Other Name : Bubu Jing Xin, Startling By Each Step
Episode : 35
Format : mkv
Audio : Mandarin
Subtitle : English (Hardsub)
Sub Group / Rip : elinor
Release : 2011
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See More :
[cd] Scarlet Heart (2011),
[cd] Palace (2011), [cd] Palace II (2012),
[cd] Scarlet Heart 2 (2014),
[cm] Time To Love (2015),
[kd] Moon Lovers : Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)
Zhang Xiao (
Cecilia Liu), a young woman from the 21st century, suffers a near-fatal accident that sends her back in time to the
Qing Dynasty during the
Kangxi Emperor's (
Damian Lau) reign. She finds herself trapped in the body of one of her previous incarnations: Ma'ertai Ruoxi, the teenage daughter of a
Manchu general. In this new timeline, she has an elder sister, Ruolan (
Annie Liu), who is a concubine of the Kangxi Emperor's eighth son,
Yinsi (
Kevin Cheng).
Ruoxi initially tries to return to the future, but she soon adjusts to
life in this era. She meets some of Kangxi's other sons, including the
fourth prince
Yinzhen (
Nicky Wu), tenth prince
Yin'e (Ye Zuxin) who falls in love with her, and fourteenth prince
Yinti (
Lin Gengxin). She also forges a close friendship with the thirteenth prince,
Yinxiang (
Yuan Hong).
Ruoxi attracts the attention of the emperor with rumors of her
brashness and bravery, and manages to charm him with her intelligence
and wit. Later, at the imperial palace's "beauty draft" (during which
concubines and wives are chosen for the princes or the emperor himself),
conflicting arrangements are made by Yinsi and his first wife, Gogoro
Minghui (Shi Xiaoqun), leading to Ruoxi being drafted into the service
of the dowager empress to keep the peace. Ruoxi is given an appointment
as a servant to the emperor himself, specifically to prepare and serve
tea to him and those he hosts.
During Ruoxi's stay in Yinsi's house, Yinsi falls in love with her.
She initially rejects him but eventually returns his feelings, and later
agrees to marry him if he gives up competing for the succession to the
throne. This is because Ruoxi's knowledge of history makes her aware
that Yinsi's ambition will ultimately lead to his death in prison after
Yinzhen becomes emperor. However, Yinsi refuses to and thus Ruoxi broke
up with him. Before leaving, Ruoxi warns Yinsi of Yinzhen's plans to
usurp the throne and came up with solutions for him to prevent being
taken down by Yinzhen.
Ruoxi then started to get closer to Yinzhen, and their interactions
changed her unfavorable opinion of him, and she unwittingly falls in
love with him. Meanwhile, Yinsi and his supporters, acting on Ruoxi's
advice, frame Yinzhen for plotting against the crown prince
Yinreng
(Zhang Lei). Yinxiang steps forward to take responsibility and is
ultimately sentenced to house arrest. After this incident, Yinsi
realizes that Ruoxi is now romantically involved with Yinzhen. Yinreng
is deposed after his criminal ways are exposed and is imprisoned for
life. Kangxi then begins showing preference for Yinti and offers Ruoxi
as a concubine to him. However, Ruoxi boldly defies the emperor's order,
and as a penalty, she is demoted to the laundry department.
Ruoxi works within the laundry department for a number of years, and
is offered some level of protection and special treatment by ways of the
princes. Kangxi falls ill during this time, and when Ruoxi is brought
back to the emperor's service by Eunuch Wang to prepare pastries and
help stimulate Kangxi's appetite, he pardons her and restores her to her
former role as his lead tea preparer and server.
Kangxi eventually dies of his illness, and with military support from
Longkodo (Zhao Jialin) and
Nian Gengyao
(Xing Hanqing), Yinzhen falsely claims that Kangxi named him the
successor, effectively staging a coup and taking the throne from Yinti
to become the
Yongzheng Emperor.
Yinzhen then releases Yinxiang from custody and moves Ruoxi into his
quarters, eventually consummating their relationship. He does not,
however, marry her, as he wants to be able to live with her and see her
every day—wives and concubines have their own estates between which the
emperor must divide his time. Ruoxi is pleased enough with this
arrangement, as she has always been reticent about marriage and enjoys
seeing Yinzhen daily as well. Ruoxi's happiness, however, is marred by
Yinzhen's paranoia and his ruthless persecution of Yinsi and his
followers. She is often caught between the rivaling factions of Yinzhen
and Yinsi.
When Gogoro Minghui tells Ruoxi that Yinsi acted against Yinzhen
years ago because of her advice based on the knowledge of the future,
she is shocked, and her despair causes her to miscarry Yinzhen's child
and is unable to conceive again. Enraged, Yinzhen blames Yinsi and his
wife, issuing an edict forcing them to divorce, which leads her to
commit suicide. Ruoxi fears Yinzhen's punitive actions against his
brothers and confesses the truth to him and Yinxiang. Yinzhen is stunned
when he understands why Yinsi plotted against him and starts treating
Ruoxi coldly. Ruoxi is unable to withstand the mental stress and asks
Yinti to help her leave the palace. Yinsi knows that Yinzhen will not
allow Ruoxi to leave and decides to intervene. He discloses details of
his past romance with Ruoxi, and an angered Yinzhen eventually agrees to
let Ruoxi and Yinti leave the
Forbidden City.
Despite Yinti's excellent care, Ruoxi's emotional anguish deeply
affects her health, and she begs him to send a letter to Yinzhen,
requesting to see the emperor one last time before she dies. However, a
misunderstanding between Yinzhen and Yinti causes the letter to be
thrown aside unread. Ruoxi struggles to stay alive, but after three
days, she concludes that Yinzhen's absence confirms that his love for
her has ended, and she dies. When news of Ruoxi's death reaches Yinzhen,
he rushes to Yinti's house, regretting his actions after learning that
Ruoxi still loved him.
In the later years, Yinsi and Yintang (Han Dong) were imprisoned as
Yinzhen blames them for everything that happened. Yinxiang went to visit
them in prison and hands them poison, which was Ruoxi's request to him
before she left the palace. Both Princes commit suicide and end their
suffering. Yinxiang dies a few years later, followed shortly by Yinzhen
himself, whose 12-year reign as Emperor was the shortest in Qing
history. Yinti lives on but does not find another wife. Only Yin'e has a
happy ending with his wife (
Liu Yuxin) that he grew to love, watching
Emperor Qianlong ascend the throne.
Back in 2011, Zhang Xiao regains consciousness in a hospital and is
informed that she had been in a coma for weeks. She wonders if her
experiences in the past were real or imaginary. After recovering, Zhang
researches the Qing Dynasty era, only to find that history remains on
its proper course, and there are no records on Ma'ertai Ruoxi. However,
she later visits a museum where she recognizes some Qing Dynasty-era
artifacts and sees a woman in a Kangxi Emperor portrait that resembles
her. Meanwhile, a man who bears a striking resemblance to Yinzhen visits
the exhibition and encounters Zhang Xiao but does not recognize her.
The show ends with a cliffhanger of the man walking away as Zhang Xiao's
tears start to fall
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