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[Episode 48]
All it takes is one stab from Father.
Then I'll be free from feeling any concern for you and the people.
- Kill him! - Kill him!
- Your Majesty, kill him! - Kill him!
- You must kill him! - Kill him!
- Kill him!
- Kill her! - Kill her!
- Kill him! - Kill him!
- Kill her! - Kill her!
- Kill him! - Kill him!
- Kill her! - Kill her!
- Kill him! - Kill him!
- Kill her! - Kill her!
Shut up!
I...
I once did this to your mother.
I know about it.
However...
I was wrong.
Your Majesty!
The nation should come first!
Your Majesty!
The nation should be your priority!
Father.
What did you just say?
I said...
I was wrong.
For the sake of the Duan Empire, for you and my people
I already killed my most beloved woman.
How would you have me place the nation as my priority?
Whenever I assigned you tasks
all of you put your personal interests first.
I...
I now make a small request of you for my own sake.
Don't make me kill my own son.
Born as my son!
Our woe and well-being are destined!
Whatever he does...
I will bear the consequences.
Crown Prince Muyun Sheng!
He suggested participating in political affairs.
I consent to it!
From this day forth, he shall govern by my side.
Throughout my life...
I've been cautious with my words and actions.
Now, I'd like to know what the Great Duan Empire will become
if there's a future emperor who doesn't obey any of you.
Your Majesty, this must not be done!
I thank Your Highness for this manor.
His Majesty has allowed that monster to attend the royal court.
That monster can now wield magical powers.
He's even supported fully by His Majesty.
If I were still young, I'd risk my life to take him on for Your Highness!
It's such a pity.
I'm old now.
I'm just waiting to see how I can live until I retire to my hometown.
Just take it anyway.
I'm already useless to Your Highness.
I can't accept payment for a job I didn't accomplish.
How painful.
You mean to say that Muyun Sheng... is scarier than I am?
Master Xue...
You're always trying to play so nice, you can't even get anything done.
Master Xue...
You mustn't blame me.
I...
I'm just angry.
I'm mad at you.
Why haven't you understood the situation?
If you wish to live long, you have to fight for it.
You can't just hide away.
If you keep on hiding, your own nest will get taken away in the end.
Your Highness's gift...
I shall hang it up in the main hall of my residence.
My descendants shall then understand that Your Highness watches over them.
Look.
Master Xue...
You bled out so much.
You're old now.
You must be careful.
Apply some good medication on it.
This hand...
You have to use it to write reports.
Take care, Master Xue.
Your carriage is waiting outside.
The snow in Han Prefecture...
It's falling heavily?
The snowstorm has caused disasters.
There was news sent from Tian Tuo Strait.
They agree with our suggestions.
They have already sent a letter to Master Xue.
Suoda Meng is too cunning.
I like him a lot.
This won't be an easy task.
In order to win Suoda Meng over
I even had to trouble my godfather in Glass Valley.
My godfather ordered the salt merchants to give Suoda Meng
20 percent off the price.
That was how he sealed the deal.
There are hundreds of thousands of people in Han Prefecture.
20 percent off the price of salt is quite a huge loss.
Father, how will you reward me?
What would you like?
I want you to say that I did well.
Come here... and I'll say it to you.
You've been to visit Muyun Sheng?
His Majesty...
That day he was supposed to visit Wei Ping Residence...
I went to take a look.
You went to take a look?
You even told them that I had sent you there!
Father, you have spies in Wei Ping Residence as well?
Since you're so... capable
that you provoked Muyun Sheng into sabotaging my plan
you...
You should put your ability to better use again.
Father, what would you like me to do?
Muyun Sheng...
He shouldn't be alive.
Assassinating the crown prince will get our whole clan killed!
Therefore, you have to be all the more careful.
I can only feel at ease if you carry out this task.
We're just trying to cause trouble in the palace.
Isn't it better to keep him around?
Those who can't be manipulated...
The more capable they are, the more we can't let them live.
These words were also meant for you.
The sooner you get started on this, the sooner Muyun Sheng will die
and Muyun He Ge is released from captivity.
Father, you've been making many visits during the past year or so.
You hope to see Muyun He Ge set free.
Why exactly is that?
He's useful to me.
What use is he to you?
If you wish to fulfill your dream
you can just choose to support one of the young princes.
Why does it have to be Muyun He Ge?
It's because...
- the empress-- - The Nanku family was wiped out!
Even the empress only gets to survive by pretending to be another woman.
What use is she to you?
Father...
I've heard of a rumor about Father and a lady of the Nanku family.
You don't have to do it.
I can have someone else replace you.
For instance...
your eldest brother has been in Chiyang County for a long time.
He also told me that--
When do I have to do it?
When should you take action?
It's up to you to decide.
Father...
I have a question for you.
Father, you know that Muyun Sheng can wield magical powers.
Have you even...
Have you even worried about my safety?
What do you think?
Aren't you so good at provoking others into doing what you want?
I understand.
Who is it?
It's so late. You're still out running errands for Prince De?
Come here.
Prince De, don't you ever knock before entering a room?
That's not what a prince should do.
You were eavesdropping on us?
So what if I was?
So what if I wasn't?
My father has blamed me for saving your life.
Do you know the effort I had to make to keep you safe until now?
You're so smart. Why would you act recklessly?
You truly have no fear of death.
Why would you make such an effort to keep me safe?
Don't kill me.
Please?
How do I benefit from offending my father?
Prince De...
In your mind...
do you like me?
If not, why would I have saved you in the first place?
Prince De, how naughty.
Why won't you say what I wish to hear?
What do you wish to hear?
I wish to hear you say...
that you like me.
How about now?
Will you say it?
You're doing this just to make me say that I like you?
I'm just trying to make life easier for myself.
As long as I get to win and lead the life I want
I'm willing to do anything.
I don't even want to touch anyone who doesn't like me.
I know that.
Women who are too clever are really annoying.
However...
I can't tell from your eyes that you dislike me.
Get some rest soon.
You can come out now.
Lan Yu'er... If Muyun De goes to you tonight
it means he's making use of the fact that you like him.
But he doesn't care much for you.
That is nonsense.
I just saved you.
Shouldn't you thank me?
Thank you, Miss Yue Li.
This isn't how I want you to thank me.
It's useless.
In the future when my life needs saving
don't forget what I did for you today.
Yes, I'll remember.
Prince De...
In your mind... do you like me?
If not, why would I have saved you in the first place?
If Muyun De goes to you tonight
it means he's making use of the fact that you like him.
But he doesn't care much for you.
Prince De.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Yue Li.
Our dream of a lifetime...
It will come true very soon.
Yue Li?
How should you address me, Your Majesty?
Empress.
My... Empress Nanku.
I'll wait here for you.
Prince He Ge...
I'm waiting for you to fetch me.
I'm your empress.
I should be the empress.
Qin Yu Feng.
Qin Yu Feng!
What took you so long?
Do you also bully me now that I'm a nobody?
Bring me wine.
- I don't have any. - You run an inn.
How can you not have wine?
Miss, you've often been drunk during your stay here at my inn.
You made a mess in your room.
We even had to clean it up.
Even you would dare to pick on me?
Miss, you should just stay alive and well.
Why bother tormenting yourself?
You're making things difficult for others and yourself.
What is this if it isn't wine?
Prince De.
I'll visit you tomorrow.
Don't hurt Prince Sheng.
You were the one eavesdropping outside the door?
You're making a deal with me in order to save Muyun Sheng?
Sort of.
Interesting.
I suddenly find that you're also...
quite interesting.
Only if I do so...
can I get you to like me.
Do you know what cold wine is like?
Cold wine...
It's like they roll their eyes when they are mocking you.
When you drink it in a gulp, it's sour and bitter.
But it's too late and you have to swallow it down.
When it gets to your stomach, it burns.
There's no fun in it at all.
What has that got to do with rolling eyes at others?
What can't you understand?
I'm telling you to warm up the wine!
Miss, you behave terribly.
Why would I care if only you get to see me like this?
Who am I?
I'm Nanku Yue Li.
A man like you without a family crest means nothing to me.
Any man is a man.
You?
What can you do to me?
A man would care if his wife was once a state prostitute.
Whether or not she is still labeled as lowly.
I didn't do anything wrong.
I didn't do anything wrong at all.
I was born of a more prestigious identity than anyone else.
I'm the empress's niece.
I am clever.
I am good looking.
I am hardworking.
I know the propriety and when I should take a step back.
Didn't the gods bless me with all these so that I could be the empress?
Who else is more suitable than I am?
This should be mine!
The things you like...
They are placed on the window sill within your reach.
Wouldn't you reach out for it?
Wouldn't you?
All of you find me calculative.
Everyone dislikes me.
You want me to be down on my luck.
I'm just more honest than any of you.
I dare to strive for what I want.
I dare to strive for the best!
I also know that...
there are consequences to bear in exchange for it.
I, Nanku Yue Li, would never rely on anyone for nothing.
Anything I wish for...
I always attain it with what I'm capable of.
Isn't this what people should do?
Did you get to your position as the innkeeper of Novoland Inn
just by playing a nice man all your life?
Did you not fight and vie for this position?
Qin Yu Feng!
Prince De.
You're busy?
I asked you for a favor and yet you--
Good acting skills.
Prince De, is something the matter?
There's been much going on tonight.
Please instruct me, Prince De.
Get someone to catch a thief.
There's a thief?
No.
Bear this in mind.
Be sure to shout a few more times outside my father's room.
Prepare a corpse tomorrow morning.
Just claim that the thief was found at night.
He was caught...
then beaten to death.
Yes.
Things I like...
These are the things I like.
Tiger Valor General.
Prince De.
Is Prince Sheng in?
Prince Sheng is heading into the palace very soon.
I just have a few words to say.
I'll leave right after that.
Your sword.
General, you're being too cautious.
Prince Sheng wields strong magical powers.
This sword of mine...
It's just used to scare off others.
How can this hurt him?
General, you'll be right by the door.
You can come in anytime.
Prince Sheng.
I need to speak to you in private.
You may go.
- Yes. - Yes.
You came to visit me early in the morning just to look at my painting?
Your dragon...
Why didn't you draw any eyes?
Speak.
What brings you here?
My father...
He told me to kill you.
You don't think I will?
I don't.
Why?
You don't seem like an obedient son.
Tell me.
What is it that you wish to ask of me?
What is it that you wish to do?
I wish to find out the darkest secret at the bottom of everyone's heart.
What then?
I'll take them away.
What matters the most to you?
Women.
You're not telling the truth.
I'm not as fortunate as you are.
You get to love one woman wholeheartedly for life.
I can't.
I don't know why either.
Whenever the woman I fancy begins to fall for me
I stop being fond of her.
The harder I court her, the faster I fall out of love.
Deep down in my mind...
I'm truly lonely.
You were not likable when you were a child.
You always thought that others were dumber than you.
You were always mocking others.
You could also easily read what others had on their minds.
You knew that they said something, but meant another.
Therefore, you exposed their lies.
You enjoyed seeing others suffer in embarrassment.
As time went by, neither your parents nor friends wished to talk to you.
You knew that they didn't like you.
Gradually, you started to dislike yourself as well.
You could never figure out
whether you were the most incredible or the most useless person.
That's why you're always angry.
Unusually furious.
Am I right?
I think that I can bare my heart to you now.
The Duan Empire should come to an end.
People should be killed.
You came to console me because you think that I've been hurt by the people?
To make use of me?
You were born with such a destiny.
You also have the force to do so.
I've been fighting against this destiny.
Why would you fight against it?
You just don't want to become the bad person.
Just judging from that, how is there any difference between us?
There are kind and evil people.
The evil shall pay for their sins.
The good shall live to an old, ripe age.
However, in the Duan Empire nowadays
no one can really tell kindness from evil.
Have you seen how bees find a new home?
They send out eight worker bees at the same time
to look for a new home in all different directions.
After those eight worker bees return
they dance in the form of the number eight
to inform the swarm of worker bees of the best spot they have chosen.
The worker bees then send out swarms of bees to follow them.
In the end, the one with more followers has the better location.
That's how they find a new place for their hive.
However, those eight worker bees don't know where the others went.
How could they know that they have found the best spot?
They don't actually know.
The other bees don't mind either.
They just choose the one who dances better
and follow it there.
What accuracy is there?
What if that's because of trust?
They are just lazy.
They don't want to judge for themselves if the location is good or bad.
They just want to go along with everyone's opinion
thinking that it will surely always be correct.
Even if there's a mistake, it's what the majority has chosen.
It's not the individual's fault. He's still a good person.
Kick someone when he's down.
But he won't be the first to kick that man.
Am I right?
So I have to kill everyone?
You're helping them.
Only when they stop being lazy
can they be responsible for their duty as a person.
They can then become powerful enough to be responsible.
When every one of the Humans is equally powerful
only then can Novoland flourish and be reborn as a new Novoland.
I'm not interested in that.
My father...
Your father..
All the officials in the royal court...
They can all come up with such a theory.
They will all use the excuse of strengthening the country and people
for their own personal gain.
That is an even greater lie.
I despise them for it.
Your father...
My father...
They are both too foolish.
I also look down on them.
They...
They are both too narrow-minded.
They only struggle for power within their own Human tribe.
What's the fun in that?
The battle between the God of Ruins and the God of Desolation...
That created Novoland.
Apart from the Humans
there are still the Soarers whose wings grow upon moonlight.
The Wise who are naturally intelligent.
The Oceanides who dwell both in water and on land.
The strong, but simple Giants, and then your kind...
The Charmers who are formed by energy of all creations.
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