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Episode Forty-eight

Princess

There's a reel

Thank you, princess

Don't touch things here

There are traps everywhere

Have you found something?

The traps here

feel familiar

I knew an unusual person when I was small

He is an expert at mechanical trap

He could build a machine horse

covering a thousand miles a day

without eating or drinking

Is it the foreigner

you mentioned

who gave you a little wooden bird?

I feel that

Do you think

that person

has something to do with this camp?

I feel that

the distribution of traps

here in the camp

is of his style

In all there's something more about the Camp

Are you agents from Liang?

How smart are you, master Yue!

It is you that are too foolish

Princess

Leave me alone

Give me some time

I told you

She had gone

Where could she go?

Where else could she go?

Of course to Yan

Or should she go back to Chang'an to

have her head cut

Who told her to leave?

She can leave as her own wish

Who is able to stop her?

She has eaten the pill you sent here

She's healthy and lively

No reason for her to

stay here of course

Okay

Do not be so sad

You two are never

blessed to be together

Forcing yourselves

will not bring you a happy ending

I know you are a nice person

How about this?

I can

introduce several girls for you

You can...

I'm not finished yet

Where are you going

Listen to me, I can...

Yuwen Yue

I'm nearly fully recovered

I'm leaving

There must be lots of trouble finding you

for what you've done for me

Take care of yourself

when you are back to Chang'an

If Yan

and Wei start a war

we'll have to meet on the battlefield

If so

do not go easy on me

Except for claiming your position

isn't there anything else you want to

talk with me?

What else can we say

between you and I?

Right

All of it is just my own illusion

Yuwen Yue

You should know it

Xan Xun and I

spent so much effort to reach this step

I can't be wilful

or reckless

Thank you for saving my life so many times

I am sorry

I must go

Yan Xun is in Yan alone now

I have no idea he's dealing with

what kind of situation

what kind of environment

what kind of person

I worry about him

Of course I need to comfort him too

I think

he still needs me

I need you, too

Can you feel it?

Have some food

My dear General

About to step on a long journey

Can't set off in hunger

I don't feel like eating

I wanted to cheated him to leave

You won't

feel so bad

if you hadn't met him

Qiaoqiao

There are so many roads in your life

If you choose one of them

you must give up the rest

You are a silly girl

You choose a rough

and challenging one

while the other one

is safe, warm and straight

So when you are standing on a crossroad

not a surprise that you feel sad

You can't do anything with it

Do you believe in yourself?

Of course I do

Do you believe in Yan Xun

Yes

Then make your rough road

warm and shining

By then you'll find

everything you pay

is worthy

As for Yuwen Yue?

You have to wait

till he work it out

Time is the best cure

If the wound

does not kill you, it will be healed

In this world

everyone can live with or without others

So smart as he

he'll figure it out

Do not worry

On the other hand

Yuwen Yue was restricted too hard

before by his family

He haven't known many girls before

Look at you

Common face

Extremely thin

You are only

well-developed in two unimportant places

On your cheeks

What are you saying?

Am I that bad?

Fine

Do not be angry

I'm not joking

Okay

Finish the noodle. Early sleep

I saw

someone watching here

outside the house recently

I guess they must be men of Yan Xun

Leave with them tomorrow

By the way

no need to say goodbye to me this time

I want a full-night sleep

Xiao Ce

Thank you

We are here right now

So let our men...

General

Several soldiers are missing one by one

What happened?

The City Hong Chuan is ahead

I'm afraid

they may go visit their families

Fools

If they are found out

they can be killed

Enter the city

find them back

Yes

the Hong Chuan City

How's it going? Did you find them?

We can't stay here too long

Let's leave the city first

Then make another plan

Let's go

Anything else, guys?

General, we want to...

No way

It's too reckless

We will be careful, General

We all want to see our family

even if just one glimpse

Just one glimpse, General

Okay

Two hours

Thank you, General

Thank you, General

Here. Hold it like this.

Right. Do it slowly.

That's good.

Remember,

this character

is called Wu.

It's the family name of your dad.

So it's your family name, too.

But when will daddy come back?

Soon.

When we finish learning all the characters

in this book,

daddy will come back to us.

You understand?

Yes.

Here, let's continue.

Slowly.

Old man.

Is this a sharp knife?

Yes.

Now that Prince Yan Xun successfully comes back.

Maybe the Wei Army

will attack us one day.

We should

prepare some good weapons

to avenge our dead family members.

Aspiring.

Of course.

We are not like your

gutless son.

Defecting to the enemy, coward.

My son would never defect to the enemy.

I know him

better than anybody.

Old man, you are still being stubborn.

Everybody knows

what kind of demon your son is.

I am not selling you that knife.

Who wants your knife.

Yes. Let's go.

This old man...

Leave.

Brother.

Leave!

- Brother. - Go.

Brother.

I know that I am a sinner.

I just want to go back to see our mother.

She was ill

when I left here.

Three years has past.

I just want to go back to see her.

Stup up.

How impudent you are to come back.

Mother is dead.

She got worse

the first year you left.

Because of you,

no one in town

was willing to sell us medicine.

Why aren't you dead?

Why are you coming back?

Do you know that

because of you

how many black looks

we have received.

It is all my fault.

It is all my fault.

Mother.

Your son is unfilial.

I am sorry.

Mother.

Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu.

You bastard.

Zhang Yu.

You don't want him.

I do.

Who is the commander of Xiuli Army?

I am.

My name is He Xiao.

I am the subordinate of General Cheng Yuan.

I am sent here

to escort you Xiuli Army

to the North Gate.

General,

please explain the word

escort to me.

I don't deserve the title of general.

Yanbei is a small place.

Unlike Chang'an,

some hicks and hacks

can be called

general.

I am just a lieutenant

in Black Eagle Amry.

As for the word escort,

I think your Xiuli Army

has more experience than us.

Weren't you guys

from the Xiuli Army

who assisted the Wei Army

to breach

Beishuo and Hongchuan.

And you unloaded those soldiers' armor

and escorted them to Chang'an.

How can you forget

such glory experience.

Fine.

Lieutenant,

you are still avoiding

my previous question.

Okay, then I'll tell you

what is escort.

Escort is for

those brutes

who forget their ancestors

and their faith.

You understand?

Rebels.

Xiuli Army become rebels.

Xiuli Army become rebels.

Withdraw.

Withdraw. Hurry up.

Let's go.

Commander, where will we go?

Anywhere.

They won't let us

get away with what happened today.

They must ask for backup.

The whole Wei State

is hunting for us.

We have a large number of people.

Where can we hide?

It doesn't matter.

Yanbei has much land and a small population.

There are also many mountains and rivers.

No matter where we go,

we need to find a shelter.

We can do nothing

if we stay here.

Let's go.

Your Highness.

Things are bad with us.

Our food is

running out.

The food which

Mr.Wu and the Liang State stored

will take a month

to arrive.

Although the eight departments on the grassland

have promised to reinforce

under the pressure of Your Highness.

However, they won't send troops

until the food arrives.

Right.

We are short of food

and weapons.

If we can't get supplements,

it will be hard

to face the following war.

Your Highness, a few troops

of the Wei State

have been frequently moved recently.

It seems that they are prepared

for an expedition.

According to the characteristics for the Wei Emperor,

he is sure to send a prince

to lead the troops.

Marquis Xiang, Marquis Yu

and Marquis Mu.

Several grown princes

are all in the capital.

I'm not certain which one will be sent.

From my knowledge,

their troops will be sent

in November.

This means that

even if the weather condition is good for us,

we only have

at most a month to prepare for this war.

So we need to prepare in advance about

where to war

and how to war.

Do we need to move the troops

in the North Gate

to garrison Meilin Gate

No.

The grassland in the North Gate was hit by a natural calamity this year.

Those barbarians

have already covetously eyed us.

If we withdraw troops,

they will attack us at once.

Then we will be

attacked from both sides.

Even if they do attack us,

it is the eight departments on the grassland who will face them directly.

What do you worry about, Miss Yu.

Although they are

disobedient now,

they still promise to

reinforce Hongchuan.

This is the their gesture of

yielding to His Highness.

Yanbei relies on the troops in the North Gate

to bring the eight departments on the grassland under control.

They can defend against barbarians

and quell the eight departments.

This is the root.

The troops in the North Gate were not withdrawn

even at the time when Hongchuan City was breached.

How can we do that now?

Miss Yu,

you regard them as our friends.

They don't regard

His Highness as their master.

Recently,

I have seized three groups of people

who tried to take message to Chang'an.

They are ready

to betray us at any time.

If they do send troops,

you dare to use them?

General Xia,

you have followed my father

for a long time.

Do you have any advice?

Your Highness,

the situation is bad.

But we are determined

to fight the enemies.

I think that

if we withdraw troops from the North Gate,

and reinforce the east,

we will have bigger chance

to defend the Wei Army.

However, then

the eight departments on the grassland will have

good reason to

refuse our request to reinforce.

There is some advantages in withdrawing the troops.

There is some other advantages in not withdrawing the troops.

Your Highness,

you must have some good ways

to defeat the enemies.

General Xia,

your words are quite empty of meaning.

Fine.

Then I'll say something meaningful.

Your Highness just returned to Yanbei

and is unfamiliar with

a lot of things

in military affairs.

To cope with the coming war,

I conferred with several generals.

We have a suggestion.

I suggest that

troops in Yanbei should make some adjustments.

Adjustments?

Yes. Just some small problems.

Your Highness has a lot of important matters to deal with everyday.

We should not bother you

with these small problems.

Later, we will hand in

the specific regulations to Your Highness.

General Xia,

are you giving these regulations to His Highness

for him to check and approve?

or are you just informing His Highness?

You are getting better.

When the old Duke was still alive,

I didn't know that

you were so bold.

How dare you decide

military reconstruction by yourself?

General Cheng, are you

talking to me with this attitude?

Who do you think am I talking to?

What attitude do you think

I should have?

I don't have to

say too much

about what you have done.

General Cheng,

don't say these groundless words

if you do not have proof.

General Xia isn't someone

whom you can slander.

You know that

it is not slander.

The money and goods that

the Chamber of Commerce in Xianyang shipped back every year.

How much of it is spent on the army?

How much of it is

taken by someone?

Don't sling mud at us.

Make some investigations

and you'll know where we are slinging mud.

I'll kill you

if you continue talking nonsense.

Come on.

Stop.

Father,

I'm back.

It's been ten years

since the last time we saw each other.

The Yanbei in my memory

is a wonderland,

is the freest place in the world.

In those years at Chang'an,

I had always trusted

you and my hometown.

But what you don't know is,

when I manage

to come back,

how disappointed I am.

Father.

Yanbei is not

what it used to be.

Eight departments on the grassland all have different hearts,

drag out an ignoble existence.

The old commanders

are alienated from me.

They fight for power and wealth.

Even the people in Yanbei

don't want me back.

No one came out to greet me

the day I came back to Hongchuan City.

Father.

They have been on their knees for a long time.

And they are not willing to stand up.

This is not

our home anymore.

The weak

are not qualified to live.

I will be strong.

I will remove everything

that gets in the way,

including my conscience and weakness.

Today, I make Prince Yuan Qi

the Zhengyan Marshal,

make Wei Shuye

the vise marshal as well as Zhengyan General.

You leave today and go on a expedition to kill the rebels.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Report!

Who let you in.

Your Highness,

they come.

Who come? You are in trepidation.

It's urgent.

The Wei Emperor sends two hundred thousand soldiers

lead by Prince Yuan Qi.

They are coming to Meilin Gate.

Everybody, fight the enemies with me.

Yes, Your Highness.

General Cheng, I have something to tell you.

Young Master,

the Wei Army has arrived in

Chiyuan Du.

After that

will be Hongchuan City.

The Black Eagle Army of Yanbei has set off, too.

Where is the Black Eagle Army?

Judging from their speed,

they should be arriving

in Chiyuan Du.

Yanbei sends a lot of food

to the front.

A war is inevitable.

Chang'an is in danger.

Young Master, do you mean

that Yanxun is planning to attack Chang'an?

Yes.

Yanxun will make a detour to Mei Lin Guan

to avoid the main force of Wei State

and straightly reach Chang'an.

Although the troop of Black Eagle

has strong strength,

when they face the 200 thousand soldiers

of the Wei State,

it's difficult to foretell which side would win.

If they follow the old routine,

they should take the HongChuan city as the defense.

They should defend to the Last and then encircle and annihilate.

But Yanxun

chooses the active attack policy.

And he has already reserved

many army provisions in advance.

It must be an expedition.

Then his target

is self-evident.

According to your words,

will Yanbei

be surrendered submissively?

Yes.

No one will expect it.

Wei Shuye and Yuan che

would not expect this.

They are adept at the book on the art of war,

but they are not adept at

Yanxun's character.

He is homeless and eager to

take the revenge.

As far as he is concerned,

if he could take Chang'an,

Yanbei

will no long be his home.

Let's go back to Chang'an immediately.

- Yes. - Yes.

Chu.

His highness told you to wait him at Lan City.

When he beats back the Wei's army, he will come to see you.

Get out of here.

How could you buy medicine without money?

Get out.

My mother is seriously ill.

I'm begging you.

Please show some mercy

and help her.

Stop crying and just step aside.

Get out.

Give it to me.

Feng Mian, go and check it.

Yes.

I'm begging you.

I'm begging you.

I'm begging you.

- I'm begging you. - Wait.

I will pay the money for him, and you just give it to him.

Kid.

Take this.

Let's go.

It'd better that this girl is leaving.

Then she will not get in the way of the princess's revenge.

Your son bows before your Majesty.

Che'er, just get up.

Thank you, your Majesty.

The reason I called you in

is that there is something critical.

You need to help me to capture a felon.

Please tell me, your Majesty.

This time,

I have assembled 200 thousand soldiers

with great difficulty,

which is led by Yuan Qi and Wei Shuye

to suppress Yanbei.

Then there are only 150 thousand soldiers

to defend the capital.

But I

just got the information

that the commander's tally of the imperial guards had been stolen

and the 150 thousand imperial guards had been transferred.

It is very serious.

Father, the commander's tally had been stolen

and the force of Chang'an is under strength.

If now Yuwen

leads the army to break through Mei Lin Guan,

he will reach Chang'an directly.

This is a problem.

This is what I'm worried about.

I will go to find the commander's tally immediately.

You have to find the tally as soon as possible,

otherwise Chang'an will be in danger.

Yes.

Your highness, in obedience to your orders,

I have already sent someone to probe the situation.

Recently, there was only Princess Chun

who went out of the Palace.

And we couldn't find out where she had been.

Have you searched the entire Palace?

Yes, we have.

But we didn't find the the Princess.

The commander's tally had been stolen,

the 150 thousand imperial guards had been transferred,

and then Chun'er is missing now.

Chun'er.

Report.

Your highness, this is the secret letter from General Yuwen.

The main force of Yanxun made a detour to Mei Lin Guan

to attack Chang'an.

What?

You said that Chun'er stole the commander's tally

of the emperor.

Is she crazy?

Nowdays,

whatever Chun'er did

will not surprise me.

It's all done.

It is a capital crime.

Miss Chu.

You have misunderstood his highness.

What happened to the chamber of commerce in Xian Yang

was done by General Cheng Yuan.

But the biggest worry of all right now

is Hong Chuan.

His highness, Mr.Wu

and Miss Yu

are the most prestigious

and the most convincing

military leaders in Yanbei.

But none of them

stayed to defend Hong Chuan.

And you have been assigned to Lan City.

The whole Hong Chuan city

has been in the hands of motley force.

If I didn't see General Cheng,

I would really think his highness

had given up Hong Chuan City.

I'm just talking nonsense.

You don't need to believe me.

No.

I'm not going to Lan City.

I'm going back to Hong Chuan.

I need to figure what on earth

Cheng Yuan and Yanxun are getting up to.

Young Master.

We have hurried along the journey

for several days.

It's really unable to stand.

Please take a good rest today.

Don't work so hard with your mind.

Young Master. It's the urgent secret letter from the Seventh Princes.

Give it to me.

Yue Qi, inform all the guards of Yue

to go back to Chang'an the by night.

Yes.

They went back to report

that Miss chu has been back.

Would we go and find her?

Miss chu has a good relationship with Prince Yan.

If she comes forward to explain,

there might be some chance.

Miss chu is our benefactor.

We can't encumber her.

She and Prince Yan

have relied on each other for years.

If there is wedge between them for us,

couldn't we live up to our benefactor?

I know you all want to go home.

Please wait for a while.

Commander, there is something wrong.

What happened?

The vast army of Wei State has attacked,

but Yanxun led the army

to attack Mei Lin Guan.

Hong Chuan is in danger.