Episode 27
Nanny? Take Xiao Yue away. And watch over her!
Yes.
Your Ladyship! Xiao Yue! Your Ladyship!
Nanny...
What are you doing?
Princess, please stay here for the night.
Don't go back to the palace.
I have to go!
Princess! Princess!
Nanny!
Princess! You definitely must not! Princess!
Mother.
Yu'er. Listen to your nanny.
Stay here.
Mother. I have to save someone.
Since you can't bear to do the dirty work, then at least stay out of it.
Watching the Court politics from the sidelines...
Won't that be easier?
But...
This is not just about General Meng.
Hundreds of other lives are involved too!
It's precisely because of Meng Tian
that I forbid you from going.
Meng Tian is the Qin's loyal general
and also, he has never suffered any defeat in battle. How can you save such a person?
Since you can't bear to kill him,
than all the more, I shouldn't miss out on this good opportunity.
Mother.
General Meng has saved my life before!
Hence,
no matter how you to try to stop me today,
I have to go and save him.
STOP!
Mother! Just what do you think you are doing?
Put down the weapon!
If you dare to step out of this door,
I will commit suicide in front of you!
These are not empty threats.
Mother. Yu'er begs of you. Please don't do this.
It's easy to get me to put down the dagger.
Just promise me.
That you will not beg for mercy on behalf of Meng Tian to the Emperor.
Mother.
I promise you.
We've been waiting for a long time.
Why isn't Her Ladyship here yet? I hope that nothing's gone wrong.
Let's go in and have a look.
Her Ladyship has ordered
that she will meet no one. Please go back.
Have you made a mistake? She just met us a while ago.
Please tell her, I am Yi Xiao Chuan.
She should be willing to see us.
Hmpf! Who cares about any Yi Xiao Chuan?
No matter what you name is, she is not seeing you!
She said she's not seeing anybody!
Unreasonable!
How can Her Ladyship go back on her word?
Concubine Li!
You promised us to help save General Meng! Why are you not coming out?
Who is this making such a ruckus?
I am Yi Xiao Chuan.
Oh.
It's Lord Yi.
Her Ladyship asked me to tell you. Even if it's Lord Yi, she will not see you.
Please go back.
The Queen has stated
- that if anyone else makes a fuss, they'll be arrested. - Yes!
Please wait a moment!
If the both of you still do not leave,
don't blame us for any lack of respect.
I'm not afraid of you!
Don't.
We cannot delay any further.
At sunrise,
once the news reaches Xian Yang, it will be too late for anything. Something must have happened.
We must think of something. - At this stage,what other solution is there?
We can't just blame the whole disaster on heaven.
Wait a minute.
Why don't we blame the whole disaster on heaven?
Sir,
what do you mean?
As long as we can find a person, then we can definitely save General Meng!
Lao Pa,
I'll leave this to you.
Don't worry.
For General Meng, I'll definitely do it!
- You have to be careful yourself, too. - Yes.
Big Brother.
It's such a late hour. Is there an emergency?
Indeed, I have an extremely urgent matter.
I need your help.
Tomorrow,
please bring Jun Xian Tang's brothers to spread a news at Xian Yang.
Everyone must know about this.
Okay.
Bow to General Meng.
I hear that the Great Wall here crumbled. So I came here overnight
to see all the officials to help me investigate and bear witness on this early morning.
I accept General's orders. I do not dare to not to heed orders.
Who is crying?
General, I don't know.
Let us go to see.
Who is it that's crying?
General, it's Meng Xiang Nu that's crying.
Meng Xiang Nu, why are you crying here?
General.
I searched for my husband for ten years. Finally, I find my husband
but
three months ago, he died because of an illness here.
Right now, his body
is here under this ice cold rock.
I came here every day, kneeling in this place,
hoping that heaven would open it's eyes and help me see him once again.
Ah! No wonder these past few days, there's been so much wind and rain so that, suddenly, the Great Wall crumbled!
It's because God was affected by Meng Xiang Nu
and wants to return her husband to her!
This is Heaven's Will!
- Yes! - Heaven's Will cannot be denied!
Us lowly people, bow to God!
Come. Come. Come.
Let's all bow to God!
Bow!
General, what do you think we should do?
This weird tale, I will submit it to His Majesty.
Since this is Heaven's Will. We will face this in an optimistic way and treat it accordingly.
Yes.
Yes, so I will bow too.
Hold on.
General.
These...
You guys are pulling these rocks for what purpose?
General,
these were found where the Great Wall crumbled.
Looks like it has nothing to do with heaven.
It's done by humans.
Did you hear about Meng Xiang Nu's story?
How can one not know?
Ah, so pitiful.
She couldn't even see her husband's body at the end.
Is there really such an event?
What is causing such a congestion?
Meng Xiang Nu, Meng Xiang Nu. Found (her) husband after ten years. (She) walked 1000 miles...
This morning in Court,
please beloved officials, what is there to submit?
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, there is one thing your official wants to submit.
Chan Zhang, speak.
I want to report General Meng Tian.
Why do you need to talk about General Meng?
Your Majesty, General Meng did a bad job supervising the Great Wall.
He was greedy and corrupted, stealing, and disregarding the law
which caused the Great Wall to collapse.
Meng Tian ah?
This morning, why has he not arrived?
Father,
General Meng has heard about the collapse of the Great Wall
and has gone forth to investigate.
I trust Meng Tian this much. How can he be this careless?
I will double the punishment.
Your Majesty is wise.
You must treat this case severely and meticulously, as a warning to others.
Royal Father,
maybe there were changes.
Father, there may be other reasons within the story.
By Your Servant's humble opinion,
we should investigate first, then give out the punishment.
Regardless of the reason that caused the Great Wall's fall,
Meng Tian is the supervisor. He is responsible for it.
Lord Wu,
General Meng treated us well in the past.
Should we report to the Majesty about it?
What are you guys talking about over there?
My Majesty! We have heard that it
is Meng Jiang Nu's woes that cause the fall of the Great Wall.
What did you say?
Meng Jiang Nu. This is a fairy tale.
My Majesty! They... They... They are sprouting nonsense!
My Majesty!
What Lord Zhao say is right!
That Meng Jian Nu's cries caused the fall of the Great Wall is nonsense.
My Majesty! Not only we believe this.
The entire city's people knew about this matter already.
They are say that this is Heaven's Will.
Even the innocent children are singing in praise of Meng Jiang Nu's virtues.
Is this true?
Father!
This matter was known throughout the city within a night.
I'm afraid, this is not an empty tale.
Right now, everyone regards it as the Will of Heaven, spreading tales about it, and worshiping it.
However,
the Royal Court still insists on this being General's Meng fault.
Isn't it going to be a joke to the people?
My Majesty!
Countryside tales are not reliable.
Father!
A tale that is known by everyone has some basis of truth in it.
This matter can't be settled easily.
Reporting to My Majesty!
General Meng's Assistant General has important matters to report to Your Majesty!
Ask him to enter!
Summon him!
Reporting to Your Majesty!
Meng Jiang Nu's woes over her husband's death caused the fall of the Great Wall.
This was witnessed by the local official and the locals! They have gathered a 1,000 male signatures
to seek help for Meng Jiang Nu.
They beg Your Majesty to praise Meng Jiang Nu's virtues.
Bring it to me!
Father!
This matter has such a great number of witnesses. It seems like this matter is true.
Father, I suggest that
we build statues on the side of the Great Wall
as a Praise for Meng Jiang Nu's virtues.
This is also a good way to let the people
know of Your Majesty's kindness.
Prince Fu Su's word is right!
Besides following Heaven's Will,
furthermore, we will enjoy peace and harmony with the people.
It's a matter of great good.
Not bad.
This matter will be handled by you as soon as possible.
Your Servant at your Imperial Majesty's command.
Li Si's reporting against General Meng came from exactly the same source as your information.
Why is that so?
This is due to our loyalty to the country
that links our minds together.
Do you think I'm so easily cheated, huh?!
Your Majesty!
I am wrong, please give me my rightful punishment.
I hate Imperial officers forming into gangs.
I order you to kneel here for 4 hours, till you understand your fault.
Tell ___ to come find me.
To the honor of the Heaven!
The Emperor of the Qin dynasty is following Heaven's Will
decreeing the building of monuments along the Great Wall
manifesting Meng Jiang Nu's loyalty.
Us common folks
sincerely prostrate ourselves in admiration and worship.
Over here!
You guys are back!
- How are they doing? - They are well now. (It was) just a light concussion.
- He is under good care now.
The couple wanted us to send their thanks to you. - Oh yeah, all thanks to Qing Qing...
If not (for Qing Qing), we might not have been able to locate you guys!
Yes, yes, yes. Oh yeah! Qing Qing!
How come a young girl like you is so familiar with this place?
I was born here.
Therefore, I'm with familar with this place.
Ever since both my parents passed away,
I have been working here as a tour guide and intend to carry on working in this line.
Great!
Just nice. We are looking for something here.
Why don't you show us around?
No problem!
Eh... Mother.
- Mother! Where is daddy? - What else can he be doing?
Working.
Hey. Hey. Hurry come over here! Look at what I have discovered!
Hurry!
Look.
Nice, right?
These are ancient words.
Yes! Very nicely written ancient words!
These shoud be part of a statue.
Its age is very old.
Da Chuan.
Pass me the record book. Let me check it out.
Okay.
Lan Lan. Come here. Let's rest for a while.
Aunty... Look, they are crazily working again.
No choice. Both father and son are in the same occupation.
Let them carry on with their work.
Last time, that wasn't your way of thinking.
Really?
Then what was my thinking like?
According to your temper in the past, you would rush over to scold them.
Was I like that?
Aiyou! Well, just let them do their job.
Isn't the change too big?
Eh?
What's so special about this stone tablet?
Before Qin dynasty, the words used these (character) forms.
However, after the Qin emperor united (how) the words
form were united, the older word forms were then abolished.
However, everytime when the Qin emperor set a stone tablet, they would use the older word forms.
This stone tablet is formed in the Qin dynasty.
It was discovered a long time ago.
It should be related to the Qin emperor.
That means,
this stone tablet has a long history.
That's right.
Alright! I have arranged the stone tablet's words in order.
Hey, come over here.
Oh, really?
Any great findings?
Although this stone tablet is broken,
I can be very certain that this is a very valuable finding.
Oh.
Hey! Don't keep us in suspense! Hurry up and tell us!
Don't be anxious. This stone tablet recorded a woman.
This woman spent ten years of her time to search the entire Great Wall for her husband.
In the end, her cries crumpled the Great Wall.
Oh!
Isn't it Meng Jiang Nu?
- Yeah! - But Uncle...
Isn't that just a ancient tale?
But it is clearly recorded in this stone tablet
that the local official and workers
all witness this matter happened.
That means...
Meng Jiang Nu's cries that crumpled the Great Wall happened over here!
Yeah, it should be over here.
Son.
What are you thinking about?
I'm thinking about those sentences.
They should mean that the husband is back but buried under this Great Wall.
Yeah.
That makes sense!
Maybe here
is the place that we are looking for. But where on earth is that earth element guard?
Who told you guys about these sentences?
Who on earth are you guys?!
I'm the gold element guard's offspring.
These sentences,
the wood element guard told us (that if)
we follow, that the sentences (will) guide us
here to look for earth element guard.
I am the one you are looking for!
You?
This ring
is what my father gave me when he passed away. He wanted me to pass it on to a person in the future.
She is the earth element guard offspring!
Look here!
This ring is actually the same one as what I'm wearing!
Great! We have finally found it!
This too great!
This is the story of Meng Jiang Nu! Every surface of this treasure box
gives us surprise every time!
This time,
we don't know what the meaning is about. - You are right! It's really is so amazing!
It's inner power focuses in.
You never know what may happen next.
We just need to find the next two rings to open this treasure box.
Qing Qing.
You should know the last sentence of the formula.
Husband can return himself back to earth to be born.
To make a cocoon gate, people will suffer because of a fire misfortune.
Eh!
Hey Look it up quickly.
Eh, Suo Jie people.
How did it become like that? - But... but there is no coordinate.
Did you look elsewhere in the book to see if it was recorded?
Qing Qing.
Coordinate, what coordinate?
Qing Qing, come. Come here. Qing Qing, I am telling you...
Those coordinates...
Eh! Da Chuan.
Look, Aunt is again all mysterious.
Why?
Don't mind it. Looks like there is really nothing.
Fine. I'll wait for you here.
Good.
- Everyone, I am leaving. - Good bye, Qing Qing.
Good bye. It was hard on you.
Good bye.
Don't forget about our appointment!
I know.
Wife.
Last time at Tu An,
you also said that to the 100 year old man.
Do you have a secret appointment?
Right.
You wanna know?
I won't tell you.
Even if you don't tell me, sooner or later I'll know about it.
Let's go
This rock has definitely been broken by men.
Master. Did you find out it's origins?
This is a piece of rock that
I brought back from the Great Wall.
Prince, please examine it.
Looks like there are marks from hammer's thrash.
Hmm.
What prince says is right.
It's definitely been broken by someone on purpose.
Prince, look at this one.
Since it was found at the site, we should investigate this immediately!
At this time, the answer we have is already the best. If we keep pondering over this,
it'll backfire.
If we use our dangerous plan to expose them, they might retaliate by saying we're framing them.
Could it be we must do nothing and forget?!
For a man to have vengeance, ten years later isn't too late.
What General Meng means is
not to fight in a moment of anger.
General Meng.
Looks like you already know who is responsible.
Sure is Sir's wisdom.
Then who is the foe?
My spies have already warned me that a few day before the collapse of the Great Wall,
an important group of Zhong Yi Guan members left Xian Yang.
So it's like that.
No wonder! That day when we were back at the site,
Le Si and Zhao Gao were together
and looked like they already knew even before the events were revealed.
Prince.
I gave you a piece of advice back then.
Zhao Gao and Le Si didn't show you any courtesy.
By doing that,
it's to ruin the relationship between both clans and cause Fu Su lose his handhold on the clans.
I say.
We might as well bring Loyalty Righteous clan down with its lock!
This is Xian Yang, not Kui Ji. This is the land under the Emperor's nose.
If we expose them without evidence, then we'll get affiliated with the problem.
But we cannot continue being like this,
stripped of our control.
I feel
it should be about time to give them a little lesson.
Back then, it was a flawless plan.
But how did they escape this time?
Sir's plan is absolutely perfect. It's just that someone did something behind the scenes.
Be direct.
We have investigated this and found out,
this morning, the other clan sent out people
making rumors about how Meng Jiang Nu's cries
has caused the collapse of the Great Wall.
That is why the news spread so fast like the wind and rain.
No wonder, hmph.
Within a day's time,
the whole town knew about this.
Looks like the Ju Xian Tang (the other clan) is really a bother.
I've already told you this,
if you want to take down Ju Xian Tang, you'll have to get rid of Fu Su and Meng Tian.
After this experience,
the King changed his mind about us.
Meng Tian is still in his position.
What about, we get rid of Tu Xian Tang first,
then comes Meng Tian, lastly comes Fu Su.
Let's follow the Minister's plan.
That's great!
We'll take some men right now and take down Tu Xian Tang.
Wait, wait.
This matter cannot implicate Zhong Yi Quan.
From my perspective,
this Tu Xian Tang came after the Six Kingdoms.
Why don't we give it a death crime and use the laws to take care of the rest?
Wise idea you have. We have to get rid of the Six Kingdom's professors.
They are a nuisance.
Always ordering me around. Like they know everything about governing?
Minister. Why not use this opportunity to indict them for revenge?
(After) touring the East China Sea, Luo Sheng seeks an audience.
Summon him!
Mr. Luo bow to Your Majesty.
After being on this voyage to the North, have you discovered the eternal youth pill and witnessed celestial beings?
Your Majesty, this is the first time
that I went on an ocean voyage
and I have not found any eternal youth pill, nor seen the two fairies Yi or Gao Zhi.
But, I met another celestial being.
They gave me
a scroll and told me to give it to His Majesty, and inside is Heaven's Will.
What does it say on this paper?
This is a Heaven's scroll, anyone can see it
but it definitely will not present its answer to anyone.
It's because
only one who pursues sainthood, like Your Majesty,
can understand it.
Us officials,
naturally cannot understand it.
There's actually this weird thing.
Zhao Gao, you come look at this.
Your Majesty,
I cannot figure it out.
Looks like you also cannot see anything from it.
Only I can see the hints on it.
Above there are a few words that are rare to see.
Death of the Qin, is the Hu!
Congratulations! You could read the letter As the mysterious man said,
only Your Majesty could have understood it!
I fully acknowledge and admire Your Majesty's Godly powers.
This heaven's book,
I'm going to keep for further study.
Hmm, you worked hard.
- Rise! - Thank you.
This heaven's book says: Death of the Qin Empire, is the Hu.
My beloved officials.
This matter pertains to the life or death of our Empire. What are your opinions on the subject?
Your Majesty, I think that
the Heaven's Book's words are pretty clear and obvious.
Anyone with the name Hu in it are all detrimental to our Qin Empire.
They cannot be used by our government anymore to ensure safety.
All people in Xian Yang who have the word "Hu" in their names,
will be completely removed out of Xian Yang city, to a distance exceeding 1,000 miles.
What Official Meng said is logical.
Like this,
Hu Hai will be the first to be chased out. Then wouldn't I be wasting my energy for nothing?
If I may speak, Your Majesty.
I think the word "Hu" does not refer to a name,
but instead it refers to the northern Hu people. Previously, a few days before the wall collapsed,
it was indicated that there was danger at the border. Thus, before the wall is properly repaired,
we must send a powerful general and troops to guard the border.
So at this moment, only General Meng can take this responsibility.
What you said, does make sense.
The Great Wall collapsing was also God's Will. God's Will and God's Book are naturally alike.
Official Meng.
I am sending you to guard the northern region and watch the Hu people's each and every move.
Would you have any difficulties?
To do my best to protect the country
is something I, Meng Tian, have always dreamt about.
Under Your Majesty's orders,
Meng Tian has no reason to say no.
Good.
As expected, beloved official Meng is a pillar of the country.
Then, beloved official Meng,
at dawn, will lead troops to the north to guard the region.
I will obey as ordered.
Lord Prime Minister.
Thanks to Prime Minister.
Prince Hu Hai and me, we were almost in danger there.
That Meng Tian almost had it in his hand. I was scared until covered in cold sweat.
Really never expected that.
We could turn a bad situation into a victory
and let Meng Tian be chased out of Xian Yang. Wait till Meng Tian leaves Xian Yang City,
and when there's no one to help Fu Su,
then we can start to act.
In future matters, it's not convenient for me to appear. Lord Zhao,
it will all depend on you.
Do not worry, Prime Minister. In the future, count on me.
Regarding the Great Wall issue, I would like to thank you.
No need to thank me.
The person you should thank is yourself.
If you had not helped Meng Jiang Nu,
she would not have helped you either.
Good causes will naturally have good effects.
After all, you were the one who saved me.
I just don't want to see those hundreds of civilians
lose their lives just like that.
Looks like you are still not willing to admit the brotherly feelings between us.
Why? Did I disappoint you again?
Haven't I always been like that?
I will never be disappointed with my own brother.
This time around,
other than thanking you, there is one other matter that I need of you.
Say it.
Regarding the matter of the collapsed Great Wall,
I have investigated thoroughly. It is connected to Li Si and
Zhao Gao. They will not stop at this. So (during) this next move of mine,
I'd like to ask you to protect Fu Su
and help Ju Xian Tang.
Fu Su and Xiang Yu are my friends,
Xiang Liang is my master.
So even if you don't ask me, I will also definitely help them.
Seems like you still don't accept me.
I'm done speaking what I should say.
I should be leaving.
You should take good care of yourself.
Also,
you should protect that person
really well.
You forgot your lamp.
The night outside is very dark, but in my heart, it's very bright.
I can see the path clearly.
But you, who just cannot see the path clearly,
you need it even more.
I don't know why I'm risking my life to help him.
Could it be
that we are really blood-related?
- Master, please take extra care of yourself. - Actually, (what) I'm most worried about
is still you, my Prince.
Please remember what I said just now.
Do not use personal feelings to settle things.
Otherwise,
you will fall into their schemes.
Fu Su will remember. Please do not worry, Master.
Prince Fu Su. General Meng.
I'm here on His Majesty's orders,
to specially sendoff General Meng. May General Meng have a
speedy victory and immediate success.
Borrowing Lord Zhao's saying,
I'll definitely speedily go and speedily return. When the Meng troops return to Xian Yang,
Lord Zhao must come and have a drink with me.
Good. When that time comes, Zhao Gao will be there.
General Meng. Please...
Master.
Take care.
Nowadays, His Majesty, doesn't value us scholars.
Country matters are settled by a Heaven's Book.
That's right!
Because of one rumor he
has sent 30,000 soldiers to the northern region.
That's too ridiculous!
How is it possible that His Majesty believes the story Shu Shi Pian made up.
Asking the gods when
he should be listening to the stories of us scholars.
Isn't that right?!
Everyone isn't that right?!
Yes! Yes!
Even though we're strangers,
we would like to toast to everyone.
It's a pity that I can only sit here complaining.
What good will that do?
I beg to differ.
My dear friends. Your insight, ability,and aspirations
should not be drained away just like this. I hope everyone can help
in making known your profound knowledge,
so that other scholars can learn from it, and other people to be able to understand it.
Only this way,
will the scholars get recognized.
His Majesty
will also pay attention to us scholars.
Well said!
Today meeting everyone is fate.
Why don't we take this opportunity using this wine to express our secret aspirations.
Let everything out.
Good. Good. Good.
(Let's) hope His Majesty will stop his absurd ideas of seeking gods.
Good. Good writing.
My turn!
Your Majesty, take a look.
Those death deserving scholars are really becoming lawless.
Even daring to slander the Emperor like this!
Malicious words! This crime is inexcusable! This crime is inexcusable!