♪ 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 to the Qing Dynasty]
[Episode 18]
Keep it a secret.
Don't tell anyone.
Sister.
Greetings, Madam.
Go. Stop looking.
Go.
It's you, Ming Wei.
Why do you come to the imperial palace today?
I come with Yin Xiang to visit Consort De,
and Concubine Zheng in Palace of Great Benevolence.
Aren't they Yu'er and Cui'er?
Do you also know people around Concubine Zheng?
When I have time in the imperial palace,
I often go to talk with Concubine Zheng.
Gradually, she and I get familiar.
Now I guide the two maids in her palace,
so that they can serve her well in future.
You're so considerate.
You and Concubine Zheng are as close as sisters.
Now you're no longer in the imperial palace.
As your sister,
I should do more.
Thank you, sister.
Ming Wei,
don't stand on ceremony.
I'm leaving.
Is what you said true?
My maids have all been bought in by Ming Hui and Prince Eight?
I'm not sure.
I only heard something from Bro Four and Yin Xiang.
And according to what I saw today,
it is highly possible.
Crown Prince is poor enough.
Why don't they let him go?
And I have
no grudge against Ming Hui.
Why does she want to harm me?
Because you are not them.
You want a true love
rather than the throne and power.
What should
Crown Prince and I do?
You can't meet Crown Prince again.
This...
Xiao Chun,
it's a big sin to have an affair with the emperor's concubine.
If I can't meet Crown Prince again,
my life will be meaningless.
I understand your feeling,
but...
At least you can't meet him
at the moment.
I can promise you.
And you should transfer your personal maids to the outer room.
I've arranged a reliable person for you.
Who?
Come in.
Madam,
it's me.
Zhu'er is on our side.
If anything happens in the future,
you may tell him
to let him find me and Yin Xiang.
I'm willing to do anything at all costs
for Madam.
Stand up.
Thank you.
It's good here.
You may leave.
Got it.
You've helped me so much.
I don't know how to thank you.
Xiao Chun,
the relationship between you and Crown Prince is immoral.
You can't be together anyway.
I know.
Falling in love with Crown Prince is a road to nowhere.
I've long known the result.
So every time I see him,
I take it as the last time.
Even if I am beheaded now,
I have no regrets.
I only hope god won't let me die too miserably
for the sake of my true affection.
Xiao Chun,
I will do my best to protect you.
Thank you,
Xiao Wei.
Ming Hui,
you told me confidently
you were 100% sure.
It's been more than half month now.
My men have been keeping watching there,
but Crown Prince didn't take any action.
Besides, you seem to get no news about Concubine Zheng.
Xiao Wei must be behind it.
I don't care how you sisters fight,
but if you want me to help you,
you should make me satisfied.
Don't worry,
Prince Eight.
I don't want to owe you,
so I won't let you down.
Now Crown Prince and Concubine Zheng have been aware.
I'm afraid it's not so easy to
catch them in bed.
Then we should let them meet.
Yin Xiang and Xiao Wei are guarding
Crown Prince and Concubine Zheng.
I'm afraid
it's not as easy as you think.
It depends on
whose means is better.
Please stay, Madam.
Why are you here?
It's getting dark.
Please go back to sleep.
Crown Prince sent a letter that he wants to meet me.
His Highness is self-willed, and can't stand the love sickness,
so you should stand it for him.
I'll just meet him. Then I'll leave.
It'll be too late if you do so.
Madam Xiao Wei exhorted me repeatedly
that I can't let you meet Crown Prince at this moment.
But...
Madam.
It's fine you put me in a dilemma,
but please don't fail Madam Xiao Wei.
Madam,
please have breakfast.
I feel tightness in my chest
and feel weak.
I don't want to eat at all.
Take them away.
Madam,
I know you're suffering.
But you'll get ill
if you don't eat and drink all day long.
Madam,
please listen to me.
Just have some.
Otherwise...
Otherwise, Crown Prince will feel sorry for you.
Madam.
Summon an imperial doctor!
Madam.
Imperial Doctor Zhang, what's wrong with Madam?
Madam is not ill,
but seems to be pregnant.
You...
What did you say?
Well, Imperial Doctor Zhang.
Being pregnant with the emperor's child is something big.
If you are wrong,
you might get killed.
This...
I'm not very sure.
It seems to be so.
Let me feel Madam's pulse again.
Okay.
I'm feeling bad today.
I want to sleep for more time.
Please come again another day.
Since Madam said so,
please go back
and come again another day.
Zhu'er,
what should I do now?
Madam, is it Crown Prince's child?
His Majesty hasn't come to Palace of Great Benevolence
in a few months.
So this child can't be kept.
No.
I want to keep this child.
It's the child of me and Crown Prince.
But...
But you can't hide it when your belly becomes bigger.
You can't even keep yourself alive by then,
let alone saving the child.
It's good you understand.
I'm going to arrange it now.
Wait.
I want to meet Crown Prince.
-Madam. -I have to meet him.
I have to meet him.
-Madam. -I have to meet him.
I beg you.
Madam, please don't do this!
Madam, sit down.
All right.
I have some connections in the imperial palace.
I'll arrange it.
But, Madam,
please promise me
you will do it just this once.
Don't do it again.
I'm leaving.
Your Majesty,
do you feel better?
Your skill is getting better and better.
It's my fortune that you like it.
Just now you said Concubine Zheng summoned an imperial doctor.
I heard that she's pregnant with
His Majesty's child.
What?
But please don't mind it too much.
Perhaps it was misdiagnosed.
Misdiagnose?
Even an ordinary doctor can tell
if a woman is pregnant,
let alone an imperial doctor.
But, Your Majesty,
I heard from the personal eunuch head
around His Majesty that
His Majesty hadn't gone to Palace of Great Benevolence in a few months.
A day away from a dear one is like three seasons.
I feel as if I hadn't seen you for years.
So do I, Yin Reng.
But now
we can only bear it.
Bear it?
When it will end?
I miss you every day,
but I can only stand at the gate of Palace of Great Benevolence for a while.
I'm so afraid others would know.
I'm so frightened.
Such days are too hard.
This may be our fate.
Touch our child.
What did you say?
Our child.
Are you pregnant with my child?
After this night,
it will no longer exist in the world.
I took the risk to meet you
only to let you touch it.
No,
I don't allow you to do this.
I want you to keep this child.
It's impossible, Yin Reng.
I do want to keep it,
but we...
We've gone against ethics
and can't be accepted by the world.
It can be born
into the world.
Xiao Chun,
I'm sorry.
I...
As long as you don't regret meeting me,
even if I would go to hell and never have a second life,
I am willing to accept it.
Xiao Chun,
do not say such words again.
Every time you say such words,
I feel great pains.
I can't even protect the woman I love the most
and my own child.
Let alone I'm Crown Prince,
even if I am an ordinary man,
I don't deserve it.
I...
I don't deserve it.
You're Crown Prince,
the future emperor,
and the only one in my heart
as well as the man I love most.
Your Highness.
Your Highness,
wear this.
All you need to do when reviewing the troops is to hold your head up.
Then you'll be brave.
Trust me.
Now it's time for me to do something for you.
Xiao Chun,
Go back to the palace.
Wait for my message.
Where are you going?
I'm going to meet my father.
I will bear all the sins
to save you and the child.
If you go, I'll go as well.
Xiao Chun,
let me go.
This is the mistake we made,
so let's bear it together.
No matter what the result is,
as long as you are with me,
I can bear it.
We'll go together.
We'll die together.
Okay.
With your true love,
even if I would be dead today,
I don't have any regret.
Why are you alone here?
Where's Concubine Zheng?
She'll be back soon.
Eunuch, what's this?
No need.
Get me a cup of water. Here it is.
This is tea for easing mind for Madam.
That's good.
Eunuch Zhu'er, you can't drink it.
This is for Madam.
I'm going to make another pot for you.
Go.
Wait.
Several silk fabrics need to bring back from the Imperial Household Department.
Go to take them back.
I will give this
to Concubine Zheng in person.
Go now.
Got it.
The tea smells odd.
Madam.
You are so anxious.
What happened?
Qin Zhu asked me to give this to you.
He said it's urgent.
Concubine Zheng is diagnosed pregnancy.
She has gone to North Garden to meet Crown Prince.
It's strange.
I'm afraid she's trapped.
Prepare a carriage for me now.
-To the imperial palace. -Got it.
This is a trap.
Xiao Chun,
don't fall into the trap.
Xiao Chun.
Greetings, Noble Lady Nalan.
North Garden is a forbidden palce.
Prince Thirteenss Consort comes in a hurry.
You seem to be looking for someone.
Your Majesty,
Xiao Chun is Concubine Zheng's infant name.
I come here to look for Concubine Zheng indeed.
I wonder if you saw her.
Ming Hui said Concubine Zheng has an affair with a man
with someone's secret help.
I didn't believe at first.
Now it seems you're the helper.
Sister,
Concubine Zheng is pregnant.
I guess this matter can't be hidden any more.
Have an affair with a man?
Be pregnant?
I don't follow.
I heard that when Concubine Zheng was still a lady-in-waiting,
she had gone on a tour with Crown Prince.
You don't need to cover it for her.
Xiao Chun and I are coming here to offer sacrifices to Xiao Yu today.
Why does she become
a heinous sinner in your mouth?
Offer sacrifices to Xiao Yu?
The lady-in-waiting who died in the lotus pond?
You still remember her.
Concubine Zheng and I
were Xiao Yu's best friends before her death.
We agreed to come here to offer sacrifices to her,
but I was delayed for something,
so I was in a hurry.
I broke into the room before making it clear.
Is what you said true?
Hope you can believe me.
Alright.
For Yin Xiang's sake,
I won't blame you for it.
But don't go where you shouldn't go in the imperial palace,
and stay out of the matter that you shouldn't meddle in.
Do you understand?
Yes, I do.
You got away with it this time,
but you won't be so lucky next time.
Father, I know
even death can't atone for my sin.
But...
But the baby in Xiao Chun's belly is your grandchild.
It's also your descendant.
I beg you to show mercy.
Please spare Xiao Chun and her child.
Father!
Your Majesty,
I've brought Concubine Zheng here.
Xiao Chun,
what's wrong?
Your Majesty,
diagnosed by three imperial doctors,
Concubine Zheng is not pregnant.
Xiao Chun,
why?
Didn't you tell me...
The imperial doctors said
all my morning sickness reactions
were caused by medicine, and I'm not pregnant.
So I was trapped again.
That's also good.
Instead of sneaking around
and suffering from love sickness,
it is better to uncover it as soon as possible.
No,
I dragged you,
Yin Reng.
Your Majesty,
it's all my fault.
I seduced Crown Prince
shamelessly.
I'm willing to accept any punishment.
Please show mercy
and forgive Crown Prince.
No,
father!
I forced her.
It's all my fault.
Enough!
It's my fault.
I brought up such a good son.
You're great.
You love her deeply
and are willing to die for her,
aren't you?
Fine.
I will help you.
Someone!
Take them away
and punish them severely.
Got it.
Your Majesty!
Xiao Chun.
Xiao Chun!
Great.
Crown Prince is deposed.
Bro Eight will definitely become the crown prince.
Of course.
Thanks to Ming Hui,
we can bring down Crown Prince this time.
Well,
Ming Hui,
I'll drink a toast to you.
Well,
we'll drink it first.
Cheer.
Prince Fourteen,
would you like to drink with me?
You hate Prince Four
and Prince Thirteen most, don't you?
Now Crown Prince has been deposed,
so you should be happy.
That's the way Yin Ti is.
Leave him alone.
Well,
Ming Hui,
we'll drink with you.
Enjoy the dishes.
Yin Ti,
thanks to Ming Hui,
otherwise it wouldn't go so smoothly.
Owing to Bro Eight's wisdom
and Ming Hui's scheme,
we have brought down Crown Prince.
Next, we'll bring down Yin Zhen and Yin Xiang.
Without Crown Prince and Yin Zhen,
Yin Xiang can do nothing.
Bro Eight can bring him down easily.
No,
you are all wrong.
Yin Zhen never relies on Crown Prince,
but Yin Xiang.
With Yin Xiang,
Yin Zhen won't be down.
Prince Eight is right.
Bringing down Crown Prince doesn't harm him much.
We can only hit him hard
by bringing down Prince Thirteen.
Ming Hui,
do you have any good scheme?
I have long got a plan.
Please wait for some time.
The good play will begin soon.
Hey,
man.
Go, go, go.
Let's have a drink.
I'd better not.
I may do wrong when drunk.
What if something happens?
She...
sooner or later.
Go, go, go.
That's right.
Go.
The relationship between
you and Crown Prince is immoral.
Who's this?
Falling in love with Crown Prince is a road to nowhere.
I've long known the result.
I really admire you.
You're more persistent and braver
than me in terms of love.
It turns out
this is my ending.
It's on fire!
Ask for help.
It's on fire!
Help!
It's on fire!
Have some more, Yin Ti.
Prince Eight,
something happened in the Palace.
Concubine Zheng...
Concubine Zheng burned herself to death in prison.
She's dead?
She died so soon.
It doesn't matter.
She's an abandoned chess piece anyway.
She's not useful to us any more.
Did Prince Thirteen do anything today?
His carriage entered the Palace shortly before.
As expected.
I don't follow.
Does it have anything to do with Yin Xiang?
Ming Hui,
do you suspect Concubine Zheng's death has something to do with Yin Xiang?
It must have.
They're as close as sisters.
Prince Thirteen and Crown Prince are close brothers.
They suffered a lot today ,
so Prince Thirteen and his wife won't sit by.
She burned herself for her sin after half a day in prison.
If I'm not wrong,
they are playing a trick of escape by feigned death.
It turns out this is the good play you said.
Prince Eight,
please send more men
to chase Prince Thirteen's carriage.
If you can get the evidence that Prince Thirteen replaces
her with a fake one for getting out of the imperial palace,
we can bring him down with one action.
Yin Tang, Yin'e,
you go to do it.
Be careful on the way.
Rest assured, Bro Eight. We won't make any mistake.
Go.
Yin Ti,
let's drink.
What's wrong?
You keep silent.
Nothing.
Someone thinks herself clever.
Why should I say so much?
Prince Fourteen,
what do you mean?
Nothing.
I just want to tell you.
Your methods can bring down Crown Prince,
but can't bring down Yin Xiang.
These schemes and tricks
won't work on Yin Xiang.
Stop.
Greetings, Your Highnesses.
Your Highnesses,
it's so late.
Why can't we go?
The carriage of Prince Thirteen's is dubious,
so I come to search it specially.
Open the carriage.
I...
I dare not.
You dare not?
I'll do it in person.
Prince Ten.
Get out.
I need to see who's in the carriage.
Yin...
Yin Xiang?
Why are you on the carriage?
This is our carriage,
of course we're on it.
The moon is so beautiful tonight.
It's a sweet time for couples.
Bro Nine,Bro Ten,
you don't accompany your wives
and come to destroy our romance instead.
And you let so many people see it.
Well,
did you do it on purpose?
Bro Nine,Bro Ten,
we're just going out of the imperial palace.
You bring so many people.
What do you mean?
We're sorry, Bro Thirteen.
Please forgive us.
Can we go now?
Go. Go.
Madam,
please stay in it for the moment.
Thank you.
What is so smelly?
It's smelly. So smelly.
Prince Thirteenss Consort
actually dressed me up like this.
It's so smelly.
I feel so bad.
I didn't expect
I could meet you alive again.
Fate is sometimes very magical.
Sometimes you think you're at the dead end,
but you'll see the light soon.
I prepared some clothes and money for you.
They are enough for you for some time on the way.
The carter will take you out of the capital as soon as possible.
You go to find a peaceful place,
conceal your identity
and start over.
Thank you.
I owe you so much.
How should I repay you?
Live on,
and do not fail all people who love you.
That's the biggest return for me.
Xiao Chun,
after going through so much,
do you ever regret?
Do you believe in cause and effect, Xiao Wei?
I do.
I always feel he and I are destined to meet.
Maybe because I owed him the last life,
I should pay it back this life.
Every moment I am with him
it is always risky,
but it's also very sweet.
I would only cherish
this kind of sweet and bitter
intertwined destiny.
Why do I regret it?
Destiny?
The relationship between me and him has ended this life.
I haven't had time to say goodbye to him yet.
Please give this letter to him for me
as farewell.
Okay.
Crown Prince also has a letter for you.
Lose no time.
You'd better set out now.
Xiao Wei,
thank you for your company these days.
Thank you for standing out for me so many times.
I'm so lucky to be
your best friend in this life.
You have to take care of yourself in future.
I will.
The road is long ahead.
It might be very hard.
Do take care of yourself.
Hope we
can meet again some day.
We will.
We will meet again.
Madam,
can I ask you a question?
I could help you save her,
but why did you let me
dress up as such an ugly old man?
What's your purpose?
I don't have a purpose.
I just like it.
Don't you think
the costume and makeup
match your appearance very well?
Let's wait and see.
Xiao Chun,
I guess you're leaving the imperial palace now.
Everything today is caused by me.
I couldn't protect you
till the last moment.
♪ The willow can't stand with the wind ♪
I'm sorry.
♪ The ocean can't stand with dust ♪
But I deeply understand that
our love is misplaced,
but it's not a mistake.
The time when I've been in love with you
is the best time of my life.
I will remember and miss it in the rest of my life.
♪ I'm not willing to leave my love ♪
♪ As time goes by ♪
♪ It's already another world ♪
[To Crown Prince] ♪ May you let me live for love ♪
How are you?
Please don't blame yourself.
I've never blamed you.
Our ending is the price
that we have to bear for our love.
As we dare love, we can't avoid it.
I'm no longer that timid Xiao Chun.
I will face my future bravely.
Hope you will also be brave.
♪ I'll never change my love for you ♪
Now I only wish you and I would meet again
and you wouldn't be born in the royal family in next life,
so we could be free to love each other.
♪ 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 ♪