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Oops! The King is in Love

Episode 18

Master,

you have come.

There are some things in the world

that cannot be forced.

You might think that

getting drunk can remove all your sorrows,

but it increases your sadness and worries instead.

People who want to achieve great things

must meet gains or losses with equanimity.

Don't you forget

that there are many other things for you to do.

Master,

I haven't forgotten my obligations.

I just feel that I'm such a useless man.

I've said so much, but in the end

I have to rely on others to save her.

If you really want to protect her against dangers,

you must try to be stronger

instead of lying here.

You've found the clues

about your biological mother and the guarding troops, haven't you?

Next we have to find them as early as possible.

Only by doing so

can we rival the Empress Dowager and Gong Ye,

thereby effectively protecting the person you love.

Zhixia.

How come I'm here?

Zhixia, drink the decoction first.

Yanqing,

let's cancel our engagement.

Why are you saying this

upon waking up?

I truly don't know

what I can say except for this.

Is it because he's the emperor?

No matter he is the emperor

or an ordinary man,

I've already chosen him.

Only when I'm together with him can I feel

the throbbing of my heart.

Have you thought over all the things

His Majesty has done to you?

There's no need for that.

I've determined to be with him,

so I'll just move forward regardless of difficulties.

Yanqing,

I always regard you as my older brother,

my family, and my friend,

but love and friendship are not the same thing.

Sorry, brother Yanqing.

I can cancel the engagement

as you wish,

but you should know that

you can't be with His Majesty.

Have a good rest.

It's weird.

He must have concealed something from me.

No, I can't stay here.

I need to find a way to sneak into the Imperial Palace.

General, according to my investigation,

Yelü Ming has gone sightseeing in the capital

and acquainted himself with the folk customs of our State.

His Majesty arranged a hotel in the city for him.

No personnel have been dispatched secretly.

It's unexpected that the arrival of Yelü Ming

saved Yanqing.

Now the enemy is in the dark

while we're in the light.

We must take precautions.

I'm also quite worried.

He came this time

because he has found out the prevalence of the plague.

We don't know if he will accuse us in front of His Majesty.

General,

how about we do away with Yelü Ming…

We can't do that.

If Yelü Ming dies in the capital,

the border will be in chaos

and my military and political power will also be undermined.

I didn't think it carefully.

Please forgive me.

But you have a point, too.

If Yelü Ming allies himself with the little emperor,

the latter's power will surely grow,

which is also

a major disadvantage to me.

If we use the emperor's men to kill Yelü Ming,

the latter will surely be irritated because he is a proud guy.

In that case, will they still form an alliance?

You're so brilliant, sir.

When the time is ripe,

select one "dare-to-die guard" yourself to perform the task.

Remember that Yelü Ming mustn't be injured.

Yes.

Where is the Gong's army now?

General, it will take two more days

for them to return to the capital.

OK.

Pass my order,

the Gong's army is to be stationed 15 km west of the city,

standing by to be dispatched by me.

Yes.

I'll go about it right now.

Remember that

the plan mustn't be leaked.

Got it.

Damned emperor of Mosa,

since you dare come to the State of Dongsheng,

you should've foreseen this fate.

Get ready for your death!

Don't kill him!

[Exit Pass for Palace Officials and Messengers]

Weren't you the little eunuch

attending to the emperor of Dongsheng?

Khan, the body has been disposed of.

Apart from this palace tablet,

we've also found this.

The belt of the imperial guard!

Khan,

the assassin was dispatched by Yan Jin to kill you.

Let's leave here right now without delay!

I don't think so.

His Majesty couldn't have sent someone to kill you.

Mr. Sanbao,

why did you disguise yourself as a Mosa guard

and sneak into this place?

I was sent by His Majesty.

Yan Jin sent you here?

Yeah.

His Majesty knew that someone would come to assassinate you

and that he'd be framed for the assassination,

so he secretly sent me to protect you.

Then I'll thank the emperor of Dongsheng.

I, Yelü Ming, feel immensely grateful.

Khan…

Please go back, Mr. Sanbao.

I'll express my thanks when I have an audience with the emperor.

I'll just stay at the hotel tonight to protect you,

and return to the palace tomorrow with you to meet His Majesty.

As long as I follow Khan,

I'll be able to enter the palace to meet His Majesty.

Our Khan is accompanied by Mosa warriors.

It is inappropriate for us to bother you

to protect him.

But…

Mr. Sanbao,

please go back.

But…

Don't you need to go back to be debriefed?

Uh,

Yes.

I'll return to the palace now to be debriefed.

Khan,

I'm leaving now.

Take care, Mr. Sanbao.

Khan,

the objects are indeed from the Imperial Palace of Dongsheng,

and that eunuch is also very suspicious.

Why did you let him go?

That assassin was agile and skillful,

and could have killed me

unawares.

But he made so much ado before drawing his sword.

And I had

discovered this little eunuch long before he came just now

but I don't know

why he was hiding on the side

without taking action.

All this seems very strange.

It proves that neither of the two guys

was sent by Yan Jin.

What if it's a trap set by Yan Jin?

Now I begin to realize

why Yan Jin has invited me here.

This matter is getting more and more interesting.

Oh,

[To be unsealed by Zhiyue in person]

it's time to send the letter to Miss Zhiyue.

Yes.

Yelü Ming!

Please take care when you leave today.

I hope the friendship and peace between Dongsheng

and Mosa can last forever.

I share this hope with Your Majesty,

and I appreciate the State of Dongsheng

for the hospitality I've received these days.

What do Your Majesty mean by this?

I shall never take a thing that doesn't belong to me.

Since this is not our possession,

it's better to give it back to its owner.

Your Majesty,

Your Majesty the Empress Dowager,

please think twice.

Your Majesty,

isn't it improper to return the three border cities

to the monarch of Mosa when he has paid for the bet?

Mother,

if we return the cities, the people will surely praise you as being

the "motherly model of the world" who is tolerant and philanthropic.

May Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, a motherly model of the world,

live for one thousand years.

May Your Majesty the Empress Dowager live for one thousand years.

If the friendship and peace

between our states can last forever,

with the border being stable and the peoples living stably,

it doesn't matter whether

our State of Dongsheng

has these three cities

or not.

I really admire Your Majesty

for being so sagacious at such a young age.

To show the sincerity of our State of Mosa,

I decide now

to open up the three border cities beginning today

for the peoples to exchange needed goods.

Your Majesty,

mountains do not change, and rivers always flow.

I, Yelü Ming, will take leave now.

May we meet again in the future.

Wait a moment.

Yelü Khan,

since you have given my mother three gold lions,

I'll give you three gold qilins on behalf of my mother.

"When a qilin appears, the place will prosper."

Thank Your Majesty the Empress Dowager

for this good wish.

You're welcome.

Your Majesty,

as far as I'm concerned,

the emperor is getting increasingly recalcitrant.

The three border cities

are merely a gesture of goodwill between the two states.

The peace at the border is to our advantage.

As a man who aims high,

why do you have to care gaining or losing these cities?

Your Majesty!

How come your views have changed so much?

If the emperor continues acting so wildly,

your authority will be challenged in the future.

How can you…

Even rabbits bite humans when being cornered,

let alone the emperor.

What's the big deal

for us to show him some respect in front of Yelü Ming?

Don't you worry.

The emperor is still under my control.

What you should consider now

is the marriage between the emperor and Zhiyue.

Yes.

The situation is going to change.

Zhiyue,

what do you mean by this?

Your Majesty,

don't you want to look at me?

Your Majesty!

Too many things happened these days,

and I couldn't sleep at night,

thinking that my dad and the Empress Dowager

used me as a gambling stake.

Could you please stay here

and keep me company?

Why do you have to keep yourself worried

instead of letting it go?

You made excuses several times on the Bride Selection Ceremony,

and I thought that

you didn't want me.

But during the banquet,

you refused Yelü Ming

for my sake.

I didn't realize until then

that Your Majesty

has always been thinking about me, right?

I know that

Sanbao has already left the Imperial Palace.

Haven't you

done all these things for me?

Zhiyue,

it's not that I have no affection for you;

it's just this affection is not romance.

I told you long ago

that you are always my dear younger sister.

I'll never use my sister's

lifelong happiness as a gambling stake.

And I hope that

you can find your Mr. Right soon.

If I hadn't

been to the border that year,

and Sanbao hadn't entered the palace,

would all this

have been different?

I'll treat tonight's talk as non-existent.

Just go, Zhiyue.

Khan,

in your opinon,

why did the emperor of Dongsheng give us three gold qinlins?

To show that they're richer than us?

Let's meet at noon tomorrow

in the thatched pavilion 1.5 km east of the city.

Your Majesty,

this is really "an eye for an eye,

a tooth for a tooth."

You know me well, Khan.

I've wanted to

have a long talk with Khan for years,

and today my wish has finally come true.

Khan,

can we call each other

"brother"?

Your Majesty is being over-courteous.

Your Majesty has saved tens of thousands of my troops at the border,

and dispatched the Manic Taoist to send your autograph letter,

so I ought to come here in person to express my gratitude.

Khan,

I only did what I thought were right

with no other intention.

In that case,

I'll just get straight to the point.

On the banquet that day,

I provoked you by giving you the knife

and proposed marriage alliance

for the only purpose of testing your sincerity

in aligning yourself with our state.

But during my stay in the State of Dongsheng these days,

I witnessed Your Majesty's

tolerant politics and efforts in pacifying the border and neighboring states,

and I'm now filled with genuine admiration.

I, your brother Yelü Ming,

admit my inferiority.

Brother Yan Jin.

Brother Yelü .

As eavesdroppers prevail in the palace,

you spoke implicitly

when we drank tea that day,

and then sent the letter together with the qinlins.

Is there anything important you'd like to tell me?

Gong Ye, who is ambitious, belligerent, and bloodthirsty,

and whose power dominates the State,

has long been plotting an insurrection.

I've invited you here

this time to discuss our alliance.

I fought Gong Ye

on the battlefield for a few times,

and thought he was a great hero.

But then I was shocked

when he used her daughter as a gambling stake on the banquet.

And today,

when Your Majesty returned the three border cities to me,

his eyes were filled with hostility.

Seems that

this man has already been obsessed with the desire of power.

I misjudged him.

Well, Your Majesty,

do you know that a few days ago

someone attempted to assassinate me

and framed you for this action?

How could such a thing happen?

Now I've known that Gong Ye

was behind all these tricks,

attempting to ruin our relationship.

Brother Yelü ,

I did these not for cozying up to you on purpose,

but for the cessation of war between our states,

for the peoples to live and work in peace,

and for the two states to settle disputes soon

and create a peaceful, prosperous world together.

Since Your Majesty pursues world peace,

how can I lag behind in this pursuit?

There was another interesting thing.

Your personal attendant Mr. Sanbao

hid himself at my lodging for quite some time,

and during our conversations I found he seemed to have some hidden trouble.

Sanbao…

Are you living

in happiness now?

Reporting!

Reporting!

The main forces of Mosa have crossed the border

under the command of Yelü Ming

and are pushing forward aggressively.

It's an urgent situation that must be reported.

Please decide quickly, Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress Dowager.

Enough.

As the Mosa troops are approaching aggressively,

a life-or-death moment for Dongsheng has come.

What plans do you have?

Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager,

we ought to fight back against Mosa,

who is pushing us too hard.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager,

what Mr. Yan said is true.

Indeed. Indeed.

The bold aggression of Mosa

shows a contempt for the State of Dongsheng

as well as a contempt for me personally.

We, the State of Dongsheng, never provoke anyone,

but we're fearless when being provoked.

We must fight the battle against Mosa!

Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager,

I suffered illnesses

during the years of guarding the border,

and I have a recurrence of an old illness after returning to the capital this time.

I'm afraid I might not be capable of such a crucial task.

Please appoint someone else,

Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress Dowager.

Your Majesty,

why did Gong Ye, who had been ambitious for great achievements,

react so passively this time?

I had expected he would react like that.

His refusal is apparently a show of his power.

I don't believe that

we cannot find one devoted patriot in the whole State.

Your Majesty,

I'm ready to fight for the State.

Yanqing,

I must have Gong Ye

take part in the battle in person.

Why is that?

I've planned it long ago.

You're a literary man, and I have some other work for you to do.

You'll be in charge of attracting public attention to Gong Ye.

I'll go about the task right now, Your Majesty.

Yanqing,

is she

all right?

She's gone back to Emerald Mansion.

I want to give her some time to herself.

She is treated as an invaluable treasure

at my place, so you don't need to worry about her.

I will surely take good care of her.

I'll decline to receive visitors at the mansion from today.

Tell anyone coming to see me

that I've fallen ill.

Why's that?

You ask me why?

My troops have been stationed outside the capital,

waiting for this very opportunity.

If I'm appointed to leave the capital to fight the battle,

then all the efforts I've made before

will be wasted.

But, General,

with all our troops stationed at the capital,

the consequence will be unthinkable if the border is broken.

The border…

Isn't the border

being guarded by the ten-thousand troops sent by the Empress Dowager?

Let them hold on first.

No matter how many cities are lost to the enemy,

I'll recapture them in the future.

General!

Enough.

You can retreat now.

Dear audience,

from ancient times to the present,

every dynasty

has its own heroes,

and our dynasty has also given birth

to a great number of heroes.

Today,

I'm going to tell you something about

an incomparable hero,

General Gong Ye.

Bravo!

General Gong Ye

is known by everyone

in the State of Dongsheng.

What is more praiseworthy is that

he's so loyal to the emperor and so devoted to the State.

He is truly a nemesis of the State of Mosa.

Bravo!

Mosa is attacking Dongsheng once again,

but it's like an egg bumping against a rock.

As long as General Gong Ye assumes command of the troops,

he will easily enlarge our territories

and win an overwhelming victory.

But General Gong Ye refuses to lead the troops

on the pretext of illness.

If General Gong doesn't lead the troops,

how can we the State of Dongsheng be confident of victory?

Have you heard about the occurrences in the capital?

I've heard something about them.

Your Majesty,

I'm an old man now,

please have sympathy for a seriously ill general

who is also Your Majesty's older brother.

Tens of thousands of the capital's residents are calling for your command,

and both the emperor and I place high hopes on you.

I know very well that you're the only one able to

shoulder the crucial task of defending the border.

You're experienced in defeating Mosa.

If the emperor looks for another capable general,

I have to

hand over the reign to him if the battle is won;

if the battle is lost,

all the officials at the court will

blame you and me,

and then I also have to hand over the reign to him.

Brother,

Zhiyue hasn't been married to the emperor,

and our big plan hasn't succeeded yet.

If you still don't take action,

our big plan

will fail for lack of a final effort.

The Mosa troops are approaching aggressively,

but

how am I supposed to fight them

with my meagre troops?

Your Majesty,

it's not that I cannot command troops to fight the battle;

it's just that

another condition must be fulfilled

in order to defeat the Mosa troops.

Just go ahead, brother.

Fine.

If Your Majesty can hand over your military leadership to me,

thereby forming a united force,

we'll defeat Mosa for sure.

Military leadership…

General Gong, now I hand over all the State's troops to you,

and may you win the battle quickly and return with victory.

Thanks for Your Majesty's enormous grace.

May Your Majesty live and reign for ten thousand years!

Dad,

you're very old now

and your health is declining.

I'll entreat His Majesty

to allow me to go with you.

As the court is short of capable commanders,

and I have many years of experience fighting at the border,

this task can only fall on my shoulders.

Don't you worry, my daughter,

it's a piece of cake for me

to rout those weak soldiers and generals of Mosa.

Dad, but…

Enough.

Honey,

you must see the current situation clearly.

The Empress Dowager keeps you in the palace

because she wants you to keep the emperor under control.

By the time I return with victory,

your marriage with the emperor will be a matter of course,

and there won't be any "Bride Selection" process.

I must see with my eyes

how my precious daughter becomes the empress.

If you really want to help me,

just stay in the palace

and obey the Empress Dowager's instructions.

OK,

I'll listen to you, father.

You can retreat now.

General,

are you really keeping Miss Gong in the capital?

The Empress Dowager keeps her in the palace

in order to restrict me,

and I should of course comply with her intention.

I thought that the invasion of the Mosa troops might ruin my big plan,

but unexpectedly,

it turned out to have helped me

obtain the control of all the troops of the State.

Then why don't we seize the chance and subvert that little emperor?

We can't do this.

This military leadership was obtained through the people's petition.

If I attempt a revolt at this time,

the people won't trust me anymore.

Then what's your plan, General?

The Mosa Army is a weak force

• and we have been in a stalemate for years.

Now that I've got the military leadership,

we're sure to defeat them.

We'll fight and win the battle quickly.

Then the people will turn to support me

and the reign of the State will naturally fall into my hands.

I'm filled with admiration for your smart strategy.

What a brilliant strategy, my dear disciple.

Using the strategy of "luring the tiger away from its lair,"

you have successfully sent Gong Ye away from the capital.

Now we can freely look for the whereabouts

of the secret Guarding Troops and your mother.

But it surprised me that

Gong Ye seized the military leadership

• of the Empress Dowager at such a time.

That old woman

worries nothing more than her power,

and has achieved nothing but spoiled everything.

A misfortune might turn into a blessing.

The Empress Dowager is my adoptive mother.

It's her who helped me ascend to the throne.

If I turn hostile to her

in the future,

the people will surely deem me as a merciless son who kills his mother.

Her loss of power now

is actually to our advantage.

I agree with you.

After Gong Ye leaves the capital,

we will be able to act freely

and launch a big plan in the city.

After he comes back,

we'll fight him hard.

Yelü Ming,

you mustn't let me down this time.