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The Legend of Xiao Chuo

Episode 48

Now auntie has got a soft spot for that slave

and they have lived together in the Yanchang Palace,

which has made it bubbling with noise all over the court.

And just now, he was so rude in the court,

how can I just sit there and watch it?

As for Talan Abo,

the Crown Princess has her own discretion.

It's your mentioned of taking back powder regardless of the occasion

that caused such an uproar.

In my opinion,

she should have her military power returned to the court,

then I will give her the best mansion and property in Shangjing,

and let her spend the remaining days happily.

If she really likes that slave,

just let her be.

Over the years,

it's true the military powers of the tribes have been reorganized and consolidated,

and only Yanchang Palace has been slow to turn the military power in,

which made some rumblings among the tribes.

And so forth,

I'm afraid His Majesty is unable to answer it.

How could I not know that?

It's just not a good time right now.

Well,

what's done is done.

I'll give it some more thought

about taking back the power.

Empress Dowager is here.

What are you doing, Hunian?

You just leave.

-Yes. -Yes.

You're right on time, Your Highness.

I was just about to say goodbye to you.

Where are you going?

When I agreed to return to Shangjing,

I just considered our sisterhood,

but I forget that you have been Empress Dowager,

and all that's left in your heart is power.

How can you think of me like that?

Our sisterhood is certainly true.

I can't believe

you called me back just for military power.

That's another story.

Since His Majesty ascended the throne,

the armies of the Eight Tribes have been reorganized,

except for Yanchang Palace.

There's been a lot of complaints among the Eight Tribes,

which really put His Majesty in a difficult situation.

I'm sure

you must be aware of the interest.

Moreover,

after you have been a widow for many years,

you have Talan Abo with you now,

so His Majesty wants to give you a house

and support you for the rest of your life,

which could be satisfactory to both parties.

I don't need this satisfactory.

When Yansage and Wuguli died,

they both told me to watch out for you.

But you're my little sister,

so I was tenderhearted again and again,

but what did I get in return?

Yansage told me before he died

that the Place Guards is my last resort,

and could never be handed over to anyone.

I've decided to take Place Guards back to the North,

and no one will stand in the way.

Hunian.

Crown Princess.

Something happened.

What's up?

On the pretext of going to the camp to arrange the troops,

Talan Abo led some persons into the Palace and stabbed His Majesty,

and now he was put in prison.

How is His Majesty?

His Majesty returned to Zhangmin Palace for treatment.

Let's return Zhangmin Palace.

Let's go.

How are you doing,

Wenshunu?

Please be assured, mother.

The ointment has been applied

and I'm fine.

Your Highness,

the Imperial Doctor said

it was fortunate that His Majesty had dodge,

or he would have been killed.

Talan Abo has wounded your highness

and deserved to die.

But I believe that it was only a momentary lapse

not a deliberate act.

Please give him a way out,

and keep him alive, Your Majesty.

Are you going to cover up him

after he publicly assassinated me?

I would like to turn in the Palace Guards

and take the punishment for him.

Please spare his life, Your Majesty.

Are you confused,

Hunian?

He committed the great crime

and deserved the punishment by hacking process.

How dare you plead for him?

Would you like to risk the life of His Majesty

and the dignity Xiao family?

I would give anything

just to keep him alive.

This is ridiculous.

There's no excuse for the sin of Talan Abo.

Please go home, Crown Princess.

That must have been a hell of a punishment, right?

How dare the lowlife like you

commit a crime like this?

Let me ask you for the last time

whether this rebellion

had anything to do with the Crown Princess.

Just go and tell your Empress Dowager

that it was done by me alone

and had nothing to with Hunian.

If you want to kill me, just do it.

Talan Abo

plotted to assassinate His Majesty,

and should be beheaded according to the law.

Execution.

How did you get so bad?

Hunian.

Go away!

What are you doing here?

I don't want to see you.

I was the one who insisted you come here,

now we should leave together.

You're not the Crown Princess anymore,

and you're useless now.

Get out of here.

Your Highness,

I'm afraid it won't be long

before the Empress Dowager finds out

that we have broken into the brig.

I'm going to get you out of here.

and we could go back to Kedun together.

Let's go.

-Get up. -Your Highness.

You can't take him.

Your Highness.

Come on.

Go.

Who's coming? Get off your horses!

Open the gates.

Let's fight the way out.

Yes.

You must have a good rest these days

and stop worrying about national affairs.

Mother and uncle, please rest assured.

The Imperial Doctor said

I had dodged

and I'm fine.

When the son is injured,

there is nothing fine in the eyes of the mother.

I'm the one who worries you, mother.

His Majesty, Your Highness.

There's a report from the prison

which said Crown Princess broken into the prison

and was now out of the city

with the condemned, Talan Abo.

What?

His Majesty, since they were out of the city,

they were bound for the North.

Pass the order,

tell Xiao Jixian to lead the troops in pursuit

and be sure to capture the Crown Princess alive.

Yes.

I'm really losing the eldest sister this time.

Help.

I need help.

Call the medic.

Come on.

Yes.

We're home.

You will be fine.

Crown Princess.

The troops of Xiao Jixian have reached the city

and they said there's a decree from Empress Dowager

that we will not be killed as long as we get out of the city.

She's so ruthless.

Summon the Palace Guards

to the gates to meet them.

Yes.

Wait for me.

You must come back.

Attack.

Crown Princess.

We can't hold on.

Let's go.

I'm not leaving.

I won't give up.

Fuhui.

Let Crown Princess go.

-I'm not leaving. -Your Highness.

Take Crown Princess away first.

I won't give up.

Go.

Kill.

Your Highness,

there's no time,

it's now or never.

No way.

I must bring Talan Abo with me.

I heard their horses coming.

Didn't you get hurt?

No, I didn't.

Come on.

Can you walk?

Didn't you get hurt?

There's a decree from Empress Dowager

that Crown Princess must be brought back to Shangjing.

I caused the problem

and I'll go with you.

No way.

We can't be apart.

With me,

none of you are taking her.

Stop it.

Little...

No.

Don't cry.

I can't protect you anymore.

You have to live your life well.

No.

Promise me.

Promise me.

I promise you.

I promise you.

Talan Abo.

Talan Abo.

No, no.

No.

You took my heart

when you passed by.

Your Highness.

Just leave.

Sister.

You're my lord and I'm your minister,

there's no need to call me "sister."

Do we have to do this?

Sister,

shall we get back together?

I could pretend

that nothing had happened.

Just like when we were kids,

no matter what happened,

we could always get back together.

I wanted to get back, too.

But you're not

the Xiao Yanyan you used to be.

Sister.

Don't call me "sister."

I don't have a little sister like you.

All the time,

I've been coddling and indulging you.

But what did you do?

Yansage died because of you,

Wuguli died because of you,

and now you did not even let Talan Abo go.

What do you have to say for yourself?

It was because they tried to rebel,

was it my fault?

You still don't think it's your fault.

You have disregard the family

and all you can see is the country,

can you feel at ease like this?

Hunian, do you have any idea

how much pressure I'm under?

There is a mountain of memorials in the court

which asked me to kill you.

I'm fighting with them all

just to keep you alive.

Take it.

Then just take it.

Take it.

All you want is this commander's tally.

Do you really think

this commander's tally is more important than you

in my heart?

You knew better than anyone

that you have come to see me today,

or you have come for this commander's tally.

Now,

you're not my little sister.

Everyone had died because of you,

you don't have to be in a sense of dilemma because of me.

No.

I've lost Wuguli,

and you're the only sister I have left.

We said

that no matter what happened,

we three sisters are of the same mind.

So as long as I'm alive,

I won't let anyone hurt you.

You're the one

who has hurt me.

You might as well kill me, too.

I don't want to see you again.

You just go back.

Leave us.

Memorial

Crown Princess, Xiao Hunian, and the salve, Talan Abo,

have committed an unpardonable crime of rebellion with their troops.

I ask Your Highness not to care about sisterhood,

but have to get rid of this big problem for Liao Dynasty,

Crown Princess, Xiao Hunian, and the salve, Talan Abo,

have committed an unpardonable crime of rebellion with their troops.

I ask Your Highness not to care about sisterhood,

but have to get rid of this big problem for Liao Dynasty,

Deputy Privy Senator of of North

As the Crown Princess, Xiao Hunian has been ungrateful

but tried to assume the title of Emperor with the troops,

who failed to live up to the expectations of Her Highness and His Majesty,

so she must die to make the amend.

King of Southern Courtyard Palace

You are here.

All the courtiers have submitted the memorials

asking me to order the execution of my sister.

For the sake of the public opinion,

it's time for us

to make a choice.

Issue an imperial decree for me,

Crown Princess, Hunian,

has tried to rebel and make herself an Emperor,

whose crimes are too wicked to be pardoned.

But on account of her past merit,

she will be exempted from death penalty

and imprisoned in Huaizhou

for the rest of her life.

Yes.

In the twenty-seventh year of Tonghe,

the Empress Dowager, Xiao Yanyan,

returned the throne to Emperor Sheng of Liao

and no longer acted as regent.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Shuanggu.

How long have I been asleep?

Your Highness.

It's about four hours.

Are there any memorials

about the construction of capital, Zhongjing City?

Your Highness.

Even if there are any memorials,

they will be delivered

to His Majesty who is hunting at Black Mountain.

Your Highness,

since you have returned throne,

now all you have to do is follow the doctor's advice.

Please drink your medicine.

No, no.

It won't do much good.

Just walk outside with me.

It's cold outside, Your Highness.

Please put on this.

It's windy out there.

Come on, come on.

Here you go.

Slow down when you go down the stairs.

Your Highness, Your Highness.

Summon the Imperial Doctor.

-Summon the Imperial Doctor. -Your Highness.

-Your Highness. -Summon the Imperial Doctor.

Please wake up, Your Highness.

Your Highness. Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Hunian.

Mother.

Yanyan.

Hunian.

Yanyan.

Derang.

I'm here.

The kids are all here

and don't want to leave.

And don't be worried,

I'm fine.

We all

will have this day,

I am not afraid of it.

But...

But what?

Is there anything else

that you can't tell me about?

Derang.

Yes.

There is one thing

that makes me uneasy.

Don't worry about it.

I understand.

Your Highness,

we haven't seen each other for years,

but you are still elegant as ever.

I'm just an idle person,

and have nothing to do

but the daily sword practice.

I haven't seen you for years,

how are you doing, Mr. Han?

I'm just dealing with some national affairs,

and everything is fine.

Mr. Han,

you suddenly came to visit me in Huaizhou,

is something wrong with the Empress Dowager?

Yanyan has missed you so much.

I'm afraid she felt her health was breaking down,

and worried that Longxu couldn't be able to restrain me,

so she asked you to visit me today, right?

Yanyan could not risk the state power of Liao Dynasty,

neither could I.

I had no idea

that I had such authority

in your eyes.

I've been dreaming about my younger days, too,

when I spent my days

worrying about them both.

Now,

I became the person that Yanyan is concerned about.

Han Derang.

Xiao Yanyan is no longer the girl

with soft heart at the beginning,

but you have kept rushing forward to shield her,

you're such an idiot.

I'm willing to do it.

Hunian.

In the lifetime,

you will always do something you don't want to do

for the one you love,

just like what you did for Talan Abo.

Sometimes, I really envy Yanyan.

The person that she loves all her life

has always been honest with her

and accompanied with her to grow old.

Not everyone could be as lucky as she is.

I couldn't.

You've had a rough life.

If you have anything to say,

just say it today.

I'm here to listen.

Before Yanyan entered the Palace,

I told my father

I would like to replace Yanyan into the Palace,

hoping Yanyan could get happiness.

Yeah.

I really thought so.

But years later I looked back,

that's not really true.

My ambition is no smaller than Yanyan's,

but

I've been behaving in front of people

so that I thought

it never existed.

My mother was the Grand Princess,

and I'm the daughter of Prime Minster from queen family,

I was betrothed to the Grand Prince as a child,

and I've disciplined myself as the woman who could handle the imperial power.

Who could have imagined

such a situation

and such a change in the end?

Power is so terrible.

It's like

an inescapable vortex

that sucks everyone in.

Hunian.

If it had been Yansage

who had arrived at Black Mountain,

would it all have been different today?

At least,

if I had been in charge,

I wouldn't have let Wuguli die like this.

If I had been regent,

it might have been better than Xiao Yanyan.

All I know is

if Yansage had taken power on that day,

he would not have introduced Han System reform

and the civil and military systems

of Liao Dynasty

would have been completely different from today,

not even the Chanyuan Treaty.

As far as I'm concerned,

I don't want to see a Liao Dynasty like that.

Yeah.

If it had been him,

you would have never assisted the national affairs.

Well, I really don't know

what would have happened to Liao Dynasty.

So everything in the world

is fickle.

It's like I had known you

earlier than Yanyan,

and we were much closer in age,

but you fell in love with Yanyan.

We were all hiding too deep

and passive,

and always looking backwards and forwards

for the so-called big picture.

And Yanyan,

she has always known

what she wanted

and what was the most important to her.

My father always said I was emotional,

which I didn't understand at the time.

I had always seen the big picture,

and Yanyan had always acted in an arbitrary and reckless manner.

But in the eyes of father, it was opposite.

He did get a great eye.

I had always seen the big picture all my life,

but

I just indulged myself once,

then I doomed eternally.

Yanyan had always acted in an arbitrary and reckless manner all her life,

but she got the power to do it all her life.

It's kind of a happy ending

for you could come to see me off for the last ride

since we've known each other.

Hunian,

you think too much.

Yanyan just wanted me to tell you

she's very lucky

to be your sister this life.

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You've been standing here for a long time.

When I was eighteen,

Hunian took me back from this Yanyun Terrace.

Since then,

my fate

has been closely intertwined with this land.

The Emperor is lonely.

All that I loved

have gone,

and now Derang,

you're the only one left with me.

Back then,

when you and I went south,

we only saw

the people live in destitution.

And now,

you and I

have felt no regret for Liao Dynasty

to create a peaceful scene like this in our life.

And I have no regrets in my life

that I can accompany you

to complete this great achievement.

In December of the twenty-seventh year of Tonghe,

Xiao Yanyan died of illness on her way to Outing.

Her son Longxu honored her with the title

as the farsighted, virtuous, brilliant and civilizing Empress Dowager who inherited from God.

Fifteen months after the death of Xiao Yanyan,

Han Derang died of illness

and was buried next to Xiao Yanyan's grave in Qian Mausoleum.

THE END

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