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.

The Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 15

It's really different to be an imperial relative.

After committing a mistake, he still was allowed to attend the offering ceremony.

Hailancha.

Going back to it. You're also a legitimate imperial relative,

but you don't have those stinky traits of Hongxiao.

It shows that the nobility position Prince Yi of the First Rank

isn't anything special.

During leisure chats, let's not talk about matters like that.

What happened?

He was in such a rush.

Your Majesty...

- Investigate it. - Yes.

What's going on? Why are there so many people?

There must be something going on.

Your Majesty, we found it.

Hongxiao. Why does the Qing dynasty share the blessing by eating meat?

Do you still remember?

I remember. Emperor Taizu before had to be separated from his family at a young age.

He brought his brother into the mountain to gather ginsengs and to hunt.

They survived by cooking meat in boiling water.

Afterwards, we maintained such a tradition. After the Qing entered the great walls,

Kunning Palace would do two offering ceremony day and night,

and one major offering ceremony every month. This is to make the Qing descendants

remember the hardships of our ancestors in establishing a great undertaking.

It was hard to establish this great Qing empire.

Since you know all of it,

why then did you add salt on the meat?

Add salt? I didn't.

Taste it yourself.

Our ancestors were able to endure it,

while you couldn't.

Adding salt to the offered meat is clearly looking down on our ancestors and the gods.

You are too bold!

Men! Prince Yi of the First Rank disrespected the ancestors and tainted the offered meat.

His position as an imperial guard of the Gate of Heavenly Purity is revoked.

Let the Imperial Clan Court handle him.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I truly didn't!

I really didn't bring any salt into the palace! I'm innocent!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I'm innocent!

Doing offering ceremony day and night, sharing the offered meat,

these are blessings from our ancestors,

the protection of the gods.

But the originally valiant and skillful in warfare

descendants of the eight banners which Prince Yi of the First Rank leads,

has now become insects that relies on their ancestor's merits,

would just play with birds or walk dogs,

and be derelict in their duty.

Not only in going to battle and killing our enemies,

even just eating an offering meat is already a hard task for them.

I have to warn all of you.

The establishment of the Qing Dynasty hasn't been easy.

I will never allow this great empire

would just get destroyed in the hands of a group of prodigal sons

who only knows to seek pleasure and enjoyment, and is disrespectful to our ancestors.

Investigate!

Investigate the guards outside too!

I want to look closely who else

dares to do such a thing!

Check them!

What's going on? When was it the turn of servants like you to search us?

Hailancha.

Lords, sorry to offend you.

Check it!

Lord Fuheng, please.

Have you caught any?

The imperial bodyguards and imperial guards of the Gate of Heavenly Purity have all been checked.

There are no second person who dared to tamper with the meat.

Finally, there are people who are sensible.

Continue with eating the meat.

Yes.

May everyone continue eating the meat!

How come Fuheng didn't get caught?

Young Master, are you alright?

I was so scared earlier.

Prince Yi of the First Rank got demoted and sent for investigation

just for hiding some salt. He even got sent to the Imperial Clan Court.

If I've known earlier, I shouldn't have told you to bring that spiced salt.

Good thing, you didn't bring it today.

So, you've noticed it beforehand.

You're the one who reported Prince Yi of the First Rank.

Yes.

You...

What about me? Are you going to tell me that I shouldn't have reported him

because he's the iron cap prince of the Qing Dynasty,

a descendant of the royal family, a royal grandchild and is of noble status?

Hence, when he told me to kneel, I must kneel.

When he curse me as being a lowly person, I just have to accept all that. Is that it?

Let me tell you that I indeed came from a lowly family,

but I won't let anyone bully me.

He is still a Prince of the First Rank.

Seas change into mulberry fields. Things in this world change.

What was once peaking mountain ridges might become a boundless plain in the future.

Change is the only constant thing in this world.

Not only do you seek vengeance for the smallest grudge,

you are even extremely audacious.

I just want to give him a lesson.

I'm telling him that even an ant can shake an elephant. Any bully

would eventually get bullied in the future.

What about me?

You were able to escape this time

because you already developed suspicion?

No. I just don't want to disobey the teachings of my ancestors,

hence, I threw away the spiced salt.

On the outside,

you are indeed a gentleman.

But could there be a gentleman in this world that destroys the chastity of others?

You repeatedly schemed against me because of A'Man. Am I right?

Yes.

If I tell you that I didn't do it, will you believe?

You think I will?

I can swear by the heaven that this matter has nothing to do with me.

If you don't believe me,

you can kill me now.

- You think I won't dare?! - You dare to.

Is there anything in this world that you won't dare do?

But no is no. I didn't hurt your sister.

I didn't hurt A'Man. If you don't believe me,

you can use this dagger now to stab my chest.

Yingluo, I'm saying it again.

I would never do anything offensive to god and reason.

I never did.

Sorry. I wasn't able to kill him.

But this is the imperial palace.

If I really kill anyone, what about father?

Even so, I've already committed a grave mistake.

I can't continue staying here in Changchun Palace.

Her Highness Empress wants to see you.

I knew it. You will eventually fall and get smashed into pieces.

Wei Yingluo, do you admit your mistake?

Yingluo, Her Highness rarely gets angry.

Quickly tell her the truth.

It's already too late to admit it.

After committing such a grave mistake, just wait to get beheaded.

For this mistake, it was my own doing

and doesn't involve anyone else.

I earnestly ask Your Highness Empress to just punish me.

You...

Did you eat some bear liver or phoenix gall bladder?

How come you don't seem to be afraid at all?

What are you laughing about?

Your Highness still can't bear for Yingluo to suffer.

She exposed the wrongdoings of Prince Yi of First Rank, but you couldn't bear to punish her.

Regarding Prince Yi of the First Rank framing Yingluo last time,

it's also slapping the face of our Changchun Palace. Of course, I'm also unhappy with him.

I also hoped that he can be punished.

But he's after all the biological cousin of His Majesty.

If His Majesty doesn't allow it, I also couldn't castigate him.

But this person is too bold!

You even dared to touch a iron cap prince.

Your Highness Empress is scolding me

just for this matter?

Is there anything else?

Did Fuheng not tell Empress anything?

How is this possible?

You're really something, Wei Yingluo.

What else did you do? Quickly tell me!

So that I won't get shocked again.

How did you know about this?

How did I know?

Fuheng wrote me a letter saying that you were extremely audacious

and asked me to discipline you.

Isn't he doing this for your own good?

Or else, don't know what other troubles you would start.

Imperial Guard Fuca didn't say anything else?

Who is Imperial Guard Fuca? How could he have the time to wrangle with you?

His Majesty might be very happy if there is indeed such a happening.

What do you mean?

High officials disliking the taste of the offering meat and employing tricks to eat it

hasn't been happening for just one or two times.

His Majesty used the incident of punishing Prince Yi of the First Rank

to warn others from following suit.

Or else, he could have just denounced him.

Why must he still send him to the Imperial Clan Court?

Wei Yingluo!

Even if what you said is true,

if you are too particular with every detail in everything that you do,

you won't be able to live happily.

For everything, just take a step back and you'll be able to appreciate how vast the world is.

I'm punishing you to go back and write the word 'forgiveness' 100 times.

Your Highness, with her being this audacious,

you're just going to let her off the hook lightly?

I taught her earlier to take a step back.

Now, if I punish her harshly,

isn't that going against what I said?

You keep being biased with her, harboring her!

Mingyu.

Everything that happened here today

is known by only the four of us.

No one must leak it.

Remember. It must not be publicized.

Or else, I will never easily forgive you.

- Yes. - Yes.

- Go now. - Yes.

Wait.

May Your Highness Empress give your order.