Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty (Meng Hui Da Qing / 梦回大清)

Brother Four.

Now it's time to show your loyalty.

I need the military power of your two banners

to help me ascend the throne.

You still take this action.

Yes.

Father has left the palace.

The court is now under control of us.

Now it's the best time.

Your Highness, has you ever

thought how grieved father would be

when learning of your revolt?

You were made Crown Prince as a child.

You're father's favorite son.

I'm his favorite son?

If he held me as his favorite son,

he should have long passed the throne to me

instead of letting me be Crown Prince for 30 years

and leave me waiting,

waiting for the day

when he passes the throne to me out of pity.

I can't wait any longer.

I know how you feel, Your Highness.

But father is the ruler of the empire,

you can't take it unless he hands it over to you.

You're right.

I used to think likewise.

I did everything as well as I could

just to impress father.

But all he gave me was the title of Crown Prince

but not any real power.

Asking me supervise state affairs,

but with your assistance,

allowing my brothers mock me

behind my back.

So I'm tired of waiting.

But if you stop waiting,

you're going to lose your title as Crown Prince.

It's make-or-break time for me.

I need your assistance.

Brother Four,

you've won the trust of the whole court.

I'm sure I'll succeed

if you agree to help me

win over people's support.

Impossible.

You don't want to help me?

You wouldn't succeed

even with my help.

Wherever he is,

let alone our movements.

father has firm control of the whole empire.

If you trust me,

take my advice.

Pull back from what you're doing

before it gets disastrous.

Songgotu has got everything ready.

Father won't be able to do anything about it

if I manage to capture the Forbidden City

and proclaim myself Emperor

before his return.

Your Highness.

The arrow is on the bowstring.

No turning back.

Since the empire

is destined to be mine one day,

I'm going to take it now.

Will you help me

or not?

Brother Two,

you will regret your decision today.

I have no choice.

Brother Four,

take a good rest here for a few days.

I'll need your assistance

when all is settled.

What happened?

Dreadful news.

Prince Four has been kept in the Eastern Palace by Crown Prince,

with imperial guards at the door.

Even a servant like me wasn't allowed

to see Fourth Prince.

What are we going to do?

Consort De has left the palace for the temple to offer incense to the Buddha.

We have no way of informing Her Highness.

If only Thirteenth Prince were here.

He'd have a solution.

What would I do if I were

Thirteenth Prince?

Miss Wei,

what do you think we should do?

I... I'm really upset and worried.

What should we do?

Calm down. Let me think.

Isn't that Thirteenth Prince's falcon?

Do deliver the letter to your master.

You are

our only hope now.

Please.

My lords,

I wonder why we were summoned to court so abruptly.

What... What's going on here?

Don't be alarmed, Your Excellencies.

Crown Prince has a significant announcement to make.

Please wait here for a moment.

What on earth is going on here?

Since my ascension to the throne,

I've strictly abided by our ancestral instructions

and showed solicitude for my subjects.

We owe this peace and prosperity

to Heaven.

May Heaven continue to bless our Great Qing

with political stability, peace and prosperity.

=The mutiny may happen in the imperial palace. Please reply soon. From Wei=

Yinsi,

they're having a coup at the imperial court.

According to our spies,

the Crown Prince has deployed his military forces.

The ministers have been detained in the palace.

A palace coup will soon follow, it seems.

It's about time.

Good.

I've been waiting for this day for ages.

We'd better have the Crown Prince arrested at once

so that father could punish him upon his return.

The Crown Prince has committed the monstrous crime

of conspiring against the state.

Arresting him for punishment

wouldn't be enough to settle things down.

I thought we'd impress father

by capturing the treacherous the Crown Prince?

Things could go awry

if the Crown Prince refuses to capitulate.

Given the current circumstances,

father probably wouldn't punish him severely.

Yinsi, you mean...

We should get rid of him once and for all.

Then we can exterminate Yinzhen

and the others at one stroke

to spare all later trouble.

What shall we do?

Still got no reply from Thirteenth Prince.

Wei, the situation is urgent.

Take Yinzhen out of the place immediately

so that he won't get implicated

in the Crown Prince's misdeed.

Give top priority

to your own safety.

I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Don't worry.

I'll keep Fourth Prince safe

and wait for your return.

Fourteenth Prince, did you send for me?

Where are you going in the early morning?

I'm going to the Eastern Palace to rescue Fourth Prince.

You overestimate your strength.

That's why I told you the truth

seeking your help.

We're out of time.

Let's hurry.

I'm not going with you.

Why not?

Fourth Prince is in grave danger.

He's your brother.

So what?

You can't sit by idly

as your brother is in danger, can you?

This is an internal strife among us princes.

We've long forsaken our brotherhood.

An outsider like you has nothing to do with it.

So it's OK to lose all your conscience

in order to win a strife?

What is conscience?

We brothers have been rivals since we were born.

We contrived all sorts of tricks to inherit the throne.

A slight mistake would cost our lives.

We did all we could to stay alive.

That's human nature.

I don't understand your political intrigues

or bear your burden.

All I know

is that someone I know is in danger

and that I mustn't sit by idly.

You can't go.

Don't stop me even if you don't want to help me.

I came to stop you from getting yourself killed.

So far you've been lucky enough

to have escaped unscathed.

But this time

the infighting is directly related to the throne,

so you're going to get yourself killed

if you don't stop meddling in it.

You've mapped out a plan, haven't you?