The Princess Royal (2024) s01e10 Episode Script

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[The Princess Royal]
[Adapted from Mo Shu Bai's novel,
The Princess Royal on jjwxc.net]
[This is a work of fiction.]
[Episode 10]
[Princess's Mansion]
It's okay.
Miss Qin, I'm back.
Why didn't you tell me you came back?
There happened to be
my sister's wedding.
I was thinking about going to you
once it's over.
Miss Qin,
everything in the army is under control.
You can rest assured.
Your brother is all right.
You came back
a little steadier this time.
By the way,
this is the jade I brought back
from the border.
I had craftsmen carve it into this.
I want to give it to you.
Do you like it?
I thought you were steadier.
You are playing with these toys again.
Come and tell me about the battlefield.
Let's go.
You bathed quickly.
Mrs. Pei, you're in bed.
Where am I supposed to sleep?
You can sleep wherever you like.
I'm too sleepy.
Why don't you come to bed, too?
That's not appropriate.
Then forget about it.
You can sleep where you like.
Wait. You
Many eyes are on us on this wedding day.
If I go out looking for a quilt,
is it not appropriate?
But I'll freeze to death sleeping here.
Whatever!
Oh, I almost forgot
Come back.
Come over.
Confess to me.
What does Your Highness
want me to confess?
Tell me the truth.
Why did Su Rongqing come
to escort me today?
I thought Your Highness
had something special to say.
After all, this is
Your Highness's wedding day.
I was just trying
to please Your Highness.
To please me?
Did you do that on purpose?
You knew I was killed by Su Rongqing.
Yet you asked him to pick me up.
Were you humiliating me?
Why does that sound so bad
coming from you?
Am I that type of person
in your opinion?
In my opinion
In my opinion, you're a saint.
A real gentleman.
You're being a
I won't argue with you.
I was thinking
Your Highness's relationship
with Su Rongqing didn't work last time.
Then maybe you can start over this time.
Why do I have to start it over?
Why?
Don't you still care about Su Rongqing?
Never mind.
I would be lying to say I don't care.
However,
you and I are married now.
It doesn't make any sense anymore.
I know
you're afraid Su Rongqing
will remain the same,
putting power before you
and his family before you.
You say you understand him
and don't blame him.
But is that true?
If Your Highness really don't blame him,
why not choose him from the start?
I'll be honest with you.
I talked with Su Rongqing
before the wedding.
I asked him
if the wife conflicted with the family,
who would he choose?
I side with whoever is right.
Mr. Su made a good point.
I'll take my leave.
Mr. Su.
[Censorate]
Mr. Pei, what else do you need?
I still have one favour to ask.
I'm sure you know
about my family situation.
On the day of the wedding,
I don't want them to do anything.
So I dare ask you
to pick up the bride for me.
Mr. Pei, you're joking.
Su, you should know
the princess marrying me is expedient.
The wedding of me and the princess is
just a deal.
Then
Why me?
I think
Su, you want to protect the princess.
But what identity should I use
when picking her up?
How about my sworn brother?
My greetings, sworn brother.
So,
Su Rongqing is
not who Your Highness think he is.
He still cares about you.
And don't feel old all the time.
You look like you're eighteen now.
At such a young age,
why do you refuse all the possibilities
so easily?
Let me ask you something.
When Su Rongqing came to pick you up,
did you really not think about
marrying him for a moment?
Why should I tell you that?
To begin with,
I don't know if what you just said is
true or not.
Even if it's true,
we're married now.
One day when we'll be apart,
even as a princess,
the Su Family won't allow him
to marry a divorced woman.
Rest assured.
I have drawn up a plan
for Your Highness.
Wait here.
[Eastern Palace]
Young Master Qin
cut three enemy generals
off their horses.
The enemy troops lost faith.
We pursued with victory.
By the time we reached the canyon,
there was a whistle.
Ambush?
What happened later?
How did you fight your way out?
Well, I need to tell you in detail.
This plan has
four steps.
The first step is to know yourself.
Your Highness must first
make your position clear.
Figure out what your feelings
for Su Rongqing are.
Secondly, to know your enemy.
We need to find out
what Su Rongqing's feelings for you are.
Leave that to me.
I will make good relations
with Su Rongqing in advance.
The third step is
to encourage the enemy.
We must let Su Rongqing know
Your Highness and I are only allies.
He still has a chance.
The fourth step is
the most important step.
To capture the enemy.
I will create some opportunities
for you and Su Rongqing
so that things can happen
between you and Su Rongqing.
With your capability,
Su Rongqing should be
captured by you easily.
You really have me covered.
I don't have you covered.
With your face, your figure,
your temper, and personality,
all men in the world
will be yours,
if you want.
Su Rongqing is just another man.
Is it difficult?
You've been talking a lot.
Is that all true?
I'm going to believe it.
You don't have to believe me,
but Your Highness must
believe in yourself.
Yeah.
What you just said
makes perfect sense to me.
It was like a wakening call to me.
How about this?
Since you've thought about
so much for me,
starting from today,
I'll work for your marriage, too.
You and Miss Qin
were separated by fate then.
Now you have another chance.
Don't you want to muster up the courage
to go after her?
No need.
Miss Qin and I were
How can that be?
You thought so much for me.
How can I not make plans for you?
No, I
If you keep rejecting me,
I will start wondering
what your real purpose is
setting me up with Su Rongqing.
Your Highness have a point.
It's just
that the most important thing now is
Your Highness's relationship
with Su Rongqing.
Miss Qin and I can wait.
Then Su Rongqing and I can also wait.
Fine.
Then go to sleep.
You need to stop wandering around.
Sleep here,
so no one finds out.
You and I are really funny.
Twenty years of ups and downs.
We are a couple, but not a real couple.
We are allies,
but not exactly real allies.
We tease each other,
while wanting the best for each other.
I'm sure there's no one like you,
on the wedding day,
making plans
for the bride's relationship
with someone else.
What kind of relationship
do you think we have?
Didn't I tell you?
I was hoping
Your Highness could be happier
on your wedding day.
If Your Highness think well of me,
you can think of me as a brother.
Don't.
I don't have a hobby
of getting brothers.
Then suit yourself.
However,
you and I should be able
to count as best friends
by now.
Besties?
What do you think?
No.
Bestie.
Bestie, my bestie.
Okay, stop. Don't gross me out.
Good night, my bestie.
Dawn breaks.
I was too focused
on talking about the war.
I didn't notice
it had been a whole night.
It's my fault.
No. No.
I was just too involved
in the conversation.
Since my father died in the war
and I stayed in the capital,
it's been five years
away from the border.
Don't blame me
if I talked a little too much.
I'll take my leave soon,
so as not to let people walk in
and be misunderstood.
That's all right.
If you still want to hear it,
I'll just keep telling you more.
One day we can go to war together.
Miss Qin can also find a place
to show your martial arts.
Huajing ladies think
being thin is beautiful.
People practicing martial arts
for years like me are
often accused
of being vulgar and indecent.
Do you also think so?
Of course, not.
Speaking of being brave and valiant,
there is only one person in Huajing.
Who is that?
Qin Zhenzhen.
The Crown Prince is
sure to be reassuring.
I'm leaving. See you later.
Miss Qin,
I'll let the porter
escort you out the back.
If you want to see me, don't fly around.
The guards around me are experts.
I wouldn't want my people
to hurt each other.
Who are your people?
General Qin is like a brother to me.
Of course, you're my people.
Then I'm leaving.
I'll walk you out.
[Shangguan's Mansion]
Lately, Queen Mother has been
talking about making Shangguan Ya
the Crown Princess.
I just want to ask her what she thinks.
You can rest assured.
I know Shangguan Ya very well.
There were only a few places
she used to go.
If she isn't home,
she must be at some tea party
or poetry club.
She's easy to find.
Your Highness,
sorry for the inconvenience.
My lady was invited
by the Jiwen Poetry Society today
and has been off to the tea party.
She is at the Jiwen Poetry Society.
I'll just go looking for her.
Your Highness, please suit yourself.
Call me if you need anything.
What did I say?
Do you know her well?
Of course.
After she married
into the Eastern Palace in the past,
we spent a lot of time together.
I know her well.
You know her well?
I wonder what Your Highness think
she is like.
We often talk together.
She's a person who knows the rules.
She has elegant taste
and graceful manners.
Though,
there were a few moments
when she was less elegant,
overall,
she's someone too focused on manners.
[Jiwen Poetry Society]
Miss Shangguan?
She didn't come here today.
Didn't come?
Since Miss Shangguan moved to Huajing,
she's only come to the poetry club once.
But
Shangguan Ya said to me
she used to be here
before she got married.
Forget it.
You're never a good judge of character.
Today, the princess has urgent business
with Miss Shangguan.
I wonder if you could do us a favour
and tell us where Miss Shangguan
likes to go normally.
Come over.
Miss Shangguan's whereabouts are
unknown to us.
But I heard
Miss Shangguan has been seen
carrying a pass
to the Jucai House next door.
You might want to look there.
Ju Jucai House?
The gambling house?
That girl must be lying.
Shangguan Ya is
the most standard young lady
of noble families.
How could she go to a place like that?
Impossible. Let's not waste time.
We are already here.
There's no harm in a visit.
Besides,
fate gave us another chance.
Shouldn't we
see something different?
[Qionghua Palace]
Do you know why I called you here?
It's about choosing my wife.
I'm glad you understand.
I have promised your uncle
to make Ya the Crown Princess.
What do you think?
Now that you have decided,
why bother asking me?
You don't like Ya?
We've barely met before.
There is no like or not like her.
That's easy.
I'll arrange for you to meet sometime.
Queen Mother,
can I not get married so soon?
Is
it up to us?
I promise you
if you make sure
Ya is the Crown Princess,
I'll help you
with any other girl you like.
[Jucai House]
Open the door.
How do you feel
being here for the first time?
Do you come here a lot?
I don't come here a lot.
Full of smoke and mess.
How could Shangguan Ya
come to a place like this?
You know nothing. Just look.
I never should have trusted you.
The little girl looks pretty.
Be careful with your hands.
How dare you!
Come and play with me.
Go away.
This is my wife.
Beat him.
Do you see the token? Take him.
All right, let's go.
Beat him.
Knock it off.
Seriously.
My wife.
This is my wife.
My wife.
Are you done with the cuddle?
Don't you forget what we're here for.
To protect my wife.
What are we doing here?
Looking for Shangguan Ya.
Yeah, where is she?
Make your decision now.
Big, big.
Everything you buy today is on me.
Everyone, eat and drink as you please.
Shangguan Ya?
Enough with the food. Here's silver.
Bravo.
Take the money. Take the money.
Shangguan Ya, stop.
Slow down.
Move. Move.
Be careful.
Thank you. Thank you.
Make way. Move.
No.
You go down there and I'll go after her.
Be careful.
Don't look, man.
Stop right there.
Make way. Move.
Shangguan Ya, stop it.
Why did she hit me?
Why hit me?
Are you blind?
I didn't know
beauties did fall off the sky.
Thanks. You're very kind.
Take this, man.
I just won them. To give you good luck.
Don't tell people you've seen me.
What? Not enough?
Did you just see a girl
dressed as a man?
I didn't.
Have a look here.
Take a look. It's cheap.
First Young Master Su?
Your Highness, why are you here?
Did you see a girl
dressed as a man?
I did.
She went that way.
Wait. I'll come down. Pick me up.
Li Rong?
Are you okay?
What were you yelling about?
You scared me.
I
What's wrong with you?
Inducing Her Highness
to jump from such a height?
Can you make it up
if anything happens to her?
I
You can't blame Mr. Su.
I wanted to jump myself
and asked him to pick me.
She is your princess,
How can you mess around with her?
Mr. Pei just said yourself.
She is my princess.
She wanted to jump
and told me to carry her.
How can I refuse?
You're still making excuses, aren't you?
I do the right things.
Why do I need to make excuses?
Mr. Pei, on the other hand,
why are you so angry?
Are you worried that Her Highness
might hurt herself,
or did you get jealous
because Her Highness
asked me to pick her?
Are you questioning me here?
Stop it.
Let's catch up another day, Mr. Su.
Let's find her first.
Over there.
In the basket.
Are you okay?
I'm okay.
Mr. Pei, why did you come back?
I want to apologise.
That's not necessary.
Your Highness.
Your Highness
Let go.
There's nobody in here.
Somebody is here. Come out.
I'll throw you in the river
if you don't get out.
What do you want, young lady?
Why do you touch my basket?
Miss Shangguan, rest assured.
We didn't come to catch you
for the Shangguan Family.
What?
First Young Master Su, help me.
Why didn't you say so?
Your Highness, my greetings.
What His Majesty does is
none of my business.
He insisted on burying Qin Zhenzhen
with the empress's rites.
You know he is always like a child.
You are very mature.
Don't take it too seriously.
I never cared about His Majesty.
There's no reason to take it seriously.
From the moment I entered this palace,
I was destined to go down a path
without turning back.
It's the case for Qin Zhenzhen.
It's the case for me.
Ya.
As for His Majesty
Since I entered the palace,
I knew I was living
for the Shangguan Family.
My life is like walking on thin ice.
What else can I ask for?
Let's talk somewhere else.
First Young Master Su is
handsome and righteous.
Even more so in real person.
I've heard that Miss Shangguan was
the model for ladies of noble families.
Seeing you in person today
You are really unique and special.
Please do not laugh at me.
I'll see you soon.
Though
Miss Shangguan, rest assured.
I took your money. I'll do my part.
No one except us would know about this.
First Young Master Su,
you know customs and keep your word.
I like you.
Are you done yet?
See you.
See you.
Mr. Shangguang,
I sincerely ask to marry Shangguan Ya.
Please allow me.
Su Ronghua without the Su Family is
nothing at all.
Father,
please allow it.
Ya.
Someone.
Shut Shangguan Ya into the backyard.
My heart belongs to someone.
I don't want to be the Crown Princess.
If you leave with Su Ronghua,
the Shangguan Family
will be the biggest joke
of the Great Xia.
Unexpectedly, the two of them
met each other again in this way.
[Jucai House]
Miss Shangguan,
you must be of marriageable age now.
They've arranged a marriage for you.
Didn't you know?
Why do you still come to
such a vulgar and messy place?
I know.
So what?
Your marriage is with my brother,
the Crown Prince.
So that's what Your Highness came
looking for me today.
Do you want to talk to me
about the Crown Prince's marriage?
Yes.
I heard the Shangguan Family's choice
for the Crown Princess was
you.
Seeing me like this today,
Your Highness must be very disappointed.
But that's okay.
If Your Highness are not happy with Ya,
the Shangguan Family has many girls.
At your choice.
I'm not unhappy with you.
I just wanted to say
there had been three empresses
from the Shangguang Family.
Aren't you afraid?
Of what?
What happened to the Yang Family
can serve as an example
for the Shangguan Family.
As a daughter of the Shangguan Family,
since I was a child,
I was ready to sacrifice for my family.
Besides, the Crown Prince may not lose.
Sacrifice for the family?
Right.
If you enter the palace,
you can say goodbye
to places like Jucai House.
But it's not my decision to make.
I'm just taking my chance
before their decision
to have as much fun as I can.
Rich or poor,
a life with only freedom and joy is
just an illusion.
No one can force it.
All right.
About seeing Ya here today,
I hope Your Highness won't tell anyone.
Especially the Shangguan Family.
Your Highness, prince consort,
I'll take my leave.
Su Ronghua was the man
Shangguan Ya loved before.
After she marries the Crown Prince,
should tell Li Rong?
What are you thinking?
You haven't said a word.
I am thinking
our priority now is
to stop the Crown Prince
from marrying Shangguan Ya.
But now it seems
we don't have to try ourselves.
Yeah.
I may not be sure with the old her.
Now seeing her being so free,
I am pretty sure
Watching Huajing from the Phoenix Tower.
The country is so beautiful
it attracts the dragons.
Phoenixes build homes in a noble family.
Phoenixes build homes in a noble family.
It will still be flourishing
in the fourth generation.
The fourth generation?
This children's song is
saying that the Shangguang Family
will have the fourth Crown Princess.
[Mingyue Palace]
Flourishing in the fourth generation?
Watching Huajing from the Phoenix Tower.
The country is so beautiful
it attracts the dragons.
I am not dead yet.
Someone is already trying
to make me give the throne
to that puppet of the noble families.
Your Majesty is the most noble person.
Don't let those people
get under your skin.
It's not worth it.
The Shangguan Family has gained
so much power for so many years.
Is that still not enough?
If the Crown Prince insists on
the marriage with the Shangguan Family,
I'll have no choice
but to get rid of them.
He is the Crown Prince after all.
Now he hasn't got a wife yet.
Even if it's not the Shangguan Family,
other noble families
might also be thinking about it.
In five days,
it'll be the Chinese Valentine's Day.
We can take the chance
to gather all the noble ladies
in the palace
to get to know them.
One day, when it's time
to decide on the marriage,
we'll be prepared.
What do you think?
You are very thoughtful.
Assist the Empress
and get it done then.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Consort Rou taught people the song
and instigated His Majesty
to host a palace banquet,
hoping to keep Ya down
and pave the way for her niece.
It's nothing but dirty tricks.
I won't let her have what she wants.
Besides Ya,
we need to pick more girls
who can help Chuan.
Mother, you must give up your dreams.
The Yang Family controlled the military,
so Father destroyed the Yang Family.
The Shangguan Family
controls the palace,
so it's even more dangerous.
The Yang Family is a perfect example.
Without the Shangguan Family,
how could he have ruled the Great Xia?
Why being so ungrateful?
Because Father did not forget,
he wouldn't want his power
to fall into others' hands.
But why are you so sure
that your Father will win
and the noble families will lose?
The noble families have fought
the imperial power for a hundred years.
We never lost.
He who wins the noble families wins.
He who loses the noble families dies.
I've made up my mind.
You don't have to say any more.
Now we have to stop Consort Rou's niece.
Rong,
this is where I leave you.
I'm tired.
Rong, I'm tired.
It used to be against Father.
Now Father is gone.
I have to fight the noble families,
try to defeat the enemy,
and learn to plot and calculate.
I can't trust anyone.
Rong,
I'm really tired.
Your Majesty is tired.
Go and rest today.
No, it's not that.
Rong,
in my heart,
there is a monster locked up.
The monster in Chuan's heart.
When exactly was it locked in?
Is that now?
But who fed it?
What are you doing
standing here all by yourself?
What's it to you?
You don't like me coming, do you?
No.
It's good you're here.
What happened to you?
Bullied in the palace?
Who can bully me, the princess?
You can talk. Why did you hit me?
I wanted to.
You
You can be nice to other people.
But you always hit me.
You need to change that habit.
I suggest you
look for reasons in yourself
when there's a problem.
Why don't I mess with other people,
but just you?
Tong Ye.
I didn't hear anything.
You heard nothing.
Help me up.
[Princess's Mansion]
Prince consort, you asked for me?
When Her Highness was
in the palace today,
did she argue with the Crown Prince?
Not really.
They just talked a little.
It seems that the Crown Prince
is not ready to accept a wife.
But after the princess talked to you,
she became much happier.
Don't tell Her Highness
what I said to you.
Prince consort, it's
Just do it.
Fine, fine. I know.
Prince consort,
you secretly care about her.
No, don't read too much into it.
All right,
I'll prepare some soothing incense.
I'll go to Her Highness in a moment.
Leave me.
Yes.
Let's play.
Okay.
Did Consort Rou
give you another hard time?
Consort Rou proposed to Father
to host a party
to choose a wife for Chuan.
Father has agreed.
I'm just worried
she would take this opportunity
to ask for Father's permission
to make her niece the Crown Princess.
Such a small thing
could have you worry so much?
That's not like you.
In fact,
there's one thing I can't figure out.
Before,
why do you think Chuan became that way?
He was already the emperor.
He wiped out the noble families
and pacified the North.
He had everything he wanted.
But why was he still
so painful?
Just because Qin Zhenzhen died?
Can love for one person last so long?
Li Rong,
do you know why the Crown Prince
insisted on uniting the North?
Because the wars in the North
caused the people too much suffering.
Of course.
And beyond that?
He didn't tell me.
He told me.
Do you remember Princess Yunyan?
Of course.
That was a long time ago.
That was Xuanzhi 8th year.
There were constant wars
between the North and the Great Xia.
The noble families wanted stability,
so they chose to talk.
They let Princess Yunyan
marry into the North.
I remember the Great Xia
sent twenty million grams of silver,
five hundred maids,
cattle, horses, silks, and satins.
But unexpectedly,
after only one year,
Princess Yunyan died in a foreign place.
Your Father told the public
Princess Yunyan died of illness.
But everyone in the palace knew
Princess Yunyan died
in the enemy's harem.
Why are you suddenly telling me this?
Your Highness, why do you tell me this?
You don't know.
The day we knew Princess Yunyan died,
my sister was only ten.
She stayed up all night and asked Mother
if one day,
she would be like Princess Yunyan
who married to the North and died there.
It was decades ago.
I don't even remember.
But the Crown Prince remembers.
From that moment on, I told myself,
if one day I took the throne,
I would go straight North
and bring the foreign enemy
to their knees,
never daring to offend us.
So his idea of conquering the North
formed so early.
Thus,
you and the Crown Prince are
the same people, essentially.
You are rational.
But his every move is driven by emotion.
He wants to go North.
He wants to fight the noble families.
It's to protect the people
and his family.
Unfortunately,
although he got what he wanted,
he had already forever lost
what he originally wanted.
Do you think he'll be happy?
Didn't he just lose
Qin Zhenzhen?
He lost his Mother,
his wife.
He also lost you,
and himself.
Even with mountains and rivers in hands,
there is no point to that.
How did he lose me?
Time has changed
more than just the Crown Prince.
It also changed you and me.
Those who forsook us shall not stay.
Bygones are bygones.
We lost this one.
Let's just start over.
Who said I lost?
If you go out in the future,
let me pick you up.
Why?
Aren't you glad I picked you up today?
I was okay.
That will do.
Later when you go out,
I'll come to take you home.
So you can have company on the way home.
It wouldn't be so boring.
Tell me the truth.
Are you going to ask me for money again?
Li Rong, oh Li Rong.
You're that type of ungrateful
All right, you have my permission.
Before you and I go our separate ways,
pick me up every day.
Go to sleep.
You can find everything in dreams.
♪Who gazes at the sky from afar?♪
♪Who gazes at the sky from afar?♪
♪In the night's chill breeze♪
♪What is she singing for?♪
♪The wind caresses the hills♪
♪The wind causes ripples on calm water♪
♪Moonlight graces passing souls♪
♪Her steps get slower and slower♪
♪She's trod a lengthy path♪
♪Memories lost then found♪
♪Gazing idly as clouds roll by♪
♪She holds a red candle♪
♪To brave the thick fog♪
♪Life can be bitter sometimes♪
♪Experience it with grace♪
♪Like a fleeting dream♪
♪Like a fleeting dream♪
♪Neither warmth nor cold will last♪
♪Like a fleeting dream♪
♪Like a fleeting dream♪
♪The moon is reflected in her eyes♪
♪In her gaze,
the unwavering faith remains♪