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The King's Woman
Episode 16
How about this? It is rare for us to be together.
Brother Jing and Big Sister Li, why don't you two spar?
Little Sister Lan'er, aren't you trying to embarrass me?
In this year, what chances do I have to use a sword?
I have gotten rusty.
Junior Sister, do not worry.
Let us use the swordplay we came up with. if you forget, I will remind you.
Brother Jing! You are so strong now! You must spare Big Sister Li!
How about you cover your eyes?
How could that work? Then I would be bullying my Senior Brother.
How about this? I will cover my eyes too.
Okay! How about you use this silk scarf?
When I see this silk scarf, I think of many things from the past.
Junior Sister, only after you left did I understand
why you once said that you hoped we could hide away
and ignore the jianghu realm.
In this chaotic and warring time, we cannot live for ourselves.
Senior, I hope I will not harm your future.
I do not care. Whether I have the sword manual or fame,
they are not as important as you.
Senior Brother, you and I are no longer the Jing'er and Li'er of the past.
♫ The way you look at me is filled with love. ♫
Big Sister Li!
♫ It is also a scar I am unwilling to remove. ♫
♫ The road is long. My heart has chased him afar, ♫
♫ but who is the first one to forget? ♫
♫ How could I be satisfied with being unable to see through this? ♫
♫ My empty tears are tied down and are unable to be released. ♫
♫ What to do? Even if I turn around, I am destined to be alone, ♫
♫ but I do not demand forgiveness. ♫
♫ I look across the mountains and rivers. My yearnings for you are true. ♫
Miss Qing, I do not believe a single word you just said.
My Lord! I...my words are all true!
I will not yield!
Oh, you won't yield?
Fine. then I will have you yield today. Men!
-My Lord! Do not! Please spare me! -Begin!
I am innocent!
Madame Min has arrived!
What are you doing?
Madame Min, why have you come here?
Zhongchang Attendant, the Yongxiang is still within the territory of the Qin Palace.
I did not escape the Qin palace, correct?
Yes.
Are you torturing a servant from the inner palace?
This...
Men! Bring Miss Qing down!
-Hurry! Let her down! -Yes!
Let her down!
I am on orders from the king
to investigate Madame Li's escape from the palace.
Investigate?
I instead feel like you are torturing a prisoner.
Miss Qing has as tough mouth. I had no choice.
-I had to- -Zhao Gao, this matter is still a mystery.
If you rashly use such heavy torture,
if Madame Min was abducted
or framed by others, when the king returns,
are you not afraid that the king will punish you?
This...
The king is on his way back.
If you do not want to lose favor due to this matter,
I think you should just stop here.
Yes.
Alright. You can all leave.
-I will take my leave. -Yes.
-Qing'er. -Madame Min.
Thank you for saving me!
Qing'er. The king is on his way back.
If Madame Li stays missing,
I am worried that you will still suffer.
Madame Min! I really do not know!
I really do not know where Madame is!
Qing'er!
Eldest Senior Brother, here!
What is the news like?
I heard that Lü Buwei committed suicide.
Really?
It should not be false. The news is spreading very quickly.
Luoyang is a mess.
They fear that the king of Qin might set his eyes on them and punish them as well.
A lot of people are escaping from Luoyang.
Lü Buwei is powerful and rich. All the states are fighting to have him.
Why did he choose to die?
I heard from Luoyang
It seems that the King of Qin gave him a secret order to transfer to the Shu state.
After that, he lost all hope and committed suicide.
I'm thinking the poisonous wine must have been granted by the King of Qin himself.
The king of Qin is cruel.
No matetr how ambitious Lu Buwei was, he did wholeheartedly serve Qin.
He kills as he says... it's so detestable.
Yes, I heard about that too. The King of Qin is especially cruel to his enemies.
He does not differentiate between old, weak, woman, or child and will cruelly treat all of them.
Little Sister,
what's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything?
With my understanding of Yingzhen, he's not that kind of person.
Even though he's troubled by his own parentage,
Lu Buwei is still his father by blood.
Yingzhen is still gracious to him.
It seems the rumors are true...
Lu Buwei is really...
Even if that is so, Yingzhen killing his own brothers is still a fact.
For a person who would even kill his own brothers, how difficult is it to kill his father?
Those brothers were actually the illegitimate children of Consort Zhao and Eunuch Lao Ai.
They really weren't close to yingzhen.
It's just... Yingzhen has been controleld by Empress Dowager Zhao and Lu Buwei since he was a child.
Queen Dowager Huayang is also a person that is scheming.
Yingzhen has never had someone by his side who could genuinely raise him.
He also doesn't have anyone he could trust.
I see now that you've been by Yingzhen's side for more than a year,
you understand him more than anyone else.
Younger Brother, Little Sister is just telling us what she witnessed in the palace.
There are so many rumors circulating that they must be exaggerated to this degree.
No matter what, Lu Buwei cannot return to Qin State.
This can't be bad for the peace of the six states.
Right?
I was too talkative. If all of you do not want to hear what I just said,
treat it as you have not heard anything.
Originally, everyone came to eat a good meal.
I ruined the mood. I'm really sorry.
No. Elder Sister Li. Do not overthink. Do you not like to eat the dishes here?
Eat some more. Here.
Thank you Younger Sister Ge Lan.
Who guards Madame Li's chamber?
It is me.
Come. Pick up the sword.
I obey.
Why are you giving it to me?
I want you to use this sword to take your own life.
I...
I..Your Majesty, spare my life! Spare my life!
I will execute seven generations of your family!
Your Majesty!
Do it!
This person not only was negligent of his duty in guarding Madame Li,
He dared to resist my order publicly. Kill his whole family.
Dismiss!
- Men - Here
Zhao Gao
I am here.
Pick up the sword.
Your Majesty, spare my life!
I am aware of my crime. May I be bold
Because of Madame Li's matter, I have led the palace people to search the harem
and torturing the servants. There are not any clues so far.
Your Majesty, please believe me.
My heart and inner organs are already burning with anxiety.
If my death can make Madame Li to return, I am willing to die many times.
Stop speaking nonsense! Pick up the sword!
Your Majesty, forgive me for being daring. Zhongchang Attendant head the internal affairs of the inner palace.
These days, I haven't been in the palace, so he's been here alone.
If you execute him over this matter, perhaps it will be even more difficult to find Consort Li.
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What Li Zhong said makes sense. I will spare your life today.
If you can not find Madame Li, give me your head!
Thank you Your Majesty for showing mercy.
I will definitely follow your order and bring Consort Li back safely.
Younger Sister Lan'er
Elder Sister Li
Why are you here? You are not with Brother Jing?
Because I have not seen you for a long time, I want to chat and reminisce with you.
The two of them walk very fast. In a few seconds, they already left together.
It is better to accept deferentially than to decline courteously then.
All these years, you have been traveling with Warrior Ge and seen many heroes.
I do not know if there is any young hero who have captured your heart.
Why are you suddenly asking about this?
As they say, when a man or a woman are already grown up, they should marry. One's older sister is like a mother.
As an older sister, it is natural I care about you.
I...do not want to marry anyone.
You are still young. How come you do not want to marry someone?
Could it be your heart already has someone?
I...
Lan'er. If you have something to say, there is not any harm in saying what you think.
I have always regarded you as my closest younger sister. I hope you can be blessed and happy.
Although I have someone in my heart,
it does not matter his heart does not have me.
Just being able to be by his side often,
look at him, and care for him is sufficient.
Because I know he has decided to be with someone else in this life.
So I only wish for him to be blessed and happy. I am satisfied.
Why are you so foolish?
When you originally entered the Qin palace to protect Elder Brother Jing, it also seemed very foolish to others.
I understand. Really.
A rabbit
Lan'er. Don't worry. You like Senior Jing so much. I won't let you wait a lifetime.
Junior Brother. People monitor Junior Sister everywhere. She can not speak freely.
She was just temporarily venting yesterday. Do not take it seriously.
I just think she is not the same as before.
She is not as cheerful as before.
It seems like she is hiding something from me.
I do not know. Although she has returned,
I feel uneasy.
Li'er has been in the palace for more than a year. She has experienced many events. Of course she will not be the same as before.
Just by being in the palace for a year, has she forgotten about Puyang's grudge?
By staying next to yingzhen for a year, does she no longer consider him a tyrant?
I do not understand how.
Li'er has her own difficulties.
I believe she will tell you when the time is right.
What difficulties does she have?
Elder Brother Jing. Elder Brother Han
Look. I finally caught a rabbit.
Not only is your martial arts good, you are also adept at hunting.
Is it alright?
It is getting late. Let us find a place to make a fire.
Alright. Let us go.
Trash! Idiots! It has been all day! She still has not been found!
Your Majesty, this afternoon, General Meng already led 1,000 elite troops to search the 300 miles border between us and Wei.
Five hundred troops are also stationed outside of Xianyang to search.
I will have someone report to you as soon as we have any information.
I do not believe
Madame Li is the kind of mother who will abandon her child.
She endured humiliation and bore the heavy load here in the palace. Not leaving any moment from day to night
Because of Tianming, it is impossible for her to quit like this,
unless someone abducted her.
If she left the palace on her own, it must be intentional
so she did not take Tianming away.
- Li Zhong. - I am here.
Have someone constantly watching over the wet nurse and prince.
Anyone who enters or exits must be your personal investigators.
The Qin palace is heavily guarded.
I don't believe she left alone.
If she could, she would have run a year ago.
Your Majesty means... someone secretly escorted her out?
Yes. And this person is likely someone from within the palace.
It is really good we can reunite. The most beautiful things in the world
are most likely just those.
Lan'er sister, do you remember the day we pledged to be sisters?
Of course I remember!
That was the first time I met a sister who was my senior but similar to me.
I was so elated!
I was also. I grew up with my brothers,
and finally met a cute and smart sister like you.
I also consider myself very lucky.
Little sister, you must not forget about me.
What are you talking about? We're never partingv again. I wouldn't be able to forget even if I wanted to.
Yeah.
As long as we miss each other and look up to the sky,
we gaze upon the same moon.
I believe the moon will convey all the longing to the other person.
Right. I received some news earlier.
Tehre are already troops departing from Xianyang to investigate.
That means this place isn't far from a military base.
The troops must arrive soon.
We must leave this place soon.
Yeah.
If that's so, let's hide out on Taihan Mountain.
My father has a small training home there.
It may be small, btu it's excellent for practice.
Tanhan Mountain is especially beautiful during this time.
I can also hunt for you to try some of the wildlife!
What do you think?
That idea is pretty good.
We can sustain ourselves with the mountain's resources.
We don't need to appear in the rest of society.
Even if the Qin army had godly abilities, they still wouldn't be able to find us.
We could avoid trouble and practice.
It sounds ideal.
What do you think, Little Sister?
I'll decline going.
If Elder Sister doesn't like that place, we can go to another one.
Li'er what are you thinking about?
I want to return to Xianyang.
What? You finally got out; why do you want to go back?
Li'er, we exhausted everything to finally reunite.
And you say you want to go back?
There's something I didn't tell you.
Yingzhen and I had a child.
- Little Sister-- - Elder Brother!
What are you saying?
My son is named Tianming.
As her mother, I must return to the Qin palace.
I'm sorry. I deceived you all.
Yingzhen... Yingzhen to you...
I want to kill him, I want to kill him!
You cannot kill him! He's the father of my son.
A child cannot go without a father.
So you're Yingzhen's woman now.
Are you thinking on his behalf in all respects?
No wonder you keep speaking on his behalf and defending him.
Have you forgotten about our bloody grudge and Master's will for us to protect the realm?
I haven't forgotten. I haven't forgotten about any of Grandfather's will.
It's just...
It's just I'm not filial.
I cannot fulfill Grandfather's will.
Get out. Get out!
Elder Brother Jing!
Take care.
Sister Li! Sister Li! Sister Li!
- Little Brother, calm down. - Sister Li! Sister Li! Don't go!
Sister Li!
Sister Li!, why must you return to the Qin palace?
For my child. For Elder Brother, I cannot not go.
I don't understand! Even if it's the king of Qin's child, we can bring him out!
Brother Jing will definitely try, and I will help you take care of him!
Lan'er. You have your destiny and I have mine.
Remember no matter where we are, we gaze upon the same moon.
Isn't that so?
I'm not letting you go, Sister Li.
If there's anything bothering you, tell me. We can help you resolve it.
Tell us! What troubles you?
Lan'er, I'm leaving.
Do as I say and continue bravely, don't worry too much.
I will forever wish for your happiness.
Promise me, okay?
Elder Sister!
Elder Brother Jing, Elder Brother Jing, Sister Li really left; hurry and chase her!
Hurry!
So you already knew she had a child with the King of Qin.
Little brother, it's not as you think it is.
What am I thinking of then!?
Tell me what it is!
I...
You've been deceiving me too... you made me yearn and hope...
Give me back my yearning and my hopw! You've all been deceiving me!
Little Brother, calm down first. I'll find Little Sister.
Little Sister!
Little Sister.
Why did you have to deceive him?
Truthfully, when I left the palace, I already decided that I must return.
What?
If we run now, Yingzhen will definitely pursue us to the ends of the sea.
With the current power of Qin, doing that is definitely not a challenge.
But my child Tianming...
He has to be in isolation for the rest of his life.
That kind of life
is too cruel for an innocent child.
You still thought further.
Then... do you plan on holding this back from Little Brother forever?
Tianming is his son.
With Elder Brother's personality, if he knows that his own son is in the Qin palace,
he would definitely save the child even if it meant dying.
You and I know clearly how dangerous it is for an outsider to enter the Qin palace.
In addition to bringing a child out! But if we stop him,
not being able to see his own son...
Wouldn't that be living a life worse than death?
But now he's misunderstood you. You have to endure al lthe pain.
One person bearing the pain is still better than having everyone share it.
Elder Brother, after I left the palace this time
I actually understand something now.
What is it?
Lan'er... she likes Elder Brother Jing a lot.
Lady Lan'er has traveled around the world with Warrior Ge Nie since she was little.
Her personality is very generous and bright.
If she could be with Elder Brother Jing,
she could help him master the sword technique.
Isn't that a good thing?
And Elder Brother Jing's desire now is to fulfill Grandfather's wishes.
If he knew about Tianming's existence,
it will only make him worry more and make him weak.
Elder Brother,
promise me. You will definitely not let Elder brother Jing know of the truth.
Little Sister, I thought bringing you out of the palace was a good thing.
I didn't think it'd make you suffer more.
Regardless of what you said, I knew of Lan'er liking Little Brother Jing
But I thought...
I thought this was just the destiny of certain people.
Sorrowfully loving someone; it's fine even if the love isn't reciprocated.
It's enough so long as you can stay by that person's side.
If someone inside the harem is helping Madame Li go out of the palace,
that person will also be out of the palace now.
- Old Meng - Here
Go and investigate who among the people in the young mansion and in the inner palace has been absent for these past days.
Yes Lord
Also, Xiao Bai,
Go and investigate the chamberlain troops and royal guards.
I understand.
This Madame Li spoiled our good plan before.
We have to use this chance to teach her a lesson.
Let us go.
Junior Sister! Junior Sister!
I am returning to the palace alone.
I believe Ying Zheng will not harm me.
Eldest Senior, please do not ever return to the palace.
If you care, look after Senior Jing on my behalf.
That is sufficient. Do not miss me. Li
Inner thought that Marquis of Wenxin is this easily discouraged.
My Chu has already offered him the Lingyin position but he was not even moved by it.
But just a thin written decree from His Majesty, he committed suicide out of shame.
I really did not expected this.
His Majesty has announced to the public that any retainers who had any interactions with Marquis of Wenxin must leave Qin.
Those people who have previously received the protection and good graces of Marquis of Wenxin leading them to have power and noble status
are now all scared, worried, and feels unable to survive one more day.
The connections that Lü Buwei has made in his lifetime can be said to have been severed already.
What is important now is we have to make a new close connection here in the royal court of Qin
so we can preserve our Chu's interest.
How about left prime minister Chang Pingjun?
I remember that is he not born from the Mi and Xiong families of Chu, the son of the former king?
Chang Pingjun?
He was born here in Qin and raised in Qin.
Although he is a descendant of the Chu king, he has no affection with our Chu at all.
After coming here to Qin for so many years,
he never asked me about any news or history of Chu.
He is not someone we can win to our side.
Oh, right, how about that newly appointed Tingwei Li Si?
I saw in the appointed order that he is from Chu.
Li Si?
Li Si previously was a retainer of Marquis of Wenxin.
When he suggested the expulsion of guest ministers before, he had garnered the trust of His Majesty.
Since Marquis of Wenxin cannot return anymore, let us make our move on this Li Si then.
I understand. I will send someone to check him first.
Okay.
Tell me. What did he do to you?
He didn't mistreat me.
Madame Li has been favored by His Majesty.
His Majesty came to Madame Li's palace again tonight.
I want to return to Xianyang.
We exhausted everything to save you, and you want to go back?
Yingzhen and I had a child.
I want to kill him. I want to kill him!
You cannot kill him. H'es the father of my son. A child cannot go without a father.
So you're Yingzhen's woman now.
You're constantly thinking for him aren't you!?
Brother Jing, I know that saying anything will not console you.
But I feel that Sister Li sacrificed herself to enter the Qin palace
and then went through all kind of difficulties just to come out to see us,
she surely has some predicaments that she cannot tell us.
No matter what predicaments are, they are not important.
She did not choose me and chose to return by the side of the king of Qin.
Just that decision is enough for me.
Brother Han.
Junior brother.
Brother Jing!
Why did you still come?
Li'er asked me to take care of you.
I am not a kid. I do not need you to take care of me.
Junior brother...
No matter what you are thinking, everything that Li'er did is for your sake.
I do not believe it.
If she is really like what you are saying, that everything that she is doing is for my own good,
why will she not tell me the truth then?!
Could it be that compared to the king of Qin, she can trust the king of Qin more?
Does she not know what kind of person I am?
Senior, you have entered the palace for more than a year.
Could it be just to protect junior?
What do you mean?
Reporting!
Informing Your Majesty, Madame Li is back.
- Don't come near! - Hey...
Do not fight.
Fengyi, His Majesty has orders. Madame Li cannot be tortured.
What are you being nervous about?
I have not taken out that torture equipment of our Qin yet.
I was just instructed by Queen Dowager Huayang to teach Madame Li about the rules of the royal harem.
Your Majesty, I've brought the criminal Han Shen over.
One among the two of you is lying.
Who is it?
Say it. Who really is lying?
Okay. Since it is like this, I will assume that it is Madame who lied to me.
Now, Guard Han, will be punished for the crime of abducting a royal concubine.
- Men! - I am here.
Confine Madame in the inner palace.
Without my permission, no one can visit her.
I will abide.
Stop right there.
Lord, what do you need?
- Is Madame already sleeping? - Madame is already sleeping.
Go now.
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♫ 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. ♫