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Legend of the Phoenix
Episode 7
Kang'er, read after me.
Wish my father a long and healthy life.
Wish my country peaceful and prosperous.
Wish my father a long and healthy life.
Wish my country peaceful and prosperous.
Such a good boy! You are doing well. But you are not fluent enough so more practice is necessary. Do you understand?
I understand.
Sis, he is only 5 years old. You don't have to be too strict with him.
I want Kang'er to be worry-free.
If his father is a normal man, I will be easier on Kang'er.
But his father is the emperor, the incarnation of the dragon.
If I'm not strict with him,
then how can he win attention from his father?
God, the reason why I come here late at night is that I want to make a second wish to you.
I hope you can help me to come up with a way to deal with Noble Consort Fu
so that the empress can set Wei Guang free.
Hua Zhangshi said even though the empress is annoying
and crazy about power, she is not ferocious.
I make this wish to you sincerely and hope you can offer me help.
Who... Who is there?!
How did you injure so badly, miss?
Hey, over there.
- Search carefully in the garden. - Yes.
Over here!
Which palace are you from?
I'm Fu... Fu...
Fu... I heard...
I heard something about the river levee... I...
Ah Qiao, over here!
- Do you know her? - She seems to be the escorting maid of Noble Consort Fu.
The escorting maid of Noble Consort Fu? How did she get so badly injured and end up here?
Let's not ask so many questions now. We should send her to the Yongde Palace first considering her injury.
Ok, let's hurry.
What are you doing in such a hurry?
- Lord Lang. - What... what happened?
Who is she? Why do you bring her here at your will?
Master Lang, she is the escorting maid of Noble Consort Fu.
We have no idea who hurt her. She was in such a condition when we found her.
Why did you bring Noble Consort Fu's maid here?
- Hurry! Take her out! - Wait.
Long live Your Majesty.
- Get up. - Thanks, Your Majesty.
Leave her here and the rest of you can leave.
Remember, keep this in secret. If any of you leak anything,
you will be executed.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Take her out.
Summon the royal doctor who serves me.
Yes.
Ningzhi, tell Lang Kun every detail
- concerning your encounter with Xiao Hua. - Yes.
Why so, Your Majesty?
She is Noble Consort Fu's escorting maid.
There must be something behind this accident.
Maybe Noble Consort Fu is directly involved in this.
So we should rescue her first.
Ningzhi, you did it well on this one.
Thanks, Your Majesty. I have another suggestion for you.
- Go ahead. - Since Noble Consort is involved,
we can invite Lord Wei here as well.
He is familiar with Fu's moves.
He can raise suggestions for Your Majesty.
Maybe the truth can thus be found.
Go to Empress Dowager's palace and invite Wei Guang over.
Your Majesty, she has lost too much blood,
and her pulse is weak. Her life is in danger.
Rescue her at any cost.
Yes.
Excuse me for my leaving.
- She seems awake. - Xiao Hua.
You are in the Palace Yongde, where you won't be bullied by anyone.
Tell me who hurt you?
I can find justice for you.
Fu...
Fu?
He...
He? What else?
All of you can leave.
Fu He, who Xiao Hua mentioned just now,
must be the criminal.
Do you have any idea?
Your Majesty,
I'm already familiar with all the relative from family Fu.
But I've never heard about Fu He.
I suppose who Xiao Hua mentioned is not from family Fu.
Or maybe the pronunciation of the criminal's name is similar to that.
As far as I can remember, He Fu, the general of Piaoqi Camp,
his name sounds similar to that one.
He is close to family Fu.
- Plus— - Fu Shigui.
Are you talking about Noble Consort Fu's little brother?
I know you want to impress, Wei Guang.
Not to mention Fu Shigui has nothing to do with He,
he is the biological brother of Noble Consort Fu.
Even the emperor admires him as he likes Noble Consort Fu.
He has permitted Fu Shigui to enter and exit the palace at his will to accompany Noble Consort Fu.
How can such a decent man hurt a normal palace maid?
Have you heard that the river levee in the South broke half a month ago?
I have. The river levee in the South broke,
which affected seven cities along the way.
The Emperor was furious.
Dozens of officials were interrogated back then.
So the character "He" has a lot to do with Fu Shigui.
He is the one who is in charge of reconstructing the levee in the South.
Then what does it to do with Xiao Hua?
People compete to be in charge of reconstructing levee every year as they can get bribes from such projects.
Recently, as Noble Consort Fu is liked by the emperor,
such projects have long been in the charge of Fu Shigui.
I believe Fu Shigui has corrupted large sum of the funds dedicated to the reconstruction of the river levee.
He must be involved in the break of the levee in the South.
He will be found sooner or later.
Therefore, he came into the palace to seek help from Noble Consort Fu but he was overheard by Xiao Hua.
That's why Xiao Hua was murdered.
The guard of the royal palace is sound, and she is the escorting maid of Fu,
where else can she get so badly injured?
It must be done by someone close to Noble Consort Fu.
Your words make sense.
But his sister is smart.
She is known to be elegant and mild-mannered in front of the emperor.
She is not likely to make such a stupid mistake here.
I have heard about the notorious reputation of family Fu
Noble Consort Fu is doting her little brother.
The crime is highly likely to be committed by him.
Even Noble Consort Fu herself doesn't know how to deal with her own brother.
Actually, no matter this theory is true or not, it can be an opportunity for your Majesty.
Be it true or false, we can have our moves. Not to mention that we will know the truth soon.
If it is true,
Fu Shigui really has some nerves.
Lang Kui, go capture Fu Shigui and invite the emperor and Empress Dowager over.
I want these siblings to confront each other in front of them.
Wait, Your Majesty. Xiao Hua is still in a coma.
Even if we have Fu Shigui, there is no way for us to charge him.
Our major concern should be curing Xiao Hua to accumulate more evidence.
Ask the royal doctor to do his best. Give him whatever medicine he needs.
Wei Guang, you have no helper around in Palace Yongde.
I will employ Ningzhi as your helper.
If you need anything, you can ask Ningzhi to tell me.
Thanks, Your Majesty.
Wei Guang,
what is her condition right now?
Right now is the most crucial time.
If she can get through these hours, she will be able to survive.
If not, her life will be in danger.
No matter what, her life needs to be saved.
Yes.
Looks like we need to take early actions.
Take early actions? Xiao Hua is not awake yet. How confident are you?
The only variable now is Lang Kun from Her Highness' side.
He's of great importance to Her Highness. I'm not happy with this.
I fear he will secretly sabotage.
Don't worry. I will handle this.
Your Majesty.
Is Xiao Hua awake?
Doctor said that her life most likely can be saved.
Your Highness, the situation is critical now. We should arrest Fu Shigyu and put him on trial.
Since she's still unconscious, why do we need to bring him here?
If we don't arrest him now, if Xu Xiao Hua dies, we won't have any evidence.
Absolutely. The longer we drag, the condition of her injury will be a disadvantage.
Wei Guang, take my written note and bring him immediately to Yong Degong Palace.
Yes.
Ningzhi, I am asking you. Last night, you went to the willow tree.
Was it too wish for me or yourself?
How could I dare lie?
I was wishing for Your Majesty, of course.
Have you ever made a wish for yourself before?
Nothing can be hidden from Your Majesty.
I did make a wish for myself earlier.
What was your wish?
What else would a maid wish for, of course, to be able to meet Wei Guang as soon as possible.
The Fairy Black Python is really effective.
After I finished making the wish, Wei Guang appeared before me.
Then there's nothing ominous about what happens next?
Next? The next thing that happened was very clear, Your Majesty.
People suspected that Lord Wei and I had affairs but thanks to your impartiality,
- our lives can thus be saved. - Enough.
- Your Majesty, there’s still one more thing to report. - Tell me.
Xiao Hua is in Yongde Palace, but once this information is leaked,
Noble Consort Fu will send someone to kill her in order to silence her.
But if Lord Lang is guarded by the gate,
I believe nobody is able to get close.
Your Majesty, soldiers are enough to guard. Why am I also needed?
How can soldiers be as brave as Lord Lang?
What Ningzhi said makes sense.
Lang Kun, guard the gate. Don’t let anyone come in.
Yes.
Greetings, Noble Consort.
Aren't you Wei Guang?
I heard that you committed serious crimes and killed several high-level officials.
You really have some nerves to come back here.
I didn't commit the crime. It was robbers who killed those officials.
They just used my name.
Your Majesty has cracked the case and Empress Dowager has guaranteed for me.
The case has been ended officially.
Is it? Then why do you bring so many soldiers here?
We found a dying palace maid, who was terribly injured by someone in the royal garden last night.
We have figured out her identity, namely your escorting maid, Xiao Hua.
She has identified your brother
Fu Shigui to be the criminal.
State Ping is close to Jing State. You can drop in on our aunt.
Bring some tonic to them on my behalf.
I haven't seen our aunt for a while.
Go to Palace Yongde with me, Fu Shigui.
What are you doing? How dare you make a scene here?
Come in, soldiers. How dare you arrest people from my palace, Wei Guang?
Where did you get this nerve?
This is Your Majesty's jade. She asked me to be in full charge of this case.
Anyone who is in my way is in the way of your Majesty. Take him.
Older Sister!
Wei, you came here with preparation so I can't do anything to you.
But you have to be aware of the consequences if you take him.
I don't need your reminder.
You came to report military news to Lord Tang yesterday afternoon.
But you didn't leave even four hours later.
According to this, you didn't leave the palace at all.
Where did you go last night and what did you do?
Yesterday, I chatted with my elder sister in Palace Qiuyue.
You can ask my older sister.
Also, we were chatting about the past events of His Majesty.
You can also ask His Majesty to prove this too.
Xu Xiao Hua has regained consciousness. She can testify against you.
- Right? - Since she has regained consciousness,
tell her to confront me then.
I want to see why she's accusing me falsely.
Come, you will get better.
What's wrong?
Imperial Physician Xu, take a look now. It seems like she won't make it.
It's useless.
She's already dead. Notify Lord Wei immediately.
Imperial Physician Xu, keep watch over her body. You are aware of the past.
Let's go and notify Lord Wei now.
If you still don't confess, don't blame me for torturing you.
You ganged up to falsely accuse me in order to plot against my older sister.
I'm telling you, dream on!
She's dead.
What's wrong?
- Greetings, Your Highness. - Reporting, Your Highness.
I searched the palace thoroughly and still couldn't find where Fu Shigui is hiding.
But we have ordered soldiers to guard all the palace gates.
I believe he's still in the palace.
Your Highness, I find this matter rather strange. We shouldn't continue to investigate.
Wei Guang, hand over your Majesty's jade and go back to Empress Dowager.
Ningzhi, go back to Lihua Academy immediately.
Lang Kun, even the emperor has never made any decision for me. How dare you do so?
Your Highness, I'm thinking on your behalf.
There are rumors saying that Fu Shigui has six different voices.
How is that possible?
Your Majesty, there were also a lot of rumors before.
Those rumors concerning ill omens were so convincing that even Empress Dowager
had been intimidated by those ill omens.
She even asked the emperor to go to the temple to ask for a blessing.
In the end, it was proven to be manipulated by people with ulterior motives.
This is a good opportunity to eradicate bad influences from the palace.
If you are afraid, you will lose the game.
Your Majesty, Fu Shigui's facial tone turned pink yesterday.
This doesn't make sense.
I heard that several years ago, there were also people contracting such eerie disease in the palace.
It turned out that they took medicines made by civil doctors by mistake.
- This is nothing but a rumor. - Enough.
Stop. I know that people should be moral.
Wei Guang, keep investigating for me!
Yes.
Yongde Palace
Your Highness, what's wrong with you?
Your Highness, are you okay? Wake up!
Your Highness!
Your Highness, what did you see?
I saw six apparitions
pacing up and down my bed.
Your Highness, how can that be possible?
There are guards patrolling the entrance of the palace. How could anyone enter?
One seemed to be Noble Consort Li and the other was General Shi Ke.
The last person was Four Legged Eunuch.
But they are already dead.
Four Legged Eunuch? What do you mean?
He was the eunuch who served Noble Consort Li.
His name was Gao Gong Gong. He fell back when he aged and became a hunchback.
When he walked, he used his hands to slouch on the ground. He looked like he was using four legs to walk.
The people in the palace called him Four Legged Eunuch.
Your Highness, what you heard and saw may not be true.
I still don't know why but I will definitely find the cause.
Noble Consort Fu will definitely act for Fu Shigui.
You must remember not to listen to gossips.
You have taught us to be moral.
Your Highness, be safe.
- Take her pulse now. - Yes.
Your Highness, we will leave first.
Why are you looking at me?
You are just like a man. I believe you are not afraid of what happened today.
Your Majesty can be so intimidated even in her own palace.
I think there's a problem with this Yongde Palace.
Are you worried about Her Highness?
Her Highness has many people around to protect her.
I don't have anyone to protect me.
- Hence... - Hence, I'm keeping watch on you going back.
So, you are worried about me.
I say, you are really very bold. You even dare to be here.
With you here, I'm not afraid of anything.
Let Wei Guang investigate this impartially.
Royal Mother.
Frankly, I'm worried. The people in the three palaces and six courtyards are jittery.
In the long term, there will be no peace in the palace.
Empress, you need to control those rumors.
Mother, these rumors come from thin air.
Consorts are coward so they believe in them.
They spread those rumors widely, which made those rumors seemingly convincing.
But don't worry, Mother. I will clear the air for them one by one.
Mother, I will do as you ask. I'll trust Wei Guang to handle my brother's case.
I have a good idea to cope with the rumors.
Yan Kuan is skillful in this regard.
It's better to set him free than keep him in custody.
That will not happen.
It's no big deal to set Yan Kuan free.
Mother, Yan Kuan has committed a serious crime.
How can we set him free so easily?
If so, what's the value of constitute?
- Your Majesty... - What about bringing Yan Kuan to my palace?
I will keep him custody with my own professionals.
When the situation is clear, we can send him back to prison.
Mother.
Your Majesty has made it clear when he offered me the golden seal
that I will take care of everything here.
What? I don't even have a say in how to deal with a prisoner?
Excuse me for my leaving.
Whatever.
We should discuss this issue further.
Your Majesty heard about the news from the palace and asked me to bring a vocal message back.
He asked to set Yan Kuan free to find the truth.
Greeting your Majesty.
- Catch him! - Yes.
Why did you come here instead of staying in Palace Yongde to protect your Majesty?
I received the news that Fu Shigui is hiding in the warehouse so I came here to arrest him.
- He is gone now. Why don't you go after him? Go! - Hurry up!
Wei Guang, what are you doing?
Ningzhi, can people get stronger all of a sudden when they get maniac?
Your Majesty, Lord Wei and Ningzhi were out to capture Fu Shigui.
Lord Lang is not here either. What about I asking them back to protect you?
It's fine.
Bring my formal gown.
Get out, all of you.
- Your Majesty. - Get out, all of you!
Yes.
I'm all alone now. Whoever you are, show yourself!
Don't you want to hector me?
I know now, I'm the Empress.
My position is high and royal so you are all intimidated, aren't you?
I know that the more coward I am, the more seriously you will hector me.
I want to meet Your Majesty.
Your Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed inside.
Show yourself! I'm not afraid!
From now on, I will not be afraid.
You should be afraid of me!
Show yourself, all of you!
Your Majesty!
No, no, no!
It's me. I'm Ningzhi.
- Go away. - It's me. Your Majesty!
No, no!
Are you alright, Your Majesty?
Get out now, all of you!
Get a cup of sedate soup for Your Majesty.
- Summon the royal doctor! - Yes.
Ningzhi.
I saw Fu Shigui just now.
He hid back there. His face is red completely.
He looked like a dancing girl.
He can't be a man. There is no way!
Don't worry, I'm here.
He is just back there. Let's hide.
I'll check for you. There is no one.
- Beware! - See?
Don't worry.
- Your Majesty! Are you ok? - No way.
I saw it clearly just now. He was just there.
Your Majesty, are you alright?
I'm fine.
Did you tell me that you've already known Fu Shigui's whereabouts?
- Did you find him? - He escaped.
How can you be so careless?
Never mind. I was afraid that he could escape from the palace.
But now I know that he is still in the palace.
As long as he is here, we will have a chance to catch him!
Pass down my order, whoever catches Fu Shigui,
I will give them all these jewelries.
I know what to do.
Ye Ningzhi, investigate for me what Fu Shigui is up to.
Yes.
Ningzhi, come.
Sit down first.
They are coming.
What's the conclusion of the royal doctor?
I asked him already. He said the recipe of the medicine that can turn facial tone red has already been abandoned.
But, Doctor Guo gave this to me.
He said the effect is similar.
Don't take medicine with no caution.
Are you worried about me?
Of course.
The doctor said nothing would happen.
Really?
Ok then, don't take too much.
Eh...
How is it? Do I turn red?
There seems to be no difference.
That's not possible. Look closely.
I can feel the heat on my face.
There still seems to be no difference.
I looked too close that my eyes are crossed.
I don't know if my face turns red but
your ears are red.
- You made a mistake as it is dark here. - No, I didn't.
Let me look closer.
That's itchy.
- That's really red. - I'll grab your ears if you won't let go of mine.
You will hurt yourself when you carry out too many wrongdoings.
Your Majesty knows clearly how many people she punished and how many wrong things she did.
It's justified that she is hunted by ghosts now.
No progress has been made after so many efforts. What do you say?
I have told you so many times,
don't speak ill of Your Majesty.
If her people hear us, we will be dead.
She said if we can solve this for her, she will set us free.
I still want you to leave this palace.
If so, I don't have to worry.
What about you?
I will stay so that I can finish my father's last wish.
I remember you told me
that you will marry me.
I trust you. But you should also trust me.
People of high age always say that destiny is settled by god but we are our own makings.
I want to be the owner of my life.
Stop saying something about your destiny or my destiny.
From now on, it's our shared destiny.
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♫ In the clear sky, thousands of fireflies drift around ♫
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♫ When you approached me, time stopped ♫
♫ My heart started racing ♫
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