11:18 after emperess dowager says the schemer will take Ruyis' punishment instead, Ruyi looks to her servant. As she turns her face back forward, there is the slightest smile. She got a kick out of showing that snake her power! Ruyi is so graceful!
I actually began to like the empress dowager after this. She cud have played along and punished Ruyi. I think she started to respect Ruyi during the first episode wen she made her choose between her aunt and herself. She saw the way Ruyi handled the entire situation of her aunt’s death and was secretly impressed too. I believe after Ruyi saved her she developed an even higher level of respect for Ruyi She’s actually a complex character. Her development as the show went on was quite interesting too.
She almost acts like a neutral overseer over the course of events that transpire in the forbidden city, but there are moments where she does have personal stakes in such an event
I think the Dowager slowly warmed up to Ruyi over the entire show. She was very impressed by the way Ruyi managed to overcome a lot of the obstacles without becoming a monster like the other consorts...
@@michaeljcdo335 in one of the earlier episodes, she observed that Ruyi’s favor with the Emperor will cause the other women in the harem to scheme against her...hence no need for her to get involved when there’s others to do the job for you.
How Imperial Concubine Ji "helped" Ruyi by intentionally saying that if it wasnt for Ruyi that she'd (Emp.Dow) would be dead by her knife right now thus helping Ruyi get in the good graces of the Empress Dowager & closer to getting out the cold palace
I love that moment from 8:40 to 9:50 when Zhen Huan puts everything together and realizes the lowly eunuch had the nerve to use her as his pawn to get rid of Ruyi.
The Empress Dowager actually realized it was the work of the Empress Xiaoxian. That's why she refused visits from Empress Xiaoxian's palace after the incident happened.
Right! This woman has only served you loyally for decades in many trivial and major ways. Fujia literally used all her strength to block a knife attack and throw Dowager Imperial Concubine Ji away, but can’t even get a nod of acknowledgment or thanks. She only gets another chore to ensure punishment is carried out. What does a servant got to do to get a “thank you” from the Royal Family!?
For any who are going "huh? but.... they burn paper..." I found the rules on burning paper a bit odd and contradictory on my first viewing of this series. It was actually this scene that it made sense and looking up burning paper money ritual helped. Paper money is burned for the soul they are praying for, to help ease their journey in the afterlife. Prayers and sutras are copied and burned, the smoke carrying the prayers to heaven. In the 1700's many countries had elaborate burial rituals and were very superstitious.
@@fjp9 no, you are correct. It is part of Greek and Roman mythology to pay Charon, the ferry man to carry the soul from the land of the living into the land of the dead. Coins were either place on the eyes or in the mouth of the deceased.
Still going on today. We purchased a home, cars, furniture and stuff for a home and burned it all, along with enough gold & silver paper folded into ingots for our folks to have everything they could possibly want in the next life. We even bought paper servers to wait on them hand & foot. I should be so lucky when I go!
Still people want to live the life of a prince or princess. I look on these dramas, and watch the news as well. Being royalty isn’t all what people think it is. Freedom, or the chance of a cold palace. Back then or now. It call all end up the same. But I still love these dramas. I wonder if I can get this series on Blu-ray…
never understood why the Empress hated Ruyi and keeps thinking bad of her when Ruyi has done absolutely nothing to her? if only the empress and ruyi worked together, i think she wouldve been a mighty empress.
It's because the Empress Fuca Langhua feels inferior to Ruyi and her insecurities makes her dislike Ruyi and be wary of her. At Hongli's bridal-selection ceremony, he chose Ruyi to be his main wife. Before Ruyi showed up, he was being pressured to choose Fuca Langhua and was obviously reluctant to do so. She almost had the sceptre (I think it's called a ruyi) in her hands when Hongli snatched it away to give to Ruyi when she arrived. She knew that Ruyi was Hongli's personal choice for main wife and that she got the position only because he was pressured to settle on her when his choice of Ruyi was objected to by his father. Then Hongli still wanted Ruyi so much that he pleaded with his father to have Ruyi as his second wife. So Fuca Langhua feels insecure in her position knowing that her husband really wanted Ruyi and not her. She tries to be his perfect empress in order to please her husband and validate herself but remains feeling like she's only playing second fiddle to Ruyi because of the emperor's fickle and aloof nature. That's why she gives Consort Hui and Ruyi those infertility-causing bracelets because their children will be the biggest threats to hers - Consort Hui's because of her family's power and Ruyi's because of the emperor's affections.
@@opheliamaples She also fears constantly that Ruyi is scheming against her to take her position and harm her since she knows the Emperor truly has love for her and only sees herself as basically a trophy wife. Her insecurities and duty to her clan over all else forced her to constantly be on the offensive against Ruyi because she could not afford any losses, that's why when they did occur, she blamed Ruyi for everything that happened in her life, such as the deaths of her children which she was not involved in whatsoever.
I think a lot of it also has to do with her, Ruyi, being related to the last Empress, Ula Nara Clan. Zhen Huan was never Empress, only became Dowager Empress because her foster son, Hongli, became Emperor. Otherwise she'd have wound up in the cold palace along with the other widows. So glad I wasn't alive then, I believe I would have run AMOK!!!
The murderer Empress that pretend to be pious and obedient that cannot hurt a fly and that which the Emperor compared to Ruyi (from the clip that I have seen) that is a better Empress ? Actually Ruyi is like a saint . She speaks up her mind to the Emperor but he cannot accept the truth because it hurts.Ruyi never scheme or hurt anybody except to defend herself.
I think this was time for Ruyi to let Taihou know the person who bribed the eunuch to tell her to come to cold palace was to get of both of them killed. And to find the guilty culprit (empress Fucha) the person behind this.
These clothes are absolutely gorgeous. Would it be disrespectful to try to recreate and wear some of them? I don't think they are religiously significant or anything, right?
They're historically significant to the Chinese - Qing dynasty to be exact. Many will say as long you're wearing it as part of a cultural exploration or education, you shouldnt have to be hesitant.. Whereas some will say, you simply shouldn't wear them because they're sacred, imperial clothing.. I'm just going to tell you that if you insist... to proceed with caution. Have a wonderful day.
They are gorgeous. It would be interesting to dig into them a little to learn more about the cultural significance (or lack of, admittedly sometimes clothes are just clothes but you don't know until you research). I'm curious if anyone know if the different headpieces have different meanings or if it's personal preference.
The bitch they're referring to is one of the other Noble Consorts. They specifically made Hui send paper money to Ruyi on her father's 7th day after dying. If she had burned the paper money, they'd have killed her.
Drama Forever tends to overly use profanity in the descriptions to lure in folks looking for lurid scenes. I don't think they realize how off-putting it is for people who know this level of viciousness isn't commonly found in Chinese entertainment. Acting vicious - yes, overuse of profanity - NO. Grow up and treat your target audience with respect!
@@Phlowermom I have honestly seen such translations in all the Chinese drama channels. They are translated by AI and thus not accurate. The channel only puts the title in Chinese. I could be wrong since I cannot read Chinese characters, but since it happens with literally every channel I think it is the AI
Qi Pin was beaten to death after she failed at framing ZhenHuan for having an affair with a doctor. I am pretty sure she is supposed to be Li Pin, the concubine ZhenHuan drove crazy by having a eunuch pretend to be a ghost and scaring her. Li Pin ended up in the cold palace so it could be based on her.
@@myrtlesnow2397 no it’s the one pulling her own hair when consort Shen took her to the cold palace to show her fate after her miscarriage if she kept pushing emperor’s advances away, hoping to pull her out of her depression.
Burning paper was a mourning ritual for deceased family members but in forbidden city only royal family has the right to mourn. If someone else tries to burn paper, it was considered bringing bad luck to the emperor and entire royal household. It was practically a capital offense.
She did not but I think she was a play on Concubine Li, the concubine who worked for Hua Fei, who Zhen Huan scared crazy by having a eunuch pretend to be a ghost. Li Pin was so crazy she was sent to the cold palace, and I think Ji Pin was supposed to be a play on her.
who was the old lady who tried to kill Granny? I tried looking for her to see if she was in the prequel series Empresses in the Palace and got nothing.
@@RavenSutcliffe No I got that I mean, from the Empresses in the Palace, who was she supposed to be? My first thought was Wa Fei's maid from the series, but I honestly have no idea.
11:18 after emperess dowager says the schemer will take Ruyis' punishment instead, Ruyi looks to her servant. As she turns her face back forward, there is the slightest smile. She got a kick out of showing that snake her power! Ruyi is so graceful!
I actually began to like the empress dowager after this. She cud have played along and punished Ruyi. I think she started to respect Ruyi during the first episode wen she made her choose between her aunt and herself. She saw the way Ruyi handled the entire situation of her aunt’s death and was secretly impressed too. I believe after Ruyi saved her she developed an even higher level of respect for Ruyi She’s actually a complex character. Her development as the show went on was quite interesting too.
Upon commiting suicide, Ruyi's auntie told Ruyi to turn the Empress Dowager into a reliable ally. And eventually Ruyi did it.
@@serenityinitsbestshape yes very tru!
She almost acts like a neutral overseer over the course of events that transpire in the forbidden city, but there are moments where she does have personal stakes in such an event
I think the Dowager slowly warmed up to Ruyi over the entire show. She was very impressed by the way Ruyi managed to overcome a lot of the obstacles without becoming a monster like the other consorts...
@@michaeljcdo335 in one of the earlier episodes, she observed that Ruyi’s favor with the Emperor will cause the other women in the harem to scheme against her...hence no need for her to get involved when there’s others to do the job for you.
How Imperial Concubine Ji "helped" Ruyi by intentionally saying that if it wasnt for Ruyi that she'd (Emp.Dow) would be dead by her knife right now thus helping Ruyi get in the good graces of the Empress Dowager & closer to getting out the cold palace
I love that moment from 8:40 to 9:50 when Zhen Huan puts everything together and realizes the lowly eunuch had the nerve to use her as his pawn to get rid of Ruyi.
The Empress Dowager actually realized it was the work of the Empress Xiaoxian. That's why she refused visits from Empress Xiaoxian's palace after the incident happened.
@@elviedelarosa5028 and you can argue that's when the rivalry began, especially when it came to their daughter's weddings.
Same.
I gotta love that the Empress Dowager isn’t concerned about Fujia who first thwarted the first wave of the attack on the Empress Dowager’s life.
Right! This woman has only served you loyally for decades in many trivial and major ways. Fujia literally used all her strength to block a knife attack and throw Dowager Imperial Concubine Ji away, but can’t even get a nod of acknowledgment or thanks. She only gets another chore to ensure punishment is carried out. What does a servant got to do to get a “thank you” from the Royal Family!?
Los sirvientes eran casi animales
For any who are going "huh? but.... they burn paper..."
I found the rules on burning paper a bit odd and contradictory on my first viewing of this series. It was actually this scene that it made sense and looking up burning paper money ritual helped.
Paper money is burned for the soul they are praying for, to help ease their journey in the afterlife.
Prayers and sutras are copied and burned, the smoke carrying the prayers to heaven.
In the 1700's many countries had elaborate burial rituals and were very superstitious.
some people put coins on the dead person’s eyes to pay the ferry man taking them “away.” i think that is what it is. i could be wrong.
@@fjp9 no, you are correct.
It is part of Greek and Roman mythology to pay Charon, the ferry man to carry the soul from the land of the living into the land of the dead.
Coins were either place on the eyes or in the mouth of the deceased.
Still going on today. We purchased a home, cars, furniture and stuff for a home and burned it all, along with enough gold & silver paper folded into ingots for our folks to have everything they could possibly want in the next life. We even bought paper servers to wait on them hand & foot. I should be so lucky when I go!
The actor that plays the eunuch was also in Battle of Changsha, and he played a manipulative weasel there too lol
Still people want to live the life of a prince or princess. I look on these dramas, and watch the news as well. Being royalty isn’t all what people think it is. Freedom, or the chance of a cold palace. Back then or now. It call all end up the same. But I still love these dramas. I wonder if I can get this series on Blu-ray…
never understood why the Empress hated Ruyi and keeps thinking bad of her when Ruyi has done absolutely nothing to her? if only the empress and ruyi worked together, i think she wouldve been a mighty empress.
It's because the Empress Fuca Langhua feels inferior to Ruyi and her insecurities makes her dislike Ruyi and be wary of her. At Hongli's bridal-selection ceremony, he chose Ruyi to be his main wife. Before Ruyi showed up, he was being pressured to choose Fuca Langhua and was obviously reluctant to do so. She almost had the sceptre (I think it's called a ruyi) in her hands when Hongli snatched it away to give to Ruyi when she arrived. She knew that Ruyi was Hongli's personal choice for main wife and that she got the position only because he was pressured to settle on her when his choice of Ruyi was objected to by his father. Then Hongli still wanted Ruyi so much that he pleaded with his father to have Ruyi as his second wife.
So Fuca Langhua feels insecure in her position knowing that her husband really wanted Ruyi and not her. She tries to be his perfect empress in order to please her husband and validate herself but remains feeling like she's only playing second fiddle to Ruyi because of the emperor's fickle and aloof nature. That's why she gives Consort Hui and Ruyi those infertility-causing bracelets because their children will be the biggest threats to hers - Consort Hui's because of her family's power and Ruyi's because of the emperor's affections.
@@opheliamaples She also fears constantly that Ruyi is scheming against her to take her position and harm her since she knows the Emperor truly has love for her and only sees herself as basically a trophy wife. Her insecurities and duty to her clan over all else forced her to constantly be on the offensive against Ruyi because she could not afford any losses, that's why when they did occur, she blamed Ruyi for everything that happened in her life, such as the deaths of her children which she was not involved in whatsoever.
@@myrtlesnow2397 Yes, that too. Poor Ruyi, she became everyone's target despite being so kind and harbouring no ill-will for anyone.
You have to watch Empresses in the Palace to know. That’s the prequel to this series
I think a lot of it also has to do with her, Ruyi, being related to the last Empress, Ula Nara Clan. Zhen Huan was never Empress, only became Dowager Empress because her foster son, Hongli, became Emperor. Otherwise she'd have wound up in the cold palace along with the other widows. So glad I wasn't alive then, I believe I would have run AMOK!!!
The murderer Empress that pretend to be pious and obedient that cannot hurt a fly and that which the Emperor compared to Ruyi (from the clip that I have seen) that is a better Empress ? Actually Ruyi is like a saint . She speaks up her mind to the Emperor but he cannot accept the truth because it hurts.Ruyi never scheme or hurt anybody except to defend herself.
I think this was time for Ruyi to let Taihou know the person who bribed the eunuch to tell her to come to cold palace was to get of both of them killed. And to find the guilty culprit (empress Fucha) the person behind this.
These clothes are absolutely gorgeous. Would it be disrespectful to try to recreate and wear some of them? I don't think they are religiously significant or anything, right?
I don’t think it would be. You are respecting the culture and want to appreciate it.
They're historically significant to the Chinese - Qing dynasty to be exact. Many will say as long you're wearing it as part of a cultural exploration or education, you shouldnt have to be hesitant.. Whereas some will say, you simply shouldn't wear them because they're sacred, imperial clothing.. I'm just going to tell you that if you insist... to proceed with caution. Have a wonderful day.
They are gorgeous. It would be interesting to dig into them a little to learn more about the cultural significance (or lack of, admittedly sometimes clothes are just clothes but you don't know until you research). I'm curious if anyone know if the different headpieces have different meanings or if it's personal preference.
For thousands of years chinese are conservative, yes. Religious? No. Never has there been a prominent religious figure ruled this land, like ever.
Go ahead and do it. I'm Chinese and wouldn't find it offensive in any way
The parts they cut out makes me think i should buy the dvds so i can watch the entire show
You can watch it on TH-cam if you don’t want to purchase the dvds.
we srsly need a drama on empress dowagers life fr. she is just so different i love her charachter so much
Ruyi is actually the sequel to Empresses in the Palace
bruhhhv these titles kill me. lol
2:47 oh hell yea, you always get the best stuff from the hole in the wall
Empress is cruel and she got what she deserved
周迅臉型好美啊
Is it just me, or are these titles translated by AI. I think "the bitch..." is like "evil"???
It’s fine with me 💃🏽
The bitch they're referring to is one of the other Noble Consorts. They specifically made Hui send paper money to Ruyi on her father's 7th day after dying. If she had burned the paper money, they'd have killed her.
True its so not great instead of bitch evil would sound better
Drama Forever tends to overly use profanity in the descriptions to lure in folks looking for lurid scenes. I don't think they realize how off-putting it is for people who know this level of viciousness isn't commonly found in Chinese entertainment. Acting vicious - yes, overuse of profanity - NO.
Grow up and treat your target audience with respect!
@@Phlowermom I have honestly seen such translations in all the Chinese drama channels. They are translated by AI and thus not accurate. The channel only puts the title in Chinese.
I could be wrong since I cannot read Chinese characters, but since it happens with literally every channel I think it is the AI
Love this series!
I think Ji Pin is actually Qi Pin from Zhen Huan Zhuan.
Qi Pin was beaten to death after she failed at framing ZhenHuan for having an affair with a doctor. I am pretty sure she is supposed to be Li Pin, the concubine ZhenHuan drove crazy by having a eunuch pretend to be a ghost and scaring her. Li Pin ended up in the cold palace so it could be based on her.
@@myrtlesnow2397 no it’s the one pulling her own hair when consort Shen took her to the cold palace to show her fate after her miscarriage if she kept pushing emperor’s advances away, hoping to pull her out of her depression.
@@kateli1880 what was her name?
I think she is Caiping, named Noble Lady Ying (played by Mao Xiaotong)
¡¡¡Cómo se pegan los sirvientes!!! Terrible y bella cultura
When u come late 😿
so back then burning paper was bad??? very odd
Only inside the palace, outside the palace it's normal to burn paper money for the death.
Burning paper was a mourning ritual for deceased family members but in forbidden city only royal family has the right to mourn. If someone else tries to burn paper, it was considered bringing bad luck to the emperor and entire royal household. It was practically a capital offense.
Did concubine ji appear in empresses in the palace?
She did not but I think she was a play on Concubine Li, the concubine who worked for Hua Fei, who Zhen Huan scared crazy by having a eunuch pretend to be a ghost. Li Pin was so crazy she was sent to the cold palace, and I think Ji Pin was supposed to be a play on her.
who was the old lady who tried to kill Granny? I tried looking for her to see if she was in the prequel series Empresses in the Palace and got nothing.
Dowager Concubine Ji
@@RavenSutcliffe No I got that I mean, from the Empresses in the Palace, who was she supposed to be? My first thought was Wa Fei's maid from the series, but I honestly have no idea.
@@NAVEMAN3 Someone in another comment said they think she's a play on Concubine Li
@@RavenSutcliffe Wish they show more continuity on both series so we know for sure.
@@NAVEMAN3 Yeah...
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吉太嫔就是华妃身边的颂芝
So that eunuch is the empres men;
Eunuch Chen was actually Empress Dowager's staff that's why she immediately ordered his punishment right after the attempt on her life.
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Name ???
Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace th-cam.com/play/PLCUO3VpRh0hR-kR7vt3O5qW_UCWIymvOB.html
請問這是第幾集？
吉嬪=琪嬪？！
Give up to the baddest bich Zhou Zhun!
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What's the name of this series?
@@taherachoudhury1434 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace
@@spicyluci6247 thanks a bunch, but I googled it and already finished it lol