1 00:02:23,523 --> 00:02:26,424 His Highness, Prince Yu arrives! 2 00:02:28,630 --> 00:02:29,654 Your Majesty. 3 00:02:31,432 --> 00:02:32,422 is everything ready? 4 00:02:36,438 --> 00:02:37,530 Second Brother should be here soon. 5 00:02:38,474 --> 00:02:39,498 Has he entered the Palace? 6 00:02:39,575 --> 00:02:41,601 I hear he stopped at the Official Inn to await orders. 7 00:02:42,679 --> 00:02:44,476 First Brother mentioned... 8 00:02:44,548 --> 00:02:45,445 that as soon as Father arrives... 9 00:02:45,549 --> 00:02:47,414 he will ask permission to leave. 10 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:50,418 He wants to go to Qingzhou. 11 00:03:13,415 --> 00:03:14,404 Mother. 12 00:03:28,532 --> 00:03:30,557 Her Majesty the Empress arrives! 13 00:03:39,411 --> 00:03:40,435 First Brother. 14 00:03:41,647 --> 00:03:43,444 Your Majesty. 15 00:04:07,444 --> 00:04:08,502 So you are leaving. 16 00:04:10,547 --> 00:04:11,639 Are you afraid? 17 00:04:12,583 --> 00:04:14,449 You are my mother, Your Majesty. 18 00:04:16,654 --> 00:04:18,485 We have been intimate for three years. 19 00:04:18,557 --> 00:04:20,547 You, of all people should know who I am. 20 00:04:21,493 --> 00:04:24,396 I am first and foremost my father's son. 21 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:33,663 Mother! 22 00:04:34,475 --> 00:04:35,601 I am not your mother! 23 00:04:40,581 --> 00:04:42,607 Many things can be changed. 24 00:04:43,652 --> 00:04:46,450 In fact, nothing can be changed. 25 00:04:49,526 --> 00:04:51,391 Still, I would like to try. 26 00:04:52,630 --> 00:04:54,495 What are you going to do? 27 00:04:54,564 --> 00:04:56,624 It is time to go and welcome the Emperor 28 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,613 The day breaks. 29 00:05:15,689 --> 00:05:18,419 The court presides. 30 00:05:18,492 --> 00:05:19,653 Peace to all. 31 00:05:20,428 --> 00:05:22,419 It is the Hour of the Tiger. 32 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:26,525 The day breaks. 33 00:05:26,602 --> 00:05:28,628 The court presides. 34 00:05:29,438 --> 00:05:30,564 Peace to all. 35 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,475 It is the Hour of the Tiger. 36 00:05:38,683 --> 00:05:40,412 Your servant kneels before the Empress. 37 00:05:40,485 --> 00:05:42,454 Your Majesty's medicine for the hour is ready. 38 00:07:06,551 --> 00:07:08,451 By the Emperor's command... 39 00:07:08,553 --> 00:07:10,418 retire to your chambers! 40 00:07:10,488 --> 00:07:12,547 The welcome ceremony is cancelled! 41 00:07:12,625 --> 00:07:14,490 Retire to your chambers! 42 00:07:14,594 --> 00:07:16,585 The welcome ceremony is cancelled! 43 00:07:16,662 --> 00:07:18,528 The Emperor commands... 44 00:07:18,632 --> 00:07:20,429 retire to your chambers! 45 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:22,525 The welcome ceremony is cancelled! 46 00:07:22,603 --> 00:07:24,435 Retire to your chambers! 47 00:07:24,539 --> 00:07:26,564 The welcome ceremony is cancelled! 48 00:07:26,641 --> 00:07:27,539 Your Majesty... 49 00:07:27,642 --> 00:07:28,610 the Emperor commands... 50 00:07:28,676 --> 00:07:29,644 everyone is to return to their chambers. 51 00:07:30,446 --> 00:07:31,639 The welcome ceremony is cancelled. 52 00:07:33,449 --> 00:07:33,710 Where is His Majesty? 53 00:07:34,484 --> 00:07:36,508 The Emperor has diverted his escort to the Official Inn. 54 00:07:36,586 --> 00:07:37,517 Your Majesty... 55 00:07:37,587 --> 00:07:40,488 the Emperor requests the presence of the Empress and the two princes... 56 00:07:40,557 --> 00:07:43,527 on the Chrysanthemum Terrace tomorrow morning. 57 00:07:52,671 --> 00:07:53,660 Your Highness, Prince Jai... 58 00:07:54,473 --> 00:07:55,531 the Emperor has arrived. 59 00:08:00,613 --> 00:08:02,478 Your son kneels before the Emperor. 60 00:08:20,736 --> 00:08:22,466 I am honored... 61 00:08:22,539 --> 00:08:23,665 by Father's personal visit. 62 00:08:42,595 --> 00:08:43,562 Come. 63 00:10:05,658 --> 00:10:06,717 Father's prowess is unequalled. 64 00:10:09,630 --> 00:10:12,463 The decision to send you to the frontier... 65 00:10:12,599 --> 00:10:14,499 was clearly the right one. 66 00:10:14,601 --> 00:10:16,570 I came here today... 67 00:10:16,703 --> 00:10:18,638 to warn you... 68 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:21,437 against your past mistakes. 69 00:10:23,479 --> 00:10:24,673 There are many things in Heaven and Earth... 70 00:10:25,448 --> 00:10:27,472 but you can only have... 71 00:10:27,584 --> 00:10:28,710 what I choose to give you. 72 00:10:29,486 --> 00:10:30,544 What I do notgive... 73 00:10:30,654 --> 00:10:32,588 you must never take by force. 74 00:10:33,590 --> 00:10:34,558 Father's counsel... 75 00:10:34,592 --> 00:10:36,457 is etched into my heart. 76 00:10:44,670 --> 00:10:46,605 Return to the Palace with me. 77 00:11:06,562 --> 00:11:08,655 His Highness, Prince Jai arrives! 78 00:11:08,731 --> 00:11:10,494 Jai. 79 00:11:15,539 --> 00:11:16,631 Your son kneels before the Empress. 80 00:11:21,646 --> 00:11:22,705 Mother. 81 00:11:24,616 --> 00:11:26,642 It has been over three years. 82 00:11:27,518 --> 00:11:28,679 Have you been well? 83 00:11:34,461 --> 00:11:35,520 I am very well. 84 00:11:39,633 --> 00:11:40,692 And you? 85 00:11:41,469 --> 00:11:42,595 I have missed Mother... 86 00:11:43,505 --> 00:11:45,564 every moment of every day. 87 00:11:47,609 --> 00:11:48,598 Mother. 88 00:11:53,650 --> 00:11:55,481 You must have suffered. 89 00:11:55,585 --> 00:11:56,643 I am fine. 90 00:13:24,721 --> 00:13:27,452 Charity seeks no recognition. 91 00:13:27,558 --> 00:13:29,583 Virtue seeks no reward. 92 00:13:29,661 --> 00:13:31,492 The harvest is abundant. 93 00:13:31,562 --> 00:13:33,554 It is the Hour of the Rabbit. 94 00:13:36,603 --> 00:13:37,729 Your Majesty... 95 00:13:39,572 --> 00:13:41,597 the Empress has been taking her medicine... 96 00:13:41,708 --> 00:13:43,574 daily and without interruption. 97 00:13:46,514 --> 00:13:48,482 Following Your Majesty's instruction... 98 00:13:48,616 --> 00:13:51,744 the black fungus is added personally by my daughter, Chan. 99 00:13:52,521 --> 00:13:53,749 Nobody knows about the new ingredient. 100 00:13:57,626 --> 00:13:59,492 Has it been ten days now? 101 00:13:59,595 --> 00:14:01,495 Exactly ten days. 102 00:14:01,764 --> 00:14:05,565 Is your relationship with Father unchanged? 103 00:14:12,744 --> 00:14:15,611 Why is Mother embroidering so many chrysanthemums? 104 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:17,615 It is the Chrysanthemum Festival soon, remember? 105 00:14:25,625 --> 00:14:26,649 Mother! 106 00:14:26,726 --> 00:14:27,591 Mother! 107 00:14:27,662 --> 00:14:29,561 Your Majesty! Your Majesty! 108 00:14:29,630 --> 00:14:30,618 What is the matter? 109 00:14:30,731 --> 00:14:31,663 Your Highness... 110 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:32,631 your servant does not know. 111 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:34,532 It is the third time this has happened. 112 00:14:50,521 --> 00:14:51,647 Mother's illness is clearly serious. 113 00:14:52,557 --> 00:14:53,717 Have you been taking your medicine? 114 00:15:06,507 --> 00:15:07,700 Have a rest. 115 00:15:08,675 --> 00:15:10,506 Before the Chrysanthemum Festival... 116 00:15:10,644 --> 00:15:12,544 I must finish all the embroidery. 117 00:15:19,588 --> 00:15:21,579 Why don't you go and see your brothers? 118 00:15:24,528 --> 00:15:26,689 His Highness, Prince Jai arrives! 119 00:15:27,697 --> 00:15:29,666 Jai bows to his First Brother, the Crown Prince Wan. 120 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:31,729 Second Brother, please sit. 121 00:15:32,537 --> 00:15:33,504 Thank you. 122 00:15:33,604 --> 00:15:34,536 Second Brother. 123 00:15:34,605 --> 00:15:35,663 Yu. 124 00:15:40,746 --> 00:15:41,678 Second Brother... 125 00:15:41,747 --> 00:15:43,511 I hear Father changed his plans and welcomed you in person. 126 00:15:43,583 --> 00:15:45,516 We all waited up half the night in vain. 127 00:15:47,554 --> 00:15:48,612 These years away from home... 128 00:15:48,722 --> 00:15:50,553 must have been hard. 129 00:15:50,657 --> 00:15:51,715 It was fine. 130 00:15:52,726 --> 00:15:55,593 Do you know what is wrong with Mother? 131 00:15:56,630 --> 00:15:58,531 Father says she suffers from anemia. 132 00:15:59,501 --> 00:16:01,492 She has been taking her medicine regularly. 133 00:16:06,609 --> 00:16:09,511 She seems to be obsessed with embroidering chrysanthemums. 134 00:16:10,614 --> 00:16:12,605 They must be for the Festival. 135 00:16:38,647 --> 00:16:39,670 Dad! 136 00:16:43,585 --> 00:16:45,485 Have you been visiting with the Crown Prince again? 137 00:16:45,588 --> 00:16:47,578 Why would I visit the Crown Prince? 138 00:16:47,657 --> 00:16:49,591 Father knows. 139 00:16:49,792 --> 00:16:51,783 What do you know? 140 00:16:52,762 --> 00:16:54,788 Go more often! 141 00:17:11,751 --> 00:17:13,582 This is a Persian black fungus. 142 00:17:13,687 --> 00:17:14,779 Do you know its properties? 143 00:17:15,822 --> 00:17:17,790 Two grams a day, taken over a few months... 144 00:17:18,559 --> 00:17:19,786 will cause a person to lose all their mental faculty. 145 00:17:24,565 --> 00:17:27,558 And you think you know so much. 146 00:17:27,803 --> 00:17:28,770 But the Empress... 147 00:17:29,538 --> 00:17:30,562 Don't breathe a word. 148 00:17:30,639 --> 00:17:31,698 Our entire clan will be executed! 149 00:17:48,728 --> 00:17:50,787 Law of the nation... 150 00:17:51,564 --> 00:17:53,589 Precept of the home... 151 00:17:53,666 --> 00:17:54,792 Ancient yet unchanged. 152 00:17:55,568 --> 00:17:57,559 It is the Hour of the Dragon. 153 00:18:08,750 --> 00:18:10,548 Your servant kneels before the Empress. 154 00:18:10,653 --> 00:18:12,620 Your Majesty's medicine for the hour is ready. 155 00:18:17,694 --> 00:18:19,525 So, you are Chan. 156 00:18:19,629 --> 00:18:21,689 Yes, Your Majesty. 157 00:18:21,766 --> 00:18:23,757 The Imperial Doctor is your father? 158 00:18:24,535 --> 00:18:25,559 Yes. 159 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:33,670 The Crown Prince seems a little pale lately. 160 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:39,585 Is the Empress asking her servant? 161 00:18:43,691 --> 00:18:45,784 My duty is only to prepare Your Majesty's medicine. 162 00:18:46,628 --> 00:18:48,789 I am not acquainted with His Highness's state of health. 163 00:18:49,663 --> 00:18:51,529 Is that so? 164 00:18:56,572 --> 00:18:57,698 You may enter. 165 00:20:01,747 --> 00:20:05,548 'To the highest mountains my brothers ascend... 166 00:20:05,651 --> 00:20:08,712 but one is missing, without berries in his hair. 167 00:20:09,624 --> 00:20:10,817 Prince Jai has returned. 168 00:20:11,593 --> 00:20:14,562 The family is reunited. 169 00:20:25,809 --> 00:20:27,504 Do you know why... 170 00:20:27,612 --> 00:20:28,601 every Chrysanthemum Festival... 171 00:20:28,745 --> 00:20:31,544 we assemble on this high terrace as a family? 172 00:20:34,553 --> 00:20:35,780 Father, on the ninth day of the ninth month... 173 00:20:36,588 --> 00:20:37,714 the sun and the moon unite. 174 00:20:37,789 --> 00:20:39,757 We call this the Chrysanthemum Festival. 175 00:20:40,559 --> 00:20:41,685 It symbolizes the strength and harmony of the family... 176 00:20:41,761 --> 00:20:43,626 and we always celebrate on this high terrace. 177 00:20:43,696 --> 00:20:45,597 That is a very good answer. 178 00:20:45,832 --> 00:20:49,599 The terrace is round. The table is square. 179 00:20:49,669 --> 00:20:50,728 What do they represent? 180 00:20:51,572 --> 00:20:52,732 That Heaven is round. The earth is square. 181 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,638 The law of the Heavens... 182 00:20:54,709 --> 00:20:56,540 dictates the rule of earthly life... 183 00:20:56,611 --> 00:20:57,737 under the circle, within the square... 184 00:20:57,812 --> 00:20:59,746 everyone has his proper placement. 185 00:20:59,849 --> 00:21:02,579 This is called natural law. 186 00:21:02,685 --> 00:21:04,619 Emperor, Courtier, Father, Son... 187 00:21:04,787 --> 00:21:06,652 Loyalty, filial piety, ritual and righteousness... 188 00:21:06,722 --> 00:21:08,747 all relationships obey this law. 189 00:21:09,793 --> 00:21:11,625 Do you have any requests? 190 00:21:11,728 --> 00:21:12,718 Your Majesty... 191 00:21:12,796 --> 00:21:14,696 I beg permission... 192 00:21:14,766 --> 00:21:16,666 to travel to Qingzhou. 193 00:21:16,834 --> 00:21:19,530 You also wish to be sent to the frontier? 194 00:21:19,638 --> 00:21:20,730 I have never left the Palace... 195 00:21:20,806 --> 00:21:22,774 and would like to gain experience in the outside world. 196 00:21:28,715 --> 00:21:30,649 Is there anything else? 197 00:21:31,786 --> 00:21:32,810 Father... 198 00:21:33,621 --> 00:21:34,713 I beg your permission, also. 199 00:21:34,788 --> 00:21:35,756 What is it? 200 00:21:35,823 --> 00:21:36,812 I... 201 00:21:37,592 --> 00:21:38,753 do not know if it would be appropriate... 202 00:21:38,859 --> 00:21:40,828 Then speak when you do know. 203 00:21:45,635 --> 00:21:47,569 You did not finish the medicine 204 00:21:47,636 --> 00:21:49,605 served at the Hour of the Dragon. 205 00:21:51,741 --> 00:21:54,540 Is there any left? 206 00:21:55,579 --> 00:21:55,840 Your Majesty... 207 00:21:56,614 --> 00:21:57,741 there is a sip or two. 208 00:21:57,816 --> 00:21:58,747 Serve it to the Empress. 209 00:21:58,817 --> 00:21:59,783 Yes. 210 00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:01,677 Your Majesty... 211 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:03,811 your consort is not ill. 212 00:22:04,589 --> 00:22:05,818 That is your opinion. 213 00:22:10,731 --> 00:22:13,723 Medicine has to be taken in the right measure, at the right time. 214 00:22:13,834 --> 00:22:15,769 Everything abides by its own law. 215 00:22:32,856 --> 00:22:34,619 Yu. 216 00:22:39,698 --> 00:22:41,859 Mother, please do not upset Father. 217 00:22:49,641 --> 00:22:51,735 Mother, please take the medicine. 218 00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:57,842 Remain kneeling... 219 00:22:58,619 --> 00:22:59,779 until your mother drains the cup. 220 00:23:09,699 --> 00:23:10,631 Father... 221 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:11,667 Mother does notwish to drink. 222 00:23:11,701 --> 00:23:12,691 Why not let her be? 223 00:23:12,802 --> 00:23:14,633 Medicine is governed by dosage... 224 00:23:15,639 --> 00:23:16,731 just as life is governed by its own law. 225 00:23:16,807 --> 00:23:18,798 Surely you all know this. 226 00:23:31,590 --> 00:23:32,579 Mother... 227 00:23:32,658 --> 00:23:33,819 you have been taking this medicine for years. 228 00:23:34,627 --> 00:23:35,821 This is only a little sip... 229 00:23:36,696 --> 00:23:38,596 why refuse? 230 00:23:44,639 --> 00:23:45,731 You are right. 231 00:23:47,641 --> 00:23:49,633 I have been taking this medicine for years... 232 00:23:53,683 --> 00:23:55,617 why refuse now? 233 00:24:19,813 --> 00:24:21,714 Your mother is not well. 234 00:24:21,882 --> 00:24:23,645 Are you not aware? 235 00:24:23,717 --> 00:24:25,583 We know, Father. 236 00:24:26,587 --> 00:24:28,613 If a person is sick, they have to be treated. 237 00:24:29,590 --> 00:24:30,785 Why is this unusual? 238 00:24:35,864 --> 00:24:37,833 What were you trying to say just now? 239 00:24:38,735 --> 00:24:39,759 Father... 240 00:24:39,836 --> 00:24:40,804 I would like... 241 00:24:41,604 --> 00:24:42,696 on the night of the Chrysanthemum Festival... 242 00:24:42,772 --> 00:24:44,832 I would like to command the Imperial Guards. 243 00:24:45,676 --> 00:24:47,770 I, too, wish to gain experience. 244 00:24:49,815 --> 00:24:51,783 Since Prince Jai has returned... 245 00:24:51,883 --> 00:24:54,579 he will assume this duty. 246 00:24:55,755 --> 00:24:56,813 Jai. 247 00:24:57,623 --> 00:24:58,590 Present, Father. 248 00:24:58,691 --> 00:25:01,785 The Imperial Guards protect our private palaces. 249 00:25:01,861 --> 00:25:03,590 On the nightof the Festival... 250 00:25:03,697 --> 00:25:05,790 they will be under your sole command. 251 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:07,624 Do you understand? 252 00:25:07,734 --> 00:25:09,794 Father's trust will not be misplaced. 253 00:25:11,739 --> 00:25:13,765 You know what to do. 254 00:25:20,883 --> 00:25:23,785 The Empress arrives. 255 00:25:31,797 --> 00:25:33,787 Your consort kneels before the Emperor. 256 00:25:39,839 --> 00:25:41,864 Do you know why I summoned you? 257 00:25:43,776 --> 00:25:45,608 Today... 258 00:25:45,746 --> 00:25:47,714 you acted against the family's wishes. 259 00:25:47,848 --> 00:25:49,816 Watch closely... 260 00:25:53,622 --> 00:25:55,590 I select each ingredient personally... 261 00:25:55,690 --> 00:25:57,681 with utmost care. 262 00:25:57,827 --> 00:26:00,660 This will cure your anemia. 263 00:26:01,731 --> 00:26:03,723 I thank His Majesty for his concern. 264 00:26:03,833 --> 00:26:05,664 All good medicine tastes bitter. 265 00:26:05,736 --> 00:26:06,828 You have excess bile... 266 00:26:07,638 --> 00:26:08,696 poor digestion... 267 00:26:08,739 --> 00:26:09,831 Yin and Yang are out of balance. 268 00:26:10,642 --> 00:26:11,802 That is why you are fractious... 269 00:26:11,875 --> 00:26:14,777 listless and lethargic... 270 00:26:14,879 --> 00:26:17,644 capable of nothing butcutting remarks. 271 00:26:17,883 --> 00:26:19,817 These are all symptoms of anemia. 272 00:26:19,884 --> 00:26:21,717 It has been more than ten years. 273 00:26:21,787 --> 00:26:23,618 My so-called sickness... 274 00:26:23,689 --> 00:26:25,782 is clearly not improving with Your Majesty's treatment. 275 00:26:35,803 --> 00:26:38,830 If your father were not the King of Liang... 276 00:26:39,608 --> 00:26:40,769 I would scarcely be speaking with you... 277 00:26:40,842 --> 00:26:43,607 with such restraint. 278 00:26:43,713 --> 00:26:44,838 You had better understand... 279 00:26:45,615 --> 00:26:46,843 that as long as I am the Emperor... 280 00:26:47,617 --> 00:26:48,710 and you, the Empress... 281 00:26:49,652 --> 00:26:51,712 we shall play our parts to perfection. 282 00:26:51,789 --> 00:26:52,813 The Imperial Family... 283 00:26:52,891 --> 00:26:55,655 has to set an example for the entire country. 284 00:27:00,732 --> 00:27:02,701 For the sake of this family... 285 00:27:03,736 --> 00:27:06,728 there is much that I am prepared to tolerate... 286 00:27:06,807 --> 00:27:07,831 because my concern... 287 00:27:08,608 --> 00:27:09,870 is to maintain law and order in the home. 288 00:27:11,878 --> 00:27:14,642 Chickens roost. 289 00:27:14,749 --> 00:27:16,808 Gentlemen to rest. 290 00:27:16,884 --> 00:27:18,681 Streams run clear. 291 00:27:18,753 --> 00:27:20,812 It is the Hour of the Snake. 292 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:31,824 Your servant kneels before the Empress. 293 00:27:32,635 --> 00:27:34,661 Your Majesty's medicine for the hour is served. 294 00:28:59,736 --> 00:29:00,828 Thank you, Your Majesty. 295 00:29:33,742 --> 00:29:35,711 Do you know what day it is tomorrow? 296 00:29:35,812 --> 00:29:37,712 The Chrysanthemum Festival... 297 00:29:37,780 --> 00:29:39,749 the day my birth mother died. 298 00:29:39,817 --> 00:29:41,808 You lost your mother when you were small... 299 00:29:42,653 --> 00:29:44,780 and I was away at war much of the time. 300 00:29:45,657 --> 00:29:47,716 I never took proper care of you. 301 00:29:48,627 --> 00:29:50,891 This has created a distance between us... 302 00:29:52,764 --> 00:29:56,702 but you have always been my favorite son. 303 00:29:56,802 --> 00:29:58,736 I asked Jai to come back... 304 00:29:58,805 --> 00:30:00,739 and gave him a heavy responsibility tonight. 305 00:30:01,742 --> 00:30:03,733 Did you wonder why? 306 00:30:03,844 --> 00:30:04,868 Father... 307 00:30:05,679 --> 00:30:06,806 is thinking of... 308 00:30:06,881 --> 00:30:08,872 making Jai the Crown Prince. 309 00:30:09,684 --> 00:30:11,744 If this makes you uncomfortable... 310 00:30:11,819 --> 00:30:13,754 I shall not go ahead. 311 00:30:13,822 --> 00:30:14,846 Father need not worry. 312 00:30:15,658 --> 00:30:16,682 I am without talent... 313 00:30:16,759 --> 00:30:18,625 and do not deserve the throne. 314 00:30:18,728 --> 00:30:20,821 Twice in the past I begged Father to appoint another heir. 315 00:30:21,666 --> 00:30:22,825 I had meant it sincerely. 316 00:30:22,899 --> 00:30:25,698 Father's wish is my wish. 317 00:30:37,650 --> 00:30:38,776 How did you manage to sneak away? 318 00:30:46,660 --> 00:30:49,629 Did the Emperor grant you permission to leave for Qingzhou? 319 00:31:01,711 --> 00:31:02,770 After the Festival... 320 00:31:02,845 --> 00:31:04,677 if Your Highness asks again... 321 00:31:04,748 --> 00:31:07,683 I am sure the Emperor will say yes. 322 00:31:12,724 --> 00:31:13,816 Your Highness, please do not forget... 323 00:31:13,891 --> 00:31:15,917 to take Chan with you. 324 00:31:20,899 --> 00:31:22,696 Once there... 325 00:31:22,802 --> 00:31:24,895 we shall finally be together. 326 00:31:25,739 --> 00:31:27,674 If only I could getaway... 327 00:31:28,776 --> 00:31:30,744 It will happen! 328 00:32:23,773 --> 00:32:25,797 Her Majesty the Empress arrives! 329 00:32:44,764 --> 00:32:45,890 Your Majesty. 330 00:32:59,681 --> 00:33:00,876 You can tell her to come out. 331 00:33:01,850 --> 00:33:03,682 What did Mother say? 332 00:33:03,885 --> 00:33:05,786 Tell her to come out! 333 00:33:06,722 --> 00:33:07,849 Mother... 334 00:33:12,763 --> 00:33:13,821 Come out! 335 00:33:25,778 --> 00:33:26,802 What is the punishment? 336 00:33:26,913 --> 00:33:28,710 For seducing the Crown Prince... 337 00:33:28,782 --> 00:33:29,806 trespassing into royal chambers... 338 00:33:29,916 --> 00:33:31,907 by law twenty lashes of the whip... 339 00:33:32,719 --> 00:33:33,777 branding of the face... 340 00:33:33,854 --> 00:33:35,913 and banishment from the Palace. 341 00:33:39,693 --> 00:33:41,855 Your Highness, what do you suggest? 342 00:33:47,904 --> 00:33:51,635 What happened here was entirely my fault. 343 00:33:51,741 --> 00:33:53,834 For my sake, I beg Your Majesty... 344 00:33:53,944 --> 00:33:55,912 to exercise lenience. 345 00:34:00,784 --> 00:34:02,912 Mother, please spare her. 346 00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:15,697 Fine. 347 00:34:15,969 --> 00:34:17,870 I shall lether go this time... 348 00:34:19,873 --> 00:34:21,865 but I do this for the sake of another, notyou. 349 00:34:25,713 --> 00:34:26,839 You may rise. 350 00:34:38,928 --> 00:34:40,863 I am not trying to make things difficult for you. 351 00:34:40,931 --> 00:34:42,796 But before the Festival... 352 00:34:42,868 --> 00:34:44,927 nothing untoward must happen in the Palace. 353 00:35:10,699 --> 00:35:11,825 Leave me. 354 00:36:20,981 --> 00:36:22,778 I have made the discovery... 355 00:36:22,849 --> 00:36:24,714 Your Majesty requested. 356 00:36:30,792 --> 00:36:31,781 The new ingredient in your prescription... 357 00:36:31,893 --> 00:36:33,724 is a black fungus from Persia. 358 00:36:33,794 --> 00:36:34,819 Two grams a day... 359 00:36:34,896 --> 00:36:35,863 over a few months... 360 00:36:35,932 --> 00:36:37,899 will cause a person to lose all their mental faculty. 361 00:36:49,747 --> 00:36:50,806 Thank you. 362 00:36:57,757 --> 00:36:59,782 I did not do this for money. 363 00:36:59,859 --> 00:37:00,884 Then why did you? 364 00:37:00,993 --> 00:37:01,961 The Empress may think... 365 00:37:02,729 --> 00:37:03,696 that I came... 366 00:37:03,764 --> 00:37:05,732 because of the generous reward... 367 00:37:09,904 --> 00:37:11,701 but I came... 368 00:37:11,806 --> 00:37:13,774 for my own reasons. 369 00:37:14,942 --> 00:37:16,807 I hate this man. 370 00:37:16,879 --> 00:37:18,972 Only Your Majesty is in a position to avenge me. 371 00:37:19,782 --> 00:37:20,908 I see that your face is branded. 372 00:37:21,017 --> 00:37:22,950 Why were you injail? 373 00:37:23,820 --> 00:37:24,844 Your Majesty... 374 00:37:24,921 --> 00:37:26,855 forgive my silence on this subject. 375 00:37:27,958 --> 00:37:29,687 Farewell. 376 00:38:23,021 --> 00:38:24,922 Your Highness, Prince Wan. 377 00:38:25,023 --> 00:38:26,854 The Empress has already retired. 378 00:39:05,971 --> 00:39:07,768 Who are you? 379 00:40:13,917 --> 00:40:14,781 Father. 380 00:40:14,885 --> 00:40:15,783 Your Majesty. 381 00:40:15,886 --> 00:40:17,946 This is the wife of the Imperial Doctor. 382 00:40:18,021 --> 00:40:18,885 Father... 383 00:40:18,990 --> 00:40:21,959 this woman broke in into the Palace three days ago. 384 00:40:26,965 --> 00:40:28,762 Raise your head. 385 00:40:40,013 --> 00:40:41,777 Loosen the ties! 386 00:40:44,986 --> 00:40:46,817 Leave us! 387 00:40:50,893 --> 00:40:51,985 Wan... 388 00:40:52,795 --> 00:40:55,923 you must never speak of the events of this night. 389 00:40:55,998 --> 00:40:57,762 Remember! 390 00:41:09,814 --> 00:41:10,941 You may rise. 391 00:41:24,966 --> 00:41:26,957 It has been twenty-five years. 392 00:41:28,036 --> 00:41:29,867 I thought... 393 00:41:30,772 --> 00:41:32,000 that I would never see you again. 394 00:41:38,781 --> 00:41:41,011 And you married the Imperial Doctor! 395 00:41:47,925 --> 00:41:50,895 At the time you were only a lowly captain... 396 00:41:50,962 --> 00:41:52,827 plotting day and night to become Emperor. 397 00:41:52,898 --> 00:41:54,991 You flattered the King of Liang... 398 00:41:55,768 --> 00:41:57,827 into letting you marry his daughter. 399 00:41:57,937 --> 00:42:00,838 You planned meticulously to have my entire family put in prison. 400 00:42:00,907 --> 00:42:01,931 Later... 401 00:42:02,042 --> 00:42:04,010 I alone managed to escape. 402 00:42:04,945 --> 00:42:07,778 Far from home, I almost died. 403 00:42:07,882 --> 00:42:09,873 It was the doctor who saved me. 404 00:42:09,984 --> 00:42:12,010 Who then, do you think I should have married? 405 00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:21,922 Why did you come? 406 00:42:22,032 --> 00:42:24,000 I came to see my son. 407 00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:27,770 I suppose the Empress invited you. 408 00:42:27,838 --> 00:42:29,931 I have never even met the Empress. 409 00:42:54,969 --> 00:42:56,869 What I owe you... 410 00:42:57,840 --> 00:42:59,000 I shall repay in full. 411 00:42:59,842 --> 00:43:02,811 The Imperial Doctor... 412 00:43:02,979 --> 00:43:04,844 has served us for many years... 413 00:43:04,947 --> 00:43:07,746 with impeccable conduct, loyalty and honesty. 414 00:43:07,851 --> 00:43:10,877 He is promoted to Governor of Suzhou... 415 00:43:10,955 --> 00:43:12,855 also Commander of Chariots. 416 00:43:12,924 --> 00:43:14,915 He will depart immediately... 417 00:43:14,992 --> 00:43:16,824 with his daughter, Chan. 418 00:43:16,929 --> 00:43:18,896 This is the order of His Majesty. 419 00:43:18,964 --> 00:43:20,990 We thank His Majesty for his gracious favor. 420 00:43:28,775 --> 00:43:31,768 Your humble servant kneels before the Emperor. 421 00:43:37,018 --> 00:43:38,849 Before I leave... 422 00:43:39,788 --> 00:43:41,916 I beg to serve Your Majesty one last time. 423 00:43:42,023 --> 00:43:44,015 How long have you been with me? 424 00:43:44,794 --> 00:43:45,761 Your Majesty... 425 00:43:45,862 --> 00:43:46,988 it has been fifteen years. 426 00:43:47,764 --> 00:43:49,925 If I have ever wronged you... 427 00:43:51,034 --> 00:43:52,935 please forgive me. 428 00:43:53,003 --> 00:43:54,971 Your Majesty must not say such things! 429 00:43:55,773 --> 00:43:57,934 Your servant would willingly give his life... 430 00:43:58,009 --> 00:43:59,910 Your wife... 431 00:44:01,981 --> 00:44:03,846 is she well? 432 00:44:06,820 --> 00:44:09,948 She will accompany you to your new post. 433 00:44:10,023 --> 00:44:12,015 Your Majesty is too considerate. 434 00:44:12,926 --> 00:44:14,986 My gratitude is without bounds. 435 00:44:15,830 --> 00:44:16,990 As for the Empress's medicine... 436 00:44:17,866 --> 00:44:20,027 I have prepared two months' supply. 437 00:44:21,003 --> 00:44:22,994 Your Majesty need only command the pharmacist... 438 00:44:23,072 --> 00:44:25,005 to heat up each dose as necessary. 439 00:45:09,993 --> 00:45:12,018 Your consort kneels before the Emperor. 440 00:45:14,864 --> 00:45:15,889 Leave us. 441 00:45:23,976 --> 00:45:27,002 I came to pay respects to the Crown Prince's birth mother. 442 00:45:27,947 --> 00:45:29,971 Today is the anniversary of her death. 443 00:45:45,968 --> 00:45:48,936 For over twenty years this portrait has kept Your Majesty company. 444 00:45:50,940 --> 00:45:52,805 In your heart... 445 00:45:53,876 --> 00:45:55,037 there is only one woman. 446 00:46:03,987 --> 00:46:05,956 What have you come to say? 447 00:46:07,058 --> 00:46:08,821 I hear... 448 00:46:08,894 --> 00:46:10,885 that an assassin was captured last night... 449 00:46:11,096 --> 00:46:13,894 and the Emperor spent a long time interrogating him. 450 00:46:15,802 --> 00:46:17,793 Is anything wrong with that? 451 00:46:18,004 --> 00:46:19,904 Of course not. 452 00:46:21,975 --> 00:46:23,944 I shall take my leave now. 453 00:46:34,023 --> 00:46:36,821 His Highness, Prince Jai arrives. 454 00:46:36,893 --> 00:46:37,917 Leave us, all of you. 455 00:46:47,806 --> 00:46:48,773 Mother. 456 00:46:50,809 --> 00:46:52,937 I have been taking your father's medicine for over ten years. 457 00:46:53,012 --> 00:46:54,001 Ten days ago... 458 00:46:54,814 --> 00:46:56,783 he suddenly changed the formula... 459 00:47:00,020 --> 00:47:03,956 and this new ingredientwas added. 460 00:47:14,036 --> 00:47:15,868 Mother was taken ill yesterday. 461 00:47:16,038 --> 00:47:17,904 Was it because of this? 462 00:47:24,815 --> 00:47:26,783 Why is Father doing this to you? 463 00:47:28,052 --> 00:47:29,883 Jai... 464 00:47:35,861 --> 00:47:36,988 after the Chrysanthemum Festival... 465 00:47:37,096 --> 00:47:38,996 I shall tell you the whole truth. 466 00:47:50,043 --> 00:47:52,877 Each day, in front of your father... 467 00:47:52,981 --> 00:47:55,815 I have to feign ignorance. 468 00:47:56,986 --> 00:47:58,783 Every two hours... 469 00:47:58,888 --> 00:48:01,857 I swallow this poison without protest. 470 00:48:04,928 --> 00:48:06,987 Nobody knows what is happening. 471 00:48:09,934 --> 00:48:13,063 I shall die exactly as your father intends - a cretin... 472 00:48:16,942 --> 00:48:18,968 but I refuse to submit without a fight. 473 00:48:26,820 --> 00:48:27,981 On the night of the Festival... 474 00:48:29,089 --> 00:48:31,081 I shall put an end to all of this. 475 00:48:35,931 --> 00:48:37,899 Do my brothers know? 476 00:48:38,801 --> 00:48:39,960 No. 477 00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:45,975 If I had not come back... 478 00:48:46,043 --> 00:48:48,010 would Mother have gone ahead? 479 00:48:48,111 --> 00:48:49,874 Yes. 480 00:48:52,082 --> 00:48:54,813 Then why did you tell me? 481 00:48:56,855 --> 00:48:58,949 Because I want you to be Emperor. 482 00:49:06,867 --> 00:49:08,859 Are you going to kill Father? 483 00:49:09,035 --> 00:49:11,800 I shall force him to abdicate... 484 00:49:12,874 --> 00:49:14,068 but it is not my intention to kill him. 485 00:49:16,077 --> 00:49:17,840 Mother... 486 00:49:17,946 --> 00:49:20,881 a son cannot stand in rebellion against his father! 487 00:49:21,083 --> 00:49:22,051 Whatever the circumstances... 488 00:49:22,852 --> 00:49:24,820 he is still my father and my Emperor. 489 00:49:37,902 --> 00:49:38,995 Jai... 490 00:49:41,940 --> 00:49:43,909 I know that this puts you in an untenable position. 491 00:49:45,011 --> 00:49:47,002 You do nothave to do anything you do not want. 492 00:49:57,091 --> 00:49:59,082 Prayers in the Spring... 493 00:49:59,862 --> 00:50:01,829 Tranquillity in the Fall... 494 00:50:01,896 --> 00:50:02,989 The earth yields. 495 00:50:03,065 --> 00:50:04,965 It is the Hour of the Monkey. 496 00:50:23,088 --> 00:50:24,818 Mother. 497 00:51:02,867 --> 00:51:04,836 Your son will help you. 498 00:51:11,977 --> 00:51:14,947 You will never drink this poison again. 499 00:52:33,906 --> 00:52:36,033 His Highness, the Crown Prince arrives! 500 00:52:36,109 --> 00:52:38,010 Mother summoned me. 501 00:52:38,077 --> 00:52:39,977 Is anything the matter? 502 00:52:46,121 --> 00:52:47,985 Please leave us. 503 00:52:54,130 --> 00:52:55,893 I have made a new robe for you... 504 00:52:55,965 --> 00:52:57,831 different from the one last year. 505 00:53:01,037 --> 00:53:03,130 I have added this chrysanthemum specially. 506 00:53:06,944 --> 00:53:08,912 What does this mean? 507 00:53:10,882 --> 00:53:12,077 It will protectyou from harm. 508 00:53:12,851 --> 00:53:14,842 Protectme? 509 00:53:15,053 --> 00:53:17,851 What exactly are you plotting? 510 00:53:18,958 --> 00:53:20,858 Wan... 511 00:53:21,060 --> 00:53:22,891 on the night of the Chrysanthemum Festival... 512 00:53:22,996 --> 00:53:24,965 you must wear this. 513 00:53:25,032 --> 00:53:26,897 I will not wear it. 514 00:53:27,067 --> 00:53:28,932 You must. 515 00:53:29,136 --> 00:53:31,001 I refuse! 516 00:53:33,141 --> 00:53:34,836 I refuse. 517 00:53:34,943 --> 00:53:36,877 I refuse to wear it! 518 00:53:46,990 --> 00:53:49,015 Whatin Heaven's name are you trying to do? 519 00:55:34,916 --> 00:55:35,940 Your Highness! 520 00:55:49,967 --> 00:55:51,866 I received the message... 521 00:55:51,935 --> 00:55:53,027 that Your Highness was coming... 522 00:55:53,103 --> 00:55:54,934 and have been waiting up all night. 523 00:55:56,074 --> 00:55:57,905 I came here... 524 00:55:58,009 --> 00:56:00,102 to ask you something. 525 00:56:01,012 --> 00:56:03,038 Why was your mother at the Palace? 526 00:56:03,148 --> 00:56:04,877 She came to see me. 527 00:56:04,950 --> 00:56:06,918 Had she visited you before? 528 00:56:07,019 --> 00:56:09,011 No. Why? 529 00:56:11,091 --> 00:56:12,149 Do not keep anything from me. 530 00:56:13,159 --> 00:56:16,094 I always tell Your Highness everything I know. 531 00:56:18,899 --> 00:56:20,958 Do you know why the Empress keeps embroidering chrysanthemums? 532 00:56:21,036 --> 00:56:23,003 I hear they are for the Festival. 533 00:56:23,105 --> 00:56:26,871 The eunuch in charge of weaving has made ten thousand flowers for her. 534 00:56:29,012 --> 00:56:30,912 Ten thousand? 535 00:56:33,917 --> 00:56:36,112 Her Majesty had them all delivered to General Wu. 536 00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:37,978 Of the State Army? 537 00:56:38,055 --> 00:56:39,920 That's right. 538 00:56:40,024 --> 00:56:41,151 How did you know? 539 00:56:42,027 --> 00:56:44,052 I heard my father mention it. 540 00:56:44,162 --> 00:56:45,094 Whatelse do you know? 541 00:56:45,163 --> 00:56:46,926 Nothing. 542 00:56:59,981 --> 00:57:01,073 Chan. 543 00:57:01,181 --> 00:57:02,046 Chan. 544 00:57:02,116 --> 00:57:03,981 My mother is coming. Please hide! 545 00:57:04,086 --> 00:57:06,953 Something is about to happen at the Palace. 546 00:57:07,022 --> 00:57:08,046 I must go back. 547 00:57:09,124 --> 00:57:11,059 Something terrible... 548 00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:18,992 Your servant kneels before the Crown Prince. 549 00:57:20,938 --> 00:57:22,166 Your Highness, may I present my wife. 550 00:57:22,940 --> 00:57:23,998 Quick! 551 00:57:24,142 --> 00:57:26,906 Kneel down, welcome the Crown Prince! 552 00:57:28,013 --> 00:57:29,947 Leave! 553 00:57:32,118 --> 00:57:33,881 I said leave! 554 00:57:33,986 --> 00:57:36,181 How can you speak to His Highness in this way? 555 00:57:37,156 --> 00:57:39,021 Mom, this is the Crown Prince! 556 00:57:39,093 --> 00:57:41,960 Leave now! Go! 557 00:57:44,966 --> 00:57:47,935 Please forgive her. 558 00:57:50,973 --> 00:57:52,031 Your Highness... 559 00:57:53,075 --> 00:57:54,133 please forgive her. 560 00:57:54,910 --> 00:57:56,037 Please forgive her. 561 00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:05,183 I was such a fool. 562 00:58:06,023 --> 00:58:08,048 I should never have let you enter the Palace. 563 00:58:08,126 --> 00:58:10,960 His Highness's feelings for me are true. 564 00:58:11,063 --> 00:58:12,087 The two of you... 565 00:58:12,164 --> 00:58:13,961 can never be together. 566 00:58:14,933 --> 00:58:16,059 No reason. 567 00:58:16,169 --> 00:58:19,104 You must never see him again. 568 00:58:19,974 --> 00:58:21,941 Something terrible is going to happen tonight. 569 00:58:22,041 --> 00:58:23,942 Mom, I have to go and find him. 570 00:58:24,011 --> 00:58:25,069 You dare! 571 00:58:28,116 --> 00:58:30,015 What is going on? 572 00:58:37,126 --> 00:58:39,890 Chan, go outside. 573 00:59:05,192 --> 00:59:07,057 For more than ten years... 574 00:59:09,096 --> 00:59:12,032 I have never once asked you about your past. 575 00:59:14,136 --> 00:59:16,934 What exactly have you been hiding from me? 576 01:00:26,220 --> 01:00:27,949 Where is Chan? 577 01:00:28,989 --> 01:00:30,149 You fool! 578 01:00:37,165 --> 01:00:39,963 By royal command, I am the new Governor of Suzhou! 579 01:00:40,035 --> 01:00:41,901 Who are you? 580 01:00:45,107 --> 01:00:46,075 Let's go! 581 01:00:55,153 --> 01:00:56,085 Let's go! 582 01:01:42,942 --> 01:01:44,203 You must be hiding something important from me. 583 01:01:46,078 --> 01:01:47,978 Quick! Go and save our daughter! 584 01:01:51,050 --> 01:01:53,042 No! 585 01:02:59,029 --> 01:03:01,224 His Highness the Crown Prince arrives. 586 01:03:16,182 --> 01:03:18,047 When will you make your move? 587 01:03:20,054 --> 01:03:21,146 So you know. 588 01:03:24,058 --> 01:03:25,185 How did you find out? 589 01:03:25,994 --> 01:03:26,983 It is not your concern. 590 01:03:27,062 --> 01:03:29,030 When do you plan to make your move? 591 01:03:38,975 --> 01:03:40,136 The night of the Chrysanthemum Festival. 592 01:03:48,219 --> 01:03:49,948 What are you afraid of? 593 01:03:50,054 --> 01:03:51,022 This has nothing to do with you. 594 01:03:51,089 --> 01:03:53,149 How can it have nothing to do with me? 595 01:03:53,958 --> 01:03:54,948 I am the Crown Prince. 596 01:03:55,060 --> 01:03:58,189 The entire country is going to think I planned it all. 597 01:04:01,167 --> 01:04:03,135 So what if you did? 598 01:04:11,946 --> 01:04:13,141 You lunatic! 599 01:04:13,248 --> 01:04:16,081 You raving lunatic! 600 01:04:16,151 --> 01:04:17,210 Father is right. 601 01:04:17,987 --> 01:04:21,013 You do need to take his medicine every day until you die! 602 01:04:21,124 --> 01:04:22,092 Get out! 603 01:04:22,192 --> 01:04:24,125 If you proceed with your insane plan... 604 01:04:24,995 --> 01:04:28,056 you are asking me to die. 605 01:04:29,067 --> 01:04:32,161 All you ever wanted was for me to die. 606 01:04:35,206 --> 01:04:36,230 Yes... 607 01:04:38,044 --> 01:04:40,012 I want you to die. 608 01:05:12,116 --> 01:05:13,141 Wan! 609 01:05:14,119 --> 01:05:15,107 Wan! 610 01:05:15,253 --> 01:05:16,948 Wan! 611 01:05:17,055 --> 01:05:18,079 Help! 612 01:05:22,996 --> 01:05:25,055 Your Majesty, fortunately the wound is notfatal. 613 01:05:25,164 --> 01:05:26,996 His Highness will recover. 614 01:06:00,239 --> 01:06:03,038 You mustbe hiding something else from me. 615 01:06:05,044 --> 01:06:07,013 Why are you doing this? 616 01:06:08,215 --> 01:06:10,148 I have no choice. 617 01:06:13,087 --> 01:06:14,145 I beg you... 618 01:06:16,023 --> 01:06:17,218 please stop... 619 01:06:18,260 --> 01:06:20,160 for your own good. 620 01:06:22,065 --> 01:06:23,965 I know... 621 01:06:28,104 --> 01:06:30,073 but I cannot do as you say. 622 01:06:37,981 --> 01:06:39,075 Wan. 623 01:06:41,086 --> 01:06:43,021 Your father is arriving any moment. 624 01:08:34,150 --> 01:08:36,085 The secret between the two of you... 625 01:08:37,187 --> 01:08:39,155 has been known to me for some time. 626 01:08:40,190 --> 01:08:42,158 Ever since... 627 01:08:43,193 --> 01:08:45,128 night after night... 628 01:08:46,064 --> 01:08:48,032 I have lain in bed with my eyes open. 629 01:08:51,303 --> 01:08:54,068 Have you ever considered how I might feel? 630 01:08:56,176 --> 01:08:58,076 I do not blame you. 631 01:08:58,311 --> 01:09:00,142 I know... 632 01:09:00,214 --> 01:09:02,238 it was she who seduced you. 633 01:09:37,189 --> 01:09:39,020 Father. 634 01:10:07,158 --> 01:10:08,989 Where is your mother? 635 01:10:09,294 --> 01:10:11,261 Your Majesty, Mother is dressing. 636 01:10:12,030 --> 01:10:13,190 I shall go and see if she is ready. 637 01:10:37,093 --> 01:10:38,253 These berries... 638 01:10:39,128 --> 01:10:41,119 were your birth mother's favorite. 639 01:10:41,231 --> 01:10:43,095 Even after the Festival... 640 01:10:43,199 --> 01:10:45,168 she would wear them for a few days... 641 01:10:45,268 --> 01:10:47,202 to ward off evil spirits. 642 01:10:48,206 --> 01:10:49,264 Yes. 643 01:10:50,041 --> 01:10:52,009 Each year, on this day... 644 01:10:52,244 --> 01:10:54,143 you too should wear... 645 01:10:54,212 --> 01:10:56,113 a twig of berries... 646 01:10:56,215 --> 01:10:58,149 to honor the memory of your birth mother. 647 01:10:58,217 --> 01:11:00,185 I shall not forget, Father. 648 01:12:07,063 --> 01:12:08,155 His Highness! 649 01:12:11,335 --> 01:12:14,168 His Highness, Prince Jai arrives! 650 01:12:22,180 --> 01:12:23,239 Mother... 651 01:12:26,052 --> 01:12:27,212 what happened with Wan? 652 01:12:29,089 --> 01:12:31,056 He knows everything. 653 01:12:37,098 --> 01:12:38,292 Will he tell? 654 01:12:54,184 --> 01:12:56,176 The chrysanthemums are all ready. 655 01:12:57,255 --> 01:12:59,155 They deserve to bloom once. 656 01:13:02,260 --> 01:13:04,161 I understand... 657 01:13:10,203 --> 01:13:12,068 Jai. 658 01:13:30,193 --> 01:13:31,251 Go then. 659 01:15:38,341 --> 01:15:40,276 By order of the Commanding Officer: 660 01:15:40,376 --> 01:15:42,242 To reward your hard work... 661 01:15:42,312 --> 01:15:44,075 a banquet has been prepared. 662 01:15:44,147 --> 01:15:45,114 While at your feast... 663 01:15:45,182 --> 01:15:47,309 your duties will be assumed by our Commanding Officer. 664 01:15:48,086 --> 01:15:50,247 Orders received. We thank our gracious Prince. 665 01:17:28,201 --> 01:17:29,260 Mom, what is going on? 666 01:17:29,335 --> 01:17:31,167 The Emperor wants to kill our entire family. 667 01:17:31,271 --> 01:17:32,170 Why? 668 01:17:32,239 --> 01:17:33,331 Where is Dad? 669 01:17:45,287 --> 01:17:47,222 The Empress sent help. 670 01:17:47,289 --> 01:17:49,258 Please, this way. 671 01:18:00,239 --> 01:18:01,297 Your Majesties-Emperor, Empress... 672 01:18:01,373 --> 01:18:04,206 the Imperial Doctor's family is outside. 673 01:18:05,111 --> 01:18:06,305 Let them come. 674 01:18:14,288 --> 01:18:16,223 So it was you who defended them. 675 01:18:23,365 --> 01:18:25,128 Leave us. 676 01:18:50,330 --> 01:18:54,164 Your Majesty, I have come to you still alive. 677 01:18:54,402 --> 01:18:57,132 It was beneath contempt... 678 01:18:57,238 --> 01:18:59,365 to attack us under the cloak of darkness. 679 01:19:00,141 --> 01:19:02,234 Once again you have deceived me. 680 01:19:02,344 --> 01:19:05,336 You coward and hypocrite... 681 01:19:09,352 --> 01:19:12,321 my daughter and I stand before you. 682 01:19:13,156 --> 01:19:14,282 Go ahead, kill us! 683 01:19:14,357 --> 01:19:16,349 You should not have worked for the Empress. 684 01:19:18,195 --> 01:19:20,220 You brought this upon them. 685 01:19:20,331 --> 01:19:22,232 And my husband and daughter? 686 01:19:22,299 --> 01:19:24,200 They knew nothing aboutme! 687 01:19:25,170 --> 01:19:27,263 But they knew far too much about me. 688 01:19:29,375 --> 01:19:31,138 Father... 689 01:19:31,243 --> 01:19:32,210 who is she? 690 01:19:32,311 --> 01:19:33,141 Wan! 691 01:19:33,213 --> 01:19:34,201 Wan... 692 01:19:35,349 --> 01:19:36,280 I shall tell you who she is. 693 01:19:36,383 --> 01:19:38,180 Your Majesty! 694 01:19:39,252 --> 01:19:41,117 She is the woman in the portrait. 695 01:19:41,189 --> 01:19:42,281 Empress! 696 01:19:43,124 --> 01:19:45,251 Your father's first wife... 697 01:19:46,194 --> 01:19:47,354 your birth mother. 698 01:19:51,300 --> 01:19:52,290 Father... 699 01:19:54,303 --> 01:19:56,204 is this true? 700 01:20:01,379 --> 01:20:03,142 Yes... 701 01:20:06,350 --> 01:20:08,216 it is true. 702 01:20:13,358 --> 01:20:15,327 Now are you satisfied? 703 01:20:16,295 --> 01:20:17,353 Yes. 704 01:20:18,164 --> 01:20:19,359 I wanted him to know... 705 01:20:20,134 --> 01:20:22,193 what kind of a person his father is. 706 01:20:22,302 --> 01:20:25,100 Didn't you say she died a long time ago? 707 01:20:52,304 --> 01:20:54,101 Chan! 708 01:20:54,206 --> 01:20:56,072 Chan! 709 01:21:00,247 --> 01:21:02,111 Mother... 710 01:21:03,184 --> 01:21:05,311 why did you have to tell us? 711 01:21:15,130 --> 01:21:16,291 Chan! 712 01:21:22,371 --> 01:21:26,240 Chan! 713 01:21:26,311 --> 01:21:28,210 Chan! 714 01:23:24,380 --> 01:23:26,281 What else is there up your sleeve? 715 01:23:26,349 --> 01:23:28,146 You will find out soon. 716 01:23:31,421 --> 01:23:32,285 Yu! 717 01:23:32,356 --> 01:23:33,221 Mother... 718 01:23:33,323 --> 01:23:35,315 this is now out of your hands! 719 01:23:36,394 --> 01:23:37,361 Your shameful incestuous affair... 720 01:23:38,129 --> 01:23:39,221 you think I don't know? 721 01:23:39,330 --> 01:23:42,163 You think I am still a child? 722 01:23:42,234 --> 01:23:44,259 I know what you and Jai have been planning. 723 01:23:45,372 --> 01:23:47,236 I am acting first! 724 01:23:49,142 --> 01:23:50,131 Wan! 725 01:23:52,280 --> 01:23:53,338 Wan! 726 01:23:55,383 --> 01:23:56,372 Have you gone mad? 727 01:23:57,184 --> 01:23:58,242 I am not mad! 728 01:23:58,352 --> 01:24:01,322 Abdicate immediately and offer me the throne! 729 01:24:02,224 --> 01:24:05,216 I know you have never liked me. 730 01:24:05,360 --> 01:24:07,261 Who has ever cared about me? 731 01:24:07,363 --> 01:24:09,354 Who has ever thought about me? 732 01:24:10,301 --> 01:24:13,168 He is your older brother! 733 01:24:13,270 --> 01:24:15,204 And I want to kill him! 734 01:24:16,207 --> 01:24:17,332 I hate him! 735 01:24:17,408 --> 01:24:19,273 I hate you all! 736 01:25:17,344 --> 01:25:20,405 I... I... I am so sorry. 737 01:28:02,368 --> 01:28:04,165 Attack! 738 01:29:24,196 --> 01:29:25,322 Halt! 739 01:30:08,247 --> 01:30:09,373 Attack! 740 01:31:19,229 --> 01:31:20,253 Throw! 741 01:31:23,434 --> 01:31:25,369 Shields up! 742 01:31:28,407 --> 01:31:30,272 Shields up! 743 01:31:31,477 --> 01:31:33,445 Shields up! 744 01:31:36,483 --> 01:31:38,348 Forward! 745 01:31:38,418 --> 01:31:43,447 Forward! 746 01:31:56,405 --> 01:31:57,463 Attack! 747 01:32:14,293 --> 01:32:16,386 Do not harm Prince Jai! 748 01:32:17,463 --> 01:32:21,264 Do not harm Prince Jai! 749 01:33:20,336 --> 01:33:21,325 Throw! 750 01:33:23,273 --> 01:33:25,241 Catch! 751 01:33:27,312 --> 01:33:28,370 Ready! 752 01:33:28,446 --> 01:33:29,343 Ready! 753 01:33:29,414 --> 01:33:30,402 Ready! 754 01:33:31,249 --> 01:33:31,510 Ready! 755 01:33:33,284 --> 01:33:34,252 Ready! 756 01:33:34,319 --> 01:33:35,309 Ready! 757 01:33:35,387 --> 01:33:36,354 Ready! 758 01:33:36,422 --> 01:33:38,481 Ready! 759 01:33:39,325 --> 01:33:40,486 Shoot! 760 01:34:09,493 --> 01:34:12,463 Hold the gates! 761 01:36:23,381 --> 01:36:24,473 Take him alive! 762 01:38:46,547 --> 01:38:48,344 Kneel! 763 01:38:55,590 --> 01:38:57,421 Rise! 764 01:39:01,464 --> 01:39:04,297 You took the life of my favorite son. 765 01:39:06,370 --> 01:39:08,361 He told me everything... 766 01:39:08,572 --> 01:39:10,472 about your pitiful coup. 767 01:39:10,541 --> 01:39:12,442 I thought he would. 768 01:39:20,586 --> 01:39:23,350 You are truly insane. 769 01:40:16,317 --> 01:40:17,409 Execute! 770 01:42:43,621 --> 01:42:45,521 I had a plan. 771 01:42:46,525 --> 01:42:48,424 After the Chrysanthemum Festival... 772 01:42:48,527 --> 01:42:50,587 I was going to remove Wan as Crown Prince... 773 01:42:51,396 --> 01:42:53,422 and appoint you as my heir. 774 01:42:56,369 --> 01:42:57,427 I had told you before... 775 01:42:57,604 --> 01:42:59,435 what I do not give you... 776 01:43:00,506 --> 01:43:02,475 you must never take by force. 777 01:43:05,547 --> 01:43:07,447 The Imperial Flag... 778 01:43:07,549 --> 01:43:10,484 was a final warning to you. 779 01:43:11,586 --> 01:43:13,417 I always knew... 780 01:43:13,589 --> 01:43:15,557 that this was not a battle I could have won. 781 01:43:17,460 --> 01:43:19,395 Kill me, or dismember me... 782 01:43:19,496 --> 01:43:21,430 you will do as you wish... 783 01:43:22,399 --> 01:43:24,561 but I need you to know, Father... 784 01:43:25,336 --> 01:43:26,394 that I did not rebel... 785 01:43:26,504 --> 01:43:28,438 for the sake of the crown. 786 01:43:32,378 --> 01:43:34,437 I did it for the sake of my mother. 787 01:43:44,392 --> 01:43:46,519 Heaven, earth, and man unite. 788 01:43:46,627 --> 01:43:49,357 Fortune and prosperity to all... 789 01:43:49,430 --> 01:43:50,454 Midnight... 790 01:43:50,531 --> 01:43:51,555 The Hour of the Rat. 791 01:43:52,367 --> 01:43:54,427 The Chrysanthemum Festival begins. 792 01:44:22,368 --> 01:44:26,499 The phoenix spreads its wings. 793 01:44:26,573 --> 01:44:30,510 Sun and moon shine bright. 794 01:44:30,578 --> 01:44:34,514 The four seas rise. 795 01:44:34,582 --> 01:44:38,519 Frontiers push back. 796 01:44:41,523 --> 01:44:45,460 Humanity, wisdom, trust... 797 01:44:45,562 --> 01:44:49,498 Ritual, righteousness, loyalty... 798 01:44:49,600 --> 01:44:53,536 Deep virtue pervades. 799 01:44:53,637 --> 01:44:58,507 Father to son... Wise kings all. 800 01:45:00,612 --> 01:45:06,348 Follow the Heavens' way. 801 01:45:06,419 --> 01:45:11,517 Peace and glory above... 802 01:45:11,625 --> 01:45:17,361 Rain down... 803 01:45:17,432 --> 01:45:22,564 On all nations below. 804 01:45:23,639 --> 01:45:25,436 Your servant kneels before the Empress. 805 01:45:25,508 --> 01:45:27,477 Your Majesty's medicine for the hour is ready. 806 01:45:35,386 --> 01:45:36,580 What is the punishment... 807 01:45:38,389 --> 01:45:39,618 for a prince in rebellion? 808 01:45:40,526 --> 01:45:41,493 Your Majesty- 809 01:45:41,561 --> 01:45:42,585 to be torn apart by five horses. 810 01:45:44,563 --> 01:45:46,360 Jai. 811 01:45:46,633 --> 01:45:48,362 Father... 812 01:45:49,369 --> 01:45:51,395 is prepared to spare you... 813 01:45:52,506 --> 01:45:54,565 if you agree to one thing. 814 01:45:56,410 --> 01:45:58,402 From now on... 815 01:45:59,548 --> 01:46:01,448 every day... 816 01:46:02,351 --> 01:46:05,514 you will personally serve your mother's medicine. 817 01:47:04,490 --> 01:47:05,456 Mother... 818 01:47:06,526 --> 01:47:08,391 your son has failed you. 819 01:47:09,462 --> 01:47:11,454 Please forgive me.