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Court Lady

Ep42

♫The journey is long.♫

♫But I'm not scared of the turbulence.♫

♫We've made a clean break.♫

My queen,

I'm back.

♫And we let God determine our fate.♫

Your husband is back.

♫You are too proud.♫

My queen,

I'm here.

Why are your hands so cold?

♫I can't wait. The thunder is deafening.♫

I was only away for a few days

and you caught a cold.

♫I want to tell you a secret.♫

Xiu,

grab the hand warmer.

Her Highness's hands are cold.

Your Highness,

♫I can't understand it. It's a mystery.♫

Her Highness is...

Her Highness passed away.

Nonsense.

I'm here, my love.

Since I'm here,

where else would you be?

You are here with me.

Right?

You don't believe me?

Let me show you.

Come on, my love.

Let me help you up.

My love. My love.

I'm right here.

My love,

♫Who will treasure those memories?♫

you don't look well.

I bet you didn't

♫Who will treasure the youthful us?♫

take the beauty jelly.

See?

You didn't take it consistently.

♫We were so naive that we wanted to conquer the world.♫

That's why you look pale.

My love.

Xiu.

Xiu.

Grab the beauty jelly.

♫We suffered pain and forgot about joy.♫

Your Highness...

Didn't you hear me?

Go get it now!

♫In every breathe, I miss you.♫

♫In my dream, in my heart.♫

Say something to me.

Please.

♫I blame myself. I shouldn't have met you.♫

♫Saying goodbye to you is painful.♫

♫Saying goodbye to you is painful.♫

Chumu.

Chumu, you came just in time.

Your sister is angry with me.

Could you talk to her?

Could you?

Your sister won't say a word to me.

Chumu, what are you doing?

Why are you on your knees?

Why are you all on your knees?

Your sister is still here.

Your sister is still alive.

She...

passed?

She passed.

When I first came to Chang'an,

she forced me to work at King Han's Mansion.

I actually hated her back then.

You did your best.

I didn't manage to convince Her Majesty.

I misjudged the timing.

I thought I could count on you

when I had no one else to turn to.

I even...

I was such a fool that I thought Consort Yan would help me.

It was Her Majesty who gave the order.

Don't blame it on my mother.

This is what people do.

Mothers

want to protect their children.

Children

defend their mothers.

Husbands love their wives.

Wives are biased towards their husbands.

It's just human nature.

But what's right?

And what's wrong?

What about justice?

You're just a court lady.

Why do you care about justice?

Right.

I'm nobody.

But even a nobody has worth.

Everyone is born with dignity.

Not only the powerful and noble

are part of

this great country,

we, the nobodies, are part of it, too.

Why can't I ask such big questions?

Hang in here for two more days.

As soon as Her Highness cools down,

I'll find a way to get you out.

No, thanks.

Fu Rou, you...

Queen Han passed away.

Chumu must be so sad right now.

I'll just stay in this prison

and suffer with him

as my way of expressing my condolences.

Sister,

I will avenge your death.

Are you out of your mind?

This is your brother-in-law.

No, he's not.

He's the one who killed my sister.

If he had known his position

and hadn't provoked the Crown Prince,

none of this would have happened.

My sister wouldn't have been so vicious.

It must be him who poisoned the food.

He meant to kill the Crown Prince.

But the innocent Lingwei became the victim.

To shirk his responsibility,

he shifted the blame to my sister.

I'll kill you.

He killed our sister.

Why are you defending him?

Our brother-in-law will never do that.

Calm down.

Brother, you're about to marry a princess.

Of course, you're all cool.

What about me?

I lost my Lingwei.

And I lost my sister.

If he really cared about my sister,

he wouldn't let anything happen to her.

Why doesn't he reason with Her Majesty?

It was all part of his scheme.

I'll kill him for my sister.

I'll kill him for Lingwei!

Get out.

You are all in it together.

There is no one here or in the Eastern Palace

who's not rotten.

I stuck up for you

when you were flogged.

I was so stupid.

Whatever your agenda is, do it yourselves.

Why did you get my sister involved?

Why did you poison the food?

Why was Lingwei the victim?

Why did you blame it on my sister

only because your plan failed?

Brother.

Get him out.

He will not enter King Han's Mansion ever again.

Yes, Young Master.

Sister.

Sister.

Look at your younger brother.

Sister.

This is my big brother.

Sister.

Who will prove your innocence?

Sister.

Sister.

I know you're sad.

But

for me and our child,

please eat something.

Your Highness,

do you think

if I hadn't given the snacks to my sister,

she

wouldn't have died.

Young Master.

What's up?

Just see it for yourself.

Who came?

Just now,

I saw Chujun come out of your room.

I called him, but he kept running.

Young Master,

did he take something?

Tell the butler.

As soon as he sees Chujun,

tell me.

OK.

Queen Han was such a kind person.

How could she just die like this?

Queen Han was not your wife.

Why are you so sad?

But Lianyan is not your wife.

What are you upset about?

She could be my wife.

But she wouldn't.

So she didn't even say goodbye.

Hainiu,

do you think I won't beat you up?

Haihu,

with your pitiful salary,

you think you can afford the most expensive wine

to drown your sorrows?

Who gave you the gambling money?

Who gave you the money to buy your friends dinners?

Who gave you the money

to brag in front of your peers?

If I didn't make all the money,

you would've ended up on the street.

Lianyan left me.

And you told me off.

Why do I have a brother like you?

I can't stand you anymore.

Where are you going?

To make money and support you.

Support me?

He stole the letter written by the Crown Prince

to King Zhao from Chumu's room.

He hasn't shown up ever since.

The death of Queen Han

divided the Sheng family.

How did Sheng Chujun know that his brother

has the letter from the Crown Prince to King Zhao?

Take a guess.

You did a good job.

I didn't know that Sheng Chujun

loves Sun Lingwei so much.

Sheng Chujun was convinced that King Han did the poisoning

and accidentally killed Sun Lingwei.

Then King Han blamed it on Queen Han

and led her to suicide.

And he believes that his big brother

was in it together with King Han.

Being hated by his own brother

must be so painful for Sheng Chumu.

I also feel sorry for her.

But she tried to poison someone in the Eastern Palace.

It's unforgivable.

Instead of being humiliated in Dali Temple

and killed after all the sufferings,

at least she died with some dignity.

My son,

you won't hate me, will you?

I'm so sad myself.

I will never blame you, Mother.

You're right.

One's brother is like a part of his body.

One's wife is like a piece of his clothes.

Queen Han was just a piece...

Later,

I will find you

someone beautiful and virtuous.

No need, Mother.

I used to devote myself to music and poetry.

I didn't have any ambitions.

From now on, I'll pull myself together

and take my share of responsibility.

Your share of responsibility?

I've thought it through.

I will voice my opinions

and perform my duties regarding state affairs.

I am a king of Tang.

I should share Father's burdens.

Of course,

the Crown Prince's burdens, too.

Son,

what do you mean?

Don't worry, Mother.

I will still

respect and work shoulder to shoulder

with the Crown Prince, just like before.

Take care, Mother.

Excuse me.

Your Majesty.

Evil.

Evil.

Calm down, Your Majesty.

After pacifying Sheng Country,

I exempted them from three years of tax.

But today,

I read in the memo submitted by Ren Yuan from the Ministry of War

that some officials have levied exorbitant taxes of various names.

People are angry and complaining.

There will possibly be an uprising.

The consequences are unimaginable.

Crown Prince,

you should make a plan in advance.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty,

I also heard about the problem of Sheng.

I heard that one official not only levies illegal taxes,

but also takes female civilians by force in the name of the Palace.

He forced one victim to commit suicide.

And he even killed her father and brother.

Crown Prince,

do you know about this?

Your Majesty,

I already asked the Ministry of Personnel to investigate.

It's not appropriate of the Crown Prince

to ask Lu Yunji to handle this case.

King Han,

don't beat around the bush.

Your Majesty,

this outrageous official is Hu Ningwu.

Hu Ningwu levies illegal taxes,

takes women by force

and leaves civilians no choice but to die.

But the Ministry of Personnel ranked him among Tier 1 officials.

As far as I know,

he gave most of the money he squeezed

out of the people to Lu Yunji.

You're making false accusations.

Your Majesty,

this is not true.

Your Majesty.

Lu Yunji,

do you know about the ranking

of Hu Ningwu?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty,

Lu Yunji is guilty of bribery and malpractice.

Enough.

Lu Yunji will not be in charge

of personnel assessment anymore.

As to Hu Ningwu,

arrest him immediately.

Ask the Ministry of Personnel to handle the case.

It was a disaster in the hall.

Neither the Crown Prince nor King Han would back down.

They parted on bad terms.

I didn't expect things would turn out like this.

As long as you stay healthy, Your Majesty,

sooner or later, the Crown Prince and King Han

will make peace and get on well with each other.

Please take care of yourself, Your Majesty.

Leave me alone for a while.

I want to take a rest.

Of course, Your Majesty.

Mother, I'm here to see you.

Shi.

Come here.

Mother, are you feeling better?

Just seeing you

made me feel better already.

What about we take a walk outside?

The sun is out,

and it's warm outside.

Of course.

I'd love to.

As long as you're here,

I feel so much better.

Your Majesty,

maybe you should sit down for a bit.

Alright.

Shi, sit down.

Mother,

where's my teacher?

You missed Directress Fu?

Your teacher

is quite different from others.

How?

She is smart.

But sometimes, she can be so stupid.

She just won't compromise herself a bit

but only sticks to her beliefs

and does what she believes is right no matter what.

Anything wrong with that?

What do you think?

I think she did nothing wrong.

If her adherence to her beliefs

gets her killed,

will she continue to speak out honestly

as she used to

after all this?

She will.

How do you know?

That's what she taught me.

Confucius said, "The superior man holds righteousness to be of the highest importance."

For the sake of righteousness,

a noble man would even sacrifice his life.

She's just a young lady. Why does she strive to be a noble man?

I just don't know

how a businessman raised such a lady?

Mother,

where on earth is my teacher?

How dare he!

That reckless King Han.

I didn't want to provoke him because we're brothers, after all.

He just contradicted me

regardless of his status.

Your Highness, you may get implicated by Lu Yunji's case.

You have to protect him.

How?

My status in the Court is not like before.

I need to act with caution.

His Majesty didn't put Lu Yunji in prison immediately.

For one thing, the truth is yet to be discovered.

For another, he cares about Lu's talent as General.

If an uprising really happens in Sheng,

who do you think

will be His Majesty's choice to lead the army?

In the last war against Sheng,

Lu Yunji was the Commander in Chief.

He won the war brilliantly.

But nothing has happened in Sheng so far.

If nothing,

we'll make something.

When can I

stop taking this bitter medicine?

My love,

the medicine is bitter for sure.

But I'm here with you.

Please take it.

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You may leave.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty,

are you

going to Consort Yan's tonight?

My love,

I've been going there

only because I don't want to disturb you.

But today,

I won't go anywhere.

I'll stay.

I rarely feel so well.

So, allow me to serve you,

Your Majesty,

just for today.

When you were King Jin,

I combed and did your hair

every day.

You said

that you wanted to be

the cap on my head,

so that you could be with me all the time,

even when

I was fighting in a war.

What silly words I said!

I can't believe you remembered.

Of course.

Back then,

I also

said many silly things to you.

I can't believe

how many years have passed.

I understand

all your concerns.

The Crown Prince is still young.

It's only natural that he makes mistakes.

I'll give him opportunities

to learn to tell right from wrong

and to grow up.

Once he is mature enough

to manage the country on his own,

I'll give it to him.

King Qin told me

that he learned something from Directress Fu.

"The superior man holds righteousness to be of the highest importance."

This boy is kind and honest.

He is, of course.

But the Crown Prince was just the same when he was a kid.

When King Han was a kid,

he remembered every word that ancient sages said.

How adorable they were

back then!

Who'd have thought, now...

Your Majesty,

I'd like to request something.

Go ahead.

Xinnan likes the middle son of Duke of Lu.

Even though they are young and naive

and did something humiliating,

I would like Your Majesty

to approve their engagement.

Just do as you said.

Your Majesty,

I have another request.

Look at you.

Once you feel better,

you have one request after another.

Alright. Tell me.

If someday

our children turn against each other

and disappoint you,

I beg Your Majesty

to spare their lives.

Why are you thinking about this?

If you don't promise me, Your Majesty,

I will

stop taking medicine.

You haven't used this trick for a while.

You're up to your old tricks today.

It's just

that so many memories were flooding back.

I can't help

being mischievous for another time.

I like it.

I miss that Queen Jin who acted like a mischievous child

once in a while.

But you still

haven't promised me.

I promise you.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

You also have to promise me

that you will take your medicine every day.

My love,

did you have a good sleep?

My love.

My love.

My love.

Can you open your eyes?

Please open your eyes.

Please.

Don't scare me.

Wake up.

You...

You promised me last night that you would take your medicine.

You promised!

Wake up, please.

You can't do this.

You can't leave me like this.

My love.

My love!

Go and tell the Crown Prince and King Han

that Her Majesty has passed away.

Yes.

Her Majesty passed.

The Hall of Joy

Your Majesty.

You can go now.

What's that sound?

Her Majesty passed.

Palace Etiquette Service

Directress He,

she's here.

His Majesty is benevolent.

You are pardoned.

You'll do hard labor under the Housekeeping Service.

Directress He,

may I know

when Her Majesty's burial is?

Who do you think you are

to ask about Her Majesty's burial?

Do you think you're still a directress?

What are you doing here?

I know you must be sad and crying.

I'm worried about you.

But you shouldn't be here.

You're not a guard of the Eastern Palace anymore.

You'll be executed

if anyone sees you here.

But I am your bodyguard.

What are you talking about?

I went to see His Majesty

and asked him to allow me to comfort you.

Father agreed?

His Majesty said

that the night before Her Majesty passed away,

she still mentioned your marriage.

Her Majesty cared about you deeply.

To make sure she can rest in peace,

His Majesty certainly needs to take better care of you.

That's why I am here.

It must be my fault.

I made her angry every now and then.

I always played tricks on her.

I disappointed her.

Don't be silly.

Did I hurt you on your wound?

Not at all.

It's nothing.

My shoulders

are for you to rely on.

Her Majesty already passed.

Your Royal Highness,

you must take care.

If I hadn't held any grudges against King Han,

if I hadn't contradicted Mother the other day,

maybe she wouldn't have died.

It was all my fault.

I am not a good son.

It's never your fault, Your Highness.

You have been the Crown Prince

since you were ten.

What did you do wrong?

They just can't empathize with you

and they keep pushing you.

King Han.

If King Han had respected you and Her Majesty,

Her Majesty wouldn't have been caught in the middle

and worried about you.

She was so concerned that she got worse every day

and finally passed away.

So, you did nothing wrong, Your Highness.

King Han is the ungrateful son.

My love,

Mother passed away, too.

One

is the love of my life.

The other is the woman I respect with all my heart.

But you two...

I hope that you continue your journeys

peacefully in Heaven.

I hope your paths will never cross.

Right.

Never.

This is not a good year.

The Crown Princess lost her sister.

King Han lost his wife.

Now, even Her Majesty is dead.

They just died one after another.

It's not a good sign.

Why do you care

as long as Your Highness is not involved?

You have a point.

Her Majesty, my sister-in-law,

kept asking for trouble.

She wanted to be in charge of everything. How could she live long?

Why should we mourn together?

I can't even drink.

This is driving me crazy.

Then we won't drink.

Let's have some "soup".

Your Highness.

Good lord.

Where did you get this...

This chicken soup.

Right.

Chicken soup.

Chicken soup.

Last time, you gave me two jars of...

Chicken soup.

After I finished it,

I missed it so much.

Your Highness, which side

will you take, King Han or the Crown Prince?

King Han is so self-contained.

He doesn't like me,

and I don't like him.

I will certainly choose the Crown Prince's side.

But as I see it,

Your Highness is no more than a pal

to the Crown Prince.

He doesn't really trust you.

I know.

He rarely talks to me about important matters.

Once he becomes the emperor,

a pal will be nothing

compared with a confidant.

Your Highness should seize the opportunity.

How?

I brought someone with me today.

He can help you.

Why did you bring me someone from Duke of Lu's Mansion?

Your Highness,

this person can be very useful.

Great.

Sheng Xiaojing's eldest son supports King Han

and his youngest son supports the Crown Prince.

Two brothers becoming enemies

and fighting against each other.

How interesting that would be!

Can I trust him?

Someone in Duke of Lu's Mansion

told me that the Sheng brothers really turned against each other.

Let him in.

Your Highness, my name is Sheng Chujun.

Just make yourself at home.

Tell me,

how come you turned against King Han?

King Han is someone who will do anything to achieve his ends.

He killed my sister and Lingwei.

And Sheng Chumu was in it with him.

He even made up letters

to frame the Crown Prince.

Here are the letters.

I found them in Sheng Chumu's room.

Let me see.

Why are you so clumsy?

Aren't these letters from the Crown Prince to King Zhao?

The Crown Prince will owe me a big favor.

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