The Story of Ming Lan (知否知否应是绿肥红瘦)

The Story of Ming Lan

Episode 35

Your hands are also tainted with my little sister's blood.

You choose your death method.

It's snowing.

Such a huge snowfall.

She's crazy.

- Such a huge snowfall. - She might just be pretending.

Your Majesty, it's snowing!

Your Majesty, it's snowing!

It's snowing...

Throw her to the main street!

Let her crazily shout there.

Have everyone see her,

so she'll get pointed, spitted at, and cursed by them.

Let her experience

what my little sister endured before.

It's snowing!

Your Highness!

It's snowing!

Let's go.

Hurry.

Crawl out of here and then just keep running towards the west.

Good thing, this place is not that far from the area outside the imperial city.

Just a few hundred steps and it will already be Xihua Gates.

Remember, don't go out through the main gates, take the narrow path on its north.

The wall there also has a dog hole like this.

There are grasses covering it, so only a few people know about it.

If you go out from there, you'll preserve your life.

Official, what's your name?

My name is Qingyun.

Official Qingyun, leave with me.

I've worked in the palace since I was little. I won't know how to survive if I go out.

If I'm afraid, I'll just look for a place to hide.

Miss Sheng, quickly go.

If I'm able to survive, I won't forget this great favor.

Quickly go.

If I knew today will happen, I should have him deposed beforehand!

- Your Majesty. Your Majesty. - I...

There's no point cursing now.

What's important is to look for people to save you.

Yuzhou's Zhao Zongquan is nearest to the capital.

1, 2, 3! 1, 2, 3!

Your Majesty, you're conferring Zhao Zongquan as crown prince?

Among the imperial clan, although Zhao Zongquan is the most mediocre,

he is benevolent and righteous.

- Your... - He's the only choice.

The imperial court official kept arguing about the crown prince matter.

Who would have guessed that conferment of the heir

would be done with a knife placed at your neck.

This is fate.

You...think of a way to hand both this military seal and this decree to Zhao Zongquan.

The imperial city has already been surrounded by the rebel army.

Who is able to go out of the palace and deliver this letter?

Who will go?!

His Majesty

was usually too lenient with all of you.

He didn't scold or hit you. He even defended you when you've committed mistakes.

Now, it's the time for you to pay back his kindness,

yet you all are retreating and won't come out.

In this huge imperial city, are there no loyal and righteous person?!

I'm willing to deliver the decree.

Who's talking?

I'm willing to deliver the imperial decree.

How old are you?

13.

With such a young age and a weak built,

how could you charge out of the enclosure of the rebel army?

I know the small alleys in the palace.

His Majesty doesn't like extravagance,

hence, there are palace walls that hasn't been repaired for a long time.

Some dogs have created holes in a lot of walls.

My built is small, so I'll be able to crawl out of these dog holes.

Raise your head up.

Are you not afraid?

When I initially entered the palace,

the Tea Brewing Eunuch asked me to deliver tea to His Majesty.

One day, when I was on duty to attend to His Majesty,

I forgot to ground the tea leaves but didn't get discovered.

I thought that I was just fortunate.

Afterwards, I learned that His Majesty was actually very thirsty that day.

However, he saw that I wasn't carrying any tea with me,

and just endured his thirst and didn't say anything throughout.

Upon reaching his chamber palace, he drank all the tea of Her Highness.

I've received great graces from His Majesty and was able to escape punishment.

Now, I'm willing to risk my life to repay him.

It's because I saw how young you were and couldn't bear for you to get punished.

You shouldn't have remembered such a trifle matter for this long.

For Your Majesty, it's just a trifle matter, but for me, it's a major favor.

Just one word from you and my life was saved.

I'm willing to resolve this urgent need of yours.

Okay. Okay.

Lift your head up. You know how to repay the good deeds done to you.

If you're able to deliver this letter out,

you will earn the top meritorious deed in rescuing His Majesty.

I'm entrusting everything to you.

Servant! Walk her out through the back door.

Move aside.

Unruly!

I'm the empress of our dynasty.

How could you order me around?

Disperse!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

No, Your Majesty...

Who are you?

I...am a palace maid of Funing Palace. Eunuch, please pull me out.

Her Highness Empress asked me to send a message out to save His Majesty.

You're delivering a message to save His Majesty?

They're about to catch up. Don't mind that anymore. Let's quickly escape.

- General! - General...

Say it!

There's a little palace maid who took with her His Majesty's blood written decree

and military seal, and has escaped.

How does she look? How old? Which direction did she go?

Around 13 to 14, very thin,

and went towards the Xihua Gates.

Quickly send people to go after her.

You know the streets here in Bianjing?

A little.

The heaven is really helping me. May I ask you to lead the way

and help me out of the city. I have to go to Yuzhou.

Why are you going to such a far place?

Fine Yuzhou's volunteer corps commander Zhao Zongquan to save His Majesty.

This... I...

I only know some of the streets here in the capital.

I don't know how to go to Yuzhou.

How about I bring you home?

I have carriages in our house. I'll be able to have you sent to Yuzhou.

Move aside! Move aside!

You...live in Bianjing?

You even have carriages in your house?

Then...why did you enter the palace and became a eunuch?

Don't be afraid. I'm a daughter of an official.

I went to the palace today to deliver food to my father and brother.

However, I encountered this kind of disaster. I had to change clothes before escaping out.

What's wrong?

When I usually go out, either I ride a carriage or a palaquin.

I'm a little lost.

- What now? - There they are!

Catch her! Catch her!

Move aside! Move aside!

Move aside!

After them!

What are you doing?

Please let us pass! Let us pass!

Get lost!

Let's separate to look for them.

Excuse us! Please let us pass!

This...

I'm dying.

You... Quickly get up.

I fear that I won't be able to go anymore.

This is His Majesty's personally written decree.

I can only entrust it to you.

This...is the military seal.

You can read?

That's great.

When you find Yuzhou's Defense Chief,

ask him to use the military seal

and come to His Majesty's aid.

They're not here.

Did you see a eunuch and a palacemaid?

Upstairs.

Quickly go after them!

Hurry and leave! Hurry and leave!

I will drag them a little. Quickly leave!

I beg you! Save them!

He's really a good emperor!

I beg you!

Quickly go...

Move aside!

Go!

Don't run!

Hurry! Hurry and chase her!

Quickly go after her! Hurry!

Quickly go after her!

My horse carriage!

Move aside!

After her!

Chase her!

It's actually a lady. You can run fast.

Don't come near! Don't come near!

This lady quite have guts.

Don't come near me!

We are under military order.

How about we take her back and have some fun with her?

Don't come near me! Help! Help!

Help!

What the hell?!

Help! Help!

You scratched my face and ruined it.

Everyone, don't move first!

With just those few people, they're not even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth.

Let's just allow him to do this great favor for us.

We only need to guard by my father's side.

Stupid! Stupid!

This way! This way!

Stop running.

Second Uncle. Second Uncle Gu...

- Don't be afraid. - Second Uncle!