Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (Legend of Ruyi / Hou Gong Ruyi Zhuan / 如懿传)

Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

Episode 34

You're the head of the six palaces.

You must know very well to shed a tear now is useless.

If you cry and His Majesty can recover fully,

then I will cry alongside with you.

Please don't be angry, Royal Mother. I am only worried about His Majesty.

Emperor doesn't have some severe illness.

Your tear so easily shed. How hapless is that?

I understand. May you instruct me.

Consort Xian is ill.

So the other consorts of the palace can take turns.

Noble Consort Chun is in early pregnancy and Consort Jia needs to raise the prince so both are spared from coming.

The rest, Concubine Mei and Concubine Shu are both beloved by His Majesty so they can serve him more.

Concubine Yu, Attendant Qing and Attendant Wan can serve along too. But you're the empress.

You just need to be thoughtful in making the arrangement.

Royal Mother, His Majesty's illness is contagious.

If the six palaces take turns in serving him, what if all contract it?

I fear it will be out of control in that case.

Royal Mother, if you deem me as suitable enough,

then I volunteer myself to look after His Majesty.

I will serve him day and night without leaving him half a step.

Empress and Emperor love each other so much so I will go along with you.

If you can't last anymore, I will send someone to help you.

Yes.

I send Royal Mother away with respect.

Hurry and go in.

Rest a bit, Your Highness and allow me to tend.

No need. You go watch His Majesty's medicine. Don't miss the timing.

Yes.

Also. Even though Empress Dowager said the other consorts don't need to come tend.

There will be some who won't sit still.

Li Yu, you send the order.

To evade the illness from spreading, they are not allowed to pass into Yangxin Hall.

Yes.

But you're here and the matters of the six palaces --

Let Consort Jia look after it time to time.

Yes.

Your Majesty. I am here alone to accompany you.

It's quiet and clear now. No one is coming to disturb us anymore.

Greetings to Noble Consort Xian.

Noble Consort Xian, Empress is inside.

Only the empress is there?

Empress does not allow the six palaces to come serve in order to prevent the illness from spreading.

So she is alone in there all along.

Empress is so thoughtful.

She is the head of the six palaces. You are still ill, Noble Consort Xian.

You should go back and nurture your own health first.

Go and let Empress know I stopped by.

Yes.

Zhongcui Palace

His Majesty is harboring illness and we're all dearly anxious.

But I feel so guilty.

I am pregnant so I fear I'm the first to bow out from serving.

You're ranked high and with merit.

We are all just worried so wanted to ask you to go talk to Empress.

So we can take turns tending his illness.

Empress is worried His Majesty's illness can spread.

So she won't let us go.

I haven't served His Majesty for short time either.

Though this illnes is contagious, I am not scared.

Just that this illness, only the empress is serving,

and that worries us the most.

Imperial Noble Consort Huixian only passed away recently.

Noble Consort Xian is ill too.

If something should happen to Empress too then the harem will be in big chaos.

But we've got you still, Consort Jia.

Noble Consort Chun is pregnant so Empress put most of the six palace affairs to you.

Why don't we all plead you to go and make our plea to Empress.

There's no place for me to put a word in before Empress.

You all chat slowly, Sisters. I will go first.

That odd personality is leaving again.

She's always been like that. Let her be.

I don't blame you for not respecting them.

They want to go tend to His Majesty to court favors.

But they are all scared to lead the way to go to Empress.

Each pushing another.

Since you know what's on their mind, why bother saying it out?

Then we'd be akin to them.

Mistress, then where should we go?

Anhua Hall. I can't go tend to His Majesty now.

I can go to Anhua Hall and pray and that's contributing something.

Better than them yakking here.

Your devotion is already arrived.

Just that in order for His Majesty to recover fully,

you will have to paint banners personally.

and hang it in your garden to pray for blessings to His Majesty.

Mistress.

Mistress, slowly.

Mistress, let me help you.

- No. - It's almost dark and it's raining so hard.

Let me help you hang.

No. If someone else hangs it then it won't work.

Let me do it myself.

Mistress, careful.

Your Majesty, you're awake.

Noble Consort Xian is so tired already.

Help her go and rest.

Your Majesty, this is Empress.

Why is Empress here?

Your Majesty, since Noble Consort Xian fell ill,

it's been Empress who's been tending to your illness all along.

Your Majesty, you're awake.

You worked hard.

- Li Yu. - Present. - Empress is tired.

Let her go rest.

Tell Concubine Shu to come tend to me.

Yes.

Your Majesty, I know you don't wish to see me.

But you're ill and I'm your legal wife.

How can I not tend to you by the bed in detail?

Your illness is contagious.

Noble Consort Xian already fell ill.

If something else goes wrong in the six palaces,

it would be my fault to see the household toil.

Your Majesty, if you're not wiling to see me,

I can cover my face with a handkerchief.

I just beg you will allow me to serve you like other palace staff.

It's not that I don't wish to see you.

It's just that I worry you've toiled too much serving me.

Just as long as you can recover fully, what do I fear?

Your Highness, the porridge you made for His Majesty is done.

Your Majesty, drink some porridge.

Your Majesty, this is made personally by Her Highness.

She's boiled it for hours.

Your Majesty.

Empress, I heard His Majesty's illness has improved a lot lately.

I want to see His Majesty.

Concubine Shu, His Majesty's illness is contagious.

He's not all recovered yet.

You should go and wait more or else you might contract it.

Empress, you are working so hard.

You are staying vigilant by His Majesty all alone but you forgot you still had Princess Hejing to look after.

Someone like me who has no children and no worries.

I'd be more convenient in tending to His Majesty.

You are still young. If you get the illness and harm your beauty,

then later on, how will you even service His Majesty?

You're so virtuous.

Tending to His Majesty all alone.

The rest of us can't even see him once.

Forget it.

These are lucky pouches I personally made for His Majesty.

Anhua Hall's master has blessed them.

May I ask you to deliver these for me?

These lucky pouches are great.

However, let's wait till later you can give them to His Majesty personally and that's more meaningful.

You should return.

Since His Majesty has recovered,

other than Empress, it's usually Noble Consort Xian,

or that Concubine Shu that accompany him the most.

I haven't seen His Majesty in such a long time actually.

His Majesty is very tender to Empress.

If it weren't for me being pregnant, His Majesty probably wouldn't come see me either.

Noble Consort Chun. Mistress.

Empress is pregnant.

- Really? - Can't be wrong. Physician Qi personally checked pulse.

Go now.

What? Empress is pregnant with legitimate heir.

Even if I birth a gold ball,

His Majesty won't come take a look either.

Empress aspired day and night and finally she's pregnant.

Yes. His Majesty is so elated.

We need to go and congratulate her.

Empress being pregnant has nothing to do with me.

I'm not actually happy so I don't need to put on fake air and go.

But we still need to live in tandem.

We need to be cordial with each other.

I really dislike her.

Other than me,

you must never mention it to others ever.

I know.

I am just saying how I feel.

His Majesty is very sweet and kind to me.

Since Physician Qi told me my body is weak and not easily able to get pregnant,

each time I serviced His Majesty in bed, His Majesty would always send prenatal medicine to me.

But I've been drinking it for so many years.

And still no movement whatsoever.

I fear it's truly due to my body being so weak.

Empress drank prenatal medicine for so many years in order to get pregnant.

But she still got her good news today.

Have you ever drank it?

Back then, Empress wanted lots of royal heirs.

So all the palaces were granted prenatal medicines.

But it's you who is most favored by His Majesty.

You're the first to be given by prenatal medicine by His Majesty after bed service.

Mistress, Eunuch Jin Bao is here.

Greetings to two mistresses.

His Majesty had me deliver medicine to Concubine Shu.

I take my leave.

His Majesty even told Jin Bao to watch you drink it?

He sure did.

It makes me so embarrassed.

Hurry and eat something sweet to get rid of the bitter taste in your mouth.

This is clam from Zhuji. Sweet and light.

I just love these hometown food.

You keep talking about hometown and you really don't seem like a Manchu gege.

You seem more like a Jiangnan noblewoman who walked out of Zhuji.