Episode Twenty-nine
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 then meet the assassinators with coincidence
and bring him in front of His Majesty?
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.
You are right.
Father, since the truth
has revealed itself,
please punish them.
Brother Yan Xun is a victim here.
Please let him stand up.
Yan Xun, you may stand up now.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Wei Shuyou,
since the imperial concubine has put some good words for you,
I shall punish you by caning twenty times.
Think about your sins behind closed door.
Without my permission,
you are not allowed to leave your place.
Father,
he was going to assassinate Brother Yan Xun
and he lied to you.
He has committed such a felony.
How can you just
punish him by caning twenty times?
Behave.
- Father. - Chun’er.
You may all excuse yourselves now.
My night is totally
ruined by you.
Prince Yan Xun,
you are quite smart indeed
to frame Wei Shuyou.
However, smartness
won’t do you any good.
Power is way more important.
Yuwen Huai.
You are quite mouthy.
You have great powers of utterance.
Your Highness.
I said those words with good faith.
Good faith?
(Smirking)
That is not needed here.
Stay away from
Brother Yan Xun.
If you do this again,
I shall let you pay hard.
I have Your Highness
cares about
Yan Xun a lot.
Whatever I do is wrong.
Therefore, I have something
to say to Your Highness as well.
Don’t harm yourself
for someone not worth it.
Brother Yan Xun,
I asked some medicine from the doctor.
You can have it.
I am not hurt that bad.
There is no need.
Thank you for your help today, Your Highness.
Thank you very much.
Brother Yan Xun…
Your medicine.
Prince, please wait.
Yan Xun, I am sorry
for what you went through.
I am so sorry
that I didn’t visit you.
What do you want to say exactly?
If you don’t like Her Highness,
please make it clear.
Will His Highness make it back tonight?
He will.
You were hurt.
It is nothing serious.
You better go inside and have some rest.
I shall wait here.
I am fine.
(Sound of door opening)
Yan Xun.
Your Highness.
(Sound of door closing)
Yan Xun.
How are you?
We are fine.
What did the Emperor of the Wei State say?
He punished Wei Shuyou by caning twenty times
and doesn’t allow him to leave his place.
That’s all?
Yes.
His Majesty never wanted to
punish Wei Shuyou.
It was just a sign.
If he punished him too harshly,
everyone will act cautiously from now on.
No one
will ever
try to kill Yan Xun again.
It is clearly
not His Majesty’s intention.
He only wants to control Yan Xun
and then control Yanbei.
Yan Xun in danger
is easier for him to deal with
than Yan Xun in a safe place.
Look likes we need to be
more careful from now on.
As long as we are still in Chang’an,
we need to be extremely careful.
The Emperor of the Wei State wants to kill me.
I want to kill him
as well.
(Sound of doors opening)
Chu.
(Sound of doors closing)
Here you are.
(Yeah)
I think
we are safe for tonight.
I shall sleep here.
You are hurt.
It’s nothing serious.
Let me see.
I am fine.
Let me see.
I have dealt with it.
It stops bleeding now.
Yan Xun.
Where are you going?
I am going to get some medicine.
Where exactly?
I am going to Her Highness.
There are killers everywhere.
We are all hurt.
Even if we are not killed by them,
you are committing a felony.
Please don’t
cause any trouble.
Yan Xun. Yan Xun.
Yan Xun. Be patient.
Be patient.
I am fine.
Don’t mess yourself up
because of me.
We finally survived.
We need to be
very careful.
Think about your families.
Think about your parents.
They are looking at you from heaven.
Don’t be impulsive.
Be patient. Be patient.
Be patient please.
Everything will be all right.
I am fine.
(Sound of pulling out a sword)
Young Master.
Do you need anything else?
Call for the guards of Yue.
Yes, sir.
(Sound of pushing back a sword)
Young Master Yue.
Please don’t make things difficult for us.
Young Master Huai is not here.
His Young Master is here to visit the Grand Concubine of the third branch,
not Young Master Huai.
The Grand Concubine of the third branch has been paralysed for years.
Her condition is too bad to meet with anyone.
Young Master Yue, please wait for Young Master Huai to come back.
You better leave now.
I am Yuwen Yue, the Grand Concubine of the third branch.
How are you?
I am just a
dead woman walking.
How do you think I am?
You are Yue’er.
I have heard that
you focus on studying Buddhism
since I was little.
I was surprised to see
you imprisoned in this secret room
without any sunshine.
It has been for sixteen years.
I am like a mouse which
can’t be seen.
Sorry for that.
I am here
to ask you to check an old item.
This was what my mother
changed into
in Jile Pavilion.
According to everyone,
this is a dress of Herbaceous peony
wore by low-classed concubines in Jile Pavilion.
Two months ago,
I found this dress
in Jile Pavilion.
I realised that
this is a dress of Peony
wore by the Consort
Herbaceous peony and Peony
look very similar
and this dress was damaged on purpose by someone.
You are right.
This is mine.
My mother was framed.
They said she was guilty of adultery
because she was drunk
with Yuwen Xi that night
and she was changed into
a dress she didn’t even
recognise.
(Laughing)
Yuwen Xi lied
to everyone.
Your mother was with me
that night.
With you?
I am the daughter of the Xie Houseld
of the Black Gown Lane of the Nan Dynasty.
I am your mother’s aunt.
That night, your mother came to visit me.
We had some wine.
I asked your mother to stay for the night.
I know about
Yuwen Xi’s character.
I was afraid that your mother’s reputation might be ruined,
so I trigger all the mechanism
and went down here.
I asked your mother
to change into this dress of Peony.
What happened next?
Next?
Something horrible happened.
That night,
Yuwen Xi tryied all the way
to hold me here
16 years since that they
only two deaf maids
supervise and serve me here
How coud he be so cruel
Then why didn't he kill you
You think he doesn't want to?
He keep me alive
only for his greedy desire
He hooked up with agents from Liang
I have talked too much today
You need more time
to listen to more stories
Yuwen Yue
Who let you in?
I came in myself
Can't you see it?
You are starting a fight
Don't blame me for it later on
Almost forget
I took the endeavor of the third branch
You' better
be smart
and send my grandmother back
Or I'll make you Green Hill courtyard
full of blood
Are you threatening me?
You think I will just threaten?
You may not care
being laughed at for the fight
between brothers of Yuwen
But don't you care that
your third branch
will be totally destroyed
with the revival or your grandmother?
Once the xeret is revealed
I may not get away with it
But you are also one of the Yuwen family
You can't reveal me
without getting yourself involved
Let's have a try. We'll see it
If I told the majesty
you, the third branch
hang up with Liang agents,
will he forgive me
because I reveal
the truth?
Yuwen Yue
What the hell do you want?
I'm about to go to the border
Strong wind, bad weather
Not comfortable to live
I'm thinking I am there suffering,
while you
enjoying yourself in your house
I am stingy, unhappy with that
How about this?
I find you another place to live
Go guard the grave of royal family
Because you are really good at
dealing with dead people
I give you three days to volunteer to the majesty
Before I leave Chang'an
you must get out of here first
Or
I'll send you to the hell
to company your grandfather
Yuwen Yue
you go too far in bullying me
Master
Come in
Master, good news
Yuwen Yue is leaving
Chang'an to the border
tomorrow morning
Ma.. Master
Why are you hitting me?
No reason
Because you need to be hit
Your highness
I received a secret report
The grand wife of third branch
has moved to the Green Hills
from the Jile Pavilion
That's why Yuwen Huai tell
the majesty he volunteer
to guard the grave of royal family
Turns out his weakness is
controled by Yuwen Yue
You really are wisdom
Prince, following the order of the royal family
we are handled the job of guarding the yard
And prince Yu asked me
to bring you this sword
He said to return it to to the owner
Please extend him my appreciation
I will
We will loose
the regulation of the yard tomorrow
Except for the prince
everyone has the freedom to get in or out
Prince, seems like the intelligence that
Yuwen Huai and Yuwen Yue will
leave the city is true
Yuwen family won't interfere us any more
Although our biggest enemy Yuwen Huai
is not here
we still need to be cautious
I understand
Taste the dishes from my hometown
Haven't eat these for a long time
Is that reliable?
Prince
Prince, A'jing is here
A'jing, do you remember me?
Prince, I thought I can't see you
any more
Get up
Where is general Meng He?
Prince
My father died on the battle field
He asked me
to find you before his death
Luckily,
I survived the war
Then I came to Chang'an
I searched you for three months
and met Miss Yu finally
Prince, my father suffered too much before death
Do not worry
We will revenge for them
Prince, I want to follow you around
I can not only cook
but also wrestle
I will do whatever
I can for you
Good
Be my guard
Thank you, prince