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Every slap 6 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,600 had strength in it. 7 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,960 What are you doing? 8 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,240 I tricking you. 9 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,150 Lang Kun, you caused so much harm to our troupe and we've to run for our lives everywhere and become homeless. 10 00:02:01,150 --> 00:02:05,370 You sent out wanted posters and had you men kill innocent people behind Her Majesty's back. 11 00:02:05,370 --> 00:02:08,460 I have to crush you and help those who are unjustly accused. 12 00:02:08,460 --> 00:02:10,620 Give them justice. 13 00:02:11,540 --> 00:02:13,890 To crush me is one thing. 14 00:02:13,890 --> 00:02:17,630 Serving Her Majesty is another matter. 15 00:02:17,630 --> 00:02:23,360 I'm afraid that you will give up before getting to my position. 16 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:28,060 In Yong De Palace, you should worry about how to protect yourself first. 17 00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:34,200 Don't let me catch you with any mistakes. I will return you back to normal. 18 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:39,810 I'm afraid that you won't even have a chance to escape. 19 00:03:41,190 --> 00:03:45,490 This is Wuyi Mountain rock tea, a new tribute. I tasted it and it's quite nice. 20 00:03:45,490 --> 00:03:49,530 Have a taste Empress. The tea has a good aroma. 21 00:03:51,330 --> 00:03:55,400 It is a good tea. I heard that Empress Dowager's body is not feeling that well. 22 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,890 How come you still have the mood to ask me to come and enjoy the tea? 23 00:03:59,490 --> 00:04:03,280 I summoned you here if I didn't say it's for the tea, 24 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,200 should I say it's for the discussion of the disaster relief provisions matter instead? 25 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,760 I know of this matter. 26 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,350 Lang Kun reported this to me before. 27 00:04:13,350 --> 00:04:18,070 I can not get involved in the court affair, so I did not ask further. 28 00:04:19,870 --> 00:04:21,940 Wei Guang. 29 00:04:29,490 --> 00:04:31,600 Greeting, Your Majesty. 30 00:04:35,370 --> 00:04:38,540 I believe His Excellency Lang has reported how he secretly reassigned the escort officers. 31 00:04:38,540 --> 00:04:42,860 And after that, they became guilty officials and the case of how Wei Guang conspired to revolt. 32 00:04:42,860 --> 00:04:45,250 Even His Excellency has a sharp tongue. 33 00:04:45,250 --> 00:04:48,740 As long as a confidential message is sent to Da Li Si and investigated by the military. 34 00:04:48,740 --> 00:04:51,700 I believe the truth will be revealed. 35 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:55,180 At that moment, it may involve more than two people. 36 00:04:55,180 --> 00:04:58,510 It will be a case that will shake the whole court. 37 00:05:01,010 --> 00:05:06,170 So Royal Mother is setting me up on a Hongmen Banquet (a trap seemingly joyful but in fact treacherous). 38 00:05:06,170 --> 00:05:10,110 Empress is not a person who wants to get involved in the court affair. 39 00:05:10,110 --> 00:05:12,600 I do not have much time left. 40 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,800 The Inner Court is all yours in the future. 41 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,950 Why do you have to be so impatient? 42 00:05:23,550 --> 00:05:27,730 With one word, I will forget everything 43 00:05:27,730 --> 00:05:30,470 and not mention it in my life. 44 00:05:32,510 --> 00:05:37,870 I don't seem to have much choice, I might just as well obey Royal Mother's wish. 45 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:41,570 Let's not mention this again. 46 00:05:41,570 --> 00:05:45,960 I will leave if there is nothing else. 47 00:06:00,430 --> 00:06:06,220 It is getting windy, Your Majesty. We should go tomorrow? 48 00:06:06,220 --> 00:06:08,970 Do you think I can swallow this insult? 49 00:06:10,110 --> 00:06:12,930 I heard Chen Xue say that you didn't eat lunch. 50 00:06:12,930 --> 00:06:16,490 Your stomach hurts once you are hungry. How about we eat first? 51 00:06:16,490 --> 00:06:20,420 I'm filled with anger brought on by that bitchy Noble Consort Fu. I lost my appetite. 52 00:06:20,420 --> 00:06:25,160 That bitch, she even went to the Empress Dowager to complain about me for exceeding proper limits. 53 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,860 Does she know what "exceeding proper limits" mean? 54 00:06:27,860 --> 00:06:30,470 I'm going to meet with Yan Kuan. 55 00:06:30,470 --> 00:06:34,840 Having him to plot the strategy for her, Nobel Consort Fu no longer takes me seriously. 56 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:37,470 If that is the case, I will go with you. 57 00:07:10,590 --> 00:07:16,140 Why don't you come to my side, Yan Kuan? Then you can leave this place early. 58 00:07:16,140 --> 00:07:20,630 Do you think this place can lock me in? 59 00:07:20,630 --> 00:07:22,910 I am staying in here 60 00:07:22,910 --> 00:07:26,010 because it is not time to leave yet. 61 00:07:26,010 --> 00:07:29,910 Yan Kuan, you're so stubborn. 62 00:07:29,910 --> 00:07:32,970 Looks like you prefer things the hard way. 63 00:07:32,970 --> 00:07:36,680 Even if Your Majesty torture me, 64 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,830 I will not say a word. 65 00:07:40,830 --> 00:07:43,670 Do not waste your effort. 66 00:07:43,670 --> 00:07:47,410 Forget it, I didn't mean that. 67 00:07:47,410 --> 00:07:51,920 I just want you to know that on your execution day, 68 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,770 I was the one that plead for you thus your life was spared. 69 00:07:55,770 --> 00:07:59,610 Although you do not want to be on my side, you should think 70 00:07:59,610 --> 00:08:02,610 about how to repay my kindness to me. 71 00:08:02,610 --> 00:08:06,430 Your Majesty sure is smart. 72 00:08:06,430 --> 00:08:10,260 You know that I'm yielding to soft approach but rejecting force. 73 00:08:10,260 --> 00:08:16,800 Since you use repay the debt of gratitude as a bargain, then let me tell you a secret. 74 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,520 From now on, we'll call it even. 75 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,810 What secret. Let me hear it first. 76 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,120 This secret is related to the imperial garden. 77 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:33,900 Do you know there is a big banyan tree in the south-east corner of the imperial garden? 78 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,600 Let Ye Ningzhi come to attend on me. 79 00:08:55,310 --> 00:08:56,990 Ningzhi. 80 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,890 I have to do a task for Her Majesty. Guard here and do not go anywhere. 81 00:09:01,890 --> 00:09:03,900 Her Majesty will call you at any moment. 82 00:09:03,900 --> 00:09:08,220 What if I want to use the restroom? 83 00:09:08,220 --> 00:09:11,230 Then you have to hold it in. 84 00:09:11,230 --> 00:09:15,330 There was once a girl just like you. She injured her knee, so she went to wrap it up. 85 00:09:15,330 --> 00:09:18,030 Her Majesty called and no one responded. 86 00:09:18,030 --> 00:09:20,570 She was punished in a form of beating. 87 00:09:20,570 --> 00:09:22,900 She still has trouble getting out of bed. 88 00:09:22,900 --> 00:09:25,270 Do as you see fit. 89 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:31,730 Please do not call me. 90 00:09:31,730 --> 00:09:34,390 - Please do not call me. - Ningzhi. 91 00:09:34,390 --> 00:09:36,330 Coming. 92 00:09:36,330 --> 00:09:39,970 Your Highness the Empress, what can I do for you? 93 00:09:39,970 --> 00:09:44,700 Look at this banyan tree, anything special about it? 94 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:50,670 That... please forgive me for not having keen eyesight. I really don't see anything special about it. 95 00:09:50,670 --> 00:09:54,200 There's a legend saying that the first emperor, 96 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,690 one time passed by the Tian Mang Mountain with his army. 97 00:09:56,690 --> 00:10:00,160 A big green python blocked in the middle of the road. 98 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:04,140 With no fear, the first emperor cut the green python into two pieces with his sword. 99 00:10:04,140 --> 00:10:06,630 His name thereon spread afar. 100 00:10:06,630 --> 00:10:11,410 What does the story have to do with this tree? 101 00:10:11,410 --> 00:10:14,100 There is more to the story. 102 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:16,900 Afterward, the green python's son, the black python with red eyes, 103 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:20,320 sneaked into the first emperor's dream to revenge on him. 104 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,770 In order to defeat it, the first emperor fought 300 rounds in his dream. 105 00:10:23,770 --> 00:10:27,410 But the generous first emperor spared its life. 106 00:10:27,410 --> 00:10:31,430 Sealed it under this huge tree. 107 00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:33,850 The black python spirit was grateful to his kindness. 108 00:10:33,850 --> 00:10:36,200 Hence he told the first emperor, 109 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,830 if he faced any danger in the future, he could just come to this tree and make a wish. 110 00:10:39,830 --> 00:10:42,000 His wish would be granted. 111 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,000 Did the Late Emperor come here to make a wish then? 112 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,400 Not even once. 113 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,600 As the Advisor told him, 114 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:55,300 the demon of Black Python had infinite power and was extremely evil. 115 00:10:55,300 --> 00:10:57,500 Although it can fulfill your wishes, 116 00:10:57,500 --> 00:11:00,200 it will also cause bad things to happen. 117 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,800 Of course, back then our country was peaceful and prosperous. 118 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,600 There was no need to make a wish for the nation. 119 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,600 It is unexpected that the Empress believed in these kinds of legends. 120 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,600 Ningzhi, 121 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,900 what wishes do you have? 122 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,300 I don't have any. 123 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,200 How could you not have any wishes? 124 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,000 Do you have any? 125 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,200 My wish is just... 126 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,000 Say it to the tree! Hurry up and speak! 127 00:11:30,850 --> 00:11:33,010 My wish is just... 128 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:36,200 The Empress is healthy and achieves great things! 129 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,600 Don't say something else, say what you're really thinking. 130 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,200 Say it now! 131 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,800 Your Majesty, I am just a normal peasant... 132 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,400 I don't desire anything and I'm always content with what I have. 133 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,900 I really have no more wishes. 134 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,140 Alright, 135 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,800 then your job is to come wish for me, 136 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,600 would you like that? 137 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,400 Your Majesty, do you really believe in these stories? 138 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:05,600 Then you mean that you don't want to? 139 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,000 Of course not! 140 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 I would do anything for you, Your Majesty! 141 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,100 Th-these small things such as wishing, you can just count on me! 142 00:12:14,450 --> 00:12:19,360 Alright, I will remember what you just said. 143 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,400 Yongde Palace 144 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:40,000 What's going on with other consorts lately? 145 00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:44,100 Your Majesty, nothing special. 146 00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:49,800 Is there really nothing or you're just not noticing? 147 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,400 Replying to Your Majesty, there really wasn't. 148 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,000 Sorry, I deserve to be punished. 149 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 You can't even complete small tasks like this, get out! 150 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,300 I will leave right now. 151 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:39,400 I really don't know how that old official managed, 152 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:43,000 staying by the Empress' side for so long... 153 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,300 If I want to defeat him, I'll have to get Her Majesty's trust. 154 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:52,400 But I just realized that life is more dangerous around her. 155 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,000 I'm always scared and worried. 156 00:13:56,300 --> 00:14:01,000 Mother, you have to keep enduring! 157 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,700 Wait for me to lift your arrest. 158 00:14:05,980 --> 00:14:08,130 And Wei Guang's as well. 159 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:12,200 Wei Guang, just where are you? 160 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:18,700 If you were here right now, I wouldn't be so overwhelmed like now. 161 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,200 Fairy Black Python, 162 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,200 are you there? If you're real, 163 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,500 I'm begging you, show some effects, fulfill my wish! 164 00:14:33,850 --> 00:14:36,600 I want to see Wei Guang. 165 00:14:38,430 --> 00:14:41,440 I want to be with Wei Guang again. 166 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,000 The earlier the better, hopefully tomorrow! 167 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,800 Wei Guang, where are you... 168 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,600 Is hiding and being all mysterious fun to you? 169 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,100 Didn't you say that you would come find me? 170 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,700 Just where did you go... 171 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,200 I really miss you. 172 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,400 Pear Blossom School 173 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,200 Sisters, look who came! 174 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,800 Ta-da! 175 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:30,600 Ningzhi, you're back! 176 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:31,800 You've returned! 177 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,000 Look what I brought all of you! 178 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,500 These are desserts gifted from Her Majesty! 179 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:48,200 Ningzhi, last night I saw you walking alone in the garden looking all concerned, 180 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,900 did something happen? 181 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:52,100 Did Her Majesty blame you? 182 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:57,000 What? Look at your faces! 183 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,200 Her Majesty's new maid, 184 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,200 can't even tolerate three days, 185 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,000 so she was punished and chased out of the palace. 186 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,000 But look at me, I'm perfectly fine! 187 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,500 I didn't face any hardships, aren't I so amazing? 188 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,800 I'm telling you, when you are serving Her Majesty, 189 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,700 most importantly is to mind your bearing. 190 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:18,600 Second, you have to control that mouth of yours. 191 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,000 Troubles come from the mouth. 192 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,150 I see, Hua Zhangshi. 193 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,600 Eat, eat up! 194 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,900 Her Majesty has arrived! 195 00:17:44,300 --> 00:17:46,900 Yongde Palace 196 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,000 I just knew, 197 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,000 you were by my side. 198 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,400 Ye Ningzhi, I don't know how you learned our rules in Lihua Academy. 199 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,800 How come you're lying like this? 200 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,200 Sister Xue, don't you think being at the Empress' side is really tiring? 201 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,200 I'm lying like this because I'm tired. 202 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,800 I'm asking you, do you know the Empress Dowager? 203 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,800 Is it because she's got your back, that you're acting like this? 204 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,600 Her Majesty... 205 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,000 before I entered the palace and wished her longevity, 206 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,000 but this time, I haven't seen her yet. 207 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,200 She probably doesn't know that I'm here. 208 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,600 A maid from Chengxiang Palace just delivered a letter. 209 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,400 It's for you. 210 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:08,200 The guard you saw was me. I was saved by the Empress Dowager, 211 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,100 but Lang Kun's issue is yet to be settled. So we cannot meet now. 212 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:13,700 Please be patient. 213 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,600 Great, great... 214 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,400 What was written, that you're this happy? 215 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,800 Not much... Her Majesty complimented me, just compliments. 216 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,600 Then you be happy, I'm going. 217 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,600 Be patient. 218 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,000 I have to be patient. 219 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,600 It's good that you're safe, 220 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,100 as long as you're okay. 221 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,200 Thank you, Fairy Black Python. 222 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,600 So you are very effective! 223 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,000 You're not at all evil! 224 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,500 Ye Ningzhi! 225 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,400 You are Ye Ningzhi, right? 226 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,400 You don't know me because I'm from Chengxiang Palace. 227 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,800 A guard asked me to give you this letter. 228 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,400 Guard? 229 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,600 I miss you so much. 230 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,900 I'll meet you at the warehouse of Yongde Palace tonight at 9:00. 231 00:21:20,620 --> 00:21:25,160 ♫ I can bear the hardship in the journey, I can fight my life for you ♫ 232 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,490 ♫ I can travel across mountains and waters for you ♫ 233 00:21:28,490 --> 00:21:33,150 ♫ Life and death failed to trap me. We who say forever to each other ♫ 234 00:21:33,150 --> 00:21:36,590 ♫ Will not give up one another ♫ 235 00:21:36,590 --> 00:21:41,060 ♫ I can be alone for you. I can be your background 236 00:21:41,060 --> 00:21:44,700 Where did you go? 237 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:49,060 Do you know how worried I've been? 238 00:21:49,060 --> 00:21:55,910 Do you know I missed you so much that I wrote so many letters that couldn't be sent? Do you know that? 239 00:21:55,910 --> 00:21:59,940 Silly girl, 240 00:21:59,940 --> 00:22:04,500 I too worried about and missed you so much. 241 00:22:11,810 --> 00:22:13,740 Oh, 242 00:22:16,090 --> 00:22:19,750 your mother and the fellows of Baixi Circus should at the North Peak now. 243 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:22,190 For now, you do not have to worry. 244 00:22:24,590 --> 00:22:28,130 Thank you for protecting them for me. 245 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:33,140 I just knew that you care about me. 246 00:22:35,820 --> 00:22:40,150 How come you became the Empress' guard? 247 00:22:43,770 --> 00:22:47,460 Here, sit down and talk. 248 00:22:53,490 --> 00:22:56,490 Lang Kun gave personal orders to the soldiers and officers escorting the army's supplies. 249 00:22:56,490 --> 00:22:59,920 If words got out, he would either lose his head for the better, 250 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:02,960 or, for the worse, drag the Empress into it. 251 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,880 That's why Lang Kun tried to frame me in front of the Empress. 252 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,860 He also sent many more men to kill me. 253 00:23:09,860 --> 00:23:15,700 I was too foolish to take my chances and tried making peace with Lang Kun to stay by the Empress' side. 254 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:18,640 Otherwise, things would not have become like this. 255 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:24,050 When I was hunted down that day and got badly hurt, 256 00:23:24,050 --> 00:23:26,770 I had no choice but to take out the life-sparing token given by the Empress Dowager, 257 00:23:26,770 --> 00:23:30,150 and sneaked into the palace to seek her help. 258 00:23:30,150 --> 00:23:32,870 When my father was framed, Her Majesty saved my life. 259 00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:38,100 She believed that my family was kind and loyal. Now it's still her that's protecting me. 260 00:23:39,690 --> 00:23:42,300 What did you just say... 261 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:44,900 Where did you get hurt? Let me see. 262 00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:48,630 I'm okay, they are just slight injuries. 263 00:23:48,630 --> 00:23:51,660 Why didn't you come visit me earlier? 264 00:23:51,660 --> 00:23:54,510 It's not always peaceful between the Empress Dowager and the Empress. 265 00:23:54,510 --> 00:23:57,930 If I showed up too early, there may have been troubles. 266 00:23:57,930 --> 00:24:03,020 That's why Her Majesty made me silent and wait for the right time to come. 267 00:24:03,020 --> 00:24:07,360 Wait for the right time to come? It's so obvious who's right and who's wrong. 268 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:10,680 - How is it just this hard to solve? - Things aren't as simple as you think. 269 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,610 Deploying escorting officers, for the worse, is treason. 270 00:24:13,610 --> 00:24:16,780 Although the Empress is arrogant and domineering, she is after all the imperial concubine of the first rank. 271 00:24:16,780 --> 00:24:19,390 She hasn't done anything wrong concerning state affairs. 272 00:24:19,390 --> 00:24:22,200 The Empress Dowager doesn't want the issue to go big as well. 273 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,060 Empress' Palace 274 00:24:24,870 --> 00:24:29,630 Lang Kun, is your news confirmed? They two do have an affair? 275 00:24:29,630 --> 00:24:33,690 It should be as reported. You'll know when they're brought to you. 276 00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:38,300 Weren't things... already solved? 277 00:24:38,860 --> 00:24:43,930 Well, why did you still write to me, 278 00:24:43,930 --> 00:24:47,130 saying that I have to keep enduring? 279 00:24:52,790 --> 00:24:55,530 The Empress won't allow anyone to plot against her. 280 00:24:55,530 --> 00:24:59,690 She already lost face in front of the Empress Dowager the other day. 281 00:24:59,690 --> 00:25:04,300 That's why the Empress Dowager hasn't really scolded the Empress for so many years. 282 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:06,590 Although the Empress won't reject the Empress Dowager's orders, 283 00:25:06,590 --> 00:25:10,370 she will take it out on me. 284 00:25:12,540 --> 00:25:16,100 By the way, Lang Kun has spies in the palace. 285 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:21,060 If he finds out that we're seeing each other, do you think he'll...? 286 00:25:29,350 --> 00:25:34,470 Ningzhi, wasn't it you that wrote the letter? 287 00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:37,710 What? You wrote two letters to me. 288 00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:41,020 One said we couldn't meet, the other said we meet here. 289 00:25:41,020 --> 00:25:45,130 I checked your writing style as well... 290 00:25:45,130 --> 00:25:49,780 What I write in the Management Bureau is all documented. If anyone wants to copy my writing style, 291 00:25:49,780 --> 00:25:52,260 it's not that difficult. 292 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:58,670 Someone must've tricked us. Come on, let's leave. 293 00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:19,870 Wei Guang, it's you again. 294 00:26:19,870 --> 00:26:23,330 If you dare make a move, then I'll kill her. 295 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,710 Wei Guang! I don't care, but let him go first. 296 00:26:34,710 --> 00:26:38,370 The Empress and the Empress Dowager have a deal. You're obeying Her Majesty's order. 297 00:26:38,370 --> 00:26:41,610 Put these two into custody and have a thorough interrogation. 298 00:26:41,610 --> 00:26:42,310 Empress' Palace 299 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,680 Lord Lang, the thing you asked for is here. 300 00:27:05,740 --> 00:27:07,580 Wei Guang, 301 00:27:08,750 --> 00:27:14,700 I have long appreciated you. Yet you would do something as such. 302 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:17,670 I am so disappointed. 303 00:27:18,620 --> 00:27:24,130 Ningzhi, I thought you were clever and I was going to put you into big use. 304 00:27:24,130 --> 00:27:27,130 But I never guessed that you would do something so foolish! 305 00:27:27,130 --> 00:27:29,600 Your Majesty, let her go. 306 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,270 This has nothing to do with her. Lord Lang is just making the innocent suffer. 307 00:27:33,270 --> 00:27:38,090 You're having a nasty affair with her, and you dare to ask me to pardon her? 308 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:42,270 Your Majesty, we didn't do anything nasty. My coat was torn up by them. 309 00:27:42,270 --> 00:27:46,120 He also knocked out Lord Wei and tried to frame us. 310 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:50,360 Ye Ningzhi, do you remember? I once told you that 311 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:53,300 I hate people who hide things from me. 312 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:57,420 If you and Wei Guang are innocent, why did you meet in that place in the middle of the night? 313 00:27:57,420 --> 00:27:59,150 Do you really think I cannot think straight? 314 00:27:59,150 --> 00:28:03,160 - Your Majesty, I didn't... - Ningzhi, don't waste your words. 315 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:07,970 Her Majesty doesn't care if we're innocent or not. All she cares is to hear us admit it. 316 00:28:07,970 --> 00:28:11,810 Wei Guang, did I ask you to speak? 317 00:28:11,810 --> 00:28:16,670 Lang Kun, go carefully question them for me! 318 00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:23,180 If you're going to punish, then punish me! Don't hurt Wei Guang, he still has injuries. 319 00:28:24,110 --> 00:28:28,610 You don't have to, I'm fine. 320 00:28:28,610 --> 00:28:31,030 Lang Kun, don't hit him! 321 00:28:31,030 --> 00:28:34,220 Your Majesty, I really didn't do anything nasty with Wei Guang. 322 00:28:34,220 --> 00:28:38,630 If Your Majesty don't believe, you can have an old maid to check my body. 323 00:28:38,630 --> 00:28:43,200 Then you'll know it's impossible that I did anything with Wei Guang. 324 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:47,680 Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I'm begging you, just let go of Wei Guang! 325 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:53,180 In the future, I will serve you best as I can! 326 00:28:53,180 --> 00:28:56,030 You know better than anyone that Wei Guang's life is worth nothing. 327 00:28:56,030 --> 00:28:58,330 Back then the Empress Dowager saved me, the son of a traitor, 328 00:28:58,330 --> 00:29:01,320 do Your Majesty know why indeed? 329 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,840 Her Majesty saved my life so that I wouldn't die wrongfully with my father. 330 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,300 Your Majesty should know that going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short. 331 00:29:08,300 --> 00:29:10,940 Is that so? Seems that you received some teachings. 332 00:29:10,940 --> 00:29:13,960 Keep whipping! 333 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,500 Don't hit him! 334 00:29:18,930 --> 00:29:21,990 It was me! Me! 335 00:29:21,990 --> 00:29:25,100 It was me who fell for Lord Wei in the first place and kept pestering him. 336 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:28,100 Before, I pestered him outside of the palace. 337 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:32,790 Lord Wei hasn't shown any interest in me. But I kept approaching him in all ways. 338 00:29:32,790 --> 00:29:36,800 He has been an upright person right from the beginning. 339 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,240 It was me who shamed your palace! 340 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,800 Your Majesty, Yan Kuan uses his evil doctrines to mislead the public. 341 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,840 He is now siding with the Noble Consort Fu. You don't have the ability to get rid of him. 342 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,170 Only I can make him gone. As long as Your Majesty pardon Ye Ningzhi, 343 00:29:49,170 --> 00:29:53,670 I will serve Your Majesty from now on, and I won't expect to return to the court with your help. 344 00:29:53,670 --> 00:29:58,370 Your Majesty, just let Wei Guang go. You can punish me however you want. 345 00:30:18,130 --> 00:30:21,240 It was me! It was me who fell for Lord Wei in the first place. 346 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,360 It was me who shamed your palace! 347 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,240 As long as you pardon Ye Ningzhi, I will serve Your Majesty from now on. 348 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,610 And I won't expect to return to the court with your help! 349 00:30:51,630 --> 00:30:55,610 Your Majesty, are you alright? 350 00:30:57,530 --> 00:30:59,810 I'm alright. 351 00:31:01,340 --> 00:31:03,940 I just thought of an old friend. 352 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:08,480 This situation, 353 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:12,070 I feel that I have seen before. 354 00:31:13,330 --> 00:31:15,510 And now I have seen it again. 355 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,290 It's as if that friend... 356 00:31:20,130 --> 00:31:22,180 is right before my eyes. 357 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,430 Who are you talking about, Your Majesty? 358 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:29,540 Once, there was also someone 359 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,840 who would do anything for me. 360 00:31:33,790 --> 00:31:36,230 but that feeling, 361 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:39,260 was trampled on. 362 00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:48,510 Stop talking about the sad things. 363 00:31:48,510 --> 00:31:50,430 No matter what you're being through, 364 00:31:50,430 --> 00:31:54,700 I will serve Your Majesty always. 365 00:32:04,420 --> 00:32:06,360 Does it still hurt? 366 00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:09,890 Her Majesty has arrived. 367 00:32:15,740 --> 00:32:17,770 In the future, 368 00:32:17,770 --> 00:32:21,570 do not guess or plot against each other. 369 00:32:21,570 --> 00:32:24,130 My people should unite and work together, 370 00:32:24,130 --> 00:32:25,880 and seek one goal. 371 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,710 That's to stabilize my position. 372 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:34,710 Actually, you two are a pair made in heaven. 373 00:32:34,710 --> 00:32:38,250 Ningzhi is reckless yet quick-witted. 374 00:32:38,250 --> 00:32:42,450 Wei Guang is always calm and strategic. 375 00:32:42,450 --> 00:32:46,580 How about this? If you two can help Lang Kun whole-heartedly, 376 00:32:46,580 --> 00:32:49,190 and help me keep orders at the haram, 377 00:32:49,190 --> 00:32:51,690 then I can forgive all your past doings 378 00:32:51,690 --> 00:32:54,130 and give you certain titles. 379 00:32:54,130 --> 00:32:57,740 When it's done, you'll enjoy countless glory and wealth. 380 00:32:57,740 --> 00:33:01,440 But if you two do not do things right, 381 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,960 then the old and new faults will have to be taken care of together. 382 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,520 Do you two agree? 383 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,470 Your Majesty, I can just take care of this. 384 00:33:11,470 --> 00:33:14,090 There is no need to drag Ningzhi into it. 385 00:33:14,090 --> 00:33:15,870 Doesn't matter. 386 00:33:15,870 --> 00:33:17,820 I'm only looking for the result. 387 00:33:17,820 --> 00:33:20,670 If you're successful, then it's beneficial to everyone. 388 00:33:20,670 --> 00:33:23,750 But if you do as you please, then you two 389 00:33:23,750 --> 00:33:28,520 will be blamed later. Be careful. 390 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,580 Lang Kun, let them go now. 391 00:33:33,580 --> 00:33:35,510 Someone come in! Let them go. 392 00:33:35,510 --> 00:33:38,000 Thank you, Your Majesty. 393 00:33:42,070 --> 00:33:45,030 Careful... It hurts. 394 00:33:52,180 --> 00:33:54,080 Are you okay? 395 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,700 He's too much. 396 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:59,400 He dared to whip you so many times! 397 00:34:00,570 --> 00:34:02,020 Now you know. 398 00:34:02,020 --> 00:34:05,020 Do be very careful around her. 399 00:34:05,020 --> 00:34:07,470 But she did say something right. 400 00:34:07,470 --> 00:34:10,010 We're a match made in heaven. 401 00:34:10,010 --> 00:34:12,810 Lucky that we got quick-minded just now. 402 00:34:12,810 --> 00:34:15,910 Otherwise, we would be so dead now. 403 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,850 In the future, I will have to see you for a lot of things. 404 00:34:22,850 --> 00:34:24,550 We will have to be more cautious later. 405 00:34:24,550 --> 00:34:27,200 Only in that say can we avoid deadly troubles. 406 00:34:28,870 --> 00:34:30,730 Still hurting? 407 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,250 I dare not touch you. 408 00:34:38,580 --> 00:34:40,160 Wei Guang, 409 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,330 you really do look like a hero now. 410 00:34:42,330 --> 00:34:46,120 If it were anyone else, they'd have passed out already. 411 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,090 But you, you can still show off. 412 00:34:49,090 --> 00:34:52,130 Very admirable. 413 00:34:52,130 --> 00:34:55,290 People like us who are around the nobles, 414 00:34:55,290 --> 00:34:57,970 are all ready for this day. 415 00:34:57,970 --> 00:35:00,240 Lord Wei, your wounds 416 00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:04,200 will hurt many times tonight. 417 00:35:04,220 --> 00:35:06,190 This ointment is for pain relief. 418 00:35:06,190 --> 00:35:08,270 If it hurts so bad that you can't stand it, 419 00:35:08,270 --> 00:35:10,560 have someone to apply it to your wounds. 420 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,140 Then I will bid farewell now. 421 00:35:12,140 --> 00:35:13,890 Thank you very much. 422 00:35:13,890 --> 00:35:16,000 I'll just see you off. 423 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,310 So you were whipped this much in the end. 424 00:35:36,330 --> 00:35:39,480 No... Don't... 425 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:40,770 It's a man's room. 426 00:35:40,770 --> 00:35:45,000 How could you... just come breaking in like this? 427 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,230 I am just like this. 428 00:35:56,130 --> 00:35:59,870 How about you? Is your injury better? 429 00:35:59,870 --> 00:36:03,730 I come from Baixi Circus. This little injury is nothing. 430 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,650 Can I... have a look at your wounds again? 431 00:36:10,650 --> 00:36:12,820 It's improper for men and women to touch each other. 432 00:36:12,820 --> 00:36:15,600 How would I just show you my wounds without a reason? 433 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,210 I don't mean to really look at your body. 434 00:36:17,210 --> 00:36:19,580 The doctor left you some ointment, didn't he? 435 00:36:19,580 --> 00:36:21,810 How are you going to apply it by yourself? 436 00:36:21,810 --> 00:36:25,530 I'm not trying to take advantage of you. 437 00:36:25,530 --> 00:36:29,260 If you won't let me, I'll just leave. 438 00:36:37,290 --> 00:36:38,970 Thank you. 439 00:36:40,030 --> 00:36:42,680 Thank you for taking those whips for me. 440 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,230 You were dumb as a woodblock before. 441 00:36:46,230 --> 00:36:48,740 Why are you like this now? 442 00:36:48,740 --> 00:36:50,830 I should thank Lord Lang for that. 443 00:36:50,830 --> 00:36:52,850 After the whipping, 444 00:36:52,850 --> 00:36:55,460 I was like being hit by the thunder. 445 00:36:55,460 --> 00:36:58,240 What's more, to see you being so brave like that, 446 00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:02,000 why should I, a grown man, keep the distance? 447 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:07,500 So you're saying that I'm not girly enough. 448 00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:09,280 Right. 449 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,080 You... 450 00:37:13,390 --> 00:37:15,230 What? 451 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,650 Are you still hurting? Need some ointment? 452 00:37:22,650 --> 00:37:24,190 I'll help you with it. 453 00:37:24,190 --> 00:37:26,970 You help me with the ointment? 454 00:37:26,970 --> 00:37:31,490 No. You just say that men and women shouldn't touch each other. 455 00:37:31,490 --> 00:37:32,890 You think I'll take advantage of you? 456 00:37:32,890 --> 00:37:36,860 Not that. My injury's on the back. I won't let you have a look. 457 00:37:36,860 --> 00:37:37,970 I'm leaving. 458 00:37:37,970 --> 00:37:41,630 If you don't put on the ointment, I won't let you go. 459 00:37:41,630 --> 00:37:46,900 How about this? If you don't want me to see your body, I'll cover my eyes. 460 00:37:49,030 --> 00:37:52,240 Go cover your eyes then. 461 00:38:07,850 --> 00:38:09,480 Here? 462 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:10,920 Yes. 463 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,900 - Does it hurt? - No. 464 00:38:14,900 --> 00:38:16,950 This ointment can relieve pain. 465 00:38:18,570 --> 00:38:20,370 As the doctor just said. 466 00:38:20,370 --> 00:38:22,950 Alright. I guess that's it. 467 00:38:22,950 --> 00:38:24,070 Yes. 468 00:38:26,970 --> 00:38:28,680 Put on your clothes. 469 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:31,430 Are you done? 470 00:38:31,430 --> 00:38:33,730 Not yet. 471 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:38,480 I'm done. 472 00:38:58,060 --> 00:39:01,130 You get this injury for me. 473 00:39:01,130 --> 00:39:03,330 I won't let you down my whole life. 474 00:39:05,310 --> 00:39:08,340 Ningzhi, it's dangerous in the palace. 475 00:39:08,350 --> 00:39:11,170 It shouldn't be a place for you to stay. 476 00:39:11,170 --> 00:39:13,560 Once there's any chance, I'll get you out of here. 477 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,820 You can reunite with your family. 478 00:39:16,870 --> 00:39:19,230 Wait for me in the outside, will you? 479 00:39:21,350 --> 00:39:24,740 Alright. 480 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,430 Ningzhi, I have to marry you in the right ritual. 481 00:39:29,430 --> 00:39:33,640 because you're the person I least want to see hurt. 482 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,140 I'll wait for that day to come. 483 00:39:42,300 --> 00:39:44,510 But right now, the circumstances are dangerous. 484 00:39:44,510 --> 00:39:48,210 How could I leave you in this situation? 485 00:39:53,970 --> 00:40:03,950 Timing and Subtitles brought to you by the Legend of the Phoenix Volunteer Team @ Viki 486 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:21,490 ♫ In the clear sky, thousands of fireflies drift around ♫ 487 00:40:23,930 --> 00:40:30,730 ♫ You were once the most ordinary firefly of them all ♫ 488 00:40:32,770 --> 00:40:36,540 ♫ When you approached me, time stopped ♫ 489 00:40:36,540 --> 00:40:39,880 ♫ My heart started racing ♫ 490 00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:49,060 ♫ It was like a dream ♫ 491 00:40:50,630 --> 00:40:57,550 ♫ I travel against the light in search for a faraway shadow ♫ 492 00:40:59,430 --> 00:41:07,130 ♫ The crowded mountain cities, but I find it so peaceful ♫ 493 00:41:08,370 --> 00:41:12,430 ♫ I really want to let go of my name and identity ♫ 494 00:41:12,430 --> 00:41:15,740 ♫ I will watch the peaceful marketplace with you ♫ 495 00:41:15,740 --> 00:41:24,240 ♫ I will wait with you for the rain to stop ♫ 496 00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:33,750 ♫ I will light the light of love to shine into your life ♫ 497 00:41:33,750 --> 00:41:42,550 ♫ So that all the dangerous rivers can soften your eyes ♫ 498 00:41:42,550 --> 00:41:47,200 ♫ Like the crystal tears in the dead of night ♫ 499 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:51,770 ♫ My heart has become more transparent and stronger ♫ 500 00:41:51,770 --> 00:41:59,880 ♫ Even if it aches, it will not break ♫ 501 00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:18,830 Legend of the Phoenix 43473