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The King's Woman
Episode 13
The security here in my inner palace is very strict. Yet you all still lost the prince!
You group of servants, if you do not confess the truth,
I will execute you all!
Your Majesty, forgive us! Your Majesty, have mercy!
We still have not found out the truth behind the disappearance of Tianming.
If the perpetrators really have the intention to sneak in,
are we not giving them time to escape while we interrogate these palace servants?
Your Majesty, forgive me for saying this. What Madame Li said is right.
What is more important now is to quickly find clues on the whereabouts of Prince Tianming. Moreover,
an assassin appeared in Your Majesty's chamber last night. I was negligent in my duty and was not able to catch him.
Could it be that the assassin kidnapped Prince Tianming?
- Li Zhong. - I am here.
Immediately send men to lock all the gates out of the Xianyang Palace.
While the Prince has not been found,
no one and nothing can leave the royal palace.
Yes.
And also you all, go to every corners of the palace and search.
If you are unable to find anything, I surely will take all your lives.
I will abide. Your Majesty, have mercy!
- I also will go look. - Li'er.
It was my child who was lost. How can I just stay here and wait for them to find him?
Fine then. I will send Zhao Gao to accompany you. Just look here inside the palace.
Prince Tianming has gone missing. The whole inner palace is in a mess.
His Majesty also ordered the closure of the gates of the royal palace. Anyone getting in or out must go through the interrogation and examination by the Huben army.
Right now, this Madame Li is really in such a panic.
She was really crying so hard.
She even said about the Prince getting abducted, taken out of the Palace, and then sold already.
She even personally went to different areas of the royal palace to look for the prince.
What did His Majesty say then?
His Majesty? His Majesty initially wanted to immediately interrogate and have people answer for it.
He wanted to punish the nurse maid and a group of servants.
But I heard that Madame Li talked in their behalf
and asked that they prioritize the searching of the prince so this matter got delayed for now.
That Consort Li is really scheming.
Her own son is already missing
but she still remembered to win the hearts of people at this time.
That is expected. If the prince cannot be found anymore,
the position of Madame Li in the heart of His Majesty will surely not be the same as before.
If she does not win over the hearts of her servants and attendants,
then her days here in the palace from now on will be very hard to endure.
Since that Madame Li came here in the palace, she was excessively arrogant and despotic.
Relying on the love of His Majesty, she never gave any importance to Madame and Queen Dowager Huayang.
This matter serves to teach her a lesson.
Madame, you sending out Zhongchang Attendant this time is really a brilliant move.
Of course. Hey, oh, right.
The matter between me and Zhongchang Attendant is secret.
There are too many gossips here in the palace. You must not mention it as you pleases, not watching your mouth.
Yes, Madame.
Greetings, Madame Chu.
This is a heir soup sent by Queen Dowager Huayang a few days ago.
She said that it is especially concocted by the royal physician for you.
Madame, how about you taste it?
I did not instruct you yet you prepared it for me.
Of course.
- So bitter. I don't want to drink. - Madame,
to be able to bear a heir, you must drink it no matter how bitter it is.
Hey, Madame Li...please wait.
Madame, please forgive me for being rude.
Right now, it is already sunset.
We have already searched the whole palace.
Just this place, we have already searched twice.
Are you sure that Prince Tianming is still in the palace?
Lord, what you said was so inappropriate. Just because you do not have a child,
how can you understand how worried our Madame is for losing her child?
Yo, young lady Qing, look at what you said.
What? Just because you have a child, you can already understand this kind of feelings?
- I...you... - Okay already. Don't fight anymore.
Zhongchang Attendant, I can see that your feet are also hurting. Really have troubled you.
Just go back the palace and rest already. It will be fine for me to look on my own.
How can I allow that? His Majesty especially instructed me that I must accompany you.
Lord is not really accompanying me willingly. Why then must I bring myself trouble?
Lord, do not worry. I will not tell His Majesty about this.
Madame, look at what you said. I did not mean it that way.
Then...I will just follow as you said to show my great respect.
Madame, have to trouble you then.
- Qing'er, let us go look in front. - Yes.
Just look. No matter how you search, it will be all in vain.
Hey, Han Shen. Why are you here?
Oh, I was able to steal some idle time from work so I am resting for a while.
Rest? You still have the time to rest?
Do you know that an assassin sneaked into the palace last night?
Really?
All the guards got mobilized. We have searched the whole palace but never found the assassin.
That is right. We got tormented the whole night. Really so tired.
Only you are resting here.
- Chamberlain Li Zhong is here! - Lord Li. Go. Hurry.
Chamberlain, this is the last resting station here in the palace.
Okay.
Hear my order! All of you get down and prop your arm up.
What is your name?
Han Shen.
Han Shen? How long have you been in the palace?
Replying to Lord, almost a year already.
You are quite strong and healthy. Not bad.
I have a robust physique. I surely will do my best to protect the safety of the Qin palace.
I will not let the lords here in the palace be in any danger.
Very good.
You all worked hard.
Will add more dishes to your dinner tonight.
Let us go.
Senior Brother Jing,
our child has been born.
His name is Tianming.
The snow that has not melted are now gone. The clouds open up and the sky gets bright.
But...I lost our child.
Tianming, where really are you?
I miss you.
It was all my fault. I was not able to protect you well.
Madame, the dinner is ready. Eat something.
Just take them away. I do not have the appetite for it.
Madame, I am worried about you.
You did not eat anything since lunch. Your health is more important.
Qing'er, you have accompanied me for the whole day already. Go now and rest.
I am not tired.
Fine then. I will ask the kitchen to prepare some appetizers tomorrow.
If you need anything, just call me.
I will take my leave.
There are already no one else in the room.
Junior Sister.
It is only during nighttime, when Chamberlain was checking around the palace
did I learn that Tianming was missing. Are you alright?
In less that a day, you have become so haggard looking.
Who could have taken Tianming?
Tianming right now can still drink a little thick porridge.
Before sleeping, he will ask for milk.
Or else, he will cry nonstop.
Tianming is still a baby. Who really could have done this evil thing to him?
I have been thinking all day
that I initially thought that as long as I shut myself from others here in the palace,
I will not offend them as long as I they do not offend me,
just raise Tianming well, Tianming and I would then be able to peacefully live our days.
But right now...
I belittled the danger and evil here in the palace.
Junior, stop blaming yourself.
Eldest Senior, what is wrong with you?
Oh, nothing. Just a minor injury.
How did you get hurt?
Could it be... You are that assassin that sneaked into the chamber of the king of Qin, right?
Although I failed, I did not leave any clues for them.
How could you have risked that danger? What if...
If I was successful in my attempt, you and Tianming would have been free already.
Eldest Senior...
The palace of Qin is not as simple as you think.
- Ying Zheng, he actually treats me-- - Junior,
do you plan to get locked up here forever? Do you not want to be like before,
freely and leisurely being able to go where you want? Being able to do what you want?
What is important now is to find Tianming.
In this palace that is full of quarrels, everyone wants to compete for power and position.
Tianming is also a prince. He surely will be suspected of coveting for the crown prince position.
He might have become the target of someone long ago. I just did not notice it.
No matter who the perpetrators are, their goal
is to let you lose Tianming first and then attack your position here in the palace.
These perpetrators surely are just very near us.
Actually, when Zhongchang Attendant accompanied me to search the palace today,
his attitude kept affecting me.
Zhongchang Attendant Zhao Gao? What do you mean?
Today, while he was accompanying me in my search,
he gave me the feeling that he was sure that Tianming is not inside the palace.
It seems like he knows where Tianming is.
Or maybe, I was just overthinking because I am overly worried about Tianming.
If it was him who abducted Tianming, what benefit will he get from doing that?
No matter what, I will do my best to find Tianming.
Eldest Senior, I do not want to involve you in this anymore.
Moreover, your wound...
I came to the Qin palace exactly because of you.
How can I just neglect your pain? Do not worry, I will be careful.
Right now, this huge group of Huben Army and the royal guards
are currently rampantly searching for the whereabouts of Prince Tianming here in the palace.
His Majesty is still young. He should try to have more children and grandchildren.
A few days ago, he only just lost a little prince who has no royal status.
In a few days, he would have forgotten about it.
That is right. Really just tiring for the nursemaids in the palace and some unrelated palace servants.
How about Ruo'er? Now that the palace is in disarray, she must restrain herself.
Madame Chu is currently lighting an incense in her own palace. Grand Queen Dowager, do not worry.
Ruo'er usually is very impatient.
This matter can be grave or small. She must not let herself get involved in this trouble.
I will not worry about that anymore.
Madame, where are you going?
I will go and look for Tianming again. I want to see if those perpetrators
are still sitting like nothing happened right now.
Why did Madame Chu come to my chamber?
Little sister, these words of yours are treating me like a stranger. We both live in Zhaode Palace.
I heard that you lost Prince Tianming so I especially game to visit you.
Now that Madame Chu sees my lonely and disappointed appearance, are you satisfied now?
I know that you came from a warrior family so you tend to talk in a straightforward manner.
I will not be angry with you.
But I want to give you an advice.
If you want to stay long in this palace,
a person like you who has a sharp tongue can easily offend people.
Although I have not bore His Majesty any child,
since the early death of Madame Zheng,
I have taken the responsibility to take care of Fusu.
Prince Fusu is intelligent and sensible.
He really makes me happy.
Thinking about it, if one day something bad happens to Fuxu,
I surely will be very anxious and impatient too.
That is why I can really understand the current feeling of little sister.
I came today just to give you an advice.
After all, I was born in the royal family of Chu. I have seen more things than you.
In this royal harem, there are so many consorts, concubines, and princes of His Majesty.
Prince Tianming is still a baby. No matter how much His Majesty loves him,
he still haven't established a deep relationship foundation with him.
Yes, His Majesty right now is still looking anxious.
What about next month? What about next next month?
If by that time, little sister is still reporting problems to him every three to five days like this,
I fear that it will only invite His Majesty's aversion.
Is that not what you wanted?
Hey, little sister, do not say it like that. In this royal harem, you are not the only royal concubine.
We sisters harmoniously co-existing, serving His Majesty together, and helping unburden his worries
are what I really wanted.
I think what Madame Chu is really looking forward to
is hoping that everyone will be obedient to you like idiots.
If Madame Chu is here to convince me, I urge Madame Chu to give up on it early on.
Because you and I totally have different paths.
Okay then. I want to hear
what kind of path little sister wants to walk in.
Madame Li is hurriedly looking for his son around the palace.
This Zhongchang Attendant was really following her wherever she goes, keeping watch of her closely.
Ruo'er learned to be good now. The dowry that his royal father prepared for her
really came in handy.
That is right.
What about the heir soup that I told you to ask some servant to deliver?
It has already been delivered. The Shangyi that stays by her side
is really quite nimble. She immediately asked their servant to cook it.
The royal consorts and concubines still need to depend on their children.
If you have a child, then you have power.
My greatest regret in this lifetime is being unable to
bear any children for the former king.
Grand Queen Dowager, even though you do not have your own son,
were you not able to still control the six palaces of Qin until now?
I am old already. I am old already. In this world,
there will not be another Lü Buwei or a Zichu.
If my Chu people wants to have a peaceful life in this chaotic times,
we can only depend on the will of the Heaven now.
Since Madame Chu especially came here today, I will then give you an advice.
Since you have already become a royal mother that will raise Fusu,
then do not bother bearing His Majesty a child anymore.
What do you mean by that?
Now that the world is in chaos due to wars,
just to comfort their citizens and stabilize the royal family,
the different kings of different states tend to choose their crown princes even if they are still not of age.
This is to prevent the throne being empty once anything happens to the king
for it will affect the state affairs.
Prince Fusu, being the eldest son,
is intelligent and sensible so he really earns the liking of His Majesty.
If there will not be any mishaps, in a few years,
His Majesty might confer Fusu as the crown prince.
Then what does that got to do with me bearing a prince or not?
If Fusu really becomes the crown prince, then Madame Chu surely will grab hold of him tightly and not let go.
You will not let anyone get near him. But you, after all, is still not his real mother.
Right now, Fusu indeed is very obedient. But as time goes by, if your control on him gets to be stricter,
we cannot guarantee if he still will treat you respectfully and continue being obedient.
So what?
With Madame Chu's strong personality, you surely will not be able to endure this anger.
If you have your own son, you surely will think of a way
to make His Majesty change the Crown Prince into him.
Even if your strategy was wise and you were able to let His Majesty change the Crown Prince,
the first thing that His Majesty will do once your son reach adulthood
might be is to kill you.
What did you say? You dare to curse me?
After Xianyang was put on lockdown yesterday, the Huben Army took over the guard duties.
No matter who or what enters or exits, they all underwent scrutiny.
But still, we were unable to find any suspicious clues. Your Majesty,
maybe Prince is still inside the palace.
Maybe before the nursemaid noticed it, Prince has already been missing.
Go and immediately check on the different households and markets in Xianyang city.
Yes, I will go do it now.
Shangyi, let us go back to my palace!
Madame Chu.
I am not cursing you. I am telling you the truth.
Since time immemorial, how many royal mothers have interfered with the rule of their sons?
Moreover, you are a Chu princess to begin with.
You have a huge royal family of Chu as your backer. His Majesty will surely guard against you.
Moreover, when a prince with Chu blood becomes the Crown Prince,
how many relatives of his will use this to enter Qin
and threaten the state power of the Ying family?
But...as long as Madame Chu dies,
this danger will disappear.
That is why I said that if Madame Chu really cares about Fusu,
then just raise Fusu well.
If the relationship between you two is very harmonious, once Fusu ascends to the throne,
he will even respectfully confer Madam to be the Queen Dowager.
Of course, if your relationship is not good,
I cannot guess anymore if Madame can enjoy a lifetime of power and noble status by then.
Madame, no matter who the favored concubine of His Majesty is,
what we will obtain are just gold, silver, jewelries, magnificent clothes, and antiques.
The reason that I am telling you these is because I want to clearly tell you
that I am not interested at all with the Queen position nor these royal harem competition.
The more I do not want my Tianming to get involved in this battle for the Crown Prince.
I just want him to grow up safely and healthy.
I do not care at all if His Majesty likes me or hates me.
Stop wasting your time on me already.
Madame Chu really was harboring evil intentions. She clearly knew that you are currently terribly upset
yet she deliberately mentioned the matter about Fusu to agitate you. She was really too much.
Madame Chu would not come to my chamber without any reasons.
She surely was plotting something.
The only explanation is she is like that arsonist.
Wanting to go to the scene of the fire to see the result of the plan that she meticulously devised.
Moreover, Madame Chu has a wild and arrogant personality to begin with.
If she did something wrong, she actually could not
hide how pleased she is with herself.
What Madame said is very reasonable. But these are all just your inferences.
And we also do not have evidences to prove that it was her who did this.
Moreover, she has Queen Dowager Huayang always defending her.
I worry that she might instigate another disturbance to get back on you.
Madame Chu has no child of her own.
She deliberately mentioned Fusu in front of me earlier which is enough to prove that she was envious.
She is envious that I have Tianming.
Or maybe, she hates herself for not having any child.
That is why she thought of using Tianming to vent her anger.
Oh, my, god, if that is true...
then she really is very evil.
I just want to know now if the person who took Tianming is taking good care of him.
Or if he has already...
Madame, do not think that way.
Our Prince Tianming is blessed by the Heaven so he surely will be fine.
I have disturbed Lord for these past days.
What is your plan now?
What plan can the present me have?
Wander around the world. Just move forward little by little.
If that is the case, why then must you insist to leave?
I heard you say that Warrior Gognsun has left you a poem about the whereabouts of the sword manual.
You do not plan to just leave that poem like that, right?
Teacher left me the sword manual to protect junior sister.
Presently, what is still the purpose of me finding the sword manual?
Young Warrior Jing, I know that you are in a bad mood right now.
How about this? Go out and walk around.
Take a look at the outside world. You surely will be better than how you are now.
Brother Jing, don't rush to leave first. Wait for my father to come back.
I will explain things to him and go travel with you.
Not anymore. I will be fine on my own.
- Brother Jing. - Okay already.
Lord Tian, Lan'er, let us separate here.
Madame Li is here!
Li'er, why did you come?
I have something to tell you.
Tell you privately.
All of you, leave.
- Yes. - Yes, we all are taking our leave.
Can you say it now?
These past days, I kept thinking who will do anything to not let Tianming stay in the palace?
After thinking about it many times, that person is actually you.
It was you who sent someone to send Tianming away.
I know that you miss Tianming too much.
You are temporarily thinking nonsense.
Am I wrong? What reason do you have to keep Tianming in the palace?
-You are not his- -Will you suspect me because of that?
You think I would do such a cruel thing?
Killing your own two little brothers in front of your own mother,
are you not cruel enough?
Yes.
Tianming is not my son.
But that does not mean I would kill him.
Acting like some lowly person, doing things covertly.
So that I can dominate this woman who will not even look at me straight.
You know about my background. Is it not that the entire world
are talking about it?
Alright.
Even if you did not take Tianming away,
but the abductor must still be in the palace.
I just do not understand. If someone hated me that much,
why didn't they just come for me?
Why did they attack a little child?
Since Tianming was born in the palace,
then what is coming is the fate he must face.
Fighting for the throne, plots, and competing for power.
Li'er.
I do not hope for your trust.
But you must know this. If there is anyone else who could protect you two in the palace,
I am afraid I am the only one.
Hey, Xiao Zhou.
After sunset a few days ago, I have not seen you again. Where have you been?
- Why are you asking these? - Could you have hidden yourself again to steal some sleep?
We do not do this often.
-If you want, I can tell you about it later. -Okay!
There are a few areas in the back garden that is quite good spots.
Also, the Southern Palace is especially quiet.
But it is better that you not go to the Southern Palace.
-Why not? -It seems like there is a ghost in the Southern Palace!
A ghost?
What ghost? Is it not the Southern Palace just an unused Cold Palace?
That is what they say!
But I feel like there is a child crying there at nighttime!
- Is it not scary? - There is such a thing?
Your Majesty, please stop.
How dare you! An insignificant guard dares to stop His Majesty without permission.
Do you not know you will be punished for violating a palace rule?
I have an important matter to report to Your Majesty.
What is it?
It is about Prince Tianming's disappearance.
Hurry. Tell me!
Your Majesty, I am an inner palace guard. My surname is Han.
I heard a fellow guard Liao Zhou said he accidentally passed by Southern Palace the other day
and heard a baby crying.
Although it is not certain, I am requesting Your Majesty to search the Southern Palace to remove doubts.
Nonsense! A guard like you dares to request His Majesty to search the Southern palace?
You are very bold.
Your Majesty, please be wise in distinguishing between right and wrong. Do not be deceived by him.
Guard Han
Based on a guard's remarks, you dare to ask me to search the Southern Palace.
If we do not find the prince in the Southern Palace, are you not afraid I will punish you?
The prince missing is not a small matter. It is my duty to guard the imperial palace.
Regardless of life or death, I will try my best.
Since there are clues, I would rather be wrong than miss an opportunity.
If my words today are nonsense,
I am willing to be punished for them!
[Southern Palace]
Be good.
Do not cry. Be good!
Tianming! Tianming!
Tianming!
I should not have...
Queen Dowager! Return the prince to Madame Li!
This...
So he is yours?
Come come come.
Mother is here, Tianming. Be good, do not cry.
Zheng'er!
You have not come to see me in a long time.
Queen Dowager. Do you know that you hid away a prince?
A prince?
Xiang Jie did not say it was a prince! She said a servant gave birth to it outside the palace!
Preposterous! There are no foreign children inside the palace.
You have lived in the palace for a long time. Would you not understand that?
Your Majesty. The Queen Dowager has lived in the Southern Palace for a long time and is unfamiliar with the prince.
She only listened to the servants. I believe she did not mean to do this.
Do not blame her, Your Majesty.
Forget it.
Since Tianming has already been located,
someone must have orchestrated this.
I will investigate clearly.
Also, you all.
Just wait to be punished!
Li'er.
Just now, it was the first time you called Tianming my son.
I am very happy.
Guard Han.
How did you get hurt?
-Eldest Senior Brother. -Junior Sister.
Eldest Senior Brother, I heard you ask the king for a leave of absence to return to your hometown,
and I felt very uneasy afterwards. You have never had family before.
What hometown do you have?
I asked for a leave of absence to leave the palace.
I intend to have a letter sent to Sir Tianguang.
Junior Sister, I want to take you out of here.
There is no time. Why don't we put Tianming down first?
You are asking me to put Tianming down and leave myself? I cannot. I will not leave.
Junior Sister! If this keeps going, even we may not escape!
Believe me. I will bring him out.
Believe me.
Li Zhong? Has His Majesty...?
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