Episode Thirty
Yan Xun.
You wake.
Chu.
What happened to you?
Nothing.
Lie down, don't sit up.
What happened?
I bought medicine for you earlier.
The guards caught me
and beat me. It's nothing.
Beat you?
And you just let them beat you?
I am your house slave
right now.
Also, the impact of the Wei Shuyou incident hasn't wore off.
I can't make a blunder at this moment.
Don't worry about me.
After you recover,
we'll teach them a lesson.
Big deal. We can go back
and beat them up in several days.
I'm fine.
Here.
The dishes today taste good.
In a couple of days, the weather will be cool.
Food
will stay fresh for longer time.
There's some rope in the kitchen.
I will make a basket later.
After the dishes are checked every day,
I'll use the basket
to put them in the well
where the temperature is lower.
Food can stay fresh for at least two days.
Sounds good.
We can't go on like this.
It's impossible to keep cautious forever.
Our energy is limited.
Moreover, there are several groups of people
who want to kill me.
At this rate,
they could kill us sooner or later.
What do you think, Prince?
The point is, what does His Majesty want?
Naturally, he wants me dead.
However, he has found out recently that
if I were dead,
he would face the situation in which
different households would
carve Yanbei up.
The whole Yanbei
would be parcelled out among them.
Therefore, he spares my life for the time being.
So,
if His Majesty knows that
so many people want to kill you,
what will he do?
Naturally, he will
rack his brains to protect Prince
like he did when he wanted to kill Prince.
Then we will try to let him know.
Here.
What? Are you still depressed
because of Princess' reproach?
I daren't to talk about Princess.
Her temper
is always like that.
Young Master.
Shuye, you practiced archery again.
I just understand that
a slow sparrow should make an early start
is a false statement.
No matter how I practice archery,
I can't compare to you.
Shuyou, why are you still sniffing Wushi Powder?
I warned you for many times.
You mustn't resort to this kind of stuff.
If things go on like this,
you will be dispirited
and thus ruin your future.
Moreover,
if uncle knows...
Your uncle is my father.
I am a legitimate son of Wei Household.
Unlike you,
I don't need to endeavor to
prove myself in front of him.
You...
Cousin, mind your own business.
Read more and practice more.
Here.
Shuyou,
do you know why His Majesty gives orders
to prohibit households from contacting with Yan Xun?
My father told me about
some balance stuff...
Stop people from gossiping.
But His Majesty has his own difficulties.
Difficulties?
Yes.
It is not appropriate for him to give orders directly
to kill Yan Xun.
We should
exclude difficulties for him.
As long as we get rid of Yan Xun,
removing the source of the trouble,
His Majesty will surely be pleased.
Sounds good.
Shuyou,
you are a legitimate son
because of your mother's noble origins.
But I...
am a concubine's child.
In manpower, wealth
or other powers,
you are all
superior to Wei Shuye.
However, are you one of
Top 5 Handsome of Chang'an?
Who are you?
Nobody knows you.
Young Master Huai, I have some business to attend to.
I'll leave first.
Young Master Wei.
Young Master, your trick of murdering with a borrowed knife
is brilliant.
It seems that His Majesty has made up his mind
to keep Yan Xun,
and use Yan Xun to keep Yanbei.
And I
will put Wei Shuyou
in the position of the Oriole Courtyard,
where he has chance to murder.
Even if he fails to kill Yan Xun,
Wei Household is to blame for his trouble.
Brilliant!
Let someone follow Wei Shuyou
and lend him a hand
when needed.
Yes.
Let's go.
Young Master,
something happens in the Red Hills Court.
Zhu Siliu brings some people
and head for the Oriole Courtyard.
Let's go.
What do you think?
Will someone come tonight?
They'd better come.
I'm trying to find someone
to blow off steam.
Wei Shuyou.
You bastard.
You are unqualified to call my name.
You'd better fold your hands for capture.
Then I will not destroy your dead body.
I killed these men and hurt Wei Shuyou.
You can do your duties.
If we don't take actions now,
it will be hard to save Prince.
Our actions now
will prove Yan Xun guilty.
We can't leap in the dark anymore.
But the emperor is inconsistent,
and also a soft touch.
In the main hall, Prince is...
I have an idea.
It's feasible.
It's too dangerous for you.
I'll do it.
Alright, I can't go see her.
Only you can go.
The time is limited.
We will be stuck in here
after a while.
Fine, you take care.
Princess.
What?
The maid of Prince Yan Xun
bought over an entrance guard,
and is waiting outside.
She says that Prince Yan Xun is in trouble
and beg for your help.
Hurry up.
Master Siliu.
Second Young Master Wei failed.
Yan Xun is being sent to Imperial Palace
to see His Majesty.
Young Master let us
carry away the killers' body
on the sly.
Go and see.
Yes.
You guys find a chance
to bury those bodies.
Be quick.
Yes, yes.
Carry away those bodies.
Leave!
Princess has orders
to protect the killers' bodies.
Hurry up.
Master Siliu,
someone ambushed the housecarl of Wei Household.
The bodies were taken away
by Princess' imperial bodyguards.
Stupid Wei Shuyou.
Master Siliu, what should we do?
Get it back.
- Yes. - Let's go.
Put them to the outside of the city.
I think those people will lie down
outside the city at least for 4 hours.
and won't make any trouble.
(Sound of opening the door)
Your Majesty. You have ran out of the wine.
Let me change a new bottle for you.
Who are you?
I'm your maidservant,
and your person.
My person?
Every place under the sun and everything on the earth
all belong to you.
You really have a way with words.
What's your name?
My name is Lan'er.
Lan'er.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty. Are you asleep?
The situation is extremely urgent.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
Come in.
Your Majesty.
What happened?
There's something very important
for you to deal with.
She is great, and is promoted to the Viscountess concubine
with title Lan,
and she can move into the Lanfu Palace.
Yes.
Yanxun, I just forgave you,
but you dared to injure the other on with the sword
as a guilty person.
I'm terrified.
I can't thank you enough for the infinite royal graciousness.
However, I just wanted to save my own life.
Wei Shuyou wanted to assassinate me late at night.
If I didn't fight back desperately,
I wouldn't have a chance to survive.
Please make a fair decision for me, Your Majesty.
I went there
for the sake of Yanxun's security
to go on a tour of normal inspection.
However, he had a plan to escape,
and was found by me,
so he wanted to kill me to do away with the witness.
Your Majesty.
Just like his father,
Yanxun has the wolfish ambition and is not worth to be trusted.
Do you have problem with your eyes?
Couldn't you see
there are so many dead bodies
in the the Oriole Courtyard?
It's obvious that Wei Shuyou assembled the assassinators
and Yanxun
just wanted to protect himself.
His Royal Highness Yu.
You can't believe what your cousin said.
Did you see any assassinator, Your highness?
Or did you see any dead body?
I didn't.
- But... - Song'er.
Stand down.
Your Majesty, I have questioned the guards the same night
and got the testimonies.
There are only Wei Shuyou and Yanxun,
and no assassinator at the night.
Your Majesty, the guards of the Oriole Courtyard
all came from Yuwen Palace.
In my opinion, the testimonies are unreliable.
Your Majesty, I'm aware that
it's very difficult for me to explain what happened today.
But I grew up in the Capital city since childhood,
and you are wise and farsighted
to know who I am.
Would I act like a gangster,
and do things like villain?
I believe
your Majesty would a judicious decision.
Your Majesty, if you punish Yanxun for this,
I'm afraid there will be some suspicion of persecution.
A tiger father will not beget a dog son.
It's a good plan to inflict injury upon yourself to gain trust.
You not only framed Master Wei,
but also fooled the Imperial concubine to believe you.
You are much better
than your treason and heresy father.
What's this?
Blue is extracted from the indigo plant but is bluer than the latter.
Master Huai.
If I were really as good as you said,
I would never
get into such a plight.
However, hiding the knife in the sleeve,
calling a stag a horse and talking black into white
are real ability of Master Huai.
I have got the lesson.
Royal highness,
don't sprinkle the nasty water on me.
His Majesty will get the final conclusion about the right and wrong.
However,
you have already been under the custody,
and we all have seen
that you injured someone with the sword.
And you said there were assassinators, has someone seen them?
Where is the evidence?
You are just trying to cheat His Majesty.
He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick.
I'm just a son of concubine, and have no power at all.
Not to mention to deceive all people's eyes,
I even don't dare to injure someone with sword.
You overlooked me.
Yuwen Huai.
Of course you are not so capable.
Your Majesty. Your Royal Highnesses.
Who let you come here?
Don't play around here,
just go back, now.
Your Majesty.
I've got something very important
to report.
Go ahead.
The dead body outside the Palace
was the assassinator
sent by Wei Palace to
kill Brother Yanxun tonight,
and he was the personal henchman
of Wei Shuyou.
Wei Shuyou always brought him
and went around.
Many people in the Palace can recognize him.
And some people in this hall
must be familiar with
the guy as well.
Master Yuwen, is it true?
Song'er, Yuwen Huai,
check the boby outside.
- Yes. - Yes.
Your Majesty.
The dead guy was really the personal henchman
of Wei Shuyou.
What Chun'er just said was true.
Master Yuwen, couldn't you
recognize him, could you?
He looked familiar, but I didn't know him.
Yuwen Huai.
What do you mean he looked familiar?
You hang around with
Wei Shuyou everyday.
How could you not know his personal henchman?
Shuyou, go and check the body,
to make sure whether the guy was the maid
of your palace or not.
You should look at it very carefully.
As far as this thing,
you can't just muddle though it
by refusing to admit.
You know,
I have got so many ways
to tell the truth of your words.
Yes.
Your Majesty. Your Royal Highnesses.
This guy was really the maid
of my Palace.
Did you hear this, Yuwen Huai?
He has admitted it himself,
what do you have to say?
Your highness, I thing even the maid of Wei Palace
could be the spy
who were arranged to stay around Master Wei.
You...
By the way,
when the Duke Dingbei had planned to
conspire against the state,
it's not hard for him to place some spies
around the dignitaries.
You...
That's right.
How could the prince know
what happened in the Oriole Courtyard
in the middle of the night,
and bring him in front of His Majesty?
and then meet the assassinators with coincidence
Your Majesty.
This guy was the maid of my Palace,
but he was not my personal henchman.
I just thought he was smart,
so kept him around me.
I didn't expect
that he had skillful martial arts,
probably he was the spy
who was arranged by some formidable guy.
I have been the guest in the Capital city since childhood,
and I have always been cautious
and tried my best not to do anything wrong
to get the trouble.
Not to mention skillful martial arts,
I haven't got anyone
with martial arts around me.
You are talking nonsense.
There are two persons
with skillful martial arts around you.
A man and a woman.
If Your Majesty had no idea of it,
we can find it out by taking them here for questioning.
Your Majesty, please pass judgement.
Wei Shuyou had planned to assassinate me at first,
then he framed a case against me.
His cruel mind really made everyone bristle with anger.
I have been the guilty person,
thanks to your mercy,
so I can save my own life.
I would never bring the guy having martial arts
around me.
You are talking nonsense.
Do you think
you can save your life tonight
if there weren't the two guys?
You would have already cut into piece with swords by us.
Oh, so it is.
Did you hear that, Your Majesty?
He just admitted it by himself.
I think it will be useless
no matter what a silken tongue someone has.
Did you just say there is nobody else
besides Yanxun and Wei Shuyou
in the Oriole Courtyard?
Your Majesty.
He is just talking nonsense
because of the bout of the powder of five minerals.
You think I'm so foolish.
Your Majesty. I should be blamed.
I have neglected my supervisory duties.
There is an imperial decree from the emperor
to forbid the noble family to approach Yanxun.
Shuyou,
you are really wasting
the expectation of His Majesty.
You are supremely arrogant,
and trying to deceive the emperor and ignore everybody else.
You are so damnable.
However, Your Majesty.
I watched him over the cradle.
Although he acts impulsively,
he has a good nature.
It couldn't be his intention
to do such things today.
There must be some bad guy to put him up
to do something so disobedient.
The third Old madam had been paralyzed for many years
and not seen any outsider long time ago.
Please just wait for Master Huai coming back, Master Yue.
Please go back, guys.
Yuwen Yue greet the third Old madam.
Yue'er took the liberty to visit here,
just want to ask you do me a favor to recognize some old thing for me.
This is the dress
my mother changed on
in Jile Pavilion at that time.
If you want to hear more stories,
you must have some patience.
I have taken the third Old madam away.
You'd better think it over
and send my grandmother
back to me without protest.
Otherwise, I will turn your Green Hills Court
into bloodbath.
Are you threatening me?
If I report to the emperor
that your third branch has collaborated
with the spies of Liang State,
Do you think,
will the emperor let me go
for the exposing you?
If something happens to the Prince,
just inform me immediately.
In the event of an emergency,
you can mobilize Green Hills Court
or The Eyes of God as you will
I got it.
Long road ahead,
please take care of yourself, Young Master.