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Oops! The King is in Love Season 1

Episode 3

Well,

are you still wondering

why I played such a trick on you?

Fortunately I've found your identity today,

otherwise I can't imagine

how you would tease me.

Don't you think

it's disgraceful

for the emperor of the state

to tease a little eunuch?

Have I ever said

that I'm an "Imperial Personal Guard"?

Nope.

Do you want to behave like other people,

regarding me with reverence and no longer

treating me with sincerity

after knowing I'm the emperor?

Isn't it simple not to treat you as the emperor?

Hmm.

See?

Who dares to hit you like this?

Hmm. Am I right?

With my political power being controlled by my mother

and my actions supervised by the officials,

I only hope my personal attendant

to be a trustable person.

In that case,

our relationship can be described as "no discord, no concord."

You were sure that I didn't know

your noble identity,

and found that I'm an eye sore to Mr. Hai,

so…

But since you could pretend to be

a military commander who feels unappreciated,

didn't you worry that I was also acting?

After interacting with you these days,

I feel that you're a straightforward, brave,

and kind-hearted person.

Most importantly,

there's a martial-world quality in you.

If I were really mistaken,

it would be because

you had acted perfectly.

If you were really a mole,

I'd admire your skill and admit my failure.

What?

Did I say anything wrong?

Eh… No.

It's just that

I've always been criticized and scolded since childhood,

so

I feel a bit embarrassed

when hearing you praise me just now.

Do you feel that

you're very lucky to have met me,

an emperor

with handsome appearance,

graceful manner,

and outstanding deportment?

And do you feel like being moved to tears?

I've never met someone

as complacent as you…

Your Majesty.

Granny,

My entourage is ready.

I'm going to find Gong Ye now.

Mrs. Lin!

Mrs. Lin.

Mrs. Lin.

What are you going to do?

Yanqing,

do you know that

General Gong's Mansion is heavily guarded

and impenetrable?

Aren't you courting death

if you bring only these few men with you?

Minister Yan,

our families have always been on friendly terms.

Why didn't you beg for mercy on my husband?

My dear Mrs. Lin,

in my humble position as a minister,

my words carry little weight.

But I've heard that

some first-rank officials including Grand Preceptor Wang

are trying to figure out a way.

Mrs. Lin,

please calm down.

Don't get agitated.

Mrs. Lin,

as for the engagement between our families…

Uncle,

now you're afraid

that my family

might involve yours in trouble, aren't you?

My dear nephew,

you've taken me wrong.

Saving Prime Minister Lin

is of course our top priority

at such a crucial time.

I'm just considering

for the good of your family.

As the Prime Minister of the state,

my grandfather will be

declared innocent by the court sooner or later.

Sure!

Sure!

Prime Minister Lin

won't be easily

and wrongly accused forever,

will he?

Mrs. Lin, how about the engagement…

Never mind that.

It's not a time

to talk about the engagement.

Thanks for your understanding,

Mrs. Lin.

I'll tell my family about your opinion.

Uncle,

your daughter Zhixia is a naughty girl.

Please

care more about her

at such a time.

You've reminded me!

I still haven't heard

any news from this crazy girl.

To tell you the truth,

she's getting recalcitrant now.

She's pissing me off.

I'm really pissed off.

Hasn't Zhixia been found yet?

Just give up if you can't find her.

Let her die outside

so that I don't need to worry about her anymore.

Hmm.

What a good marriage it would have been,

but now it's cancelled.

I planned to

make a huge profit out of it.

Hmm.

Well,

how come you, a maid,

has grown so fat from eating?

In order to economize on expenditures of our family,

every meal

will have one less dish from tomorrow.

Hmm.

What?

[The Manic Taoist Yan Jin's master]

Master.

What's up?

I almost forgot

that you can't drink liquor.

Master,

I'll just take a sip.

A sip?

Yeah.

I won't let you drink even half of a sip.

After interacting with you these days,

I feel that you're a straightforward, brave,

and kind-hearted person.

Most importantly,

there's a martial-world quality in you.

If you were really a mole,

I'd admire your skill and admit my failure.

I'd thought I could get out of the palace after getting enough money,

but who could know that he's the emperor?

Alas,

getting out of the palace

has now become more difficult for me.

Well,

there's a certain person

whom we've never seen taking showers.

Doesn't he fear that his stench

might irritate His Majesty?

Well,

how can a low-class street boy

who has entered the palace with his thing cut off

understand these things?

Who are you alluding to as being "low-class"?

Do you want a fight?

Sanbao.

Sanbao,

Mr. Hai is Her Majesty the Empress Dowager's favorite

and even His Majesty has to show him some respect.

I know you're

intelligent

and quick-witted,

so why don't you tolerate and ingratiate yourself with

Yuan and Fang

since you know Mr. Hai

likes the two boys the best?

You want me to flatter these dogs

who count on their master?

No way!

As servants in the palace,

we need to size up the situation

and take sides

in order to live safely.

I was born a tenacious person.

I can't learn that.

You'll die in the palace sooner or later

if you don't change your tenacity.

"Lin was right.

Disguising myself as a boy,

and being trapped in the Imperial Palace,

I'm faced with pervasive dangers.

If my true gender is exposed,

alas, I'll die sooner or later.

Master,

it might be due to my life experience

that the Empress Dowager refuses to hand over the power.

I'm nothing but a

puppet emperor in her eyes.

For all these years

I've been waiting for a good timing.

Sometimes even I think

I'm really a

cowardly emperor.

Master,

Mr. Wang has been recruiting talents for me

outside the palace,

so that they can come in handy sometime,

but now rumor has it in the palace

that he drowned after drinking,

which I don't believe.

Please investigate it for me, master.

This is

not an easy task.

As usual,

I'll give you the best Nu'er Hong wine.

Then I'll do it

despite difficulties.

I'm setting off presently.

Tell Sanbao, your personal attendant,

to scrub the wine jar

so that I can drink the wine later.

You even know that I've selected a personal attendant?

General,

His Majesty still has no interest in study,

and recently he's gotten obsessed with teasing a little eunuch,

playing wildly with him.

His Majesty is still so

childishly obstreperous after all these years.

While you were absent from the capital, General,

I had been keeping a close eye on His Majesty

without relaxing for a moment.

As is perceived by the people,

His Majesty has no interest in women and always

indulges himself in entertainments.

Now he's virtually a laughing stock in the palace.

General,

please don't worry.

Yan Jin is submissive

and has no intention to resist.

Who knows whether he is a real "paper tiger"

or a powerful tiger pretending

to be weak?

Sorry, General,

I failed to stay beside His Majesty due to my incompetence,

but I've got a plan:

we can befriend His Majesty's new personal attendant

named Sanbao,

so that in the future

we'll be able to know every action

of His Majesty from Sanbao.

Sanbao?

Then I'll give you another chance.

So you two

are twin brothers?

I, Zhang Furong,

the elder brother,

inherited my surname from our father.

I, Yang Baihe,

the younger brother,

inherited my surname from our mother.

My birthplace is Sichuan.

My birthplace is Shaanxi.

Aren't you two

twin brothers?

Our mother was crossing the border

of the two provinces on a coach

when she gave birth to us.

I like spicy food.

I don't like it.

I'm talkative.

I'm not.

I like playing madiao card game.

I'm strong and powerful.

Enough!

Since you have known Mr. Sanbao

long before entering the palace,

I'd like to ask you one question:

how is he different from ordinary people?

Good!

Good?

Can you explain it in detail?

Very good!

Furong, what's your opinion?

Before entering the palace,

I drank and fought

with Mr. Sanbao.

But unexpectedly, this "Jade Qilin of the Capital"

transformed himself

into a palace eunuch,

which truly frightened me.

Your Majesty,

you might not know that

Mr. Sanbao

is kind and generous,

robing the rich to help the poor.

And he's a heavyweight drinker.

Why are you

mentioning his drinking capacity when I ask you

"how is he different from ordinary people"?

Mr. Sanbao

is different from ordinary people

in that

he is full of enthusiasm

and loyalty to friends.

When Mr. Sanbao

and I made each other's acquaintance years ago,

we found that

we shared each other's views,

and hence regretted not having met earlier.

In order to repay you for saving my life,

I have specially prepared two "treasures"

for you.

This is the Imperial Personal Guard

I've mentioned to you.

Come over to bow to Commander Yan.

From now on,

you two will be my Imperial Personal Guards.

What?

Why did His Majesty promote us?

To test our loyalty to each other.

But I've said all this

in order to save our lives.

Stop.

Could you please not show up out of the blue?

It's quite scaring.

I've heard that

you're very bossy and domineering

at the Dorm recently.

I am not.

Remember,

as you're shouldering Her Majesty's mission,

you better behave yourself.

No problem, Mr. Hai.

Hmm.

What a stupid boy.

I wonder why His Majesty

and Her Majesty the Empress Dowager have chosen you.

Alas.

Well, well, well.

Mr. Hai,

you don't need to be so lavish every time.

You're making me feel quite embarrassed.

Then I'll take it back.

His Majesty has hired two Imperial Personal Guards recently.

Imperial Personal Guards?

Don't you worry, Mr. Hai.

I have ascertained through my inquiry

that the two guys

are a tall-and-short,

fat-and-thin combination,

and neither of them

excels in kung fu or learning.

As far as I'm concerned,

His Majesty has hired them merely for entertainment.

Never relax your watch on His Majesty.

Yes, Mr. Hai.

San…

…bao.

Is he blind?

Didn't he see me

standing here radiantly?

He came from the direction of Yanfu Palace.

Oh my!

Can it be that Sanbao has been bullied

by Mr. Hai?

Your worry is groundless.

Look how happy Sanbao was,

as if he had gotten a windfall.

Tell Sanbao to come and see me.

His Majesty was in a good mood just now.

What's going on with him now?

The emperor gets furious,

And a disaster is imminent!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, is this another test?

I'm very angry.

What I said yesterday does not count.

Now I take it all back.

Take this.

Ya—

At first I chose you to organize the team because I found you

to be a well-rounded person

who could make logical analyses.

However,

you've entered the palace to be a eunuch.

It shows your incompetence.

Then I picked you to be my personal attendant because I found you

to be intelligent, clever, and kind.

However, you've become treacherous and changeable.

It shows your disloyalty.

You're enthusiastic about benefits

and indifferent about obligations.

How wrongly I have trusted you

and selected you, a good-for-nothing.

Why are you staring at me?

What? Have I said anything wrong?

It's you who picked me.

What has it to do with me?

Besides, why not send me out of the palace

so that you don't have to see me

if you despise me so much?

You're insincere,

afraid of death,

mean, and shameless.

You're not "Jade Qilin of the Capital."

You're

a rat,

a cockroach,

and a stinky bug.

You can say that I'm mercenary

and afraid of death,

but you can't insult my title!

Ya—

Yan Jin, what's on your mind?

With the Empress Dowager's around-the-clock watch on me,

the Emperor's temperamental mood,

and Mr. Wang's death,

what if my identity is exposed?

I can't live any longer!

I can't live any longer!

I can't live any longer.

I really can't live any longer.

Money makes the mare go,

but nothing can be done without money.

Money, oh money,

you're such an evil.

Your Majesty the Empress Dowager,

please help me get justice.

With such a long stick,

and such huge strength,

he beat hard on my body.

Does that mean

the Emperor has martial arts skills?

No!

His Majesty doesn't have martial arts skills at all.

To tell you the truth,

he just made some amateurish moves,

but he thought he was a martial arts master.

Observe him carefully and report to me

at once if the Emperor begins to learn martial arts skills secretly.

Rest assured, Your Majesty.

I don't dare to be negligent for a moment.

Look at this, Your Majesty.

I…

Enough.

Thanks, Your Majesty.

I'm feeling much better now.

You're really "good," Sanbao,

living off me while betraying me.

Look how I'm going to punish you.

It's too scared to budge.

Are you talking to this creature, Your Majesty?

Yeah.

This damn turtle's brain is full of evil thoughts.

Give it a heavy punishment for me.

What do you call it, Your Majesty?

Sanbao.

That is the new name

I've given it.

Now the punishment is prolonged for another hour.

Mr. Hai.

Mr. Hai.

What new actions has His Majesty taken recently?

Recently, His Majesty…

Are you fooling me?

Is it necessary to report to me about the name change of a creature?

In my opinion,

there must be some hidden fact

behind His Majesty's talk to the turtle.

Besides, that small turtle is my namesake,

which is a huge blow to my personality.

I'm hurt so bad!

There, there.

Now I'm feeling much better.

Who allowed you to touch my possession?

This sachet of yours looks quite worn.

Was it given by someone important to you?

Don't probe into my personal affairs.

What are you doing?

Extinguishing the lamp.

Aren't you going to sleep?

Get out.

You're no longer needed to wait on me before I sleep.

Yes.

Moreover,

if you tell anyone about tonight's incident,

you shall be beheaded.

Yes,

Your Majesty.

His Majesty has been temperamental and his words have some hidden meaning.

Can it be that he thinks I'm informing the Empress Dowager against him?

Then isn't it…

What?

Don't you see I'm in a bad mood?

Mr. Hai orders you to wash these clothes.

Mr. Hai also says…

…that he's going to check it in person later.

I just want to make some money.

When did I suffer such a punishment before?

I must think of a way to get out of the palace quickly.

What are you doing, Lin?

I have no friend

in the Imperial Palace,

and was bullied often before.

I pity you because we have the same fate,

and I don't want you to suffer.

It will take forever for you

to finish doing so much laundry yourself.

Thank you, Lin.

Let me teach you a way to vent your anger.

Aren't these Mr. Hai's clothes?

Dead man! Stinky man!

Rotten man! Smelly eunuch!

I'm beating you to death, bastard!

You're the turtle's grandson!

Lin, no offense to you.

Damn you, sexless eunuch, I'm beating you to death!

I'm beating your dog head!

I'm beating you to death, evil eunuch!

Damn you, sexless eunuch, I'm beating your dog head!

Damn you, damn…

This is truly the best Nu'er Hong.

Good wine.

Since you've drunk my wine, master,

how's it going with your

investigation about Mr. Wang?

That old guy hoped you can take the reign asap,

interacted closely with the royalists,

and organized troops outside the palace.

He had long been secretly arrested by Mr. Hai

after the Empress Dowager

found evidence against him due to his imprudence.

The investigation should be stopped,

otherwise you'll be in danger.

OK?

Seems that

you have long known the fact,

and you asked me to investigate merely in order to comfort yourself,

hoping there might be a glimmer of hope.

Restrain your grief and accept the fact.

Mr. Wang chose to die than yield in order to protect you,

so it can be said that he died without regret.

I often displeased that old fogy

when he was alive.

I'll toast him

with this wine.

Master,

there's another thing I want to know.

It's about the identity of Sanbao, my personal attendant.

You always ask me

to investigate this or that whenever I come to see you.

Can't we just

drink and talk happily?

I won't come to see you anymore.

This Sanbao…

[Escape from the palace Step one Destroy the roster]

I must find the roster with Sanji's name on it asap,

so that I'll leave no trace

after I escape from the palace.

Mr. Sanbao.

Mr. Hai!

You always show up out of the blue

and scare me to death.

Why have you come here instead of

keeping a close eye on His Majesty?

It's His Majesty who has specially sent me here

to collect data from the rosters because the expenditure

in the palace has increased recently.

His Majesty says that

some idle workers need to be driven out of the palace.

Is His Majesty suspicious of me?

Sanbao,

the clues you provide recently are getting more and more useless.

If you arouse His Majesty's suspicion,

you'll run the risk of death.

Of course I'll be cautious.

[Escape from the palace Step one Destroy the roster]

How about I tell His Majesty that Mr. Wang was killed?

He might thank me for telling him this and agree to release me.

Ah, this won't work.

It won't work without proof.

Eureka!

[Escape from the palace Step two Beg for release]

I can lie that my mother is dying, oh no,

my father is dying.

Perhaps he will release me after being annoyed by my crying .

I can cry in the way that opera singers do,

which sounds delicately sorrowful.

Your Majesty…

No, no, that's too affected.

How about the zaju-style crying, which sounds heartrending?

Your Majesty!

I really want to get out of the palace!

Your Majesty!

Ah, it won't do.

It's too exaggerated.

It won't do.

What are you doing?

[Escape from the palace Step two Beg for release]

It's Sanbao.

Why can't I recognize him?

It's about something bad for sure.

Now I recognize him.

Let's go, then.

[Escape from the palace Step three Map of the palace]

The Imperial Palace has nine gates

and 81 corridors in total,

which are heavily guarded

and patrolled day and night.

And there are countless palaces.

You won't be able to escape.

That's why I've turned to you two for help.

We could have been helpful if it had been

when we were in charge of patrolling the palace.

But now that you have given us to His Majesty…

We can't help you now.

Let me warn you that

the missing Mr. Wang is a sore point with His Majesty.

As a newly appointed personal attendant,

if you escape

and His Majesty imposes punishments,

you'll not be the only one who suffers.

Your parents and even your whole kindred will be involved.

Is it so serious?

Of course.

Yang,

do you remember that

when we just entered the palace,

there was also a little eunuch

who nearly escaped from the palace by hiding in a water wagon

but was caught back in the end. What's his punishment?

Hanging, I suppose.

But I remember it's dismemberment.

Was it "lingering death"?

No, no. Oh, it hits me.

They broke his bones

and tied him to an iron post,

giving him nothing to eat or drink.

His wounds rotted…

Yeah, yeah, and in the end he was dried into jerkies.

Yuck…

What's going on with you?

[Escape from the palace Step three Map of the palace]

I want to be left alone.

Who is Jingjing?

Hmm.

Hmm.

Silver needles.

So His Majesty wanted me to use them to test for poison.

Sanbao,

how brazen you are!

Stand up.