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The King's Woman
Episode 31
Liangren This is a grave crime of lying to the king.
One will get executed for this!
I really dare not do this. Liangren, I am begging to let me off this time.
Of course I know this is a crime of lying to the king.
I also know this crime is punishable by death.
But Royal Physician Lu, do not forget.
You and I are accomplices to this crime.
It was you who previously detected I was pregnant.
If I let other royal physicians discover I was never pregnant,
you still will not be able to deny your involvement in this.
You will still be executed.
So there is only one way now
You don't talk. I don't talk. Absolute secrecy.
This matter will pass over time.
Maybe I will really be pregnant with an imperial son someday.
His Majesty will even be so happy by then.
What do you say?
I really do not dare.
Liangren , I am begging you to let me off.
Let me off.
Alright. Since you say it like that, it seems there really is no other way.
- Shang Yi - Yes
You and I go confess to His Majesty now.
Then the matter of Royal Physician Lu accepting our gold,
should we not also confess to His Majesty?
Of course. Royal Physician Lu accepted so much gold from us.
We must confess all of it to His Majesty.
Also, do not forget the miscarriage matter of Jing liangren.
Yes
Royal Physician Lu, quickly go back now
and prepare for your death.
But liangren, all the relatives will be executed for this crime.
Right. If you did not say it, I would have forgotten it.
All the relatives will be executed for this crime.
It is already not important if you go back and prepare for your funeral and burial anymore.
Liangren , I was wrong. I was wrong.
Forgive me!
I will do according to your instructions.
Alright. It is good you know.
Shang Yi
Tell His Majesty now that I had a miscarriage.
Yes
Queen Dowager is...
Queen Dowager does not have a good appetite recently. She often eats only one meal per day.
Sometimes she is clear-headed. Sometimes she is crazy.
Lately, she holds the pillow and talks to herself.
- Pillow? - Yes
Queen Dowager sees the pillow as her two dead children.
She holds it and talks to them.
She would even be raucous and insist that I look for a nursing maid to feed her child some milk,.
Be good.
- You are dismissed. - Yes
Be good
Queen Dowager. His Majesty came to see you.
His Majesty, His Majesty will kill my child.
- I am afraid. - Queen Dowager. Queen Dowager, do not be afraid.
Look carefully. It is Zheng'er.
Zheng'er?
Then who are you?
I am Li'er. I am the Madame of Zheng'er.
Li'er?
It is Li'er who brings red dates for me to eat.
I like you the most.
I remember. I remember.
Li'er. There is Min Dai. Min Dai is also the Madame of Zheng'er.
Right
Min Dai. Min Dai and I are from Zhao State.
But I do not like Min Dai. I like you.
Have you given birth to a child for Zheng'er?
She gave birth to a prince, Tianming. You have met him already.
Really?
Then he must be good-looking.
Is he good-looking like our Chang'er?
Be good
You must bear some more children. As long as they are you yours, I surely will love them more.
Alright. I understand.
Give birth to a few more. We will not be lonely anymore.
Be good. Be good.
Was Queen Dowager like this these past days?
Sometimes she would be very conscious and you could even chat with her.
Respectfully greeting Your Majesty and Madame Li. I have an important matter to report.
Say it.
This morning, Chu liangren slipped and fell outside her room.
When she went back inside her room, she felt extreme pain in her abdomen. Earlier, a royal physician had already check on her.
He said that the child cannot be saved anymore.
Royal physician, how is liangren doing?
Replying to Your Majesty, although liangren had a miscarriage, it did not really affect her health.
Once I go back and prescribe some medicinal concoctions
and let liangren nurse her health, since liangren is still young,
I think that she will get pregnant again very soon.
Thank you, royal physician. Leave first.
Yes. I will take my leave.
Your Majesty, it was me who did not take care of my health well
causing the miscarriage of a royal descendant.
It is all my fault. May Your Majesty punish me.
Forget it already. It is also not your wish that you have a miscarriage.
If I punish you now, what use will it be?
Your Majesty, I suggest that we should change the fengshui here in the inner palace.
First, it was Jing liangren who had a miscarriage.
And now, both Han zhangshi and Chu liangren also lost their babies.
Maybe there is some evil spirit here in the inner palace
that especially target the royal concubines of Your Majesty.
Zhao Gao!
In a few days, it is already the spring hunt.
Liangren should just rest well. Stop overthinking.
Yes.
Your Majesty, take care.
Respectfully sending off Your Majesty!
Your Majesty has left.
This big act has finally come to an end.
Say, that Han zhangshi too...
Her pregnancy was doing great while here in the palace so why must she go out?
Liangren, do you not find Madame Li more suspicious than Madame Min?
What do you mean?
I heard that after you scolded Han zhangshi last time
and she got taken away by Madame Li, the two of them have been seeing each other in private since then.
Han zhangshi was pregnant with the child of Lord Han Fei
and she even asked Madame Li to beg for mercy from His Majesty in her behalf.
What is there to be surprised about that?
That Madame Li has always been nosy.
But Madame Li initially was saying things with certainty in front of His Majesty.
Saying in details how liangren framed Han Fei causing you to be demoted.
But once you were already not a threat to her,
she then started to pretend to be good to us and told us to be careful of Madame Min.
But she clearly is like real sisters with Madame Min.
Is that not conflicting?
And also earlier, when I went to the Southern Palace to inform His Majesty,
I happen to see Madame Li being close with Queen Dowager.
I heard that since Madame Li entered the palace, she liked to go to the Southern Palace.
And she even liked to give the red dates from Madame Min to Queen Dowager to curry her favor.
Then whose side do you think is she really siding?
That Consort Li is really so evil.
Inside her bone and brains, it is all full of schemes.
Liangren, you also know that Queen Dowager Zhao and Grand Queen Dowager have always been in conflict.
She naturally does not like people from Chu.
I am just worried that Madame Li is getting favored very much right now
and she has collaborated with the powers of the Queen Dowager and Madame Min to oppress us.
Then would not liangren lose your status here in the palace more and more?
That surely is the truth.
It must be that Consort Li who instigated Mindai to create trouble.
She instructed Mindai to do those things
and then frame everything to me.
I ended up in this state today
all thanks to that Consort Li.
Once I make comeback,
I will surely pay her back double.
Li'er
I feel a bit uneasy.
My loved ones are becoming farther and farther away from me.
Mother Queen looked haggard today.
My child accidentally died from a miscarriage.
Chengjiao and Yan Dan have also turned against me.
There is only you by my side.
Today, I thought of the words Yan Dan told me.
Yan Dan said I have a suspicious nature.
I suspected Fan Wuqi and him.
Towards Chengjiao,
I was also suspicious.
Chengjiao whom you mentioned, is it Lord of Chang'an whom I saw at Luoyang?
I remembered at that time, the comradeship between you and Lord of Chang'an were sincere.
After I entered the palace, I heard someone said
Lord of Chang'an was exiled to a foreign state because he betrayed Qin.
I was suspicious of this matter.
He did not forsake me.
It was me who forsook him.
Chengjiao has a gentle nature since childhood.
Although we do not have the same imperial mother,
and there was the turmoil brought about by the competition for the heir to the throne,
But he respected me all along
and regarded me as his most beloved older brother.
But I
was deceived by a crafty scoundrel.
I believed he deliberately rebelled against me.
During his most difficult time, I couldn't protect him.
My mother was too kind and innocent. Lü Buwei said slanderous things to my mother,
causing her to believe that if father favors me
and doesn't make you the crown prince,
it will place father in a difficult spot and be ridiculed by his subordinates and citizens.
Brother, you also said that father clearly favored me, <.i>
but he passed the throne to you. So you feel uneasy.
Since the beginning of time, it is normal for the royal family to fight against each other.
Brother, you have treated me well these years.
Are you possibly afraid I would rebel?
- No - Then hand the throne of Great Qin over to me!
Actually, Chengjiao never wanted my throne.
He was too kind and young.
Faced with the brutal truths,
he did not know what to do those years.
How he treated me
And I
How did I treat him?
From now on, Lord of Chang'an, Chengjiao, will have nothing to do with Great Qin!
Our ties are cut. In death or life, we will not see him again.
♫ How could I be satisfied with being unable to see through this? ♫
It is me who disappointed Chengjiao.
My king brother
♫ What to do? Even if I turn around, I am destined to be alone, ♫
It is me who forsook you.
♫ but I do not demand forgiveness. ♫
♫ I look across the mountains and rivers. My yearnings for you are true. ♫
♫ Over years and months, my pain remains deep. ♫
♫ While I try to mask my laughter, the flowers fall like tears. ♫
Have you recovered completely from the injury several days ago?
Thank you for Your Majesty's concerns. It is not a problem.
What is wrong today?
You still haven't exerted your skill. I've been waiting for you to make a move for a very long time.
Your Majesty, I earnestly request Your Majesty's approval about a matter.
Alright. If saying it
will make you concentrate on playing chess with me, I am willing to listen.
I request to leave the palace for a month to take care of an important matter.
Once I am done, I will surely return as scheduled.
What is it?
It is a matter that Madame Li asked me to do.
If it is Madame Li's matter,
why did she not personally tell me?
I will not hide from Your Majesty. I have also asked Madame Li the same thing.
This is a matter that requires me to go out of the Palace to investigate.
If it would be her that will tell you, it will look as if a royal concubine like her is going beyond her duties.
No matter how you say it, I am Your Majesty's guard.
Not to mention Your Majesty's trust in me
is not really only because it has to do with Madame Li.
- Right? - It is a matter I cannot know about?
I can only say it will not harm Qin or Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, please do not worry.
If so, why can you not tell me?
Madame thought if Your Majesty know first, the result might not be good.
Instead, Your Majesty will worry.
This is Madame Li being considerate towards Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please understand.
You're saying this on Madame Li's behalf.
Saying she is being considerate towards me,
as an eldest senior, you are protecting your junior sister in all respects.
In protecting your junior sister, you are willing to not marry forever.
Are you satisfied just staying by her side?
Yes
As long as I see her safe and happy, I am satisfied.
Alright. It's as good as your word.
Your Majesty, please do not worry. I will do what I said.
[Manor of Crown Prince Jia in Handan, Zhao State]
Now that we have General Li Mu,
our Zhao need not worry about the Qin army attacking again.
But this is not a good long term plan.
The Zhao state is slowly becoming weaker. If we still do not do political reforms to strengthen our state,
we would be able to preserve only Handan.
Ying Zheng most like will not just give up.
The more he lose, the more he will want to win.
Prince, since we currently have Madame Min being our insider in Qin
and you have me giving you strategy,
as long as we are able to block off the attacks of Qin,
it is already not long that we would be able to drive that muddle king Zhao Qian out of the throne.
Your Majesty, General Meng Wu is requesting an audience.
Let him in.
Calling for Meng Wu to come inside.
Thank you for Your Majesty for allowing an audience.
Say it. What matter do you want to discuss with me?
Your Majesty, I have gotten a book about military strategy. I found it written very well.
It really made me terrified and I want to offer it to Your Majesty.
Hope Your Majesty can read it.
Who wrote it?
I...think that Your Majesty can first read the book before asking who wrote it.
If you do not like the book, just punish me.
Since it is a military book suggested by you, hand it over.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Ordinary citizen Wei Liao respectfully greets Your Majesty.
How dare you! You are just an ordinary citizen
so why are you not bowing when you are seeing His Majesty?!
Your Majesty, has lived in the wild mountains for a very long time.
He is not familiar with the palace etiquette. Hope Your Majesty will not mind it.
Elder Wei, I already read the military book you wrote but I have one thing that I do not understand.
[Wei Liao from Wei State] You are from the Wei State.
Why did you not offer your strategy to the king of Wei
and instead traveled far to my Qin to ask for fame and position?
You...sly citizen is being so arrogant.
You dare to be so unruly while at the court! Are you laughing insultingly at His Majesty?!
I am not laughing and insulting Your Majesty.
What I am laughing about are those people in the past that offered you strategy.
They surely all came to ask for fame and position,
hence, Your Majesty said such words.
If you are not here to ask for fame and position, why then are you here?
I just ask for world peace and no more wars.
I have been studying military tactics since I was young and traveled to different states to share my knowledge.
I thought then that strengthening a state and their army is enough to prolong a government.
But in the past years, my sons and brothers
successively died due to the war.
Right now, my family is ruined
and only I was left.
What else is the use of asking for fame and position?
Ending the hardships of the people, letting the citizens live peacefully,
there is only one way. That is to unite the world.
Then what is your noble purpose in coming to my Qin now?
I chose Qin.
In the current world, only Qin can unite it.
But I chose Qin not only due to Your Majesty.
- Hope Your Majesty will not feel too full of yourself. - You old man--
Continue!
I have numerously entered Qin to secretly observe.
The laws of Qin are very strict and the government officials are loyal and works with moral integrity.
The citizens live in simple and honest lives.
Just observing those below, you can already know what kind of a ruler is above.
The past kings of Qin have made great efforts build a strong state.
For the aim of uniting the world, they established a very sturdy foundation.
This is the reason why after traveling the different states,
I have decided to offer my military strategy here.
Elder Wei indeed was able to recognize the whole by just observing the parts.
I am guessing that you traveled far this time prepared.
Your Majesty, do you know about the 'driving a wedge' scheme?
Of course, I know.
'Driving a wedge' scheme is a scheme used by vile people.
If we want to unite the world, we should achieve victory in the battlefield.
Forgive me for being direct. If we successively lose and the wealth of the citizens are already being harmed
but still we are not able to unite the world, what then is the use of insisting on a gentleman kind of battle?
I think that the main problem of Qin currently is the different states being independent.
The different states are being amicable so they are close with each other.
If they unite, they would be able to attack. Your Majesty should heavily bribe the high ministers of the different states
and let them separately make disturbances. Not spending more than 300,000 gold,
you would already be able to destroy the different states.
I think that as long as the 'driving the wedge' scheme is appropriate,
even the Zhao state that is giving His Majesty a headache,
will surely crumble too.
By that time, the plan to unite the world will already be imminent.
So satisfying!
In the present world, no one would dare to directly say what they really feel to me like Elder Wei.
You traveling far to offer me such a strategy is the great fortune of my Qin.
Although you do not as for any fame or position, I still cannot treat you with just mere courtesy.
From now on, Lord Wei Lao will eat and be clothed similarly as me.
I will go ask advice from you anytime.
I am conferring you the title 'Guowei'.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Sister, I heard that someone offered a strategy to His Majesty recently
suggesting that Qin spend a lot of money in dividing the different states.
Do not know if sister have heard of this rumor?
There is actually such a thing?
There are a lot of strategist coming to Qin lately, offering their strategies to Qin.
But His Majesty might not really accept them all.
It is just that the target of the plot to divide the different state this time is Zhao.
Sister should know
that since Qin got defeated by Zhao, His Majesty has been looking for a way to defeat Zhao.
Other than the strategies given by Lord Han Fei when he was still alive,
the resoluteness of His Majesty to conquer Zhao actually has some personal reason to it.
After all, His Majesty did suffer a lot when he was little while he was still in Handan.
Sister also most likely know about it.
I am a person from a presently non-existing state. In the fight between the six states,
although I am also worried about the suffering of the citizens,
I am still an outsider. But Sister, you are different.
Although you do not interfere with politics,
the one being attacked now is still your mother state after all.
If Sister really wants to do something for Zhao,
why not go to His Majesty and earnestly discuss it with him?
The grand ambition of His Majesty will never just stop just because
someone advised him so.
But Sister also said before
that His Majesty is not a muddle king that does not listen to advices.
Although uniting the world is an ambition of his that cannot be broken,
Qin currently also does not have the upper hand.
War might not be the only method.
If Sister will mediate,
there might still be space to improve the relationship between Qin and Zhao.
Why does little sister thinks that I can mediate?
I already told you many times that I never get involve in stately matters.
What do these words of little sister mean?
Sister, I think that you clearly know
that I never had any intentions of harming you.
We cared and supported each other in this palace for these past years.
If Sister really has some problems, you could tell me about it.
I will not tell anyone.
I do not really have any problems.
Why does little sister say so?
Oh, right, little sister said last time that you are going to investigate the death of Han zhangshi.
I want to know how your investigation has been going recently?
That's right.
I already know who killed Han zhangshi.
Who?
Respectfully greeting Your Majesty.
Greetings Your Majesty.
What are you two talking about?
Nothing really.
Come.
Can I ask you what is it that you really asked Han Shen to do that you had him leave the palace?
Your Majesty, do not worry.
Eldest Senior will surely not do anything to harm Qin.
You and your Eldest Senior really has such tacit understanding.
What matter is it really that you are being this mysterious?
I want you to be at ease. Of course, I do not want you to be hurt.
Just believe me this time.
Okay, I believe you.
If I suffer any loss from this,
I will get it back from you in some other way.
Junior Brother.
Senior Brother?
Why are you here?
Just to protect His Highness Crown Prince and guard against the assassins,
I then suggested that I sleep in the wider room and His Highness Crown Prince sleep in the side room.
It is indeed a smart arrangement. Even I got fooled.
I am not here to assassinate Your Highness Crown Prince.
I only wanted to look if the person on the bed was you.
Guard Han, why did you come here to Handan?
Say it! Were you sent by the king of Qin?!
Young Warrior Jing, you should not have been lenient with him earlier.
Now that we let him see His Highness Crown Prince, I fear that His Highness Crown Prince will be in danger.
General Fan, the escape of His Highness Crown Prince from Qin was actually all planned by Lady Gongsun.
It was because Young Warrior Han and Young Warrior Jing work in collusion
that we were able to successfully rescue His Highness Crown Prince.
That is why may you not suspect his sincerity.
Lady Gongsun is Madame Li.
- She is also the junior sister of Young Warrior Jing. - Really?
Guard Han,
even if you are the eldest senior of Young Warrior Jing, you are still a Zhong Guard of Xianyang,
serving closely by the side of the king of Qin. You would not leave the palace for no reasons at all.
What really is your reason for coming here?!
The king of Qin indeed knows that I left the palace but he does not know my purpose.
Today, Lord Tian Guang is also here. I will then just treat everyone as my friends and tell you the truth.
General Fan, please do not overly mind my status.
Although Young Warrior Han is a guard in the Qin palace,
he really did exert his all in saving His Highness Crown Prince this time.
He really is a person with affection and righteousness.
He surely will not betray his friends.
Since he already explained that he is not here for the king of Qin,
may General Fan just trust him on that.
I also am willing to believe the character of Guard Han.
Lord Tian Guang, I want to talk with you in private.
Okay.
Minister, I usually do not say courteous words.
Since minister is willing to see me,
let us then just be frank.
So Zhongchang Attendant has always been working under Madame.
It is indeed as I expected.
The real person that Zhongchang Attendant is serving is not really me.
It is just attendant and I are both from Zhao
and both staying here in the Qin palace. We are just helping each other.
I really do not understand what is there to talk about between us?
If my guess is right, the death of Han Fei is devised by you, right?
And then framing it on me afterwards. This scheme of yours is really wise.
For my Zhao, Han Fei is an enemy.
Of course, he must be eliminated.
Since that is the case, why must you still borrow the hands of other people?
If someone is to be blamed for that, then it is because your
luck is bad.
Regarding the matter with Han Fei, if not because Madame Li insisted in getting to the bottom of it,
and then working together with Lord Changping, they brought the matter to the attention of His Majesty,
you two probably could have withdrawn from this matter unharmed.
Chu liangren wanted to poison Lord Changping.
Using the prime minister position in exchange for the death of Madame Li.
Too bad, your thorough plan got hindered.
But if you want to hate someone, it should not be me
but instead Madame Li.
Minister, think about it, if Lord Han Fei is still alive,
given how much His Majesty favored him,
the prime minister position most likely has become his already.
But Han Fei is already dead but I still did not get the favor of His Majesty.
If Madame Li last time died outside the palace,
then how could the death of Han Fei be blamed on you two?
The position of Tingwei Official in the heart of His Majesty
would also not suffer such a precipitous fall.
Madame Min,
what do these words of yours mean?
What I mean is...
Madame Li has hindered the paths of so many people.
If minister wants to regain the trust of His Majesty,
there is actually a way.
I can also help you.
But...
Minister, you must first stand on our side first.
Qing'er, did you see my dagger?
Dagger? Is it not that Madame always carry it by your side?
Before I slept last night, I placed it by the side of my bed. But do not know why, it has gone missing when I woke up this morning.
Maybe you dropped it when you were changing clothes this morning.
Gongsun Li, you are meddling to much.
I then can only eliminate the grass and its roots.
Help!
Your Majesty, the abduction of Madame Li is just one part of the plan of Crown Prince Dan to escape Qin.
Little sister, it is fine if you do not admit that the words I said were true. What is important is
if His Majesty will still trust you or not.
Immediately lock Madame Li in the Yongxiang Prison and wait for her punishment!
Lock all the members of the household of Crown Prince Dan too.
Yes.
How is the interrogation going?
Informing Your Majesty, the criminal is mean and tenacious.
She still will not admit that the reason she helped Crown Prince Dan of Yan to escape has something to do with the royal family of Yan.
Continue interrogating.
Yes.
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♫ Although we are poles apart with the whole galaxy between us, ♫
♫ I wait a thousand years just for this once. ♫
♫ Across numerous mountains and streams, I gaze at your beauty, ♫
♫ with the stars and moon as our intermediator. ♫
♫ The distant sky and sea converge. ♫
♫ The dark night falls. ♫
♫ My love is locked outside this city’s gates. ♫
♫ I painfully await my lover’s return. ♫
♫ I waited until time and space have shattered, mountains and rivers have turned to ash, ♫
♫ and my face has withered. ♫
♫ I leave love behind, and continue to reincarnate into this world. ♫
♫ I fully understand the innumerable twists and turns of joy and sadness. ♫
♫ I will follow you through life and death. ♫
♫ We will travel across the vast heavens and earth. I will freely fly with you. ♫
♫ Yearning for you is better than lonely seclusion. ♫
♫ You are my only weakness. ♫
♫ I gaze with eager expectation. My tears fall like meteors. ♫
♫ I use a mirror to fix the makeup on my eyebrows. ♫
♫ If I can peacefully rest in your heart, I will not fear rain nor wind. ♫
♫ The troubles of the secular world will become as still as water. ♫
♫ Even if my body shatters, or if my soul becomes ashes, ♫
♫ I will never regret true love. ♫
♫ I have known the love of the evening mist and morning clouds, but I only want your embrace. ♫
♫ I fully understand the innumerable twists and turns of joy and sadness. ♫
♫ I will follow you through life and death. ♫
♫ We will travel across the vast heavens and earth, and freely fly with you. ♫