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The King's Woman
Episode 34
Let me use Lord Changping as an example
and analyze things for minister.
Lord Changping has been a left prime minister for quite a long time.
It is natural for a lot of people to envy him
and covet for his prime minister position.
But every time someone complains about him,
he would never get angry, stay relaxed,
and would never rush to explain things to His Majesty.
He even would just admit them and request to be removed from his position.
But the more he is like that, the more His Majesty wanted to make him stay.
His Majesty feels that he is truly loyal to him.
The more people hates him,
the more it means that he is not making alliances.
And Lord Changping has been a prime minister for so many years.
How is it possible that he does not really have any alliance of his own?
But he knows very clearly
that His Majesty is a very suspicious person.
He must preserve his fake neutrality.
He knows that His Majesty does not like Grand Queen Dowager,
hence, he deliberately maintained distance with Grand Queen Dowager Huayang
who came from Chu just like him.
Compared to Lord Changping,
I indeed was too hasty.
That is right.
Tingwei Official,
only when you really understand how the politics of the king of Qing works
will you have the chance to win.
Lord Tian Guang got injured just because of me.
I really do now know how I should situate myself.
Although Lord Tian Guang is injured and unconscious, his life is actually not in danger.
I already helped lord nurse his Qi and breathing numerous times for the past days.
I believe that lord will wake up very soon.
Your Highness Crown Prince need not worry.
For me being able to get rescued from danger this time
is all thanks to Young Warrior Jing risking your life to save me.
Young Warrior Jing, please accept my bow.
Your Highness Crown Prince, you must not be like this. I am just an ordinary citizen so I am not able to accept such grand respect from yours.
Young Warriors Jing is of noble character and unquestionable integrity. Please do not refuse my show of respect.
It was not only me who helped you this time. Also my eldest senior Han Shen,
and also...
General Fan and Qin Wuyang.
They all exerted effort and helped, hence, we were able to successfully make Xia Houyang withdraw.
Your Highness Crown Prince, please get up.
Young Warrior Qin, I still have not thank you well. I heard that you are the grandson of General Qin Kai of my Yan.
Grand, heroic, and good in fighting. After seeing you today, those fame of yours were indeed true.
Your Highness Crown Prince, you are being too courteous.
When I was younger, I was too passionate and reckless and committed a lot of mistakes.
I fear that what Your Highness Crown Prince heard are all bad rumors.
Young Warrior Qin, you are being too courteous.
General Fan, really have to thank you too for this time. This matter does not involve you in the first place
yet you really put your heart into it. I really am very grateful.
Your Highness Crown Prince, with our relationship,
this matter is something that I should do. No need for Your Highness Crown Prince to thank me.
General Fan, you really had it good, just living a life here like a leisure cloud or a while goose (very carefree).
Looks like you totally does not know about what happened in Qin.
What do you mean? You better explain it clearly.
You deserting the army so many days ago, the king of Qin initially did not pursue it anymore.
But do not know what happened a few days ago,
the king of Qin suddenly ordered the execution of the Fan clan.
What did you say?!
Subject Qin, do you have any proof about that matter?
It was at the casino, I heard some merchants from Qin saying it. I am guessing that the order was just given.
That time, we were all rushing to save His Highness Crown Prince so I did not mention it.
General Fan!
General, please contain your grief. Please calm down first.
Ying Zheng, that tyrannical king raised by a dog!
I must kill you!
General Fan...
- General! - General Fan...
Never thought that things will turn out like this.
General Fan will know about this matter sooner or later.
I instead suspect that something must have happened in Xianyang.
Your Highness Crown Prince, I still have a duty to fulfill. I will now take my leave.
Are you talking about the matter of looking for Marquis of Chang'an?
I actually know where Marquis of Chang'an is living now.
What?
May Young Warrior Han tell me why Madame Li is looking for the Marquis of Chang'an.
Madame Li has once met with Marquis of Chang'an while in Luoyang.
She knew that after His Majesty exiled Marquis of Chang'an, he really regretted it.
Now that things have happened so many years ago and that the Marquis of Wenxin that used to control the government has died,
hence, Madame Li asked me to deliver a letter she personally wrote to him, hoping it can convince him to return to Qin.
What if Marquis of Chang'an has no intentions of returning to Qin?
Madame Li also considered that.
That is why, His Majesty does not really know that I came here to Zhao.
If Marquis of Chang'an is willing to return, then it is two brothers having one heart,
a perfect ending. But if he does not want to, His Majesty also does not know about this.
Let us just treat it as Madame Li making unnecessary acts and she will never mention about this matter again.
Madame Li really make thorough considerations for Ying Zheng.
Yes.
Since that is the case, I will then repay the favor I owe Madame Li.
♫ 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. ♫
Why is Madame Li looking for Marquis of Chang'an?
Madame Li knew that after His Majesty exiled Marquis of Chang'an, he really regretted it.
Hence, Madame Li asked me to deliver a letter she personally wrote to him, hoping it can convince him to return to Qin.
If Marquis of Chang'an is willing to return, then it is two brothers having one heart, a perfect ending.
Madame Li really make thorough considerations for Ying Zheng.
Yes.
Since he was little, Ying Zheng did not have anyone who really treated him sincerely.
He also does not have any person he can trust.
Tell me, how is he treating you?
He is not treating me badly. I bore him a child.
I am going back to Xianyang.
♫ It is unable to be cut off. The more you try to reason it, the more confusing it gets. ♫
♫ The thing that you can't wave off is the parting sorrow that is rotating around your finger tip. ♫
♫ Love and hate endlessly cycles. My heart is uneasy. ♫
Is the king of Qin treating you well?
♫ The fate that was created in the past lifetime has changed to accompaniment in this lifetime. ♫
♫ Time passes unhurried time, unable to let go. I can't bear to part or forget. This love has not ended. ♫
Waiter!
Bring me one more jar of wine!
Waiter!
Brother Gao.
Drinking alone at night. Jing Ke, I thought that after your fighting skills greatly improved,
you will already have nothing preoccupying your thoughts.
I usually have no preoccupations all day.
I got tired of it. Brother Gao,
tonight, just let me have preoccupied thoughts.
Okay.
Who in this world has no difficulty?
It is just you drinking here alone...
is it not too lonely?
Come, let me accompany you.
Let us both have our thoughts preoccupied.
Happy!
Madame, I got sold as a servant since I was little.
After wandering from place to place, I got sold to Qin.
Being able to serve Madame is my good fortune.
I am guilty for not being able to take good care of you.
I let you suffer so many injustice and pains.
I also have served a lot of masters. But a person like Madame,
who does not even frown after suffering so much injustice and pains,
really makes me admire you a lot.
Actually, I am not that noble and lofty.
It is just that when I decided to save Crown Prince Dan,
I already expected an ending like this.
Madame, can I ask you a question?
We are already at this state. What else is there that we cannot say to each other?
Madame, why must you risk danger and save His Highness Crown Prince?
Maybe because grandfather has always taught me that
I must live in a chivalrous manner.
But Madame, you ended up like this.
I really cannot bear to see Madame suffering so many grievances and pains.
Qing'er, let me tell you a story.
Before, there was a young noble warrior that has just started to learn martial arts
and a young lady who just learned to use a bow.
One night, the two of them heard that
if they are able to climb to the peak of the mountain near their house,
they would be able to see that biggest,
roundest, and most beautiful moon.
But on their way towards there, they met a young man that was being chased to be killed.
Although they have never met him before,
they still decided to help him.
After the three of them successfully escaped danger,
they climbed up to that peak of that mountain,
and saw the biggest, roundest, and most beautiful moon.
Hence, the three of them made a wish to the moon together.
Today, we were fated to gather under the blue moon.
Hope that all of us will be safe, healthy, and our friendship everlasting.
Hope that the world will be in peace and have no more wars.
Hope that I can fully understand my martial arts teachings and improve my sword skills as soon as possible.
And be like Master, have strong sense of justice and help the weak, eliminate the evils for the people.
I hope that I can become a person that everyone will fear.
And with that, I can then protect any people that I want to protect.
Hope that all of them will never forget that night.
Forever be affectionate and loyal friends, assisting each other.
What happened afterwards?
Afterwards...the three of them went their separate ways.
Do not know if at present,
everyone still remembers that night.
Actually, all of these are not really what is important for the young noble warriors and the young girl.
What then is the most important thing?
Chivalry.
Chivalry?
Out of being chivalrous,
I felt that Crown Prince Dan should go back to his mother state.
Out of chivalry,
I treated Crown Prince Dan as my friend.
So I should not let him be in pain like that.
If Qing'er thinks that what I have done is so stupid,
I also have nothing to regret about.
I do not feel that Madame is stupid.
Whatever Madame does is right.
It is just that my heart aches for all these wounds on your body.
These wounds are just superficial wounds.
How can it compare to the wounds in the heart of His Majesty?
His Majesty trusted me that much
yet I hurt him like this.
Madame, do not worry.
I think that His Majesty will surely understand you.
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Chang'er...
You look so handsome.
You must not become like that royal eldest brother of yours.
He has a very bad attitude.
I am very afraid of him.
So afraid. Your Majesty?
- Is it Zheng'er? - It is me.
Zheng'er, you came to visit me?!
Such a huge Xianyang Palace,
but only Li'er comes to visit me.
Li'er?
Li'er treats me the best.
Always bringing red dates for me to eat.
And she will also sing for me to hear.
Where is Li'er?
Li'er committed a mistake. She got locked up
in Yongxiang Prison by me.
What mistake did she make that angered Your Majesty?
She lied to me.
The thing that I hate the most in this life
is people that lie to me.
Your Majesty, those that lie to fool you
are all people that love you.
I really do not understand.
If you love someone, why must you fool him?
Li'er is a good child.
Think about it. She lied to you.
Is it not she is suffering more than you?
My wounds are just superficial wounds.
How could it compare to the wounds in the heart of His Majesty?
His Majesty trusted me that much
yet I hurt him like this.
She just does not want you to worry so she has no choice but to fool you.
Me too.
If I do not love you, why then must I lie to you?
So what if you know about the truth?
So what if you do not know about the truth?
Is it not you are still going to continue living your days?
Your Majesty,
this world is not purely black or white.
You are looking at it too clearly.
Are you happy then?
You are happy?
Oh, you also are unhappy.
I know that you are unhappy.
Baby, do not cry. Do not cry.
My feelings for you is true. It is really not what you think.
Enough!
I will not believe you anymore.
Sorry. Sorry.
- Get lost. - Sorry.
- Leave! - Sorry.
Sorry...
Is it really because of love?
Brother Jing! Be careful! Be careful!
Why did you drink this much again?
Let me assist you to go inside your room.
Slowly. Slowly.
Be careful.
Be careful. Are you alright?
Brother Jing, hurry and drink some water. Drink some water.
Lan'er? Are you not in Wei State?
How come you are here?
Because I was worried about you.
I know already! It must be because I am drunk
so I fell asleep and dreamt of you.
Right?
You dreamt of me.
I thought that I already put it down.
I can...
already repay your kindness.
But I...
in my heart...
the person that I yearn for...
is still her.
Am I so useless?
- I am exactly an idiot! - Brother Jing!
What use do I have?
I am just an idiot.
You are not an idiot.
The real one who is an idiot is me.
I am an idiot...
The health of Grand Queen Dowager is not that good.
Yet I still have brought some miscellaneous palace problems to trouble you.
I really am sorry.
This time, if not because that Consort Li was really too arrogant,
and His Majesty directly locked her up in Yongxiang Prison, I also would not have come here to look for you.
It is also not your fault. Since that Consort Li entered the palace,
how many problems have happened here in the palace ever since?
Good thing that His Majesty is also bitterly disappointed on her now so we should grab hold of this chance.
We should used it well.
But after saying so many things, it is still my fault.
After entering the palace, whether it is about the queen position or having a descendant,
I had disappointed Grand Queen Dowager.
Ruo'er, you still have a chance. The inner palace is the battlefield of us women.
Whoever is standing until the end, that is the victor.
We will only know it at the end.
Do not worry. Just leave these matters to me. I have been enduring that Consort Li for so long.
This time, I will not let her off anymore.
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Lan'er?!
Lan'er, how come you are here?
Brother Jing, you are awake.
Sorry. Really so sorry.
No need to apologize to me. We just slept together.
But...you are an unmarried lady.
Sorry. I really drank too much last night.
How could I have done such an absurd thing?
No need to say it anymore, Brother Jing.
If you do not like me, I will just leave then.
Lan'er, I did it not mean it that way! Lan'er, I really did not mean it that way!
Brother Gao.
Jing Ke, was that Miss Ge Lan earlier? When did she come?
- You two... - Do not mention it anymore.
I drank too much last night.
Do not overthink.
Brother Jing, we all are people from the jianghu realm.
No need to pay too much attention on those practices and etiquette.
- You and Miss Ge Lan-- - Brother Gao,
Miss Lan'er and I are clean. It is not what you are thinking.
Forget it.
Since you are like this, it will also be awkward already if I continue talking about it.
Brother, I have something to talk to you about.
I will wait for you there.
Your Majesty,
I think that Madame Li fooled and lied to you and connived with our enemies to rebel.
This time, she connived with renegades and secretly escorted Crown Prince Dan of Yan out of Qin.
We cannot guarantee if she will not connive with the Yan state to attack our QIn.
Hope Your Majesty can punish Madame Li for the crime of rebellion.
Informing Your Majesty, I am against it.
Although Madame Li defied royal power, she is still a royal concubine.
We should not give her very grave punishment.
I think that Your Majesty does not really plan to detain Crown Prince Dan of Yan forever.
It is only that the time is not right yet to let Crown Prince Dan return to Yan.
If today, the real wishes of Your Majesty has been fulfilled, why not instead be magnanimous
and just demote the position of Madame and remove all her grants.
These are already enough punishment for her crime.
Your Majesty,
punishing her that lightly is like disregarding the laws of our Qin.
How can we become the ruler of the world?
Your Majesty,
Madame Li is a member of the royal harem.
I think that a matter about the royal harem need not be mentioned during official court sessions and let ministers discuss them.
But this time, Madame Li indeed connived with renegades and committed a grave crime of rebellion against our Qin.
Such a crafty and fawning person is actually serving by the side of the king day and night.
It really is making me very worried.
Your Majesty, I think that what Grand Queen Dowager said is so right.
For the health and safety of Your Majesty,
you should eliminate all people in the inner palace that is harming you.
Your Majesty!
What is your opinion?
I currently do not want to make any decision about this matter.
Tingwei Official!
I am here.
Did you not say before that Madame Li has intentions to rebel against Qin?
Then let me ask you now, how should I punish her?
About royal harem matters, it is hard for me to give any opinion about it.
Before, you were so full of reasons.
What? You had vented enough anger while torturing Madame Li in the Xiangyong Prison
and suddenly cannot say anything now?!
Royal Father! Royal Father!
Tianming?
Royal Father!
Why did you come?
I have not seen Royal Father and Royal Mother for quite some time already.
When will Royal Father take me hunting again?
Once you have memorized your books, I will take you hunting anytime.
Let us look for a quiet place and memorize a few lines for me, okay?
Sure. Royal Father must not get back on your words.
Let's go.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Not bad.
Quite good.
Yo, customers.
- Come, come, come inside. - Okay.
Slow down. There is a step.
Jing Ke,
what do you think of Crown Prince Dan of Yan?
I feel that His Highness Crown Prince is handsome like a jade, a brave and mighty hero.
Although he is noble being from the royal family, he is actually very down to earth.
I really admire him a lot.
That is good then. With our relation,
I will be direct with you then.
I do not hope for you to continue following Crown Prince Dan of Yan.
You do not understand, right?
Yan Dan indeed is very courteous and respectful.
But this person is actually very shrewd.
Since the fact that he was able to survive in the royal palace of Qin for so many years,
you would be able to see that his scheming skills are not something that normal people can imagine.
I kept feeling that his generous treatment towards you
is actually because he wanted to use you.
Brother Gao, you usually are indifferent to things and is very open-minded.
How come you have such prejudice against His Highness Crown Prince?
This is really unlike you.
Anyway, stop working with him already.
Listen to me. Do not go back to Yan with him.
Brother Gao,
forgive me for being unable to follow your advice.
I was asked a favor so I must do it until the end.
Since I already promised Lord Tian Guang,
I then must safely escort His Highness Crown Prince
back to Ji City.
I owed Lord Tian Guang my life so I cannot just leave like that.
Brother Gao,
no matter what you say, I will never abandon them.
I then can only warn you.
No matter what you encounter in this trip to Yan state,
you must forever remember what your Master has hoped for you,
that is do not disappoint the people of the world.
If you want to govern a country, you must first manage your household well.
If you want to manage your household well, start with self cultivation.
Those that wants to cultivate oneself must first correct one's heart.
Those that want to correct one's heart must first have utmost sincerity.
Tianming really memorized it well.
Your Majesty is intelligent and loves to study.
He is really the good fortune of our Qin.
Greetings Your Majesty
Tianming. Is it alright to let Zhao Gao play with you?
Go
Come, Prince Tianming
Your Majesty, I am done with the matter you gave me.
I have prepared a house in the countryside away from Xiangyang
and enough silver. As soon as Your Majesty orders,
Madame Li can leave the palace at any time.
Grand Queen Dowager and the ministers are all still inside the court waiting for Your Majesty.
Let them wait.
Grand Queen Dowager does not really like Madame Li to begin with.
This matter really gave her an opportunity.
Does Your Majesty really want Madame Li to leave the palace?
If she is not willing to stay by my side,
if I continue to bind her like this,
more people will just get hurt.
Is anyone around?
May I ask who you are looking for?
May I ask if this is the house of the Marquis of Chang'an?
Mother, who is he?
Even if Grand Queen Dowager was also at the court
and she suggested that Consort Li should be punished heavily,
His Majesty still kept defending her.
That is right. Even Grand Queen Dowager already came out this time.
But I heard that today at the court,
Tingwei Official was silent about our stand of going against Madame Li.
His Majesty even called him out to ask him.
He even said that this is a matter concerning the royal harem so it is not proper for him to interfere.
He really passed the buck so cleanly.
When the tree falls, the monkeys disperse. That Li Si
saw that I already lost power so he immediately changed direction.
Greetings Chu liangren.
Which palace are you from? Why did you come to see liangren?
Informing liangren, I am here to relay a message from Madame Li.
She hopes that you can go to Yongxiang Prison and see her.
She currently is someone who is about to die.
Why then is she asking me to go there?
Fine.
Shangyi, accompany me to go there.
Madame Li,
you especially sent someone to relay a message to our liangren this time.
- Hopefully it is not because you find our slaps not enough last time. - You...
I asked sister to come so I surely will not waste her time.
Where is she?
If you want to say something, quickly say it.
My mood today is not that good.
I fear that if I see your face, I might not be able to contain myself and will write some words on it to vent my anger.
Do not know if liangren has previously heard of a story between a prince and a daughter of a marquis.
This prince was originally not of the direct legitimate blood line.
He and a daughter of a marquis were in love.
He previously promised this marquis daughter
that if he ever become the crown prince,
he surely would make this rich daughter his crown prince's wife.
And then?
The mother of this prince eventually became the favorite of the king.
The king removed the previous crown prince from position and conferred this prince as the new crown prince.
After this prince became the crown prince, he realized that there were so many beautiful women around him.
He has long forgotten his promise towards the daughter of the marquis.
Consort Li, what really is it that you want to say?
Sister, do not rush. My story is about to end.
This daughter of the marquis that got abandoned by her lover
bore hatred and grudges and connived with the previous Crown Prince to regain the throne.
Their first step was
to be married into the most powerful royal family in this world.
Could it be that she married into the Qin royal palace?
The person who you are talking about is Mindai?
Let me ask you one last time. Do you admit or not
your crime to rebel against Qin?
I really will implement the torture then.
What are you doing?!
If you dare touch her again, I will immediately have your life!
I have long guessed
that you stayed here in my Qin just for your personal desires.
As long as I am alive, I will not allow anyone to bully Li'er.
You said earlier that your father is called Ah Qiao, right?
Your Majesty punished Madame Li for helping Crown Prince Dan of Yan escape
but it was Madame Li who asked me to go to Zhao and look for Marquis of Chang'an.
Ying Zheng, listen wll.
I am going to take her away! You are not qualified to be her king!
Stop him!
Let him leave!
I already am not qualified to let you stay by my side. Letting you stay here in Qin
will only let you suffer more.
Royal Father, for me to have successfully escaped form Qin this time,
it all thanks to these warriors for risking their lives to help me.
Come, come, everyone, for these young noble warriors
and for my Dan'er, let us drink everything in this cup.
Li'er will never be yours.
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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. ♫