《Empresses in the Palace》E5
Episode 5
Lingrong and Meizhuang often visit Zhen Huan, who is neglected.As the New Year is approaching, Zhen Huan is ill and unable to attend the Hegong Night Banquet, so she enjoys paper-cutting in the Broken Jade Pavilion. Xiao Yunzi is grateful for Zhen Huan's help and cuts a small portrait of her.During the banquet, the emperor looked at the plum blossoms in the vase and was moved by the scenery. He missed Chun Yuan who had passed away, so he went to the Plum Garden.The queen was worried and asked Prince Yunli of Guo County to follow her quietly to escort her.
Zhen Huan went to Yimei Garden alone and hung the paper-cut statues on the branches.When Zhen Huan prayed, she recited the sentence "The wind is like a solution, it is easy not to be destroyed", which alerted a strange man (the emperor). Zhen Huan lied that the palace maid escaped, and the palace maid Yu Yinger was eavesdropping.This poem was Chunyuan's favorite during his lifetime.Prince Guo found the small paper-cut statue hanging on the tree, quietly took it down and hid it in his sleeve.The emperor ordered the eunuch Su Peisheng to find a woman who could answer the second sentence for him. That night, the palace maid Yu Ying'er, who overheard the conversation between the emperor and Zhen Huan, answered the second sentence and was brought to see the emperor by Su Peisheng.
The emperor was not suspicious, and saw that her voice was pleasant and her appearance was good, so she was promoted to an official woman.The king of Guojun tried other poems, but Yu couldn't answer, so he knew that he was not the person the emperor had met.Meizhuang told Zhen Huan that Yu, the palace maid in Meiyuan, was favored and was granted the title of "Yu" by the emperor. She moved into Zhongcui Palace, but Zhen Huan remained silent.Mei Zhuang bid farewell to Zhen Huan, and met Yu Zhenxing on a narrow road in the palace's long street blocked by heavy snow. Yu Zhenxing was so arrogant that he asked Mei Zhuang, a nobleman, to make way for her, but Mei Zhuang couldn't bear it.
