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[Scarlet Heart] [Episode 23]
Miss, the flowers are so beautiful this year.
- Eunuch Wang. - Miss.
Here you are. His Majesty wants to see you. Let's go.
- Yu Tan, bring the flowers back. - Okay.
- This way, please. - What's the matter?
I'm not sure. My master asked me to come and get you.
Don't forget to stick up for me if Master scolds me.
I know, I shouldn't have come and picked plum blossoms.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Rise.
Ruo Xi.
You've already served me for so many years.
I see you've become a very mature and fine lady now.
You've changed from being short-tempered Tough Princess
to a thoughtful, mature, and beautiful lady.
You know what?
You actually spend more time with me than my own daughter does.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about finding you a husband.
I really didn't mean to delay your marriage by keeping you in the palace.
Your Majesty, I'd rather stay in the palace and serve you all my life.
Don't be silly.
You must get married someday.
As much as I'd love to keep you with me, I'll have to let you go.
You're about the same age as Fourteenth Prince...
and you also get along quite well, don't you?
I'm sure he'll be very nice to you.
Ruo Xi, aren't you going to reply to the emperor?
Thank you, Your Majesty.
I...
I... I'm willing...
What's wrong?
I don't want to.
I don't want to marry him.
Ruo Xi, it's a royal order.
Your Majesty.
Aren't you scared that I'll punish you?
I'm willing to be punished for my ungratefulness.
How dare you.
Ruo Xi, even your family will be killed if you disobey a royal order.
He's a wise and fair emperor.
Since my father's always been such a loyal and dedicated general
if he kills him because of my petty offense
then he wouldn't be a wise ruler at all.
Your Majesty, I know you're a wise emperor.
- I know you won't do that. - How dare you.
- Your Majesty-- - Shut up!
Since Maertai Ruo Xi
was arrogant enough to have offended the emperor
she'll be beaten 20 times.
And be transferred to the laundry room
to wash clothes for all the eunuchs.
Yes.
Ruo Xi, how can you be so ungrateful for the emperor's favor and kindness?
Master.
Give Ruo Xi 20 strikes.
- Do it. - Yes.
Miss, hang in there. We're almost there.
Yu Tan, Yun Xiang, hurry!
- Why is she bleeding? - Don't ask. Bring me water and medicine.
Okay.
Hurry, bring over the screen. Is the water here yet?
What happened, Miss?
Master looked fine when he asked me to come and get you.
It didn't look like you were in trouble.
Don't ask. It won't do you any good.
Just listen to Eunuch Li.
Make sure you're careful and don't gossip.
Although you're very smart
you talk too much.
You should learn to be as careful as your master.
Eunuch Wang.
- Let's go outside. - Yes.
Miss, hang in there.
Your clothes are stuck to your wound
so it might hurt a little.
She's ready.
Miss, hang in there.
- Stop looking. Off you go. - Yes.
- How is she? - I've put medicine on it.
- Eunuch Wang, what happened? - I'm not sure either.
There were only Ruo Xi and my mentor in the room.
I really don't know what happened at all.
You can go back now. I'll take care of her.
All right, I'm going.
Look after her and let me know if you need anything.
I will.
I've finished.
Miss.
Can you tell me what happened?
I'm afraid His Majesty wouldn't want anyone to know the reason.
All I can say is
he's already been very tolerant of me.
If I tell you what happened...
what I can say is I deserve to die for my offense.
It won't do you any good to know what happened.
Yu Tan.
You must look after yourself.
But you've always been a very careful person.
So I'm not worried about you at all.
Has His Majesty approved for you to leave the palace?
His Majesty's transferred me to the laundry room.
What? How did that happen?
How can you work in such a place when you're from a noble background?
Why are you so worried when I'm not even worried myself?
What? Ruo Xi's received 20 strikes from Royal Father
and has been transferred to work in the laundry room?
How's that possible?
Let's go and discuss with Eighth Brother.
We can't do that.
It won't help at all.
You're right.
Even Eighth Brother's in trouble himself.
But we must do something about it.
Let's figure out a way to help Ruo Xi.
That's why I'm here to talk to you about how we can help her.
What should we do?
Let's go and beg Royal Father like we did before.
We can stay on our knees until he says yes.
He's a reasonable man, so I'm sure it'll work.
- Let's go-- - Tenth Brother, don't be so irrational.
What do you mean?
We must save Ruo Xi or she'll be sent to the laundry room soon.
I know.
But how can we stick up for her when we don't even know what happened?
We should find out what actually happened first.
What are you scared of?
If you don't want to go, then I'll go and talk to Royal Father myself.
- Tenth Brother. - Stop where you are.
Where are you going?
Ruo Xi's in trouble.
So we want to go and beg Royal Father for her.
She's our friend, right?
I heard about it as well.
Do you know what she's done and why Royal Father had punished her?
20 strikes and a transfer to the laundry room.
Do you really think it's that simple?
Royal Father's always favored Ruo Xi.
She must have done something really bad to have been punished so harshly.
Do you really think you can help her?
Who do you think you are?
She's right.
We shouldn't do anything before we find out what actually happened.
Otherwise we might get her into even deeper trouble instead of helping her.
Fourteenth Brother's right.
Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him for you.
Good, then I'll go find out more about it.
Is that okay, Tenth Prince?
Fine.
Miss, did Fourth Prince come to see you?
No.
Why would you ask me that?
When I came back just now, I saw him staring from afar.
But after I turned the corner
he was gone.
So I thought he'd come to see you.
Miss, do you think these flowers are beautiful?
Yes.
But I think you're even prettier.
I asked you to look at the flowers
but you made fun of me instead.
Can you help me pack if you're free?
Yu Tan.
Come and sit down.
Eunuch Li's already very kind
in letting me stay here until I get better.
I'll have to go sooner or later.
If I wait until the day when they kick me out
then I won't have any time to pack up at all.
I won't need to wear such glamorous clothes when I work in the laundry room.
I don't want people to talk about me.
Then I'll pack them up
and give them to your sister for you.
Greetings, Fourteenth Prince.
Did you ask Royal Father to forgive Eighth Brother?
Why didn't you talk to me first?
Even if you don't trust me, you should trust Tenth Brother.
No.
I'm not as righteous as you think I am.
I...
I said something that I shouldn't have said
and made His Majesty very angry.
Ruo Xi.
I wish I could cut open your brain
and see what's actually inside.
Tell me what happened.
Make sure you tell me the truth.
I'll try and figure out something
to change Royal Father's mind.
The emperor's already made himself very clear.
It's true that I've made him very angry.
You still don't trust me, do you?
Not just you.
Even Eighth Brother and Ninth Brother are probably doubting me as well.
They just won't show it on their faces.
Please ask Yu Tan to come and pack up my clothes.
It'd be great if you can bring them to my sister for me.
Yu Tan.
Please come in and help me pack.
Most of these things were given to me by either Tenth Prince
or you, Fourteenth Prince.
Just looking at them reminds me of our past.
After Tenth Brother heard what had happened to you
he insisted on going to talk to Royal Father about it.
I told him to work out a plan before going to Royal Father.
But he just wouldn't listen to me.
Even so, I'm sure there must be someone he'd listen to.
Then Tenth Sister-in-law came out and scolded him so badly
that he didn't know what to say.
He stopped stomping his feet immediately
and just sat down in a chair.
She's the only person he's scared of.
Miss, what's inside this red silk?
- It's quite long. Should I pack it? - Show me.
Bring me my jewelry box.
I want to see what else I have in the box.
Last time you wouldn't take it with you.
I really think you should give it to Thirteenth Princess Consort.
You should look after yourself.
You're the one who's in deep trouble right now.
Nobody's worse off than you.
I won't take my books.
Yu Tan can have them.
I'll keep the money and checks with me
as well as some of this jewelry.
As for the rest of the jewelry and everything
please bring them to my sister for me.
Do you want to write a letter to your sister?
When I saw her at Eighth Brother's palace
her eyes were all red and swollen from crying.
I really don't know what to write.
Just tell her
that I'll look after myself.
Ask her to look after herself as well.
The instructions are written inside the box of this medicine.
Yu Tan, go with Fourteenth Prince.
Ruo Xi.
You silly girl.
What have you done this time?
Why didn't God look after you?
My lord.
Just as Fourteenth Brother has told you
I'm sure Ruo Xi will look after herself.
If she'd really been looking after herself
then she wouldn't have gotten into such deep trouble today.
We all know what kind of a place the laundry room is like.
How will she ever survive there?
My lord.
Please save Ruo Xi.
I'm afraid
there's nothing I can do.
To be honest
I'm no longer the person who should be saving her.
Fourth Prince.
Is this the new rice type that I asked you to try out at our rice paddock?
Royal Father.
The weather's been very kind to us
so I thought I'd bring some of our rice crops to show you.
They look full and healthy.
Good.
Well done.
Just like you said
we should be able to reap two harvests in a year.
If we promote this type in Jiangsu and Zhejiang
then it should solve their long-term problem of rice shortage.
That's what I thought as well.
Since it's proved to be so successful
let's encourage our farmers to adopt the same method
and promote the new rice.
That should provide a solution to the shortage of rice
due to long-term drought problems.
As long as we can reap two harvests in a year
that should be enough to make up for shortages in other areas.
Our people will be very thankful for that.
Fourth Prince.
Since you care about our people so much
do you want to come back and help me with some of my palace affairs?
To be honest, Royal Father
apart from wanting to share your burden
I'd rather farm in the day
and rest before night falls.
Please forgive me for being unambitious.
Everyone has different ambitions.
Although farming takes a lot of physical work
it's beneficial to all our people.
I'm so glad to hear that from you, Royal Father.
I've always wanted to have a life like this.
Fourth Prince!
Fourth Prince.
Fourth Prince, please wait.
Fourth Prince, I'd like to ask you a favor.
I wonder if you can help me.
What is it, Eunuch Li?
Fourth Prince.
I know you've always been a very careful person
and His Majesty tends to listen to you most of the time.
Also, you're very close to Ruo Xi.
So I wonder
if you can talk to His Majesty and put in a few good words for Ruo Xi.
Hopefully His Majesty will then forgive her
and let her leave the laundry room soon.
Ever since Ruo Xi came to the palace
she's always been so hardworking and never made any mistakes.
She's totally dedicated to serving His Majesty.
I've seen it with my own eyes.
She only said something wrong by mistake that day.
I really can't bear to see her suffer in the laundry room.
I'm afraid there's nothing I can do.
Fourth Prince.
I beg you.
Please help Ruo Xi.
Eunuch Li.
I no longer have anything to do with any of the palace affairs.
Everyone has their own destiny.
You shouldn't get involved either.
Or else you'll get yourself into trouble.
[Laundry Room]
- You may go now. - Yes.
- Greetings, Eunuch Zhang. - Greetings, Eunuch Zhang.
It's an honor to have you here.
Eunuch Zhang, is her room ready?
Of course.
Miss Ruo Xi.
Please make yourself at home.
Who does he think he is?
He's just the laundry room's supervisor.
How dare he be so arrogant?
He used to have to greet me before.
But now I'm obliged to greet him
according to the palace rules.
You should be smart enough to understand.
Perhaps you should go back if you can't even ignore such a petty thing.
Let's go inside.
Miss, let's go inside.
It's quite clean here.
- Greetings. - Greetings.
I must have been too lazy to come here before.
I can recognize your faces, but I can't seem to recall your names.
- I'm Yan Ping. - I'm Chun Tao.
Please look after her for me.
Please kindly accept this.
- Thank you. - Do you need a hand with anything?
It's all right. We've already finished unpacking.
Okay, you should go back.
- Miss. - Off you go.
I'm going.
Show me.
Miss Yu Tan's so generous.
She's His Majesty's personal servant.
I'm sure that she gets a lot more rewards from all the consorts than this.
Do you know what happened to her?
She's no longer His Majesty's favorite servant.
Even we're better off than her.
At least we can leave the palace once we get older
whereas she'll have to wash clothes for the eunuchs for the rest of her life.
I feel so sorry for her.
Show me what she gave you.
[Laundry Room]
Ruo Xi.
I'm sorry.
Washing machine.
I wish I had a washing machine right now.
I'm so tired.
Hey, when she came to see me last time
she gave me this box of blush.
It smells so nice.
You don't see this color very often.
You're right. I'll ask Eunuch Wang to bring me one next time.
Tell him to bring me one too.
Not a problem.
I'll tell him tomorrow.
I'm sure he'll bring them to me right away.
Don't forget to show me.
- Sure. - Let me try yours.
It's only been a few days.
My hands are already damaged.
What's that smell?
It smells so much nicer than the one that we normally use.
It's such a pleasant smell.
Would you like some?
Sure.
- Show me. - Would you like some, too?
No.
Things have been looking a bit unsettled in the northwest lately.
I'm afraid something's going to happen soon.
Fourteenth Prince, what do you think about that?
We shouldn't underestimate the combined power of the tribes in the northwest.
I think we must put an end to it or else it'll get beyond our control.
Do you mean we should send our army to suppress them?
We can't avoid sending over our army.
But we'll have to figure out how we can suppress the tribes.
I agree with Fourteenth Brother.
You should stop them before anything happens.
I agree. Fourteenth Brother's always been successful in his battle strategies.
I'm sure he will settle the unrest and conquer the northwest for you.
Fourteenth Prince.
I now appoint you as the general-in-charge.
You'll lead our army to be stationed in Xining in December
and fight against our enemies in the northwest.
Are you willing to accept this task?
Yes, Royal Father.
- I won't let you down. - Good.
That's my courageous son.
General-in-charge?
Fourteenth Brother, Crown Prince also got appointed as the general-in-charge.
Looks like Royal Father's trying to test you out.
Fourteenth Brother, good luck with everything.
Thank you, Ninth Brother. I'll do my best.
I have full confidence in you.
I will personally grant you full leadership
so that you can come back with victory.
- Thank you, Royal Father. - Bring us some tea.
I really miss the tea that Ruo Xi used to make for us.
Exactly. Ruo Xi's tea is certainly very unique.
However, I think I actually prefer Yu Tan's tea.
- Yu Tan. - Eunuch Li.
You'll be taking over Ruo Xi's job from now on.
Looks like it'll be impossible for her to come back.
Why is she still so slow even after being here for such a long time?
Who do you think you are?
You can't even do a little physical work.
Just don't get us into trouble.
Is it really that hard to wash some clothes?
Eunuch Zhang.
Stop what you're doing and stand over there.
Do you know why I'm upset?
A lot of people are telling me
their clothes and sheets are still dirty even after they've been washed.
If I find out who it was who's embrassed me
then I'll teach you a good lesson.
Who washed this? Look at it.
Who washed it?
I did.
Ruo Xi.
It's your first time doing this job
so I won't blame you for your mistake.
The three of you will have to rewash all these clothes and sheets today.
It's okay, I'll rewash them myself.
They're used to this, so it won't make any difference to them.
You can let them share your workload.
I need to talk to you.
Come with me.
I'll rewash them myself.
No.
We'll be in deep trouble if Eunuch Zhang finds out.
Exactly.
Come in.
You can sit down and have a rest.
If you don't need anything
I need to get back to work.
I've already asked them to share your workload.
Just take a break and get some rest.
Eunuch Wang already told me to look after you before you came here.
Then Fourteenth Prince also asked me to look after you.
I should be grateful to you.
Otherwise, why would Fourteenth Prince even notice someone like me?
Thank you for looking after me, Eunuch Zhang.
You smell so good.
No wonder Eunuch Wang still misses you so much
even after you're gone.
That's why he asked me to look after you.
He's right.
You're such a pretty and sweet girl.
No wonder Eunuch Wang dotes you so much.
I do as well.
I'll dote on you even more than he does.
Eunuch Zhang.
Don't forget I used to be His Majesty's personal servant.
I'm also very close to the princes.
I'm sure you're aware of that.
If you do anything to me
I can guarantee that you'll definitely pay for it.
It's for your own good.
How dare you be so ungrateful?
Listen, I'm the boss here.
Get out.
Get out of here!
Yu Tan, thank you for coming to see me.
Don't be so sad.
The hardest part's over.
I've already gotten used to it.
That's not why I'm upset.
Then why are you upset?
Eunuch Li asked me to take over your job.
That's exactly what I expected.
That's great news. Why are you so upset?
I thought His Majesty would let you come back once he's no longer angry.
Don't be silly.
We should be happy that we can see each other.
Look after yourself, okay?
I will.
Ruo Xi.
Greetings, Fourth Prince.
You may go now.
What happened?
Did you ask Royal Father to forgive Eighth Brother?
No, I didn't.
Then what happened?
Why did Royal Father suddenly get so angry at you?
I don't want to talk about it.
Okay.
How have you been lately?
Not bad.
Is this what you mean by "not bad?"
Tell me the truth.
It is the truth.
Although I have to work all day long
and my life is no longer as comfortable as it used to be
I don't have to live in fear every day.
Before, as soon as I opened my eyes
I had to worry about what would happen to me
or whom the emperor was going to marry me to.
But now, all that's waiting for me is a pile of dirty clothes.
Hang in there.
Once Royal Father gets over his anger
I'll beg him to let me marry you.
He'll never agree to it.
It's already been two years since Thirteenth Brother was locked up.
I'm sure Royal Father is no longer suspicious of me now.
You know what?
We actually get along really well now.
So there might be a possibility that he'll let me marry you.
The only thing is you probably won't have a high status.
Now that we're finally back together
I'll never let anything happen to you.
The reason I got demoted to work in the laundry room
was because I disobeyed a royal order.
His Majesty wanted to marry me to Fourteenth Prince.
He wanted you to marry Fourteenth Brother?
Why did you give up your chance of escaping from Forbidden City?
Because of me?
I only listened to my heart.
Since it didn't want to
there was nothing I could do.
Thank you.
Don't worry.
I'll definitely save Thirteenth Brother.
I'll definitely marry you.
You're finally back.
You finished quite early today.
It didn't take you long, did it?
Let's go inside.
- Let's go inside. - Okay.
- This is so delicious. - It is.
It's so crunchy.
- It's really nice. - I think so too.
Give me back my things.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't care about the other things.
But you must give me back my magnolia hairpin
and my snuff bottle.
I said I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm sure they're still in this house.
Should I ask someone to search the place?
I didn't see anyone take your things.
You can tell Eunuch Zhang if you want.
I'm sure there are plenty of hairpins and snuff bottles that look the same.
Your magnolia hairpin and snuff bottle aren't the only ones in the world.
You can pick anything from here.
But you must give those two things back to me.
If these aren't good enough, I can give you something more expensive.
Do you think you're the only one who deserves to have valuable treasures?
We don't need your pity.
I really didn't want to cause any trouble.
But I guess I have no choice but to tell Eunuch Zhang.
Just because there are three of you doesn't mean you can bend the truth.
Do you think Eunuch Zhang will take my side or your side?
Even Eunuch Zhang has to follow the palace's rules.
He can't falsely accuse us.
It's possible for two pieces of jewelry to be the same.
But not for jade.
Every piece of jade has its own unique color and pattern.
It'll never be possible for your piece of jade
to have exactly the same pattern as mine.
Perhaps you can tell me
what color and pattern your piece of jade has
as well as its place of origin.
There are plenty of jade masters in the palace.
Perhaps we can ask one of them to be our judge.
Just give it back to her.
Take it back.
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