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~ Moonrise by Lu Hu & Huang Yali ~

♫ The moonlight shines brightly on the strings of the zither that night ♫

♫ You and I are teetering on the edge of loneliness ♫

♫ Softly reciting the bygone days we cannot return to ♫

♫ Also floating in the air is a kite with a string that has snapped ♫

♫ The yearning stirs my heartstrings that night ♫

♫ Love and hate whimper quietly and unrestrainedly ♫

♫ To meet or not to meet, both are similarly on the edge of pain ♫

♫ That umbrella that shielded me from the rain was badly damaged ♫

♫ At moonrise, I meet with you ♫

♫ At moonset, I could not see you anymore ♫

♫ At moonrise, I endlessly yearn for you ♫

♫ At moonset... at moonset... ♫

♫ A millennium passes by rapidly... ♫

The Legend of Hao Lan

Episode 50

The Qin King's mind is unfathomable.

Go back and tell your master.

The next one... will be him.

- Prince. - Prince.

Prince Zixi is now executed as per His Majesty's decree.

Those who had followed the traitor in the past

will now be forgiven if he comes back to the righteous side.

Those who still refuse to surrender will have three generations executed.

Put down all your weapon!

Situ Que, you may go back no.

I have already fully repaid Prime Minister Lu's favor.

Prince Zixi helped me during my hard times.

Yet I still strike him back.

That was heartless and unjust.

Is it appropriate to speak about benevolence and righteousness to traitors like him?

I have no more relations with Prime Minister Lu.

Give my greetings to him when you get back.

Wish him bright prospects and grand successes.

May his wishes come true.

Please convey this to your younger sister.

Tell her she must be happy forever.

Don't! Situ!

Prince Zixi had been spreading rumors everywhere about Her Highness and me stealing the state of Qin.

Next, we just need to take control of Xianyang,

kill the king and then let the people of Qin know

that the king was killed by a traitorous me.

In this way, he will become the hero who saved the country.

Unfortunately, Bai Zhong is already a step ahead.

Secretly laying an ambush at the outskirt of Xianyang.

As it turns out, Prime Minister Lu has made early preparation.

Already?

As it turns out, His Majesty has another secret decree.

Early on, I already bestowed a decree.

Today, Prince Zixi will lead the army into battle as per normal,

and the army will be in his command.

If he leads the army back into the city, he will be treated as a traitor.

Of course, Marchioness Xuan's bribes to the soldiers,

I will also command them to keep it.

That's to avoid alerting the enemy inadvertently.

Fine. Actually, Your Majesty already harbored suspicion early on.

In that case, I need to ask you, Lu Buwei.

Where did Bai Zhong's army come from?

Your Majesty, please forgive me.

Prince Zixi committed treason.

General Bai secretly contacted the old subjects under Lord Wu'an

and arranged the deployment on the sly.

With the change in law, there is no other private army in Xianyang.

Most of the people are actually servants to put up a front.

I know that Your Majesty is very alert and must have made other arrangement.

Now that two sides have converged, the traitors collapsed on their own.

Right or wrong, black or white, it's all easily seen at a glance.

Lord Yangquan, Marchioness Xuan and Prince Zixi conspired together and coordinated from inside and outside.

Lord Yangquan had been executed in public.

As for the royal clansmen,

does anyone still have doubts about the Crown Prince's identity?

Your Majesty, this was all Prince Zixi's traitorous scheme.

Crown Prince is of the Great Qin's royal bloodline.

Royal clansmen no longer have any doubt.

We, the cabinet officials, do not have any doubts.

All right, since everyone agreed unanimously, send my decree.

From now on, if anyone dares to slander Crown Prince's identity, they will be executed without pardon.

Sincerely abiding by Your Majesty's decree!

Your Majesty is a brilliant supreme ruler!

Send my decree: Detain Marchioness Xuan for custody and imprisonment.

Investigate internally to find out the mastermind behind the conspiracy within three days.

General, should Mr. Situ's body be moved back to Lu Manor?

Lu Buwei set the trap for the murder of Prince Zixi.

Situ Que is afraid that if he returns, he will implicate him (Lu Buwei) and caused his denouncement.

How can I send him back to Lu Manor?

Then...

Just bury him right where he is.

Yes.

[ Feathery Sun Palace ]

Princess Consort, the prince was... attacked by an assassin and died.

At the end, did he say anything?

Prince asked, in what way was he not as good as His Majesty?

Did he mention me?

Not even one word?

Princess Consort, Prince had passed on.

Please accept my condolences.

You may leave now.

Zixi.

You lied to me.

Didn't you say you will make me the Queen of the Great Qin?

You told me to wait for your return.

You said you will return.

That you will definitely return!

How can you lie to me?

How can you...

How can you break our promise?

How can you die?

You deserved your death...

You deserved your death...!

You deserved your death!

Princess Consort, look at this.

Death Exemption Order

How is it that you are still in the mood to come here?

Where should I be instead?

A traitor's wife should be at the execution site.

The late king left behind a Death Exemption Order.

It exempted me from death.

Don't you know about it yet, Empress Dowager?

Such an item is definitely non-existent.

That year, this was left behind by Prince Zixi's biological mother.

This was probably from back then when she was held as a hostage in the state of Zhao.

The late king personally engraved it and bestowed it upon her to show his favor.

Unfortunately, she was framed by someone upon her return to Qin.

She couldn't bear to use it even right before her own death.

She left it for her only son

and hoped that he would be able to survive the palace contention.

Yet this most precious item in the world ends up in my hands.

Ludicrous.

Truly ludicrous.

Looks like Zixi was a sentimental fool.

He still remembers you at a time that's near his own death.

Don't bring him up again.

He left behind this Death Exemption Order for the only reason of protecting his bloodline.

It was not for me.

Then, why are you here?

I am here to remind Empress Dowager on ways to look after yourself wisely.

I... am only waiting for the announcement of my punishment. That's all.

How could it be possible for me to escape from it?

It was Prince Zixi who committed treason.

It was Lord Yangquan who slandered the Crown Prince.

It was Marchioness Xuan who smuggled the gold.

Empress Dowager was kept in the dark and completely unaware of it all.

You are suggesting that I should push all the blame onto others?

Mi clan's future prosperity is entirely dependent on you.

If you were to fall, the renowned and influential Mi clan

would have to present their necks in preparation for execution.

On the other hand, as long as you live on,

there is hope for everything.

Indecision would lead one to chaos and disorder. [Records of the Grand Historian: Mourning King Huiwen of Qin; Sima Qian]

If Marchioness Xuan in the prison divulges you during confession,

then everything will not be redeemable.

Sacrificing one of her in order to save the Dowager in addition to the entire Mi family clan.

I think you know how make the proper calculation.

Get out.

My words are thus, hope you will be the right thing.

Prince Consort, I will support you.

Prince Consort.

Prince Consort.

Get the physician.

Men, get the physician.

Men. Prince Consort.

Are you all right ?

Prince consort.

It is okay now.

Get up.

Back then when I first came to Xianyang, I am grateful for your referral.

Later when Qin King ascend the throne, you also played some role.

Helped in many instances.

The past nine years, you've helped in secret and on the surface. I remembered in my heart.

That's true.

Even if I've wronged many people,

You alone I did not wronged.

I am considering the favors you shown me.

When is the execution?

You are not afraid of dying?

Who doesn't fear death?

But is there a point to being afraid?

Treason is unforgiveble.

What if from start to finish, you only participated in the gold matter.

Didn't participated in the treason.

You are willing to save me?

Lu Buwei.

You are really willing to save me?

As long as you reveal the head instigator.

Head instigator?

Didn't he die already?

You know who I am referring to.

It's been nine years.

I though that after nine years, my true affection for you.

Should bring me some tenderness in exchange.

Yet Lu Buwei's heart is colder than ice.

More vicious than snakes.

You shouldn't forget.

When you stole those gold and I only have seven days to investigate. That almost cost me my life.

You were also an accessory to that.

I though that as long as Mi family has the control.

I will definitely be able to save your life.

Of course.

If I saved you.

You will have to hide in my manor for always.

Lady.

As long as you identify Dowager Huayang, I can ask the King to forgive your death charges.

It's not easy to sell out your own younger sister.

But that guard before...

You should know who send him.

Lu Buwei, don't lie to me anymore.

Don't think that I am not aware that you send them.

That is correct. I planted that guard.

But these dishes.

The Zhen poison inside them.

Were personally delivered to you by Dowager Huayang.

Is it worthwhile for you to risk your life for a sister who is abandoning you?

Think about it more. Look for me when you've though it thru.

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Lu Residence.

Prime minister Lu, Marchioness Shuan already confessed. But...

Suicide.

She swallowed the broken ceramic bits which pierced her innards.

Lu Buwei made effort to convince her to reveal Dowager Huayang.

He must be quite angry now.

Far more than that, she left behind a confession scroll.

What was written on it?

Nothing else besides a big turtle.

I think she was yelling at Lu Buwei, calling him a bastard of a turtle.

No, Lu Buweii already knows politics.

He doesn't understand the heart of a woman.

The two sisters supported each other over a decade.

Marchioness Shuan was willing to kill her own brother for Huayang.

She is a not virtuous woman.

But she is woman of lofty sentiments.

By that turtle, she is trying to tell Lu Buwei,

A mere man or her own personal death.

Can not beat the love for has for her sister.

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Dowager, bad news.

It's bad.

What is the matter for you to be yelling?

Marchioness Shuan committed suicide inside the prison.

Keep dancing.

Why did you stop?

That song before.

What is the name of it?

Change into something happier.

Dowager.

Go down.

Yes.

This bastard refused to admit his wrongdoing.

Let's cut your tongue off and see how stubborn you can be.

Wait.

Greetings to the Queen.

Who allowed you take action in front of the Queen?

Who is this person? Why are you beating him?

He is slave from the Marchioness' residence.

Since Marchioness is gone, he was taken into the palace as slave.

But he couldn't be tamed. Refused to obey orders.

He bit the craftsman and also broke the palace tile.

It's a small matter, don't hurt people.

Take him back, get the physician to treat him.

Did you hear the Queen's order? Yes.

Wait, Queen.

You are from Zhao. You must know my sister.

I beg you, please tell me. Where is my sister?

Wait.

Who is your sister?

My sister is Han prince Han Xionghua. You must've known her.

What did you say?

Sister. Sister.

Hurry. Take him back.

Yes.

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Prince's wife, time to take your medicine.

Who are you? Where are the previous attendants?

I dismissed them.

Prince Xi rebelled. You are his wife.

Of course, you were involved.

I was busy getting rid of the henchmen outside the palace

and forgot about you.

We should settle scores now.

From the beginning till end, I wasn't involved in the rebellion.

Furthermore, I hold the death exemption from the deceased Emperor. It can save me from death.

Death exemption?

But I have never heard the deceased Emperor leaving this behind.

Are you going to violate the order of the deceased Emperor?

Take action!

What are you doing?

Empress Dowager Xia, I have never offended you.

Why are you applying pressure on a fallen victim?

A fallen victim like you have stirred up a lot of waves.

If I don't use the opportunity to get rid of the roots,

you will harm my son next time.

You are saying it so nicely.

You have never been happy. Hence, you can't bear to see others being happy.

You are jealous of Huayang because she obtained favors and respect.

You are also jealous of your humble daughter-in-law.

You hate her because she has the wholehearted love of her husband.

You are the only one who can't obtain anything.

You have no glories and favors. You have nothing.

When I look into your eyes, I can tell what's on your mind. You are pretending to be a kind mother.

You want to kill me? It's just hitting me when I'm down.

Shut her mouth!

In Xianyang Palace,

the women are more blessed and happier than you!

You are the only who couldn't obtain anything!

Empress Dowager.

Everyone, stop!

Greetings, Empress Dowager.

Why are you here?

Prince's wife identification of the Prince's evidence of crime has been sent to His Majesty's desk.

The list of officials supporting the rebels

will be tried according to the law of Qin.

She must not be killed. Release her now.

Did you see that?

According to the law of Great Qin, your son, the high and almighty Emperor of Qin,

dares not publicly violates the law of Great Qin.

What can you do to me?

The death penalty can be waived but you still won't be spared.

Men, punish the Prince's wife by tattooing her face with black ink.

Starting from today,

you can only live with his humiliating mark.

You only need to step out and you will be telling the public that

you are a convict.

You will never become a person of respect.

Empress Dowager.

I want her to know that

she needs to be punished for offending her elders.

No, Empress Dowager!

No! No!

Look.

It's such a beautiful face. What a pity.

If I were you, I would find a rope to hang myself.

It's better than facing humiliation for the rest of the life. Isn't that so?

There are fission from your old injuries on your body.

It has added more wounds. Many are beginning to be inflamed.

You are in great pain. How did you bear it?

Where is the Empress?

She went to Song Stage Palace to accompany the Crown Prince. Why are you looking for her?

I want to find my older sister. Her name is Han Qionghua. The Empress is from Zhao state.

She must know my older sister.

Princess Qionghua's mother is the Empress of Han state.

If you are a prince, how did you fall into this stage and became a slave in the house of Marquis Xuan's wife?

If you don't want to tell me, I won't insist on asking.

I don't know the whereabouts of your older sister.

Wait.

I'm the son of a female slave. By chance, my mother was blessed but she was cast aside.

My sister was the only one who acknowledged my status.

I left Han to go to Zhao, but ran into Qin's army on the way.

They captured me along with other border migrants.

I want to go to Zhao to find my sister.

Can you tell me where my sister is?

She already passed away ten years ago.

That... That's impossible. You're lying.

Why would I want to lie to you?

But she still wrote letters to me and sent me money.

My guess is that before she left Han, she must have asked someone to look after you.

But she really is dead, and she died in front of me.

Dead? Impossible! That's impossible!

You are lying. You're a liar, lying to me!

Hold him!

Wife of Royal Descendant, please don't do that. It could hurt your hand.

It's truly a reversal of fortune.

You were consoling me just yesterday,

now it's your turn.

When clothes are dirty, they can be washed.

But when a face is scarred, can you wash it clean?

Don't be crazy. You only got a scar on the face and you are losing your senses.

Are you living only for your face?

You don't understand.

If it's your face which is destroyed today, would you still say this?

This is Qin Royal Palace. There are secret killings everywhere.

We are not playing games. We are betting our lives.

Don't let the minor tricks of Empress Dowager Xia scares you.

A woman like her exists from receiving favors from men.

That's why she destroyed your face.

With her limited wisdom,

other than her face, she doesn't has any other weapons.

But are you like this, Fangya?

I'm not. I'm not!

Empress Dowager punished you with tattoo.

The next step will be to expel you from the royal palace.

Your only hope now

is the Emperor of Qin.

You must me to beg him?

Yes. Go and beg him.

Impossible.

Fangya, Fangya, you have already fallen into this state

and you are still so proud?

Can you survive on arrogance?

Great Qin is under the control of men.

Emperor of Qin, Lu Buwei,

the civil and military officials, which one of them is not a man?

A smart woman must know how to use her intrinsic advantage

on them to obtain whatever you want.

Being proud and with a backbone,

it's useless.

I'm different from you.

I know that everyone in the kingdom says that Madam Huayang relies on looks.

They look down on me.

But if one really thinks that a beautiful woman has no brains,

he must be the biggest fool in the kingdom.

Your face has only been destroyed.

If you don't even use your brains,

it will be really very pitiful.

Fangya.

I don't care about which methods you use.

Go and cry, create a scene or beg.

You must remain in Xianyang Palace.

Or else, if you take a step out,

no one will be able to protect your life.

Don't worry.

Leave everything to me. I will help you.

Enter.

They will do everything they can to help you cover your ugly scar

to transform you in a very pitiable state and not repulsive.

After all, no one likes an ugly face.

Are you really going to help me?

Trust me.

Are you not done yet?

You don't have to do it, but if you do it,

you must do a thorough job.

Isn't that right?

Your Majesty, the wife of Prince Zixi is here.

Let her come in.

I, a condemned woman, pays respect to Your Majesty.

Are you challenging Queen Dowager Xia's authority?

Your Majesty, for a woman to be humiliated by the tattoo punishment,

isn't the punishment enough?

In this turbulence,

I lost my husband,

lost my baby,

lost my status and prestige. I've lost everything!

But, what have I really don't wrong?

I never participated in any of the treasonous plot.

Is all this fair to me?

Yes, I have kept my life.

But what's the meaning in staying alive like this?

Fan Ya, no, Princess Ya.

You should have died with my elder brother, but you chose to stay alive.

Then you need to accept the humiliating tattoo

to stay with you forever.

It's more than humiliation now.

Queen Dowager Xia wants to evict me from the palace.

Your Majesty, I beg you.

Please save me. Let me off this time, please?

Why are you laughing?

Princess, this is so unlike you.

I think this is perhaps Queen Dowager Huayang's idea.

After all, she used her weak-woman style to tightly control my royal father.

And now she is trying to use you

to get sympathy from me.

Zichu!

Please stay back, wife of Royal Descendant.

When has anyone the right to interfere when I talk with him?

Stay back.

Yes, this is more like the real you.

No women are exactly alike in the world.

I much prefer treating each other with true hearts than faked feelings.

Then you should remember that I helped you before.

When you were down and out, I helped you again and again.

For you, I even left my home and native land.

You still owe me.

Sure, I can order someone to escort you back to Zhao state.

No! I'm not going anywhere else.

My mother is dead, and I'm convicted of treason.

Where else can I go?

As soon as I enter Zhao, I would be arrested and imprisoned.

If you haven't forgotten the past,

please repay the favor of my help.

Fine, you can stay here.

But, with everything that's happened, you'll have to learn to accept the consequence.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Please believe that I can bear it.

Your Majesty, will you upset Queen Dowager by letting Prince Zixi's wife stay?

She still has uses.

[ Hope Peace Gate ]

Alright, I won't tell His Majesty

it was you who leaked the rumor about the Crown Prince's birth mystery.

He won't blame you either, don't worry.

Your Highness, the King will do anything to protect the Queen.

If he mistakenly believes that I had malicious intent,

I'm afraid in addition to me, Chenjiao will be hurt too.

I already said I'll protect you,

it'll be fine. Don't worry.

Your Highness, I am now an unnecessary woman.

The Queen probably hates me.

If in the future...

please help me take care of Chenjiao.

She won't dare.

The King loves the Queen so much,

and the Queen is decisive and bold in her actions.

I'm worried that I won't live to see my son grow up.

I hope Your Highness will fulfill my wish.

I give you my promise.

Get up.

Your Highness, I feared your high prestige in the past,

and dared not get close to you.

Now, I finally realize you are the one truly kind person in the palace.

Without you, my son and I would not have been able to stay.

Even if you didn't ask, I would still take care of Chenjiao.

I won't let anyone bully him.

Your Highness, the King has allowed Prince Zixi's wife to stay in the Xianyang Palace.

Zichu...

why don't you understand your mother?

Your Highness, Prince Zixi's wife has a Death Exemption order.

She also earned waiver for reporting on Prince Zixi's plan, so her assets are not touched.

For the King to let her stay living in the palace, people will praise his mercy.

Isn't it a good thing?

Do you think I was born to be a mean person?

Prince Zixi's wife has an evil nature.

She is full of ambition. Keeping her means there'll be disaster ahead.

Zichu, you are too kind.

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♫ Where have the surging clouds and the rising winds gone? ♫

♫ Do not grieve over the separation because of being forced to move and wander ♫

♫ In this lifetime, we will keep on seeking because of love ♫

♫ It’s difficult to reminisce about the splendid times that slipped away ♫

♫ In retrospection with a faint smile, that beautiful countenance caused the city's downfall ♫

♫ And a sweeping upheaval all across the vast nation ♫

♫ In a dimming dream of an illusionary bright moon ♫

♫ We have given our promises to each other in this lifetime ♫

♫ In the complete decline of prosperity, watching the passing of thousands of sails ♫

♫ With affection, perhaps we could wait to be connected again ♫

♫ Like the zither and the harp that play in perfect harmony, let’s grasp each other's hand to stay together ♫

♫ Wishing for you and me to be immortalized with the wind... ♫

♫ In retrospection with a faint smile, that beautiful countenance caused the city's downfall ♫

♫ And a sweeping upheaval all across the vast nation ♫

♫ In a dimming dream of an illusionary bright moon ♫

♫ We have given our promises to each other in this lifetime ♫

♫ In the complete decline of prosperity, watching the passing of thousands of sails ♫

♫ With affection, perhaps we could wait to be connected again ♫

♫ Like the zither and the harp that play in perfect harmony, let’s grasp each other's hand to stay together ♫

♫ Wishing for you and me to be immortalized with the wind... ♫