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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 6
These are all my fault.
It was because of my greed for power
and my fear of losing the Empress position,
that's why, I...
killed a baby who's still in her swaddling clothes.
She is my biological daughter.
Chuyi's twin sister!
Now, everyone has betrayed me and my family has left me. I have nothing.
These are all my retribution!
This is fate, Empress Dowager. Stop making things hard on yourself.
Tell me, will Xiu'er hate?
Will she bear a grudge on me?
Will she never forgive me?
No...
Xiu'er...
You would never forgive me...
[Jingxin Pavillion]
Greetings, Princess.
Princess, do you have anything you want to instruct us?
Pavilion Master, this item has always been with me.
What is it?
That is a blue cashmere crystal.
What is its purpose?
It's an item that helps dispel a seven-death fate.
The Imperial Astrologer then said the little princess has a seven-death fate.
That she surely will bring chaos into the dynasty.
You have fully recovered?
Yes, thanks to your blessings.
Which doctor treated you that you recovered so fast?
I treated myself.
You know the art of medicine?
Come with me.
Rong Zhi, hurry and examine Empress Dowager.
See if you can cure her.
I especially brought you here not to see you shake your head.
This is one of the three conditions.
Princess, you're forcing me to do something that impossible.
I also have things that I can't do.
But I want you to do your best in saving her
and not shake your head by just looking at her once.
Since you said it that way, I'll do my best.
Prepare some medicines and acupuncture set.
Let everyone follow my instructions. Maybe, we can prolong her life a bit longer.
But I can't give you any guarantee.
Let us just do our best and listen to the Heaven's will.
Even if you are unable to save her, I won't blame you.
I've already used acupuncture to stabilize Empress Dowager's illness,
but she's already a lamp whose oil is about to run out. (dying)
I fear that...
- Princess! - Empress Dowager!
Empress Dowager!
Princess! Are you alright?
I'm alright.
Why are you here?
Greetings, Princess. Imperial Astrologer is here to pray for Empress Dowager.
You are the present Imperial Astrologer? I've long heard of your good name.
I've also heard about you.
What is your relationship with the past Imperial Astrologer?
He is my teacher.
The Imperial Astrologer then said the little princess has a seven-death fate.
That she surely will bring chaos into the dynasty.
Where is he?
Teacher is dead.
Dead?
So, he died. That's too bad.
Although I should say to contain your grief, I can't help but to say
that when I heard of his death, I felt unspeakable joy.
Too bad, I wasn't able to personally kill him.
Teacher said that everything in this world is fated.
If it's not yours, it will never be yours.
It's the same with life and death.
If I'm able to meet you, he told me to relay a message to you.
You are his most feared and best enemy.
If there is a netherworld after death, he would be waiting for you there.
Indeed. Your teacher is an outstanding person.
He is also my only failure.
But I lived longer than him. That counts as a victory.
As for the netherworld, I will never go there.
Bad luck.
Princess, let's go.
You go back first. I have something to ask him.
Okay. I'll wait for you outside.
Tian Rujing.
Before your teacher died, did he leave any more message?
Teacher said that he has been upright and aboveboard all his life,
but he has wronged one person.
Who?
An innocent baby, a royal princess.
How did he wrong her?
Empress before gave birth to a twin sisters.
The past emperor was so happy that he invited my teacher to foretell their future.
The result of the divination was very unfortunate.
One of the baby has the seven-death fate.
She surely will bring chaos to the Liu family empire, thus, the emperor
decided to execute her.
Just because of a ridiculous prediction,
you had to force a defenseless baby to death?!
Really despicable and shameless!
What happened afterwards? Did that baby get executed?
The past Empress, which is the current Empress Dowager,
tried many times to kill this child, but she can't bear to.
In the end, she has decided to tell a palace maid to bring the princess out of the palace and drown her.
The palace maid then returned bringing the child's swaddling clothes to prove that she has done her task.
You think that by eliminating the seven-death,
you can already stabilize the dynasty of the Liu family?
How can there be such an easy thing in this world?
The course of nature move in cycles. Retribution is unfailing.
Since it is a seven-death fate, how can it easily disappear?
Seven-death, failed soldier, and greedy wolf stars have all appeared.
The world will topple and the momentum is unstoppable.
I'm here, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Here!
I'm here, Your Majesty.
I caught you!
Your Majesty.
- Get lost. - Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty... - Your Majesty, Empress Dowager has been sick for a long time.
Don't run.
Shouldn't you go to Yongxun Palace to visit her?
Your Majesty.
- I'm here... - Don't run.
If you keep not minding it,
those minister will start submitting complaints again, Your Majesty.
I know that you're here!
Your Majesty.
Be quieter.
Let's continue playing. You girls are good.
Your Majesty, here!
- Your Majesty, I'm here... - Wait a minute.
Who are you?
Don't run.
These were all my fault.
It was because of my greed for power
and my fear of losing the Empress position,
that's why, I killed a baby
who's still in her swaddling clothes. She is my biological daughter.
Stop talking...
She's Chuyi's twin sister!
Stop talking!
Now, everyone has betrayed me and my family has left me. I have nothing.
These are all my retribution!
Who am I?!
Zhu Que! Zhu Que! What's wrong with you?
Zhu Que, what really has happened?
I want to go out for a while.
Where do you want to go?
Don't ask. Let me be willful this once.
Who is it?
It's me.
It's already so late. Why are you here?
I want to see you.
For what?
Look at a cruel woman
who didn't hesitate to drown her daughter for glory, splendor, and fame.
You...who are you?
Who do you think?
Who else?!
No... Impossible.
She's dead. She's already dead.
Have you ever thought
that maybe the maidservant then couldn't bear to do it,
so she survived.
She got adopted by a farming family.
Although poor,
she was able to enjoy a life where she was doted by her parents.
But beautiful scenes never last long.
That farming family had their own son.
She became not that important anymore.
What she did are the dirtiest and most tiring chores.
What she ate are bran that others wouldn't even dare to touch!
What are you doing?
Hateful brat, you're being given food and you won't eat it and you even vomited it out?
When she was 7, a disaster happened.
There were not even one grain of food in the field.
Everyone were starving.
The citizens couldn't continue living anymore.
Look at me!
She tried her best to work...
But the gaze her parents were giving her
was becoming more and more like how a bad wolf looks at a sheep!
I don't want to listen!
I don't want to listen! Stop saying it!
Stop saying it...
Why are you hiding from me?
Are you scared?
Do you feel guilty?
You shouldn't feel guilty.
Aren't you a person that covets for wealth and fame?
That's why everyone deserted you.
None of your children is willing to mind you.
You deserve to lie on your bed and wait for death.
What you said is right. This is your retribution.
The punishment that the Heaven is giving you.
You are a woman that was able to abandon her own child.
And you even dared to say high-grounding words. You are not worthy to be a mother at all!
- No! No! - You are not worthy!
No!
Who are you? Who are you?!
Who are you?! Tell me, who are you?!
Come back! Come back! Who are you?!
Come back... Tell me, who you are...
Empress Dowager... What happened?
Empress Dowager.
Xiu'er...has come back.
Xiu'er has come back. Xiu'er...
Your Lady Majesty, what are you saying?
She was just over there...
Your Lady Majesty Empress Dowager, no one is in there.
She came to see me!
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Princess, why are you here?
I thought you like 'A Male Phoenix' Pursuit'.
Never thought, what you like is 'The Guangling Verse'.
What? I'm not worthy to play 'The Guangling Verse' now?
If with your talent, you are unworthy to play it,
who else can play it then?
Let me finish playing it for you.
Riding the wind to rise high and rest on Lingzhou (the site of a divine mountain).
I met the talented Lie Yukou and asked him to be my friend.
We absorbed the world's energy through drinking the evening mist and gathering the morning light.
Gracefully dancing while touring the sky.
Like all living things, transcending worldliness with self-satsifaction and happiness.
Be contented with heaven's will, just let nature take its course.
Impossible.
She's dead. She's already dead.
Look at me!
No! Who are you?
Sorry, I will keep you company on another day.
Princess.
You are feeling ill at ease today. What's going on?
Rong Zhi.
I heard about something today.
The Empress Dowager gave birth to twin girls.
I have a younger sister.
Is that so?
Aren't you curious?
I only know about Princess Shanyin. I don't know about the other.
It seems she didn't survive.
Why do you talk so casually about this?
Princess. When your Grandfather ascended the throne,
he killed his own biological brother.
Your Uncle also killed another Grandfather. Your father killed an uncle too.
Even your biological brother, Liu Ziye, the first time that he did before ascending the throne, he killed someone.
This is the Imperial family. Perhaps, you should be happy that this princess didn't grow up.
After all, people born in the Imperial family are not that fortunate.
Is that so?
In life, the hardest is to let go.
People kept remembering those unhappy events and ignore those happy ones.
I hope my melody will make you happy.
Princess, you are awake.
Why didn't you wake me up?
You were too tired.
I'm going back first.
[Yongchun Palace]
Your Lady Majesty Empress Dowager, it's time for your medicines.
She was just here.
She must be here.
She came to see me.
Xiu'er...
Those are just your nightmares. Little princess hasn't returned.
No! Impossible...
She came to see me. She really came to see me.
Empress Dowager.
Xiu'er! Xiu'er!
Xiu'er...you came to see me, right?
I admit my mistakes. I really admit my mistakes.
Forgive me, okay?
- Forgive me. - Empress Dowager, don't scare me.
- You are not Xiu'er! You are no Xiu'er. - Your Lady Majesty Empress Dowager!
- Where is Xiu'er? - Your Lady Majesty Empress Dowager!
Come out! Come out! Stop hiding!
- I admit my mistakes! I admit my mistakes! - Your Lady Majesty Empress Dowager!
Hurry and come out!
Don't hide. Hurry and come out, okay?
- Your Lady Majesty Empress Dowager! - Xiu'er...
Xiu'er! Xiu'er!
You are Xiu'er, right?
You came to see me. Did you come see me?
I admit my mistakes. I really admit my mistakes.
Forgive me! Forgive me!
Look clearly. I'm Chuyu.
Assist her in.
Xiu'er...
I really saw her. Why won't you all believe me?
Why won't you all believe me?! It's true!
Your Lady Majesty Empress Dowager!
- Your Lady Majesty Empress Dowager, don't be like this. If you're like this, I feel so bad. - I really saw her...
I really am admitting my mistakes.
Xiu'er... I know that I'm wrong. Come out.
Where are you?
Xiu'er...
Princess, what should we do?
Xiu'er...
Your hair is messy. Let me comb it for you.
Xiu'er...
My daughter...
Your Lady Majesty!
Princess, what should we do?
Empress Dowager misses His Majesty so much, but he just won't come to see her.
Your Lady Majesty! Your Lady Majesty, wake up!
[Jingxin Pavilion]
[The Supreme Audience Hall]
- Princess. - I want to see His Majesty.
His Majesty already gave orders that he won't see anyone.
Princess!
Your Majesty...
Beautiful woman, come over and let me kiss you.
Give me a smile.
Your Majesty...
Princess.
Sister!
Leave! Leave!
Sister, why are you here?
I heard that Fashi doesn't want to see Royal Mother.
Sister, you're not here to
tell me about some loyalty and filial thing, right?
I'm different from them.
I especially came this time for your own sake.
For my sake?
There was a rich man's son among the citizens
who wasn't able to see his old father one last time.
Hence, his old father turn into a grudging ghost and kept pestering him.
Causing him to become destitute and homeless. Haven't you heard of this legend?
What does that got to do with me?
Sister, don't make up such ghost stories to scare me. I'm not scared of them.
They say that if a person bears grudges before he dies,
he would turn into a grudging ghost after death.
A grudging ghost will pester the person he hates and will only stop with his death.
I was afraid that you'll get stalked by a ghost, so I came over to tell you this.
It was supposed to be of good intentions, but you refused to accept it.
- Were you saying the truth? - Of course.
But there are a lot of ghosts around a sick person. What if they stick to me?
Fashi, if you're worried,
you can ask the Imperial Astrology to guard outside.
Fine. I'll go.
You're not lying to me, right?
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
Fashi, she's sick and it's grave.
She just wanted to see you even for once. Let her hold your hand
and listen to her say a few words, okay?
Sister, the scent of medicine is too strong. I don't want to go over there.
Fashi.
I gave birth to two sons and four daughters.
You can say that I have a lot of children, but you can't say that I obtained a lot of blessings.
Because all my children
refused to visit me during my dying moments.
Are you confused from being sick?
I only have 3 younger sisters. When did you have 4 daughters?
I am indeed confused from being ill.
There are indeed just 3 daughters.
That's more like it. If you're sick, then just lie down.
Stop thinking of seeing me.
I ask you to come to give you my last will.
Say it.
I hope that you can become a good emperor.
Stop being willful, unbridled, frequently killing people.
Listen more to the advice of your ministers.
If you meet any war situations, just hand it to Shen Qingzhi...
Do I still need you to say that?! I know!
Also, the most important words,
killing people won't protect yourself.
The more you kill, the more you'll gather fear and hatred.
From then on, more and more people will want to kill you.
When that day comes, it will be too late to regret it.
What nonsense are you saying?! I don't need your care!
Empress Dowager is thinking for your sake, that's why, she wanted to talk to you.
As a mother...
I wasn't able to fulfill my duty before.
Before I die, I want to say some true words,
but no one wants to believe them.
Fashi, you must listen to your sister more.
Aren't you annoying?!
- Stop! - Just tell me once she's dead!
All of you, leave.
Just leave Princess here.
Yes.
Xiu'er...
What did you call me?
I am getting delirious.
Chuyu,
come here.
Come to...
my side. Come...
You were the one who thought of a way to get that unfilial son to come visit me, right?
Thank you.
But no one knows her son better than the mother.
Liu Ziye is not benevolent and unfilial.
He is not fit to be an emperor.
As for your younger brother, Zishang, he's worse than him.
The past emperor has so many children,
but none is capable to bear such huge responsibility.
I fear that when I leave,
this imperial throne will fall into the hands of others.
If the imperial power gets transferred, what will happen to you?
Child, come.
Put your ear closer to me. I have something to tell you.
If...that day...
really comes, you then...
You...
Can you...
call me mother?
Mother...
On the 15th day of the 8th month of 8th year of Ming,
Emperor Xiaowu's Empress Wenmu has died.
Considered as the mother of the state, she was born in Linyi Prefecture in Langya Province.
The daughter of a Cavelier Attendant in Permanent Attendance and Right Zhongwei General.
At the 20th year of Yuanjia, she became Princess Consort Wulin.
She gave birth to the emperor, Prince Yuzhang Zishang,
Princess Shanyin Chuyu, Princess Kang'ai Chupei of Linhuai,
and Princess Kangle Xiuming. When Emperor Xiaowu ascended the throne,
she became the Empress. Afterwards, she was intelligent, acted properly, and well-behaved,
was genuine filial, was a motherly model of the citizens--
Stop.
What do you mean? Who wrote this crap? Was she worthy of that?
Your Majesty. Before the Empress Dowager passed way, forget it that
you didn't even shed a tear. How could you...
I was not sad. Why would I cry?
Lift up your heads.
You are crying very well.
Let me ask you. Who is sincerely crying here?
Those who are sincerely crying, stand up now.
Okay then. Men, kill them all.
Your Majesty, spare our lives.
Fashi, they didn't do anything wrong.
Why are you killing them?
Aunt, are they really sad about the Empress Dowager?
They should go in there and keep that darn woman company, right?
You cried? You are not crying?
Why did you stop crying?
Give me a smile.
Just smile.
Smile.
Smile, be happy.
Be happier. Everyone, smile.
Your laughter is even worse than your crying.
Men, kill them all.
Your Majesty, I'm not sad. I'm not sad at all.
I'm smiling. I'm laughing.
Get lost.
The Empress Dowager is dead and you still dare to laugh?
You deserve to die.
Liu Ziye, what are you doing?
I'm killing people.
Continue to keep watch here if you want to.
I'm tired. I'm going back first.
Protocol Officer, continue to recite.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Fourth... Fourth year of the Great Ming Dynasty...
she led the six palaces of the inner palace.
Liu Ziye,
you are heartless and not filial. You deserve to die.
The Empress Dowager...
The Supreme Audience Hall
Princess, His Majesty is already sleeping.
Why is he sleeping? Everyone at the palace is at the Empress Dowager's wake.
No one is sleeping. Of course, it should be the same for him.
Princess.
I would like to advise you not to take advantage of
His Majesty's favoritism for you and overstep your status.
Sister... Sister!
Sister! Sister!
Princess, take care.
Sister...
What's wrong, Fashi?
Sister...
There is a ghost. Sister...
Don't be afraid, I'm here.
I'm very scared.
Whose spirit did you see?
Yin Shuyi,
and also the Empress Dowager. She was here too.
Fashi, don't be afraid. I will be here to keep you company.
This is great.
Don't kill me!
Who told you to come in?
Get out.
His Majesty was scared by the thunder just now.
Get out.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Stop hitting me. Stop hitting me.
Fashi, Fashi.
Sister, they keep hitting me. Stop hitting me.
Faishi, why are you so afraid of thunder?
It's me, your sister. Tell me now.
What exactly happened?
Let me go.
I'm the Crown Prince. I'm the Crown Prince.
Are you still waiting for your mother to save you?
It's a pity the Emperor is going to observe the rite for the silkworms.
To showcase his benevolent integrity, he took the imperial consorts to the western city outskirt
to plant mulberry trees for the silkworms. They will be gone
for a month. I'm afraid they won't be able to take care of you.
I'm the Crown Prince.
- Release me. - What crap of a Crown Prince?
You are my horse. Kneel down now.
Mother, he even stared at me.
Everyone, take a look.
Should I turn this wolf club
into a dog?
Giddy up.
Hurry up, Doggie.
Eat this now.
Giddy up.
I'm begging you. Help me.
Help me.
He was tied up here for three days and three nights
Sleeping on this pond of water. How could he not stink?
Help me...
- I am very thirsty. - How about we help him?
This Decent Beauty Yin is the most favored imperial consort. [T/N: Shuyi/Decent Beauty is one of the imperial concubine ranks]
His Majesty is also showing intentions to remove the Crown Prince.
- Why must you help a useless person? - Help me... - That's right. Stop meddling in this. Let's go.
Let's go.
Do you want to drink water? Beg me.
Beg me and I'll give you water to drink.
I'm so thirsty. I beg you.
I'm so thirsty.
Drink! Drink!
Drink!
Decent Beauty falsely accused me
of philandering my stepmother in front of that old man.
That's why, I personally choked her to death.
And that old man who believed in slanderous words.
Fashi, that is your royal father.
That old man who favored and believed evil people,
he tried numerous times to remove me from position.
If not because he died early, I really wanted to dig out his heart and see if it is displaced!
Fashi, everything is already in the past.
Aren't you the Emperor now?
No one would dare to do anything to you.
Yes, Sister. I'm the Emperor now. Everyone is afraid of me.
Whoever says I'm not good, I will kill him. I will kill whoever says that.
Fashi, would you also kill me then?
How could that be the same?
You are the only person who treats me well in this kingdom.
How could I kill you?
Sister, I'm not afraid. Don't be afraid too.
Because I will protect you.
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Fashi, I will protect you too.
I will not let anyone harm you.
♫ 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 ♫