Emperor Ping Quotes in Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (2006)

Emperor Ping: What I do not give, you must never take by force.

Emperor Ping: It has been 25 years. I thought that I would never see you again.

[attempts to touch Mrs. Jiang's face]

Mrs. Jiang: [knocks the Emperor's hand away]

Emperor Ping: [grabs Mrs. Jiang] And you married the Imperial Doctor!

Mrs. Jiang: [slaps the Emperor roughly] At the time, you were only a lowly captain plotting day and night to become Emperor. You flattered the King of Liang into letting you marry his daughter. You planned meticulously to have my entire family put in prison. Later, I alone managed to escape. Far from home, I almost died. It was the Doctor who saved me. Who then, do you think I should have married?

Emperor Ping: [while placing ingredients on a scale] This will cure your anemia.

Empress Phoenix: I thank His Majesty for his concern.

Emperor Ping: All good medicine tastes bitter.

Emperor Ping: You have excess bile, poor digestion, Yin and Yang are out of balance. That is why you are so infractious, listless and lethargic, and capable of nothing but cutting remarks. These are all sympptoms of anemia.

Empress Phoenix: It has been more than ten years. My so-called sickness is clearly not improving with Your Majesty's treatment.

Emperor Ping: [angrily throws scale to the ground] If your father were not the King of Liang, I would scarely be speaking to you with such restraint.