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Oops! The King is in Love

Episode 16

Report to Your Majesty.

The envoy of the State of Mosa has arrived in the capital city

and is requiring an audience with Your Majesty now.

How dare you!

Why must you report this minor affair of the envoy at this time?

Report to Your Majesty,

the Khan of the state of Mosa came himself.

Mother.

The State of Mosa is the biggest border enemy of Dongsheng.

The state visit of Yelu Ming

is an affair of great importance.

How can I pick brides at such a time?

Just let these bride candidates

leave now.

The selection ceremony will be held some other day.

Your Majesty's decision is really wide.

Sanbao,

why are you still standing here dumbly?

Hurry to go back to my bedchamber with me.

I will put on the court dress, give the state banquet and

meet Yelu Ming in the most courteous manner.

Yes,

Your Majesty.

Yelu Ming came.

How could it be possible?

I was also shocked when I got to know it.

Yelu Ming has come to the capital city

with no information divulged at all.

It can be seen that he came well-prepared.

It is really unexpected that

he came to the capital city.

The border forces of the State of Mosa

has detoxified Master Gui's body quietly.

Could it be attributed to this matter?

Where is Zhiyue?

How is it going with the Imperial Concubine Selection?

The report has come from the imperial palace

saying that Yelu Ming came to pay a visit suddenly.

To put the state affair first,

His Majesty has suspended the selection.

General.

Yelu Ming is here. About Yanqing?

Quite good!

The young emperor is becoming more and more full-fledged.

I haven't settled scores with him regarding the imperial exam.

He took me by surprise again.

It seems that

he is forcing my hand.

So the imperial concubine selection is really suspended?

Facing the state affair,

of course, the selection should be shelved.

In this sense,

you have expected it?

How could I know it would happen?

You deceived me again.

I just made a risky move.

My master sent me a letter saying that

Yelu Ming and his company would arrive in the capital city today.

I have been

waiting

and expecting.

Luckily, Minister Yan didn't come late.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Empress Dowager didn't agree to the concubine selection easily.

You will assume the reins of the government very soon.

How can you give up easily?

The troops of the State of Mosa are skillful and brave in warfare

and have been fighting against us for many years.

Due to the warfare in the border,

our people have been living in misery.

In Gui Yuanliang's case,

I gambled.

Luckily, god has blessed me.

If we can make peace with the state of Mosa this time,

the populace will benefit from it greatly.

Compared with my holding power and picking brides,

this is more important.

Well,

how will you explain to the Empress Dowager and Zhiyue?

As the Empress Dowager,

I think

Her Majesty should know what the priority is.

As for Zhiyue,

when the right time comes,

I will clarify things to her.

What are you thinking about?

I am the emperor.

The state affair and you are equally important for me.

I put off the concubine selection this time.

It is meeting one ruse with another.

We may meet more difficulties in the future.

But you need not worry.

Even if the sky fell,

I would protect you.

Hmm.

Your Majesty.

Why can't I get

a small reward?

Look at your dress.

If you stay by His Majesty's side

and get found out by others,

you will lose your life

and for the worse, people might think badly of His Majesty.

Now what matters the most for His Majesty is the concubine selection.

If you stay by his side,

you will only be a drag on him and bring him danger.

Kill.

Kill.

Kill.

Kill you.

The diplomatic corps of the State of Mosa arrived.

You are in the imperial palace of our Dongsheng.

You are having an audience with our emperor.

Why don't you kneel to show courtesy?

I am the Khan of the State of Mosa.

It is natural for me to pay courtesy in the manner of Mosa.

Just forego the formalities.

I have long wanted to invite you

to Dongsheng for talks.

Today all of you are here after a long journey.

Hereby, I am giving this banquet

to welcome you.

Please be seated.

It is impolite not to reciprocate.

I also brought you a gift.

How dare you!

How rule you are!

Yelu Ming,

do you believe that

I will kill you at court?

I have battled with you many times in the battlefield.

Is it your wish that

we should battle it out

in the banquet hall, General Gong?

OK. Let's do it.

Stop.

Before the audience, Yelu Kkan

has had his belongings

checked by our people.

It is as lustrous as the autumn frost

and is sharp enough to split the bamboo.

This gift is a good representation of

the bravery and combat power of Mosa's men.

I like it very much.

Your Majesty, you have good taste.

The people of Mosa usually greet friends with martial arts.

Today, could Your Majesty honor me

by battling with me in a friendly manner?

If you want to battle with His Majesty,

you must defeat me first.

It's you.

No more talk. Make a move!

Thank you for lending me the broadsword, Khan.

As a girl, you are as good at martial arts as men.

It blew me away.

Good.

Today, in the banquet,

Yelu Khan not only gave me a great gift,

but also let me see

his prowess.

Since you two ended in a draw,

let's call it quits.

Return my sword to me.

I gave a broadsword to Dongsheng.

You gave me a sword, miss.

This is reciprocity.

It is the proper doing.

You.

Zhiyue,

a treasured sword suits a hero.

Today, I'd like to take this chance

to bestow the broadsword on you.

How do you like it, Khan?

Good idea, Your Majesty!

Thank you, Your Majesty!

Thank you, Khan!

Khan.

Please.

Oh, dear!

Zhiyue is so good at martial art!

I shouldn't have trifled with her.

Your Majesty,

you have proposed

Mosa and Dongsheng form a permanent marriage alliance

to stop the warfare and bring peace to the people.

We agree to the proposal.

However, since the ancient times, when two states make peace,

the peace-making marriage is indispensable.

No way!

Anle, mind your manners!

Mother.

I am your only daughter.

Do you have the heart to marry me off to a faraway place?

Brother,

I have grown up with you.

If I get married with the khan of Mosa,

you may not be able to see me in a lifetime.

Yelu Ming,

I have already chosen my husband.

You can only marry me in your dream.

Your Majesty,

I came with sincerity for peace talks.

What does this mean?

Please calm your anger, Khan.

I guess the husband mentioned by my sister

is also known to you.

This man is the top scorer in the imperial exam.

The he colluded with our enemies and betrayed his country.

Now he is imprisoned.

So it is impossible for him to marry Anle.

I know him?

What do you mean, Khan?

It is ridiculous that across Dongsheng,

nobody can see through such a simple

strategy of sowing discord.

What do you mean, Khan?

This letter is dated June of this year.

Out of carelessness, in May, our Khan

damaged one corner of his seal.

The seal affixed here is obviously an old one.

Your Majesty, the seal really looks different.

Thank you, Khan!

I nearly killed a good subject.

So Yanqing is innocent.

Great!

Sanbao.

Go summon Yanqing to the banquet.

I will restore his title of the number one scholar.

And he can take this chance to thank Khan.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Yelu Ming,

if you want to marry me,

I suggest you give it up.

Your Highness, I am afraid you misunderstood me.

The girl I am into is this lady.

Yelu Ming.

You are courting death.

Everybody,

I am giving the banquet today for friendship of our two countries.

Don't disturb the harmony.

The peace-making marriage proposed by Khan

is beneficial to our two countries.

However, Khan,

marriage is a serious matter.

General Gong just dotes on his daughter.

So he reacted that way.

You are right, Your Majesty.

I have been brusque.

I apologize to Miss Gong.

I have always heard that

Dongsheng enjoys prosperous land and numerous talents,

the emperor of Dongsheng is young, but accomplished

and the people of Dongsheng are quick-witted.

Today I want to verify it with my own eyes.

Would your people present today

do me the honor?

Yanqing!

Yanqing!

Zhi...

Mr. Sanbao.

Why are you here?

Yanqing,

your innocence is proved.

What?

I will make it short.

In a word,

today in the imperial palace,

farces have been performed successively.

Yelu Ming is here.

Anyway,

anyway, your innocence is proved.

His majesty said your title of number one scholar will be restored.

You said just now Yelu Ming came.

It is he who proved your innocence.

His majesty wants you to dress up

and to see him in a while.

How about grandpa?

In grandpa's case, it is tricky.

Nonetheless, since you can be saved.

I believe we will definitely

get grandpa out of prison,

I especially ordered the artisans of our Mosa

to make these three gold lions

as the gift for the Empress Dowager of Dongsheng.

There was supposed to be two gold lions.

But something went wrong on the way.

One glided silver lion

got mixed into them.

These three lions are slightly different in mass.

Your Dongsheng boasts great talents.

I believe

there must be someone who can distinguish

the silver lion from the gold lions

without resorting to a scale.

Yelu Ming,

you should know where to stop.

At court,

you can't tease the courtiers like this.

How about your giving it a try, General Gong?

If you are really capable,

let's battle it out in the battlefield.

Of course, we will have chances to meet in the battlefield.

I just want to boost the liveliness with this game.

How do you like it, Empress Dowager?

Since Yelu Khan wants some childlike fun,

all my courtiers, please satisfy him.

What?

Your Majesty of Dongsheng,

has my small test

beaten all your subjects present here.

Number one scholar Lin Yanqing arrived.

Greetings to you, Your Majesty.

Greetings to you, Empress Dowager.

Forgo the formalities.

Has Sanbo told you my decision about you?

Thank you for your leniency, Your Majesty.

Thank you, Khan!

You are the number one scholar?

Yes.

I have heard that the number one scholar of

the Central Land is the incarnation of the Deity of Wisdom.

Since you are here,

please solve the minor problem for us.

Your Majesty,

shall we bet on something?

What do you want to bet on?

The three border cities.

The three border cities.

Is seems that you have made good preparations

before coming here, Khan.

If nobody here can solve this problem,

I want the daughter of General Gong Ye,

that is, Gong Zhiyue.

Yelu Ming, you have gone too far.

I will never allot the bet

to be placed on the lifelong happiness of a girl.

Wait up.

I'd like to bet.

Dad.

Lin Yanqing, you are the number one scholar.

So show me what you are capable of.

Khan,

I'd like to bet on three cities

instead of Zhiyue.

You are merciful, Your Majesty.

I need a basin of water

and a gourd dipper.

Khan, the incarnation of the Deity of Wisdom is baseless.

I can see he is no big deal.

Khan.

The gold lions are precious and don't float or sink.

Gold lions are not adulterated with other substances.

Gold lions don't float or sink.

It seems that Khan is sincere, too.

Mother,

are you pleased with the gift?

Thank you, Khan.

I will accept your gift.

Khan, this...

The number one scholar is really something.

Your Majesty really has an eye for talent.

Yanqing, you are impressive.

I am not wrong about you.

Let's toast the peace between Mosa and Dongsheng.

Cheers.

Yanqing.

Yanqing.

Today, you...

Stop,

Your Highness.

I am begging you.

If you keep pestering me like this,

your good name will be blackened.

Do you really care about my good name?

Then you should know today all the people in the world

have come to know that you are my prince consort.

If you turn me down,

what should I do?

Forgive me for not making it clear to Your Highness.

I have been engaged.

Your Highness is a noble princess. I am not a good match for you.

Please show understanding, Your Highness.

You have been engaged?

Your Highness, it is late.

Please allow me to excuse myself.

Alas.

Lin Yanqing.

I am not finished yet.

Khan, you have come at the invitation.

I may not be a perfect host.

Please forgive me for my carelessness.

Today I feel that

as a sovereign, you are not as unrestrained as me.

I have heard that Mosa treats their guests to good liquor.

The liquor is strong, but the guests can't stop their cups.

However, our Dongsheng treats our guests to good tea.

We draw clean spring water and boil it to make tea.

While savoring the tea, we appreciate the beautiful world.

Khan,

don't look down upon this small cup of tea.

To make good tea, four qualities are indispensable.

I can't drink the liquor.

So I will treat you to this upscale tribute tea.

Your Majesty has made the tea for me by yourself.

I dare not accept such hospitality.

The essence of tea etiquette lies in respect.

The essence of tea-making lies in harmony.

The essence of tea-drinking lies in peace.

Khan.

Tonight let's forget our identities as the rulers

and just assume that we are two tea drinkers.

Insipid.

It is really insipid.

The goodness of tea lies in entertaining guests.

The good nature of tea lies in its pureness.

Khan,

the insipid tea is good tea.

It seems that I have to learn more

about the customs and practices of Dongsheng.

Khan,

I want to ask you about one thing.

Your Majesty, just say it.

At court, you made the requirement

not just to sound me out, right?

Enjoy the tea, Your Majesty.

Lin Yanqing.

Why are you here?

His Majesty and Yelu Khan would like to talk alone.

So I went out for some fresh air.

Why are you here?

Have you been caught by Her Highness again?

Today in front of the high-rank officials at court

and in front of Yelu Khan,

Her Highness said you are her prince consort.

It is really unexpected, Lin Yanqing.

An encounter with you

has made Her Highness fall for you.

Why haven't I found that

you are so charming?

You are making fun of me again.

Though Her Highness is naughty,

today, she dared to stand up for you

in front of the high-rank officials at court

and dared to pursue her happiness bravely.

Thus, I hold her in high esteem.

How about you and me?

I am the Assistant Palace Seneschal.

If you become the prince consort,

we will be good brothers

in the imperial palace, right?

Zhixia,

have you ever thought bout

our engagement?

Your Highness.

Princess Anle.

Your Highness, please let me explain myself.

How could you, Sanbao?

How could you be a girl?

Your Highness.

I hate being deceived the most in my life.

I will go tell this to my brother.

Your Highness.

Now you see.

The pill decocted by me

couldn't be wrong.

It turned out...

It is not wrong at all.

I have to thank you

for bringing Zhixia to me yourself.

Your Highness.

Your Highness,

like you,

I will only get married with the man I love.

In my heart, Lin Yanqing

is like my biological brother.

I dare not hope for your forgiveness.

But I believe that time will prove everything.

I really didn't deceive you on purpose.

I am sorry, Your Highness.

I really didn't deceive you intentionally.

Well,

to show respect to my brother,

I forgive you now.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Brother,

you always say I do things heedlessly

and recklessly.

Look at what you did.

You have been hiding Sanbao

by your side like this.

It is not a good solution.

We grew up together.

If you want me to keep it secret,

I will definitely do it.

However, if today

it is someone else who found this,

how could you cope with it?

You gave me a headache.

Brother,

allow me to excuse myself.

You

can't get close to my prince consort again.

Otherwise, I won't let you get away with it.

Have you got it?

If

you approach the prince consort again,

I won't let you off, either.

Have you got it?

Yes.

Lin Yanqing is really something.

Why is it about him again?

Luckily, Anle came to me first.

If she went to the Empress Dowager directly,

we may not be able to bear the consequences.

I must prove your identity as soon as possible

so that you can stay by my side above board.

Your Majesty.

Don't talk.

Are you tired?

I will lend my wide shoulder to you.

Khan, here is the tea for you.

I don't understand.

Why did you

save Lin Yanqing?

Isn't it good to allow them

to kill each other?

Ada,

there is a wise saying in the Central Land:

A drop of water in need shall be returned with a spring.

The emperor of Dongsheng saved our troops from the pandemic.

I have to return his kindness.

But I still don't understand.

Why need you lower yourself

to come here in person?

I came here for two purposes.

First,

Gui Yuanliang alone

can't make me believe that

the emperor of Dongsheng wants to make peace with us sincerely.

So in today's banquet,

I gave him a hard time in various forms

to find out whether he is sincere.

Second,

our Mosa is located in the border areas.

We don't have the vast territory and rich resources of Dongsheng.

If we keep fighting against Dongsheng,

the best result for us

is to seize several cities.

Nonetheless,

if I can expand the trade routes

and sign a treaty of alliance with Dongsheng,

from now on,

we need not fight anymore

and our people will be able to live and work in peace.

You are wise, Khan.

For the next,

what should we do?

Today I have settled down.

I feel that the emperor of Dongsheng

is like a good emperor in doing things.

His words also sounded kind of sincere.

But it concerns the state affair.

I decided to stay for more days for careful observations.

We can't decide whether he is a good emperor based on his words.

We have to make judgement based on the comments of his people.

That will be the ultimate truth.

Send this letter to General Zhiyue.

General Zhiyue?

Hurry up!

Yes, sir.

I want the daughter of General Gong Ye,

that is, Miss Gong Zhiyue.

I will never allow the bet

to be placed on the lifelong happiness of girl.

I am willing to have the bet.

Lin Yanqing, you are the number one scholar,

so show me what you are capable of.

My lady.

I don't want to eat.

Just take it back.

My lady, it has been the past.

Don't think too much about it.

Easier said than done.

Master and Empress Dowager must be sure of our winning

when they agreed to the bet.

Thus, you mustn't blame them for that, my lady.

In this matter, whether they were sure or not,

my respectable father and aunt

have given up on me for three cities.

I am just worth three cities.

Only His Majesty...

This proved that

His Majesty has a thing for you.

As long as you can become the empress successfully,

His Majesty will have your back.

His Majesty has stalled the concubine selection purposefully.

Now due to the state affair, it has to be put off.

Who can say what will happen in the future?

His Majesty is affectionate and faithful.

He just got enchanted by the foxy girl temporarily.

We can't sit still doing nothing.

We must take actions.

What?

You!

How could I do such a thing?

My lady,

it is a time of crisis.

I am really worried about you.

So I came up with this idea.

Think about it. If you slept with

His Majesty,

based on His Majesty's feelings for you,

you can definitely

become the empress.

The moon in the sky is reflected in water.

The person in front of my eyes is my beloved.

My lady.

Well, this...