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[Beyond the Realm of Conscience]

Episode Eleven

You guys have teamed up with the idiot
to start a rebellion.

You even killed the emperor.
You are unforgivable.

I must personally take this idiot down.

All of you are stupid. But I'm not.

Everyone, I want to make
an announcement.

The lucky hour is due.
The ascension ceremony has begun.

According to Tang's law, no woman
is allowed to attend the ceremony.

I didn't come here to attend the ceremony.

I want to tell everyone that someone else
is to become the emperor.

Your Highness want to overturn
the late emperor's will?

I want to set the record right.

I'm afraid the late emperor
wasn't of sound mind

when he made the will before he died.

Otherwise, he wouldn't ask Prince Kwong
to succeed to the throne.

He wouldn't allow this idiot
to become the emperor.

The late emperor had five sons.

In terms of intelligence and wit

anyone of them is better
qualified than this idiot.

The princes are young,
so we must get a virtuous person.

The late emperor said in his will that
Prince Kwong was noble and kind.

Although he's retarded,
he can still be emperor.

There are so many officials
here to assist him.

There won't be a problem at all.

General Ma, you look so confident.

Currently, Tibet invades our
Northwestern territories every year.

So does Uyghur.
There are other rebellions too.

If people find out that the
Tang emperor is mentally incapable

I'm afraid there will be chaos.

Your Highness is over worried.

Tibet has only several tens of thousand
soldiers. It isn't a threat to us.

There are internal conflicts in Uyghur.
They don't stand a chance to win.

The rebels are even worse.

Even if there are rebellions everywhere

we've got two hundred thousand
soldiers to suppress them.

There's no need to worry about our defense

General Man, your deployment
for the defense is so airtight.

It should be a blessing for the country.

This time you returned to the capital
to report your duties.

Why did you take so many soldiers
into the capital?

Did you foresee that there
would be chaos in the palace?

Or were you the one who caused the trouble?

Whenever there's a new emperor,
there will be trouble for sure.

General Man took necessary precautions.

Good. Necessary precautions.
I've taken the necessary precaution too.

I've deployed fifty thousand soldiers
to station outside the city.

They are as strong as General Man's troops.

I still hold the view that the
late emperor's will isn't perfect.

Given the incompetence of Prince Kwong,
he can't possibly succeed to the throne.

We should make the late emperor's son
Lee Tsun the emperor.

That's more sensible.

He is still young.

Prince Kwong is the most
appropriate person to rule Tang.

Dealing with national affairs
is a heavy burden.

Although Prince Kwong is an adult

his mentality is just that
of a ten year old kid.

How appropriate is he?

Besides, the stupidity of Prince Kwong
will never change.

However, the five sons of the
late emperor will grow up someday.

Even if you want to give the throne
to the late emperor's five sons

we should still make Prince Kwong the
emperor first in accordance with the will.

We'll talk about
the five sons in due course.

Why go through the trouble?
How can an idiot rule the country?

He's got all the officials
and officers to assist him.

You think he can't rule the country?

The officials rule the country?
How? On what basis?

The Yellow River floods.
A lot of land is under water.

There's a drought in Huainan.
People eat each other's kids.

There are rebellions at the border.
People get killed and robbed.

The taxation system is a mess.
Smugglers traffics tea.

What's our priority?
How are we going to handle all these?

Who can tell me how to solve
all those problems?

I can.

Domestic stability comes
before external threats.

We must rescue the victims of drought
and flooding expeditiously.

We need to use the reserves
to help them so they won't panic.

The turmoil at the border is caused by the
brutality of the garrison there.

We can send an official there
to replace the military officer.

It's more effective to conquer them
with kindness than military power.

To deal with the
trafficking of illegal tea

we must enforce the law properly
so that people will observe it.

Those who turn themselves in
will be pardoned.

Otherwise, the offenders will
be executed right away.

A good emperor must do the right things
and refrain from evil.

If he's diligent and kind,
the country will be virtuous.

If he's diligent and knowledgeable,
the administration will be effective.

If he's diligent and brave,
then there won't be trouble in the country.

This is the basis of my administration.
Do you share my view?

All my decisions are based on
virtuous consideration.

Does anyone have any objection?

Your Majesty is witty.
Long live Your Majesty.

Long live Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

General Ma, come on. Please get up.
Have a seat please.

Your Majesty summoned me here.
I'm awaiting your instructions.

I owe it to your assistance to come
to the throne. I must return your favor.

Your Majesty is so witty.
You've planned this for so many years.

Maybe everything I did was part of
Your Majesty's plan.

I had no choice but to play dumb.
Empress Kwok was jealous and suspicious.

She wouldn't tolerate any threat to her.
I did so to get away and stay alive.

I know very well how
to survive in the palace.

One can really do anything
for self-preservation.

If someone wants to hurt me,
I won't be nice to him either.

General Ma, you are in control
of the situation.

You know more than I do
about administrative work.

I have to count on you...

General Ma, this is yours.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

General Man has contributed a lot
this time in making you emperor.

You should give him an award.

Let me think about it first...

General Man is waiting outside.
He's waiting for your order.

Send him in.

- Your Majesty.
- At ease.

Much obliged, Your Majesty.

General Man, His Majesty knows you've
contributed a lot in defending the country.

This time you're particularly helpful
in assisting His Majesty

so he's decided to appoint
you as Chief General.

You will station in the capital.
That's a reasonable decision.

- Man Kim Fung.
- Yes, Your Majesty.

Now I appoint you as
Chief General Grade Three.

You are in charge of the security
in the imperial city.

Much obliged, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, now that General Man
is stationed here

you don't need to worry anymore.

I feel relieved too.

Riding on a dragon and flying in the sky.
My dream has come true.

Officer Ko, you and Sam Ho have saved
my life before. I will never forget that.

Back then I just did
what everyone would do.

Apart from mom, you and Sam Ho
are the only people I trust in the palace.

I know you are heroic.
You've got brotherhood.

I want to make you a Grade Four
armed bodyguard to protect me.

Your Majesty, I'm afraid...

The situation in the palace is unstable.

Ma Yuen Chi deploys Man Kim Fung
in the palace to control me.

Besides, Empress Kwok
wants to make a move too.

I'm still in great danger.

If you feel worried and don't
want to take the risk with me

I won't force you to do so.

I'm not a coward.

But given you current situation

I'm afraid that I alone can't do
much to assist Your Majesty.

I'm afraid I'll let you down.

You are wrong. I've survived till today

all because you and Sam Ho gave
me hope when I was desperate.

You and Sam Ho are the only people
in the world who haven't let me down.

Will you or will you not act
as my armed bodyguard?

I'm grateful for your trust,
Your Majesty.

For the sake of what you said now,
I'll give my life for you, Your Majesty.

- Your Majesty.
- At ease.

Much obliged, Your Majesty.

You still come to visit Sweet Lotus Seed
from time to time?

- I should thank you on his behalf.
- I dare not accept.

Although our status are different
our friendship won't change

I'm still the Lee Yi back then.

You are forever my good friend,
Lau Sam Ho.

I could have brought more expensive
things to offer to Sweet Lotus Seed

but I just brought two pieces of
sweet lotus seeds here

because I know he likes
sweet lotus seeds the most.

I want you to treat me
as the Lee Yi before.

Give me your support and encouragement
like what you did back then.

You sewed sweet lotus seeds
on the handkerchief

and told me that
there's sweetness in bitterness.

Even though in adversity,
I shouldn't give up.

When the bitterness was over,
there would be sweetness.

Sam Ho, I hung in
there because of you.

I want to return your great favor.

Tell me what you want as a reward.

I dare not take any credit.

I just want Your Majesty and Empress Zheng
to be free from trouble and misfortune.

I hope you two live
a long and healthy life.

I'm afraid it's impossible to be free
from trouble for the time being.

A lot of battles are forthcoming.

I'm sure Your Majesty
won't give up so easily.

You're right.

I've already appointed Hin Yeung
as my armed bodyguard Grade Four.

With the company of both of you

I'll face all
the difficulties courageously.

It's been a long while.
How are you doing?

We haven't met for over twenty years.
I'm good. God is so nice to me.

I've got a wonderful wife
and a very nice daughter.

Now I'm even appointed Chief General.

How about you?

Apart from being promoted to the post of
Head of Jewels, you haven't changed at all.

Stability is better than change.

If a person is too stable,
he won't be aggressive.

Back then you prayed to God
for getting a promotion.

Now your wish is granted.

What else do you want?

Please excuse me, General Man.

She's been waiting for so many years,
now she can see him at last.

If Mistress Yuen had left the palace then,
they would have gotten married.

What a shame.

Now General Man is in authority,
I guess he will take care of her.

God has listened to your prayers.
You've become the Empress at last.

Apart from saying thanks to God. I have
to say thanks to you too, Mistress Yuen.

Back then if you hadn't taught my son
to play dumb to leave the palace

I wouldn't have made the
decision to part with him.

As a result, we didn't get killed.

His Majesty could stay alive
all because of what you did.

Everything is predestined so you
and His Majesty can survive the ordeal.

Is our fate predestined?
Or are we tricked by fate?

There are so many twists and turns in life.
No one knows what will happen in the end.

Take me for example. Back then I was
just a maid who served Empress Kwok.

My status was so humble,
I really can't believe I'm the empress now.

Your Highness has endured
so much hardship.

But no matter what your status is,
His Majesty is still so nice to you.

You must feel happy for sure.

My son's so nice. I'll die without regret.

Your Highness is kind and generous.

God will keep you and
His Majesty safe for sure.

I've asked the servants
to prepare dinner for tonight.

I want to thank the people who saved
our lives. Please ask Sam Ho to join us.

Sam Ho?

Yes. Back when we faked the illness
to leave the palace.

The Empress forced us to take the
unorthodox medicine.

Sam Ho risked her life to swap it.
That's why we didn't get killed.

She's saved our lives,
His Majesty and I will never forget it.

Empress Kwok told us to gather here.
Do you know why?

Empress Kwok has her reasons for doing so.
You don't need to make wild guesses.

Just wait for her to come.

Here comes Empress Kwok.

- Empress Kwok.
- At ease.

Much obliged, Empress Kwok.

Now you guys call me so, it reminds me
that I'm no longer the empress.

No wonder you guys
aren't afraid of me anymore.

How dare you, Mistress Yuen,
give me something so inferior?

Please don't be mad, Empress Kwok.
You must mind your health.

I don't mean any disrespect.

As before, I still do my best
to serve you, Empress Kwok.

How do you do your best?

This hairpin is bad taste like the
Phoenix Worshiping the Sun back then.

The wild chickens or wild birds may
find it precious, but I'm a phoenix.

You think I can't tell what's
precious or inferior? Forget it.

You give it to someone else.

It matches the Phoenix
Worshiping the Sun.

You've dined with Empress Zheng.
You should return her grace.

Empress Zheng treated me to
dinner just for catching up.

It's a trivial matter.

It isn't as complicated as you think it is.

You mean I'm making a fuss about nothing?
I'm asking for trouble?

I didn't mean that at all, Your Highness.

That means I've got you wrong? I've twisted
the fact to put the blame on you, right?

Your Highness, Head Yuen
has always been respectful to you.

She dare not show any disrespect at all.

How dare you!
You are just a Deputy Head!

You aren't entitled to speak!

It's my fault. Your Highness,
please punish me accordingly.

What? Are you afraid that
I'll punish your student too?

Mistress Chung, if a maid shows
disrespect by talking back to me

how must she be punished
according to the rules?

She must be smacked.

Mistress Yuen and Deputy Head Lau
are really mentor and student.

They share the same attitude
and the same view.

No wonder both were invited to
Empress Zheng's dinner.

As you two want to do
everything together, fine.

I want you two to smack
each other thirty times.

Do it right now. Do it!

You want me to give the order? Do it!

Look. They are trying to fool me.

Hit harder!

Please forgive us, Your Highness.

Your Highness is kind and generous.
Please forgive us.

How dare you!
Do you mean I'm not kind at all?

I dare not say so.

You dare not? You shut up.

You two smack each other
hard until you bleed!

Here comes Empress Zheng.

- Empress Zheng.
- At ease.

Much obliged, Empress Zheng.

Sis, you happen to be here too?

Why are Mistress Yuen and Deputy Head Lau
on their knees?

Did they do something wrong that
you want to punish them for?

I want to punish a maid only.
It's a trivial matter.

I don't need to report this to you, do I?

I didn't mean that.

I'm afraid the four departments
have failed to serve you well.

I've got the duty to help them improve.

Oh, I've forgotten that
you're the empress now.

You're the head of the
three palaces and six chambers.

Your status is so different now.

No wonder you went to Cloud Temple
to thank God for his blessing.

I came today to punish these two maids.

I knew you would try to stop me
because you owe them.

She taught His Majesty to play dumb.

She swapped the medicine so that you
and your son could leave the palace.

Aren't they your saviors?

How dare you two to lie to me?
This is such a serious offense.

I'm already kind not to
chop your heads off.

Well, you two don't want
to smack each other?

Get someone to smack them.
Don't stop until they bleed.

Yes, Your Highness.

- I don't allow this!
- Do it!

No one is allowed to smack them unless
I give the order to do so.

His Majesty is the biological son of
the late emperor Hin Chung.

My status is the same as yours.
I'm an empress too. I can give orders too.

Nonsense. What's your background?
You were a foot-washing maid.

How can you compare with me?

Emperor Hin Chung didn't pick a queen.
Both you and I were ladies.

We are of the same rank.

Sis, are you determined
to work against me?

Sis, you were the empress
for three different administrations.

You are also the granddaughter
of Kwok Chi Yee

who contributed a lot to Tang before.
Your status is outstanding.

Now you are still the empress.
Why don't you live a relaxed life?

Why get so mad over
such a trivial matter?

I'm the empress.
I must manage the palace.

You're wrong, sis.
The authority has already shifted.

The emperor is my son.

According to the law,
I'm in charge of the palace.

From now on, you don't need to worry about
anything that happens in the palace.

You mean I don't have
any authority from now on?

Sis, you're a role model.
Everyone should respect you.

So long as you are fair and just,
everyone will listen to you.

What do you mean?
You imply that I'm being unreasonable?

The rules of the palace were set
by the founding emperor.

You won't forget that, will you?

Now you want to lecture me with
the founding emperor's teaching?

You are showing no respect at all.

Sis, you're tired. Why don't you return
to your chamber to get some rest?

Fine... I'll leave.

You two get up.

Grateful, Your Highness.

- Use some tea please.
- Thank you.

You've kept so many things from me,
I thought we're good sisters.

I treated you as my good sister.

That's why I didn't tell you lest
I would get you into trouble.

You always adhere to the rules strictly.

I can't believe you got the guts to help
the prince leave the palace in secret.

Well, I mean His Majesty... Don't you
know you could easily get killed?

Back then I didn't consider so much,
I just didn't want them to get hurt.

You're lucky. Now both you and Mistress
Yuen get Empress Zheng to back you up.

It's really true that good deeds
will be rewarded.

Why calculate so much
in helping other people?

It's true. Empress Zheng hurried
there to rescue you two.

Sam Ho.

I've brought you some cinnamon cakes
to help you calm down.

I made them personally for you.

Thank you. I'm sorry for making you guys
feel worried. Why don't you join me?

Great.

I've spent much effort making this,
I'm sure you will appreciate it.

Deputy Head Poon is so kind.

Sam Ho, if you don't take it,
you aren't giving her face. Take it.

- Thank you.
- All right.

Sam Ho, I've made something for you too.

Wow, it's peony. Let me see.

It does go well with Sam Ho.

However, her status is different now.

Kam Ling, please don't talk nonsense.

She's won the favor of
His Majesty and Empress Zheng.

Maybe in future Mistress Yuen will become
Bureau Chief and Sam Ho the Head of Jewels.

- Of course.
- Tell me about it.

Sam Ho will take care
of her sisters for sure.

Anyway, we must help
each other out in future.

We'll count on Sam Ho for a happy future.

Right.

Let's eat.

- All right.
- Great.

I'm holding a banquet today to welcome
General Man and his wife.

Thank you for joining us.

You're welcome, General Ma.

General Man has gotten much credit
in assisting His Majesty.

We feel honored to be invited.

General Man will arrive soon.
Please use some tea first.

This cactus tea is a tribute.

His Majesty gave it to the
Internal Service exclusively.

You must try it.
It's really rare.

Try it.

General Man hasn't arrived yet.
We're guests only. We'd better wait.

That's right. We don't want to stop and
force a smile to welcome him

while we're drinking the tea.

Here comes General Man.

Mistress Yuen must be so eager
to see how Missus Man looks like.

- General Ma.
- Cousin.

At ease... Please have a seat.

Cousin, it's been so many years.

You look younger and prettier,
I bet your husband must be nice to you.

That's why you're more and more beautiful.

You like teasing me, cousin.

Let me introduce. General Man, Mrs. Man.

Chief Choi, Mistress Yuen, Mistress Chung
Mistress Tam and Mistress Wu.

Now we've got a new emperor

General Man is in charge
of external affairs.

I'm in charge of all the matters
in the palace.

His Majesty and the two empresses

won't have any worry then.

In time, General Man and his wife
will move to the palace.

I want the Imperial Household Bureau
to make the necessary arrangements.

Our four departments only
serve the ladies in the palace.

When are we required to serve
the officers' families too?

There's a first time for everything.

General Man has done a
lot for His Majesty.

If I talk to Empress Zheng,
she will approve of it for sure.

Do you guys want Empress Zheng
to give you her order?

Anyway, you guys just make
the arrangements as instructed.

I know some of you are acquainted
with Empress Zheng

but I also understand how united you
are in the Imperial Household Bureau.

You are really so kind, General Ma.

Now the emperor needs both General Man and
I to assist him in ruling the country.

The Internal Service must
take care of national affairs.

Shouldn't the Imperial Household Bureau
do us a favor

by taking care of the
internal chores, right?

The food is ready.

Good. We may start eating.
Please come this way.

General Man, Cousin. Please.

Why must Chief Choi give face to that
eunuch Ma Yuen Chi?

I hated dining with him.

Right. He even asked the Imperial
Household Bureau to serve Missus Man.

He only did so to show off his authority.

In future, our four departments
will suffer further for sure.

No, only our three departments.

What are you driving at?
Why don't you tell us expressly?

How will Head Yuen suffer at all?
She's got Empress Zheng to back her up.

She's so different. You see? She went to
see Empress Zheng right after dinner.

Besides, her ex-lover is back now.

He's even become Ma Yuen Chi's
favorite assistant. Think about it.

Even if Ma Yuen Chi wants to give the
Imperial Household Bureau trouble

he will give her some allowance if
Man Kim Fung pleads for her.

Mistress Yuen has two
people to back her up.

If something goes wrong, Empress Zheng
and General Man will help her for sure.

Even Chief Choi needs to give her face.

She's done so already.
The four of us are supposed to be equal.

But today she sat side by side with
Chief Choi on the left.

What's the status of the three of us then?

She'll become the Bureau Chief for sure.
We can't compete with her at all.

I'll use yellow satin to make the collar.

The sewing technique is suitable
for creating the flowers.

As to the waist band, I'll use different
color tones to make it look elegant.

As to the dress itself, I'll use the
Suzhou sewing technique

to put some blossoming peonies there.

The whole piece will be noble and elegant.

It matches you perfectly, madam.

Great. I like the dress so much.

Please go ahead as you
see fit, Mistress Chung.

Yes, madam.

The dress will be so beautiful.

Coupled with the hairpin made by the
Jewels Department, it will be perfect.

Don't worry, Missus Man.

Mistress Yuen is skillful.
You won't be disappointed.

If you don't believe it,
you can ask General Man.

They've known each other for years.
He knows Mistress Yuen the best.

I'm sorry for talking so much. I'll leave.

Hey, Mistress Chung. If you know something,
why don't you tell me about it?

Mistress Chung, you said
they knew each other long ago.

But during the banquet the other day,
they didn't appear to be so.

Twenty odd years ago, General Man
was a guard in the palace.

They became close.

We thought if Mistress Yuen got a chance
to leave the palace, they would...

A few days ago, we saw them catching up
in the imperial garden chatting so happily.

Chief Choi saw them too.
Didn't General Man tell you about it?

Bureau Chief, I have
a gift for everyone.

Now that there's a new emperor,
everything will look different.

So I've made some new
chopsticks for everyone.

They are made of purple nanmu.

It's used to make the beams
and pillars for the palace.

You are resourceful to get it, Mistress Wu.

It's really delicate.

The colors match the
respective departments.

- Mistress Yuen, this is yours.
- Thank you.

- Mistress Tam.
- Thank you.

- Mistress Chung.
- Thank you.

Let me see the things you guys
have made for Missus Man.

Our Embroideries Department.

The craftsmanship is refined
and thoughtful. Good.

Bureau Chief, Missus Man wants to see you.

Welcome, Missus Man.
What can I do for you?

No one has sent me the hairpin,
so I came in person to pick one.

Mistress Yuen has just finished making it.

- I'm about to send it to you.
- Oh yes?

As you've already come,
why don't you take a look?

Missus Man, this hairpin is made
with gold, silver, and pearls.

It's simple yet elegant.

This one is made of gemstones and amber,
it's noble and beautiful. This one is...

I'll get this one.

Choi Ut, get me a mirror.

What are you doing?

I'll help you put on the hairpin.

Let Mistress Yuen do it for me.

Mistress Yuen, you made the hairpin.
Only you know how to make it look good.

It's a piece of cake.

Yes, Bureau Chief.

Mistress Yuen, you do look like my maid
before General Man and I have a daughter.

That maid served me well.

At first I wanted to make her
General Man's concubine

so that she could bear some kids
for the General, but she's really cheap.

She had no manners at all.
She could only serve people.

Subsequently, I gave up the idea.
A maid is predestined to be so.

Her life is cheap.
She can never become a wife.

It's impossible for her to become
even a concubine.

It's done.

Choi Ut.

How come it looks so ugly?

So Mistress Yuen isn't
really that skillful.

Your craftsmanship is so bad.
It doesn't look noble at all.

This is made by Mistress Yuen personally?

This is crap.

You...

Missus Man, why are you so mad?

The designs of hairpins
can be so different.

Some people like gemstones,
others like pearls.

If you don't like this pattern,
we can make another one that you like.

Why asked me to meet you here?

What happened between us
took place so long ago.

Why did you still tell your wife about it?

I don't know what you're talking about.
As you said, this happened so long ago.

I don't need to tell anyone about it.

I dare you to say she doesn't know
what happened between us.

Even if I keep quiet about it it
doesn't mean no one else knows.

Then please tell her never to use
picking hairpins as an excuse

to insult me in public again.

I won't hurt my wife's feelings
for someone unimportant.

Ka Pik loves me so much,
she loves our daughter too.

She isn't as cold-blooded
as a certain someone.

Then I wish you two a lasting
and loving marriage.

Thanks to you for giving me the chance.

Back then if you didn't stay in the palace
for your post and give up our love

I wouldn't accomplish what I did today.

Right. I failed you back then.

You could have left the palace,
but you gave up the chance.

In the end, I waited for you for the
whole day outside the palace.

You just sent someone
to deliver me a letter

telling me not to dream
about it anymore.

- I...
- You're right.

Who would believe a guard could
become outstanding someday?

You didn't keep your promise,
and I was so broken.

I joined the army
and stationed at the border.

That gave me a chance to do
something for the country.

It also gave me a chance
to meet Miss Suen and marry her.

I bet you never expected that the
junior guard Man Kim Fung back then

could become the Chief General today.

Now I've got fame and fortune.

Everything is so different because of
your decision back then.

If you find it so condescending to make
hairpins for my wife, let me tell you this.

You chose this path.
You can't blame anyone.

Back then if you didn't give me up

today you would be the one
who's served by Mistress Yuen.

You are so right, General Man.
I've asked for the humiliation.

Mistress Yuen... Why did you break it?
You care about this earring so much.

Cherishing the past only breaks my heart.
We are strangers now.

What's the point thinking about him?

General Man gave me
this pair of earrings.

Now you understand why
Missus Man treats me this way, right?

I remember in the late
Emperor Muk Chung's Cheung Hing Year Two.

Man Kim Fung came to work
as a guard in the palace.

We happened to meet each other.
We fell for each other.

We knew there wouldn't be a happy ending.
Both of us were in great pain.

It so happened that
there was a serious flood.

His Majesty granted a general amnesty.

I was so lucky to be chosen
to leave the palace.

We agreed to meet outside the palace,
then we would get married.

But then I was set up. I got rashes.
So I was disqualified.

I couldn't leave the palace.
There wouldn't be a chance again.

I didn't want to be his liability.
I didn't want him to miss me.

I just hoped he could work hard
and have his own career

so I wrote a breakup letter to him.

I lied to him by saying that
I couldn't give up my post.

That I wanted to stay in the palace
for fame and fortune.

I broke off the engagement with him.

Now General Man is a man of high power
in the imperial court.

Why don't you tell him the truth?

What's the point in telling him now?

Give and take.

You must give before you take.

I gave up the relationship voluntarily
so he could have success and fortune.

He even got a family. I should feel...
so happy because my dream has come true.

Your Highness, I wish you good health.

- At ease.
- Much obliged, Your Highness.

Lee Tak Yue, are you happy working
as the Director of Education?

So long as I'm still alive,
I'll serve Tang faithfully for sure.

Faithfully? Which Tang will you
serve faithfully?

Prince Kwong and Ma Yuen Chi
have usurped the throne.

You were demoted to weaken my authority.

They fire the late emperor's assistants
one by one. Do you get it?

Lee Tak Yue, when you still get
a chance to attend the meeting

you must object to everything that Prince
Kwong and Ma Yuen Chi want to carry out.

Please don't be angry, Your Highness.

Actually, if something is for the benefit
of the people, we shouldn't object to it.

Even you want to help that traitor?

Although I don't endorse the way
His Majesty got the throne

it's an undeniable fact that he's already
become our new master.

We must consider the people.
We mustn't act out of impulse.

Otherwise, our enemies will
seize the chance to invade us.

The consequence will be dire then.

I implore Your Highness
to take a greater view.

No matter who the emperor is,
the rule of Tang must carry on.

All of you are cowards.

The traitor has usurped the throne.

You dare not fight him.

God. God is just.

The traitors and his
gang will be killed.

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