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A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

EPISODE 6

Calm down first.

Calm down.

What a stupid girl.

Help!

Well...

-Let's start with the first one. -Help!

No, Zhaohua.

-Is anyone there? -Shut up!

Help me!

-Zhaohua! -Spare me!

-No, Zhaohua! -Save me!

Is anyone there?

-Wake up, Zhaohua. -Help!

No!

-Be good. -Help!

I'll be back very soon.

Zhaohua!

Don't kill anyone.

Don't kill anyone!

Who's there?

-Princess Siwan. -Who is it?

Who are you?

I am a princess. You wouldn't dare hurt me!

Princess?

Emperor.

Empress.

Prince. Princess.

Everyone...

Everyone who comes into this world has a status bestowed by Heaven.

However, you use your position to do despicable things.

-That's not good. -Who are you?

You're Zhaohua.

You're Zhaohua, aren't you?

You're sick again.

It seems that among these three people,

you are the one who knows Zhaohua the best.

I do.

I saw how Imperial Noble Consort Ling pacified you

when your sickness was acting up.

I see.

Then I don't understand.

Why do you hate Zhaohua so much?

I've lost my mother.

I was sent into the palace at the age of four.

I grew up by the Empress Dowager's side.

She always loved me.

But ever since you appeared,

she began treating me indifferently.

That's because you are the real princess,

while I am just an adopted princess.

Ever since I was a child,

I have been on my knees.

I beg for charity, I beg for affection.

What about you?

You got everything without having to do a thing!

I see.

You're envious.

Yes.

I am envious.

I am crazy with envy!

Why is it that no matter how hard I try,

I still won't get my mother back or receive true affection?

Is this why you lured Zhaohua here?

Yuan Chunwang was a madman.

He deeply detested Imperial Noble Consort Ling.

I wanted you dead!

You went crazy.

I was so happy.

But never did I expect...

that you would recover.

Why didn't you stay mad?

Yes.

Why?

What are you going to do? You wouldn't dare hurt me.

I am Prince He's granddaughter!

If you kill me, the imperial clan won't spare your life!

Imperial clan?

What imperial clan?

My hands and feet have turned numb and stiff.

Let me go, Zhaohua.

Release me!

Let me see.

What are you going to do?

What are you doing?

Don't worry.

You won't feel too much pain since you're numb.

Your blood will slowly drip

drop by drop.

Slowly.

Three days.

Five days?

Or maybe seven days!

Or even longer!

-But eventually, one day, -No.

-your body... -No.

will be drained of blood.

No, don't!

No! Zhaohua, let me go!

I don't want to die!

Zhaohua, let me go!

Have you seen His Majesty's collection of animal specimens?

Your skin and flesh will stick to your bones.

You have a gorgeous face with blushing cheeks.

You'll be a beautiful skeleton.

Do you like that?

No! I don't want to die!

Please let me go!

I'm begging you!

I don't want to die.

I don't want to die either.

I don't want to die either.

This place is dark and stinky.

The stench is so bad that I can't open my eyes!

That's not even the worst part.

The most unbearable thing is the rustling noises!

Do you think those are

reptiles or rats?

A cold touch crawls up towards your neck,

bit by bit,

until it reaches the corner of your mouth

and eye sockets.

No! I'm scared!

Stop the bleeding!

Please, Zhaohua!

Let me go!

After that incident happened,

I didn't tell Mother!

If I told her, she would've kicked you out of the palace

and you would've been back with your stepmother again!

All these years, I've tolerated you time and again. But what about you?

You became even more impertinent!

Crying?

What are you crying for?

I'm not even crying! Why are you crying?

At the time,

I was just an 11-year-old child.

You tricked me and handed me over to that devil!

Now it's your turn.

Slowly enjoy it.

Waiting for death is awful.

Enjoy it slowly.

All right?

No!

Listen.

Drip, drop.

Drip, drop.

Drip, drop.

Drip, drop.

Drip, drop.

Zhaohua.

Come to your senses.

Don't let someone else control your mind.

I am very clearheaded.

I've never been more clearheaded.

What are you going to do?

When Chengqian Palace's doors open tomorrow,

then everyone discovers that Zhaohua murdered everybody,

and eventually killed herself out of guilt...

Won't that be spectacular?

I can't wait to see the expressions on Hongli's and Wei Yingluo's faces!

If Zhaohua dies, you'll die as well.

Young man.

It seems that out of everybody here today,

you are the smartest one,

and also the most cunning.

I like you the most.

I should give you a special death.

Don't you agree?

Zhaohua.

I am Fuk'anggan.

The one you love.

Look at me.

Don't give up your own body.

Don't let that person control you!

Shut up!

Zhaohua?

Zhaohua?

Zhaohua?

No!

-I can't hurt him! -Zhaohua.

I can't!

The strong bully the weak.

Choose violence.

Choose a weaker target!

What are you doing?

This is how absurd the world is.

If you don't want to be bullied,

you have to become stronger and more coldhearted!

Kill him,

and nobody else will ever hurt you or walk all over you!

I know.

I know.

Go.

He is just a man who bullies the weak.

He wanted to find the joy of vengeance in you.

Come.

Pick up the dagger.

Zhaohua, don't.

-Now it's your turn. -No!

I was wrong, Zhaohua!

Zhaohua?

I was wrong.

I shouldn't have deceived you in the first place.

If I wanted revenge,

I should've sought out the one who deserves it the most!

But I didn't.

I couldn't do it!

Because I am afraid of Imperial Noble Consort Ling.

I fear her.

I have always been scared of her.

I humiliated you the other day.

It was because I was afraid.

I was afraid I had fallen in love with you.

I was afraid I had forgotten my objective!

Harmful actions stem from fear.

I couldn't overcome my own fear.

I could only hurt you.

Then...

Do you love her?

Zhaohua, see?

This is the answer you wanted to know.

Zhaohua.

I was wrong.

I was wrong.

You can kill me.

But after you kill me...

I ask that you release the others.

If you kill them...

You will regret it.

I don't want you to spend the rest of your life...

living in pain.

Someone come! Let me go!

Help!

Help! I don't want to die!

CHENGQIAN GATE

I'm going to die!

I'm going to die.

I'm dying.

-I'm going to die. -What's wrong with her?

-Your Majesty... -I'm going to die.

Princess Siwan was like this when the guards reached Chengqian Palace.

My hand is bleeding.

I'm bleeding.

Listen.

Drip, drop.

I'm bleeding.

It continued all night.

It's my blood.

My blood.

My blood!

My hand is bleeding!

-Save me! -Princess Siwan!

Your hand is wounded, but it is a shallow cut.

It's no longer bleeding.

No.

I hear the blood dripping.

It keeps dripping.

It keeps dripping.

Listen.

Listen.

Listen.

Listen.

Listen.

I am bleeding.

Summon the imperial physician!

Please! Summon the imperial physician!

-Save me! -Take her away.

-Have the imperial physician treat her. -Yes.

Zhaohua has gone crazy!

She wants to kill me!

She wants to turn me into a mummy by draining me of my blood!

Save me!

-I don't want to die! -Zhaohua doesn't seem to be the crazy one.

You are.

You're screaming about such a small wound.

Is that appropriate?

-Save me! -Take her away.

Summon the physician!

Save me!

Zhaohua is crazy!

She wants to kill me!

How did she turn mad after a night in Chengqian Palace?

How are the others?

Well...

Imperial Guard Fuca was severely injured,

he needs time off to recover.

As for the prince, he had breathed in a sleeping incense,

but he wasn't exposed to it for long.

His condition isn't serious.

However...

Everybody is saying they encountered ghosts.

Stop the nonsense.

Yes.

Yingluo, how is Zhaohua?

She woke up a long time ago.

However, no matter what I ask her...

She can't remember anything.

It's good that she's awake.

They shouldn't have gone to that inauspicious place.

Zhaohua suffered a terrible fright.

You must console her.

As for the marriage, it shouldn't be delayed any longer.

Marriage?

The Empress Dowager heard Zhaohua has fallen ill.

She wants to sweep out the bad luck with a grand wedding.

I know you don't want to part with Zhaohua.

I had the Princess's Manor decorated in advance.

You may go and check by yourself.

If you aren't satisfied with it, it can be rearranged.

It's Seventh Princess's wedding.

The wedding procession has passed Meridian Gate.

Let's check it out.

We won't be able to get near.

We can watch it from afar.

All the mistresses are at Shoukang Palace.

We should enjoy the festivities.

-Let's go. -Let's go.

-What did you say? -Imperial Guard Fuca.

Who's getting married today?

Speak!

It's Seventh Princess.

You will bid farewell to the Empress Dowager,

the emperor, and Imperial Noble Consort Ling,

then take part in the banquet at Palace of Heavenly Purity

before leaving in the evening.

Why are you in a panic?

Imperial Guard Fuca won't listen and insists on seeing you.

I have told him this is against the rules.

Who allows him to come in?

Imperial Noble Consort Ling has said,

we need not intervene if Your Highness wishes to see him.

Let him in.

Go.

Let's go.

To where?

I won't allow you to marry Lhawang Dorji.

Why?

Are you afraid to tell me even a word of truth?

Zhaohua.

I love you.

Fuk'anggan...

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

Now...

It's already too late.

No.

It's not too late!

I gave you a chance.

I won't give you another chance.

Zhaohua!

I don't know what possessed me.

How could I think of hurting you?

Zhaohua.

I know I was wrong.

Give me another chance.

Won't you forgive me?

All right?

The Fuca family has produced heroes for generations.

But look at yourself.

Do you seem like a descendant of the Fuca clan?

I'm not.

No.

You are.

Father once said

you are just like Lord Fuheng.

A scholar and soldier with big ambitions.

The only difference is...

You clung to your hatred

and squandered your time for nothing.

If Lord Fuheng is watching in Heaven,

he would be sorely disappointed.

But I am not his son.

Lord Fuheng was a clever man.

Would he not have guessed the truth?

Since he acknowledged that you are his son,

then you are.

Besides,

the blood of the Fuca clan does run in your veins.

Loyalty.

Courage.

Keep forging ahead.

Never look back.

Zhaohua.

Fuk'anggan.

Don't waste any more time.

Do not disappoint Lord Fuca

or my father.

Every Fuca is a fierce warrior.

One day,

you will return to the battlefield.

I never told you this.

My mother said

that when Lord Fuca was young,

he always had a book of the art of war with him.

Aren't you the same?

Fuk'anggan.

Your hatred

will not make you happy.

You...

need to learn to let go.

Zhaohua.

I can...

let go of my hatred.

But I won't...

let go of you.

That is why...

I will let go.

No, Zhaohua!

Fuk'anggan...

I have to bid farewell to my parents.

GATE OF MENTAL CULTIVATION

HALL OF MENTAL CULTIVATION

Lhawang Dorji.

Yes?

There was no fire at Palace of Heavenly Purity.

I know.

After getting out, I heard Palace of Heavenly Purity was fine.

I understood right away.

You gave out that signal so I would give up on shouting for help.

Do you know what that sound was?

Ventriloquism.

I didn't go crazy either.

I know.

Siwan deceived you.

Fuk'anggan hurt you.

You released all your resentment and indignation

through another person.

You fooled all of us.

Perhaps...

You also had a helper.

Everybody says I'm not like my mother.

They're wrong.

Siwan kept trying to drive me mad,

so I drove her mad first.

Fuk'anggan exacted revenge by manipulating my emotions,

so I had to get the better of him just once

so that he will never forget.

Also, as punishment for your hesitation in the past,

I made you lie on the cold ground all night long.

All that I've done shows I am far from virtuous.

I am nothing like your ideal wife.

Even so...

Do you still want to marry me?

I'm giving you one last chance to back out.

Lhawang Dorji.

That night...

If Fuk'anggan had said that he loves me...

Perhaps...

Zhaohua.

There is no if.

Subtitle translation by Renee Luk