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Episode 30
My Lord.
Princess.
If you'll excuse me.
Is it true?
My Lord, I saw it with my own eyes.
That Ye Xiaotian is outrageous and rude.
When the princess gave him the present,
he only used one hand to take it.
The dance he prepared is vulgar.
How can such lowly dance be allowed on stage?
I understand. You can leave now.
Yes, sir.
Your Highness. Lord Ambassador.
As the emperor's representative
I welcome you.
Let us
toast to our friendship.
Here. Please.
Please.
Cheers.
Have a seat.
Alright.
Your Highness.
I liked the gift you gave me
very much.
I would like to give you a gift
in return later.
You are too kind.
It's just a little token of mine to show my respect.
Please don't think too much of it.
Courtesy demands reciprocity.
By the way
I heard that Your Highness has also given the Interpreters Institute's ambassador
a gift.
Yes.
You took care of us very well.
The officials of the Interpreters Institute were very attentive, too.
That's why I prepared a gift for them, too.
As a thank you.
He is just a minor official,
yet Your Highness treats him with such respect.
Your Highness is very humble.
Oh right, Princess.
have they been impolite to you?
No, no.
The ambassador is nice. Very nice.
He knows quite a lot about my country.
He respects our customs.
I'm very happy.
Thank you, minister.
You are so attentive and considerate.
No wonder your country is so powerful.
Not only is the minister
attentive and thoughtful,
even a small official in charge of welcoming guests
is so deeply knowledgable.
I toast to you.
Good, good.
Er...
It is our responsibility
to take good care of you.
Princess, what did you mean by
saying that he is knowledgable?
What did you mean?
There is an old saying in your country which says: when you visit a place, follow their customs.
So when I'm in your country
I accept presents
the way you people do.
With both hands.
But in my country
the left hand is considered unclean.
when we accept gifts or eat food,
we don't use the left hand.
Ambassador Ye knows our customs very well.
When I gave him the gifts,
he wanted to use both hands by habit at first,
but he put down his left hand again.
He used only his right hand to accept my gift.
I was very pleased.
Not only because of his respect towards me,
but also
because I am glad that someone in your country
knows our Kezhi.
Here.
Let's toast to our friendship
and to the friendship between Kezhi and the Ming Empire.
Cheers. Great.
Cheers.
Your Highness. Lord Ambassador.
Please have some food.
Knowledgable my ass.
That Ye Xiaotian
clearly hurt his left arm because of me.
That's why he couldn't use it.
Take it off.
Take it off?
Take what off?
Your clothes.
You're a lady,
behave like one.
- Asking a man to take off his clothes? - You got injured! If you don't take it off, how do I apply medicine?
Easy. Go easy.
Where does it hurt?
Well, it doesn't hurt per se.
Do you remember how
the Guojiuye clutched my shoulder?
My arm has felt numb since then.
See, I can't even make a fist.
Take it easy. Take it easy.
What's wrong?
My arm is dislocated.
But I...
I was just kidding.
Interesting.
It's good again.
What happened?
Your Jian Jing acupoint was hit.
It's fine, just move it a little.
That jerk, I'm gonna kill you someday!
Why did the Kezhi princess
give you these cloths?
She likes me.
Don't flatter yourself.
You don't know about the foreign countries' taste.
Why don't I believe it?
Sanshi Chong with horned beetle.
This medicine
is two times stronger!
What is Dong shu
doing all day holed up in his room?
What are you doing?
I... I...
I'm all good here. Why are you still here?
I'm just worried you'd have a relapse.
The walls are thin here.
If someone hears that you and I
are staying in a room alone together.
How will I explain myself?
Don't you see me as your brother? What's wrong with two men being alone together?
Just go.
I'm leaving then.
[Interpreters Institute]
My Lord!
What's the matter?
The princess is ill. Go and have a look.
What?
Our princess has still not woken up.
What do we do? Heaven, please help us.
My Lord, this way.
She still hasn't woken up. What do we do?
Shh.
My Lord.
Why is that man inside?
My Lord.
He is the physician who came with the princess.
He is treating her right now.
What does the princess have?
I don't know either.
When the princess returned, her suite came to find me.
He said a lot of things,
but I couldn't understand him.
So when I followed him inside,
I saw the princess looking quite ill.
She seemed very weak.
There was vomit on the floor as well as in the toilet.
Did the princess say something
before she passed out?
My Lord, you don't need to ask this.
The princess suffered from vomiting and diarrhea.
She had a problem with her throat too.
She couldn't talk at all.
Does anyone else except for the princess
know our language in their entourage?
This is troublesome.
I think
she might have eaten something bad
during the banquet.
You are wise, my Lord.
Wise my ass.
Report this to the Ministry of Rites.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
I am on my way.
My Lord.
Is this how you take care of the princess?
It's been only one night
and you got her this sick!
Minister.
The Kezhi princess
got sick soon after
she came back drunk last night.
How can you blame this on me?
If you want to blame someone, blame yesterday's banquet.
The food is to blame.
There was nothing wrong with the food.
Why am I perfectly fine?
Why are Lord Li
and all her servants
perfectly fine?
You must have failed to close the windows last night
and let the princess catch a cold.
Or you didn't change the tea in time
and let her drink cold tea.
That's why she's ill.
My Lord.
I didn't know you were a physician.
You found the cause of her illness after just a few glances.
I'm impressed.
Don't be so rude.
You listen to me,
if anything happens to the princess, you won't get away with it!
I will go call a physician
to treat the princess.
Take good care of the princess.
Here.
I'm going to send some men to find a physician
to treat the princess.
I will also write a notice
to find someone who knows
the Kezhi language.
We can't understand each other
if we don't know the language.
I'm leaving this place to you.
Yes, sir.
Goodbye.
I don't know what to do now.
Dage.
Why did that old man storm off so angrily?
He left
so he won't get caught up in this mess.
What if the princess
really dies from her illness?
Then your dage will probably be demoted by 8 ranks.
Eight ranks?
Dage.
You are just a tiny official right now.
8 ranks lower?
What kind of official is that?
An official for the king of hell.
Yunfei.
Go inform Miss Zhan, Duo Ni
and the old man,
if we can't solve this problem,
run.
Lord Ye.
Sir,
what is your name?
My surname is Gao.
Gao Tong.
He is the most famous physician in the capital.
No, no.
You flatter me.
Great.
Physician Gao.
Please help this patient quickly.
However, this patient
is of special status.
She is the ambassador of Kezhi.
The emperor will meet her personally.
So you must be careful.
OK.
Here, after you.
The princess doesn't open her eyes,
and she wouldn't get up either.
What do we do?
What should we do?
Come.
Here.
Er... Er...
Lord Ambassador.
This man is our physician.
He's a...
Me.
Please let him see the princess.
Please?
It's like this.
Look,
the physician you invited has used a long time to treat the princess.
But the princess' condition hasn't improved.
So please just let our physician have a look.
Dage. Please let him in.
What the hell!
What's your problem?
Looking down on our country's physician?
That shaman you have in there?
You think we don't have those?
Let me go call in a few shamans,
they'll dance for you three whole days,
what will you do about it?
I'm telling you,
you may not care about the princess' condition.
But I do!
If you're going to die, go die some place else. Don't involve me!
Shut up.
How dare you?
You... You are out of line.
Thankfully they don't understand us.
Or else you'd be sentenced
for your words.
Sentence me?
Why bother if they understand or not?
Besides, would you dare convict me right now?
Would you?
Hey!
If you convict me now and something happens to the princess,
who will be responsible?
Unbelievable.
How dare you!
My Lords.
Do you still want me
to treat the princess?
Of course.
Why ever not?
You must treat her.
You mustn't.
If you want to treat her,
you need their permission.
What if the illness
is difficult to cure,
and the princess dies here?
We will all be
implicated.
Listen,
the patient is lying right in front of us. Are we just going to
wait here?
Let me go ask the minister first.
Don't do anything.
That Ye Xiaotian. Let's see how brazen you can be this time.
The princess got sick in their Interpreters Institute.
He won't get away with it this time.
I'm not sure
this matter is as simple as you think.
If the princess
got sick because of the food,
it won't take long for her to recover.
I'm not sure.
My Lord.
I found out
that the princess has travelled a long distance
from another country.
This is much worse than a case of diarrhea.
I'm afraid she won't survive it.
If that is the case,
we won't even have to do anything.
He will be ruined.
Gongzi. Gongzi. She hasn't gotten any better.
She feels pain everywhere.
What should we do?
Please help her.
Stop.
- What's wrong with the princess? - Ambassador Ye.
The princess vomitted and had diarrhea for quite a while.
She suffered a great deal
and almost passed out.
The ambassador is very worried. But I don't know what he is saying. So I brought him here to see you.
Alright.
This is our great physician.
He is an expert in what he does.
Please, let him see the princess,
all right?
If you don't agree,
why did you talk so much?
Dage.
Ambassador Ye.
Do you have news from the minister?
He gave the order to let the physician leave the Interpreters Institute.
Are we just
going to watch the princess die here?
Ambassador Ye.
I only deliver the order from the minister.
Without the ambassador's permission,
our physician must not in any case
treat the princess.
Otherwise, if the princess dies,
her country will blame her death
on our empire.
This would have serious consequences.
I'll take my leave now.
Dage. He left in a real hurry.
I think you should get ready.
The blame
will no doubt fall on you.
Yes.
Make a decision quickly.
I just went to have a look,
if you don't let the physician see the princess today,
she may not survive tonight.
Then... How about we find our own physician to treat her?
Didn't you hear that guy from the ministry?
If you treat her but can't cure her,
we'll be in even bigger trouble.
3rd brother.
Have you packed our things?
What do you mean?
So we can run!
Are we really going to run?
Really!
Enough. Stop this nonsense.
If the Ministry of Rites doesn't want to take this responsibility, I will.
You?
The Ministry of Rites disagrees.
The physician won't want to get involved in this.
I know what to do.
Physician Gao.
This is Lord Dong from the Ministry of Rites.
He bears the order from the minister.
Greetings, Lord Dong.
The minister passed down the order
that since the princess is here in our country,
she is naturally our responsibility.
You don't have to listen to her entourage.
Please treat her illness with great care.
The duty is ours.
Just put your heart into it.
If anything happens,
the Ministry of Rites will take all responsibility.
Since these are the minister's words,
I will try my best.
Please, physician Gao.
The princess is still ill. What can we do?
What do we do?
My Lord. Stop.
No talking.
Yunfei. Daheng. Go!
Don't make a sound.
Sir.
I leave this to you. Please go see the patient.
Don't move
Tian Shu acupoint.
Wai Ling acupoint.
Liang Men acupoint.
It is done.
Physician Gao.
Is this it?
Of course this is not enough.
She needs to take some medicine, too.
But my Lord, don't worry,
the princess will recover.
Really?
That is great news.
Master, I brought the medicine.
Go quickly.
Use the kitchen here.
Prepare the medicine.
Yes, Master.
Go.
I will ask my apprentice to stay here.
Prepare the medicine once per day.
After 3 days,
she will have taken it 3 times.
Though the princess is weak,
she can recover.
Thank you, sir.
You idiot.
How dare you!
The princess is of such a respectable status.
What if something happened?
Can you take the responsibility? Yes, yes.
You are right, my Lord.
When you see the princess,
don't say a word.
Yes, yes.
You are right, my Lord.
I will settle this with you later.
Careful, princess.
Have a seat.
Your Highness.
Do you feel better?
Yes, much better.
Thank you for asking.
Please sit.
After you.
Your Highness.
The minister was very worried when he heard that you got ill.
He came to see you right away.
He also looked for the best physician
to treat you.
Though the minister is quite busy,
but he kept thinking about your condition.
Princess.
He doesn't care about you at all.
Don't believe him.
Thank you, Minister.
Your Highness.
It's like this,
I saw that your physician's treatment
didn't improve your condition.
That is why I asked our physician
to treat you.
But your ambassador, out of consideration,
didn't allow the physician to treat you.
I was very worried, too.
In the end,
when I saw that your condition was only getting worse,
I gave the order to let him treat you nonetheless.
I am very sorry that Your Highness
had to suffer so much.
I didn't stop the physician from treating you.
OK.
Minister.
My ambassador said that
when you brought your physician,
he agreed to let him
treat me immediately.
He didn't stop you.
Er...
How can it be?
Though I don't understand
your ambassador's language,
but judging by his gestures,
I can understand him.
When I wanted to order our physician
to treat you,
your ambassador shook his head.
He did not allow us.
Er...
What?
In Kezhi they shake their head for yes
and nod their head for no?
Unbelievable.
It is so strange.
How can their be such a strange custom?
I can't believe Ye Xiaotian
got so lucky.
Lucky?
If he was really so lucky,
he wouldn't be
a mere minor official.
He just accidentally
succeeded. A lucky bastard.
My Lord.
Can you find a chance before the emperor summons the princess
to hold a banquet for her?
What do you intend to do?
Listen.
We just have to tamper with Ye Xiaotian's food.
Make him do a grave mistake again.
Isn't this too much?
It doesn't matter.
When the time comes, Ye Xiaotian will be the only one in trouble.
For the empire,
it will be just a small case of breach of etiquette.
Just a tiny embarrassment.
The mistake was made by a small official after all.
It's not proper.
If this gets out of control,
what about the face of the imperial court?
My Lord.
We can prepare everything in the Chongyi building in advance.
Once Ye Xiaotian runs into trouble,
you will bring your men to the Chongyi restaurant.
With that,
we will control the damage caused.
Think about it,
if Ye Xiaotian makes such a serious mistake,
If the imperial court knows,
he will be punished heavily.
This is good a plan.
But what if...
My Lord.
Stop hesitating.
This is our only chance.
Alright.
But remember.
You must find someone reliable to do this.
Understood?
Don't worry.
I will take care of it personally.
Dage.
What is it?
Dage.
There is a man who wants to see you.
He says he is the Ministry of Rites'... guest...
OK, you dummy.
You can't even repeat someone's words.
Xiaotian ge.
He is the manager of the Qingli Bureau of the Ministry of Rites.
His surname is Zhen.
He's been waiting for you for a while.
Dage. He doesn't seem well-intentioned.
Lord Zhen.
What can I do for you?
You are the ambassador of the Interpreters Institute, Ye Xiaotian?
I am.
The Guojiuye and minister Guan
will hold a banquet here the day after tomorrow.
they will invite the princess and the meritorious statesmen,
kinsmen of the emperor,
and officials of all the departments.
You are in charge of this banquet.
Lord Zhen.
It's a big banquet.
The Interpreters Institute doesn't have the resources.
Please find another place to hold the banquet.
It is not your place to question
where the lords hold their banquet.
That's not what I meant.
It's just that the Interpreters Institute is truly understaffed.
Don't worry.
We will be in charge of the banquet.
The Jiaofang Bureau is in charge of the entertainment.
Your only responsibility is the food.
Should be no problem?
Lord Zhen.
I'll tell you the truth,
this place
has always been short on cooks.
Even though the minister
sent some men here the other day,
but it was only enough men
to prepare the guests' daily food.
As for such a giant banquet...
One, they don't have the skill,
Two, we don't have enough men.
Don't worry about it.
The money of the Ministry of Rites will arrive here soon.
Today and tomorrow,
you should buy enough food.
I will send the most outstanding cooks
to help you.
This will solve your problem, right?
Alright.
Enough.
Lord Ye.
What are you waiting for?
Lord Ye.
Let me do it.
You cut your hand.
Go take care of your wound.
Thank you my Lord.
Let me.
What can I do?
What can you do? Not cause any issues here for starters.
What did you say?
How about this,
patrol this place for me.
Check who's loafing and help me beat them up.
That's a great job.
It's perfect for me.
She's really doing it?
Go there.
Coming.
Clean this.
Bring me a bit more water.
Ambassador Ye.
The officials have all arrived.
You should hurry up.
Don't let the serving get delayed.
Don't worry.
I won't.
We are ready here.
We're about to serve the food.
Let's hurry.
OK.
My Lord.
The food is prepared.
When it's time, take the dishes to the hall in the order of their number.
When you arrive in the hall,
be full of energy.
Don't worry, my Lord.
Come. Take them in order. Don't make any mistakes.
Hurry up.
Let's get busy.
Rhythm. Rhythm.
Come. Be quick.
Get busy.
What on earth?
What is going on?
Ye Xiaotian.
Look what you have done!
Don't you know
how important this banquet is?
You have disgraced
the empire in front of the princess!
I will report this to minister Guan immediately.
Get him!
How dare you?
How dare you beat me up!
Lord Zhen.
Why did you come running
right when something happened?
You must have had
a hand in what happened here.
What are you talking about?
These tables in your kitchen haven't been used in years!
It is rotten.
You are in charge of the food, you should have inspected them in advance!
Now that this happened,
you want to frame it on me?
Enough.
Shut your mouth.
It's ok,
we all know you did it.
How about
we give him to Dong shu?
He is very good at these things.
Just 15 minutes,
he will confess.
Watch him. We have all the time in the world to punish him.
The more urgent matter
is to take care of the guests.
I guess no one
can solve such a mess.
I think you should resign
and go back to the mountains.
If I want to leave,
it will be on my own terms.
Letting someone else drive me away?
No way!
Out of everyone here, you must be the best and fastest knife user, aren't you?
Tell me, who do you want to kill?
Your Highness.
Ever since Lord Zhen Sanbao made friends with your country
during the Chengzu years,
our countries have had good neighborly and friendly relations
over hundreds of years.
It isn't easy indeed.
Now, by the emperor's order, we hold this banquet
for Your Highness and your entourage.
I hope that Your Highness will taste and enjoy the delicacies
from our land and sea.
I'm grateful to the emperor
for such courteous reception.
I would also like to thank you for your warm reception.
We are deeply grateful.
Our country's wish
is to live in peace with your empire from generation to generation.
Good.
I thank you for yours words.
Come.
Let us drink together.
May our countries be forever in peace.
May our friendship remain forever.
Cheers.
Your Highness. Please sit.
Everyone, please sit.
Take your seats.
My Lord.
Why aren't the dishes served yet?
I will go urge them.
We don't need to be so formal to each other.
Lord Guan.
The ambassador comes from far away.
If we don't serve them well,
we will lose the face of the imperial court.
We have passed down the order already,
why aren't the dishes here yet?
If the Interpreters Institute makes a mistake,
I will report it to the imperial court.
Ye Xiaotian will be exiled to Qiongzhou,
never to return again.
What do we do?
Are you ready?
They can't eat
as fast as I cut.
Very good.
Get ready. Serve the dishes.
OK.
Why isn't the food served yet?
The minister gave an order.
Coming! Coming!
The food is here.
Let the banquet begin!
Thank you.
These things are uncooked.
How do I eat them?
Lord Guan.
It's just hotpot.
How can we serve this to the foreign guests?
This is a state banquet.
What's the meaning of this?
That Ye Xiaotian.
This is unbelievable.
It is a humiliation for our country.
Your Highness.
Please forgive me, if I haven't served you well.
Ambassador Ye.
You arranged this?
I have prepared
tonight's banquet especially for you, Your Highness.
This is one of our country's
most famous dishes.
Its key feature is that you can adjust the flavor and taste
to whatever you wish to eat,
to your heart's content.
There is such a fantastic dish?
Would you like to give it a try?
What flavor do you like?
♪ zhú lín huāng cǎo ♪ ♪ Bamboo groves, meadows bare ♪
♪ qīng shān guò yún xiāo ♪ ♪ Verdant hills rose above the skies ♪
♪ wēi jī sì rǎo ♪ ♪ dangers lurking near and far ♪
♪ lǚ bó bīng lèi chā dāo ♪ ♪ Tread on thin ice, code of brotherhood ♪
♪ qī fēng kuáng xiào ♪ ♪ The dreary wind roaring wild ♪
♪ wàn wù xiāng chì yòu xiāng jiāo ♪ ♪ All life disperses yet intertwines anew ♪ ♪ yǔ cāng tiān bǐ mìng gāo ♪ ♪ A battle against heaven ♪
♪ shēng sǐ xiàn tà liǎng biān jiǎo xià wū ní shuí kàn jiàn ♪ ♪ Tread between life and death, the mud beneath unseen ♪
♪ shàn è gè zhí cí liǎng bú xiāng qiàn ♪ ♪ Good and evil are different for everybody, call it even ♪
♪ zhēn nán yán jiǎ nán biàn lì lù gōng míng yǒu hé liàn ♪ ♪ It's hard to tell truth from lie, what's to mourn about fortune and fame ♪
♪ bú zuò hǎo hàn xiāo yáo zì dé xián ♪ ♪ Not a hero, walk unfettered you'll feel content ♪
♪ luàn shì fēn fēn rǎo rǎo zhú làng cháo ♪ ♪ In these turbulent times, chaos chasing tide after tide ♪
♪ wǒ xīn zì yǒu qí bú dǎo ♪ ♪ There's a flag in my heart that won't go down ♪
♪ wàn bān ēn ēn yuàn yuàn guò yǎn jiǎo ♪ ♪ A million gratitude and resentment pass by my eyes ♪
♪ xiào dào zuì hòu jiàn fèn xiǎo ♪ ♪ Laugh till the end when the verdict is declared ♪
♪ wú chù kě táo pǎo shí jiān zǎo yǐ jīng xiě hǎo ♪ ♪ There's no way to run, fate has long been written down ♪
♪ zài zhēng zhá zài nù hào jiě kāi zhè mìng yùn de bǎng piào ♪ ♪ Struggle on, howl and roar, undo the chains of fate ♪
♪ chóng shēng zài zào ♪ ♪ Start anew ♪
♪ luàn shì fēn fēn rǎo rǎo zhú làng cháo ♪ ♪ In these turbulent times, chaos chasing tide after tide ♪
♪ wǒ xīn zì yǒu qí bú dǎo ♪ ♪ There's a flag in my heart that won't go down ♪
♪ wàn bān ēn ēn yuàn yuàn guò yǎn jiǎo ♪ ♪ A million gratitude and resentment pass by my eyes ♪
♪ xiào dào zuì hòu jiàn fèn xiǎo ♪ ♪ Laugh till the end when the verdict is declared ♪
♪ wú chù kě táo pǎo shí jiān zǎo yǐ jīng xiě hǎo ♪ ♪ There's no way to run, time has long been written down ♪ ♪ zài zhēng zhá zài nù hào jiě kāi zhè mìng yùn de bǎng piào ♪ ♪ Struggle on, howl and roar, undo the chains of fate ♪
♪ chóng shēng zài zào ♪ ♪ Start anew ♪