I used to gaze at the mountains and the sea.
The vault of heaven opened all of a sudden.
Do you know love can last a lifetime?
A willow is no match for the wind,
the sea is no match for a mote.
We wait for our love to last forever
until we're grey-headed.
I'm playing a sorrowful tune on the lute.
But I've got no one to appreciate my music.
A beauty is reduced to a lonely life.
With tears in her eyes, she's reluctant to leave.
Time elapses so quickly.
The vermilion gates and the green tiles have long gone.
I hope you'll show pity on me
and allow me to exist for love.
I'll be reincarnated time and again for you.
All I ever want is to be part of your life.
Even if it's just a dream,
I'd love to indulge in it and never wake up.
I come for you, my love
is the tenderest dialogue.
The mortal life is transient, but my love for you is permanent and always the same.
Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty Episode 17
I'd like to kowtow to Your Highness
for taking care of me all the time.
Stand up.
Thanks.
You've worked for me
since you entered the imperial palace.
You've always gained my favor.
Now you're getting married.
I brought this
from home
when I came to the capital.
It's yours now.
Just take it as a token.
Thank you.
♪Your face is close to mine.♪
♪I can feel your breath.♪
Yinxiang is a poor boy.
He lost his mother since childhood.
After you marry him,
you should treat him well.
Do not let him down.
I know.
♪...is your tearful face.♪
♪I'm no stronger than you.♪
♪Deep inside, I'm weeping.♪
♪But I want you to remember♪
♪my smiling face.♪
♪I'm no stronger than you.♪
♪Deep inside, I'm weeping.♪
♪But I want you to remember♪
♪my smiling face.♪
The bridal sedan chair has arrived.
Good. Good. Good.
Let's go, let's go.
Your Highness,
it's time to go.
Otherwise, you'll miss the auspicious time.
Bride and groom exchange bows.
The ceremony is over.
Send the new couple to the bridal chamber.
Good. Good. Good.
Go, go, go. Let's go to have a look.
Go, go, go.
Yinti,
why are you so late?
My greetings to Ninth Prince and Tenth Prince.
Where's Yinzhen?
He won't be absent from
such an important occasion today.
I'm afraid Yinzhen doesn't want to come.
Am I right,
Yinti?
Yintang,
shall we
tease Yinxiang later?
Of course.
We should tease him.
Go.
The new couple has arrived.
Congratulations to Thirteenth Prince
and Thirteenth Princess Consort.
Your Highness,
it's time to unveil the bride,
otherwise, you'll miss the auspicious time.
Come.
Your Highness.
I finally marry you.
From now on,
you are mine.
Are you happy?
You are canoodling now.
It seems I don't come in the right time.
Not really, Yin'e.
I feel happy that
you can come to my wedding.
You are happy,
but we aren't.
Since we've come,
you should at least
let us hear something.
That's right, Wei.
Today is your big day.
We brothers all come to celebrate it in person.
Shouldn't you show us something?
Come on.
Kiss.
Yes.
Kiss.
Ninth Prince, Tenth Prince,
let's stop here.
My sister is shy.
If she's annoyed later,
Thirteenth Prince will be mad.
We're teasing the bride and the groom on wedding night.
We have to tease them.
It doesn't count.
How can it count?
How about
you show us?
You...
What do you want?
Let's stop here.
Otherwise, Thirteenth Prince will really be mad.
Fourteenth Prince,
say something.
Yeah, Yinti.
You keep silent today.
This is not your style.
I come here to drink a toast to sister-in-law.
What do you say, sister-in-law?
Of course I will drink with you.
Good.
Serve the wine.
I'll drink it first.
Good!
Yinti has drunk it up.
Let's see if our sister-in-law
is willing to drink.
I will definitely drink.
I'll drink for you.
You are
not her!
We are a couple.
We should share everything between each other.
Isn't that right?
Thirteenth Prince loves Wei so much.
I can feel relieved as her sister.
You are all here as expected.
Crown Prince.
You didn't come back after such a long time,
so I guessed you must be acting up here.
I congratulate you on behalf of father.
Thank father.
Thank Crown Prince.
Congratulations,
Wei.
Your Highness,
why do you come?
Thanks to Crown Prince's intercession,
I can come with him.
I haven't been so happy for long.
Have you played enough?
Go.
Let's go out to drink.
Okay.
I want to stay to talk with her.
You'll stay to talk with Thirteenth Princess Consort.
Let's go to
drink with Crown Prince.
Wei,
I'm going out to drink with them.
I'll be right back.
Go.
Yinxiang's wedding banquet is well organized.
Yinxiang finally gets married.
When will Yinti,
our youngest brother get marry?
Everyone,
please.
Please.
Yinxiang,
where's Yinzhen?
Yinzhen...
You may have no idea.
Yinzhen's gift
is the most precious among our gifts.
Yinzhen and Yinxiang are so close.
I guess he will come.
Yeah.
He sent the gift, but he is not present. What does he mean?
Listen to me.
My beloved girl gets married,
but I am not the groom.
Yinzhen.
You've come.
Yinzhen,
why are you so late?
Well,
when I was about to set out,
someone wanted to meet me for business,
so I was delayed.
Yinxiang,
I'm sorry.
It's doesn't matter, Yinzhen.
I feel happy if you come.
I won't blame you if you don't come.
You have cared about me most.
I've always been the one who let you down.
You have never let me down.
So lead the way.
Invite me to drink a cup of wine.
Yinzhen, please.
Crown Prince, please.
-Please. -Please.
Please. Yinxiang.
Please.
Do you see?
Yinzhen and Yinxiang
are closer than we imagined.
Let's go.
What do you want to tell me
on your wedding day?
Xiaochun,
you're my best friend,
so I have to tell you some things.
You and Crown Prince...
Do not talk nonsense.
I'm not talking nonsense.
You know it clearly in your heart.
From the way you look at Crown Prince,
I know you are already in deep love with him.
No, I am not.
Really.
I don't mean to blame you.
I just worry about you.
There are so many people watching you in the Forbidden City.
In addition, Eighth Prince and others are eyeing the throne.
Even if Crown Prince follows all rules,
he might not be able to keep the throne.
If this matter is leaked out a little bit,
you would get hurt
and Crown Prince might not get out of it unscathed.
I understand all what you said,
but I...
I can't help wanting to see him.
Wei,
tell me
what I should do.
I might be the last person
who should persuade you here.
I came here to look for someone,
but I willingly marry Thirteenth Prince.
Once one falls in love,
she might not know
what she would do.
I always think one should be crazy once
in a lifetime.
But seeing your situation,
I'm really worried about you.
Thank you,
Wei.
Only you understand me.
I really admire you.
You're more persistent and braver
than me in terms of love.
Wei, don't you come to
the imperial palace to look for your beloved?
I feel you and Thirteenth Prince
are a match made in heaven,
and he is the man you are looking for.
It's a great favor for God
to send Thirteenth Prince to me.
I'm really grateful.
Believe me,
Wei.
You will have a happy life.
You should also protect yourself.
Make sure nothing bad will happen.
Your Highness,
go back to sleep.
Well, you got drunk
though you didn't drink much?
Yinzhen.
There's another bowl here.
You want to make me drunk on purpose.
Okay.
I'll drink as you asked me to.
Tea for dispelling the effects of alcohol?
It is your wedding night tonight.
You can't leave your bride alone.
Yinzhen.
Wei has made her choice.
I lost willingly.
Though I was a bit late today,
I really hope you and Wei
can live to old age in conjugal bliss
and have children and grandchildren.
You're so good to me.
Rest assured.
I will surely treat her well.
From now on,
Wei is my sister-in-law.
I will do my best
to protect both of you.
Thank you, Yinzhen.
Who are you?
I am Qixiang.
=Qixiang= I am Qixiang.
=Qixiang=
My greetings to Your Highness. =Qixiang=
Qixiang, =Qixiang=
where's Thirteenth Prince?
Your Highness,
it's so late.
His Highness has gone to the morning court.
Then you prepare for me.
I'm going to wash my face and rinse my mouth.
What a coincidence.
The hot water in the kitchen has just been used up.
I'm afraid you'll have wait for some time to have new hot water.
Wait.
I may use this basin of hot water.
This is for His Highness.
You'd better wait patiently.
Who's she?
She's so rude.
Be gentle. Be gentle.
It's a precious variety.
It's Thirteenth Prince's treasure.
If we can't plant it well,
we'll be beheaded.
Shun'er,
what are you doing?
My best regards, Your Highness.
I told you to be gentle.
The soil must be loose so that the apricot flower can grow well.
Why does Yinxiang suddenly
want to grow apricot flower?
Your Highness,
he grew one in the imperial palace half year ago.
But because he was busy with
the wedding, he didn't take care of it.
This morning, he let me grow another one.
Half a year ago?
He grew apricot flower in the imperial palace?
Yes.
He did many strange things before.
He went to bed without eating after coming back to the mansion.
When he got up one day, he painted a painting
and wrote a poem on it.
Later, he planted an apricot flower,
saying it was for a girl.
♪I used to gaze at the mountains and the sea.♪
♪The vault of heaven opened all of a sudden.♪
♪Do you know love can last a lifetime?♪
You planted
the flower for me?
♪A willow is no match for the wind,♪
♪the sea is no match for a mote.♪
Thirteenth Prince.
So...
So where's that painting?
What painting?
There are apricot flowers
and a poem on it.
It's in the study.
♪I'm playing a sorrowful tune on the lute.♪
♪But I've got no one to appreciate my music.♪
♪A beauty is reduced to a lonely life.♪
♪With tears in her eyes, she's reluctant to leave.♪
♪Time elapses so quickly.♪
♪The vermilion gates and the green tiles have long gone.♪
♪I hope you'll show pity on me♪
♪and allow me to exist for love.♪
Apricot flowers bear fruit after late spring.
Who is passionate and comes alone?
♪I'd love to indulge in it and never wake up.♪
When can I no longer come alone?
Thirteenth Prince,
I know
you treat me well.
But we are separated for 300 years.
This is quite far away.
Since I can come,
why can't you go there for me?
This is His Thirteenth Prince's study.
You...
It's him.
It's really him.
♪I used to gaze at the mountains and the sea.♪
♪The vault of heaven opened all of a sudden.♪
♪Do you know love can last a lifetime?♪
Your Highness, where are you going?
♪A willow is no match for the wind,♪
♪the sea is no match for a mote.♪
Yinxiang.
♪We wait for our love to last forever♪
♪until we're grey-headed.♪
Yinxiang.
♪I'm playing a sorrowful tune on the lute.♪
♪But I've got no one to appreciate my music.♪
♪A beauty is reduced to a lonely life.♪
♪With tears in her eyes, she's reluctant to leave.♪
Wei,
what happened?
Why are you crying?
I found you.
I've finally found you.
♪The vermilion gates and the green tiles have long gone.♪
♪I hope you'll show pity on me♪
♪and allow me to exist for love.♪
Stop looking. Go.
Qixiang,
look at them.
♪All I ever want is to be part of your life.♪
What happened?
Yinxiang,
I love you.
Well, well.
We're in the hall.
We shouldn't do this here.
♪I come for you, my love♪
I'd been looking for you for so long.
You have to be with me
and love me for a lifetime.
Okay.
I will be with you
and love you for a lifetime.
♪For you are with me.♪
Don't cry.
Qixiang,
what dessert do you make today?
It tastes sweet and delicious.
It contains brown sugar,
sweet-scented osmanthus, nuts...
And persimmon.
Qixiang, you know that
persimmon and crab mutually restrain.
Why do you make dessert with both of them?
Do you want Her Highness to suffer?
Shut up.
I make the dessert for Her Highness specially.
She likes sweet food,
so I add something
that can make the dessert more delicious.
Isn't that right?
Qixiang,
why do you do such a stupid thing?
Her Highness has never offended you.
Why do you make things difficult for her?
She has offended me as she is around His Highness.
The steamed crab tastes really good today.
Thank you, Your Highness.
It's quite easy to make steamed crab.
I'll make it for you next time.
Really?
I'm looking forward to it.
Look at you.
I am too full.
Let's go out to take a walk.
Okay.
Go.
Look at you.
What's wrong?
This is prepared for Your Highness.
Thanks.
It tastes so bad.
I'll get you another bowl.
No need.
I'll have this bowl.
It tastes great.
Qixiang, you have good cooking skills.
You can make two different tastes in one pot.
Qixiang,
you don't have work to do here.
You may leave.
Got it.
Yours is so delicious.
What are you serving?
Her Highness doesn't like yellow wine,
so I cooked ginger tea for her specially.
She'll feel comfortable by drinking this
as she had crab just now.
You're quite careful,
but you're late.
I guess she has been full.
What?
What did you let her drink?
I didn't expect she likes honey water so much.
Crab is cold
while honey is warm.
They mutually restrain.
You did it on purpose.
Why don't you give up?
While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten.
In addition,
I didn't force her to drink it.
She grabbed it and drank it.
So to be exact,
she asked for it.
It's really hard to guard against you.
That's the way women are.
We won't give up until death.
Learn from me.
How do you feel?
I should be fine.
Why do you have an upset stomach suddenly?
How do I know?
Well, let me help you
to go to have a rest.
Don't...
Wait.
Wei...
Qixiang,
come over.
It's because Her Highness is greedy.
She ate many crabs
and drank honey water.
You know that crab and honey
can't be enjoyed at the same time.
Why didn't you stop her?
I only serve Your Highness.
I don't serve others.
Qixiang,
listen carefully.
Since the day I got married,
Wei is my wife.
Her business is my business.
Do not be mischievous again.
Do you get it?
Yes, I got it.
You're really leisurely.
Of course.
With you,
everything is good.
Wei.
Yinxiang,
why do you have a beard?
Beard?
This...
What beard?
What's wrong with you, Wei?
Wei.
Night club.
Wei,
what's wrong with you?
Yinxiang,
let's have fun together.
Yinxiang, come on.
Let's have a good time.
Wei...
The beauty of Sanlitun is back!
Wei...
What happened?
Girls!
Boys!
Look at Her Highness.
Let's have a good time tonight.
Princess Consort is a bit uncomfortable.
You should leave now.
Leave.
Got it.
Go.
Let's have a good time.
Have a good time.
Wei...
What's wrong with Her Highness?
Go. Go.
Qixiang,
come over.
Your Highness.
Do you know why
Princess Consort acts like this?
Go. Go. Have a good time.
I didn't expect she couldn't tell
the undercooked peas
and ate so much.
Qixiang.
I was wrong, Your Highness.
Listen carefully.
Wei is the hostess in this mansion from now on.
You can't act up again.
Do you get it?
I get it.
Wei.
Are you Thirteenth Prince of the Qing Dynasty?
Come on.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
One, two, three, four.
Okay.
I'll dance together with you.
Come on.
You had jumped for a whole day.
Don't you feel tired?
Well.
I've told Qixiang.
She won't play tricks on you any more.
Don't be mad.
Qixiang is the sister
of my close friend.
He went out to work for me,
so he entrusted Qixiang to me.
I should take care of her
for loyalty and reason.
Is that right?
But she's too rude.
She ignored me when I talked to her.
Isn't she your concubine?
No, she isn't.
You don't like her,
but it doesn't mean she doesn't like you.
You women
like to be jealous.
Do I need to be jealous because of her?
I am Thirteenth Princess Consort.
I'm better than her in every aspect.
I don't need to be jealous because of her.
You look so lovely
when you're being jealous for me.
No matter you are happy or sad,
crying or laughing,
you're the most beautiful in my eyes.
Do you know when I like you best?
I like you best
when you promised my father
to marry me in a loud voice.
In the future, I will tell our children
when their mother
agreed to marry me,
she was very loud.
Be careful, Your Highness.
It's you.
My greetings to Your Highness.
Stand up.
Thank you.
Wei and I are as close as sisters.
Don't stand on ceremony.
Your Highness,
are you walking alone?
How about letting me walk with you?
It's good someone can talk to me.
Your Highness,
do you often walk around the imperial garden?
When I felt bored in the palace,
I would go out to take a walk.
Your Highness,
did you hear the rumor in the imperial palace lately?
There are always rumors in the imperial palace.
Who's the protagonist this time?
It's Crown Prince.
Crown Prince?
I heard he has his eye on another girl from an eminent family
and wants to make her his concubine.
I didn't hear...
Hear about it.
People say that Crown Prince is a talented and romantic scholar
and likes so many girls.
It really makes Crown Princess jealous.
It's hard to tell whether rumors in the imperial palace are true or not.
You'd better ignore them.
Got it.
Your Highness,
thank you for your teaching.
Xiaochun,
you have to believe me.
How would I change my mind
frequently?
I can swear.
I swear that if I cheated you,
I will...
Well, enough.
I believe you.
You're Crown Prince.
How can you make such a wicked swear?
For you,
I'm willing to do anything.
Do you believe me now?
Xiaochun,
do you know?
In the imperial palace,
if you don't believe me,
I won't have anyone to believe.
I know.
Your Highness.
It's you, Minghui.
I've thought about this step for you.
Minghui, you look complacent.
Is there any good news?
Your Highness,
if His Majesty knows
his son is having an affair with his concubine,
will he be softhearted
and spare Crown Prince again?
Are you sure?
Yes,
and I'm 100% sure,
otherwise, I dare not disturb you.
Your Highness,
I did these not to play up to you.
Why do you do this then?
To vent my grievance.
I'm very curious.
Who do you hate so much?
Your Highness,
you don't need to bother about such petty things.
How about we consult with Fourteenth Prince?
Crown Prince is deposed
and the position is empty.
Who will take it?
My greetings to Your Highness.
Stand up.
Yinsi sent someone to let me
have a talk with him in his mansion.
Since you've come,
tell me about it first.
You are so well-informed that
you must have known
what I told Eighth Prince.
You advised Yinsi to talk to me.
If so,
why didn't you come to find me directly?
Eighth Prince may do some things,
but you won't.
If it touches your bottom line,
even Ninth Prince would be kicked into the pond.
You want to get me in by Yinsi?
My means is despicable,
but I'm not contemptible.
Your Highness,
it's related to Crown Prince and the throne.
I think you will be interested.
What if I say
I'm not interested?
Even without your help,
I believe Eighth Prince
will make it on his own.
I'll wait and see.
I'll see what tricks you can play.
If I make it,
will you
see me in a different way?
Are you playing up to me?
Do you want to seduce me?
Even if I have the intention,
you should have the heart.
What a pity.
What do you mean?
It's a pity that you used a wrong way.
I'm not interested in women
who actively play up to me at all.
So you like my sister.
Do not think you know me very well.
What I do
and who I like
both depend on my mood.
Perhaps
I will also give you this chance someday.
Your Highness?
Did you get the wrong way?
Here's the kitchen.
It's smoky.
You may get choked.
You'd better stay far away.
I'll make lunch today.
You may leave.
You'll make lunch?
What can you cook?
Do you know what His Highness
likes to eat and drink?
Do you know how to match staple food and side dishes?
What taste does he like?
I don't need to know so much.
I only need to know one thing.
That is, no matter what I cook, he'll like it.
Then let's compete.
Let's see His Highness likes your dishes
or mine.
Do you dare?
I'm Thirteenth Princess Consort.
He has married me
and I'll be his wife forever.
Even if you can cook great dishes, it's useless.
So will you
compete with me?
Okay.
Duck Feet with Flower Mushroom.
Hibiscus Tofu.
Fillets in Milk.
Soup with Wax Gourd and Meat Balls.
Your Highness,
what is your dish?
It's named Love-shaped Stir-Fried Rice in Soy Sauce and Egg.
Qixiang.
You're also here, Your Highness.
Have a taste.
Come over.
Help us judge who makes better dishes.
I'm not going to taste them.
This looks delicious.
And this dish.
This must also be delicious.
His Highness has come back.
I just came to urge you to serve the dishes.
Okay.
I'm serving the dish for him.
Your Highness,
it's not appropriate.
I will let you know what romantic
little emotional appeal between husband and wife is.
Little emotional appeal?
Crown Prince, Yinzhen, this way, please.
Here is...
My darling, you're back.
My greetings to Crown Prince
and Fourth Prince.
I didn't expect you would come.
Yinxiang,
I didn't expect
you are so romantic.
She is just a prankster.
Crown Prince,
Yinzhen,
please don't find it strange.
The fried rice is made by...
Is it made by sister-in-law?
Sorry to make you laugh at me.
It's a bit simple.
The love-shaped fried rice
made by sister-in-law is very creative.
Well.
We three brothers have something to talk today.
I'll taste your love-shaped fried rice
later.
Is that okay?
You talk.
I'm going.
I'll ask Qixiang to make you something to eat.
Go.
Yinzhen,
Crown Prince,
have a seat.
What do you ask us
to come here for?
The palace might not be so peaceful again these days.
Especially you, Crown Prince. You have to be careful.
Recently, Yinsi sent many men to keep watching on you.
Keep watching on me?
Why?
I haven't found out the reason yet,
but I think it's probably because
he couldn't bring you down by the imperial coup,
and he still wants to look for a chance
to harm you again.
Anyway,
you have to be careful recently.
Do not let them have your soft spot and make a big fuss.
Soft spot?
Xiaochun.
I'm sitting on the rooftop.
The breeze kisses my face.
I feel it light.
The scenery is gorgeous,
but I feel so lonely.
You and I
live in two different spaces.
In your space it's also spring.
There's also a gentle breeze.
There's also this beautiful scenery.
Your face is close to mine.
I can feel your breath.
Your smile has been engraved in the azure sky.
On the lonely rooftop I find no trace of you.
Engraved in my mind
is your tearful face.
I'm no stronger than you.
Deep inside, I'm weeping.
But I want you to remember
my smiling face.
Your face is close to mine.
I can feel your breath.
Your smile has been engraved in the azure sky.
On the lonely rooftop I find no trace of you.
Engraved in my mind
is your tearful face.
I'm no stronger than you.
Deep inside, I'm weeping.
But I want you to remember
my smiling face.
I'm no stronger than you.
Deep inside, I'm weeping.
But I want you to remember
my smiling face.