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[Episode 7]
What you once did to your most beloved...
Your favorite son already knew.
So?
He is, after all, my flesh and blood.
From now on, I...
I'll acknowledge this son of mine openly.
You only realized his value when you almost lost him.
Your Majesty, you've neglected him for over ten years.
You now expect that half-Charmer in him to act sensibly?
Or the half-human part of him?
Nanku Ming Yi!
Don't act ignorant.
In the palace, the human part of him might pose an even greater threat.
I mean well by advising you to take caution.
I've wanted to ask you...
Yong Yin Hall is a restricted area in the palace.
No one dares to mention it.
How would Sheng know about it?
I do not know.
Sheng fell ill soon after I punished He Ge.
You and your son bear a grudge against me.
A grudge?
That maid who knew about it all...
Who fed the Heart Wrencher to her?
Who sealed off Yong Yin Hall for Your Majesty?
Everything that you refuse to do and even think about...
I did it for you. I thought about it for you!
Yet now, Your Majesty doubts me?
The attendant's confidential report stated that
it was Great General Muru's son who led Prince Sheng to Yong Yin Hall.
Muru Han Jiang.
Even if you trust Great General Muru...
Don't forget about the prophecy that Ling He Qing has foreseen.
Gifts bestowed by His Majesty.
To congratulate Prince Sheng's recovery.
By His Majesty's oral decree
Prince Sheng is to nurse himself to health as soon as possible.
The hunting trip is just around the corner.
Prince Sheng.
You're not to trespass into the Sword Chamber without permission.
Prince Sheng!
Your Highness.
Your Highness!
Qin Ming, step out.
Yes!
Please lock me up in Yong Yin Hall with Mother.
Afterwards, no more hatred will be stirred up because of me.
I won't allow it.
Why?
You've done no wrong.
Why would I have you grounded?
Has Mother done anything wrong then?
Yin Rong!
What happened to you?
Your Majesty...
I'm one of the Charmers.
My physical form came into being out of my love for you.
Love is everything to me.
That stab in my heart...
It's over between us.
I'll bid you farewell.
We're never to meet, ever again.
I only hope that you'll treat my son well.
Don't let him become like you when he's grown up.
Yin Rong!
Since you still miss Mother, why won't you visit her?
Are you annoyed at me?
Father had wanted to kill my mother.
I've only said a few words.
You can't even tolerate that?
That is all you will dare to utter!
What else can you do?
All right now.
Sooner or later, you'll understand what it's like in the palace.
Does it mean that much to be an emperor?
In pursuit of power, do you have to be so ruthless?
Ruthless?
It's the same with everyone.
If you wish to attain something, you're sure to lose some.
Then there must be something wrong with this world.
Think of matters that are of use to you.
What is of use to me?
Turn your ideas into power so you can influence others!
Allow everyone to live and prosper!
That is... of use to you.
Excuses.
You only said that to make yourself feel worthy!
Sheng...
What nonsense is it that you think about?
Have I been too lenient to you?
You're clueless about the people's sufferings!
Enough.
Stop thinking about other matters.
Just get ready for the hunting trip.
I won't do as you wish.
- What did you say? - I won't do as you wish--
Who taught you to be so rude when talking to your father?
Have you been spending too much time with some people?
Stay away from me.
Anyone who comes near me is jinxed.
You're not going on the hunting trip?
The hunting trip?
It's just a different form of bullying the weak.
How is the prey any different from people like us in the palace?
If you don't like being in the palace, you can leave.
- Leave? - Exactly. The world is huge.
What's the fun in being cooped up in one place?
How do we get out of here?
Here's one ready-made.
Nanku Qi, you're late.
I've spent a bit more time writing it.
A bit too long.
The Muru family holds military power.
How hard can it be to spread rumors about them?
Do you have to take that long?
I have to make it seem real all the more because of how easy it is.
Thankfully, Your Highness had carefully described
your wife's usual tone in her letters.
Muru Shuo plotted to assassinate His Majesty during the hunting trip.
He wrote to inform my wife in advance to stay away from the trip.
Unfortunately, I happened to stumble upon this letter.
I place righteousness before family.
If the other arch princes still refrain from sending troops
to take down the Muru family...
that wouldn't make any sense.
Your Highness is indeed wise.
You shall surely achieve greatness.
Now... we'll just have to wait for Mister Mo to strike.
Without His Majesty, without Muru Shuo...
the world...
What will happen then?
All I ask is for Your Highness to remember...
the Nanku family.
Indeed.
How could I possibly forget about the Nanku family?
You seem to be unwell.
It will take two more days before we get to Deer Mountain.
I've specially hired craftsmen of the Wise tribe to add another wheel.
I spent quite a sum on it.
It's still just as bumpy.
You'd better sit more comfortably.
I'll take you to meet Ming Yi.
Ming Yi will arrange for you to meet His Majesty.
However...
you must also do what you promised me.
The surname of Muru shall soon vanish from Novoland.
The sooner, the better.
You're not to whine about hardship when you live with me in the future.
When do we get to leave?
We'll have plenty of chances along the journey.
The weather outside the palace is really nice.
The autumn hunting trip of Tian Qi!
The Muyun Silver Army is in charge of guarding the hunting ground this year!
What the Muru family is capable of, we can do it as well!
Can we not?
- We can! - We can!
What are you snickering at?
I just find it strange.
You're a woman but you had to act like a man.
I refuse to accept it! Why can't women do what men can?
From now on, he's my slave fighter.
He will fight battles for me.
I am Shuofeng He Ye.
I'm the warrior of the Shuofeng Clan.
I am a king!
Women in our clan can do this as well.
I thought you're a lot more capable than this.
Guards!
Take him away and hang him up!
You lost.
What are you laughing at?
Just you wait.
Are you going to get back at me?
Muyun Yan Shuang, just you wait.
In the future, I'll make you my queen.
You like me?
Men of the Shuofeng Clan always get the women they want.
Guards!
Untie him and lock him inside the cage.
Yes!
The rivers out here flow so differently from those in the royal city.
There are many more that you'll find different.
We've been out here for almost four hours.
We can get some rest first before we set out.
How are we going to eat this without ivory chopsticks?
I'll have to eat much more!
Dragging someone like you along with me, I'll be worn out.
I'm looking forward to what awaits me in the future.
I don't think I've ever been so happy.
Should we make a run for it?
Our horses can't outrun theirs.
Step back. Leave this to me.
Forget it!
I am a Muyun.
He has to obey me.
Muru Shuo greets Your Highness.
Your Highness.
You've had enough fun.
Please head back to the palace.
Must I?
- You must. - Why?
That's the rule.
What if I refuse to head back?
What are you doing?
I'm arresting the criminal who abducted Your Highness.
Muru Shuo!
How can you pin such a crime on me?
Take him away.
Muru Shuo!
He is your son!
He dared to abduct Your Highness.
I don't have such a son.
He is my friend! He helped me.
He didn't hurt me!
Your Highness, you're still too young.
I command you to release him.
The Muru family upholds law and order in this world.
We'll severely punish whoever breaks the law.
Forgive me for disobeying you.
General Yu.
Present.
Escort His Highness back to the palace.
Your Highness, after you.
Crave war, and we shall perish!
Be unprepared for war, and we'll be in peril!
The hunting trip is a military drill!
It's to remind us that our ancestors of the Great Duan Empire
once attained this sovereignty fighting on horseback!
Draw your blades!
- Draw your blades! - Draw your blades!
Auntie.
His Majesty is valiant!
How admirable it is that Auntie gets to accompany His Majesty?
In the previous hunting trips, He Ge would join us as well.
Thank you, Auntie!
You gave me a chance to witness such a magnificent sight.
It's actually because she's also here.
You're worried about losing to her, so you made a fuss to join us.
How could you possibly like being out here in the wilderness?
Who knows how she convinced Prince Lu to bring her along?
She's so manipulative.
- Muru Shuo. - Present.
With a son like yours, we can both rest our minds at ease.
Your Majesty.
I've already locked up Muru Han Jiang, who abducted Prince Sheng.
- We won't discuss that today. - Yes.
Let go of me!
I wish to see my father!
What is the matter?
Father, please give orders to release Muru Han Jiang.
Great General Muru set him up.
He's innocent.
I've learned of this matter.
General Muru did well.
Muru Han Jiang is guilty of abducting a prince.
Your Majesty, you refuse to release him?
I can't.
I wanted to leave. Great General Muru lied!
He was right to do so!
Why do you want to leave?
Because you're in the palace!
One harmed his wife for his sovereignty.
One harmed his own son for his reputation!
The both of you...
You're ruthless and cold-blooded!
Shut up!
I am half a Charmer.
Father must be ashamed of me?
Father...
I am also ashamed of you.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty.
Calm down.
Father, you drew your sword at me?
What are you going to do?
Father, when you drew your sword at me...
what were you thinking?
Prince Sheng!
You will kill me?
When man turns against man...
When they resort to violence...
Their thoughts at that moment...
What exactly are they?
Prince Sheng!
Your Majesty, should I send someone to keep an eye on him?
Leave him be.
Your Majesty!
Get someone to keep an eye on him.
He hasn't fully recovered.
Yes, Your Majesty!
- It's you! - It's you!
You fool! Why do you always get caught?
Aren't you the same? They always get you.
Did they hurt you?
I'm not as badly hurt as you are.
I'm all right.
Who is he?
What is it? Do you know him?
He's not human.
How would you know that?
Who exactly is he?
Duan Empire's Prince Ning Rui.
Muyun Sheng.
There's a descendant of the Charmers in the human's royal court.
Interesting.
How interesting...
Greetings, Prince Lu.
Greetings, Your Highness.
Su Yu Ning, this is for you.
These wild flowers blossomed all over the mountain across from us.
They always get trampled by us during every hunting trip.
But they always grow back.
They blossom throughout all four seasons.
I think that you'll like them.
Very much.
Prince Lu!
Where did you pick these flowers from?
I'd like some as well.
I can pick them myself.
As long as Your Highness takes me there.
If you like them, I'll get my servants to pick some for you.
Miss Yue Li, you won't have to go there personally.
Prince Lu.
Miss Su is destined to become an empress.
Does Your Highness approach Miss Su
because you wish to become the heir apparent?
It doesn't concern you.
But Su Yu Ning has to understand why others approach her kindly.
She shouldn't assume that she's very likable.
The ladies of the Nanku family are indeed impressive.
Definitely.
Your Highness only realizes that now?
So impressive that you should be kept at arm's length.
I approach Su Yu Ning because she is indeed likable.
Is Prince Lu as likable to His Majesty as Prince Han is?
You are all to step out.
Yes.
Su Yu Ning!
I haven't said that you can leave.
I can leave as I wish.
I don't need anyone's permission.
Do you dare to strike back? You're not the empress yet.
Do you think that Han Jiang isn't after your destiny as the empress?
What if he has the ambition to take the throne?
Please don't make such speculations.
Whoever becomes the next emperor
you'll have to give him up to me.
Otherwise, I'll tell everyone that
you met Muru Han Jiang before you entered the palace.
I'll let His Majesty and the empress know
just how much that boy from the Muru family
wanted to get close to the future empress.
Would you really be happy if you had to spend the rest of your life
with someone you don't love just to be an empress?
You're pretending to be considerate of me?
- I don't believe you. - Stop it!
If you hit me again, I will strike back.
- You're bluffing. - I'm not.
I don't believe you!
I'm sorry.
You'll succumb to me?
I had intended to put up with it.
Qin Ming.
You're well aware of the places His Majesty has visited
in the hunting palace recently.
Your Highness, I made all the arrangements.
Good.
I have a small favor to ask of you.
I'm too flattered.
Your Highness, please command me as you wish.
Where will His Majesty be tomorrow night?
I hope that you can inform Mister Mo in advance.
Your Highness, Mister Mo is...
I don't have to explain it to you, but there's no harm in doing so.
Mister Mo is a family friend of the Nanku family.
He has an important matter to report confidentially to His Majesty.
I understand.
Go ahead.
I take my leave.
Mister Mo.
I have already done what you asked of me.
As for what you promised me...
Do rest assured, Your Highness.
Not only will Prince He Ge be greatly assisted in Lan Prefecture
but the princes of Yue and Wan Prefectures are also my close friends.
Should the day come to anoint the crown prince
all arch princes of various prefectures will put in a word for Prince He Ge.
That's good to know.
Since Mister Mo is the leader of a chamber of commerce
recommended by Master Nanku and He Ge
I'll help you seek audience with His Majesty.
However, I wonder how your chamber of commerce is related to
the one in Wan Prefecture.
Mister Mo, do not impose on Her Highness any further.
I'll report such matters to Her Highness on your behalf.
I take my leave.
Uncle.
You don't look well.
Serving the emperor can be quite upsetting.
Be sure not to lash out at His Majesty.
He sent He Ge away.
Hold it in.
The more I put up with it, the more I'm bullied.
What is the palace?
It's a cage.
What is locked within the cage?
The most ferocious beast.
You've already fought your way through and become the empress.
You can only keep going.
Once you consider backing down, you'll only end up shattered.
Should you displease His Majesty
not only you, but the entire Nanku family will be implicated.
When you feel too aggrieved, talk to A-Shan.
Although she's a useless servant
she's been by your side since you were born, so she can be trusted.
If you're unhappy, you must speak to someone for comfort.
If you bottle it up, you'll only get sick.
If only I could see you more often.
There's no rush in it.
Once our surname becomes the most influential one in the royal court
and the Nanku family can no longer be wavered
we can easily get whatever we want.
Miss Yue Li, you cannot trespass into the empress's tent.
- Auntie! - Miss Yue Li!
Grandfather.
Why have you behaved so impertinently since entering the palace?
What has your father taught you?
It's best for me not to linger.
I'll get going.
I've recently received fish maw from Mighty Ocean's King of the Oceanides.
The quality seems fine.
I'll have it delivered to the palace for you when I get back.
Take some daily to calm your nerves.
Thank you, Uncle.
I've acted recklessly. Please punish me, Auntie.
What is the matter?
Auntie, look!
Su Yu Ning already dared to hit me.
When she ranks higher in the harem in the future
will I be able to survive?
Auntie, please save me!
She hit you without any reason?
It seems that you brought it upon yourself.
I've advised you not to pick on her. You simply refuse to listen.
Auntie!
Why would you help an outsider?
That's enough. Leave now.
Don't pick on her again.
Why?
I have my reasons for keeping her.
Auntie, you believe in that prophecy?
Whoever marries her will become the emperor?
Auntie!
Prince He Ge was already demoted to Lan Prefecture.
Regardless of how you schemed, Prince He Ge doesn't stand a chance.
Get out! Who do you think you're talking to?
You're not to enter without my permission!
Auntie!
I did wrong! Empress!
I know that I've done wrong!
Your Highness is lonely in the harem.
May I visit you often to chat with you?
Who did you say is lonely?
I am! I'm lonely!
I wish to chat with Your Highness!
I'm an empress. I have to chat with you?
Your Highness, I know that I've done wrong!
Please spare me this once!
- Wu Ru Yi! - Present!
Drag her out.
Make her kneel on the pebbled ground for two hours.
Without my summoning, she is not to see me!
Yes.
Stop following me around.
His Majesty has decreed.
I am to watch over Your Highness.
Stop following me.
I've finally found you.
I'm sorry.
I promised to take you away.
- Yu Xin Ji. - Present!
Untie them.
This concerns the safety of His Majesty.
Forgive me for disobeying your orders.
You really can't untie them?
- I really can't. - Yu Xin Ji.
Does nothing I say mean much anymore?
I'm His Majesty's Royal Dragon Guard.
My duty is to keep His Majesty and the princes safe.
In terms of crucial matters
please forgive me for using my own judgment.
Can I not command you to carry out orders that don't concern my safety?
I shall then be at your disposal.
Tie yourself up.
We're on the run.
You're so happy about it?
I'm truly happy.
Faster! Can you keep up?
Sure!
From now on, you'll have to lead such a hard life.
It's not too late to turn back now.
Why are you smiling?
I'm very happy.
I've never been happier.
You're using the Bone Chiller Sword just for this?
I'd really like to see the expression on General Muru's face if he saw this.
General Muru isn't related to me.
He doesn't have to care about me.
You know General Muru?
Not only does he know him, but they are very close.
That's his father.
Your surname is Muru?
I am just Han Jiang.
Muru Han Jiang.
What's the matter with you?
I'm just...
I happen to recall stories about a few people.
Long, long ago, on the prairie of Han Prefecture
there was a young warrior.
That man was Shuofeng Da.
Shuofeng Da was unlike any other lords on the prairie.
He treated his people equally.
He would share the best meats with the elderly and the young.
When faced with danger and humiliation
he would always stand right at the front.
He also had a beautiful wife.
Her name was Longge Dan Zhu.
She was the best woman in the world.
If they were out hunting together...
she could hunt independently.
If the clan needed to be cared for
she would be the first to wake up and the last to go to bed.
On her face...
she always wore a friendly smile.
When she was troubled...
she would never mention it to anyone.
She was also the best mother in the world.
How I wish I could meet them.
You can never, ever meet them.
Why not?
It's because...
they are all dead.
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