Palace (2011–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript
The emperor is entering!
Main Translators: JYPark, wildblooms
Spot Translators: Azurulean, karened
Timer: soutsada7
Editors/QC: Dimples
Coordinators: mily2, ay_link
Wretched Emperor,
I'm here to take your life!
Si Niang, you really want to kill me?
I must take my revenge.
Then what about our promise?
You obey, you live.
You block my way, you die.
Even if you're the woman I love,
for my great ambition,
- I cannot let you live.
- Stop!
You can't change the history.
History is not like that.
The historical Emperor Yong Zheng
is not like this.
What are you doing?
What is going on...?
Hey.
I...
I'm talking to you.
What are you doing...
interfering in my filming...?
Hey! What are you doing?
Assistant Director.
There are too many people at the scene.
Take care of them quickly, otherwise
our schedule today will be ruined.
Okay, I will ask them
to leave right away.
- Director, have some water.
- Sorry everyone,
but we are filming right now.
Please take a leisurely stroll
somewhere else. Thanks.
In history, Yong Zheng wasn't like that,
so you can't portray him that way.
Miss.
We film as it was written on the script.
If you have opinions,
when you are rich,
you can become the boss.
Okay?
- But...
- Go.
What a lousy TV drama.
Director, it's okay now.
- Come come... we start again.
- Lousy TV drama.
No one will watch after
you're done filming.
- Lousy TV drama.
- Come... you guys stand over here.
What kind of lousy drama is that,
depicting our Yong Zheng
in such a way?
When the drama airs,
I definitely won't watch it.
You should go back.
Who are you?
Why do you ask me to go back?
Do you know the entrance fee here
is very expensive?
Just go back.
You're probably a cast member
from that drama.
Which celebrity star are you?
Let's take a picture together.
Go back, Qing Chuan.
You know my name is Qing Chuan?
Hey!
Go back.
Scared me.
Thank God that was just a dream.
This child...
Why are you still in bed?
Don't you remember what day
today is? Get up quickly!
If you stay like this, you'll be late.
Mom, do you really want me
to be engaged to Lin Fei Fan?
Of course.
You aren't having second thoughts
at this eleventh hour, are you?
Qing Chuan, think about it.
Since your dad passed away...
Fei Fan was the only one who
helped us run the antique shop.
It's been years. Other people
keep wanting to headhunt him,
but he...
For you, he is willing
to be stuck in this small shop.
He can't get the money or even fame...
Yes, yes.
I know we are greatly indebted to him.
But love should come
from your feelings...
Feelings? What for?
When picking a husband,
you need someone who's kind
and whom you can live with.
Fei Fan that child is smart,
capable and filial.
This kind of man is hard
to find these days.
Quick! Get up and get dressed!
Okay, I will.
There are still a few pages
before I'm done.
- We'll talk after I'm done.
- Get up now, quickly.
Don't make others wait too long.
Hurry up!
How many times have you
already read this old book?
And you're still reading it?
I warn you, if you still don't
get up, I'll burn this book!
Don't... I'll get up, I'll get up.
You look. This is really nice!
Here, here... take a look yourself.
Look at yourself.
How good this is, so pretty!
Hurry, it's getting late.
Let's go. Hurry, hurry.
[Emperor Yong Zheng]
You're young and capable.
- You're good in managing it.
- Yes.
Here. Cheers.
Thank you, thank you.
Sorry, excuse me.
- Qing Chuan, Aunty Luo, you've come.
- Fei Fan...
Traffic was bad today,
that's why we're late.
It's okay.
- All the guests aren't here yet.
- Oh?
Lin Fei Fan, do you really
want to marry me?
Yes.
But I have a lot of weak points.
It doesn't matter, I like you.
All your weak points, I like them, too.
Just look!
Fei Fan treats you really well!
That you can marry Fei Fan
is really your good fortune!
Fei Fan.
Mom.
Come, come quickly.
Qing Chuan and Aunty Luo are here.
- How are you?
- How are you?
Qing Chuan, I don't come
to the antique shop often.
I don't know much about antiques.
Will you show me around?
I don't know much either.
Sure, sure she can.
Qing Chuan, accompany Aunty
and show her around.
Fei Fan and I will take care
of the other guests.
- Yes.
- Mom, I...
Go!
- Aunty.
- Let's go.
To be honest,
you are far from being
my ideal daughter-in-law.
Your looks don't stand out,
you're not highly educated,
and you're also lacking in manners.
You're still listening to your MP3
when talking with an elder!
This song is pretty good.
Do you want to listen?
You...
Forget it.
Since Fei Fan likes you,
I don't have anything to say.
However, when you are married
into this family,
these bad habits of yours
will need to be changed.
When wearing such a pretty dress,
don't listen to those MP3 or whatever.
You look like a gangster.
Hey! Did you hear the words
I've been saying?
What?
Do you know that when
talking to an elder,
- it's very rude to let your mind wander?
- Yes, yes.
Everyone.
It's such a pleasure that you all
can come to our antique shop,
and participate in our exhibition.
Today, there's another important
thing that I'd like to announce.
It's about me and the future owner
of this shop, Miss Luo Qing Chuan.
Qing Chuan. Qing Chuan, come here.
Qing Chuan and I want to hold
an engagement ceremony
with everyone here as witness.
Congratulations.
Why are you still wearing this?
Qing Chuan.
- Qing Chuan.
- What's happening?
- Move aside.
- Qing Chuan.
- Qing Chuan.
- Qing Chuan!
Great!
[Qing Dynasty]
[Kang Xi Reign, 47th year, late spring]
Good.
All right. Is there any lady
who can do better?
Just come up here and compete.
If there isn't any,
I'll announce the winner.
Today's beauty contest winner is...
- Miss Su Yan!
- Good, good!
- Miss Su Yan!
- Miss Su Yan!
Guests, take a look.
A heroine just landed from heaven.
Miss, from the way you're dressed,
you don't look like you're
from the Central Plains.
Among instruments, chess, literature
and art, which is your forte?
Come.
I...
When will there be a clear moon?
Raise a wine cup and ask the clear sky.
What a beautiful tune!
Why are these people dressed like that?
There's no director or cameraman.
It doesn't look like they are filming.
And I fell from above.
Could it be... I time traveled...?
I can't be that unlucky.
I still have a mother to care for.
I want to go back.
I want to go back!
- This dance is really strange.
- That's true.
But since her voice is so beautiful,
her dance must be very exceptional too.
Such a tune can only be heard in heaven,
how many times can it be heard on earth?
Everyone, please give your score.
- What do you think?
- It's her.
Thank you, thank you.
Come here, Miss.
Congratulations, you have become
Meng Xian Court's beauty contest winner.
Good! Good!
Let me ask you.
What year is it now?
Gentlemen, listen to her.
This lady is so excited that
she has forgotten what year this is.
Gentlemen, could you please
tell her what year this is?
The 47th year of Kang Xi's reign!
The 47th year of Kang Xi's reign?
You failed, didn't you?
How did you know?
If you had succeeded,
you wouldn't have time to come here.
You would have been surrounded
by people fawning on you.
Actually, I was almost assured of victory.
But someone appeared
out of the blue. I...
It's all right.
It's my fault for
not planning well enough.
I thought that based on your talents,
it'd be enough to compete with the others.
Forget it.
Rest early.
Why? Is there anything else?
4th Prince,
if I were chosen today...
I would have gone to that place
with little hope of coming out alive.
Would you be sad?
Can I not answer "what if" questions?
I won't feel sad,
because I know you'd have
a better future waiting for you.
But what I want isn't a good future.
- What I want is...
- It's getting late.
Looks like I won't be able
to catch any fish today.
4th Prince.
Even though I didn't catch anything today,
it doesn't mean I won't be
able to catch any tomorrow.
I believe one day
I'll be able to catch it.
Su Yan, work diligently.
There is still a long way to go.
Walk more steadily.
I am definitely dreaming.
I am definitely dreaming,
definitely dreaming!
Definitely dreaming.
I...
It hurts! I...
- What's wrong, Miss?
- Oh...!
Where are you taking me?
Of course to a good place.
You'll know when we get there.
Hey!
A good place?
I just got selected
as a beauty contest winner.
Does that mean they are
sending me to the brothel?
No. I can't go.
Hey!
What is it now, Miss?
My stomach hurts.
Can I go relieve myself?
We're in the middle of the street.
There's no place for you to do that.
How about this?
Just hold on. We're almost there.
I can smell the fragrance of buns!
I'm hungry.
Let me buy a bun to eat.
First, you have stomach ache.
Then, you are hungry.
What tricks are you trying to pull, Miss?
Let me tell you.
I, 9th Aunt, have my own
way of handling people.
Today, you've entered my place.
Even if you turn into a fly,
forget about flying out.
Madam. Aunt. Sister.
To be honest with you,
I'm from a good family.
I cannot serve customers. I can't!
So you are worried about that?
Don't worry.
How can I let you serve customers?
You just wait and enjoy
your good fortune.
Hey! Move faster.
- Don't make people wait too long.
- Yes.
I haven't even eaten yet.
Wow! Tang Bo Hu's writing and drawing,
tricolor-glazed pottery,
and Xuande Incense Burner
from the Ming dynasty.
- What kind of place is this, so luxurious?
- The crown prince is here!
Greetings to the crown prince.
Who?
Now is 47th Kang Xi's reign.
The crown prince is 2nd Prince Yin Reng.
He looks quite handsome...
not like the atrocious person
he is depicted in books.
So she is the selected beauty this time?
Crown Prince, please don't judge just
because this girl only looks average.
- You...
- But her singing...
sounds even better than an oriole's.
Crown Prince, do you want to hear?
Go out, go out.
- Me?
- Yes.
I want to leave, too.
Miss, I'll tell you the truth.
We picked the beauty contest winner
- to serve the crown prince.
- Me?
I wonder why you have such luck.
Treasure it well.
No!
Don't leave! Come back!
Sorry, she got it wrong.
I'll be leaving now.
- It's a misunderstanding.
- All right.
It's a misunderstanding.
- Don't!
- Come.
You dare to resist? The more
you resist, the more I like...
Don't.
What to do...
I read the Emperor Yong Zheng book.
I know what will happen next.
Wait a minute!
What trick are you playing? Tell me.
I... I...
I'm a fairy.
I'm a fairy who descended from heaven.
I'm not any ordinary person.
Let me tell you.
I know a lot of things you don't.
Let me see... Calculate...
Oh no!
The Yellow River will flood any time now!
You shouldn't be staying here.
You need to save your people.
- Yellow River flooding?
- Yes.
How did you come up with that?
All right, if you are a fairy,
before thinking of saving the people,
think of saving yourself first!
Come!
Let go of me! Don't!
- Come.
- Don't! Let go of me!
- No! No!
- Come.
Don't.
- Come.
- Prince.
- Someone is calling you.
- Who cares?
- Crown Prince.
- Who? What is it?
Crown Prince, the emperor
is summoning you urgently.
The emperor? Father!
Oh no.
What am I going to do this time?
If Father is summoning me,
then he must have something to ask me.
- If I can't answer...
- In the 47th year of Kang Xi's rule,
a lot of things happened.
The emperor is summoning him,
what is it for exactly?
Got it! No matter what happens,
this trick will work.
- Hey! Hey!
- Huh?
Listen to me.
If I can help you this time,
will you consider letting me go?
You?
Yes.
Have you read the document
that has been sent in?
I'm sorry, Your Majesty,
I haven't read it yet.
Did you know that the Yellow River
has flooded and many people have died?
I will investigate it right away.
By the time you're done,
all the people would be dead!
Yin Reng, Yin Reng...
My body's been unwell,
so I tasked you with court matters.
Tell me, what have you done?
You didn't read the document.
You don't even know that
the Yellow River has flooded.
If it shakes the stability
of the country,
tell me how you will answer
to me and to your ancestors?
You...
I have not punished you,
why are you crying?
Father,
I know I am wrong.
I dare not defend myself,
but I hope Your Majesty
will give me three days.
After three days...
Your Majesty can deal with me
whichever way you deem fit.
What is the reason?
Father, have you forgotten?
The last few days...
It is the 32nd anniversary
of Mother's death.
Over the last few days,
I've been praying for Mother at
the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
I never thought I'd miss out
being informed about so many things.
Three days remain...
before the prayer ceremony
for Mother is completed.
Father, seeing how I haven't had
my mother with me since I was young,
please let me complete the ceremony.
Time has passed by so quickly.
Empress He She Li has passed away
for 32 years.
Please give me your permission.
Forget it.
Although you've done wrong,
at least you're still filial.
Go and rest.
Yes, Father.
Wait a minute!
Father, do you have any other orders?
Burn three sticks of incense for me
in front of your mother's tablet.
Tell your mother that
I've been doing well.
Yes, Sir.
Is the trick that I taught him
working or not?
What if it doesn't work?
What if...
I take this chance to escape?
What are you doing?
The air is too hot, I just want to
go out and take some fresh air.
Weather is too hot?
My back garden is really big.
Okay, I'll bring you out for a walk to
lift your spirits and have some fresh air.
No need. No need.
Fairy, why must you climb the window?
What if you fell?
What would happen then?
- Right?
- Enough.
Did the trick I taught you work?
Wow, it not only worked,
it worked extremely well, Fairy!
You know, the flooding of the Yellow River
which you predicted yesterday
really happened.
His Majesty found out that
I didn't read the report,
he was so angry that
he wanted to kill me.
Fortunately, I used the idea
that you taught me.
I kept crying...
crying about Mother.
Guess what happened?
I came out in one piece.
In the end, everything turned out fine.
Of course.
If Kang Xi didn't have deep
feelings towards your mother,
how could he make such a grass bun* like
you the crown prince? (*useless person)
What are you saying?
What grass? What bun?
Nothing.
So now you won't do anything
to me anymore, right?
- I will.
- What?
I will respect you
like the Goddess of Mercy.
I promise you.
No matter what requests
you will have in the future,
what kind of ideas...
I'll get them done.
Okay. Then let me go now.
No problem.
I can promise you that.
But you have to tell me
where I can find you again.
That's right.
If I leave here, where can I go?
I better use his position as crown prince
- to help me find my way back.
- Fairy, shall I get you a ride...
to take you back?
No need.
You, as the crown prince,
are so sincere.
I'm really touched, so I've decided
that I won't be leaving yet.
But you need to help me
with something.
Okay, tell me. What kind of help?
I came here through the forest.
If I can find the same forest,
does that mean I can go back too?
You just need to find this place
based on this picture.
Okay. Don't worry.
I'll order people to find it now.
Fairy, you must wait for my good news.
You don't need to keep watch
on her anymore. Leave, leave.
Fairy needs to rest.
Yes, Sir.
I haven't been home for a long time,
Mom must be very worried.
Dear Heaven, don't pull such a trick on me.
Please let me get home quickly.
How has His Majesty's health
been these days?
How filial it is for you
to be concerned, 4th Prince.
His Majesty has been
feeling relaxed recently,
and his health is much better than before.
What has made His Majesty so happy?
An Da, I want to know about it, so
I can be filial and do my part as a son.
Sure, sure, sure.
I heard...
that the crown prince has been
helping the emperor these few days.
He has accomplished a lot of great work.
The emperor has been praising him,
that he has the talent to govern.
The crown prince's motivation...
benefits society.
But 4th Prince, don't you worry.
No matter how good the crown prince is,
compared to 4th Prince,
he's still miles behind.
He's the child of the first wife,
while I'm the child of a lower wife.
Even if I have many talents,
there's no opportunity
for me to use them.
I'll have to be content
with being just a prince.
However, An Da,
the disharmony between you
and the crown prince,
shouldn't you try to get rid of it?
If he keeps thinking that you're passing
tales of him to the emperor,
then your life-long loyalty to the court
will be totally wasted.
That's not necessarily true.
Things are unpredictable...
susceptible to change.
Who knows what will happen
in the future?
Although the 4th prince
is not the child of the first wife,
brown soil cannot block
the brilliance from a pearl.
I believe His Majesty
will see it sooner or later.
Whether His Majesty sees
my talents or not,
An Da, your life-long loyalty...
I can see it very clearly.
Thank you, 4th Prince.
Did His Majesty give you these rewards?
It's not just you
who cannot believe it,
even I myself can't believe it.
Looks like this fairy is pretty useful.
Crown Prince,
this fairy is really useful.
Crown Prince, think about it.
If the fairy is here,
you and I can smoothly become
the emperor and empress.
Emperor.
Empress.
Emperor.
Empress.
Emperor.
Greetings, Crown Prince.
Greetings, Crown Princess.
How is it? Did you find the
place I asked you to find?
Crown Prince, we've searched
all across the country,
- but there is no such place.
- What?!
What did you say?
You're good for nothing.
Go and look again!
Yes.
It's bad, it's bad.
This time it's really bad.
If we can't find it,
the fairy surely will get angry.
If the fairy is angry,
then the rest of our lives
won't be easy!
I have an idea.
What kind of idea?
- Marry her.
- What?
Think about it.
For a woman,
there are only three men
who are important in her whole life.
One is her father, one her son...
and the third is her husband.
If you marry her,
you don't have to worry about getting
her to follow you her entire life.
That makes sense.
Then... won't you be jealous?
My mother once said,
if a woman wants to become empress,
she needs to know one word...
Endurance.
If you become emperor,
there will be many concubines
in the inner palace.
If I get jealous so easily,
won't I die of jealousy?
That makes sense.
Makes sense, right?
Crown Prince.
Come over here.
Fairy.
How about the thing
I wanted you to do?
I have news for you.
This is more important than
the place you want to find.
Yes.
What kind of news?
The crown prince wants to
take you as his second wife.
What?
How about it?
Are you happy?
Yes, I'm extremely happy, but I want
to know who cooked up this stupid idea?
- He did.
- She did!
- It's her idea?
- Yes.
Crown Prince, you really
want to marry me, right?
But let me tell you, I will only
be the first wife, not the second.
If you want to marry me,
divorce her first.
Crown Prince.
In order to own the fairy forever...
I'm really sorry.
My new wife, my new wife...
Wait for me!
My new wife!
- Crown Prince.
- My new wife!
When can I go back?
Oh no, battery's dead!
Fairy, time for lunch.
- Why is it so noisy outside?
- Fairy, don't you know?
The crown prince is preparing
a grand wedding banquet to marry you.
Me...
Me?
It can't be.
I just told him I would only be
the first wife, not second.
Don't worry, Crown Prince has instructed
that you'll be the first and she second.
If there's nothing else,
I'll be leaving now.
Hey!
That cursed Crown Prince!
I thought he would consider her feelings
and give up the idea of marrying me.
I didn't expect that in
order to get what he wants,
he is capable of doing anything.
No wonder he didn't have
a good ending. Huh!
I can't marry him.
What should I do?
That's it! The best strategy of
the 36 Stratagems:
”Retreat.”
I still have to survive.
I've done so many things for you,
it won't be too much for me
to take some rewards, right?
Listen carefully.
The crown prince's marriage is a big event.
You must sing nicely,
dance gracefully.
If you perform well,
you will get more rewards.
- Do you understand?
- Understood.
Isn't that the girl who was
at the beauty contest?
Gunpowder?
Why did she bring this in?
Is she harboring some bad intention?
Xue Ru, your husband has
always been good to you.
This time, why did he demote you
to marry some unknown woman?
All men will get sick of the old
and look for the new.
As the old saying goes,
- "No flower lasts forever... "
- Stop talking!
So annoying.
Who is it? Come out!
You saw me?
Hi, Crown Princess.
- I was wondering who...
- It's her?
It seems to be our new crown princess.
Come, let me see...
how beautiful you are.
You're really beautiful.
No wonder our crown prince
likes you so much.
Go and die!
Who is this?
This is the crown prince's new wife.
Don't you know?
New Crown Princess, do you need help?
- That's right.
- Help!
It looks like the show has just started.
Right. We're finished with this show,
let's go and watch another one.
Let's go.
Go.
Help! Help!
Help!
Help, he... help me... help!
Hey! Who are you?
Why didn't anyone come and save you
when you fell into the water so openly?
- 8th Prince.
- New Crown Princess.
So this is the 8th prince who fought
with Yong Zheng over the throne.
He's so young.
He's so much younger
than those acting as him on TV.
So you are my 2nd brother's new wife?
If I had known earlier,
I wouldn't have saved you.
What's wrong with me?
There is no use for a materialistic
woman like you in this world.
In what way am I materialistic?
If you're not,
why did you scheme to get
close to my 2nd brother?
Why did you make him call you "fairy?"
Why did you make him
make you his first wife?
So? You have nothing to say about this?
If you have nothing to say,
leave quickly!
I don't want to look at
a woman like you.
It hurts a lot, doesn't it?
That's because
I slapped you without warning.
You didn't have the time to dodge.
Let me tell you this.
It's the same for me.
He's the crown prince and he insists
on me marrying him. I don't want to.
But what can a lowly girl like me do?
Hey!
What are you doing?
Let me go! Put me down!
Let me go!
Where are you taking me?
Put me down, put me down,
put me down!
If you don't want to marry
my 2nd brother, leave!
You're letting me go?
What's wrong?
You can't bear to leave?
Gunpowder?
No.
I can't watch innocent people die in vain.
I have to go back and
stop this from happening.
Hey. Bring me back!
That's why I said you are
a materialistic woman.
And you just won't admit it?
See? Didn't I see right through you?
No matter how you see me,
please take me back now.
You really are shameless.
You!
Don't always hit people.
Although I hate hitting women,
there's a limit to my patience!
Hurry and take me back.
If not, someone's going to die!
You're still lying! Let me tell you,
to be cheated once is kindness,
to be cheated twice is stupidity.
Do you think I look like a stupid person?
- I...
- If you want to go back, go back yourself.
I'm not bringing you back.
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
You can't leave me here!
People will die.
Hey!
People will really die.
The crown prince's room
is so far from here.
Even if the fire starts,
it might not necessarily kill him.
Hey, Old Yam!
Ask them to act out the scene from
"Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven."
(*excerpt from "Journey to the West")
Ask them to act out the scene
from "Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven!"
18th Prince,
today is a day of great celebration.
According to the rules, we can only
start the celebration at night.
We still have to wait till night?
How boring.
I want them to act now! Right now!
18th Prince, why don't you
just watch them rehearse here?
Great, great!
Beautiful!
Great!
18th Prince, if you like,
you can stay here and watch.
I'm going to finish my tasks now.
Go, go, go, go!
Hey, all of you take care
of 18th Prince, understand?
Yes!
You! Come here!
- What is it?
- You're especially good at it.
Can you teach me?
Well...
You won't be able to learn it.
How about this? Why don't we
play hide and seek?
All right!
Then, take your hands and
put them over your eyes.
Count to a hundred, then come
and find me. No peeping!
All right.
- Okay, then let's start.
- One.
Two.
Three.
Four...
Hey. What are you doing?
I'm playing hide and seek
with 18th Prince.
Hide and seek?
Hey! I found you!
18th Prince, you're here!
I caught you!
The housekeeper actually thinks
I'm stealing something.
I didn't actually say that.
But, this is the wedding chamber.
People are not allowed to enter.
Hey,
the performance is going to begin soon,
hurry and start your preparations.
Yes.
18th Prince, let's go out too.
No, I don't want to go out!
I want to stay here and tease the
couple during their nuptial drinks.
This... I...
Here, get out!
Get out!
- This...
- Get out!
You're not allowed to come in.
Don't come in!
Speak! Where did the fairy go?
I... I don't know.
I came over to help her change
into her wedding attire,
but she was already missing.
How is it that all of you
can't watch one girl?
Didn't you say she could
come and go as she liked?
This...
Crown Prince!
The gatekeepers just reported,
that 8th prince galloped away
on a horse with a girl.
It looks like it's the new wife.
What?
8th Brother wants his hands in
the pie too, snatching my fairy?
No, I can't let him do as he pleases.
I have to snatch her back!
Oh, yes.
He can't bring just anyone into the
palace, so she must still be outside.
All of you listen,
quickly go and look for her!
Welcome, welcome.
Here, drink up, drink up.
Hey, how come there's no sign
of the crown prince and his new wife?
They're in the wedding chamber
going through the rites.
Once they've eaten the
dumplings for fertility,
the crown prince will come
and toast everyone.
Good. Here, drink, drink!
Oh no, oh no!
Fire!
Get some water, hurry!
Put out the fire!
Help!
Father, please forgive me.
Please forgive me.
Father, don't get too agitated.
- Your health is the most important.
- Father...
Father, Father!
- Father...
- Father, don't get too agitated.
- Your health is important!
- Please forgive me!
Speak! Why did 18th Prince
go to your residence?
I...
I wanted to take a concubine.
All I wanted to do was
to take a concubine!
Take a concubine!
If you had wanted to take a concubine,
did you have to involve the imperial family?
You even divorced your first wife.
Do you want me to give you an additional
charge of trying to deceive the emperor?
No, Father, no...
I just wanted her to marry me first,
before adding her to the family registry.
And then inform you
and the Internal Affairs Department.
What a great crown prince!
You ignore the family rules
set by our ancestors.
You're not even afraid of me.
You marry if you wish,
divorce when you want.
What do you take the rules
of the imperial family as?
You're not even the emperor yet!
Father... I've done wrong.
I'm sorry.
You want to die, don't you? Fine!
I will grant you your wish!
Father...
Father!
Father!
He already knows he's wrong.
Just forgive him!
Move aside!
If not, I'll execute you too!
- Father!
- Yin Zhen,
why do you want to protect
someone like that?
- Father...
- Because we're good brothers.
4th Brother...
Father...
You care about the bonds of brotherhood,
so you can stand in front
of a sword for him.
But you ask him, has he ever cared
about the bonds of brotherhood,
and gave your 18th brother
a chance at survival?
- Father...
- Father...
18th Brother is blessed with good fortune,
he'll be all right.
Father, he'll be all right!
You better pray to your ancestors,
to Buddha,
to ensure that your 18th brother
comes to no harm.
If not,
even if you die 10,000 times,
you won't be able to pay for your sin!
18th Brother will be fine,
he'll be all right!
He'll be all right.
- He'll be all right.
- Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
What is it?
18th Prince...
is dead!
18th Brother!
It can't be.
It can't be!
- Li De Quan!
- Yes!
Take my edict.
Strip the crown prince of his title,
and confiscate his assets!
Father!
No!
Father, no!
Father!
Father!
No! Father!
No!
I didn't mean it!
Listen to me, Father...
This 8th prince really isn't human.
He actually made me walk
the entire night.
What happened here?
Last night, there was a fire,
a really big fire!
I heard that the 18th prince
was burnt to death in the
Crown Prince's residence!
Is that so?
The emperor even stripped
the crown prince of his title,
and asked the Internal Affairs
Department to investigate.
Oh no, I'm a step behind.
That fire, it seems there's
more than meets the eye.
This person's gaze is really scary.
I should leave first,
before they recognize me.
I didn't know the person who would
die in the end would be 18th Prince.
If I had known,
I would never have done it.
He was still so young,
and adorable.
That is his destiny.
It was fate...
that arranged for him at that time
to be in the crown prince's wedding chamber.
No, it's my fault.
I caused his death.
No, it should be me.
I was the one who instructed
you to do all that.
The two of us deserve death,
and should go to hell.
Going to hell is too easy on us.
We should both live well,
and do all we can to enable
everyone to live good lives.
That would be the best repayment.
Which one is the real you?
The one in your heart
is the true me.
In order to allow that person
to emerge more quickly,
you'll have a tough road
to walk in front of you.
...and it will be a road of no return.
- I'm afraid I can't continue.
- You have to continue!
If not, you will see me
ending up like my 18th brother.
Su Yan...
Can you bear to see that?
Honestly, for 18th Brother,
to be able to leave like this,
might be a good thing.
He was unfortunate to be born
into the imperial family,
especially with so many princes like us,
with no one to care about us,
no one to love us.
On top of that, we're constantly
being schemed against.
We might as well pray for him to
be reincarnated into a good family,
with someone to care for him,
and someone to love him.
He will be able to lead an ordinary life.
It won't be a wasted journey
in this world then.
Actually, I'm just like 18th Brother.
I just don't want to give in so easily.
I want to change my destiny.
I believe...
I can.
18th Brother!
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Wretched Emperor,
I'm here to take your life!
Si Niang, you really want to kill me?
I must take my revenge.
Then what about our promise?
You obey, you live.
You block my way, you die.
Even if you're the woman I love,
for my great ambition,
- I cannot let you live.
- Stop!
You can't change the history.
History is not like that.
The historical Emperor Yong Zheng
is not like this.
What are you doing?
What is going on...?
Hey.
I...
I'm talking to you.
What are you doing...
interfering in my filming...?
Hey! What are you doing?
Assistant Director.
There are too many people at the scene.
Take care of them quickly, otherwise
our schedule today will be ruined.
Okay, I will ask them
to leave right away.
- Director, have some water.
- Sorry everyone,
but we are filming right now.
Please take a leisurely stroll
somewhere else. Thanks.
In history, Yong Zheng wasn't like that,
so you can't portray him that way.
Miss.
We film as it was written on the script.
If you have opinions,
when you are rich,
you can become the boss.
Okay?
- But...
- Go.
What a lousy TV drama.
Director, it's okay now.
- Come come... we start again.
- Lousy TV drama.
No one will watch after
you're done filming.
- Lousy TV drama.
- Come... you guys stand over here.
What kind of lousy drama is that,
depicting our Yong Zheng
in such a way?
When the drama airs,
I definitely won't watch it.
You should go back.
Who are you?
Why do you ask me to go back?
Do you know the entrance fee here
is very expensive?
Just go back.
You're probably a cast member
from that drama.
Which celebrity star are you?
Let's take a picture together.
Go back, Qing Chuan.
You know my name is Qing Chuan?
Hey!
Go back.
Scared me.
Thank God that was just a dream.
This child...
Why are you still in bed?
Don't you remember what day
today is? Get up quickly!
If you stay like this, you'll be late.
Mom, do you really want me
to be engaged to Lin Fei Fan?
Of course.
You aren't having second thoughts
at this eleventh hour, are you?
Qing Chuan, think about it.
Since your dad passed away...
Fei Fan was the only one who
helped us run the antique shop.
It's been years. Other people
keep wanting to headhunt him,
but he...
For you, he is willing
to be stuck in this small shop.
He can't get the money or even fame...
Yes, yes.
I know we are greatly indebted to him.
But love should come
from your feelings...
Feelings? What for?
When picking a husband,
you need someone who's kind
and whom you can live with.
Fei Fan that child is smart,
capable and filial.
This kind of man is hard
to find these days.
Quick! Get up and get dressed!
Okay, I will.
There are still a few pages
before I'm done.
- We'll talk after I'm done.
- Get up now, quickly.
Don't make others wait too long.
Hurry up!
How many times have you
already read this old book?
And you're still reading it?
I warn you, if you still don't
get up, I'll burn this book!
Don't... I'll get up, I'll get up.
You look. This is really nice!
Here, here... take a look yourself.
Look at yourself.
How good this is, so pretty!
Hurry, it's getting late.
Let's go. Hurry, hurry.
[Emperor Yong Zheng]
You're young and capable.
- You're good in managing it.
- Yes.
Here. Cheers.
Thank you, thank you.
Sorry, excuse me.
- Qing Chuan, Aunty Luo, you've come.
- Fei Fan...
Traffic was bad today,
that's why we're late.
It's okay.
- All the guests aren't here yet.
- Oh?
Lin Fei Fan, do you really
want to marry me?
Yes.
But I have a lot of weak points.
It doesn't matter, I like you.
All your weak points, I like them, too.
Just look!
Fei Fan treats you really well!
That you can marry Fei Fan
is really your good fortune!
Fei Fan.
Mom.
Come, come quickly.
Qing Chuan and Aunty Luo are here.
- How are you?
- How are you?
Qing Chuan, I don't come
to the antique shop often.
I don't know much about antiques.
Will you show me around?
I don't know much either.
Sure, sure she can.
Qing Chuan, accompany Aunty
and show her around.
Fei Fan and I will take care
of the other guests.
- Yes.
- Mom, I...
Go!
- Aunty.
- Let's go.
To be honest,
you are far from being
my ideal daughter-in-law.
Your looks don't stand out,
you're not highly educated,
and you're also lacking in manners.
You're still listening to your MP3
when talking with an elder!
This song is pretty good.
Do you want to listen?
You...
Forget it.
Since Fei Fan likes you,
I don't have anything to say.
However, when you are married
into this family,
these bad habits of yours
will need to be changed.
When wearing such a pretty dress,
don't listen to those MP3 or whatever.
You look like a gangster.
Hey! Did you hear the words
I've been saying?
What?
Do you know that when
talking to an elder,
- it's very rude to let your mind wander?
- Yes, yes.
Everyone.
It's such a pleasure that you all
can come to our antique shop,
and participate in our exhibition.
Today, there's another important
thing that I'd like to announce.
It's about me and the future owner
of this shop, Miss Luo Qing Chuan.
Qing Chuan. Qing Chuan, come here.
Qing Chuan and I want to hold
an engagement ceremony
with everyone here as witness.
Congratulations.
Why are you still wearing this?
Qing Chuan.
- Qing Chuan.
- What's happening?
- Move aside.
- Qing Chuan.
- Qing Chuan.
- Qing Chuan!
Great!
[Qing Dynasty]
[Kang Xi Reign, 47th year, late spring]
Good.
All right. Is there any lady
who can do better?
Just come up here and compete.
If there isn't any,
I'll announce the winner.
Today's beauty contest winner is...
- Miss Su Yan!
- Good, good!
- Miss Su Yan!
- Miss Su Yan!
Guests, take a look.
A heroine just landed from heaven.
Miss, from the way you're dressed,
you don't look like you're
from the Central Plains.
Among instruments, chess, literature
and art, which is your forte?
Come.
I...
When will there be a clear moon?
Raise a wine cup and ask the clear sky.
What a beautiful tune!
Why are these people dressed like that?
There's no director or cameraman.
It doesn't look like they are filming.
And I fell from above.
Could it be... I time traveled...?
I can't be that unlucky.
I still have a mother to care for.
I want to go back.
I want to go back!
- This dance is really strange.
- That's true.
But since her voice is so beautiful,
her dance must be very exceptional too.
Such a tune can only be heard in heaven,
how many times can it be heard on earth?
Everyone, please give your score.
- What do you think?
- It's her.
Thank you, thank you.
Come here, Miss.
Congratulations, you have become
Meng Xian Court's beauty contest winner.
Good! Good!
Let me ask you.
What year is it now?
Gentlemen, listen to her.
This lady is so excited that
she has forgotten what year this is.
Gentlemen, could you please
tell her what year this is?
The 47th year of Kang Xi's reign!
The 47th year of Kang Xi's reign?
You failed, didn't you?
How did you know?
If you had succeeded,
you wouldn't have time to come here.
You would have been surrounded
by people fawning on you.
Actually, I was almost assured of victory.
But someone appeared
out of the blue. I...
It's all right.
It's my fault for
not planning well enough.
I thought that based on your talents,
it'd be enough to compete with the others.
Forget it.
Rest early.
Why? Is there anything else?
4th Prince,
if I were chosen today...
I would have gone to that place
with little hope of coming out alive.
Would you be sad?
Can I not answer "what if" questions?
I won't feel sad,
because I know you'd have
a better future waiting for you.
But what I want isn't a good future.
- What I want is...
- It's getting late.
Looks like I won't be able
to catch any fish today.
4th Prince.
Even though I didn't catch anything today,
it doesn't mean I won't be
able to catch any tomorrow.
I believe one day
I'll be able to catch it.
Su Yan, work diligently.
There is still a long way to go.
Walk more steadily.
I am definitely dreaming.
I am definitely dreaming,
definitely dreaming!
Definitely dreaming.
I...
It hurts! I...
- What's wrong, Miss?
- Oh...!
Where are you taking me?
Of course to a good place.
You'll know when we get there.
Hey!
A good place?
I just got selected
as a beauty contest winner.
Does that mean they are
sending me to the brothel?
No. I can't go.
Hey!
What is it now, Miss?
My stomach hurts.
Can I go relieve myself?
We're in the middle of the street.
There's no place for you to do that.
How about this?
Just hold on. We're almost there.
I can smell the fragrance of buns!
I'm hungry.
Let me buy a bun to eat.
First, you have stomach ache.
Then, you are hungry.
What tricks are you trying to pull, Miss?
Let me tell you.
I, 9th Aunt, have my own
way of handling people.
Today, you've entered my place.
Even if you turn into a fly,
forget about flying out.
Madam. Aunt. Sister.
To be honest with you,
I'm from a good family.
I cannot serve customers. I can't!
So you are worried about that?
Don't worry.
How can I let you serve customers?
You just wait and enjoy
your good fortune.
Hey! Move faster.
- Don't make people wait too long.
- Yes.
I haven't even eaten yet.
Wow! Tang Bo Hu's writing and drawing,
tricolor-glazed pottery,
and Xuande Incense Burner
from the Ming dynasty.
- What kind of place is this, so luxurious?
- The crown prince is here!
Greetings to the crown prince.
Who?
Now is 47th Kang Xi's reign.
The crown prince is 2nd Prince Yin Reng.
He looks quite handsome...
not like the atrocious person
he is depicted in books.
So she is the selected beauty this time?
Crown Prince, please don't judge just
because this girl only looks average.
- You...
- But her singing...
sounds even better than an oriole's.
Crown Prince, do you want to hear?
Go out, go out.
- Me?
- Yes.
I want to leave, too.
Miss, I'll tell you the truth.
We picked the beauty contest winner
- to serve the crown prince.
- Me?
I wonder why you have such luck.
Treasure it well.
No!
Don't leave! Come back!
Sorry, she got it wrong.
I'll be leaving now.
- It's a misunderstanding.
- All right.
It's a misunderstanding.
- Don't!
- Come.
You dare to resist? The more
you resist, the more I like...
Don't.
What to do...
I read the Emperor Yong Zheng book.
I know what will happen next.
Wait a minute!
What trick are you playing? Tell me.
I... I...
I'm a fairy.
I'm a fairy who descended from heaven.
I'm not any ordinary person.
Let me tell you.
I know a lot of things you don't.
Let me see... Calculate...
Oh no!
The Yellow River will flood any time now!
You shouldn't be staying here.
You need to save your people.
- Yellow River flooding?
- Yes.
How did you come up with that?
All right, if you are a fairy,
before thinking of saving the people,
think of saving yourself first!
Come!
Let go of me! Don't!
- Come.
- Don't! Let go of me!
- No! No!
- Come.
Don't.
- Come.
- Prince.
- Someone is calling you.
- Who cares?
- Crown Prince.
- Who? What is it?
Crown Prince, the emperor
is summoning you urgently.
The emperor? Father!
Oh no.
What am I going to do this time?
If Father is summoning me,
then he must have something to ask me.
- If I can't answer...
- In the 47th year of Kang Xi's rule,
a lot of things happened.
The emperor is summoning him,
what is it for exactly?
Got it! No matter what happens,
this trick will work.
- Hey! Hey!
- Huh?
Listen to me.
If I can help you this time,
will you consider letting me go?
You?
Yes.
Have you read the document
that has been sent in?
I'm sorry, Your Majesty,
I haven't read it yet.
Did you know that the Yellow River
has flooded and many people have died?
I will investigate it right away.
By the time you're done,
all the people would be dead!
Yin Reng, Yin Reng...
My body's been unwell,
so I tasked you with court matters.
Tell me, what have you done?
You didn't read the document.
You don't even know that
the Yellow River has flooded.
If it shakes the stability
of the country,
tell me how you will answer
to me and to your ancestors?
You...
I have not punished you,
why are you crying?
Father,
I know I am wrong.
I dare not defend myself,
but I hope Your Majesty
will give me three days.
After three days...
Your Majesty can deal with me
whichever way you deem fit.
What is the reason?
Father, have you forgotten?
The last few days...
It is the 32nd anniversary
of Mother's death.
Over the last few days,
I've been praying for Mother at
the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
I never thought I'd miss out
being informed about so many things.
Three days remain...
before the prayer ceremony
for Mother is completed.
Father, seeing how I haven't had
my mother with me since I was young,
please let me complete the ceremony.
Time has passed by so quickly.
Empress He She Li has passed away
for 32 years.
Please give me your permission.
Forget it.
Although you've done wrong,
at least you're still filial.
Go and rest.
Yes, Father.
Wait a minute!
Father, do you have any other orders?
Burn three sticks of incense for me
in front of your mother's tablet.
Tell your mother that
I've been doing well.
Yes, Sir.
Is the trick that I taught him
working or not?
What if it doesn't work?
What if...
I take this chance to escape?
What are you doing?
The air is too hot, I just want to
go out and take some fresh air.
Weather is too hot?
My back garden is really big.
Okay, I'll bring you out for a walk to
lift your spirits and have some fresh air.
No need. No need.
Fairy, why must you climb the window?
What if you fell?
What would happen then?
- Right?
- Enough.
Did the trick I taught you work?
Wow, it not only worked,
it worked extremely well, Fairy!
You know, the flooding of the Yellow River
which you predicted yesterday
really happened.
His Majesty found out that
I didn't read the report,
he was so angry that
he wanted to kill me.
Fortunately, I used the idea
that you taught me.
I kept crying...
crying about Mother.
Guess what happened?
I came out in one piece.
In the end, everything turned out fine.
Of course.
If Kang Xi didn't have deep
feelings towards your mother,
how could he make such a grass bun* like
you the crown prince? (*useless person)
What are you saying?
What grass? What bun?
Nothing.
So now you won't do anything
to me anymore, right?
- I will.
- What?
I will respect you
like the Goddess of Mercy.
I promise you.
No matter what requests
you will have in the future,
what kind of ideas...
I'll get them done.
Okay. Then let me go now.
No problem.
I can promise you that.
But you have to tell me
where I can find you again.
That's right.
If I leave here, where can I go?
I better use his position as crown prince
- to help me find my way back.
- Fairy, shall I get you a ride...
to take you back?
No need.
You, as the crown prince,
are so sincere.
I'm really touched, so I've decided
that I won't be leaving yet.
But you need to help me
with something.
Okay, tell me. What kind of help?
I came here through the forest.
If I can find the same forest,
does that mean I can go back too?
You just need to find this place
based on this picture.
Okay. Don't worry.
I'll order people to find it now.
Fairy, you must wait for my good news.
You don't need to keep watch
on her anymore. Leave, leave.
Fairy needs to rest.
Yes, Sir.
I haven't been home for a long time,
Mom must be very worried.
Dear Heaven, don't pull such a trick on me.
Please let me get home quickly.
How has His Majesty's health
been these days?
How filial it is for you
to be concerned, 4th Prince.
His Majesty has been
feeling relaxed recently,
and his health is much better than before.
What has made His Majesty so happy?
An Da, I want to know about it, so
I can be filial and do my part as a son.
Sure, sure, sure.
I heard...
that the crown prince has been
helping the emperor these few days.
He has accomplished a lot of great work.
The emperor has been praising him,
that he has the talent to govern.
The crown prince's motivation...
benefits society.
But 4th Prince, don't you worry.
No matter how good the crown prince is,
compared to 4th Prince,
he's still miles behind.
He's the child of the first wife,
while I'm the child of a lower wife.
Even if I have many talents,
there's no opportunity
for me to use them.
I'll have to be content
with being just a prince.
However, An Da,
the disharmony between you
and the crown prince,
shouldn't you try to get rid of it?
If he keeps thinking that you're passing
tales of him to the emperor,
then your life-long loyalty to the court
will be totally wasted.
That's not necessarily true.
Things are unpredictable...
susceptible to change.
Who knows what will happen
in the future?
Although the 4th prince
is not the child of the first wife,
brown soil cannot block
the brilliance from a pearl.
I believe His Majesty
will see it sooner or later.
Whether His Majesty sees
my talents or not,
An Da, your life-long loyalty...
I can see it very clearly.
Thank you, 4th Prince.
Did His Majesty give you these rewards?
It's not just you
who cannot believe it,
even I myself can't believe it.
Looks like this fairy is pretty useful.
Crown Prince,
this fairy is really useful.
Crown Prince, think about it.
If the fairy is here,
you and I can smoothly become
the emperor and empress.
Emperor.
Empress.
Emperor.
Empress.
Emperor.
Greetings, Crown Prince.
Greetings, Crown Princess.
How is it? Did you find the
place I asked you to find?
Crown Prince, we've searched
all across the country,
- but there is no such place.
- What?!
What did you say?
You're good for nothing.
Go and look again!
Yes.
It's bad, it's bad.
This time it's really bad.
If we can't find it,
the fairy surely will get angry.
If the fairy is angry,
then the rest of our lives
won't be easy!
I have an idea.
What kind of idea?
- Marry her.
- What?
Think about it.
For a woman,
there are only three men
who are important in her whole life.
One is her father, one her son...
and the third is her husband.
If you marry her,
you don't have to worry about getting
her to follow you her entire life.
That makes sense.
Then... won't you be jealous?
My mother once said,
if a woman wants to become empress,
she needs to know one word...
Endurance.
If you become emperor,
there will be many concubines
in the inner palace.
If I get jealous so easily,
won't I die of jealousy?
That makes sense.
Makes sense, right?
Crown Prince.
Come over here.
Fairy.
How about the thing
I wanted you to do?
I have news for you.
This is more important than
the place you want to find.
Yes.
What kind of news?
The crown prince wants to
take you as his second wife.
What?
How about it?
Are you happy?
Yes, I'm extremely happy, but I want
to know who cooked up this stupid idea?
- He did.
- She did!
- It's her idea?
- Yes.
Crown Prince, you really
want to marry me, right?
But let me tell you, I will only
be the first wife, not the second.
If you want to marry me,
divorce her first.
Crown Prince.
In order to own the fairy forever...
I'm really sorry.
My new wife, my new wife...
Wait for me!
My new wife!
- Crown Prince.
- My new wife!
When can I go back?
Oh no, battery's dead!
Fairy, time for lunch.
- Why is it so noisy outside?
- Fairy, don't you know?
The crown prince is preparing
a grand wedding banquet to marry you.
Me...
Me?
It can't be.
I just told him I would only be
the first wife, not second.
Don't worry, Crown Prince has instructed
that you'll be the first and she second.
If there's nothing else,
I'll be leaving now.
Hey!
That cursed Crown Prince!
I thought he would consider her feelings
and give up the idea of marrying me.
I didn't expect that in
order to get what he wants,
he is capable of doing anything.
No wonder he didn't have
a good ending. Huh!
I can't marry him.
What should I do?
That's it! The best strategy of
the 36 Stratagems:
”Retreat.”
I still have to survive.
I've done so many things for you,
it won't be too much for me
to take some rewards, right?
Listen carefully.
The crown prince's marriage is a big event.
You must sing nicely,
dance gracefully.
If you perform well,
you will get more rewards.
- Do you understand?
- Understood.
Isn't that the girl who was
at the beauty contest?
Gunpowder?
Why did she bring this in?
Is she harboring some bad intention?
Xue Ru, your husband has
always been good to you.
This time, why did he demote you
to marry some unknown woman?
All men will get sick of the old
and look for the new.
As the old saying goes,
- "No flower lasts forever... "
- Stop talking!
So annoying.
Who is it? Come out!
You saw me?
Hi, Crown Princess.
- I was wondering who...
- It's her?
It seems to be our new crown princess.
Come, let me see...
how beautiful you are.
You're really beautiful.
No wonder our crown prince
likes you so much.
Go and die!
Who is this?
This is the crown prince's new wife.
Don't you know?
New Crown Princess, do you need help?
- That's right.
- Help!
It looks like the show has just started.
Right. We're finished with this show,
let's go and watch another one.
Let's go.
Go.
Help! Help!
Help!
Help, he... help me... help!
Hey! Who are you?
Why didn't anyone come and save you
when you fell into the water so openly?
- 8th Prince.
- New Crown Princess.
So this is the 8th prince who fought
with Yong Zheng over the throne.
He's so young.
He's so much younger
than those acting as him on TV.
So you are my 2nd brother's new wife?
If I had known earlier,
I wouldn't have saved you.
What's wrong with me?
There is no use for a materialistic
woman like you in this world.
In what way am I materialistic?
If you're not,
why did you scheme to get
close to my 2nd brother?
Why did you make him call you "fairy?"
Why did you make him
make you his first wife?
So? You have nothing to say about this?
If you have nothing to say,
leave quickly!
I don't want to look at
a woman like you.
It hurts a lot, doesn't it?
That's because
I slapped you without warning.
You didn't have the time to dodge.
Let me tell you this.
It's the same for me.
He's the crown prince and he insists
on me marrying him. I don't want to.
But what can a lowly girl like me do?
Hey!
What are you doing?
Let me go! Put me down!
Let me go!
Where are you taking me?
Put me down, put me down,
put me down!
If you don't want to marry
my 2nd brother, leave!
You're letting me go?
What's wrong?
You can't bear to leave?
Gunpowder?
No.
I can't watch innocent people die in vain.
I have to go back and
stop this from happening.
Hey. Bring me back!
That's why I said you are
a materialistic woman.
And you just won't admit it?
See? Didn't I see right through you?
No matter how you see me,
please take me back now.
You really are shameless.
You!
Don't always hit people.
Although I hate hitting women,
there's a limit to my patience!
Hurry and take me back.
If not, someone's going to die!
You're still lying! Let me tell you,
to be cheated once is kindness,
to be cheated twice is stupidity.
Do you think I look like a stupid person?
- I...
- If you want to go back, go back yourself.
I'm not bringing you back.
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
You can't leave me here!
People will die.
Hey!
People will really die.
The crown prince's room
is so far from here.
Even if the fire starts,
it might not necessarily kill him.
Hey, Old Yam!
Ask them to act out the scene from
"Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven."
(*excerpt from "Journey to the West")
Ask them to act out the scene
from "Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven!"
18th Prince,
today is a day of great celebration.
According to the rules, we can only
start the celebration at night.
We still have to wait till night?
How boring.
I want them to act now! Right now!
18th Prince, why don't you
just watch them rehearse here?
Great, great!
Beautiful!
Great!
18th Prince, if you like,
you can stay here and watch.
I'm going to finish my tasks now.
Go, go, go, go!
Hey, all of you take care
of 18th Prince, understand?
Yes!
You! Come here!
- What is it?
- You're especially good at it.
Can you teach me?
Well...
You won't be able to learn it.
How about this? Why don't we
play hide and seek?
All right!
Then, take your hands and
put them over your eyes.
Count to a hundred, then come
and find me. No peeping!
All right.
- Okay, then let's start.
- One.
Two.
Three.
Four...
Hey. What are you doing?
I'm playing hide and seek
with 18th Prince.
Hide and seek?
Hey! I found you!
18th Prince, you're here!
I caught you!
The housekeeper actually thinks
I'm stealing something.
I didn't actually say that.
But, this is the wedding chamber.
People are not allowed to enter.
Hey,
the performance is going to begin soon,
hurry and start your preparations.
Yes.
18th Prince, let's go out too.
No, I don't want to go out!
I want to stay here and tease the
couple during their nuptial drinks.
This... I...
Here, get out!
Get out!
- This...
- Get out!
You're not allowed to come in.
Don't come in!
Speak! Where did the fairy go?
I... I don't know.
I came over to help her change
into her wedding attire,
but she was already missing.
How is it that all of you
can't watch one girl?
Didn't you say she could
come and go as she liked?
This...
Crown Prince!
The gatekeepers just reported,
that 8th prince galloped away
on a horse with a girl.
It looks like it's the new wife.
What?
8th Brother wants his hands in
the pie too, snatching my fairy?
No, I can't let him do as he pleases.
I have to snatch her back!
Oh, yes.
He can't bring just anyone into the
palace, so she must still be outside.
All of you listen,
quickly go and look for her!
Welcome, welcome.
Here, drink up, drink up.
Hey, how come there's no sign
of the crown prince and his new wife?
They're in the wedding chamber
going through the rites.
Once they've eaten the
dumplings for fertility,
the crown prince will come
and toast everyone.
Good. Here, drink, drink!
Oh no, oh no!
Fire!
Get some water, hurry!
Put out the fire!
Help!
Father, please forgive me.
Please forgive me.
Father, don't get too agitated.
- Your health is the most important.
- Father...
Father, Father!
- Father...
- Father, don't get too agitated.
- Your health is important!
- Please forgive me!
Speak! Why did 18th Prince
go to your residence?
I...
I wanted to take a concubine.
All I wanted to do was
to take a concubine!
Take a concubine!
If you had wanted to take a concubine,
did you have to involve the imperial family?
You even divorced your first wife.
Do you want me to give you an additional
charge of trying to deceive the emperor?
No, Father, no...
I just wanted her to marry me first,
before adding her to the family registry.
And then inform you
and the Internal Affairs Department.
What a great crown prince!
You ignore the family rules
set by our ancestors.
You're not even afraid of me.
You marry if you wish,
divorce when you want.
What do you take the rules
of the imperial family as?
You're not even the emperor yet!
Father... I've done wrong.
I'm sorry.
You want to die, don't you? Fine!
I will grant you your wish!
Father...
Father!
Father!
He already knows he's wrong.
Just forgive him!
Move aside!
If not, I'll execute you too!
- Father!
- Yin Zhen,
why do you want to protect
someone like that?
- Father...
- Because we're good brothers.
4th Brother...
Father...
You care about the bonds of brotherhood,
so you can stand in front
of a sword for him.
But you ask him, has he ever cared
about the bonds of brotherhood,
and gave your 18th brother
a chance at survival?
- Father...
- Father...
18th Brother is blessed with good fortune,
he'll be all right.
Father, he'll be all right!
You better pray to your ancestors,
to Buddha,
to ensure that your 18th brother
comes to no harm.
If not,
even if you die 10,000 times,
you won't be able to pay for your sin!
18th Brother will be fine,
he'll be all right!
He'll be all right.
- He'll be all right.
- Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
What is it?
18th Prince...
is dead!
18th Brother!
It can't be.
It can't be!
- Li De Quan!
- Yes!
Take my edict.
Strip the crown prince of his title,
and confiscate his assets!
Father!
No!
Father, no!
Father!
Father!
No! Father!
No!
I didn't mean it!
Listen to me, Father...
This 8th prince really isn't human.
He actually made me walk
the entire night.
What happened here?
Last night, there was a fire,
a really big fire!
I heard that the 18th prince
was burnt to death in the
Crown Prince's residence!
Is that so?
The emperor even stripped
the crown prince of his title,
and asked the Internal Affairs
Department to investigate.
Oh no, I'm a step behind.
That fire, it seems there's
more than meets the eye.
This person's gaze is really scary.
I should leave first,
before they recognize me.
I didn't know the person who would
die in the end would be 18th Prince.
If I had known,
I would never have done it.
He was still so young,
and adorable.
That is his destiny.
It was fate...
that arranged for him at that time
to be in the crown prince's wedding chamber.
No, it's my fault.
I caused his death.
No, it should be me.
I was the one who instructed
you to do all that.
The two of us deserve death,
and should go to hell.
Going to hell is too easy on us.
We should both live well,
and do all we can to enable
everyone to live good lives.
That would be the best repayment.
Which one is the real you?
The one in your heart
is the true me.
In order to allow that person
to emerge more quickly,
you'll have a tough road
to walk in front of you.
...and it will be a road of no return.
- I'm afraid I can't continue.
- You have to continue!
If not, you will see me
ending up like my 18th brother.
Su Yan...
Can you bear to see that?
Honestly, for 18th Brother,
to be able to leave like this,
might be a good thing.
He was unfortunate to be born
into the imperial family,
especially with so many princes like us,
with no one to care about us,
no one to love us.
On top of that, we're constantly
being schemed against.
We might as well pray for him to
be reincarnated into a good family,
with someone to care for him,
and someone to love him.
He will be able to lead an ordinary life.
It won't be a wasted journey
in this world then.
Actually, I'm just like 18th Brother.
I just don't want to give in so easily.
I want to change my destiny.
I believe...
I can.
18th Brother!
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