, the situation is too chaotic. Look!
For undermining the back palace,
execute them on the spot!
KILL!
Fu Ya!
Stop, stop!
Retreat!
Imperial Mother
Why must you kill my wife.
Did you not see?
They have feelings for each other!
Their actions
are a disgrace to the Emperor!
I have known of this since long ago.
Your majesty already knows of this?
Why must you still...?
That was the past.
I do not care for it.
My Northern Han court will absolutely not tolerate
something so perverse!
I only want Fu Ya
As long as I can tolerate it,
who dares not!
Your majesty! As the kingdom monarch,
how could you be so self-willed?
It shames the people of the kingdom!
Imperial Mother
Concubine Di is my wife
To treat my wife unjustly,
that's undermining human relations!
I
will absolutely not allow
anyone to undermine order in the back palace!
Her crime is unforgiveable!
Mother
Whatever
your son likes,
Mother wants to destroy.
Before you wanted to kill my brother
and now you want to kill my wife!
I'm your son.
Why must you do this to me?
WHY!?
Emperor,
doing this
is all for you.
I'm not a three-year-old child
I don't need your concern
All of you listen!
From now on,
whoever dares touch a hair of Concubine Di,
I'll kill him!!
Your majesty, if I kill her,
will you kill me too?
Mother
I'm not as cruel as Mother,
capable of hurting her own relatives.
If Mother
insists on killing Concubine Di,
then I
will kill myself.
If Mother takes away my wife,
I will take away your son.
Fu Ya!Get up!
Fu Ya! Let go of me!
I dare ask Empress Dowager
How should we deal with Meng Qi You?
KILL.
Mother!!
If Mother can pardon Concubine Di,
why can't you pardon Meng Qi You?
Please let him go!
He's a scourge. He can't be kept around!
Mother you're so biased towards Imperial brother!
You can pardon the person he loves,
but want to kill the person I like!
Fine, kill him. If you kill him,
I will let Mother
never see daughter again!
Princess, this,
How can I
have given birth to
such a pair of children?
Dedicating themselves to eating into my heart.
Empress Dowager!
Empress Dowager's imperial decree
Shu Emperor Meng Qi You
is to be imprisoned in Ding Bei Palace.
No visitors allowed
Violators will be killed without exception
Qi You!!
You just had some medicine
Lie down and rest
How about him? Is he dead?
Don't worry, he didn't die.
You shouldn't have saved me.
You should have let me die.
End everything once and for all
Then what about me?
Have you ever thought about me?
Leaving me here all alone,
how could you have the heart?
Fortunately your injuries are minor this time
If anything happened to you,
what about me?
I only have one heart.
What do you want me to do?
I know, I was too imposing
Even if Liu Lian Cheng protects me,
others in the palace won't tolerate us alive.
Qi You
How should I save you from here?
Emperor!
Who let you in.
Replying
to your majesty,
Empress Dowager has fallen critically ill.
Your majesty, please go see Empress Dowager one last time
Critically ill again?
Your majesty, this time, it's real.
The imperial doctor said that...
What?
Go back and tell the Empress Dowager
that I won't fall for her tricks like last time.
Your majesty.
LEAVE!
Your majesty.
Princess, servant can do nothing to help
You...
I'll kill you useless thing.
Princess, the Empress Dowager is critically ill
You can't shed blood before her
Think of something. Think of something for me.
Hurry and think of something!
No matter what, you must save Mother!
HURRY!
Servant is bold
I'd like to say something to the Empress Dowager
Say it! Quickly!
Empress Dowager fell critically ill because of an argument with the Emperor
This was all caused by that Concubine Di
Empress Dowager, while you still have the authority
and the strength,
why don't you issue an order to kill Concubine Di?
Otherwise,
this Concubine Di
will become a big problem for our court!
Audacious!
Imperial family matters
how dare a servant express thoughts on!
She's right.
Even now, I
don't know what to do with that Di Lian.
When I leave,
she will bring disastrous chaos to the court.
My Northern Han
will be ruined in her hands.
Xiang Yun
Subject here
When I leave,
that witch must be killed.
Subject obeys
Mother!
I was wrong.
I made you mad.
That's why you're sick.
It was my fault.
Lian Si
Mother
Don't cry
After I leave,
you must not stir up any more trouble.
Mother won't leave me
I won't let you leave, Mother
Where's the Emperor?
Why is he not here yet?
Empress Dowager, bad news!
The Emperor doesn't believe that you're ill
He won't come.
Mother
What? He won't come?
This heartless son...
Mother!!
Empress Dowager! Mother! Empress Dowager!
Mother!!
Empress Dowager!Go! Quickly get the Emperor!
Get him here!
Your health hasn't fully recovered yet
Why aren't you resting?
What are you paying respects to?
My Imperial Father's ashes
Today is my father's death anniversary
Every year on this day,
I will offer sacrifice and pay respects to my father
to console his spirit.
Your Imperial Father
disregarded your feelings back then
and forced you into marriage.
You must really hate him?
They did indeed force me into marriage
But Imperial Father and Mother love me very much
Especially Father
He loves me more than his own life
For these trivial matters, how could I
write off their love towards me?
I love Father and Chu Kingdom
more than my own life.
All these years, what's kept me going
is this love.
One day,
I will reestablish Chu Kingdom.
I will tear my father's murderer to pieces!
To console my father's heavenly spirit
What's wrong?
Emperor!
The Empress Dowager is really critically ill
She is now on her last breath
waiting to see you one last time.
Liar! You're all lying to me!
You're lying too!
You're all lying to me!
Emperor
Xiao An Zi
Princess, humble subject has already tried his hardest
If the Emperor doesn't come soon,
I'm afraid
he won't see Empress Dowager again.
Mother
Why isn't Brother here yet?
Here!
Brother! Brother!
Why is it you?
Why are you here?
It's all your fault my mother is like this!
Fine, you came just in time
Come
I want you to be buried along with my mother!
By the Empress Dowager's decree,
the witch must be killed
to protect the kingdom.
Come!
Here!
Seize Concubine Di!
If you want the Empress Dowager to die,
go ahead and kill me.
What do you mean.
Princess, Concubine Di is known for her outstanding medical abilities.
If you let Concubine Di treat the Empress Dowager,
perhaps there's still a chance of survival.
Alright, but let me tell you.
If something goes wrong,
I'll kill you immediately.
Anger has affected her heart. The prime time for healing has been delayed.
This has caused her to be at risk.
Isn't that all thanks to you?
She needs to go through acupuncture for the major acupoints on the body.
7 days and nights without rest
will just be able to protect her life.
This...who can do this?
Me, of course
Everyone retire
so that I can treat the Empress Dowager in peace.
No way
The Empress Dowager is completely defenseless
What if...
If I wanted to harm her,
I could just step aside and do nothing.
Why take unnecessary actions?
Let Yan er stay
If I do anything wrong,
she can immediately kill me.
Fine, I'll believe you this time.
Princess.
Mother just said she wanted to kill her,
but she wants to save Mother.
Perhaps there's evil intentions
The Empress Dowager is my mother
I'm in charge here
Except for Yan er,
everyone leave.
Why are you here?
i'm healing you.
I don't want to see you. Get out.
I didn't think that the Empress Dowager
had such a poor grasp of the situation.
Aren't you afraid I'll ruin Northern Han?
Then you should try hard to continue living
Otherwise
I will play tricks and conspire, bringing disaster to court,
and you won't be able to do anything about it.
Milady, would you like to rest for a bit?
If I rest, she will die
Milady, are you alright?
If you don't have the abilities, don't try to show off
If I didn't have abilities,
would you be able to speak right now?
You're very rude
Empress Dowager, Concubine Di is highly skilled in medicine
and has devoted all her heart and energy into this.
The next step is the most critical
I need to apply pressure against the Shao Chong acupoint. Your pulse shows that you have internal heat.
Don't touch my hands
Empress Dowager's illness originates from the heart
The shaochong acupuncture point is on the pinkie
Without removing your glove,
I can't treat you.
What happened here?
They're all scars from saving the Emperor
Summon the imperial doctor, to treat the crown prince's illness
Milady
The crown prince is about to bite off your finger
Might as well
As long as it saves his life
But Milady, you...
I told you to leave. Now go!
Yes
Cheng er, don't be afraid
Mother is here
Don't be afraid
Mother will always be beside you
Don't be afraid
About this,
how come I can't remember it?
When you got sick,
you didn't remember anything.
The Empress Dowager wore gloves all these years
just so you wouldn't feel bad seeing her hands.
My Imperial Mother
will use any methods
to control me.
If this is really true,
she would certainly use it as a device
for me to obey her every order.
Why are you so confused?
The Empress Dowager would rather suffer herself to take care of you
How could you think she doesn't love you?
No, you don't understand.
Since I was young, she would force me
to do things I didn't want to do.
She also took you away
from me.
Someone who so cruelly harms her own son,
how could I trust her?
We both know that being in the royal family
comes with many difficulties.
Although I don't know
about your past grudges with the Empress Dowager,
she does love you.
Those ten fingers are proof
The love between mother and son is innate
It won't change whether you're a member of the royal family or a commoner
Lian Cheng, I've already said everything I can say
What you do next
is up to you.
Subtitles by the QSHF Team @ Viki
Milady
Can this white chrysanthemum also be used in medicine?
Yes
Slightly cold, chrysanthemum flowers
can help relieve internal heat.
Who's there?
It's you.
Why are you here?
Why are YOU here?
Were you the one who found the antidotefor Peacock Gall and Red-Crowned Crane (arsenic)?
What if I did?
How?
If you're capable of using poison,
figure it out yourself!
How dare you!
Who are you?
How dare you hurt Concubine Di?
How are you? Did he harm you?
How about you?
Do you feel weird anywhere?
Itchiness or numbness anywhere?
What happened?
That guy is an assassin
He's an expert in scheming and using poison.
I'm fine.
When you're outside Hong Luan Palace,
be more careful in the future.
Come with me back to the palace
Let me diagnose you
I'm fine.
By the way,
Mother wanted to give you these Buddha beads.
Go back to the palace and rest
That woman
is the Concubine Di you care about the most?
Yes, so you can't hurt her
Impossible. I found out
that she is
Princess Ma Fu Ya from the perished Chu Kingdom.
I must kill her
Why must she die?
You know why
Don't forget.
You're the enemy who killed her father
This plan is very thorough
but my imperial brother is superior in martial arts.
I'm afraid he'll be difficult to deal with
Killing doesn't have to be done with a sword
Put this in the wine
Thi...This is.
Epilepsy drug
After consuming this, he will lose rationality
and gradually go crazy.
Even
kill his own relatives.
Nurturing a tiger invites calamity. She must die.
She doesn't know anything
Paper cannot contain fire
I can make sure
that she never finds out in this lifetime.
Then kill Meng Qi You first
to cut off her support.
No
Why?
Brother
You have the utmost hate for my mother
With your martial arts skills,
killing her would be as easy as turning over your hand.
But why haven't you done it?
Because you care about me
You don't want to see me sad
I'm the same
towards Fu Ya.
So Meng Qi You must not die
You've changed.
You're the Emperor, the kingdom monarch
But you're infected by the commoners'
weak, hopeless human kindness and sympathy.
Those are fake,
useless things.
You will regret it
Humble general greets Milady
General A Nu need not be so formal
Thanks Milady
I heard that General A Nu's martial arts are outstanding,
saving the emperor twice on the battlefield.
Protecting the Emperor is my duty
Humble general dares not claim credit
Good
General is very loyal
I will keep that in mind
When assigning official posts in the future,
I will be sure to promote General.
Many thanks Milady
If Milady has any instructions in the future,
humble general will serve you with my life.
I would like General to serve the Emperor
and our Northern Han
by eliminating a serious threat.
May I ask who Milady is referring to?
Meng Qi You
Why didn't you ask
General A Nu to kill Ma Fu Ya?
But instead let him kill Meng Qi You?
Silly maid
If Ma Fu Ya dies,
I would be the first person the Emperor suspects.
But if Meng Qi You dies...
just think
Ma Fu Ya
Who will she think killed him?
The Emperor?
Since the Emperor won't turn against Ma Fu Ya,
I'll have to make Ma Fu Ya
turn against the Emperor.
The Empress wants Meng Qi You to die
That's exactly what I desire
Wait, what is this?
Replying to General,
this is Meng Qi You's food.
Give it to me, I want to inspect it
General
The Emperor specially asked someone to prepare this
It's always been delivered directly to him
Why is there suddenly an inspection today?
Lately
I heard some news
that Shu Kingdom sent a spy to infiltrate our kingdom
with intentions to save Meng Qi You.
I'm afraid the food basket might be hiding a weapon,
so I came to check it.
Ok, it's fine. You can bring it in.
Yes
I've never seen a prisoner
treated as well as you.
You can sleep and eat,
even write and draw as you please.
Look how kind our Emperor is to you
You should be grateful
Wait
Greetings Princess!
Get rid of these for me
What I meant to say was
this is food for prisoners.
It's not for humans
Get rid of them
I've been wronged, Princess
This was all specially arranged by the Emperor
He eats even better than us
Even so, it can't be better
than what I personally prepared!
Get rid of it!
I told you not to eat it!
What if there's poison?
Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?
Princess, you wrongfully accuse me!
There's absolutely nothing wrong with this food
If you don't believe me, I'll eat it
Look, nothing wrong!
What are you laughing at?
I...
Shut up!
I don't know why
I order you to shut up!
Shut up! Quickly!
What's wrong with him?
Is he crazy?
He was poisoned
What poison?
I want to rule the world!
What are you laughing at?
Shut up!
I don't know why
Epilepsy poison
Someone tried to poison Qi You
Who could it be?
According to the prison guard,
the Emperor specially ordered someone to prepare his food
and deliver it everyday.
It couldn't be the Emperor?
Nonsense!
Lian Cheng couldn't possibly do something like this
He wouldn't use such despicable methods
But
whether in love or military battles,
to the Emperor, Meng Qi You
is a thorn in his flesh.
Who wouldn't want to rid themselves of their rival?
Impossible. I trust Lian Cheng.
He has no reason to poison him
Do you know what the prison guard was poisoned with?
According to Meng Qi You,
it was some crazy laughing poison.
How did he die?
He suddenly started laughing madly
and lunged at Princess Lian Si with his sword.
As if he went crazy
It really was the epilepsy drug
Why would you do something so despicable as poisoning him?!
Meng Qi You was poisoned?
Still playing dumb!
You ordered the food that was delivered to him
but unfortunately that prison guard ate it!
He's already dead!
Princess
Princess, if the Emperor wanted to kill Meng Qi You,
he could totally do it in the open.
Why use such surreptitious methods like poisoning?
What do you know?
Of course Imperial Brother wouldn't dare kill Meng Qi You in public
because he's afraid Concubine Di
will turn against him.
Scram!
Yes
But you really, really thought
that by stealthily poisoning him,
you could fool everyone?
Put the blame on someone else?
You really think that Concubine Di
will believe someone else did it?
Am I,
in your view,
really that unbearable?
Brother
Release that Meng Qi You
If you release him,
the things today wouldn't happen.
Nonsense! Meng Qi You is a prisoner of war
and monarch of the enemy kingdom.
How could I release him so easily?
You're just making excuses!
Brother, you're the Emperor
Who would dare disobey the Emperor's order?
Important matters of state
are not as simple as you think.
About Meng Qi You,
I will make the final decision.
Shu Kingdom already has a new Emperor
Brother still keeps the old one in captivity
It's obviously all for Ma Fu Ya!
But have you thought
that every day Meng Qi You stays in the palace,
Ma Fu Ya is thinking of him?
Same with Meng Qi You
For both of us,
it's torture!
Lian Si, listen to Imperial Brother
Falling in love with Meng Qi You
won't end well.
And falling in love with Ma Fu Ya
will?