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[Episode 50]
I slept for too long.
In a day...
mornings are my favorite.
Why?
Because I get to see a man grow from a child into a warrior.
One moment, I'm still worried about him.
But then the next, I'm in awe of him.
As the Iron Wielder's woman...
you'll never be let down.
The Iron Wielder will have a child soon.
My Zi Yan...
I'll give you the very best.
Tell me what you want.
I'll bring it all to you.
Watch out for Shuofeng He Ye.
Don't let him overtake your honorable reputation among the clans.
It's been years since the Shuofeng Clan killed your people.
It's about time you let it go.
We're now allies.
The lives of my people...
How can I just forget about them?
If someone kills me...
will you let him off as well?
You should forget when you have to.
Our five clans are now one alliance.
Which clan doesn't have past grudges against one another?
If we were to bear past grudges...
we'd have conflicts within the alliance.
Then we'd remain a heap of sand.
Trampled at will by our enemies.
Iron Wielder, you're right.
I've been petty.
- My lady. - My lady.
Eat.
Have you heard from the mining team?
They discovered an ore vein and have marked it down.
My lady, can the mining team return to get some rest?
Don't bother. Let them excavate the area on the spot.
However, the mining team has been away from our main base for half a year.
That was why I had them take their families along.
There are the Helan Clan's cavalrymen guarding us as well.
The sooner they get it done, the safer it is.
Yes!
The Suqin Clan?
You're all engineers?
Ignore him!
Weakling!
Where is your main base?
Are all of the Muru cavalrymen women now?
Why don't you just kill us outright?
Our blood shall light up the path to our holy shrine in death!
God Pandar...
He is waiting for us!
Don't you dare forget...
the rules of North Continent.
You mustn't kill women.
Or children who aren't tall enough to reach a horse's back!
A woman...
How much ration will she eat up in a day?
Pa!
This is the list of officials that Your Highness asked for.
It's just that I don't understand why Your Highness suddenly asked for it.
I'd like to get to know them.
Is that not allowed?
What exactly is Your Highness going to do?
His Majesty clearly can't handle the state affairs anymore.
Your Highness, do you not realize what you have done?
I've done nothing wrong.
But I did hear quite a lot of sins uttered upon the royal court that day.
Your Highness, are you going to seek revenge on these officials?
If you insist on saying so, I'm not bothered to explain.
Consort Yin Rong is already dead.
So is Miss Pan Xi.
Punishing them for it can't make up for anything.
They didn't have to die.
I despise you.
If others forced your mother to be killed...
If your father was humiliated
would you put up with it?
My parents are long dead.
They starved to death.
Even though I can't put up with their deaths
I don't know who to seek revenge on.
Your Highness.
If you're born of an ordinary family
you'll only harm yourself by acting selfishly and willfully.
If you're born of a wealthy family
it is your family that you harm by acting selfishly and willfully.
If you're born to a family of emperors, but act selfishly and willfully
you'll harm...
the entire nation.
- Yu Xin Ji. - Present.
What sort of a nation is it that you wish for?
Everyone gets to eat.
Before people die from hunger
they won't leave their children on the steps of wealthy families.
However, that day upon the royal court
I heard every thought in their minds.
None of them care about this at all.
That's why I think that some have it all.
But they know no limit to their desire.
Since it's hard to tell the good from the evil
and the right from the wrong
we'll leave it to the people to judge and differentiate.
I want everyone to know of the secrets these officials conceal.
I want them to know who actually let the people down.
Your Highness, is it really the people whom you care about right now?
This is the teaching of the Muru Cavalry.
From the moment you wield a blade to kill
you should know that you will also die under a blade.
I hereby offer these words to Your Highness.
I'd like to see
just how badly a person has to be bullied to still put up with it!
If my woman were killed
and my mother had to be humiliated even after her death
I'd be sure to make everyone know that I have never been kind.
My father still refuses to see anyone?
Crown Prince, I'm sorry.
His Majesty still refuses to see anyone.
However, Master Yuan has many stories in his mind to tell His Majesty.
I'll arrange a seat for Your Highness!
Don't bother.
I'll come again tomorrow.
Yes.
Master Yuan Hai Qing.
You were the one who exposed that my subordinates are freeloaders
who covered up taxes on salt?
You seemed to feel wronged.
Muyun Sheng...
He came into my manor.
When I woke up in the middle of the night
he was staring at me, right in my room.
He took me away.
I just followed.
He took me to His Majesty's quarters.
He made me talk.
Fortunately, His Majesty refused to see anyone.
Muyun Sheng wouldn't give up.
He then took me to restaurants and tea houses.
Brothels...
He made me talk there.
I did.
I said it all.
Take your own life.
Write a letter before you die.
Just claim that you've gone crazy.
I just acted as the regent, so I can't afford to be disgraced.
No! I'm not the only one who was charmed by him!
Master Qin was also--
How many people has Muyun Sheng approached?
There are seven that we know of.
His Majesty trusts us so.
He put the Duan Empire into our hands.
Our good days are just about to begin.
Men...
We must learn to cherish such luck.
Good days should be spent well.
Yes, I understand.
Muyun Sheng must not live.
I'll get this done right away.
Tell me...
How should I draw snow?
White.
How should I paint white on white paper?
If all else is back, then the snow will be white.
You've served me for such a long time.
But I can never remember your name.
Xi Liu.
Your Highness often calls me Lan Yu'er.
Xi Liu?
A name as pretty as a painting.
Yet I still can't remember it.
Your Highness has kept too much on your mind. You shouldn't.
There's too much black around you.
The snow would seem dreary.
Do you know that I can read minds?
I'm no one of any importance.
Your Highness need not listen--
Why?
Someone said that you terrify everyone.
Only when evil changes for the better can people lead a good life.
The people only cared about their own lives.
They would rather not know of the power struggle within the palace.
Now that they do
it's just like children who witness their parents arguing.
They feel only panic.
They said that if Your Highness doesn't exist
then there can finally be peace.
It seems that you're also doing this for the people.
Let her leave.
Let her live.
Let her see what true peace is.
Yes.
Prince Sheng!
I am but the smallest pawn in this game of chess.
Wei Ping Residence will no longer be safe.
A few days ago, Father refused to see Yuan Hai Qing of Salt Trade.
He suddenly died of lunacy.
Father, you've missed out on many good stories.
Father, if you still refuse to see this man today
you'll regret it.
Fifth-rank official of the Provisions Division, Qin Ru Jing.
My father's decree to send out rations was directed at you.
May I ask if you've sent out the rations to Great General Muru?
I--
You need not tell me!
This concerns Great General Muru.
It's best to say it to my father!
Your Highness, however many times you're here or whoever you bring
His Majesty won't see them.
Your Highness, you should head back.
I've already told you.
His Majesty won't see you.
It's all right.
I'll wait right here.
Father.
Sheng.
Come up here.
Wu Ru Yi!
Stay right there.
- I-- - The empress...
She doesn't need to know which people I've seen.
I wouldn't dare to inform her of such.
Convey my decree.
Qin Ru Jing embezzled the rations and jeopardized the army.
Hand him over to Commandant-protector of City Guards
Muru Han Chuan, to do as he wishes.
- Spare me, Your Majesty! - Yes!
Spare me, Your Majesty!
Spare me, Your Majesty...
There are still many interesting stories in the royal court.
Would you like to hear more of them, Father?
Sure.
Now that I have nothing to do, I'll have a lot of time on my hands.
It's perfect for listening to stories.
Sure.
Young Master!
His Majesty didn't say that you can kill... kill me.
What is my surname?
Muru...
Men of the Muru Cavalry are fighting a bloody battle out in Han Prefecture.
Yet this man has embezzled the rations!
He has jeopardized the safety of 20,000 men in the Muru Cavalry.
Now...
I'll surely treat you well!
Draw your blades!
Hack him to death!
Yes!
Get him!
Father...
His Majesty still has us on his mind.
As long as you can pull through this temporary adversity
it will all get better from here.
Muru Li.
Get some rest.
Conserve our energy.
Yes.
We have three times as many men as those in Han Prefecture.
We just need to provoke them into answering our call for battle
and we'll be sure to win.
General, our swift riders have discovered five or six enemy camps.
They have come out to hunt.
The heavy snowfall has sealed off the routes.
Helan Tie Yuan might also be running out of rations.
If not, he wouldn't take such a risk.
That's good.
I don't think they can hide much longer.
However, those people of Han Prefecture have quite the courage.
None of them revealed where their main base is.
We've been scouting around with their heads for two or three days.
Helan Tie Yuan still didn't take any action at all.
Great General, will this method really work?
It will work!
The people of Han Prefecture can't tolerate humiliation.
Once they see the corpses of their women and children...
What?
they will surely send out their troops.
What did you just say?
I've killed women and children!
You...
Say that again.
You can despise me all you want.
The bad reputation that comes with the lives I've taken...
I will carry it for life.
I, alone, will carry it.
In war...
don't we have to win?
The rations are running out.
Will you have the warriors of Muru starve to death on the prairie?
Which one of you has a better way to provoke those clans into attacking us?
Do you?
Muru Han Shan!
Hand over your official seal!
Father...
It's on the battlefield that you see what a man is made of.
You have disappointed me greatly!
Han Shan!
Han Shan.
Your father was just caught in a fit of anger.
I'll prove that I haven't done anything wrong.
I didn't let him down.
I never did!
Change shifts!
Suqin Zi Yan of the Suqin Clan beseeches the Iron Wielder
to send the troops to take on the Muru Cavalry once and for all.
When I was 15 years old, I witnessed my people slaughtered.
I made an oath then...
Never again would I allow the Suqin Clan to be bullied.
It took me five years to gather all my people from across Han Prefecture.
I trained them into the best combat engineers.
I led them into crafting the most remarkable weapons of North Continent.
I found you for their sake.
The strongest wings on the prairie.
I thought that I had kept to my oath.
But it turns out...
After so many years...
my people are still being killed wrongfully.
Iron Wielder...
I rely on you wholeheartedly.
Please avenge me.
Iron Wielder, you're scared?
Has Shuofeng He Ye... What has he told you this time?
Don't you dare forget.
Shuofeng He Ye is in charge of the alliance of the five clans.
Not you, Helan Tie Yuan.
Other than me...
all the other lords would talk to him first.
The true Iron Wielder in everyone's mind...
It isn't you.
My Zi Yan...
Your armor is too heavy.
Take care of yourself.
I might be your woman...
but I have not forgotten that I'm still the Lady of the Suqin Clan.
Zi Yan!
You haven't let go of your grudge against Shuofeng He Ye.
Before I married you...
I also killed your people.
Did you forget that as well?
I didn't.
I hated you at the same time...
that I fell in love with you.
I wanted to go on with life as it is.
I wanted to spend my lifetime galloping with you across the prairie.
The snow has stopped falling.
But winter in Han Prefecture is here.
It is also winter for the Muru Cavalry.
They are also running out of patience.
The heavy snow has sealed off our transport routes for rations.
Tie Duo has gone in search of new ones.
She should be back soon.
I'm waiting to undo the magic spell to let her into the camp.
Did she go alone?
Why don't you go and fetch Tie Duo back for me?
Do you have any water?
The rivers are all frozen.
I could only eat snow along the way.
I'm so cold that my heart feels chilled.
You came especially to fetch me?
I was out to find golden jade.
You really came out here to pick golden jade?
Yes, I'm out here to pick the pebbles.
Might as well...
fetch you too.
Those are the warmest words I've heard in years.
So silly.
You don't like it?
I'll be more stern.
I can become whatever you like me to be.
Do you believe in that?
Don't go wandering around again.
The Muru Cavalry is out there hunting down our people.
It's dangerous.
We'll all be in danger if I don't find new routes to transport rations.
Only I know the routes around Han Prefecture the best.
It's troublesome to take anyone with me.
Who are you to say that you know your way around the best?
When I was little, I often went looking for you everywhere.
As for you...
You shouldn't have come to fetch me.
You have to keep yourself safe.
Everything that I do, and all that I do for my brother...
It is all for the sake of looking up to you as our king.
I really did come out here to pick pebbles.
Let's head back to the camp.
I also brought back some good news!
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