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We don’t have to act

Let me sleep with you for real

Moreover, which girl in the world

wouldn’t want to be with me?

Your Majesty, all these girls are

just chasing after wealth and glory

To most women

instead of disputing over the affection of the Emperor with many

it is better to find someone they can grow old with

and love each other mutually

Tang Dynasty’s Yu Xuan Ji once said

it is easier to get priceless treasures than to find a lover

Since my marriage at age 13 until now

no one has ever said such things to me before

Your Majesty, are you angry?

You won’t chop my head off, would you?

Do you see me as a maniac killer?

Chopping one’s head off with no reason?

You didn't anger me

but you’ve peaked my interest

I think we don’t need to act

Let me sleep with you for real

after tonight

I will promote you to become a Noble Lady

Your Majesty

- What do you think? - Your Majesty

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty

Who allowed you to come in?

Your Majesty

We saw that there were no lights, and we heard a commotion

we thought an assassin was here, so we rushed in to protect you

Assassin? What assassin?

There is no assassin

Without my orders, no one is allowed to enter

Yes

All right, stop attacking

If you continue, I will really treat you as an assassin

Then I will really have to chop your head off

Why are you crying?

You bully me!

When did I bully you?

You attacked me first

This is the first time someone dares

to attack me on my own bed

This is probably the first woman who

dares to attack the Emperor on his own bed

Your Majesty, you are being irrational

Didn’t we have an agreement?

Why do you still force me?

I don’t want to, hence I resist

But you still won't allow me to resist?

You are no match for me, so you threatened me

How can you do that?

Am I really that mean?

All right, stop crying

If the eunuchs outside hear you cry

they will assume that I bully a weak maiden

Your Majesty, then if you move further away from me, I’ll stop crying

You ask me to move further away from you, and I must follow?

Isn’t that a disgrace to me?

Brother Long, where are you?

You said that the Emperor is a real gentleman

Instead, he bullies a weak maiden like me!

All right... stop crying

I won’t argue with you

Go look for the chemist at the Imperial Medical Institution

I am staying here to do acupuncture for Noble Lady Li

Yes

Go on and boil a pot of water

I will help Noble Lady Li to change clothes later

Yes

Sister Xue!

Big Brother!

I’m so glad!

I thought I will never be able to see you again

Why is that so?

The both of you have a chat

I’ll go outside to keep a look out

What are you looking for?

I'm looking for a handkerchief to wipe my face

Why would there be a handkerchief on my bed?

I don't want the eunuchs to disturb us

What do you want to do?

Don’t worry. I won’t touch you

I have given you my word

I just want to wipe your tears

Look at you now

can Long San still call you his boss?

If he sees you crying with mucus running down your face

won’t he laugh at you?

A... actually

most of the things I said to Long San was just me boasting

I am not as brave as he says I am

I don't have that much experience in the underworld

I have never been accosted by any lecher before

let alone being accosted by the most powerful...

lecher

- Wouldn’t I be scared? - It seems that

you’ve turned around

and accuse me of being a lustful lecher?

I wouldn’t dare, I didn’t mean it that way

Your Majesty, may I ask for a favour?

Just tell me

Can you not tell Brother Long

about what happened tonight?

If you tell him about it

I will not be able to talk big in front of him anymore

I am not a tattle tale

I won't tell him about this

But I have preserved your dignity

in front of your blood sworn brother

how are you going to thank me?

Your Majesty

You are the most powerful person in the world

and the richest

For such a small matter

are you going to threaten a poor

and penniless maiden?

Is it my fault again?

Why do you keep saying that it is my fault?

What is that sound?

My stomach is growling

I was too nervous for tonight

so I didn't eat dinner

Now I am exceptionally hungry

I remember now

Your biggest hobby is eating

Long San told me once

You are now working for me

so I can’t let you go hungry

Tell me, what do you want to eat?

Thank you, Your Majesty. I want roast duck, prawn balls, cheesecake

and braised lamb chop, and...

and eight vegetables, pearl jade soup

crystal pea bun and a pot of Osmanthus Cider

Your Majesty

how did you know all of my favourite foods?

Long San told me all this

Long San said

The first couple of time you both met

both of you fought over food

I found it very fascinating, so it stuck out in my mind

This Long San

I don’t want to talk to him anymore

How can he tell other people everything about me?

I am not other people, I am the Emperor

Someone come here, I have an order!

Qing Cheng

All this time in the palace, how have you been?

I had no choice but to leave all of you

and come to this hell on earth that is the Forbidden City

Fight with thousands of women

to get the liking of our biggest enemy

do you think I am doing well?

I’m sorry, Qing Cheng

This plan of you to impersonate Su Wan Xin to enter the palace

I didn’t approve of it initially

But this is the decision of the six masters

I cannot oppose it

Big Brother, you must not blame yourself

Even if you oppose it

I will still enter the palace willingly

Afterall, we are the children of Pearl Valley

we cannot be selfish

Even the most temperamental and naive little sister

has stumbled her way into the palace

I was too incapable

Letting you girls to take such a risk

and endure such a disgrace

Tonight

Yi Huan was called upon to accompany the Emperor

I wonder how she is doing now

I'm full

Are you done eating?

Thank you, Your Majesty

Take it away

Yes

It is fascinating watching you eat

Can a girl eat this much?

How can you store so much food

in your tiny stomach?

In terms of eating

no one in the harem can compare with you

They faked it

Because... because you are the Emperor

They have to be aware of their etiquette in front of royalty

so they need to control their appetite

Confucius once said

life’s three biggest pleasures

are food, lust and sex

Therefore, food

is one of life’s biggest pleasures

You are right

The desire for food is human nature

and now that you have enjoyed food

would you like to enjoy the pleasure of lust?

Seems like the lustful Emperor doesn’t want to give up

It would be great if I still had the handkerchief from Brother Zhu

I can trick him to sniff it

and let him fall asleep

Half of the night has passed

would you like to come and rest on my bed?

What are you doing?

Your Majesty, I ate too much...

I am too full

Can I exercise for a bit?

All right

If I don’t allow something like this

then won’t I be unsympathetic?

If you want to digest your food, then go ahead

Thank you, Your Majesty

This lustful Emperor really is patient

It seems like he had made up his mind to bed me

I can’t exercise the whole night

What should I do?

I'm so tired

Are you tired?

Do you want to take a rest on my bed?

Your Majesty, I... I must have eaten too much

My stomach hurts so much

I ate an assortment of food just now

now it hurts so much

Your stomach hurts?

Do you want me to call for the physician to take a look?

That is not needed

I just need to go back to my room and sleep for a while

If you want to lie on the bed and rest

why do you have to go back to your own room?

Can’t you rest on my bed?

I... but it is not the same

I... my stomach hurts

I might have diarrhoea

It is not appropriate to have diarrhoea here, is it?

I still need to take care of my manners in front of you

So, please let me go back

If you really have a stomachache and need to release

there is a bucket you can use in the chamber

I... release it here?

That is not appropriate, Your Majesty, why don’t you just let me go?

People eat and get sick all the time

Eating and defecating is a common thing

If I can't handle something like this

isn't it against human nature?

Don't worry. If you really have a stomachache

you can release it here

I don't mind

Why are you looking at me?

Out of tricks, aren't you?

This lustful Emperor wants to eat me

I must find a way to dodge it

I know, I can play a drinking game with him, and make him drunk

Why aren’t you saying anything?

Are you thinking of other tricks?

Your Majesty

why don’t we play a drinking game?

How about this?

Let’s wager, if you win

I will listen to you and get on the bed

But if you lose

you have to allow Eunuch Li to send me back

What do you think? Do you dare to take the bet?

This is interesting

No one has ever dared to play a drinking game with me

All right, I will agree to what you say

Someone come here. Send a pot of wine, and two dice cups

Yes

Hold on, send a jug of wine!

Your Majesty, if we want to drink, we have to drink big!

Why use a cup

let's drink with a bowl, what do you say?

All right, I want to see how good your alcohol tolerance is

What?

Yes, previously when I was called upon to accompany the Emperor

I had to go through these procedures

This is Qing Palace’s special rules

No women who accompany him can escape

Then, is Yi Huan in great danger now?

Big Brother, don’t worry

Little Sister is very quick-witted and smart

She will find a way to retort

Yi Huan may be smart, but she is still young and naive

and have no experience dealing with relationships

Furthermore, this is the palace

She is not dealing with a simple man

but the Emperor who has the power to execute at will

Big Brother

Your position here is unique, don’t be rash

No

I cannot sit here and await death

I need to get somewhere closest to Qianqing Palace

In case the unexpected happens

I can save her immediately

If things come to that stage

the Master and I have to forgo our undercover operation

and leave the Forbidden City together

No, if it is not the last resort

you cannot expose your identity

Or else, all of our efforts will be fruitless

You and Master Liu’s most important mission

is to conceal yourself in the Forbidden City

and find the copper box and golden key that is crucial to our success

I'll leave now. You take care

Big Brother

You can forgo your life for Yi Huan’s innocence

but what about me?

I am here sacrificing my body to the enemy

but all you have are apologies?

Open!

Your Majesty, I’m sorry

you've lost. Drink!

Drink...

Your Majesty, you’ve lost! Keep drinking!

You've lost again!

Come... let me fill it up for you

You've lost again. Drink, drink up!

You've lost again!

Lost again

Keep drinking

Your Majesty, you've lost again

Drink. Drink

Why am I always losing?

Drink

I’ve been playing dice since I was young

beating everyone in Pearl Valley

You are a silly Emperor playing for the first time

it is a surprise if you don’t lose

Your Majesty

You are very chivalrous

and your tolerance is high

Every time you bet

you don’t run away, you keep drinking

Isn't it right?

You... are you joking?

I am the Emperor

How... how can I swindle?

Hurry up and drink

Your Majesty

Let's have another round

- Your Majesty - I can’t

Your Majesty

I don't want to drink anymore, I can’t drink anymore

Where are you going?

You haven’t drunk up yet

Your Majesty

Your Majesty...

Let me have a look at what the Emperor looks like

Let me have a look

Miss Yi Huan

Eunuch Li

The Emperor is asleep

Miss Yi Huan, please go back

But... but I want to stay for a while

The Emperor is already asleep

Miss Yi Huan

You should go back

I... but I haven’t seen what the Emperor looks like

Are you just going to carry me away?

Let me have a look, please

But I haven’t seen what the Emperor look like

Why are you so petty?

Petty...

Eunuch Li, here

Today is all thanks to you

Take it...

Here

Miss Yi Huan

You are so generous

The way the Emperor treat you tonight

is more exceptional than other maidens with higher posts

Miss Yi Huan, your future days here will be on the rise

Thank you, Eunuch Li

If the Emperor calls for me again in the future

I will still need your help

A small gift, a small gift

Once I’ve made it in the future

I'll definitely reward you well

That is great...

Miss Yi Huan

It is getting late

You must rest

- All right... - I’ll take my leave

Eunuch

Is there a lavatory here?

Let me show you

Thank you, eunuch

So it seems

this Eunuch Li

is the spy that Oboi placed next to the Emperor

He must have gotten Oboi’s instructions

that is why he is taking care of me

Don't be afraid. It is me

Why are you dressed like this?

Brother Zhu

Why are you here?

Did Kang Xi touch you?

After visiting Qing Cheng, I just found out

that accompanying the Emperor

requires you to undress fully

and be wrapped with a red silk by the eunuch

and delivered to the Emperor’s bed

Are you all right?

I am...

Of course I am all right

Are you really all right?

Qing Cheng said

when you serve him

you can’t even bring a single thread in

I'm guessing you didn’t bring the handkerchief I gave you?

Then, how did you deal with him?

I don't believe

that after seeing you like this

Kang Xi won’t be tempted

He... at first, he was tempted

and try to touch me

But... after I mentioned Long San

and said that we are just faking it

we cannot do it for real

then he didn’t do anything after that

Really?

Really

Brother Zhu

If you really doubt me

I will get angry

I’m sorry, Sister Huan

It is my mistake

I should just trust you

This time

I was too careless

If Kang Xi asks for you again

I will have to think of another way

to ensure your safety

Brother Zhu, don’t get too antsy

I have something important to tell you

I just realised

that Eunuch Li

is a spy for Oboi

That is why he is taking such a good care of me

Oboi must have introduced me to him.

So Eunuch Li

is the chess piece that Oboi placed at Kang Xi’s side

We cannot let Kang Xi knows of this

Why?

If we tell Long San

and let him inform Kang Xi about this

not only we will be promoted

but we will be rewarded well

We can take the money

and a lot of things

for our siblings at the valley

Sister Huan

You are being foolish again

We are here in the Forbidden City

not to take their wealth

Our purpose

is to create a rift between Kang Xi and Oboi

Think about it

If we help Kang Xi

to get rid of a snake by his side

what good will it bring

to us?

Right. You are right

I understand now

How are Brother Ye and Sister Fan?

I just got news of them

They have tailed Wu Ying Qi’s entourage

and looking for a way to attack

Our ploy here is working out well

Hopefully, Brother Ye and Sister Fan

can successfully recover the first golden key

Then we can reunite soon

I'll make my leave

Rest early

The Emperor tortured me the whole night

but I still didn’t manage to see the Emperor’s face

What does he look like?

What do you think?

Your Majesty!

I don't care what he looks like

He is such an

amorous bully

Darn!

I don't care

I am going to sleep

This time when sending Yong Li Emperor’s treasure into the city

Wu Ying Qi didn’t send any soldiers

and transport it openly

but dressed up the soldiers

as escorts

Enter the city in secret

Do you see that?

That person is Shi Qing Hong

He is Wu San Gui’s

bravest and most skilled deputy

I'll bear in mind

We’ve followed the entourage for a few days

but Wu Ying Qi keeps hiding inside the carriage

Maybe something fishy is going on

There shouldn’t be

We saw him at Prince Ping Xi’s residence

joining the cohorts and setting out

There has been word

that this second Prince Wu had always been very reserved

and introverted

It is going to rain

In a while, they will have to seek shelter

There is a pergola up ahead

Why don't we go there and await them

and see who exactly

is this Wu Ying Qi?

Let's go

Horses

Stop

Second Prince

There is a pergola up ahead

Why don't we seek shelter from the rain there

and rest awhile

I never thought

that Wu San Gui, the big traitor has a

fine-looking man as a son

Both of you

leave this place at once

My second Prince would like to rest here for a while

Head of escort

this pergola is not your private property

Furthermore

me and my sister were here first

You came after

what gives you the right to chase us out?

Head Escort Shi

we cannot be rude

Since we are all seeking shelter at the same pergola

then we are fated to meet

This pergola is big

We can just take up a small space here

Kind sir

please retract your sword

Head Escort Shi was rash and crude

I apologise to both of you on his behalf

Second Prince

This way, please