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[Palace of Duke Duan]

You don’t give me anything,

and you want me to make pouch for you?

No way.

When you woke up,

I’ve told you

I’m yours.

So everything in this house

is yours too.

Tell me,

what can I give you?

Yuan,

I couldn’t find you anywhere.

I knew you

must be here.

Am I interrupting anything?

No, no.

I heard

the plum flowers in the Palace of Duke Duan look nice.

So I came here to pick some up.

And it’s snowing now,

so I came in to have some warm soup.

You came here in a hurry,

anything wrong?

Nothing special.

What a nerd.

Lord Qing inherited the throne,

and Zhao Yan made a crucial contribution to it.

He asked if Zhao Yan wanted any reward.

So I asked him to bestow a marriage

for Zhao Yan.

You asked to bestow a marriage for Zhao Yan?

Marriage with whom?

Of course it’s me,

Princess Changle.

Now Zhao Yan

is mine.

He can’t get away from me.

Yan,

let me buy you a drink sometime.

Will you buy me a drink too?

I knew you are here.

The chicken soup smells so good.

Lord Junior,

you just came in from the outside,

you brought all the coldness

from outside to Yuan.

Sees that Duke Duan does not welcome me.

You all just came in from the outside,

have some tea I made.

I thought

Yuan always came to the Palace of Duke Duan,

and there’s no point for me to keep her staying with me.

So I thought

if Yuan

likes the Palace of Duke Duan so much,

maybe I should cancel

my wedding with her.

I even found

the proposal letter we exchanged

when we are engaged,

and wanted to give it back to Yuan.

But seems that Duke Duan does not care.

So I might as well keep it.

Beiyan,

you just came here.

Have some hot tea

to warm you up.

It’s freezing cold

all the way to my heart,

a cup of tea can’t warm me up.

I’ll get you some chicken soup.

That’s not enough.

I heard Duke Duan is good at cooking.

What about you

make some delicious food

for us?

No problem.

Wait for me.

Mr. Jing,

the emperor wants to see you and Mr. Zhao now,

saying that Lord Zhao...

Lord Zhao came for him with troops.

[Xiangzhou]

After a series of internal strife,

Yong now is short of united people

and enough garrison.

There’s nothing we should be afraid of.

It’s time for us to follow up a victory with hot pursuit.

And we’ll soon take down Yong.

We have a wise leader.

Even if Yong has time to deploy troops,

they have to defend the army from Ji State.

I believe in a day or two,

the boundary between Ji and Yong should be in danger.

I planned for so many years

just for today.

Lord Zhao sent out troops to Yong

when our royal palace is in a mess.

Generals and soldiers on the frontier were caught off guard,

and we’ve lost a couple of places.

Now they’ve got Xiangzhou,

and stationed in Xiangzhou.

Before, when Lord Zhao met my father,

he needed to prostrate at his feet.

Now,

he saw that the capital was at strife,

and then attempted to

bring us down when my brother hasn’t been on the throne for long.

That’s just ridiculous.

Don’t worry, your majesty.

I would like to take my father’s duty,

lead the troops

and defeat them for you.

You come from a learned family

and you are highly talented,

it won’t be a problem for you to lead the troops and fight in battlefield.

But Lord Zhao had always been humble,

and now he suddenly waged a war against us.

He must’ve planned for long.

It won’t be easy to deal with an enemy

as sophisticated as him.

It’s men’s duty to protect our country.

How can I let him

rage in my country?

Beiyan,

I appreciate you

for thinking that.

But I just sit on the throne,

and didn’t win everyone’s trust.

I’m afraid

not all the troops will obey to my order.

Your majesty,

let me go to Xiangzhou.

For what?

I want to see Lord Zhao.

You want to persuade him to back off?

That’s impossible.

Nothing is impossible.

I’ve stayed with Lord Zhao for more than 20 years.

I know what he can leave behind,

and what not.

Ci,

is it too risky

to go to Xiangzhou and talk to Lord Zhao directly?

If there’s no other solution,

we can just start the war.

If all the generals and soldiers of Yong can unite as one,

I don’t think Lord Zhao will be able to take any advantages from us.

But after a series of wars,

people need to rest and recover,

you need to settle them down too.

We can’t go through another war.

Well…

Don’t worry, your majesty.

I’ll do everything I can

to prevent this war.

Hadn’t the wars

consumed our power,

I would never allow you to go.

Your majesty,

I feel sick.

Please pardon me for leaving.

Ci.

Go for her!

Okay.

Yuan.

I don’t think you should go.

I warned you before

that the Palace of Zhao is not your home.

Lord Zhao

is your foster father,

but he is not a good person.

He,

he’s horrible.

Before

I sent Heng

to find your sister Qingli in Ji State

to look into this.

Qingli

interrogated Yanrong immediately.

This maid is called Yanrong,

She is pretty considerate and prudent.

I’ll send her to go to Ji State with you

to serve you.

My lady.

It’ her.

Yes.

Have some too.

But don’t have too much since you didn’t eat anything.

It might hurt your stomach.

I feel that

I always said that

to you before.

I should give you a toast.

You never thought about Lord Zhao.

You heard the wine he gave you was good for me,

so you drank it with me.

That wine was

opposite to my medicine.

You were not affected,

but I fell into a trance

and even illusion.

So I was easily poisoned by Yanrong.

I passed out too

after you.

I can’t recall what happened later.

Yanrong was not only subjected to Lord Zhao

she

was also subjected to Lord Ye.

When I woke up,

I saw the person who cut my tendon

was wearing a hand string.

Until I interrogated Yanrong this time

I realized

it’s her

who cut my tendon.

When I came to Yong,

I found the murderer who tried to kill me,

Xiaoyu

and Jiang Tan all wear

the same red hand string.

So I tracked down this,

trying to find the truth

and prove you are innocent.

Finally,

I traced down to Lord Ye.

But Lord Ye was always cautious,

so I couldn’t find

any strong evidence to confirm his guilt.

But I never believed that you would hurt me.

I don’t want to hurt you,

Lord Zhao does.

After so long,

I still remember

the dreadful fear I had when I found the truth.

You don’t want me to meet Lord Zhao

because of that dreadful fear

at the bottom of your heart, right?

I never understand

why Lord Zhao wanted to hurt you.

Because he’s ambitious.

He’s never satisfied with ruling only a small piece of land.

Meditation and self-cultivation,

ignorance to the outside world

are only the tricks he used to hide his ambition.

At that time, he found I came to Yong,

and thought I was going back to my real father

and return to Yong,

becoming a threat to him,

and he couldn’t let that happen.

You came to Yong

for me.

Li Yuan insisted to marry you,

and I didn’t want to ignore your feelings,

so of course I had to find a solution for you.

So I came to Yong

to discuss with Qingli about the switching plan.

Deal.

You came for me.

For me again.

Even if it’s not for you,

I couldn’t let him

start a war

for his own sake.

Besides,

this is not the only time he tried to kill me.

This jade pendant

was from my mom.

After I went to Qinhe,

he sent someone to give this to me.

I carried it with me all the time,

and was poisoned all the time

but I didn’t know why.

Who would’ve thought

he made what my mom left to me

highly toxic.

That’s unbelievable.

Your mother

was always his closest cousin,

and you always treated him as a father.

How could he

hurt you over and over again?

He is not

hurting me,

but the people of the two counties, Yong and Zhao.

They

lost their life and family in the war,

and they are still in huge pain.

If we are going to have another war,

numerous people would die

in both counties.

Yuan,

do you think I should go to Xiangzhou?

You should.

But

maybe I can do something too.

[Xiangzhou]

Your majesty,

someone wants to see you.

Who is it?

He says

he is Jing Ci.

Here he is.

Let him in.

Yes, your majesty.

Mr. Jing,

please.

Lord Zhao.

Father.

Your move is smart,

but you left something unattended,

creating a chance for your opponent.

you might even lose the whole game.

This does not look like your style.

Ci,

long time no see.

I was feeling quite lonely

for having no one to play chess with.

Since you are here,

why don’t we play a round?

As you want.

Okay.

Ci,

I raised you up.

Usually

you call me Father.

But today,

I heard you

call me

Lord Zhao.

I never forget

everything we had in the old days.

I wanted to forget

what happened later,

but what Lord Zhao did

was unforgettable.

Ci,

what do you mean

by what happened later?

Like

the poisonous wine you gave Mianwan,

the sword Yanrong used to cut my tendon,

and

the jade pendant my mother left to me.

Good.

You found them all out.

You are indeed

well taught by me.

I kept the things you taught me in my mind.

But how much

do you remember?

How dare you

to judge me?

Now Yong is undergoing inner strife,

and Ji State glares at it as a tiger eyeing its prey.

While I, Lord Zhao, act at God’ will,

rise up in this occasion

to end the chaos

and bring peace back to the world.

How can people feel unsettled about this?

In those years,

Emperor of Yong respected you,

but you manipulated in secret,

managed to cause so many troubles to Yong,

and put spies in our government.

Now

you are invading Yong.

Where is your conscience?

Looks like

you’ve

found out a lot.

What’s most ridiculous is that

Lord Ye killed so many people

to put his spies in,

but in the end, it’s you who reaped the fruit.

After the elder princess died,

her husband was worried and anxious.

He’s in charge of the examination and recommendation

of all the civil officials.

You can easily control him

with a little bit effort.

Lord Ye thought he was in charge of everything,

but you are the one who’s manipulating everyone.

He’s selfish and radical,

but not ambitious.

Yet he did whatever he likes

with your secret instigation.

He even killed the former Emperor of Yong.

[Lord Ye Betrayed Me]

Let me guess,

Qiao Li, the arm of Lord Ye

is also under your command.

He helped Lord Ye

just to achieve your ambition.

You always wanted the chaos in Yong.

You sent Zesheng to Yong

hoping the princes of Yong

would fight against each other for her.

If there’s inner strife in Yong,

it would give you a chance to attack Yong

and even

devour it.

In this game,

every step you took

sounds ingenious.

Seems that

you’ve already found a way

to solve it.

The troop from the Jiangbei Camp

is led

by Lord Junior, Mu Beiyan.

It can be called as a troop of excellence.

A troop led by a young dandy

is a troop of excellence?

General Yang Shihou

who went to the capital to protect the emperor

hasn’t left.

Army of Lord Bo has joined them

after rest and recovery.

They are determined to serve the new emperor.

They deserve that name.

Yang Shihou went to the capital,

but

his armies

are still stationed in Weizhou

to protect the North.

What can he do without soldiers?

Lord Bo has limited armies,

so no need to worry about him.

And besides, I have a troop of excellence too.

Do you know

where my next move is?

If you cannot

figure it out,

then you

and your country are lost.

I don’t need to figure it out,

someone has already done that.

Your next move

must be to unite with Ji to attack Yong, right?

Feng Mianwan.

Or should I

call you

Yuan?

I accidentally became Feng Mianwan,

then surely I am.

But now

I wish people can call me

Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li?

Sending Feng Mianwan for marriage

must be the worst move you’ve ever made.

Yuan Qingli?

I appreciate the marriage Lord Zhao bestowed,

giving us the chance

to be justified

for being with my general.

You...

You!

Ci and I suffered so much because of you.

But still, we should thank you

for accidentally

giving my sister

the marriage with General Li.

Feng Mianwan,

you found Yuan Qingli to help you.

But what can she do?

Even if she’s Li Yuan’s wife,

I don’t believe

Li Yuan will be persuaded

by pillow talk,

and ruin our strategy.

You made the strategy

with Ji State,

but General Li has no idea about it.

The union Emperor of Ji has with me

needs the approval from Li Yuan?

What’s wrong?

Yeah.

[Xiangzhou]

It’s everywhere.

Over there too.

Yeah.

General,

look!

Beacon smoke?

How’s that possible?

Why is there smoke on Zhaozhou’s border?

No.

Your Majesty,

your majesty,

your majesty, bad news.

Our border is in danger.

Unknown enemies attacked our border,

and the smoke is everywhere now.

What?

It’s you,

it’s General Li.

I didn’t expect

Li Yuan listened to you,

talked Emperor of Ji out of union,

and attacked Zhaozhou instead.

Lord Zhao,

our emperor is young

and can be easily

persuaded by you,

promised to attack Yong with you.

But our general is a wise man.

He knew

what you are thinking about.

You’ve arranged

so many spies in Yong,

I’m sure you feel confident about taking it down.

As for Ji State,

we have a unsettled Yan State

as our neighbor.

So

even if we take down Yong,

we won’t be able to manage it.

And the fruit will be yours.

Once Lord Zhao captures Yong,

it won’t take long for you to

stabilize in Yong with all the spies you have there.

As for Ji, it might be attacked by Yan

while their army is not available.

How can General Li of Ji State

take the risk of ruin his country

to do your favor?

Ji State didn’t keep his words,

and even comes to attack my country

while we are empty in there.

General Li

has gone to the border.

Maybe

he will

have some military exercise in your country.

But don’t you worry,

Lord Zhao.

As long as Yong stays safe,

and we won’t see

Zhaozhou becomes supremacy,

then we won’t do anything.

Yong has assembled army

on the border to resist Zhaozhou’s army.

If Yong unite with Ji,

can Zhaozhou resist it?

Lord Zhao,

are you really ready

for attacking Yong?

You are a wise man,

I’m sure you won’t take the risk of losing your country

to persist in this way?

Ci,

you were born

and raised in Zhaozhou,

but now

you are taking Zhaozhou

to threaten me?

I was born

and raised in Zhaozhou,

that’s why I don’t want to see people dying in Zhaozhou.

On the other hand, my origin is in Yong.

I don’t want to see people dying in Yong either.

I’ve suffered and planned for 20 years

just so that one day

we won’t be controlled by others.

My people

won’t be enslaved.

How can I waste my life

by letting others

rule my life?

The new emperor of Yong is merciful and tolerant,

so he will never attack Zhaozhou unless he has to.

Did you realize

when you don’t want your life to be ruled by

others, you are actually ruling others life?

If the war starts,

how many people

will lose their life and home,

their families and beloved ones?

Father,

do you really want to

sacrifice Zesheng,

me,

and even countless

loyal subordinates

just for your own gain?

This time,

you win.

But

I won’t waste my effort

in 20 years in vein.

You’ll see.

Being constantly reminded by Lord Zhao,

our new emperor will surely exert himself to

make the country strong and prosperous.

Withdraw.

Yes, sir.

Take care, Father.

Qingli,

thank you

and General Li for your help this time.

I had the chance to be with Li Yuan

because of you,

but left my messy life behind

to you.

I always felt so guilty.

I’m glad

that I can help you this time.

You don’t need to feel guilty.

I’m fine,

So is Ci.

Now that things are settled,

what are you going to do?

We are not going back to the capital.

Where will you go then?

Doctor Zuo, who’s always been

taking care of Ci says

he shouldn’t toil.

If we can indulge ourselves in mountains and waters,

think less and work less,

maybe

we can live long.

I want to become old

with Ci too.

You will.

Things on the court are just annoying,

better to leave them

to the new emperor.

Duke Duan,

please take good care of

my sister.

If you have time,

you can come to Ji State to visit me.

No problem.

Let’s go.

Okay.

Yuan,

will you stay with me

for the rest of my life?

You know,

the moment

you saved me from Aunt Zhixia

and decided to raise me up,

we are destined to be together.

Thank you.

Even after you took the medicine,

and forgot everything,

you didn’t forget to love me.

If we have a second life,

I won’t forget

to love you too.

Great,

that’s a promise.

[The End]