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♫ The green mountain is high,the setting sun illuminates ♫
♫ Striding in the path of time,tossed about by wind and rain ♫
♫ Sword and knife,violence and pride ♫
♫ carry out heroic deedspraising the youth ♫
♫ Even if the lofty sentimentsonly intend for a beauty's admiration ♫
♫ who can stand a hero's tear? ♫
♫ Look at glory and splendoras if they were goose feathers ♫
♫ Look forward,urging the horse with a wild laugh ♫
♫ Feel sworn brotherhood,surpass the skies ♫
♫ On your behalfStars fall and souls vanish ♫
♫ In this mundane world,the inevitable turmoil of feelings ♫
♫ by a cup of wine can stretch sky-high ♫
♫ Even if the landscape is far away,with a cry, long and loud ♫
♫ the windy clouds where the sword points,will curl up in a surging tide ♫
♫ Even if this is a loneliness of a lifetime,do not remit cruelty ♫
♫ just because of the hot blood flaming in the chest ♫
♫ Make the green mountain bloom,and the old man of the east ♫
♫ will recollect the mistof the floating clouds ♫
Three Heroes and Five Gallants
Episode 37
That's right too. When you go back,
once Magistrate Bao reports his task as completed, you can just leave again.
This way, it can also plug up that Old Emperor's mouth.
No. No. Let me tell you.
If you go there, that's like
a rat entering a cat's claw, a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, you won't come out.
I'm neither rat nor sheep.
Besides, what can a measly Royal Palace do to me?
Right. Little sister Yue, don't be scared.
You can first go into the Royal Palace and give that Old Emperor two slaps
while I and Old Xi'er are outside giving you support.
You should not talk rubbish.
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Congratulations, Your Majesty! Felicitations, Your Majesty!
What is going on?
Your Majesty, owing to your great blessing, Justice Bao has rapidly solved the case,
he found Zhan Zhao's lair, and captured Zhan Zhao's accomplices.
Then where is Zhan Zhao?
Zhao Zhao escaped.
The mastermind wasn't caught so what's there to be happy about?
But we've captured his accomplices,
It's only a matter of time before Zhan Zhao is captured.
Your Majesty, do you know who solved the case?
Who?
It was that Miss Yuehua.
Has she been found?
She's been found. She already went back to Kaifeng Court.
Alright, there's no matter for you here now.
You may go.
Your servant takes his leave.
Your Majesty.
Immediately go to Kaifeng Court. Tell Bao Zheng to bring Yue...
Tell Bao Zheng to come here immediately
to report to me all the developments in this case.
I abide.
Hurry and go.
In a few days, it will be the death anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ji.
I approve both of you to have half a month leave.
Go back to your province to clean the tomb of your parents.
But you must quickly go and quickly come back, alright?
Thank you, Magistrate.
Thank you Magistrate for giving us leave.
What?
His Majesty wants to make Miss Yue his consort?
Empress Dowager, originally
the Emperor wanting to get a wife
was just right and proper. No one had any reason to object. But...
But what?
Miss Yue has been betrothed to someone else for some time,
that's why she said she definitely won't enter the palace.
She's already betrothed to someone?
Who can it be
to make Miss Yue that infatuated?
I heard that he's a senior disciple of her teacher.
So he's also a Jianghu person.
This fellow disciple is better than her in martial arts.
I heard that most of her martial skills
were obtained by her from this senior brother.
An Emperor doesn't joke around.
If His Majesty really said something, there's no reason to take it back.
If she persists in refusing and the Emperor is angered,
nobody will be able to bear it.
I'm just afraid...that if this thing forced Miss Yue to kill herself,
won't the Emperor be mocked by the world even more?
This child, really...
If she enters the palace, she'll enjoy limitless glory, splendor, wealth, and rank.
Why does she refuse?
Each person has their own wishes. We can't force them.
This thing...is rather difficult to handle.
Empress Dowager, please understand.
Our Great Song has strong enemies threatening us from outside,
while inside there are sufferings constantly bothering us.
My husband wants to recruit many warriors and heroes from among the people
in the service of the country.
We can make them exert effort to serve the government
and rid the world of upheavals and hidden dangers.
This is a good plan to prevent the government being squeezed by outer and inner conflicts
before powerful outside enemies attacks us.
Both the Emperor and I know that Bao Zheng
gives much thought to the government.
This matter about Yuehua is a small thing,
but she is connected with many people.
One wrong move might push many commoner heroes to the enemy side.
This will create even bigger problems for the government.
I also know the pros and cons of this matter.
It's just that this thing concerns the government's reputation.
The Emperor's pride.
We must think of a plan that satisfy both sides.
Empress Dowager, our Song Dynasty follows Confucian teachings.
We use neo-confucianism to teach the people.
We apply Confucian social order principles and virtues in our country strategies.
All because we learned from the demiseof the Tang Dynasty.
That's right. The rulers and subjects of the previous dynasty
became immoral and went against the principles and virtues
causing their country to perish.
Tang Emperor Gaozongmarried his father's concubine
and it led to a Wu Zetian [China's woman emperor]
Tang Emperor Xuanzong, took his son's wife
and directly led to the An Shi Rebellion.
A monarch not acting as a monarch. A minister not acting as a minister.
A father not acting as a father. A son not acting as a son.
See how much trouble this caused.
Good thing that in our Great Song, monarch, officials, and people
have learned to abide by the Confucian three cardinal principles and five constant virtues.
I think that even His Majestycan't go against it, right?
Good. Let's use this to hold His Majesty.
Eunuch, please wait. I'll change my clothes and go with you to the palace to meet His Majesty.
Magistrate Bao, don't rush. Take your time changing your clothes.
I'll go first.
Sending Eunuch off.
Hey, Magistrate Bao.
Earlier, Chancellor Pang went into the palace and reported that
Miss Yuehua is here in Kaifeng Court.
That's true indeed.
The Emperor, besides being concernedabout the details of this case,
might be more concerned about Miss Yue.
Thank you, Eunuch.
No need to thank me. I didn't do anything so no need for thanks.
I'll go now.
Take care.
Magistrate, the Emperor has an insider here in Kaifeng Court.
He knows our every move.
The Emperor is the head of our country. He naturally wants to know everything
that happens in this world.
Then he should also know
an army leader can be taken but a person's ambition cannot be taken.
Actually, you could have just left.
I can bear whatever consequences there are.
But...this is really a time to use talented people.
I really don't want you to leave.
I could appear to leave but stay and help you in secret,
investigate whether Zhan Zhao really caused trouble in Sanghua town.
Is there a hidden truth behind this?
Then...is it that you heard some news?
Then...in your opinion,
are last night's Zhan Zhao and
the Zhan Zhao who raped women in Sanghua town
the same person?
This...
Although last night I didn't bump into Zhan Zhao,
I am sure that they are not the same person.
Then in you opinion,
which one is true and which one is fake.
This is exactly the reason why I wanted to stay.
I and my wife have thought of a temporary solution.
I wonder if Miss Yue is willing to hear about it?
Please, Magistrate, enlighten me.
This thing is indeed problematic.
I told Yuehua about this last time.
She wouldn't listen.
No. No. No. Big Brother. Big Brother.
You must make her listen to it. The situation is different now.
It has become more and more complicated.
If she still doesn't listen, she'll really end up in Old Emperor's hands.
This, but...
But what?
What if she'd rather enter the Palace
than listen to us?
That can't be. Big Brother, let me tell you.
This time, she did this for Magistrate Bao.
And also, she firmly said before that
she'd rather die than bow down.
I feel that you should reconsider
this thing first. Look at you...
Right?
Big Brother, I'm just someone with
a slightly shorter stature.
I indeed am not as tall and mighty as you.
Although I'm no match for that but I have some other skills.
I...I am a little better than everyone else in lots of aspects.
You have qualities, I know.
All our brothers know.
But others don't.
Yuehua knows. She's my confidant.
She understands me.
She knows I have many outstanding qualities.
Like...intelligence.
Like...a pure heart.
I'm devoted.
In short, outstanding in several aspects.
She knows all these.
Big Brother, let me tell you. This matter,
although for us is a trial,
but it's also a rare opportunity.
If I can't even grasp an opportunity like this,
then I'd rather just die.
No. No. No. I feel that this is a little
taking advantage.
It's not heroic enough.
How can this be taking advantage, Big Brother?
How is it not? How is it not?
Even if it's indeed taking advantage,
am I not better than that Old Emperor?
- one hundred times?- That's true. That's true.
Big Brother, don't make a mistake. You are my Big Brother.
You...you...you are the Boss of the Jiangnan Five Gallants.
- Jianghu's famous Master Lu.- Of course.
If you don't help me with this, who will?
You, this...is quite reasonable.
Then it's right, Big Brother.
You are my dear Big Brother.
You are my dear Big Master, Big Brother.
Big Brother, no, no, no. If this thing gets done,
then you are my dear Big Matchmaker.
As the old saying goes, the matchmaker surpasses one's own mother.
You are my dear mother.
How about this. I feel that helping my brother
is my duty.
Beautiful. Then Big Brother, I'll leave this thing to you.
Fine. I'll go and inform Magistrate Bao first.
You also need to inform Madam Bao.
You know that it takes a woman to persuade another woman...
Actually, for Magistrate Bao, this is also a good way for him to solve this matter.
Fine. Then let's leave it like this. I'll go now.
Big Brother, take care.
Lu Fang requests to see Magistrate.
It's Master Lu.
Please inform Magistrate that I want to see him.
Magistrate is not around.
Where did he go?
He's gone to the Palace with Miss Yuehua.
They've already gone to the Palace?
Respectfully greeting Your Majesty.
- No need for formalities.- Thank you, Your Majesty.
Have you found Miss Yuehua already?
Your Majesty, I have found her.
Where is she now?
She's come to the Palace with me.
Hurry and call her! Hurry and call her!
Your Majesty, Yuehua is now in Empress Dowager's Virtuous Elders Palace.
Empress Dowager?
Oh, right. I remember.
Empress Dowager indeed issued a decree
to bring Yuehua to her once she is found.
Respectfully greeting Your Majesty.
- Say it.- Eunuch Liang from Virtuous Elders Palace relayed a message,
Empress Dowager is asking Your Majesty to go there.
Very good.
My dear subject, accompany me there.
I abide.
Fourth, stop turning already.
You're turning...you're turning so much that little sister Lan is getting dizzy already.
Fine. I won't turn anymore. I won't turn anymore.
Big Brother! How's the situation?
Yuehua and Magistrate Bao have gone to the Palace.
It happened while we were discussing the matter.
They both left.
Fourth...
Why?
Why must she do this?
Why couldn't she have waited just a little longer?
The Emperor's decree, who dares to disobey it?
What shit decree is that?! What basis is there that we can't disobey it?
In my opinion, it was Yuehua who requested to go into the Palace.
She was afraid to bring trouble to Master and to us.
Oh, my. Then if you put it like that,
Miss Yuehua is really facing disaster this time.
I don't care. I don't care!
If Yuehua dies,
I'll charge into the palace and kill that incapable ruler!
Hey, Fourth, don't you know the immensity of your actions?
If someone had overheard what you just said and filed a complaint against you,
your whole family will die.
Let them catch me then!
I don't have anyone to begin with. I'm just one person.
Come! Come and kill me!
Master Fourth, Yue Hua will never marry His Majesty.
Why?
Based on her character, she definitely won't.
That's right Fourth Brother,
you should never think of Miss Yuehua as a normal girl.
But if she will not yield to him,
then she only has death.
Doesn't she know how to leave?
Leave? How will she leave?
Based on Miss Yuehua's martial arts skills,
if she really wanted to leave,
who among those stupid Imperial guards in the Palace can hinder her?
Fifth Brother said it right. If she can come back here to Magistrate's residence,
I can protect her.
And also me. If that Old Emperor dared to come here,
I'd smash his brain with my pole.
This time Miss Yuehua is helping Magistrate Bao to fulfill his duties.
When the task is done, if she can leave the Palace,
she definitely will not come back anymore.
That's right. Say...
why won't she come back?
Could it be that she's afraid that we'll catch her
and return her to Old Emperor?
She'll be afraid to cause us trouble.
I want little sister Yue to come back!
I don't want little sister Yue to go! Little sister Yue...
Little sister Yue, hurry and come back!
The Emperor has arrived!
- Your Majesty is here.- No need for formalities.
Please sit down.
Greetings, Your Highness Empress Dowager.
Favored subject, no need for formalities.
Mother, for what reasons did you call me here today?
Your Majesty has something to celebrate.
It's a celebration for all. It's a celebration for all.
Your Majesty,
do you know where these congratulations are coming from?
Could it be related to that Miss Yuehua?
Your Majesty really had unrivaled brilliance. Getting the right answer just with one guess.
Come!
Go and call Miss Yue.
Respectfully greeting Royal Mother.
Respectfully greeting Empress Dowager.
My child, hurry and rise. Hurry and rise.
- Thank you, Royal Mother.- Thank you, Empress Dowager.
My child, come forward. Meet your Royal Brother.
Royal Little Sister greets Royal Brother.
Bao Zheng, what's going on here?
Your Majesty, your royal little sister is offering you a respect bow.
Aren't you going to ask her to rise?
What royal brother, royal little sister?
I'm already getting confused.
Your Majesty, Empress Dowager has already taken in Miss Yue as her adopted daughter.
That's why from now on, she is your royal little sister and you are her royal brother.
I told you
that I was going to give you a huge surprise.
Your Majesty, Royal Little Sister is still kneeling.
- Rise.- Thank you, Royal Brother. Thank you, Royal Mother.
Your Majesty, I set up a banquet today
in the Palace, as a celebration for your royal little sister.
Will you be staying to drink a few cups?
Royal Mother, I still have urgent official matters to attend to.
I'll get going now.
Since there are a lot of official matters, go back to work then.
- Bao Zheng!- I'm here.
- Come with me!- I'll abide.- Respectfully sending off Royal Brother.
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This was all planned by the two of you.
I'm a little lost with Your Majesty's words.
Stop pretending to be confused.
You think that having Empress Dowager adopt Yuehua as her daughter,
I can no longer bring Yue Hue into my harem?
Anything that the Emperor wants,
no one can hinder it.
Tang Emperor Gaozong actually took his father's concubine for himself.
Tang Emperor Xuanzong publicly stole his daughter-in-law.
These have already become a laughing matter in history.
Hmp! Don't forget.
Yuehua is just my adoptive sister.
We don't have any blood relations.
But this is against the Confucian three cardinal principles and five constant virtues.
Since the founding of our Great Song,
all the previous emperors abode by the three cardinal principles and five virtues.
Emperor Taizu traveled far to send Jingniang off
because he and Jingniang had become siblings by oath,
that's why he never took her in as his wife.
That was because Emperor Taizu didn't like Jingniang to begin with.
That's not true. If Emperor Taizu didn't like Jingniang,
he would never have becomeher sibling by oath.
That...
Then are you saying that oath siblingscan't become man and wife?
This...is against the five constant virtues.
Emperor Taizu traveled 1000 miles to send Jingniang off due to benevolence.
Becoming oath siblings with her was due to righteousness.
- Hmp!- If he'd still taken in Jingniang as his wife,
then benevolence and righteousness would have disappeared.
This is also against morality.
Such an action is unwise.
And also, it would incur the loss of the people's trust.
If Emperor Taizu had married Jingniang,
he would not only have had to endure a bad name for an eternity,
but also it would have been hard for him to become our Song dynasty's
first brilliant emperor.
Therefore, if at that time Emperor Taizu
hadn't become oath siblings with that Jingniang,
he totally could have married her!
That's indeed right.
That's why, you lot rushed
to instigate the Empress Dowager to adopt her as a daughter
before I was able to marry her.
In the past, Emperor Taizu
burned the Shanghua (Flower Observance) Building
to eliminate the two favored concubines left by Emperor Chai Shizong.
Emperor Taizong in the Imperial garden killed Consort Huarui,
who was a captive from the Later Shu empire.
These all look like rebellious acts.
But in reality, they were definitely
for the good of the country.
- I hope Your Majesty can understand.- How dare you!
Do you dare to compare yourself to Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong?
I dare not.
I just want to remind Your Majesty
that Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong once said
that our Great Song Dynasty must deeply remember and draw lessons from
the harm to the previous Tang Dynasty caused by beautiful women,
and use the 3 cardinal principles and 5 constant virtues to educate monarch and ministers.
Hope Your Majesty can understand.
I don't need you to remind me that.
Then...I'm at ease.
Get lost.
I'll take my leave.
Wait!
Bao Zheng, don't think that because you used the Empress Dowager, you can subdue me.
Let me tell you. This thing is still not over.
I dare not.
I don't want to get hostile with you right now.
But I'm giving you a 1 month deadline to arrest Zhan Zhao
and get back the Imperial robe and accessories.
Or else,
you and all those cats and rats must prepare to be executed.
I abide.
Thinking of conniving to fool me?
Don't even think you can connive to fool me!
Hmp!
Masters, Magistrate is back.
- Hu-hu-hurry and say. How many came back?- Only Magistrate.
Hasn't Miss Yuehua come back?
It's over. It's over. It's over.
That Old Emperor must have
locked Yuehua in the Palace already.
What did Master's expression look like when he got back?
He seemed very angry. We didn't dare to ask much.
Yes.
The situation seems bad.
Seems bad.
It's all that damned Old Emperor's fault.
Don't rush. Right now...
I'll go into the Palace and get sister Yue back.
You mustn't be reckless.
The Imperial Palace is an important place, not somewhere you lot can go in and out as you please.
Big Brother, Fifth was able to get in there twice.
With my skills, I can get in there 200 times!
That's right. I'm going too.
Good Third Brother! Good Third Sister-in-law!
Third Brother, Third Sister-in-law,
- then...then tonight we'll go to the Palace and bring Yuehua back. Right?- Right!- No. No.
In your present state, you mustn't go.
My state is quite good.
If I don't go this time,
I fear that I won't see Miss Yue again in my life.
If I don't do this, I won't be able to show her my sincerity.
I so understand you. Right.
Let us show Little Sister Yue that Water Rat is the one who treats her best.
Once we bring Miss Yuehua out,
we must leave the Eastern Capital immediately.
As the saying goes, if the emperor is crooked, his subjects are in danger.
If the father is crooked, his son will leave him.
This Old Emperor is not worth us serving him.
Such a huge matter, shouldn't we tell Master about it first?
We definitely must not. One Magistrate learns about this,
he will surely do everything to stop us.
Acting behind Master's back is improper.It can't be justified neither by feelings nor by reason.
How about this, Big Brother. I'll go with you to talk with Master.
Let's ask first about what really happened and then we tell him our plan.
Let's see Master's reaction.
That's good. Let's go together.
You're completely at ease now, right?
Thank you, Empress Dowager.
From now on, you're a princess.
That means you are a member of the Imperial family.
From now on when you do anything, you must follow rules.
You can't be like a wild village girl
who talks and acts based on the moment's passion.
I will remember your teachings.
I will also confer you a golden seal.
Whenever you think of me,
you can enter the Palace anytime.
From now on, you must come to the Palace often to visit Empress Dowager.
Don't be like your Royal Sister
always circling around his husband.
She only remembers to visit mewhen something happens.
If nothing is going on, she forgets me completely
Yuehua will remember it by heart.
Everyone, no need to worry.
I had already thought of a plan
and stopped His Majesty for the time being.
Miss Yue will be back soon with my wife.
However, this thing isn't over yet.
His Majesty will stop at nothing.
That's why we have to give more thought and discussion to this matter.
Master, we brothers actually have an idea.
Tell me.
That is to make Miss Yue
in a lighting fast and secret way
get married
before His Majesty makes his move.
Right.
If Miss Yuehua doesn't object,
this is indeed a plan that can satisfy both sides.
She has indeed refused.
But the situation now is quite complicated.
There's no room for her to choose anymore.
That's why we should persuade her with tact,
use reason and feelings to persuade her. I think she will eventually agree.
Right.
I think that this matter
will be a little awkward for you to approach.
How about this. Let my wife talk to her first
and try to understand her thoughts, and then we'll discuss it again.
That's good too.
Thank you, Magistrate. Thank you, Madam.
They are taking advantage of me.
Although they indeed are a little bit,
it's still out of their concern for you.
That Jiang Ping...
although he may lack in appearance, his character is not bad. He's intelligent and able.
Since time immemorial, when people discuss marriage,
they always seek for a talented male and a beautiful female.
You look for talent in a man, a good appearance is only sought in a woman.
Isn't my husband dark and ugly?
He looks like a knotweed in human shape.
I am not a superficial person who chooses people based on their looks.
It's just that my heart has already been occupied.
Regardless how excellent others are, they won't be able to get in.
Who is this person, actually?
Why are you unwilling to name him when we ask you?
Madam, when the right time comes,
I'll naturally tell you everything.
It's just that there are unexpected complications
making me feel very troubled. So please, Madam, keep it a secret for now.
I don't know who you're talking about to begin with
and don't know why is your heart very troubled
so...I don't know what secret I'm helping you to hide.
Please, Madam, understand my predicament.
My husband and I are aware that you are suffering.
Then let's not talk about this anymore.
But how are we to resolve the matter with His Majesty?
His Majesty has already clearly told my husband that he will stop at nothing.
There's still that saying, "Strategy no. 36, escaping is the best strategy".
I have the status of a princess now.
I am rightly the Empress Dowager's adopted daughter, His Majesty's adopted sister.
Would they still dare to hunt me as a wanted person?
You no longer have a home to go to.
Where can you go?
Madam, it's fine.
I am a person without a home to start with.
[Conferring Yuehua the title of Princess Yinbing, and Assistant Commander of the Palace Guards.]
What? Do you have an opinion?
Your Majesty, granting Miss Yuehua the title
of princess is understandable.
But as vice-commander of the Emperor's Palace Guards...
Isn't she qualified?
Her ability is undeniable. But a woman--
Nonsense! If she was a man, I wouldn't confer her this title.
I understand now.
What do you understand?
This is...Your Majesty is being a daring innovator.
The Imperial Guards that defend the Inner Palace are all outside the walls.
If criminals enter the Inner Palace,
they'll only find eunuchs and palace women.
Then isn't that entering a no man's land?
One can imagine the consequences.
So Your Majesty actually wants Princess Yinbing
to be responsible for the Inner Palace defense?
Also, I'll recruit 100 palace maids with healthy and strong physique
and ask Princess to train them.
They'll be a special female army to guard the Inner Palace.
No other person in this world would have
thought of such a creative and unique plan.
Your Majesty is really so intelligent.
Your Majesty has a wild imagination.
Enough. Stop with your nonsense.
Go to Kaifeng Court and read my decree.
Yes.
Madam, did you see Miss Yuehua?
I told Miss Yue what you suggested.
Good. Good. Good.
Wait a minute. Don't cause trouble and be loud.
What did she say?
I knew that it wouldn't go smoothly.
Heavens...
But I won't give up.
I swear. I definitely won't give up.
The problem is, if Miss Yuehua doesn't marry soon,
Old Emperor will be interfering soon.
That's why Miss Yue has already packed her things
and will be leaving the Capital in a while.
Where is she going?
Where can she go? She'll wander somewhere far.
Fine. Fine. A far-away place is good.
I am quite familiar with far-away places.
I'll wander around with her.
You want to be a bum beetle (tagging along), but will she want you?
She won't. It's fine if she doesn't want me.
I'll just keep on following her. I'll follow her.
I...I'd rather just be her book-carrying assistant.
I'll be her horse assistant, alright?
I'm willing with all my heart!
Fourth Brother, I think that you being this way, you'll eventually move her heart.
But the most important problem now is,
even if you can escape to the ends of the world,you can't escape Old Emperor's grasp.
Yuehua now has a princess status.
His Majesty can't publicly order her arrest.
After some time, when this thing has cooled down,
there may be a chance for things to improve.
Right. Right. Right. Right.
Magistrate, Eunuch Wang is here.
He requests Magistrate and Miss Yue to go outside to accept the Imperial decree.
It came very fast.
[Fair and Incorruptible]
Eunuch Wang, I have made you wait.
It's fine. Great Song's top court.
Who doesn't have something to be busy about?
Eunuch Wang, don't get mad. I had to change my clothes so I was late.
I hope you can excuse me.
Where is Princess Yinbing?
What princess?
His Majesty has already issued a decree to grant Miss Yuehua the title Princess Yinbing
and act as Vice-Commander of the Palace Guards. She starts immediately.
This...Appointing Miss Yuehua Vice-Commander of the Palace Guards?
Magistrate is not asking me to say it twice, right?
Of course not. But this Miss Yuehua is a woman.
These words are so redundant.
I already said "Miss", can that be a man?
But...a woman as vice-commander...
Hey...you look down on women, is that it?
You look down on females.
In the past, there was a country bumpkin called Wu Laoji (= 1st in order of seniority)
who specially trained a women's army for the King of Chu.
People like us who read history books know this. This has already become a well known story.
Eunuch Wang, this man is called Wu Qi (homophone of 7)
not Wu Laoji.
I don't care what was his seniority in the family.
Anyway, people like us who are educated...
Anyway...to make a long story short,
His Majesty has inherited the good practices of the previous dynasty.
It shows His Majesty's wisdom-imbued brilliance.
Yes. Yes. When His Majesty does anything, there are only things that he dares not think of,
but nothing that he dares not do.
Who is His Majesty? He's the Son of Heaven.
Just a blink of an eye, you already get a scheme.
Whoever dares to play schemes with him will surely lose.
Eunuch Wang has wise views.
Magistrate Bao, hurry and call Miss Yuehua--
Oh, wrong. Hurry and ask Princess Yinbing to come out and receive the decree.
Eunuch Wang, really so sorry. You came just a little too late.
This...Princess Yinbing has already left the capital.
What? She's gone?
Bao Zheng said that she went back to her old home in Jiangnan.
She's alone in the world. What Jiangnan old home?
She went back to her old home to look for her fiancé.
Once she found him, she'll then come back.
to settle down at ease as your adopted sister,
and also convince your adopted brother-in-law to be your personal guard.
He can make the Palace defense perfectly tight.
Since when does she have a fiancé?
Maybe...he just appeared not long ago.
Let me see who who is this person that's unafraid to die
and dares to pretend to be his fiancé.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Although there most likely is none,
but even if there really is, he's surely hiding somewhere already.
He won't dare to even breath heavily.
Even is she's leaving, she can't have left so fast, right?
She must at least spend 1 or 2 days to arrange things.
Bao Zheng said that Miss Yue had already left the Capital earlier,
but got involved in the rotten mess of Emerald Cloud Abbey,
that's why she got delayed.
All her luggage is already outside the city.
That's why, she didn't bring anything and just left.
This must definitely be Black Bao's
devious scheme to fool me.
This Bao Zheng also said--
Stop listening to Black Bao's words.
See how I'm going to punish him heavily this time.
Your Majesty, I've got an idea.
What idea?
We can arrest Black Bao.
Once Princess Yinbing hears of this,
won't she come back crying?
Tch, tch. You must have a reason to arrest someone.
Privately letting a convicted criminal escape is a grave crime.
Who is a convicted criminal?
Princess Yinbing is not a convicted criminal.
Privately letting a princess escape is also a grave crime.
This...not right too.
Black Bao didn't do anything to Princess either--
Enough already. Just shut up now.
You've been speaking a long time, but haven't said anything.
Your Majesty, if you want to catch someone, do you need any reasons?
I must still have some explanation to give to my subjects.
This Black Bao is not some usual person.
Your Majesty, I got an idea.
We can use the old trick of letting the ministers quarrel with each other.
If in tomorrow's morning court,
you say that Bao Zheng failed the Imperial grace, remove his position and have him arrested...
Then invite the ministers to report his offences.
I dare use my head as a guarantee that in less than 4 hours,
the crimes that will come out...
will form a volume this thick.
It will be called "100 Cases of Bao Zheng's Dangerous and Rebellious Words and Deeds"
Fourth Brother.
Big Brother.
It's so late already. You're not yet sleeping?
Big Brother, I can't sleep.
Why?
Big Brother, I want to leave this place.
I'm going to look for Yuehua.
Look for...where is Yuehua?
How do you plan to look?
I have the feeling that
Yuehua hasn't left the Capital.
She must have hid somewhere,
to wait for me.
Fourth Brother, His Majesty already has his eyes on her.
She can't escape.
How could she still be in Bianliang?
And also, even if you do find her, what's the point?
Big Brother, what time is it now?
Now is the time when Miss Yuehua
is at her weakest, most hurt, and most helpless
It's also exactly the time when she most needs care and warmth.
Fourth Brother, I remember that not long ago, she rejected you.
Could she have had a change of heart in such a short time?
I'm not asking her to accept me.
I'm just asking her to allow me to stay by her side.
Even if...even if she'll never be able to like me.
Doesn't matter. I'm willing to stay by her side my whole life,
be her slave, shelter her from wind and rain.
I won't have any regrets.
What's going on with you now?
Big Brother, I might look a little like...that in your eyes.
But I am just like this.
I am incurable. I am stubborn.
Only today did I understand
that the hardest thing in this world is yearning.
And the thing that's worst than yearning,
and worse than the worst, is one-sided yearning.
Fourth Brother, I don't know about longing, pain, or one-sided yearning,
but let me tell you,
if you found Yuehua now,
how sure are you that she will let you stay by her side
and be her slave?
I don't have even a bit of certainty.
Then why must you do this?
I don't care anymore. I'm just like this.
I will fight until the end for what I set my mind on.
Even if there's only a 100 to 1 chance, I'll still make 100 times more effort.
You...I already discussed this matter
with Fifth.
He totally agrees with my opinion.
Right now, His Majesty is unwilling to accept defeat.
If we are able to locate Yuehua,
we will be, at the same time,
delivering her into His Majesty's claws.
That can't be. That can't be allowed.
♫ How I want to look at you once more ♫
♫ How I want to go back to your side ♫
♫ If ever time will stop at this day ♫
♫ will it be forever? ♫
♫ Even though they say that love is hard to be made into reality ♫
♫ Willing to take a step back to fulfill it ♫
♫ Those compromising words ♫
♫ I’ll keep them for you ♫
♫ You said that rather than crying til ones eyes are red, better to just think and miss me ♫
♫ I’m afraid that yearning cannot cope with the changes of time ♫
♫ Gossips spread for one year ♫
♫ Forever seems like too far away ♫
♫ Rather than looking at your back slowly getting far, better to just think and miss you ♫
♫ Learned to wipe my tears dry after turning around ♫
♫ If there’s a Heaven, then the love, hate, and embrace of the past are rubbed to become ♫
♫ one’s heart’s callus.
♫ You said that rather than crying til ones eyes are red, better to just think and miss me ♫
♫ I’m afraid that yearning cannot cope with the changes of time ♫
♫ Gossips spread for one year ♫
♫ Forever seems like too far away ♫
♫ Rather than looking at your back slowly getting far, better to just think and miss you ♫
♫ Learned to wipe my tears dry after turning around ♫
♫ If there’s a Heaven, then the love, hate, and embrace of the past are rubbed to become ♫
♫ one’s heart’s callus.