Did anyone else hear that sound?
Sound?
Empress dowager - be careful!
Empress
What are you panicking for?
Go get the imperial guards
Everyone else, protect the Empress Dowager!
Whoever runs amok would be dealt by imperial law
My hand
Somebody help! Somebody come!
The Empress has fallen from the pavilion!
Your Highness
Help! Come help the empress!
Your Highness
Quickly come and help the Empress
Hurry
Your highness! Wake up your highness!
Your majesty
You've been sitting here all night
Why don't you go back and rest
Your majesty
Your health is important
I will stay here and look after her
If there's any news
I'll report it right away to Yangxin Palace
Your majesty
Why don't I get some snacks
Sent here to Changchun Palace
It's okay
Stop crying here
Leave right away
No
I'm not going anywhere
I want to look after the empress
If it weren't for your negligence
Would her highness end up like this
If you stay here crying,
If the Emperor hears you You might get lashed
Leave right away
Did you hear me
Go
Is there any news from Changchun palace?
Your Highness, it's late you should rest
If there's any news I will let you know
It's your fault for holding me back
Otherwise I'd be at Changchun Palace waiting for news
I wouldn't be here full of worry
Fuheng
Mingyu
How's my sister
Her Highness is in a coma
The Imperial doctors say that the baby's at risk
For the rest, they can't tell
What do you mean they can't tell?
Fuheng, where are you going?
To see Doctor Ye
Miss Mingyu
Stop crying
It's my fault
I've let my guard down for moment
If I had held the Empress tightly
This might not be happening right now
There were so many people at the pavilion then
And you were all scared by the bats
It was all a chaos, everyone was running all over the place
Would you be able to have held her by yourself?
You don't know
You don't know anything
Yingluo has warned me
No matter where I go
I should look after the Empress
But I did not listen to her
It's all my fault
I should have been protecting her Highness
And she wouldn't have fallen from the pavilion
It's all my fault
Blame aside
It's already happened
Would crying
improve the situation?
The Empress is in a coma Everything is a mess
By crying so painstakingly
You're doing nothing but adding trouble
What did you think
Of what we should do?
Find her
I need to find her
Miss Mingyu
Let go of me
One of them is like this
The other is the same way too
Are they both possessed?
Your highness, don't worry
The Empress is a blessed woman
All will be well for her
The Emperor is still at Changchun palace
If you go there too
He'll worry about both you and the empress
I'm sure there'll be news soon
You are usually so quiet
But during crisis
All of the other consorts were a mess
Even the empress fainted
Only you were calm And controlled the situation
That's right. That's right. The number of bats could have covered the sun
It scared me silly Thankfully you were quick to react
You were prompt and decisive
And protected the Empress Dowager
Given the situation, I was scared too
But the Empress Dowager was there
I couldn't dare to act timidly or foolishly .
I could only steel myself
If the Empress Dowager had been injured
I would die ten thousand deaths and couldn't escape blame.
Now
The Empress is ill
Consort Gui was injured
but the palace rules can't be thrown into disorder
You have shown a lot of courage
I don't understand what you are saying.
Luckily Consort Chun is very clever.
We jointly manage the affairs of the palace
We really try our best not to make mistakes
At that time
Consort Chun was near me
I noticed that after the bats came
everyone was stunned by fear
Such delicate women
I can't count on
But you, on the other hand
didn't show any sign of a pretty girls' delicateness
You showed the courage and determination of a man
By leaving things to you I won't need to worry
Don't worry your highness
I will do my best
It started as a fine the double ninth festival
How did it end up like this?
Mingyu
Yingluo
What happened?
The empress was hosting the double ninth festival
And suddenly a mass of bats appeared
It was so chaotic with all the people
Her highness
She was very unlucky and fell
How is she now?
Every imperial doctor is now trying to heal her
But her highness is in a coma
Didn't I tell you?
No matter when or what...
I didn't intend for this to happen
There were so many people then
I don't know who pushed me
and made me fall
Who is it?
The first person who discovered that the empress had fallen down the steps.
Help the empress has fallen down the steps
It was Noble Consort Gao
She was the first people who yelled
You suspect Noble Consort Gao?
No, it's not possible
Noble Consort Gao had been holding the Empress so tightly
that she had dislocated her arm
If she had ill intents
Why would she save the Empress? And did she save her?
She didn't save her, it just looked like that's what she did.
It was to fool people
Let's go to Chang Chun Palace
What sort of a remedy is this?
Can't you see that Consort is in pain?
Consort Gui Bone alignment - how can it not be painful?
You need to put up with it for a little while.
Soon, it will be better. Still more?
Enough!
You're a useless slave!
Taking so long to set a bone.
I'll excuse myself.
I've broken into a cold sweat
Madam
Why did you have to let yourself get injured? Seeing you like this, I feel really upset.
Yes, that's right
Normally we're unhappy if a single hair falls out.
How much worse it is with this serious dislocation.
What do you all understand?
I was so close to the Empress
Suppose, seeing her like that, I didn't take charge of the situation
then whose mistake would it be
All blame would fall on me.
Now
for her sake, I was injured .
Although she wasn't saved
I tried my very best
Now His Majesty hasn't spoken even a word
You make light of it.
Yes
Madam has considered carefully
Such hard-hearted resolution - I admire.
The self-injury tactic might be excessive
But it sure is effective
Let's hurry in
Why aren't you moving? Her majesty is still waiting for us
I'm not coming
Why aren't you coming?
The empress has ousted me from the palace
I am no longer a part of Changchun Palace
Why must I come?
Wei Yingluo
Say that again
I am no longer a part of Changchun Palace
The empress is in a coma
What does that have to do with me?
The empress treated you so well
Now that she's in a coma
You're actually saying this
Have you any decency?
That's right
We have all served the empress for so many years
Most of us have served longer than you have
But she had to favor you
Even Erqing can't compete with you
and now, you're saying such cruel things
How can you face her highness
Would it cost you anything to just visit her for a moment?
You were still once a part of Changchun palace
Have you all but forgotten the relationship you had with the Empress?
No one sure pleaded for me when the Empress chased me out of Changchun palace
and landed at the Department of Hard Labor
where I suffer in misery
All of you seem so righteous right now
One by One blaming me for being heartless
On what grounds?
What? It's not like if I visited her for a moment
She'd wake up
You
With all this time, I'd rather be working
Otherwise, I'm the only person who goes hungry
Not you all
You are bad to the bones
Are you done?
I really have other work to do
I am not like you
You higher palace maids who live lavishly
You get warm clothes and good food just by asking
Leave. Leave immediately.
Changchun Palace does not welcome you
Her Highness fell
Changchun Palace is longer going to be as popular
Even if you all knelt and begged
I wouldn't care for it
Leave. Leave immediately
Bad woman. You're really a bad woman.
Forget about it Mingyu
Don't be angry
Her Highness's health is the most important. The other..
Fucha!
Why are you still going after her?
Let him be
What is it?
Do you still have anything else to say?
What did you do that?
You've just touched my hand
Why didn't you look at it carefully
Do you see it clearly now?
There were a pair of seamstress' hands
Free of any single scar
Not a single callous
Only hands like those
Are qualified to touch the softest silk
But now
These hands are full of scars
and blood-ridden
Even after recovery
I wouldn't be able to pick up another sewing needle
And who did that to me?
It was your sister
Yingluo
Few days ago I was weeding
Because I hoped that the Empress would see me
I was whipped
If the whip were off by just a few inches My face would have been disfigured
But the whole time
The Empress wouldn't even glance at me
In her eyes
There's no difference between dirt and me
With a mistress this heartless
What's there for me to care for?
Even though she had chased you out of Changchun palace
She taught you to read and write
You can choose to stop regarding her as your mistress
At the very least she is still your teacher
Now that she's in a coma
Is it too much to ask for you to visit her?
Why do all of you like to do such useless things?
It's not though if I visited her
She would get better
I'm not a doctor
And I'm not a god
And my tears aren't some some magical cure
If I waste too much time
I'd be hit when I get back
All of you criticizing me from your high ground
Would any of you be willing to be punished in my place?
Do you know how painful it is to be whipped on your body?
Yingluo, enough
From the moment that the Empress had chased me out of Changchun palace
Our mistress-servant relationship, our teacher-student relationship
It all severed then
Fuheng
You are just like your sister
Both pampered and spoil, living in your ivory towers
People like you
Could never understand my pain and resentment
If you don't stop bothering me I would only grow more resentful
Losing your temper at Changchun Palace
I don't know what you're thinking about
Aren't you a parasite in my stomach
Guess for yourself
I think that you are cooking up a plan
You guessed wrong
I'm just a bondservant of the Department of Hard Labor
I'm not qualified to participate in palace fights
This time I'm not going to care
Not care at all
I'm just going to wash my waste barrels well
in exchange of some filling buns
It's what I should be doing
What Imperial doctors can say
I'm sick of hearing
I just want to know if there's any way
That would wake her up
I have just done acupuncture for the Empress
She is not currently in danger
However
I'm not confident when she'll wake up
Even you don't have anything
Her Highness had injured her head
and lost a lot of blood
She's in a coma
Her pulse is eratic
Her illness is serve and her body is too weak
We've done all we can. It's now up to heaven
We can only hope that Heaven would help the worthy
and extend their protection
Allowing her to regain consciousness soon
Consort Chun
You...
What did Dr. Ye say?
When will the Empress regain consciousness
Dr. Ye isn't sure
We can only do our best and leave it to heaven
Fuheng
What's the matter sister?
Why all the tears?
Is the Empress okay?
She is still in coma
I was a little anxious
and lost my composure
You don't need to worry
I understand how you feel
Let's go
I'll go with you to see the Empress
There's another one in the back
Hurry
What's the result of the investigation
The Empress Dowager prioritizes good health
The kitchen had prepared deer's blood
The Empress couldn't take the smell of blood
It was immediately removed
The palace maid was careless and spilt it all over the ground
Deer blood reeked so much
That it attracted all the bats in the forest
We did find many bat caves
The palace maids here had said
It is common to see bats clustered over here
Usually we don't see more than 10 bats
But that night, there were more than 1000
Do you think it's that simple?
Do you mean that
Someone had planned this?
Who's the girl who spilled the deer blood
That palace maid wasn't careful and had fallen from the Imperial Pavilion.
She died from the fall
What an example of dead men tell no tales
What did the the other witnesses say
I have asked for all the witnesses to be questioned
But everyone said that the bats had destroyed the lights It was chaos
No one saw who pushed the Empress
What about Chuxiu Palace?
You suspect Nobel Consort Gao?
That day, she was the closest to the Empress
She is the most suspicious
But to save the Empress
She had dislocated her right shoulder
She has seen the imperial doctors for bone setting
and is still recovering
Right now, we don't have enough evidence
It's best that we wait until the Empress awakens
Have you heard?
The Empress has been unconscious for 10 days
She still haven't woken up yet
The Hill of Accumulated Elegance is so high
And stone path is so steep
To keep her live is already a huge blessing
What will happen to the palace now that she fell like that?
I would say that
Consort Xian is much more generous than the Empress
When the Empress managed the six palaces
She was always asking us to not be wasteful
Asking everyone to cut down on their expenditure
Now that we have Consort Xian
Even we get a taste of meat here
After all the Empress was once your mistress
This cold-hearted callousness
No wonder everyone say that
You're an weirdo who lacks empathy
Picking a fight when you're scared,
I really don't know what you're thinking
This is just some way for you to vent your useless resentment
Why didn't you save your energy and do some work
Jinxiu
Are you just standing around and not working again?
Why don't you deliver some of the milk to Chixiu palace
Momo, why do I always have to deliver it?
Milk is so heavy. I need to make three trips to finish the task
I don't want to go
You don't want to go. Who'll go?
Quit complaining or I'll whip you
She can go
Don't we usually send newcomer each year to Chixiu Palace to deliver milk?
Momo, you've set this rule down yourself
Sure, I can go
Fine. Stop fussing. Go do the weeds
Yes
You think delivering milk is easier then scrubbing waste barrels
I must warn you
You'd get your just desserts at Chuxiu Palace
You're moving so slowly
Do you want to be lashed
What a familiar face
I'm here to deliver milk
Her lady is waiting. Hurry
Wei Yingluo
Looking so out of sorts after leaving Changchun palace
You were once so full of life
Now you are exposed to the elements
How about I
helped you out?
Your highness
The milk is delivered
I will take my leave
Her highness has awarded you with milk
What a great honor
You haven't thanked her for her kindness
And you want to leave
What do you want from me
Look at this pair of nimble hands
Now it's so course, it's frightening
Why don't I help you get rid of that
Lest they become an eyesore
Don't worry
I will get the department of carpentry to make you a pair of wood hands
I guarantee that they'll be stronger than these
What?
You're glaring at me with such eyes?
You don't want your eyes too?
Your humble servant greets the Emperor
Where's Nobel Consort Gao?
Her... her highness
Your Highness, the Emperor is here
Wei Yingluo
Shut up if you know what's good for you
Otherwise don't dream of leaving Chuxiu palace alive
Your highness
Rise
Didn't you dislocate your arm
Why aren't you resting in bed?
The Imperial doctors have already set my bones
I'm a lot better now I was just giving instructions to prepare my bath
And I chanced upon this girl
She's so clumsy.
She had spilled the milk
Look
Even my dress had gotten wet
So clumsy
Why don't you leave
Yes
Your highness
Why didn't you tell me you're coming?
I could've prepared a little bit Look, there's water all over the place
How inconvenient
I heard you were sick
And came here to see you
Since you're okay I'll return to Yangxin Hall
Li Yu
Leave the presents here
Take care of yourself
Your highness
Your majesty
It's raining so hard. What are you looking for?
Your highness. Your highness
Your highness
Your highness... That's...
Stop pretending to be pitiful in front of me
What I hate the most is
Is hypocritical women like you
Go somewhere where I can't see you
Your highness
Even if you give the umbrella to her
She wouldn't dare use it
It's an imperial object
If she were to use it
I can't imagine the gossip
She's an ingrate
She reaps what she sows
Li Yu
When did the palace start taking milk baths?
Noble Consort Gao only takes such care with her skin
to gain your favor
This is understandable
Milk is sent to the Imperial Kitchen for the purposes of consumption
It is not to be misused and wasted
Let the Imperial Household Department know that from now on
Milk will we given out according to rank
And any wastage is not permitted
Understood?
Your majesty. Your majesty.
Stop.
Your highness
It looks like a hard labor maid has fainted
Send imperial doctor to treat her
Let's go
You're so lucky
To have run into Consort Xian's sedan
If it were someone else
They couldn't care less of a servant's life
Of all the masters in the Forbidden City
Only Consort Xian
Has this sort of compassion
You should pray for Consort Xian often
to repay her for her kindness
Where is this
Liu Momo saw that you're sick
And placed you in the warehouse
Come
Stop hiding now that you're sick
You…
If they haven't discovered you
You would've died along the way
Come, drink up the medicine
It's not that serious
It was just a little rain
And a little bit of wind
Stop with this tough act
You know that you had grudges with Chixiu Palace
And you still went there
Wei Yingluo, are you a lunatic?
One may get off today, but not tomorrow
I couldn't have avoided this forever
Drink up
You…
Could lie to yourself
But you can't lie to me
Tell me the truth
Why did you intentionally agitate Noble Consort Gao?
My head hurts
I'm going to sleep
You are hitting a rock with an egg
You overestimate yourself
Look at yourself
Makes me so mad
Let me tell you
No one else
Would care for you as much as I do
Don't do something as dangerous again
You hear that
Master Fuheng
Why are you here
I was just walking around
You told the eunuch to bribe the Department of Labor
I saw it with my own eyes
You must have mistaken
You usually hate this sort of conduct
For the sake for Wei Yingluo
You're willing to give up your principles
Shut up
Don't pretend I don't know
You just want them to take better care of her
Where are you going
Wait for me
How is your arm recovering
Your highness
My arm is doing much better
Sorry for making you worry
Unfortunately, I wasn't of much help
Ultimately, I wasn't able to save the Empress
You have already tried your best
It's just that bad luck follows the Empress
That's what caused this misfortune
These days
You're not the only person worried
I haven't seen the Emperor smile in a bit
Your birthday is coming up soon
I've been meaning to make preparations
This more than half a year to my birthday
You're a bit too anxious
But now
Dark clouds hang over Changchun Palace
I'm not in the mood to celebrate
Your highness, if that's the case
I have a specially set for street performers To prepare a performance for you and the emperor
Just to spread some excitement
To cast away the heavy air in the palace
So that everyone's no longer in such a dark mood
Your Highness, Consort Xian is here
Hurry, invite her in
I pay my respects to Your Highness
You came at the right time
I've reviewed the expenses report you sent yesterday
How confident are you about the moat expansion
Moat expansion
What do you mean?
Since the 16th year of Kangxi's Reign
The moat is full of lotus and ergot But the palace only consumes a quarter of that
The rest of them are wasted
This is why I made this suggestion
to sell the lotus and ergot
We will be able to rear fishes and waterfowls in the moat
All the money earned would be accounted for
How much money can this make?
And it sounds like so much work
Really many hairs make a fur coat. Many small contributions add up
The easiest thing to do
is to rent out the lotus flowers
I've already done the math
We can make 125.9 taels from rental each year
It is revenue
Consort Xian has just started and already touching established practices That doesn't seem quite appropriate
Established pratices may not all be good
Just like the early Imperial Household Department
managing over twenty-six pawn store
The emperor has closed fifteen of them this year
And lent all the money to merchants
The revenue from that exceeded those from the former pawn stores
There are also other former establishments that couldn't be managed
During Kangxi Emperor's reign, the Imperial Household Department's footprint
was limited to 570,000 fields
And now it has doubled
And so if we were to always abide by established rules
How can we manage effectively
The purpose of sorting out assets
isn't to make money
It is to let people in the palace see
that we, the Qing Empire
are completely different from the excessive Ming
In terms of consumption
We use 10/12 compared to them
That when it comes to increasing income and cutting on expenditure
We are always practical
Doing so we will be setting an example for the whole palace
That's really the best thing about doing this