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Oops! The King is in Love

Episode 21

It's hard to tell whether my grandpa is alive or not.

We must do something.

Let's go!

What?

Is this how you people of the Prime Minister's Mansion

receive guests?

You are not embroidering.

You are ruining things.

You know nothing about it.

Shut up.

Aunt Bitterness, I heard my mom say

you excelled in embroidering.

How about you teach me?

Look.

Aunt Bitterness,

you have such great embroidery skills,

but you don't have apprentices.

What if your skills fail to be handed down?

How about you accept me as your apprentice?

Look.

Aunt Bitterness.

Please teach me.

Aunt Bitterness.

She has been living in the Temple of Bitter People for many years,

but I've never seen her do needlework.

You asked the wrong person.

Gong Ye returned to the capital without permission.

He actually has the nerves to send you here.

Let me ask you. What happened to my grandpa?

Where is he?

The General-in-chief has fought north and south,

and he knows the importance of army provisions.

The army provisions were snatched by Yelü Ming.

As for your grandpa's case,

the General-in-chief expressed deep regret.

Yanqing, the General-in-chief asked me to come here today

to give you a chance.

I feel bad.

Let me hug you for a while.

OK.

What happened to you?

You got injured?

Here?

Here?

It's here.

Poor guy.

How can a mother

not feel sad

when her child is injured?

Come on.

Hug me.

OK.

Good-for-nothing!

You are all good-for-nothings!

So many people

couldn't even catch two people.

A group of good-for-nothings!

I'm incompetent.

Please cease to be angry.

I don't care what method you use.

Even if you turn the capital upside down,

you have to find him.

If you can't find him,

kill all the common people

of the State of Dongsheng.

Let's see whether he'll come out or not.

I'm to blame.

I have always been soft-hearted.

Now,

he dares to join hands with Yelü Ming to hurt me.

If I don't get rid of him,

when he becomes strong,

then I'll hurt myself by my own doing.

What have you been doing these days?

Looking for someone.

Father,

there are your men in search for the emperor everywhere in the streets.

Regicide is a serious crime.

Please think twice.

He doesn't have the state in his mind.

He doesn't care about the soldiers' lives at border areas.

He keeps the people of the State of Dongsheng in suffering.

Why can such a person

be the emperor?

Father.

Well.

You can talk about anything with me today.

You can't plead for him anymore.

Father, please cease to be angry.

I'm just thinking for you.

When the Three Kingdoms contended for hegemony,

Cao Cao had the emperor in his power and ordered the dukes about in his name,

and Liu Bei recruited followers to extend his power

in the name of the descendant of the imperial clan.

You can imagine

that even if you want to replace the dynasty with a new one,

you need to have justifiable reasons

so that you can get more help

and be supported by people.

Father,

recently I've been searching for the whereabouts of the emperor in secret.

Now I've found some clues.

I believe I can bring the emperor back soon.

What General Zhiyue said is right.

I'll be willing to help her.

Lin Yanqing,

what are you doing here?

Greetings, General Gong Ye.

Father,

as for the search for the emperor,

I can go alone.

No need to bother him.

OK.

Tell him

there are two paths for him to choose.

One,

obediently write the abdication letter.

Then I can spare his life.

Otherwise,

he must die.

Father, rest assured.

I will certainly bring the emperor back.

Please spare his life.

Go.

Why do you come to me again?

What do you want?

Aunt Bitterness,

Do you still remember this thing?

Yes.

General,

although my Lin family was on bad terms with you,

those were the days.

General, you are magnanimous.

You definitely won't make things difficult for us younger generation.

Right.

It seems that you have understood.

My grandpa has expected me

to be a useful person for the state since I was young.

But now the emperor acts ridiculously,

I can't go against the ancestral instruction of the Lin family.

Good.

Good point.

Yanqing,

the emperor is mediocre and incompetent.

Prime Minister Lin was put in prison, but he doesn't care.

He turns a blind eye to the women in the world,

but takes a fancy to your woman.

Yanqing,

those who suit their actions to the time are wise.

As expected, I didn't misjudge you.

What do you want? Tell me.

Please protect my Lin family from being involved,

and help me take back the one I love.

OK.

I promise you that.

Thank you, general.

I've got to go.

General,

can Lin Yanqing be trusted?

Lin Yanqing cannot be trusted,

but there are still many old officials supporting the emperor behind him.

If they can assist me,

I'll be like a tiger with wings.

He is not whom I attach importance to

but the people behind him are.

Stop!

Lin Yanqing,

do you know what you are doing?

Miss Gong, didn't you remind me that

I should know

what I want?

You!

This exquisite thing

was embroidered by an old friend of mine.

I can't embroider.

I'm sorry

for letting you down.

I am not the person you are looking for.

Then where is the old friend

you mentioned just now?

Since the first day you came,

I knew

you must be looking for her.

That year,

in the catastrophe taking place in Yongning Ancient Lane,

she blocked me with her body

so that I could survive to this day.

What happened that night

is a nightmare

I'm unwilling to mention all my life.

So

I tried to avoid meeting you.

But

if I do that again,

you won't let it go at that.

Sorry, Aunt Bitterness,

we didn't mean to bring it up

to make you sad.

But this person is really important

to us.

She has passed away, so there is no need to feel nostalgic about her.

How did you know Eunuch Hai?

I got to know him in Yongning Ancient Lane.

He expected me to wait for him outside of the palace

and live together with him as a couple.

But I have long been converted to Buddhism,

and I have no distracting thoughts.

So I refused his offer.

This sachet

was a gift from my old friend.

To thank him for taking care of me for so many years,

I gave it to him.

Since then,

he never came again.

Alms givers,

the Temple of Bitter People

is not a place where you should stay.

Take my advice.

Go back to the place you came from.

Aunt...

Thank you, Aunt Bitterness.

Aunt Bitterness, don't bother to come any further.

Aunt Bitterness, we'll come back to see you.

Zhixia,

I'm old now,

and there are not many people I can recall the past with.

I got to know you by chance.

This hairpin

is not a rare thing,

but it has been with me for a dozen years.

Zhixia, if you don't dislike it,

I give it to you.

Thank you

for still remembering my old friend.

Thank you, Aunt Bitterness.

Your Majesty, boss,

How is it going? Did you find her?

Your Majesty,

what Aunt Bitterness said makes sense,

but there's something weird.

She must have hidden something from us.

Incline the bench

to pick peach flowers.

Your Majesty.

Yan Jin!

Mom!

I've told you many times

that I'm not your mother!

You took me for her.

Why would you rather die

than admit that I'm your son?

Incline the bench

to pick peach flowers.

One for him, one for me,

and the other one for you.

Mom,

that is the nursery rhyme you taught me.

I have never forgotten it.

Mom, don't you miss me?

I loved almond cakes when I was young.

One day, I had loose bowels because I ate too many.

I was afraid that you would be scolded,

so I have never eaten almond cakes since then.

After you knew that,

you replaced all the almond cakes with jujube cakes.

From then on, as long as the desserts were jujube cakes,

I knew

you were on duty.

That became a little secret between us.

Mom, do you still remember that?

I read since the fifth watch of the night.

The Grand Mentor asked me to recite articles of advices.

The empress dowager required me to recite at the fourth watch of the night.

One day, I failed to recite

and was scolded.

You accompanied me

to read from night till dawn.

Do you still remember that?

Mom,

I miss you.

Go back with me.

Mom!

Young man, don't force me again.

I'm alone all my life, without a child.

I also wish to have a son

like you.

You are a young talent

ready to realize your aspiration anywhere all over the country.

There is a bigger and wider world for you to conquer.

Why do you still refuse to admit that I'm your son?

My old friend

said something to me.

She said that if I meet her son by luck,

tell him

a mother

wants nothing more than to let her child

live a peaceful and happy life.

The biggest regret in her life

was that she couldn't see her child

before she passed away.

Now

since I fulfilled the wish for her,

I can go to meet her.

A man shouldn't easily shed tears.

Don't feel sad anymore.

What made me saddest

is that she is just in front of me,

but she refuses to admit that I'm her son.

You are the emperor.

You must take the responsibility.

Don't mention these minor matters.

Tell me.

Is my wish to find my biological mother

a minor matter?

I have dragged out in an ignoble existence in the palace since I was little.

Back then I saw you were poisoned,

but I had no guts to tell others.

I didn't know you are still alive.

I'm not filial.

But, thank heaven,

you are in front of me.

I don't want to repeat my mistake.

When you die like this,

have you thought for me?

When you want to end your own life,

have you considered how I feel?

I don't want to see you

leave me twice.

Mom!

Anle,

I heard people outside say

that Yanqing betrayed His Majesty

and turned to Gong Ye.

Is it true?

Granny,

don't believe their nonsense.

You have watched Yanqing growing up since he was little,

so you definitely know him better than me.

He will definitely not betray His Majesty

for a high position and great wealth.

Anle, you are right.

Yes.

Our Lin family has been loyal to the emperor for generations.

Yanqing was brought up by me

and he has the sense of propriety, justice, honesty and honor.

I believe he definitely won't

betray His Majesty for the sake of glory.

Right.

Does she come every day?

Her Ladyship comes every day.

Madam likes her very much.

Who asked you to call her that?

Young Master,

Her Royal Highness told us

that we have to call her that.

Don't call her that.

Yes, Young Master.

Go.

Jin,

don't blame for refusing to admit that you are my son.

I'm a woman of humble origin.

You're the only son of the late emperor.

I was very lucky

to give birth to you.

Mom,

back then, I was useless

and I couldn't protect you.

But now we have heaven on our side.

Don't you want to accompany me?

Let bygones

be bygones.

I'm already very lucky

to have met you again.

Don't be against the empress dowager

because of me again.

It's all because

I wanted to

accompany you and watch you growing up.

If others know

you came out of the palace to find me,

I'm afraid that history will repeat.

Mom,

just

what happened back then?

Back then,

the empress dowager gave poisoned wine to make me die.

Eunuch Hai

practiced deception.

He replaced the poisoned wine,

saved my life,

and let me live in Yongning Ancient Lane.

In order not to put a burden on him,

I relied on embroidering to make a living.

But

my embroidery skills

exposed myself.

Gong Ye led people to kill the residents in the Ancient Lane again.

Eunuch Hai saved me secretly once again.

Since then,

I have lived incognito

in the Temple of Bitter People

with the support from Eunuch Hai.

Jin,

over these years,

I have been missing you all the time.

I have had tears bathed the cheeks every day.

Now I see you have grown up.

This is a blessing from heaven.

I don't dare to ask for more.

Mom,

I'm useless.

You have suffered a lot.

How has Eunuch Hai been doing recently?

Eunuch Hai

has retired and returned to his hometown.

Before he left,

he gave me the sachet

so that I could come here to find you.

That's good.

He has spent

most of his life in the palace.

The late emperor

asked him to protect you by your side.

I know

he is

cautious,

looks cold but is warm-hearted.

He is completely loyal to the late emperor and you.

Thanks to him

for helping us for so many years.

Now he can retire and return to his hometown.

I feel relieved.

Mom,

it seems that

I have blamed Eunuch Hai unjustly for so many years.

But don't worry.

I will take care of you

and no longer make you feel wronged.

Big Zhang,

I miss our mom too.

I'm so happy.

How about this?

Tomorrow, Zhang Yang, you guys go to carry water and cut firewood.

And I

will go shopping.

I will cook a lot of delicious dishes for you.

Let's celebrate, OK?

I, Jade Qilin,

was not afraid of anything.

Jianghu is big, but I was free to travel around.

After I entered the palace,

the imperial city is small and I can't be as free as I was in Jianghu,

but

with you by my side,

no matter where I am,

even in this desolate Temple of Bitter People,

I feel at ease.

I don't want to go anywhere.

With military power in control,

you will soon ascend the throne.

Why do you come to see me?

Over these years,

you have worked like a horse

and bowed down

to me.

I really underestimated you.

I wonder whether your wife

will think of your behaviors.

Do you still have the guts to mention my wife?

If it were not for you,

how could she die?

She died

because you acted willfully.

It had nothing to do with me.

Because of you,

my family was broken up.

After surviving all perils at the border area,

I understand

if a man is not cruel, it'll be hard for him to accomplish something.

Everything was caused by you.

You can kill me at any time.

You are shortsighted and indecisive.

The military power is under my control now.

Why should I kill you?

I want to keep your life.

I want you to see

that I ascend to the throne.

In your dreams.

I'll wait here

to see your ending.

OK.

Stop praying.

It is useless to pray to anyone.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Miss, here is your hairpin.

Thank you.

Eunuch Sanbao, long time no see.

Why?

General Zhiyue, you want to capture me and take me back

to get a reward?

My father has always been decisive in doing things,

leaving no room.

His Majesty is now in a very dangerous situation.

If you don't want to harm His Majesty,

take me to find him.

Why should I believe you?

Didn't you seen

the wanted poster?

Isn't it enough?

Then I will be less likely to believe you.

You are the daughter of Gong Ye.

Officers and soldiers in the capital only listen to my father's orders now.

If I really don't want to help His Majesty,

do I need to talk to you here?

Then I won't be the only one

to point at you with a sword.

Take me to see His Majesty.

I've already said that.

To believe me or not, it's up to you.

I didn't expect that

the woman His Majesty wants to protect

is actually so selfish,

that she doesn't care about his life at all.

Wait.

Come with me.

The commander's tally?

Jin,

the late emperor hasn't talked with me

about the tally.

You don't know anything about it.

Who keeps the tally?

Could it be

that the tally doesn't exist at all?

Jin,

why do you want the tally?

Did anything happen?

Mom, you are over worried.

I only heard by chance

that to protect the imperial city,

the late emperor had a secret tally.

If you don't know about it,

that might just be a rumor.

Mom, you don't need to take it seriously.

I really don't know about it.

Of course I believe you.

Let's not talk about it.

Mom,

are you willing to go back to the palace with me

and let me take good care of you?

Jin,

don't do that.

Why did you mention it again?

If you take me back,

what will the empress, courtiers and people think of you?

In that case, the late emperor's previous efforts

will be wasted.

OK.OK.

Let's not go back.

I'll be here

with you forever.

Zhiyue.

Didn't boss go to buy food?

Why did she bring this woman back?

Is she crazy?

You are

Zhiyue?

You...

Aunt Yuniang.

You are still alive.