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The King's Woman
Episode 27
This letter was not written with Chu characters.
It clearly was Han characters...
When did I say that this letter was written in Chu characters?
It was your guilty conscience that haunted you.
It is then quite obvious that Tingwei Official has never seen this letter.
While you were falsely accusing Lord Han Fei then, you were quite full of reasons.
I only used your guilt to make you admit to your crime by your own.
Li Si, what else do you have to say?
I am being falsely accused! I am being falsely accused, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, I really am being falsely accused.
Li Si and Madame Chu connived to frame Lord Han Fei to get imprisoned.
Considering that you have provided merits to Qin, I will just punish you with fifty planks.
You must use your lifetime
of blood and sweat to repay what you owe to Qin!
Thank you Your Majesty for sparing my life.
You bitch! It was you who sent the poison and glass beads to Lord Han Fei to frame me up.
You caused me to get demoted to just a liangren, a level four concubine.
And now, I had to move out of Zhaode Palace and live in a place like this where you cannot even extend your legs fully.
Tell me! Who bribed you?!
What benefits did she give you?! Was it that Consort Li?!
Replying to liangren, I really did not do anything to betray you.
This matter has nothing to do with Madame Li at all.
How dare you! You dare to defend that witch in front of me?
And also, let me ask you. What does the death of Jing liangren have to do with me?
How come her death must be blamed on me too?
I think...it was you. It was you who did it.
You and that Consort Li has connived to frame me!
Today, let me teach you a lesson!
Stop!
What? You two have colluded today
to come here and mock me, is that it?
Consort Li, your evil plot has succeeded. You must be so happy now.
Chu liangren, calm down a little.
Calm down?
I just have to teach this bitch a lesson today.
What are you doing?
- Qing'er. - Here.
- Escort Han zhangshi back to her room. - Yes.
You dare?!
You dare leave?!
Chu liangren, you should know that I am trained in martial arts.
If I exert any force, I fear that you might not be able to bear it.
Stop causing trouble already. It will not benefit you at all.
Madame, please have some tea.
Is it still painful?
It will be fine in a little while. Thank you for Madame's concerns.
If Madame Chu will let you come to her room again, just tell me.
I will not trouble Madame to worry about my matters anymore.
These were all the fruits of what I sowed.
Actually, the glass beads that Chu liangren gave me is still with me.
Yes. That time, I was indeed instructed by Chu liangren
to use that fake letter to his family and frame Lord Han Fei to get imprisoned.
But...I really thought that His Majesty will just imprison him for a few days and then things will be fine already.
Never thought that things will turn out like how it is now.
Now, Lord Han Fei is already dead.
No matter how much I argue, no one is willing to listen to me anymore.
The thing that I regretted the most
was that Lord Han Fei was actually a good person.
If not because of me, he would not have died with grievances in Qin.
It is not only you who is responsible for the death of Lord Han Fei so you should not blame yourself too much.
Madame, what is wrong?
Does zhangshi have a habit of lighting scented incense in your room?
Scented incense?
Scents are quite expensive. Those are elegant matters that only a high ranking Madame can do.
Zhangshi, no way.
Junior sister, before I left the palace, Crown Prince Dan especially handed me this token.
He asked me to look for Lord Tian Guang.
Senior brother, just give me this jade pendant.
I will be the one to give it back to His Highness Crown Prince.
This matter finally has ended.
I had long not like that Madame Chu.
His Majesty just demoting her status this time and sparing her life is already showing her mercy.
Junior, do you still have any problems?
I just feel that everything that has happened in the palace lately is very strange.
What do you mean?
When Lord Han Fei committed suicide in prison by drinking poison, there surely were people who secretly handed him the poison.
The person who saw the lord as an eyesore the most
is Tingwei Official who was the one who falsely accused him.
That is why Madame Chu connived with Tingwei Official.
But looking at the result, Madame Chu and Tingwei Official
were not able to get any benefits from this matter at all.
Madame Chu even got demoted because of it.
But if you have to point out who really benefited from this,
it should be Lord Changping.
But from the start, Lord Changping did not seem to have plotted all these.
What you mean is...
I suspect that someone has borrowed the hands of Madame Chu to kill Lord Han Fei.
But I still do not understand who in this palace hates Jing liangren more than Madame Chu
and wanted her dead.
But...is it not that Lord Han Fei and Jing liangren died from the same poison?
That is right. But could that prove that all of these were done by Madame Chu?
Of course, all of these were just my inferences.
I keep feeling that there is still a secret behind all these that we have not discovered yet.
Anyway, Eldest Senior,
you must always be careful in your dealings here in the palace. There are too many people here and too many mouths.
I feel that there might be an enemy secretly hiding by our side.
You had handled this matter very well.
Compared to that brainless Chu liangren, it is unlikely that someone will suspect us.
Madame, you have overpraised me.
It was because Madame has such good foresight.
You have the right answer ready for any situation that is why this matter was able to be successfully completed.
I really am very impressed.
Han zhangshi, we only mutually used each other.
Just each taking what we need. You do not need to fawn on me.
What I promised you,
I surely will give you. As long as you control your tongue,
I will never treat you unfairly.
Yes, of course. May Madame be at ease.
That idiot Chu liangren most likely would have never expected
that it was us who exchanged the poison.
She and Tingwei most like are still at a lost on which aspect did they go wrong.
How did the poison that was supposed to be given to Lord Changping
got sent to the prison of Lord Han Fei?
Then...since the matter has already been successfully completed,
I...
I already said it that I surely will give you what I promised you,
a house prepared for you and your family and 3,000 liang of gold.
Oh, right, I feel that the Han state is not that safe.
It is better that you and your family reunite in Zhao State instead.
I have already appropriately arranged for everything.
Really? I will then go pack up my things now.
No, you can't. It is still not time.
What? I still cannot go out of the palace right now?
Lord Han Fei has just died and Madame Chu has just got demoted.
If you hurriedly go out of the palace now, will you not just let everyone suspect you?
Then...what should I do?
Just behave and stay inside the palace for now.
Once the attention on this matter has passed,
once His Majesty has stopped going after it, you can go out of the palace by then.
Now, just write a letter to your family to tell them that you are safe.
Yes.
Zhao State General Li Mu
233 B.C., Fan Wuji led the Qin army
from Shangdang, going across Taiping Mountain, and then attacked Chili and Yi-an of the Zhao State.
The Zhao commander Li Mu led their army to counterattack and gravely defeated the Qin.
General, the Zhao army has come and is bearing menacingly on us. We are suffering enormous casualties.
What should we do now?
Retreat!
Zhao State
Come.
Beautiful woman.
Respectfully greeting Your Majesty!
Li Mu, accept the decree.
Come, Your Majesty.
The commander of the northern borders Li Mu, is loyal, brave, and good in fighting. He has successively garnered military achievement.
- He did merit for protecting the state. He is especially being conferred the title of Lord Wu-an.
Thank you, Your Majesty!
Come, Your Majesty, eat one more.
Lü Buwei faked his death then so he will not be exiled to the Shu State.
He received my protection. And now, through his guidance, the Zhao Army was able to greatly defeat the Qin Army. The Heaven is really helping me.
Lord.
Thanks to the guidance of Lord, the Qin army suffered great defeat this time and their commanding general has escaped.
Right now, Ying Zheng surely is so mad and he will not dare to attack my Zhao again.
Using Li Mu to defeat the Qin is just the first step.
To help Prince get the throne, we still have a lot to do.
I surely will listen to all of the arrangements made by lord.
Your Majesty, since General Li Mu of Zhao got transferred from the norther borders,
he and the Zhao general in Handan formed a surrounding formation. I was useless and was not able to foresee this,
hence...
hence, we suffered successive defeats.
200,000 of my Qin men just got defeated like that.
The remaining 100,000 men had escaped. This is totally a great insult to our Qin!
Where is Fan Wuji? Tell him to see me!
Fan Wuji, he...
I want to see him if he is alive, his corpse if he is dead. Where is he now?
Replying to Your Majesty, the whereabouts of Fan Wuji is still unknown up to now.
I fear that he was afraid that he will be punished for losing the battle so he dare not return to Qin,
hence...these are just my inferences. I dare not make rash conclusions.
What?!
I already sent men to investigate the whereabouts of Fan Wuji.
If there will be any news, I surely will report it to Your Majesty.
This Fan Wuji...being so full of himself when he won battles and then escaping when he lost. Really a waste for me to trust his that much.
- Meng Wu! - I am here.
Spread my orders to send 5,000 Huben Army to chase after him.
If there is any news about him, no need to ask for orders, just kill him on site.
Carry his head to see me.
Your Majesty, although Fan Wuji ran away due to the fear of being punished,
his past achievements were all also for Qin. He is also one great general.
If I want to kill someone, do I still need to get your permission?
Forgive me for offending you.
I will carry it out right away.
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- Yan Dan? - Your Majesty.
Why are you here?
I am here to give you the 'Debate on Principles of Warfare' written by subject Xun. I have already read it.
Send it up here.
My army was severely defeated by Zhao. Fan Wuji deserted the army and escaped.
Yan Dan already heard about it while outside the room earlier.
Fan Wuji belittled the enemies and rashly proceeded causing the death of 100,000 of my men.
Tell me, should I annihilate the whole Fan clan?
Winning or losing is just normal in battles. General Fan have experienced hundreds of battles and has rarely suffered defeats.
Suddenly losing successively now, maybe there really is an explanation.
General Fan surely understands this principle.
General Fan escaping after getting defeated in battle indeed has broken some laws.
But he used to be a general that has been well-awarded for his military contributions and is quite famous within the military.
If his family gets killed just because of one defeat,
I worry that the military morale will get destabilized.
Moreover, right now, we still do not know if General Fan is alive or dead.
If he did not really escape due to fear of deaths but was actually gravely injured, hence, unable to return to Qin,
if Your Majesty will give out an order to kill his whole clan,
this matter will have no room to be reversed anymore.
You have been a hostage in Qin for a long time but you have never got involved in our state affairs.
I just casually asked earlier.
Why then are you defending Fan Wuji that much?
Could it be that you and General Fan have any private interactions?
You all leave first!
We all will take our leave.
Today, your royal father sent me a letter.
Crown Prince Dan has an illness.
I really miss my son and feel anxious about it. Yan and Qin has always had a good relationship.
No wars between us right now. How Crown Prince Dan can come back to our capital.
Yan Dan, you are the one who instructed him to do this, right?
How would I not know your real relationship with the king of Yan?
If your father really cares about you, why then did he just leave you here in Qin for so many years and not inquiring about you?
Tell me. When have I treated you unfairly?
If you have any intentions of going back to Yan, why did you not discuss it with me?
I treated you like a brother and a friend yet you instead asked the king of Yan, the person who has distanced himself from you the most, to send me a letter.
What do you want me to think?!
You letting me stay at Xianyang until now is exactly treating me unfairly!
Ying Zheng, you surely understand
that no matter how long we have met, whether you treat me as a brother and as a friend,
you still are the king of Qin while I am the Crown Prince of Yan.
No matter how good Xianyang is, it is not Ji City.
I do not want to be a hostaged prince of a foreign state forever.
I want to go back to Yan. That is where my true home is.
That is why...for so many years, you think I treated you as a hostaged prince?
I let you play chess with me, ride horses, and discussed about governance.
Enjoying blessings and enduring misfortunes together.
You think that is because you are the Crown Prince of Yan, is that it?
In your heart, are all these that I have done
just an act?!
You do not understand!
When the Qin army killed the citizens of my Yan state,
trampled the lands and villages of my Yan state,
over and over again yet I was unable to do anything!
Even happiness and anger, I am unable to express them.
Even if I have to cry, I must cry like a coward and hide under the blanket!
How was I able to live until now?
You see me as a friend but I only see you
as the enemy who killed my soldiers and citizens.
You see me as a brother but I so want to butcher you a thousand times
so as to seek revenge and get justice for my Yan citizens!
You are good.
It turns out..it turns out in your heart,
you have always thought that way.
Ying Zheng. You are right. I am also right.
The mistake is we are born as royalties.
If you are not Zheng, the king of Qin,
Chengqiao would not have been forced to rebel.
If I am not Crown Prince Dan,
I would not be living at Qin palace and can not return to my home.
If you, me, and Chenqiao are ordinary people,
we would have been just good brothers that met in the secular world,
There would be no need to hate and kill each other.
Let me go back.
Yan Dan!
Until a crow's head is white and a horse is born with a horn,
you can leave at that moment!
I already wrote a letter narrating your difficult situation right now.
Crown Prince can not stay in Xianyang for long.
Immediately send a person to deliver a letter to Yan State today.
If the horse speeds through the night, maybe it'll reach Ji city in a fortnight.
Ask Yan King to think of ways
for Your Highness Crown Prince to leave Qin State as soon as possible.
Grand Teacher, have to trouble you then.
Informing
Your Highness Crown Prince, the Qin king ordered the Chamberlain to lead a group of Huben army to the mansion.
They have arrived.
-Huben army? -Yes
Please
Greetings His Highness Crown Prince
You suddenly brought troops to burst into the mansion. What is the purpose?
His Highness Crown Prince, His Majesty decreed that the city is unstable recently.
You have an honorable status. To protect you from danger,
he especially sent me to lead a group of Huben army to guard your mansion.
In the future, everyone who goes in and out will be checked by my Huben army.
Ruan Qing. Approach and salute to His Highness Crown Prince.
Palace Guard Commander Yuan Qing of the Huben Army greets Your Highness Crown Prince.
Your Highness Crown Prince. In the future, officer Ruan will guard the safety and access of your mansion.
If you have anything, just tell him directly.
His Majesty wants to put me under house arrest?
Your Highness Crown Prince. I am only following orders.
If you do not have anything else, I will take my leave first.
I am afraid the letter to Yan King cannot be delivered.
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Mister soldier, can you accommodate a request of mine?
Can you let me carry this book into the palace to return to Madame Li?
I have orders that all mansion items, big or small, need to be inspected.
Unless it is a special case, nothing can go beyond the Crown Prince's mansion.
Officer. His Highness Crown Prince borrowed this letter from Madame Li for more than a month.
I'm worried it hasn't been returned for a long time. If Madame Li blames at that time...
What book is it?
Informing Lord, it is the Shijing, the Book of Songs. (Collection of Chinese poems)
Since this is an item owned by Madame Li, I will just take it back to the palace in your behalf.
Thank you for your troubles.
- Informing - What is the matter?
Huben army, Ruan Qing, seeks an audience.
Why did the Huben army come here?
Invite him in.
- Please come in. - Yes
Palace Guard Commander of the Huben Army Yuan Qing greets Madame Li.
No need for formalities. May I ask sir what you need from me?
Informing Madame, His Highness Crown Prince entrusted me to deliver this book.
His Highness Crown Prince?
The books that Madame Li lent to Crown Prince have already...
I completely forgot
His Highness Crown Prince previously borrowed my literary book and forgot to return it.
Thank you for your troubles to deliver it to me.
I am returning the book.
May I ask what literature did Madame Li lent to His Highness Crown Prince?
My place has many literatures.
Previously, His Highness Crown Prince borrowed a few Official Xun and handed it over to His Majesty later.
Afterwards, His Highness Crown Prince borrowed Mozi books.
I am already confused about it.
It seems His Highness Crown Prince likes to borrow this Shijing, Book of Songs.
He cannot help but make some markings on your book. Hope Madame Li will not mind them.
These books are supposed to be marked to begin with.
I do not mind.
I will take my leave.
Thank you for your troubles.
Madame, what is the matter?
Wasn't the literature that was borrowed last time already been returned to His Majesty?
Qing'er. Pass the order no one can enter.
Yes
- All of you leave. - Yes
His Highness Crown Prince gave this to me. What does he want me to do?
Why is it Shijing, the Book of Songs?
When the carriage items have fallen off,
have to call big brother for help.
Help
Dan
Leave
Qin
Your Highness Crown Prince, I and Madame Li are not intimate and connected.
Why do you believe Madame Li will help us?
I am not completely sure.
It's just over and over again,
Madame Li had many chances to slander Ying Zheng.
But she did not do it.
She is beautiful and highly intelligent,
really a wonderful woman.
I have always felt in great Qin Xianyang,
the person who can understand my sufferings the most is her.
Really?
Madame Li arrives!
Why did you come?
Greetings Your Majesty
Sit
It seems you have many concerns recently.
Your Majesty, you do not plan to reconcile with Crown Prince Yan?
In this place, everyone knows
you and Crow Prince Dan are like brothers.
You probably feel bad about the disputes this time.
When I ascended the throne back then, I was 13 years old.
Lu Buwei has the sole power. The court officials regarded me as nothing.
I am like a puppet king.
Only during after the court sessions everyday, when I have my studies
with Chengqiao and Yan Dan, those times when we go hunting,
will this usual loneliness in my heart be cured.
I remembered one time, I was scolded by father
and all alone hid in a corner.
Ying Zheng
Ying Zheng. I found you.
What is wrong? You are not happy?
I will take you to go play, alright?
I do not want to go.
We will go catch crickets. It is very fun.
I really do not want to go.
Let us go. Let us go
Yan Dan said to me it is not important who you are
What is important is what great things can you achieve.
Actually, I have been reflecting on those words.
I can see that Crown Prince Dan of Yan really
bears the loyalty of a friend towards you.
Yes, Yan Dan was affectionate and true to me from the start.
But that day, he told me
that he so wanted to butcher me a thousand times
and take revenge and seek justice for his citizens.
These also seemed to be true words from the bottom of his heart.
Your Majesty, does Crown Prince Dan of Yan really cannot go back to Yan?
Just like those steps. Your Majesty needs those steps to walk down.
Crown Prince Dan of Yan also needs steps to be able to go up.
Your Majesty,
- Why not Your Majesty just let the Crown Prince of Yan-- - Yan Dan is unlike his royal father.
The king of Yan is imbecile and tyrannical, hence, the people of Yan state are in destitute.
But Yan Dan is different.
He has a strong personality and is very knowledgeable.
If I easily allowed him to go back to Ji city,
I cannot guarantee that he will not completely revive the Yan state and then connive with Zhao and Qi.
Then the grand ambition of my Qin to unite the world,
I fear will need more grieving souls.
Li'er, no matter how much I treat him like a brother,
I am still the king of Qin.
What are those?
These are northern oranges from the palace to be given to His Highness Crown Prince.
- Send them in. - Yes.
Informing Your Highness Crown Prince, the palace has sent someone to deliver some northern oranges.
- Come in. - Yes.
Your Highness Crown Prince.
The person who came especially asked me to relay the message that these are northern oranges especially produced in Jizhou.
They are already ripe. May Your Highness Crown Prince eat them while they are fresh.
I know already. You can leave now.
Your Highness Crown Prince, our Jizhou area has never produced any oranges.
There must be some deeper meaning to all of these.
I also think so.
This is my jade pendant.
Was it Madame Li who sent that?
Last time, when Madame Li was abducted and taken out of the palace,
I let Guard Han take this jade pendant and ask help from Lord Tian Guang.
This time, now that I am in trouble, Madame Li returning this jaded pendant
means that she has already contacted Lord Tian Guang
and are thinking of a way to get me out of here.
Madame Li is a woman yet she has such courage.
She is indeed the granddaughter of the deceased Lord Gongsun from Puyang.
But Your Highness Crown Prince getting out of Qin is more difficult than going up to the sky.
Will those words really come true?
Right now, I will die whether I leave or not.
Why not just take the risk and give it a try?
♫ The night is slightly cold, the moon is indistinct. I raise my glass to the war casualties. ♫
♫ The flower falls as the wind blows; frost forms over one's brows. ♫
♫ My dreams are too long. They are difficult to forget. I keep thinking about them as I toss and turn in bed. ♫
♫ The rain falls on the window frame, knocking down two rows of tears ♫
♫ Recalling the past, they are like facades, only an empty scene. ♫
Lord Tian Guang.
Lord Tian Guang, we are back.
Let us take a look.
Lord Tian Guang.
Lord Tian, what is wrong with you? What has happened?
You two sit first.
Since Young Warrior Han visited last time,
I think that you two already know
that in reality, I am a strategist of the Crown Prince of Yan.
That is why...
I want to...
Lord Tian Guang, you have saved me and Lan'er numerous times.
These past years, if not because you assisted us in these
scary chaotic times, I fear that we might not even have survived.
Moreover, in my heart, I have long treated Lord Tian Guang
as an elder like my master.
If Lord Tian Guang needs my help for anything, just directly tell me.
Or else, I will feel that I am a failure.
Even Lord is not willing to trust me.
That is right, Lord Tian Guang. If you need our help for anything, just directly tell us.
This matter is too urgent. Honestly,
I indeed have one thing to ask of you two.
Lord Tian Guang, please say it.
Since Young Warrior Jing has already learned the Huluo Sword Technique that is known to be formidable worldwide,
I want to ask your help in rescuing someone.
Since you have already decided, we also do not have any retreat path anymore.
It is just involving Senior in this matter,
I really feel quite apologetic.
What words are those?
Who is it?!
Tomorrow is the agreed day.
If I am unable to return to Yan successfully,
I will then die here in Qin.
Protect his highness the Crown Prince!
Attack!
Really good, Crown Prince Dan. You actually devised an act for me.
Treating me like a monkey to play around.
- Li Zhong. - I am here.
Immediately send out the Huben Army and our elite troops.
Even if you are to turn over every piece of land, you must find him for me.
I will abide.
Remove all your head covers.
Those who will disobey will be executed.
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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. ♫