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Xian-er,

In West Xia, the saying is that there is no marriage without silver

This collar necklace from the Qiang tribe is my gift to you

From now on, you are the Crown Prince's fiancé

You are also our Yeli family's daughter in law

Wishing you and Crown Prince eternal love towards each other

and have a long fulfilling life together.Thank you, Queen Mother

Xian-er, today all 8 chief tribes are here

Go and greet them

Xian-er, the Queen Mother has a gift for you

I have a gift for you too

Everyone!

Today

is a great day for me and Xian-er

Thank you to all for your presence

Next, Xian-er will perform a song

to celebrate with us. Good! Good!

Why is the King not here yet

Don't tell me he is with Mo Zhang Black Clouds

Not bad

Such a compatible pair

You are back?

Sister, why did you come?

You have been out?

Yes, sister.

My brother, Yeli Yu Qi's body is not even cold yet

Everyday, you go out early and come back late

and you look radiant and glowing

Can you tell me what is your secret?

I am asking you!

Today is Crown Prince Ha-er Dun's engagement ceremony

The Great King did not make his appearance

You as Ha-er Dun's auntie,

on the day of engagement of your nephew, behind the back of the ministers,

have an affair with the King

Do you have no shame?

Can you account to my brother, Yeli Yu Qi?

Yeli Yu Qi is dead

A dead person cannot be revived

You shameless whore

is it more comfortable to be lying in the arms of another woman's man?

Sister,

you,

you hit me? I hit you

I hit you to remind you

Whilst in the embrace of the King,

did you remember my brother, Yeli Yu Qi?

He was once so deeply in love with you,

he used his life to love you!

Yeli Yu Qi

So what?

He is dead

It doesn't matter how I cry for him

Why can't I be a powerful person

and continue to live on?

A powerful person?

Do you think that just because the King favours you for a day or two,

you have become a powerful person?

You can do as you wish?

The King is just mesmerised by your outward beauty

You must know

Woman's outward beauty is worthless

Give it a few more days, when the sense of freshness is gone,

the King will go to someone else for his pleasure

Your this old skin

could only be the mark of how you have shamefully

degraded yourself

Keep away your debauchery

Don't act so shamelessly in the Yeli family's territory

Yes, sister. Don't call me sister!

You are not worthy!

Lastly,

let me remind you something

Keep your distance from the King!

Uncle knows the suffering in your heart

To be the Queen of the country,

it is inevitable that there will be other women vying for the King

You are right, Uncle

But who is this Mo Zhang Black Clouds

She is my brother's woman

What they are doing

is hard to tolerate

Isn't she afraid that my brother's spirit

might come for their lives?

Indeed what they do is intolerable

but, my niece,

you still have to tolerate them

Tolerate?

Why should I tolerate?

Previously, following the King

fighting in the northern and southern wars, sweat and toiled to build this nation,

who was it?

It was my brother and you, Uncle

Now,

the King has killed my brother

and even taken over my brother's woman

All the credit to my brother can't be compared to his

one night of lust?

That was then and now is now

Last time, it was us who helped the King

build this nation

But now, the King

is suspicious of us in the Yeli family

Don't you know?

Niece,

you can't be confused

As a Queen,

some things you need to tolerate, you should tolerate

Otherwise, the fate of our Yeli family would have reached the end

The favour will go onto the Mo Zhang family tribe instead!

Uncle,

now that my brother has died,

my brother's woman is in the arms of my man,

and she even received special favour

How can I swallow that??

But I still have to tell you this

You can't be so stubborn

If you continue to be like this,

not only it is to yourself,

but also to the Yeli family, there will be a scourge! (infliction of punishment)

Queen!

You must tolerate this

for the bigger picture.

Brother Fan

General Ye

General Ye

When are yo leaving? Let me give you a farewell. Don't be so formal.

Alright. You came to see me...

Brother Fan,

this handkerchief was sent by my cousin sister at the risk of her own life

Yu Jin sent it to the Emperor once but

the Emperor valued the kinship between him and Prince Qi

so, he did nothing

I believe that my cousin will not send this out of the blue, without reason or cause, through such a long journey

After my departure, I hope that you will

pay attention to the movements of Prince Qi

Don't worry, General Ye, I will observe him

General, this is the military intelligence/situation and state of military affairs for your reference on the way

Thank you, brother Fan, for your dedication and hardwork

General, you put your own life at stake, take on the great

responsibility of the country, I am full of admiration for you

But this time going to the frontier, the road is filled with danger, please take good care. Brother Fan, you take care too.

I shall take my leave first. Okay.

The West Xia King is now on the siege,

irresistible, but in urgent need of food supply

Even though our government has adequate food supply

but once the war starts, the expenditure will be on a sharp rise

You go and prepare

10 carts of food supply and send it to the West Xia King

as a token of our friendship. Yes!

I will go and prepare the food supply now

When I return to Northern Jiang, I will find the opportunity

to quietly move them into the West Xia.

We didn't expect this..

In this situation,

the Emperor went back on his own word and

reinstated the lady General Ye Zhao.

This is a brazen chess step

There is no bottom line

I have long anticipated this.

But Ye Zhao is now less than a threat.

Ever since she married Zhao Yu Jin,

she only knows how to make herself pretty

she is already a useless one

Then, we shall just wait for West Xia

capture Ye Zhao alive, and start things immediately.

But we must remember

even if the hen is trapped, it will flap its wings for a while

and fight its way before the imminent death.

We shall let it do its thumping,

After it has grown tired from the thumping,

is the time we pull in the net.

General,

when you go to war this time, you must bring us!

General,

We are unwilling to coexist with the enemy under the same sky (revenge for the father)!

General,

I want to seek revenge for the Councillor

I have made a promise to your father

You must both be well

General,

we beg you, please let us go

Our father died horribly

To ask us to remain behind,

to be married off obediently, we can't do it!

Even if you don't allow us to go,

we will still go!

Even if you break my legs and arms today,

I, Qiu Shui,

will still crawl to the frontier.

You both listen well!

No matter what happens,

stay at the capital city,

settle down and get married.

Fulfil your father's wish.

General! Enough!

General, Her Highness is here.

Who is the one in charge in this family?!

Is there any family law at all?

Mother-in-law, you are here

Such a big thing has happened and no one came to tell me

When the child is grown, he doesn't have the mother anymore?

If Concubine Yang hasn't called me into the palace,

up till now, I would still have been kept in the dark!

Kneel down!

Mother-in-law, do not get worked up and take care of your own health.

General must have gone through a lot of thinking to get here

At this time, she must not be distracted

What audacity!

You dare to lecture me? I wouldn't dare

Mother-in-law, please be appeased.

Mother-in-law, don't be angry

It is my fault that I did not report to you in time

I should be punished

Ye Zhao,

let me ask you this

Who agreed to let you go and fight at the West Xia?

It is responsibility

It is also for the peace and stability of Song

Then, are you the daughter-in-law of my Zhao family?

Yes!

Who gave the permission for the Zhao family daughter-in-law to go to war?

I am the Zhao family daughter-in-law,

I am also the descendant of the military Ye family,

I am even more so the Emperor's loyal subject,

the citizen of Song

Seeing the country in danger, I can't

sit by and do nothing

Good!

Then today,

in front of everybody, make a declaration of guarantee

Mother-in-law!

Do not be rash

At this time, you can't let the General

agree to a divorce (agreement on paper)

When woman gets married, they follow the husband.

Alive, you are a Zhao family member. In death, you are a

Zhao family ghost.

Did I say it wrongly?

You are exactly right

I want you to guarantee

Leading the Song army,

you must bring down the West Xia army! I want you to guarantee

In this heroic expedition, you must

be safe and in good health when you return.

I want you to guarantee

when you are at war outside, you must gobble down your food,

must not mistreat yourself, must not starve or be in the cold ,

must not be injured or bruised,

I want you to guarantee

when you return from war,

you must

retire/regress

With my son, Yu Jin,

work at it together,

husband and wife in harmony,

focus on providing the next generation for the Zhao family

Enjoy with me,

the joy of having a family.

I shall remember all your teaching

I guarantee all of the above

Ye Zhao will do all of them

Quickly arise

Our Zhao family, having you, such a heroine,

is already an honour, thankful to our ancestors.

Yu Jin's father, who is in heaven,

is also very proud of you, I'm sure.

Alright,

everybody, get up.

General,

we will all wait for you to come back safely

My wife is going to the frontline to fight the enemy,

yet I am hiding like a tortoise at the back room.

Like a useless bum, waiting for her to return

My husband wants you to bet,

then you HAVE to bet!

As the saying goes, the king is the master of the ministers,

the father is the master to the son,

the husband is the master of the wife.

My wife knows me best

She asks you to bet,

then you must continue to bet

But..

don't you want to prove yourself?

Prove myself?

I am famous as the useless prince, the best there is

This is what the people in the circle named me

What do I have to prove? Prove to whom? Me.

General, all the officers are gathered outside the main gate

awaiting your order to move off immediately

Ah Zhao,

this pouch

open it only when you reach the border.

Alright.

I asked you something

You have not answered me

If.. you do not return within 2 or 3 years,

I will bring out the divorce papers you previously signed

and find myself another gentle and virtuous wife

plus 7 or 8 more concubines,

have a troop of rascals,

all active and healthy,

and completely forget you.

Forget how you look,

forget your likes,

forget everything about you and me.

Good,

this is a good plan.

Off we go!

Stupid woman, if you don't come back,

I wil thoroughly forget you

I will marry another

You do what you have to do,

I will do what I have to.

I, Zhao Yu Jin, in my entire life,

will only have one wife.

General,

we will follow you, even to death.

The Grand army moves out!

My greetings to the Queen

Wait

Anything else the matter, Queen?

I must notify you about something

Please speak, Queen

My brother, Yeli Yu Qi, is dead

you should be reciting chants and praying for him

Yes

Why can't I find a trace of sadness on your face?

For Yeli Yu Qi's reputation,

you should become a nun. No!

Queen, you have no right to do this. As a Queen, of course I have the authority to decide your path

He is dead

you should then become a nun, for the rest of your life,

chant for him. You can't do that! Won't you think for the King?

The King?

You dare to use the King on me?

Somebody! Bring Mo Zhang Black Cloud to Jie Tan monastery

No, I am not going. Let me go!

Bring her away! You have no right to do this!

Let me go! Let me go!

Let me go! Let me go!

Let me go! Let me go!

Amitabha. Greetings to the Queen.

Master. This is the widow of our Yeli family,

Mo Zhang Black Clouds. Please help her to become a nun

The Queen takes things into her own hands, detained me here

You are not afraid that the King will blame you?

Queen, allow me to

enlighten this lady.

Don't worry as you leave.

It's hard on you.

Queen, you can't...

Donor,

what exactly happened?

I am the widow of General Yeli Yu Qi,

Mo Zhang Black Clouds.

I have a question

Are you truly willing to be a nun?

You and the King..

Actually, after my husband passed away,

I should be a nun and continue to chant for him for the rest of my life,

but,

please help me, Master

There's another life in me.

Please go to the Palace and inform the King

and say that Mo Zhang Black Clouds

is pregnant

Amitabha. Please rise quickly.

I will go to the Palace immediately and report this to the King

Thank you, Master, for saving my life

Please go to the guest room and rest first

Great King

You are back?

Come and take a look

When I first married you,

I was the most beautiful woman in the Yeli tribe

You took things into your own hands,

and sent Mo Zhang Black Clouds to Jie Tan monastery to turn her into a nun

Why didn't you first ask me?

Did you ask me before you killed my brother?

Mo Zhang Black Clouds is a woman from my Yeli tribe

My brother is dead

She should be chanting for my brother

Spend the rest of her life at the monastery

You are crazy

You are really crazy

You are a crazy woman! You are a crazy woman!

Great King. You are awake?

Luckily they did not shave you bald

The elderly monk allowed me spiritual practice (instead of being a nun because of her widowhood)

Seeing your face

is really pleasing

It's just as if, overnight, the snow lotus bloomed.

Did you sleep well last night?

With you, my sleep is very steady and peaceful

Then, you come back with me to the Palace

Keep me company every night

alright?

But the Queen cannot accommodate me

With me around,

what can she do to you?

Yeli family tribe is influential

They can't wait to get rid of me quickly

i had better stay here for the time being

That's good too

After some time, when the Queen is more stable,

I will bring you back to the Palace

Once I have the time,

I will come and see you.