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Empress, the crown prince arrived

Your Majesty

Your Majesty, how about the condition of His Majesty?

His Majesty was poisoned

Fortunately, the medical treatment was timely,

There is no immediate danger of life

But he urgently needs to rest quietly

All the affairs in the court can not be delayed in a single day

Today all the high officials, both interior and exterior, are all present in the hall

I counselled with the prime minister

From now on

the crown prince shall temporarily act as Guardian

and the prime minister as Regent

All officials

what's your opinion?

Follow the order

Your Highness

Your Highness

Please

Please help my family

I beg you

Wanru

Concubine Xie committed such a heinous crime

Now the evidence is clear

How do you expect me to save her?

No. It can't be aunt

Aunt and His Majesty have deep affection

It is obvious to all

How could she possibly poison the emperor?

If it wasn't Concubine Xie,

then who was the criminal?

I saw it myself

If I hadn't seen it,

I can't believe it, either

These years,

Your aunt, Concubine Xie, is the sole favorite of my father

He prefers Zitan

Mother and uncle have been dissatisfied for a long time

Now they are on to something

Listen to me,

don't forget,

you are Xie Wanru

You also surnamed Xie

Now your Xie's family are all imprisoned,

except you

It's lucky enough

I think

you should not raise new issues

Otherwise you will be in danger

Your Highness

Now only you can help me

If there is something wrong with my father and aunt,

I don't want to live, either

You

Your Highness, I beg you

Save them

I know

Now that we are husband and wife,

I'll talk to mother to make sure you're safe

But as for father-in-law and Concubine Xie,

only my father could save them now

If only my father can wake up

there is still hope for everything

Then

I am going to see my father

Do you want to

risk your life like them?

Brother,

I'm trying it for you

You should have more serious thoughts in your mind

Yes

Wen Zongshen,

as for those old officials who are very close to the Xie's family,

you have to keep an eye on them

Yes. I understand

But brother,

today is a good time,

why not get things done in one vigorous effort?

Why do you keep the emperor alive?

That's just right for the emperor

He is neither alive

nor dead

Only in this way,

can those outer kings be stabilized

Otherwise the brothers who had fought him for the throne,

in the name of mourners,

will lead troops to the capital

How many soldiers and horses can you keep off with only thousands of imperial guard?

The ones who can contend with them,

only the 200 thousand Ningshuo Army in the charge of Xiao Qi

What will happen to the Xie's family?

And the third prince

Brother, you...

Mother

How is your father?

I have been here to watch over my father

But my father

he didn't give any response

Your father has wronged you

If he wakes up,

and knows you are so filial,

he will regret what he did to you

Mother

Are the murderer really the Concubine Xie and Zitan?

The wine Concubine Xie offered was indeed poisonous

Anyway,

it's all my fault

I shouldn't be in such a hurry to present the seal to father

But I cannot understand

Why did they do it?

Father loved Zitan so much

It really is

Greed has no limits

The whole empire and me shall rely on you

Mother

I will not fail you

You are pushing me

This is not

I'm doing this for the Crown Prince and Wang family

Fine

If you really force to do this

There is no way back for me and the Crown Prince

but there is one thing

You need to promise me

Say it

For the throne competition,

whatever you are going to do

I won't get into your business

But if you are going to hurt Zilong

then you are hurting me

If there were one more time like what happened today

I will go my own ways instead of yours

Not only your son will be the pawn

For Wang's

Every of Wang will be pawns

Issue an imperial edict

Get Xiao Qi and Awu married

Then there will be nothing for Wang's to worry about

There is you

I cannot get fall, I can say that

Then, when without me around you?

When you are not there

Where are you going?

You shouldn't go anywhere

Fine

I won't go anywhere

I hope on the same day next year,

You and I...

if you speak the wish out,

it's not going to work

After our wedding, you won't be the daughter of Wang

I'm no longer the third Prince

We will go travel around

Feel free and without any burden

So beautiful

For the whole life,

I will never separate from my brother Zitan

Never

Brother Zitan, Awu

Brother Zitan

Awu

The imperial physician has identified

There was poison in Emperor's drink

The poison is called aconitum

Chen county area produces it a lot.

I had ordered a search of Xie's house

Indeed

there was solid evidence

All Xie family have been arrested now

They will be treated as guilty

Report to the crown Prince

Xie's family has always been high officials from the noble class of our House

Although in Concubine Xie's house

we did find out the toxicant

Just because of that

put all of the Xie's family into the prison

I'm afraid that is not appropriate

I suggust

we wait until the Emperor wakes up to find out the truth before making the decision

to avoid any future trouble

Counsellor Wen

At the moment, the Crown Prince acts as Guardian and executes the order of the emperor

Are you trying to resist the order of emperor?

Your Majesty

It is true that crown Prince is guardian

but if there is any inappropriate decision made

even if the Emperor personally made the order

Wen Zongshen

would refute it with the Emperor, too

Crown Prince just started as guardian

You want him to be under your control?

I dare not

But this thing is very strange in very aspect

and there is no collateral evidence

Just because of a pot of poisonous wine

to eliminate the century-old noble class family

I'm afraid

that is not that simple

If Concubine Xie admitted it herself

that was done by her and Xie's

then what you are going to do, Counsellor Wen?

Then I will see

I'm here to ask the Empress to give our people the justice

Fine

Dismiss

Dismiss

See off Her Majesty and His Highness

Xie's family are innocent.

We were wronged

We were wronged. We were wronged

You Wang's will not end well

Xie's family were wronged

Xie's family are innocent.

Please

Xie's family were wronged

Let me go

Wang's will not end well

Wang's are all not human beings

Let me go

Let me go

If I, Xie Yuan got lucky and got out of here

I will spend my whole life

make all of Wang's to pay for what you did to us

I will get my revenge, I swear

Unexpectedly till today

you are still quite calm, not making any scene

Normally

I don't like accusing you being lofty

but today

you kind of impressed me a little

You and I have been fighting for years

I heard that

people who are going to die

before they got killed

there will be a meal supplied to them

Are you coming to say goodbye to me?

Aren't you afraid of me poisoning in the drink?

I will die sooner or later

When I saw you coming here

I know the Emperor can't be good

Whether I'm here or not,

does it make any difference?

You are truly in love with the Emperor

Come on. I want to toast you

For the fate of the noble class women

You came down here

You are not only want to drink with me, aren't you?

You can speak directly to me

Awu begged me

I don't want to upset her

I'm here to tell you

Leave a way out for your own son

What is a way out?

What is a dead end?

I didn't poison the Emperor

There is nothing to do with my son

You've been in the forbiden city for years

You are still a such naive person

Is that important for who is the real murderer?

What do you want from me?

What I want

is your life always

Zitan can live

But you

You have to die

Otherwise

All Xie's family will be killed

What I want now

is your commit letter

To give all of courtiers an explanation

I can write it down for you

but you have to make the promise with me

If you ever break your promise

harm my son and family

I will turn into a evil ghost and haunt you down

Your Majesty

I will come with you

We will be an ordinary couple in the underground world

Your Majesty

Concubine Xie had killed herself with guilt

I can finally have a good sleep

Guilty Concubine Xie had left a commit letter

She committed suicide to escape punishment

There are personal and physical evidence both can prove that the Xie family did it

Poisoned the Emperor

Intended to take over the throne

For these kinds of crimes

What do you think of for the punishment?

I can't imagine

that Xie's family were so ambitious

He was just a marquis

Prime Minister,

I think according to the law

The whole Xie's family should be killed, with the nine branches of Xie's too

Sir

Yes, your highness. What's the news?

Concubine Xie had wrote down the confession letter

Committed suicide in prison

All Xie's family was ordered to be killed

Same as the third Prince

There was a rumor in the palace

The Empress wanted to issue a decree

She wanted Wang Xuan to be married to Lord Yuzhang

What a good move

Wang Lin uses his own daughter

in exchange for Ningshuo's 200,000 army

What a good deal

Yes

Think about that day

Zilong raped Wanru Xie

That old thing Wang Lin was quite calm

He already had a plan

His moves

changed fast

Your highness

Wang Lin had evil thoughts for a long time

but the outer kings are very strong

Wang Lin dare not take any action

The Emperor got poisoned this time

If other kings knew

they would lead the army to the capital

If Wang Lin wants to defend against them

he has to rely on Lord Yuzhang's Ningshuo army

In this case, he cab defeat the XIe's family

and get closer to the Lord Yuzhang

It was truly one stone for two birds

I could make Lord Yuzhang not marry Xie Wanru

I can make him not marry Wang Xuan as well

Princess

The third Prince... he

Don't wait any longer

He won't come back

There was a big thing that happened in the palace

Your father won't be back today

No.

I will wait for him to get back

I need to know why

Zitan was arrested

Zitan was Uncle Emperor's son

Why would he poison his own father?

Mother

You are the eldest Princess

They all listen to you

Can you go to the palace to save them?

Zitan was wronged

He must be wronged

Mother

Mother, please, mother

Awu

I can't even save my own brother

You tell me, who else can I save then?

Little girl,

mother is in a very awkward situation now

You'd better go back now

Awu

Here he is. Brother is back

Brother, how is it going?

I couldn't find my father

The Empress said that

if you want to save Zitan,

you need to marry Lord Yuzhang

Awu

Awu

Awu

Princess

Princess, be careful! Awu

Princess, be careful

Princess

His Majesty is not awake yet

and the Empress has ordered no one is allowed to enter

Uncle

How's it going?

Uncle

Wake up

Uncle

Uncle

Zitan was wronged

Uncle

Wake up please

Please wake up to save him

Uncle

Zitan was wronged

Save him please

Only you

can save Zitan at the moment

Su'er must have presumably told you

In order to save Zitan

you need to marry Lord Yuzhang

Awu

I know it's too hard for you to do this

I can love you

But I am the Empress

I can't feel sorry for you

I wore this crown when I was sixteen

Since then, I've been undertaking responsibility

I wasn't unaware of what would come later before I get married as much as you do

I was also regarded as a pearl at home

and I thought everything would go well in my life

However,

ever since I put on this phoenix robe,

I just came to understand that

a lot of wonderful things

were just like an illusion

Besides, your little aunt

married Qingyang King, who is more than 20 years older than her

She was just for the

control of the military forces

Awu

You're old enough

to marry

You cannot

be protected by the family forever

You have to understand slowly that

there are many reluctant things for one to do

in his life

Everyone must accept his own destiny

Is there no other way, aunt?

Qingyang King is old

The Wang's family needs stronger power

If you don't agree,

tomorrow, Zitan...

I promise you

I promise you

Imperial Mandate

Princess Shangyang

is graceful and elegant and suitable for marriage

Lord Yuzhang Xiao Qi

brave and skillful in warfare

Hereby approve Lord Yuzhang to marry Princess Shangyang

and proclaimed to all in the country

This is the real Harpin Ceremony for me

A childish dream as a girl

has been broken by cruel reality

I'm the bloodline of the generations of

the powerful officials

The Wang's family

is the shackles I can never break free from

Sister Wanru was right

Aunt can't escape,

so did she

and so am I

The Awu who was happy and

didn't know the world

die at this moment

The Empress is right

Only me

can save Zitan

The princess is back

As the eldest princess,

you should know that this is a state affair

but a family matter

What state affair?

What princess?

All I know is that I am a mother

As a parent,

I love my child

more than self-interest

Are

you not Awu's father?

Aren't you sad?

Awu's marriage

is not just a marriage related to you and me

It's a marriage between Wang's family

and even the marriage between the noble class and the powerful general

Let my daughter marry and win over the army

What did you all do?

When my brother falls ill,

You treat me and

your own daughter

there's no need to protect my daughter and I?

Do you think the noble class

is still as powerful as in the past?

And the world

is as peaceful as it was then?

You were born in the palace and married to the Prime Minister

So, your life is full of splendor

Nowadays, the imperial court has suffered a prolonged disease

and the military power is out of the control of the emperor

All distinguished families before

have lost the splendor now

You have seen it with your own eyes

that the Xie's family has come down in the world

They had been dominating powers

They had been the royal families

Do you think it

is just Awu's contribution for prominence of the royal relatives today?

My two sisters were in the prime of their lives,

but one of them married emperor who didn't love her

The other married to

the dying Qingyang King who held the military power

In this manner,

the family fame and authority could be truly reached,

overwhelm the enemy's aggressiveness

to save the royal families from decaying

Otherwise,

how can you

scrounge the splendor today?

Qingyang King is dead now

and his offsprings have long lost the reputation of God of War

If the Wang's family don't unite with the powerful general by marriage,

how long do you think

the glory of the eldest princess and Wang's daughter

can last?

Prime Minister,

You seem to be missing one

For this glory,

you used to

submit to humiliation

to marry me, the aunt Princess Jinmin

And you've been pretending to love me for many years

Now,

you are going make your daughter

to marry an inferior man of low class

An inferior man of low class?

Can you list the

the ambitious people who can fight in the battlefield in the city?

In today's world,

If there were no the inferior warriors

like Xiao Qi who conquered internal and foreign enemies,

there is just a mess

Xiao Qi has been promoted again and again

until as a Lord,

that's actually the royal family's netting of military power

Let alone to marry the Wang's daughter now,

the emperor will be permit

even a it's one of the princesses

Father,

to consolidate the status of the family with a woman's marriage

is not the work of a man

If father agrees,

I would like to join the army

Su-er

Great!

You do have ambition!

You do have ambition!

All you have to do is give birth a grandchild

as an offspring of Wang's family,

you can go and defend the border

and take the lead in conquering as you please

I would promise everything as you please

It's up to you whether to live or die

Can you give birth a grandson

tomorrow?

Can you?

Now it's too late for you know how

to take responsibility

If you had had this ambition,

could it be that I let your sister

to unite the powerful general with your sister's marriage?

Go away!

No one can marry my daughter by force

or I will die in front of him

Father,

Mother

The imperial edict has been given

I am willing to marry Lord Yuzhang

Awu

Awu

What are you talking about?

Your daughter has admired Lord Yuzhang for a long time

and he saved me before

Marrying a hero is your daughter's wish

Please help me with it

You haven't said a word since you came out of the palace

and just received an imperial edict of marriage from the Empress

I always think there is something strange behind this

I really don't know whether to congratulate or sympathize with you

Why do you think like that?

This Princess Shangyang

is the most unruly girl Huaien has ever seen

But she wins in appearance and temperament

If you can really marry such a beautiful woman,

I'm sure to congratulate you

But with sympathy,

you clearly saved her,

the prime minister Wang made it public that

you held his daughter with your hands

The emperor had just been poisoned

the prime minister Wang forced

his daughter marry you

This kind of strong buying and selling

If it were you,

how do you treat

the trade using coercion?

If Huaien were the lord,

I just do what I should do

Anyway, we don't

just go in cahoots with the prime minister Wang

What are you going to do?

Sleep

Slee... Sleep?

Emperor, since you are heartless,

don't blame me, Wang Lin, for being unrighteous.

Bodhisattva, please tell me

what else can Jinruo do?

It is rare for the eldest princess to come to my Zhaoyang Hall

Welcome

Is there anything I can do for you?

I just went to see my brother,

I don't know if the imperial doctor told

when can he wake up?

Someone

serve the eldest princess the tea

Please

Speaking of which,

I am also very uncomfortable

The imperial physician said that

the emperor was so lucky to survive

As for how long he will take to wake up

or he can still wake up

depend on the God's will

Empress,

can you let the servants leave?

Because I have something to

tell you in private

All of you just leave

Eldest princess, just come to the point

Awu can never marry Lord Yuzhang

Whether Lord Yuzhang and Wang Lin are aligned or not

As soon as the wedding ceremony is over,

Xiao Qi will be detained in the army

Even if Wang Lin rebelled,

the 200 thousand Ningshuo Army

would think Xiao Qi is obedient to Wang Lin

and won't do anything

And with Wang Lin's force,

all kings of Ma's families

may not be his opponent

as long as Xiao Qi takes no action

Duke Huan is right

The marriage between Awu and Xiao Qi can never be a success

Or

the Wang's family

will have the 200 thousand Ningshuo Army of Lord Yuzhang

The Ma's family is in danger

That's brilliant, Duke Huan

For this matter

Your royal highness prince should not present personally

I know

One person must be found

to make this matter come true

Eldest princess is the emperor's sister,

and grew up in the palace since your childhood

Have you ever seen an imperial edict being issued

and then being overturned?

A month ago,

my brother once asked me, "

Jinruo,

you have been married to the prime minister for many years,

how much do you know about him?"

Now I want to ask the Empress

about your brother.

How much do you know about him?"

My brother has always put the crown prince and the Wang's family first

He is a responsible householder

Really?

Why didn't the Empress say prime minister

is an ambitious man?

Which man is not ambitious?

But if this ambition

roars above the emperor,

it would rather change the regime

Empress,

You are the daughter of the Wang's family

and also the daughter-in-law of the Ma's family

You are the mother of the crown prince

If in the future,

the prime minister asked you to give the crown prince's power

to the Wang's family,

don't you even care about that?

Eldest princess, watch your tone

So for Awu's marriage,

you would rather put a label of usurping for the throne

on your husband?

Is the risk to my brother

really caused by the Xie's family?

I've heard the

secret talk between my husband with Wang Xu

He doesn't want the identity of the prince's maternal uncle

but the power of the Ma's family

You're talking nonsense

The crown prince is my brother's nephew

Awu is his own daughter

In order to win over the military power,

he could even sacrifice Awu

To make a comparison,

why not

the crown prince?

Eldest princess, please go back

I would just rather think you never show up