Tuesday 1 October 2019

The Story of Yanxi Palace <延禧攻略>


In 18th century Beijing (18 March 1741), a young firecracker by the name of Wei Yingluo enters the Forbidden city as one of the palace embroiderers to secretly investigate her beloved sister's mysterious death and find the truth. At first believing the imperial guard Fuca Fuheng to be the prime suspect, Yingluo schemes to approach his sister, the Empress Fuca Rongyin, and succeeds in getting transferred from her embroidery unit to the Empress's Changchun Palace as her maid. Over time, she learns that the Fuca siblings are honest and kindhearted people, innocent of the crime, and even develops romantic affections for Fuheng, who is admired by many around the Palace, including Qianlong's Consort Chun who allies herself to Empress Fuca because of a deep-seated crush on her brother.

Episode 3

41.17 - FH appears amongst a group of excited maids 

Episode 4
3.20 - Yingluo and Fuheng meet for the first time after overhearing her calling insults

5.52 - FH has a run in with the Queen over her late son

Episode 8
7.30 - YL hands his jade back to him and calls him young master for the first time

Episode 9
16.30 - FH saves YL from being smothered by the empress 
27.02 - FH offers YL medicine

Episode 10
22.10 - YL gifts FH a warmer made of pig's bladder 
25.45 - FH goes to confront YL about the warmer containing boiling water. YL tried to push FH over, end up on top of him 

Episode 13
2.10 - FH catches YL with snowball (who is meant to be killed)

Episode 14
37.10 - YL goes to thank FH for saving her last night

Episode 15
9.20 -  FH approached YL to ask why did she give him seasoning for the meat, clarifies he didn't kill her sister and she stabs him

17.26 - Queen instructs YL to take soup to FH, they have a moment!

Episode 17
4.55 - FH promises to help YL find her sisters' killer

10.35 (king & queen)

Episode 19
4.28 - YL is angry that king is neglecting the queen, takes it out on FH

Episode 20
4.40 - FH takes care of YL throughout the night as she's ill from allergies, he kisses her

12.05 - YL has a playful moment with FH and asks whether it was him who took care of her last night

38.45 & 41.58 - FH & YL watch fireworks together 

Episode 22
39.30 - YL brings FH tea when he came to visit the queen

Episode 23
Beginning - Cnsort Chun accuses of YL trying to poison FH and the queen

6.08 - YL throws FH's belt to him and tells him to explain, but she trusts him

Episode 26
5.12 - FH visits the queens palace, looks awkward

9.48 - FH asks YL whether she remembers what celebratory day it is today, she doesn't know and he's pissed 

24.55 - FH comes back to ask whether she remembers yet, she hands him a perfumed pouch

31.05 - FH goes to the king to ask to marry YL, king refuses

Episode 27
12.25 - FH tells YL he went to ask the king for marriage, she tells him she likes him but breaks it off with him to not hinder him

Episode 28
38.30 - FH goes to find YL in the dump house and tells her she can't push him away with her words, he will wait for her and she needs to repay the love shes given. She starts to take off her clothes as a way to repay him to put him off but he stays true to his words. He kisses her

Episode 33
6.00 - YL climbs into the queen's palace to see her, she's greeted with FH

Episode 34
30.10 - FH tells YL he's marrying someone else 

Episode 36
18.00 - FH's wedding night

24.26 - FH and YL bumps into each other the day after his wedding as he and er ching is due to pay respects tot he king, whilst she is kneeling and bowing in the snowstorm as a punishment from the king for loving FH

Episode 37
32.12 - YL is back in the queen's palace, she sees FH for the first time almost a year after he married

39.40 - Er ching tortures FH's maid thinking they're having an affair, he saves her

Episode 38
13.24 - Er ching goes to slap YL, YL slaps back 

Episode 39
14.54 - YL runs into the backyard in tears as she's scared the queen is going to die from giving birth like her mother. FH covers her ears and assures her

28.00 - FH finds out Er ching is pregnant and the child would be the king's - they argue

Episode 44
34.00 - FH returns from battle, finds out YL is married to the king

38.24 - emotional moment where FH speaks to the maid about his pain of hearing about YL and the king

Episode 45
17.25 - FH approaches YL for an answer as to why she married the king

23.48 - YL thinks about the discussion she had with FH about what she means to him

Episode 46
18.25 - FH goes to rest, Er ching surprises him by baring herself in order to make up with him

29.10 - FH goes to pay respects to the deceased queen, bumps into YL and they talk for a while

Episode 47
18.13 - FH is practicing, king goes to have a 'friendly' match with him, FH confronts the king about him breaking them up and king not treating YL right

27.36 - Hong Zhou purposely steps on ming yu's hand, FH comes and saves the day

Episode 48

8.50 - FH knows YL is using him, but he is stilling willing to help her regardless

30.09 - Chun fei confronts FH about her deep rooted feelings towards him and anger towards YL

42.12 - FH finds out Er ching sold his maid to a brothel, he saves her but is severely injured, she asks to be with him in the next life, he says no because he underlying he wants to save it for YL. She dies

Episode 49
Beginning - Continuation from above + FH confronts EC and tempts to divorce her, ends up sending her to the temple for life

22.00 - YL persuades to the king about letting FH battle for him. She nods as she passes by FH as a way of sending him off

Episode 54
EQ admits to all the meddling between YL and FH. YL kills her in revenge for Queen

Episode 58
26.31 - YL and FH meet for the first time since his return from battle

Episode 61
36.00 - FH comforts YL as ming yu (her maid) committed suicide

Episode 62
35.20/40.20/40.50 - Chen Bi provokes FH to run away with YL, he breaks out in anger

Episode 63
43.46 - Chen Bi's plan is floored, she reveals how she used FH's love for YL to get rid of them all

Episode 66
22.35 - FH demonstrates how a gun is fired, YL worries for him as he may get injured like the 5th prince

Episode 68
39.30 - FH is ordered to go to battle, says his farewell to YL

Episode 70
24.07/25.33 - YL hallucinates an image of FH walking by in her last moments before she faints. As she becomes concious, she gets news from hai lan cha that FH died at battle with a disease that he caught whilst trying to find an antidote for her

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