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Wife, are you alright?

I'm alright

From today onwards, in order to avoid suspicion,

you will continue to use this big sword for practice

Physican Meng said this sword is too heavy

He asked me to change to one that is lighter

Why don't I practice with (the long slim) sword instead?

The light slim sword will not convince others

Somebody! Present!

Wife, take a seat first

Okay

Husband, you look so cool!

Did you just take some miracle pill and become Hercules?

Why is this so light?

It is hollow?

Eh, you can't bend it!

This is made by the Capital city blacksmith,

Liu San Lang. His specialty is in making hollow things and carving

All the simulated knives and swords used by the performers in the capital city were made by him

And those rich playboys in the capital city who are fond of playing with swords and knives, they all use these

to show off

Prince Jun, you are too kind. Your performance earlier was brilliant!

But this thing is only good for the looks, can't really use it

Before I can even cut off the head, it will break

How can it be put to use?

General, you are unaware,

the rich playboys in the city like to show off but during training, they tend to slack

but they want to show off in front of the beautiful ladies. So,

they secretly thought of this idea of using hollow tools.

They will purposely ask a few men to carry the sword up, acting and panting as they carry it

Then, they will lightly just carry the sword

as if they are so strong and mighty. It did indeed trick quite a few people.

No wonder! This 88-catty sword

feels like 10-catty in my hands

Even my husband can play with it.Your this skill is really

powerful!

You are right, General. This sword really did have me spend an enormous amount of energy on it

I have used a good 7-8 catties of top quality materials

As long as you like it. As long as you don't hit it too hard,

generally, one can't tell the difference.

Go to the General's armour room and choose a few

and do the same (create hollow ones). I will reward you heavily.

Yes, Prince Jun

How is it?

You are so smart, husband

Good! Good!

General is formidable! Good!

Great sword skills, General!

General has great martial arts skills

Good.. good..

So powerful! Good..

Let me tell you.. Our General's sword,

in the army, there are quite a few people who can lift it up but

not many is able to use it as if it is lightweight!

General Ye can carry that sword and cut the tree leaves like nothing.

Shakes the heaven and the earth!

Really a fierce woman

Good!

Now..

No one would believe that my wife is pregnant, right?

Criminal Zhao Rui

Previously instigated the arson at the 3 division office

Colluded with the West Xia..

Dont have to say anymore

I admit to the crimes. Just asking for a quick death

Bring the witness to court

Planned the rebellion at Nong Zhi Gao of the Hui state

and the mutiny at Bei Li Shi at Bei state

Raised a huge amount of money in support of the mutiny

During the time of conflict between West Xia and Great Song,

you launched a mutiny and tried to harm the Emperor

Zhao Rui

Do you have anything else to say?

There's nothing to say

I instigated all these

Today's hearing ends here

We will continue the hearing another day. Somebody!

Drag the two criminals away

Ah Zhao, what are you thinking about?

Come, take a bite. I have deboned it for you

I am thinking about how to sneak into the West Xia Palace

Otherwise, we will use tens of carts of food supply

and pretend to surrender. That way, we can sneak in

Right now, the treasury is empty. The food supply is already insufficient

if you give the food supply to the enemies,

I am afraid we will all not have anything to eat

Qiu Shui!

Who are you calling?

I forgot!

This girl has just gotten married

Yesterday, Qiu Shui and Hu Qing just went into their bridal chamber

They are still in the midst of being lovey dove

Now, they can't be summoned and appear before you immediately anymore

Yes, that's right

Those who should be married are married

Those beside me,

are getting lesser and lesser

How can there be lesser?

Aren't they still following you?

You think..my cousin..

how did she become the Crown Prince's fiancé?

What shall we do?

Even if the troop sending food can get in..

But Hu Qing has already used this trick

The West Xia King will not believe so easily this time

Now, cousin's identity is subtle. If there is any movement (on our part),

it might endanger her life.

If really nothing works,

I will force my way in

Wife

I know what you are thinking

Let me tell you, you had better not think about it!

But where cousin is today, it's all my fault!

Why is it because of you again?

I should not have hidden my identity from her from the very beginning

She mistakenly thought I was a man

Even more, I should not have been silent after the war

causing her to be disheartened

The worst was

after she came to the capital city,

I did some irrational things to her

As her relative, not only did I not comfort her,

but I pushed her away instead

Pushed her out of the door

I really regret

In this life,

no matter how I repent

towards her hurt,

there's no way I can make up for it

Ah Zhao

don't blame yourself anymore

In my heart,

cousin's beauty is very sacred,

but now, she's deep in the West Xia Palace

using her beauty as a bait

When I think about this, I feel terrible

It's all because of me

If it wasn't because of me, this would not have happened!

I really deserve to die!

I want to drink wine!

Fine

Come, come, come. Have a drink of wine, take away your worries

Eh..

old rule: you can only smell it, you can't drink it.

Fine

You drink then

Another cup

Wife

I can't drink anymore

But I want to drink

Come!

You don't drink.

Come!

Husband

Husband?

Husband

PS: LOVE this song by main actor Peter Sheng Yi Lun (aka Zhao Yu Jin) entitled "Loyalty"

Yu Jin?

Let's go!

I will go with you wherever you go

No way

You stay behind

I have thought about it

Today, if my wife and my child

are destined to leave me behind, I, Zhao Yu Jin,

have nothing that holds me back in this world

Maybe..

you give me 3 days

I can bring cousin back

My cousin is betraying her dignity

I feel like dying

You don't have to tell me all these

Just bring me along with you

Rather than wait hopelessly in the camp,

might as well face our way into the West Xia Palace

Can die a swift and clean death

No way

I can't bring you

I can't take care of you

Are you feeling

that if you bring me, I am a burden to you?

Ye Zhao

Let me tell you

The burden on you is heavy

You have the 3 armies waiting for you

The child in your womb is waiting for you

Even if this time, your rescue mission has the odds of success, this mission

is still the most dangerous and most irresponsible action

Do you know

your impulsive action

will endanger everyone's life?

Cousin is like behind bars,

do you think my heart is not pained?

She risks death to send the letter

protected Hu Qing and Tiger Qiu's safety

She is a loyal citizen of Song

a heroine in everyone's mind

She is your cousin

She's also my cousin

She is our family member

When our family member meets with danger, of course we are anxious

Can't be because you are impulsive

you become bashful in your actions

West Xia army can invade us anytime

The main commander is not around

how big a responsibility is that? Have you thought about it?

Either you bring me along with you,

otherwise, you come back with me

Older brother

The Emperor stoops down to have to come to this filthy prison cell

Do you have something to say to me?

From young,

I have always regarded you as the closest brother

After you became Prince Qi,

I have also trusted you the most

Why do you

disregard the brotherly relations we are, collude with the West Xia,

and plan to revolt?

I only want to take back what is mine

You are already in a position above everyone else, second only to me

Why are you so illogically crazy?

Is the throne really that important to you?

Your throne is actually mine!

Mine!

You are actually not even Empress Liu's son

I am the older son

The late King initially

wanted to make me the Crown Prince

So, you tell me

the one sitting on the throne right now

who should it have been?

Eunuch Jiang, where are you?

Eunuch Jiang, come out quickly Eunuch Jiang!

My mother was a maid

By right, she should have been illiterate

But in order to gain favour with Father,

she is diligent day and night

Finally, she became good at zither (music), chess, books and painting

Unfortunately,

Mother did not know

no matter how hard she works,

she will never make it to the Empress position,

because of her humble background

So, in the end, the one in control of the harem is Empress Liu

My mother naively thought that

as long as she is

humble and submissive,

she will be able to get along well with Empress Liu

But she didn't think that Empress Liu remembered her favour

with the King. She plotted many traps

Even when Father told my mother

"I will protect you",

but mother?

She still lives in fear

In the days of living in fear,

she had me,

Zhao Rui

But Father

only had his eyes on you

His pamper and love bestowed upon you

is ten fold, a hundred fold!

Look, Zhen-er

the word "country"

should be

written this way

Father, what does "country" mean?

Country?

Small family is neighbour

Big country is nation

Protect the soil of the nation

War and security

A real hero needs to be able to

protect the family and defend the county

Ensure family and country are both at peace and people are well off

So, when I grow up,

I want to be a real hero too, to protect this country well

Good!

Zhen-er, you have such aspirations, it is my pride

In future, the prosperity of this country

will depend on you

Why depend on me?

Because the people of this nation will pledge their allegiance to you

They will call you their king

Father, is it good to be king?

It's good

The King is the ruler of the nation, above everyone else

This is a place of mountains and rivers, adults and children

everything

will need your protection

Wah...

Above 10,000 people! Then wouldn't I be

the most powerful person on earth?

Zhen-er, you are mistaken

To be above everyone else,

it doesn't mean you override all these people

but it means putting all these people

into your heart

Putting these people into the heart is like me putting

Father, Mother

and Brother Rui into the bottom of my heart

Hahaha

My Zhen-er is so smart

Rui-er,

why are you here? Quickly, go to bed

Don't eavesdrop on your Father here.

No!

I like to hear my Father talk

Follow me quickly

Here..

is not the place you should stay

That night,

Mother

scolded and brought me away

She told me

Rui-er,

the prosperity and power in the Palace

has nothing to do with you

As long as we live peacefully with your Father,

that is good enough

Don't have any more request

Then, how about you?

Zhao Zhen

Emperor

Do you know who you are?

You are not even Empress Liu's son

You are merely the skinned fox that Empress Liu exchanged

and took from Concubine Liu! You are also a lowly son

You have no right to ascend to the throne!

Empress Liu

In order to take control of the harem,

to stabilise her own position,

she pushed you up to the position of son of heaven

And me?

I can only retreat to the side

My mother

often tell me this

A bird that has no wings

No matter how high it flies,

some day,

it will fall very badly

At frist, I did not understand this

Now, I finally understand

Father's position in my mother's heart

he is the highest sun

In order to be together with Father, Mother

even if it means

to fly so high

that when she falls, all her bones will be broken

She would not hesitate at all

After Father passed away,

Mother had no more protection

Empress Liu started to

bare her fangs

She ordered her to her own funeral (ordered her death)

That day,

I ran wildly

towards Ci An Palace

I wanted to see her for the last time

As I ran, and ran

My heart kept calling out my mother's name

Unfortunately,

I was a step too late

I did not get to see my mother for the last time

You know what I saw?

Mother was bleeding profusely

her body was on the spot

A twisted body

the hideous look on her face. Up to now, it often still comes to my dreams

At night, I would be awakened frightfully by that hideous look of her death!

Do you know what kind of feelings that is?

You are way up high there

Do you know what

kind of days I live every day?

I became Prince Qi,

was bestowed the Northern Jiang manor

Rather than said it was bestowed upon me,

might as well just say it was distributed

From that day on,

From that night onwards,

I made up my mind

I want revenge

I want to take back what belongs to me

I started to become tolerant

I started to become respectful

I started to become diligent

Even if someone says I am a lowly son to my face

I would respond with a smile on my face

Because I know

I can't relax

I must tolerate

I must wait

I must wait for an opportunity

Until that time

when Liao's Yelu Zong Zhen asked me to cooperate with him

I know

the opportunity that I have been waiting for

is finally here

Li Suo greets the Master

Li Suo

I have a task for you

You can only succeed, and not fail

Master, in this life, my life is yours since you rescued me

Li Suo is willing to do everything for the Master

Good

In a few days' time, the great general from the Liao tribe

Yelu Da Dan will attack Yong Guan City

The one guarding the city is Ye Zhong and his 2 sons

Highly skilled in martial arts, not easy to break through

You must sneak into the camp, mingle in as one of them

collude with the outsiders, to open the city gate

Yes!

Insider?!

There are insiders!

Ye Xiong! Ye Jie!

Guard the city gate!

Yes!

When the general of the Liao tribe, Yelu Da Dan, was attacking the Yong Guan city,

All the court officials, including you

were in a state of panic

But in my heart, I was happy and satisfied beyond words

I know that I am not far from success

Unfortunately,

Ye Zhao

the appearance of Ye Zhao

has led me to the loss of success

The West Xia approached you to cooperate,

in the same way, you agreed to it?

Yes

Ha-er Dun mentioned to me

using Northern Jiang as the boundary, linking the East and West tube

I agreed

Success,

I can take back the throne. Fail,

It is just my head that rolls

After all, I am all alone

With no children in this world

It is the Heavens that have given me this chance to seek my revenge

The nation that Father has actually meant for me

I want to snatch it all back!

So, for your whole life, you have been fighting with me

Yes! In order to achieve this goal, I must get rid

of all the able people in Song!

One of them is Fan Zhong Yan

One of them is YeZhao

In order to get rid of Fan Zhong Yan,

I let Lu Zhen Ting trick that maid, Hong Qiang, to write a copy of the military strategy

And handed it to you

The documents documenting Fan Zhong Yan's rebellion

was also fabricated by you guys?

Even Hong Qiang

is a piece of chess that I planted

beside Fan Zhong Yan

Hong Qiang is simple and unpretentious, affectionate and righteous

She is just but a girl with a tragic fate

Just a piece of chess being used by you

You used people as if they are nothing, you kill as if they are worthless

You are beyond reason

Fan Zhong Yan!

Stop your pretence and hypocrisy

All your reforms are but a demagogy (to rally political support)

to expose people's shortcomings,

force people into desperate times

You are not any kind of benevolent person

Unfortunately for you, after Lu Zhen Ting caused the death of Hong Qiang,

when he was at the backyard burying her body with his concubine, Ding Shi

it was seen by the Old Duke

Idiom (meaning: If you don't want people to know what you did, then don't do it.)

This score will be counted someday

Miss Hong Qiang did not want to be part of you

is because you cannot tell right from wrong

She is more upright than you all

Zhao Rui

I have always thought

you have great wisdom,

are kind and generous,

but little did I suspect

your generosity

was not used on the right path

The food we can make from the Shaanxi territory,

we have already made them all now

Use money and buy then!

You tell me! Where do we get so much money?

I have money!

This is not a small sum of money

Look!

These money here. some from the Emperor,

some reward from the Empress, the Concubine,

and some from my brother, some stuffed at me by my mother

And some, I cheated others through my tricks

Usually, I don't spend a lot of money

The whole family property is here

Take it!

Husband

Did you keep any money behind my back?

Wait!

Look! What's mine is yours.

I even asked Housekeeper Lu to go and sell all my antiques, paintings and plots of fields

Within the next few days, the money should arrive

I was afraid that Imperial Uncle (the Emperor) is unable to pay the soldiers' wages

You would suffer together with the soldiers. The child in the stomach will also not have enough to eat

Take them

My man has foresight indeed! So decisive and ready

With so much money, you take them out without even frowning

I did not marry the wrong person!