Emperor, don't leave tonight, okay?
Emperor?
Very Well.
The emperor said that he is coming.
At this late time...
he is not coming.
Empress
Let us wait.
Empress, it's windy tonight.
Empress, you must avoid the wind, you are not well.
Why not go wait inside?
I want to be first to welcome the emperor.
Look, isn't that the Emperor coming?
It's Eunuch Li
Paying respects to Your Highness
Rise
Thank you, Empress
Empress
The Emperor is not coming tonight.
Please go and rest.
Is it because he is busy?
I will wait for him
Well...
Replying to Your Highness
The Emperor has gone to Chu Xiu Palace
Er Qing
The wind here is too strong
Help the Empress inside to rest.
Empress, your health is a concern.
Okay.
Your subject farewells Empress
This has nothing to do with me.
Following instructions but offending others
I'm so angry!
I'm really angry
What did that innocent plant do to offend you?
You. You do not talk to me
If I see a man now, then I'll get angry.
I don't seem to have caused you trouble
You haven't done anything wrong.
But the Emperor has done wrong by the Empress.
What are you saying? I don't understand
Lady Yu
and Fifth Prince
almost paid with a life
until they defeated Consort Gao.
How long ago did this happen?
And now she's at it again once more.
It's true.
She has power over the six palaces and is ambitious
The Emperor is unable to control his feelings
and almost forgot the incident with the fifth prince!
It can also be understood that way
Since you can understand it
why are you still gnashing your teeth (fuming with rage)?
You
Were you intentionally bickering with me for nothing?
Do you not know
Empress waited for the Emperor for 2 hours
waiting for news from Chu Xiu palace
You are the Empress' little brother
why aren't you crying out against injustice for your sister?
Ying Luo, in your heart
is the Emperor a lustful man?
I don't know
You were just thinking that.
But Ying Luo, I need to tell you
the Emperor is the one ruler of the country
there's a lot that he has no choice but to do
And that includes not caring about the sadness he would cause to the Empress?
in trusting the venomous unreasonable Consort Gao?
Are you blaming Consort Gao for the letter written in blood?
Of course not
If that wasn't the case, then that's good
That issue was done so hurriedly
It was excessive but someone worked at it very carefully.
The Emperor is smart and intelligent
He knew in advance that someone was blaming Consort Gao.
However, Consort Gao is excessively domineering
So he gave her a lesson
But
GaoBin has built rivers and dams,
To bring fortune to the common people for a thousand years
So the Emperor has to bear with Consort Gao
Do you understand this?
Do you understand or not?
Let's not talk about this anymore
How is the investigation you promised to help with going?
That night, no imperial guard the palace's evening banquet
That can't be.
I asked.
It was the head eunuch's turn on duty that night
I'm very certain
You didn't lie, right?
Okay, I'll believe you
Since the head eunuch couldn't find it out,
then I'll take action from the king's side as a trusted aide
Emperor, it's late. You should rest now.
Continue with the ink
Emperor
Emperor, what's wrong?
Your subject will quickly go find an Imperial Physician
Don't make a fuss about nothing. I'm fine.
Emperor
Emperor, this is also red
Sores
In the Forbidden City, these sores are rare.
Whether or not the Emperor has come in contact with someone from outside
Empress
These days the Emperor has had a lot of visitors
Possibly there was someone infectious
and they carried this disease here
Is this disease a difficult one to treat?
This disease is going to make you feel so itchy that it is hard to bear
and the worst thing is
the Emperor seems allergic to the mite
and it might lead to the measles.
If this happens
it's difficult to bear and scratching could easily harm the whole body
It could trigger a disturbance that can't be fixed
How do we treat this?
He has to cover his whole body with the sulphur
and get some medicine to get rid of the internal heat
And
the Emperor needs to put aside everything and have quiet rest in the day time.
This type of illness is highly contagious
Empress, you can't stay in the room for too long
I want to stay and look after the Emperor.
Empress,
That's not a good idea considering your own health
How can you stay - what if?
My intention is firm. Say no more.
Empress,
Whether or not I report this matter to the Emperor's mother
She is at Chang Yang Garden praying to Buddha
Don't tell her now
to avoid her worrying.
Ok
Do you have any methods
to ease the Emperor's suffering?
um...
Ying Luo
Today you were with the Empress
moving to Yang Xin Hall
Ming Yu
The Empress has already given instructions
for me to stay at Chang Chun Palace
You can go back and pack the luggage to go to Yang Xin Hall
How could you let Yingluo do your work for you?
If we can't get any clues from the eunuchs in Qianqing Palace,
we should try the workers who are close to the emperor
okay
Ying Luo,
Scabies is highly infectious
if you get infected
you won't be able to resist scratching yourself
and leave scars
If the empress and Mingyu can go, then I can too
Er Qing,
I will go pack up now
Ying Luo...
Ying Luo!
are you happynow?
she wanted to do it herself
I didn't force her
Ming Yu,
You always say that the empress hasn't cared for you
and left your alone,
but have you thought of the things you did?
when empress wasn't in the forbidden city
you pushed consort yu and 5th prince aside
Today madam needed you
She wanted you to serve in Yangxin Palace
and yet you hesitate and back down
The empress is wise and intelligent
You think she can't see what you're doing?
Regardless of the empress
even for Changchun Palace's people,
who will be able to trust you anymore?
I ...
You...
You've pushed the trust Empress gave you
Each time, on your own.
how could anyone count on you now?
Welcoming empress
Rise
Liyu
Empress,
The three consorts here want to see the emperor
I was very worried for the emperor and came early
But this eunuch Liyu
refuses to let me in
emperor has gotten scabies
and it is very infectious
so he told us
to cancel all activities at night with consorts
please head back now
My lady,
you ...
I want to move to Yangxin Palace
My lady...
Scabies are infectious,
why would you do it
If you really want to take care of the emperor
I can go for you
SIster Chun (Consort Chun)is right
Taking care of the emperor is all of our duty
How could we let empress do it
and rest ourselves?
Both of you guys are right,
If this gets out
other people may suspect
that we are being lazy
not fullfilling our duties
I am moving to YangXin Palace because
I have gotten scabies before
and know how to take care of the emperor
and you don't need to worry
and no one will blame you guys
Oh, I didn't know empress has gotten scabies before
I won't be worried anymore
sure
if this is the case
emperial consort doesn't need to worry anymore
that the empress will be the only beauty taking care of the emperor
and can rest in peace now
Consort Chun
I know you are worried
and said unintentional things
but i am forgiving
and won't keep remembering this
My Empress, I will leave first then.
Guifei has been restrained for half a month,
She improved a lot.
My Empress, you don't have much chances of getting infected,
But you have to be careful. Take care of yourself.
If you are overwhelmed,
Don't hesitate to call for us to relieve you.
The Empress already made her mind.
So there's no need to insist.
Go home and rest.
So that's why the rumors say all this.
From what I've seen,
I can feel that you and the Empress are very close too
Even you mock me.
Okay
Before using the meds,
Use the Alum tea to cleanse his body.
Yes
Leave.
I told you to get out. Now.
Manager Li,
You should do it.
Me?
Too clumsy. Ask someone else to do it.
Understood
Emperor,
Half of Yangxing Palace's servants has been sent back.
The rest is mostly eunuchs.
The Empress was worried that they'd be too clumsy.
That they'd hurt you. So she sent me.
If Your Majesty switches people
They won't be better than Manager Li
And you're not as clumsy as an idiot?
I was once an embroidery maid of Chuxiu Palace
I worked with high-valued silks and satins
To prevent mistakes on the embroideries
I nurture and protect my fingers everyday
If Your Majesty doesn't want Manager Li
And doesn't want me
Then the Empress will be the one to help you
Ying Luo,
Is something wrong?
My lady,
It's nothing.
Alright.
You continue.
Yes
What are you doing?
Emperor,
Doctor Zhang's orders
The Emperor's clothes, bed sheets
All have to soak in medicinal water.
I'm going to do it.
Don't scratch.
Don't rub. You can't rub.
Empress Dowager once said
When the Emperor falls sick, he acts like a child.
Today I've finally seen it with my own eyes
Emperor,
If you really despise Yingluo
Next time I'll help you with the medicinal cream
No need
I really don't understand
A thoughtful, competent person like Yingluo,
Why do you despise her this much?
It's all my fault!
The sun's already out
Please have some rest.
Your Majesty's body is boiling hot
It's itching badly.
I'll stay with him a little bit longer.
Desheng, hurry up
Why are you so slow?
Oh miss Yingluo. These days you've had it hard.
I've only worked as the Empress' assistant
As for Manager Li
These couple of days you've ran back and forth. That was harder.
Miss Yingluo. I'm guessing you have something to ask?
Can't hide anything from you, Manager Li
I truly have something to ask
Desheng
This fire isn't lively enough. The charcoal must be bad.
Have it changed, quick
Understood
Manager Li
Tenth day of the year, there was an Imperial Banquet at Qianqing Palace
You were there that day right?
Of course
I found a jade pendant
A very expensive and precious one
Momo guessed that
It must be one of the guest who lost it
That's why I'm asking Manager Li
But even if it's one of them,
That night they couldn't leave Qianqing Palace
How would they be wandering at the Inner Court?
That's what I thought too
But Manager Li
What if
One of the Imperial man,
drank too much
became lost
and entered the Inner Court (Harem) by accident
then lost the precious jade pendant
Then he didn't dare return to retrieve it
That's possible, right?
Yes
But that day nobody left the banquet
Really?
Of course
They had to propose toasts one by one to the Emperor. Who would dare leave first?
Oh I see
Miss Yingluo
Do you have the Jade pendant?
Can I check it out?
Left it at Changchun Palace.
There was an inscription on the Jade pendant
What kind?
Like this
Fucha
Miss Yingluo
If it doesn't belong to the Empress,
Then it must be Fucha Fuheng's jade pendant
I went all this way. This is a little bit embarrassing
Okay. Thank you Manager Li
Once I return to ChangChun Palace I'll return it to its owner
Hey Desheng
So it's not from one of the Imperial clan
Damn it
Who could it be?
Water
Leave, I'll do it.
So hot. How do you drink this.
Emperor,
This tea has been tested...
And you argue back?
I deserve thousands of death
Your Majesty forgive me
What about Wei Yingluo? Where'd she go?
Your Majesty
Miss Yingluo was here a moment ago
But now, I don't know.
Scramble
Everyone get out!
Your Majesty please don't be angry x3
Miss Yingluo
The Emperor couldn't find you. Got furious.
Quick, get in there.
Does Your Majesty have any orders for me?
Where's the Empress?
The Empress stayed by your side the whole night
I just managed to get her to rest
Then where were you?!
Emperor,
There's a lot of servants in this room
It itches horribly
You'd just let those clumsy and awkward people
help me? That it?
Your Majesty don't get angry
I have an idea
Doctor Zhang said
If you use the med too much, your skin will feel dry
So I've picked fresh new aloe leaves
Emperor,
Crushing the aloe into juice then spreading it,
It won't cure you
But Your Majesty will feel better
So that's how you curried favor with the Empress
Made her this fond of you
The Empress genuinely treats me well
So I treat her the same way
Well I'm fierce and tyrannical towards you
You must hate me with passion right?
Of course duh.
I would never dare
Emperor,
I have something to say
I don't know if it's appropriate though
I hate when people say this
If I say it's inappropriate you won't it say right?
Emperor,
The Empress stayed by your bed all night, cooling you with a fan
I urged her to get some rest
But she'd refuse
This morning
She couldn't move her wrist anymore
I know that,
In the Forbidden City
There's a thousands of charming women
But there's also only the Empress
who knew the risks of infection,
but still stayed by Your Majesty's side to help
Er Qing told me
Actually Madam never had this skin disease before
But to stay by your side
She lied
This kind of selflessness and love
We can never see this in this world again
Said enough?
Get out
Since when is a mere servant allowed to interfere with my affairs?
Get out.
Madam
Madam should serve the Emperor his tea
Huh?
If you're trembling. Tremble for him to see.
This way,
The Emperor will understand how much efforts you spent for him
or he'll always take this for granted, thinking it's easy to help a sick person
Being good to someone
Do you really need to have him know about it?
Of course.
I give once,
he has to give back twice in return.
I give twice, he needs to give back twice more.
It's only fair
If you only give in secret
nobody will be there to appreciate your efforts
Ying Luo,
The Forbidden City is immense
He has countless women
But only I,
am his wife.
What the others aren't willing to do
I'll do it myself.
Everything I do for him
is not for him to appreciate or return
My only hope
is for the Emperor to be safe and sound
Dr Ye
Why are you here?
Miss Yingluo
Fifth Prince's jaundice has receded?
Of course!
Follow Dr Ye's instructions, bathe him under the sunlight often,
and now he's all healthy white and cute
That's good, very good.
Dr Ye
Today you're here to treat the Emperor right?
Yes
The emperor's boils
should've been gone in under a month
But it's still here after all this time
I've checked his medical record
I've got a new idea
Dr Ye, what's your idea?
The Emperor's sickness,
May not necessarily come from someone else
But it's...
Miss Yingluo, come here
Wei Yingluo. You get your butt in here, now!
Go
Your Majesty don't scratch. You can't scratch.
Your Majesty, please don't!
If you scratch, you'll remove the newly formed crusts!
Emperor!
It itches
Yingluo quick / My whole body itches
Rub the ointment to help him against the itching
Don't scratch!
My lady,
This ointment treats the symptoms, not the cause.
Dr Zhang said the Emperor should calmly recuperate
He can't be impatient, short-tempered.
Let him try it then!
My lady!
My lady
Your Majesty vents his anger on the innocents in such way,
Is that how a good Emperor should act?
What did you say?
All the Concubines and ladies of the Palace
When they heard the Emperor got sick,
Their words seemed all sincere and genuine
But it's as if their feet became steam boats
They're all as fast as the other
Only the Empress
Takes care of you day and night without pause.
But the king can't tell right from wrong
making other people suffer
isn't that too selfish?!
Empress
This is your good servant!
Ying Luo, are you crazy?
You dare talk to the Emperor like this?
Get out
I didn't say anything wrong!
With Consort Gao and her parents
The Emperor is like a water streaming into Chu Xiu palace
Then what about us in Zhang Chun palace?
We didn't see anything
Why is this?
Shut up!
Say it!
I want to hear her say it!
Everyone says,
The Emperor suddenly let Gao Guifei go
It was to
please and fawn over the high-ranked governors
So you know this much huh
The country's affairs. You know all about those huh?
Wei Ying Luo!
The Emperor wants to hear more,
so of course I dare say this.
My Empress,
Manager Li.
For a minister,
Your Majesty will do everything to please a concubine.
A dignified, awe-inspiring monarch,
could go as low as to lick a girl's boots?
Then compared to the girls of brothels, who fawns over a man.
What's the difference?
If the Forbidden City became a brothel
Then the Emperor must be the hottest girl!
The Emperor recently appeased Chuxiu Palace
Now who's next?
Yonghe Palace?
Chengqian Palace?
Embroidery workshop?
Embroidery workshop? / Your Majesty, Your Majesty Your-
Get back!
Your Majesty can only please women!
Get back!
Emperor
You can't even appreciate my lady's sentiments towards you!
Have mercy!
If the Emperor's this angry,
This proves everything I said was right!
Your Majesty wants to sell himself, fine.
But why do you have to get angry at those trying to help?
They say it's for the people, the country.
Actually, it's to achieve your goals by avoiding trouble!
Such a dignified, awe-inspiring monarch
is actually the hottest girl of the country!
Emperor!
Your humble servant greets Your Majesty
Congratulations, Your Majesty
Emperor,
You will now get better
Emperor
I've said rude arrogant things
But I did it to help treat your illness
Please Your Majesty, my lady, forgive my offence
Ying Luo
What's the meaning of this?
Explain, quick!
My Empress,
I went through the Emperor's medical record
I noticed he wasn't getting better
because he works too hard and is stressed
and a blood clot hasn't been released
That's why I asked Miss Yingluo to help get him furious on purpose
To get rid of that blood
Only this way
Your body will then recover fully
So now
The Emperor will soon get better?
Of course
This is fantastic, Your Majesty
Your Majesty, it's okay, it's okay.
Your Highness,
The Emperor just threw up blood
His body's weakened.
Should quickly have him rest and recover...
Yes yes
Your Majesty, let's get some rest
Don't be angry, Your Majesty
Please have mercy
Yingluo did this to help you
She didn't purposely offend you
Emperor
Emperor!
Your servant knows
His Majesty gets angry just by looking at me
I don't dare stay here. I'll leave right now
Emperor,
please recover well...
Stop right there
I-I feel dizzy
Ying Luo!
Quick, send her away
Dr Ye
Have a look at her later
Yes
Your Majesty please have mercy
His Majesty please be careful
Your health's most important
Wait wait wait
Yingluo got killed by the Emperor?
No. Fainted
Knew it. His Majesty has a thunder-like rage when he's furious
Of course she'd faint
Your Majesty how are you?
Emperor,
How are you feeling?
Emperor
Where's she?
Where's that hateful maid?
Emperor...
You're talking about Yingluo?
Bring me that hateful maid
I want to peel her skin with my own hands
Emperor,
She did this to help you heal
Look at you now
You regained colors
You can say that's her doing
You believe her?
What has she done to all of you?
You all believe her?
If she didn't have these thoughts before
could she have said all this that easily?
She saw an opportunity to rant
She took it!
What are you laughing at?
Emperor,
Even if you find her to punish her,
I'm afraid you can't anymore
Why
As soon as she went back she had a high fever
Red dots appeared all over her body
Dr Ye said
It's because she got infected while taking care of you
Now she's all sick
Really?
Yes it's true
Your Majesty. Yingluo may have a hundred faults
but she devoted herself to taking care of you, even got infected
Just by looking at this
You shouldn't judge her because of what she said
Or else, in the future
Who would dare serve you like this?
Fine
I won't blame her
Won't blame her.
Then I'll send for someone to
send her back to recover
Wait
Go go go
Miss Yingluo what are you doing?
The sick maids should move out of the Palace right?
I'm packing my stuff
I don't want to trouble anyone
No need
You got sick for the Emperor
Today, the best doctors are here
His Majesty ordered
You stay here
and have Dr Ye help you
Have me stay here to recover?
You misheard right?
Who would dare mishear his orders?
Yingluo
This is the meds prepared by Dr Ye
Drink it quick
What's this thing?
Rhizome
Dr Ye
didn't give rhizome to the Emperor
Of course he didn't have some
But the meds Dr Ye gave you?
There is
Why?
Rhizome relieves internal heat
and detoxifies your body