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00:00:00Lady Shen of the Murong Residence, virtuous and prudent by nature, diligent and gentle, is hereby bestowed the title of
00:00:06First Rank Imperial Noble Lady.
00:00:09I humbly thank your majesty for this grace.
00:00:11Shen Yun King, receive the decree.
00:00:21Murder, help! Help!
00:00:32Sister.
00:00:34Why?
00:00:34Don't call me sister. You don't deserve to.
00:00:39We're both Shen daughters. Why should you have it better than me?
00:00:43If only three years ago, the one who caught my ball had been Murong On.
00:00:47The bliss you cling to is nothing but an illusion.
00:00:51Shen Yun King, die!
00:01:01If I could have one more chance, I would give up all this glory.
00:01:07What time do you think it is? Still sleeping.
00:01:10You, master, young lords from noble families heard the Shen girls are choosing husbands and have all come to catch
00:01:16the ball.
00:01:17Look at young king, still sleeping. Not an ounce of propriety befitting a young lady.
00:01:22Listen to me. When you and Chao are through, you'd better aim well.
00:01:25Whoever marries best will be the Shen family's pride. Don't you dare disappoint me.
00:01:32Wasn't I just stabbed by a sword?
00:01:41This is rebirth. I've returned to three years ago, the day of the ball toss ceremony.
00:01:48Miss, it's your turn to throw the ball.
00:01:52Shen Yun King.
00:01:54Sister, why don't I go first?
00:01:56In my past life, Shen Yun-Kiao insisted I throw first, deferring again and again.
00:02:01But now, it seems Shen Yun-Kiao has also been reborn. Fine, go ahead.
00:02:07To me! To me! To me! To me! To me! Over here! Over here! Miss Shen! Over here! Over here!
00:02:11To me!
00:02:12Get lost! All of you, get lost!
00:02:19In this life, the one who marries Murong-An will be me.
00:02:29Master, look! The one who caught it is the Murong's second young master.
00:02:33It's him! It's Murong-An, second son of Murong!
00:02:35The Murong's are distant kin to royalty. The eldest son, Murong-Hee, just days ago was appointed deputy minister of
00:02:42justice.
00:02:43If the Shen family could marry into the Murong's, we'd practically be royalty ourselves.
00:02:48Murong-An.
00:02:49In this life, I finally changed my fate. In three years, Murong-An will rise in rank and title, and
00:02:55I will become a noble imperial lady.
00:02:57Shen Yun-Kiao, oh Shen Yun-Kiao, you scheme so hard that you don't know you've walked straight into a
00:03:02wolf's den.
00:03:06WONDERFUL WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL!
00:03:07Chow-An is truly a daughter I raised myself. She brings honor to the Shen family!
00:03:12You flatter me, father. I only wish to do right by our family. Once I become Lady Murong,
00:03:17I shall watch my every word and deed and bring prosperity to our family. Sister, don't you agree?
00:03:23How fortunate for you, sister. I'm truly happy for you.
00:03:26Shen Yun-King, your good fortune has been stolen by me. In this lifetime, I will never let you overshadow
00:03:32me again.
00:03:35Shen Yun-Kiao, look! Young Master Murong can hardly take his eyes off you.
00:03:48Isn't that...
00:03:49The Emperor?
00:03:51Your Majesty, dress like this outside. If the Dowager Empress finds out...
00:03:56She nags me daily to pick a concert. I have no choice but to slip out for some peace.
00:03:59It's a good chance to see the life of common folk. Your Majesty has always been a devoted ruler,
00:04:04but dress like this. Shabby as these clothes are. They help me blend in unnoticed.
00:04:09Would you rather I stroll through the streets in my dragon robe?
00:04:19Your Majesty, are you all right? Watch it, you filthy beggar!
00:04:22Hurry! Master Shen's two daughters are tossing the ball today. We'll miss it if we're late.
00:04:26Choosing a husband? Come on, let's go have a look.
00:04:29In my past life, that beggar snatched my ball. After I fled that marriage, I suffered endlessly.
00:04:34How fitting. This time, I'll make you taste the bitterness of being cast aside by your own kin.
00:04:41Go now. Do as I told you. Understood secondness.
00:04:44What are they up to?
00:04:45Now that our Shen family has secured ties with the Murong residence,
00:04:49when Shen Yun-King chooses her husband shortly, she'd better not disappoint.
00:04:53Mother, what kind of thing is that to say? Sister has always been lucky.
00:04:57How could she possibly embarrass father? If you ask me, sister will surely find the finest husband of all.
00:05:02Shen Yun-King, your sister's marriage is as good as settled now. We already have one with power,
00:05:07so you'd better find one with wealth. Only then will you be worthy of being a daughter of Shen Zhao.
00:05:14Miss, it's your turn. Schemes and plots, gold and silver treasures,
00:05:18are all but passing clouds and drifting smoke. In this life, I only wish to find a good and true
00:05:23companion and live out my days in peace. Your Majesty! Miss Shen threw it to me! Get lost!
00:05:43It's him. In my past life, he was the one who caught Shen Yun-Kiao's embroidered ball.
00:05:48Oh my! A perfectly good embroidered ball! Snatched away by a beggar! Sister,
00:05:53what rotten luck you have! Of all people, you picked a beggar! Who knows which deity you've offended?
00:05:58Where does that leave father's reputation? Useless girl! With all those men below,
00:06:03you had to throw it to a beggar! Now everyone in Shang-Jing is laughing at us! Are you trying
00:06:07to
00:06:07humiliate me? My lord! At least our chow has done well and matched with the Murongs. Otherwise,
00:06:13the Shen family would truly be disgraced today. How would we ever show our faces again? What's done is done!
00:06:20Sister, don't be too upset. Though this beggar is lowborn, at least his face is passable. I just feel sorry
00:06:25for you,
00:06:26sister. Spoiled since childhood. Now marrying a beggar. Marriage is a woman's greatest path in life!
00:06:32You chose a beggar! From now on, you'll sleep under the sky! The Shens can't help you!
00:06:37Oh my! This is going to be quite a show! The Shen family's eldest actually marrying a beggar?
00:06:42Everyone's watching! If she refuses, the Shens broke their word! Who would ever deal with the
00:06:46Shen family again? Exactly! Let's see what the Shens do! Hey, where are you going? Stop her!
00:06:51Don't let her run off! My lord, I finally found you! My heavens! Why is the embroidered ball in your
00:06:59hands? Perhaps you should just toss it away! Outside the palace, we are ordinary commoners. We
00:07:06mustn't break the customs of the people. Besides, dressed as shabbily as I am, she certainly won't want to marry
00:07:11me.
00:07:24I... Sister, in such a rush to meet your perfect match? You threw the embroidered ball yourself!
00:07:30You chose the man yourself! Don't tell me you're having regrets! You wretched girl! Look at the
00:07:35beggar you drew in! If he becomes our son-in-law, you'd be trampling our entire family's honor beneath
00:07:40your feet! In my past life, I suffered at the Murong residence, reduced to a pawn for the Shens to
00:07:45court the
00:07:45powerful. Looking back now, I'd rather marry a beggar and live in peace. The rule of the ball toss is
00:07:51that whoever catches it is chosen! Even if you refuse now, I am willing to marry him! I am willing
00:07:57to marry him!
00:08:05My name is Shen Yun-King. What's yours? I... My name is Chi Yu.
00:08:14Today, with all of you as witnesses, I, Shen Yun-King, am willing to marry Chi Yu as his wife!
00:08:24You truly want to marry me? Of course! You already caught my embroidered ball! Would
00:08:30you go back on your word? No, it's not that! It's just that I have nothing! If you marry me,
00:08:36you'll have no proper home, barely enough to eat! Would you still agree? We both have two hands and two
00:08:41feet! What we want, we can build for ourselves! If we work hard in the future and find honest work,
00:08:47making a living won't be hard. Palace people would resort to anything for the smallest gain.
00:08:51She's unlike anyone I've met, someone so easily content. A filthy beggar, and she actually treats
00:08:56him like a treasure! Shen Yun-King, you'd better think this through. Marrying a beggar means ruining
00:09:02your own future. A future isn't built on status alone, but on character and virtue. Chi Yu may be
00:09:08dressed plainly, but he seems approachable, well-mannered, and may well make a fine match. You...
00:09:14The rules of the embroidered ball toss have already been set. Even if Master Shen wishes to go back on
00:09:19his word now, it's too late. That's right. If he refuses, not only would it break our customs,
00:09:25it would tarnish the Shen name. Since you've chosen to marry down, don't ever blame the Shen family for it.
00:09:33The Shen family's future glory will have nothing to do with you. I understand, Father. All right,
00:09:38everyone, move along. Always crowding around for a spectacle, honestly. The show's over. Time to go
00:09:44home. Young Master Murong! Young Master Murong, please wait! Young Master Murong, would you kindly
00:09:51come to the Shen residence to discuss the wedding? Let's go. Right this way, please. Sister, don't say I
00:10:00didn't warn you. Marrying a beggar for the rest of your life, you'll forever be beneath me. Perhaps you
00:10:06should worry about yourself first. Life at the Murong residence won't be as easy as you imagine.
00:10:19You... Make way, make way!
00:10:37Oh heavens, are you all right? Are you hurt anywhere? I'm fine. See? I'm perfectly all right. I'm so
00:10:43sorry. I'm truly sorry. It wasn't on purpose. Be careful next time. Will do! To marry someone so
00:10:49gentle and kind-hearted, that is my good fortune in this life. In three days, come to the Shen residence
00:10:55for me. Back at the palace, Mother would force me to choose a consort. So why not? Very well. I'll
00:11:01be there for sure.
00:11:06The second Miss Shen is wed today. Her dowry includes gold inlaid gemstones,
00:11:13phoenix hairpins, a pair, one EC pearl flower crown, a pair of jade bracelets,
00:11:1920 bolts of shoe brocade, and three land deeds for silk shops in the east of the city.
00:11:26The second Miss Shen's dowry is worth a fortune, yet the eldest Miss Shen got nothing at all.
00:11:31Both daughters of the Shen family want a stark difference. Haven't you heard? The second Miss
00:11:36Shen is marrying the Murong residence's second young master, while the eldest Miss Shen is
00:11:40marrying a beggar. How could they be treated the same? If my sister truly marries a beggar,
00:11:45she'll toil for the rest of her life. I wonder if she'll adapt? The groom is here!
00:11:53Wordy of the Murong's second young master, what a grand procession. The Murong residence holds
00:11:58immense power. Once the second Miss Shen marries in, she'll live in endless luxury. But Shen
00:12:03ying king marrying the beggar. That'll be quite the spectacle. Here we call!
00:12:14Greetings, father and mother. Rise, rise, son-in-law. This bridal procession of yours
00:12:20is a rare spectacle in all of Shangjing. That shower is so valued by you as an honor for our
00:12:26Shen family.
00:12:27Young master Murong has arrived, yet there's no sign of the other groom. If I were him,
00:12:31I'd bury myself underground and never show my face. Sister, the auspicious hour is nearly past.
00:12:37Your husband still hasn't come for you. Perhaps he doesn't intend to come at all.
00:12:42He's here! He's here! The groom is here!
00:12:48You finally came. What I promised you, I will fulfill.
00:13:00I'm terribly sorry for arriving late. What on earth are you wearing? Before all these guests,
00:13:05you're making me lose face! Today is her wedding day, after all. And this beggar shows up dressed
00:13:10like this to claim his bride. How can my sister not find this humiliating? Marriage is a lifelong
00:13:17matter. What matters is sincerity, not appearances. The one eye Shen Yun-king have chosen will never
00:13:22be swayed by others' words. Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough? Don't be angry, master. Once Yun-king
00:13:28leaves, she'll have nothing to do with the Shen family. The auspicious hour has come. The bride
00:13:33may board the sedan. Minister Zhang has arrived! Shut your mouth if you want to live.
00:13:47What an honor to have Minister Zhang grace us with his presence. Pardon us. Heaven rewards the devoted.
00:13:53It truly does. Congratulations, Master Shen. Thank you, thank you. Minister Zhang, please come inside.
00:14:00After you, bridegroom. The groom goes first. After you, please.
00:14:07Don't tell me you walked here on foot. On a wedding day, no bride has ever walked to her
00:14:12husband's home. Well, today is certainly an eye-opener. Indeed, unlike my husband.
00:14:26My lady, let's go home.
00:14:29My lady, let's go home.
00:14:30My lady, let's go home.
00:14:31My lady, let's go home.
00:14:32My lady, let's go home.
00:14:42My lady, let's go home.
00:14:45My lady, let's go home.
00:14:48Shen Yun-king, once I'm an Imperial noble lady, you'll regret this.
00:15:04So this is where you live.
00:15:19This is the place you found for me.
00:15:21Your Majesty, didn't you say it had to match your current status?
00:15:25This is far too run down.
00:15:26Is this even livable?
00:15:27I was afraid you'd blow your cover.
00:15:34I'm sorry you have to put up with this, staying in such a dump.
00:15:37How about we?
00:15:38Give it a good cleaning.
00:15:39It's actually quite spacious.
00:15:41It'll be cozy once we settle in.
00:15:43From now on, this is our home.
00:15:44Home?
00:15:45Our home?
00:15:47The eldest Shen daughter is so remarkably virtuous.
00:15:50Far better than all those noble ladies the Dowager Empress chose for me.
00:15:56Shen Yun King.
00:15:58I don't have much to offer right now.
00:16:01This jade pendant was given to me by my father before he passed.
00:16:05Now I'm giving it to you.
00:16:08You're giving me something so precious?
00:16:15Yes, rest assured.
00:16:17I'll keep it safe.
00:16:19His Majesty gave away his personal jade pendant.
00:16:22Does he truly love Shen Yun King?
00:16:27Yes, rest assured.
00:16:30I...
00:17:22This bed is far too hard.
00:17:39Now it's hot.
00:17:41Shen Yun King, are you alright?
00:17:43Did you burn yourself?
00:17:44I'm fine, don't worry.
00:17:45Breakfast is ready.
00:17:46Eat while it's still warm.
00:17:48I need to step out for a bit.
00:17:50Where are you going?
00:17:51Today is the day a new bride visits her family.
00:17:53The charms I'm making for my parents need a few more stitches.
00:17:56I need to buy some thread before we head back.
00:17:58Then I'll go with you.
00:18:00Alright.
00:18:07Greetings, your majesty.
00:18:09Your majesty.
00:18:14Greetings, your majesty.
00:18:17What's wrong?
00:18:18Are you unwell?
00:18:21What happened to his majesty?
00:18:22Is he ill?
00:18:24Your majesty.
00:18:24Oh, there's plenty of dirt around here.
00:18:26No need for such a beau, friend.
00:18:28Yuan Lu.
00:18:29What are you doing?
00:18:30Are you alright?
00:18:31I'm fine.
00:18:32Don't worry.
00:18:33They are.
00:18:34The palace is complicated.
00:18:36Once it's settled, I'll tell Yun King who I am.
00:18:38Oh, they.
00:18:39They're here looking for Yuan Lu.
00:18:41Oh, right.
00:18:41My friends.
00:18:42They're here for me.
00:18:43I used to serve at the palace.
00:18:45We're all old friends.
00:18:47Oh.
00:18:48Shen Yun King.
00:18:49Let me help Yuan Lu with the guests.
00:18:51Can you buy the thread yourself?
00:18:52Alright.
00:18:58Greetings, your majesty.
00:19:00Tell me.
00:19:01What happened?
00:19:02Word came from the palace.
00:19:03The Dowager Empress worried over you,
00:19:05overtaxed herself, and suddenly fainted.
00:19:07What?
00:19:08Yuan Lu, stay and protect Yuan King.
00:19:10Yes, sire.
00:19:10The rest of you, return to the palace with me.
00:19:17Also, have someone select fine gifts
00:19:19and send them to the Shen residence
00:19:21as Yun King's homecoming gifts.
00:19:23Yes, sire.
00:19:24Let's go.
00:19:25Hot buns.
00:19:26Come and get them.
00:19:27Come have a look.
00:19:28Good deals on fine goods.
00:19:30Come have a look.
00:19:31Jeyu is home entertaining guests.
00:19:33I'd better not go back and disturb him.
00:19:36Father never approved of Qiyu's status.
00:19:38I'd only be humiliated if I went back.
00:19:40I'll just go on my own.
00:19:49They're family, after all.
00:19:51No matter how painful, I still have to face them.
00:19:54Let's go in.
00:19:56Father, your daughter is home.
00:19:58Father, your daughter is home.
00:20:05Father, why did you come back alone, sister?
00:20:11Today is the bridal homecoming.
00:20:13Why did you come back alone, sister?
00:20:15Could it be?
00:20:16You're afraid your beggar husband would embarrass you,
00:20:18so you wouldn't even let him come back with you.
00:20:21My husband had matters to tend to.
00:20:24Shen Yun King, married to a beggar.
00:20:26You must have suffered quite a bit.
00:20:28You've grown so thin.
00:20:29If you hadn't married that filthy beggar,
00:20:31I might have taken you as a concubine.
00:20:33At least you wouldn't have fallen this low.
00:20:36Wretch!
00:20:37My husband doesn't know,
00:20:38but my sister has always enjoyed keeping you company of lowlifes.
00:20:42If you brought her to our Murong residence,
00:20:44she might not even feel at home.
00:20:46You needn't trouble yourself.
00:20:48I'm doing just fine.
00:20:49But you, dear sister, these days,
00:20:51I doubt you've even seen your own husband.
00:20:54You!
00:20:55Damn you, Murong Ahn.
00:20:57On our wedding night,
00:20:58he went to the pleasure houses,
00:21:00and everyone found out about it.
00:21:02He humiliated me completely.
00:21:04Chowr!
00:21:10Mother.
00:21:12Greetings, father.
00:21:14Greetings, mother.
00:21:15You came back alone,
00:21:16and you have the nerve to show your face?
00:21:18It hasn't been long,
00:21:19and you've forgotten all the manners we taught you.
00:21:21A man as distinguished as young Master Murong
00:21:24escorted Chowr home for the visit.
00:21:25Your husband, who knows what he's busy with,
00:21:27couldn't even accompany you.
00:21:29Mother, don't flatter her.
00:21:30That filthy beggar is probably out on the streets begging right now.
00:21:34Father-in-law,
00:21:35your son-in-law has prepared some gifts.
00:21:37Bring them in.
00:21:40For our son-in-law to visit in person,
00:21:43that alone is an honor for me,
00:21:44and to bring all these gifts too.
00:21:46Carry them inside at once.
00:21:48My daughter marrying our son-in-law
00:21:50is a blessing of eight lifetimes.
00:21:51Unlike certain people who chose a beggar for a husband,
00:21:53but let's not speak of it.
00:21:55The Shen family raised you all these years,
00:21:57and you plan to come back empty-handed?
00:21:58Indeed, sister.
00:21:59Don't tell me you're truly this destitute
00:22:01that you can't even prepare a homecoming gift.
00:22:05Of course not.
00:22:08These are charms I embroidered for father and mother.
00:22:12I pray that father and mother
00:22:13will have peace and safety.
00:22:21Get out!
00:22:22What a disgraceful thing!
00:22:24Sister, what on earth did you embroider?
00:22:26A trinket sewn from scrap cloth,
00:22:28and you dare show it off to embarrass yourself?
00:22:31Truly worthy of a beggar's wife,
00:22:33even the gifts you present are a perfect match.
00:22:37Never mind, never mind.
00:22:39She married a beggar after all.
00:22:40What could you expect her to bring?
00:22:42Master! Master!
00:22:43The palace has sent gifts.
00:22:44They say they're homecoming gifts
00:22:46from the eldest miss.
00:22:47What?
00:22:57Master Shen!
00:22:58Congratulations!
00:22:59Your eldest daughter has caught the eye
00:23:01of some powerful patron.
00:23:02They had someone from the palace
00:23:03arrange for me personally
00:23:05to deliver these gifts to you.
00:23:06Shopkeeper Lou!
00:23:07The palace truly sent you to deliver these?
00:23:10The chief eunuch himself came to arrange it all.
00:23:12How could it be false?
00:23:14They said it was for the Shen family's eldest daughter.
00:23:18You must be mistaken.
00:23:20All of Shang Jing knows
00:23:21that Shen Yun-King married a beggar,
00:23:22unlike our Murong son-in-law,
00:23:24whose brother is Deputy Justice.
00:23:26The palace sent these out of regard
00:23:27for our Murong son-in-law.
00:23:28That's why those currying favor with us
00:23:30are countless.
00:23:31Do you think even the palace took notice?
00:23:35Those currying favor with us are countless.
00:23:37Father-in-law, please accept these.
00:23:40Our Chow are truly married a fine husband.
00:23:42Such a grand homecoming
00:23:44and all these precious gifts.
00:23:45They truly bring honor to our Shen family.
00:23:47But I recall being told
00:23:48these gifts were for Shen Yun-King.
00:23:50Thank you, Shopkeeper.
00:23:51Sorry for the trouble.
00:23:53They're for the Shen family.
00:23:55No mistake there.
00:23:56I must have been mistaken.
00:23:57They're for Second Miss.
00:23:58Then I shall take my leave.
00:24:01Carry everything inside for me.
00:24:05Sister, my husband sent homecoming gifts twice over.
00:24:08Looking at all this,
00:24:09don't you feel the least bit ashamed?
00:24:13Gifts need not be many.
00:24:14Sincerity is what matters.
00:24:16I see nothing wrong with it.
00:24:17Have you no thought
00:24:18for our family reputation
00:24:19or father's dignity?
00:24:21I poured everything into raising you.
00:24:24And what do you do?
00:24:25The eldest daughter of the Shen family
00:24:27not only married a beggar,
00:24:28but now you bring back
00:24:29this worthless rubbish to disgust me.
00:24:31Don't bother coming back from now on.
00:24:33The Shen family has no room
00:24:35for such a disgraceful daughter.
00:24:42Fine.
00:24:43I'll leave then.
00:24:45Take care of yourself.
00:24:46I'll come visit another day.
00:24:50In my past life,
00:24:51because of that wretched beggar,
00:24:52I suffered endlessly.
00:24:54Why should Shen Yun King
00:24:55get to leave so easily?
00:24:57Father, look.
00:24:58She actually intends to leave
00:24:59without a word.
00:25:00How utterly improper.
00:25:02Indeed, Master.
00:25:03You mustn't let her go so easily,
00:25:04lest people start gossiping
00:25:06behind our backs,
00:25:07saying the Shen family
00:25:08has no discipline.
00:25:09Stop!
00:25:11You think you can come and go
00:25:13as you please?
00:25:13What do you take
00:25:15the Shen residence for?
00:25:17In your eyes,
00:25:18everything I do
00:25:19is wrong anyway.
00:25:20I might as well leave
00:25:21so I'm no longer
00:25:22an eyesore to certain people.
00:25:24You want to leave?
00:25:25Fine.
00:25:25Unless you no-tow your way
00:25:26around all of
00:25:27Vermillion Bird Street
00:25:28on your knees,
00:25:29telling everyone
00:25:30that you married a beggar
00:25:31and brought shame
00:25:32upon the Shen family.
00:25:36And that you willingly choose
00:25:37to sever all ties
00:25:39with the Shen family.
00:25:45Greetings, Your Majesty.
00:25:46Greetings, Your Majesty.
00:25:49Mother,
00:25:51didn't she faint?
00:25:52Could it be that she...
00:25:55So you still remember
00:25:56I'm your mother?
00:25:57All I asked was for you
00:25:59to choose a consort.
00:26:00Was that so hard for you?
00:26:01As the Emperor,
00:26:02you dared sneak out
00:26:03and cause trouble.
00:26:04The consort selection,
00:26:06you may decide, Mother,
00:26:07since you are well.
00:26:08I'll take my lead.
00:26:12Your Majesty,
00:26:13the memorials
00:26:14have been piling up
00:26:14for days.
00:26:15If you delay any further,
00:26:16urgent matters may suffer.
00:26:18Please put state affairs
00:26:18first, Your Majesty.
00:26:20After reviewing them,
00:26:21you can still reach
00:26:22Shen residents in time.
00:26:24To the Imperial Study,
00:26:26Chao always thinks
00:26:27things through.
00:26:28Do as your sister says.
00:26:31Just because I married
00:26:32Chi Yu,
00:26:33you all have to
00:26:34humiliate me like this?
00:26:35You came home
00:26:36with no one to accompany you,
00:26:37no gifts to present.
00:26:39Asking you to pay respects
00:26:40is hardly unreasonable.
00:26:42Your sister thought
00:26:43of the Shen family,
00:26:44unlike you,
00:26:45who married a beggar
00:26:46and disgraced our family.
00:26:47What dignity?
00:26:49Only because Yun-Kiao
00:26:50married into a wealthy family
00:26:51that you indulge her so.
00:26:53Insolent wretch,
00:26:54have I been too lenient with you?
00:26:56These outrageous words,
00:26:57who taught you to say them?
00:26:59Am I wrong?
00:27:01In your heart,
00:27:03daughters are merely pawns
00:27:04to curry favor
00:27:05with the powerful.
00:27:06How dare you,
00:27:07speaking to your father
00:27:08like that?
00:27:13The Dragon Jade Pendant!
00:27:18No, I must inform
00:27:19His Majesty at once.
00:27:23Give back my Jade Pendant!
00:27:26This Jade Pendant
00:27:27is of fine quality.
00:27:29Did you steal it
00:27:30from somewhere, sister?
00:27:31Chi Yu gave me this pendant.
00:27:32Give it back now,
00:27:33that filthy beggar!
00:27:35Then it's even less likely
00:27:37to be his.
00:27:38He must have stolen it
00:27:39from somewhere.
00:27:40A Dragon Emblazoned Pendant.
00:27:41How could it possibly
00:27:42appear here?
00:27:43Turns out I was mistaken.
00:27:45Chi Yu may not match
00:27:46your noble birth.
00:27:47Just because you own pendants
00:27:49as a matter of course,
00:27:50does that mean
00:27:50Chi Yu is unworthy?
00:27:52Hmph.
00:27:53Guarding a beggar's trinket
00:27:54as though it were precious.
00:27:56Come to think of it,
00:27:57how strange.
00:27:58You've been out here
00:27:59for so long,
00:28:00yet your husband
00:28:01hasn't come looking for you.
00:28:02He doesn't seem to care,
00:28:04does he?
00:28:06Give me back the pendant.
00:28:08You can have it back,
00:28:09but first you must
00:28:11sever all ties
00:28:12with the Shen family.
00:28:13You, father,
00:28:14will you let
00:28:14Shen Yun-Kiao
00:28:15behave so brazenly?
00:28:16I am your daughter, too.
00:28:18You insisted
00:28:19on marrying a beggar
00:28:20and brought shame
00:28:21upon the Shen family.
00:28:22From now on,
00:28:24I, Shen Zhao,
00:28:25have only one daughter,
00:28:26and that is Zhao Er.
00:28:32All I ask in this life
00:28:33is to be with
00:28:34someone sincere.
00:28:36Even plain meals
00:28:37and simple living
00:28:38are better than
00:28:39enduring scorn
00:28:40in the Shen family.
00:28:43Very well, then.
00:28:45From this day forward,
00:28:49I, Shen Yun-King,
00:28:50sever all ties
00:28:51with the Shen family.
00:28:52We are strangers
00:28:52henceforth.
00:28:59For the sake
00:29:00of a filthy beggar,
00:29:01you choose
00:29:01to cut ties.
00:29:03Good thing
00:29:03the Shen family
00:29:04never counted on you.
00:29:07Isn't that
00:29:07what you think, father?
00:29:08Why should I stay
00:29:09and suffer
00:29:10in the Shen family?
00:29:11You!
00:29:14Give me the pendant.
00:29:16Not so easy.
00:29:18Someone,
00:29:18bring the burning coals
00:29:19from the kitchen
00:29:20and lay them
00:29:20on the ground.
00:29:21What are you doing?
00:29:29Greetings,
00:29:30your majesty.
00:29:32Who sent you here?
00:29:33I am the daughter
00:29:34of the Grand Chancellor
00:29:35Zhao Shun,
00:29:36Shao Wanner.
00:29:37The Dowager Empress
00:29:38sent me to attend
00:29:39to your majesty.
00:29:40I have state affairs
00:29:41to attend to.
00:29:42Leave.
00:29:43Your majesty,
00:29:44something terrible
00:29:45has happened.
00:29:46Her ladyship
00:29:47is at the Shen's.
00:29:48At the Shen's.
00:29:49What happened there?
00:29:51What is it?
00:29:52Speak!
00:29:53During her
00:29:53homecoming visit,
00:29:55the Shens mistreated her.
00:29:56They forced her ladyship
00:29:57to kneel.
00:29:58What?
00:30:00Please calm down,
00:30:01sire.
00:30:01Summon my men.
00:30:02Call the shadow guards
00:30:03and come with me
00:30:04to Shen residence.
00:30:06Sire,
00:30:06where are you going?
00:30:07The Dowager Empress said.
00:30:21Our body,
00:30:22hair and skin
00:30:23are gifts
00:30:23from our parents.
00:30:25If you wish
00:30:25to sever ties,
00:30:26you must first
00:30:27repay the debt
00:30:28you owe them.
00:30:29Walk across
00:30:30and your wish
00:30:30shall be granted.
00:30:32No!
00:30:33The coals
00:30:33are burning
00:30:34so fiercely.
00:30:34Anyone who
00:30:35steps on them
00:30:36would never survive.
00:30:37I won't do it.
00:30:38Oh?
00:30:39It seems
00:30:39Elder Sister
00:30:40no longer wants
00:30:41the Jade Pendant.
00:30:42Don't throw it!
00:30:46Kiyu is the only person
00:30:48who ever truly cared for me.
00:30:49That pendant
00:30:50was left to him
00:30:51by his parents.
00:30:52I won't let
00:30:52his gift be desecrated.
00:30:55Fine.
00:30:56I'll walk.
00:31:20For the sake
00:31:21of a beggar,
00:31:22you'd actually
00:31:23go this far.
00:31:24You've truly
00:31:24lost your mind.
00:31:25Kiyan!
00:31:28A worthless
00:31:29Jade Pendant
00:31:30is enough
00:31:30for a pampered
00:31:31young lady
00:31:31to walk through
00:31:32hot coals.
00:31:33No wonder
00:31:34she'd marry a beggar.
00:31:36After all,
00:31:37a beggar has
00:31:37nothing of value
00:31:38to offer.
00:31:39No wonder
00:31:39Elder Sister
00:31:40treasures it so.
00:31:42I don't have
00:31:43much to offer
00:31:43you now.
00:31:44This Jade Pendant
00:31:45was my father's
00:31:46last gift to me.
00:31:47Now I give it
00:31:48to you.
00:31:56To you,
00:31:57I will get that
00:31:58Jade Pendant
00:31:59back.
00:31:59To you,
00:32:11I will get that Jade Pendant
00:32:12back.
00:32:17Now,
00:32:20can you return
00:32:21the Jade Pendant
00:32:21to me?
00:32:22You want it?
00:32:23Then you'll have
00:32:24to get it yourself.
00:32:25If you dare
00:32:26take it.
00:32:28This Jade Pendant
00:32:29is yours.
00:32:45She really
00:32:46does treasure it.
00:33:08found it!
00:33:09Finally found it!
00:33:12You cherish so dearly
00:33:14your bond with
00:33:14that filthy beggar.
00:33:17If your face
00:33:18were ruined,
00:33:19would your beloved
00:33:20husband still want
00:33:22you?
00:33:22You!
00:33:23What are you doing
00:33:24glaring at me like that?
00:33:25I warned you long ago.
00:33:27Marrying a beggar
00:33:27leads to one fate
00:33:28being trampled
00:33:29underfoot.
00:33:30All you're
00:33:31scheming to torment me.
00:33:33Will it truly
00:33:34get you what you want?
00:33:40What I want
00:33:41is for you to spend
00:33:42the rest of your life
00:33:43hiding in the gutter.
00:33:45Like a rex
00:33:46watching me
00:33:47become the most
00:33:48exalted woman
00:33:49in this world.
00:33:55Master!
00:33:56Master!
00:33:56His Majesty
00:33:57is here!
00:33:58What did you say?
00:33:59His Majesty!
00:34:00His Majesty!
00:34:17Shen Yunqing!
00:34:35Shen Yunqing, I'm sorry I'm late.
00:34:39Chi Yu!
00:34:41I didn't lose the jade pendant
00:34:43you gave me.
00:34:47Wasn't it supposed
00:34:48to be the Emperor?
00:34:49How can it be him?
00:34:51That filthy beggar
00:34:52can actually afford
00:34:53such lavish clothes!
00:34:55And these men,
00:34:56aren't they palace guards?
00:34:58Why would they follow
00:34:59a beggar?
00:35:00Mother,
00:35:00I heard that beggar's
00:35:01brother once held
00:35:02a post in the palace.
00:35:03How hard could it be
00:35:04to steal a few outfits?
00:35:06This beggar must be here
00:35:07because he lost face
00:35:07at the wedding last time
00:35:09and wants to save face.
00:35:10I heard there
00:35:11have been thefts
00:35:12in the palace.
00:35:12Could they be
00:35:13the ones behind it?
00:35:15What a joke!
00:35:16A filthy beggar dares
00:35:17put on a show
00:35:18in our Shen residence!
00:35:19Sister,
00:35:20look at the fine husband
00:35:21you chose.
00:35:22Being useless
00:35:23is one thing,
00:35:23but now to save face,
00:35:25he has the audacity
00:35:26to steal from
00:35:26the Imperial Palace.
00:35:28If the Emperor
00:35:28finds out,
00:35:29will you even survive?
00:35:31Incorrigible fool,
00:35:32you're courting death.
00:35:37What?
00:35:38What are you going to do?
00:35:40Shen Yun King was wrong.
00:35:41It hurts.
00:35:53Who did this?
00:35:55It was me.
00:35:55So what?
00:35:56I was only trying
00:35:57to help my dear sister.
00:35:58Who would have thought
00:35:59she'd walk barefoot
00:36:00over hot coals
00:36:01just for some
00:36:02worthless jade pendant?
00:36:04I can't fathom
00:36:05what goes on
00:36:05in that head of hers.
00:36:07Utterly stupid.
00:36:08Shut your mouth!
00:36:08Who do you think
00:36:09you are to shriek
00:36:10and holler before me?
00:36:11So what if I berate her?
00:36:13She's the one
00:36:13who married
00:36:14a useless wretch like you.
00:36:15Compared to me,
00:36:16Shen Yun King,
00:36:17you're nothing but ants.
00:36:19Even if I wanted
00:36:20her dead today,
00:36:21she should kneel
00:36:22and thank me for it.
00:36:23Let's see how long
00:36:24you keep up this charade.
00:36:25Seize him!
00:36:29No one lays a hand
00:36:31on what's mine.
00:36:32Seize them!
00:36:33Yes, sir!
00:36:39How dare you!
00:36:40I am the lady
00:36:41of the Morong residence!
00:36:44Husband, save me!
00:36:46You filthy beggar!
00:36:48You dare lay hands
00:36:49on my wife?
00:36:49You must have a death wish!
00:36:52Wretched fool!
00:36:53Young Master Morong
00:36:54is of royal blood.
00:36:56If you dare touch him,
00:36:57you make an enemy
00:36:58of all the Morongs.
00:37:00Royal blood?
00:37:00So what?
00:37:01Anyone who touches
00:37:02my people
00:37:03will meet nothing
00:37:04but death.
00:37:06You filthy beggar!
00:37:07You're overplaying your hand!
00:37:09Before I lose my temper,
00:37:11let go now
00:37:11and I might spare your life!
00:37:13You've tormented
00:37:14Shen Yun King
00:37:14to such a wretched state.
00:37:17Shove their faces
00:37:18into the burning coals!
00:37:19No, father!
00:37:20Let me go!
00:37:21Shower!
00:37:22Father, do something!
00:37:23You dare touch me?
00:37:25When the Ministry of Justice arrives,
00:37:27they won't let you off!
00:37:28Wait!
00:37:29You said the Ministry of Justice?
00:37:33Scared now, aren't you?
00:37:34My brother is a court official.
00:37:36If you harm me,
00:37:38you're as good as dead.
00:37:41I'd like to see
00:37:43exactly who in the Ministry of Justice
00:37:45would indulge scum like you
00:37:47to be so brazen.
00:37:48Press him down!
00:37:51Shower!
00:37:52Let me go!
00:37:52Let me go!
00:37:53You worthless wretch!
00:37:55Want to die?
00:37:55Don't drag the Shen family down!
00:37:58Stop!
00:38:05Brother, brother, save me!
00:38:08Get him!
00:38:23You cur!
00:38:24You tried to hurt my brother?
00:38:26Insolent.
00:38:27What if I am?
00:38:29That voice.
00:38:32You're...
00:38:36Quite the authority you wield,
00:38:38Minister of Justice.
00:38:41Your Majesty.
00:38:43Your Majesty!
00:38:47Your Majesty!
00:38:48This beggar?
00:38:49Impossible!
00:38:51Brother, don't let this filthy beggar fool you!
00:38:54He stole from the Imperial Palace!
00:38:56These people were all bribed by him!
00:38:58You're new here!
00:38:59Mistakes are natural!
00:39:00But he really is just a filthy beggar,
00:39:02not the Emperor!
00:39:04Could I truly have been mistaken?
00:39:06I once caught a glimpse from afar
00:39:08of His Majesty's profile.
00:39:10Perhaps they just look alike.
00:39:12His Majesty would never appear
00:39:13in a place like this.
00:39:14You wretched girl!
00:39:15Look at the fine husband you chose!
00:39:17Now you've provoked
00:39:18young Master Murak!
00:39:19Let's see how you get out of this!
00:39:21My Lord!
00:39:21You must seek justice for us!
00:39:23That filthy beggar
00:39:24and Shen Yun King
00:39:25have no regard for decency!
00:39:26They tried to murder
00:39:27their own kin!
00:39:29Outrageous!
00:39:29In the Imperial Capital,
00:39:31such insolence
00:39:32won't be tolerated!
00:39:33Guards!
00:39:33Take them all
00:39:34and throw them
00:39:34into the Justice Dungeon!
00:39:36Interrogate them
00:39:36under torture!
00:39:38Hold on!
00:39:40What else do you have to say?
00:39:42I had no idea
00:39:42when you became
00:39:43the Deputy Minister of Justice!
00:39:45You're just a filthy beggar!
00:39:46How could you possibly
00:39:48know about court officials?
00:39:49My brother was appointed
00:39:50by the Dowager Empress!
00:39:52Regretting it now, are you?
00:39:53You even dare to deceive
00:39:55the Dowager Empress!
00:39:56The Murong family
00:39:57certainly has some nerve!
00:39:58Dowager Empress!
00:39:59You must seek justice for me!
00:40:01His Majesty married outside
00:40:03wed to the eldest daughter
00:40:04of the Shen family!
00:40:05For that woman's sake,
00:40:07His Majesty even laughed out at me!
00:40:09What?
00:40:09You're saying the Emperor
00:40:10actually married some woman
00:40:12outside the palace?
00:40:16Attendant!
00:40:18Prepare my palanquin!
00:40:21How dare you!
00:40:22You dare offend the Empress!
00:40:23How many heads
00:40:24do you have to spare?
00:40:25Lord Murong,
00:40:26please see reason!
00:40:27The Shen family
00:40:28has severed all ties
00:40:29with Shen Yun King!
00:40:30Whatever he said
00:40:30has nothing to do with us!
00:40:32My lord,
00:40:32the Shen family
00:40:33has always abided by the rules!
00:40:35We'd never dare malign the royals!
00:40:37We beg Lord Murong's
00:40:38fair judgment!
00:40:39Yes, my lord,
00:40:40please look into this!
00:40:41You filthy beggar!
00:40:42Offending royalty
00:40:42is a capital crime!
00:40:44My lord,
00:40:44you must not let him go!
00:40:45Shen Yun King,
00:40:46your husband committed
00:40:47a grave crime!
00:40:48No one can save you today!
00:40:50I cannot let Chi Yu
00:40:51come to harm!
00:40:53Have mercy, my lord!
00:40:54My husband was
00:40:55merely confused
00:40:56for a moment!
00:40:59Shen Yun King!
00:41:03I'll take you
00:41:03to a physician now!
00:41:06Such audacity!
00:41:07You dare try to flee?
00:41:08Guards!
00:41:09Stop them!
00:41:12Anyone who dares
00:41:13stand in the way
00:41:14will be killed on sight!
00:41:15Yes, my lord!
00:41:28You think leaving
00:41:29will be that easy?
00:41:41Chen Yun!
00:41:49Chen Yun!
00:41:49Chen Yun Kiao!
00:41:50How can you be so vicious?
00:41:52Chi Yu has never wronged you!
00:41:53How could you do this to him?
00:41:55That filthy beggar
00:41:56dared have someone disfigure me!
00:41:57Did you really think
00:41:59I'd let you walk away
00:42:00so easily?
00:42:04Don't bother looking!
00:42:05Your men are too busy
00:42:07to save you now!
00:42:08You're asking for death!
00:42:12Chi Yu!
00:42:13I'm fine!
00:42:15Go now!
00:42:16Go!
00:42:17Can you really escape?
00:42:19Why won't you just
00:42:20leave me alone?
00:42:21I must say
00:42:22you are truly blessed
00:42:23for your sister!
00:42:24Even married off to a beggar
00:42:26you still win tree love!
00:42:27But the more that's so
00:42:29the less I'll let you
00:42:30have your way!
00:42:31What lies between us
00:42:32should not involve
00:42:33the innocent!
00:42:34Do whatever you want
00:42:36to me!
00:42:37I beg you
00:42:38let Chi Yu go!
00:42:42Shen Yun King!
00:42:44How touching!
00:42:46Even at a time like this
00:42:47such devoted lovers
00:42:49you are!
00:42:50Since your bond
00:42:51runs so deep
00:42:52I might as well
00:42:53send you off together!
00:42:54Die!
00:43:02The Dowager Empress arrives!
00:43:13Who dares harm my son?
00:43:16Greetings Dowager Empress!
00:43:20He's truly
00:43:21the Emperor?
00:43:27The Physician!
00:43:28Fetch the Physician!
00:43:29Quickly!
00:43:30Your Majesty
00:43:31this servant
00:43:32deserves death!
00:43:33Silence!
00:43:37Shen Yun King!
00:43:38Ren Lu!
00:43:39Escort Yun King
00:43:40back to the palace
00:43:41for treatment!
00:43:41If anything happens
00:43:42to Shen Yun King
00:43:43I will hold you
00:43:44responsible!
00:43:45Yes Your Majesty!
00:43:54My son
00:43:54your wound!
00:43:59Your Majesty!
00:44:02Impossible!
00:44:03How can he be
00:44:04be the Emperor?
00:44:05I had it all figured out!
00:44:06Given a second life
00:44:07and I chose
00:44:08wrong again!
00:44:12Spare me
00:44:13Your Majesty!
00:44:14Please!
00:44:14Your Majesty!
00:44:15Please forgive me!
00:44:16I was blind and foolish
00:44:17and hurt you
00:44:18by mistake!
00:44:20Your Majesty!
00:44:21Everyone in the
00:44:22Shen residence
00:44:22has been arrested!
00:44:24What?
00:44:26You called him?
00:44:27He was just a beggar!
00:44:28How can he be
00:44:29the Emperor?
00:44:29Mercy Your Majesty!
00:44:30I know my wrongs!
00:44:32When you were tormenting
00:44:33Shen Yun King
00:44:34did you ever imagine
00:44:35this day would come?
00:44:37Hear my decree!
00:44:39Shen Zhao and his entire
00:44:40household are to be
00:44:41executed on the spot!
00:44:44My lady!
00:44:47Moronghi as a court official
00:44:49abused his authority
00:44:50and aided in tyranny.
00:44:53Immediately
00:44:53he was stripped of his post
00:44:56as Deputy Minister of Justice
00:44:57and imprisoned
00:44:59alongside Morong An.
00:45:01World Dowager Empress!
00:45:03I have committed
00:45:04a grave offense
00:45:05but it was all
00:45:06the Shen family's doing.
00:45:08For my father's sake
00:45:09I beg you
00:45:10grant this guilty servant
00:45:11a chance to atone.
00:45:13Yes!
00:45:13Yes!
00:45:14Exactly!
00:45:14We beg the Dowager Empress
00:45:15for mercy!
00:45:16My son
00:45:17though the two
00:45:17Morong family's sons
00:45:18are foolish
00:45:19they were not
00:45:20the masterminds.
00:45:21Spare them this once
00:45:22and show leniency.
00:45:25But those two
00:45:27as you wish
00:45:28mother
00:45:35Shen Yun King
00:45:36Shi Yu
00:45:37are you alright?
00:45:38Are you hurt?
00:45:39I'm fine.
00:45:40Lie back down.
00:45:41The physician said
00:45:42you shouldn't move
00:45:42with your wound.
00:45:43Physician?
00:45:45Why are we in the palace?
00:45:47The Dowager Empress
00:45:48saved us.
00:45:49The Dowager Empress?
00:45:54Mother!
00:45:55You wish to make
00:45:55Shen Yun King
00:45:56your Empress?
00:45:57I will never allow it.
00:45:58I have already
00:45:59pledged myself
00:46:00to Shen Yun King.
00:46:01Whether you consent
00:46:02or not
00:46:02I will overcome
00:46:03any obstacle
00:46:04to make her my Empress.
00:46:05You
00:46:08very well.
00:46:09I will find
00:46:10an opportunity
00:46:11to test
00:46:12Shen Yun King.
00:46:13If she passes
00:46:14my test
00:46:14I will no longer
00:46:15stand in the way
00:46:16of your marriage.
00:46:18Thank you mother.
00:46:19Until then
00:46:21you must not
00:46:22reveal your identity
00:46:23to Shen Yun King.
00:46:24Otherwise
00:46:25I have plenty
00:46:26of ways
00:46:26to punish her.
00:46:28I shall remember.
00:46:30She left the palace
00:46:31to pray
00:46:31and passed
00:46:32by the Shen estate.
00:46:33That's how she saved us.
00:46:35What about my father?
00:46:37The Dowager Empress
00:46:38ordered your sister
00:46:39and Murongan
00:46:39to receive 50 lashes.
00:46:41Murongan had long
00:46:42frequented pleasure houses
00:46:43so his body
00:46:43couldn't endure it
00:46:44and he fainted.
00:46:45She had no choice
00:46:46but to confine him.
00:46:47Your sister was sent
00:46:48to hard labor
00:46:49to perform hard labor.
00:46:50As for your parents.
00:46:51What happened to them?
00:46:54They were exiled.
00:46:58Exiled.
00:47:02From now on
00:47:03I'll protect you.
00:47:05I got a guard post
00:47:07from her.
00:47:07She placed you
00:47:08at the Bureau of Servants.
00:47:10From now on
00:47:11we'll both serve
00:47:12in the palace.
00:47:13Good.
00:47:13Now that we both
00:47:14have positions
00:47:15after 3 to 5 years
00:47:16of service
00:47:17we'll leave the palace
00:47:18together
00:47:18and live an ordinary life.
00:47:20Alright.
00:47:24I hope you can
00:47:25forgive me.
00:47:30This is the Bureau
00:47:32of Palace Servants.
00:47:34So where do you
00:47:35guards stay?
00:47:36We patrol all over
00:47:38the place.
00:47:39No fixed quarters.
00:47:42Don't worry.
00:47:43Whenever I'm free
00:47:44I'll come visit you.
00:47:46Alright.
00:47:57Visiting the Bureau
00:47:58without any advance notice?
00:48:01This is the new maid
00:48:03Shen Yun King.
00:48:04In the days ahead
00:48:05I must trouble
00:48:06Steward Lin
00:48:06to look after her.
00:48:09This is the Bureau's
00:48:10steward
00:48:11Steward Lin.
00:48:12Go to her
00:48:12if you need anything.
00:48:14Greetings Steward Lin.
00:48:15I see.
00:48:16Rest assured
00:48:17I'll take good care
00:48:18of Shen Yun King.
00:48:20She's being far
00:48:21too gracious.
00:48:21I'm here to work.
00:48:22Why does it feel
00:48:23like I'm here
00:48:24to be a mistress?
00:48:25Perhaps she's
00:48:26just a kind person.
00:48:27That's good then.
00:48:28You won't be bullied
00:48:29at the Bureau.
00:48:30Shen Yun King
00:48:30please follow me.
00:48:43Wash all of these
00:48:44clean.
00:48:45We both serve
00:48:46in the Bureau.
00:48:47I have no reason
00:48:48to do your laundry.
00:48:49How dare you even ask?
00:48:50You took my duties
00:48:51so now I scrub
00:48:52chamber pots.
00:48:53Some people
00:48:54who knows what tricks
00:48:54they use to get
00:48:55into the Bureau
00:48:56since Steward Lin
00:48:57favors you so much
00:48:58giving you all
00:48:59the easy work.
00:49:08Give it back!
00:49:11A dragon jade pendant.
00:49:13Only his majesty
00:49:14may to wear such a thing.
00:49:15Speak!
00:49:16Where did you steal this?
00:49:17What his majesty?
00:49:18Give me back
00:49:19my pendant now!
00:49:21Go notify
00:49:22Steward Lin at once.
00:49:23Yes.
00:49:41I didn't mean to!
00:49:44Seize her now!
00:49:47All of you stop!
00:49:53Your majesty.
00:49:55This Bureau
00:49:56is such a humble place.
00:49:58You have never
00:49:58set foot here before.
00:50:00I fear it may
00:50:00offend your sacred person.
00:50:02Allow this old servant
00:50:03to announce
00:50:04your arrival first.
00:50:05No means.
00:50:07I disguise myself
00:50:08as a senior attendant
00:50:10precisely to observe
00:50:11Shen Yun King
00:50:12as she truly is.
00:50:14If she were to learn
00:50:15my identity
00:50:15it would only
00:50:16complicate matters.
00:50:19Palace rules are strict.
00:50:20I was only gone
00:50:21for a brief moment
00:50:22and you've already
00:50:23grown so brazen.
00:50:24What do you take
00:50:25this place for?
00:50:26Madam,
00:50:27she did it all.
00:50:30Shen Yun King
00:50:31stole his majesty's pendant.
00:50:32I caught her
00:50:33and fearing exposure
00:50:34she actually tried
00:50:35to harm me.
00:50:36Theft is the
00:50:37gravest sin here
00:50:38than sticky fingers.
00:50:39Madam Lin,
00:50:40you must punish
00:50:40her severely.
00:50:41Madam,
00:50:42it's not what they say.
00:50:43Enough!
00:50:48Hand over
00:50:48the jade pendant.
00:50:51The jade pendant
00:50:52is my own.
00:50:53I said hand it over.
00:51:02A dragon-emblazoned
00:51:03jade pendant.
00:51:04It really is
00:51:05his majesty's.
00:51:11Please judge fairly,
00:51:13Madam.
00:51:13I truly did not know
00:51:14it belonged to
00:51:15his majesty.
00:51:16Madam,
00:51:16please don't be deceived
00:51:17by her honeyed words.
00:51:18She dared to steal
00:51:19his majesty's jade pendant.
00:51:21Who knows what other
00:51:22audacious things
00:51:23she might do
00:51:23in the future?
00:51:25Palace rules
00:51:25clearly state
00:51:26that for theft of goods
00:51:27worth more than one
00:51:28chian,
00:51:29the left foot
00:51:30shall be severed
00:51:31and branding administered.
00:51:32I will thoroughly
00:51:33investigate this matter.
00:51:35Until the truth
00:51:36is established,
00:51:37the jade pendant
00:51:38shall remain
00:51:38in my custody.
00:51:39If you are truly
00:51:40innocent,
00:51:41I will see
00:51:41that justice is done.
00:51:44Rise.
00:51:45Thank you, Madam.
00:51:48This is Madam Wang,
00:51:49the new steward.
00:51:50She will be working
00:51:51alongside me
00:51:52to manage the bureau.
00:51:53Madam Wang.
00:51:53All of you
00:51:55behave yourselves.
00:51:56Anyone caught
00:51:57shirking or scheming
00:51:58will be punished
00:51:59according to palace rules.
00:52:01Yes, Madam.
00:52:02The matter of you
00:52:02bullying your fellow
00:52:03servants is unresolved.
00:52:05Scrubbing the chamber
00:52:06pots is now
00:52:07your duty.
00:52:09You don't eat
00:52:10until you're done.
00:52:13Yes, Madam.
00:52:17And here I thought
00:52:18you had some real talent.
00:52:20So cunning and seductive.
00:52:21So good at
00:52:22seducing people.
00:52:23Yet you still
00:52:24got punished.
00:52:26Let's see if you
00:52:28dare act so arrogant
00:52:29around us again.
00:52:46Dare, isn't that better?
00:52:51Your Majesty,
00:52:52Miss Zhao has
00:52:53come to the palace
00:52:53again today.
00:52:54Would you like to?
00:52:56No.
00:52:57Send her back
00:52:57where she came from.
00:52:59But...
00:52:59And you,
00:53:00I'm going to see
00:53:00Shen Yun King.
00:53:01If you keep following,
00:53:02won't that give me away?
00:53:03I'll take my leave
00:53:04at once.
00:53:07All done.
00:53:08Well done,
00:53:09Shen Yun King.
00:53:10Shen Yun King.
00:53:12Ji Yu,
00:53:12what are you doing here?
00:53:15Stuart Lin,
00:53:15how could she
00:53:16make you do this?
00:53:17I'll talk to her.
00:53:18It's just chamber pots.
00:53:19It's not a big deal.
00:53:20Don't bother
00:53:21the matrons.
00:53:22All right.
00:53:24By the way,
00:53:25the jade pendant
00:53:26you gave me,
00:53:26what's the story
00:53:27behind it?
00:53:28Why does everyone
00:53:28say it belongs
00:53:29to His Majesty?
00:53:33Well...
00:53:34My father once
00:53:35earned the title
00:53:36of Top Scholar
00:53:37to inspire future scholars.
00:53:39His Majesty
00:53:40bestowed the pendant
00:53:41upon him.
00:53:42That's how it came
00:53:42to our family.
00:53:43I see.
00:53:44No wonder
00:53:45they keep mentioning
00:53:46His Majesty.
00:53:46I thought
00:53:47you were lying
00:53:47to me.
00:53:49Who's there?
00:53:50It's Matron Wang.
00:53:51Go quickly.
00:53:52Tomorrow I'll be
00:53:53on duty
00:53:53under His Majesty.
00:53:54I'll find time
00:53:55to come see you then.
00:53:56All right.
00:54:00Matrons,
00:54:00I finished
00:54:01washing all
00:54:02the chamber pots.
00:54:03Finished?
00:54:03Then sweep
00:54:04the entire back
00:54:05courtyard from
00:54:05end to end.
00:54:10Yes, ma'am.
00:54:15Finally done sweeping.
00:54:23How dare you
00:54:24throw away my things.
00:54:27Granny Wang
00:54:28gave the order herself.
00:54:30Deliver her medicine
00:54:30at dawn tomorrow.
00:54:32She also said
00:54:32the medicine
00:54:33must be brewed
00:54:34with morning dew.
00:54:35Stay outside
00:54:36tonight to collect it.
00:54:37Morning dew?
00:54:38That's right.
00:54:39Morning dew.
00:54:40You all heard it.
00:54:41I'm not making this up.
00:54:43Why does Granny Wang
00:54:44single me out?
00:54:47After that
00:54:47Jade Pendant theft,
00:54:49Granny Wang
00:54:49didn't punish you.
00:54:50That was merciful enough.
00:54:52All she's asking
00:54:53is for you
00:54:53to collect
00:54:54morning dew.
00:54:55Be grateful.
00:54:56I never stole
00:54:56that Jade Pendant.
00:54:57Stop making
00:54:58false accusations.
00:55:00Not stolen?
00:55:01Then what?
00:55:01His Majesty
00:55:02personally gave it to you?
00:55:04I...
00:55:05Forget it.
00:55:06Why do I even bother
00:55:07explaining to you people?
00:55:08Who said
00:55:09you could go in?
00:55:10The night dew
00:55:10is heavy and cold.
00:55:11I'm getting my own blanket.
00:55:13You can't stop me.
00:55:14Such nerve.
00:55:15This is the palace.
00:55:16No yours or mine.
00:55:17Don't think
00:55:17Steward Lin
00:55:18has your back.
00:55:19You can do
00:55:19as you please.
00:55:20Move.
00:55:25Shen Yun King!
00:55:29Shen Yun King!
00:55:30Are you alright?
00:55:31This?
00:55:32Who did this?
00:55:33Why is
00:55:34Unique Yuan Lu here?
00:55:35Could he be?
00:55:37You're all dead!
00:55:39Your...
00:55:39Your Majesty.
00:55:41You're the Emperor?
00:55:47Insolent fool!
00:55:48This is the inner palace.
00:55:50Who permitted you to enter?
00:55:51You must not reveal
00:55:52your identity
00:55:53to Shen Yun King.
00:55:56I meant no offense.
00:55:57I only saw someone
00:55:58was hurt
00:55:59and rushed forward
00:56:00to help.
00:56:00He's not the Emperor.
00:56:01Then why is
00:56:02Unique Yuan Lu
00:56:03showing him such deference?
00:56:04Unique Yuan Lu,
00:56:05what on earth is going on?
00:56:09You've all misunderstood.
00:56:11This young guard
00:56:12bears some resemblance
00:56:13to His Majesty.
00:56:13So he was summoned
00:56:14to the palace
00:56:15for questioning.
00:56:16He's new
00:56:16and doesn't know the rules.
00:56:17Don't you know
00:56:18this bureau
00:56:18is not to be entered freely?
00:56:20Forgive me, Madam.
00:56:21It was all my fault.
00:56:22I shouldn't have quarreled
00:56:24with Yauchi
00:56:24and caused
00:56:25this young officer
00:56:26concern.
00:56:27Since you know
00:56:28you were wrong,
00:56:28off with you now.
00:56:30Thank you, Madam.
00:56:35Your Majesty,
00:56:36just now I truly
00:56:37had no other choice.
00:56:41Go keep watch.
00:56:43Don't let the dowager
00:56:44blame Yun King.
00:56:46Yes, sire.
00:56:48Unique Yuan Lu.
00:56:54Edward Lin.
00:56:56Is there anything else,
00:56:57Unique Yuan Lu?
00:56:59No, no, nothing.
00:57:04As for you...
00:57:08I wonder who's backing her
00:57:10and what their status
00:57:11really is.
00:57:12Consorting with a guard
00:57:13is a grave offense,
00:57:14yet Madam Wang
00:57:15only made her kneel.
00:57:17Now that you mention it,
00:57:19you're right.
00:57:20Even the matter
00:57:21of the stolen jade pendant
00:57:23was hushed up.
00:57:26Tell me,
00:57:27if the emperor found out
00:57:28someone stole
00:57:29his jade pendant,
00:57:31what would he do to her?
00:57:40I still worry
00:57:42the dowager
00:57:42will blame Shen Yun King.
00:57:45Then perhaps I should.
00:57:48your majesty,
00:57:49a maid seeks audience
00:57:50outside the study.
00:57:59I don't know.
00:58:22My... my face!
00:58:25You stupid fool! What did you put in that bowl?
00:58:28I... I got this recipe from a Taoist. He said that after consuming it, it would beautify the skin.
00:58:35I only meant well for you, Auntie Wong. I was simply foolish for a moment.
00:58:40An item of unknown origin? And you dared serve it to someone? What's going on inside that head of yours?
00:58:46Please forgive me. I won't do it again.
00:58:52Luckily, it was just an allergy and not life-threatening. But the rash on her face won't fade quickly.
00:58:57Guards! Drag her away and sell her off to a slave trader!
00:59:02Please spare me, Auntie!
00:59:11Auntie Wong, perhaps you could let me try.
00:59:13My... you? I've studied medical texts and can prepare remedies. Perhaps I can ease the rash on your face.
00:59:20If my method works, please spare Jing Shang's life.
00:59:28His Majesty hasn't paid any attention to me in ages.
00:59:32Yet I hear he has time to visit the Bureau of Palace Servants.
00:59:36Who in the Bureau of Palace Servants could have His Majesty so preoccupied?
00:59:42It's not me!
00:59:44Even if I had the nerve of a lion, I wouldn't dare seduce His Majesty!
00:59:50Now I remember! Yes! Someone at the Bureau has that kind of nerve!
00:59:55Shen Yun-King, if the noble consort thinks you're the one seducing His Majesty, let's see how arrogant you'll be
01:00:03then.
01:00:06You need only wait six hours, and the rash on your face will disappear.
01:00:12It does look a bit unsightly, but the rash does seem to be fading away.
01:00:18You do have some skill.
01:00:20Thank you for the kind words.
01:00:32If it weren't for you today, you can hit me or scold me, I'll take it all.
01:00:38Why would I scold you?
01:00:41You're willing to forgive me?
01:00:42You're not so bad, really. Just a bit sharp-tongued, that's all.
01:00:50You're not so bad.
01:00:51Your Majesty, I believe that.
01:00:53His Majesty's resolve to make her Empress is no mere impulse.
01:00:58Genuine King truly possesses remarkable qualities.
01:01:09It's her!
01:01:19You're the one who seduced His Majesty.
01:01:44You're the one who seduced His Majesty.
01:01:49Genuine King, have you forgotten how treated you before?
01:01:55Genuine King never once provoked me of her own accord. It was you who picked fights on purpose.
01:02:07Do you have any idea who I am, that you dare act so insolent before me?
01:02:11The one standing before you is the daughter of Chancellor Zhao.
01:02:15Miss Zhao is the Dowager Empress's pick for Empress.
01:02:18You brainless fool! How dare you provoke Miss Zhao!
01:02:23As the Chancellor's daughter, Miss Zhao must be reasonable. I never seduced His Majesty. I truly haven't.
01:02:29Please, my lady, have mercy on us.
01:02:32Let you go?
01:02:34According to Yauchi, not only did you try to seduce His Majesty, you didn't even spare the guards.
01:02:39I did no such thing!
01:02:41Flash her face for me!
01:02:49Stop!
01:02:51The Bureau of Palace Servants is part of the Inner Palace. Since when is it your place to interfere?
01:02:58A mere old servant woman, dares to raise her voice before me?
01:03:03You, how dare you!
01:03:05Miss Zhao, the palace!
01:03:06Answer to His Majesty and the Dowager Empress.
01:03:09Punishing servants yourself is against the rules.
01:03:12I beg Miss Zhao to show mercy.
01:03:16His Majesty and I grew up together. I am the only candidate for Empress.
01:03:20This Inner Palace will be mine sooner or later. Dealing with a lowly maid is nothing worth mentioning.
01:03:26Preposterous!
01:03:28You're nothing but a servant of lowly birth. If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll never know your place.
01:03:33Hold this wretch down for me as well.
01:03:35Yochi, how dare you!
01:03:39I never imagined you could be so vicious! I was truly blind!
01:03:53A disfigured old servant. Daring to use the title of Dowager Empress. You must have a death death.
01:04:00You still refuse to admit your wrongdoing.
01:04:03What wrong have I committed?
01:04:06Blame your own lowly birth. You could only enter the palace as slaves. Defying your masters is asking for death.
01:04:14You! Bring me my whip!
01:04:18As the steward of the Bureau of Palace Servants, you allowed a servant to seduce His Majesty.
01:04:24Leading others astray, your crime is unforgivable.
01:04:35Early next month marks the annual Spring Festival Banquet.
01:04:38This year, all nobles will be attending. Prepare well for it.
01:04:42Rest assured, sire. I shall spare no effort.
01:04:46Insolent wretch! Disturbing His Majesty! Do you know your crime?
01:04:49Your Majesty. Your Majesty. Greetings, Your Majesty. Please come to the Bureau of Palace Servants and save Shen Yun-King.
01:04:59What did you say? Shen Yun-King is in danger!
01:05:09What are you doing?
01:05:11Ms. Zhao came here for me. I can't let you be punished for no reason at all.
01:05:20How touching. Since you so enjoy playing the martyr, I shall grant your wish.
01:05:25Enough, Zalwander! I warn you not to push this too far or else. You dare call yourself that?
01:05:30A slave who doesn't know her place. Today, I shall teach you some manners on behalf of the Dowager Empress.
01:05:36Stop!
01:05:41Your Majesty.
01:05:43Zalwander, do you know who it is you were about to strike?
01:05:47Greetings, Dowager Empress. Greetings, Dowager Empress.
01:05:50How could she possibly be the Dowager Empress?
01:05:57Greetings, Dowager Empress.
01:06:02How is this possible?
01:06:03The Dowager Empress was merely testing you all, yet you, so arrogant and presumptuous, dare to offend the Dowager Empress
01:06:11herself.
01:06:12Your Majesty, I didn't mean to do it. Please intercede with the Dowager Empress on my behalf.
01:06:17Your Majesty.
01:06:22I believe this matter is of great importance. It concerns the Dowager's dignity. Please judge this carefully.
01:06:37Exactly. You-
01:06:40Your Majesty!
01:06:41You still won't admit fault?
01:06:43I know my error. Dowager Empress, I should not have spoken so in your presence. Those words were never my
01:06:48true intent.
01:06:49It was all this servant's fault. She told me a palace maid was seducing his Majesty, and I lost my
01:06:55composure.
01:06:55Miss Zhao, it was clearly you who told me to-
01:06:58Silence!
01:06:59If you wretched slave hadn't misled me, how would I have made such a grave offense?
01:07:05Dowager Empress, I am innocent. Innocent of what?
01:07:08You were the one who incited us to bully Shen Yun-king. You spread that rumor about her, that was
01:07:13you too.
01:07:14Yu Jing-xiang, how dare you betray me?
01:07:16Enough!
01:07:19The palace maid Yauchi has spread malicious rumors and violated palace rules. She is to be taken away and sold
01:07:27at once.
01:07:28Have mercy, Dowager Empress. I am truly innocent. Shen Yun-king, I saw you with that guard flirting with each
01:07:34other. I never made anything up!
01:07:39So, you are the Shen family's eldest.
01:07:55Shen Yun-king.
01:07:57Shen Yun-king, the dowager didn't punish you?
01:08:01Of course not. She discussed the spring banquet with me, asking if I had any thoughts on it.
01:08:08That's a relief.
01:08:13What is it?
01:08:16Shen Yun-king has passed the test.
01:08:21Shen Yun-king.
01:08:21So then, may I tell her the truth? And about making her empress?
01:08:25There's no rush for that. The spring festival banquet is next month. The ministry can't handle both at once. They
01:08:31simply don't have the manpower. Besides, this is all too sudden. I worry that the other ministers will object.
01:08:42Shen Yun-king, I suggest we'll let Shen Yun-king organize the spring banquet. If she can manage the banquet
01:08:49well, it will not only prove her capability, but also justify crowning her empress. The dowager wants you to run
01:08:57the spring festival banquet.
01:09:00Me? But I don't know how to do any of this.
01:09:04Shen Yun-king. Don't worry. With your talent, you'll manage just fine. I'll help you behind the scenes.
01:09:10Shen Yun-king. Move it all of you! Anyone caught slacking off, my whip doesn't have eyes!
01:09:21Shen Yun-king. Useless! Still think you're some young lady? In the discipline office, nobody gets to slack off on
01:09:31my watch!
01:09:40Shen Yun-king!
01:09:41Shen Yun-king, this is all your fault!
01:09:43Get in!
01:09:44Don't touch me! I'm the Prime Minister's daughter. You'd better show me some respect. The Prime Minister's daughter!
01:09:51In my past life, Murong-an rose at the spring banquet by the dowager empress. If I can escape this
01:09:56wretched place and find a way to get Murong-an to the spring banquet, I can turn it all around.
01:10:05What a dump! They actually expect me to wash clothes myself!
01:10:08Ms. Zhao, I have a favor to ask!
01:10:11A favor for me? Why should I help you?
01:10:13If I weren't down on my luck, you wouldn't even be worthy of speaking to me!
01:10:21My sister Shen Yun-king is the reason I'm locked up here! If you're willing to help me escape, I'll
01:10:27repay you with everything I have!
01:10:30Shen Yun-king.
01:10:33Not bad. The banquet arrangements are clear and well organized. One can tell real thought went into this.
01:10:43Entrusting the banquet to you is quite a fine choice indeed.
01:10:47Your Majesty, something terrible! The discipline office is on fire!
01:10:51What?
01:10:54Shen Yun-king, come with me to the discipline office!
01:10:57Shen Yun-king.
01:10:58Shen Yun-king.
01:11:08What's the situation inside?
01:11:10Shen Yun-king. The fire burned the whole rear yard. Nearly half the people didn't make it out.
01:11:14Shen Yun-king. Could it be that Zhao Wanner has already...
01:11:16Shen Yun-king.
01:11:19Shen Yun-king. Greetings, Your Majesty. Greetings, Your Majesty.
01:11:24Shen Yun-king. Good. You're alive. At least I can answer to your father.
01:11:29Shen Yun-king. I've learned my lesson. Please lift my punishment. This place, I truly cannot bear another day.
01:11:35Shen Yun-king. Very well. With your temperament? The discipline office serves no purpose anyway.
01:11:40Shen Yun-king. I also wish to ask Your Majesty to grant Shen Yun-kiao a reward. I survived this
01:11:46ordeal only because Shen Yun-kiao risked her life to save him.
01:11:49I recall that Shen Yun-kiao and Shen Yun-king are sisters. How do you think I should reward her?
01:11:55Yun-kiao is indeed my sister, but the two of us have seldom been close. We share no deep bond.
01:12:00As for Yun-kiao's affairs, it is not my place to interfere. I leave it entirely to Your Majesty.
01:12:04Your Majesty, I believe that Shen Yun-kiao is kind-hearted. Perhaps there has been some misunderstanding.
01:12:11Shen Yun-kiao- Very well. She has been in the discipline office long enough and seems to have changed
01:12:16somewhat.
01:12:17Shen Yun-kiao- Then let her leave the discipline office for now.
01:12:20Shen Yun-kiao- Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty.
01:12:23Shen Yun-kiao- Jawana, though I have lifted your punishment, I never said you were free to go.
01:12:27Shen Yun-kiao- Next month, the marriage alliance with Liao shall fall to you.
01:12:32Shen Yun-kiao- What? A diplomatic marriage?
01:12:35Shen Yun-kiao- You refuse? Or would you remain in the discipline office?
01:12:38Shen Yun-kiao- No. I obey, Your Majesty.
01:12:44Shen Yun-kiao- Return to the palace.
01:12:45Shen Yun-kiao- Your Majesty, may I have a word with my sister?
01:12:52Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-king, you've ruined our parents and the Mu-Rongs.
01:12:55Shen Yun-kiao- You made me suffer endlessly through every torment. I will settle this score with you in
01:13:00time.
01:13:01Shen Yun-kiao- It's only been a moment and you've already forgotten your pain.
01:13:04Shen Yun-kiao- If you hadn't insisted on crossing me, how would you have ended up like this?
01:13:09Shen Yun-kiao- I thought you'd truly become a Phoenix, but you're still a pheasant.
01:13:13Shen Yun-kiao- It seems the Emperor never gave you a proper title. What do you mean by that?
01:13:21Shen Yun-kiao- Drop the axe, weren't you with His Majesty?
01:13:23Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-king, the Dowager Empress wants you gone. She has more orders for you.
01:13:34Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-king, let's see how long you can stay so smug.
01:13:37Shen Yun-kiao- Brother, please just let me go out. I'm cooped up here every day. One of these
01:13:42days.
01:13:43Shen Yun-kiao- I'll lose my mind from it. You dare complain?
01:13:45Shen Yun-kiao- If you and Shen Yun-kiao hadn't been so foolish,
01:13:48Shen Yun-kiao- We wouldn't have provoked His Majesty and I wouldn't have lost my position.
01:13:52Shen Yun-kiao- If you ask me, it's all that wretch Yun-kiao's fault.
01:13:55Shen Yun-kiao- Husband.
01:13:57Shen Yun-kiao- How are you back?
01:13:58Shen Yun-kiao- The Dowager Empress pardoned my punishment. I don't have to stay there anymore.
01:14:02Shen Yun-kiao- You've brought this ruin upon us and you dare come back?
01:14:04Shen Yun-kiao- Brother, the one who wronged you is Shen Yun-king.
01:14:07Shen Yun-king, instead of blaming each other, why not think of a way to deal with her?
01:14:11Shen Yun-king? She's probably already a consort by now. How can we fight her?
01:14:15Shen Yun-kiao- I saw her at that office. We spoke face to face. Shen Yun-king is just
01:14:19a lowly
01:14:20palace maid now. She's no threat at all.
01:14:23Shen Yun-kiao- A palace maid? Did His Majesty marry her on a whim?
01:14:27Shen Yun-kiao- If His Majesty truly cared for her, how could he bear to make her a servant?
01:14:31Shen Yun-kiao- I've already thought it through.
01:14:32Shen Yun-kiao- The Spring Banquet is early next month.
01:14:34Shen Yun-kiao- All the nobles and aristocrats will be invited to the palace to attend.
01:14:38Shen Yun-kiao- This is our only chance.
01:14:40Shen Yun-kiao- The Spring Banquet? Our Moorong family is on the guest list too.
01:14:43Shen Yun-kiao- Then can I attend too?
01:14:44Shen Yun-kiao- All the banquet guests are high ranking nobles.
01:14:49Shen Yun-kiao- We can't afford any mistakes.
01:14:51Shen Yun-kiao- Oh, stop worrying.
01:14:52Shen Yun-kiao- You've checked every detail several times already.
01:14:55Shen Yun-kiao- Nothing will go wrong.
01:14:56Shen Yun-kiao- I hope so.
01:15:07Shen Yun-kiao- Delicious.
01:15:08Shen Yun-kiao- Have more if you like it.
01:15:10Shen Yun-kiao- Plenty more in the palace.
01:15:11Shen Yun-kiao- Only because our seats are so remote this time that no one patrols here.
01:15:14Shen Yun-kiao- Otherwise we could never meet so openly like this.
01:15:18Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-kiao-
01:15:22Shen Yun-kiao- Once the banquet is over, I have something to tell you.
01:15:27Shen Yun-kiao- All right, I'll be right here waiting.
01:15:35Shen Yun-kiao- Husband, look!
01:15:39Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-kiao- She's actually with a guard.
01:15:46Shen Yun-kiao- You're on duty today.
01:15:48Shen Yun-kiao- Hurry back now.
01:15:52Shen Yun-kiao- Remember to wait for me.
01:16:00Shen Yun-kiao- Dear sister, simply can't go anywhere without a man by her side.
01:16:06Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-king, forgotten your brother-in-law?
01:16:09Shen Yun-kiao- What?
01:16:10Shen Yun-kiao- Barely cast aside by his majesty and already tangled up with a guard?
01:16:15Shen Yun-kiao- This is the imperial palace,
01:16:16Shen Yun-kiao- Not your Shen residence that indulges you.
01:16:19Shen Yun-kiao- Your every move will reach his majesty and the dowager empress.
01:16:23Shen Yun-kiao- You've only just been released.
01:16:25Shen Yun-kiao- Have you learned nothing?
01:16:27Shen Yun-kiao- My husband and I are invited to the palace banquet,
01:16:30Shen Yun-kiao- Honored guests.
01:16:31Shen Yun-kiao- You are nothing but a servant.
01:16:33Shen Yun-kiao- If pleased, they may reward you.
01:16:35Shen Yun-kiao- If they are displeased, even if you died, no one would care.
01:16:39Shen Yun-kiao- What are you doing?
01:16:41Shen Yun-kiao- What are you doing?
01:16:46Shen Yun-kiao- Haven't you done enough to ruin me?
01:16:51Shen Yun-kiao- As long as you suffer, I'm happy.
01:16:55Shen Yun-kiao- You escaped that incident at the Shen residence only because you were lucky.
01:16:59Shen Yun-kiao- But now, no one is here to protect you.
01:17:04Shen Yun-kiao- Greetings, your majesty, the dowager empress.
01:17:14Shen Yun-kiao- Greetings, dowager empress.
01:17:19Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-kiao- You've worked hard organizing the palace banquet.
01:17:27Shen Yun-kiao- It is my duty, I don't find it hard at all.
01:17:30Shen Yun-kiao- I have something to say.
01:17:33Shen Yun-kiao- Speak.
01:17:34Shen Yun-kiao- I wish to report Shen Yun-king for an affair with a guard.
01:17:37Shen Yun-kiao- I saw it with my own eyes.
01:17:39Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-king and the guard were all over each other.
01:17:41Shen Yun-kiao- When caught, she tried to conceal it.
01:17:43Shen Yun-kiao- If she dares to be so bold in broad daylight,
01:17:45Shen Yun-kiao- Imagine what she does behind closed doors.
01:17:50Shen Yun-kiao- I did have contact with the guard, but it was not the sordid affair they claim.
01:17:54Shen Yun-kiao- Before we entered the palace, we had already shared our feelings.
01:17:58Shen Yun-kiao- In the palace we rarely met.
01:18:00Shen Yun-kiao- If you had a clear conscience, why rush to leave the moment you saw us?
01:18:04Shen Yun-kiao- Such an affair means death.
01:18:06Shen Yun-kiao- You may execute me, but I beg you to show mercy and spare the young guard's
01:18:10life.
01:18:10Shen Yun-kiao- It was I who asked to meet him.
01:18:13Shen Yun-kiao- Ultimately, neither of you is innocent.
01:18:19Shen Yun-kiao- I implore the Dowager Empress to seize the guard and execute it alongside her.
01:18:25Shen Yun-kiao- Please execute them both to uphold palace
01:18:32Shen Yun-kiao- There is indeed a strict rule in the palace that maids are forbidden from associating with
01:18:38guards.
01:18:39Shen Yun-kiao- But Shen Yun-king organized the banquet with great devotion.
01:18:43Shen Yun-kiao- Her merits offset her faults.
01:18:45Shen Yun-kiao- Her punishment shall be waived.
01:18:51Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-kiao- You may go attend to your duties.
01:18:55Shen Yun-kiao- Yes.
01:19:04Shen Yun-kiao- She escaped punishment yet again.
01:19:06Shen Yun-kiao- How is Shen Yun-king always so lucky?
01:19:09Shen Yun-kiao- First, the Emperor shielded her and now the Dowager protects her.
01:19:12Shen Yun-kiao- They even gave her the Spring Banquet to organize.
01:19:14Shen Yun-kiao- Since Shen Yun-kiao- is in charge of the Spring Banquet, that makes things easy.
01:19:18Shen Yun-kiao- Your Majesty, the banquet is over there.
01:19:20Shen Yun-kiao- Where are you going?
01:19:21Shen Yun-kiao- The banquet is about to begin.
01:19:23Shen Yun-kiao- Please change and head over now.
01:19:24Shen Yun-kiao- I've thought it over.
01:19:26Shen Yun-kiao- And I feel that I should tell the truth to Yun-king sooner.
01:19:29Shen Yun-kiao- Go fetch Shen Yun-king at once and tell her to meet me there.
01:19:32Shen Yun-kiao- What is it?
01:19:37Shen Yun-kiao- You've done a great service this time.
01:19:39Shen Yun-kiao- The nobles all praised the Spring Banquet.
01:19:41Shen Yun-kiao- Even the Dowager looked quite pleased.
01:19:44Shen Yun-kiao- That's good to hear.
01:19:46Shen Yun-kiao- Someone awaits you in the rear yard.
01:19:48Shen Yun-kiao- Hurry.
01:19:49Shen Yun-kiao- Who?
01:19:53Shen Yun-kiao- Assassin!
01:19:53Shen Yun-kiao- Protect the Dowager Empress!
01:19:56Shen Yun-kiao- What happened in there?
01:19:58Shen Yun-kiao- An assassin disguised as a dancer attacked the Empress.
01:20:01Shen Yun-kiao- Young Master Morong took the blade for her.
01:20:04Shen Yun-kiao- The assassin escaped.
01:20:05Shen Yun-kiao- What?
01:20:08Shen Yun-kiao- Take her away.
01:20:11Shen Yun-kiao- What are you doing?
01:20:13Shen Yun-kiao- The Empress was attacked.
01:20:14Shen Yun-kiao- We have orders to arrest Shen Yun-kiao- We're questioning at the court.
01:20:27Shen Yun-kiao- I, Shen Yun-king, greet the Prime Minister.
01:20:29Shen Yun-kiao- Prime Minister Zhao- She was in charge of the banquet.
01:20:32Shen Yun-kiao- Is her- The palace is heavily guarded.
01:20:34Shen Yun-kiao- No one could get in easily.
01:20:36Shen Yun-king must have colluded with the assassin.
01:20:38Shen Yun-kiao- The one who sent Wan-er away is also named Shen Yun-king.
01:20:42Shen Yun-kiao- How dare you?
01:20:43Shen Yun-kiao- You planted an assassin at the banquet to kill the Empress.
01:20:47Shen Yun-kiao- What were you scheming?
01:20:48Shen Yun-kiao- Everyone I arranged was verified.
01:20:50Shen Yun-kiao- As for how an assassin got in, I truly do not know.
01:20:53Shen Yun-kiao- Please grant me time to investigate.
01:20:55Shen Yun-kiao- Of course you don't know.
01:20:56Shen Yun-kiao- Before the banquet, you met secretly with a guard,
01:20:59Shen Yun-kiao- Whispering intimately.
01:21:00Shen Yun-kiao- You had no time to care for the Empress's safety.
01:21:03Shen Yun-kiao- What? There's more to this?
01:21:04Shen Yun-kiao- I can testify.
01:21:05Shen Yun-kiao- That guard is at the rights office now.
01:21:07Shen Yun-kiao- Guards, bring that guard here.
01:21:08Shen Yun-kiao- I will get to the bottom of this.
01:21:17Shen Yun-kiao- Is it him?
01:21:20Shen Yun-kiao- Yes, that's him.
01:21:28Shen Yun-kiao- Lord Chancellor, they've been brought in.
01:21:33Shen Yun-kiao- Chi Yu.
01:21:34Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-kiao- Do you know your crime?
01:21:36Shen Yun-kiao- The assassin. I truly know nothing of it. Lord Chancellor,
01:21:40Shen Yun-kiao- Please grant me some time. I will uncover the truth.
01:21:42Shen Yun-kiao- The palace banquet was arranged by your own hands.
01:21:45Shen Yun-kiao- You want to wash your hands of it now?
01:21:47Shen Yun-kiao- Too late.
01:21:48Shen Yun-kiao- Outside assassins used the banquet dance as cover to strike.
01:21:51Shen Yun-kiao- This was clearly premeditated.
01:21:54Shen Yun-kiao- Whether or not she sent the assassin?
01:21:56Shen Yun-kiao- The dowager's safety was at risk. She must answer for it.
01:21:59Shen Yun-kiao- I didn't.
01:22:00Shen Yun-kiao- Lord Chancellor, please punish these two.
01:22:03Shen Yun-kiao- Lord Chancellor, please judge fairly.
01:22:05Shen Yun-kiao- The banquet assassin is all my fault.
01:22:07Shen Yun-kiao- Please do not implicate anyone else.
01:22:10Shen Yun-kiao- If my husband had not reacted in time and shielded the dowager,
01:22:13Shen Yun-kiao- Even ten heads of yours wouldn't suffice. I-
01:22:15Shen Yun-kiao- Enough.
01:22:16Shen Yun-kiao- Main Shen Yun-king had an illicit affair defiling palace order.
01:22:20Shen Yun-kiao- She endangered the dowager.
01:22:22Shen Yun-kiao- Both shall be executed immediately.
01:22:24Shen Yun-kiao- Lord Chancellor, please withdraw this order.
01:22:26Shen Yun-kiao- Chi Yu- I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
01:22:33Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-king, let's see how you get out of this one.
01:22:41Shen Yun-kiao- I'd like to see who dares lay a hand on her.
01:22:45Shen Yun-kiao- Your, your majesty.
01:22:48Shen Yun-kiao- Long live, your majesty.
01:22:49Shen Yun-kiao- Long live, long live.
01:22:55Shen Yun-kiao- How is this possible?
01:22:57Shen Yun-kiao- Shen Yun-king, I'm sorry.
01:22:59Shen Yun-kiao- I deceived you.
01:23:01Shen Yun-kiao- Greetings, your majesty.
01:23:03Shen Yun-kiao- Long live, your majesty.
01:23:05Shen Yun-kiao- Your majesty, what is going on?
01:23:09Shen Yun-kiao- How dare you all, believing one side of the story and rushing to judgment,
01:23:12condemning an innocent person to death.
01:23:14Shen Yun-kiao- Such conduct.
01:23:15Shen Yun-kiao- How dare you call this governance?
01:23:18Shen Yun-kiao- If I'm not mistaken, seizing me and bringing me here was your idea.
01:23:23Shen Yun-kiao- Seeing the dowager in danger, I acted out of urgency.
01:23:26Shen Yun-kiao- I didn't know the one with my sister was your majesty.
01:23:29Shen Yun-kiao- Please forgive me, your majesty.
01:23:30Shen Yun-kiao- I would never dare deceive your majesty.
01:23:33Shen Yun-kiao- My loyalty to your majesty, heaven and earth can attest.
01:23:36Shen Yun-kiao- You have apposed Shen Yun-kiao- You have apposed Shen Yun-king at every turn.
01:23:38Shen Yun-kiao- Had I not been here today, you would have had your way.
01:23:41Shen Yun-kiao- No.
01:23:42Shen Yun-kiao- I never intended to harm my sister.
01:23:44Shen Yun-kiao- I was truly worried about the dowager's health and lost my composure.
01:23:47Shen Yun-kiao- Chancellor, you know this.
01:23:49Shen Yun-kiao- I truly did not.
01:23:50Shen Yun-kiao- Enough, Yun-kiao- Say no more.
01:23:53Shen Yun-kiao- Your majesty, what matters most right now is resolving the assassination attempt.
01:23:57Shen Yun-kiao- Please render judgment and punish Shen Yun-king.
01:24:00Shen Yun-kiao- The truth has not yet been established.
01:24:02Shen Yun-kiao- How can you be sure she did this?
01:24:04Shen Yun-kiao- As the person in charge of the spring festival banquet,
01:24:07Shen Yun-kiao- She led assassins into the palace and attacked the dowager empress.
01:24:11Shen Yun-kiao- Her crime warrants death.
01:24:13Shen Yun-kiao- Please order immediately her imprisonment and thorough interrogation.
01:24:17Shen Yun-kiao- The chancellor speaks rightly.
01:24:18Shen Yun-kiao- Had my husband not been present today,
01:24:20Shen Yun-kiao- The dowager empress might not have survived.
01:24:23Shen Yun-kiao- Your majesty, my safety matters little.
01:24:25Shen Yun-kiao- But if Shen Yun-king goes unpunished,
01:24:27Shen Yun-kiao- Should such an incident occur again,
01:24:28Shen Yun-kiao- Who will safeguard the palace?
01:24:30Shen Yun-kiao- I implore your majesty to deal with Shen Yun-king.
01:24:33Shen Yun-kiao- How dare you, Murong- An.
01:24:35Shen Yun-kiao- You presume to force my hand?
01:24:38Shen Yun-kiao- If I can produce evidence proving Shen Yun-king's innocence,
01:24:42Shen Yun-kiao- What punishment shall you face?
01:24:44Shen Yun-kiao- Impossible.
01:24:49Shen Yun-kiao- Impossible.
01:24:50Shen Yun-kiao- I am speaking to you.
01:24:56Shen Yun-kiao- If I have falsely accused Shen Yun-king
01:24:57Shen Yun-king today, I am willing to suffer the same punishment as she?
01:25:02Shen Yun-kiao- Very well.
01:25:03Shen Yun-kiao- Guards, bring them in.
01:25:09Shen Yun-kiao- Your majesty is wise.
01:25:11Shen Yun-kiao- By your majesty's command,
01:25:12Shen Yun-kiao- This servant planted informants in advance,
01:25:15Shen Yun-kiao- And apprehended the assassin in time.
01:25:17Shen Yun-kiao- Mercy, your majesty.
01:25:18Shen Yun-kiao- The attack on the empress dowager was ordered by Shen Yun-kiao- The two of
01:25:22them.
01:25:22Shen Yun-kiao- I was truly forced into it.
01:25:24Shen Yun-kiao- What?
01:25:25Shen Yun-kiao- It's over.
01:25:30Shen Yun-kiao- Do not think I am unaware you did this for your daughter,
01:25:33Shen Yun-kiao- Since you wanted Shen Yun-king dead,
01:25:37Shen Yun-kiao- I will not let you live either.
01:25:38Shen Yun-kiao- Guards, take him.
01:25:39Shen Yun-kiao- Your majesty, I have served great xia with devotion for you.
01:25:42Shen Yun-kiao- For decades, how can your majesty treat me like this?
01:25:45Shen Yun-kiao- And all of you,
01:25:46Shen Yun-kiao- Believing one-sided claims and rushing to judge,
01:25:49Shen Yun-kiao- Harming the innocent.
01:25:50Shen Yun-kiao- With such conduct, how dare you call yourselves officials?
01:25:54Shen Yun-kiao- Your majesty, we acknowledge our fault.
01:25:56Shen Yun-kiao- Three months' salary shall be docked.
01:25:58Shen Yun-kiao- Should this happen again, I will show no leniency.
01:26:01Shen Yun-kiao- We thank your majesty for his mercy.
01:26:03Shen Yun-kiao- As for you two-
01:26:04Shen Yun-kiao- Mercy, your majesty. It was all Shen Yun-kiao. It was her wretched idea.
01:26:08Shen Yun-kiao- You're lying.
01:26:08Shen Yun-kiao- Your majesty, I was nearly jealous of my sister, young king. I never meant to harm
01:26:13the Empress Dowager. The assassination was Murong- An's idea. Even him taking a blade for her was
01:26:18staged by himself.
01:26:19Shen Yun-kiao- Wretched woman, how dare you betray me?
01:26:21Shen Yun-kiao- Enough.
01:26:23Shen Yun-kiao- Murong- An and Shen Yun-kiao- As masterminds shall be executed immediately.
01:26:27The seamstress shall be held at court to await sentencing.
01:26:31Shen Yun-kiao- Mercy, your majesty. Mercy, your majesty. Mercy.
01:26:35Shen Yun-kiao- Wait.
01:26:44Shen Yun-kiao- Your majesty, I wish to ask you to spare Shen Yun-kiao from death.
01:26:48Shen Yun-kiao- Why is that?
01:26:49Shen Yun-kiao- She tried to harm me time and again. If she were simply put to death,
01:26:54she'd be getting off easy. Shen Yun-king, how dare you do this to me? I hate you. If not
01:26:59for you,
01:26:59I should be the one enjoying all of this.
01:27:02Shen Yun-kiao- You're wrong. It wasn't I who made you this way. It was
01:27:06your self. The fate you face now is entirely of your own making.
01:27:10Shen Yun-kiao- Very well. Shen Yun-kiao-
01:27:12Shen Yun-kiao- Shall be made a lowly slave. Vanish to Southern Prefecture,
01:27:15never to set foot in the capital again.
01:27:17Shen Yun-kiao- No, I won't go. I refuse to go to Southern Prefecture.
01:27:20Shen Yun-kiao- I want to be an imperial noble lady. I want to be the distinguished woman in
01:27:24the world.
01:27:27Shen Yun-kiao- Young King- So what is your majesty's true name?
01:27:31Shen Yun-kiao- Hong Yu.
01:27:33Shen Yun-kiao- Hong Yu.
01:27:35Shen Yun-kiao- Now that the guilty have been punished,
01:27:37his majesty and her ladyship have finally found their happy union.
01:27:41Shen Yun-kiao- My lady.
01:27:43Shen Yun-kiao- From this day forward, I shall make you my empress.
01:27:47Shen Yun-kiao- The empress investiture ceremony now begins.
01:28:10Shen Yun-kiao- The empress investiture ceremony now begins.
01:28:24Shen Yun-kiao- Long live your majesty.
01:28:27Shen Yun-kiao- Rise up.
01:28:31Shen Yun-kiao- From this day on, you are my wife.
01:28:34I intend to abolish the imperial harem.
01:28:36The inner palace shall have but one mistress, and that is you, my empress, Shen Yun-kiao-
01:28:46Shen Yun-kiao- the fourth tree and the crust.
01:28:47Shen Yun-kiao- The empress instead of the
01:29:11You
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