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The Legend of Xiao Chuo

Episode 26

Has Your Majesty found other doubts?

Those assassins ambushed with crossbows.

After one successful hit,

they should've run away,

but there was another charge.

This verified my guess

I went to the morgue

and saw the bodies of these assassins.

There are indeed two groups of people.

But,

the death of Prime Minister Siwen

doesn't seem to be done by these people.

There should be another party behind this.

What does Bro Han mean by this?

There was an arrow wound

on Prime Minister Siwen's body.

However,

What really killed him

is the knife wound on his back.

It was right on his gate of vitality.

Please rest assured, Your Majesty.

I will find out the real murderer.

I will have to

entrust Bro Han with this.

What about it?

He left.

I saw it with my own eyes.

Have you been found?

I stayed far away.

I came back once I've seen him out of the gate.

The bunch of jinxes like Hai Dongqing.

I don't want to mess with them.

He was finally sent away.

Everything that belonged to my uncle

is ours now.

Don't let anyone else hear you.

Brother,

what are you going to do next?

Of course you should inherit uncle's properties.

As for me,

I'll be satisfied with a small share.

I am not a stingy person.

If I inherit,

Uncle's military Prefecture

will be share equally between you and I.

Really?

Now you and I

are on the same boat.

You are the last person I want to lie to.

Please come in.

Please come in.

Please come in.

the King of Wei Palace

Please come in.

Come in, please.

Please come in.

Come in, please.

Come on in, come on.

Come on, come on.

Come on in.

Uncle Husi,

why are these two idiots here?

Where is brother Dalin?

Easy, please come in.

It was the two of them that

drove Mr. Dalin away the other day.

And they interfered with

everything in the palace,

saying that they are being filial to the master.

I am angry but I can't say anything.

Have you been listening to me?

Why do you have to waste your time

on those two bastards, Haizhi and Haizi?

Anyone with an eye can see

that the Prime Minister's mansion

is not going to fall in their hands.

When dad was still here,

the two of them pretended to

be so filial.

They are always making things hard for Bro Dalin.

Now father is gone just for a few days.

They are starting to jump up and down

telling everyone that they are

the successors of Prime Minister's mansion,

they are my father's heirs.

and that they would inherit our palace.

I'm not going to let that happen.

And you!

When exactly

can you find out the killer?

My good girl,

don't be angry.

This case is under investigation by Nüli.

Because he is on it,

so it's not convenient for me to intervene.

But I will revenge for you.

Good girl,

you've been tired for days.

Go back to your room and have a rest.

Go back now.

His Majesty privately asked Han Derang

to investigate the case.

I'm afraid Gao Xun and Nüli

will give theirselves away sooner or later.

Your Highness,

Our man also reported that Han Derang

has sensed something wrong.

He's going to take action.

I'm afraid now

Gao Xun and Nüli

are too anxious to know what to do

and on a edge.

This is an opportunity for us.

Send an invitation to Gao Xun.

saying that I am inviting him to dinner.

I want to know what he's thinking.

Yes, Your Highness.

Do I need to tell the princess?

Wait till the evidence is confirmed,

then tell her.

Keep inquiring about this secretly.

Yes.

Mr. Han,

this is where Prime Minister Siwen was killed.

Those are the arrows left by the assassins.

These arrows are nontoxic.

So

they didn't want to kill them all.

This is the location of the bodies

of the two assassins

closest to Prime Minister Siwen.

That

was the last position where

Prime Minister Siwen was assassinated.

Prime Minister Siwen's cause of death is a mystery.

Multiple stab wounds.

Two arrow wounds.

The assassin was in the front.

It won't hit the back of the heart.

If I were a little further away,

I'm afraid you won't get it.

The killer

must've been further than from where you are.

In such an open environment,

Prime Minister Siwen

was not attacked both from behind and in front.

The fatal stab in the back

can only be done by his own people.

I see.

Childe, we found something.

Did the killer

use the meat cutter that we

Liao people use?

You already knew, Childe?

Assassins don't carry this kind of knife with them.

It should have been done by the guards.

Xinning,

there's a mole in the guards.

Except for the two groups of assassins,

behind this,

there may be more than two forces involved.

So Prime Minister Siwen

was killed by a mole.

Can the identity of the assassin be ascertained?

The assassin targeted at Prime Minister Siwen

belonged to a killer organization

called Haidongqing in Shangjing.

And the assassin targeted at Your Majesty

was keeping a low file and seems to be from the army.

I only found some clues,

his exact identity has not been identified yet.

No matter what,

you need to find out

who is behind the scenes.

Bro Han,

thank you for all this.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Prime Minister Siwen was an important Minister of the country.

And now he is suddenly assassinated.

Who is going to be the next

Prime Minister of North

and Privy of North?

This is the most important question at the moment.

Otherwise,

with no one to deal with the government's affairs,

it would lead to a chaos.

Gao Xun!

My uncle's dead body is still warm.

and you want to fight for power now.

Mr. Gao is dealing with a real problem here.

Your Majesty,

now,

outside there is Taiping King looking at his prey.

inside these kings are waiting for a chance to move.

If no one is to be the next Prime Minister,

I'm afraid it's not good

for the stability of the government.

Please make a wise decision, Your Majesty.

That's right.

I also feel that these two positions

can't be left vacant for too long.

So,

what do you have in mind?

Your Majesty,

Mr. Nüli has made outstanding contributions

and gained great popularity.

He would be the best candidate for Privy of North.

No.

Why not?

As the Khitan Palace deploy commander

Mr. Nüli supervises the

deployment of the garrisons.

He is responsible for

what happened in Lushan.

How can he get the promotion?

Mr. Han,

the assassination was an accident,

It's not Mr. Nüli's deliberate dereliction of duty.

If it wasn't for your son Han Derang

meddling in all this.

Mr. Nüli

would have already found out the truth

and caught the killer.

Then he will have to wait

till the killer is caught to get the reward.

How can the important affairs of the government wait?

It can't wait a day.

It's the government that can't wait,

Or it's you

that can't wait to fight for power and position.

I've made great achievements in war for Liao.

Can I not be

a small Privy of North?

That's a different story!

What's the difference?

What's the difference?

What do you think?

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Your Majesty! Come on!

Be quick!

Easy!

Send someone to block the Forbidden Palace immediately.

Don't let anyone else know about the fainting.

I am sorry for the loss, Your Highness.

I will find out

the real murderer of Prime Minister Siwen,

to appease Prime Minister Siwen's spirit in heaven.

What do you mean?

It was a deliberate murder.

This is why I came here.

I will give an answer to Your Highness.

Your Highness, His Majesty fainted.

Greetings, Your Highness.

Rise.

How's His Majesty?

His Majesty has been overworking.

I pricked the acupoint with a golden needle

to lift His Majesty's spirit.

His Majesty is fine for the time being.

It's just that he needs to rest in bed in the future.

That's good.

Your Majesty,

It's time for you to take your medicine.

Diligu,

I don't want to drink it.

Well...

Mr. Han said

you have to have a good rest.

It's my own body,

I know it very well.

So why don't you want to take the medicine?

Do you want Liao to lose its Prime Minister

and then lose its monarch?

Think about our child.

Life would be very hard

for a child without father.

Do you want your son

to have no father since childhood

just like you?

Have a good rest.

Anyway,

your body

is not just yours.

Diligu,

-Your Majesty. -Help me up.

As long as you don't get angry,

I can drink anything.

I heard that in the court today,

Gao Xun wants Nüli

to be the next Privy of North.

He was hoping

to get Nüli promoted first,

And then ask Nüli to recommend him

to be the Prime Minister of North in return.

What do you think about this?

Since Gao Xun wants to be Prime Minister,

then let him be.

Someone has to be

in charge on the court anyway.

Nüli didn't do things right.

Just ignore him.

When Gao Xun gets the benefit

but Nüli gets nothing.

They will be at enmity with each other.

Just split them up then.

You

are learning faster and faster.

I'd like to know

who do you think is the best candidate

of Privy of North?

If you let Gao Xun

to be the next Prime Minister of North.

Then Privy of North

would be the key to check and balance him.

So it has to be our own people.

What do you mean?

You have someone in mind?

Who is it?

Hen Derang.

It's a pity

that he still has opinions about me.

Isn't dad's case already under investigation?

He still has some grudges against me.

By the way,

there is one more thing

that I can't decide yet.

Do you want to look for a regent?

My health

is getting worse everyday.

With those courtiers only,

I'm afraid they can't

hold the court for long.

Therefore, a regent is needed.

Or something will go wrong.

How about this?

Let me think about it for a few more days.

Is that what he said?

What else did he say?

His Majesty didn't say the name.

Just that he already has a candidate.

If there is such news in the future,

tell us more about it.

So your family's debt

is going to be paid off faster.

Thanks, Your Highness.

Mingyi can't hold much longer.

Gao Xun and Han Derang

are just Southerners.

Nüli is just a rough man from a slave's family.

Who else in the court can be the regent now?

Congratulations,

on become regent, Your Highness.

Did Gao Xun reply?

Mr. Gao replied that

he will be on time for the dinner.

What else?

It is said that A few days before

Prime Minister Siwen went to Lushan.

Someone stopped his sedan chair in the street,

suing Nüli for treason.

Then Prime Minister Siwen

was assassinated.

There is no more to this case.

Your Highness, in my view,

there's something wrong with it.

That paper

might be Nüli's secret

in the hands of Xiao Siwen.

We have to find a way to get it.

Yes.

Your Majesty, the assassin's route is well planned.

he is almost crystal clear about

Your Majesty's defense system.

With the great change of the court,

the positions have to be transferred too.

I thought over and over these days,

I hope that

the next Privy of North

will be you.

Your Majesty, please allow me

to solve Prime Minister Siwen's case first.

It seems that you are still blaming me.

There are so many twists and turns

with the case of Prime Minister Siwen.

It's like someone

is against the new deal

that Your Majesty implemented.

Digging out this man,

we can get rid of the hidden obstacles

in the way of the implementation of the new deal.

If we don't get rid of this person,

the day I enter the court

will be the day of my death.

Bro Han, I won't let anything happen to you.

Thank you very much, Your Majesty.

I'm fine for the time being.

Do you have anyone to recommend

for Privy of North?

I recommend Yelü Xianshi.

Yelü Xianshi?

OK.

If Your Majesty has no other command,

I will excuse myself now.

Derang.

Please tell, Your Majesty.

Prime Minister Siwen's departure

feels like one of my arms is broken.

I know,

you have a grudge in your heart.

But now when I look at the court,

there is no one that I can trust

except for you.

So,

I beg you

come back.

All appearances are illusory,

If you see all things different,

you are seeing the Tathagata.

All appearances...

What's the matter? You look unhappy.

Do you know that His Majesty is seriously ill

and planing to call Xiyin into the palace

and let him preside over the government.

He thought of Xiyin

but not of you!

Brother is seriously ill?

Let's hurry into the palace.

You can ask him

with you, his own brother on the side,

why did he walk pass you

and let Xiyin come to power?

Anzhi,

how can I question my brother?

I just want to be in the palace with you

and spend the rest of my life in peace.

I'm no longer interested

in the struggle for power and profit.

You have to let it go.

You're no good.

Are you still

the Zhimo that I knew?

No,

go to the palace with me and ask him.

You're too impulsive.

We'll talk about it when you calm down.

It's too late!

and you're still acting like a living dead man!

Are you going to piss me off?

All appearances are illusory.

If you see all things different,

you are seeing the Tathagata.

All appearances are illusory.

If you see all things...

Childe,

another body was found on the outskirts.

there's Haidongqing's tattoo on the body, too.

Are you sure it's Haidongqing?

It can't be wrong.

This is the tattos that

the coroner painted on bodies.

It's the same as the that in the morgue.

This is the person's personal belongings.

No.

Xinning,

The man's tattoo is decorated with gold

It's different with other Haidongqing's tattoos.

As far as I am concerned,

the Haidongqing organization

is greedy for profit.

Money is led by gold.

Since there is gold in this man's tattoo.

then he should be

the leader of Haidongqing organization.

Hu Erbo, leader of Haidongqing.

But he's nothing ordinary.

How could he be killed by an arrow?

For the man that has the balls

to plot against His Majesty and Prime Minister Siwen.

Killing Hu Erbo would be so easy.

Haidongqing is just

a pawn for hire.

The real murderer behind the scenes

is our goal.

Xiao Haizhi's token?

Did he do it?

I don't think a gangster like Xiao Haizhi.

has such courage and strategy.

He's just another scapegoat.

I heard Gao Xun went to see

Prime Minister Siwen,

saying that

Haizhi and Haili

raped the maid of their mansion.

So Prime Minister Siwen

scolded the two.

And said he was going to deprive them

of their right of succession.

But after Prime Minister Siwin was killed

there's nothing more to that.

When was this?

Just before Prime Minister Siwen was assassinated.

So to speak,

Haizhi and Haili

have enough motivation

to assassinate Prime Minister Siwen.

Xinning,

get the word out

that Hu Erbo of Haidongqing organization

was captured.

Don't rush to take them down.

Let's see who's behind them.

And,

send more people to keep an eye on Gao Xun.

We can't let anything suspicious go easily.

I understand.

Go ahead.

It's not easy for the three of us today

to sit down and have a drink.

Yeah.

I don't know why Your Highness invited us here.

Prime Minister Siwen was assassinated.

His Majesty was seriously ill.

The current situation of Liao Dynasty

is up to the three of us now.

I'm looking forward to a full corporation

with you two.

Cooperation?

You Highness, you mean...

You come with me.

Well...

You Highness,

Now His Majesty is in power

and the world is in peace.

it wouldn't be right

for you to say that, would it?

You attempted to assassinate His Majesty

and murdered an important official like Xiao Siwen.

These are all Mr. Gao's duty.

What are you talking about?

Can't you hear me?

Xiyin King,

I really don't know

what you are talking about.

If you do find out

clues about Prime Minister Siwen.

You can report it to His Majesty.

You two are really statesmen with great achievements.

You can really keep calm.

Do you still refuse to admit it?

If I hadn't found the paper

suing the two of you

at Prime Minister Siwen's residence.

I'm afraid I'll be fooled around by you.

Your Highness.

If you have something to say, just say it.

Cool.

His Majesty is weak now

and no longer able to control

the overall situation of the court.

And I am a descendant of Taizu.

The regent

will be mine sooner or later.

I hope

that I can ally with you two.

And then we can depend on each other in court

We all know

about His Majesty's health situation.

How long can he live?

Who knows when he might be...

If there comes a day when…

Liao fell into my hands.

Will you guys

still be worried about this paper?

Then this will be your

confession of loyalty.

(The King of Zhao Palace)

Pull these two idiots together

was easier than I thought.

Your Highness is too powerful.

Gao Xun and Nüli can only submit.

I have to thank you for your clever plan.

Gao Xun and Nüli

were guilty themselves.

I pulled a simple trick.

and they were so scared.

Now we have something on them.

They can only be obedient.

Your Highness is so wise.

But the murder of Prime Minister Siwen

is nothing small.

They clearly played a huge part in it.

But they can murder him

without leaving any trace.

With their mind and means,

Your Highness, we have to guard against them.

Besides, they are important officials in court.

You need to be polite when you talk to them.

In case the desperate dog

bites his master.

A slave and a Southerner,

who just happened to get a high position.

And yet they are so arrogant!

The reason why they are being so bold

is because that sick Mingyi

is weak and incompetent.

If I give in again and again,

they will not submit willingly.

Superiority and inferiority

is something that can't be messed up

from the beginning.

You are right with your wise opinion, Your Highness.

Bro Han,

two important ministers died one after another,

the imperial clans of the court

are having their own thoughts.

Regency can't be delayed any more.

Besides, you just found out

that Xiyin is colluding with Nüli and Gao Xun.

These three joined together

will be able to fight against me.

What are you going to do about it, Your Highness?

What else can I do?

Now Yanyan is pregnant,

we are the weakest at this time.

So in order to stabilize the situation,

we can only give in.

Expediency is only compromise

not a plan.

Once you give in,

there's no going back.

Don't forget,

although dad is gone,

I am the daughter of the Xiao family,

I'm not that easy to be bullied.

I can protect

the child in my womb.

I know.

But Yanyan,

have you ever thought about it?

In today's court,

who can really suppress

Xiyin, Nüli and Gao Xun

and even Yansage as far away as in Shatuo?

Your Majesty seems to have neglected someone.

Who?

The Queen.

Bro Han, you mean

let the Queen preside over the government, right?

Otherwise,

I can't think of a more suitable candidate.

I don't think this will work.

Why not?

You forgot why you want me

in the palace from the beginning?

Isn't it because

I'm the one with the ability

to stand out to control the situation?

I remember.

But now you're pregnant.

I asked Diligu before.

He said the child

had passed the most dangerous first few months.

It's stable now.

As the Queen,

I should stand out

and face the difficulties at the moment.

I shouldn't always hide behind you.

And I know nothing about the outside world.

But...

If you are still worried,

isn't there Mr. Han in the court?

I admit it.

You two are the people I trust most.

Bro Han,

I know

you have no intention of being in court.

If it's too hard for you,

I will never force you to do it.

If it's what Your Majesty

and the queen ask of me.

I'll do my best.

Good, with your words,

I'm relieved.

We work together

and face it together.

I believe we can

pull this through.

Han Derang, why is he here?

Han Derang, Mr. Han.

Why is he here, Han Derang?

Mr. Han.

Mr. Wang.

His Majesty has arrived.

The Queen.

How could the queen come to court?

Greetings, Your Majesty and My Queen.

All ministers, please rise.

Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, My Queen.

Ministers,

I am weak since I was young.

Now with the heavy administration

work in the court.

I can't deal with it all by myself.

I've decided

that the Regency

goes to the Queen.

From now on,

The Queen's word

would be my word.

It will be written into law.

This is not right!

How could a woman from the harem

act as Administrator?

Yeah.

Did Zhao King forget

the precedent of Empress Dowager Shulü?

How could the Queen compare with

Empress Dowager Shulü?

What's the difference?

The current Queen was born into a descendant,

and the blood relation of Empress Dowager Shulü.

Why can't she follow

the precedent of Empress Dowager Shulü?

Qin King, please receive the order.

I am here.

I wish to follow the late emperor

and only choose the good people as the officials.

Gao Xun, the king of Qin, is good at governance.

I hereby appoint him as the Prime Minister,

and assist me with governance.

Thank you for the order, Your Majesty.

Commander of the Right Division, Xianshi,

please accept the order.

I am here.

Commander of the Right Division, Xianshi,

is descendent of a famous aristocratic family.

He was the strategist of the late emperor.

I hereby appoint him as Privy of North.

he'll assist Prime Minister to govern the north.

Thank you for the order, Your Majesty.

Zhao King, Xiyin, please accept the order.

I inherited the great cause of the late emperor.

there's heavy responsibilities on my shoulder.

I care for my closest families.

Zhao King, Xiyin, is upright and fair.

and he sees the grand picture.

I specially appoint him as

Riot Suppressor of Southwest.

King Zhao, Xiyin,

Accept the order and thank His Majesty.

Thank you for the order, Your Majesty.

Han Derang, please receive the order.

I am here.

I got ill since I was a child,

Derang got the great trust of the royal family,

As my bodyguard,

he never slacked off.

I hereby appoint him as Agent of Privy Council.

Agent of Privy Council?

Thank you for the order, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty I think this is inappropriate.

Although Mr. Han is a talented man.

he has no political experience.

I'm afraid people won't accept it.

Please think again, Your Majesty.

Who else in this court

shares the same idea as Zhao King?

Please think twice, Your Majesty.

I only appoint people by their merits.

Do you think that

I am not thoughtful?

As Your Majesty can see.

It's hard for Mr. Han to convince people.

Your Majesty, I think

Mr. Han is loyal and prudent

and vigilant and smart.

He is fully competent

to be Agent of Privy Council.

How important is Agent of Privy Council.

How can we not take it seriously?

Enough.

You two, stop fighting.

I remember

when I ascended the throne,

I gave those important official positions

in the imperial court to you

because of your loyalty to the court.

I never cared about

your political experience.

Now, Han Derang

is also a meritorious official loyal to the court.

And you say he

is not competent for the responsibility.

I'd like to ask

my officials a question.

Ask yourselves

who in the world can take this responsibility?

I decide today

to give the position of Agent of Privy Council

to Han Derang.

If anyone has any objection,

as long as you're willing to step down

from your position,

then you are allowed to make a statement.

And I'm all ears.

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