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

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Hang in there.

Yes.

Push.

Push.

Gauze.- Here you are.

Give me the water.

Okay.

Get another pot of water.

Madam,

push.

Come on, push.

Madam,

Madam.

Almost done.

Push.

Hang in there, Madam.

What’s wrong?

The pain started the day before yesterday.

Why she’s still struggling?

Is she having a difficult labor?

No, it can’t be.

The baby is in the perfect position.

Almost done.

I can see the hair.

Your Majesty,

Your Majesty, take the medicine first.

You’ve been staying here for two days.

The anxiety attacks your heart and you caught a cold.

Now you are having a fever.

If it becomes serious,

Madam Miao will feel guilty about it.

Come on.

Relax,

physician said it’s not a difficult labor.

It is common

to take two or three days for the first baby.

People say

the baby that takes longer

must be a clever boy or a beautiful girl.

= Liang Yuanheng = Mr. Zhang.

Come on, I’ll take you to Her Highness.

Don’t be afraid.

You are lucky.

Just now the princess was born.

The whole palace is bestowed with amnesty.

Do you know what you did wrong?

Yes, I know.

It seems that I didn’t avoid the taboo,

but my manners show what I think inside of me.

I behaved wrong

because I didn’t respect enough in my heart.

I was raised in countryside

in an ungracious and vulgar way.

I didn’t keep royalty to His Majesty

in my mind all the time,

that’s why I forgot the taboo.

You do realize something

these days in the reflection.

He looks lovely,

clever,

and clean.

He made a mistake

but with the princess’s birth

he’s lucky to have another chance.

Maoze,

take him

to change some clean clothes

and eat something

and give him a bowl of ginger soup.

It’s quite cold recently, don’t let him be sick.

Yes.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Don’t thank me.

This is the blessing from the princess.

But your name

is too dangerous,

you should change a new one.

Please bestow me a new name, Your Highness.

Huaiji.

From now on, your name is Liang Huaiji.

= Princess Huirou =

Sorry, Your Majesty,

I didn’t give you a son.

I feel guilty to my ancestors

but deep down in my heart,

I feel so happy.

My wish is fulfilled

to have a princess I can spoil.

Before long

we can still have a son

to fulfill our moral obligation to my ancestors.

You just want to make me happy.

I’ve been

collecting those for more than a year.

What are they?

Among all the tributes Suzhou sent

to the palace a year ago,

I saw this doll.

I was dreaming I can have a princess

and give this to her as a gift.

Since then,

I’ve been longing

for a daughter.

And soon

I heard that you were pregnant.

It’s because the Heaven responded to your wish.

What a delicate doll.

Will our daughter

like this doll?

What if she prefers writing, painting and calligraphy

to dolls and jades?

Then,

I collected different kinds of items

and after a year,

I got

a box of gifts for her.

I always think

if it’s a boy,

I must teach him well

and give him the best teacher;

if it’s a girl,

I’ll let her be the happiest girl

in the whole Song.

I’m Liang Yuansheng,

a resident in the Capital.

= Liaocheng = I came here today

to appeal for redress of a wrong and issue a lawsuit.

= Liang Yuansheng = My uncle

and my brother were wronged.

I want to sue someone in this county.

You should go to county government for redress and lawsuit

and tell the magistrate your case.

I want to sue

my aunt-in-law

and the magistrate of Liaocheng.

Even if it’s the magistrate,

you still need to go to the county government and beat the drum.

You shouldn’t come to my mansion.

Everyone, leave here!

I know the rules,

but I’m left with no choice.

I want to sue them for committing adultery

and selling kid.

Adultery needs two people.

I’ve tied them up in the bedroom

so everyone can see it

and be a witness.

How can you hold a government official?

Do you know you’ve broken the law?

My brother just turned 10 this year

and was sold by them.

Sir,

I just want justice.

People who had adultery, who were corrupted,

who broke the law

and ruined the government’s reputation

should be punished with what he deserves.

I...

I will also get

the punishment I deserve.

Congratulations, Your Majesty, for having a princess.

The princess

is my first child.

Today

I’ll follow the tradition

of the birth of the first imperial son.

I’ll bestow all of you the baptism gift

so that you can share the joy with me.

It will be sent to your house

in the sequence of your names and titles.

= Yin Zhu, courtesy name Shilu =

Your Majesty,

in my opinion,

we have soldiers guarding our boundaries day and night,

people who are struggling for living.

Yet Your Majesty bestowed officials with

jewelry and jade

for the birth of a princess.

It runs contrary to your normal instructions

about encouraging thrift and discouraging luxury.

Beside it runs contrary to

the etiquettes

to follow the tradition

of the birth of the first imperial son.

I beg Your Majesty to recall your decision.

The gift

is nothing more than

some small items in stock,

which didn’t cost anything extra.

If I leave them there,

they’ll continue to be dust collectors.

I gave them to you to share my luck and joy.

If you are concerned about

soldiers protecting our country,

and the people with a hard life,

and you are willing to change your gifts into money