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Court Lady

Ep40

Your Highness,

It is what it is.

You should make a decision now.

-Your Highness. -Your Highness.

I need to

give the Crown Prince a warning.

My queen.

Why is the doctor here? Are you unwell?

Can't I see a doctor when I am not ill?

Xiu?

Her Highness is pregnant.

You are...pregnant?

My dear,

you...

You are pregnant?

The doctor said it is still too early.

We need to wait half a month to be sure.

You must be pregnant. You must be this time!

Her Majesty arranged your birthday celebration herself.

It is obvious that Your Highness carry much weight in her heart.

Over these years, Her Majesty

has never held a birthday ceremony for Queen Han.

Rubbish!

How dare you compare Queen Han with Her Highness?

I heard that this time,

Her Majesty has also prepared a surprise for you.

What is it?

Your Highness said that you need a proper mink coat.

Lin San of the Housekeeping Service told me in private

that Inspector of Ying city sent two mink coats as tribute.

Both of them are stunning.

One in black and the other in white.

One is black as ink while the other is white like snow.

Both are soft and warm,

with no variegated hairs at all.

Her Majesty took a fancy to the white one at first sight.

And she said that the black one should be given to you.

The white one is rarer than the black one.

As a senior, Her Majesty should have the better one.

I am content with the black one.

Crown Princess,

this is a newly received mink coat.

The weather is getting cold.

It is the perfect time to wear it.

You can take it as a birthday gift from me.

You are the senior in our family.

I am not in the place to ask you

to celebrate my birthday for me, Mother.

You need to serve the Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace

and take care of your baby.

I know the effort you've put into it.

Thank you, Mother.

Get up now.

Come on.

Have a cup of wine with me.

Don't pour too much.

Why aren't you drinking, Queen Han?

Well...

Your Majesty.

It is such great news!

Why do you want to keep it from me?

I want to wait a few days

and tell you when it is a sure thing, Mother.

Wait?

I have been waiting for this my whole life!

Come on, give me more wine.

Come on, give me more wine.

Fill my cup.

I want to have a nice one.

Queen Han, you should not drink.

Give her some honey tea.

Sure.

Come on!

Have another cup of wine with me!

My queen,

what is it? Have you caught a cold?

Go get my white mink coat.

Put it on Queen Han right away.

Cold is the last thing you would want at this point.

Here, give me that.

Mother,

this is a precious coat.

At least you have a keen eye.

This is also a newly received tribute.

I treasure it too much to wear it.

Queen Han,

I'll grant it to you.

Don't bother.

Just sit down.

Sit tight.

Thank you, Mother.

My queen.

See? Mother loves you the most.

What have you two been busy with recently?

I've been busy with state affairs.

It is my fault that I couldn't spare more time

to visit you, Mother.

I have been busy...

Busy with compiling books.

I thought you have already finished the compilation of Tang Literature.

What now?

Are you going to make another masterpiece?

I want to build on the basis of this book

and compile a better and more complete

book about Tang literature.

This is a huge achievement that will go down in history.

It's just recently the Literature Pavilion

seems to have crossed someone.

Trouble keeps coming to us.

Since Father is not here,

I don't know what to do with all these

disturbing things on my plate.

You silly!

His Majesty may not be here,

but your older brother is.

The Crown Prince now takes care of all the matters for His Majesty.

Why don't you turn to him for help?

I am afraid that it will only make the matter worse.

If the Crown Prince blames me,

it will not be worth the candle.

The Crown Prince is your elder brother.

He has always been benevolent and kind to you.

If you ask for help, why would he ignore it?

Crown Prince,

do you agree with me?

Of course, Mother.

We are brothers.

Of course, we should care for each other

and show each other love and respect.

Did you hear that?

However,

when it comes to showing each other love and respect,

if the younger brother disrespects the older one,

the older brother can still

be generous and bear with it.

But if the younger one keeps pushing

by not only disrespecting the elder one

but also speaking ill of him behind his back...

Mother, what do you think

the elder brother should do?

I don't even know what you are trying to say.

My men in the Literature Pavilion got in trouble one after one.

Our fund has also been cut.

So, was it all because you thought I spoke ill of you?

You know it very clear

who is trying to stir up trouble.

You know the best who's been misbehaving.

Do I have to spell it out for you in front of Mother?

I am afraid that you won't

look good if I do.

Since Father went to the Palace of Hot Spring,

what have you done when handling state affairs?

I tried to help you whenever I could,

but you are the one who kept suppressing me.

I mean, what on earth is your intention?

What is my intention?

You colluded with the courtiers

and jointly signed a memorial to impeach me.

What is your intention?

I...

What...

What memorial?

Are you going to deny it?

Why don't you swear it in front of our mother?

If you lie about it, you will be condemned by Gods and cursed in hell.

How dare you!

You are brothers! How could you ask him to do that?

If your brother is cursed in hell,

where will you be in the future?

Calm your anger, Mother.

See how your hurtful words made Mother angry.

Shut your mouth!

Did you collude with

the courtiers to impeach the Crown Prince?

Did you really do it?

Yes, I did.

Did you sign your name

on that memorial to the throne?

I...

I didn't mean to impeach him.

How stupid you are!

Your Majesty.

-Mother! -Mother!

Mother!

-Hurry! -Mother!

What is it, Mother?

Mother!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

-Mother! -Mother!

Here, Your Majesty.

If...

If you want me to see

you brothers turn against each other,

and be devastated by it,

you'd better let me just die

right here, right now!

My sons! My sons!

Why do you still

let me live and eat all these bitter pellets!

Mother,

it is my fault.

You can beat me or scold me.

But you can't take it out on yourself.

Mother!

Your pellets.

You!

You even dared to impeach your own brother!

Why don't you just give me some poison

and kill me, your own mother, as well!

Mother!

Don't say that, Mother!

Mother!

It was my fault.

It was my fault.

I am sorry, Mother.

It was my fault.

It was my fault.

It was my fault.

It was my fault.

That's enough.

Mother can't take any more distress.

If you hurt yourself,

it will only make things worse for Mother.

You are right, Your Highness.

I'll do as you say.

If you could have been so obedient to your brother earlier,

we wouldn't have ended up like this.

Mother is right.

We wouldn't be like this.

We are brothers.

We should discuss nicely with each other in the future.

We can't upset Father

and Mother again.

You started this.

Mother,

you can't blame King Han for being angry.

About the Literature Pavilion,

it's true that I was a little over the line.

I will make changes as soon as I get back.

Mother,

don't be upset because of these trivial matters again.

If anything happens to you,

as your sons, who will we

serve in the future?

Who can we pay back?

Mother,

it was my fault.

I will tear the memorial into pieces when I get back.

I'll do it right away when I get back.

No more impeachment? No more?

You won't impeach your own brother?

No, I won't.

I will never ever do it again.

Good. Good.

Crown Prince.

Mother,

King Han will always be my brother who I need to protect.

Do you mean what you said today?

If I lie about it, I will be condemned by Gods.

Good.

Good.

My sons.

Keep this in mind.

You should always

work as one.

You shall never forget

the promise you made today.

I will keep it in mind.

Brother,

I was wrong.

Your Highness,

this is...

Don't say anything more.

We are brothers, but we acted like gamecocks

pecking ruthlessly at each other.

What can we possibly get from it?

For our mother,

I shall let what's in the past stay in the past.

You can go now.

Should we really let it go?

Mother was furious due to this.

I am the elder brother.

I should show King Han more tolerance. Don't you think?

You can get along with your brother.

I am happy for you, Your Highness.

However,

what will the Crown Princess think?

The Crown Princess has always been sensible.

She will think about the big picture.

It was Her Majesty's wish.

How can I not think about the big picture?

You are so sensible, Your Highness.

If His Highness can bury the hatchet with King Han,

he will also benefit from it.

It's just that since we have buried the hatchet,

we should do things by the rules.

I am the wife of King Han's older brother,

Queen Han shouldn't steal my thunder all the time.

Of course.

I am just doing this

so that she won't be too proud and arrogant.

I understand.

As for this,

do it yourself.

Yes.

Why are you in such a good mood today?

Because the sun finally shines again after rain.

The Crown Prince and King Han were at loggerheads.

It was suffocating for me.

Now they finally made up and got along.

They even went to visit Mother a few days ago.

From what I can tell, the overall situation is quite stable now.

You are rather concerned with the overall situation.

You know what?

Don't hold a grudge against the Crown Prince anymore.

Your brother got beaten.

But the Crown Prince is my brother.

If we revenge wrong with wrong,

we won't be able to be together.

But my brother has suffered a lot.

My brother, the Crown Prince, told me that

he would help me be with the one I love.

Really?

Your brother is so wise!

Chuling,

it was because my brother was severely injured

and got confused that

he had your brother beaten up.

Don't hate him for it.

Xinnan,

my brother is strong and tough.

If you spare the rod, then he'll be spoiled.

As long as your brother can help us,

even if my brother gets punished again,

I am totally fine with it.

You are so awful.

You'd even sell your brother out to marry me.

I am just such an awful person.

To marry you, I can

just be selfish and ungrateful,

and sell my brother out.

How about it? Do you like such a bad man like me?

Yes, I do!

Do you love me?

I do!

Do you want to marry me?

Yes!

Then, what do you say I also get a concubine?

I was kidding.

It was just a joke.

You want to...

I mean...

It was just a terrible joke, Xinnan.

Xinnan!

Queen Han is finally pregnant.

Today, I want to ask you

if it is a boy.

I am willing to use the method of planchette writing

for you to ask God and find out what it will be, Your Highness.

Master Wu,

what did God tell you?

Don't worry. Just say it.

Your Majesty,

the sand table says that

Queen Han will not give birth to a child and will even

bring ill omen to her husband.

She is a jinx.

How dare you!

Please forgive me.

This is what God has told me.

I just had to tell you the truth.

You can leave now.

Your Majesty, don't take it to heart.

That priest

has got an unearned reputation.

These people who rely on their tongue to make a living

always love to use empty words to scare others.

They make you panic first

and then take the chance to rip you off.

If you hadn't driven him away,

he would definitely tell you that

you'll have to donate a lot of money to his temple

to get rid of the ill omen of Queen Han

and change it into an auspicious one.

You are right.

I shouldn't have called him in to ask about it.

During the last family feast,

Queen Han said that the doctor was still not so sure of it.

I was too impatient.

I won't give birth to a child? And I'll bring ill omen to my husband?

That's what Master Wu said.

If no one was backing him up,

how would he dare to say this nonsense?

You mean the Eastern Palace?

Never mind.

She is narrow-minded.

Don't I know her but at all?

She can only play these pathetic tricks.

His Highness just made up with the Crown Prince.

Why did the Crown Princess...

At least I can try to avoid her.

She can stay in her Eastern Palace,

and I will stay here in King Han's Mansion.

I can just ignore her.

My queen,

it's time to visit my mother.

Well...

I also asked the Crown Prince

and his wife to go there together with us.

Again?

I was just thinking about avoiding that woman.

She is not that woman.

She is our sister-in-law.

My dear, think about it.

If we can go visit our mother together,

she will be happy.

If she is happy, she can get well sooner.

My queen,

you also wish Mother to have a speedy recovery,

don't you?

Come on.

Let's go.

We got news from the Ministry of Revenue.

It says that the fund for the Literature Pavilion

has been allocated as it should.

We even received a sum of extra money

for the collection of books from civilians.

It's all thanks to the Crown Prince.

Your Highness,

here is a toast to you.

If the pavilion can yield good results,

not only is it King Han's honor,

Mother,

but it will also bring great honor to me.

Crown Princess,

I heard that you have a younger sister

who is gentle, well-educated, and steeped in propriety.

I do have a younger sister called Lingwei.

She is indeed virtuous and tender.

Queen Han,

I heard that all of your three brothers are not married.

Yes, none of her brothers is married yet.

However, Sheng Chumu,

the eldest one with the unspeakable disease, is not suitable for marriage.

The sons of Duke of Lu are all infamous coxcombs.

They want to marry my sister?

They wish!

The Crown Prince married a daughter of the Sun family,

and she turned him against his brother,

making Her Majesty furious.

If her younger sister marries into my family,

I can't expect peace at home anymore.

What about the middle and the youngest brothers?

They don't have any diseases, do they?

Her middle brother, Chuling, he...

He loves to drink.

And he often

beats the hell out of the maids who serve him.

The sister of the Crown Prince, Lingwei,

is very dainty.

I'm afraid she won't be able to bear with that.

What about the youngest one?

He can't have any issues like that, right?

Chujun is...

He is...

Why are you hesitating?

Are you trying to think of some excuse to stall me off?

Mother, I dare not.

Mother,

in fact, as for Lingwei's marriage,

His Highness has already made a plan.

Yes, Mother.

I have discussed it with my father-in-law.

We plan to marry her

to Lu Qi.

Yes, that's the one.

The son of Duke of Cai, Lu Qi.

Well, Lu Qi

was truly valiant in Great Mount Cang.

He risked his life to protect me from the rebels.

By the way,

I suppose I owe him for that.

Yes.

Maybe you can just grant them to get married, Mother.

So, you can also return his favor.

She is right.

They are a perfect match.

Mother, why don't you just help them fulfill this wish?

All right.

Now that you have said it,

how can I say no to this?

Thank you, Mother.

Marry the son of Duke of Cai?

Mother!

I...

I don't want to get married so soon.

This is granted by Her Majesty.

You don't have a say in it.

From now on,

you can just stay at home

and stop going to the Temple of Bliss.

No way.

I promised to donate money to the temple.

This is easy.

I will send someone to deliver the money for you.

I...

Be a good girl.

Your Majesty,

the man you want to see is here.

Send him in.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

How did Zhan Xuanzhi die?

The Ministry of Penalty said that my teacher was killed by bandits.

But it is not the truth.

Before he died, my teacher told me that

there are treacherous men in the Eastern Palace,

and we must protect the Crown Prince.

Treacherous men in the Eastern Palace?

Who are they?

He passed away before he told me anything else.

He didn't tell me who they are.

The only thing I know is

that he left Chang'an

for the Palace of Hot Spring

only to report to you about this.

Please get justice for my teacher!

Please search the Eastern Palace

and root out the treacherous men!

Don't let Master Zhan die with everlasting regrets!

No.

I...

I can't search the Eastern Palace.

Your Majesty!

You should know that someone tried to impeach the Crown Prince earlier.

At this point,

if I

search the Eastern Palace all of a sudden, what will the courtiers think?

I...

I can't impair the authority

of the Crown Prince anymore.

Then what about those treacherous men?

Will you just leave them there?

You can go now.

Your Majesty.

Please transfer me to the Eastern Palace.

I want to fulfill the wish of my teacher.

I know the agony you hold in your heart.

However,

I can't do anything without thorough consideration.

You should leave now.

Yes.

Please excuse me.

Do you want to scald me?

It is my fault, Your Majesty!

I don't blame you.

People need to improve their discernment from a young age.

Take the water for example.

You need to be able to tell hot from cold

in order not to get scalded.

Do you think

the Crown Prince can tell whether it is cold or warm?

Your Majesty,

of course, the Crown Prince knows whether it's hot or cold.

Then,

what about black or white,

good or evil,

and loyal or treacherous?

Well...

It is not my place to answer it.

I dealt with Chen Ji with a prompt decision.

But as a result, I pushed the Crown Prince away from me.

This time,

I can't

do anything without thorough consideration.

The Crown Prince of Tang must learn to see through people around him.

He must learn

to deal with adversity.

Even if he falls down,

he needs to get up bravely and keep on going.

Mother,

are you really going to stay silent?

You told me that

as brothers,

we must share the same belief and purpose.

You also said that

we must show love and respect for each other.

I followed your words.

But now, look at this.

Look at how King Han treated me, his brother.

Someone advised His Majesty

to depose me for my disability.

King Han just stood there without saying a word.

It was You Jianming who proposed it.

Not King Han.

Mother,

he has never ever thought about helping me.

Crown Prince.

-I... -Crown Prince?

A crown prince with a crippled foot.

I used to think that

it was just a crippled foot.

But I didn't expect...

But I didn't expect

that my life has also been crippled because of it.

Your Highness,

Her Majesty is still unwell.

Please don't upset her.

Mother,

please forgive me.

With this disabled body,

I shouldn't have been here to be an eyesore.

Please excuse me.

My son.

My son.

Que.

Look at him. He loves Xinnan the most.

Of course.

Aunt Xinnan loves Que the most as well!

I wish I can also have a child

as adorable as him.

Then, you should marry

a suitable man and have your own child!

You can read my mind.

Sis,

I came here to see my brother

just to talk about my future husband.

Then, I shall go get him later.

Talk to him about it.

Thank you, sis.

Your Highness,

Xinnan wants...

Brother!

You should go back now.

Well, sis,

take care of yourself.

Don't worry.

-Just go. -Zhenzhu, let's go.

My queen,

I bet you can't guess

what happened in the Court today.

Why am I so down on my luck?

My queen...

My dear...

My dear, what is wrong?

Why are you crying?

Just now,

the doctor came.

It's all right.

Everything will be fine.

Doctor Wang, you can go now.

Please excuse me.

We've got our hopes up for nothing again.

What Master Wu said was right.

Queen Han is destined to have no child in her life.

Queen Han is still young.

She will be able to get what she wants in the future.

It seems that Queen Han treated you very well before.

You are still speaking for her after so long.

It is true that Queen Han

treated me very well in the past.

But since I got in the Palace,

I have been blessed with your kindness and benevolence.

I only wish that

Your Highness can live in peace

with people by your side,

and be as blessed as desired.

In the royal family,

how can it be easy for everyone

to be as blessed as they desire?

Your Highness.

I was made the Crown Prince at the age of ten.

When I was 13, His Majesty ordered me

to audit in the Court.

I then started to study

while learning how to deal with state affairs.

Every day and night,

I dared not to slack off even a bit.

But now,

because of this,

I have become a disabled man

who is no longer eligible to be an emperor.

I have become a Crown Prince who would bring disgrace to Tang.

Look at my crippled foot.

How I wish I can just cut it off with my sword!

We don't use swords to harm ourselves

but to attack the enemy.

Now I have the sword in my hand.

Then, attack the enemy?

The crime of Sheng Chumu

can be atoned by his brother.

After what happened in the Court,

I thought you would be unwell due to anger.

How come you have the mood

to call me here and hang out with you?

I didn't get unwell because of it.

I was awakened

by those greedy and shameless flunkies.

I used to accommodate myself to the needs of others.

I was overcautious and indecisive.

So, people think they can push me around.

Now, I'm going to go out on a limb.

I'll do whatever I need to do.

Right, King Liang,

last time, we watched your guards battle at your place.

It was thrilling.

Do you want to have another one today?

I only brought a few guards with me here today.

It won't be good enough.

We have guards in the Eastern Palace as well.

They won't listen to my orders.

As long as you can have fun,

you can order them to do anything you want.

If so,

then no problem.

Enjoy yourself. I'll be right back.

Why are there only two guards?

Never mind.

You two,

get over here.

Your Highness,

not the one on the left.

The Crown Prince said that I can enjoy myself to the fullest.

He is the younger brother of Sheng Chumu.

He's said to have a hot temper.

This boy looks serious and quite familiar.

I remember him.

When I tried to teach Sheng Chumu's girl a lesson,

he was the one who barged in.

This time, you are finally at my disposal.

Your Highness,

what can we do for you?

You two, fight with my guards.

Your Highness,

we are the guards in the Eastern Palace.

The Crown Prince already said

that I can have all the fun I want here.

Fight.

You!

As you wish.

Your Highness, you wanted us to fight.

Even if you want us to use weapons, they should be bamboo swords.

There is no fun unless you use real swords and spears.

Go ahead.

Fan!

Stop it!

Why did you stop?

Keep on fighting!

I am done.

Why do we have to shed blood for your pleasure?

Are you disobeying my order?

Are you disobeying my order?

Good.

Take my order.

Tie him up for me,

and whip him hard.

Que.

Que, your auntie is here to see you again.

Your Highness, you came

to discuss your marriage, right?

By the way,

How's my brother been lately?

In a good mood?

Yes. If you have any wish now,

it's the perfect time to ask him.

This is great!

Then, let's go.

Sure.

Let's go, Que.

Let's go.

We are going there.

Whip him hard.

Don't stop until he begs for mercy.

Calm your anger, Your Highness.

Your Highness!

Stop it!

Whip him harder!

Calm your anger, Your Highness!

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

What am I doing?

How is it any of your business if I whip him?

Take my order.

Untie him right away!

Get here!

So, he is the man you've been messing around with.

How dare you seduce the Princess?

All the more reason for me to whip him.

Take my order!

Whip him hard!

Xinnan!

Stop it!

What is going on?

Sis!

Xinnan and the brother-in-law of King Han have been messing around.

Xinnan,

are you also sided with King Han?

Sis, I'm not!

Will you step aside?

No, I will never!

Today, on behalf of my brother,

I will teach you a lesson, you cheeky girl.

Your Highness,

are you going to watch the Princess being whipped?

How dare you touch me?

Your Highness.

Sheng Chuling is holding the Princess hostage.

Yes!

Sheng Chuling disobeyed me and took the Princess.

We just held up the sword.

We can't put it down so easily.

Stop it!

Mother!

Mother!

What is going on here?

Sheng Chuling held the Princess hostage.

No!

It's nothing like that! Mother!

It was King Liang who whipped Sheng Chuling for no reason.

I wanted to stop him, so he whipped me as well.

Sheng Chuling only did this to protect me.

Xinnan and Sheng Chuling are an item.

She was all over him in front of us.

She is shameless!

That's enough.

The Princess was frightened.

Escort her back.

Mother...

Go back now.

What on earth happened here?

He disobeyed my order.

I was asking the Crown Prince.