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Prince Jun, Prince Jun

Ever since you instructed me, I went to the family accountant

and withdrew 80% of the household money. They are all here

Not bad

How about the people I asked you to look for?

All outside, ready to be sent at anytime

Ask them to come in. Yes!

Come in!

Not bad

Everyone looks smart and strong

From today onwards

You will all follow Xiao Xia-zi

Go with me to Shaanxi Border

Xiao Xia-zi will be this trip's little group leader

Responsible for

everybody's movement

Yes, Prince Jun

Xiao Xia-zi, bring them with you to Flower Hat Alley

Engage the most experienced midwife

Then go and call on Strong Li from the Li family,

Liu San Lang from the Liu blacksmith family,

and the slackers from the Southern Street tavern, Mo Gou Shan and Li Xiao-er,

the performer at White Flower Pavilion, Miao Qian-er and Huo Yu Lang

Whether you throw money at them or bundle them up, or intimidate them

Just make sure you get them here, to go with me to the border

Prince Jun

This Strong Li is from the escort service (ie transport of goods)

Never mind the blacksmith

The performer, the habitual thief, the slacker

bring them to the border for what purpose? If the General knows about it,

she will be angry

When there is a mixed-up like this, of course they have their advantages

(idiom) Useful talents, just to be prepared for any situation

Yes, I understand now

Hurry and go!

Let's go ! Let's go! Follow closely

Zhao Yu Jin

You're a man

You're a menfolk

Menfolk can be a good for nothing, can be useless

Can be a coward, can be afraid of death

But you are now a dad

Being a dad, you mustn't cower even half a step

Must put in your best effort,

advance bravely!

Emperor

This silly nephew of mine

I asked him to come to the Palace today

I wanted to dissuade him from going to the border for the time being

in case it might disturb Ye Zhao. But this lad...

he ran faster than the rabbit!

Emperor

His anxiety can be understood

After all, he is going to be a father soon

Father?

Where has he got the looks of a father?

Reporting to the Emperor, Minister Fan requests an audience

Granted

Summon Minister Fan

Fan Zhong Yan greets the Emperor

Greetings to Concubine Gui

Chen Tian Mao greets the Emperor

Minister Fan

who is this person?

This is Chen Tian Mao (literal translation: sky cat), he is a robber

He lurks around and is a rogue who commits crimes everywhere

Just a few days ago, he was at Duke Zeng's house

and was caught red-handed by Old Duke Zeng

After he was punished, he revealed a lot of information

Other than stealing the archive files at the magistrate court, General Ye's dagger,

at West Xia, he had also stolen Yeli Yu Qi's precious sword.

Yeli Yu Qi's precious sword?

What happened there?

Tell the truth

There was a man by the name Hu Yuan, he.. he..

He asked me to do it!

Who is Hu Yuan?

A citizen of Song. Prince Qi's messenger

Prince Qi?

Prince Qi's messenger? Yes.

Bring him away

Emperor

What should I do with this cat?

He is originally a wild cat

Just let him be

Minister Fan

I am sending you to investigate quietly

See if there is someone from Prince Qi's residence by the name of Hu Yuan

(background chattering:) put these here, thank you

Xiao Xia-zi

We have traveled for half a month, why are we still not there yet?

Prince Jun, have a banana first. Yesterday,

I asked at the inn

We are now just outside the junction between the states of Ning and Xia Another 10 days

we shall arrive at the frontier camp site and you will be able to see General then!

We have only traveled half the way?

Prince Jun, please persevere with it a little more.

Persevere a little more

In the previous trip out, I served as the imperial official

Everywhere I went, the officials came out to welcome me, a few hundred of them

in the company of the charming and beautiful wives, everywhere I went, they welcomed me

Other than the turbulence from the horse cart, I really did not suffer much

This time, going to the border quietly, we must be very low key

even afraid that others may know

This kind of arrangement of clothing, food and housing, we did not only drop the standard by one or two notches

Luckily you followed the General to build up your body,

your body, bone and courage has become greater/better by a great deal!

Yes, of course

For my wife and child..

Huh?

Besides, I have never been to the border

So, it is just nice that we get to enjoy the scenery along the way

Prince Jun! Prince Jun! Are you alright?

Snake! Snake!

What happened?

Quick, quick! Help him up! He was scared by a snake

Where did the snake go? Did it run away? Did you get bitten on your leg? Are you alright?

Did it bite you on your hand, Prince Jun?

I.. I am fine

I am a man, why would I be so fragile?

Ouch!

Prince Jun! Prince Jun!

My foot!

My leg!

My God

In this world

why is there such a place where there is not even an inch of grass?

Prince Jun

In order to avoid the West Xia's army detection,

we detoured

We are here in the rendezvous point between the states of Ning

and Zhou

The people here

live a very cold and bitter life

Here,

lots of dry glass and very little rain

Sometimes to the point that there is not even a drop of rain for half a year

When it is the rain season,

the people will gather the rain water into a pond

that will need to last them for a whole year

For use for a whole year?

The people use the water they used to wash their faces,

then used it to wash the vegetables

after washing the vegetables, they then let the cows and

horses drink

Cleaning and hygiene

and watering the soil

Can the vegetables still be eaten?

But that's how the locals live

Eh, Prince Jun, what's wrong?

Prince Jun! Prince Jun! Prince Jun! Stop! Stop! Stop!

Prince Jun! Prince Jun! Prince Jun!

Quick take a look. Prince Jun.

Prince Jun, stick out your tongue

Let me take a look

We have been eating only dried goods lately, causing the stomach to be irritated

The stomach is not well, how can he not throw up and have diarrhoea?

He is starting to be feverish now. Then, what should we do?

But, don't fret. I will get some concoction going later.

Let's find an inn ahead and rest for a little while.

When the fever is gone, then we set off again. Ok!

No, I am fine. It's just my stomach causing trouble

At the inn ahead, give me the medicine. Once I have had it, I will be fine

Prince Jun!

Don't delay the expedition

Prince Jun! This cannot be taken lightly This involves life and death, a big matter!

Haiz! I will be responsible for own life

Prince Jun! I have a family of old and young at home

They are looking forward to my returning home alive

Prince Jun, you have a weak body

If anything happens to you, we are alright,

what if Your Highness (his mother) dies crying?

Yes! Yes!

Prince Jun, please do some good

If Prince Jun can't go home alive,

even our next 9 generations will not be able to live

If we can reach the camp site within 20 days,

I will give out a big reward

Prince Jun, if you don't meet the General alive,

where are we going to claim the reward?

Prince Jun, you need to be considerate of us

You these rogues! You dare stop me from meeting my wife

My wife will use the military law against you all

Prince Jun , please be appeased

Ok, ok, ok, we are willing to be punished by the military law

We are but a group of marketplace bullies

Yes, Prince Jun

We were never any big and mighty warriors

Don't have too high expectations of us

Prince Jun, they are indeed shameless but what they just said is reasonable

I think, why don't we heed the Imperial Physician's word?

We find an inn ahead and rest for a bit. As soon as your fever is down,

we then persevere day and night through the rest of the journey. We will still make it on time to meet the General

Yes! Yes! Right? Yes. Yes

Meeting you rogues,

I can't be a hero either!

Let's go back to the carts. I will go fetch the medicine. Go, go. Let's go quickly.

Quick, quick, let's go!

Ever since the Heavenly General Ye Zhao is on watch at the border,

the military situation has now been reversed

From passive, we are now the active party

Right now, the West Xia has proposed peace talks

Dear ministers,

how should our court respond to this?

Replying the Emperor, Ye Zhao's comeback has defeated the West Xia

a mighty warrior at the border

The West Xia had no choice but to propose peace talk

Now, our military is at the cutting edge

with high morales

we should do it in one go and defeat them (ie give them a clean sweep)

Replying the Emperor, the Songs have been at war for some time

for the sake of the Song civilians, for them to be free from suffering,

we can accept the peace talk

Reporting to the Emperor, Old General Yang is correct

we should take the opportunity against West Xia

and take them down in one clean swoop, cleaning up the old nest

Replying the Emperor, we can take this opportunity of peace talk to prepare our food supply and when they are unprepared,

take them out once and for all, and take back all our lost land

I am of the opinion that we should not be too rash in our negotiation

but pay attention to the scale of the negotiation

West Xia may have 2 attitudes

On one side, we can conduct a calm and peaceful negotiation with them

On the other side, we continue to intensify the preparation for war

Until we are clear about the West Xia's details (or intentions), after we have a reasonable treaty,

both parties can then re-discuss peace talk protocol

Although our country is huge, there is always death in war

Although the world is safe, it is dangerous to forget about the consequences of war

Our country has never been fond of war

but we are not afraid of going to war either

If West Xia is really sincere, to stop the war, it is the best

But if

this is their delaying tactic (to stave an attack)

I will definitely

fight with them till the end!

Replying the Emperor

Ever since the start of the war, we have practised

economic blockade against West Xia, causing them to be inflicted with heavy economic losses.

In the peace talk now,

it is more likely to be a delay tactic

But, from my understanding of the West Xia King,

He deliberates things very thoroughly and is highly ambitious

This treaty talk will not be an easy thing to achieve

Just as the saying goes: A static can make a hundred moves, one forbearance can make a hundred heroes

Hai Wei Ning is of steady and calm demeanour

is suitable to go have peace talk with the tiger-wolf Master of West Xia (referring to the West Xia King)

Hai Wei Ning

I am here

I am instructing you to represent my country

depart immediately to the West Xia, and responsible for the negotiation

As you command

Father

Are we really having peace talk?

I have already sent out the messenger

to submit the peace talk document to Song

There should be response from the other side soon

Then, the peace talk

who are you sending from our side?

In order to show the West Xia's sincerity,

this time

I will personally meet with the messenger from Song

I still feel that..

there is no need for a peace talk Silly

This is only a delay tactic

It's because I want to create an impression

of a peaceful atmosphere

The purpose is to let the Songs put down their guard

When the time is ripe

I will send Yinuo

to do a sneak-attack on Song

This time,

we can only succeed,

we can't fail

Oh, so that's the plan

Father

Why don't you let my tribesmen go to war?

Ever since we started war with the Songs,

you have always sent Yinuo's army

This half year,

I was thinking about increasing the training of my tribesmen

Furthermore, the war is at hand, why don't you

check out the military power of my tribesmen?

The soldiers of the Crown Prince

should be given a chance to go to war for some experience

Thank you, Father

We shall make use of the peace talk as an opportunity

You shall secretly send 200,000 of the soldiers

to the frontier

Yes.

Also,

your army must listen to Yinuo's arrangements and deployment

Yes

This time,

I definitely want Ye Zhao's army

to be completely wiped out!

The peace talk is indeed a hoax

a bigger campaign is at the back

I must find a way to send this piece of news out

Councillor

Miss Liu, it's so urgent, what happened?

The peace talk is fake, starting the war is the real motive

As I expected. Things aren't as simple as it seems

What do you intend to do from here?

In order to paralyse Song, the West Xia King

wants to meet the messenger from Song personally

I have to think of an idea

to get the West Xia King to let me stay at his side

I have to find the opportunity to leak the news to the messenger

No, you can't do that. It's too dangerous

Danger?

Life itself is a risk with great danger, isn't it?

But you must think for the General

If she was here, she'd definitely not let you take such a high risk

Think for her?

No

This time

I just want to be myself

Great King

I brought you some snacks.

These are Song snacks that I have made for you personally

There is the Mother Mei-er shortbread,

Beauty Real Heart steamed dumpling,

and plain flour Hibiscus cake

XIan-er, you really are ingenious

I must really try them

It melts in the mouth,

taste of fragrance on the tongue

You came to my Great Xia and grow your roots here

You are beginning to be more and more radiant

More and more

charming

It is the water and soil of West Xia that moistened me

Your favour has pampered me

I heard that you are going to meet the peace-talk messenger from Song tomorrow

Can you

also bring me with you?

Are you interested in this peace talk too?

I just want to be by your side

and get a glimpse of you

As a courtier, having you by my side,

there would be a lot of inconvenience

Is it possible

that the King is afraid?

In this world,

what can make me afraid?

Great King,

if you really want to have me,

why don't you have me by your side

and let the cabinet ministers see

so that their mouths can be shut earlier

Alright

I like woman like you - daring and responsible

You are the goddess that the Heavens have bestowed upon me

Only you

are fit to be my woman

And only the King

is fit to be my man

Come, Great King

Xian-er. Xian-er

You think I can't catch you, is it?

Come

Beauty.... beauty...

Let's go

Why are you here?

I thought you have already left?

Ah Zhao

I miss you

I have always been missing you

Xi Ying, don't miss me

I am doing fine

Ah Zhao

Ah Zhao

The Song messenger, Hai Wei Ning, greets the Great King

This is the peace treaty document that my Emperor has asked me to bring to you

Please take a look, Great King

Minister Hai must be travel-worn in your haste journey here

to have peace talk with our Great Xia

Enough to see the sincerity of the Song Emperor

Minister Hai

Minister Hai

our Great Xia is but a small and poor state The war this year has brought a lot of burden onto our people

This time,

the war with Song

started because of some conflict at the border

It has caused both Song and Xia to be hurt

Economic trade at the border stopped

Many soldiers and citizens are injured

The nation's power is increasingly difficult

Hence, our Great Xia King

in consideration for the civilians of both parties,

also in consideration of two states' friendly exchanges, he has suggested negotiation to your state

The State Councillor is right

I have heard that your state has tea without a drink (ie they're poor)

and clothes are expensive (ie they can't afford)

The citizens have been lamenting

Peace talk is for West Xia,

the best way out for you to have peace

Minister Hai

For the citizens of Song and Xia

Hope that both the Song and Xia will henceforth withdraw the army

with clear demarcation

and resume trading

Since you state has initiated the peace talk,

and full of sincerity,

then, please have your state army pull back

100 miles

(murmuring) What? 100 miles?

After that, then our army will also retreat 100 miles

Within half a month

both armies

will retreat back to their camps

Minister Hai

The matter of retreating the army is about the sincerity of both parties

If only one side retreat, I am afraid this is not right

Great King

I think the Song messenger is not sincere

Let me go and humiliate him

You can go

The one standing here,

who stands straighter that the white birch tree in Helan Mountain, that minister,

we seem to have met somewhere before

Oh?

Xian-er

This messenger from Central Plains

You have met him before?

Oh...

Actually it was at the Green Pavilion painting room

in the Eastern capital city

Not sure why today

you are so serious

Looks so realistic, like a real man

I have been reading the Book of Sages since young

of a clear character,

since when have I ever been to the Flower Street Willow Lane (entertainment areas)?

Lady, do not slander me

Maybe

I recognised the wrong person?

You are not Minister Hai?

Song

really has no one to use anymore

They even send this kind of pious, dignified person for peace talk

(murmuring) This is a real joke!

Lady,

I think you have

a delicate facial features

I think you must be

our Song citizen, right?

So what if I am?

The men in the Central Plains

are all fickle and ungrateful

Unlike the heroic men in the Great Xia!

Yes! Hahaha

Great! Great!

Lady, you are far from home

in West Xia

Do you not have a single bit of feelings for your motherland?

Of course I do.

Why not?

I miss the weak people in the Central Plains,

the disasters in the Central Plains,

also the 10-mile long smoke in the Central Plains,

and the ungrateful men in the Central Plains with their insatiable desires!

You are a maniac!

You have the face of a flower but actually you have the venomous heart of a snake

In this court, you humiliate our Great Song messenger

This is a shame of my Great Song dynasty,

a humiliation to the ancestors

You this little messenger, I have given you some leeway

You really think you are someone important?

You dare to stand on our Great Xia soil and behave atrociously?

Xian-er,

don't be wilful

Minister Hai

My Great Xia women are borned to be capricious and wilful

Although she was born in the Central Plains

but once she is on this land that is full of folk customs

she is pampered

like a four-hoofed wild horse that runs with the wind

Hahahaha

Minister Hai, hope that you will come back with good news the next time

Go home, you!

Great King! Great King! Great King!

Great King! Great King! Great King!

It's you!

Small little wretch! Why are you here?

Looks like the 2 armies preparing for peace talk, you have more free time now too!

Let's go! We sit down and talk

You came at the right time

Let me give you a present

Why would you give me a present out of the blue?

Just open and take a look

Second brother

Where did you get this painting?

Don't ask me where I got this from

Just say whether you like it or you don't

Ying Chuan looked at the portrait carefully

In that moment, the memories that have been sealed for many years

suddenly gushed through her mind

Ying Chuan's eyes showed her deeply engrossed and intoxicated feelings

However,

the memories gradually came to an end

a trace of dimness and sadness came over her beautiful face

Second brother

why did you give me this present?

Answer my question first

2 years ago

The Liao clan Lord,

Yeli Zong Zhen, came here to ask for your hand in marriage

Father was also hoping that you would be married to the Crown Prince, Yeli Hong

But you used committing suicide as a threat

You were unwilling to marry him

2 years ago,

I went to Song

you stopped me midway

asked me to bring Ye Zhao

a little boots made from goat skin which you personally sewed

And yet, Ye Zhao is nearby at the frontline

why do you not personally go and see

the General Ye who has returned to the battlefield?

It will be good to give your feelings

a perfect closure

Sister, go and meet with Ye Zhao

See with your own eyes

what she looks like as a woman

acknowledge that her disguise as a man is a great mistake

and give it a conclusion

In the future, look for a good partner

to be with you for the rest of your life

But how can I get to see Ye Zhao?

The Song messenger come back and forth

This is just the beginning of the peace talk

Following this, there will be another new round of negotiation which will be conducted at the border

How about this?

You go and request of Father

to let you

go there as the peace talk envoy

I will help you on my side , to meet with Ye Zhao

Using the peace talk to go see General Ye

Such a big military matter, will Father agree?

Silly sister

Amongst all of Father's daughters, doesn't he dote on you the most?

If Father doesn't agree,

then you act spoilt in front of him. He will surely agree to let you

Go then

You've grown so big

yet you have not learnt what is known as etiquette

What's the matter?

Father

The following negotiation,

who are you going to send?

What are your thoughts?

Father, I want to use this chance to train myself

Military matters, not appropriate for

girls to participate

Father

let me be the envoy for this negotiation

and let me travel with the group

Negotiation is not going to the fair

Why would you want to go and join the crowd?