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Ye Cheng

Episode 16

I'm impressed.

Are you so calm

because you know I won't kill you?

Stop pretending to sleep.

I don't know about your plan,

but I'll go to see my mother.

When we come back,

we'll be enemies

on the battlefield.

Shen Ye?

Shen Ye?

Shen Ye.

Shen Ye.

Shen Ye!

Someone, help.

Shen Ye. Help!

Your Grace.

Send for a physician.

Send for a physician now.

Don't worry.

He's too strong

to be killed right now.

How could you be so sure? Go...

You know what happened to him?

Your Grace.

He is poisoned.

You did it?

I've been following you since I was a kid,

how dared I poison him?

Then who?

It was...

Lord Shu.

The poison will be activated

when you slept with him.

It's a trade between him and Lord Shu.

Why don't we have a deal?

You mean

you want to deal with the Empress

with me?

I just want to protect her.

You always talk about Cheng'er,

that makes me worried.

He took the poison

so you wouldn't be in an awkward position

and he could stay with you.

Go on.

The poison is Lovesickness.

It'd accumulate and break out

as long as he was with you.

Did I have anything to do with it?

The poison was

induced by the red pea.

Since the day

of your wedding,

your face cream and rouge

were added the red pea.

No matter he's Su Rongqing or Shen Ye,

he's a member of the Shus.

So the closer he got to me,

the closer he was to death.

What Lord Shu did

was for your sake.

She was afraid that you'd be confused by him

and forgot your duty as the princess.

The red pea and you

are all in my mother's plan.

I'm impressed by her.

Shen Ye.

Why did you keep me in the dark?

Your Grace.

I'm sorry,

but please punish me later.

Lord Shu said

if the poison break out,

you should go to join her in Qing.

But since he is not dead yet,

Lord Shu let you

make the decision.

How dare you?

I'm taking him away.

You can't stop me.

Your Grace.

Since brother is in a coma,

we should look after him carefully.

If you insist to take him away,

we'll

follow you.

What if I don't agree

with either of the two options?

Don't blame us for our rudeness

if you don't agree.

Who dares to do that?

Step back.

Shen Cong.

It's brother's idea.

He ordered

that if he couldn't make the decision one day,

we should

all follow the princess's order.

If she insisted to take brother away,

we can't stop her.

Please.

Thank you.

Bring Shen Ye here

to leave with me.

Yes.

We just let her

take brother away?

Have faith in him.

It's his arrangement.

We just mind our own business.

What?

Rebellion?

Rongqing admitted it?

Where's Cheng'er?

Tell her to bring Rongqing here.

It's a great matter.

Since her mother isn't here,

I shall handle it.

Shu Cheng left with him.

That's absurd.

Like you said,

we don't know if my son is alive,

how could Shu Cheng take him away

without informing me?

Even if my son made grave mistakes,

she shouldn't handle it without permission.

Please calm down.

Shu Cheng told me

to report it to you.

She just let you tell me her decision,

are you still

taking me as a master?

Shu Cheng said

she'd take care of Shen Ye,

so he wouldn't make trouble

nor be in danger.

Did that sound

like the words for her master?

Master,

Shu Cheng doesn't just take you as master,

but her mother.

She also said

that you should put

the country and the court first

at this moment.

I see.

Since she could say that,

she's wise enough.

You'll enter the palace with me tomorrow

to report it to the Empress.

Your Grace.

Your husband's pulse is strange

because it's by turns weak and strong.

Just tell me

if he can make it.

His inner breath is like

a war between water and fire.

It's hard to

say its end.

Then adjust his pulse.

His pulse is so weird

that I dare not to use medicine.

I shall do it

when his condition is stable.

You mean

there's nothing I can do for him

and it all depends on himself?

Please calm down.

He's blessed by Heaven.

No need to tell me that.

You may leave.

Yes.

Greetings, master.

Her Majesty still refuses to see us?

No.

She said she was ill for days

and wouldn't see anyone.

Is she really ill?

Her Majesty is a thoughtful person,

she should've noticed something,

I'm afraid she trusts nobody now.

Let me go to tell Shu Cheng about it.

Hold on.

Rongqing was taken away by Cheng'er,

so there won't be new troubles.

I sent a report to Her Majesty already,

I'll write a letter to Shu Rou, too.

All problems will be solved naturally

when Her Majesty meets Shu Rou.

Are you

going to tell her all what

Shen Ye did?

What else could I do?

I will share

the responsibility for it at the worst.

You just live here and wait for the news.

But I can't get any news

of Shen Ye if I stay here.

Master.

Aren't you worried?

Cheng'er is right,

we should put the overall situation first.

The physician said

your pulse

seemed to be

a bit stable recently.

But I can only use the medicine liquor

to wipe your body

to improve the blood circulation.

She also said

she wasn't sure

if you'd wake up.

Could you wake up?

Wake up and take a look,

it's the garden sent by Wanqing.

She said if I got angry

after the wedding,

I could come here to relax.

She also said

that I could have

a male concubine.

She took

so many advantages of it

by exchanging this garden

for your Ice Silkworm Amber

as well as your chance for detoxifying.

Maybe I shall

bring her here to

give you her blood,

what do you think?

I wonder if

she consummated with Shen Cong,

if she did.

her blood may not be effective.

Anyway,

I got you into this situation.

Shen Ye,

how about this?

If you die,

I'll join you afterwards.

I'll go anywhere

with you

even if you go to

the underworld.

Anywhere will be fine enough,

why must we go to the underworld?

You woke up?

Hongyuan.

Send for the physician now.

Yes.

We consummated already.

But you judged them.

Don't you say that.

It's good you woke up.

I knew you could make it

just like you did before.

You have

nine lives.

Only half of my body recovered.

Really?

It's a good thing already

to drive all the poison to my legs.

I'm sorry.

Why did you say that?

I took you to the bed,

I should

be blamed for wanting you.

How could you say that?

I had you apparently.

Where did you learn those erotic words?

Why're you

still so giddy?

Are you disdaining me?

Sorry.

I didn't mean it.

I'll take care of you.

Trust me.

Lord Dear.

Only my legs are useless,

my other parts can still work.

What're you thinking about?

I mean I can

take you to

anywhere you want to go.

Since you couldn't have the country,

just force yourself to have me.

You are more important

than anything else in my mind.

Why does he have those things?

Because brother

is the prince of our country.

So Shu Cheng was right,

to think

that there's such a big secret in this place.

We're responsible

to guard this chamber

except inspecting it every day.

Brother said

any intruder

should be killed.

Have something.

So Shen Ye

is really the royal prince?

Then many things

make sense now.

But why would he rebel

since he was the royal prince?

Do you want to kill me

since I know something so important?

Brother suffered so much

and he was used and betrayed all the time,

so what he did was right.

He also meant

that the top secret should be kept well.

I can keep an eye on you.

to that end.

Besides.

I don't have the heart to hurt you.

That's what I want to hear.

Take me to Shu Cheng.

No.

We don't know brother's situation

since he was taken away by her,

but he should be alright now.

We shall deal with

those things when they come back.

Really?

Look into my eyes when you speak.

You're not a good liar

as Shen Ye.

Brother never lied to the princess,

he just didn't make it clear with her,

nor did she ever ask.

How could she ask?

Could she ask Shen Ye if he'd rebel

when they met the first time?

You have a sharp tongue,

so I won't argue with you.

Fine.

Let me ask you frankly,

is everything

still under Shen Ye's control?

Does he still want to rebel?

Is master helping him too, right?

Since you don't want to lie,

you choose not to speak.

You...

Fine.

Do you know

why I broke into Shen Ye's chamber?

Because Shu Cheng still had suspicions,

she didn't believe that it'd be so simple.

So I have more reasons to keep you here.

Have you ever considered it

from Shu Cheng's standpoint?

I can only take my brother's standpoint,

always.

Is that fair to Shu Cheng?

Is it fair that Shen Ye picks on her

with you people?

What brother does

is all for her sake.

It's up to her to decide

if it's for her sake.

Do you know how much Shu Cheng

means to Shen Ye?

What if they become enemies

all this life?

If you really think for Shen Ye,

you shouldn't watch

such a thing happens.

I'm sure

Shu Cheng always matters

the most to Shen Ye.

You look so well now.

Let's go south

when you're better,

all right?

All right.

I'm familiar with the south.

We may

take a boat to go down the river

to appreciate the magnificent views

on both sides.

I almost forgot

that you have an old love in the south.

What's her name again?

It's just a rumor.

It doesn't matter.

We'll see when we

get there.

I don't care

if I shall see her

since I'm not in a fit state to see her.

You're not in a fit state?

Are you so self-abased

that you dare not to see her?

Lord Dear, I don't mean that.

I mean...

The peaches bloom prettily,

so I want to pick some for you

to bring you some luck on love.

No, that's

really not necessary.

Greetings, Your Grace.

Thank you, sisters.

You may go back.

Yes.

I wanted to let it go

after trying this time.

I should've anticipated it,

but I couldn't help it when I saw you in danger.

You were not poisoned

by the Lovesickness,

were you?

I did have your mother's poison

but I did get the way

of detoxifying it in the Herbal Valley,

but it wasn't so easy to make it.

You deceived me again.

Not exactly,

I was just buying some time

to let you leave the dispute.

I thought

I got you trapped,

it turns out

that you've trapped me.

You won.

Cheng.

Cheng.

You guessed it right,

everything is still under control.

Shen Cong.

You really want to betray brother?

If you take one more step forward,

we'll no longer take you as a brother.

I just...

I just don't want brother to regret it.

When did I tell you

to point your weapons at a brother?

Lower your sword.

I failed you, brother,

please punish me.

So you finally know what love is

as well as what responsibility is.

Cheng.

He...

He...

He is...

It's an honor to see you, Your Highness.

Now you get it?

I always said I was noble,

but how could I

be nobler than you, Your Highness?

My father is Shen Quan,

the seventh Yin Emperor

and the first man of Wei Yunlan.

When Wei Yunlan usurped,

she was afraid that he'd stand against her,

so she and your mother

killed my father

as well as more than 20, 000 people.

Impossible.

I have the last edict of the late Empress

which explained everything.

Your mother and mine

are the resource of all miseries.

So you want the country

to take the revenge?

Kind of.

Now the Shus lost much military power

and Wei Yunlan were deprived of much power, too.

But the game came true.

They fear each other much enough.

I think they are

about to attack each other.

So you can profit from it.

I'm enlightened.

I haven't met the royal prince yet.

Your Highness,

it's an honor to see you.

What about you?

Will you keep protecting the one you love

I'll follow you,

but I'll keep her safe as well.

You're as greedy as me.

Everything will be settled

after tonight.

You just put up with this place for a while.

That sounds familiar.

Will you tie me up?

There're my people in the mansion,

the capital,

even the palace.

Then I shall congratulate you

with the tea instead of the wine

since you're about to be the first Emperor

of Great Chu in three centuries.

To you.

To me?

For being the first spouse of the Emperor?

There's no Emperor,

only a new Empress.

What do you mean?

I'm not interested in the throne.

It belongs to you.

You're planning to

make me the Empress?

Yes.

I'm sick of watching you being terrified.

I want you no longer to be in a dilemma,

no longer to be manipulated,

no longer to kneel to greet the others.

I want you to be high there

without being threatened by anyone.

I didn't expect

that your dowry

could be a whole country,

nor did I expect

that I would be the one

to usurp.

What shall I say?

Thank you?

Fulfill your aspirations

and be a good Empress

when you're enthroned.

I will always stand behind you.

Stand behind me?

So I'll be like the kites in the room

which seem to be free to fly

but can never get rid of the string behind.

Shen Ye.

I don't want that life,

nor do I want the usurp to get this country.

Just take it as a game,

all right?

My father planned this,

Yu Huai gave it to me,

It is time now.

You must know what to do.

No.

Nobody could stop

what is going to happen.

Shu Rou and Wei Yunlan rebelled

out of their desire for power.

Now they'll fight each other

because of their fear of losing the power.

It's their nature

as well as their karma.

When they're done killing each other,

you'll clean up the mess,

then you'll be admired and praised.

by everyone.

Should there be someone disobeys you,

I'll take care of it.

Many people will die

and much blood will be shed.

Forget the dead

and take care of the alive,

that's what an Empress should do.

I won't do it.

If you don't do it,

you'll let them ruin this country,

more people will die then.

So what's your choice?

To let some people

die for more people?

It's the name list of

the honest people in the court,

you'll need them to

clean up the mess.

Good.

Take a rest then.

It'll take two days at most

before you become the new Empress.

Prepare for your coronation.

I'll dissolve

the Night Court when it's done.

I'll always be with you.

I'll keep my word.

You?

I won't kill you

nor spare you.

The Shus have been loyal people for generations,

to think that the Empress wants to

kill my daughter.

Go back to tell her

that I only want to save my daughter.

and I won't act extremely

if she keeps my daughter safe.

My Lord.

All units are ready.

We're waiting for your order.

Send the order

to march now.

Control all the officials

above the third level when you enter the city.

Kill those

who disobey.

Yes.

Wait.

Don't hurt the Empress.

when you enter the palace.

Yes.

Mother.

How's the situation outside?

Mother,

the troops of the prefectures

are either stopped outside

or stay put.

The Capital Garrison

controlled the east

and the west gates already.

What else?

The courtiers all stay at their homes

and nobody enters the palace.

They're all waiting for a result.

All right.

Assemble all the troops as you can,

let's fight against the Shus

to death.

Remember,

Great Chu is mine,

nobody can take it from me.

Lord, the city is under control

and the Empress is trapped inside.

The Empress needs protection.

Yes.

Lord, the Empress is under our protection.

Your Majesty,

it's an honor to see you.

Greetings,

Your Majesty.

Shu,

why don't you

kneel to me?

I'm in armor,

so I don't want to scare you,

please forgive me.

Why did you

enter the palace

with so many soldiers?

To

protect myself.

It's not for getting rid of the crafting courtiers?

Tell me then,

why're you protecting yourself?

Since you want to get rid of the Shus,

I could only

do it first.

Nonsense.

I gave you everything you had,

even if I'd take it back,

you didn't have the right to do this.

Please

keep your word.

I hope you could behave as a courtier, too.

I'm taking your power back now,

just follow my order.

Since you go back on your word,

don't blame me for overstepping.

To think

there would be a day we could cooperate.

I also didn't expect

that my final card

would be you.

Can you turn the tide now?

They are all what I have,

I can only fight.

If you're sacred,

they're able

to escort you out of the capital.

Nonsense.

I'm the Crown Princess,

I'm obliged to protect the Weis's country.

Even you're ready to fight,

why should I be afraid?

Cheng.

Cheng.

Are you alright?

Let's go.

You can't come with me.

What're you talking about?

Though I'm no longer a member of the royal family,

I'm a member of Great Chu.

What's more, I'm your study companion,

live or die, I'll follow you.

You have more important things to do.

I'm entrusting you with myself.

How dare you?

That's your excuse for usurping.

Don't worry,

Great Chu is fine

and you're still the Empress

as long as I'm alive.

You want to make me a puppet?

Shu Rou,

though you took the capital and the palace,

the troops loyal to me

will surround the capital soon.

Then you may not

survive in the battle.

You didn't keep your word to me,

but I

will keep my oath for you.

Wei Yunlan.

You may keep the throne

as long as I'm still breathing.

If I die.

it'll be an oath to death.

I'll let nobody bully you

even when we go to the underworld.

So,

there's no way out

for either of us.

If you were not the Empress

and I were not the Lord of the Shus,

it might end in a different way.

Send the order,

kill all the people but the Empress

and protect the capital to wait for the reinforcements

Should anyone rebel in the name of saving the Empress,

kill them all.

Yes.

Lord.

how to deal with the royal house?

You killed half of your house before

and nobody dared to question you,

so nobody can question me

after I kill the rest of them.

Shu Rou.

informed all the lords and the royal houses of other countries

about your rebellion,

so they all have the right to kill you.

Since you want me to lose the country,

I will

bury it

with me.

Mother.

Mother.

- Mother. - Mother.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Don't mind me.

Don't mind me.

Just go.

Do what you promised me.

Your Majesty.

Mother.

I am so glad to

see you both.

Cheng'er, you have no business here.

Go back now.

So you still recognize me as your Empress.

Cheng'er,

your mother is rebelling,

if you protect me now,

I'm sure all the people

will praise your loyalty.

Your Majesty.

Loyalty and filial piety

are not my concerns now,

they're not even in my heart.

That's absurd.

We Shus are loyal to the Empress.

If you don't want to go home,

go to the city wall

to stop those traitors for me.

Mother.

Please recall your orders

and leave the palace

and the capital.

Do you want to ruin the Shus?

Your Majesty, please retract your order.

You want me to give up my country?

Please stop fighting

to think for the people of Great Chu

as well as its soldiers.

If the war breaks out,

many people will lose their homes

and many soldiers will fight each other

for the purpose they don't know.

Then people will die from fighting or starving,

is that really what you want to see?

Are so many lives

less important than the power?

Your Majesty,

mother, please think about it carefully.

Guards, drag her out.

The last edict of the late Empress is here.

Prince Shen Ye came to suppress the rebellion.

Here's the late Empress's last edict.

It is confirmed that Wei Yunlan is the traitor.

Those who are on her side shall be killed.

You just wouldn't listen to me

and take a good rest.

You were right,

they wouldn't listen to me.

Come.

That's why I want you to rule this country.

I don't want to sacrifice so many people to get this country,

I don't want to become them.

It costs much blood

to secure your throne,

so let me be the villain.

When you become the Empress,

you may take good care of your people

and make up for them.

Mother.

You'll be imprisoned in the palace

until you die.

You killed Shen Quan,

so I'm taking what matters to you the most.

You traitor.

Please rest here. Lord Shu.

I will block this place

until your troops all die.

You'll see rivers of blood

and devastation.

but you'll also see regeneration.

You will see

what the best Empress Shu Cheng can be.

Shu Cheng!

Cheng'er.

Who shoot her?

Your Majesty.

Mother.

My life

for the others',

all right?

Shen Ye.

Let your obsession go,

all right?

I'm so tired,

take me back.

All right.

Fight and destroy it if you want.

You didn't tell me

where to go back.

You are

always like this.

Like you said before,

I'm going to the south

with you down the river.

Let me think

about the name of the girl

who was with me in the south.

I've been thinking about a question,

where were Murong Wanqing

and your two sisters?

They should be hiding in the darkness

to shoot you.

The arrow entered from Zhongfu Acupoint

and left from Tianzong

which didn't hurt your guts.

But I still hope

you would not do such a risky thing again.

The country,

the grudge

and the throne,

all are inferior to you.

I made the choice already.

Tell me the southern girl's name

and her relation with you.

I told you

that nothing matters more than you do.

Am I really superior

to everything?

I just want you.

Then I forgive you

for now.