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♫ One flower, one world; One leaf, one enlightenment ♫
♫ The raindrops pattering against the banana leaves last night awoke me gently and gracefully. ♫
♫ Continuously and closely, continuously and closely, intoxicated within the aromatic air ♫
♫ Closely touching you, closely touching you. ♫
♫ So many poetic lines were left behind inside of dreams ♫
♫ The raindrops in front of the house drenched the spring clothing ♫
♫ Pitter-pattering raindrops, pitter-pattering raindrops, sprinkling and trickling over the memories ♫
♫ Entirely about you. Entirely about you. ♫
♫ I desire to ride a fair wind to separate, but my heart can't escape ♫
♫ Wanted us to be intertwined trees growing as one, wanted to enjoy the world together ♫
♫ I'm having fun in the mortal world, a cherry blossom free against the sky horizon ♫
♫ Playing you as a flute song, holding you prisoner within my embrace ♫
Untouchable Lovers
Episode 18
Carved wooden dolls?
This is the gift that Liu Song is giving me?
These three dolls were personally carved by Her Highness the Princess of Song.
They are very precious gifts.
Then it means that Liu Song has agreed with my peace treaty?
My Master said that if anyone can solve the profound meaning behind these dolls,
Great Song will agree with any conditions of Great Wei.
But...if you are unable to solve it...
What will happen if we don't solve it?
May Your Majesty give us Qingzhou, Liangzhou, and Hezhou.
You are being extremely presumptous!
Your Majesty, immediately kick this arrogant man out.
They were the losers and they even are daydreaming to covet the important lands of our Wei? He should be executed.
These are lands that were originally taken away from our Great Song.
How have they now become your important territories?
I have long heard that Wei is full of talented men.
Could it be that you're afraid of a small trick like this?
Is everyone causing such a disturbance because you're afraid to accept this challenge?
Could it be that the Regent already has a way to solve it?
What are you doing?
So that's what it is about.
What do you mean?
Your Majesty, these three dolls have one hole in each ear.
It allows for a hair to pass through.
What can it mean then?
In the first doll, the hair entered the ear but came out of the mouth.
In the second doll, the hair entered the left ear and came out of the right ear.
In the the third doll, the hair entered the ear, but ended up in the abdomen.
Envoy of Song, did I get it right?
These three dolls describe three kinds of people.
The first one is a tattletale, naturally born with a long tongue.
The second one is one who hears and just forgets about it, very muddled.
In the third kind of person, words enter and don't come out.
His abdomen bears his chest. (T/N heart in chest, suggesting "words taken to heart", sincerity)
That's why, the third doll is the most precious.
- Is he correct? How can we tell? - No, no.
The Regent seems to want to say something more.
The first doll will say what he wants to say. Straightforward and honest.
The second doll doesn't let anything wind around its heart, and therefore has no worries.
And the third doll will refuse to talk and remain calm, worthy of trust.
If you ask me which one is more honorable, I indeed am unable to choose.
If you insist on letting me choose,
I instead feel that this doll who can't contain a secret
is the most naive and adorable.
My Princess also said the same words.
I can't believe that there can be such a coincidence in this world.
Enough! Wei is full of talented people.
Don't bring out such lowly tricks to embarrass yourself anymore.
Now, you should talk about your purpose.
I am representing the Emperor of Great Song
to request that Great Wei fulfill the marriage alliance agreement.
From now on, Great Song and Great Wei
will forever be friends, and will never face each other in battle.
Your Majesty, since it was His Highness Prince Kang who solved the puzzle,
it should be Prince Kang who will marry the Song Princess.
Your Majesty, Her Highness the Princess has said beforehand
that the person who is able to solve the hidden meaning of these three dolls
is the person that has a heart that's connected to hers.
That is the person she's fated to be with.
Here.
Yu'er, prepare some food and wine.
I have good news that I want to celebrate with Royal Mother.
Yes, Your Highness.
Yun'er, stop deliberately acting as if nothing happened.
I've already heard about what happened today.
What does Royal Mother mean?
That Rong Zhi is bullying us intolerably!
He already got the regent position. Now he even stole your Liu Song Princess?
How can I not be angry?
Liu Song Princess?
Although Liu Song got defeated, they still have accumulated influence.
If you are able to get their support,
that is equivalent to having a strong backer.
Now that the Liu Song Princess is becoming the Princess Consort of the Prince Regent,
won't it be harder to topple Rong Zhi now? How can we not pile disaster onto disaster for ourselves?
Your Highness, your food and wine are ready.
Royal Mother, it is exactly because of that reason that I'm celebrating.
Come.
Marrying the Liu Song Princess is equivalent to offending Ma Zhongliang.
Liu Song is a tall mountain on a distant river (very far away). Even if it has a long whip, it won't reach us.
Rong Zhi's hard work now got flushed out with the eastern sea current. (T/N wasted effort)
He's currently in a very difficult situation, in unspeakable suffering.
I should grab hold of this chance, and deal him a lethal blow.
Then...what do you plan to do?
I will prepare a huge gift, and personally go to the House of Ma to ask for marriage.
You plan to marry Ma Xueyun?
Right. I'm not only marrying Ma Xueyun,
I will even have my wedding on the same day as Rong Zhi's.
That day, he surely will go insanely mad.
With such a good thing happening,
Royal Mother, tell me, shouldn't we celebrate it?
We should.
I'm now hoping my Yun'er will be able to bring home the beauty then.
Okay.
Lady!
Lady...
Lady! Calm your anger!
Lady, this is the bridal clothing that you meticulously prepared.
He won't be marrying me anymore! For whom am I still keeping and wearing that for?
Who told you that I'm not marrying you?
Other than Xueyun, I don't want anyone else.
Xueyun, do you remember that you said
that even if I'm a beggar, you're still willing to follow me?
Do those words still count now?
Every word I said...were sincere.
Okay then. I'll give up my regent position too. Let's just wander the world
as a married couple who are deity-like in blissfulness.
Where are you two going!
Vile creature!
Chancellor Ma!
The Imperial decree of His Majesty has been given. What are you planning to do?
It's exactly because the Imperial decree has been given, that's why I must take Xueyun away from here!
What you two are doing is resisting the decree, and resisting the decree is punishable by execution.
Don't you want your lives anymore?
Since I promised Xueyun that I'm marrying her, I'm not afraid to risk my life to resist the decree.
His Majesty wanted me to marry the Liu Song Princess, but that will only happen if I'm dead.
Just let my coffin marry her.
Muddled!
I'm used to being constrained.
Being muddled sometimes in exchange for a wife as beautiful as a flower, it's worth it.
Xueyun, let's go.
Your Highness!
- Father! - Get lost!
Chancellor Ma, what are you doing?
Your Highness, you are the Prince Regent of Great Wei.
You must not disregard state affairs
just for romantic follies.
May Your Highness the Prince Regent prioritize for the greater good.
Putting the affairs of the state first means that I must disappoint Xueyun.
If I marry the Liu Song Princess, what about Xueyun?
Xueyun.
Xueyun, do you regret it?
I don't regret it.
Your Highness, you heard it.
Ma Xueyun is willing to even lose her life just for you.
I think that she also won't mind not having the Princess Consort title either.
No. I can't let Xueyun suffer.
Yes. That indeed will be unfair to my daughter.
But what can we do? She chose this path.
She can't have everything. She must pay some price.
It's just that I have one question I want to ask you.
We both clearly know the current situation of Great Wei's state affairs.
His Majesty is too engrossed in Buddhist teachings and refuses to manage state affairs. If one day,
Your Highness can be given a chance to progress further...
I'm willing to promise you that I won't betray Xueyun.
With such, I'm at ease.
Please quickly rise.
May Your Highness the Prince Regent go back to your manor now and prepare for the wedding.
Xueyun.
May Your Highness return to your manor.
Chancellor Ma's Manor
Greetings to Your Highness.
Ha? Is Chancellor Ma not around?
The Chancellor is feeling unwell, and is unable to see any guests.
Even me?
May Your Highness just go back.
Yun'er, you're back. How did things go?
That old man refused to let me in.
Yun'er, don't be mad.
He is just showing off his might.
Since that's the case...
why not repeatedly visit him?
Don't be afraid of being unable to move him.
Your Highness, there is news from the palace of Empress Dowager Feng
that a birth-date and age matching card was prepared and sent to the Ma Manor.
What did you say?
They said that the lady of Ma Manor is willing to marry the Prince Regent at the same time.
- Go now. - Yes.
All the women in this world...
are infatuated with Rong Zhi.
They'd rather become his lowly concubine
than marry me and be my Princess Consort.
Good. Really great!
Rong Zhi...don't blame me then.
You brought all these to yourself.
Royal Mother, water can transport a boat, but it also can capsize a boat.
What if the Liu Song Princess unfortunately got assassinated on her journey here?
I'm afraid at last, in that momen, Wei and Song would cancel the peace negotiations,
and Rong Zhi would be forced to attack Liu Song again.
If you want to have the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and concubine), (T/N harmonious multiple marriage)
it will depend if you have the fate for that.
Who is getting married? Hey, isn't that the carriage of the Liu Song Princess?
Let's go... Let's go look.
It's really her!
Our Great Wei's Prince Regent is marrying the Princess of Liu Song as his Princess Consort.
Wei and Song will then be allies forever, and no more wars will happen.
- Our Regent has graceful bearing and is outstanding. What beautiful woman can't he be worthy to have... - Right...
that he actually had to marry an ugly woman from Liu Song to be his wife?
- Why do you say this? - That's right.
I heard that this Princess has bronze-bell like eyes (wide and staring)
and has mouth like the bloody, gaping mouth of beasts to be sacrificed (very large mouth),
- and a waist that's like a wooden trunk! So scary! - Indeed.
Sacrificing himself just for Great Wei, the Prince Regent really doesn't have it easy.
What a pitiful Prince Regent!
Prince Regent's Manor
- Congratulations, Your Highness. - Thank you everyone for coming.
Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations!
Congratulations...that's right...
Your Highness, the auspicious hour has come.
I got it.
- Why do we not yet see the bride? - But the marriage carriage of Princess still hasn't arrived.
What if we miss the auspicious hour?
Shen Yu will arrive in time.
Congratulations, Your Highness the Prince Regent.
Thanks. This way please.
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Who are you?
Protect the Princess Consort!
Princess Consort!
Where is the Princess Consort?
The Princess already knew that the journey to Wei wouldn't be safe.
If she were really inside, she would have become a bamboo sieve now.
She's in the inn up front waiting for us. Hurry.
It's been too long to not have such an occasion.
Congratulations...
The auspicious hour seems to be arriving soon. How come the bride is still not here?
Could something have happened?
General Shen is personally escorting her. How can something bad happen?
Everyone, don't worry. Shen Yu will surely escort the Princess here in time.
Come.
They are here! They are here!
Your Highness, she's here!
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The Prince Regent's Manor
Heaven and Earth
What happened?
How come she's barefoot?
You're really something.
What is she doing?
Kneel!
First bow, to the Heaven and Earth!
Second bow, to the high altar!
Newly married couple, bow to each other!
The ceremony is done!
General Shen, did everything go well?
Someone tried to assassinate her.
Who?
A criminal who wanted to foil the marriage alliance between Wei and Song.
Moon Phoenix Room
Is this for hitting people?
Princess Consort.
Princess Consort, you must not.
- What? - This...
Isn't the ceremony already done?
This...the rites official surely has told you
that this head covering must be personally removed by His Highness.
Then, where did he go?
Princess Consort, please forgive me.
I'm asking you where he went. Why are you kneeling?
Say it. Where is your Prince?
His Highness...
His Highness...he...
Xueyun...I didn't expect you to be this stubborn,
you just had to be married to me on the same and time as the Liu Song Princess.
Your Highness, are you unhappy about it?
It's just that it's too unfair to you.
With Your Highness by my side, I don't feel that it's unfair at all.
It's just that today is your wedding day.
Leaving the Princess Consort, and coming to me...
I already feel very guilty for not making you the Princess Consort.
Tonight, I must not make you suffer.
What's happening?
Look.
Don't make too much movement.
Princess...Prin--
Are you alright?
Your Highness! Your...
Her Highness the Princess Consort is missing.
- I'm here. - Prin...
Princess Consort?
Liu Song has always given importance to proper etiquette. How can there be such an absurd princess?
Totally unheard of.
My vast Song has everything.
If you haven't heard of it, then it can only mean that you were ignorant and uninformed. How can you blame me?
What were you doing up there? Don't you know that indecent acts shouldn't be looked at?
If I didn't look, how would I know that you two were doing something indecent?
Since we can't predict things, then the ignorant person should be forgiven for his crimes.
Give me back my fragrance sachet!
Apologize first.
Leaving the Princess of Liu Song alone on her wedding night is a big insult to me.
Who should be apologizing?
Lanruo! Take her back to her room!
Princess Consort, let's go back.
I'll walk by myself.
Toppled with just one blow, you weak chicken!
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Your Highness.
Your Highness, you shouldn't have been harsh with the Princess Consort.
No matter what, she's still a Princess of Liu Song.
Leaving her home country and traveling far to here, she's also quite pitiful.
Having such a sharp tongue and won't yield at all,
my actions were not enough to harm her.
The Liu Song princess is willful and unbridled.
I asked you to send some people to teach her. How is the effect?
Your Highness, don't worry. Lanruo is currently meticulously teaching her.
I'm sure that there are some effects already.
Qingyue, higher!
Higher!
Higher! Higher!
Princess Consort, it's too dangerous. Let's quickly come down from there.
Higher!
Come down!
Your Highness!
- Princess Consort! - Get lost!
- Your Highness! - Your Highness! - Princess Consort!
Princess...
Your Highness, please forgive me. It was my negligence. I caused Her Highness the Princess Consort to get hurt.
Lanruo, I told you to teach her well, yet you instead let her play?
- Petty. - What did you say?
What? I just collapsed on you earlier. You're the one who earned from it, so why must you be angry?
- You clearly were-- - Hey!
Don't you dare say it. You want to say that I'm seducing you, right?
Vulgar. So vulgar. Look at yourself in the mirror first before saying such words.
- Take her away. - Yes.
I'm still coming this afternoon to play.
Let's go, Princess Consort.
Find some more people to teach her the proper etiquette!
Yes.
Greetings to the Princess Consort.
Hurry and let my mistress go.
- Xueyun! - Mistress!
Stop right there!
What were you doing?
Princess Consort, my mistress has a deliclate body.
Even if you're mad, you shouldn't vent it on her.
She has such weak health. How can she endure it?
- Wrong. - What did I say wrong?
Your words were wrong for three reasons.
First, I didn't bump into her. You were the one who shouted at me to let her go.
Second, the water is so shallow. No one could possibly drown in it?
The water isn't deep, but it's cold.
My mistress' body is very delicate. If she catches a cold, she might lose her life.
How could she deliberately jump by herself?
Of course, it is to falsely accuse me.
You...You're spouting slander!
Bixi, don't make up things.
Your Highness, did you see that?
Princess Consort harmed my Mistress and even said slanderous words about her.
What are you trying to do?
As for the third...
- Xueyun! - Stop her...
What are you doing!
If I'm going to punish anyone, I'll just directly push her.
Xueyun!
Mistress...
- Your Highness. - Why are you in such a hurry?
Empress Dowager Feng sent a message asking the Princess Consort to attend the palace banquet.
Palace banquet?
Your Highness, don't worry. Empress Dowager Feng sent some gugu (senior palace maid) to teach her.
They will be in charge of teaching the Princess Consort proper etiquette
to ensure that she won't embarrass you.
Let's go and see.
The Han people pay the most careful attention to etiquette,
while you don't know anything about the Wei etiquette.
The Princess Consort is a high and respectable position. You are the model of the women of Wei.
You must be extra careful in your
every move and every word.
Princess Consort! Use both hands to raise your tea cup.
While drinking tea, you must not turn your head to other places.
Oh, my! When drinking tea, your hands shouldn't be higher than your nose.
Hurry and put it down! Do it again!
The Imperial family has its own kind of manners.
When walking, never turn your head back. When talking, never lift your lips.
When sitting, never move your knees. When standing, never move your skirt.
You must not laugh loudly when happy. You must not shout when mad.
You must remember all of these well. Don't commit these mistakes again.
I heard that you always argue with Prince Regent. Is that true?
I didn't. It was Rong Zhi who was unreasonable.
Princess Consort, when a woman gets married, she should treat her husband as her master.
The word "husband" is now your sky.
Moreover, your husband is Wei's regent.
His position is honorable. How could you just directly call his name?
Since this is a marriage alliance,
if he's the sky, I'm also the sky.
Go call him to bow down to me, his sky. I'll then forgive him.
You...You...You...! You...are being too much!
Princess Consort!
- What are you doing? Qingyue! - Is there any end with you?
Hit her!
Stop!
Your Highness, help me!
Qingyue, don't.
Your Highness! Your Highness, save me!
The marriage alliance of Wei and Song is to promote peace. Your actions
will make others think that you have no breeding, and they will then look down on Liu Song.
Are you talking reason with me?
Yes.
Okay then. Let me reason this out with you too.
When Emperor Gaozong died, Empress Dowager Feng was at the prime of her youth.
She forcefully assisted the young Emperor to ascend the throne, pacified the rebellion of Yi Hun,
and held up a great mansion on the verge of collapse. (T/N idiom - hopeless situation)
She was so awe-inspiring and proud then.
But after so many years, her edge was lost and she didn't make any achievements.
She instead forced women to learn Confucian teachings. Totally high-sounding but impractical.
Could it be that when one becomes an Empress Dowager, you'll lose your past sharpness?
- Or, maybe-- - Enough!
You don't want to talk about Wei?
Fine. Then...let's talk about Han women. During the time of Sun En's uprising,
the senior officer of Huiji, Wang Ning, was unable to defend it and hurriedly escaped.
When his wife, Xie Daoyun, heard that the enemy had come, she just calmly
took a knife and went out, killing so many enemies.
Women. Women. She's a person first, before separating between man and woman.
What rules? In front of the enemies, all are just bullshit!
No ivory comes from the tooth of a dog. (T/N fair words do not come from the mouth of a soundrel)
Of course, it can't. Try spitting one yourself then. (T/N no fair words from him either?)
You don't want to learn the proper etiquette and keep giving justification for it.
Could it be you're afraid?
What am I afraid of?
Of course, it's afraid of being inferior when compared to the virtuous ladies of our Wei.
That's why, you totally won't dare to accept the challenge at all.
You are really cunning. That's a provoking trick.
Fear is fear. Stop looking for so many excuses to cover it up.
Your numerous arrogant words and actions are just to hide the fear in your heart.
After three days, if you still are unable to learn them, you can only embarrass yourself during the banquet.
Don't worry. I surely will not lose.
- I'm looking forward to it. - Take care on your way and I won't walk you out anymore.
Zhao Gugu, I'll have to trouble you then.
No, Your Highness, I really can't dare to teach her anymore. I dare not.
Zhao Gugu, you are a person sent by Empress Dowager Feng.
You know the weight of this matter, right?
Princess Consort, I won't do it anymore!
Hold this.
Tell her to continue teaching me. If she doesn't teach me well,
hit her.
Servant! Pour me some tea!
Concubine Ma's Room
Your Highness, Concubine Ma suffered shock
due to falling into the water recently, that's why she became bedridden.
Your Highness need not worry too much.
She just need to take some medicines and rest well.
I know already. Go now.
Xueyun, I have been worried about you these past days. Let me see.
Your Highness, you must not.
Xueyun, I have been worried about you.
Your Highness, go back first.
Are you still mad?
Liu Chuyu is really bullying people intolerably. She totally doesn't have any bearing of a princess.
I just don't want Your Highness to see my frail look.
Xueyun, in my heart, you are the most beautiful.
Your Highness, aren't you mad at me anymore?
That matter isn't your fault to begin with. You were the victim.
I won't let other people bully you anymore.
With these words from Your Highness, I'm already satisfied.
Mistress, it's time for your medicine.
Let me do it.
Your Highness, it's not proper.
Just obediently take your medicines. Only then will I be at ease.
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Your Highness, Zhao Zhang has been waiting for an hour outside the courtyard.
Let him leave. Today, I don't care if it's any huge matter, I'm going to accompany Xueyun.
Your Highness, I'm really fine now.
Go back to your work.
How could I lock you up in this place? If this gets out,
others will say that I'm a beauty that brings disaster.
For Xueyun, it's fine with me to be called incompetent.
Your Highness might be willing, but I'm not.
Your Highness, just go back to your work.
Or else, Zhao Zhang will really blame me already.
Okay. I'll just visit you again once I'm done with my work.
Bixi, walk His Highness out.
Yes.
No need. Take good care of your mistress.
♫ If life is like first meetings ♫
♫ It would be better to yearn more than meet ♫
♫ The misty rain of Jiangnan is so short-lived (idiomatic phrase, literally "night-blooming cactus blooms once")
♫Even while it's raining, it drizzles continuously ♫
♫ If we will see each other often in life ♫
♫ What must we do so we won't get fed-up with looking at each other? ♫
♫ At this day last year, It's the same sky ♫
♫ But the faces are different ♫
♫ I'd really like to see you again ♫
♫ Confess to you all my regrets in parting with you ♫
♫ Drawing a circle in the air ♫
♫ Praying that love will never change ♫
♫ I so want to rub my face against yours ♫
♫ Being greedy about your every moment ♫
♫ Don't ask how many years was I in pain ♫
♫ Turning back, it's all my tears...from my eyes ♫
♫ Don't ask how many years was I in pain ♫
♫ Turning back, it's all my tears...from my eyes ♫