Story of Yanxi Palace (延禧攻略)

Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard,

Examining love together with regret, both new and old.

Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears,

Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls.

Story of Yanxi Palace FINAL EPISODE - Episode 70

Let me ask you now.

When the imperial boat was me with danger . . .

Did you think of me for half a second?

The Empress is tired. Help her up and leave.

Your Highness, stop talking.

If I don't talk, I will be choked to death.

Look at me.

My hair is in a mess.

My makeup is melted.

And also my hand,

I wanted to dash into the fire to save my husband, save my Emperor.

Even if the flame left scars on my hand,

it's not painful at all.

I don't feel any pain at all

because you were in danger, I wanted to save you.

Even if I can't save you, I was willing to die with you.

But this woman...

This is a revolt!

Even if I prepared early, it's not foolproof.

But when Your Majesty knew it was dangerous, you even sent all your guards to protect her.

What did she do for you?

Nothing. Nothing at all.

Wei Yingluo has never loved you!

She only love herself.

To obtain her goals, she kept using you.

You didn't treasure the person who loves you. You treasured the person who didn't love you.

Hongli, you are a fool!

No, I'm the fool instead.

I...in this kingdom, am the biggest fool

and the stupidest woman in this world.

Your Highness.

Take the Empress away.

Go away!

What are you trying to do?

Are you really crazy?

Your Majesty, Empress Xiaoxian loved you

but loved freedom even more.

Noble Consort Gao loved you but loved the Gao family even more.

Consort Chun has never loved you.

And all the others? They just see wealth and prestige.

Only me. I'm the only one in Forbidden City

who clearly loves you.

Just one confidential letter and you were easily able to mobilize the Hangzhou military.

You still dare to say that you are only and fully devoted to me?

Not just the Hangzhou military.

Jiangnan officials that we passed by,

they have already become puppets.

When my father passed away, I realized the importance of power.

All these years, I sent people to gather countless

secrets of princes and dukes, cabinet ministers and officials of both military and scholar sectors.

There were those who were greedy. There were those who neglected their duties. There were those who committed crimes.

Thus, they were afraid of me

and had to obey me.

One day when Your Majesty dies, I would be the second Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.

You are committing a revolt.

The harem can't get involved in state affairs.

I did it to protect myself!

Madam Nala, you finally admitted.

I had a hundred, thousand opportunities to kill you.

Every night and day, the voices would tell me,

"Take action. Take action".

But I couldn't do it.

My heart and feelings couldn't bear to.

I couldn't harm my husband.

I couldn't harm my beloved one.

I couldnt harm you.

Put down the knife.

Did you think I would hurt her?

The one whom I hate the most, it's not her. It's you instead.

Aisin-Gioro Hongli.

I hate you very much.

I hate you.

Your Highness.

Manchurians, other than for state funeral, one cannot cut their hair.

Crazy. The Empress has really gone crazy.

By doing this, you are cursing me

and also the Emperor.

The Empress is arrogant

and displayed signs for insanity.

Escort her back to the Forbidden City now.

Emperor Brother. My mistake has nothing to do with the Empress.

Please don't blame her.

Drag him out.

I'm willing to receive thousands of slashes.

Yuan Chunwang!

How dare you! You even dared to use a knife in front of His Majesty?

You liar.

You tricked me for many years.

You are really crazy.

Your Majesty, they have gone crazy.

Under the threats of Her Highness,

I committed many tyrannical deeds.

I'm willing to make up for it

and point out one by one those officials that were bribed

to throw themselves at camp.

Your Majesty, please spare my life.

The person who carefully planned this

is now saying that he was forced by others?

You...are you really that innocent?

Yingluo, are you saying that this eunuch planned everything?

For the past days, I kept thinking about the stories you told me.

My father lived in a

very, very big house.

I was in front of him and he refused to acknowledge me.

Those brothers of mine

have noble and wealthy blood flowing in him.

<>Everyone of them is a noble person. As for me...

At that time, I only cared about my sadness.

I wasn't paying attention to him.

Hence, I sent someone to your hometown,

Taixing Mountain.

Taixing Mountain?

Quick. Everyone, leave.

Everyone, leave.

Yingluo,

who exactly is he?

Empress Dowager. Inthe past, you said that

when the late Emperor was being chased by killers, Mrs Qian distracted them.

Later on, Late Emperor hid in a farm house.

And he . . . the daughter of the farm that took in Late Emperor,

he's the son she bore.

Noble Consort Ling, I don't know what you are talking about.

Xiao Quanzi didn't sleep for days and nights

and returned by boat today.

He also brought a neigboring witness.

Would you like to meet him?

Wei Yingluo.

Empress Dowager,

he claims that the blood of the Aisin-Gioro clan is flowing in his veins.

But the previous Prince Lian of the First Rank maliciously took revenge on him and sent him to the palace.

You instigated Prince He of the First Rank to revolt.

Kept pressuring Empress.

He wants to borrow the hands of Prince He of the First Rank to kill Empress Dowager and Your Majesty!

Once he succeeds, when he returns to the Forbidden City,

he would betray Prince He of the First Rank and expose his crimes in front of the imperial clan.

By then, Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, Empress, and Prince He of the First Rank,

all the people that hates him will successfully get eliminated.

A lowly eunuch

would actually be this daring.

You've played my biological brother within the palm of your hands.

May I ask in your heart,

how much does your biological brother worth?

Hongli, upon being born, you all enjoyed a lucrative life.

You have power and position.

Do you know what I'm doing?

I'm a 'cleaning soldier'!

Do you know what that mean?

It's the lowest ranked eunuch in the Forbidden City.

Everyday, I have to transport commodes and manure carts.

Hongli, tell me, on what basis?

How come you all can enjoy glory, splendor and wealth,

while I have to live in an inhumane manner?!

But what does all of these have to do with Yongqi?!

Yuan Chunwang,

why must you switch the decaying bugs of Ye Tianshi?

It was a Myanmar corpse bug, you idiot!

A Myanmar corpse bug eats corpse.

Once it gets contact with flesh and blood, it is very lethal.

Why bother acting tough? You saved their Yongqi,

but harmed yourself instead!

You...

Extend your hand. Let your emperor see it.

Extend your hand.

Extend your hand to me. Give me your hand.

Yuan Chunwang, where's the antidote?

How could I have an antidote?

This strange poison for Myanmar has no antidote.

Wei Yingluo, you promised me before

that you will accompany me in Yuanming Garden for a lifetime.

You didn't fulfill your promise. That's fine.

I'll help you fulfill it.

Li Yu! Call for Ye Tianshi!

Yes.

Why didn't you tell me sooner?

The former emperor has no illegitimate child.

He...isn't a descendant of Aisin-Gioro.

You're making up things.

How could I not know if the Former Emperor has an illegitimate child or not?

You claim to be the descendant of the Aisin-Gioro Clan.

What evidence do you have?

Yongzheng recuperated his injuries in the house of my grandfather.

He left behind clothing used by a prince of the first rank.

That is an undeniable hard evidence.

Just to save the Former Emperor, Lady Qian

switched clothes with him.

It was a golden official robe.

So precious.

Will the bandits spare her?

Who really took advantage of the chance to rape the daughter of the peasant,

we can never know.

You're making up things! There's no other possibility!

It was him!

Impossible. You're lying!

You could have been like other people,

marry and have children.