Episode 36
This is good wine bestowed by His Majesty.
I am a Queen even if I die.
If you die,
you are still a dog.
Not even a man.
Please drink.
Empress, please don't!
Mother! Mother!
If you had worked with us,
I would not have ended in this state.
Mother! Mother! Mother!
Empress! Empress! Empress!
Empress!
Mother!
I will be waiting for you, in death.
Mother!
- Mother! - Empress
Mother!
Empress! Empress!
Mother! Mother!
Yu'Er. Heed my advice for the last time.
You... must live on.
I promise. Promise you, mother.
Mother!
Empress! Empress! Empress!
Mother, don't leave me alone. Mother.
- Mother! - Empress!
Your Majesty. It seems that the Queen of Tu An
has died.
Please advise, Your Majesty.
Even at her deathbed,
she still upheld her status as royalty.
I am somehow impressed.
Give her a decent burial.
The rest of her accomplices
shall be executed.
Yes.
Empress! Empress! Empress!
Empress!
What about Lady Li?
It seems that Lady Li is not involved in this plot.
If she were, she would not have appeared in the banquet
and shared my wine.
If she wanted to kill me,
she could have done that earlier.
She is still loyal to me. Send her to Cold palace first. [where unwanted Concubines are kept]
I will decide on her fate later.
Yes.
Remember.
This incident must be kept in secret.
Our army is fighting the Xiong Nu now
and we cannot deal with Tu An right now.
If this news is spread.
Tu An will revolt.
If so, there will be trouble.
Yes.
Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao.
Why are you always wearing a smile?
You still need to be fearful of someone
and smile for him.
When you gain control of the Court,
you must be authoritative.
Kill!
Charge!
Charge ahead!
Why is it you?
It's you?
Why are you just looking at me?
General has instructed me to watch your reaction closely,
whether you are happy or not,
and report to him.
I'm the one who sent you the earrings from General Pang.
Shen Xiong! Shen Xiong!
General, after a few big battles,
both sides suffered heavy losses,
but they are not showing fear.
That's right.
This time, their army is well trained.
Even if they suffered setbacks,
they don't collapse.
If we continue to fight with foot soldiers,
it will be disadvantageous to our side.
I know what you mean.
I will end this war quickly
and reduce our deaths.
Take a look at this.
This place is good for defense, difficult to attack.
And the Xiong Nu have the city wall as shield.
From what I gathered, they have sufficent food
to last them for more than six months.
If they want to hide in the city,
we cannot do anything to them.
So, this time round,
we cannot follow the rules.
What do you mean?
If they don't back off,
we will.
What is going on?
I don't understand either.
All the soldiers have retreated.
Retreated?
They have all retreated.
There is no trace of them within a few miles' radius.
The gods are protecting us! The Qin soldiers have retreated!
We've won! We've won!
De Xiang, you've lived in China for many years.
What's this that they've left behind?
Those soldiers that were fighting with us are from the bravest Meng Army.
Their totem is a tiger.
I think that before they retreated, they were worshiping their totem.
Brothers, move those things
inside the city for me.
Tonight we will have a big celebration!
Good! Good! Good!
Thank you Heaven!
This war has finally ended!
General Pang.
Where are you?
Go! Move it away!
Move quickly!
Charge!
Aren't you all from Flying Tiger Troop?
Flying Tiger Troop!
Team Leader.
How have you been?
Leader Tian.
Why are you all here?
We work for General Meng.
Seeing as General Meng ordered us to come here,
the result is clear now.
Whether the alarm sounds or not,
there's no difference anymore.
Actually we really don't want to hurt Team Leader.
Take it as we beg you Team Leader!
Brothers.
I understand your heart's sincerity.
We've known each other for so long.
We haven't drank together yet.
Head Tian Wu, please.
Brothers,
I am a woman
but still know about loyalty.
We used to be buddies
and knew each other well.
You see me as the Leader.
It's a pity meeting like this today.
We each have our own allegiances.
This wine will witness the end of our friendship!
Brothers!
You don't have to hold back.
I shall evaluate the skills of my Flying Tiger Troop,
to see if you are really brave and unparalleled in your martial skills.
Soldiers are coming!
Hurry, get up!
De Xiang!
Stop!
De Xiang!
De Xiang.
You've... torn your clothes again.
Who's going to mend it for you?
I can't not worry.
You can mend it for me. I only want you to mend it for me.
I promise you...
I will promise you...
But this time I... I don't think I can do it!
De Xiang!
You can do it.You will do it!
Don't leave me!
General Pang, I really regret...
Regret...I should have...
De Xiang!
I regret that I should have gone with you.
I really don't want to...
Don't want to leave...leave you!
De Xiang! De Xiang!
I, your subject Meng Yi, acted on Your Majesty's order to fight the Xiong Nu.
With Heaven's blessing and Your Majesty's good fortune,
we returned in triumph and came to report to Your Majesty.
You have gained great credits and have traveled far. Do rise quickly.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
I lost a great General Meng.
Today,
I receive another great General Meng.
Heaven really smiles upon my dynasty!
Zhao Gao.
I am here.
Pass the edict...
I am going to hold a banquet to celebrate for General Meng.
Yes.
Today is a happy occasion for me.
Happy occasion for Qin and happy occasion for the world.
Beloved Meng subject, I will personally pour you a drink today.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Talk.
This time, Lord Meng defeating Xiong Nu has relieved Great Qin of a big pain.
I find that really admirable.
Is it possible for me to present this cup of wine personally,
as a token of apology?
Okay.
If all Ministers of the Court can live in harmony,
my great Qin Empire will be as stable as Mountain Tai.
I allow it.
Yes.
Lord Meng.
Zhao Gao sincerely hopes that this cup of wine from Your Majesty
can resolve the misunderstanding between me and Lord Meng.
Lord Meng. Please.
Your Majesty.
Going out to war for the sake of the Great Qin is my duty and responsibility.
To be loved by the Emperor, I am full of gratitude.
This cup of wine,
I am drinking it on behalf of my whole army.
Good.
Beloved Meng subject. You will have drink it happily!
Concubine Li has been thrown into the Cold Quarters. [where unwanted concubines are kept]
Congratulations, Lord Meng!
What did you say?!
Lord Meng. Let go.
Lord Meng. You...
Lord Meng. Let go!
Zhao Gao! Don't go too far.
Let go of me.
Lord Meng.
You should forget about what happened between us in the past!
You!
Ridiculous!
Beloved Meng subject, I poured you the wine personally.
How dare you offend me like that!
Do you still respect me as your Emperor?
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
I have already apologized.
But Meng Yi can't forgive me, Your Majesty.
Today, Meng Yi was very strange.
Normally, he's extremely courteous and respectful.
But today he's so arrogant.
The way I see it, I guess...
Whatever you have to say, say.
I think (that)
after conquering Xiong Nu, General Meng has become proud and arrogant.
His actions in the Court...
(He) didn't put Your Majesty in his eyes at all.
His honor is whatever I have rewarded him with.
Your Majesty.
Everyone knows General Meng has had a great victory
and overly flattered him.
I think
he has gathered too much support and respects.
Your Majesty.
You have to be on your guard.
~ Thank the flowers. Spring has gone. ~
~ Wind, from time to time, I've gone. ~
~ Water flows freely, can't keep back the tears. ~
~ The moon shines alone. Love pleads bitterly. ~
~ The petals did fall. Flowing water is emotionless. ~
Water. Water.
~ How much passion...? How much gentleness flies off westward with the setting sun. ~
Xiao Yue. Xiao Yue.
~ Ah, yi, ya. Ah, yi, ya. ~
Thank you.
Don't thank me.
If anything untoward were to happen to you,
he would be really hurt.
I don't want to see him so hurt.
You don't need to do this anymore.
He has already personally told me,
he is no longer my Xiao Chuan.
He is now Qin's Meng Yi.
From now on,
no one will care about me anymore.
No. Actually,
Xiao Chuan has never disappeared in his heart.
When I last saw him,
I could feel...
Xiao Chuan has always been standing there.
Really?
Quickly. Tell me!
What did he say?
I want to know every sentence.
Do you know?
I'm really, really, really envious of you.
~ Ah, yi, yah. Ai, yi, yah.~
~ Life and death go hand in hand. ~
De Xiang. Pour tea.
De Xiang.
De Xiang is no longer here.
After I came to Qin,
I have met a lot of good women.
Xiao Yue. Su Su.
But the ones who have gone, have gone. (Those who) died, have died.
I couldn't do anything.
Now Yu Shu...
Now Yu Shu is going through such torment.
But I still couldn't do anything.
I put my life into it,
but what I catch is meaningless and empty.
You told me before,
as long as I accept your position,
I can save a lot of people.
Can save a lot of people's lives...
I believed you.
For this purpose,
I gave up on the woman I loved the most.
But for what?
Why did I have to kill so many people on my first mission?
Even De Xiang died because of me!
Am I meant to be killing people or saving people?!
I don't know how many more people I will kill in the future.
Tell me.
You have no way of telling me.
Meng Tian,
the responsibility I am now shouldering was not what I expected initially,
and different from what you promised.
I'm sorry.
This Meng Yi character is too painful for me.
I can't bear to continue.
General.
General, we have to visit Ju Xian Hall today.
We should get going.
Everyone.
Today's scenario
reminds me about the day we fell prey to trouble.
I wanted everyone to put your weapons down and walk into the prisons.
Today, I am still standing here.
I want everyone to put down your weapons again
because you have gained great credits!
You have shown your loyalty with your actions!
Now, you are not wearing any prison rags.
You are all free.
You can all go back home now!
We can all go back home!
Can go back home! Can go back home!
General.
I, Sun, followed General
into the prison and the war, braving death.
I am in awe with your upright character.
I want to join your Meng Army
and follow you in life and death!
General! Take us in!
Take us in, General!
General!
Everyone get up.
Brothers.
I took you all onto the battlefield with the hope that one day,
you all can go back home and reunite with your families.
This is my promise and is also my wish.
I don't want you all to live your whole life fighting and killing.
A world without soldiers...
That is my greatest wish!
Brothers, since General Meng isn't allowing us to join the Meng Army, we shall nominate him as Leader of our Ju Xian Hall!
Does everyone agree?
Good! Good! Good! Good!
Brothers,
I don't deserve this.
I cannot shoulder this responsibility.
General.,
Since Master Fu Su was banished,
we don't have a Leader.
If this goes on,
we will be disorganized.
For these brothers and Ju Xian Hall,
I beg you, please stop rejecting us.
General, don't reject us! No one else will care for us.
All members of Ju Xian Hall, pay your respects to our Leader.
Our respects to Leader!
Everyone get up!
Go home quickly.
Listen up brothers,
we shall follow our Leader's order and go back to our homes!
If our Leader has any orders in the future, we will definitely heed and follow his orders!
Regardless of the danger, we will do our best!
General wins again!
Ten thousand loyal souls buried under the city.
Wives asked for their return.
Li You sees Your Majesty!
Beloved Li subject, quickly get up.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
You have performed well in your duties.
I am very pleased.
You have returned in time.
The Court needs talent like you.
I am about to discuss with General Meng about Tu An.
Why isn't Meng here?
Your Majesty.
General Meng is sick at home.
Meng is ill?
I just heard about that too.
A few days ago General Meng was celebrating at his triumph banquet.
How come he is ill today?
Surely it can't be that he's too lazy to be bothered about coming to Court?
Your Majesty.
I have been interacting with General Meng often, and I am familiar with his character.
I'm willing to use my life to assure you, he definitely isn't this despicable sort of person.
Due to this mission to Xiong Nu,
he really is sick.
Li You.
You've only just come back to Xian Yang.
You did not see Meng Yi's behavior at the Court a few days back.
He didn't even show any respect for the Emperor.
I feel that there definitely has to be an underlying reason behind it.
Li You.
I, your father, am the Prime Minister. Do you think I will lie to you?
We have a father-son relationship at home.
But here at Court,
we are all subjects of His Majesty.
Whatever's said and done,
must be loyal to His Majesty.
Li You is only sincerely saying what he feels will be beneficial to His Majesty.
If I have offended Father,
it is only because of my loyalty to the Emperor.
I hope Father forgives me.
Good.
You are indeed my loyal subject.
Prime Minister.
Don't be angry.
This shows that your upbringing methods are effective!
Both father and son can argue in the Court.
This is a model for the rest of the ministers.
I want to reward both of you handsomely!
Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment.
I hope that both father and son will work like before and protect my Qin Empire.
We will do our best.
Li You.
Here.
On behalf of me, go visit Lord Meng.
Take a look and see how he is.
I will do so.