Serenade of Peaceful Joy (Lonely city closed / Gu Cheng Bi / Isolated city / Held in the Lonely Castle / Qing Ping Le / 清平乐)

♔ Follow @skysoultan on Instagram ♔ = Episode 1 =

= Tiansheng Period of the Song Dynasty =

= Zhao Zhen’s wet nurse, Xu =

= Hall of Happiness and Tranquility =

= Following Strict Laws and Disciplines =

= Emperor Zhao Zhen =

= Looking after your parents… =

= …is being filial. =

Your Majesty,

Madam Xu of Dangyang County is here.

Let her in.

= Filial =

What do you think

about the handwriting

compared with what I wrote when I was a kid?

I know nothing about handwriting.

Your Majesty is smart and diligent,

and far more than before

in terms of writing and painting.

But I think

I’m nowhere near who I used to be.

Like articles, words are granted with feelings and souls.

When I was young, my strokes were not as vigor as now,

but by then, I meant what I wrote.

I believe I can be a good son.

But now my father has deceased.

Tell me the truth,

am I a good son to my mother?

Your Majesty is a dutiful son,

and extremely filial to Empress Dowager.

I see you as a dear and trusted person,

but now you are deceiving me too.

I dare not.

Do you know what serious crime it is to deceive the Emperor?

= Eighth Prince, Zhao Yuanyan =

= Lv Yijian, courtesy name Tanfu =

Eighth Prince.

Prime Minister Lv, it’s not daybreak yet,

and you’ve greeted my widowed sister-in-law already?

Eighth Prince,

after the late Emperor deceased,

you were overwhelmed by grief,

and didn’t go to court anymore.

You stayed in your house these years,

and might’ve forgotten some rules at our court.

If there’s urgent confidential letter from local governments

that is about the security and stability of the country,

the cabinet dares not delay it.

We must present it to the ruler

no matter when it is

and talk about it with the ruler.

The ruler?

Then you should go to the Hall of Happiness and Tranquility.

You worked

for day and night

in a wrong place.

Now that His Majesty hasn’t taken over the reins,

and the Empress Dowager attends state affairs behind the curtain,

where the urgent letter should be sent,

and how it should be discussed

are stipulated in rules and regulations.

You never stepped out of your house

for years during your recuperation.

You never saw it

or you forget it?

Empress Dowager is behind the curtain?

What is Empress Dowager?

The mother of the Emperor.

I forgot a lot of things

for being sick.

And I disgraced myself at the court

by giving delirious speech.

But

you forget who holds this country

completely.

Playing a lunatic again.

Why did he come to the palace?

Did he go to the Hall of Happiness and Tranquility?

Is he…

Come on, go.

Hya!

Is that real?

Someone is riding in the forbidden palace?

His Majesty,

according to the rule,

doorkeeper only holds the left badge, it requires…

Open the door!

the right badge held by the key keeper of imperial palace

and I holds the left badge

Open the door.

Your Majesty,

the door keeping rule says

the door shall stay close before one a.m.

Open the door.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, where is he?

He went out just now.

Who followed him?

Someone followed him the whole time,

but I’m not sure if the follower is a eunuch

or an imperial bodyguard?

Idiots!

How could you just

let His Majesty go out

without a guard?

Damn it, I…

Give me a horse!

Give me a horse now!

Okay, I will, I will.

For the horse! Now!

= The Great Xiangguo Temple =

A sunny day!

A sunny day!

A sunny day!

Hya.

Hya.

Hya.

= Express Delivery =

Hya.

Sorry,

I am in a hurry.

Are you okay?

I’m fine.

I am just too happy.

I get a son!

Congratulations!

On that day, Li

gave an urgent delivery.

The moment the baby was delivered,

- she passed out due to prostration. - Here comes the water.

Slow down.

Easy.

Tell His Majesty now.

It’s a prince!

Tell His Majesty now.

It’s a prince!

Great.

= Post Station =

It is announced that

His Majesty said

Concubine Liu E gave birth to a son

and extended the royal family.

His Majesty said

Concubine Liu E gave birth to a son

and extended the royal family.

It’s a blessing to the whole country.

Everyone who serves in her house will be rewarded.

Among them, Li Lanhui is particularly devoted and dedicated.

Bestow her 10 liangs of gold, a pair of jade rings

and a set of red dress and hat.

Come on.

= Li Lanhui =

Concubine Li, what do you want?

Concubine Li?

= Ms. Sheng = Did you have a nightmare?

= House of Yan =

Open the door!

Open the door!

Who

dares to shout here?

Who are you?

= Embrace truth like precious stones =

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

You come for worshiping ancestors?

Sorry, Your Majesty,

I didn’t get any order before.

I’m not here to mourn my father,

but to see my mother.

Concubine Li (Emperor’s birth mother),

Sixth Brother (infant name of Emperor) is at the gate now.

Who?

Sixth Brother.

He is at the gate.

He’s here.

He actually came here.

He actually came here.

Get me a mirror.

Comb my hair.

Get me that coat

embroidered with orchid.

Hurry!

Empress Dowager is not here.

She’s in the palace.

Who’s my mother?

Empress Dowager is not here.

I’m not asking about Empress Dowager of Song,

but my mother.

Empress Dowager of Song

is in the palace, in the capital,

not here.

I want to see my birth mother!

She’s right here!

Please step onto the carriage, Your Majesty.

What’s that sound?