Si Lang...
Commander, for searching for Si Lang,
you haven't slept for 7 whole days and nights.
Commander, you can't go on like this.
As the kid's father,
I have the responsibility.
My kid is waiting for me to find him.
Commander, Si Lang may have been rescued,
and may be sent to Tian Bo House already.
Commander, I beg you,
please return with me.
Our army can't go without you Commander.
I'm fine.
Commander...
I'm fine.
As long as I don't get any news about Si Lang,
I definitely won't give up.
You're thinking about him again.
I've fought in wars in my entire life.
But for my own kid,
I couldn't protect him.
Every time when I think of...
Si Lang's being left alone in the battlefield,
I didn't bring him back,
my heart hurts so bad.
I'm really not a good father.
Haven't we agreed that...
as long as Si Lang's body hasn't been found,
we still have hope.
But reuniting with the long lost kid,
isn't it...
It's getting late. Let's go inside to rest.
It tastes good.
For what happened in the past,
there's no way to repent of.
Nothing can be changed.
Your thinking hard won't help.
Theoretically, we both understand it.
But when the wound is touched upon,
I can't help thinking about...
what happened to Si Lang then.
I hadn't talked to you for 2 whole years.
I was really mad with you.
I was mad about why you could be so selfless...
that you could give up your own blood kid.
Everyone was blaming you.
But you didn't say a word.
You bore the pain silently yourself.
So what?
I still haven't found Si Lang,
brought the kid back sound and safe.
Actually, when I calm down,
you're not responsible for the incident.
The situation was so imminent.
You were the general,
you had so many lives to take care of...
counting on you.
For the sake of your kid, how could you...
sacrifice the soldiers safety?
Actually, when you made such decision,
you were in great pain already.
After all these years,
you've suffered enough.
Stop blaming yourself.
You keep saying that...
we should look ahead, right?
I'm fine. I'm really fine.
We've done everything we can.
We've searched everywhere we can.
Maybe that's fate.
Going through great difficulties,
we stood up from the sorrow.
This is just the transition.
The incident...
makes us treasure each other more,
treasure our kids more.
Sai Hua, thank you so much.
In all these years, thank you for...
staying by my side.
I believe God pities us...
so he granted us a daughter.
Since Ba Mei was born,
hasn't she added some spice to our lives.
That's true. That's true.
Right. We still have a long way to go.
We must look ahead.
Everything is hopeful.
The Prime Minister's move is really risky.
Your Majesty, your chess skill is so great.
I can't possibly win if I don't take the risk.
Your move really hiders me.
I'm sorry.
I should have held back.
I shouldn't have pushed you into a dead end.
Not playing with your full effort...
means belittling your opponent.
No matter how useless I am.
I still have that tolerance.
Your Majesty is clever.
If you can't think of any moves now,
let's seal up the chess board for now.
No, no, no.
I have to break this situation today.
It's a pity that...
I also want to go out in plain clothes with you.
It's said...
there's a new story-teller in the capital...
talking about His Majesty's robe being lashed.
What?
Whipping the imperial robe...
was what the story-teller called...
the secret anecdote of Tang Tai Zong.
Tang Tai Zong.
The telling skill of the story-teller is great.
All the people on the street...
were attracted by him.
But Your Majesty isn't interested in going.
I think this chess game can't be solved soon.
I might as well go out with Prime Minister...
to take a look.
Great.
I'll be Your Majesty's company to have fun.
Being a small thief is meant to be doomed.
Being a usurper of state power will prosper.
They both committed a crime and killed...
ordinary people.
That can lead to death penalty.
But the higher the status,
the more likely to get away from the crime.
Just like Tang Tai Zong.
Do you know...
how he got the throne?
He was so cunning to set a plot,
and ruthlessly had his own brother...
murdered.
That's how he got the throne.
Since ancient time,
the emperor's throne...
has been bloody.
You may say Tang Tai Zong was a good king.
He was indeed a tyrant.
Luckily, there was a virtuous official Li Jing.
When he knew Tang Tai Zong committed this...
beast-like crime,
he made him go to the Tai Temple,
kneel down in front of the ancestors,
take off his imperial robe,
and whipped it personally.
This story-teller is really amazing,
for a sheer fabrication,
he could describe it so vividly...
as if he had witnessed it himself.
How do you know...
what he said was a fabrication?
With just a little thought.
How would ordinary people know...
what happened in the Tai Temple?
It's a humiliation to have the robe whipped.
Tang Tai Zong of course wouldn't spread it.
No one would know that.
Maybe Li Jing spread it.
Possible.
Who else would if it wasn't him?
If he was the one who took off the king's robe,
and whipped it personally,
for an official, it's a glory
Even he didn't mean to hurt his master,
he'd feel tickled about that...
and show off.
Luckily, this story-teller...
just makes it up.
Or else,
where's the prestige of the emperor?
Daughter... Daughter...
Mom. What's the matter?
Someone asks to see you.
Ms Luo, General Pan ordered us...
to take him here to see you.
Madam, please promise to see our general.
I haven't taken Wushi powder for 3 days.
I... I... I'm really determined.
Madam, please save me.
Daughter, we can't.
He's the son of the Prime Minister.
Dad, he's seriously sick.
Can I fold my hands to see him die?
Well...
Help me. Help me... Save me...
Ms Luo...
Ms Luo, thank you.
I... I... I feel much better.
Ms Luo, your medical skills are incredible.
After drinking this medicine, you may go home.
Right, as General Pan has taken the medicine,
please go back to the General's House to rest.
With one acupuncture treatment,
it can only alleviate your symptoms,
reduce your pain.
If you want to quit Wushi powder completely,
it takes more than just a few days.
Don't worry, Ms Luo.
I... I... I will do whatever you tell me to.
I'll stay here...
and listen to you.
Taking the medicine to cure.
I won't violate your orders.
You want to stay here.
I'm afraid this is too shabby for you.
Uncle Luo, Auntie Luo,
I'm really ready to risk anything this time.
Please take me as...
a pet Ms Luo keeps,
just like a... a little animal.
I surely won't bring you any troubles.
Ms Luo,
if you really worry that I may misbehave,
you can tie up my hands.
I definitely won't resist.
Ms Luo...
I have to tell you beforehand.
During the treatment, as you're addicted to it,
it's unbearable when the addiction breaks out,
just like what you had just now.
Also, this pain will take place repeatedly...
until you can overcome it.
I know. I know.
During the treatment, if...
you have a bit shaken...
and stealthily take any Wushi powder,
I'll ask you to leave immediately.
If I Pan Bao is so disappointing,
I won't have the face to stay here.
I won't need you to kick me out,
I'll get lost myself. Get lost.
Also,
I'll never bother madam again.
Young master, be careful.
For today's training,
the aim is to test you...
your adaptability in different circumstances.
In the mountain ahead of us,
there's a solfatara valley.
You'll be divided into groups of 2...
to pass through the solfatara valley.
The first one gets out of the solfatara valley...
will be the winner.
Now you can group with your own will.
You may find yourself a partner.
Let's get started.
Be my partner...
to avoid being embarrassed again.
I don't think he can stay unmoved for long.
Watch me. Get another one.
What? No one wants to be your partner?
Are you alone?
What a coincidence! I'm alone too.
Why don't you beg me?
To be your partner... that's a hard job.
What's wrong?
General,
I can accomplish the mission alone.
I request to work alone.
The rule is forming in groups of 2.
In a risky situation,
forming into groups...
is to train you...
to cooperate in wars.
To be a soldier, obedience is a bounden duty.
If you dare to disobey,
that's violating military order.
General...
How about me Yang Qi Lang be the victim...
to be his partner.
Alright.
Then, you two are of the same group.
You'd better be fully alert,
don't drag me down.
There's nothing scary in the solfatara valley...
but just some smoke. Right?
Stop talking.
Last time, for saving the fellow team members,
we were a bit slow.
This time, I'll sure catch up with you.
Maybe...
you'll need my help.
What? You can't move on?
Need any help?
What? You can't move on again.
Don't come over. A swamp.
I said...
I'd said you'd need me to save you this time.
It's okay. We're partners.
Partners should help each other.
Don't let go of your hands.
Chou Mu Yi...
Here they are. We're back. We're back.
Have you seen my 7th younger brother?
No... No... No...
Chou Mu Yi...
Why only you? Where's Qi Lang?
I'm asking you...
Chou Mu Yi...
You ungrateful thing...
You're immoral and unconscionable,
care only your own life, so conscienceless,
worse than pigs and dogs.
How would you become this?
6th elder brother, you ask him.
He just fell into the swamp.
I tried so hard to rescue him.
And it ended up...
He used me as a flesh shield...
to ward off the arrows.
He's such an immoral disloyal friend.
You decided to rescue me yourself.
I didn't ask you for it.
Chou Mu Yi,
even if you didn't appreciate his kindness,
you couldn't leave him behind like that.
This training...
focuses on helping each other.
Right?
If this was not a drill,
but a real war to kill the enemies,
I think you wouldn't say I had been wrong.
In wars,
fellow soldiers need even more army spirit,
helping each other.
Does it mean when your buddy has died,
you still have to guard the body?
Yang Qi Lang got shot,
that meant he was ambushed.
In the circumstances that there's no shield,
using a dead body to ward off the arrows,
that's necessary.
Is that wrong?
Though you sounded reasonable,
it's just a training for today.
You shouldn't have left your buddy behind.
If you're ready to take part in wars,
should you expect others to protect you?
Don't join the army then.
Go home and be a young master then.
You guys are spoiled.
You can't even protect yourselves.
How could you go to war and kill the enemies?
How could you protect the country?
Alright. Alright.
That's it for today's training.
Let's go back for a rest.
Later, there're greater challenges...
waiting for you.
You're spoiled.
You can't even protect yourself.
How could you go to war to kill the enemies?
How could you protect the country?
Sighing at such a young age?
Mom...
Mom, do you think I'm useless,
like a spoiled kid?
No.
Why did you say so?
That fellow said so.
Being the target,
got a few arrows left in the gold?
6th elder brother must have told you.
I admit I'm really angry with him...
because he's too selfish and heartless.
But later he said something...
I think quite reasonable.
He said something quite reasonable.
For example,
he said I have been spoiled,
protected by my brothers,
when I encounter some problems,
I expect others to solve them for me.
How could I go to war to kill the enemies?
Not to mention protecting the nation.
Just like the last time he visited our house,
he said something like...
dying without a son to prepare the funeral.
It made you feel uneasy.
But it made me reflect that...
if I don't protect myself well now,
train myself well now,
in the battlefield in the future,
I'll get hurt and suffer losses.
Then, I'll make my parents sad.
Though what he told you...
was some selfish false reasoning,
you can grasp the truth in false reasoning,
not bad.
Mom, don't you think...
he said I'm not a qualified Yang's warrior...
What do you think?
Of course not.
The Yang's kids are of indomitable spirit.
Though comparing with that guy, I'm...
still a bit inferior to him,
I believe...
I'll improve continuously,
learn patiently.
Knowing your insufficiency,
thinking up ways to make up for that.
Good.
Mom could hear what you said just now,
I'm so happy, so satisfied.
Mom...
from today onwards,
I'll definitely become a great Yang's warrior.
I'll protect myself well.
More importantly, I'll protect mom.
Let me see.
You've grown up.
Compared with the past, you've grown so much.
No.
Actually, I'm thinking...
about that guy.
No matter how tough your character and mouth,
you can't beat your own asthma.
He's got asthma?
Right. Due to his asthma break out,
I got the chance to save him.
He was sick and all alone. He was poor.
There was no one to take care of him.
Mom...
Do you have any secret recipe for asthma?
You still care about him?
Mom, didn't you say...
the friend who will tell you the truth...
is your real friend?
I think, Chou Mu Yi the wicked guy...
is my, Yang Qi Lang's real friend.
That's what you think.
I wonder what he thinks.
I know. So I need you to take up the matter.
Mom, come on.
We're thirsty now.
Come on, have some tea.
Brother Chou...
Come on, have some water. Don't drink it.
Come on, have some fruit.
Brother Chou, do you welcome us?
My place is so shabby.
It's suitable to greet Madam Yang and Mr Yang.
Please leave.
We're friends. We'll settle for some water.
Right, have you seen the doctor?
Since I was young, when I get sick,
I never see a doctor.
Because you don't see the doctor,
that's why you're sick.
Asthma is very troublesome.
You should get it cured as soon as possible.
Right. Right. Right.
My mom has a secret recipe for curing asthma.
Take this prescription in 7 successive days,
I guarantee you'll recover.
Why don't you come to our Tian Bo House,
we'll cook the medicine, take care of you.
Taking care of me?
You two are being too enthusiastic.
Since I was young,
I have taken cared of myself.
I don't need anyone's caring.
I don't need anyone to take care of me either.
What's your grudge with us the Yangs?
We've treated you well.
Why are you so rude to us?
Are you really sick?
Qi Lang, when you feel sick,
you naturally not in a good mood.
Madam,
I'm tired.
I need to rest. Excuse me.
If you don't go back with us,
we definitely won't leave.
In front of your mom, don't blame me for...
being rude to you.
We're close friends.
Don't ruin our friendly relationship.
Qi Lang worries that your bad health...
may affect the training.
How about this?
Within 10 stances, if...
I can't beat you,
that proves your health is fine.
Otherwise,
go to Tian Bo House for 7 days with us...
until your sickness is cured.
10 stances.
You want to beat me in 10 stances?
I'm afraid that's no simple task.
I know...
I just know your health condition.
That means you promise.
Alright.
Mom, try hard.
Madam Yang,
it's already the 9th stance.
You said you're sick.
But I think your health is not bad.
Not bad.
You lost.
Brother Chou, what's wrong?
Go back to Tian Bo House with us.
For 7 days only.
Mom, I'll pack up for him...
in case he broke his words.
Mom.
Sorry for the trouble. Take a good rest.
What are you sad for?
You just lost to my mom,
or that's inglorious.
I tell you what.
There're many people to serve you here.
It's so comfortable.
I'm sure you won't want to leave after 7 days.
Cool...
Mom... Mom...
Mom... Where did you go with Qi Lang?
I haven't decided what to prepare for dinner.
This is...
This is Brother Chou Mu Yi.
He's the new soldier we've enrolled.
So you're Brother Chou Mu Yi.
You really like awesome.
Qi Lang always mentions about you.
Brother Chou...
Brother Chou is to be with us for a few days.
You'd take good care of him, understand?
Yes. Yes. Mom...
Prepare some light dishes for dinner tonight.
He doesn't feel well.
Mom, don't worry.
I'm going to get things prepared.
I'll tell the servants to prepare the room.
Mr Chou, let's go to the living room.
Mom, thank you for...
bringing Chou Mu Yi home.
Mom just won a bare victory.
Mom, you're kungfu is so good,
you can beat him for sure.
Don't see it that simple.
Just now, if the last stance...
hadn't stirred up his asthma,
I think I might have been defeated by him.
His kungfu is so incredible.
I thought mom didn't want to make him lose face
that you held back in the first 9 stances.
He's definitely of talent.
But mom, don't you think...
he treats us so coldly that...
it seems we've owed him something?
His temperament is a bit strange.
But no matter what,
I treat him with my heart.
He'll accept you as his friend sooner or later.
Come on.
I'm so glad you've come.
I am worried about...
the collapse of the well in Tai Ping County.
What do you think I...
should...
do to help those miners affected.
I think...
you should investigate into...
the county magistrate of Tai Ping County.
Isn't he the Prime Minister's brother-in-law?
Also, as far as I know...
he's diligent and caring.
Why did you say so?
Your Majesty, you might be fooled.
Your Majesty,
Magistrate Lu is diligent and caring seemingly.
Actually he's a severely corrupted official.
With his relation with the Prime Minister,
he exploits the hard-won possession of people,
extorts their wealth.
The disaster of the mine...
was caused by him.
Really?
Then, about this incident,
I have to investigate thoroughly.
Your Majesty,
I've investigated into it thoroughly,
and found concrete evidence.
So...
please bring the corrupted official to justice.
Also, the ones who cover him up...
should be investigated too.
I think this incident...
shouldn't be related with Prime Minister Pan.
He should have nothing directly to do with it.
Your Majesty, this guy is usually...
Ioyal to me,
thinking for me and sharing my worries with me.
One disloyal incident is already intolerable.
Prime Minister takes advantage of your trust,
so he's supercilious and acts on his own wills.
What you meant is that...
I should be blamed as well.
I dare not.
I think Your Majesty is liberal,
just and righteous, so I dare voice it out.
Please understand, Your Majesty.
Don't worry,
I'm the emperor of the country.
I'll deal with it justly.
Your Majesty is wise.
Alright. You may leave.
I'm leaving.
Brother-in-law,
8th Prince is investigating in me,
collecting evidence for my illegal acts.
What should I do now?
Brother, if there is concrete evidence,
my husband not only will be removed from office,
we'll also be beheaded.
Brother, we did according to your orders.
If anything is found,
I'm afraid you'll be involved as well.
Brother, please think of some ways.
Right. Right. Right.
Brother-in-law is the favorite of His Majesty.
A word of you is better than our lengthy words.
Right.
How about we plead for His Majesty's mercy?
Are you crazy?
Pleading for His Majesty's mercy?
Isn't that a confession?
Then... what should we do then?
I think 8th Prince still...
hasn't got to that stage.
Before everything is revealed,
there's still chance.
You may leave first.
Escape as far as possible.
Go. That means we have nothing left.
As long as you can keep yourselves alive,
you'll have chance to stage a comeback.
After the danger has passed,
I'll send someone to pick you up.
Or else,
we'll be buried to death together.
Brother-in-law, if we left,
that would mean we admit our crimes.
Brother-in-law,
would you give us up for your own sake?
In this stage, you have to trust me.
How would my brother jeopardize us?
Alright then.
Brother, don't forget to assist us.
We're of the same family.
I won't let anything happen to you.
Hurry back to pack up.
Don't let anyone see you.
Go.
Stand still.
Luckily, 8th Prince has predicted it...
you'd do this.
Magistrate Lu, Madam Lu,
you can't get away with it this time.
Give yourself up.
Arrest them.
Yes, sir.
I don't have strict family education...
which causes my brother-in-law's illegal acts,
using mining as an excuse to collect wealth...
making the people suffer. It's a great crime.
I, as the Prime Minister,
hasn't watched my brother-in-law closely...
which causes his unscrupulousness.
I really haven't done my job well.
After the exposure of the incident,
I should have forsaken family for righteousness.
But I'm just ordinary people with compassion.
I don't want to see his family imprison.
So I let them escape with the corrupted wealth.
Though it's out of love for the family,
the reluctance for giving up family loyalty...
that hindered me from reporting them,
it's abusing to law and playing favoritism.
I hereby ask Your Majesty to punish me...
so as to uphold the government discipline.
Prime Minister Pan,
you took advantage of your post...
and connived him to tax the people to the bone...
to feather his own nest.
You're the culprit covering up for him.
Now, your brother-in-law is arrested.
You're desperate to shirk the responsibility.
What's your intention?
Your Majesty, please see it clearly.
You can't connive the wicked people.
I'm clean, Your Majesty.
I admit I was negligent in disciplining them,
but I definitely didn't cover them up.
About what my brother-in-law did,
I really didn't know a thing, Your Majesty.
Pan Ren Mei, you're obviously quibbling.
As the Prime Minister, you didn't know that?
Also,
how many people were killed in the collapse?
As the Prime Minister,
can you really shirk the responsibility?
8th Prince,
as Prime Minister has just said,
he's an ordinary people with compassion.
Prime Minister let Lu Shou Yi get away,
what he did is unreasonable.
But he had no other choice.
Your Majesty, Prime Minister is a head official.
He's the role model of all other officials.
Without strict punishment, we can't explain it.
I know that.
Please punish me, Your Majesty.
Official Pan is willing to take the consequence,
and admit his fault sincerely,
but since the founding of the state,
he has helped the late king, over 2 generations,
he has contributed a lot. I'll pardon him.
He'll be fined 2000 and donate it to the miners
for relieving the miners.
As for Lu Shou Yi,
send him to the court to be punished strictly.
Your Majesty... That's it.
8th Prince,
I always reward and punish with principles.
It was Lu Shou Yi who corrupted.
He should be punished.
For others who are not involved,
they'll be treated leniently naturally.
Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Majesty.
Pan Ren Mei...
What Prince is to teach me?
Somebody come, bring the golden whip.
Yes, sir.
Pan Ren Mei, you're really bold.
Why don't you kneel on seeing the golden whip?
This is the imperial golden whip.
It can lash the fatuous king and wicked official
In the Great Hall just now, His Majesty...
was so kind to not punish you strictly.
But it doesn't mean you're clean.
This time you can get away with it luckily...
just because of the kindness of His Majesty.
If you still don't behave yourself,
you'll end up like this.
With the golden whip in my hand,
there no practice of favoritism.
You'd better bear that in mind.
From now on, behave yourself.
That really makes me feel good.
The wicked officials just now...
were scared to death.
They were frightened to death.
They surely never thought of...
my using the golden whip.
I wanted to make it clear to them...
I won't forgive any crafty villains.
Even the Prime Minister, I won't hold back.
It is to warn them.
Prince is so righteous.
There'd be a proper judgment of right and wrong
But in front of the other officials just now...
denouncing Prime Minister Pan like that,
I'm afraid he was ashamed and embarrassed.
I wanted to make him embarrass.
If he has any sense of shame,
he'll correct himself and do the right thing.
But...
General Yang,
don't worry.
I did it in the face of other officials...
to warn them and show them the consequence.
Let them know that even the Prime Minister...
can't hide the truth from the masses.
Also...
Pan Ren Mei is wicked.
If he dominates the imperial affairs,
the world will be in disaster.
I really don't understand...
why His Majesty trusts him so much.
Pan Ren Mei has his strengths.
As Prince has just mentioned...
though he is wicked,
he's a wise and talented person.
If he's guided to the right track, it's good.
But if he's pushed too hard,
I'm afraid he may do something treacherous.
I understand what General means.
But, we don't have to fear about him.
I was born in the royal family,
and I have the golden whip,
if I can't uphold justice,
the crafty guys will be encouraged.
I'll waste what god has granted me.
I worried too much as Prince have high ambition.
For General Yang's caring,
I'll always remember it.
In the future,
I'm counting on General's reminders.
Prince, you're being too polite.
Master, we really can't resist it.
Your brother-in-law is to be beheaded today.
What don't you say anything?
Why you ordered the servants...
to stop us from going in.
Your brother-in-law is to be beheaded.
Collecting the body is prohibited as well.
Do you know that?
What's your use for being the Prime Minister?
During disaster, you care only your office.
You can't save him,
not even dare to carry out a funeral for him.
What kind of Prime Minister are you?
You think you can get away with it?
Nobody escapes the judgment of the Heaven.
You have a scapegoat this time,
but it only increases your sin.
One day, His Majesty will not trust you.
When you lose your power,
you'll end up...
more miserably.