[The Princess Weiyoung]
[Episode 20]
Prime Minister.
Master.
I noticed that you haven't been feeling well
so I've invited Imperial Physician Shen over to take a look at you.
All right.
I've been having headaches lately.
Sir, you're quite well.
It's just fatigue.
Once you have enough rest, it won't act up again.
Is it really just caused by fatigue?
Indeed it is.
Master, if that is so, you should rest more.
Master, bad news!
Second Young Master was attacked on the way back and fell into the river.
No one knows if he's still alive!
Madam.
Third Madam became ill last night.
The doctor was here just now.
She has contracted an epidemic disease.
An epidemic disease?
Why would she contract it out of the blue?
The disease is but the beginning.
What will be the worst for her
is that she shall die without a son to see her off.
Mother, did you...
She dared to pair up with Li Wei Young to frame your brother
ruin his reputation, and have him killed on the way to exile.
She and her lowly son must die for that.
Chang Le.
Your brother is already dead.
I can only depend on you now.
Your father criticized you for your mistake in the disaster relief plan.
Now that he is unwell
you should show him more concern in order to be in his favor again.
Yes.
I know what to do.
Father.
Chang Le, you're here?
I've heard that Father has been feeling unwell.
This Eight-treasure decoction is good for recovering stamina.
It will do Father a lot of good.
I've made some and brought it over.
It's a decoction of eight rare and valuable herbs.
It took me much effort to gather all eight ingredients.
I hope that Father will like it.
It smells good.
Try it, Father.
It's nice and sweet.
It's quite nice.
Chang Le, thank you for your concern.
Here, have a seat.
Come and chat with me.
Old Madam...
Don't sit up.
My third daughter-in-law, you must hang in there.
Min De will be home soon.
It's unfilial of me to make Old Madam so worried.
Stop saying that.
Lie back down quickly.
Old Madam.
I know that you're worried about Xue Mei, but you have to take care of yourself.
I'm worried that this disease is contagious.
Let me escort Old Madam back.
Xue Mei won't mind.
Let's go.
Third Aunt, you have to take care of yourself.
Chang Ru.
Wei Young.
Go and visit your third aunt.
Don't tell her about Min De yet.
I'm afraid that she can't take it.
Go on now.
Third Aunt.
How could you contract this epidemic disease so abruptly?
Third Madam was still fine when we got home from the abbey.
We thought that it was just a cold.
Who knew....
This disease suddenly flared up.
She was burning and then freezing.
Last night, she even passed out.
We only knew that she had the epidemic disease after the doctor came.
Third Aunt.
Wei Young.
This disease is contagious.
You should leave now.
I'm not scared.
Third Aunt, don't worry.
I will get you the best doctor.
You will get well very soon.
Yes.
I have to wait for Min De to come home.
Third Aunt.
Min De will be home soon.
Third Aunt, you have to get well soon.
Then you get to see Min De realize his ambition and get married.
I'm afraid that I won't get to see him marry.
Third Aunt, you mustn't think so.
I know my own body very well.
However, I'm already very content to have seen Min De grow up.
Wei Young.
When the time is right, find someone ideal and get married.
Stay far away from this pack of wolves.
That is what life is about, isn't it? Just a bit of fun...
Am I right?
I will keep your words in mind.
Third Aunt, get some rest.
Third Madam caught an epidemic disease and Second Young Master might be dead.
It seems that Madam Li truly is going all out.
Third Aunt is involved in Min Feng's death.
How could Aunt Rou not be mad?
Everyone says that Miss Chang Le and Miss Wei Young are the smartest
but in my opinion, Third Young Mistress is the smartest.
You have them all within your grasp.
Little do they know that Third Madam rescued Zi Yan in time
because you sent out information secretly.
Rong Er, do you find me ruthless?
Young Mistress.
No kind-hearted person could ever survive in Prime Minister's Manor.
You had a hard time making it all the way here.
If you hadn't planned meticulously, how could you have achieved so much?
I was never a compassionate person.
It's just that I didn't expect
Wei Young to treat me well so wholeheartedly.
If she realize that I've been making use of her right from the start
she will surely regret putting such trust in me.
Young Mistress, you mustn't give in.
Think about Prince of Nan-An.
Isn't your deepest desire to become his princess consort?
Now that you have succeeded in catching his attention
you mustn't give up now.
You're right. I can't give up now.
The more the main branch and the third branch are in conflict
we, the second branch of the Li family, get to secure our position.
Only then can I become a good match for Prince of Nan-An.
Young Mistress, I've already given you all the details of Third Madam's outing.
I haven't missed anything.
I hadn't thought much about it, but now that I do
the pregnant lady seems really suspicious.
She suddenly fainted and was saved by Third Aunt.
Why would you be so sure of it?
That is the path taken by noble ladies to go to the abbey.
As a pregnant woman who would soon be in labor
why would she climb up a remote mountain alone?
Why didn't she ask for help from any of the other carriages that passed?
Instead, she fainted in front of Third Aunt's carriage?
Now that I think about the woman's words and actions
she was indeed quite strange.
Young Mistress is right.
Third Madam has always been frail.
Could it be that someone wanted to harm her?
I don't know.
Unless...
Chiyun Rou is also behind Min De's accident?
No.
I have to check on Third Aunt first.
[Songtan Residence]
Madam, are you all right?
Third Madam!
Is Min De home?
It's Madam Li.
I heard that you're ill, so I came over to visit you.
You're too kind, Sister-in-law.
You are all dismissed now.
- Yes. - Yes.
Sister-in-law, you have to take care of yourself.
Since no one knows if Min De is still alive or not
you must hang in there so as to see him one last time.
Sister-in-law...
What did you say happened to Min De?
What? Don't you know about it?
Li Min De was attacked on his way home and fell into a river.
Master has sent out his men to search for him
but there's no news of him yet.
I'm afraid...
He's still so young... What a pity.
Min De...
No...
I don't believe it.
The servants brought this back.
He was so filial. That's such a pity.
Why would Min De be attacked so suddenly?
It's you!
You've always plotted against Min De.
You did it, didn't you?
What is done by night appears by day.
You brought Zi Yan back here
and teamed up with Li Wei Young to kill my son.
Did you think that I wouldn't find out?
I just didn't realize that you would dare go against me
after appearing so meek and frightened all these years.
Look at you now.
Second Young Mistress. Madam has given orders.
No one is allowed to enter without her permission.
Step aside.
You dare disobey Her Ladyship?
Third Aunt!
- Wei Young! Min De... - Are you all right?
Third Aunt is critically ill and you still told her about Min De?
What are you up to?
Ruthless witch!
Li Min Feng got what he deserved.
No one is to be blamed for it.
How dare you lay your hands on my Min De because of that?
Chiyun Rou...
You're so cruel!
You're wrong.
I didn't do a thing.
Gods are watching you.
Aren't you scared of retribution?
Retribution?
You should worry about yourself instead of me.
Now that Li Min De is dead and she doesn't have much longer to live
who is going to be next?
Third Aunt.
Lie down quickly.
Third Aunt.
Don't worry.
You mustn't fall for Madam Li's trick.
Min De is such a good person.
He will surely be fine.
He will definitely make it home safely.
Wei Young...
My Min De bled out so much...
I'm sorry, Third Aunt.
I dragged you down with me.
I've also implicated Min De.
Wei Young, don't blame it all on yourself.
Li Min De did murder Zi Yan.
He got what he deserved.
You're not to be blamed for Chiyun Rou's ruthless actions.
You mustn't blame yourself.
Wei Young, heed my advice.
You must never act cowardly as I have been all my life.
You must stay strong.
You must not waver before villains.
Do you hear me?
If Min De does return one day, please look after him for me.
This is for you.
It's to congratulate you for being appointed Lady of District Anping.
You made this yourself?
Don't laugh at it.
It was carved in your image.
When I came to Prime Minister's Manor as Wei Young
I only wanted to get rid of Li Min Feng.
Who knew that I would also be responsible for kind-hearted Min De
and Third Aunt being harmed as well?
This is all my fault.
Chiyun Rou, you will have a taste of your own medicine tonight.
Brother-in-law, what is the matter?
Were you frightened by the thunder?
No, I feel a tightness in my chest.
- What brings you here? - Look.
I've made you chicken broth.
What is it?
Why... Why does your face look so pale?
I'll get you a mirror.
Brother-in-law, look.
Mother is here to visit Father as well?
Doctor, what is the matter with Master Li?
I'm afraid that Master Li was poisoned with horsetail grass.
Horsetail grass?
What is that?
Old Madam, horsetail grass is a poisonous herb.
When used in large quantities, it could cause death
and in small quantities, headaches and tightness in chest
as well as gradual weight loss.
Aren't those the symptoms that he's been having?
I thought that he was possessed.
Is it serious?
Don't worry, Old Madam.
Master Li isn't severely poisoned.
He just needs to take the antidote for some time
and he will get well soon.
Why would you be poisoned without any reason?
Sir, have you been in contact with anything odd or eaten any special food?
There's nothing special about my meals.
It's just the regular dishes.
Then there's the Eight-treasure decoction that Chang Le brings me every day.
Eight-treasure decoction?
I've never heard of it.
What is that?
It's a kind of supplement to strengthen the body and prolong life.
Instead of prolonging his life
Father nearly lost his life after drinking it.
Li Wei Young, what do you mean by that?
I don't mean to imply anything.
I won't say another word if Mother doesn't like it.
Father, I've always been filial and respected you greatly.
How could I possibly poison you?
Master, Chang Le is your daughter.
Why would she harm you?
Perhaps this decoction doesn't work well on Father.
Please have someone look at it.
Anyone there?
Present!
Bring the ingredients of Eldest Young Mistress's decoction here.
Yes.
Sir.
The eight herbs in this decoction are indeed beneficial to one's health.
It's a great supplement for stamina.
However, this Eight-treasure decoction
will have to be called Nine-treasure decoction.
There's an added poisonous herb.
Horsetail grass.
Chang Le, what do you have to say for yourself?
Chang Xi gave me the recipe for that decoction.
Uncle, I had a scar on my face, so the doctor prescribed it for me.
One day... Chang Le saw me taking it and took the prescription from me.
The ingredients I sent over were always the right ones!
There's no horsetail grass in it!
Chang Xi, don't bother explaining.
The truth will always prevail.
If Brother-in-law doesn't believe us, you can search our quarters.
We have clear consciences. You can search all you want.
Sir, there's no horsetail grass in this batch.
It is the real Eight-treasure decoction.
- This is... - Uncle!
Do you now believe that I'm innocent?
Master, this is obviously a setup.
Someone must have poisoned you and framed Chang Le for it.
Who is trying to frame Chang Le?
I will seek out that culprit eventually.
Father, how could I possibly act so immorally?
How could I possibly poison you?
You have to believe me!
Exactly. She isn't trying to harm Father.
It's because it is me that she is after.
Grandmother and Father, I have a matter to report to you.
That is my birth date on it.
Wei Young, how dare you use witchcraft.
Father, this is what they wanted you to assume.
A couple of days ago, Bai Zhi found this wooden figurine
buried under a tree near the entrance.
If Father coughs up blood and falls into a coma like Mother did
they will surely get someone to find this wooden figurine
to accuse me of harming Father with witchcraft.
Who would have known that Father was actually poisoned?
Li Wei Young, what on earth are you implying?
Sister-in-law, you didn't understand?
But I did.
Wei Young said that Chang Le poisoned my brother-in-law
in order to frame Wei Young of using witchcraft.
You were actually poisoned previously.
Wen Yi, what are you saying?
Wei Young, I'll leave it to you.
Mother had the same symptoms that Father does now.
She wasn't possessed at all.
She was also poisoned by horsetail grass.
Ridiculous.
If I were poisoned
why couldn't Imperial Physician Shen detect it?
Imperial Physician Shen read my pulse, but he didn't detect anything, did he?
Chang Le.
I know that you don't see eye to eye with Wei Young
but you shouldn't harm your father in order to frame her!
That is a deadly plant.
It could have cost him his life.
Now that you could harm your father, what... what then?
Are you going to deal with me next?
It's not like that, Father!
It isn't me! It really isn't!
Father.
It's Li Wei Young!
Li Wei Young framed me, Father!
Now that it has come to this, you still refuse to repent?
Master, how could you only believe Li Wei Young's words?
How would you know that she didn't set Chang Le up to be acquitted?
Perhaps she added the horsetail grass!
Mother, why won't you let me off?
May I ask Father how I could possibly have poisoned you?
I don't even get to see you very often
unlike Chang Le, who gets to see Father anytime.
Moreover, if Mother truly was poisoned instead of being possessed
she is now recovered because she also took the antidote.
If Father investigates it
you can surely find scraps of the herbs.
Anyone there? Go to Hejian Quarters and dig around the premises.
Yes!
Master, we found this in Madam Li's quarters.
Doctor, take a look.
Master, this is indeed the antidote.
Master...
Chiyun Rou, in order to frame Wei Young
you first poisoned yourself and then you poisoned me.
What if that still didn't work?
Are you going to poison Old Madam next?
How outrageous!
Rou, as the matron of the family
how could you act in such a despicable way?
You even made your daughter poison her own father?
Should this matter be known to anyone, what would others think of the Li family?
Master, you have to believe me.
I've been wronged.
I don't know about those herbs.
Someone must have set me up.
Old Madam...
Set you up?
Could Wei Young possibly get into your quarters to frame you?
Father, I have already suffered greatly because of the witchcraft incident.
Now that the truth is revealed, please uphold justice for me.
Chang Le.
We're so wronged!
Even your father doesn't trust us anymore.
What's the point in staying alive?
I would never admit to what I have never done!
I'm willing to take my life to prove my innocence!
Chang Le!
My daughter...
How wronged she must have felt!
Master, Miss Chang Le tries to prove her innocence by taking her life.
She has obviously been wronged.
Prove innocence with her death?
Get it over and done with then.
Killing herself to prove her innocence? She's just putting up an act.
Li Wei Young!
It's you! It's all because of you!
- Madam! - Mother!
Master, Miss Chang Le has been framed!
She really is innocent!
Atrocious maid!
You must be involved in it as well!
Anyone there?
Drag her out to be caned 20 times!
Yes!
Master! Spare my life, Master!
- Drag her away. - Master!
Master!
No!
- Madam! - Master!
Master, have mercy on me!
Mother...
Li Wei Young...
Li Wei Young, I'll kill you!
Chang Le!
Father!
Father...
- Chang Le! - Anyone there?
Mother!
Drag away this daughter of mine who tries to kill her own father!
Master!
- Father! - Master!
I didn't mean to do it!
- Please spare me... - Drag this scum away!
She is never to return without my permission!
- Father! - Chang Le!
Chang Le! Don't!
Chang Le!
Father!
Chang Le!
Father!
- Young Mistress! - Chang Le!
Master!
This is entirely my fault!
It is all my fault!
Don't blame Chang Le!
I have already lost my son.
Master, please don't make me lose my daughter as well!
Exactly!
This is all your fault! Yours!
You destroyed both my children!
Master...
What are you still waiting for?
Drag her out of here!
Old Madam!
Old Madam... Please...
Chang Le is also your granddaughter.
- Rou... - I'm begging you... Please...
Madam is severely ill and in need of recuperation.
Without my orders, no one is allowed to visit her.
Should the Chiyun family learn of Min Feng and Chiyun Rou...
Mother!
I am disciplining my own children.
Is the Chiyun family going to meddle in it?
It is because of the Chiyun family that Chiyun Rou did whatever she wanted.
Look at this.
What has happened to the Li family?
Master.
Tomorrow morning, send a message to Imperial Physician Shen
to thank him for being concerned about our family affair.
Yes.
Chiyun Rou...
Bai Zhi, you are dismissed.
Yes.
Why did you decide to poison Li Xiao Ran without consulting me?
Although Chiyun Rou tried to harm me, we can't strike back like that.
Horsetail grass could be deadly.
What if something went wrong?
Neither Chiyun Rou nor Li Xiao Ran are easily fooled.
If Li Xiao Ran wasn't truly poisoned
how could we manage to fool Chiyun Rou with just the doctor?
It would just fail in the end.
One mistake and your life would be...
That was why I swapped the decoction.
No matter what, she is still Wei Young's father.
He's the father of my savior.
The way he treated the deceased Miss Wei Young
deemed him unfit to be a father.
I know that Young Mistress refuses to endanger any innocent lives
so I've been very cautious with the dosage.
Prime Minister will be fine after taking the antidote regularly.
Please punish me for acting out of turn.
You have my interests at heart, so how could I punish you?
You will have to promise me
not to take action without my permission again.
Although I hate Chiyun Rou, I don't wish to take any innocent lives.
Yes, Princess.
Madam.
Madam, don't get angry again.
Li Wei Young, well done indeed!
Do you think that you have defeated me?
As long as I'm still alive
the battle between us will never come to an end!
Madam, you're the daughter of the Chiyun family
and General Chiyun Nan has always been close to you.
You have all the chances in the world to get back at Li Wei Young.
Madam, you must set your mind at ease and take good care of your health.
It's just that I can't figure out how she managed to pull it off.
She must have worked with Wen Yi to plant the horsetail grass
but what about poisoning Master?
How did she manage to do it?
I had Imperial Physician Shen examine Master.
Why didn't he notice anything amiss?
Madam.
[Songtan Residence]
In the beginning, I hid the drug that causes insomnia and headaches
in Master's favorite book.
The imperial physician surely couldn't have noticed any traces.
Once Chiyun Rou was sure that nothing was amiss...
I had Jun Tao add horsetail grass
to the Eight-treasure decoction that Chang Le brought to her father.
In no time, the symptoms of poisoning surfaced.
I then sent Second Aunt to hint at it so that Father would get suspicious.
Wei Young, you took a great risk in doing so.
If your father learns of this...
It isn't so.
I added horsetail grass without Young Mistress's approval.
Silly Jun Tao. Whatever it is, I'm still involved in this matter.
Although Jun Tao shouldn't have done so, we couldn't possibly take out Chiyun Rou.
As the master of the family
Prime Minister has indulged Chiyun Rou acting willfully.
Brother-in-law has his reasons.
It's just that Wei Young had to suffer for it.
However, it's a pleasure to witness Chiyun Rou suffer for what she did.
Third Aunt.
Don't get too agitated.
I dreamed of Min De again last night.
For a while, he was still little and adorable.
But then in a glimpse
I dreamed that he was covered in blood and injuries.
Dreams are the opposite of reality.
Since Third Aunt had such a dream, it means that Min De must be safe.
But why isn't there any news of him?
They haven't found his body, have they?
We must remain hopeful.
Third Aunt, don't worry.
Min De will surely come home safely.
Wei Young.
I have to ask you for a favor.
Do tell. If I can, I will do my best to help.
When Min De comes home
he will surely get suspicious if I'm not here to welcome him.
I beg you to hold him back from doing anything irrational.
If he knows that I'm gone, he will surely get too worked up.
He will think of ways to avenge me.
Chiyun Rou has the Chiyun family to back her up.
How could he be a match for her?
Wei Young, I'm begging you.
Please keep an eye on him.
Tell him that there's nothing more I wish for
than to see him safe and sound.
I just want him alive and well.
I give you my word.
Don't worry.
How I wish to see you before I die...
Min De.
My son...
It's wonderful!
Li Chang Le was sent to the countryside for attempting to kill her father.
Aunt Rou has fallen seriously ill.
She is now on her deathbed.
No one can pose a threat to Mother's position in the manor now.
Congratulations, Mother.
My two daughters will finally get a chance to be acknowledged.
We owe this to Wei Young.
I never expected a countryside girl
to back your high and mighty Aunt Rou into a corner.
Fortunately, she doesn't regard you as her enemy
or else one woe goes and another comes.
I'd be deeply troubled by it.
It's my blessing to have such a cousin who treats me well and assists me.
As long as Wei Young poses no threat to me
I'm willing to remain friendly with my cousin.
What place is this?
How can we live here?
You talk too much.
Look at your outfits.
How can you do chores in them?
Here, change into these.
You...
Bear in mind that this is not Prime Minister's Manor!
How dare you treat me so?
I'm Eldest Young Mistress of the Li family!
Wait and see how I deal with you when I get home!
Eldest Young Mistress...
We'll see how it is if you can get home.
You...
Go knock on the door.
Yes.
Master!
Give my daughter back to me.
This is entirely my fault.
Don't blame Chang Le.
I have already sent her away.
Don't waste your breath.
I'm begging you.
Give her back to me.
Chang Le...
Madam.
Get lost!
What is this outfit? How can I wear this?
Young Mistress, just bear with it.
I have no other choice.
What on earth is this place?
It's filthy and it stinks!
Young Mistress...
I want to go home!