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Princess at Large 2

Episode 23

Ah!

You haven't left?

How dare you attack her?

You're courting death.

Xifeng!

Are you alright?

Yes.

Your acrobatic jumping skills are better than mine.

Go chase him.

OK.

Protect His Highness the second.

Yes.

You two

stand guard here.

The rest of you

follow me.

Yes.

Xifeng.

You guys

go chase him.

Follow me.

Yes.

Xifeng,

your face is wounded.

Huh.

Stand aside, you guys.

He is poisoned by a certain powder.

I...

I...

I'm poisoned.

Eh.

Hey!

What's the matter with Doctor Gu?

Uh,

he is poisoned by a kind of powder.

You'll lose all your kung fu

if you're infected with the powder.

Your Honor,

that guy in black

has amazing light kung fu,

so we failed to catch him.

Good-for-nothings!

Why did Mr. Gu catch him once?

Mr. Gu's kung fu

is comparable to that of His Highness.

How can we hold a candle to him?

Since this assassin has escaped,

we can only strengthen our defense across the city.

Issue wanted posters

and search for the assassin in black.

Yes, sir.

Report this incident

to His Highness as soon as possible.

We owe much

to Mr. Gu indeed,

without whom

something might have happened to His Highness the second

and my head would have been chopped off.

By the way,

do you know what to say

when you report to His Highness?

Sure.

His Highness the second and Miss Lan have survived the incident

thanks to you, our Chief Guard.

How very brave you have been.

And you even wounded the assassin.

Indeed.

You've woken up!

I've done a checkup for you.

The powder that assassin scattered on you

is just some ordinary sedative.

I'm fine.

Don't worry.

Alas,

this face of yours has been gashed, too.

I'll go get you the medicine.

OK.

Your Highness.

Why do you come to the hospital?

It's so late at night.

I've heard that

Doctor Gu has been keeping night watch recently,

so I've come on the sly to bring him some food.

The hospital

has just been attacked by an assassin,

so it's very dangerous here.

And Doctor Gu has been hurt.

You'd better go back asap, Your Highness.

What?

Doctor Gu is hurt?

Is it serious?

I'm going to see him.

Hey.

Doctor Gu has been poisoned by a kind of powder

during the attack by the assassin.

Vice director Lan said that

those who have kung fu

cannot approach him.

I don't have

any kung fu,

so I can go to see him for sure.

I'll get in stealthily.

And you...

Stand guard here.

Do not tell anyone about my visit.

Yes, Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Brother Gu.

Ah...

Ah,

stop!

What's that noise, vice director Lan?

What's going on?

Eh,

nothing.

I just broke a bowl.

Continue with your patrol.

OK.

I'll retreat now.

Did she

saw your face?

Yeah.

There're so many guards outside.

How can we get out of here

if you kill her?

Rest assured.

I've got a plan.

No way.

The princess is an innocent

and kind girl.

We can't kill her

just for the sake of our safety.

I wouldn't

do that

if I were alone.

But it involves your safety,

so we can't take any risk.

Hey.

An ally is better

than an enemy.

How about I wake her up

and try my best to persuade her?

If she refuses to be persuaded,

you can

have her under control her at any moment.

OK?

Sister Lan.

Come on.

You!

You face-changing monster!

Help.

Help!

Help!

Sh...

Sh.

He...

He is Gu Xifeng.

You must be lying to me.

He can't be brother Gu.

I'll tell you

the many hidden facts about it

if you keep secret,

OK?

OK?

OK.

What's wrong?

Your Highness,

I'm sorry.

I failed.

Who hurt you?

How was he capable of hurting you?

Don't worry, Your Highness.

It's just a minor injury.

Don't let your hand tainted by blood.

That man named Gu Xifeng

is indeed a kung fu master.

I had been negligent.

It's me who has made you suffer.

Please don't say that.

I would have long been a pile of bones

if I had not met you years ago.

All I have done to you

are out of my own will.

I've been always dreaming about myself going to H ell recently.

Is it because I've committed too many sins?

Don't be afraid, Your Highness.

There is no blond

in your hands.

No one will dare send you to the Hell.

Really?

Your Highness,

I will do anything

and go anywhere for you,

even it is the Hell.

My only hope is

that you can live as freely as you like,

love the ones you want to love,

and hate the ones you want to hate.

I'll take you to put some dressing on the wound.

Slowly.

This way.

Therefore,

he had been disguising himself as Gu Xifeng

and staying by my side in order to protect me.

My goodness.

Who would have thought that

the Crown Prince of Donglin

is such a devoted lover.

No wonder brother Hadi hasn't got a chance.

Your Highness,

we definitely mean you no harm.

Could you

keep secret for us?

But,

but the two of you,

you've deceived me.

It is truly touching that

he risked his life

traveling a long way to see you,

but you two,

you two,

you two have indeed deceived me.

His Highness the second's health condition has stabilized now,

but none of us can have peace

if the perpetrator behind the scenes

remains at large.

We'd better not breathe a word about any secret,

and then we will catch him for sure.

I can understand all you say,

but I,

I just can't forgive you.

Hum!

What do we do now?

Your Highness,

do you know what this is?

Hum.

A piece of worthless jade.

This is the most important token

of Gu Xifeng.

He will

manage to meet

whoever has this piece of jade.

Really?

Yes.

Let me take a look.

Wait—

We can let you take a look,

or even give it to you,

on the condition that—

Sister Lan,

I know what you mean.

I'll be

on your side from now on.

That's good.

Then we're a team from now on.

Team?

What is "team"?

Eh...

It means

a group,

or a band.

Anyway,

it means that we do things together and each of us is indispensable.

Yes.

Good.

Then we are a team

from now on.

That's right.

Come on.

Come on,

give me your hand.

And yours.

One, two, three.

Yeah!

You're like a crying kitty.

Do you like it?

Yes.

That's good.

Your Highness has just settled the conflict at the borders,

and must be tired now.

So why is Your Highness hurrying back?

That small conflict at the borders

was not so crucial as the chaos at court.

I'm concerned about Fengxun,

and...

I bet that

Your Highness is most concerned about Lan Ruoxi, right?

Hum.

Focus on your riding and don't be gossipy.

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

I've got intelligence for you.

Eh?

Why aren't you startled?

I've got used to that.

Hee hee.

What?

His Highness

has returned in triumph.

Does that even count as intelligence?

All the people of Nanyan will know that in a while.

His Highness has just returned.

Now, with his armor still on,

he comes from the borders

directly to the hospital

with a carriage of presents.

Does that count as intelligence?

What do you mean?

Alas.

Here's my advice.

You two

don't fit each other.

Hey.

Hmm.

Let's eat.

Ruoxi,

I've returned in triumph.

I've come directly from the borders to see you and Fengxun,

and I've brought lots of medicinal materials from the borders.

Ruoxi.

Ruoxi.

Oh no,

His Highness has come.

Ruoxi.

Your Highness, help me stop your brother. I'll come out in a minute.

OK.

Ruoxi.

Eh?

Banxia.

How come you're here, Banxia?

You can't come in now.

Lingxiao,

your mask is broken.

I'll go out to deal with Rebu Hadi

while you fix the mask.

I heard that someone has been injured.

Get out of the way, Banxia.

Hey!

I'll get in to take a look.

Her Highness can't block him now. I'm going out.

Get back as soon as possible.

OK.

I'm concerned about Ruoxi.

Your Highness,

haven't you seen the notice on the door?

Uh,

I heard that someone has been injured.

Eh,

is that you?

How is Fengxun now?

We're both fine.

Eh,

we got out of danger thanks to Xifeng.

But

he was poisoned by a certain powder, so he must convalesce in the room.

I was going to tell you just now

that this poisonous powder is very powerful.

If people like you who have kung fu

approach this powder,

they will...

What will happen?

They will lose their kung fu skills.

Huh!?

Does such powerful powder really exist?

Well.

Eh,

Her Highness knows little about medical theories,

so her description was a little exaggerated.

Actually,

the powder

merely causes coma for a short time,

during which time

the victim loses all his internal force.

Ah,

yes!

Then how to cure that?

Uh,

I've already made the antidotal decoction.

But

I want to

"borrow" Banxia

from Your Highness.

Eh,

is it possible that I ask her

to look after Gu Xifeng for a few days?

Ho ho.

She?

She can only kill him by accident instead of looking after him.

What nonsense are you talking, brother Hadi?

I don't have kung fu,

so I'm the right person to look after brother Gu.

Come on,

come on.

Just say yes, brother Hadi.

Ruoxi doesn't have kung fu, neither. She can take care of Fengxun.

Eh...

Oh,

didn't you say just now that you've brought

many precious medicinal materials from the borders?

Can you take me to see them, Your Highness?

Oh.

Ho ho.

Sure.

Ruoxi.

Eh.

Let's go.

Banxia,

you stay here

and take good care of Mr. Gu for a few more days.

Don't let Ruoxi worry about him, remember?

Huh.

Let's go, Ruoxi.

Brother Hadi, it's so unfair of you!

[Treatment Undergoing No Admittance]

Eh,

why is there no coach?

Then how do we get there?

Come on.

Uh?

Hey!

What are you doing?

Ha ha.

It's improper.

How can a man and a woman ride the same horse?

What's improper about that?

I feel nothing improper.

Otherwise how are we supposed to go to the military camp together?

Huh?

Ruoxi,

don't fidget.

You'll break your neck if you fall.

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Your Highness!

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Are you not going back to the mansion?

No.

Since Fengxun is safe,

I'd better go to the camp

to send my regards to the wounded generals and soldiers.

Our prince

sympathizes with his generals and soldiers,

and develops deep camaraderie with them.

Every time he returns from the battlefield,

he builds a "Camp for the Wounded" at suburban areas of the imperial city,

so that wounded generals and soldiers

can have convenient access to medical treatments

without having to go a long way to see doctors.

Ha ha.

Who allows you to tell her such things?

Ruoxi,

are you willing to go to the military camp with me?

The medicinal materials are temporarily stored in the camp.

If you don't want to go,

I can send you back to the mansion first,

and then

send the materials there later.

OK?

Your Highness provides treatments for the wounded.

As a physician,

how can I not provide my help, too?

Ha ha.

Good!

You're worthy of my affection.

Giddy up!

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

His Highness has come!

Generals and soldiers of Nanyan,

thanks for your hard work!

Carry the wounded soldiers

into the tent.

The ill and the wounded,

go to receive treatments.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Lead the horses over there.

Come on,

Ruoxi.

Ruoxi,

go with me

to the military tent.

I'll show you

the medicinal materials I've brought back.

Your Highness,

there're too many patients here.

I want to go to the medical tent first

and see if there's anything

I can help with.

OK.

This way.

OK.

This way,

Ruoxi.

Doctor Lan!

Your Highness.

Doctor Lan,

so His Highness has invited you here?

That's great!

Doctor Wang,

thanks for your hard work.

I want to give you a hand.

Good,

good,

good.

Here you are.

Your Highness,

please go fetch me some clean water and salt.

Do you mean edible salt?

Yes.

Fetch a sufficient amount.

Qingmu,

go.

Yes.

Lan Ruoxi,

what do you want to do?

Are you going to cook here?

It's not for cooking.

It's for cleaning the wounds.

Qingmu,

carry the water into the tent.

Ah!

Why are you cleaning the wound with salt water

instead of binding it up directly?

The liquid I make

can be approximately called normal saline.

There're a lot of mud and sand on his wound.

Besides, the knife that caused the wound might not be clean.

So he's likely to have tetanus without disinfection.

I'm trying to disinfect the wound for him.

Qingmu,

do you understand that?

Do you understand that?

Uh,

I learned these

when I was in Donglin.

And I know many other ways

of cleaning the wound.

For instance,

normal saline,

liquors with high alcohol content,

and vinegar.

Garlic can also serve

as a disinfectant.

Doctor Lan knows

so many ways of treating wounds

which I've never heard of.

I really have learned a lot today.

Previously,

I had attended all Doctor Lan's lectures,

at which I also learned a lot.

I must also take notes of what Doctor Lan said today.

You're overpraising me, Doctor Wang.

Qingmu,

please fetch some liquor for me.

Go.

The gauze must be changed

once every two or three days.

And we need to pour a little liquor on the gauze,

eh,

which helps reduce inflammation.

Otherwise the patient would have tetanus.

You two,

go over there.

Yes.

Come on,

you take this.

OK.

Hey,

come here.

Send this over there.

OK.

Hey,

guys.

Have you heard the news?

The girl His Highness took here

used all kinds of strange methods to treat illnesses.

True, true.

My friend at No. 3 Battalion

has just come back after receiving the binding treatment.

He said the pain has reduced a lot.

Eh,

it seems

her methods really work well.

Eh,

look at our prince.

He has been standing there for a whole day.

Fetch some water for me.

OK.

I heard that

she learned these methods from Donglin.

It turns out Donglin is a place...

That female physician is quite a pro.

Water is here.

The pulse is steady.

Doctor Lan.

Uh-huh?

You have never had an unbroken sleep

since you came here a few days ago.

You'd better go back to rest.

How can I lag behind when elder physicians like you

are still working here?

Besides,

I haven't changed dressings for these patients.

Ah,

it's dinner time now.

Everyone is having dinner.

You'd better have some too

and go back to take some rest.

Who can help us treat the patients,

uh,

if you fall ill due to overwork?

Isn't your Prince Hadi

working untiringly, too?

Let me do something more.

Hmm.

Fine.

Take these and put them on the wounds of the patients.

OK.

Your Highness.

Um.

Ruoxi.

Um?

Were you

talking about me just now?

Yeah,

we were speaking ill of you.

Hum.

That's good.

Let's eat now.

After eating,

tell me about how you spoke ill of me.

OK.

What's wrong with your hand?

Uh?

Why didn't you tell me

about your injury?

Ai Ya.

This minor injury

is not worth mentioning.

Ai Ya.

Ai Ya.

It does hurt.

Ai Ya.

The pain is getting stronger.

Ruoxi,

come on.

Check it for me.

Then I'll teach you how to bind the wound.

Come on.

In the future,

you'll be able to treat

such small injuries yourself.

First, bind it up like this.

Uh.

Then

bind it tighter.

Don't make it too loose.

Be careful.

Do you know how to do it now?

Alas,

it's too complicated.

How am I supposed to master this skill?

Ruoxi,

you'd better

do the binding for me in the future.

OK?

Here you are.

Take this medicine bag.

There're some common medicines in it

in case you need them.

Remember what you just said.

Now that you've given it to me,

you can't take it back.

I won't.

Good.

Oh.

I wonder

if Lingxiao has fixed his mask.

Is the real Gu Xifeng

really so tender and considerate?

Tell me his story in Donglin once more.

Your Highness.

Um?

I've told you

this story for three times already.

But that's my favorite part.

Tell me once more.

Otherwise

I won't fix the mask for you.

Fine.

Last time we mentioned that

Gu Xifeng has gone to Donglin,

where he beat the White Skeleton Demon

and fought the moon goddess.

Ruoxi,

you've been wearing a frowned face these days.

Are you unhappy?

Nothing really.

I'm just

getting a little sentimental

after treating these soldiers for a few days.

What are you sentimental about?

With an order by the ruler,

generals and soldiers would either become piles of bones by the riverside,

or be left with wounds and injuries.

Doesn't the ruler suffer, too?

What are personal safety and glory

in comparison to the interests of the state?

There was once a battle between Nanyan and Donglin.

My opponent was Duanmu Han,

who was truly a great general of Donglin.

He was bold and astute,

mature and composed.

It was a

very tough battle for us.

I enticed him in many ways to launch an assault,

but he remained unmoved.

In the end,

I used myself as bait

and managed to lure him into my troop.

Then he was defeated and killed.

It seems that

you're satisfied with this battle.

Qinglin was killed by Duanmu Han

in person

during that battle.

He used to be the most brave and powerful general of Nanyan,

and my most trusted comrade-in-arms.

And also Qingmu's elder brother.

Do you hate Duanmu Han?

Everyone works for his own state on the battlefield.

Commanders and soldiers in particular

cannot be muddleheaded by sentimentality.

Duanmu Han was a formidable opponent

He fought hard

and refused to surrender

even all his fellow soldiers

were killed.

He was truly admirable.

We might have become friends

if it had not been for that battle.

Then why do you have to fight wars?

Ruoxi,

look.

We the Nanyan people

are not militant by nature.

It's just that

our infertile land

cannot produce any crop.

We can't starve to death, right?

So we can only go

robbing other states,

and sustain the army by looting.

How much land have you captured

through long years of wars?

Have you earned back the money and crops

the war costed?

When generals and soldiers die at the borders,

farming population shrinks.

Is it really cost-effective?

In fact, many things

can be obtained by means other than war.

Um?

What do you mean?

Your Highness,

have you ever thought about developing industry and commerce?

Industry and commerce?

Do you have a theory for industry and commerce, too?

It's not quite a theory.

If Your Highness wants to hear about it,

I'll tell you in detail after I return from the medical tent later.

Good.

How about we talk about it now while walking?

OK.

Good.

Nanyan's land is infertile indeed,

but it is home to many famous mountains

and beautiful landscapes.

These resources, if properly utilized,

will certainly bring about huge development in the future.

After careful reflections,

I think that the land of Nanyan is infertile indeed,

but it is home to many famous mountains

and beautiful landscapes.

Many literary men and poets of different dynasties

had traveled here

and written quite a few well-known essays and poems.

Just now, I've talked to some generals and soldiers,

who said that they also love the landscapes of Nanyan.

A travel in Nanyan

would take a few days at least

or even a few months.

During this period,

travelers would need

food,

lodging,

carters,

and guides.

So we can

profit from all these aspects.

Does Your Highness mean

that we should capture more famous mountains

in order to enlarge our territory?

Fathead.

Do you mean

that we should capture more territories?

Your Highness,

from looting to war,

they all are a form of business,

but a business

that costs more efforts

and even lives.

A lost war

would cause great damages to population,

state power,

economy,

and many other aspects.

The cost is too huge.

Right.

Your Highness.

Um?

What do you think about it?

Well,

I think

it's a little whimsical.

Ruoxi,

you'd better stick to your own profession.

Stubborn man.

Therefore,

when people from Donglin,

Lousai and other states

travel to Nanyan and visit our famous mountains,

we can provide them

with food,

garments,

lodging,

and transports,

all of which are profitable businesses.

Isn't it an easier way to strengthen our state power?

I've never

heard about such an idea.

But

it seems very convincing.

Your Highness is truly

and incomparably sagacious.

Right?

True, true.

Look.

I've got a more detailed plan.

To materialize this plan,

we need to

build roads first,

and then

we will dispatch envoys

to Donglin, Lousai, and other states for publicity.

In so doing,

we will be able to...

Hey.

Hey.

What are you doing?

Why do you get up so late?

Make haste and pack your things.

His Highness is going back to the mansion.

Why is he going back so suddenly?

There're still many patients here.

I'll stay.

His Highness has sent extra physicians here to treat them.

He discussed travel business

with his generals all through the night,

and his opinions were well received.

So he plans to have another discussion with civil officials today

after returning to the mansion.

Ah?

Didn't he say my idea is whimsical?

Our prince is a man with

incomparable talent and great strategies,

which you surely cannot understand.

His Highness commands you to come back with us.

Hee hee.

Ruoxi.

Your Highness.

Hey!

My belongings are still in the tent.

Never mind that.

Someone will take care of that for you.

Eh.

Come on.

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Giddy up!

Your Highness,

you can let me dismount now.

There's only a short distance ahead.

Come on,

don't be so polite to me.

How can one let a lady

walk back home if he has a horse?

I'll send you back to the hospital.

A while later,

I'll be going to court.

Eh,

I'm just worrying that

you might be infected by Xifeng,

who hasn't recovered yet.

Hum,

do you think I would fear that trivial poisonous powder?

Giddy up!

Giddy up!