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[Secret of the Three Kingdoms]
[Episode 48]
Who is making such a commotion here in the palace?
Greetings, Your Highness.
I have a mission at hand so forgive me for not making a formal greeting.
What mission is it that requires General Cao
to bring soldiers to the palace late at night?
An assassin attempted to assassinate Chancellor Cao
in front of Grand Commandant's manor.
I chased the assassin all the way here and my men saw them escape to the palace.
I'm concerned about His Majesty's safety, so I barged in with the soldiers.
We have yet to arrest the assassin.
Your Highness, please make a decree to allow me to search the premises.
General Cao has brought your soldiers into the palace
without witnessing the escape yourself
and you do not have an imperial decree.
You came barging into the emperor and empress's private quarters.
Are you here to force us to abdicate, or are you raising a rebellion?
Your Highness need not make it sound so frightening to scare me off.
I believe that Your Highness is well aware of who the assassin is.
General, do you mean that I'm harboring an assassin?
I wouldn't dare say that. Not at all.
I'd just like to greet the Princess Consort of Hongnong.
Your Highness, please consent to it.
She has retired for the night
and it's been a while since she's met any officials.
What's your intention in asking to see her late at night?
Your Highness, you need not stall for time.
If Her Highness isn't the assassin, you can always punish me later.
Some joke this is!
The princess consort came to keep me company for a day
and has never left the palace.
The entry pass can serve as proof.
General, you've accused the princess consort of being an assassin.
General, in your mind
do you have any regard for the princess consort
the empress, and the emperor?
The entry pass can be recorded in whatever way you wish.
I only believe in what I see.
That assassin was stabbed.
Once I can see Her Highness, she can prove her innocence.
Your Highness, please step aside!
I dare any of you to move!
I'll have to offend you, then.
Search inside!
Hold it!
Sister Tang!
What are you doing out here?
Go inside quickly!
I heard that General Cao specifically asked to see me.
You've seen her now.
Princess Consort Tang is not injured.
Shouldn't you retreat now?
While Your Highness was talking to me
it was long enough for the assassin to change clothes many times.
If the princess consort has a clear conscience
would you dare to take off your clothes for me to inspect?
General.
What are you talking about?
You barged into the palace with some ulterior motive.
Are you even going to humiliate the princess consort in public?
If Her Highness truly is innocent
I'm willing to die for my mistake.
I'm the widow of the deceased prince.
General, do you intend to insult me before so many others?
If Your Highness is embarrassed to take off your clothes in public
I can also go with you into the quarters for an inspection.
Cao Ren...
If you dare to say another filthy word
don't blame me for having you arrested as a rebel!
Your Highness should figure out who the rebel truly is!
If you dare to lay a finger on her, you'll have to kill me first.
Protect the empress!
Cao Ren!
General Cao.
Do you know what you're doing?
Of course.
I wouldn't dare to touch Your Highness's body.
I'll just have to use this sword instead!
Cao Ren!
His Majesty arrives!
General Cao Ren, put down your sword!
Arrest Cao Ren.
Cao Ren!
Your Majesty!
I'm a widow.
I've been insulted and molested by General Cao Ren in public!
For the reputation of Great Han, death is my only option.
Sister Tang!
You mustn't!
Sister Tang...
Ying...
Your Majesty...
He...
I understand.
Cao Ren brought soldiers to the palace without a decree
and forced the princess consort to her death.
Take him away and lock him up in the commandant's office
to await punishment!
Ying...
Why are you crying?
Ying!
Cao Ren?
Haven't you heard?
General Cao brought soldiers into the palace to arrest an assassin.
- The princess consort took her own life! - Really?
I did all that I could to keep her here.
I thought that as long as she could stay here
nothing would go wrong.
All of this...
Sister Tang has arranged for all of this to happen.
I rushed back as quickly as I could, but I was still too late.
Who was the assassin?
Grand Commandant Yang didn't tell me.
Does that still matter?
Grand Commandant Yang did so for the imperial family and Your Majesty.
Sister Tang did so for Sima Yi.
Zhong Da...
How can I face him?
I mustn't allow Sister Tang's sacrifice to be for nothing.
How is Zi Huan?
Second Young Master is very severely injured
and has yet to regain consciousness.
I'll stay with him through the night to ensure that he is well.
Thank you.
I'll take my leave.
Hold on!
Should anything happen to Zi Huan
you'll be submitting your head to me.
Yes, Chancellor.
Greetings, Chancellor.
Have you arrested the assassin?
General Zi Xiao went after the assassin by barging into the palace with soldiers.
He offended the empress and insulted the princess consort.
The princess consort... killed herself right on the spot.
She killed herself right on the spot?
Yes.
General Zi Xiao had the empress encircled with his soldiers.
He inspected the princess consort's body by force.
Her Highness took the sword to her throat.
It was done before a crowd.
Even hearing about it is appalling!
I can only have General Cao imprisoned in the commandant's office
to await further trial.
Chancellor, please make a decision soon.
Who is the assassin?
Do you not know?
Why did the princess consort kill herself?
Do you not know?
Now that it has come to such...
does it still matter if I'm aware of it or not?
What a remarkable woman...
She's sacrificed her life to have us all fall into a trap.
One of my sons was hoodwinked by him.
One of my sons was severely injured because of him.
Prefect Xun...
Could it be that you're also taking his side to oppose me?
Chancellor, please don't blame me.
No one knows who the assassin is.
But everyone now knows that
General Cao barged into the palace in an attempt to commit murder!
If I hadn't arrested General Cao in time
there's no telling that the officials won't have
the chancellor's manor surrounded tomorrow!
Do you think that by arresting Zi Xiao
the officials won't have my manor surrounded?
The Roc can soar up to 900,000 miles high
but it needs the wind under its wings to soar.
His Majesty has been accumulating his forces for long.
This will be such a furious storm...
Will he not use it to his advantage?
Upon the orders of the chancellor
the imperial court will be adjourned for three days.
Please return to the palace.
Your Majesty...
Your Majesty, please return to the palace!
The incident that happened in the palace last night...
my dear subjects... you should have heard about it by now.
400 years of the Great Han Empire...
Never has there been such an appalling matter.
I deserve to die for it!
Last night, General Who Attacks the South
Cao Ren barged into the palace with his soldiers
and insulted the princess consort.
He tore the princess consort's clothes with his sword.
Princess Consort of Hongnong couldn't live with the humiliation
and took the sword to her throat.
In the past, there was the rebel, Dong Zhuo.
He poisoned and killed my brother.
Now, there's the treacherous subject, Cao Ren.
He forced my sister-in-law to death.
As the emperor
how am I to face my ancestors?
Your Majesty and Princess Consort were both humiliated.
We deserve to die for it!
Your Majesty.
This is as good as regicide and treason.
I beseech Your Majesty to hand Cao Ren over to the judicial department
to be punished according to the law!
Your Majesty.
Cao Ren brought soldiers into the palace without a decree.
This is as good as rebellion.
This man forced the princess consort to her death.
He must not be pardoned.
Should we not rid the nation of this rebel
how are we to uphold law and order?
I beseech Your Majesty to convict Cao Ren of treason
so as to offer some consolation to the princess consort!
Please punish Cao Ren severely to uphold law and order!
Prefect Xun.
Present.
Prefect Xun is the head of all officials.
I'd like to know how you will handle this matter.
Cao Ren is now imprisoned in the commandant's office
awaiting his verdict.
The Imperial Secretariat...
We will surely handle this case justly and fairly.
Good.
I shall wait to see how just and fair it will turn out to be.
Chancellor, Sima Lang and his father seem to have been notified in advance
so they have already fled.
I've been incompetent.
Please punish me for not being able to arrest them.
Ingenious!
His Majesty has played such an ingenious game of chess this time.
Once Sima Lang and his father have fled
there won't be any evidence we can use against the emperor in the near future.
I'll send out more men to arrest the Sima family as soon as possible.
Don't bother.
Please have the chancellor remove his shoes and sword.
Chancellor, please remove your shoes and sword!
Your Majesty never fails to mention benevolence and virtue!
Who knew that you'd stoop to using the princess consort's life as bait?
What a great strategy!
If I could bring the princess consort back to life
I'd give up being the emperor.
Cao Ren humiliated the princess consort in front of a crowd.
He ripped the princess consort's clothes with his sword
and made her take her life.
I'd like to know who gave him such audacity
to show no regard for his monarch?
Your Majesty, are you threatening me?
No.
I'm questioning your true intention.
I don't understand what Your Majesty is trying to ask.
I still remember what you just said last night.
Perhaps the people will misunderstand that
you have the desire to usurp my throne.
However, I have never once suspected that you did.
Yet, there are now so many testimonies from the others
and Libationer Guo's will.
Why are you still reluctant to accept my identity?
You insist on killing Sima Fang and his sons.
I'd like you to look into your heart and tell me honestly.
Did you keep constraining me so for the sake of the public interest
or your personal yearnings?
If I choose to set Sima Yi free?
I'll also release General Cao Ren.
Cao Ren's life in exchange for the entire Sima clan!
Your Majesty still gets the most out of it!
Whether you believe it or not
I still wish to support your ambition up until this very moment.
Never have I changed my mind.
I was almost killed last night.
Is this how you support me?
It was never my intention to assassinate the chancellor.
That cup of wine... Don't you believe in that as well?
It's a pity that with so many people around you
Your Majesty won't be able to make your own decision.
Chancellor, don't you understand?
We both wish to bring peace to the nation.
Unify the country.
Chancellor, you have the advantage of the right time and place.
But the imperial family has the advantage of the right people.
Neither you nor the imperial family can fulfill this wish alone.
If we keep going against each other
both of us will suffer just as much.
Would Your Majesty still wish to collaborate with me?
I would.
So long as the chancellor's true intention remains the same
and you truly wish to attain such a great achievement
you have to collaborate with the imperial family fair and square.
What does it mean to be fair and square?
Retreat from the capital.
I will no longer be your puppet.
Are you awake?
Father!
Don't.
The medical officer said that you'll need to recuperate.
Don't push yourself too hard.
What's wrong?
Do your wounds still hurt?
Should I summon the medical officer?
Lie back down.
Get some rest.
It's all right, Father.
I'm not in pain.
It's just that you're showing me so much concern.
It made me...
Did they arrest the assassin?
Zi Huan.
Do you know anything about that assassin?
I... I could only tell that it was a man.
He was extremely skilled in swordsmanship.
Wasn't it Princess Consort Tang?
Absolutely not.
If only you had regained consciousness earlier...
things probably wouldn't have ended up in such a way.
Father, what do you mean?
What exactly happened?
The commandant's office made a fruitless trip to Wen County.
Sima Lang and his father were informed in advance.
They already escaped.
Under the heavens, all land belongs to the sovereign.
Justice has long arms.
Even if they escape to the edge of the world
they will eventually be caught.
Father...
I've already given orders... to set Sima Yi free.
Why?
I don't need to use him anymore.
I'm relocating my government to Ye City.
You'll be the vice chancellor.
You'll be assisting me with the relocating of the government.
Among all of my sons...
you're the only one who can be entrusted with huge responsibilities.
Zi Huan, you're now on your own.
[As the vice chancellor, assist with the relocation of the government.]
Zhong Da...
I'm here to take you away.
Where is Tang Ying?
Sister Tang...
She was cornered by Cao Ren in the palace.
And humiliated.
She killed herself.
Cao Ren...
Just with Cao Ren...
I'm sorry.
Cao Ren...
According to the customs
the princess consort should be buried with the late prince.
However, I know that Sister Tang wouldn't have been willing.
Therefore, I've already made an imperial decree...
to have her buried here.
This is my fault.
I failed to protect her.
I let you down.
Zhong Da...
If you're upset...
vent it all out.
Seeing how you are right now...
Sister Tang won't be able to rest in peace if she's watching over you.
Zhong Da...
What are you doing?
I hope that Your Majesty can save the nation
from such turmoil with your morals.
I'm going off to seek the right branch to perch on.
Take a look for me on the other side first.
But don't be in too much of a hurry.
Wait for me on the way.
Zhong Da!
Don't talk like that.
Don't talk like this again.
We're still brothers.
Not anymore.
I know that you hate me.
You can beat me up or even kill me.
But...
I beg you not to say those words again.
It's too late now.
Birds of different feathers do not flock together.
Don't cry over spilled milk.
Zhong Da.
Zhong Da!
How dare you? Protect His Majesty!
Step down!
I know that you hate me.
I wouldn't dare to beg you for forgiveness anymore.
If it will make you feel better by killing me
by all means, do so.
It's just that when I'm dead, I beg you not to forget
we're still brothers.
Zhong Da!
The princess consort passed away.
The entire nation is mourning.
Zhong Da, you have my condolences.
I've just been released from the prison.
It's hard for me to get around on my own.
Young Master, please take me away from here.
I wouldn't dare to do otherwise.
I'll take my leave.
I'm sorry.
I was just trying to protect my father.
This isn't your fault.
What killed her was...
His Majesty's compassion.
I once said that if you could save my father and brothers
I'd be sure to repay your kindness.
As long as you'd still have me.
I also told you...
I'd make you a general in the field or a minister at court.
You'll go down in history.
We'll make great and everlasting achievements.
We'll leave the future generations in awe at our names.
My promise to you still holds.
Zhong Da...
from this day onward...
it isn't too late.
Your subject, Sima Yi, greets my master.
I've been waiting for this day... for far too long.
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