Where's the coffin?
How is it that there's no coffin?
Maybe Ruoxi didn't leave yet?
She is playing around with us.
Ruoxi!
14th! 14th! Come out!
14th Brother.
Why is there only a tablet but no coffin?
Ruoxi is here.
What does that mean?
I cremated Ruoxi.
Ruoxi.
-I'm going to kill you! -Imperial Brother. Imperial Brother!
-Imperial Brother! Imperial Brother, calm down a bit! - I'm going to kill you!
14th Brother would not treat Ruoxi like that.
Note: In ancient times, only criminals were cremated.
Let's ask for an explanation first.
You're in a hurry now.
Where were you earlier?
Did you know that Ruoxi waited like a fool for you for days?
Who are you showing this act to?
It was your fault, and you dare to blame me?!
I'm going to kill you!
Stop it! Stop it!
Because the letter had your penmanship.
Imperial Brother thought you were writing to provoke him again so he threw it aside.
Even if he didn't receive the letter,
but there are so many of your spies in the estate.
Didn't they tell you about Ruoxi?!
You used so many tricks just to make Imperial Brother unwilling to hear reports about Ruoxi.
Do you still have to ask?!
So that's what happened.
Ruoxi.
I didn't mean to.
That time under the plum trees,
I did make Ruoxi show intimate gestures to the spies.
It was only because my heart was suffocating and I was hurt,
and I wanted to anger you.
But I found out that I really did like chatting with Ruoxi.
It was like returning to the past.
Although we were separated by a screen,
I know that Ruoxi was quietly laying there, I...
You shut up!
Why?
Why did you treat Ruoxi like that?
This is what Ruoxi begged for.
She begged me to find a windy day
and spread her ashes amongst the wind.
This way, she'll be free.
She says she doesn't want to smell bad.
She doesn't want to be buried in the dark earth. She's scared...
Scared that she'll be bitten by worms.
Let's us return home.
Ruoxi is my Fujin.
You can't take her away!
I get the say if she is your Fujin or not.
I never placed Ruoxi's name on the Imperial records.
You never had a marriage ceremony either.
When Imperial Father passed away,
I couldn't see him one last time.
When Mother passed away, I also could not see her for the last time.
Now you have to take away my Fujin!
Don't go too far with your bullying!
So what if I bully you? That's what I'm gonna do!
14th Brother.
Please sympathize with Imperial Brother's feelings.
Moreover, I believe Ruoxi
was willing to leave with Imperial Brother.
What a joke! If she was willing,
why would she leave the Forbidden City?
14th Prince.
Second Miss was willing.
Let His Majesty take Second Miss away.
It was Second Miss's wish. Really.
Your Majesty, please follow me.
14th Brother.
If you're really trying to do the best for Ruoxi, stop making a commotion.
Ruoxi's entire life of sufferings, her difficulties
were for 8th brother, 10th brother and you.
Now, she has already passed away.
Don't make things difficult for her anymore.
Your Majesty, please.
Second Miss practices her calligraphy for a long time every day.
She only stops when there's no more energy in her hands.
Your Majesty.
These were all written by Second Miss.
Also these...
They all belongs to Second Miss.
I was thinking about keeping it for myself as a memory.
But I think it will be even better if I gave it to Your Majesty.
What did she say before she left?
Second Miss thought that you hated her,
and refused to see her.
She didn't leave any words for Your Majesty.
You may leave.
Ruoxi.
Second Miss knows Wangye would come, so she left a letter for you.
13th Prince.
Knowing you, 13th Prince, was Ruoxi's fortune.
I can only ask 13th Prince for this favor.
I know that doing this will trouble 13th Prince,
but the Death Seeking 13th Prince of the past would not have been scared.
And this handkerchief...
Second Miss asked Wangye to give it to 9th Prince.
Second Miss didn't leave much money behind.
She told me to give half of these to Eunuch Wangxi.
-But... -Not long after Ruoxi left,
Wangxi tripped into the water and drowned.
He won't be using these.
But Second Miss also said Wangxi is an intelligent person.
He won't be able to use it.
She told me to give it to his family.
Imperial Brother has already awarded his family a great deal.
What do you plan to do now?
Madam and Second Miss gave me their money.
Second Miss said I should decide what I should do next.
I wish to serve Princess Cheng Huan.
Second Miss also left this jade pendant for her.
That's good, I originally was thinking that, but I didn't want to force you.
Since you're willing, I won't have to worry that no one will take care of Cheng Huan when I bring her back to the estate.
Thank you, Wangye.
Nian Gengyao already received Imperial Brother's edict.
He has already accepted the title and returned it to the emissary.
Imperial Brother.
If Ruoxi sees you like this, she won't rest in peace.
The Empress has waited outside for a long time.
She has never left your side.
Imperial Brother should appreciate her thoughts and actions.
I want to see the Emperor.
Wangye.
-Let me in! -Wangye.
Let him come in.
8th Brother.
Ruoxi is no longer here.
Why are you causing a commotion?
You should leave.
Ruoxi was from my estate.
Now she's already gone, aren't I even qualified to see her?
She is right here.
You've seen her.
Leave.
Why did you treat her like that?
Since you already let her leave the Forbidden city,
why can't you leave her with a complete corpse and allow her to rest in peace?
8th Brother.
That was Ruoxi's wish.
It's the truth.
She always had extraordinary thoughts.
Maybe because of this, she can truly belong to her lover.
Back then, I gave up on Ruoxi because of power.
I abandoned the vows we made to never leave each other.
Now, for the Qing Empire and past grievances,
Imperial Brother has also given up the chance to be together forever?
You're the same as me. The things you once had are all gone in the end.
Regarding Ruoxi, you're the same as me.
A failure.
Scram!
Now, I'm still the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
Scram!
That's right.
Indeed, you are the superior Emperor.
But I am still me after all these years.
Stripped of titles, and removed from the records.
Stripped of yellow belts.
The wives of these two... If they have titles,
the titles have been revoked.
And all of their children and grandchildren
are stricken from the imperial records and are to be renamed.
8th Prince changed his name to E'Qi Na,
meaning he has surrendered his will.
Also, he changed Hongwang's name to Pusa Bao (protected by Bodhisattva),
hoping that Yongzhen will be merciful like Bodhisattva and let Hongwang live.
9th Prince won't change his name.
Yongzhen changed it to Sai Sihei, which means "hateful devil".
Ruoxi...
Your departure might take you to that future world that's free.
On 10th brother's wedding night,
I took Ruoxi to the countryside to drink.
When she was drunk,
she once told me she wasn't from this time period and is from a future world.
Back then, I thought she was silly and funny.
Now that I think about it,
I'm willing to believe her,
that she returned to her own place.
Actually, I am not Ruoxi.
I am Zhang Xiao.
I don't belong to your world.
I am afraid that one day I will leave here against my will.
Like how I originally didn't want to come here.
I hope that you really can return to your own time.
You're awake.
Doctor! Doctor!
-She's awake! -She's awake?
Quick!
Here.
13th brother, you have so much free time today.
Instead of admiring the snow at home,
you've come here to see me?
I am here to do someone a favor
and give 9th brother something.
Yutan has no regret or hate.
Why is there no hate?
Why?!
Ruoxi.
You deserve to be 4th's woman.
No, you are more cruel than he was.
He can only torture our bodies,
we can escape by dying.
But you won't let me die in peace,
making me feel sadness and regret.
Don't stop me!
You can't stop me!
I have to go find that bastard Emperor to settle some scores!
Go! Go then!
Who would stop you!
You said it!
You can't stop me.
I have to settle scores with him.
Who would stop you?
I... I...
I'll desecrate his ancestral tombs.
I... I'll yell at all of his ancestors so that they can't have peace!
Aren't his ancestors your ancestors?
Aren't you afraid that your ancestors will crawl out and attack you?
That's right.
There's no way to continue acting this scene.
I can never out-talk you.
That's why it's meaningful.
Otherwise it wouldn't be fun.
Alright. Come.
Come, sit and talk.
Come, sit down and talk.
Here, slowly.
I saw that you were playing so happily, so I didn't help you.
Look at you.
Your stomach is so big already.
But you don't know how to control yourself.
You're worried now?
I'm not worried.
Let us try to have two kids in three years.
Who cares what 4th brother is doing?
I don't have time to bother about him.
That's right.
Your chess skills have improved.
You are so at ease.
Just like the clean and pure Concubine De of the past.
Of course.
I should thank Imperial Brother for imprisoning me in Mother's palace
and given me a peaceful place.
Now, everyday I can pray to Mother
and look at the books she often read.
It is like returning to the past.
There is nothing to worry about.
I only have to care about how to enjoy every day.
No matter what, Mother is here to protect me.
Out of all of the brothers,
it looks like your days are the best.
Yes.
There's 13th brother to play chess with me and talk to.
There's also Fujin to speak comforting words with.
There isn't a hint of loneliness.
Now that I think about it,
the throne that we've spent half our lives fighting for
doesn't compare to these comfortable days.
Won't His Majesty punish you?
I will go tell His Majesty.
This is was what Ruoxi wanted before she died.
Even if His Majesty is angry, he won't say much.
After I leave, if I can have a complete corpse,
could you bury me with Minghui's ashes?
If I am cremated, then could you mix her ashes with mine?
In life, I couldn't be with her forever.
So in death, I hope to fulfill her wish.
Hongwang...
His Majesty will not punish Hongwang.
Don't worry, 8th brother.
As long as I'm here,
I will protect him.
In this life, I cannot repay all of what 13th brother has done for me.
Ruoxi, I thank you.
Father.
Qiaohui.
I'm here.
Cheng Huan.
Take care of her for me.
Don't worry, Wangye.
4th brother.
Your brother cannot help you any longer.
We, brothers have walked this path together.
Do we need to say such things?
When Ruoxi left, she didn't want us to remember her.
But, in reality, no one has forgotten her.
Let us meet again in our next life.
Father!
Father! Father! -Wangye!
Wangye!
Father!
Yongzhen.
They have all left.
There's only me.
Yongzhen passed away in his 13th year of reign, August 23rd of the lunar calendar. He was buried in the Western tombs.
After searching all over the place,
I still couldn't find a hint of Maertai Ruoxi's existence.
It's almost as if this person had never existed in history.
Unless, the relationship with 4th Prince during those ten or more years was not real?
Was it just a dream?
I really did exist.
Do we know each other?