A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
ADAPTED FROM TIANXIA GUIYUAN'S NOVEL HUANG QUAN
EPISODE 24
Is this Lady Wang's room?
Your Majesty.
If I am not mistaken,
the farthest room we have was for Lady Wang.
She stayed here
after giving birth to Ning Qi.
She's living in this far and shabby place.
She didn't get protection from Noble Consort Chang, right?
No.
Lady Wang, kneel.
Noble Consort asked you to redo the embroidery.
She said the 100 flowers you embroidered are too dull.
It wasn't as nice as the one that attracted the Emperor.
Noble Consort is very angry.
Noble Consort asked me
to finish embroidering 100 flowers in ten days.
It wasn't enough time.
And the lighting was too dark.
The sun helps during the day.
But at night,
I need more candles.
The Royal Clothing Department is not responsible for candles.
Furthermore,
Noble Consort said that you can embroider lively animals even with your eyes closed.
You should
just embroider in the dark.
Your Majesty.
This eunuch from the Royal Clothing Department has no manners.
I shall discipline him later.
Your Majesty.
Are we still going to Lady Wang's room?
Lady Wang.
Official Zhao.
Look who's here to see you.
Your Majesty.
I didn't know you were coming. I wasn't able to greet you.
Forgive me, Your Majesty.
You may rise.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
How have you been all these years?
I am doing well.
Noble Consort Chang provides for my basic needs.
Thank you for thinking of me, Your Majesty.
What's this?
You don't have to look at it, Your Majesty.
It's an embroidered handkerchief from 20 years ago.
I was afraid the bugs would ruin it, so I put it inside the camphor wooden box.
Your Majesty, you don't have to look at
embroidered work from 20 years ago.
Have you always put this beside your pillow?
Peony.
It's a peony again.
Twenty years ago.
Wasn't that the time when you were pregnant with Ning Qi?
That's right, Your Majesty.
I like this peony.
I like this.
Tomorrow,
choose a nice room for Lady Wang.
Call Imperial Doctor Zhang to look after Lady Wang's health.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, regarding Lady Wang's title...
No rush.
Yes, Your Majesty.
This horse is so beautiful.
Shaoning.
This white horse is yours now.
Mine?
Ning Chuan asked someone to get it from Dayue for you.
He planned to give it to you on your birthday.
What a shame.
He's gone, but the horse remains.
I'm fulfilling his last wish now.
Take it
to remember him.
It's been locked up for many days.
Time to take it out and let it stretch its legs.
Ning Qi is coming back soon.
How are you still in the mood to ride horses in the suburbs?
What's the rush?
Just like we do things one by one,
we also have to deal with people one by one.
Send this to Feng Zhiwei.
Give it to her yourself.
I'm thinking about you, Your Highness.
We risked our lives to get the evidence to beat the former Crown Prince.
It was hard for me, even more so for you.
But we're just giving it to Feng Zhiwei.
Isn't that too easy for her?
Ning Cheng.
Why do I feel like you're the master here?
How would I dare?
I'll deliver it now.
-I'm going now. -Why are you still here?
You wanted to see me?
My lord is giving this to your lord.
Your lord is giving this to my lord.
Would it be something good?
It's something that can save your lord's life.
Don't tell him it's from my lord.
I feel embarrassed for him.
If you dare tell him...
What?
I'll kill you.
Look at you.
Like master, like...
"Qiu Shangqi"?
Well...
I'm sure you know how to read.
I told you this can save your lord's life.
Keep it safe.
These drinks are your lord's treat.
Pay on his behalf.
He provides full support from behind,
but speaks harsh words to my face.
Like master, like servant.
REAL ESTATE DEED CERTIFIED PROPERTY TITLE
Huaishi.
You did something that even His Majesty couldn't.
You can even check the Real Estate Bureau. You are amazing.
How did you do it?
Teach me so that I can also get a reward from His Majesty.
Don't ask.
Come on.
-Tell me. -Don't ask.
-Tell me. -Don't ask. Really.
Last chance. Are you going to tell me or not?
-No... -I see. Nanyi.
Gu Nanyi!
All right. I'll tell you.
A wise man doesn't fight against impossible odds.
Have you thought about it?
When are you resigning?
So that I can take you away from here
and hide in Jiangnan for a while.
Don't make arrangements for me first, Uncle.
I have another important thing to discuss with you today.
When Tiansheng Empire began,
the government seized Bloody Pagoda's properties.
The Crown Prince had some on his hands.
His accomplices also had some on their hands.
Uncle, can you tell me
why this real estate title has your name on it?
OWNER: QIU SHANGQI
Zhiwei.
You dare entrap your uncle.
Do you think this title is fake?
Shall we go to the Real Estate Bureau to confirm it?
-You... -I'll cut to the chase.
I don't want to be ruthless.
If you won't open the ancestral halls,
I'll take care of this.
Those people from the Real Estate Bureau
must want to protect themselves and entrap me instead.
Those scums.
All right.
Give me this title.
I can temporarily let your mother and Feng Hao stay.
I won't bother you with this little thing.
I'll keep this safe.
Zhiwei.
We're family.
Whoever keeps it, does it for the Qiu family's sake.
I understand.
You've always been understanding.
"To my people, I hereby order Ning Yi, Prince of Chu, to stop the rebellion.
In case of the unexpected,
I'm also sending Hall of Zhaohua's Scholar, Wei Zhi,
to capture Ning Chuan alive for prosecution and spare innocent lives."
Do you think I care about that?
I haven't thanked Your Highness yet for the property title.
I thought you forgot.
You're not the least bit thankful in front of people.
It seems
it's extremely difficult to hear you say thank you.
Your Highness has misunderstood.
I won't ever forget Your Highness' great kindness.
How can I not be thankful?
It's just inconvenient to thank you in front of others.
I hope Your Highness understands.
It may have been easy for me,
but please don't forget it.
Don't always go against me.
Get away!
Shaoning.
Princess Shaoning.
It's not good
to let people see you drunk here.
Go back and rest.
Wei Zhi.
I just want to ask you one thing today.
Why are you deliberately hiding from me?
Tell me clearly today
and let me stop wondering.
How would I dare hide from you?
It's just that the Inner Court and the Royal Court must be kept separate.
A man and woman should be wary of rumors.
I couldn't help but distance myself.
All right.
Since we met by chance today,
I'll ask you directly.
That day, outside of Chengming Palace,
why did he shoot you with an arrow?
And why did you stop me from leaving Chengming Palace?
Shaoning.
How would Scholar Wei dare answer you?
Let me answer you.
Ning Chuan
committed treason.
I'd fight him until the end.
At that time,
whoever dared to stop me would be treated the same way as Ning Chuan.
Now, Ning Chuan is dead.
What's done is done.
Stop dwelling on it.
Yes.
My brother, Ning Chuan,
will never come back to life.
In this palace,
I'm probably the only one who wishes for him
to still be alive.
Wei Zhi.
Don't hide from me anymore.
To whom shall I express my sorrows?
Should I tell those who wished death for the Crown Prince?
Come on. Drink with me.
Your Highness.
A royal princess gets drunk daily
and bothers government officials. Is that proper decorum?
You should know to have shame.
Shame?
In this palace,
that's very hard to come by.
Shameless people live.
Yet people with shame died.
You're drunk.
Servants. Bring Princess Shaoning home.
-Yes, Your Highness. -I'm not drunk!
You and that Consort Yan are the same.
Back then, she betrayed the country and released her lover.
Now, you're being ambitious and took revenge on Ning Chuan.
Your Highness.
Shaoning.
This is my last warning.
If you continue to test my limits,
I'll send you to accompany Ning Chuan.
I don't care if I end up at Zongzheng Temple,
All right.
I'll wait for you.
If you don't dare to come,
I'll go look for you!
Princess, it's cold here in the hallway.
Take care of yourself.
What are you still looking at? Take Princess Shaoning back to the palace.
WEI RESIDENCE
Your Highness.
You said you wanted to talk to me.
What is it about?
Yes.
I want to talk to you.
My brother, Ning Chuan, is dead.
I know.
In your eyes, he was a bad person.
He did many bad things.
However...
he was my only real family.
Wei Zhi.
Why did you save me that day at Chengming Palace?
Since then,
every time I close my eyes,
I see that scene at Chengming Palace.
I see blood all over the floor.
Your Highness, I understand.
You experienced something terrible at a young age
and almost died yourself.
You must be really terrified.
It's good that you want to talk to me about this.
Actually, I'm not terrified.
I'm just full of hate and anger.
Your Highness.
I can understand the pain of losing a loved one.
But you also have to realize
that if your brother knew how you were doing,
he would want to see the Shaoning who was happy as you used to be.
Am I right?
It's a shame that he won't ever see me anymore.
Then what about me?
Your Highness always says I saved your life.
That I gave you a second chance to live.
If I tell you I want to see a happy princess,
would you promise me that?
You did save my life.
So I want to use the second chance you gave me
to avenge Ning Chuan.
"To Ning Yi.
Since you said tough words in front of Wei Zhi, please follow through.
I can't get over your insults yesterday.
I swear I'll fight you until the end.
If you won't come, I'll kill Wei Zhi,
so he won't tell others about yesterday's insult
and embarrass me in front of others.
Come alone. Let's end this.
Otherwise, you'll have to collect Wei Zhi's body."
Shaoning really wants to die!
She insulted your mother.
Now, she sent a written challenge. I...
I think she's gone insane.
Your Highness, are you going or not?
You said she's gone insane.
Why should I join her?
But she said if you don't go,
she'd kill that woman.
She can kill her if she wants. What does it have to do with me?
"She can kill her if she wants..."
What does it have to do with me?
Your Highness.
What you need to do now is settle things.
Right.
I need to settle things.
Look at me.
I mean
you need to settle things,
not dangerously and ceaselessly obsess about it. Do you understand?
Wei Zhi, listen.
Birds are chirping in the garden.
But I don't know what kind of birds they are.
When I was a kid,
I liked buntings the most.
Especially crested buntings.
I had many of them.
They were all from Ning Chuan.
I remember one time,
the one I loved the most was scratched by Noble Consort's cat.
I kept crying.
Afterward, my brother helped me put medicine on it
and placed it in his chest.
But it still died in the end.
Ning Chuan saw how sad I was,
so he killed Noble Consort's cat.
He was even punished by Father because of it.
Your Highness.
Even though you're a royal and I'm not, we have one thing in common.
We both have families.
We can't tell right from wrong because of our love for them.
Because we know better than anyone how they were before.
In our hearts, they remained the same.
That's why we ignore the truth.
The truth?
In the royal family,
who cares about the truth?
Who doesn't treat people according to their status?
Wei Zhi.
I regret it so very much.
Why didn't I do anything for my brother?
I could have saved him.
Instead,
I could only watch him die
before my very eyes.
I've thought it through.
It's not too late.
What are you going to do?
I've already sent Ning Yi a written challenge
to come here.
Today,
I have to kill Ning Yi
and avenge my brother.
Is that how you pay me back for saving your life?
If Prince of Chu dies in my residence,
then I'll also be doomed.
Don't worry.
I won't harm you.
Please don't be impulsive.
-What's your plan? -Wei Zhi.
I want to drink wine.
Ask someone to get some.
Huaishi.
Get some wine for the princess.
All right.
You must tell Prince of Chu not to come. Hurry.
-But... -Go now.
Wu Ying, have you seen Your Highness?
He asked me to prepare the carriage and left alone.
What? You didn't go with him?
That's bad. He must have gone to Wei Residence secretly.
Why did he have to go there secretly?
He's embarrassed.
No. Why am I telling you this?
I'll go look for him.
Embarrassed?
Your Highness, do you know what you're doing?
Let's not talk about whether or not you'll succeed.
Even if you kill Prince of Chu, do you know what that means for you?
You'll completely change into a different person.
The blood will become your nightmares and haunt you forever.
Wei Zhi.
You don't need to waste your energy persuading me.
My brother's death taught me many things.
Everyone has two faces.
Aren't you the same?
That's why I'm not afraid of changing into another person.
Your Highness, everything is prepared according to plan.
All right.
Then ask him to fall into his own trap.
Yes, Your Highness.
Prince of Chu.
You may rise.
Thank you, Your Highness.
What's the matter?
Scholar Wei ordered me to tell Your Highness
not to go to Wei Residence
no matter what Princess Shaoning does.
Shaoning went to Wei Residence.
Did anything happen?
Princess Shaoning is having drinks at Wei Residence.
Nothing happened.
However,
when Scholar Wei gave me the order,
he looked very nervous.
All right.
I'll take my leave.
Where's Ning Cheng?
Your Highness.
Ning Cheng came over earlier.
I told him Your Highness left by yourself.
He kept mumbling about Your Highness being embarrassed
and went to Wei Residence.
Then he left hurriedly.
That presumptuous jerk.
Your Highness, please forgive me for being cowardly.
I don't dare to be involved in your matters.
My arrow wound just healed.
Since Your Highness is not willing to tell me the truth,
I'll take my leave.
Don't worry, Scholar Wei.
After Ning Yi comes,
I'll let you go.
Your Highness, it's all set.
-Open it. -Yes, Your Highness.
Wei Zhi, prepare the brush and ink.
I want to write a letter.
After I die with Ning Yi,
take the letter to my father.
He'll forgive you.
Your Highness' life is precious. Please don't be rash.
Can we discuss this further?
Why must Your Highness be so extreme?
As long as you're alive, there is hope, isn't there?
Go.
I can't wait that long.
You saw what happened at the palace today.
Even if I don't kill him,
he won't leave me alone in the future, either.
Since Your Highness has already made up your mind,
let me fulfill your wish for you.
Wei Zhi.
You're the only person I can trust now.
Why do you have to say that and lie to me?
I didn't get along with Prince of Chu even when I was at Qingming Academy.
You know that as well.
And he even hurt me himself at Chengming Palace.
As long as you're willing to protect me,
I'm willing to die for you.
Are you really willing to kill Ning Yi for me?
Of course.
Let me tell you.
The explosive in this coat can blow you into pieces.
Your Highness.
I think this plan has a loophole.
-What if-- -What's the problem?
My living room may not be big,
but if Prince of Chu comes, he'll surely sit here.
That's quite far away from you.
How can Your Highness be sure that Prince of Chu will go to you?
And it's bright in this room.
If Prince of Chu catches on,
wouldn't you have sacrificed yourself for nothing?
Then what do you have in mind?
I'll take Your Highness to another place.
You and I can work together then. Maybe we can accomplish your goal
and keep our lives.
Your Highness, do you want to try that?
Wei Zhi.
You're smart indeed.
Since Your Highness has faith in my plan,
leave it to me.
There's only one entrance to this room.
And you have many guards.
You don't need to worry that I'll run away.
Just tell my servants to escort Prince of Chu here.
Your Highness, please.
You may hide in this room.
Then you can stay away from danger and watch what happens from here.
Your Highness.
I'm not sure whether I'll be alive later.
I'll bid my farewell here.
I hope Your Highness
can protect my family starting today.
I'll repay Your Highness' kindness
in the next life.
Wei Zhi.
I trust your loyalty,
but I have another idea now.
-Guards. -Your Highness.
Capture Wei Zhi.
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Highness, what's the meaning of this?
Your Highness.
Your Highness, Ning Cheng left this.
Your Highness, be careful!
-Ning Qing, go after them. -Yes, Your Highness.
Go.
Capture that remaining guard too.
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Highness.
Princess Shaoning led guards to Wei Residence
and sent someone else to deliver a letter to Prince of Chu.
My sister really is rash.
Let's go.
Help her.
There are explosive on the roof.
It's you.
Why are you so rash?
-Explosive. -Throw it out.
Go. Hurry.
Hurry. Save His Highness.
There's an assassin. Save Prince of Chu.
-Yes, my lord! -Yes, my lord!
Subtitle translation by Coleen Chua