Good Bye My Princess (Dong Gong / 东宫)

Your Highness.

How is her illness?

Crown Princess Consort is very sick this time. She needs to rest for a few days.

Your Highness.

Are you really not going to let the doctors treat the Crown Princess Consort?

Sese is being confined. If I don't pretend to be angry,

then she might become suspicious.

But...the Crown Princess Consort's illness can't be left untreated.

I know.

But every item in the Eastern Palace is recorded.

So, I would like you to bring some good medication from your home.

Oh right.

That Yongniang is Great Grandma's servant. She's very trustworthy.

You go give her the medicine secretly.

Don't let anyone find out.

Also, take this chance to investigate

how many people in the Eastern Palace are spies for Prime Minister Gao and the Empress.

Yes.

Take care of the Crown Princess Consort.

Thank you General Pei for your help.

If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't know what to do.

Alright. Hurry up and brew the medication for Crown Princess Consort.

Yes.

Crown Prince knows that Prime Minister Gao wants him to be someone who doesn't care about the government

and only care about love.

This way he will be able to control the government.

Right now in the Eastern Palace, there are many spies for Prime Minister Gao.

The Crown Prince wants to use this opportunity to

hide his nature and control the situation secretly.

Please tell the Crown Prince that I've asked Jian'er

to call all the nearby Submerged Dragon Envoys to the capital.

Gao Manor and Ye Manor both have some spies.

I've replaced all the Eastern Palace guards with my people.

But to avoid any suspicions from Prime Minister Gao, we couldn't get rid of all the eunuchs and female servants.

You should leave some.

If you get rid of all of them, you are more likely to become exposed.

Oh right.

Is that Fang Shiqing (one of Crown Prince's teachers) working for Prime Minister Gao?

The Crown Prince already knows about this.

He wants to use Fang Shiqing as a pawn in his performance.

Oh right Sir Chai.

The Crown Prince said that now that he is living in the Eastern Palace

he can't leave easily. He wanted me to tell you to

take care of yourself.

Oh right General Pei.

You have to be more cautious.

I don't know why

but I think the Crown Prince's attitude toward the 9th Princess is different.

The Crown Prince has just secured his position.

He can't make any mistake now.

You make sure to keep an eye on things.

If something wrong occurs, contact me immediately.

Don't worry, Sir Chai.

A'Du, help the Crown Princess Consort up.

Handkerchief.

Your Highness, it took a lot of effort to find this medication. Make sure you drink it all.

Your Highness, have a bit of this.

Here. I'll feed you.

I don't want to eat.

The medicine won't help you as much as food. Just take one bit.

Just eat one bit. I'll feed you.

I'm tired. You go rest, too.

Why are you here again?

Of course I came to bring food for a foodie like you.

Lamb ribs!

Didn't you say that sick people can't eat lamb ribs?

You would only bring me some meat broth.

You already drank meat broth for a few days. You are almost fully recovered

but still don't have any strength.

I want to drink grape wine.

I knew it. I brought some for you.

I also want to eat frozen grape jelly.

I'll have someone bring some to you in a few days.

Gu Jian, tell me

when will my father send letters back to me?

When will he come see me?

From here to the Xi State, the travel time is 3 months. Wait a little longer.

But I miss home.

I miss my father and mother. I also miss the Xi State.

Eastern Palace

Who's there?

Cousin?

No one saw you, right?

Why did you come see me?

During your wedding with the Crown Princess Consort,

did the Xi State envoys bring some gifts?

- Yes. - Could you pick some out to gift to Xiaofeng?

Just say that her family sent it to her.

Also, tell her this letter was written by her father.

Why?

She still doesn't know

that her mother is dead. She has been sending one letter after another home.

She's alone in the palace and there's no one to take care of her.

Now that she's your wife, the only person she can trust is you.

Treat her a little better.

You care a lot about her.

Give all these items to the Crown Princess Consort.

Tell her that these gifts and the letter are from the King of the Xi State.

Yes.

Oh right. You have to remember

that I haven't given anything to the Crown Princess Consort.

A third person can't know about this.

I understand. The Crown Prince—

It's good that you understand.

Crown Princess Consort!

Crown Princess Consort! A letter came in from the Xi State!

Father said that everything is good in the Xi State. He doesn't want me to worry.

He said he misses me a lot.

But because there are too many governmental issues,

he can't come visit me.

This letter is already enough to lessen my homesickness.

Eastern Palace

I, Crown Prince's teacher, Qu Lun

am here to see Your Highness.

I, the Crown Prince's Councilor, Li Shiqing, pay respects to Your Highness.

I, the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor, Fang Shiqing, pay respects to Your Highness.

I, the Crown Prince's Internal Personnel, Lu Yong, pay respects to Your Highness.

I, the Crown Prince's External Personnel, Zhong Yi,

pay respects to Your Highness.

I, the General of Households, Ma Yan, pay respects to Your Highness.

Everyone please stand.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Your Highness, the topic that we will discuss today is

salt and iron.

Currently, salt and iron are produced by the government.

The iron manufacturing plants given to the local government only care about the amount produced.

The quality is bad and the price is high.

The farming equipment produced is abundant but not useful.

Also for salt, some local governments aren't listen to the orders of the central government.

Leading to a lot of corruption, bringing down our reputation.

I believe that we should sympathize for the hardships among the people,

open up the production of salt and iron.

I heard that you were tired and couldn't concentrate,

so I told Rongshuang to make this energy supplement for you.

Thank you mother for your thoughtfulness.

Mother, you don't understand how many responsibilities there are in the Eastern Palace.

For the past half month, I haven't been able to sleep well even once.

Especially that Li Shiqing.

He keeps going on and on about what is right and wrong.

It's unbearable.

The Crown Prince's councilors are specifically chosen by His Majesty and Minister Gao among thousands of scholars of Li Kingdom.

Their experiences and knowledge are top notch.

You should let them guide you.

Your position isn't the same as before.

You need to have the attitude of a Crown Prince.

Any governmental issues that you don't understand

you should talk it over with Prime Minister Gao.

I understand.

Prime Minister Manor.

Does the Crown Prince think highly of you, Grand Tutor Fang?

Speaking of this, it's all because of Councilor Li.

After the Grand Councilor Li tried persuading him a couple times,

the Crown Prince decided to ignore his opinions.

He would rather talk about official matters with me.

Two days ago, Grand Councilor Li was so agitated, he had to take some days off at home.

Whenever a test comes up,

the Crown Prince is always asking me to help him with the questions.

Plus, he memorizes my answers word for word.

His Majesty's thoughts are hard to guess.

Ambiguous subjects are always hard to answer.

It may seem preposterous, but

Coincidentally, every time these past few days

I've been right.

Because of this, the Crown Prince has been rewarded by His Imperial Majesty multiple times.

His mood has improved a little from this.

What'd I say, every time there is a test, the Crown Prince answers the questions with confidence.

But during court, he has a stoic face and keeps quiet.

The whole smart and keen look turned out to be pretense.

I am afraid that the Crown Prince's change in mood

was because that Consort Zhao is no longer grounded.

I'm still suspicious of the Crown Prince because of what happened at the western border and Danchi.

If he isn't capable, then he must have someone behind him.

But I don't know who this person is. It's make me very worried.

Don't worry Prime Minister Gao. In the Eastern Palace, I am able to voice my opinion now.

I will find a way to investigate this matter.

Hello, Your Highness.

General Pei.

I've already prepared the carriage. I want to take you somewhere. Please come with me Your Highness.

Buns!

Buns!

Your Highness, please.

Gods shining along the sun and moon.

Crown Princess Consort.

When the Crown Prince came back from the Western Border, he requested for this memorial temple to be built.