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The King's Woman
Episode 14
Forget it. Since Tianming has been located,
someone must have orchestrated this.
I will investigate clearly.
Also, you all.
Just wait to be punished!
Han Shen, it is thanks to your quick wit that the prince could be found.
Tell me, what reward would you like?
Your Majesty, maintaining the peace of the palace is my job. I do not need a reward.
Guard Han Shi, you are being too humble. For a lowly guard like you,
needs much bravery to ask me to search the East Palace.
I remember that I asked if you were afraid of my punishing you.
You said you would rather falsely search than miss a chance.
Why do you care so much about the prince's safety?
-Or is it... -The prince is Your Majesty's son. He has to do with our Great Qin's stability.
If the Prince really goes missing then it will be our loss, it will also make the other six states look down on our royal palace.
It will endanger Your Majesty's stay here in the palace.
So, that is why I worked hard to investigate this matter.
Wait!
Your Majesty. I have something I want to ascertain with Guard Han.
Go ahead.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
How did you get hurt?
It couldn't be...?
You're the one who sneaked into the King of Qin's chambers?
Not good. Did he discover something?
Guard Han.
How did you get hurt?
I was too playful. While resting alone outside the palace,
I engaged in a martial arts competition with others and accidentally got hurt.
There are such battles in our streets? Why have I never heard about it before?
I came up with the idea. I am not sure if there were others like it before.
Lord Wei Wei,
Guard Han helped us find the prince. He is our savior.
His Majesty is very thankful towards Guard Han.
Since Han Shen earned great merit, I have no reason to not reward you.
Tell me. What reward would you like?
Your Majesty. Can you give me few days off?
A letter came from home. My mother is unwell.
They hope that I can return home to visit my family.
Alright. I will approve of your absence.
You can leave.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Does Eldest Senior Brother have a plan
Li'er.
Just now, it was the first time you considered Tianming my son.
I am very happy.
We worked so hard while Tianming was missing.
I am a little tired. I will go back to rest first.
Okay. Go back and rest first.
-Madame Min. -Madame.
-Madame Min. -Madam Min.
Greetings, Madame Min.
Is Madame Li doing well?
Our Madame is resting. She is exhausted from looking for the prince.
Please wait a moment. She should be awake now.
There is no need. I will come visit again when she is feeling better.
Take these things first.
I entrusted a person from Zhao State to bring some special jujube.
I saw that Little Sister liked eating them, so I took some extra.
Little Sister has just given birth, and has worked hard to search for the prince.
She needs to nurse her qi and blood flow.
That's right. There is also this.
I heard it can delay skin aging.
If you apply it on your face, it can make one look radiant.
It was made personally by the royal physicians.
Thank you, Madame Min.
I will leave now. I will come visit Little Sister another day.
Lord Hou.
People from Chu sent over high quality tangerines.
They said the fruit are in season. Please try them.
Put it down.
Recently, the envoys of various states,
Zhao, Wei, Chu have been competing to visit and present gifts.
They are urging and requesting Lord to come to their State and be a minister.
Among the six states, Chu who is very rich in resources and products
and Zhao who has the outstanding general Li Mu, are the only ones left who can really fight with Qin.
Have you made up your mind?
Since King Xinling of Wei died,
the foundation of their state has been destroyed. Although Chu is rich,
its ministers are fighting and making factions among themselves which cause the strength of their state to weaken.
Although the Zhao state has Li Mu, their king is muddleheaded and unskilled.
He favors Minister Guo Kai who only knows to flatter too much.
If you think about it carefully, in the present time,
can an old man like me really still have any use?
Sikong.
You have been with me for many years.
You have always understood my matters. What do you think?
Allow me to be frank. I do not think you should go anywhere.
You should only return to Qin.
You did not disappoint my trust in you. Among my 3,000 retainers,
Only you understand my heart the best.
Allow me to talk nonsense again.
I know you want to return to Qin.
The king greatly suspects you.
I think that working for any state is way better than going back to Qin.
Yes.
Returning to the State of Qin may not be safe.
I have loyally served Qin for so many years and the world knows that very well.
The six states has accumulated too much weakness and no wise king has appeared among them.
If I really went, who would truly treat me well?
If you go, as a past Chancellor of Qin,
They should not dare to treat you poorly.
But if you do not go, we do not know if the King of Qin
will still treat you with respect.
You are afraid that Zheng'er will kill me?
Zheng'er surely has long controlled the news
about my every move here in my fiefdom.
If I ever do anything to betray him, he will immediately send his army.
If he really wanted to kill me, he would have done so long ago.
That traitor Li Si. I kept him for so many years.
Yet he was ungrateful and betrayed me.
Just to preserve his position, he might have been saying slanderous remarks
in front of His Majesty.
Since that is case, does Marquis want to act ahead so we can get the upper hand?
I can go to Xianyang and pry into the the thoughts of HIs Majesty.
No.
Zheng'er is naturally suspicious and vigilant.
If we are going to act first, it might alarm him.
Why not just not do anything.
I believe that His Majesty is innately impatient.
He will not be able to endure this matter for very long.
The envoys from different states have been trying to win over Lü Buwei?
But until now, he still has not been moved by any of them?
Yes.
Do not know if Marquis of Wenxin is just trying to deliberately putting on airs so as to increase his worth
or that he really is not interested to serve other states.
That old fox...
If he really plans to serve other states,
even if publicly, he is not doing anything,
it is unlikely that he is not doing anything secretly.
Could it be that he really has no intentions to serve other states
and he just accepts these guests to agitate His Majesty?
What Lord said is also very reasonable.
After all, His Majesty and Marquis of Wenxin
has an additional father and son relationship.
Father and son relationship?
That Lü traitor is not really
expecting that His Maejsty will consider this blood relationship
and then do a strategy of loosening the reins only to grasp them better afterwards, right?
Waiting to be welcomed back to Qin in a grand manner.
If Marquis of Wenxin returns to Qin,
could he endanger Lord?
It was not easy for you to get power and position.
Lord, should we make some actions?
Tingwei Officer Li Si is requesting an audience.
- Let him in. - Yes.
Please.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
For what reasons are you seeking an audience?
It is about Marquis of Wenxin.
Is it not Marquis of Wenxin already left and stayed in his fiefdom,
nursing his aging health, and being idle?
What is it that you want to say?
Idle?
But how come I heard that in front of his manor,
there are always carriages coming and going.
There are nonstop waves of past retainers and famous scholars that are settling down in his house.
There was gossip that told me before,
that since Marquis of Wenxin retired and went to Luoyang,
envoys from different states have been competing to invite him
aiming to convince him to be a minister in their state. The conditions that they are offering is really very good.
There were also people saying
that Chu State has used its highest ministerial position, Lingyin, as a bait.
Your Majesty, have you heard about this?
Your Majesty, Marquis of Wenxin has served our Qin for so long.
No matter if it is the internal affairs of our state
or the dispatching and formation of troops, he knows about it very well.
If he will go work for other states and we will just let him do such rash action,
if it eventually harmed the the interest of our Qin, the consequences are really unimaginable.
I have been thinking lately
that the biggest threat to us
is the alliance of the six states.
What do you think about it, subject Li?
If the alliance is really formed, it is indeed going to be a big problem for us.
But the different states right now are quite weak and lacks vitality.
I...still think that it will be difficult for the alliance to push through.
The critical part of the alliance is if the marquises will be able to earn the good graces of the different states.
Hence, our Qin must strictly defend against the selfish motives of the marquises and control strictly the head of fiefs.
Marquis of Wenxin exercise great power in Sanchuan Commandery.
His wealth can compete with that of the state. If are talking about marquises and leaders of fiefdoms,
I fear that only him
can threaten me the most.
Zhao Gao.
I am here.
Immediately call for Li Zhong to accompany me to Luoyang.
If he has any intention of betraying Qin, we must investigate this matter.
Yes, I will do as you ordered.
Your Majesty is wise. Thank you for investigating it.
Southern Palace
Why did you come here?
I am not hiding any more item.
I did not come here to blame you.
I am going to Luoyang
to see that person.
Why must you tell me that you are going to see him?
You are against me being with him.
You came just to use this matter to mock me.
I have one question that I have wanted to ask you all this time.
Did you ever regret
coming to Qin with that person?
Regret?
Your royal father is too weak.
He cannot even dared to think about the Crown Prince position.
Without Lü Buwei, he totally would not have been able to return to Qin.
If Zichu was not been chosen to be the Crown Prince,
If I am not Zichu's wife,
Lü Buwei surely will not send us two here to Qin.
Why still talk about regrets?
For those two men,
I was just a tool.
But you are different, Zheng'er.
You are now the king of Qin.
This world will all soon be yours.
Yes.
If my deceased father is not the Crown Prince,
if Lü Buwei did not bring us here to Qin,
if I am still that Zhao Zheng,
will this world still be mine?
Why are you thinking like this?
You are my son. You are destined to be a king, to unite the world.
All of these are not supposed to be mine to begin with.
If there is no Lü Buwei, Royal Mother would have not get used by him.
I also would not have come here to Xianyang.
All these were because of him.
No... Don't think that way.
You deserved all these.
We deserved all of these. You must not think that way.
Royal Mother, I just want to ask you one question.
If I am not the king of Qin,
you also are not the Queen Dowager,
will you abandon me?
Zheng'er...
How come you would think that way?
You are my son.
How can there be mothers that abandon their own son in this world?
But you are using me. Grand Queen Dowager is also using me.
You all are using me just for your power, status, wealth, and splendor.
Totally not thinking about my feelings.
No... It is not like that.
It is not like that. It is not like that!
Sometimes,
I just want to be an ordinary person.
-Eldest Senior Brother. -Junior Sister.
Eldest Senior Brother. After hearing you tell the king that you wanted to return to your hometown,
I kept feeling uneasy.
You never had family. What hometown do you have?
I asked for a leave of absence to leave the palace.
I intend to have a letter sent to Sir Tianguang.
Junior Sister, I want to take you out of here.
Eldest Senior Brother...
Being in the palace for more than a year, I have done a detailed check of the inner and outer palace.
I have already memorized every guard's locations and hours.
I told you that I would take you out of here one day.
This was all prepared for you.
But, beside me now, there is also Tianming. The security is also very tight around here.
-What if anything goes wrong? -Do not worry. I will not put you and Tianming in danger.
It's just...I am still waiting for a chance now.
Junior Sister. I can tell that Ying Zheng especially cares for you.
His affection for Tianming is also not an act.
But you should know better than I that his heart is hard to guess and his mood constantly changes.
He could treasure you today and kick you into the prisons tomorrow.
Every day you stay by his side, I cannot be at ease for even a moment.
Now, I am fully familiar with the Qin Palace.
As long as Ying Zheng is not in the palace, the royal security will be looser.
That is the best chance to take you away.
Ying Zheng...it seems like he will leave Xianyang in a few days.
I am not sure about the details.
I just happened to hear him talking to Li Zhong today.
He said that the lords of the court cannot know about this trip.
Junior Sister, what object do you have for Jing Ke and Sir Tianguang to be sure of your identity?
I do. I have a silk scarf that Senior Brother Jing gave me.
Sir Tianguang has also seen it before.
Seeing the scarf is the same as seeing me.
Marquis of Wenxin Manor
My birthday will come to an end soon. Go and order
for them to prepare some food and distributed them to each household.
Now, I have fallen so far.
Yet, they still follow me so loyally.
If I cannot raise their positions,
at least, I can keep them warm and well fed.
Yes Sir.
Marquis, there is one more thing.
The State of Chu has sent another letter.
They want lord to reply to their request regarding make you their Lingyin.
How should I deal with it?
Do not do anything for now.
Return a letter and say that I am unwell and will rest inside my home for now.
After my body is better, I will make a decision.
Yes, I understand.
But I fear that using sickness to delay this matter will not work for so long.
Lord Marquis!
There is an ambassador from the Great Qin here.
The Great Qin? Who came?
They did not give a name. They just said they wanted to see the Lord Marquis.
Who is it? This is the Marquis's manor! They dare to be so rude?
Lord Marquis!
Long time no see.
Li Zhong? Could it be that the king...?
Your Majesty!
I wonder where Brother Jing went. There is no news at all.
He really worries me.
Young Warrior Jing has suffered such a huge change in his life.
Naturally, it is inevitable his mind is confused.
But no matter what, he is still Great Warrior Gongsun's disciple.
Plus the fact that he has been training in martial arts for very long.
His tolerance and patience is beyond anyone else's.
So, Miss Lan, do not worry too much.
Mm.
Is Sir Tian at home?
Please wait a moment! I will go take a look.
What do you need?
I come with a letter for Sir Tianguang from Sir Han in Xianyang.
Give it to me.
-Thank you. -Farewell.
Who is the Sir Han in Xianyang?
If I did not guess wrong, he should be Miss Gongsun and Young Warrior Jing's Eldest Senior Brother.
A silk scarf?
This silk scarf is Young Warrior Jing's love token to Miss Gongsun.
Then, Sir Han has already seen Big Sister Li?
[ I will be taking Junior Sister out of the palace.]
[Please give this letter to Junior Brother Jing. -Han Shen]
Your Majesty personally came to Luoyang. You could have sent a person in advance to inform me.
So I can go outside the city to greet you.
I am traveling secretly this time. I don't want the imperial censor to keep a record.
Really?
You should be very clear why I personally came.
Let us get to the point.
The States of Chu and Zhao both want you to become their official.
What is your decision?
What are you thinking? Do not pretend in front of me.
You are normally quietly submissive.
But in fact, are you not always waiting for a chance to make a comeback?
How about this?
I will give the order now to remove your 3000 retainers.
Keeping them here is useless anyway.
The retainers are a symbol of loyalty to me.
I cannot remove them with one order.
Since they are loyal to you, then they are useless to my Great Qin.
I will kill all of them now.
How about that?
I wholeheartedly support Qin
Although Your Majesty dismissed the minister duties,
I am absolutely not planning to take an official post in another country.
Your Majesty, please believe me.
If Your Majesty is worried that I will use the fact that I have so many retainers and privately make my own faction,
I will dismiss them and return to Qin alone.
I do not believe you.
From my understanding of you, wherever you are famous, that is where you can reap the most benefits.
You constantly curry favors.
Why would you willingly return to my Great Qin?
Zheng'er, you still do not understand?
You are my flesh and blood.
No matter how calculating and crafty I am, I absolutely will not abandon you and betray Qin.
I can swear by the Heaven that even if I have been scheming all my life and will plot for any kind of advantages,
through this matter, I already have figure out things.
I have lived this long. What else is there to plot?
Fame, fortune, army, power. Which one have I not enjoyed?
If I have any hopes left,
then I hope that you can rule the world and become emperor!
Do you understand?
Since it is like that-
Congratulations Lord Marquis for becoming the Chu Chancellor!
Wait, wait!
Congratulations, Lord Marquis for becoming the Chu Chancellor!
Congratulations, Lord Marquis!
We just heard the news and rushed to come congratulate you!
Wherever you go, we are willing to follow Lord to the ends of the earth.
We vow to follow Lord until death.
All of you. Where did you hear the news? Who said it?
Can you not see that the Lord is entertaining a guest? Get lost!
I am so sorry. We have embarrassed ourselves.
Go go go. Go Quickly.
Zheng'er! This was all a misunderstanding!
I do not know where they heard the news. It is completely false.
Alright, Lü Buwei.
It seems like I was still too softhearted.
For a moment, I was willing to believe you.
Why would you agree to return to my Qin and be insulted by me?
Zheng'er, listen to my explanation.
The matter just now was really a misunderstanding.
I will call them all in here to ascertain things in front of you!
Sikong Ma can be my witness!
I absolutely do not have any intentions to go to Chu State. You must believe me.
Enough! You do not need to waste more words.
I am very clear what kind of person you are.
I have made up my mind. As king of the Great Qin,
I cannot let you return to Xianyang.
I cannot allow you to become an official of the six states and harm the State of Qin either.
Since you have worked hard in the past, I can let you live.
But! From now on, you will be exiled. I will never see you again.
Zheng'er! Zheng'er! It is not like that!
Your Majesty, I am begging you to listen to my explanations.
Your Majesty!
Madame, rest early. I will leave first.
Qing'er, wait a moment.
What other orders do you have?
Qing'er, ever since I entered the palace, you have been taking care of me.
I do not have much to give you.
Take this hairpin.
No no no! Your things are too valuable, I do not dare to take them!
Take it.
If I do not give this to you now, I am afraid I will not get the chance.
Madame, what do you mean?
Go back and rest well.
Thank you, Madame.
Madame, rest early. I will leave first.
Eldest Senior Brother!
Junior Sister, hurry and change into this.
Okay.
Senior Brother.
Tianming! Mother is here!
Mother will take you out of here!
Do not cry, do not cry. Be good.
What is going on?
I heard the prince crying. For safety's sake, I came to investigate.
You always make a fuss out of nothing!
The prince is still young. Of course he would cry in the middle of the night!
The king ordered that to prevent the prince from being abducted again,
we must investigate any noise.
You have already investigated. The prince is fine.
You will scare him like that. Hurry and get out.
Let's go.
Junior Sister, it seems like after Tianming disappeared last time,
Ying Zheng sent more soldiers to guard him. I'm afraid it will be hard to take him out of here.
Then what should we do?
There is no time. Why don't we put down Tianming first?
You are telling me to leave Tianming behind and leave alone? I cannot. I will not leave.
Junior Sister! If you do that, I'm afraid that even we cannot leave!
Believe me. I will take him out again.
Believe me.
Between midnight and after midnight, the two shifts of guards will exchange.
The defense of our palace is most lax during that time.
This is our only chance to leave while no one is here.
Let us go.
Junior Sister. You cannot bear to leave Tianming?
If we leave like this, what will happen in the palace?
I thought about it.
Just thinking about it and I already cannot bear to be heartless.
We are just temporarily leaving Tianming here.
After everything is settled, I will find a way to come get him.
I have clearly ascertained the chamber guards' patterns.
Even if I came back repeatedly, nothing will go wrong. Believe me.
But...
Senior Brother.
You didn't tell anyone what I told you, right?
Ah, you are talking about telling me not to mention Tianming, right?
Do not worry, I did not mention him.
Thank you, Eldest Senior Brother.
You probably want to personally tell Junior Brother about this, right?
Mm. This way, it is very good.
It's just, he still does not know about Tianming yet.
I want them to meet face to face and then personally tell him the truth.
But now...I am worried that Tianming he...
You are afraid Junior Brother cannot accept this truth?
It is fine if Li Ji does not return.
If she returns, I surely must use this matter to my advantage.
Junior Sister. This is all in the past.
No matter how much I suffered,
as long as you are by my side now, this is all worth it.
From now on, I will not let you take half a step away from me.
I will use my life to protect you.
Even if they chase us to the ends of the earth, I will not let them take you away!
-Greetings, Young Sir. -Speak.
The Marquis of Wenxin has committed suicide!
What?! He is dead?
Yes. News came this morning that Lord Lü took poison to kill himself.
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