Legend of the Phoenix (Feng Yi / 凤弈)

Episode 5

What's on my mind?

Your Majesty is thinking about...

a woman.

She is a beauty in her early 20s.

She's holding a baby in her arms.

Everyone calls her...

"Her Highness The Noble Consort".

Then what do I think of her?

Your Majesty thinks...

this woman favoured by His Majesty...

has grown arrogant.

You want to expose her true colours.

How dare you!

I'm not so narrow-minded!

But, that was indeed what you thought.

Enough of that nonsense.

As the empress,

I'm the mother of the nation.

How can I be a hypocrite like that?

If you spout such nonsense again, I'll have you executed!

Mercy, Your Majesty!

You... You ordered me...

to listen to your inner voice.

I was just being honest.

You have the nerve to talk back!

I'm cornered anyway.

I'll be beheaded sooner or later.

I'm prepared to lose my head.

But you have...

a pretty head.

It's a waste to chop it off.

Should I cut off your limbs first...

and dump them in a mass grave?

But I can serve Your Majesty.

Are you sure?

I'll spare you today.

But from now on,

you'd better watch your word.

Thank you for sparing my life.

Get up.

A few days from now,

I'll let you meet His Majesty, the empress dowager...

and Noble Consort Fu.

After meeting them, I want you to tell me...

what's on their mind.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

I actually have a request.

What is it?

My great grandmother appeared in my dream.

She said she gave me the power to listen to inner voices.

But, I've been a bad great granddaughter.

It's been a long time since I last swept her tomb.

She's very unhappy about that.

She said she might take back my power.

But, I'm in the palace now.

How do I sweep her tomb for her?

You want to go out?

Are you planning to run away?

No way.

Your Majesty can easily kill me.

I just want to serve you well.

I dare not have any ulterior motive.

It's good that you know.

Then I'll send two servants to go with you.

Come back quickly.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Come and take a look!

Candied fruits!

Brother.

Brother, why aren't we there yet?

It's getting dark. No one goes to a cemetery at night.

It's all your fault!

-You gave us wrong directions! -Me?

After telling us to go round the mountain,

you told us to turn around!

Where exactly is your great grandmother's grave?

It's just ahead!

-Hurry up. -Turn left.

It's at the foothill.

Hurry up.

Don't make a sound.

Mother!

Ah Qiao! Ah Jiao!

Are you here?

Ms. Ning Zhi!

Ah Jiao!

We missed you so much.

Where's my mother?

Where's everyone else?

Aren't we supposed to...

meet up here?

Mr. Wei found us.

He wanted to reunite us with the others.

Yes.

So we departed for Beidian.

But, we ran into the soldiers while we were on our way.

Mr. Wei told us to hide here for the time being.

The wanted poster is everywhere in the city...

and Mr. Wei is missing.

We thought we'll never see you again.

Don't worry.

I will protect you.

Just stay here and wait 2 days.

Just 2 days. I will come back and pick you up.

I promise.

-Ms. Ning Zhi. -We missed you so much.

Stop right there!

Wei Guang.

Wei Guang, are you in there?

If you're in there, don't come out.

Just make a sound and I'll know.

It's her!

Trying to run away?

You're a gutsy palace maid.

We're taking you back! Her Majesty will punish you!

Sure.

The two of you will be punished too.

What? You're going to turn around and accuse us?

I'm just a palace maid.

I came out to pay a visit to my relative's grave...

and Her Majesty is aware of this.

But, my family hid a lot of our treasures around the grave.

How can I let the two of you know the actual location?

That's why I snuck off.

And look.

I came back.

On the other hand,

you two are imperial guards.

Yet, you let a palace maid like me sneak off under your nose.

Who do you think will have it worse?

Fine. We won't report this to Her Majesty.

But you have to go back with us right now.

If we're not back before the palace gate closes,

we'll all get into deep trouble!

Alright. Let's go.

Move.

Wei...

Go in already!

Brothers.

Let's go back to the palace quickly.

Her Majesty is waiting.

We don't need you to tell us!

Lang Kun.

You stood beside Ye Ning Zhi when she guessed the words.

I believe you saw it clearly.

Did she touch the paper?

I didn't see it.

However,

Ye Ning Zhi is a tricky girl.

We should never...

believe this girl.

Half a year ago,

she fooled even you...

-and she... -Lang Kun.

How many times have I told you?

Never bring that up again.

You did not go to Han City...

and you don't know anyone there.

Do you have a death wish?

I understand.

I don't care about Ye Ning Zhi's ulterior motive.

I just want to know...

what's she really capable of.

I want you to make a trip to the prison with me.

I want to see Yan Kuan.

Your Majesty, please think twice.

You came.

You were expecting me.

From the door, it took Your Majesty...

a total of 136 steps to get here.

I see confusion and anxiety all over Your Majesty's face.

Tell me.

What do I have to do to make you obey me?

I'm afraid I'm unable to...

serve Your Majesty.

Your Majesty are currently blinded.

You desire to find a person who can solve your problem.

So, anyone can easily...

earn your trust with a simple trick.

The moment I hear the paper's landing,

I will know the word on the paper.

And you...

cling to this hope...

in desperate attempt to save yourself.

Yet, you've no idea that this hope will then spark a fire.

Senior Supervisor Hua.

My two sisters are having a rough time now.

Unless they enter the palace,

they might soon be...

Senior Supervisor Hua.

Please help me...

and bring them into the palace.

I can't do that.

How do I bring two people in for no reason?

I managed to bring you in back then...

because there happened to be an opening.

Now, only the empress is capable of doing this.

Looks like I can only ask Her Majesty.