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♫ Guarding an old dream in the empty hall, ♫
♫ When opening my mouth, the words don't have their meaning ♫
♫ The leaves have already fallen down ♫
♫ The Love has already burned to it's fullIt is beyond me ♫
♫ What I miss is the gracefulness in the night ♫
♫ Obviously I dare not touch anymore ♫
♫ Why does recalling makes my heart ache? ♫
♫ No trace was left of that time, ♫
♫ Leaving into a dream and coming across again ♫
♫ despite the tearsdeparting the sprouting trees of the spring ♫
♫ The courtyard is profound, but not as profound as the pain. ♫
♫ Each memory of sorrow or joy turns into a devil ♫
♫ Half of my life spending clinging onto us ♫
♫ It is our fate to abruptly meet and depart ♫
♫ loving and hating like a dream, like a fire, harsh like the wind ♫
♫ Deep in the darkness,our mutual embrace ♫
♫ will be endless, so I fear. ♫
♫ On bustling summer and spring, then on autumn and winter ♫
♫ We are all teased by passion and hatred ♫
♫ In our memories the "us" of those yearsis endless ♫
Chronicle of Life
Episode Sixteen
Lady Hui Fei has already sent someone to tell me what has been happening.
Today, you cannot go anywhere outside of the house..
Father, I have to enter the palace today!
You unfilial son!
When are you going to wake up from your mistakes?
The inner court is filled with the news now,
that the Emperor has carried Wei Lin Lang into his palace.
She is now the Emperor's woman. Have many brains do you think with, to dare fighting with the Emperor for his woman?
Father!.. This is my concern.
I will explain it to the Emperor.
Fine then.
If you go, then Father will go with you.
I will beg for the Emperor's forgiveness.
I will tell him that I adopted Abunai's daughter and committed treason.
I will now use my life in exchange for the lives of my whole family!
Do you dare? Let's go!
Father,
- please don't force me! - Have I forced you?
If I had forced you, that girl would have been dead 8 years ago!
Now, the Nalan household has over 100 people.
Don't tell me that you want to sacrifice us all for her?
Speak.
Guards!
My Lord.
Please arrange leave for the young master.
Say that he was unwell these past few days and unfit for work.
Also, please guard him properly.
Make sure that he doesn't leave this room!
♫ Messy Wind, a stick of candle ♫
♫ Dust full of love ♫
♫ Rooftops white with frost ♫
I have yet to learn how to play that song,♫ Clouds brought warmth to the cold palace ♫
♫ City of a thousand temples ♫
♫ Can't separate the future from the past. ♫
Your subject who has committed an egregious offense, knows he can't be forgiven for his crimes.♫ Your eyes caused the flowers to become wet ♫
However, all these crimes were♫ Your eyes caused the flowers to become wet ♫
committed by me, Nalan Rong Ruo only.♫ A young lad in green clothes under the tree ♫
Others were completely unwitting.♫ Snow has aged, flowing years ♫
May His Majesty investigate diligently.♫ Lovers growing old ♫
On account of my father and the Imperial Concubine's deep devotion to His Majesty and Great Qing♫ Lovers growing old ♫
please pardon them kindly.♫ The two of them have gone far ♫
Your guilty subject, Nalan Rong Ruo,♫ The two of them have gone far ♫
with much grief.♫ One pair of hands cannot hold on to yesterday ♫
♫ Who is the one that said goodbye? ♫
I still want to see you.♫ Can’t go back anymore to our first meeting ♫
I want to see you dance under the tree.♫ My thoughts ended with the peach flower falling ♫
♫ Put it down, and my heart hurts again. ♫
I have sworn,♫ Who was the one who said tomorrow ♫
that if you just let me see you again♫ But never gave any time ♫
in this lifetime, I will cherish you well.♫ The peach flower has fallen for more than ten years ♫♫ I am most lucky that our shoulders rubbed once ♫
So, you can't leave me, do you hear?
Don't go, don't go, don't leave me.
Don't go, don't leave me!
Don't go.
I won't leave.
I won't leave you.
Guard!
- Young Master, - Come in.
Young Master,
Mother, I am cold.
Very cold,
Master, Master please don't go.
Don't go, I promise
I will leave with you.
I am not scared of dying... not scared of dying.
...not scared of dying.
Who is that person?
Master.
Who is the one that would risk your life
just to have you leave with him?
One life, One generation, One pair.
I understand the Emperor's heart.
But I don't want you to grant me this.
Why?
One life, One generation, One pair.
Rong Ruo is waiting for the lady that he likes.
Is it Rong Ruo?
Emperor, Sir Nalan is here.
Sir, the Emperor says that he won't meet with you, please go back.
Imperial Guard Nalan Rong Ruo is requesting an audience with His Majesty.
Sir, why are you doing this?
The Emperor has already said that he won't meet with you, please get up!
If the Emperor refuses to see Rong Ruo,
I will kneel here until the Emperor is ready.
Emperor.
Receiving such love from Your Majesty,it makes me fearful.
Please just let me go, Your Majesty.
Let me ask you again,
the person in your heart,
who is he?
Emperor,
nothing is possible between him and me,
so please stop asking.
One life, One generation, One pair.
Two souls connected.
So that's the reason why you love the peach tree,
now I finally understand.
Very well.
Your guilty servant Rong Ruo is here to see the Emperor.
- Ask him in. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Emperor, Rong Ruo is guilty.
Please grant me a desire based upon my past service to you.
What do you want?
I am willing to give up all my life's fame and reward,
in exchange for a woman.
You want to use your wealth and fame
in exchange for which woman?
- Wei Lin Lang. - No!
Emperor, please grant me my request.
Outrageous!
She's my woman, why should I give her to you?!
What do you mean by saying that it is impossible between you and him?
What is that?
One is the trusted brother of mine.
The other is the woman that I deeply love.
Yet the both of you came here to deceive me!
Emperor, I am the guilty one.
Please punish me, this has nothing to do with Young Master Nalan.
Emperor, if you want a life, please take mine!
Do you really think that I wouldn't dare to kill you?
Emperor.
You desire death in order to resolve this matter?
I cannot grant you that desire.
- Xiao De Zhi, - Yes, Your Majesty.
Pass down my command.
Wei Lin Lang is to return to the Imperial Inner Court and is not allowed to leave from this day forth.
Nalan Rong Ruo, because of his past good deeds,
is promoted to the rank of the Emperor's Personal Imperial Bodyguard,
and is to accompany me at all times and in all places.
I pay my respects to Imperial Concubine.
You may rise.
Imperial Mistress, I heard
that His Majesty returned Lin Lang to service in the Imperial Court and
Rong Ruo has also been promoted.
Rong Ruo being promoted,
to those who don't know the truth, will think that is a good thing.
But only we know
his agony, pain and frustration.
And only I know how bitterly devastated Rong Ruo must feel.
Her going back to serve in the Imperial Court,
I'm not surprised by at all.
That's because the day His Majesty carried Lin Lang away,
I knew that she would be back sooner or later.
In His Majesty's heart,
Lin Lang never left.
- Imperial Mistress... - You don't need to comfort me.
I know what I have to do.
The day I first entered the palace,
I understood and made one vow.
Regardless of who His Majesty has in his heart,
I will never forget my original goal.
I, Nalan Min Zhu,
what kind of sin have I committed?
Raising such an unfilial descendant.
I can't face my ancestors!
Sir, please calm down.
The Imperial decree is here!
Lord, the imperial decree from the palace is here.
- Nalan Ming Zhu accept the decree. - I accept.
Decree from His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor.
Son of Nalan Min Zhu, Nalan Rong Ruo,
has earned merit in guarding the Imperial Entourage,
and is hereby promoted from third ranking proper to first rank Imperial Bodyguard.
So ends the decree.
What?
Sir Ming Zhu, why haven't you responded yet?
I thank His Imperial Majesty for His graciousness.
There's news already!
- Well? - How is Lin Lang? Have you heard back?
It's being said that Lin Lang was so ill she was almost dead.
But just when she was being taken out of the palace, His Majesty came in time to save her.
His Majesty hand carried Lin Lang back to his Qian Qing Palace (Emperor's Personal Palace). It seems she will serve Him in the Imperial court again.
Thank the heavens and the gods. It's good that Lin Lang is well.
It seems that His Majesty truly has our Lin Lang in his heart.
Thank the heavens!
Luckily, His Majesty still missed Sister Lin Lang.
Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to see her again.
Silly.
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Your Majesty! Did you get burned?
I deserve death! I deserve death!
I beg His Majesty to forgive me.
I was deluding myself.
You! Follow me.
- Little De.- Your Majesty.
- You're dismissed. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Do you remember when
we defeated Oboi here together.
I remember.
How fast the years go by.
It seems we haven't sparred in a long time.
Come.
Let's you and I have a good fight today.
- Your Majesty. - I'm not "Your Majesty" today.
And you're not my imperial guard either.
Here we are just
those two kids who defeated Oboi that year.
An Emperor utters no false word.
Come on.
Don't shame Great Qing.
Bring out your pride as a man.
I will not regret dying for Great Qing.
You're not the one who should die.
I need you to watch with me how the world will dazzle.
I forbid you to die.
Your subject shall follow Your command.
My Lady, isn't that His Majesty?
My Lady, you made this trip without uttering a word to His Majesty.
What if His Majesty forgets tomorrow is your birthday?
If he forgets, he forgets.
If His Majesty forgets your birthday and the other concubines find out...
who knows how much gossip will rattle these walls.
Let them say what they want. I don't care.
You may not care,
but for me to see you like this
I feel extremely sad.
Stop. My handkerchief flew back there.
What are you all doing? Go fetch it for Her Majesty.
Your servant brought it back to Your Majesty.
What is the meaning of this?
I don't dare to soil Her Majesty's handkerchief.
What a sensible slave.
Let's move on.
I won't wear it. Take it away.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, today is Lady Hui Fei's birthday.
I understand.
Even if His Majesty doesn't come you should still dress up.
Oh no, my accursed mouth. I said that wrongly.
Maybe His Majesty will come and surprise you.
His Majesty Arrives.
Your Imperial Concubine greets His Majesty.
You may rise.
It's your birthday today
so I brought Rong Ruo along to congratulate you also.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Happy birthday, My Lady Sister.
Rise.
Thank you, My Lady.
I'm just getting another year older.
Rong Ruo, you must repay the imperial grace.
Be diligent at your work.
Thank you for your teaching.
Rong Ruo
today is your sister's birthday, you should sit too.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Beloved Concubine,
I wish for you
everlasting beauty and long life.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Prosperity and health to His Majesty and His Lady.
You may all rise.Thank you, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, since it's My Lady's birthday today
maybe we could play a game and be festive.
Chen Xiang!
It's alright. What game?
Your Majesty, let's play pass along the flower ball.
Whoever is caught holding the flower ball is to be asked questions
until one can be answered.
For each unanswered question, the penalty is three cups of wine.
You are rude. How can you speak in such a manner to His Majesty?
You've been hoping His Majesty would come these last few days.
Finally, His Majesty has come on your birthday today.
I just want to see you happy.
She's a devoted maid.
How about this,
you be the one in charge of beating the "passing" drum.
I will follow His Majesty's command.
Since it's a game,
you all come play along too.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Alright, I'll begin.
And since it's your birthday. You ask the questions.
Then... I'll start with a simple one.
Alright.
Your Majesty, in what year was I born?
It suddenly escapes me.
I'll drink.
Another one.
Then... in what year did I enter the palace?
Pour the wine.
One last question.
Do you know what my favorite flower is?
Little De.
Your Majesty, it's Rong Ruo's turn.
Who should ask the question?
I will.
Rong Ruo... tell me
when did you two become acquainted?
I will drink three cups.
I also want to ask you
when did you
begin to like Wei Lin Lang?
Your Majesty, you've had too much wine.
You should eat something first.
Don't interrupt me!
Wei Lin Lang, I want to ask you, why don't you like me?
What's exactly is wrong with me?
Are you so scared of me?
Your Majesty.
Your Imperial Concubine sends off Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty.- I can walk by myself!
Could I have
been wrong to save her back then?
You didn't do wrong, My Lady. Wei Lin Lang is the one at fault.
Your only fault
is you are too kind.
Your Majesty
I was born in the year of the metal rat.
One year younger than Your Majesty.
I entered the palace the 9th month in the year of the fire snake.
Orchids are my favorite flowers.
Because when I entered the palace,
you gifted me
with nothing other than an orchid.
You told me, you wished for me to be like a single orchid.
Not fighting over beauty with the other flowers.
Not fading in color either in frost or snow.
An orchid of the valley
blooming in autumn.
Together with you.
Barren mountains far away.
Reporting to Your Majesty.
Presiding officer
of the Left Censor Bureau
has the task of distributing aid to the famine victims.
But they reduced the head count by three fold.
The Board of Accounts has been posting aid to the victims in a timely fashion.
Yet more than half of the famine victims are starving.
Your humble servant asks
how should this deceitful matter be dealt with?
I await Your Imperial judgment.
Is there a need to ask?
They concealed the truth and distorted the facts.It's a crime of "deceiving the king".
On the outside, it looks as though they are patronizing me,
but in reality it harms them and it harms the victims.
Have the Punishment Board
proceed on it as a crime of deceiving the Emperor.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, the medicine's brewed.
Drink.
Lin Lang, this is medicine His Majesty ordered for you.
Drink up.
Your Majesty, allow Rong Ruo to drink this.
This isn't for you.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, the Imperial Physician asks me if this cough remedy
should be brewed tomorrow as well.
No need tomorrow.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Lin Lang hasn't time to come retrieve her belongings since she returned to the imperial palace.
So I brought them for her. Please bear the trouble of handing them to her.
I understand. Don't worry.
De Gong Gong, is everything well after Lin Lang returned to the imperial palace?
About that...
Nothing's gone wrong, has it?
We have no news of Lin Lang and she hasn't returned to see us.
She couldn't have gotten in some trouble, could she?
I advise you not to ask anything more.
If nothing is to happen, nothing will.
If something is to happen, something will.
You go back and I'll give this to her.
Your Majesty, this is from Xin Zhe Ku.
Lady Lin Lang's personal items.
I don't know if the musician is male or female.
Such harmony.
The flute melody is crisp and soft.
It must be a woman.You are so sure?
Not so uncommon to have a woman versed in music.
So I see.
You are dismissed.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Sit.
I don't dare to.
I said to sit.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Drink.
Yes, Your Majesty.
The late Emperor passed away and I became Emperor at age eight.
At age ten, my mother passed away.
My grandmother raised me very strictly.
Since I was young, all I thought about
was how to be a good Emperor.
When I was fourteen, I ruled the nation on my own accord.
I captured Oboi at sixteen.
Afterwards I was always busy in ruling the nation.
I have many concubines.
But all are for the sake of various political alliances.
My marriage
was never a choice I could make or have.
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♫ Winter and Spring have passed away ♫
♫ Summer ends with Autumn wind ♫♫ pear blossoms fall by rain ♫
♫ Clear water and blue wave ♫
♫ She hums the song in whisper with languish ♫
♫ Fragrant snow goes into dream, flute draws out Spring ♫♫ like a hundred turns and a thousand folds ♫
♫ Fate of past life ♫
♫ into this life ♫
♫ A thousand drinks watching the candle burn ♫
♫ a familiar flute song to the ear ♫
♫ Awaken by the shake of bamboo shadow upon the window ♫♫ could it be a letter you asked the wind to deliver? ♫
♫ The ink under the pen filled with love and regret ♫
♫ Words are like you ♫
♫ breaking my heart ♫
♫ I miss you ♫
♫ My heart shattered by time ♫
♫ Galloping a thousand miles still unable to meet you ♫
♫ It is too late ♫
♫ I can only resent loving too late ♫
♫ I wish to go back to the first meeting ♫
♫ To look at you. Admire you in secret. ♫
♫ To love you ♫
♫ I miss you ♫
♫ My heart shattered by time ♫
♫ Galloping a thousand miles still unable to meet you ♫
♫ It is too late ♫
♫ I can only resent loving too late ♫
♫ I wish to go back to the first meeting ♫
♫ To look at you. Admire you in secret. ♫
♫ To love you ♫