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[Secret of the Three Kingdoms]
[Final Episode]
What is the matter?
I've already heard about it.
Your Majesty is going to fight against my brother.
I'm the sister of a sinner.
Your Majesty, please punish me.
Don't say that.
This isn't your fault.
Whatever happens, I'll never hurt you.
Your second brother is heading down south.
I intend to meet up with him.
Will you really fight against each other?
I plan to negotiate with him.
I'll go with Your Majesty.
I want to ask him why he defied my father's last wish.
Don't bother.
I know what to say to him.
Before Your Majesty leaves, you should visit the empress.
I already know about it.
I had wanted to tell you sooner.
But I was afraid that Sister Fu would be in danger if my father found out.
Seeing how you miss each other and yet you cannot meet
I feel just as upset.
Now that my father has passed away
I've given orders to cease all surveillance on the capital.
All these years, I'm the one who has failed you.
This is the gods' blessing to me.
The sooner the two of you meet up, the sooner I will be free of my guilt.
However...
it's not the right time yet.
The 25th year of the Jian An reign
after Cao Cao died, Cao Pi led a huge army down south to Qiao County
with the intention to attack the capital.
His Majesty asks King of Wei, Cao Pi, over for a discussion!
Who are you trying to fool?
Won't he kill the king once he goes over there?
I'll go.
He's our enemy but not a crook.
You should step aside.
Before my father passed away
he said that if the gods bestowed another 10 years to him
he'd be willing to collaborate with Your Majesty
to pacify and unify the nation.
Then, whether the Liu or Cao family reigned over the nation
he'd hold no resentment.
The two of you actually shared the same aspirations.
It's a shame that in such an era, you were destined to be enemies for life.
Therefore, you brought 300,000 soldiers here with you
to fulfill the late King of Wei's last wish?
Your Majesty.
I didn't take after my father's magnanimity and boldness of vision
so I would need more authority and power to realize my dreams.
You and I can only settle this in a battle for survival.
Only by gathering both our forces can we keep the Central Plain safe.
Should our battle come to a stalemate
both Shu and Wu territories will take advantage of it.
The Central Plain will become the battleground of the feudal lords.
Your father's lifetime of efforts will go down the drain.
You wish to seize power.
Is that to realize your dreams or simply to satisfy your own desires?
I don't know.
I spent my life trying to win my father's trust and love.
I just wish to prove that I'm more capable than my father.
I also wish to make up for his regret
in not witnessing the unification of the nation.
We both love this nation.
However, only the victor is qualified to save this nation.
Salvation through killing.
An ambition that stemmed from desires.
I'm afraid that you won't even be able to find what your ambition is.
Are you certain that you can defeat me?
I'm not.
I can die.
But I must not be defeated.
Brother, I'm sorry.
I must fight against you.
Over these years...
have you taken a good look at this peaceful Central Plain?
I'm ashamed...
All these years...
I've been out fighting battles everywhere.
All I saw were blood and killings.
This battle...
I won't fight against you.
If we really were to fight against each other
I'd just be like some other feudal lord with the surname of Liu.
It's unification that the nation needs.
Not a surname.
Your Majesty, you mean...
You should know...
I'm an emperor that shouldn't have existed.
Our king actually admitted defeat?
General, do you really wish to go to war?
My king, are you all right?
Why have you admitted defeat?
No...
He abdicated his throne.
My king, you mean--
You may address me as Your Majesty now.
Your Majesty.
Our king is now the emperor!
Long live the emperor!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! You mustn't!
You mustn't, Your Majesty!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
You mustn't, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty...
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Mister.
You've endured such humiliation all your life
for the sake of the imperial family.
I'm the one to have let you down for all of the hardships you suffered.
On behalf of the people
I thank Your Majesty for your wisdom and courage.
Once I've settled down, I'll come and fetch Father.
Your Majesty...
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
Your Majesty...
I've packed your casual outfits.
Are you going straight to see Sister Fu now?
I've discussed it with your brother.
I'll head over to Shanyang first.
As for you, you'll always be respected as an empress.
Brother, can't you tell?
You're now at ease.
So am I.
I never wanted to be an empress.
I won't go to Shanyang.
I'll head home to live with my mother.
It's been so many years.
I really miss her.
All these years...
I'm the one who has let you down.
You mustn't say that again.
When you and Sister Fu have settled down, I'll go and visit you.
Don't worry!
I'm the emperor's sister now.
I don't have to worry about being single.
I treated you to this once.
Take some with you on your journey.
You said that you'd come to visit us.
It's a deal.
Deal.
We can finally...
walk out of this cage now.
Get on the horse!
Is he not worried that you're here?
Wouldn't he be even more worried if I didn't come here?
You already thought of it, didn't you?
When I gave you the 300,000 soldiers of Qing Province
I'd already figured out what you'd do.
Therefore, all you gave me was the gift of a dignified abdication.
Someone who initiates a war has to be absolutely selfish.
I knew that you wouldn't do so.
However...
I never thought that you'd give up being an emperor.
I had absolute power then.
But even if I could've defeated Cao Pi
I wouldn't have been able to wipe out the Cao family completely.
They would only have split into major and minor feudal lords.
Sun Quan and Liu Bei would seize the chance to attack up north.
We'd be caught in internal and external strife again.
All feudal lords would jump into a tangled warfare.
If so, the people wouldn't even have a moment's peace.
We'd drag a nation that is slowly regaining peace
back into the abyss of war.
But you did make me see reason in one matter.
The unification of a nation doesn't lie in the reign of one single surname.
I've already told you.
You can have my throne.
The nation of the Liu family...
The Sima family doesn't want it.
However, you can take over the forces that I have.
Do you trust me that much?
Am I not a scrupulous go-getter to you?
I know of an achievement that is far more glorious than personal ambition.
I'd like you to make use of such a force to assist Cao Pi.
Help him pacify the internal strife and fend off the invaders.
Piece this fragmented nation back together again.
From now on, have fun with the stones.
You already took off your imperial gown, but you still sound like an emperor.
It's so annoying to hear you talk like an old man.
I hope to see this nation...
unified and peaceful.
Do you see it?
Here.
Let's see if your skills have gotten rusty.
Zhong Da.
My mission has ended.
Your conquest...
It has just begun.
Enjoy the beautiful things in life on my behalf.
Will we meet again?
We never bid each other farewell.
Has it all...
come to an end?
No.
It has just...
begun.
Where is His Majesty?
Would you dare to see him?
I conferred him as the Duke of Shanyang.
I gave him the best fiefdom.
He can be treated like an emperor in his fiefdom.
I didn't mistreat him.
Is that so?
Why would you do something that Father refused to do all his life?
Aren't you afraid that our family will go down in history as rebels and traitors?
I'll be the one to write history now!
I want to start a whole new imperial dynasty for the Cao family.
I'll confer Father with a posthumous title of an emperor.
Jie...
I'm much more suitable... than he is to be an emperor!
An emperor who bears the burden of guilt and fear all his life...
What did you say?
Father...
Can you... see this?
What you weren't able to do...
I did it.
I did it!
How is my condition?
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, have you suffered internal injuries in the past?
It's turned into a protracted ailment and damaged your lungs.
Can it be cured?
You'll have to relieve yourself of worries and desires.
It will require rehabilitation.
I'll soon be inaugurated.
We face strong opponents internally and externally.
You want me to heal without any worries.
I--
I said so for the sake of Your Majesty's health!
What if I can't relieve myself of worries and desires?
What will happen?
I...
I dare not say it.
Say it.
I will pardon you.
It will be hard...
It will be hard for you to live more than 10 years.
Your Majesty, please take care of your health!
10 years...
That's long enough for a founding emperor
to attain his political and military achievements.
That's long enough.
"There is a gorgeous and virtuous maiden in her chamber."
"Her room is near but she is distant, which poisons my heart."
"How could we entwine our necks like mandarin ducks?"
"How could we take flight together?"
How was it?
My skills aren't rusty yet, are they?
What is the matter, my king?
The officials...
They are preparing for my inauguration that's coming up in two days.
I happen to have nothing to do these days.
I can play the zither with you.
If you're willing, we can also go for a stroll.
Just the two of us.
I'll drive the carriage for you.
I'm used to being locked up in here.
I know.
You've had a hard time over the years.
Both of us went through such an ordeal.
We've both suppressed our emotions for too long.
It's all right.
When I'm the emperor
we'll both be free.
When I succeed the throne two days from now
you'll be my empress.
We'll relocate the capital to Luoyang.
I'll build you a platform on the water for playing zither.
During the day, you'll teach our children to read and write.
When I finish the session in the imperial court
I'll spend the beautiful day with you.
We'll recite poems and write odes.
All right?
You're still so beautiful.
You're the only friend I have left who can keep me company every day.
But I'm not your friend.
The friend I once knew...
He has already left me.
That youth who sparkled like pearls and jade...
That silly boy who ran down the streets with me in Ye City...
That bosom friend who played the zither with me in the hallway...
He's already dead.
In this world...
no emperor can enjoy freedom.
I can.
I can!
I can enjoy freedom!
I managed to seize the nation.
What can't I get?
I want you to see...
an even broader world.
I want you to see...
how I can establish an even greater nation.
All right?
We're going to Luoyang?
We're just moving to a bigger cage that we will be trapped in!
You'll watch as I die trapped in it.
Or I'll watch as you die trapped in it.
That is such an awkward predicament!
You won't be able to keep me company.
I won't be able to save you either.
Why don't we...
just stay the way we are?
Remember how we once were...
How the zither sounded then...
Let's save each other some dignity.
In November 220, Cao Pi accepted Emperor Xian's abdication in his favor
and took the throne as the emperor, establishing the state of Wei.
Long live the emperor!
Finally...
we're leaving everything in Xu Chang behind us.
When I first came here, it was like a dream.
I'll be the only one in the world to know what you once did for this nation.
That's good enough!
Your brother's name will be in the history books.
So will Cao Cao's, Cao Pi's, Sima Yi's...
and even mine.
But you, Liu Ping, won't be recorded in history.
That's fortunate.
No one will keep coming after me because of this name again.
But I will.
How fortunate.
But there's nothing you should be proud of.
The history books will say that you were poisoned by Cao Cao.
That's not funny.
In the seventh year of the Huang Chu reign
Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi, died young.
He was only on the throne for seven years.
He died at the age of 39.
Young Cao Rui succeeded the throne.
Sima Yi, Chen Qun, and two others were his assisting subjects.
Sima Yi began to seize arbitrary power in Wei State.
He and his offspring spent 40 years there
before replacing Wei State with Jin State.
They put an end to the turbulent times of the Three Kingdoms.
The nation was finally unified again.
Thank you, Mister Liu.
Sir, what are you looking at?
I...
I'm looking at the world.
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