Episode Thirty-five
The distribution is like this for now
Mr.Wu is still working on
gathering the helpers
and spending
There may be thirty percent more of them
Disorder with regulation at the same time
The transport junction in the east and west sides
are all controlled
Thank you for you arrange
Thank you for your praise
The kerosene is not common goods
We need to be cautious
Don't worry
We have a kerosene shop
under our name
Enough to hide our goal
Good
Go with your bossiness
The royal family, grand families and official department
are linked together
The situation is too chaotic
Our way out of Chang'an won't be easy
Now everything is ready
Once the time comes,
the whole plan will be set off
The righteous from Yan
won't ever hesitate
even if sending you out with their blood
Our only hope is that you can leave Chang'an secretly
and reach Yan in safety
You seems delicate after these few days
I can't sleep
after this tragedy of our family
What' done is done
I hope you
care for yourself
I lost my mother in childhood
You raised me up
You are my birth mother for me
Minister Wei
is my real uncle
That's why the majesty ordered Yuwen Yue
to hide the fact from me
If I had known this earlier
it may not have ended
like that
It is himself to blame
Can't blame the others
Luckily, Yuwen Yue saved Ye'er
Or the blood of our Wei family
could have vanished
I am happy that you don't blame me
I heard that the prince of Liang, Xiao Ce
is coming these days
The majesty is intended to
marry Chun'er to him
Yes
I am also worrying about this
I heard that there is no good words about him
He has numerous concubine
If Chun'er really marries him
I worry that she will be hurt
I will never marry Chun'er
to people in the Great Liang
Do you have any idea?
I do got one
I call you here today
for your advice
Please
I want her engaged in advance
Mother
do you have any choice in your mind?
Hold it tight
Princess, be careful with your hand
My mother said that
a girl should learn more
Look, how' this?
Our princess surely is
ingenuity
So you are
Brother
Chun'er
Brother,Why are you so unoccupied today?
Do you come to meet my mother?
Yes
But you seldom come to
see me
That's because you are too busy
I don't want to bother you
I have nothing to be busy with
I only take a walk
in the yard
or do some sewing everyday
Chun'er, I promise you
You will be busy soon
Don't worry about that
Busy? What for?
For your marriage
Chun'er, you are old enough
to get married
Brother, you are laughing at me
I am not laughing
Everyone should get married at the proper age
It is natural
And
my son have already learned to walk
when I am at your age
But who will like me?
Who will marry me?
As beautiful
as you are
must be plenty of people
like you
Brother, did my mother
talk to you about this?
is there any choice?
Tell me secretly
Chun'er, let your mother
tell you in person
But I promise you
this man is someone you know well
and someone outstanding
You will be satisfied
Is everything fine
for A'chu in the Xiaoqi Camp?
Pretty well
The Prince Xiang sent her to
the Xiuli Army
Those people are
just coward
Won't be hard for A'chu
to deal with them
The Xiuli Army?
Who lead them
after the death of Liu Ziye?
The chief marshal is Xue Zhileng
the son of the vise marshal
in the Chengfang Camp, Xue Lu
I've heard
he bullied them a lot
The original general of the camp
He Xiao
is the vise chief now
He is their core
Let's go to see her
What are you looking at?
Nothing
Waiting for someone?
I thought
you were an ice cube
Never imagined you would
have someone in your heart
I am full
Time to leave
Are you losing temper?
Shouldn't you behave as a general?
You
love gossiping so much
Shouldn't you behave as a prince?
The sons from royal family are also human
We have emotions
To tell the truth, this girl is good
Brave and wise
No weaker than men when fighting
Such girl like this
really is precious
Except that her love isn't
for you
That year at Jiuyou with Yan Xun
in desperation
such girl could follow him
and protect him from the others
Three years as prisoner
didn't separate them apart
Can you really compare with that?
However beautiful the flower is
it's useless when it doesn't belong to you
I am fine just watching
Watching?
Watching her blooming
in someone else's yard?
Yuwen Yue,with your identity and status,
is it worthy to condescend yourself
for a girl like that?
Condescend?
Don't think so
I am full. Please help yourself
Why are you here?
Someone else may see you
I just want to see you
Are you all right in the troops?
What? Unwelcome?
Didn't I send you a letter?
Didn't receive?
I am still worried only with the words
I want to see you in person
How is your sleep? How do you feel with the food?
Anyone bullies you?
Bully me?
When have I ever been bullied?
Pretty good for me
not to bully the others
You seem pretty well
being so active
What's this? For me?
Makeup?
I never use things like this
Which girl doesn't like
make up?
And
this is not cosmetic. It's a gel
It's getting cold now
Your hands and feet may get frozen
Smear this on
It may protect you from frostbite
Okay
I can do it myself
Be accurate and stabilized when drawing the bow
Keep your shoulder horizontal
Keep stabilized
Shoot decisively
Do not aim for a second time
Do not hesitate
Hold the standard pose and generate power on the horizontal direction
You will hit the target if you use the bow in the right way
I'll make you an example
Good. Good. Good.
Good
Awesome
General Yuwen. General Yuwen
Who shot the arrows?
Me
Bow
Good. Good
Good. Good. Good
General Yuwen is great
Awesome
Great
You are skilled at archery
Yours archery
is better
Of course I know it
Where is He Xiao?
He went to the Bing Department
Today is the salary day
I noticed your bows are
aged
Find someone later on
to take my decreed
and claim some new ones
Yes
Let her do it
Head Chu, hurry up
Right, hurry
Hurry, go
Hurry up
Didn't you said to give me the decreed?
Write
How can I write if you don't rub the ink stick
You
I remember last time at the Green Hill
You said
it was the last time you served me
Times have changed
Just a few days passed,
and we meet again
What?
My hand is sore. I can't continue
Have you costumed to life
in the army camp?
None of you business
Is that your attitude
talking with your superior?
The superior should have said
what he ought to say
A superior won't be troublesome
like you and
order his people to rub the ink stick
You must never lived
in the camp
If a superior wants to be troublesome,
he will find do many methods
Rubbing ink is too simple for that
Write
Enough for you to write a book
By the way, that Xue Zhileng
is the son of Xue Lu
Xue Lu is the vice chief of the Chengfang Camp
Be far from him,
if nothing serious happens
A female in the camp
must be inconvenient
Once there is a chance,
I will send you to another place
So lay low
Do not always think about
do something for Yan Xun
You should know
It's my camp here
Everything you do
is in my sight
Why do you help me?
What are you talking about?
It's not just luck that
I came to the Xiuli Camp
Smart
I am long dead
if I am a fool
Since you are so smart,
try not get yourself involved
I have helped you settle down
everything about Wei Guang
Remember, once and only
What your master want is too huge
You may burn yourself helping him
Then should we just wait for death?
There are different ways
to achieve the goal
What happened is lying there on the surface
There may be a chance to survive
if you go ahead
If you stop your step
or wait at your place
the only end
will be death
Maybe you can't survive
even if you step ahead
I won't let you
win
How could we know without trying?
I am telling you not to be too stubborn
This is not stubborn. This is firm
Princess
Aunt Wenshan
My mother call me here?
Yes, your highness
Please come inside
The guest invited has already been here
We are waiting for you to have dinner
Who else was invited?
Don't you forget, princess?
A few days ago the concubine
has told you to find you
a perfect husband
Okay, please come inside
Yuwen Yue!
Princess
Mother
Why is the ice cube here?
Of course he was invited by me
Sit down
Mother, I am not hungry now
Please have the meal
I shall leave first
Chun'er
Don't be so capricious
These are
your favorite dishes
That depends on who I eat with
Your highness, I have something else to do
I shall leave now
Sit down, you both
Is it so hard to have dinner with me?
Yes
This chrysanthemum wine is essential on the Double Ninth festival
The festival will come in a few days
I still remember this jar of wine
is sent by the majesty of Liang last year
It is made by mashed dried petal of
white chrysanthemum
How do you like the taste?
Delicious
I don't know
The majesty of the Great Liang was humorous
He added a poem
when sending us the wine
Take bamboo basket to collect the dewdrop of the chrysanthemum
The drops on the flower early in the morning wet their dresses
Mother
I want to make a toast for your prolonging life
To longevity
and good luck
Make a toast for General Yuwen as well
Hurry
Master Yue
Let me make a toast for you as well
Thank you, your highness
I am sorry
My hands slip
Seems like we cannot
have the drink
We really don't have the luck together
I have a headache.
Help yourselves.
Take care, Imperial Concubine.
Take care, Mother.
Have some rest, Mother.
What do you think, Icy Man?
Thank me for
letting you withdraw from this conversation earlier.
I am telling you.
There is no chance that I will like you.
Thank you very much.
What do you mean?
Although I will
never like you,
there is no need for you
to be so happy about it.
How should I react?
I am in great pain that
beautiful Princess don't
like me.
It is too bad.
It is bad.
Icy Man, I just find out today
that you are a little cute.
Cheers.
You don't need to see me off, Princess.
I am in good mood today.
It doesn't matter.
Since than
Princess don't want to get involved with me,
then you'd better not
do things that cause misunderstanding to Imperial Concubine.
Especially something as following me around
for the sake of going out of the palace
If Imperial Concubine thinks that
we get along well,
she will beg for His Majesty to grant our marrige.
Then we will be in trouble.
You are as smart as a fox,
who can guess
everything.
Fine. You go.
without your help.
I can go out of the palace
You are back.
How's it going?
Have you seen Chun'er?
How do you know?
I don't know.
You and Imperial Concubine make a collusion
to make a match between me and Chun'er.
Yes.
It is me.
None of your business.
What? You don't like her?
Chun'er is smart, outgoing,
and of noble birth.
Who don't you like her?
No reason. I'm unworthy of her.
The reason is Chu Qiao.
Yuwen Yue,
let alone
whether she is fond of you,
even if she is willing to be with you,
you two are not of equal social rank.
You are Official Zhuguo's son,
legitimate grandson of the elder branch in Yuwen Household.
How is it possible that your family allows you
to marry a slave girl?
None of your business.
Even if you can persuade your father,
you should remember
her status.
She lives in the Oriole Courtyard
with Yan Xun
for three years.
What should happen
had happened.
A girl like this
is not worthy of
your love.
Stop.
To tell you the truth,
Yan Xun has to die.
I won't allow Yan Xun
leaving here alive.
If she gets too involved in it,
she will not end up well.
At that time, His Majesty wanted to kill Duke Dingbei.
You were the only one
who wrote to object it.
It is different now.
Duke Dingbei was a Great Officer.
It was His Majesty's suspision
that made him kill Duke Dingbei.
I would never consent.
However, Yan Xun
is full of hatred and rage.
If he succeeds in
leaving Chang'an,
then a war is about to start,
which will make people in north suffer.
As a prince and general,
I will never allow it
to happen.
Yuwen Yue,
don't forget who you are.
The end of three years is coming.
We don't have
much time left.
So we must make
all the preparations.
A small leak
will sink a great ship.
Thus we need to prepare
for everything that may happen.
We have put up a plucky defense
on Rosefinch Street,
and planted people in different ministries in Chang'an.
It should be hard to breach.
If we can't go out of the gate,
then all our plans
will be meaningless.
So, we can only fish in troubled waters.
We can create
some disturbances then,
and draw the attention
of the guards who defend the city walls.
Then we seize the opportunity to disguise ourselves and leave the city.
I am afraid it will have to do.
His Majesty command me to lead the troops
to greet prince of Liang State.
Everybody prepares for it
and go with me.
Your Highness,
it's not an easy job.
I hear that
this prince
doesn't touch anything
that has been touched by men
since he was young.
To raise this weirdo,
his poor father
consumes too much energy.
Even the rice,
vegetables and fruit
that he eats every day
are planted by young girls
on the earth that is
especially set aside in palaces,
thus he will eat.
There's one month riding
between Jiankang and Chang'an.
Even if one takes the carriage,
it won't be longer than two months.
However, this prince prepared
for four months
before he actually set off.
And there is still no sign of him.
It must be rumour.
After all, he is a prince.
He won't be that ridiculous.
The more ridiculous is still to come.
Princes in Wei State,
like Your Highness,
mostly have some experience in defending the frontier.
They follow the troops
to meadow, wasteland,
river and mountain stream,
nearly everywhere.
But this prince has to
build a bridge before crossing the river,
open up wasteland before going there.
He don't travel in the mountains or deserts.
He don't travel to places which are far from cities.
Your Highness,
he is a hot potato
and is hard to please.
Your Highness,
message came that
the prince got a cold
for kicking the quilt at night,
and he started backtracking.
This sissy prince.
Never mind.
Now that we get the sign of him,
we have to greet him anyhow.
He is unwilling to see Your Highness.
He said that Your Highness just returned from the frontier
thus having a killing aura,
which will make him worse.
In addition,
these words were passed on
by his maids.
This weirdo,
is a man that
doesn't speak to men.
How do we deal with it?
Sister Fu, there is someone in front of us.
Who is it?
Man or woman?
Four men and one woman.
Is she pretty?
How old is she?
So-so.
Seventeen, eighteen.
Not much prettier than me.
Let alone Sister E, Sister Fu
and Sister Qing.
I'm telling you.
Master says that someone
who can make you say these
must be gorgeous.
Drop those men
and keep the girl.
Prince wants to inquire her.
You hear it?
Men can leave, the girl stays here.
Can't you hear my words?
Stupid.
There is no royal brand on your waist
which means that you are not noble.
Judging from your status,
you should feel grateful to my attitude.
And you men can leave.
You saucy little miss!
You bastard.
Big deal.
Just a little soldier.
Hurry up! Hurry up!
Let's go.
You...
are such a cruel girl.
Chu Qiao, what are you doing?
Prince.
Prince. Prince. Prince.
Prince. Are you alright?
Prince. Prince.
Your Highness,
I apologize for my subordinate's mistake.
Are you crazy?
How dare you beat Prince?
You bold girl.
She is in great trouble.
Your Royal Highness Xiang,
please heavily penalise her.
Your Highness.
Evil and rude.
Are you done with it?
If you finish, please leave.
You.
Don't offend His Highness!
We won't let it go
about this incidence.
We must send emissary to Chang'an
to look into it.
As to this woman,
if Your Highness don't give her to us,
we can do nothing about it.
Please take her into custody
for us.
And we'll deal with her later.
Prince.
Prince, take care.
Take care.
Slowly. Slowly.
Protect Prince.
If anything goes wrong,
I will punish you by military law.
Yes.
Go back.
Yes.
Your Highness,
I know that I have done something bad.
Please punish me.
I know that I have brought big trouble.
And there is no way to correct it.
This is my fault.
It doesn't concern other people.
Good girl.
Well-done. Well-done.
We should have
taught Xiao Ce a lesson.
What prince of Liang State?
Like a woman.
Dressed in colorful clothes.
I'm sick watching him.
With so many defects,
he should be killed.
Well done.
If they wants to harm you,
we will deal with them first.
Your Highness, although no warned, no fault.
However,
after all,
I beat the prince of Liang State.
Let alone he is coming to make peace with us through marrige.
Anyway,
I should apologize to him.
Did you beat him? On where?
I didn't see it.
Did you see it?
No.
We didn't see it.
But you are quite stupid.
If you want to beat him,
you should beat him
at places where no one is around.
Yes.
His Highness and we have discussed it.
As long as he sets off,
we will find a place with few people,
put a bag on him and beat him.
To our surprise,
you are quicker than us.
In fact,
we had been there for a long time.
However, we didn't show up.
Feel safe.
You are one of us now.
And you do it to protect your subordinate.
I won't let them hurt you.
Take my command,
no one is allowed to
leave Xiaoqi Camp.
If the secret oozs out,
I will show no mercy.
Yes.
Seventh Brother.
I was annoyed to death.
That Xiao Ce
is a big trouble.
I am a prince after all.
What am I compared with him?
I was annoyed to death.
He told my at late night
that the room was stuffy
and he was not comfortable.
Fine.
I thought of every possible way
to make it airy.
Did you know
what he say after that?
He said that
he was cold.
In the morning, he got up
and said that the maids were ugly.
I said, well, they were not as pretty as yours.
And I
found some
really pretty maids.
He said that
they couldn't hum verses.
He was so picky
about every meal.
He only drank fresh tea that was picked within three days.
You know what the funniest is?
Under the shoes of the guards,
there are no cotton shoe-pad.
He said it was too noisy.
Really, all kinds of stuff.
Did he mention that
Chu Qiao beat him?
Chu beat him?
No wonder that
there is bruise on his face.
Good. Very good.
He didn't say a word to you?
Not a word.
If I were him, I wouldn't say it either.
A man
was beat by a little girl.
How can he have the nerve to mention it?
I used to think that
he is good as disguising himself.
I have no idea that
he is just a mad man.
How unbelievable.
You smell something?
What?
That mad man's smell.
Is he coming again?
He is coming again.
How about this? Does it smell good?
Do you think
my dress is gorgeous today?
Great. Wonderful.
Hasn't she come yet?
Couldn't you have told her?
She will be here soon.
Soon?
Your highness.
(Sound of Screaming)
You are so rude.
It's me.
Don't you know me?
The... the Crown Prince?
How dare you?
Get off your hands.
Don't you see what place it is?
Why are you yelling?
Do you know who she is?
She is the imperial guard I chose.
Your highness.
Don't you suffer enough beating?
I'm very satisfied with her.
Lady, what's your name?
Do you
want to be my personal bodyguard?
Seventh Brother, is there something wrong with that guy?
It's hard to tell.
The one like him
is the Crown Prince of Liang State.
Let's just wait to see.
No, Seventh Brother,
I'm just afraid Chu will suffer losses if let it be like this.
Your highness.
I have offended you that day,
I hope
you won't think of my mistake
and won't blame on me.
It turns out that your name is Chu Qiao.
How about I call you Qiao'er?
Or Xiao Qiao?
I'm low and degrading,
so my humble name is not worth for your highness...
I think Qiao Qiao is the best one for you.
It sounds more intimate.
Your highness, what on earth do you want?
You'd better talk straight.
What relatives do you have in your family?
Are your parents still alive?
Do you have any brohters or sisters?
Which month were you born in?
How old are you?
I was born in July,
and I'm 21-years old.
I'm old enough to get married.
Your highness.
If because
what I did to offend Your highness
that day,
you acted like this today,
then I would like take the punishment.
By the way,
where is your ancestral home?
In my opinion, you are so pretty,
and your skin is so supple,
you are not like the people of Wei State
but like the woman of our Liang State.
Your highness.
Could we talk as normally?
Are you mad?
You look so cute even you are mad.
I really have good taste.
(Sound of laughing)
Your highness.
What makes you have a crush on me?
Everything.
I like everything of you.
Or,
what do you just want to use me to do?
If you want to kill me,
you can find many reasons.
I'm just a little
arrow coach of the Qiaoqi Camp,
and have no value in use.
Qiao Qiao.
I fall in love with you at first sight.
I will be hurt
if you mistake me like this.
Qiao Qiao, my hands are so cold.
Could you warm them for me?
(Sound of Screaming)
Your highness. Your highness. Your highness.
Your highness. Your highness.
- Your highness. - Your highness.
- Are you alright, Your highness? - Your highness.
Are you alright, Your highness?
I'm fine.
Fine.
I'm fine.
Come on. Come on. Come on.
I'm fine.
I'm fine. I'm really fine.
I'm really fine.
- That's great. - It's fine.
This carriage marches more slowly than people walk.
The Crown Prince could still fly out of it even it's so steady.
It's amazing.
Chu is amazing.
Let's go.
Qiao Qiao.
You are extremely cruel and merciless.
You just treat the person you are supposed to protect like this.
There's differences between man and woman, please behave, Your highness.
Qiao Qiao.
Would you apply ointment for me?
It's for your own good.
Just think about
if someone finds out that I'm injured,
it will bring trouble on you.
This medicine
is very good for subsiding swelling and resolving stagnation.
It will take effect once being applied.
Do you really make the decision?
Do you really want me to apply ointment for you?