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Episode 26

Thank you for Buddha's blessing, for ancestor's blessing,

the emperor finally smiled.

When did I smile?

You may not be smiling on your face,

but your heart is smiling.

So you can feel the laughter in peoples' hearts.

Look, look,

now, not only are you smiling inside but also

on your face.

The one who should smile is you, isn't it?

You captured the assassinator.

Emperor, what you want to say...is not this.

Then what do you think I want to say?

You want to say,

"Lian-er, Guo Qing Wang didn't die,

you must be very happy."

But I don't think this way.

Inside my heart, I think that if you killed your brothers,

you will be very depressed.

If you're not happy, then

I would naturally be unhappy.

So Lian Er wants you to be happy.

The only way is to solve this problem.

Is that true?

Emperor, I'm starting to dislike you more and more.

Why?

Before, the time when you were just an eunuch and I was just a palace maid... (referring to the time they first met)

whatever I said, you believed.

But now, you don't believe whatever I say.

Since it's like this, why should I like the emperor?

The most important thing in a relationship is trust.

You're right.

Maybe I was being too stingy.

But why am I stingy?

It's because of you.

Then that's a disaster!

What's wrong now?

The two of us together, you're always thinking of me.

I always think for you. But yet we're both not happy.

We're all angry.

Then why do we bother?

Emperor,

can you smile for me?

The emperor smiled, smiled, smiled!

Then from now on, don't be upset, okay?

Okay, I won't be angry.

What's wrong?

My stomach hurts.

It can't be that the baby kicked you, right?

How can that be? It's only one month...

I might just be hungry.

Do you want to go eat together?

Come, come with me!

Hurry, Xiao Zhen Zi!

What? You abused the prisoners?

And you even killed people?

Sister, don't be angry with me.

First hear me out.

I helped do military service, yet the emperor put me in a place like Ning Gu Ta.

I was upset about that.

Even if you were upset, you can't kill people!

You also can't falsely accuse Guo Qing Wang!

Sister, I won't dare do it again.

Right now, they already found evidence. You must save me, save me!

When the princes commit a crime, they get the same punishment as normal people.

Not to mention, I'm the empress.

I can definitely not know crime and commit crime.

Sister,

in our family, the three generations, there is only one son and that is me. Are you willing to see me die?

It doesn't matter that I die. But what do you want Mother and Father to do?

Mother is still sick, are you willing to let her suffer the feeling of losing her son?

I don't want to either.

But I have no way. You did something as reckless and crazy like this.

Tell me, who can help you?

Sister, I regret it. I really do!

I promise, if I can get over this obstacle, I'll never do it again.

I swear.

I really don't know what wrong I did in my past life

to have a little brother like you.

You go and find the emperor and admit your wrong, I'll try to save your life.

Sister, this is a crime with a death penalty!

Our family's three generations all served in the military, the previous emperor had given us a "Death Excuse pass"

If I show this pass, then anyone can push off the death punishment.

This won't do!

Sister, you can't use that!

Why? Once you use it, then we're back to normal citizens.

My life doesn't matter that much.

What do you want our entire family clan to do?

How will they raise their heads again outside?

Also, father, he provided military service his whole life.

All of a sudden, he's nothing...

how is he going to handle that?

Sister, you must think of something else. Something else!

This...

Right now, this situation...how far has it developed?

I heard that the prisoner they caught is starting to waver.

Today, he ate two meals. Then in the afternoon he called for paper and ink,

if he writes everything out. Then it'll be hard for me to escape.

So you're saying that that this prisoner hasn't been handed over to the emperor.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll think of something else.

But remember, if anything like this happens again,

don't come find me again.

Do you remember?

Yes.

Get out. Thank you, imperial sister.

Guo Qing Wang fu jin,

you know why I called you over today?

Please tell.

I've lived here

for almost three years.

For these three years,

I am always fighting and cautious.

I've become ice cold.

Scared that something goes wrong

Because I hope that I take care of everything perfectly

and that everyone is happy.

But I realized,

it's not possible.

You also can't do it.

Let me show you something

This..

That year, my father had to have me enter the palace and marry the emperor.

I read some books before.

So I knew just how cold the palace was and how indifferent it was to death.

But I never thought that my father

would take our whole family to kneel in front of the emperor.

At that time, I knew,

that the wealth and status wasn't just for myself.

The pain wasn't just for myself either.

It was for my entire family clan.

You know,

my disappointing little brother recently caused some problems.

And it even bothered your family's Guo Qing Wang.

He did something like this. I'm angry and I'm hateful. I would rather just take him and--

but what can I do?

This thing doesn't just relate to myself.

It relates to my family clan.

So I could only shamelessly come here and find you.

Empress, your meaning I understand.

But this has to do with my prince's life.

Don't you worry.

The prince will be fine.

Do you see what this is?

This definitely won't do!

I know his temper.

If you falsely accuse him, it'd be better to just kill him.

Niang niang, you can punish me in any way.

But please, don't force me like this.

I also have no way.

Because this has to do with my family clan.

It will also relate to your family's clan.

Come.

Guo Qing Wang is not quite suitable to be in the palace.

If you let this situation

get out of hand,

then it won't help him.

Let's not first talk about how my family sees him,

how the emperor punishes him,

just what those two brothers are feeling.

It'll be hard for them to open their hearts.

Also,

Xi Fei's stuff.

It's not like you don't know.

So,

all these obstacles,

will he be able to come over them all?

Since it's like this, I think,

it'll be better to use this chance and leave the palace.

And go find some peace.

No.

You can definitely do it.

For Guo Qing Wang,

I believe you can do it.

And you must think about it,

can Guo Qing Wang always be this lucky?

Can he always manage to escape the danger zone?

Sometimes to love a person,

you can't just get his favor

but you have to let him continue to live

is true ability.

But, I can't convince him.

What do you need to do?

You just need to release the prisoner inside the prison.

Then everything will be away from the danger zone.

Here, here, fill it up!

There is no more. No more alcohol!

Go get more!

Here, here, here!

This alcohol is pretty good!

Here, here, here.

Eat, eat, drink!

Fill it up! Faster!

Your turn, fill it up!

Hey...you guys---

Who are you?

Hurry and come with me!

Xiao Hei!

When did Niang Niang's Xiao Hei get lost?

We woke up this morning and felt something was up.

My Xiao Hei's body isn't too well and can't eat random things.

So you must help me find it!

Niang niang, don't you worry. We'll defintely find it for you.

Everyone, listen up! Look carefully!

Assassinator!

Assassinator!

Charge!

Ran away! Ran away! Hurry!

Hurry and capture her!

Let go of me! Let go of me!

Take her hat off.

Guo Qing Wang fu jin?

You dare to let out the assassinator!

How dare you!

Why?

Niang niang, why are you doing this to me?

Nothing is done without consequences, only by doing this can I save 17th prince's life.

Take her away.

Yes. Chase!

To be the Niang Niang of Cold Palace is so much work,

it's better to work as a prostitute than this.

To take a bath, I have to take care of it myself...

Hey, you!

Shh, Miss, please don't make a noise.

I'm not a bad person.

Someone is chasing me.

You can't see?

I got targeted.

Is there any place here to hide?

I...there isn't much place to hide you...there's just a well.

Take me there.

Be careful.

Hey, what are you doing?

Look around the area!

Yes!

Did you see an assassinator?

No, no one came here.

Why is there so much water here?

I wanted to take a cold bath,

but the bucket was too heavy. So I spilled it.

What...there's problems with this too?

Reporting back,

There's no one here.

Chase.

Yes.

Hey, hey, they left!

How are you?

Come.

Be careful, be careful.

Hey, you...

are you okay?

Hey! Wake up!

Official.

Did you find him?

No.

The palace is so big,

we searched all night and we didn't find him.

Where could he have gone?

Official,

I think I saw air bubbles in the pond. Maybe he fell in and drowned.

Yeah, yeah. That pond is very deep.

And it is interconnected with the outside, maybe he floated away already.

This is what you said!

I never said this!

Official, what is the most important is to let this situation pass.

If that assassinator appears again,

then the armies of forbidden city will all be in your hands.

Then you can secretly kill him off.

Isn't that a lot better?

Okay, then it'll be like this then. Let's go!

Your eyes were sprayed with rock dust.

Once you clean it out, it takes around ten days for it to heal.

For these ten days, don't move around.

And don't dare leave this place.

Or else, you'll burden me. Understand?

I'm just an assassinator.

Miss, why would you save me?

Maybe it's just that feeling.

Looking at you,

I felt that you weren't a bad person.

You risked everything to come inside to assassinate,

you must have had your own bitter story.

If it wasn't for this mistreatment,

I wouldn't have come into the palace to kill the emperor.

My teacher had different views

and spoke out on his opinions of the royal court.

This caused them to kill his family, and diminish nine generations of the family!

I have hate but no place to get it off. And then I got confined to Ning Gu Ta,

and met Zha Lan Tai's abuse!

I have people who died and people who have been injured!

This is all that dog emperor's fault!

Hey, don't disturb the air!

It's bad for your injury.

I am filled with anger and yet I don't have the ability to get revenge!

I hate myself!

Miss, I didn't injure you, right?

No, no, it's not your fault.

It's the fault of those maids and eunuchs, they don't help me do anything.

Everyday I have to get my own water and wash my own clothes.

And I have to clean the entire courtyard.

So, sometimes my arm would just hurt.

Miss, I practice martial arts.

At most, I understand a bit of massage.

If you don't mind, I'll massage it for you.

Talk!

Why did you let the assassinator go?

For your husband,

what are you trying to do?

Report back to the emperor--

Emperor,

this situation really has nothing to do with Guo Qing Wang fu jin.

Emperor, if you want to blame someone, blame me.

Empress,

how does all of this have to do with you?

Emperor, this situation is not as severe as you think it is.

Sheng Jun Wang did break into the grounds. Based on the rules, he should have been executed on the spot.

But it was because he wanted to strive to be a part of society himself.

So, he can be excused.

But coincidentally, he had to meet my stupid brother,

who wanted to punish him using the rules.

Then Guo Qing Wang couldn't help but stand aside since it was his own brother.

So he began to fight and it caused the situation to become this big.

I think they all have responsibility,

but they all have points in which they can be forgiven.

So I hope, you can give them all a chance.

So what you're saying is that the laws are just child play.

No.

That's not what I mean.

I just think that Guo Qing Wang fu jin just had the heart to save her husband

to do something so stupid.

So I hope, that I can use my family's Death Excuse Pass on Guo Qing Wang.

Then he'll be excused of death.

Get up, here.

I'm asking Jia Jia.

Jia Jia, tell me what's going on.

To respond to the emperor,

it's true that my prince in order to save his brother was too rash.

I'm scared that it might relate to the assassination situation

and that it might burden the prince.

So I thought of this stupid idea.

Please decide on punishment.

So in the end, it really is like this.

I'm thinking, seventeenth brother...how could he do such a thing?

It looks like I don't understand people.

Someone come here!

I'm here.

Tell Li Wei,

Guo Qing Wang

Yes.

Wait.

Take this with you.

If he wants to slay, tell him to slay it on this.

Yes.

You...are just way too kind and self-forgetting.

If you keep doing this, you'll spoil them all rotten.

There is only one pass to excuse death.

To spoil...will only spoil them this once.

Also this time, I really

am not trying to help them break free.

I just don't want to see you

upset.

Okay.

Prince!

Prince, hear me out!

Why did you harm me?

It clearly wasn't done by me! Why did you do this?

I wanted you to live. To live well!

I was going to live well originally.

Now because of you, living is worse than death!

Prince!

Don't call me!

What wrong did I do to you?

Jia Jia,

I don't care what others say of me.

Only you can't, you know? By doing this, I'm in more pain that if you were to kill me!

I know. I know.

But I don't have any choice. The empress threatened me!

She said that if the truth did come out, you will be the enemy of her entire clan!

Justice and evil were originally supposed to be separate!

Niang niang also said

that emperor has a bias against you. No matter what you do, he'll find something wrong.

I don't care!

I'm not scared of anyone who pick out my problems!

She...she also talked

about the situation between you and Xi Fei niang niang.

That's what is important, isn't it?

You don't want me to meet Xi Fei niang niang.

So you worked together with an outsider to harm me!

Yes,

she has a death excuse pass and she can let me live.

But my reputation is ruined!

Everyone thinks that I'm not a good person.

You make me life so painful. Is this what you want?

No!

No, it's not like that!

I always thought that you were a generous person!

You could forgive me of everything...

forgive my immaturity in the past...

but now I know,

you are also a woman who likes to be jealous!

For you to be so accepting of everything is

because you put all your hate inside your heart!

In your heart, you don't have room for me, for her, for me being with her!

I now see you clearly. I now see you clearly!

Prince!

You don't compare to her!

You will never compare to her!

She's taken up my heart completely.

You will never be able to get into my heart.

You will never get in!

Prince.

You shouldn't say that about fujin.

What kind of person she is, how are you not clear?

That day when you were going to be executed,

she put explosives around her body.

I cried trying to persuade her

but nothing worked.

She said that she wanted to go with you.

She's not the jealous type.

I am a person who experienced many things.

I know about relationships.

Once there's one, there won't be another.

But she's always been trying so hard.

She just hopes to get your recognition and that your whole family can be happy.

She did this today

because she thought of it through your perspective first

and then for herself.

For you to yell at her,

is unfair to her.

I know.

The words I said were too severe.

But I'm angry.

I don't know where to aim it at.

I can't aim it at the emperor

because he's basing it on evidence.

I can't aim it at the empress because she's trying to save her brother.

And I definitely cannot aim it at nineteenth brother,

because he's scared to death.

And I don't have any reason to aim my anger at Xi Fei niang niang.

I can only aim it at her.

If in front of the people closest to me,

I can't even release myself,

then how will I live through the days?

But what you said

were too severe.

Fu Jin already has a lot on her heart.

I'm scared that she won't be able to get over this.

How about this?

Later, take the little princess, and go there to comfort her.

When women see their children,

they forget everything.

I know.

Er Muo, you can leave first.

Yes.

My words too severe this morning.

Please don't mind it too much.

Why are you dressed up so prettily?

Are you going outside?

Oh right, didn't you say you wanted to move to someplace else?

I agree to it.

Let's hurry and move away, okay?

Jia Jia.

Jia Jia, Jia Jia, what's wrong?

Someone come in! Hurry!

Jia Jia, what's wrong with you?

Prince, what's wrong?

Er Muo, please look and see what happened! Jia Jia's not moving!

Prince!

Fujin drank poison and committed suicide!

No, not possible!

Jia Jia, don't play around with me! I know I'm in the wrong! I know I'm in the wrong!

Weren't we going back to your old home to live? We still haven't gone!

You can't die! You didn't die! You can't die! This can't be!

Prince.

Prince!

Prince!

Emperor, look to see if my impression of you is similar or not.

Emperor!

I have news to tell you.

I don't know if it's good news or bad news.

What news?

Guo Qing Wang's fujin died.

I heard that Guo Qing Wang was very sad.

So I can't straighten it out...

one that caused his reputation to fall to the floor

and never walked into his heart,

how could he be this sad?

Is he acting for others?

Or is he really regretting it all.

How would I know?

How about you?

Are you sad? His eyes are filled with suspicion.

He's still not forgetting the past.

Are all men like this?

That no matter what answer I give him, it is wrong.

If I say I'm sad,

then he would say that I'm sad because Guo Qing Wang is sad

and that I have the prince in my heart.

If I say I'm not sad, he'll say

Guo Qing Wang fujin died and I'm very happy.

Men always want to

prove his ability to see people.

But that's only so that people don't see his lack of self-confidence.

Xiao Zhen Zi's asking you something.

You're still not answering.

When people die, there is bound to be regret.

I still need to help you work on these scrolls, I don't have time to ask about what happened to others.

Jia Jia suffered a lot.

Nevertheless, she wanted the best for seventeenth brother.

I hope that her spirit can be at rest.

Empress is arriving!

Greetings empress!

I greet the empress.

I greet the emperor.

At ease.

Why did you come?

A lot has happened in the palace.

So I wanted to invite Xi Fei to Pu Ning Si to burn some incense.

I don't know if you're willing.

That's good.

Guo Qing Wang's fujin just passed away.

You can light an everlasting candle there also.

It'll be my interest from the heart.

You can go.

Thanks emperor.

Niang niang!

Alright, go inside.

go inside.

Guo Qing Wang's fujin already passed away.

I heard that Guo Qing Wang didn't eat much for many days.

So, I hope that you can persuade him a bit.

But...

What? You're not at ease?

It's okay, in this area, there a bunch of my messengers.

Emperor won't not believe it.

Besides, I even accompanied you, myself.

What else don't you believe?

Thank you, empress.

Hurry and go!

You must keep mind of the time, we still have to go to Pu Ning Si to burn incense.

Get up! Get up!

Give the alcohol to me.

Look at what you look like now.

Jia Jia's spirit is in heaven...do you think she'll be at rest?

Don't mention Jia Jia to me!

I'm not suitable for her.

Right now, I'm only suitable to drink.

Give it to me, give it to me!

Give it to me!

You're right!

You are not suitable for Jia Jia!

Jia Jia treated you so well.

Yet you lie to yourself and you abandon and disappoint her over and over again.

You're not a person!

Do you know who Jia Jia worried the most for on this world?

It's you and the little princess.

You already should be sorry for what you've done to her.

Do you want her to be sad?

For her to look down from the sky and see you drink to death,

to see little princess without anyone to care for her

and to see this manor that she took care of

to deteriorate?

Fine.

Here, drink. Drink!

I won't persuade you then.

Er Muo won't persuade you either then!

Niang niang!

The little princess...you raise her yourself.

Niang Niang, don't--

Er Muo, he already doesn't cherish his own life.

He doesn't cherish this manor either.

Why must you cherish it for him?

Do you want to be like Jia Jia also?

When living, treats him well and never gets praise

but when dead, has to watch him and be sad!

Prince!

Prince, hear me out!

Why did you harm me?

It clearly wasn't done by me! Why did you do this?

I wanted you to live. To live well!

I was going to live well originally.

Now because of you, living is worse than death!

Prince!

Don't call me!

What wrong did I do to you?

Jia Jia,

I don't care what others say of me.

Only you can't, you know? By doing this, I'm in more pain that if you were to kill me!

I know. I know.

But I don't have any choice. The empress threatened me!

She said that if the truth did come out, you will be the enemy of her entire clan!

Justice and evil were originally supposed to be separate!

Niang niang also said

that emperor has a bias against you. No matter what you do, he'll find something wrong.

I don't care!

I'm not scared of anyone who pick out my problems!

She...she also talked

about the situation between you and Xi Fei niang niang.

That's what is important, isn't it?

You don't want me to meet Xi Fei niang niang.

So you worked together with an outsider to harm me!

Yes,

she has a death excuse pass and she can let me live.

But my reputation is ruined!

Everyone thinks that I'm not a good person.

You make me life so painful. Is this what you want?

No!

No, it's not like that!

I always thought that you were a generous person!

You could forgive me of everything...

forgive my immaturity in the past...

but now I know,

you are also a woman who likes to be jealous!

For you to be so accepting of everything is

because you put all your hate inside your heart!

In your heart, you don't have room for me, for her, for me being with her!

I now see you clearly. I now see you clearly!

Prince!

You don't compare to her!

You will never compare to her!

She's taken up my heart completely.

You will never be able to get into my heart.

You will never get in!

Prince.

You shouldn't say that about fujin.

What kind of person she is, how are you not clear?

That day when you were going to be executed,

she put explosives around her body.

I cried trying to persuade her

but nothing worked.

She said that she wanted to go with you.

She's not the jealous type.

I am a person who experienced many things.

I know about relationships.

Once there's one, there won't be another.

But she's always been trying so hard.

She just hopes to get your recognition and that your whole family can be happy.

She did this today

because she thought of it through your perspective first

and then for herself.

For you to yell at her,

is unfair to her.

I know.

The words I said were too severe.

But I'm angry.

I don't know where to aim it at.

I can't aim it at the emperor

because he's basing it on evidence.

I can't aim it at the empress because she's trying to save her brother.

And I definitely cannot aim it at nineteenth brother,

because he's scared to death.

And I don't have any reason to aim my anger at Xi Fei niang niang.

I can only aim it at her.

If in front of the people closest to me,

I can't even release myself,

then how will I live through the days?

But what you said

were too severe.

Fu Jin already has a lot on her heart.

I'm scared that she won't be able to get over this.

How about this?

Later, take the little princess, and go there to comfort her.

When women see their children,

they forget everything.

I know.

Er Muo, you can leave first.

Yes.

My words too severe this morning.

Please don't mind it too much.

Why are you dressed up so prettily?

Are you going outside?

Oh right, didn't you say you wanted to move to someplace else?

I agree to it.

Let's hurry and move away, okay?

Jia Jia.

Jia Jia, Jia Jia, what's wrong?

Someone come in! Hurry!

Jia Jia, what's wrong with you?

Prince, what's wrong?

Er Muo, please look and see what happened! Jia Jia's not moving!

Prince!

Fujin drank poison and committed suicide!

No, not possible!

Jia Jia, don't play around with me! I know I'm in the wrong! I know I'm in the wrong!

Weren't we going back to your old home to live? We still haven't gone!

You can't die! You didn't die! You can't die! This can't be!

Prince.

Prince!

Prince!

Emperor, look to see if my impression of you is similar or not.

Emperor!

I have news to tell you.

I don't know if it's good news or bad news.

What news?

Guo Qing Wang's fujin died.

I heard that Guo Qing Wang was very sad.

So I can't straighten it out...

one that caused his reputation to fall to the floor

and never walked into his heart,

how could he be this sad?

Is he acting for others?

Or is he really regretting it all.

How would I know?

How about you?

Are you sad? His eyes are filled with suspicion.

He's still not forgetting the past.

Are all men like this?

That no matter what answer I give him, it is wrong.

If I say I'm sad,

then he would say that I'm sad because Guo Qing Wang is sad

and that I have the prince in my heart.

If I say I'm not sad, he'll say

Guo Qing Wang fujin died and I'm very happy.

Men always want to

prove his ability to see people.

But that's only so that people don't see his lack of self-confidence.

Xiao Zhen Zi's asking you something.

You're still not answering.

When people die, there is bound to be regret.

I still need to help you work on these scrolls, I don't have time to ask about what happened to others.

Jia Jia suffered a lot.

Nevertheless, she wanted the best for seventeenth brother.

I hope that her spirit can be at rest.

Empress is arriving!

Greetings empress!

I greet the empress.

I greet the emperor.

At ease.

Why did you come?

A lot has happened in the palace.

So I wanted to invite Xi Fei to Pu Ning Si to burn some incense.

I don't know if you're willing.

That's good.

Guo Qing Wang's fujin just passed away.

You can light an everlasting candle there also.

It'll be my interest from the heart.

You can go.

Thanks emperor.

Niang niang!

Alright, go inside.

go inside.

Guo Qing Wang's fujin already passed away.

I heard that Guo Qing Wang didn't eat much for many days.

So, I hope that you can persuade him a bit.

But...

What? You're not at ease?

It's okay, in this area, there a bunch of my messengers.

Emperor won't not believe it.

Besides, I even accompanied you, myself.

What else don't you believe?

Thank you, empress.

Hurry and go!

You must keep mind of the time, we still have to go to Pu Ning Si to burn incense.

Get up! Get up!

Give the alcohol to me.

Look at what you look like now.

Jia Jia's spirit is in heaven...do you think she'll be at rest?

Don't mention Jia Jia to me!

I'm not suitable for her.

Right now, I'm only suitable to drink.

Give it to me, give it to me!

Give it to me!

You're right!

You are not suitable for Jia Jia!

Jia Jia treated you so well.

Yet you lie to yourself and you abandon and disappoint her over and over again.

You're not a person!

Do you know who Jia Jia worried the most for on this world?

It's you and the little princess.

You already should be sorry for what you've done to her.

Do you want her to be sad?

For her to look down from the sky and see you drink to death,

to see little princess without anyone to care for her

and to see this manor that she took care of

to deteriorate?

Fine.

Here, drink. Drink!

I won't persuade you then.

Er Muo won't persuade you either then!

Niang niang!

The little princess...you raise her yourself.

Niang Niang, don't--

Er Muo, he already doesn't cherish his own life.

He doesn't cherish this manor either.

Why must you cherish it for him?

Do you want to be like Jia Jia also?

When living, treats him well and never gets praise

but when dead, has to watch him and be sad!