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Mother

When on earth will you give up?

Jinruo

Go back to Ci'an Temple

The things you told me the other day

Do you really mean it or not?

I meant

every word I said

If so

Very well

We've been married for many years

And I have paid my debt to you all these years

From now on

I'm Ma Jinruo

Princess Jinmin of the nation

We are no longer husband and wife

from now on

I should have listened to my brother

I let you go in a moment of weakness

Now that you are ruining the Ma's empire

I'll die for my brother

I want you to feel

the pain of losing your beloved ones

Jinruo

Mother

Awu

Awu

My father the Emperor

Eventually

You recognized my ability

Awu

Here comes hot water

Come and get hot water

Your Majesty, your Majesty

Now that you've had fulfilled my wish

Why wouldn't you tell me earlier?

Why wouldn't you give it to me?

You meant it

You meant to set me up

The situation has became

beyond control and impossible to repent

You are trying to deepen

and darken my sin

Why are you doing this?

Simply because I'm the daughter of the Wang's?

September of the second year of Yin Calendar

Emperor Chengzong passed away

The whole nation mourned his death

All the officials in the palace

gathered in front of Tianjinmen along with the concubines

and mourned over the emperor's death every morning and evening

It's just that I will get a bigger grave

Those who will really feel sad for me after my death

can't be compared to a peasant working on the farmland

who will shed tears for his death

The fifth day of October

An auspicious day

The grand ceremony of the new emperor's accession to the throne is held in the Taiji Palace

The crown prince Zilong succeeds to the throne

Lord Yuzhang Xiao Qi is appointed to assist in governance

Counselor Wen Zhongshen resumes to his original post

and serves the emperor goes out the eastern palace

All the royal officials kneel to greet the emperor outside of the Taiji Palace

During the mourning, music is not allowed

The honor guard cracka a whip for three times

And the bells ring constantly

Under the red steps

The officials bend their heads

New emperor ascends the throne

An imperial edict is issued ordering the Empress Wang to be the Empress Dowager

and the crown princess as the Empress

Thousands of years later

What goes down in history

will simply be those short lines

Long live Your Majesty

But, I...

will never forget the thrilling things happened that day

and can't forget the fact even more

that I lost my mother

and my child that day

My tears

seemed to run off on that day

The woman who protected me with her life

would never call me Awu while smiling

My little Awu has grown up at last

Mother

Your Highness

Please rest assured

From today on,

I will take care of

the Princess and His Highness

Please do protect them

in heaven

You are not totally recovered now

You'd better avoid to stay outdoor for long

Let's return

Your Highness

Don't let the aunt princess worry about you

Let's go back

Mother

Forgive Xiao Qi

I was unable to protect you

Please rest assured

For my whole life

I will take care of Awu

and regard her as my life

I did not protect your mother well

How things are going on in the court?

On the imperial's secret edict

All medical officials and maids

of Shiqian Palace will be put to death

This is to come to the final conclusion

of the demise of the late emperor

What about him?

How to convict his crimes?

Considering that they are of the same family

The emperor and the Empress Dowager

won't sentence him treason

but just

the crime of ganging up for personal gains

He was put into prison

By doing so

The Wang family won't be

involved

Will he be spared?

Three days later

He will be beheaded outside the city

Go and visit him

After all

He's your father

Lord

How is she today?

Sleeping all day

Aunt Xu urged her to drink some decoction and tonics

She's been staying in the room the whole day

Ask the imperial physician to feel the pulse everyday

Just in case

Yes, lord

You can go

While losing my mother

I also lost my child

I just got to know its arrival

I haven't got the chance to tell Xiao Qi

This baby

used to fight against Zilv with me

and fight with his father in the imperial capital

went through all the sufferings

But at last...

Mother

All of you, just leave

Mother

Why don't you let me keep investigating?

Long'er

The Wang Family has been leading the noble class for about 200 years

It represents

not only our mother's origin

but also the noble class of the empire

But

That's it

Mother

But I'm the emperor of our country

You think I haven't got

the wisdom and ability to be a good emperor, don't you?

That I need to listen to you

for everything, just like a little kid?

I'm the emperor of this country

If I have no say in everything

Why don't you

dethrone me?

You

I

Congratulations, Empress

You are expecting

Congratulations, Your Majesty

Are you sure, Doctor Shen?

For sure

I

How dare I talk nonsense?

Good, thank you, Doctor Shen

I will reward you heavily

Thank you, Your Majesty

Then I'm going to leave now

Your Majesty, congratulations!

This is a good news

Your dream has come true, Your Majesty

It's just a matter of time

This kid

really comes at a perfect time

It is the hope of me and the Xie family

Long'er

You've broken your mother's heart

Even if you are crowned emperor now

But you need to remember

Even though you can't trust anyone,

you cannot distrust your mother

But Mother

This is a matter of great importance, Uncle

No

It is the guilty courtier, Wang Lin

He has been a Prime Minister in the government for many years

His forces are complicated and intertwined

If I don't take advantage of the situation,

catch all those bad guys

I can't fall asleep

I can hardly sleep

Mother

There have been two power struggles consecutively

Two power struggles

If Xiao Qi had not saved me twice...

Long'er

You should not be fooled by this Xiao Qi

Could it be that Xiao Qi saved me

and I will bite the hand that feeds me?

You are the emperor

It is only natural for a courtier to protect the emperor

There is nothing about debt of gratitude and revenge

Lord Yuzhang has made a great contribution this time

I am now thinking about how to reward him

Granting him a card of exemption from death

A card of death exemption?

You are blessed, Your Majesty

Unlike somebody there

I've heard that

That Princess Yuzhang has dropped a foetus

Mammy is saying

Wang Xuan

got an abortion?

Okay

It doesn't matter

Her child

is weakly fated

How can he be compared to my child?

Your Highness is absolutely right

Your Majesty,

The Empress comes to greet you

Come in

Salute, the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty

Stand up

Becoming the empress

Wanru is even more pampered

Your Majesty

Don't you feel well?

I do feel a little sick

But

Don't worry, it's a good news

As soon as I got the news,

I immediately came to tell the Empress Dowager

and Your Majesty

Good news?

What's the good news?

Maybe

Could it be that the Empress is pregnant?

In this way,

I'm going to have a royal son?

I'm going to have a royal son, aren't I?

Your Majesty

Your Majesty, be careful. Your Majesty, be careful!

Mother

This is my first royal son

Now I have just become the emperor

Empress, Empress

And you give me such a great present!

I will reward you heavily

Thank you, Your Majesty

Sure enough, it's extremely lucky

I will also reward you heavily

The Empress is just pregnant

She cannot be overworked

The affairs of the Imperial Harem

I'll be in charge for you for the time being

But the Empress Dowager

Empress

You need to behave and listen to mother

We are very tired these days

There is no guarantee of not being shocked

And you

nurse your baby properly now

As for all the trouble and effort in the palace

It' ll be up to the Empress Mother

Waiting for you to give birth of Prince for me

It's not too late for you to take over, is it?

Thanking the Empress Mother for your compassion

There is no need to be polite with the Empress Mother

A while later

I will assign another two

Mammies with childbirth experience to look after you

Yeah, yeah

This is no need to bother the Empress Dowager about this

I have hired two Mammies

They have looked after Zitan before

And know my hobbies and habits

It's a pleasure to work with

Please reassure Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager

That's it then

Empress, Empress, I really haven't thought about it

Then mother

I will accompany the Empress to rest for now

Have a good rest too, Mother

Wanru will leave then

The guilty courtier, Wang Lin, listens to the order

The guilty courtier Wang Lin

Siege of the Eastern Palace with the intent to rebel

Ambition is clear and the crime is unforgivable

The law requires that all nine clans should be executed

For the credit of the Wang family for the founding of the nation

The descendants have worked hard for their government and have been kind and generous

Exemption of nine clans and the offense does not involve other people

But Wang Lin's crime was so unforgivable

You'll be executed two days later

The Empress Dowager invites you to the Yong'an Palace for your last meal

Somebody!

Yes

Handcuff him

Okay

There is no Empress Dowager tonight

No guilty courtier

Only twenty years ago

My brother who loved me

I can't think of this

I have planned for my whole life

And lastly,

And you're the one who benefit

You are defeated

Fortunately,

You didn't lose to an outsider

But I would rather

Defeated by an outsider

I would not like to be defeated by a woman from the Wang family

You've won

But you have betrayed the Wang family

It was you, not me, who betrayed the Wang's family

I used to respect most

and reliant brother

Don't you forget

My son is also a descendant of the Ma family

The Wang and Ma family share the realm

Wang's generations as Empress

Already got half of the court

And in brother's view

You should be the only one in charge of the court

You're not satisfied yet.

You underestimate a woman with a heart full of protection for her children

that how tough she can be

I'd forgotten about that

In terms of viciousness

You're a thousand times more ruthless than I am

These years,

I have always treated brother like a father

All the big and small things are followed your instructions

I can't believe that

You actually betrayed my trust in you

How dare you covet my son's throne!

That's because your son is a loser

Do you think you can take the empire

handed over to him?

You think he can regain the lost ground?

Or do you feel that

He could have revived the country?

How can you take the throne from your own nephew?

Those who achieve greatness

Who cares about the close kin?

Close kin?

Do you have any close relatives, brother?

Awu

Aunt Princess

And me

Your own sister

All were close relatives in your life

But nowadays

All go behind your back

Have you ever reflected on yourself?

Okay

Words of the Empress Dowager

It makes sense

You send me off with this drink

I bless you

Wish you can safeguard your son

The family will be in harmony

happy and merry

Brother

Don't worry

As long as I am here

The Wang family will never fall from grace

Pour me the wine

Three cups of wine for the last drink

Pass the order down

No one shall put the former Prime Minister in chains again

As long as he doesn't leave the cell

His diet and daily life

Give him whatever he wants

Okay

How is it?

When will the Emperor come?

Report to Your Highness

The Emperor

The Emperor will not be coming tonight

Not coming over?

It's all the Empress Dowager's idea

She said

Now that Your Highness is pregnant

The Emperor must know how to love and protect Your Majesty

There is a need for moderation

This crazy woman

Sorry, I deserve it

Your Highness

Your Highness

Don't be angry!

Someone may be listening on the other side of the wall

All right

It's good to take a fall sooner rather than later

I'm kind of

Learned a lesson

Mammy, do you know

In fact

The one who makes me feel even worse

isn't the Empress Dowager

It' s the Emperor

He's always obedient to me in daily life

He loved me very much

But what the Empress Mother says,

He then listens to whatever she says

Even the affairs of the Imperial Harem

All are still in charge by the Empress Dowager

Your Highness

You must not be angry with the Emperor in this matter

Anger at the Emperor

On the contrary

You need to be more kind to the Emperor

I lost this time

But next time

I will not let the women from the Wang family take the advantage again

The Emperor is here

Mother

Your son wishes the Empress Mother good day

The Empress has specially assigned someone

carefully simmered ginseng soup for you

and deliver here for you

Because she is now pregnant

The Movement is inconvenient

I am asked to send it to you

Thanks for her kindness

Bring it down and you can drink it

All of you just leave

Okay

Mother

There's one thing I can't figure out

Then let's go inside and discuss it

What do you want to ask?

Mother

Since you are determined to kill your uncle

Why the day before yesterday

You also asked me to give the Lord Yuzhang a card of exemption from death?

Now my brother has lost

Lord Yuzhang arrogates all powers to himself

And with the aid of Awu

Awu's abilities are unknown to others

I know it very well

Only to create a crack between the heart of the couple,

So that I can safely take the next step

Creating a crack of the couple?

Come here, Long'er

Sit down and talk slowly

I am kind of getting it

If Awu has known that Lord Yuzhang

has a card of exemption from death

She will ask the Lord Yuzhang to save uncle

Lord Yuzhang and uncle have always been seemingly in harmony but actually at variance

He would not save him

In this case

Awu will then feel resentment towards Lord Yuzhang

You're only half right

It's hard for the ordinary people to guess what this Lord Yuzhang will do

Even if he saves brother with the card of exemption from death

He would like to

But the generals under his command

in Ningshuo Army

will be displeased with Awu

Mother

After all, you want to spare my uncle's life

Wrong

Even if Lord Yuzhang saves him,

In the future he will be sent to the frontier

There are so many bandits on the way.

I'm afraid he won't live long either

Please wait, Your Prince

The Princess is not yet awake

Yuxiu will report now

Do not bother

You go down first

Why?

You haven't heard of what I said?

Okay

Brother

I come here to beg you

to save father's life

Whether you hate him or blame him,

he is still our father

Mother has already past away

If anything happens to father again,

our family

will be separated

We can't just stand by and watch our father die

Who can save him from the crime of treason?

Are we going to follow our father's example and rebel?

Going on a prison break?

We certainly don't have the capacity

But there is one person who does

Xiao Qi is just a courtier

How could he save him?

Xiao Qi is credited with saving the Emperor this time

The military power in the dynasty now

is all in his charge

As long as he wants to save,

there is none that can't be saved

Awu

Anyway,

He is also the son-in-law of our Wang family

Thinking back to when Xiao Qi first entered the capital,

If it wasn't for the support of my father,

Could he have made it today?

Father does not begrudge

marrying his most beloved daughter to him

But he get not even a hint of gratitude from him

If it wasn't Xiao Qi this time,

father would not have ended up like this

Nonsense

I'm telling the truth

Don't you and I know the truth in our hearts?

I won't argue with you

Now father will be executed tomorrow

If we don't figure out a way out, it really will be too late

What if he does not allow it?

He takes care of you and listens to you

How could he disagree?

Awu

Brother begs you,

Thinking of father

He loved you so much in the past,

Saving his life

I had not expected

You hate father so much

Brother

Never has any big ambitions

I just want the family to be happy together

Now the mother has died

If anything happens to father again,

Our family will be broken up

Ok

Anything that Awu wouldn't like to do,

I would never force you

If

You don't want to acknowledge this father

I acknowledge him

I'm going to save him now

If anything bad happens to me on this trip,

we two

Just say goodbye here