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Imperial Guards on duty.

All unauthorized personnel, step back.

[Deep Roots; Lush Branches]

-What are you doing? -Let go of me!

-Let go of me! -Let go of me!

How dare you!

Let go!

I am the Emperor's father-in-law.

By whose order

do you...

do you dare make disturbance in Zhou's Mansion?

It was my order.

Xi?

[Deep Roots; Lush Branches]

According to protocol,

Lord Zhou,

you should address me as

Your Majesty.

[Deep Roots; Lush Branches]

[Deep Roots; Lush Branches]

Your Majesty.

I

have always prided myself

on being an upright official.

I have not failed His Majesty

or the people of this realm.

I don't understand why today

I must suffer such a catastrophe.

You haven't failed them?

Father,

you have quite a selective memory.

This...

So much gold.

Within the rockery lies hidden gold.

What

an "upright official" indeed.

Zhou Kui, Minister of Rites,

has colluded with the Marquis of Zhen'guo's Mansion

to amass ill-gotten wealth.

A crime beyond forgiveness.

I order

his immediate arrest and property seizure.

You are unfilial!

Your Majesty,

how can a daughter confiscate her own family's property?

By doing this,

how can you face your parents'

kindness in raising you?

Of course I have not forgotten

my parents' kindness in raising me.

Big Mother,

perhaps you've forgotten

what you've done.

Your mother conspired with her family in loan sharking.

Mother!

Pursuing personal gain is an unforgivable crime.

Mother!

What are you waiting for?

Mother!

Take her away now!

Mother!

How annoying.

The loan sharking case

has been settled.

I have just returned from confiscating the Marquis of Zhen'guo's Mansion.

Your father resisted

and is now dead.

What?

Father!

Father!

Father!

Zhou Ruoxi!

You vile woman!

You will die a terrible death!

You evil empress!

So noisy.

Silence her.

Darling!

Darling!

Darling!

I demand to see His Majesty!

I must see His Majesty!

My word is His Majesty's decree.

Arrest him immediately.

You... You're nothing but an evil empress!

Go!

You're an evil empress!

Go!

Evil empress!

Unfilial daughter!

[Deep Roots; Lush Branches]

Vile woman!

Mother.

I've finally avenged us.

[Deep Roots; Lush Branches]

Back to the palace.

[Echoes of the Self]

[In the first year of Xinyou,]

[the new Emperor Li Shu was long ill and absent from court.]

[Empress Zhou Ruoxi took charge of state affairs,]

[bestowing favors in his name.]

[To steady the realm,]

[Empress Zhou]

[moved with thunderous force,]

[sweeping away the residual evils of the aristocratic clans]

Long live Your Majesty!

You may rise.

[Empress Zhou's ruthless methods]

[soon gave rise to endless rumors.]

[It was said that the emperor was not ill,]

[but imprisoned by Empress Zhou herself.]

[Thus,]

[across the land, generals raised their banners in loyalty to the throne,]

[marching on the Imperial City with blades drawn.]

Purge the court!

Execute the evil empress!

Purge the court!

Execute the evil empress!

Purge the court!

Execute the evil empress!

Surround the palace hall!

Capture the evil empress!

Surround the palace hall!

Capture the evil empress!

Long time no see,

Prince Yan.

Do you also want to kill me?

Don't you want to beg me to spare your life?

Prince Yan, you know

I am not that kind of person.

Yes,

I certainly know that.

Where is my brother?

I don't know.

His Majesty was gravely ill.

After entrusting the throne to me,

he disappeared.

Wasn't it you

who made my brother disappear?

This throne

is truly splendid.

Do you want it?

When was the last time

you saw my brother?

But I want it.

Will you help me?

You've gone mad.

I am not mad.

Since I received it from His Majesty,

I've worked day and night,

exhausting myself completely.

Everything I've done

has been for the realm of Yunrui.

His Majesty

could sit on this throne.

Your Li clan could seize it.

By what right am I denied it?

Li Yan,

tell me,

why am I not worthy of this throne?

Zhou Ruoxi,

I thought

you abandoned our love

and pursued power

because circumstances forced you to.

But now I see

you've truly lost your way.

Is that not allowed?

I'm done with a life

of groveling and humiliation.

I will

never live like that again.

Come with me.

Just kill me.

Zhou Ruoxi!

This is your last chance.

Don't force my hand.

I've struggled so hard

to get where I am.

I am the Empress of Yunrui.

I will

not leave.

Prince Yan, if you

cannot bear to kill me...

Then go.

Xi, don't blame me.

Only if the evil empress dies

can Zhou Ruoxi live.

How did we end up like this?

Have you truly forgotten

all those memories we shared?

Prince Yan, you accepted my sachet,

which means we're betrothed.

To avenge my mother,

I can only rely on the Crown Prince's power.

Prince Yan,

you cannot give me these.

Don't move.

Why did you save me?

I told you I wouldn't leave.

I am the Empress of Yunrui.

I will wait here for His Majesty to return.

The Empress of Yunrui

is there.

Li Yan.

What are you going to do?

Zhou Ruoxi.

You should thank me.

I arranged for a death row prisoner to take your place.

Otherwise,

at today's execution by fire,

you would be the one dying.

No!

It's not like that.

It's not like that.

It's not like that.

Don't move.

You need to witness your fate with your own eyes.

Execute the evil empress!

Safeguard peace!

Execute the evil empress!

Safeguard peace!

Execute the evil empress!

Safeguard peace!

Execute the evil empress!

Safeguard peace!

Execute the evil empress!

Safeguard peace!

Whoa!

Who goes there?

[Qingzhou]

Yan!

What a coincidence.

You've done great service in defense of the throne.

Why not wait for your reward before leaving?

Brother, I heard that you've been

suffering from a long illness

and couldn't even leave your bed.

And then you vanished without a trace.

But now it seems

that was just a false rumor.

Your Majesty!

[Qingzhou]

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

You've finally come.

I...

The evil Empress Zhou

was burned at the stake at the Meridian Gate last night.

Yan.

Why is she still alive?

Your Majesty.

Zhou Ruoxi's crimes are unforgivable.

But everything she did

was for the sake of Yunrui.

I beg you to spare her life.

I nurtured her ambition bit by bit,

all for this day.

Yet you ask me to spare her?

Your Majesty.

You want to kill me?

Zhou Ruoxi.

You caused your elder sister Ruoyao's death.

You killed the woman I loved most.

Should I not kill you?

Yan.

Kill her now,

and your merit in serving the throne

shall remain.

I cannot

obey this order.

Fine.

Don't blame me for being ruthless.

Liang Feng!

Prince Yan!

Yan!

Yan!

Xi.

It's been so long

since you called me that.

If you care for him so deeply,

why didn't you marry him back then?

What are you laughing at?

I laugh at how pitiful Your Majesty is.

You kept claiming how much you loved my sister,

but when her face was disfigured,

you didn't dare to propose to her immediately.

That's how I got the position.

Li Shu,

what you love

and what you care about

from beginning to end

has only been yourself.

What right do you have to accuse me?

Isn't everything happening now

your own doing?

Yes,

but wasn't everything that led me here

part of Your Majesty's plan?

Your Majesty used me to eliminate the aristocratic clans,

made me the target of everyone's hatred,

then used the aristocratic clans' vengeance

to kill me.

After my execution,

Your Majesty will take over a clean court.

Shut up!

Yan,

I'm sorry.

Xi.

I've kept it all this time.

I got you into this.

If there's a next life,

please don't

meet me again.

I willingly

accept

this fate.

In my entire life,

I've schemed and plotted,

only to end up like this.

It's unbearable to accept.

When clouds drift to the open wild,

dreams turn dark and deep.

A mournful wind stirs the pale mist,

entombing the fragrance of blossoms throughout the city.

When clouds drift to the open wild,

dreams turn dark and deep.

A mournful wind stirs the pale mist,

entombing the fragrance of blossoms throughout the city.

When clouds drift to the open wild,

dreams turn dark and deep.

A mournful wind stirs the pale mist,

entombing the fragrance of blossoms throughout the city.

Miss Ruoxi.

Yan.

Miss Ruoxi.

Prince Yan.

She is Zhou Ruoxi?

Then who am I?