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♫ Those people, those affairs, those palace doors ♫

♫ One step into the commotions of this world ♫

♫ Listen to the wind, listen to the rain, listen to the endless ups and downs of life ♫

♫ Destiny indeed loves us ♫

♫ Look at the dreams sealed by the kiss of time ♫

♫ Remember half the life that’s already been lived ♫

♫ In these red walls, remains one person ♫

♫ Wait for the dead of the night, wait for eternity ♫

♫ If the world is a storm, then everything in it must take refuge ♫

♫ I’ll go with you ♫

♫ Traveling across thousands of mountains, don’t be afraid of the wasteland ♫

♫ There’ll be flowers on the side of the path ♫

♫ Love and hate are too messy; simply coming and going ♫

♫ The winds and clouds have not dissipated ♫

♫ Spring and fall are long; I can finally wander this mortal world with you ♫

[Rebel Princess]

[Episode 46]

Your Majesty!

Push, Your Majesty

Your Majesty, push harder!

Push! Push!

Wipe her sweat! Hurry, hurry!

Didn’t you say Empress have 3 more months to go?

Why is she in labor tonight?

Replying to Your Majesty, the Empress’s pregnancy

is very risky to begin with.

High possibility of miscarriage.

It was suppose to be three more months of pregnancy,

today for some unknow reason

this....

started premature birth, sorry...

I couldn’t predict that.

What do you mean hard to predict? what do you mean hard to predict?!

I’m telling you guys, no matter what method,

you must protect the Empress and my child!

Otherwise, I will not forgive you. Do you hear?!

I obey.

Deep breath, Your Majesty!

Push, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Tell us

How is Empress?

Empress lost her strength

Your Majesty, push!

Did you look for Dowager Empress to come?

Your Majesty, we did it already.

[Yong’an Palace]

Hurry to tell Dowager Empress, tonight Empress went into labor early.

Everyone from Imperial Physician Hall are there already.

Ok, I got it. You may go now.

She was fine this morning.

Starting to have pains in the middle of the night.

It’s still 3 months until due date.

We’re never catching a moment of peace!

I heard that lately, His Majesty sleeps at Consort Xing’s quarters.

Could it be like last couple times

want some attention from Emperor?

Giving her a load of courage and she wouldn’t dare.

Forget it, let’s go and take a look.

No matter what, this is my first grandson.

It’s just too bad that he has Xie clan bloodline.

How is Empress?

Empress already drank 3 induce labor tonic

but baby still won’t come out

Here is the prescription for the med. Go get it now!

Hang in there, Your Majesty.

Don’t need boil it.

Put it in Empress’s mouth

Just chew it.

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Empress Dowager is here

Imperial Mother

Your Majesty relax

Every child birth is risk.

When I was giving birth to you, it was like this.

I know this is your first child.

Of course you are worried.

But don’t forget

your health is most important.

Imperial Mother, today is not like the past

can’t compare.

Not like past?

What? Empress is more noble than your Imperial Mother?

Is this coming child more noble than Emperor?

Your Majesty, can’t fall asleep!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Your Majesty! Imperial Physician!

Imperial Physician! Imperial Physician Shen!

Imperial Physician Shen!

Empress, I’m sorry.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty

Hang in there, Your Majesty!

Push! Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, you are awake?

Your Majesty is awake.

She is awake!

Your Majesty is almost there.

Push, push!

- Push harder - It’s almost there!

Your Majesty, push.

Push

It’s coming!

Push!

Here he comes!

Emperor, it’s a baby prince!

Emperor, you can’t go in.

Let them bring him out.

Hurry! Bring my baby out! Let me look at him!

Hurry up!

Hurry!

Long’er, hold yourself together, act like an Emperor.

Imperial Mother

I have a son.

I have a son!

You don’t say, this little prince looks just like you when you were a baby.

Let me hold you.

I congrats Emperor got a baby prince.

Empress is out of danger now.

She is exhausted and fell asleep already.

This time was very dangerous.

But at the end we made it.

Thus we can say that our little prince has a really good fortune.

Right, right, right. Imperial Physician is correct and say it well.

My little prince must has a great fortune.

Come!

- Your Majesty - Follow my order

Today, there is a great joyous event. Everyone here shall be heavily rewarded!

Yes!

Congratulations Your Majesty for having a son!

Congratulations Empress Dowager for having a grandson!

- Empress gave birth to a little prince? - Yes.

Wasn’t it due in a while? How can it be that early?

The causes are still unknown.

All the Imperial Physicians were busy all night at Zhaoyang Hall.

Luckily, both mother and son are safe.

That’s great!

Time fly.

Brother Zilong and sister Wanru are parents now.

What are you looking at me for?

- Senior Maidservant Xu - A’Yu

Say, it’s already late in the morning.

Prince and Princess Consort are not awake yet.

This breakfast has been heated many times already.

The feelings between the prince and the princess consort

are more and more deep.

But

Senior Maidservant Xu, I’ll go to heat up the breakfast then.

Patriarch, if we keeping going forward, it’s the epidemic-stricken area.

Let’s keep going.

Master, please reconsider this.

What is it?

Now, look at how dejected I am.

So you don’t need to take at heart what I’m saying.

I do not dare.

I will only follow blindly Master my whole life.

I wouldn’t dare be disrespectful in the least.

But, going forward is the epidemic-stricken area.

If we contract the disease,

even if having the best doctors would fail to save us.

Since you know I’m holding heavy responsabilities,

the crown prince is straight ahead,

if I don’t go find him, do I have another way out?

This...

But... going like this, will still have a month left.

Since we already escaped death,

I think we should quickly return to the capital.

Everyone at court believe that Master isn’t of this world anymore.

If the covert guards in the capital stand by to assist us,

I believe, entering the capital wouldn’t be hard.

Entering the capital isn’t hard.

But what about after getting in? Where would we go?

In the north lands,

we pretended to die. We escaped for the moment.

But there isn’t a wall guarding us.

As soon as they’ll notice the tiniest clue,

they’ll quickly want to get rid of me.

Wouldn’t return to the capital walking right into a trap?

Now, the water of Jiangnan carries the epidemic, it’s perfect to deceive the people.

Nobody would think I would follow that way.

Do you understand?

No matter what, I must see Su’er.

I don’t have much time.

I still have many things to say to him.

Otherwise, even if it’s living on in degradation

is no different than being dead.

You don’t need to think more.

If you are worried, you all can wait here for me.

Master!

Master!

It seems the monsoon will last at least another month.

As of now, we have enough manpower.

According to Prince Jiangxia, using these refugees quickened the pace a lot.

No matter how fast, we can’t catch up with the speed it takes for the Heavens to turn their face.

We must find a way.

I’ll discuss again with our brothers.

Caiwei greets Prince Jiangxia.

Miss Caiwei, long time no see. How come it is you?

Please sit.

Thank you, Prince Jiangxia.

Miss Caiwei, why are you here?

Replying to Prince Jiangxia. The Gu Clan originates from Lingyang, Jiangnan.

When my grandfather passed away, we buried him here.

A month ago, someone from my hometown sent a letter to the capital,

saying the heavy rain has not ceased at all during summer and autumn.

Grandfather’s tomb became damaged due to the torrential downpour.

Elder Brother is at court and cannot get away,

so it was up to me to take his place, return home and repair Grandfather’s tomb.

So that is how it is.

Thinking about it, Lord Gu has passed away for a long time now.

The heavens aren’t blind. Zilu has already died,

so I do not wish to bring up the past anymore.

Right. It should be buried in the past.

Then, Miss Caiwei, do you require my assistance

since you have come to see me?

Be at ease. Both my Wang family and your Gu family have been friendly towards each other for a long time.

Please don’t hesitate to ask me for help. I will definitely help you where possible.

Prince of Jiangxia, I heard you are in desperate need of manpower.

Precisely.

The flooding is severe here in Jiangnan, so I require a large amount of manpower.

This matter has been gnawing at the back of my mind.

All right.

My family still has some influence here in Jiangnan.

The various noble houses have benefited from my family’s favour.

Prince Jiangxia, all you have to do is gather their forces together and ask them to assist you.

You have sent charcoal to me in snowy weather. (Idiom – to send help in one’s hour of need)

Prince Jiangxia, you are working hard without stopping to manage the flood crisis in Jiangnan for the peoples’ sake.

This is the least I can do for you.

Besides, it is as you said.

Our families have known each other for a long time.

When my family was in trouble, your family presented their valuable assistance.

Today, Your Highness is worried about the lack of manpower,

so how could my family and I not offer our humble contribution?

Then... I thank you, Miss Caiwei.

Prince Yuzhang and Princess Consort Yuzhang have arrived!

Greetings, Empress Dowager.

My heartfelt congratulations, Empress Dowager, on gaining an imperial grandson.

It has been a long time since I’ve seen you. You’ve lost weight, A’Wu.

Prince Yuzhang, A’Wu has married into your household, so you must treat her well.

If she still looks like this the next time I see her, I’m going to have to punish you.

This subject will bear this in mind.

Thank you for your concern, Empress Dowager.

Haven’t I always looked like this?

Empress Dowager, Prince Yuzhang loves his wife as much as life itself.

I heard Prince Yuzhang announced to everyone at the wedding banquet

that he would only love the Princess Consort throughout his entire lifetime.

Many wives and young ladies are envious of her.

That’s good, then. You may take your seats.

All right, all right.

My little prince, stop crying.

I’m begging you, please stop crying.

Why does he always cry?

Scram!

I knew none of you had good intention.

All of you are out to harm me and my little prince!

Scram! Scram! Scram!

- Your Majesty! Please quell your anger, I will– - Get out, get out, get out! Get out!

What are we going to do now?

Be obedient...

Let’s go, let’s go.

Don’t cry, don’t cry...

All right, all right. Be good.

Stop crying now, all right?

Be good...

The empress dowager has already said it. You’ve lost more weight.

If you don’t eat properly at home, I’ll make sure you break into pieces.

His Majesty has arrived!

We respectfully receive you, Your Majesty!

A’Wu, Prince Yuzhang, quickly get up. Please hurry and get up.

- Thank you, Your Majesty. - Thank you, Your Majesty.

- All of you may rise! - Thank you, Your Majesty!

Greetings, Empress Mother.

Where are the empress and Jing’er?

The empress said she wasn’t feeling well.

Jing’er is with her now. They will be here shortly.

Quickly. Go and request for the empress’ and the little prince’s presence.

Yes, Your Majesty.

You may all be seated.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Enough!

Stop crying! Enough!

Your Majesty, the young prince is an infant, you cannot blame him.

This servant already tried to call his spirit back, (Ancient superstition – when one was ill, another would call their name repeatedly to get the spirit to reenter the body)

but... But to no avail.

The emperor, empress dowager and all the ministers at court are all waiting over there

for him, but he just has to cry non-stop and make a fuss at this moment!

This child is nothing but a troublemaker! (Literally “prodding ghost,” one who keeps pushing others)

He almost took my life when I gave birth to him.

Now he cries endlessly throughout the day and night.

Nanny, tell me... Tell me, what am I supposed to do?

H-how about you go tell His Majesty and the Empress Dowager

that the young prince is sick and cannot go?

I can’t do that, Your Majesty.

Tonight’s banquet is held in honour of the little prince.

How could he not go?

That’s true.

If news spread that the prince is weak and stricken with many illnesses,

I’m afraid it will affect his crown prince position.

What should I do?

Your Majesty.

Who is it?! What is the rush? Hurry and scram!

Your Majesty, it must be His Majesty and the Empress Dowager who sent someone to hurry us up.

I will go see first.

Okay, okay. You go then.

Hurry and go.

Nanny, what is going on?

His Majesty and Empress Dowager are anxiously waiting.

The young prince is cry endlessly.

Her Majesty also does not know what to do.

Then to Empress Dowager...

Forget it, forget it. You go back first.

Just say that Her Majesty and the young prince will be there very soon.

All right.

If you continue to cry like this, I am going to go crazy!

Your Majesty, that was Zhaoyun.

Your Majesty, I have an idea.

The banquet has already started yet she still has not come.

She is really full of herself now that she has given birth to a prince.

I’ve invited her repeatedly and yet she’s still not here.

Could it be that I have to personally go invite her here?

Empress Mother, do not be impatient.

- The empress– - The empress and eldest imperial prince have arrived!

Greetings, Your Majesty. Greetings, Empress Mother.

Empress, quickly get up.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

I must apologise to Your Majesty and Empress Mother.

I believe Jing’er knew he was going to meet his Imperial Father and the empress dowager,

so he became very excited and refused to fall asleep.

When he was getting changed to enter the palace, he suddenly fell asleep.

He must have gotten tired. That is why this consort and subject was slow in coming here.

Is that so?

Empress Mother, it appears my imperial son is very intelligent!

It’s good that you’re here now.

Since His Majesty does not mind, what could I possibly say?

Come, come.

Let everyone see my eldest imperial son.

Empress Mother, quickly take a look!

Your little imperial grandson’s complexion is rosy.

He certainly has the features of a monarch!

My little imperial grandson! How excellent, what jubilation!

He looks exactly like you when you were a baby.

Here.

Here! Take a look!

This is my eldest imperial son!

We congratulate you, Eldest Imperial Prince!

A’Wu, come quickly.

Come quickly and see your little imperial nephew.

Can I hold the young prince?

Here.

Let Auntie A’Wu hold you.

A’Wu, since we were young, we would play together in the palace

and grew up together.

In a blink of an eye, over a decade has passed.

The empress has already given birth to Jing’er for me.

You and Prince Yuzhang must quickly speed up your efforts.

It doesn’t matter if you give birth to a little boy or a little girl.

In the future, I’d like your child to grow up together with Jing’er.

Wouldn’t that be delightful?

Your Majesty, this banquet is held in honour of Jing’er,

why have you changed the subject?

I think His Majesty is right.

When you return, you must nourish and take care of your health so you can give birth to our little nephew.

Jing’er is so adorable. He really resembles Elder Brother Zilong when he was younger.

Are you saying you knew exactly how your Elder Brother Zilong looked when he was a month old?

You only know how to make fun of me.

I also want my own child.

Take it slowly. You will have your own child.

You will have your own child once you’ve nursed yourself back to health.

Aren’t I supposed to meet with the Imperial Physician for a diagnosis?

You might as well stay at Fengchi Palace tonight.

I’ll come pick you up tomorrow morning.

Okay.

You’re not to drink wine secretly.

Go on.

Why hasn’t the young prince awoken yet?

Nothing has gone wrong, has it?

Nothing should go wrong, Your Majesty. I’m sure the little prince is simply tired.

Quickly go and take the little prince with you to the side hall to rest.

Yes.

Your Majesty is exhausted as well, right?

Ever since I gave birth to Jing’er, I’ve been feeling less energetic than I used to.

I was already at death’s door after giving birth to him and damaged my vitality.

This child of mine cries all day long without stopping.

I feel as if I’ve aged so much in such a short span of time.

Your Majesty is not old.

Your charms have increased with the addition of the eldest imperial prince.

I think that no one in this harem

is as beautiful as Your Majesty.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful I look. Look at how long I’ve been doted on by His Majesty.

Only the laughter of new company is heard in the palace.

Did you see the way His Majesty was looking at Princess Consort Yuzhang?

If she wasn’t already married to Prince Yuzhang,

I’m afraid His Majesty would forcibly have her enter the palace long ago.

Senior Maidservant Xu, I think there is something strange about the young prince.

Did you see that his face was especially red?

Red?

Perhaps the swaddle was too thick and it was too hot.

But I did not see him sweat.

Your Highness, the empress has him clasped in the palm of her hand

and there are many people watching over him. Nothing terrible will happen to him.

When I was holding him, I also smelled the scent of wine.

- Scent of wine? - That’s right.

Why would a child that is only a month old have the scent of wine?

Princess Consort, do not overthink.

Perhaps it was my own wine scent?

- Greetings, Princess Consort. - Princess Consort is back!

Everyone, come quickly! Princess Consort is back!

Come quickly! Princess Consort is back!

- Greetings, Princess Consort. - Greetings, Princess Consort. - Greetings, Princess Consort. - Hurry and get up.

Princess Consort, you are finally back.

I thought you forgot about Fengchi Palace and forgot about us.

How could I?

- Princess Consort! - Princess Consort!

- Princess Consort, you are back? - Princess Consort, you are back?

- Greetings, Princess Consort. - Greetings, Princess Consort. - Hurry and get up.

When Bizhu heard Your Highness was returning, she started to cry tears of joy.

- How are all of you? - Great!

Your Highness, Imperial Physician Shen has already been waiting for you for a long time.

Outsiders always say the imperial palace is the city of desire.

It is filled to the brim with riches and power

and is full of the pleasures of wealth and glory.

To me,

the imperial palace represents shackles and is an evil beast.

Yet it is also like the previous Prime Minister’s Manor.

It is my home.

I love it as well as fear it.

Now I finally understand

that what I love is the people dear to me here at the palace

yet what I fear is them as well.

[Yong’an Palace]

- Princess Consort, let me. - It’s fine.

Princess Consort, let me do it.

Be careful, Princess Consort.

Princess Consort?

Senior Maidservant Xu.

What are you doing?

Previously, when I’d reached my 15th birthday, I fermented a jar of peach blossom wine and secretly hid it beneath this tree.

Since it’s rare that I come back here, I want to take it out to have a taste.

Empress Dowager may want to see you later.

It’s already so late, she is surely asleep.

She will not come.

Let me.

It really is there!

Princess Consort, before His Highness left, what did he say?

Gugu Xu.

Can’t you just let me off

on account of me not having tasted wine in so long?

In regard to this matter, only the heaven, earth, you and I will know.

- You are only permitted to drink a little bit. - I will only drink a little bit.

You cannot get drunk.

I will not... Get drunk.

All right, then I shall listen to the young princess.

- It smells divine! - It’s very fragrant, isn’t it?

Here.

Empress Dowager has arrived!

Why has she come?

Greetings, Empress Dowager.

Forego the formalities. Forego the formalities.

Coming here so late, what is the urgent matter, Your Majesty?

A’Wu, a servant told me you were staying in Fengchi Palace tonight, so

I came to see you.

I knew you would have a craving for wine.

Look at what I brought you.

A’Wu.

Here.

How long has it been

since the both of us have sat down to have a cup of wine?

When you were young, you loved to cling to me the most.

Your habit of drinking wine was inherited from me, I’m sure.

At the time, my mood was frequently insipid and I often used wine to drown my sorrows.

To my surprise, you took advantage of my tipsy state

and would steal some of my wine to drink whenever you came to Zhaoyang Hall.

You managed not to get caught during the first few times, until the day you drank too much

and became drunk for a day and a night. You scared me to death!

Back then, Your Majesty was still auntie

and Wang Xuan was still A’Wu.

You’re wrong.

I have always been your aunt.

It’s just that little A’Wu has grown up

and is no long that obedient child.

If you had been obedient and married the emperor,

then nothing would have changed.

I would dote on you even more.

If little A’Wu never grew up, how great would that be?

Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened, something terrible has happened!

Your Majesty, hurry and take a look.

I don’t know what has happened! The little prince has broken out these thickly dotted red rashes!

His whole body has it.

Why would this happen?

Give me, give me.

Just now he was fine, why has he become like this all of a sudden?

That’s right...

What did you do to him?!

Replying to Your Majesty. This servant has done absolutely nothing to the little prince!

I was feeding him milk like usual. At the beginning, he was fine.

But after drinking two or three mouthfuls, he started to cry and make a fuss.

In the end, he became like this.

Imperial physician. Why are you still standing there?

Hurry and get the imperial physician!

Yes.

Quickly go and make a report. I have something important to relay to His Majesty.

Quickly.

Quickly! The little prince is very ill. It’s as if Her Majesty the Empress’ heart is being torn apart by anxiety.

Her Majesty requires the immediate presence of His Majesty!

Empress Dowager, what you mean to say is...

If I’d married Elder Brother Zilong,

then you and Father wouldn’t have ripped each other’s throats out?

And the late emperor and Father wouldn’t have passed away one after the other?

And my mother would still be waiting for me at the Prime Minister’s Manor?

You still blame me.

Yet how was I wrong?

After all, it was Older Brother who first betrayed me.

However, at the end, I still had mercy.

Your father’s corpse would’ve been torn apart by horses in different directions for his crimes alone.

But I still decided to let him live.

I was truly surprised at the turn of events

regarding his death which took place in a foreign land.

None of that was your fault.

Then...are you willing to forgive me?

What Your Majesty is trying to say tonight,

I understand.

If there comes a day

when I become an obstacle to Your Majesty

I wonder how Your Majesty will deal with me.

I initially wanted to have a few drinks with you, drink to my heart’s content

and get thoroughly drunk tonight,

but who’d have thought this aged wine

would end up being so bland and tasteless?

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His Majesty has arrived!

What is it now? What is it now?

Just now, wasn’t he fine at the banquet?

He was so quiet and obedient.

What’s wrong with Jing’er?

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Hurry and let me see.

This—

What happened here?

- Imperial Physician Shen. - This subject is present.

What happened here?

Replying to Your Majesty. I have found nothing abnormal with the little prince’s pulse.

“Nothing abnormal”? You’re saying the same thing again?

I’ve heard this phrase uttered so many times that my ears have started to grow calluses!

The little prince has been crying non-stop day and night ever since he was born.

Even I can tell that he’s wasting away.

Every time I ask the Imperial Physician Hall what’s wrong with him, you all spout the same phrase to dodge around me.

“Nothing abnormal” my foot.

Let me ask you this. Where did the red rashes come from?

Replying to Your Majesty. I have already taken a look at him.

The red rash on the young prince looks like...

wine rashes.

Wine rashes?

Yes.

Nonsense!

This is my eldest imperial son.

All of his food, lodgings and anything he comes into contact with has been carefully monitored ever since he was born.

How could he have been fed with alcohol?

♫ The fear of rain and tears stain your plume ♫

♫ Time chases the distance of soldiers ♫

♫ There is still a limit to what you can miss ♫

♫ Why are there guests in this world? ♫

♫ Tears can be deceiving, love is hard to fake ♫

♫ I hear the wind withers and dies as if it’s singing a thousand songs of sadness ♫

♫ In my dreams, I see you smiling like a painting ♫

♫ I’ll be going to you on my horse ♫

♫ Return to your gentleness ♫

♫ I can’t let go of my heart, I can’t let go ♫

♫ Waiting for the sea to changed and wash away the burden ♫

♫ Spend time with you ♫

♫ Because of you, I’ve lived a lifetime of prosperity ♫

♫ Waiting for the sea clouds to fade away ♫

♫ Home at all corners of the earth ♫

♫ We will meet again in spring, autumn, winter, and summer ♫

♫ For us, the moment that we’ve met ♫

♫ With the pace of a lifetime ♫

♫ To struggle, to worry ♫

♫ I will leave the world for your promise ♫

♫ Waiting for the sea to wash away the lead ♫

♫ Spend time with you ♫

♫ Because of you, I’ve lived a lifetime of prosperity♫

♫ When the sea has changed, the universe will already be changed ♫

♫ Home at all corners of the earth ♫

♫ We meet again in spring, autumn, winter, and summer ♫