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Court Lady

Ep41

What's all this?

He disobeyed my order.

I was asking the Crown Prince.

I invited King Liang over to the Eastern Palace

and allowed him to give orders to the guards here.

Sheng Chuling disobeyed his order,

which means he has disobeyed me.

Your Majesty.

King Liang ordered us to duel with real weapons

for his own pleasure.

Sheng Chuling saw I was injured,

so he wouldn't fight with me.

Send Sheng Chuling to the doctors.

As an imperial guard,

disobeying orders is a serious offense.

There's no excuse.

Mother, please punish Sheng Chuling severely.

Your Majesty.

King Liang did act recklessly.

But I can't pardon an imperial guard

for disobeying orders.

Sheng Chuling did nothing wrong.

Confucius said,

"An upright ruler can have an efficient government without giving orders.

An immoral ruler's orders won't be followed."

King Liang was misbehaving.

His order was immoral.

Given what Confucius taught us,

Sheng Chuling did the right thing

by disobeying the order.

Directress Fu.

You're the master of playing favorites.

Your Majesty.

King Liang, go back

and reflect on yourself in solitude for three days.

Me?

You took pleasure in the soldiers' pain.

Don't you feel guilty?

One day,

His Majesty will ask you about this.

Go back, now.

My son.

What do you want?

What do you want?

I want to be a good Crown Prince.

But I'm crippled.

The courtiers were bad-mouthing my limb.

And King Han did nothing about it.

I couldn't do anything with the courtiers.

And Mother, you said King Han was right,

so I couldn't do anything with him, either.

I could only stay in my palace

and have some fun with King Liang.

Now I can't even give orders to my own guards.

My son.

Mother.

My leg hurts.

If you'll excuse me,

I'll leave.

The Crown Prince, Qing!

You always think I play favorites with King Han.

Don't you understand me just a little bit?

Mother.

I hope you still value our kinship.

If one day,

those ill-intentioned want to frame me,

please defend me

and spare my life.

That's all I ask.

Your Majesty.

Stay.

On your knees.

Xinnan was flogged.

As her sister-in-law, you just stood aside and did nothing?

I wanted to defend her.

But...

When the Prince

befriended that performer,

you asked Sun Tan to bring it up in the Court.

When he didn't get along with his brother,

not only did you not intervene, but you also instigated him.

Today, your sister-in-law was flogged.

Still, you did nothing.

Is this how you keep the Eastern Palace in order?

I'm useless.

You're not useless.

You just didn't want to get involved.

Directress Fu.

Tell her.

If a wife can't watch her tongue

and costs her husband the love

and trust of his father,

brother, and sister,

how should she be punished?

Your Majesty.

I'm asking you.

Say it.

If a wife sows discords in the husband's family

and speaks ill of others,

she should be expelled by law.

Mother, please show mercy.

Please!

I won't do it again.

From now on,

if you make any mistakes,

I'll make you

the laughing stock of the whole world

and kick you out of here.

Your Majesty.

With such abundant rainfall, people are blessed.

Yes.

Your Majesty, you might be

a bit too hard on the Crown Princess.

I scolded her hard

to teach her

not to stir up troubles.

The Eastern Palace

can't handle any more chaos.

The wife

cannot be blamed for every misconduct.

If I may,

being a wife of a royal member

is not easy.

You don't know how things work in the royal family.

Indeed, the princes

make mistakes, too.

But they're the blood of His Majesty.

We can't punish them as we want.

But the wives of the princes

can be anyone

as long as the country stays prosperous

and the royal family lives in harmony.

Your Highness.

Your hands are cold.

Her Majesty said

she wanted to expel me.

I've made so many mistakes.

You've done nothing wrong.

It was King Liang

that started all this.

And Sheng Chuling disobeyed the order.

And

that Princess Xinnan.

She was secretly dating a guard.

You're right.

They all did something wrong.

What have I done wrong?

Mother.

Try a date cake.

It's softer and more tender than those in the Palace.

Of course.

Queen Han made those herself.

When she heard that you've lost your appetite,

she couldn't eat or sleep.

She prays to Buddha every day

for you to have a speedy recovery.

These are just empty words.

She didn't get pregnant after all.

I'm useless.

Mother.

People used to wait three years for something wonderful.

Maybe in three years, I will have

a son that is talented in every aspect.

You're quite optimistic.

Mother. She's still on her knees.

Get up.

Being on your knees won't bring me a grandchild.

Thank you, Mother.

Let me ask you.

What was wrong with you?

Why didn't you defend your brother?

It

was not all my fault.

It...

It happened so fast. I didn't know what to do.

Now that you're blaming me,

I can't possibly justify myself.

I just asked you a question. Why are you all worked up?

Of course I'm worked up, Mother.

Didn't you see that the Crown Prince

was looking at me as if I'm a traitor?

I need to

go to the Eastern Palace

and explain myself to him.

I've always been showing him the most respect.

Don't.

He won't even listen to me now.

You'll only make things worse.

Mother.

He's suspicious of me.

If I can't justify myself,

then what should I do?

Time will tell.

Don't mind what he thinks.

Just treat him the way you used to.

Take half the tributes from other provinces

to the Eastern Palace.

He won't reject a kind gesture.

Besides, you're his brother, after all.

Not only will I send the tributes,

but I'll even send him

half of the delicacies my queen made.

Also,

you should leave Chang'an.

Mother.

Are you expelling me from Chang'an?

How could I do that?

I just want you to take a trip.

The Crown Prince is still sensitive about his limp.

As long as you give him some time,

he'll come around eventually.

Mother, you're still ill.

It's not appropriate for me

to take a trip now.

Your Highness, why don't you go to Fengtian Temple

and pray for Her Majesty?

It shows how much you care for your mother.

His Majesty will be pleased.

If you're this considerate of me,

I will be enjoying good health for sure.

Okay.

I will take a trip.

I'll leave Chang'an

and not be an eyesore to the Crown Prince.

Your Highness, Directress Fu is here.

Your Highness.

How's Chuling? Was he seriously hurt?

He's taken care of by his family.

Your Highness, you should look after yourself.

Her Majesty wants you at the Hall of Joy.

I'm not going.

Your Highness.

Do you want to get Her Majesty angrier?

I...

Her Majesty is not well.

You shouldn't go against her.

No. I can't go there. I'm scared.

Directress Fu. Help me.

Dear sister-in-law.

Help me, please.

Although you and Chumu didn't get together,

you have to help me and Chuling.

Your Highness. How will Directress Fu

help you if you keep rubbing it in?

Sorry.

I shouldn't have said that.

Sis, you gotta help me out.

Help me.

I haven't said anything yet.

And you're already crying.

I was wrong.

I forgot about the rules

and fell in love with Sheng Chuling.

It was all my fault.

I've let you down, Mother.

I should've been beaten to death by King Liang.

Even that wouldn't make up for what I did.

Why didn't you apply ointment?

Her Highness said she deserved it.

She wouldn't apply any ointment.

Nonsense.

I gave birth to you.

It hurts your body. But it hurts my heart!

Mother.

I have failed you.

I may as well be dead.

Mother.

Please give me poisoned wine or white silk cloth to hang myself.

Silly girl.

You did make a mistake.

But however I am mad at you,

I won't force you to kill yourself.

Mother.

After what happened in the Eastern Palace,

everybody knows about me and Sheng Chuling.

What if Father is still pissed at me

and forces me to become a nun

for the rest of my life?

I might as well just kill myself now.

Your father loves you very much.

How could he be that cruel?

The best scenario would be

to marry me to some random man.

Then if they know about

my feelings for Sheng Chuling,

I'll be scolded and beaten up by their family

and neglected by my husband.

Mother.

Mother.

What happened today will get out sooner or later.

Maybe we should make

the best of this situation.

You mean...

Only by marrying Her Highness to Sheng Chuling

as soon as possible

can her reputation be saved.

She'll be with a man who loves her.

And it'll make the royal family look good.

No way.

Mother.

Is it because

Sheng Chuling is not a high-rank official?

He's not qualified

to marry a princess.

The rank thing can be solved with a promotion.

He comes from a noble family, which is a good match.

But King Han said Sheng Chuling

gets violent after he's drunk.

If Xinnan marries him,

she'll be abused.

That's easy.

Your Majesty, you can give him an order

and forbid him from drinking ever again.

He's bold and reckless.

But for Xinnan's sake,

I can't punish him.

I'll just order him to quit this bad habit

as punishment.

Mother.

I don't want to get married.

I don't want to leave your side.

You've made a mistake.

You have to face the consequence.

I will discuss this with your father.

Xinnan.

Prepare yourself to get married.

Mother.

Sis.

Lingwei. I was just thinking about you.

I can't trust anyone in the Eastern Palace

other than my own...

Sis.

What's wrong?

Sis.

Help me.

I don't want to marry Lu Qi.

Why not?

I just don't want to.

You've never seen any knots like this before, have you?

It's such a unique knot.

Who made you this?

Someone you love?

Lingwei.

Where did you get this peace knot?

It's...

I got it from the Temple of Bliss.

The Temple of Bliss?

Yes.

Sis.

Sis.

You will help me, right?

Of course.

Ever since we were kids,

I've cared for you the most.

Thank you, sis.

I knew you'll help me out.

Get up.

Is Guiyuan with you?

Things have been hectic lately. Shuangxi can't cope.

Guiyuan knows me well.

Ask her to stay and help me out.

Okay.

Sis. You've made a promise.

You've got to keep your words.

Don't worry.

I've prepared you some snacks and jerky,

in case you get hungry on the way.

My queen.

You've said it three times.

I got it.

King Han's Mansion

Well. Mother asked...

I know.

Half of the treasures from the provinces

will be sent to the Eastern Palace.

Right. And the date cakes...

I know, I know.

I'll send the date cakes over.

My queen.

You're so thoughtful and generous.

For you, even if

she wants to slap me on the right side of my face,

I'd turn the other side to her as well.

My queen.

King Han's Mansion

It's so great

to have you by my side.

I've been so blessed

my entire life,

having a wife like you.

Alright.

Stop with the sweet talk.

Okay.,

Get on the horse.

I'll set off.

Why are you smiling?

You two love each other so much.

I am also blessed

to be his wife.

My king.

I am so lucky to have you.

My grandchild is ill?

Maybe he was frightened by King Liang.

The aura in the Eastern Palace has been ominous.

How could a baby take that?

It's more peaceful here.

Suitable for calming his nerves.

Directress Fu.

Take the baby here.

Tell them he'll stay here for recovery.

I'll send him back when his fever is gone.

Yes.

Your Highness.

I want to talk to Guiyuan.

Leave us.

Yes.

Guiyuan.

Come here.

Yes.

Is everything fine back home?

Yes.

I heard that Lingwei has been going to the Temple of Bliss a lot.

Were you with her?

Yes.

She must've met someone there, right?

She...

Don't hide it from me.

She's told me everything.

She got a peace knot not long ago.

She even told you about this?

Some young master has indeed been meeting with her.

Is he

Young Master Sheng?

Yes. He's from Duke of Lu's Mansion.

Sheng Chujun.

Your Highness. Are you not feeling well?

Don't worry.

Just a bit tired.

Leave me.

Okay.

They're all on the side of King Han!

I can't trust anyone!

Not Her Majesty.

Not my sister-in-law.

Not those court ladies and maids.

Not even

my own sister!

Your Highness.

Here are the date cakes sent from King Han's Mansion.

Throw them away.

Anything from King Han's Mansion shall be thrown away.

Yes.

Wait.

I'll take it.

Yes.

Your Highness, why are you taking it out on these things?

Your Highness!

Something bad happened!

Your baby was taken away.

What?

Her Majesty asked Directress Fu to take him away.

Where are you going?

I'll go find my son!

I'm going to see Her Majesty.

Would you get him back even if you went there?

You'd only make Her Majesty mad.

Then, she'll expel you from the Eastern Palace.

Then,

you'll never get to meet your baby.

What should I do?

Directress Fu, who took your baby,

is on King Han's side.

See?

They're coming at you.

She took away your child today.

She'll take more things away in the future.

You need to think it through.

If you compromise just a little bit,

what will happen to His Highness

and your baby?

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Her Majesty has arranged my marriage.

Congratulations.

You called me a cruel

and ruthless murderer.

Yes.

You thought about abortion

when you were pregnant.

Yes.

I love you so much.

I adore you.

I keep you safe.

And yet you hurt me.

You humiliated me.

I want to kill you now.

Do it.

Don't think I won't do it!

When Mother was alive,

I wasn't always a good daughter.

When she was gone,

I wanted to revenge her death.

But I've gone too far.

I've become another person.

I've become a murderer.

Lu Qi.

I want to live my life with you.

But I've messed everything up.

I...

I can't do anything right.

Kill me.

I want to die.

I don't know

how to

atone for my mistakes.

I want to die.

I won't allow it.

Will you forgive me?

Yes.

I will.

It's the greatest virtue

to rectify mistakes.

We can name our baby

Shan, meaning "virtue".

Okay?

Yes.

Shan.

Our baby's name is Shan.

Guiyuan is going back.

She's here to say goodbye to Your Highness.

You've been helpful.

Take her to get the reward money later.

Yes.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Oh, right.

These are the date cakes sent by King Han's Mansion.

You know I don't like these things.

But Lingwei loves them.

Bring these back to her.

Okay.

Mother. I'm already seriously injured.

Hit me one more time, and I'll be dead.

Your body, to every hair...

To every hair, and my skin are all received from you. I know.

That's why I didn't want to risk my life

for King Liang's pleasure.

But I dragged Xinnan down with me this time.

I'll go to the Palace to apologize. I'll tell Her Majesty

I forced Xinnan to be with me.

Then you'll be dead meat.

Then...

Brother.

Brother.

Mother.

What do you want?

Brother, do you want to marry Princess Xinnan?

Of...

Of course.

If you and Mother allow me to marry Lingwei,

I'll make sure you can marry the Princess, alright?

What?

Really?

Promise me first.

As long as I can marry Xinnan,

me and Mother, we'll agree to anything.

But that Lady Sun...

Mother.

Do you really want me to court death in the Palace?

Fine.

If you can make sure to let your brother marry Xinnan,

I won't stand in your way anymore.

What have you got?

It's simple.

You just take care of yourself and wait home.

That simple?

I've been told that

Her Majesty thinks Xinnan is misbehaving.

So she wants to marry her to a playboy

who's a low-rank official

with a bad reputation and can't do anything well.

She must be talking about you!

Her Majesty will issue the order in a few days.

I'll leave you to it.

A man who can't do anything well.

A playboy?

Wait a sec.

That's me!

Chujun didn't even do anything.

Why is he negotiating with us

and asking to marry that Lady Sun.

As long as I can marry Xinnan,

I don't care if he'll marry Lady Sun

or Lady Moon.

I'm fine with it.

My dear Xinnan!

I'll marry Xinnan.

-I can marry Xinnan! -You brats!

You teamed up to trick me!

Xinnan.

I've got good news.

I've worked it out with my family.

Mother said that I can marry you.

I'm almost there.

My sister said she'll help me.

Will she?

She adores me.

She'll help me out

no matter what I ask of her.

The Eastern Palace has mistreated my brothers.

So, I thought she's a bad person.

Turns out I misjudged her.

Great.

Then we will repay

Her Highness as a couple in the future.

Stop it!

Well.

Taste this.

What is it?

A date cake.

My favorite.

So yummy.

Lingwei!

Oh, no. Leave! Leave now!

Lingwei?

It's late.

Why are you still up?

I'm hungry.

Well, Mother.

Do you want some date cakes?

So tasty.

Neither your sister nor I like those.

Enjoy it.

Then go to bed.

Good night, Mother.

Don't stay up too late.

A date cake.

It can bring good luck to have a kid.

How many kids

will we have?

If one date cake can bring me one kid,

then I'll have one more!

Stop shouting. Where are your manners?

My lord, something terrible happened.

Come!

Lingwei!

Lingwei!

Who was so evil that did this to you?

You were so unfortunate!

Lingwei!

What do you want? Don't go in there.

You said you wanted to marry me.

Lingwei!

Lingwei!

Lingwei!

Lingwei!

Wake up!

Sheng Chujun is here to marry you.

Don't touch my daughter!

Put her down!

No!

Someone!

Throw this shameless man out and beat him up!

Lingwei!

Beat him up!

Put her down.

Put her down!

No!

Lingwei!

Put my daughter down!

You said you'd wait for me.

Your Majesty.

The Ministry of Penalty has taken over the case.

They said

the poisoned date cakes

were sent to the Eastern Palace by King Han's people.

King Han?

Mother.

Mother.

I'm here to ask you to execute me.

You gave birth to me.

You should order my death as well.

It's better than

getting killed by God knows who someday.

Mother.

The cakes were sent from King Han's Mansion.

I didn't like those.

So, I gave them to my sister.

Lingwei died because of me and His Highness.

King Han is ruthless!

Stop the nonsense!

King Han would never do things like this.

Mother.

Even now,

you're still defending him!

I am a disabled man.

Even if I died,

it wouldn't be a bid deal.

My son.

Are you saying this

to break my heart?

I'm not a good son.

I broke your heart.

Your Highness.

-What are you doing? -Your Highness.

Father is disappointed in me.

You don't love me anymore.

I've got no other options.

When I'm dead,

you can give all of your love to King Han.

It works out for everyone.

My son.

I've never

loved you less.

The date cakes

were sent to us from King Han's Mansion.

The sister of the Crown Princess is dead.

Mother.

Please maintain justice just for once!

The date cakes indeed had something to do with King Han's Mansion.

But it can't be King Han!

It was Queen Han.

You're right.

Queen Han did make those cakes herself.

Queen Han did make those cakes herself.

Mother.

You've got to maintain justice for my deceased sister.

Your Majesty.

It's still not clear.

You can't convict Queen Han of the crime.

Even if she did poison the cakes,

we'd still need to investigate the case

and punish her by law.

It must

have something to do with Queen Han.

Your Majesty.

Take my order.

Seize her.

Take away her access token.

Your Majesty.

We still don't know what happened.

You can't convict Queen Han!

Your Majesty!

We haven't figured out what happened.

You can't execute Queen Han!

Your Majesty! Let go of me!

Let go of me!

Let me out!

Someone help! Let me out!

You can't execute Queen Han!

Matron Wu.

Matron Wu.

How did you make Her Majesty mad?

She's going to execute Queen Han.

Send someone to tell King Han now!

At the moment,

who can go out and send the message?

King Zhou.

King Zhou!

I need to go to the Peak Pavilion.

Matron Wu.

Go.

I'll deal with them here.

Thank you.

Stop there.

Stop running.

What happened?

Stop!

Stop!

Concubine Li.

She was going that way.

Your Highness.

Did you see Directress Fu?

That's who you're looking for.

I think I saw someone

going over there

and disappeared in a blink.

Thank you, Your Highness.

They're gone.

What happened?

It's a long story.

I need to go to the Peak Pavilion now.

You're going there when people are searching for you?

Guihua.

Change clothes with Directress Fu.

They're looking for a court lady.

It'll be easier for you if you dress like a maid.

Hurry.

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

King Zhou is not here.

Why are you panicking, Directress Fu?

Her Majesty wants to kill Queen Han.

It's urgent.

Please send a message to King Han.

Or it's gonna be too late.

If Your Highness offer your help,

Duke of Lu and King Han

will be in your debt.

It will benefit both you and King Zhou.

Makes sense.

Thank you, Your Highness.

But in the Palace,

sense doesn't matter.

Benefit does.

Someone.

Get off of me.

Her Majesty leads the harem.

If she wants to arrest you,

I can only help her with it.

Your Highness.

Are you just gonna stand aside and watch them kill Queen Han?

It's Her Majesty that wants to kill Queen Han.

I've got nothing to do with it.

You can't do this.

You can't do this.

I want to see King Zhou.

King Zhou!

Your Highness!

If I want to sit this one out,

King Zhou will, too.

Let go of me.

Take her away.

Yes.

-Let go! -Go.

Your Highness!

King Zhou!

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

The Peak Pavilion

King Zhou!

Let go of me.

King Zhou!

I want to see King Zhou!

Let go of me.

Her Majesty's order shall be executed now.

Your Highness.

Did you understand Her Majesty's order?

It can't be.

How could Her Majesty order Her Highness to kill herself?

Get rid of her.

There must be a misunderstanding.

Her Highness is innocent.

Your Highness.

She's innocent!

She didn't poison the cakes.

-She's innocent! -Your Highness.

Please.

I want to see King Han one last time

before I kill myself.

Her Majesty's order

cannot be delayed.

If you don't drink this,

then we've got no other options than to force you.

Please tell King Han that

it has been a great honor

to be able to serve him.

Tell him to take care.

May he great fortune, longevity

and be blessed with many children.

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