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Where are you going?

I am going to the place in the mountains where they forge the iron

to destroy that place.

You cannot leave.

This is my Imperial Brother’s weapon.

It is not up to decide.

I must destroy it.

Otherwise, they will create

more Heavenly Warriors.

But are these Heavenly Warriors

not ordinary guards

at Ji Rousang’s native planet?

Who told you that?

There is not a place for you to speak.

This Grand Tutor of yours

is lying to you.

He and that Jiao Tong

have been using you and your brother all the time.

I won’t fall for your tricks.

Nie Wushuang,

you were really impressive today.

My Imperial Brother picked you

as a wager in this contect.

Did you see it?

All the people that got hurt today,

including His Majesty’s personal guard,

Ding Keyong,

died because of you.

Don’t listen to her.

Those deaths and injuries

were inevitable today.

Gao Yang came to Great Lan

with one purpose only.

All he said

was just an excuse.

The winner is a king and the loser a bandit. (Nothing succeeds like success)

All of you will submit

to Imperial Brother and me.

Is that so?

Then I will find a place

that has not been stained

by you two yet.

Gu Qinghong, I am telling you,

all the men

that will fall at my feet in the future

will be more handsome

than you.

Well, I shall congratulate you then.

And give them my blessing as well.

Gu Qinghong, you!

Imperial Concubine! Imperial Concubine, what’s the matter?

My stomach hurts.

Did you upset the fetus?

Cai Ying, quick.

prepare a sedan to return to the palace.

Yes.

What is happening?

Gu Qinghong!

I beg you on behalf of Gao Yan,

do stay a little longer.

No.

I have to destroy that place.

Otherwise, even more people

will be hurt.

Are you willing

to give up your own flesh and blood?

If you go

I will personally

suffocate the child in my womb.

Gao Yan!

Gu Qinghong!

Gao Yan...

Hold on for a while.

Imperial Concubine...

Your Majesty.

I don’t think

she can make it back to the palace.

Your Majesty, what can be done?

I will act

as the midwife for the time being.

Come, give me a hand.

Exhale… inhale...

Once again.

No. I do not want to give birth here.

Xiao Yan, don’t be afraid.

Qianqian, it hurts so much.

Don’t be afraid. Hold on.

Wonderful. Truly wonderful.

King of Lan,

the competition just now was really wonderful.

I am still relishing it.

I have been reluctant

to leave for a long time.

Are you relishing the taste of failure

or your bloodthirst?

Why should King of Lan get angry?

After all,

I am also a guest from afar.

My imperial younger sister

is now Lan State’s Concubine Du.

You should actually call me brother-in-law.

I am afraid that King of Li

only remembered the issue of having

in-laws ties with the Lan State

only after witnessing

his secret weapon turning into a pile of scrap metal?

King of Rui is such a great man,

why is he being so petty?

You should actually thank me

for turning you into

Lan State’s biggest hero in one day.

Shameless.

In fact, I came here

to share my new weapon

with King of Lan.

All the unpleasantness stemming from this

were a simple misunderstanding.

Was killing my personal guard

was also a misunderstanding?

I know that King of Lan

is still upset about the death

of his personal guard.

If this matter is not resolved,

it will damage the diplomatic relations between the two countries

and the feelings between you and I.

This is my personal guard

who has been with me for more than ten years.

His name is Ying Mo

I exchange life with life.

Let me go!

This…. this...

How daring!

How dare you

use force in the Hall of Golden Chimes?

General Miao, don’t get excited.

King of Lan, you definitely felt

my sincerity just now?

Gao Yang,

my Great Lan does not welcome you.

Get out of my face at once.

They all say King of Rui is sober and grave.

I finally know what it means

to keep people at a long distance.

I have upset Lan State

and upset everyone.

it is my fault.

I will immediately leave with my people in tow.

But before I leave,

can I meet

with my imperial sister, Gao Yan?

Brother Gao Yang,

we are relatives.

Your imperial sister is my beloved concubine

And my beloved concubine

is pregnant with an imperial heir.

I will naturally treat her well.

As long as Lan and Li are at peace

for the next ten years,

I will naturally allow it.

I will personally accompany her

back to her state to visit her relatives.

What did you say?

Ten years?

You will keep me from seeing

my imperial sister for ten years?

You are depriving me of my only relative.

Don’t go too far.

King of Li!

Protect the emperor!

Your Majesty

Very well. Ten years.

I believe the King of Li’s

hopes connected to coming to Great Lan this time

have been fulfilled.

I also know that King of Li is busy with the state affairs

and is anxious to return.

We shall not persuade you to prolong

By the way,

there are still few people here

that King of Li needs to bring back with him.

Bring the people in.

Go. Go.

Hurry up. Hurry.

Go. Go.

Hurry up.

Go. Quick.

Kneel.

These prisoners have worked hard

in my Great Lan for Li State for the past

five years.

I have always taken

good care of them.

It is rare that

King of Li comes here,

is it not the time

to take them back?

What do you say?

King of Lan,

You are too cruel.

Guards. See the guest off.

King of Lan, take care.

I do not know if you will be able

to keep your today’s good disposition

when I come here the next time.

Rise. Hurry up and go.

Your Majesty, you are letting him go like this?

Third Elder Brother,

Gao Yang is not true to his promises

and this Grand Tutor…!

I am not only a warrior

but also a monarch.

All matters of great and small importance

must lead

to the safety of the Great Lan’s people.

If we kill King of Li now

or take him into custody,

the two countries will be bound to go to war.

I don’t know

how many innocent people

will not escape disaster then.

One named Xue can only send King of Li till here

and wish him a pleasant journey.

Lan State is filled with bright mountains and limpid waters.

A true place propitious for giving birth to great men.

In ten years of time,

Lan State’s gates

will be opened for King of Li again.

Ten years...

How many decades are there in life.

Every minute of life is filled with success or failure.

The biggest gain of my visit to Lan

was to make friends with Imperial son-in-law.

Imperial son-in-law knows the trends of times,

he knows when it is time to attack and retreat.

He is a hard-to-get talent.

I thank King of Li for his praise.

Xue will never fail to live up to the expectations

of people who expect something from me.

Xue will definitely make a joint checkup on the current affairs.

Are those people

Imperial son-in-law’s cronies?

After Ding Keyong’s death

Xue was afraid that his subordinates would retaliate against King of Li

therefore, today’s escort

was made of the Xue Family army’s members.

Smart.

I like smart people best.

I would never let people do a transaction

when they are at loss.

Yang Lida.

Present.

This is the money I left

for all those who work for me

in the Lan State.

But those people

are no longer worthy of letting me

spend a penny on them.

Let me give it to Imperial son-in-law

as a proper gift.

General Xue is not asking for any possessions.

What General Xue wants

is power...

Only power

can give you endless

wealth and splendor.

Smart.

I want to give you

not only the previous prosperity

of your Xue Family

but also give you

the power and wealth that you

can not even imagine.

I will help your Xue Family

regain its glory.

Imperial son-in-law,

I never liked to listen

to other people’s arrangements.

If I do not intend to leave

how is Imperial son-in-law going to cooperate with me?

Prime Minister Gu is really anxious.

Is it because you cannot find

the place where Heavenly Warrior is forged?

I am telling you,

you will not be able to find it even if you

search the whole mountain.

You moved them.

Ever since I list a blacksmith,

I just knew it was you.

I naturally suggested my senior

to move the foundry base at once.

Should we still wait for you to come back

and destroy our Heavenly Warrior?

How many more are there?

Prime Minister Gu,

I really enjoy being so close to you.

Looking at the anxiety in your eyes

makes me feel distressed.

If I let you take

congealed cinnabar again,

to restore your old appearance,

would you love me then?

Evildoer.

No wonder Gao Yan said you were heartless.

You forgot who

saved you when you were

injured by Miao Minghu that day.

I did not expect you

to rat us out to our enemies

rather than paying me back.

I did not ask you to save me.

It is you who are flattering yourself.

Sooner or later

my life will be taken by Miao Family.

And when I meet Miao Minghu again,

I shall die in front of him.

Is that so?

Then you can die right away.

Because your Xie Family

has a successor already.

Gao Yan has given birth

to your son in the palace.

I even hugged him on the sneak.

His eyebrows and eyes

are exactly like Prime Minister Gu’s.

How dare you hurt him...

it is a pity that this child

was born to be hurt in order to

prevent Li State from committing crimes

Gao Yan and her son

will be detained at Lan Palace for ten years.

What kind of fate

do you think

your child will have in the future?

Yan'er will treasure him.

Prime Minister Gu is probably unaware of it.

According to the rules of the Lan Palace,

all imperial heir’s identity

must be tested with a blood sample

within three days of their birth.

When the time comes and they are exposed,

what kind of end

do you think they will both have?

All right,

I have to go back to Li State and find the general

I shall not delay Prime Minister Gu

in the search for Heavenly Warrior.

How is Miao Minghu?

Third Elder Brother,

I came back from the drill ground last night.

General Miao has reorganized

Great Lan army’s military formation

and all the imperial guards.

He will come back

before dusk and report to Third Elder Brother.

How are Ding Keyong’s

funeral affairs?

According to Third Elder Brother’s decree,

he will be posthumously named General Jin Dao and have a lavish funeral.

Imperial Concubine Lian’s Yuanxiu Palace

and Donglin Temple

has doubled their guards.

Imperial Brother,

are we really going to war?

Did King of Li

not go back already?

Reporting to Your Majesty,

deputy leader Xue came back.

he said that he escorted Li State’s mission

out of Lan State.

He will also send someone to track and monitor

the mission until it returns to Li State.

I understand.

Withdraw.

Yes.

Has Imperial Brother not decreed already

that King of Li should not step into the Lan Palace

within the next ten years?

And we have the Fifth Elder Brother.

We do not have to be afraid of any iron giants.

Yun'an,

do you think Gao Yang will be

a man of his word?

Do you think I will believe him

saying that there is only one Heavenly Warrior?

Third Elder Brother,

I think Gao Yang has only

one iron giant in his hands.

Otherwise, knowing his flamboyant personality,

he would not give in

so easily yesterday.

In any case,

I will try my best

to find a giant magnetic iron ore

in case

things change suddenly.

My Great Lan

will not be at a loss.

Third Elder Brother,

when I sparred against the iron giant yesterday,

I found that he was not apparently

vulnerable on surface

and I only hit

his weak spot on the back by mistake.

It was just my lucky strike.

Like hitting a nail on its head.

I believe, however,

that Gui Jiao will take precautions next time.

Third Elder Brother, Fifth Elder Brother,

Yun'an has discovered

that iron giant’s abilities

became weaker and weaker

as the sun was going down.

You mean to say

that the iron giant’s is somewhat

related to the sun and moon.

Yun'an’s words make sense.

It was noon yesterday when the iron giant

saw the light for the first time.

Third Elder Brother, rest assured.

I will find out the key to this.

But Third Elder Brother,

mining ores wastes money and labour.

In our current situation, it is very likely

to cause public grievances.

I do not doubt your abilities,

but there is not only

Xiao Fengqing in Great Lan

that can protect the whole country.

Imperial Brother,

why don’t you leave the magnetic ore’ issue

for Yun'an to handle?

No.

Staying at Donglin Temple

will do.

Brother understands.

Leave the magnetic ore to the younger brother then.

Younger brother will take care of it right away.

Imperial Brother...

Father told me the secret

Of Donglin Temple

and its treasure on his deathbed.

Gao Yang’s offer to barter for Donglin Temple

just shows that the has found

the connection between Donglin Temple

and the supreme treasure already.

Imperial Brother, why can’t we

talk about it

with the Fifth Elder Brother?

The Late Emperor once said

that since he is not of the same clan as me, his attitude will be different.

it is not that I do not trust Fengqing,

but I have no choice

for Great Lan’s sake.

Meiren Ji’s mysterious disappearance

from the crystal coffin

and Fengqing’s

incredible abilities...

it all comes from the nation

that we cannot comprehend.

I do not want

anything to happen.

Following the rules of the Great Lan’s imperial harem,

within the three days of the imperial heir’s birth,

a blood test must be implemented

to ensure the purity of the imperial blood.

It is the third day already.

His Majesty has ceded the whole responsibility for it

to me.

Concubine Du was pregnant

with the child before she entered the palace.

If the matter is exposed,

Lan State and Li State will definitely go to war.

That is why

I want recognize the blood test

just for everyone in the palace to see.

King of Rui's Consort,

How is Concubine Du faring?

Official's wife went to see her this morning.

Concubine Du’s mood

is very unstable.

She has been crying all these days

but got tired of crying

and took a nap in a while.

His Majesty has ordered King of Li

not to visit Concubine Du

nor allowed her to visit Li State

for the next ten years.

This was a huge blow to Concubine Du.

She has been holding her child

in her arms all the time.

She is well aware

of her perilous situation

and will definitely do her best

to keep her child intact.

I heard that when King of Li left,

Concubine Du tried to break out of Guanju Palace.

After that, His Majesty

added more guards

to Guanju Palace.

As far as I understand her,

the more she is guarded,

the more she will be determined to flee.

The situation between

Li State and Lan State is very tense now.

The more it last,

the more we have to pacify Concubine Du.

If anything should happen

to her and her child,

I am afraid we won’t be able

to hide it from the world for long.

Li State

has been eyeing Great Lan covetously.

I presume

the war is already imminent.

Even if not for Concubine Du’s sake,

King of Li

will find other reasons to wage it.

And so

we have to try our best

not to give him any reason.

LI State

has been planning this war for a long time

and Great Lan was caught off guard.

We have not figured out the details

about the Heavenly Warrior yet.

Concubine Lian has a point.

I will be responsible

for conducting the blood sampling.

I ask Concubine Lian and King of Rui's Consort

to cooperate with me

to give an account to the preceding dynasties and the whole imperial harem

and hide the truth from the world.

But Your Majesty,

once the blood test results

are announced to the world,

Concubine Du’s child

will be acclaimed as the real imperial hair.

I am afraid it won't be easy

to reverse this in the future.

I have not thought about this aspect before.

There are only three people

in the imperial harem,

except His Majesty,

that know about this matter.

If we make any mistakes

or if there is a sudden change...

Your Majesty,

it is up to you to make the decision.

His Majesty is very

worried about

Li State’s issue now.

Our imperial harem

can only share

His Majesty’ worries this much.

Let’s save Concubine Du’s child first

and plan the rest later.

Xue Ke.

Maidservant is present.

Go and fetch Concubine Du’s child.

Prepare the blood test.

Yes.

Your Majesty

Concubine Du is keeping watch.

She will not give up her child easily.

If you insist too much,

she will definitely go wild.

Wushuang,

you and Concubine Du grew up together

She called your nickname

when she was giving birth.

Wushuang is willing to try.

Son, you were born three days ago.

His Majesty has not come to take a look at you

and did not give you a name.

It seems

that the fate of you and I

bodes rather ill than well.

Imperial Concubine should not think too much about it.

Maybe His Majesty is busy with the state affairs.

Are the state affairs that His Majesty is busy with

not about how to get rid

of my Imperial Brother?

Imperial Concubine Lian has arrived.

Make her leave.

I don’t want to see her again.

Yang Zhi, wait outside.

Yes.

Imperial Concubine Du, don’t be in a hurry to see me off.

I have come today

to protect you and your child.

Who will believe you?

Two countries are fighting over you.

Now,

you can summon wind and rain (stir up trouble)

I am trying to help you and the child

to pass the blood test.

Stop pretending.

I won’t let anyone

take my child away.

Even if I have now way to live,

I will perish together

with my child.

A blood test three days after the child is born

is a palace rule that cannot be broken.

If something happens to the child,

the two countries will go to war.

Her majesty, I

and King of Rui's Consort have decided

that we will outsmart everyone during the blood test.

Trust me.

No.

I cannot separate from my child.

You cannot leave the palace at the moment.

If you leave the palace,

you will disobey the imperial edict.

Come, give Qin’er to me.

What did you call him?

Have you forgotten?

When we were young and went to catch cicadas,

we agreed

that whoever bears the son first,

she will call him Qin’er in the future.

Qin'er...

Qin'er...

Qin'er...

Qianqian,

if I really wanted to hurt you,

I would have not missed so many opportunities before.

Do you know

how happy I was

when you grabbed my hand

and called my nickname

when you were in danger?

If it hadn’t been for Gu Qinghong,

I would not have come

so far.

Xiao Yan

it was you who arranged

Gu Qinghong to be at my side.

I was unaware of it.

Is it fair that you hate Qianqian?

Give the child to me.

Qianqian... Qianqian!

I am begging you.

I can deal with anything.

I will not argue with you anymore.

I am begging you,

be sure to protect Qin'er.

Do not let anyone hurt him.

I have...

I have nothing left now.

I am begging you. I am begging you, promise me this.

Rest assured. I promise.

Gu Qinghong,

you cannot take this child.

This is Xiao Yan’s only hope.

If I do not take him,

he will have no way to survive

in the palace after the blood test.

- Son! - Imperial Concubine!

My son!

Qin'er!

Nie Wushuang, where is my child?

It was Gu Qinghong

who took him away.

Don’t lie to me!

Gu Qinghong does not want

this child at all.

You are so vicious.

I can’t believe

that you used my trust in you

to send someone to take my child away.

Give it back.

Give me back my child.

Give it back! Give it back!

- Xiao Yan! - Imperial Concubine!

Quick! Call the imperial physician!

Imperial Concubine!

What?

You said that Concubine Du’s child

was taken away by a masked man?

Your Majesty, pardon the offence.

Wushuang failed to protect it well.

Concubine Du’s child

has become

an important bargaining chip

between Gao Yang

and me.

No mistakes are allowed

in these troubled times.

Imperial Concubine Lian,

do you have any suspicion

towards the masked man?

I heard his voice.

He sounded like Lao Tie.

Uncle Lao Tie?

Lao Tie?

Why would Lao Tie take the bay away?

There is one thing

that this female servant did not let Your Majesty know.

I ask Your Majesty to pardon the offence.

Say it.

In reality, Lao Tie

is Gu Qinghong.

What?

Concubine Lian, then...

No wonder I found his voice familiar

in the barracks that day.

I felt like there was

a shadow of Gu Qinghong in him.

I suspected it was him

when I was sparring with him

one day.

Why did Gu Qinghong change

into an old man?

He has become quite a different person.

He does not want to become

King of Li and his sister’s pawn again.

He refused the congealed cinnabar

and became like this.

Wushuang did not tell it

because he saved King of Rui

and me after we fell off the cliff.

When Your Majesty was in danger,

it was also because of his help

that the palace gates were opened swiftly,

allowing us to return to the palace.

You knew

his identity back then already,

right?

So the tip

given by Gu Qinghong back then

helped Great Lan

defeat Li State in the contest.

Should I

write off his past crimes

with one stroke then?

Wushuang never meant it that way.

There are too many things

to worry about now.

I thought I could at least trust you.

Wushuang has let Your Majesty down.

I ask Your Majesty to pardon the offence.

I want you to be honest.

Did you know beforehand

that Gu Qinghong

will take the child away today?

Wushuang had no knowledge about it.

Originally, Wushuang together with Her Majesty

and King of Rui's Consort

was deliberating

on how to deal with the blood test issue.

But I never expected

that he would suddenly appear.

Imperial Brother, please do not worry.

Younger brother thinks

that Gu Qinghong taking the child away

is actually a good thing.

After all, it would be difficult for the child

to stay in the palace with his real identity.

Why don’t we appease Concubine Du first?

Do not let this matter go public.

I doubt

King of Li will get a wind of it

so soon.

It’s the only way.

Rise.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Wushuang

King of Li came to Great Lan this time

wanting Concubine Lian and Donglin Temple.

Whatever the reason

behind this was,

you have already

affected the safety

of both countries.

Wushuang understands.

Eunuch Yang.

Does Imperial Concubine have an errand for this humble one?

What are you doing

standing outside

in such cold weather?

Yang Zhi saw that there was

too little charcoal sent here these days

so he went out to fetch some firewood.

If you came here to get firewood,

why did you still catch a pigeon that is in your hand?

it is really confusing.

Could it be

that the food in the imperial kitchen is not good these days

so you want to bake something yourself?

Imperial Concubine is joking.

Show me the information

you wanted to spread

hidden in your hand.

Is it about Go Qinghong’s identity as Lao Tie

I can’t believe you could confuse fake news with real ones.

it seems that Eunuch Yang

was imitating my handwriting a lot.

I did not expect that Li State’s agents

are still in Lan State

and actually right beside me.

You hid really deep.

Not deep enough

since Imperial Concubine found me out.

Yang Zhi still dares to ask Imperial Concubine

where did she start

to suspect Yang Zhi ?

King of Li knew my affairs like the back of his hand

when he entered Li State.

I began to suspect something

but I did not think it was you.

is it reasonable for you

to see the whole thing in the imperial study

and not saying even a word

for my sake?

Correct. Yang Zhi’s purpose

is naturally to arouse

Your Majesty’s suspicion towards Imperial Concubine.

Why did you betray me?

Betray Great Lan?

betray?

How much does Imperial Concubine know about me?

It is known that I am not a native of Lan.

Yang Zhi advises Imperial Concubine

to stay abreast with the current affairs.

Does Imperial Concubine think

that King of Li will stop here?

King of Li has been in love with Imperial Concubine for a long time

and ordered this humble one to report to him

Imperial Concubine;s state of affairs.

Going to King of Li

is the only way to survive.

So

Eunuch Yang is doing it all

for my sake.

No.

For everyone’s sake.

King of Li domineering the world

is an irresistible thought.

- He promised me. - Promised you what?

Glory, splendour, wealth and rank?

Glory and splendour for one generation.

How many people dream of it?

Yang Zhi is just a layman.

He still hopes Imperial Concubine will look before she leaps.

You are so arrogant.

You are still not scared that I

expose you to His Majesty

and let your head fall to the ground.

Do not hesitate to do so, Imperial Concubine.

These messages

were originally written by Imperial Concubine herself.

Yang Zhi was just following orders.

You!

Naturally, Imperial Concubine

can expose me in front of His Majesty,

but Yang Zhi

is not a man of moral integrity.

At that time, he will fight to the death

and drag Imperial Concubine down with him

I may just say...

I may just say that I overheard

Imperial Concubine and Gu Qinghong’s talk

about how yo long agreed

to steal the child from the Lan Palace

and frame Lan State.

It seems that Eunuch Yang

has already arranged everything.

How can a competent and meticulous secret agent

not know how to plan ahead?

Does Imperial Concubine thinks

that everyone will believe

Imperial Concubine, a demoness that sows discord among those wielding imperial power

or that they will believe Yang Zhi

a base humble servant?

What people want

quite often becomes the popular truth.

Besides,

Imperial Concubine should not

eradicate this humble servant.

Yang Zhi has already written a letter

saying that

Imperial Concubine is a secret agent sent by Li State here

and that she forced Yang Zhi

to become one as well.

If Yang Zhi meets with

an unexpected misfortune,

this letter will be

presented to His Majesty.

By then, you and I

will destroy each other.

What great mutual destruction it will be.

I did not expect Eunuch Yang

to do such mean and shameless things.

Mean and shameless things?

Mean and shameless things?

In the imperial harem...

In the imperial harem

doing mean

and shameless things

are a way to survive.

Yang Zhi advises Imperial Concubine

to think about it very carefully

and follow King of Li’s arrangements.

What do you want to do?

Send out the letter

to those waiting for this pigeon.

The food in the imperial kitchen is very simple recently.

it is the time of national armament.

her Majesty has ordered

the whole imperial harem to cut down the expenses.

I am afraid it only concerns Guanju Palace

Imperial Concubine, eat some more mouthfuls.

Was Qin'er found already?

What about Jiao Tong? My Imperial Brother?

I almost forgot.

I have to live under another person’s roof

for ten years more

and lead a life away from home.

I am so stupid.

How could I let Nie Wushuang

take my baby?

Imperial Concubine Shu has arrived.

Imperial Concubine Du,

why are you so hard on yourself?

Hurry up

and clean the floor.

Yes.

Although the palace has cut down the expenses,

there was never a shortage of food or drinks

for Concubine Yun who is pregnant with the imperial heir.

Imperial Concubine Du just gave birth.

It is necessary to take care of yourself.

My maiden family

still wields some power in the imperial court

and takes care of all the aspects

In the future, the amount of food and supplies sent to Guanju Palace

will be exactly the same as that of Xinyi Palace.