Brother Yun, when I'm on the battlefield
you will help me manage national affairs in the background
a different but equally worrisome job.
It will be hard work
Imperial brother don't worry
I will not disappoint you
Good
Come, remember
No matter what
you can't return this to me again.
Take it. Wait for my reutrn.
I want you
to give it to me
when you triumphantly return.
Ok, I will definitely return
Emperor
It's getting late
We should depart
Empress Dowager is not up yet
If we wait for her,
it may delay the troops' departure.
The Chu-Han joint army threatens us
but our great Shu Kingdom has strong soldiers and horses
and a common wish.
We will defeat the enemy troops and return triumphant!
Defeat the enemy troops! Return triumphant!
Why are you still in bed?
Get up! Go bid your brother farewell!
Your brother is going to war for you
No matter what you should go send him off!
You hiding here
Ridiculous!
If big brother wants to be emperor,
he should lead the battle!
That's what you said!
It has nothing to do with me
Such cruel words!
How could you say them?
Even if he weren't doing it for you,
the emperor is going off to war
and as a member of the imperial family,
you should send him off!
Otherwise the emperor can punish you for a crime!
Big brother loves me, he won't blame me!
Mother wants you to go
so you must go!
I don't want to!
You're using
the farewell as an excuse,
to trick me and force me into battle!
I won't fall for it!
Your father was splendid on the battlefield
Our Du family also has outstanding military merit
Mother didn't think
I would give birth
to such an incompetent coward!
Off to war!
Qi You!
Where's the emperor?
He just left
Niang Niang does not look so well
Not sleep well?
The imperial throne has already been determined
You should be relieved
Why do you still not sleep well?
Unless...
you're worried that
the emperor will not return, or...
Qi You!
Ya Ya
He's already off to war
What are you writing?
I'm copying Buddhist scriptures
to pray for the emperor.
I will help!
You can write?
I can grind ink
What else can you do?
I can turn pages
OH, you can grind ink and turn pages
That's all you can do?
What help is that
Go
What, I really want to help from the heart
From the heart?
Yes!
Then how about this
You shave your head
become a nun
and pray for the emperor before Buddha everyday.
That's from the heart!
Why?
Why should I become a nun?
I want to get married!
I'm going to marry First Prince!!
You become a nun!
Why would I be a nun?
You be a nun!
Stop arguing!
If you want to argue, go over there
So noisy!
It's all you! Disrupting others
Go
Kill!
Brother! I'll go help General Hai
No!
Let me go!
Sound the retreat!
Retreat!
After today,
I finally know Shu Kingdom's real ability.
They cannot be underestimated
Meng Qi You personally leading the way
has given his troops
a huge boost in morale.
This Meng Qi You is proficient in military strategy
We must be careful
Brother, you can't say that
That's like
downplaying your own power
and praising his ambition.
If you ask me,
he was just lucky today.
But next time,
I will
slaughter him.
A female
in the army is inconvenient.
What if something happens?
How will I explain it to Imperial Mother?
What's wrong with being female?
History's Hua Mulan and Hong Fu Nu
both led wars as heroines.
How am I any worse?
I don't care
I want to go with you
fighting along the way.
Win against Shu
Win against that brat!
Han emperor!
Han Emperor
I dare ask Han Emperor
Why are we fighting this war?
Shu Kingdom doesn't have any internal turmoil
But our Chu army suffered heavy casualties
I didn't ask the Chu army to assist me in this battle
If you don't want to fight,
you can immediately return.
General He,
defeating Shu
is equal to removing
a thorn in both our kingdoms' backs.
We're in an urgent military situation now
We should cooperate
and figure out how to defeat the enemy.
Retire
Let me think
Yes, emperor
Everyone worked hard today
Emperor
No need for such courtesy
We can waive the formalities
Tomorrow we still have a tough battle to fight
So tonight,
everyone rest well.
Being well rested,
we can then win the war, right?
Right! Thanks emperor
Good, rest well
Quick
Emperor
Don't move
Emperor
Generals and soldiers,
you have served the kingdom well
dripping blood and sweat
What I see pains my heart
Today you have all been wounded
I order you to rest and recuperate
for an early recovery,
so you can return to the battlefield and continue your outstanding service!
When we win this war,
I will reward you well.
Thank the emperor for his kindness!
Thanks emperor for your kindness
Our army is familiar with the terrain
and gained significant advantage.
But tomorrow's battle
is not to recover lost territory,
but rather to pursue and attack on the heels of our victory.
Capture the opponent's commander in chief
Win this once and for all
to end this war as quickly as possible.
The Chu-Han joint army has many soldiers
Capturing the commander in chief is not so easy
I have a plan
Tomorrow, General Han and I
will lead the troops in fighting enemy soldiers
We'll lure the enemy troops here
Here
we'll hide two troops to ambush them.
When enemy troops arrive, attack from both sides
Once he arrives, we will attack from all sides
and capture him.
What a great "catch the turtle inside the jar" plan!
The emperor is truly
frontier building ruler.
Sit
Tomorrow's battle will be tough
I just want to win this battle early
and return home.
At home, people we care about
are waiting for us.
My good brother
You came just in time
To see you here
I'm so happy
I have something that will make the emperor even happier
Kill!
All troops retreat!
It's not clear who's winning yet
Why are we retreating?
I have my reasons
All troops retreat!
Emperor!
Han troops have already passed through the gorge opening. They were not ambushed.
What?
They're going to ambush us. Retreat!
I'll stay behind, you retreat first!
Listen to my command. Quickly retreat!
Emperor! Emperor! A spy leaked secrets! Quickly leave!
Take him away
Uncle!
Protect the emperor!
Is uncle ok?
I'm fine
Everyone retreat from the mouth of the valley!
Retreat from mouth of the valley!
Quick! Go!
Retreat!
Release the rocks!
Uncle! Go!
Emperor!
Go!
Meng Qi You!
You are now
this princess's captive.
Quickly surrender!
Meng Qi You! You just wait!
Onwards!
Emperor!
Hei Zi, leave quickly
I won't leave!
Emperor!
Go tell the palace
what happened here.
Emperor!
Go!
Ye Ye, Shu Emperor's death
was extremely similar to my father's.
I suspect that like my Imperial Father,
he was poisoned with the epilepsy drug.
But didn't Han Zhao Yi give it to you?
How would she have this unique poison?
I also think it's very strange
Han Zhao Yi came from a family of scholars
Could she be using a poisons expert?
Very possible
This poisons expert
could be from the
same line of work as us.
But our work
researches medicines to save peoples' lives.
Ya Ya, actually our line of work is separated into two schools
We are from one school,
researching ways of saving people.
The other school masters the art of poison
They use medicines to kill people
So Han Zhao Yi is a disciple of the poison school!
It can't be
Disciples of the poison school are advanced and mysterious
When they kill people,
they are invisible.
Inperceptible
to anyone outside their line of work.
If she is a disciple of the poison school,
she would have countless ways
of poisoning the Shu Emperor.
She didn't need to wait all this time
for you to poison him.
So there is indeed a poisons expert
helping Han Zhao Yi.
Could it be the same person?
Who is it?
Ye Ye, do you remember the time I went missing with Qi You?
Of course! I was so worried
I thought my princess had...
We were sneak attacked by this strange man
That strange man...
Yun Zhu, what's wrong?
Why are you crying? Who bullied you?
First Prince is already emperor
Who would dare bully you?
No
What happened?
No
What exactly happened? Quickly tell us
Huang...
Huang what?
So many people in the palace are named Huang
Who is it?
The Emperor was captured by the Han army!
At the time, General Du was captured by the enemy
and yelled that a spy leaked our secrets.
A spy is hiding in our army?
Otherwise, with the Emperor's godly military abilities,
he wouldn't be defeated! Empress Dowager
We must
seize this spy.
Otherwise Shu Kingdom is severely threatened
We are in the midst of a war
Causing huge commotion over arresting this spy
would only make people more nervous.
It would be even more unfavorable to the situation
The most pressing matter
is to recall
all the remaining troops
and guard the imperial city.
No!
The Shu Kingdom was built
through the hard work of the late emperor and myself.
I can't
sit and watch the enemy seize the lands of our kingdom.
More importantly, I can't
let the enemy capture our Emperor.
I've decided to put my battle armor back on
and save the emperor myself!
No!
Empress Dowager please reconsider
Among the hundreds of court subjects, who is willing to come forward
and come with me to lead the troops in war?
Uh...
Empress dowager, Subject has a solution
Speak
The only plan now
is to announce a new emperor.
The emperor isn't dead yet!
But the emperor is now the Han army's hostage
The Han army can threaten us with the emperor
but we
have no way of striking back.
Only by establishing a new emperor
will we have a chance of survival.
The emperor has fallen into danger
You don't think of ways to rescue him,
but rather want to establish a new emperor!
What do you take the emperor for?
Under the current circumstances, we can only consider the bigger picture
Only by stabilizing the court,
will we be able to rescue the emperor.
But what if Northern Han finds out
that we have a new emperor, and simply kills the emperor?
Emperor understands the principles of right and wrong
He would rather sacrifice his life for the kingdom
than see Shu Kingdom perish because of him.
You have made it very clear than you're going to abandon him without any concern
Empress dowager, don't abandon the emperor!
Empress dowager, no eggs remain intact when the nest is overturned
If Shu Kingdom perishes,
the emperor will undoubtedly die.
But if we establish a new ruler,
then he
might still have a chance of survival.
What do you think?
The question now is
who should be the new ruler?
Third Prince again?
How many times has he said, he doesn't want to be emperor
If we make him succeed to the throne, will he agree?
Now we can only let Second Prince succeed to the throne
I won't be emperor!
He can be the emperor
I already said I don't want to!
I've already given it up
You can't force me again!
This life-threatening thing
Why don't you go yourself?
Don't worry, I won't force you onto the battlefield
You be emperor
and I'll bring troops to rescue big brother.
Emperor, Meng Qi You is here
A Nu
You've done a great service in capturing the Shu Emperor
I am making you head general
as reward.
Thanks emperor for your kindness
Do your job well
I will not mistreat you
You can leave
A Nu is leaving
Liu Lian Cheng
Shu Kingdom won't surrender to you
just because you've captured me.
If I were you,
I would kill me in an instant
to eliminate future consequences!
Good, fearless in the face of danger
Meng Qi You, you are indeed extraordinary
He's only a defeated general
If you ask me,
he's just a dead duck with a hard mouth
What
You won't kneel before my imperial brother?
Don't be rude. You should leave
Imperial brother, I'm helping you give him a lesson
Look at him
He suffers a crushing defeat on the battlefield
yet he's still stubborn and intractable here.
You still won't admit defeat?
Fine,
this princess will teach you to kneel and beg for mercy!
Kneel down!
Kneel down!!!
Stop! Are you done here?
Brother, let me kill him!
Kill? He can't die!
Why?
Whether we can breach the Shu imperial city
will still depend on you.
10,000 years to the emperor
Sit straight. Say all subjects please rise.
All...all subjects please rise
Thanks emperor
Reporting to the emperor and empress dowager
Marshal Du and Commander Han have returned to court
You...
Why did you return to the imperial city?
Go back to kill the enemy!
If they charge in here,
I will have you killed!
Reporting to the emperor, the imperial city is hard to penetrate and easy to defend
But stations in the country outskirts have little protection
It is very likely our army would be annihilated in one night!
The imperial city is strongly fortified
and has adequate provisions.
Your majesty need not worry
We cannot be content
We must think of ways to rescue the emperor!
I am the emperor
Big brother is also the emperor
Who's the real emperor?
It's your highness, naturally
The subjects only listen to your commands
Only me?
Then
guard the imperial city well
Don't let them charge in and kill me, that's all I want
Emperor
Out of your brotherly love,
you must think of ways to save your older brother!
Emperor
Your brother was captured because he went to battle for you
You must rescue him
He wanted to be emperor himself,
and willingly went to battle. What does it have to do with me?
Emperor!
That's the truth!
He wanted to lead the war himself!
Besides
He stole my Sister Yu
and I didn't say anything about it!
Don't pretend I owe him anything!
As the ruler of the kingdom,
you dare say such things!
...We are rescuing him...
Second brother already said he would go,
besides killing people is uncle's thing.
Nothing to do with me
Emperor
So you're not making any effort to send troops and save him?
You and uncle are in charge of fighting wars
You decide yourselves
End of court!
Emperor!
!
Immediately open your gates!
Otherwise we will kill your emperor!
Attack!
Qi You!
Heaven is kind to me
allowing me to see you one last time.
You can't die!
You must come back alive to finish our deal,
personally hand me the jade pendant!
I'm afraid I won't be able to
I won't let you die!
Prepare to fight the enemy!
Commander Han, quickly open the gates
Once the gates are open, Han troops will charge in
and the imperial city is dead!
We have 100,000 imperial soldiers. There must be a way to fight back. We must save him first!
I'll notify the emperor first
Emperor arrives!
Emperor!
Look!
Quick! They're about to break in!
Release the arrows!
Good brother
Big brother loved you for nothing
Quickly tell them to stop!
They will hurt your brother!
I don't care! I don't want to die!
Release the arrows! More arrows!
This...
More arrows! Don't stop! More arrows!
Qi You!
Qi You!You can't go down there!
Qi You! Don't!
Let me go down there!Ya Ya!
Your life is important
Qi You!
Fu Ya