I hate my shifu (master)
He once gave me warmth
But at the crucial moment of life and death, he pushed me out without any hesitation.
How could Consort Xian who everyone respects,
do such kind of sneaking and stealing thing?
You scoundrel thing, how dare you stealing and selling public belongings?
I'm not guilty
Still use chicanery? That's another guilt I'm not guilty
I hate this wicked Heaven more
this ridiculous world
What have I done wrong?
There were so many sufferings befall to me
Those brother of mine
there are same noble blood in their bones
Every one of them is so superior above all. But what about me?
I had to tolerate
To tolerate the biggest humiliation in this world.
I became a most degrading servant
grovelling on the ground
So, Ying Luo
the Heaven is unjust
it's a ruthless world
If you don't want to be victimized by other people,
the only way is to take control yourself.
But it's alright
I'm your brother
sister
I, Yuan Chun Wang, swear
I'll protect you.
Because,
Because we're one.
You, are me.
I, am you.
Consort Chun
Yu Hu, you go outside and watch for us
Yes
Consort Chun, what's the meaning of such gesture?
Why are you marrying Er Qing?
It's the decree from the Emperor. No
You're doing this to save Wei Ying Luo
to help her get rid of her accusation
That's why you agreed on this marriage.
Just for a maid from Hard Labor Department,
is it really worthy of what you're doing? This is my business.
You don't need to worry about it
Fu Heng
Do you really forget about me?
Consort Chun, what on earth are you talking about?
Your sister and I were very close friends before she married.
Long ago,
I visited Fucha residency frequently.
Jing Hao, what do you would like to eat later? I'll ask the kitchen to make it for you.
Green Bean Pudding
Do you need tremella?
Alright, alright.
Jing Hao
Miss Master
Fu Heng
Sister.
Tomorrow go to the tea house to enjoy opera singing in Zhengyang Street with me.
I also want to the newly opened jewelry house in West Celi Street.
Don't forget about it.
Right.
The day after tomorrow we'll go horse riding in the suburb.
Later go to the stable to check on my horse Liu Xing for me
I remember all of it.
Take a look at your tassel! How worn it looks.
I will make you a new one soon.
Jing Hao, let's go.
My sister had so many close friends before she married.
I don't remember it.
I don't believe it.
If you really don't remember,
why are you always wearing the tassel that I gave you?
Isn't this given by my sister?
Miss Master, time to go.
Just wait a minute
Your highness
If there aren't anything else,
I shall leave now
Your highness
Fu Heng is just an unfaithful man
There is no need to be always preoccupied with him.
Right. Even he has thousands of advantages
you've entered the Palace and become a royal concubine.
You should devotedly fight for favor and stable your status.
But see what have you done? Because of him,
you safeguard the Empress all the time.
You even avoid to get favor.
But in the end what have you got?
He never has you in his heart.
Everything you've done is totally meaningless.
Shut up
I couldn’t bear to watch it anymore.
Even if you don't want to listen, I still have to say it.
What a smart person you are.
why would you act so silly for his matters?
Don't ever feel sad because of him.
Don't do silly things, okay?
I told you to stop speaking. Get out.
Stand there
Your highness
Where's that letter of mine?
Back then
The letter that I asked you to give Fu Heng...
Be sure to keep in mind, you must give it to him by yourself.
I did that for your own good
I always thought,
He accepted that tassel
and he had feelings for me
Just because I was married into King Bao's residency
and become a servant concubine of the residency
so he alienated me on purpose.
It turned out,
the letter with my love and emotion
didn't reach his hands at all！
Why?
why did you do this?
tell me why you would do that
Your highness
Master (Your father) said it long ago that you would be offered to King Bao
You were destined to enter the King residency.
If I did give that letter out,
it would destroy you
it would destroy the Su Family
So you just watched me
went deeper and deeper step by step
fooled myself one time over another
and then in front of him
became even having any self-esteem left, right?
Your highness
You loved Fu Heng so obsessively
About marrying into King's residency
you even wish you could die to fight against it.
Until you realized daughter of the Fucha Family
would become king's wife. Only then you agreed to enter king's residency.
You said you would take care of king's wife for Fu Heng
to safeguard her.
I saw you got back up
How could I bear to telling you the truth?
“Just hope that your heart is like my heart,
I will not let you down.” - poem from Song Dynasty
I see him
always wearing my tassel
I had thought
he had feelings towards me
Yu Hu
I don't want much
I don't even want him to love me.
I only hope
He could remember and miss my heart/mind
That would be enough for me
But
From beginning to end
He doesn't know anything. He doesn't understand anything
All these years
safeguard for so many years
obsessive love for so many years
That's a joke.
Do you know?
Your highness
Do you know how much it hurts here?
Do you know how painful it is here?
You don't know.
It's just imagining things by myself
it's a gigantic humiliation!
Your highness
“ice in Yu Hu (servant's name)” - (My heart is clean and crystal as ice)
My name could be changed easily
But your heart is not cherished by anyone ever
You has been silly about it for ten years
It's time to awake.
Greetings to Noble Consort Xian
Your highness, hurry up and wipe your tears
We must not let others find out any inkling
Your highness
Even it's not for yourself
think about the Su Family, think about your siblings
What's so important for sister Consort Chun to handle
you've made me waited for quite long
Noble Consort Xian
You and I are congenial and like sister
No need to worry about those unnecessary rituals
How you call me before, you could still call me that way in the future
Yes
I wonder what sister is coming here for today?
Why is sister looking at me like that?
bring the person here
This old servant is truly inexperienced
just a few sticks and she told everything
sister consort chun
Do you want to know what she has said?
Your highness Noble Consort Xian
It's just a sly servant
unjustly accuses other for trivial matters
but when she is interrogated, she can't wait to shirk her responsibility.
Please don't believe her words.
Yu Hu, how could you not admit it?
It was obviously Consort Chun asked me to frame Wei Ying Luo. It was Consort Chun.
You're talking nonsense!
Our Consort Chun has nothing against that palace maid,
why would she frame her up?
It's clearly that you're instigated by others,
trying to harm our Consort Chun
Consort Chun, what would you say?
sister
This is framing.
What kind of person you Consort Chun is,
I know it the best.
How could I let such sly servant to act unreasonably here
Come
cut off her tongue
No
To deal with this kind of servant who gossips with disrespect and frames masters,
one could only handle it stringently, as a warning to others.
From now on,
no one would dare to offend upper class, speak nonsense, frame masters.
Thank...Thank you for sister's trust
sister, why is your hand so cold? Did it scared you just now?
Take her out
sister
you has been weak and fear of cold
now the weather is getting colder and colder,
You must take good care of yourself
Sure
She's changed.
Noble Consort Xian has changed into a different person
Your highness
No matter what,
we've passed it safely.
No
She knows
I have this kind of feeling
she knows about everything
really
What is she doing?
I don't know
Go take a look
You scared me. What are you doing?
I'm waiting to have a good laugh.
What laugh?
You people didn't know about it...
In order to play up to higher-up, Wei Ying Luo fell so severely
I'm waiting to see her crying.
What are you doing?
She said she is waiting to have a good laugh at you. You...
Let go of me. What are you doing? Let go of me.
Aren't you want a good laugh?
Alright. I'll help you.
smile/laugh
You...you hurt me
smile/laugh
Let go of me. Wei Ying Luo
Wei Ying Luo, let me tell you
His excellency Fucha is about to someone else. Just pretend you don't care
Before you laugh at me
Feel your own stomachs
are they empty?
The sun is now already in the middle of sky
If supervising eunuchs find out that you're loaf on your jobs
Lunch will be all gone.
Can't even fill your stomach, yet you have mood waiting for a laugh here.
Go go go, hurry up
Hurry up
You this woman
is so cold-hearted.
Right
I am cold-hearted.
Do you still want to laugh? Let me help you.
Laugh. Laugh. Laugh.
Let go
You crazy woman
What are you laugh about?
I wonder who was it that
cried like that.
And use water to clean eyes every early today.
Are you worried they would find out about your swollen eyes from crying too much?
I cried because I was sad.
But if others see me crying, they would only frown upon.
It's meaningless at all.
You're not sad now?
I have to continue to work,
continue to eat even if I am sad.
Done being sad, I should do whatever I am supposed to.
I wonder who cried so hard and almost passed out last night.
Was that you? Was that you?
“Yesterday's days gradually drifted away from me,
it was impossible to retain." -Poem of Li Bai
No matter how heart-broken I am, I must tell myself
It's okay.
Anyhow there will be a day that I will have better.
Good. Full of aspiration.
Brother Yuan
I know who killed Noble Consort Gao
Go away
The Empress is awake.
Her highness is awake.
Somebody come
Your highness
Your highness, you're finally awake.
I have to get...
Ming Yu
My legs...
Your highness, don't worry
What's wrong with my legs?
I'll send for imperial doctor right away. The doctor will be here soon.
Don't send for imperial doctor
ask Fu Heng to come here
I want to see Fu Heng
ask Fu Heng to come here
The several of you
come over here.
Do you know palace maid Jin Xiu
fled privately last night?
fled privately? She actually run away?
This is the heavily-guarded Forbidden City. Where could she run to?
She is just too audacious. Is she not afraid of death?
Listen up, everyone
Whoever has news about her,
must report to me.
Otherwise will be convicted as the same crime as her.
Alright. Don't discuss about this matter ever again. All go back to work.
She is so audacious.
She doesn't want her life?
Right
Brother
all of you go search over there. Go
What is it?
Did Jin Xiu really nowhere to be seen?
When did I say she was nowhere to be seen?
She fled privately last night. If she fled privately,
how come there was no signs of it?
Besides, the Forbidden City is guarded heavily,
she didn't have wings, where could she flee to?
Don't care much about it.
Take a look at the wounds on your hand.
Now your hands are soaking in water everyday,
the condition of your wounds will only get more and more severe.
No way
I can't let you stay here any longer
Go to the Burn Heat Division. Burn Heat Division?
Burn Heat Division belongs the Fuel wood Department.
It is specially responsible for heating supply of each palace.
It's not winter yet.
The supply of charcoal hasn't started yet. There may be lighter workload over there.
You could take the chance to loaf. Don't work so hard from now on.
Learn to be lazy a bit. Do you understand?
Alright. I understand.
Jin Xiu...
Don't mention it, here
Remember to apply medicines that I gave you everyday.
You can't miss out even one day. Do you hear me?
As for person who doesn't have anything to do with you,
you don't need to put it in your mind.
Go
Empress
You're finally awake.
I was truly very worried.
I could hear all these time
what you have said.
It's just
I couldn't open my eyes.
It was just like...
I was sank in deep nightmares all the time
and couldn't wake up.
Now
everything's passed.
Empress
you don't need to worry.
Doctor Ye has said, you can't move your legs temporarily because of long time coma.
After some period, you could be recovered as before.
Sister
Greetings, Emperor
Empress
I still have government affairs to attend to,
I have to go back to Yangxin Palace now.
I'll come over to accompany you at night time.
Fu Heng
Here
accompany your sister properly
Yes
Talk to the Empress for a while
then go to the Yangxin palace to see me.
I still have duties to assign you to.
The Empress just awakes, don't let her get too tired.
sister
Where is Er Qing?
sister
Your mind is not clear
If I didn't agree to the marriage that the Emperor granted,
I couldn't save Ying Luo.
According to Ying Luo's personality
she would rather go through life or death with you together.
Do you know?
Since the moment you nod your head,
she will never forgive you.
Have you really already made the result
to become strangers with her forever?
This matter for you,
for Ying Luo
for Er Qing
is not fair.
No matter how much cost it will make,
I will go ask the Emperor to take back his grant.
Sister
The imperial decree has been issued.
Er Qing has already left the Palace for preparation of the marriage long ago.
There isn't room for discussion on this matter.
If you ask the Emperor to take back his grant,
it will only bring bad reputation to the Fucha Family.
And make Er Qing couldn't face everyone in this world.
Isn't it like forcing her to die?
Er Qing is doing this to help me.
That's why she agreed on this marriage.
For emotion or for righteousness
I shouldn't do that.
I originally thought,
at least,
you and Ying Luo
will have your happiness.
I didn't expect
the ending will be the same.
sister
You should go.
I don't want to see you. sister
Go
Fu Heng
This concerns your whole life of happiness,
have you really made up your mind?
Right
I'm really worried about you.
You'll regret it your whole life.
sister
Everyone must take responsibility for the decision they make.
Please forgive me.
Greetings to two consorts.
The Empress just revived.
The Imperial doctor has said,
it's not appropriate to meet guests yet.
The goodwill of both of your highness, I will definitely pass it on.
Please go back first.
The Empress doesn't even want to see me?
I thought the rumor wasn't true.
It turn out there is something behind this.
Rumor?
You didn't hear about it?
The Emperor is discontent with Guard Fucha's marriage
and she's upset all day.
She doesn't even want to see the Emperor.
But no matter what, this is business of the Fucha Family.
The Empress could handle it herself.
If sister has spare time, why not have a seat at my place?
It's impolite to reject.
Your highness, please at least have one bite.
Your highness
Leave us.
No matter for what reason that you're mad at,
you can't mistreat yourself.
Your Majesty is here?
Right
I am here
But apparently,
your mind
has already flew out of this Palace long ago.
Empress
Could you tell me,
what really are you thinking about?
Emperor
I hope to beg you,
could you cancel the marriage that you granted?
That's not possible.
Since the Emperor said it was not possible,
I have nothing else to say about it then.
Empress
I don't understand.
Er Qing is decorous, pretty and intelligent
Her grandfather is minister of the Crime Department
I also lift up banner for her whole family
No matter temperament or status,
it is not unworthy of Fu Heng.
Everyone else is so happy about it. Why would you frown upon it?
Everyone is happy about it?
Emperor
Do you truly think so?
It's not so?
Emperor
You're the owner of the nation.
Every word you say is authoritative.
No one is dare to defy it.
I've served by your side for many years.
There is one question
that I'd like to ask.
Why would you break up
Fu Heng and his beloved woman?
I've said this many times,
She doesn't deserve to.
Emperor, deserve or not deserve,
Even Fu Heng doesn't care about it.
Why would the Emperor care about it so much.
It's important to marry a virtuous wife.
Fu Heng is a trustworthy minister chosen by me.
I will put him in an important position in the future.
I will not allow his wife to have evil intentions and cunning schemes.
I'm protecting him
to avoid enchantment by a vicious woman
and made the biggest mistake of his life.
What are you laughing about?
Isn't the Emperor doing this for his selfish motive?
What selfish motive do I have?
Perhaps the Emperor,
has a liking for Wei Ying Luo
and wants to take her as your own.
Empress
were you in a coma for too long?
even your brain is not clear?
Let me tell you,
these are all your delusion and fantasy.
Emperor
Emperor, I...
Your highness
I beg you, I beg you for it.
This is absolutely not going to happen.
Emperor, Fu Heng isn't that type of person who turns to like others easily.
Otherwise I will never interfere,
I am her sister. I know.
Emperor, the whole nation is yours. You can have whatever kind of women.
I beg you.
Could you give him a way out?
to help fulfill his wholehearted devotion?
Emperor
Ask the Imperial Hospital to see the Empress
She needs to recuperate properly
Yes
Your highness
Why are you doing this to yourself?
All of these couldn't be restored.
Fu Heng is the most important family of mine.
I thought,
at least the two of them could have happiness.
But,
Your highness
but...
Miss Ming Yu, what really do you want to do?
The Empress is in such grief for guard Fucha.
But he didn't do anything about it himself. Is it proper?
This is a marriage granted by the Emperor. What do you want him to do?
Defy the imperial decree? I...
What is it? Even you can't speak it out.
Don't make it difficult for him. All you men are useless.
How could you kick whenever you like. There was no signs of it at all.
Miss Ming Yu
Fu Heng is marrying someone else, why are you crying about it?
I am angry. I am sad.
Then what are you angry at? and feel sad about?
I feel angry that
Fucha Fuheng doesn't know how to fight for it.
I fee sad that
how would I have a liking on him at the beginning?
What are you laughing about?
Follow me.
Where are we going?
We're almost there. Be careful.
Where are you taking me to?
Come over here. Miss Ming Yu
Miss Ming Yu, look
No matter what kind of upsetting matter,
Climb up high and look far away
One could feel soothed and relaxed
All kinds of worries will be gone
What do you know?
People with bad mood might want to jump from here
To end everything.
Didn't you want to die?
I was just helping you.
Why do you hold so tight?
You're a crazy man.
I was just making a metaphor. Do you understand? Metaphor.
I don't like Fucha Fuheng now
who would commit suicide because he is getting married?
Girls' thoughts change so quickly
Not long ago you just gave him fragrant sachet,
and you don't like him now?
I just feel unfair for Ying Luo
Fucha Fuheng likes other woman in such a short time,
there was no signs of it at all.
I also feel unfair for Empress
She is apparently considering for her brother,
regardless of contradicting the Emperor
but in the end, on one feels grateful.
Miss Ming Yu
As a human, is it only love that worth pursuing?
A real hero aims high
Why so obsessive of man-woman relationship?
You said it with awe and justice. What do you want to do?
Me?
I want to go to the battlefield
I hope I could have high achievement
I want to have a niche in history.
Then you're not forming a family?
No
To fight in the battlefield, I might die at any time.
If I am alive, my wife will be alone waiting for me for several years.
It's even worse if I die.
I'll make her become a widow.
Live or die, is just a big trouble for that person.
I just want to be alone and stay happy.
There will be a day, that I lead a big army,
to make meritorious military achievement for the Great Qing dynasty.
Miss Ming Yu
don't feel sad and grieved for some gain or loss,
Look back in ten years,
all of these are just trivial things.
Have a laugh, and everything's passed.
You're right.
What are you doing?
You just pushed me a bit, and now I step on you
it's even
Have a laugh, and everything's passed.
You're good.
Sister is not at a young age any more,
you should properly make a plan for yourself.
The life in the Palace is very lonesome,
to get birth to a prince,
no, even if it's a princess,
life will become much happier.
Everyday when you wake up,
you hear sound of lauging, crying of the child, the spacious palace,
will become lively at once.
I know sister follows the Empress,
but there aren't many offspring in the inner palace,
And the Empress is...
How is the Empress?
Imperial doctor Zhang said, the Empress's body was hurt,
so it will be more difficult for her to have children in the future.
Look at me, why am I bringing this up?
I make sister worried.
Yong Cheng
Here, this one is for you.
You like this one?
The 4th prince is so lively and lovely.
Come, here.
Your hair is messed.
Let me help you comb it.
Zhen Er, take Yong Cheng out.
Yes.
Sister has an outstanding look and excellent talent in literature
If you're willing to, everything is still not too late.
How matter how good, how lenient the Empress treats you,
but she can't replace you to live your life.
You're young and beautiful now,
but one year after another,
If, gorgeous young women are swarm into the inner palace,
Good look will fade away in the years to come.
One year, ten years, twenty years,
You'll have to confined to this area, and live such lonely and boring life.
If, you don't have a child,
how cold and deserted your future life would be.
If I said these things before, you might not listen.
But now,
Did I hurt you?
You have to bear it in mind,
hurt will let people remain clear-headed,