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Oops! The king is in Love

Episode 5

Grandpa!

It's me.

Yanqing!

Yanqing!

What are you doing here?

You were wronged and put in prison.

Of course I have to do something!

The prison guards are changing shifts

so the security is slack right now.

I have people waiting for us outside.

Get changed.

But I am innocent.

I don't need you to rescue me from prison.

Grandpa!

Even His Majesty can't save you!

This is your last chance.

Yanqing, His Majesty knows that you're sometimes impulsive

and will definitely take some actions.

So he sent me

to wait for you here.

His Majesty?

Yes.

Come on.

This is the prison guard

His Majesty planted in prison

to keep your grandfather safe.

Otherwise

you wouldn't have

been able to break into the Imperial Prison

and see your grandfather so easily.

His Majesty wanted me to tell you.

Lack of forbearance in small matters upsets great plans.

You're a smart person.

You know what you should do

and what you shouldn't do.

You need to stay alive

to take part in the Imperial Exam.

So everything is

under His Majesty's control!

Yanqing.

You have passed the metropolitan-level exam.

You stayed up late and woke up early

to study hard for so many years. What is it for?

A man shall study all the classics hard

because he wants to achieve his exalted ambitions.

Good.

Let me ask you.

What's the so-called exalted ambitions?

Not for his personal interests,

but for pledging loyalty to His Majesty.

Not just for his family,

but for the common people.

Not for gaining power and wealth,

but for serving the country.

Yes.

Well said.

Grandpa.

I know I made a mistake tonight.

I almost let you and His Majesty down.

Get up.

Yanqing,

just do

whatever you think is the right thing to do.

His Majesty

is waiting for you.

Grandpa, don't worry.

I always keep our Lin family's doctrine

in mind

and I'll never abandon my principles.

Mr. Lin.

It's about time.

The guards of the next shift will arrive soon.

We have to go.

Don't worry about me.

Do what you have to do.

Grandpa.

Take care of yourself.

Just go.

Go.

What are you guys doing?

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

Say it.

Why did you have these stuff in possession?

Tell me the truth.

Are you trying to assassinate His Majesty?

I'm not!

Well.

Tell me.

Why did you keep the map of the palace without permission?

I am not sensitive

to directions.

So I always get lost in the palace.

Then why did you ask about

the whereabouts of Mr. Wang?

He's my uncle.

Everyone in the palace knows that.

You're still lying when you are caught red-handed.

So don't blame me if I kill you.

I'm telling you what,

I am His Majesty's personal attendant!

If you guys want to kill me,

you have to have

His Majesty's permission.

Get off me. Get off me!

Yuan and Fang,

go

remind Sanbao

the rules of the Eunuchs' Dorm.

But Director Hai,

we might be blamed

if His Majesty

sees it.

Humph!

I was appointed by Her Majesty the Empress Dowager

to be in charge of the Eunuchs' Dorm.

Of course I need to do my best to discipline them!

Go.

Let go of me!

Such a smooth tongue

and full of schemes in his head.

Tell me,

should I trust Sanbao?

Huh?

Are you asking me?

Huh?

Yes.

You're the only person here,

right?

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty! Lin told me that

something happened to Sanbao!

Isn't the answer obvious?

Why would His Majesty still ask me?

Alas, Your Majesty!

Keep staring at me. I dare you!

Keep staring at me. I dare you!

Sanbao!

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Sanbao!

What should we do?

Be gentle.

Sanbao.

Your acting is too much.

Your Majesty.

Mr. Hai.

What are you doing?

Your Majesty.

Sanbao

keeps a map of palace without permission

and all these indelicate stuff, too.

This is enough to prove that

her identity is suspicious.

You don't recognize my handwriting?

How can you work in the palace?

These are

some toys I play with Sanbao normally.

What?

Are you doubting what I say?

I shall not dare to have that thought.

but I was appointed by Her Majesty

to be in charge of the Eunuchs' Dorm.

So I want to remind Your Majesty that

Sanbao

will be a trouble if he's in the palace.

Don't bring out my mother to force me.

Sanbao

was personally hand-picked by me as my personal attendant.

Are you saying

I was as blind as a bat?

I have been serving in the palace for forty years

and I have been loyal to the royal family.

If Your Majesty doesn't trust me,

then kill me.

However,

I should remind Your Majesty that

if you kill me,

you'll kill the loyalty of all the eunuchs.

As for your behavior of lynching

and disrespecting me,

Mr. Hai,

I will

settle our score some other time.

Good night, Your Majesty.

Your acting was so convincing.

Do you want me to buy you a coffin?

It really hurts.

Aren't you quite smart normally?

Why didn't you fight back in such a critical moment?

Didn't you call yourself a martial arts master Jade Qilin of the Capital?

Didn't Your Majesty tell me that

I should not cause trouble?

Besides,

Mr. Hai has long planned to catch me.

I had a jar of water on my head for two hours.

My arms were numb.

Otherwise I would have beaten him to the ground.

What?

He even asked you to carry a jar full of water?

Well…

Lotus, Lily!

Hey!

Your Majesty.

Forget it.

You made a big scene tonight.

Within a short time period

no one will have the nerve to mess with me again.

Besides, Mr. Hai is so tough.

What if he targets at you

and makes more troubles?

What should we do by then?

Try to go easy on people.

Mercy will bring

good luck back to you.

Weird.

Since when did the Leisure Life Pavilion

become like this?

You'll live here

in the future.

Huh?

I'm supposed to live here?

What?

You don't want to?

You especially arranged it for me?

Don't over think it.

I did it for myself.

I was just afraid

you might tell me off

because you're tempted or tortured.

Anyway,

thank you, Your Majesty.

What are you doing sitting there?

Look how you got yourself

dirty and hurt like that.

Go get changed.

Don't think you don't need to serve me

just because you're sick.

Oh.

Come on!

The Imperial Exam?

Yes, it must be the Imperial Exam!

Although Gong Ye holds military power in his hands,

he doesn't have much support from the civilian officials.

The Imperial Exam is at the corner.

He is bound to act.

Go and see His Majesty with me now

to ask him to let you get out of the palace.

Don't.

I can't get out.

Wait for my news.

I will definitely get you out of the palace.

You've passed the metropolitan-level exam.

Just do

what you think is the right thing to do.

His Majesty

is waiting for you.

His Majesty trusts me.

Grandpa has high expectations for me.

Zhixia is waiting for me.

I can't muddle through any more.

The Imperial Exam.

I must take the exam.

It's the only thing I can do now.

What are you doing?

All the decoction has spilled out!

The medicines are very precious!

Your Majesty.

I need to

report to you about one thing.

I saw it with my own eyes that

Mr. Wang was killed by Mr. Hai.

Mr. Hai is highly skilled in martial arts

and he has the Empress Dowager's support.

I was afraid

so I could not save Mr. Wang.

Your Majesty, will you blame me?

Your Majesty, did you know about this?

Mr. Wang had been helping me organize a team outside the palace.

But the Empress Dowager found out about the plan.

He sacrificed his life

to protect me.

Mr. Hai is a confidant of Empress Dowager.

I can't do anything to him yet.

But I told him,

I'll settle the score with him one day.

What?

Wouldn't it be dangerous for me to stay in the palace?

Only the three of us know about what happened.

So I must keep you by my side all the time

to tie loose ends.

Mr. Hai already suspected me.

Did he find out anything?

Your Majesty.

Don't tell me

you want to silence the person in the know.

Maybe.

Oh my God.

This is not good!

I just realized

all roads lead to death for me in the palace.

You only found out now?

That's why

you must be by my side all the time.

Listen to what I say

and behave yourself.

I see.

If I want to live longer in this palace,

I need to pretend I never saw

or heard of something.

Everyone thinks the palace is a paradise.

Who would have known

this is the place with the most secrets in the world.

Your Majesty.

I will

be discreet and help solve your concerns in the future.

That's my good Sanbao.

Your Majesty, why are you blushing?

Ouch!

Let go of me!

Your Majesty

and Your Majesty the Empress Dowager,

Prime Minister Lin has been a veteran official during three reigns.

He was trusted by the late emperor.

And he has always been upright.

For this case,

if you only listen to one side of the story,

it might cause a serious unjust case that will be remembered in history.

So I hope

Your Majesties

can reopen the case to investigate.

I will surely find out

the truth of Mr. Lin's case.

Your Majesty,

this case is weird and complicated.

You have worked hard on the state affairs for many years.

I hope you can let

His Majesty to handle the military pay and provisions case

so as to give Mr. Lin a fair trial.

What?

You think I was involved in the case?

Perish that thought.

But now that His Majesty has come of age,

His Majesty is supposed to

try the Prime Minister's case personally.

If Your Majesty refuses to hand out the power,

then we will have to

write memorials to the throne every day to persuade you.

Advice when most needed is least heeded.

By then

I hope Your Majesty can understand us.

Your Majesty,

it's a tradition by ancestors to choose a wife

for His Majesty and let him take over the reins of government upon coming of age.

I'd like Your Majesty to give your permission.

The royal family doesn't have a lot of offspring.

The royal family must have an heir.

So, Your Majesty, please!

Long live His Majesty!

Long live His Majesty!

Long live Her Majesty!

Why are you so glum, Your Majesty?

The incident that happened in the royal court gathering today is good news.

I don't think so.

Prime Minister Lin was put in prison for things he didn't do.

Grand Preceptor Wang and other officials who served my father

try to force the Empress Dowager to surrender her power.

If these veteran ministers

push her again,

I'm afraid Gong Ye and the Empress Dowager

are going to do something again.

So complicated.

While I was listening,

I felt like you are just

a stone of go game in their hands.

I think so, too.

In the face of real power,

although I am the emperor,

I'm nothing but a little stone of go game.

Your Majesty, don't worry.

In a real go game,

even the weakest stone

can also play its role.

Your Majesty, you are too close.

So

you're good at playing go.

Humph!

The royal court gathering today

was as chaotic as a fish pond.

It seems that I have no other option but to

give the Prime Minister's case to His Majesty.

Your Majesty, don't be upset by it.

I will make

Lin Ke disappear…

No.

If Lin Ke dies suddenly in prison,

you and I will both look suspicious.

Then we'll just create

another problem to worry about.

With the solid evidence against him,

I can still decide his destiny.

We might as well let His Majesty handle the case.

So that

we can stop people from gossiping about us.

Also,

Lin Ke will be killed one way or another.

On the surface we allow His Majesty to investigate the case

while we're in control of the situation.

Your Majesty, this is a brilliant idea.

I can't tell you how much I admire you.

Arrange Zhiyue to come to the palace.

Let her come to see me.

Your Majesty,

why?

I also found out His Majesty's relationship

with that little personal attendant Sanbao.

His Majesty is not a little prince anymore.

I want Zhiyue to inquire

about what His Majesty is thinking.

Your Majesty.

Are you really going to

let His Majesty choose a wife?

The Imperial Exam is around the corner.

For the time being,

I'll put it off.

Once you place a stone, you can't go back on it.

It's my turn.

I won!

How can you win like this?

Let's finish this game first.

Ow!

On the five-in-a-row board,

horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, we take turns to place a stone.

Whoever gets five stones to align in a line wins the game.

How can we block the enemy's way

while connecting our stones?

This is a game that takes a lot of learning.

Oh.

So you're saying my wonderful empire

has been besieged and I am in a dilemma.

So I can

do nothing but to surrender?

What are you talking about?

You see,

on the board,

you need to observe what's going on

and just hold your horses before you make a move

so that you can

devise strategies within a command tent

and win despite the desperate situation.

Look.

If you made a move here,

you would have won.

Hey!

Your Majesty, how did you lose again?

Oh, my God.

That move doesn't count!

I want to place it here,

here,

and here!

You're the monarch of the empire.

How can you retract a false move?

Since I am the monarch,

I can make the rules!

I'm allowed to retract a false move if I want to.

You sour loser.

I don't want to play with you anymore.

OK, OK! You can retract it.

You are more than just the king of five-in-a-row,

you can be

king of all board games.

Aunt.

Take a seat.

Umm.

Good tea.

Zhiyue, thank you for the gift.

I'm glad that you like it.

How long have you been on the frontier with the army?

Three years and eighty-one days.

Oh my God.

You must have suffered.

Thank you for your kindness.

I do it for the country and my homeland.

So it's OK.

It's just that

I always stay at the border

so I can't come to the palace to

visit you and His Majesty often.

I can only miss you and pray that

all is well with you, aunt.

I think the one you have been missing

is His Majesty.

Aunt, please don't make fun of me.

Although I

grew up with His Majesty,

he is the monarch of the country.

I know I am not good enough for him.

So I don't dare to have any inordinate ambitions.

I watched you grow up.

Our Zhiyue

is pretty,

educated and sensible,

not to mention your excellent results in the army.

You can be described as a combination of civil and military skills.

If I want to choose a daughter-in-law,

I'll want someone like you.

But His Majesty

is a grown-up man now.

There are things in his head

that he won't share with me

like what he did when he was a kid.

So I am not sure whether

His Majesty wants to choose his wife or not

and whether there is a candidate in his mind.

Since you still have affections for His Majesty,

try to visit him more.

And you can also find out

His Majesty's mind for me

so that I can set you two up.

I will follow your instruction.

Your wish is my command.

Good.

So Sanbao is not going?

Uh-huh.

Something happened to Sanbao?

Uh-huh.

Sanbao was threatened?

Uh-huh.

And Sanbao and His Majesty…

Why would I even ask you?

Uh-huh.

Sanbao is missing!

Huh?

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Sanbao!

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Can you give the turtle a different name?

You call it Sanbao.

It makes me frustrated.

No way.

I just want to use it to tell you,

I am your shell.

Without me, you'll…

Your Majesty, when you're so close,

I feel embarrassed.

Without me, you'll

be killed.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your…

Zhiyue.

Your Majesty.

Sanbao.

I thought His Majesty doesn't have a lust for women.

Obviously this is not just any woman.

Humph!

Why do you have the time to come to the palace today?

I heard that Your Majesty was very upset recently.

So I didn't go to visit you.

Please forgive me.

There is nothing to be forgiven.

Can she be an assassin?

Calm down.

With my

countless experiences with the ladies,

this girl

is pretentious

with self-glorification.

Kind and tender on the surface

while shrewish deep down.

There is a look that says

she's so possessive of His Majesty in her eyes.

She is not easy to handle.

You have a point.

I found the best craftsmen on the frontier

to make this.

But I never had the chance to give it to you.

According to the frontier customs,

carrying this kind of knife with you can drive away evil and sickness.

I remember you were sickly when you were a kid.

Now you have become the emperor

and have to work day and night.

Would you

like to carry it with you?

Zhiyue,

I

am not as weak as you describe.

Why do I feel

His Majesty and that girl

look like friends growing up together

and actually love each other?

What you said makes sense.

Make sense my ass!

I've seen women more than

your leg hairs.

Go

find the little turtle!

You weaved it personally?

Yes.

I am not good at it.

I hope Your Majesty will not be displeased.

Zhiyue.

You are my female general.

These hands of yours are supposed to kill enemies

and terrify them.

I didn't know you even can

do such a feminine handwork.

Your Majesty.

I am not as macho as you said.

Oops!

This is not good.

If I don't do anything,

His Majesty will be hunted by a she-devil.

I made it sincerely as your gift.

Let me put it on for you.

Wow!

Wow!

Female general, right?

Do you normally cut open the enemy's throat

with a knife in hand

and the blood splashes out?

And with a stab in their chest…

Poof!

They die.

Well, well, well!

Your Majesty.

It's too dangerous to carry a knife.

If Her Majesty knows,

I will be blamed.

I'd better take it for you.

The woman in the frontier will give you a silver knife only if she wants to marry you.

Don't take it if you don't understand what it means.

Zhiyue.

This is my new personal attendant.

He doesn't know the rules in the palace yet.

I hope you…

I like the present very much.

Thank you.

Sanbao.

Yes?

You haven't found

my Sanbao yet, right?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

"Wood in Breeze"?

Why don't His Majesty

go to play

instead he's practicing his calligraphy?

He's not practicing calligraphy.

He just wants to express his heart.

Sanbao.

"Breeze in Wood".

The term describes a woman

who is talented,

charming,

and elegant.

She is as strong as a man while

still full of feminine beauty.

In Your Majesty's heart,

Zhiyue is perfect.

Are you

envious

and jealous of her?

Your Majesty.

This is the green tea you want.

Sanbao.

What do you think of my handwriting?

Will Zhiyue

like it?

You give a girl a calligraphy work as a gift?

This is a royal calligraphy work.

But it's not like you wrote

"Please marry me".

What do you girls…

What?

What do you think

girls will like?

Girls

of course don't like those tasteless stuff.

Jewelries or treasures, of course!

Right?

Sure!

So vulgar.

Also I don't have money.

What do you think?

A sincere commitment.

So hypocritical.

You…

Never mind.

Your Majesty's calligraphy is formal

and is most appropriate for the ministers.

Jewelries are precious

but they are too solemn.

That female general looks unrestrained,

but her words and actions

reveal an air of "little woman".

I think

the Dress of Moonlight

made of precious silk from regions south of the Yangtze River

has such a quiet and elegant color

that it will look like moonlight in the breeze.

It's the most appropriate present.

You're my master.