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[The King's Woman]

[Episode 42]

Even if I can't hold Brother Jing back...

I have to stay by his side till the end.

Where are you going?

I...

You found out about it?

You're going to reason with Crown Prince, aren't you?

I can't let you walk to your death.

You've finally mastered such remarkable martial arts skills.

You mustn't risk your life just for Crown Prince Dan and Great Yan!

I'm not going there to get myself killed!

I'm going to save everyone.

Both Han and Zhao have been vanquished.

Yan and Qi won't be able to defend themselves.

My nation is already subjugated.

I can roam the world without fearing death.

But there are still so many who lead an earnest life!

If they were to lose their countries and homes...

Who will protect them?

Qin State is such a dangerous place.

Even if you manage to assassinate the king

what about you?

Who will protect you?

If sacrificing my life can bring happiness to everyone

does it matter if I die?

Lan... Don't be like this.

Jing Ke!

There you are.

I've been looking for you.

What is the matter?

It doesn't concern you!

Young Warrior Qin, why were you looking for me?

It's not me.

Your senior is looking for you.

This is the manor that Crown Prince got us.

It's so comfortable.

I told you not to stay at an inn!

You can just stay here.

Qin Wu Yang, why are you so shameless?

This is the manor that Crown Prince prepared for Brother Jing.

You make it sound like it's yours.

Lan, you--

This is where Crown Prince has put us up for the time being.

It's not anyone's manor.

Jing Ke, Young Warrior Han has come to visit today.

We rarely get together.

Why don't we get the servants to prepare some food and wine

to celebrate this reunion?

Junior Jing.

So since you mastered the Swan Swordsmanship

you've been enjoying great food and wine, basking in the admiration of others

and staying away from the matters of the fighting world?

Is this how you repay our mentor?

I finally see it now.

Brother Han, it isn't so--

Senior Han, let's talk.

There's nothing to talk about.

You're Crown Prince Dan's honorable guest now.

I am but a mere idler of the fighting world.

What do you mean?

Aren't you serving--

I no longer serve in the palace of Qin.

There's no need for me to stay there anymore.

Brother Han, you have traveled a long way.

Let's go have a drink first.

There's no need.

This is a grand residence bestowed to Young Warrior Jing by Crown Prince.

I am but a commoner.

I'm not fit to stay here.

I'll take my leave now.

Brother Han!

What is the matter?

The two of you are so awkward.

Brother Han!

Brother Han!

Miss Lan.

If you're here to persuade me to make up with him, don't bother.

Jing Ke is now more skilled than I am in swordsmanship.

He doesn't have to think much of his senior either.

I bid you farewell.

Brother Han!

It isn't as you think.

You've misunderstood him.

Brother Jing has reasons he can't speak of.

That's why he couldn't tell you the truth.

[Jing Ke's Residence]

Young Warrior Jing, Young Warrior Han.

Now that I've spent the night drinking and sharing

my heartfelt thoughts with you two, I can ask for nothing more in this life.

Young Warrior Jing, I'll drink a toast to you.

Young Warrior Han, I'll also drink a toast to you.

How delightful!

Junior Jing is not himself tonight.

What is he planning to do?

Senior Han, I need to speak with General Fan.

Could you take your leave now?

Sure. Then I'll take my leave.

[Military Camp of Qin State]

Congratulations, Your Grace.

Your Grace's pulse is much more stable now.

I believe Your Grace will slowly recover as you nurse yourself back to health.

Thank you, Imperial Physician.

Thank you, Your Grace.

Li Zhong greets Your Grace.

I came to visit Your Grace upon hearing that you're recovering well.

Where's Madam Li?

I don't know how long I've been sleeping.

Where are we now?

Your Grace, in order to avoid running into Zhao State's army

I took Madam Li's advice to make a detour through Shanyang

so we're now at the border of Sanchuan Commandery.

In about ten days, we should be back in Xianyang.

Madam... Is she not in the camp?

Li Zhong!

Don't lie to me.

Tell me the truth.

Where's Madam Li?

Your Grace, Madam has...

To keep Your Grace safe, she led our army west

to lure Zhao Jia's troops away.

That fool...

She would actually devise such a strategy for my sake.

Madam and I arranged to meet here.

But it's been a day since then.

Madam...

She has yet to show up.

Your Grace was unconscious so I didn't dare to report to you.

If Your Grace is to blame anyone, please punish me for it.

Your Grace, calm down.

The interest of the nation comes first!

Madam Li had taken on the enemies alone for my sake.

Her life is at risk.

- How can I calm down? - Your Grace!

Madam Li said that whether she lives or dies

it's all for your sake!

If she fails to show up by the day we agreed upon...

we are to head back to Xianyang without her.

Young Warrior Jing, to be honest with you...

I now live my life in fear!

King of Qin...

Ying Zheng killed my entire clan.

I can't sleep at all.

At night...

The faces of my wife and children often come to my mind...

My heart...

It's like my heart was torn apart.

How I wish... How I wish to go to war with Qin State's army!

I don't care even if my corpse is laid out in the wilderness afterwards.

Young Warrior Jing...

You and I share such a friendship.

Why don't you just speak your mind?

Crown Prince, I intend to use Great Yan's surrender as an excuse

to enter Qin disguised as Yan State's envoy.

I can then have just cause to enter the palace hall.

This plan will work.

Ying Zheng values the land greatly.

If we use the most fertile regions, Du and Kang, as bait

even a smart man like the king of Qin would fall for such temptation.

Apart from the maps of Du and Kang

I think we still need to present another item to win

the king's trust and the chance to have an audience with him.

Oh?

What is this other item?

General Fan.

The other item...

is you.

King of Qin wants your head, and put a reward of

1000 gold taels, and an estate of 10,000 households on it.

If Great Yan claims to offer your head

King of Qin would then believe

that Crown Prince truly means to surrender to him.

What a good plan.

This plan...

Not only can it resolve Yan State's crisis

but it can also avenge my family!

Young Warrior Jing, I'm impressed!

Here, I'll drink another toast to you!

If my worthless life can still be of use to the people and Crown Prince...

Dragging out my life to this day...

will have been worthwhile!

Young Warrior Jing...

Do it.

[Qin State's Military Camp]

Your Grace, we've discovered Wei's army 10 miles away from here.

Our main forces are not here.

In order to ensure Your Grace's safety

Your Grace must give orders to break camp and retreat.

Has Madam Li returned?

Not yet.

Unless Madam Li returns, we won't retreat.

Your Grace, you have to put personal feelings aside!

Please retreat from here quickly!

Unless she returns, we won't retreat. Do you not understand?

Madam Li has arrived!

Li...

I knew you'd come back.

Your Grace, Young Warrior Jing has come to visit.

He says that he needs to see Your Highness about an urgent matter.

Mister Tian Guang has also been asked to come over immediately.

- Mister Tian. - Mister Tian.

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

Mister Tian.

The other item to be presented to the king of Qin as a gift...

is ready.

General Fan sacrificed his life...

General Fan...

Wu Ji!

I've failed you!

General Fan...

He wasn't in too much pain.

It ended quickly.

I once made an oath.

That I'd never return to Handan.

I thought that if I returned to the place I feared the most

my most painful memories wouldn't haunt me any longer.

But who knew...

I'd up doing such a horrible thing.

Li...

As long as you are by my side, I'm not afraid of anything.

Even if everyone in the world hates me, I'm not afraid.

If it weren't for you, I might have kept my mother grounded in South Palace.

I wouldn't have wanted to see her for the rest of my life.

Then I'd regret it forever.

I was just guiding you along.

You're the one who was willing to let your guard down.

I believe Empress Dowager must be very grateful to you

for bringing her home to Handan.

Li, since I was a child...

No one has treated me the way you do.

You'd risk your life for me.

You took such a risk to lure Zhao Jia away from me.

From now on, no matter what happens

you are never to leave me again.

Never again.

Greetings, General Wang Jian.

Judging by your attitude, you must be here to make a truce?

Yes!

Come over here!

General, the Crown Prince of our Great Yan left Qin

without His Grace's permission.

He feels guilty about it.

He also fears Qin State's army.

Hence, he dares not deploy our army in defiance.

Yan State will offer Great Qin its most fertile lands, Du and Kang.

We shall succumb to Great Qin as a commandery.

This is a handwritten letter from Crown Prince's to serve as proof.

All that I said is true.

Junior Jing.

You can't kill Ying Zheng.

Stay out of my business.

Junior Jing!

Stay out of it!

Leave me alone!

Li's child is yours!

What did you say?

Tian Ming...

Although he's raised as King of Qin's son in the palace

you're his biological father.

Jing Ke, you're his father.

You just said that Li's child...

How is that possible?

It is indeed true.

Do you think I'd lie about such matters?

Since when have you known?

How could this child--

The child... Li was pregnant with your child

before she married into the palace.

I didn't know about it at first.

I thought it was King of Qin's bastard.

I even wanted to kill him.

But then Li told me that Tian Ming is your child.

I bore Ying Zheng a child.

- Li-- - Senior Han!

What did you say?

My son is called Tian Ming.

As his mother, I have to return to the palace of Qin.

Ying Zheng, he--

- I'm going to kill him! - You can't kill him!

He's the father of my child.

My child can't be without a father.

So you're Ying Zheng's woman now?

You only have his interests at heart?

No wonder you kept speaking up for him.

You took his side for everything.

So what if I can kill Ying Zheng?

What about Li?

If Ying Zheng dies and I'm arrested, can she leave the palace on her own?

- Besides, there's still-- - What else?

What else is there?

There's still the child she had with Ying Zheng, right?

She can't bear to leave the child behind?

You have to believe that Li did everything for your sake!

Whatever you might think, everything Li did was for your sake.

Junior Li...

Have you been keeping something from me all these years?

Why did she lie to me?

Why didn't she tell me the truth?

Li did think of reuniting you and Tian Ming.

However...

What could you have done even if you reunited with him?

Tian Ming was still an infant then.

Even if we managed to get him out of the palace

even if we managed to escape...

Would King of Qin let you off?

Li didn't want you to suffer.

Nor did she want you to ruin your future because of her or Tian Ming.

She has always... had you on her mind.

She cares for the future of the Gongsun clan.

Do you think she would've married into the palace, if not for your sake?

Think about it. If you had known Tian Ming's identity then

could you have made it to where you are today?

Junior Jing, you can't assassinate King of Qin.

Because he, too, knows that Tian Ming is your child.

If you do it, you'll be sending Li and Tian Ming to their doom!

If you still have feelings for Li, regarding this matter...

I beg you to listen to me this once.

Senior Han...

You didn't tell me until now.

It's already too late.

What do you mean?

Brother Jing!

Brother Jing!

Weren't you drinking with General Fan last night?

Why is the room covered in blood?

What exactly happened?

I killed General Fan!

Upon the orders of General Wang Jian

an important matter is to be reported to His Grace.

His Grace is here. Hand it over.

- Wait here. - Yes.

Your Grace, General Wang Jian has an important report for you.

Yan State wishes to surrender to us.

They will send an envoy to Qin State.

Senior Han...

You should understand...

There's no turning back now.

What you did...

If the relationship between you and Li is made known to others...

It's as good as having Li and Tian Ming await their death in the palace.

Senior Han, I know that...

I once misunderstood you and Li.

I really have no right to ask anything of you.

But as fellow disciples...

Could you do me one last favor?

What is it?

Senior Han...

Could you take Li and Tian Ming out of the palace before I get to Qin?

Even if you didn't ask, I intended to do that.

Even if you ask that of me, you're still putting Li at risk.

Whether or not you manage to assassinate King of Qin

Qin State won't let all of you go.

Your child...

He's destined to live his life roaming the lands

and spend his life on the run.

I've failed them.

In this lifetime...

I can never make it up to them.

I can't make it up to Li.

Indeed, you can't make it up to her.

How ridiculous I am.

I thought I could change your mind by telling you about Li and Tian Ming.

It's been years.

Who else but yourself have you ever considered?

I really don't understand.

Do your wife and child mean so little to you?

Why?

Is it because of that Crown Prince Dan of Yan?

He's given you fame and wealth.

So you have to risk your life for him?

What about Li, who has sacrificed everything for you?

Brother Jing isn't that sort of person!

He sacrificed everything and his own future

to realize Warrior Gongsun's dying wish.

It's to save everyone in the world from turmoil!

Perhaps, this is his destiny.

He can only go along with his fate.

Brother Jing isn't how you think he is!

Lan!

That's enough.

Destiny...

As for Li, she sacrificed herself to spend her lifetime in the palace

so that you could master great swordsmanship.

In the end...

she will die because of your and Crown Prince Dan's willful action.

This is her destiny?

Jing Ke... Li has spent her lifetime worrying about you.

What about you?

When did you ever have her interests at heart?

If you had truly known her...

How could you have misunderstood her all this time?

If this is the destiny you speak of

I hope that Tian Ming won't make the same mistakes.

I've been thinking about staying away from all the conflict.

I would like to go to the countryside far away from here

and live quietly in the woods.

I wonder if you've thought about that?

As long as I get to see you, I can come back to life

even if I die a hundred times over.

I just wish to find a nice, peaceful place with you

and stay away from all this conflict.

We'll just be an ordinary couple.

Senior Jing...

Have you ever liked me?

Do you only regard me as a sister...

Or a woman?

Bear this in mind. Whatever happens...

Wherever you are...

My heart will always belong to you.

This is too bitter.

Make the imperial physician brew it for a while longer.

This has been brewed three times already.

This is the least bitter of all the medications I've had.

If Your Grace still finds it bitter, you're being too difficult.

Why didn't I find medications bitter in the past?

It's because Your Grace used to put on a strong front.

That's why you didn't find it bitter.

Here, drink it up.

You'll recover more quickly.

Yes, yes, yes.

Madam is right.

I'll drink it up right now.

When I was in a deep sleep, did Li Zhong come to see me?

Yes.

Commander Li did have a matter to report to Your Grace.

What was it?

Could it be...

Is there a problem with the attack on Wei and Han?

Look at you.

You just woke up and you're already inquiring about

state and military affairs before you've even recovered.

You should worry about it when you're better.

I'm just fine.

Tell me quickly.

What exactly happened?

If you won't tell me, I won't be able to sleep well today.

Commander Li came to report to you

about Yan State sending their envoy here to surrender to Qin.

Commander Li finds it inappropriate.

He's concerned that it may be some sort of trickery.

He has asked if Your Grace would reject Yan State's visit.

It is indeed so.

Yan Dan wouldn't have done so.

I thought so as well.

In fact, when you was recuperating, something else happened.

What is it?

A few days ago, Yan State sent over a letter.

It said that they are sending their envoy over to surrender.

Not only will he bring over the maps of Du and Kang...

But also General Fan Wu Ji's head.

Fan Wu Ji is dead?

He's always been on friendly terms with Yan Dan.

Could he have really killed him so as to surrender to me?

Yan Dan and Fan Wu Ji are quite close.

I found it hard to believe when I first heard the news.

However, all six states know that Your Grace was hunting General Fan.

Yan State wouldn't have lied about such a matter.

Your Grace... I actually have a favor to ask of you.

Do tell.

Should the envoy of Yan State come to seek audience with you

could Your Grace refrain from attacking Yan State?

I don't want any more battles.

Nor would I wish to see more people hurt because of it.

It seems that only my Consort Li remains as she has always been.

Don't worry, I promise you.

If Yan State truly surrenders to me

I'll make sure that peace reigns over their land.

Thank you, Your Grace.

I should be the one to thank you.

While I was in such a deep sleep...

you were looking after me.

If it weren't for you...

I might have died in Handan.

[Preview]

I know...

If you can't give up on it for Sister Li's sake...

Could you save yourself for my sake?

In regards to royal authority...

It isn't about wanting it, but about having it.

Only by taking the throne can you protect yourself.

Protect those around you.

Li...

I might not be able to protect you for life

but if Tian Ming is the crown prince

he can protect you for me with just cause.

If we work together to assist Fu Su in becoming Crown Prince

Madam's position will be more secure.

It will bring Great Chu great benefits in the future.

I can't allow you to do that.

If I am dead and news of it is made known

it could be said that I was killed for offending Your Highness.

I will take the blame for betraying Great Qin.

If I do, no one will doubt Jing Ke's visit to Qin State.

Mister Tian!

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