I used to gaze at the mountains and the sea.
The vault of heaven opened all of a sudden.
Do you know love can last a lifetime?
A willow is no match for the wind,
the sea is no match for a mote.
We wait for our love to last forever
until we're grey-headed.
I'm playing a sorrowful tune on the lute.
But I've got no one to appreciate my music.
A beauty is reduced to a lonely life.
With tears in her eyes, she's reluctant to leave.
Time elapses so quickly.
The vermilion gates and the green tiles have long gone.
I hope you'll show pity on me
and allow me to exist for love.
I'll be reincarnated time and again for you.
All I ever want is to be part of your life.
Even if it's just a dream,
I'd love to indulge in it and never wake up.
I come for you, my love
is the tenderest dialogue.
The mortal life is transient, but my love for you is permanent and always the same.
Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty Episode 7
One side is Crown Prince Party,
and the other side is Eighth Prince Party.
Who's more reliable?
Wei,
I prepared a bowl of sugar water for you.
Enjoy it while it's still warm.
What are you doing?
Xiaochun,
which do you think is a good man,
Thirteenth Prince or Fourteenth Prince?
I've never observed them carefully,
so I can't judge.
But
I heard that
Thirteenth Prince is young and brave,
while Fourteenth Prince is talented and wise.
I think they are both excellent.
I didn't ask you to praise them.
I heard that
you said Crown Prince Party
and Eighth Prince Party.
How do you know
how they're divided?
The book tells it.
Book?
What book can tell
the political situation and power of the court to this extent?
History book.
History book?
History book is the book
written by
a man surnamed Shi.
Anyway, these two parties
are at daggers drawn to fight for the throne.
You can't say such words at will.
If it's heard by others,
you might get killed.
I don't care about
their fighting for the throne.
I'm thinking
whether I should believe
Thirteenth Prince or Fourteenth Prince.
Wei,
you came to find me early in the morning.
What's the matter?
Do you need my help?
Before death,
Xiaoyu gave
the evidence of embezzlement to me.
You already know it?
How do you plan to handle the evidence?
I will present it to His Majesty.
Someone owes Xiaoyu a life.
I need to enforce justice for her
and prove her father and brother's innocence.
Why are you staring at me?
Because I want to see you clearly.
What do you mean?
You're just a lady-in-waiting.
You actually said you would go to law against the princes
and enforce justice on behalf of heaven.
That's really interesting.
Interesting?
You want a father
to tell all people about his son's scandal
and kill his own son
for a person he killed.
Do you have bats in the belfry
or fear nothing as you know nothing?
I know
in your eyes,
only the lives of the royal family are precious,
and the lives of others are cheap.
But I'm different.
One must be responsible for what he did.
As a prince, he needs to take his responsibility.
That's right.
Unfortunately, not everyone thinks the same way.
In addition, the world
is just unfair.
Even if it's unfair,
we need to fight for it
rather than sit by.
But can you fight for it
and make it on your own strength?
I know I would have died
without you and Fourteenth Prince.
You knew it,
but why did you still do that?
I know I can't go against the emperor's will,
and I can't change any of you,
but I don't want Xiaoyu to die mysteriously.
Xiaoyu's getting killed
also relates to me.
If I didn't know Xiaoyu,
I wouldn't be officious.
But since I know the truth,
I can't pretend not to know it.
Okay.
How do you want me to help?
If I give you the evidence,
will you present it to His Majesty
to punish Crown Prince and Ninth Prince?
No, I won't.
Because you're on good terms with Crown Prince,
you will help him keep his position.
Not really.
It relates to the royal family's decency.
Several princes are involved in it.
Once it's exposed,
people will definitely think the royal family is shameless.
This is not what my father wants.
But I promise you
I will rehabilitate Xiaoyu
and keep her whole family alive.
What does it mean?
I'll solve it in private.
Wei,
I know you want to redress Xiaoyu's justice,
and I admire your courage and righteousness.
But once again,
the world is just unfair.
Even if you hand the evidence over to my father,
the result will be the same.
Of two evils choose the less.
I don't want to lie to you.
Okay.
I see.
Thank you for being frank and honest.
Wei.
Don't worry.
With me, no one dares hurt you.
Do you know who they are?
There are men of Ninth Prince
and Crown Prince.
You know some people want to kill you,
but you still walk around in the palace.
It seems you are really bold.
You should be careful
in the future.
You can't meet me every time.
What shall I do?
To redress an injustice for someone else,
you first need to keep alive.
What you have
got that lady-in-waiting killed
and will get you killed as well.
Thanks to you and Thirteenth Prince, I can keep alive till now.
But I don't want Xiaoyu
to die a quiet death.
That is a life.
The only way is to
hand the evidence over to my father in person.
In person?
Of course.
Who can you trust?
You can't trust anyone,
including me.
I'm on my eighth brother's side.
If you are on their side,
you should let them kill me,
instead of saving me.
Though I'm close to Yinsi,
what Yintang did
is really outrageous.
He harmed the whole family
and killed their daughter.
That's really despicable.
I just want to give him a lesson.
You don't trust me?
That's right.
Anyway,
you can't trust anyone else
besides yourself in the palace.
Why do you help me?
Maybe because Yinxiang picked you,
you also arouse my interest.
Maybe I am too idle
and help you to do a good deed.
Wei,
be careful.
Your Highness,
wait.
I have another presumptuous request.
Please help me.
Since it is a presumptuous request,
what good will it do me to help you?
Good?
I don't have any jewelry.
Even if I have,
you don't want it.
Then I...
Don't you just want to see my father?
The chrysanthemum appreciation to be held
in the imperial garden from 9 to 11 o'clock tomorrow morning
is your last chance.
I will guide you by then.
Yinzhen,
Yinti took actions.
Aren't you anxious at all?
Yinti is on Yinsi's side,
so that's normal.
Do you worry that Wei will be cheated
of the evidence of embezzlement by him?
I don't need to.
With Yinti's wisdom,
Wei is not his match.
She will definitely be cheated by him.
It's reasonable that she is cheated of the evidence.
If the evidence falls to Yinsi's hands,
it is indeed bad for Crown Prince.
But as Yinti took actions,
Wei won't get killed.
The lady-in-waiting Xiaoyu's death
has already attracted the attention of all sides.
I believe Yinsi doesn't want to kill more people
to make it big
and startle father.
More importantly,
Wei has you as her backer.
You picked her,
Yinsi and Yintang won't hurt her at will.
You've already kept her alive.
She thinks I am an enemy.
But she's really interesting.
She knows the danger in the palace,
and knows that even if she hands
the evidence over to father,
Yintang won't lose his life for killing someone,
but she still wants to get justice for Xiaoyu.
Because of friendship and responsibility,
a weak girl dares offend princes
and affront the imperial power.
It seems Wei
is really different
and admirable.
I don't know how she got such courage,
but she's really admirable.
Sometimes, I feel ashamed
in front of her.
She actually makes you feel ashamed.
She's really different.
I really don't want such a loyal girl
to be cheated by Yinti.
I know
you want to protect her loyalty and sincerity.
But if she wants to survive in the palace,
she has to know everybody well.
To let her suffer setbacks sometimes
is better than to protect her all the time.
Fools are often in trouble.
Go.
Raise your head.
Chest out.
Keep smiling.
Stop.
Your hand.
Pay respects.
Stand up.
Turn right.
Pay respects by squatting.
May you health, Your Majesty.
Stand up.
Turn around.
Well, move forward.
Begin.
Raise your head.
Chest out.
Stop.
Pay respects.
May you health, Your Majesty.
May you health, Your Highness.
Stand up.
You are rarely so polite to me.
Do you have a decision?
Yes.
I decide to hand the evidence over to His Majesty in person
to redress an injustice for Xiaoyu and her family.
You want to meet my father as a lady-in-waiting?
How?
This is my own business.
Don't worry about it.
Stop.
Did Yinti persuade you?
At least he talks like a man,
but you
only care about the decency of the royal family.
He just wants to cheat you
of the evidence.
So I don't trust anyone.
I will hand the evidence over to His Majesty in person.
He will only enable me
to meet His Majesty.
You actually believe him.
I bet that
you can't make it.
As long as you don't stand in my way,
I will make it.
Trotting horse lantern?
What are you saying?
Woman,
can you concentrate
when talking to me?
When you talked to Yinti,
you were pretty organized.
It's because he'll help me.
Okay.
I'll see how he helps you.
If father calls to account,
he'll surely punish me seriously.
I have no idea.
Yinzhen, Yinxiang,
what
should I do?
Are you thinking about the same thing?
Father's punishment is not the most horrible.
It is most horrible that
we don't know what Yinsi would do
to make it worse.
I didn't expect a lady-in-waiting
would turn the whole situation upside down.
Yeah.
She's so stupid to believe Yinti.
This lady-in-waiting actually dares go to law against the princes.
She's not afraid at all
facing even father
and various forces in the palace.
She's a rare girl
in the palace.
This may be the reason why
Yinxiang picked her.
Maybe.
But she's a bit stupid.
I thought she would lean to my side with heart and soul.
Unexpectedly, Yinti keeps interfering.
Instigated by him, she actually acts so recklessly.
I know
it's all my fault.
I shouldn't drag you in.
But I really want to end this as soon as possible
and repent and mend my ways,
shifting my mental and physical efforts onto state affairs.
Do you have any idea?
Such being the case,
we can only follow the trend.
Since Crown Prince has the heart of repentance,
we will meet trick with trick.
Perhaps Wei's move
is good for Crown Prince.
Wei,
what are you doing?
I told you
I would sneak out.
I know.
But I heard from the Imperial Household Department that
Xiaoyu's family had been sentenced.
When will it be executed?
Tomorrow,
the whole family will be beheaded.
You're their only hope.
Only you can save them.
Don't worry.
I'm going to meet His Majesty now
to reveal all this
to prove Xiaoyu and her family's innocence.
Be careful.
I will.
I'm going.
What's going on?
Go.
Why are there so many more guards?
Your Highness,
His Highness Eighth Prince suspects an assassin has sneaked into the palace
and thus sending more guards to search
to maintain security.
I know.
Stop.
Go.
The palace is heavily guarded.
There won't be an assassin
who will harm Your Majesty.
That assassin is exactly you.
Me?
Assassin is just a cover.
They just want to
stop you
from meeting my father.
How can I get in?
My father is inside.
You can find him after coming in.
You'll have to rely on yourself
for the rest things.
It's Yinsi.
Those without my permission
shall not be allowed to enter the garden.
In case of any suspicious person,
report immediately.
Those who resist must be killed.
Got it.
Yinsi is coming.
Leave now.
I'll have no chance if I don't meet His Majesty today.
Xiaoyu's family will be beheaded.
If you break into the garden now,
you will only be killed together with Xiaoyu's family.
Keep alive.
There will be ample time.
Your Highness,
Xiaoyu entrusted her family's lives to me.
If I can't save them,
I will be guilty forever.
You're the only man I can trust now.
Only you can help me.
You'd better not believe me.
I know it's hard for you
to expose your brother.
But I don't want Ninth Prince to pay with his life.
I just want to prove Xiaoyu's family's innocence
so that Xiaoyu's death is worthy.
Okay.
I promise you.
I will let Xiaoyu's death be worthy.
Thank you.
Leave now.
Your Highness.
Yinsi.
Yinti.
Why are you so late?
Father has been waiting for long.
Go.
You walk...
I win
the bet.
It doesn't matter
whether I win or lose.
It'll be fine as long as I hand the evidence
over to His Majesty.
Do you think it will go the way you wish?
You're just not convinced. Childish.
Childish?
I will let you see
who is childish.
Stupid girl.
You're stupid.
Where are you taking me to?
It was heavily guarded just now.
Why have they all left?
Because they've got
the thing they want.
They don't mind whether you come or not.
I believe Fourteenth Prince won't cheat me.
I will let you see it in person.
If you like some varieties,
you can pick some.
I will order people to send them to you.
Great.
Where are you taking me to?
Come on.
Look.
Father,
I don't mean to
affect your aesthetic mood to appreciate the chrysanthemum.
But I just learned this matter.
Why does Eighth Prince have the evidence?
It's a serious matter,
so I have to present it
to father in person.
No.
Please make a penetrating judgment, father.
Besides Crown Prince,
Ninth Prince is also involved.
Someone removed his evidence of crime.
Of course.
Otherwise, why did Yinti
put on such a play?
I don't believe it.
You go back first.
Please excuse my leaving.
Give it to me.
This is evidence of a shortfall in disaster relief funds
I've received.
Crown Prince is suspected of embezzling the funds.
I think this has greatly tarnished
the reputation of the royal family of the Qing Dynasty
and put the people in a desperate situation.
Father, please make a penetrating judgment.
Crown Prince should be punished
for the wrong he did.
Do you really think
I know nothing?
Yintang,
on your knees.
Please forgive my sin, father.
How dare you embezzle food funds for disaster relief?
You killed to get the evidence back
and conceal it from me in every way,
trying to clean your crime,
slander Crown Prince
and sow discord between brothers.
You're too bold.
Father,
I...
I was wrong.
I dare not do this, father.
Don't worry.
As my father intervenes,
Xiaoyu's family will be fine.
Don't worry.
You are all my sons.
It's so capable of you to
do such things
against your conscience to seek benefits.
Please calm your anger, father.
Yintang was greedy temporarily.
Please give him a light sentence, father.
Do you
believe now?
You're the only man I can trust now.
Only you can help me.
You'd better not believe me.
I'm really stupid.
I'm so stupid.
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
Don't be cheated by Yinti any more.
Don't be sad.
I will protect you.
It's not as bad as you think.
You can't get salary in two years
and face the wall and ponder about your misdeed.
Issue a decree.
Other officials involved
must all be punished severely.
Yes.
You all should conduct yourselves well.
Do not let me down again.
As my father intervenes,
Xiaoyu's family will be fine.
Don't worry.
Yintang.
Yintang, stand up.
Don't go so fast.
We haven't settled the score yet.
I won the bet.
For you princes,
this is just a bet,
but others might lose their lives and trust.
But you chose to believe Yinti.
I'm not to blame.
I don't blame you.
I'm too stupid
and silly.
Since you admit it,
tell me
what you are going to lose to me.
At this time,
I'm in no mood to play such a boring game with you.
So when are you in the mood?
I'm not in the mood.
Do you have to be so hateful?
I was teaching you a lesson
to let you know
how to survive
in the huge palace.
Yes.
In the eyes of you princes,
there's only interest and scheme.
You can even regard lives as worthless.
The sincerity and trust of others
are much less worthless.
I have never cheated you.
Anyway, I won't believe
you princes anymore.
None of you is good.
Though I'm not a good man in your eyes,
I've never cheated you.
I only treat you
more and more sincerely.
Don't you feel that?
Do you know
I treat you well now?
What are you going to lose to me?
Everything has settled.
I wonder how father will punish me.
What father cares
is not how big your crime is,
but whether you realize your mistake and correct it.
Father has already known
your confession of mistake.
I guess father won't embarrass you.
Luckily, you and Yinxiang
persuaded me
to admit my guilt to father
and reflected on myself before the event.
Thus, Yinsi and others couldn't frame me up
and put all crimes onto me by this chance.
Don't worry.
It'll be fine as long as you correct your mistake.
Be sure to follow the rules when doing things in the future.
I guess you will
regain father's trust.
Father.
Father,
I've realized my mistake
and I am willing to accept punishment.
But I beg you
to give me a chance to make up for fault.
Please let me do my bit for the disaster victims.
If you hadn't come to plead guilty to get punished,
I would have dismissed you.
I was wrong.
The money embezzled shall be paid in full.
In addition, your one-year salary
will be used for disaster relief.
Thank you, father.
As Crown Prince,
you actually did such a thing.
I will keep your position for now.
Conduct yourself well.
I will keep father's edification
in mind.
Yinzhen,
you should help
him more.
Got it.
I will assist Crown Prince with all my strength.
Here are my respects, Your Highness.
Stand up.
Follow me.
Your Highness,
you've already got what you want.
Do you still need to continue the play?
I warned you that
besides yourself,
you can't trust anyone in the palace,
including me.
Yes.
So I don't blame you
for cheating me.
I don't like Crown Prince,
so I won't let him be in easy circumstances.
But it was Ninth Prince who killed Xiaoyu.
It doesn't matter you made use of me with a scheme,
but you should at least
have a little conscience.
Xiaoyu was wronged and killed in order to save her family.
Do you have any pity or compassion?
It doesn't matter you don't help her,
but you actually helped the man who killed her.
How could you do this?
If you want to get a foothold in the palace,
the means is not important.
The important thing is to achieve the goal.
I don't want to listen to these.
Isn't there
any kind person in the palace?
Your Highness,
do you have a clear conscience for doing these things?
You don't have anything to say, do you?
Go with me.
Let go of me.
Let go.
Don't you want to get justice for Xiaoyu?
Well.
I'm giving you this chance.
What?
You can't do it.
Do not try to cheat me.
I won't be fooled again.
Cheat you?
What does it mean?
You won't let me kill him.
Even if I kill him, Xiaoyu wouldn't come back to life.
You did this only to
make yourself feel better.
As a prince,
he killed a weak girl to protect himself,
which is despicable
and harms the decency of the royal family.
I just don't like him
and want to do you a favor by the way.
So you think too much.
I think too much?
You're wrong.
I don't want to answer violence with violence.
I want you, the princes,
to have a little conscience.
Yinti, are you insane?
You actually insulted me in this way for a lady-in-waiting.
It doesn't matter even ten ladies-in-waiting are killed,
let alone one.
As a prince,
you should have the bearing and virtue of the royal family.
What did you do?
What means did you use?
You don't even know your mistake now.
What a shame.
Yinti did a good job.
It's indeed shameful.
What shall we do, Your Highness?
Shall we find someone to save His Highness?
It's a rare chance.
Let him be in the water for more a while.
This...
Let him wash his sins by the way.
Well...
Xiaoyu,
sorry.
I failed you.
I don't know if it is right to do this.
But he's a prince.
I can't let him pay with his life.
Is there only imperial power,
no justice,
only scheming
no conscience in the palace?
I don't believe.
Would you like it?
I'm in no mood.
Well,
you have no appetite?
You are not in the mood to eat?
Xiaoyu's family's kindness
will be wasted.
What did you say?
Xiaoyu's family?
Xiaoyu's family sent it when coming to take the body.
They said it's for their benefactor.
But the benefactor doesn't appreciate it.
So you mean Xiaoyu's family
is safe?
Yinzhen had sent someone to reopen the case
before you gave the evidence to Yinti.
My father issued a decree in person.
Now Xiaoyu's father and brother have been reinstated.
Really?
Why don't you believe me?
I've never lied to you.
Though there are many unfair things in the palace,
there are people you can trust.
As for
who is good and who is bad,
you'll need to tell it gradually.
I've realized it.
There are no good persons in the palace.
Really?
Who said she didn't want to answer violence with violence
and just wanted to call back the conscience of the princes?
There are not only heartless jerks
who regard lives as worthless in the palace.
You tailed after me.
No, I didn't.
I did that only for those poor people.
It has nothing to do with you.
Don't think too much.
Rest assured.
I'm not that silly.
It doesn't matter how silly you are.
I will protect you.
I won't let you be cheated by others.
You'd better say these honeyed words
to other girls.
I won't be fooled.
I...I'm serious.
Why don't you believe me?
There's no way.
We were born
to be incompatible.
Fine.
Now you want to eat it?
What should you say
to get my award?
You wish.
Stop.
That's for me!
I won't give it to you.
Give it to me.
Come back.
You may come to get it.
Give it to me.
I'm sitting on the rooftop.
The breeze kisses my face.
I feel it light.
The scenery is gorgeous,
but I feel so lonely.
You and I
live in two different spaces.
In your space it's also spring.
There's also a gentle breeze.
There's also this beautiful scenery.
Your face is close to mine.
I can feel your breath.
Your smile has been engraved in the azure sky.
On the lonely rooftop I find no trace of you.
Engraved in my mind
is your tearful face.
I'm no stronger than you.
Deep inside, I'm weeping.
But I want you to remember
my smiling face.
Your face is close to mine.
I can feel your breath.
Your smile has been engraved in the azure sky.
On the lonely rooftop I find no trace of you.
Engraved in my mind
is your tearful face.
I'm no stronger than you.
Deep inside, I'm weeping.
But I want you to remember
my smiling face.
I'm no stronger than you.
Deep inside, I'm weeping.
But I want you to remember
my smiling face.