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♪Birds over the clouds♪

♪Horses over the steppe♪

♪Misty rain, armor suit♪

♪Flower blossom in the moon breeze♪

♪When did the universe start?♪

♪Who will the moon shine on?♪

♪Spring breeze sprouts buds in trees♪

♪breathes new life in me♪

♪Love is a song, passion a painting♪

♪Dream falls at the flower of my hairpin♪

♪Been around the world, seen it all♪

♪Have the universe under my sleeve♪

The Legend of Xiao Chuo

Episode 20

The grand ceremony is now finished.

This is the first time you sleep here.

I think you might not be used to it, so...

I just sit here with you.

I'm not your business.

I know you hold grudges against me

You can take those resentment

and lash out on me.

You're the Emperor and I'm subjected to you.

How dare I

to lash out on you.

In fact, I believe

you're going to be

the best Empress Liao ever had.

I'm flattered.

The first day I saw you,

I've made up my mind.

Look.

Maybe it's providence.

This Pisces jade pendant

saved my life.

So

I'd like to wait for you.

I'll wait till

you are willing to accept me.

Your Majesty, you don't have to.

I'm Your Majesty's concubine.

Whatever you say,

I will just follow the order.

You are not such a person.

Why would you talk like this?

This is what you asked for.

Whatever you want me to do,

just lay out your commands.

What if I ask you to have sex with me?

You will do that as well?

Yes.

Yanyan.

What do you want me to do,

for you to accept me again?

There is one thing

both you and I should understand.

This country belongs to me.

You

belong to me as well.

Have some rest.

♪Who missed the time gone with the wind♪

♪Who rode horse recalling the past♪

When we get to the State of Han,

♪Joys and sorrows, love and hate♪

I'll be free from the burdens.

♪Joys and sorrows, love and hate♪

We can do

anything you want.

♪Watch the snow, waiting for swallows♪

I, Han Derang,

from today on,

will be with Xiao Yanyan,

till death do us part.

♪Who got drunk with thoughts on horse back♪

♪Song of her across land and sea♪

♪Lingers on and beyond the men's world♪

Yanyan.

♪Lingers on and beyond the men's world♪

when I was looking for you today,

I thought

I might never see you again.

♪Like a bird over the waves♪

I promise you,

in the future

I'll always protect myself.

♪Still be the same as we meet again♪

I wish

time can slow down right now.

♪Fill two hearts with happy ending♪

♪You and I, from now to the end of time♪

How is Han Derang now?

Your Majesty, he left Shangjing.

Didn't he get hurt?

He has just recovered from his leg injury.

Not so freely, but he can now move.

He said to Lord Han Kuangsi,

that he wanted to go out alone

on a trip for a while.

So he left all by himself?

Yes.

Send someone to follow him.

I want to know his words and deeds.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Go ahead.

Brother Han.

Where would you be

right now?

(Zhangmin Palace)

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

You may rise.

Prime Minister Siwen.

Please have a seat.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Po.

Bring him a seat.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Prime Minister Siwen.

It is now the end of March.

I want to announce it

later at the wedding banquet,

for the Summer Hunting to Mount Tu'er,

I want to bring all kings and princes

along with ministers of both Liao and South

with me.

The Summer Hunting should not be delayed anymore.

In due course,

meeting of ministers from North and South,

new distribution of ordos,

the arrangement of the released kings,

all these will definitely be brought up.

Your Majesty,

what do you have in mind for this?

Han Derang's previous memorial

was impressive.

Take a look.

Your Majesty would only take

Yong, Tong, Longhua,

Xiangsheng as your ordos?

That's not enough.

Xiangsheng

was divided

from Yanchang palace,

the rest

camps were set up

by Emperor Taizu.

They are yours from the beginning.

I have thought about it.

I want to redistribute ordos.

It's about the reform

of the power structure for ordos.

We can't rush it.

If we go ahead of ourselves,

we will receive the fight-back from the clans.

Your Majesty is farsighted and prudent.

I have no worries now.

But

after the reform of the ordos,

should we change accordingly

about the royal clan troops and guards?

After all, these two armies

would also accompany Your Majesty.

We have to take them seriously.

You're right.

Looks like General Nüli

won't be available for the guards.

It's time to find a deputy

for General Nüli.

Prime Minister Siwen,

do you have someone in mind?

I think

Xiuge could be a great candidate.

Previously

he contributed a lot for the stability

of the armies in Shangjing.

He doesn't serve in the military right now.

It's a waste of his talent.

Well,

then let's take half the guards from Nüli

and give them to Xiuge.

Zhimo.

I want you to take over all matters

about Summer Hunting,

can you do that?

I'll do my best.

After we come back from Summer Hunting,

all palaces must be adjusted.

Yongxing Palace must be split up.

Father's Jiqing Palace

has been idle for a long time.

Why don't you move in there?

Try to make it

packed.

I don't think it would be appropriate...

Don't refuse me in such a hurry.

I let you go live there,

I didn't say you can take the lead.

Well then,

I shall take your order.

Here today,

we make this commitment to each other.

I will trust you and honor you

for better, for worse,

till death do us part.

I, Han Derang,

from today on,

will be with Xiao Yanyan,

till death do us part.

Wherever we are, whenever we are,

when the bell rings,

that means I miss you.

The bell is ringing,

who is now missing me from afar?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Message from the secret guard,

Childe Han has gone to the South,

he's about to be at Youzhou city now.

He went to Youzhou?

Yes.

Anything happened on the way?

Not really.

He travelled through sparsely populated areas.

He seems to be a bit tired, though.

He has been looking rather down at the heels.

Well,

send someone to follow him.

Don't get exposed.

Imperial concubine should not hear about this.

Yes.

And,

find an opportunity,

let Miss Lisi know the whereabouts of brother Han.

Yes.

Go ahead.

Mate,

are you alright?

Come on.

Thank you for saving my life.

It's okay.

(Abohe, young patriarch of Clan Rilian) My name is Abohe.

I'm from the Rilian Clan nearby.

I'm Han Derang.

I'll call you brother Han then.

We go tooth for tooth on both kindness and hatred.

You saved my life today.

I will definitely repay your kindness.

Don't mention it.

Can you walk?

Yes.

Brother,

you got injured pretty bad.

Well, let me help you.

Alright.

Now it's the breeding time for deer.

They're in hot temper.

Why did you come deer hunting at this time?

My father suffered from a serious illness

and he fainted.

The elder in our clan said

only with the blood from the most vigorous deer

can be used as medicine to save my father.

I've been waiting here for half a month.

Today, I finally got one.

Now that you're injured,

you might have difficulty bringing the deer back.

Maybe

I can escort you back.

Sure.

(Clan Rilian)

Elder Tuoli.

(Tuoli, elder of Clan Rilian)

Abohe,

I see you got the moose.

I knew you could do it.

Elder Tuoli,

with this moose

can my father really recover?

God Tengri will certainly bless our old patriarch.

I'm relieved.

Brother Han.

Since you are just here on a trip,

why don't you stay in our clan for a few more days?

Our great sacrifice on the 15th of July

has been famous for its excitements.

These two men,

one is Lu Duan and the other is Shiwu.

They're my servants.

Let them serve you these days.

Abohe.

From what I saw during the day,

your village seems to be rich.

Yes, of course.

My father is a capable leader.

He fought for Emperor Taizong at wars.

Had a lot of rewards.

He took our people to fish and hunt.

The food we have stored,

will be good enough for more than three years.

Then why do I see

that many poor herdsmen?

Those are not our people.

They're Just servants and slaves.

Some of them were vagabonds from the grassland.

Some were captives and refugees

defeated by Emperor Taizong.

My dad took them in.

How many people are there in your clan?

How many servants you have?

About four or five hundred of our own people.

More than 1000 servants.

So many servants.

The number of your slaves

are far greater than your people.

Are you not afraid of their rebellion?

How can that be possible?

Brother Han,

I've been to those Han cities near here.

There are servants in those cities, too.

Some servants are nothing but talking cattle and horses.

Have you ever seen cattle and horses rebel on people?

Of course,

occasionally there are some unruly cattle and horses.

Just give them a few more whips,

then they'll be obedient again.

Come, brother Han.

A toast to you.

Cheers.

Did you hear the news?

What's up?

Imperial concubine has been in the palace for several days.

His Majesty didn't spend the night in her palace.

Really?

Yeah, didn't you know that?

I didn't know.

Go and find out what's going on.

Yes.

Master,

I want to plant some flowers and trees in the yard.

Put on some rocks as well.

What's wrong with you?

Nothing.

It's just

the way I remember it,

this place used to be full of joy.

I didn't expect it to be this desolate.

Now we're back.

It'll be back to life soon.

Shuli.

Affairs in the palace,

I'll leave them all to Princess.

If you need anything, just report to her.

You don't have to come to me again.

Yes.

Master,

the good days have finally come for us.

Yeah.

The good days have finally come.

From now on,

we don't have to live in fear anymore.

We don't have to depend on others.

Anzhi,

we've been through horrible times.

You've been with me through all the sufferings.

It's alright now.

I won't let you get hurt ever again.

Why would you say such things?

You're the one who suffered for me.

I was born in a humble family.

It's my blessing

to be truly loved by you.

Yiyun!

Yiyun!

Yiyun!

Princess!

Princess!

Save me, Princess!

Help!

Help me!

I'm the one who poisoned you.

I told Yiyun to bring you the pastries.

You want me to save you?

Aren't you too naive?

Why did you...?

I'm the Princess now.

Why should I keep you here?

If Zhimo finds out,

what should I do?

You are not afraid of King Taiping...?

King Taiping?

King Taiping is nothing but a stray dog now.

Zhimo is the only brother of His Majesty.

I have him in my palm.

I should be afraid of no one in this country.

You're just a dog of King Taiping.

Even King Taiping himself

can do nothing to me now.

You...!

If King Taiping knows,

he'll get to you.

I don't talk as smooth as Anzhi.

I just heard...

I heard that you and brother had some...

had some problems.

So I'm here

to see if I can help you with anything.

Why would you say that?

Did

His Majesty ask you to come?

No, no, it's not that.

I, I...

If His Majesty didn't ask you to come,

you live

outside the palace most of the time.

How did you know

I'm at odds with His Majesty?

Did our problems

get spread outside the palace?

No, no,

I, I just care...

Look how fast rumors can spread.

I...

Hugudian.

-Brother. -Did you disturb imperial concubine again?

If you have time,

come into the palace

and talk to the late concubines.

As for Yanyan,

I have been busy with government affairs.

Now finally, I have some time.

I don't want you to take up the time with Yanyan.

Alright,

I will leave you to it then.

You may all leave now.

Po.

It seems that Princess has disturbed you.

If you feel awkward,

I can tell her

and ban her from entering the palace from now on.

No need.

If I don't want to see her,

I'll just shut her out.

I don't need you to do it.

Good to know that you won't blame her.

She is a good sister.

Don't let her down.

I know.

I didn't take good care of her.

I remember when Mount Xianggu rebellion took place,

she was just born.

Mother thought taking her would be inconvenient.

So she got away with the disaster.

When we were young,

I couldn't even take care of myself,

let alone her.

Instead, she worried about me.

By the way,

if you don't mind,

talk to her when you have time,

would you?

She's your sister.

Not mine.

Did she say anything inappropriate?

All over the palace,

besides you,

no one would say anything inappropriate.

I know, I haven't been here for days.

How are you doing?

As an emperor, you can do whatever you want.

To me,

nothing really matters.

When can we

really sit down and talk?

You want to hear something nice?

You are now the leader of Liao.

If you want compliments,

just go out there and they will praise you.

If you're not satisfied,

you can have more women

in this palace of yours.

That's not what I want.

Although I am the emperor,

but I couldn't care less

about all of those.

I don't know if you believe it or not,

but I care about only one thing in my life.

I want my country to be prosperous.

I want my people to live in peace.

That's it.

You didn't let people

live in peace.

Ever since I ascended the throne,

I haven't killed a single man.

What if you haven't killed anyone?

You're the reason

why everyone's upset.

This upset from the past,

from today,

as time goes,

will eventually be gone with the wind.

An Emperor can do anything to benefit his country.

Don't you agree?

I understand how you feel.

But I have no choice.

When I was determined to carry out the Han system,

I was then in opposition to the royals.

They think I wouldn't live long.

So no one

takes me seriously.

They're all thinking,

once I die, they can restore the old system.

The reform in Liao has a long way to go.

I admire Emperor Taizu,

for he had the assistance from Empress Dowager Shulü.

Without a powerful Empress,

I'm afraid I can't do anything.

If it wasn't for the promotion of Empress Dowager Shulü,,

Emperor Taizu

wouldn't make up his mind to unify all clans.

Without her recommendations,

a lot of South ministers

would never be appointed in their lives.

I know it's a long way to go.

Sometimes you just have to sit down and think.

Now

when we really think about it,

I think

we might have gone too ahead of ourselves.

Yanyan.

Thank you.

Sometimes,

the best thing we can have

is to live a good life.

May God Tengri have mercy.

May God Tengri have mercy.

God Tengri,

please let my mother recover from her condition.

God Tengri please have mercy.

What are they doing?

His mother has been sick for a long time.

She's about to die.

They can only pray

for the blessing of Tengri.

Pray for blessing?

Why don't they go see a doctor?

On this grassland,

medicines are the most precious.

They won't use it on us servants.

Elder Tuoli said,

if a servant gets sick,

it's because of his own misconducts.

He should suffer for it.

How can that even make sense?

We all feed on grains.

Everyone might get ill once a while.

What about Abohe?

His father is still sick.

Should we just let him die?

How can masters and us be the same?

Why can't you be the same?

You're all born and raised

by your parents.

Mr. Han,

I know you're a good man.

But we are not the same

with our masters.

In fact, for us,

to be ill is a good thing.

We'll be free once we die.

Yanyan.

Do you know?

The life in the clan is harsher than I expected.

Some stay in the same hurdle with cattle and horses.

They're no different from ants.

Maybe following the Han system

would be the only way to save them.

(Shuozhou city has recovered from the damages caused by the flood)

Yanyan.

When can you

really understand me?

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Go get the doctor!

Yes.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

No!

-Don't take me down. -Your Highness.

Don't chase me.

Let me go.

No.

Let me go.

Don't touch me.

No!

Don't touch me! Let me go!

Don't touch me! Let me go!

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Your Highness.

Please hold on to His Majesty's hands.

I think that's the only way

to calm him down.

His Majesty, he...

His Majesty is extremely alert.

Whenever strangers approach,

he'll be scared and start to struggle.

Sometimes even Po can't get close to him.

What we have right now

is really rare.

(Zhangmin Palace)

Thanks to Your Highness last night.

I heard

His Majesty wakes up a lot at night.

His Majesty would...

Only Your Highness

can calm His Majesty down.

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Si.

Mother.

You do needlework all day.

It might hurt your eyes.

I know when to stop.

Who is this pendant for?

Si.

You need to know,

there's someone else in Derang's heart.

She has been married to His Majesty.

They won't ever be together.

Mom.

Brother Han is a gentleman

who values love and righteousness.

I believe as long as I treat him sincerely,

I will one day win him over.

Si.

Do you know

the loving person can also the most heartless?

There are many excellent men out there.

You could just choose another one.

No.

I just want him.

Mom.

I have fallen for no one

but Derang in my whole life.

If I don't give it a try,

I'll regret it all my life.

But it's not an easy path.

I'm afraid you can't take it.

Mom.

I want to try.

No matter how it turns out,

I'm not going to regret it.

If you insist,

then go to him.

Mom!

You agree

to let me go to him?

I don't want you to leave regrets.

Just go.

I'll go pack up my things.

I don't know if I'm doing the right thing.

Madam,

you

did the best for miss.

Drink some water.

Lu Duan, Mr. Han is here.

Lu Duan.

How are you?

I heard you were sick.

I had a stomachache last night.

When I woke up in the morning, I had fever.

How could it be?

Did you see the doctor?

Not the doctors.

Mr. Han,

I'm going to see Tengri.

This is a good thing.

Don't be silly.

Just take the medicine.

You'll get better.

No.

Mr. Han,

leave me alone.

I heard it

from the dying old servants.

Once we're dead,

we'll go to Tengri.

We will never be slaves anymore.

We don't have to suffer from hunger and cold.

And you?

You just want to sit and watch him

suffer?

Believe me.

He'll be fine.

His Majesty has arrived.

It seems that I have come at the right time.

I'm getting hungry.

Let's eat together.

I don't know Your Majesty would be coming.

We didn't prepare your meal.

So this is

not preparing for my meal.

It looks like these are

more than enough for both of us.

If you think it's not enough,

I can have them bring us more.

-Po. -You enjoy it then.

I'm done.

You have to eat.

Or will you just skip every meal?

Over the past ten years,

I always eat by myself.

I have been all alone.

Finally,

I have someone to dine with me.

What,

you are going to say no to this as well?

Alright.

If this is what Your Majesty want,

I'll follow your order then.

♪Who wrote the love down with affection♪

♪Who got drunk with thoughts on horse back♪

♪Song of her across land and sea♪

♪Lingers on and beyond the men's world♪

♪Like a bird over the waves♪

♪Still be the same as we meet again♪

♪Exchange our love and passion♪

♪Fill two hearts with happy ending♪

♪You and I, from now to the end of time♪

♪The watch at night, dawn at the skyline♪

♪Two beating hearts, a never ending story♪

♪Unbending belief, bothered by none♪

♪All the joy of the universe at your blink♪

♪Like a bird across the clouds♪

♪World shimmers at me♪

♪Love without regret♪

♪Fear for no danger♪

♪What a brilliant life♪

♪Like a bird over the waves♪

♪Still be the same as we meet again♪

♪Exchange our love and passion♪

♪Fill two hearts with happy ending♪

♪You and I, from now to the end of time♪