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Legend of the Phoenix
Episode Six
Lord Lang,
you are truly loyal to Her Majesty. Every slap
had strength in it.
What are you doing?
I tricking you.
Lang Kun, you caused so much harm to our troupe and we've to run for our lives everywhere and become homeless.
You sent out wanted posters and had you men kill innocent people behind Her Majesty's back.
I have to crush you and help those who are unjustly accused.
Give them justice.
To crush me is one thing.
Serving Her Majesty is another matter.
I'm afraid that you will give up before getting to my position.
In Yong De Palace, you should worry about how to protect yourself first.
Don't let me catch you with any mistakes. I will return you back to normal.
I'm afraid that you won't even have a chance to escape.
This is Wuyi Mountain rock tea, a new tribute. I tasted it and it's quite nice.
Have a taste Empress. The tea has a good aroma.
It is a good tea. I heard that Empress Dowager's body is not feeling that well.
How come you still have the mood to ask me to come and enjoy the tea?
I summoned you here if I didn't say it's for the tea,
should I say it's for the discussion of the disaster relief provisions matter instead?
I know of this matter.
Lang Kun reported this to me before.
I can not get involved in the court affair, so I did not ask further.
Wei Guang.
Greeting, Your Majesty.
I believe His Excellency Lang has reported how he secretly reassigned the escort officers.
And after that, they became guilty officials and the case of how Wei Guang conspired to revolt.
Even His Excellency has a sharp tongue.
As long as a confidential message is sent to Da Li Si and investigated by the military.
I believe the truth will be revealed.
At that moment, it may involve more than two people.
It will be a case that will shake the whole court.
So Royal Mother is setting me up on a Hongmen Banquet (a trap seemingly joyful but in fact treacherous).
Empress is not a person who wants to get involved in the court affair.
I do not have much time left.
The Inner Court is all yours in the future.
Why do you have to be so impatient?
With one word, I will forget everything
and not mention it in my life.
I don't seem to have much choice, I might just as well obey Royal Mother's wish.
Let's not mention this again.
I will leave if there is nothing else.
It is getting windy, Your Majesty. We should go tomorrow?
Do you think I can swallow this insult?
I heard Chen Xue say that you didn't eat lunch.
Your stomach hurts once you are hungry. How about we eat first?
I'm filled with anger brought on by that bitchy Noble Consort Fu. I lost my appetite.
That bitch, she even went to the Empress Dowager to complain about me for exceeding proper limits.
Does she know what "exceeding proper limits" mean?
I'm going to meet with Yan Kuan.
Having him to plot the strategy for her, Nobel Consort Fu no longer takes me seriously.
If that is the case, I will go with you.
Why don't you come to my side, Yan Kuan? Then you can leave this place early.
Do you think this place can lock me in?
I am staying in here
because it is not time to leave yet.
Yan Kuan, you're so stubborn.
Looks like you prefer things the hard way.
Even if Your Majesty torture me,
I will not say a word.
Do not waste your effort.
Forget it, I didn't mean that.
I just want you to know that on your execution day,
I was the one that plead for you thus your life was spared.
Although you do not want to be on my side, you should think
about how to repay my kindness to me.
Your Majesty sure is smart.
You know that I'm yielding to soft approach but rejecting force.
Since you use repay the debt of gratitude as a bargain, then let me tell you a secret.
From now on, we'll call it even.
What secret. Let me hear it first.
This secret is related to the imperial garden.
Do you know there is a big banyan tree in the south-east corner of the imperial garden?
Let Ye Ningzhi come to attend on me.
Ningzhi.
I have to do a task for Her Majesty. Guard here and do not go anywhere.
Her Majesty will call you at any moment.
What if I want to use the restroom?
Then you have to hold it in.
There was once a girl just like you. She injured her knee, so she went to wrap it up.
Her Majesty called and no one responded.
She was punished in a form of beating.
She still has trouble getting out of bed.
Do as you see fit.
Please do not call me.
- Please do not call me. - Ningzhi.
Coming.
Your Highness the Empress, what can I do for you?
Look at this banyan tree, anything special about it?
That... please forgive me for not having keen eyesight. I really don't see anything special about it.
There's a legend saying that the first emperor,
one time passed by the Tian Mang Mountain with his army.
A big green python blocked in the middle of the road.
With no fear, the first emperor cut the green python into two pieces with his sword.
His name thereon spread afar.
What does the story have to do with this tree?
There is more to the story.
Afterward, the green python's son, the black python with red eyes,
sneaked into the first emperor's dream to revenge on him.
In order to defeat it, the first emperor fought 300 rounds in his dream.
But the generous first emperor spared its life.
Sealed it under this huge tree.
The black python spirit was grateful to his kindness.
Hence he told the first emperor,
if he faced any danger in the future, he could just come to this tree and make a wish.
His wish would be granted.
Did the Late Emperor come here to make a wish then?
Not even once.
As the Advisor told him,
the demon of Black Python had infinite power and was extremely evil.
Although it can fulfill your wishes,
it will also cause bad things to happen.
Of course, back then our country was peaceful and prosperous.
There was no need to make a wish for the nation.
It is unexpected that the Empress believed in these kinds of legends.
Ningzhi,
what wishes do you have?
I don't have any.
How could you not have any wishes?
Do you have any?
My wish is just...
Say it to the tree! Hurry up and speak!
My wish is just...
The Empress is healthy and achieves great things!
Don't say something else, say what you're really thinking.
Say it now!
Your Majesty, I am just a normal peasant...
I don't desire anything and I'm always content with what I have.
I really have no more wishes.
Alright,
then your job is to come wish for me,
would you like that?
Your Majesty, do you really believe in these stories?
Then you mean that you don't want to?
Of course not!
I would do anything for you, Your Majesty!
Th-these small things such as wishing, you can just count on me!
Alright, I will remember what you just said.
Yongde Palace
What's going on with other consorts lately?
Your Majesty, nothing special.
Is there really nothing or you're just not noticing?
Replying to Your Majesty, there really wasn't.
Sorry, I deserve to be punished.
You can't even complete small tasks like this, get out!
I will leave right now.
I really don't know how that old official managed,
staying by the Empress' side for so long...
If I want to defeat him, I'll have to get Her Majesty's trust.
But I just realized that life is more dangerous around her.
I'm always scared and worried.
Mother, you have to keep enduring!
Wait for me to lift your arrest.
And Wei Guang's as well.
Wei Guang, just where are you?
If you were here right now, I wouldn't be so overwhelmed like now.
Fairy Black Python,
are you there? If you're real,
I'm begging you, show some effects, fulfill my wish!
I want to see Wei Guang.
I want to be with Wei Guang again.
The earlier the better, hopefully tomorrow!
Wei Guang, where are you...
Is hiding and being all mysterious fun to you?
Didn't you say that you would come find me?
Just where did you go...
I really miss you.
Pear Blossom School
Sisters, look who came!
Ta-da!
Ningzhi, you're back!
You've returned!
Look what I brought all of you!
These are desserts gifted from Her Majesty!
Ningzhi, last night I saw you walking alone in the garden looking all concerned,
did something happen?
Did Her Majesty blame you?
What? Look at your faces!
Her Majesty's new maid,
can't even tolerate three days,
so she was punished and chased out of the palace.
But look at me, I'm perfectly fine!
I didn't face any hardships, aren't I so amazing?
I'm telling you, when you are serving Her Majesty,
most importantly is to mind your bearing.
Second, you have to control that mouth of yours.
Troubles come from the mouth.
I see, Hua Zhangshi.
Eat, eat up!
Her Majesty has arrived!
Yongde Palace
I just knew,
you were by my side.
Ye Ningzhi, I don't know how you learned our rules in Lihua Academy.
How come you're lying like this?
Sister Xue, don't you think being at the Empress' side is really tiring?
I'm lying like this because I'm tired.
I'm asking you, do you know the Empress Dowager?
Is it because she's got your back, that you're acting like this?
Her Majesty...
before I entered the palace and wished her longevity,
but this time, I haven't seen her yet.
She probably doesn't know that I'm here.
A maid from Chengxiang Palace just delivered a letter.
It's for you.
The guard you saw was me. I was saved by the Empress Dowager,
but Lang Kun's issue is yet to be settled. So we cannot meet now.
Please be patient.
Great, great...
What was written, that you're this happy?
Not much... Her Majesty complimented me, just compliments.
Then you be happy, I'm going.
Be patient.
I have to be patient.
It's good that you're safe,
as long as you're okay.
Thank you, Fairy Black Python.
So you are very effective!
You're not at all evil!
Ye Ningzhi!
You are Ye Ningzhi, right?
You don't know me because I'm from Chengxiang Palace.
A guard asked me to give you this letter.
Guard?
I miss you so much.
I'll meet you at the warehouse of Yongde Palace tonight at 9:00.
♫ I can bear the hardship in the journey, I can fight my life for you ♫
♫ I can travel across mountains and waters for you ♫
♫ Life and death failed to trap me. We who say forever to each other ♫
♫ Will not give up one another ♫
♫ I can be alone for you. I can be your background
Where did you go?
Do you know how worried I've been?
Do you know I missed you so much that I wrote so many letters that couldn't be sent? Do you know that?
Silly girl,
I too worried about and missed you so much.
Oh,
your mother and the fellows of Baixi Circus should at the North Peak now.
For now, you do not have to worry.
Thank you for protecting them for me.
I just knew that you care about me.
How come you became the Empress' guard?
Here, sit down and talk.
Lang Kun gave personal orders to the soldiers and officers escorting the army's supplies.
If words got out, he would either lose his head for the better,
or, for the worse, drag the Empress into it.
That's why Lang Kun tried to frame me in front of the Empress.
He also sent many more men to kill me.
I was too foolish to take my chances and tried making peace with Lang Kun to stay by the Empress' side.
Otherwise, things would not have become like this.
When I was hunted down that day and got badly hurt,
I had no choice but to take out the life-sparing token given by the Empress Dowager,
and sneaked into the palace to seek her help.
When my father was framed, Her Majesty saved my life.
She believed that my family was kind and loyal. Now it's still her that's protecting me.
What did you just say...
Where did you get hurt? Let me see.
I'm okay, they are just slight injuries.
Why didn't you come visit me earlier?
It's not always peaceful between the Empress Dowager and the Empress.
If I showed up too early, there may have been troubles.
That's why Her Majesty made me silent and wait for the right time to come.
Wait for the right time to come? It's so obvious who's right and who's wrong.
- How is it just this hard to solve? - Things aren't as simple as you think.
Deploying escorting officers, for the worse, is treason.
Although the Empress is arrogant and domineering, she is after all the imperial concubine of the first rank.
She hasn't done anything wrong concerning state affairs.
The Empress Dowager doesn't want the issue to go big as well.
Empress' Palace
Lang Kun, is your news confirmed? They two do have an affair?
It should be as reported. You'll know when they're brought to you.
Weren't things... already solved?
Well, why did you still write to me,
saying that I have to keep enduring?
The Empress won't allow anyone to plot against her.
She already lost face in front of the Empress Dowager the other day.
That's why the Empress Dowager hasn't really scolded the Empress for so many years.
Although the Empress won't reject the Empress Dowager's orders,
she will take it out on me.
By the way, Lang Kun has spies in the palace.
If he finds out that we're seeing each other, do you think he'll...?
Ningzhi, wasn't it you that wrote the letter?
What? You wrote two letters to me.
One said we couldn't meet, the other said we meet here.
I checked your writing style as well...
What I write in the Management Bureau is all documented. If anyone wants to copy my writing style,
it's not that difficult.
Someone must've tricked us. Come on, let's leave.
Wei Guang, it's you again.
If you dare make a move, then I'll kill her.
Wei Guang! I don't care, but let him go first.
The Empress and the Empress Dowager have a deal. You're obeying Her Majesty's order.
Put these two into custody and have a thorough interrogation.
Empress' Palace
Lord Lang, the thing you asked for is here.
Wei Guang,
I have long appreciated you. Yet you would do something as such.
I am so disappointed.
Ningzhi, I thought you were clever and I was going to put you into big use.
But I never guessed that you would do something so foolish!
Your Majesty, let her go.
This has nothing to do with her. Lord Lang is just making the innocent suffer.
You're having a nasty affair with her, and you dare to ask me to pardon her?
Your Majesty, we didn't do anything nasty. My coat was torn up by them.
He also knocked out Lord Wei and tried to frame us.
Ye Ningzhi, do you remember? I once told you that
I hate people who hide things from me.
If you and Wei Guang are innocent, why did you meet in that place in the middle of the night?
Do you really think I cannot think straight?
- Your Majesty, I didn't... - Ningzhi, don't waste your words.
Her Majesty doesn't care if we're innocent or not. All she cares is to hear us admit it.
Wei Guang, did I ask you to speak?
Lang Kun, go carefully question them for me!
If you're going to punish, then punish me! Don't hurt Wei Guang, he still has injuries.
You don't have to, I'm fine.
Lang Kun, don't hit him!
Your Majesty, I really didn't do anything nasty with Wei Guang.
If Your Majesty don't believe, you can have an old maid to check my body.
Then you'll know it's impossible that I did anything with Wei Guang.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I'm begging you, just let go of Wei Guang!
In the future, I will serve you best as I can!
You know better than anyone that Wei Guang's life is worth nothing.
Back then the Empress Dowager saved me, the son of a traitor,
do Your Majesty know why indeed?
Her Majesty saved my life so that I wouldn't die wrongfully with my father.
Your Majesty should know that going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short.
Is that so? Seems that you received some teachings.
Keep whipping!
Don't hit him!
It was me! Me!
It was me who fell for Lord Wei in the first place and kept pestering him.
Before, I pestered him outside of the palace.
Lord Wei hasn't shown any interest in me. But I kept approaching him in all ways.
He has been an upright person right from the beginning.
It was me who shamed your palace!
Your Majesty, Yan Kuan uses his evil doctrines to mislead the public.
He is now siding with the Noble Consort Fu. You don't have the ability to get rid of him.
Only I can make him gone. As long as Your Majesty pardon Ye Ningzhi,
I will serve Your Majesty from now on, and I won't expect to return to the court with your help.
Your Majesty, just let Wei Guang go. You can punish me however you want.
It was me! It was me who fell for Lord Wei in the first place.
It was me who shamed your palace!
As long as you pardon Ye Ningzhi, I will serve Your Majesty from now on.
And I won't expect to return to the court with your help!
Your Majesty, are you alright?
I'm alright.
I just thought of an old friend.
This situation,
I feel that I have seen before.
And now I have seen it again.
It's as if that friend...
is right before my eyes.
Who are you talking about, Your Majesty?
Once, there was also someone
who would do anything for me.
but that feeling,
was trampled on.
Stop talking about the sad things.
No matter what you're being through,
I will serve Your Majesty always.
Does it still hurt?
Her Majesty has arrived.
In the future,
do not guess or plot against each other.
My people should unite and work together,
and seek one goal.
That's to stabilize my position.
Actually, you two are a pair made in heaven.
Ningzhi is reckless yet quick-witted.
Wei Guang is always calm and strategic.
How about this? If you two can help Lang Kun whole-heartedly,
and help me keep orders at the haram,
then I can forgive all your past doings
and give you certain titles.
When it's done, you'll enjoy countless glory and wealth.
But if you two do not do things right,
then the old and new faults will have to be taken care of together.
Do you two agree?
Your Majesty, I can just take care of this.
There is no need to drag Ningzhi into it.
Doesn't matter.
I'm only looking for the result.
If you're successful, then it's beneficial to everyone.
But if you do as you please, then you two
will be blamed later. Be careful.
Lang Kun, let them go now.
Someone come in! Let them go.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Careful... It hurts.
Are you okay?
He's too much.
He dared to whip you so many times!
Now you know.
Do be very careful around her.
But she did say something right.
We're a match made in heaven.
Lucky that we got quick-minded just now.
Otherwise, we would be so dead now.
In the future, I will have to see you for a lot of things.
We will have to be more cautious later.
Only in that say can we avoid deadly troubles.
Still hurting?
I dare not touch you.
Wei Guang,
you really do look like a hero now.
If it were anyone else, they'd have passed out already.
But you, you can still show off.
Very admirable.
People like us who are around the nobles,
are all ready for this day.
Lord Wei, your wounds
will hurt many times tonight.
This ointment is for pain relief.
If it hurts so bad that you can't stand it,
have someone to apply it to your wounds.
Then I will bid farewell now.
Thank you very much.
I'll just see you off.
So you were whipped this much in the end.
No... Don't...
It's a man's room.
How could you... just come breaking in like this?
I am just like this.
How about you? Is your injury better?
I come from Baixi Circus. This little injury is nothing.
Can I... have a look at your wounds again?
It's improper for men and women to touch each other.
How would I just show you my wounds without a reason?
I don't mean to really look at your body.
The doctor left you some ointment, didn't he?
How are you going to apply it by yourself?
I'm not trying to take advantage of you.
If you won't let me, I'll just leave.
Thank you.
Thank you for taking those whips for me.
You were dumb as a woodblock before.
Why are you like this now?
I should thank Lord Lang for that.
After the whipping,
I was like being hit by the thunder.
What's more, to see you being so brave like that,
why should I, a grown man, keep the distance?
So you're saying that I'm not girly enough.
Right.
You...
What?
Are you still hurting? Need some ointment?
I'll help you with it.
You help me with the ointment?
No. You just say that men and women shouldn't touch each other.
You think I'll take advantage of you?
Not that. My injury's on the back. I won't let you have a look.
I'm leaving.
If you don't put on the ointment, I won't let you go.
How about this? If you don't want me to see your body, I'll cover my eyes.
Go cover your eyes then.
Here?
Yes.
- Does it hurt? - No.
This ointment can relieve pain.
As the doctor just said.
Alright. I guess that's it.
Yes.
Put on your clothes.
Are you done?
Not yet.
I'm done.
You get this injury for me.
I won't let you down my whole life.
Ningzhi, it's dangerous in the palace.
It shouldn't be a place for you to stay.
Once there's any chance, I'll get you out of here.
You can reunite with your family.
Wait for me in the outside, will you?
Alright.
Ningzhi, I have to marry you in the right ritual.
because you're the person I least want to see hurt.
I'll wait for that day to come.
But right now, the circumstances are dangerous.
How could I leave you in this situation?
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♫ In the clear sky, thousands of fireflies drift around ♫
♫ You were once the most ordinary firefly of them all ♫
♫ When you approached me, time stopped ♫
♫ My heart started racing ♫
♫ It was like a dream ♫
♫ I travel against the light in search for a faraway shadow ♫
♫ The crowded mountain cities, but I find it so peaceful ♫
♫ I really want to let go of my name and identity ♫
♫ I will watch the peaceful marketplace with you ♫
♫ I will wait with you for the rain to stop ♫
♫ I will light the light of love to shine into your life ♫
♫ So that all the dangerous rivers can soften your eyes ♫
♫ Like the crystal tears in the dead of night ♫
♫ My heart has become more transparent and stronger ♫
♫ Even if it aches, it will not break ♫
Legend of the Phoenix