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[Weaving a Tale of Love]

[Episode 17]

The Emperor has arrived!

Hail to the Emperor!

Long Live! Long Live to the Emperor!

[West Gate]

[Storage Room]

General Mo!

You should have a meal and a drink together with us!

What about returning together to Puzhou tomorrow?

I‘ve had a plenty of intestines. I am not going to eat anymore.

I don't want to let down General Chen and the rest.

My people are also about to come. I will wait for them in here.

Alright. I won't insist anymore then.

General Chen. General Mo.

I am not sure where the people in charge went.

They also have not given the warehouse key to someone.

General Mo, if you don't leave, can you help keep it?

When the people in charge, just return it to them.

Sure. Of course.

Then, thank you.

General Mo, then my men and I will take leave first.

Please.

General Mo.

General Mo, I have come late.

Are we going back to Puzhou now?

No rush. We will wait until 3 pm.

Give them my order,

look closely after the warehouse.

-No one can enter and go as they please! -Yes.

Troop Lie!

-Look after it closely. -Yes!

Why has he come?

Who?

Official registrar Zhang from the Imperial Academy.

He is famous for being facetious when doing things.

No, I have to take a look.

I'm the Chief Administrator at the Imperial Academy.

I am the scholar that is here to get the book of Guo Zijian's here.

How does that relate to you? Why don't you let me in?

What is the meaning of this?

-Outrageous. -Zhang Manager.

-Long time no see. -You have come right on time, Young Master Pei.

This boor seems not get my words.

Our Guo Zijian has stored a book inside the warehouse.

Teaching Assistant Xue has just passed down his words to me, saying

the storage room at Simen College is out of space.

They asked me to quickly get it before dark.

I came in a rush for it, but this person doesn't let me get it.

What is the meaning of this, you say?

Chief Administrator Zhang, it isn't convenient to use the storage room today.

Please come after dark or a little later.

I will bring people to send it to you, what do you think?

Is the Simen College fooling with me?

One tells me to come at 3 pm.

Another one tells me to come after 3 pm.

Fine. Fine.

I am determined to go in today. What can you do about me?

How dare you!

Fine.

In that case, you need to write a letter of confirmation for me.

Write on it that you are in charge of the storage room today.

Later, I won't be blamed for being late.

Alright, I'll write it.

Brother Pei, what was the problem?

If there is really armor in here,

why would Xue Xu dare ask someone to come pick things up?

He even specifified 3 pm to pick up.

It is fishy.

Just open it and see.

For him to dare doing this, there are two possible reasons.

Either there is no armor at all...

I found it!

Then there is only one possible reason left.

Xue Xu guessed correctly that we wouldn't allow Chief Administrator Zhang to come inside.

Don't you understand it yet?

All these things have happened too smoothly.

The armor is here, but there is no one from Prince of Cao.

The person in charge is also gone.

Even the storage room's key is in our hands.

Xue Xu even specially asked Chief Administrato Zhang,

thereby proving that we are the ones guarding the storage room

and not allowing anyone to enter.

Prince of Cao must know that the secret storage of armor has been revealed,

so he wants to remove his connection from it.

I'm afraid it isn't so simple.

What is the meaning of this?

East Palace. (T/N: traditionally the crown prince's palace)

Oh no, Prince of Cao is framing the crown prince!

Why are you still dozed? Hurry to the palace to stop the crown prince!

How about we move these things out of Simen College?

It's too late already.

I'm to be blamed for being impatient

and hurt the crown prince.

In that case, I will entrust the Yulanpen Festival (a Buddhist fesrtival)

to beloved consort to organize.

Talented Lady Wu will assist.

All the beloved concubines and royal princes should suggest ideas.

At that time, the entire nation will celebrate

and happily enjoy the Yulanpen Festival.

Your decree is obeyed.

Crown Prince.

Present.

Frame the one hundred pages of scriptures that you copied,

and make an offering at the Yulanpen Festival,

to pay respect to our ancestors and your mother.

This son and subordinate obeys your decree.

Your Majesty, I have another matter to report.

Move aside! Everyoen move aside!

Recently I've been busy with reforming the imperial examination system

It involves revising the system, changing test subjects,

and also conveying the questions. With many assorted matters,

there are quite a few areas of careless omissions.

A few days ago, I accidentally discover something.

After thinking it over, I really think that I need to report it to Your Majesty.

What does Crown Prince want to report?

Your Highness the Crown Prince,

His Majesty has been busy with many affairs and isn't feeling well yet.

Let's not make a big fuss over minor matters, alright?

Meiniang, why are you stopping the crown prince?

Crown Prince, speak.

- This— - Crown Prince, I think

it's better that I personally report to His Majesty on some matters.

Your Majesty, this concubine is presumptuous.

Lately I saw Crown Prince was so busy with reforming the imperial examination system that he was lax in copying the scriptures.

I wanted to remind him but didn't have the heart to rush him.

But I also wanted to see the hundred pages of scriptures can be completedly copied soon.

Therefore, I secretly copied some pages for the crown prince.

Perhaps it's because my calligraphy writing is too crude,

Crown Prince discovered it, but he is so kind that,

instead of scolding me,

he actually wants to report about my intention to Your Majesty.

This concubine is distressed, that's why I repeatedly declined.

But I didn't know that Crown Prince still insists on talking about it.

Meiniang has a noble character, and not wishes her kind action to be publicly known.

Crown Prince is honest and straightforward,

not wishing to take credit from someone else's work.

I am very gratified.

Without any virtue and accomplishment, this concubine is lucky to receive praise from Your Majesty.

His Highness the Crown Prince is actually the impressive one

for being humble and polite.

Crown Prince, you did great.

You continuely to have the demeanor as the heir.

Your Highness!

I have come way too late. You shall punish me severely.

What has actually happened?

Prince of Cao has just found out about our intentions.

Therefore he kept his composure and secretly set off.

He also sealed the insignias of the East Palace on his armors.

He wants to shift the blame on the Crown Prince. Pei Xing Jian found out there was an imposter among them.

Therefore I was sent to report this immediately. But I came way too late.

It is thanks to Talented Lady Wu who strived to stop me just now,

that's how I was able to stop by the abyss and turned danger to fortune.

I don't know how to thank you, please accept my bow.

Crown Prince, from now on you shall not be so impetuous.

Prince of Cao is very scheming. If you don't have full certainty,

you must not be rash to avoid alerting the snake in the grass.

I will keep that in mind, Talented Lady Wu's intentions are pure.

Ming'Er, there is something you are hiding from me.

What has just happened in the hall?

Just now,

the crown prince was going to report to His Majesty that I secretly hoard mililtary armor.

What? The Crown Prince knows about it?

Even if he knows about it, I still have a response to him!

If he had spoke about it to His Majesty just now,

I was fully prepared to knock him over so that he would never rise again.

Who could have imagined that he was just about to speak,

it was pushed back by that Talented Lady Wu.

It looks that the Talented Lady Wu is determined to help the crown prince.

Ming'er, you really don't listen to me.

Mother, don't worry.

Even if he knows, he still can't do anything about me.

You don't listen to my advice

and make such dangerous moves, how can I not worry?

Mother, don't worry, I'm prepared.

Retreat 10,000 steps. If something is exposed in the future.

I will take on the responsibility for everything in front of His Majesty.

You will not be dragged in, Mother.

Mother, you just deny knowing anything about my plots,

and just continue to be His Majesty's favored consort.

Do you think I worry about my own safety and life?

Worry about whether I will be dragged in?

All these years, I've been so cautious in the palace as if I am walking on thin ice.

You are the one I worry about!

My only hope in this life is your safety.

If something happens to you,

it would be meaningless for me to stay alive.

[Hall of Immortal Dew]

Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince.

Fourteenth Younger Brother.

Gao Quan greets Your Highness the Crown Prince, and Prince of Cao.

It's such a coincidence today.

Three princes have come successively to greet His Majesty for his health.

Prince Fu is inside right now, speaking with His Majesty.

This Deer Hunting Scene is offered by Vice Minister Yan Liben.

I remember when I was young, you used to take us brothers to hunt.

You also shot down a buck.

The way it happened is just like in this painting.

I feel a sense of affection.

So I begged for this painting to bring it to the place to show you.

This Deer Hunting Scene

is drawn with lively brush strokes, and it looks so alive.

This Yan Liben is quite

a fantastic painter.

Your Majesty.

- Greetings, Imperial Father. - Greetings, Imperial Father.

This younger brother greets Crown Prince.

Thirteenth Young Brother, no need to be formal.

Zhi'er, Ming'er, you both came at the right time.

Look at this painting brought over by Fu'er.

Doesn't it look like when I took you hunting years ago?

Your Majesty, I frequently dream of hunting deer

alongside you when I was young.

I really miss it. I also remember

that day, Crown Prince was feeling weak,

so he not only couldn't shoot down any prey, and also got stricken with a cold.

He had to recuperate for a long time.

Zhi'er is good at everything,

except the body is too weak.

Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much.

Even though Crown Prince is born a little too weak,

he just needs to exercise and strengthen his body.

Your Highness the Crown Prince, this younger brother is going hunting for the Imperial Hunting Garden.

Hunting can not only strengthen the body, but it can also help improve archery skills.

I wonder if I could invite Crown Prince to come along.

Thank you, Fourteenth Younger Brother, for your thoughtfulness, but the Yulanpen Festival is coming up,

I haven't finished copying the 100 pages of scriptures that I promised.

- So— - Zhi'er.

Our Great Tang founded the dynasty from atop the horsebacks.

Emperor Gaozu also required all the descendants to be adept in both literature and martial arts.

You are the heir apparent to Great Tang, and must have a strong body.

You must not emphasize literature above martial arts.

Ming'er, Fu'er, both of you brothers should watch each other.

Do not always stay inside to read and write, and neglect your martial skills.

Your Majesty is right.

Tomorrow I will go with Fourteenth Young Brother to hunt,

and try to hunt a wild deer to present to Your Majesty.

Good, I'll wait for that.

Thirteenth Young Brother, why don't you come along tomorrow?

We brothers can improve our martial arts and our brotherly bond.

This younger brother will obey your order.

This is how it should be.

Good brother, I'm at fault for oversight yesterday

and almost fell into Prince of Cao's trap.

Even though it didn't result in a drastic mistake, but your identity has been exposed.

During this journey to Puzhou, you may encounter danger at every step.

Why do you say so, Brother Pei. It was clearly because the cunning Cao gang

saw threw our scheme and affected the crown prince.

Now that we have seen through the rebels' intention,

they should be the ones who are in fear.

Good brother, take care.

Adjutant Mo, stop!

Adjutant Mo.

The Crown Prince ordered me to bid Adjutant Mo farewell.

He said that he hopes Adjutant Mo will take care along the journey.

Be careful and stay safe. Eliminating the treacherous will take time and can't be rushed.

Once everything is ready, he will rely on your help again

to eliminate the treacherous together and maintain safety for the nation.

This subordinate is incapable and almost sent the crown prince into danger.

Crown Prince not only doesn't blame me but continues to be caring.

I, Mo Kun, feel further ashamed.

Please tell His Highness the Crown Prince

that I will enthusiastically serve him.

Adjutant Mo, we shall meet again.

Good brother,

take good care in your journey.

Sir Pei, there is another matter.

Prince of Cao has arranged for the crown prince to go hunting tomorrow.

Hunting? The crown prince agreed?

In front of His Majesty, the crown prince couldn't help but agree.

Prince of Cao's secret shipping of armor has been discovered by the crown prince.

Since he couldn't harm the crown prince,

Prince of Cao is probably planning to kill the crown prince.

The hunting ground is full of dense trees, and blades have no eyes.

If Prince of Cao wants to inflict harm upon the crown prince, it's going to be difficult to defend.

Of course the crown prince knows, and he has already invited Prince Fu to go with them.

Prince Fu is a person of virtuous characters, so Prince of Cao should be more fearful.

But, just in case, the crown prince wants to invite you to go with him.

If Crown Prince trusts me, of course I will be there.

Thank you, Sir Pei.

Don't be worried, Crown Prince. We have to take all precautions.

Ask people to close the gates at the East.

There is only a limited area where the hunting animals can hide.

You will for sure do well,

and make great progress.

Pu Banu.

Yes.

Bring people to protect the Crown Prince.

If anything happens, bring your head to see me.

Yes.

Strange, Why are Prince of Cao's men following me?

If someone asks when the East was closed,

you know how to respond?

This place has been closed since the morning.

The Crown Prince wanted to hunt and trespassed.

The Imperial Hunting Garden is dense with trees. I couldn't see through.

-Give the signal. -Yes.

Let it go!

Reporting to Prince of Cao, there are tracks of wild hogs to the west.

Thirteenth Brother, the Crown Prince went to the East.

We shouldn't disrupt his joy.

We also should not steal his glory.

Why don't you go to the West Gate to hunt?

You will for sure have a great accomplishment.

You have thought thoroughly, Fourteenth Brother.

You are too welcome. This time's hunting is my initiative.

Of course I have to let both of my brothers have fun.

Thank you, Fourteenth Brother.

Please wait, Crown Prince.

Crown Prince, Prince Cao says the East is already closed.

But we have been going East for so long, why hasn't anyone stopped us?

Unless there is a trap?

-Is there anything unusual? -Not only has the East been closed,

There are startled birds flying in the sky.

There probably is a trap.

-Protect the Crown Prince! -Yes!

Hua Tian, you protect the crown prince and go south. I will cover the back.

Okay.

Oh no, they are using whistling arrows to signal the crown prince's location.

Quick! Chase the arrow shooter!

- Yes! - Yes!

Hurry!

It's red.

They are making the move where the crown prince is. Let's go toward the whistling arrow's direction

and finish up the crown prince.

Immediately send a signal to Prince of Cao and telling that the crown prince has gone to the northern side.

All the whistling arrows are ruined. It's useless even if you kill me.

Crown Prince!

Are you alright?

Hurry and go.

Where is the person?

Where is the person?

Reporting to Your Highness, the crown prince is over there!

Chase!

Sit tight.

Reporting to Prince of Cao, I saw it myself that the crown prince and the horse fell down the cliff together.

This is a deep chasm. The crown prince must be dead.

Congratulations, Your Highness the Prince of Cao!

Pu Banu.

Present.

Shoot an arrow into me.

Yes.

Crown Prince really wanted to catch a prey during hunting

to please Your Majesty.

To help Crown Prince fulfill his wish, I ordered people

to seal the woods to the east of the hunting garden early in the morning.

to decrease the hunting area, and also added more people to protect the crown prince.

I didn't exepct that Crown Prince would take off his serpant robe because he couldn't stand the heat,

and he later mistakenly entered the forbidden area.

The soldiers couldn't find Crown Prince's tracks and were all panicking.

At that time,

the imperial guards at the eastern side of the hunting field

discovered some armed soldiers.

Those imperial guards didn't see the Crown Prince's serpant robe and didn't recognize the crown prince.

So they mistaken Crown Prince's group as bandits that had barged in.

Therefore they got into a conflict and almost hurt Crown Prince.

When I got the news and hurried over,

found the serpant robe discarded by Crown Prince along the route,

that's how I figured out how it happend and immediately stopped the imperial guards.

But Crown Prince's steed was startled and ran toward the cliff.

I was helpless as I watched Crown Prince fell into the deep chasm.

This son and subordinate was incapable in protecting the crown prince.

I should be punished by 10,000 deaths.

Please declare my guilt, Your Majesty,

with a harsh punishment.

I told you all to take good care of him.

All of you!

Zhi'er, Zhi'er.

Your Majesty is wise. Fourteenth Brother was really thoughtful about Crown Prince's hunting.

He took care of all the details thoroughly.

It's just that Crown Prince was always diligent in reading,

but he lacks experience with the hunting field and entered the forbidden area by mistake

and cause the imperial guards' misunderstanding. To save Crown Prince, Fourteen Brother disregarded his own safety

and barged into the forbidden area

and was shot by a random arrow, and his blood flowing without stop.

This son and subordinate plead Your Majesty to consider Fourteenth Younger Brother's sincerity

and allow him to atone for his guilty with merits.

You are talking about these things...

Zhi'er?

Zhi'er.

- This sun and subordinate greets Your Majesty. - Hurry and rise.

Let me see. How is your injury?

- Are you severely injured? Summon the imperial physician now! - Yes.

Your Majesty need not worry.

I'm only injured externally, so it's nothing severe.

It's good that you're back. Hurry and help Crown Prince get into his seat.

Slowly. This is Heaven blessing our Great Tang.

Heaving gives blessing to my Zhi'er.

Crown Prince is lucky, truly a blessing from heaven,

and blessing from our ancestors.

Zhi'er,

hurry and tell me

what exactly happened.

This right. I witnessed Crown Prince falling into the chasm with my own eyes.

I don't know what happened after that.

Now that Crown Prince can return safely,

it is truly joyful and celebratory.

Otherwise, I should be punished by 10,000 deaths,

and my guilt can never be pardoned.

My life was hanging by the thread at that time,

I thought I would have died for sure.

I didn't even know that 14th Younger Brother's men were behind me.

Crown Prince!

I fell into the chasm and thought I would surely die.

Everything looked dizzy in front of me, and it seemed Imperial Father appeared.

I...?

It looked like,

but also not like,

that person had a youthful-looking face amd white hair,

the face seemed real but also imagined, but his demeanor really resembled Your Majesty.

I felt a sudden warmth in my heart

and actually forgot fear and shouted, "Save me, Your Majesty."

Your Majesty smiled gently and said,

"You are Great Tang's heir,

bearing a heavy burden,

your life cannot end here."

After he finished talking, he gently blew a fairy breath upon me,

then a big wind started blowing

and actually lifted me to a giant rock on the side of the cliff.

That's how I fortunately survived.

Zhi'er, I really was right about you.

My son is indeed chosen by Heaven.

Crown Prince has turned adversity to fortune, it must be because Your Majesty focused in the cultivation of Dao,

Crown Prince sincerely copied the scriptures, and thereby accumulated meritorious blessings.

Fourteenth Younger Brother, don't you agree?

Crown Prince's blessing is as high as the sky, and it's truly our Great Tang's blessing.

Crown Prince's mishap is all my fault.

Crown Prince is kind not to blame me.

But I really cannot feel at ease.

I heard that Hua Tian, who is Crown Prince's personal guard,

has died in this mishap and unfortunately died from protecting the crown prince.

I would like to give Pu Banu, the warrior bestowed to me by Your Majesty

to the crown prince

as his personal guard

to protect the crown pricne's safety.

It would be a slight amend to atone for my deeply-felt guilty.

I am grateful for 14th Younger Brother's kind thoughts.

Imperial Father, this son and subordinate

has already found a personal guard who is strong in both literature and martial arts.

His name is Pei Xingjian.

I was orignally going to transfer him to East Palace.

I don't really want to

take away 14th Younger Brother's

favorite warrior.

I've seen Pu Banu's bravery.

I was going to keep him by my side

but couldn't overcome Ming'er's repeated pleas,

so I bestowed him to Ming'er.

Now that Zhi'er ran into the mishap today,

no only your imperial young brothers are worried,

I am very concerned too.

Since Ming'er is willing to part with his favorite,

just let Pu Banu become your personal guard to protect you then.

As to the person that you selected,

also transfer him to East Palace too, right?

Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, but I think

quality is more important than quantity regarding personal guards.

How about this,

I want Pei Xingjian and Pu Banu

have a duel. The winner

will return to East Palace with me.

This is a good way. Then, lets hold a duel after 10 days.

The winner will stay by Crown Prince's side

as his personal guard. This is also an opportunity

to boost the morale among the imperial guards.

It's decided then.

Let me see...

Talented Lady, something really bad has happened.

What is it? You're in such a panic.

I just heard that Crown Prince went hunting with Prince of Cao and Prince Fu.

No one knows how, but Crown Prince got injured and even fell off the cliff.

What?

Prince of Cao cried all the way back and asked His Majesty to punish him.

Unexpectedly, Crown Prince came back alive.

I heard that Crown Prince is covered in blood.

It's really scary.

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