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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 fell down ♫ ♫ The Love has already burnt to it's full ♫ ♫ It 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 tears departing 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 years
Chronicle of Life
Episode 18
I only want to ask you one thing.
If you hadn't lost that memory
would it have been possible for you to like me?
I am grateful of the undeserving love
however in this world
there is no possibly.
Little De.
Your Majesty. Greetings to Your Majesty.
Where's Little De?
Eunuch De asked me to tend his post.
Pardon my discourtesy.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, we've received report Sir Na Lan
and a palace maid are having a liaison and asked you to go.
Shameful.
Na Lan Rong Ruo.
You disappoint me to no end.
Is this why Lin Lang
didn't want to marry you?
Does Your Majesty believe
Rong Ruo is such a person?
Then what's happened?
I was not in a clear mindset.
I suspect I was drugged.
Let's say you were drugged and you couldn't control yourself,
but that palace maid is clear minded.
Why was she in your room?
Your subject . . . is unwitting.
Then do you know that a guard and a palace maid's affair
should be punishable by death?
You don't want your life?
Sir Na Lan must have been framed.
His Majesty's in the height of his anger. Whatever you go in and say would only make him angrier.
My Lady!
Reporting to My Lady,
Get up.
What's put you in such a fret?
Young Master . . .
What's happened to him?
Words from Chien Qing Palace say Young Master had a liaison with a palace maid and has been caught.
His Majesty is personally interrogating them.
Palace maid? Which palace maid?
It's not Wei Lin Lang.
As long as he's not after His Majesty's women, he can live.
What does this palace maid do?
Washing maid from Xin Zhe Ku named
Cui Jun.
Rong Ruo is not such a person.
Someone must be framing him.
My Lady...
I mistrusted you.
You are a dog. You are blind!
You can't tell who from who apart?
What use do I have of you? Wasting my effort. Get lost!
Get back to your Xin Zhe Ku to your meager work.
My Lady, I have a way to save this.
Get lost!
Come.
Your Majesty.
Take him down.
Wait.
I don't care if I die,
but something's fishy in this matter.
May Your Majesty investigate diligently.
Take him down. Your Majesty!
Lin Lang.
Lin Lang, stop. Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, Sir Na Lan isn't someone of that sort. May Your Majesty reconsider.
So many people saw him with that palace maid.
How do you want me to help him get out of this?
Your Majesty, there must be some reason behind this.
May Your Majesty investigate diligently.
How are you so sure there's some other story to it?
You trust him so much? Then why didn't you leave with him?
Your Majesty.
I think you know better than I do
what kind of person Sir Na Lan is. Please reconsider.
You are dismissed.
You should leave.
I'll take my leave.
Greetings to Lady Hui Fei.
Are you satisfied now?
In order to secure your place by His Majesty, you trampled on your years of relationship with Rong Ruo.
Rong Ruo took on so much punishment on your behalf.
If not because of you, why would Rong Ruo drink all day?
If not because of you, how would others have the opportunity to come in and corner him to death.
It's not like that.
You had His Majesty see Rong Ruo and a palace maid in tryst.
So you could go and act like a sad thing dumped by someone in front of His Majesty.
Use that as a way to garner His Majesty's affection, right?
Let me tell you this.
Don't think I don't know what you're thinking.
If anything happens to Rong Ruo,
I would never let you off of it.
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Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, Rong Ruo served you since childhood.
You are most aware of his character.
Rong Ruo must be framed by someone.
Please investigate this matter clearly
and reclaim Rong Ruo's innocence.
I am tired today. You should go.
The innocent is innocent.
I wouldn't wrongly accuse him.
However I won't indulge him either.
You ruined my grand plan.
I saw her come out of Wei Lin Lang's room.
I couldn't imagine it would be someone else.
Would Punishment Office listen to your excuse?
Gong Gong, I deserve death. I messed up.
I ruined your grand scheme.
Please punish me.
Think clearly.
Did that palace maid see your face?
No, I was careful.
You can go now.
Thank you, Gong Gong.
Speak!
Have you and Na Lan Rong Ruo carry on this tryst for a while?
No, Sir Na Lan and I are innocent.
Na Lan Rong Ruo says his wine was drugged.
Are you the one who drugged him?
It's not me. I didn't even know.
A little palace maid from Xin Zhe Ku
goes to Guard Office in the middle of the night?
That's breaking a rule right there.
On top of it, Na Lan Rong Ruo was drugged.
If not you, who could it be?
I'm innocent.
That night an eunuch told me
Sir Na Lan asks to see me so I went.
Na Lan Rong Ruo is His Majesty's imperial guard.
Why would he want to see a palace maid in the middle of the night?
You still claim you're not having an affair?
I thought it strange too.
Now that I think about it, someone was playing me.
Trying to come up with an excuse? Who would play you?
Who's the eunuch that delivered the message?
It was too dark then.
I didn't see clearly.
You're full of lies.
I think you need to be flogged before you speak truthfully.
Come. Beat her.
I'm innocent. Sir, please investigate righteously.
I'm innocent.
I'm innocent, Sir.
Gong Gong.
Stop.
We found this in Cui Jun's bed.
You still claim you are not having an affair with Na Lan Rong Ruo? Look at what this is.
I went through a lot of trouble to get this poem of Sir Na Lan.
We are innocent.
You can punish me but you can't defame Sir Na Lan.
Gong Gong, we brought a witness.
Gong Gong.
Tell me everything you know.
Gong Gong, this chit's been fond of Master Na Lan for long.
She talks about Sir Na Lan everyday.
Saying she wants to marry a great man of Qing like Na Lan.
Everyone in Xin Zhe Ku knows this.
You witch! You're always harming people. You want to see me dead.
Let me tell you, even if I die, I wouldn't let you off the hook.
We got proof and witness. Cheap girl still wants to argue?
Come. Flog her.
Sir, do me a favor.
Alright but be quick.
Thank you, Sir.
Cui Jun.
Lin Lang.
Cui Jun.
Lin Lang, no one believes Sir Na Lan and I are innocent.
Cui Jun, I believe you.
Sir, rest up.
Sir, what are you doing? You drank too much.
Sir.
Sir, I'm sorry.
I can't do this. Hurry.
Hurry.
Knock me out.
Now!
Sir, are you alright?
Sir.
I don't care about toiling.
But Sir Na Lan is so highly ranked.
How can he be mistreated? I brought him down.
Cui Jun, His Majesty is a wise ruler.
You can trust he will return your innocent name.
Lady Duan Ping arrives.
Greetings to Sister.
Come inside and have a seat.
I heard about Sir Na Lan.
Seeing how pale you look,
I'm afraid it's been hard on you.
So I brought some ginseng soup as a tonic.
You are thoughtful.
But I'm not worried about Rong Ruo.
His Majesty and Rong Ruo are friends since childhood.
His Majesty will get to the bottom of this and return Rong Ruo's honor.
If His Majesty finds out who's behind Rong Ruo's framing,
I'm afraid He won't let them off the hook.
Yes, you're right.
I won't continue to bother you.
I'll take my leave now.
My Lady.
Any news?
Young Master says he was drugged.
But Punishment Office claims
they found no drugs whatsoever.
If His Majesty is angry at Rong Ruo,
just with this and he can sentence him to death.
His Majesty is angry,
plus His Majesty was holding a grievance against Young Master previously.
I'm afraid Young Master is unlikely to escape this.
About that palace maid who was in Rong Ruo's room . . .
why would she be in Rong Ruo's room?
I don't know why
but this Cui Jun maid
previously has been admiring Young Master.
This is something everyone in Xin Zhe Ku knows.
We can only grasp onto her for now.
Kneel before Lady Hui Fei in her presence!
Greetings to Lady Hui Fei.
However I am bruised in my entire body and I can't stand.
I believe you are unruly.
You are a good looking girl.
I heard you've always liked Rong Ruo.
Why do you ask me that?
I am Rong Ruo's older sister.
My Lady, pardon my discourtesy.
I won't begrudge it.
However, do you know
because of you
Rong Ruo's about to have his life ruined.
My Lady, Sir Na Lan and I are innocent.
I do like Sir Na Lan,
but it's just my one-sided love.
Sir Na Lan is unwitting.
I know I'm not good enough for Sir Na Lan.
I beg of you to look into it.
I want to believe you.
But His Majesty doesn't believe it, nor the others.
What do you suppose we should do?
What can we do?
It takes the one who tied the knot to undo the knot.
You're the only one who can save Rong Ruo.
I'm afraid.
Please teach me what to do.
As long as there's a way to save Sir Rong Ruo
I'm willing to do whatever you tell me.
I'm afraid I will have to be unfair and have you confess
you're the one who drugged him.
You're the one who seduced Rong Ruo.
That's how Rong Ruo can escape death.
What?
If you're willing to take that on,
and save Rong Ruo,
the entire house of Na Lan would be indebted to you.
Rong Ruo would remember you his entire life as well.
My Lady...
My Lady, Eunuch Chang Qing is here.
Greetings to Her Ladyship.
Get up. Thank you.
You wanted to see me quickly. What may I do for you?
It's all due to the mess you made.
His Majesty's investigating the matter now.
Lady Hui Fei won't let the matter go easily either.
What should we do about this?
About that . . . I don't know.
You go to Punishment Office and take on this matter.
I'll take good care of your family.
I don't know what matter you're referring to.
You mustn't accuse me wrongly.
Dog slave!
If His Majesty asks
do you think you could be clear of it?
You are a blind seedling.
A dog slave. You think you can beat me?
You are so right.
I'm just a Xin Zhe Ku slave without any possession.
As the saying goes, the barefoot isn't afraid to lose shoes.
If His Majesty really wants to investigate this matter,
all I have to lose is my worthless head.
What you could lose . . . would be a lot.
You dare to threaten me?
Sir Na Lan, you best tell the truth.
Don't make it hard on us servants.
I have something to say.
Sir Na Lan is innocent.
I'm the one who brought him trouble.
How did you do that?
I have long admired Sir Na Lan.
I put drugs in Sir Na Lan's wine.
I wanted to use that as my chance to become his woman.
A woman who could do such a thing
is such a cheap whore.
Then how come we couldn't find drugs in the wine?
I was afraid Sir Na Lan would find it the next day
so I secretly switched out the wine.
Where did you put it?
I put it in the hogwash cart.
I'm afraid it's been long gone from the palace.
Reporting to Your Ladyship. Palace maid Cui Jun already confessed to it.
Saying she drugged him herself.
I bet it was Hui Fei cornering her to do that
in order to save her brother.
But it's a good chess move.
You lucked out, dog slave.
Get lost.
Did you know Sir Na Lan was really framed.
That Cui Jun maid already confessed.
She said she drugged his wine.
So shameless. She's tarnished our palace maid's honor.
That's what I'm saying. That Cui Jun won't have a good ending.
She would be caned to death. She should've thought about this more before.
Your Majesty.
Rong Ruo,
you suffered.
His Majesty's words are as follows.
Imperial Guardsman Na Lan Rong Ruo suffered framing by others.
He's to be released as appropriately.
Since his drinking was a source in bringing trouble he is to be flogged 30 times.
Demoted to third ranking guardsman. Receive in admiration.
Your subject thanks His Majesty for his grace.
Your Majesty.
Please spare Cui Jun of death.
The law of Great Qing
cannot be changed just for her.
Your Majesty, I know Cui Jun.
She is being wronged. A mere palace maid like her without any backing or support . . .
it is very easy to seek her life.
Your Majesty. The evidence is dead while she is alive.
I will vouch with my life this wasn't her doing.
Your Majesty!
Brother Chang Qing, Sister Cui Jun is about to be killed.
What do we do? How do we save her?
Don't cry.
You know what our status are.
We can't do anything to save her.
Sister Cui Jun is so nice. She couldn't have done it.
She must be framed.
If I find out who that is . . .
I won't let that person off the hook.
Yun Chu, foolish girl.
Tell me, if you find out who that is,
what would you do?
If I find out who that is, I would . . .
kill him!
You should get up.
Has His Majesty agreed to it?
His Majesty says you are close friend of Cui Jun, thus allowed to bid her final farewell.
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Sir.
Sir!
Cui Jun! No!
Don't do this. There's still a chance. You mustn't give up.
I will definitely find a way to save you.
Lin Lang, don't be sad.
I never thought I could be embraced by him.
So warm.
So happy.
I have that moment so I die without regret.
You can't do that. Give me more time.
Just one more day, please. I beg you, Cui Jun.
Just one day.
Lin Lang.
Cui Jun.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, since I came into the palace,
Cui Jun has been my best sister.
When I fell ill, she tended to me.
When I got scolded,
Cui Jun would fight for me.
Cui Jun has an unyielding personality.
But now she's been dumped such dirty water,
it is causing her greater torment than asking for her life.
Your Majesty, I know the laws of Great Qing are strict.
Only Your Majesty can pardon Cui Jun's death sentence.
If only Your Majesty
could spare Cui Jun, then I . . .
I am willing to sacrifice everything.
Why aren't you stripping more?
Continue.
Wei Lin Lang!
What do you think I am?
Am I so low in your opinion?
Why do you mock me like this!
I beg for Your Majesty's anger to dissipate. If Your Majesty is willing to pardon Cui Jun,
I am willing to trade my life
for Cui Jun's.
Put your clothes back on.
And trundle out of here at once.
One lifetime, one generation, one pair.
Lin Lang!
Pardon.
Sir! Since you committed a pardon
you should make amend.
You mean . . .
I don't want other amends.
Just a scroll from you.
Please wait here. I will go fetch it now.
It's quite late. You should go back to tent.
In replying to you, Sir, I am here to find Lin Lang.
She's already gone back. You should too.
Don't be afraid. Just the cry of an owl.
I'll escort you.
After I die,
will you remember me forever?
What are you doing! Hurry and get up.
Eunuch De, Lin Lang can't think of any other way.
I can only kneel here to beg His Majesty.
If His Majesty won't agree, I won't get up.
Don't corner His Majesty like this. Hurry and get up.
Your Majesty, it's thundering outside. It might rain.
Lin Lang is still out there kneeling.
Your Majesty?
If you dare to say another word,
I will have your life. Yes, Sir.
Lin Lang.
I know what you want to say.
If I can't save Cui Jun,
I won't get up.
You should go.
Tell her to go back.
I will, Sir.
Wait.
Umbrella.
Yes, Sir.
His Majesty says for you to go back.
If His Majesty won't pardon Cui Jun, I won't be going back.
Why do you go through this trouble?
Someone's here to say goodbye to you.
Cui Jun. Sister Cui Jun.
Cui Jun, how are you?
Sister Cui Jun.
Why are you here?
We are here to see you.
Foolish girl. Don't cry now.
Let me see what yummy food you brought for me.
All the things you love to eat.
Pretty good cooking.
Since I came into the prison, I haven't had a yummy meal.
Foolish girl, don't cry now.
Have a taste.
Where's Lin Lang?
Why didn't she come to see me?
She's been doing kneeling and bowin at Chien Qing Palace Gate.
Begging His Majesty to spare your life.
That foolish girl.
Her body is so frail.
It's raining so hard outside. How can she stand it.
Hurry and go back, and tell her to stop kneeling.
Tell her to come see me.
I want to see her one last time.
Cui Jun.
Sister...
Your slave asks for Your Majesty's grace. Your slave seeks to trade one life for another.
Please spare Cui Jun.
Spare Cui Jun.
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Lin Lang!
Cui Jun is my closest sister.
I can't let her die. She's waiting for my news.
I can't let her die. You will get yourself killed this way!
Don't meddle in my business!
Let me go.
Let go of me!
Let me go.
If you deem her life worthier than yours,
then I can do that as well.
Your Majesty, Sir Na Lan requests audience with you.
Send him in.
Your Majesty.
Your subject greets Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
though the palace maid Cui Jun drugged me,
causing me to wrongly accused, however,
I do like her as well.
May Your Majesty please fulfill my wish
And gift Cui Jun to me.
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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 ♫