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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 38
Master, His Highnesses are here.
- Greetings to Your Highness. - Your Highness Prince Kang.
Chancellor Ma, His Majesty has heard that your body has not yet recovered and to show his concern,
requested the Prince Regent and I specially come to take a look at you.
You should rest well, and allow the Imperial Physician to properly diagnose and treat you.
I have only a small indisposition, which has unexpectedly alarmed His Majesty.
May Your Highness Prince Kang on my behalf express my gratitude to His Majesty.
What illness does Chancellor Ma have?
This...
Imperial Physician, Chancellor Ma has been grieving excessively,
his mind is suffering from pent-up frustrations which are capable of leading to a lingering illness, tell me, am I right?
Yes, yes, yes. Chancellor Ma, if he could only open up his emotions
and rest at ease, his recuperation will not be more than several days.
Since the imperial physician already said it, I'm at ease now.
Chancellor Ma, today, Prince Regent was especially ordered by His Majesty to come and apologize to you.
Chancellor Ma, my words last time were too sharp and my actions were too reckless. I'm here to apologize.
No need for that.
I only of humble position and my words don't carry much weight. I am unable to bear the apology of Your Highness Prince Regent.
Servants! Bring His Highness Prince Kang tea. Your Highness, please be seated.
Chancellor Ma, it's me who offended you. You can blame me alone. Why must you resign?
This is my business. It doesn't seem to be related to you.
Unrelated to me?
May I ask Chancellor Ma, as the present chancellor of the empire,
you are the head of state affairs, a pillar of the government.
You should be cautious and conscientious in serving the government.
But now, your face is flushed and you don't show any sign of illness, yet you resigned with illness as an excuse.
Is it really due to extreme grief, or you're trying to coerce His Majesty?
Prince Regent, His Majesty asks you to come here to apologize and not to scold people.
Before, I was too anxious and had said excessive words.
I sincerely apologize. But it's very obvious that Chancellor Ma is refusing to accept it.
That's right!
I don't accept it.
Men, escort the guest out!
No matter how much you hinder me, I will find out the truth.
I take my leave.
Chancellor Ma, Your Highness, your servant takes his leave.
Chancellor Ma this 'taking drastic measures to solve a problem' strategy is really clever.
This is just the start. Just wait and see. I'll let him know
what it means to be at the end of one's wit.
Your Majesty, calm down. Harming your body from anger just for these people is not worth it.
What do each of them want to do?! Are they trying to revolt?!
Your Majesty, who angered you that you are throwing such a huge fit?
Hongxiu, if you came here also for Prince Regent's Wife, then don't bother talking.
Why are you not talking?
Didn't you say it yourself that if I came to ask for leniency in behalf of Prince Regent's Wife too, I shouldn't talk anymore?
Did you come here to anger me too?
Your Majesty, do you really believe that Prince Regent's Wife is the murderer?
Of course, I don't.
Why then must you still punish her?
Because I'm the emperor.
If I'm just a normal person, of course, I'll follow uncle's will
and let that innocent Liu Song princess go.
But I'm the emperor. I must prioritize the general situation.
Even if I know that something is odd about this, I can only do what I have done.
But...
Look at them yourself.
Government from Rank 3 and up all submitted memorials requesting me to execute the Liu Song princess.
And those old students and subordinates of Chancellor Ma, they imitated him and submitted their resignations too. There are even those
that say Prince Regent is tyrannical. That he is disturbing the order in the government. And then, just left their seals and left office.
Not only here in Pincheng, but this issue is being noisily discussed in the whole state. The situation is quite awful.
Your Majesty, this is coercion.
1 or 2 can be called coercion. But with so many people submitting memorials like this, it's unwise to incur public anger.
Are you really going to throw away Princess Consort's life just because of these people who clearly have ulterior motives?
Liu Chuyu has already admitted to her crime. I don't have any other choice.
- Your Majesty! - Hongxiu...
Don't be like them to try to force me.
I dare not and can't bear to.
Ma Zhongliang gave me a suggestion.
He requested that Prince Regent personally execute Liu Chuyu on the day of Ma Xueyun's burial.
Really?
Yes. I heard it very clearly.
That is indeed a good news.
Royal Mother, what matter is making you so happy?
Yun'er, you came just in time.
I have a good news to tell you.
What is it?
His Majesty has already gave his decree asking Prince Regent to execute that Liu Song woman
in front of Ma Xueyun's casket.
Really!
After entering the palace for more than 20 years, I've never seen such an odd event.
They actually wanted to publicly execute the Prince Regent's Wife?
They can really think of ways.
When the choice for the Prince Regent was still being deliberated, Ma Zhongliang went against all objections and did his best to assist Rong Zhi to get it.
Just to help the Prince Regent, he even married his daughter off to him to become a side wife.
Now, Ma Xueyun has tragically died. If the Prince Regent's Wife was some other people,
at most, it will just be a murder due to petty jealousy.
But Liu Chuyu just happen to be not from our tribe. If Rong Zhi was smart,
he should have resolutely handled this and allowed Ma Zhongliang to vent his anger.
But he actually was impervious to reason or advice
and didn't mind offending the majority to keep helping her.
With him being like that, will Ma Zhongliang ever forgive him?
Yun'er...
You must personally go to the funeral procession.
Tell me about every detail when you return. I must know them.
Royal Mother, don't worry. I'm am looking forward to Rong Zhi's facial expression
more than Royal Mother. How painful could it be during that time?
Empress Dowager still won't see me?
Your Highness, if Prince Regent's Wife didn't confess, Her Lady Majesty Empress Dowager might still be able to defend her.
but...
Stop making it hard on Empress Dowager.
What place is the Ministry of Justice. They naturally will have ways to let a woman talk.
Empress Dowager is usually very intelligent. Why is she being muddled now?
Prince Regent.
I thought that Empress Dowager has made up your mind to refuse to see me.
I indeed don't want to see you,
but I can't bear to. Rong Zhi,
what time is it already?
You still won't give up.
Chuyu is the princess of Liu Song. Her life and death concerns the relationship between Wei and Song.
His Majesty is also being pressured by government officials.
If we haphazardly just execute her, how are we going to explain that to Liu Song in the future?
Am I going to just watch as the conflict between Wei and Song erupts again?
Liu Song has already lost one battle, hence, they sent their princess for a marriage alliance.
If they will get angered by this, it is still a matter in the future.
What's important now is the present difficulty.
Think about it well.
Those government officials kept waiting outside Taihua Palace
forcing His Majesty to make a decree. What is their purpose?
What they want is not Chuyu's life.
What they want is for you to be removed from your Prince Regent position.
It's better that I clear this up to you.
Your Majesty wants you to personally publicly execute Chuyu
so as to show everyone that you're clearly severing your ties with her, to pacify the anger of the Ma clan and the state officials.
If you're able to do it, then this matter will come to past.
But if you don't, you're a person who covets for a woman's beauty and shields a criminal.
You think that a person like that can be Wei' Prince Regent?
What you mean is...
other than killing Chuyu, there is no other way?
Yes.
Isn't it too cruel?
As the Empress Dowager, I'm telling you
to not forget how hard it was for you to get the Prince Regent position.
The more you must not forget your past grand ambition.
Tomorrow is the funeral procession and burial. Go back now.
Your Highness, I can arrange for some men.
As long as we plan it well, we surely can rescue Princess Consort.
You must not act rashly.
The funeral procession is tomorrow. Are you just going to watch as Princess Consort dies?
This is His Majesty's imperial decree. No one can disobey it.
General Huo.
- Will you go tomorrow? - I will.
Even if you will face the predicament of being asked to personally kill the Princess Consort?
Yes.
Okay. I'll accompany you until the end.
[Ministry of Justice]
Eat.
Is this the meal before the execution?
Yes. You'll be going on your way tomorrow. Have a full meal.
[Chancellor Ma's Manor]
Master.
Xueyun...
I'll accompany you.
[Medical Clinic]
Doctor Gu! Doctor Gu!
- There's no more time to explain. Just come with me. - Hey, go where?
- Deputy Commander Wang! Where are we going? - Let's just go.
Hey, Doctor Gu! Doctor Gu! Where are you going?
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I've brought you the criminal.
- Bring her here! - Yes!
It's her! The murderer!
Really never thought that a woman can be that cruel!
The Lady of the Ma family is such a kind person! She even gave us free grains and porridge last year.
She actually got killed by this evil woman!
Looking so gentle and weak like that, never thought that she's that sinister.
My older brother was exactly killed by these Liu Song people.
- Right. My father was also killed in the battlefield. It's all these evil people's fault. - Right...
Kill her! Kill her!
Prince Regent, you came just in time.
It's exactly the time for her execution.
Men!
Rong Zhi, are you going to kill me too?
It's already time. Just do it then.
Your Lady Majesty.
It's okay.
You're still worried about Prince Regent?
Hope Rong Zhi will make the right choice.
He must not disappoint me.
Your Lady Majesty, don't worry. His Highness is very smart.
After thinking about it carefully, he surely will think for the sake of the general situation.
Rong Zhi!
I told you that I won't let anyone hurt you.
Prince Regent, the execution of Liu Chuyu is His Majesty's decree.
Are you going to disobey his decree?
His Majesty is being blinded.
As the Prince Regent, I have the duty to correct his mistake.
Rong Zhi! Today is Xueyun's burial day.
I must use this woman's blood as a sacrificial offering to my daughter.
It's fine if you don't want to help, yet you still kept defending her.
This is being extremely ungrateful.
Men! Take this evil woman's head!
I came late. May Your Highness forgive me.
What an affectionate and righteous Prince Regent.
Xueyun, did you see it?
This is the man that you loved so much.
I was really blind to marry you off to him.
Rong Zhi, even if you brought this men,
even if His Majesty's Longlin army comes here, they won't be able to stop me from killing her!
What about if you add me too?!
Huo Xuan, why are you here?
You can't privately lead your military army here inside Pingcheng.
Who said that I've privately led my military army in the city? These are just guards of the Huo manor.
I brought them out to stroll and just happen to come here. Can't I?
Just for Rong Zhi, you totally have become irrational.
No, I'm just following what my heart desires.
Just for power, wealth, and position, it's Your Highness Prince Kang that is unscrupulous with one's means.
Huo lady, I don't understand anymore.
Why must each of you
defend this woman?!
We just want to investigate the truth.
How?
May Chancellor Ma open the casket.
You are bullying people intolerably!
I'm always like this. Is this your first time knowing that?
Men! Remove the lid of the coffin!
Let's see who among you dare to!
You really think I won't dare to kill you?
Wang Ze!
Why are you just standing there? Hurry and go.
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Are they confident about this?
Even if there is just a 1/10,000 chance, I will give it a try.
It will be alright. You have me here.
Xueyun, sorry.
Everyone, you saw that, right? These people just suddenly charged in here
and didn't respect the dead at all! Totally are crazy!
You guys can't be like this! The person is already dead, yet you still opened the casket to examine the corpse?! So unreasonable!
Chancellor Ma, an old man sending off a daughter is already quite pitiful.
You all are adding insult to injury?! Are you still humans?!
That's right! What right do you have to open the casket!
You must not open the casket!
Chancellor Ma, if I don't know you before, I surely will be like everyone
and get fooled by your deep love for your daughter.
Now, we only wanted to open the casket and investigate the truth.
Are you being this agitated really because of the dead getting tainted
or willingness for one's daughter's death to be determined wrongly just for your own reputation?
You are the murderer. I'm not talking to you.
!You all say that I'm the killer!
But where is your witness or your material evidence?!
Liu Chuyu, don't forget.
The Minister of Justice has your personally signed confession.
That's right. It's here.
That was because you used Qingyue's life to threaten me, hence, I have no choice but to sign it.
Even if you have thousands of reasons,
it's your name that's written here.
You won't be able to escape it.
You better read it carefully. What really is written there?
Isn't this your name?
I don't know the Wei language, so I signed in Han characters.
But these 3 words are not my name.
What are they?!
Big dog shit!
You... Why are you cursing?!
You forced me to confess through torture. Aren't you all then people who are worse than dog shit?!
You...asshole!
Who told you to evict the Song envoys?!
During this critical moment, you couldn't even find an interpreter.
Couldn't understand, yet pretended to understand. A bunch of stupid fools!
You...
Stop embarrassing yourself.
Prince Regent, I'm done checking.
- How was it? -Other the injuries from the fall, Concubine Ma doesn't have any other injuries on her.
What can that prove?
I did some experiments on the tower. Even a weak lady
will fight back if she's to be pushed down.
With such a small space, the two of them surely would have fought very close to each other.
But Xueyun has no other wounds on her body.
That's why, she wasn't attacked.
Liu Chuyu must have pushed Concubine Ma when her guard was down.
I didn't.
Do you have any evidence?
You want to see the evidence, is that it?!
Okay. I'll let you see.
Can you all see it?! That time, I was powerless
but I wasn't willing to just sit and be killed.
This is an injury I got when I was fighting with Ma Xueyun
and got pushed onto the tower post.
Also!
What are you doing?!
Is there an injury also on my back?
That's right. There is indeed a bruise on your back.
It hasn't disappeared even after 3 days, showing that it was quite grave.
Yes. I remember that my back hit the railing.
The upper half of my body was on mid-air.
Right. When I was experimenting it with His Highness, I also hit hard on the railing.
It's still a bit painful right now.
Prince Regent's Wife, please raise your head.
Sorry to be disrespectful.
Everyone can see that the bruises on Princess Consort's neck is clearly that from fingers.
That's right. I remember. That time, Ma Xueyun was choking me with her hand.
If these are confirmed to be her finger marks, then it proves that I'm not lying.
If that's the case,
why didn't you say so while in the palace hall?
I was panicking that time. Also...
It's like this. We usually might bump into things.
It might leave a wound on us, but we didn't notice it.
After a few days, the wound on our body will become a bruise and will take a long time to disappear.
Prince Regent's Wife probably didn't notice them too while she was in the palace hall because of panic.
That's why, Ma Xueyun isn't the victim,
but a murder suspect.
Bunch of nonsense! Xueyun will not do such a thing!
Think about it? How can any normal person do such a thing?
Even if she hates Liu Chuyu that much,
will she stake her own life?
What if she has not much time left to live?
Using a life that's struggling at death's door in exchange of Princess Consort's long life, it's very worth it.
What do you mean?
If Chancellor Ma wants to know, why don't you ask your maidservant?
Wang Ze!
I don't know anything.
But half a year ago, Concubine Ma was with you when she came to my clinic for a consult.
This doctor, did you had it wrong?
Just to get treated, would Concubine Ma need to go out of their manor?
Unless she has an incurable illness.
What did you say? What incurable illness?
It's like this. She looks just a bit more frail than usual people.
But 2 months ago, she already couldn't eat.
Her limbs were frequently weak and she would have splitting headaches.
At the start, I thought that evil wind might have entered her body.
But afterwards, I learned that she had numerous episodes of coughing out blood.
When I checked her pulse, I then determined that her illness is already severe and incurable.
Talk. Say that he's making up things.
Tell everyone that doctor is making up things!
Right. Mistress has never coughed out blood.
I also have never brought her out to see any doctor and have never this person.
This doctor, just to help them, you're sparing no effort.
You even dared to say such lies?
Your Highness Prince Kang, I'm just a doctor. I only know to treat illness and save people.
The more I don't want to get involved with your fights.
If not because I saw this maidservant while at the Prince Regent's Manor that day,
I totally wouldn't connect Concubine Ma with that patient.
I am not suspecting your medicinal skills.
It's just that the person is already dead.
Are you planning to cut her open and find her ill internal organ?!
Enough!
I...am tired.
Come...close Xueyun's casket now.
- Prince Regent. - Master.
Allow me to prove it.
- Please say it. - Let me warn you.
If you dare to say nonsense again, don't think of practicing medicine here in Pingcheng again.
Your Highness Prince Kang, although I'm just an ordinary citizen,
I also know that a person's life is as important as the heaven.
The truth will eventually come out.
Your Highness, you want evidences, right?
I'll prove it to you now.
Okay.
Are the clothes of Concubine Ma while she was alive still around?
Doctor Gu, what will we do now?
Wait.
Wait for what?
Wait for half an incense and everything will be clear.
Half an incense?
What if we are unable to wait for anything?
I'll pay my life to Chancellor Ma
for you to vent your anger with.
Believe him.
Your Majesty, what's wrong?
What time is it now?
It's almost noon.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, something happened to the funeral procession troupe.
What's going on?!
Prince Regent and Feifeng General sent people to block the funeral procession.
They are now confronting the men of Chancellor Ma.
Preposterous!
Your Majesty, if Prince Regent will be able to prove that Princess Consort is innocent,
wouldn't Chuyu get released now? This is a good thing.
What good thing? This is a huge disaster!
No matter who wins or lose, both will end up badly hurt.
Why?
Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? You're confusing me.
Sacrificing one Liu Chuyu to pacify the anger of the Ma clan and government officials
is worth it.
But now that Prince Regent insists on saving her, I fear that the world will get turned upside down (a political upheaval).
It can't be that serious...
Look. So many flies.
This...what's going on? How come there are so many flies?
The weather is hot, so there's a lot of flies. But they shouldn't all be encircling the clothes?
What really is going on here?
- What's going on? - Right...
Can you explain this to everyone?
I heard from an experienced coroner
that if these clothes were stained with blood, even if you clean them well,
there will still be blood stench left on them.
And these blood stench can't be sensed by humans,
but animals are very sensitive to them.
You just have to expose these clothes under the sun for an hour
and these flies will then gather around them.
The more if the blood on this clothes came from a severely ill patient.
The blood scent will be stronger and thicker.
How could some normal clothes have blood on them? Moreover,
the flies are gathering on the end of the sleeves and chest area.
This means that Concubine Ma has been coughing out blood since long time ago.
As her personal maidservant, it's impossible that you don't know.
Stop hiding it for Ma Xueyun already.
She clearly was severely ill, yet she pretended to be fine.
It was all because she planned to kill Princess Consort, am I right?
No... I don't know anything.
This doesn't make sense. You all say that Concubine Ma is severely ill.
If she wanted to perish together with Princess Consort, that I can understand.
Why then did she jump on her own?
I also don't understand.
Ma Xueyun already had victory in the palm of her hand, why then must she do that?
Bixi, tell me the truth and I'll let you off.
But if you still keep hiding things, I'll drag you to be buried with Concubine Ma.
Mistress did this because...
Hurry and say it!
To let Princess Consort die in more painful and humiliating way than her.
I don't understand.
Mistress initially planned to die together with you.
But afterwards, she changed her mind.
She wanted you to stand on the execution stage once again.
To be pointed at by thousands of people, to be reviled by everyone.
And in the end, get abandoned by Prince Regent and even personally killed by him.
There is no death in this world that can erase her extreme anger as much as that.
This way, she surely will be very happy in the netherworld.
What use do I still have for you?!
Chancellor Ma, things are already like this.
Let me send Xueyun off one last time.
No need, Your Highness Prince Regent.
Xueyun was unhappy when she was still living by your side.
Now that she's dead, just let her off.
Chuyu!
Your Highness, Princess Consort seems to have been tortured.
Let's go.
He just left like that?
Your hand is hurt. It's better that we bandage it first.
It's just an old wound that gaped open earlier. It's fine.
It's still better to bandage it. You are after all a lady. We can't let it leave any scar.
No need.
How far were you from me earlier?
Ha?
You were standing so far from me, yet you were able to see the wound on my hand.
He was standing very near me,
yet it's as if he didn't see me. Why?
Thank you for today, Gu Huan.
- Wang Ze! - Here.
- Let's go. - Okay.
Your Highness Prince Kang.
Rong Zhi took away your love and occupied the Prince Regent position.
If it's other people, their anger would have been great enough to have attacked their heart (extreme anger).
You still have the idle time to play chess with me?
You really have great patience.
I admire Feifeng General. Everyone in court knows that.
But the person she loves is Rong Zhi. I can't do anything about that.
As a man, I find that very humiliating.
But compared to Chancellor Ma losing your daughter and getting shamed like that,
this humiliation—
Your Highness Prince Kang...
Stop doing these prodding methods on me.
If I'm a reckless person,
I wouldn't have proceeded in finishing my daughter's burial ceremony today.
Of course, I know what kind of person you are.
If not, why would I repeatedly come to ask for your help?
Tuoba Yun, why must I help you?
You said that you will help me get Chuyu's head.
Were you able to do it?!
The combined forces of Prince Regent and Feifeng General is really something that must not be belittled.
My force is thin. I'm temporarily in the downwind. Hence, I can only swallow humiliation and bear a heavy load, temporarily not do anything.
The situation is still not in the last moment. Why must you rush?
The matter has already come to this. As long as we join forces,
we surely can fight against Prince Regent.
Your Highness Prince Kang,
- do you know why I refused to help you before? - I'm willing to hear the details.
You are the eldest brother of His Majesty.
But...you are not the direct line of the Empress.
It is then destined that you must exert more efforts
than other people to climb up to that position.
That will surely be going through extreme hardships, cutting one's way through thistles and thorns.
I'm already ready for it.
Your Highness Prince Kang, you are vigorously hardworking and overbearing.
But in my eyes, you are very childish.
You are not ruthless enough.
Chancellor Ma, what do you mean by that?
I really don't understand.
What's the use of eyeing for Prince Regent's position all day?
In our Wei, only this position
is truly one above the rest.
That's why, in my opinion, there is only one fastest way.
Aspire for the imperial throne.
♫ 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 ♫