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Open the gate.

Open the gate.

Open.

You had a nightmare?

It's dream-thought.

Dreamt about the past.

If you can stay away from the reverse dream,

you will have no troubles,

and become a Buddha immediately.

Amitabha.

That's enough.

His royal highness will become the emperor in the future.

We don't have time for your nonsense.

Your royal highness.

They went there.

Your Majesty.

His royal highness has observed a three-year mourning for the late queen.

He is more than 20 years old.

He is unmarried.

It's unprecedented since our state has been founded for 100 years.

You may leave the palace, minister Lu.

Your concubine's son prince Qi lives in the capital for a long time.

doesn't go to his princedoms.

There are many clamours of comments.

It makes the whole country agitated.

Your Royal Highness.

Your Royal Highness.

You can't go.

You can't go.

You should listen to me.

Your Royal Highness.

And...

What does this mean?

You give them handwarmers at this time.

What will his Majesty think?

Let alone the capping ceremony.

You...

Your Royal Highness

You still want to give prince Qi an opportunity?

You forgot what happened three years ago?

Your Royal Highness.

Intelligence.

Emergent Military intelligence from Changzhou.

We all plead prince Qi could go back to his fief.

We also plead to give crown prince a capping ceremony.

Your Majesty.

Crown prince is here.

Minister Lu, your student is here.

You want to see me play chess here or see your student?

Your Royal Highness.

Minister Lu, you should go back.

Admonishment is our duty.

If you stop me, you are meddling with politics.

You are not supposed to be here.

Commander.

He comes alone?

With some chamberlains.

They come with handwarmers and cloaks.

For minister Lu, I think.

No wonder he is his teacher.

His majesty said all the ministes' advice is a serious matter.

You can't be cast a chill over.

Thank you, your majesty.

The monarch and his subjects can't be suspicious of each other.

Otherwise the chaos will come in.

You have taught me this.

Your Majesty have some mistake with the ministers because of me.

I will plead guilty in a written statement for forgiveness.

If you don't go, I will be disloyal and unfilial.

Did Lu Shiyu and them go out of the palace?

Yes, your Majesty.

People who don't do as the emperor says do as the crown prince says.

So you think, what is the emperoring thinking about this?

My son is not back after he went to see his majesty?

He did the favor for me.

You think, I should thank him,

Or...

Dad.

If prince III is crowned, I won't be with you, right?

Pay respects to your mom, and leave the palace.

He left after meddling with the politics.

No, he didn't.

I, Xiao Dingquan, as crown prince intervene in the politics.

I am here to plead guilty.

Your...

His Majesty told me to give you this.

You don't believe me or his Majesty?

It's the gift from the emperor.

If you take off it, it means you defy against the royal decree.

It's mine.

If you wear it, it means you plead guilty insincerely.

Whether you believe or not, wear or not, it's your choice to make.

Did he wear the clothes?

I will go check it out.

No need.

He is not cold.

Prince III doesn't want to offend the emperor.

and doesn't want to see Lu Shiyu suffer.

If Lu Shiyu can take a chance, his capping ceremong has a glimmer of hope.

If he wants to save both, he will get nothing in the end.

The crown prince is over twenty years old for some time.

Many ministers tried all ways.

His Majesty still refuses to crown him, though.

Three years ago, you got married with the capping ceremony.

You should have gone to your fief for a long time.

But his majesty doesn't let you go.

Your majesty.

Wu Dehou comes in the palace.

Gu Silin

He retires at home.

Why is he here?

Your Royal Highness.

Your Royal Highness.

Wu Dehou

This is...

Your Majesty.

No red tapes.

Rise.

Thank you, your Majesty.

After Double Ninth Festival, you never enter the palace right?

Yes

So you are here for...

I have something to tell you face to face.

I have kept the chess since Double Ninth Festival.

I thought you came here for it.

But now I know you won't come in unless it's for crown prince.

Your Majesty.

I.

Thank you, your Majesty.

I punished him for nothing else.

I have told him for many times.

As crown prince, he needs to conduct himself with dignity

better than ministers and other princes.

Some things, he shouldn't touch.

And I don't allow him to touch.

It's for his own good.

Muzhi.

Can you understand?

Your Majesty

I am here not for crown prince.

Uncle

My son has the intelligence.

After the striker, there are 100,000 soldiers in the enemy's territory.

They are intended to invade.

Such an urgent military intelligence.

Why doesn't Li Ming'an tell me?

Your Majesty.

Military intelligence.

Your Majesty.

It's the heavy snow for many days.

Military intelligence might be delayed.

Your Majesty, calm down.

Send my decree to Changzhou.

Remove Li Ming'an's salary for reprimand.

Yes

Li Ming'an is a literate and leads the army.

I am afraid he will ruin it.

It's about the state affair.

In your opinion, who can protect the country?

If you still trust me, I will take army to the northern Xinjiang and fight for you.

Father.

Now 200,000 soliders in Changzhou used to be under your leadership.

Except you, no one can command them.

After hearing what you said, I...

I.

I am afraid it will be like three years ago.

There will be a lot of rumors in the royal court.

I am the queen's relative.

If I have my own army, it won't be good for your Majesty.

Let alone crown prince.

If there is something wrong with the country, I will be a sinner.

I know what I am doing well.

Don't worry.

As long as you don't live up to the country, I won't live up to you either.

Your Royal Highness, you are suffering.

All my fault.

Your Royal Highness.

A'bao

Your Royal Highness.

Don't worry

Everything is fine now.

Uncle.

Chen Weng

Governor Li brought the military intelligence for a long time right?

It's because you need Wu Dehou to recommend himself?

Tomorrow we will give the decree for the reprimand?

The crown prince knelt in the snow for a long day.

Governor Li gets reprimanded, not a big deal.

Your majesty.

We have the news from Yan'an Palace.

Wu Dehou regains military power.

The royal decree has it,

Crown prince will have the capping ceremony in three days.

A'xi.

Dad.

Xi'er.

Dad.

You got a letter from minister Lu.

Yes

Xi'er.

You haven't seen minister Lu for a long time.

Draw another one according to this one.

Make it into a screen and bring it to him in his birthday party.

In the past, you had the birthday gift sent to him.

Why?

Minister Lu told me his Majesty agreed to give the crown prince capping ceremony.

And prince Qi will go to his fief.

Minister Lu has recommended me to go to the capital.

As the imperial minister.

But you still have something to do in Tea-Horse trade.

I get it.

Crown prince's capping ceremony has something

to do with Wu Dehou's military force right?

Mind your language.

You can't misbehave in the capital.

I get it.

Now the crown prince could get what he deserves. So great.

You should be happy.

The situation in capital is complicated.

Maybe crown prince is not so free and unrestrained as the crane in the painting.

The sound of the crane echos on the imperial red steps.

And dances in the golden pavilion.

Crane is a raptor.

It can compared to the eagle

Rivers and mountains in Sichuan are free and vast.

The past is unrecoverable.

Then how can we expect he who can outcompete the eagle

will be confined in the royal palace and be away from the natural scenery.

I will experience everything he loves, hates, possesses, and loses

and struggles to pursue or get rid of as a man.

instead of standing by.

Wake up, wake up

Wake up

The capping ceremony is about to begin.

Why are you still here?

Uncle left the capital?

Yes.

I can't see him off without the imperial decree.

Your clothes are ready.

You should get changed.

The capping ceremony is about to begin.

Why it's so noisy?

Danfeng gate is undergoing scrutiny.

Sorry.

It's the national ceremony.

It must be strictly guarded.

Yes

Minister Lu.

Congratulations.

One crown.

One silk organdy

One five-colored Xuan clothes

One nine-colored cape.

One jade belt.

This is a gold belt.

Where is jade belt?

I am sorry.

I will go find it.

Jade belt is especially for the emperor and the crown prince.

It's arrogation.

You should punish me, then.

Mischievous.

Do you recognize these words?

It means...

The queen died three years ago.

The crown prince were not there.

So the queen died alone.

It's unfilial.

Open the gate.

Your Royal Highness.

Let me go

Your Royal Highness.

Urgent military intelligence from Changzhou.

I want to see the emperor.

Open the gate.

He told his cousin to open the gate at night with the fake intelligence.

He put father's life at stake.

It's disloyal.

Unfilial and disloyal are grave taboos.

Sister, you just need to go upstairs.

Throw the official denunciation to the world.

For the rest, my father in law, chancellor, will handle it.

Did you find it?

No

Check it in the warehouse.

I have found it.

I put it away.

If you delay the time, can you afford it, Wu?

Send it to his highness.

We will punish her after we come back.

The department spoils her, so he is ridiculous now.

Sister, you just need to go upstairs.

Throw the official denunciation to the world.

Zhang

Do you recognize these words?

The same rules apply to everyone, be it prince or the civilians.

Someone should be punished according to the law.

Crown prince is here.

Your Royal Highness

You are pardoned.

But I have some errands for you to run.

Hurry up.

Danfeng gate is ready. -Yes.

Maid Zhang, your hands are so cold.

Do you catch a cold?

She is the head in Shangfu department.

You should quit calling her that.

When I was this tall, you worked for the queen.

She is my mom's old acquaintance.

Right?

Today is my ceremony, will you come?

It's national ceremony.

I am not eligible for that.

Come.

On behalf of my mom.

Your Royal Highness

Prince is here.

Your highness.

Brother.

Your Royal Highness

His Majesty told me to escort you to Danfeng gate.

Yes.

Get up.

Zhang, what were you saying?

I want to say your Royal Highness' hair is dark and thick.

Just like the Queen.

Speaking of which,

You broken the Queen's jade hairpin

when you were new to her palace right?

Yes

The emperor gave her the jade hairpin.

You were afraid of being punished, so you hid in secret, crying.

I hid the broken hairpin from the queen.

No one has found it till now.

Maid Zhang, you are crying.

Don't be afraid, I will hide it for you.

I will not let the Queen know.

I am your benefactor, right?

Yes

Your Royal Highness saved me.

Brother, let's go

Your Royal Highness.