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[ Ming Dynasty ] EP33

Prince Han and prince Zhao are here to see you.

I am here to ask for your permission.

Your Majesty. -Your Majesty.

Long live the emperor.

Rise please, brothers.

Have seats.

Brothers.

Thank you for your hard work.

Father died.

In the future, we need to live in harmony.

We need more discussion.

We can't let father down.

Brother.

Great.

Your Majesty.

We two are militant, and you are tactful.

Just tell me one thing.

How did the late emperor die?

Sanqian battalion is so close to him.

Why no one told me?

You brought father's corpse back to Beijing.

You also ordered the imperial army to attack my men.

What do you want?

Brothers.

Rest it easy.

After father's funeral is over, all the envoys and seigniors leave,

we can sit together and have a nice talk.

I am so happy to see you back.

Remember?

Right here.

Father and we four people made the deep-sworn vow.

We swore to live in harmony.

We swore.

But you didn't tell us how father died.

We can't even ask.

Great.

Since you promise we will have a good talk after the funeral.

We will wait for you.

Bye, brothers.

Father.

Anger damages the health.

I have prepared a cushion and cloth boots

for your keeping vigil beside the coffin of seven days.

The hall is too big.

You can't catch a cold there.

I also prepared some food for you.

We have everything in the palace.

Did you hear anything?

Recently people are in mourning across the country.

Before the crown princess...

The Queen rewards some clothes and jewelry.

It's hard to see her now.

All the people in the palace are surprisingly unanimous.

Prince Zhao is also inquring around.

What's wrong?

You changed after you came back this time.

You sit there and look into the mirror all day long.

You are like being possessed.

Am I thinking there is there any wife unluckier than you?

Brother.

Why don't you get inside?

How's it going?

They even changed the gatekeepers in the Beizhen imperial guard's department.

The one who came out from yamen asked me.

Who are you?

They start so soon?

I think, after seven days of mourning, he will get down to business.

The odds are against us now.

We need to escape out of here.

Now you want to escape?

I have told you, don't go back to Beijing.

His underlings are everywhere in Beijing.

Now they are trailing us like shadows.

Where can we escape?

We are at his mercy now.

Brother.

You still don't understand why we are here to attend the funeral?

The lad exploits all the advantage by staying around the late emperor.

The seal and the posthumous decree.

Now he holds the funeral with great fanfare.

If we escape now, people will say we are traitors.

You still argue with him?

As long as we escape to Shandong,

our army is there,

we will be invincible once we wave the flag.

But now we are on tenterhooks even with soft armors.

If I die in his hands, it's all your fault.

Brother.

Now is the best time.

We need to be reasonable.

In front of so many seigniors, we need to question the eldest brother.

Then the whole court will be anxious and doubtful.

Then we can wage rebellion and clean up those around the emperor.

I don't give a damn to the capital.

Scholar's opinion.

So pedantic.

We need to have the law before we kill anyone.

Now all the seigniors come back.

If you show your weapons in the funeral,

all of them will rebel against in three months.

If I don't kill them today, they will rebel against us tomorrow.

What will you do?

When it comes to military force, strategy, and experience,

which one of you can outcompete him?

I don't want to fail my ancestors or pay for one's whistle.

Yang.

I hate White Vengeance most.

Xiang Yu set Liu Bang free and lost the world because of benevolence.

Such a hero was forced to kill himself by river Wu.

They won't succumb to me.

Yang.

The crown prince is asking you.

It's hard to tell.

Damn it.

The biggest threat now is prince Han and prince Zhao.

It's easy to solve it once for all.

But the emperor doesn't want to do so.

An army's morale and people's heart will be shaken.

Be prudent.

Be prudent.

Come on, I didn't finish yet.

Everything in the world is ruined by people like you.

So hesistant.

Why do you say I am hesitant again?

You don't understand the court.

We have gone through the difficulties together.

Take this from me.

We need to know our shortcomings.

Yang.

If all the ministers are like you, I would rather feed the horse.

You don't care about right or wrong but the benefits.

You know nothing but flatter and toady.

You are such an apple polisher.

You...

Lady Hu.

The crown princess is here to see you.

Your Highness.

Rise.

Yes, your Highness.

What's wrong with you?

You have worked in the palace for decades.

The Queen speaks highly of your performance.

Now she has more work to do.

Now she leaves all these to me.

So you want to make me a laughing stock?

I am old and weak.

Decrepit and muddleheaded.

I am afraid I can't assist you.

I want to resign.

Fine.

I will find you a comfortable place.

I'll take care of you after the funeral.

I want to go out of the palace.

What did you say?

I want to go out of the palace.

Where can you go?

You came to the palace at the age of six after your family was confiscated.

You never went out for a day.

Where can you go?

Some old maids work in the palace for the entire life.

They raise money and buy the land in the suburbs of Beijing as the graveyard.

For those maids and eunuchs who have no kids.

Also some Taoist temples for blessing.

I will bury the deceased.

And in the future, some people will bury me after I die.

We help one another.

I want to move out and live with them.

I know why you want to get out of the palace.

You just want to hide from me.

You are still angry at me.

Why are you so stubborn?

Open your eyes, the dynastry is changed.

I will be queen.

I can take care of you.

I can support you.

Did I do something wrong?

I never say harsh words to you.

Do you have any difficulities?

When I wake up in the morning, I feel something strange.

Why do I still live on?

So you hate me very much?

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have let you go.

I shouldn't have let them take you away from me.

I have nothing after you leave.

You can't go anywhere unless I die.

Please punish me, your Highness.

What happened to her?

She is in poor health, sometimes she needs medicinal liquor.

It was her nonsense just now.

You should punish me as you want.

So smart of you.

Raise up your head.

What is your name?

Ange.

Ange.

From a poem.

Great.

You will work for me in the future.

Thank you, your Highness.

The transcript is here.

You can check it.

If I were healthy enough, I would think I wrote this in the dream.

Now your handwriting is exactly like mine.

I have no capability. I hope I could be of help.

Ok, seal it.

This is the last thing you need to do for me today.

It's the late emperor's posthumous decree.

I need to read it at the funeral tomorrow morning.

But I still think we need to talk about the orphans of a campaign of Jingnan.

Don't be afraid.

I know your origin.

Pardoning these orphans is the late emperor's last wish.

It's my biggest wish too.

And it comes first in my reign.

I don't have enough prestige.

The posthumous decree can help avoid any disputes.

Now I need to keep vigil beside the late emperor's coffin.

You have one night to imitate his handwriting.

Seal is there.

Someone will come to fetch the decree tomorrow morning.

Eunuch.

Have mercy, your Majesty.

I am afraid of my father and son.

Mercy is all I have.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, take care of yourself.

Your Majesty.

Thank you.

Your Majesty. -Thank you.

Your Majesty.

Ok.

All the lords.

I am sorry, my poor health can't allow me to express thanks to one by one.

Thank you all. Rise.

Rise.

Liu.

Take them inside.

Yes, your Majesty.

Go.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Brothers.

No...

Rise.

We are only brothers today.

Come with me.

Come...

Come.

Brothers.

Crown prince.

Whose order?

The emperor's order.

Zhanji.

Yes.

Come.

Why don't you bow to your uncles?

Uncles.

Lord Qi, lord Chu, and all the uncles. Bow to them one by one.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

As I know, all of them should kneel behind you.

Only family etiquette today.

Crown prince knows etiquette well.

Flattered.

Go.

Yes.

Read elegiac address.

Emperor Yongle died in 1424.

Here is the elegiac address.

Bow.

The emperor is industrious and battle-scarred.

He went to crusade against the north for five times.

Also went to khailas-ausu.

He is dedicated, and now he leaves the cause to his descendants.

He expands the territory from the canal in the south to land in the north.

He also compiled the Yongle Canon.

He goes to the battlefield every time.

We are bereft of soldiers and generals.

Now the emperor dies.

Crown princess...

Can I have a little words?

Say it.

Prince wants to see you.

Crown princess.

We haven't seen each other for one year.

How are you doing?

I didn't tell princess to call you here.

I am sorry for her rudeness.

My letter...

No letter.

I also burnt those words.

Burnt?

I like what you said.

We have our own masters to show allegiance.

I can understand.

Good to know.

I have to go.

The man you marry is going to kill me.

He won't stop until he kills prince Zhao and me.

We are surrounded. We can't go anywhere.

What do you want from me?

He can't control the army.

He is the late emperor's little pug.

He exiles my army in Shandong.

Now the capital's three battalions are in the state of unrest.

I want to wage rebellion.

Why are you telling me this?

I want to take you away.

I don't want to watch you die.

Give me a chance for atonement.

Stop talking.

I want to go back.

The capital entrance's official seal is in the emperor's bedroom.

It's in the box engraved with the seal of the ministry of defense.

Now everyone is keeping vigil beside the coffin.

You just go in quietly.

I beg you, stop talking.

Don't panic.

Did you forget our secret?

If I die, the secret will be buried with me.

But if I come back alive, you will be the Queen.

I appreciate your help.

Brother.

Brilliant.

You acted the play perfectly.

You showed your ace up your sleeve till today.

I have seen a lot sinister people.

But you are the No.1.

Shut up.

There is no gentleman in the eyes of the villain.

The emperor is with prince Han and prince Zhao.

So we don't have the chance to do it.

Crown prince, the emperor wants to see you.

Your Majesty.

Father.

Are you too tired?

Maybe you should rest here.

I will host it for you.

At this time, don't be impulsive.

Your uncles come in soft armor.

Father.

Uncles won't give up so easily.

Should you sit on the throne, ok?

Your grandfather gathered us to make a deep-sworn vow.

Whoever kills one another will be short-lived.

Are you fed up with living?

You can't kill them before they rebel.

Otherwise, I will abolish you first.

Yes.

What are you doing here?

I...

I...

Why are you here?

What are you doing?

I...

Give me.

Give me.

You are writing the posthumous decree.

Are you crazy?

You are fabricating the imperial decree.

Your clan will be exterminated for this.

I have no clan.

Why are you here?

Don't ask me.

I won't ask you either.

We are good.

What are you doing?

Say something.

What's this?

No, you can't make troubles.

You should keep vigil beside the coffin now.

Rather than fabricate the imperial decree here.

Sister.

Manyin.

I don't want to know your secret.

You don't need to tell me.

And you don't ask me either.

We didn't see each other tonight.

The late emperor's decree.

I take the throne from my ancestors.

I have worshipped the temple for 22 years.

I have no regrets.

The north border is provocative.

But I am too eager for the military exploits and went on an expedition for five times.

The whole country suffers the fatigue.

I regret that I have no chance to redeem it.

Crown prince Zhu Gaochi is benevolent,

loyal and filial.

He will be my successor.

Hold my funeral according to the traditional rules.

And the crown prince needs to be in mourning for 27 days.

Ban all the people's music and marriage.

All the princes, dukes and seigniors should take care

of themselves after the mourning.

Don't bother all the people.

Keep it simple.

The exiled or deceased ministers in a campaign of Jingnan are pardoned.

Recruit those who are still alive.

For the deceased, their kids will get some funds.

And release and reinstate the imprisoned.

All the exiled can go back home.

We need to make up for them.

I hope all the ministers can understand me.

Now I announce these to the world.

That's all.

Long live the emperor.

Long li...

Wait.

Everyone.

Today in front of the late emperor.

I have something to say.

The emperor says it's all about family etiquette.

Then I will say what I want.

The decree is fake.

Fake?

Impossible.