The Story of Ming Lan (知否知否应是绿肥红瘦)

The Story of Ming Lan

Episode 73 - FINAL EPISODE

Quickly, shot that side!

Quickly attack! Hurry!

The front gates can't be blocked any longer.

Hurry, Second Tu, take Madam to withdraw from the back gates! I'll take care of your rear! Hurry!

Madam, quickly leave!

Madam, quickly leave!

Why did you come so late?!

You...why did you come so late?!

I've let you suffer.

Why did you come so late?

Making such a huge scene...

Is it fun?

You...

Fun your ass!

Yes, I came late.

I've caused you to suffer.

Marquis Gu is back!

Marquis Gu is back!

Marquis Gu isn't dead! Marquis Gu is back!

You... If you dare lie to me again,

I'll then...write you a divorce letter.

I dare not. I dare not.

I dare not lie to you even by a word again.

You even say that I'm a fox. You're the ancestor of the fox!

I am. I am indeed your ancestor.

Your ancestor!

Your fox ancestor can't stay here any longer.

I must go to the palace to save the emperor.

I'll wait for your return.

I'll wait for your return.

Jingli!

Guard the courtyard well! Ensure my wife's safety!

Yes, Marquis, don't worry.

Take good care of her.

Back!

Storm!

Back!

Empress Dowager isn't coming anymore?

Empress Dowager told me to relay this message as she said it.

She said that you can decide on your own.

An old widow like her will agree to any of it.

Okay. Okay. It means that Empress Dowager

is letting you handle the empire. This is a good thing.

We have a problem!

Sir!

- Sir! - What is it?

Gu...Gu Tingye is charging towards here!

Who?!

Gu Tingye has resurrected!

Charge!

Hurry.

Shitou!

Marquis is back!

Marquis is back!

- Marquis is back?! - Rong'er, come quickly!

Marquis is back!

- It's a reunion! Quickly go! Hurry! - It's a reunion!

Get out. Be careful. Nanny.

Your Majesty.

Royal Father.

Arrest him!

You...

You...

You all...

You are the trusted aide of the former emperor.

I initially hoped that you would treat me like how you served the former emperor.

You disappointed me.

You're not the former emperor.

The former emperor is so pitiful.

How come he didn't have any children of his own

- to inherit this empire? - What's going on?

Weren't you supposed to be dead within those pile of sand?!

You wish.

Empress Dowager... She said that...

- She said that— - Empress Dowager said

that I am immoral and incapable. I should be deposed and replaced.

The one replacing me is your son, Zhao Yong.

Yong'er...he is also your son.

Did Empress Dowager say even a word of those to you?

She said so!

She said that you broke faith and abandon the right! That you disobeyed the former emperor!

Since it was Empress Dowager who instigated you,

let's go ask her then.

If she didn't say it, my Noble Consort,

this is a crime worthy of clan execution.

Empress Dowager said it. She said it!

She indeed said it!

- She said it! I dare not lie! - Your Highness!

Empress Dowager indeed said so!

Your Highness!

I won't meddle in your family matters anymore.

- My courtyard suffered a lot of damages. I must go handle it now. - Your Highness, save me!

Go.

Get me my Drunk Immortal wine.

Quickly go.

Your Highness,

even if he holds a knife on your neck,

there's still a chance to survive.

Moreover, it still hasn't reached that last moment.

To have the power to rule the world,

you must have an army and money.

I don't have both.

I was stupid to think

that just by sending away the trusted aides and fighting generals of the emperor,

and then winning over some old supporters of the former emperor to my side,

and putting the brother-in-law of Noble Consort Liu

as leader of the Jin Imperial Army, I then can put my everything to fight them.

Now, I've fallen into their trap.

They all have set up everything beforehand.

How can I still have a chance to survive?

Your Highness.

Your Highness, as the empress dowager, you naturally have the power to depose and install a new emperor.

Emperor, he...dare not hurt you.

Did you not prepare the Drunk Immortal for me?

Your Highness has never predicted things wrongly.

Why would you need to use the Drunk Immortal?

I know that you care for me.

But without such a good poison,

I fear that I won't be able to preserve a whole corpse.

Your Highness Empress Dowager, you're wrong.

Your Highness, do you hate His Majesty that much,

that you must have him killed?

Yes.

He was adopted by the former emperor

for him to be qualified to inherit the throne.

But after ascending to the throne, he called his birth father as Royal Father.

Despicable and shameless.

Let me ask you, is there any son in this world who has two fathers?

In what position have you put the former emperor by doing that?!

The former emperor has a very benevolent and generous character.

He maintained the empire's peace for more than 30 years.

Upon ascending to the throne, you immediately disobeyed his will.

You recruited soldiers and horses. Intending to

provoke our borders.

I was married with the former emperor for more than 50 years!

The former emperor has just died in less than a year!

I had to watch as you

destroy the situation he established into broken bits.

Can't I hate him then?!

Hence,

Empress Dowager, you want to depose me?

Have I said those words?

I've never heard of it. But I did tell Noble Consort Liu

to be careful of what's under her feet.

Then it means, the one who wants to depose the emperor

is Noble Consort Liu.

I indeed is preparing to fight a war.

It's just that right now, there are now battle in our borders.

What?

What you saw is just part of a scheme.

Eunuch Li has stayed by my side

and would tell you everything that's happening.

You refused to withdraw from power.

You even controlled the jade seal.

I attended morning courts like a three year-old child, unable to entertain my grand ambitions.

From the start...

From the very start, Marquis Gu

pretended to be be overbearing.

You also pretended to doubt him.

Marquis Gu was in straitened circumstances, yet he was able to survive it, why is that?

Because he might look very rough and careless, but in reality, is the most meticulous person I know.

As for Prince Huan, for such an ambitious good child,

I am very satisfied with him.

You let Eunuch Li and Noble Consort Liu

exchange fake information in between.

Confusing my sight and hearing.

You made me falsely believe that you were doubting your eldest son and valiant general.

So, you also don't have a headache?

That is to make you and Noble Consort Liu think that I won't be living long.

That Prince Huan would soon be inheriting the throne, hence, you all must make a move quickly.

The government has so many problems right now.

I really don't have the time to continue this act for 7 to 8 more years.

The prey has already reached the side of the trap.

You just need to push it a little, and it will fall into your net.

Hence, there wasn't also any fighting happening in the borders.

I dispatched my elite forces

and had Marquis Gu and General Shen lead them to lie in wait outside the city.

Just to fool your eyes and ears,

Duke Ying of the State indeed went to the borders.

After setting up camp in the borders,

I waited after your spies sent out its last message,

and then captured all of them.

I've always thought that you're not qualified to be an emperor.

But today, you actually planned it in such meticulous manner.

You impressed me a lot.

I weaved a web.

But if you didn't bump into it,

this act would have been useless.

However, in the end, you still collided into it.

I...

I feel so sad about it.

Your Majesty had a resounding victory.

Why bother being pretentious.

Whether it's through poisoned wine,

or a white cloth for hanging,

just choose one.

Empress Dowager,

we became mother and son at such late age.