Ye Ningzhi!
You are Ye Ningzhi, right?
You don't know me because I'm from Chengxiang Palace.
A guard asked me to give you this letter.
Guard?
I miss you so much.
I'll meet you at the warehouse of Yongde Palace tonight at 9:00.
♫ I can bear the hardship in the journey, I can fight my life for you ♫
♫ I can travel across mountains and waters for you ♫
♫ Life and death failed to trap me. We who say forever to each other ♫
♫ Will not give up one another ♫
♫ I can be alone for you. I can be your background
Where did you go?
Do you know how worried I've been?
Do you know I missed you so much that I wrote so many letters that couldn't be sent? Do you know that?
Silly girl,
I too worried about and missed you so much.
Oh,
your mother and the fellows of Baixi Circus should at the North Peak now.
For now, you do not have to worry.
Thank you for protecting them for me.
I just knew that you care about me.
How come you became the Empress' guard?
Here, sit down and talk.
Lang Kun gave personal orders to the soldiers and officers escorting the army's supplies.
If words got out, he would either lose his head for the better,
or, for the worse, drag the Empress into it.
That's why Lang Kun tried to frame me in front of the Empress.
He also sent many more men to kill me.
I was too foolish to take my chances and tried making peace with Lang Kun to stay by the Empress' side.
Otherwise, things would not have become like this.
When I was hunted down that day and got badly hurt,
I had no choice but to take out the life-sparing token given by the Empress Dowager,
and sneaked into the palace to seek her help.
When my father was framed, Her Majesty saved my life.
She believed that my family was kind and loyal. Now it's still her that's protecting me.
What did you just say...
Where did you get hurt? Let me see.
I'm okay, they are just slight injuries.
Why didn't you come visit me earlier?
It's not always peaceful between the Empress Dowager and the Empress.
If I showed up too early, there may have been troubles.
That's why Her Majesty made me silent and wait for the right time to come.
Wait for the right time to come? It's so obvious who's right and who's wrong.
- How is it just this hard to solve? - Things aren't as simple as you think.
Deploying escorting officers, for the worse, is treason.
Although the Empress is arrogant and domineering, she is after all the imperial concubine of the first rank.
She hasn't done anything wrong concerning state affairs.
The Empress Dowager doesn't want the issue to go big as well.
Empress' Palace
Lang Kun, is your news confirmed? They two do have an affair?
It should be as reported. You'll know when they're brought to you.
Weren't things... already solved?
Well, why did you still write to me,
saying that I have to keep enduring?
The Empress won't allow anyone to plot against her.
She already lost face in front of the Empress Dowager the other day.
That's why the Empress Dowager hasn't really scolded the Empress for so many years.
Although the Empress won't reject the Empress Dowager's orders,
she will take it out on me.
By the way, Lang Kun has spies in the palace.
If he finds out that we're seeing each other, do you think he'll...?
Ningzhi, wasn't it you that wrote the letter?
What? You wrote two letters to me.
One said we couldn't meet, the other said we meet here.
I checked your writing style as well...
What I write in the Management Bureau is all documented. If anyone wants to copy my writing style,
it's not that difficult.
Someone must've tricked us. Come on, let's leave.
Wei Guang, it's you again.
If you dare make a move, then I'll kill her.
Wei Guang! I don't care, but let him go first.
The Empress and the Empress Dowager have a deal. You're obeying Her Majesty's order.
Put these two into custody and have a thorough interrogation.
Empress' Palace
Lord Lang, the thing you asked for is here.
Wei Guang,
I have long appreciated you. Yet you would do something as such.
I am so disappointed.
Ningzhi, I thought you were clever and I was going to put you into big use.
But I never guessed that you would do something so foolish!
Your Majesty, let her go.
This has nothing to do with her. Lord Lang is just making the innocent suffer.
You're having a nasty affair with her, and you dare to ask me to pardon her?
Your Majesty, we didn't do anything nasty. My coat was torn up by them.
He also knocked out Lord Wei and tried to frame us.
Ye Ningzhi, do you remember? I once told you that
I hate people who hide things from me.
If you and Wei Guang are innocent, why did you meet in that place in the middle of the night?
Do you really think I cannot think straight?
- Your Majesty, I didn't... - Ningzhi, don't waste your words.
Her Majesty doesn't care if we're innocent or not. All she cares is to hear us admit it.
Wei Guang, did I ask you to speak?
Lang Kun, go carefully question them for me!
If you're going to punish, then punish me! Don't hurt Wei Guang, he still has injuries.
You don't have to, I'm fine.
Lang Kun, don't hit him!
Your Majesty, I really didn't do anything nasty with Wei Guang.
If Your Majesty don't believe, you can have an old maid to check my body.
Then you'll know it's impossible that I did anything with Wei Guang.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I'm begging you, just let go of Wei Guang!
In the future, I will serve you best as I can!
You know better than anyone that Wei Guang's life is worth nothing.
Back then the Empress Dowager saved me, the son of a traitor,
do Your Majesty know why indeed?
Her Majesty saved my life so that I wouldn't die wrongfully with my father.
Your Majesty should know that going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short.
Is that so? Seems that you received some teachings.
Keep whipping!
Don't hit him!
It was me! Me!
It was me who fell for Lord Wei in the first place and kept pestering him.
Before, I pestered him outside of the palace.
Lord Wei hasn't shown any interest in me. But I kept approaching him in all ways.
He has been an upright person right from the beginning.
It was me who shamed your palace!
Your Majesty, Yan Kuan uses his evil doctrines to mislead the public.
He is now siding with the Noble Consort Fu. You don't have the ability to get rid of him.
Only I can make him gone. As long as Your Majesty pardon Ye Ningzhi,
I will serve Your Majesty from now on, and I won't expect to return to the court with your help.
Your Majesty, just let Wei Guang go. You can punish me however you want.
It was me! It was me who fell for Lord Wei in the first place.
It was me who shamed your palace!
As long as you pardon Ye Ningzhi, I will serve Your Majesty from now on.
And I won't expect to return to the court with your help!
Your Majesty, are you alright?
I'm alright.
I just thought of an old friend.
This situation,
I feel that I have seen before.
And now I have seen it again.
It's as if that friend...
is right before my eyes.
Who are you talking about, Your Majesty?
Once, there was also someone
who would do anything for me.
but that feeling,
was trampled on.
Stop talking about the sad things.
No matter what you're being through,
I will serve Your Majesty always.
Does it still hurt?
Her Majesty has arrived.
In the future,
do not guess or plot against each other.
My people should unite and work together,
and seek one goal.
That's to stabilize my position.
Actually, you two are a pair made in heaven.
Ningzhi is reckless yet quick-witted.
Wei Guang is always calm and strategic.
How about this? If you two can help Lang Kun whole-heartedly,
and help me keep orders at the haram,
then I can forgive all your past doings
and give you certain titles.
When it's done, you'll enjoy countless glory and wealth.
But if you two do not do things right,
then the old and new faults will have to be taken care of together.
Do you two agree?
Your Majesty, I can just take care of this.
There is no need to drag Ningzhi into it.
Doesn't matter.
I'm only looking for the result.
If you're successful, then it's beneficial to everyone.
But if you do as you please, then you two
will be blamed later. Be careful.
Lang Kun, let them go now.
Someone come in! Let them go.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Careful... It hurts.
Are you okay?
He's too much.
He dared to whip you so many times!
Now you know.
Do be very careful around her.
But she did say something right.
We're a match made in heaven.
Lucky that we got quick-minded just now.
Otherwise, we would be so dead now.
In the future, I will have to see you for a lot of things.
We will have to be more cautious later.
Only in that say can we avoid deadly troubles.
Still hurting?
I dare not touch you.