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Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard,
Examining love together with regret, both new and old.
Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears,
Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls.
Story of Yanxi PalaceEpisode 63
Greetings to Mistress Empress.
I beg Mistress to grant me punishment severely.
I've said nothing and you already know where you've wronged?
I punished Consort Ling unauthorized.
Mistress Empress, I am easing your worry by doing so.
What a pompous servant! Where did it become your turn to read Empress's intention?
You bribed the royal physician and faked a record.
To have Consort Ling's medical history clearly structured.
Too bad it was too rushed and thus leaving a trail of wild goose.
Surely now something is left that can be used against you.
Mistress, you mean . . .
Even if Consort Ling is to die, she can't die in my hand.
Hurry and prepare two items.
One item send to Yangxin Hall. The other,
send to Yangxin Hall as well.
- What are you doing now? - I just don't like such simple orchid painting.
The more gaudy the better.
Your Majesty, look! This can't do?
You're being insensible.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty? Yanxi Palace has summoned the royal physician.
Who told you to solicitude Yanxi Palace news? Arrogant assertion.
I know my wrong.
Go out.
Yes.
Come back.
Your Majesty.
What is the illness?
Replying to Your Majesty, Consort Ling has on a vegetarian diet for years.
Her neglect on her diet has left a stomach illness.
Royal Medicine Bureau has already made a prescription.
To instruct her to drink clear porridge daily to nurse the stomach.
Adjust slowly.
A disaster lasts a millennium.
I just know she can't die.
Go now.
Yes.
Your Majesty.
What now?
Consort Ling, when she left Yuanming Garden, she left behind Sound of Moonlight Dew.
I am asking Your Majesty whether I deliver it to Yanxi Palace now.
Where is Sound of Moonlight Dew?
Your Majesty. The zither.
Burn it.
Burn it?
His Majesty's imperial gift has left to neglect like this.
It's clear Consort Ling doesn't even
care about His Majesty. She brought it upon herself. Die!
Burn it. Burn it.
I really burn it?
Burn it!
[ Sound of Moonlight Dew ]
What is this?
This is a letter Yanxi Palace wants to deliver to Yangxin Hall.
I intercepted it in the middle.
That whore is expecting His Majesty to turn back to her so you must take precaution.
If you don't remove the root of a weed, it will be future disaster.
Mistress, you must make the decision sooner.
Everyone thinks,
it's me who wants to kill Wei Yingluo.
Even you say so.
Do yo loathe me now?
Everything I've done was to help you.
Look at my plight now.
This is how you help me?
We fight desperately when confronting mortal danger.
If I don't push you to the limit,
how would you be willing to give up your life now?
I don't know what you mean.
Yingluo. Listen to me clearly.
Forbidden City has fame, honor and riches.
But that is all just passing smoke and cloud.
Without His Majesty's favor, at your fierce disposition,
how long can you live?
Chenbi. How many faces do you really have?
I have said so already. I am helping you.
A great woman like you.
You should be cherished in one's palm.
What do you wish to accomplish?
Why don't you understand still? I'm helping you.
No, to be more precise, I am returning a kindness.
Returning whose kindness?
Lord Fuheng's. If it hadn't been him, I would've fallen in the deep abyss long ago.
He's young, and courageous, and gentle and attentive.
A woman's dream husband.
All along, I've wanted to repay him.
But I didn't know what to do.
Until I discovered,
he loves you.
That's all in the past.
But he's loved you all along, never ever changing.
You forced Mingyu to die.
That was to repay a kindness too?
What a joke!
I've said it many times.
It's she who chose death herself.
You can't always be fettered by affection.
You should think about yourself more.
Think about myself?
Someone used your name to send a dried gardenia to Yangxin Hall.
It came into my hands.
Do you want to know who sent it?
Empress.
Yes. It was Empress.
If you don't go now, you will die here in Forbidden City for sure.
What place is Forbidden City,
that I can actually leave?
I will help you.
From now on, the world is wild and high and you can fly to your desire.
You and Fuheng can be together forever.
I was presented to His Majesty like a gift.
I lost the love of my kin.
I've lost freedom.
I can't leave.
I can never leave.
But you're not the same.
You still have a chance.
Yingluo.
Before this frightening palace swallows you whole,
go!
Go far!
Never to return.
As the days and years go by,
you would wear shackles and proceed in such toilsome manner.
Why can't you just remove them
and bravely strive for the thing that you want?
Really live for yourself this time.
Even if it's just for a day.
Who did that?!
- Who?!- Your hands...
You're awake?
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty. Greetings, Your Majesty.
Borrowing wine to drown your sorrows.
Hailancha, you got nerves.
I also don't want to be like this.
But when I got home,
seeing that house full of red,
it became more piercing.
I'm a crude person. I only know how to fight.
It's my first time knowing what a heartbreak is.
Hailancha, you are a man.
No matter how sad you are, you mustn't forget this.
An imperial bodyguard has the duty to protect.
If everyone is like you,
being so drunk while on duty,
then wouldn't my head already been taken
without you knowing?
I have committed a crime! May Your Majesty punish me!
I...
...can't let you stay here anymore.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I was wrong.
I really know that I did wrong.
You can hit or scold me!
Don't drive me away, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I beg you to not drive me away!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty, sorry!
Do you still remember your promise?
You said that you will join the battlefield
and contribute great merit to the Great Qing Dynasty.
I've received military report
that in the northern parts of the Huolan Tribe, a small army has appeared.
I suspect them as being the remnants of the rebel army.
Do you dare go?
I'm willing to sacrifice my life for you
and not have any regrets even if I die.
No woman
is worthy for you to lose your heroic spirit.
Yes.
If Mingyu can see you down there,
she also would look down on you.
Lord Fuheng.
Desheng, please inform His Majesty that I need to have an audience with him.
I have an important matter to say and must see him now.
His Majesty is currently meeting with Imperial Guard Suolun.
Please wait for a while.
Lord Fuheng!
Why are you in a rush?
Desheng, please also inform His Majesty
that I have an important matter to see him.
Yes.
Looks like your rationality won.
You'd rather watch her die
and stay loyal to His Majesty.
That is...
She agreed.
Fuheng, you've disappointed her once.
Are you going to fail her the second time?
Your Highness Imperial Concubine Shun, His Majesty said that he still has something to attend to.
Please return to Lijing Pavilion first. His Majesty will surely visit you this afternoon.
Lord Fuheng, please go inside.
Mistress, will he say it?
Fame, wealth,
power, and position, he has all of them.
But he still is always melancholic.
Being able to obtain the woman he wants
is a great temptation for him.
No matter how he suppresses it,
he won't be able to suppress the desire in his heart.
What is it?
You've disappointed her once.
Are you going to fail her the second time?
Your Majesty, I'm here for the military report regarding the Huolan Tribe.
I already know about that.
Fuheng, His Majesty is sending me to lead an army
and help General Jaohui to pacify the rebellion.
It's good that you're able to prop yourself up.
There's nothing more?
Since Your Majesty has already made the arrangements, there's nothing more.
Leave then.
I will take my leave.
- Hailancha.- Yes.
How is Fuheng's memory?
He has a photographic memory.
A person with a photographic memory
would forget that he has submitted a memorial last night?
Your Majesty, he's very serious with his job.
He probably is just asking for your decision.
Hailancha, there's still one more thing
that I want you to do for me.
Imperial Concubine Shun made instructions
that you mustn't be neglected.
If I'm you,
it's just deserving to die from starvation.
Living like a dog.
Don't know why you still want to live.
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Your Highness, Imperial Concubine Shun went to Yanxi Palace today.
But after she left, Consort Ling is still alive.
What are you smiling about?
I can borrow a knife to kill someone.
Of course, Imperial Concubine Shun can do the same.
Greetings, Your Highness Empress.
Your Highness.
Mistress.
Look at that.
It has come.
You know what to do, right?
Zhen'er.
Chief Steward Yuan.
It's like this. I haven't thanked you yet for helping me last time.
We are both working for Her Highness Empress.
It's just right that we assist each other.
Moreover,
I also won't help you for no reason.
Say it. How do you want me to repay you?
Yuan Chunwang, this year,
I'm 29 years old.
You're saying that Her Highness Empress still hasn't let you out of the palace?
Of course not.
If Her Highness Empress is that kind of person,
would I still loyally serve her?
Why then?
Her Highness Empress offered to reward me with a huge amount of money and choose a husband for me.
I refused them all.
Usually, a palace maid can leave the palace when she's 25.
But I've been serving Her Highness ever since.
I couldn't bear to part with her.
Moreover, if I leave, who will accompany her?
Then...
Hence, I told Her Highness
that I chose you.
Zhen'er.
You didn't say that just to make Her Highness be at ease, right?
Of course not.
- Li Yu, call for an imperial physician.- Yes.
Dancing but unfocused.
You're still accompanying Empress Dowager to Yaowang Temple tomorrow,
but your injury hasn't fully healed yet.
Your Majesty, didn't the imperial physician already say
that this injury is very shallow.
No need to be worried.
One still mustn't neglect a superficial injury.
What if it leads to sequelae? What then?
Your Majesty, you're so good to me.
You are my most beloved Imperial Concubine Shun.
If I don't treat you well, who should I be good to?
But I'm not good to you.
Based on what you said, you're hiding something from me?
I've been hiding a secret from you.
I don't know how to tell you about it.
But you treat me so well.
If I still hide it from you,
my conscience couldn't take it anymore.
What has happened?
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
On the 10th of next month, Empress Dowager will go to Yaowang Temple to pray. She'll be taking most of the imperial guards with her.
By then, the imperial guards inside the palace will be halved. This is your best chance.
She agreed.
You've disappointed her once.
Are you going to fail her this second time?
She has offended so many people.
Now that she ended up in this state, it's just natural for some to take advantage of it.
Cutting off any news about her. Only serving her water every day.
How long can she still last?
She and you were supposed to be married, but you abandoned her.
You're the mastermind that pushed her to her current situation.
Yingluo was supposed to have a blissful life.
Because of you, it completely got destroyed.
[Imperial Household Department Badge]
Hurry up! Hurry up!
The sky is about to get bright. Empress Dowager is going out of the palace today.
Her breakfast must be served an hour earlier.
Be nimble! Be nimble!
Quickly.
Every midnight, we have to go to Yuquan Mountain to get some spring water.
- Journeying from there to Forbidden City, won't exhaustion kill you?- Indeed.
Say, what's the difference of the groundwater here with the spring water of Yuquan Mountain?
Aren't all just water?
Eunuch...
Water that would be served to His Majesty and Empress Dowager must of course be the best kind of water in the world.
The water of Yuquan Mountain is so refreshing and sweet.
Can the well water even compare?
You are right, Eunuch.
If you dare to speak nonsense again, I will pull out your tongue.
Hurry up you all. Don't delay the meal time.
Cangzhen Door by Yanxi Palace is where the daily water carriage must pass through.
And it's also your only chance.
Hurry.
Your Majesty, it's meal time.
Send my order. Seal off Gate of Divine Might.
- Your Majesty, Empress Dowager is going to Yaowang Temple today, if I . . .- Seal it!
Concubine Shun, you can't go in. Consort Shun.
Your Majesty.
Give Yingluo a path to life.
Your Majesty. Consider it my plea.
Let her go.
I really regret so much why I told you.
For doing so, I am deserving of death.
I cannot redeem myself from this crime.
At this hour, the Yuquan Mountain water carriage should be out of the palace, right?
Yes, probably out of Gate of Divine Might already.
What a pity that I won't get to see this great show.
Your Highness already can fathom how it will play out on stage.
What is there to really see?
You said it great!
I just thought I'm feeling a bit empty after losing an eye thorn.
His Majesty's order. Seal off the gate.
Hurry. Stop the water carriage leaving the palace.
What's happened?
Yes, what's happened exactly?
We need to rush to leave Xizhi Gate still.
Nothing really. Palace property is missing and we were afraid it's smuggled in this water carriage.
So the supervisors said to have a look.
Empress Dowager. Gate of Divine Might has been sealed.
What's happened?
Plundered?
This matter isn't right.
Unless a precious item was plundered, why would His Majesty get involved personally?
The bigger the fanfare, the bigger the cover-up.
Reporting to Your Majesty, the water carriage has been recovered.
Your Majesty, Yingluo has always been proud and arrogant.
How can she withstand the Yanxi Palace in dismal coldness.
That plead of hers. To ask me to save her.
I really can't bear to turn on her.
And I owe Lord Fuheng a kindness for saving me too.
So that's why I agreed to help the two elope.
But since I agreed,
I have been tormented.
I feel I owe you and that's why I told you the truth.
Your Majesty. May you consider the olden days,
and spare the two's lives.
Your Majesty.
You do it.
Yes.
Greetings to Your Majesty.
How is it you?
Your Majesty, may your anger dissipate. I was ordered by my mistress,
to hide in the water barrel.
Your mistress?
Yes. My mistress Consort Ling, naturally.
She's playing this ghostly trick, for what?
Your Majesty, Mistress has said,
someone in Forbidden City is trying to harm her.
In order to lure this person out, she had me hide in the water carriage.
- Summon Consort Ling. - Yes.
No need, Your Majesty. I'm here.
Greetings to Your Majesty.
What's going on exactly?
Concubine Shun first lured me to run away for love.
Then installed a plan to catch me in the act.
Such a simple trick and how can that deceive Your Majesty?
Yingluo. Did you figure out that the plan wasn't going well,
so you prepared this in advance?
But even so,
you shouldn't frame me.
Your Majesty, this incident happened suddenly.
Even if Consort Ling figured it out,
that something strange was happening in the palace,
her contacts to the outside world all depended on my help.
If you want to know who is lying between she and I,
go see if Lord Fuheng is still waiting outside Xizhi Gate.
And you'll know clearly.
Concubine Shun, you are an eloquent speaker.
Yingluo admires you.
Yingluo.
We are close sisters.
I didn't imagine,
we'd befall to this.
In my heart,
it's just too agonizing.
Greetings to Your Majesty.
You've seen it now.
We've caught him outside Xizhi Gate on the spot.
Now it can prove I said the truth, right?
You tell His Majesty.
Reporting to Your Majesty.
There was only an empty carriage outside Xizhi Gate.
It was on my way to report to duty at the palace that I ran into His Lordship at Gate of Divine Might.
Your Majesty, Concubine Shun presented herself to me suddenly one day.
Saying I should take Consort Ling and run away.
I could not bear it and wanted to report it to Your Majesty.
But when I thought about it, I had no evidence so if I were to accuse her,
it would be difficult to believe, so I had no choice,
but to set out a longer rope to catch a bigger fish, and feigned my consent to her.
Your Majesty, you must not listen to Lord Fuheng's wild words.
He's just lying!
Earlier you said I have no access to news.
But that Lord Fuheng would surely be waiting at Xizhi Gate?
How is it that your tune's changed now?
Yingluo. I finally realize it now.
You realize what?
That day you hurt me accidentally and His Majesty punished you.
So you must resent me so much.
- So? - So you colluded with this bastard servant.
To put on a show of injury to gain my confidence.
To use your tears and our affection of the past,
to force me to help you with your elopement.
Actually, it was you and Fuheng all along.
You two put on this show.
Your Majesty didn't find the person in search.
So naturally he would suspect me. You two!
You two joined hands,
joined hands to throw me into injustice.
You figured out an excuse so fast? My admiration to you.
Your Majesty, you must believe me.
Even if I were to frame Consort Ling,
why would I implicate Lord Fuheng too?
He is my savior! Consort Ling's words.
They hold no value.
I also want to know just why you try to frame your savior.
Even if a million people won't believe Chenbi,
Chenbi isn't afraid.
But Your Majesty.
You must believe me.
Li Yu. Present the box Hailan Cha rushed 800 miles to bring.
Fuheng.
These are the reasons why Imperial Concubine Shun framed you.
Your Majesty. These are?
Huolan tribe remnants have been pacified,
but Hailan Cha went to investigate Concubine Shun's past by the imperial edict.
Aibida's young daughter went missing.
For many years she was searched by tirelessly and only recently was she found and presented to the royal palace.
This is a lie?
The finding of the daughter is true.
But this precious daughter they found wasn't happy to oblige coming into the palace.
Back then when she reached the marriageable age (15), her foster father presided over her wedding.
Aibida realized her beauty was outstanding.
So he wouldn't spare her from being his great pawn.
So you already long suspected me.
Wei Yingluo would never, over a momentary fury,
raise her hand to harm someone.
Chenbi. You've married before.
She's married before and birthed a child.
Yes.
I have married before and I have birthed a child before but I still had to come to the palace.
No matter how unwilling I am, I still had to come to the palace.
How did you pass the body check?
I had my way for that.
Do you wish to know?
Why didn't you say it sooner? If you had told me . . .
Tell you and what?
You're the lofty Emperor.
And you. Fuheng.
I wanted to end everything with my death, but why did you have to save me?
So you fell off the cliff on purpose?
Yes.
Your meddling act,
pushed me into an endless abyss completely.
So when I discovered that scented pouch,
I purposely got closer to Wei Yingluo.
To earn her trust and plot your reunion.
Then, lure His Majesty to misunderstand.
I wanted to use your elopement,
to throw you into a net together.
How pitiful.
What a pity indeed.
The entire incident.
It has nothing to do with me.
Yes.
It is indeed unrelated to you whatsoever.
But too bad you are Fuheng's beloved.
And His Majesty's pampered consort.
But I just didn't imagine.
That this Fuheng was such a big fool.
He was so tempted by my suggestion.
But he still abandoned it.
What he abandoned was himself.
In order to help you.
Why are you always so lucky?
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