Episode Thirty
Green Hill courtyard
Master
The cenotaph has been
prepared
The Grave of Xing'er
Sorry to have you wait
The prince does not feel well
Cannot receipt the guest today
Please go back
Inform me instantly
if something happens to the prince
In urgent situation
the whole Green Hills and Eyes of God
will follow your order
I understand
The journey will be so long
Please take care
The smell still hangs on
Like the smell of moon
Have you tasted the moon, A'chu?
But when we see the moon from now on
we will think of the smell of
Yuchun Wine
You haven't seen the moon
on Xiuli mountain
Bigger, brighter
and cleaner
just wait
One day
we'll see it with my eyes
When you and I back to Yan
we will open the jar and drink it all
Just three more years
May not miss the moon and the wine
May not miss you
For drinking the wine
three years later
We need to take action
Not just defend
and wait for death
You are right
We cannot excapr Chang'an
with so few of us
We have so many things
to do
Then we finish them one by one
Never thought the lord
ends up like this
A son can't blame his father
Please be careful with your words
Luckily,
Yan Xun survives from this
The lord
can be a little bit
conforted
It is me to blame
Not powerful enough to change it
Do not take the fault
You already tried your best to stop it
The lord has passed away
What is your next move?
Back to find prince Yan?
He helped me a lot
So I agreed to stay and
assist them
But now
the lord is died
I do not want to go back
to that sorrow place
Since that,
why not follow me?
Don't worry
I will treat you well
as the lord did
Please do not hesitate
Stay
When you have a better place
to settle down,
I won't stop you then
Since then
I accept your offer
Thank you for your invitation
Great! Pretty good!
With you in my camp,
I can have someone to play chess with me
A player
Unlike the rough people here in the army
who do not know how to play chess
I heard Yuwen Yue from Yuwen family
made the majesty angry
He was sent to the border as punishment
He will be one of your man
soon
He is skilled at chess
No need to worry
no player
A person from a grand family
Always better speak than act
The living condition border is low
I am sure he cannot stay here
for long
Maybe not
I have heard some rumors of
this master
I have a little bit expectation
for him
Prince Xiang
Yuwen Yue
is here to join your troops
A noble from grand family
do not live in the wealthy city,
Chang'an
What are you doing here,
in a remote and poor
place?
You can be here
as a prince
Why can't I
Pretty lofty
On the journey to the border
you must have seen our enemy repeatedly
come across the border to attack us
The battle never ends
I lack brain truster and forces
Since you are the inheritor of
the Eyes of God
You should know about military strategy
Take my decreed
to recruit new soldiers
I just came to you camp
Know nothing about here
How can I recruit?
I know nothing about you either
Do not you if you really are capable
or can only be a vase
I won't allot the existing forces
to you
If you want to stay here
you need to train your own men
Talk to me
when you achieve the mission
Take it
The Grave of Jing Linxi and Jing Zhixiang
The Grave of Xing'er
From now on
you are an agent
The sword I gave you is Canhong Sword
Do not fail it
Hold on to me?
Where exactly?
My sleeve. Or where else?
It is too crowded
Save me the trouble looking for you in case you get lost
A woman that cannot be controlled
is worse than the dead
You chose me to be your maid,
gave me the silver bell,
presented me the Canhong Sword
to make me your Xing'er
Now Xing'er is killed by you
The one living here
is just Chu Qiao
Canhong Sword?
Why not come inside?
Someone ordered
No one shall come in
not even when the sky falls down
Really?
Since I said that
how do they dare to let you in?
Miss Chu, you are finally back
Knowing you are back today,
the prince wait for you to have meal together
I have heated
the dishes several times
Really?
Are you sure it is not because
you didn't cook well
and the prince does not like it?
Impossible!
You will know about my cooking
after you taste the food
So many dishes I prepared
If you do not eat them,
I'll lose the sense of achievement
Let's go. Have the meal
A'chu
You must be too hungry
this time you come back
Have some more food to add the nutrition
Listen to me.
You are back now,
don't go out anymore.
In three years,
at that time
I can take to back to Yanbei.
It will be midsummer
when we arrive.
The pasture will be green.
I shall take you to Xiuli Mountain.
We can go hunting there.
It's late.
Can't you sleep?
I'm smelling the bouquet.
Do you feel anxious?
The bottle of wine that
we buried under that tree
has been stored there for over a year.
One year one month plus three days.
It has been so long.
No wonder it smells so good,
making me feel drunk.
Be patient.
When three years come to an end,
it smells the best.
Pitition! General,
there's another enemy troop coming.
There are about two thousand people.
They move very fast.
They have arrived in Fengbo Hill now.
Give me the map.
It seems that
their aim is
His Royal Highness Xiang.
His Highness is at war with Lv's Army
in the area of Guitou River.
We will go meet them.
But we only have five hundred people.
The opponent has overwhelming military superiority.
General.
In an emergency, we should focus on more important things.
Pass my order
Every soldier draws his sword
and fight with me.
Yes.
Yuwen Yue, after the fight yesterday,
I understand something.
I thought that my father
wanted to exile me
when I first came here.
Now I am suddenly enlightened.
I do not live for my father.
What is the point of looking back
on the old voluptuous and political life.
This is the world
that needs me.
I don't fight only for my father
and the Wei State anymore.
Instead, I fight for those
impoverished inhabitants of the border area.
People have to see the war to understand that
life is the most precious thing
in this world.
Therefore, Yuwen Yue,
thank you.
This is my line.
What do you thank me for?
After this war,
I find that
I am not a straggler anymore.
I will obey your order
and help you train troops.
What is the point of training troops?
There is no winner
in a war.
You have to sacrifice your own troops to kill that of the enemy's.
Death befalls all men alike.
Yuwen Yue.
You are the inheritor of the Eyes of God.
You have big responsibilities.
This is not your battlefield.
A good spy
is equal to an army.
Nowadays, spies of the Liang State are quite active.
They even get the content
of our government documents
sooner that I do.
They made big contributions
to our recent failures.
Yuwen Yue, I understand that
you went through a lot of hardship
earlier in Chang'an.
However, we are both
men.
We have our own
reponsibilities.
You have fled from your duty for too long.
You should go back.
Come out.
It's so annoying.
Every time I want to play
hide-and-seek with you,
you just find out at a draught.
Boring.
Princess.
What did you say?
What did you call me?
Chun'er.
I ask you.
Why didn't you attend
my birthday party?
I sent you an invitation.
Forgive me, Princess.
What are you saying? What princess?
Who is Princess?
Where is Princess?
Chun'er, I was held up by an emergency.
What emergency can you have?
I know!
The reason must be that
you didn't want to see Wei Shuyou and those guys.
He just finished his confinement.
I didn't know
why he turned up either.
Brother Yan Xun,
don't be mad at me.
No, I daren't to.
Why are you always calling me Princess?
Brother Yan Xun.
Don't you know that
I am with you.
Don't treat me as a stranger.
Today is my birthday
and you don't come to see me.
Instead, it's I who come to find you.
I am the distinguished princess of the Wei State.
In my birthday party,
there are many gentlemen
who like me so much.
But Brother Yan Xun,
why can't you like me
just for a moment?
Our status are different.
I hate this difference.
Couldn't we get along
like what we did in our childhood?
Do you remember that time when I was nine,
you smuggled me out of the palaces.
Then we hung out on streets,
eating snacks
and playing games.
You even took me to punch someone.
But now...
you are reluctant to
call my name.
I was young and naive at that time.
Forgive me, Princess.
Brother Yan Xun,
if you go on talking to me like this,
I will be mad.
I will ignore you.
I shall leave.
Please wait, Princesss.
A'jing.
This is my gift for your birthday.
Please kindly accept
this small gift of mine.
You prepared a gift for me...
This is the tail of Huanhuan.
I heard that
Huanhuan bit your fingers
the other day.
Imperial concubine killed it
and threw it out.
You cried for a long time.
So I let servants
find the rabbit
and cut its tail
as a souvenir.
Please kindly accept
this small gift of mine.
Normally,
I receive many pearls and gold.
It's quite boring.
With this tail,
it seems that
Huanhuan has never left me
and always accompanied me.
Brother Yan Xun,
this is the best gift
that I ever have.
Thank you.
I'll leave then.
See you later.
A'jing.
Take my clothing and burn it.
Yes, Prince.
What are you drawing?
It's a secret.
Eat some when you have time.
Prince.
Mister Wu sent word that
he has been recruting in Yanbei.
And he would help you return to north
in Chang'an.
Prince,
I know that you
tell everything to Miss Chu.
However, this is too important.
Please...
Chu?
Our secret is safe with her.
What secret do you
hold in your bag?
Can't you tell me now?
Isn't it...
the legendary Sanliandong?
I saw it in Yuwen Household.
And I made some adjustments to it
according to the layout
of the Oriole Courtyard.
Careful!
Don't put sand in the wheels.
Go to sleep.
(Sound of laughing)
I've been grounded for two years,
which really kills me.
Today, I am so happy.
Thanks to Yan Xun,
your Household becomes your prison.
I must revenge.
The end of three years is coming.
You have to grab your chance.
If by any chance His Majesty releases Yan Xun,
you will be in trouble.
Whether His Majesty releases him or not,
he must die.
A long delay means trouble. Let's shake a leg.
Shopkeeper Wei,
I'm attracted here by your reputation.
I have looked for
every shop in Chang'an
to find this kind of cloth
for my wife.
People say that
I can only buy it at Weipin Pavilion.
It's really true.
Your reputation is well-deserved.
Where do you purchase this kind of cloth?
From the south.
We have
everything here,
and it is of the best quality.
We even have a discount
from nine to eleven.
You can just pay ten percent of its price
to get this kind of cloth.
And we can deliver it to your house.
The lastest models will come from south
in a few days.
We are the only one in Chang'an.
It's truely good.
However,
the weather is bad today.
You'd better close down earlier,
so as not to let the rain
ruin these
beautiful goods.
I'll take these.
Here's my address. Please send them to my house.
Mister, feel safe.
They will arrive at your house tomorrow morning.
Take care.
Okay.
Prince. Chu.
Wei Shuyou is free.
The first thing that
this stupid man does
is to cause us trouble.
We have to get rid of him
later.
Why later?
This time, we are going to get rid of him.
How many people on earth are here?
We got the wrong information. What should we do?
Let's get out of here.
It's finally all gone now.
Thief keeping thinking is worse than stealing.
Royal highness.
It's going to be easy to get through
these three months.
Those noble families are not going to
give up easily like this.
I'm in the daylight while the enemies are in the dark.
We can't be so passive any more.
Do we have any ways to strike back?
So we have to deal with
Yuwen, Wei and Zhao,
the three noble families at the same time.
The imperial mausoleum of the late Emperor.
We can start from the imperial mausoleum of the late Emperor
to alienate the three noble families from inside.
Kill three birds with one stone.
But the three noble families
have no overlaps in their official affairs.
Hou could we kill three birds with one stone?
Who built the imperial mausoleum of the late Emperor,
and who took care of the building materials,
and now, who are watching over it?
The one who is watching over the imperial mausoleum is Yuwen Huai.
The one built the imperial mausoleum is Zhao Family,
and the one provided the building materials is
Wei Family.
If there is something missing in the imperial mausoleum,
none of them can get away from it.
That's true.
The powers of these three noble families have been extended
and have already threatened the imperial power.
The emperor has been eager to
find out their fault.
What we need to do is
put their slapsticks of dog eating dog on the stage ahead of time.
However,
there is Yuwen Huai at the imperial mausoleum.
Chu,
we should be more careful
and wait for the good moment.
As far as the moment,
there could be moment at any time.
You said that Yuwen Huai has waited for three years.
Based on his character,
will he keep watch at night?
Absolutely not.
He is full of irresistible,
so he must stay away normally
and will not do the job for his master
with all his heart.
It's been long time.
The wind of Chang'an
smells much sweater.
The sweater it is,
the more dangerous it is.
That year,
I was crying for
being expelled from Chang'an by my father.
Now think about it, it's too childish.
However, I really appreciated
that I have been away from Chang'an for these years.
It looks like His Royal Highness Mu, Yuan Qi,
has another competitor.
How could he be our competitor
as he is so stupid?
We can't underestimate the enemy.
There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in the city.
The real masters
still remain under cover.
Let's go.
(Sound of opening the door)
Miss Yu, take a look.
We can make a big fuss about
the leaking underground water.
The imperial mausoleum of the late Emperor has been stolen,
the funerary treasures have been sold up
and the coffin has been soaked by water.
Let's see
how big the waves
our obedient emperor would make.
Let's move on.
Somebody is coming, let's split.
Let's go. I will set the fire.
Okay.
Chu.
Are you alright?
I'm fine.
Why did you get hurt?
I met a man with good skill inside.
It's on fire.
Let's get out of here.
Okay.
Young Master, please get in.
Canhong Jian?
It's Xing'er.