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[Episode 47]
General.
You asked me over just to look at this?
General, yesterday around midnight, the lock came off on its own.
Prince Sheng...
How long have you served under me?
General Yu, it's been eight years and two months.
How long have you guarded Wei Ping Residence?
Since Prince Sheng was sentenced to captivity
I've been stationed here.
The Muru Cavalry is out killing enemies in Han Prefecture without any fear.
You were given this simple task here with me.
Have you lost your courage?
I would rather kill our enemies at the battlefront!
Why?
We serve under General Yu because you're bold and forthright!
We'd rather spill our blood on the battlefield than guard a Charmer--
Shut up!
You're not to offend your superior!
You've served at Wei Ping Residence for such a long time.
When have you ever seen Prince Sheng hurt anyone?
Don't become one of those gossipers who slanders him at will.
Do you hear me?
General!
What's strange about this?
General, as Prince Sheng walked out
he picked up some pebbles and scattered then around
and this pattern appeared.
He just randomly scattered pebbles?
What did he say?
He said...
From now on...
stay as far away from me as possible!
You are all dismissed.
General Yu!
Go now!
No one is to speak of this matter.
Yes!
Your Highness.
Have you mastered magical powers?
If you wish to call this magical power, then it is.
To me, it's just a matter of seeing things for what they are.
I still hope that Your Highness will keep yourself under control.
Don't alarm the common folk.
I am at the mercy of everyone else.
Who terrifies the other?
What a good day and great scenery.
You drugged Muyun Sheng's wine?
Don't ask about it.
Don't even try to take a guess.
If you say it while sleep-talking and His Majesty hears
you'll be damning yourself once I get into trouble.
You're useless.
Don't talk to me like that.
He Ge was the one who acted recklessly.
He forged the royal decree, so who would dare speak up for him?
Only if His Majesty finds him useful can he be released from captivity.
Why didn't Muyun Sheng's wine kill him?
It's because...
we had to take out that Charmer he kept by his side.
What about now?
He's still alive.
You must have him killed?
He Ge was also born in June.
His Majesty only remembered to visit Muyun Sheng.
Whether He Ge lives or dies, he's never once asked about him.
That's your only reason?
Isn't that good enough?
I've forgotten.
Women never seem to think quite the same as men.
Muyun Sheng...
He must die.
If I were to plot the murder of a royal prince
I'd be gambling away the lives and future of my entire household.
You're scared?
Muyun Luan.
You're not really helping me just for my sake.
You are after that throne.
Since you began to have that ambition
have you cared about those lives in your household?
Who's there?
Your Highness, please forgive me!
I checked in advance and no one was around!
I'm a lady-in-waiting, Zhen Liu Zhu. I was just chasing a butterfly.
I didn't hear a word.
I didn't see anything.
Wu Ru Yi.
Send her away.
Yes.
Thank you, Your Highness!
Your Highness--
That throne...
I can't help you take it.
But I have a way to stop you from getting it.
Is this how... you repay my affection for you?
Empress...
I've forgotten.
The bolder and more vicious a woman is, the lonelier she really is.
She has no one to rely on.
How sad it is to see you so.
Throw her into the lake.
Yes.
How do you kill someone without getting blood on your hands?
Get someone else to do it.
If you have someone else do it, it's easy to get blackmailed.
There's another method that's better than having someone else do it.
Tell me about it.
Father, haven't you noticed?
The higher someone is in his status
the less likely he is to take action.
He just needs to give orders.
The even more remarkable ones hardly have to say a word.
They just use their brains.
Once everything is figured out, what's so hard about killing a person?
It's just using the love and hatred buried deep in our hearts.
Even between lovers, or fathers and sons
when love is too intense, greed and desire arise.
If there's greed and desire, then there's fear.
With fear...
Then comes the intent to kill.
You just need to know how to incite it.
What's so hard about getting someone to kill?
Father, therefore, I think that playing one against the other
is much better than arranging someone to kill for you.
You...
You've improved.
Father, I was just saying.
I only meant to show off in front of Father to cheer you up.
Father, is this Purple Night agilawood incense to your liking?
It smells...
quite ambitious.
It's incense, after all.
What you smell from it... is always what you have on your mind.
I've taken in your words.
I'll need you to help incite some murderous intention.
As you wish, Father.
As for Han Prefecture...
we should get it done quickly.
Whenever His Majesty gets into a panic, he grabs on to his lifesaver.
Muru Shuo.
He's been so since he was a child.
Your Majesty...
You certainly are a softie through and through.
Why can't we see even a bit of the Muyun family's thirst for blood on him?
Tell me. If he loses Muru Shuo, will he burst into tears?
I believe that such a show would be very enjoyable to watch.
Father, you'll be able to witness it very soon.
Mentor.
Prince Han, you've delivered the rations to us personally.
Subject, Muru Shuo, is grateful for His Majesty's benevolence.
Muru Shuo! Receive the oral decree from His Majesty!
"Muru Shuo!"
"I had wanted to ride and fight alongside you in Han Prefecture."
"We'd kill and trample the rebels under the hooves as we chatted merrily."
"That would have been such a great joy in life!"
"However, on second thought, that might steal your limelight."
"Fight a good battle for me."
"I'm giving you meat!"
Yes, Your Majesty!
Mentor, please do rise quickly.
Mentor, the troops transporting the rations will arrive soon.
The sacrificial meat was sent straight to your tent.
I feel guilty.
Before I set out, His Majesty specifically reminded me
to tell Mentor to rest assured and not panic.
His Majesty knows that
the people of Han Prefecture are valiant and skilled in combat.
It won't be easy, so Great General only needs to focus on the war.
He will ensure that all military supplies are provided.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
His Majesty has not forgotten the oath made between
Emperor Taizu and the ancestor of the Muru family.
Even in defeat, he still trusts the Muru Cavalry to such an extent!
How should we repay such trust?
Unless we annihilate the rebels
we will be too ashamed to return to the royal court!
Draw your blades!
- Draw your blades! - Draw your blades!
Prince Han.
General Muru invites Your Highness to his tent to discuss an important matter.
The rebels appear frequently within the radius of 36,000 square kilometers
between Scarlet Cloud Mountain
Northern Plains, and Thunder Blaze Plains.
They have us contained and we're now exhausted.
All tribes in Han Prefecture rely on hunting for a living.
Their people and horses can get food as they travel.
Now that there's a snowstorm raging on
hay for livestock has frozen and prey has decreased in numbers.
This is a great time for us to launch an attack.
In order to prevent the rebels from stocking up resources
the best approach is to find out the haulage way of the rebel's salt.
We have to cut off their salt supply.
It's all because of that cunning Suoda Clan.
They act as if they are loyal to the royal court
but then they are selling salt to the rebels in secret.
Suoda Meng deals in commerce with both Zhong Prefecture and Han Prefecture.
He's applied to the royal court for the free-from-war banner.
However we might fight in this war, we're not to hurt his clan.
Even if we can find him, we won't be able to lay a finger on him.
I think that only by tracking down the Helan Clan's main camp
to take down Helan Tie Yuan and Shuofeng He Ye
can we get the people of Han Prefecture to disband from this alliance.
This is the fastest way to end this war.
General!
The Helan Clan has the assistance of the occultists.
Their main camp has been hidden away by magical powers.
How else could you explain us not being able to track them down?
General, I have an idea.
Speak.
Princess Jing.
Didn't Princess Jing seek punishment by joining our cavalry?
It's rumored that she was struck by a spell
and was abducted by the people of Han Prefecture.
She spent almost a month with Shuofeng He Ye.
If we use Princess Jing as the bait
Shuofeng He Ye will surely appear.
I think that it's a good way to end this war quickly.
Shut up.
How could the honorable Muru Cavalry resort to such despicable means?
Greetings, Prince Han!
Prince Han.
Yan Shuang is here?
Take me to her.
Your Highness.
I invited you here to inform you of it.
Please come with me.
Your Highness.
Please talk some sense into the princess.
I'm in a very difficult position.
I'll take my leave.
Yan Shuang?
Muyun Yan Shuang!
Who would dare to put you in chains?
Sinned subject greets Prince Han.
I've chained myself as punishment.
It has nothing to do with anyone.
How is it your fault that Han Prefecture rebelled?
No one blames you for it!
Your Highness, have you heard those rumors yet?
They are all true.
The villains used dark spells on you.
You were spellbound.
That was no dark magic.
I went willingly.
I went with Shuofeng He Ye willingly.
That's enough.
I didn't hear a word that you just said.
The war began because of me.
Gusong Tuo died because of me.
I wished to be punished.
But no one took me seriously.
Why won't they punish me?
I could then feel better about myself.
Since I had to be born into the Muyun family
why would fate lead me to meet that man from Han Prefecture?
Yan Shuang...
I'll punish you.
Yan Shuang.
I'll marry you.
Han...
Do you pity me?
When I first met you, you were 12 years old.
I was 18 years old then.
I thought to myself then that when you grew up...
When you grew up and held my hand to say
"Han, I want to be the first female general in the Duan Empire"
I thought that I'd wait until you became a female general.
Yet now you say, "Han, do you pity me?"
Yan Shuang...
I'm not taking pity on you.
I have been waiting for you.
I know that I was wrong.
I never should have waited.
Yan Shuang, forget about the past.
Forget all about him.
From now on, just stay with me.
We can start all over again.
Please?
Yan Shuang!
I'm grateful to Your Highness for being so gracious.
However, my heart is already broken.
From now on, there shall be no Princess Jing.
Muyun Yan Shuang will only exist as a suicide warrior.
I command you to serve by my side from now on.
You will be my personal bodyguard.
Your Highness!
That's enough!
Aren't you a suicide warrior?
How can you defy my command?
All right.
Yes, Your Highness.
From this day forth...
should a blade be placed before you, I shall be right there in front of you.
Should arrows be shot from behind you...
I shall be standing behind you.
Come with me to report back to the royal court first.
In the royal court
there's no knowing where the blades and arrows will come at you.
Yes.
Great General.
Is there some other matter?
Great General, I think that the fastest way to end this war
is to use Princess Jing as bait to lure out Shuofeng He Ye.
Great General, please reconsider!
Who taught you such despicable means?
Father, His Majesty trusts us, the Muru family, so deeply.
If sacrificing one woman could end the war in Han Prefecture
and maintain the glory of our family, what is so wrong about it?
Father, rest assured that I'll convince Princess Jing to volunteer willingly.
No one will think that we're making use of her.
Bear this in mind.
There's no excuse for being despicable.
You can't call it strategy.
It is not wisdom.
It's just disgraceful!
Glory attained through despicable means
is a speck of fly feces on our purple Qilin beast banner!
Father.
You're old!
The current Duan Empire...
It's no longer what it was 300 years ago!
Get lost!
Open the gate!
Your Highness, you mean that Grand Herald Zhou Bu Chang
led his men to negotiate a peace treaty with the Helan Clan in Han Prefecture.
But just right after he crossed Tian Tuo Strait
Suoda Meng had him beheaded?
Your Highness, how would you like me to report this to His Majesty?
Now that envoys from the Duan Empire are so disrespected
Master Xue, who do you think should pay for this matter?
I'm old.
I won't be holding this post for long.
I can't understand what Your Highness is trying to say.
Master Xue.
What is true happiness in this world?
Well... that depends on the age.
Retire to the countryside and be accompanied by grandchildren.
Ignore all troubles in the world.
Just enjoy the delight in simply being a person.
That's the best.
Once you're old and penniless, nothing else matters.
Master Xue.
Everyone is envious of the scenery in Wan Prefecture.
In the wealthiest commandery of Wan Prefecture
there's a small village in the valley.
There are 10 some households in this village.
Yet a third of the profits made in Novoland is in their hands.
Many wished to meet them.
But they couldn't.
Fortunately, they won't make me look bad.
They reserved a manor for me.
With these millionaires as neighbors
I don't think any descendants would run out of goldlings.
[Property Deed]
Muru Shuo has jeopardized our country.
If he weren't losing one battle after another in Han Prefecture
how would the Duan Empire look so bad to the others?
Your Highness, don't you think so?
Tomorrow in the royal court
I'm afraid there will be many who are going to suggest impeaching General Muru.
Thinking about it...
I even worry for him.
Your Highness.
Where are you going?
If there's something you wish to protect
you must first wield authority.
You said so.
Yes.
His Majesty knows that I was wronged.
He's already released me from captivity?
- Yes. - That's good.
Your Highness, where exactly are you going?
Since I'm the crown prince, I should be attending the royal court.
Your Highness!
Haven't you always frowned upon me for showing no concern for state affairs?
There's actually a real reason
behind His Majesty's absence from his previous visit.
Your Highness mustn't take it to heart and try to seek revenge.
Yu Xin Ji, you think too much.
Your Highness!
You insist on holding me back when you know that you can't.
You're also a fool.
I can't help it.
I just happen to like this name.
When it's uttered by you...
it's as if it's one of a kind.
When you came...
I didn't know you were coming.
When you left...
I couldn't hold on to you.
But it seems all that is good in this world...
has all been used up.
Who else is willing to go there?
The officials who stopped me from going to Wei Ping Residence...
Are you also the ones here in this royal court now?
Why do I think you're not the same officials?
Xue Huo!
I won't go! I won't!
How dare you defy my decree?
Your Majesty has yet to announce a decree.
You sent someone to negotiate a peace treaty in Han Prefecture
without my permission.
You want to take the merit from Muru Shuo?
My third-rank officials were killed by Helan Tie Yuan...
and their heads were even sent here!
Xue Huo!
What is your opinion?
Your Majesty!
It's because the official I sent wasn't ranked high enough.
Helan Tie Yuan took that as an impolite gesture.
He said that he's the Iron Wielder.
He's the king of the world.
Yet we've only sent third-rank officials to negotiate the treaty.
It's an insult to him!
Your Majesty, if we were to send someone to negotiate with a king
my rank... really isn't high enough.
Old fool!
Reporting to Your Majesty!
Censor Gusong Zhi is outside the hall to seek audience!
Call him in!
Yes!
I'm late to the royal court session!
Please forgive me, Your Majesty!
You've cracked your head.
You didn't have to show up.
A day's wages as Your Majesty's subject--
That's enough!
I give you wages so that you can stay alive and well.
If I wished to take your life
I wouldn't have to spend so many goldlings every year.
The Duan Empire has been humiliated by Han Prefecture.
Yet Your Majesty is here insulting your own subjects.
Your Majesty...
You really are the good emperor of the Duan Empire.
Stay on your knees!
Wu Ru Yi, slap him!
- I'll do it myself! - Yes!
The mighty Great Duan Empire!
We have now fallen to such a state
that Han Prefecture's people could kill our envoys!
300 years of our valiant reputation!
They've been ruined in the hands of Muru Shuo!
What has Great General Muru got to do with this?
Muru Shuo is an incompetent fool!
Our national prestige has fallen because of his numerous defeats!
Your Majesty, the nation will be jeopardized
if military power is held solely in the hand of one man!
Even if the founding emperor swore an oath of alliance to the Muru family
as your subject
even at the risk of my life, I will have that oath altered!
I beseech Your Majesty that from this day forth
the Muru family shall be stripped of its military power and authority!
Military power should be returned to the royal court!
The oath of both families is the building block of the Great Duan Empire!
Will you have me, Muyun Qin, become a treacherous and unfaithful emperor?
Your Majesty...
Is the nation more important?
Or your dignity?
Does the honor of your surname matter, or the lives of your people?
Your Majesty needs only tolerate criticism for some time
in exchange for peace throughout generations!
The generations to come will surely be grateful to Your Majesty!
They shall always remember you!
What a load of nonsense!
Your Majesty!
Master Gusong is right!
I beseech Your Majesty to strip the Muru family of military power!
We beseech Your Majesty to strip the Muru family of military power!
Reporting to Your Majesty!
Crown Prince Muyun Sheng trespasses into the hall without your decree!
You have come?
I have come.
Haven't you ever learned how to handle royal court sessions?
Why aren't you on your knees?
I only kneel to those I respect.
Guards!
Crown Prince Muyun Sheng has misbehaved in the royal court.
Drag him out.
Magical powers! Run!
Muyun Sheng...
What exactly are you up to?
An heir apparent today, an emperor someday.
Someday?
Since you wield magical powers now
you can just kill the emperor today and take his throne.
What is the fun in that?
How are magical powers more frightening than human minds?
Am I right, Father?
It's been said that all shall suffer should I take the throne.
Now, I'd like to see how people will suffer.
He's here to seek revenge!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
You must kill the Charmer! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
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