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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 21

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.

Let's eat.

You and I are going to dine together for a lifetime.

By the way,

in a few days,

we have to go to Mount Tu'er.

You and I have to meet a lot of ministers.

Those people are very troublesome.

If they see

you and I don't get along,

there will be a lot of trouble.

What are we doing in Mount Tu'er?

Summer Hunting is about to start.

I have just ascended the throne.

Naturally, we have to meet the clans,

to know the situation in advance.

Summer Hunting is about to start.

Then the officials of both the North and South

will come.

This is the first time for you to meet with them.

No wonder you are so busy recently.

You have to eat with memorials.

Since you took the throne,

a lot of old rules

need to be modified.

Moreover,

I will also hold a meeting of ministers from North and South.

Two problems should be solved.

First,

we need to redivide ordos.

Second,

how should the released kings be arranged?

I'm thinking...

Don't you have your own courtiers in court?

Why are you telling me about these?

Because you are my imperial concubine.

I trust you more than anyone.

The court is plagued by crises.

If anything happens to me,

I hope you can

come out at the very first moment,

take over the whole situation.

You know,

Yansage has been onto us.

Xiyin never gave up her ambition.

There are also

my uncles.

The three of them

were locked up by Yelü Jing.

Just got released.

My power is weak

and unstable.

We need to redivide ordos.

We need the support from them.

And also we need to guard against them.

I know you want to redistribute ordos,

centralize the power,

to make your subjects more compliant

to the Emperor.

But this hurts the interests of too many people.

Once it got used by someone suspicious

as an excuse,

all ordos will just sit and watch out of selfishness,

situation gets more complicated,

anything goes south,

it will endanger your life.

You're really ready

to deal with all these?

At the beginning of my succession,

I knew,

carrying out the reform of the Han system

must be done step by step.

I have to see through the clouds,

get to the crucial parts as fast as possible.

The first important issue

is the ordos.

They don't unite. They don't obey.

If we can't solve this problem fundamentally,

the so-called reform,

in the end will become empty talk.

Now, we have to redistribute ordos.

We have to do it right now.

I can't care for anything else.

It is not easy to survive on grassland.

Our ancestors

set these rules

hoping

they can give the descendants

a better way to cope

with the situations on the grassland.

But they couldn't know

how complicated now situation has become.

The three branches of Taizu

have been in trouble for years.

Since we all have to move forward,

and we learned

the rules from the South.

We don't have to be too conservative.

We don't have to cling to it

knowing that was wrong.

It seems that

you are the one who knows me best.

Okay.

Let me help my imperial concubine to some meat.

Are you all right?

Don't worry.

Don't always pretend to be ill to scare people.

I did not.

I didn't pretend to be ill.

I have always been sick.

I don't have to pretend.

Mingyi is really spineless.

In the end, he had to release you.

He read too much.

Talking about "winning people by virtues".

He let out his three uncles.

He thought just because they are relatives,

they would be more reliable?

How can he be that naive?

Why did he think Yelü Jing imprisoned them?

It's because those three guys

were rebels.

Mingyi will fall

into his own digging.

Although Yelü Jing was cruel,

but he knew to guard against the kings.

Mingyi is just like his father.

Talking about ruling with virtues.

I heard they want to reform the old system.

I say

he'll

end up just like his father.

Come on.

Brother Gao.

I heard His Majesty had given Xiuge

your palace guards.

Yeah.

His Majesty said that I had contributed a lot,

I didn't have to work so hard in the future.

Those hard jobs,

just leave them to young people.

And he gave me ten beautiful girls.

100 bottles of wine.

I heard you got rewarded

with a lot of good stuffs as well.

His Majesty also said

I didn't have to work too hard.

Now my job as the Privy Minister of South Council

has been given to Shifang.

What are you thinking, brother Gao?

We

fought with our lives,

for money and power

and beautiful women.

Now we have them all.

Why do you still miss

those hard work?

Listen to me.

His Majesty is a kind man.

He's not like the late Emperor,

the lunatic who killed people.

His Majesty is kind.

But others are not.

They want to make us mere figureheads.

His Majesty has just ascended the throne,

that Xiao Siwen...

All of you, leave.

That Xiao Siwen

has begun to get rid of his dissidents.

He took the guards by half.

Royal clans troop is let by his nephew

directly.

The way he did it,

he went too far!

Back in Black Mountain, we were the ones

who risked our lives to support the new Emperor.

Why can he take over the power?

Because

his daughter is in the palace now.

Nüli brother.

I come from the South.

Even my girl enters the palace,

she won't be big.

You're not the same.

If you can send one or two women into the palace,

win His Majesty's favor,

give birth to a prince, then...

maybe

you can fight against that Xiao Siwen.

Look at this rain.

I don't think it will stop soon.

You should be careful on the way.

Don't worry, mother.

When you get over there,

take care of yourself.

Remember to write to me.

You did a good job.

This is a reward from His Majesty.

Elder Tuoli.

The old patriarch is sick again.

He's in pain.

I've just been to the patriarch's camp,

he was all good.

How is he sick all of a sudden?

I don't know.

You should go and have a look.

Useless shit.

You should be killed.

Lu Duan, come on.

It's from the natural

herbs of grassland.

If you drink it, and you recover,

isn't it the will of Tengri?

Come on.

Lu Duan.

Drink it.

Your Majesty.

I know Your Majesty now

have the imperial concubine.

But even she's good,

she can only have one child a year.

If you

marry eight or ten concubines,

till next year,

you'll have a litter...

no, I mean

a group of warrior babies.

Get up.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

What you said

seems reasonable.

Who do you want to recommend to the palace?

If Your Majesty doesn't mind,

my sister-in-law

has a daughter

called Xige.

A good-looking girl with a sweet mouth.

If Your Majesty accept her as a concubine,

I'm sure you'll have a son next year.

I don't understand.

Why do I feel

you worry more

about my son than I do?

Of course.

Your Majesty,

now Emperor Shizong's

bloodline

is solely on you.

But Yanyan and I are still young.

We will have

our own kids.

I know Your Majesty love and only love

imperial concubine.

But even she is good,

there's nothing wrong

for you to take another concubine.

Just consider it as having a puppy.

Go and have a look when you have time.

That's your niece.

How can you talk like that?

No, Your Majesty,

this is just a metaphor.

My niece Xige,

I don't know about other things,

but I promise

she'll be absolutely loyal to you.

Fine.

If you insist,

she can enter the palace in a few days.

Thank you.

My Xige

will not disappoint Your Majesty.

I'll go and prepare.

You may leave.

Have some water.

If Your Majesty don't like it,

why didn't you say no?

He saw me

rely on Prime Minister Siwen.

Nüli got jealous.

So he wanted to send his niece

to the palace.

One is to get my trust.

Secondly,

to secure his own position.

If I say no to him

at this time,

it's going to make him concerned.

Now

Yansage is still out there.

Other clans

are not submitted to me completely.

So for a meritorious minister like him,

I should comfort him first.

What about Her Excellency...?

Should we keep it from her?

Don't hide it from her.

Tell her about it.

Yes.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Something's wrong, Your Highness.

What can it be?

I just heard

from the maids at the camp,

His Majesty is going to have a new concubine

called...

She's Nüli's niece,

called Xige.

You had just entered the palace.

His Majesty accepted the new concubine just like that.

His Majesty went too far.

Alright.

Your Highness, you're not angry?

Why should I be angry?

If he gets a new favorite,

then he won't bother me.

It's the best.

But,

but Your Highness...

You want me to

compete for his favors?

Should we

ask His Majesty about this?

No need.

If he doesn't come and tell me,

I'll just pretend I don't know.

(Xige) Miss, the Emperor's camp

is more beautiful than all the rest.

Of course.

This is where

the leader of Liao lives.

Also,

don't call me miss.

From now on, call me Your Highness.

Yes, Your Highness.

By the way,

when you

bump into the maids of Concubine Xiao,

don't make me look bad.

You two

are my maids back home.

You're different from others.

But Your Highness,

we just entered the palace,

you want to be at odds with the imperial concubine?

Is that really necessary?

What's wrong with that?

She's a concubine, me too.

She comes from a better background.

She entered the palace earlier. That's it.

When I give birth to my little prince,

with my uncle's help,

I will be better than her.

At that time,

maybe I can even

be the queen.

Concubine Xige.

Get up.

Thank you.

You are good at your work.

What's your name?

I'm Hulie.

Do your job.

As long as you are royal to me,

you will be rewarded.

Concubine, if you have anything you need later,

just let me know.

Don't call me concubine!

Call me Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness,

You don't want to wait for His Majesty?

Why should I wait for him?

He has a new girl in today.

He'll definitely stay over there,

enjoy himself.

Your Highness, you are so beautiful.

His Majesty

will be amazed by you tonight.

He can't leave you anymore.

Of course.

Your Highness.

The dinner is at your command.

Everything is ready.

Good.

If His Majesty likes it,

I will reward all of you.

Thank you.

Go to the door and wait.

When His Majesty comes, report in immediately.

Yes.

His Majesty has arrived.

It's all right.

How did Your Majesty come here today?

I come here every day.

Where else can I be?

You have a new...

What?

Nothing.

So tonight,

are you still going to read here?

If I'm not here,

where else can I be?

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Is His Majesty here?

No.

So

His Majesty

didn't come to me last night.

Don't be angry.

Perhaps

His Majesty was busy with work last night.

Hulie!

Your Highness.

Where did His Majesty go last night?

Last night,

I've been waiting outside the camp.

I stayed there for the whole night.

I don't know.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Don't you forget,

my uncle is in charge of the arrangement for the palace.

Nothing in the palace

can escape his eyes.

Don't fool me. Tell me.

Where did His Majesty go last night?

Your Highness.

Last night, His Majesty went to imperial concubine Xiao.

I...

I'm afraid

you might get too angry.

I was not intended to hide it you.

Your Highness.

Alright.

The first night I entered the palace,

she took His Majesty away.

Try to make me look bad?

And I thought she's the imperial concubine,

I tried to be nice to her, for what?

She insulted me like this.

I can't just take it with me.

I am not going down like this.

-Get out of my way! -You can't go in.

-Her Highness is dressing. -Get out of the way!

You can't go in!

-You can't go in. -Out of the way.

What are you doing?

Move out of my way!

Imperial concubine, get up.

I have something to say to you.

So you are Xige.

You broke into my camp

and struck my people.

Don't you think it's inappropriate?

I'm honest from inside out.

If I have a problem. I'll just say it.

You are beautiful,

you have good family background.

You are in a high position as soon as you got here.

Why do you have to be against me?

Think about it,

last night was my first night in the palace.

You shouldn't have embarrassed me like this.

Mind your words.

That's between His Majesty and Her Highness,

how dare you to talk about it?

So she can do it

but I can't even talk about it?

Imperial concubine,

I didn't want to compete with you.

You and I are both concubines of His Majesty.

We should have been polite to each other.

I will forget about yesterday.

But tonight,

if you keep taking His Majesty,

anything happens, don't blame me.

How dare you! Maids, come in.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Take Xige down,

teach her the rules.

Yes.

Who dares to touch me?

Who dares to touch me?

Let me go!

Who dares to pull me?

Let go!

Let me go!

Your Highness,

you have such a good temper.

Just teaching her the rules.

If you ask me, we should pull her out

and flog her.

Forget it.

I don't really care about her.

Just taught her the rules?

Her Highness comes from a noble family,

she certainly doesn't care

about girls like Xige.

That will be tricky.

I can't just

get another

concubine from a noble family

to go test her.

I know

Your Majesty

love only Her Highness.

But I don't know

when will Yanyan

realize that.

Concubine Xige.

I'm here to teach you the rules of the palace.

Do you remember all of those?

It seems that you didn't.

Then

I'll read it to you again.

(From the book Xunzi, chapter: How to Behave) As men, we must know our manners.

We have to behave with manners.

A country will be uneasy without manners.

We have to respect the hierarchy and order.

Come and help Her Highness

to the bed. Come on.

Come on, you two. Give it to Her Highness.

Come and apply it to Her Highness.

The imperial concubine went too far.

Xiao Yanyan.

I won't let you get away with this.

Should we tell Lord Nüli?

No.

My uncle sent me to the palace,

he trusted me.

If I ask him for help

with every little thing,

then I'm too useless.

But...

Wula,

I know you want the best for me.

But uncle

he has many nieces.

If I am of no use,

there will be other sisters

to replace me.

Besides now in the palace,

there are only me and Xiao Yanyan.

There will be other ministers in the future

to send in their daughters.

I can't rely on my uncle for everything.

I have to stand up myself.

So you...

I just didn't expect Xiao Yanyan

to be that rude.

I just want justice.

What did I do wrong?

That means she's jealous of me.

Jealous of my beauty.

What should we do now?

Hulie.

Your Highness.

I heard that

there are two princesses here.

Yes.

They are the two concubines of Emperor Shizong.

They're still in the palace.

Princesses.

This is my first visit to you two,

please accept these as my gifts.

It's good that you're here,

you don't have to bring us gifts.

I've heard from my uncle,

back in Jiqing Palace,

the two of you did him a lot of favors.

He asked me to visit you

as soon as I enter the palace.

We are both out of date.

It's so polite of Lord Nuli

to remember us.

Concubine Xige.

Princess is my elder,

you can just call me Xige.

That's right, sister Puge.

Don't be too polite.

I think Xige

is just like me.

Now

is not the time of the late Emperor.

We don't have to

shut everyone down.

You like people who are direct.

Xige.

Please don't mind.

We

have the habit of prudence.

I've been

there before.

But now

Princess should not worry anymore.

His Majesty is now in place.

It's all over.

Yeah.

It's all over.

Fortunately, His Majesty succeeded to the throne.

Me and Chuoli

can enjoy our days now.

Now I see

you new concubines.

I'm relieved.

Xige, you and imperial concubine Xiao

are all in great health.

Serve His Majesty well.

Give birth to a prince as soon as possible.

Bear descendants of the royal family.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Sister.

This Xige treats us both

much more respectable.

She came to see us early.

Not like that Yanyan.

It's been long

since she's here.

I didn't even get to see her for once.

She is the daughter of Lübugu

and Xiao Siwen.

Princess Lübugu

dared to contradict

Empress Dowager Shulü.

Who do you think she is?

Besides,

we are princesses.

We're not Empress Dowager.

But over the past ten years,

we have been through

a lot

to help Sagezhi and Zhen

raise their sons and daughter.

Now His Majesty took the throne.

We have our shares of contribution.

What do you want?

I mean, we work on it a little bit,

control these two little concubines.

In due course,

even we're just princesses,

we'll have the prestige of Empress Dowager.

I heard that Xige came for you today?

I told her

not to come anymore.

It's all right.

This new concubine of yours

has a silver tongue.

She

can cheer you up.

I know you don't like her.

She is the concubine of Your Majesty.

As long as you like her,

it has nothing to do with me.

Actually,

I accept her as a concubine because...

I'm done. Enjoy your meal.

OK.

I am done as well.

We have to go to Xianling tomb tomorrow

to honor father.

It's a long walk.

You should go to bed early.

Farewell. Your Majesty.

Go to bed.

Your Highness.

His Majesty tried so hard

to please you.

But every time you

let him down.

No matter what you did to him,

he would come every day.

I think

even a heartless person

should be moved by now.

I am heartless.

And I won't change that easy.

Yanyan.

Although I'm far away in the Rilian Clan.

But I'm still

on the same grassland with you.

I feel we are not that far away

from each other.

Are you okay?

Finally,

you would turn your eyes on me.

Why are you pretending to be sick?

I...

You may all leave.

I didn't pretend to be sick.

I do have

some conditions.

But it's not like

I'm the porcelain,

I won't be broken when you touch me.

There's no one else in the carriage right now.

I'm not feeling well,

I don't have to pretend.

What do you think?

Everything you say makes sense.

I know

you

actually care about me.

So I am very happy.

You are the Emperor of Liao.

You are as important as our country.

Anyone as the Liao's subjects

will care about you.

Are you saying it

to me,

or explaining it to yourself?

I don't know what you're talking about.

It's windy here.

Careful not to get the cold.

(Tomb for Emperor Shizong in Xianling, Mount Minshan)

(Emperor Shizong, Empress Xiaolie)

The Holy Emperor is here to worship Emperor Shizong.

Emperor Shizong was kind and loving.

He governed the country well

from both internal and external.

He made our country prosperous and our people rich.

I am willing to take on the old precepts,

follow Emperor Shizong,

carry out the Han system,

may our country be prosperous for all generations.

What I saw here,

let me realize more deeply,

Han system reform

is not a mean to leave our names in history.

It's a must

for the well-being

of the people in our country.

Yanyan.

The reform in Liao

has just started.

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How dare you?

Say it!

Who made you lie about the condition?

Who was it

sneaked into my camp?

Say it!

Elder Tuoli.

I know I was wrong.

Please spare me.

Won't say it?

Hit him!

Stop it!

Who told you to stop?

Keep it going!

You!

Mr. Han.

Mr. Han.

I respect you

as a guest of our clan.

I've been polite to you.

Why should you interfere

with our business?

Brother Abohe

sent me Shiwu as my servant.

Then he is my man.

If my man made a mistake,

it's not up to you to punish him.

So

it's you who's behind this.

Elder Tuoli.

It has nothing to do with Mr. Han.

It's all done by me.

Good.

Shiwu gave me false information,

he sneaked into my camp.

Remove his tongue.

Cut off his hands and feet.

I'm going to hang him

outside the clan for public display.

I want all the slaves to see

what would become of them if they misbehave.

Wait!

You

want to be against

our powerful clan

for a slave?

If you choose

to trample others' lives like this,

I won't go easy on you.

Stop!

Stop it!

Something is going to happen.

Elder Tuoli.

Brother Han.

What are you doing?

Brother Abohe,

you're just in time.

I have something to ask you.

Brother Han, please go ahead.

As long as we can solve

the misunderstanding between you,

I am willing to do anything.

When you and I first met,

you said

you owed me your life.

Does that still count?

Of course.

I am a man of grassland.

The young patriarch of the Clan Rilian.

How can I take back my words?

Good.

I want you to release Shiwu.

Can you do that?

Wait, what did you say?

Abohe!

Shiwu committed a crime.

If we let him off,

how can we ever convince the public in the future?

Abohe.

You are going to be the head of the clan.

Can you live with the consequences?

Brother Han.

I'm the young patriarch of Clan Rilian.

I respect you as a guest of honor, and my brother.

As long as you want,

you can have any woman in my clan,

you can have all the cattle and sheep.

Why do you have to put me in this position

for just a slave?

I don't want anything else.

Abohe.

I just want you to release Shiwu.

I'll ask you again.

What you said that day,

does it still count?

Brother Han, if you insist,

OK.

From now on,

the relationship between us

is over.

Elder Tuoli.

For my sake,

please withdraw the punishment.

All the consequences of this,

will be up to me to take.

Abohe, you...!

I'll pay you back with the cut in your hand.

Let's go.

I'm sorry, Shiwu.

I shouldn't have let you distract Tuoli.

By the way,

why didn't you just give me up

when you were being tortured?

Mr. Han is sincere

to care and love us servants.

I have been serving the masters for so long.

You are the only one

treat us as human beings.

It must be God Tengri who guides you

to us.

It's my honor

to help you.

Compared to that,

getting the whip

is nothing.

I asked you for help that day,

because I didn't have other options.

I didn't expect

it would get you into this situation.

Besides, aren't you

all loyal

to your masters,

Why do you...?

Mr. Han.

What are you doing?

Shiwu. Get up.

We might be servants,

but we are also human beings.

We know when someone is treating us right.

Everything you do

is about saving Lu Duan.

Even cattle and horses on the grassland

know to repay the kindness.

How can I be inferior to an animal?

Tengri watches

everything I do.

If I was wrong,

I would have been killed

by Elder Tuoli.

How could I be saved by you?

I'm useless.

I pulled your legs.

Okay, let's not talk about this.

Let's deal with

the wounds behind you.

Let's go.

Thank you, Mr. Han.

What's wrong with these people?

They are the slaves who did something wrong,

or who offended the masters.

That's why they are imprisoned here.

But there are children in here.

What did these children do

to deserve to be here?

Mr. Han.

We servants

in the eyes of masters, are no different from animals.

If we make masters unhappy,

we've committed

the deadly sin.

How long will they be in prison?

No one knows.

When they get here,

no one will ever be interested in them anymore.

They have no food.

No water.

They just wait for death.

Let's go.

♪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♪