Curse of the Golden Flower Page #2

Your wife kneels down

before you.

Do you know why I summoned you?

Today. . .

. . .you acted against me.

Please ,Watch closely.

I select each ingredient personally

with utmost care.

This will cure your anemia.

I am grateful for his highness.

All good medicine tastes bitter.

You have excess bile, for that,

fractious..why you are stubborn ?

That is why you are fractious. . .

. . .you are listless and

quite lethargic. . .

These are all very serious

symptoms of anemia.

I have anemia..

and so the medicine

. . .never ..any cure .

If your father

were not the King of Liang. . .

. . . I would not speak

to you with such restraint.

You would better understand

that as long as I am the Emperor. . .

. . .and you the Empress. . .

. . .we shall pretend well.

The Imperial Family. . .

. . . has an example to set.

As for to this family. . .

I tolerate you. . .

. . . because my concern is to

maintain law and order in the home.

Chickens roost.

Gentlemen to rest.

Streams run clear.

It is the Hour of the Snake.

Your servant kneels

before you.

The medicine

is ready now.

I thank you.

Do you know what

tomorrow is?

The Chrysanthemum Festival. . .

. . .the day my birth mother died.

You were baby when she died. . .

. . .and I was away at war

much of the time.

I never took proper care of you.

For years , we were so distant.. . .

. . . and yet you have always been

my favorite son.

I asked Jai to come back. . .

. . .and I gave him

a duty.

What do you think

will happen ?

Father , he is planning to make. . .

. . .Jai the Crown Prince.

I sense your disapproval. . .

. . . then,I won't press you.

Father , please ....

I am without talent

and do not deserve the throne.

Twice before , I begged you

Father, to appoint another heir.

I would follow your wish , father !

I am back.

Did the Emperor grant you

permission to leave for Qingzhou?

When the Festival ends,

will you ask once again. . .

. . . I am sure , he will agree then.

When you go, don't forget

to take me with you.Wan...

After we go there. . .

. . .we shall finally be together.

. . . . for ever.

It will happen !

Her Majesty the Empress arrives!

Your Majesty.

She can come out now.

What do you mean?

Its alright !

no . . . .

pull it!

-What is the punishment?

-For seducing His Highness

and trespassing by law

20 lashes of the whip. . .

. . . branding of the face,

and banishment from the Palace.

what do you suggest?

Your Highness

She didn't do anything

This was my fault

and I beg Your Highness. . .

. . .please exercise forgiveness.

I was prompted to do this..

Fine.

I will do it for now . . .

. . . just don't think

its free for you.

Stand up.

....think ..its easy ..

be here appropriately

until the festival.

You may Leave me.

I have made the discovery

Your Majesty requested.

Its the new ingredient

a black fungus from Persia...

.. two grams a day ..

. . .will cause a person to lose

all mind over a period of time

Thank you.

Payment is not necessary

I did not do this for money.

Then why helped me?

The Empress may think that I came

because of the generous reward.

But I came

simply , because ...

I hate the Emperor.

Only Your Majesty is in a position

to avenge me.

I see that your face is branded.

Why were you in jail?

I won't say,

forgive my silence .

Farewell.

Your Highness, Prince Wan.

The Empress has already retired.

Come here?

-Father.

-Your Majesty.

This is the wife

of the Imperial Doctor.

Father, this woman broke

into the Palace three days ago.

when just I caught her.

Raise your head.

Free her.

Get out !

Wan. . .

. . .you must never speak

of the events of this night.

Is that clear ?

You can get up.

It has been 25 years.

I was certain .. . .

. . .that I would never see you again.

And you ran off with Imperial Doctor!

At the time

you were only a lowly captain. . .

. . . plotting day and night

to become Emperor.

You flattered the King of Liang

into letting you marry his daughter.

You planned meticulously to have

my entire family put in prison. Later. . .

. . . I alone managed to get out.

You know Far from home, I almost died.

the Imperial doctor who saved me.

Who should I marry then ?

-Why did you come here ?

-I just came to see my son.

You should not have ....me .

I am looking for justice

How do you ..much needed ?

. . . I shall see and paid in full.

The Imperial Doctor. . .

. . . has served us for many years. . .

. . .with impeccable conduct,

loyalty and honesty.

He is promoted

to Governor of Suzhou. . .

. . .also Commander of Chariots.

He will depart immediately. . .

. . .with his daughter, Chan.

This is the order of His Majesty.

We thank His Majesty.

Your humble servant kneels

before you.

Before I leave. . .

. . . may I have your Highness once more.

you served for me how long now?

Fifteen years , your Majesty.

If I should have wronged you ever. . .

. . . I am deeply sorry.

Your Highness

must not say that !

I would give my life

for .......

Your wife is well !

I hope ..

She is.

She shall go with you

when you leave here.

Your Highness is too generous.

My gratitude is without bounds.

As for the Empress's medicine. . .

. . . I have prepared

two months' supply.

Your Majesty need only command

the pharmacist. . .

. . .to heat up each dosage.

I kneel before the Emperor.

Leave us.

I am here to honour

the Crown Prince's birth mother.

She died on this day.

For over 20 years this image

has been hung here.

... in your heart. . .

you want to say something ?

So, I hear that you got

an assassin ....

. . .and you handled

the interrogation

You wouldn't request me ...

I will never ..

Is anything wrong with that?

Of course not.

I shall go then.

His Highness Prince Jai arrives.

Leave us, now.

Mother.

For ten years that

I have taken these herbs...

Ten days ago,

. .. the taste is different.

. . .and this new ingredient

was added.

Mother was taken ill yesterday.

Was it because of this?

Father is killing you?

Jai. . .listen

. . .after the Chrysanthemum Festival,

you will know the truth.

Each day, in front of your father. . .

. . . I sustain .. ignorance.

Every two hours. . .

. . . I swallow this poison

without protest.

Nobody knows what is happening.

I shall die exactly

as your father intends. A cretin.

But I refuse to submit without a fight.

On the night of the Festival. . .

. . . we will see the true end.

Do my brothers know

about it ?

Not yet.

would you have gone ahead ..

. . .If I was not here. . .

I would ...

Then why did you tell me?

Because I want you to be Emperor.

Father will be killed , then?

I shall force him to abdicate. . .

. . . no one will be killed.

Mother. . .

. . .a son cannot stand in rebellion

against his father!

Whatever the circumstances,

he is still my father and my Emperor.

Jai. . .my son ..

. . . I know that this would be hard ...

You can do what you do.

Prayers in the Spring. . .

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