Zhen Huan Zhuan (2011) s01e11 Episode Script

~ Episode 11 ~ But this matter started with you Ling Rong was never implicated in it But now she's actually gone to the Cold Palace to ask that someone be strangled alive This is completely unlike her usual gentle and warm self A frightened rabbit can bite people But this is a matter that even Su Pei Sheng didn't think to interfere with yet Ling Rong was able to deal with it so efficiently I'm too surprised Although it's surprising, Ling Rong did it because of us Though that is true, but I still feel that it's too unlike the Ling Rong that we know She's dead? Utterly and completely so When she was dragged to the burial site, someone personally witnessed it It was done very viciously, her neck was practically severed.
It was frightening! Those things without their genitals are still rather efficient in their work But that's not surprising She even dared to offend those close to the Emperor She deserves her ending Did she reveal anything? Not one word At least she was smart enough not to In the past, I underestimated the sickly Zhen Huan Now, we'll see After these stuffy past couple of days, it's about time that it rains Jinxi Mistress, why aren't you sleeping? I'm quite scared Those myths and ghost stories are mere folk tales Don't take them to heart I'm not scared of ghost stories I'm afraid that although Yushi has passed on that this matter hasn't been completely resolved Mistress suspects that someone was giving Yushi the orders? Think about it carefully Yushi isn't a calculative person with deep motives She was merely a palace maid how would she know about poisons? How would she know how much to put in my medicine? And how would she know how to carry out the deed by planting people both inside and outside of Palace of Shattered Jade? Furthermore, where did she get the poison? You're right Mistress should have kept her alive and interrogated her carefully She hated me to the core and thus wouldn't have revealed the actual perpetrator She might even have maligned someone else But with her death the person instructing her would relax and we may use such an opportunity So we should use Yushi's death to put up a good performance? Ghost! Ghost! Ghost! How much longer? We're almost there Mistress was at Precious Flower Hall praying for half the night It's been hard on you The Empress hasn't been feeling well lately Praying for her is my duty Who is crying? It sounds creepy.
Let's go, hurry! Ghost! There's a ghost! A ghost! Ghost! Did you really see it? Precious sister was praying for half the night Maybe you were seeing things? If you don't believe me, ask Sang'er She saw it too! It's true.
It had a woman's hair and was cold and creepy There was the smell of decay; the smell of a dead person See? Even Sang'er was scared witless She's the sharpest maid in my palace Yes I heard that a eunuch saw it too and was scared to the point of sickness I really saw it She was in white and had a ghostly pale face with a tongue this long.
She was even bloodied.
Her eyes had blood too Her hair was a mess and she was crying and crying She was crying so terribly Perhaps she was a woman who died grievously You usually don't say much but now you've hit the nail on the head If it weren't a woman who died grievously, would she be crying at night? A woman who died grievously? It must be Yushi who died in the Cold Palace It must be Yushi's ghost who has come to seek vengeance Don't talk rubbish.
She was properly convicted.
What grievances could she have? What do you know? At that time she didn't want to die so Eunuch Su couldn't complete his job She ended up being strangled to death That back palace is so chaoticbrbrWhy don't we wait for His Majesty to return and inform him then? His Majesty hates ghost stories and superstitions If you dare to, then you go and tell him A person's grievance must go to the person who caused it brI didn't do anything to her! Why would she come and look for me? That's why she didn't harm you Didn't she leave immediately? Otherwise, would you still be sitting here alive? Then who would she look for? Anyway, it has nothing to do with Sister Smiles I heard that after Yushi's death Precious Smiles hasn't slept well so the physician has gone to check on her Thank you for your concern Physician Wen is looking after her But she hasn't seen improvement The palace has been running rampant with ghosts these past couple of days More than ten people have seen it It's hard to get a good night's rest I heard so too.
Some eunuchs have even fallen ill Precious Fucha doesn't even dare to leave her rooms The Emperor has said that ghost stories stem from people's overactive imagination Furthermore, so many people have seen it they're merely adding their own dimensions to the tale It looks like Princess of Regularity hasn't seen His Majesty in so long that she's even forgotten his words Niang niang often hears the Emperor's words of wisdom and is therefore unafraid unlike us who seldom see His Majesty If all of us have His Majesty's wisdom with us, then the palace would naturally have less of these rumours Unfortunately, we're not so blessed Since you're not blessed, then you should pray for more blessings Otherwise, when the grieving ghost comes upon you it'll be too late to pray to the gods All of you talk about such ugly things in private, talking about nonsensical ghosts and supernatural demons I don't believe it Yushi will naturally look for whoever she hated while she was alive Why is everyone else even feeling worried? Niang niang's teachings are right Yushi was not receiving orders from anyone of course she was acting out of her own evil thoughts If someone were instructing her behind the scenes, she'd definitely go and haunt that person whom caused her death and ask that person why she had to be the scapegoat Your Highness looks much better now Today is the first day of the month it is my duty to make offerings to the gods and obtain their protection.
Naturally, I feel better.
Your Highness was sick for two days and may not know but rumours are running amok in the back palace brbrabout ghosts and the supernatural Rumours should not be believed in The Forbidden City has stood for hundreds of years what kinds of supernatural tales have not been heard before? If there is really a problem, then an exorcism should be arranged Once the exorcism is performed, wouldn't the back palace strengthen their belief in the supernatural? Performing an exorcism is not about belief but to put everyone's minds at ease Then get the Precious Flower Temple's priest to perform the rites Performing an big exorcism The Cold Place is so spooky I'll ask the priest to release souls from purgatory in the Cold Place I was in a trance the days before I thank Niangniang's kindness for exempting me giving respects in those days.
You look much better now Several days ago when I looked at your face it was so pale Thank you for Empress's concern I should have payed respects to Niang Niang please forgive me Sit down Thank you Niang Niang You were not so well if you came here everyday I'll be worried Right, it's ok for you to come in the daytime but if at night and see some ghosts that's too bad Your Highness, the thunder is so loud I'm afraid that there will be a thunderstorm later It has indeed been raining for the past two days, making it inconvenient to go out It's not early, all of you should return We take our leave Why isn't Precious Cao here today? Princess Wen Yi caught a cold and she had to accompany her thus she wasn't able to come out Respectfully send off Princess of Glory Respectfully send off Pin of Beauty Even though Precious Smiles is feeling better, but I think you look very frail The feeling of having nightmares keep you up must be horrible Niang niang, please stop That thing is heinous, it will haunt people You've really been scared witless You even dare to spout nonsense before me Please forgive her Princess of Glory Jiejie is indeed frightened by the incident It really is There've just been too many people who have seen it so it's best to be careful Yes, exactly! I saw it myself! If there really isn't a ghost with grievances then why is the Empress arranging an exorcism? That ghost is full of such anger and grief, I wonder if the priest handling the rites will be powerful enough to exorcise her Can a priest be unable to do so? She died so horribly.
Her grievances must be deep.
It is said while the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten I heard that His Majesty granted Yushi death by sucide but the concubines that were close to her didn't do a single thing to plead for her that's why she died so horribly in the Cold Palace These words from the servants' mouths can be left alone But from the mouths of you ladies is a show of lack of dignity and grace These words should indeed not be uttered But everyone is scared and uneasy now I heard Precious Cao has never been a timid one if she were here we would feel better But why is it that Precious Cao isn't here today? Princess Wen Yi caught a cold Precious Cao has to look after her That's why she isn't here to pay her respects to the Empress Precious Smiles has always been a thoughtful person I'm sure you're thinking too much right now Let's go That's true, as long as our conscience is clear we shouldn't be scared of having ghosts on our doorsteps Hurry up, let's go It's already so dark outside Any later and the unclean things will start coming out Yes, it's almost night we should leave quickly What is that? What's the matter? - What is that? br - What happened? Ghost! She came.
The ghost came to get me! That's Li Pin's voice Yes Jin Xi, quickly report this to the Empress Yes Hurry, let's go take a look - Ghost! br - It's the middle of the night What are you crying madly about? Quickly shut your mouth Ghost! She came.
She came, didn't she? She came, didn't she? Whoever keeps talking nonsense will be immediately sent to the Cold Palace! What are you waiting for? Help her up.
It wasn't me! The medicineI provided the medicine but I didn't tell her to poison Precious Smile! It wasn't me! Pin of Beauty has lost her mind! Quickly silence her and take her back to the Palace of Wings! Wait! Princess of Glory please reconsider I'm still not sure what just happened I think that Pin of Beauty should be returned to her own palace first and the imperial physicians summoned.
Why would she go to the Palace of Wings first? Pin of Beaulty lost her mind, shouldn't be in the public It's more convenient to bring her back to Palace of Wings Niang Niang is absolutely right But things happened so suddenly I think someone should be sent to inform the Empress first This must be handled expediently In such a condition, Pin of Beauty will pollute the Empress's ears.
It won't be too late to tell the Empress a bit later I have always helped the Empress manage the six palaces Don't tell me I can't take this small matter into my own hands Pin of Beaulty is a host of a palace,so it is important Niang Niang should really inform the Empress to avoid His Majesty placing blame in the future.
Although it is true, you're most favoured you don't need to pressure me with the Emperor You are all blocking me like this are you purposely giving me a hard time? I am not trying to give Niang Niang a hard time It's just that Pin of Beauty's words touched upon the subject of my recent poisoning.
I have to intervene What are you hesitating for? Take her back! Empress arrives! Respects to the Empress Greetings Empress Everyone rise Thanks Empress Making such a huge commotion in the inner palace I can't even rest! What happened to Li Pin? Zhou Ning Hai! You're a servant, how dare you cover Li Pin's mouth! really offensive Empress, you don't know Pin of Beaulty suddenly lost her mind, and talked nonsense So I ask the servant cover her mouth In case her words cause troubles But you should let go of her first Will you take her back to Palace of Qi Xiang with her mouth covered - Niang Niang save me! br- What are you doing? Niang Niang Yu Shi came I didn't let her do that Let go of Niang Niang Right, it's none of everyone's business she did it herself Don't be afraid, Yu Shi didn't come go back with me Niang Niang Yu Shi is coming, she is coming She is coming for us to revenge What are you talking about Empress save me, ghost ghost Nonsense, where's your manner I can't be assured seeing you act like this Jiang Fuhai, Yes Take Pin of Beaulty back to Palace of Benevolent Hope Empress Pin of Beaulty probably got insane How can you take her to Palace of Benevolent Hope, and disturb you how about I take her back with me and take care of her Palace of Benevolent Hope is big enough to settle her down besides, Pin of Beauty's lost her mind but her words involved Yu Shi's poisioning This is a matter of grave importance.
I have to investigate it.
Do you think it is inappropriate if I take her with me No, I don't think it is inappropriate if Empress takes care of her But his majesty commanded me to assist in managing the inner palaces himself.
His majesty must believe that I can share Empress' burdens I'm afraid his majesty will blame me for lacking show of concern.
Empress is the master of the inner palaces, if you deal with this yourself his majesty must be more assured Respectly send Empress Respectly send Empress Jiang Fuhai, take Pin of Beaulty Yes Young mistress! Two young mistresses are back.
It took you so long We were so worried Xiao Yunzi We made you dress up like a ghost.
We've troubled you.
There's no need to say such things to your servant But I took a quick look at myself in the mirror I even scared myself! Of course You really scared Pin of Beauty.
She became so disoriented and revealed quite a bit of information! I didn't think that my trivial skill would come in so handy here.
I should really thank Huanbi Jiejie for preparing this white clothing for me and Promise An for painting this big white face on me! That's nothing The two Jiejies came up with this good idea You thought of it first Huan'er and I just refined the idea a bit and executed it.
Jiejie won't blame me for being vicious? Everything I'm doing is for the goal of our peaceful existence in this palace.
How could we? We're all sisters.
Who would say that? Mei Jiejie won't blame me either? You're the most meticulous Finding out ghosts were Pin of Beauty's greatest fear was all thanks to you Alright, let's not talk about this for now Xiao Yunzi, burn these costumes If we leave traces behind things will be ruined Yes, servant knows Niang Niang, sit for a while You must be tired from walking back and forth I asked you here for half a day.
You haven't said a word! Cry cry cry! You only know to cry! What did you bring her for?! Niang Niang, please calm down The princess is sick.
She can't be apart from me.
Now that something big has happened, you're out of ideas! Niang Niang, do you believe in this talk of ghosts? It's precisely because Niang Niang doesn't believe it that ghosts dare not attack you But Pin of Beauty is very superstitious so she believes ghostly stunts pulled off by other people ghostly stunts pulled off by other people? You're saying that someone is behind all of this? Otherwise, how do you explain that the ghost spirit only dares to frighten Pin of Beauty, but doesn't dare approach Niang Niang? It's Zhen Huan! It must be her! Shen Mei Zhuang doesn't have that many sinister ideas! She dares to pull such tricks I will turn her Palace of Shattered Jade upside down! and find all of the props she used to pull the stunts off Don't Niang Niang, you must not You've already been implicated in the matter If you pull such a big move, it will backfire Besides, Zhen Huan must have already destroyed the evidence It would be useless to search Then should I just be a sitting duck? Fortunately though, isn't Pin of Beauty already crazy? The crazy will say anything! Crazy? Their words are not credible Their words are not credible Respects to Empress Everyone rise Thanks Empress I called everyone here this early to discuss what happened last night.
I want all the details Empress Dowager arrives Respects to Empress Dowager Everyone rise Thanks Empress Princess of Glory came to pay her respects early in the morning.
She said Pin of Beauty was not feeling well.
I came to take a look Why was Empress Dowager alerted? I think it's probably because Princess of Glory is afraid of being suspected so she told Empress Dowager first to clear herself of involvement.
She is bold Empress Dowager is the Empress's close relative Of course she'll side with the Empress If she's bold enough to do this, she must have some degree of confidence Any degree of confidence is not enough compared to blood ties The Empress has been suppressed by Princess of Glory for a long time Empress Dowager must not be happy about that Last night's affair caused such a huge commotion Everyone's eyes must be on the Palace of Benevolent Hope but there seems no action When I was young, I heard people say before the storm comes, The surface of the sea is always extremely peaceful Empress Dowager listened to nonsense for a day and must be annoyed.
First drink some water and rest This novel kind of nonsense I rarely get to hear.
If the Empress Dowager has heard it then forget it I will have the imperial physicians treat Pin of Beauty No need If her deranged words are so offensive, don't mention when she's sober.
Have her leave the Palace of Benevolent Hope, and go to the Cold Palace so she doesn't desecrate your place.
Yes, I'll assign tomorrow Pin of Beauty is really useless, unable to take such a fright.
Clearly, she has a guilty conscience.
But Pin of Beauty said she took directions from Princess of Glory So what if Princess of Glory told her to? Pin of Beauty's words can only be treated as rantings of an insane person Empress Dowager I know that Princess of Glory has held you down all these years She doesn't know to exercise restraint She's been arrogant ever since she entered the Duke's abode But the Emperor likes her Her older brother is also Nian Gengyao Now Pin of Beauty is insane Everyone knows not to believe the words of the insane Yes So, a little punishment is enough, don't be too rigorous As to the external, you just need to say the rumors got around in the palaces As the Empress you must be firm only then can the rumours be put at ease Then His Majesty When he returns, I will tell him It was you who handled the six palaces, and quelled the rumors As for Precious Smile, she's very intelligent Precious Shen is also steady and calm Some things you can let Precious Shen practice handling.
Yes, they're all picked up by his majesty and Empress Dowager Yes, they're all picked up by his majesty and Empress Dowager Then deliver my order Princess of Glory should have a rest and not assist in managing the Inner Places Yes Huan Bi Why are you here? Respect to mistress An My young mistress ask me to bring some joss sticks and candles and burn the drawn buddhist sutras by the way Why does Jiejie suddenly want to burn the buddhist sutras Young mistress say there are too many bad things in the palaces recently so she asked me to burn the Buddhist sutras to pray for peace Besides, Yushi died she was only bad when she was alive young mistress also asked to burn some for her, wishing she'll be excused from death earlier It's late servant will go Sure Young mistress what's wrong, young mistress Jiejie asked Huan Bi to burn the Buddhist sutras for Yushi she may blame me for what I've done to Yushi No Precious Wan is involved she can't blame you Young mistress, don't think too much Let's go Emperor arrives Your Majesty Quickly get up Your Majesty, you're finally back Sit Miss me? I miss Your Majesty You must be very tired for your inspection tour? I just went to see the Empress Dowager The poisoning incident has ended You can now rest assured.
I can also sigh in relief.
Since the incident is already over, Your Majesty need not be angry about it anymore Pin of Beauty only resents me because she cares about Your Majesty.
Cares about me? Does she care about me or her own glory? Only she really knows Even if she really cares about me, doing something so sinister is absolutely unforgiveable.
Pin of Beauty made a mistake.
She has already been punished.
Although Princess of Glory usually hangs around Pin of Beauty, she wouldn't be so stupid as to be complicit in this matter.
Princess of Glory is blessed and has a resolute mind Resolute? What do you mean by resolute? Doing things with resolve and firmness, knows how to handle matters and people That is what being resolute means Princess of Glory assists in managing the inner palace She should be worthy of these two words Everything has two sides Empress Dowager has always used proper judgment in handling affairs She never meddles in matters of the inner palace But if she gets involved, it must be something major that she cannot tolerate.
This time around, it is a warning to the back palace not to cause such pandemonium again I just hope that from now on, everyone in the inner palace can be more considerate of each other, and not so resentful.
Only that way can Your Majesty concentrate on affairs of state without fear of trouble back home.
This morning at court I saw your father cough a bit He seems to have caught a cold Father has always had laryngitis I'm also very worried So after court, I had Su Pei Sheng get two bottles of honey loquat syrup for your father.
Many thanks Your Majesty He's your father.
I should show care for him.
Father's laryngitis is something that mother worries about everyday.
She cooks almond lily in the spring and Sichuan fritillary bulb and pears in the Autumn she has taken care of him for many years Your parents care deeply for each other which is why their daughter is so gentle and affectionate.
Your Majesty jokes with me Mother, today is your death anniversary I don't know whether dad still remembers this or not whether just as me I can only burn the ghost money for you secretly Mother daughter is unfilial I don't know when I can stand out among people and burn the ghost money for you aboveboard So late, who is still there How dare you how dare you burn the ghost money in the Royal Palaces Precious Cao You, you are Precious Smile's maid? You know the ominous thing is forbiden in the palaces Burning ghost money is even more serious Precious Smile couldn't save you even if she knows Forgive me Precious Cao, servant will never do it again please don't tell young mistress Alright, stand up Please forgive me You're lucky that I was the one who found you.
if it was anyone else they would take you to Bureau of Cautious Punishment already tell me the truth why you burned it here Today is my mother's death anniversary You are filial but since you are doing it for your mother Why did you burn it here instead of in Palace of Shattered Jade Servant dare not You are most loved by your Precious Smile even your food and clothes are different from others why didn't she help you with your filial piety Servant was afraid of offending young mistress please don't tell young mistress about what happened today I know sweep away all the ashes quickly they will catch you if they find the ashes Thank Precious Precious Flower Hall's priest has done four rites total expenses on joss sticks and candles is 1800 taels It's getting hot Every maid and eunuch in the palaces have been given green bean soup at lunch to clear their heat This costs 32 taels per day Wait One day's green bean soup is 32 taels? Then what about a month's worth? 960 taels Wealth comes from the simple places.
brbrAlthough it's just one bowl of green bean soup but carried out over a long period of time, it's no small sum Empress is right But this has been going on since the previous Emperor's reign If it was suddenly discontinued, I'm afraid that there will be grumblings His Majesty is right Acts of benevolence from the masters encourage the servants to do their jobs to the best of their abilities So this sum of money is not something we should scrimp on Precious Smiles, what do you think? I don't understand these things Mei Jiejie is doing the accounts So I can only drink my tea That is the most fortunate lifestyle to have Your Majesty, I was thinking that the daily stipend of each palace is never used up For example, for Precious ladies they are given 1 sheng and 2 he of rice evey day 6 jin of pork, and 6 jin of fresh vegetables 2 jin of white noodles, 1 jin and 8 liang of tofu No matter how they eat, they will never finish eating such large amounts Not to mention the amount of food delivered to the Pin ladies and the Princesses I was thinking, why don't we cut down on the amount of food in exchange for silver for each palace Then the green bean and ice candy cases can also be stopped in exchange for money given to the servants On one hand, we save on money spent, on the other, everyone gets a share So that there won't be any cases of quibbles over someone eating someone else's share and breeding discontent Jiejie is bright and intelligent If it were me, I would never be able to calculate all of that I have a headache now Thank goodness Precious Shen is around to do the calculations What do I know? If it weren't for the Empress' pointers and teachings, I would have become the laughingstock of many by now You're still young, you should practice more But even practicing will be useless without some kind of natural talent You must be referring to me then, as someone naturally stupid Look at her mouth She still calls herself stupid Then everyone else must be worse off In my opinion, Your Majesty cannot blame Meimei Your Majesty should blame yourself for having spoilt Meimei's mouth to the point that it will say whatever it wishes to say Your servant respectfully greets Princess of Glory Rise Thank you, Niang Niang Go and inform the Empress that I am here to pay my respects What's wrong? You aren't even going to listen to Niang niang's orders? Then you don't have to inform her.
I'll just go in myself.
Niang Niang.
The Empress' illness is acting up She's ill-disposed to entertain guests It's precisely because her illness is acting up that I am here to pay my respects Niang Niang's illness is acting up, but her spirits seem to be high His Majesty has come to visit Niang Niang That's good.
Then I'll pay my respects to the Emperor at the same time That will save me a trip to the Palace of Resting Soul Niang Niang be at peace, whether or not the Empress is ill-disposed, is inconsequential The important point is whether the Emperor, upon seeing Niang Niang will get angry and affect his health Niang Niang is an intelligent person and thus naturally knows how important the Emperor's regard is Why do you want to anger the Emperor? Respectfully sends off Niang Niang Reporting to Niang Niang, Precious Cao is here Greetings, Niang Niang In this summer's heat, it's unsurprising that Niang Niang has fire in her heart As long as that fire can be dispelled, I am willing to accept all consequences Back then you were merely a poor concubine candidate Your nameplate was saved and sent to the Duke's abode You never even got to see the Emperor If it weren't for me who suggested that you serve the Emperor, would you have the opportunity to give birth to the princess and become a Precious? Now that Pin of Beauty and myself are in trouble, you come up with foul ideas and mess up everything Yet you have the cheek to say such things before me? I am not sure what I did wrong Please tell me I will make amends for it I listened to you and informed the Empress Dowager about Pin of Beauty's madness so that I will not be implicated It's fine if Pin of Beauty is sent to the Cold Palace but I've lost the power to manage the six palaces All because you thought you were all that and came up with that plan Congratulations, Niang Niang Tell me why I should be congratulated No matter what Pin of Beauty says, it is only a madwoman's words No matter how suspicious the Empress Dowager and Emperor are, they have no evidence to back it up Although you appear to have lost power, Niang Niang is able to be safe Furthermore, the Emperor is a sentimental man gaining and losing power is entirely within a single thought You certainly make it sound easy Now Precious Smiles has wormed her way into the Emperor's heart The Empress' manipulations are also at work Now it's so difficult for me to even see the Emperor! Niang Niang is virtuous I am willing to do anything for Niang Niang and provide any advice What makes you fit? The Emperor is an affectionate and sentimental man He dotes on Wen Yi very much Get up brbr Get her a seat Thank you, Niang Niang Pin of Beauty is like an embroidered flower - Good to look at, but not very useful It looks like you're a lot better You have a daughter to rely on Unlike me who has no children I am useless, without Niang Niang's protection, how can my Princess grow up peacefully? Niang Niang has always doted on Wen Yi When Wen Yi is older, she will look to you as her mother and be filial to you Look at you your hair is a mess yet you're still talking to me It's been hard on you Song Zhi Yes Bring Precious Cao to the back to comb her hair and change her clothes Yes Thank you, Niang Niang The Emperor hasn't seen Wen Yi for a couple of days, right? Bring Wen Yi to Palace of Benevolent Hope to pay her respects to the Emperor Yes brbrExcept that I am not good with words and I'm afraid that I'll annoy the Emperor It's all right if you're not good with words It's enough that Wen Yi knows how to garner his attention At my dressing table, there is a phoenix wears herbaceous peony of step-shake (Step-shake: Dangling ornament worn by women) Wear it Thank you for watching! brPlease join us! Presented by the Legend of Zhen Huan Team @ Viki