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[The King's Woman]
[Episode 2]
You are injured!
[Young Gongsun Li]
[Young Ying Zheng]
Your Majesty, the ministers are already at court. Please proceed to the court.
Go!
In the year 238 B.C., Ying Zheng begun to personally rule the court after his crowning ceremony.
Ying Zheng was born in Handan of the State of Zhao. His original name is Zhao Zheng.
As a prince in hostage in a foreign land, he has to endure the bully and humiliation of his neighbors and got dragged into trouble by others.
He was pursued overnight by the Zhao military.
The swords of those soldiers still seem to appear before his eyes.
After returning to the State of Qin, he changed his name to Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng ascended the throne at age 13 as a young lord.
He suffered the suppression of Grand Queen Dowager Huayang and Chancellor Lü Buwei
Thinking about the disgrace and burdens he had endured, Ying Zheng is like a fierce tiger that has been readying to launch and will sure devour the world.
Ying Zheng completely eliminated Lao Ai's underlings and the position of his uncle, Chancellor Lü Buwei, is now also in danger.
- Rise! - Thank you, Your Majesty!
Bring the rebels in to admit their crimes to His Majesty!
Please spare us, Your Majesty!
Please spare us!
Your Majesty. The Marquis of Changxin's rebellion is worthy of execution.
But the retainers did not participate in the rebellion.
I believe that they can be left alive, kicked out of the palace, and demoted to commoner status.
Your Majesty.
Minister Zhang's words make sense.
Your Majesty, spare us!
Lao Ai rebelled, trying to take my Great Qin and my life.
If I become a bit lenient,
no one would be loyal to me.
No matter who it is, if they speak on behalf of the traitors, they will be killed!
Take them away!
Your Majesty please spare us!
- Go! - Your Majesty, please spare us!
Your Majesty, please spare us!
Spare us, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, there is news.
Lao Ai has taken some close confidantes and escaped to Luoyang.
That evil Lao Ai only used that as a distraction. He surely is still hiding in an ordinary citizen's house.
Pass down my order. I will personally catch that scoundrel.
Yes!
Junior Sister, don't be unhappy.
Making you wear men's clothing is mainly for safety purposes.
My handsome Junior Brother, drink some wine with me.
Senior Brother, stop teasing me.
Oh, right. Yewang most likely is just in the suburbs.
His Majesty got demoted by the King of Qin to live in Yewang for so many years already.
In the past, His Majesty received our Gongsun family with much courtesy.
I wonder how His Majesty is doing now.
I think His Majesty still doesn't know
about Puyang City getting destroyed.
Senior Brother.
Grandfather told us to look for Warrior Lu Goujian.
I previously heard that Warrior Lu Goujian was once a retainer in the house of the Lord of Xinling,
but Lord of Xingling has been dead for many years.
His retainers have scattered. If we want to find Warrior Lu Goujian, we will have to ask around more.
Customers, your food.
- Thank you. - Thank you. - Enjoy.
Customers, your wine.
Enjoy.
Since Chancellor won over Sanchuan Commandery, Luoyang, of more than a hundred thousands of populace,
this Luoyang really has prospered a lot.
Luoyang has always been a prosperous place.
Chancellor was originally a business merchant, so he naturally understands how to get the upper hand.
But during this trip to Luoyang, I have realized one thing.
Once I fully hold the main power,
I will let all the rich people move to Xianyang.
I'll reduce the taxes and remove conscript labor and let them live peacefully at Xianyang.
These rich people give more importance to wealth than national dignity.
If my great State of Qin can offer them an even better life,
they won't care who the king of the world is.
You are intelligent, older brother!
If we transfer the world's wealth to the State of Qin,
the State of Qin's power would increase greatly!
You are both correct.
Let's go!
- This little lady looks... - What do you want?
She looks quite nice!
- That's right! - What do you want?
Drink some wine with us!
Come on! Come drink with us!
Who are you? Let go of me!
Drink with us!
Junior Sister!
Unhand me!
- Do not. - Let go of me!
Get lost!
Young warriors, you are quite skilled.
Young Sir, you are quite good as well.
It is rare to find someone with a hero's heart in chaotic times.
Young noble warrior, you are being courteous.
Since we think the same way, how about I treat you two to wine? Let us become friends.
Young Sir Zhao, meeting is fate.
Here.
- Drink! - Here!
Young Sir Zhao, why are you coming to Luoyang now?
We...passed by here to do business.
I heard that the State of Qin is currently attacking the State of Zhao. Everything is a mess.
You should be more careful.
Yes, Young Sir Zhao.
Your mother state is in danger. You probably feel unhappy too.
The State of Qin is too ambitious.
Isn't peace among the six states a good thing?
They insist on fighting and making people panic.
Young Sir Zhao, right now is the perfect time for the six states to unite and defend against the tyrannical Qin.
Come, let's not talk about that.
It is rare that I can meet brothers who follow the same path I do.
Let us drink until we drop tonight.
May we drink until we drop.
Be careful, Senior. Get on the bed.
Junior Sister.
Luckily, he did not call me that earlier,
or else people will know of my identity.
I have finally caught you.
You cannot leave me, not even by a step.
Even one day without you is allowed.
Do you know that, Junior?
Customer, are you okay?
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Why are you here?
You... I also wanted to ask you why you are here.
This is my room.
This is your room?
Yes.
Looks like I (gua ren) drank too much last night and walked into the wrong room.
"Gua ren"? (a personal pronoun used by kings)
That is my habit.
When I am drunk, I like to pretend like I am the king.
Young Warrior Sun, please do not mock me.
Actually, I do not like to sleep with other people.
I am the same.
Since we already slept together, I am still a little tired. Let me sleep a while longer.
Wait!
Wait. Young Sir Zhao, how about you leave first?
Leave? Where?
I... I want to change my clothes.
Then go ahead! We're both men. What are you afraid of?
Are you embarrassed?
If you are embarrassed, I will help you. Here.
We're both men. What are you afraid of?
How about I take off my clothes first?
No, no, no.
Do not.
Young Sir Sun, you are quite prudish.
Are you possibly a woman?
I am a man!
Exactly! If you are a man, why are you afraid?
Here, I will remove your clothes.
Young Sir Zhao, if you come any closer to me, I will call for my senior.
It is so obvious that you are still young.
Whatever. I will not joke with you anymore.
I will go prepare some breakfast downstairs. Remember to come eat.
Why are you here?
I was drunk yesterday and walked into the wrong room. I slept in your junior brother's room.
My junior brother...
What is wrong?
We are all men. This is not a big deal, right?
Your junior is so strange. He acts like a fussy woman.
I will wait for you two downstairs while eating breakfast.
Senior.
I do not know what happened last night,
but when I woke up this morning, he was next to me.
Luckily, he did not realize you are a woman.
I was also drunk last night. I do not know how I returned to my room.
Are you alright?
I am fine.
Good.
Let us go eat downstairs. You must be hungry.
Let us go.
Young Sir, I have a message from our scouts. They have found the whereabouts of the rebels.
Good. Let me go bid farewell to them.
Young Sir Zhao.
I was just about to bid farewell.
Where are you going, Young Sir Zhao?
I... There is a batch of new goods that I need to go check out.
I have already prepared breakfast for you.
By the way, do you have any future plans?
My junior and I will continue to search for Warrior Lu Goujian.
Okay.
May we meet again.
Boss, this is the money for all of our breakfasts.
Thank you.
- Chancellor Lü. - Chancellor Lü. [Luoyang]
Minister Lao, you look well.
You are so humorous, Minister Lü.
How dare you, Lao Ai?
Even at the gates of death, you dare to talk back?
Listen to me.
I can easily send you to His Majesty
and let him make you undergo extreme and multiple kinds of torture
so that your life will be worse than death,
but
I can give you an instant death.
You will only die once. If you die in my hands, your corpse will stay intact.
If you fall into His Majesty's hands, not only will you be pulled apart by carts,
your head will also be hung on the city walls for people to spit on.
What are you laughing at?
I'm laughing that you made one foolish misstep, Chancellor Lü!
You're just afraid that the truth about my pretending to be a eunuch and seducing the Queen Dowager
will be found out by His Majesty. Once that happens,
you will lose your position!
Shut your mouth!
You told me to seduce the Queen Dowager,
and control her for you!
And in passing, help you get rid of the pestering of that coquettish woman,
so it will not endanger the chancellor position that you anxiously obtained.
Shut up!
If you want to die now, I'll fulfill your wish!
So that's how it was!
Chancellor! This place isn't Xianyang Palace,
but have you even forgotten to stand on ceremony?
I...
Greetings, Your Majesty.
You've worked hard, Chancellor.
You rushed all the way here from Xianyang.
But the show you put on tonight was quite exciting. I was very entertained.
I told Sikong Ma about Lao Ai's location on purpose.
I just knew that you'd definitely come here.
Since Your Majesty already knows everything,
then I, your uncle-
No.
I, Buwei, am willingly asking for my punishment.
Uncle, what do you have to teach me?
Your Majesty took the throne at a young age. There are still many things I have to help you with.
It's good as long as you stick to your place as king.
I will arrange everything for you.
Chancellor. I'm not that foolish.
You and the Marquis of Changxin are court officials, the roots of the country.
If I demote two officials successively in a month, it will surely shock everyone and destabilize the state's foundation.
Starting from today, just stick to your place as Chancellor.
While I still need you, don't think of going anywhere.
I will arrange everything for you.
Do you understand?
This is just the beginning.
Next, I want payback from all those who once mocked and offended me.
Men!
Here!
- Take him away. - Yes.
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Master, message from our pigeons came this morning. Puyang City has fallen to Qin.
They indeed moved their plan to expand to the eastern regions earlier.
The Wey State has been declining for years. It has already become our vassal state.
Puyang City would be penetrated sooner or later. Do you know where Gongsun Yu currently is?
Gongsun Yu died for his state at Puyang City that day.
Gongsun Yu is dead?
I heard that the Qin army sent the four great masters, Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain.
Puyang was definitely going to be theirs.
The danger of an attack from a fierce army has been present since time immemorial.
Even if Gongsun Yu's martial arts was any better,
he still cannot fight against so many just by himself.
But we now have to ponder on this Huluo Sword Technique.
I once heard a jianghu rumor that the one who obtains the Huluo
can annihilate armies and conquer states just by his own.
But after a hundred years, no one has ever seen the Huluo Sword again.
The Huluo Sword Technique comes from Warrior Nie Zheng two hundred years ago.
I had always suspected that Gongsun Yu had inherited it.
Five years ago, I previously wanted to verify the truth of this matter from him but I wasn't able to defeat him.
If he still had that sword technique,
no one would be able to beat him.
But, Gongsun Yu is dead. Could the sword technique have been given to his descendant?
As far as I know, Gongsun Yu only has a granddaughter.
Bao Ye, send out a dove! Tell every disciple that they must bring back Gongsun Li!
Yes!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, a guest has arrived.
A guest? What guest? [King of Wey]
The King of Qin won't let me see guests.
Has your brain gone dead?
Go go go go go!
I told you to drive the guest away!
Get lost!
What if the King of Qin wants to see you?
How dare you!
Who dares to play such a joke on me?
Y-y-y-your Majesty!
W-w-why have you come?
Come, get up.
I gave you this manor.
What? I cannot come?
This is the Lord of Chang'an.
T-t-t-this...Brother Ying Zheng, I...
No no no. I didn't do it on purpose just now.
I didn't know that you had come.
This...this...
It's alright.
Your Majesty, you and Lord of Chang'an have come all the way here to Yewang.
I haven't prepared a single thing. I'm afraid I cannot take good care of you.
You don't need to get busy. I just came to see you.
The scenery here is not bad.
Y-y-y-your Majesty!
You didn't come to kill me, did you?
Kill you?
Why would I want to kill you?
Your Majesty, please spare me!
I just read and plant flowers all the time!
I didn't do anything!
If I really wanted to take your life,
one royal edict and one cup of poisoned wine would be enough. Why would I need to come?
That's true.
Come, get up.
- Lord of Wey. - Here.
In the State of Wey, what do you typically like to eat?
What song do you sing? What are the usual social customs of men and women? Tell me about it.
How come Your Majesty is suddenly interested in the Wey's social customs?
I'm Gongsun Li. He is my Senior Brother, Jing Ke.
I'm from Puyang in the State of Wey. What about you?
Just answer the question!
Yes! Yes.
Your Majesty, please come inside.
The Wey citizens mainly follow the Puyang customs. In Puyang...
Just who are you?
She really is a girl!
It is indeed the sword technique of the Gongsun family.
Just what do you want?
Junior Sister, they didn't try to hurt us.
They must have other goals. If we go after them, we'll fall into a trap.
Based on their words, it seems like they know we're from the Gongsun family.
Just who is trying to investigate us?
Take a look! High quality jade!
Take a look!
High quality jade!
Senior Brother. From Luoyang to Daliang, is one day of rushed travel enough to get there?
I think it is about enough.
I hope that this time, we can smoothly find Junior Master Lu.
Strange, where did my hairpin go?
What hairpin?
The silver hairpin Grandfather gave me.
After the assassins knocked it down yesterday, I kept it by my waist.
Why is it gone? Maybe I dropped it along the way.
I'll go back and take a look.
I'll go.
Go inside and rest a bit first. I'll be back soon.
Okay, then I'll wait for you inside, Senior Brother.
Okay.
Boss, are there any open tables left?
Young Warrior Sun.
Young Sir Zhao, Second Young Sir Zhao.
Come.
Thank you.
My Senior Brother and I thought you two had already left Luoyang.
We might stay here for a few more days.
Earlier, I saw some black clothed people near you. What are they for?
Things are chaotic now. Businessmen like us must keep some retainers close by.
That's right.
Where are you going, Young Warrior Sun?
My Senior Brother and I are leaving Luoyang.
Why are you leaving so soon?
My senior and I want to go to Daliang to look for Warrior Lu. I heard that there are a lot of remnants of previous nobility in there.
What a shame. I wanted to take good care of you two.
That's right. Where is Young Warrior Jing?
My Senior Brother went to the inn to help me look for something.
It is my good fortune to meet you this time.
Young Sir Zhao, you are too kind.
My Senior Brother and I are from the jianghu realm. We love making friends.
Just who are you? Just what do you want?
Where is Gongsun Li?
I don't know her.
Stop acting! You were clearly with her yesterday!
He's the assassin who attacked Junior Sister yesterday.
So what if we were together? We were just acquaintances. We separated this morning.
You brat! If you won't tell the truth, don't blame me for not being kind!
After him!
- Who are you? - That is not important.
More importantly, I know who you are!
Chamberlain?
Attack!
Young Warrior Sun!
- Your Majesty, I was late to protect you. Please forgive me. - These are all remnant allies of Marquis of Changxin!
- Kill them all! - Take them away.
Get up. Go.
Your Majesty, Marquis of Changxin's remaining allies surely are not just these. It is really very dangerous to keep staying here in Luoyang.
- I ask Your Majesty to immediately return to the Palace. - No.
Young Warrior Sun saved my life. We must first cure him. Go to the Wey Manor!
Hurry!
Your Majesty, didn't you already go back to Xianyang?
What's going on? Who is this wounded person?
Hurry and find me a physician. I want the best one.
Your Majesty, you suddenly carrying an almost dead person in here.
- I must first find someone to check on this man's injuries. - Why do you have so many nonsense?!
If you are unable to cure this noble warrior,
I will then make you die without a burial site.
Yes. I will immediately order my men to look.
Wait. Don't leak any news. If anyone knows that I'm here,
I will also kill you.
I understand... Did you all hear that?! Hurry and come with me!
- Hurry and move. - Yes.
Senior Brother!
Just one stinky boy and you all can't handle him?
Your sword technique is uninhibited and pretentious.
This is Gongsun sword technique that considers itself as being noble and virtuous, am I right?
Are you afraid of it?
Stinky kid, if you know what's good for you, hurry and hand over Gongsun Li.
Or else, I'll let you suffer.
We were unable to find Young Warrior Jing all over Luoyang City.
Once Young Warrior Sun's injury has stabilized, I will just send some men again to look for him.
Young Warrior Sun lost a lot of blood and the wound is quite deep.
I do not know if an ordinary citizen physician can really cure him.
Your Majesty and Lord of Chang'an can be rest assured. This physician knows hundreds of medicines
and know divination techniques. He surely can cure Young Warrior.
If what you said is false, that is a crime of lying to the king.
Yes. Yes.
How is it?
The wound is deep but it'll be okay.
For the next couple of days, it might get inflamed.
I'll just prescribe some wound medicines and by treating him both internally and externally, I should be able to cure him.
The Wey Manor surely still has the medicines I left last time. Please send somebody to retrieve them.
Did you hear him? Go prepare!
Can I go see him now?
This... Forgive me for asking, but what is your relationship to the patient, young sir?
I met the young warrior by chance not long ago.
He saved my life. Thus, I have to repay that kindness.
Oh. It appears that you do not know of this person's identity.
I was assessing the injury earlier and had to take off some clothes.
Now it is not convenient for you to go inside.
It is better to let the maids take care of patient now, and you can visit later.
Why?
The warrior that you are mentioning is a woman.
[Sword Craze, Lu Goujian]
Sword Craze, Lu Guojian?
I finally was able to see you.
It is all in the past.
I am now nothing more than just an old man.
Attack!
Come with me.
Senior Brother...
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Are you alright, Miss Sun?
I'm a lot better.
The Qin army has already been attacking the different states. The flames of war won't stop and the citizens are already in dire straits.
Currently, my state has been conquered and my family lost. I have a home but can't go back to it.
But I have trained in martial arts and swords since I was little.
I surely will resist the tyrannical Qin for the rest of my life.
May Your Mastery not worry, I and my Senior Brother
were born as Wey people and will die for Wey.
As long as I see you, even if I die a hundred times, I would still be able to come back to life.
Father clearly loved me more but he conferred you as his heir.
You are unease? Since time immemorial,
it is just common for royal descendants to fight against each other for the throne.
And for these past years, you indeed treated me well, older brother.
Could it be that you fear I would revolt?
No.
Then give me the throne of Qin!
♫ Although we are poles apart with the whole galaxy between us, ♫
♫ I wait a thousand years just for this once. ♫
♫ Across numerous mountains and streams, I gaze at your beauty, ♫
♫ with the stars and moon as our intermediator. ♫
♫ The distant sky and sea converge. ♫
♫ The dark night falls. ♫
♫ My love is locked outside this city’s gates. ♫
♫ I painfully await my lover’s return. ♫
♫ I waited until time and space have shattered, mountains and rivers have turned to ash, ♫
♫ and my face has withered. ♫
♫ I leave love behind, and continue to reincarnate into this world. ♫
♫ I fully understand the innumerable twists and turns of joy and sadness. ♫
♫ I will follow you through life and death. ♫
♫ We will travel across the vast heavens and earth. I will freely fly with you. ♫
♫ Yearning for you is better than lonely seclusion. ♫
♫ You are my only weakness. ♫
♫ I gaze with eager expectation. My tears fall like meteors. ♫
♫ I use a mirror to fix the makeup on my eyebrows. ♫
♫ If I can peacefully rest in your heart, ♫
♫ I will not fear rain nor wind. ♫
♫ The troubles of the secular world will become as still as water. ♫
♫ Even if my body shatters, or if my soul becomes ashes, ♫
♫ I will never regret true love. ♫
♫ I have known the love of the evening mist and morning clouds, but I only want your embrace. ♫
♫ I fully understand the innumerable twists and turns of joy and sadness. ♫
♫ I will follow you through life and death. ♫
♫ We will travel across the vast heavens and earth, and freely fly with you. ♫