EPISODE 46
The empress is crying to her little son that she has nothing left worth living for now that the emperor has shunned her completely. Woman, you did this to yourself.
Our gang, on the other hand, are so happy and inspired that they decide to pay the empress a visit. That’s right, the EMPRESS. To be fair, only Ziwei wants to, Xiaoyanzi and Erkang are completely against the idea, and Yongqi only reluctantly agrees. I’m starting to think Ziwei secretly wants to see her squirm.
At this time, the emperor comes, and he supports Ziwei’s idea. He thinks it’s a nice gesture.
However, we’ve got to thank Ziwei for her unnecessary ideas sometimes because this time, as they walk to the empress’s place, they run straight into the eunuch spy who has been working for the empress.
And THIS TIME, Yongqi and Erkang are prepared. They capture the spy in no time and drag him to the empress’ place.
The intended family reunion becomes an interrogation because this spy just kind of confesses right there that it was the empress who wanted to kill the kids behind the emperor’s back.
The empress has no defence this time because the evidence is so clear, and when the spy tells his story, things just click in everyone’s head — from the voodoo doll incident to Ziwei’s phoney relatives.
The emperor orders Nanny Rong and the empress to be executed. YES! And Xiaoyanzi is so chill about this.
Nanny Rong bows goodbye to the empress, telling her to take care. Then the little 15th prince also runs out to plead for his mother and so on, so on. Yes, yes, tick-tock, we don’t have time here. Let’s not delay the sweet revenge.
But Ziwei counters the emperor’s order. NOOO. She uses the Golden Pass to beg for the empress and Nanny Rong. This girl… I can understand sparing the empress but for the love of god, just let Nanny Rong go!
The emperor is shocked by this abuse of the noble Golden Pass. However, he has no choice but to spare them. But he doesn’t let go easily, he orders a flogging punishment for Nanny Rong.
But once again, Ziwei just has to ruins everyone’s fun and interfere, threatening to use the Golden Pass again. Ziwei… we love you, but please shut up.
This time, the emperor has had it, he shouts at her not to insult the Pass like that. That’s right. One would’ve thought that Xiaoyanzi would be the one to abuse the Pass with her hot temper. The emperor even told Xiaoyanzi not to go around saving every cat and dog she sees. But you know what? Saving dogs and cats is better than saving Nanny Rong! Sheesh… What an insult to the people who actually deserve the Pass.
And this is not “forgiveness” like Ziwei likes to advertise, ok? It’s downright stupidity. Just think of how many more people, how many more women in the palace, will suffer if Nanny Rong continues to exist.
Good thing the emperor has some sense and insists on flogging Nanny Rong despite all the begging. Well, she’d better learn her lesson this time. Though I seriously doubt it.
Also, the guy who does the flogging seems to take his job very seriously and beats the heck out of the evil woman, harder than I’ve ever seen anyone get beaten in this drama, so, yes, at least there’s that.
And I just love how the dowager stands on the side and says absolutely nothing during this chaotic exchange. She’s enjoying it too.
In the end, the 15th prince is taken away from the empress and placed under Lady Ling’s care, which is the best idea ever because Lady Ling is a great mom who doesn’t spend all of her time plotting other people’s deaths.
But something tells me Ziwei is going to try to mess up this only good thing we have in this episode too.