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[The Female Assassins in the Palace]
[Episode 1]
In the third year of Emperor Shunzhi's reign
Qing Dynasty's army headed south to conquer
King Zhang Xian Zhong of Xi Kingdom.
He was shot to death by Qing soldiers at Treasure Pagoda of Phoenix Mountain
by the Sun River.
The treasures from the previous dynasty that Zhang hid away
stirred up the bloody hunt for treasures among Qing nobility.
What's going on?
- Here, hold on to me! - Quickly!
Why isn't Mo Yun here yet?
Is she only going to appear after the treasure map is taken away by others?
Your Highness, Mo Yun has arrived.
Where is the treasure map?
Good. This is wonderful.
Now that we have this map, the treasure is within our reach.
We will soon be able to accomplish our task.
It's Yin Qiang!
It's Yin Qiang?
Leave now!
- Go! - Go!
You dream of taking the treasure all for yourself
and scheme to take over the country?
I'm also a descendant of the house of Aisin-Gioro.
Yin Qiang, if you choose to serve me
we could rule the Qing Empire as brothers.
Will you fight alongside me?
That's enough nonsense.
I'll always be faithful to the Imperial Court.
Hand me the treasure map.
You want the treasure map?
Fine! I'll give it to you!
Rascal!
If I can't have it, none of you will.
Sire, we only caught four.
Your Highness, one of them escaped.
Track him down with all your might.
- He's not to escape so easily. - Yes!
- Go after him! - Yes!
Pack up your belongings quickly. We have to leave right away.
Quickly.
Madame.
Did you get the treasure map?
I did.
I swapped it over once I had it.
Good.
Madame, now that we have the treasure map
I ask that you keep your promise and allow me to leave with my daughter.
Don't worry.
As long as this remains a secret, I will guarantee to keep you safe.
Thank you, Madame.
You...
Father!
Father, please wake up!
Father...
Don't leave me!
Father...
Keep this in mind. Yin Qiang killed your father. You must avenge him.
Wu Shuang understands.
From now on, I'll work hard to train in martial arts.
I'll surely obey your teachings.
Good girl, Wu Shuang. Go and get some rest first.
All right?
Learn from me.
You should always think ahead.
We'll have to take this problem in our stride.
First, we have to train the female assassins to be resolute and loyal.
Then we'll have control over the entire Imperial Court.
My wish to take over the empire will surely come true.
Have Wu Shuang join in the training for the female assassins.
I'll remember Madame's teachings.
Arrangements for the training will commence right away.
How do you plan to train the girls?
If we draw any attention, Yin Qiang will surely be sent to arrest us.
I'm afraid...
If neither of us utters a word about it, Wu Shuang won't know a thing.
Yin Qiang is our biggest hindrance.
We have to take his forces down one by one until all of them are eliminated.
[Now that all is settled, I'd like to thank you for your help.]
[Please come to dinner. Yin Qiang.]
Madame, what good news have you received?
Yong Zheng ordered Arch Prince Chong to hold a banquet
to thank me for finding him the treasure map
of Zhang Xian Zhong the King of Xi Kingdom
so that he can succeed the throne with ease.
Madame, forgive me for speaking out of turn.
Arch Prince Chong only invited you to the banquet.
I'm worried that he might harm you.
This banquet might not be as simple as it seems.
I have my own ideas.
Madame...
The treasure isn't discovered yet.
They will still need my help in the future.
For the past few years, I've done a lot for them.
Yin Qing and Yong Zheng both know that very clearly.
My position as the head of the intelligence unit is not for nothing.
Madame, you are right.
However, Arch Prince Chong is very cunning.
We should still be very careful.
If they truly intend to harm me, I'm not that easy to tackle either.
All the female assassins I've trained will surely avenge me.
If he dares to make a move now, I definitely won't let him off.
If that is so, I'll obey your orders.
But please allow me to go with you in secret
so that I can be of some help.
All right. I'll do as you wish.
Madame Mo, it's been hard on you today.
If it hadn't been for you
I'm sure that His Majesty wouldn't be able to rule this empire.
It's my utmost honor that His Majesty thinks so highly of me!
Good. Allow me to toast to you.
I'll drink first.
Madame Mo is very straightforward.
Good. I'll also drink till I'm drunk.
Bottoms up!
I almost forgot.
You deserve to take credit for this mission.
His Majesty specially asked to have you rewarded.
Read out the imperial decree.
Yes, Your Highness.
Mo Yun of Huo Mountain, receive the imperial decree.
By the mandate of Heaven, the emperor hereby decrees
Mo Yun of Huo Mountain has proved to be of assistance to the country
and is hereby rewarded with a great feast
a pair of emerald folding screens, an azure figurine of goddess Guanyin
100 boxes of jewelry, 100 taels of gold, and a residential manor.
She will be awarded the title of Changleyyu
to be held in honor and comfort. By the decree of the emperor.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Long live the emperor!
Quickly! Keep up!
What is our senior doing here?
Could it be...
This is bad. Madame will be in danger.
We're both blessed to be regarded highly by His Majesty.
We must drink to our hearts' content tonight.
We'll drink to the prosperity and stability of the Qing Empire.
- Bottoms up! - Bottoms up.
Stay where you are!
Your Highness. What do you mean by doing this?
Madame Mo, you conspired with imperial officials in secret
so as to manipulate them.
It seems that you aren't totally faithful to the Imperial Court.
Yin Qiang, I don't understand what you just said.
I won't allow you to disrupt the Imperial Court.
Treacherous criminals who attempt to cause chaos in court must be killed.
I...
Mo Yun, does the poisonous wine taste especially good?
I think that you'd better surrender.
Do you think that poisonous wine can take me down?
You expect me to surrender to thugs like you?
What a joke!
Greetings to Your Highness!
Tie Cheng Gang?
Master Tie, you've arrived at the right time.
Do take care of this... issue here.
Yes.
Mo Yun, we're both disciples of the Xuanji Sect.
Yet you betrayed our master, killed more than 300 fellow disciples
and even wiped out my family.
I finally have the chance to seek revenge today.
You plan to ambush me with those mediocre skills of yours?
I know that in order to combat our master's poison
you've been taking all sorts of poison in small quantities every day
and now you're immune to them.
Do you think that our master didn't know about that?
He already knew about it.
The antidote that detoxifies blood is not harmful to ordinary people
but powdered realgar can trigger the poison in your body
and cause damage to your organs!
Even if I end up dead, I won't let both of you off!
Guards! Shoot!
Madame.
Quickly! Neither of them can escape! Attack! Quickly!
Go!
Don't let them get away! Shoot!
Madame, you're badly injured!
Go after them!
Madame, hang in there.
Madame!
Are you all right?
Hang in there!
Madame!
Get up.
Get up, Madame!
Sit down!
Hang in there, Madame!
Madame! Aren't you immune to all sorts of poisons?
Why would you...
Why would you be poisoned by them?
It's that darn rascal!
He had a trick or two up his sleeves!
He kept things from me.
Even until his death, he still took precautions against me.
Why... Why would all of you want to harm me?
Madame...
Wen Er, come here.
Madame!
Switch clothes with me.
Quickly! They will barge in here soon!
We have to make the best out of the time left!
Madame! Why are you treating me so?
Switch clothes with me right away!
I once saved your life! It's time for you to repay me!
Switch clothes with me so that I may escape!
Master Tie, why have they disappeared?
Has Mo Yun escaped?
Don't worry. The poison is tailored for her.
Even if she is still alive, she won't be able to escape!
Master Tie, we found Mo Yun's tracks ahead.
Good! Come with me!
Go.
Mo Yun! I'd advise you to take your own life!
If so, perhaps His Highness might show some mercy
and allow your corpse to remain intact!
If not, prepare to be tortured to death!
We'll have you torn into pieces and leave you unburied!
Shoot!
Go!
Here!
Tie Cheng Gang! You're a brute!
Come in here and fight with me if you dare!
She really is in the house.
- Attack! - Go!
Master Tie, that's Mo Yun!
Your Highness, Mo Yun is dead in the wilderness after a joint attack
from the four of us.
Your Highness may be at ease now.
Mo Yun was talented.
It's a pity that she was unfaithful to the Imperial Court.
I won't allow any internal chaos.
If she is alive, she will surely endanger our country.
I demand to see her body even if she is dead.
Where is her corpse?
Your Highness, Mo Yun is a burnt corpse now.
Since she is but a burnt corpse now
how can you be sure that the corpse is truly Mo Yun?
Your Highness, her special bracelet is on the corpse.
Mo Yun has never taken this bracelet off.
There's also the dart that I shot at her on her arm.
Moreover, the burnt corpse has Mo Yun's attire on.
Therefore, I can boldly say that the body is surely Mo Yun's.
Menggutai, can you be sure that body is Mo Yun's?
Your Highness, I saw Mo Yun set herself on fire.
It can't be wrong.
Tie Cheng Gang, it matters greatly to us whether Mo Yun is dead or alive.
Do you dare to swear on your life that it is Mo Yun's corpse?
Your Highness, I dare to swear on my life that Mo Yun is surely dead.
Yin Qiang, I won't let you off.
I'll definitely have my female assassins rid you of your power.
Yin Qiang, I won't let you off easily.
I swear...
I will not let you off...
I definitely won't let you off...
[One Year Later]
Speed up!
Faster!
Run faster!
If you wish to make it home alive, you have to run faster!
Speed up! Faster!
Good! Keep running!
Good! The arms extend from within.
Hold your legs sturdy!
Good!
Hold your legs sturdy!
The arms extend from within.
Use more force!
In the past few years, you've gone through all sorts of training
and still made it here alive. That isn't easy.
I've prepared a meal for you.
It's a reward.
Go and have it now.
Yes!
I've been very harsh on you so that you may all be showered in riches
and have a good life some day.
You must make the best of your future.
We're all orphans.
We're grateful to Madame for raising us.
We'll surely repay you with our lives.
We'll sacrifice ourselves for you.
Good girl. It's fine as long as you're grateful.
I've brought you some things.
These things will be your tokens.
You must keep your masks and golden hairpins safe.
Before I assign any mission to you
you have to have your masks and hairpins on you
to prevent anyone from seeing your faces.
You'll all be managed by me and you're not to contact each other.
Do you understand?
- Yes. - Yes.
On each hairpin, there's a character that serves as your code name.
Qing, Feng, Xi, Yu [Cool, Breeze, Light, Rain]
Nan, Chui, Wo [Hard, Blow, I]
Ming, Yue, Xu [Bright, Moon, Continue]
Chang, Zhao, Ren [Often, Shine, Person].
Use your golden hairpins to identify each other.
Your hairpin is your identification.
It also represents your duty. Can you remember that?
- Yes! - Yes!
All right. Dig in.
It's about time to send the girls on their missions.
Yin Qiang, stretch your neck out.
[Years later]
Here! Like this!
Catch it!
Hold it.
This is so boring. What is amusing about it?
This is bad. Father will surely reprimand you later. Go over there.
Caidie, you're lucky that this didn't hurt the concubines.
Be careful next time.
I'll be in trouble if it did.
Exactly.
Look at that! How did you discipline your maid?
She's fallen asleep!
All the concubines are present. How is that acceptable?
What are you doing?
Caidie...
Who is it? Who hit me?
Caidie, everyone is watching you.
All you care about is teasing Bang Chui, but you overlooked manners.
It's her fault for dozing off. Who is she to doze off before I do?
Caidie, Duan Min, and Guo Xin.
This is your first hunting trip. Do you find it interesting?
Yes... It's interesting.
It's interesting?
What's interesting about this? It's so boring!
Caidie, watch what you say.
Princess Consort, I've heard tales of hunting trips since I was little.
Those tales are more exciting than any other.
I was even looking forward to this when I got here.
Who knew that we could only stay here all day?
We couldn't go anywhere. We didn't see any prey
and we aren't allowed on horses.
I'm so bored here!
Caidie...
Caidie, what nonsense are you talking about?
You should ask Princess Consort for forgiveness right away.
But Mother, didn't I tell the truth?
Duan Min and Guo Xin, do you think so as well?
Say it.
There are princesses and young mistresses here.
But only Caidie is bold enough to be honest.
You find it boring.
I also find it very boring.
But His Majesty loves to hunt.
The princes would have to join His Majesty on the trip.
I have no other choice.
Did you hear that? Princess Consort shares my sentiments.
She also finds it boring here. It's not just me!
What about this, Your Highness?
Allow me to leave early or I'll die of boredom.
I'll take my leave now.
- Caidie. - Caidie.
Stop fooling around.
All the concubines are here.
How can you leave first? That's inappropriate.
What am I to do here then?
- You expect me to dwindle away time... - That's enough.
Caidie is still young.
It's understandable that she doesn't have the patience.
But the prince dotes on Caidie the most.
If you leave first, how am I to explain to the prince?
So you mean that there's no way I could leave first?
Caidie, stop saying such nonsense.
What about this, Caidie? It's rare for you to leave the manor
so since you get to be here, you should enjoy the scenery.
But you have to be alert and get back here in time.
Don't make it hard for me to explain to the prince.
Where could I go?
I remember there is a hot spring not too far away from here.
It's also known as the Beauty Spring.
Beauty Spring?
It's said that after bathing in that hot spring
your skin will be fair like white jade.
Exactly.
Duan Min, you should try it. You're soon to marry Boerji of Karchin.
Life beyond the Great Wall is nothing like being in our manor.
You should enjoy it while you can.
Mother.
Princess Consort is very wise and thoughtful.
I'll take Princess Duan Min and Mistress Guo Xin to the hot spring!
- Thank you, Princess Consort. Off we go! - Thank you, Mother.
Let's go!
Quickly! Come with us!
Hurry up!
Look at that child.
Yin Qiang, I'm fortunate to have had you by my side all these years.
I'm too flattered.
Your Majesty has both ability and political integrity.
Father has always planned to name you as his successor.
I'm just serving a wise emperor. I dare not take any credit.
Yin Qiang, you're always so modest.
You're always so calm and thoughtful.
You're my most trusted subject.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
I'm honored to be in your favor. I could pledge with my life
that I'll not let you down.
I'm relieved to have you say so.
Your Majesty, we have arrived at the location for the hunt.
All right.
Great marksmanship!
Good!
- Great marksmanship! - Exactly!
- Look! - This...
Your Majesty!
Why are you in a panic?
A tiger is a symbol of good fortune sent by the gods.
If you're scared, you may step aside.
I don't wish to leave without taking down any prey!
As the emperor, a tiger is but a beast to you.
You may just order someone to hunt it down for you.
You don't have to do it personally.
Your Majesty, allow me to speak out of turn.
The tiger is a ferocious beast. I beg Your Majesty not to...
All right.
Your Majesty, the tiger is the king of all beasts.
I think you'll need more than regular weapons to take it down.
Your Majesty should use the sacred weapon the deceased Emperor Sheng Zu once used.
Its lingering mightiness will help.
Yin Qiang understands me the best.
His Majesty is mighty.
Caidie, you're getting bolder and bolder.
Speaking to Princess Consort in that manner just now.
Have you forgotten the manners that you learned?
I reckon that she's left them at the prince's manor again
and forgotten to take them with her.
Young Mistress, what have you forgotten?
I'll go and get it for you now.
Do you wish to know what it is? Come here.
Have you not slept enough?
Do you want me to wake you up?
- Wake up! - It's enough, Young Mistress...
- That's enough. - Wake up!
Caidie, you're just as bad as she is.
One is hot-headed and the other is reckless.
You make a perfect pair!
Guo Xin, you're insulting me by comparing me to her!
You only get to go sightseeing because of my gift of the gab.
Great! Since you're reprimanding me don't follow me around then!
Turn around and head back.
I'm even happier to enjoy Beauty Spring alone.
I'm just worried that you're too outspoken and it will get you in trouble.
I can't even tell you off a bit?
Exactly, Caidie. Guo Xin has a point.
If you don't change your reckless behavior
it's hard to say that you won't get into trouble with your words.
I'm not worried about that.
I know that whatever happens, my two sisters will be here to help me.
You think too highly of me.
Duan Min is the prince's favorite daughter.
She is the princess of Qing Dynasty.
You and I are but daughters of the imperial household.
Should anything happen, you should turn to Duan Min.
As for me...
I'm of no importance, so they could drive me out before I said anything.
My dear sister, why would you say so?
All right, don't be angry at me anymore. I don't mean it.
Let me off just this once?
Don't hold it against me.
- Duan Min... - That's right, Guo Xin.
We're all sisters.
What's there to talk about rank and status?
Moreover, my mother died from giving birth to me.
In comparison, I'm not as fortunate as both of you.
Duan Min, why would you bring that up again?
Moreover, Princess Consort has always treated you as her child.
Why would you take that to heart?
Don't spoil the mood. Listen.
The three of us were nursed by the same nursemaid.
We're just like biological sisters. No rank can get between us.
Caidie, when are you so good with your words?
You're finally smiling?
Stop being mad at me.
I was just teasing you in the first place.
All right... You were teasing me?
Let me off...
Go on! Keep teasing me!
- All right now. - Caidie...
Quit fooling around.
How is this appropriate?
We're still going to Beauty Spring.
I also plan to do something with you before we go into the hot spring.
- What is it? - What is it? Is it fun?
Let's go.
Your Highness, the pathfinder just reported back.
The emperor is hunting in the grounds nearby.
All the routes through the mountain are now closed.
It's difficult to make our way through.
What is that about?
Boerji is going to the capital to marry Princess Duan Min.
If our schedule is held up because of this, what are we to do?
Did the emperor do this on purpose?
He knew we'd have to go through here to get to the capital today
and yet he has to hunt now?
Dana, calm down.
Batu, what is your opinion?
Why don't I go a bit farther ahead to check out the situation
while you wait here for me?
Batu, I'll go with you.
Stay here with Boerji.
Why can't I go with him?
I won't be a hindrance.
Dana, I think that Batu is worried that you'll be a hindrance.
When I'm more skilled in martial arts, I'll follow Batu wherever he goes!
Caidie's words made me realize
that we grew up together and we're just like sisters.
Now that I'm soon to be married
I'm afraid that I won't be around very often.
That's why I wish to become sworn sisters with you today.
From now on, our ranks no longer matter.
Only the seniority among sisters matters.
Although we were born in the same year
Guo Xin should be the oldest according to the month she was born.
I was born a few days earlier than Caidie so I'm the second oldest.
Caidie is our youngest sister.
It's done.
Let's get up.
We'll never be apart.
Duan Min, His Majesty married you off to the Karchin tribe as a political move.
You're married to Boerji, the first born of Prince Shalu.
It will be difficult for us to get together in the future.
You must take good care of yourself beyond the Great Wall. Understand?
That's true. The prince dotes on you so much
but why would he have you married off to such a faraway place?
An Zhu, you must be more witty.
You have to take good care of my second sister. Understood?
Don't worry, Young Mistress. I've kept that in mind.
Don't worry so much about me.
I'm not a child.
Moreover, who knows when Boerji will get here?
We happen to be in such a fine time and beautiful scenery.
We should enjoy it. Let's not spoil the mood.
Duan Min is right.
Look how beautiful it is. We should get into the hot spring.
Get into the hot spring?
Why don't both of you get in and I'll just soak my feet?
Why?
We came here for this, so you can't back out now.
Duan Min, this peach blossom grove is very well hidden.
Within this radius, there are imperial guards standing by.
No outsiders can barge in.
We can be at ease to undress.
Please?
All right, I'll do as you say.
Great! The three of you should come into the hot spring with us.
No...
Young Mistress, we appreciate your kindness.
Exactly. We'd better watch your clothing.
All right, I don't wish to see you naked either.
Help us undress quickly.
Here.
Look at how beautiful this place is.
Exactly.
It's so beautiful here.
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