♪ Watching the mountains and seas ♪
♪ With the oath between us ♪
♪ I'll love you forever all my life ♪
♪ The willow can't stand with the wind ♪
♪ The ocean can't stand with dust ♪
♪ The everlasting would never come ♪
♪ No one understands my rhythm ♪
♪ No one hears my heart ♪
♪ I'm grieving alone ♪
♪ I'm not willing to leave my love ♪
♪ As time goes by ♪
♪ It's already another world ♪
♪ May you let me live for love ♪
♪ I come for you ♪
♪ Wanna be with you for lives ♪
♪ Even if it's a dream ♪
♪ I'm not willing to wake up ♪
♪ I come for you ♪
♪ My love is the gentlest dialogue ♪
♪ I'll never change my love for you ♪
[Dreaming Back]
[Episode 13]
Brother Four.
Now it's time to show your loyalty.
I need the military power of your two banners
to help me ascend the throne.
You still take this action.
Yes.
Father has left the palace.
The court is now under control of us.
Now it's the best time.
Your Highness, has you ever
thought how grieved father would be
when learning of your revolt?
You were made Crown Prince as a child.
You're father's favorite son.
I'm his favorite son?
If he held me as his favorite son,
he should have long passed the throne to me
instead of letting me be Crown Prince for 30 years
and leave me waiting,
waiting for the day
when he passes the throne to me out of pity.
I can't wait any longer.
I know how you feel, Your Highness.
But father is the ruler of the empire,
you can't take it unless he hands it over to you.
You're right.
I used to think likewise.
I did everything as well as I could
just to impress father.
But all he gave me was the title of Crown Prince
but not any real power.
Asking me supervise state affairs,
but with your assistance,
allowing my brothers mock me
behind my back.
So I'm tired of waiting.
But if you stop waiting,
you're going to lose your title as Crown Prince.
It's make-or-break time for me.
I need your assistance.
Brother Four,
you've won the trust of the whole court.
I'm sure I'll succeed
if you agree to help me
win over people's support.
Impossible.
You don't want to help me?
You wouldn't succeed
even with my help.
Wherever he is,
let alone our movements.
father has firm control of the whole empire.
If you trust me,
take my advice.
Pull back from what you're doing
before it gets disastrous.
Songgotu has got everything ready.
Father won't be able to do anything about it
if I manage to capture the Forbidden City
and proclaim myself Emperor
before his return.
Your Highness.
The arrow is on the bowstring.
No turning back.
Since the empire
is destined to be mine one day,
I'm going to take it now.
Will you help me
or not?
Brother Two,
you will regret your decision today.
I have no choice.
Brother Four,
take a good rest here for a few days.
I'll need your assistance
when all is settled.
What happened?
Dreadful news.
Prince Four has been kept in the Eastern Palace by Crown Prince,
with imperial guards at the door.
Even a servant like me wasn't allowed
to see Fourth Prince.
What are we going to do?
Consort De has left the palace for the temple to offer incense to the Buddha.
We have no way of informing Her Highness.
If only Thirteenth Prince were here.
He'd have a solution.
What would I do if I were
Thirteenth Prince?
Miss Wei,
what do you think we should do?
I... I'm really upset and worried.
What should we do?
Calm down. Let me think.
Isn't that Thirteenth Prince's falcon?
Do deliver the letter to your master.
You are
our only hope now.
Please.
My lords,
I wonder why we were summoned to court so abruptly.
What... What's going on here?
Don't be alarmed, Your Excellencies.
Crown Prince has a significant announcement to make.
Please wait here for a moment.
What on earth is going on here?
Since my ascension to the throne,
I've strictly abided by our ancestral instructions
and showed solicitude for my subjects.
We owe this peace and prosperity
to Heaven.
May Heaven continue to bless our Great Qing
with political stability, peace and prosperity.
=The mutiny may happen in the imperial palace. Please reply soon. From Wei=
Yinsi,
they're having a coup at the imperial court.
According to our spies,
the Crown Prince has deployed his military forces.
The ministers have been detained in the palace.
A palace coup will soon follow, it seems.
It's about time.
Good.
I've been waiting for this day for ages.
We'd better have the Crown Prince arrested at once
so that father could punish him upon his return.
The Crown Prince has committed the monstrous crime
of conspiring against the state.
Arresting him for punishment
wouldn't be enough to settle things down.
I thought we'd impress father
by capturing the treacherous the Crown Prince?
Things could go awry
if the Crown Prince refuses to capitulate.
Given the current circumstances,
father probably wouldn't punish him severely.
Yinsi, you mean...
We should get rid of him once and for all.
Then we can exterminate Yinzhen
and the others at one stroke
to spare all later trouble.
What shall we do?
Still got no reply from Thirteenth Prince.
Wei, the situation is urgent.
Take Yinzhen out of the place immediately
so that he won't get implicated
in the Crown Prince's misdeed.
Give top priority
to your own safety.
I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Don't worry.
I'll keep Fourth Prince safe
and wait for your return.
Fourteenth Prince, did you send for me?
Where are you going in the early morning?
I'm going to the Eastern Palace to rescue Fourth Prince.
You overestimate your strength.
That's why I told you the truth
seeking your help.
We're out of time.
Let's hurry.
I'm not going with you.
Why not?
Fourth Prince is in grave danger.
He's your brother.
So what?
You can't sit by idly
as your brother is in danger, can you?
This is an internal strife among us princes.
We've long forsaken our brotherhood.
An outsider like you has nothing to do with it.
So it's OK to lose all your conscience
in order to win a strife?
What is conscience?
We brothers have been rivals since we were born.
We contrived all sorts of tricks to inherit the throne.
A slight mistake would cost our lives.
We did all we could to stay alive.
That's human nature.
I don't understand your political intrigues
or bear your burden.
All I know
is that someone I know is in danger
and that I mustn't sit by idly.
You can't go.
Don't stop me even if you don't want to help me.
I came to stop you from getting yourself killed.
So far you've been lucky enough
to have escaped unscathed.
But this time
the infighting is directly related to the throne,
so you're going to get yourself killed
if you don't stop meddling in it.
You've mapped out a plan, haven't you?
What do you want with Fourth Prince?
You're so foolish as to risk your own life?
Yes. I am a fool.
I've always been a fool.
I'd risk everything I have
if I know I can save a person's life.
Yinzhen is so lucky to have a devoted friend like you.
I do what my conscience tells me to do.
So I'd make the same decision
whether this should happen to you
or to Thirteenth Prince.
It's time to try our luck.
Hello, brothers.
You must be exhausted, having guarded
the place in the sun for so many hours.
I've prepared some fine refreshments for you.
Why don't you take a short break?
Brothers,
this is a small gift I prepared for you.
Please have a look.
It's usually prepared for Fourth Prince.
Fourth Prince is staying in the palace,
and it'd be a waste to throw it away.
Please enjoy it, brothers.
Take it away.
We'll teach you a lesson if you dare obstruct our official duties again.
I meant well.
Fire!
Put out the fire!
Fourth Prince might get burnt.
Put out the fire.
You two stay here.
The rest shall follow me.
Hurry.
Put out the fire.
What the fire!
Brothers,
I've got a treasure to show you.
Are you alright, Uncle?
Let me help you up.
Mission accomplished.
You've no idea how heroic I was.
I singlehandedly defeated...
Come off it.
Things wouldn't have gone so smoothly
if I hadn't taken pains
to make a fire there.
You just made a fire, alright?
I knocked them out.
Stop it.
Now get the key.
Come on.
I got it. It's here.
Hurry.
Fourth Prince.
Wei.
I didn't expect that you'd be my savior.
I'm glad that Your Highness is alright.
Thirteenth Prince is on his way back.
We must get out of the palace as soon as possible.
Hurry up.
At long last...
At long last the throne is mine.
Are you staging a rebellion?
You're the one who's staged a rebellion.
Crown Prince,
you think you can proclaim yourself Emperor
by sitting on the throne in a dragon robe?
Arrest Yinsi!
Get him.
Search every corner of the palace.
Search carefully.
Search right now.
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Highness,
Ninth Prince and Tenth Prince have arrived with their troops.
Please follow me.
Let's go.
Come on.
Your Highness.
So?
We haven't found them.
Then what are you doing here?
Close the city gates immediately.
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Excellency,
are you looking for the Crown Prince?
The Crown Prince is waiting for you.
Songgotu has been plotting treason.
Arrest him.
Charge.
Come on.
Watch your step.
Your Excellency.
Lay down your swords.
Should I walk away like this?
Your Highness,
given the circumstances, we'd better get out of here first.
Thirteenth Prince will soon return.
OK.
We'll do it, then.
Just play it by ear.
OK.
Stop Fourth Prince. Close the gate.
Let's get moving.
Come on.
Hurry.
Wei, are you crazy? You're getting yourself killed.
I promised to get you out of here.
I won't break my promise.
What a stupid girl.
What are you doing, Yinti?
A group of men shouldn't stoop so low
as to bully a defenseless girl.
Drat.
Are you alright, Wei?
I'm OK.
Let's go.
That's all I could do to help you.
Catch them.
Hurry.
Stop. Stop. Stop.
Yin'e, what do you think you're doing?
Yinzhen,
you shouldn't be asking me questions.
You abetted the Crown Prince
in the imperial coup and tried to usurp the throne
while father is away.
Though I'm your brother,
I dare not cover up this capital felony for you.
You...
Guards.
Arrest him.
Wei.
Wei, are you alright?
Thirteenth Prince,
I did it.
Sorry.
I'm late.
Winner takes all.
Since my manoeuver has failed,
hand me over to father.
Crown Prince,
you think I'm doing this
to impress father?
The Crown Prince dispatched troops
to usurp the throne.
After being defeated, he remains resistant
and unrepentant.
According to the law,
he shall be executed on the spot.
You bastard.
How dare you?
Kill him.
Yinxiang.
Lay down your swords.
You did an excellent job, Yinsi,
of getting the palace under control in such a short time.
I'm very impressed.
I was just doing my part.
Yinxiang,
shouldn't you be on the southern inspection tour with father?
Yinsi,
as the sovereign of the empire,
father knows state affairs like the back of his hand.
Upon learning of the imperial coup,
he bid me to return to the palace at top speed.
Father has decreed that everything
shall be decided upon his return,
including the punishment of the Crown Prince.
Do you have any objections, Yinsi?
Since it's father's order,
I dare not have any objections.
So everything shall be left
in your care, Yinxiang.
You shall be in charge of it.
Father,
the Ministry of Justice has punished the rebels.
Some have been imprisoned
and others have been banished.
Father,
Crown Prince has been waiting on his knees outside the hall for hours.
Would you like to see him?
How dare he come to see me?
I won't see him.
I entreat you not to be angry, father.
He's an unworthy son,
having disgraced all his ancestors.
Father,
Crown Prince seems determined to mend his ways.
Would you please forgive him
and give him another chance?
I felt pity for his early loss of his mother
and thus, out of all the princes,
kept him alone by my side
and devoted myself to his education.
I had high hopes on him
and appointed him as Crown Prince,
but he just disappointed me
time and again.
He was slack in his work.
I forgave him for that
and gave him many chances
in the hope that he'd make progress.
I'm terribly disappointed
that he should have plotted treason.
Father, I know you're disappointed in Crown Prince,
but please take care of yourself.
It could be better to make a decision
when you've calmed down.
Never mention his name to me again.
Tell him to get lost.
I don't want to see him ever again.
Fourth Prince.
Take care, Fourth Prince.
Fourth Prince.
Don't worry.
Yinzhen is safe and sound.
Sleep tight.
I'll be here watching over you.
Yinzhen.
Is she alright?
She's had some medicine.
She's just exhausted,
and she'll be fine after a good rest.
Wei has been worried about you.
Since you're here, Yinzhen,
I shall leave her in your care.
I must be off now.
Wait a moment.
I've got something to tell you.
Yinzhen.
Let's come straight to the point.
You're my brother,
so I shall be frank with you.
I'm fond of Wei.
Anyone with a discerning eye can easily see
that you're fond of Wei,
but you rarely talk
about your personal feelings.
So why are you telling me this now?
Because you said she's yours.
Then you shouldn't have said
what you just said, Yinzhen.
I don't want to give up.
So you're asking me
to give up?
Man is a sentimental creature,
how could I not be touched
by what Wei did for me today?
So I had to show you my mind.
Wei is a righteous girl, always willing
to risk her own life to help others.
How could you tell she's devoted to you?
Wei has always been supporting me,
and she risked her life to save me today.
It wasn't all about righteousness, don't you think?
Wei is in love
with me.
You can't deny that she cares for me, too.
And she's the one I'd really want to call mine.
The outsiders call me the Icy Prince
with nothing but schemes and intrigues in mind.
I thought
I wouldn't easily fall for anyone.
Who knew
that I'd fall deeply in love with a girl?
I have to admit now
that I'm deeply attracted to Wei.
With her by my side
I feel relaxed
and I don't have to play the Icy Prince.
It's such a wonderful feeling.
You call that feeling hard to come by,
but Wei and I have weathered even more trials.
It all started with a misunderstanding.
We've shared tears and laughter.
We got to know each other well.
Our friendship blossomed into love.
How could others understand our affection for each other?
If we continue this rivalry,
our brotherhood will suffer
and so will Wei.
We shall let her choose then.
I've got so many things burdening my mind.
I can't afford a carefree life like yours.
Sometimes
I really envy you.
Yinxiang.
Yinzhen.
I've never asked you
to do anything
for me,
but this shall be the first
and the only time
that I've asked for your sacrifice.
I've never asked you
to do anything for me,
but this shall be the first
and the only time
that I've asked for your sacrifice.
Is it a bit too obvious?
I put on some extra makeup.
Will he get smug when he notices it?
What does Thirteenth Prince
want to tell me?
After I come back with father from the southern inspection tour,
I will have something to tell you.
You have to wait for me.
Thirteenth Prince.
A girl will pretty herself up for her beloved.
So I must be your beloved.
Get over yourself.
I dressed up to show my gratitude
for your saving me at the palace gate
and watching over me all night.
Perhaps you have the wrong person.
Who else could it have been?
I thought you've got something to tell me?
I told you I'll give you an answer
when I'm back from the tour with my father.
Yinzhen.
Fourth Prince.
So this is my answer.
It was Yinzhen who saved you
at the palace gate the other day.
It was also Yinzhen
who looked after you the other night.
So
do repay Yinzhen for his kindness.
It's such a lovely day today.
Yinzhen, you need to take a break
from the bothersome palace affairs,
and Wei, you've just recovered from your illness.
Why don't you two take a walk
and get some fresh air?
What's the matter?
Don't stand here idly.
Off you go.
I've got to help father handle some business.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Wei,
you've just recovered from your illness,
so it's OK
if you don't want to go.
No.
Some fresh air would be lovely,
since I'm terribly bored in the palace.
If Fourth Prince wants to go,
I'll be pleased to keep Your Highness company.
Fourth Prince,
let's go.
I let you go
in order to hold you tighter.
Wei,
don't let me down.
I'd rather see you smile
than see you suffer angst.
Fourth Prince.
I was also tricked by Yinxiang today.
I didn't know I was going to meet you.
It seems that you left with me
out of spite.
I'm sorry.
OK. Here we are.
Go ahead.
I'll take you out of the palace
when you've thought it through
and made up your mind.
No, thanks.
I'd like to go out for a walk
and get some fresh air.
You don't feel uncomfortable with the idea?
I do want to go out for a walk.
OK, then.
Well, I've got a place
to show you.
Let's go.
I heard from the elderly
that people often run into problems.
When they run into a problem,
they'd mentally transfer the problem
and their pain into a stone
and cast it somewhere.
As time passes, these mounds came into being.
Here.
Fourth Prince,
did you make all these mounds?
Good heavens, no.
I don't know if others have been here,
but you're the first one that I've taken to this place.
I didn't know Fourth Prince has so many troubles.
I've been living in the Forbidden City for years,
so I'm bound to have some difficulties
that I find hard to discuss with others.
Not even with Thirteenth Prince?
We can't always afford to share
all our experiences and feelings with others.
But...
But I told him something,
knowing that what I said
would pain him.
What was it?
People call me icy,
inflexible
and inconsiderate,
completely clueless about a woman's mind.
Then I met you.
I'm willing to change.
I feel a sense of strength.
It's not that I don't know how to laugh.
I've just forgotten how to do it.
Now that our brothers are here,
you must explain to us
why you let Yinzhen go.
He'd be imprisoned with the Crown Prince
and would be considered a traitor by father now
if you had detained him in the palace.
Yinti.
Yinsi is talking to you.
We could have killed two birds with one stone
and forestalled future trouble.
But in the end, Yinxiang became
the big hero who quelled the coup.
Yinti,
don't you think
you owe us an explanation?
Yinti.
Yinsi is talking to you.
Didn't you hear him?
Or are you too ashamed to answer him?
What's done is done.
Would my reply make any difference?
So you're standing on your full brother's side
and betraying Yinsi?
Yin'e.
What's the point of getting mad?
As far as Yinti is concerned,
none of his brothers is as important
as a certain woman.
Did I say it wrong?
I was there the other day.
Apart from Yinxiang and Yinzhen,
our Yinti has also been captivated
by that girl called Mingwei.
Well,
she could be a femme fatale.
Yinti,
you ruined Yinsi's elaborate plan
simply for the sake of a woman.
You really let us down.
I always do as I please.
It's none of your business.
Brat.
Yin'e.
What's done is done.
Blaming each other won't help the situation.
Just let the matter drop.
Let bygones be bygones.
Yinsi.
I trust Yinti.
Wayward as Yinti is,
he's a sensible lad.
He won't act recklessly.
Besides, he doesn't hate Yinzhen any less than we do,
so he must have a card up his sleeve.
We shall wait and see Yinti's arrangement.
Yinti,
am I right about that?
I have my own plan of what to do.
Yinsi.
Your Highness,
you were awesome today.
Hit the target one more time, and you'll break Fourth Prince's record.
What a shame!
You're such a good brother.
You went out of your way
to help Yinzhen keep his record.
I'm so impressed.
Don't mess with me.
I haven't settled accounts with you regarding the Crown Prince.
What are you talking about?
Brother Yinxiang, you're so loyal and righteous.
Not only did you hurry back
to save his life,
you actually handed to him
your beloved woman.
Say that again if you dare.
You're angry from shame.
You're mad with jealousy, aren't you?
How much do you know about the relationship between Wei and me?
How much do you know about my brotherhood with Yinzhen?
Nobody can take away
what's destined to be mine.
That depends on who your rival is.
Did I really make a mistake?
No.
Wei won't let me down.
♪ I'm sitting on the roof ♪
♪ I can feel the breeze on my face ♪
♪ It's light ♪
♪ It's a beautiful scene ♪
♪ But I'm lonely ♪
♪ You and I ♪
♪ In two different spaces ♪
♪it's also spring♪
♪A gentle breeze as well♪
♪ It's the same scenery ♪
♪ Your face is close to me ♪
♪ I can touch your breath ♪
♪ Your smile is in the blue sky ♪
♪ A lonely roof without your shadow ♪
♪Engraved in my mind♪
♪is your tearful face♪
♪ I'm not stronger than you ♪
♪ Tears flow into my heart ♪
♪ But I want to ♪
♪ leave my smile to you ♪
♪ Your face is close to me ♪
♪ I can touch your breath ♪
♪ Your smile is in the blue sky ♪
♪ A lonely roof without your shadow ♪
♪Engraved in my mind♪
♪is your tearful face♪
♪ I'm not stronger than you ♪
♪ Tears flow into my heart ♪
♪ But I want to ♪
♪ leave my smile to you ♪
♪ I'm not stronger than you ♪
♪ Tears flow into my heart ♪
♪ But I want to ♪
♪ leave my smile to you ♪