公元907年 907 AD, China
中国历史上曾经空前强盛的唐帝国 the once mighty empire of the Tang Dynasty
在血与火中訇然崩溃 has fallen into ruin
几支大的叛乱者武装 Rebellion has spread across the land and its insurgents
纷纷建立了自己的王朝 have proclaimed their own kingdoms
这一时期在中国历史上 This is the period known as
被称为“五代十国” the "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms"
这是一个相当混乱的时期 It was an era
国与国之间连年战争 plagued by widespread turmoil
皇帝与大臣血腥角力 treachery amongst government officials
甚至各个皇室内部 and a bitter struggle for power
父子、兄弟间彼此杀戮 winthin the imperial family
我们的故事 Against this backdrop
就发生于这一时期 our story begins
今夕何夕兮？ What blessed night is this?
搴舟中流 Drifting down the River Qian
今日何日兮？ What auspicious day is this?
得与王子同舟 Dreaming beside my prince
当朝太子无鸾 A tender affection has blossomed between
因自己暗恋的女孩子婉儿 the maiden Little Wan and young Prince Wu Luan
被父皇册立为新皇后 but his father, the Emperor, marries Little Wan himself
遂心灰意冷 Desperate, Prince Wu Luan disappears
逃遁到吴越之地 into the Southern heartlands
寄情于歌舞音韵之中 seeking solace in the art of music and dance
三年后 Three years later
无鸾的叔叔弑兄篡位 Prince Wu Luan's uncle has killed his brother, the Emperor
并企图占有艳丽的皇后 and usurped the throne and the Empress
皇后遣信使前往吴越 Empress Wan secretly sends her messengers
欲将这一变故告知无鸾 to warn Prince Wu Luan of the assassination and urge his return
不料 But she is unaware
叔叔派出诛杀无鸾的羽林卫 the new Emperor has already dispatched assassins
竟紧随其后 to prevent Prince Wu Luan's return
山有木兮木有枝兮 Trees live on mountains and branches live on trees
心悦君兮君不知 My heart lives for your heart
君不知 but you do not see me...
懿旨到 From her Majesty the Empress
无鸾接旨 to Prince Wu Luan
国遭大变 Our country has suffered a great loss
汝父皇暴崩 Your father, the Emperor, has passed away
汝叔即位 Your uncle has usurped the throne
接信即回 Return at once on receipt of this
父亲… Father...
【夜宴】
你撑不起它 This helmet does not sit well on you
对我不要称你 To call Your Emperor "you" is not appropriate
叫皇上 The correct address is "Your Majesty"
让我改口很困难 It is hard for me to adapt so quickly
叔叔 Brother-in-law
它不适合朕 Indeed this is not a good fit
朕要打副新的 I shall have a new one made
江山不待 The kingdom shall not wait
封门 Seal the door
嫂嫂 Sister in law
该叫皇后 The correct address is "Empress"
你哥哥太相信你 Your brother should not have trusted you
先帝暴崩 The death of the late Emperor
与我没有关系 had nothing to do with me
太子还在人世吗？ Is the Crown Prince still alive?
嫂嫂很关心他 Sister in law seems very concerned
我是他母后 I am his step mother after all
可是他比你大四岁 He is 4 years older than you are
叔叔怎么知道我卸妆的顺序？ Brother-in-law is familiar with the way I remove my make-up
岂止是卸妆 Not just your make up
嫂嫂沐浴的顺序我都知道 but also the way you enter your bath
叔叔能不能放过太子？ Will brother in law let the Prince go free?
嫂嫂能不能松手？ Will you let my hand go free?
此是太子习艺之地 This theater is under the Crown Prince's protection
汝等不可滥杀无辜 Stay your swords now
青女叩见皇后娘娘 Your servant Qing bows before Your Majesty
皇后娘娘 Your Majesty
您选的是茜素红吗？ Is this the red you had chosen?
挂上吧 Hang it up
这茜素红 This material
原本是待你与太子成婚时 was originally intended
赐给你做嫁衣的 for your wedding to the Prince
没想到 However
却要用在我的册封大典上 it is now used in my coronation
怎么跑得这么急？ Why did you run all the way here?
听得内宫传诏 When I was summoned to the inner court
青女以为是太子 I thought perhaps the Prince had returned
我还正要问呢 I was just about to ask you
太子没信给你？ Have you not heard from the Prince?
他从来都不给我写信的 He never writes to me
那你们怎么联系？ Then how do you communicate?
做梦 Through dreams
我天天晚上都能梦见他 I dream of him every night
是在梦里跟他说话的 And we talk to each other
昨天梦见他了吗？ Did you dream of him last night?
梦见了 Yes
他跟你说什么了？ What did he say to you?
他教我少吃糖 He told me not to eat too much sweets
不过他又说 But then he also said
女孩子爱吃甜食 young girls tend to like sweet things
也不是什么坏毛病 it is not really a bad habit
我以前也喜欢吃甜食的 I also used to like sweet things
叔叔真会伺候女人 Brother in law really knows how to please a woman
比起我哥哥怎样？ How do I compare with my brother?
先帝可是英明的君主 The late Emperor was a wise and valiant man
你是说 You mean to say
他不行 he was not very adept at pleasing you
不 No...
如果他愿意 When he was willing
便雄姿英发 he could be exceptionally virile
可是他不愿意 But he was not often willing
对吗？ Am I right?
江山美人 The tug between power and love
从来困惑着百代帝王 has tormented past emperors for centuries
叔叔好像不困惑 You do not seem to be tormented
今夜之前不困惑 Before tonight everything was simple
因为我心里惟有江山 I cared only for my kingdom
今夜之后困惑了 But after tonight
有了嫂嫂 when there is you, sister in law
还要江山作什么？ what need do I have of a kingdom?
叔叔真会恭维人 You certainly know how to flatter a woman
言为心声 I speak from the heart
那叔叔让出皇位 Why don't you give away the throne
我随你归隐林泉 so we can retire to the woods and live like hermits?
如何？ What do you think?
嫂嫂 Sister in law
想要朕的命吗？ do you want me killed?
一句戏言，叔叔怎么就认真了 I was only teasing
要命也认了 If it is my life that you want
我都给嫂嫂 you can have it
都给嫂嫂 You can have everything that is mine
殿下 Your Highness
我父王 My father...
是怎么死的？ How did he die?
他们说 They say that
午睡的时候 while he was taking his afternoon nap
被一只爬进寝宫的毒蝎子给咬了 he was stung by a scorpion
皇宫里有毒蝎子？ There are scorpions in the palace?
他们说皇宫里什么都有 They say you can find everything in the palace
他们是谁？ Who are "they"?
住在皇宫里的人 The people who live there
包括她？ Including her?
她又被册封为皇后了 She is about to be crowned Empress again
谁册封她？ By whom?
你叔叔 Your uncle
当今皇上 the new Emperor
无鸾 Wu Luan
是 Yes
你让我急死啦 You worried me to death
母后 Empress Mother
你的声音有些沙哑 You sound a little hoarse
还带着如此怪异的面具 Why are you wearing such a strange mask
背着灰不溜秋的剑筒 and a battered old sword case?
你为什么会这样？ What has happened to you?
这句话 This is a question
应该由我来问母后 I should be asking you
你听到了什么？ What have you heard?
我回来 Did I come back
是为父王奔丧 to grieve for my father
还是为母后贺喜？ or to congratulate my step mother?
不要用这种尖酸刻薄的语气 Do not use such a cruel tone of voice
和一个无助的女人说话 against a helpless woman
为了你们父子 I have sacrificed more than enough
她已经付出太多了 for you and your father
可是 But
父王的灵魂 my father's spirit
就在这皇宫外徘徊 still wanders restlessly outside the palace gate
请母后 Empress Mother
看着我的眼睛 Look into my eyes and tell me
我父王 Did my father
真是被一只毒蝎子 really die
咬死的吗？ from the sting of a scorpion?
无鸾 Wu Luan
你眼中的痛苦 The pain in your eyes
让我的心都碎了 breaks my heart
什么也不要问 Don't ask so many questions
什么也不要想了 Don't think too much
好吗？ Promise me?
告慰你父王最好的方法 The best way to soothe your father's spirit
是我们的平安 is to make sure we are both safe
特别是你的 Especially you
殿下 Your Majesty
对不起 Forgive me
我这黑不溜秋的身子 My shabby clothes
弄脏了母后的浴袍 have soiled the Empress' bathrobe
让我看看你这剑筒里背的是什么 Show me what is inside your sword case
越女剑 The sword of the Yue Maiden
最宜贴身格斗 best suited to close combat
我现在用它来剪纸 I only use it for paper cutting now
当初你父王教我们剑术时 When your father first taught us swordplay
你可是学得比我好 you were always the better pupil
你刻的？ Is this your work?
越人歌 These are the words of a song from Yue
唱吗？ Can you sing it for me?
一个王子泛舟 It is about a Prince sailing down a stream
打桨的女孩子爱慕他 and the rowing girl falls in love with him
唱了这支歌 She sings this song
情歌 So it is a love song
不 No
寂寞的歌 it is a song about loneliness
那你可以唱给青女听 You can sing to your young friend Qing
她不会懂 She would not understand
一个人不会懂另一个人 No one can really understand another person
懂了 If we did
就不寂寞了 we would not feel so lonely
当初先帝答应你去吴越之地学艺 When your father allowed you to pursue the arts
我是反对的 I was against the idea
我心目中的男子汉 To me, a man should not be
不应当是一个杏花春雨 a lonely musician
温山软水浸泡出来的寂寞歌手 a product of warm hills and soft streams
他是皇太子 A proper man is a prince
是一个即将雄视六合 who rules over his kingdom
君临天下的帝王 with strength and courage
那只是你心目当中的男子汉，母后 That is only your idea of a man, Empress Mother
可是你有责任 But you have responsibilities
这责任是上天赋予你的 They're bestowed upon you by the heavens above
列祖列宗传承于你的 passed on to you by your ancestors
臣民百姓期待于你的 expected of you by your people
这责任不是由叔叔担当起来了吗？ Hasn't my uncle assumed these responsibilities in me?
他… He...
皇上让奴才在此恭候 His Majesty has commanded me to greet you here
九人队此番让太子逃脱 You have allowed the Prince to slip away
有辱皇命 insulting His Majesty with your incompetence
该怎么办呢？ What do you suggest you should do?
末将当以死谢罪 We shall offer up our lives as penance
甚好 Very good
可赦九族不诛 Your families will be spared
谢皇上 We thank his gracious Majesty for his lenience
洗桥 Clean the bridge
太过陈旧了 This palace is falling to ruin
先帝俭约 The late Emperor was a thrifty man
朕却不能这样自苦 but I am not going to suffer the way he did
藻井 Pave the ceiling
全部贴赤金花 with flowers in gold leaf
是 Yes, Your Majesty
臣还要请旨 May I enquire
殿中梁柱是漆丹朱 should the central pillar be painted in vermilion
还是玄墨？ or ink black?
丹朱乃是鲜血 Vermilion is the color of blood
赤金象征辉煌 and gold represents glory
哪一个辉煌的王朝 Which glorious dynasty
不是用鲜血洗出来的？ has not been forged with blood?
太常卿 Minister Yin
臣在 Your Majesty
朕羡慕你 I envy you
有这样识大体明事理 for having such a personable and astute son
且文武兼备的儿子 gifted in both cultural and military affairs
不像朕的侄儿 Unlike my nephew
也就是你们的太子 your Crown Prince
只会唱戏 who only knows to sing and dance
皇上如果不喜欢这雪山玄豹 If Your Majesty does not like the snow leopard carving
臣即刻差人换了它 it can be replaced at once
喜欢 I like it
这畜牲 When it snows
风雪天躲在山洞里舔他的玄毛 this creature stays inside the cave to groom his fur
晴日里就光灿灿奔出来 When the sun comes out, it emerges shiny and sleek
识时务 it knows about changing with the weather
是灵兽 This is a clever beast
臣却以为 May your servant suggest that
雕虎更为妥贴 a tiger would be even more appropriate
易经云 According to the Book of Change
大人虎变 a great man descends from a tiger
君子豹变 a gentleman from a leopard
皇上是大人 Your majesty is a great man
虎有王者气象 The tiger has an appropriate air of majesty
幽州节度使裴洪 Governor Pei Hong of You Province
在 Your Majesty
你怎么不说话？ Why are you silent?
我在想 I was thinking, perhaps
该不该将这雪山玄豹赐予太常大人 this snow leopard should be gifted to Minister Yin
为何？ Why is that?
他识时务啊 Because he too knows how to change with the weather
裴洪建议甚好 Governor Pei's suggestion is excellent
朕就将这雪山玄豹赐予太常卿 We shall bestow on Minister Yin this beautiful carving
谢皇上 My deepest gratitude to Your Majesty
那么这屏风… As for a replacement...
就雕虎吧 let it be a tiger then
雕飞龙在天 Better still, carve a flying dragon
臣等拜见皇后 Long live Your Majesty the Empress
臣幽州节度使裴洪 Your servant Pei Hong
叩见皇太后 bows before the Empress Dowager
裴洪叫皇后为皇太后 Governor Pei greeted the Empress as Empress Dowager
你们听见了？ Did you all hear that?
听见了 Yes
什么意思？ What does this signify?
不敢说？ Nobody dares speak?
朕说 Then let me explain
先帝殡天 The late Emperor has ascended to the heavens
如果是太子继位 if the Crown Prince succeeds the throne
皇后就变成了皇太后 the Empress will become the Empress Dowager
而朕就是篡位 Thus, I am the usurper
裴洪，对不对？ Have we understood you correctly, Governor Pei?
不愧是儒将出身 No wonder you are a respected scholar
三个字，伦常朝纲，春秋大义 With three words
替天行道啊你 you have rearranged the hierarchy of the court
祖宗礼制 According to our ancestral customs
皇帝应跪见皇太后，是为以孝治国 the Emperor kneels to the Empress Dowager as a son to his mother
皇帝应接受皇后跪见，是为夫为妻纲 But the Empress kneels to the Emperor as a wife to her husband
皇太后乎？ Are you the Empress Dowager?
皇后乎？ Or the Empress?
跪乎？ Should I kneel?
受跪乎？ Or should you?
请问 Please advise us
朕当何以自处？ Which is the correct procedure?
臣妾叩见皇帝陛下 Your humble consort kneels before Your Majesty
皇上 Your Majesty
先帝啊 Late Emperor
你在天之灵 did your spirit in heaven
看到了这肮脏的交易了吗？ witness this vile exchange?
殷隼 General Yin
臣在 Your Majesty
幽州节度使是你的了 The province of You is now yours to govern
谢皇上 I am your servant, Your Majesty
羽林卫 lmperial Guards
在 Your Majesty
将裴洪杖毙庭下 Pei Hong is condemned to be beaten to death
诛九族 and his entire clan executed
诺 At once, Your Majesty
刚才皇后说雕什么来着？ What was it that you said we should carve?
飞龙在天 A flying dragon
龙凤呈祥吧 Let it be a dragon and a phoenix
太残酷了 This is too brutal
据说这棍刑 They say that Pei Hong himself invented this form of punishment
是裴洪为先帝所创用的 for the late Emperor's use
裴洪因我而死 Pei Hong is dying because of me
皇后如后悔 If you have any regrets
朕现在就赦了他 I can pardon him at once
不赦 No pardon
朕感激你 I am grateful to you
不用 You don't have to be
你也是这样辅佐先帝的吗？ Did you help the late Emperor in this same way?
不是 No
为何对朕这般厚爱？ Then why are you being so generous with me?
你给了我先帝没给的 You give me what the late Emperor could never give
内侍监 Lord Chamberlain
在 Present
传朕口谕 I hereby proclaim
本月十五 the Empress coronation will take place
举行皇后册封大典 on the fifteenth day of this month
禀皇上 Your Majesty
逆贼裴洪杖毙庭下 the traitor Pei Hong is dead
他回来了 He has returned
他对你没威胁 He is not a threat to you
可你说臣民对他有期待 But you said that the people anticipate his succession
殷隼 Yin Sun
你这是要干什么？ What do you think you're doing?
皇上将它赐给父亲 This gift from the Emperor
是对父亲的侮辱 is an insult to father
是侮辱 It may be an insult
更是试探 but more than that, it is a test
如果你的父亲 If your father had not been able to withstand
连这点小小的侮辱都不能容忍的话 a little humiliation from time to time
他就不配位列三公 he would never have reached his present rank
受到三代帝王的宠信 or been trusted by three successive emperors
我现在最担心的是你的妹妹 What worries me is your little sister
她什么也不懂 She is far too innocent
这只凤的眼睛我老是绣不好 I cannot get the eyes of the phoenix right
你想想婉后的眼睛 lmagine the eyes of Empress Wan
婉后的眼睛 The Empress' eyes are
时而妩媚 sometimes soft and charming
时而又让人害怕 and sometimes frightening
凤目生威 A phoenix with a steady gaze
你这样绣，她会高兴的 is what would please the Empress most
离册封大典还有两天 The coronation is only two days away
我怕我绣不好 I fear this will not be ready in time
以后 From now on
不要再和太子来往 it is best if you stopped seeing the Prince
为什么？ Why?
先帝在日 When the late Emperor was alive
这门亲事是我家的荣耀 this match was our family's blessing
先帝不在 Now that he is gone
这门亲事是我家的祸害 I fear it may be our downfall
我不会变心的 My heart will never change
你最好变心 Make it change
学皇后 Learn from the Empress
宁不知倾城与倾国 Who cares about losing a kingdom
佳人难再得 when in the presence of such rare beauty?
你的江山坐得稳稳的 You can hardly be more secure on your throne
我可没倾覆它 I can't ruin you anyway
青女先回吧 Qing, why don't you leave us
是 Yes, Your Majesty
你是不是从骨子里对我不放心？ In the heart of hearts, do you not trust me?
我不放心的是我那可爱的侄儿 The person I do not trust is my dear nephew
不知他节目准备得怎么样了 I wonder how his rehearsal for the coronation is going
禀皇上 Your Majesty
此次演武 this rehearsal
循惯例 adheres to the usual rules
皆持木剑 only wooden swords are employed
请殿下验过 Please examine the weapons, Your Highness
承让 Thank you
久闻殿下是剑术高手 We have heard that Your Highness is an expert swordsman
一点童子功 Mere childish endeavours
荒芜了 I have not practiced in years
皇上希望 It is the Emperor's wish
册封大典上我们的剑击节目 that our performance at the coronation
可以技压群雄 should impress the entire court
一舞剑器动四方 Swordplay is always impressive
表演确是我所长 and performance is my specialty
如此，殿下请 In that case, please begin, Your Highness
我死了 I am dead
你们真想置他于死地呀 You really meant to kill him
末将不敢 We would not dare
他说他死了 He said he is dead
皇后以为他死于何因？ What does the Empress think he died of?
他呀 He...
将生死之战当成了一场表演 mistook a deadly combat for a show
一语中的 Precisely
朕喜欢这个节目 And I thoroughly enjoyed the show
你今天怎么会输得这么惨？ How did you manage to lose so badly today?
母后认为我输了吗？ Did you think I lost?
我可不希望在我的册封大典上 I hope that you will do better
你也这样表现 at my coronation
为什么你表演的时候要戴面具？ Why do you wear a mask when you perform?
戴面具的表演是最高境界的表演 It transports an actor to the highest state of his art
不戴面具 Without a mask
喜、怒、哀、乐 happiness, anger, sorrow and joy
简单地写在演员的脸上 are simply written on his face
戴上面具 But with a mask
伟大的艺术家能够让人 在没有生命的面具上 a great artist can convey to the audience
感觉到最复杂、最隐秘的情感 the most complex and hidden emotions
那你从我的脸上能看出什么来？ In that case, what do you see on my simple face?
六分得意，三分紧张 Six parts arrogance, three parts disquiet
还有一分对先帝的愧疚 and one part guilt towards your late husband
你错了 You are wrong
是失望，对你的失望 It is disappointment... disappointment in you
我现在已不奢望靠你来实现我的梦想 I no longer look to you to fulfill my dreams
只求上天垂怜 I can only pray to the heavens to have mercy
让你我平平安安 and protect us both
你连最笨拙的表演都不会 You are incapable of even the most basic play acting
你将你的悲伤、仇恨、 不甘、疑问和彷徨 Your sorrow, anger, bitterness and uncertainty
统统写在你的脸上 are there for all to see
你让杀身之祸如影相随 You permit danger to follow you everywhere
说什么戴着面具的表演 是最高境界的表演 You think hiding behind a mask can elevate your art?
最高境界的表演是将自己的脸 The highest level is to use your own face
变成面具 and turn it into a mask
来了 You are here
来了 Yes
这是你要的 This is what you asked for
不要嗅 Do not smell it
它的毒性 The poison
比砒霜不知要毒多少倍 is a thousand times deadlier than arsenic
不能嗅 If I can't smell it
如何用？ how do I use it?
鹅毛管吹送入耳 You blow it into the ear with a quill
究竟何物？ What is it made of?
如此之毒 Why is it so poisonous?
辽东鹤顶红 It's made of Erysipelas from the Northeast
漠北黑蝎子 ground together with
研磨成粉 black scorpions of the Northwest
那这是世界上最毒的东西了？ So nothing is more poisonous?
不 No
还有比它更毒的？ What can be more lethal than this?
人心 The human heart
没有 There aren't any...
什么？ Any what?
毒蝎子 There aren't any scorpions in the palace
听说你带回来一支歌 I hear you brought back a song
我听皇后说的 I heard it from the Empress...
山有木兮木有枝 Trees live on mountains and branches live on trees
心悦君兮君不知 My heart lives for your heart but you do not see me
真可怜 How pitiful...
谁可怜？ Who?
那个打桨的女孩子 The boat girl
心悦君兮 She loves him
君不知 but he does not see her
不 No
你说的是我 You are talking about me
你可怜我 You think I'm pitiful
她也可怜我 She pities me too
我的痛苦给了你们机会 Both of you
你们便以可怜为诱饵 use my suffering
让我投入你们的怀抱 to lure me into your embrace
是不是这样？ Is that not the case?
不是 No
你说 Admit it
不是 No
我不是她 I am not her
你是她 You are her
我不是她 I am not her
你是她 You are her
我不是她 I am not her
你是她 You are her
文婉皇后 The coronation ceremony
册封大典 of Her Majesty the Empress Wan
启行 will now commence
皇后之玺 The Empress' Seal
皇上万岁万岁万万岁 May the Emperor live ten thousand times ten thousand years
皇后娘娘千岁千岁千千岁 May the Empress live a thousand times a thousand years
剑术 A performance of swordplay
表演者：太子殿下、羽林卫 by the Crown Prince Wu Luan and the lmperial Guards
叔叔 Uncle
母后 Empress Mother
万寿无疆 l wish you both everlasting happiness
对不起，我来晚了 My apologies for being late
对不起 Please forgive me
爷今儿不陪你们玩了 l am not going to play with you tonight
我今天排了一出小戏 lnstead, l have prepared a play for your amusement
黑夜降临了 Darkness has fallen
可爱的侄儿 My dear nephew
朕知道你会来的 l have been expecting you
能除掉面具，让朕看看你的脸吗？ Won't you take off your mask and let me look at your face?
你满脸汗水 Your are covered in sweat
泪水 They are tears
来 Come
让朕给你拭去 Let me wipe them away for you
不 No
你衣服上有鹤顶红 Your sleeves are soaked with Erysipelas
还有毒蝎子的气味 They reek of black scorpions
无鸾你太投入了 Wu Luan, you are not acting in a play now
天才的艺术家 What a talented artist
朕很欣慰 l feel so gratified
还不快快叩谢皇上 Quickly bow and thank His Majesty
多谢叔叔 Thank you, Uncle
吴越三年，终成大器 How much you have grown in the last three years
你可以担当重任了 lt's time to take on some serious responsibilities now
殷太常 Minister Yin
臣在 Your Majesty
契丹的国书上是怎么说来着？ What was in the dispatch sent by the Khitans?
他说为了表示两国友好的诚意 lt says that to strengthen the trust between our two nations
双方应派各自的王子互为人质 we should each send our Crown Prince
并留驻对方 to live in the other's country
他们的王子派来了吗？ Have they sent their hostage yet?
派来了 They have, Your Majesty
不过据臣妾所知 But l hear
他只是个牧马人的儿子 he is in fact the son of a herdsman
朕不学他 We shall not behave like the Khitans
我泱泱大国 We are a great country
以诚信为本 and we live by our word
我们派真正的太子去 We shall send a real prince
不行 No
为什么不行？ Why not?
他性格太柔弱 His nature is too gentle
正好 All the better
塞外的风沙能磨砺出他的坚强 lt will be honed by the sandstorms of the northern deserts
他容易冲动 He is too emotional
会得罪契丹可汗 He may offend the Khitan Khan
你现在好像也很冲动 lt appears you are emotional now
得罪朕了么？ but am l offended?
皇上的胸怀 Your Majesty's magnanimity
容纳百川 is vast enough to embrace oceans
可朕的眼里掺不得沙子 But l will not tolerate a grain of sand in my eye
内侍监 Lord Chamberlain
在 Yes, Your Majesty
拟旨 Write this down:
着太子无鸾 The Crown Prince Wu Luan
出使契丹 is henceforth appointed Ambassador to Khitan
羽林卫护送 He will be escorted by the lmperial Guards
即日启程 and will depart promptly today
钦此 By command of the Emperor
羽林卫 lmperial Guards
在 Your Majesty
随太子启程 Escort the Crown Prince
诺 Yes, Your Majesty
皇上也是为你好 His Majesty is doing this for your own good
去吧 Go...
等一等 Wait
禀皇上 Your Majesties, the Emperor
皇后娘娘 and Empress
青女愿与太子同行 Your servant Qing begs to accompany the Prince
为什么？ For what reason?
他寂寞的时候 So that when he is lonely
我可以唱歌给他听 there will be someone to sing to him
你以为你是谁？ Who do you think you are?
内侍监 Lord Chamberlain
在 Present
把她拖下去 Take her away
鞭笞三十 and give her thirty lashes of the whip
母后 Empress Mother
疼吗？ Does it hurt?
疼 Yes
好孩子 My dearest daughter
忍着点 you have to learn to endure the pain
我很疼 lt hurts too much
但是我听爹爹的，我忍着 but l shall listen to you and try to bear it
皇后娘娘驾到 Her Majesty the Empress approaches
疼吗？ Does it hurt?
不疼 No
瞧你 Look at you
泪水都流出来了 Tears are welling up
还说不疼？ and you still say it doesn't hurt?
我不疼 No, it doesn't
知道我为什么鞭笞你吗？ Do you know why l punished you?
你嫉妒 Because you are jealous
青女 Qing
让她说 Let her speak
我喜欢听真话 l like to hear the truth
我嫉妒你什么了？ And why am l jealous?
我有爱 Because l have love
我难道没有吗？ And l don't?
你只爱你自己 You only love yourself
胡说 Nonsense
谁不只爱自己？ Who does not love themselves?
比如他 Let us take him as an example
你父亲 your father
我父亲爱我和我哥哥 My father loves my brother and me
甚于一切 more than anything in the world
是么？ Really?
我们很快就证明这一点 Let us find out if this is true
来人 Guards
在 Your Majesty
黥刑 Brand her face
发配岭南吧 then have her exiled to the South
皇后娘娘 Your merciful Majesty
我知道 l always knew
太常是明白人 that the Minister was a man of wisdom
我们这是到哪儿了？ Where are we?
已过幽州三百五十里 We are 350 miles past the province of You
前面就是契丹地界了 the Khitan boarder is just ahead
是吗？ Really?
过幽州为什么不告诉我一声？ Why didn't you tell me when we passed You Province?
我应该去看看殷隼的 l should have paid a visit to Yin Sun
皇上有旨 His Majesty commanded
殿下不得延误 that there must be no delay
那是谁？ Who is that?
那是你 That is you
太子 The Prince
人质 The hostage
这么说 ln which case
我到不了契丹了 l shall not reach Khitan
到不了了 No, you will not
你们什么时候杀我？ When do you plan to kill me?
现在 Now
你们杀得了我吗？ You think you are capable of killing me?
不是殿下死，就是羽林卫亡 lt will be either your death or ours
幽州节度使殷隼 l am Yin Sun, Governor of You
恭候太子殿下 My greetings to Your Highness
你为什么要救我？ Why did you save me?
这是那个女人的旨意 lt was an order from that woman
她？ Her?
她 Her
你们听她的？ You follow her orders?
我妹妹在她手心捏着 My sister is in her hands
我很抱歉 l am sorry
不必 Don't be
你怎么向我叔叔交代？ What will you say to my uncle?
我会奏报朝廷 l shall report that
说你和羽林卫遭到契丹人的截杀 all the envoys were slaughtered by the Khitans
无一幸免 There is not one single survivor
可我在 But l am alive
你可以躲起来 You will have to hide
我不想学鼹鼠 l do not want to live like a mole
这只是暂时的 This is only temporary
暂时？ Temporary?
暂时是多久？ How long is that?
三年？ Three years?
五年？ Five years?
抑或等到白发苍苍？ Or until my hair turns gray?
那也比你重回京城 lt is still better than returning
枉送性命好 and dying needlessly
我不怕死 l am not afraid of death
可你不能让别人为你去死 But you cannot let other people die because of you
你想让我妹妹 Will you not be satisfied until my sister
我父亲 my father
我们整个殷氏家族 and our entire clan
像他们一样 have sacrificed themselves
为你一己的复仇 the way these poor guards have done
去殉葬吗？ so that you can play at your revenge?
你非要血流成河，天下大乱了 Will you not be satisfied until rivers flow with blood
你的内心才能获得安宁吗？ and the world is submerged in turmoil?
看着这面具 Looking at this mask
二卿有何感想？ what do you two see?
天命有归 Destiny at play
皇上是真龙天子 Your Majesty is the true son of Heaven
任何人反对不了 Nobody can oppose you
如果不是朕举措得当 But if l had not made the right move in time
天命有归这句话 it would have been my blood
你们恐怕就是对另一个人说了 you are staring at now, wouldn't it?
诚惶诚恐，汗如出浆 You seem nervous...
太常卿是怎么了？ is the Minister not feeling well?
弄得满头满脸的都是汗 Why are you sweating so profusely?
殷隼 Governor Yin
臣在 Your Majesty
你父亲不容易 Your father has worked too hard all his life
就在家多陪陪他吧 Stay at home and keep him company
臣军务在身 My military duties
不敢多作逗留 keep me away from home, Your Majesty
军务嘛 Your military duties?
你不在，天塌不下来 Without you, the sky is hardly going to fall down
皇上如此眷顾 Your Majesty's kindness
臣感激涕零 has moved your servant to tears
臣叩谢天恩 We are most grateful for Your Majesty's consideration
朕不喜欢看假脸 l have never liked masks
下去吧 You may leave
是 Yes, Your Majesty
内侍监 Lord Chamberlain
在 Present
朕要大宴群臣 We shall give a banquet for the entire court
后儿个正好是黄道吉日 The day after tomorrow is an auspicious day for feasting
等不及了 That would be too late
就在明晚 make it tomorrow night
太谱曰：明日犯忌，不宜宴饮 Tomorrow is not auspicious for receiving guests
如今，朕还有什么可忌讳的？ l will not bow to superstition
传旨 Write this down:
明晚夜戌时三刻始 Tomorrow at midnight
朕要在皇宫金殿 all courtiers are invited to a royal banquet
大宴群臣 to be given in the hall of gold
是 Yes, Your Majesty
不到者 Anyone who fails to attend
斩 will be executed
自从太子走后 Since the departure of the Crown Prince
你妹妹便水米不进 your sister has not touched a single grain of rice
那我去告诉她 Then let me tell her
太子还活着 that he is still alive
不 No
你去把这个交给她 Give this to her
搴舟中流 Drifting down the river Qian
今日何日兮 What auspicious day is this?
得与王子同舟 Dreaming beside my Prince
哥哥 Brother
昨天晚上我还梦见他了 l dreamt of him again last night
他在一片雪白雪白的地方跳舞 He was dancing somewhere white as snow
有很多很多的人 There were a lot of people
还问我要不要去呢 He even invited me to join him
小妹 Little sister
别骗自己了 stop fooling yourself
他心里没有你 You are not in his heart
我知道 l know
可是我答应等他 But l promised l would wait for him always
哥哥心里有你 You are in your brother's heart
谁也不能伤害你 l will not let anybody harm you
世上还有比这更毒的么？ ls there anything more poisonous than this?
有 Yes
何物？ What?
人心 The human heart
说得好 Well said
上次太子殿下为什么不把它拿走？ Why didn't the Prince take it with him on his last visit?
他不够狠 He was not ruthless enough
这是给你的报酬 This is your payment
砒霜？ Arsenic?
虽然少了点 There is not much
但也足够你一个人享用了 but it should be enough for one
皇上驾到 His Majesty the Emperor approaches
许久没打马球了 We have not played polo for a while
朕要和皇后大战一场 Let us have a big match, you and l
皇上今晚还要大宴群臣 Your Majesty is throwing a banquet tonight
来得及吗？ ls there enough time to play?
时辰尚早 It is still eraly
我有点头痛 l have a headache
内侍监 Lord Chamberlain
在 Present
传太医 Send for the lmperial Physician at once
是 Yes, Your Majesty
不用 There is no need
我自己揉揉就好了 l just need to rest for a while
我来 Let me
皇上 Your Majesty
别动 Don't move
你呀 Look at you
贵为皇后 An Empress
母仪天下 Mother to a nation
睡觉还蹬被子 And you still kick off your blankets when you sleep
昨夜受风了，是不是？ Did you catch cold last night?
皇上 Your Majesty
我们在一起多久了？ How long have we been together?
皇后怎么问这个？ Why do you ask?
到今日 lncluding today
一百天 it would be one hundred days exactly
皇后有心 You have been counting
朕却觉得 But to me
不到一天 it feels like less than a single day
一百天了 One hundred days, but
我从未投入过自己全部的感情 l have never surrendered all of myself before
就是一块冰 Even if you are a piece of ice
朕也能把它含烫了 you will eventually melt in my mouth
如果这块冰 What if the ice
变成火呢？ turns into fire?
含在嘴里的火 A globe of fire in your mouth
那朕就把它咽了 Then l shall swallow it
暖心 and it will warm my heart
现在 Do it now
现在就把它咽了 Swallow it now
她说什么？ What did she say?
皇后说 The Empress said that
其实从太子被逼当人质的那一刻起 her mind was made up
她就已经下了决心 the moment the Prince was sent away as hostage
皇上猜忌多变 The Emperor is fickle and suspicious
就算眼前她集三千宠爱于一身 She may be his favorite now
但失宠 but sooner or later
只是迟早的事 he will turn his attention elsewhere
与其废黜冷宫 Rather than wait to be discarded
不如铤而走险 she has decided to take the risk and strike first
她想自己做皇帝？ She wants to rule herself?
毫不含糊 Exactly
她说 Once she has succeeded
一旦成功 she intends to denounce the Emperor
她便当众宣布皇上弑兄篡位的罪恶 as a fratricide and usurper
她这样是替天行道 She will say that she is carrying out heavenly justice
为先帝雪耻 on behalf of the late Emperor
让我们起而相应 She wants us to rally
拥戴她登上帝位 and support her claim to the throne
这个女人 This woman
这个女人啊 Ah, this woman
父亲 Father
我们该如何取舍？ whose side should we take?
人家现在已经把道给我们划好了 We have no choice, she has planned everything perfectly
而且以你妹妹要挟我们 First, your sister is in her hands
让你救太子 Secondly, when she asked you to save the Prince
除了私情 it was not for personal reasons alone
更重要的是让我们惹上一身骚 lt was to turn us into her accomplices
成为她的一党啊 so that we have nowhere to stand except by her side
她料定我们别无选择 She knows that we have no option now
如果这女人得手 lf this woman succeeds
我们就当场 we must denounce her straight away
以弑君罪将她除掉 as a traitor and an assassin
真正取而代之的，不是她 The person who deserves to ascend the throne is not her
而是你 but you
父亲 Father
怕了？ Are you afraid?
不 No
天予我 lf Heaven bestows this gift upon me
若不取 to refuse would be
是有违天命 to disobey the gods
淩儿 Ling
备辇 prepare the carriage
据御史弹奏 To the Minister of Law
殷太常、殷隼父子 Minister Yin and his son, Yin Sun
欺瞒君上，挤压同僚 are guilty of the following crimes:
把持朝政，勾结敌国 deceit of the Emperor and tyranny over the court
着即革去 misuse of power and collusion of the enemy
殷太常爵位 They will be stripped of their titles
殷隼幽州节度使之职 and exiled to the South
发配岭南，查抄其家产 All their property will be confiscated
籍没入库 and deposited in the national reserve
钦此 By command of the Emperor
殷隼将军 General Yin
殷将军 General Yin
内侍监 My Lord Chamberlain
在 Present
我有话要说 l wish to say a few words
是 Yes, Your Majesty
斟酒 Pour the wine
是 Yes, Your Majesty the Empress
前贤曾经有过秉烛夜游的佳话 Our ancestors used to roam the palace with candles by night
今日皇上夜宴群臣 but our most gracious Emperor
豪情逸兴 throws brilliant banquets for his courtiers
又不知胜过前贤几许 His hospitality surpasses all who came before him
为此 It is my privilege
臣妾谨为皇上贺 to thank His Majesty with this toast
还有 Also
今晚臣妾 tonight
想要皇上的命 l am going to take Your Majesty's life
好 Excellent
众卿与朕 Esteemed courtiers
一齐举杯 Let us drink together
谨为皇上贺 To His Majesty
小女子青女，谨率家伎班 Your servant Qing and my dancers
为皇上、皇后献呈歌舞 beg permission to entertain Your Majesties with a performance
太常卿 Minister Yin
臣在 Your Majesty
你想给朕一个惊喜吗？ Did you organize this surprise for me?
禀皇上 Your Majesty
是青女自己的心意 this is Qing's own idea
与家父无关 My father knows nothing about it
好 Good
准备的什么节目？ What have you prepared for us?
越人歌 A song from Yue
怎么这么耳熟？ This sounds familiar
这是太子生前最爱的一支歌 lt was the Crown Prince's favorite song
纪念太子 To commemorate him
我想让他知道 l want him to know
即使世界上所有的人都抛弃他 that even if the whole world abandons him
我不会 l shall never do so
爱情不会 and my love for him will never die
朕很感动 This is very touching
赐酒 Grant her some wine
是 Yes, Your Majesty
就用朕的金樽吧 Take my cup
让朕与皇后的思念 let me join you in remembering
也去慰借太子的在天之灵 the departed spirit of my dear nephew
无鸾万万当不起皇上的这等恩泽 Such an honor is too great for Wu Luan
另外斟一杯吧 Let us fetch another cup
内侍监 Lord Chamberlain
在 Present
不必了 There is no need
谢公公 Thank you, My Lord
青女不会喝酒 But l do not know how to drink
圣意不可违 You must not refuse His Majesty's gracious gift
那我就喝一点吧 Then l shall have a little sip
小妹 Sister
今夕何夕兮 What blessed night is this?
搴舟中流 Drifting down the river Qian
今日何日兮 What auspicious day is this?
得与王子同舟 Dreaming beside my Prince
蒙羞被好兮 Too bashful to stare
不訾诟耻 A secret l cannot share
心几烦而不绝兮 My heart fills with longing
得知王子 to know you, dear Prince
山有木兮木有枝兮 Trees live on mountains and branches live on trees
心悦君兮君不知 My heart lives for your heart
君不知 but you do not see me
君不知 You do not see me
青女 Qing
无鸾 Wu Luan
是我 lt's me
是我呀 lt's me
唱第一句的时候 The moment the song started
我就感觉到了 l could feel you near me
好青女 My dearest Qing
殿下 Your Highness
现在还寂寞吗？ do you still feel lonely?
有你 With you
我不寂寞 l shall never be lonely again
哥哥心里有你 Your brother loves you
谁都不能伤害你 No one can harm you
你放的毒？ You poisoned the wine?
是 Yes
你要我死？ You wanted me to die?
是 Yes
可我还在暖着你的心 And all along l thought l was warming your heart
它已经被你暖烫了 lt has been heated to the point of burning
内侍监 Lord Chamberlain
在 Present
传旨 Carry out this edict:
厚葬青女 Qing is to be given a lavish state burial
殷太常 Minister Yin
你还等什么？ What are you waiting for?
你这个… You...
歹毒的女人 venomous woman
羽林卫何在？ Where are the lmperial Guards?
御林军 lmperial Guards
护驾 Protect the Emperor
拦我者死 Amyone who stands in my way will perish
这个人 This man
卑劣的谋杀了我的父亲 murdered my father like a coward
无鸾今日复仇 This is a matter
是我和他之间的事情 between the two of us
与你们无关 lt is nobody else's concern
我也不想枉杀无辜 l don't want to kill the innocent
闪开 Out of my way
气势如虹 Such majestic demeanor
不愧是朕的侄儿 as befits a nephew of mine
知道你不死 l knew that if you were alive
朕就会有这一天 this day would come sooner or later
可你真的就没死 And here you are
是复仇的欲望 Was it the desire for revenge
帮你穿越了死亡之谷？ that hauled you out of the valley of death?
还是你的忧郁 Or was it your melancholy
打动了女人？ that touched the hearts of women
让她们的柔情 so that their tenderness
维系着你的生命 wove a web of protection around you?
或者 Or perhaps
百般算计不如一颗单纯的心 a million calculations cannot compare with one pure heart?
如果不是 Or maybe it is you
哥哥 my brother
是你的灵魂在冥冥之中保佑着你的儿子 who has been protecting your son all along
要他用我的血来恢复你的光荣 so that he can spill my blood and restore your honor?
如果是这样 lf this is what you want
哥哥 Brother
我把尊严还给你 then let me appease you tonight
你敬的酒 You offered me a toast
我怎么能不喝？ How can l refuse?
皇上驾崩 The Emperor is dead
皇上 Your Majesty
任凭你处置 Do with me what you will
请你不要把这罪恶的称呼加在我头上 Please do not lay this sinful title on me
杀了你 Would killing you
能换回青女的性命么？ bring Qing back to life?
剑上有毒 The blade is poisoned
无鸾 Wu Luan
没事 lt is nothing
你一定没事的 You are going to be fine
他骗你 He was lying
这没有毒 There is no poison
这根本没有毒 The blade is not poisoned
无鸾 Wu Luan
太医 lmperial Physician
内侍监 Lord Chamberlain
淩儿人呢，人呢？ Ling, where are you?
无鸾 Wu Luan
人呢？ Where is everybody?
婉儿 Little Wan...
婉儿在这呢 Little Wan is here...
我是你的婉儿 Your Little Wan is here
你看我，你看着我 Look at me, look at me
我是你的婉儿 Your Little Wan is here...
婉儿在这儿 Little Wan is here
能死 lt is so good
真好 to be able to die
你不能死 You cannot die
你不能死 You must not die
无鸾 Wu Luan
女皇陛下万岁 May your majesty live ten thousand times ten thousand years
万岁 Long live
万万岁 Long live Your Majesty
殷太常谋逆篡位 Minister Yin conspired to usurp the Throne
本当凌迟处死 By law, he should be executed
念其三朝元老 But considering his service to three successive emperors
恩准流徙三千里 he will only be exiled to the far North
永不赦回 and never to return
钦此 By command of the Empress
婉儿 Little Wan
从什么时候开始忘了？ When was it that l started to forget my name?
应该是你父亲娶我的那一天 Perhaps it was the day your father married me
你走了 You left
就再也没有人这样叫我了 and nobody used my name anymore
慢慢就忘了 Gradually even l forgot what it was
你叔叔又娶了我 Then your uncle married me
婉儿又贵为皇后了 and again l was called the Empress
以后 But from now on
皇后也没人叫了 nobody will call me Empress anymore
他们该称我 lnstead, they will call me
皇上 Her Majesty, the Emperor
知道朕为什么喜欢茜素红吗？ Do you know why I like this particular red?
因为它红得 Because it is the color
像人们熊熊燃烧的欲望 of the flame of desire
对 Yes
欲望 desire
多少人的生命 How many lives
被它吞噬？ have been consumed by this flame?
唯有朕 Only l
因它的燃烧 shall rise out of it
而辉煌 like a phoenix
只为一支歌 The breathless whisper of a single verse
血染红寂寞 And loneliness blossoms within my heart
只为一场梦 The shimmer of a single dream
摔碎了山河 And my world is undone
只为一颗心 The memory of a single tenderness
爱到分离才相遇 And the sting of love reignites my wounds
只为一滴泪 ln the moment when a single tear falls
模糊了恩仇 All hatred becomes a distant blur
我用所有报答爱 l can love you with all that l am
你却不回来 But even this cannot return you to me
岁月从此一刀两断 From now on I will live as a shadow
永不见风雨 Forever in the past...
风雨… Forever in the past...