It's strange. Once I'm used to wielding a weapon
I'm not accustomed to the others, even if they are better in quality.
It takes time to get used to wielding new weapons.
I remembered you used to tell me, it is the man who wields the weapon
and not the other way round.
That is correct.
I don't believe one person can't live without another.
Mister Qian, I have a question for you.
Please do ask.
Do you think a true man should be responsible for his own deeds?
Warlord, do you mean...
I was drunk and mistook Miss Yu for Le Er.
You mustn't. This woman is very cunning.
She will bring upon us calamities.
Don't you remember how she set you up when we were at the Lu Residence?
Perhaps she wanted to be with me very badly.
If it was someone else getting married, I would definitely stay out of the way.
But it is different when it comes to you.
Your wife is to be the mother figure of the nation, an Empress!
If you should marry a woman of evil conduct, she will bring upon us great disasters.
Disasters that will shake the foundation of our nations and it will be horrific.
Warlord, have ever regretted the decision you made ten years ago?
How many decades can you have in a lifetime?
You must reconsider your decision.
I understand. I'll think about it.
- You may have a rest. - Yes.
Yun Kuang.
Greetings to the Warlord.
What is this about?
Your Grace, this is an order from Miss Yu.
She said it's been raining a lot, and the thunder keeps you awake.
So she had us hang cotton curtains to block out the sounds of thunder.
You may all get up.
Your Grace, Miss Yu said you like this soup.
But if it was stewed earlier, it will be cold by now.
If we stew it later, you will be hungry.
So she told us to keep it warm in hot water.
The water has to be changed every hour.
This method works very well.
Is that so? What else did she say?
She said the injury on your leg is a former affliction.
You feel pain from it whenever it's rainy and windy.
So she told us to stuff charcoal ashes in cotton bags and warm them up.
Then we'll use them as warmers for the Warlord.
You don't like to have dust on your armor so we have to wipe it down once a day.
Books and scrolls must be tidied up at all times.
Otherwise, Your Grace won't find them.
Miss Yu said these may be small things in life but they make a huge difference
when they are done properly.
She doesn't want things to be different for you after she leaves.
Leaves?
I never asked her to leave.
Warlord, don't you know she already left this morning?
Greetings to Mister Qian.
I have a favor to ask of you.
Please tell me.
Kill Yu Miao Ge.
- This... - Don't worry. I'll take care of it.
Should the Warlord ask about this, I will take the responsibility for it.
Yes.
Who is it?
Father, I thought you wanted me to carry out that task.
Why have you changed your mind?
Because you are my daughter.
Everything is business to you.
Otherwise, Mother wouldn't have died in your hands.
Why? Don't you trust I am capable in carrying out the task?
It isn't that I don't trust in you.
But you are after all, a woman.
Most women are easily swayed by their emotions.
You're wrong!
I don't believe true love exists.
Is she evil?
Femme fatale. Beautiful women are always the root of all evil.
Fine. Don't worry.
I will bring back satisfying results.
Ling Xi!
Yun Kuang, I have always wanted to find myself a home.
After all the efforts I made
I realized it is very difficult to find a home.
I don't want you to keep avoiding me.
Nor do I want to become a burden to you.
This is why I left.
Allow me to keep you on my mind forever.
Perhaps I am destined to be homeless for life.
Miss Yu!
- Yun Kuang. - Miss Yu!
Yun Kuang!
Miss Yu!
- What is that about? - Don't you know?
This is a wealthy family who is getting a bride for their dead son.
How ridiculous.
Why should a nice young lady be married off to the dead?
Miao Ge.
- Boatman, take me to that big boat! - Sure. Let's go.
Faster! Hurry up!
Sire, this is a small boat.
Faster!
She jumped into the water!
Who are you? Why did you save me?
Instead of being alive to live this life, I'd rather be dead.
One is able to overcome obstacles as long as one is alive.
Is that so?
Do you think a blind woman can still enjoy her life being married to the dead?
I think so. As long as you don't give upon yourself.
Madam, are you all right?
- Who are you? - He saved my life!
He must be a spy. Guards, take him down!
Yun Kuang! Save me!
Listen up! Your friend is in our hands.
You'd better surrender to us immediately
or you will get to bury her later!
Yun Kuang...
Why did you leave?
Was it because you have lost confidence in me or thought I was a philanderer?
Neither.
It was because I have no confidence in myself.
- I'm inferior to Le Er... - Don't mention that name.
But you love her, don't you?
One who can't keep a promise is not worthy of love.
Miss Yu, marry me.
Really? Do you mean it?
Am I in a dream?
If you agree to my proposal then this is not a dream.
Do you love me?
We'll talk about it after we get out of here.
By the way, who are those people and why have they captured you?
They are human traffickers.
They only abduct pretty ladies
to sell them off to the Huns for a lot of money.
Is the warrior who saved me still here?
- Are you here to save us? - No.
I'm here to make a deal with you.
What kind of a deal?
Are you really blind or are you faking it?
Why do you need a lamp?
Yun Kuang, don't believe her.
The lamp isn't for me but for you, so you can see me.
- What are you getting at? - Didn't you say one must have hope?
I thought I should give myself a chance instead of wasting my life away.
- So... - So you want us to take you along.
No. I want you to marry me.
- This... - I'm blind and can't take care of myself.
If you abandon me after you get me out of here, I'll be in a worse state.
You'd better think this through before you answer me.
They have already decided to feed you to the fish before sunset.
All right! I can agree to it on his behalf.
Miss Yu.
But you have to let us out first.
Us? I'm not letting the both of you go. Just him alone.
And before he leaves, you have to drink this.
What is that?
A lethal poison.
- But why? - It's for my happiness.
I don't want to marry a man who has another on his mind.
Make up your minds. Time is running out.
She's already drank it.
Although I'm blind, my ears are very sharp.
You...
Miss Yu!
Yun Kuang.
What did you do this for?
I might not be a kind woman, but my love for you is true.
It's worth dying for you.
Yun Kuang!
Miss Yu...
Enough! That isn't really poison.
It's just a very strong liquor.
You'd better come with me quickly.
Or we'll really run out of time.
Stop right there!
Madam, you've only been married for three days and you cheated on him?
How could you disregard us?
Go! Hurry!
Stop right there!
What the matter is wrong with you?
Put out the fire!
- Put out the fire! - Let's go!
Miss Yu, let's go!
What did you just say?
You didn't kill that woman?
Sire, I already captured that woman.
But Young Mistress...
Yes. I am the one who freed them.
Blame this on me alone.
What should I say to you?
In the beginning, I didn't want you to go.
But you insisted on going.
When I agreed to let you be a part of it, you did nothing more than fail me!
Are you going against me deliberately or trying to send me to my grave?
I was serious about the task!
But I realized the woman isn't evil.
So I decided to conduct a test.
I pretended to be blind and even jumped into the waters.
Father, do you know what happened?
Did I say you can get up now?
Father, that woman and the Warlord are truly in love.
- Please let them be together! - What would you know?
A hero's tomb is always in the arms of a woman!
By the look of her eyes, I know she is evil!
Warlord will get into trouble sooner or later if they spend a lot of time together!
- I don't think so. - How dare you still speak!
Master, it's almost time for the morning audience.
Hei Mian, get up!
I want you to keep an eye on her.
Stay on your knees! You are not to get up until I tell you to!
Young Mistress, is it worth taking a punishment for the sake of two strangers?
It is.
If a man would treat me the same way the Warlord treats that woman
I'd have died without any regrets.
Warlord, I have already discussed issues regarding your enthronement with officials.
You can make a decision since it has already been discussed.
You don't have to report everything back to me.
Warlord, you are now the ruler of all states so you should address yourself as 'we.'
Mister Qian, 'we' now entrust you with preparation of the enthronement.
Is that all right?
Anything else?
The morning audience is dismissed.
- Dismissed! - Warlord!
There is still one more matter to report.
Hai Tian sent a messenger to deliver a scroll.
He hopes Your Grace can offer his army a place to settle down.
Settle down? I am going to kill him so why should I help him settle down?
Warlord, please calm down.
I have an idea.
Hai Tian should be killed but we will need to be able to justify our actions.
We should allow him into the city and then deal with him later.
What do you think about this idea?
All right. We will let him into the city first.
We will kill him after our wedding.
- Your Grace, you are marrying... - Yu Miao Ge.
- But... - No buts.
You said we are the ruler of all states.
Therefore you can only agree to my decisions.
Why are you so silent?
I'm waiting to be congratulated!
Congratulations, Warlord.
I'm so tired.
My bones are already aching.
Look! It's just been a few days and my hands look like a pig's hooves.
When will be done with all the chores?
You were the one who volunteered to help. No one forced you to do it.
I hadn't expected it to be so tough.
- Thank you for the hard work. - The work isn't hard at all.
Master Kou fought for us and that's hard work.
These chores are nothing compared to what you did for us.
Didn't you just say your hands are swollen like pigs' hooves?
But I'll wash the clothes all over again.
Because the water here isn't very clean so it's best to give it a few more rinses.
Am I right, Master Kou?
Thank you for your hard work.
Hai Tian!
We received a reply regarding the scroll we handed in.
What did Yun Kuang say?
He said things will have to wait until he's done with his wedding.
What? Yun Kuang is getting married?
Le Er!
Le Er, don't be upset.
This isn't confirmed yet, so it could just be a rumor.
Hai Tian, could you prepare some things for me?
Could you get the fire burning stronger and some tools for forging iron?
Where are we going to find those tools out here in the wilderness?
I'll get them for you.
I don't feel well, so I'll take a rest now.
Le Er, here is my heart.
Keep it safe.
Make sure not to break it.
Give it back to me when I return.
Remember this. I will go looking for you, wherever you are.
Le Er, I promise I will take over the nation the next time we see each other.
I will marry you!
No matter where you are, as long as you have faith in us, I will marry you!
Yun Kuang, I've dropped your heart.
What should I do?
Why do you suddenly want to forge iron?
I promised Yun Kuang to forge him a great blade.
I didn't do a good job last time, but I will this time around.
Le Er, he's already getting married so why should you...
I will give him what I promised him.
Only then can I not owe him anything.
And I feel more at ease.
- Then my heart will not hurt... - Your heart will still hurt.
You will still keep him on your mind.
If your heart aches for him, it will still keep aching.
How could you break it off when the both of you are in love?
Le Er, don't try to push yourself too hard.
You can go and meet him if you want to.
- It's not too late yet. - No.
I don't want to hold him to a promise or memory when he is about to forget me.
That is sympathy, not love.
- I don't need sympathy. - But you can hold on to him.
What is the difference?
If I were you, I'd confront him in person.
Even if it is just sympathy, I'd fight for what is mine.
You don't know about love.
Right.
How would a peasant like me know anything about love?
I remember the night when I saw the corpse of my wife.
I suddenly had a very strange thought.
She seemed to be in deep slumber.
It was as if she didn't die.
Perhaps it would make me less upset to think that way.
Although she couldn't speak anymore
or take care of me or do anything
I'd be very happy if she could stay with me.
I'm sorry. I... I don't mean what I said.
It's all right.
I've had more terrible things said to me.
I'm tough enough to withstand all this.
Le Er, as much as I'm unwilling to let you meet up with Yun Kuang
I'd rather not see you upset.
Unruly peasant! How dare you trespass the forbidden grounds of the palace?
Please, sir. I'd like to meet the Warlord.
Meet the Warlord? You?
Go away! Get out of the way.
If you're allowed to meet the Warlord, I can meet the emperor of gods!
But I have an urgent matter, so could you please report this for me?
Why are you so shameless?
Guards! Take her away!
Wait a minute!
What is this about?
Sir, the Warlord asked me to forge this blade for him.
I'd like to meet him and hand it to him in person.
Young lady, these are the forbidden grounds, so not everyone is allowed in.
I can only present the blade to His Majesty on your behalf.
If you don't want to, then there's nothing more I can do to help.
All right then.
Thank you. Could you let him know if he wishes to meet the blade maker
I will be waiting for him at Shili Pavilion outside the city.
- I'll be there waiting till I see him. - Yes.
Young Master.
What was it?
A young lady just said this blade is a gift for His Majesty.
She also said if he wishes to meet the blade maker
she will be waiting for him at Shili Pavilion outside the city.
She said she will keep on waiting.
- You may leave now. - Yes.
- Mister Qian, Mister Su. - Master Yun, what do you have there?
This is the blade that Yun Kuang ordered, so I'm taking it to him now.
Master Yun, this can't be done!
The wedding is an auspicious event, so how can you present a weapon?
- That's very inauspicious! - Is that so?
Mister Qian, the young master is too young to understand such customs.
Why don't you present this to him after the wedding ceremony?
- What do you say? - Mister Su is right.
I'll leave it in the room and present it to him after the wedding ceremony.
- Fine. - I take my leave.
No one ever listens to me!
Yun Kuang?
Le Er.
Greetings to Your Highness.
You may get up.
- What is your name? - My name is Lu Qiao.
His Majesty sent me here to serve Your Highness.
Lu Qiao? What a good name.
- Are you new to the palace? - No, I was here in the previous reign.
It's no wonder you have such good manners.
I used to serve Master Luo Feng but when he became the emperor
I was assigned to the laundry quarters.
Luo Feng...
Your Highness, please let me know if you need anything else and we'll get it.
We have to leave the palace shortly after.
Leave the palace?
This is a custom. Your Highness needs to leave the palace to be married into it.
The Warlord has already prepared the posthouse for Your Highness.
We have to leave before midnight.
- I understand. I'll leave you to arrange it. - Yes.
Miao Ge!
No matter what happens, you are always the woman I loved the most!
I'm not leaving!
I want to be with you always!
Your Highness, what's wrong?
I want to go for a walk and none of you are to follow.
Your Highness!
Yun Kuang, use this for the time being.
I'll forge you a better one in the future.
This means I now belong to Yun Kuang.
What are you smiling at?
When Le Er forged me this blade she said 'Use this for the time being.'
'I'll forge you a better one in the future.'
So much for using it for the time being. It's already been years.
I almost conquered all the states with this blade.
It's a pity it is damaged.
And the person has changed as well.
There should be a special mark for Yun Kuang's belongings.
Le Er also said there should be a special mark for Yun Kuang's belongings.
She's marked with it and so is this blade.
But why has she changed?
Will you change?
I've never changed.
That's true. How can one change when nothing has even begun?
It's all right that you don't love me.
Let me love you instead.
Don't worry. I'm no longer the old Yu Miao Ge.
From now on, I will be a good wife and a good empress.
It's cold outside. Go to bed early.
Tomorrow is our wedding.
You can cry if you want to.
You can have my shoulder to cry on.
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