Untouchable Lovers (凤囚凰)

Untouchable Lovers

Episode 20

Everyone, please.

This sliced fish is not bad.

General Huo even has such refined mind and attitude

to especially prepare a wonderful dish.

But isn't this bass a bit past its prime?

Deputy Inspector Lin, is your eyesight blurred?

That's not a bass.

That is definitely a bass.

It's not a bass, but a carp.

It has quite a different taste.

You dare to eat a fish with the same surname as the Emperor. That's high treason!

Execute him!

What "same surname as the Emperor"? I've never heard of it.

The "Tuoba" surname originated when Li Mu of Western Han changed his surname to it. Empress Dowager pushed for conversion to Han cultures.

She wanted the Li surname to be changed to Tuoba and become the surname of emperors.

Hence, the li yu (carp) is a fish bearing the Emperor's surname. They are forbidden food.

Deputy Inspector Lin dared to commit a crime against the ruling family.

His crime is punishable by execution. Arrest him now!

Huo Xuan, you dared to set us up?!

You bitch! You bitch!

Huo Xuan, how dare you?! You set us up to eat a fish with the emperor's surname.

Are you rebelling?!

What?

Is the fish on Provincial Governor Liu's plate also a fish with the Emperor's surname?

Or everyone is just so amicable and fears that Deputy Regional Director Lin will be lonely in his road to the afterlife

and wants to accompany him to cross the Naihe Bridge? (bridge before entering the netherworld)

All of them ate it! It wasn't just me!

General Huo!

Sit down.

General, I think we should check the plates of everyone.

What if we missed out anyone?

No...none... There is no one anymore.

You heard that? If Regional Inspector Liu said that there is none, then there is none.

General Huo, I am willing to lead the group in donating 500 dan of rice

to resolve the urgent need of the soldiers.

General, it's better to check it again.

After all, if His Majesty

learns about this, it won't be good.

1,000 dan.

Wang Ze, you better check them first.

5,000 dan of grains!

General Huo, that is already the limit.

It's also my fault for being negligent.

There will indeed be some strange fish getting mixed in, right?

Go then.

8,000 dan!

If you ask for more, you better just kill me.

Even the Regional Inspector is this generous in sharing his wealth,

others must not be to petty, right?

I'll also donate 1,000 dan.

I'll donate 100 rolls of crude fabrics.

I'll donate 20,000 money.

I'll also donate 800 dan.

You guys won't accept our goodwill and forced us to use more extreme means.

Since everyone is this generous, let me give you all a toast.

Okay then. Let's end here. Forgive me for I can't walk you all out.

General Huo, there is one thing I didn't get. Please enlighten me.

Say it then.

Did we really eat a carp today?

I am not stupid. Why will I let you all eat such a thing?

Deputy Regional Inspector Lin don't understand women at all.

Women are very petty.

He won't choose a normal road in the mortal world and instead chose to charge into a dead end.

I could then only wield my sword on him, kill a chicken to scare the monkeys.

Just for military wages, you dared to be this unscrupulous?!

Aren't you all also unscrupulous in embezzling funds?

Using the money that you stole from the citizens to protect the country,

that is a great deed.

What if in the end, I still refused?

If everyone was that petty,

I could only just kill you all,

lead my army into the city, and turn the houses of all

noble and rich families upside down.

Regional Inspector Liu, don't be scared. I was just joking with you.

Of course, I won't kill a major official of the border.

But to kidnap you and ask for a ransom...

Your wife surely will be crying, wailing, and rushing to deliver me the money, right?

Tell me, am I right?

You are totally perverse and unprincipled.

Regional Inspector Liu, I urge you to hurry and leave.

Or else, if our general changes her mind,

you might not be able to leave anymore.

General, would he file a complaint against you to His Majesty?

Rong Zhi believes in me that's why he entrusted me the duty to obtain the military wages.

And I will also leave the state affairs to him.

This is what true mutual trust is, fighting side by side.

Your Highness, this person indeed is wearing Liu Song clothing.

His dagger is also from Liu Song.

In Wei's most flourishing market, not only Song items,

even the rare jewelries of the Western Regions are present.

Why then did he disguise as coming from Liu Song?

Rong Zhi, if I am going to do bad things,

I would have covered my face and not let anyone know that I'm the Princess Regent Consort.

Just try calling my name again.

That's not the main point.

The main point is someone's using the name of Song to incite trouble.

No need for you to meddle in this matter. I'll investigate it.

Rong Zhi, can you stop pushing people away?!

Think about it. I'm a Song princess.

If I allow rascals like him to cause trouble, won't I become a laughingstock?

Lanruo!

Your Highness.

Take Princess Consort back to her room! If I hear her speak again, I'll cut off her tongue.

Why are you so mad? Look at your donkey-like face.

It's been pulled down so long. So scary.

- Men! - Yes!

- Hurry. - Carry him out.

- Shen Yu. - Here.

Record everything that happened in the market.

Your Highness, you're suspecting...

I don't know why but I have this ominous presentiment.

Qingyue, why do you think those people disguised as Song?

- I don't know. - I kept feeling that someone is deliberately inciting trouble.

It's just that they didn't expect me to be there.

Maybe it was just a coincidence.

But how can there be so many coincidences in this world?

A lot of coincidences are man-made.

But no matter what, you shouldn't have talked back against His Highness.

Forget it. I won't think about it anymore.

I'm sleepy now. I'm going back to my room to sleep.

I also am sleepy.

Attack!

Protect the military supplies!

General! We have a problem!

Hurry up...

What happened?

General, I was useless.

The military supplies got stolen.

Who are they?

Liu Song. They were Liu Song soldiers.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Where is Grand Imperial Consort?

Grand Imperial Consort has already rested. I'll go—

I know already. You leave first.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Grand Imperial Consort.

Grand Imperial Consort, you look health.

Why did you repeatedly refuse to see me?

If Your Majesty is unhappy about it,

just punish me with the crime of lying to the emperor then.

Why are you saying such words?

Your mother and I were like real sisters.

Since your mother died, how did I treat you?

Although you and Yun'er have different mothers,

you grew up together.

You were like real brothers.

Now,

you trusted the words of fawning officials

and treated him as an eyesore,

a thorn in your flesh.

of course, I dare not forget your care.

Why did you lock him up in that cold Prince Kang's Manor?

I am his real mother.

You won't even let me see him.

What are you tying to do?

Grand Imperial Consort, even if I commit a mistake, I must be punished like the ordinary citizens.

- Royal Brother committed a mistake— - Yun'er's

greatest mistake is he shouldn't have embarrassed Prince Regent.

The more he shouldn't have put His Majesty in a difficult spot.

If I've known that a day like this will happen,

when I gave birth to him,

I...should have just personally choked him to death.

It's way better than letting him now getting slapped by his brother,

unable to know where to place himself, enduring the supercilious look of others.

Fine. For your sake,

I'll forgive Royal Brother this time. Is that okay now?

I dare not make things difficult for you.

I know that it was hard for Royal Brother these past days.

I'll just make it up to him in the future.

Grand Imperial Consort, if you keep crying like this, I also will get sad.

Your Majesty!

Enough. Enough.

Grand Imperial Consort, stop crying.

I'll immediately give the order to release Royal Brother.

Grand Imperial Consort Qi was able to get a release order, you won't get restricted anymore.

Let's go celebrate.

Your Highness, what's wrong?

Yesterday, the regional inspector of Jingzhou sent a memorial

accusing Huo Xuan from stealing the military wages.

I know that.

Never thought that Huo Xuan will be that bold.

There were piles of memorials accusing her of misconduct and really caused a great ruckus in the court.

- But this for us is a good thing. - Good thing?

Of course. Just to protect Huo Xuan, Rong Zhi

tried hard to beat down on the regional inspector of Jingzhou.

Don't know how many people he offended with that.

Even His Majesty was very unhappy.

Isn't that a good thing?

Good thing. A great thing.

But my heart is very painful.

- Your Highness. - I treated her like a pearl, like a treasure.

I treasured her more than myself. But she...

risked everything to push herself into where the wind and waves are the fiercest

and become the target of public criticisms just for Rong Zhi.

- You are... - Why must she treat me like this?!

Your Highness, don't scare me.

My heart is very painful.

What is really wrong with you? I...