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Episode 22
Your Highness.
Where is the Warlord? Is he still feasting with his court officials?
Yun Kuang.
Yun Qi, let's practice!
Yun Qi, where did you get this blade from?
Weren't you the one who had this tailor-made for you?
I had it tailor-made?
Yes. A lady came to seek audience with you and said you ordered this blade.
But the palace has restricted access so I brought it in for her instead.
Why didn't you give this to me yesterday?
Mister Qian said it's inauspicious to bring in weapons on your wedding day.
I only brought it over because Hong Liang said you're here.
- What else did that woman say? - Which woman?
The woman who brought the blade here!
She said if you wish to meet her, she would be at Shili Pavilion.
- She'll be waiting there for you. - Shili Pavilion...
Yun Kuang!
Tonight is your wedding night!
Le Er.
Why?
Your Highness.
Where is the Warlord?
The Warlord... He's being kept behind by his buddies.
He won't be here anytime soon.
But it's almost dawn.
Go and have a rest. I'll wait for him on my own.
But...
It's all right. I'd like to be alone for a while.
Yes.
You've been sitting there for the whole day.
When are you going to get up?
I know you feel aggrieved.
But you can't go on like this.
Frankly speaking, you're more fortunate than I am.
At least you were both in love with each other.
You share the same memories. What about me?
I don't even dare to say too much to the person I love
for fear that she won't stay friends with me.
Le Er, this has been on my mind.
What would I do if you got married some day?
I probably don't even have the right to shed a tear.
I know you are trying to comfort me.
But I really can't pick myself up yet.
I don't like how I am right now either.
I'm sorry, Le Er. This is all my fault.
Yun Kuang came to look for you.
What did you just say?
He came the day after we got married.
You had just left when he arrived at your house.
Out of selfish reasons, I kept the information about your whereabouts from him.
Le Er, I know you won't forgive me.
I know I don't deserve your forgiveness.
If you are in so much pain...
Let me bear that pain for you so I can atone for my sins.
Forget it. He'd have waited for me if he truly loves me.
If he doesn't love me, he would have fallen for another sooner or later.
I now realized how it feels to be rejected by the person you love.
I'm sorry I've made you so upset.
Don't you blame me?
Le Er, the more time I spent with you, the more I want to do for you.
I don't ask for a lifetime with you.
I just want to look at you a bit more and love you more while I'm alive.
That will be good enough for me.
You're tired. Have an early night in.
Let me know if you need anything.
This is your tent.
And I am your wife, so where are you off to?
I feel safe when I'm in your arms.
This must be happiness.
Lu Le, you are such a bad woman.
You claim you don't like Hai Tian.
How can you be so selfish and greedy?
You already have Yun Kuang on your mind!
Why are you going after what I want?
I won't treat you as a sister anymore.
I hate you!
Are you a cat? Why didn't you make any sounds when you walk?
I haven't asked you why you are sneaking around.
But now you are blaming me instead?
What are you doing here?
I... I was taking a walk.
Taking a walk? Do you take me as a fool?
Don't try to come up with excuses!
Are you trying to steal something?
Me? Stealing something?
I'm so pretty that men would buy me gifts at a wag of my finger.
Do I have to steal?
You? You call yourself pretty?
Why don't you kill yourself!
Am I really not pretty? That can't be.
A lot of men used to say I am.
He has no taste at all.
I shouldn't be influenced by him.
Who is it?
Is that... Is that you, Miss Qi?
It's you.
My clothes dropped into the water.
Don't panic. I'll pick them up for you.
Thank you.
Why won't you look at me?
Am I not pretty?
Not at all. You're really beautiful. I mean it.
I'm leaving now. See you tomorrow.
It seems I am still very attractive.
Zi Shu?
Zi Shu!
What's the matter? Why do you keep smiling?
'Reeds are dark green and the white dew has turned into frost.'
'The one I think about is somewhere across the waters.'
What reeds and waters?
Are you feeling ill?
- What are you doing? - What am I doing?
You've been smiling nonstop since I got here.
Have you lost your mind?
I might have lost my mind, but not the way you put it.
You really have lost your mind. I'll get you a doctor.
What are you doing? Sit down.
This madness... Can't be cured.
Forget about it. You won't understand.
I'm going to bed.
Why won't he see the doctor?
He must be really ill.
Mister Qian, what do you think I should do?
He has such a great reputation, he needs to be gotten rid of.
I know that.
I mean to ask how we should get rid of him.
Warlord, I have a plan.
It is the Double Ninth Festival in a few days. (A day to honor the ancestors.)
We'll hold a feast in Hai Tian's name.
He is to attend the feast without his men or any weapons.
When he gets here, I'll have Master Yun Qi perform a sword dance.
We will then assassinate him when he lets his guard down.
Then, we will announce to the world that he offended the Warlord.
This will then be an impeccable plan.
What if he turns down the invitation?
That will make things even easier for us.
We will punish him for disobeying orders.
We can then wipe out his men all at once.
Warlord, a great man is ruthless.
This is the one plan which won't have an impact on your reputation.
Send Su Zhe to hand them the imperial decree.
Yes.
The ax is perhaps a bit blunt?
Do you need help?
No, I'm fine.
Zi Shu, have you fallen for that girl?
Could you watch what you say?
A nice girl like her becomes awful when you talk about her.
Look at how you are defending her.
Admit that you like her!
Shush! Go about your business and stop talking rubbish.
You're blushing! Just admit it!
- Do you want to pick a fight? - All right. Just pretend I said nothing.
The Warlord's imperial decree!
All women must not be present.
Hai Tian is here to accept the decree.
The states have just been united, and you have contributed greatly.
I hereby invite you to a banquet at my residence.
- By the Emperor's will. - Thank you, Warlord!
How are you, Mister Su?
I'm grateful Master Kou still remembers an old man like me.
Words of advice from you benefit me more than scrolls and books.
I was hoping to get a chance to ask you for advice again.
I won't call it advice but...
Since we have met again, I have some words for you.
Mister Su, I appreciate that greatly!
Your tent seems a bit wobbly.
The frame of your door is upside down.
Be careful of 'this' when you go in and out.
Could you elaborate a bit more, Mister Su?
I have already said too much.
The rest is up to you.
All right, let's go.
What was Mister Su trying to tell me?
Turn the word 'door' upside down and put a cross in it. (Danger)
It seems this trip to the palace will be dangerous.
Master Kou, we can come up with an excuse and reject the invitation?
If Yun Kuang is up to no good, we'll go against him!
No, I am going.
Do you remember how we used to go up the mountains and yell when we were upset?
As long as we'd yell to the mountains, all our troubles would go away.
Back then, Pang Wan was the loudest.
When we yelled out from here, people could hear us three mountains away.
No wonder he grew up to be a butcher!
Almost ten years have passed since we followed your footsteps.
I, Zi Shu, am thrilled to have Hai Tian as a friend and companion!
I, Pang Wan, will die with no regrets having been a companion of Hai Tian!
In our next life, we will still be friends!
Pang Wan, what's the matter with you today?
Your words don't make much sense today.
Hai Tian, it's obviously a trap!
I don't understand why you are going to this banquet.
If it were me, I'd have rebelled against them!
I'd rather die on the battlefield than huddled up here!
What if we can defeat Yun army?
Is that possible?
What's impossible about that?
Didn't Yun Kuang defeat Chen State of a 100,000 men with his 30,000?
It's different. Our men just got off the battlefields.
They are all exhausted already.
If we send them to war again, it's just sending them to their doom.
As for Yun Kuang, regardless of the fact that he has a lot more men than we do
his deployments in Lin Yang alone are so many more than ours.
His soldiers are all well-rested and recovered.
Do you think we can go to war with them?
I don't want the both of you to die for nothing.
Pang Wan, don't get so agitated.
Since Master Kou decided to attend the feast, he has his reasons for doing so.
Let's hear him out.
I had to choose between war and the feast.
If we decided to go to war with them, we would definitely be wiped out.
But if I go to the feast...
Yun Kuang will kill me, but our troops will be spared.
They might be stationed elsewhere or incorporated into the Yun army
but at least their lives will be spared.
Hai Tian, you always think of others but never of yourself!
If I want to stay alive, there might be one other solution.
What is that?
Le Er.
I told them to throw a pebble when Mistress is nearby.
Polish it properly.
We have to dress Hai Tian well before he's gone.
What are you talking about?
My husband is going to a banquet, not to war.
Why are you preparing his armor?
He's not going to a banquet, he's...
What is the matter with you?
Exactly. What is this about?
- Don't you know that today... - Pang Wan!
Have you forgotten Hai Tian's orders?
Pang Wan, tell me what this is all about.
- It's nothing. - Nothing? Hai Tian is going to die!
Even if he kills me for saying it, I will say it anyway!
Madam, Yun Kuang invited Hai Tian to a feast as a reward
but in fact, he's going to kill him.
If Hai Tian refuses to attend, the Yun army will wipe us all out.
So Hai Tian...
So Hai Tian decided to sacrifice himself for the rest of us.
This is Hai Tian's favorite armor.
- We have chosen it for his burial shroud. - Pang Wan, enough!
You said Yun Kuang wants to kill my husband?
The banquet is just a few days away, so please keep him company.
Let him leave without regrets.
That's not possible. I won't allow it to happen.
She left.
Le Er, why do you look so solemn?
Do you love me?
Do you see me as your wife?
Why did you ask that?
Don't you already know what I feel for you?
Then why didn't you tell me Yun Kuang is going to kill you?
Do you think it is very noble of you to die on your own?
Have you even thought about your men or me if you die suddenly?
Le Er, I'm sorry for being so selfish.
- That night... - I will go with you!
I have questions for Yun Kuang.
I will reason with him.
I want to know why he wants to break us up.
Why would he take away the one and only person I can depend on?
'A great man cannot brook a rival.'
Yun Kuang will deal with me sooner or later.
I don't want you to be caught in a dilemma.
- And if I insist? - Le Er...
You are the nicest to me in the world.
If you should die, I won't go on living.
Please allow me to go with you.
I want to be with you no matter what.
I don't know if I've given you happiness or ruined your life by marrying you.
You saved me.
You are Master Kou, who brings hope to all.
I'm very proud of you.
- Peng Yue! - Present!
I'll leave you in charge while I'm away.
If I don't make it back...
Dismiss the troops.
- Don't make any unnecessary sacrifices. - Master Kou!
This is an order.
I don't want to see any of you in the underworld.
Yes, sire.
Master Kou!
I'll be right back. Wait for me.
Where's the Mistress?
She's not coming with me.
Men are supposed to be relied on.
Women shouldn't have to put themselves in danger for men.
Le Er said she is proud of me. So I have to live up to that.
Hai Tian, we'll go with you.
That applies to the both of you.
To die along with me does not mean loyalty.
Enough said.
Hai Tian, if it hadn't been for you, I'd be a butcher in Kou County.
You let me go through thick and thin with you.
You made me the commander of our armed forces.
I don't know any pretty words. All I know is we are friends.
I will follow you to death.
Life will be meaningless for me without the both of you.
We may be heading into the tiger's lair, but I'll go along with you!
You're such a pain in the neck.
I'm on my way to be killed and yet the both of you want to tag along.
Let's go!
We'll take an adventure into the tiger's lair!
This is made by the Lu Residence.
Has he met with Le Er?
Warlord.
I was held up last night.
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
It's all right but just remember not to fall asleep again with a weapon in your arms.
It would hurt me greatly if you were injured.
I was a bit muddle-headed from practicing martial arts last night.
I will be more careful next time.
This is a good weapon.
I know you can't part with it yet.
But all weapons get damaged in the end.
Instead of being obsessed with it and getting upset when it's damaged
you could use it less and then eventually you won't depend on it as much.
I know it will take you some time.
It's all right. I will always be here waiting for you.
Today, tomorrow, and every day.
I'm sorry for making you go through all this.
Warlord, Mister Qian seeks audience.
Warlord. Your Highness.
Is it something important?
Yun Kuang, Hai Tian is here at the gate.
- Is everything ready? - It is all ready.
- Let's go. - Yes.
Hai Tian, you are a scoundrel!
You went back on your words.
Le Er, what happened?
Master Kou told me to bring you food in the afternoon.
I thought something happened to you!
Has my husband left already?
- They left hours ago. - What?
Where are you off to?
Master Kou gave orders that you are not to leave the grounds.
No, I have to go and intervene!
It's life and death!
Life and death? Will Master Kou really be in trouble?
Yun Kuang is going to kill him!
You have to save him.
Mistress!
This way, please.
What do you mean by this?
Only Master Kou is invited to the feast.
The both of you will have to wait here.
Damn you!
Stop it, Pang Wan!
Hai Tian, they have gone overboard.
I have to teach them a lesson or they'll think they can bully us.
General Zhang, I apologize on Pang Wan's behalf for his immature behavior.
Let's go in now so we don't keep the Warlord waiting.
- Master Kou is a man of great scope. This way. - After you.
Pang Wan! What are you doing?
If we go in now, we're just meat on a chopping board!
You're so aggressive. Do you want to drive Hai Tian to his grave?
Warlord, Master Kou is here.
Warlord. Greeting to the Warlord!
- Hai Tian, you must have had a long journey. - Thank you, Your Majesty.
I heard you were recently married.
But I wasn't even invited to the wedding.
It seems to go against the principles of our brotherhood.
The Warlord is too occupied with national affairs to deal with my trivial wedding.
How could I expect Your Majesty to be at the wedding?
That isn't what you really mean, is it?
You must think lowly of me.
I don't dare to.
We both rose from the wars.
The Warlord started from the north and I from the south.
When I entered the capital ahead of you, Your Majesty wasn't as angry as thus.
Why is Your Majesty suspicious of my intentions now?
When I met you at the Lu Residence
why didn't you say you married the daughter of the manor?
So it seemed you think lowly of my birth and find me unsuitable as a friend of the Lus!
But that can't be right because you are not of some noble birth either.
So how can you explain your actions?
I am but a humble servant and do not deserve such attention.
Therefore I find it embarrassing to bring this matter up.
Is that so? I think you were shameless to rob me of my love!
- I wouldn't dare to! - You lied to me so what don't you dare to do?
The Warlord likes to joke around.
Master Kou shouldn't take it too seriously.
This feast is meant to be a welcoming dinner for Master Kou.
Men! Bring on the food and wine!
So he isn't angry at me for entering the capital ahead of him. This is about Le Er.
Master Kou. Here.
Let us all toast to Master Kou. Please.
It's boring to just keep drinking.
I've heard Master Yun Qi is skilled in sword dances.
Should we ask Master Yun Qi to perform for us?
Yes.
Hold on! Why should a military man do sword dances?
Bring me my blade!
Oh no, how can I get in?
Please stop this horse! It's gone mad!
Please stop the horse! Stop the horse!
Who are you and how dare you barge into the forbidden grounds of the palace?
Xiao Hui, it's me.
I am your young buddy, Lu.
Lu? You're a woman?
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to lie to you.
It isn't safe here. Let's talk somewhere else.
You're Hai Tian's wife.
But you recommended I offer my services to Yun Kuang?
It's a long story. Please believe I am here to save my husband.
I know you won't give up until you've done what you set out to do.
But I have my duties to fulfill.
- There's only one solution. - What is it?
One of us has to be defeated.
You're a woman so I'll let you attack with a weapon.
If you defeat me, I'll let you in.
If not, you will have to leave. How is that?
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