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Earlier you said that the students are all doing what the performers should be doing.

They are all cutting a tree...

then that means

that someone on the top, wants you to use the play as an opportunity to pull out the tree.

Who is the tree?

Is it Zha Lan Tai?

If the emperor wants to fight against Zha Lan Tai, he doesn't even have to worry.

Why must he ask me for help?

Official, look at this drawing.

Is this not clear?

Could it be that the emperor is really controlled by Zha Lan Tai?

If it is like that,

then Master, my decisions are filled with risks.

How do I help?

Everything is within you heart,

you can first envision the two endings.

Then you'll know what you should do.

If I help the emperor get rid of Zha Lan Tai,

then I will get a higher status and gain wealth. But I also can be beheaded...

If I tell secrets to Zha Lan Tai,

then how will he treat me in the future?

He won't let me stay.

If help Zha Lan Tai, then he'll know that I know he stole the throne.

Then he definitely won't allow me to stay.

Official, you already know what to do.

Thank you, master.

My cakes!

Yun er, are you alright? I'm fine.

You can leave for now. Yes.

These people under you...are they part of a play or are they fighters?

Why do they all look like they know martial arts.

Only for them to know martial arts, I'll have a chance to live.

Otherwise, I'll have to bid you goodbye.

What are you saying?

Here, sit and talk.

This is the money that I have saved, leave it at your side.

If I encounter anything bad, and I'm no longer here, live well.

What do you mean?

You're sending me away!

I'm not sending you away.

It's just that I need to get into the palace and that there are a lot of risks. I don't want to burden you.

Why are you always sending your life away for wealth and status?

Why can't you just live for me?

Is status, in your heart,

that important?

Why is our relationship

always the least important in your heart?

Take it.

I don't want it, I don't want it, I don't want it.

Don't worry.

I won't stand in the way of you getting status and wealth.

From now on, it doesn't matter if you are alive or dead.

It has nothing to do with me.

Good, here,

look at what this is? Look.

Is it fun?

Look, good. Give us a smile. Give us a smile.

Give us a smile.

Greetings Consort Yu.

You can all take your leave.

General Zha, why did you come here to find me?

Give the child to me. What are you trying to do?

Little prince should grow up beside me

and he'll be able to understand more on how to be a good ruler.

Don't you hope that he shines more?

But...he's still so little and doesn't understand anything.

Children must be taught when they are little.

But...but I can't separate from him. I can't.

This is not up to you.

General Zha! General Zha, listen to me.

I know you have good intentions,

but this child is really too young.

He can't leave me. You...

Can you give me one more month?

Just give me one more month, okay?

Fine.

I'll give niang niang one more month.

At the time, I hope you don't take that back.

Yu Shu.

What's wrong? Why are you crying?

Nothing...the wind blew dust into my eyes.

As long as nothing happened, it's fine.

Is this the little prince?

He sure looks cute.

Consort Qian, what is it you are here for?

Yu Shu, come here.

You know me, I can't hide secrets.

I will say everything out directly.

From what I see, the emperor seems to really appreciate the empress's brother.

And this person is also quite close to you.

I don't know if you are willing to help introduce me.

Let me get some of your glory.

You want to meet him?

Of course, these kind of new officials, who doesn't want to meet them?

You also know, that my life now is spend a day, pass a day...

if I can meet him, I can ask him to get me some things from outside the palace.

Also he can help my family. It's all good.

It isn't as good as you think.

You must sacrifice to get repayment.

Doing nothing and getting things, even if you get it

you didn't get any advantages from it.

If you're not willing, just say you're not willing to help.

Why say so much?

You can believe what I said or you can not believe what I said.

I am saying it for your benefit.

You will understand it overtime.

Here, Mother is here. Come on.

Really...clearly she got something good and wants to enjoy it herself.

Saying all those useless things...who are you saying it to?

I just don't believe it...without you,

I can still meet that Guo Jiu Ye.

I have ways.

A group of useless things. What was practiced earlier had no effect at all!

How do you even follow me?

Get up, continue to fight!

We have no ability!

Stop saying useless things, whoever gets beaten so that they can't get up,

the money from this month will be gone.

Who can fight me till I fall,

then that I will gift them my sword!

Get up, continue to fight.

Stop fighting.

You are all just eating machines!

Can it be that in the palace

There is not even one of you can fight?

How dare you woman! You dare to bring the sword to our general's neck.

In the palace, for you not to recognize me, how dare you!

You call yourself differently...which niang niang are you?

Chang Chun Gong, Consort Qian.

So it is Consort Qian,

I greet Consort Qian.

Greetings Consort Qian.

You just lost to me. You must not be at ease.

It's true that your martial arts is better than mine.

Sword fighting is about speed and how brutal you can be.

You won't necessarily win because you have good martial arts skills.

General, when we have time in the future, hope to practice with you. See you some other time.

Greetings Consort Qian.

General, you have manners.

Actually, I came here specially to wait for general.

Otherwise, can you easily just walk into this place?

Wait for me? What is it that niang niang is looking for me for?

General, this is something that has passed down in my family.

I want to gift it to you.

General, right now you are the emperor's favorite person.

The way that the emperor treats you is that he listens to you all the time.

But sadly, my life is sad, and I don't get the emperor's favor.

So I caused my family to be looked down on upon others.

This makes me feel very stuffy.

Recently, I was able to know the general...it's a kind of fate.

I hope you don't mind and help me out.

Niang niang's military book doesn't attract me.

Then I want to know what attracts the general.

Niang Niang, didn't you want to practice?

So general is still thinking of earlier?

Fine. Then I'll fight with you one more round.

So fragrant. How dare you!

Fine, fine, general, I admit my loss. Let me go.

What if I don't let go?

What are you trying to do?

The Mudan flower falls and dies, even as a ghost it has glory.

How dare you! Let me tell you that I am the emperor's woman.

Let go. Let go.

Otherwise, I'm going to yell now.

Niang Niang, go ahead and yell.

The people in this palace have already been sent away by me.

No one will hear it. You!

By doing this, are you not scared of going to hell?

Your flower is at full bloom right now, yet the emperor does not know to appreciate it.

Niang Niang, are you willing to let this flower to wilt so early?

Don't move!

I persuade you to not yell.

If you did call someone over, who will believe that I assaulted niang niang?

But will your innocence still be there?

Niang Niang, who don't you just quietly agree to me.

In the future, wealth and status, everything,

I can give it to you.

Let go of me! Let go!

Lets all talk about what we think of the emperor's plan for the birthday

No opinions...

General Zha,

General Zha,

how do you think of the emperor's birthday plan?

My life is really full of color and scent.

General Zha, where did you go last night?

Full of color and scent!

You must be careful.

Officials, you've worked hard.

Chang Chun Gong's Consort Qian

made some cakes for you officials to fill your stomachs.

Thank Consort Qian.

Official, your tea.

I will wait for you behind the fake mountain at Hui garden.

Isn't that Lian er?

Didn't she leave the palace a long time ago?

Why did she appear again?

Could it be that I saw wrongly?

Little goody, I missed you.

Okay, stop fooling around.

What's wrong?

Didn't you invite me here? Why are you being so awkward?

I think I just saw Lian er. Who is Lian er?

The one that had something with Guo Qing Wang.

And then she got kicked out of the palace by the emperor...Xi Fei niang niang.

For this person to appear now is quite odd...

What's wrong with you?

Where are you taking me to?

This sister, you came just in time.

Something happened to the emperor. What happened to the emperor?

Earlier, he ran out and accidentally fell off the fake mountain.

The doctor said he can't be moved so we settled him in a room nearby.

Where is he right now? Take me now.

Follow me.

Emperor, emperor!

Hey, open the door!

Open the door! Open the door!

No need to yell. You won't get out.

Why are you guys locking me in?

Consort Qian, take a good look.

Is she Xi Fei niang niang?

Isn't this Lian er?

I haven't seen you in a long time, for you to appear like this...it's truly moving.

I don't know what you are saying.

You don't know?

Don't forget that we entered the palace together.

You can trick others

but you want to trick me...no chance.

This niang niang, I really don't know what you are saying.

I am Consort Yu's palace maid.

You can call me Ru Yi.

Ru Yi.

This is the funniest joke I heard.

Who is Ru Yi?

Say it!

What is your goal in coming into the palace?

What are you trying to do with the emperor?

I really don't know what you are saying.

This niang niang, let me ask you,

what is Xi Fei niang niang and Consort Yu's relationship to one another?

Do you need to ask?

Consort Yu was sent into a lockdown because of her.

Their relationship is not good, for sure.

Then that is right.

If I am Xi Fei niang niang, why would Consort Yu hide that for me?

Consort Yu told me that she has a lot of collaborations with official,

and that in the future, they will be relatives.

Why would she bring in an enemy?

Official, think about it,

if you wrongly accuse that I am Xi Fei niang niang and do something to me,

wouldn't that make Consort Yu's heart cold?

How will you work together in the future?

How will you share the sky together?

Carefully look for me.

Is this person her or not?

It is.

It should be. But also it seems...

I don't want "it seems."

I want the truth.

I don't know. I don't know.

Prince, don't worry.

Niang niang will be fine.

Consort Yu, how is it?

Is there news on Lian er?

I asked,

all the people said that they didn't see Lian er all day.

The people at the emperor's also didn't have any reaction.

What is going on with Lian er?

Did she get captured?

Or did something happen to her?

This can't do...I must find her. Hey...

No!

You can't go. Why?

Think about it, what is your status?

How many people recognize you in the palace...

If someone recognizes you,

not only will you not be able to save Lian er, your own life will be on the line too.

But this...

If something did happen to Lian er,

you can't hide it for too long in the palace.

We should wait and see,

after two days it will be the emperor's birthday.

I believe that everything will be settled over the course of these days.

Prince, I think that Consort Yu is right.

How about we just wait a bit longer?

Official Li, hello Official Li.

Brother, you've worked hard.

I brought the play troupe in to present a show for the emperor.

Li Wei entered the palace...real/fake Xi Fei...

Will these two have any sort of relationship?

Official Li, please. SLOW DOWN!

Greetings Guo Jiu Ye.

Official Li, emperor has orders...he changed the play.

Please return with your troupe.

What do you mean?

It means that for the emperor's birthday, he won't listen to your play.

Not possible, the empress specifically ordered me to do this.

Official Li, if you don't believe me...I'll bring in the royal decree tomorrow.

Go back.

No, if the emperor didn't tell me personally...we're not leaving.

You dare not to leave? Come here!

Official Li, after the birthday, hurry and return the army on your hands.

I'll wait for it.

Greetings General Zha

The medicine I asked you to bring, did you bring it?

I brought it.

Go away.

General Zha, this must be taken in small bits.

After someone eats it, they will become addicted and depend on it and it also has a bit of a poisonous effect.

If you eat too much of it, you can die.

I know, I'm going to use it on some prisoners.

That way they can quickly reveal everything.

Go away.

Emperor, are you happy playing?

Happy.

Emperor, look at this.

Emperor, this is Wu Shi San.

Eat it. Eat it.

Zha Lan Tai is perfectly fine, why would he make me eat Wu Shi San?

Is it because he noticed something?

This is the most critical moment at the time.

I cannot let him notice anything.

It's not good.

It's good, it's good.

It's good, it's good.

Emperor, keep playing.

It's not right.

Looking at the way he is, it doesn't look like he's acting.

Am I overthinking

or is it really like that?

Don't care anymore..

Dealing with life or death, even if I have to kill a hundred wrongly...I can't let one go.

What did you say?

Li Wei's people can't get in?

Then what should we do?

I don't know.

This Zha Lan Tai...

did he notice anything?

This can't do.

Then something must have happened to Lian er.

I must go save her.

Prince, you can't!

Right now, you can't act rashly.

We can all die.

I can't care about all that.

Li Wei's people can't get in and Lian er disappeared.

Zha Lan Tai must have some form of prevention.

If we keep just hiding around, we will only have the share of being trampled on.

No matter what,

I must know where Lian er is.

I must try to find a bit otherwise it'll really be late.

Prince, prince!

Prince, you can't go. Prince!

This is truly the sky predicts better than people.

Such a detailed plan...yet it still had flaws.

Could it be that we can only just sit and watch?

Yeah, what other plan is there?

Plan...

This Consort Qian is quite welcome recently...

I heard some palace maids say that she is quite close with Zha Lan Tai.

Also Zha Lan Tai takes care of her very well. Not only did he make the palace give her more money,

he also helped her family by adding status.

There's more. More?

What else?

Also, I heard that she has a sexual relationship with Zha Lan Tai.

The people in the palace all know.

Only the empress doesn't know.

Now Li Wei can't get in.

Lian er disappeared.

The only one that can get close to Zha Lan Tai is her.

If I can use her...

It's so late, why did you bring me here, Consort Yu?

Last time didn't you say that there was an artist who drew the empress really prettily?

Yesterday, I saw him and had him draw you one too.

So, I wanted you to come take a look.

Consort Yu, why are you so warmhearted today?

I'm not too used to it.

Right now, who doesn't know that niang niang is not ordinary anymore?

Guo Jie Ye raised you so high. We're born as people behind the palace should follow with the fate destined by the sky.

Consort Yu, I'm the emperor's woman.

I only have a normal relationship with Guo Jiu Ye.

Okay, okay, I know.

I didn't say much anyways.

Don't over think so much. Okay, let's look at the drawing.

Did you hear something?

It seems like someone is doing something they aren't supposed to.

That's unacceptable!

I want to go and reveal them!

What is it?

What if it is just a palace maid and a eunuch?

Or what if it was just a palace guard?

We are niang niangs, to reveal them doing such is not good.

How about we just hide a bit and let the people in charge take care of them.

Fine.

Let's go.

Come, come, come, come inside.

Where are you running off to?

You devil, for you to treat me like this,

it'll make others jealous.

Who will be jealous?

Everyone knows that

you don't have a normal relationship with Consort Qian.

If one day she finds out that I'm with you, won't she be furious?

I am Guo Jiu Ye and I'm also a popular person next to the emperor.

Who can do anything with me?

Do it lighter, aren't you scared someone will come in? I didn't...

How about we go to the tower?

Fine, let's listen to you.

Let's go.

This rushed pervert!

This shameless pervert!

It's fine that you are having a secret relationship with someone,

and even dragged me into it!

Yu Shu, I really didn't do anything with him. I'm innocent.

You must be my witness!

Men...how many are devoted to only one relationship?

When he's good with you, he'll do everything in your favor.

But when he's not good with you, it's hard for him to even look at you more than once.

You don't believe me.

It's not that I don't believe you.

Truthfully speaking,

today's emperor is being trapped by him.

I wanted Li Wei to use the play troupe to get in and help save the day.

But who knew that it got ruined because of him?

Right now, every way we could think of is used.

It's only up to you.

Me?

I'm a woman...what can I do?

Also, I don't want to have anything to do with it.

Do you think that this only has to do with the emperor?

This also has to do with you.

If he managed to get the throne, do you think he'll keep you?

In every dynasty and reign, once the emperors manage to get the throne, they all want peace all over.

Do you think that he will keep the concubine of the previous emperor and ruin his reputation?

At that time, won't he just find a random excuse and have you killed?

But if you use this important opportunity to save the emperor,

then everything is different.

At that time, you had a part in it.

Not only will you be admired by others, you might even get the emperor's favor.

There are two choices, you know which one to choose.

Let me think about it.

Niang Niang, how did we act earlier?

The acting was done well and the voice impersonation was also done well.

If I wasn't sure about it all...

How can I ask you to act this scene?

Thank you, niang niang.

Emperor, it's time to eat medicine.

Emperor?

General, the water is ready.

Go away.

Prince?

Right now, this palace sure is lively.

Everyone has gathered.

You all want me to die right?

I purposely won't.

I want to see what you'll do. Let's go!

Lock him in there.

Get in!

Prince?

Why did you also get captured?

I was worried about you.

Who knew that Zha Lan Tai's martial arts improved by a lot?

We're done...even you got captured.

Now we can only depend on Li Wei and that play troupe.

Li Wei and the play troupe are all restricted from entering.

They can't get in.

Then what do we do?

There is no way right now.

We'll have to see what God has in store.

Hhis eyes are at peace and his mouth is in a straight line.

Clearly, he's not concerned at all.

Can it be...

Prince.

Did you think of another plan?

No.

Then why don't you look concerned at all?

What is the use of being worried?

Lian er, I trust in karma. Things will come around.

We are all good people.

God won't treat us like this, right?

Okay.

Let's just wait for God's plan.

Lan Tai, the officials...

why didn't they come?

Sister, this is the emperor's birthday.

It should be spent with family.

There is no need for others to appear.

This does not go according to the rules.

Rules are set by people.

Emperor, is this play good?

It's good, very good.

Then we have more to see.

Emperor, just wait for the surprise.

Come here.

Bring them in.

Emperor, you should recognize them both.

One is your brother,

the other is your Xi Fei niang niang.

I heard that they went to outside areas.

How could they just come back the palace like this?

Emperor, do you know what they have up their sleeve?

I don't know.

Since it is like that, then secretly entering the palace is a big crime.

Emperor should hurry and write a royal decree to kill them off.

Emperor, you already recovered your memory, right?

Yet you are able to withstand for such a long time.

You sure are powerful.

Lan Tai, how are you speaking to the emperor?

Are you not scared for your life?

I didn't want to live a long time ago.

I trapped the emperor.

I killed the prisoners of Ning Gu Ta.

I even slept with the emperor's woman.

Get up! Hey, what are you doing?

Stop lying!

This is the woman.

Emperor, I didn't! I really didn't! He's lying!

I didn't teach my brother well, please give your punishment.

It has nothing to do with you,

get up.

Release everyone.

I will allow you to be free of crime.

Do you think I would believe that?

Do you think I am that stupid as you think?

Emperor, you cherish these people, right?

Okay, then I'll let you see for yourself

how they die one by one.

Emperor!

Emperor, I'm scared that your royal decree is up to no use this time.

Did you think that with a small pin, you could kill me?

That's a pity.

Emperor, I like to see beautiful things rushed.

Don't worry. I'll send them to hell first and then I'll send you.

You will reunite soon.

Emperor, emperor!

What's going on?

Emperor? Li Wei can't get in, right? Yeah.

Lian er also disappeared.

How do you know all this?

The people in the palace all know her.

The only place that she can hide besides at Yu Shu's is here.

If she was at Yu Shu's place, you won't leave her side.

But she's not here,

the only reasonable explanation is that she is missing.

If she is missing, then Zha Lan Tai must have started preventing.

So I guessed that Li Wei couldn't make it.

Emperor, what should we do next?

No.

If you use the magnifying glass on a leaf, the leaf with instantly burn.

If you shine the magnifying glass on ling fen, then the speed of how fast it burns will be times 100.

So to kill the person, you shoot the horse.

If we spill Ling Feng on Zha Lan Tai, then the effect will be like a fire gun.

It is not time for you to reveal yourself,

Let me do it.

If you directly spill Ling Fen in his room, it'll be easy for him to notice.

If you spill the ling fen on yourself and go to his room and cause a ruckus,

then that will be a different case.

But it will also be very dangerous. I can only promise that he won't suspect

the reason why you went there.

Seventeenth brother, it is very risky. Everything depends on you.

If anything happens, then I can't help you.

I understand.

If I fail, I only have one request.

Go ahead and say it. Don't tell Lian er.

Just say I left.

That way she'll feel better at heart.

Why didn't you guys tell me?

If I told you, we were scared you would be too calm and that it would cause him to suspect

Emperor.

It's fine.

Listen well.

Zha Lan Tai made a plan to revolt!

Right now, things were done according to the law.

I know you were doing things under his influence,

you didn't really revolt on your own will.

I will say that you are free of crime,

you may all leave.

Thank you, emperor.

You may have won,

but you didn't win with glory.

Sooner or later, you'll be like me.

Emperor..

Lan Tai should die because of his crimes.

But no matter what,

he is still my little brother.

I only beg that you can look past this,

and let Lan Tai die without too much pain.

Get up.

Go.

Emperor! Emperor!

Hurry and call the imperial doctor!

Emperor! Emperor! Emperor! Emperor!

Emperor!

Greetings empress.

At ease. Thank you, empress.

How is the emperor?

He is fine, just too tired.

He needs to rest well.

Go back, you should all go back.

The emperor is really fine.

Why don't you just go back to your Chu Xiu Gong?

When the emperor is better,

come and see him then.

Empress... Okay.

Then we'll leave first, we'll come another day to greet the emperor.

I'm tired also and will go back now.

Sending the empress.

Yu Shu, why did you stop me?

I want to go in and see the emperor.

Empress's brother just died.

If it wasn't for the emperor's royal decree,

she won't restrain you from going in.

This is the emperor's meaning.

Why won't he let me in?

Maybe he really is too tired.

You can see the emperor tomorrow, ask him then.