Music
I can walk by myself.
I'm wronged, your excellency!
I'm wronged!
I'm wronged, your excellency!
Let us go!
your excellency, I'm wronged!
Let me go!
I'm wronged, your excellency!
Please do me a favor.
Let us go!
I'm wronged.
Let me go!
I'm wrong!
I
I said you have the wrong person.
You really do.
I have no connection with rebel party.
You
you all rebel party?
I'm not.
I operated a steamed bun shop.
One day
the officials came to my shop and arrested two workers
who were said to wanna rebel Qing dynasty and rebuild Ming dynasty.
and regarded me as their partner.
They don't believe me no matter how hard I explained.
Neither am I.
One of my neighbor was said to be the rebel party.
So the officials took away the whole family of our neighbor
and a few families nearby including me.
I'm wronged too.
I just saw in the vegetable market nearby
there's a poor old beggar.
So I gave him material assistance from time to time.
But it turned out that he is a rebel party.
The officials said I was under the suspicion of subsidizing rebel party
and arrested our whole family.
Your kid is so poor.
But don't worry.
Now that we are not rebel party.
The officials will release us soon or later after they find out the truth.
Sis
forget about it.
Once you came in
don't ever expect to go out.
During these years
rebel party occurs everywhere
especially in capital
the governor of Shuntian Prefecture grab rebel party as a common occurrence.
It's said they are all arrested alive
but none can come out alive.
But they can't kill innocent victims indiscriminately
They do it for money.
I've heard that they will get abundant reward
if they grab one rebel party.
The reward depends on how many they arrest.
The more rebel parties they get
The bigger reward they acquire.
We
are ready sources of money to them.
They falsely claim the reward. It's offence against his majesty.
Aren't they afraid of being beheaded by his majesty?
His majesty stands high above the masses
and stay in palace all the time.
How could he know?
Even if he knew
He probably would rather mistakenly killed one hundred
than let the real rebel party go.
People with lower social status like us
are nobody
in his majesty's eyes.
It's not true.
His majesty is not like that.
His majesty understands and sympathizes with the common people.
He is a good emperor.
Sis
how do you know his majesty is not like that.
Could it be said that you've seen his majesty?
Nope.
There's a relative in our family
who is on duty in the palace.
He told me.
If his majesty were really of keen intelligence and excellent judgment
how could the officials behind
act unruly?
Wait and see.
Is anyone here!
I wanna report rebel party.
Someone come here!
I wanna report rebel party.
You said we've got the wrong person.
and you're not rebel party
but the official serving in his majesty's study, Li Yihuan.
Yes, your excellency.
In order to see you
I lied to the prison guard
that I wanna report rebel party.
But there's no rebel party.
Neither am I.
I'm the lady official in palace.
Wicked girl!
Do I look like a three-year-old kid?
There isn't any lady official serving in his majesty's study
in palace.
I was a lower ranked attendant in palace
the title of lady official serving in his majesty's study
was set up for me by his majesty.
His majesty set up a position for you particularly.
He must be very fond of you.
Then why don't his majesty confer concubine on you
but made you an attendant first
then a lady official?
According to the Legal Code of Great Qing
lady official in palace
impossibly go out of capital alone.
But why did you dress like a man
and come into capital with the rebel party's ox cart?
I...
The carter has already told the truth
that his purpose of entering capital this time
is to call in his colleagues
to assassinate important officials in the court.
No. No no.
It's a mistake.
More than a month ago
I followed his majesty on his incognito inspection trip to Shanxi.
But we got robbed by a group of ruffians
I got separated from the emperor.
Listen!
No wonder she dared to join the party.
It turned out to be an ignorant and fearless crazy girl.
How can his majesty visit Shanxi privately?
It is true that the emperor has not been in court for a month.
But his majesty is worshiping Budda inside the palace
with grand empress dowager
to pray for Great Qing and remit drought.
Your lie
is of non sense.
No.
His majesty was afraid of his whereabouts revealed
so made an excuse that he would be off the court to worship Buddha
If you don't believe what I said
you...you can go ask his majesty.
Do you think I'm crazy like you?
Dare to ask the emperor with such ridiculous words?
What's more
Do you thinks it's so easy
so easy to meet his majesty?
During this year
I can only look at his majesty
from a distance when I am in court.
But all I said are true.
Enough!
I don't have time
to listen to you making up stories and telling jokes here.
Say it!
Your real name and your address.
And the reason why you attend the rebel party.
Who else are your colleagues
in the capital?
I...I...I
My name is Li Yihuan.
But I have no connection with rebel party.
Or you can ask
Songgotu, Lord Song.
He knows me.
Lord Song is a favorite with his majesty.
I won't ask for scolding from Lord Song
for a crazy girl like you.
Then your can ask
Dr. Li, Li Jianqing in imperial hospital.
He is my brother.
Your story is getting stranger and stranger.
you mean that powerful men in the court are your close friends.
all have relationship with you.
the more you
talk nonsense
the more I believe
that you are the one who planed a rebellion.
Soldiers
take her to the punishment room.
I'm gonna question her in person.
Your excellency
I'm wronged.
I'm not.
Don't confess yet?
Confess or not?
You don't confess
right?
Confess or not?
Still don't confess right?
Okay.
Wicked girl!
Now are you gonna keep telling me stories
or rat out
your colleagues obediently.
I surrender.
I confess.
I see you're not like ordinary woman.
You have some bones.
You position must
be high among the rebel party.
The ones you rat out must be also valuable.
You're so smart, your excellency
Though I don't have many colleagues.
But their status are high.
They all lurk in the capital
waiting for a chance
to assassinate his majesty.
This is a big case.
What's their name?
About my colleague
All I know is that he has a code name called Long San.
I have a special set of contact ciphers with him.
If your excellency want
I can draw the snake out of the hole
to redeem sins by good deeds
Okay.
Say it.
Go
light this, light this quickly.
release them to the sky after lighting them.
Your excellency
These Kongming Lanterns
will be up in the air in an instant.
They look so tidy up in the sky.
No one outside the city could see it clearly.
How can Lady Official Yihuan see them by chance.
Just do as his majesty command.
It doesn't matter
whether she could see the lantern or not.
It will be enough that his majesty can find sustenance in doing this.
Lighting the Kong Ming Lantern is really the contact signal
between Long San and you?
Yes.
Long San
is lurking in palace.
So he can't stare at the night sky
stare at the night sky all the time.
You can light Kong Ming Lantern
every 15 minutes.
The more the better.
He will definitely come to Capital No.1 Restaurant
to meet me
once he sees these lanterns.
Fine.
I believe you for once.
If you dare to lie to me...
Your excellency.
Keep cool.
Could you stop acting like that?
I'm so pretty.
How do I dare to lie to you?
I don't wanna be beheaded by your excellency.
Right?
Release the light.
Junior Long, Bro. Zhu, Sis. Xue, Master
you must
look up at the night sky as often as you can.
Avalokitesvara with great compassion and compassion
please make them
or at least one of them
find out the Kong Ming Lantern.
Please.
Delicious!
Come and taste this.
Your excellency.
Why hasn't the roast duck I ordered arrived yet?
They are making it now.
Don't worry.
Why hasn't your colleague Long San
come yet?
He must be on his way.
Don't worry.
Wicked girl!
It's been three days.
I did as you command.
I kept releasing the Kong Ming Lantern at every gate in the capital
for three days.
If your partner doesn't show up
It will be a proof that you're pulling my leg.
I will..
crack!
behead you.
Your excellency, don't worry.
Long San will come.
Think about it your excellency.
Long San lurks in the palace as a spy.
Then he must be very careful.
You want to draw the snake out of the hole, right?
You have to be patient.
Junior Long, Bro. Zhu, Sis. Xue, Master
Haven't you seen
these Kong Ming Lantern in three days?
If you don't come and save me
I'll be beheaded.
Sir, your dish is ready.
Sir, here's your wine.
Place it here.
Enjoy it.
Why the workers in the restaurant are all strangers?
Where are the two spies
we used to plant here?
Do they all get replaced?
The roast duck is ready.
Here's your roast duck.
Enjoy it sir.
Bad luck, he is not our man.
Where are the two men we planted?
Is their turn to have a rest today?
The roast duck you asked for is here now.
Damn it.
Fill myself up first.
In case the message weren't sent successfully
and I were beheaded by him
I wouldn't be a hungry ghost.
If you finish this roast duck
and your colleagues don't come
Then I will kill you this little girl
to make a roast girl to taste.
Don't worry, your excellency.
He will come.
You see
Do I have to drink some wine with the roast duck?
Maybe you can order a pot of apricot spring wine for me.
Why do you have so many troubles?
No.
This is not trouble.
Please think.
If you arrest this rebel guy
who wanna assassinate his majesty
It will be a huge exploit.
No big deal if you give me some wine.
Maybe when I finish the wine
Long San comes.
I'll just let you keep playing.
If Long San still didn't come...
Waiter!
A pot of apricot spring wine.
Okay.
Bow in respect before your majesty.
Arise!
Thanks your majesty.
Any news about Yihuan?
Yihuan's foot got hurt.
I ordered someone to carry Yihuan's portrait painted by you majesty
to inquire about her all the way from Shanxi to Beijing.
All canteens, restaurants, hotels and inns.
Everywhere.
And finally got the news
that Yihuan dressed as a man
and walked towards the capital
on a crutch.
The last person who saw Yihuan
was the owner of a noodle shop in the western suburbs of capital.
He said he saw
Yihuan got on an ox cart
towards the west gate.
If it's really so
Yihuan should have returned to the capital safely.
But why didn't she come back to the palace.
I don't know either.
By rights
she came back safe and sound all the way.
She's already in the capital now.
There shouldn't be any accidents.
I'd also released lanterns in the imperial garden
for three nights.
If Yihuan saw these
She musk have come back already.
It just means something has happened to Yihuan.
Could it be those people from the alliance against Qing
that kidnapped her?
Impossible.
Why?
There must be spies of rebel party in the court.
If they know the relationship between Yihuan and me
it's not strange that they would do something to Yihuan.
Your majesty.
I've heard that those rebel parties
set themselves against the court
to restore Ming dynasty
but
they never commit dirty crimes such as kidnapping women and children.
Then who will it be if not the rebel party?
Wu Sangui and Liu Dezhao's hands are not long enough
to touch the emperor's capital.
What's more
though Yihuan got hurt in her foot
her fighting skills is enough
to deal with
common spalpeen.
Who grab her on earth?
I think there was something strange about it too.
Now we can only send more people
to inquire around.
You mustn't make a big show of it.
Implement it secretly.
Otherwise
Yihuan will be in bigger danger.
I've got it.
Girl
You've almost finished the roast duck.
Where's he?
Don't worry.
There is still a duck's head that hasn't been eaten yet.
Don't worry.
He is sure to come
before the duck's head is finished.
But it took you two hours to have this duck.
And you haven't finished yet.
This is clearly playing for time
I'm wronged.
I'm just too full to eat it fast.
Your excellency
don't worry.
My colleague
maybe
get trapped by something in palace.
Now he's trying to find a chance to sneak out.
Right?
Don't worry. He will come
You've been waiting for two hours.
It doesn't matter if you wait a little longer
does it?
Fine.
I will trust you one more time.
If Long San doesn't show up by nightfall
I will lose my patience.
He will come. Definitely. He will come.
Junior Long, Bro. Zhu
All my tricks have been exhausted.
If you guys don't come
I will be really screwed.
Wicked girl
It was already dark
and Long San hasn't come yet.
Do you have anything to say now?
I've just finished the duck head.
I estimate that
Long San will come
in 30 minutes.
Enough!
Wicked girl!
So bold you are!
You dare to tease even me!
I don't.
How dare I tease you?
I really have a colleague name Long San
who lurks in palace.
Your excellency!
Your excellency.
That carter finally confessed!
According to what he said
I have caught all other rebel parties
lurking in Beijing.
But the carter said
this girl who was on his ox cart
is just a hitch-hiker
not his colleague.
Really?
I've asked the other rebel parties.
They all said
she has no connection with them.
You see! You see!
you are indeed mocking me!
I'm wronged, your excellency!
I said that I was not a rebel party from the very beginning.
But you kept talking about
hitting me and killing me.
That's why I made a false confession.
But you didn't tell the truth from the beginning
and dared to simulate Lady official besides his majesty.
It's because you scared the hell out of me.
I have no choice but to make stories.
But it doesn't matter now.
Since you've investigated the matter clearly.
May
you set me free now?
Thank you your excellency.
Stop!
If you didn't tease me
I would probably let you go.
But now
even if you're not a rebel party
you must be a liar.
Soldiers, take her away.
Yes your excellency.
Behead her tomorrow
along with those rebel parties.
I'm wronged!
Go.
Your majesty.
No need to worry.
Heaven rewards the good.
Lady Official Yihuan will be Okay.
But my eyelids keep twitching
and my heart beating fast too.
I always have a sense
Yihuan seems to encounter dangers.
Your majesty.
You're too worry to keep calm.
Your majesty.
Bow in respect before your majesty.
Arise!
Any news about Yihuan?
There are many people who picked up the Kongming Lanterns
with Long San, First meeting place written on them.
I immediately took the portrait of Yihuan
to inquire about her in No. 1 Restaurant.
Finally heard the news of my sister.
It turned out that
she was caught by Gan Guotai, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture
because she was erroneously identified as rebel party.
Now she has been taken to the execution ground to be beheaded.
Why beheading again?
Rebel parties are executed everywhere.
Really?
Why are there so many so-called rebel parties every month?
Don't mention it.
Most of they
are wronged.
There are only a few real rebel parties.
I heard
the court rewards officials who captured rebel parties.
Every time they caught a rebel party
they were all rewarded with silver.
They will even be promoted if they caught enough.
I see
Bro. Zhu
You are the one that I'm most sorry about in my life.
You've been so good to me since I was a kid
but all I know is bullying you.
This is good for now.
No one will bully you anymore.
You don't even know how I died.
Don't be sad after I'm gone.
You need find a wife
and treat her well.
I will bless you from the nether world.
Wicked girl!
What are you whispering about?
What tricks do you wanna play?
Your excellency.
I'm not playing any tricks.
I really didn't lie to you before.
In fact the colleague I talked about
was not my accomplice.
He's my sworn brother Long San.
We made a pact when we went for brothers
that even though we weren't born at the same day
we can die at the same day.
But now I'm about to die
He didn't even come to see me for the last time.
Long San!
I've suffered so much for you!
I've saved you for so many times!
But you don't ever pay me back.
This time when I came back to capital
I will lose my life somehow.
And how about you!
All you know is having tasty food and strong drinks inside palace.
You don't even look for me!
Long San, I'll lay curse on you
that you will get choke when drinking water and get tumbled when walking
unless you pay back all
interests you owe me.
From now on
I, Li Yihuan
break off sworn relation with you.
We are not brothers anymore.
Enough.
It's a quarter to thirteen.
Implement execution!
Hold the execution!
Why said that?
Who said that? So bold!
Yes.
Junior Long!
Boss.
Is it you?
Am I dreaming?
I've come for a long time.
You have?
Your excellency.
The colleague I talked about is him!
You really had a colleague.
Right!
He's in front of you.
Go get him!
Soldiers
Tie up these lawbreakers.
So bold! Let me see who dares!
Gan Guotai
you crazy dog!
You're too dim-sighted
to recognize me!
Lord Song!
Lord Song, how you came?
How I came?
Open up your eyes and take a look at
who is here.
Your excellency
You wanna drag the snake out of the hole.
You didn't drag out the snake
instead
drag out a real dragon.
Kneel down!
Your...
your majesty!
Your majesty.
Officials and citizens
all common people
I received a secret memorial which says
Yin Guotai, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture
perverts justice for a bribe.
In order to seek promotion
he arrests good people violently
accuses them of being rebel parties
kills innocent victims indiscriminately.
Now I give a decree that
all arrested rebel parties
should be reinterrogated.
Innocent ones
will be set free on the spot.
Similar cases in the past
should be reinterrogated too.
Any unjust cases
will be rehabilitated
and compensation implemented by the court.
So judicious your majesty are!
So judicious your majesty are !
So judicious your majesty are!
Though Sis. Huan
and other brothers from the alliance have been saved
Kangxi gained public favor via this event.
Gan Guotai, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture
perverts justice for a bribe,acts with utter disregard for human life.
The evidence is all clear.
Soldiers
take off his official hat
transfer him to the Punishment Department for trial.
Yes your majesty.
I beg you spare my life your majesty!
I've known my mistakes.
Your majesty!
Your majesty, please spare my life!
Go!
I've known my mistakes.
Your majesty.
Your majesty, please spare my life!
Sis.Huan, Bro. Zhu.
Let me do it.
Huan'er
I've found you eventually.
And now you are in front of me
alive.
Your majesty
You just hold me
to here so waywardly.
If the grand empress dowager saw this
she would say I was tempting your majesty again
and broke the rules in palace.
Never mind.
Don't worry.
As long as I'm here.
No one can hurt you.
I have to ask you.
Since you went to the execution ground that early
why did you show up so late?
Now that I went to the execution ground
I couldn't save you only.
I will also make an observation of public feelings.
to find out what Gan Guotai
did on earth.
But I
arranged numerous imperial bodyguards secretly
to protect you and other condemned prisoners.
Right.
You actually cursed me on the execution ground
and wanna brake off sworn relation with me.
It's all because of you.
It's you who didn't come to save me earlier.
I kept released Kong Ming Lantern for three nights
You didn't see that?
I did too.
And we all missed.
In fact I was just saying
that I wanna break off relations with you.
It's for your good.
Because I was afraid
the oath that we die at the same day
would come true.
I know
your bark is always worse than your bite.
It's just Gan Guotai this guy is too damn hateful!
It took you so hard time to escape from Liu Dezhao's men.
But again get captured by these malfeasants.
Don't worry.
I will punish them one by one
to revenge for you.
Don't just revenge for me only.
I just hope
you can keep the promises you did.
When we were on incognito inspection trip
Clean up the bureaucracy.
Make common people over the world live a good life
Trust me.
I won't forget.
But now I don't wanna talk about state affairs.
Wait a sec.
Huan'er
See
It's me.
How about my painting skills?
Just a little better than me.
I just though
from now on
I could only see you in portrait.
I thought
I wouldn't see you again, Junior Long.
What are you doing?
'm just a Lady Official serving in your study.
I'm not your concubine.
Don't act with duplicity.
Didn't you know how much I missed you
these days.
And I don't believe
you didn't miss me at all.
I...
Let me go!
Why?
It's not like we've never kissed.
When you got serious injured in Shanxi that time
It's me who cleaned your injury
and feed you with medicine mouth to mouth.
Don't mention it.
Bow in respect before your majesty.
Come in.
Your majesty
Yihuan's foot got hurt
please let me
heal her first.
Okay. Check her foot injury first.
Is it serious?
badly injured.
The rotten flesh must be removed to cure the wound.
It will kill me!
If I knew that I will suffer from this
I'd rather
let the governor of Shuntian Prefecture behead me!
What kind of nonsense are you talking about?
What happened to the heroic spirit
of not fearing death you had
when you saved me in Shanxi?
I don't wanna be a hero.
I just can't bear to see you die.
Enough.
Nothing happened to me.
Be off first.
Yes my Lady.
Bro. Zhu.
We meet finally after suffering so much.
Why do you look so unhappy?
Small one is for internally application and large one for externally use.
Did I owe you money?
or did I steal your rice?
Look at you!
Pull a such long face.
Take good rest, Lady Official.
Excuse me first.
What's wrong?
My foot hurts!
You deserve it.
you are too conceited.
It really hurts.
You ache in foot.
I ache in heart.
The one who really loves you
is me.
Bro. Zhu. You see.
Why are you saying that?
You can tell from that.
I kept talking with you just now.
It's you who ignored me.
Didn't you know how much I worried about you these days.
Looking for you like I'm crazy.
But you
indeed were ready to sacrifice yourself
to save Kangxi?
Do you know how sad I am?
Because
Because he is my Junior Long.
We are sworn brothers.
I must help him if he's in trouble.
If it were you
I would sacrifice myself to save you too.
So
in you mind
he's already as important as I.
Of course you're more
important than him.
If one day
he and I meet on the battleground
who will you help?
I will definitely be on your side, Bro. Zhu.
I can't figure out what you said
is true or not.
But even if it's not true.
As long as you are willing to lie to make me happy
I will regard it as true.
Sis. Huan
remember.
Don't ever risk your life for Kangxi.
Because if there weren't you by his side
he would still be Qing's emperor
accompanied by so many consorts.
But if there weren't you by my side.
I would rather die.
Bro. Zhu
Even if there weren't I by your side
You could still implement the great undertaking of recovering Great Ming.
Recovering Great Ming
is my biggest responsibility in my life.
But you
are my life.
If there weren't you
There's no point in
whatever I do.
His majesty
actually make a scene in the execution ground for Li Yihuan?
How unseemly it is!
Your highness
His majesty is not the one to blame.
the governor of Shuntain Prefecture
arrested a batch of innocent people
to ask for reward by accusing them of the rebel parties against the court.
His majesty
punished him in person on the execution ground
in consideration of pacifying the public.
Not for Lady Official only.
This little girl
disappeared for a few days.
His majesty
felt so lost.
Your highness.
When his majesty was on incognito inspection trip
The Lady official
risked her life to save majesty for so many times.
His majesty is so young
that inevitably become enamoured.
Yes.
She did make credit for his majesty.
But in spite of that
It's still her sins
to charm his majesty to such extent.
Here comes the empress!
Greetings, your highness.
Concubine Li. Arise.
Thank you your highness.
Since you were promoted to a concubine
You've become more and more outstanding.
How can I deserve this
by my morality?
It all lies in his majesty's kindness.
Are you satisfied with
the ceremony that I made management of?
Of course.
But I'm uneasy to see your highness
to overwork yourself for me.
Don't mention it Sis.
From the moment you entered into palace
I had a the feeling that
you would be promoted
and favored by his majesty.
Now only a few month later
you've been promoted from Lady to Metress
and now up to Concubine.
Congratulations!
His majesty only sympathizes with me
for the sake of my deceased father.
Now
I'm already an orphan girl who has no parents.
I beg your highness's care in the future.
I'm here
to say something
considerate and private.
Back off all of you.
Yes your highness.
Trust me, please.
You look kind in face
and don't like those sisters such as Concubine Hui, Concubine Xian
who are not easy to get along well with by appearance.
I'll treat you different only
in the future in palace.
Don't be constrained.
You can regard me as your blood sister.
Isn't great
that we can stand for and be attached to each other?
It's a good fortune for me
to get your highness's mercy.
Thanks your highness.
Sis
arise quickly.
Sis.
I've heard that you
have been close to
the Lady Official Li Yihuan?
Far from being close.
It's just because his majesty
said that Lady Official has a live personality who's afraid of being bored.
and ordered me to visit Yongle Study frequently.
His majesty's ordered me
and other concubines
that we shouldn't go to Yongle Study if it's not necessary.
This means he don't want us
have any contact with Li Yihuan.
But only ask you
to visit Yongle Study frequently.
It looks like that his majesty treat
you different as well.
Sis, don't misunderstand.
His majesty made this order
just because I have a soft personality
not easy to have disputes with others.
Now
I've already lost my parents
with no one to depend on.
I dare not to obey
his majesty's order.
So you mean in his majesty's mind
you are not precious as Li Yihua?
You're a concubine.
But you've become
a foil who serve for Li Yihuan?
Yes, your majesty.
Sis
I can tell you
every time I see his majesty
is so obsessed with Li Yihuan
I get really worried.
Sis
You're the empress
master of the harem.
No matter how much favor Li Yihuan got from his majesty
She won't be a threat to you.
It's enduring
if she has only threatened me.
I'm only afraid she will be a threat to his majesty
and our country.
Why do you say so?
This time his majesty and you
were assassinated by a bunch of mysterious killers
sent by Liu Dezhao.
It's obvious that there's spy beside you
and leak out your whereabouts deliberately.
I've thought it over and found out
Dr. Li and his sister
are most suspicious.
But his majesty told me
those assassinators
are Duke Pingxi's men.
Maybe
Dr.Li and his sister
are spies sent by Duke Pingxi.
It may be a Battered-Body Trick
that
Li Yihuan saved his majesty.
Sis
how
can't I be worried?
To tell the truth
this time I followed his majesty on this trip
I've found nothing suspicious
of Dr.Li and his sister.
Cats hide their claws.
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