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♫ 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 ♫
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♫ Look at glory and splendoras if they were goose feathers ♫
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♫ just because of the hot blood flaming in the chest ♫
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Three Heroes and Five Gallants
Episode 37
That's right too. When you go back,
once Magistrate Bao has reported his mission as completed, then 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 rat entering a cat's claw, a sheep entering a tiger's den, you won't be able to come out.
I'm not a rat nor a sheep.
And also, what can a measly Royal Palace do to me?
Right. Little sister Yue, don't be scared.
You can first go in the Royal Palace and give that old emperor two slaps
while I and Lao Xi'er will be outside to give 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's found Zhan Zhao's lair, and has captured Zhan Zhao's accomplices.
Then where is Zhan Zhao?
Zhao Zhao escaped.
The mastermind wasn't caught so what's to be happy about?
But we've captured his accomplices,
It's only a matter of time before Zhan Zhao is captured.
Your Majesty, are you aware of who solved the case?
Who is it?
It's just that Lady Yuehua.
You've found her?
She's been found. She already went back to Kaifeng Court.
Okay, there's no matter for you here now.
Step down first.
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.
Tell him to report to me the whole process of solving this crime.
I will abide.
Hurry and go.
In a few days, it will already be the death anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ji.
I approve the two of you to have a half a month leave.
Go back to your province to clean the tomb of your parents.
But you have to quickly go and quickly come back, okay?
Thank you, Magistrate.
Thank you Magistrate for giving us a leave.
What?
His Majesty wants to make Lady Yue his consort?
Empress Dowager, originally
The Emperor wanting to get a wife
is just right and proper. No one has the reason to object it. But...
But what?
Lady Yue has already been matched with someone,
that's why she said she definitely won't enter the palace.
She's already been matched with someone?
Who can it be?
that is making Ms. Yue that infatuated?
I heard that it's a senior brother of hers that trains with her.
So it's also a Jianghu person.
I heard that this senior brother of hers is better in martial arts than her.
I heard that a majority of her martial arts
were obtained by her from this senior brother.
An Emperor doesn't joke around.
If Your Majesty really have said these words, then there's no reason to take it back.
If she refuses persistently and the Emperor is angered,
no one can bear that.
I'm just afraid...that if this thing forced Ms. Yue to kill herself,
then won't the Emperor be mocked by the world more?
This child too.
If she can enter the palace, she can enjoy limitless glory, splendor, wealth, and position.
Why must she refuse?
Each person has their own wishes. We can't force them.
This thing...is a little difficult to handle.
Empress Dowager, please understand.
Our Song dynasty has strong enemies outside eyeing us menacingly
while inside there are sufferings that keep bothering us.
My husband plans to recruit a lot of commoner warriors and heroes
for the good of our government.
We can let them exert effort to serve the government
and also to eliminate the world's instability and hidden danger.
This is a good plan to prevent the government from being pinched in the middle by outside and internal conflicts
once the strong enemies from outside attacks us.
Both the Emperor and I knows how Bao Zheng
gives much thought for the government.
The matter about Yue Hua is a small thing.
But the people that she is connected with is many.
Just one wrong move, we might push large bunch of commoner heroes into the enemy side.
This will then immediately become a big problem of the government.
I also know the pros and cons about 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 citizens.
We incorporated the three cardinal principles and five constant virtues into our basic country strategies.
It's all because we have learned from the demise of the Tang dynasty.
That's right true. The rulers and subjects of the previous dynasty
became immoral and went against the principles and virtues
causing their country to demise.
Tang Emperor Gaozhong Li Zhi married his father's concubine and it led to a Wu Zetian (China's woman emperor).
Tang Emperor Xuanzhong Li Longzi took his son's wife
and directly led to the An Shi Rebellion.
An emperor not acting as one. A subject not acting as one. A father not acting as one. A son not acting as one.
Look at what trouble it caused.
Good thing that our Song dynasty's leader, subjects, and citizens
has already learned to habitually completely follow the three cardinal principles and five constant virtues.
I'm thinking that even the Emperor can't go against it, right?
Good. Let's then use this to stop the Emperor.
Eunuch, please wait for a while. I'll just change my clothes and then go with you to the palace to meet His Majesty.
Magistrate Bao, don't rush. Just change your clothes slowly.
I'll go first.
Sending Eunuch off.
Hey, Magistrate Bao.
Earlier, Chancellor Pang went into the palace and reported that
Ms. Yue is here in Kaifeng Court.
That's true indeed.
The Emperor, other than being concerned about the details of this case,
might be more concerned about Ms. 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 would want 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 just bear whatever the consequences are.
But...right now, it is really a time to use skilled people.
I really don't want you to leave.
I can seemingly have left but still helps Magistrate secretly.
Help in proving if Zhan Zhao really have caused trouble in Sanghua village.
Is there a hidden truth behind all these?
Then...could you have heard some news?
Then...in your opinion,
is the Zhan Zhao who appeared last night
and the Zhan Zhao who raped women in Sanghua village
the same person?
This...
Although last night, I didn't bump into Zhan Zhao.
But 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.
Don't know if Ms. Yue is willing to hear about it?
May Magistrate enlighten me.
This thing is indeed problematic.
Last time, I already told Yue Hua about this.
She wouldn't listen.
No. No. No. Big Brother. Big Brother.
You must not just let her refuse to listen to it. The situation now is different.
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'll 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 re-think about
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 a lot of aspects.
You have abilities, I know.
All our brother know.
But the others don't.
Yue Hua knows. She's my confidant.
She understands me.
She knows that I have a lot of 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 grab hold of 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,
but aren't I 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 about 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 races one's 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.
Okay. I'll go and inform Magistrate Bao first.
You also need to inform Madam Bao.
You know that if it is a woman who persuades another woman...
Actually, for Magistrate Bao, this is also a good way for him to solve this matter.
Okay. Then let's leave it like this. I'll go now.
Big Brother, take care.
I, 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 brought Ms. Yue into the Palace.
They already went into the Palace?
Respectfully greeting Your Majesty.
- No need for formalities.- Thank you, Your Majesty.
Have you found Ms. Yue already?
Responding to Your Majesty, I have found her.
Where is she now?
She has accompanied me to enter the Palace.
Hurry and call her! Hurry and call her!
Responding to Your Majesty, Yue Hua is currently at Renshou Palace, at Empress Dowager's place.
Empress Dowager?
Oh, right. I remember.
Empress Dowager indeed issued a decree
to bring Yue Hua to her once she is found.
Respectfully greeting Your Majesty.
- Say it.- Earlier, Eunuch Liang from Renshou Palace relayed a message
that Empress Dowager is asking Your Majesty to go there.
Very good.
My favored subject, accompany me to go 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?
Yue Hue and Magistrate have already went into the Palace.
It was during the time when we were discussing things.
They have already went there.
Fourth...
Why?
Why must she do this?
Why couldn't she have waited for just a little more time?
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 Yue Hua who requested to go into the Palace.
She is afraid to bring trouble to Magistrate and to us.
Oh, my. Then if you put it like that,
Ms. Yue this time really is facing disaster.
I don't care. I don't care!
If Yue Hua dies,
I'll charge into the palace and kill that incapable ruler!
Hey, Fourth, don't you know the immensity of your actions?
If these words you said were heard by someone and they went to file 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.
W-w-why?
Based on her character, she definitely won't.
That's right Fourth Brother,
you should never think of Ms. Yue like a normal girl.
But if she will not yield to him,
then she only have death.
Don't she know how to leave?
Leave? How will she leave?
Based on Ms. Yue's martial arts skills,
if she really wanted to leave,
who among those stupid imperial guards within the Palace can hinder her?
Fifth Little 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 will then shatter his brain with my pole.
Ms. Yue Hua this time is helping Magistrate Bao to fulfill his duties.
After 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 give to Old Emperor?
She's afraid to cause us all troubles.
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.
Royal Mother, what reasons did you call me here to day?
Your Majesty has something to celebrate about.
It's a celebration for all. It's a celebration for all.
Your Majesty,
do you know where this congratulations is coming from?
Could it be related to that Ms. Yue Hua?
Your Majesty really had unrivaled brilliance. Getting the answer just with one guess.
Come!
Go and call Ms. 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 you Royal Brother.
Royal Little Sister greets Royal Brother.
Bao Zheng, what's going on here?
Your Majesty, your royal little sister is giving you a respect bow.
Aren't you going to hurry and ask her to rise?
What royal brother, royal little sister?
I'm already getting confused.
Your Majesty, Empress Dowager has already took in Ms. Yue as her goddaughter.
That's why from now on, she is your royal little sister and you are her royal brother.
I told you
that I'm 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
within 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 first.
Since there are a lot of official matters, then 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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These were 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 letting Empress Dowager adopt Yue Hua as her godchild,
I can no longer let Yue Hue come into the Palace to be my harem?
Anything that the Emperor wants,
no one can hinder it.
Tang Emperor Gaozhong actually took his father's concubine for himself.
Tang Emperor Xuanzhong publicly stole his daughter-in-law.
All of these has already become a joking matter in history.
Hmp! Don't forget.
Yue Hua is just my godsister.
We don't have any blood relations.
But this is against the Confucian three cardinal principles and five constant virtues.
Thinking about since our Song dynasty started,
all the previous emperors abide by the three cardinal principles and five virtues.
Emperor Taizhhu traveled far to send Jing Niang off
because he and Jing Niang have become siblings by oath
that's why he never took her in as his wife.
That's is because Empero Taizu doesn't like Jing Niang to begin with.
That's not true. If Emperor Taizu don't like Jing Niang,
he will never have become siblings by oath with her.
That...
Then are saying that godsiblings can't be married couples?!
This...is against the five constant virtues.
Emperor Taizu traveled a thousand mile to send Jing Niang off due to benevolence.
Becoming oath siblings with her is due to righteousness.
- Hmp!- If he still took in Jing Niang as his wife,
then benevolence and righteousness will all be gone.
This is also against morality.
Such an action is being unwise.
And also, it will really cause the citizens to lose their trust in you.
If Emperor Taizu have married Jing Niang,
he won't just bear being cursed for thousands of years,
and also it will hard for him to become our Song dynasty's
first ever brilliant emperor.
That's why if that time Emperor Taizu
didn't become oath siblings with that Jing Niang,
he totally could have married her?!
That's indeed right.
That's why, you guys
instigated the Empress Dowager to take her in as her goddaughter
before I am able to marry her.
In the past, Emperor Taizu
burned the Shanghua (Flower Observance) Building
to eliminate the two favored concubines left by Cai Shizhong (Emperor or King Cai).
Emperor Taizong killed Lady Consort Hua Rui
who was a captive from the Later Shu empire in the imperial garden.
These all look like rebellious acts.
But in reality, it is definitely
for the good of the country.
- Hope Your Majesty can understand.- How dare you!
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 have previously said
that our Song dynasty must deeply remember and draw on
the teachings from the demise of the previous Tang dynasty due to women.
Using the three cardinal principles and five constant virtues to teach our rulers and subjects.
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 already suppress me.
Let me tell you. This thing is still not over.
I dare not.
I still 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 just come with those rats and cats and be prepared to be executed.
I abide.
You guys dared to connive to fool me?
Don't you think you can connive to fool me!
Hmp!
Masters, Magistrate is back.
- H-h-hurry and say. How many came back?- Only Magistrate.
Ms. Yue Hua still hasn't come back?
It's over. It's over. It's over.
It must be that Old Emperor
has locked Yue Hua in the Palace already.
What is the facial expression of Magistrate when he got back?
He seems to be very angry. We don't dare to ask anymore.
Yes.
The situation seems bad.
Seems bad.
It's also that damned Old Emperor's fault.
Don't rush. Right now...
I'll go into the Palace now and get little sister Yue back.
You all shouldn't be reckless.
The Imperial Palace is an important place and is not some place that you guys can just randomly go in and out.
Big Brother, Fifth already was able to get in there twice.
Just 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, let's get into the Palace and Yue Hua back. Okay?- Okay!- No. No.
With your present state, don't go anymore.
My state is quite good.
If I don't go this time,
I'm worried that I won't be able to see Ms. Yue anymore.
I...if I don't do this, I won't be able to fully show her my sincerity.
I so understand you. Right.
Let us let Little Sister Yue see that it's still Water Rat that treats her best.
Once we saved Ms. Yue out,
we must immediately leave Easter Capital.
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 worthy to be served by us.
Such a huge matter, shouldn't we tell Magistrate about it first?
We definitely must not. One Magistrate learns about this,
he will surely do everything to stop us.
Doing things behind Magistrate back is not proper, right? Whether its by relations or reasons, it is not justifiable.
How about this, Big Brother. I'll go with you to talk with Magistrate.
Let's ask first about what really happened and then we'll tell him our plan.
Let's then wait for Magistrate reaction.
That's good too. Let's go together.
This, you're totally at ease already, right?
Thank you, Empress Dowager.
From now on, you're already a princess.
You're already a relative of the royal family.
From now on when you do things, you must follow rules.
Don't be like the women of the wilderness
who talks and acts all based on a moment of 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 should come into the Palace every so often to visit Empress Dowager.
Don't be like your Royal Sister
always circling around his husband.
Only when there's something that happens does she remember to visit me.
If there's nothing going on, she forgets me completely.
Yue Hua will remember it by heart.
Everyone, no need to worry.
I've already thought of a plan
and had temporarily stopped His Majesty.
Ms. Yue will be coming back soon with my wife.
But this thing isn't over yet.
His Majesty will stop at nothing.
That's why, we still have to re-discuss this.
Master, we brothers actually have an idea.
Tell me then.
That is to let Ms. Yue
in a lighting fast and secret way
get married
before His Majesty makes his move.
Right.
If Ms. Yue will agree with it,
this is indeed a plan that can satisfy both sides.
She 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 to convince her, and use feelings to move her. I think she will eventually agree.
Right.
I think that this thing will be a little awkward
if you guys will be the one to tell her.
How about this. Let my wife talk to her first.
Let her try to understand her thoughts first before we 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,
but it's still out of their care for you.
That Jiang Ping...
although his appearance is a little off, but his character is not bad. He's intelligent and able.
Since time immemorial, when people discuss about marriage,
all aims for a talented male and a beautiful female.
You look for talents in a man and a good appearance is only searched in a woman.
Aren't my husband also so black and ugly?
He is like the human version of a Chinese knotweed.
I am not a superficial person who befriends others based on their appearance.
It's just that my heart has already been occupied.
Regardless how good others are, they won't be able to get in anymore.
Who really is this person that you are saying?
How come you wouldn't talk about him every time I ask you to?
Madam, once the right time has come,
I naturally will tell you everything.
It's just that this thing currently has related problems complicating it.
Causing me to feel very troubled. May Madam temporarily keep it a secret for me for now.
I don't know who you're talking about to begin with
and don't know why your heart is very troubled
so...I don't know what secret I'm helping you to hide.
May Madam understand my predicament.
My husband and I all know 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.
It's still that word, "strategy no. 36, escaping is the best strategy".
I already have the status of a princess now.
I am rightly the goddaughter of the Empress Dowager, godsister of His Majesty.
Could it be that they would still dare to hunt me as a wanted person?
You already don't have a home to go home to.
Where can you go?
Madam, it's fine.
I am a person without a home to start with.
[Conferring Yue Hua as Princess Yinbing and the assistant commander of the Yulin Army(Palace Guards).]
Why? You have an opininon?
Your Majesty, this conferment of Ms. Yue
to princess is understandable.
But as the Emperor's palace guards' vice-commander...
Isn't she qualified?
Her ability is undeniable. But a woman--
Nonsense! If she's a guy, I wouldn't even confer her this title.
I understand already.
What do you understand?
This is...Your Majesty is being daring to be an innovator.
The palace guards that defend the Inner Palace are all outside the walls.
If the criminal will be able to enter the inside of the Palace,
then only eunuchs and palace women will be left.
Then isn't that entering a no man's land?
The effect is conceivable.
So Your Majesty actually want Princess Yinbing
to be responsible of the Inner Palace defense?
And also, I will also be recruiting a hundred palace maids with healthy and strong physique
and let princess train them.
They will become a female army that mainly guards the Inner Palace.
No second person in this world would have
though of such creative and unique plan.
Your Majesty is really so intelligent.
Your Majesty has a wild imagination.
Enough already. Stop with your nonsense.
Go to Kaifeng Court and read my decree.
Yes.
Madam, have you see Ms. Yue already?
I already told Ms. Yue what you guys suggested.
Okay. Okay. Okay.
Wait a minute. Don't cause trouble and be loud.
What did she say?
I just know that it won't go so smoothly.
Heavens...
But I won't give up.
I swear. I definitely won't give up.
But the problem is if Ms. Yue doesn't marry soon,
Old Emperor will be interfering soon.
That's why Ms. Yue has already packed her things
and will be leaving the capital in a while.
Where is she going?
Where else can she go? May she will wander to some place far.
Okay. Okay. Okay. A far-away place is good. A far-away place is good.
I am more familiar with far-away places.
I'll wander around with her.
Wanting to be a bum beetle (tagging along), but will she want you?
She won't. It's fine if she won'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 then.
I'm willing with all my heart!
Fourth Little Brother, I think that if you keep doing that, there will come a time that you will move her.
But the most important problem now is
even if you guys area able to escape to the ends of the world, you will still be unable to escape Old Emperor's grasp.
Yue Hua right now already have a princess status.
His Majesty still can't publicly order her arrest.
After some time, when this thing has cooled down,
maybe there will still be a room for things to change for the better.
Right. Right. Right. Right.
Magistrate, Eunuch Wang is here.
He's asking for Magistrate and Ms. Yue to go outside and accept the imperial decree.
He came fast.
[Fair and Incorruptible]
Eunuch Wang, I have caused you to wait.
It's fine. This is the Song dynasty's top court.
Who doesn't have something to be busy about?
Eunuch, don't get mad. I had to change my clothes, hence, I came late.
Hope Eunuch can forgive me.
Where is Princess Yinbing?
What princess?
His Majesty has already issued a decree to confer Ms. Yue Hua as Princess Yinbing
and to be the Vice Commander of the Yulin army (Palace Guards). She starts immediately.
This...conferring Ms. Yue Hua as the Vice Commander of the Yulin Army(Palace Guards)?
Magistrate, is not asking me to say it twice, right?
Of course. But this Ms. Yue Hua is a lady.
This words are so useless.
I already said Miss, can that be a guy?
But...a lady being this vice commander...
Hey...you look down on females, is that it?
You look down on females.
Previously, there's a provincial folk name Wu Laoji
who specially trained a women army for the emperor of Chu.
People like us who reads history book all know this. This has already become anecdotes.
Replying to Eunuch, this person is called Wu Qi,
not Wu Laoji.
I don't care what position he is in his family.
Anyway, people like us who are educated...
Anyway...
His Majesty has inherited the good practice of the previous dynasty.
It shows His Majesty's brilliance.
Yes. Yes. When His Majesty does things, there are only those things that he dares not think of
but none 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 has such wise opinion.
Magistrate Bao, hurry and call Ms. Yue Hua--
Oh, wrong. Hurry and ask Princess Yinbing to come out and receive the decree.
Eunuch Wang, really so sorry. You came just a little late.
This...Princess Yinbing has already left the capital.
What? She's gone?
Bao Zheng said that she already went back to old home in Jiangnan.
She's just alone in life. 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.
So that she can be at ease at being your godsister
and also convince your godbrother-in-law to be your personal guard.
He can make the palace guard defense perfectly tight.
When did she have a fiancé?
Maybe...he just appeared not long ago.
Let me see who who is this person that's unafraid to die
who dares to pretend to be his fiancé.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Although there most likely is none,
but even if there really is, he surely is hiding somewhere already now.
He won't dare to even breath heavily.
Even is she's leaving, she can't be gone that fast right?
She must at least spend 1 or 2 days to arrange things.
Bao Zheng said that Ms. Yue has initially already left the capital
but she got involved in the rotten mess of Yuncui Abby
that's why she got delayed.
Her luggage are all already placed outside the city.
That's why, she didn't bring anything and just left.
This msut be that Bao Heizhi's
sinister scheme to fool me.
This Bao Zheng also said--
Stop listening to Bao Heizi's words already.
See how I'm going to heavily punish him this time.
Your Majesty, I've got an idea.
What idea?
We can arrest Bao Heizi.
Once Princess Yinbing hears of this,
wouldn't she come back crying already?
You must have a reason first before you can arrest someone.
Privately letting a decreed criminal escape is a grave crime.
Who is a decreed criminal?
Princess Yinbing is not a decreed criminal.
Privately letting a princess escape is also a grave crime.
This...not right too.
This Bao Heizi also didn't do anything to princess--
Enough already. Just shut up now.
After saying so many things, it's as if you never said anything.
Your Majesty, if you want to catch someone, do you need any reasons?
But I must still have some explanation to give to my subjects.
This Bao Heizi 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.
As long as in tomorrow's morning court,
just say that Bao Zheng has failed the imperial grace and then remove his position and have him arrested.
Appeal to the ministers to enthusiastically report his offenses.
I dare use my head as a guarantee that within less than 4 hours,
the crimes that will come out w
will be this thick.
It will be called "100 difficult and dangerous rebellious words and deeds of Bao Zheng".
Fourth Little 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 Yue Hua.
Look for Yue...where is Yue Hua?
How do you plan to look?
I have a feeling that
Yue Hua didn't leave the capital.
She must have hid in some place,
waiting for me.
Fourth Little Brother, His Majesty has already 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 kind of time is it now?
Now is the time when
Ms. Yue is most gentle, most hurt, and most helpless.
It also is exactly the time that she needs care and warmth.
Fourth Little Brother, I remember that not long ago, she rejected you.
Could she suddenly have 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 won't be able to like me forever.
It's fine. I'm willing to stay by her side forever
and be her slave, to shelter her from wind and rain.
I won't have any regrets.
What's going on with you now?
Big Brother, I might be a little like that in your eyes.
But I am just like this.
I am not curable. 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,
the worst than worst is one-sided yearning.
Fourth Little Brother, I also don't know some missing, pain, or one-sided yearning.
But let me tell you.
If you were able to find Lihua now,
how sure are you that she will let you stay by her side
and be her slave?
Not even a bit of assurance.
Then why must you do this?
I just don't care anymore. I'm just like this.
I will fight until the end for reasons that I firmly believe.
Even if there's only a one hundredth chance, I will still make 100 times effort.
You...I already discussed this matter
with Fifth.
He totally agrees with my opinion.
Right now, His Maejesty is not willing to accept defeat.
If we are able to locate Yue Hua,
at the same time we find her,
it's like bringing His Majesty's claws to her.
Then that can't be. That totally 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.