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Court Lady

Ep18

The Phoenix Pavilion

Your Highness, you asked me here...

Sheng Chumu rejected the marriage.

He did?

Did His Majesty punish him or anything?

Not really.

Father just gave him a lot of supplements.

Supplements?

Master Sun.

His Highness still won't see you?

You are his father-in-law.

His Highness shouldn't give you the cold shoulder.

With all due respect...

about the Crown Princess...

You should pay more attention.

What do you mean?

Her Highness has been...

How did I raise her to be

so uncourteous?

Behaving so recklessly once she got in the Eastern Palace.

She's pregnant.

And yet she forbids His Highness to be intimate with other concubines.

She even forced

an injured performer to entertain her.

He almost died!

She has tainted the good name of the Sun family!

I've heard some gossip, too.

They say our daughter has irritated Her Majesty many times.

This is...

It's not my sister's fault.

Then whose fault is it?

She's not virtuous as a wife and acts arrogantly.

She couldn't be more at fault!

Next time

when I'm in the Palace, I will teach her a lesson.

Yes, you are right.

She's suffered enough.

She's been mistreated by others.

If you scolded her on top of that,

she'd kill herself.

Who mistreated her?

She doesn't want me to say.

Listen to yourself!

We are family.

If your sister was indeed mistreated,

who'd you tell, if not us?

Tell us!

Come on!

My dear.

Your Majesty.

Stay there.

My dear.

The imperial physicians are not doing a good job.

They've treated you for so long.

Not only did they fail to cure you,

but they also seem to make you worse.

It's not their fault.

I have always been like this.

Sometimes I feel better. Sometimes worse.

And recently...

What is it?

Has any prince or princess misbehaved

to

upset you?

Or is it the Crown Prince?

The Crown Prince is doing great.

With the reform of the Harem lately,

I haven't had any proper rest.

Alright.

Put all those things aside for a while.

My dear.

Take care of yourself.

As long as I have time,

I will come to keep you company.

Your Majesty.

I will be waiting for Your Majesty day and night.

My dear.

Please get better soon.

Don't you blabber about such nonsense!

My sister told me in person.

Shameful!

Shameful!

Don't get all worked up yet.

If our daughter is mistreated,

we can work things out step by step.

It's not a big deal if she was mistreated.

But His Highness is the future emperor of Tang!

And yet he's thrown his obligations to the wind!

I feel sorry for the future of our country!

Duke of Chang

invited His Lordship for dinner last light.

I bet they were discussing your wedding.

Today I will

take your measurements again.

We can't make any mistakes

with your wedding dress.

Don't bother.

I'm going to the Palace.

What for?

Her Majesty has asked me to chat with her more often.

It's great that Her Majesty is fond of you.

But my lady,

you're getting married.

-You need to prepare for it. -Enough!

I'd rather go to the Palace than have you nagging around me.

My lady!

Where are you going?

My lady!

Stop.

My lady.

Stop!

Wait a sec.

I want to tell you something.

Here. Take it back.

I told you to throw it away.

It's just a pearl.

But still,

the oyster sacrificed its life to produce it.

It'd be a shame to throw it away.

I'm getting married.

Congratulations.

You're lucky that

I don't hit women.

Your Majesty.

The modified map of the defense network.

Leave it there. I will take a look later.

Yes.

The censors have reported

that people have been bribing Duke of Chang in exchange for posts in the Court.

All those

imperial censors do

is picking on officials.

They take advantage of Your Majesty's kindness

and often submit false reports

before getting to the bottom of things.

Duke of Chang is loyal and courageous.

He won't let Your Majesty down.

Send my order.

Yes.

Call in Duke of Chang.

I want to hear what he has to say.

Yes.

How dare he spread rumors to mislead people!

Xu Chang put a curse on the royals.

He said the Her Majesty will be doomed.

He's evil!

Are all Taoist priests

as audacious as him?

Your Majesty.

Priests normally focus on practice.

They don't commit evil deeds.

I've heard of

Xu Chang before.

He was denied by his own teachers.

He could only use his silver tongue

to cozy up to the royals.

Occasionally he'd got summoned here.

He then would brag about it all over town.

I heard that

Her Majesty changed the rules

and banned his access to the Palace.

Maybe this is the reason

why he held a grudge and cursed Her Majesty.

Presumptuous bastard!

Bring Xu Chang to me immediately.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I am envious of Duke of Cai

for having you as his daughter. So smart and thoughtful.

However upset I am,

as long as you tell a joke,

I'd leave all my worries behind.

You're too kind, Your Majesty.

I asked you here today for a reason.

I heard that your father

wanted you to marry the son of Duke of Chang.

I'll reward you with these jadeite bracelets.

I hope that you've found your match

and live happily ever after.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

I am not familiar with Xu Chang.

One time, my son was ill

and I asked him to treat my son with his mojos.

I did it because he was famous.

Other than that,

I have never

associated with Xu Chang in any other way.

Your Majesty.

I've long heard that King Zhou resents Duke of Chang.

He's clearly taking revenge.

I am telling the truth.

The medicine bestowed by Your Majesty

has saved the son of Duke of Chang.

Not only did the Duke not show an ounce of gratitude,

he even claimed that

he owed his son's recovery

to Xu Chang.

He even rewarded him with a large sum of money.

Everyone knows it.

If Your Majesty doesn't believe me,

feel free to ask others.

Sheng Chumu.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Did you know it?

I...

I've indeed heard that

Duke of Chang and Xu Chang have been in contact.

Your Majesty!

Father!

Shut up!

Leave.

Fang Xun,

you've taken bribes and colluded with an evil priest

who put a curse on the Empress. How treacherous!

Your mother is in such a critical condition.

And yet you, as her son,

are defending him?

Where is your conscience?

Eaten by a dog?

Please don't be mad, Your Majesty.

His Highness was just deceived by the Duke.

You are the Crown Prince!

And yet you were gullible and impressionable.

What are those people around you for?

Is it true that none of them

can be a faithful servant

and talk some sense into you?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

His Highness is surrounded by crafty courtiers.

He's been deceived for too long.

His misbehaviors have been detested.

I can't bear myself to watch His Highness

fall into new depths of depravity.

I plead to Your Majesty to show your authority as a loving father

and punish His Highness,

so that he can

get back on the right track.

Otherwise,

the future of our country

will be at risk.

Your Majesty.

Sun Tan.

What has the Crown Prince done

to make you say things like these?

Attendant Cao.

This is the new embroidery work for His Majesty.

Maybe you should wait here.

His Majesty is enraged now.

Not only was he deceived by Duke of Chang,

but he was also

misled by a performer called Chen Ji.

He's indulged himself in fun and forgotten about his duty.

He's turned the Eastern Palace into total chaos.

Your Majesty.

Qing, the Crown Prince.

Say something.

Father.

I've indeed befriended Chen Ji.

But he didn't...

You bastard!

Give me the whip!

Your Majesty!

His Highness has indeed made mistakes.

But he's turned a new leaf now.

Please forgive him.

Don't be mad, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, you can scold His Highness.

But please don't hurt him.

Qing!

Go.

Bring me the head of that evil performer!

Please spare him, Father.

If

you don't show remorse

and kill that crafty performer,

you

will no longer be the Crown Prince.

Attendant Cao.

Maybe I should come by later.

Officer Fan.

Have you seen Officer Sheng?

He must be slacking off somewhere.

Thank you.

Lady Lu.

It's you.

You promised me

that you'd return my favor.

Zhenzhu is on the lookout.

Your big brother is impressive.

Father has called off the engagement.

My brother has made great sacrifices.

Lu Qi spread the news on purpose.

All the honorable men in Chang'an

are taking pity on him.

He is so upset.

Anyway,

we've finally overcome the hurdles.

Your brother can...

Does it hurt?

Yes.

His Majesty has ordered His Highness to kill me?

Run!

I won't.

Why not?

If I ran,

His Highness won't be able to fulfill the task.

What would he do?

His Highness is the son of the Emperor after all.

His Majesty won't kill him.

But if you stay,

you'd be killed for sure.

In my life,

being alive is not the most important.

The most important is to follow your heart.

Thank you for sending the message.

Please tell Directress Fu when you see her

that Chen Ji is grateful for her kindness.

His Highness thinks of me as a friend.

I will do the same for him.

For a genuine friendship,

I'll die.

What?

Father told everything to His Majesty?

Did you get it right?

Not others, but my father?

Yes, indeed.

His Majesty was enraged

and ordered His Highness to kill the performer.

It has to be Lingwei.

It must be.

Her Ladyship shouldn't have done this.

You've told her to keep it a secret.

How could she tell your father?

It's my fault.

I shouldn't have told everything to Lingwei.

Your Highness.

Please.

What are you talking about?

You and I are friends.

No matter what happens,

I won't abandon you like a sacrifice in chess.

Your Highness.

Are you disobeying His Majesty's order?

Chen Ji!

-Follow him.! -Run!

Chen Ji.

Elegance

The Hall of Fish

The Hall of Fish

Are they all here?

Yes.

Orders from His Majesty!

Chen Ji has committed capital offense by deceiving the Crown Prince.

The same goes for others in the opera troupe.

Execute!

How did it become like this?

When His Majesty is enraged,

people will die.

This time,

Duke of Chang will go down, too.

Duke of Chang?

His Majesty's order.

He will be

sent back to his hometown immediately.

I'm afraid

he won't return to the Court ever again.

If it's not one thing,

it's another.

Oh right.

My dear.

Tomorrow,

go apologize to Her Majesty.

The opera troupe

worked for us.

The Crown Prince met Chen Ji here, too.

If you don't apologize right away,

I'm afraid we'd get into more trouble.

Yes, Your Highness.

My dear, thank you.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

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Chen Ji is dead.

Congratulations, dear.

You've got what you wished for.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

I didn't do it, Your Highness.

Your Highness. I didn't do it.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

The Palace of Light

Please have a seat. I'll go find the General.

Hurry.

Please have some tea.

Are you alright? Were you hurt?

It's you again! Where's Yan Zifang?

My boss is busy.

What boss? He's General of Admiralty now.

Then, the General is busy.

He asked me to wait on you.

Come on. Ask him to see me.

You want to return his favor, right?

Well, you're looking at it.

The Hall of Joy

Your Majesty.

The Crown Princess and Queen Han

have been on their knees for half a day.

I don't know what I've done

that God is punishing me like this.

Please take care, Your Majesty.

If they've done something wrong,

just teach them a lesson.

One of them can't have kids for her husband

and introduce him to a lowlife performer.

The other

is petty and vindictive

and has no respect for the Crown Prince at all.

She even asked her father to tattle on him.

Tell me. How should keep them in line?

What should I do?

Please don't be mad, Your Majesty.

The Crown Princess is pregnant.

If she's on her knees for too long...

For the sake of the unborn baby,

ask her to

go back to the Eastern Palace.

Yes.

Her Majesty's order.

You can go, Your Highness.

Isn't that Queen Han?

Why is she on her knees?

Are you crazy?

Who are you to butt in?

Only a prince

or a princess

can go ask Her Majesty for mercy.

Bro,

I...My stomach is upset.

I want to go to the loo.

The loo?

That way.

I'll be back soon.

Mother.

Are you feeling better?

Mother.

When I got here,

I saw Queen Han on her knees.

In fact, about the opera troupe...

I don't think she should take full responsibility.

You see.

There are so many servants at King Han's Mansion.

If Queen Han is responsible

for all their wrongdoings,

then how torn she'd be!

Are you here to defend her?

Of course not.

I am here to look after Mother.

But she's my sister-in-law after all.

You don't seem to

be close to each other.

Why are you defending her today?

She's out there on her knees.

People are watching.

She'll feel mortified.

So will King Han.

Mother.

Why don't you spare her

for King Han's sake?

Fine.

For King Han's sake,

I'll stop punishing her.

Thank you, Mother.

Her Majesty said

you can get up now, Your Highness.

Thank Her Majesty for me.

She also said that

Your Highness might be overwhelmed

keeping the whole Mansion in order.

Someone has to stay by King Han's side to serve him.

Her Majesty has appointed two ladies for him.

Please take them with you, Your Highness.

I'm grateful to Her Majesty for her kindness.

Tell me.

How did Duke of Chang go down all of a sudden?

There was supposed to be a perfect wedding.

Now it's all gone.

In my life,

being alive is not the most important.

The most important is to follow your heart.

You're so unfortunate, my lady.

I have to follow my heart.

General of Admiralty's Mansion

A bit faster, will you?

I've been doing this for two hours.

When can I be done with this?

When I'm happy.

What are you doing?

You want a water fight?

I'll give you a water fight!

What are you doing?

Ma Hainiu!

Is it fun?

Are you having fun?

Sheng Chumu!

I've had enough!

I'm having a leg cramp!

I won't be fooled by you anymore.

Seriously! I can't move.

Help!

Ma Hainiu!

Ma Hainiu!

Where is he?

Why did you follow me?

Do you know what would happen

to some innocent girl like you

if you were caught by a pirate?

You were a pirate?

For over a decade.

What do you want to do to me?

I'll destroy you

and make Lu Yunji suffer.

You...

You...

What are you doing?

Helping you destroy me.

You don't want it?

Ma Hainiu!

Ma Hainiu!

Ma Hainiu!

Please don't die. Ma Hainiu!

Hainiu!

You kissed me.

Sheng Chumu!

We've kissed each other.

How did it go, Shuangxi?

My sister still doesn't want to see me?

Is she seriously mad at me?

It was my fault. I'm such a blabbermouth.

I didn't think

Father would take it to His Majesty.

Her Highness has been in a bad mood lately.

Maybe you should visit at another time.

What should I do?

Her Ladyship has left.

Your Highness, eat something.

Has His Highness eaten?

I don't know.

I'll go ask.

Don't.

You'd remind His Highness of me.

Then he'd get even angrier.

My baby.

You're the last shred of hope for me.

You've got to be

healthy and joyful.

Before Duke of Chang left,

he wanted to meet Your Highness.

But His Majesty didn't allow it.

So, he left this letter.

One is dead.

The other left.

Don't lose hope, Your Highness.

As long as we get through this,

everything will be alright.

Spring of hope awaits.

Spring of hope.

If a tree dies, it can grow back.

But if a person dies,

will he come back to life?

Chen Ji is dead.

Duke of Chang left.

Duke of Chang was so unfortunate.

Who'd have thought he'd run into

Sheng Chumu at the Hall of Nectar that day?

Sheng Chumu?

If not for him adding fuel to the fire

and mentioning it,

His Majesty wouldn't have been that angry.

He wouldn't have punished the Duke right away.

You mean Sheng Chumu did it on purpose?

I've been kind to him. Why would he do that?

Your Highness.

Sheng Chumu is the brother-in-law of King Han.

You're suspicious of King Han?

I shouldn't have said that.

Your Highness has been close to King Han.

I shouldn't have taken a wild guess.

Leave.

Yes, Your Highness.

Your Highness, we did as you said

and glued all the pieces

in this unfinished chess game.

They'll stay like this forever.

Leave it.

There are no honest people around me anymore.

Only those who cheat and plot against me.

Go.

Scrape the flower bed even.

Your Highness.

Chen Ji has no family.

I promised him that

if he died,

I'd build a grave for him.

Yes.

I didn't tell His Majesty about Chen Ji.

I've never suspected Your Highness.

He was truly unfortunate.

No.

He could have escaped.

But he chose not to.

Why?

Perhaps deep down in his heart,

certain things are more important than his life.

Who'd have thought there'd be so many people

grieving over a performer.

Royals, performers,

they are all people.

However honorable they are,

they still feel pain and vulnerability.

However humble they are,

they still have passions and courage.

He gave up his chance to live

and died heroically for others.

I want to pay my respect.

Your Highness, you should go to bed.

I am in bed.

Those two ladies

are waiting for Your Highness.

I'm not in the mood.

It's Her Majesty's order. You can't disobey it.

Fine.

If you don't go,

Her Majesty will think I asked you not to

because I got jealous.

She'd punish me again.

Fine.

I'll go.

I'm really going.

Just go.

I'm seriously...

I'm going!

Just go!

Your Highness.

Your Highness, let me take your clothes off.

What's the rush?

Huh?

I've just gotten here.

Where are your manners?

Is that what the Etiquette Service taught you?

I am sorry.

How old are you?

Fifteen.

You look

twelve at most!

We'll wait a couple years till you're fully grown.

Your Highness.

Remember.

I did come here.

It's your fault!

You're not good enough for me.

In the future,

if I ever hear

someone gossiping to Her Majesty,

I will show no mercy!

You heard me?

Yes.

Your Highness. Time to go to bed.

I told you. You sound nothing like it.

Why are you back so fast?

I've always been an efficient man.

Your Highness.

You must be exhausted.

I...

Yes.

I'm exhausted. I need to rest.

Fine. Let's rest.

Your Majesty.

Here.

Stay there.

My dear, are you feeling better?

Seeing Your Majesty,

I feel much better.

Where are they?

King Han, King Qin, and Xinnan?

The Crown Prince is so ungrateful.

His mother is seriously ill,

and yet he couldn't care less.

Your Majesty.

King Han, King Qin, and Princess Xinnan have all visited.

Her Majesty didn't like the crowd.

So she asked them back.

As for the Crown Prince...

He has visited many times.

I asked him to leave.

As long as I recall how he made Your Majesty enraged,

I don't even want to see him.

If Your Majesty doesn't forgive him,

I will not, either.

He's so foolish!

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