If I try to hurt Zi Jian father would kill me. Even you don't kill me
Ding Yi and Yang Xiu will kill me in the future sooner or later
On the other hand, no matter how Zi Jian treats me
I will not kill him
The moment I entered the jail
I handed over my life to my own father
because I know
My father
will treat me fairly
Good
Very good
You dare to negotiate terms with me now?
You are much more like my son this way
Terrific
Let me think what else I get on you
I can't let you threaten me like this without consequences
Your majesty
Si Ma Yi was drunk at the ceil of Cui Yan
Bring Si Ma Yi
Duke is not like a duke. King is not like a King
Wake him up now guard
Don't
He is right
Duke is not like a duke
King is not like a king
Forget it
Don't wake him up
I will wait and bring me some wine too
Yes
Leave now
Prince
The medicine is ready for a while
You can go back now
I don't want to have the medicine
I'm afraid it's getting cold if you don't take them
Prince
You know that your brother is a kind and simple person
He wouldn't do something like that
Why would Cui Yan say those things?
Is it in your heart
Zi Jian is always the good guy
What about me? What kind of person am I?
Inside my heart
You are as kind as him
Zi Huan
Don't put your anger upon him again
He is your brother after all
You can't watch him die like this
You know that treason is death sentence
This case
will have a result for sure
The person who did this will not get away
What does it have to do with you and me?
You wake up
I'm sorry
I'm so sorry
Meets the King
You want to drink
Why don't you celebrate with Zi Huan?
I know I'm guilty
I have nothing to celebrate
You drink so much
You are pretty sober
Let's continue to drink
I dare not to drink..
There is no one else in here
Don't pretend in front of me
Drink
What Cui Yan and Xun Yu did
You are involved with their plans?
I..
dare not to lie to you
The day Minister Xun died
I visited Minister Cui
His talk inspired me a lot
Minister Cui used his life
to save and support Wei
You still call him Minister
In your heart
Is it a good courtier or a bad one?
I think
Xun Yu
Cui Yan
For the sake of Wei
For the sake of this nation
For the ambition of you
try to correct your behavior
to give advise to you
These two courtiers
are great courtiers
Good loyal courtier
Correcting my behavior
You forced me to kill my own son
What kind of courtier are you?
Please calm down my King
You must understand
Prince Zi Jian
will be fine
It's just
It's just he won't be the crown prince
I didn't say so... I dare not to say so
You are a knowledgable man
Every dynasty
The younger prince that failed in the fight for the crown prince
How many of them end up well?
Therefore
Don't fool me with these
Your majesty
I'm also a father of two sons
I understand how you feel if you sacrifice your favorite son's future for this nation
A man with the power like you
of course can make the world change for you
Like the ancient emperor of Huan, Ling
or the recent emperor Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu
But you are different
You can change yourself for this nation
You are a real hero
Zi Huan is just like you
He has ambitions like you. He can restrain and change himself for this ambition
Therefore he will not be harsh on prince Zi Jian
How do you know that I'm different
from those emperors?
You used to comment on Yuan Shao:
Tough outside but a coward inside
Good at plotting but hesitate all the time
Worried for his own life but try to achieve great career
Lose his life for small benefits
You are not like him
Then how do you know
Zi Huan
will become the crown prince for sure?
I dare not
I didn't say so
but you are right on one thing
Change oneself
for this world
I also hope that
Zi Huan and Zi Jian
can change themselves
for the sake of this nation
Becoming stronger than me
Only in this way they can defense the outside enemy and ease the inside rebellion
Zi Jian...
As to Zi Huan
Can you help him to change?
Prince Zi Huan
has your great mind and smart heads
even without my help
he will not fail you
You are such a sweet talker
What a pity
If minister Xun
can be someone like you
It would have been great
I'm a sinner
I will follow your orders
Following my orders?
Your master said
We give order and deal with our own subordinates
Let me tell you
Zi Huan in future
will be more strict than me
You should pray for yourself
The King put all the subordinates of Ping Yuan Duke in prison
Why did he do so? He did it for you to see
If he put charges on all the subordinates
You brother will be on the list
Yang Xiu is using your brother to threaten you
You said once you save Cao Pi
Your brother will be fine
Right now the Cao Pi is free
but your brother is still in there
Dad
I will save my brother
How do you plan to save him?
Would the King listen to your pleading?
Dad
You are right
The King did this to show me
He is pushing me
to beg deputy commander. Begging deputy commander?
Why is that?
The deputy commander is winning now
He can't put any pressure on him anymore
But the King
doesn't want to give up Ping Yuan Duke either
Therefore
he used the life of my brother to make me ask deputy commander to step down a bit
Only when the deputy commander let go of his brother
The King will release the brother then
Stepping down a bit?
Once he steps down
His way to crown prince will be jeopardized
Deputy commander has been through a lot to be like this. How would he step down for a unrelated person
I know the personality of deputy commander
You will not survive if you piss him off
I will lose son again if that happens
Dad, this is the only way
Even I break my knees kneeling to deputy commander
I need to pass through this road crawling
Zhong Da what are you going to do this late at night?
You don't sleep but other people need to sleep
It's better he goes out at night
Our elder master can be released as long as our second master helps
If he goes there during day time many people are around
What will he do at night? He will beg him for whole night!
Deputy commander will be sleepy
He has to promise our master if he wants to go to bed
Just cook your liquid medicine. It's ready do you want to drink?
I know what you gonna say
but I don't want to listen
You go back
I want to save the life of my brother
I hope you can understand what I want to do
You stand up first
I wish you can be mercy on them
Let go of prince Zi Jian and Yang Xiu
Only in this way
The King will release my brother
How do I save him?
You tell me how to save him?
If I say nothing right now
The King will punish Zi Jian and Yang Xiu
I then become the crown prince without doubt
Is that so?
Yes
Minister Xun and Minister Cui
They sacrifice themselves to save me
This is not fighting. This is using their lives to feed the tiger
You said so yourself
I shouldn't fail these two great men
Am I right?
Yes
Then you tell me how to let go?
I know the way of being a courtier
For the master
I should forget about my family
but this is related to the living of my brother
I hope you can understand
What if I will not be understandable?
I want to exchange myself with my brother then
Si Ma Yi
You think that
Da Li temple is the backyard of your house?
You can enter or exit easily?
Right now
I'm just a step closer to the crown prince
Just one step
You threaten me in this way at this time?
Don't go too far
Deputy commander
My loyalty to you
is without doubt
I know deeply
that you have suffered a lot during this road to the crown prince
but I hold responsible for the life of my family
I can't ignore this duty
I still remember
When you and I are still in prison
You used to say to me
Back in the days, the prince Cao Ang
holding you in his arms on a horse
only got to say "Run" before he got shot and died
Deputy commander
You say to me with tears
that you want to be the one who died
I'm just like you
I hope you can help me fulfill this wish
Get out
It's time to take medicine
I saw brother in law is knelling outside
I'm worried. What are you worried about?
He wants to kneel. What can I do?
You don't think
I should save Si Ma Lang? I once heard
If you treats a person well he will repay you well
I don't know if this sentence sounds right backwards
If one repays you well you should treat him well
I almost forget
You are also one of the Si Ma family
I have nothing to say if you think me that way
Stand up
You want to fight with me too?
I understand your situation and your sufferings
Why do you come here?
Dad said we will save our brother even we need to sacrifice all our lives
All right
I'm Si Ma Fu. I want to enter your house Deputy Commander
I want to be a courtier
I want to be a subordinate of yours
Our family's two sons are here with you, live or dead
Please believe us
We are willing to support you with our family's lives
We just want you to save our big brothers
Why do you act like Wu Zi Xu crossing the gate of Zhao?
Hair turns white over a night
Yes
There is a kind of love in this world
It's not measured by time
Although I get used to the cruelness of this world
I don't want us to become like that
I indeed want to kill Yang Xiu right now
I eager to become the crown prince
but I'm too tired
I have no strength
to fight against father and Zi Jian again
I think it through all night
Even I can get to be the crown prince
but I will lose and make my father angry
How long can I sustain on this position then?
I have no idea
I'm a few years older than you
but when I look up to you
I always think you as my brother an father
From today on
The lives of me and my brother
will be yours
Stand up quickly
Come on stand up
Warm up yourself you are frozen
Meets father
Meets mother
Zi Huan
What are you doing here in such a cold day?
Do you feel better now with your wounds?
Don't worry it's small wounds
What do you come here for such early in the morning?
Father
I have thought a lot during the night
I felt the confession of Cui Yan is suspicious
Zi Jian is kind and Yang Xiu is smart
They will not use this way to frame me
Therefore I think
Cui Yan wants to make Zi Jian the crown prince so badly
He faked the letter on his own
Zi Jian and Yang Xiu might not know anything about it
I come here to plead for my brother
You are saying that
You think Zi Jian and Yang Xiu are innocent?
Yes
I will never allow someone to alienate our family
If Da Li temple finds out
they are not related to this case I hope you can release them as soon as possible
In case the courtiers discuss this too much and make them feel insecure
Your open mind is a fortunate thing for our family
Mother this is something I should do
Your suggestion
I know now
I will tell Director Zhong
Go back now
Warm up the room
The wound will not hurt if the room is warm
Thank you father
A Man take some rests
This bottle of wine can only be drink by me
I will have the honor myself
Congratulations to Registrar coming back safety. I knew you will have the situation under your control.
What did you say? I said you have everything under your control.
Leave now
Having everything under control
Shu Da, when did you begin to cook, too?
Big Brother suffered a lot in the cell
I'm thinking making some delicious dishes for him.
You, studying at home,
is much more free and comfortable.
You really want to be a courtier?
When you study, to some degree you need to contribute to the society.
I can't always rely on others in this family.
Besides, many people will envy me for Deputy Commander accepting me
And the big brother just got out of the jail.
This road is very dangerous and the people change a lot on this road
I want to have someone simple and kind in this family.
Two sons sailing boats to travel. I will travel with you on the same boat.
I believe in the person you and A Zhao choose.
He will not become cruel and immoral.
Besides, if you two can't keep your safety,
how would I survive in this kind of world, then?
I don't want to have big achievements.
I just want to be with you, big brother and this big family when danger comes.
That is all I want.
The pot
Keep an eye on everything. Do that. Then, you are well prepared all the time.
Look at yourself. Can you be like that when you become a courtier?
You are lecturing our little brother, again.
Please sit, brother. When you were helping as a small kid in the kitchen you also break a lot of bowls and pots.
Father was beating him all over the house.
I'm saying our third brother shouldn't be a courtier.
Shu Da, you need to learn to act before you learn to be a courtier.
Without our big brother's crying in front of the Dong Zhuo
our family will not be able to survive now. Can you cry immediately?
Crying require real emotions. Can you cry immediately?
Big brother needs the danger of our family to cry,
I just need some personal interest to cry in front of the enemy.
Look.
Can he be a courtier when you look at his eyes?
Zhong Da, it might be okay for our little brother to become a courtier.
If the wars come one day,
we, brothers, stand in line
and can make the enemy surrender.
Brother is right, nobody can defeat us if the whole family is up there.
We, brothers, stand in line in front of the enemies.
We stand up straight when the bows start to release arrows.
We, then, fall down in line, too.
Both of you crying out loud.
No way. He is just mocking big brother.
No kidding. Let me taste our little brother's cooking skills.
It feels like a real dish.
Is it good?
You forgot to put salt.
I did.
Let me try.
You put too much salt.
Did you eat too much salt in the jail?
It still doesn't taste salty at all.
How come?
Let me have a try.
Big brother!
How is he, doctor?
Can we talk in private?
Don't come, Father.
Why do you keep me from this? He is my son. Just speak out his situation here.
I dare not hide from you. He is having fever and is breathing heavily.
There are bloody bruises on his neck.
He suffers from the plague, if I'm right.
Many people caught the plague currently in the city.
Chen Lin and Wang Can died because of this.
This plague is coming hard.
You might consider preparing a funeral early.
I will leave now
Doctor
Father!
Stop her. Don't go, Ming De.
Stop Father from coming near.
I am sorry
I shouldn't have let you get involved with the fight for the crown prince.
It's all my fault!
Father, please calm down. Big Brother is not dead yet.
There are official doctors and medicines. You should ask a imperial doctor to come over.
Hou Ji, buy some wormwood
and burn it in our house.
You need to wash everyone's clothes and bowls.
You need to set up the rule that nobody should come to this room.
Who should look after Father, if we all leave?
Let me. Let me, I'm healthy.
You, stop fighting over this.
I'm not afraid of dying at this age.
You should all leave and let me stay.
Father! No one can get sick now.
The soup that Big Brother took this noon, I took it, too.
Therefore, I need to be separated from you, too.
Hou Ji, the food brother and I will take everyday: put them here and I will get it myself.
Zhong Da, what if you also catch the plague? Dying and living is nature.
Maybe, us two can get over this. Tell Shi-er and Zhao-er not come to this room.
Take good care of Ming De. Our sister-in-law died early. Don't let the adults scare the kids.
This is decided, Father.