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Previously...skip to 7:49 to start Ep. 33

Don't be afraid. I'm here.

Reporting to Empress Dowager, the situation is too chaotic. Look!

For undermining the back palace,

execute them on the spot!

KILL!

Fu Ya!

Stop, stop!

Retreat!

Imperial Mother

Why must you kill my wife.

Did you not see?

They have feelings for each other!

Their actions

are a disgrace to the Emperor!

I have known of this since long ago.

Your majesty already knows of this?

Why must you still...?

That was the past.

I do not care for it.

My Northern Han court will absolutely not tolerate

something so perverse!

I only want Fu Ya

As long as I can tolerate it,

who dares not!

Your majesty! As the kingdom monarch,

how could you be so self-willed?

It shames the people of the kingdom!

Imperial Mother

Concubine Di is my wife

To treat my wife unjustly,

that's undermining human relations!

I

will absolutely not allow

anyone to undermine order in the back palace!

Her crime is unforgiveable!

Mother

Whatever

your son likes,

Mother wants to destroy.

Before you wanted to kill my brother

and now you want to kill my wife!

I'm your son.

Why must you do this to me?

WHY!?

Emperor,

doing this

is all for you.

I'm not a three-year-old child

I don't need your concern

All of you listen!

From now on,

whoever dares touch a hair of Concubine Di,

I'll kill him!!

Your majesty, if I kill her,

will you kill me too?

Mother

I'm not as cruel as Mother,

capable of hurting her own relatives.

If Mother

insists on killing Concubine Di,

then I

will kill myself.

If Mother takes away my wife,

I will take away your son.

Fu Ya!Get up!

Fu Ya! Let go of me!

I dare ask Empress Dowager

How should we deal with Meng Qi You?

KILL.

Mother!!

If Mother can pardon Concubine Di,

why can't you pardon Meng Qi You?

Please let him go!

He's a scourge. He can't be kept around!

Mother you're so biased towards Imperial brother!

You can pardon the person he loves,

but want to kill the person I like!

Fine, kill him. If you kill him,

I will let Mother

never see daughter again!

Princess, this,

How can I

have given birth to

such a pair of children?

Dedicating themselves to eating into my heart.

Empress Dowager!

Empress Dowager's imperial decree

Shu Emperor Meng Qi You

is to be imprisoned in Ding Bei Palace.

No visitors allowed

Violators will be killed without exception

Qi You!!

You just had some medicine

Lie down and rest

How about him? Is he dead?

Don't worry, he didn't die.

You shouldn't have saved me.

You should have let me die.

End everything once and for all

Then what about me?

Have you ever thought about me?

Leaving me here all alone,

how could you have the heart?

Fortunately your injuries are minor this time

If anything happened to you,

what about me?

I only have one heart.

What do you want me to do?

I know, I was too imposing

Even if Liu Lian Cheng protects me,

others in the palace won't tolerate us alive.

Qi You

How should I save you from here?

Emperor!

Who let you in.

Replying

to your majesty,

Empress Dowager has fallen critically ill.

Your majesty, please go see Empress Dowager one last time

Critically ill again?

Your majesty, this time, it's real.

The imperial doctor said that...

What?

Go back and tell the Empress Dowager

that I won't fall for her tricks like last time.

Your majesty.

LEAVE!

Your majesty.

Princess, servant can do nothing to help

You...

I'll kill you useless thing.

Princess, the Empress Dowager is critically ill

You can't shed blood before her

Think of something. Think of something for me.

Hurry and think of something!

No matter what, you must save Mother!

HURRY!

Servant is bold

I'd like to say something to the Empress Dowager

Say it! Quickly!

Empress Dowager fell critically ill because of an argument with the Emperor

This was all caused by that Concubine Di

Empress Dowager, while you still have the authority

and the strength,

why don't you issue an order to kill Concubine Di?

Otherwise,

this Concubine Di

will become a big problem for our court!

Audacious!

Imperial family matters

how dare a servant express thoughts on!

She's right.

Even now, I

don't know what to do with that Di Lian.

When I leave,

she will bring disastrous chaos to the court.

My Northern Han

will be ruined in her hands.

Xiang Yun

Subject here

When I leave,

that witch must be killed.

Subject obeys

Mother!

I was wrong.

I made you mad.

That's why you're sick.

It was my fault.

Lian Si

Mother

Don't cry

After I leave,

you must not stir up any more trouble.

Mother won't leave me

Mother won't leave me

I won't let you leave, Mother

Where's the Emperor?

Why is he not here yet?

Empress Dowager, bad news!

The Emperor doesn't believe that you're ill

He won't come.

Mother

What? He won't come?

This heartless son...

Mother!!

Empress Dowager! Mother! Empress Dowager!

Mother!!

Empress Dowager!Go! Quickly get the Emperor!

Get him here!

Your health hasn't fully recovered yet

Why aren't you resting?

What are you paying respects to?

My Imperial Father's ashes

Today is my father's death anniversary

Every year on this day,

I will offer sacrifice and pay respects to my father

to console his spirit.

Your Imperial Father

disregarded your feelings back then

and forced you into marriage.

You must really hate him?

They did indeed force me into marriage

But Imperial Father and Mother love me very much

Especially Father

He loves me more than his own life

For these trivial matters, how could I

write off their love towards me?

I love Father and Chu Kingdom

more than my own life.

All these years, what's kept me going

is this love.

One day,

I will reestablish Chu Kingdom.

I will tear my father's murderer to pieces!

To console my father's heavenly spirit

What's wrong?

Emperor!

The Empress Dowager is really critically ill

She is now on her last breath

waiting to see you one last time.

Liar! You're all lying to me!

You're lying too!

You're all lying to me!

Emperor

Xiao An Zi

Princess, humble subject has already tried his hardest

If the Emperor doesn't come soon,

I'm afraid

he won't see Empress Dowager again.

Mother

Why isn't Brother here yet?

Here!

Brother! Brother!

Why is it you?

Why are you here?

It's all your fault my mother is like this!

Fine, you came just in time

Come

I want you to be buried along with my mother!

By the Empress Dowager's decree,

the witch must be killed

to protect the kingdom.

Come!

Here!

Seize Concubine Di!

If you want the Empress Dowager to die,

go ahead and kill me.

What do you mean.

Princess, Concubine Di is known for her outstanding medical abilities.

If you let Concubine Di treat the Empress Dowager,

perhaps there's still a chance of survival.

Alright, but let me tell you.

If something goes wrong,

I'll kill you immediately.

Anger has affected her heart. The prime time for healing has been delayed.

This has caused her to be at risk.

Isn't that all thanks to you?

She needs to go through acupuncture for the major acupoints on the body.

7 days and nights without rest

will just be able to protect her life.

This...who can do this?

Me, of course

Everyone retire

so that I can treat the Empress Dowager in peace.

No way

The Empress Dowager is completely defenseless

What if...

If I wanted to harm her,

I could just step aside and do nothing.

Why take unnecessary actions?

Let Yan er stay

If I do anything wrong,

she can immediately kill me.

Fine, I'll believe you this time.

Princess.

Mother just said she wanted to kill her,

but she wants to save Mother.

Perhaps there's evil intentions

The Empress Dowager is my mother

I'm in charge here

Except for Yan er,

everyone leave.

Why are you here?

i'm healing you.

I don't want to see you. Get out.

I didn't think that the Empress Dowager

had such a poor grasp of the situation.

Aren't you afraid I'll ruin Northern Han?

Then you should try hard to continue living

Otherwise

I will play tricks and conspire, bringing disaster to court,

and you won't be able to do anything about it.

Milady, would you like to rest for a bit?

If I rest, she will die

Milady, are you alright?

If you don't have the abilities, don't try to show off

If I didn't have abilities,

would you be able to speak right now?

You're very rude

Empress Dowager, Concubine Di is highly skilled in medicine

and has devoted all her heart and energy into this.

The next step is the most critical

I need to apply pressure against the Shao Chong acupoint. Your pulse shows that you have internal heat.

Don't touch my hands

Empress Dowager's illness originates from the heart

The shaochong acupuncture point is on the pinkie

Without removing your glove,

I can't treat you.

What happened here?

They're all scars from saving the Emperor

Summon the imperial doctor, to treat the crown prince's illness

Milady

The crown prince is about to bite off your finger

Might as well

As long as it saves his life

But Milady, you...

I told you to leave. Now go!

Yes

Cheng er, don't be afraid

Mother is here

Don't be afraid

Mother will always be beside you

Don't be afraid

About this,

how come I can't remember it?

When you got sick,

you didn't remember anything.

The Empress Dowager wore gloves all these years

just so you wouldn't feel bad seeing her hands.

My Imperial Mother

will use any methods

to control me.

If this is really true,

she would certainly use it as a device

for me to obey her every order.

Why are you so confused?

The Empress Dowager would rather suffer herself to take care of you

How could you think she doesn't love you?

No, you don't understand.

Since I was young, she would force me

to do things I didn't want to do.

She also took you away

from me.

Someone who so cruelly harms her own son,

how could I trust her?

We both know that being in the royal family

comes with many difficulties.

Although I don't know

about your past grudges with the Empress Dowager,

she does love you.

Those ten fingers are proof

The love between mother and son is innate

It won't change whether you're a member of the royal family or a commoner

Lian Cheng, I've already said everything I can say

What you do next

is up to you.

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Milady

Can this white chrysanthemum also be used in medicine?

Yes

Slightly cold, chrysanthemum flowers

can help relieve internal heat.

Who's there?

It's you.

Why are you here?

Why are YOU here?

Were you the one who found the antidotefor Peacock Gall and Red-Crowned Crane (arsenic)?

What if I did?

How?

If you're capable of using poison,

figure it out yourself!

How dare you!

Who are you?

How dare you hurt Concubine Di?

How are you? Did he harm you?

How about you?

Do you feel weird anywhere?

Itchiness or numbness anywhere?

What happened?

That guy is an assassin

He's an expert in scheming and using poison.

I'm fine.

When you're outside Hong Luan Palace,

be more careful in the future.

Come with me back to the palace

Let me diagnose you

I'm fine.

By the way,

Mother wanted to give you these Buddha beads.

Go back to the palace and rest

That woman

is the Concubine Di you care about the most?

Yes, so you can't hurt her

Impossible. I found out

that she is

Princess Ma Fu Ya from the perished Chu Kingdom.

I must kill her

Why must she die?

You know why

Don't forget.

You're the enemy who killed her father

This plan is very thorough

but my imperial brother is superior in martial arts.

I'm afraid he'll be difficult to deal with

Killing doesn't have to be done with a sword

Put this in the wine

Thi...This is.

Epilepsy drug

After consuming this, he will lose rationality

and gradually go crazy.

Even

kill his own relatives.

Nurturing a tiger invites calamity. She must die.

She doesn't know anything

Paper cannot contain fire

I can make sure

that she never finds out in this lifetime.

Then kill Meng Qi You first

to cut off her support.

No

Why?

Brother

You have the utmost hate for my mother

With your martial arts skills,

killing her would be as easy as turning over your hand.

But why haven't you done it?

Because you care about me

You don't want to see me sad

I'm the same

towards Fu Ya.

So Meng Qi You must not die

You've changed.

You're the Emperor, the kingdom monarch

But you're infected by the commoners'

weak, hopeless human kindness and sympathy.

Those are fake,

useless things.

You will regret it

Humble general greets Milady

General A Nu need not be so formal

Thanks Milady

I heard that General A Nu's martial arts are outstanding,

saving the emperor twice on the battlefield.

Protecting the Emperor is my duty

Humble general dares not claim credit

Good

General is very loyal

I will keep that in mind

When assigning official posts in the future,

I will be sure to promote General.

Many thanks Milady

If Milady has any instructions in the future,

humble general will serve you with my life.

I would like General to serve the Emperor

and our Northern Han

by eliminating a serious threat.

May I ask who Milady is referring to?

Meng Qi You

Why didn't you ask

General A Nu to kill Ma Fu Ya?

But instead let him kill Meng Qi You?

Silly maid

If Ma Fu Ya dies,

I would be the first person the Emperor suspects.

But if Meng Qi You dies...

just think

Ma Fu Ya

Who will she think killed him?

The Emperor?

Since the Emperor won't turn against Ma Fu Ya,

I'll have to make Ma Fu Ya

turn against the Emperor.

The Empress wants Meng Qi You to die

That's exactly what I desire

Wait, what is this?

Replying to General,

this is Meng Qi You's food.

Give it to me, I want to inspect it

General

The Emperor specially asked someone to prepare this

It's always been delivered directly to him

Why is there suddenly an inspection today?

Lately

I heard some news

that Shu Kingdom sent a spy to infiltrate our kingdom

with intentions to save Meng Qi You.

I'm afraid the food basket might be hiding a weapon,

so I came to check it.

Ok, it's fine. You can bring it in.

Yes

I've never seen a prisoner

treated as well as you.

You can sleep and eat,

even write and draw as you please.

Look how kind our Emperor is to you

You should be grateful

Wait

Greetings Princess!

Get rid of these for me

What I meant to say was

this is food for prisoners.

It's not for humans

Get rid of them

I've been wronged, Princess

This was all specially arranged by the Emperor

He eats even better than us

Even so, it can't be better

than what I personally prepared!

Get rid of it!

I told you not to eat it!

What if there's poison?

Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?

Princess, you wrongfully accuse me!

There's absolutely nothing wrong with this food

If you don't believe me, I'll eat it

Look, nothing wrong!

What are you laughing at?

I...

Shut up!

I don't know why

I order you to shut up!

Shut up! Quickly!

What's wrong with him?

Is he crazy?

He was poisoned

What poison?

I want to rule the world!

What are you laughing at?

Shut up!

I don't know why

Epilepsy poison

Someone tried to poison Qi You

Who could it be?

According to the prison guard,

the Emperor specially ordered someone to prepare his food

and deliver it everyday.

It couldn't be the Emperor?

Nonsense!

Lian Cheng couldn't possibly do something like this

He wouldn't use such despicable methods

But

whether in love or military battles,

to the Emperor, Meng Qi You

is a thorn in his flesh.

Who wouldn't want to rid themselves of their rival?

Impossible. I trust Lian Cheng.

He has no reason to poison him

Do you know what the prison guard was poisoned with?

According to Meng Qi You,

it was some crazy laughing poison.

How did he die?

He suddenly started laughing madly

and lunged at Princess Lian Si with his sword.

As if he went crazy

It really was the epilepsy drug

Why would you do something so despicable as poisoning him?!

Meng Qi You was poisoned?

Still playing dumb!

You ordered the food that was delivered to him

but unfortunately that prison guard ate it!

He's already dead!

Princess

Princess, if the Emperor wanted to kill Meng Qi You,

he could totally do it in the open.

Why use such surreptitious methods like poisoning?

What do you know?

Of course Imperial Brother wouldn't dare kill Meng Qi You in public

because he's afraid Concubine Di

will turn against him.

Scram!

Yes

But you really, really thought

that by stealthily poisoning him,

you could fool everyone?

Put the blame on someone else?

You really think that Concubine Di

will believe someone else did it?

Am I,

in your view,

really that unbearable?

Brother

Release that Meng Qi You

If you release him,

the things today wouldn't happen.

Nonsense! Meng Qi You is a prisoner of war

and monarch of the enemy kingdom.

How could I release him so easily?

You're just making excuses!

Brother, you're the Emperor

Who would dare disobey the Emperor's order?

Important matters of state

are not as simple as you think.

About Meng Qi You,

I will make the final decision.

Shu Kingdom already has a new Emperor

Brother still keeps the old one in captivity

It's obviously all for Ma Fu Ya!

But have you thought

that every day Meng Qi You stays in the palace,

Ma Fu Ya is thinking of him?

Same with Meng Qi You

For both of us,

it's torture!

Lian Si, listen to Imperial Brother

Falling in love with Meng Qi You

won't end well.

And falling in love with Ma Fu Ya

will?