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[Episode 54]
Mister Qin...
May I ask you about someone?
Ask away.
Madam Muru...
Has she been well these past two years?
What is it?
Is it so bad to ask you for some news on the Muru family?
It is not.
In regards to Madam Muru...
Anyone with ears in Novoland knows about it.
What happened?
She's dead.
Are you teasing me?
Everyone in Novoland said that she was killed by her own son.
Which son?
That was what Great General Muru wanted everyone to know.
But I know the truth.
It was that night when Muyun Sheng burned down the Astrology Chamber.
Great General Muru was going to hunt down his own son.
Madam Muru wanted to protect her son
so she injured herself in front of the general to stop him from going.
Eventually, she died from her injury.
Great General can't be blamed for being so ruthless.
That boy from the Muru family abducted the future empress.
Great General was worried that the emperor might suspect
the Muru family of treason
so he could only go after his son.
Madam Muru...
Was she buried in the Muru family tomb?
His Majesty conferred Madam Muru as Princess of Loyalty.
Great General constructed another tomb for Madam in the manor.
It's actually because Great General Muru was too burdened by guilt.
He couldn't bear to see Madam's tomb every day
as he paid respects to the ancestors.
I owe her an apology.
It's best for you not to go there.
All of Novoland is searching for you.
If it weren't for my inn's reputation causing no one to dare search here
you'd be dragged away by the Muru brothers
to be chopped into minced meat.
Don't blame me.
I don't dare to set you free.
It didn't take just one person to bring you back here.
The authoritative people behind this aren't...
people a mere innkeeper like me could risk offending.
I understand.
Eat this while it's hot.
Please get lost.
That won't do either.
Have you no shame at all?
I finally got to see my son.
I can't bear to get lost.
I don't want to see you!
There were many nights...
I'd follow you around like that.
But I could only follow you secretly.
It was the 15th of August that day.
The moon was exceptionally full.
The shabby temple you were in had a leaking roof.
The straw mats on the ground were all soaking wet.
For almost half a year...
I'd still see that in my dreams.
I dreamed that I wanted to take those mats out to dry under the sun.
But I could only hide behind the door of that temple.
Even in my dreams...
I can't let you see me.
Are you all sick?
You... you're all sick!
Mister Qin.
You never saw me and I was never here.
You got away on your own.
Mister Qin, you've put yourself at risk.
Although I'm embarrassed to say so outright
it's best that you make it back here when you're done.
We'll pretend nothing happened.
I'm just going to kowtow to her.
I'll return when I'm done.
Hurry up.
Before I regret it.
Some inn this is.
Mine...
You're so clever and yet you don't know what it means to gloat too soon?
From this day forth, I'll make sure you remember it.
Prince He Ge has been released.
I'll soon make it to the top. You can't do this!
Your Highness.
I heard that Your Highness is returning to Wan Prefecture?
What good timing this is.
I believe that De has already prepared a great sword for Master Xue
in regards to the grand plan you're about to carry out.
We have him here at Novoland Inn.
When shall I make the move?
De has made plans for it.
We must act fast.
We can't wait until His Majesty falls out with us completely.
By then, our heads will be rolling on the ground
and won't be able to be picked up.
As for the position that Your Highness wants...
It will also be gone.
Master Xue, don't worry.
De will stay behind in Tian Qi City... until everything is set and done.
It won't be safe in Tian Qi City soon.
Indeed.
It won't be safe.
But what else can be done?
De is staying behind so that Master Xue can have faith in me.
He's your flesh and blood...
Your Highness truly bears to part with some in order to gain.
Novoland is such a huge pie.
Once we succeed, how much will Your Highness share with us?
There's no sharing.
We all rely on one another.
You assist me up to that position...
I'll make sure you stay safe.
I don't need Your Highness's protection.
The Duan Empire's founding emperor and Muru Tian Tong shared the world.
All men in Novoland are envious of the brotherhood between them.
How about we share such a brotherhood as well, Your Highness?
I'd like very much to become the next Muru family.
It seems that Master Xue's ambition hasn't grown old with your age.
You wish...
to take hold of military power?
Your Highness can't bear to part with it?
Father, it's boring to just chat without entertainment.
I've brought you someone to liven things up!
Sinned state prostitute, Nanku Yue Li.
She's here to sing and play her instrument to liven things up
for Father and Chancellor Xue.
A state prostitute?
Lift your head up and let me have a look.
How pretty.
It's said that Nanku Yue Li has been missing for many years.
It turns out that... Prince De has been keeping her here?
It's not a crime to buy a woman.
As for that...
Chancellor Xue should know that very well.
Young people...
How promising.
If the officials meet up to discuss anything
you can summon Nanku Yue Li over to keep you company.
Sing some songs.
She counts as my family slave.
I can guarantee that she won't blurt out anything to others.
Just reward her with some goldlings.
She's not very expensive.
She does resemble the empress.
How annoying it is that Prince De got to keep her
all to yourself for so many years!
De, Miss Yue Li came to depend on you.
Yet you'd have her entertain guests?
How can she not be angry?
She doesn't care.
Answer me.
Does this bother you?
Your Highness, please speak up for me.
I'm not willing to do this.
Get up.
Have a seat.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Answer me.
What can you sing?
She's good with the song "Ode to Lovers."
A song about reuniting with a beloved one.
Reuniting with a beloved...
Good.
Sing it.
Who's there?
It's me.
Han Jiang.
Report to the young master quickly!
Why is the alarm ringing so late at night?
Third Young Master has barged in here to pay respects to Madam.
He's here?
Great!
Upon the orders of the Great General
should we see Third Master, we must kill him!
Should we see Third Master, we must kill him!
You won't be able to hold me back.
One man dares to challenge a troop of Muru army!
How obnoxious!
Draw your blades!
Draw blades!
The changes in formations.
Every platoon...
One regiment...
One formation.
You must keep that in mind.
You mustn't overlook anything.
100 cavalrymen make one platoon.
1,000 cavalrymen...
make one regiment.
5,000 cavalrymen make one formation.
This is how the formation changes.
Report!
Han Jiang has broken the Muru formation!
What?
How could he know how to break the Muru formation?
I know...
Muru Yuan must have taught him.
Father had Muru Yuan teach him that!
I begged Father for years but he just wouldn't teach me!
Second Young Master.
Please calm down.
Gather all your men here!
This is--
It's just to tackle Third Young Master?
Who is your third young master?
Listen up!
We don't have such a thug in the Muru family!
Never will we have one!
He's not fit to know the secret to breaking the Muru formation!
I'll have his flesh and blood rot out here on the ground!
I want him to be vanquished!
Obey my command.
Deploy our men here!
Where is he?
He's gone to buy something.
He'll return very soon.
Why didn't you escape from here?
This is my inn. Where can I go?
If you kill me, you'll never know where he's gone off to.
If you refuse to tell me...
I'll tear down your inn.
[Memorial tablet of Muyun Yan]
Step aside!
I don't wish to hurt any of you.
But I want to hurt you.
My mother died because of you.
I just want to kowtow to her.
I owe her something.
I have to pay it back.
I'll pay it back for you.
With your blood!
Muru Han Chuan...
You've wasted your surname.
You had to deploy so many soldiers to tackle one man?
If you were to go on the battlefield
you'd surely sacrifice your subordinates to attain your merits!
Are you crazy?
As long as I can stop you from having it your way
I'm willing to risk my life.
Let me pay back what I owe her.
Then you and I will be strangers!
What do you owe her?
I have yet to call her Mama.
You're not fit to call her that!
Let me do it.
You can then punish me as you want!
Punish you as I want?
You can punish me as you want.
Who are you to do so?
Who are you to address my mother as your own?
Who was it?
Who did my mother die for?
Listen up.
My mother is dead because of this man right here in front of you.
He's brought humiliation to our surname and betrayed our family!
For what?
Just because he wanted to take a woman away from someone else!
How dare you still stay alive?
You still dare to pay your respects?
You still dare to reprimand others?
Listen up.
You'll always be the thug who grew up on the streets!
Scoundrel!
A scoundrel like you only stoops to despicable means.
Act cheeky!
Take advantage of others!
You know nothing of righteousness!
Or honor!
Whenever I think of how the same blood courses through my veins
I find it humiliating!
As parents, we abandoned you.
But deep down, we truly love you.
General!
Must you kill our son?
I must!
I might be Muru Shuo's woman...
but above all else, I am Muru Han Jiang's mother.
I dare you to keep kowtowing!
I'm almost there...
Step aside.
Just stop right here.
You only ever care about yourself.
You cared only for romance.
Do you really think that you're fit to address my mother?
Stop kowtowing!
Qin Yu Feng.
Do you know that you almost sabotaged my plan?
Come in.
What is it?
I came to Novoland Inn at the age of 15 to be an apprentice.
I graduated at the age of 24.
I then started earning wages.
I stayed at the inn from then on.
From then until now
the goldlings that I've made are all in here.
What are you going to do?
Take them.
A young lady should at least have some money on her.
Should anything go wrong
you can still look after yourself for some time.
You're giving all your money to me?
This is all I can do for you.
Why would you treat me so kindly?
There's no reason for it.
I know the reason.
You think that once Nanku Yue Li is listed as one of the lowly
you can buy me with goldlings?
You're just a young girl in your early twenties.
Any girls of your age would have wanted to lead a good life.
You're not a bad person.
Don't think that you're in the wrong.
Stop torturing yourself.
What you said was right.
In order to become the innkeeper of Novoland Inn from a mere apprentice
I didn't just play the nice man.
I used to look down on you.
In fact, it was because I look down on myself.
While you were down on your luck, I insulted you with words.
It was just to make myself seem better.
I'm sorry.
I'll take my leave.
Take good care of yourself.
What has happened to you?
You don't have to know.
Take your goldlings away.
I don't want them.
Don't worry about it.
I'm not.
It's just that these aren't enough.
Those goldlings aren't even worth more than the Oceanides' pearls on me.
Take them away!
Every goldling...
was earned by hard work.
You can't throw them away even if you don't want them.
You should show some respect.
I, Nanku Yue Li, am destined to be right up at the top.
I was born for that.
Prince He Ge has been released.
He'll surely come to fetch me.
Then I can have anything I want.
This bit of goldlings...
Save it for yourself.
When people are in need of goldlings, they come in handy.
When they don't need goldlings...
they are but a burden.
They are cold.
Warmth...
What's the use of it?
I don't need it.
Where is he?
Young Mistress.
What is the time?
Young Mistress, it's almost noon.
There's no rush.
We'll wait a bit longer.
He Ge... he hasn't left his manor in four years.
He's coming to visit me in the palace today.
It's only normal that he wishes look around along the way.
That's right...
Long live the emperor!
Bow.
Court chant.
Long live the emperor!
Bow!
Court chant again.
Long live the emperor!
Bow!
Dear subjects...
Rise!
Stop!
Land the sedan chair.
Prince He Ge.
Prince He Ge, I've been looking for you for some time.
Empress had ordered me to prepare a sedan chair for you.
I don't need one.
Your Highness, you should still use it.
If you use it, the empress will be happy.
Kneel.
You're asking me to show off in the royal city now?
How immature can you be?
How immature are you?
Slap yourself.
Where is my father right now?
Your Highness, the empress heard that you were coming to visit her in the palace.
She was so happy that she couldn't eat or sleep well.
She's been waiting for you for days.
Did I tell you to stop?
Where is His Majesty?
His Majesty...
He's in his quarters.
His quarters...
Do you think that I should greet my father
in these old clothes, without my shoes
or should I dress up in my court outfit to show more respect?
Your Highness can't greet His Majesty unless you're summoned.
Your Highness, if...
You should still visit the empress first.
Let Her Highness come up with a way
to bring Your Highness to see His Majesty.
I asked you...
Am I in the right outfit?
Yes, you are, Your Highness.
This will make you seem even more modest and polite.
I shouldn't seem modest and polite...
It's the sincerity in admitting my mistake.
I spent all night thinking about this.
I just want to leave a good impression on Father.
It seems that I'm right.
Continue.
His Majesty hasn't summoned Your Highness. You're not to enter.
I won't go in.
I'm just going to kowtow to my father a few times at the door.
I apologize for troubling you.
Father!
Son and subject Muyun He Ge admits his mistakes!
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