♪Such old memories♪ ♪Get me into a dusty world♪ ♪Such great changes♪ ♪Get fate to favor us♪ ♪Look how time flies♪ ♪Half a lifetime has passed quickly♪ ♪Someone is still waiting♪ ♪Till forever♪ ♪If the world falls in chaos♪ ♪I'll flit with you♪ ♪Let's travel around ♪ even to the uncivilized region♪ ♪Flowers are in full bloom♪ ♪Love and hate make us meet and part♪ ♪Wind blows but clouds don't disperse♪ ♪Life is so long ♪ and I can spend it with you♪ =The Rebel Princess= =Episode 6= The Empress and the Crown Prince have arrived!

Your Grace, how's His Majesty now?

His Majesty was poisoned.

Fortunately, the medical treatment was timely.

There is no immediate danger of life.

But he urgently needs to rest quietly.

All the affairs in the court cannot be delayed in a single day.

Now that you're all here, I counselled with the Prime Minister.

From this day on, the Crown Prince shall temporarily govern the nation, with the Prime Minister as Regent.

Everybody, what's your opinion?

Yes, Your Grace.

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Please.

Please help my family!

I beg you!

Wanru, Noble Concubine Xie committed such a heinous crime.

Now the evidence is clear.

How do you expect me to save her?

No.

It can't be Aunt!

Aunt and His Majesty have deep affection.

It is obvious to all.

How could she possibly poison His Majesty?

If it wasn't Concubine Xie, then who was the criminal?

I saw it myself.

If I hadn't seen it, I can't believe it, either.

These years, Father showed sole favor to your aunt and he prefers Zitan.

Mother and Uncle have been dissatisfied for a long time.

Now they are on to something.

Listen to me.

Don't forget, you are Xie Wanru.

You're also from the Xie Family.

Now your family are all imprisoned, except you.

You're lucky enough.

I think you should not raise new issues.

Otherwise you will be in danger.

Your Highness, no one can save me, but you.

If Father and Aunt die, I'll die, too.

You!

Your Highness, I beg you!

Save them!

I know.

Now that we are husband and wife, I'll talk to Mother to make sure you're safe.

But as for Father-in-law and Noble Consort Xie, no one could save them, but Father.

If Father can wake up, there is still hope for everything.

How about this?

I am going to see Father now.

Do you want to risk your life like them?

Brother, I'm trying it for you.

You should have more serious thoughts in your mind.

Yes.

Wen Zongshen, and other old officials who are very close to the Xie family, you have to keep an eye on them.

Yes.

I understand.

But brother, there was a perfect chance today.

Why didn't you kill His Majesty directly?

Why do you keep him alive?

This is the perfect condition.

His Majesty is neither alive nor dead.

Only in this way can those outer lords be stabilized.

If his brothers who had fought him for the throne, came back to the capital with troops in the name of mourners, how can you fight them with only thousands of Imperial Armies?

Only Xiao Qi can fight them with 200 thousand soldiers in Ningshuo Army.

How shall we deal with the Xie Family?

And the Third Prince?

Brother, you...

Mother.

How is your father?

I have been here to watch over my father.

But my father... he didn't give any response.

Your father has wronged you.

If he wakes up, and knows you are so filial, he will regret what he did to you.

Mother, did Noble Consort Xie and Zitan really poison Father?

The wine Noble Consort Xie offered was indeed poisonous.

Anyway, it's my fault, too.

I shouldn't have been in such a hurry to present the Seal to Father.

But I cannot understand.

Why did they do it?

Father loved Zitan so much.

It really is that greed has no limits.

The whole empire and I shall rely on you.

Mother, I will not fail you.

You are pushing me!

I'm not!

I'm doing this for the Crown Prince and our family.

Fine.

Now that you started it, there's no turning back for my son and me.

But there is one thing you need to promise me.

Say it.

For the throne competition, whatever you are going to do, I won't get into your business.

But if you hurt Zilong, you are hurting me.

If there were one more time like what happened today, I will go my own ways instead of yours.

Not only your son will be the pawn.

For the Wang Family, every member will be pawns.

Issue an imperial edict to marry Awu to Xiao Qi.

Then we'll worry about nothing.

With you around, I wouldn't fall.

What if I'm not around?

You're not around?

Where are you going?

You can't go anywhere!

All right.

I won't go anywhere.

On the same day next year, we can still...

If you told other the wish, it wouldn't come true.

After we get married, you're no longer in the Wang Family.

I'm no longer the Third Prince.

We will travel around the world, living a free and pleasant life.

So beautiful.

For the rest of my life, I will never separate from Zitan.

- Zitan!

- Awu!

Zitan!

Awu!

According to the Imperial Physician, there was poison in the win His Majesty drank, called aconite.

mainly produced in Chenjun County.

I ordered a search of Xie's mansion.

Indeed, aconite was found there.

All the Xie Family have been arrested.

They will be punished accordingly.

Your Highness, the Xie family has been an important noble clan.

Although the toxicant was found in Noble Consort Xie's palace, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to put the entire Xie Family in prison.

I suggest we don't make a final decision until His Majesty wakes up and finds out the truth, to avoid any future trouble.

Attendant Wen, His Highness is governing the nation on behalf of His Majesty.

Are you trying to resist him?

Your Grace, His Highness does govern the nation.

But when there is any inappropriate decision, even if His Majesty personally made the order, I would also argue with him.

Must His Highness be under your control when he just governed the nation?

I dare not.

But this case is very strange in every aspect and there is no collateral evidence.

If you want to eliminate a century-old noble clan, simply for a pot of poisonous wine, I'm afraid you can hardly succeed.

If Noble Consort Xie admits it herself that she and her family did it, what you are going to do, then?

I'll wait and see.

Your Grace, please show justice to our people.

All right.

Dismiss.

Dismiss!

Good day, Your Grace, Your Highness.

We're innocent!

We were wronged!

We were wronged.

We were wronged!

The Wang Family will be cursed!

We're wronged!

We're innocent!

I beg you!

We're innocent!

Let me go!

The Wang Family will be cursed!

You're demons!

Let me go!

Let me go!

If I'm lucky to get out of this place, I will spend my whole life making your family pay the price.

I will get my revenge, I swear!

Unexpectedly, you are still quite calm.

Normally, I don't like accusing you of being lofty.

But today, you kind of impressed me a little.

I hear that there's always the last meal for dying prisoners before they're executed.

Are you coming to say goodbye to me?

Aren't you afraid I poisoned the wine?

I will die sooner or later.

When I see you coming, I know His Majesty isn't well.

Whether I'm here or not, does it make any difference?

You are truly in love with His Majesty.

Come on.

A toast to you.

For the poor fate of us, girls from noble clans.

You're not coming to drink with me, are you?

Why not get to the point?

Awu begged me.

I don't want to upset her.

I'm here to persuade you to make your own son alive.

How can he be alive?

How can he be dead?

I didn't poison His Majesty.

There is nothing to do with my son!

You stayed in the harem for years.

But you're still childish.

Does it matter who poisoned His Majesty?

What do you want from me?

All I want is always your life.

Zitan can live.

But you... You have to die.

Otherwise, all your families will be killed, too.

What I want now is your commit letter, to give all of courtiers an explanation.

I can write it for you.

But you have to make the promise to me.

If you ever break your promise, harm my son and family, I won't let you go even if I become an evil ghost!

(Guilty Noble Consort Xie) Your Majesty, I will die with you.

Let's be an ordinary couple in the nether world.

Your Grace, Noble Consort Xie killed herself for fear of punishment.

I can finally have a good sleep.

Guilty Noble Concubine Xie left a commit letter and committed suicide to escape punishment.

There's evidence and witness against the Xie Family.

They poisoned His Majesty, so as to take over the throne.

How do you think we should punish them?

I never expected the Xie Family to be so ambitious.

He was just a duke.

Prime Minister, I think according to the law, the whole Xie Family should be executed.

Duke Huan.

What's the news, Your Highness?

Noble Concubine Xie wrote a confession letter, and committed suicide in prison.

All the Xie Family will be executed.

The Third Prince will be punished with the same accuse.

There's a rumor in the palace that the Empress will issue a decree to marry Wang Xuan to Lord Yuzhang.

What a good move!

Wang Lin uses his own daughter in exchange for 200 thousand soldiers in Ningshuo Army.

What a good deal!

Yes.

Think about it.

When Zilong raped Xie Wanru, he remained calm.

So, he already had a plan.

He responded, quite quickly.

Your Highness, Wang Lin had long wanted the throne.

But lords in different places are very strong.

Wang Lin dare not take any action.

If lords know His Majesty has been poisoned, they'll come with their troops.

If Wang Lin wants to fight against them, he has to rely on Lord Yuzhang's Ningshuo Army.

He will execute the Xie Family and also get closer to the Lord Yuzhang.

It was truly one stone for two birds!

Now that I made Lord Yuzhang not marry Xie Wanru.

I'll make him not marry Wang Xuan as well.

Your Grace, the Third Prince... Don't wait any longer.

He won't come back.

Such a big thing happened in the palace.

Your father won't be back today.

No.

I will wait for him.

I need to know why Zitan was arrested.

Zitan was Uncle's son.

Why would he poison his own father?

Mother, you are the Eldest Princess.

They all listen to you.

Can you go to the palace to save them?

Zitan is innocent.

I'm sure he is.

Mother!

Mother, I beg you!

Awu, I can't even save my own brother.

Who else do you think I can save?

Awu, Mother is sad, too.

Why not go back to your room?

Awu.

There he is.

Young Master is back.

Brother, how is it going?

I couldn't find Father.

The Empress said that you couldn't save Zitan, unless you marry Lord Yuzhang.

Awu.

Awu.

Awu!

- Awu!

- Your Grace!

- Your Grace!

- Your Grace!

- Your Grace, be careful!

- Awu!

Your Grace, be careful!

Your Grace, His Majesty is not awake yet.

Her Grace allowed no one to get in.

Uncle!

How's His Majesty?

Uncle, wake up.

Uncle.

Uncle, Zitan was wronged.

Uncle, wake up please!

Please wake up to save him!

Uncle, Zitan was wronged.

Save him please.

No one can save him, but you.

Your brother must have told you that you couldn't save Zitan unless you marry Lord Yuzhang.

Awu, I know it's too hard for you to do this.

I can feel sorry for you.

But as the Empress, I can't feel sorry.

I put on this crown when I was sixteen.

Since then, I've been undertaking responsibility.

I worried about nothing like you, before I got married.

I was also a spoilt daughter and I thought everything would go well in my life.

However, ever since I became the Empress, I've come to understand that a lot of wonderful things were just like an illusion.

Your little aunt was married to Lord Qingyang, who is over 20 years older than her, also for one thing, the military power.

Awu, you've grown up and you're an adult now.

You cannot forever live under the protection of our family.

You have to understand slowly that one has to do many things he doesn't want to.

Everyone must accept his own destiny.

Is there no other way, Aunt?

Lord Qingyang is old.

Our family needs stronger power.

If you don't agree, tomorrow, Zitan...

I promise you.

I promise you.

Here's the decree.

Graceful and elegant Princess Shangyang is at the age of marriage.

Lord Yuzhang Xiao Qi is brave and skillful in warfare.

They're approved to get married, and it's hereby proclaimed to all across the country.

This is the real adult ceremony for me.

A childish dream as a girl has been broken by cruel reality.

I'm the bloodline of the powerful noble clan.

The Wang Family is the shackle.

I can never break free from.

Wanru was right.

Aunt couldn't escape from it.

Neither could she.

Neither could I.

The old me who was happy and ignorant has died at this moment.

Aunt is right.

No one can save Zitan, but me.

Her Grace is back.

As the Eldest Princess, you should know that this is a state affair, but not a family matter.

What state affair?

What princess?

All I know is that I am a mother.

As a parent, I love my child more than self-interest.

Are you not Awu's father?

Aren't you sad?

We're not only marrying our daughter to someone.

We're uniting a powerful general to our family and even noble clans.

Marry my daughter to win the support of a general?

What did you all do?

When my brother falls ill, you think you no longer need to protect your own daughter or me?

Do you think the noble class is still as powerful as it was?

And the world is as peaceful as it was then?

You were born in the palace and married to the Prime Minister.

So, your life is full of splendor.

The imperial court has suffered a prolonged disease and the military power is out of the control.

All distinguished clans have lost the splendor now.

You have seen it with your own eyes how the Gu Family and the Xie Family declined.

They had been dominating powers.

They had been the royal families.

Do you think Awu sacrificed alone for the prosperity of our family?

When my two sisters were young, one of them married His Majesty who didn't love her at all.

The other married old Lord Qingyang who had the military power.

Only in this way did we maintain the fame and authority, and overwhelm the enemy's aggressiveness so that our family didn't decline!

Otherwise, how can you scrounge the splendor today?

Lord Qingyang is dead now and his offspring have long lost the reputation of the God of War.

If we don't marry our daughter to a powerful general, how long do you think you or your daughter can still enjoy the glory as the Eldest Princess or a girl from the Wang Family?

Prime Minister, you seem to have missed one thing.

For this glory, you forced yourself to marry me, the Eldest Princess and pretended to love me for years.

Now, you are going marry your daughter to someone from the low class.

Someone from the low class?

Who else among the local nobilities do you think can go to wars?

In today's world, if soldiers from the low class didn't fight for us, and Xiao Qi didn't conquer domestic and alien enemies, there would have been chaos.

Xiao Qi has been promoted again and again until he became a Lord, that's actually the royal family's netting of military power.

Let alone to marry my daughter.

Even if Xiao Qi wants a real princess, His Majesty will agree.

Father!

A real man shouldn't consolidate the status of his family through marriage!

If you agree, I would like to join the army!

Son.

Great!

You do have ambition.

You do have ambition!

After you have a lineal son as the offspring of our family, you can go and defend the border or go to wars as you wish.

I'll promise you anything.

It's up to you whether to live or die.

Tomorrow, give me a lineal grandson.

Can you?

Now you want to take responsibility?

Too late!

If you had this ambition, do I need to marry your daughter to a powerful general?

Go away!

No one can marry my daughter by force or I will die in front of him!

Father.

Mother.

The imperial edict has been given.

I am willing to marry Lord Yuzhang.

Awu!

Awu, what are you talking about?

I've admired Lord Yuzhang for a long time and he saved me before.

It's my wish to marry a hero.

Please let me marry him.

You haven't said a word since you came out of the palace and you were just asked to marry Princess Shangyang.

I always think there is something strange behind this.

I don't know whether to congratulate or sympathize with you What makes you not know?

Princess Shangyang is the unruliest girl I've seen.

But she has great appearance and temperament.

If you can really marry such a beautiful lady, I'm sure to congratulate you.

As for sympathy, you clearly saved her, Prime Minister Wang made it public that you held his daughter in your arms.

Shortly after His Majesty was poisoned, Prime Minister Wang forced his daughter to marry you.

There must be something fishy behind it.

If you were me, what do you do?

If I were you, I would live my life and marry her.

Anyway, we won't associate with Prime Minister Wang.

What are you going to do?

Sleep.

Slee... Sleep?

Your Majesty, now that you're unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous.

Bodhisattva, please tell me what else I can do.

What a surprise to see you in my palace!

Welcome.

Is there anything I can do for you?

I just went to see my brother.

Did the Imperial Physician say when he would wake up?

Somebody, get Her Grace some tea.

Be seated, please.

Speaking of that, I am also very uncomfortable.

The Imperial Physician said that His Majesty was already lucky to live.

As for how soon he'll wake up or whether he can wake up, depends on his fate.

Your Grace, could you let the servants leave?

Because I have something to tell you in private.

Leave us.

Your Grace, get to the point.

Awu can never marry Lord Yuzhang.

Don't bother whether Lord Yuzhang will ally with Wang Lin.

As soon as the wedding is over, Wang Lin will keep Xiao Qi in the army.

Even if Wang Lin rebels, 200 thousand soldiers in Ningshuo Army will think Xiao Qi works for Wang Lin and won't do anything.

Considering Wang Lin's forces, lords of the Ma Family may not be his opponent as long as Xiao Qi takes no action.

You make great sense, Duke Huan.

I can't let Awu marry Xiao Qi!

Otherwise, when the Wang Family has the support from Ningshuo Army, my royal family will be in danger.

It's wise of you, Duke Huan.

For this matter.

you shouldn't do it personally.

I know.

We need someone, to make this happen.

Your Grace, you're His Majesty's sister, and you grew up in the palace.

Have you ever seen an imperial edict being issued and then being overturned?

A month ago, my brother once asked me how much I knew about the Prime Minister after being married to him for years.

Now I want to ask you how much you know about your own brother.

He cares most for the Crown Prince and the Wang Family.

He is a responsible family head.

Really?

Why don't you say he is an ambitious man?

Which man is not ambitious?

What if he wants override the royal family and ever pick another emperor?

Your Grace, you are the daughter of the Wang Family but also the daughter-in-law of the Ma Family.

You are the mother of the Crown Prince.

If the Prime Minister asks the Crown Prince to give the throne to the Wang Family, don't you even care about that?

Your Grace, watch your tone.

Are you going to slander your husband for usurping the throne simply for your daughter's marriage?

Is it really the Xie Family that poisoned His Majesty?

I've heard my husband's secret talk with Wang Xu.

He doesn't simply want to be Zilong's uncle, but also wants the throne.

You're talking nonsense.

Zilong is his nephew.

Awu is his own daughter.

In order to win over the military power, he could even sacrifice Awu Compared to his daughter, why wouldn't he sacrifice his nephew?

Your Grace, please leave.

I'll pretend you didn't come today.

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