Episode 5
As for you, although you're new
you look rather bright
If you can cure the empress dowager's illness
you would have done a great service
you can have any reward you want
I don't really need a reward
But can I read a set of books?
Books? Let's not talk about one
even five hundred and five thousand sets
all the books in the palace would be free for you to use
So are you going... or not?
He Tian has arrived
He Tian from the imperial hospital, pays his respects to Her Majesty
Look at this junior doctor
you said you have a way
that would definitely cure the Empress Dowager's illness?
since you say that can definitely cure the empress dowager's illness
you should perform well
otherwise, you'd be guilty of deceiving her
But I never guaranteed that I could
definitely cure the empress dowager's illness
Are you fooling the Empress Dowager?
Well then, have his tongue cut off
Just let him take a look first
don't threaten him
come quickly and diagnose the empress dowager's illness
does that mean I can stand up now?
I'll only be happy if you crawl over here
Quickly Now
Your Majesty, may I know where you're not feeling well?
I haven't been sleeping well. The moment I fall asleep, I start dreaming.
I haven't had much of an appetite either
and my head hurts intermittently and without warning
Your Majesty
your pulse is stable and there shouldn't be too big a problem
you're probably lacking in nutrition
and have not been sleeping enough, which is why you haven't been feeling well
Are you saying that the Empress Dowager is feigning sick when she's not ill
and complaining when she feels fine?
Th-The Empress Dowager is fine
I'll go write a prescription
That will help her insomnia
and improve her appetite
which should improve her condition
I'm warning you
the Empress Dowager is
not your guinea pig
If, after eating your prescribed medicine
she sees no improvement in her health
your head
won't remain on your neck for much longer
What are you doing?
headaches, lack of an appetite and insomnia
is all due to a lack of exercise
What kind of medicine can cure unhappiness
and insufficient exercise?
He Tian, what are you doing here?
Are you here to steal medicine again?
Teacher, we have caught him red-handed
I'll get someone here to have him arrested
What are you doing?
I'm just here to get some medicine
I saw the Empress Dowager today
What... What right do you have?
It's not like I wanted to
It was Eunuch Meng that asked me to
With your lack of expertise, any medicine would be as good as prescribing poison
and acupuncture as good as stabbing someone
Even if I have the right acupuncture needles and medicine, it's no use
The Empress Dowager is not even sick
Teacher, what do you think I should do now?
Don't you have
fantastic connections in the palace?
This time, unless you are
The Emperor's father's godson
even if you are a god, you won't be able to save yourself
you're dead for sure
But there's something you need not worry about
just write your requests down in your will
on account of our being classmates
I'll burn whatever you want on your grave
What's so good about being the Emperor?
stuck in the palace all day
even his wife has to be chosen by others
He has no freedom! It's better to be a thief.
At least a thief can do whatever he wants
Drink when he wants, and walk the streets when he pleases
There are too many things in life that one has no choice in
there are some things we don't want to do
but cannot say no to doing it
It's because you're too obedient
Don't get married if you don't want to
My late father passed on early
It was the Empress Dowager that brought me up
but her health is ailing now
I don't want her to be unhappy
It's not a joke
There's loyalty, and filial piety
Those of us in the pugilistic fraternity
understand these as much as you educated ones
As for loyalty
you're definitely not lacking in it
Theres this one that you can bring
the most important is being filial
Brother, you need to be careful
you can't fail on this aspect
oh and, the Empress Dowager forcing you to marry
is not something that has only been discussed recently
why is it that it's so urgent now?
It's definitely the work of Li Bao Chuan
that old bastard
Think about it, his own "precious" is gone
so he's looking to vent his anger on someone
You're the Emperor
yet you can't even deal with an old eunuch?
bad habits bad habits
They're looking a little dirty so I'll polish them for you
Li Bao Chuan
has served my mother for a few decades
Ever since I ascended the throne
I've been wanting to deal with him
But my mother protects him each and every time I try
The evidence is right in front of us
But there's nothing we can do
Look here
I only knew after I got to know you
that it's not easy to accomplish big things
Everybody says
how lousy the Emperor is
but they don't know
the Emperor has his own pains and problems
Am I right?
Even such a simple thing as dating
can't be done. That really blows.
Just let me keep this one thing, all right?
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Big brother
Enter
You haven't gone to sleep?
Why are you here so late?
I saw your light on so I came here to take a look
I'm not disturbing you, I hope?
I just finished my work and am about to get some rest
What about you? You look really tired.
Why don't you rest earlier?
If I could sleep, I would have gone to bed already.
It's already been a day but I haven't written the Empress Dowager's prescription
I'm really frustrated
What illness does the Empress Dowager have
that you're finding it so hard to write a prescription for?
Actually it's not that big a deal
She's just feeling frustrated and unhappy
which is why she can't eat or sleep well
But that's something that can't be helped
She stays in her abode the whole day and doesn't even see the sun
she has no family to keep her company and she doesn't exercise
So it's not surprising that she's feeling--
What?
You have an idea? Tell me!
Where can I get pen and paper? I've got it! I've got it!
Why did you draw my younger sister?
It just so happened that I had nothing to do tonight
and I suddenly thought of your sister, so I drew her portrait
What's so good about thinking about someone that does not exist?
I was just thinking about... her smile
My sister's smile?
Your sister looks... innocent and happy
I can feel her innocence and naivete
She just smiled at you
and you think so much about it?
That's because
The palace is the most conniving place on Earth
Everyone acts a certain way
They're smiling on the surface but in their minds
they're thinking about getting promoted, and how to suck up and get rich
otherwise, they are scolding you behind your back
The Emperor is no exception
He obviously cares very much about something
but has to pretend that he doesn't care
even if he is forced into a corner
he has to behave like nothing is wrong
It looks like it's no walk in the park to be the Emperor
You make him out to be so pitiful... How can he be happy?
Actually, the Emperor is unhappy
But he has to pretend to be happy
It's no wonder Eldest Brother is always unhappy
Honestly
It is rather sad for a human to be this way
Even his smiles are not genuine
but for other people to see
Which is why, when I saw your sister's smile that day
it left such a lasting impression on me
It's not really that sad
You still have me and Xiao San who are genuine and real
Am I right?
If that's the case
you shouldn't hide anything from me
Do you have a younger sister
that you don't want to tell me about?
Which is why you said she's dead. Right?
Why would your own brother lie to you?
That really was my sister's spirit
She probably can't bear to leave me and our mother
If you don't believe me, the next time the moon is full
you can go back with me to take a look
If not, that's that.
I'm tired so I'm going to leave first.
Master
Xiang Ning
Knock down the door
Yes, Old Master. Knock down the door. Quick.
Yes Yes
Xiang Ning
Th-This... What's going on here?!
I'm so pitiful... Please give me a little
give me a little... I'm really pittiful
My leg got broken when I left the house
I was blinded while working
Masters please give me a little
Come, come. Let's drink. Cheers
Hey, bro! Just based on the way I'm dressed
you should show some love and give me some money
Boss
Give me the best room in your house, regardless of who is staying in there
get them out of there
and get me the best wine and food all right
Also, I like peace and quiet
Everyone in here, get out.
Why should we leave?
Who is she?
Who dropped the 5 silver taels by the door?
5 silver taels! Where? Where?
It's mine, it's mine.
Be careful, careful. Thank you!
It's mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
Please sit well, Your Majesty
Er, you do it!
Here, Your Majesty.
What are you doing?
Move over
Your Majesty, ahhhh
AHHHH (lol)
Ah ah ah
Please raise your leg for awhile, Your Majesty
What are you doing?
Why? What's wrong with me?
What kind of illness do I have? Tell me!
If you have something to say, say it. Why are you sighing?
Yes, tell me quickly
You've done all sorts of strange things to me
asked me to stick my tongue out, and hit my knee
yet you don't say anything. What exactly is wrong with me?
Your Majesty, your pulse is stable
your 'chi' and blood flow is also normal
There's nothing wrong with your body, which is why there is a problem
This condition is called the heart worry illness
Heart worry illness? What kind of illness is that?
In the early stages of this illness
you will only feel like you can't eat or sleep
but this gets worse as time passes
and you'll feel that your chest is stuffy, will suffer dizzy spells, your limbs will feel chilled
experience breathing difficulties, loss of limb agility
and loss of memories
ultimately falling into a coma
But you won't die
You'll just end up a on a bed for the rest of your life
But you just said yesterday that nothing is wrong
Why is that today it's as though
she's contracted a terminal illness?
Such a big difference from just yesterday?
How much do you know about this illness, Eunuch Li?
This heart worry illness is a strange illness
It doesn't flare up every day
Just like the weather
If it doesn't flare up, it's like a lovely sunny day
But the moment it does
It's like a storm with thunder and lightning
If the pulse is not taken a few more times
You can't diagnose this illness
pfffffffffffft
I can't even tell that there's anything wrong
I think you're just talking rubbish here
do you think it's fun to fool Her Majesty?
Or do you think that your head
is too heavy on your neck?
Am I the doctor or are you the doctor?
If you have so many opnions then why don't you diagnose her?
What do you say the Empress Dowager has contracted?
What kind of medicine should we give her?
If you're so great, why do we even need the Imperial hospital for?
I might as well just let you do it
Come, come, come. This is for you.
All right, all right, all right! That's enough!
Quickly, tell me
what is this illness that I have?
How did I get it? How do we cure it?
Tell me quickly. Speak!
one acupuncture needle and one prescription
as long as we do it right, the illness can be cured
I flipped through all the medicinal books in the imperial hospital last night
I finally found the right prescription
This prescription is called
A few years later a nice water
A long way with very young claws
Everywhere has guards armour
All the trees are green some are red
Once you drink the medicine you will no longer be sick
The heart will feel great and whatever you eat is appetizing
3 meals for 1 day wont be enough
The heart will feel big and so will your body You will feel amazing
Once your head touches the pillow you will sleep right away
Once you sleep at night you will wake up in the morning immediately
Give that here What are you doing?
Then quickly go and prepare it
But Your Majesty
this medicine is not so easily consumed
You can only
take the medicine
when the sun has just arisen
All right Quickly
Go and announce
that the sedan has to be prepared tomorrow morning
No sedans! If you want to eat this medicine
you can't have too many people following you
Too many people will take the effectiveness from the herbs
so you can't sit in the sedan
You can only walk there
No problem. Bao Chuan
go and prepare
tomorrow morning, you'll climb the mountain with me to eat the medicine
Yes I'm warning you
This medicine had better work
Or, when you return to the palace, you'll have to read some medicinal manuscripts
to see if you can find a prescription on how to return your spirit to your body!
to see if you can find a prescription that would return your spirit to your body!
Your Majesty. Allow me to excuse myself first.
I'll bring you up the mountain the first thing tomorrow for you to eat your medicine
But, Your Majesty. You have to remember
not to eat anything after the 'zi' hour
you have to eat the medicine on an empty stomach
sure, sure, sure. No problem at all.
Thank you so much. I'll leave it in your capable hands.
I'm just doing my job. I'll excuse myself now.
Okay
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That's not right. I understand what I'm reading
But why do you want me to look for these things for you?
Even if I tell you, you won't understand
Just look for it for me.
But no...
That's not right. I'm your sworn 2nd brother
Is that how you
talk so rudely to your older brother?
What do you want?
At least you should say
A few nice sounding things to me
At the very least, call me older brother
Come, let your older brother have a hug
You
We're already sworn siblings
you still want to talk terms and conditions with me?
Forget it if you don't want to help!
What's the matter with you
I didn't say I wouldn't help
It's up to you whether or not you want to help
But Why don't we guess
What if Eunuch Li knows
that there's a fake eunuch in the palace? What would he do?
All right, all right.
We're brothers. Why do you have to do this?
If you dare to tell them that I'm a fake eunuch
I'll tell them you're a girl!
I'm not scared of you!
At the very most they'll expel me from the imperial hospital
But you're a fake eunuch! You could be beheaded!
Whose head is going to roll now?
You heard wrongly, Eldest brother
No one's going to be beheaded
Second brother just said that his nickname is "sha tou" (silly head)
Let's just call him Sha Tou from now on
it's more intimate that way
You're the youngest amongst us three
you should be more polite to second brother
Did you hear that? Call me older brother
Why do you have the time to come over here?
It's like this. You helped the Empress Dowager diagnose her illness
and the Emperor wants to know
how the medicine is coming along
Solved it. I thought about it for a long time
and finally found a way
Really?
Will it work?
What if it doesn't work?
If it doesn't work, I'll just get beheaded
If I die, we should all die together
all right, all right...
Eldest Brother...
Shouldn't you return to the Imperial study now?
Oh, I know! You're more free lately.
Why do you have more time on your hands now?
aiya
The Emperor is busy finding a bride
and doesn't have time for proper work
therefore Eldest brother has nothing to do
right?
.. Yes. Sometimes
I should learn from second brother
be as lazy as I can
so that I can breathe more easily, and be more free
am I right?
Eldest brother is still the smartest
My philosophy in life is--
You can learn to be more free and easy
but you shouldn't emulate his irresponsibility
Since we're free, let's go out and take a walk
I haven't seen my mother in a long while
Great! That's a good idea
It's all because the Emperor has no power
sitting way up there in all of his crowned glory
but even his mother doesn't listen to him
Miss, you have to pay
Didn't I already give you my earrings?
I'm running an inn
Not selling jewellery
Who knows if your earrings are real or fake?
Do you know what you're holding?
My earrings can buy your entire inn!
I don't care
Either you pay or we bring this to the magistrate
You decide for yourself.
Pay up, pay up! Fancy not paying after eating..
Wait, you haven't paid!
I've lost my money pouch. Pay for me.
Me? Faster. Pay up if you have the money.
If you don't have money, borrow it!
What bad luck! I forgot to bring my wallet out today
You're faking it aren't you
You just don't want to pay for me
Pay up
All right, all right, all right
Count it and see if it's enough
Who is she?
This crazy woman keeps following me around
Ignore her. Let's go.
Take it. Thank you, thank you.
I've already paid for you
why are you still sticking to me?
The road is not owned by your family
I'll walk here if I want to
You can't control me
We helped you out of your fix and paid for your bill
It's all right if you don't thank us
but who do you think you are?
you speak as loudly as thunder
Then who are you?
Us humans are speaking
An onion like you shouldn't bother us
Do you live by the sea? Why are you such a busy body?
Calling me an onion? Who do you think you are?
Your make up makes you look like a clown!
Clown? You!
Calling me an onion... Let's go
You
Why's this place so run down?
Can people stay in such a place?
It's fine for us to live here
But a precious Missy like yourself
won't be comfortable staying anywhere
It's not like anyone invited you here
See yourself out
This is a private residence
You're not welcome without permission
If you take another step forward
I'll set the dogs on you
I didn't say I wanted to go in
I'll stand here
This is the doorstep to my house
if you like standing so much, go stand at your own doorstep
Anything beyond this line is public space
I can stand wherever I want. You can't do anything about it!
I can't be bothered
you
Madam He
Madem He, bring out your wonderful cooking
My mother isn't around
She probably took the pigs for breeding
Take a seat, I'll go steep the tea leaves
Xiao San What?
You Just now
didn't you say that you have an errand to run?
Me? No
You do
You said you did when we were at the clinic
No? I never do proper work
Oh! I remember
Some fierce person pleaded with me to do something for him
you've remembered
Go quickly then, instead of spouting nonsense here
I want to sit and rest for awhile
What exactly is this errand?
Buy wine Buy vegetables
It's like this
We've stayed in the palace for too long
I'm feeling the urge to go gamble
Some habits are hard to change Go then!
Er, hand over some money
Don't be so petty Just lend me some
Excuse me, I want to go out
Sure, go on
It's best if you're more quiet
You only have one way out of here
if you refuse to leave
be careful that of the large dog just two streets away
Dog? What dog? Quick, quick, quick
chase it away!
You look even more scary than a huge dog
but you're scared of dogs?
Zhang Zhe San, you lied to me!
So what if I tricked you?
You like to stand?
That's fine
Just stand here
Be careful not to let anyone sneak out from there
Here, hold this
then you'll really look like a door guard
You... Damn you, Zhang Zhe San!
You're the dog
You're a bastard! A bastardly dog!
So before you were born
your father passed away
Yeah. I haven't had a dad since I was young
These past 20 years
my mother and I have had only each other for support
After
Your mother is really capable
That's for sure
My mother is the
bravest and most capable mother around
but she loves to argue with me
did you just say that these past 20 years
there's only been you and your mother?
That's right
Don't you have a younger sister?
It's like this
My sister died too early in life
everytime she's mentioned my mother will feel depressed
so I've always been very careful
not to mention her where possible
Oh, I see. By the way
where's your younger sister's grave?
You want to see her?
You've said before
your sister rarely appears
and we're sworn brothers
so I want to visit her and burn some incense for her
so that she can rest in peace
and assure her that we're taking care of you
I know you will take care of me
unlike Xiao San
who only knows how to add to my troubles
You don't have to go burn incense
I'll pass the message on for you
How can we do that?
These kind of things have to be done personally
in order to show one's sincerity
Unless...
you don't have a younger sister
you don't have a younger sister in the first place
and you're lying to me
I do! Of course I do
Can you even joke about something like this?
If you don't believe me, we'll leave now
Great. I was just waiting for you to say that
Let's go.
Fine. Let's go!
Okay let's go
Let's go
That Missy is still at the door
Let's leave through the back door
We've been walking from there
to over the other side
and then taking a round up
and coming back to this point
We've definitely passed this place already
Look She's right there
You've been stepping on my sister's grave
No wonder I couldn't find it
you've been blocking my view
Sister, I've brought a friend to see you
He's called Siu Zhi Ping, my sworn brother
you've met him before
That's right, do you have anything to say to her?
Your sister.. is buried here? Yup
Why
You want to ask why she does not have a gravestone, right?
It's our custom here
If a child dies without being named
then we can't erect a gravestone
Da Ge
You're not very young anymore, why haven't you gotten married?
Because... There's no one suitable
Are you sure? You're such an eligible bachelor
how is it possible that there's no one suitable?
Your cousin likes you very much
But I don't like her
I only have brotherly feelings for her
Then what type of girl do you like?
Tell me and I'll try to find someone for you
I... I don't know
You're shy, aren't you?
That's fine. You don't have to pretend
I'll give you a few hints
Big chested? Like this?
Doesn't have to be...
As long as its not flat
Then what about her height?
As long as she's taller than the floor, it's enough
Then, what if
she's like my younger sister
an innocent and naive-looking young lady?
Your sister is right here
you shouldn't use her as a joke
It's just an example. She won't mind.
Da Ge, what if.. and I mean if
only hypothetically
if my sister were still alive
would you like her?
Actually, your sister looks rather cute when she smiles
Then what if, her personality is that of a tom boy
... almost like me?
It's not bad if she's like you
straightforward and non-deceptive
What if, again, she snores and grinds her teeth at night
drops rice and spills soup while she eats
all right , all right, enough
stop asking me these questions
What about you? Do you like big-chested girls?
or less endowed ones?
Need you even ask? Men are all the same
The best are those large and bouncy ones
you'd know!
big and bouncy yes
Then you have to be careful when you're rowing the boat
He Tian He Tian
Are you serious? She's like a ghost haunting me
All right. I can't swim (reference to earlier innuendo)
I'll leave first!
Wait for me! We'll leave together
Why are you running like you're hiding from the guards?
What law have you broken?
Many!
I've robbed houses
Killed people and committed arson. You'd better stay further away from me
You're lying. Let me ask you
who's that little brat?
He? He's my 3rd uncle's
6th aunt's son's nephew
Stop turning around, you're making me dizzy
Let go. No
If you don't let go of me, I'll sue you for molestation
Sue me then.. Sue me!
Just sue me
You're despicable!
Are you kidding me?
You were the one that kissed me
How dare you
Why are you so unreasonable?
Beating people without reason
So? I want to hit you
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If you're cold come over here
I'm not cold
Wow it's so hot and comfortable here
You're taunting me on purpose
Why do you treat me so horribly?
I wonder who's the one who kidnapped me
and treated me SO well
That's because you were rude to me
And just now you even...
It was an accident on both times
I've already apologized
What more do you want from me?
Do you want to touch me back? Touch me then
Touch me then, quickly.
Disgusting, despicable! What are you doing?
What are you doing?
It's deserted out here. We're all alone
Let go of me
I asked you to leave but you wouldn't go
It's too late for you to regret
Let go of me
Little Miss~ Don't come over
Actually, you don't look half bad
if your temper were a little better
I'd like you even more No
What's wrong? Are you hurt?
Why don't you let me kick you!
I was just joking yet you're so heavy-handed
Cockroach!
Quick, step on it and kill it!
Why do you keep stepping? It's dirty!
Is it still there?
Why aren't you speaking?
Is it still there?
It's still here! And it's flying!
It's flown over here!
On your head!
You
You're so scared of just a cockroach
it's better if you just went home
otherwise
earthworms, centipedes and the like will all appear
I quarrelled with my father
I'm not going home
Not going home because of a quarrel?
Then by the time I turned three I would've been homeless
and wandering on my own
Just go home now
and apologize to your father
I guarantee you that nothing will happen
I'm not going to apologize to my father
He doesn't show me concern
but disallows me from doing this and that
Now, because of his desire for a promotion and riches
He's forcing me to enter the palace to become a concubine. I don't want to!
Girls dream of marrying the Emperor
yet you're being picky about it?
Who wants to marry a
man that she's never seen before?
Since I was young
I watched my father work for the court day in and day out
The only ones eating at home
were only my mother and I
I don't want to live like that
I just want to be with the one I love
regardless of whether he's poor or rich
as long as we're happy together
That makes sense. Only if you like each other
will you be happy together
If it's just for riches and reputation
you'll be selling yourself out
Continue speaking
What time is it now?
It's stopped raining
Let's go back now
are you coming?
I'm really leaving
Why's your stomach grumbling? How rude.
I'm going home for dinner now
do you want to come along?
You're inviting me to your house
I'm not inviting myself
Then you'd better not come
Bye
Why are you so frustrating?